WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.540 Let me add my word of welcoming you here, a visitor. It's really great that you're here today. 00:00:07.080 --> 00:00:13.480 ! We're going to the book of Isaiah, and today we come to Isaiah chapter 30. It's on page 591 in the Black Bibles. 00:00:14.759 --> 00:00:27.219 I wish you'd got that. I'd say well done on making it through the crowds of runners. It feels like a subversive act, doesn't it, to come to worship when the rest of Ian is running or in bed. 00:00:27.219 --> 00:00:37.280 Ray Orland is a pastor in the US, and he's written a decent book on Isaiah. And in it he writes this. 00:00:38.560 --> 00:00:46.719 He says there's something deep inside us that diminishes past facts and magnifies present uncertainties. 00:00:46.719 --> 00:00:58.140 Somehow God's faithfulness in the past doesn't carry weight for long, and pretty soon we start feeling as unloved and alone as ever. 00:00:58.840 --> 00:01:03.340 It's just the way we are. And it's why we need constant renewal. 00:01:03.340 --> 00:01:11.859 There is always some plausible alternative to trusting in God. Something to take our eyes off God. 00:01:12.820 --> 00:01:18.180 I don't know about you, but I can identify exactly with what Ray Orland is saying there. 00:01:19.140 --> 00:01:23.040 How easy it is to forget how God has acted in the past. 00:01:23.040 --> 00:01:27.880 So we see God come through for us in our lives. 00:01:28.500 --> 00:01:34.620 Over and over again. We see him heal relationships that we thought were irreparably separated. 00:01:35.800 --> 00:01:38.800 And he sustains us through some financial challenges. 00:01:39.120 --> 00:01:42.180 Or he gets us through health difficulties. 00:01:43.500 --> 00:01:45.860 He delivers us from idols in our lives. 00:01:45.860 --> 00:01:46.960 Perhaps from addictions. 00:01:46.959 --> 00:01:53.119 Perhaps from deep-seated sin that we never thought we'd be able to be free of. 00:01:53.679 --> 00:01:55.579 And every time God comes through for us. 00:01:56.659 --> 00:01:58.739 And then we come up against some big challenge. 00:01:58.919 --> 00:02:00.879 Some fresh obstacle in our life. 00:02:01.299 --> 00:02:02.259 Some discouragement. 00:02:02.559 --> 00:02:05.560 And we suddenly get a case of spiritual amnesia. 00:02:06.479 --> 00:02:08.519 We forget all that's gone in the past. 00:02:09.299 --> 00:02:11.639 All the grace and the favour of the past. 00:02:12.099 --> 00:02:14.819 It seems to us like a long-distant memory. 00:02:15.159 --> 00:02:16.379 If it's even a memory at all. 00:02:16.960 --> 00:02:21.280 And Isaiah says it's actually worse than spiritual amnesia. 00:02:21.599 --> 00:02:23.000 It's actually caught unbelief. 00:02:24.260 --> 00:02:29.200 It's these things inside us that diminish past facts. 00:02:30.140 --> 00:02:32.780 And magnify present uncertainties. 00:02:33.900 --> 00:02:37.980 All of which more often than that tempts us to want to take things into our own hands. 00:02:39.080 --> 00:02:43.120 To try and sort it out ourselves rather than to trust the God who's got us through in the past. 00:02:44.120 --> 00:02:46.300 And it leads us down the path of rebellion. 00:02:46.960 --> 00:02:48.680 So we've been going through Isaiah. 00:02:49.120 --> 00:02:50.280 And here we are in chapter 30. 00:02:50.439 --> 00:02:56.700 And in this chapter the people of Judah seem oblivious to the fact that God is the one who's taken care of them in the past. 00:02:57.040 --> 00:02:58.340 He's the one who's got them through. 00:02:58.760 --> 00:03:01.879 And so he can be trusted to take care of them in the future. 00:03:01.879 --> 00:03:07.919 And we actually find the people of Judah living and acting like practical atheists. 00:03:08.740 --> 00:03:12.199 They move ahead in their plans as if God didn't really exist. 00:03:12.199 --> 00:03:24.599 But as I mentioned last week the reason God offers works of judgment and the reason God acts in judgment is not only to satisfy his justice. 00:03:25.099 --> 00:03:26.719 It is because God cares about his people. 00:03:27.839 --> 00:03:32.519 He's not willing to leave you and I in a state that is not best for us. 00:03:32.520 --> 00:03:36.420 And so in this chapter I hope that you heard it as we read it. 00:03:36.520 --> 00:03:41.960 We see something of the astounding and astonishing response of God to the rebellion of his people. 00:03:43.020 --> 00:03:46.460 What we find in this chapter is that God is a God who waits. 00:03:47.800 --> 00:03:53.180 That God is a God who waits to show grace to those who wait for him. 00:03:53.180 --> 00:03:58.980 God waits to show grace to show kindness to those who wait for him. 00:03:59.620 --> 00:04:01.300 Two points and then two applications. 00:04:01.860 --> 00:04:06.840 Verses 1 to 17 we see that God is a God who judges rebellious people. 00:04:08.060 --> 00:04:11.520 God is a God who judges rebellious people. 00:04:12.580 --> 00:04:14.840 You can't sweep his judgment under the carpets. 00:04:16.740 --> 00:04:20.019 I mentioned last week that Judah is now led by King Hezekiah. 00:04:20.019 --> 00:04:23.459 Who as the kings of Judah go, he's not bad actually. 00:04:23.519 --> 00:04:24.699 He's a pretty good king. 00:04:24.819 --> 00:04:25.539 A godly king. 00:04:25.839 --> 00:04:27.959 But he also made the mistake of his predecessors. 00:04:28.740 --> 00:04:33.740 He thought that the way to deal with political threat from the neighbouring superpower of Assyria, 00:04:34.339 --> 00:04:39.599 the way to be comfortable, the way to be protected is to build an alliance with another superpower. 00:04:40.579 --> 00:04:45.120 So the threat for Judah and Hezekiah is coming from the north, from Assyria. 00:04:45.839 --> 00:04:49.759 And so they go running off to the superpower of the south to Egypt. 00:04:50.439 --> 00:04:51.459 And they try to get our help. 00:04:52.599 --> 00:04:57.159 And all along, he seems to ignore the fact that God is saying, 00:04:57.279 --> 00:04:58.979 I am the only one you need in this life. 00:05:01.120 --> 00:05:02.620 I am the only one you need to trust. 00:05:03.620 --> 00:05:04.479 So look at verse 1. 00:05:04.480 --> 00:05:08.259 I, you stubborn child, declares the Lord. 00:05:09.060 --> 00:05:11.360 You carry out a plan, but it's not mine. 00:05:12.240 --> 00:05:17.400 You make an alliance, but not of my spirit, that they may add to sin. 00:05:17.399 --> 00:05:21.879 Who set out to go down to Egypt without asking for my direction. 00:05:21.879 --> 00:05:24.719 To take refuge in the protection of Pharaoh. 00:05:24.860 --> 00:05:26.800 To seek shelter in the shadow of Egypt. 00:05:27.420 --> 00:05:30.959 Therefore, the protection of Pharaoh will turn to your shame. 00:05:30.959 --> 00:05:36.039 And the shelter in the shadow of Egypt will end up in your humiliation. 00:05:36.939 --> 00:05:38.739 Now you can understand why God might be a bit upset. 00:05:40.379 --> 00:05:42.060 God is the one who would deliver Israel. 00:05:42.139 --> 00:05:43.419 We all know the story in Exodus. 00:05:43.420 --> 00:05:45.840 Of how he delivered the Israelites out of Egypt. 00:05:46.180 --> 00:05:49.080 How he exercised his power and his might. 00:05:49.439 --> 00:05:52.259 How he rescued the Israelites out of slavery. 00:05:53.379 --> 00:05:55.000 He showed, didn't he, in the plagues. 00:05:55.080 --> 00:05:58.000 That he has absolute superiority over Egypt. 00:05:58.300 --> 00:06:00.180 And its little gods in the Exodus. 00:06:00.180 --> 00:06:04.720 And the Exodus was the defining experience for the people of Israel. 00:06:05.720 --> 00:06:08.920 It was the way in which they understood who their God was. 00:06:09.699 --> 00:06:11.500 God would say to them, wouldn't he, again and again. 00:06:11.579 --> 00:06:13.060 We read it in the start of the 10th chapter. 00:06:13.199 --> 00:06:15.699 I am the Lord your God who brought you up out of Egypt. 00:06:17.100 --> 00:06:21.019 And God even makes it really clear in Deuteronomy chapter 17 and verse 16. 00:06:21.519 --> 00:06:26.100 That his people were forbidden to look to Egypt for their help. 00:06:26.100 --> 00:06:30.340 It's not a matter of wisdom for the people of Judah. 00:06:31.120 --> 00:06:34.879 It's not a matter of, is this the right thing to do or not. 00:06:35.000 --> 00:06:38.660 No, this is a matter of obedience or disobedience. 00:06:40.120 --> 00:06:43.220 God says, I do not want you running to Egypt for help. 00:06:43.520 --> 00:06:45.160 But now look at the people of Judah. 00:06:46.379 --> 00:06:52.360 They think that Egypt is their protection and their shade and their refuge. 00:06:52.360 --> 00:06:58.699 They are the very words that the psalm uses again and again of God. 00:06:59.780 --> 00:07:01.600 What is God to the Christian? 00:07:02.920 --> 00:07:03.980 God is a refuge. 00:07:05.180 --> 00:07:06.220 God is our protection. 00:07:07.540 --> 00:07:08.840 God is our shade. 00:07:10.460 --> 00:07:11.960 We hide in God. 00:07:12.160 --> 00:07:13.699 That's what the psalms tell us to do. 00:07:14.220 --> 00:07:17.660 But the people of Judah, they look at their neighbouring nation, Egypt. 00:07:17.879 --> 00:07:20.100 And they say, Egypt is my shade. 00:07:20.439 --> 00:07:21.920 Egypt is where I run to. 00:07:22.280 --> 00:07:23.500 Egypt is my rock. 00:07:24.939 --> 00:07:27.640 And Judah's allegiance and hope is in Egypt. 00:07:29.120 --> 00:07:32.640 And they send their government envoys laden with gifts to butter up the Egyptians. 00:07:33.199 --> 00:07:34.319 And to solicit their help. 00:07:34.680 --> 00:07:39.400 And God says, all this is going to lead to, in verse 3, the end of the first sentence, shame. 00:07:39.920 --> 00:07:41.620 And the end of the last sentence, humiliation. 00:07:41.620 --> 00:07:47.660 Now the question is, how do you get to a place when you're trusting in other people? 00:07:48.680 --> 00:07:51.660 In other powers, in other nations, instead of trusting in God? 00:07:51.720 --> 00:07:52.899 How do you get to that stage? 00:07:52.899 --> 00:07:56.699 What is the journey that gets you there? 00:07:56.699 --> 00:08:00.099 Well, at the very least, Isaiah tells us. 00:08:00.159 --> 00:08:02.839 And he says, first of all, it involves a rejection of God's word. 00:08:02.920 --> 00:08:04.019 Verses 8 to 13. 00:08:04.159 --> 00:08:04.639 Can you see that? 00:08:04.639 --> 00:08:08.240 And now go write it before them on a tablet. 00:08:08.360 --> 00:08:10.779 That's a tablet on stone, not a little iPad. 00:08:11.300 --> 00:08:12.699 And inscribe it in a book. 00:08:12.699 --> 00:08:16.139 That it may be for the time to come as a witness forever. 00:08:17.319 --> 00:08:18.620 For they are a rebellious people. 00:08:18.740 --> 00:08:19.420 Lying children. 00:08:19.560 --> 00:08:21.620 Children who are unwilling to hear the instruction of the Lord. 00:08:21.659 --> 00:08:23.839 Who say to the seers, the religious men do not see. 00:08:24.719 --> 00:08:27.219 Say to the prophets, do not prophesy to us what is right. 00:08:27.500 --> 00:08:28.599 Speak to us smooth things. 00:08:28.740 --> 00:08:29.560 Prophesy illusions. 00:08:29.759 --> 00:08:30.399 Leave the way. 00:08:30.539 --> 00:08:31.519 Turn aside from the path. 00:08:31.779 --> 00:08:33.799 Let us hear no more about the Holy One of Israel. 00:08:35.340 --> 00:08:36.960 Therefore, thus says the Holy One of Israel. 00:08:36.960 --> 00:08:38.340 Because you despise this word. 00:08:38.439 --> 00:08:39.960 And you trust in oppression and perverseness. 00:08:40.659 --> 00:08:41.340 And rely on them. 00:08:41.340 --> 00:08:45.200 Therefore, this iniquity shall be to you like a breach in a high wall. 00:08:45.280 --> 00:08:46.280 It will bulge out. 00:08:46.600 --> 00:08:48.080 And it will be about to collapse. 00:08:48.500 --> 00:08:50.860 Whose breaking comes suddenly in an instant. 00:08:53.680 --> 00:08:55.280 As I was told, write this down. 00:08:56.399 --> 00:08:58.240 Write down God's message for the people. 00:08:58.540 --> 00:09:00.980 So that the people of God will understand it in the future. 00:09:02.500 --> 00:09:05.460 Because he knows that this people, whom he's speaking to now. 00:09:05.500 --> 00:09:06.639 He's wasting his breath on them. 00:09:07.259 --> 00:09:08.580 Because they're not going to listen. 00:09:08.879 --> 00:09:10.100 They're not going to hear. 00:09:10.100 --> 00:09:13.420 The people of Judah will refuse to listen to God's words. 00:09:14.620 --> 00:09:16.720 They just want him to refine his message. 00:09:17.820 --> 00:09:18.620 Just see who they are. 00:09:18.820 --> 00:09:20.120 They say to Isaiah. 00:09:20.420 --> 00:09:22.659 Isaiah, don't bother us. 00:09:23.360 --> 00:09:25.040 With commands about money. 00:09:25.220 --> 00:09:26.279 And what we do with our money. 00:09:27.139 --> 00:09:31.279 They say, Isaiah, we don't want you to talk to us about sexual immorality. 00:09:31.440 --> 00:09:33.399 And who we can and who we can't sleep with. 00:09:33.399 --> 00:09:38.199 We don't want you, Isaiah, to tell us how to treat the poor and the oppressed. 00:09:38.559 --> 00:09:39.919 What we do with our possessions. 00:09:40.459 --> 00:09:43.139 And we certainly don't want you to tell us about judgment. 00:09:44.699 --> 00:09:47.159 Tell us about our best life now. 00:09:47.159 --> 00:09:50.759 Isaiah, why don't you go and read Joel Osteen. 00:09:50.819 --> 00:09:52.299 That's how you communicate with people. 00:09:53.139 --> 00:09:55.219 Give us some chicken soup for the soul. 00:09:55.539 --> 00:09:56.559 Go to the God Channel. 00:09:56.839 --> 00:10:00.559 Look how great and positive Joyce Meyer's message is. 00:10:00.699 --> 00:10:02.120 That's what you need to be like, Isaiah. 00:10:02.740 --> 00:10:03.919 That's what we want. 00:10:06.159 --> 00:10:08.939 And Isaiah's audience isn't the last to make of demands, is it? 00:10:08.940 --> 00:10:14.580 So listen to what the Apostle Paul says in 2 Timothy chapter 4. 00:10:15.740 --> 00:10:19.880 He says, for the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching. 00:10:21.240 --> 00:10:23.280 But they'll have itching ears. 00:10:23.620 --> 00:10:24.660 Itching ears. 00:10:25.200 --> 00:10:26.180 It's a great image, isn't it? 00:10:26.400 --> 00:10:29.800 That they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions. 00:10:29.800 --> 00:10:32.420 They have teachers which will tell them what they want to hear. 00:10:32.840 --> 00:10:36.400 And will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths. 00:10:38.940 --> 00:10:40.760 And immediately we see that. 00:10:40.940 --> 00:10:42.340 That's there in modern day, don't we? 00:10:44.180 --> 00:10:46.760 Here, God says, is what happens when you reject my word. 00:10:47.720 --> 00:10:49.300 There are dire consequences. 00:10:50.960 --> 00:10:56.220 But one thing God says to you, don't think that by wishing me away that I'll just disappear. 00:10:57.880 --> 00:10:59.420 You see this in verses 11 to 12. 00:10:59.900 --> 00:11:03.800 The people say to the prophets, stop confronting us with the Holy One of Israel. 00:11:05.020 --> 00:11:06.360 Look at the next sentence. 00:11:06.360 --> 00:11:09.440 Look at the next sentence in verse 12. 00:11:12.019 --> 00:11:14.960 Therefore, thus says the Holy One of Israel. 00:11:15.379 --> 00:11:17.919 God isn't going to go away just because you don't want to listen to him. 00:11:19.259 --> 00:11:20.200 What is it that he says? 00:11:20.399 --> 00:11:21.620 Look at verse 11 and 12. 00:11:22.139 --> 00:11:22.879 Leave the way. 00:11:23.620 --> 00:11:24.419 Turn aside from the path. 00:11:24.500 --> 00:11:26.360 Let us hear no more about the Holy One of Israel. 00:11:26.639 --> 00:11:28.340 Therefore, thus says the Holy One of Israel. 00:11:28.399 --> 00:11:29.740 Because you despise this word. 00:11:29.899 --> 00:11:31.460 You trust in oppression and perverseness. 00:11:31.840 --> 00:11:32.680 And rely on them. 00:11:32.679 --> 00:11:35.959 He's not going away. 00:11:37.099 --> 00:11:39.839 And God judges rebellious people. 00:11:41.599 --> 00:11:43.659 Now thankfully, that's not the end of the picture, is it? 00:11:44.639 --> 00:11:50.199 Because in chapter 15, verses 15 to 18, we see that God is a God who shows mercy to repentant people. 00:11:51.279 --> 00:11:53.259 He shows mercy to repentant people. 00:11:54.039 --> 00:11:55.299 Look with me at verse 18. 00:11:55.299 --> 00:11:57.479 It's an amazing verse. 00:11:58.899 --> 00:12:00.819 Therefore, the Lord waits to be gracious to you. 00:12:02.299 --> 00:12:05.199 Therefore, he exalts himself to show mercy to you. 00:12:06.479 --> 00:12:07.899 For the Lord is a God of justice. 00:12:09.259 --> 00:12:10.779 And blessed are all those who wait for him. 00:12:10.779 --> 00:12:14.419 It's really the hinge in which the whole chapter turns. 00:12:15.579 --> 00:12:17.480 It's a great picture, isn't it, of who God is. 00:12:18.179 --> 00:12:19.100 There's God who waits. 00:12:20.199 --> 00:12:22.279 He waits to show grace to us. 00:12:22.579 --> 00:12:24.819 Who stands as if on tiptoes. 00:12:25.679 --> 00:12:28.699 Who's eager to show you and me compassion. 00:12:30.100 --> 00:12:32.019 It's another parallel in Isaiah, isn't it? 00:12:32.120 --> 00:12:34.959 Where God is pictured like the father in the prodigal son. 00:12:35.039 --> 00:12:36.299 Remember that story in Luke 15? 00:12:37.240 --> 00:12:38.799 There's the father who's watching. 00:12:39.559 --> 00:12:42.000 Who's waiting for the rebellious son to come back to him. 00:12:42.259 --> 00:12:44.599 Who's waiting to open his arms to receive him. 00:12:44.979 --> 00:12:45.699 And celebrate. 00:12:47.120 --> 00:12:48.039 And it's interesting, isn't it? 00:12:48.039 --> 00:12:52.919 We're told here that God is waiting because he's a God of justice. 00:12:53.079 --> 00:12:53.599 Verse 18. 00:12:55.699 --> 00:12:57.479 You see, God cannot be gracious. 00:12:57.659 --> 00:13:01.879 God cannot be kind and compassionate to you. 00:13:01.879 --> 00:13:07.679 Without also satisfying his justice and his righteousness. 00:13:09.259 --> 00:13:12.200 I think there's always a temptation in our minds. 00:13:12.419 --> 00:13:15.100 To want to pit God's love and grace. 00:13:15.659 --> 00:13:17.779 In some way against his wrath and judgment. 00:13:18.980 --> 00:13:19.639 And his justice. 00:13:20.700 --> 00:13:23.700 All of us want to gravitate to one or the other. 00:13:25.019 --> 00:13:28.179 And yet the Bible says that God is all those things at the same time. 00:13:28.179 --> 00:13:32.939 He is just and merciful at the same time. 00:13:34.319 --> 00:13:36.059 He hates sin. 00:13:37.359 --> 00:13:39.599 And yet he loves his people all at the same time. 00:13:41.479 --> 00:13:45.539 The question for you and me is how can God be both of those things to us? 00:13:46.519 --> 00:13:54.859 How can he be just and punish the sin of which Isaiah calls this sinful and rebellious people? 00:13:55.019 --> 00:13:57.379 Which if we're honest includes you and I, doesn't it? 00:13:58.179 --> 00:14:01.299 How can he be just towards that sin? 00:14:02.559 --> 00:14:06.599 And how can he show us grace and kindness and favour? 00:14:08.539 --> 00:14:11.099 And the answer of the Bible is of course 700 years later. 00:14:12.899 --> 00:14:15.319 It is in the person and the work of the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:14:16.199 --> 00:14:16.839 God's son. 00:14:18.719 --> 00:14:21.779 The Bible tells us, doesn't it, that when Jesus was on the cross. 00:14:21.859 --> 00:14:25.839 When he was hanging on the cross in the middle of the day from noon till 3pm. 00:14:26.399 --> 00:14:27.419 It went dark. 00:14:28.179 --> 00:14:30.379 Darkness descended over the land. 00:14:30.439 --> 00:14:31.379 It wasn't a natural thing. 00:14:31.459 --> 00:14:32.099 It wasn't an eclipse. 00:14:32.219 --> 00:14:33.279 It was a supernatural thing. 00:14:33.359 --> 00:14:34.039 For three hours. 00:14:35.419 --> 00:14:38.539 Because God is showing you and I at the cross. 00:14:38.899 --> 00:14:40.019 By the darkness. 00:14:40.179 --> 00:14:42.779 That judgment is now falling on his son. 00:14:43.759 --> 00:14:44.919 It's falling on Jesus. 00:14:44.919 --> 00:14:49.979 It's a sign that Jesus was bearing the judgment for our sin. 00:14:49.979 --> 00:14:52.559 That God is pouring out his wrath. 00:14:52.979 --> 00:14:57.719 And the judgment that we deserved was poured out of the Lord Jesus instead. 00:14:57.720 --> 00:15:01.519 And so Jesus took hell for us on the cross. 00:15:01.519 --> 00:15:07.159 And you know what that means is that if we have trusted in Jesus. 00:15:07.159 --> 00:15:09.799 If we are in Christ this morning. 00:15:10.899 --> 00:15:13.159 And he took all of that for us. 00:15:13.399 --> 00:15:18.759 The only thing that we have coming to us from God is now grace and compassion. 00:15:18.759 --> 00:15:21.319 And fatherly favour. 00:15:22.799 --> 00:15:24.620 It's at the cross. 00:15:25.039 --> 00:15:29.500 Where God's justice and grace are satisfied at the same time. 00:15:31.000 --> 00:15:31.980 Frank Hendrick wrote. 00:15:32.059 --> 00:15:33.439 We worship at his feet. 00:15:34.399 --> 00:15:36.960 Where wrath and mercy meet. 00:15:38.139 --> 00:15:41.340 And a guilty world is washed by love's pure stream. 00:15:41.340 --> 00:15:42.800 For us. 00:15:43.420 --> 00:15:44.759 He was made sin. 00:15:44.860 --> 00:15:46.139 Oh help me take it in. 00:15:46.940 --> 00:15:48.480 Deep wounds of love. 00:15:48.820 --> 00:15:50.240 Cry out father forgive. 00:15:50.759 --> 00:15:51.300 I worship. 00:15:52.259 --> 00:15:53.920 I worship the lamb who was slain. 00:15:55.660 --> 00:15:57.320 And so Isaiah writes doesn't he. 00:15:57.320 --> 00:15:59.600 The Lord waits to be gracious. 00:16:01.040 --> 00:16:02.019 And then he says. 00:16:02.080 --> 00:16:03.300 Can you see at the end of verse 18. 00:16:03.420 --> 00:16:04.940 Blessed are those who wait for him. 00:16:07.060 --> 00:16:08.460 And you say well that makes sense doesn't it. 00:16:08.540 --> 00:16:10.139 This is in Isaiah's day. 00:16:10.139 --> 00:16:12.500 They are waiting for the saviour to come. 00:16:13.620 --> 00:16:17.799 And if they are waiting for the time when his wrath and his mercy will be satisfied at the same time. 00:16:18.419 --> 00:16:19.740 But Jesus has now come. 00:16:20.779 --> 00:16:22.600 How are you and I meant to wait? 00:16:24.600 --> 00:16:26.120 And the answer to that is our waiting. 00:16:26.220 --> 00:16:27.580 It's not so much a temporal thing. 00:16:27.639 --> 00:16:29.179 That we're waiting for something in the future. 00:16:29.340 --> 00:16:30.259 But if I can put it like this. 00:16:30.840 --> 00:16:33.720 The waiting that we do at the end of verse 18 is a resting. 00:16:36.000 --> 00:16:37.899 That we are not waiting for something to come. 00:16:37.899 --> 00:16:41.340 We are waiting in the sense of resting. 00:16:41.639 --> 00:16:42.879 Which is the word he uses here. 00:16:44.139 --> 00:16:47.179 The attitude that I think Isaiah is lifting up here is an attitude. 00:16:47.959 --> 00:16:49.539 It's the attitude of verse 15. 00:16:50.899 --> 00:16:51.819 Can you see what it says? 00:16:51.939 --> 00:16:52.579 Verse 15. 00:16:52.919 --> 00:16:54.419 For thus says the Lord God. 00:16:54.480 --> 00:16:55.340 The Holy One of Israel. 00:16:55.740 --> 00:16:57.559 In returning and rest. 00:16:59.000 --> 00:16:59.799 You shall be saved. 00:16:59.799 --> 00:17:03.779 In quietness and in trust shall be your strength. 00:17:05.759 --> 00:17:07.220 What's the problem for the people of Judah? 00:17:08.599 --> 00:17:11.680 The problem for the people of Judah is that they thought. 00:17:11.819 --> 00:17:15.259 And they wanted to believe that they could achieve their own safety. 00:17:15.259 --> 00:17:19.759 They thought that they could get salvation for themselves. 00:17:20.480 --> 00:17:23.200 That their well-being depended on what they did. 00:17:23.420 --> 00:17:25.339 So they prance off down to Egypt. 00:17:25.599 --> 00:17:26.579 And they tell the prophet. 00:17:26.700 --> 00:17:28.960 We don't want to hear any more about the Lord God of Israel. 00:17:29.079 --> 00:17:30.379 We've got this under control. 00:17:31.339 --> 00:17:32.400 They're relying on. 00:17:32.460 --> 00:17:34.000 They're trusting in verse 12. 00:17:34.460 --> 00:17:34.819 Oppression. 00:17:34.819 --> 00:17:37.799 They're trusting in deceit. 00:17:39.039 --> 00:17:40.639 And they think they can work it all out. 00:17:40.759 --> 00:17:42.039 And God says you are so wrong. 00:17:42.119 --> 00:17:43.759 You've got it completely upside down. 00:17:44.099 --> 00:17:45.259 He says in repentance. 00:17:45.519 --> 00:17:46.539 In returning to me. 00:17:46.740 --> 00:17:47.399 And resting. 00:17:48.339 --> 00:17:49.439 Is your salvation. 00:17:50.740 --> 00:17:52.639 And in quietness and strength. 00:17:52.759 --> 00:17:53.679 Is your trust. 00:17:57.500 --> 00:17:58.980 To wait for the Lord. 00:17:59.200 --> 00:18:00.919 Is to repent from our sin. 00:18:00.919 --> 00:18:02.059 To turn away from it. 00:18:02.059 --> 00:18:05.099 And to rest in him. 00:18:05.240 --> 00:18:06.019 Is to trust him. 00:18:08.099 --> 00:18:08.940 Now I recognise. 00:18:09.019 --> 00:18:09.819 It's a bit of a challenge isn't it. 00:18:09.839 --> 00:18:10.319 To go from. 00:18:10.859 --> 00:18:12.940 The 8th century before Christ. 00:18:13.559 --> 00:18:14.919 To come right up to 2016. 00:18:15.079 --> 00:18:16.960 How do you connect this to our lives? 00:18:18.359 --> 00:18:20.740 You are not a chosen nation state. 00:18:22.179 --> 00:18:23.419 And we are not tempted. 00:18:23.579 --> 00:18:24.619 To seek an alliance. 00:18:24.720 --> 00:18:25.819 With a neighbouring country. 00:18:26.639 --> 00:18:28.259 Against the direct command of God. 00:18:28.259 --> 00:18:28.960 That's not us. 00:18:29.339 --> 00:18:31.220 But I think what we read in this chapter. 00:18:32.059 --> 00:18:33.519 Gets very close. 00:18:33.659 --> 00:18:34.720 To the big issue. 00:18:34.919 --> 00:18:35.399 In your life. 00:18:35.460 --> 00:18:35.839 And in mine. 00:18:35.879 --> 00:18:36.779 Of who you are. 00:18:37.559 --> 00:18:38.259 And who I am. 00:18:39.480 --> 00:18:40.659 So I want to try to play it. 00:18:40.720 --> 00:18:41.940 On an objective level. 00:18:42.019 --> 00:18:43.059 And then a subjective level. 00:18:44.460 --> 00:18:45.779 And in an objective level. 00:18:45.859 --> 00:18:47.539 In terms of how we relate to God. 00:18:48.639 --> 00:18:49.779 And then a subjective level. 00:18:49.819 --> 00:18:51.359 How does this work itself out. 00:18:51.480 --> 00:18:52.639 In our daily lives. 00:18:53.759 --> 00:18:54.700 So let me ask you. 00:18:54.740 --> 00:18:55.559 The objective question. 00:18:55.700 --> 00:18:55.859 Okay. 00:18:55.859 --> 00:18:56.819 Let me ask you. 00:18:56.960 --> 00:18:58.579 How are you and I. 00:18:59.119 --> 00:19:00.319 Accepted by God. 00:19:00.319 --> 00:19:01.779 To begin with. 00:19:03.299 --> 00:19:04.539 How are you and I. 00:19:05.059 --> 00:19:06.179 Accepted by God. 00:19:06.339 --> 00:19:06.899 To begin with. 00:19:08.299 --> 00:19:09.099 You can ask that question. 00:19:09.200 --> 00:19:09.639 A number of ways. 00:19:09.759 --> 00:19:09.879 Isn't it? 00:19:10.339 --> 00:19:11.059 One question I'm asking. 00:19:11.439 --> 00:19:12.960 How can we be saved. 00:19:13.059 --> 00:19:13.439 By God. 00:19:13.480 --> 00:19:14.240 How can we be rescued. 00:19:14.359 --> 00:19:14.740 By God. 00:19:14.939 --> 00:19:16.079 Or to put it another way. 00:19:16.960 --> 00:19:17.720 How can I be sure. 00:19:17.779 --> 00:19:18.419 I get to heaven. 00:19:20.059 --> 00:19:20.639 I read the story. 00:19:20.819 --> 00:19:21.220 A while ago. 00:19:21.279 --> 00:19:21.939 Of a Sunday school teacher. 00:19:22.000 --> 00:19:22.299 In America. 00:19:22.779 --> 00:19:23.799 Who wanted to explain. 00:19:23.859 --> 00:19:24.500 To six year olds. 00:19:24.500 --> 00:19:25.200 In his class. 00:19:25.899 --> 00:19:26.559 What it was. 00:19:26.599 --> 00:19:27.439 That somebody had to do. 00:19:27.500 --> 00:19:28.319 In order to get to heaven. 00:19:28.319 --> 00:19:30.099 And he wanted to find out. 00:19:30.179 --> 00:19:30.679 Where the kids were. 00:19:30.759 --> 00:19:31.119 In the question. 00:19:31.240 --> 00:19:32.339 So he asked him a few questions. 00:19:32.460 --> 00:19:32.720 He said. 00:19:32.939 --> 00:19:34.119 If I sold my house. 00:19:34.220 --> 00:19:35.000 And my car. 00:19:35.859 --> 00:19:36.839 And I had a big. 00:19:37.439 --> 00:19:38.399 Garage sale. 00:19:39.159 --> 00:19:40.460 And I gave all the money. 00:19:40.539 --> 00:19:40.919 To the poor. 00:19:41.839 --> 00:19:42.619 Would that get me. 00:19:42.679 --> 00:19:42.980 Into heaven. 00:19:43.779 --> 00:19:45.119 And the chorus of the class. 00:19:45.240 --> 00:19:45.980 Was no. 00:19:46.139 --> 00:19:47.000 That would not get you. 00:19:47.079 --> 00:19:47.359 Into heaven. 00:19:48.539 --> 00:19:49.559 So he encouraged by this. 00:19:49.579 --> 00:19:50.299 He asked another question. 00:19:50.379 --> 00:19:51.339 If I cleaned the church. 00:19:51.379 --> 00:19:52.039 Every day. 00:19:52.039 --> 00:19:53.240 And if I mowed the church. 00:19:53.500 --> 00:19:53.899 Lawn. 00:19:54.359 --> 00:19:55.359 And I kept everything. 00:19:55.480 --> 00:19:56.039 Neat and tidy. 00:19:56.159 --> 00:19:56.619 Around the church. 00:19:56.700 --> 00:19:57.279 Would that get me. 00:19:57.379 --> 00:19:57.639 Into heaven. 00:19:58.839 --> 00:19:59.339 And again. 00:19:59.419 --> 00:19:59.839 They say. 00:20:00.000 --> 00:20:00.359 No. 00:20:00.460 --> 00:20:01.159 It's not going to. 00:20:01.279 --> 00:20:01.859 Get you to heaven. 00:20:03.059 --> 00:20:03.839 And so he said. 00:20:03.899 --> 00:20:04.579 If I was kind. 00:20:04.659 --> 00:20:05.399 To animals. 00:20:06.419 --> 00:20:07.279 If I gave. 00:20:07.399 --> 00:20:08.399 All my sweets away. 00:20:08.480 --> 00:20:09.019 To the children. 00:20:09.339 --> 00:20:10.700 If I love my wife. 00:20:10.839 --> 00:20:11.799 Would that get me. 00:20:11.899 --> 00:20:12.319 Into heaven. 00:20:12.619 --> 00:20:13.319 And they all say. 00:20:13.419 --> 00:20:13.740 No. 00:20:13.839 --> 00:20:14.359 That's not going to. 00:20:14.359 --> 00:20:14.939 Get you into heaven. 00:20:16.399 --> 00:20:17.099 So he looks out. 00:20:17.099 --> 00:20:17.799 At the whole class. 00:20:17.899 --> 00:20:18.220 And he says. 00:20:18.319 --> 00:20:19.319 So how can I get to heaven. 00:20:20.379 --> 00:20:21.019 One little boy. 00:20:21.099 --> 00:20:21.579 Puts his hand up. 00:20:21.639 --> 00:20:22.379 At the back of class. 00:20:23.419 --> 00:20:24.039 The man says. 00:20:24.119 --> 00:20:24.460 Yes. 00:20:24.740 --> 00:20:25.779 How do I get to heaven. 00:20:26.679 --> 00:20:27.099 He says. 00:20:27.119 --> 00:20:27.779 You've got to be dead. 00:20:27.779 --> 00:20:28.779 Right. 00:20:29.819 --> 00:20:30.799 It's absolutely rude. 00:20:30.940 --> 00:20:31.220 It's like. 00:20:32.480 --> 00:20:33.099 So we know. 00:20:33.160 --> 00:20:33.420 You've got to. 00:20:33.539 --> 00:20:34.119 You've got to die. 00:20:34.359 --> 00:20:34.599 Right. 00:20:35.299 --> 00:20:36.059 But before that. 00:20:36.160 --> 00:20:36.759 How do you. 00:20:36.839 --> 00:20:37.599 How do we get to heaven. 00:20:37.599 --> 00:20:40.939 How can you and I know. 00:20:40.939 --> 00:20:41.500 This morning. 00:20:41.619 --> 00:20:42.379 That we are qualified. 00:20:42.379 --> 00:20:43.500 That we are accepted. 00:20:43.500 --> 00:20:44.759 By the living God. 00:20:44.819 --> 00:20:45.859 Because there is. 00:20:45.980 --> 00:20:46.439 Believe it or not. 00:20:46.480 --> 00:20:47.240 Nothing more important. 00:20:49.119 --> 00:20:50.519 The majority view. 00:20:50.599 --> 00:20:51.299 In our culture. 00:20:51.559 --> 00:20:52.139 Is that God. 00:20:52.480 --> 00:20:53.039 Accepts us. 00:20:53.199 --> 00:20:53.639 Basically. 00:20:54.259 --> 00:20:55.299 On how good we are. 00:20:58.939 --> 00:20:59.819 So if somebody. 00:21:00.039 --> 00:21:00.719 Is religious. 00:21:01.079 --> 00:21:01.179 Or. 00:21:01.259 --> 00:21:01.639 Can I say. 00:21:01.719 --> 00:21:02.019 Moral. 00:21:02.059 --> 00:21:02.419 And you say. 00:21:02.480 --> 00:21:02.759 Do you think. 00:21:02.759 --> 00:21:03.640 You're going to heaven. 00:21:05.039 --> 00:21:05.519 You say. 00:21:05.559 --> 00:21:06.220 That's your mates. 00:21:06.440 --> 00:21:07.019 They would. 00:21:07.460 --> 00:21:07.900 Probably. 00:21:08.240 --> 00:21:08.579 Say. 00:21:08.920 --> 00:21:09.319 Yes. 00:21:11.220 --> 00:21:11.599 And then. 00:21:11.680 --> 00:21:12.160 If you ask them. 00:21:12.299 --> 00:21:12.460 What. 00:21:12.599 --> 00:21:13.339 Why do you think. 00:21:13.420 --> 00:21:14.700 That you are going to heaven. 00:21:14.859 --> 00:21:15.160 They would. 00:21:15.359 --> 00:21:15.720 Basically. 00:21:15.960 --> 00:21:16.279 Say. 00:21:18.400 --> 00:21:18.759 Because. 00:21:18.920 --> 00:21:19.079 I'm. 00:21:19.480 --> 00:21:20.180 A good person. 00:21:20.420 --> 00:21:20.740 Probably. 00:21:23.119 --> 00:21:23.440 Now. 00:21:23.559 --> 00:21:24.000 Let's just. 00:21:24.140 --> 00:21:24.940 Try and work that out. 00:21:25.019 --> 00:21:25.720 Let's assume. 00:21:26.379 --> 00:21:27.259 That is the basis. 00:21:27.259 --> 00:21:27.819 On which. 00:21:28.019 --> 00:21:28.259 God. 00:21:28.379 --> 00:21:29.119 Makes the decision. 00:21:29.240 --> 00:21:29.519 Of whether. 00:21:29.619 --> 00:21:30.139 You get into heaven. 00:21:30.279 --> 00:21:30.519 Or not. 00:21:31.319 --> 00:21:31.740 Whether God. 00:21:31.839 --> 00:21:32.200 Accepts you. 00:21:32.299 --> 00:21:32.419 Or me. 00:21:32.500 --> 00:21:32.740 Or not. 00:21:33.659 --> 00:21:34.339 The question. 00:21:34.460 --> 00:21:34.779 Becomes. 00:21:34.899 --> 00:21:35.659 How good. 00:21:35.759 --> 00:21:36.419 Is good enough. 00:21:37.599 --> 00:21:38.139 How good. 00:21:38.220 --> 00:21:38.779 Is good enough. 00:21:38.899 --> 00:21:39.480 To get you into heaven. 00:21:39.659 --> 00:21:40.740 Or to put it more crass. 00:21:40.819 --> 00:21:41.939 What's the pass mark. 00:21:42.899 --> 00:21:44.200 What is God's pass mark. 00:21:46.159 --> 00:21:46.599 75%. 00:21:46.599 --> 00:21:49.039 Let's say. 00:21:49.359 --> 00:21:50.359 75% of the time. 00:21:50.399 --> 00:21:50.919 You are loving. 00:21:51.079 --> 00:21:51.679 And generous. 00:21:51.819 --> 00:21:52.619 And you get good manners. 00:21:52.720 --> 00:21:53.500 Will that get you into heaven. 00:21:55.200 --> 00:21:55.899 Some of you might think. 00:21:55.939 --> 00:21:56.759 Well it's a little bit high. 00:21:56.859 --> 00:21:57.079 Isn't it. 00:21:57.079 --> 00:21:58.480 Let's try 60%. 00:21:58.480 --> 00:22:00.439 I think the pass mark. 00:22:00.519 --> 00:22:01.119 When I was in school. 00:22:01.179 --> 00:22:01.519 For example. 00:22:01.599 --> 00:22:03.099 Was 45%. 00:22:03.099 --> 00:22:04.859 Maybe that's it. 00:22:04.899 --> 00:22:06.019 Let's say 45%. 00:22:06.019 --> 00:22:06.319 Okay. 00:22:08.339 --> 00:22:09.699 It's a little bit grotesque. 00:22:09.819 --> 00:22:10.019 Isn't it. 00:22:11.319 --> 00:22:12.519 Trying to set a pass mark. 00:22:14.359 --> 00:22:15.720 But you have to do that. 00:22:17.019 --> 00:22:18.319 You have to do that. 00:22:18.319 --> 00:22:19.119 If you say. 00:22:19.220 --> 00:22:20.319 God accepts good people. 00:22:21.819 --> 00:22:22.819 You have to be able to say. 00:22:22.919 --> 00:22:23.319 Okay. 00:22:23.419 --> 00:22:24.259 I'm good enough. 00:22:25.199 --> 00:22:26.339 Well you have to define. 00:22:26.460 --> 00:22:27.000 Don't you want it. 00:22:27.000 --> 00:22:27.480 Enough. 00:22:27.720 --> 00:22:28.599 So let's say. 00:22:28.599 --> 00:22:29.759 You and your best friend. 00:22:29.920 --> 00:22:31.079 You lived on this basis. 00:22:31.440 --> 00:22:32.599 And by some remarkable coincidence. 00:22:33.380 --> 00:22:34.640 You died on the same day. 00:22:34.799 --> 00:22:35.900 Some accident with the E1. 00:22:36.779 --> 00:22:37.619 And you both. 00:22:38.180 --> 00:22:38.619 Arrive. 00:22:38.980 --> 00:22:39.980 At the gates of heaven. 00:22:41.019 --> 00:22:42.059 And you come before God. 00:22:42.140 --> 00:22:43.119 To get your grades. 00:22:45.299 --> 00:22:46.259 And God says to your friend. 00:22:46.660 --> 00:22:48.279 You really kind of find it new. 00:22:49.500 --> 00:22:50.619 You kind of close. 00:22:50.759 --> 00:22:50.960 But. 00:22:51.160 --> 00:22:52.259 I'm really pleased to tell you. 00:22:52.319 --> 00:22:53.599 You got 46%. 00:22:53.599 --> 00:22:54.220 You're in. 00:22:55.200 --> 00:22:56.240 And you get to enjoy. 00:22:56.240 --> 00:22:56.819 All the beauty. 00:22:56.900 --> 00:22:57.759 And all the splendor. 00:22:57.819 --> 00:22:58.519 Of eternal life. 00:22:58.600 --> 00:22:59.519 In heaven forever. 00:23:00.640 --> 00:23:01.799 The friend is so delighted. 00:23:01.900 --> 00:23:02.620 He beats. 00:23:05.100 --> 00:23:05.880 And God turns to you. 00:23:05.940 --> 00:23:06.140 And he says. 00:23:06.200 --> 00:23:07.100 I'm really. 00:23:07.099 --> 00:23:08.480 Really sorry. 00:23:08.579 --> 00:23:09.319 To have to tell you this. 00:23:11.439 --> 00:23:12.879 You were really close. 00:23:12.980 --> 00:23:14.879 But you got 44.5%. 00:23:14.879 --> 00:23:17.159 You just. 00:23:17.659 --> 00:23:19.659 You just weren't quite good enough. 00:23:19.779 --> 00:23:20.519 You were nearly there. 00:23:20.519 --> 00:23:22.539 But not good enough. 00:23:22.639 --> 00:23:23.759 And you get to spend eternity. 00:23:24.000 --> 00:23:24.359 In hell. 00:23:26.940 --> 00:23:27.579 That to me. 00:23:27.720 --> 00:23:29.319 Is the most grotesque. 00:23:29.680 --> 00:23:30.079 Imitation. 00:23:30.319 --> 00:23:30.819 Of a God. 00:23:30.940 --> 00:23:31.759 That I can think of. 00:23:32.059 --> 00:23:32.539 It's horrific. 00:23:34.859 --> 00:23:35.200 And yet. 00:23:35.259 --> 00:23:35.720 I want to say to you. 00:23:35.779 --> 00:23:36.960 That is the logical. 00:23:37.539 --> 00:23:37.900 Outworking. 00:23:38.059 --> 00:23:39.639 Of the majority view. 00:23:39.720 --> 00:23:40.259 Of how you and I. 00:23:40.339 --> 00:23:40.740 Get to heaven. 00:23:42.720 --> 00:23:43.299 And thankfully. 00:23:43.379 --> 00:23:43.920 Isaiah says. 00:23:43.980 --> 00:23:45.180 That is not how God works at all. 00:23:46.279 --> 00:23:47.180 But Isaiah says. 00:23:47.259 --> 00:23:47.859 In repentance. 00:23:47.859 --> 00:23:49.219 In returning and rest. 00:23:49.339 --> 00:23:50.159 Is your salvation. 00:23:50.339 --> 00:23:50.939 In quietness. 00:23:51.000 --> 00:23:51.379 And trust. 00:23:51.459 --> 00:23:52.039 Is your strength. 00:23:54.079 --> 00:23:55.059 Because the reality is. 00:23:55.139 --> 00:23:55.799 Isn't it the past line. 00:23:55.939 --> 00:23:56.259 Actually. 00:23:56.359 --> 00:23:57.059 The Bible tells us. 00:23:57.079 --> 00:23:57.899 Is 100%. 00:23:57.899 --> 00:23:59.779 Which means. 00:23:59.839 --> 00:24:00.519 I need to tell you this. 00:24:00.559 --> 00:24:01.279 You have failed. 00:24:02.059 --> 00:24:02.759 As I have. 00:24:03.959 --> 00:24:05.079 And there is only one person. 00:24:05.179 --> 00:24:06.019 Who did not fail the test. 00:24:06.099 --> 00:24:06.939 And that is the Lord Jesus. 00:24:06.939 --> 00:24:08.039 Who came into this world. 00:24:08.099 --> 00:24:09.299 And he lived the perfect life. 00:24:09.319 --> 00:24:10.219 And he passed the test. 00:24:12.439 --> 00:24:13.459 And then he goes. 00:24:13.459 --> 00:24:14.740 As the qualified one. 00:24:14.799 --> 00:24:15.399 To the cross. 00:24:15.500 --> 00:24:16.399 To die on the cross. 00:24:16.500 --> 00:24:17.339 To pay for the fact. 00:24:17.339 --> 00:24:18.740 That everybody else has failed. 00:24:21.779 --> 00:24:22.759 And if you trust. 00:24:22.839 --> 00:24:23.659 That he took the test. 00:24:23.799 --> 00:24:24.179 For you. 00:24:25.099 --> 00:24:26.399 That he died on the cross. 00:24:26.519 --> 00:24:26.919 For you. 00:24:26.980 --> 00:24:27.359 He says. 00:24:27.399 --> 00:24:28.119 You get the benefits. 00:24:28.159 --> 00:24:28.799 Of all eternity. 00:24:28.959 --> 00:24:29.579 By my grace. 00:24:29.619 --> 00:24:30.299 And by my mercy. 00:24:32.179 --> 00:24:33.179 Do you see the good news. 00:24:33.220 --> 00:24:33.639 Of the gospel. 00:24:33.759 --> 00:24:35.079 It's not what you have to do. 00:24:36.480 --> 00:24:37.279 To live as a Christian. 00:24:37.359 --> 00:24:38.359 It's not about doing. 00:24:38.500 --> 00:24:39.720 It's about what has been done. 00:24:39.720 --> 00:24:40.579 By Christ. 00:24:42.759 --> 00:24:44.139 It's what Christ has done for you. 00:24:44.220 --> 00:24:45.419 And you rest in that. 00:24:45.519 --> 00:24:45.879 Don't you? 00:24:45.880 --> 00:24:47.620 You give up your trying. 00:24:47.760 --> 00:24:49.180 You walk away from your sin. 00:24:50.080 --> 00:24:51.700 And you repent of all. 00:24:51.920 --> 00:24:52.980 That he died for. 00:24:53.300 --> 00:24:54.140 And if you do that. 00:24:54.260 --> 00:24:55.800 On an ongoing business. 00:24:55.960 --> 00:24:57.200 It's not just when you become a Christian. 00:24:57.300 --> 00:24:58.400 You repent of everything. 00:24:58.900 --> 00:25:00.000 And you just move on. 00:25:00.080 --> 00:25:00.240 No. 00:25:00.300 --> 00:25:01.800 It's a daily thing. 00:25:03.400 --> 00:25:04.660 It's a daily thing. 00:25:04.720 --> 00:25:05.040 Because. 00:25:05.520 --> 00:25:06.440 Our repentance. 00:25:06.780 --> 00:25:07.580 Day by day. 00:25:07.760 --> 00:25:08.120 Our. 00:25:08.119 --> 00:25:09.159 Returning. 00:25:09.159 --> 00:25:10.199 And resting. 00:25:12.399 --> 00:25:13.439 Drives us every day. 00:25:13.500 --> 00:25:13.899 To Jesus. 00:25:16.379 --> 00:25:16.879 And so. 00:25:16.959 --> 00:25:17.679 If you are a Christian. 00:25:17.819 --> 00:25:18.500 You will realize. 00:25:18.699 --> 00:25:19.479 That you need Jesus. 00:25:19.639 --> 00:25:20.099 More now. 00:25:20.159 --> 00:25:20.799 Than you ever did. 00:25:22.639 --> 00:25:23.579 And that you and I. 00:25:23.659 --> 00:25:25.019 We cannot save ourselves. 00:25:26.339 --> 00:25:27.419 But praise God. 00:25:27.500 --> 00:25:27.759 Jesus. 00:25:28.159 --> 00:25:28.519 Come. 00:25:28.599 --> 00:25:29.339 And Jesus has. 00:25:31.000 --> 00:25:32.299 Now that is great news. 00:25:32.359 --> 00:25:32.619 Isn't it? 00:25:32.639 --> 00:25:33.500 In and of itself. 00:25:33.500 --> 00:25:36.539 But if you take. 00:25:36.720 --> 00:25:38.160 That objective reality. 00:25:39.559 --> 00:25:40.660 And you apply it. 00:25:40.720 --> 00:25:41.400 To your life. 00:25:41.519 --> 00:25:42.440 It actually changes. 00:25:42.599 --> 00:25:44.000 The subjective reality. 00:25:44.140 --> 00:25:44.880 How we feel. 00:25:44.960 --> 00:25:45.660 And how we live. 00:25:47.079 --> 00:25:47.920 I want to say to you. 00:25:47.960 --> 00:25:48.319 It changes. 00:25:48.440 --> 00:25:48.960 How you look. 00:25:48.980 --> 00:25:49.619 At your week. 00:25:50.900 --> 00:25:52.099 I wonder what this coming week. 00:25:52.099 --> 00:25:52.740 Holds for you. 00:25:54.160 --> 00:25:54.880 If we take. 00:25:55.039 --> 00:25:56.440 The objective reality. 00:25:56.440 --> 00:25:57.819 Of what Christ has done. 00:25:57.859 --> 00:25:58.359 And apply it. 00:25:58.359 --> 00:25:59.279 It changes everything. 00:26:00.799 --> 00:26:01.440 And one of the things. 00:26:01.460 --> 00:26:02.180 Isaiah does here. 00:26:02.259 --> 00:26:02.759 Is to help us. 00:26:02.759 --> 00:26:03.759 Help us understand. 00:26:03.920 --> 00:26:05.319 What the rest of our week. 00:26:05.460 --> 00:26:05.960 Should look like. 00:26:07.879 --> 00:26:08.819 Because underneath. 00:26:09.180 --> 00:26:10.299 All the work. 00:26:10.440 --> 00:26:11.039 That you and I. 00:26:11.160 --> 00:26:11.779 Do in life. 00:26:13.000 --> 00:26:14.059 I'm talking about paid work. 00:26:14.140 --> 00:26:15.379 I'm talking about work at home. 00:26:15.740 --> 00:26:16.640 Unpaid work. 00:26:17.039 --> 00:26:17.839 House chores. 00:26:18.059 --> 00:26:18.740 Our daily. 00:26:19.019 --> 00:26:19.339 Toilet. 00:26:19.359 --> 00:26:19.859 Our studies. 00:26:20.200 --> 00:26:21.319 All the stuff. 00:26:21.420 --> 00:26:22.299 That we do. 00:26:23.740 --> 00:26:25.359 Beneath all the work. 00:26:26.019 --> 00:26:27.059 There's another work. 00:26:27.059 --> 00:26:27.660 Going on. 00:26:28.640 --> 00:26:29.660 It's the work. 00:26:29.779 --> 00:26:30.619 Beneath the work. 00:26:30.740 --> 00:26:31.220 If you can understand. 00:26:31.220 --> 00:26:34.039 Because in everything we do. 00:26:34.100 --> 00:26:34.799 The temptation is. 00:26:34.860 --> 00:26:36.019 We want to prove ourselves. 00:26:37.059 --> 00:26:39.140 We want to justify ourselves. 00:26:39.519 --> 00:26:41.200 We want to make ourselves. 00:26:41.420 --> 00:26:42.180 Feel like. 00:26:42.420 --> 00:26:43.660 We're okay in life. 00:26:44.860 --> 00:26:46.640 We want to impress other people. 00:26:46.779 --> 00:26:48.000 We want to impress ourselves. 00:26:48.000 --> 00:26:48.660 First of all. 00:26:48.920 --> 00:26:50.019 And we want to make ourselves. 00:26:50.019 --> 00:26:50.600 Feel better. 00:26:50.839 --> 00:26:51.680 We want to make ourselves. 00:26:51.680 --> 00:26:53.180 Feel that we really matter. 00:26:53.180 --> 00:26:56.519 And whatever you are doing. 00:26:58.840 --> 00:27:00.340 Whatever the work. 00:27:00.680 --> 00:27:02.380 Underneath the work is. 00:27:03.080 --> 00:27:04.560 That is what you're really trusting in. 00:27:04.600 --> 00:27:05.220 For your security. 00:27:05.620 --> 00:27:06.320 It's your Egypt. 00:27:07.279 --> 00:27:08.600 It's what you're going to run to. 00:27:08.860 --> 00:27:09.700 To find your security. 00:27:09.920 --> 00:27:10.680 So it could be your job. 00:27:12.100 --> 00:27:13.160 It could be money. 00:27:13.279 --> 00:27:14.259 It could be your relationship. 00:27:14.480 --> 00:27:15.820 It could be your reputation. 00:27:15.900 --> 00:27:16.500 It could be anything. 00:27:16.820 --> 00:27:18.420 What is it that you look for. 00:27:18.460 --> 00:27:19.080 For meaning. 00:27:19.500 --> 00:27:20.700 What is the work. 00:27:20.820 --> 00:27:22.019 Behind the work. 00:27:22.019 --> 00:27:25.339 Let me give you a couple of examples of this. 00:27:25.559 --> 00:27:26.319 Madonna the singer. 00:27:27.059 --> 00:27:27.839 Sometimes singer. 00:27:28.799 --> 00:27:29.519 She wrote this. 00:27:30.279 --> 00:27:31.980 Every time I accomplish something. 00:27:32.279 --> 00:27:34.059 I feel like a special human being. 00:27:35.119 --> 00:27:36.299 But after a little while. 00:27:36.379 --> 00:27:37.039 I feel mediocre. 00:27:37.940 --> 00:27:39.059 And uninteresting again. 00:27:39.059 --> 00:27:41.460 I find that I have to get past this. 00:27:41.519 --> 00:27:42.779 Again and again in life. 00:27:43.119 --> 00:27:45.599 My drive is from the horrible fear. 00:27:45.839 --> 00:27:47.160 Of being mediocre. 00:27:47.660 --> 00:27:48.980 I have to prove. 00:27:49.279 --> 00:27:50.180 I am somebody. 00:27:52.019 --> 00:27:53.559 It's the work beneath the work. 00:27:54.839 --> 00:27:55.960 Remember he can charge a fire. 00:27:56.379 --> 00:27:56.900 And with Eric Liddell. 00:27:57.000 --> 00:27:58.019 Who wouldn't race on a Sunday. 00:27:58.299 --> 00:28:00.059 Wouldn't take part in the Ealing Half Marathon. 00:28:02.039 --> 00:28:03.119 Which we all applaud. 00:28:03.879 --> 00:28:04.519 And figure's right. 00:28:06.379 --> 00:28:06.960 And then. 00:28:07.039 --> 00:28:08.000 And there's Harold Abrams. 00:28:08.160 --> 00:28:08.359 Isn't there? 00:28:08.819 --> 00:28:09.400 Harold Abrams. 00:28:09.500 --> 00:28:09.900 Is the guy. 00:28:10.599 --> 00:28:11.319 The Jewish guy. 00:28:11.400 --> 00:28:12.220 Who's running the 100 meters. 00:28:13.000 --> 00:28:13.740 And he's a competitor. 00:28:13.900 --> 00:28:15.000 Do you remember in the film. 00:28:15.059 --> 00:28:15.740 In that Olympic race. 00:28:15.940 --> 00:28:16.940 Right before that final. 00:28:17.119 --> 00:28:17.819 Abrams says. 00:28:17.819 --> 00:28:18.819 I have 10 seconds. 00:28:18.819 --> 00:28:19.379 10 seconds. 00:28:19.819 --> 00:28:21.200 To justify my existence. 00:28:22.419 --> 00:28:23.859 The work beneath the work. 00:28:23.960 --> 00:28:24.299 Do you see it? 00:28:25.879 --> 00:28:26.960 And all of us do it. 00:28:28.519 --> 00:28:30.339 And whatever your work is. 00:28:30.419 --> 00:28:31.439 Beneath your work. 00:28:31.539 --> 00:28:32.619 It leaves you restless. 00:28:34.700 --> 00:28:36.359 Because it never achieves. 00:28:36.419 --> 00:28:37.960 What we hope it will achieve. 00:28:38.759 --> 00:28:40.059 We never find. 00:28:40.200 --> 00:28:41.759 What we're ultimately looking for. 00:28:42.359 --> 00:28:43.539 There's no rest. 00:28:44.899 --> 00:28:45.859 There's no rest. 00:28:45.859 --> 00:28:49.279 And God comes and says. 00:28:49.500 --> 00:28:50.039 Can you see it? 00:28:50.659 --> 00:28:51.539 In verse 15. 00:28:51.719 --> 00:28:52.359 In returning. 00:28:52.559 --> 00:28:53.199 In repentance. 00:28:53.599 --> 00:28:54.439 And rest. 00:28:55.459 --> 00:28:56.539 Is your salvation. 00:29:01.599 --> 00:29:03.319 He says there's a deep rest. 00:29:04.559 --> 00:29:05.839 There's a deep rest. 00:29:05.839 --> 00:29:06.879 That saves you. 00:29:07.199 --> 00:29:07.879 From the work. 00:29:08.000 --> 00:29:08.759 Beneath the work. 00:29:10.139 --> 00:29:10.859 Augustine says. 00:29:10.939 --> 00:29:11.899 Our hearts are restless. 00:29:12.959 --> 00:29:14.519 Until they find their rest in me. 00:29:14.519 --> 00:29:18.400 Think about your sleep. 00:29:19.259 --> 00:29:19.599 I'm told. 00:29:19.700 --> 00:29:19.759 Listen. 00:29:19.799 --> 00:29:20.660 My mother used to say that. 00:29:21.000 --> 00:29:22.559 An hour before midnight. 00:29:22.700 --> 00:29:23.859 Is worth two hours afterwards. 00:29:24.799 --> 00:29:25.039 That. 00:29:25.220 --> 00:29:25.740 That's not. 00:29:26.139 --> 00:29:26.980 It somehow works. 00:29:27.019 --> 00:29:28.240 But it doesn't make any sense at all. 00:29:28.279 --> 00:29:28.539 Does it? 00:29:28.559 --> 00:29:29.559 That if you get to sleep before midnight. 00:29:30.039 --> 00:29:30.900 But there is something. 00:29:31.000 --> 00:29:31.359 That's there called. 00:29:31.480 --> 00:29:32.480 REM sleep. 00:29:33.379 --> 00:29:34.900 Rapid eye movement sleep. 00:29:35.200 --> 00:29:35.819 That if you get. 00:29:36.000 --> 00:29:36.759 REM sleep. 00:29:36.759 --> 00:29:37.700 For an hour or two. 00:29:37.839 --> 00:29:38.139 A night. 00:29:38.539 --> 00:29:39.039 Two or a night. 00:29:39.220 --> 00:29:40.000 That determines. 00:29:40.000 --> 00:29:41.660 Whether you are properly rested. 00:29:41.980 --> 00:29:42.339 Or not. 00:29:42.339 --> 00:29:45.819 And when it comes to your overall life. 00:29:45.919 --> 00:29:46.839 That is the kind of rest. 00:29:46.919 --> 00:29:47.559 God says. 00:29:48.299 --> 00:29:48.959 I need. 00:29:51.000 --> 00:29:51.740 God says to you. 00:29:51.759 --> 00:29:52.839 I can give you the rest. 00:29:53.139 --> 00:29:54.899 So you really feel rested. 00:29:56.179 --> 00:29:57.359 I can give you the rest. 00:29:57.419 --> 00:29:57.859 Jesus says. 00:29:57.919 --> 00:30:00.019 So that you can stop trying to prove yourself all the time. 00:30:00.779 --> 00:30:01.779 That you can stop trying to prove. 00:30:01.839 --> 00:30:02.619 That you are good enough. 00:30:02.659 --> 00:30:03.619 That you are smart enough. 00:30:03.879 --> 00:30:05.379 And the way you find that rest. 00:30:05.480 --> 00:30:05.879 Is where? 00:30:05.879 --> 00:30:07.720 Well it's if you come back to the cross again. 00:30:10.079 --> 00:30:11.279 Gospel writers tell us. 00:30:11.279 --> 00:30:12.259 That when Jesus died on the cross. 00:30:12.319 --> 00:30:13.220 He said a number of things. 00:30:13.319 --> 00:30:13.680 And he said. 00:30:13.879 --> 00:30:14.619 Father forgive them. 00:30:14.680 --> 00:30:15.920 For they don't know what they are doing. 00:30:16.279 --> 00:30:16.619 He said. 00:30:16.660 --> 00:30:17.339 I thirst. 00:30:19.680 --> 00:30:20.139 He said. 00:30:20.160 --> 00:30:20.519 My God. 00:30:20.559 --> 00:30:20.839 My God. 00:30:20.879 --> 00:30:21.639 Why have you forsaken me? 00:30:21.779 --> 00:30:23.200 But the last thing he said. 00:30:23.399 --> 00:30:23.759 Was. 00:30:24.819 --> 00:30:25.579 On the cross. 00:30:25.680 --> 00:30:26.379 It is finished. 00:30:26.680 --> 00:30:29.379 It is finished. 00:30:30.099 --> 00:30:30.839 Was he saying. 00:30:30.920 --> 00:30:31.599 I am finished. 00:30:32.000 --> 00:30:32.339 No. 00:30:33.819 --> 00:30:34.660 He is saying. 00:30:35.700 --> 00:30:37.799 The work that you gave me to do. 00:30:37.799 --> 00:30:38.359 Father. 00:30:38.359 --> 00:30:38.439 Father. 00:30:39.519 --> 00:30:41.119 The work that would make. 00:30:42.079 --> 00:30:42.979 Your people. 00:30:43.459 --> 00:30:44.379 Acceptable to you. 00:30:44.519 --> 00:30:45.319 That work. 00:30:45.479 --> 00:30:46.279 Is finished. 00:30:49.839 --> 00:30:51.539 It's the work that he has done. 00:30:51.639 --> 00:30:53.099 To prove that we are loved. 00:30:53.240 --> 00:30:54.079 And we are accepted. 00:30:54.319 --> 00:30:55.319 And we are delighted in. 00:30:55.359 --> 00:30:56.199 By the God of the universe. 00:30:58.759 --> 00:31:00.299 And so once you get that. 00:31:01.339 --> 00:31:02.819 Once you realize that. 00:31:02.899 --> 00:31:03.959 Then you continue to work. 00:31:03.960 --> 00:31:07.259 It's not as if we stop doing. 00:31:07.440 --> 00:31:08.100 All that we do. 00:31:08.519 --> 00:31:10.079 That work is just work. 00:31:11.000 --> 00:31:12.240 School is just a school. 00:31:13.740 --> 00:31:15.100 It's not trying to prove myself. 00:31:16.160 --> 00:31:17.019 Because we know. 00:31:17.100 --> 00:31:17.340 Don't we? 00:31:17.380 --> 00:31:18.480 We have been proven. 00:31:19.900 --> 00:31:21.720 We know that we have been justified. 00:31:21.940 --> 00:31:23.160 We know that we are delighted in. 00:31:23.240 --> 00:31:23.660 By God. 00:31:24.019 --> 00:31:25.579 All because of what Jesus has done. 00:31:25.940 --> 00:31:27.380 Jesus has worked. 00:31:27.559 --> 00:31:28.259 So that you and I. 00:31:28.380 --> 00:31:29.420 Can really know rest. 00:31:29.420 --> 00:31:34.060 And so there may be a sense today. 00:31:34.279 --> 00:31:34.980 In which God is. 00:31:35.240 --> 00:31:35.820 In a sense. 00:31:35.940 --> 00:31:36.480 Still waiting. 00:31:37.720 --> 00:31:39.019 He's not waiting for his justice. 00:31:39.180 --> 00:31:39.740 And his grace. 00:31:39.820 --> 00:31:40.480 To be satisfied. 00:31:40.680 --> 00:31:41.779 But he is waiting for you. 00:31:41.860 --> 00:31:42.660 To wait on him. 00:31:45.240 --> 00:31:46.180 He is waiting for you. 00:31:46.220 --> 00:31:47.019 To stop the running. 00:31:48.779 --> 00:31:49.580 Stop the running. 00:31:49.700 --> 00:31:50.360 To the work. 00:31:50.440 --> 00:31:51.300 Beneath the work. 00:31:52.519 --> 00:31:53.500 He's waiting for you and I. 00:31:53.539 --> 00:31:54.500 To come to our senses. 00:31:55.360 --> 00:31:55.960 In a sense. 00:31:56.039 --> 00:31:56.740 I'm the prodigal. 00:31:57.080 --> 00:31:57.680 And see that. 00:31:57.740 --> 00:31:58.620 Whatever we've been doing. 00:31:58.619 --> 00:31:59.519 For our justification. 00:32:00.079 --> 00:32:00.919 And our meaning. 00:32:01.479 --> 00:32:01.939 Well actually. 00:32:02.019 --> 00:32:03.279 We've just been running to Egypt. 00:32:04.279 --> 00:32:05.639 And Egypt will let us down. 00:32:05.759 --> 00:32:06.819 Again and again and again. 00:32:08.599 --> 00:32:09.739 He's waiting for you and me. 00:32:09.779 --> 00:32:10.739 To see that in repentance. 00:32:10.979 --> 00:32:11.519 And in rest. 00:32:11.619 --> 00:32:12.419 Is our salvation. 00:32:12.979 --> 00:32:14.000 And for some of us. 00:32:14.219 --> 00:32:14.579 Here. 00:32:14.699 --> 00:32:15.339 That might be. 00:32:15.439 --> 00:32:16.239 Coming to God. 00:32:16.339 --> 00:32:16.719 And saying. 00:32:16.799 --> 00:32:17.939 I'm actually coming to you. 00:32:17.979 --> 00:32:18.759 For the first time. 00:32:20.059 --> 00:32:21.179 Because I've never. 00:32:21.539 --> 00:32:22.079 Come to you. 00:32:22.239 --> 00:32:23.239 For this rest. 00:32:24.599 --> 00:32:25.399 I've been looking at. 00:32:25.559 --> 00:32:26.239 All sorts of things. 00:32:26.359 --> 00:32:27.000 My school work. 00:32:27.119 --> 00:32:27.959 My work. 00:32:27.960 --> 00:32:28.720 My relationships. 00:32:29.059 --> 00:32:30.539 And I've never found. 00:32:32.100 --> 00:32:32.460 Satisfaction. 00:32:33.279 --> 00:32:34.600 But I'm coming to you now God. 00:32:35.940 --> 00:32:36.579 Because I know. 00:32:36.660 --> 00:32:37.140 And I understand. 00:32:37.259 --> 00:32:38.100 That you are the only one. 00:32:38.140 --> 00:32:38.940 Who can give me this. 00:32:39.400 --> 00:32:40.140 And for some of us. 00:32:40.180 --> 00:32:40.819 It's a reminder. 00:32:40.960 --> 00:32:41.120 Isn't it. 00:32:41.120 --> 00:32:42.360 That we've gone to God before. 00:32:42.420 --> 00:32:43.819 But now we're running to Egypt. 00:32:44.819 --> 00:32:45.840 And we've gone back. 00:32:47.200 --> 00:32:49.079 And we think that something else. 00:32:49.079 --> 00:32:50.319 Or someone else. 00:32:50.420 --> 00:32:51.940 Is going to give us the satisfaction. 00:32:52.360 --> 00:32:53.200 That we need. 00:32:53.200 --> 00:32:55.019 And what we need to understand. 00:32:55.340 --> 00:32:56.240 Is that it is. 00:32:56.519 --> 00:32:57.180 In returning. 00:32:57.500 --> 00:32:58.220 And resting. 00:32:58.460 --> 00:32:59.000 In Jesus. 00:32:59.759 --> 00:33:00.779 You shall be saved. 00:33:03.480 --> 00:33:04.420 Ray Orton is right. 00:33:04.480 --> 00:33:04.700 Isn't he. 00:33:04.759 --> 00:33:06.140 You and I lead constant renewal. 00:33:06.299 --> 00:33:07.059 Because there's something. 00:33:07.240 --> 00:33:07.759 Deep in us. 00:33:08.140 --> 00:33:09.160 That diminishes. 00:33:09.660 --> 00:33:10.640 Past facts. 00:33:11.019 --> 00:33:12.059 And magnifies. 00:33:12.279 --> 00:33:13.480 Present uncertainties. 00:33:13.480 --> 00:33:14.940 And that is why you come to church. 00:33:15.019 --> 00:33:15.720 Sunday by Sunday. 00:33:17.259 --> 00:33:18.480 That is why we meet together. 00:33:18.559 --> 00:33:19.019 In house groups. 00:33:19.099 --> 00:33:19.599 During the week. 00:33:19.680 --> 00:33:20.460 And that is why we take. 00:33:20.559 --> 00:33:21.860 Every opportunity we can. 00:33:22.180 --> 00:33:22.779 For fellowship. 00:33:22.920 --> 00:33:23.519 Because you and I. 00:33:23.579 --> 00:33:24.160 Forget this stuff. 00:33:24.220 --> 00:33:24.740 All the time. 00:33:24.839 --> 00:33:25.319 We leak. 00:33:26.799 --> 00:33:27.940 And we need to be reminded. 00:33:28.079 --> 00:33:28.740 Of it constantly. 00:33:28.920 --> 00:33:29.980 And it's why we read the Bible. 00:33:31.079 --> 00:33:32.259 And it's why we encourage. 00:33:32.259 --> 00:33:32.700 One another. 00:33:32.860 --> 00:33:34.220 As long as it is called today. 00:33:35.220 --> 00:33:36.200 Because we forget. 00:33:38.460 --> 00:33:39.799 And so I want you to be renewed. 00:33:40.000 --> 00:33:41.360 By these words from Isaiah. 00:33:41.460 --> 00:33:42.259 But also these words. 00:33:43.480 --> 00:33:45.620 Because Jesus knew. 00:33:45.759 --> 00:33:46.480 That he was the one. 00:33:46.519 --> 00:33:47.400 Who would bring the rest. 00:33:47.480 --> 00:33:48.299 That you need. 00:33:49.720 --> 00:33:50.799 And so before he went. 00:33:50.860 --> 00:33:51.460 To that death. 00:33:51.539 --> 00:33:53.120 Which satisfied God's justice. 00:33:53.240 --> 00:33:54.140 And God's grace. 00:33:54.380 --> 00:33:55.339 Here's what he says. 00:33:55.640 --> 00:33:57.039 Jesus says to you this morning. 00:33:57.140 --> 00:33:57.799 Come to me. 00:33:58.720 --> 00:33:59.680 Come to me. 00:33:59.680 --> 00:34:01.140 All you who are weary. 00:34:01.759 --> 00:34:02.680 And heavy laden. 00:34:03.640 --> 00:34:05.000 And I will give you rest. 00:34:06.360 --> 00:34:07.440 Take my yoke. 00:34:08.480 --> 00:34:09.159 Upon you. 00:34:09.940 --> 00:34:10.820 And learn from me. 00:34:11.780 --> 00:34:12.800 For I am gentle. 00:34:12.980 --> 00:34:13.360 And lowly. 00:34:13.360 --> 00:34:13.780 In heart. 00:34:15.019 --> 00:34:16.599 And you will find rest. 00:34:17.400 --> 00:34:18.180 For your souls. 00:34:20.680 --> 00:34:21.320 Let's pray. 00:34:21.760 --> 00:34:21.760 00:34:21.760 --> 00:34:21.760 00:34:21.760 --> 00:34:21.760 00:34:21.760 --> 00:34:21.760 00:34:21.760 --> 00:34:21.760 00:34:21.760 --> 00:34:21.760 00:34:21.760 --> 00:34:21.760 00:34:21.760 --> 00:34:21.760 00:34:21.760 --> 00:34:21.760 00:34:21.760 --> 00:34:21.760 00:34:21.760 --> 00:34:21.760 00:34:21.760 --> 00:34:21.760 00:34:21.760 --> 00:34:21.760 00:34:21.760 --> 00:34:21.760 00:34:21.760 --> 00:34:21.760 00:34:21.760 --> 00:34:21.760 00:34:21.760 --> 00:34:21.760 00:34:21.760 --> 00:34:21.760 00:34:21.760 --> 00:34:21.760 00:34:21.760 --> 00:34:21.760 00:34:21.760 --> 00:34:21.760 00:34:21.760 --> 00:34:21.760 00:34:21.760 --> 00:34:21.760 00:34:21.760 --> 00:34:21.760 00:34:21.760 --> 00:34:21.760 00:34:21.760 --> 00:34:21.760 00:34:21.760 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