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 Well, this morning we're going to be partaking together of the Lord's table.

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 And it's a familiar thing that we do each month, the bread and the cup.

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 But it's also one of the most precious things that we do as a church.

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 We celebrate something very special when we do it.

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 And so to help us reflect again on the meaning of this table,

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 we're looking to what the Apostle Paul wrote in 1 Thessalonians,

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 a letter to the church at Thessalonica.

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 In this letter, Paul celebrates how the good news of Jesus

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 caused a massive impact on the people who believed in this city of Thessalonica.

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 There were many in Thessalonica who were hostile to the message about Jesus.

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 But there were some there who embraced it.

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 And it was obvious that they accepted it

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 because doing so was risky, very dangerous.

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 And yet Paul tells us about how they began to follow Jesus with joy,

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 even in the midst of suffering.

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 You could imagine how opposition like this might tempt us to withdraw,

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 to retreat, to stay quiet about our faith in Jesus.

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 But Paul says that it wasn't that way when you Thessalonians believed.

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 You began to tell people all around you about Jesus.

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 The Lord's message rang out from you into the surrounding region, says Paul.

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 And it was obvious to all the people around them that they truly believed in Jesus

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 because all the people around them saw how they just stopped worshipping idols.

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 That was a prevalent practice in that city.

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 And instead they began worshipping the one true God.

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 Paul says that their faith, even from the early days,

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 was marked with an eager expectation.

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 They believed everything they heard about Jesus

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 and they were waiting for something.

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 Paul says,

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 You turned to God from idols

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 to serve the living and true God

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 and to wait for his Son from heaven,

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 whom he raised from the dead.

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 Jesus, who rescues us from the coming wrath.

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 So almost 2,000 years ago,

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 there they were in the city of Thessalonica

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 embracing what they heard about Jesus,

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 turning away from the cherished idols of the city in which they lived,

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 telling the people all around them about Jesus

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 and waiting for Jesus, the Messiah,

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 to come back and to rescue them from the coming wrath.

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 This is such an interesting description of Jesus here in verse 10.

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 Jesus, who rescues us from the coming wrath.

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 You know, there were so many other ways

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 that Paul could have finished that sentence

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 or described Jesus here.

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 Jesus, the good shepherd.

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 Jesus, the gentle and lowly of heart.

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 Jesus, the Lamb of God,

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 who takes away the sins of the world.

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 Jesus, the one who put those religious hypocrites in their place.

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 But this is how Paul describes Jesus.

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 Jesus, who rescues us from the coming wrath.

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 Somebody, I forget who, said that this little snippet of the verse

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 is the gospel in a nutshell.

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 The good news of Jesus.

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 He is the one who rescues us

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 from the wrath of God that is coming.

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 Now, when we hear the coming wrath,

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 I'm guessing that for some of you,

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 those words strike a nerve.

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 For some of us, they may get us thinking

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 that God is just angry with us

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 and just waiting to punish us.

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 For others, you may be thinking

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 that Paul is just using this kind of language

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 to guilt them into believing

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 or submitting.

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 Some of you may be embarrassed by these words.

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 The coming wrath.

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 Don't talk about that, Josh.

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 Or at least if we talk about it here in church,

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 that's fine.

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 But don't talk about that outside these four walls

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 because we don't want to offend people

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 or turn them off.

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 But Paul didn't shy away from telling people

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 the truth

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 about the coming wrath of God.

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 And with that,

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 he gave them the good news

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 that Jesus rescues us

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 from that wrath

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 that's coming.

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 So let's talk about this coming wrath

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 for a moment.

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 Why is there a wrath of God

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 coming

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 in the future

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 on our world?

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 The Bible's answer

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 is that all of humanity

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 sinned

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 against God.

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 In the beginning,

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 we rebelled.

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 God created us.

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 He loved us.

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 He was good to us.

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 He gave us

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 good commands.

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 He gave us freedom

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 to obey

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 or disobey

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 those commands.

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 And long ago,

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 the Bible tells us

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 that in the beginning,

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 we chose to disobey.

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 And we received

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 the consequence

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 for our actions

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 guilt

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 came on all humanity.

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 And ever since

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 that day,

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 every single one of us

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 has been choosing

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 personally

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 to disobey,

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 to do

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 things

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 that are sinful.

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 And not just a little bit,

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 but a lot.

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 Paul describes

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 in this letter

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 what some of the people

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 in Thessalonica

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 were doing

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 to the Thessalonian

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 believers.

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 They were

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 persecuting anyone

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 in Thessalonica

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 who believed

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 in Jesus.

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 They were doing

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 everything in their power

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 to stop

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 the message

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 about Jesus

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 from spreading.

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 and referring

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 to these opponents.

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 Paul says

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 in chapter 2,

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 verse 16,

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 in this way,

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 they always

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 heap up

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 their sins

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 to the limit.

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 And so,

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 he says,

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 right after,

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 the wrath of God

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 has come upon them

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 at last

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 or

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 fully.

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 so,

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 it's not just

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 that we've done

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 a teeny

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 little bit

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 of bad stuff

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 here and there.

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 These persecutors

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 in Thessalonica

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 are an example

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 of what we are all

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 naturally

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 bent towards

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 because of sin

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 in us.

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 Apart from Jesus,

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 we heap up

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 our sins

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 to the limit.

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 We try to get away

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 with as much

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 as we possibly can.

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 And it's because

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 of this defiance

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 and evil

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 that the wrath

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 of God

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 is coming

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 on the world.

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 Now,

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 it's quite common

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 for us to think

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 when we hear

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 that word wrath,

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 it's quite common

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 for us to point

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 a finger at God

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 and say,

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 see,

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 I told you,

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 God isn't good.

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 He's not kind.

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 He's not compassionate.

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 He's full of wrath.

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 He's full of anger.

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 He's mean-spirited.

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 He's vindictive.

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 He takes pleasure

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 in crushing

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 poor people like us.

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 Maybe you've heard

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 people say that.

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 But as we read

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 through the Bible,

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 we begin to see

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 that this accusation

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 just isn't true.

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 God is not mean-spirited.

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 He's not vindictive.

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 He doesn't take pleasure

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 in crushing

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 poor people like us.

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 That's what evil men

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 in our world do.

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 But God is not like that.

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 He is a God of wrath.

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 And He is a God

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 who gets angry.

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 But why does He get angry?

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 Why is He wrathful?

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 Well, the more we read

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 the Bible,

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 the better we see

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 that for God to be good

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 and love what is good,

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 He must also hate

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 what is evil.

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 For God to do right,

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 He must also deal

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 with those who do wrong.

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 What kind of God

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 would He be

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 if He just did nothing

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 to those who perpetrate

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 evil all over the earth?

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 What kind of God

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 would He be

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 if He just let people

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 do terrible things

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 to other people

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 and get away with it?

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 How long should God

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 put up with those

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 who promote evil?

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 Forever?

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 For God to be good,

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 there has to come a day

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 when He brings the world

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 to right,

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 when He rights the wrongs,

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 when He brings justice

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 for all the oppressed,

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 for all those

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 who have been victims.

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 there has to be a day

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 when all who act corruptly

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 are cleansed

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 from God's good earth.

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 God is not angry

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 because He is mean-spirited.

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 He is angry

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 because He sees our sins

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 and our sinfulness

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 for what it really is.

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 Sometimes I think

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 it's helpful to think

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 in human terms here.

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 Have you ever witnessed

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 somebody do something

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 hurtful to someone else?

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 Maybe a bully

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 on the playground

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 who's picking on

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 someone smaller.

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 Maybe a parent

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 who is verbally abusive

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 to their young children.

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 Maybe somebody

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 who's going around

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 and spreading

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 false rumors

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 to destroy

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 another person's reputation.

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 have you ever

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 witnessed something

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 like that

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 and just felt

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 the anger

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 rising up within you?

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 And you just want

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 to jump into the fray

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 and come to that person's defense.

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 It's in those moments

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 that I think

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 it's the closest

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 we get

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 as human beings

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 to having

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 a righteous

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 anger.

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 A good anger.

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 anger.

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 We are angry

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 at the evil

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 being done

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 because we see

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 how it hurts

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 the people we love.

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 That's maybe

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 a picture

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 a little bit

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 of what God's

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 anger is like

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 towards sin.

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 He is angry

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 at the evil

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 being done

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 because He sees

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 how it affects

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 everything.

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 He sees

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 how our sins

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 hurt the people

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 around us.

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 He sees

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 how our sinful bent

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 ruins what was

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 made good

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 and beautiful

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 and perfect.

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 He sees

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 how our sins

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 warp

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 and twist

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 things

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 and make them

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 ugly

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 and sick.

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 And so

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 His anger

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 about sin

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 is a righteous

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 anger.

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 It is a good

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 anger

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 unlike most

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 of the anger

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 that we

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 feel

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 ourselves.

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 Where we

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 might think

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 of it

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 this way.

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 Imagine

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 that you've

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 just finished

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 painting a

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 masterpiece.

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 Beautiful

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 fall scene

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 of the trees

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 and all their

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 colors.

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 And you

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 take that

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 beautiful

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 painting

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 off the

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 easel,

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 put it

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 down on

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 the table

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 for a

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 moment

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 to adjust

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 your

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 easel

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 and somebody

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 comes by

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 and they

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 accidentally

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 knock over

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 a jar

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 of black

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 ink and

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 it spills

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 right over

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 top of

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 the whole

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 painting.

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 The ink

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 soaks and

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 seeps deeply

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 into the

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 canvas

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 and you

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 look at it

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 and what

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 can you do

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 but just

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 admit that

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 there's a

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 very real

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 sense in

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 which this

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 beautiful

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 masterpiece

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 is now

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 ruined.

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 It's no

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 longer

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 beautiful.

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 It can't

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 really be

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 fixed.

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 It's no

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 longer

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 worthy to

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 be hung

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 on the

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 wall for

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 display or

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 given as

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 a gift.

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 The good

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 thing to

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 do, the

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 right thing

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 to do,

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 is to

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 throw it

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 away, to

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 destroy it,

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 to start

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 over fresh

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 and new.

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 There is a

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 sense in

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 which God's

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 wrath is

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 like that

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 too.

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 It is that

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 good part of

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 him that is

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 willing to

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 do what

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 must be

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 done at

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 some point

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 for the

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 masterpiece

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 that he

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 created,

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 which was

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 spoiled by

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 sin.

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 And so

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 there is

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 coming a

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 day in

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 which the

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 world as

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 we know

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 it, the

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 Bible tells

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 us, will

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 be totally

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 destroyed by

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 God.

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 And it

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 won't be a

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 mean-spirited

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 wrath, but a

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 wrath so

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 noble and

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 good that it

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 will do the

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 right thing

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 and do

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 away with

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 what is

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 spoiled.

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 Thankfully,

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 that's not

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 a perfect

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 analogy because

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 in the midst

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 of all

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 this, there

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 is this

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 wonderful

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 news.

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 There is a

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 way to be

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 saved from

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 God's wrath,

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 the coming

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 wrath of God.

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 And that way

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 is through

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 Jesus, the

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 rescuer.

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 He has

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 come to

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 rescue us

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 from the

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 coming wrath.

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 He came into

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 our world.

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 He lived a

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 perfect, holy

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 life.

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 And in

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 his death on

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 the cross, he

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 received the

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 wrath of God

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 on himself.

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 And it was

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 all part of a

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 great exchange,

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 the Bible tells

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 us.

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 For all who

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 will believe in

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 his name, he

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 took our

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 punishment and

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 he gave us

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 his righteousness

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 so that when

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 that day of

00:14:47.480 --> 00:14:48.279
 wrath comes,

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 God will look

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 at all who

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 accepted this

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 gift and say,

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 their sin is

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 paid for.

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 Someone has

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 already suffered

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 on their

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 behalf the

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 punishment they

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 deserve.

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 Their guilt,

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 their sin,

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 it's forgiven.

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 And we will be

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 spared and

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 rescued from

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 the coming

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 wrath.

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 Now all

00:15:14.279 --> 00:15:14.899
 this talk

00:15:14.899 --> 00:15:16.279
 about the

00:15:16.279 --> 00:15:17.019
 day of God's

00:15:17.019 --> 00:15:17.480
 wrath, it

00:15:17.480 --> 00:15:18.000
 might get us

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 thinking, what

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 is that day

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 going to look

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 like?

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 That's a really

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 good question.

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 Some of the

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 prophets who

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 came before

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 Jesus spoke

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 about that

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 day.

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 They called

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 it the day

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 of the

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 Lord.

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 And if you

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 look at those

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 words in your

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 Old Testament,

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 in your Bible,

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 the Lord is

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 capitalized.

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 It's actually

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 his name,

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 the day of

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 Yahweh,

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 the day of

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 the Lord.

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 And we see in

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 the Old Testament

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 that there have

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 been several

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 days called

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 the day of

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 the Lord.

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 And all of

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 them have this

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 thing in common.

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 God on those

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 days poured out

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 judgment on a

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 nation or on

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 a people because

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 of their immense

00:16:01.320 --> 00:16:03.240
 wickedness and

00:16:03.240 --> 00:16:03.600
 sin.

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 But we also

00:16:06.220 --> 00:16:06.860
 see in the midst

00:16:06.860 --> 00:16:07.460
 of all that,

00:16:07.560 --> 00:16:08.440
 God telling us

00:16:08.440 --> 00:16:09.240
 about an

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 ultimate,

00:16:10.380 --> 00:16:11.480
 final day

00:16:11.480 --> 00:16:12.300
 of the

00:16:12.300 --> 00:16:12.580
 Lord,

00:16:13.320 --> 00:16:14.000
 where God

00:16:14.000 --> 00:16:14.400
 will pour

00:16:14.400 --> 00:16:14.940
 out judgment

00:16:14.940 --> 00:16:15.360
 on the

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 whole world

00:16:16.080 --> 00:16:17.680
 because of

00:16:17.680 --> 00:16:18.380
 its immense

00:16:18.380 --> 00:16:19.620
 wickedness

00:16:19.620 --> 00:16:21.060
 and sin.

00:16:23.120 --> 00:16:23.880
 The simplest

00:16:23.880 --> 00:16:24.820
 way to get a

00:16:24.820 --> 00:16:25.520
 feel for what

00:16:25.520 --> 00:16:25.900
 the day of

00:16:25.900 --> 00:16:26.320
 the Lord will

00:16:26.320 --> 00:16:26.880
 be like is

00:16:26.880 --> 00:16:27.500
 to just read

00:16:27.500 --> 00:16:28.300
 through Revelation,

00:16:28.900 --> 00:16:30.060
 the last book

00:16:30.060 --> 00:16:30.600
 of the Bible.

00:16:31.940 --> 00:16:32.600
 In Revelation,

00:16:32.780 --> 00:16:33.300
 the Apostle

00:16:33.300 --> 00:16:34.220
 John receives

00:16:34.220 --> 00:16:35.100
 a vision from

00:16:35.100 --> 00:16:35.500
 Jesus.

00:16:35.500 --> 00:16:35.659
 Jesus.

00:16:36.659 --> 00:16:37.120
 And this

00:16:37.120 --> 00:16:37.799
 vision has

00:16:37.799 --> 00:16:38.480
 for centuries

00:16:38.480 --> 00:16:39.120
 captivated

00:16:39.120 --> 00:16:39.759
 everybody who

00:16:39.759 --> 00:16:40.299
 reads it.

00:16:41.299 --> 00:16:41.720
 The vision

00:16:41.720 --> 00:16:42.519
 tells a story

00:16:42.519 --> 00:16:43.100
 of what will

00:16:43.100 --> 00:16:43.720
 happen at

00:16:43.720 --> 00:16:44.220
 the end.

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 It tells of

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 the moment

00:16:46.399 --> 00:16:47.080
 when God's

00:16:47.080 --> 00:16:48.620
 day, the

00:16:48.620 --> 00:16:49.100
 day of the

00:16:49.100 --> 00:16:49.559
 Lord, will

00:16:49.559 --> 00:16:50.220
 break forth

00:16:50.220 --> 00:16:50.720
 upon the

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 world.

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 It begins

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 around the

00:16:53.399 --> 00:16:53.700
 end of

00:16:53.700 --> 00:16:54.480
 chapter 6 and

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 it goes all

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 the way through

00:16:55.399 --> 00:16:56.539
 till chapter

00:16:56.539 --> 00:16:56.960
 20.

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 And while

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 there's plenty

00:16:59.620 --> 00:17:00.340
 of debate and

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 speculation as

00:17:01.220 --> 00:17:02.340
 to the precise

00:17:02.340 --> 00:17:03.500
 interpretation of

00:17:03.500 --> 00:17:03.899
 all the

00:17:03.899 --> 00:17:04.700
 details of

00:17:04.700 --> 00:17:05.759
 this vision,

00:17:05.960 --> 00:17:06.640
 the order in

00:17:06.640 --> 00:17:07.099
 which it will

00:17:07.099 --> 00:17:07.819
 happen and

00:17:07.819 --> 00:17:08.359
 the duration

00:17:08.359 --> 00:17:09.160
 of that day,

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 the overall

00:17:10.359 --> 00:17:11.079
 sense that we

00:17:11.079 --> 00:17:11.900
 get is that

00:17:11.900 --> 00:17:12.480
 it will be a

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 dreadful day

00:17:13.200 --> 00:17:14.779
 for everyone

00:17:14.779 --> 00:17:15.660
 on whom God's

00:17:15.660 --> 00:17:16.839
 wrath falls.

00:17:18.720 --> 00:17:19.740
 God will send

00:17:19.740 --> 00:17:20.720
 down in

00:17:20.720 --> 00:17:21.200
 judgment

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 plagues,

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 sickness,

00:17:25.839 --> 00:17:26.339
 disease,

00:17:27.819 --> 00:17:28.160
 famine,

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 scorching

00:17:30.079 --> 00:17:30.460
 heat,

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 destruction

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 of many

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 of the

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 good

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 resources

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 of the

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 earth,

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 natural

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 disasters

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 of magnitudes

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 and frequencies

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 the likes of

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 which we've

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 never seen

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 before.

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 There will

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 be darkness,

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 violence,

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 pestilence,

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 wars,

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 and death.

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 And all

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 of it

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 deserved

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 for the

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 immense

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 wickedness

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 and sin

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 of all

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 who live

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 on earth.

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 To the

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 believers at

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 Thessalonica,

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 Paul actually

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 wrote about

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 this coming

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 wrath.

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 I'm just

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 going to

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 read a

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 little of

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 what he

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 wrote in

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 chapter 5

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 of his

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 letter.

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 Chapter 5

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 verse 1,

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 Paul says

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 this,

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 Now brothers

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 and sisters,

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 about times

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 and dates,

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 we do not

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 need to

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 write to

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 you,

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 for you

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 know very

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 well that

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 the day

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 of the

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 Lord will

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 come like

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 a thief

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 in the

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 night.

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 While

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 people are

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 saying,

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 peace and

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 safety,

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 destruction

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 will come

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 on them

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 suddenly,

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 as labor

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 pains on

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 a pregnant

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 woman,

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 and they

00:18:38.519 --> 00:18:38.920
 will not

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 escape.

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 Paul tells

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 us here that

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 the day of

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 the Lord,

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 the day of

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 God's holy

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 judgment,

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 will take

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 our world

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 by surprise.

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 He says,

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 I don't even

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 need to write

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 to you about

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 times and

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 dates for

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 this.

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 That's

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 perhaps a

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 word that

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 we should

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 all keep

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 in mind.

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 God has

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 not given

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 us the

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 times and

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 the dates

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 of when

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 this will

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 occur,

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 but what

00:19:02.079 --> 00:19:02.399
 he does

00:19:02.399 --> 00:19:02.980
 tell us is

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 that it

00:19:03.279 --> 00:19:03.899
 will take

00:19:03.899 --> 00:19:04.399
 the world

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 by surprise.

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 The day of

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 the Lord will

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 not be on

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 the world's

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 calendar at

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 all.

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 They won't

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 see it

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 coming.

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 It will

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 not be

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 expected.

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 It will

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 catch them

00:19:14.279 --> 00:19:15.099
 off guard,

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 just like a

00:19:15.699 --> 00:19:16.480
 thief catches

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 somebody off

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 guard,

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 a homeowner,

00:19:19.059 --> 00:19:19.639
 when they

00:19:19.639 --> 00:19:20.099
 break into

00:19:20.099 --> 00:19:20.659
 the yard and

00:19:20.659 --> 00:19:21.480
 steal something

00:19:21.480 --> 00:19:24.160
 unexpectedly in

00:19:24.160 --> 00:19:24.539
 the night.

00:19:26.380 --> 00:19:27.140
 The day of

00:19:27.140 --> 00:19:27.640
 God's wrath

00:19:27.640 --> 00:19:28.079
 will come

00:19:28.079 --> 00:19:28.819
 suddenly,

00:19:29.819 --> 00:19:30.360
 seemingly out

00:19:30.360 --> 00:19:30.920
 of nowhere,

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 just like

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 contractions

00:19:33.980 --> 00:19:34.660
 just come

00:19:34.660 --> 00:19:35.099
 out of

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 nowhere for

00:19:35.720 --> 00:19:36.079
 a woman

00:19:36.079 --> 00:19:36.380
 who is

00:19:36.380 --> 00:19:36.920
 about to

00:19:36.920 --> 00:19:38.400
 go into

00:19:38.400 --> 00:19:39.339
 intense

00:19:39.339 --> 00:19:39.700
 labor.

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 Paul even

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 tells us

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 that the

00:19:44.039 --> 00:19:44.440
 saying of

00:19:44.440 --> 00:19:44.860
 the day,

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 when this

00:19:46.059 --> 00:19:46.799
 day comes,

00:19:47.099 --> 00:19:47.640
 will be

00:19:47.640 --> 00:19:48.240
 peace and

00:19:48.240 --> 00:19:48.660
 safety.

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 Everybody

00:19:50.620 --> 00:19:50.940
 will be

00:19:50.940 --> 00:19:51.240
 thinking,

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 wow,

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 we've

00:19:53.160 --> 00:19:53.519
 done it,

00:19:53.579 --> 00:19:53.900
 this is

00:19:53.900 --> 00:19:54.299
 good.

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 And when

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 it's least

00:19:56.519 --> 00:19:57.120
 expected,

00:19:57.680 --> 00:19:58.140
 Paul says,

00:19:58.240 --> 00:19:58.660
 destruction

00:19:58.660 --> 00:19:59.120
 will come

00:19:59.120 --> 00:19:59.799
 upon our

00:19:59.799 --> 00:20:00.480
 world in

00:20:00.480 --> 00:20:01.120
 an instant

00:20:01.120 --> 00:20:03.000
 from God

00:20:03.000 --> 00:20:03.900
 and people

00:20:03.900 --> 00:20:04.319
 will not

00:20:04.319 --> 00:20:04.759
 escape.

00:20:06.559 --> 00:20:07.279
 But now

00:20:07.279 --> 00:20:07.700
 listen to

00:20:07.700 --> 00:20:08.680
 these encouraging

00:20:08.680 --> 00:20:09.339
 words of

00:20:09.339 --> 00:20:09.799
 Paul which

00:20:09.799 --> 00:20:10.240
 follow.

00:20:10.900 --> 00:20:11.440
 Verse 4,

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 but you

00:20:13.279 --> 00:20:13.920
 brothers and

00:20:13.920 --> 00:20:15.180
 sisters are

00:20:15.180 --> 00:20:15.720
 not in

00:20:15.720 --> 00:20:16.480
 darkness so

00:20:16.480 --> 00:20:16.880
 that this

00:20:16.880 --> 00:20:17.359
 day should

00:20:17.359 --> 00:20:18.299
 surprise you

00:20:18.299 --> 00:20:19.200
 like a

00:20:19.200 --> 00:20:19.480
 thief.

00:20:20.120 --> 00:20:20.599
 You are

00:20:20.599 --> 00:20:21.179
 all children

00:20:21.179 --> 00:20:21.599
 of the

00:20:21.599 --> 00:20:23.099
 light and

00:20:23.099 --> 00:20:23.639
 children of

00:20:23.639 --> 00:20:24.019
 the day.

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 We do

00:20:25.399 --> 00:20:25.899
 not belong

00:20:25.899 --> 00:20:26.199
 to the

00:20:26.199 --> 00:20:26.659
 night or

00:20:26.659 --> 00:20:26.939
 to the

00:20:26.939 --> 00:20:27.279
 darkness.

00:20:28.659 --> 00:20:29.459
 So then,

00:20:30.179 --> 00:20:30.699
 let us not

00:20:30.699 --> 00:20:31.079
 be like

00:20:31.079 --> 00:20:31.559
 others who

00:20:31.559 --> 00:20:32.059
 are asleep,

00:20:32.259 --> 00:20:33.259
 but let

00:20:33.259 --> 00:20:33.539
 us be

00:20:33.539 --> 00:20:34.579
 awake and

00:20:34.579 --> 00:20:34.980
 sober.

00:20:36.259 --> 00:20:36.859
 For those

00:20:36.859 --> 00:20:37.379
 who sleep,

00:20:37.879 --> 00:20:38.259
 sleep at

00:20:38.259 --> 00:20:38.539
 night,

00:20:38.939 --> 00:20:39.379
 and those

00:20:39.379 --> 00:20:39.679
 who get

00:20:39.679 --> 00:20:40.059
 drunk,

00:20:40.199 --> 00:20:40.599
 get drunk

00:20:40.599 --> 00:20:41.199
 at night.

00:20:42.339 --> 00:20:43.019
 But since

00:20:43.019 --> 00:20:43.419
 we belong

00:20:43.419 --> 00:20:43.719
 to the

00:20:43.719 --> 00:20:44.000
 day,

00:20:44.339 --> 00:20:44.859
 let us be

00:20:44.859 --> 00:20:45.219
 sober,

00:20:45.599 --> 00:20:45.980
 putting on

00:20:45.980 --> 00:20:47.139
 faith and

00:20:47.140 --> 00:20:47.940
 love as

00:20:47.940 --> 00:20:48.640
 a breastplate

00:20:48.640 --> 00:20:50.200
 and the

00:20:50.200 --> 00:20:50.520
 hope of

00:20:50.520 --> 00:20:51.380
 salvation as

00:20:51.380 --> 00:20:51.800
 a helmet.

00:20:53.320 --> 00:20:54.100
 For God

00:20:54.100 --> 00:20:54.540
 did not

00:20:54.540 --> 00:20:55.240
 appoint us

00:20:55.240 --> 00:20:55.759
 to suffer

00:20:55.759 --> 00:20:56.280
 wrath,

00:20:56.720 --> 00:20:57.759
 but to

00:20:57.759 --> 00:20:58.280
 receive

00:20:58.280 --> 00:20:59.100
 salvation

00:20:59.100 --> 00:21:00.259
 through our

00:21:00.259 --> 00:21:00.840
 Lord Jesus

00:21:00.840 --> 00:21:01.380
 Christ.

00:21:03.300 --> 00:21:03.860
 Jesus,

00:21:04.420 --> 00:21:05.600
 who rescues

00:21:05.600 --> 00:21:06.720
 us from

00:21:06.720 --> 00:21:07.200
 the coming

00:21:07.200 --> 00:21:07.660
 wrath.

00:21:09.420 --> 00:21:10.280
 The world

00:21:10.280 --> 00:21:10.660
 will be

00:21:10.660 --> 00:21:11.220
 caught off

00:21:11.220 --> 00:21:12.240
 guard by

00:21:12.240 --> 00:21:12.660
 the day of

00:21:12.660 --> 00:21:13.000
 God's

00:21:13.000 --> 00:21:13.340
 wrath,

00:21:14.340 --> 00:21:14.779
 the day

00:21:14.779 --> 00:21:15.019
 of the

00:21:15.019 --> 00:21:15.320
 Lord.

00:21:16.660 --> 00:21:17.220
 But you,

00:21:17.500 --> 00:21:17.960
 brothers and

00:21:17.960 --> 00:21:18.320
 sisters,

00:21:18.440 --> 00:21:18.800
 need not

00:21:18.800 --> 00:21:19.140
 fear.

00:21:20.400 --> 00:21:20.840
 You need

00:21:20.840 --> 00:21:21.480
 not worry,

00:21:22.200 --> 00:21:22.759
 says Paul.

00:21:22.960 --> 00:21:23.420
 This day

00:21:23.420 --> 00:21:23.980
 is not going

00:21:23.980 --> 00:21:24.560
 to surprise

00:21:24.560 --> 00:21:25.820
 you like

00:21:25.820 --> 00:21:26.140
 a thief

00:21:26.140 --> 00:21:26.680
 surprises

00:21:26.680 --> 00:21:27.320
 a homeowner.

00:21:28.680 --> 00:21:29.380
 For those

00:21:29.380 --> 00:21:29.779
 of us who

00:21:29.779 --> 00:21:30.019
 are in

00:21:30.019 --> 00:21:30.720
 Christ Jesus,

00:21:30.960 --> 00:21:32.100
 we're expecting

00:21:32.100 --> 00:21:32.540
 something

00:21:32.540 --> 00:21:33.019
 different.

00:21:33.960 --> 00:21:34.259
 And Paul

00:21:34.259 --> 00:21:34.740
 goes into

00:21:34.740 --> 00:21:35.400
 metaphors of

00:21:35.400 --> 00:21:35.820
 light and

00:21:35.820 --> 00:21:36.440
 darkness and

00:21:36.440 --> 00:21:37.019
 being asleep

00:21:37.019 --> 00:21:37.600
 and awake.

00:21:37.680 --> 00:21:37.940
 I'm just

00:21:37.940 --> 00:21:38.180
 going to

00:21:38.180 --> 00:21:38.600
 skip right

00:21:38.600 --> 00:21:39.040
 over that

00:21:39.040 --> 00:21:39.400
 down to

00:21:39.400 --> 00:21:39.960
 verse 9

00:21:39.960 --> 00:21:41.019
 because it's

00:21:41.019 --> 00:21:41.440
 here that

00:21:41.440 --> 00:21:41.860
 Paul gives

00:21:41.860 --> 00:21:42.120
 us the

00:21:42.119 --> 00:21:42.699
 clear statement

00:21:42.699 --> 00:21:43.199
 of how it

00:21:43.199 --> 00:21:43.639
 will turn

00:21:43.639 --> 00:21:44.139
 out for

00:21:44.139 --> 00:21:45.659
 us when

00:21:45.659 --> 00:21:46.619
 that day

00:21:46.619 --> 00:21:47.179
 comes.

00:21:48.699 --> 00:21:49.439
 For all

00:21:49.439 --> 00:21:49.939
 who believe

00:21:49.939 --> 00:21:50.479
 in Jesus,

00:21:50.959 --> 00:21:51.599
 God did

00:21:51.599 --> 00:21:52.319
 not appoint

00:21:52.319 --> 00:21:53.279
 us to

00:21:53.279 --> 00:21:53.779
 suffer

00:21:53.779 --> 00:21:54.679
 wrath,

00:21:55.099 --> 00:21:56.419
 but to

00:21:56.419 --> 00:21:56.839
 receive

00:21:56.839 --> 00:21:57.579
 salvation

00:21:57.579 --> 00:21:59.339
 through our

00:21:59.339 --> 00:22:00.659
 Lord Jesus

00:22:00.659 --> 00:22:01.239
 Christ.

00:22:02.939 --> 00:22:03.739
 I love

00:22:03.739 --> 00:22:04.379
 these words.

00:22:05.519 --> 00:22:06.119
 The terrible

00:22:06.119 --> 00:22:06.659
 wrath of

00:22:06.659 --> 00:22:07.059
 God that

00:22:07.059 --> 00:22:07.539
 the world

00:22:07.539 --> 00:22:08.059
 deserves,

00:22:08.179 --> 00:22:08.559
 that even

00:22:08.559 --> 00:22:09.719
 we deserve

00:22:09.719 --> 00:22:10.739
 for our

00:22:10.739 --> 00:22:11.139
 sins,

00:22:11.219 --> 00:22:11.579
 it will

00:22:11.579 --> 00:22:12.259
 not fall

00:22:12.259 --> 00:22:12.759
 on us

00:22:12.759 --> 00:22:13.679
 if we

00:22:13.679 --> 00:22:14.199
 belong to

00:22:14.199 --> 00:22:14.619
 Christ.

00:22:15.619 --> 00:22:16.339
 God did

00:22:16.339 --> 00:22:16.899
 not appoint

00:22:16.899 --> 00:22:17.319
 us to

00:22:17.319 --> 00:22:17.599
 suffer

00:22:17.599 --> 00:22:18.039
 wrath.

00:22:19.500 --> 00:22:20.059
 Instead,

00:22:20.199 --> 00:22:20.399
 we will

00:22:20.399 --> 00:22:20.879
 be saved

00:22:20.879 --> 00:22:21.279
 from it.

00:22:24.519 --> 00:22:25.059
 He

00:22:25.059 --> 00:22:25.379
 appointed

00:22:25.379 --> 00:22:26.299
 us to

00:22:26.299 --> 00:22:26.819
 receive

00:22:26.819 --> 00:22:27.639
 salvation

00:22:27.639 --> 00:22:29.519
 through

00:22:29.519 --> 00:22:30.059
 our Lord

00:22:30.059 --> 00:22:30.799
 Jesus

00:22:30.799 --> 00:22:31.679
 Christ.

00:22:32.119 --> 00:22:32.539
 And how

00:22:32.539 --> 00:22:32.879
 does it

00:22:32.879 --> 00:22:33.879
 happen that

00:22:33.879 --> 00:22:34.419
 we get a

00:22:34.419 --> 00:22:36.079
 pass on

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 that coming

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 day?

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 how does

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 it happen

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 that we're

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 saved from

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 going through

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 that and

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 suffering on

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 that day?

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 Paul tells

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 us in

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 verse 10,

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 he died

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 for us

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 so that

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 whether we

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 are awake

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 or asleep,

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 we may

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 live together

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 with him.

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 Jesus'

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 death

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 for us

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 is at

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 the center

00:23:09.019 --> 00:23:10.140
 of our

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 salvation.

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 It's the

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 reason we

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 won't have to

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 go through

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 that.

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 It's the

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 basis for

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 why we

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 will not

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 be condemned

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 with eternal

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 fire at the

00:23:23.119 --> 00:23:23.819
 final judgment.

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 it all

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 comes back

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 to the

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 cross.

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 And what

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 happened with

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 Jesus at

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 the cross

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 when his

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 body was

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 broken and

00:23:34.299 --> 00:23:34.799
 his blood

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 was shed

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 for us.

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 And I love

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 the way that

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 Paul says

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 it here.

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 He says

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 he died

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 for us so

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 that whether

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 we are awake

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 or asleep,

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 he's using

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 the metaphor

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 whether we

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 are dead

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 or alive

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 before he

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 comes,

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 he died

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 for us

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 so that

00:23:54.299 --> 00:23:54.759
 we may

00:23:54.759 --> 00:23:55.640
 live together

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 with him.

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 He did

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 it so

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 that he

00:24:02.160 --> 00:24:02.799
 might live

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 together

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 with you

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 and with

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 me.

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 He wanted

00:24:09.019 --> 00:24:09.559
 to have

00:24:09.559 --> 00:24:10.039
 that with

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 you,

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 life with

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 you,

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 life with

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 me.

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 It was

00:24:18.000 --> 00:24:18.420
 for love

00:24:18.420 --> 00:24:18.779
 that he

00:24:18.779 --> 00:24:19.120
 died.

00:24:19.779 --> 00:24:20.059
 It was

00:24:20.059 --> 00:24:20.319
 so that

00:24:20.319 --> 00:24:20.579
 we could

00:24:20.579 --> 00:24:21.240
 have a

00:24:21.240 --> 00:24:21.640
 sweet,

00:24:22.059 --> 00:24:22.480
 wonderful

00:24:22.480 --> 00:24:23.200
 relationship

00:24:23.200 --> 00:24:23.819
 with

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 him,

00:24:24.819 --> 00:24:25.220
 living

00:24:25.220 --> 00:24:25.500
 with

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 him

00:24:25.840 --> 00:24:26.880
 forever

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 that he

00:24:28.940 --> 00:24:29.279
 died.

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 I don't

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 know about

00:24:32.440 --> 00:24:32.720
 you,

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 but some

00:24:34.779 --> 00:24:35.279
 days I

00:24:35.279 --> 00:24:36.420
 actually thank

00:24:36.420 --> 00:24:38.180
 my wife

00:24:38.180 --> 00:24:38.559
 and my

00:24:38.559 --> 00:24:39.039
 kids for

00:24:39.039 --> 00:24:39.480
 putting up

00:24:39.480 --> 00:24:39.940
 with me,

00:24:40.940 --> 00:24:42.259
 for bearing

00:24:42.259 --> 00:24:42.819
 with me.

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 I'm far

00:24:44.140 --> 00:24:44.759
 from perfect

00:24:44.759 --> 00:24:45.259
 and there

00:24:45.259 --> 00:24:46.019
 are days

00:24:46.019 --> 00:24:47.000
 that I

00:24:47.000 --> 00:24:47.340
 don't even

00:24:47.340 --> 00:24:47.819
 like being

00:24:47.819 --> 00:24:48.539
 with myself.

00:24:48.539 --> 00:24:50.599
 but do

00:24:50.599 --> 00:24:50.879
 you know

00:24:50.879 --> 00:24:51.920
 that Jesus,

00:24:52.139 --> 00:24:52.440
 the Son

00:24:52.440 --> 00:24:52.859
 of God

00:24:52.859 --> 00:24:53.460
 wants to

00:24:53.460 --> 00:24:54.159
 live with

00:24:54.159 --> 00:24:54.519
 you?

00:24:58.180 --> 00:24:58.920
 Let that

00:24:58.920 --> 00:24:59.379
 sink into

00:24:59.379 --> 00:24:59.899
 your heart.

00:25:00.500 --> 00:25:01.159
 He wants

00:25:01.159 --> 00:25:01.720
 to live

00:25:01.720 --> 00:25:02.480
 with you

00:25:02.480 --> 00:25:05.379
 so much

00:25:05.379 --> 00:25:06.379
 that he

00:25:06.379 --> 00:25:06.799
 was willing

00:25:06.799 --> 00:25:07.440
 to die

00:25:07.440 --> 00:25:10.180
 that agonizing

00:25:10.180 --> 00:25:10.639
 death on

00:25:10.639 --> 00:25:11.119
 the cross.

00:25:11.119 --> 00:25:15.879
 that's

00:25:15.879 --> 00:25:16.139
 what the

00:25:16.139 --> 00:25:17.099
 table that

00:25:17.099 --> 00:25:17.619
 we celebrate

00:25:17.619 --> 00:25:18.199
 this morning

00:25:18.199 --> 00:25:18.559
 is all

00:25:18.559 --> 00:25:18.859
 about.

00:25:20.359 --> 00:25:21.179
 It's here we

00:25:21.179 --> 00:25:21.639
 celebrate

00:25:21.639 --> 00:25:23.179
 Jesus who

00:25:23.179 --> 00:25:23.839
 saves us

00:25:23.839 --> 00:25:24.199
 from the

00:25:24.199 --> 00:25:24.919
 coming wrath

00:25:24.920 --> 00:25:26.920
 and who

00:25:26.920 --> 00:25:27.340
 died for

00:25:27.340 --> 00:25:27.680
 us so

00:25:27.680 --> 00:25:27.940
 that we

00:25:27.940 --> 00:25:28.420
 could live

00:25:28.420 --> 00:25:28.960
 together

00:25:28.960 --> 00:25:29.580
 with him

00:25:29.580 --> 00:25:30.820
 forever.

00:25:31.759 --> 00:25:32.380
 So we're

00:25:32.380 --> 00:25:32.539
 going to

00:25:32.539 --> 00:25:32.840
 take a

00:25:32.840 --> 00:25:33.220
 moment of

00:25:33.220 --> 00:25:33.840
 quiet now

00:25:33.840 --> 00:25:34.380
 and I

00:25:34.380 --> 00:25:34.580
 want to

00:25:34.580 --> 00:25:34.880
 encourage

00:25:34.880 --> 00:25:35.200
 you to

00:25:35.200 --> 00:25:35.480
 pray,

00:25:36.000 --> 00:25:36.580
 to talk

00:25:36.580 --> 00:25:36.860
 to the

00:25:36.860 --> 00:25:37.120
 Lord,

00:25:38.200 --> 00:25:39.140
 to reflect

00:25:39.140 --> 00:25:39.500
 on your

00:25:39.500 --> 00:25:40.039
 own sins

00:25:40.039 --> 00:25:40.420
 and to

00:25:40.420 --> 00:25:41.039
 confess your

00:25:41.039 --> 00:25:41.500
 sins to

00:25:41.500 --> 00:25:42.380
 God in

00:25:42.380 --> 00:25:43.019
 these moments

00:25:43.019 --> 00:25:44.440
 and to

00:25:44.440 --> 00:25:44.860
 think about

00:25:44.860 --> 00:25:45.380
 the love

00:25:45.380 --> 00:25:46.320
 of Christ

00:25:46.320 --> 00:25:47.140
 for you.

00:25:47.259 --> 00:25:47.539
 And after

00:25:47.539 --> 00:25:47.900
 we've done

00:25:47.900 --> 00:25:48.340
 that for a

00:25:48.340 --> 00:25:48.820
 few minutes,

00:25:48.980 --> 00:25:49.420
 Charles is

00:25:49.420 --> 00:25:49.660
 going to

00:25:49.660 --> 00:25:50.019
 come up

00:25:50.019 --> 00:25:50.360
 and he's

00:25:50.360 --> 00:25:51.140
 going to

00:25:51.140 --> 00:25:51.800
 distribute

00:25:51.800 --> 00:25:53.220
 the bread.

00:25:53.460 --> 00:25:53.779
 Actually,

00:25:53.840 --> 00:25:54.100
 we'll have

00:25:54.100 --> 00:25:54.700
 Charles and

00:25:54.700 --> 00:25:55.200
 Rod come

00:25:55.200 --> 00:25:55.539
 up and

00:25:55.539 --> 00:25:55.900
 distribute

00:25:55.900 --> 00:25:56.299
 the bread

00:25:56.299 --> 00:25:56.559
 and the

00:25:56.559 --> 00:25:56.799
 cup.

00:25:57.420 --> 00:25:57.779
 And if

00:25:57.779 --> 00:25:58.259
 you believe

00:25:58.259 --> 00:25:58.880
 in Jesus

00:25:58.880 --> 00:25:59.860
 and he

00:25:59.860 --> 00:26:00.279
 is your

00:26:00.279 --> 00:26:00.660
 Lord,

00:26:01.000 --> 00:26:01.299
 then I

00:26:01.299 --> 00:26:01.519
 want to

00:26:01.519 --> 00:26:01.799
 invite you

00:26:01.799 --> 00:26:02.380
 to partake

00:26:02.380 --> 00:26:02.759
 and join

00:26:02.759 --> 00:26:03.319
 with us

00:26:03.319 --> 00:26:04.279
 as we

00:26:04.279 --> 00:26:04.799
 eat and

00:26:04.799 --> 00:26:05.759
 drink from

00:26:05.759 --> 00:26:06.299
 this table.

00:26:06.460 --> 00:26:06.700
 We'll wait

00:26:06.700 --> 00:26:07.340
 until everybody

00:26:07.340 --> 00:26:07.759
 has been

00:26:07.759 --> 00:26:09.160
 served and

00:26:09.160 --> 00:26:09.460
 then we'll

00:26:09.460 --> 00:26:11.019
 eat together.

00:26:24.700 --> 00:26:27.039
 and

00:26:27.039 --> 00:26:27.640
 raise

00:26:27.640 --> 00:26:28.840
 in the

00:26:28.840 --> 00:26:44.360
 a

00:26:44.360 --> 00:26:45.319
 and

00:26:45.319 --> 00:26:46.720
 notable

00:26:46.720 --> 00:26:49.019
 on

00:26:49.019 --> 00:26:51.019
 Amen.

00:27:19.019 --> 00:27:21.019
 Amen.

00:27:49.019 --> 00:27:51.019
 Amen.

00:28:19.019 --> 00:28:21.019
 Amen.

00:28:49.019 --> 00:28:51.019
 Amen.

00:29:19.019 --> 00:29:21.019
 Amen.

00:29:49.019 --> 00:29:51.019
 Amen.

00:30:19.019 --> 00:30:21.019
 Amen.

00:30:49.019 --> 00:30:51.019
 Amen.

00:31:19.019 --> 00:31:21.019
 Amen.

00:31:49.019 --> 00:31:51.019
 Amen.

00:32:19.019 --> 00:32:21.019
 Amen.

00:32:49.019 --> 00:32:51.019
 Amen.

00:32:51.019 --> 00:32:53.019
 Amen.

00:32:53.019 --> 00:32:54.019
 Amen.

00:32:54.019 --> 00:32:56.019
 Let's give thanks.

00:32:56.019 --> 00:33:03.019
 Lord Jesus, from the bottom of our hearts, we say thank you.

00:33:03.019 --> 00:33:07.019
 Thank you for suffering as you did to save us.

00:33:07.019 --> 00:33:15.019
 Thank you that we can have hope and life and joy and a future with you forever because

00:33:15.019 --> 00:33:18.019
 of what you did on the cross.

00:33:18.019 --> 00:33:20.019
 We love you.

00:33:20.019 --> 00:33:21.019
 Amen.