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 A friend was recently telling me about a holiday that they'd taken in Los Angeles.

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 There's one thing in particular that fascinated me, and indeed fascinated them, that was a highlight,

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 and that was a lift that they'd had in a car.

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 Several times, they summoned this lift with an app on their phone.

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 They got in the car, they went to their destination, they paid via the app, and then they got out.

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 You might think, what's so unusual about that?

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 Well, it was the actual nature of the car itself.

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 It wasn't a taxi, it wasn't an Uber, it was what they call a robo-taxi.

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 It didn't have a driver.

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 And they described how this, they called AVs, autonomous vehicles,

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 how this empty car drove up, sure enough, as ordered, and then they got in.

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 Didn't quite know whether they were going to say hello to anybody, but they drove off,

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 and then they watched on the phone as this car took them to different places.

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 It stopped when it needed to, it started when it needed to, it slowed down, it sped up,

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 and all the while the steering wheel is just turning by itself.

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 And then eventually, they got out.

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 Now, if you're thinking that, well, that's in America, we're safe here.

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 May last year, there was a law passed in the UK Parliament,

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 the automated vehicle law, an act, sorry, passed in May 2024,

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 and these things are expected to be on the UK streets in 2026.

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 Now, we might have mixed feelings about this,

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 but those that argue in favour of driverless cars

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 say that there's a sense in which they are much, much safer.

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 Why? Well, because you don't have the human error behind the wheel.

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 Because these things are controlled by computers,

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 then assuming that the computers themselves don't have any human error in them,

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 and that, I guess, is the point.

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 But these things are consistent.

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 They don't get tired.

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 They're not distracted.

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 They don't get emotionally engaged in the driving experience.

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 I want you to imagine your life as a journey in a car.

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 As followers of Jesus, we're called to entrust our lives to God completely.

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 Staying with that image of life as a journey in a car,

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 which would you prefer, honestly?

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 To be driven by a machine, a robot,

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 that's completely consistent,

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 free of human error?

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 Or would you rather that there be a person behind the wheel

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 that's taking you through your life?

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 We are called to entrust our lives to God.

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 When we talk about entrusting our lives in him,

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 we are talking about the one who is unique,

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 in that he is perfect.

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 Perfectly free from human error.

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 He's not going to get tired.

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 He's not going to get distracted.

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 But he's not a machine.

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 He's also perfectly personal.

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 God is perfectly faithful.

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 And only God is perfectly faithful.

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 And as we begin this series,

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 thinking about what we mean by that word,

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 faithful,

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 faithful,

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 it's helpful to begin by what we mean by God's faithfulness to God's own self,

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 to his own being,

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 his own character.

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 See,

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 God,

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 and only God,

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 is completely,

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 perfectly,

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 absolutely faithful and consistent to his own character,

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 to his promises,

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 to his word,

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 to his glory.

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 And that's important.

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 Because if we understand that,

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 then we can understand the nature of what we mean by faithfulness,

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 as we come to apply that in our own lives.

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 So let's just unpack that a little bit more,

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 over these next few minutes,

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 as we dip into this story,

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 from the book of Exodus.

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 Let's just recap the background leading up to this moment in the story.

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 The people of God have been held in captivity in Egypt.

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 God will not see his people suffer any longer.

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 And so under the leadership of Moses,

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 those people leave Egypt.

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 Miraculously,

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 God opens the way for them to go.

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 They are pursued by the Egyptian army.

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 They want to bring them back as slaves,

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 or kill them.

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 But they're pursued by them.

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 But when the people are caught between the army that is chasing after them,

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 and the sea,

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 God miraculously parts the waters,

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 and they can travel through to safe land.

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 As the army are pursuing them,

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 then the waters close.

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 The enemy is stopped.

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 But God,

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 having landed them safe on the other side of the water,

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 doesn't leave them to it there.

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 He says,

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 I will be with you.

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 I will feed you.

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 I will take care of you.

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 It only begins here.

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 I lead you into freedom.

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 And so he gives them the law

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 in order to protect them.

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 And to say,

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 I'm with you.

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 I'm not going to abandon you now I've set you free.

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 I'm always with you.

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 And as that law is given,

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 Moses,

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 their leader,

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 is taken up onto the mountain,

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 and he receives what we refer to as the Ten Commandments.

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 They're written on tablets of stone.

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 He's up on that mountaintop for quite a while.

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 And while he was up there,

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 the people of God,

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 who have been set free and protected and saved

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 and gone through all of this,

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 now decide

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 that in fact they're going to build another God

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 and worship that instead.

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 So they have a bit of a whip round.

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 They take out their gold.

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 They throw it in together.

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 They melt it together.

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 And they craft a golden calf.

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 And they start to circle around this thing

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 and bow down and worship it.

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 Moses comes down from the mountain,

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 sees what's going on,

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 and throws the Ten Commandments written on the stone,

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 throws them down in his anger,

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 and they smash.

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 It's a sober reminder

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 of how very quickly

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 we can forget about the glory of God.

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 These people had been through all of that,

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 and yet it only seems to take

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 a very short period

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 to be able to turn your back on God

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 and forget all about him.

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 It's a story that is there within our scriptures

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 to remind us in our own humanity

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 of how easy it is to do that

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 as human beings.

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 And it is there to remind us

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 of the stark contrast that exists

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 between the faithfulness of God

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 and the faithlessness of human beings.

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 You see, if people can be so quick

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 so quick to forget about

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 how good and faithful God is,

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 in that situation,

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 how much more easy is it for us

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 in our own lives

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 to forget about God

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 and to turn our back on him?

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 But you know this story

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 is it holds up the contrasts.

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 Yes, it's about our own human faithlessness,

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 but it is about

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 as much God's faithfulness

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 to these people.

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 because what we see

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 and as that contrast is held before us

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 is God does not give up on them then.

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 Moses is called back up onto the mountain

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 and God says,

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 I'm going to write it down again.

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 I'm going to give you a second copy

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 of these commands.

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 And my glory is going to pass over you.

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 And we have this image

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 how the presence of God,

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 we can barely imagine what this is like,

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 but the presence of God

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 passes over Moses.

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 And Moses himself cannot look upon God

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 because God is so perfectly loving,

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 so perfectly faithful,

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 so absolutely holy

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 that nobody,

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 no human person

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 can look on him and live.

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 This is a theme that is carried

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 right through the Old Testament.

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 We see, for example,

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 the prophet Isaiah

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 in Isaiah chapter 6

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 when he has that vision

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 of the presence of God before him,

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 but he can't actually see God,

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 he just sees this bright light

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 and he sees the heavenly angelic host

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 and they're winged creatures

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 and with one set of wings

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 they're actually covering their eyes

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 because even the heavenly beings

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 cannot look upon God

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 in his holiness

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 and survive.

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 I guess all of us

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 will have different experiences

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 of encountering God,

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 God's holiness.

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 For me,

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 it was when I was,

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 the earliest I suppose

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 the most foundational experience

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 was when I was 12 years old

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 and went along with a number

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 of our youth group

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 to a Christian gathering

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 and I'd never experienced

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 anything like this before

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 but we went into,

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 I grew up in a church

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 that was a very,

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 very traditional church

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 which had an organ

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 and hymns out of a book

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 and we went along

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 and we got really bored

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 every Sunday

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 and cold every Sunday.

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 Well,

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 some things don't change

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 but hopefully you're not bored

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 even if we're cold.

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 And we were taken along

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 to this meeting,

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 this gathering

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 where this Christian speaker

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 that I'd never heard of before

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 was speaking

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 and was told

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 to expect amazing things

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 to happen.

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 I thought,

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 well,

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 what amazing thing can happen

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 when you're sitting together

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 in what is a church service

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 that's not in a church

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 and not on a Sunday.

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 But anyway,

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 I went along with it

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 because all my friends

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 at the youth group

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 were going along to it

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 and we were sat there

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 and I remember sitting there

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 in this,

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 as a 12 year old,

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 in this hall

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 and listening to this guy

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 talk for what seemed like

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 about 12 hours.

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 It wasn't.

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 But I was bored,

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 senseless.

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 I couldn't remember what,

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 I can't remember to this day

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 anything that he said.

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 But then afterwards

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 a music group got together

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 and they started leading

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 in a time of worship

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 and started singing these songs

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 that I didn't know

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 but I thought,

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 these are great,

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 these are really kind of

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 really contemporary.

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 It was the 1980s.

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 But as people were worshipping,

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 they started to worship God

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 in a way that I'd never seen before.

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 Their arms were going up in the air,

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 people were weeping,

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 people were smiling,

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 happiness.

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 People didn't seem upset

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 but people were flowing with tears

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 and something was going on

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 and I thought,

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 what is this?

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 I'd never experienced

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 people worship God

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 in this way,

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 sort of way before.

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 So you can imagine

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 I was really freaked out

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 when somebody

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 in a member of our youth group

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 was standing next to me,

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 his arms went up in the air

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 and I thought,

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 what's happened to him?

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 And then he turned over,

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 he turns to me

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 and he placed his hand

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 on the top of my head.

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 And I remember thinking,

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 whoa, what are you doing?

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 This is my personal space.

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 But before I had a chance

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 to object,

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 something happened.

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 And it changed everything for me.

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 Now I was only 12

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 but I can remember it now

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 as clear as day.

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 Now I don't know,

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 I can't say this categorically,

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 but I've got a feeling

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 I probably wouldn't be

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 standing here right now

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 had that not happened.

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 Because over those next few moments,

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 I felt this sense

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 of what I can only describe

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 as the holy otherness of God

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 come upon me.

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 I didn't have the language

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 to describe it

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 in those days.

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 I was 12.

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 But all of a sudden

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 I started to well up with tears.

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 I started to shake.

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 My heart started to beat

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 like I'd never experienced.

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 And I felt something

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 of the living presence of God.

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 Which was later explained to me

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 by our,

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 I wasn't the only one

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 this happened to,

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 this was our whole youth group

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 suddenly went down.

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 I suddenly realised

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 if I didn't sit down

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 I was literally going to be

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 blown off my feet.

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 And over the next few weeks

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 our youth leaders,

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 God bless them,

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 had the challenge

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 of trying to explain to us

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 what it means

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 to experience the Holy Spirit.

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 But you know,

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 however,

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 however we experience it,

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 for Moses it was

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 in the cleft of a rock,

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 maybe in a church on Sunday,

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 maybe in a home group.

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 It can be anywhere.

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 You know,

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 my old superintendent minister

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 when I was a probationer

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 told me that it happened to him

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 when he was in the bath

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 one evening.

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 But it's there for all of us.

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 Absolutely every one of us.

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 Now why am I sharing that with you?

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 Well,

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 it's because we get

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 such the wrong idea

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 of what holiness means.

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 When we're talking about

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 the holiness of God,

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 it's the holy otherness of God.

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 But it's not a horrid thing,

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 it's not a bad thing

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 that casts us aside.

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 What we are talking about

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 is this radical otherness

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 that contrasts so starkly

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 with our own humanity.

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 Such that,

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 in his grace,

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 God chooses

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 to allow us

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 to encounter him.

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 And such that

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 when that happens,

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 that which is so perfectly

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 faithful

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 and consistent,

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 but not like a machine,

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 like a computer,

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 in a profoundly,

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 perfectly personal way,

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 meets with our humanity

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 and all of our imperfection

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 and all of our weakness

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 and everything that is wrong

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 with us as humans,

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 when we meet with that,

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 we can't stare him in the face

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 because we go up in a puff of smoke.

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 But you can still meet with him.

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 Moses did.

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 Countless people

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 throughout history have

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 and still do today.

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 And still do today.

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 God's faithfulness

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 is perfect.

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 And his faithfulness

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 and his holiness

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 and his perfection,

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 these are all things

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 that all converge

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 when we come to think

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 of the character

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 of God.

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 Ah,

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 what I hear you say,

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 how can you talk of God

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 being so perfect

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 when you read

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 these very verses

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 from Exodus

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 that we've looked at

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 this morning?

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 Let me read them back to you.

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 I'm referring to verse 7

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 of chapter 34.

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 It says,

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 God does not leave

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 the guilty unpunished.

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 He punishes the children

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 and their children,

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 their children

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 for the sin of the parents

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 to the third

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 and fourth generation.

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 Surely,

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 is that not where God

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 at best sounds

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 like a cold

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 clinical machine

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 or at worst

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 like some resentful

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 unforgiving person?

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 Well,

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 I'm not going to pretend

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 that these verses,

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 these passages

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 are easy

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 and I don't want to

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 just skate over them

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 lightly or casually

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 but I would say

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 a couple of points.

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 Firstly,

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 if we are to read

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 those verses,

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 do not read them

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 without reading first

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 the verses

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 that precede them

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 which say

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 the compassionate

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 and gracious God

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 slow to anger,

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 abounding in love

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 and faithfulness,

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 maintaining love

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 to thousands

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 and forgiving wickedness,

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 rebellion and sin.

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 That is who God is.

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 So however we make sense

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 of themes of justice

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 and punishment

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 they must be read

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 through that lens.

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 But the second thing

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 and this is perhaps

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 more complex

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 and again

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 I don't pretend

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 that it's easy to understand

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 but in the revelatory

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 history of God

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 we need to remember

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 that the Bible

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 is not one book

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 it's a whole library

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 written over many,

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 many centuries.

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 but in that story

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 that is told

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 by the time

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 Jesus is teaching

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 he says quite something

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 that makes it quite clear.

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 Let's look from

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 look at John chapter 9

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 first three verses

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 when Jesus encounters

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 a man who is blind

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 he makes it quite clear

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 that generations

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 are not cursed.

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 as Jesus went along

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 he saw a man

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 blind from birth

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 his disciples

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 asked him

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 Rabbi

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 who sinned

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 this man

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 or his parents

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 that he was born blind?

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 Neither this man

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 nor his parents

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 sinned

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 said Jesus

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 but this happened

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 so that the works

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 of God

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 may be displayed

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 in him.

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 so clearly

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 Jesus is saying

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 that

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 we're not talking

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 about a kind

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 of lasting curse

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 but likewise

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 we need to remember

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 that there is

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 the reality of sin

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 so

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 how do we piece

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 all of this together?

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 well

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 when we piece

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 these things together

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 the reality of sin

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 but the reality

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 of God's love

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 and forgiveness

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 we see a theme

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 emerge.

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 you see

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 it doesn't take long

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 for sin

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 and evil

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 to set its claws

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 in us as individuals

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 and as a society

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 and surely

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 we don't have to think

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 too long and hard

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 to see

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 how this happens

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 generationally

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 that when a generation

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 turns its back

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 on God

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 there are consequences

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 it is not that

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 God

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 hates us

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 and wants

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 wants us

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 to suffer

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 the very opposite

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 but these are words

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 of warning

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 that when one generation

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 turns its back

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 on God

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 there will be consequences

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 because a life

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 without God

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 is a life

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 that is not worth

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 living

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 when a society

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 and a culture

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 turns its back

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 on God

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 its values

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 and its cultural

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 norms

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 change very quickly

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 indeed

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 when different

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 moral values

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 become enshrined

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 in law

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 societal values

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 change rapidly

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 you know what

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 I'm talking about

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 John Wesley

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 said

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 what one generation

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 tolerates

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 the next

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 will embrace

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 it doesn't

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 take long

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 for the cultural

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 norms

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 of

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 any society

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 to change

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 when we forget

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 about the goodness

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 of God

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 and we're warned

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 about this

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 centuries later

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 Paul picks up

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 the theme

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 in 1 Corinthians

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 chapter 10

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 it's coming up

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 on the screen

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 where he refers

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 specifically to this

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 story from Exodus

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 that we're looking

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 at today

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 Paul writes this

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 for I do not

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 want you to be

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 ignorant

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 of the fact

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 brothers and

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 sisters

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 that our

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 ancestors

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 were all

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 under the

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 cloud

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 that they

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 passed through

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 and that they

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 passed through

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 the sea

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 they were all

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 baptized into

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 Moses in the

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 cloud

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 and in the

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 sea

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 they all

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 ate the same

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 spiritual food

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 and drank the

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 same spiritual

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 drink

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 for they drank

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 from the

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 spiritual rock

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 that accompanied

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 them

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 and that rock

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 was Christ

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 nevertheless

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 God was not

00:20:38.960 --> 00:20:39.880
 pleased with most

00:20:39.880 --> 00:20:40.220
 of them

00:20:40.220 --> 00:20:41.000
 their bodies

00:20:41.000 --> 00:20:41.660
 were scattered

00:20:41.660 --> 00:20:42.400
 in the wilderness

00:20:42.400 --> 00:20:43.540
 now these things

00:20:43.540 --> 00:20:44.800
 occurred as examples

00:20:44.800 --> 00:20:46.080
 to keep us from

00:20:46.080 --> 00:20:47.200
 setting our hearts

00:20:47.200 --> 00:20:48.740
 on evil things

00:20:48.740 --> 00:20:49.920
 as they did

00:20:49.920 --> 00:20:52.120
 do not be

00:20:52.120 --> 00:20:52.820
 idolaters

00:20:52.820 --> 00:20:53.960
 as some of them

00:20:53.960 --> 00:20:54.380
 were

00:20:54.380 --> 00:20:55.780
 as it is written

00:20:55.780 --> 00:20:57.080
 the people sat

00:20:57.080 --> 00:20:57.800
 down to eat

00:20:57.800 --> 00:20:58.259
 and drink

00:20:58.259 --> 00:20:58.860
 and got up

00:20:58.860 --> 00:20:59.560
 to indulge

00:20:59.560 --> 00:21:00.180
 in revelry

00:21:00.180 --> 00:21:01.700
 we should not

00:21:01.700 --> 00:21:02.680
 commit sexual

00:21:02.680 --> 00:21:03.420
 immorality

00:21:03.420 --> 00:21:04.600
 as some of them

00:21:04.599 --> 00:21:04.899
 did

00:21:04.899 --> 00:21:06.000
 and in one

00:21:06.000 --> 00:21:07.319
 day 23,000

00:21:07.319 --> 00:21:07.719
 of them

00:21:07.719 --> 00:21:08.240
 died

00:21:08.240 --> 00:21:10.659
 we should not

00:21:10.659 --> 00:21:11.799
 test Christ

00:21:11.799 --> 00:21:13.119
 as some of them

00:21:13.119 --> 00:21:13.419
 did

00:21:13.419 --> 00:21:14.599
 and were killed

00:21:14.599 --> 00:21:15.399
 by snakes

00:21:15.399 --> 00:21:17.099
 and do not grumble

00:21:17.099 --> 00:21:18.000
 as some of them

00:21:18.000 --> 00:21:18.299
 did

00:21:18.299 --> 00:21:19.859
 and were killed

00:21:19.859 --> 00:21:20.859
 by the destroying

00:21:20.859 --> 00:21:21.419
 angel

00:21:21.419 --> 00:21:23.439
 these things

00:21:23.439 --> 00:21:24.159
 happened to them

00:21:24.159 --> 00:21:24.919
 as examples

00:21:24.919 --> 00:21:25.980
 and were written

00:21:25.980 --> 00:21:26.939
 down as warnings

00:21:26.939 --> 00:21:27.539
 for us

00:21:27.539 --> 00:21:28.480
 on whom

00:21:28.480 --> 00:21:29.539
 the culmination

00:21:29.539 --> 00:21:30.339
 of the angels

00:21:30.339 --> 00:21:31.439
 has come

00:21:31.440 --> 00:21:33.059
 so if you

00:21:33.059 --> 00:21:33.620
 think you

00:21:33.620 --> 00:21:34.299
 are standing

00:21:34.299 --> 00:21:34.779
 firm

00:21:34.779 --> 00:21:36.240
 be careful

00:21:36.240 --> 00:21:36.799
 that you

00:21:36.799 --> 00:21:37.640
 don't fall

00:21:37.640 --> 00:21:39.860
 no temptation

00:21:39.860 --> 00:21:40.779
 has overtaken

00:21:40.779 --> 00:21:41.320
 you

00:21:41.320 --> 00:21:42.360
 except what

00:21:42.360 --> 00:21:42.840
 is common

00:21:42.840 --> 00:21:43.519
 to mankind

00:21:43.519 --> 00:21:44.400
 and God

00:21:44.400 --> 00:21:45.080
 is faithful

00:21:45.080 --> 00:21:46.620
 he will not

00:21:46.620 --> 00:21:47.240
 let you be

00:21:47.240 --> 00:21:47.940
 tempted beyond

00:21:47.940 --> 00:21:48.580
 what you can

00:21:48.580 --> 00:21:48.860
 bear

00:21:48.860 --> 00:21:50.720
 but when you

00:21:50.720 --> 00:21:51.259
 are tempted

00:21:51.259 --> 00:21:52.360
 he will also

00:21:52.360 --> 00:21:53.559
 provide a way

00:21:53.559 --> 00:21:54.600
 out

00:21:54.600 --> 00:21:55.759
 so that you

00:21:55.759 --> 00:21:56.860
 can endure

00:21:56.860 --> 00:21:57.240
 it

00:21:57.240 --> 00:22:02.799
 a few years

00:22:02.799 --> 00:22:03.200
 ago

00:22:03.200 --> 00:22:04.799
 I think it was

00:22:04.799 --> 00:22:05.220
 New York

00:22:05.220 --> 00:22:05.759
 I'm not sure

00:22:05.759 --> 00:22:06.039
 it was an

00:22:06.039 --> 00:22:06.599
 American city

00:22:06.599 --> 00:22:06.980
 it doesn't really

00:22:06.980 --> 00:22:07.539
 matter which one

00:22:07.539 --> 00:22:07.819
 it was

00:22:07.819 --> 00:22:08.420
 there was a

00:22:08.420 --> 00:22:08.720
 city

00:22:08.720 --> 00:22:09.759
 and a car

00:22:09.759 --> 00:22:10.160
 had been

00:22:10.160 --> 00:22:10.599
 stolen

00:22:10.599 --> 00:22:12.579
 and the police

00:22:12.579 --> 00:22:13.279
 went out of

00:22:13.279 --> 00:22:13.819
 their way

00:22:13.819 --> 00:22:14.480
 to suddenly

00:22:14.480 --> 00:22:15.140
 draw attention

00:22:15.140 --> 00:22:15.620
 to the fact

00:22:15.620 --> 00:22:16.240
 that this car

00:22:16.240 --> 00:22:16.559
 had been

00:22:16.559 --> 00:22:17.000
 stolen

00:22:17.000 --> 00:22:18.500
 everybody

00:22:18.500 --> 00:22:19.799
 was put

00:22:19.799 --> 00:22:20.180
 on high

00:22:20.180 --> 00:22:20.440
 alert

00:22:20.440 --> 00:22:20.900
 they were

00:22:20.900 --> 00:22:21.200
 trying to

00:22:21.200 --> 00:22:21.420
 put it

00:22:21.420 --> 00:22:21.579
 out

00:22:21.579 --> 00:22:22.220
 everywhere

00:22:22.220 --> 00:22:22.960
 posters

00:22:22.960 --> 00:22:23.579
 they were

00:22:23.579 --> 00:22:23.960
 putting it

00:22:23.960 --> 00:22:24.319
 out on

00:22:24.319 --> 00:22:24.779
 radio

00:22:24.779 --> 00:22:25.339
 they were

00:22:25.339 --> 00:22:25.799
 putting it

00:22:25.799 --> 00:22:26.319
 out on

00:22:26.319 --> 00:22:26.859
 TV

00:22:26.859 --> 00:22:27.639
 everywhere

00:22:27.639 --> 00:22:29.479
 desperately

00:22:29.479 --> 00:22:30.500
 trying to

00:22:30.500 --> 00:22:31.039
 salvage

00:22:31.039 --> 00:22:32.099
 the car

00:22:32.099 --> 00:22:32.519
 and more

00:22:32.519 --> 00:22:33.179
 importantly

00:22:33.179 --> 00:22:34.299
 the person

00:22:34.299 --> 00:22:34.839
 that had

00:22:34.839 --> 00:22:35.319
 stolen

00:22:35.319 --> 00:22:36.039
 this car

00:22:36.039 --> 00:22:38.859
 why so

00:22:38.859 --> 00:22:39.279
 much

00:22:39.279 --> 00:22:40.019
 fuss

00:22:40.019 --> 00:22:41.339
 well it

00:22:41.339 --> 00:22:41.919
 wasn't because

00:22:41.919 --> 00:22:42.459
 of the car

00:22:42.459 --> 00:22:42.879
 itself

00:22:42.879 --> 00:22:43.439
 it was what

00:22:43.439 --> 00:22:44.319
 was in the

00:22:44.319 --> 00:22:44.979
 glove compartment

00:22:44.979 --> 00:22:45.740
 of this car

00:22:45.740 --> 00:22:47.119
 you see in that

00:22:47.119 --> 00:22:47.779
 glove compartment

00:22:47.779 --> 00:22:48.240
 there was a

00:22:48.240 --> 00:22:48.639
 pack of

00:22:48.639 --> 00:22:49.119
 biscuits

00:22:49.119 --> 00:22:50.699
 the biscuits

00:22:50.699 --> 00:22:51.419
 contained

00:22:51.419 --> 00:22:52.139
 rat poison

00:22:52.139 --> 00:22:53.699
 the owner

00:22:53.699 --> 00:22:54.240
 of the car

00:22:54.240 --> 00:22:54.919
 had a problem

00:22:54.919 --> 00:22:55.439
 with rats

00:22:55.439 --> 00:22:55.939
 at home

00:22:55.940 --> 00:22:57.180
 and they

00:22:57.180 --> 00:22:57.440
 had been

00:22:57.440 --> 00:22:58.039
 told to

00:22:58.039 --> 00:22:58.400
 get some

00:22:58.400 --> 00:22:58.720
 biscuits

00:22:58.720 --> 00:22:59.519
 and to

00:22:59.519 --> 00:23:00.059
 get some

00:23:00.059 --> 00:23:00.660
 rat poison

00:23:00.660 --> 00:23:01.360
 and to

00:23:01.360 --> 00:23:01.920
 infuse the

00:23:01.920 --> 00:23:02.200
 biscuits

00:23:02.200 --> 00:23:02.519
 with the

00:23:02.519 --> 00:23:02.960
 rat poison

00:23:02.960 --> 00:23:03.340
 and put

00:23:03.340 --> 00:23:03.720
 them out

00:23:03.720 --> 00:23:05.340
 they'd done

00:23:05.340 --> 00:23:05.700
 this and for

00:23:05.700 --> 00:23:06.240
 some reason

00:23:06.240 --> 00:23:06.620
 they were

00:23:06.620 --> 00:23:07.340
 being stored

00:23:07.340 --> 00:23:08.259
 in the glove

00:23:08.259 --> 00:23:08.680
 compartment

00:23:08.680 --> 00:23:09.279
 of the car

00:23:09.279 --> 00:23:10.820
 and the

00:23:10.820 --> 00:23:11.559
 reason why

00:23:11.559 --> 00:23:12.120
 so much

00:23:12.120 --> 00:23:12.580
 fuss was

00:23:12.580 --> 00:23:13.180
 being made

00:23:13.180 --> 00:23:13.680
 we've got

00:23:13.680 --> 00:23:14.059
 to find

00:23:14.059 --> 00:23:14.620
 whoever stole

00:23:14.620 --> 00:23:15.019
 that car

00:23:15.019 --> 00:23:15.299
 we've got

00:23:15.299 --> 00:23:15.559
 to bring

00:23:15.559 --> 00:23:15.900
 them in

00:23:15.900 --> 00:23:16.860
 is because

00:23:16.860 --> 00:23:18.240
 who knows

00:23:18.240 --> 00:23:18.620
 what's going

00:23:18.620 --> 00:23:19.059
 to happen

00:23:19.059 --> 00:23:19.519
 to those

00:23:19.519 --> 00:23:19.880
 poisoned

00:23:19.880 --> 00:23:20.279
 biscuits

00:23:20.279 --> 00:23:20.519
 biscuits

00:23:20.519 --> 00:23:24.220
 sometimes

00:23:24.220 --> 00:23:26.019
 our

00:23:26.019 --> 00:23:26.720
 understanding

00:23:26.720 --> 00:23:27.460
 of themes

00:23:27.460 --> 00:23:28.039
 such as

00:23:28.039 --> 00:23:28.420
 law

00:23:28.420 --> 00:23:29.720
 rules

00:23:29.720 --> 00:23:30.940
 urgency

00:23:30.940 --> 00:23:31.980
 warning

00:23:31.980 --> 00:23:33.720
 can be so

00:23:33.720 --> 00:23:34.119
 profoundly

00:23:34.119 --> 00:23:34.759
 misunderstood

00:23:34.759 --> 00:23:37.319
 you see the

00:23:37.319 --> 00:23:38.000
 reason God

00:23:38.000 --> 00:23:39.160
 sets before us

00:23:39.160 --> 00:23:39.859
 rules and

00:23:39.859 --> 00:23:40.879
 laws is not

00:23:40.879 --> 00:23:41.639
 because he

00:23:41.639 --> 00:23:42.359
 wants to stop

00:23:42.359 --> 00:23:42.940
 us from living

00:23:42.940 --> 00:23:43.500
 life fully

00:23:43.500 --> 00:23:44.139
 the very

00:23:44.139 --> 00:23:44.619
 opposite

00:23:44.619 --> 00:23:46.639
 God is

00:23:46.639 --> 00:23:47.359
 faithful to

00:23:47.359 --> 00:23:48.660
 us as

00:23:48.660 --> 00:23:49.279
 individuals

00:23:49.279 --> 00:23:49.779
 and as

00:23:49.779 --> 00:23:50.440
 a society

00:23:50.440 --> 00:23:51.019
 and he

00:23:51.019 --> 00:23:51.820
 wants us

00:23:51.820 --> 00:23:52.160
 to live

00:23:52.160 --> 00:23:52.820
 life fully

00:23:52.820 --> 00:23:54.000
 and that

00:23:54.000 --> 00:23:54.500
 is why

00:23:54.500 --> 00:23:55.500
 he sets

00:23:55.500 --> 00:23:55.880
 out

00:23:55.880 --> 00:23:57.200
 this is

00:23:57.200 --> 00:23:57.500
 how to

00:23:57.500 --> 00:23:57.759
 live

00:23:57.759 --> 00:23:59.759
 not because

00:23:59.759 --> 00:24:00.140
 he wants

00:24:00.140 --> 00:24:00.420
 us to

00:24:00.420 --> 00:24:01.040
 stop having

00:24:01.040 --> 00:24:01.380
 fun

00:24:01.380 --> 00:24:02.860
 but because

00:24:02.860 --> 00:24:03.160
 he wants

00:24:03.160 --> 00:24:03.580
 to set

00:24:03.580 --> 00:24:04.060
 us free

00:24:04.060 --> 00:24:05.820
 and you

00:24:05.820 --> 00:24:06.259
 know we

00:24:06.259 --> 00:24:06.759
 need

00:24:06.759 --> 00:24:07.840
 laws

00:24:07.840 --> 00:24:09.140
 we need

00:24:09.140 --> 00:24:09.600
 rules

00:24:09.600 --> 00:24:10.060
 we need

00:24:10.060 --> 00:24:10.680
 structure

00:24:10.680 --> 00:24:13.740
 1993

00:24:13.740 --> 00:24:14.720
 I was a

00:24:14.720 --> 00:24:15.240
 student and

00:24:15.240 --> 00:24:15.620
 I spent

00:24:15.620 --> 00:24:16.160
 three weeks

00:24:16.160 --> 00:24:16.420
 of that

00:24:16.420 --> 00:24:16.680
 summer

00:24:16.680 --> 00:24:17.360
 working in

00:24:17.360 --> 00:24:18.220
 Canning Town

00:24:18.220 --> 00:24:18.740
 in East

00:24:18.740 --> 00:24:19.079
 London

00:24:19.079 --> 00:24:19.920
 with an

00:24:19.920 --> 00:24:20.400
 organisation

00:24:20.400 --> 00:24:20.740
 called

00:24:20.740 --> 00:24:21.120
 Youth for

00:24:21.120 --> 00:24:21.539
 Christ

00:24:21.539 --> 00:24:23.299
 it was a

00:24:23.299 --> 00:24:24.440
 sort of a

00:24:24.440 --> 00:24:25.079
 the project

00:24:25.079 --> 00:24:25.380
 was called

00:24:25.380 --> 00:24:25.740
 Street

00:24:25.740 --> 00:24:26.400
 Invaders

00:24:26.400 --> 00:24:28.220
 there was

00:24:28.220 --> 00:24:28.579
 about a

00:24:28.579 --> 00:24:28.960
 hundred of

00:24:28.960 --> 00:24:29.220
 us young

00:24:29.220 --> 00:24:29.660
 people from

00:24:29.660 --> 00:24:30.019
 all over

00:24:30.019 --> 00:24:31.200
 the country

00:24:31.200 --> 00:24:32.720
 and we

00:24:32.720 --> 00:24:33.519
 stayed in

00:24:33.519 --> 00:24:34.140
 that part of

00:24:34.140 --> 00:24:34.660
 East London

00:24:34.660 --> 00:24:36.039
 for those

00:24:36.039 --> 00:24:36.700
 few weeks

00:24:36.700 --> 00:24:37.259
 and during

00:24:37.259 --> 00:24:37.600
 the day

00:24:37.600 --> 00:24:38.079
 we were out

00:24:38.079 --> 00:24:38.380
 on the

00:24:38.380 --> 00:24:38.759
 streets

00:24:38.759 --> 00:24:40.660
 meeting young

00:24:40.660 --> 00:24:41.279
 people in

00:24:41.279 --> 00:24:42.559
 the parks

00:24:42.559 --> 00:24:43.019
 and going up

00:24:43.019 --> 00:24:43.460
 with leaflets

00:24:43.460 --> 00:24:43.880
 and inviting

00:24:43.880 --> 00:24:44.640
 them to the

00:24:44.640 --> 00:24:45.140
 stuff that the

00:24:45.140 --> 00:24:45.839
 church was

00:24:45.839 --> 00:24:47.259
 doing in the

00:24:47.259 --> 00:24:47.680
 evenings

00:24:47.680 --> 00:24:48.200
 and in the

00:24:48.200 --> 00:24:48.620
 evenings

00:24:48.620 --> 00:24:49.680
 we had a

00:24:49.680 --> 00:24:49.940
 number of

00:24:49.940 --> 00:24:50.360
 things going

00:24:50.360 --> 00:24:51.220
 on at the

00:24:51.220 --> 00:24:51.640
 church

00:24:51.640 --> 00:24:52.200
 we had

00:24:52.200 --> 00:24:52.720
 various

00:24:52.720 --> 00:24:53.120
 different

00:24:53.120 --> 00:24:54.920
 sports going

00:24:54.920 --> 00:24:55.259
 on and

00:24:55.259 --> 00:24:55.820
 games and

00:24:55.820 --> 00:24:56.240
 stuff like

00:24:56.240 --> 00:24:56.460
 that

00:24:56.460 --> 00:24:57.080
 and then

00:24:57.080 --> 00:24:57.460
 there was a

00:24:57.460 --> 00:24:57.840
 moment where

00:24:57.840 --> 00:24:58.080
 the young

00:24:58.080 --> 00:24:58.560
 people were

00:24:58.560 --> 00:24:59.180
 gathered together

00:24:59.180 --> 00:24:59.680
 and we gave

00:24:59.680 --> 00:25:00.200
 them a message

00:25:00.200 --> 00:25:01.000
 about Christ

00:25:01.000 --> 00:25:03.720
 I have no

00:25:03.720 --> 00:25:04.560
 idea how this

00:25:04.560 --> 00:25:05.880
 happened but

00:25:05.880 --> 00:25:06.960
 somehow I

00:25:06.960 --> 00:25:08.000
 ended up in

00:25:08.000 --> 00:25:08.920
 a sports

00:25:08.920 --> 00:25:10.519
 hall that was

00:25:10.519 --> 00:25:11.000
 part of this

00:25:11.000 --> 00:25:11.700
 church complex

00:25:11.700 --> 00:25:14.660
 in which a

00:25:14.660 --> 00:25:15.039
 load of

00:25:15.039 --> 00:25:16.080
 14 year old

00:25:16.080 --> 00:25:17.000
 lads were

00:25:17.000 --> 00:25:17.599
 playing football

00:25:17.599 --> 00:25:19.319
 the reason I

00:25:19.319 --> 00:25:19.720
 said I don't

00:25:19.720 --> 00:25:20.200
 know why that

00:25:20.200 --> 00:25:20.740
 happened is

00:25:20.740 --> 00:25:21.759
 those of you

00:25:21.759 --> 00:25:22.099
 who know me

00:25:22.099 --> 00:25:22.819
 know that I

00:25:22.819 --> 00:25:23.180
 can't do

00:25:23.180 --> 00:25:23.740
 anything with

00:25:23.740 --> 00:25:24.019
 a ball

00:25:24.019 --> 00:25:24.960
 I just can't

00:25:24.960 --> 00:25:25.559
 in fact I

00:25:25.559 --> 00:25:25.859
 can't do

00:25:25.859 --> 00:25:26.359
 anything with

00:25:26.359 --> 00:25:27.000
 any sports

00:25:27.000 --> 00:25:27.480
 at all

00:25:27.480 --> 00:25:28.319
 it's not

00:25:28.319 --> 00:25:29.240
 only the fact

00:25:29.240 --> 00:25:30.220
 that I don't

00:25:30.220 --> 00:25:31.700
 know I'm not

00:25:31.700 --> 00:25:32.119
 very good at

00:25:32.119 --> 00:25:32.900
 actually controlling

00:25:32.900 --> 00:25:33.400
 a ball it's

00:25:33.400 --> 00:25:33.819
 just I never

00:25:33.819 --> 00:25:34.500
 understand the

00:25:34.500 --> 00:25:35.339
 rules either I

00:25:35.339 --> 00:25:35.980
 never have been

00:25:35.980 --> 00:25:37.440
 able to I

00:25:37.440 --> 00:25:38.380
 was always the

00:25:38.380 --> 00:25:39.920
 last kid at

00:25:39.920 --> 00:25:40.519
 school to be

00:25:40.519 --> 00:25:41.160
 picked for the

00:25:41.160 --> 00:25:41.859
 team you know

00:25:41.859 --> 00:25:43.640
 so you can

00:25:43.640 --> 00:25:44.200
 imagine how

00:25:44.200 --> 00:25:45.180
 terrified as

00:25:45.180 --> 00:25:45.440
 though it

00:25:45.440 --> 00:25:46.079
 wasn't terrifying

00:25:46.079 --> 00:25:46.619
 enough for me

00:25:46.619 --> 00:25:47.279
 already how

00:25:47.279 --> 00:25:47.960
 terrified I

00:25:47.960 --> 00:25:48.419
 was when I

00:25:48.419 --> 00:25:49.139
 found myself

00:25:49.139 --> 00:25:49.859
 in this hall

00:25:49.859 --> 00:25:51.059
 surrounded by a

00:25:51.059 --> 00:25:51.619
 load of teenage

00:25:51.619 --> 00:25:53.000
 lads and the

00:25:53.000 --> 00:25:53.699
 guy who was

00:25:53.699 --> 00:25:54.639
 meant to be

00:25:54.639 --> 00:25:55.599
 refereeing this

00:25:55.599 --> 00:25:56.259
 football match

00:25:56.259 --> 00:25:57.480
 was called away

00:25:57.480 --> 00:25:58.179
 and handed me

00:25:58.179 --> 00:25:58.740
 his whistle

00:25:58.740 --> 00:26:01.519
 let me just say

00:26:01.519 --> 00:26:02.159
 that that was the

00:26:02.159 --> 00:26:03.480
 closest to dying

00:26:03.480 --> 00:26:04.220
 that I think I've

00:26:04.220 --> 00:26:05.079
 ever become

00:26:05.079 --> 00:26:07.960
 several minutes

00:26:07.960 --> 00:26:09.079
 in and there

00:26:09.079 --> 00:26:09.939
 was absolute

00:26:09.939 --> 00:26:10.699
 chaos

00:26:10.700 --> 00:26:12.480
 why

00:26:12.480 --> 00:26:13.779
 because there

00:26:13.779 --> 00:26:14.680
 were no rules

00:26:14.680 --> 00:26:16.240
 I didn't

00:26:16.240 --> 00:26:17.039
 understand this

00:26:17.039 --> 00:26:17.840
 game at all

00:26:17.840 --> 00:26:18.980
 I still don't

00:26:18.980 --> 00:26:21.039
 and as such

00:26:21.039 --> 00:26:22.019
 I had absolutely

00:26:22.019 --> 00:26:23.259
 no sense of

00:26:23.259 --> 00:26:24.000
 authority in that

00:26:24.000 --> 00:26:25.460
 situation I

00:26:25.460 --> 00:26:25.980
 didn't know what

00:26:25.980 --> 00:26:26.680
 was going on

00:26:26.680 --> 00:26:28.680
 and absolute

00:26:28.680 --> 00:26:29.980
 chaos broke out

00:26:29.980 --> 00:26:30.900
 thankfully

00:26:30.900 --> 00:26:32.019
 thankfully

00:26:32.019 --> 00:26:33.519
 before either the

00:26:33.519 --> 00:26:34.160
 police or an

00:26:34.160 --> 00:26:34.819
 ambulance had to

00:26:34.819 --> 00:26:35.220
 be called

00:26:35.220 --> 00:26:37.500
 the youth worker

00:26:37.500 --> 00:26:38.259
 in charge came

00:26:38.259 --> 00:26:38.779
 back in

00:26:38.779 --> 00:26:41.079
 and peace was

00:26:41.079 --> 00:26:41.640
 restored

00:26:41.640 --> 00:26:46.420
 without rules

00:26:46.420 --> 00:26:48.220
 there's chaos

00:26:48.220 --> 00:26:51.480
 when we don't

00:26:51.480 --> 00:26:52.220
 live by those

00:26:52.220 --> 00:26:52.720
 codes

00:26:52.720 --> 00:26:55.539
 as a society

00:26:55.539 --> 00:26:58.480
 when we forget

00:26:58.480 --> 00:26:59.039
 about God

00:26:59.039 --> 00:27:01.140
 and his

00:27:01.140 --> 00:27:02.680
 moral laws

00:27:02.680 --> 00:27:03.740
 for our lives

00:27:03.740 --> 00:27:06.680
 it doesn't

00:27:06.680 --> 00:27:07.240
 take long

00:27:07.240 --> 00:27:08.220
 for things

00:27:08.220 --> 00:27:08.880
 to change

00:27:08.880 --> 00:27:12.519
 but as

00:27:12.519 --> 00:27:13.120
 sobering as

00:27:13.120 --> 00:27:13.500
 that thought

00:27:13.500 --> 00:27:14.000
 may be

00:27:14.000 --> 00:27:16.039
 let's remember

00:27:16.039 --> 00:27:17.279
 that this

00:27:17.279 --> 00:27:17.859
 story in

00:27:17.859 --> 00:27:18.559
 Exodus is

00:27:18.559 --> 00:27:19.000
 there to

00:27:19.000 --> 00:27:19.920
 remind us

00:27:19.920 --> 00:27:21.740
 yeah of

00:27:21.740 --> 00:27:22.440
 our own

00:27:22.440 --> 00:27:23.039
 human

00:27:23.039 --> 00:27:24.279
 unfaithfulness

00:27:24.279 --> 00:27:26.019
 but more

00:27:26.019 --> 00:27:26.620
 fundamentally

00:27:26.620 --> 00:27:28.319
 of God's

00:27:28.319 --> 00:27:29.819
 faithfulness

00:27:29.819 --> 00:27:31.700
 you see

00:27:31.700 --> 00:27:32.620
 this story

00:27:32.620 --> 00:27:33.059
 here

00:27:33.059 --> 00:27:34.139
 doesn't

00:27:34.139 --> 00:27:34.599
 end with

00:27:34.599 --> 00:27:34.759
 us

00:27:34.759 --> 00:27:34.980
 just

00:27:34.980 --> 00:27:35.519
 you know

00:27:35.519 --> 00:27:35.960
 with the

00:27:35.960 --> 00:27:36.419
 people's

00:27:36.419 --> 00:27:36.759
 faces

00:27:36.759 --> 00:27:37.179
 just being

00:27:37.179 --> 00:27:37.599
 rubbed

00:27:37.599 --> 00:27:37.879
 in their

00:27:37.879 --> 00:27:38.119
 own

00:27:38.119 --> 00:27:38.359
 sin

00:27:38.359 --> 00:27:39.279
 but rather

00:27:39.279 --> 00:27:40.700
 things are

00:27:40.700 --> 00:27:41.220
 restored

00:27:41.220 --> 00:27:41.960
 God does

00:27:41.960 --> 00:27:42.559
 not give

00:27:42.559 --> 00:27:43.319
 up on

00:27:43.319 --> 00:27:43.879
 those who

00:27:43.879 --> 00:27:44.279
 give up

00:27:44.279 --> 00:27:44.720
 on him

00:27:44.720 --> 00:27:46.619
 and the

00:27:46.619 --> 00:27:47.619
 law is

00:27:47.619 --> 00:27:48.639
 written out

00:27:48.639 --> 00:27:48.899
 again

00:27:48.899 --> 00:27:49.339
 the ten

00:27:49.339 --> 00:27:49.779
 commandments

00:27:49.779 --> 00:27:50.299
 are written

00:27:50.299 --> 00:27:50.879
 again

00:27:50.879 --> 00:27:52.740
 on stone

00:27:52.740 --> 00:27:54.399
 for Moses

00:27:54.399 --> 00:27:54.960
 to share

00:27:54.960 --> 00:27:55.240
 with his

00:27:55.240 --> 00:27:55.659
 people and

00:27:55.659 --> 00:27:56.059
 to pass

00:27:56.059 --> 00:27:56.399
 on down

00:27:56.399 --> 00:27:56.559
 the

00:27:56.559 --> 00:27:57.179
 generations

00:27:57.179 --> 00:27:59.119
 but it

00:27:59.119 --> 00:27:59.399
 doesn't

00:27:59.399 --> 00:27:59.980
 even end

00:27:59.980 --> 00:28:00.319
 there

00:28:00.319 --> 00:28:02.099
 because God

00:28:02.099 --> 00:28:02.419
 is not

00:28:02.419 --> 00:28:03.279
 just a

00:28:03.279 --> 00:28:03.839
 machine

00:28:03.839 --> 00:28:05.599
 in his

00:28:05.599 --> 00:28:07.579
 consistency

00:28:07.579 --> 00:28:10.399
 God is

00:28:10.399 --> 00:28:11.099
 so profoundly

00:28:11.099 --> 00:28:11.679
 personal

00:28:11.679 --> 00:28:13.759
 and so as

00:28:13.759 --> 00:28:14.279
 the law

00:28:14.279 --> 00:28:14.720
 is given

00:28:14.720 --> 00:28:15.179
 yes the

00:28:15.179 --> 00:28:15.480
 law is

00:28:15.480 --> 00:28:15.759
 given

00:28:15.759 --> 00:28:17.779
 but with

00:28:17.779 --> 00:28:17.980
 it

00:28:17.980 --> 00:28:20.039
 an almighty

00:28:20.039 --> 00:28:20.740
 dose

00:28:20.740 --> 00:28:22.179
 of the

00:28:22.179 --> 00:28:22.559
 loving

00:28:22.559 --> 00:28:23.439
 presence

00:28:23.439 --> 00:28:24.279
 of God

00:28:24.279 --> 00:28:26.399
 as

00:28:26.399 --> 00:28:27.160
 Moses

00:28:27.160 --> 00:28:28.859
 encounters

00:28:28.859 --> 00:28:29.139
 him

00:28:29.139 --> 00:28:29.879
 in all

00:28:29.879 --> 00:28:30.539
 his

00:28:30.539 --> 00:28:31.079
 wonderful

00:28:31.079 --> 00:28:31.779
 loveliness

00:28:31.779 --> 00:28:39.039
 Lord you

00:28:39.039 --> 00:28:39.240
 are

00:28:39.240 --> 00:28:39.859
 endlessly

00:28:39.859 --> 00:28:41.240
 compassionate

00:28:41.240 --> 00:28:42.200
 and faithful

00:28:42.200 --> 00:28:42.899
 and loving

00:28:42.899 --> 00:28:43.559
 that you

00:28:43.559 --> 00:28:44.019
 will not

00:28:44.019 --> 00:28:44.440
 give up

00:28:44.440 --> 00:28:44.720
 on your

00:28:44.720 --> 00:28:45.119
 people

00:28:45.119 --> 00:28:46.059
 and we

00:28:46.059 --> 00:28:46.660
 thank you

00:28:46.660 --> 00:28:47.139
 for that

00:28:47.139 --> 00:28:48.180
 that for

00:28:48.180 --> 00:28:48.759
 those many

00:28:48.759 --> 00:28:49.500
 times that we

00:28:49.500 --> 00:28:49.960
 have turned

00:28:49.960 --> 00:28:50.440
 our backs

00:28:50.440 --> 00:28:50.960
 on you

00:28:50.960 --> 00:28:51.460
 and let

00:28:51.460 --> 00:28:51.960
 you down

00:28:51.960 --> 00:28:52.379
 and lived

00:28:52.379 --> 00:28:52.879
 lives that

00:28:52.879 --> 00:28:53.180
 have been

00:28:53.180 --> 00:28:55.440
 self-focused

00:28:55.440 --> 00:28:56.640
 thank you

00:28:56.640 --> 00:28:56.940
 that you

00:28:56.940 --> 00:28:57.500
 don't give

00:28:57.500 --> 00:28:58.060
 up on us

00:28:58.060 --> 00:28:58.660
 because you

00:28:58.660 --> 00:28:59.460
 are relentless

00:28:59.460 --> 00:29:00.440
 in your

00:29:00.440 --> 00:29:00.820
 love

00:29:00.820 --> 00:29:03.560
 Holy Spirit

00:29:03.560 --> 00:29:04.779
 come and

00:29:04.779 --> 00:29:05.400
 fill our

00:29:05.400 --> 00:29:06.140
 hearts now

00:29:06.140 --> 00:29:11.360
 Holy Spirit

00:29:11.360 --> 00:29:11.860
 come

00:29:11.860 --> 00:29:14.279
 continue to

00:29:14.279 --> 00:29:14.759
 move in

00:29:14.759 --> 00:29:15.420
 our hearts

00:29:15.420 --> 00:29:18.720
 in Jesus

00:29:18.720 --> 00:29:19.180
 name

00:29:19.180 --> 00:29:41.720
 to

00:29:41.720 --> 00:29:42.940
 pack

00:29:42.940 --> 00:29:43.779
 through

00:29:43.779 --> 00:29:44.000
isters