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 Deuteronomy chapter 7, page 186.

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 Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons.

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 For they will turn your sons away from following me to serve other gods.

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 And the Lord's anger will burn against you and will quickly destroy you.

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 This is what you are to do to them. Break down their altars, smash their sacred stones, cut down their asherah poles and burn their idols in the fire.

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 For you are a people holy to the Lord your God.

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 The Lord your God has chosen you out of all the peoples on the face of the earth to be his people, his treasured possession.

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 The Lord did not set his affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than other peoples.

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 For you were the fewest of all peoples.

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 But it was because the Lord loved you and kept the oath he swore to your forefathers.

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 That he brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the land of slavery, from the power of Pharaoh, king of Egypt.

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 Know therefore that the Lord your God is God.

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 He is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commandments.

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 But those who hate him, he will repay to their face by destruction.

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 He will not be slow to repay to their face those who hate him.

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 Therefore, take care to follow the commands, decrees and laws I give you today.

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 If you pay attention to these laws and are careful to follow them, then the Lord your God will keep his covenant of love with you as he swore to your forefathers.

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 He will love you and bless you and increase your numbers.

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 He will bless the fruit of your womb, the crops of your land, your grain, new wine and oil, the calves of your herd and the lambs of your flocks in the lands that he swore to your forefathers to give you.

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 You will be blessed more than any other people.

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 None of your men or women will be childless, nor any of your livestock without young.

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 The Lord will keep you free from every disease.

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 He will not inflict on you the horrible diseases you knew in Egypt, but he will inflict them on all who hate you.

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 You must destroy all the peoples the Lord your God gives over to you.

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 Do not look on them with pity and do not serve their gods, for that will be a snare to you.

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 You may say to yourself, these nations are stronger than we are.

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 How can we drive them out?

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 But do not be afraid of them.

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 Remember well what the Lord your God did to Pharaoh and to all Egypt.

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 You saw with your own eyes the great trials and the miraculous signs and wonders, the mighty hand and outstretched arm with which the Lord your God brought you out.

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 The Lord your God will do the same to all the peoples you now fear.

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 Moreover, the Lord your God will send the hornet among them until even the survivors who hide from you have perished.

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 Do not be terrified by them, for the Lord your God who is among you is a great and awesome God.

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 The Lord your God will drive out those nations before you, little by little.

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 You will not be allowed to eliminate them all at once, or the wild animals will multiply around you.

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 But the Lord your God will deliver them over to you, throwing them into great confusion until they are destroyed.

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 He will give their kings into your hand, and you will wipe out their names from under heaven.

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 No one will be able to stand up against you.

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 You will destroy them.

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 The images of their gods you are to burn in the fire.

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 Do not covet the silver and gold on them, and do not take it for yourselves, or you will be ensnared by it, for it is detestable to the Lord your God.

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 Do not bring a detestable thing into your house, or you, like it, will be set apart for destruction.

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 Do not bring a detestable thing into your house, or you will be set apart for destruction.

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 Do not bring a detestable thing into your house, or you will be set apart for destruction.

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 Do not bring a detestable thing into your house, or you will be set apart for destruction.

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 Thanks very much, Ralph, for leading.

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 Thanks there, Simon, for reading.

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 A long section.

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 So keep your Bibles open, please, at Deuteronomy chapter 7 and chapter 8.

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 Those are the two sections we're going to be looking at this morning.

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 Again, if there are questions that we come up against that you want to be able to talk through or ask, then please do that afterwards.

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 And as you're turning to the section there in Deuteronomy, just to remind you about the missions conference, which is happening next weekend.

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 Friday evening is for younger people.

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 Saturday morning, for all ages, there's a children and a creche programme as well.

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 And then Saturday evening, again for all ages and college-age students as well.

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 So do come along.

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 It will be a great occasion meeting with other people from other churches,

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 those who are concerned about seeing the good news of Christ go to all the world.

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 And so try and be there if you can.

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 Let's pray together and ask for God's help.

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 For the Lord, your God, who is among you, is a great and awesome God.

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 Father, our desire is that we get to know you better, the awesome God.

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 As we read your word, as we seek to understand it, that we would meet with you and hear from you.

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 And we pray that everything that you are would shape us and transform us.

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 That we would not try and fit you into our own box or understanding.

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 But that we would be people who love you and follow you.

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 As the great and awesome God that you are.

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 So please help us this morning.

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 In Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Well, if there was one section of the Bible that I could rip out and throw away,

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 this would be it.

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 In fact, I would say it's the most controversial issue that has caused so many people to question

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 and ultimately reject Christianity.

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 So what is the big issue?

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 Well, if you listen carefully to the reading, you'll see it is all about the destruction of the nations.

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 And the difficulty is God commands it.

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 Look at chapter 7, verse 2.

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 And when the Lord your God has delivered them, that's the nations over to you,

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 and you have defeated them, then you must destroy them totally.

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 Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy.

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 Or look at verse 16.

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 You must destroy all the peoples the Lord your God gives to you.

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 Do not look on them with pity.

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 But not only does God command it,

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 He actually threatens it.

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 So look at chapter 8, verse 19.

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 Chapter 8, verse 19.

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 If you ever forget the Lord your God and follow other gods and worship and bow down to them,

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 I testify against you today that you will surely be destroyed.

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 Like the nations the Lord destroyed before you,

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 so you will be destroyed for not obeying the Lord your God.

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 If you don't do what I say,

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 I'm going to destroy you.

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 Now this, it seems, is nothing less than what we would call ethnic cleansing.

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 Now according to the UN,

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 here's the definition of what ethnic cleansing is.

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 It is the process of eliminating unwanted ethnic or religious groups

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 by deportation,

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 forcible displacement,

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 mass murder,

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 with the intent of creating a territory

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 inhabited by a people of pure ethnicity,

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 religion,

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 and culture.

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 It is the most horrible

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 and evil of crimes.

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 It's the sort of thing that was attached to the Holocaust.

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 So what is God doing,

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 commanding,

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 and threatening

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 the total destruction

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 of these nations?

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 Richard Dawkins,

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 the popular atheist,

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 writer of the God delusion,

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 came to this conclusion.

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 He says,

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 God is a vindictive,

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 bloodthirsty,

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 ethnic cleanser,

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 a capriciously malevolent bully.

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 Now in the light of what we have just read,

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 we can understand why somebody like that would come to a conclusion.

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 And we too can understand why we would begin to think

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 that God could be charged with ethnic cleansing.

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 So what are we to make of this God who commands

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 and threatens the destruction

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 of peoples,

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 men and women

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 and children?

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 Well, first of all,

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 God's terrible judgment.

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 This is not about God

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 who has lost his temper

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 and who has it in for a particular people group.

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 This is about God's just,

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 fair,

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 controlled,

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 and settled response

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 to all sin

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 and evil.

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 So let's try and unpack that

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 under three things.

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 First,

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 a place without sin.

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 From the very beginning,

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 God had promised his people

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 a place,

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 a land

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 that would be good

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 and beautiful.

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 We're told what that land

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 is going to be like

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 in chapter 7,

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 verse 12.

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 He says,

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 if you pay attention to these laws

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 and are careful to follow them,

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 then the Lord your God

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 will keep his covenant,

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 the promise of love with you

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 as he swore to your forefathers.

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 He will love you

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 and bless you

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 and increase your numbers.

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 He will bless the fruit of your womb,

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 the crops of your land,

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 your grain,

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 new wine and oil,

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 the calves of your herds

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 and the lambs of your flocks

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 in the land that he swore

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 to your forefathers to give you.

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 You will be blessed

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 more than any other people.

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 None of your men or women

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 will be childless,

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 nor any of your livestock

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 without young.

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 The Lord will keep you free

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 from every disease.

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 He will not inflict on you

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 the horrible diseases

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 you knew in Egypt,

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 but he will inflict on them,

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 he will inflict them

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 on all who hate you.

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 This is the most,

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 if you like,

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 perfect place to live.

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 It's described as a land of blessing,

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 without sickness or disease,

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 a place where they are protected

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 from their enemies,

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 where their borders are secure

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 and where they enjoy

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 a full and prosperous life.

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 It's the kind of land and home

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 that we would want.

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 It's a place without sin,

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 without harm or danger,

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 without evil or crime.

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 It's a beautiful and a good land.

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 It's all about protection

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 and blessing.

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 Look at chapter 8, verse 7.

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 For the Lord your God

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 is bringing you into a good land,

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 a land with streams

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 and pools of water,

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 with springs flowing

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 in the valleys and hills,

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 a land with wheat and barley,

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 vines and fig trees,

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 pomegranates,

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 olive oil and honey,

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 a land where bread

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 will not be scarce

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 and you will lack nothing.

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 A land where the rocks are iron

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 and you can dig copper

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 out of the hills.

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 This land that is being described here

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 is a kind of paradise.

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 It's not unlike the Garden of Eden

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 before the curse.

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 And this is what we all long for.

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 And this is what God had promised

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 to his people,

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 a place without sin or evil.

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 But to make this land a reality,

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 God must first deal with sin.

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 You see, the place that God's people

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 were to live in

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 was occupied by nations

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 that were utterly sinful.

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 Look at chapter 7, verse 1.

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 He says to them,

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 look, when the Lord your God

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 brings you into this land,

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 remember this good land,

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 that you are entering to possess,

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 and he drives out before you

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 the many nations,

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 the Hittites,

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 the Girgashites,

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 the Amorites,

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 Canaanites,

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 Perizzites,

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 Hivites,

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 and Jebusites,

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 the seven nations

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 that are larger

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 and stronger than you.

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 These were nations

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 that for centuries

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 had lived in rebellion

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 against God,

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 had destroyed other people,

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 had ruined people.

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 Keep your finger there

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 in Deuteronomy 7

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 and flick back to

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 Genesis chapter 15.

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 Genesis chapter 15.

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 In Genesis 15,

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 we read about God's

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 initial promise

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 to his people

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 about the good land,

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 the promised land,

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 the beautiful land

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 that they were going to go to.

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 But before they get into

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 this good land,

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 there's going to be

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 a long,

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 long delay.

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 And we're given the reason

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 for that delay.

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 Chapter 15,

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 verse 16.

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 God says,

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 in the fourth generation,

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 your descendants

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 will come back here.

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 That's back to the promised land.

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 But the reason why

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 it's going to take so long,

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 we're told,

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 is for the sin

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 of the Amorites

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 has not yet reached

00:16:03.740 --> 00:16:05.340
 its full measure.

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 Go back to Deuteronomy

00:16:09.160 --> 00:16:09.980
 chapter 7.

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 You see,

00:16:10.480 --> 00:16:11.720
 God is displaying

00:16:11.720 --> 00:16:14.139
 incredible patience

00:16:14.139 --> 00:16:15.960
 with the Amorites

00:16:15.960 --> 00:16:17.639
 and it's implied

00:16:17.639 --> 00:16:18.440
 with all these

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 other nations too.

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 God was giving them

00:16:21.360 --> 00:16:23.060
 four generations.

00:16:24.100 --> 00:16:26.440
 That's over 400 years

00:16:26.440 --> 00:16:29.180
 to sort themselves out.

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 But now the time

00:16:31.580 --> 00:16:32.120
 has come

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 and their lives

00:16:34.140 --> 00:16:35.440
 are no different.

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 So God punishes them

00:16:38.500 --> 00:16:39.620
 for their continued

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 and their persistent sin.

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 He commands

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 their complete destruction.

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 Look at Deuteronomy 7,

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 verse 2.

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 He says,

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 when the Lord your God

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 has delivered them

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 over to you

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 and when you have

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 defeated them,

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 then you must

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 destroy them

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 totally.

00:17:00.840 --> 00:17:01.540
 You see,

00:17:01.740 --> 00:17:02.100
 sin

00:17:02.100 --> 00:17:04.160
 is very destructive.

00:17:04.920 --> 00:17:05.720
 It wrecks

00:17:05.720 --> 00:17:06.559
 what God

00:17:06.559 --> 00:17:07.539
 has made beautiful.

00:17:07.980 --> 00:17:09.180
 It ruins lives

00:17:09.180 --> 00:17:10.380
 and it breaks

00:17:10.380 --> 00:17:11.500
 all that is good.

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 So God

00:17:13.039 --> 00:17:14.279
 in His response

00:17:14.279 --> 00:17:15.180
 deals

00:17:15.180 --> 00:17:16.200
 with these

00:17:16.200 --> 00:17:17.600
 sinful nations

00:17:17.600 --> 00:17:19.500
 by destroying them.

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 and to be sure,

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 the only way

00:17:22.640 --> 00:17:23.599
 to be sure

00:17:23.599 --> 00:17:24.579
 that you have

00:17:24.579 --> 00:17:26.000
 dealt with sin

00:17:26.000 --> 00:17:28.799
 is to destroy

00:17:28.799 --> 00:17:30.019
 the sinner.

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 Otherwise,

00:17:31.759 --> 00:17:32.759
 it just keeps

00:17:32.759 --> 00:17:33.579
 coming back

00:17:33.579 --> 00:17:35.019
 again and again

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 and again.

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 So what God

00:17:38.160 --> 00:17:39.039
 is doing here

00:17:39.039 --> 00:17:40.599
 is He's removing

00:17:40.599 --> 00:17:41.859
 the sinful nations

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 from the land

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 so that His people

00:17:46.200 --> 00:17:46.960
 can live

00:17:46.960 --> 00:17:48.019
 in a place

00:17:48.019 --> 00:17:48.940
 that is full

00:17:48.940 --> 00:17:49.599
 of peace

00:17:49.599 --> 00:17:51.079
 and prosperity.

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 In fact,

00:17:53.779 --> 00:17:54.299
 it must go

00:17:54.299 --> 00:17:55.680
 further than just that.

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 They must go

00:17:58.319 --> 00:17:59.160
 a step further

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 because God

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 knows

00:18:00.559 --> 00:18:02.460
 what a danger

00:18:02.460 --> 00:18:03.299
 it will be

00:18:03.299 --> 00:18:04.799
 if the people

00:18:04.799 --> 00:18:05.839
 are remain,

00:18:06.359 --> 00:18:07.000
 if the people

00:18:07.000 --> 00:18:07.420
 are allowed

00:18:07.420 --> 00:18:08.579
 to stay in the land.

00:18:08.720 --> 00:18:08.920
 So,

00:18:09.160 --> 00:18:09.660
 they must

00:18:09.660 --> 00:18:11.059
 cleanse the land

00:18:11.059 --> 00:18:12.440
 from those

00:18:12.440 --> 00:18:13.339
 who persistently

00:18:13.339 --> 00:18:14.420
 rebel against God.

00:18:14.660 --> 00:18:15.639
 Look at verse 3

00:18:15.639 --> 00:18:16.559
 of chapter 7.

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 He says,

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 do not intermarry

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 with them.

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 Do not give

00:18:20.579 --> 00:18:21.159
 your daughters

00:18:21.159 --> 00:18:22.279
 to their sons

00:18:22.279 --> 00:18:24.359
 or take their daughters

00:18:24.359 --> 00:18:25.619
 for your sons.

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 Why?

00:18:27.039 --> 00:18:27.559
 Verse 4,

00:18:27.940 --> 00:18:28.539
 for they will

00:18:28.539 --> 00:18:29.480
 turn your sons

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 away from following

00:18:31.319 --> 00:18:32.299
 me to serve

00:18:32.299 --> 00:18:33.079
 other gods.

00:18:34.819 --> 00:18:35.500
 In fact,

00:18:35.559 --> 00:18:36.139
 He tells them

00:18:36.139 --> 00:18:36.599
 they are to

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 cleanse the whole

00:18:37.519 --> 00:18:38.559
 land of anything

00:18:38.559 --> 00:18:39.759
 that will pull

00:18:39.759 --> 00:18:40.740
 them away from God.

00:18:40.819 --> 00:18:41.500
 Verse 5,

00:18:42.079 --> 00:18:42.779
 this is what

00:18:42.779 --> 00:18:43.419
 you are to do.

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 You are to break

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 down the altars,

00:18:45.699 --> 00:18:46.819
 smash their sacred

00:18:46.819 --> 00:18:47.559
 stones,

00:18:47.980 --> 00:18:48.779
 cut down the

00:18:48.779 --> 00:18:49.519
 Asherah poles

00:18:49.519 --> 00:18:50.319
 and burn their

00:18:50.319 --> 00:18:51.240
 idols in the fire.

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 For you are a people

00:18:53.399 --> 00:18:54.439
 holy to the Lord

00:18:54.439 --> 00:18:55.019
 your God.

00:18:56.039 --> 00:18:57.199
 You've been rescued

00:18:57.199 --> 00:18:57.859
 by God.

00:18:58.139 --> 00:18:59.259
 You now belong

00:18:59.259 --> 00:18:59.819
 to God.

00:19:00.159 --> 00:19:01.000
 You've been set

00:19:01.000 --> 00:19:02.719
 apart for God

00:19:02.719 --> 00:19:03.599
 to love Him,

00:19:03.859 --> 00:19:04.899
 to enjoy Him,

00:19:05.000 --> 00:19:05.779
 to obey Him.

00:19:06.000 --> 00:19:06.939
 So you must

00:19:06.939 --> 00:19:07.899
 remove

00:19:07.899 --> 00:19:09.379
 every possible

00:19:09.379 --> 00:19:09.919
 thing

00:19:09.919 --> 00:19:11.079
 that is going

00:19:11.079 --> 00:19:12.079
 to pull you

00:19:12.079 --> 00:19:13.459
 away from God.

00:19:13.460 --> 00:19:16.519
 verse 16,

00:19:17.600 --> 00:19:18.460
 He says,

00:19:18.559 --> 00:19:19.680
 you must destroy

00:19:19.680 --> 00:19:21.319
 all the peoples

00:19:21.319 --> 00:19:22.400
 the Lord your God

00:19:22.400 --> 00:19:23.360
 gives over to you.

00:19:23.700 --> 00:19:24.620
 Do not look on

00:19:24.620 --> 00:19:25.400
 them with pity

00:19:25.400 --> 00:19:26.480
 and do not

00:19:26.480 --> 00:19:27.440
 serve their gods

00:19:27.440 --> 00:19:29.259
 for that will

00:19:29.259 --> 00:19:30.279
 be a snare

00:19:30.279 --> 00:19:30.900
 to you.

00:19:31.620 --> 00:19:32.039
 They could

00:19:32.039 --> 00:19:32.940
 entice you

00:19:32.940 --> 00:19:33.440
 away.

00:19:34.319 --> 00:19:35.200
 Verse 25,

00:19:36.279 --> 00:19:37.000
 the images

00:19:37.000 --> 00:19:37.880
 of their gods

00:19:37.880 --> 00:19:38.460
 you are to

00:19:38.460 --> 00:19:39.600
 burn in the fire.

00:19:39.600 --> 00:19:40.700
 Do not covet

00:19:40.700 --> 00:19:41.539
 the silver and

00:19:41.539 --> 00:19:42.279
 gold on them

00:19:42.279 --> 00:19:43.160
 and do not

00:19:43.160 --> 00:19:43.639
 take it

00:19:43.639 --> 00:19:44.440
 for yourselves

00:19:44.440 --> 00:19:46.240
 or you

00:19:46.240 --> 00:19:46.740
 will be

00:19:46.740 --> 00:19:47.759
 ensnared

00:19:47.759 --> 00:19:48.519
 by it

00:19:48.519 --> 00:19:50.160
 for it is

00:19:50.160 --> 00:19:50.839
 detestable

00:19:50.839 --> 00:19:51.440
 to the Lord

00:19:51.440 --> 00:19:52.119
 your God.

00:19:53.039 --> 00:19:54.180
 To leave

00:19:54.180 --> 00:19:55.220
 any hint

00:19:55.220 --> 00:19:56.139
 of sin

00:19:56.139 --> 00:19:57.720
 would be

00:19:57.720 --> 00:19:58.460
 dangerous.

00:19:59.799 --> 00:20:01.200
 Like a deadly

00:20:01.200 --> 00:20:01.980
 cancer,

00:20:02.379 --> 00:20:04.460
 it would only

00:20:04.460 --> 00:20:05.160
 grow back

00:20:05.160 --> 00:20:05.579
 again

00:20:05.579 --> 00:20:06.839
 and it

00:20:06.839 --> 00:20:07.419
 would take

00:20:07.419 --> 00:20:07.899
 over,

00:20:08.399 --> 00:20:08.720
 ruining

00:20:08.720 --> 00:20:09.819
 and destroying

00:20:09.819 --> 00:20:10.720
 and breaking

00:20:10.720 --> 00:20:11.559
 everything

00:20:11.559 --> 00:20:12.939
 in its path.

00:20:12.940 --> 00:20:17.019
 you see,

00:20:17.140 --> 00:20:19.440
 this is not

00:20:19.440 --> 00:20:20.019
 about a

00:20:20.019 --> 00:20:20.799
 God who,

00:20:21.840 --> 00:20:22.500
 as Dawkins

00:20:22.500 --> 00:20:23.779
 claims,

00:20:24.019 --> 00:20:25.140
 is a vindictive,

00:20:25.860 --> 00:20:26.680
 bloodthirsty,

00:20:26.960 --> 00:20:28.039
 ethnic cleanser.

00:20:29.000 --> 00:20:30.059
 This is a

00:20:30.059 --> 00:20:30.720
 God who

00:20:30.720 --> 00:20:31.620
 is fair

00:20:31.620 --> 00:20:33.400
 and just

00:20:33.400 --> 00:20:34.920
 and is

00:20:34.920 --> 00:20:35.539
 rightly

00:20:35.539 --> 00:20:36.640
 angry with

00:20:36.640 --> 00:20:37.480
 all the

00:20:37.480 --> 00:20:37.940
 sin

00:20:37.940 --> 00:20:39.240
 that causes

00:20:39.240 --> 00:20:39.900
 so much

00:20:39.900 --> 00:20:40.759
 pain and

00:20:40.759 --> 00:20:42.440
 damage in

00:20:42.440 --> 00:20:43.079
 our world.

00:20:45.400 --> 00:20:46.180
 Let's try

00:20:46.180 --> 00:20:46.519
 and think

00:20:46.519 --> 00:20:47.339
 about something

00:20:47.339 --> 00:20:48.599
 that's been

00:20:48.599 --> 00:20:49.379
 fresh in our

00:20:49.379 --> 00:20:50.059
 news this

00:20:50.059 --> 00:20:50.420
 week.

00:20:51.119 --> 00:20:51.539
 I'm sure

00:20:51.539 --> 00:20:52.000
 you've all

00:20:52.000 --> 00:20:52.700
 heard about

00:20:52.700 --> 00:20:53.819
 Fiona Doyle,

00:20:54.400 --> 00:20:55.339
 now an

00:20:55.339 --> 00:20:56.200
 older lady.

00:20:57.539 --> 00:20:58.119
 But when she

00:20:58.119 --> 00:20:58.619
 was a very

00:20:58.619 --> 00:20:59.379
 young girl,

00:21:00.680 --> 00:21:01.839
 for ten

00:21:01.839 --> 00:21:02.640
 consistent

00:21:02.640 --> 00:21:03.180
 years,

00:21:03.319 --> 00:21:03.680
 she was

00:21:03.680 --> 00:21:05.000
 raped and

00:21:05.000 --> 00:21:06.200
 abused by

00:21:06.200 --> 00:21:06.819
 her father.

00:21:06.819 --> 00:21:08.899
 now when

00:21:08.899 --> 00:21:09.359
 you saw

00:21:09.359 --> 00:21:09.939
 that item

00:21:09.939 --> 00:21:10.299
 on the

00:21:10.299 --> 00:21:10.720
 news,

00:21:11.879 --> 00:21:12.299
 how did

00:21:12.299 --> 00:21:12.619
 it make

00:21:12.619 --> 00:21:13.240
 you feel

00:21:13.240 --> 00:21:14.480
 when that

00:21:14.480 --> 00:21:14.839
 happened?

00:21:16.220 --> 00:21:16.960
 He got

00:21:16.960 --> 00:21:17.480
 twelve

00:21:17.480 --> 00:21:18.159
 years,

00:21:19.119 --> 00:21:19.919
 nine years

00:21:19.919 --> 00:21:20.259
 of that

00:21:20.259 --> 00:21:21.079
 was suspended,

00:21:22.000 --> 00:21:22.740
 another three

00:21:22.740 --> 00:21:23.419
 years he was

00:21:23.419 --> 00:21:24.200
 let off on

00:21:24.200 --> 00:21:24.539
 bail.

00:21:25.299 --> 00:21:25.599
 Okay,

00:21:25.700 --> 00:21:26.019
 they went

00:21:26.019 --> 00:21:26.519
 back to it

00:21:26.519 --> 00:21:26.980
 and now he's

00:21:26.980 --> 00:21:27.139
 back,

00:21:27.259 --> 00:21:28.379
 but still

00:21:28.379 --> 00:21:29.759
 it doesn't

00:21:29.759 --> 00:21:30.500
 fit the

00:21:30.500 --> 00:21:30.939
 crime,

00:21:31.079 --> 00:21:31.559
 does it?

00:21:32.099 --> 00:21:32.500
 What does

00:21:32.500 --> 00:21:33.039
 it make you

00:21:33.039 --> 00:21:33.619
 feel when

00:21:33.619 --> 00:21:34.079
 you see

00:21:34.079 --> 00:21:34.819
 something like

00:21:34.819 --> 00:21:35.220
 that?

00:21:35.220 --> 00:21:36.839
 it made

00:21:36.839 --> 00:21:37.559
 me very

00:21:37.559 --> 00:21:38.140
 angry and

00:21:38.140 --> 00:21:38.500
 I'm sure

00:21:38.500 --> 00:21:38.860
 it made

00:21:38.860 --> 00:21:39.500
 you very

00:21:39.500 --> 00:21:39.980
 angry.

00:21:40.680 --> 00:21:40.980
 You're

00:21:40.980 --> 00:21:41.360
 wanting

00:21:41.360 --> 00:21:42.120
 justice,

00:21:42.720 --> 00:21:43.180
 you want

00:21:43.180 --> 00:21:43.900
 the innocent

00:21:43.900 --> 00:21:44.660
 to live

00:21:44.660 --> 00:21:45.620
 without fear

00:21:45.620 --> 00:21:46.640
 in peace

00:21:46.640 --> 00:21:47.279
 and safety

00:21:47.279 --> 00:21:48.079
 and security

00:21:48.079 --> 00:21:48.779
 and you

00:21:48.779 --> 00:21:49.160
 want the

00:21:49.160 --> 00:21:49.460
 guilty

00:21:49.460 --> 00:21:50.140
 punished.

00:21:51.980 --> 00:21:52.640
 Now if

00:21:52.640 --> 00:21:53.200
 that one

00:21:53.200 --> 00:21:53.759
 event could

00:21:53.759 --> 00:21:54.380
 make us

00:21:54.380 --> 00:21:54.920
 angry,

00:21:56.559 --> 00:21:57.680
 multiply that

00:21:57.680 --> 00:21:58.400
 the world

00:21:58.400 --> 00:21:59.039
 over,

00:22:00.039 --> 00:22:00.819
 of all the

00:22:00.819 --> 00:22:01.400
 crimes,

00:22:01.600 --> 00:22:02.160
 of all the

00:22:02.160 --> 00:22:02.759
 wars and

00:22:02.759 --> 00:22:03.319
 all the

00:22:03.319 --> 00:22:04.200
 violence and

00:22:04.200 --> 00:22:04.740
 of all the

00:22:04.740 --> 00:22:05.200
 damage

00:22:05.200 --> 00:22:05.580
 that is

00:22:05.580 --> 00:22:05.960
 done to

00:22:05.960 --> 00:22:06.420
 so many

00:22:06.420 --> 00:22:07.299
 children and

00:22:07.299 --> 00:22:07.799
 of all the

00:22:07.799 --> 00:22:08.900
 injustices that

00:22:08.900 --> 00:22:09.580
 there are in

00:22:09.580 --> 00:22:10.019
 the world

00:22:10.019 --> 00:22:12.759
 and God

00:22:12.759 --> 00:22:13.759
 sees and

00:22:13.759 --> 00:22:14.460
 he feels

00:22:14.460 --> 00:22:15.539
 every single

00:22:15.539 --> 00:22:16.240
 bit of pain

00:22:16.240 --> 00:22:17.259
 and now we

00:22:17.259 --> 00:22:17.640
 can only

00:22:17.640 --> 00:22:18.580
 begin to

00:22:18.580 --> 00:22:19.120
 sense

00:22:19.120 --> 00:22:21.200
 what God

00:22:21.200 --> 00:22:21.799
 feels

00:22:21.799 --> 00:22:22.960
 with the

00:22:22.960 --> 00:22:23.700
 brokenness

00:22:23.700 --> 00:22:24.360
 and the

00:22:24.360 --> 00:22:25.180
 hurt and

00:22:25.180 --> 00:22:25.860
 the damage

00:22:25.860 --> 00:22:26.640
 that people

00:22:26.640 --> 00:22:27.120
 do to

00:22:27.120 --> 00:22:27.700
 one another.

00:22:29.680 --> 00:22:30.380
 But you

00:22:30.380 --> 00:22:30.539
 see,

00:22:30.660 --> 00:22:31.080
 let's not

00:22:31.080 --> 00:22:31.519
 just be

00:22:31.519 --> 00:22:32.000
 looking at

00:22:32.000 --> 00:22:32.720
 other people.

00:22:32.720 --> 00:22:34.660
 take a

00:22:34.660 --> 00:22:35.319
 magnifying

00:22:35.319 --> 00:22:37.059
 glass and

00:22:37.059 --> 00:22:37.600
 pass it

00:22:37.600 --> 00:22:38.180
 across your

00:22:38.180 --> 00:22:38.839
 own heart

00:22:38.839 --> 00:22:39.420
 and across

00:22:39.420 --> 00:22:39.860
 our own

00:22:39.860 --> 00:22:40.420
 lives.

00:22:41.860 --> 00:22:42.779
 Because we

00:22:42.779 --> 00:22:43.900
 too have

00:22:43.900 --> 00:22:44.600
 done and

00:22:44.600 --> 00:22:45.299
 said things

00:22:45.299 --> 00:22:45.940
 to people

00:22:45.940 --> 00:22:47.759
 that has

00:22:47.759 --> 00:22:48.600
 caused hurt

00:22:48.600 --> 00:22:49.799
 and damage.

00:22:50.720 --> 00:22:51.559
 We've broken

00:22:51.559 --> 00:22:52.339
 relationships.

00:22:53.400 --> 00:22:53.920
 We've done

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 things we

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 shouldn't have

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 done.

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 and God

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 is rightfully

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 angry at

00:23:01.160 --> 00:23:01.600
 the things

00:23:01.600 --> 00:23:01.900
 that we

00:23:01.900 --> 00:23:02.380
 have done.

00:23:04.580 --> 00:23:04.920
 You see,

00:23:05.000 --> 00:23:05.740
 God longs

00:23:05.740 --> 00:23:06.000
 that we

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 would all

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 live in

00:23:07.600 --> 00:23:08.160
 peace and

00:23:08.160 --> 00:23:08.840
 prosperity.

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 God desires

00:23:10.779 --> 00:23:11.180
 that we

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 would all

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 live in a

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 beautiful and

00:23:13.000 --> 00:23:13.680
 good land,

00:23:13.980 --> 00:23:14.680
 a land without

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 disease and

00:23:15.540 --> 00:23:16.640
 sickness, a

00:23:16.640 --> 00:23:17.200
 place where

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 there's no

00:23:17.660 --> 00:23:18.720
 evil and

00:23:18.720 --> 00:23:19.560
 no crime

00:23:19.560 --> 00:23:20.259
 and no

00:23:20.259 --> 00:23:20.900
 injustice.

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 And so

00:23:23.880 --> 00:23:24.660
 he must

00:23:24.660 --> 00:23:26.140
 remove all

00:23:26.140 --> 00:23:26.780
 those who

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 are intent

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 on causing

00:23:28.720 --> 00:23:29.320
 harm.

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 And he

00:23:31.580 --> 00:23:32.580
 must remove

00:23:32.580 --> 00:23:33.420
 all those

00:23:33.420 --> 00:23:34.100
 who are set

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 in opposition

00:23:34.960 --> 00:23:35.680
 to him.

00:23:36.740 --> 00:23:37.740
 He must

00:23:37.740 --> 00:23:38.960
 cleanse the

00:23:38.960 --> 00:23:39.560
 world of

00:23:39.560 --> 00:23:39.860
 sin.

00:23:40.120 --> 00:23:40.519
 And the

00:23:40.519 --> 00:23:41.180
 only way to

00:23:41.180 --> 00:23:41.840
 get rid of

00:23:41.840 --> 00:23:44.420
 sin is to

00:23:44.420 --> 00:23:45.620
 destroy the

00:23:45.620 --> 00:23:45.900
 sinner.

00:23:45.900 --> 00:23:50.220
 Now, what

00:23:50.220 --> 00:23:50.780
 God does

00:23:50.780 --> 00:23:51.240
 here in

00:23:51.240 --> 00:23:51.940
 Deuteronomy

00:23:51.940 --> 00:23:53.500
 is very

00:23:53.500 --> 00:23:55.519
 specific and

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 very unique.

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 It is not

00:23:57.960 --> 00:23:58.620
 an example

00:23:58.620 --> 00:23:59.400
 for us or

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 for anybody

00:23:59.900 --> 00:24:00.620
 else to go

00:24:00.620 --> 00:24:00.940
 and do

00:24:00.940 --> 00:24:01.460
 likewise.

00:24:03.060 --> 00:24:04.019
 However, this

00:24:04.019 --> 00:24:04.780
 does show

00:24:04.780 --> 00:24:05.620
 us that God

00:24:05.620 --> 00:24:06.680
 takes all

00:24:06.680 --> 00:24:08.460
 sin seriously

00:24:08.460 --> 00:24:10.140
 and that just

00:24:10.140 --> 00:24:10.920
 as he judged

00:24:10.920 --> 00:24:11.800
 sin then,

00:24:12.880 --> 00:24:13.620
 so a day

00:24:13.620 --> 00:24:14.240
 is going to

00:24:14.240 --> 00:24:14.740
 come when

00:24:14.740 --> 00:24:15.640
 Jesus Christ

00:24:15.640 --> 00:24:16.320
 will return

00:24:16.320 --> 00:24:17.040
 and he

00:24:17.040 --> 00:24:17.620
 will judge

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 the whole

00:24:18.180 --> 00:24:18.620
 world.

00:24:18.980 --> 00:24:19.900
 Every person

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 and every

00:24:20.759 --> 00:24:21.240
 nation,

00:24:21.400 --> 00:24:22.180
 including you

00:24:22.180 --> 00:24:22.480
 and me,

00:24:22.560 --> 00:24:23.000
 will stand

00:24:23.000 --> 00:24:23.700
 before God

00:24:23.700 --> 00:24:24.000
 and we'll

00:24:24.000 --> 00:24:24.580
 be judged.

00:24:26.200 --> 00:24:26.920
 You see,

00:24:26.980 --> 00:24:27.400
 the real

00:24:27.400 --> 00:24:28.320
 question is

00:24:28.320 --> 00:24:28.780
 not,

00:24:29.740 --> 00:24:30.800
 why did

00:24:30.800 --> 00:24:31.380
 God do

00:24:31.380 --> 00:24:31.900
 this to

00:24:31.900 --> 00:24:32.560
 the nations?

00:24:34.860 --> 00:24:35.960
 But why

00:24:35.960 --> 00:24:36.640
 has God

00:24:36.640 --> 00:24:37.160
 not done

00:24:37.160 --> 00:24:38.320
 this to

00:24:38.320 --> 00:24:38.560
 me?

00:24:40.259 --> 00:24:41.120
 Because the

00:24:41.120 --> 00:24:41.840
 reality is

00:24:41.840 --> 00:24:42.420
 we have all

00:24:42.420 --> 00:24:43.320
 caused hurt

00:24:43.320 --> 00:24:43.980
 and upset

00:24:43.980 --> 00:24:44.580
 to other

00:24:44.580 --> 00:24:45.000
 people.

00:24:45.640 --> 00:24:46.500
 We've all

00:24:46.500 --> 00:24:47.180
 ruined and

00:24:47.180 --> 00:24:47.720
 wrecked the

00:24:47.720 --> 00:24:48.320
 good things

00:24:48.320 --> 00:24:48.759
 that God

00:24:48.759 --> 00:24:49.160
 has given

00:24:49.160 --> 00:24:49.540
 us.

00:24:50.560 --> 00:24:51.180
 So the

00:24:51.180 --> 00:24:51.900
 question is

00:24:51.900 --> 00:24:52.300
 not,

00:24:52.800 --> 00:24:53.200
 why did

00:24:53.200 --> 00:24:53.940
 God destroy

00:24:53.940 --> 00:24:54.660
 the nations?

00:24:56.520 --> 00:24:57.440
 But why

00:24:57.440 --> 00:24:58.060
 does he not

00:24:58.060 --> 00:24:59.480
 destroy you

00:24:59.480 --> 00:24:59.900
 and me?

00:25:00.740 --> 00:25:01.420
 That's the

00:25:01.420 --> 00:25:02.180
 real question.

00:25:02.180 --> 00:25:13.200
 God destroy

00:25:13.200 --> 00:25:14.000
 some people

00:25:14.000 --> 00:25:15.660
 is because

00:25:15.660 --> 00:25:16.440
 some people

00:25:16.440 --> 00:25:17.039
 are better

00:25:17.039 --> 00:25:18.360
 than other

00:25:18.360 --> 00:25:18.799
 people.

00:25:20.799 --> 00:25:21.519
 Well,

00:25:21.580 --> 00:25:21.799
 no,

00:25:21.900 --> 00:25:22.360
 that's the

00:25:22.360 --> 00:25:23.060
 wrong answer.

00:25:23.700 --> 00:25:24.440
 Because the

00:25:24.440 --> 00:25:25.120
 big surprise

00:25:25.120 --> 00:25:25.560
 in this

00:25:25.560 --> 00:25:26.360
 chapter is

00:25:26.360 --> 00:25:26.920
 God's

00:25:26.920 --> 00:25:28.100
 people are

00:25:28.100 --> 00:25:28.759
 actually no

00:25:28.759 --> 00:25:30.259
 different from

00:25:30.259 --> 00:25:30.640
 the other

00:25:30.640 --> 00:25:31.079
 nations.

00:25:32.140 --> 00:25:32.720
 Let's just

00:25:32.720 --> 00:25:33.180
 have a look

00:25:33.180 --> 00:25:34.559
 through verses

00:25:34.559 --> 00:25:35.259
 7 through

00:25:35.259 --> 00:25:36.180
 to 8 here.

00:25:36.799 --> 00:25:37.240
 First,

00:25:37.359 --> 00:25:37.720
 they were

00:25:37.720 --> 00:25:38.319
 specially

00:25:38.319 --> 00:25:38.920
 chosen.

00:25:39.720 --> 00:25:40.599
 Verse 6,

00:25:42.940 --> 00:25:43.720
 he says to

00:25:43.720 --> 00:25:43.879
 them,

00:25:43.940 --> 00:25:44.640
 for you are

00:25:44.640 --> 00:25:45.079
 a holy

00:25:45.079 --> 00:25:46.440
 people to

00:25:46.440 --> 00:25:46.839
 the Lord

00:25:46.839 --> 00:25:47.480
 your God.

00:25:48.000 --> 00:25:48.559
 The Lord

00:25:48.559 --> 00:25:49.079
 your God

00:25:49.079 --> 00:25:49.920
 has chosen

00:25:49.920 --> 00:25:51.059
 you out

00:25:51.059 --> 00:25:51.579
 of all the

00:25:51.579 --> 00:25:52.160
 peoples on

00:25:52.160 --> 00:25:52.559
 the face

00:25:52.559 --> 00:25:52.839
 of the

00:25:52.839 --> 00:25:53.279
 earth to

00:25:53.279 --> 00:25:53.759
 be his

00:25:53.759 --> 00:25:54.240
 people,

00:25:54.819 --> 00:25:55.720
 his treasured

00:25:55.720 --> 00:25:56.160
 possession.

00:25:56.160 --> 00:25:57.779
 Now,

00:25:57.860 --> 00:25:58.700
 God could

00:25:58.700 --> 00:25:59.519
 have chosen

00:25:59.519 --> 00:25:59.940
 another

00:25:59.940 --> 00:26:00.320
 nation.

00:26:00.480 --> 00:26:00.779
 He could

00:26:00.779 --> 00:26:01.300
 have chosen

00:26:01.300 --> 00:26:02.660
 the Hivites

00:26:02.660 --> 00:26:03.040
 or the

00:26:03.040 --> 00:26:03.660
 Perizzites

00:26:03.660 --> 00:26:04.140
 instead.

00:26:05.200 --> 00:26:05.820
 He could

00:26:05.820 --> 00:26:06.480
 have chosen

00:26:06.480 --> 00:26:07.360
 more than

00:26:07.360 --> 00:26:08.160
 one nation.

00:26:09.900 --> 00:26:10.700
 But God

00:26:10.700 --> 00:26:10.960
 says,

00:26:11.060 --> 00:26:11.220
 no,

00:26:11.340 --> 00:26:12.240
 I choose

00:26:12.240 --> 00:26:12.860
 you.

00:26:13.980 --> 00:26:14.380
 Out of

00:26:14.380 --> 00:26:14.880
 all the

00:26:14.880 --> 00:26:15.460
 peoples on

00:26:15.460 --> 00:26:15.860
 the face

00:26:15.860 --> 00:26:16.140
 of the

00:26:16.140 --> 00:26:16.320
 earth,

00:26:16.480 --> 00:26:16.900
 I have

00:26:16.900 --> 00:26:17.320
 chosen

00:26:17.320 --> 00:26:18.460
 you to

00:26:18.460 --> 00:26:18.940
 be my

00:26:18.940 --> 00:26:19.519
 treasured

00:26:19.519 --> 00:26:19.940
 possession.

00:26:20.900 --> 00:26:21.440
 They have

00:26:21.440 --> 00:26:22.019
 become to

00:26:22.019 --> 00:26:22.860
 God like

00:26:22.860 --> 00:26:23.620
 a king's

00:26:23.620 --> 00:26:24.460
 personal

00:26:24.460 --> 00:26:25.040
 treasure.

00:26:25.039 --> 00:26:26.519
 the greatest

00:26:26.519 --> 00:26:27.099
 possession

00:26:27.099 --> 00:26:27.460
 that he

00:26:27.460 --> 00:26:27.879
 has,

00:26:28.019 --> 00:26:28.480
 that is

00:26:28.480 --> 00:26:28.879
 beyond

00:26:28.879 --> 00:26:29.420
 value.

00:26:29.639 --> 00:26:30.059
 That is

00:26:30.059 --> 00:26:30.480
 what these

00:26:30.480 --> 00:26:30.980
 people are

00:26:30.980 --> 00:26:31.399
 like to

00:26:31.399 --> 00:26:31.740
 God.

00:26:33.200 --> 00:26:34.059
 But again,

00:26:34.139 --> 00:26:34.599
 we ask,

00:26:34.920 --> 00:26:35.339
 if God

00:26:35.339 --> 00:26:36.279
 chose them,

00:26:37.180 --> 00:26:37.599
 then he

00:26:37.599 --> 00:26:38.200
 must have

00:26:38.200 --> 00:26:39.000
 seen something

00:26:39.000 --> 00:26:39.759
 in them

00:26:39.759 --> 00:26:40.440
 that made

00:26:40.440 --> 00:26:41.099
 them stand

00:26:41.099 --> 00:26:41.559
 out as

00:26:41.559 --> 00:26:42.319
 better and

00:26:42.319 --> 00:26:42.980
 greater than

00:26:42.980 --> 00:26:43.399
 all the

00:26:43.399 --> 00:26:43.799
 rest of

00:26:43.799 --> 00:26:44.279
 the people.

00:26:45.940 --> 00:26:46.539
 No.

00:26:48.099 --> 00:26:48.920
 God does

00:26:48.920 --> 00:26:49.680
 not choose

00:26:49.680 --> 00:26:50.279
 us because

00:26:50.279 --> 00:26:50.899
 of who

00:26:50.899 --> 00:26:51.539
 we are.

00:26:52.379 --> 00:26:52.960
 Verse 7,

00:26:52.960 --> 00:26:54.900
 the Lord

00:26:54.900 --> 00:26:55.539
 did not

00:26:55.539 --> 00:26:56.180
 set his

00:26:56.180 --> 00:26:56.920
 affection on

00:26:56.920 --> 00:26:57.319
 you and

00:26:57.319 --> 00:26:57.819
 choose you

00:26:57.819 --> 00:26:58.480
 because you

00:26:58.480 --> 00:26:58.880
 were more

00:26:58.880 --> 00:26:59.779
 numerous than

00:26:59.779 --> 00:27:00.420
 other peoples.

00:27:01.740 --> 00:27:02.460
 For you

00:27:02.460 --> 00:27:02.900
 were the

00:27:02.900 --> 00:27:04.740
 fewest of

00:27:04.740 --> 00:27:05.640
 all peoples.

00:27:06.900 --> 00:27:07.360
 You know,

00:27:07.380 --> 00:27:07.840
 the way to

00:27:07.840 --> 00:27:08.960
 assess a

00:27:08.960 --> 00:27:09.480
 nation's

00:27:09.480 --> 00:27:10.759
 value in

00:27:10.759 --> 00:27:11.460
 those times

00:27:11.460 --> 00:27:12.200
 was by its

00:27:12.200 --> 00:27:12.799
 size.

00:27:13.059 --> 00:27:13.600
 The bigger

00:27:13.600 --> 00:27:14.100
 you were,

00:27:14.200 --> 00:27:14.539
 the more

00:27:14.539 --> 00:27:15.299
 powerful you

00:27:15.299 --> 00:27:15.500
 were,

00:27:15.740 --> 00:27:16.079
 and the

00:27:16.079 --> 00:27:16.860
 more respect

00:27:16.860 --> 00:27:17.500
 you had.

00:27:18.000 --> 00:27:18.460
 These are

00:27:18.460 --> 00:27:18.960
 the kinds

00:27:18.960 --> 00:27:19.640
 of nations

00:27:19.640 --> 00:27:20.299
 that hold

00:27:20.299 --> 00:27:21.120
 status and

00:27:21.120 --> 00:27:21.740
 privilege.

00:27:21.740 --> 00:27:23.380
 But that

00:27:23.380 --> 00:27:23.720
 is not

00:27:23.720 --> 00:27:24.240
 the basis

00:27:24.240 --> 00:27:24.640
 of his

00:27:24.640 --> 00:27:25.140
 choice.

00:27:25.440 --> 00:27:25.920
 He tells

00:27:25.920 --> 00:27:26.220
 them the

00:27:26.220 --> 00:27:26.500
 end of

00:27:26.500 --> 00:27:26.920
 verse 7,

00:27:26.980 --> 00:27:27.279
 he says,

00:27:27.559 --> 00:27:27.900
 you were

00:27:27.900 --> 00:27:28.680
 the fewest

00:27:28.680 --> 00:27:29.059
 of all

00:27:29.059 --> 00:27:29.700
 peoples.

00:27:30.720 --> 00:27:31.120
 In other

00:27:31.120 --> 00:27:31.339
 words,

00:27:31.420 --> 00:27:31.680
 you were

00:27:31.680 --> 00:27:32.279
 a nothing,

00:27:32.660 --> 00:27:33.059
 you were

00:27:33.059 --> 00:27:33.740
 a nobody,

00:27:34.000 --> 00:27:34.259
 in the

00:27:34.259 --> 00:27:34.660
 world's

00:27:34.660 --> 00:27:35.000
 eyes you

00:27:35.000 --> 00:27:35.140
 were

00:27:35.140 --> 00:27:35.720
 completely

00:27:35.720 --> 00:27:36.900
 insignificant.

00:27:40.120 --> 00:27:40.599
 God

00:27:40.599 --> 00:27:41.120
 does not

00:27:41.120 --> 00:27:41.720
 choose you

00:27:41.720 --> 00:27:42.279
 because of

00:27:42.279 --> 00:27:43.120
 who you

00:27:43.120 --> 00:27:43.579
 are.

00:27:45.980 --> 00:27:46.440
 Third,

00:27:46.539 --> 00:27:47.200
 God chooses

00:27:47.200 --> 00:27:47.799
 you because

00:27:47.799 --> 00:27:48.500
 of who

00:27:48.500 --> 00:27:49.660
 he is.

00:27:49.900 --> 00:27:50.539
 Verse 8,

00:27:51.740 --> 00:27:52.559
 but it

00:27:52.559 --> 00:27:53.200
 was because

00:27:53.200 --> 00:27:53.960
 the Lord

00:27:53.960 --> 00:27:55.279
 loved you

00:27:55.279 --> 00:27:56.640
 and kept

00:27:56.640 --> 00:27:57.120
 the oath

00:27:57.120 --> 00:27:57.880
 he swore

00:27:57.880 --> 00:27:58.299
 to your

00:27:58.299 --> 00:27:58.980
 forefathers

00:27:58.980 --> 00:27:59.359
 that he

00:27:59.359 --> 00:27:59.819
 brought you

00:27:59.819 --> 00:28:00.160
 out with

00:28:00.160 --> 00:28:00.599
 a mighty

00:28:00.599 --> 00:28:01.640
 hand and

00:28:01.640 --> 00:28:02.319
 redeemed you

00:28:02.319 --> 00:28:02.680
 from the

00:28:02.680 --> 00:28:03.099
 land of

00:28:03.099 --> 00:28:03.660
 slavery,

00:28:04.019 --> 00:28:04.319
 from the

00:28:04.319 --> 00:28:04.920
 power of

00:28:04.920 --> 00:28:05.200
 Pharaoh,

00:28:05.380 --> 00:28:05.700
 king of

00:28:05.700 --> 00:28:06.079
 Egypt.

00:28:07.259 --> 00:28:08.220
 God set

00:28:08.220 --> 00:28:09.059
 his affection

00:28:09.059 --> 00:28:09.819
 on you.

00:28:10.960 --> 00:28:11.460
 The Lord

00:28:11.460 --> 00:28:12.559
 chose you

00:28:12.559 --> 00:28:12.940
 and he

00:28:12.940 --> 00:28:13.599
 made you

00:28:13.599 --> 00:28:14.460
 his treasured

00:28:14.460 --> 00:28:14.960
 possession

00:28:14.960 --> 00:28:16.440
 for the

00:28:16.440 --> 00:28:16.839
 simple

00:28:16.839 --> 00:28:17.400
 reason

00:28:17.400 --> 00:28:18.700
 that he

00:28:18.700 --> 00:28:19.599
 loved you.

00:28:19.599 --> 00:28:21.139
 God

00:28:21.139 --> 00:28:21.659
 loved you

00:28:21.659 --> 00:28:22.219
 not because

00:28:22.219 --> 00:28:22.579
 of who

00:28:22.579 --> 00:28:23.159
 you are

00:28:23.159 --> 00:28:24.559
 but because

00:28:24.559 --> 00:28:25.039
 of who

00:28:25.039 --> 00:28:25.859
 he is.

00:28:27.639 --> 00:28:28.259
 If we

00:28:28.259 --> 00:28:28.699
 thought of

00:28:28.699 --> 00:28:28.980
 it in

00:28:28.980 --> 00:28:29.480
 this way,

00:28:30.399 --> 00:28:30.779
 if we

00:28:30.779 --> 00:28:31.139
 thought of

00:28:31.139 --> 00:28:31.579
 all the

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 nations

00:28:32.059 --> 00:28:32.639
 kind of

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 lined up

00:28:33.659 --> 00:28:34.419
 before God

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 in some

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 kind of

00:28:35.259 --> 00:28:35.859
 talent

00:28:35.859 --> 00:28:36.639
 competition

00:28:36.639 --> 00:28:38.500
 and they

00:28:38.500 --> 00:28:38.899
 all did

00:28:38.899 --> 00:28:39.579
 their party

00:28:39.579 --> 00:28:40.159
 piece

00:28:40.159 --> 00:28:41.500
 and God

00:28:41.500 --> 00:28:41.899
 had to

00:28:41.899 --> 00:28:42.339
 pick the

00:28:42.339 --> 00:28:43.299
 best one

00:28:43.299 --> 00:28:44.099
 to be

00:28:44.099 --> 00:28:44.359
 his

00:28:44.359 --> 00:28:44.899
 treasured

00:28:44.899 --> 00:28:45.379
 possession,

00:28:46.939 --> 00:28:47.339
 well there

00:28:47.339 --> 00:28:47.519
 was

00:28:47.519 --> 00:28:48.299
 nothing

00:28:48.299 --> 00:28:50.259
 that

00:28:50.259 --> 00:28:50.599
 made

00:28:50.599 --> 00:28:50.819
 them

00:28:50.819 --> 00:28:51.419
 better

00:28:51.419 --> 00:28:52.259
 or

00:28:52.259 --> 00:28:52.959
 superior

00:28:52.959 --> 00:28:53.879
 or

00:28:53.879 --> 00:28:54.439
 greater.

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 They were

00:28:56.259 --> 00:28:56.859
 no less

00:28:56.859 --> 00:28:57.500
 sinful

00:28:57.500 --> 00:28:59.039
 than the

00:28:59.039 --> 00:28:59.279
 other

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 nations.

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 They were

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 no different

00:29:01.639 --> 00:29:02.539
 to the

00:29:02.539 --> 00:29:02.779
 other

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 nations.

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 In fact

00:29:04.480 --> 00:29:04.799
 as we

00:29:04.799 --> 00:29:05.419
 read through

00:29:05.419 --> 00:29:05.919
 the Bible

00:29:05.919 --> 00:29:06.379
 we'll see

00:29:06.379 --> 00:29:07.240
 we could

00:29:07.240 --> 00:29:07.839
 actually make

00:29:07.839 --> 00:29:08.379
 the claim

00:29:08.379 --> 00:29:08.759
 that they

00:29:08.759 --> 00:29:09.519
 were worse

00:29:09.519 --> 00:29:10.099
 than the

00:29:10.099 --> 00:29:10.319
 other

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 nations.

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 They

00:29:12.699 --> 00:29:13.059
 didn't

00:29:13.059 --> 00:29:13.480
 earn

00:29:13.480 --> 00:29:14.039
 God's

00:29:14.039 --> 00:29:14.359
 love.

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 They

00:29:14.859 --> 00:29:15.259
 didn't

00:29:15.259 --> 00:29:15.839
 deserve

00:29:15.839 --> 00:29:16.419
 God's

00:29:16.419 --> 00:29:16.619
 love.

00:29:16.619 --> 00:29:17.139
 the

00:29:17.139 --> 00:29:17.539
 big

00:29:17.539 --> 00:29:18.059
 surprise

00:29:18.059 --> 00:29:18.679
 is that

00:29:18.679 --> 00:29:19.099
 God

00:29:19.099 --> 00:29:19.679
 even

00:29:19.679 --> 00:29:20.199
 bothered

00:29:20.199 --> 00:29:20.479
 to

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 love

00:29:20.879 --> 00:29:21.199
 them.

00:29:22.759 --> 00:29:23.139
 They

00:29:23.139 --> 00:29:23.619
 deserve

00:29:23.619 --> 00:29:24.039
 to be

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 treated

00:29:24.359 --> 00:29:24.839
 like the

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 rest of

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 the

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 nations.

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 And the

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 only

00:29:27.699 --> 00:29:28.219
 reason

00:29:28.219 --> 00:29:28.539
 why

00:29:28.539 --> 00:29:28.759
 they

00:29:28.759 --> 00:29:28.939
 are

00:29:28.939 --> 00:29:29.419
 not

00:29:29.419 --> 00:29:30.219
 destroyed

00:29:30.219 --> 00:29:31.699
 like

00:29:31.699 --> 00:29:31.939
 the

00:29:31.939 --> 00:29:32.159
 other

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 nations

00:29:32.579 --> 00:29:33.879
 is

00:29:33.879 --> 00:29:34.279
 because

00:29:34.279 --> 00:29:34.759
 God

00:29:34.759 --> 00:29:35.219
 chose

00:29:35.219 --> 00:29:35.459
 to

00:29:35.459 --> 00:29:35.779
 make

00:29:35.779 --> 00:29:36.259
 them

00:29:36.259 --> 00:29:37.199
 his

00:29:37.199 --> 00:29:37.819
 treasured

00:29:37.819 --> 00:29:38.279
 possession.

00:29:42.559 --> 00:29:43.419
 Do you

00:29:43.419 --> 00:29:43.819
 see what

00:29:43.819 --> 00:29:44.339
 God is

00:29:44.339 --> 00:29:44.659
 saying

00:29:44.659 --> 00:29:45.000
 here?

00:29:45.000 --> 00:29:46.839
 the

00:29:46.839 --> 00:29:47.440
 only

00:29:47.440 --> 00:29:48.000
 way

00:29:48.000 --> 00:29:49.319
 to

00:29:49.319 --> 00:29:50.019
 escape

00:29:50.019 --> 00:29:50.519
 being

00:29:50.519 --> 00:29:51.299
 destroyed,

00:29:51.839 --> 00:29:51.980
 the

00:29:51.980 --> 00:29:52.380
 only

00:29:52.380 --> 00:29:52.779
 way

00:29:52.779 --> 00:29:53.000
 to

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 be

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 a

00:29:53.339 --> 00:29:53.619
 part

00:29:53.619 --> 00:29:53.819
 of

00:29:53.819 --> 00:29:54.000
 the

00:29:54.000 --> 00:29:54.359
 good

00:29:54.359 --> 00:29:54.700
 and

00:29:54.700 --> 00:29:55.240
 beautiful

00:29:55.240 --> 00:29:55.720
 land

00:29:55.720 --> 00:29:55.920
 that

00:29:55.920 --> 00:29:56.039
 I

00:29:56.039 --> 00:29:56.259
 want

00:29:56.259 --> 00:29:56.440
 to

00:29:56.440 --> 00:29:56.660
 give

00:29:56.660 --> 00:29:56.900
 you

00:29:56.900 --> 00:29:57.420
 is

00:29:57.420 --> 00:29:57.740
 if

00:29:57.740 --> 00:29:57.920
 you

00:29:57.920 --> 00:29:58.839
 experience

00:29:58.839 --> 00:29:59.220
 my

00:29:59.220 --> 00:29:59.799
 grace.

00:30:01.380 --> 00:30:02.019
 Don't

00:30:02.019 --> 00:30:02.380
 ever

00:30:02.380 --> 00:30:02.839
 think

00:30:02.839 --> 00:30:03.279
 that you

00:30:03.279 --> 00:30:03.480
 can

00:30:03.480 --> 00:30:03.900
 escape

00:30:03.900 --> 00:30:04.400
 God's

00:30:04.400 --> 00:30:04.759
 judgment

00:30:04.759 --> 00:30:05.339
 because

00:30:05.339 --> 00:30:05.640
 you

00:30:05.640 --> 00:30:05.799
 are

00:30:05.799 --> 00:30:06.200
 better

00:30:06.200 --> 00:30:06.539
 or

00:30:06.539 --> 00:30:06.940
 greater

00:30:06.940 --> 00:30:07.480
 or

00:30:07.480 --> 00:30:08.119
 superior.

00:30:08.839 --> 00:30:09.380
 If

00:30:09.380 --> 00:30:09.619
 you

00:30:09.619 --> 00:30:10.220
 think

00:30:10.220 --> 00:30:10.460
 for

00:30:10.460 --> 00:30:10.759
 one

00:30:10.759 --> 00:30:11.480
 moment

00:30:11.480 --> 00:30:12.059
 that

00:30:12.059 --> 00:30:12.259
 you

00:30:12.259 --> 00:30:12.700
 earn

00:30:12.700 --> 00:30:13.240
 God's

00:30:13.240 --> 00:30:13.680
 love

00:30:13.680 --> 00:30:14.140
 or

00:30:14.140 --> 00:30:14.319
 that

00:30:14.319 --> 00:30:14.500
 you

00:30:14.500 --> 00:30:15.180
 deserve

00:30:15.180 --> 00:30:15.700
 God's

00:30:15.700 --> 00:30:16.019
 love

00:30:16.019 --> 00:30:16.920
 because

00:30:16.920 --> 00:30:17.160
 of

00:30:17.160 --> 00:30:17.579
 something

00:30:17.579 --> 00:30:17.819
 that

00:30:17.819 --> 00:30:18.079
 you've

00:30:18.079 --> 00:30:18.339
 done

00:30:18.339 --> 00:30:18.660
 because

00:30:18.660 --> 00:30:18.860
 of

00:30:18.860 --> 00:30:19.019
 your

00:30:19.019 --> 00:30:19.480
 heritage

00:30:19.480 --> 00:30:19.720
 or

00:30:19.720 --> 00:30:19.860
 your

00:30:19.860 --> 00:30:20.460
 background

00:30:20.460 --> 00:30:21.099
 you

00:30:21.099 --> 00:30:21.339
 have

00:30:21.339 --> 00:30:21.940
 not

00:30:21.940 --> 00:30:22.640
 understood

00:30:22.640 --> 00:30:23.299
 God.

00:30:25.440 --> 00:30:26.120
 Look at

00:30:26.120 --> 00:30:26.819
 chapter 8

00:30:26.819 --> 00:30:27.779
 verse 17

00:30:27.779 --> 00:30:34.299
 you

00:30:34.299 --> 00:30:34.559
 may

00:30:34.559 --> 00:30:34.839
 say

00:30:34.839 --> 00:30:35.059
 to

00:30:35.059 --> 00:30:35.660
 yourself

00:30:35.660 --> 00:30:37.039
 full

00:30:37.039 --> 00:30:37.240
 of

00:30:37.240 --> 00:30:37.759
 pride

00:30:37.759 --> 00:30:37.980
 as

00:30:37.980 --> 00:30:38.119
 it

00:30:38.119 --> 00:30:38.359
 were

00:30:38.359 --> 00:30:39.039
 my

00:30:39.039 --> 00:30:39.740
 power

00:30:39.740 --> 00:30:39.960
 and

00:30:39.960 --> 00:30:40.119
 the

00:30:40.119 --> 00:30:40.599
 strength

00:30:40.599 --> 00:30:40.740
 of

00:30:40.740 --> 00:30:40.940
 my

00:30:40.940 --> 00:30:41.279
 hands

00:30:41.279 --> 00:30:41.460
 have

00:30:41.460 --> 00:30:41.879
 produced

00:30:41.879 --> 00:30:42.180
 this

00:30:42.180 --> 00:30:42.440
 wealth

00:30:42.440 --> 00:30:42.619
 for

00:30:42.619 --> 00:30:42.779
 me

00:30:42.779 --> 00:30:43.220
 look

00:30:43.220 --> 00:30:43.319
 at

00:30:43.319 --> 00:30:43.500
 what

00:30:43.500 --> 00:30:43.680
 I

00:30:43.680 --> 00:30:44.339
 did

00:30:44.339 --> 00:30:46.460
 no

00:30:46.460 --> 00:30:46.960
 verse

00:30:46.960 --> 00:30:47.399
 18

00:30:47.399 --> 00:30:47.700
 but

00:30:47.700 --> 00:30:48.319
 remember

00:30:48.319 --> 00:30:49.460
 the

00:30:49.460 --> 00:30:49.779
 Lord

00:30:49.779 --> 00:30:50.019
 your

00:30:50.019 --> 00:30:50.480
 God

00:30:50.480 --> 00:30:51.460
 for

00:30:51.460 --> 00:30:51.680
 it

00:30:51.680 --> 00:30:51.899
 is

00:30:51.899 --> 00:30:52.539
 he

00:30:52.539 --> 00:30:53.460
 who

00:30:53.460 --> 00:30:53.740
 gives

00:30:53.740 --> 00:30:53.899
 you

00:30:53.899 --> 00:30:54.079
 the

00:30:54.079 --> 00:30:54.519
 ability

00:30:54.519 --> 00:30:54.839
 to

00:30:54.839 --> 00:30:55.240
 produce

00:30:55.240 --> 00:30:55.740
 wealth

00:30:55.740 --> 00:30:56.779
 and

00:30:56.779 --> 00:30:57.019
 so

00:30:57.019 --> 00:30:57.639
 confirms

00:30:57.639 --> 00:30:57.940
 his

00:30:57.940 --> 00:30:58.319
 covenant

00:30:58.319 --> 00:30:58.639
 which

00:30:58.639 --> 00:30:58.819
 he

00:30:58.819 --> 00:30:59.139
 swore

00:30:59.139 --> 00:30:59.319
 to

00:30:59.319 --> 00:30:59.519
 your

00:30:59.519 --> 00:31:00.220
 forefathers

00:31:00.220 --> 00:31:01.079
 as

00:31:01.079 --> 00:31:01.220
 it

00:31:01.220 --> 00:31:01.400
 is

00:31:01.400 --> 00:31:01.819
 today

00:31:01.819 --> 00:31:04.059
 God's

00:31:04.059 --> 00:31:04.420
 people

00:31:04.420 --> 00:31:05.000
 only

00:31:05.000 --> 00:31:05.440
 get

00:31:05.440 --> 00:31:05.680
 what

00:31:05.680 --> 00:31:05.900
 they

00:31:05.900 --> 00:31:06.480
 get

00:31:06.480 --> 00:31:07.980
 because

00:31:07.980 --> 00:31:08.500
 God

00:31:08.500 --> 00:31:08.900
 loved

00:31:08.900 --> 00:31:09.200
 them

00:31:09.200 --> 00:31:10.299
 because

00:31:10.299 --> 00:31:10.539
 he

00:31:10.539 --> 00:31:11.099
 promised

00:31:11.099 --> 00:31:11.559
 things

00:31:11.559 --> 00:31:11.759
 to

00:31:11.759 --> 00:31:11.900
 them

00:31:11.900 --> 00:31:12.180
 because

00:31:12.180 --> 00:31:12.400
 he

00:31:12.400 --> 00:31:12.579
 was

00:31:12.579 --> 00:31:13.019
 committed

00:31:13.019 --> 00:31:13.299
 to

00:31:13.299 --> 00:31:13.599
 them

00:31:13.599 --> 00:31:15.740
 and

00:31:15.740 --> 00:31:15.980
 it's

00:31:15.980 --> 00:31:16.379
 absolutely

00:31:16.379 --> 00:31:16.720
 no

00:31:16.720 --> 00:31:18.359
 different

00:31:18.359 --> 00:31:18.759
 for

00:31:18.759 --> 00:31:19.139
 us

00:31:19.139 --> 00:31:19.639
 today

00:31:19.639 --> 00:31:20.559
 God

00:31:20.559 --> 00:31:21.139
 deals

00:31:21.139 --> 00:31:21.420
 with

00:31:21.420 --> 00:31:22.000
 us

00:31:22.000 --> 00:31:22.660
 in

00:31:22.660 --> 00:31:23.160
 exactly

00:31:23.160 --> 00:31:23.480
 the

00:31:23.480 --> 00:31:23.779
 same

00:31:23.779 --> 00:31:24.259
 way

00:31:24.259 --> 00:31:25.319
 now

00:31:25.319 --> 00:31:25.879
 as

00:31:25.879 --> 00:31:26.000
 he

00:31:26.000 --> 00:31:26.240
 did

00:31:26.240 --> 00:31:26.440
 with

00:31:26.440 --> 00:31:26.599
 his

00:31:26.599 --> 00:31:27.000
 people

00:31:27.000 --> 00:31:27.460
 then

00:31:27.460 --> 00:31:28.579
 have

00:31:28.579 --> 00:31:28.660
 a

00:31:28.660 --> 00:31:28.779
 look

00:31:28.779 --> 00:31:28.900
 at

00:31:28.900 --> 00:31:29.079
 this

00:31:29.079 --> 00:31:29.440
 quote

00:31:29.440 --> 00:31:29.720
 here

00:31:29.720 --> 00:31:29.859
 it

00:31:29.859 --> 00:31:30.160
 comes

00:31:30.160 --> 00:31:30.539
 from

00:31:30.539 --> 00:31:31.440
 1st

00:31:31.440 --> 00:31:32.000
 Corinthians

00:31:32.000 --> 00:31:33.279
 chapter

00:31:33.279 --> 00:31:33.740
 1

00:31:33.740 --> 00:31:34.740
 Paul

00:31:34.740 --> 00:31:34.940
 is

00:31:34.940 --> 00:31:35.420
 writing

00:31:35.420 --> 00:31:35.680
 to

00:31:35.680 --> 00:31:35.859
 the

00:31:35.859 --> 00:31:36.200
 church

00:31:36.200 --> 00:31:36.460
 in

00:31:36.460 --> 00:31:36.839
 Corinth

00:31:36.839 --> 00:31:38.900
 and

00:31:38.900 --> 00:31:39.119
 he's

00:31:39.119 --> 00:31:39.359
 getting

00:31:39.359 --> 00:31:39.559
 them

00:31:39.559 --> 00:31:39.740
 to

00:31:39.740 --> 00:31:40.079
 think

00:31:40.079 --> 00:31:40.619
 back

00:31:40.619 --> 00:31:42.539
 so

00:31:42.539 --> 00:31:42.700
 he

00:31:42.700 --> 00:31:43.059
 starts

00:31:43.059 --> 00:31:43.279
 off

00:31:43.279 --> 00:31:43.380
 he

00:31:43.380 --> 00:31:43.559
 says

00:31:43.559 --> 00:31:43.980
 brothers

00:31:43.980 --> 00:31:44.380
 and

00:31:44.380 --> 00:31:44.859
 sisters

00:31:44.859 --> 00:31:46.200
 think

00:31:46.200 --> 00:31:46.380
 of

00:31:46.380 --> 00:31:46.579
 what

00:31:46.579 --> 00:31:46.799
 you

00:31:46.799 --> 00:31:47.259
 were

00:31:47.259 --> 00:31:47.839
 when

00:31:47.839 --> 00:31:48.079
 you

00:31:48.079 --> 00:31:48.299
 were

00:31:48.299 --> 00:31:48.759
 called

00:31:48.759 --> 00:31:50.359
 just

00:31:50.359 --> 00:31:50.859
 stop

00:31:50.859 --> 00:31:51.079
 for

00:31:51.079 --> 00:31:51.240
 a

00:31:51.240 --> 00:31:51.420
 minute

00:31:51.420 --> 00:31:51.720
 there

00:31:51.720 --> 00:31:52.140
 think

00:31:52.140 --> 00:31:52.539
 about

00:31:52.539 --> 00:31:52.900
 it

00:31:52.900 --> 00:31:54.099
 when

00:31:54.099 --> 00:31:54.420
 God

00:31:54.420 --> 00:31:54.940
 chose

00:31:54.940 --> 00:31:55.180
 to

00:31:55.180 --> 00:31:55.380
 love

00:31:55.380 --> 00:31:55.539
 you

00:31:55.539 --> 00:31:55.960
 when

00:31:55.960 --> 00:31:56.099
 he

00:31:56.099 --> 00:31:56.279
 put

00:31:56.279 --> 00:31:56.460
 his

00:31:56.460 --> 00:31:56.960
 affection

00:31:56.960 --> 00:31:57.319
 on

00:31:57.319 --> 00:31:57.579
 you

00:31:57.579 --> 00:31:59.059
 what

00:31:59.059 --> 00:31:59.220
 were

00:31:59.220 --> 00:31:59.360
 you

00:31:59.360 --> 00:31:59.819
 like

00:31:59.819 --> 00:32:01.120
 well

00:32:01.120 --> 00:32:01.240
 he

00:32:01.240 --> 00:32:01.460
 goes

00:32:01.460 --> 00:32:01.759
 on

00:32:01.759 --> 00:32:02.259
 not

00:32:02.259 --> 00:32:02.559
 many

00:32:02.559 --> 00:32:02.759
 of

00:32:02.759 --> 00:32:02.880
 you

00:32:02.880 --> 00:32:03.039
 were

00:32:03.039 --> 00:32:03.480
 wise

00:32:03.480 --> 00:32:03.779
 by

00:32:03.779 --> 00:32:04.160
 human

00:32:04.160 --> 00:32:04.799
 standards

00:32:04.799 --> 00:32:05.779
 not

00:32:05.779 --> 00:32:06.079
 many

00:32:06.079 --> 00:32:06.279
 of

00:32:06.279 --> 00:32:06.400
 you

00:32:06.400 --> 00:32:06.579
 were

00:32:06.579 --> 00:32:07.380
 influential

00:32:07.380 --> 00:32:08.299
 not

00:32:08.299 --> 00:32:08.600
 many

00:32:08.600 --> 00:32:08.920
 of you

00:32:08.920 --> 00:32:09.100
 were

00:32:09.100 --> 00:32:09.460
 noble

00:32:09.460 --> 00:32:09.920
 birth

00:32:09.920 --> 00:32:10.900
 in other

00:32:10.900 --> 00:32:11.120
 words

00:32:11.120 --> 00:32:11.440
 you were

00:32:11.440 --> 00:32:12.259
 nobody's

00:32:12.259 --> 00:32:12.539
 you were

00:32:12.539 --> 00:32:13.100
 nothing's

00:32:13.100 --> 00:32:13.380
 you were

00:32:13.380 --> 00:32:14.180
 insignificant

00:32:14.180 --> 00:32:15.460
 there was

00:32:15.460 --> 00:32:16.240
 nothing in

00:32:16.240 --> 00:32:16.620
 you that

00:32:16.620 --> 00:32:17.319
 attracted me

00:32:17.319 --> 00:32:17.920
 to you

00:32:17.920 --> 00:32:19.980
 but

00:32:19.980 --> 00:32:20.940
 God

00:32:20.940 --> 00:32:21.259
 chose

00:32:21.259 --> 00:32:21.500
 the

00:32:21.500 --> 00:32:21.880
 foolish

00:32:21.880 --> 00:32:22.400
 things

00:32:22.400 --> 00:32:22.600
 of

00:32:22.600 --> 00:32:22.740
 the

00:32:22.740 --> 00:32:23.019
 world

00:32:23.019 --> 00:32:23.279
 to

00:32:23.279 --> 00:32:23.539
 shame

00:32:23.539 --> 00:32:23.740
 the

00:32:23.740 --> 00:32:24.220
 wise

00:32:24.220 --> 00:32:25.759
 God

00:32:25.759 --> 00:32:26.080
 chose

00:32:26.080 --> 00:32:26.300
 the

00:32:26.300 --> 00:32:26.600
 weak

00:32:26.600 --> 00:32:26.980
 things

00:32:26.980 --> 00:32:27.160
 of

00:32:27.160 --> 00:32:27.279
 the

00:32:27.279 --> 00:32:27.519
 world

00:32:27.519 --> 00:32:27.759
 to

00:32:27.759 --> 00:32:28.000
 shame

00:32:28.000 --> 00:32:28.200
 the

00:32:28.200 --> 00:32:28.779
 strong

00:32:28.779 --> 00:32:30.039
 God

00:32:30.039 --> 00:32:30.420
 chose

00:32:30.420 --> 00:32:30.660
 the

00:32:30.660 --> 00:32:31.060
 lowly

00:32:31.060 --> 00:32:31.400
 things

00:32:31.400 --> 00:32:31.560
 of

00:32:31.560 --> 00:32:31.779
 this

00:32:31.779 --> 00:32:32.100
 world

00:32:32.100 --> 00:32:32.600
 and

00:32:32.600 --> 00:32:32.779
 the

00:32:32.779 --> 00:32:33.660
 despised

00:32:33.660 --> 00:32:34.100
 things

00:32:34.100 --> 00:32:34.700
 and the

00:32:34.700 --> 00:32:35.080
 things

00:32:35.080 --> 00:32:35.320
 that

00:32:35.320 --> 00:32:35.460
 are

00:32:35.460 --> 00:32:36.120
 not

00:32:36.120 --> 00:32:36.900
 to

00:32:36.900 --> 00:32:37.420
 nullify

00:32:37.420 --> 00:32:37.660
 the

00:32:37.660 --> 00:32:37.940
 things

00:32:37.940 --> 00:32:38.120
 that

00:32:38.120 --> 00:32:38.480
 are

00:32:38.480 --> 00:32:38.960
 so

00:32:38.960 --> 00:32:39.180
 that

00:32:39.180 --> 00:32:39.620
 no

00:32:39.620 --> 00:32:39.960
 one

00:32:39.960 --> 00:32:41.580
 may

00:32:41.580 --> 00:32:41.920
 boast

00:32:41.920 --> 00:32:42.380
 before

00:32:42.380 --> 00:32:42.759
 him

00:32:42.759 --> 00:32:44.759
 the

00:32:44.759 --> 00:32:45.039
 only

00:32:45.039 --> 00:32:45.539
 reason

00:32:45.539 --> 00:32:45.920
 God

00:32:45.920 --> 00:32:46.119
 would

00:32:46.119 --> 00:32:46.359
 set

00:32:46.359 --> 00:32:46.539
 his

00:32:46.539 --> 00:32:46.759
 love

00:32:46.759 --> 00:32:47.119
 upon

00:32:47.119 --> 00:32:47.359
 us

00:32:47.359 --> 00:32:47.720
 is

00:32:47.720 --> 00:32:48.039
 because

00:32:48.039 --> 00:32:48.359
 we're

00:32:48.359 --> 00:32:49.140
 foolish

00:32:49.140 --> 00:32:50.599
 because

00:32:50.599 --> 00:32:50.940
 we're

00:32:50.940 --> 00:32:51.519
 weak

00:32:51.519 --> 00:32:52.259
 because

00:32:52.259 --> 00:32:52.559
 we're

00:32:52.559 --> 00:32:53.180
 despised

00:32:53.180 --> 00:32:53.480
 because

00:32:53.480 --> 00:32:53.759
 we're

00:32:53.759 --> 00:32:54.220
 nothing

00:32:54.220 --> 00:32:57.099
 you see

00:32:57.099 --> 00:32:57.640
 the real

00:32:57.640 --> 00:32:58.240
 question

00:32:58.240 --> 00:32:58.660
 in all

00:32:58.660 --> 00:32:59.059
 of this

00:32:59.059 --> 00:32:59.539
 as well

00:32:59.539 --> 00:32:59.879
 is

00:32:59.879 --> 00:33:00.879
 it's

00:33:00.879 --> 00:33:01.359
 not

00:33:01.359 --> 00:33:02.279
 why

00:33:02.279 --> 00:33:02.940
 did

00:33:02.940 --> 00:33:03.259
 God

00:33:03.259 --> 00:33:03.720
 choose

00:33:03.720 --> 00:33:04.099
 this

00:33:04.099 --> 00:33:04.720
 nation

00:33:04.720 --> 00:33:05.319
 over

00:33:05.319 --> 00:33:05.660
 that

00:33:05.660 --> 00:33:06.039
 nation

00:33:06.039 --> 00:33:06.420
 we get

00:33:06.420 --> 00:33:06.619
 our

00:33:06.619 --> 00:33:07.039
 minds

00:33:07.039 --> 00:33:07.539
 bogged

00:33:07.539 --> 00:33:07.720
 with

00:33:07.720 --> 00:33:07.920
 that

00:33:07.920 --> 00:33:08.079
 one

00:33:08.079 --> 00:33:08.299
 why

00:33:08.299 --> 00:33:08.500
 did

00:33:08.500 --> 00:33:08.759
 God

00:33:08.759 --> 00:33:09.079
 choose

00:33:09.079 --> 00:33:09.319
 this

00:33:09.319 --> 00:33:09.539
 one

00:33:09.539 --> 00:33:09.680
 and

00:33:09.680 --> 00:33:09.859
 not

00:33:09.859 --> 00:33:10.099
 that

00:33:10.099 --> 00:33:10.379
 one

00:33:10.379 --> 00:33:11.680
 here's

00:33:11.680 --> 00:33:11.799
 the

00:33:11.799 --> 00:33:12.039
 real

00:33:12.039 --> 00:33:12.579
 question

00:33:12.579 --> 00:33:13.279
 why

00:33:13.279 --> 00:33:13.539
 would

00:33:13.539 --> 00:33:13.839
 God

00:33:13.839 --> 00:33:14.220
 bother

00:33:14.220 --> 00:33:14.480
 to

00:33:14.480 --> 00:33:14.859
 choose

00:33:14.859 --> 00:33:15.059
 you

00:33:15.059 --> 00:33:15.199
 or

00:33:15.199 --> 00:33:15.419
 me

00:33:15.419 --> 00:33:17.220
 there

00:33:17.220 --> 00:33:17.439
 is

00:33:17.439 --> 00:33:17.879
 nothing

00:33:17.879 --> 00:33:18.159
 in

00:33:18.159 --> 00:33:18.500
 us

00:33:18.500 --> 00:33:19.240
 to

00:33:19.240 --> 00:33:19.659
 attract

00:33:19.659 --> 00:33:19.879
 us

00:33:19.879 --> 00:33:20.039
 to

00:33:20.039 --> 00:33:20.439
 God

00:33:20.439 --> 00:33:21.199
 he

00:33:21.199 --> 00:33:21.659
 simply

00:33:21.659 --> 00:33:22.240
 loves

00:33:22.240 --> 00:33:22.579
 us

00:33:22.579 --> 00:33:22.919
 because

00:33:22.919 --> 00:33:23.179
 he

00:33:23.179 --> 00:33:23.539
 loves

00:33:23.539 --> 00:33:23.799
 us

00:33:23.799 --> 00:33:24.139
 and

00:33:24.139 --> 00:33:24.279
 he

00:33:24.279 --> 00:33:24.519
 wants

00:33:24.519 --> 00:33:24.740
 to

00:33:24.740 --> 00:33:25.119
 shower

00:33:25.119 --> 00:33:25.419
 us

00:33:25.419 --> 00:33:25.619
 with

00:33:25.619 --> 00:33:25.819
 his

00:33:25.819 --> 00:33:26.339
 blessings

00:33:26.339 --> 00:33:27.139
 it's

00:33:27.139 --> 00:33:27.740
 unconditional

00:33:27.740 --> 00:33:28.519
 it's

00:33:28.519 --> 00:33:28.799
 based

00:33:28.799 --> 00:33:29.039
 on

00:33:29.039 --> 00:33:29.299
 who

00:33:29.299 --> 00:33:29.599
 he

00:33:29.599 --> 00:33:30.059
 is

00:33:30.059 --> 00:33:31.299
 not

00:33:31.299 --> 00:33:32.279
 what

00:33:32.279 --> 00:33:32.480
 I

00:33:32.480 --> 00:33:32.879
 am

00:33:32.879 --> 00:33:40.799
 so

00:33:40.799 --> 00:33:41.179
 third

00:33:41.179 --> 00:33:41.480
 then

00:33:41.480 --> 00:33:42.119
 what's

00:33:42.119 --> 00:33:43.259
 what's

00:33:43.259 --> 00:33:43.359
 it

00:33:43.359 --> 00:33:43.500
 going

00:33:43.500 --> 00:33:43.599
 to

00:33:43.599 --> 00:33:43.759
 be

00:33:43.759 --> 00:33:44.000
 for

00:33:44.000 --> 00:33:44.500
 us

00:33:44.500 --> 00:33:47.239
 is

00:33:47.239 --> 00:33:47.359
 it

00:33:47.359 --> 00:33:47.559
 going

00:33:47.559 --> 00:33:47.739
 to

00:33:47.739 --> 00:33:48.059
 be

00:33:48.059 --> 00:33:49.279
 God's

00:33:49.279 --> 00:33:49.719
 terrible

00:33:49.719 --> 00:33:50.279
 judgment

00:33:50.279 --> 00:33:52.119
 or

00:33:52.119 --> 00:33:52.279
 is

00:33:52.279 --> 00:33:52.439
 it

00:33:52.439 --> 00:33:52.899
 going

00:33:52.899 --> 00:33:53.079
 to

00:33:53.079 --> 00:33:53.239
 be

00:33:53.239 --> 00:33:53.679
 God's

00:33:53.679 --> 00:33:54.199
 incredible

00:33:54.199 --> 00:33:54.739
 grace

00:33:54.739 --> 00:33:56.739
 well look

00:33:56.739 --> 00:33:57.119
 at chapter

00:33:57.119 --> 00:33:57.539
 7

00:33:57.539 --> 00:33:58.199
 verse 9

00:33:58.200 --> 00:34:03.140
 know

00:34:03.140 --> 00:34:03.819
 therefore

00:34:03.819 --> 00:34:05.539
 that the

00:34:05.539 --> 00:34:05.819
 Lord

00:34:05.819 --> 00:34:06.039
 your

00:34:06.039 --> 00:34:06.440
 God

00:34:06.440 --> 00:34:06.860
 is

00:34:06.860 --> 00:34:07.340
 God

00:34:07.340 --> 00:34:08.679
 he

00:34:08.679 --> 00:34:08.880
 is

00:34:08.880 --> 00:34:09.099
 a

00:34:09.099 --> 00:34:09.500
 faithful

00:34:09.500 --> 00:34:10.000
 God

00:34:10.000 --> 00:34:10.699
 keeping

00:34:10.699 --> 00:34:11.019
 his

00:34:11.019 --> 00:34:11.460
 covenant

00:34:11.460 --> 00:34:11.800
 of

00:34:11.800 --> 00:34:12.199
 love

00:34:12.199 --> 00:34:12.639
 to

00:34:12.639 --> 00:34:12.880
 a

00:34:12.880 --> 00:34:13.260
 thousand

00:34:13.260 --> 00:34:13.980
 generations

00:34:13.980 --> 00:34:14.320
 of

00:34:14.320 --> 00:34:14.599
 those

00:34:14.599 --> 00:34:14.780
 who

00:34:14.780 --> 00:34:15.159
 love

00:34:15.159 --> 00:34:15.599
 him

00:34:15.599 --> 00:34:16.139
 and

00:34:16.139 --> 00:34:16.480
 keep

00:34:16.480 --> 00:34:16.699
 his

00:34:16.699 --> 00:34:17.220
 commands

00:34:17.220 --> 00:34:19.300
 but

00:34:19.300 --> 00:34:19.579
 those

00:34:19.579 --> 00:34:19.760
 who

00:34:19.760 --> 00:34:20.119
 hate

00:34:20.119 --> 00:34:20.400
 him

00:34:20.400 --> 00:34:21.079
 he

00:34:21.079 --> 00:34:21.280
 will

00:34:21.280 --> 00:34:21.699
 repay

00:34:21.699 --> 00:34:21.940
 to

00:34:21.940 --> 00:34:22.119
 their

00:34:22.119 --> 00:34:22.460
 face

00:34:22.460 --> 00:34:22.720
 by

00:34:22.720 --> 00:34:23.440
 destruction

00:34:23.440 --> 00:34:24.720
 he

00:34:24.720 --> 00:34:24.920
 will

00:34:24.920 --> 00:34:25.240
 not

00:34:25.240 --> 00:34:25.480
 be

00:34:25.480 --> 00:34:25.920
 slow

00:34:25.920 --> 00:34:26.220
 to

00:34:26.220 --> 00:34:26.579
 repay

00:34:26.579 --> 00:34:26.780
 to

00:34:26.780 --> 00:34:26.980
 their

00:34:26.980 --> 00:34:27.420
 face

00:34:27.420 --> 00:34:28.119
 those

00:34:28.119 --> 00:34:28.320
 who

00:34:28.320 --> 00:34:28.639
 hate

00:34:28.639 --> 00:34:28.920
 him

00:34:28.920 --> 00:34:31.300
 now

00:34:31.300 --> 00:34:31.539
 where

00:34:31.539 --> 00:34:32.099
 does

00:34:32.099 --> 00:34:32.340
 that

00:34:32.340 --> 00:34:32.579
 put

00:34:32.579 --> 00:34:32.920
 us

00:34:32.920 --> 00:34:33.579
 the

00:34:33.579 --> 00:34:34.019
 point

00:34:34.019 --> 00:34:34.480
 is

00:34:34.480 --> 00:34:35.320
 we

00:34:35.320 --> 00:34:35.820
 all

00:34:35.820 --> 00:34:36.500
 deserve

00:34:36.500 --> 00:34:37.280
 the

00:34:37.280 --> 00:34:37.760
 judgment

00:34:37.760 --> 00:34:38.179
 we

00:34:38.179 --> 00:34:38.539
 all

00:34:38.539 --> 00:34:39.039
 deserve

00:34:39.039 --> 00:34:39.320
 to

00:34:39.320 --> 00:34:39.519
 be

00:34:39.519 --> 00:34:40.139
 destroyed

00:34:40.139 --> 00:34:41.059
 not

00:34:41.059 --> 00:34:41.380
 one

00:34:41.380 --> 00:34:41.500
 of

00:34:41.500 --> 00:34:41.700
 us

00:34:41.700 --> 00:34:42.119
 manages

00:34:42.119 --> 00:34:42.440
 to

00:34:42.440 --> 00:34:42.720
 keep

00:34:42.720 --> 00:34:42.920
 his

00:34:42.920 --> 00:34:43.360
 commandments

00:34:43.360 --> 00:34:43.700
 and

00:34:43.700 --> 00:34:43.960
 love

00:34:43.960 --> 00:34:44.179
 him

00:34:44.179 --> 00:34:45.039
 wholeheartedly

00:34:45.039 --> 00:34:48.440
 the

00:34:48.440 --> 00:34:48.900
 reality

00:34:48.900 --> 00:34:49.220
 is

00:34:49.220 --> 00:34:49.380
 we

00:34:49.380 --> 00:34:49.760
 all

00:34:49.760 --> 00:34:50.099
 need

00:34:50.099 --> 00:34:50.360
 his

00:34:50.360 --> 00:34:50.880
 grace

00:34:50.880 --> 00:34:52.159
 and

00:34:52.159 --> 00:34:52.340
 we

00:34:52.340 --> 00:34:52.619
 all

00:34:52.619 --> 00:34:53.019
 long

00:34:53.019 --> 00:34:53.259
 for

00:34:53.259 --> 00:34:53.480
 this

00:34:53.480 --> 00:34:54.019
 promised

00:34:54.019 --> 00:34:54.360
 good

00:34:54.360 --> 00:34:54.699
 land

00:34:54.699 --> 00:34:54.900
 that

00:34:54.900 --> 00:34:55.059
 is

00:34:55.059 --> 00:34:55.500
 beautiful

00:34:55.500 --> 00:34:55.739
 and

00:34:55.739 --> 00:34:56.000
 good

00:34:56.000 --> 00:34:56.259
 without

00:34:56.259 --> 00:34:56.820
 evil

00:34:56.820 --> 00:34:57.320
 and

00:34:57.320 --> 00:34:57.880
 injustice

00:34:57.880 --> 00:34:58.259
 and

00:34:58.259 --> 00:34:58.539
 sin

00:34:58.539 --> 00:34:58.759
 and

00:34:58.759 --> 00:34:59.259
 crime

00:34:59.259 --> 00:35:01.039
 so

00:35:01.039 --> 00:35:01.400
 how

00:35:01.400 --> 00:35:01.579
 is

00:35:01.579 --> 00:35:01.739
 it

00:35:01.739 --> 00:35:02.239
 possible

00:35:02.239 --> 00:35:02.539
 for

00:35:02.539 --> 00:35:02.800
 us

00:35:02.800 --> 00:35:03.019
 to

00:35:03.019 --> 00:35:03.340
 know

00:35:03.340 --> 00:35:03.880
 God's

00:35:03.880 --> 00:35:04.340
 grace

00:35:04.340 --> 00:35:05.500
 day

00:35:05.500 --> 00:35:05.699
 to

00:35:05.699 --> 00:35:06.059
 day

00:35:06.059 --> 00:35:07.860
 but

00:35:07.860 --> 00:35:08.460
 not

00:35:08.460 --> 00:35:09.239
 his

00:35:09.239 --> 00:35:09.759
 judgment

00:35:09.759 --> 00:35:13.079
 well

00:35:13.079 --> 00:35:13.340
 two

00:35:13.340 --> 00:35:13.920
 things

00:35:13.920 --> 00:35:15.800
 first

00:35:15.800 --> 00:35:17.239
 we

00:35:17.239 --> 00:35:17.539
 must

00:35:17.539 --> 00:35:17.800
 run

00:35:17.800 --> 00:35:18.019
 to

00:35:18.019 --> 00:35:18.480
 Christ

00:35:18.480 --> 00:35:20.420
 you

00:35:20.420 --> 00:35:20.579
 see

00:35:20.579 --> 00:35:20.880
 as we

00:35:20.880 --> 00:35:21.219
 follow

00:35:21.219 --> 00:35:21.440
 the

00:35:21.440 --> 00:35:21.840
 story

00:35:21.840 --> 00:35:22.300
 through

00:35:22.300 --> 00:35:24.360
 we

00:35:24.360 --> 00:35:24.620
 come

00:35:24.620 --> 00:35:24.780
 to

00:35:24.780 --> 00:35:25.019
 this

00:35:25.019 --> 00:35:25.880
 climax

00:35:25.880 --> 00:35:27.120
 where

00:35:27.120 --> 00:35:27.539
 God

00:35:27.539 --> 00:35:27.760
 would

00:35:27.760 --> 00:35:28.060
 put

00:35:28.060 --> 00:35:28.320
 his

00:35:28.320 --> 00:35:28.900
 judgment

00:35:28.900 --> 00:35:30.380
 and

00:35:30.380 --> 00:35:30.640
 his

00:35:30.640 --> 00:35:31.140
 grace

00:35:31.140 --> 00:35:32.100
 side

00:35:32.100 --> 00:35:32.400
 by

00:35:32.400 --> 00:35:33.019
 side

00:35:33.019 --> 00:35:33.600
 on

00:35:33.600 --> 00:35:34.260
 display

00:35:34.260 --> 00:35:34.760
 for

00:35:34.760 --> 00:35:34.920
 the

00:35:34.920 --> 00:35:35.180
 world

00:35:35.180 --> 00:35:35.440
 to

00:35:35.440 --> 00:35:35.720
 see

00:35:35.720 --> 00:35:36.920
 before

00:35:36.920 --> 00:35:37.220
 the

00:35:37.220 --> 00:35:37.760
 nations

00:35:37.760 --> 00:35:39.100
 and

00:35:39.100 --> 00:35:39.480
 before

00:35:39.480 --> 00:35:39.920
 all

00:35:39.920 --> 00:35:40.100
 the

00:35:40.100 --> 00:35:40.560
 people

00:35:40.560 --> 00:35:41.240
 God

00:35:41.240 --> 00:35:41.500
 would

00:35:41.500 --> 00:35:42.140
 demonstrate

00:35:42.140 --> 00:35:42.519
 his

00:35:42.519 --> 00:35:43.080
 terrible

00:35:43.080 --> 00:35:43.660
 judgment

00:35:43.660 --> 00:35:44.800
 and

00:35:44.800 --> 00:35:45.140
 his

00:35:45.140 --> 00:35:45.820
 incredible

00:35:45.820 --> 00:35:46.420
 grace

00:35:46.420 --> 00:35:47.740
 all

00:35:47.740 --> 00:35:48.059
 in

00:35:48.059 --> 00:35:48.440
 one

00:35:48.440 --> 00:35:49.380
 combined

00:35:49.380 --> 00:35:50.800
 concise

00:35:50.800 --> 00:35:51.539
 moment

00:35:51.539 --> 00:35:55.440
 take a

00:35:55.440 --> 00:35:55.700
 look at

00:35:55.700 --> 00:35:56.400
 the cross

00:35:56.400 --> 00:35:57.920
 in your

00:35:57.920 --> 00:35:58.619
 mind's

00:35:58.619 --> 00:35:58.980
 eye

00:35:58.980 --> 00:36:01.480
 Jesus

00:36:01.480 --> 00:36:02.280
 and his

00:36:02.280 --> 00:36:02.860
 death

00:36:02.860 --> 00:36:03.800
 what do

00:36:03.800 --> 00:36:04.480
 we see

00:36:04.480 --> 00:36:05.639
 going on

00:36:05.639 --> 00:36:06.240
 on the

00:36:06.240 --> 00:36:06.740
 cross

00:36:06.740 --> 00:36:08.480
 we see a

00:36:08.480 --> 00:36:09.059
 man being

00:36:09.059 --> 00:36:09.500
 beaten

00:36:09.500 --> 00:36:11.900
 we see

00:36:11.900 --> 00:36:12.679
 somebody being

00:36:12.679 --> 00:36:13.760
 spat on

00:36:13.760 --> 00:36:15.780
 somebody being

00:36:15.780 --> 00:36:16.480
 punched

00:36:16.480 --> 00:36:17.760
 whipped

00:36:17.760 --> 00:36:19.460
 and scourged

00:36:19.460 --> 00:36:21.599
 we see a

00:36:21.599 --> 00:36:22.280
 man being

00:36:22.280 --> 00:36:22.880
 torn

00:36:22.880 --> 00:36:23.619
 his back

00:36:23.619 --> 00:36:24.880
 lacerated

00:36:24.880 --> 00:36:26.059
 ripped apart

00:36:26.059 --> 00:36:28.179
 we see

00:36:28.179 --> 00:36:28.980
 somebody being

00:36:28.980 --> 00:36:29.559
 nailed

00:36:29.559 --> 00:36:30.199
 to a

00:36:30.199 --> 00:36:30.639
 cross

00:36:30.639 --> 00:36:31.440
 we see

00:36:31.440 --> 00:36:32.000
 someone with

00:36:32.000 --> 00:36:32.679
 a spear

00:36:32.679 --> 00:36:33.500
 being thrust

00:36:33.500 --> 00:36:34.019
 up into

00:36:34.019 --> 00:36:34.820
 their side

00:36:34.820 --> 00:36:36.460
 what's going

00:36:36.460 --> 00:36:37.219
 on with this

00:36:37.219 --> 00:36:37.860
 violent

00:36:37.860 --> 00:36:39.120
 image

00:36:39.120 --> 00:36:42.320
 Jesus

00:36:42.320 --> 00:36:43.980
 is being

00:36:43.980 --> 00:36:45.340
 destroyed

00:36:45.340 --> 00:36:47.760
 physically

00:36:47.760 --> 00:36:49.220
 and

00:36:49.220 --> 00:36:50.120
 spiritually

00:36:50.120 --> 00:36:52.039
 for us

00:36:52.039 --> 00:36:53.620
 the

00:36:53.620 --> 00:36:54.059
 judgment

00:36:54.059 --> 00:36:54.680
 of God

00:36:54.680 --> 00:36:55.180
 that should

00:36:55.180 --> 00:36:56.000
 rain down

00:36:56.000 --> 00:36:57.079
 on all

00:36:57.079 --> 00:36:57.720
 the nations

00:36:57.720 --> 00:36:58.559
 and on

00:36:58.559 --> 00:36:59.340
 all people

00:36:59.340 --> 00:37:00.880
 the judgment

00:37:00.880 --> 00:37:01.440
 of God

00:37:01.440 --> 00:37:01.860
 that should

00:37:01.860 --> 00:37:02.240
 be for

00:37:02.240 --> 00:37:02.880
 my sin

00:37:02.880 --> 00:37:03.420
 and your

00:37:03.420 --> 00:37:03.800
 sin

00:37:03.800 --> 00:37:04.900
 is falling

00:37:04.900 --> 00:37:06.059
 on God

00:37:06.059 --> 00:37:06.940
 himself

00:37:06.940 --> 00:37:09.320
 and so

00:37:09.320 --> 00:37:10.039
 the cross

00:37:10.039 --> 00:37:11.059
 stands before

00:37:11.059 --> 00:37:11.960
 all nations

00:37:11.960 --> 00:37:12.579
 of the world

00:37:12.579 --> 00:37:13.119
 today

00:37:13.119 --> 00:37:15.139
 before all

00:37:15.139 --> 00:37:15.679
 peoples

00:37:15.679 --> 00:37:16.220
 no matter

00:37:16.220 --> 00:37:17.340
 what nation

00:37:17.340 --> 00:37:18.300
 what people

00:37:18.300 --> 00:37:18.619
 group

00:37:18.619 --> 00:37:19.740
 what tribe

00:37:19.740 --> 00:37:20.780
 what language

00:37:20.780 --> 00:37:21.420
 it is

00:37:21.420 --> 00:37:22.700
 the cross

00:37:22.700 --> 00:37:23.559
 stands before

00:37:23.559 --> 00:37:23.940
 it all

00:37:23.940 --> 00:37:24.340
 to say

00:37:24.340 --> 00:37:24.800
 look

00:37:24.800 --> 00:37:26.760
 God took

00:37:26.760 --> 00:37:27.460
 the terrible

00:37:27.460 --> 00:37:28.000
 judgment

00:37:28.000 --> 00:37:30.079
 that we

00:37:30.079 --> 00:37:31.099
 all deserve

00:37:31.099 --> 00:37:32.159
 for himself

00:37:32.159 --> 00:37:35.059
 why

00:37:35.059 --> 00:37:36.039
 why would

00:37:36.039 --> 00:37:36.400
 he do

00:37:36.400 --> 00:37:36.720
 it

00:37:36.719 --> 00:37:38.299
 so that

00:37:38.299 --> 00:37:39.079
 we might

00:37:39.079 --> 00:37:40.099
 experience

00:37:40.099 --> 00:37:40.719
 his

00:37:40.719 --> 00:37:41.519
 incredible

00:37:41.519 --> 00:37:42.179
 grace

00:37:42.179 --> 00:37:44.019
 Jesus

00:37:44.019 --> 00:37:44.459
 didn't

00:37:44.459 --> 00:37:45.019
 die for

00:37:45.019 --> 00:37:45.159
 you

00:37:45.159 --> 00:37:45.439
 because

00:37:45.439 --> 00:37:45.619
 there

00:37:45.619 --> 00:37:45.759
 was

00:37:45.759 --> 00:37:46.059
 something

00:37:46.059 --> 00:37:46.699
 beautiful

00:37:46.699 --> 00:37:47.239
 or good

00:37:47.239 --> 00:37:47.559
 about

00:37:47.559 --> 00:37:47.879
 you

00:37:47.879 --> 00:37:50.139
 God

00:37:50.139 --> 00:37:50.519
 didn't

00:37:50.519 --> 00:37:50.980
 set his

00:37:50.980 --> 00:37:51.500
 affection

00:37:51.500 --> 00:37:52.059
 on you

00:37:52.059 --> 00:37:52.419
 because

00:37:52.419 --> 00:37:52.779
 you were

00:37:52.779 --> 00:37:53.259
 better

00:37:53.259 --> 00:37:54.019
 or greater

00:37:54.019 --> 00:37:54.480
 to your

00:37:54.480 --> 00:37:54.919
 neighbor

00:37:54.919 --> 00:37:55.739
 or to the

00:37:55.739 --> 00:37:56.079
 person

00:37:56.079 --> 00:37:56.539
 in some

00:37:56.539 --> 00:37:56.739
 other

00:37:56.739 --> 00:37:57.259
 country

00:37:57.259 --> 00:37:58.919
 God

00:37:58.919 --> 00:37:59.419
 died for

00:37:59.419 --> 00:37:59.539
 you

00:37:59.539 --> 00:37:59.779
 because

00:37:59.779 --> 00:38:00.259
 he loved

00:38:00.259 --> 00:38:00.639
 you

00:38:00.639 --> 00:38:02.460
 God

00:38:02.460 --> 00:38:02.719
 was

00:38:02.719 --> 00:38:03.559
 destroyed

00:38:03.559 --> 00:38:04.019
 for you

00:38:04.019 --> 00:38:04.619
 broken

00:38:04.619 --> 00:38:05.339
 for you

00:38:05.339 --> 00:38:06.539
 so that

00:38:06.539 --> 00:38:07.139
 he could

00:38:07.139 --> 00:38:07.719
 redeem

00:38:07.719 --> 00:38:08.139
 you

00:38:08.139 --> 00:38:09.079
 and bring

00:38:09.079 --> 00:38:09.619
 you into

00:38:09.619 --> 00:38:10.400
 the ultimate

00:38:10.400 --> 00:38:10.920
 land

00:38:10.920 --> 00:38:11.699
 the new

00:38:11.699 --> 00:38:12.339
 creation

00:38:12.339 --> 00:38:14.099
 to bring

00:38:14.099 --> 00:38:14.579
 you into

00:38:14.579 --> 00:38:15.239
 the home

00:38:15.239 --> 00:38:15.879
 and the place

00:38:15.879 --> 00:38:16.219
 that we

00:38:16.219 --> 00:38:16.980
 all long

00:38:16.980 --> 00:38:17.339
 for

00:38:17.339 --> 00:38:18.099
 a place

00:38:18.099 --> 00:38:18.519
 where there's

00:38:18.519 --> 00:38:19.279
 no sin

00:38:19.279 --> 00:38:20.339
 and no evil

00:38:20.339 --> 00:38:20.739
 and no

00:38:20.739 --> 00:38:21.179
 sickness

00:38:21.179 --> 00:38:21.659
 and no

00:38:21.659 --> 00:38:22.079
 disease

00:38:22.079 --> 00:38:22.599
 and no

00:38:22.599 --> 00:38:23.119
 abuse

00:38:23.119 --> 00:38:23.539
 and no

00:38:23.539 --> 00:38:23.920
 rape

00:38:23.920 --> 00:38:24.299
 and no

00:38:24.299 --> 00:38:24.900
 injustice

00:38:24.900 --> 00:38:25.759
 and no

00:38:25.759 --> 00:38:26.440
 crime

00:38:26.440 --> 00:38:29.019
 to bring

00:38:29.019 --> 00:38:29.460
 you into

00:38:29.460 --> 00:38:30.099
 the land

00:38:30.099 --> 00:38:30.599
 that is

00:38:30.599 --> 00:38:31.159
 beautiful

00:38:31.159 --> 00:38:31.840
 and good

00:38:31.840 --> 00:38:32.960
 of protection

00:38:32.960 --> 00:38:34.059
 and blessing

00:38:34.059 --> 00:38:37.059
 he did it

00:38:37.059 --> 00:38:38.360
 so that you

00:38:38.360 --> 00:38:39.240
 would experience

00:38:39.240 --> 00:38:40.280
 his grace

00:38:40.280 --> 00:38:43.599
 so run

00:38:43.599 --> 00:38:44.340
 to Christ

00:38:44.340 --> 00:38:45.340
 every day

00:38:45.340 --> 00:38:46.960
 run to his

00:38:46.960 --> 00:38:47.460
 cross

00:38:47.460 --> 00:38:48.679
 and enjoy

00:38:48.679 --> 00:38:49.820
 his grace

00:38:49.820 --> 00:38:52.539
 but second

00:38:52.539 --> 00:38:53.300
 and we finish

00:38:53.300 --> 00:38:53.900
 with this

00:38:53.900 --> 00:38:55.679
 we must

00:38:55.679 --> 00:38:56.299
 also

00:38:56.299 --> 00:38:57.559
 be ruthless

00:38:57.559 --> 00:38:58.699
 with sin

00:38:58.699 --> 00:39:02.440
 if we

00:39:02.440 --> 00:39:02.899
 have run

00:39:02.899 --> 00:39:03.639
 to Christ

00:39:03.639 --> 00:39:06.119
 and if we

00:39:06.119 --> 00:39:06.719
 see how

00:39:06.719 --> 00:39:07.179
 he was

00:39:07.179 --> 00:39:07.759
 destroyed

00:39:07.759 --> 00:39:08.419
 for our

00:39:08.419 --> 00:39:08.699
 sin

00:39:08.699 --> 00:39:10.619
 and what

00:39:10.619 --> 00:39:11.579
 he's bringing

00:39:11.579 --> 00:39:12.279
 us to

00:39:12.279 --> 00:39:13.839
 then we

00:39:13.839 --> 00:39:14.319
 will want

00:39:14.319 --> 00:39:15.000
 to destroy

00:39:15.000 --> 00:39:15.639
 the sin

00:39:15.639 --> 00:39:16.359
 in our

00:39:16.359 --> 00:39:16.739
 lives

00:39:16.739 --> 00:39:17.500
 not to

00:39:17.500 --> 00:39:17.719
 look

00:39:17.719 --> 00:39:18.199
 outwards

00:39:18.199 --> 00:39:18.579
 at other

00:39:18.579 --> 00:39:19.039
 people

00:39:19.039 --> 00:39:20.679
 turn your

00:39:20.679 --> 00:39:21.259
 eyes around

00:39:21.259 --> 00:39:21.659
 and look

00:39:21.659 --> 00:39:22.179
 into our

00:39:22.179 --> 00:39:22.500
 own

00:39:22.500 --> 00:39:23.059
 hearts

00:39:23.059 --> 00:39:25.820
 we

00:39:25.820 --> 00:39:26.299
 will want

00:39:26.299 --> 00:39:26.920
 to root

00:39:26.920 --> 00:39:27.320
 out

00:39:27.320 --> 00:39:27.840
 the

00:39:27.840 --> 00:39:28.500
 destructive

00:39:28.500 --> 00:39:29.400
 patterns

00:39:29.400 --> 00:39:31.679
 and the

00:39:31.679 --> 00:39:32.219
 destructive

00:39:32.219 --> 00:39:33.219
 behaviours

00:39:33.219 --> 00:39:33.759
 that cause

00:39:33.759 --> 00:39:34.279
 so much

00:39:34.279 --> 00:39:34.719
 hurt

00:39:34.719 --> 00:39:35.460
 to other

00:39:35.460 --> 00:39:35.940
 people

00:39:35.940 --> 00:39:37.099
 and to

00:39:37.099 --> 00:39:37.639
 ourselves

00:39:37.639 --> 00:39:38.519
 and to

00:39:38.519 --> 00:39:38.900
 God

00:39:38.900 --> 00:39:41.179
 we need

00:39:41.179 --> 00:39:41.480
 to be

00:39:41.480 --> 00:39:41.860
 ruthless

00:39:41.860 --> 00:39:42.519
 with sin

00:39:42.519 --> 00:39:44.619
 we need

00:39:44.619 --> 00:39:45.420
 to clean

00:39:45.420 --> 00:39:45.900
 out

00:39:45.900 --> 00:39:46.639
 the

00:39:46.639 --> 00:39:47.199
 attitudes

00:39:47.199 --> 00:39:47.940
 in our

00:39:47.940 --> 00:39:48.320
 lives

00:39:48.320 --> 00:39:49.019
 where we

00:39:49.019 --> 00:39:49.460
 have the

00:39:49.460 --> 00:39:50.139
 mask on

00:39:50.139 --> 00:39:50.400
 and we

00:39:50.400 --> 00:39:50.879
 pretend

00:39:50.879 --> 00:39:51.159
 that

00:39:51.159 --> 00:39:51.559
 well no

00:39:51.559 --> 00:39:51.799
 it's

00:39:51.799 --> 00:39:52.199
 actually

00:39:52.199 --> 00:39:52.599
 all

00:39:52.599 --> 00:39:53.099
 okay

00:39:53.099 --> 00:39:55.440
 but it

00:39:55.440 --> 00:39:55.980
 just keeps

00:39:55.980 --> 00:39:56.739
 on growing

00:39:56.739 --> 00:39:57.339
 back

00:39:57.339 --> 00:39:59.059
 wrecking

00:39:59.059 --> 00:39:59.759
 relationships

00:39:59.759 --> 00:40:01.359
 and breaking

00:40:01.359 --> 00:40:01.839
 the good

00:40:01.839 --> 00:40:02.379
 things that

00:40:02.379 --> 00:40:02.920
 God gives

00:40:02.920 --> 00:40:03.579
 to us

00:40:03.579 --> 00:40:06.279
 so we

00:40:06.279 --> 00:40:06.940
 must run

00:40:06.940 --> 00:40:07.719
 to Christ

00:40:07.719 --> 00:40:09.299
 run to

00:40:09.299 --> 00:40:10.059
 his cross

00:40:10.059 --> 00:40:11.239
 experience

00:40:11.239 --> 00:40:12.279
 his grace

00:40:12.279 --> 00:40:13.199
 day to

00:40:13.199 --> 00:40:14.019
 day and

00:40:14.019 --> 00:40:14.639
 allow the

00:40:14.639 --> 00:40:15.259
 cleansing

00:40:15.259 --> 00:40:16.000
 work of

00:40:16.000 --> 00:40:16.519
 the Holy

00:40:16.519 --> 00:40:17.000
 Spirit

00:40:17.000 --> 00:40:18.059
 to be

00:40:18.059 --> 00:40:18.739
 at work

00:40:18.739 --> 00:40:19.079
 in our

00:40:19.079 --> 00:40:19.819
 own lives

00:40:19.820 --> 00:40:20.160
 in our

00:40:20.160 --> 00:40:20.380
 own

00:40:20.380 --> 00:40:20.940
 hearts

00:40:20.940 --> 00:40:22.480
 dealing

00:40:22.480 --> 00:40:23.000
 with the

00:40:23.000 --> 00:40:23.480
 sin that

00:40:23.480 --> 00:40:23.920
 is there

00:40:23.920 --> 00:40:24.740
 changing

00:40:24.740 --> 00:40:25.320
 us and

00:40:25.320 --> 00:40:26.000
 transforming

00:40:26.000 --> 00:40:26.360
 us

00:40:26.360 --> 00:40:27.200
 removing

00:40:27.200 --> 00:40:27.580
 our

00:40:27.580 --> 00:40:28.080
 hearts

00:40:28.080 --> 00:40:28.700
 of sin

00:40:28.700 --> 00:40:30.559
 and instead

00:40:30.559 --> 00:40:31.200
 giving us

00:40:31.200 --> 00:40:31.780
 a heart

00:40:31.780 --> 00:40:32.880
 of love

00:40:32.880 --> 00:40:36.180
 for this

00:40:36.180 --> 00:40:36.519
 is what

00:40:36.519 --> 00:40:37.300
 God calls

00:40:37.300 --> 00:40:37.780
 us to

00:40:37.780 --> 00:40:38.980
 run to

00:40:38.980 --> 00:40:39.460
 Christ

00:40:39.460 --> 00:40:41.480
 and be

00:40:41.480 --> 00:40:41.940
 ruthless

00:40:41.940 --> 00:40:43.240
 with the

00:40:43.240 --> 00:40:43.620
 sin in

00:40:43.620 --> 00:40:44.300
 our lives

00:40:44.300 --> 00:40:46.140
 and

00:40:46.140 --> 00:40:47.120
 experience

00:40:47.120 --> 00:40:48.059
 his

00:40:48.059 --> 00:40:48.680
 incredible

00:40:48.680 --> 00:40:49.240
 grace

00:40:49.239 --> 00:40:50.559
 day to

00:40:50.559 --> 00:40:50.839
 day

00:40:50.839 --> 00:40:53.159
 let's

00:40:53.159 --> 00:40:53.479
 pray

00:40:53.479 --> 00:41:06.479
 I'm just

00:41:06.479 --> 00:41:06.899
 going to

00:41:06.899 --> 00:41:07.339
 read a

00:41:07.339 --> 00:41:07.639
 poem

00:41:07.639 --> 00:41:08.519
 you can

00:41:08.519 --> 00:41:09.000
 meditate

00:41:09.000 --> 00:41:10.279
 on the

00:41:10.279 --> 00:41:10.679
 words

00:41:10.679 --> 00:41:11.299
 as we

00:41:11.299 --> 00:41:11.659
 just

00:41:11.659 --> 00:41:12.299
 listen

00:41:12.300 --> 00:41:19.900
 i saw

00:41:19.900 --> 00:41:20.280
 one

00:41:20.280 --> 00:41:20.720
 hanging

00:41:20.720 --> 00:41:21.100
 on a

00:41:21.100 --> 00:41:21.460
 tree

00:41:21.460 --> 00:41:23.080
 in

00:41:23.080 --> 00:41:23.500
 agony

00:41:23.500 --> 00:41:24.039
 and

00:41:24.039 --> 00:41:24.420
 blood

00:41:24.420 --> 00:41:26.320
 he

00:41:26.320 --> 00:41:26.740
 fixed

00:41:26.740 --> 00:41:27.000
 his

00:41:27.000 --> 00:41:27.360
 loving

00:41:27.360 --> 00:41:27.860
 eyes

00:41:27.860 --> 00:41:28.080
 on

00:41:28.080 --> 00:41:28.400
 me

00:41:28.400 --> 00:41:30.039
 as

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 near

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 his

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 cross

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 i

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 stood

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 my conscience felt and owned the guilt

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 and plunged me in despair

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 I saw my sins

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 his blood had spilt

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 and helped to nail him there

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 a second look he gave which said

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 I freely all forgive

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 this blood is for thy ransom paid

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 I die that thou might live

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 thus while his death my sin displays

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 in all its blackest hue

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 such is the mystery of grace

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 it seals my pardon too

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 oh can it be upon a tree

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 the saviour died for me

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 my soul is thrilled

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 my heart is filled

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 to think he died for me

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 father thank you

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 that you have not destroyed us as we deserve

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 but that Christ was destroyed for us

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 that we might know

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 your incredible grace

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 every day

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 that we might know you and enjoy you

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 and we pray that this would sink deep into our hearts

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 and that we would bring to the nations

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 the seriousness of your judgment

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 but your incredible grace

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 and please would you empower us

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 by your holy spirit

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 to go on rooting out the sin in our own lives

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 please continue to cleanse us

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 so that we become more beautiful

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 that we become more like Christ

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 so that the broken image

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 would be restored

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 so that we reflect God

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 in all his beauty

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 and all his kindness

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 and all his goodness

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 please help us we pray

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 we thank you for your mercy

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 your grace and your love

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 in Jesus name

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 Amen

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 Amen

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 Amen