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 or nothing that can be slowed down.

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 And we also now turn to a final section in this series of sermons about the glory of God.

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 I read an article a couple years ago where it talks about how different cultures

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 differentiate or divide how they deem power.

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 So maybe on the East Coast you are known as powerful because of your title

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 or maybe how much money you make or even what avenue or apartment complex you might live in.

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 Maybe on the West Coast your power might come from what you look like

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 or maybe what you've done to make yourself look in a certain degree

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 or how cultural you can be, multicultural you can be.

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 I read that and they ignored Garfield County, Enid, Oklahoma.

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 And I kind of started to wonder what does power look like in my own context?

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 And I think in my own context that what really power looks like is not really who you know

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 but how quickly you can connect the dots from who you know to who those people should know.

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 You know, my mom's from Iowa.

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 And if anyone even comes close to being from Iowa, she is immediately being like,

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 what part?

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 And where'd you go to school?

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 Or, oh, did you know so-and-so?

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 I knew him.

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 He was the mayor of that place.

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 And all of a sudden I know, I pick up on this, even in my culture's, my church's context,

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 there's a lot of German people, like I said last night, in our county.

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 But there is a different kind of German people on the north side of town than on the west side of town.

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 And then you go a little bit, maybe 30 miles south, you go into a really Catholic area

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 to where all of a sudden if you're in that and you don't know anyone and you're not a part of anything,

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 you have no power.

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 A theologian once said that the most powerful thing about us is what comes into our minds when we think about God.

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 This is the powerful truth, though it's not the message we often hear.

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 Instead, we're often told that the value that you and I have is the number of friends that we can collect

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 or the number of followers we can have, whether we're leading in an industry

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 or even gaining followers on Instagram or our success.

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 We gather up for ourselves through our grades or our career transitions,

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 maybe even our achievements or incomes, the connections that we have.

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 But our God offers a different and completely different message.

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 He tells us that eternal life is found in knowing him.

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 Eternal life.

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 There's not much more power than that.

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 Eternal life is found exclusively in knowing him.

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 God doesn't want us to be confused about who he is either.

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 So you don't have to go on this, you know, mystic walk in the woods

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 hoping to understand and know who the cosmic power of the universe is.

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 He's made himself known to us, not only so that we can understand his character,

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 but also so that we can enter into a relationship with him.

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 And this knowledge isn't just about facts that you learn.

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 There's this constant tension that's presented to us in the scriptures

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 where the onus of the question is actually placed on you and how you respond to it.

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 God has graciously made himself known.

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 And this power and this knowledge isn't supposed to just stay in your head,

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 but is also supposed to shape your heart and your life,

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 leading to a constant state of worship and day-by-day devotion.

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 So the most important thing about you,

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 the most powerful thing about you,

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 is what comes into your mind when you think about God.

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 And to know God is to know both his character and to know him relationally.

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 I want you to see in the first part of this passage an unveiling,

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 almost doctrine, you could say, an unveiling, beautiful picture of God.

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 If you look at Exodus 34, a passage where God makes himself known in a remarkable way,

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 this chapter offers you a glimpse of who God is.

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 Though it doesn't tell us everything,

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 it offers you an incredibly powerful glimpse of who God is.

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 To set the context,

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 Moses, the author of this text,

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 and in many ways one of the main characters of the movement of Exodus,

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 is leading the Israelites.

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 So you can see him as the commander of their army.

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 And they have been rescued from Egypt.

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 At this point they've been crossing the Red Sea.

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 They've received the Ten Commandments.

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 But after Moses received the commandments,

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 he came down to find his people worshiping a golden calf

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 instead of the one true God.

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 So in response to this,

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 God calls Moses back up to the mountain,

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 and here Moses makes an audacious request.

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 You can see it there in your text.

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 Verse 5,

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 The Lord descended in the cloud and stood with him there

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 and proclaimed the name of the Lord.

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 And this comes after Moses asked the Lord to show me your glory.

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 He gave him something.

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 He went down.

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 He saw something terrible.

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 God brought him back up.

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 And he wants to ask the Lord to show me your glory.

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 And in Exodus 34, God answers that.

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 Now imagine what it'd be like to be Moses.

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 This is the true God who has performed incredible miracles.

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 This is the God who Moses is saying,

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 Show me your glory.

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 He turned water into blood,

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 sent plagues in the form of frogs and gnats,

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 brought darkness, hail, parted the Red Sea.

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 This is the God who's provided manna from heaven,

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 water from rocks,

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 and now Moses is about to enter God in a new way.

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 And you'd expect a dramatic visual experience,

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 something like being given a golden ticket to a tour factory

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 or something that almost feels 40 in your immersion,

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 virtual reality in your understanding,

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 where you see the inner workings of something so spectacular and amazing.

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 And that's certainly what Moses would have expected too.

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 Show me your glory.

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 The Lord responds in a way that demonstrates that he's about to.

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 But in verse 5,

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 the Lord descended in the cloud and stood with him there

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 and proclaimed the name of the Lord.

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 God passed by Moses,

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 showing him his glory before.

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 But here's the surprising part.

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 The focus isn't on what Moses saw.

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 In fact, you actually see no description here

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 of God's appearance at all.

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 Show me your glory.

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 And you and I reading this text today are not seeing that.

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 In fact, there's no description of God's appearance.

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 Moses asked to see God's glory,

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 but instead of a detailed visual image,

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 what Moses receives is a proclamation.

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 Show me your glory.

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 And God gives him a sermon,

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 a revelation of God's name and character.

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 And this is significant because God doesn't satisfy Moses' request

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 by showing a dazzling sight.

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 Instead, he proclaims something.

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 Look here at the text.

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 He proclaims his name twice.

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 In doing so, God reveals his character.

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 Where Moses wanted sight,

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 God gives him a deeper spoken description of who he is.

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 It's as if Moses wanted to see the movie,

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 but God gives him the speech instead.

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 I took a Shakespeare class in high school,

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 and I know you're going to think,

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 wow, that's impressive.

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 But it was a Shakespeare book on tape class

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 where all we would do is sit in the class

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 and hear Shakespeare out loud.

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 And then when we were done with that,

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 we would watch the movie.

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 But then we were tested over the book.

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 It was miserable.

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 I didn't want to read the book.

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 I just saw the movie.

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 And then you start to see,

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 oh man, movies are a little bit different

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 than what the book says.

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 Moses wanted the easy way.

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 God gives him a speech.

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 We're all like Moses before this.

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 Human tendency.

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 How many of you have thought,

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 if I could only see God,

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 then I'd believe.

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 Maybe even if I could only see what God was doing.

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 Pull back the curtain.

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 Show me the spinning gears.

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 Then I'd be calm and content.

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 Then I'd follow you.

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 Moses, in some ways,

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 is expressing the same desire,

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 but God doesn't reveal himself

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 through spectacular visual display.

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 Instead, he makes himself known

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 through his very word.

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 God's revelation isn't meant to give us

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 a physical picture to satisfy our curiosity.

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 He reveals his glory in a way

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 that speaks to our hearts and minds.

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 Through his word.

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 Capital W-O-R-D.

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 Where the lasting revelation of God

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 comes not in sight,

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 but in faith.

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 In truth.

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 Of his own character

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 that's being proclaimed to us

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 by his very word.

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 This passage reminds us

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 that faith is not by what we see,

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 but about trusting the very word of God

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 as reveals himself to us.

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 Where God makes himself known,

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 not through images,

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 but through his proclamation.

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 Where his word invites us to know

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 and worship him.

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 It's hard to give a bigger emphasis here

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 on the doctrine of scripture.

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 In it being effective.

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 In it being sufficient.

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 Where this word is an invitation,

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 again, not to gaze at something,

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 but to see God in his word

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 and to hear his voice in his word.

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 The second thing I think you see in this text

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 is not only the coming proclamation of God

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 as a revelation of himself,

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 but also the revelation of God's glory here

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 in a couple of verses.

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 This is the meaty part, right?

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 This is where you want to do the heavy lifting.

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 Moses says,

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 I want to see your glory,

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 and God gives him a description of his attributes.

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 God reveals himself to Moses,

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 not just through a visual display,

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 but through the proclamation of his name.

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 And in verse 6,

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 you see the Lord, the Lord.

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 And this isn't just a proper name like ours,

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 but when God proclaims his name,

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 he's actually revealing the essence of his being,

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 his character, and his nature.

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 We want this to be the case for us.

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 All of us have something in mind

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 when you hear the name of the Kennedys,

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 the Roosevelt's.

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 Remember when I was like 7 or 8 years old,

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 my dad was like,

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 hey, we're not the Kennedys.

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 The Griffins are not the Roosevelt's.

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 We need to act well,

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 but you need to not be haughty.

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 Your name doesn't bring with it a kingdom.

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 The opposite here.

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 Through his name, God defines himself

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 so that he can be known by his people,

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 inviting them into himself.

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 When God says the Lord,

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 it's the name Yahweh,

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 the great I am.

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 This is the same name revealed to Moses

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 in Exodus 3 at the burning bush,

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 meaning I am who I am.

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 It speaks of his self-existence,

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 his independence,

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 where unlike us,

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 he is not contingent on food

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 or sleep or other necessities.

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 God depends on nothing.

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 I just can't get over that reality.

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 He is eternal without a beginning

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 or an end.

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 I don't know if this is right mathematically,

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 but someone told me

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 the eternality of God

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 is like the number zero

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 with the edges,

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 all the edges being taken off.

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 You just can't understand it.

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 You can't fathom it.

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 For us,

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 life requires

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 all these things,

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 food, sleep,

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 other necessities,

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 but life also requires death.

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 Something must die

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 to sustain our physical bodies.

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 We sleep to survive

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 and we have to

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 have a start date and an end date,

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 but God never sleeps.

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 One of the most comforting

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 psalm verses in the Bible

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 is that God never rests.

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 He never had a beginning

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 and he will never have an end.

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 He simply is the I am.

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 This name reveals a God

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 who is completely independent

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 and self-sustaining

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 these two repetition,

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 defining things about the Lord

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 where you and I are always

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 in a state of becoming something,

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 hopefully in a positive way,

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 becoming a better father,

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 becoming a better friend,

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 becoming a better worker.

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 Our God is never becoming.

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 He is being.

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 This revelation of God's name

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 is not just mind-blowing theologically,

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 but it's an invitation

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 to know him personally.

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 By declaring his name,

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 he is showing us

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 that while he is beyond

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 our full comprehension,

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 he also makes himself known.

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 The Lord.

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 The Lord.

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 Where God is transcendent yet personal.

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 The reverberation

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 from the heavens

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 onto Moses' ears and face.

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 Not just intellectually,

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 not just physically,

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 but relationally.

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 Or to go even further

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 in Exodus 34, 6-7,

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 it's where he describes himself.

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 A God who is merciful

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 and gracious,

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 slow to anger,

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 and abounding in steadfast love

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 and faithfulness.

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 These are not just abstract qualities,

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 and so I want to pull at them

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 like balls of string

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 only to understand

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 more fully of what they're about.

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 To see the attributes

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 of God's glory

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 in this particular passage

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 is the first thing

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 that God says

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 when he reveals himself to Moses

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 is that he's merciful.

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 He gives his name,

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 and the first characteristic

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 he emphasizes

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 is his mercy.

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 He could have chosen other things,

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 but he chooses mercy.

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 It's his mercy

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 that hasn't cast them off.

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 It's his pity

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 and action

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 towards these miserable people

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 that has spared them

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 from being put out.

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 It's his mercy

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 that allowed them

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 to cross the Red Sea

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 without drowning

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 like the Egyptians.

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 It's his mercy

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 that brought them

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 to Sinai

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 even after they worshipped

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 the golden calf.

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 And despite their failures,

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 God remains with them

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 because he is merciful.

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 He's poured himself out

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 on mercy

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 and no closer to running out

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 than when he started.

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 He is moved

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 by the misery

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 of others

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 and acts to relieve it.

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 It's a state of pity

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 in action.

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 In our case,

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 you think of the word

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 misery comes in part

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 from the word pity.

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 About a month ago,

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 my very near

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 and dear to my heart,

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 my New York Yankees,

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 greatest baseball team

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 in world history,

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 my New York Yankees,

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 fell short

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 in the World Series.

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 And I understand

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 that probably all of you

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 had great pity on me.

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 I'm sure you sat there

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 and you were like,

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 poor you,

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 poor you,

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 another year.

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 That's not the kind

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 of pity that God has

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 when it talks about

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 his mercy.

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 He doesn't just see us

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 wandering,

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 sinful,

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 in need of a saving grace

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 and goes,

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 poor you,

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 if you'd only done better.

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 But we see

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 this action

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 of pity

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 where it meets

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 mercy,

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 undeserved

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 and unearned,

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 freely given.

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 the Israelites

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 had shown

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 their miserable character

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 by rebelling

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 and complaining

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 from the moment

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 they left Egypt.

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 In Exodus 32,

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 after God

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 delivered them

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 from slavery,

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 they made a golden calf

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 and worshipped it.

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 And yet God

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 in his mercy

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 draws near to them,

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 again,

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 revealing his name

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 and his character.

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 I'm often,

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 and I would imagine

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 it brings us

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 great joy

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 in great tears

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 when we see

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 an older friend

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 come to Christ

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 by God's saving work.

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 Seventy years later,

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 eighty years later,

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 God being slow

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 in his mercy

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 but very powerful

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 in his mercy

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 is the same energy

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 that we look at

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 when maybe our

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 eight-year-old

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 confesses Christ

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 and says he wants

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 to abandon

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 all that he has.

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 And you might

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 look at him and go,

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 you have nothing

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 that I haven't given you.

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 In the same way

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 that it's God

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 in his mercy

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 who would say

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 you have nothing

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 that I haven't given you

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 but come to me

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 in the same way.

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 God is merciful.

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 Lamentations 3,

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 we read,

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 the steadfast love

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 of the Lord

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 never ceases

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 and his mercies

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 never come to an end.

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 His mercies

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 never run out.

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 But the Lord

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 is not only merciful,

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 verse 6,

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 the next word,

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 he's also gracious.

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 He freely blesses

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 the undeserving.

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 We often hear

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 that grace

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 is unmerited favor.

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 But we sometimes

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 say that

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 with a little too

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 excitement.

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 Grace is not

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 just unmerited favor.

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 It is love

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 from God

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 towards those

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 who deserve

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 the opposite

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 of love.

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 It is life

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 where only death

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 is deserved.

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 It is power

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 at work

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 in the powerlessness.

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 That's the grace

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 of God.

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 Think of Abraham

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 long before this.

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 Before he was

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 the father

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 of many nations,

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 he was an idolater

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 serving other gods.

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 Yet,

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 what does God do?

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 He calls Abraham

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 and makes

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 a great promise

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 within him.

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 That's grace.

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 The one who had

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 nothing,

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 was doing the wrong

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 thing,

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 is now fueled

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 and fired up

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 by the Lord.

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 Through Abraham,

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 all nations would be

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 blessed,

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 not just because

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 of anything Abraham

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 did,

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 but because God

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 is gracious.

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 Similarly,

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 Jacob,

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 after him,

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 later known as Israel,

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 the one from whom

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 the nation is named,

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 was deceitful

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 and not of great

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 character

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 for much of his life.

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 Yet,

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 God blessed him

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 and made promises

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 to him

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 and through him

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 would come

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 the Savior.

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 This is all because

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 God is gracious,

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 not that Jacob

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 was great.

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 God's grace

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 doesn't just cancel debt,

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 it actually supplies

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 an infinite line

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 of credit

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 in the other direction.

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 This is the grace

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 of God.

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 He is merciful

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 and gracious

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 and these are the

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 first two words

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 he uses to describe

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 himself after revealing

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 his name.

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 The Lord,

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 the Lord,

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 merciful and gracious.

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 And every human being

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 needs to know

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 these two words

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 after hearing

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 the Lord's name.

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 Without his mercy

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 and his grace,

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 we are like Abraham

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 worshipping other gods

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 or like Jacob

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 going after the golden calf.

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 But because God

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 is merciful and gracious,

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 we can know him.

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 I wonder if this is the way

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 that you talk about

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 God to other people.

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 I would imagine

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 some people talk

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 about God to you

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 in what they want

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 and how they feel

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 they've been oppressed

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 or in how they've

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 been bothered

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 and how do you

00:17:03.800 --> 00:17:04.640
 talk about God?

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 Here's how God

00:17:06.059 --> 00:17:06.700
 presents himself

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 to us.

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 One theologian said

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 that God distributes

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 his blessings

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 where he might

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 otherwise send

00:17:13.500 --> 00:17:14.779
 his thunders.

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 His mercy

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 and his grace

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 are like the sun

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 ever ready

00:17:19.659 --> 00:17:20.539
 shining upon

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 us without effort.

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 But thunderstorms

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 need to be built up.

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 They take time.

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 They take energy.

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 They take development.

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 One of the coolest things

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 I think in the world

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 is the slow coming,

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 more precise predictions

00:17:38.640 --> 00:17:40.360
 of things like

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 thunderstorms

00:17:41.140 --> 00:17:41.740
 and lightning

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 and tornadoes.

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 One of my best friends

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 from college

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 is a meteorologist

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 in the National Weather

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 Center in Norman,

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 Oklahoma.

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 And I just think

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 that's really cool.

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 He's a behind-the-scenes guy.

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 His PhD was in flooding.

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 So if you ever have

00:17:55.440 --> 00:17:57.180
 a question on rivers flooding,

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 race is your guy.

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 So we always pester him

00:18:00.740 --> 00:18:01.720
 whenever it's tornado season

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 texting him throughout the day.

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 He's like,

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 guys, I'm literally

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 working right now.

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 This is the go moment

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 for all of us.

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 And he said,

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 actually,

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 we've been working

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 on this set of cells,

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 figuring out these set of cells

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 for about three days now.

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 It's just now touching

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 Lotton, Oklahoma.

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 And you've got five or eight hours

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 to figure it out.

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 You see this slow-moving

00:18:20.160 --> 00:18:21.519
 characteristic of the Lord

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 where the first few things

00:18:22.900 --> 00:18:23.819
 like grace and mercy

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 are like the sun.

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 They're always shining.

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 But here you have this build-up.

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 of the way the Lord

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 talks about his character.

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 Not that it's ever-changing,

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 but he says that he is

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 slow to anger.

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 In other words,

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 he defers his anger

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 and is willing to be patient.

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 Unlike his mercy and grace,

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 which flow freely,

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 his anger is stirred.

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 Exodus 3 illustrates this beautifully.

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 When Moses encounters

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 the burning bush,

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 he hesitates and questions God.

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 But God remains patient,

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 offering reassurance,

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 promises, and signs.

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 Yet even after all of this,

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 Moses still resists

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 and asks God

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 to send someone else,

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 then only God's anger

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 began to burn.

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 And even then,

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 he remains slow to act.

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 We see the same

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 in Pharaoh's story

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 where God gives him

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 a sign after sign

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 of bringing judgment.

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 Or in the book of Joshua

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 where God waits patiently

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 for the nations

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 in the promised land

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 to repent.

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 And in the story of Jonah

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 where God relents

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 from destroying Nineveh

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 when they repent.

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 Jonah is actually

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 angry with God

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 for being so slow to anger.

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 Jonah knew that God

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 is gracious and merciful,

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 slow to anger

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 and abounding

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 in steadfast love.

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 Even in the person of Jesus

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 who is taunted

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 by the very people

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 he created,

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 we see him slow to anger

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 as an attribute.

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 I think there's a,

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 I think this is right.

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 I hope it's right.

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 I recently just preached

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 through the book of Joshua

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 and you see this

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 tremendous figure

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 at the beginning

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 of the book of Joshua

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 where they see something

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 that looks like

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 a soldier of the heavens,

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 an angel of the Lord

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 and he's holding

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 within him a sword.

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 And he says that

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 he's the commander

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 of the Lord's army.

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 And then what does

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 the Lord's army do

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 for the next several chapters?

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 They destroy

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 all of God's enemies

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 in order to do what?

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 Offer peace.

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 Follow the Lord this way.

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 Worship the Lord this way.

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 Obey the Lord this way.

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 You see that,

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 you see that trend

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 coming almost top-sided

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 in the New Testament

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 where Jesus,

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 who I think the commander

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 of the Lord

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 is a pre-incarnation figure of,

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 you see Jesus

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 and what does he come to do?

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 What does he say

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 that he comes to do?

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 Offer peace.

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 Until how long?

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 In the book of Revelation

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 when he comes back

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 with the sword.

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 See here that the Lord

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 is slow to anger

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 where God abounds

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 in his slowness

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 to the degree

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 that he abounds

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 in steadfast love.

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 You see this in verse 6.

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 Another attribute mentioned.

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 This is love

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 that is not fickle

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 or fleeting

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 but reliable

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 and constant.

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 It's not based

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 on the loveliness

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 or the recipient

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 but on the character

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 of God himself.

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 He loves

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 because he is loved

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 to the degree

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 in Deuteronomy 7.

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 God tells them

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 that he chose them

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 not because they were

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 a great nation

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 or did wonderful things

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 but because he loved them.

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 And that's the nature

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 of God's steadfast love.

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 It abounds

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 and is not dependent on us.

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 God's steadfast love

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 is also expressed

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 in his own forgiveness.

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 You see here

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 that he forgives

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 the iniquity,

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 the transgression,

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 in the sin

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 because of his abundance

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 and love.

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 This forgiveness

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 is comprehensive

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 covering every kind

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 of wrongdoing.

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 He doesn't forgive

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 because we are deserving

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 but because he is

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 abounding in love

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 and then finally

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 he is abounding

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 in faithfulness

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 in verse 6.

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 Everything he is

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 and says

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 is absolutely reliable.

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 In a world

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 where commitments

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 are often broken

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 God's faithfulness

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 is actually refreshing

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 to us.

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 When he makes a promise

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 he keeps it.

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 When he made a promise

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 promise to Abraham

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 despite all odds

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 he fulfilled it.

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 When he promised Moses

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 that he would bring Israel

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 out of Egypt

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 that seemed like a big task

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 he fulfills it.

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 God's faithfulness

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 is steady

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 unwavering.

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 It's an unwavering truth

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 that you and I

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 can depend on

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 unlike other gods

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 or religions

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 or other things

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 that you and I

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 can put our trust in.

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 Other things

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 that are unpredictable

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 and very often frightening

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 the God of the scriptures

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 is reliable

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 and trustworthy.

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 He is merciful

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 and gracious.

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 He is slow to anger

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 and abounding

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 in steadfast love.

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 I wonder if this is

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 what you would say

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 when you tell yourself

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 about God.

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 I would imagine

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 in a room this size

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 there are a good amount

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 of you

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 who have just gone through

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 so, so much

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 and you're going to ask

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 the honest question

00:22:53.720 --> 00:22:55.620
 why is God

00:22:55.620 --> 00:22:56.640
 doing this to me?

00:22:56.640 --> 00:22:59.720
 Why is God

00:22:59.720 --> 00:23:00.980
 putting me through this?

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 Going back to last night

00:23:03.620 --> 00:23:03.880
 too,

00:23:04.460 --> 00:23:05.020
 very often

00:23:05.020 --> 00:23:05.800
 you have to

00:23:05.800 --> 00:23:06.720
 preach to yourself

00:23:06.720 --> 00:23:08.080
 at least the truth

00:23:08.080 --> 00:23:09.800
 about who God is.

00:23:10.580 --> 00:23:11.200
 And he is not

00:23:11.200 --> 00:23:12.340
 one who punishes

00:23:12.340 --> 00:23:12.759
 his children.

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 He is not one

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 who inflicts

00:23:15.220 --> 00:23:15.920
 sinful ways

00:23:15.920 --> 00:23:16.820
 on those whom he loves.

00:23:17.200 --> 00:23:18.220
 He is not one of those

00:23:18.220 --> 00:23:19.500
 who is trying to trap you

00:23:19.500 --> 00:23:20.340
 into falling

00:23:20.340 --> 00:23:21.040
 into sin.

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 But he is the one

00:23:22.319 --> 00:23:24.059
 who is merciful,

00:23:24.559 --> 00:23:24.940
 gracious,

00:23:25.779 --> 00:23:27.159
 abounding in faithfulness

00:23:27.159 --> 00:23:28.480
 and love slow to anger.

00:23:29.440 --> 00:23:30.539
 Now we see this

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 as wonderful

00:23:31.920 --> 00:23:33.619
 and in the beginning

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 of the scriptures.

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 And you're going to

00:23:36.240 --> 00:23:37.279
 keep reading on

00:23:37.279 --> 00:23:38.259
 and on in the scriptures

00:23:38.259 --> 00:23:40.000
 so many more words,

00:23:40.420 --> 00:23:41.519
 thousands more words,

00:23:41.839 --> 00:23:42.500
 maybe a thousand

00:23:42.500 --> 00:23:43.099
 more pages

00:23:43.099 --> 00:23:44.599
 and there is a tension

00:23:44.599 --> 00:23:46.379
 here in this God

00:23:46.379 --> 00:23:47.259
 making himself

00:23:47.259 --> 00:23:48.299
 known to his people

00:23:48.299 --> 00:23:49.220
 and his people

00:23:49.220 --> 00:23:50.839
 responding not well

00:23:50.839 --> 00:23:51.559
 to this God

00:23:51.559 --> 00:23:52.939
 and this tension

00:23:52.939 --> 00:23:54.980
 continues to unfold itself

00:23:54.980 --> 00:23:56.059
 until finally

00:23:56.059 --> 00:23:57.039
 it is revealed

00:23:57.039 --> 00:23:58.179
 in the coming

00:23:58.179 --> 00:23:59.480
 God-man Christ Jesus

00:23:59.480 --> 00:24:01.879
 where the fullness

00:24:01.879 --> 00:24:03.059
 of God's character

00:24:03.059 --> 00:24:03.699
 is revealed

00:24:03.699 --> 00:24:04.299
 to his people.

00:24:05.339 --> 00:24:06.659
 It's in Christ Jesus

00:24:06.659 --> 00:24:07.179
 that we see

00:24:07.179 --> 00:24:07.659
 the fullness

00:24:07.659 --> 00:24:08.699
 or that we see

00:24:08.699 --> 00:24:10.139
 the fullest display

00:24:10.139 --> 00:24:10.599
 of God

00:24:10.599 --> 00:24:11.299
 where he is the

00:24:11.299 --> 00:24:12.639
 radiance of the glory

00:24:12.639 --> 00:24:13.519
 of God it says.

00:24:14.259 --> 00:24:15.119
 In him the fullness

00:24:15.119 --> 00:24:16.439
 of God dwells bodily

00:24:16.439 --> 00:24:16.980
 and in him

00:24:16.980 --> 00:24:18.099
 we see the fullest

00:24:18.099 --> 00:24:19.619
 display of all

00:24:19.619 --> 00:24:20.240
 of the attributes

00:24:20.240 --> 00:24:20.740
 of God.

00:24:21.279 --> 00:24:22.059
 Because what is

00:24:22.059 --> 00:24:22.579
 happening when

00:24:22.579 --> 00:24:23.459
 Jesus comes on

00:24:23.459 --> 00:24:24.399
 is that he is

00:24:24.399 --> 00:24:25.359
 all of these things

00:24:25.359 --> 00:24:25.899
 perfectly.

00:24:26.339 --> 00:24:27.179
 He is God.

00:24:27.879 --> 00:24:28.720
 This is not some

00:24:28.720 --> 00:24:29.519
 new revelation

00:24:29.519 --> 00:24:30.019
 of God.

00:24:30.099 --> 00:24:30.659
 He's not some

00:24:30.659 --> 00:24:32.259
 new God on the scene

00:24:32.259 --> 00:24:32.799
 where you have to

00:24:32.799 --> 00:24:33.480
 discount the one

00:24:33.480 --> 00:24:33.939
 of the old

00:24:33.939 --> 00:24:34.740
 because now you

00:24:34.740 --> 00:24:35.159
 have something

00:24:35.159 --> 00:24:35.619
 refreshing.

00:24:36.359 --> 00:24:37.539
 This is the radiance

00:24:37.539 --> 00:24:38.000
 of the one

00:24:38.000 --> 00:24:38.959
 that is being portrayed

00:24:38.959 --> 00:24:41.179
 in words

00:24:41.179 --> 00:24:42.259
 in a sermon

00:24:42.259 --> 00:24:42.799
 to Moses.

00:24:43.039 --> 00:24:43.759
 He's showing the

00:24:43.759 --> 00:24:44.539
 character of God

00:24:44.539 --> 00:24:45.639
 because of who he is.

00:24:46.199 --> 00:24:47.579
 He's the greatest

00:24:47.579 --> 00:24:48.699
 display of mercy

00:24:48.699 --> 00:24:49.259
 and grace.

00:24:49.259 --> 00:24:50.180
 He's the one

00:24:50.180 --> 00:24:50.900
 who came to seek

00:24:50.900 --> 00:24:51.740
 and save the lost.

00:24:51.879 --> 00:24:52.519
 When you think about

00:24:52.519 --> 00:24:53.579
 Exodus 34

00:24:53.579 --> 00:24:54.740
 and a God being

00:24:54.740 --> 00:24:56.180
 merciful and gracious

00:24:56.180 --> 00:24:57.839
 Jesus is the one

00:24:57.839 --> 00:24:58.640
 who is the greatest

00:24:58.640 --> 00:24:59.960
 display of these

00:24:59.960 --> 00:25:00.539
 two things.

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 So when we have

00:25:02.119 --> 00:25:02.980
 the miserable

00:25:02.980 --> 00:25:04.660
 blind man crying out

00:25:04.660 --> 00:25:05.440
 in the New Testament

00:25:05.440 --> 00:25:06.879
 have mercy on me

00:25:06.879 --> 00:25:08.599
 Jesus is drawn to him

00:25:08.599 --> 00:25:09.579
 heals him

00:25:09.579 --> 00:25:10.680
 forgives him

00:25:10.680 --> 00:25:12.099
 out of his mercy

00:25:12.099 --> 00:25:12.539
 and grace.

00:25:12.539 --> 00:25:13.700
 when we have

00:25:13.700 --> 00:25:14.339
 a bleeding woman

00:25:14.339 --> 00:25:15.099
 coming up to him

00:25:15.099 --> 00:25:15.659
 who couldn't be

00:25:15.659 --> 00:25:16.680
 healed by any

00:25:16.680 --> 00:25:17.259
 other person

00:25:17.259 --> 00:25:17.859
 though she spent

00:25:17.859 --> 00:25:18.700
 all of her money

00:25:18.700 --> 00:25:19.779
 and life trying

00:25:19.779 --> 00:25:20.539
 to find relief

00:25:20.539 --> 00:25:23.480
 he just allows

00:25:23.480 --> 00:25:25.359
 a hem of his

00:25:25.359 --> 00:25:26.000
 garment to be

00:25:26.000 --> 00:25:26.339
 touched

00:25:26.339 --> 00:25:27.859
 and she's

00:25:27.859 --> 00:25:28.579
 instantly healed

00:25:28.579 --> 00:25:30.700
 and he doesn't

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 just leave it

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 at the healing

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 because he's

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 full of grace.

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 He heals her

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 and then calls

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 to her and says

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 daughter

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 your faith

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 has healed you.

00:25:39.759 --> 00:25:40.960
 daughter

00:25:40.960 --> 00:25:42.920
 he calls her

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 he heals

00:25:44.700 --> 00:25:45.259
 forgives

00:25:45.259 --> 00:25:45.839
 and welcomes

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 into his family.

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 Also you think of

00:25:48.500 --> 00:25:49.259
 Exodus 34

00:25:49.259 --> 00:25:50.140
 being slow to anger

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 he's the greatest

00:25:51.480 --> 00:25:52.299
 display of being

00:25:52.299 --> 00:25:53.000
 slow to anger.

00:25:53.700 --> 00:25:54.119
 Here's a man

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 that the scripture

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 calls a man of

00:25:55.400 --> 00:25:55.859
 sorrows

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 acquainted with grief

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 a grief

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 a grief from the

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 hands of people

00:26:00.960 --> 00:26:01.500
 men and women

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 he created

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 and he's slow

00:26:03.379 --> 00:26:04.160
 to anger with them.

00:26:05.200 --> 00:26:05.720
 They're the ones

00:26:05.720 --> 00:26:06.259
 who are literally

00:26:06.259 --> 00:26:06.940
 killing him

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 and he's slow

00:26:08.480 --> 00:26:09.140
 to anger with them.

00:26:09.140 --> 00:26:09.780
 He doesn't call

00:26:09.780 --> 00:26:10.580
 down legions

00:26:10.580 --> 00:26:11.120
 of angels

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 to defend him

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 though he could have.

00:26:13.140 --> 00:26:14.259
 He doesn't bring up

00:26:14.259 --> 00:26:15.180
 those around him

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 to push back

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 on their darkness

00:26:16.540 --> 00:26:17.520
 though he could have.

00:26:17.600 --> 00:26:18.700
 He willingly suffers

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 at their hands

00:26:19.800 --> 00:26:20.640
 because he's slow

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 to anger

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 all showcasing

00:26:22.580 --> 00:26:23.140
 to us

00:26:23.140 --> 00:26:24.500
 like in Exodus 34

00:26:24.500 --> 00:26:25.720
 the God of love

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 here is

00:26:26.640 --> 00:26:27.660
 the Savior

00:26:27.660 --> 00:26:28.900
 displaying all

00:26:28.900 --> 00:26:29.640
 the love of God

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 where he demonstrates

00:26:30.980 --> 00:26:32.060
 his love for us

00:26:32.060 --> 00:26:32.640
 in this

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 and that while

00:26:33.420 --> 00:26:34.259
 we were still sinners

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 Christ died for us

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 where 1 John

00:26:36.580 --> 00:26:37.759
 chapter 4 says

00:26:37.759 --> 00:26:38.520
 this is love

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 not that we have

00:26:39.440 --> 00:26:40.099
 loved God

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 but that God

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 has loved us

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 and gave his son

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 as a propitiation

00:26:44.279 --> 00:26:45.019
 for sin.

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 He didn't see

00:26:46.420 --> 00:26:47.240
 something lovely

00:26:47.240 --> 00:26:48.079
 in the world

00:26:48.079 --> 00:26:49.039
 and go

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 that's the apple

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 that I want to be

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 of my eye

00:26:52.259 --> 00:26:54.259
 that's the flower

00:26:54.259 --> 00:26:55.099
 that I want to be

00:26:55.099 --> 00:26:56.539
 on my dinner table

00:26:56.539 --> 00:26:58.480
 he is love

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 and out of that love

00:26:59.579 --> 00:27:00.539
 he sends his son

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 and makes him

00:27:01.119 --> 00:27:02.279
 a propitiation

00:27:02.279 --> 00:27:03.019
 for sin

00:27:03.019 --> 00:27:03.839
 turning Jesus

00:27:03.839 --> 00:27:05.579
 away from the anger

00:27:05.579 --> 00:27:07.000
 and wrath

00:27:07.000 --> 00:27:07.019
 and wrath

00:27:07.019 --> 00:27:07.399
 of God

00:27:07.399 --> 00:27:09.679
 he does that

00:27:09.679 --> 00:27:10.079
 in his son

00:27:10.079 --> 00:27:10.399
 Jesus

00:27:10.399 --> 00:27:12.720
 we also see

00:27:12.720 --> 00:27:13.059
 that God

00:27:13.059 --> 00:27:13.559
 is faithful

00:27:13.559 --> 00:27:14.500
 in Exodus 34

00:27:14.500 --> 00:27:15.240
 and it's Jesus

00:27:15.240 --> 00:27:16.359
 who is the greatest

00:27:16.359 --> 00:27:17.439
 display of faithfulness

00:27:17.439 --> 00:27:17.819
 of God

00:27:17.819 --> 00:27:19.220
 he kept all

00:27:19.220 --> 00:27:20.079
 of God's word

00:27:20.079 --> 00:27:21.519
 not one part

00:27:21.519 --> 00:27:22.299
 did he skip over

00:27:22.299 --> 00:27:23.299
 or failed to fulfill

00:27:23.299 --> 00:27:24.779
 he kept all of it

00:27:24.779 --> 00:27:26.139
 we might

00:27:26.139 --> 00:27:27.419
 miss out on one

00:27:27.419 --> 00:27:28.139
 you know

00:27:28.139 --> 00:27:28.519
 you think of the

00:27:28.519 --> 00:27:29.159
 rich young ruler

00:27:29.159 --> 00:27:30.480
 who says

00:27:30.480 --> 00:27:31.139
 I just want a way

00:27:31.139 --> 00:27:32.000
 to be healed

00:27:32.000 --> 00:27:32.899
 or I want a way

00:27:32.899 --> 00:27:33.659
 to have eternal life

00:27:33.660 --> 00:27:35.480
 and what does Jesus say

00:27:35.480 --> 00:27:36.300
 great follow all

00:27:36.300 --> 00:27:36.720
 the commandments

00:27:36.720 --> 00:27:37.759
 and he goes

00:27:37.759 --> 00:27:38.820
 I've done that

00:27:38.820 --> 00:27:40.759
 he goes I've done that

00:27:40.759 --> 00:27:41.460
 and he goes great

00:27:41.460 --> 00:27:42.180
 then sell everything

00:27:42.180 --> 00:27:43.820
 and give it to the poor

00:27:43.820 --> 00:27:45.500
 and follow me

00:27:45.500 --> 00:27:47.380
 but what did that

00:27:47.380 --> 00:27:48.660
 rich young man

00:27:48.660 --> 00:27:52.019
 what did he not believe

00:27:52.019 --> 00:27:54.100
 that it would be

00:27:54.100 --> 00:27:55.060
 actually in his

00:27:55.060 --> 00:27:56.040
 eternal best interest

00:27:56.040 --> 00:27:56.840
 to follow Jesus

00:27:56.840 --> 00:27:59.980
 selling everything

00:27:59.980 --> 00:28:01.960
 actually isn't that hard

00:28:01.960 --> 00:28:03.500
 arguably it's a

00:28:03.500 --> 00:28:03.960
 really good way

00:28:03.960 --> 00:28:04.759
 to make a lot of money

00:28:04.759 --> 00:28:06.400
 if you have a lot of stuff

00:28:06.400 --> 00:28:07.660
 any of you who work

00:28:07.660 --> 00:28:08.039
 in inventory

00:28:08.039 --> 00:28:09.299
 you want to sell

00:28:09.299 --> 00:28:10.480
 everything in inventory

00:28:10.480 --> 00:28:11.039
 don't you

00:28:11.039 --> 00:28:13.319
 even giving everything away

00:28:13.319 --> 00:28:14.759
 that's not really that bad

00:28:14.759 --> 00:28:16.259
 people want to be generous

00:28:16.259 --> 00:28:17.660
 don't you want to be generous

00:28:17.660 --> 00:28:18.640
 isn't it nice

00:28:18.640 --> 00:28:19.839
 like now that I have a son

00:28:19.839 --> 00:28:21.380
 I want to buy

00:28:21.380 --> 00:28:22.299
 I just bought my son

00:28:22.299 --> 00:28:23.799
 a NBA

00:28:23.799 --> 00:28:26.059
 the professional basketball team

00:28:26.059 --> 00:28:26.400
 what are they

00:28:26.400 --> 00:28:27.240
 the Oklahoma City Thunder

00:28:27.240 --> 00:28:28.819
 the mascot is Rumble

00:28:28.819 --> 00:28:29.680
 it's a bison

00:28:29.680 --> 00:28:31.000
 and I like looked at that

00:28:31.000 --> 00:28:31.619
 and saw it online

00:28:31.619 --> 00:28:31.979
 I was like

00:28:31.979 --> 00:28:33.439
 I don't care at all

00:28:33.439 --> 00:28:33.979
 about basketball

00:28:33.979 --> 00:28:35.439
 but I want Bradley

00:28:35.439 --> 00:28:36.459
 to have that rumble

00:28:36.459 --> 00:28:39.039
 it's easy to give stuff away

00:28:39.039 --> 00:28:41.299
 it is impossible

00:28:41.299 --> 00:28:43.199
 to follow Jesus

00:28:43.199 --> 00:28:45.119
 if you think it won't be

00:28:45.119 --> 00:28:45.879
 in your best interest

00:28:45.879 --> 00:28:48.619
 if you don't think

00:28:48.619 --> 00:28:49.919
 Jesus is going to be faithful

00:28:49.919 --> 00:28:51.039
 to provide for you

00:28:51.039 --> 00:28:52.919
 and what I mean by that

00:28:52.919 --> 00:28:53.759
 is eternal life

00:28:53.759 --> 00:28:54.459
 salvation

00:28:54.459 --> 00:28:56.459
 heaven and earth

00:28:56.459 --> 00:28:57.279
 being collided

00:28:57.279 --> 00:28:58.119
 to a new heavens

00:28:58.119 --> 00:28:58.679
 and new earth

00:28:58.679 --> 00:29:00.319
 if you don't think

00:29:00.319 --> 00:29:01.179
 he's going to be faithful

00:29:01.179 --> 00:29:03.059
 then you would actually

00:29:03.059 --> 00:29:04.039
 be logically right

00:29:04.039 --> 00:29:04.919
 to not follow him

00:29:04.919 --> 00:29:07.019
 but here we see that

00:29:07.019 --> 00:29:07.579
 Jesus

00:29:07.579 --> 00:29:10.079
 of everything

00:29:10.079 --> 00:29:10.779
 in the scriptures

00:29:10.779 --> 00:29:12.519
 that he was to obey

00:29:12.519 --> 00:29:13.579
 even the words

00:29:13.579 --> 00:29:14.119
 of the father

00:29:14.119 --> 00:29:15.000
 his response was

00:29:15.000 --> 00:29:16.299
 yes and amen

00:29:16.299 --> 00:29:17.839
 to all of God's promises

00:29:17.839 --> 00:29:18.719
 he's the seed

00:29:18.719 --> 00:29:19.279
 of the woman

00:29:19.279 --> 00:29:20.379
 that was promised

00:29:20.379 --> 00:29:21.319
 in Genesis 3

00:29:21.319 --> 00:29:22.339
 he's the offspring

00:29:22.339 --> 00:29:23.119
 of Abraham

00:29:23.119 --> 00:29:24.459
 who through many

00:29:24.459 --> 00:29:25.299
 sons would come

00:29:25.299 --> 00:29:26.559
 he was the blessing

00:29:26.559 --> 00:29:27.259
 that would flow

00:29:27.259 --> 00:29:28.240
 through many nations

00:29:28.240 --> 00:29:29.059
 he was the true

00:29:29.059 --> 00:29:30.180
 and better temple

00:29:30.180 --> 00:29:31.079
 the one who made

00:29:31.079 --> 00:29:31.879
 his tabernacle

00:29:31.879 --> 00:29:32.960
 among his people

00:29:32.960 --> 00:29:34.139
 who was lifted up

00:29:34.139 --> 00:29:35.200
 sends his spirit

00:29:35.200 --> 00:29:35.879
 so those people

00:29:35.879 --> 00:29:36.500
 could be a temple

00:29:36.500 --> 00:29:37.000
 themselves

00:29:37.000 --> 00:29:38.079
 and he's the true

00:29:38.079 --> 00:29:38.720
 and better rest

00:29:38.720 --> 00:29:39.480
 that was promised

00:29:39.480 --> 00:29:40.579
 in the land

00:29:40.579 --> 00:29:41.700
 and from the Sabbath

00:29:41.700 --> 00:29:42.659
 that were pointing

00:29:42.659 --> 00:29:43.159
 toward it

00:29:43.159 --> 00:29:45.259
 we see here

00:29:45.259 --> 00:29:46.819
 words that invoke

00:29:46.819 --> 00:29:49.079
 a desire for sacrifice

00:29:49.079 --> 00:29:50.940
 in Exodus 34

00:29:50.940 --> 00:29:52.000
 recognizing that Jesus

00:29:52.000 --> 00:29:52.659
 was the true

00:29:52.659 --> 00:29:53.259
 and better lamb

00:29:53.259 --> 00:29:56.180
 he was the sacrificial lamb

00:29:56.180 --> 00:29:57.680
 that was not just one

00:29:57.680 --> 00:29:58.500
 like an animal

00:29:58.500 --> 00:29:59.079
 before it

00:29:59.079 --> 00:29:59.819
 but he was the one

00:29:59.819 --> 00:30:01.200
 who was truly God

00:30:01.200 --> 00:30:01.940
 truly man

00:30:01.940 --> 00:30:03.000
 without any blemish

00:30:03.000 --> 00:30:04.599
 where he and his sacrifice

00:30:04.599 --> 00:30:05.259
 could fully

00:30:05.259 --> 00:30:07.400
 truly take a replacement

00:30:07.400 --> 00:30:08.599
 for us

00:30:08.599 --> 00:30:09.700
 as he died on the cross

00:30:09.700 --> 00:30:11.700
 he's the greater king

00:30:11.700 --> 00:30:12.720
 that comes from the line

00:30:12.720 --> 00:30:13.140
 of David

00:30:13.140 --> 00:30:14.539
 surpassing the righteousness

00:30:14.539 --> 00:30:15.740
 and glory of David

00:30:15.740 --> 00:30:16.799
 who followed him

00:30:16.799 --> 00:30:17.619
 he reigns

00:30:17.619 --> 00:30:19.220
 not just for a little while

00:30:19.220 --> 00:30:20.019
 over his people

00:30:20.019 --> 00:30:21.119
 but eternally

00:30:21.119 --> 00:30:22.819
 in Jesus

00:30:22.819 --> 00:30:23.979
 we see the yes

00:30:23.979 --> 00:30:25.179
 and amen

00:30:25.179 --> 00:30:27.119
 the savior king

00:30:27.119 --> 00:30:27.719
 who rules

00:30:27.719 --> 00:30:29.059
 and reigns on high

00:30:29.059 --> 00:30:29.899
 I have one of the

00:30:29.899 --> 00:30:30.599
 I have a privilege

00:30:30.599 --> 00:30:31.919
 of doing a lot

00:30:31.919 --> 00:30:32.799
 of the membership interviews

00:30:32.799 --> 00:30:33.419
 so when people

00:30:33.419 --> 00:30:34.459
 aim to join our church

00:30:34.459 --> 00:30:35.319
 they take a class

00:30:35.319 --> 00:30:36.099
 they're interviewed

00:30:36.099 --> 00:30:36.939
 by one of our elders

00:30:36.939 --> 00:30:38.139
 part of the interview

00:30:38.139 --> 00:30:39.339
 is to understand

00:30:39.339 --> 00:30:39.959
 if they have a good

00:30:39.959 --> 00:30:41.019
 articulation of the gospel

00:30:41.019 --> 00:30:42.819
 and part of that

00:30:42.819 --> 00:30:43.579
 their understanding

00:30:43.579 --> 00:30:44.839
 articulation of the gospel

00:30:44.839 --> 00:30:45.679
 people really

00:30:45.679 --> 00:30:46.539
 step on themselves

00:30:46.539 --> 00:30:46.979
 when they

00:30:46.979 --> 00:30:48.039
 they either do things

00:30:48.039 --> 00:30:48.539
 to Jesus

00:30:48.539 --> 00:30:49.379
 that haven't been done

00:30:49.380 --> 00:30:50.460
 or they don't do things

00:30:50.460 --> 00:30:51.160
 to Jesus

00:30:51.160 --> 00:30:51.980
 that have been done

00:30:51.980 --> 00:30:52.760
 like everyone wants

00:30:52.760 --> 00:30:53.980
 to crucify Jesus

00:30:53.980 --> 00:30:55.080
 in their testimony

00:30:55.080 --> 00:30:55.960
 of what the gospel is

00:30:55.960 --> 00:30:57.020
 no one wants to raise him

00:30:57.020 --> 00:30:57.520
 from the grave

00:30:57.520 --> 00:30:58.500
 he died for my sins

00:30:58.500 --> 00:30:59.060
 and you're like

00:30:59.060 --> 00:30:59.680
 and then what

00:30:59.680 --> 00:31:01.120
 is he still there

00:31:01.120 --> 00:31:01.380
 and they're like

00:31:01.380 --> 00:31:02.020
 oh he was raised

00:31:02.020 --> 00:31:02.380
 from the grave

00:31:02.380 --> 00:31:03.080
 on the third day

00:31:03.080 --> 00:31:04.360
 and you're like

00:31:04.360 --> 00:31:05.820
 and then what

00:31:05.820 --> 00:31:07.240
 is he still roaming

00:31:07.240 --> 00:31:07.980
 around the earth

00:31:07.980 --> 00:31:08.260
 and you're like

00:31:08.260 --> 00:31:09.080
 no he's in heaven

00:31:09.080 --> 00:31:10.060
 yes

00:31:10.060 --> 00:31:11.340
 ruling and reigning

00:31:11.340 --> 00:31:12.000
 on high

00:31:12.000 --> 00:31:13.680
 not a temporary king

00:31:13.680 --> 00:31:15.280
 and he's also

00:31:15.280 --> 00:31:16.060
 the greatest display

00:31:16.060 --> 00:31:16.840
 of God's justice

00:31:16.839 --> 00:31:18.059
 where we don't see

00:31:18.059 --> 00:31:18.980
 a mean God

00:31:18.980 --> 00:31:20.299
 of the Old Testament

00:31:20.299 --> 00:31:21.099
 and a soft

00:31:21.099 --> 00:31:22.539
 loving Jesus

00:31:22.539 --> 00:31:23.099
 in the new

00:31:23.099 --> 00:31:23.839
 no Jesus

00:31:23.839 --> 00:31:25.179
 was no man

00:31:25.179 --> 00:31:26.240
 who was soft on sin

00:31:26.240 --> 00:31:27.919
 he was upset about sin

00:31:27.919 --> 00:31:29.139
 as much as his father

00:31:29.139 --> 00:31:30.539
 and so against sin

00:31:30.539 --> 00:31:31.639
 he's willing

00:31:31.639 --> 00:31:32.500
 to be crucified

00:31:32.500 --> 00:31:33.159
 for it

00:31:33.159 --> 00:31:34.379
 where the cross

00:31:34.379 --> 00:31:34.839
 tells us

00:31:34.839 --> 00:31:35.399
 that our sin

00:31:35.399 --> 00:31:36.000
 is so bad

00:31:36.000 --> 00:31:36.399
 that Jesus

00:31:36.399 --> 00:31:37.099
 had to die

00:31:37.099 --> 00:31:38.279
 but it also tells us

00:31:38.279 --> 00:31:39.279
 that God is so good

00:31:39.279 --> 00:31:40.159
 that he was willing

00:31:40.159 --> 00:31:40.720
 to do this

00:31:40.720 --> 00:31:41.419
 so that there could be

00:31:41.419 --> 00:31:42.439
 forgiveness provided

00:31:42.439 --> 00:31:43.319
 for his people

00:31:43.319 --> 00:31:43.919
 so in Jesus

00:31:43.919 --> 00:31:45.119
 we see the tension

00:31:45.119 --> 00:31:46.719
 of verse 7

00:31:46.719 --> 00:31:48.099
 relieved

00:31:48.099 --> 00:31:50.500
 in Exodus 34

00:31:50.500 --> 00:31:52.039
 where Jesus

00:31:52.039 --> 00:31:52.559
 is the one

00:31:52.559 --> 00:31:53.119
 who comes

00:31:53.119 --> 00:31:54.279
 and is the atoning

00:31:54.279 --> 00:31:55.359
 sacrifice for sin

00:31:55.359 --> 00:31:56.459
 the only place

00:31:56.459 --> 00:31:57.139
 for forgiveness

00:31:57.139 --> 00:31:58.479
 and the only sacrifice

00:31:58.479 --> 00:31:59.379
 that can take away

00:31:59.379 --> 00:32:00.559
 sin of the world

00:32:00.559 --> 00:32:00.959
 in him

00:32:00.959 --> 00:32:01.719
 we see God

00:32:01.719 --> 00:32:02.519
 as both just

00:32:02.519 --> 00:32:03.619
 and justifier

00:32:03.619 --> 00:32:04.500
 as he holds up

00:32:04.500 --> 00:32:05.019
 righteousness

00:32:05.019 --> 00:32:05.899
 perfectly

00:32:05.899 --> 00:32:07.319
 and completely

00:32:07.319 --> 00:32:08.859
 and he is still

00:32:08.859 --> 00:32:10.319
 justifying sinners

00:32:10.319 --> 00:32:11.179
 and bringing them

00:32:11.179 --> 00:32:12.059
 into a relationship

00:32:12.059 --> 00:32:14.119
 to himself

00:32:14.119 --> 00:32:14.819
 through Christ

00:32:14.819 --> 00:32:17.639
 so friends

00:32:17.639 --> 00:32:18.419
 what about you

00:32:18.419 --> 00:32:23.659
 Moses wanted God

00:32:23.659 --> 00:32:24.379
 to show him

00:32:24.379 --> 00:32:25.000
 his glory

00:32:25.000 --> 00:32:27.679
 what about you

00:32:27.679 --> 00:32:31.039
 in him

00:32:31.039 --> 00:32:31.819
 you can have

00:32:31.819 --> 00:32:33.019
 a God

00:32:33.019 --> 00:32:33.759
 who is for you

00:32:33.759 --> 00:32:35.220
 in Jesus

00:32:35.220 --> 00:32:35.980
 you can have

00:32:35.980 --> 00:32:36.619
 a life

00:32:36.619 --> 00:32:37.679
 with his

00:32:37.679 --> 00:32:38.599
 transcendent God

00:32:38.599 --> 00:32:39.960
 through our

00:32:39.960 --> 00:32:40.439
 connection

00:32:40.439 --> 00:32:41.079
 to Jesus

00:32:41.079 --> 00:32:41.980
 by faith

00:32:41.980 --> 00:32:43.059
 through our

00:32:43.059 --> 00:32:43.579
 unity

00:32:43.579 --> 00:32:44.619
 with Jesus

00:32:44.619 --> 00:32:45.359
 by our

00:32:45.359 --> 00:32:45.759
 repentance

00:32:45.759 --> 00:32:47.179
 we can not

00:32:47.179 --> 00:32:48.339
 only know God

00:32:48.339 --> 00:32:49.639
 but also reflect

00:32:49.639 --> 00:32:50.939
 who God is

00:32:50.939 --> 00:32:52.899
 it's at this point

00:32:52.899 --> 00:32:53.579
 that we recognize

00:32:53.579 --> 00:32:54.259
 that we can be

00:32:54.259 --> 00:32:55.460
 true image bearers

00:32:55.460 --> 00:32:56.460
 like we should have

00:32:56.460 --> 00:32:57.039
 been at the beginning

00:32:57.039 --> 00:32:58.579
 with Adam and Eve

00:32:58.579 --> 00:32:59.379
 pouring out the

00:32:59.379 --> 00:33:00.220
 reflection of the

00:33:00.220 --> 00:33:01.199
 image of the

00:33:01.199 --> 00:33:02.299
 one true living God

00:33:02.299 --> 00:33:03.699
 the message of the

00:33:03.699 --> 00:33:04.099
 gospel

00:33:04.099 --> 00:33:05.439
 isn't just recognizing

00:33:05.439 --> 00:33:07.179
 God for who he is

00:33:07.179 --> 00:33:08.939
 Jesus for who he is

00:33:08.940 --> 00:33:10.320
 and what he has done

00:33:10.320 --> 00:33:11.380
 but to recognize

00:33:11.380 --> 00:33:12.320
 what he has done

00:33:12.320 --> 00:33:13.279
 so that you may

00:33:13.279 --> 00:33:13.880
 do what he has

00:33:13.880 --> 00:33:14.580
 called you to do

00:33:14.580 --> 00:33:16.320
 in Jesus

00:33:16.320 --> 00:33:17.100
 we can be merciful

00:33:17.100 --> 00:33:17.759
 because we've

00:33:17.759 --> 00:33:18.360
 received mercy

00:33:18.360 --> 00:33:19.440
 in him

00:33:19.440 --> 00:33:20.039
 we can be

00:33:20.039 --> 00:33:20.320
 gracious

00:33:20.320 --> 00:33:21.120
 because we've

00:33:21.120 --> 00:33:22.360
 received the

00:33:22.360 --> 00:33:23.039
 grace of God

00:33:23.039 --> 00:33:24.059
 we ought to be

00:33:24.059 --> 00:33:24.539
 the most gracious

00:33:24.539 --> 00:33:25.100
 people on the

00:33:25.100 --> 00:33:25.380
 planet

00:33:25.380 --> 00:33:25.920
 and the most

00:33:25.920 --> 00:33:27.039
 merciful people

00:33:27.039 --> 00:33:27.779
 alive

00:33:27.779 --> 00:33:29.039
 in our

00:33:29.039 --> 00:33:29.799
 lifelessness

00:33:29.799 --> 00:33:30.220
 in our

00:33:30.220 --> 00:33:30.880
 powerlessness

00:33:30.880 --> 00:33:32.660
 that's what we

00:33:32.660 --> 00:33:33.380
 know of Jesus

00:33:33.380 --> 00:33:34.720
 in Jesus

00:33:34.720 --> 00:33:35.360
 we can be people

00:33:35.360 --> 00:33:36.140
 who are slow

00:33:36.140 --> 00:33:36.600
 to anger

00:33:36.600 --> 00:33:37.160
 because the

00:33:37.160 --> 00:33:37.640
 worst thing

00:33:37.640 --> 00:33:37.960
 that could

00:33:37.960 --> 00:33:38.740
 happen to us

00:33:38.740 --> 00:33:40.460
 has already

00:33:40.460 --> 00:33:40.900
 happened

00:33:40.900 --> 00:33:42.080
 on the cross

00:33:42.080 --> 00:33:42.580
 as Jesus

00:33:42.580 --> 00:33:43.200
 was crucified

00:33:43.200 --> 00:33:44.040
 on our behalf

00:33:44.040 --> 00:33:45.420
 in Jesus

00:33:45.420 --> 00:33:46.180
 we can abound

00:33:46.180 --> 00:33:46.640
 in love

00:33:46.640 --> 00:33:47.340
 because Jesus

00:33:47.340 --> 00:33:48.380
 abounded in love

00:33:48.380 --> 00:33:49.340
 for us

00:33:49.340 --> 00:33:50.020
 and poured out

00:33:50.020 --> 00:33:50.560
 his love

00:33:50.560 --> 00:33:51.440
 into our hearts

00:33:51.440 --> 00:33:52.820
 where we no longer

00:33:52.820 --> 00:33:53.360
 need to love

00:33:53.360 --> 00:33:53.980
 from the outside

00:33:53.980 --> 00:33:54.320
 of him

00:33:54.320 --> 00:33:54.880
 we have all

00:33:54.880 --> 00:33:55.300
 that we need

00:33:55.300 --> 00:33:55.800
 in him

00:33:55.800 --> 00:33:57.180
 so now we can

00:33:57.180 --> 00:33:57.980
 abound in love

00:33:57.980 --> 00:33:58.580
 toward him

00:33:58.580 --> 00:33:59.280
 and toward others

00:33:59.280 --> 00:34:01.080
 and in Jesus

00:34:01.080 --> 00:34:02.120
 we can be just

00:34:02.120 --> 00:34:03.580
 always looking for

00:34:03.580 --> 00:34:04.240
 what is right

00:34:04.240 --> 00:34:05.380
 in obeying the

00:34:05.380 --> 00:34:05.640
 Lord

00:34:05.640 --> 00:34:06.180
 and good

00:34:06.180 --> 00:34:07.280
 in what is

00:34:07.280 --> 00:34:08.500
 a life in response

00:34:08.500 --> 00:34:08.860
 to God

00:34:08.860 --> 00:34:09.400
 because we know

00:34:09.400 --> 00:34:10.039
 that there is a God

00:34:10.039 --> 00:34:10.579
 who cares

00:34:10.579 --> 00:34:11.920
 about great justice

00:34:11.920 --> 00:34:12.559
 in our hearts

00:34:12.559 --> 00:34:13.140
 and in the people

00:34:13.140 --> 00:34:13.720
 around us

00:34:13.720 --> 00:34:14.240
 in the end

00:34:14.240 --> 00:34:15.000
 there will be

00:34:15.000 --> 00:34:15.640
 no injustice

00:34:15.640 --> 00:34:17.240
 whether dealt

00:34:17.240 --> 00:34:18.059
 with at the cross

00:34:18.059 --> 00:34:19.480
 or in hell

00:34:19.480 --> 00:34:20.920
 no injustice

00:34:20.920 --> 00:34:21.519
 will remain

00:34:21.519 --> 00:34:24.340
 what do you think

00:34:24.340 --> 00:34:24.820
 about when you

00:34:24.820 --> 00:34:25.599
 think about God

00:34:25.599 --> 00:34:27.280
 that's the most

00:34:27.280 --> 00:34:27.740
 important thing

00:34:27.740 --> 00:34:28.180
 about you

00:34:28.180 --> 00:34:29.660
 and God makes

00:34:29.660 --> 00:34:30.260
 himself known

00:34:30.260 --> 00:34:30.900
 not just

00:34:30.900 --> 00:34:32.039
 for our information

00:34:32.039 --> 00:34:32.599
 but also

00:34:32.599 --> 00:34:33.820
 as an invitation

00:34:33.820 --> 00:34:35.280
 for us to know

00:34:35.280 --> 00:34:35.500
 him

00:34:35.500 --> 00:34:37.039
 and the response

00:34:37.039 --> 00:34:37.380
 is left

00:34:37.380 --> 00:34:37.860
 to you

00:34:37.860 --> 00:34:39.780
 response here

00:34:39.780 --> 00:34:40.039
 is left

00:34:40.039 --> 00:34:40.440
 to you

00:34:40.440 --> 00:34:42.079
 but I pray

00:34:42.079 --> 00:34:42.420
 that we would

00:34:42.420 --> 00:34:43.260
 take our cue

00:34:43.260 --> 00:34:43.880
 from Moses

00:34:43.880 --> 00:34:45.059
 in Exodus

00:34:45.059 --> 00:34:46.059
 34 verse 8

00:34:46.059 --> 00:34:47.480
 see there with

00:34:47.480 --> 00:34:47.940
 your eyes

00:34:47.940 --> 00:34:50.179
 hold on to it

00:34:50.179 --> 00:34:50.739
 with your hearts

00:34:50.739 --> 00:34:53.000
 Moses quickly

00:34:53.000 --> 00:34:53.699
 bowed his head

00:34:53.699 --> 00:34:54.800
 toward the earth

00:34:54.800 --> 00:34:56.139
 and worshiped

00:34:56.139 --> 00:34:56.480
 us

00:34:56.480 --> 00:34:58.079
 our gracious

00:34:58.079 --> 00:34:58.659
 and heavenly

00:34:58.659 --> 00:34:59.300
 father we come

00:34:59.300 --> 00:34:59.940
 to you this morning

00:34:59.940 --> 00:35:00.360
 again

00:35:00.360 --> 00:35:01.900
 in great thankfulness

00:35:01.900 --> 00:35:02.480
 for all that you

00:35:02.480 --> 00:35:02.820
 have done

00:35:02.820 --> 00:35:03.460
 for us

00:35:03.460 --> 00:35:06.160
 not only

00:35:06.160 --> 00:35:07.099
 in Moses'

00:35:07.320 --> 00:35:07.620
 words

00:35:07.620 --> 00:35:10.220
 but also

00:35:10.220 --> 00:35:10.760
 in the cross

00:35:10.760 --> 00:35:11.280
 of Christ

00:35:11.280 --> 00:35:12.500
 where love

00:35:12.500 --> 00:35:13.800
 and mercy

00:35:13.800 --> 00:35:14.059
 met

00:35:14.059 --> 00:35:15.820
 love

00:35:15.820 --> 00:35:16.500
 and justice

00:35:16.500 --> 00:35:16.800
 met

00:35:16.800 --> 00:35:18.579
 where anger

00:35:18.579 --> 00:35:19.160
 was

00:35:19.160 --> 00:35:20.660
 as it should

00:35:20.660 --> 00:35:20.840
 have been

00:35:20.840 --> 00:35:21.160
 poured out

00:35:21.160 --> 00:35:21.519
 on us

00:35:21.519 --> 00:35:21.940
 it was poured

00:35:21.940 --> 00:35:23.280
 out on your

00:35:23.280 --> 00:35:23.860
 son for us

00:35:23.860 --> 00:35:24.260
 God we are

00:35:24.260 --> 00:35:24.740
 so grateful

00:35:24.740 --> 00:35:25.240
 for this

00:35:25.239 --> 00:35:27.799
 we pray

00:35:27.799 --> 00:35:28.199
 that we would

00:35:28.199 --> 00:35:28.699
 respond

00:35:28.699 --> 00:35:29.799
 by being

00:35:29.799 --> 00:35:30.239
 reminded

00:35:30.239 --> 00:35:31.759
 so greatly

00:35:31.759 --> 00:35:33.339
 of your

00:35:33.339 --> 00:35:34.099
 glorious gospel

00:35:34.099 --> 00:35:36.000
 of the glory

00:35:36.000 --> 00:35:36.439
 of you

00:35:36.439 --> 00:35:36.979
 our God

00:35:36.979 --> 00:35:38.319
 pray this in

00:35:38.319 --> 00:35:38.839
 Jesus name

00:35:38.839 --> 00:35:39.579
 amen

00:35:39.579 --> 00:35:41.859
 well on the night

00:35:41.859 --> 00:35:42.459
 before Jesus

00:35:42.459 --> 00:35:43.079
 was crucified

00:35:43.079 --> 00:35:44.319
 he ate dinner

00:35:44.319 --> 00:35:45.059
 with his disciples

00:35:45.059 --> 00:35:45.659
 and he gave them

00:35:45.659 --> 00:35:46.019
 a picture

00:35:46.019 --> 00:35:46.739
 or a sign

00:35:46.739 --> 00:35:47.679
 of what is

00:35:47.679 --> 00:35:48.059
 known as the

00:35:48.059 --> 00:35:48.359
 gospel

00:35:48.359 --> 00:35:49.779
 if you've ever

00:35:49.779 --> 00:35:50.219
 wondered what

00:35:50.219 --> 00:35:50.719
 the gospel

00:35:50.719 --> 00:35:51.299
 is like

00:35:51.299 --> 00:35:52.599
 you and I

00:35:52.599 --> 00:35:54.000
 have a picture

00:35:54.000 --> 00:35:54.559
 of it

00:35:54.559 --> 00:35:55.400
 a sign

00:35:55.400 --> 00:35:55.840
 of it

00:35:55.840 --> 00:35:57.440
 he took bread

00:35:57.440 --> 00:35:58.039
 in that moment

00:35:58.039 --> 00:35:58.659
 he took bread

00:35:58.659 --> 00:35:59.279
 he took wine

00:35:59.279 --> 00:35:59.900
 there were elements

00:35:59.900 --> 00:36:00.519
 there at the meal

00:36:00.519 --> 00:36:01.000
 he took these

00:36:01.000 --> 00:36:02.000
 elements at the meal

00:36:02.000 --> 00:36:02.679
 there and he passed

00:36:02.679 --> 00:36:03.179
 them around

00:36:03.179 --> 00:36:04.199
 as a meal

00:36:04.199 --> 00:36:04.940
 and said that

00:36:04.940 --> 00:36:05.320
 they should be

00:36:05.320 --> 00:36:06.579
 received as a sign

00:36:06.579 --> 00:36:07.539
 of his body

00:36:07.539 --> 00:36:08.219
 and his blood

00:36:08.219 --> 00:36:09.139
 the bread

00:36:09.139 --> 00:36:10.079
 of the body

00:36:10.079 --> 00:36:11.299
 and the cup

00:36:11.299 --> 00:36:12.500
 of his blood

00:36:12.500 --> 00:36:13.900
 and that he would

00:36:13.900 --> 00:36:14.400
 be crucified

00:36:14.400 --> 00:36:15.199
 for these people

00:36:15.199 --> 00:36:16.380
 and they could

00:36:16.380 --> 00:36:16.840
 see it through

00:36:16.840 --> 00:36:17.420
 these elements

00:36:17.420 --> 00:36:19.199
 by you and me

00:36:19.199 --> 00:36:19.980
 taking these elements

00:36:19.980 --> 00:36:20.659
 this morning

00:36:20.659 --> 00:36:21.440
 the elements

00:36:21.440 --> 00:36:22.019
 of the Lord's

00:36:22.019 --> 00:36:22.199
 supper

00:36:22.199 --> 00:36:22.739
 it takes us

00:36:22.739 --> 00:36:23.139
 back

00:36:23.139 --> 00:36:24.219
 it calls us

00:36:24.219 --> 00:36:24.699
 to a point

00:36:24.699 --> 00:36:25.699
 of reminiscing

00:36:25.699 --> 00:36:26.699
 it's not just

00:36:26.699 --> 00:36:27.539
 remembering something

00:36:27.539 --> 00:36:28.000
 but it's

00:36:28.000 --> 00:36:28.879
 reminiscing something

00:36:28.879 --> 00:36:29.859
 it's almost like

00:36:29.859 --> 00:36:30.399
 we're there

00:36:30.399 --> 00:36:31.559
 we're a part

00:36:31.559 --> 00:36:32.299
 of it

00:36:32.299 --> 00:36:33.259
 because it

00:36:33.259 --> 00:36:33.939
 proclaims his

00:36:33.939 --> 00:36:34.259
 death

00:36:34.259 --> 00:36:35.879
 now I'm the only

00:36:35.879 --> 00:36:36.679
 one who prepared

00:36:36.679 --> 00:36:37.299
 a sermon this

00:36:37.299 --> 00:36:37.519
 morning

00:36:37.519 --> 00:36:38.719
 I would trust

00:36:38.719 --> 00:36:39.879
 but in this

00:36:39.879 --> 00:36:40.179
 moment

00:36:40.179 --> 00:36:40.899
 in this action

00:36:40.899 --> 00:36:41.959
 all of you

00:36:41.959 --> 00:36:42.480
 who partake

00:36:42.480 --> 00:36:42.719
 of it

00:36:42.719 --> 00:36:43.419
 are also

00:36:43.419 --> 00:36:44.219
 preaching a

00:36:44.219 --> 00:36:44.539
 message

00:36:44.539 --> 00:36:45.579
 you are

00:36:45.579 --> 00:36:46.219
 proclaiming

00:36:46.219 --> 00:36:46.799
 the Lord's

00:36:46.799 --> 00:36:47.239
 death

00:36:47.239 --> 00:36:49.199
 now this

00:36:49.199 --> 00:36:49.559
 meal

00:36:49.559 --> 00:36:51.000
 is for those

00:36:51.000 --> 00:36:51.379
 who are

00:36:51.379 --> 00:36:52.039
 repentant

00:36:52.039 --> 00:36:53.000
 blood-bought

00:36:53.000 --> 00:36:53.400
 believers

00:36:53.400 --> 00:36:53.739
 in the

00:36:53.739 --> 00:36:54.119
 Lord Jesus

00:36:54.119 --> 00:36:54.420
 Christ

00:36:54.420 --> 00:36:54.739
 so if

00:36:54.739 --> 00:36:55.079
 you're here

00:36:55.079 --> 00:36:55.480
 today

00:36:55.480 --> 00:36:56.280
 and you're

00:36:56.280 --> 00:36:56.619
 a believer

00:36:56.619 --> 00:36:57.039
 in Jesus

00:36:57.039 --> 00:36:57.400
 Christ

00:36:57.400 --> 00:36:57.840
 this meal

00:36:57.840 --> 00:36:58.340
 is for you

00:36:58.340 --> 00:36:59.480
 it's not

00:36:59.480 --> 00:36:59.820
 for those

00:36:59.820 --> 00:37:00.039
 who are

00:37:00.039 --> 00:37:00.639
 unbelievers

00:37:00.639 --> 00:37:01.739
 we would ask

00:37:01.739 --> 00:37:02.039
 that you would

00:37:02.039 --> 00:37:02.579
 consider the

00:37:02.579 --> 00:37:03.179
 gospel that you

00:37:03.179 --> 00:37:03.559
 would have heard

00:37:03.559 --> 00:37:03.960
 the claims

00:37:03.960 --> 00:37:04.400
 of Christ

00:37:04.400 --> 00:37:05.019
 and allow

00:37:05.019 --> 00:37:05.519
 these moments

00:37:05.519 --> 00:37:06.059
 of passing

00:37:06.059 --> 00:37:06.539
 over or

00:37:06.539 --> 00:37:07.219
 passing by

00:37:07.219 --> 00:37:08.239
 I pray as a

00:37:08.239 --> 00:37:08.739
 catalyst for

00:37:08.739 --> 00:37:09.119
 you to

00:37:09.119 --> 00:37:10.179
 question

00:37:10.179 --> 00:37:12.199
 your understanding

00:37:12.199 --> 00:37:13.019
 of the Lord

00:37:13.019 --> 00:37:13.659
 Jesus Christ

00:37:13.659 --> 00:37:14.880
 your understanding

00:37:14.880 --> 00:37:15.739
 of what his

00:37:15.739 --> 00:37:16.559
 death and

00:37:16.559 --> 00:37:17.079
 resurrection

00:37:17.079 --> 00:37:17.780
 can mean

00:37:17.780 --> 00:37:18.280
 for you

00:37:18.280 --> 00:37:19.660
 Paul is

00:37:19.660 --> 00:37:20.240
 also clear

00:37:20.240 --> 00:37:20.740
 one of the

00:37:20.740 --> 00:37:22.540
 authors of

00:37:22.540 --> 00:37:22.740
 the New

00:37:22.740 --> 00:37:23.040
 Testament

00:37:23.040 --> 00:37:23.420
 Paul is

00:37:23.420 --> 00:37:23.800
 also clear

00:37:23.800 --> 00:37:24.580
 that all

00:37:24.580 --> 00:37:24.800
 of us

00:37:24.800 --> 00:37:25.380
 should examine

00:37:25.380 --> 00:37:25.880
 ourselves

00:37:25.880 --> 00:37:26.800
 before partaking

00:37:26.800 --> 00:37:27.200
 of these

00:37:27.200 --> 00:37:28.160
 elements

00:37:28.160 --> 00:37:29.100
 and to

00:37:29.100 --> 00:37:29.660
 confess our

00:37:29.660 --> 00:37:30.019
 sins

00:37:30.019 --> 00:37:30.900
 and if we

00:37:30.900 --> 00:37:31.620
 find ourselves

00:37:31.620 --> 00:37:32.600
 in unrepentant

00:37:32.600 --> 00:37:33.200
 sins

00:37:33.200 --> 00:37:34.420
 refusing to

00:37:34.420 --> 00:37:34.800
 repent of

00:37:34.800 --> 00:37:35.120
 our sins

00:37:35.120 --> 00:37:35.460
 friend as

00:37:35.460 --> 00:37:35.900
 that is you

00:37:35.900 --> 00:37:36.400
 I also want

00:37:36.400 --> 00:37:36.780
 to ask you

00:37:36.780 --> 00:37:37.019
 to not

00:37:37.019 --> 00:37:37.460
 partake in

00:37:37.460 --> 00:37:37.680
 the supper

00:37:37.680 --> 00:37:38.140
 as well

00:37:38.140 --> 00:37:38.940
 use it

00:37:38.940 --> 00:37:39.440
 as a time

00:37:39.440 --> 00:37:40.040
 of fasting

00:37:40.040 --> 00:37:41.480
 where you

00:37:41.480 --> 00:37:41.840
 see the

00:37:41.840 --> 00:37:42.700
 pain of

00:37:42.700 --> 00:37:43.200
 missing out

00:37:43.200 --> 00:37:43.580
 as others

00:37:43.580 --> 00:37:43.920
 get to

00:37:43.920 --> 00:37:44.280
 partake

00:37:44.280 --> 00:37:44.560
 as a

00:37:44.560 --> 00:37:44.860
 catalyst

00:37:44.860 --> 00:37:45.340
 for you

00:37:45.340 --> 00:37:46.300
 to come

00:37:46.300 --> 00:37:46.540
 to the

00:37:46.540 --> 00:37:46.840
 water

00:37:46.840 --> 00:37:47.920
 where it

00:37:47.920 --> 00:37:48.280
 is good

00:37:48.280 --> 00:37:49.200
 to come

00:37:49.200 --> 00:37:49.460
 to the

00:37:49.460 --> 00:37:49.720
 meal

00:37:49.720 --> 00:37:50.579
 where it

00:37:50.579 --> 00:37:50.700
 is

00:37:50.700 --> 00:37:51.120
 nourishing

00:37:51.120 --> 00:37:54.180
 now in

00:37:54.180 --> 00:37:54.720
 some ways

00:37:54.720 --> 00:37:55.320
 in a moment

00:37:55.320 --> 00:37:55.640
 I'm going

00:37:55.640 --> 00:37:56.160
 to pray

00:37:56.160 --> 00:37:57.120
 and then

00:37:57.120 --> 00:37:57.700
 after that

00:37:57.700 --> 00:37:58.000
 we'll all

00:37:58.000 --> 00:37:58.380
 be invited

00:37:58.380 --> 00:37:58.820
 up to the

00:37:58.820 --> 00:37:59.120
 tables

00:37:59.120 --> 00:37:59.519
 where you'll

00:37:59.519 --> 00:37:59.800
 take the

00:37:59.800 --> 00:38:00.140
 elements

00:38:00.140 --> 00:38:00.940
 back to

00:38:00.940 --> 00:38:01.380
 your seat

00:38:01.380 --> 00:38:02.519
 and then

00:38:02.519 --> 00:38:02.900
 we'll all

00:38:02.900 --> 00:38:03.240
 take them

00:38:03.240 --> 00:38:03.600
 together

00:38:03.600 --> 00:38:04.039
 in a

00:38:04.039 --> 00:38:04.300
 moment

00:38:04.300 --> 00:38:05.260
 but before

00:38:05.260 --> 00:38:05.680
 that as

00:38:05.680 --> 00:38:06.460
 we partake

00:38:06.460 --> 00:38:06.800
 when we

00:38:06.800 --> 00:38:07.260
 partake

00:38:07.260 --> 00:38:08.039
 remember that

00:38:08.039 --> 00:38:08.380
 Christ

00:38:08.380 --> 00:38:08.800
 willingly

00:38:08.800 --> 00:38:09.360
 poured out

00:38:09.360 --> 00:38:09.920
 his blood

00:38:09.920 --> 00:38:10.820
 a new

00:38:10.820 --> 00:38:11.160
 covenant

00:38:11.160 --> 00:38:12.360
 uniting us

00:38:12.360 --> 00:38:12.900
 to God

00:38:12.900 --> 00:38:13.579
 in his

00:38:13.579 --> 00:38:13.960
 boundless

00:38:13.960 --> 00:38:14.320
 mercy

00:38:14.320 --> 00:38:16.220
 uniting us

00:38:16.220 --> 00:38:16.600
 to God

00:38:16.599 --> 00:38:16.960
 in his

00:38:16.960 --> 00:38:18.380
 abundant

00:38:18.380 --> 00:38:18.940
 grace

00:38:18.940 --> 00:38:20.460
 uniting us

00:38:20.460 --> 00:38:21.299
 to a

00:38:21.299 --> 00:38:21.619
 God

00:38:21.619 --> 00:38:22.079
 who was

00:38:22.079 --> 00:38:23.500
 so thankful

00:38:23.500 --> 00:38:23.900
 that he was

00:38:23.900 --> 00:38:24.199
 slow to

00:38:24.199 --> 00:38:24.460
 anger

00:38:24.460 --> 00:38:25.380
 for us

00:38:25.380 --> 00:38:26.699
 uniting us

00:38:26.699 --> 00:38:26.940
 to a

00:38:26.940 --> 00:38:27.159
 God

00:38:27.159 --> 00:38:27.440
 who was

00:38:27.440 --> 00:38:27.799
 faithful

00:38:27.799 --> 00:38:28.960
 drawing us

00:38:28.960 --> 00:38:29.319
 into a

00:38:29.319 --> 00:38:29.599
 fellowship

00:38:29.599 --> 00:38:30.079
 with him

00:38:30.079 --> 00:38:31.019
 through his

00:38:31.019 --> 00:38:31.159
 own

00:38:31.159 --> 00:38:31.739
 sacrifice

00:38:31.739 --> 00:38:32.839
 and we

00:38:32.839 --> 00:38:33.079
 pray

00:38:33.079 --> 00:38:33.639
 and then

00:38:33.639 --> 00:38:33.739
 we'll

00:38:33.739 --> 00:38:33.920
 guide

00:38:33.920 --> 00:38:34.039
 our

00:38:34.039 --> 00:38:34.480
 elements

00:38:34.480 --> 00:38:35.500
 our

00:38:35.500 --> 00:38:35.779
 gracious

00:38:35.779 --> 00:38:36.019
 and

00:38:36.019 --> 00:38:36.239
 heavenly

00:38:36.239 --> 00:38:36.539
 father

00:38:36.539 --> 00:38:36.960
 we thank

00:38:36.960 --> 00:38:37.099
 you

00:38:37.099 --> 00:38:37.480
 for what

00:38:37.480 --> 00:38:37.860
 these

00:38:37.860 --> 00:38:39.980
 moments

00:38:39.980 --> 00:38:40.239
 mean

00:38:40.239 --> 00:38:40.920
 what

00:38:40.920 --> 00:38:41.139
 these

00:38:41.139 --> 00:38:41.480
 elements

00:38:41.480 --> 00:38:41.719
 mean

00:38:41.719 --> 00:38:43.779
 we pray

00:38:43.779 --> 00:38:44.059
 that you

00:38:44.059 --> 00:38:44.179
 would

00:38:44.179 --> 00:38:44.539
 nourish

00:38:44.539 --> 00:38:44.879
 us

00:38:44.879 --> 00:38:47.099
 we pray

00:38:47.099 --> 00:38:47.379
 that he

00:38:47.379 --> 00:38:47.500
 would

00:38:47.500 --> 00:38:47.959
 allow us

00:38:47.959 --> 00:38:48.179
 to

00:38:48.179 --> 00:38:48.699
 reminisce

00:38:48.699 --> 00:38:49.879
 on your

00:38:49.879 --> 00:38:50.480
 glorious

00:38:50.480 --> 00:38:51.000
 death

00:38:51.000 --> 00:38:52.679
 we pray

00:38:52.679 --> 00:38:53.059
 that you

00:38:53.059 --> 00:38:53.259
 would

00:38:53.259 --> 00:38:53.859
 give us

00:38:53.859 --> 00:38:54.259
 joy

00:38:54.259 --> 00:38:55.519
 in this

00:38:55.519 --> 00:38:56.419
 we ask

00:38:56.419 --> 00:38:56.719
 this in

00:38:56.719 --> 00:38:57.279
 Jesus name

00:38:57.279 --> 00:38:58.059
 amen

00:38:58.059 --> 00:38:59.340
 amen