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 We're in the dark of Christ.

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 Good to worship with you this morning.

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 My name is Sean.

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 For those of you who are visiting,

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 it's my privilege to preach God's word to you.

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 And before we do that, let me pray and ask for God's help.

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 Heavenly Father, we believe that you speak from your word today.

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 And we are here to listen to you.

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 We want to submit ourselves to you and to your word.

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 So I want you to address us, convict us, comfort us, assure us

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 of our salvation stored up in Jesus Christ.

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 Amen.

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 In Jesus' name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 We're in Jeremiah 26, 1 to 24.

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 And according to the Wycliffe Bible translators,

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 there are still about 1,600 languages that still don't have any Bible translation.

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 And this is in spite of the fact that Bible is the single most translated work of literature

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 in human history.

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 But we here as English speakers are spoiled because according to the American Bible Society,

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 there are about 900 different English translations of the Bible in the world,

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 especially if you count both the partial and the complete translations.

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 And it's no wonder then that we are sometimes tempted to take the English Bibles that we have

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 in our hands for granted.

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 But this wasn't always the case.

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 In the early 16th century, William Tyndale attempted to translate the whole Bible into English for the

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 first time because he believed that, quote,

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 it was impossible to establish the people in any truth unless the scriptures were plainly laid before their eyes

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 in their mother tongue.

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 And it's hard to believe that such an academic and, you know,

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 pious pursuit would come with occupational hazards.

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 But it did because at the time, Roman Catholic Church held their services mostly in Latin,

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 which most Christians in the world no longer understood.

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 And the Latin translation of the Bible was only accessible to the trained clergy.

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 And they at the time, the Roman Catholic Church, violently opposed any attempt to translate the Bible

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 into the lay language of the people because they believed that doing so undermined the authority

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 of the Catholic Church.

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 So in 1536, William Tyndale was convicted of heresy and executed by strangulation.

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 And afterward, his body was burned at the stake as a demonstration and a warning to similarly-minded believers.

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 But his translation of the Bible, known as the Tyndale Bible, was completed after his death.

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 And it became the first mass-produced English Bible in the world.

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 And it spread like wildfire.

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 It became the basis for subsequent English translations of the Bible, including about 90% of the King James Version.

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 It's directly Tyndale's translation.

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 For this reason, many English scholars contend that William Tyndale was more influential in shaping

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 and enriching the English language than even William Shakespeare.

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 Now, Tyndale gave his life that we might have God's Word in English.

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 And he wasn't the first nor the last to give his life in order to make God's Word available to all people,

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 in order to speak God's Word even at the cost of his own life.

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 Because about 2,000 years before William Tyndale, we see here Prophet Jeremiah engaged in a similar struggle

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 and a contest to proclaim the Word of God when he was facing resistance,

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 even at the cost of his own life, even at the risk of his own life in this case.

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 And really, the main point of this passage is that we should listen to and speak the Word of the Lord

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 even to the point of death.

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 So first, in the first six verses, we'll see the Word spoken.

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 And then in the rest of the passage, we'll see the Word spurned by the religious leaders.

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 And so verse 1 tells us, read with me,

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 In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, king of Judah,

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 this Word came from the Lord.

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 We usually use the Word as an object, right?

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 So we say to somebody, hey, let me say a word.

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 Or, can I have a word with you?

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 But unconventionally in this verse, the Word is the subject of the sentence.

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 This Word came from the Lord,

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 as if the Word itself is a character in the story or a person with its own agency, right?

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 And Jeremiah did not come up with this Word, that means.

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 He is the messenger of this Word, but he's not the author of this Word.

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 This Word came from the Lord.

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 And this phrase, the Word of the Lord came to me,

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 really begins most of the major sections of this book.

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 And it's conveying to us something unique about God's Word.

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 Ever since J.L. Austin, who was a British philosopher and linguist,

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 wrote the book, How to Do Things with Words, in 1962,

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 a lot of scholarly ink had been spilled over the difference between

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 constative words and performative words.

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 So just bear with me for a second.

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 This is relevant.

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 So constative words inform us, right?

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 They tell us something about something, right?

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 So they inform us, constative words.

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 Performative words, they perform something.

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 So constative words, they say something,

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 but performative words, they do something.

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 So let me illustrate with a simple example.

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 When you tell someone, thank you, or I'm sorry, right?

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 You're not just describing that you are thankful or that you feel sorry.

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 You're actually thanking that person and apologizing to that person.

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 You're doing something with your words to that person.

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 Those words are performative, not merely informative.

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 And when someone says in response, I forgive you,

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 that's also performing something.

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 It's forgiving, dispensing forgiveness, not merely saying that,

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 hey, well, sure, maybe I'll think about forgiving you.

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 When at a wedding, for example, the emcee tells you,

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 well, the wedding will start promptly at 11 a.m., that's informative, right?

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 But when two couples stand and face each other,

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 and before witnesses and before a duly ordained minister of the gospel,

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 they say to each other, I do.

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 That's performative.

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 They're making a promise, and they're taking vows upon themselves

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 for each other, toward each other.

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 And then when the minister responds and says,

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 I now pronounce you husband and wife, again, that's performative.

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 It's not just an announcement.

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 It's a pronouncement that affects the union of the two people

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 that are coming in together in marriage.

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 But there's something important about performative words.

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 It's that it's only effective, it only has performative power

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 when the person speaking the word has the proper authority to do so.

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 So if some random stranger comes up to a man and a woman that's dating and says,

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 I pronounce you husband and wife, it doesn't do anything, right?

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 When you go to court and a judge says to you, not guilty, that does something.

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 It acquits you of guilt, exempts you from punishment.

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 But when some random civilian comes to you and says, oh, not guilty, means nothing.

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 Why am I getting into all this?

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 Because God's word is not merely informative, but performative.

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 Because God is the creator and Lord over all things,

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 because he has all authority, power, and dominion.

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 When he speaks, when his word comes,

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 it always comes with performative authority and efficacy.

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 So when I say, let there be light, nothing happens, right?

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 Because I'm just a creature.

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 I can't create anything.

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 But when God says, let there be light,

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 light is created out of nothing.

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 When we say, I'll be there tomorrow,

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 we may or may not show up, depending on how reliable that person is,

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 and depending on the circumstances.

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 Because we are fickle and fallible creatures,

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 and our words often fall to the ground.

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 But when God says, I am with you,

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 always to the end of the age,

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 as Jesus said at the end of his great commission,

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 you can count on that.

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 That's going to happen.

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 It's guaranteed.

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 And when God, so when God renames someone in the Bible,

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 the meaning of that name becomes a reality in their life.

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 When God orders a blessing,

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 a real blessing is imparted.

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 When he orders a curse,

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 a real curse takes hold in the person's life.

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 Because when God says anything,

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 it happens.

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 Hebrews 4.12 says,

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 The word of God is living and active,

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 sharper than any two-edged sword,

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 piercing to the division of soul and of spirit,

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 of joints and of marrow,

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 and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

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 The word of God is living and active.

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 It pierces our souls and searches our hearts.

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 So when we think of scripture,

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 we shouldn't think of it merely as this encyclopedia of spiritual knowledge.

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 Yes, scripture informs us,

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 but it also transforms us.

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 Scripture is not merely a record of what God has said in the past.

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 God speaks through his word today.

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 And by the power of the spirit,

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 the word of God reveals God to us.

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 It renews our minds.

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 It revives our hearts.

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 It confronts us with the God who speaks for himself.

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 That he is a God who speaks and not a mute God

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 that we can attribute whatever we want to.

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 Scripture, through his word, God makes promises to us.

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 He commands us,

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 comforts us,

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 convicts us.

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 So as Isaiah 55,

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 which we read today,

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 says,

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 for as the rain and the snow come down from heaven

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 and do not return there,

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 but water the earth,

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 making it bring forth and sprout,

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 giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater,

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 so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth.

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 It shall not return to me empty,

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 but it shall accomplish that which I purpose

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 and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.

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 The word of God goes forth

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 and accomplishes God's purposes.

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 God's word is not a boring, static thing.

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 It's not like any other book.

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 It's living and active.

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 So when verse 1 tells us

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 that this word came from the Lord,

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 it's not a dull and dry,

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 this formulaic statement

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 because it's the word from the Lord.

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 It's dynamic and dramatic.

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 It's saying it means we better listen up

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 because the king is about to say something

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 and his word has decretive force.

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 This is why at the end of every scripture reading,

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 we say as a church,

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 this is the word of the Lord

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 to impress upon our minds this truth,

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 important truth.

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 What should this mean for us?

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 Is daily Bible reading for you a chore

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 or is it something you cherish?

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 Do you yawn at God's word?

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 Or do you tremble at God's word?

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 Do you come on Sunday morning

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 to sit under the preaching of God's word apathetically

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 or in eager anticipation

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 of what God might say to you and do in you?

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 So let's listen with bated breath

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 for what God says next.

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 Verses 2 to 3.

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 Thus says the Lord,

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 stand in the court of the Lord's house

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 and speak to all the cities of Judah

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 that come to worship in the house of the Lord

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 and speak all the words

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 that I command you to speak to them.

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 Do not hold back a word.

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 The historical context of this sermon

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 that Jeremiah is giving

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 as well as the content,

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 it's identical to the sermon

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 that Jeremiah was giving in chapter 7,

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 verses 1 to 15.

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 So it's likely a continuation of that time.

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 And here, Jeremiah is commanded repeatedly

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 to speak the words of the Lord.

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 And the word speak

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 is actually just the verbal form

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 of the word word.

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 It's the same.

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 So it's very repetitive

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 reading through this passage.

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 Speak this.

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 Speak these words.

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 Word.

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 Repeated 16 times in this chapter.

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 That's really the main idea

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 of this passage

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 to reinforce the fact

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 that it's God's word that is coming.

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 It is God who is speaking.

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 And because of that,

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 Jeremiah is not to meddle with any of it,

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 but to faithfully speak the word of God.

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 And because of this,

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 it says in verse 3,

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 speak all the words that I command, right?

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 God says,

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 not and don't hold back a word, right?

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 The phrase not holding back a word

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 is particularly vivid

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 because the word holding back

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 literally means here

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 to shave or to trim.

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 So God's telling Jeremiah,

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 don't clip off any of it.

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 Don't you trim any of my words.

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 Don't leave any of it out.

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 And I think God knows

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 that Jeremiah is entering

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 into a hostile crowd.

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 Jeremiah knew well

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 that his audience

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 could reject his word

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 and punish him.

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 That God's word

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 may not be received favorably.

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 He was likely aware

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 that there could be severe,

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 even fatal consequences

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 for speaking God's word.

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 And even then,

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 God tells him,

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 you are not at liberty

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 to leave out any of my words

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 because they are my words.

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 He was to speak every single word

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 that God commands.

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 And this is a recurring command

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 throughout scripture.

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 For example,

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 after relaying the commandments of God,

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 Moses wrote this in Deuteronomy 4.2,

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 you shall not add to the word

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 that I command you,

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 nor take from it

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 that you may keep the commandments

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 of the Lord your God

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 that I command you.

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 We are,

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 as God's people,

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 not at liberty

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 to ignore the parts of God's word

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 that we don't like.

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 Do you take God at his word?

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 It's tempting to trim God's word

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 to make it fit our expectations.

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 It's tempting to cherry pick God's word

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 and turn only to the passages

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 that seem to corroborate our opinions,

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 not contradict us.

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 It's tempting to shave off God's word

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 to slid it.

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 It doesn't offend our cultural sensitivities

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 or sensibilities.

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 It's tempting to search God's word

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 for reflections of ourselves

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 rather than the reflection

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 of the glory of God.

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 But we must never yield

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 to such temptations.

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 We must listen to all of it.

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 We must speak all of it,

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 obey all of it.

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 We must not shrink

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 from declaring the whole counsel

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 of God.

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 And that's why,

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 as a church,

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 we make it our practice

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 to alternate

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 between the Old and New Testaments

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 and preach through the entire books

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 of the Bible at a time.

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 And it's partly because

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 I don't trust myself.

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 If we jump from one place to another

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 intentionally or not,

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 we end up self-selecting parts

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 of scripture

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 that we naturally gravitate toward.

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 Parts that are familiar to us.

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 Parts that are easier

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 to preach and accept.

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 Parts that we think

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 better suits our needs.

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 And there is a time and place

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 for such topical teaching

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 from scripture.

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 But if that becomes

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 our predominant

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 or exclusive diet,

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 scripture will only speak

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 to our perceived needs,

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 which are not necessarily

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 our real needs.

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 it's like a sick person

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 self-diagnosing himself,

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 his disease,

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 with his limited medical knowledge

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 using Google or whatnot.

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 Instead of letting a trained

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 and qualified doctor

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 methodically question

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 and thoroughly examine him

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 for an accurate diagnosis.

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 God doesn't waste his words.

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 We need all of God's word

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 to address us.

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 So likewise,

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 Jeremiah is to speak

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 all of God's words

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 without holding any of it back.

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 And the goal

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 of Jeremiah's proclamation

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 is that Judah might listen.

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 In the same way

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 that the word speak

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 is repeated throughout

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 this passage,

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 the word listen

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 or hear,

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 which also means obey,

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 is repeated 11 times

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 throughout this chapter.

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 God speaks

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 through his prophets

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 and God's people

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 are to listen and obey.

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 So God says,

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 read with me,

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 verses 3 to 6.

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 It may be they will listen

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 and everyone turn

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 from his evil way

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 that I may relent

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 of the disaster

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 that I intend to do to them

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 because of their evil deeds.

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 You shall say to them,

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 thus says the Lord,

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 if you will not listen to me

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 to walk in my law

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 that I have set before you

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 and to listen

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 to the words of my servants,

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 the prophets

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 whom I sent to you urgently,

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 though you have not listened,

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 then I will make this house

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 like Shiloh

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 and I will make this city

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 a curse for all the nations

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 of the earth.

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 If they heed God's words

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 and turn from their evil ways,

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 then they will be spared

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 and evil will not come unto them.

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 Disaster will not come on them.

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 But if they don't,

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 it will fall on them

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 like Shiloh.

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 Shiloh was the place

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 where the tabernacle of God

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 was formally set up,

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 the housing for God.

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 But due to Israel's disobedience,

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 God abandoned Shiloh

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 and the place

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 was subsequently reduced

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 to a heap of ruins.

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 And that's what God

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 is saying here,

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 that this will happen

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 to Jerusalem also.

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 So that's the word spoken.

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 And from verse 7 and onward,

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 we see how these religious leaders,

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 the priests and the prophets

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 and all the people

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 who are Jeremiah

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 speaking these words

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 in the temple,

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 how they spurned the word of God.

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 It's the word spurned.

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 It says in verses 8 to 9,

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 And when Jeremiah

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 had finished speaking

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 all that the Lord

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 had commanded him to speak

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 to all the people,

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 then the priests

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 and the prophets

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 and all the people

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 laid hold of him,

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 saying,

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 You shall die.

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 Why have you prophesied

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 in the name of the Lord,

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 saying,

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 This house shall be like Shiloh,

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 and this city shall be desolate

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 without inhabitant?

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 And all the people

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 gathered around Jeremiah

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 in the house of the Lord.

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 So Jeremiah is delivering

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 this prophecy

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 in the temple precinct,

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 so it's not surprising

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 that the priests

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 and the prophets

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 were in the audience.

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 But all the other people

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 that are also there

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 are probably there

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 to worship

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 because they're at the temple.

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 The worshipers

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 that are gathered

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 around the temple.

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 And after Jeremiah

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 gives the sermon,

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 it must have caused

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 quite the stir

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 and the commotion

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 because people are now

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 thronging around him.

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 And the result,

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 it says,

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 All the people

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 gathered around Jeremiah

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 in the house of the Lord.

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 And the word gathered,

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 the word is interesting here

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 because it's a neutral word

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 that could refer

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 either to a good crowd,

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 for example,

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 a congregation gathered

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 for worship,

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 but it's also used

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 sometimes in Scripture

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 to refer to a mob

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 that has hostile intentions.

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 So in this case,

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 the congregation of worship,

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 people who had gathered

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 to worship God,

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 now is degenerating

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 into this hostile mob

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 that's beginning

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 to throng around Jeremiah

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 and he's feeling threatened

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 because they say to him,

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 you shall die.

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 The verdict of the public

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 was that Jeremiah

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 was a blasphemer,

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 someone who spoke

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 what is false

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 in the name of the Lord

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 and the blasphemer

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 is because they threatened

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 the very foundation

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 of Israel

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 which was a society,

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 it's a theocratic nation

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 founded on worship

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 of the true God

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 and because of that,

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 it was punishable by death,

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 blasphemy was

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 in the Old Testament.

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 And fortunately for Jeremiah,

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 the court officials

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 are also at hand

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 to restore order

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 and initiate

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 a proper legal procedure

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 and so he says

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 in verse 10,

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 when the officials

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 of Judah heard

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 these things,

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 they came up

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 from the king's house

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 to the house of the Lord

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 and took their seat

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 in the entry

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 of the new gate

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 of the house of the Lord.

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 The commotion

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 has reached

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 the king's palace

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 and so the rulers

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 of the nation

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 came down to the temple

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 and took their seat.

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 That's a formal way

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 of saying that

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 they took the seat

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 for rendering judgment.

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 The court is now

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 in session.

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 And in verse 11,

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 the prosecution

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 presents their case.

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 This man deserves

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 the sentence of death

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 because he has prophesied

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 against the city

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 as you have heard

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 with your own ears.

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 Notice how they are

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 more concerned

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 with Jeremiah

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 prophesying harm

00:20:51.940 --> 00:20:52.899
 against the city

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 rather than with

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 whether or not

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 he is truly speaking

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 the word of the Lord.

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 Because the real issue

00:20:59.539 --> 00:21:00.200
 at hand is not

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 whether Jeremiah's prophecy

00:21:01.500 --> 00:21:03.419
 bodes well or ill

00:21:03.420 --> 00:21:04.440
 for Jerusalem.

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 The real issue

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 is whether Jeremiah

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 is speaking God's word.

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 Because if God

00:21:08.580 --> 00:21:09.220
 sent Jeremiah

00:21:09.220 --> 00:21:10.360
 to speak this prophecy

00:21:10.360 --> 00:21:10.980
 against Jerusalem

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 then he's done

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 nothing wrong.

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 Isn't that often

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 how we come to

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 scripture as well?

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 We're more upset

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 that it tells us

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 not to do something

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 that we want to do

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 rather than

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 being concerned

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 with whether it's

00:21:31.200 --> 00:21:31.920
 truly the word

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 of the Lord

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 that this is

00:21:33.740 --> 00:21:34.100
 what God

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 asks of us.

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 Jeremiah knows this

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 and so he gets

00:21:38.160 --> 00:21:39.000
 right to the heart

00:21:39.000 --> 00:21:39.600
 of the issue

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 in verses 12 to 13

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 when he as the defendant

00:21:41.920 --> 00:21:43.080
 presents his case.

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 The Lord sent me

00:21:45.240 --> 00:21:46.380
 to prophesy

00:21:46.380 --> 00:21:47.560
 against this house

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 and this city

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 all the words

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 you have heard.

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 Now therefore

00:21:52.220 --> 00:21:53.340
 mend your ways

00:21:53.340 --> 00:21:54.180
 and your deeds

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 and obey the voice

00:21:55.539 --> 00:21:56.740
 of the Lord your God

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 and the Lord

00:21:57.539 --> 00:21:58.340
 will relent

00:21:58.340 --> 00:21:59.200
 of the disaster

00:21:59.200 --> 00:21:59.860
 that he has

00:21:59.859 --> 00:22:01.240
 pronounced against you.

00:22:01.879 --> 00:22:02.779
 Jeremiah does not

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 recant anything.

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 Instead he doubles

00:22:05.139 --> 00:22:06.159
 down on his prophecy

00:22:06.159 --> 00:22:07.659
 and declares God's word

00:22:07.659 --> 00:22:08.419
 once again

00:22:08.419 --> 00:22:09.579
 even while he's

00:22:09.579 --> 00:22:10.299
 being tried

00:22:10.299 --> 00:22:11.339
 for blasphemy

00:22:11.339 --> 00:22:12.279
 and his very life

00:22:12.279 --> 00:22:13.139
 is unaligned.

00:22:13.579 --> 00:22:13.919
 So Jeremiah

00:22:13.919 --> 00:22:15.279
 faithfully fulfills

00:22:15.279 --> 00:22:16.199
 his prophetic role

00:22:16.199 --> 00:22:17.179
 and calls the people

00:22:17.179 --> 00:22:17.819
 to repentance.

00:22:19.099 --> 00:22:19.899
 And Jeremiah

00:22:19.899 --> 00:22:20.819
 was not unaware

00:22:20.819 --> 00:22:22.059
 of the possible

00:22:22.059 --> 00:22:22.759
 consequences

00:22:22.759 --> 00:22:23.939
 of his bold testimony

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 because look at

00:22:24.599 --> 00:22:25.819
 verses 14 to 15.

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 But as for me

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 behold

00:22:27.919 --> 00:22:29.919
 I am in your hands

00:22:29.919 --> 00:22:31.259
 do with me

00:22:31.259 --> 00:22:31.939
 as seems good

00:22:31.939 --> 00:22:32.720
 and right to you

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 only know

00:22:34.119 --> 00:22:34.980
 for certain

00:22:34.980 --> 00:22:36.079
 that if you

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 put me to death

00:22:37.039 --> 00:22:38.059
 you will bring

00:22:38.059 --> 00:22:38.819
 innocent blood

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 upon yourselves

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 and upon this city

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 and its inhabitants

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 for in truth

00:22:43.240 --> 00:22:43.919
 the Lord

00:22:43.919 --> 00:22:45.000
 sent me to you

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 to speak

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 all these words

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 in your ears.

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 The people

00:22:51.679 --> 00:22:52.679
 at this point

00:22:52.679 --> 00:22:53.679
 are swayed

00:22:53.680 --> 00:22:55.100
 by Jeremiah's defense

00:22:55.100 --> 00:22:56.340
 but we know

00:22:56.340 --> 00:22:56.900
 that they don't

00:22:56.900 --> 00:22:58.000
 actually repent later

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 so probably

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 they're swayed

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 by Jeremiah's defense

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 not because

00:23:01.640 --> 00:23:02.480
 of their faith

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 but because

00:23:02.940 --> 00:23:03.539
 of their fear

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 of bringing

00:23:04.000 --> 00:23:04.560
 innocent blood

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 upon themselves.

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 But regardless

00:23:06.759 --> 00:23:07.400
 they support

00:23:07.400 --> 00:23:08.400
 the official's verdict

00:23:08.400 --> 00:23:09.380
 in verse 16.

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 This man does not

00:23:10.720 --> 00:23:11.480
 deserve the sentence

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 of death

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 for he has spoken

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 to us

00:23:13.060 --> 00:23:13.440
 in the name

00:23:13.440 --> 00:23:13.980
 of the Lord

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 our God.

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 And after this verdict

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 is given by the officials

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 then we hear

00:23:18.380 --> 00:23:19.019
 the elders

00:23:19.019 --> 00:23:20.580
 kind of approval

00:23:20.580 --> 00:23:21.640
 expression of approval

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 in verses 18 to 19.

00:23:23.019 --> 00:23:25.240
 Micah of Moresheth

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 prophesied in the days

00:23:26.500 --> 00:23:27.920
 of Hezekiah king of Judah

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 and said to all

00:23:29.160 --> 00:23:29.980
 the people of Judah

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 thus says the Lord

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 of hosts

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 Zion shall be plowed

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 as a field

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 Jerusalem shall become

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 a heap of ruins

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 and the mountain

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 of the house

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 a wooded height.

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 Did Hezekiah king of Judah

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 and all Judah

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 put him to death?

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 Did he not fear the Lord

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 and entreat the favor

00:23:44.920 --> 00:23:45.420
 of the Lord?

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 And did not the Lord

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 relent of the disaster

00:23:47.940 --> 00:23:48.779
 that he had pronounced

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 against him?

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 But we are about

00:23:50.539 --> 00:23:51.759
 to bring great disaster

00:23:51.759 --> 00:23:52.539
 upon ourselves.

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 They are quoting here

00:23:54.200 --> 00:23:55.460
 from Micah chapter 3

00:23:55.460 --> 00:23:56.160
 verse 12.

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 Prophet Micah

00:23:57.420 --> 00:23:58.220
 like Jeremiah

00:23:58.220 --> 00:23:59.639
 had prophesied judgment

00:23:59.639 --> 00:24:00.059
 and doom

00:24:00.059 --> 00:24:00.920
 against Jerusalem

00:24:00.920 --> 00:24:01.940
 and at that point

00:24:01.940 --> 00:24:03.079
 the king and the nation

00:24:03.079 --> 00:24:04.639
 repented of their evil ways

00:24:04.639 --> 00:24:05.839
 so that God relented

00:24:05.839 --> 00:24:06.639
 of his judgment

00:24:06.639 --> 00:24:07.859
 so should they not

00:24:07.859 --> 00:24:08.720
 also do the same

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 is what the elders

00:24:09.339 --> 00:24:09.779
 are saying

00:24:09.779 --> 00:24:10.460
 the leaders of

00:24:10.460 --> 00:24:11.940
 the people.

00:24:12.660 --> 00:24:13.339
 It's what if Jeremiah

00:24:13.339 --> 00:24:14.139
 really is speaking

00:24:14.139 --> 00:24:15.119
 God's word

00:24:15.119 --> 00:24:16.639
 putting him to death

00:24:16.639 --> 00:24:17.819
 would bring great disaster

00:24:17.819 --> 00:24:18.519
 upon ourselves.

00:24:19.660 --> 00:24:20.519
 But lest we

00:24:20.519 --> 00:24:21.799
 mistakenly think

00:24:21.799 --> 00:24:22.419
 that the people

00:24:22.419 --> 00:24:23.159
 of Judah

00:24:23.159 --> 00:24:23.819
 and their leaders

00:24:23.819 --> 00:24:24.399
 were always

00:24:24.399 --> 00:24:25.139
 this reasonable

00:24:25.139 --> 00:24:26.240
 and sensible

00:24:26.240 --> 00:24:27.299
 Jeremiah

00:24:27.299 --> 00:24:28.960
 adds another incident

00:24:28.960 --> 00:24:30.139
 when things

00:24:30.139 --> 00:24:30.779
 didn't turn out

00:24:30.779 --> 00:24:31.079
 so well

00:24:31.079 --> 00:24:31.599
 for the prophet

00:24:31.599 --> 00:24:32.059
 of the Lord

00:24:32.059 --> 00:24:33.279
 in verses 20

00:24:33.279 --> 00:24:33.940
 to 23

00:24:33.940 --> 00:24:36.740
 there was another man

00:24:36.740 --> 00:24:38.400
 who prophesied

00:24:38.400 --> 00:24:39.200
 in the name of the Lord

00:24:39.200 --> 00:24:41.039
 Uriah the son of Shemaiah

00:24:41.039 --> 00:24:42.259
 from Kiriath-Jerim

00:24:42.259 --> 00:24:43.600
 he prophesied

00:24:43.600 --> 00:24:44.519
 against this city

00:24:44.519 --> 00:24:45.600
 and against this land

00:24:45.600 --> 00:24:46.539
 in words like

00:24:46.539 --> 00:24:47.480
 those of Jeremiah

00:24:47.480 --> 00:24:50.059
 and when King Jehoiakim

00:24:50.059 --> 00:24:51.420
 he's the present king

00:24:51.420 --> 00:24:52.380
 at the time of Jeremiah

00:24:52.380 --> 00:24:52.779
 speaking

00:24:52.779 --> 00:24:54.420
 with all his warriors

00:24:54.420 --> 00:24:55.340
 and all the officials

00:24:55.340 --> 00:24:56.220
 heard his words

00:24:56.220 --> 00:24:57.340
 the king sought

00:24:57.340 --> 00:24:58.340
 to put him to death

00:24:58.340 --> 00:24:59.580
 but when Uriah

00:24:59.580 --> 00:25:00.059
 heard of it

00:25:00.059 --> 00:25:00.740
 he was afraid

00:25:00.740 --> 00:25:01.240
 and fled

00:25:01.240 --> 00:25:02.220
 and escaped to Egypt

00:25:02.220 --> 00:25:03.819
 then King Jehoiakim

00:25:03.819 --> 00:25:04.579
 sent to Egypt

00:25:04.579 --> 00:25:05.319
 certain men

00:25:05.319 --> 00:25:06.019
 Elnathan

00:25:06.019 --> 00:25:06.960
 the son of Akbar

00:25:06.960 --> 00:25:08.220
 and others with him

00:25:08.220 --> 00:25:09.740
 and they took Uriah

00:25:09.740 --> 00:25:10.299
 from Egypt

00:25:10.299 --> 00:25:10.880
 and brought him

00:25:10.880 --> 00:25:12.440
 to King Jehoiakim

00:25:12.440 --> 00:25:13.720
 who struck him

00:25:13.720 --> 00:25:14.940
 down with the sword

00:25:14.940 --> 00:25:16.539
 and dumped his dead body

00:25:16.539 --> 00:25:17.640
 into the burial place

00:25:17.640 --> 00:25:18.779
 of the common people

00:25:18.779 --> 00:25:20.460
 this is a contemporary

00:25:20.460 --> 00:25:21.620
 of his

00:25:21.620 --> 00:25:22.380
 of Jeremiah's

00:25:22.380 --> 00:25:23.039
 another prophet

00:25:23.039 --> 00:25:23.900
 and it happened

00:25:23.900 --> 00:25:25.360
 under the same king's reign

00:25:25.360 --> 00:25:26.259
 of Jehoiakim

00:25:26.259 --> 00:25:27.180
 so even though

00:25:27.180 --> 00:25:28.079
 Jeremiah went free

00:25:28.079 --> 00:25:28.819
 this time

00:25:28.819 --> 00:25:30.059
 it didn't always

00:25:30.059 --> 00:25:30.759
 happen this way

00:25:30.759 --> 00:25:31.839
 for the Lord's prophets

00:25:31.839 --> 00:25:33.980
 because Uriah

00:25:33.980 --> 00:25:35.459
 who also prophesied

00:25:35.459 --> 00:25:36.119
 in the same way

00:25:36.119 --> 00:25:36.819
 Jeremiah did

00:25:36.819 --> 00:25:37.839
 was put to death

00:25:37.839 --> 00:25:39.059
 by King Jehoiakim

00:25:39.059 --> 00:25:40.779
 so the narrator

00:25:40.779 --> 00:25:42.119
 whether it's Jeremiah

00:25:42.119 --> 00:25:42.659
 himself

00:25:42.659 --> 00:25:44.299
 or later scribe

00:25:44.299 --> 00:25:45.079
 who organized

00:25:45.079 --> 00:25:45.740
 and put together

00:25:45.740 --> 00:25:46.699
 his prophecies

00:25:46.699 --> 00:25:47.519
 thematically

00:25:47.519 --> 00:25:48.500
 is including

00:25:48.500 --> 00:25:49.659
 this story here

00:25:49.659 --> 00:25:50.399
 to make sure

00:25:50.399 --> 00:25:51.199
 we understand

00:25:51.199 --> 00:25:52.480
 the mortal danger

00:25:52.480 --> 00:25:53.199
 that Jeremiah

00:25:53.199 --> 00:25:54.159
 put himself in

00:25:54.159 --> 00:25:54.939
 by speaking

00:25:54.939 --> 00:25:55.959
 the word of the Lord

00:25:55.959 --> 00:25:58.659
 but Jeremiah

00:25:58.659 --> 00:25:59.859
 faced a different outcome

00:25:59.859 --> 00:26:00.279
 why

00:26:00.279 --> 00:26:01.960
 verse 24

00:26:01.960 --> 00:26:02.619
 tells us

00:26:02.619 --> 00:26:03.420
 the hand

00:26:03.420 --> 00:26:04.399
 of Ahicham

00:26:04.399 --> 00:26:06.059
 the son of Shaphan

00:26:06.059 --> 00:26:07.399
 was with Jeremiah

00:26:07.399 --> 00:26:08.339
 so that he

00:26:08.339 --> 00:26:09.559
 was not given over

00:26:09.559 --> 00:26:10.220
 to the people

00:26:10.220 --> 00:26:11.599
 to be put to death

00:26:11.599 --> 00:26:13.039
 it's a wonderful

00:26:13.039 --> 00:26:14.660
 story about this family

00:26:14.660 --> 00:26:15.879
 because Shaphan

00:26:15.879 --> 00:26:17.519
 was the secretary

00:26:17.519 --> 00:26:19.000
 of King Josiah

00:26:19.000 --> 00:26:20.619
 during his reforms

00:26:20.619 --> 00:26:21.399
 Josiah was

00:26:21.399 --> 00:26:22.619
 a pious king

00:26:22.619 --> 00:26:24.059
 he loved the Lord

00:26:24.059 --> 00:26:25.299
 wanted to reform

00:26:25.299 --> 00:26:25.740
 the nation

00:26:25.740 --> 00:26:26.299
 in true worship

00:26:26.299 --> 00:26:26.680
 of God

00:26:26.680 --> 00:26:27.639
 and so Shaphan

00:26:27.639 --> 00:26:28.559
 was the secretary

00:26:28.559 --> 00:26:29.299
 to Josiah

00:26:29.299 --> 00:26:29.799
 as mentioned

00:26:29.799 --> 00:26:30.940
 in 2 Kings 22

00:26:30.940 --> 00:26:32.319
 and his family

00:26:32.319 --> 00:26:32.919
 whole family

00:26:32.919 --> 00:26:33.740
 and his sons

00:26:33.740 --> 00:26:34.779
 appear to have been

00:26:34.779 --> 00:26:36.019
 godly faithful people

00:26:36.019 --> 00:26:37.119
 because they are seen

00:26:37.119 --> 00:26:38.139
 over and over again

00:26:38.139 --> 00:26:40.000
 leveraging their political power

00:26:40.000 --> 00:26:41.240
 to shield Jeremiah

00:26:41.240 --> 00:26:42.679
 so for example

00:26:42.679 --> 00:26:43.480
 later in Jeremiah

00:26:43.480 --> 00:26:44.339
 chapter 36

00:26:44.339 --> 00:26:45.740
 another one

00:26:45.740 --> 00:26:47.019
 of Shaphan's sons

00:26:47.019 --> 00:26:48.159
 Gemariah

00:26:48.159 --> 00:26:49.740
 urges Jehoiakim

00:26:49.740 --> 00:26:50.700
 not to burn

00:26:50.700 --> 00:26:51.720
 Jeremiah's scroll

00:26:51.720 --> 00:26:53.099
 he does it anyway

00:26:53.099 --> 00:26:53.940
 but at least

00:26:53.940 --> 00:26:54.599
 he tried

00:26:54.599 --> 00:26:54.899
 right

00:26:54.899 --> 00:26:56.980
 and in chapter 39

00:26:56.980 --> 00:26:57.799
 and chapter 40

00:26:57.799 --> 00:26:58.740
 yet another one

00:26:58.740 --> 00:26:59.680
 of Shaphan's sons

00:26:59.680 --> 00:27:00.819
 Gedaliah

00:27:00.819 --> 00:27:02.160
 takes charge

00:27:02.160 --> 00:27:02.880
 of Jeremiah

00:27:02.880 --> 00:27:04.220
 and ensures

00:27:04.220 --> 00:27:05.000
 his survival

00:27:05.000 --> 00:27:05.799
 after Jerusalem

00:27:05.799 --> 00:27:06.460
 has fallen

00:27:06.460 --> 00:27:08.460
 and here

00:27:08.460 --> 00:27:09.420
 it's because

00:27:09.420 --> 00:27:10.440
 of another one

00:27:10.440 --> 00:27:11.319
 of Shaphan's sons

00:27:11.319 --> 00:27:12.079
 Ahichem

00:27:12.079 --> 00:27:13.400
 and his influence

00:27:13.400 --> 00:27:14.660
 over the official's

00:27:14.660 --> 00:27:15.099
 decision

00:27:15.099 --> 00:27:15.920
 that Jeremiah

00:27:15.920 --> 00:27:17.259
 was not handed

00:27:17.259 --> 00:27:18.319
 over to the people

00:27:18.319 --> 00:27:19.259
 to be put to death

00:27:19.259 --> 00:27:21.720
 it's not such a cool story

00:27:21.720 --> 00:27:22.019
 I wish

00:27:22.019 --> 00:27:23.500
 God give us families

00:27:23.500 --> 00:27:24.079
 like that

00:27:24.079 --> 00:27:27.059
 earlier in verse 14

00:27:27.059 --> 00:27:28.139
 remember what Jeremiah

00:27:28.139 --> 00:27:29.119
 said to the officials

00:27:29.119 --> 00:27:30.000
 behold

00:27:30.000 --> 00:27:32.339
 I am in your hands

00:27:32.339 --> 00:27:33.319
 do with me

00:27:33.319 --> 00:27:34.199
 as seems good

00:27:34.199 --> 00:27:34.960
 and right to you

00:27:34.960 --> 00:27:36.559
 but in truth

00:27:36.559 --> 00:27:38.139
 Jeremiah was never

00:27:38.139 --> 00:27:38.659
 given up

00:27:38.659 --> 00:27:39.359
 to the hands

00:27:39.359 --> 00:27:40.179
 of the mob

00:27:40.179 --> 00:27:41.119
 he was always

00:27:41.119 --> 00:27:42.359
 in God's hands

00:27:42.359 --> 00:27:43.439
 which is why

00:27:43.439 --> 00:27:45.079
 the hand of Ahichem

00:27:45.079 --> 00:27:46.519
 the son of Shaphan

00:27:46.519 --> 00:27:48.240
 was with Jeremiah

00:27:48.240 --> 00:27:49.939
 this is a fulfillment

00:27:49.939 --> 00:27:51.220
 of the promise

00:27:51.220 --> 00:27:52.119
 that God had made

00:27:52.119 --> 00:27:52.679
 to Jeremiah

00:27:52.680 --> 00:27:53.779
 at the very beginning

00:27:53.779 --> 00:27:55.160
 of his prophetic calling

00:27:55.160 --> 00:27:55.940
 in chapter 1

00:27:55.940 --> 00:27:57.600
 verses 18 to 19

00:27:57.600 --> 00:27:58.820
 God had said to him

00:27:58.820 --> 00:27:59.279
 and I

00:27:59.279 --> 00:28:00.340
 behold I

00:28:00.340 --> 00:28:01.840
 make you this day

00:28:01.840 --> 00:28:02.980
 a fortified city

00:28:02.980 --> 00:28:04.019
 in iron pillar

00:28:04.019 --> 00:28:05.400
 and bronze walls

00:28:05.400 --> 00:28:06.740
 against the whole land

00:28:06.740 --> 00:28:07.960
 against the kings of Judah

00:28:07.960 --> 00:28:08.880
 its officials

00:28:08.880 --> 00:28:09.500
 its priests

00:28:09.500 --> 00:28:10.580
 and the people of the land

00:28:10.580 --> 00:28:12.700
 they will fight against you

00:28:12.700 --> 00:28:14.660
 but they shall not prevail

00:28:14.660 --> 00:28:15.519
 against you

00:28:15.519 --> 00:28:16.600
 for

00:28:16.600 --> 00:28:18.200
 I am with you

00:28:18.200 --> 00:28:19.720
 declares the Lord

00:28:19.720 --> 00:28:20.660
 to deliver

00:28:20.660 --> 00:28:21.580
 you

00:28:21.580 --> 00:28:23.200
 the Lord

00:28:23.200 --> 00:28:25.160
 God was with Jeremiah

00:28:25.160 --> 00:28:26.080
 to deliver him

00:28:26.080 --> 00:28:28.460
 his mighty sovereign hand

00:28:28.460 --> 00:28:29.360
 was protecting

00:28:29.360 --> 00:28:30.640
 and guiding Jeremiah

00:28:30.640 --> 00:28:31.560
 so that even though

00:28:31.560 --> 00:28:32.560
 it appeared to him

00:28:32.560 --> 00:28:33.360
 as though he was

00:28:33.360 --> 00:28:34.500
 completely at the mercy

00:28:34.500 --> 00:28:35.160
 of the mob

00:28:35.160 --> 00:28:36.420
 at their hands

00:28:36.420 --> 00:28:37.240
 in reality

00:28:37.240 --> 00:28:38.380
 he was under the care

00:28:38.380 --> 00:28:40.040
 of the sovereign God

00:28:40.040 --> 00:28:41.779
 because Jeremiah

00:28:41.779 --> 00:28:42.940
 was sent by the Lord

00:28:42.940 --> 00:28:43.680
 the Lord himself

00:28:43.680 --> 00:28:44.880
 took charge of his welfare

00:28:44.880 --> 00:28:46.140
 and nothing will happen

00:28:46.140 --> 00:28:46.860
 to him outside

00:28:46.860 --> 00:28:48.160
 of God's oversight

00:28:48.160 --> 00:28:50.920
 the Lord himself

00:28:50.920 --> 00:28:52.100
 ensures that his word

00:28:52.100 --> 00:28:53.340
 will go forth

00:28:53.340 --> 00:28:54.100
 let this truth

00:28:54.100 --> 00:28:55.580
 be a comfort to you

00:28:55.580 --> 00:28:57.880
 even when you feel

00:28:57.880 --> 00:28:58.480
 you are

00:28:58.480 --> 00:28:59.640
 completely

00:28:59.640 --> 00:29:00.700
 at the mercy

00:29:00.700 --> 00:29:01.720
 of other people

00:29:01.720 --> 00:29:02.380
 in your life

00:29:02.380 --> 00:29:03.740
 whether it's your

00:29:03.740 --> 00:29:04.320
 professor

00:29:04.320 --> 00:29:05.220
 or boss

00:29:05.220 --> 00:29:06.340
 or parent

00:29:06.340 --> 00:29:07.140
 or spouse

00:29:07.140 --> 00:29:08.180
 ultimately

00:29:08.180 --> 00:29:09.040
 those who belong

00:29:09.040 --> 00:29:09.779
 to God

00:29:09.779 --> 00:29:10.779
 are under his

00:29:10.779 --> 00:29:11.920
 provident care

00:29:11.920 --> 00:29:13.740
 even when you feel

00:29:13.740 --> 00:29:14.620
 that the proclamation

00:29:14.620 --> 00:29:15.519
 of God's word

00:29:15.519 --> 00:29:16.019
 when you share

00:29:16.019 --> 00:29:16.420
 the gospel

00:29:16.420 --> 00:29:17.019
 with someone

00:29:17.019 --> 00:29:18.380
 and that it's

00:29:18.380 --> 00:29:19.279
 not going anywhere

00:29:19.279 --> 00:29:20.440
 that it's jeopardized

00:29:20.440 --> 00:29:21.039
 that it's threatened

00:29:21.039 --> 00:29:21.680
 God's word

00:29:21.680 --> 00:29:22.820
 will go forth

00:29:22.820 --> 00:29:23.700
 and accomplish

00:29:23.700 --> 00:29:24.440
 his purposes

00:29:24.440 --> 00:29:26.480
 it cannot be thwarted

00:29:26.480 --> 00:29:26.960
 and it will never

00:29:26.960 --> 00:29:27.640
 return void

00:29:27.640 --> 00:29:30.680
 but of course

00:29:30.680 --> 00:29:31.779
 that doesn't

00:29:31.779 --> 00:29:32.700
 necessarily mean

00:29:32.700 --> 00:29:33.259
 that things

00:29:33.259 --> 00:29:34.160
 will always turn out

00:29:34.160 --> 00:29:34.600
 the way

00:29:34.600 --> 00:29:35.420
 we want

00:29:35.420 --> 00:29:35.720
 right

00:29:35.720 --> 00:29:38.779
 because God's

00:29:38.779 --> 00:29:39.420
 will is not

00:29:39.420 --> 00:29:40.519
 necessarily identical

00:29:40.519 --> 00:29:41.180
 to ours

00:29:41.180 --> 00:29:42.380
 as you can see

00:29:42.380 --> 00:29:43.259
 in the contrasting

00:29:43.259 --> 00:29:44.460
 examples of Uriah

00:29:44.460 --> 00:29:45.039
 and Jeremiah

00:29:45.039 --> 00:29:46.319
 sometimes prophets

00:29:46.319 --> 00:29:46.759
 of the Lord

00:29:46.759 --> 00:29:47.639
 were put to death

00:29:47.639 --> 00:29:48.799
 other times

00:29:48.799 --> 00:29:49.440
 prophets of the Lord

00:29:49.440 --> 00:29:49.940
 were preserved

00:29:49.940 --> 00:29:50.440
 from harm

00:29:50.440 --> 00:29:51.099
 the point

00:29:51.099 --> 00:29:51.899
 that Jeremiah

00:29:51.899 --> 00:29:52.899
 is driving home

00:29:52.899 --> 00:29:53.539
 in this passage

00:29:53.539 --> 00:29:54.059
 is that we should

00:29:54.059 --> 00:29:54.799
 listen to

00:29:54.799 --> 00:29:55.639
 and speak

00:29:55.639 --> 00:29:56.099
 the word

00:29:56.099 --> 00:29:56.519
 of the Lord

00:29:56.519 --> 00:29:57.500
 even to the

00:29:57.500 --> 00:29:58.220
 point of death

00:29:58.220 --> 00:30:00.740
 Jeremiah preached

00:30:00.740 --> 00:30:01.539
 even at the risk

00:30:01.539 --> 00:30:02.399
 of his own life

00:30:02.399 --> 00:30:03.259
 because he knew

00:30:03.259 --> 00:30:03.839
 that speaking

00:30:03.839 --> 00:30:04.440
 God's word

00:30:04.440 --> 00:30:04.940
 could mean

00:30:04.940 --> 00:30:05.480
 the life

00:30:05.480 --> 00:30:05.960
 or death

00:30:05.960 --> 00:30:06.539
 of the people

00:30:06.539 --> 00:30:07.220
 of his nation

00:30:07.220 --> 00:30:08.559
 and if he

00:30:08.559 --> 00:30:09.339
 didn't warn them

00:30:09.339 --> 00:30:10.039
 of God's judgment

00:30:10.039 --> 00:30:10.700
 they would not

00:30:10.700 --> 00:30:11.139
 repent

00:30:11.139 --> 00:30:11.839
 and they would

00:30:11.839 --> 00:30:13.139
 surely perish

00:30:13.140 --> 00:30:14.660
 and in this sense

00:30:14.660 --> 00:30:15.680
 Jeremiah was

00:30:15.680 --> 00:30:16.400
 a type

00:30:16.400 --> 00:30:17.940
 of the Messiah

00:30:17.940 --> 00:30:18.780
 that was to come

00:30:18.780 --> 00:30:20.960
 his prophetic role

00:30:20.960 --> 00:30:22.100
 pointed to

00:30:22.100 --> 00:30:23.060
 and was ultimately

00:30:23.060 --> 00:30:24.080
 fulfilled by

00:30:24.080 --> 00:30:24.900
 Jesus Christ

00:30:24.900 --> 00:30:26.180
 and Hebrews 1

00:30:26.180 --> 00:30:27.280
 1-2 says this

00:30:27.280 --> 00:30:27.960
 long ago

00:30:27.960 --> 00:30:29.120
 at many times

00:30:29.120 --> 00:30:30.040
 and in many ways

00:30:30.040 --> 00:30:31.820
 God spoke to our fathers

00:30:31.820 --> 00:30:32.900
 by the prophets

00:30:32.900 --> 00:30:35.340
 but in these last days

00:30:35.340 --> 00:30:37.320
 he has spoken to us

00:30:37.320 --> 00:30:39.280
 by his son

00:30:39.280 --> 00:30:40.460
 whom he appointed

00:30:40.460 --> 00:30:41.800
 the heir of all things

00:30:41.799 --> 00:30:43.039
 through whom also

00:30:43.039 --> 00:30:44.099
 he created

00:30:44.099 --> 00:30:45.200
 the world

00:30:45.200 --> 00:30:46.700
 Jesus

00:30:46.700 --> 00:30:47.839
 the son of God

00:30:47.839 --> 00:30:49.039
 is the prophet

00:30:49.039 --> 00:30:50.519
 par excellence

00:30:50.519 --> 00:30:52.519
 he is the ultimate prophet

00:30:52.519 --> 00:30:53.960
 that all the Old Testament

00:30:53.960 --> 00:30:55.299
 prophets were pointing to

00:30:55.299 --> 00:30:56.659
 and he faithfully

00:30:56.659 --> 00:30:57.460
 speaks

00:30:57.460 --> 00:30:58.419
 the words

00:30:58.419 --> 00:30:59.099
 of God

00:30:59.099 --> 00:30:59.859
 and that's why

00:30:59.859 --> 00:31:01.359
 in John 12

00:31:01.359 --> 00:31:02.379
 Jesus says to us

00:31:02.379 --> 00:31:02.819
 the one

00:31:02.819 --> 00:31:04.259
 who rejects me

00:31:04.259 --> 00:31:06.059
 and does not receive my words

00:31:06.059 --> 00:31:07.139
 has a judge

00:31:07.139 --> 00:31:08.940
 the word that I have spoken

00:31:08.940 --> 00:31:09.619
 will judge him

00:31:09.619 --> 00:31:10.379
 on the last day

00:31:10.380 --> 00:31:11.740
 for I have not spoken

00:31:11.740 --> 00:31:12.840
 on my own authority

00:31:12.840 --> 00:31:13.700
 but the father

00:31:13.700 --> 00:31:14.420
 who sent me

00:31:14.420 --> 00:31:15.140
 has himself

00:31:15.140 --> 00:31:16.300
 given me a commandment

00:31:16.300 --> 00:31:17.360
 what to say

00:31:17.360 --> 00:31:19.000
 and what to speak

00:31:19.000 --> 00:31:20.340
 and I know

00:31:20.340 --> 00:31:21.240
 that his commandment

00:31:21.240 --> 00:31:22.620
 is eternal life

00:31:22.620 --> 00:31:24.040
 what I say

00:31:24.040 --> 00:31:24.440
 therefore

00:31:24.440 --> 00:31:25.580
 I say

00:31:25.580 --> 00:31:26.560
 as the father

00:31:26.560 --> 00:31:27.320
 has told me

00:31:27.320 --> 00:31:29.160
 Jesus spoke

00:31:29.160 --> 00:31:29.660
 what he heard

00:31:29.660 --> 00:31:30.580
 from the father

00:31:30.580 --> 00:31:31.640
 and he did not

00:31:31.640 --> 00:31:32.600
 hold back

00:31:32.600 --> 00:31:33.080
 a word

00:31:33.080 --> 00:31:36.060
 but Jesus

00:31:36.060 --> 00:31:36.740
 is more than

00:31:36.740 --> 00:31:37.160
 a prophet

00:31:37.160 --> 00:31:39.840
 he doesn't merely

00:31:39.840 --> 00:31:40.700
 declare the word

00:31:40.700 --> 00:31:41.120
 of God

00:31:41.120 --> 00:31:42.100
 he is

00:31:42.100 --> 00:31:42.860
 the word

00:31:42.860 --> 00:31:43.279
 of God

00:31:43.279 --> 00:31:44.360
 as John 1

00:31:44.360 --> 00:31:44.720
 describes

00:31:44.720 --> 00:31:45.380
 he is the word

00:31:45.380 --> 00:31:46.200
 made flesh

00:31:46.200 --> 00:31:47.240
 he is more than

00:31:47.240 --> 00:31:47.820
 a messenger

00:31:47.820 --> 00:31:48.880
 who announces

00:31:48.880 --> 00:31:49.600
 the good news

00:31:49.600 --> 00:31:50.320
 of salvation

00:31:50.320 --> 00:31:51.880
 he is himself

00:31:51.880 --> 00:31:53.300
 the embodiment

00:31:53.300 --> 00:31:54.640
 of the good news

00:31:54.640 --> 00:31:55.640
 of salvation

00:31:55.640 --> 00:31:56.840
 because Jeremiah

00:31:56.840 --> 00:31:58.440
 was a great prophet

00:31:58.440 --> 00:31:59.620
 he was a faithful prophet

00:31:59.620 --> 00:32:00.600
 and he warned

00:32:00.600 --> 00:32:01.600
 the people of Judah

00:32:01.600 --> 00:32:03.160
 about God's impending judgment

00:32:03.160 --> 00:32:04.480
 but when the people

00:32:04.480 --> 00:32:05.360
 refused

00:32:05.359 --> 00:32:06.259
 to repent

00:32:06.259 --> 00:32:07.559
 there was nothing

00:32:07.559 --> 00:32:08.559
 Jeremiah could do

00:32:08.559 --> 00:32:09.459
 to save him

00:32:09.459 --> 00:32:10.059
 but say

00:32:10.059 --> 00:32:11.319
 I warned you

00:32:11.319 --> 00:32:15.500
 but Jesus

00:32:15.500 --> 00:32:18.339
 he warns

00:32:18.339 --> 00:32:19.679
 of God's judgment

00:32:19.679 --> 00:32:21.079
 but not only that

00:32:21.079 --> 00:32:22.839
 he himself

00:32:22.839 --> 00:32:23.919
 even when

00:32:23.919 --> 00:32:24.979
 even sinners

00:32:24.979 --> 00:32:26.319
 who resist

00:32:26.319 --> 00:32:27.179
 God's will

00:32:27.179 --> 00:32:32.599
 he makes a way

00:32:32.599 --> 00:32:33.059
 for them

00:32:33.059 --> 00:32:34.219
 to return

00:32:34.220 --> 00:32:34.860
 to the Father

00:32:34.860 --> 00:32:35.680
 and be reconciled

00:32:35.680 --> 00:32:35.900
 to him

00:32:35.900 --> 00:32:36.559
 by dying

00:32:36.559 --> 00:32:37.519
 on the cross

00:32:37.519 --> 00:32:38.140
 for their

00:32:38.140 --> 00:32:39.640
 own sins

00:32:39.640 --> 00:32:42.299
 so that he

00:32:42.299 --> 00:32:42.839
 can say

00:32:42.839 --> 00:32:44.279
 for Jesus

00:32:44.279 --> 00:32:45.980
 when people

00:32:45.980 --> 00:32:46.600
 sin

00:32:46.600 --> 00:32:47.220
 and are all

00:32:47.220 --> 00:32:47.700
 yielding

00:32:47.700 --> 00:32:48.220
 and stubborn

00:32:48.220 --> 00:32:48.860
 in their sins

00:32:48.860 --> 00:32:49.779
 his response

00:32:49.779 --> 00:32:50.519
 isn't too bad

00:32:50.519 --> 00:32:51.420
 I told you already

00:32:51.420 --> 00:32:52.759
 he says

00:32:52.759 --> 00:32:53.559
 no I made a way

00:32:53.559 --> 00:32:53.980
 for you

00:32:53.980 --> 00:32:55.200
 follow me

00:32:55.200 --> 00:32:57.100
 I died

00:32:57.100 --> 00:32:57.839
 for your sins

00:32:57.839 --> 00:32:59.079
 trust in me

00:32:59.079 --> 00:33:01.500
 and I can save

00:33:01.500 --> 00:33:02.140
 you

00:33:02.140 --> 00:33:02.620
 that's

00:33:02.620 --> 00:33:03.140
 what Jesus

00:33:03.140 --> 00:33:03.460
 does

00:33:03.460 --> 00:33:03.800
 and this

00:33:03.800 --> 00:33:04.240
 is not

00:33:04.240 --> 00:33:04.820
 like

00:33:04.820 --> 00:33:05.320
 if you

00:33:05.320 --> 00:33:05.700
 are not

00:33:05.700 --> 00:33:05.980
 yet a

00:33:05.980 --> 00:33:06.200
 follower

00:33:06.200 --> 00:33:06.560
 of Jesus

00:33:06.560 --> 00:33:07.080
 Christ

00:33:07.080 --> 00:33:08.100
 I urge you

00:33:08.100 --> 00:33:08.520
 this morning

00:33:08.520 --> 00:33:08.980
 to give

00:33:08.980 --> 00:33:09.440
 your life

00:33:09.440 --> 00:33:09.800
 to him

00:33:09.800 --> 00:33:10.140
 today

00:33:10.140 --> 00:33:10.620
 to the one

00:33:10.620 --> 00:33:11.040
 who gave

00:33:11.040 --> 00:33:11.540
 his life

00:33:11.540 --> 00:33:11.940
 to save

00:33:11.940 --> 00:33:12.200
 you

00:33:12.200 --> 00:33:13.020
 and this

00:33:13.020 --> 00:33:13.280
 is not

00:33:13.280 --> 00:33:13.660
 a commitment

00:33:13.660 --> 00:33:14.060
 to take

00:33:14.060 --> 00:33:14.420
 lightly

00:33:14.420 --> 00:33:15.200
 it requires

00:33:15.200 --> 00:33:15.900
 aligning

00:33:15.900 --> 00:33:16.620
 all of your

00:33:16.620 --> 00:33:17.140
 purposes

00:33:17.140 --> 00:33:17.980
 and priorities

00:33:17.980 --> 00:33:18.700
 with God

00:33:18.700 --> 00:33:19.860
 it means

00:33:19.860 --> 00:33:20.620
 listening to

00:33:20.620 --> 00:33:21.100
 God's word

00:33:21.100 --> 00:33:21.580
 and obeying

00:33:21.580 --> 00:33:22.020
 it at all

00:33:22.020 --> 00:33:22.600
 costs

00:33:22.600 --> 00:33:23.540
 it means

00:33:23.540 --> 00:33:24.300
 losing your

00:33:24.300 --> 00:33:24.700
 life

00:33:24.700 --> 00:33:25.640
 in order

00:33:25.640 --> 00:33:26.140
 to find

00:33:26.140 --> 00:33:26.420
 it

00:33:26.420 --> 00:33:27.640
 it means

00:33:27.640 --> 00:33:28.180
 no longer

00:33:28.180 --> 00:33:28.800
 living for

00:33:28.800 --> 00:33:29.259
 yourself

00:33:29.259 --> 00:33:29.700
 but living

00:33:29.700 --> 00:33:30.380
 wholly for

00:33:30.380 --> 00:33:30.580
 God

00:33:30.579 --> 00:33:31.159
 but it's

00:33:31.159 --> 00:33:32.000
 worth it

00:33:32.000 --> 00:33:32.240
 all

00:33:32.240 --> 00:33:35.099
 and this

00:33:35.099 --> 00:33:35.299
 is an

00:33:35.299 --> 00:33:35.579
 important

00:33:35.579 --> 00:33:35.980
 reminder

00:33:35.980 --> 00:33:36.379
 for those

00:33:36.379 --> 00:33:36.879
 of us

00:33:36.879 --> 00:33:37.980
 who have

00:33:37.980 --> 00:33:38.339
 put

00:33:38.339 --> 00:33:38.939
 their faith

00:33:38.939 --> 00:33:39.319
 in Jesus

00:33:39.319 --> 00:33:39.679
 Christ

00:33:39.679 --> 00:33:40.319
 for salvation

00:33:40.319 --> 00:33:40.879
 remember

00:33:40.879 --> 00:33:41.359
 that this

00:33:41.359 --> 00:33:41.819
 is not

00:33:41.819 --> 00:33:42.539
 a casual

00:33:42.539 --> 00:33:42.960
 commitment

00:33:42.960 --> 00:33:45.379
 it's not

00:33:45.379 --> 00:33:46.099
 one thing

00:33:46.099 --> 00:33:46.500
 on your

00:33:46.500 --> 00:33:47.359
 to-do list

00:33:47.359 --> 00:33:48.379
 among many

00:33:48.379 --> 00:33:49.279
 rather

00:33:49.279 --> 00:33:49.919
 it's the

00:33:49.919 --> 00:33:50.879
 one thing

00:33:50.879 --> 00:33:52.199
 that occupies

00:33:52.199 --> 00:33:52.919
 all that

00:33:52.919 --> 00:33:53.439
 you do

00:33:53.440 --> 00:34:00.180
 Jesus

00:34:00.180 --> 00:34:00.440
 said

00:34:00.440 --> 00:34:00.980
 if anyone

00:34:00.980 --> 00:34:01.480
 would come

00:34:01.480 --> 00:34:02.039
 after me

00:34:02.039 --> 00:34:02.960
 let him

00:34:02.960 --> 00:34:03.380
 deny

00:34:03.380 --> 00:34:03.900
 himself

00:34:03.900 --> 00:34:04.600
 and take

00:34:04.600 --> 00:34:04.960
 up his

00:34:04.960 --> 00:34:05.360
 cross

00:34:05.360 --> 00:34:05.799
 and follow

00:34:05.799 --> 00:34:06.100
 me

00:34:06.100 --> 00:34:07.279
 for whoever

00:34:07.279 --> 00:34:07.900
 would save

00:34:07.900 --> 00:34:08.360
 his life

00:34:08.360 --> 00:34:09.039
 will lose

00:34:09.039 --> 00:34:09.220
 it

00:34:09.220 --> 00:34:09.740
 but whoever

00:34:09.740 --> 00:34:10.220
 loses

00:34:10.220 --> 00:34:10.960
 his life

00:34:10.960 --> 00:34:12.200
 for my

00:34:12.200 --> 00:34:12.700
 sake

00:34:12.700 --> 00:34:13.440
 and the

00:34:13.440 --> 00:34:14.179
 gospels

00:34:14.179 --> 00:34:15.480
 will save

00:34:15.480 --> 00:34:15.760
 it

00:34:15.760 --> 00:34:16.760
 do you

00:34:16.760 --> 00:34:17.260
 believe

00:34:17.260 --> 00:34:17.800
 in Jesus

00:34:17.800 --> 00:34:18.260
 Christ

00:34:18.260 --> 00:34:18.820
 enough

00:34:18.820 --> 00:34:19.659
 to stake

00:34:19.659 --> 00:34:20.659
 your entire

00:34:20.659 --> 00:34:21.340
 life

00:34:21.340 --> 00:34:21.840
 on it

00:34:21.840 --> 00:34:25.079
 to go

00:34:25.079 --> 00:34:25.740
 all in

00:34:25.740 --> 00:34:26.559
 to forsake

00:34:26.559 --> 00:34:27.120
 all

00:34:27.120 --> 00:34:27.820
 selfish

00:34:27.820 --> 00:34:28.320
 pursuits

00:34:28.320 --> 00:34:28.860
 and pursue

00:34:28.860 --> 00:34:29.360
 Jesus

00:34:29.360 --> 00:34:30.180
 only

00:34:30.180 --> 00:34:31.320
 if you try

00:34:31.320 --> 00:34:31.880
 to save

00:34:31.880 --> 00:34:32.320
 your life

00:34:32.320 --> 00:34:32.860
 if you try

00:34:32.860 --> 00:34:33.240
 to keep

00:34:33.240 --> 00:34:33.880
 some aspects

00:34:33.880 --> 00:34:34.180
 of your

00:34:34.180 --> 00:34:34.440
 life

00:34:34.440 --> 00:34:35.320
 to yourself

00:34:35.320 --> 00:34:35.820
 instead of

00:34:35.820 --> 00:34:36.140
 giving it

00:34:36.140 --> 00:34:36.620
 up to God

00:34:36.620 --> 00:34:37.019
 you will

00:34:37.019 --> 00:34:37.660
 lose it

00:34:37.660 --> 00:34:40.120
 what is

00:34:40.120 --> 00:34:40.600
 your life

00:34:40.600 --> 00:34:41.280
 about

00:34:41.280 --> 00:34:43.579
 is it

00:34:43.579 --> 00:34:44.260
 about God

00:34:44.260 --> 00:34:44.620
 or is it

00:34:44.620 --> 00:34:45.260
 about yourself

00:34:45.260 --> 00:34:47.680
 are you

00:34:47.680 --> 00:34:48.160
 working

00:34:48.160 --> 00:34:48.700
 who are you

00:34:48.700 --> 00:34:49.360
 working for

00:34:49.360 --> 00:34:51.059
 studying

00:34:51.059 --> 00:34:51.460
 for

00:34:51.460 --> 00:34:52.480
 living

00:34:52.480 --> 00:34:52.920
 for

00:34:52.920 --> 00:34:55.119
 and if

00:34:55.119 --> 00:34:55.519
 you really

00:34:55.519 --> 00:34:56.039
 believe

00:34:56.039 --> 00:34:56.519
 the gospel

00:34:56.519 --> 00:34:56.940
 of Jesus

00:34:56.940 --> 00:34:57.279
 Christ

00:34:57.279 --> 00:34:57.539
 that it

00:34:57.539 --> 00:34:57.759
 is the

00:34:57.759 --> 00:34:58.019
 power

00:34:58.019 --> 00:34:58.320
 of God

00:34:58.320 --> 00:34:58.519
 unto

00:34:58.519 --> 00:34:59.059
 salvation

00:34:59.059 --> 00:34:59.779
 then are

00:34:59.779 --> 00:35:00.420
 you willing

00:35:00.420 --> 00:35:01.019
 to risk

00:35:01.019 --> 00:35:01.579
 your life

00:35:01.579 --> 00:35:02.039
 to share

00:35:02.039 --> 00:35:02.360
 it

00:35:02.360 --> 00:35:05.920
 Boston

00:35:05.920 --> 00:35:06.299
 is one

00:35:06.299 --> 00:35:06.500
 of the

00:35:06.500 --> 00:35:06.739
 least

00:35:06.739 --> 00:35:07.299
 churched

00:35:07.299 --> 00:35:07.659
 and least

00:35:07.659 --> 00:35:08.420
 bible minded

00:35:08.420 --> 00:35:09.440
 cities

00:35:09.440 --> 00:35:09.699
 in the

00:35:09.699 --> 00:35:10.059
 US

00:35:10.059 --> 00:35:11.219
 there is

00:35:11.219 --> 00:35:11.799
 need

00:35:11.799 --> 00:35:12.059
 for the

00:35:12.059 --> 00:35:12.320
 gospel

00:35:12.320 --> 00:35:12.599
 here

00:35:12.599 --> 00:35:12.860
 that's

00:35:12.860 --> 00:35:13.259
 why we

00:35:13.259 --> 00:35:13.579
 started

00:35:13.579 --> 00:35:14.039
 this

00:35:14.039 --> 00:35:14.279
 church

00:35:14.279 --> 00:35:14.559
 here

00:35:14.559 --> 00:35:16.519
 but even

00:35:16.519 --> 00:35:16.820
 here

00:35:16.820 --> 00:35:17.420
 if people

00:35:17.420 --> 00:35:17.840
 want

00:35:17.840 --> 00:35:18.500
 to learn

00:35:18.500 --> 00:35:18.719
 about

00:35:18.719 --> 00:35:19.119
 Christ

00:35:19.119 --> 00:35:19.779
 they could

00:35:19.779 --> 00:35:20.179
 find

00:35:20.179 --> 00:35:20.579
 other

00:35:20.579 --> 00:35:20.980
 churches

00:35:20.980 --> 00:35:21.219
 that

00:35:21.219 --> 00:35:21.800
 faithfully

00:35:21.800 --> 00:35:22.260
 proclaim

00:35:22.260 --> 00:35:22.699
 the gospel

00:35:22.699 --> 00:35:23.059
 of Jesus

00:35:23.059 --> 00:35:23.539
 Christ

00:35:23.539 --> 00:35:27.059
 but there

00:35:27.059 --> 00:35:27.659
 are places

00:35:27.659 --> 00:35:28.400
 in the

00:35:28.400 --> 00:35:28.740
 world

00:35:28.740 --> 00:35:30.639
 where people

00:35:30.639 --> 00:35:31.539
 have no

00:35:31.539 --> 00:35:32.199
 way

00:35:32.199 --> 00:35:33.320
 of hearing

00:35:33.320 --> 00:35:34.460
 this gospel

00:35:34.460 --> 00:35:34.900
 preached

00:35:34.900 --> 00:35:38.280
 and some

00:35:38.280 --> 00:35:38.539
 of those

00:35:38.539 --> 00:35:38.820
 places

00:35:38.820 --> 00:35:39.119
 if you

00:35:39.119 --> 00:35:39.500
 preach the

00:35:39.500 --> 00:35:39.780
 gospel

00:35:39.780 --> 00:35:40.340
 and people

00:35:40.340 --> 00:35:41.559
 convert

00:35:41.559 --> 00:35:42.320
 it could

00:35:42.320 --> 00:35:42.900
 be their

00:35:42.900 --> 00:35:43.300
 death

00:35:43.300 --> 00:35:44.820
 it could

00:35:44.820 --> 00:35:45.179
 be your

00:35:45.179 --> 00:35:45.579
 death

00:35:45.579 --> 00:35:49.099
 are you

00:35:49.099 --> 00:35:49.480
 willing

00:35:49.480 --> 00:35:51.099
 to risk

00:35:51.099 --> 00:35:51.639
 your life

00:35:51.639 --> 00:35:52.539
 to tell

00:35:52.539 --> 00:35:53.139
 people about

00:35:53.139 --> 00:35:53.420
 Jesus

00:35:53.420 --> 00:35:53.759
 who need

00:35:53.759 --> 00:35:54.079
 to hear

00:35:54.079 --> 00:35:54.500
 it

00:35:54.500 --> 00:35:57.079
 are you

00:35:57.079 --> 00:35:57.319
 willing

00:35:57.319 --> 00:35:57.819
 to risk

00:35:57.819 --> 00:35:58.139
 your

00:35:58.139 --> 00:35:58.739
 reputation

00:35:58.739 --> 00:36:01.039
 and embarrass

00:36:01.039 --> 00:36:01.480
 yourself

00:36:01.480 --> 00:36:02.000
 sharing

00:36:02.000 --> 00:36:02.940
 the gospel

00:36:02.940 --> 00:36:03.340
 of Jesus

00:36:03.340 --> 00:36:03.739
 Christ

00:36:03.739 --> 00:36:04.199
 down the

00:36:04.199 --> 00:36:04.500
 block

00:36:04.500 --> 00:36:05.079
 with a

00:36:05.079 --> 00:36:05.360
 neighbor

00:36:05.360 --> 00:36:07.039
 or with

00:36:07.039 --> 00:36:07.799
 a co-worker

00:36:07.800 --> 00:36:09.980
 apart from

00:36:09.980 --> 00:36:10.400
 the saving

00:36:10.400 --> 00:36:10.860
 message of

00:36:10.860 --> 00:36:11.140
 Jesus

00:36:11.140 --> 00:36:11.700
 there is

00:36:11.700 --> 00:36:12.760
 no salvation

00:36:12.760 --> 00:36:13.460
 there's no

00:36:13.460 --> 00:36:14.539
 eternal life

00:36:14.539 --> 00:36:15.019
 and people

00:36:15.019 --> 00:36:15.880
 all around us

00:36:15.880 --> 00:36:16.780
 are perishing

00:36:16.780 --> 00:36:17.900
 without knowledge

00:36:17.900 --> 00:36:18.140
 of it

00:36:18.140 --> 00:36:18.800
 our own

00:36:18.800 --> 00:36:19.200
 neighbors

00:36:19.200 --> 00:36:20.120
 and friends

00:36:20.120 --> 00:36:20.760
 and family

00:36:20.760 --> 00:36:21.140
 members

00:36:21.140 --> 00:36:21.980
 and co-workers

00:36:21.980 --> 00:36:22.880
 do you

00:36:22.880 --> 00:36:23.340
 share

00:36:23.340 --> 00:36:23.780
 this good

00:36:23.780 --> 00:36:23.960
 news

00:36:23.960 --> 00:36:24.099
 of

00:36:24.099 --> 00:36:24.380
 Jesus

00:36:24.380 --> 00:36:24.659
 with

00:36:24.659 --> 00:36:24.920
 others

00:36:24.920 --> 00:36:25.199
 or do

00:36:25.199 --> 00:36:25.300
 you

00:36:25.300 --> 00:36:25.619
 keep

00:36:25.619 --> 00:36:25.760
 it

00:36:25.760 --> 00:36:25.860
 to

00:36:25.860 --> 00:36:26.320
 yourself

00:36:26.320 --> 00:36:27.000
 do

00:36:27.000 --> 00:36:27.119
 you

00:36:27.119 --> 00:36:27.320
 hold

00:36:27.320 --> 00:36:27.639
 back

00:36:27.639 --> 00:36:27.820
 the

00:36:27.820 --> 00:36:28.099
 word

00:36:28.099 --> 00:36:32.800
 maybe a

00:36:32.800 --> 00:36:33.139
 third of

00:36:33.139 --> 00:36:33.559
 you have

00:36:33.559 --> 00:36:33.920
 heard me

00:36:33.920 --> 00:36:34.240
 tell this

00:36:34.240 --> 00:36:34.679
 story a

00:36:34.679 --> 00:36:34.860
 couple

00:36:34.860 --> 00:36:35.099
 years

00:36:35.099 --> 00:36:35.420
 back

00:36:35.420 --> 00:36:35.760
 but

00:36:35.760 --> 00:36:36.440
 there's

00:36:36.440 --> 00:36:37.679
 one of my

00:36:37.679 --> 00:36:37.940
 favorite

00:36:37.940 --> 00:36:38.400
 missionary

00:36:38.400 --> 00:36:38.980
 stories

00:36:38.980 --> 00:36:39.360
 this is

00:36:39.360 --> 00:36:39.659
 Robert

00:36:39.659 --> 00:36:40.079
 Germain

00:36:40.079 --> 00:36:40.440
 Thomas

00:36:40.440 --> 00:36:40.840
 who was

00:36:40.840 --> 00:36:40.960
 a

00:36:40.960 --> 00:36:41.280
 Welsh

00:36:41.280 --> 00:36:41.860
 missionary

00:36:41.860 --> 00:36:42.199
 in

00:36:42.199 --> 00:36:42.559
 China

00:36:42.559 --> 00:36:43.699
 he

00:36:43.699 --> 00:36:43.940
 had

00:36:43.940 --> 00:36:44.139
 a

00:36:44.139 --> 00:36:44.420
 burning

00:36:44.420 --> 00:36:44.980
 desire

00:36:44.980 --> 00:36:45.300
 to

00:36:45.300 --> 00:36:45.519
 share

00:36:45.519 --> 00:36:45.659
 the

00:36:45.659 --> 00:36:46.000
 gospel

00:36:46.000 --> 00:36:46.659
 he

00:36:46.659 --> 00:36:46.900
 did

00:36:46.900 --> 00:36:47.059
 it

00:36:47.059 --> 00:36:47.500
 faithfully

00:36:47.500 --> 00:36:47.639
 in

00:36:47.639 --> 00:36:47.880
 China

00:36:47.880 --> 00:36:48.099
 but

00:36:48.099 --> 00:36:48.240
 he

00:36:48.240 --> 00:36:48.539
 also

00:36:48.539 --> 00:36:48.719
 had

00:36:48.719 --> 00:36:48.840
 a

00:36:48.840 --> 00:36:49.099
 desire

00:36:49.099 --> 00:36:49.300
 to

00:36:49.300 --> 00:36:49.519
 share

00:36:49.519 --> 00:36:49.679
 the

00:36:49.679 --> 00:36:50.000
 gospel

00:36:50.000 --> 00:36:50.539
 with

00:36:50.539 --> 00:36:50.739
 the

00:36:50.739 --> 00:36:51.019
 neighboring

00:36:51.019 --> 00:36:51.420
 nation

00:36:51.420 --> 00:36:51.579
 of

00:36:51.579 --> 00:36:51.840
 Korea

00:36:51.840 --> 00:36:52.099
 which

00:36:52.099 --> 00:36:52.340
 at

00:36:52.340 --> 00:36:52.460
 the

00:36:52.460 --> 00:36:52.739
 time

00:36:52.739 --> 00:36:52.940
 was

00:36:52.940 --> 00:36:53.139
 known

00:36:53.139 --> 00:36:53.340
 as

00:36:53.340 --> 00:36:53.460
 the

00:36:53.460 --> 00:36:53.739
 hermit

00:36:53.739 --> 00:36:54.119
 nation

00:36:54.119 --> 00:36:54.679
 and

00:36:54.679 --> 00:36:54.800
 did

00:36:54.800 --> 00:36:55.019
 not

00:36:55.019 --> 00:36:55.480
 have

00:36:55.480 --> 00:36:56.300
 gospel

00:36:56.300 --> 00:36:56.880
 witness

00:36:56.880 --> 00:36:58.139
 so he

00:36:58.139 --> 00:36:58.440
 started

00:36:58.440 --> 00:36:58.900
 studying

00:36:58.900 --> 00:36:59.199
 Korean

00:36:59.199 --> 00:36:59.480
 on his

00:36:59.480 --> 00:36:59.780
 own

00:36:59.780 --> 00:37:01.199
 in

00:37:01.199 --> 00:37:02.019
 1866

00:37:02.019 --> 00:37:02.500
 Thomas

00:37:02.500 --> 00:37:02.920
 learned

00:37:02.920 --> 00:37:03.300
 that

00:37:03.300 --> 00:37:03.699
 an

00:37:03.699 --> 00:37:04.059
 American

00:37:04.059 --> 00:37:04.380
 boat

00:37:04.380 --> 00:37:04.579
 the

00:37:04.579 --> 00:37:04.900
 German

00:37:04.900 --> 00:37:05.539
 Sherman

00:37:05.539 --> 00:37:05.840
 the

00:37:05.840 --> 00:37:06.159
 General

00:37:06.159 --> 00:37:06.500
 Sherman

00:37:06.500 --> 00:37:08.420
 was

00:37:08.420 --> 00:37:08.599
 going

00:37:08.599 --> 00:37:08.759
 to

00:37:08.759 --> 00:37:08.960
 try

00:37:08.960 --> 00:37:09.119
 to

00:37:09.119 --> 00:37:09.500
 establish

00:37:09.500 --> 00:37:10.039
 trade

00:37:10.039 --> 00:37:11.380
 relations

00:37:11.380 --> 00:37:11.619
 with

00:37:11.619 --> 00:37:11.860
 Korea

00:37:11.860 --> 00:37:12.000
 and

00:37:12.000 --> 00:37:12.099
 the

00:37:12.099 --> 00:37:12.480
 U.S.

00:37:13.139 --> 00:37:13.219
 and

00:37:13.219 --> 00:37:13.500
 so he

00:37:13.500 --> 00:37:13.800
 offered

00:37:13.800 --> 00:37:13.980
 to

00:37:13.980 --> 00:37:14.360
 accompany

00:37:14.360 --> 00:37:14.579
 the

00:37:14.579 --> 00:37:14.840
 boat

00:37:14.840 --> 00:37:15.420
 as

00:37:15.420 --> 00:37:15.539
 an

00:37:15.539 --> 00:37:16.019
 interpreter

00:37:16.019 --> 00:37:16.519
 in

00:37:16.519 --> 00:37:16.860
 exchange

00:37:16.860 --> 00:37:17.340
 for

00:37:17.340 --> 00:37:17.500
 a

00:37:17.500 --> 00:37:17.860
 chance

00:37:17.860 --> 00:37:18.059
 to

00:37:18.059 --> 00:37:18.320
 spread

00:37:18.320 --> 00:37:18.500
 the

00:37:18.500 --> 00:37:18.820
 gospel

00:37:18.820 --> 00:37:20.480
 and

00:37:20.480 --> 00:37:20.619
 as

00:37:20.619 --> 00:37:20.739
 the

00:37:20.739 --> 00:37:21.039
 ship

00:37:21.039 --> 00:37:21.739
 approached

00:37:21.739 --> 00:37:21.940
 the

00:37:21.940 --> 00:37:22.260
 coast

00:37:22.260 --> 00:37:22.679
 of

00:37:22.679 --> 00:37:23.079
 Korea

00:37:23.079 --> 00:37:23.519
 Robert

00:37:23.519 --> 00:37:24.079
 tossed

00:37:24.079 --> 00:37:24.699
 gospel

00:37:24.699 --> 00:37:25.139
 tracks

00:37:25.139 --> 00:37:25.460
 onto

00:37:25.460 --> 00:37:25.599
 the

00:37:25.599 --> 00:37:25.760
 river

00:37:25.760 --> 00:37:26.099
 bank

00:37:26.099 --> 00:37:27.179
 but

00:37:27.179 --> 00:37:27.559
 Korea

00:37:27.559 --> 00:37:27.900
 having

00:37:27.900 --> 00:37:28.420
 observed

00:37:28.420 --> 00:37:28.920
 how

00:37:28.920 --> 00:37:29.480
 some

00:37:29.480 --> 00:37:30.019
 westerners

00:37:30.019 --> 00:37:30.159
 had

00:37:30.159 --> 00:37:30.599
 mistreated

00:37:30.599 --> 00:37:31.059
 China

00:37:31.059 --> 00:37:31.940
 they were

00:37:31.940 --> 00:37:32.460
 leery of

00:37:32.460 --> 00:37:32.800
 foreigners

00:37:32.800 --> 00:37:33.219
 and so

00:37:33.219 --> 00:37:33.480
 when they

00:37:33.480 --> 00:37:33.739
 saw

00:37:33.739 --> 00:37:33.940
 this

00:37:33.940 --> 00:37:34.179
 ship

00:37:34.179 --> 00:37:34.360
 the

00:37:34.360 --> 00:37:34.559
 Korean

00:37:34.559 --> 00:37:34.960
 officials

00:37:34.960 --> 00:37:35.340
 ordered

00:37:35.340 --> 00:37:35.539
 the

00:37:35.539 --> 00:37:35.820
 American

00:37:35.820 --> 00:37:36.079
 boat

00:37:36.079 --> 00:37:36.320
 to

00:37:36.320 --> 00:37:36.679
 leave

00:37:36.679 --> 00:37:38.539
 whether

00:37:38.539 --> 00:37:38.780
 it's

00:37:38.780 --> 00:37:38.960
 through

00:37:38.960 --> 00:37:39.760
 miscommunication

00:37:39.760 --> 00:37:40.119
 or

00:37:40.119 --> 00:37:40.800
 just

00:37:40.800 --> 00:37:41.400
 stubbornness

00:37:41.400 --> 00:37:41.519
 they

00:37:41.519 --> 00:37:41.860
 didn't

00:37:41.860 --> 00:37:42.119
 leave

00:37:42.119 --> 00:37:42.619
 they defied

00:37:42.619 --> 00:37:42.739
 the

00:37:42.739 --> 00:37:42.980
 warning

00:37:42.980 --> 00:37:43.260
 and

00:37:43.260 --> 00:37:43.760
 consequently

00:37:43.760 --> 00:37:44.019
 they

00:37:44.019 --> 00:37:44.119
 were

00:37:44.119 --> 00:37:44.460
 attacked

00:37:44.460 --> 00:37:44.860
 by the

00:37:44.860 --> 00:37:45.159
 Koreans

00:37:47.500 --> 00:37:48.800
 killed

00:37:48.800 --> 00:37:49.099
 them

00:37:49.099 --> 00:37:50.380
 but

00:37:50.380 --> 00:37:50.579
 true

00:37:50.579 --> 00:37:50.780
 to

00:37:50.780 --> 00:37:50.960
 his

00:37:50.960 --> 00:37:51.420
 mission

00:37:51.420 --> 00:37:51.940
 and

00:37:51.940 --> 00:37:52.320
 counting

00:37:52.320 --> 00:37:52.699
 even

00:37:52.699 --> 00:37:52.960
 his

00:37:52.960 --> 00:37:53.659
 survival

00:37:53.659 --> 00:37:54.199
 as

00:37:54.199 --> 00:37:54.679
 secondary

00:37:54.679 --> 00:37:55.000
 to

00:37:55.000 --> 00:37:55.280
 sharing

00:37:55.280 --> 00:37:55.460
 the

00:37:55.460 --> 00:37:55.900
 gospel

00:37:55.900 --> 00:37:56.539
 Robert

00:37:56.539 --> 00:37:56.920
 Jermaine

00:37:56.920 --> 00:37:57.300
 Thomas

00:37:57.300 --> 00:37:57.699
 instead

00:37:57.699 --> 00:37:57.900
 of

00:37:57.900 --> 00:37:58.159
 running

00:37:58.159 --> 00:37:58.579
 away

00:37:58.579 --> 00:37:59.139
 left

00:37:59.139 --> 00:37:59.420
 from

00:37:59.420 --> 00:37:59.579
 the

00:37:59.579 --> 00:37:59.820
 boat

00:37:59.820 --> 00:38:00.480
 carrying

00:38:00.480 --> 00:38:01.079
 Bibles

00:38:01.079 --> 00:38:01.400
 in his

00:38:01.400 --> 00:38:01.760
 hands

00:38:01.760 --> 00:38:02.199
 and

00:38:02.199 --> 00:38:02.599
 yelling

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 Jesus

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 Jesus

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 as

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 he

00:38:04.300 --> 00:38:04.460
 was

00:38:04.460 --> 00:38:04.980
 throwing

00:38:04.980 --> 00:38:06.179
 Chinese

00:38:06.179 --> 00:38:06.619
 Bibles

00:38:06.619 --> 00:38:06.860
 to

00:38:06.860 --> 00:38:07.039
 these

00:38:07.039 --> 00:38:07.260
 Korean

00:38:07.260 --> 00:38:07.579
 people

00:38:07.579 --> 00:38:07.920
 because

00:38:07.920 --> 00:38:08.639
 a lot

00:38:08.639 --> 00:38:08.739
 of

00:38:08.739 --> 00:38:08.820
 the

00:38:08.820 --> 00:38:09.019
 Koreans

00:38:09.019 --> 00:38:09.320
 spoke

00:38:09.320 --> 00:38:09.619
 Chinese

00:38:09.619 --> 00:38:09.760
 at

00:38:09.760 --> 00:38:09.860
 the

00:38:09.860 --> 00:38:10.099
 time

00:38:10.099 --> 00:38:11.039
 and

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 there

00:38:11.260 --> 00:38:11.420
 were

00:38:11.420 --> 00:38:11.579
 no

00:38:11.579 --> 00:38:11.860
 Korean

00:38:11.860 --> 00:38:12.380
 translations

00:38:12.380 --> 00:38:12.599
 of

00:38:12.599 --> 00:38:12.679
 the

00:38:12.679 --> 00:38:12.920
 Bible

00:38:12.920 --> 00:38:15.760
 but

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 sadly

00:38:16.199 --> 00:38:16.380
 he

00:38:16.380 --> 00:38:16.539
 was

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 promptly

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 beheaded

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 with

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 a

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 machete

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 that's

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 all

00:38:20.960 --> 00:38:21.099
 he

00:38:21.099 --> 00:38:21.260
 got

00:38:21.260 --> 00:38:21.400
 to

00:38:21.400 --> 00:38:21.760
 do

00:38:21.760 --> 00:38:23.159
 yell

00:38:23.159 --> 00:38:23.739
 Jesus

00:38:23.739 --> 00:38:24.380
 Jesus

00:38:24.380 --> 00:38:25.320
 throw

00:38:25.320 --> 00:38:25.539
 some

00:38:25.539 --> 00:38:25.860
 Bibles

00:38:25.860 --> 00:38:26.199
 down

00:38:26.199 --> 00:38:30.000
 but

00:38:30.000 --> 00:38:30.219
 God

00:38:30.219 --> 00:38:30.539
 worked

00:38:30.539 --> 00:38:30.780
 in the

00:38:30.780 --> 00:38:30.980
 heart

00:38:30.980 --> 00:38:31.179
 of the

00:38:31.179 --> 00:38:31.400
 man

00:38:31.400 --> 00:38:31.599
 who

00:38:31.599 --> 00:38:32.019
 killed

00:38:32.019 --> 00:38:32.519
 Robert

00:38:32.519 --> 00:38:34.980
 Jermaine

00:38:34.980 --> 00:38:35.300
 Thomas

00:38:35.300 --> 00:38:35.760
 convinced

00:38:35.760 --> 00:38:36.179
 by

00:38:36.179 --> 00:38:36.800
 Robert's

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 beaming

00:38:37.079 --> 00:38:37.500
 face

00:38:37.500 --> 00:38:37.820
 at the

00:38:37.820 --> 00:38:38.219
 time

00:38:38.219 --> 00:38:38.619
 of

00:38:38.619 --> 00:38:38.860
 his

00:38:38.860 --> 00:38:39.219
 death

00:38:39.219 --> 00:38:39.739
 he

00:38:39.739 --> 00:38:40.099
 kept

00:38:40.099 --> 00:38:40.360
 one

00:38:40.360 --> 00:38:40.460
 of

00:38:40.460 --> 00:38:40.579
 the

00:38:40.579 --> 00:38:40.960
 Bibles

00:38:40.960 --> 00:38:41.500
 that

00:38:41.500 --> 00:38:41.619
 he

00:38:41.619 --> 00:38:41.780
 had

00:38:41.780 --> 00:38:42.099
 thrown

00:38:42.099 --> 00:38:42.559
 and

00:38:42.559 --> 00:38:42.699
 then

00:38:42.699 --> 00:38:42.900
 he

00:38:42.900 --> 00:38:43.280
 ripped

00:38:43.280 --> 00:38:43.500
 it

00:38:43.500 --> 00:38:43.840
 apart

00:38:43.840 --> 00:38:44.059
 to

00:38:44.059 --> 00:38:44.300
 use

00:38:44.300 --> 00:38:44.420
 it

00:38:44.420 --> 00:38:44.659
 as

00:38:44.659 --> 00:38:45.179
 wallpaper

00:38:45.179 --> 00:38:48.539
 and

00:38:48.539 --> 00:38:49.079
 God's

00:38:49.079 --> 00:38:49.940
 unstoppable

00:38:49.940 --> 00:38:50.379
 word

00:38:50.379 --> 00:38:50.739
 began

00:38:50.739 --> 00:38:50.960
 to

00:38:50.960 --> 00:38:51.219
 do

00:38:51.219 --> 00:38:51.399
 its

00:38:51.399 --> 00:38:51.779
 work

00:38:51.779 --> 00:38:52.980
 people

00:38:52.980 --> 00:38:53.460
 came

00:38:53.460 --> 00:38:53.980
 from

00:38:53.980 --> 00:38:54.460
 far

00:38:54.460 --> 00:38:54.699
 and

00:38:54.699 --> 00:38:54.980
 near

00:38:54.980 --> 00:38:55.219
 to

00:38:55.219 --> 00:38:55.460
 read

00:38:55.460 --> 00:38:55.639
 its

00:38:55.639 --> 00:38:55.980
 words

00:38:55.980 --> 00:38:57.039
 a

00:38:57.039 --> 00:38:57.460
 church

00:38:57.460 --> 00:38:57.839
 grew

00:38:57.839 --> 00:38:59.139
 and

00:38:59.139 --> 00:38:59.859
 Robert's

00:38:59.859 --> 00:39:00.359
 nephew

00:39:00.359 --> 00:39:00.639
 the

00:39:00.639 --> 00:39:01.259
 killer

00:39:01.259 --> 00:39:01.539
 the

00:39:01.539 --> 00:39:02.199
 Robert's

00:39:02.199 --> 00:39:02.679
 killer's

00:39:02.679 --> 00:39:03.039
 nephew

00:39:03.039 --> 00:39:03.980
 became

00:39:03.980 --> 00:39:04.239
 the

00:39:04.239 --> 00:39:04.559
 pastor

00:39:04.559 --> 00:39:04.719
 of

00:39:04.719 --> 00:39:04.819
 the

00:39:04.819 --> 00:39:05.119
 church

00:39:05.119 --> 00:39:07.359
 and

00:39:07.359 --> 00:39:07.679
 today

00:39:07.679 --> 00:39:08.159
 150

00:39:08.159 --> 00:39:08.619
 years

00:39:08.619 --> 00:39:08.980
 later

00:39:08.980 --> 00:39:09.940
 30%

00:39:09.940 --> 00:39:10.119
 of

00:39:10.119 --> 00:39:10.359
 South

00:39:10.359 --> 00:39:10.759
 Koreans

00:39:10.760 --> 00:39:11.560
 14

00:39:11.560 --> 00:39:11.980
 million

00:39:11.980 --> 00:39:12.400
 people

00:39:12.400 --> 00:39:12.680
 call

00:39:12.680 --> 00:39:13.060
 themselves

00:39:13.060 --> 00:39:13.520
 Christians

00:39:13.520 --> 00:39:17.000
 whoever

00:39:17.000 --> 00:39:17.560
 loses

00:39:17.560 --> 00:39:17.900
 his

00:39:17.900 --> 00:39:18.360
 life

00:39:18.360 --> 00:39:18.840
 for

00:39:18.840 --> 00:39:19.520
 Christ's

00:39:19.520 --> 00:39:19.800
 sake

00:39:19.800 --> 00:39:20.220
 and

00:39:20.220 --> 00:39:20.400
 the

00:39:20.400 --> 00:39:20.780
 gospel

00:39:20.780 --> 00:39:21.280
 sake

00:39:21.280 --> 00:39:21.880
 will

00:39:21.880 --> 00:39:22.520
 save

00:39:22.520 --> 00:39:22.820
 it

00:39:22.820 --> 00:39:27.720
 let's

00:39:27.720 --> 00:39:27.980
 be

00:39:27.980 --> 00:39:28.220
 a

00:39:28.220 --> 00:39:28.600
 church

00:39:28.600 --> 00:39:29.040
 that

00:39:29.040 --> 00:39:29.600
 listens

00:39:29.600 --> 00:39:29.940
 to

00:39:29.940 --> 00:39:30.580
 and

00:39:30.580 --> 00:39:31.340
 speaks

00:39:31.340 --> 00:39:31.900
 the

00:39:31.900 --> 00:39:32.100
 word

00:39:32.100 --> 00:39:32.240
 of

00:39:32.240 --> 00:39:32.360
 the

00:39:32.360 --> 00:39:32.540
 Lord

00:39:32.540 --> 00:39:32.880
 even

00:39:32.880 --> 00:39:33.120
 to

00:39:33.120 --> 00:39:33.260
 the

00:39:33.260 --> 00:39:33.440
 point

00:39:33.440 --> 00:39:33.560
 of

00:39:33.560 --> 00:39:33.900
 death

00:39:33.900 --> 00:39:39.280
 close

00:39:39.280 --> 00:39:39.440
 your

00:39:39.440 --> 00:39:39.639
 eyes

00:39:39.639 --> 00:39:39.860
 with

00:39:39.860 --> 00:39:40.039
 me

00:39:40.039 --> 00:39:40.519
 reflect

00:39:40.519 --> 00:39:40.780
 on

00:39:40.780 --> 00:39:41.099
 this

00:39:41.099 --> 00:39:42.000
 message

00:39:42.000 --> 00:39:42.240
 this

00:39:42.240 --> 00:39:42.619
 passage

00:39:42.619 --> 00:39:42.880
 for

00:39:42.880 --> 00:39:43.079
 a few

00:39:43.079 --> 00:39:43.460
 moments

00:39:43.460 --> 00:39:43.639
 and

00:39:43.639 --> 00:39:43.760
 we

00:39:43.760 --> 00:39:43.880
 will

00:39:43.880 --> 00:39:44.260
 pray

00:39:44.260 --> 00:39:45.780
 together

00:39:45.780 --> 00:39:46.119
 as a

00:39:46.119 --> 00:39:46.280
 church

00:39:46.280 --> 00:39:46.700
 corporately

00:39:46.700 --> 00:39:46.820
 in

00:39:46.820 --> 00:39:47.240
 response