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 Good morning, everyone. So the reading is from 2 Peter, chapter 2, verses 1 to 10.

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 But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you,

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 who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the master who bought them, bringing

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 upon themselves swift destruction. And many will follow their sensuality, and because of them,

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 the way of truth will be blasphemed. And in their greed, they will exploit you with false words.

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 Their condemnation from long ago is not idle, and the destruction is not asleep.

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 For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to

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 chains of gloomy darkness to be kept until the judgment, if he did not spare the ancient world,

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 but preserved Noah, a herald of righteousness, with seven others when he brought a flood upon

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 the world of the ungodly, if by turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to ashes he condemned them

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 to extinction, making them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly, and if he rescued

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 the righteous lot, greatly distressed by the sensual conduct of the wicked, for as that righteous man

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 lived among them day after day, he was tormenting his righteous soul over their lawless deeds that he

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 saw and heard. Then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials, and to keep the unrighteous

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 under punishment until the day of judgment, and especially those who indulge in the lust of

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 defiling passion and despise authority.

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 Father, we thank you for all of your word.

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 We love going through a book section by section, and it means we don't skip over the difficult bits.

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 So I pray, as we come today, that we humbly sit under your word, trusting that we need to hear

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 Genesis 19, that it's not just people out there in the world, but we, we, your people, need to hear this.

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 So please bless us in ways, more ways than we can even expect, by sitting under your word now.

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 Give us minds that understand and hearts that believe. In Jesus' name, Amen.

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 Amen. Well, many put off Christianity because of the fire and brimstone judgment that we're about to see in Genesis 19.

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 Many would prefer the vision of a loving society of acceptance, you do you, live and let live.

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 This whole fire judgment stuff, it seems distasteful.

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 But is it really a loving society if there is no justice?

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 I want to read a quote from a prominent atheist, Richard Dawkins.

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 He once wrote this,

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 The universe, still the quoting,

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 The universe that we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is at bottom no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but pitiless indifference.

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 And yet, isn't there something in all of us that when we see or hear an atrocity, we want to call it what it is.

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 After the Bondi attack last year, our state premier and our prime minister reached for a word to describe that.

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 They said it was evil.

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 It wasn't enough to say it was a crime.

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 They reached for that word.

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 It's evil.

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 There's something in us, isn't there?

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 I don't care whether you believe in God or not.

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 There's something in us that wants to call it what it is.

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 That's wrong.

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 And if this universe is just blind physical forces, if there's no absolute right and wrong that sits over every culture and every single person, on what basis can you fight for justice?

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 If someone is being trampled by the powerful, what are you going to appeal to to say you shouldn't be doing that?

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 And if there's only blind, pitiless indifference, you can't give anyone hope who's grieving and oppressed.

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 There will be justice in the end.

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 We need justice.

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 We need it if we're going to have a truly loving world.

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 Now, God's promise to Abraham, we see in Genesis, is of a love-filled world.

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 He wants to restore the whole world.

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 He says, through Abraham, all the nations of the earth will be blessed, fully blessed from Abraham's family line.

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 So that's the hope we have.

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 As we continue the story, can I encourage you to have your Bibles open to Genesis 19.

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 I'm going to walk us through the story and then I want to finish with three lessons for us today.

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 So in Genesis 18, we heard that the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great.

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 And the Lord is visiting.

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 He's coming down to see the evidence firsthand.

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 And Abraham, in his unique relationship, covenant relationship, he's interceding.

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 He's praying.

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 Shall not the judge of all the earth do what is right, do what is just?

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 Far be it from you to sweep the righteous away with the wicked, with the guilty.

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 And he goes further still and he asks, instead of the sin of the many coming onto the few righteous, could it work the other way around?

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 Lord, can the few righteous, can you spare the wicked on their account?

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 Are you the kind of God who will spare the many sinners for the sake of the few righteous?

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 50, 40, 30, 20, 10.

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 And the repeated answer is, yes, I'm that kind of God.

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 I will spare Sodom, even if I find 10.

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 Just 10.

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 So, as we come into the story, we should be asking, is the judge of all the earth right?

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 Is he just in his judgment?

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 So, verses 1 to 3.

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 The two angels came to Sodom in the evening and Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom.

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 When Lot saw them, he rose to meet them and bowed himself with his face to the earth and said,

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 My lords, please turn aside to your servant's house and spend the night and wash your feet.

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 Then you may rise up early and go on your way.

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 They said, No, we will spend the night in the town square.

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 But he pressed them strongly, so they turned aside to him and entered his house.

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 And he made them a feast and baked unlevered bread, and they ate.

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 Now, the way Lot receives the heavenly visitors, it should remind you, I think, remind us of what we saw last week.

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 He receives them as a humble servant, like we saw with Abraham.

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 He's bowing to the earth, giving them a meal.

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 But there's something else in the mix here, isn't there?

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 With Abraham, it's just peace and fellowship.

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 Something else is going on here.

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 The visitors want to spend the night in the town square behind the safety of the city gates.

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 But then Lot presses them strongly.

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 Now, that word we're going to see later in verse 9, the whole town is going to be pressing against Lot.

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 Something is going on.

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 Lot knows they are in danger.

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 What we're about to read is not a one-off event.

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 He knows the character of this town.

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 He's trying to protect them.

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 So, as we continue, verse 4.

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 Lot went out to the men of the entrance, shut the door after him, and said,

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 Lot, where are the men who came to you tonight?

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 Bring them out to us, that we may know them.

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 Lot went out to the men of the entrance, shut the door after him, and said, I beg you, my brothers, do not act so wickedly.

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 Behold, I have two daughters who have not known any man.

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 Let me bring them out to you, and do to them as you please.

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 Only do nothing to these men, for they have come under the shelter of my roof.

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 But they said, stand back.

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 And they said, this fellow came to sojourn, and he has become the judge.

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 Now we will deal worse with you than with them.

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 Then they pressed hard against the man, Lot, and drew near to break the door down.

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 But the men reached out their hands and brought Lot into the house with them and shut the door.

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 And they struck with blindness the men who were at the entrance of the house, both small and great,

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 so that they wore themselves out, groping for the door.

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 It's a scary scene.

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 We once had two drunks bang on our front door late at night.

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 They thought it was their house.

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 And they were trying to convince me it was their house.

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 Now let me tell you, I was not opening that front door.

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 It was scary.

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 I had my phone, I was just about to call the police because they weren't listening.

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 This is a scary scene.

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 There is no police.

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 The whole town is there.

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 This is a scary scene.

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 It is in bold and underlined italics.

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 The men of the entire city, young and old.

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 All the people, the last man, surrounding the house.

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 And what do they want?

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 They want to know them.

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 Now to know, usually, in the Old Testament, means how we use the word.

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 Get acquainted with someone.

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 Understand who they are.

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 So there's some Christians who want to paint a positive picture of homosexuality.

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 And they say, it's not sexual here.

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 What's really going on is that the town is offended that Lot, a foreigner, has taken in these visitors and they haven't, he hasn't run it by the town to vet them.

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 Should they stay or not?

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 And they're offended.

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 And then they get violent.

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 Now context.

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 Context always helps us understand the meaning of a word.

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 Verse 8.

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 We got the word no again.

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 Lot's solution to this is disturbing, is it not?

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 He offers his daughters clearly in a sexual sense.

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 They have known no man.

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 He's offering his daughters sexually.

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 And that explanation, does that really deserve fire coming down in judgment as we're about to hear?

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 Appeal is made to Ezekiel 1649 because Ezekiel says this,

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 Behold, this was the guilt of your sister Sodom, pride, excess of food and prosperous ease, but did not aid the poor and needy.

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 But we should expect a sick society to be sick in different ways.

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 And when you combine Ezekiel with what we're reading in Genesis, it's disturbingly close to our Western culture.

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 Prosperous ease.

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 And I know there's costs of living crisis, but compared to the rest of the world,

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 prosperous ease.

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 Not helping the poor.

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 Flaunting sexual so-called freedom.

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 It's a sick society in many ways.

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 Sort of.

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 The word no here, what's going on, we all know what's happening here.

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 It's an attempt at gang rape.

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 Now, I'm sorry if that's triggering to anyone.

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 I just want to call it what it is.

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 Sometimes you need to call evil for what it is.

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 Now, they're given an opportunity to repent.

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 Lot goes out.

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 I beg you, my brothers.

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 He's identifying.

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 My brothers do not act so wickedly.

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 Who are you to judge?

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 They overrule any feelings of shame.

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 Who are you to judge?

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 But by rejecting Lot, they're really despising God's authority.

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 They're trying to ease their own conscience.

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 They're rejecting that there is a judge of all the earth who has the right to tell all of us what is right and wrong,

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 and who has the power to enforce it.

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 There is a judge who hears the cries.

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 They're given an opportunity to repent.

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 Who are you to judge?

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 They're even given a partial judgment.

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 They're blinded.

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 Now, it's probably a blinding light.

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 Now, what do they do?

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 Do they try and make their way home?

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 No, they wear themselves out, groping for the door.

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 They're so intent on gratifying their desire.

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 Look, we all intuitively know you don't need the Ten Commandments.

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 God's law is written on all of our hearts.

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 This isn't just a crime.

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 This is evil.

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 This is wrong.

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 The judge is just.

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 He sees the evidence before acting.

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 He gives opportunity to repent, even partial judgment before final.

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 But he will avenge all the cries that Sodom has caused.

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 Well, verse 12.

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 Then the men said to Lot, the angels that is,

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 Have you anyone else here?

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 Sons-in-law, sons, daughters, or anyone you have in the city?

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 Bring them out of the place.

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 For we are about to destroy this place.

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 Because the outcry against its people has become great before the Lord.

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 And the Lord has sent us to destroy it.

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 So Lot went out and said to his sons-in-law, who were to marry his daughters,

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 Up, get out of this place, for the Lord is about to destroy the city.

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 But he seemed to his sons-in-law to be jest.

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 Now, I think there's every reason to imagine that these men were in the crowd.

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 We're told all the men were gathered at the door.

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 They don't deserve this warning.

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 But see the Lord's desire to save anyone associated with Lot.

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 Go warn them.

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 And you'd expect their future father-in-law would have some respect in their eyes.

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 But life was still normal, as Bo introduced the morning.

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 It's a normal night.

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 It's a normal day.

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 The idea of God's coming judgment, it's ridiculous to them.

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 It's not something to fear.

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 They make a joke of it.

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 Verse 15,

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 As morning dawned, the angels urged Lot, saying,

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 Up, take your wife and your two daughters, who are here,

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 lest you be swept away in the punishment of the city.

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 But he lingered.

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 So the men seized him and his wife and his two daughters by the hand,

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 the Lord being merciful to him.

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 And they brought him out and set him outside the city.

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 And as they brought them out, one said,

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 Escape for your life.

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 Do not look back or stop anywhere in the valley.

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 Escape to the hills, lest you be swept away.

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 And Lot said to them,

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 Oh no, my lords.

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 Behold, your servant has found favor in your sight,

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 and you have shown me great kindness in saving my life.

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 But I cannot escape to the hills, lest the disaster overtake me and I die.

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 Behold, this city is near enough to flee to,

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 and it is a little one.

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 Let me escape there.

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 Is it not a little one?

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 And my life will be saved.

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 He said to him,

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 Behold, I grant you this favor also,

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 that I will not overthrow the city of which you have spoken.

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 Escape there quickly,

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 for I can do nothing till you arrive there.

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 Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

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 Five times here we've got the word escape, flee.

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 But Lot lingers.

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 Now, is he overwhelmed?

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 Like his whole world is coming crashing down.

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 Like did he just freeze?

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 I'm not sure.

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 Because of his requests that he makes,

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 I think it's more likely he's in two minds.

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 There's a part of him that doesn't want to leave.

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 He chose to live in Sodom.

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 He still loves Sodom to some extent.

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 The angels had to grab them by the hand

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 and basically drag them out.

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 And they give a clear command,

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 Escape for your life.

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 This is a life and death moment.

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 I was once skiing in Thredbo

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 and it had been raining for days

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 and I stopped by this path

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 where water was coming over

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 so I couldn't keep going.

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 And the sound of rushing waters,

00:20:46.420 --> 00:20:47.900
 it was terrifying.

00:20:48.400 --> 00:20:49.359
 It was a hillside

00:20:49.359 --> 00:20:51.759
 and water and snow just got mixed up.

00:20:52.059 --> 00:20:52.440
 I don't know,

00:20:52.579 --> 00:20:54.200
 I think avalanche is the right word.

00:20:54.200 --> 00:20:58.360
 And it went within metres of me.

00:20:59.120 --> 00:21:00.440
 Like I have no idea.

00:21:00.559 --> 00:21:01.519
 Time slowed down.

00:21:01.980 --> 00:21:03.900
 I think maybe five seconds.

00:21:06.660 --> 00:21:08.180
 It was life and death.

00:21:10.039 --> 00:21:13.160
 I had a quick decision to make.

00:21:14.440 --> 00:21:16.680
 Now what do we see Lot asking for here?

00:21:16.920 --> 00:21:18.799
 It is a life and death moment.

00:21:18.799 --> 00:21:22.299
 Can I have this little city?

00:21:24.079 --> 00:21:25.099
 What's he doing?

00:21:27.440 --> 00:21:28.759
 He's trying to bargain.

00:21:31.680 --> 00:21:34.539
 He's told that the entire valley will be destroyed.

00:21:34.659 --> 00:21:38.579
 The entire valley is part of this sin of Sodom.

00:21:38.579 --> 00:21:40.619
 And he's asking,

00:21:41.339 --> 00:21:43.659
 just give me a little city.

00:21:44.139 --> 00:21:45.839
 I think he's still in love with Sodom.

00:21:50.399 --> 00:21:52.720
 He's still clinging to the life he knows.

00:21:53.439 --> 00:21:55.980
 And they are incredibly patient,

00:21:57.099 --> 00:21:58.240
 full of mercy,

00:21:58.480 --> 00:22:00.419
 and they even grant him that request.

00:22:06.639 --> 00:22:07.519
 Verse 23.

00:22:07.519 --> 00:22:11.240
 The sun had risen on the earth when Lot came to Zohar.

00:22:11.980 --> 00:22:14.700
 Then the Lord rained on Sodom and Gomorrah

00:22:14.700 --> 00:22:17.220
 sulfur and fire from the Lord out of heaven.

00:22:18.500 --> 00:22:21.420
 And he overthrew those cities and all the valley

00:22:21.420 --> 00:22:24.139
 and all the inhabitants of the cities

00:22:24.139 --> 00:22:26.099
 and what grew on the ground.

00:22:27.319 --> 00:22:31.059
 But Lot's wife behind him looked back

00:22:31.059 --> 00:22:34.500
 and she became a pillar of salt.

00:22:34.500 --> 00:22:40.579
 Lot, in the end, he does believe.

00:22:40.680 --> 00:22:41.579
 He does flee.

00:22:43.240 --> 00:22:45.539
 But the moment he steps into Zohar,

00:22:45.880 --> 00:22:48.019
 the Lord does nothing until he reaches safety.

00:22:49.779 --> 00:22:51.119
 Whatever the fire is,

00:22:51.220 --> 00:22:52.140
 whether it's natural,

00:22:53.240 --> 00:22:55.880
 if there's natural causes or supernatural,

00:22:56.220 --> 00:22:59.119
 you can go research it if you want to look into that.

00:22:59.119 --> 00:23:00.519
 But it doesn't really matter.

00:23:00.659 --> 00:23:04.399
 The point here is the Lord himself is the source.

00:23:05.739 --> 00:23:06.879
 That's very clear.

00:23:07.500 --> 00:23:10.199
 Yahweh rained on Sodom and Gomorrah

00:23:10.199 --> 00:23:13.000
 sulfur and fire from the Lord out of heaven.

00:23:13.000 --> 00:23:17.779
 The Lord's judgment is sudden.

00:23:18.240 --> 00:23:19.180
 It is severe.

00:23:20.920 --> 00:23:22.519
 He is the source of it.

00:23:22.599 --> 00:23:23.619
 He is the judge.

00:23:25.960 --> 00:23:31.579
 But not a second before he rescues his people.

00:23:32.640 --> 00:23:34.380
 He gets them out first.

00:23:34.380 --> 00:23:40.720
 But why does Lot's wife not escape?

00:23:48.520 --> 00:23:52.040
 Emma and I got to visit Pompeii and Herculaneum,

00:23:52.540 --> 00:23:57.220
 the volcanic eruption of 79 AD.

00:23:57.220 --> 00:24:01.600
 And there's bodies that were covered in ash

00:24:01.600 --> 00:24:04.440
 and they could make cast moulds out of them

00:24:04.440 --> 00:24:06.960
 because they were preserved.

00:24:07.299 --> 00:24:10.299
 And it's really disturbing looking at those cast moulds

00:24:10.299 --> 00:24:12.200
 because it's just so human.

00:24:13.220 --> 00:24:15.200
 You've got someone covering a child.

00:24:15.440 --> 00:24:17.799
 You've got someone covering their face.

00:24:19.900 --> 00:24:21.220
 It was...

00:24:21.220 --> 00:24:23.880
 I just thought it would be, I don't know,

00:24:23.980 --> 00:24:25.759
 lava or debris hitting them,

00:24:25.759 --> 00:24:27.700
 but it's the pyroclastic flow.

00:24:27.920 --> 00:24:30.940
 It's this above 300 degrees Celsius

00:24:30.940 --> 00:24:34.460
 travelling at over 100 kilometres an hour

00:24:34.460 --> 00:24:36.160
 just gone.

00:24:38.420 --> 00:24:42.460
 Now I have no idea what happened to Lot's wife

00:24:42.460 --> 00:24:46.339
 but she became a pillar.

00:24:49.839 --> 00:24:53.079
 Her corpse stands in Scripture as a warning

00:24:53.079 --> 00:24:57.980
 of a willful decision to turn back.

00:24:58.859 --> 00:25:00.759
 I don't think we should be imagining

00:25:00.759 --> 00:25:01.659
 that she was running

00:25:01.659 --> 00:25:04.500
 and she heard noise and she glanced.

00:25:05.119 --> 00:25:10.720
 This was a direct defiance of what the angel said.

00:25:11.179 --> 00:25:13.619
 Lot and her daughters ahead running

00:25:13.619 --> 00:25:17.299
 and she stopped and turned, looked back.

00:25:17.299 --> 00:25:20.779
 Now for whatever reason,

00:25:21.519 --> 00:25:24.440
 she's leaving behind her hometown,

00:25:24.859 --> 00:25:26.919
 she's leaving behind their home

00:25:26.919 --> 00:25:27.919
 and their prosperity.

00:25:28.919 --> 00:25:30.500
 She turned back.

00:25:35.619 --> 00:25:38.019
 What's shocking about this rescue

00:25:38.019 --> 00:25:42.240
 is how reluctant the whole family is

00:25:42.240 --> 00:25:43.240
 to leave.

00:25:43.240 --> 00:25:43.480
 To leave.

00:25:44.480 --> 00:25:47.140
 The sons-in-law laugh it off.

00:25:49.880 --> 00:25:51.859
 Lot's wife changes her mind.

00:25:53.359 --> 00:25:55.420
 Lot himself lingers.

00:25:56.620 --> 00:25:59.000
 He hesitates and he's bargaining

00:25:59.000 --> 00:26:00.400
 to keep some of it.

00:26:01.160 --> 00:26:03.880
 They're all reluctant to leave.

00:26:03.880 --> 00:26:11.680
 Well, given how compromised Lot is,

00:26:11.760 --> 00:26:13.080
 he's a mixed character.

00:26:13.860 --> 00:26:15.700
 Why was he saved?

00:26:17.660 --> 00:26:18.860
 Why did he survive?

00:26:18.960 --> 00:26:20.360
 Verse 27 to 29.

00:26:21.660 --> 00:26:24.020
 And Abraham went early in the morning

00:26:24.020 --> 00:26:26.700
 to the place where he had stood before the Lord

00:26:26.700 --> 00:26:29.000
 and he looked down towards Sodom and Gomorrah

00:26:29.000 --> 00:26:30.680
 and toward all the land of the valley.

00:26:30.680 --> 00:26:32.759
 And he looked and behold,

00:26:33.420 --> 00:26:35.180
 the smoke of the land went up

00:26:35.180 --> 00:26:36.580
 like the smoke of a furnace.

00:26:37.880 --> 00:26:40.000
 So it was that when God destroyed

00:26:40.000 --> 00:26:41.060
 the cities of the valley,

00:26:41.400 --> 00:26:43.840
 God remembered Abraham

00:26:43.840 --> 00:26:48.560
 and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow

00:26:48.560 --> 00:26:50.940
 when he overthrew the cities

00:26:50.940 --> 00:26:52.779
 in which Lot had lived.

00:26:55.060 --> 00:26:58.100
 On purpose, we're reminded of the scene

00:26:58.099 --> 00:27:00.579
 we saw last week of Abraham standing,

00:27:00.799 --> 00:27:04.379
 interceding for sinners.

00:27:05.939 --> 00:27:08.639
 Lot is saved in spite of Lot.

00:27:11.219 --> 00:27:12.939
 He is a mixed character.

00:27:13.480 --> 00:27:16.059
 In chapter 12, he leaves with Abraham

00:27:16.059 --> 00:27:17.319
 out of their hometown.

00:27:17.779 --> 00:27:20.199
 He follows God's call on Abraham out.

00:27:20.559 --> 00:27:23.259
 And yet chapter 13, he picks Sodom.

00:27:24.599 --> 00:27:25.879
 They've got a reputation.

00:27:25.880 --> 00:27:28.620
 He sees the prosperity there

00:27:28.620 --> 00:27:30.460
 and he pitches his tent there.

00:27:34.000 --> 00:27:36.680
 To Peter, in our earlier reading,

00:27:36.780 --> 00:27:39.460
 says his righteous soul was tormented.

00:27:40.400 --> 00:27:43.180
 He still had a morality about him.

00:27:43.500 --> 00:27:45.660
 Everything he heard and saw around him

00:27:45.660 --> 00:27:46.320
 troubled him.

00:27:46.500 --> 00:27:47.720
 He was still shocked.

00:27:49.840 --> 00:27:51.500
 But he never left Sodom.

00:27:52.200 --> 00:27:53.920
 Now, I might be reading into the text here.

00:27:53.920 --> 00:27:55.940
 Why did he stay there

00:27:55.940 --> 00:27:59.220
 if he was tormented?

00:28:01.840 --> 00:28:03.160
 He's a mixed picture.

00:28:05.600 --> 00:28:07.560
 We're told why he is saved

00:28:07.560 --> 00:28:09.960
 and if you go to the fundamental reason why,

00:28:10.160 --> 00:28:12.519
 it's nothing to do with Lot.

00:28:12.519 --> 00:28:18.779
 God remembered his covenant with Abraham

00:28:18.779 --> 00:28:20.440
 and so he was merciful.

00:28:24.920 --> 00:28:29.559
 I think Abraham here is a type of Christ.

00:28:32.759 --> 00:28:33.819
 Brothers and sisters,

00:28:34.059 --> 00:28:37.359
 our deliverance on that final day of judgment,

00:28:37.359 --> 00:28:41.439
 I'm a mixed picture.

00:28:42.500 --> 00:28:44.199
 I think we're all a mixed picture.

00:28:45.219 --> 00:28:48.319
 The fundamental reason anyone is shown mercy

00:28:48.319 --> 00:28:50.199
 on that final day is simply,

00:28:51.319 --> 00:28:52.539
 it's outside of ourselves.

00:28:52.799 --> 00:28:56.479
 It's because we belong to the Lord Jesus Christ

00:28:56.479 --> 00:28:57.500
 by faith.

00:28:58.699 --> 00:29:00.339
 God will remember Jesus

00:29:00.339 --> 00:29:04.659
 and so we're shown mercy.

00:29:09.199 --> 00:29:11.259
 Now, I'd love to finish the story there

00:29:11.259 --> 00:29:12.539
 but unfortunately,

00:29:12.779 --> 00:29:15.000
 we've got a revolting epilogue.

00:29:16.439 --> 00:29:17.799
 Here's the last thing

00:29:17.799 --> 00:29:20.899
 we learn about Lot's story.

00:29:21.000 --> 00:29:21.599
 Verse 30.

00:29:21.599 --> 00:29:25.439
 Now, Lot went up out of Zohar

00:29:25.439 --> 00:29:26.559
 and lived in the hills

00:29:26.559 --> 00:29:27.500
 with his two daughters

00:29:27.500 --> 00:29:29.399
 for he was afraid to live in Zohar.

00:29:29.519 --> 00:29:30.579
 So he lived in a cave

00:29:30.579 --> 00:29:31.459
 with his two daughters.

00:29:32.179 --> 00:29:33.659
 And the firstborn said to the younger,

00:29:33.799 --> 00:29:34.779
 our father is old

00:29:34.779 --> 00:29:36.119
 and there is not a man on earth

00:29:36.119 --> 00:29:37.019
 to come into us

00:29:37.019 --> 00:29:38.699
 after the menna of all the earth.

00:29:39.219 --> 00:29:41.139
 Come, let us make our father drink wine

00:29:41.139 --> 00:29:42.259
 and we will lie with him

00:29:42.259 --> 00:29:44.079
 that we may preserve offspring

00:29:44.079 --> 00:29:45.019
 from our father.

00:29:45.919 --> 00:29:47.139
 So they made their father

00:29:47.139 --> 00:29:48.399
 drink wine that night

00:29:48.399 --> 00:29:50.319
 and the firstborn went in

00:29:50.319 --> 00:29:51.299
 and lay with her father.

00:29:51.299 --> 00:29:52.099
 He did not know

00:29:52.099 --> 00:29:52.960
 when she lay down

00:29:52.960 --> 00:29:53.899
 or when she rose.

00:29:54.740 --> 00:29:55.359
 The next day,

00:29:55.419 --> 00:29:56.559
 the firstborn said to the younger,

00:29:56.720 --> 00:29:56.980
 behold,

00:29:57.079 --> 00:29:58.559
 I lay last night with my father.

00:29:59.359 --> 00:30:00.519
 Let us make him drink wine

00:30:00.519 --> 00:30:01.259
 tonight also.

00:30:02.200 --> 00:30:02.940
 Then you go in

00:30:02.940 --> 00:30:03.539
 and lie with him

00:30:03.539 --> 00:30:04.759
 that we may preserve offspring

00:30:04.759 --> 00:30:05.940
 from our father.

00:30:06.399 --> 00:30:07.379
 So they made their father

00:30:07.379 --> 00:30:08.960
 drink wine that night also.

00:30:09.659 --> 00:30:10.720
 And the younger arose

00:30:10.720 --> 00:30:12.259
 and lay with him

00:30:12.259 --> 00:30:13.859
 and he did not know

00:30:13.859 --> 00:30:15.180
 when she lay down

00:30:15.180 --> 00:30:16.139
 or when she arose.

00:30:17.079 --> 00:30:18.599
 Thus both the daughters of Lot

00:30:18.599 --> 00:30:20.359
 became pregnant by their father.

00:30:21.299 --> 00:30:22.940
 The firstborn bore a son,

00:30:23.259 --> 00:30:24.220
 called his name Moab.

00:30:24.899 --> 00:30:25.639
 He is the father

00:30:25.639 --> 00:30:26.940
 of the Moabites to this day.

00:30:27.019 --> 00:30:28.279
 The younger also bore a son

00:30:28.279 --> 00:30:29.859
 and called his name Ben-Ami.

00:30:30.399 --> 00:30:31.159
 He is the father

00:30:31.159 --> 00:30:32.859
 of the Ammonites to this day.

00:30:36.059 --> 00:30:37.000
 I have no idea

00:30:37.000 --> 00:30:39.099
 why Lot doesn't return to Abraham.

00:30:39.099 --> 00:30:44.079
 Whatever the case,

00:30:44.159 --> 00:30:45.559
 the daughters wanting to preserve

00:30:45.559 --> 00:30:46.159
 the family

00:30:46.159 --> 00:30:49.019
 come up with an awful solution

00:30:49.019 --> 00:30:50.419
 rather than waiting

00:30:50.419 --> 00:30:52.240
 for the Lord to provide.

00:30:53.079 --> 00:30:54.139
 They take matters

00:30:54.139 --> 00:30:55.139
 into their own hands.

00:30:56.199 --> 00:30:57.459
 Now, I think this story

00:30:57.459 --> 00:30:58.299
 would have been a warning

00:30:58.299 --> 00:30:58.980
 to Israel.

00:31:02.119 --> 00:31:03.319
 Moabites and Ammonites

00:31:03.319 --> 00:31:04.659
 were their nearest neighbours.

00:31:04.660 --> 00:31:06.480
 Moabites worshipped

00:31:06.480 --> 00:31:07.779
 the fertility gods

00:31:07.779 --> 00:31:09.900
 where worship was,

00:31:10.560 --> 00:31:11.700
 it was sexual.

00:31:13.300 --> 00:31:14.240
 Ammonites worshipped

00:31:14.240 --> 00:31:14.880
 Molech

00:31:14.880 --> 00:31:16.460
 that demanded

00:31:16.460 --> 00:31:17.600
 child sacrifice.

00:31:22.620 --> 00:31:24.000
 Here we see

00:31:24.000 --> 00:31:25.700
 Lot's influence

00:31:25.700 --> 00:31:26.980
 on the next generation.

00:31:26.980 --> 00:31:29.680
 The daughters

00:31:29.680 --> 00:31:31.019
 don't seek

00:31:31.019 --> 00:31:32.000
 Lot's consent

00:31:32.000 --> 00:31:34.700
 just as he didn't

00:31:34.700 --> 00:31:35.779
 seek their consent

00:31:35.779 --> 00:31:36.960
 when he offered them.

00:31:41.360 --> 00:31:43.160
 Him getting so drunk

00:31:43.160 --> 00:31:43.940
 that he doesn't

00:31:43.940 --> 00:31:45.000
 agree to this,

00:31:46.500 --> 00:31:47.579
 I don't think

00:31:47.579 --> 00:31:48.599
 it exonerates him.

00:31:49.360 --> 00:31:50.700
 What is he doing

00:31:50.700 --> 00:31:52.000
 getting so plastered?

00:31:53.500 --> 00:31:54.000
 Twice.

00:31:54.000 --> 00:31:57.099
 I think he's

00:31:57.099 --> 00:31:57.700
 like Noah.

00:31:58.240 --> 00:31:59.539
 After the destruction,

00:31:59.980 --> 00:32:00.839
 it's what we saw

00:32:00.839 --> 00:32:01.519
 with Noah too.

00:32:04.200 --> 00:32:05.299
 I think overall

00:32:05.299 --> 00:32:05.779
 what we're meant

00:32:05.779 --> 00:32:06.579
 to be seeing here

00:32:06.579 --> 00:32:08.279
 is as one commentator

00:32:08.279 --> 00:32:08.779
 puts it,

00:32:09.519 --> 00:32:10.420
 the rebirth

00:32:10.420 --> 00:32:12.180
 of Sodom

00:32:12.180 --> 00:32:13.200
 in the cave.

00:32:14.640 --> 00:32:15.740
 Sin continued

00:32:15.740 --> 00:32:17.099
 after Noah's flood.

00:32:18.539 --> 00:32:19.779
 Sin continues

00:32:19.779 --> 00:32:22.220
 after Sodom

00:32:22.220 --> 00:32:22.799
 and Gomorrah

00:32:22.799 --> 00:32:23.500
 are destroyed.

00:32:24.000 --> 00:32:26.319
 it lives on

00:32:26.319 --> 00:32:27.680
 in the world.

00:32:32.559 --> 00:32:33.640
 Well, there's a story.

00:32:33.720 --> 00:32:34.400
 I want to draw out

00:32:34.400 --> 00:32:35.259
 three lessons

00:32:35.259 --> 00:32:36.019
 for us today.

00:32:39.519 --> 00:32:40.000
 Sorry,

00:32:40.099 --> 00:32:40.660
 I saw Ches

00:32:40.660 --> 00:32:41.319
 just breathe out.

00:32:43.220 --> 00:32:43.940
 You're probably

00:32:43.940 --> 00:32:44.779
 all feeling that.

00:32:44.779 --> 00:32:54.319
 The first lesson

00:32:54.319 --> 00:32:54.879
 for us

00:32:54.879 --> 00:32:56.220
 is God's justice

00:32:56.220 --> 00:32:57.019
 is coming.

00:32:59.819 --> 00:33:00.859
 Sodom and Gomorrah

00:33:00.859 --> 00:33:02.319
 stands as a warning

00:33:02.319 --> 00:33:03.259
 through history

00:33:03.259 --> 00:33:04.960
 of God's

00:33:04.960 --> 00:33:06.119
 certain judgment

00:33:06.119 --> 00:33:06.980
 on immorality.

00:33:06.980 --> 00:33:10.640
 when Abraham

00:33:10.640 --> 00:33:11.860
 stood and watched

00:33:11.860 --> 00:33:12.680
 that smoke

00:33:12.680 --> 00:33:13.480
 just go up

00:33:13.480 --> 00:33:15.400
 like a bushfire,

00:33:17.819 --> 00:33:18.980
 he knew

00:33:18.980 --> 00:33:19.880
 he was called

00:33:19.880 --> 00:33:20.720
 to command

00:33:20.720 --> 00:33:21.440
 his children

00:33:21.440 --> 00:33:22.620
 after him

00:33:22.620 --> 00:33:23.539
 to follow

00:33:23.539 --> 00:33:24.059
 the way

00:33:24.059 --> 00:33:24.599
 of the Lord

00:33:24.599 --> 00:33:25.620
 to be different

00:33:25.620 --> 00:33:26.740
 from the rest

00:33:26.740 --> 00:33:27.240
 of the world.

00:33:28.860 --> 00:33:30.220
 Be in the world

00:33:30.220 --> 00:33:31.620
 but not of the world.

00:33:31.619 --> 00:33:36.859
 How did they do?

00:33:40.459 --> 00:33:41.699
 If there's a competition

00:33:41.699 --> 00:33:42.459
 for the most

00:33:42.459 --> 00:33:43.819
 disturbing passage

00:33:43.819 --> 00:33:45.159
 in the Bible,

00:33:45.339 --> 00:33:45.679
 this is

00:33:45.679 --> 00:33:47.979
 pretty up there

00:33:47.979 --> 00:33:48.779
 for one of the

00:33:48.779 --> 00:33:49.419
 most disturbing

00:33:49.419 --> 00:33:49.839
 chapters.

00:33:49.839 --> 00:33:51.079
 I think one of them,

00:33:51.879 --> 00:33:52.500
 another one,

00:33:52.539 --> 00:33:53.939
 just creeps in front

00:33:53.939 --> 00:33:55.519
 and it's Judges 19.

00:33:58.539 --> 00:33:59.559
 It's Abraham's

00:33:59.559 --> 00:33:59.980
 descendants,

00:34:00.399 --> 00:34:01.759
 they've been

00:34:01.759 --> 00:34:02.759
 freed from Egypt,

00:34:03.059 --> 00:34:03.539
 they've got the

00:34:03.539 --> 00:34:04.259
 law of Moses,

00:34:04.439 --> 00:34:05.220
 they're in the land

00:34:05.220 --> 00:34:07.699
 and a traveller

00:34:07.699 --> 00:34:08.299
 comes to the

00:34:08.299 --> 00:34:08.940
 town square,

00:34:09.659 --> 00:34:10.639
 a man invites him

00:34:10.639 --> 00:34:10.860
 in,

00:34:11.099 --> 00:34:11.860
 gives him a meal,

00:34:12.039 --> 00:34:12.799
 gives him rest.

00:34:13.340 --> 00:34:14.159
 The men of the city

00:34:14.159 --> 00:34:15.299
 surround the house

00:34:15.299 --> 00:34:16.920
 demanding to know him.

00:34:17.960 --> 00:34:19.299
 The host goes out,

00:34:19.300 --> 00:34:20.700
 almost identical

00:34:20.700 --> 00:34:21.680
 words to the lot,

00:34:21.900 --> 00:34:22.760
 saying don't do

00:34:22.760 --> 00:34:23.519
 this wickedness.

00:34:23.980 --> 00:34:24.680
 He offers his

00:34:24.680 --> 00:34:25.320
 daughter and a

00:34:25.320 --> 00:34:25.720
 concubine,

00:34:25.860 --> 00:34:26.620
 he forces the

00:34:26.620 --> 00:34:27.460
 concubine outside

00:34:27.460 --> 00:34:28.480
 and I really

00:34:28.480 --> 00:34:29.019
 don't want to

00:34:29.019 --> 00:34:29.920
 finish the story.

00:34:32.300 --> 00:34:33.080
 I'll let you

00:34:33.080 --> 00:34:33.740
 go and read it,

00:34:33.760 --> 00:34:34.200
 it is

00:34:34.200 --> 00:34:35.480
 disgusting.

00:34:40.539 --> 00:34:41.300
 Here's one of

00:34:41.300 --> 00:34:41.700
 the opening

00:34:41.700 --> 00:34:42.720
 verses of the

00:34:42.720 --> 00:34:43.519
 prophet Isaiah,

00:34:43.840 --> 00:34:44.900
 hear the word

00:34:44.900 --> 00:34:45.460
 of the Lord

00:34:45.460 --> 00:34:46.340
 you rulers of

00:34:46.340 --> 00:34:46.740
 Sodom,

00:34:47.380 --> 00:34:48.220
 give ear to

00:34:48.220 --> 00:34:48.820
 the teaching

00:34:48.820 --> 00:34:49.539
 of our God

00:34:49.539 --> 00:34:50.180
 you people

00:34:50.180 --> 00:34:50.840
 of Gomorrah.

00:34:56.120 --> 00:34:57.120
 Sodom stood

00:34:57.120 --> 00:34:57.800
 as a warning

00:34:57.800 --> 00:34:58.559
 to Abraham's

00:34:58.559 --> 00:34:58.960
 descendants

00:34:58.960 --> 00:35:01.680
 and it still

00:35:01.680 --> 00:35:02.480
 stands as a

00:35:02.480 --> 00:35:03.160
 warning to us

00:35:03.160 --> 00:35:03.840
 today as we

00:35:03.840 --> 00:35:04.519
 heard in 2

00:35:04.519 --> 00:35:05.120
 Peter 2,

00:35:05.620 --> 00:35:06.340
 universal

00:35:06.340 --> 00:35:07.460
 judgment is

00:35:07.460 --> 00:35:08.320
 coming and

00:35:08.320 --> 00:35:08.740
 it will be

00:35:08.740 --> 00:35:09.280
 just.

00:35:09.280 --> 00:35:17.080
 we've got even

00:35:17.080 --> 00:35:18.060
 more certainty

00:35:18.060 --> 00:35:18.460
 that it's

00:35:18.460 --> 00:35:18.720
 coming.

00:35:19.420 --> 00:35:19.840
 We don't

00:35:19.840 --> 00:35:20.320
 just have the

00:35:20.320 --> 00:35:20.840
 smoke of

00:35:20.840 --> 00:35:21.180
 Sodom.

00:35:22.340 --> 00:35:22.960
 When the

00:35:22.960 --> 00:35:23.920
 eternal Son of

00:35:23.920 --> 00:35:24.920
 God came and

00:35:24.920 --> 00:35:25.660
 visited us,

00:35:25.880 --> 00:35:26.360
 look what

00:35:26.360 --> 00:35:27.900
 mankind did

00:35:27.900 --> 00:35:28.720
 in receiving

00:35:28.720 --> 00:35:29.000
 him.

00:35:29.460 --> 00:35:30.360
 When we see

00:35:30.360 --> 00:35:31.140
 him hanging on

00:35:31.140 --> 00:35:31.640
 the cross,

00:35:32.019 --> 00:35:33.160
 if that's what

00:35:33.160 --> 00:35:33.820
 it took to

00:35:33.820 --> 00:35:34.900
 drink the cup

00:35:34.900 --> 00:35:35.380
 of God's

00:35:35.380 --> 00:35:35.740
 wrath,

00:35:36.559 --> 00:35:37.400
 we can

00:35:37.400 --> 00:35:37.820
 know for

00:35:37.820 --> 00:35:39.000
 sure God

00:35:39.000 --> 00:35:39.800
 cares about

00:35:39.800 --> 00:35:40.400
 justice.

00:35:42.500 --> 00:35:43.320
 We can

00:35:43.320 --> 00:35:43.840
 know for

00:35:43.840 --> 00:35:45.240
 certain God's

00:35:45.240 --> 00:35:46.960
 judgment is

00:35:46.960 --> 00:35:47.320
 coming.

00:35:48.320 --> 00:35:49.340
 So that's the

00:35:49.340 --> 00:35:50.139
 first lesson for

00:35:50.139 --> 00:35:50.660
 us, it is

00:35:50.660 --> 00:35:51.000
 coming.

00:35:54.880 --> 00:35:55.780
 The second

00:35:55.780 --> 00:35:56.599
 lesson for us

00:35:56.599 --> 00:35:57.320
 is Lot's

00:35:57.320 --> 00:35:57.800
 wife.

00:35:58.119 --> 00:35:59.300
 Jesus uses

00:35:59.300 --> 00:36:00.260
 Lot's wife

00:36:00.260 --> 00:36:00.340
 wife.

00:36:00.980 --> 00:36:01.620
 As a

00:36:01.620 --> 00:36:02.180
 warning in

00:36:02.180 --> 00:36:02.860
 Luke 17,

00:36:03.860 --> 00:36:05.120
 as we wait

00:36:05.120 --> 00:36:05.680
 for him to

00:36:05.680 --> 00:36:06.240
 visit a

00:36:06.240 --> 00:36:06.920
 second time,

00:36:07.540 --> 00:36:08.060
 remember

00:36:08.060 --> 00:36:09.180
 Lot's wife.

00:36:09.820 --> 00:36:10.040
 Whoever

00:36:10.040 --> 00:36:10.860
 seeks to

00:36:10.860 --> 00:36:11.460
 preserve his

00:36:11.460 --> 00:36:12.380
 life will

00:36:12.380 --> 00:36:12.980
 lose it,

00:36:13.220 --> 00:36:13.640
 but whoever

00:36:13.640 --> 00:36:14.360
 loses his

00:36:14.360 --> 00:36:15.040
 life will

00:36:15.040 --> 00:36:15.640
 keep it.

00:36:22.520 --> 00:36:23.300
 It doesn't

00:36:23.300 --> 00:36:24.000
 take long in

00:36:24.000 --> 00:36:24.440
 your Christian

00:36:24.440 --> 00:36:25.060
 walk before

00:36:25.060 --> 00:36:25.640
 you know

00:36:25.640 --> 00:36:26.900
 someone who

00:36:26.900 --> 00:36:27.340
 you would

00:36:27.340 --> 00:36:27.840
 say, I

00:36:27.840 --> 00:36:28.760
 never would

00:36:28.760 --> 00:36:29.500
 have thought

00:36:29.500 --> 00:36:31.659
 that Christian

00:36:31.659 --> 00:36:32.119
 would have

00:36:32.119 --> 00:36:33.000
 looked back.

00:36:36.260 --> 00:36:37.119
 Whether it's

00:36:37.119 --> 00:36:37.920
 the allure of

00:36:37.920 --> 00:36:39.579
 wealth, or

00:36:39.579 --> 00:36:41.840
 some lover, or

00:36:41.840 --> 00:36:42.480
 they just want

00:36:42.480 --> 00:36:43.179
 to give full

00:36:43.179 --> 00:36:44.079
 vent their

00:36:44.079 --> 00:36:44.739
 passions and

00:36:44.739 --> 00:36:45.480
 desires, they

00:36:45.480 --> 00:36:46.519
 don't want to

00:36:46.519 --> 00:36:47.340
 struggle against

00:36:47.340 --> 00:36:47.980
 sin anymore.

00:36:49.199 --> 00:36:50.440
 We all know

00:36:50.440 --> 00:36:51.519
 Christians who

00:36:51.519 --> 00:36:52.360
 have made a

00:36:52.360 --> 00:36:53.800
 willful decision,

00:36:55.920 --> 00:36:56.840
 I just, I

00:36:56.840 --> 00:36:57.219
 don't believe

00:36:57.219 --> 00:36:57.699
 judgment is

00:36:57.699 --> 00:36:58.239
 coming anymore,

00:36:58.400 --> 00:36:59.179
 I can't believe

00:36:59.179 --> 00:36:59.940
 this fire and

00:36:59.940 --> 00:37:00.879
 brimstone stuff.

00:37:07.139 --> 00:37:08.179
 Lot's wife, she

00:37:08.179 --> 00:37:10.039
 willfully changes

00:37:10.039 --> 00:37:10.940
 her mind because

00:37:10.940 --> 00:37:11.879
 she loves the

00:37:11.879 --> 00:37:12.359
 world.

00:37:12.360 --> 00:37:24.420
 now there's a

00:37:24.420 --> 00:37:25.160
 difference between

00:37:25.160 --> 00:37:25.760
 Lot and

00:37:25.760 --> 00:37:26.579
 Lot's wife,

00:37:27.480 --> 00:37:27.880
 he's a

00:37:27.880 --> 00:37:28.420
 contradiction

00:37:28.420 --> 00:37:29.240
 like me,

00:37:29.660 --> 00:37:30.400
 horrified at

00:37:30.400 --> 00:37:31.019
 wickedness and

00:37:31.019 --> 00:37:31.900
 yet reluctant

00:37:31.900 --> 00:37:32.740
 to let go of

00:37:32.740 --> 00:37:32.780
 it.

00:37:32.780 --> 00:37:32.980
 There's

00:37:32.980 --> 00:37:33.660
 something I

00:37:33.660 --> 00:37:34.519
 still love

00:37:34.519 --> 00:37:35.599
 about this

00:37:35.599 --> 00:37:37.380
 world, I'm

00:37:37.380 --> 00:37:38.160
 reluctant to

00:37:38.160 --> 00:37:38.800
 let go of

00:37:38.800 --> 00:37:38.960
 it.

00:37:38.960 --> 00:37:44.300
 but he

00:37:44.300 --> 00:37:45.039
 does believe,

00:37:46.920 --> 00:37:47.940
 he does

00:37:47.940 --> 00:37:48.320
 run.

00:37:52.320 --> 00:37:53.079
 But Lot's

00:37:53.079 --> 00:37:54.599
 wife, she

00:37:54.599 --> 00:37:56.019
 willfully decides

00:37:56.019 --> 00:37:56.800
 to turn back.

00:37:56.800 --> 00:38:00.220
 now this is

00:38:00.220 --> 00:38:00.640
 going to, I

00:38:00.640 --> 00:38:00.940
 think it's

00:38:00.940 --> 00:38:01.340
 going to speak

00:38:01.340 --> 00:38:01.660
 to us

00:38:01.660 --> 00:38:02.300
 differently so

00:38:02.300 --> 00:38:02.900
 I just want

00:38:02.900 --> 00:38:03.380
 to ask a

00:38:03.380 --> 00:38:04.100
 question because

00:38:04.100 --> 00:38:04.519
 I think it'll

00:38:04.519 --> 00:38:05.019
 hit us all

00:38:05.019 --> 00:38:05.400
 differently.

00:38:07.180 --> 00:38:07.640
 What

00:38:07.640 --> 00:38:08.740
 compromise are

00:38:08.740 --> 00:38:09.640
 you letting

00:38:09.640 --> 00:38:10.340
 creep into

00:38:10.340 --> 00:38:11.000
 your faith,

00:38:12.740 --> 00:38:13.700
 to your

00:38:13.700 --> 00:38:14.200
 morality,

00:38:16.200 --> 00:38:17.680
 to your

00:38:17.680 --> 00:38:18.800
 effectiveness as

00:38:18.800 --> 00:38:19.460
 salt and

00:38:19.460 --> 00:38:20.019
 light,

00:38:20.019 --> 00:38:20.019


00:38:20.980 --> 00:38:23.259
 because you're

00:38:23.259 --> 00:38:23.960
 reluctant to

00:38:23.960 --> 00:38:24.440
 leave.

00:38:29.219 --> 00:38:29.780
 You're

00:38:29.780 --> 00:38:30.380
 reluctant to

00:38:30.380 --> 00:38:30.800
 leave what

00:38:30.800 --> 00:38:31.300
 this world

00:38:31.300 --> 00:38:31.820
 offers you.

00:38:36.280 --> 00:38:36.800
 Remember

00:38:36.800 --> 00:38:37.880
 Lot's

00:38:37.880 --> 00:38:38.519
 wife.

00:38:43.719 --> 00:38:44.480
 So one

00:38:44.480 --> 00:38:45.239
 final lesson,

00:38:46.000 --> 00:38:47.179
 we see here

00:38:47.179 --> 00:38:48.179
 why someone

00:38:48.179 --> 00:38:49.039
 is saved.

00:38:50.019 --> 00:38:52.159
 there's one

00:38:52.159 --> 00:38:53.039
 little phrase

00:38:53.039 --> 00:38:54.019
 in verse 16,

00:38:54.259 --> 00:38:54.820
 it is the

00:38:54.820 --> 00:38:55.380
 heart of

00:38:55.380 --> 00:38:56.039
 this story,

00:38:57.000 --> 00:38:57.639
 it's just

00:38:57.639 --> 00:38:58.519
 a dark,

00:38:59.239 --> 00:38:59.880
 it's like

00:38:59.880 --> 00:39:01.159
 a jeweller

00:39:01.159 --> 00:39:01.780
 putting a

00:39:01.780 --> 00:39:02.480
 diamond on

00:39:02.480 --> 00:39:02.900
 a black

00:39:02.900 --> 00:39:03.340
 cloth,

00:39:03.440 --> 00:39:03.880
 this whole

00:39:03.880 --> 00:39:04.500
 chapter is

00:39:04.500 --> 00:39:05.619
 just black

00:39:05.619 --> 00:39:06.320
 and there's

00:39:06.320 --> 00:39:06.880
 this little

00:39:06.880 --> 00:39:08.579
 diamond and

00:39:08.579 --> 00:39:09.179
 you could

00:39:09.179 --> 00:39:09.860
 easily miss

00:39:09.860 --> 00:39:10.139
 it.

00:39:10.880 --> 00:39:11.500
 Verse 16,

00:39:12.380 --> 00:39:12.980
 the Lord

00:39:12.980 --> 00:39:14.039
 being merciful

00:39:14.039 --> 00:39:14.639
 to him

00:39:14.639 --> 00:39:16.039
 and he

00:39:16.039 --> 00:39:16.739
 drags him

00:39:16.739 --> 00:39:17.159
 out.

00:39:17.159 --> 00:39:22.779
 Lot had

00:39:22.779 --> 00:39:23.039
 to be

00:39:23.039 --> 00:39:23.500
 dragged

00:39:23.500 --> 00:39:24.179
 out by

00:39:24.179 --> 00:39:24.339
 the

00:39:24.339 --> 00:39:24.599
 Lord.

00:39:25.219 --> 00:39:25.619
 Lot

00:39:25.619 --> 00:39:26.179
 isn't

00:39:26.179 --> 00:39:26.719
 ultimately

00:39:26.719 --> 00:39:27.239
 saved

00:39:27.239 --> 00:39:27.899
 because he

00:39:27.899 --> 00:39:28.179
 was

00:39:28.179 --> 00:39:28.719
 hospitable

00:39:28.719 --> 00:39:29.119
 to the

00:39:29.119 --> 00:39:29.440
 guests

00:39:29.440 --> 00:39:29.799
 or he

00:39:29.799 --> 00:39:30.339
 tried to

00:39:30.339 --> 00:39:30.699
 tell his

00:39:30.699 --> 00:39:31.379
 sons-in-law

00:39:31.379 --> 00:39:32.839
 to flee

00:39:32.839 --> 00:39:33.239
 and be

00:39:33.239 --> 00:39:33.619
 saved.

00:39:33.719 --> 00:39:33.980
 He's

00:39:33.980 --> 00:39:34.359
 saved

00:39:34.359 --> 00:39:34.779
 because he

00:39:34.779 --> 00:39:35.159
 belonged

00:39:35.159 --> 00:39:35.879
 to Abraham.

00:39:36.399 --> 00:39:36.899
 We are

00:39:36.899 --> 00:39:37.199
 saved

00:39:37.199 --> 00:39:37.819
 simply

00:39:37.819 --> 00:39:38.440
 because we

00:39:38.440 --> 00:39:38.859
 belong

00:39:38.859 --> 00:39:39.440
 to Jesus.

00:39:39.440 --> 00:39:45.519
 we've got

00:39:45.519 --> 00:39:46.039
 no room

00:39:46.039 --> 00:39:46.700
 for boasting.

00:39:47.099 --> 00:39:47.480
 If you

00:39:47.480 --> 00:39:48.260
 believe today

00:39:48.260 --> 00:39:50.800
 it's because

00:39:50.800 --> 00:39:52.099
 God has

00:39:52.099 --> 00:39:53.000
 grabbed you

00:39:53.000 --> 00:39:53.840
 and dragged

00:39:53.840 --> 00:39:54.599
 you out.

00:39:58.940 --> 00:39:59.740
 We would

00:39:59.740 --> 00:40:00.099
 have all

00:40:00.099 --> 00:40:00.760
 laughed at

00:40:00.760 --> 00:40:01.159
 such a

00:40:01.159 --> 00:40:01.920
 message on

00:40:01.920 --> 00:40:02.380
 our own.

00:40:02.860 --> 00:40:03.280
 We would

00:40:03.280 --> 00:40:03.619
 have all

00:40:03.619 --> 00:40:04.139
 lingered

00:40:04.139 --> 00:40:05.700
 in love

00:40:05.700 --> 00:40:06.059
 with this

00:40:06.059 --> 00:40:06.420
 world.

00:40:06.420 --> 00:40:08.780
 We are

00:40:08.780 --> 00:40:09.300
 saved by

00:40:09.300 --> 00:40:09.619
 God's

00:40:09.619 --> 00:40:10.079
 mercy

00:40:10.079 --> 00:40:10.639
 alone

00:40:10.639 --> 00:40:10.840
 that

00:40:10.840 --> 00:40:11.019
 he's

00:40:11.019 --> 00:40:11.300
 grabbed

00:40:11.300 --> 00:40:11.619
 hold

00:40:11.619 --> 00:40:12.000
 of us.

00:40:13.820 --> 00:40:14.740
 I just

00:40:14.740 --> 00:40:14.980
 want to

00:40:14.980 --> 00:40:15.500
 finish by

00:40:15.500 --> 00:40:16.380
 reading a

00:40:16.380 --> 00:40:16.639
 bit of

00:40:16.639 --> 00:40:17.099
 Ephesians

00:40:17.099 --> 00:40:17.460
 2

00:40:17.460 --> 00:40:18.420
 because it

00:40:18.420 --> 00:40:19.260
 has really

00:40:19.260 --> 00:40:20.619
 warmed my

00:40:20.619 --> 00:40:21.240
 heart afresh

00:40:21.240 --> 00:40:21.639
 this week

00:40:21.639 --> 00:40:21.880
 so I

00:40:21.880 --> 00:40:22.099
 want to

00:40:22.099 --> 00:40:23.420
 share it.

00:40:26.420 --> 00:40:27.159
 Let me

00:40:27.159 --> 00:40:28.180
 open to

00:40:28.180 --> 00:40:28.420
 it.

00:40:28.420 --> 00:40:35.180
 And you

00:40:35.180 --> 00:40:35.659
 were dead

00:40:35.659 --> 00:40:36.760
 in the

00:40:36.760 --> 00:40:37.579
 trespasses

00:40:37.579 --> 00:40:38.300
 and sins

00:40:38.300 --> 00:40:38.760
 in which

00:40:38.760 --> 00:40:39.400
 you once

00:40:39.400 --> 00:40:39.960
 walked

00:40:39.960 --> 00:40:41.860
 following

00:40:41.860 --> 00:40:42.599
 the course

00:40:42.599 --> 00:40:42.900
 of this

00:40:42.900 --> 00:40:43.280
 world

00:40:43.280 --> 00:40:45.200
 following

00:40:45.200 --> 00:40:46.099
 the prince

00:40:46.099 --> 00:40:46.480
 of the

00:40:46.480 --> 00:40:46.980
 power of

00:40:46.980 --> 00:40:47.340
 the air

00:40:47.340 --> 00:40:48.059
 the spirit

00:40:48.059 --> 00:40:48.420
 that is

00:40:48.420 --> 00:40:48.940
 now at

00:40:48.940 --> 00:40:49.340
 work

00:40:49.340 --> 00:40:49.760
 in the

00:40:49.760 --> 00:40:50.180
 sons of

00:40:50.180 --> 00:40:50.980
 disobedience

00:40:50.980 --> 00:40:52.780
 among

00:40:52.780 --> 00:40:53.420
 whom we

00:40:53.420 --> 00:40:54.000
 all

00:40:54.000 --> 00:40:54.920
 once

00:40:54.920 --> 00:40:55.559
 lived

00:40:55.559 --> 00:40:56.519
 in the

00:40:56.519 --> 00:40:56.920
 passions

00:40:56.920 --> 00:40:57.380
 of our

00:40:57.380 --> 00:40:57.780
 flesh

00:40:57.780 --> 00:40:59.200
 carrying

00:40:59.200 --> 00:40:59.620
 out the

00:40:59.620 --> 00:41:00.060
 desires

00:41:00.060 --> 00:41:00.340
 of the

00:41:00.340 --> 00:41:00.560
 body

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 and the

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 mind

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 and

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 were by

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 nature

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 children

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 of

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 wrath

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 like the

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 rest of

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 mankind

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 but

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 God

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 being

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 rich

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 in

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 mercy

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 because

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 of the

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 great

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 love

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 with which

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 he

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 loved

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 us

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 even

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 when

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 we

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 were

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 dead

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 in

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 our

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 trespasses

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 made

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 us

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 alive

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 together

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 with

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 Christ

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 by

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 grace

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 you

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 have

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 been

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 saved

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 and

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 raised

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 us

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 up

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 with

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 him

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 and

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 seated

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 us

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 with

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 him

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 in

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 the

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 heavenly

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 places

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 in

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 Christ

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 Jesus

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 so that

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 in the

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 coming

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 ages

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 he

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 might

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 show

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 the

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 immeasurable

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 riches

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 of

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 his

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 grace

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 in

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 kindness

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 toward

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 us

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 in

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 Christ

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 Jesus

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 for

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 by

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 grace

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 you

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 have

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 been

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 saved

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 through

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 faith

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 and

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 this

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 is

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 not

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 your

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 own

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 doing

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 it

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 is

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 the

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 gift

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 of

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 God

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 not

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 a

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 result

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 of

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 works

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 so

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 that

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 no

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 one

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 may

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 boast

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 for

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 we

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 are

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 his

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 workmanship

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 created

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 in

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 Christ

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 Jesus

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 for

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 good

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 works

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 which

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 God

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 prepared

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 beforehand

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 that

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 we

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 should

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 walk

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 in

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 them

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 well

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 praise

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 be to

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 his

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 mercy

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 let's

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 let's

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 pray

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 father

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 i just

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 want to

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 praise

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 you

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 for

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 your

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 mercy

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 that

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 you

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 would

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 send

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 your

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 son

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 to

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 sinners

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 who

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 don't

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 deserve

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 what

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 you've

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 given

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 us

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 we

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 thank

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 you

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 that

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 you've

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 grabbed

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 us

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 while

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 we

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 were

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 dead

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 in

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 sin

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 and

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 blind

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 to

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 the

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 truth

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 and

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 you

00:42:43.779 --> 00:42:44.099
 grabbed

00:42:44.099 --> 00:42:44.279
 us

00:42:44.279 --> 00:42:44.420
 and

00:42:44.420 --> 00:42:44.619
 made

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 us

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 alive

00:42:45.179 --> 00:42:45.380
 with

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 Christ

00:42:45.819 --> 00:42:48.299
 father

00:42:48.299 --> 00:42:48.759
 i pray

00:42:48.759 --> 00:42:49.079
 that

00:42:49.079 --> 00:42:50.480
 you

00:42:50.480 --> 00:42:50.599
 would

00:42:50.599 --> 00:42:50.799
 help

00:42:50.799 --> 00:42:50.920
 us

00:42:50.920 --> 00:42:51.019
 to

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 be

00:42:51.179 --> 00:42:51.500
 salt

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 and

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 light

00:42:52.019 --> 00:42:52.440
 in

00:42:52.440 --> 00:42:52.619
 this

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 world

00:42:53.000 --> 00:42:55.559
 walking

00:42:55.559 --> 00:42:55.779
 in

00:42:55.779 --> 00:42:55.900
 the

00:42:55.900 --> 00:42:56.099
 good

00:42:56.099 --> 00:42:56.579
 works

00:42:56.579 --> 00:42:57.139
 by

00:42:57.139 --> 00:42:57.359
 your

00:42:57.359 --> 00:42:57.699
 spirit

00:42:57.699 --> 00:42:58.019
 now

00:42:58.019 --> 00:42:58.859
 help

00:42:58.859 --> 00:42:58.980
 us

00:42:58.980 --> 00:42:59.079
 to

00:42:59.079 --> 00:42:59.219
 be

00:42:59.219 --> 00:42:59.599
 praising

00:42:59.599 --> 00:42:59.839
 your

00:42:59.839 --> 00:43:00.239
 mercy

00:43:00.239 --> 00:43:01.559
 not

00:43:01.559 --> 00:43:02.799
 arrogant

00:43:02.799 --> 00:43:03.299
 as if

00:43:03.299 --> 00:43:03.719
 we

00:43:03.719 --> 00:43:03.980
 are

00:43:03.980 --> 00:43:04.179
 better

00:43:04.179 --> 00:43:04.400
 than

00:43:04.400 --> 00:43:04.559
 the

00:43:04.559 --> 00:43:04.880
 world

00:43:04.880 --> 00:43:05.779
 but

00:43:05.779 --> 00:43:06.480
 just

00:43:06.480 --> 00:43:07.059
 praising

00:43:07.059 --> 00:43:07.699
 you

00:43:07.699 --> 00:43:07.900
 that

00:43:07.900 --> 00:43:08.019
 you

00:43:08.019 --> 00:43:08.299
 grabbed

00:43:08.299 --> 00:43:08.519
 us

00:43:08.519 --> 00:43:08.719
 and

00:43:08.719 --> 00:43:09.359
 saved

00:43:09.359 --> 00:43:09.679
 us

00:43:09.679 --> 00:43:11.039
 pray

00:43:11.039 --> 00:43:11.239
 this

00:43:11.239 --> 00:43:11.400
 in

00:43:11.400 --> 00:43:11.599
 Jesus

00:43:11.599 --> 00:43:11.960
 name

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 amen

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 that

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