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 Acts chapter 4, it really is from verses 23 onwards, I think it's the first prayer recorded in Acts.

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! It's the first major crisis certainly. Peter and John have been imprisoned, they've been threatened, they've been warned to stop preaching in the name of Christ.

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 And then verse 23, when they were released, they went to their friends and reported what the chief priests and the elders had said to them, and when they heard it, they lifted up their voices together to God.

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 And the substance of this prayer, as someone has described, really is the basic conviction of the whole Bible.

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 I think it is probably the central theme of the whole Bible, and that is the conviction that God is sovereign.

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 And that he reigns, and he rules as king and as lord over the whole universe that he's created.

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 And that he sits today on the throne.

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 And that God exercises absolute sovereign control over the whole created order, and over the whole historical process.

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 And that is the conviction that underlies this prayer, and I want to argue truly undergirds the whole teaching of the Bible.

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 It is indeed, in many ways, the central Christian conviction.

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 That God our Saviour reigns enthroned in glory.

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 And so the prayer begins, doesn't it, in verse 24, sovereign Lord.

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 That is the conviction that God is on the throne, and that he is overruling even the wrath of his enemies that we've seen at the start of chapter 4.

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 He's overruling even the wrath of his enemies to his own purpose.

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 And that was vital, wasn't it, for the apostles to understand at that particular stage.

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 But it's equally vital for you and I to understand it.

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 It is the answer, isn't it, to one of the basic questions of the human heart.

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 Francis Schaeffer says that this question grumbles under the skin of every thinking man.

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 The question of to whom does ultimate power belong.

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 Is there any controlling hand on the apparent madness of the world in which we live?

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 When you look at history with all the seeming chaos and confusion and foolishness.

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 Is it possible that there is a sovereign hand controlling everything?

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 In the history of this world.

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 Or personally, is this the answer to the question that burns in all our hearts, sometimes more acutely than at other times.

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 Is it really true that God is working all things together for good to those who love him?

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 Is God really sovereign over my personal circumstances today, right now?

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 And they are crucial questions.

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 And they are answered by two questions addressed to God in verse 24.

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 Sovereign Lord, they call him.

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 And the rest of this prayer in Acts 4 is really an extension of that conviction.

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 The apostles take everything that is contained in those two words, sovereign Lord, and they unpack it.

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 And they do so in four ways.

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 First of all, do you see the sovereign Lord of creation?

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 Look at verse 24.

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 Sovereign Lord who made the heavens and the earth and the sea and everything through them.

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 And then they address God as the sovereign Lord of history.

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 Verse 25.

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 Who through the mouth of our father David said by the Holy Spirit,

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 Why did the Gentiles rage and the people's plot in vain?

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 The kings of the earth have set themselves and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord and against his anointed.

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 They are speaking of God's sovereign rule in history.

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 And thirdly, they address God as the sovereign Lord of redemption.

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 Look at verses 27 and 28.

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 For truly in this city they were gathered together against your holy servant Jesus,

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 whom you anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, among the Gentiles and the people of Israel,

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 to do whatever your hand and your plan would have predestined to take place.

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 And finally in verses 29 to 30, you see the sovereign Lord of the contemporary scene.

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 And now Lord, look upon their threats and grant to your servants and continue to speak your word with all boldness

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 while you stretch out your hand to heal.

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 And signs and wonders are performed through the name of your holy servant Jesus.

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 God is the sovereign Lord above all things.

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 And that is the conviction that lies behind all true Christian prayer.

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 And when we come to God and we wait on him and we pray to him and cry to him as these men did in Acts 4,

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 the basic conviction we have is as we plead with God in such a situation or in any situation,

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 it's that God reigns sovereignly over all the affairs of men and of nations,

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 of heaven and earth and hell.

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 And we come to him on that basis.

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 As the sovereign Lord so that we might think aright and live aright and pray aright.

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 So first of all, the sovereign Lord of creation, verse 24.

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 Sovereign Lord who made the heaven and earth and the sea and everything in them.

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 That's the first thing that persuades these apostles of God's unlimited power and sovereignty.

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 They are persuaded of his sovereignty when they look at God's acts in creation.

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 Here they are in the midst of a situation where fear is entered into their hearts.

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 Obviously by reason of the opposition that they've experienced.

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 The threats are still sounding in their ears.

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 And what they're saying now as they come to plead with God,

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 they are reminding themselves that God is sovereign in creation.

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 They say you are the Lord who's formed this universe in which we live.

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 You've given life and breath to these very men that are our enemies.

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 You are the Lord who keeps them alive.

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 You are the Lord who's made all that is and that enables them to plead with God.

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 And to press him concerning their particular need.

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 It's one of the great basis of our thinking about God.

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 That he is the sovereign Lord of creation.

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 And if he has the power to create the heavens and earth,

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 then he is able to act in your situation.

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 And you are able to go and say to him,

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 look upon us now Lord.

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 You see creation is presented in the Bible as a sovereign act of God.

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 He speaks as kingly creator.

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 And he brings into being out of nothing all that is made.

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 That's why the doctrine of creation is so vital for us in our understanding of God,

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 in our thinking about the world,

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 and in our thinking about prayer.

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 The whole doctrine of creation is fundamental in its importance for us.

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 Because again and again,

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 this is the argument that people in the Bible use when they come into God's presence.

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 To plead with him again and again.

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 So let's go to Jeremiah chapter 32.

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 We're going to go to a couple of passages tonight.

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 As I said, I haven't got page numbers.

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 So Jeremiah 32.

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 It's a big book right in the middle of the Bible.

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 Don't be embarrassed if you can't find it.

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 Jeremiah chapter 32.

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 Okay?

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 Jeremiah 32.

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 And they come to God and they plead with God.

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 As for God who is first sovereign in creation.

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 And so Jeremiah, this great prophet,

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 he cries to the Lord in 32 and verses 16 to 20.

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 He says,

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 Our pride given the deed of purchase to Barak the son of Neriah,

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 I prayed to the Lord saying,

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 Our Lord God,

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 it is you who made the heavens and the earth by your great power

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 and by your outstretched arm.

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 Nothing is too hard for you.

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 You should steadfast love to thousands,

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 but you repay the guilt of fathers,

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 their children after them.

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 O great and mighty God,

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 whose name is the Lord of hosts,

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 great in counsel,

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 and mighty in deed,

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 whose eyes are open to all the ways of the children of man,

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 rewarding each one according to his ways

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 and according to the fruit of his deeds.

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 You have shown signs and wonders in the land of Egypt

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 to this day in Israel and among all mankind

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 and have made a name for yourself as this day.

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 Now do you see how this vision of God that he has

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 as the sovereign Lord who has called creation into being,

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 it makes such a difference, doesn't it,

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 to people thinking.

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 But it's not only used by people as an argument

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 as they plead with God,

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 it is used by God as an argument

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 to persuade his people to trust him.

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 So if you remember in Isaiah,

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 the prophecy of Isaiah,

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 God comes to his people who are,

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 they are wilting in the midst of all the difficulties

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 and tribulations

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 through which he passed

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 and he says to them,

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 lift up your eyes on high and see.

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 What is it that they're to see?

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 It's Isaiah chapter 40.

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 Isaiah chapter 40.

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 What vision is it that

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 Isaiah longs that they might have?

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 It's Isaiah 40 verses 25 to 28.

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 To whom will you compare me?

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 That I should be like him,

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 says the Holy One.

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 Lift up your eyes on high

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 and see who created these.

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 He who brings out their hosts by number,

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 calling them all by name,

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 by the greatness of his might.

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 And because he is strong in power,

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 not one is missing.

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 Why do you say, O Jacob,

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 and speak, O Israel,

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 my way is hidden from the Lord

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 and my right is disregarded by my God?

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 Have you not known?

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 Have you not heard?

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 The Lord is the everlasting God,

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 the creator of the ends of the earth.

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 Now do you see what God is doing?

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 He's using the doctrine of creation

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 and his sovereignty in creation

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 to persuade his people to trust him.

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 Now here's what the apostles are doing

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 when they come into God's presence

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 and you'll see how immensely relevant

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 all of this is

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 to the mood of so many of us today.

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 We're so easily, secretly despondent

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 and discouraged.

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 So many of us are bowed down

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 and weighed down.

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 And in a sense,

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 we're always on the defensive.

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 And so we greatly need in our generation

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 an opening of our eyes

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 to see the great glory

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 and the majesty of God as the creator.

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 There's an awesomeness, isn't there,

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 to creation that does us good.

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 And so go to the lake district

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 and stand on the hills

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 and look at them.

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 Go to South Wales.

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 See the valleys.

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 Stand on the beach

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 and look at the sea.

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 I don't know what it is that does it for you.

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 That's what does it for me.

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 You stand and you look at the power of the sea.

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 And there will be times

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 when you will feel your soul exalted.

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 And God means us to do that.

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 To find our hearts lifted up

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 with a sense of the sheer majesty of God

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 who by his word

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 has called all of this into being.

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 And I tell you what I think

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 that the kingly Lord

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 who created that infinite beauty

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 is the same God

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 who is setting about his purpose

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 of creating in me,

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 of creating Christ in me.

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 Well that is a great encouragement, isn't it?

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 Francis Schaeffer again said

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 our generation has a unique capacity

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 of thinking great thoughts of men

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 and petty thoughts of God.

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 And so we need to see him

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 as the sovereign Lord of creation.

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 Secondly in verses 25 and 26 of Acts 4

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 we need to see him

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 as the sovereign Lord of history.

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 And these two verses

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 they are a quotation

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 from Psalm 2.

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 It's one of the most quoted psalms

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 in the New Testament.

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 And one commentator writes this.

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 He says this psalm bears witness

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 to a God who is present

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 and active in world history.

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 And who knows how to make himself

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 respected

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 by those who don't want to give it.

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 And he accomplishes his purpose

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 even though men rebel against him.

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 The immediate picture of Psalm 2

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 is there's a king

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 and there's a king who is

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 in his accession

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 to the throne.

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 An anointing of a new king.

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 A king whom God has chosen

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 as much property

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 and David himself.

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 And there's the rebellion

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 of kings and the rulers

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 of the earth

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 against this earthly king.

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 And that rebellion

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 the psalmist sees

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 actually is a rebellion

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 against the Lord

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 and against his anointage.

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 And so the apostles

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 they recollect this psalm

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 and they interpret it correctly.

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 The idea of the rage

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 in nations

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 and the vaunting

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 of human beings

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 against God

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 is ludicrous.

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 Because he who sits

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 in the heavens

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 will laugh at them.

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 He will hold them

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 in derision.

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 The idea of man

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 rebelling against

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 the king of kings

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 and lord of glories

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 is ludicrous.

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 Because the Lord

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 is the one who reigns

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 and whose government

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 over the affairs

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 of men and nations

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 will be vindicated.

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 Whatever the scene

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 in the world

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 whatever the rage

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 of men against God

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 however men

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 choose to ignore him

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 he who sits

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 in the heavens

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 will have the last word.

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 And so to whom

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 does ultimate power belong?

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 I really hope

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 you're clear on this.

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 It does not reside

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 in Washington

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 or in London

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 or in Moscow

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 or in Beijing.

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 It resides on the throne

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 of the Lord God

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 omnipotent

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 on whose shoulders

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 the government

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 has been placed.

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 Let me quote again

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 from another commentator

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 on the psalm.

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 What the psalmist sees

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 is that the centre

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 of history

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 is no longer

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 the struggle

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 of the great powers

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 but God

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 whose relationship

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 with the earthly powers

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 will determine

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 their destiny.

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 His vision of history

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 is theocentric.

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 And that's

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 an unfamiliar word

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 so we don't use

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 that word very much

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 but all it means

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 is this

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 that God

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 is at the centre

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 of history.

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 How do you see that?

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 And when you read

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 at the BBC

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 online

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 when you watch

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 the news

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 and the chaos

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 of Brexit

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 do you see at all

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 that God

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 is at the centre

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 of history

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 of history

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 God's

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 this conviction

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 of God's lordship

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 of history

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 in these two

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 similar ways

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 it is used

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 by the people

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 of God

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 as a source

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 of strength

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 and a bullhook

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 to their confidence

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 in God

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 so in 2 Chronicles 20

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 I won't make you

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 go there

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 but Jehoshaphat

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 the king

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 he had news

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 of the impending

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 disaster

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 that was about

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 to come upon

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 his people

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 and as he saw

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 the Moabites

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 and the Ammonites

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 coming upon them

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 he heard words

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 that there was

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 a great multitude

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 coming against you

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 from Edom

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 and Jehoshaphat

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 feared

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 and set himself

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 to seek the Lord

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 and Judah

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 assembles

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 to seek help

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 from the Lord

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 and Jehoshaphat

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 stood in the assembly

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 of Judah

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 and Jerusalem

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 and he cried out this

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 he said

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 O Lord

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 God of our fathers

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 are you not

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 God in heaven

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 you rule

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 of the kingdoms

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 of the nations

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 in your hand

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 are power

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 and might

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 so that none

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 is able

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 to withstand you

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 and that is

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 the conviction

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 of a man

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 who has come

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 to see that

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 ultimate power

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 belongs to God

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 not to men

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 but again

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 it's also used

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 by God

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 to persuade

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 men and women

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 to trust him

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 and so you

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 find again

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 and again

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 don't you

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 when you read

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 the Old Testament

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 that God

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 recalls history

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 it's a significant

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 thing

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 and you find

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 God doing that

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 again and again

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 and again

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 God will say

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 I am the God

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 of Abraham

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 and Isaac

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 and Jacob

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 I am the Lord

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 your God

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 who brought you

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 out of the land

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 of slavery

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 and into the land

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 of promise

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 and he goes on

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 to recount

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 doesn't he to them

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 how he has ordered

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 their circumstances

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 and how he has

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 knocked aside

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 their enemies

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 and how he has

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 cast down kings

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 and men

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 who rebel

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 against him

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 and opened a way

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 for his people

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 what's he doing

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 he's not merely

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 giving them

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 a history lesson

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 he's giving them

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 a lesson

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 in God's sovereignty

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 in history

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 and so therefore

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 he appeals to them

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 that now

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 in this situation

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 they will trust

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 and obey him

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 because he's

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 the sovereign

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 lord of history

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 that's true

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 in our personal

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 history isn't it

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 no one in the

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 bible speaks

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 as clearly

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 or powerfully

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 about this

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 than Joseph does

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 so his brothers

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 come to him

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 don't they

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 when he's in Egypt

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 right at the end

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 of Genesis

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 with their sorry

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 story of treachery

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 and cruelty

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 and that begins

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 to be poured out

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 and they find out

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 don't they

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 that their sin

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 well has been

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 found out

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 and Joseph

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 looks at them

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 and even as

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 he speaks

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 of that kind

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 of experience

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 in his life

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 he says in

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 Genesis 50

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 you meant it

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 for evil to me

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 but God meant it

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 for good

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 do you see the point

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 he had seen

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 that God was not

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 just the sovereign

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 lord of history

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 I can level up

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 the hair

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 in general

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 but he is the

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 sovereign lord

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 of history

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 personally

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 and that leads

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 us to the third

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 way they address

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 God

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 he's not only

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 sovereign lord

00:19:03.000 --> 00:19:03.519
 of creation

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 and of history

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 but he's also

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 the sovereign lord

00:19:05.819 --> 00:19:06.379
 of redemption

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 look at verses 27

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 and 28

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 because the apostle

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 looks at Psalm 2

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 and he sees that

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 it's a messianic

00:19:14.379 --> 00:19:14.779
 psalm

00:19:14.779 --> 00:19:16.659
 that it's about

00:19:16.659 --> 00:19:17.259
 Christ

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 they believed

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 that the psalmist

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 sang better than

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 he knew

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 and more than

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 he thought

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 but what was he

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 singing about

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 he was really

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 singing about

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 the exalted

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 king of kings

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 and lord of lords

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 the lord Jesus

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 Christ

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 against whom

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 the nations

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 of the earth

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 still rage

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 and they would

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 plot and

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 divide

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 his downfall

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 and so we

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 move from

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 history in

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 general

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 to the

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 history of

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 redemption

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 in particular

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 and here

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 above

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 everywhere else

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 they see

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 God

00:19:49.540 --> 00:19:50.100
 turning the

00:19:50.100 --> 00:19:50.600
 wrath of

00:19:50.600 --> 00:19:51.000
 men to

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 praise him

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 and to

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 bless us

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 verse 27

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 for truly

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 in this city

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 this place

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 where we are

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 they were

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 gathered

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 together

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 against

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 your holy

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 servant

00:20:01.099 --> 00:20:01.839
 Jesus

00:20:01.839 --> 00:20:03.279
 whom they

00:20:03.279 --> 00:20:03.799
 anointed

00:20:03.799 --> 00:20:05.519
 whom you

00:20:05.519 --> 00:20:05.899
 anointed

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 and both

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 Herod and

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 Pondis

00:20:07.779 --> 00:20:08.319
 Pilate along

00:20:08.319 --> 00:20:08.579
 with the

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 Gentiles and

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 the people

00:20:09.480 --> 00:20:09.899
 of Israel

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 to do

00:20:10.379 --> 00:20:11.219
 whatever your

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 hand and

00:20:12.019 --> 00:20:12.599
 your plan

00:20:12.599 --> 00:20:14.099
 are predestined

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 to take

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 place

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 he shuts

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 the scene

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 he says

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 this is the

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 stage of

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 where it

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 happened

00:20:21.559 --> 00:20:22.779
 where the

00:20:22.779 --> 00:20:23.159
 lord Jesus

00:20:23.159 --> 00:20:23.699
 was brought

00:20:23.699 --> 00:20:24.399
 to trial

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 and judgment

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 now what

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 was really

00:20:29.880 --> 00:20:30.200
 happening

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 there

00:20:30.400 --> 00:20:31.080
 this is

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 what the

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 apostles

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 are grasping

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 and they

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 are leading

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 us into

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 the sovereignty

00:20:34.580 --> 00:20:35.120
 of God

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 in our

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 redemption

00:20:36.000 --> 00:20:40.040
 what was

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 happening

00:20:40.420 --> 00:20:41.100
 in Jerusalem

00:20:41.100 --> 00:20:42.960
 when Jesus

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 died

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 is it to be

00:20:46.440 --> 00:20:47.220
 explained by

00:20:47.220 --> 00:20:47.960
 Herod and

00:20:47.960 --> 00:20:48.720
 Pontius Pilate

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 and the people

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 of Israel

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 and the Gentiles

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 and the raging

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 of men

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 and the gnashing

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 of teeth

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 and the anger

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 of the crowd

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 and the cruelty

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 of the Roman

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 soldiers

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 is that how

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 it's all to be

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 explained

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 just a tragic

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 miscarriage

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 justice

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 knowing Jesus

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 listen

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 he says

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 verse 27

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 he says

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 to do whatever

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 your hand and

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 your plan

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 predestined

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 to take place

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 doesn't mean

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 that God

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 was the author

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 of wickedness

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 and evil

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 what it means

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 is this

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 that God

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 rules in the

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 midst

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 of his

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 enemies

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 and when

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 they do

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 their wicked

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 will

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 they are

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 fulfilling

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 his purpose

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 when they do

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 their wicked

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 worst

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 they are

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 mere tools

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 for his

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 high and

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 blessed

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 purpose

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 and that's

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 what's happening

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 at Calvary

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 it's not that

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 men have done

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 this

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 it's that

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 God

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 gave him

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 up

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 and the

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 initiative

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 in all

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 that was

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 happening

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 there on

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 Calvary

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 was God's

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 they are

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 saying

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 aren't they

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 Lord it

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 was you

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 sovereign

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 Lord who

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 was presiding

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 at Golgotha

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 the real

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 king was

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 Jesus

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 and Jesus

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 brings this

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 home

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 doesn't he

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 to Pilate

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 do you

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 remember how

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 little

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 Pontius

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 find us

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 full of his

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 own self

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 importance

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 and full of

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 his own

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 authority

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 he trots

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 around in

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 front of

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 Jesus

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 and he

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 says

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 do you

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 not know

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 I have

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 power to

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 release you

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 and power

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 to crucify

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 you

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 I would

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 love

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 to have

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 seen his

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 face

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 wouldn't

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 you

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 when Jesus

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 says to him

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 you have

00:22:31.819 --> 00:22:32.339
 no power

00:22:32.339 --> 00:22:32.919
 over me

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 except it

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 was given

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 you by

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 God

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 and Pilate

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 and Herod

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 and the

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 people of

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 Israel

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 and the

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 Gentiles

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 and the

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 Roman

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 soldiers

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 they are

00:22:42.159 --> 00:22:42.859
 instruments

00:22:42.859 --> 00:22:43.480
 of God's

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 infinite

00:22:43.879 --> 00:22:44.579
 grace

00:22:44.579 --> 00:22:46.119
 in the

00:22:46.119 --> 00:22:46.480
 glorious

00:22:46.480 --> 00:22:47.039
 plan of

00:22:47.039 --> 00:22:47.480
 redemption

00:22:47.480 --> 00:22:50.700
 but it

00:22:50.700 --> 00:22:51.480
 encompassed

00:22:51.480 --> 00:22:52.059
 some of

00:22:52.059 --> 00:22:52.639
 the darkest

00:22:52.639 --> 00:22:53.579
 hours of

00:22:53.579 --> 00:22:54.179
 human history

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 and I guess

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 that's what

00:22:55.319 --> 00:22:55.579
 these

00:22:55.579 --> 00:22:56.240
 apostles are

00:22:56.240 --> 00:22:56.579
 saying

00:22:56.579 --> 00:22:58.899
 it is

00:22:58.899 --> 00:22:59.199
 out of

00:22:59.199 --> 00:22:59.399
 that

00:22:59.399 --> 00:23:00.019
 infinite

00:23:00.019 --> 00:23:00.960
 darkness

00:23:00.960 --> 00:23:02.399
 that God

00:23:02.399 --> 00:23:02.759
 could bring

00:23:02.759 --> 00:23:03.139
 our full

00:23:03.139 --> 00:23:03.639
 salvation

00:23:03.639 --> 00:23:06.119
 and what

00:23:06.119 --> 00:23:07.079
 might he

00:23:07.079 --> 00:23:07.460
 not bring

00:23:07.460 --> 00:23:07.720
 out of

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 this hour

00:23:08.220 --> 00:23:08.639
 and our

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 struggles

00:23:08.980 --> 00:23:09.299
 at this

00:23:09.299 --> 00:23:09.599
 time

00:23:09.599 --> 00:23:12.079
 and that

00:23:12.079 --> 00:23:12.480
 speaks to

00:23:12.480 --> 00:23:12.919
 us of

00:23:12.919 --> 00:23:13.299
 God's

00:23:13.299 --> 00:23:13.659
 sovereignty

00:23:13.659 --> 00:23:14.319
 in accomplishing

00:23:14.319 --> 00:23:14.699
 our

00:23:14.699 --> 00:23:15.139
 redemption

00:23:15.139 --> 00:23:18.339
 scripture

00:23:18.339 --> 00:23:18.960
 also tells

00:23:18.960 --> 00:23:19.240
 us that

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 God is

00:23:19.559 --> 00:23:19.859
 sovereign

00:23:19.859 --> 00:23:21.039
 in applying

00:23:21.039 --> 00:23:22.119
 redemption

00:23:22.119 --> 00:23:23.879
 as well

00:23:23.879 --> 00:23:25.939
 and that

00:23:25.939 --> 00:23:26.399
 is a

00:23:26.400 --> 00:23:26.840
 glorious

00:23:26.840 --> 00:23:27.220
 kind of

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 authority

00:23:27.840 --> 00:23:28.720
 and motivation

00:23:28.720 --> 00:23:29.540
 we have

00:23:29.540 --> 00:23:30.200
 in evangelism

00:23:30.200 --> 00:23:30.880
 that it

00:23:30.880 --> 00:23:31.400
 is God

00:23:31.400 --> 00:23:31.660
 who is

00:23:31.660 --> 00:23:31.880
 drawing

00:23:31.880 --> 00:23:32.280
 people

00:23:32.280 --> 00:23:32.900
 to

00:23:32.900 --> 00:23:33.259
 Christ

00:23:33.259 --> 00:23:34.920
 that it

00:23:34.920 --> 00:23:35.519
 is God

00:23:35.519 --> 00:23:35.860
 who is

00:23:35.860 --> 00:23:36.320
 the author

00:23:36.320 --> 00:23:37.040
 of salvation

00:23:37.040 --> 00:23:37.780
 that it

00:23:37.780 --> 00:23:38.380
 is God

00:23:38.380 --> 00:23:38.880
 who prepares

00:23:38.880 --> 00:23:39.259
 people's

00:23:39.259 --> 00:23:39.580
 hearts

00:23:39.580 --> 00:23:43.759
 and I'm

00:23:43.759 --> 00:23:43.980
 sure it

00:23:43.980 --> 00:23:44.400
 was a new

00:23:44.400 --> 00:23:44.920
 vision of

00:23:44.920 --> 00:23:45.280
 that that

00:23:45.280 --> 00:23:45.740
 gave these

00:23:45.740 --> 00:23:46.519
 men heart

00:23:46.519 --> 00:23:47.200
 to go out

00:23:47.200 --> 00:23:47.880
 and with

00:23:47.880 --> 00:23:48.759
 great power

00:23:48.759 --> 00:23:49.400
 we read

00:23:49.400 --> 00:23:49.740
 in verse

00:23:49.740 --> 00:23:50.420
 33

00:23:50.420 --> 00:23:52.540
 great power

00:23:52.540 --> 00:23:53.120
 the apostles

00:23:53.120 --> 00:23:53.580
 were giving

00:23:53.580 --> 00:23:54.259
 their testimony

00:23:54.259 --> 00:23:54.680
 to the

00:23:54.680 --> 00:23:55.200
 resurrection

00:23:55.200 --> 00:23:55.680
 of the Lord

00:23:55.680 --> 00:23:55.980
 Jesus

00:23:55.980 --> 00:23:56.900
 and great

00:23:56.900 --> 00:23:57.340
 grace was

00:23:57.340 --> 00:23:57.720
 upon them

00:23:57.720 --> 00:23:58.080
 all

00:23:58.080 --> 00:23:59.700
 sovereign

00:23:59.700 --> 00:24:00.059
 lord over

00:24:00.059 --> 00:24:00.460
 creation

00:24:00.460 --> 00:24:01.180
 over history

00:24:01.180 --> 00:24:01.840
 over redemption

00:24:01.840 --> 00:24:02.380
 and finally

00:24:02.380 --> 00:24:02.819
 let's see

00:24:02.819 --> 00:24:03.440
 sovereign lord

00:24:03.440 --> 00:24:03.720
 over the

00:24:03.720 --> 00:24:04.140
 contemporary

00:24:04.140 --> 00:24:04.620
 scene

00:24:04.620 --> 00:24:06.539
 it's not

00:24:06.539 --> 00:24:07.259
 merely true

00:24:07.259 --> 00:24:07.840
 of the past

00:24:07.840 --> 00:24:08.279
 is it

00:24:08.279 --> 00:24:10.819
 it's not

00:24:10.819 --> 00:24:11.180
 something they

00:24:11.180 --> 00:24:11.700
 look back on

00:24:11.700 --> 00:24:12.200
 as a kind of

00:24:12.200 --> 00:24:13.160
 curious freak

00:24:13.160 --> 00:24:14.080
 of history

00:24:14.080 --> 00:24:15.380
 it's the most

00:24:15.380 --> 00:24:16.620
 relevant reality

00:24:16.620 --> 00:24:16.960
 for the

00:24:16.960 --> 00:24:17.319
 contemporary

00:24:17.319 --> 00:24:17.920
 situation

00:24:17.920 --> 00:24:18.299
 in which

00:24:18.299 --> 00:24:18.740
 they find

00:24:18.740 --> 00:24:19.259
 themselves

00:24:19.259 --> 00:24:20.900
 and it

00:24:20.900 --> 00:24:21.180
 is for

00:24:21.180 --> 00:24:21.299
 us

00:24:21.299 --> 00:24:21.480
 this

00:24:21.480 --> 00:24:21.859
 evening

00:24:21.859 --> 00:24:23.879
 and so

00:24:23.879 --> 00:24:24.240
 they say

00:24:24.240 --> 00:24:24.759
 now lord

00:24:24.759 --> 00:24:25.359
 look upon

00:24:25.359 --> 00:24:25.640
 our

00:24:25.640 --> 00:24:26.019
 present

00:24:26.019 --> 00:24:26.720
 situation

00:24:26.720 --> 00:24:28.559
 and on

00:24:28.559 --> 00:24:29.019
 account of

00:24:29.019 --> 00:24:29.200
 your

00:24:29.200 --> 00:24:29.539
 sovereign

00:24:29.539 --> 00:24:30.140
 lordship

00:24:30.140 --> 00:24:31.019
 in creation

00:24:31.019 --> 00:24:31.879
 and history

00:24:31.879 --> 00:24:33.059
 and redemption

00:24:33.059 --> 00:24:33.740
 look upon

00:24:33.740 --> 00:24:34.460
 our present

00:24:34.460 --> 00:24:35.099
 situation

00:24:35.099 --> 00:24:36.279
 and grant

00:24:36.279 --> 00:24:37.119
 your servants

00:24:37.119 --> 00:24:37.819
 boldness

00:24:37.819 --> 00:24:38.420
 to speak

00:24:38.420 --> 00:24:39.240
 your word

00:24:39.240 --> 00:24:40.160
 and stretch

00:24:40.160 --> 00:24:40.579
 out your

00:24:40.579 --> 00:24:41.240
 hand

00:24:41.240 --> 00:24:45.160
 to heal

00:24:45.160 --> 00:24:45.779
 and signs

00:24:45.779 --> 00:24:46.480
 and wonders

00:24:46.480 --> 00:24:50.799
 because the

00:24:50.799 --> 00:24:51.240
 character of

00:24:51.240 --> 00:24:51.620
 God does

00:24:51.620 --> 00:24:52.359
 not change

00:24:52.359 --> 00:24:55.039
 they may

00:24:55.039 --> 00:24:55.960
 now appeal

00:24:55.960 --> 00:24:56.319
 to him

00:24:56.319 --> 00:24:56.640
 for their

00:24:56.640 --> 00:24:57.019
 present

00:24:57.019 --> 00:24:57.599
 situation

00:24:57.599 --> 00:25:02.019
 this is the

00:25:02.019 --> 00:25:02.519
 God who is

00:25:02.519 --> 00:25:02.880
 not the

00:25:02.880 --> 00:25:03.460
 great I

00:25:03.460 --> 00:25:04.000
 was

00:25:04.000 --> 00:25:06.880
 but the

00:25:06.880 --> 00:25:07.299
 great I

00:25:07.299 --> 00:25:07.680
 am

00:25:07.680 --> 00:25:10.059
 he is

00:25:10.059 --> 00:25:11.140
 the unchanging

00:25:11.140 --> 00:25:12.060
 God who is

00:25:12.060 --> 00:25:12.820
 in sovereign

00:25:12.820 --> 00:25:13.500
 control

00:25:13.500 --> 00:25:14.200
 who is able

00:25:14.200 --> 00:25:14.580
 to touch

00:25:14.580 --> 00:25:15.040
 the present

00:25:15.040 --> 00:25:15.640
 situation

00:25:15.640 --> 00:25:16.380
 of his

00:25:16.380 --> 00:25:16.800
 children's

00:25:16.800 --> 00:25:17.160
 lives

00:25:17.160 --> 00:25:19.200
 and to

00:25:19.200 --> 00:25:19.580
 bring them

00:25:19.580 --> 00:25:20.140
 into that

00:25:20.140 --> 00:25:20.720
 glorious

00:25:20.720 --> 00:25:21.420
 assurance

00:25:21.420 --> 00:25:22.060
 that here

00:25:22.060 --> 00:25:22.360
 is a

00:25:22.360 --> 00:25:22.759
 God who

00:25:22.759 --> 00:25:23.320
 does all

00:25:23.320 --> 00:25:23.820
 things

00:25:23.820 --> 00:25:24.420
 well

00:25:24.420 --> 00:25:28.300
 and so

00:25:28.300 --> 00:25:28.460
 what I

00:25:28.460 --> 00:25:28.720
 want to do

00:25:28.720 --> 00:25:28.900
 is I

00:25:28.900 --> 00:25:29.100
 want to

00:25:29.100 --> 00:25:29.520
 close and

00:25:29.520 --> 00:25:29.740
 I want to

00:25:29.740 --> 00:25:29.960
 give you

00:25:29.960 --> 00:25:30.520
 three words

00:25:30.520 --> 00:25:31.040
 this week

00:25:31.040 --> 00:25:32.759
 which I

00:25:32.759 --> 00:25:33.900
 think are

00:25:33.900 --> 00:25:34.580
 the application

00:25:34.580 --> 00:25:34.880
 of the

00:25:34.880 --> 00:25:35.340
 doctrine of

00:25:35.340 --> 00:25:35.780
 the sovereignty

00:25:35.780 --> 00:25:36.280
 of God

00:25:36.280 --> 00:25:39.480
 that help

00:25:39.480 --> 00:25:39.880
 us in our

00:25:39.880 --> 00:25:40.520
 own lives

00:25:40.519 --> 00:25:42.920
 three words

00:25:42.920 --> 00:25:43.200
 that we

00:25:43.200 --> 00:25:43.500
 need to

00:25:43.500 --> 00:25:44.180
 ask God

00:25:44.180 --> 00:25:44.759
 to write

00:25:44.759 --> 00:25:45.180
 on our

00:25:45.180 --> 00:25:45.460
 hearts

00:25:45.460 --> 00:25:45.839
 from this

00:25:45.839 --> 00:25:46.299
 passage

00:25:46.299 --> 00:25:46.660
 and from

00:25:46.660 --> 00:25:46.839
 this

00:25:46.839 --> 00:25:47.220
 doctrine

00:25:47.220 --> 00:25:49.200
 the first

00:25:49.200 --> 00:25:50.000
 is rest

00:25:50.000 --> 00:25:52.980
 do you

00:25:52.980 --> 00:25:53.220
 see the

00:25:53.220 --> 00:25:53.579
 significant

00:25:53.579 --> 00:25:54.019
 thing is

00:25:54.019 --> 00:25:54.579
 that because

00:25:54.579 --> 00:25:55.200
 God

00:25:55.200 --> 00:25:56.359
 reigns

00:25:56.359 --> 00:25:57.960
 we may

00:25:57.960 --> 00:25:58.559
 rest

00:25:58.559 --> 00:25:59.160
 in him

00:25:59.160 --> 00:26:01.160
 and we

00:26:01.160 --> 00:26:01.700
 may rest

00:26:01.700 --> 00:26:02.039
 in his

00:26:02.039 --> 00:26:02.460
 wisdom

00:26:02.460 --> 00:26:02.879
 and in

00:26:02.879 --> 00:26:03.019
 his

00:26:03.019 --> 00:26:03.539
 power

00:26:03.539 --> 00:26:03.980
 and in

00:26:03.980 --> 00:26:04.180
 his

00:26:04.180 --> 00:26:04.660
 sovereignty

00:26:04.660 --> 00:26:05.700
 Jeremiah

00:26:05.700 --> 00:26:06.660
 says in

00:26:06.660 --> 00:26:07.160
 his prayer

00:26:07.160 --> 00:26:07.700
 doesn't he

00:26:07.700 --> 00:26:08.500
 there is

00:26:08.500 --> 00:26:08.859
 nothing

00:26:08.859 --> 00:26:09.819
 too hard

00:26:09.819 --> 00:26:10.440
 for you

00:26:10.440 --> 00:26:12.340
 and so

00:26:12.340 --> 00:26:12.660
 we may

00:26:12.660 --> 00:26:13.019
 therefore

00:26:13.019 --> 00:26:13.600
 rest

00:26:13.600 --> 00:26:14.279
 in God

00:26:14.279 --> 00:26:14.519
 the

00:26:14.519 --> 00:26:15.039
 sovereignty

00:26:15.039 --> 00:26:15.799
 of God

00:26:15.799 --> 00:26:16.460
 is the

00:26:16.460 --> 00:26:16.860
 doctrine

00:26:16.860 --> 00:26:17.600
 above all

00:26:17.600 --> 00:26:17.900
 else

00:26:17.900 --> 00:26:18.400
 which brings

00:26:18.400 --> 00:26:18.980
 rest

00:26:18.980 --> 00:26:19.400
 into the

00:26:19.400 --> 00:26:19.720
 hearts

00:26:19.720 --> 00:26:20.360
 and minds

00:26:20.360 --> 00:26:21.180
 of believers

00:26:21.180 --> 00:26:26.220
 I was at a

00:26:26.220 --> 00:26:26.559
 minister's

00:26:26.559 --> 00:26:27.059
 conference once

00:26:27.059 --> 00:26:27.460
 and he said

00:26:27.460 --> 00:26:27.740
 to me

00:26:27.740 --> 00:26:28.860
 he was

00:26:28.860 --> 00:26:29.500
 berating

00:26:29.500 --> 00:26:30.940
 ministers

00:26:30.940 --> 00:26:31.279
 that don't

00:26:31.279 --> 00:26:31.559
 take a

00:26:31.559 --> 00:26:31.920
 day off

00:26:31.920 --> 00:26:32.120
 and he

00:26:32.120 --> 00:26:32.500
 says it's

00:26:32.500 --> 00:26:33.120
 an extraordinary

00:26:33.120 --> 00:26:33.700
 thing how

00:26:33.700 --> 00:26:34.100
 we have

00:26:34.100 --> 00:26:34.460
 the view

00:26:34.460 --> 00:26:34.779
 that the

00:26:34.779 --> 00:26:35.180
 almighty

00:26:35.180 --> 00:26:35.880
 is incapable

00:26:35.880 --> 00:26:36.380
 of looking

00:26:36.380 --> 00:26:36.880
 after his

00:26:36.880 --> 00:26:37.240
 cause

00:26:37.240 --> 00:26:37.640
 while we

00:26:37.640 --> 00:26:37.980
 take a

00:26:37.980 --> 00:26:38.500
 day off

00:26:38.500 --> 00:26:42.740
 and it's

00:26:42.740 --> 00:26:43.420
 an amazing

00:26:43.420 --> 00:26:43.900
 thing isn't

00:26:43.900 --> 00:26:44.380
 it how we

00:26:44.380 --> 00:26:45.039
 can find a

00:26:45.039 --> 00:26:45.519
 lack of

00:26:45.519 --> 00:26:46.299
 rest and

00:26:46.299 --> 00:26:46.859
 what is

00:26:46.859 --> 00:26:48.000
 behind that

00:26:48.000 --> 00:26:48.839
 is because

00:26:48.839 --> 00:26:49.200
 we have a

00:26:49.200 --> 00:26:49.579
 lack of

00:26:49.579 --> 00:26:50.259
 confidence in

00:26:50.259 --> 00:26:50.579
 God's

00:26:50.579 --> 00:26:51.019
 absolute

00:26:51.019 --> 00:26:51.440
 sovereign

00:26:51.440 --> 00:26:52.079
 control

00:26:52.079 --> 00:26:58.960
 it's like

00:26:58.960 --> 00:26:59.119
 when you

00:26:59.119 --> 00:26:59.279
 go on

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 holiday and

00:27:00.099 --> 00:27:00.980
 you say to

00:27:00.980 --> 00:27:01.319
 the person

00:27:01.319 --> 00:27:01.799
 who's driving

00:27:01.799 --> 00:27:02.380
 do you

00:27:02.380 --> 00:27:02.819
 mind if I

00:27:02.819 --> 00:27:03.440
 sleep

00:27:03.440 --> 00:27:05.579
 while you

00:27:05.579 --> 00:27:06.019
 watch the

00:27:06.019 --> 00:27:06.380
 road

00:27:06.380 --> 00:27:07.019
 while you

00:27:07.019 --> 00:27:07.779
 drive

00:27:07.779 --> 00:27:11.619
 it's like

00:27:11.619 --> 00:27:12.059
 we imagine

00:27:12.059 --> 00:27:12.700
 God needs

00:27:12.700 --> 00:27:12.980
 us to

00:27:12.980 --> 00:27:13.220
 kind of

00:27:13.220 --> 00:27:13.579
 help us

00:27:13.579 --> 00:27:14.079
 to keep

00:27:14.079 --> 00:27:14.500
 our eye

00:27:14.500 --> 00:27:14.940
 on things

00:27:14.940 --> 00:27:15.319
 for him

00:27:15.319 --> 00:27:20.879
 in all

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 kind of

00:27:21.220 --> 00:27:21.720
 circumstances

00:27:21.720 --> 00:27:22.099
 we need

00:27:22.099 --> 00:27:22.319
 to learn

00:27:22.319 --> 00:27:22.579
 what it

00:27:22.579 --> 00:27:22.859
 is to

00:27:22.859 --> 00:27:23.740
 rest in

00:27:23.740 --> 00:27:23.859
 the

00:27:23.859 --> 00:27:24.099
 Lord

00:27:24.099 --> 00:27:24.399
 because

00:27:24.399 --> 00:27:24.720
 he is

00:27:24.720 --> 00:27:24.879
 the

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 sovereign

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 one

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 second

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 word is

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 hope

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 hope

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 and this

00:27:31.359 --> 00:27:31.559
 is what

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 transformed

00:27:32.160 --> 00:27:32.619
 the attitude

00:27:32.619 --> 00:27:32.920
 of the

00:27:32.920 --> 00:27:33.200
 apostles

00:27:33.200 --> 00:27:33.480
 in the

00:27:33.480 --> 00:27:33.660
 early

00:27:33.660 --> 00:27:34.139
 church

00:27:34.139 --> 00:27:35.579
 and they

00:27:35.579 --> 00:27:35.700
 were

00:27:35.700 --> 00:27:36.160
 overwhelmed

00:27:36.160 --> 00:27:36.460
 they were

00:27:36.460 --> 00:27:36.920
 outnumbered

00:27:36.920 --> 00:27:37.240
 certainly

00:27:37.240 --> 00:27:37.880
 and it

00:27:37.880 --> 00:27:38.039
 seemed

00:27:38.039 --> 00:27:38.259
 that there

00:27:38.259 --> 00:27:38.680
 was nothing

00:27:38.680 --> 00:27:39.599
 but despair

00:27:39.599 --> 00:27:40.279
 it's

00:27:40.279 --> 00:27:40.960
 precisely

00:27:40.960 --> 00:27:42.779
 the same

00:27:42.779 --> 00:27:43.319
 sense in

00:27:43.319 --> 00:27:43.640
 the modern

00:27:43.640 --> 00:27:44.140
 world

00:27:44.140 --> 00:27:46.740
 secular

00:27:46.740 --> 00:27:47.279
 society

00:27:47.279 --> 00:27:47.859
 and secular

00:27:47.859 --> 00:27:49.059
 men and

00:27:49.059 --> 00:27:49.660
 women and

00:27:49.660 --> 00:27:50.059
 boys and

00:27:50.059 --> 00:27:50.480
 girls are

00:27:50.480 --> 00:27:51.200
 obsessed with

00:27:51.200 --> 00:27:51.819
 despair

00:27:51.819 --> 00:27:53.960
 for all the

00:27:53.960 --> 00:27:55.460
 nonsense of

00:27:55.460 --> 00:27:56.220
 believing in

00:27:56.220 --> 00:27:56.740
 yourself

00:27:56.740 --> 00:27:59.279
 there's very

00:27:59.279 --> 00:27:59.779
 very little

00:27:59.779 --> 00:28:00.259
 hope in

00:28:00.259 --> 00:28:00.859
 our world

00:28:00.859 --> 00:28:03.500
 why is that

00:28:03.500 --> 00:28:03.839
 well it's

00:28:03.839 --> 00:28:04.980
 because they

00:28:04.980 --> 00:28:05.400
 do not know

00:28:05.400 --> 00:28:05.839
 God

00:28:05.839 --> 00:28:08.000
 and it's

00:28:08.000 --> 00:28:08.379
 because they're

00:28:08.379 --> 00:28:08.879
 blind to the

00:28:08.879 --> 00:28:09.199
 fact that

00:28:09.199 --> 00:28:09.619
 our God

00:28:09.619 --> 00:28:10.139
 reigns in

00:28:10.139 --> 00:28:10.679
 glory

00:28:10.679 --> 00:28:11.799
 and ultimate

00:28:11.799 --> 00:28:12.559
 power belongs

00:28:12.559 --> 00:28:13.079
 to him

00:28:13.079 --> 00:28:14.240
 and you and

00:28:14.240 --> 00:28:14.919
 I need to

00:28:14.919 --> 00:28:15.439
 live in the

00:28:15.439 --> 00:28:15.899
 light of that

00:28:15.899 --> 00:28:16.819
 solid glorious

00:28:16.819 --> 00:28:17.319
 hope

00:28:17.319 --> 00:28:19.500
 it's not the

00:28:19.500 --> 00:28:19.779
 kind of hope

00:28:19.779 --> 00:28:20.039
 that has

00:28:20.039 --> 00:28:20.519
 doubt attached

00:28:20.519 --> 00:28:20.659
 to it

00:28:20.659 --> 00:28:21.339
 I hope it's

00:28:21.339 --> 00:28:21.799
 a sunny day

00:28:21.799 --> 00:28:22.379
 next Saturday

00:28:22.379 --> 00:28:22.679
 for the

00:28:22.679 --> 00:28:23.000
 barbecue

00:28:23.000 --> 00:28:23.779
 but we know

00:28:23.779 --> 00:28:24.240
 full well it

00:28:24.240 --> 00:28:24.779
 might not be

00:28:24.779 --> 00:28:26.659
 but the

00:28:26.659 --> 00:28:27.379
 confidence of

00:28:27.379 --> 00:28:28.359
 the hope of

00:28:28.359 --> 00:28:28.659
 the gospel

00:28:28.659 --> 00:28:29.099
 is certain

00:28:29.099 --> 00:28:33.740
 and there's

00:28:33.740 --> 00:28:34.779
 this is true

00:28:34.779 --> 00:28:35.240
 of personal

00:28:35.240 --> 00:28:35.699
 life too

00:28:35.699 --> 00:28:35.899
 isn't it

00:28:35.899 --> 00:28:36.299
 because the

00:28:36.299 --> 00:28:36.599
 sovereign

00:28:36.599 --> 00:28:37.279
 control of

00:28:37.279 --> 00:28:37.839
 God upon

00:28:37.839 --> 00:28:38.299
 the lives

00:28:38.299 --> 00:28:38.519
 of his

00:28:38.519 --> 00:28:39.079
 people too

00:28:39.079 --> 00:28:40.099
 is such

00:28:40.099 --> 00:28:40.480
 that all

00:28:40.480 --> 00:28:40.939
 things work

00:28:40.939 --> 00:28:41.359
 together

00:28:41.359 --> 00:28:42.139
 for the

00:28:42.139 --> 00:28:42.399
 good of

00:28:42.399 --> 00:28:42.699
 those who

00:28:42.699 --> 00:28:43.000
 love him

00:28:43.000 --> 00:28:43.399
 so do you

00:28:43.399 --> 00:28:43.740
 believe

00:28:43.740 --> 00:28:45.419
 that this

00:28:45.419 --> 00:28:45.699
 evening

00:28:45.699 --> 00:28:48.119
 do you

00:28:48.119 --> 00:28:48.419
 believe that

00:28:48.419 --> 00:28:48.859
 there's not

00:28:48.859 --> 00:28:49.599
 an area of

00:28:49.599 --> 00:28:50.059
 your life

00:28:50.059 --> 00:28:50.539
 not an

00:28:50.539 --> 00:28:51.319
 atom of

00:28:51.319 --> 00:28:52.199
 your experience

00:28:52.199 --> 00:28:52.699
 which God

00:28:52.699 --> 00:28:53.000
 is not

00:28:53.000 --> 00:28:53.439
 controlling

00:28:53.439 --> 00:28:54.000
 altogether

00:28:54.000 --> 00:28:56.279
 for your

00:28:56.279 --> 00:28:56.839
 good and

00:28:56.839 --> 00:28:57.399
 his glory

00:28:57.400 --> 00:29:00.040
 there may

00:29:00.040 --> 00:29:00.320
 be very

00:29:00.320 --> 00:29:00.620
 difficult

00:29:00.620 --> 00:29:00.960
 things in

00:29:00.960 --> 00:29:01.340
 your life

00:29:01.340 --> 00:29:02.759
 and there

00:29:02.759 --> 00:29:03.040
 may be a

00:29:03.040 --> 00:29:03.700
 family situation

00:29:03.700 --> 00:29:04.019
 which you're

00:29:04.019 --> 00:29:04.519
 finding very

00:29:04.519 --> 00:29:04.800
 difficult

00:29:04.800 --> 00:29:05.040
 there may

00:29:05.040 --> 00:29:05.460
 be enormous

00:29:05.460 --> 00:29:06.380
 health concerns

00:29:06.380 --> 00:29:06.820
 you may be

00:29:06.820 --> 00:29:08.019
 very very

00:29:08.019 --> 00:29:08.940
 unhappy in

00:29:08.940 --> 00:29:09.540
 work at the

00:29:09.540 --> 00:29:09.840
 moment

00:29:09.840 --> 00:29:11.540
 but there's

00:29:11.540 --> 00:29:12.140
 not an area

00:29:12.140 --> 00:29:12.720
 of your life

00:29:12.720 --> 00:29:13.519
 not an atom

00:29:13.519 --> 00:29:13.860
 of your

00:29:13.860 --> 00:29:14.420
 experience

00:29:14.420 --> 00:29:14.980
 which God

00:29:14.980 --> 00:29:15.340
 is not

00:29:15.340 --> 00:29:15.900
 controlling

00:29:15.900 --> 00:29:17.080
 together for

00:29:17.080 --> 00:29:17.460
 your good

00:29:17.460 --> 00:29:17.740
 and his

00:29:17.740 --> 00:29:18.120
 glory

00:29:18.120 --> 00:29:21.320
 that's what

00:29:21.320 --> 00:29:21.720
 this doctrine

00:29:21.720 --> 00:29:22.320
 implies

00:29:22.320 --> 00:29:25.420
 rest

00:29:25.420 --> 00:29:25.980
 hope

00:29:25.980 --> 00:29:26.360
 and then the

00:29:26.360 --> 00:29:26.920
 last thing is

00:29:26.920 --> 00:29:27.600
 obedience

00:29:27.600 --> 00:29:30.440
 God's

00:29:30.440 --> 00:29:30.980
 kingly rule

00:29:30.980 --> 00:29:31.440
 is always

00:29:31.440 --> 00:29:32.000
 personal

00:29:32.000 --> 00:29:36.039
 and the

00:29:36.039 --> 00:29:36.460
 sovereignty

00:29:36.460 --> 00:29:36.940
 of God

00:29:36.940 --> 00:29:37.460
 is not a

00:29:37.460 --> 00:29:37.820
 doctrine

00:29:37.820 --> 00:29:38.519
 to be held

00:29:38.519 --> 00:29:39.400
 in isolation

00:29:39.400 --> 00:29:40.080
 from a

00:29:40.080 --> 00:29:40.519
 servant's

00:29:40.519 --> 00:29:40.860
 obedience

00:29:40.860 --> 00:29:44.740
 we may

00:29:44.740 --> 00:29:45.220
 not claim

00:29:45.220 --> 00:29:45.519
 in a kind

00:29:45.519 --> 00:29:46.000
 of critical

00:29:46.000 --> 00:29:46.700
 abstract

00:29:46.700 --> 00:29:47.300
 clinical

00:29:47.300 --> 00:29:48.120
 theoretical

00:29:48.120 --> 00:29:48.600
 sense

00:29:48.600 --> 00:29:52.400
 the primary

00:29:52.400 --> 00:29:53.140
 aim of this

00:29:53.140 --> 00:29:53.580
 doctrine

00:29:53.580 --> 00:29:54.860
 is upon

00:29:54.860 --> 00:29:55.560
 the glad

00:29:55.560 --> 00:29:56.180
 bowing

00:29:56.180 --> 00:29:57.220
 of every

00:29:57.220 --> 00:29:58.600
 area of

00:29:58.600 --> 00:29:58.900
 life

00:29:58.900 --> 00:29:59.460
 before him

00:29:59.460 --> 00:29:59.799
 as king

00:29:59.799 --> 00:30:00.299
 of lord

00:30:00.299 --> 00:30:02.299
 crown him

00:30:02.299 --> 00:30:02.740
 the lord

00:30:02.740 --> 00:30:03.240
 of life

00:30:03.240 --> 00:30:05.539
 and if

00:30:05.539 --> 00:30:06.259
 rest and

00:30:06.259 --> 00:30:06.840
 hope are

00:30:06.840 --> 00:30:07.460
 the comfort

00:30:07.460 --> 00:30:08.060
 of this

00:30:08.060 --> 00:30:08.560
 doctrine

00:30:08.560 --> 00:30:09.960
 obedience is

00:30:09.960 --> 00:30:10.539
 the challenge

00:30:10.539 --> 00:30:10.900
 of it

00:30:10.900 --> 00:30:13.440
 the lord is

00:30:13.440 --> 00:30:13.820
 king

00:30:13.820 --> 00:30:14.440
 is he

00:30:14.440 --> 00:30:14.960
 really

00:30:14.960 --> 00:30:18.039
 is he

00:30:18.039 --> 00:30:18.900
 king over

00:30:18.900 --> 00:30:19.840
 every area

00:30:19.840 --> 00:30:20.580
 of your life

00:30:20.579 --> 00:30:21.199
 this evening

00:30:21.199 --> 00:30:24.599
 or are you

00:30:24.599 --> 00:30:25.579
 among those

00:30:25.579 --> 00:30:26.439
 who rebel

00:30:26.439 --> 00:30:27.039
 against the

00:30:27.039 --> 00:30:27.439
 lord

00:30:27.439 --> 00:30:30.519
 you conspire

00:30:30.519 --> 00:30:31.379
 against him

00:30:31.379 --> 00:30:32.000
 thinking he

00:30:32.000 --> 00:30:32.819
 can't see you

00:30:32.819 --> 00:30:33.319
 thinking he

00:30:33.319 --> 00:30:34.019
 doesn't know

00:30:34.019 --> 00:30:35.359
 against his

00:30:35.359 --> 00:30:36.039
 anointed in

00:30:36.039 --> 00:30:36.659
 some area of

00:30:36.659 --> 00:30:37.119
 your life

00:30:37.119 --> 00:30:40.759
 god give us

00:30:40.759 --> 00:30:41.299
 obedience

00:30:41.299 --> 00:30:43.319
 god give us

00:30:43.319 --> 00:30:43.619
 hope

00:30:43.619 --> 00:30:45.619
 god give us

00:30:45.619 --> 00:30:46.019
 rest

00:30:46.019 --> 00:30:47.139
 let's pray

00:30:47.140 --> 00:30:47.580
 a

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