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 Let's pray together.

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 Heavenly Father,

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 we ask that you will speak through your word.

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 And that by your spirit, you'll open the eyes of our hearts

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 so that we might see and believe.

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 And we pray that you would transform us

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 into the people of God who tremble at your word.

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 And who seek to bring every aspect of our life

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 into conformity with your will.

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 We pray that you give us grace for that today

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 as we go through Jeremiah 34 and 36 together.

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 In Jesus' name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 My name is Sean.

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 For those of you who are visiting,

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 I'm one of the pastors of Trinity Cambridge Church.

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 And I have the privilege of preaching God's word to you this morning.

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 This is our 16th week in the book of Jeremiah.

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 And persistently up to this point,

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 Jeremiah has called the people of God to repent of their sins,

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 alternating between prophecies of judgment

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 and promises of restoration that will come after the judgment.

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 And today in chapters 34 to 36,

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 Jeremiah is really firing his final warning shots

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 before the judgment fully overtakes Judah and Jerusalem.

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 And we see three different responses to God's word in these chapters.

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 And the first, we see the Jerusalemites' disobedience.

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 And second, we see in chapter 35, Rechabites' obedience.

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 And third, we see in chapter 36,

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 the Jehoiakim, king of Judah's defiance.

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 And through all of this,

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 God teaches that we should turn from our sins in obedience to God's word

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 so that we might be forgiven of our sins.

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 That's really the main point of this passage.

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 And so in chapter 34,

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 deals with really the closing chapter of Judah's national existence.

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 It's the last days of Zedekiah's reign.

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 And verses 1 to 7,

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 Jeremiah kind of repeats the judgment that's coming against Judah

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 and then assures Zedekiah that he will not escape this confrontation

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 with king of Babylon no matter what he tries.

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 And Jerusalem was under the siege of the Babylonian army at this time.

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 And it appears that the Babylonian military strategy

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 was to keep the capital under siege to weaken all their networks.

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 And then while it's under siege,

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 to take out one fortified city out after another.

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 Kind of basically kind of suffocating them.

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 That seems to be the case because it says in verse 7

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 that only Lachish and Azekiah were left of all the fortified cities of Judah.

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 We know from 2 Chronicles 11

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 that there were 15 fortified cities in Judah

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 and now there's only two left.

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 So this is really the advanced stages

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 of the Babylonian siege and invasion in Judah.

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 And then in verse 8 and following,

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 we read about the prophecy that came to Jeremiah during that time.

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 Verses 8 to 10 give us the context for this prophecy.

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 It says, read with me,

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 the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord

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 after King Zedekiah had made a covenant

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 with all the people in Jerusalem

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 to make a proclamation of liberty to them

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 that everyone should set free his Hebrew slaves,

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 male and female,

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 so that no one should enslave a Jew, his brother.

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 And they obeyed all the officials

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 and all the people who had entered into the covenant

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 that everyone would set free his slave,

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 male or female,

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 so that they would not be enslaved again.

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 They obeyed and set them free.

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 But afterward,

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 they turned around

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 and took back the male and female slaves

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 they had set free

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 and brought them into subjection as slaves.

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 So apparently,

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 in a last-ditch effort

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 to avert this Babylonian conquest,

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 Zedekiah had attempted to renew

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 Judah's covenant with God,

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 and this included the emancipation

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 of all Hebrew slaves.

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 But they soon thereafter

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 reneged on that promise

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 and re-enslaved all their former slaves.

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 They were trying to obey Deuteronomy 15,

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 12 to 15,

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 which commanded the manumission

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 of all Hebrew slaves

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 on the seventh year of their servitude.

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 This is summarized in verses 13, 14

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 of our chapter, chapter 34.

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 Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel,

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 I myself made a covenant with your fathers

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 when I brought them out of the land of Egypt,

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 out of the house of slavery,

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 saying,

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 At the end of seven years,

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 each of you must set free the fellow Hebrew

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 who has been sold to you

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 and has served you six years.

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 You must set him free from your service.

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 But your fathers did not listen to me

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 or incline their ears to me.

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 So now,

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 if you actually go back

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 to the original context of that command

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 in Deuteronomy 15,

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 it gives us the rationale for this command.

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 And the rationale is this.

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 It's projected for you on the screen there.

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 You shall remember

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 that you were a slave

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 in the land of Egypt

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 and the Lord your God redeemed you.

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 Therefore,

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 I command you this today.

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 So they were supposed to free

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 all their Hebrew slaves.

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 They were not to enslave one another

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 because they were formerly slaves

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 and God had redeemed them from Egypt.

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 And that idea becomes clearer

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 if you look at the words

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 that God uses

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 as he is rescuing people from Egypt

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 in Exodus 8 verse 1.

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 The Lord said to Moses,

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 Go into Pharaoh

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 and say to him,

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 Thus says the Lord,

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 Let my people go

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 that they may serve me.

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 Right?

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 That word serve

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 is the same word

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 that means to be enslaved to.

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 Now you can see

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 why Pharaoh was so upset

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 when Moses comes to him

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 and say,

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 Hey, let my people go

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 so that they may come

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 and be my slaves

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 is basically what God is saying.

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 And Pharaoh

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 wouldn't be so upset

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 if he were just claiming,

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 Oh, let's go.

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 Let us go.

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 Let his people go

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 so we can go

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 and worship him outside.

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 They were polytheists.

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 They worshipped all kinds of gods.

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 What's the problem

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 with going in

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 and worshipping another god?

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 No, Pharaoh is upset

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 because he's saying,

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 Let my people go

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 so that they may no longer

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 be your slaves

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 but be slaves

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 to the Lord God.

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 And of course,

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 it's not the same kind of slavery

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 because being a slave to God

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 is to be in

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 a state of perfect freedom

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 because God,

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 the Lord,

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 is our creator.

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 And we were designed

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 and created for this.

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 And so that's the crux of it

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 is that God's people

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 are those who have been redeemed

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 from their former slavery

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 and therefore,

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 they're not to be enslaved anymore

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 to another fellow man.

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 And for that reason,

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 this command was given

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 so that even if a Hebrew

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 had to enslave himself

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 because of his debt,

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 you know,

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 to repay the debt,

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 at the end of seven years,

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 he was supposed to be freed

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 and liberated.

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 But the people of Judah

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 were not following

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 this command.

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 And so in an attempt

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 to renew this covenant

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 and get God's favor,

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 they tried to do it again.

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 But then soon,

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 they turned back

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 on that promise

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 and took their slaves back.

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 So it says in verses 15 to 16,

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 God's assessment

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 of what they did,

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 you recently repented

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 and did what was right

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 in my eyes

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 by proclaiming liberty,

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 each to his neighbor.

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 And you made a covenant

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 before me in the house

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 that is called by my name.

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 But then you turned around

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 and profaned my name

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 when each of you

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 took back his male

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 and female slaves

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 whom you had set free

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 according to their desire

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 and you brought them

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 into subjection

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 to be your slaves.

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 So they had renewed

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 their covenant

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 in the temple,

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 but then they turned back

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 and broke the terms

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 of that covenant

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 soon thereafter.

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 And by doing this,

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 God says that they profaned

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 God's name.

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 Because according to

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 Isaiah 65, 16,

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 Israelites were only allowed

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 to make covenants

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 and to enter into solemn oaths

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 in the name of God.

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 And they believed

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 that that was the only sure basis

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 for an enduring covenant

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 because God is unchanging

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 and because he is eternal.

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 And so therefore,

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 to enter into a covenant

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 in his name

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 would to be make it binding

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 forever.

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 And really,

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 the third commandment

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 of the Ten Commandments

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 deals with this

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 when it says,

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 you shall not take

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 the name of the Lord

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 your God in vain.

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 You should not use

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 the name of the Lord

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 in vain.

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 And that's what they're doing.

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 They're profaning his name

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 because they took their oaths

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 to renew that covenant

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 in the name of the Lord,

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 but then violated

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 that covenant,

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 making God's name cheap

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 and making God

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 out to be someone

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 that you can take lightly.

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 So they profaned God's name.

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 And the punishment

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 that God inflicts on them

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 for this is fair

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 and exacting.

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 God says in verse 17,

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 Therefore,

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 thus says the Lord,

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 you have not obeyed me

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 by proclaiming liberty,

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 everyone to his brother

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 and to his neighbor.

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 Behold,

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 I proclaim to you

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 liberty

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 to the sword,

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 to pestilence,

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 and to famine,

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 declares the Lord.

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 I'll make you a horror

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 to all the kingdoms

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 of the earth

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 because all the Israelites

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 had failed to proclaim liberty

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 to their evil slaves.

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 God will proclaim

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 their liberty,

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 which is ironic,

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 of course,

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 because it's a liberty

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 to the sword,

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 pestilence,

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 and to famine.

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 Having been freed

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 from their perceived slavery

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 to servitude to God,

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 they thought they would be free,

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 but instead their freedom

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 is to be devoured

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 to the sword,

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 pestilence,

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 and famine.

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 They sought to be free

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 from the demands

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 of God's law,

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 but to be free

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 from the authority

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 of God's word.

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 But that freedom

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 that they sought

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 turns out to be

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 slavery to Babylon.

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 So God continues

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 in verses 18 to 19,

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 and the men

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 who transgressed

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 my covenant

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 and did not keep

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 the terms of the covenant

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 that they made before me,

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 I will make them

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 like the calf

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 that they cut in two

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 and passed between its parts.

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 The officials of Judah,

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 the officials of Jerusalem,

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 the eunuchs,

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 the priests,

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 and all the people

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 of the land

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 who passed between

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 the parts of the calf.

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 This is a little bit strange,

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 right, the reference,

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 but it's an allusion

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 to the covenant-making oath sign

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 that the officials of Judah

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 and Jerusalem

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 had gone through.

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 So in a typical

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 ancient Near Eastern

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 covenant ritual,

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 between a suzerain,

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 who is the covenant lord,

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 and a vassal,

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 who is the covenant's

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 subject, the servant,

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 they would cut up animals

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 and lay them down

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 in parallel lines,

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 and then the vassal,

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 the weaker party,

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 would then march through,

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 walk through these,

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 between these torn up

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 animal parts,

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 and invoke a curse

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 upon himself,

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 saying,

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 if I break the covenant,

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 may I become like these animals,

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 cut up in pieces.

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 That's what that covenant sign means.

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 It's picturing.

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 And God's saying that

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 that's the covenant

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 that they made for themselves,

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 and God's going to make good

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 on that covenant oath

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 that they had made.

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 This passage doesn't give us

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 details into the owners,

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 the slave owners' motivations.

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 We know that they were attempting

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 to renew their covenant with God,

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 but why did they then

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 so quickly turn back

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 from the covenant

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 and reclaim their slaves?

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 A significant clue

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 may be found

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 in verses 20 to 22.

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 Read with me.

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 God says there,

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 Behold, I will command,

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 declares the Lord,

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 and will bring them

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 back to this city,

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 and they will fight against it

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 and take it

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 and burn it with fire.

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 I will make the cities of Judah

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 a desolation

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 without inhabitant.

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 It turns out

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 that as this passage

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 tells us right there,

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 at some point,

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 the Babylonian siege

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 against Jerusalem

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 was lifted.

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 We learn why

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 in Jeremiah 37, verse 5,

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 tells us that

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 the army of Pharaoh

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 had come out of Egypt,

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 and when the Chaldeans

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 who were besieging Jerusalem

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 heard news about them,

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 they withdrew from Jerusalem.

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 So Zedekiah was trying

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 to play both parties,

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 Egypt and Babylon.

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 He was trying to be

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 covenant subject

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 to both Egypt and Babylon,

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 and at one point,

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 he rebelled against Babylon,

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 which is why he's coming

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 to enforce the terms

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 of his covenant,

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 and then Zedekiah

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 goes to Egypt for aid,

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 and basically,

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 it's the Egyptian army

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 comes and divert the attention

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 of the Babylonian army

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 so that for a little while,

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 the siege on Jerusalem

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 is lifted.

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 And while that's happening,

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 it seems,

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 that's,

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 they were making

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 that covenant with the Lord,

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 renewing that covenant,

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 releasing the Hebrew slaves

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 at the time

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 under the Babylonian siege,

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 but when things seem

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 to be looking up,

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 when the army seems

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 to be withdrawing

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 from Jerusalem,

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 they quickly take back

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 their slaves

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 because the economic costs

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 are too high,

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 because they weren't

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 really obeying God,

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 because they loved God,

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 but because they feared

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 the punishment,

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 they didn't want

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 what they were experiencing,

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 the siege.

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 They weren't sincere

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 in their repentance.

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 They were motivated

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 not by God's word,

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 but by their circumstances.

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 And so that's what,

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 and how often

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 it serves to ask,

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 is our own obedience

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 to God

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 a matter of expedience

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 rather than conviction?

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 Do we only pray to God

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 when there is something

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 that we desperately want

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 for ourselves?

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 Do we obey God's word

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 not because it is right

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 and true,

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 but because it is expedient

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 for us to obey?

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 Because it serves

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 our own interest to obey?

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 Do you tell the truth

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 as God teaches us

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 to only when it's

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 to your advantage?

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 What if it would hurt you

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 to tell the truth?

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 What if you damaged

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 someone else's car

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 while no one was looking?

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 Would you still tell the truth?

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 Do you only proclaim

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 parts of God's word

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 that would make you

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 well-liked by others

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 and popular,

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 but not the parts

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 that would offend

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 people's sensibilities?

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 Do you follow God's word

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 only where it agrees

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 with your own sensibilities?

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 Do we seek to free ourselves

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 from the constraints

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 of God's word

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 not knowing that

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 that freedom

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 leads to spiritual

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 enslavement?

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 The Jerusalemites'

00:14:22.460 --> 00:14:23.899
 disobedience in chapter 34

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 teaches us

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 that we should obey

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 God's word

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 not because it suits us,

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 but because it's true,

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 because it's good,

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 because it's God's word.

00:14:33.620 --> 00:14:34.820
 In chapter 35,

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 we have a scene change.

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 Verse 1 says,

00:14:37.840 --> 00:14:39.040
 The word that came to Jeremiah

00:14:39.040 --> 00:14:39.680
 from the Lord

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 in the days of Jehoiakim,

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 the son of Josiah,

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 king of Judah.

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 So let me review

00:14:43.600 --> 00:14:45.200
 the royal genealogy briefly

00:14:45.200 --> 00:14:46.519
 because Jehoiakim

00:14:46.519 --> 00:14:48.780
 was a pro-Egypt king of Judah,

00:14:49.000 --> 00:14:50.259
 and when he refused

00:14:50.259 --> 00:14:51.420
 to pay tribute to Babylon,

00:14:51.620 --> 00:14:52.840
 Nebuchadnezzar came down

00:14:52.840 --> 00:14:53.840
 and besieged Jerusalem.

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 Sounds similar,

00:14:55.060 --> 00:14:56.180
 but this is a different siege.

00:14:56.259 --> 00:14:57.360
 This is the first siege

00:14:57.360 --> 00:14:57.820
 of Jerusalem.

00:14:58.420 --> 00:14:59.460
 Zedekiah was reigning

00:14:59.460 --> 00:15:00.420
 under the second siege.

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 During the siege,

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 Jehoiakim died,

00:15:02.680 --> 00:15:04.060
 and his son Jehoiachin

00:15:04.060 --> 00:15:05.500
 became king of Judah,

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 but his reign was short-lived

00:15:07.019 --> 00:15:09.220
 because Judah was soon defeated.

00:15:09.720 --> 00:15:11.000
 It only lasted a few months,

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 and then Babylon put Zedekiah

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 on the throne of Judah,

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 and then 10 years later,

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 Zedekiah rebelled again

00:15:18.259 --> 00:15:19.720
 against Jerusalem,

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 and that's what we saw

00:15:20.559 --> 00:15:21.460
 in chapter 34.

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 So we're kind of going back

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 a little over a decade

00:15:23.779 --> 00:15:25.279
 in Judah's history

00:15:25.279 --> 00:15:26.360
 in chapter 35

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 before the first Babylonian

00:15:28.100 --> 00:15:28.860
 siege of Jerusalem.

00:15:29.840 --> 00:15:30.820
 During that time,

00:15:30.899 --> 00:15:31.919
 God instructed Jeremiah

00:15:31.919 --> 00:15:33.100
 this way in verse 2.

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 Go to the house

00:15:34.440 --> 00:15:35.419
 of the Rechabites,

00:15:35.500 --> 00:15:36.960
 and speak with them

00:15:36.960 --> 00:15:37.860
 and bring them

00:15:37.860 --> 00:15:38.860
 to the house of the Lord

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 into one of the chambers.

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 Then offer them

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 wine to drink.

00:15:43.820 --> 00:15:45.539
 Interesting instructions, right?

00:15:46.019 --> 00:15:46.820
 Jeremiah does this.

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 He invites the whole house

00:15:48.159 --> 00:15:49.080
 of the Rechabites

00:15:49.080 --> 00:15:50.019
 to a chamber

00:15:50.019 --> 00:15:50.779
 within the temple

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 and then sets before them

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 pitchers full of wine.

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 That's a lot of wine.

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 And cups.

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 And he invites them

00:15:56.759 --> 00:15:57.279
 to drink.

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 To be a guest

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 at the house of the Lord

00:16:00.360 --> 00:16:00.960
 at the invitation

00:16:00.960 --> 00:16:02.200
 of the prophet of the Lord

00:16:02.200 --> 00:16:02.860
 is an honor,

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 but the response

00:16:04.060 --> 00:16:05.440
 of the Rechabites

00:16:05.440 --> 00:16:06.860
 is curious.

00:16:07.100 --> 00:16:08.019
 They respond in

00:16:08.019 --> 00:16:09.080
 verses 6 to 11

00:16:09.080 --> 00:16:09.519
 this way.

00:16:09.659 --> 00:16:10.139
 Read with me.

00:16:10.779 --> 00:16:12.419
 We will drink no wine

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 for Jonadab,

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 the son of Rechab,

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 our father,

00:16:17.539 --> 00:16:18.379
 commanded us,

00:16:18.379 --> 00:16:20.519
 you shall not drink wine,

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 neither you nor your sons

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 forever.

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 You shall not build a house.

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 You shall not sow seed.

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 You shall not plant

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 or have a vineyard,

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 but you shall live in tents

00:16:29.000 --> 00:16:29.700
 all your days

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 that you may live many days

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 in the land

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 where you sojourn.

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 We have obeyed

00:16:34.539 --> 00:16:35.580
 the voice of Jonadab,

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 the son of Rechab,

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 our father,

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 in all that he commanded us

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 to drink no wine

00:16:40.000 --> 00:16:40.639
 all our days,

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 ourselves,

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 our wives,

00:16:41.679 --> 00:16:42.059
 our sons,

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 or our daughters,

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 and not to build houses

00:16:43.700 --> 00:16:44.340
 to dwell in.

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 We have no vineyard

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 or field or seed,

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 but we have lived in tents

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 and have obeyed

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 and done all that

00:16:50.360 --> 00:16:50.879
 Jonadab,

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 our father,

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 commanded us.

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 But when Nebuchadnezzar,

00:16:53.659 --> 00:16:54.199
 king of Babylon,

00:16:54.340 --> 00:16:55.460
 came up against the land,

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 we said,

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 come and let us go

00:16:57.579 --> 00:16:58.399
 to Jerusalem

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 for fear of the army

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 of the Chaldeans

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 and the army of the Syrians.

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 So,

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 we are living in Jerusalem.

00:17:05.079 --> 00:17:06.859
 This is the most extensive

00:17:06.859 --> 00:17:08.519
 description of the Rechabites

00:17:08.519 --> 00:17:09.619
 that we find in scripture.

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 They were apparently nomads

00:17:11.839 --> 00:17:12.980
 that were opposed

00:17:12.980 --> 00:17:14.339
 to settled living

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 on principle.

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 They lived in tents

00:17:17.000 --> 00:17:18.559
 instead of building houses

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 and they did not plant vineyards

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 or drink wine

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 because wine and vineyards

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 represented the sedentary life.

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 So,

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 by inviting the Rechabites

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 to drink,

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 Jeremiah was testing

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 their adherence

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 to their founding principles

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 as a community.

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 And the Rechabites

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 responded strongly

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 by saying,

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 we will drink no wine.

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 And then they explained

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 why they can't drink it

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 lest they be rude

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 to their hosts.

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 So,

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 even though they were living

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 in Jerusalem

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 a settled life at the time,

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 they were explaining

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 that we're only here

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 because of the Babylonian invasion.

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 Otherwise,

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 we would still be living

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 as nomads

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 outside the city gates.

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 This is a temporary arrangement.

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 So,

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 the Rechabites

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 remained faithful

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 to the commands

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 of their fathers

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 by refusing to drink.

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 And this

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 then becomes

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 an illustration

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 for Jeremiah's

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 next prophecy.

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 Because in verses

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 13 to 17,

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 God contrasts

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 the Rechabites'

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 obedience

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 from the Jerusalemites'

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 disobedience.

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 He says in verses

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 14 to 16,

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 the command that

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 Jonadab,

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 the son of Rechab,

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 gave to his sons

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 to drink no wine

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 has been kept

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 and they drink none

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 to this day

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 for they have obeyed

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 their father's command.

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 I have spoken

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 to you persistently

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 but you have not

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 listened to me.

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 I have sent to you

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 all my servants,

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 the prophets,

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 sending them persistently

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 saying,

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 turn now every one

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 of you from

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 his evil way

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 and amend your deeds

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 and do not go after

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 other gods

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 to serve them

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 and then you shall

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 dwell in the land

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 that I gave to you

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 and your fathers.

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 But you did not

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 incline your ear

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 or listen to me.

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 The sons of Jonadab,

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 the son of Rechab,

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 have kept the command

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 that their father

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 gave them

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 but this people

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 has not obeyed me.

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 You can see

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 the sense of grievance

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 that God has

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 against the Judahites here.

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 The Rechabites

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 were careful to obey

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 Jonadab but Israel

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 who has many more reasons

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 to obey the Lord

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 and has been given

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 many chances to do so

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 refused to listen to him.

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 And so in verse 17,

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 God pronounces

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 his judgment

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 upon the people of Judah

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 but in verses 18 to 19,

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 God says to the Rechabites,

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 Thus says the Lord of hosts,

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 the God of Israel,

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 because you have obeyed

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 the command of Jonadab,

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 your father,

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 and kept all his precepts

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 and done all

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 that he commanded you.

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 Therefore,

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 thus says the Lord of hosts,

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 the God of Israel,

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 Jonadab,

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 the son of Rechab,

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 shall never lack a man

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 to stand before me.

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 God's not necessarily

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 endorsing

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 and enjoining

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 the nomadic life

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 of the Rechabites

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 for everyone.

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 He clearly says

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 earlier in verses 14 to 16

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 that if they would obey him,

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 he wants them to dwell

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 in the land

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 that God gave them.

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 So that's not,

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 he's not endorsing

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 the Rechabite lifestyle

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 necessarily,

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 but he is using them

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 as an example

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 of faithfulness

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 to his commands.

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 There's a lesson for us here

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 in the obedience

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 to the Rechabites

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 because of course

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 the Rechabites

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 were not exactly

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 in the right

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 about their rejection

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 of settling

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 in the promised land

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 that God had given

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 to his people,

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 but they did get

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 something right,

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 didn't they?

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 When Israelites

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 settled in Canaan

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 and began to live

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 a sedentary life

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 centered around agriculture,

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 they encountered

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 Canaanite culture

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 and religion

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 and they were

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 irresistibly drawn

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 to the fertility god

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 Baal of the Canaanites.

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 So repeatedly

00:20:44.279 --> 00:20:45.339
 they were unfaithful

00:20:45.339 --> 00:20:46.180
 to the true God

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 and worshipped Baal

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 an idol.

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 The Rechabite reluctance

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 to adopt

00:20:51.599 --> 00:20:52.639
 the sedentary life

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 was seemingly justified.

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 While the people

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 of Jerusalem

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 were unfaithful,

00:20:57.059 --> 00:20:57.700
 the Rechabites

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 remained faithful.

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 A modern day

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 equivalent to

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 these Rechabites

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 might be

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 the Amish people,

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 if you've heard of them.

00:21:09.080 --> 00:21:09.620
 Amish people

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 are Christians

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 who prioritize

00:21:10.960 --> 00:21:11.840
 their faith,

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 family, and farm

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 above all other things.

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 And they believe

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 strongly that

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 worldliness

00:21:17.259 --> 00:21:18.640
 can keep them

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 from being close to God.

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 So they try

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 to eliminate

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 all worldly influences

00:21:22.360 --> 00:21:23.039
 from their lives,

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 which includes

00:21:23.920 --> 00:21:25.680
 limiting the infiltration

00:21:25.680 --> 00:21:26.480
 of technology.

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 technology.

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 So instead of using

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 modern machines,

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 they rely on the horses

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 to farm.

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 And they ride

00:21:33.279 --> 00:21:34.360
 horse-drawn carriages

00:21:34.360 --> 00:21:35.900
 instead of riding cars.

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 They restrict their access

00:21:37.779 --> 00:21:39.240
 to TV, radio,

00:21:39.819 --> 00:21:40.360
 telephones.

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 And most modern people,

00:21:42.539 --> 00:21:42.940
 like us,

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 we wonder how they can

00:21:43.980 --> 00:21:44.720
 survive in their

00:21:44.720 --> 00:21:45.339
 backward ways.

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 And we're so fascinated

00:21:46.400 --> 00:21:47.420
 with these people

00:21:47.420 --> 00:21:48.539
 that Amish people

00:21:48.539 --> 00:21:49.099
 have themselves

00:21:49.099 --> 00:21:49.860
 become a tourist

00:21:49.860 --> 00:21:50.720
 attraction in parts

00:21:50.720 --> 00:21:51.339
 of Pennsylvania.

00:21:51.339 --> 00:21:55.059
 Sure, there's nothing

00:21:55.059 --> 00:21:56.259
 evil in TVs

00:21:56.259 --> 00:21:57.279
 and radios

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 and mobile phones

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 and cars

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 in and of themselves,

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 but they did come

00:22:01.299 --> 00:22:02.119
 with significant

00:22:02.119 --> 00:22:02.839
 sacrifices,

00:22:03.000 --> 00:22:03.339
 didn't they?

00:22:04.819 --> 00:22:05.599
 The Amish,

00:22:05.699 --> 00:22:06.099
 for example,

00:22:06.220 --> 00:22:07.000
 tends to have

00:22:07.000 --> 00:22:08.879
 very strong family ties

00:22:08.879 --> 00:22:09.539
 and a deep sense

00:22:09.539 --> 00:22:10.119
 of community.

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 Because when there

00:22:11.779 --> 00:22:12.519
 aren't cars

00:22:12.519 --> 00:22:13.159
 and planes

00:22:13.159 --> 00:22:13.939
 available to enable

00:22:13.939 --> 00:22:15.099
 long-distance travel,

00:22:15.259 --> 00:22:16.079
 families tend

00:22:16.079 --> 00:22:16.919
 to stay together.

00:22:17.759 --> 00:22:18.619
 When there aren't

00:22:18.619 --> 00:22:19.559
 TVs to watch

00:22:19.559 --> 00:22:20.740
 and radios to listen to,

00:22:20.740 --> 00:22:21.740
 they tend to watch

00:22:21.740 --> 00:22:23.059
 and listen to each other.

00:22:23.779 --> 00:22:24.400
 When there are no

00:22:24.400 --> 00:22:24.960
 mobile phones

00:22:24.960 --> 00:22:25.779
 to keep them in touch

00:22:25.779 --> 00:22:26.859
 with people far away,

00:22:26.960 --> 00:22:27.640
 they tend to keep

00:22:27.640 --> 00:22:28.319
 in better touch

00:22:28.319 --> 00:22:29.200
 with people nearby.

00:22:30.599 --> 00:22:31.480
 Instead of bonding

00:22:31.480 --> 00:22:32.180
 with celebrities

00:22:32.180 --> 00:22:32.880
 on Instagram,

00:22:33.640 --> 00:22:34.500
 they tend to bond

00:22:34.500 --> 00:22:35.599
 with each other,

00:22:37.200 --> 00:22:37.940
 their families

00:22:37.940 --> 00:22:38.500
 and friends.

00:22:41.480 --> 00:22:41.920
 Apprehensions

00:22:41.920 --> 00:22:43.200
 about the pervasiveness

00:22:43.200 --> 00:22:44.079
 and invasiveness

00:22:44.079 --> 00:22:44.799
 of technology

00:22:44.799 --> 00:22:45.740
 are on the rise today

00:22:45.740 --> 00:22:46.519
 and a lot of books

00:22:46.519 --> 00:22:47.240
 are being written.

00:22:48.680 --> 00:22:49.440
 One such book

00:22:49.440 --> 00:22:50.180
 is entitled

00:22:50.180 --> 00:22:51.360
 Tech Wise Family,

00:22:52.060 --> 00:22:52.720
 which I read,

00:22:52.860 --> 00:22:53.799
 I recommend it to you,

00:22:53.900 --> 00:22:54.880
 written by a Christian author,

00:22:54.960 --> 00:22:55.539
 Andy Crouch.

00:22:56.060 --> 00:22:56.740
 And he says

00:22:56.740 --> 00:22:57.680
 that in order to put

00:22:57.680 --> 00:22:59.220
 technology in its proper place,

00:22:59.360 --> 00:22:59.660
 quote,

00:23:00.299 --> 00:23:01.799
 you don't have to become Amish,

00:23:02.360 --> 00:23:04.240
 but you probably have to become

00:23:04.240 --> 00:23:05.140
 closer to Amish

00:23:05.140 --> 00:23:05.820
 than you think.

00:23:09.100 --> 00:23:10.160
 Before we speak

00:23:10.160 --> 00:23:10.920
 dismissively

00:23:10.920 --> 00:23:12.140
 and derisively

00:23:12.140 --> 00:23:13.320
 of Amish people

00:23:13.320 --> 00:23:14.820
 or the Rechabites

00:23:14.819 --> 00:23:16.500
 or people like them,

00:23:17.000 --> 00:23:17.619
 calling them

00:23:17.619 --> 00:23:18.579
 religious fanatics

00:23:18.579 --> 00:23:19.700
 or Luddites,

00:23:19.700 --> 00:23:21.639
 we need to ask ourselves,

00:23:22.039 --> 00:23:22.659
 what are some

00:23:22.659 --> 00:23:23.740
 modern amenities

00:23:23.740 --> 00:23:25.460
 and modern anxieties

00:23:25.460 --> 00:23:26.339
 that have creeped

00:23:26.339 --> 00:23:27.419
 into our hearts

00:23:27.419 --> 00:23:28.500
 to preoccupy us

00:23:28.500 --> 00:23:29.019
 and make us

00:23:29.019 --> 00:23:29.859
 unfaithful

00:23:29.859 --> 00:23:30.579
 to God?

00:23:30.579 --> 00:23:35.519
 In Mark 4,

00:23:36.159 --> 00:23:37.359
 Jesus tells the parable

00:23:37.359 --> 00:23:38.179
 of the seeds

00:23:38.179 --> 00:23:39.259
 and in the parable

00:23:39.259 --> 00:23:40.059
 some of the seeds

00:23:40.059 --> 00:23:41.279
 fell among the thorns

00:23:41.279 --> 00:23:42.319
 and the thorns

00:23:42.319 --> 00:23:42.879
 grew up

00:23:42.879 --> 00:23:43.899
 and choked the seeds

00:23:43.899 --> 00:23:44.679
 so that they yielded

00:23:44.679 --> 00:23:45.339
 no grain

00:23:45.339 --> 00:23:47.099
 and Jesus describes

00:23:47.099 --> 00:23:47.559
 these seeds

00:23:47.559 --> 00:23:48.599
 that they are those

00:23:48.599 --> 00:23:49.619
 who hear the word

00:23:49.619 --> 00:23:50.919
 but the cares

00:23:50.919 --> 00:23:51.819
 of the world

00:23:51.819 --> 00:23:53.220
 and the deceitfulness

00:23:53.220 --> 00:23:53.939
 of riches

00:23:53.939 --> 00:23:56.059
 and the desires

00:23:56.059 --> 00:23:57.639
 for other things

00:23:57.639 --> 00:23:58.839
 enter in

00:23:58.839 --> 00:24:00.000
 and choke the word

00:24:00.000 --> 00:24:01.019
 and it proves

00:24:01.019 --> 00:24:02.639
 unfruitful.

00:24:04.519 --> 00:24:05.659
 Are the cares

00:24:05.659 --> 00:24:06.179
 of the world

00:24:06.179 --> 00:24:06.939
 the deceitfulness

00:24:06.939 --> 00:24:07.579
 of riches

00:24:07.579 --> 00:24:08.899
 and the desires

00:24:08.899 --> 00:24:09.679
 for other things

00:24:09.679 --> 00:24:10.559
 choking out

00:24:10.559 --> 00:24:11.240
 the gospel

00:24:11.240 --> 00:24:11.879
 in your life

00:24:11.879 --> 00:24:13.199
 and making you fruitless?

00:24:15.079 --> 00:24:16.399
 Have the gifts

00:24:16.399 --> 00:24:18.279
 of modern life

00:24:18.279 --> 00:24:19.399
 distracted you

00:24:19.399 --> 00:24:20.059
 from the giver

00:24:20.059 --> 00:24:21.019
 of all good gifts?

00:24:26.759 --> 00:24:28.119
 In chapter 36,

00:24:28.119 --> 00:24:28.979
 so that's the response

00:24:28.979 --> 00:24:29.799
 to the Rechabites.

00:24:30.259 --> 00:24:31.099
 In chapter 36,

00:24:31.219 --> 00:24:32.399
 we see yet another response

00:24:32.399 --> 00:24:33.159
 to the word of the Lord

00:24:33.159 --> 00:24:33.859
 and this time

00:24:33.859 --> 00:24:35.079
 by the king of Judah.

00:24:36.359 --> 00:24:37.599
 So we're still

00:24:37.599 --> 00:24:39.179
 in the reign of Jehoiakim

00:24:39.179 --> 00:24:40.379
 here in chapter 36

00:24:40.379 --> 00:24:42.059
 as verse 1 tells us

00:24:42.059 --> 00:24:43.619
 and God says to Jeremiah

00:24:43.619 --> 00:24:44.659
 in verses 2-3

00:24:44.659 --> 00:24:45.639
 of chapter 36,

00:24:46.179 --> 00:24:46.919
 take a scroll

00:24:46.919 --> 00:24:47.799
 and write on it

00:24:47.799 --> 00:24:48.939
 all the words

00:24:48.939 --> 00:24:49.779
 that I have spoken

00:24:49.779 --> 00:24:50.299
 to you

00:24:50.299 --> 00:24:51.559
 against Israel

00:24:51.559 --> 00:24:52.099
 and Judah

00:24:52.099 --> 00:24:53.039
 and all the nations.

00:24:53.419 --> 00:24:53.879
 From the day

00:24:53.879 --> 00:24:54.779
 I spoke to you,

00:24:54.899 --> 00:24:56.259
 I have spoken to you

00:24:56.259 --> 00:24:57.059
 against Israel

00:24:57.059 --> 00:24:58.059
 from the day

00:24:58.059 --> 00:24:58.639
 I spoke to you

00:24:58.639 --> 00:24:59.119
 from the days

00:24:59.119 --> 00:24:59.639
 of Josiah

00:24:59.639 --> 00:25:00.299
 until today.

00:25:00.980 --> 00:25:01.460
 It may be

00:25:01.460 --> 00:25:01.980
 that the house

00:25:01.980 --> 00:25:02.359
 of Judah

00:25:02.359 --> 00:25:03.039
 will hear

00:25:03.039 --> 00:25:04.039
 all the disaster

00:25:04.039 --> 00:25:04.679
 that I intend

00:25:04.679 --> 00:25:05.440
 to do to them

00:25:05.440 --> 00:25:06.480
 so that everyone

00:25:06.480 --> 00:25:07.419
 may turn

00:25:07.419 --> 00:25:08.659
 from his evil way

00:25:08.659 --> 00:25:09.500
 and that I may

00:25:09.500 --> 00:25:10.819
 forgive their iniquity

00:25:10.819 --> 00:25:12.059
 and their sin.

00:25:13.039 --> 00:25:13.759
 We may wonder

00:25:13.759 --> 00:25:14.639
 why Jeremiah

00:25:14.639 --> 00:25:16.279
 dictated this prophecy

00:25:16.279 --> 00:25:17.200
 to be written down

00:25:17.200 --> 00:25:17.759
 on a scroll

00:25:17.759 --> 00:25:18.619
 because all the

00:25:18.619 --> 00:25:19.419
 previous times

00:25:19.419 --> 00:25:20.599
 he simply went

00:25:20.599 --> 00:25:21.399
 in person

00:25:21.399 --> 00:25:22.000
 and spoke

00:25:22.000 --> 00:25:22.879
 these prophecies.

00:25:23.720 --> 00:25:24.480
 The simple answer

00:25:24.480 --> 00:25:24.900
 of course

00:25:24.900 --> 00:25:25.900
 is God

00:25:25.900 --> 00:25:26.519
 told him to.

00:25:26.940 --> 00:25:27.920
 He did tell him

00:25:27.920 --> 00:25:28.660
 to in verse 2.

00:25:29.240 --> 00:25:30.319
 But why did God

00:25:30.319 --> 00:25:30.920
 tell him to write

00:25:30.920 --> 00:25:31.640
 it down this time?

00:25:32.279 --> 00:25:33.299
 We may find a clue

00:25:33.299 --> 00:25:34.559
 in verses 5-7.

00:25:34.759 --> 00:25:35.539
 Jeremiah ordered

00:25:35.539 --> 00:25:36.400
 Baruch saying,

00:25:36.860 --> 00:25:37.880
 I am banned

00:25:37.880 --> 00:25:38.640
 from going

00:25:38.640 --> 00:25:39.220
 to the house

00:25:39.220 --> 00:25:39.680
 of the Lord

00:25:39.680 --> 00:25:41.420
 so you are to go

00:25:41.420 --> 00:25:42.180
 and on a day

00:25:42.180 --> 00:25:42.680
 of fasting

00:25:42.680 --> 00:25:43.160
 in the hearing

00:25:43.160 --> 00:25:43.900
 of all the people

00:25:43.900 --> 00:25:44.720
 in the Lord's house

00:25:44.720 --> 00:25:45.880
 you shall read

00:25:45.880 --> 00:25:46.880
 the words of the Lord

00:25:46.880 --> 00:25:47.799
 from the scroll

00:25:47.799 --> 00:25:49.339
 that you have written

00:25:49.339 --> 00:25:50.319
 at my dictation.

00:25:51.039 --> 00:25:51.940
 You shall read them

00:25:51.940 --> 00:25:52.819
 also in the hearing

00:25:52.819 --> 00:25:53.659
 of all the men

00:25:53.659 --> 00:25:54.119
 of Judah

00:25:54.119 --> 00:25:54.939
 who come out

00:25:54.939 --> 00:25:55.579
 of their city.

00:25:56.519 --> 00:25:57.119
 It may be

00:25:57.119 --> 00:25:57.939
 that their plea

00:25:57.939 --> 00:25:58.439
 for mercy

00:25:58.439 --> 00:25:59.039
 will come

00:25:59.039 --> 00:25:59.779
 before the world.

00:26:04.619 --> 00:26:05.339
 Is that me?

00:26:05.639 --> 00:26:06.379
 You guys hear that?

00:26:07.639 --> 00:26:07.879
 Yeah.

00:26:15.079 --> 00:26:15.779
 It's amazing

00:26:15.779 --> 00:26:16.579
 how I use this thing

00:26:16.579 --> 00:26:17.059
 every week

00:26:17.059 --> 00:26:17.659
 and I still haven't

00:26:17.659 --> 00:26:18.059
 figured out

00:26:18.059 --> 00:26:18.639
 how to use it.

00:26:19.079 --> 00:26:19.179
 Yeah.

00:26:19.180 --> 00:26:23.000
 I hope we're good now.

00:26:23.720 --> 00:26:24.700
 We're in verses

00:26:24.700 --> 00:26:26.740
 5-7 of chapter 36.

00:26:28.019 --> 00:26:29.160
 And so it turns out

00:26:29.160 --> 00:26:30.539
 that Jeremiah

00:26:30.539 --> 00:26:31.060
 because,

00:26:31.220 --> 00:26:31.840
 probably because

00:26:31.840 --> 00:26:32.440
 he had been

00:26:32.440 --> 00:26:33.960
 basically prophesying

00:26:33.960 --> 00:26:34.580
 about judgment

00:26:34.580 --> 00:26:35.560
 for so long

00:26:35.560 --> 00:26:36.519
 and so persistently

00:26:36.519 --> 00:26:39.299
 he had been banned.

00:26:39.620 --> 00:26:40.279
 He's become

00:26:40.279 --> 00:26:41.880
 an unwelcome person

00:26:41.880 --> 00:26:44.080
 in the temple precincts

00:26:44.080 --> 00:26:45.320
 and so that's

00:26:45.320 --> 00:26:46.440
 likely why

00:26:46.440 --> 00:26:47.519
 he had to have

00:26:47.519 --> 00:26:47.980
 his prophecy

00:26:47.980 --> 00:26:48.620
 written down

00:26:48.619 --> 00:26:49.500
 to be delivered

00:26:49.500 --> 00:26:50.639
 by his scribe

00:26:50.639 --> 00:26:51.079
 Baruch

00:26:51.079 --> 00:26:51.839
 to be read

00:26:51.839 --> 00:26:52.359
 in public

00:26:52.359 --> 00:26:53.539
 during one of the

00:26:53.539 --> 00:26:54.259
 public fasts

00:26:54.259 --> 00:26:55.659
 when a large congregation

00:26:55.659 --> 00:26:56.179
 is gathered

00:26:56.179 --> 00:26:57.059
 from all over Judah.

00:26:58.639 --> 00:26:59.799
 The fact that

00:26:59.799 --> 00:27:01.279
 Jeremiah has been

00:27:01.279 --> 00:27:03.159
 banned

00:27:03.159 --> 00:27:04.619
 shows how persistently

00:27:04.619 --> 00:27:05.059
 he has preached

00:27:05.059 --> 00:27:05.759
 this message

00:27:05.759 --> 00:27:06.839
 and how stubbornly

00:27:06.839 --> 00:27:07.459
 the people of Judah

00:27:07.459 --> 00:27:08.039
 have refused

00:27:08.039 --> 00:27:08.659
 to listen.

00:27:09.199 --> 00:27:10.119
 And yet even now

00:27:10.119 --> 00:27:11.599
 the goal

00:27:11.599 --> 00:27:12.079
 of

00:27:12.079 --> 00:27:13.639
 this

00:27:13.639 --> 00:27:15.199
 threat of judgment

00:27:15.199 --> 00:27:17.059
 is repentance.

00:27:17.059 --> 00:27:18.059
 look at verse 3

00:27:18.059 --> 00:27:18.720
 again with me.

00:27:18.779 --> 00:27:19.119
 God says,

00:27:19.599 --> 00:27:20.179
 it may be

00:27:20.179 --> 00:27:20.819
 that the house

00:27:20.819 --> 00:27:21.220
 of Judah

00:27:21.220 --> 00:27:22.019
 will hear

00:27:22.019 --> 00:27:23.159
 all that disaster

00:27:23.159 --> 00:27:23.740
 that I intend

00:27:23.740 --> 00:27:24.440
 to do to them

00:27:24.440 --> 00:27:25.500
 so that everyone

00:27:25.500 --> 00:27:26.259
 may turn

00:27:26.259 --> 00:27:27.220
 from his evil way

00:27:27.220 --> 00:27:28.000
 and that I may

00:27:28.000 --> 00:27:28.740
 forgive their

00:27:28.740 --> 00:27:29.299
 iniquity

00:27:29.299 --> 00:27:30.599
 and their sin.

00:27:31.679 --> 00:27:32.200
 Similarly,

00:27:32.339 --> 00:27:33.259
 Jeremiah says

00:27:33.259 --> 00:27:33.919
 in verse 7,

00:27:34.460 --> 00:27:34.899
 it may be

00:27:34.899 --> 00:27:35.579
 that their plea

00:27:35.579 --> 00:27:36.119
 for mercy

00:27:36.119 --> 00:27:36.899
 will come before

00:27:36.899 --> 00:27:37.259
 the Lord

00:27:37.259 --> 00:27:37.899
 and that everyone

00:27:37.899 --> 00:27:39.159
 will turn

00:27:39.159 --> 00:27:40.679
 from his evil way

00:27:40.679 --> 00:27:41.519
 for great

00:27:41.519 --> 00:27:42.179
 is the anger

00:27:42.179 --> 00:27:42.759
 and wrath

00:27:42.759 --> 00:27:43.319
 that the Lord

00:27:43.319 --> 00:27:43.839
 has pronounced

00:27:43.839 --> 00:27:44.740
 against his people.

00:27:44.740 --> 00:27:45.779
 When God

00:27:45.779 --> 00:27:46.960
 pronounces his judgment

00:27:46.960 --> 00:27:47.779
 over his people,

00:27:47.880 --> 00:27:48.779
 he doesn't do it

00:27:48.779 --> 00:27:50.339
 with smug satisfaction

00:27:50.339 --> 00:27:52.299
 nor are his prophets

00:27:52.299 --> 00:27:53.500
 gloating over

00:27:53.500 --> 00:27:54.440
 God's people

00:27:54.440 --> 00:27:55.299
 as they pronounce

00:27:55.299 --> 00:27:55.779
 and announce

00:27:55.779 --> 00:27:56.500
 God's judgment.

00:27:56.839 --> 00:27:57.319
 The goal

00:27:57.319 --> 00:27:58.019
 of this warning

00:27:58.019 --> 00:27:58.559
 of judgment

00:27:58.559 --> 00:27:59.620
 is repentance

00:27:59.620 --> 00:28:00.140
 that they may

00:28:00.140 --> 00:28:01.299
 turn from their sins,

00:28:01.480 --> 00:28:02.200
 that they may be

00:28:02.200 --> 00:28:03.079
 restored to God

00:28:03.079 --> 00:28:03.960
 into right relationship

00:28:03.960 --> 00:28:04.460
 with him

00:28:04.460 --> 00:28:05.660
 so that judgment

00:28:05.660 --> 00:28:06.620
 might be averted.

00:28:07.000 --> 00:28:07.799
 That's the goal.

00:28:09.859 --> 00:28:10.720
 And we should see

00:28:10.720 --> 00:28:11.900
 in these pronouncements

00:28:11.900 --> 00:28:12.279
 of judgments

00:28:12.279 --> 00:28:13.720
 not God's vindictiveness

00:28:13.720 --> 00:28:15.100
 but God's love

00:28:15.100 --> 00:28:16.039
 and his desire

00:28:16.039 --> 00:28:17.240
 to show mercy

00:28:17.240 --> 00:28:18.200
 and therefore

00:28:18.200 --> 00:28:19.539
 his persistent warning

00:28:19.539 --> 00:28:20.319
 of judgment

00:28:20.319 --> 00:28:20.880
 so that they would

00:28:20.880 --> 00:28:21.900
 repent of their sins.

00:28:23.200 --> 00:28:24.759
 In verses 9 to 20

00:28:24.759 --> 00:28:25.600
 we see Baruch

00:28:25.600 --> 00:28:26.680
 follow Jeremiah's

00:28:26.680 --> 00:28:27.200
 instructions.

00:28:28.079 --> 00:28:29.559
 He reads the entirety

00:28:29.559 --> 00:28:30.140
 of the scroll

00:28:30.140 --> 00:28:30.759
 in the temple.

00:28:31.539 --> 00:28:32.380
 Within it says

00:28:32.380 --> 00:28:34.019
 the chamber of Gemariah

00:28:34.019 --> 00:28:34.940
 the son of Shaphan

00:28:34.940 --> 00:28:35.680
 the secretary.

00:28:36.960 --> 00:28:38.759
 And when Micaiah

00:28:38.759 --> 00:28:40.440
 Gemariah's son

00:28:40.440 --> 00:28:41.980
 and Shaphan's grandson

00:28:41.980 --> 00:28:43.460
 hears the words

00:28:43.460 --> 00:28:43.920
 of the Lord

00:28:43.920 --> 00:28:44.599
 from the scroll

00:28:44.599 --> 00:28:46.299
 he goes to the king's house

00:28:46.299 --> 00:28:47.279
 to relate to the officials

00:28:47.279 --> 00:28:47.960
 that were there

00:28:47.960 --> 00:28:49.539
 and then they send

00:28:49.539 --> 00:28:50.120
 for Baruch

00:28:50.120 --> 00:28:50.819
 to have him come

00:28:50.819 --> 00:28:51.400
 and read the scroll

00:28:51.400 --> 00:28:52.220
 again to them

00:28:52.220 --> 00:28:53.299
 and at which point

00:28:53.299 --> 00:28:54.620
 they say in verse 16

00:28:54.620 --> 00:28:55.680
 when they heard

00:28:55.680 --> 00:28:56.360
 all the words

00:28:56.360 --> 00:28:57.380
 they turned one

00:28:57.380 --> 00:28:57.920
 to another

00:28:57.920 --> 00:28:58.819
 in fear

00:28:58.819 --> 00:28:59.900
 and they said

00:28:59.900 --> 00:29:00.559
 to Baruch

00:29:00.559 --> 00:29:02.019
 we must report

00:29:02.019 --> 00:29:03.220
 all these words

00:29:03.220 --> 00:29:04.079
 to the king.

00:29:05.200 --> 00:29:05.960
 So far so good

00:29:05.960 --> 00:29:06.240
 right?

00:29:06.559 --> 00:29:07.019
 The scroll

00:29:07.019 --> 00:29:07.980
 is being read

00:29:07.980 --> 00:29:08.860
 is being heard

00:29:08.860 --> 00:29:09.900
 and it seems to be

00:29:09.900 --> 00:29:10.579
 traveling up

00:29:10.579 --> 00:29:11.379
 the chain of command

00:29:11.379 --> 00:29:11.859
 and hopefully

00:29:11.859 --> 00:29:12.639
 it will get to the king

00:29:12.639 --> 00:29:13.079
 eventually

00:29:13.079 --> 00:29:14.099
 and he will bring

00:29:14.099 --> 00:29:14.839
 some reform

00:29:14.839 --> 00:29:16.199
 and change

00:29:16.199 --> 00:29:17.000
 to this nation.

00:29:18.659 --> 00:29:20.720
 But verses 19 to 20

00:29:20.720 --> 00:29:21.899
 tell us that perhaps

00:29:21.899 --> 00:29:23.399
 things will not go so well

00:29:23.399 --> 00:29:25.939
 because the officials

00:29:25.939 --> 00:29:26.960
 say to Baruch

00:29:26.960 --> 00:29:28.480
 go and hide

00:29:28.480 --> 00:29:30.259
 you and Jeremiah

00:29:30.259 --> 00:29:31.859
 and let no one

00:29:31.859 --> 00:29:33.319
 know where you are.

00:29:33.960 --> 00:29:34.460
 And then instead

00:29:34.460 --> 00:29:35.419
 of taking the scroll

00:29:35.419 --> 00:29:36.339
 directly to the king

00:29:36.339 --> 00:29:37.139
 they leave it

00:29:37.139 --> 00:29:37.799
 in the chamber

00:29:37.799 --> 00:29:38.480
 of Elishamah

00:29:38.480 --> 00:29:39.019
 the secretary

00:29:39.019 --> 00:29:39.900
 for safekeeping

00:29:39.900 --> 00:29:40.900
 and then simply

00:29:40.900 --> 00:29:41.980
 report the words

00:29:41.980 --> 00:29:42.599
 to the king.

00:29:43.440 --> 00:29:44.519
 Before we proceed

00:29:44.519 --> 00:29:45.980
 further in this chapter

00:29:45.980 --> 00:29:47.000
 it's interesting

00:29:47.000 --> 00:29:48.299
 to note the similarities

00:29:48.299 --> 00:29:50.099
 between this passage

00:29:50.099 --> 00:29:52.099
 and 2 Kings 22

00:29:52.099 --> 00:29:53.480
 8-20.

00:29:54.279 --> 00:29:55.360
 That's the passage

00:29:55.360 --> 00:29:56.539
 where Hilkiah

00:29:56.539 --> 00:29:57.559
 or Hilkiah

00:29:57.559 --> 00:29:58.980
 finds the book

00:29:58.980 --> 00:29:59.579
 of the law

00:29:59.579 --> 00:30:00.640
 inside the temple

00:30:00.640 --> 00:30:01.920
 and then delivers

00:30:01.920 --> 00:30:02.900
 that book

00:30:02.900 --> 00:30:04.599
 to King Josiah.

00:30:05.099 --> 00:30:05.860
 The word book

00:30:05.860 --> 00:30:06.620
 and word scroll

00:30:06.620 --> 00:30:07.059
 in Hebrew

00:30:07.059 --> 00:30:07.880
 are the same.

00:30:08.480 --> 00:30:09.640
 So both passages

00:30:09.640 --> 00:30:11.220
 involve a scroll

00:30:11.220 --> 00:30:13.460
 which contains

00:30:13.460 --> 00:30:14.660
 the word of the Lord

00:30:14.660 --> 00:30:16.319
 and both stories

00:30:16.319 --> 00:30:17.660
 feature officials

00:30:17.660 --> 00:30:18.920
 actually from

00:30:18.920 --> 00:30:20.440
 the same noble families.

00:30:21.079 --> 00:30:22.019
 So in 2 Kings

00:30:22.019 --> 00:30:22.779
 for example

00:30:22.779 --> 00:30:24.339
 Shaphan the secretary

00:30:24.339 --> 00:30:25.140
 is present

00:30:25.140 --> 00:30:25.860
 when the scroll

00:30:25.860 --> 00:30:26.360
 is read

00:30:26.360 --> 00:30:27.299
 here in Jeremiah

00:30:27.299 --> 00:30:29.579
 and the scroll

00:30:29.579 --> 00:30:29.980
 is read

00:30:29.980 --> 00:30:30.640
 in the chamber

00:30:30.640 --> 00:30:31.500
 of Gemariah

00:30:31.500 --> 00:30:32.759
 the son of Shaphan

00:30:32.759 --> 00:30:34.099
 the secretary

00:30:34.099 --> 00:30:35.460
 and Micaiah

00:30:35.460 --> 00:30:36.140
 the grandson

00:30:36.140 --> 00:30:36.799
 of Shaphan

00:30:36.799 --> 00:30:37.360
 the secretary

00:30:37.360 --> 00:30:38.460
 is in the audience.

00:30:38.480 --> 00:30:38.839
 So again

00:30:38.839 --> 00:30:39.740
 same noble family

00:30:39.740 --> 00:30:40.200
 present.

00:30:41.000 --> 00:30:41.480
 Similarly

00:30:41.480 --> 00:30:42.519
 in 2 Kings

00:30:42.519 --> 00:30:43.180
 Akbar

00:30:43.180 --> 00:30:44.059
 is among

00:30:44.059 --> 00:30:44.559
 the officials

00:30:44.559 --> 00:30:45.680
 present in the royal courts

00:30:45.680 --> 00:30:46.900
 and here in Jeremiah

00:30:46.900 --> 00:30:47.579
 Elnathan

00:30:47.579 --> 00:30:49.039
 the son of Akbar

00:30:49.039 --> 00:30:50.180
 is among

00:30:50.180 --> 00:30:50.819
 the officials

00:30:50.819 --> 00:30:52.360
 present in the royal courts.

00:30:52.920 --> 00:30:54.059
 So all these similarities

00:30:54.059 --> 00:30:54.900
 I think

00:30:54.900 --> 00:30:55.740
 are deliberately

00:30:55.740 --> 00:30:56.539
 noted

00:30:56.539 --> 00:30:57.819
 by the editor

00:30:57.819 --> 00:30:58.400
 of Jeremiah

00:30:58.400 --> 00:30:59.579
 to invite

00:30:59.579 --> 00:31:00.259
 comparison

00:31:00.259 --> 00:31:01.420
 between the two accounts.

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 So let's compare

00:31:03.480 --> 00:31:04.960
 how King Josiah

00:31:04.960 --> 00:31:06.620
 and King Jehoiakim

00:31:06.620 --> 00:31:07.300
 his son

00:31:07.300 --> 00:31:08.800
 respond to the reading

00:31:08.800 --> 00:31:09.900
 of this scroll.

00:31:10.300 --> 00:31:12.060
 Read verses 21 to 26

00:31:12.060 --> 00:31:12.700
 with me.

00:31:13.700 --> 00:31:14.700
 Then the king

00:31:14.700 --> 00:31:15.820
 sent Jehudi

00:31:15.820 --> 00:31:16.860
 to get the scroll

00:31:16.860 --> 00:31:18.120
 and he took it

00:31:18.120 --> 00:31:18.920
 from the chamber

00:31:18.920 --> 00:31:19.800
 of Elishamah

00:31:19.800 --> 00:31:20.519
 the secretary

00:31:20.519 --> 00:31:21.700
 and Jehudi

00:31:21.700 --> 00:31:22.840
 read it to the king

00:31:22.840 --> 00:31:24.019
 and all the officials

00:31:24.019 --> 00:31:25.180
 who stood before the king.

00:31:26.060 --> 00:31:27.360
 It was the ninth month

00:31:27.360 --> 00:31:28.279
 and the king

00:31:28.279 --> 00:31:28.840
 was sitting

00:31:28.839 --> 00:31:30.079
 in the winter house

00:31:30.079 --> 00:31:30.879
 and there was

00:31:30.879 --> 00:31:31.699
 a fire burning

00:31:31.699 --> 00:31:32.419
 in the fire pot

00:31:32.419 --> 00:31:33.019
 before him.

00:31:33.740 --> 00:31:34.299
 As Jehudi

00:31:34.299 --> 00:31:35.220
 read three

00:31:35.220 --> 00:31:36.199
 or four columns

00:31:36.199 --> 00:31:36.980
 the king

00:31:36.980 --> 00:31:38.359
 would cut them off

00:31:38.359 --> 00:31:39.099
 with a knife

00:31:39.099 --> 00:31:40.119
 and throw them

00:31:40.119 --> 00:31:40.919
 into the fire

00:31:40.919 --> 00:31:41.980
 in the fire pot

00:31:41.980 --> 00:31:44.259
 until the entire scroll

00:31:44.259 --> 00:31:45.399
 was consumed

00:31:45.399 --> 00:31:46.220
 in the fire

00:31:46.220 --> 00:31:47.619
 that was in the fire pot.

00:31:49.699 --> 00:31:50.720
 Yet neither the king

00:31:50.720 --> 00:31:52.279
 nor any of his servants

00:31:52.279 --> 00:31:53.319
 who heard all these words

00:31:53.319 --> 00:31:54.220
 was afraid

00:31:54.220 --> 00:31:56.039
 nor did they

00:31:56.039 --> 00:31:57.000
 tear their garments

00:31:57.000 --> 00:31:59.500
 even when Elnathan

00:31:59.500 --> 00:32:00.240
 and Deliah

00:32:00.240 --> 00:32:01.019
 and Gemariah

00:32:01.019 --> 00:32:01.960
 urged the king

00:32:01.960 --> 00:32:03.039
 not to burn the scroll

00:32:03.039 --> 00:32:04.380
 he would not listen

00:32:04.380 --> 00:32:04.799
 to them

00:32:04.799 --> 00:32:06.339
 and the king commanded

00:32:06.339 --> 00:32:07.119
 Jeremiel

00:32:07.119 --> 00:32:08.000
 the king's son

00:32:08.000 --> 00:32:08.819
 and Saraiah

00:32:08.819 --> 00:32:10.500
 the son of Azrael

00:32:10.500 --> 00:32:11.640
 and Shalamiah

00:32:11.640 --> 00:32:12.759
 the son of Abdiel

00:32:12.759 --> 00:32:14.099
 to seize Baruch

00:32:14.099 --> 00:32:14.779
 the secretary

00:32:14.779 --> 00:32:15.779
 and Jeremiah the prophet

00:32:15.779 --> 00:32:17.660
 but the Lord hid them.

00:32:18.839 --> 00:32:19.920
 The contrast

00:32:19.920 --> 00:32:21.779
 between Josiah's response

00:32:21.779 --> 00:32:23.140
 and Jehoiakim's response

00:32:23.140 --> 00:32:24.880
 can't be more striking

00:32:24.880 --> 00:32:28.500
 in 2 Kings 23.11

00:32:28.500 --> 00:32:29.320
 it says

00:32:29.320 --> 00:32:30.860
 when the king Josiah

00:32:30.860 --> 00:32:32.340
 heard the words

00:32:32.340 --> 00:32:33.280
 of the book of the law

00:32:33.280 --> 00:32:35.480
 he tore his clothes.

00:32:37.240 --> 00:32:38.200
 Tearing one's clothes

00:32:38.200 --> 00:32:39.080
 is a sign

00:32:39.080 --> 00:32:40.480
 of profound sorrow

00:32:40.480 --> 00:32:41.360
 and mourning.

00:32:41.940 --> 00:32:43.100
 Josiah was so grieved

00:32:43.100 --> 00:32:44.040
 by his nation's

00:32:44.040 --> 00:32:44.980
 failure to obey the Lord

00:32:44.980 --> 00:32:46.080
 that he tore his clothes

00:32:46.080 --> 00:32:48.320
 in sorrowful demonstration

00:32:48.320 --> 00:32:49.280
 of his repentance.

00:32:50.400 --> 00:32:50.980
 But notice

00:32:50.980 --> 00:32:52.720
 what verse 24

00:32:52.720 --> 00:32:53.920
 of our passage says.

00:32:53.920 --> 00:32:55.440
 Yet neither the king

00:32:55.440 --> 00:32:56.660
 nor any of his servants

00:32:56.660 --> 00:32:57.880
 who heard all these words

00:32:57.880 --> 00:32:58.620
 was afraid

00:32:58.620 --> 00:32:59.960
 nor did they tear

00:32:59.960 --> 00:33:00.960
 their garments.

00:33:11.300 --> 00:33:12.539
 Taylor is my hairdresser.

00:33:12.539 --> 00:33:13.039
 Yeah.

00:33:13.600 --> 00:33:13.779
 Yeah.

00:33:14.120 --> 00:33:14.600
 Taylor.

00:33:14.860 --> 00:33:15.000
 I heard.

00:33:16.560 --> 00:33:17.680
 Just don't touch it.

00:33:17.860 --> 00:33:18.080
 Okay.

00:33:18.200 --> 00:33:18.440
 Sorry.

00:33:19.019 --> 00:33:19.360
 Yeah.

00:33:21.019 --> 00:33:21.880
 It's like a

00:33:21.880 --> 00:33:24.840
 like a child

00:33:24.840 --> 00:33:25.460
 that's entrusted

00:33:25.460 --> 00:33:26.300
 with something sensitive

00:33:26.300 --> 00:33:27.260
 that he doesn't know

00:33:27.260 --> 00:33:27.880
 how to take care of.

00:33:29.220 --> 00:33:31.180
 So there's a deliberate

00:33:31.180 --> 00:33:32.560
 contrast being drawn here

00:33:32.560 --> 00:33:33.780
 because Josiah tore his clothes

00:33:33.780 --> 00:33:34.720
 but Jehoiakim

00:33:34.720 --> 00:33:35.480
 and his officials

00:33:35.480 --> 00:33:36.700
 did not tear their clothes.

00:33:36.920 --> 00:33:37.520
 It's the

00:33:37.520 --> 00:33:38.980
 Jeremiah notes that specifically.

00:33:39.900 --> 00:33:40.840
 And instead of tearing

00:33:40.840 --> 00:33:41.380
 their clothes

00:33:41.380 --> 00:33:42.440
 what did they tear apart?

00:33:44.280 --> 00:33:44.460
 Yeah.

00:33:44.720 --> 00:33:45.920
 Jehoiakim methodically

00:33:45.920 --> 00:33:47.900
 cut the scroll off

00:33:47.900 --> 00:33:48.520
 with the knife.

00:33:48.620 --> 00:33:49.340
 The word cut

00:33:49.340 --> 00:33:50.460
 is the same in Hebrew

00:33:50.460 --> 00:33:51.420
 as the word tear.

00:33:52.519 --> 00:33:53.480
 What he should have done

00:33:53.480 --> 00:33:54.500
 with his clothes

00:33:54.500 --> 00:33:55.500
 Jehoiakim did

00:33:55.500 --> 00:33:56.140
 to the scroll

00:33:56.140 --> 00:33:56.860
 that contained

00:33:56.860 --> 00:33:57.700
 the word of the Lord.

00:33:58.259 --> 00:33:59.079
 And the parallels

00:33:59.079 --> 00:33:59.779
 do not end there.

00:33:59.880 --> 00:34:01.660
 In 2 Kings 22-13

00:34:01.660 --> 00:34:04.200
 after the scroll is read

00:34:04.200 --> 00:34:05.420
 Josiah remarked

00:34:05.420 --> 00:34:06.660
 great is the wrath

00:34:06.660 --> 00:34:07.140
 of the Lord

00:34:07.140 --> 00:34:08.240
 that is kindled

00:34:08.240 --> 00:34:09.720
 against us

00:34:09.720 --> 00:34:11.039
 because our fathers

00:34:11.039 --> 00:34:11.820
 have not obeyed

00:34:11.820 --> 00:34:12.699
 the words of this book

00:34:12.699 --> 00:34:13.800
 to do according to all

00:34:13.800 --> 00:34:14.220
 that is written

00:34:14.220 --> 00:34:14.900
 concerning us.

00:34:15.039 --> 00:34:15.460
 Kindle.

00:34:15.880 --> 00:34:16.240
 Burn.

00:34:17.900 --> 00:34:18.820
 Great is the wrath

00:34:18.820 --> 00:34:19.159
 of the Lord

00:34:19.159 --> 00:34:20.179
 that burns against us

00:34:20.179 --> 00:34:20.980
 because of this.

00:34:21.879 --> 00:34:23.619
 Instead of fearing

00:34:23.619 --> 00:34:24.960
 the wrath of the Lord

00:34:24.960 --> 00:34:26.139
 that's burning against them

00:34:26.139 --> 00:34:27.599
 Jehoiakim instead

00:34:27.599 --> 00:34:29.299
 burns in his fire pot

00:34:29.299 --> 00:34:30.719
 the entire scroll

00:34:30.719 --> 00:34:31.299
 of the Lord.

00:34:31.799 --> 00:34:32.980
 This is really the height

00:34:32.980 --> 00:34:34.659
 of disobedience

00:34:34.659 --> 00:34:35.639
 and defiance.

00:34:36.420 --> 00:34:37.179
 By cutting up

00:34:37.179 --> 00:34:37.639
 and burning

00:34:37.639 --> 00:34:38.500
 the scroll of the Lord

00:34:38.500 --> 00:34:39.480
 Jehoiakim showed

00:34:39.480 --> 00:34:40.460
 utter contempt

00:34:40.460 --> 00:34:41.519
 for the word

00:34:41.519 --> 00:34:41.960
 of the Lord.

00:34:43.079 --> 00:34:44.099
 And as if that weren't enough

00:34:44.099 --> 00:34:45.059
 he orders the arrest

00:34:45.059 --> 00:34:46.299
 of Baruch and Jeremiah.

00:34:47.000 --> 00:34:47.859
 Thankfully the Lord

00:34:47.860 --> 00:34:48.500
 has hidden them

00:34:48.500 --> 00:34:48.880
 and they're nowhere

00:34:48.880 --> 00:34:49.500
 to be found

00:34:49.500 --> 00:34:50.320
 but we know

00:34:50.320 --> 00:34:51.120
 what he would have done

00:34:51.120 --> 00:34:51.900
 if he had found them

00:34:51.900 --> 00:34:52.820
 because we were told

00:34:52.820 --> 00:34:53.640
 in chapter 26

00:34:53.640 --> 00:34:54.579
 what he did

00:34:54.579 --> 00:34:55.420
 to another prophet

00:34:55.420 --> 00:34:55.740
 of the Lord

00:34:55.740 --> 00:34:56.680
 who prophesied judgment

00:34:56.680 --> 00:34:57.360
 against Jerusalem.

00:34:57.599 --> 00:34:58.660
 His name was Uriah

00:34:58.660 --> 00:35:00.960
 trying to arrest him

00:35:00.960 --> 00:35:01.500
 and kill him

00:35:01.500 --> 00:35:02.360
 and Uriah heard of it

00:35:02.360 --> 00:35:03.260
 and escaped to Egypt

00:35:03.260 --> 00:35:04.320
 and then Jehoiakim

00:35:04.320 --> 00:35:05.440
 had him extradited

00:35:05.440 --> 00:35:06.360
 from Egypt

00:35:06.360 --> 00:35:07.780
 and then executed him

00:35:07.780 --> 00:35:08.599
 and then

00:35:08.599 --> 00:35:10.260
 unceremoniously

00:35:10.260 --> 00:35:11.380
 threw his body out.

00:35:14.079 --> 00:35:14.780
 That's likely

00:35:14.780 --> 00:35:15.420
 what he would have done

00:35:15.420 --> 00:35:15.960
 to Jeremiah.

00:35:18.139 --> 00:35:19.000
 Many people

00:35:19.000 --> 00:35:19.840
 throughout history

00:35:19.840 --> 00:35:20.480
 have tried

00:35:20.480 --> 00:35:21.360
 like Jehoiakim

00:35:21.360 --> 00:35:22.059
 to stuff out

00:35:22.059 --> 00:35:22.519
 God's word

00:35:22.519 --> 00:35:23.159
 but in the end

00:35:23.159 --> 00:35:23.700
 God's word

00:35:23.700 --> 00:35:24.340
 always gets

00:35:24.340 --> 00:35:25.400
 the last word

00:35:25.400 --> 00:35:27.740
 because as Isaiah 48

00:35:27.740 --> 00:35:29.000
 says the grass withers

00:35:29.000 --> 00:35:30.119
 the flower fades

00:35:30.119 --> 00:35:31.260
 but the word of our God

00:35:31.260 --> 00:35:32.320
 will stand forever.

00:35:33.900 --> 00:35:35.400
 Because as Matthew 24

00:35:35.400 --> 00:35:36.320
 35 says

00:35:36.320 --> 00:35:37.079
 Jesus says

00:35:37.079 --> 00:35:37.760
 heaven and earth

00:35:37.760 --> 00:35:38.559
 will pass away

00:35:38.559 --> 00:35:39.800
 but my words

00:35:39.800 --> 00:35:41.119
 will not pass away.

00:35:41.760 --> 00:35:42.960
 God speaks to Jeremiah

00:35:42.960 --> 00:35:43.440
 this way

00:35:43.440 --> 00:35:45.099
 in verses 28 to 31.

00:35:47.159 --> 00:35:48.539
 Take another scroll

00:35:48.539 --> 00:35:49.460
 and write on it

00:35:49.460 --> 00:35:51.039
 all the former words

00:35:51.039 --> 00:35:52.340
 that were in the first scroll

00:35:52.340 --> 00:35:53.559
 which Jehoiakim

00:35:53.559 --> 00:35:54.280
 the king of Judah

00:35:54.280 --> 00:35:55.059
 has burned

00:35:55.059 --> 00:35:56.880
 and concerning Jehoiakim

00:35:56.880 --> 00:35:57.840
 king of Judah

00:35:57.840 --> 00:35:58.579
 you shall say

00:35:58.579 --> 00:36:00.420
 thus says the Lord

00:36:00.420 --> 00:36:01.000
 you have burned

00:36:01.000 --> 00:36:01.579
 this scroll

00:36:01.579 --> 00:36:01.960
 saying

00:36:01.960 --> 00:36:03.599
 why have you written in it

00:36:03.599 --> 00:36:04.780
 that the king of Babylon

00:36:04.780 --> 00:36:05.720
 will certainly come

00:36:05.720 --> 00:36:06.800
 and destroy this land

00:36:06.800 --> 00:36:08.159
 and will cut off from it

00:36:08.159 --> 00:36:08.780
 man and beast.

00:36:10.780 --> 00:36:12.059
 Therefore thus says the Lord

00:36:12.059 --> 00:36:12.960
 concerning Jehoiakim

00:36:12.960 --> 00:36:13.559
 king of Judah

00:36:13.559 --> 00:36:14.759
 he shall have none

00:36:14.759 --> 00:36:15.460
 to sit on the throne

00:36:15.460 --> 00:36:15.880
 of David

00:36:15.880 --> 00:36:16.840
 and his dead body

00:36:16.840 --> 00:36:17.659
 shall be cast out

00:36:17.659 --> 00:36:18.579
 to the heat by day

00:36:18.579 --> 00:36:19.980
 and the frost by night.

00:36:21.460 --> 00:36:22.840
 Even though Jehoiakim

00:36:22.840 --> 00:36:24.460
 defied God's word

00:36:24.460 --> 00:36:25.199
 he cannot escape

00:36:25.199 --> 00:36:25.759
 its power

00:36:25.759 --> 00:36:27.279
 and the word of God

00:36:27.279 --> 00:36:28.099
 will be fulfilled

00:36:28.099 --> 00:36:29.619
 regardless of Jehoiakim's

00:36:29.619 --> 00:36:30.360
 obedience.

00:36:31.500 --> 00:36:32.159
 The Babylonians

00:36:32.159 --> 00:36:33.000
 will indeed come

00:36:33.000 --> 00:36:34.019
 and destroy Jerusalem

00:36:34.019 --> 00:36:35.380
 that was fulfilled

00:36:35.380 --> 00:36:36.340
 and Jehoiakim

00:36:36.340 --> 00:36:37.019
 will have none

00:36:37.019 --> 00:36:37.960
 to sit on his throne

00:36:37.960 --> 00:36:38.519
 of David.

00:36:39.279 --> 00:36:39.940
 After his son

00:36:39.940 --> 00:36:41.659
 after his death

00:36:41.659 --> 00:36:42.179
 his son

00:36:42.179 --> 00:36:43.139
 Jeconiah

00:36:43.139 --> 00:36:44.340
 also called Jehoiachin

00:36:44.340 --> 00:36:45.579
 succeeds him

00:36:45.579 --> 00:36:46.340
 for a brief

00:36:46.340 --> 00:36:47.159
 three months

00:36:47.159 --> 00:36:47.639
 and then God

00:36:47.639 --> 00:36:48.420
 sees through

00:36:48.420 --> 00:36:49.460
 this promise

00:36:49.460 --> 00:36:50.119
 that he will not

00:36:50.119 --> 00:36:50.840
 have anyone left

00:36:50.840 --> 00:36:51.679
 to sit on his throne.

00:36:52.980 --> 00:36:53.860
 In the same way

00:36:53.860 --> 00:36:54.579
 that Jehoiakim

00:36:54.579 --> 00:36:55.940
 threw the scroll

00:36:55.940 --> 00:36:56.380
 of the Lord

00:36:56.380 --> 00:36:57.159
 into the fire

00:36:57.159 --> 00:36:58.639
 Jehoiakim's corpse

00:36:58.639 --> 00:37:00.179
 will now be cast out.

00:37:00.539 --> 00:37:01.360
 It's the same word.

00:37:02.579 --> 00:37:03.340
 There may be parts

00:37:03.340 --> 00:37:03.940
 of scripture

00:37:03.940 --> 00:37:06.340
 which is

00:37:06.340 --> 00:37:07.059
 the written word

00:37:07.059 --> 00:37:07.480
 of God

00:37:07.480 --> 00:37:08.599
 that all of us

00:37:08.599 --> 00:37:09.500
 some of us

00:37:09.500 --> 00:37:09.980
 may want

00:37:09.980 --> 00:37:10.539
 to cut out

00:37:10.539 --> 00:37:10.980
 and burn

00:37:10.980 --> 00:37:13.239
 but that will

00:37:13.239 --> 00:37:13.759
 in no way

00:37:13.759 --> 00:37:14.179
 diminish

00:37:14.179 --> 00:37:14.719
 its truth

00:37:14.719 --> 00:37:15.259
 and power.

00:37:16.339 --> 00:37:16.900
 Jehoiakim

00:37:16.900 --> 00:37:17.380
 as the king

00:37:17.380 --> 00:37:17.719
 of Judah

00:37:17.719 --> 00:37:18.380
 should have known

00:37:18.380 --> 00:37:19.039
 that he is

00:37:19.039 --> 00:37:19.699
 reigning

00:37:19.699 --> 00:37:20.860
 at God's behest

00:37:20.860 --> 00:37:22.299
 as his representative

00:37:22.299 --> 00:37:23.299
 but instead

00:37:23.299 --> 00:37:24.199
 he sought to reign

00:37:24.199 --> 00:37:25.099
 for himself

00:37:25.099 --> 00:37:26.539
 instead of upholding

00:37:26.539 --> 00:37:27.440
 God's word

00:37:27.440 --> 00:37:27.960
 as the king

00:37:27.960 --> 00:37:28.279
 of Judah

00:37:28.279 --> 00:37:29.000
 he wanted

00:37:29.000 --> 00:37:29.839
 his will

00:37:29.839 --> 00:37:30.759
 to prevail

00:37:30.759 --> 00:37:31.860
 in Judah

00:37:31.860 --> 00:37:33.299
 and the question

00:37:33.299 --> 00:37:34.059
 we need to ask

00:37:34.059 --> 00:37:34.579
 ourselves is

00:37:34.579 --> 00:37:35.400
 is the word

00:37:35.400 --> 00:37:35.880
 of God

00:37:35.880 --> 00:37:37.099
 the final authority

00:37:37.099 --> 00:37:37.819
 in your life

00:37:37.819 --> 00:37:40.420
 or is your will

00:37:40.420 --> 00:37:42.179
 your judgment

00:37:42.179 --> 00:37:44.699
 the final authority

00:37:44.699 --> 00:37:45.299
 of your life?

00:37:46.960 --> 00:37:48.139
 As Christian pastor

00:37:48.139 --> 00:37:48.679
 Tim Keller

00:37:48.679 --> 00:37:49.279
 often says

00:37:49.279 --> 00:37:49.659
 and I've quoted

00:37:49.659 --> 00:37:50.219
 this before

00:37:50.219 --> 00:37:51.019
 if your God

00:37:51.019 --> 00:37:51.960
 never disagrees

00:37:51.960 --> 00:37:52.460
 with you

00:37:52.460 --> 00:37:53.559
 you might just

00:37:53.559 --> 00:37:54.179
 be worshipping

00:37:54.179 --> 00:37:54.980
 an idealized

00:37:54.980 --> 00:37:55.920
 version of yourself.

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 Verse 32

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 tells us

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 Jeremiah took

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 another scroll

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 and gave it

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 to Baruch

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 the scribe

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 the son of Neriah

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 who wrote on it

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 at the dictation

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 of Jeremiah

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 all the words

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 of the scroll

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 that Jehoiakim

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 king of Judah

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 had burned

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 in the fire

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 and many similar

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 words were added

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 to them.

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 We're never told

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 exactly what words

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 were on this scroll

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 but it's possible

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 as many think

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 perhaps even likely

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 that this scroll

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 that was written down

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 is the basis

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 for the book

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 of Jeremiah

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 as we currently

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 have it.

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 As we then

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 almost 1600 years

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 later read God's word

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 in Jeremiah

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 we are faced

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 with the same

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 choice.

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 Will we respond

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 like Josiah

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 in repentance

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 and faith

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 or will we respond

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 like Jehoiakim

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 in rebellion

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 and defiance?

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 In Matthew 21

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 33 to 42

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 Jesus tells

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 his disciples

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 the parable

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 of the tenants.

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 In the parable

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 God is the master

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 of the house

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 the owner

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 of the vineyard

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 and the vineyard

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 represents the people

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 of God

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 the church

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 and the tenants

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 represent

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 those who

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 have been entrusted

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 with taking care

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 of the vineyard

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 and harvesting

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 its fruit.

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 In the Old Testament

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 it was the Jewish leaders

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 like Jehoiakim

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 and the servants

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 that the owner

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 sends to the vineyard

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 to collect the fruit

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 are the prophets

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 whom God sends

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 like Jeremiah.

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 Now listen to this parable

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 with the backdrop

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 of Jeremiah in mind.

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 There was a master

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 of a house

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 who planted

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 a vineyard

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 and put a fence

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 around it

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 and dug a wine press

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 in it

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 and built a tower

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 and leased it

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 to tenants

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 and went into

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 another country.

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 When the season

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 for fruit

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 drew near

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 he sent his servants

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 to the tenants

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 to get his fruit

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 and the tenants

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 took his servants

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 and beat one

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 killed another

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 and stoned another.

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 Again

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 he sent other servants

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 more than the first

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 and they did

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 the same to them.

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 Finally

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 he sent his son

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 to them

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 saying

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 they will respect

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 my son.

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 But when the tenants

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 saw the son

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 they said to themselves

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 this is the heir

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 come

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 let us kill him

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 and take

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 his inheritance.

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 And they took him

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 and threw him

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 out of the vineyard

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 and killed him.

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 When therefore

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 the owner of the vineyard

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 comes what will he do

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 to those tenants?

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 They said to him

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 he will put

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 those wretches

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 to a miserable death

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 and let out the vineyard

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 to other tenants

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 who will give him

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 the fruits

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 in their seasons.

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 Jesus said to them

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 have you never read

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 in the scriptures

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 the stone that the builders

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 rejected has become

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 the cornerstone?

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 This was the Lord's doing

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 and it is marvelous

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 in our eyes.

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 Jesus Christ

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 is the son

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 who came to the vineyard.

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 He is God's last resort

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 the ultimate

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 final messenger

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 to reclaim

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 his vineyard.

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 But in the same way

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 that Jeremiah

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 declared the word

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 of the Lord

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 and was rejected

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 Jesus too

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 was rejected

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 by his own people

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 and he was killed

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 on the cross.

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 But on that cross

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 even though

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 he was the stone

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 that the builders

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 rejected

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 he became the cornerstone

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 of the house of God.

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 Because on that cross

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 Jesus bore

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 the sins

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 of all those

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 who would trust

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 in him

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 for salvation.

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 all of us

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 are sinners

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 and all of us

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 at one point

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 were persistent sinners

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 unrepentant sinners

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 and though we may not

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 have burned the scroll

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 of the Lord

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 like Jehoiakim

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 we are not less

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 dismissive

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 and defiant

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 toward the word

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 of the Lord.

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 And we deserved

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 all the disaster

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 that Jeremiah

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 had proclaimed

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 against Judah.

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 We were the insubordinate

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 tenants

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 the wretched

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 who deserved

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 a miserable death

00:41:44.980 --> 00:41:46.159
 as Jesus' own

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 disciples put it.

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 That's us.

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 Yet Jesus

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 came

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 in the same

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 way that God's word

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 came

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 as it says

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 in chapter 36

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 verse 3

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 so that

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 everyone

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 may turn

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 from his evil way

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 and that God

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 may forgive

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 their iniquity

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 and their sin.

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 Jesus died

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 on the cross

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 for our sins

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 so that we no longer

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 have to bear

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 the punishment

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 for ourselves

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 for our own sins

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 and can instead

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 receive the forgiveness

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 of God.

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 And then Jesus

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 was raised

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 from the dead

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 to give us new life

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 eternal life

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 resurrection life

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 so that we will no longer

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 live for ourselves

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 but live for God

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 by the power of the spirit

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 for the glory of God.

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 And in the same way

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 that their different

00:42:36.199 --> 00:42:37.279
 responses to the word

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 of the Lord

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 divided

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 Josiah and Jehoiakim

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 how you respond

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 to Jesus Christ

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 will divide

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 all of humanity.

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 Will you turn

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 from your sins

00:42:48.139 --> 00:42:48.679
 in obedience

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 to God's word?

00:42:53.679 --> 00:42:54.779
 Please take a moment

00:42:54.779 --> 00:42:56.779
 you can close your eyes

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 if you'd like

00:42:57.239 --> 00:42:57.819
 to reflect

00:42:57.819 --> 00:42:59.299
 on this message.

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 If you're not yet

00:43:00.799 --> 00:43:01.619
 a follower of Christ

00:43:01.619 --> 00:43:02.399
 do you recognize

00:43:02.399 --> 00:43:03.279
 your disobedience

00:43:03.279 --> 00:43:03.719
 to God?

00:43:04.219 --> 00:43:04.859
 Will you turn

00:43:04.859 --> 00:43:05.579
 from your sins

00:43:05.579 --> 00:43:06.719
 and turn toward Christ

00:43:06.719 --> 00:43:07.199
 in faith

00:43:07.199 --> 00:43:07.759
 for the forgiveness

00:43:07.760 --> 00:43:08.380
 of sins?

00:43:10.100 --> 00:43:10.840
 If you're already

00:43:10.840 --> 00:43:11.720
 a follower of Christ

00:43:11.720 --> 00:43:13.080
 what are some ways

00:43:13.080 --> 00:43:14.000
 that God is calling you

00:43:14.000 --> 00:43:14.860
 to greater obedience

00:43:14.860 --> 00:43:15.640
 to his word?

00:43:18.680 --> 00:43:19.720
 After some reflection

00:43:19.720 --> 00:43:20.940
 we'll respond

00:43:20.940 --> 00:43:21.900
 by praying out loud

00:43:21.900 --> 00:43:22.740
 together as a church.