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 Let me pray for the reading and preaching of God's Word.

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 Heavenly Father, you said in your Word that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge.

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 So we want to come to your Word this morning with an appropriate sense of fear.

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 Not terror, but reverence and awe.

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 Submission to your authority.

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 And inclining of our hearts to your Word.

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 So that we might be directed in our ways.

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 We might be taught to keep to the paths that you have laid out for us.

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 In faith and obedience.

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 So that in the end, preserved by Christ, we might arrive safely at our destination.

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 A better country.

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 A heavenly country.

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 Home with you.

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 Use your Word, Father.

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 To guide.

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 To chasten.

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 And encourage us this morning.

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 In Jesus' name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 Starting in Proverbs chapter 1, verse 8.

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 Hear, my son, your father's instruction.

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 And forsake not your mother's teaching.

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 For they are a graceful garland for your head and pendants for your neck.

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 My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent.

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 If they say, come with us, let us lie and wait for blood.

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 Let us ambush the innocent without reason.

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 Like sheol, let us swallow them alive and whole like those who go down to the pit.

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 We shall find all precious goods.

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 We shall fill our houses with plunder.

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 Throw in your lot among us.

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 We will all have one purse.

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 My son, do not walk in the way with them.

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 Hold back your foot from their paths.

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 For their feet run to evil.

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 And they make haste to shed blood.

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 For in vain is a net spread in the sight of any bird.

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 But these men lie and wait for their own blood.

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 They set an ambush for their own lives.

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 Such are the ways of everyone who is greedy for unjust gain.

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 It takes away the life of its possessors.

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 Wisdom cries aloud in the street.

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 In the markets she raises her voice.

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 At the head of the noisy street she cries out.

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 At the entrance of the city gates she speaks.

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 How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple?

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 How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing and fools hate knowledge?

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 If you turn at my reproof, behold, I will pour out my spirit to you.

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 I will make my words known to you.

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 Because I have called and you refuse to listen.

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 Have stretched out my hand and no one has heeded.

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 Because you have ignored all my counsel and would have none of my reproof.

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 I also will laugh at your calamity.

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 I will mock when terror strikes you.

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 When terror strikes you like a storm and your calamity comes like a whirlwind.

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 When distress and anguish come upon you.

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 Then they will call upon me.

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 But I will not answer.

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 They will seek me diligently but will not find me.

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 Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the Lord.

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 Would have none of my counsel and despised all my reproof.

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 Therefore they shall eat the fruit of their way and have their fill of their own devices.

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 For the simple are killed by their turning away and the complacency of fools destroys them.

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 But whoever listens to me will dwell secure and will be at ease without dread of disaster.

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 My son, if you receive my words and treasure up my commandments with you.

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 Making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding.

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 Yes, if you call out for insight and raise your voice for understanding.

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 If you seek it like silver and search for it as for hidden treasures.

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 Then you will understand the fear of the Lord.

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 And find the knowledge of God.

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 For the Lord gives wisdom.

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 From his mouth come knowledge and understanding.

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 He stores up sound wisdom for the upright.

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 He is a shield to those who walk in integrity.

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 Guarding the paths of justice and watching over the way of his saints.

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 Then you will understand righteousness and justice and equity.

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 Every good path.

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 For wisdom will come into your heart.

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 And knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.

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 Discretion will watch over you.

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 Understanding will guard you.

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 Delivering you from the way of evil.

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 From men of perverted speech.

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 Who forsake the paths of uprightness to walk in the ways of darkness.

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 Who rejoice in doing evil and delight in the perverseness of evil.

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 Men whose paths are crooked and who are devious in their ways.

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 So you will be delivered from the forbidden woman.

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 From the adulteress with her smooth words.

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 Who forsakes the companion of her youth.

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 And forgets the covenant of her God.

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 For her house sinks down to death.

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 And her paths to the departed.

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 None who go to her come back.

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 Nor do they regain the paths of life.

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 So you will walk in the way of the good.

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 And keep to the paths of the righteous.

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 For the upright will inhabit the land.

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 And those with integrity will remain in it.

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 But the wicked will be cut off from the land.

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 And the treacherous will be rooted out of it.

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 This is God's holy and authoritative word.

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 Before the widespread use of GPS.

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 And turn by turn navigation.

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 Drivers had to learn the roads.

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 Right?

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 They had to learn.

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 Or use maps.

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 They had to read signs on the roads.

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 To get to where they need to go.

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 And of course.

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 Even now.

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 There are times when the GPS information is not up to date.

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 For example.

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 Many moving truck drivers.

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 I guess the GPS doesn't take this into account.

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 Many moving truck drivers.

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 Have blindly followed their GPS.

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 Into a tunnel.

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 Or under a bridge.

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 Without paying attention to the low clearance sign.

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 And cleaved off the top of their trucks.

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 Some years ago.

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 It was reported that people going through.

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 Luckington, England.

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 Follow their GPS devices.

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 And ignore the bridge closed sign.

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 Driving straight into the water below.

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 And then another instance.

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 The driver in Switzerland.

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 Blindly followed the GPS.

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 And ignored the footpath only sign.

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 Eventually.

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 Ending up on the top of a mountain.

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 So he had to get airlifted with his car.

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 Into safety.

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 And so all these examples teach us.

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 That despite improvements in the navigation system.

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 It's important to pay attention to the road.

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 To read the signs.

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 And today's passage relies.

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 Heavily on this metaphor of.

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 The way.

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 The straight way of the righteous.

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 And it contrasted with the crooked way.

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 Of the wicked.

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 And it teaches us that.

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 Those who wish to inhabit the land of God.

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 Should walk in the way of the Lord.

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 And it gives us signposts.

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 Wrote signs that we need to pay attention to.

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 To navigate safely through this.

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 Journey.

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 And arrive at our eternal destination.

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 And so using that as a key.

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 We're going to talk about three points.

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 First.

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 Command and message is.

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 Beware.

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 Hazards ahead.

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 Second.

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 Repent.

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 Do a U-turn.

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 Third.

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 Lastly.

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 Receive.

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 Keep straight on the path.

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 Of obedience.

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 And so first.

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 Let's look at the warnings.

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 Of verses 8 to 19 of chapter 1.

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 Beware.

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 Hazards ahead.

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 It's a parental warning.

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 About the hazards that lie.

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 In a youth's life.

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 It begins in verse 8.

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 Hear my son.

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 Your father's instruction.

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 And forsake not.

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 Your mother's teaching.

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 The address in chapters 1 to 9.

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 Is given in the voice of a father.

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 Who is the primary teacher.

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 In the home.

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 But even though he's the main speaker.

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 We see here that wisdom he imparts.

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 Also includes.

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 The mother's teaching.

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 And a son.

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 Is mentioned as an addressee.

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 But this son.

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 Here.

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 Is never specifically named.

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 Because as we talked about last week.

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 Proverbs is democratized.

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 To include all of God's people.

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 So the Proverbs are placed.

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 In the mouths of every God-fearing parent.

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 So that it can be passed down.

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 To the next generation.

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 In Deuteronomy chapter 6.

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 Verses 4 to 9.

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 When God renews his covenant.

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 With his people.

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 Moses says this.

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 Hear O Israel.

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 The Lord our God.

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 The Lord is one.

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 You shall love the Lord your God.

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 With all your heart.

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 And with all your soul.

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 And with all your might.

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 And these words.

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 That I command you today.

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 Shall be on your heart.

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 You shall teach them.

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 Diligently to your children.

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 And shall talk of them.

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 When you sit in your house.

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 And when you walk by the way.

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 And when you lie down.

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 And when you rise.

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 You shall bind them.

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 As a sign on your hand.

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 And they shall be as frontlets.

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 Between your eyes.

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 You shall write them.

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 On the doorposts of your house.

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 And on your gates.

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 Scripture places.

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 The primary responsibility.

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 For the spiritual.

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 And moral instruction of children.

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 On their parents.

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 So Ephesians chapter 6.

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 Verse 4.

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 Also charges fathers.

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 To bring up their children.

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 In the discipline.

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 And instruction of the Lord.

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 It's not the government.

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 That is primarily responsible.

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 It's not the schools.

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 That are primarily responsible.

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 It's not even the church.

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 That is primarily responsible.

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 It's the fathers.

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 And mothers.

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 And I think one reason.

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 Why fatherhood and motherhood.

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 Are so depreciated nowadays.

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 Is that we've lost.

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 This glorious and weighty vision.

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 For what parenting looks like.

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 If all that parents have to do.

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 Is feed their kids.

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 So that they.

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 And make sure that they grow up.

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 And get jobs.

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 So that they can provide for themselves.

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 If that's all we have to do.

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 We really don't have to be involved.

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 That much.

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 You can pay people.

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 With degrees in child development.

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 To take care of our kids.

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 We can pay for teachers.

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 Who are better educated.

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 Or more specialized.

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 In their learning.

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 To teach our kids.

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 But that's not all.

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 That parents are good for.

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 Proverbs is said.

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 In the context.

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 Of the home instruction.

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 Because.

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 That's the primary space.

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 In which spiritual.

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 And moral education.

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 Of our children.

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 Takes place.

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 And the father's instruction.

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 And mother's teaching.

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 If heeded.

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 Are a graceful garland.

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 For your head.

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 And pendants.

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 For your neck.

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 He says in verse 9.

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 Graceful garland.

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 Refers to the decorative wreath.

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 That they would crown.

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 They would use.

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 To crown champions.

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 In a competition.

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 And the pendants.

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 Refer to these chain necklaces.

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 That were used.

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 In the investiture of office.

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 When you appoint someone.

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 To an authoritative role.

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 An official position.

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 You give them this chain necklace.

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 And in the ancient.

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 Near eastern world.

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 And in other.

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 Parallel literature.

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 These things symbolize.

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 Guidance.

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 And protection.

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 So then the garland.

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 And pendants.

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 Are symbols of.

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 Power.

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 Prestige.

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 Protection.

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 And for the person.

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 Who heeds the teachings.

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 Of Proverbs.

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 The father's instruction.

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 And the mother's teaching.

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 Become these.

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 This is what provides.

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 Guidance.

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 Protection for them.

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 And so.

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 It's something.

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 Wisdom of God.

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 Is not something.

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 That you just.

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 Leave behind.

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 It's something.

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 You wear.

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 At all times.

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 And so that it protects.

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 And guides us.

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 And after this brief invitation.

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 The father dives.

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 Right into his warnings.

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 Starting in verse 10.

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 This is my son.

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 If sinners.

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 Entice you.

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 Do not consent.

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 Sin.

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 The word sin.

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 Means to miss a mark.

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 To fall short.

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 Of something.

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 And so.

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 In biblical context.

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 It means to miss.

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 The mark.

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 Of God's standard.

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 To fall short.

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 Of his glorious standard.

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 And the father.

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 Anticipates.

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 What these sinners.

00:13:04.879 --> 00:13:05.320
 Enticement.

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 Will sound like.

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 In verses 11 to 12.

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 He says.

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 If they say.

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 Come with us.

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 Let us lie in way for blood.

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 Let us ambush.

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 The innocent.

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 Without reason.

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 Like shield.

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 Let us swallow them alive.

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 And whole.

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 Like those who go down.

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 To the pit.

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 It's a.

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 If you think about.

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 These words.

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 If you reflect on it.

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 A little more.

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 It's.

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 It's kind of.

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 Ridiculous.

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 That they're tempting.

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 This person.

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 This way.

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 Who would come to.

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 This kind of invitation.

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 Because it's really.

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 Not that appealing.

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 First.

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 It's.

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 They admit.

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 That their victim.

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 Is innocent.

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 Second.

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 They admit.

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 That their crime.

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 Is without reason.

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 It's senseless.

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 And third.

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 They compare themselves.

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 To shield.

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 Which is the realm.

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 Of the dead.

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 They compare themselves.

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 To death.

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 Bringing people down.

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 To the pit.

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 The grave.

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 And fourth.

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 They seek to swallow.

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 Their victims.

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 Alive and whole.

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 Right.

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 It's an expression.

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 That conveys.

00:14:04.100 --> 00:14:05.460
 This kind of ravenous.

00:14:06.299 --> 00:14:07.159
 Barbaric appetite.

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 Of maybe a person.

00:14:08.220 --> 00:14:08.600
 For example.

00:14:08.600 --> 00:14:09.740
 That consumes.

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 A whole chicken.

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 With innards and bones.

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 All alike.

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 They're voracious.

00:14:17.439 --> 00:14:18.779
 For blood.

00:14:18.779 --> 00:14:18.839
 God.

00:14:20.559 --> 00:14:21.120
 And of course.

00:14:21.399 --> 00:14:21.860
 When sinners.

00:14:21.860 --> 00:14:23.319
 Are trying to entice people.

00:14:23.419 --> 00:14:24.179
 They don't usually.

00:14:24.360 --> 00:14:24.899
 They're not usually.

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 This forthcoming.

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 But the father.

00:14:27.339 --> 00:14:28.659
 Is trying to expose.

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 The ugly reality.

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 Underneath.

00:14:30.919 --> 00:14:31.539
 The enticement.

00:14:32.100 --> 00:14:32.639
 Of sinners.

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 This is in fact.

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 What their enticement.

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 Is calling you to son.

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 That's what the father.

00:14:37.860 --> 00:14:38.100
 Is saying.

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 And they continue.

00:14:40.519 --> 00:14:40.919
 Their pitch.

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 The sinners.

00:14:41.480 --> 00:14:42.600
 In verses 13 to 14.

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 We shall find.

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 All precious goods.

00:14:45.120 --> 00:14:46.920
 We shall fill our houses.

00:14:46.920 --> 00:14:47.659
 With plunder.

00:14:48.500 --> 00:14:49.379
 Throwing your lot.

00:14:49.399 --> 00:14:49.980
 Among us.

00:14:50.080 --> 00:14:51.159
 We will all have.

00:14:51.259 --> 00:14:52.159
 One purse.

00:14:53.420 --> 00:14:54.600
 The way of sin.

00:14:54.659 --> 00:14:56.779
 Offers a get rich quick scheme.

00:14:57.139 --> 00:14:58.500
 That goes outside.

00:14:58.620 --> 00:14:59.460
 The bounds of the law.

00:15:00.040 --> 00:15:01.519
 While the way of wisdom.

00:15:01.519 --> 00:15:02.940
 Offers a grow wealth.

00:15:03.100 --> 00:15:04.080
 Steadily plan.

00:15:04.840 --> 00:15:06.340
 Within the bounds of the law.

00:15:07.200 --> 00:15:08.379
 The way of sin.

00:15:08.440 --> 00:15:09.360
 Offers the thrill.

00:15:09.460 --> 00:15:10.639
 Of secretly plotting.

00:15:10.759 --> 00:15:11.639
 A criminal activity.

00:15:11.639 --> 00:15:13.220
 While the way of wisdom.

00:15:13.220 --> 00:15:14.399
 Offers the satisfaction.

00:15:14.399 --> 00:15:15.539
 Of honest.

00:15:15.819 --> 00:15:16.699
 Hard work.

00:15:17.759 --> 00:15:18.860
 The way of sin.

00:15:18.939 --> 00:15:20.259
 Offers the companionship.

00:15:20.299 --> 00:15:20.759
 Of sinners.

00:15:20.939 --> 00:15:21.679
 Come with us.

00:15:22.080 --> 00:15:22.740
 Throw in your lot.

00:15:22.759 --> 00:15:23.439
 Among us.

00:15:23.679 --> 00:15:24.819
 We will have one purse.

00:15:25.480 --> 00:15:26.699
 While the way of wisdom.

00:15:26.699 --> 00:15:27.600
 Offers the fellowship.

00:15:27.600 --> 00:15:28.439
 Of the saints.

00:15:30.480 --> 00:15:31.919
 And if you've ever been tempted.

00:15:31.919 --> 00:15:32.539
 By this.

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 Thrill of wrongdoing.

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 Or the prospect.

00:15:35.259 --> 00:15:35.919
 Of easy money.

00:15:36.860 --> 00:15:38.139
 And the camaraderie.

00:15:38.200 --> 00:15:38.679
 Of sinners.

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 Then hear this warning.

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 In verses 15.

00:15:41.639 --> 00:15:42.240
 To 16.

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 My son.

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 Do not walk.

00:15:44.399 --> 00:15:44.919
 In the way.

00:15:45.019 --> 00:15:45.480
 With them.

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 Hold back.

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 Your foot.

00:15:47.799 --> 00:15:48.480
 From their paths.

00:15:48.600 --> 00:15:49.240
 For their feet.

00:15:49.360 --> 00:15:50.120
 Run to evil.

00:15:50.519 --> 00:15:51.419
 And they make haste.

00:15:51.439 --> 00:15:52.080
 To shed blood.

00:15:53.080 --> 00:15:53.199
 Right.

00:15:53.720 --> 00:15:54.419
 In verse 11.

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 The sinners.

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 Beckoned.

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 Come with us.

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 But the father says.

00:15:57.279 --> 00:15:58.019
 Do not walk.

00:15:58.059 --> 00:15:58.340
 In the way.

00:15:58.399 --> 00:15:58.779
 With them.

00:15:59.240 --> 00:15:59.879
 Since the sinners.

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 Feet run to evil.

00:16:01.179 --> 00:16:01.500
 The sons.

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 Instead hold back.

00:16:02.480 --> 00:16:03.039
 His foot.

00:16:03.120 --> 00:16:03.879
 From their paths.

00:16:04.879 --> 00:16:05.460
 And then.

00:16:05.500 --> 00:16:06.200
 Verses 17.

00:16:06.279 --> 00:16:06.519
 To 18.

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 Give the reason.

00:16:08.220 --> 00:16:08.899
 For this.

00:16:09.080 --> 00:16:09.439
 Warning.

00:16:09.439 --> 00:16:10.919
 With a humorous comparison.

00:16:10.919 --> 00:16:11.740
 It says.

00:16:11.899 --> 00:16:12.159
 For.

00:16:12.879 --> 00:16:13.500
 In vain.

00:16:13.599 --> 00:16:14.779
 Is a net spread.

00:16:14.779 --> 00:16:16.179
 In the sight of any bird.

00:16:16.620 --> 00:16:17.519
 But these men.

00:16:17.519 --> 00:16:18.179
 Lie in wait.

00:16:18.179 --> 00:16:19.339
 For their own blood.

00:16:20.299 --> 00:16:21.539
 They set an ambush.

00:16:21.879 --> 00:16:23.139
 For their own lives.

00:16:23.979 --> 00:16:25.019
 Notice the repetition.

00:16:25.019 --> 00:16:26.219
 Of the same words.

00:16:26.219 --> 00:16:27.059
 That were used earlier.

00:16:27.059 --> 00:16:27.799
 In verse 11.

00:16:28.259 --> 00:16:29.559
 Sinners set an ambush.

00:16:29.559 --> 00:16:30.459
 And lay in wait.

00:16:30.459 --> 00:16:31.240
 For blood.

00:16:31.659 --> 00:16:32.639
 The blood of their victims.

00:16:32.839 --> 00:16:33.599
 But verse 18.

00:16:33.599 --> 00:16:34.059
 Says.

00:16:34.059 --> 00:16:34.859
 Is that these men.

00:16:35.219 --> 00:16:35.679
 In fact.

00:16:35.799 --> 00:16:36.419
 Lie in wait.

00:16:36.479 --> 00:16:37.500
 For their own blood.

00:16:37.959 --> 00:16:38.919
 They set an ambush.

00:16:38.919 --> 00:16:40.139
 For their own lives.

00:16:40.959 --> 00:16:41.859
 This makes the way.

00:16:41.859 --> 00:16:42.359
 Of sinners.

00:16:42.519 --> 00:16:43.359
 Not only wicked.

00:16:43.759 --> 00:16:44.859
 But also stupid.

00:16:47.079 --> 00:16:47.559
 Fowlers.

00:16:47.559 --> 00:16:48.799
 Don't use their traps.

00:16:48.919 --> 00:16:49.639
 In the sight of.

00:16:49.979 --> 00:16:50.359
 Birds.

00:16:51.639 --> 00:16:52.079
 Because.

00:16:52.659 --> 00:16:53.719
 Even normal birds.

00:16:53.859 --> 00:16:54.079
 I mean.

00:16:54.299 --> 00:16:55.079
 Isn't that like a.

00:16:55.079 --> 00:16:56.199
 Isn't that a derogatory term.

00:16:56.299 --> 00:16:57.159
 Someone is bird brained.

00:16:57.519 --> 00:16:57.659
 Right.

00:16:58.039 --> 00:16:58.319
 Even.

00:16:58.319 --> 00:16:59.279
 Even birds.

00:16:59.399 --> 00:17:00.699
 Don't run into nets.

00:17:00.699 --> 00:17:01.000
 That.

00:17:01.119 --> 00:17:02.319
 That fowlers spread.

00:17:02.419 --> 00:17:03.079
 In their sight.

00:17:03.080 --> 00:17:05.299
 They're not going to run.

00:17:05.400 --> 00:17:06.319
 They fly into something.

00:17:06.420 --> 00:17:07.019
 That they see.

00:17:07.120 --> 00:17:07.920
 These suspicious men.

00:17:08.000 --> 00:17:08.319
 Put up.

00:17:09.720 --> 00:17:10.740
 But this is worse.

00:17:10.799 --> 00:17:11.200
 Because.

00:17:11.519 --> 00:17:12.559
 It's telling us.

00:17:12.759 --> 00:17:13.519
 That these sinners.

00:17:13.680 --> 00:17:14.500
 Are dumber than birds.

00:17:14.539 --> 00:17:16.079
 They set their own traps.

00:17:16.759 --> 00:17:17.279
 And then.

00:17:17.380 --> 00:17:18.340
 They walk into it.

00:17:21.680 --> 00:17:22.759
 Scripture is teaching us.

00:17:22.779 --> 00:17:23.759
 That there is a clear.

00:17:23.860 --> 00:17:25.160
 And inescapable.

00:17:25.539 --> 00:17:26.019
 Connection.

00:17:26.360 --> 00:17:27.340
 Between sin.

00:17:27.700 --> 00:17:28.579
 And death.

00:17:29.640 --> 00:17:30.759
 You might escape.

00:17:30.920 --> 00:17:31.319
 Punishment.

00:17:31.480 --> 00:17:32.360
 For a little while.

00:17:32.359 --> 00:17:34.240
 But divine justice.

00:17:34.659 --> 00:17:35.059
 Always.

00:17:35.919 --> 00:17:36.439
 Arrives.

00:17:37.759 --> 00:17:38.959
 So don't ever think.

00:17:39.079 --> 00:17:39.979
 That you can flirt.

00:17:40.059 --> 00:17:40.699
 With sin.

00:17:40.879 --> 00:17:41.659
 Without courting.

00:17:41.799 --> 00:17:42.500
 Death itself.

00:17:44.079 --> 00:17:45.219
 We've all seen.

00:17:45.439 --> 00:17:45.679
 Kind of.

00:17:47.019 --> 00:17:47.639
 Maybe immature.

00:17:47.779 --> 00:17:48.299
 Young men.

00:17:48.339 --> 00:17:48.699
 And women.

00:17:50.159 --> 00:17:50.839
 Flirt with.

00:17:51.419 --> 00:17:51.779
 Death.

00:17:52.259 --> 00:17:53.039
 For the thrill.

00:17:53.119 --> 00:17:53.619
 Of adventure.

00:17:54.359 --> 00:17:54.959
 Maybe to get.

00:17:55.899 --> 00:17:57.039
 A spectacular selfie.

00:17:57.379 --> 00:17:58.019
 That they can share.

00:17:58.099 --> 00:17:58.439
 With people.

00:17:58.440 --> 00:18:01.519
 Let's see.

00:18:01.519 --> 00:18:01.980
 How close.

00:18:02.059 --> 00:18:02.400
 We can get.

00:18:02.480 --> 00:18:02.759
 To the edge.

00:18:02.799 --> 00:18:03.259
 Of this cliff.

00:18:03.340 --> 00:18:04.019
 On the Grand Canyon.

00:18:04.500 --> 00:18:05.320
 And take a picture.

00:18:07.460 --> 00:18:08.100
 Let's see.

00:18:08.180 --> 00:18:08.500
 How close.

00:18:08.539 --> 00:18:08.860
 We can get.

00:18:08.900 --> 00:18:09.460
 To this bear.

00:18:09.539 --> 00:18:10.259
 In the Yellowstone.

00:18:10.779 --> 00:18:11.259
 So we can take.

00:18:11.279 --> 00:18:11.640
 A selfie.

00:18:11.779 --> 00:18:12.059
 With it.

00:18:13.480 --> 00:18:14.360
 These are examples.

00:18:14.480 --> 00:18:15.140
 But literal.

00:18:15.539 --> 00:18:15.840
 You know.

00:18:15.880 --> 00:18:16.259
 Examples.

00:18:16.259 --> 00:18:16.759
 Of these things.

00:18:16.840 --> 00:18:17.360
 Have happened.

00:18:18.000 --> 00:18:18.340
 People have.

00:18:18.340 --> 00:18:19.080
 People have died.

00:18:20.279 --> 00:18:20.680
 Trying.

00:18:20.920 --> 00:18:21.320
 Attempting.

00:18:21.320 --> 00:18:21.860
 Those feats.

00:18:21.859 --> 00:18:24.759
 And that's.

00:18:24.759 --> 00:18:25.359
 Precisely.

00:18:25.439 --> 00:18:25.899
 What sin.

00:18:25.959 --> 00:18:26.359
 Is like.

00:18:27.519 --> 00:18:28.240
 It's a.

00:18:28.439 --> 00:18:28.959
 Bloodthirsty.

00:18:29.099 --> 00:18:29.619
 Ambush.

00:18:30.299 --> 00:18:30.959
 That is.

00:18:31.079 --> 00:18:31.419
 After.

00:18:31.659 --> 00:18:32.039
 Our very.

00:18:32.219 --> 00:18:32.659
 Lives.

00:18:32.819 --> 00:18:33.659
 Our souls.

00:18:34.639 --> 00:18:34.979
 And yet.

00:18:35.019 --> 00:18:35.439
 We make.

00:18:35.699 --> 00:18:36.319
 Light of it.

00:18:37.379 --> 00:18:38.199
 Flirt with it.

00:18:39.359 --> 00:18:40.079
 Embrace it.

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 Intoxicate.

00:18:42.099 --> 00:18:42.479
 Ourselves.

00:18:42.559 --> 00:18:42.859
 With it.

00:18:43.519 --> 00:18:44.019
 And.

00:18:44.159 --> 00:18:44.539
 We're ultimately.

00:18:44.699 --> 00:18:45.319
 Killed by it.

00:18:47.639 --> 00:18:48.579
 The wages.

00:18:48.579 --> 00:18:49.079
 Of sin.

00:18:49.159 --> 00:18:49.559
 Is death.

00:18:49.859 --> 00:18:50.259
 As Romans.

00:18:50.519 --> 00:18:50.559
 6.

00:18:50.599 --> 00:18:50.919
 23.

00:18:51.039 --> 00:18:51.259
 Says.

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 There's no.

00:18:51.799 --> 00:18:52.180
 Way.

00:18:52.180 --> 00:18:52.700
 Around it.

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 So verse 19.

00:18:53.660 --> 00:18:54.279
 Summarizes it.

00:18:54.379 --> 00:18:54.619
 This way.

00:18:55.099 --> 00:18:55.940
 Such are the ways.

00:18:55.940 --> 00:18:56.579
 Of everyone.

00:18:56.700 --> 00:18:57.180
 Who is greedy.

00:18:57.180 --> 00:18:58.119
 For unjust gain.

00:18:58.519 --> 00:18:59.640
 It takes away.

00:18:59.640 --> 00:19:00.339
 The life.

00:19:00.339 --> 00:19:01.640
 Of its possessors.

00:19:02.259 --> 00:19:03.240
 Those who are greedy.

00:19:03.240 --> 00:19:04.059
 For unjust.

00:19:04.379 --> 00:19:05.160
 Unjust gain.

00:19:05.220 --> 00:19:05.920
 Those who are.

00:19:06.539 --> 00:19:06.980
 Possessive.

00:19:07.099 --> 00:19:07.379
 Greedy.

00:19:07.740 --> 00:19:08.220
 Possessive.

00:19:08.740 --> 00:19:09.759
 Will not possess.

00:19:09.759 --> 00:19:10.660
 Their own lives.

00:19:10.779 --> 00:19:11.319
 For long.

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 And that's the warning.

00:19:12.819 --> 00:19:13.720
 Of this first section.

00:19:13.980 --> 00:19:14.420
 Beware.

00:19:14.839 --> 00:19:15.319
 Hazards.

00:19:15.579 --> 00:19:15.920
 Ahead.

00:19:16.759 --> 00:19:17.160
 And then.

00:19:17.259 --> 00:19:18.000
 In verses 20.

00:19:18.079 --> 00:19:18.579
 To 33.

00:19:18.579 --> 00:19:19.640
 For those who already.

00:19:19.640 --> 00:19:20.359
 Find themselves.

00:19:20.359 --> 00:19:21.039
 In the thick.

00:19:21.039 --> 00:19:21.980
 Of the hazards.

00:19:21.980 --> 00:19:22.460
 Of life.

00:19:22.779 --> 00:19:23.399
 There's a call.

00:19:23.399 --> 00:19:24.000
 To repent.

00:19:24.000 --> 00:19:24.920
 To do a U-turn.

00:19:26.259 --> 00:19:26.480
 And here.

00:19:26.599 --> 00:19:26.980
 Solomon.

00:19:27.579 --> 00:19:28.059
 Personifies.

00:19:28.059 --> 00:19:28.579
 Wisdom.

00:19:28.579 --> 00:19:29.440
 To make his point.

00:19:29.940 --> 00:19:30.200
 It says.

00:19:30.299 --> 00:19:30.899
 In verses 20.

00:19:30.980 --> 00:19:31.480
 To 21.

00:19:32.019 --> 00:19:33.259
 Wisdom cries aloud.

00:19:33.259 --> 00:19:33.839
 In the street.

00:19:34.059 --> 00:19:34.819
 In the markets.

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 She raises her voice.

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 At the head.

00:19:37.119 --> 00:19:38.019
 Of the noisy street.

00:19:38.079 --> 00:19:39.000
 She cries out.

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 At the entrance.

00:19:40.119 --> 00:19:41.059
 Of the city gates.

00:19:41.059 --> 00:19:42.180
 She speaks.

00:19:43.339 --> 00:19:44.259
 Since wisdom.

00:19:44.259 --> 00:19:46.099
 Is the experiential.

00:19:46.159 --> 00:19:46.639
 Knowledge.

00:19:46.639 --> 00:19:47.759
 Of navigating.

00:19:47.759 --> 00:19:48.759
 The realities of life.

00:19:48.759 --> 00:19:50.119
 It's applied knowledge.

00:19:50.660 --> 00:19:51.400
 We're not surprised.

00:19:51.400 --> 00:19:52.640
 To find lady wisdom.

00:19:52.640 --> 00:19:53.099
 Here.

00:19:53.379 --> 00:19:54.140
 Beckoning the simple.

00:19:54.240 --> 00:19:54.940
 To come and learn.

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 In the public square.

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 And not in the ivory tower.

00:19:59.019 --> 00:20:00.200
 In social interactions.

00:20:00.200 --> 00:20:01.299
 On the streets.

00:20:01.500 --> 00:20:02.299
 He mentions the streets.

00:20:02.640 --> 00:20:03.859
 In commercial dealings.

00:20:03.859 --> 00:20:04.660
 In the markets.

00:20:05.180 --> 00:20:05.859
 And in civil.

00:20:06.000 --> 00:20:06.940
 And political proceedings.

00:20:06.940 --> 00:20:07.980
 At the city gates.

00:20:08.619 --> 00:20:09.740
 Wisdom is present.

00:20:09.920 --> 00:20:11.140
 And calls out for a hearing.

00:20:12.140 --> 00:20:12.700
 And she says.

00:20:12.740 --> 00:20:13.460
 In verse 22.

00:20:13.460 --> 00:20:14.779
 How long.

00:20:14.880 --> 00:20:15.640
 O simple ones.

00:20:15.720 --> 00:20:17.039
 Will you love being simple.

00:20:17.680 --> 00:20:18.299
 How long.

00:20:18.360 --> 00:20:19.200
 Will scoffers.

00:20:19.299 --> 00:20:20.500
 Delight in their scoffing.

00:20:20.559 --> 00:20:22.000
 And fools hate knowledge.

00:20:22.740 --> 00:20:23.500
 The repetition.

00:20:23.500 --> 00:20:24.600
 Of the expression.

00:20:24.759 --> 00:20:25.500
 How long.

00:20:25.860 --> 00:20:26.340
 Highlights.

00:20:26.680 --> 00:20:27.640
 The lady wisdom's.

00:20:28.039 --> 00:20:28.559
 Exasperation.

00:20:29.180 --> 00:20:30.259
 It's already been happening.

00:20:30.259 --> 00:20:30.920
 For a while.

00:20:31.019 --> 00:20:32.000
 She's been calling out.

00:20:32.059 --> 00:20:32.880
 To these simple people.

00:20:32.880 --> 00:20:33.460
 To learn.

00:20:33.920 --> 00:20:34.680
 But they have not.

00:20:34.840 --> 00:20:35.920
 Heeded her instruction.

00:20:36.920 --> 00:20:37.539
 So she asks.

00:20:37.640 --> 00:20:38.360
 How long.

00:20:39.019 --> 00:20:40.220
 When will you finally.

00:20:40.220 --> 00:20:40.980
 Listen to me.

00:20:41.720 --> 00:20:42.660
 And lady wisdom.

00:20:42.660 --> 00:20:43.880
 Uses three different words.

00:20:43.940 --> 00:20:44.800
 Refer to her audience.

00:20:44.920 --> 00:20:45.080
 First.

00:20:45.160 --> 00:20:45.700
 The simple.

00:20:46.080 --> 00:20:46.420
 Second.

00:20:46.519 --> 00:20:47.380
 The scoffers.

00:20:47.700 --> 00:20:48.140
 And third.

00:20:48.279 --> 00:20:48.660
 Fools.

00:20:49.660 --> 00:20:50.340
 These words.

00:20:50.480 --> 00:20:51.540
 All refer to the same group.

00:20:51.540 --> 00:20:51.900
 Of people.

00:20:52.000 --> 00:20:52.779
 But they highlight.

00:20:53.060 --> 00:20:53.880
 Different aspects.

00:20:53.880 --> 00:20:54.720
 Of foolishness.

00:20:55.720 --> 00:20:56.200
 First.

00:20:56.300 --> 00:20:56.820
 The simple.

00:20:56.820 --> 00:20:58.180
 Refer to the gullible.

00:20:58.519 --> 00:20:59.080
 And naive.

00:21:00.300 --> 00:21:01.360
 Proverbs 14.

00:21:01.440 --> 00:21:01.759
 15.

00:21:01.920 --> 00:21:02.100
 Says.

00:21:02.300 --> 00:21:02.700
 The simple.

00:21:03.279 --> 00:21:03.860
 Believes.

00:21:04.200 --> 00:21:04.600
 Everything.

00:21:05.700 --> 00:21:06.320
 But the prudent.

00:21:06.440 --> 00:21:07.120
 Gives thought.

00:21:07.240 --> 00:21:07.900
 To his steps.

00:21:09.240 --> 00:21:09.779
 The simple.

00:21:09.960 --> 00:21:10.759
 Are not thoughtful.

00:21:11.000 --> 00:21:11.560
 Or careful.

00:21:11.559 --> 00:21:13.539
 They are thoughtless.

00:21:13.700 --> 00:21:14.139
 And careless.

00:21:14.759 --> 00:21:16.240
 They are often duped.

00:21:16.720 --> 00:21:17.240
 Scammed.

00:21:19.000 --> 00:21:19.399
 And second.

00:21:19.519 --> 00:21:20.220
 The scoffers.

00:21:20.279 --> 00:21:21.059
 Refer to those.

00:21:21.139 --> 00:21:22.259
 Who are too prideful.

00:21:22.379 --> 00:21:23.179
 To listen to.

00:21:23.259 --> 00:21:24.059
 Or submit to.

00:21:24.059 --> 00:21:25.460
 Anyone else's instruction.

00:21:26.980 --> 00:21:28.240
 They have an overinflated.

00:21:28.240 --> 00:21:29.119
 Confidence.

00:21:29.359 --> 00:21:30.079
 Of their.

00:21:30.339 --> 00:21:31.319
 Own opinions.

00:21:31.419 --> 00:21:32.240
 In their own opinions.

00:21:32.899 --> 00:21:33.519
 They're immune.

00:21:33.639 --> 00:21:34.139
 To correction.

00:21:35.000 --> 00:21:35.859
 They never change.

00:21:35.859 --> 00:21:36.419
 Their minds.

00:21:36.480 --> 00:21:36.879
 On issues.

00:21:38.399 --> 00:21:39.240
 Proverbs 21.

00:21:39.339 --> 00:21:39.659
 24.

00:21:39.819 --> 00:21:40.000
 Says.

00:21:40.000 --> 00:21:40.680
 Scoffer.

00:21:41.200 --> 00:21:41.880
 Is the name.

00:21:41.880 --> 00:21:42.880
 Of the arrogant.

00:21:42.880 --> 00:21:43.680
 Haughty man.

00:21:43.779 --> 00:21:44.240
 Who acts.

00:21:44.440 --> 00:21:45.519
 With arrogant pride.

00:21:47.079 --> 00:21:47.720
 Scoffers.

00:21:47.819 --> 00:21:48.460
 Sigh.

00:21:48.700 --> 00:21:49.599
 And sneer.

00:21:49.859 --> 00:21:49.940
 And.

00:21:50.119 --> 00:21:50.619
 And.

00:21:50.759 --> 00:21:51.720
 Arch their eyebrows.

00:21:52.059 --> 00:21:52.119
 And.

00:21:53.119 --> 00:21:54.640
 Say snarky things.

00:21:55.980 --> 00:21:57.059
 They delight.

00:21:57.160 --> 00:21:57.900
 In their scoffing.

00:21:59.220 --> 00:22:00.599
 And they enjoy it.

00:22:01.400 --> 00:22:02.519
 It makes them feel.

00:22:02.519 --> 00:22:03.539
 Better about themselves.

00:22:03.680 --> 00:22:04.339
 And superior.

00:22:04.539 --> 00:22:05.140
 To other people.

00:22:06.099 --> 00:22:07.380
 Then they appear.

00:22:07.380 --> 00:22:08.880
 To be intelligent.

00:22:09.040 --> 00:22:09.660
 And sophisticated.

00:22:09.660 --> 00:22:10.980
 To much of the world.

00:22:11.740 --> 00:22:12.460
 But in reality.

00:22:12.580 --> 00:22:13.220
 They are fools.

00:22:15.740 --> 00:22:16.460
 And third.

00:22:16.540 --> 00:22:17.320
 That's the final word.

00:22:17.460 --> 00:22:17.840
 Fools.

00:22:17.980 --> 00:22:19.180
 How long will fools.

00:22:19.380 --> 00:22:19.680
 Hate.

00:22:20.000 --> 00:22:20.440
 Knowledge.

00:22:20.840 --> 00:22:21.820
 Fools are ignorant.

00:22:21.940 --> 00:22:22.480
 They hate.

00:22:22.780 --> 00:22:23.260
 Knowledge.

00:22:24.300 --> 00:22:25.100
 Notice the contrast.

00:22:25.180 --> 00:22:26.160
 Between how they love.

00:22:26.160 --> 00:22:26.900
 Being simple.

00:22:26.900 --> 00:22:27.880
 And hate.

00:22:28.000 --> 00:22:28.380
 Knowledge.

00:22:28.500 --> 00:22:30.280
 They've made a decisive choice.

00:22:30.280 --> 00:22:30.840
 Between.

00:22:31.520 --> 00:22:31.920
 Naivete.

00:22:32.240 --> 00:22:32.720
 And wisdom.

00:22:33.360 --> 00:22:34.220
 Between ignorance.

00:22:34.320 --> 00:22:34.740
 And knowledge.

00:22:34.820 --> 00:22:35.340
 They have chosen.

00:22:35.580 --> 00:22:35.660
 Not.

00:22:35.840 --> 00:22:36.260
 Chosen.

00:22:36.259 --> 00:22:36.900
 Ignorance.

00:22:37.279 --> 00:22:37.700
 And this.

00:22:37.799 --> 00:22:38.559
 Hatred of knowledge.

00:22:38.619 --> 00:22:39.420
 Is further described.

00:22:39.460 --> 00:22:40.119
 In verse 29.

00:22:40.279 --> 00:22:40.640
 This way.

00:22:40.700 --> 00:22:41.119
 Because.

00:22:41.119 --> 00:22:42.160
 They hated.

00:22:42.160 --> 00:22:42.640
 Knowledge.

00:22:43.259 --> 00:22:43.859
 And did not.

00:22:44.039 --> 00:22:44.480
 Choose.

00:22:44.579 --> 00:22:45.359
 The fear.

00:22:45.359 --> 00:22:46.119
 Of the Lord.

00:22:47.779 --> 00:22:48.279
 Biblically.

00:22:48.359 --> 00:22:48.720
 Speaking.

00:22:48.920 --> 00:22:49.240
 A fool.

00:22:49.240 --> 00:22:49.859
 Is someone.

00:22:50.180 --> 00:22:51.039
 Who is ignorant.

00:22:51.259 --> 00:22:52.200
 About God.

00:22:53.039 --> 00:22:53.900
 And therefore.

00:22:54.119 --> 00:22:54.700
 Insolent.

00:22:54.740 --> 00:22:55.279
 Toward God.

00:22:55.420 --> 00:22:55.680
 Rude.

00:22:55.720 --> 00:22:56.180
 Toward him.

00:22:57.279 --> 00:22:57.819
 A synonym.

00:22:57.819 --> 00:22:58.519
 For this word.

00:22:58.619 --> 00:22:58.859
 Fool.

00:22:58.980 --> 00:22:59.420
 Is used.

00:22:59.640 --> 00:23:00.599
 In Psalm 14.

00:23:00.700 --> 00:23:00.940
 1.

00:23:01.000 --> 00:23:01.400
 And defined.

00:23:01.480 --> 00:23:01.759
 This way.

00:23:01.819 --> 00:23:02.339
 The fool.

00:23:02.480 --> 00:23:02.799
 Says.

00:23:02.839 --> 00:23:03.339
 In his heart.

00:23:04.059 --> 00:23:05.220
 There is no God.

00:23:05.220 --> 00:23:07.600
 That is the essence.

00:23:07.600 --> 00:23:08.600
 Of foolishness.

00:23:09.720 --> 00:23:10.500
 And it's.

00:23:10.880 --> 00:23:11.319
 Underlies.

00:23:11.400 --> 00:23:11.860
 It's at the root.

00:23:11.860 --> 00:23:12.779
 Of all kinds.

00:23:12.779 --> 00:23:13.380
 Of foolishness.

00:23:13.500 --> 00:23:13.839
 Foolishness.

00:23:13.880 --> 00:23:14.299
 The simple.

00:23:14.440 --> 00:23:15.039
 The scoffers.

00:23:15.100 --> 00:23:15.420
 And the fool.

00:23:15.480 --> 00:23:16.559
 They all have it in common.

00:23:17.600 --> 00:23:18.880
 It's not referring to people.

00:23:18.880 --> 00:23:20.079
 With low IQs.

00:23:20.680 --> 00:23:22.539
 They may have very high IQs.

00:23:23.019 --> 00:23:23.960
 Yet their deficiency.

00:23:23.960 --> 00:23:26.019
 Is in their heart's.

00:23:26.259 --> 00:23:26.740
 Orientation.

00:23:26.740 --> 00:23:27.319
 Toward God.

00:23:30.160 --> 00:23:30.960
 And wisdom.

00:23:31.079 --> 00:23:32.079
 Laments this situation.

00:23:32.079 --> 00:23:32.819
 In verse 23.

00:23:32.819 --> 00:23:34.980
 If you turn at my reproof.

00:23:35.179 --> 00:23:35.619
 Behold.

00:23:35.720 --> 00:23:37.639
 I will pour out my spirit to you.

00:23:37.899 --> 00:23:39.919
 I will make my words known to you.

00:23:40.740 --> 00:23:41.960
 The conditional statement.

00:23:41.960 --> 00:23:43.279
 Conveys wisdom's longing.

00:23:43.419 --> 00:23:45.339
 If only you would heed my rebuke.

00:23:45.500 --> 00:23:46.700
 And turn around.

00:23:47.639 --> 00:23:49.439
 The things that I would do for you.

00:23:51.200 --> 00:23:52.240
 The word turn.

00:23:52.359 --> 00:23:53.720
 Is a translation of the Hebrew word.

00:23:53.779 --> 00:23:55.599
 That's most often translated as.

00:23:56.000 --> 00:23:56.480
 Return.

00:23:56.859 --> 00:23:57.720
 Or to repent.

00:23:58.599 --> 00:23:59.399
 To do.

00:23:59.819 --> 00:24:00.519
 A U-turn.

00:24:00.700 --> 00:24:01.339
 In your life.

00:24:01.339 --> 00:24:03.480
 And if you're not following God.

00:24:03.579 --> 00:24:05.019
 And living for God right now.

00:24:05.819 --> 00:24:08.159
 Just recalibrating it a little bit.

00:24:08.619 --> 00:24:10.319
 To get rid of a vice.

00:24:10.480 --> 00:24:11.139
 Here and there.

00:24:11.240 --> 00:24:12.859
 And to maybe break a habit or two.

00:24:12.939 --> 00:24:14.059
 Is not going to cut it.

00:24:14.980 --> 00:24:16.319
 You need a radical.

00:24:16.579 --> 00:24:17.279
 And complete.

00:24:17.699 --> 00:24:18.659
 Reorientation of your life.

00:24:18.819 --> 00:24:20.419
 And that's what repentance means.

00:24:23.919 --> 00:24:25.419
 As Acts 2.38 says.

00:24:25.419 --> 00:24:26.059
 Repent.

00:24:26.220 --> 00:24:27.220
 And be baptized.

00:24:27.220 --> 00:24:28.139
 Every one of you.

00:24:28.140 --> 00:24:29.680
 In the name of Jesus Christ.

00:24:29.880 --> 00:24:31.560
 For the forgiveness of your sins.

00:24:31.700 --> 00:24:33.560
 And you will receive the gift.

00:24:33.560 --> 00:24:34.920
 Of the Holy Spirit.

00:24:35.840 --> 00:24:37.900
 It's by turning from our sins.

00:24:38.120 --> 00:24:39.020
 In repentance.

00:24:39.240 --> 00:24:40.380
 And turning toward faith.

00:24:40.440 --> 00:24:41.120
 In Jesus Christ.

00:24:41.220 --> 00:24:42.660
 That we receive the word of God.

00:24:42.940 --> 00:24:44.480
 And are indwelled by the Holy Spirit.

00:24:45.160 --> 00:24:46.120
 That's how we cultivate.

00:24:46.120 --> 00:24:46.900
 The fear of the Lord.

00:24:46.960 --> 00:24:48.040
 That is the beginning of knowledge.

00:24:49.240 --> 00:24:50.180
 But unfortunately.

00:24:50.380 --> 00:24:51.600
 Instead of fearing the Lord.

00:24:51.660 --> 00:24:53.120
 And receiving God's wisdom.

00:24:53.120 --> 00:24:53.980
 Into their hearts.

00:24:53.980 --> 00:24:54.460
 Because.

00:24:54.460 --> 00:24:55.819
 They stubbornly.

00:24:56.299 --> 00:24:57.400
 This group of fools.

00:24:57.519 --> 00:24:58.440
 They turn a deaf ear.

00:24:58.539 --> 00:24:59.380
 To the call of wisdom.

00:25:00.160 --> 00:25:00.700
 And so it says.

00:25:00.779 --> 00:25:02.160
 In verses 24 to 25.

00:25:02.319 --> 00:25:02.920
 Because.

00:25:03.120 --> 00:25:04.140
 I have called.

00:25:04.519 --> 00:25:05.880
 And you refuse to listen.

00:25:06.339 --> 00:25:07.720
 Have stretched out my hand.

00:25:07.759 --> 00:25:09.140
 And no one has heeded.

00:25:09.620 --> 00:25:10.740
 Because you have ignored.

00:25:10.740 --> 00:25:11.519
 All my counsel.

00:25:11.620 --> 00:25:13.099
 And would have none of my reproof.

00:25:14.720 --> 00:25:15.640
 This is the reason.

00:25:15.680 --> 00:25:16.460
 They haven't listened.

00:25:16.860 --> 00:25:17.880
 The image of wisdom.

00:25:18.000 --> 00:25:18.640
 Kind of stretching.

00:25:18.640 --> 00:25:19.480
 Out her hand.

00:25:19.579 --> 00:25:20.519
 To grab the attention.

00:25:20.519 --> 00:25:21.120
 Of the simple.

00:25:21.539 --> 00:25:23.079
 Is a graphic portrayal.

00:25:23.079 --> 00:25:24.279
 Of this rejection.

00:25:24.279 --> 00:25:24.919
 Of wisdom.

00:25:25.960 --> 00:25:26.220
 I mean.

00:25:26.259 --> 00:25:26.899
 You can think about it.

00:25:26.899 --> 00:25:27.579
 It's embarrassing.

00:25:27.699 --> 00:25:27.839
 Right?

00:25:27.859 --> 00:25:28.579
 When you reach out.

00:25:28.579 --> 00:25:29.319
 For a handshake.

00:25:29.960 --> 00:25:31.119
 Or for a high five.

00:25:31.220 --> 00:25:31.819
 And then you're left.

00:25:32.000 --> 00:25:32.279
 Hanging.

00:25:32.579 --> 00:25:33.259
 By your friends.

00:25:34.220 --> 00:25:35.079
 It's embarrassing.

00:25:35.079 --> 00:25:35.960
 Even when you know.

00:25:36.059 --> 00:25:36.599
 That they didn't mean.

00:25:36.599 --> 00:25:37.159
 To do that.

00:25:37.799 --> 00:25:38.740
 But that's in fact.

00:25:38.819 --> 00:25:39.559
 What fools do.

00:25:39.759 --> 00:25:40.359
 To the reach.

00:25:40.480 --> 00:25:41.000
 Of wisdom.

00:25:42.419 --> 00:25:43.299
 They snub.

00:25:43.519 --> 00:25:44.519
 And spurn wisdom.

00:25:48.339 --> 00:25:49.559
 And this is the reason.

00:25:50.019 --> 00:25:50.519
 That because.

00:25:50.639 --> 00:25:51.480
 They have spurned wisdom.

00:25:51.699 --> 00:25:52.439
 That these following.

00:25:52.440 --> 00:25:53.440
 Consequences.

00:25:54.680 --> 00:25:55.759
 Will take place.

00:25:55.820 --> 00:25:57.140
 Verses 26 to 27.

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 I also will laugh.

00:26:00.660 --> 00:26:01.420
 At your calamity.

00:26:01.759 --> 00:26:02.600
 I will mock.

00:26:02.600 --> 00:26:03.860
 When terror strikes you.

00:26:04.220 --> 00:26:05.640
 When terror strikes you.

00:26:05.640 --> 00:26:06.340
 Like a storm.

00:26:06.460 --> 00:26:07.059
 And your calamity.

00:26:07.140 --> 00:26:08.400
 Comes like a whirlwind.

00:26:08.700 --> 00:26:09.480
 When distress.

00:26:09.600 --> 00:26:10.100
 And anguish.

00:26:10.240 --> 00:26:11.080
 Come upon you.

00:26:12.980 --> 00:26:13.700
 First it says.

00:26:13.779 --> 00:26:15.000
 I also will laugh.

00:26:15.080 --> 00:26:15.860
 At your calamity.

00:26:15.980 --> 00:26:16.299
 That's.

00:26:16.700 --> 00:26:17.860
 Expanded by the parallel.

00:26:17.980 --> 00:26:18.720
 I will mock.

00:26:19.140 --> 00:26:20.480
 When terror strikes you.

00:26:20.480 --> 00:26:22.099
 This is not a.

00:26:22.099 --> 00:26:22.759
 Cold-hearted.

00:26:22.980 --> 00:26:23.720
 Gloating over.

00:26:23.940 --> 00:26:24.680
 The perishing.

00:26:24.799 --> 00:26:25.500
 Of evildoers.

00:26:26.019 --> 00:26:26.240
 Rather.

00:26:26.360 --> 00:26:26.900
 It's the laughter.

00:26:26.900 --> 00:26:27.620
 Of triumph.

00:26:28.599 --> 00:26:29.660
 It's the final step.

00:26:29.700 --> 00:26:30.180
 Of victory.

00:26:31.019 --> 00:26:32.460
 It's really poetic justice.

00:26:32.460 --> 00:26:32.940
 Because.

00:26:33.420 --> 00:26:34.160
 That's what in fact.

00:26:34.220 --> 00:26:34.960
 The fools did.

00:26:35.059 --> 00:26:35.559
 To wisdom.

00:26:36.000 --> 00:26:36.700
 They laughed.

00:26:36.759 --> 00:26:37.259
 At wisdom.

00:26:37.860 --> 00:26:38.680
 They delighted.

00:26:38.860 --> 00:26:39.779
 In their scoffing.

00:26:40.319 --> 00:26:40.799
 As it said.

00:26:40.839 --> 00:26:41.400
 In verse 22.

00:26:41.500 --> 00:26:42.660
 So their fitting fate.

00:26:42.660 --> 00:26:43.660
 Is that they themselves.

00:26:43.799 --> 00:26:44.799
 Become objects.

00:26:44.799 --> 00:26:45.460
 Of derision.

00:26:46.380 --> 00:26:47.000
 It's wisdom.

00:26:47.000 --> 00:26:48.160
 That gets the final laugh.

00:26:49.039 --> 00:26:50.140
 And then the next two lines.

00:26:50.240 --> 00:26:51.200
 Predict that terror.

00:26:51.200 --> 00:26:51.920
 Like a storm.

00:26:52.000 --> 00:26:52.640
 And calamity.

00:26:52.720 --> 00:26:53.599
 Like a whirlwind.

00:26:53.599 --> 00:26:54.240
 Will come.

00:26:54.839 --> 00:26:55.859
 These represent.

00:26:56.200 --> 00:26:57.279
 This sudden.

00:26:57.420 --> 00:26:58.319
 Kind of destructive.

00:26:58.680 --> 00:26:59.180
 Disasters.

00:27:00.539 --> 00:27:02.140
 And this poetic justice.

00:27:02.559 --> 00:27:03.880
 That comes upon the fools.

00:27:04.460 --> 00:27:05.480
 It's highlighted.

00:27:05.680 --> 00:27:06.539
 Highlighted by.

00:27:06.759 --> 00:27:08.000
 The parallel structure.

00:27:08.000 --> 00:27:08.500
 Between.

00:27:08.960 --> 00:27:09.799
 Verses 20.

00:27:09.799 --> 00:27:10.359
 27.

00:27:10.359 --> 00:27:11.599
 And verses 28.

00:27:11.720 --> 00:27:12.279
 To 31.

00:27:12.839 --> 00:27:13.700
 I can show that for you.

00:27:13.740 --> 00:27:14.140
 On the screen.

00:27:14.259 --> 00:27:14.640
 There's an.

00:27:15.160 --> 00:27:15.640
 Alternating.

00:27:16.180 --> 00:27:16.700
 Pattern.

00:27:17.000 --> 00:27:19.940
 And the highlighted words.

00:27:20.220 --> 00:27:21.440
 That are on the screen.

00:27:21.519 --> 00:27:23.200
 Are exact verbal parallels.

00:27:23.380 --> 00:27:23.640
 First.

00:27:23.819 --> 00:27:24.299
 Wisdom.

00:27:24.500 --> 00:27:25.779
 Calls out to the fools.

00:27:26.559 --> 00:27:27.079
 And then asks.

00:27:27.180 --> 00:27:27.940
 When will you stop.

00:27:28.220 --> 00:27:29.059
 Hating knowledge.

00:27:29.960 --> 00:27:31.440
 You spurned counsel.

00:27:31.539 --> 00:27:32.759
 And despised reproof.

00:27:33.099 --> 00:27:34.079
 And then finally says.

00:27:34.099 --> 00:27:35.420
 You will get what is coming to you.

00:27:36.220 --> 00:27:38.180
 And then that exact pattern repeats.

00:27:38.180 --> 00:27:38.460
 It says.

00:27:38.619 --> 00:27:39.480
 The fools now.

00:27:39.619 --> 00:27:40.240
 Call out.

00:27:40.680 --> 00:27:41.180
 To wisdom.

00:27:42.039 --> 00:27:42.440
 Because.

00:27:42.859 --> 00:27:44.440
 But because they hated knowledge.

00:27:44.859 --> 00:27:46.200
 Because they spurned counsel.

00:27:46.200 --> 00:27:47.500
 And despised reproof.

00:27:47.900 --> 00:27:49.840
 They will get what is coming to them.

00:27:51.580 --> 00:27:52.900
 The structure conveys.

00:27:52.980 --> 00:27:53.980
 The basic idea.

00:27:53.980 --> 00:27:55.759
 That just as fools.

00:27:55.900 --> 00:27:57.299
 Once spurned wisdom.

00:27:57.299 --> 00:27:59.200
 At the time of final judgment.

00:27:59.460 --> 00:27:59.960
 Wisdom.

00:28:00.140 --> 00:28:01.400
 Will spurn the fools.

00:28:02.400 --> 00:28:02.920
 And notice.

00:28:03.140 --> 00:28:04.279
 The abrupt shift.

00:28:04.420 --> 00:28:05.819
 In the use of personal pronouns.

00:28:07.100 --> 00:28:08.480
 In verses 20.

00:28:08.480 --> 00:28:09.100
 To 27.

00:28:09.259 --> 00:28:11.080
 Wisdom uses the second person pronoun.

00:28:11.200 --> 00:28:12.180
 To refer to the fools.

00:28:12.539 --> 00:28:13.620
 It addresses them directly.

00:28:13.619 --> 00:28:15.319
 But in the second half.

00:28:15.379 --> 00:28:16.459
 Verses 28 to 31.

00:28:16.659 --> 00:28:18.679
 Wisdom uses the third person pronoun.

00:28:19.319 --> 00:28:20.399
 To refer to them.

00:28:21.479 --> 00:28:22.279
 And this shift.

00:28:22.399 --> 00:28:23.939
 Creates a sense of distance.

00:28:23.939 --> 00:28:25.679
 Between wisdom and fools.

00:28:25.679 --> 00:28:26.879
 In the second half.

00:28:27.659 --> 00:28:28.419
 At first.

00:28:28.539 --> 00:28:29.799
 Wisdom was up close.

00:28:29.859 --> 00:28:30.419
 And personal.

00:28:30.539 --> 00:28:31.279
 In your face.

00:28:31.599 --> 00:28:33.179
 Inviting you to repent.

00:28:34.000 --> 00:28:34.699
 But later.

00:28:34.839 --> 00:28:35.699
 She is distant.

00:28:36.399 --> 00:28:37.719
 When they call upon her.

00:28:37.779 --> 00:28:39.039
 Wisdom does not answer.

00:28:39.239 --> 00:28:40.359
 She is nowhere to be found.

00:28:40.359 --> 00:28:45.019
 Can you guys hear me?

00:28:46.639 --> 00:28:48.179
 I feel like wisdom calling out.

00:28:48.219 --> 00:28:48.919
 And nobody is listening.

00:28:51.919 --> 00:28:53.059
 You guys should have said something.

00:28:58.119 --> 00:28:58.479
 And.

00:28:59.439 --> 00:28:59.799
 Man.

00:28:59.839 --> 00:29:00.639
 That was an important point.

00:29:00.679 --> 00:29:01.459
 I was about to get to too.

00:29:01.839 --> 00:29:02.619
 It's a theological.

00:29:02.859 --> 00:29:03.879
 It's an important theological point.

00:29:03.939 --> 00:29:04.039
 Right.

00:29:04.079 --> 00:29:06.079
 It always calls us to repent today.

00:29:06.240 --> 00:29:06.500
 Right.

00:29:06.539 --> 00:29:08.219
 Why does the Bible emphasize that point?

00:29:08.220 --> 00:29:10.160
 Because the window of opportunity.

00:29:10.400 --> 00:29:11.460
 The hour of salvation.

00:29:11.640 --> 00:29:12.579
 Is now.

00:29:13.480 --> 00:29:14.420
 It's this very moment.

00:29:14.500 --> 00:29:15.200
 It's not tomorrow.

00:29:15.339 --> 00:29:15.880
 It's today.

00:29:16.900 --> 00:29:18.539
 And wisdom's invitation is the same.

00:29:19.019 --> 00:29:22.079
 It's wisdom will not stretch out her hand to you indefinitely.

00:29:22.839 --> 00:29:24.480
 And this is why we need to.

00:29:24.480 --> 00:29:25.099
 It's not.

00:29:35.960 --> 00:29:38.559
 I'm usually not a funny preacher.

00:29:38.720 --> 00:29:40.880
 So I'm glad I can at least provide accidental entertainment.

00:29:44.220 --> 00:29:44.740
 I mean.

00:29:44.799 --> 00:29:46.059
 I think too many people say.

00:29:46.259 --> 00:29:46.440
 Yeah.

00:29:46.500 --> 00:29:47.120
 To themselves.

00:29:47.440 --> 00:29:47.599
 You know.

00:29:47.680 --> 00:29:47.839
 Man.

00:29:47.860 --> 00:29:49.559
 After I grow up and become an adult.

00:29:50.740 --> 00:29:52.299
 Then I will really follow God.

00:29:53.360 --> 00:29:53.900
 Serve him.

00:29:53.900 --> 00:29:56.300
 After I've graduated.

00:29:57.080 --> 00:29:58.800
 Then finally I will serve God.

00:29:59.120 --> 00:30:00.100
 When I'm less busy.

00:30:01.080 --> 00:30:02.880
 Or after I've earned enough money.

00:30:03.120 --> 00:30:05.300
 Or after I have worked hard.

00:30:05.420 --> 00:30:06.500
 And climbed the corporate ladder.

00:30:06.600 --> 00:30:09.060
 And have a stable position in my workplace.

00:30:09.280 --> 00:30:10.620
 Then I will believe in God.

00:30:10.700 --> 00:30:11.280
 And serve him.

00:30:11.320 --> 00:30:11.900
 And follow him.

00:30:12.320 --> 00:30:13.340
 After I've retired.

00:30:13.540 --> 00:30:14.060
 I will do this.

00:30:14.140 --> 00:30:15.300
 After I've traveled the world.

00:30:15.580 --> 00:30:16.620
 I will believe in God.

00:30:16.680 --> 00:30:17.320
 And follow him.

00:30:17.360 --> 00:30:17.980
 And serve him.

00:30:18.420 --> 00:30:19.780
 After my kids are grown.

00:30:20.080 --> 00:30:22.580
 Then I will finally love God with my whole heart.

00:30:22.579 --> 00:30:23.339
 And believe in him.

00:30:23.480 --> 00:30:24.480
 And serve him.

00:30:24.480 --> 00:30:25.839
 But the reality is.

00:30:25.960 --> 00:30:27.480
 You might not have tomorrow.

00:30:27.480 --> 00:30:34.079
 The day of salvation is today.

00:30:34.299 --> 00:30:35.380
 Not tomorrow.

00:30:36.180 --> 00:30:39.079
 Isaiah 55 verses 69 says this.

00:30:39.079 --> 00:30:39.960
 Seek the Lord.

00:30:40.259 --> 00:30:41.880
 While he may be found.

00:30:43.160 --> 00:30:44.400
 Call upon him.

00:30:44.579 --> 00:30:45.759
 While he is near.

00:30:46.759 --> 00:30:48.759
 Let the wicked forsake his way.

00:30:49.000 --> 00:30:50.960
 And the unrighteous man his thoughts.

00:30:51.180 --> 00:30:53.200
 Let him return to the Lord.

00:30:53.440 --> 00:30:55.120
 That he may have compassion on him.

00:30:55.119 --> 00:30:56.500
 And to our God.

00:30:56.599 --> 00:30:58.059
 For he will abundantly pardon.

00:30:58.859 --> 00:31:00.599
 For my thoughts are not your thoughts.

00:31:00.859 --> 00:31:02.659
 Neither are your ways my ways.

00:31:02.779 --> 00:31:03.699
 Declares the Lord.

00:31:04.279 --> 00:31:06.319
 For as the heavens are higher than the earth.

00:31:06.439 --> 00:31:08.819
 So are my ways higher than your ways.

00:31:08.959 --> 00:31:11.159
 And my thoughts than your thoughts.

00:31:13.859 --> 00:31:15.500
 Today is the day of salvation.

00:31:16.439 --> 00:31:18.959
 And even for those of you who already follow God.

00:31:19.039 --> 00:31:20.779
 This is an important point to remember.

00:31:20.779 --> 00:31:24.500
 Today are you doing everything you can.

00:31:24.599 --> 00:31:26.160
 To incline your ears.

00:31:26.259 --> 00:31:27.200
 The ears of your heart.

00:31:27.559 --> 00:31:28.660
 Toward the wisdom of God.

00:31:29.579 --> 00:31:31.619
 Are you doing everything you can today.

00:31:31.779 --> 00:31:33.440
 To stoke the fire of faith.

00:31:33.799 --> 00:31:34.579
 In your life.

00:31:35.839 --> 00:31:37.240
 Because that's important.

00:31:37.359 --> 00:31:38.420
 And that is necessary.

00:31:38.420 --> 00:31:40.059
 For your ultimate perseverance.

00:31:41.359 --> 00:31:43.500
 Hebrews chapter 3 verses 12 to 15.

00:31:43.599 --> 00:31:44.399
 Says take care.

00:31:44.819 --> 00:31:45.440
 Brothers.

00:31:45.859 --> 00:31:47.379
 Speaking to brothers and sisters.

00:31:47.599 --> 00:31:48.019
 Believers.

00:31:48.019 --> 00:31:50.099
 Lest there be in any of you.

00:31:50.200 --> 00:31:52.059
 An evil unbelieving heart.

00:31:52.400 --> 00:31:54.019
 Leading you to fall away.

00:31:54.160 --> 00:31:55.099
 From the living God.

00:31:55.700 --> 00:31:57.379
 But exhort one another.

00:31:57.579 --> 00:31:58.819
 Every day.

00:31:59.579 --> 00:32:01.240
 As long as it is called.

00:32:01.379 --> 00:32:01.819
 Today.

00:32:02.660 --> 00:32:04.279
 That none of you may be hardened.

00:32:04.440 --> 00:32:06.079
 By the deceitfulness of sin.

00:32:07.099 --> 00:32:09.079
 For we have come to share in Christ.

00:32:09.279 --> 00:32:11.940
 If indeed we hold our original confidence.

00:32:12.119 --> 00:32:13.559
 Firm to the end.

00:32:14.099 --> 00:32:15.519
 As it is said today.

00:32:15.900 --> 00:32:17.500
 If you hear his voice.

00:32:17.500 --> 00:32:19.819
 Do not harden your hearts.

00:32:19.819 --> 00:32:21.400
 As in the rebellion.

00:32:23.680 --> 00:32:26.220
 If we do not hold our original confidence.

00:32:26.220 --> 00:32:26.960
 To the end.

00:32:27.000 --> 00:32:28.079
 If we don't persevere.

00:32:28.339 --> 00:32:29.539
 In our faith in God.

00:32:29.619 --> 00:32:30.220
 To the end.

00:32:30.420 --> 00:32:32.759
 We will not obtain our final salvation.

00:32:34.720 --> 00:32:36.339
 So we can't act like.

00:32:36.920 --> 00:32:38.460
 Faith happens naturally.

00:32:38.599 --> 00:32:39.720
 And keep it on the back burner.

00:32:39.819 --> 00:32:41.680
 While we attend to more important things.

00:32:41.680 --> 00:32:42.299
 In our lives.

00:32:42.299 --> 00:32:46.940
 Casual faith.

00:32:47.319 --> 00:32:49.419
 Is a dangerous pastime.

00:32:52.119 --> 00:32:53.720
 Satan is at work today.

00:32:54.279 --> 00:32:56.259
 The hardening effect of sin.

00:32:56.339 --> 00:32:57.139
 Is in operation.

00:32:57.619 --> 00:32:58.059
 Today.

00:32:58.299 --> 00:33:00.759
 And unless we exhort one another.

00:33:00.759 --> 00:33:02.680
 As long as it is called today.

00:33:03.759 --> 00:33:05.339
 To love and good works.

00:33:05.419 --> 00:33:06.119
 To faith.

00:33:06.119 --> 00:33:10.859
 We are not going to persevere.

00:33:10.859 --> 00:33:11.359
 Till the end.

00:33:14.159 --> 00:33:15.659
 Church is not something you attend.

00:33:15.659 --> 00:33:16.359
 Once a week.

00:33:16.819 --> 00:33:17.819
 It is not a service.

00:33:18.039 --> 00:33:19.039
 It is the people of God.

00:33:19.099 --> 00:33:19.979
 The family of God.

00:33:20.059 --> 00:33:20.979
 That you interact with.

00:33:20.979 --> 00:33:23.059
 In your daily lives.

00:33:23.059 --> 00:33:25.099
 It is the people of God.

00:33:26.980 --> 00:33:29.139
 So if you see people.

00:33:29.299 --> 00:33:30.659
 That are in this auditorium right now.

00:33:30.720 --> 00:33:31.659
 Just once a week.

00:33:31.700 --> 00:33:32.419
 On Sunday morning.

00:33:33.859 --> 00:33:34.980
 You are not obeying.

00:33:35.099 --> 00:33:36.159
 Hebrews chapter 3.

00:33:37.879 --> 00:33:39.059
 I encourage you.

00:33:39.599 --> 00:33:40.519
 To get plugged into.

00:33:40.679 --> 00:33:41.339
 A community group.

00:33:42.079 --> 00:33:43.659
 Come to our prayer services.

00:33:43.659 --> 00:33:44.539
 On Wednesdays.

00:33:45.599 --> 00:33:46.759
 Ask a brother or sister.

00:33:46.919 --> 00:33:47.700
 To meet one on one.

00:33:47.819 --> 00:33:49.019
 For a Bible study or prayer.

00:33:49.279 --> 00:33:50.099
 Get involved.

00:33:50.700 --> 00:33:51.519
 Speak the truth.

00:33:51.579 --> 00:33:52.339
 And love to each other.

00:33:52.339 --> 00:33:54.000
 If that is how we get built up.

00:33:54.179 --> 00:33:55.240
 As the body of Christ.

00:33:55.319 --> 00:33:56.740
 We cannot persevere without it.

00:34:02.679 --> 00:34:04.819
 Just as muscles that are not exercised.

00:34:04.819 --> 00:34:05.939
 Regularly weaken.

00:34:06.159 --> 00:34:08.019
 The faith that is not exercised.

00:34:08.099 --> 00:34:09.480
 Daily will weaken.

00:34:10.440 --> 00:34:12.559
 And the gospel that seems so real to you.

00:34:13.319 --> 00:34:14.880
 Will gradually become.

00:34:15.480 --> 00:34:17.139
 Increasingly improbable.

00:34:17.360 --> 00:34:17.940
 And irrelevant.

00:34:18.920 --> 00:34:19.659
 And unreal.

00:34:19.659 --> 00:34:23.059
 That is the heartening effect of sin.

00:34:23.119 --> 00:34:24.099
 The deceitfulness of sin.

00:34:24.739 --> 00:34:25.839
 And the voice of wisdom.

00:34:26.000 --> 00:34:27.339
 Will sound more and more distant.

00:34:27.639 --> 00:34:28.019
 And muted.

00:34:29.059 --> 00:34:29.839
 And soon.

00:34:30.579 --> 00:34:31.940
 That extended hand of wisdom.

00:34:31.940 --> 00:34:32.940
 Will be retracted.

00:34:36.239 --> 00:34:37.619
 Verses 32 to 33.

00:34:37.719 --> 00:34:38.899
 Summarize this section this way.

00:34:39.000 --> 00:34:39.980
 For the simple are killed.

00:34:40.079 --> 00:34:41.099
 By their turning away.

00:34:41.539 --> 00:34:43.139
 And the complacency of fools.

00:34:43.259 --> 00:34:44.019
 Destroys them.

00:34:44.019 --> 00:34:45.820
 But whoever listens to me.

00:34:46.000 --> 00:34:46.980
 Will dwell secure.

00:34:47.300 --> 00:34:48.119
 And will be at ease.

00:34:48.239 --> 00:34:49.480
 Without dread of disaster.

00:34:50.280 --> 00:34:52.639
 Only those who listen to the wisdom of Christ.

00:34:52.840 --> 00:34:54.340
 Can have true security.

00:34:54.900 --> 00:34:56.960
 And any alternative forms of security.

00:34:56.960 --> 00:34:58.679
 Or experience of peace.

00:34:58.800 --> 00:35:00.139
 Their mere complacency.

00:35:00.860 --> 00:35:02.099
 A sense of false security.

00:35:03.139 --> 00:35:04.519
 And so if your life is characterized.

00:35:04.739 --> 00:35:06.179
 By turning away from God.

00:35:06.219 --> 00:35:07.079
 As it says in this verse.

00:35:07.079 --> 00:35:08.440
 You must repent.

00:35:08.679 --> 00:35:09.639
 Turn toward God.

00:35:10.299 --> 00:35:12.299
 To the path that leads to eternal life.

00:35:13.440 --> 00:35:14.099
 And finally.

00:35:14.219 --> 00:35:15.559
 How to get on that path.

00:35:15.599 --> 00:35:16.559
 And stay on that path.

00:35:16.619 --> 00:35:18.000
 Is the subject of chapter 2.

00:35:18.480 --> 00:35:19.559
 Verses 1 to 22.

00:35:19.860 --> 00:35:21.099
 And that's my third point.

00:35:21.440 --> 00:35:21.920
 Receive.

00:35:22.360 --> 00:35:23.139
 Keep straight.

00:35:24.179 --> 00:35:25.199
 Verses 1 to 4.

00:35:25.259 --> 00:35:26.179
 Introduce this section.

00:35:26.259 --> 00:35:27.440
 With a series of conditions.

00:35:28.000 --> 00:35:28.420
 My son.

00:35:28.500 --> 00:35:30.239
 If you receive my words.

00:35:30.299 --> 00:35:31.980
 And treasure up my commandments with you.

00:35:32.259 --> 00:35:34.199
 Making your ear attentive to wisdom.

00:35:34.199 --> 00:35:36.319
 And inclining your heart to understanding.

00:35:36.320 --> 00:35:36.880
 Yes.

00:35:37.220 --> 00:35:38.360
 If you make.

00:35:38.680 --> 00:35:40.019
 If you call out for insight.

00:35:40.360 --> 00:35:42.140
 And raise your voice for understanding.

00:35:42.340 --> 00:35:42.519
 Yes.

00:35:42.620 --> 00:35:44.360
 If you seek it like silver.

00:35:44.700 --> 00:35:46.640
 And search for it as for hidden treasures.

00:35:48.300 --> 00:35:49.280
 This contrast.

00:35:49.400 --> 00:35:50.700
 The fool that refused to listen.

00:35:51.140 --> 00:35:52.340
 Instead we should receive.

00:35:52.600 --> 00:35:54.260
 And incline our hearts to listen.

00:35:54.340 --> 00:35:55.460
 To be attentive to wisdom.

00:35:56.000 --> 00:35:57.360
 And we need to go beyond that.

00:35:57.400 --> 00:35:59.340
 Not just receive passively.

00:35:59.600 --> 00:36:01.400
 We need to also be proactive.

00:36:01.600 --> 00:36:02.360
 We need to be receptive.

00:36:02.480 --> 00:36:03.360
 But also proactive.

00:36:03.360 --> 00:36:04.559
 It says in verses 3 to 4.

00:36:04.559 --> 00:36:06.759
 We should be calling out for wisdom.

00:36:06.860 --> 00:36:09.019
 Just as wisdom called out to us.

00:36:09.119 --> 00:36:10.980
 And raised her voice in the streets.

00:36:11.199 --> 00:36:12.539
 In verses 20 to 21.

00:36:12.820 --> 00:36:14.460
 We are to call out for insight.

00:36:14.679 --> 00:36:16.880
 And raise our voices for understanding.

00:36:18.719 --> 00:36:20.059
 And we're to seek it.

00:36:20.119 --> 00:36:20.880
 Like silver.

00:36:21.019 --> 00:36:21.840
 And search for it.

00:36:21.880 --> 00:36:22.960
 As for hidden treasures.

00:36:24.460 --> 00:36:25.579
 Finding silver.

00:36:25.840 --> 00:36:27.019
 And precious jewels.

00:36:27.019 --> 00:36:27.639
 Or gold.

00:36:27.779 --> 00:36:28.039
 It's.

00:36:28.380 --> 00:36:29.259
 That's hidden away.

00:36:29.460 --> 00:36:29.559
 Or.

00:36:30.019 --> 00:36:30.840
 It's difficult.

00:36:30.840 --> 00:36:32.260
 It takes a lot of work.

00:36:32.820 --> 00:36:33.559
 It takes commitment.

00:36:33.760 --> 00:36:34.340
 And dedication.

00:36:35.519 --> 00:36:36.240
 In the same way.

00:36:36.380 --> 00:36:36.519
 We.

00:36:36.940 --> 00:36:38.440
 Work hard to earn money.

00:36:38.579 --> 00:36:39.460
 And to save money.

00:36:39.600 --> 00:36:39.880
 And to.

00:36:40.220 --> 00:36:41.180
 Protect money.

00:36:41.980 --> 00:36:42.800
 We should seek.

00:36:42.980 --> 00:36:43.660
 God's wisdom.

00:36:43.780 --> 00:36:44.480
 And store it up.

00:36:44.539 --> 00:36:45.820
 As treasure in our hearts.

00:36:47.820 --> 00:36:48.500
 And verses.

00:36:48.640 --> 00:36:49.019
 So verses.

00:36:49.180 --> 00:36:49.700
 1 to 4.

00:36:49.760 --> 00:36:50.660
 Gave the conditions.

00:36:50.800 --> 00:36:51.820
 And verses 5 to 11.

00:36:51.980 --> 00:36:53.380
 Give the consequences.

00:36:54.180 --> 00:36:55.660
 If you treasure wisdom.

00:36:56.300 --> 00:36:57.760
 Two parallel things will happen.

00:36:57.880 --> 00:36:58.200
 First.

00:36:58.280 --> 00:36:59.680
 It says in verses 5 to 8.

00:36:59.679 --> 00:37:01.339
 Then you will understand.

00:37:01.339 --> 00:37:02.559
 The fear of the Lord.

00:37:02.739 --> 00:37:04.059
 And find the knowledge of God.

00:37:05.079 --> 00:37:06.219
 For the Lord gives wisdom.

00:37:06.899 --> 00:37:07.699
 From his mouth.

00:37:07.799 --> 00:37:08.440
 Comes knowledge.

00:37:08.539 --> 00:37:09.199
 And understanding.

00:37:09.639 --> 00:37:11.139
 He stores up sound wisdom.

00:37:11.139 --> 00:37:11.899
 For the upright.

00:37:12.319 --> 00:37:12.960
 He is a shield.

00:37:13.039 --> 00:37:13.919
 To those who walk.

00:37:13.980 --> 00:37:14.539
 In integrity.

00:37:14.980 --> 00:37:16.299
 Guarding the paths of justice.

00:37:16.519 --> 00:37:17.659
 And watching over the way.

00:37:17.699 --> 00:37:18.279
 Of his saints.

00:37:18.899 --> 00:37:19.779
 And the second.

00:37:19.919 --> 00:37:21.039
 Parallel consequence.

00:37:21.619 --> 00:37:23.000
 Is in verses 9 to 11.

00:37:23.519 --> 00:37:24.039
 Then.

00:37:24.539 --> 00:37:25.579
 You will understand.

00:37:25.699 --> 00:37:26.339
 Righteousness.

00:37:26.339 --> 00:37:26.859
 And justice.

00:37:26.859 --> 00:37:27.399
 And equity.

00:37:27.839 --> 00:37:28.739
 Every good path.

00:37:28.739 --> 00:37:29.479
 For wisdom.

00:37:29.479 --> 00:37:30.759
 Will come into your heart.

00:37:30.839 --> 00:37:31.719
 And knowledge.

00:37:31.719 --> 00:37:32.319
 Will be pleasant.

00:37:32.319 --> 00:37:33.039
 To your soul.

00:37:33.799 --> 00:37:34.319
 Discretion.

00:37:34.319 --> 00:37:35.359
 Will watch over you.

00:37:35.519 --> 00:37:35.979
 Understanding.

00:37:35.979 --> 00:37:36.839
 Will guard you.

00:37:37.739 --> 00:37:38.879
 The fear of the Lord.

00:37:38.939 --> 00:37:39.839
 Only comes.

00:37:39.839 --> 00:37:41.339
 To those who seek God.

00:37:43.599 --> 00:37:44.119
 Wisdom.

00:37:44.179 --> 00:37:45.000
 Only comes.

00:37:45.000 --> 00:37:45.799
 Into the hearts.

00:37:45.799 --> 00:37:47.179
 Of those who cherish it.

00:37:48.719 --> 00:37:50.039
 The knowledge of God.

00:37:50.079 --> 00:37:50.259
 Here.

00:37:50.339 --> 00:37:51.459
 Is not merely referring.

00:37:51.459 --> 00:37:52.599
 To an acknowledgement.

00:37:52.599 --> 00:37:53.219
 Of him.

00:37:53.959 --> 00:37:54.919
 But actually.

00:37:55.079 --> 00:37:56.119
 Actual experience.

00:37:56.119 --> 00:37:56.639
 Of him.

00:37:57.259 --> 00:37:58.179
 An allegiance.

00:37:58.179 --> 00:37:58.739
 To him.

00:37:59.319 --> 00:37:59.980
 It's not merely.

00:37:59.980 --> 00:38:01.079
 Theoretical knowledge.

00:38:01.159 --> 00:38:02.400
 But experiential knowledge.

00:38:02.480 --> 00:38:03.779
 It's a personal knowledge.

00:38:04.099 --> 00:38:04.759
 Of God.

00:38:05.279 --> 00:38:06.259
 Knowing him.

00:38:07.159 --> 00:38:08.019
 And this knowledge.

00:38:08.019 --> 00:38:08.359
 Of God.

00:38:08.440 --> 00:38:08.859
 Is parallel.

00:38:08.859 --> 00:38:09.460
 To the fear.

00:38:09.460 --> 00:38:09.920
 Of the Lord.

00:38:10.659 --> 00:38:11.079
 It means.

00:38:11.259 --> 00:38:12.519
 We stand in awe of him.

00:38:12.639 --> 00:38:13.359
 Revere him.

00:38:14.039 --> 00:38:14.819
 Submit to him.

00:38:14.859 --> 00:38:15.480
 And obey him.

00:38:17.219 --> 00:38:18.000
 And it's only.

00:38:18.000 --> 00:38:18.639
 When we have.

00:38:18.859 --> 00:38:19.639
 This fear of the Lord.

00:38:19.679 --> 00:38:20.539
 And the knowledge of God.

00:38:20.619 --> 00:38:21.279
 We can rightly.

00:38:22.000 --> 00:38:22.400
 Apprehend.

00:38:22.460 --> 00:38:22.880
 And apply.

00:38:22.980 --> 00:38:23.739
 The book of Proverbs.

00:38:23.739 --> 00:38:25.339
 That's why the thesis.

00:38:25.339 --> 00:38:25.879
 Of the book.

00:38:25.939 --> 00:38:26.959
 Which we discussed last week.

00:38:26.959 --> 00:38:27.599
 In verse 7.

00:38:27.659 --> 00:38:28.239
 Of chapter 1.

00:38:28.299 --> 00:38:28.639
 Is this.

00:38:28.639 --> 00:38:29.759
 The fear of the Lord.

00:38:29.759 --> 00:38:31.019
 Is the beginning.

00:38:31.319 --> 00:38:32.319
 Of knowledge.

00:38:33.399 --> 00:38:34.919
 We don't begin.

00:38:35.459 --> 00:38:36.859
 To get wise.

00:38:37.239 --> 00:38:38.659
 Until we submit.

00:38:38.979 --> 00:38:39.479
 To God.

00:38:39.539 --> 00:38:40.579
 Until we humble ourselves.

00:38:40.579 --> 00:38:41.279
 Before him.

00:38:41.699 --> 00:38:43.299
 And it's that knowledge of God.

00:38:43.379 --> 00:38:44.239
 That humble faith.

00:38:44.299 --> 00:38:44.879
 Before God.

00:38:44.979 --> 00:38:46.539
 That relationship with God.

00:38:46.839 --> 00:38:48.139
 That we ought to pursue.

00:38:48.379 --> 00:38:48.919
 And seek.

00:38:49.179 --> 00:38:50.000
 And cherish.

00:38:50.599 --> 00:38:51.619
 Because humility.

00:38:51.879 --> 00:38:52.819
 And receptivity.

00:38:52.820 --> 00:38:54.019
 Precede.

00:38:54.340 --> 00:38:54.900
 Understanding.

00:38:56.480 --> 00:38:57.000
 Faith.

00:38:57.640 --> 00:38:58.080
 Precedes.

00:38:58.640 --> 00:38:58.960
 Sight.

00:39:00.760 --> 00:39:01.740
 If we want.

00:39:01.820 --> 00:39:02.940
 To receive divine wisdom.

00:39:03.080 --> 00:39:04.220
 We must have faith enough.

00:39:04.340 --> 00:39:05.580
 To ask God for it.

00:39:06.039 --> 00:39:07.300
 And to seek it from him.

00:39:09.200 --> 00:39:09.680
 Because.

00:39:09.820 --> 00:39:10.700
 As verse 6 says.

00:39:10.960 --> 00:39:11.320
 Ultimately.

00:39:11.440 --> 00:39:12.220
 It is the Lord.

00:39:12.600 --> 00:39:13.640
 Who gives wisdom.

00:39:14.340 --> 00:39:15.380
 From his mouth.

00:39:15.500 --> 00:39:16.440
 Comes knowledge.

00:39:16.820 --> 00:39:17.680
 And understanding.

00:39:18.019 --> 00:39:18.559
 This reveals.

00:39:18.680 --> 00:39:19.320
 An important point.

00:39:19.400 --> 00:39:20.360
 We don't take.

00:39:20.559 --> 00:39:21.019
 Wisdom.

00:39:21.019 --> 00:39:21.800
 We don't seize.

00:39:21.800 --> 00:39:22.820
 Wisdom for ourselves.

00:39:22.820 --> 00:39:24.019
 Or earn it.

00:39:24.519 --> 00:39:25.080
 Rather.

00:39:25.180 --> 00:39:26.519
 Wisdom is bestowed.

00:39:26.519 --> 00:39:27.240
 By God.

00:39:27.340 --> 00:39:27.620
 Freely.

00:39:27.620 --> 00:39:28.360
 As a gift.

00:39:29.400 --> 00:39:30.380
 I hope you've.

00:39:30.500 --> 00:39:31.380
 Notice the tension there.

00:39:31.420 --> 00:39:32.480
 Between those two ideas.

00:39:33.300 --> 00:39:33.940
 On the one hand.

00:39:34.039 --> 00:39:34.760
 We are commanded.

00:39:34.940 --> 00:39:35.900
 To seek diligently.

00:39:35.900 --> 00:39:36.580
 For wisdom.

00:39:36.780 --> 00:39:38.140
 But on the other hand.

00:39:38.200 --> 00:39:39.100
 We're told that wisdom.

00:39:39.100 --> 00:39:40.000
 Is given freely.

00:39:40.000 --> 00:39:40.560
 By God.

00:39:41.460 --> 00:39:42.560
 This is a paradox.

00:39:42.560 --> 00:39:43.300
 That we find.

00:39:43.360 --> 00:39:44.380
 All throughout scripture.

00:39:45.600 --> 00:39:46.800
 Philippians chapter 2.

00:39:46.880 --> 00:39:47.960
 Verses 12 to 13.

00:39:48.039 --> 00:39:48.480
 Commends.

00:39:49.120 --> 00:39:49.700
 Work out.

00:39:49.699 --> 00:39:50.819
 Your own salvation.

00:39:50.819 --> 00:39:51.799
 With fear and trembling.

00:39:52.819 --> 00:39:54.579
 But then it immediately adds.

00:39:55.399 --> 00:39:55.819
 For.

00:39:56.299 --> 00:39:57.359
 It is God.

00:39:57.939 --> 00:39:58.899
 Who works.

00:39:59.019 --> 00:39:59.559
 In you.

00:40:00.019 --> 00:40:01.139
 Both to will.

00:40:01.379 --> 00:40:02.259
 And to work.

00:40:02.359 --> 00:40:03.699
 For his good pleasure.

00:40:05.000 --> 00:40:06.519
 We have to work hard.

00:40:06.599 --> 00:40:07.759
 For our own salvation.

00:40:09.439 --> 00:40:10.039
 Because.

00:40:10.599 --> 00:40:11.259
 It is God.

00:40:11.319 --> 00:40:12.039
 Who is working.

00:40:12.039 --> 00:40:13.019
 In and through us.

00:40:15.879 --> 00:40:17.119
 Tim Keller comments.

00:40:17.119 --> 00:40:18.659
 On this paradoxical idea.

00:40:18.659 --> 00:40:19.139
 This way.

00:40:19.819 --> 00:40:20.239
 If it were.

00:40:20.559 --> 00:40:21.799
 All up to us.

00:40:22.519 --> 00:40:23.259
 We would labor.

00:40:23.440 --> 00:40:24.299
 Under crushing.

00:40:24.440 --> 00:40:24.920
 Anxiety.

00:40:25.039 --> 00:40:25.400
 And burnout.

00:40:26.440 --> 00:40:27.219
 But if God.

00:40:27.299 --> 00:40:27.940
 Only worked.

00:40:28.199 --> 00:40:29.139
 Apart from us.

00:40:29.699 --> 00:40:30.279
 We would lose.

00:40:30.359 --> 00:40:30.980
 All sense.

00:40:31.079 --> 00:40:31.679
 Of initiative.

00:40:32.859 --> 00:40:33.900
 The paradox.

00:40:34.039 --> 00:40:34.480
 Gives us.

00:40:34.579 --> 00:40:35.539
 Enough incentive.

00:40:36.119 --> 00:40:36.920
 And enough.

00:40:37.199 --> 00:40:37.559
 Assurance.

00:40:38.119 --> 00:40:38.779
 To pursue.

00:40:38.900 --> 00:40:39.799
 The knowledge of God.

00:40:39.920 --> 00:40:40.339
 All.

00:40:40.779 --> 00:40:41.279
 Our life.

00:40:41.579 --> 00:40:41.839
 Long.

00:40:41.840 --> 00:40:45.960
 If wisdom.

00:40:45.960 --> 00:40:46.840
 Is a reward.

00:40:46.840 --> 00:40:48.160
 For the acquisitive mind.

00:40:48.440 --> 00:40:49.400
 Those who attain it.

00:40:49.480 --> 00:40:50.360
 Would become prideful.

00:40:50.460 --> 00:40:50.860
 And they would.

00:40:53.000 --> 00:40:54.079
 Would look down.

00:40:54.160 --> 00:40:54.460
 On people.

00:40:54.539 --> 00:40:55.420
 Who have not attained it.

00:40:57.380 --> 00:40:58.600
 But if it is a gift.

00:41:00.300 --> 00:41:00.940
 We have.

00:41:01.200 --> 00:41:01.800
 We can't help.

00:41:01.840 --> 00:41:02.380
 But be humble.

00:41:02.460 --> 00:41:02.920
 And receptive.

00:41:06.800 --> 00:41:07.640
 If wisdom.

00:41:07.640 --> 00:41:08.539
 Is given to those.

00:41:08.620 --> 00:41:09.519
 Who neither seek.

00:41:09.740 --> 00:41:10.500
 Nor believe.

00:41:10.500 --> 00:41:13.019
 Than those who observe.

00:41:13.019 --> 00:41:13.820
 That would become.

00:41:13.960 --> 00:41:15.059
 Passive and apathetic.

00:41:15.920 --> 00:41:16.500
 But because.

00:41:16.539 --> 00:41:17.480
 God gives wisdom.

00:41:17.480 --> 00:41:18.699
 To those who believe.

00:41:18.699 --> 00:41:19.159
 In him.

00:41:19.500 --> 00:41:20.280
 Pursue him.

00:41:20.360 --> 00:41:21.059
 And seek him.

00:41:21.480 --> 00:41:22.719
 It motivates us.

00:41:22.719 --> 00:41:23.559
 To strive.

00:41:23.739 --> 00:41:24.059
 Daily.

00:41:24.199 --> 00:41:24.599
 To believe.

00:41:24.659 --> 00:41:24.980
 And obey.

00:41:27.780 --> 00:41:28.559
 And when we.

00:41:28.699 --> 00:41:29.579
 Receive this wisdom.

00:41:29.579 --> 00:41:30.059
 From God.

00:41:30.139 --> 00:41:31.260
 It watches over us.

00:41:31.300 --> 00:41:32.139
 And guards us.

00:41:32.760 --> 00:41:33.400
 And those pair.

00:41:33.500 --> 00:41:34.320
 That pair of words.

00:41:34.340 --> 00:41:34.739
 Are repeated.

00:41:34.960 --> 00:41:35.559
 In verse 8.

00:41:35.619 --> 00:41:36.539
 And in verse 11.

00:41:37.179 --> 00:41:37.880
 It becomes.

00:41:38.059 --> 00:41:38.719
 Wisdom for us.

00:41:38.739 --> 00:41:39.360
 A shield.

00:41:39.360 --> 00:41:40.480
 To those who walk.

00:41:40.480 --> 00:41:41.059
 In integrity.

00:41:43.000 --> 00:41:43.840
 When we keep.

00:41:43.840 --> 00:41:44.300
 The commandments.

00:41:44.460 --> 00:41:45.240
 Commandments of God.

00:41:45.320 --> 00:41:46.139
 The commandments of God.

00:41:46.240 --> 00:41:47.380
 Start to keep us.

00:41:47.699 --> 00:41:48.659
 To protect us.

00:41:48.679 --> 00:41:49.659
 And to guide us.

00:41:50.000 --> 00:41:51.320
 But how exactly.

00:41:51.320 --> 00:41:52.119
 Are we being kept.

00:41:52.260 --> 00:41:53.240
 And what exactly.

00:41:53.240 --> 00:41:54.280
 Are we being kept from.

00:41:54.840 --> 00:41:55.639
 Being guarded from.

00:41:55.740 --> 00:41:56.000
 And we.

00:41:56.280 --> 00:41:57.000
 See that in verses.

00:41:57.500 --> 00:41:58.380
 12 to 15.

00:41:58.460 --> 00:41:59.199
 And 16 to 19.

00:41:59.320 --> 00:41:59.619
 First.

00:41:59.960 --> 00:42:00.539
 It tells us.

00:42:00.599 --> 00:42:01.460
 In 12 to 15.

00:42:01.460 --> 00:42:02.659
 That we are being guarded.

00:42:03.059 --> 00:42:04.599
 From perverse men.

00:42:05.260 --> 00:42:05.699
 And then.

00:42:06.019 --> 00:42:06.380
 Secondly.

00:42:06.500 --> 00:42:07.619
 In verses 16 to 19.

00:42:07.619 --> 00:42:08.139
 It tells us.

00:42:08.139 --> 00:42:08.679
 That wisdom.

00:42:08.679 --> 00:42:09.039
 It tells us.

00:42:09.039 --> 00:42:09.159
 That wisdom.

00:42:09.159 --> 00:42:09.279
 It guards us.

00:42:09.279 --> 00:42:09.799
 From adult.

00:42:09.799 --> 00:42:11.019
 From the adulterous woman.

00:42:12.539 --> 00:42:12.980
 First.

00:42:13.039 --> 00:42:13.480
 It tells us.

00:42:13.480 --> 00:42:13.980
 That wisdom.

00:42:13.980 --> 00:42:14.539
 Will guard us.

00:42:14.539 --> 00:42:15.480
 From perverse men.

00:42:15.539 --> 00:42:15.779
 It says.

00:42:15.880 --> 00:42:16.759
 Delivering you.

00:42:16.839 --> 00:42:17.739
 Verses 12 to 15.

00:42:18.199 --> 00:42:18.839
 Delivering you.

00:42:18.839 --> 00:42:20.039
 From the way of evil.

00:42:20.039 --> 00:42:20.639
 From men.

00:42:20.639 --> 00:42:21.880
 Of perverted speech.

00:42:21.880 --> 00:42:22.940
 Who forsake.

00:42:22.940 --> 00:42:23.519
 The paths.

00:42:23.519 --> 00:42:24.259
 Of uprightness.

00:42:24.259 --> 00:42:24.779
 To walk.

00:42:24.779 --> 00:42:25.279
 In the ways.

00:42:25.279 --> 00:42:25.859
 Of darkness.

00:42:26.440 --> 00:42:27.359
 Who rejoice.

00:42:27.359 --> 00:42:28.359
 In doing evil.

00:42:28.359 --> 00:42:29.019
 And delight.

00:42:29.019 --> 00:42:29.960
 In the perverseness.

00:42:29.960 --> 00:42:30.420
 Of evil.

00:42:31.099 --> 00:42:32.039
 Men whose paths.

00:42:32.039 --> 00:42:32.559
 Are crooked.

00:42:32.559 --> 00:42:33.739
 And who are devious.

00:42:33.739 --> 00:42:34.500
 In their ways.

00:42:34.500 --> 00:42:36.019
 So perversity.

00:42:36.019 --> 00:42:37.239
 Is a recurring theme here.

00:42:37.880 --> 00:42:38.860
 It refers to.

00:42:38.860 --> 00:42:40.139
 A waywardness.

00:42:41.239 --> 00:42:42.760
 A willful determination.

00:42:42.760 --> 00:42:43.659
 To go.

00:42:43.860 --> 00:42:44.659
 Contrary.

00:42:44.659 --> 00:42:44.960
 To.

00:42:45.099 --> 00:42:46.320
 What is expected.

00:42:46.320 --> 00:42:46.820
 Or demanded.

00:42:46.820 --> 00:42:47.219
 Of you.

00:42:48.380 --> 00:42:49.159
 It's rebellion.

00:42:49.780 --> 00:42:50.460
 These men.

00:42:50.760 --> 00:42:51.900
 Have forsaken.

00:42:52.019 --> 00:42:52.400
 It says.

00:42:52.519 --> 00:42:53.880
 Abandoned the paths.

00:42:54.000 --> 00:42:55.119
 Of uprightness.

00:42:56.280 --> 00:42:57.340
 The word forsake.

00:42:57.340 --> 00:42:58.320
 Is often used.

00:42:58.480 --> 00:42:59.380
 To refer to people.

00:42:59.380 --> 00:43:00.380
 Who abandoned.

00:43:00.380 --> 00:43:01.019
 Their covenant.

00:43:01.019 --> 00:43:02.119
 Relationship with God.

00:43:02.880 --> 00:43:04.219
 To apostates.

00:43:04.219 --> 00:43:05.480
 People who apostatize.

00:43:07.319 --> 00:43:07.759
 Second.

00:43:07.939 --> 00:43:09.000
 Verses 16 to 19.

00:43:09.079 --> 00:43:09.719
 Tells that wisdom.

00:43:09.719 --> 00:43:10.579
 Will guard us.

00:43:10.579 --> 00:43:11.819
 From the adulterous woman.

00:43:12.359 --> 00:43:13.139
 Or if you're a woman.

00:43:13.139 --> 00:43:14.399
 From the adulterous man.

00:43:14.980 --> 00:43:15.359
 It says.

00:43:15.459 --> 00:43:16.579
 So you will be delivered.

00:43:16.579 --> 00:43:18.000
 From the forbidden woman.

00:43:18.259 --> 00:43:19.359
 From the adulterous.

00:43:19.399 --> 00:43:20.859
 With her smooth words.

00:43:21.159 --> 00:43:22.159
 Who forsakes.

00:43:22.159 --> 00:43:22.879
 The companion.

00:43:22.879 --> 00:43:23.459
 Of her youth.

00:43:23.500 --> 00:43:24.159
 And forgets.

00:43:24.159 --> 00:43:24.739
 The covenant.

00:43:24.739 --> 00:43:25.379
 Of her God.

00:43:25.759 --> 00:43:26.359
 For her house.

00:43:26.359 --> 00:43:27.439
 Sinks down to death.

00:43:27.480 --> 00:43:28.079
 And her paths.

00:43:28.179 --> 00:43:28.859
 To the departed.

00:43:29.459 --> 00:43:30.679
 None who go to her.

00:43:30.779 --> 00:43:31.279
 Come back.

00:43:31.699 --> 00:43:32.719
 Nor do they regain.

00:43:32.719 --> 00:43:33.879
 The paths of life.

00:43:34.219 --> 00:43:34.719
 Go.

00:43:35.379 --> 00:43:36.659
 Just as perverted men.

00:43:36.659 --> 00:43:37.199
 Were described.

00:43:37.199 --> 00:43:38.519
 As people who forsook.

00:43:38.519 --> 00:43:39.219
 Their covenant.

00:43:39.219 --> 00:43:39.819
 With God.

00:43:39.819 --> 00:43:41.500
 So this adulterous woman.

00:43:41.500 --> 00:43:42.139
 Is described.

00:43:42.139 --> 00:43:43.459
 As someone who forsakes.

00:43:43.459 --> 00:43:44.639
 The companion.

00:43:44.639 --> 00:43:45.339
 Of her youth.

00:43:45.599 --> 00:43:46.739
 And forgets.

00:43:46.739 --> 00:43:47.279
 The covenant.

00:43:47.279 --> 00:43:48.119
 Of her God.

00:43:49.259 --> 00:43:50.019
 And verse 19.

00:43:50.019 --> 00:43:50.279
 Says.

00:43:50.279 --> 00:43:52.239
 None who go to her.

00:43:52.399 --> 00:43:53.259
 Come back.

00:43:53.259 --> 00:43:54.419
 Nor do they gain.

00:43:54.539 --> 00:43:54.919
 Regain.

00:43:54.919 --> 00:43:55.739
 The paths of life.

00:43:55.859 --> 00:43:57.000
 The word go.

00:43:57.199 --> 00:43:57.279
 Is.

00:43:57.279 --> 00:43:57.559
 Is.

00:43:57.639 --> 00:43:58.179
 It's a double.

00:43:58.259 --> 00:43:59.119
 Has a double meaning.

00:43:59.219 --> 00:43:59.679
 In Hebrew.

00:43:59.819 --> 00:44:00.779
 It literally means.

00:44:00.780 --> 00:44:02.340
 To enter into.

00:44:03.220 --> 00:44:04.680
 The adulterous woman.

00:44:04.940 --> 00:44:06.380
 Becomes the casket.

00:44:06.740 --> 00:44:07.560
 For any man.

00:44:07.660 --> 00:44:08.260
 Who enters.

00:44:08.440 --> 00:44:09.100
 Into her.

00:44:10.940 --> 00:44:11.420
 And notice.

00:44:11.580 --> 00:44:11.940
 Also.

00:44:12.060 --> 00:44:12.800
 This focused.

00:44:12.980 --> 00:44:13.100
 On.

00:44:13.220 --> 00:44:14.200
 In both of those passages.

00:44:14.200 --> 00:44:15.120
 On the words.

00:44:15.220 --> 00:44:15.540
 Of.

00:44:16.040 --> 00:44:16.560
 Enticement.

00:44:17.560 --> 00:44:18.400
 Verse 12.

00:44:18.500 --> 00:44:19.480
 Spoke of the man's.

00:44:19.480 --> 00:44:20.660
 Perverted speech.

00:44:21.120 --> 00:44:22.120
 That's how they.

00:44:22.240 --> 00:44:23.060
 Lead people straight.

00:44:23.160 --> 00:44:24.320
 Through their perverted speech.

00:44:24.720 --> 00:44:25.760
 And verse 16.

00:44:25.900 --> 00:44:26.260
 Like why.

00:44:26.320 --> 00:44:27.220
 Speaks of the woman's.

00:44:27.220 --> 00:44:28.380
 Smooth words.

00:44:28.380 --> 00:44:30.720
 This is somewhat surprising.

00:44:30.720 --> 00:44:31.800
 Because we might expect.

00:44:31.800 --> 00:44:32.180
 The son.

00:44:32.260 --> 00:44:32.940
 To be enticed.

00:44:33.059 --> 00:44:34.400
 By the adulterous woman's.

00:44:34.960 --> 00:44:35.940
 Sexual allure.

00:44:36.460 --> 00:44:37.220
 Her physical.

00:44:37.780 --> 00:44:38.260
 Attractiveness.

00:44:39.280 --> 00:44:40.019
 But instead.

00:44:40.220 --> 00:44:41.260
 The primary mode.

00:44:41.260 --> 00:44:41.860
 That we see.

00:44:42.039 --> 00:44:42.420
 Here.

00:44:42.519 --> 00:44:42.740
 Is.

00:44:42.740 --> 00:44:44.019
 The mode of her temptation.

00:44:44.820 --> 00:44:45.720
 Is words.

00:44:48.599 --> 00:44:49.480
 This draws.

00:44:49.619 --> 00:44:50.740
 An interesting contrast.

00:44:50.880 --> 00:44:52.019
 An intentional contrast.

00:44:52.260 --> 00:44:53.360
 Between the father's.

00:44:53.400 --> 00:44:54.079
 Words of wisdom.

00:44:54.079 --> 00:44:55.220
 That we are to store up.

00:44:55.619 --> 00:44:56.039
 And.

00:44:56.340 --> 00:44:57.280
 The words of.

00:44:57.280 --> 00:44:58.860
 The perverse men.

00:44:59.340 --> 00:44:59.560
 And.

00:44:59.720 --> 00:45:00.420
 The smooth words.

00:45:00.500 --> 00:45:01.480
 Of the adulterous.

00:45:03.620 --> 00:45:04.640
 Words are important.

00:45:04.740 --> 00:45:05.160
 Because.

00:45:05.480 --> 00:45:05.880
 Whenever.

00:45:06.080 --> 00:45:06.900
 There is a temptation.

00:45:07.140 --> 00:45:07.460
 Whenever.

00:45:08.019 --> 00:45:08.880
 Sin is involved.

00:45:10.160 --> 00:45:11.100
 There are words.

00:45:11.180 --> 00:45:11.700
 Being spoken.

00:45:12.780 --> 00:45:13.800
 Satan is being.

00:45:14.440 --> 00:45:15.260
 Is speaking.

00:45:15.600 --> 00:45:16.060
 To people.

00:45:16.420 --> 00:45:16.620
 As he.

00:45:16.700 --> 00:45:17.560
 As he's the liar.

00:45:17.620 --> 00:45:18.120
 And the accuser.

00:45:18.160 --> 00:45:19.340
 As the bible defines him.

00:45:21.019 --> 00:45:21.500
 Whether.

00:45:21.720 --> 00:45:22.220
 The temptation.

00:45:22.400 --> 00:45:23.540
 Involves your eyes.

00:45:23.540 --> 00:45:24.260
 Or your minds.

00:45:24.360 --> 00:45:24.940
 Or your hands.

00:45:24.980 --> 00:45:25.600
 Or your mouth.

00:45:25.599 --> 00:45:27.299
 Every temptation.

00:45:27.539 --> 00:45:28.559
 Comes with words.

00:45:29.039 --> 00:45:29.719
 It whispers.

00:45:29.819 --> 00:45:30.420
 To our souls.

00:45:30.579 --> 00:45:31.039
 God.

00:45:31.039 --> 00:45:32.339
 Is withholding.

00:45:32.420 --> 00:45:33.219
 Something from you.

00:45:35.219 --> 00:45:36.239
 God does not.

00:45:36.500 --> 00:45:37.360
 Have your best interest.

00:45:37.440 --> 00:45:37.779
 In mind.

00:45:38.199 --> 00:45:38.940
 You should take this.

00:45:39.019 --> 00:45:39.500
 For yourself.

00:45:41.659 --> 00:45:42.940
 God does not see.

00:45:43.619 --> 00:45:44.779
 You will escape.

00:45:44.940 --> 00:45:45.299
 This.

00:45:46.059 --> 00:45:46.619
 Unscathed.

00:45:48.179 --> 00:45:49.759
 You are your own master.

00:45:50.339 --> 00:45:51.019
 Do what.

00:45:51.219 --> 00:45:51.940
 Pleases you.

00:45:51.940 --> 00:45:54.880
 These are the words.

00:45:56.200 --> 00:45:56.960
 Of Satan.

00:45:57.079 --> 00:45:57.860
 That always.

00:45:57.860 --> 00:45:58.599
 Accompanies.

00:45:59.000 --> 00:45:59.539
 Temptation.

00:46:00.260 --> 00:46:01.639
 But they are lies.

00:46:02.579 --> 00:46:03.619
 They are not true.

00:46:03.740 --> 00:46:04.159
 Our God.

00:46:04.260 --> 00:46:04.900
 Is a loving.

00:46:05.039 --> 00:46:05.780
 Heavenly father.

00:46:06.280 --> 00:46:07.440
 All his ways.

00:46:07.539 --> 00:46:08.019
 Are good.

00:46:08.559 --> 00:46:09.639
 And the only way.

00:46:09.720 --> 00:46:10.380
 To dispel.

00:46:10.500 --> 00:46:10.820
 These.

00:46:11.159 --> 00:46:11.440
 Words.

00:46:11.500 --> 00:46:12.019
 Of the enemy.

00:46:12.559 --> 00:46:13.820
 Is to drown them out.

00:46:13.880 --> 00:46:14.920
 With the word of God.

00:46:18.260 --> 00:46:18.980
 That's why.

00:46:19.099 --> 00:46:19.599
 This chapter.

00:46:19.679 --> 00:46:19.960
 Began.

00:46:20.019 --> 00:46:20.599
 With the series.

00:46:20.599 --> 00:46:21.599
 Of conditional statements.

00:46:21.599 --> 00:46:22.460
 If you receive.

00:46:22.460 --> 00:46:23.460
 My words.

00:46:23.679 --> 00:46:24.659
 And treasure up.

00:46:24.719 --> 00:46:25.360
 My commandments.

00:46:26.119 --> 00:46:26.920
 Making your ear.

00:46:27.099 --> 00:46:28.019
 Attentive to wisdom.

00:46:28.159 --> 00:46:29.039
 And declining your heart.

00:46:29.079 --> 00:46:29.719
 To understanding.

00:46:31.839 --> 00:46:33.039
 That's the only way.

00:46:34.599 --> 00:46:35.619
 We drown out.

00:46:35.739 --> 00:46:36.179
 The words.

00:46:36.440 --> 00:46:37.079
 Of the enemy.

00:46:37.579 --> 00:46:38.319
 And nothing less.

00:46:38.420 --> 00:46:39.259
 Than your very soul.

00:46:39.360 --> 00:46:39.900
 Is at stake.

00:46:40.119 --> 00:46:40.619
 This is.

00:46:40.719 --> 00:46:41.699
 The battle for souls.

00:46:45.819 --> 00:46:46.819
 Whose voices.

00:46:46.980 --> 00:46:47.360
 Are louder.

00:46:47.440 --> 00:46:47.900
 In your head.

00:46:49.900 --> 00:46:51.019
 Which words.

00:46:51.019 --> 00:46:52.219
 Occupy your heart.

00:46:52.219 --> 00:46:52.579
 More.

00:46:55.400 --> 00:46:56.599
 You probably noticed.

00:46:56.599 --> 00:46:56.900
 Already.

00:46:57.019 --> 00:46:57.719
 That there's a dozen.

00:46:57.719 --> 00:46:58.519
 Or more words.

00:46:58.519 --> 00:46:59.139
 And phrases.

00:46:59.139 --> 00:46:59.599
 That are.

00:46:59.820 --> 00:47:00.699
 Connected to the metaphor.

00:47:00.699 --> 00:47:01.239
 Of the way.

00:47:01.360 --> 00:47:02.320
 In this last section.

00:47:02.880 --> 00:47:04.119
 And that repetition.

00:47:04.800 --> 00:47:05.539
 Teaches us.

00:47:05.539 --> 00:47:06.619
 That there's a right way.

00:47:06.619 --> 00:47:07.039
 To live.

00:47:07.039 --> 00:47:07.759
 And a wrong way.

00:47:07.759 --> 00:47:08.199
 To live.

00:47:08.199 --> 00:47:09.139
 And that there is.

00:47:09.300 --> 00:47:09.980
 No middle way.

00:47:09.980 --> 00:47:12.880
 The word.

00:47:12.880 --> 00:47:13.539
 Upright.

00:47:13.659 --> 00:47:14.360
 Or straight.

00:47:14.360 --> 00:47:14.740
 Is.

00:47:14.880 --> 00:47:15.599
 Is repeated.

00:47:15.760 --> 00:47:16.300
 Four times.

00:47:16.360 --> 00:47:16.599
 In verses.

00:47:16.740 --> 00:47:16.980
 Seven.

00:47:17.099 --> 00:47:17.340
 Nine.

00:47:17.440 --> 00:47:17.699
 Thirteen.

00:47:17.740 --> 00:47:18.019
 And twenty.

00:47:18.019 --> 00:47:18.280
 One.

00:47:18.300 --> 00:47:18.860
 In this passage.

00:47:19.320 --> 00:47:20.199
 Is contrasted.

00:47:20.219 --> 00:47:21.340
 With the crooked paths.

00:47:21.480 --> 00:47:22.400
 And the devious ways.

00:47:22.440 --> 00:47:23.079
 Of evildoers.

00:47:23.300 --> 00:47:24.780
 There is no neutral ground.

00:47:24.860 --> 00:47:26.159
 You're either going straight.

00:47:26.280 --> 00:47:27.760
 Or you're being led astray.

00:47:29.699 --> 00:47:30.639
 And the word.

00:47:30.820 --> 00:47:31.260
 Path.

00:47:31.360 --> 00:47:32.320
 Used in verse nine.

00:47:32.380 --> 00:47:32.800
 And the word.

00:47:32.900 --> 00:47:33.300
 Ways.

00:47:33.360 --> 00:47:34.000
 In verse fifteen.

00:47:34.079 --> 00:47:34.460
 Are actually.

00:47:34.659 --> 00:47:35.740
 Same Hebrew words.

00:47:36.240 --> 00:47:37.159
 And they refer to the.

00:47:37.219 --> 00:47:37.619
 Groves.

00:47:37.679 --> 00:47:38.360
 Or tracks.

00:47:38.360 --> 00:47:39.059
 That form.

00:47:39.160 --> 00:47:39.720
 On the ground.

00:47:39.720 --> 00:47:40.180
 When you.

00:47:40.620 --> 00:47:41.340
 And you repeatedly.

00:47:41.720 --> 00:47:42.059
 I guess.

00:47:42.160 --> 00:47:43.380
 Wheel a car through it.

00:47:44.660 --> 00:47:46.180
 The longer you stay.

00:47:46.300 --> 00:47:47.440
 On those same tracks.

00:47:47.519 --> 00:47:48.000
 The grooves.

00:47:48.099 --> 00:47:48.640
 Get deeper.

00:47:48.980 --> 00:47:49.579
 And eventually.

00:47:49.760 --> 00:47:50.300
 They dry.

00:47:50.420 --> 00:47:50.860
 And harden.

00:47:51.280 --> 00:47:52.039
 So it becomes.

00:47:52.039 --> 00:47:52.900
 Nearly impossible.

00:47:52.900 --> 00:47:54.039
 To extricate yourself.

00:47:54.039 --> 00:47:54.900
 From those grooves.

00:47:56.500 --> 00:47:57.760
 That's where that expression.

00:47:57.760 --> 00:47:58.360
 Comes from.

00:47:58.460 --> 00:47:59.180
 To be in a rut.

00:48:01.200 --> 00:48:02.760
 A one-off sin.

00:48:03.680 --> 00:48:04.200
 Becomes.

00:48:04.360 --> 00:48:05.500
 An occasional sin.

00:48:07.099 --> 00:48:07.579
 Becomes.

00:48:07.720 --> 00:48:08.240
 A habitual.

00:48:08.360 --> 00:48:08.720
 Sin.

00:48:09.720 --> 00:48:10.780
 And it becomes.

00:48:10.900 --> 00:48:11.760
 An obsessive.

00:48:12.360 --> 00:48:12.900
 Compulsive.

00:48:12.900 --> 00:48:13.260
 Sin.

00:48:13.340 --> 00:48:14.140
 That controls you.

00:48:17.059 --> 00:48:17.539
 Conversely.

00:48:17.900 --> 00:48:18.380
 Obedience.

00:48:18.440 --> 00:48:19.500
 Begets more obedience.

00:48:20.720 --> 00:48:21.519
 At first.

00:48:21.599 --> 00:48:22.160
 It's difficult.

00:48:22.260 --> 00:48:23.240
 And takes great discipline.

00:48:24.099 --> 00:48:25.140
 But then it becomes.

00:48:25.300 --> 00:48:26.039
 More and more natural.

00:48:29.460 --> 00:48:30.660
 Which rut are you in?

00:48:34.000 --> 00:48:35.140
 Only those who stay.

00:48:35.260 --> 00:48:36.240
 On the way of the Lord.

00:48:36.239 --> 00:48:37.879
 The tracks.

00:48:38.399 --> 00:48:38.979
 Of the Lord.

00:48:38.979 --> 00:48:39.759
 Will arrive.

00:48:39.759 --> 00:48:40.659
 And dwell.

00:48:40.659 --> 00:48:41.979
 In the land of the Lord.

00:48:42.459 --> 00:48:43.539
 Verses 20 to 22.

00:48:43.679 --> 00:48:45.000
 Summarize this entire passage.

00:48:45.219 --> 00:48:45.539
 So you.

00:48:46.099 --> 00:48:46.659
 Will walk.

00:48:46.739 --> 00:48:47.299
 In the way.

00:48:47.379 --> 00:48:48.039
 Of the good.

00:48:48.599 --> 00:48:49.000
 And keep.

00:48:49.059 --> 00:48:49.699
 To the paths.

00:48:49.699 --> 00:48:50.359
 Of the righteous.

00:48:50.839 --> 00:48:51.599
 For the upright.

00:48:51.659 --> 00:48:52.879
 Will inhabit the land.

00:48:52.879 --> 00:48:54.099
 And those with integrity.

00:48:54.099 --> 00:48:55.199
 Will remain in it.

00:48:55.459 --> 00:48:56.219
 But the wicked.

00:48:56.219 --> 00:48:57.159
 Will be cut off.

00:48:57.159 --> 00:48:57.779
 From the land.

00:48:57.839 --> 00:48:58.659
 And the treacherous.

00:48:58.659 --> 00:48:59.339
 Will be rooted.

00:48:59.699 --> 00:49:00.459
 Out of it.

00:49:00.460 --> 00:49:02.199
 The land.

00:49:02.360 --> 00:49:03.480
 In Old Testament times.

00:49:03.619 --> 00:49:04.840
 Referred primarily to.

00:49:05.220 --> 00:49:06.220
 The promised land.

00:49:06.940 --> 00:49:08.480
 In Deuteronomy chapter 4.

00:49:08.559 --> 00:49:09.059
 Verse 1.

00:49:09.179 --> 00:49:09.619
 God said.

00:49:09.960 --> 00:49:10.840
 Listen to the statutes.

00:49:10.940 --> 00:49:11.460
 And the rules.

00:49:11.539 --> 00:49:12.539
 That I am teaching you.

00:49:12.780 --> 00:49:13.639
 And do them.

00:49:13.760 --> 00:49:15.539
 So that you may live.

00:49:15.800 --> 00:49:16.340
 And go in.

00:49:16.400 --> 00:49:17.159
 And take possession.

00:49:17.159 --> 00:49:17.960
 Of the land.

00:49:18.019 --> 00:49:18.619
 That the Lord.

00:49:18.740 --> 00:49:19.360
 Your God.

00:49:19.380 --> 00:49:20.039
 Is giving you.

00:49:20.659 --> 00:49:22.220
 The promised land.

00:49:22.220 --> 00:49:22.780
 In scripture.

00:49:22.780 --> 00:49:24.099
 Is intimately connected.

00:49:24.099 --> 00:49:25.360
 To the idea of life.

00:49:25.820 --> 00:49:26.599
 The life.

00:49:26.720 --> 00:49:27.559
 That God promises.

00:49:28.179 --> 00:49:29.760
 And being in the land.

00:49:29.760 --> 00:49:30.540
 It meant that you were.

00:49:30.620 --> 00:49:32.020
 Under God's good graces.

00:49:32.280 --> 00:49:33.680
 And that the presence of God.

00:49:33.840 --> 00:49:35.200
 Dwelled in your midst.

00:49:36.080 --> 00:49:37.560
 And that promise of.

00:49:37.960 --> 00:49:39.220
 The promised land.

00:49:39.680 --> 00:49:40.320
 For shadows.

00:49:40.540 --> 00:49:41.160
 And ultimately.

00:49:41.340 --> 00:49:42.380
 Is fulfilled by.

00:49:42.640 --> 00:49:43.940
 The land of promise.

00:49:44.060 --> 00:49:45.400
 That Hebrews chapter 11.

00:49:45.480 --> 00:49:46.520
 Verses 8 to 16.

00:49:46.720 --> 00:49:47.240
 Speaks of.

00:49:47.920 --> 00:49:48.780
 It calls it.

00:49:49.500 --> 00:49:50.640
 A heavenly country.

00:49:52.580 --> 00:49:54.640
 The earthly promised land.

00:49:54.820 --> 00:49:55.880
 Was a mere shadow.

00:49:56.660 --> 00:49:57.460
 It was a type.

00:49:57.820 --> 00:49:59.520
 Of the heavenly promised land.

00:49:59.519 --> 00:49:59.980
 To come.

00:50:00.980 --> 00:50:02.219
 And in the new testament.

00:50:02.340 --> 00:50:03.400
 The idea of being.

00:50:03.400 --> 00:50:04.460
 In the land.

00:50:05.000 --> 00:50:06.320
 Being in God's favor.

00:50:06.320 --> 00:50:07.639
 Is superseded.

00:50:07.639 --> 00:50:09.579
 By this all important phrase.

00:50:09.579 --> 00:50:11.639
 Of being in Christ.

00:50:13.019 --> 00:50:14.340
 When his disciples.

00:50:14.340 --> 00:50:15.280
 Asked him about.

00:50:15.480 --> 00:50:16.300
 The way to heaven.

00:50:16.940 --> 00:50:17.480
 Jesus.

00:50:17.960 --> 00:50:19.059
 Replied to them.

00:50:19.719 --> 00:50:21.360
 In John chapter 14.

00:50:21.440 --> 00:50:21.960
 Verse 6.

00:50:22.460 --> 00:50:23.719
 I am the way.

00:50:24.300 --> 00:50:25.239
 And the truth.

00:50:25.559 --> 00:50:26.440
 And the life.

00:50:27.099 --> 00:50:28.460
 No one comes to the father.

00:50:28.460 --> 00:50:29.139
 Except.

00:50:29.579 --> 00:50:29.980
 Through.

00:50:30.539 --> 00:50:30.740
 Me.

00:50:33.780 --> 00:50:34.599
 Some of you.

00:50:34.880 --> 00:50:36.179
 Feel like you are in a rut.

00:50:38.460 --> 00:50:39.199
 You feel.

00:50:39.380 --> 00:50:40.840
 Your inability to change.

00:50:41.500 --> 00:50:42.820
 Bring change in your life.

00:50:42.920 --> 00:50:43.960
 You feel powerless.

00:50:44.340 --> 00:50:45.380
 To save yourself.

00:50:46.679 --> 00:50:47.380
 Some of you.

00:50:47.440 --> 00:50:48.320
 Are stuck in a rut.

00:50:48.400 --> 00:50:49.139
 But you don't know it.

00:50:50.900 --> 00:50:52.260
 The wheels are still turning.

00:50:52.679 --> 00:50:53.360
 So you think.

00:50:53.420 --> 00:50:54.240
 You're still in control.

00:50:54.239 --> 00:50:56.639
 But in fact.

00:50:56.759 --> 00:50:57.639
 You have no control.

00:50:59.079 --> 00:51:00.099
 You're going headlong.

00:51:00.099 --> 00:51:01.119
 In the wrong direction.

00:51:03.059 --> 00:51:04.039
 The truth is.

00:51:04.119 --> 00:51:04.779
 All of us.

00:51:04.859 --> 00:51:04.939
 Are.

00:51:05.099 --> 00:51:05.939
 We're at one point.

00:51:06.039 --> 00:51:06.659
 Stuck in a rut.

00:51:06.739 --> 00:51:08.139
 And unable to free ourselves.

00:51:08.139 --> 00:51:08.839
 From the way.

00:51:09.059 --> 00:51:10.339
 Of sin and death.

00:51:12.139 --> 00:51:12.759
 I don't know.

00:51:12.799 --> 00:51:13.359
 If you've ever.

00:51:13.559 --> 00:51:14.639
 Skidded on the road.

00:51:14.759 --> 00:51:15.459
 On the highway.

00:51:15.539 --> 00:51:16.559
 Or veered off the highway.

00:51:17.239 --> 00:51:18.019
 Got into an accident.

00:51:18.119 --> 00:51:18.559
 Unfortunately.

00:51:18.559 --> 00:51:19.279
 I have.

00:51:19.940 --> 00:51:21.019
 And it's a scary.

00:51:21.799 --> 00:51:22.360
 Experience.

00:51:22.579 --> 00:51:23.199
 To lose.

00:51:24.079 --> 00:51:25.139
 Control entirely.

00:51:25.360 --> 00:51:26.259
 Of the steering wheel.

00:51:27.039 --> 00:51:27.960
 And to be completely.

00:51:27.960 --> 00:51:28.599
 At the mercy.

00:51:28.599 --> 00:51:29.960
 Of the vehicle's momentum.

00:51:31.239 --> 00:51:31.799
 That's.

00:51:32.059 --> 00:51:32.579
 Exactly.

00:51:32.579 --> 00:51:32.920
 What.

00:51:33.239 --> 00:51:33.679
 This passage.

00:51:33.820 --> 00:51:34.420
 Is describing.

00:51:35.360 --> 00:51:36.159
 About the life.

00:51:36.279 --> 00:51:36.980
 The way of sin.

00:51:40.460 --> 00:51:41.519
 And that's why.

00:51:41.599 --> 00:51:42.619
 Because we are helpless.

00:51:42.820 --> 00:51:43.639
 To save ourselves.

00:51:43.639 --> 00:51:44.420
 In that situation.

00:51:44.799 --> 00:51:45.179
 That God.

00:51:45.239 --> 00:51:45.619
 The father.

00:51:45.759 --> 00:51:47.099
 Sent his only son.

00:51:47.099 --> 00:51:48.299
 Jesus Christ.

00:51:48.380 --> 00:51:49.179
 To save us.

00:51:50.019 --> 00:51:50.920
 The son of God.

00:51:51.000 --> 00:51:52.299
 Became a son of man.

00:51:52.380 --> 00:51:52.819
 So that he could.

00:51:53.179 --> 00:51:54.299
 Dwell among us.

00:51:54.480 --> 00:51:55.420
 And then he bore.

00:51:55.420 --> 00:51:56.839
 Our sin on his back.

00:51:57.019 --> 00:51:58.420
 And died on the cross.

00:51:58.699 --> 00:51:59.839
 He took our place.

00:52:00.839 --> 00:52:01.179
 In essence.

00:52:01.299 --> 00:52:01.839
 He took.

00:52:01.960 --> 00:52:03.559
 Our wayward wagons.

00:52:04.079 --> 00:52:04.960
 And took it.

00:52:05.019 --> 00:52:05.860
 To its conclusion.

00:52:05.860 --> 00:52:06.599
 To the end.

00:52:06.599 --> 00:52:07.259
 Of the journey.

00:52:08.079 --> 00:52:09.539
 And faced the death.

00:52:09.619 --> 00:52:10.460
 That we deserve.

00:52:10.699 --> 00:52:11.960
 That was waiting for us.

00:52:12.099 --> 00:52:13.039
 On that path.

00:52:14.139 --> 00:52:14.980
 And then.

00:52:15.219 --> 00:52:16.539
 He was raised from the dead.

00:52:17.119 --> 00:52:18.159
 He reversed course.

00:52:18.239 --> 00:52:18.820
 For humanity.

00:52:19.559 --> 00:52:21.279
 And it set the tracks.

00:52:21.279 --> 00:52:22.259
 For us to follow.

00:52:22.340 --> 00:52:23.259
 So that all those.

00:52:23.340 --> 00:52:24.500
 Who put their trust.

00:52:24.500 --> 00:52:25.119
 In Jesus.

00:52:25.820 --> 00:52:27.119
 Renounce their sinful ways.

00:52:27.159 --> 00:52:27.440
 And say.

00:52:27.500 --> 00:52:27.639
 No.

00:52:27.739 --> 00:52:27.940
 I.

00:52:28.099 --> 00:52:29.079
 I'm done living.

00:52:29.079 --> 00:52:29.739
 For myself.

00:52:31.000 --> 00:52:32.380
 I am renouncing.

00:52:32.380 --> 00:52:33.159
 My independence.

00:52:33.159 --> 00:52:34.320
 And my own sovereignty.

00:52:34.639 --> 00:52:35.800
 And I'll follow God.

00:52:35.860 --> 00:52:37.340
 And I will walk on his path.

00:52:37.579 --> 00:52:38.500
 All those people.

00:52:38.500 --> 00:52:39.539
 Can follow him.

00:52:40.360 --> 00:52:42.000
 To inhabit that land.

00:52:43.579 --> 00:52:44.739
 To get to that.

00:52:44.940 --> 00:52:45.860
 Better country.

00:52:45.860 --> 00:52:47.480
 That awaits.

00:52:48.140 --> 00:52:49.440
 All of God's people.

00:52:56.120 --> 00:52:57.360
 That's why only those.

00:52:57.480 --> 00:52:58.280
 Who turn to Jesus.

00:52:58.440 --> 00:52:58.920
 In faith.

00:52:59.380 --> 00:53:00.599
 Will arrive at their destination.

00:53:00.599 --> 00:53:00.860
 That's why.

00:53:00.860 --> 00:53:10.039
 Please take a moment.

00:53:10.599 --> 00:53:11.640
 To reflect on that truth.

00:53:15.120 --> 00:53:16.360
 Where are you on this.

00:53:16.559 --> 00:53:17.360
 Journey of life.

00:53:18.360 --> 00:53:19.480
 What path are you on.

00:53:21.420 --> 00:53:22.300
 And after you've.

00:53:24.120 --> 00:53:24.519
 Reflected.

00:53:24.599 --> 00:53:25.120
 And prayed a bit.

00:53:25.119 --> 00:53:25.819
 That we're going to respond.

00:53:25.920 --> 00:53:26.579
 By praying together.

00:53:26.699 --> 00:53:27.139
 As a church.

00:53:27.139 --> 00:53:27.279
 Amen.

00:53:27.279 --> 00:53:27.539
 I'm going to think.

00:53:27.539 --> 00:53:27.779
 That way.

00:53:27.779 --> 00:53:28.079
 I'm going to think.

00:53:28.079 --> 00:53:28.179
 I'm going to think.

00:53:28.179 --> 00:53:58.159
 Thank you.