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 If you have your Bibles, please turn to Exodus 34 with me.

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 We've been in this book for maybe a year and a half, a little over or so,

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 and we are nearing the end of the book.

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 It's the second book of the Bible.

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 If you don't have a Bible, please raise your hand.

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 We'd love to give you a copy that you can have,

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 and you can use that while you're here.

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 Exodus 34.

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 Verses 10 to 28.

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

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 Heavenly Father, we humble ourselves before your word.

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 We have gathered in your name to worship you, to honor you,

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 and also to be addressed by you,

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 to be ministered to by you,

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 to be transformed by you.

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 So as we incline our ears and our hearts to this word,

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 open up the eyes of our hearts that we might understand

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 and believe and obey to your glory.

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 In Jesus' name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 If you are willing and able,

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 please stand for the reading of God's word from Exodus 34,

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 verses 10 to 28.

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 And he said,

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 Behold,

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 behold,

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 behold,

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 I am making a covenant.

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 Before all your people,

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 I will do marvels,

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 such as have not been created in all the earth or in any nation.

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 And all the people among whom you are shall see the work of the Lord.

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 For it is an awesome thing that I will do with you.

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 Observe what I command you this day.

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 Behold,

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 I will drive out before you the Amorites,

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 the Canaanites,

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 the Hittites,

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 the Perizzites,

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 the Hivites,

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 and the Jebusites.

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 Take care lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land to which you go,

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 lest it become a snare in your midst.

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 You shall tear down their altars and break their pillars and cut down their ashram.

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 For you shall worship no other God,

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 for the Lord whose name is Jealous is a jealous God.

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 Lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land.

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 And when they whore after their gods and sacrifice to their gods,

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 and you are invited,

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 you eat of his sacrifice.

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 And you take of their daughters for your sons,

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 and their daughters whore after their gods,

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 and make your sons whore after their gods.

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 You shall not make for yourself any gods of cast metal.

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 You shall keep the feast of unleavened bread.

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 Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread,

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 as I commanded you,

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 at the time appointed in the month Abib.

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 For in the month Abib,

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 you came out from Egypt.

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 All that open the womb are mine.

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 All your male livestock,

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 the firstborn of cow and sheep,

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 the firstborn of a donkey,

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 you shall redeem with a lamb.

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 Or if you will not redeem it,

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 you shall break its neck.

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 All the firstborn of your sons,

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 you shall redeem.

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 And none shall appear before me empty-handed.

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 Six days you shall work,

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 but on the seventh day you shall rest.

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 In plowing time and in harvest you shall rest.

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 You shall observe the feast of weeks,

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 the first fruits of wheat harvest,

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 and the feast of ingathering at the year's end.

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 Three times in the year

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 shall all your males appear before the Lord God,

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 the God of Israel.

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 For I will cast out nations before you

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 and enlarge your borders.

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 No one shall covet your land

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 when you go up to appear before the Lord your God

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 three times in the year.

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 You shall not offer the blood of my sacrifice

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 with anything leavened,

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 or let the sacrifice of the feast of the Passover

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 remain until the morning.

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 The best of the first fruits of your ground

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 you shall bring to the house of the Lord your God.

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 You shall not boil a young goat in its mother's milk.

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 And the Lord said to Moses,

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 Write these words,

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 for in accordance with these words

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 I have made a covenant with you and with Israel.

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 So he was there with the Lord 40 days and 40 nights.

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 He neither ate bread nor drank water.

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 And he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant,

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 the Ten Commandments.

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 This is God's holy and authoritative word.

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 You may be seated this time.

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 Especially for those of you

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 who are kind of visiting mid-series,

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 you might be confused by all the details here.

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 I'm going to use the metaphor,

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 the analogy of marriage,

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 because marriage is a covenant

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 to refer to the relationship

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 between God and his people Israel

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 as God himself does in scripture.

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 And so that will hopefully get you

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 to understand what's going on here.

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 It's hard to be faithful

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 to the covenant of marriage.

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 According to an article in the Journal

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 of Couple and Relationship Therapy,

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 an estimated 50 to 60% of married men

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 and 45 to 55% of married women

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 commit adultery.

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 Nearly 50% of married couples get divorced.

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 And over 70% of second marriages

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 end in divorce.

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 That means marital infidelity

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 affects nearly half of all couples.

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 Some of you have been affected by it.

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 But imagine for a moment

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 that you're the party

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 that cheated on your spouse.

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 You betrayed her trust.

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 You gravely wronged her.

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 You were caught in the act.

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 You regret that you cheated on a loving spouse

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 for some fleeting moments of pleasure.

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 And you're deeply ashamed and sorry

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 and you sincerely apologize to your wife,

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 but you're still fully expecting to be divorced.

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 Your life is never going to be the same again.

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 But imagine that your spouse,

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 instead of leaving you,

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 even while she is grieving your infidelity,

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 she forgives you

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 and gives you a second chance.

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 How would you feel?

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 You have been shown mercy.

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 You have received grace.

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 Undeserved favor.

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 You'd feel relief.

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 You'd feel gratitude.

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 And assuming you were sincere in your repentance,

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 you'd want to make sure that it never happens again.

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 Your wife would probably insist

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 that you cut off all contact with your paramour,

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 and that's a no-brainer.

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 You would agree to that.

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 And there would likely be other guardrails

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 and guidelines for you to commit to

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 to ensure that the adultery never happens again.

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 That's the situation that the Israelites

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 find themselves in in this passage.

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 As I've said the last two weeks,

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 the Israelites were like a bride

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 who cheats on her husband

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 on the night of their wedding,

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 adulterating the marriage bed

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 while her husband is making preparations

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 for their new life together.

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 While the covenant agreement

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 between God and his people Israel,

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 the Ten Commandments and the Book of the Covenant

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 were fresh off the press,

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 the Israelites abandoned Yahweh, their God,

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 and turned to idols by building a golden bull

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 and prostrating themselves before it.

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 But God nevertheless showed them mercy

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 and why?

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 Because we saw last week in Exodus 34, 1-9

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 that the Lord is a merciful and gracious God,

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 slow to anger and abounding

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 in steadfast love and faithfulness.

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 Look at verse 10 with me.

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 Look at what God says that he will do again for them.

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 Behold, I am making a covenant.

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 Before all your people I will do marvels

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 such as have not been created in all the earth

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 or in any nation.

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 And all the people among whom you are

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 shall see the work of the Lord,

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 for it is an awesome thing that I will do with you.

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 Just look at how gracious God is to assure them of this

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 and see how fully God forgives them

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 and blesses them and does not count their sins against them.

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 Even though Israel has broken their covenant with him,

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 he says, again, behold, I am making a covenant.

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 I think if I were in God's shoes,

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 I would tell them something like,

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 hey, well, fine, I'll put up with you just one more time.

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 But you're going to live in the doghouse from now on.

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 And if there's even the slightest hint of impropriety,

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 then don't let the door hit you on the way out.

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 I think that would be what I would want to say to the Israelites

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 if I were in God's shoes.

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 But that's not how God responds.

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 He says, in effect, you have been unfaithful to me,

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 but I will enter into a covenant relationship with you still.

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 And I will dwell with you still.

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 And I will do for you and among you marvelous

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 and awesome things that have never been done

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 in all the earth or in any nation.

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 That's not the doghouse.

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 That's paradise.

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 That's the promised land.

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 That's nothing less than the new creation.

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 Notice the creation language in verse 10.

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 I will do marvels such as have not been created

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 in all the earth or in any nation.

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 That word create in Hebrew is never predicated

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 of anyone except for God.

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 God's the only one throughout the scriptures

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 who creates in this sense.

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 Bringing something out of nothing.

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 Bringing something new.

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 That's what God's promising to do

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 for his people.

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 And we're gonna see what that is

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 in more detail later on.

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 But before we get there,

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 God gives the Israelites some guardrails

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 and guidelines to follow.

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 God tells them that as recipients of mercy

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 and forgiveness,

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 they should maintain their distinct identity

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 as the people of God.

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 They need to be faithful to him,

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 loyal to him,

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 be identifiable as God's special people.

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 So to this end,

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 God gives them two things

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 to help them along their journey.

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 Two things that will help them

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 to obey God's commandments

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 and keep their covenant with him.

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 And that's one,

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 a fence.

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 And two,

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 a calendar.

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 I'll explain what I mean by that.

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 The first thing that God gives them

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 is a fence.

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 We see that in verses 11 and 12.

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 Behold,

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 I will drive out before you

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 the Amorites,

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 the Canaanites,

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 the Hittites,

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 the Perizzites,

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 the Hivites,

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 and the Jebusites.

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 Take care,

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 lest you make a covenant

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 with the inhabitants of the land

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 to which you go,

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 lest it become a snare

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 in your midst.

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 Notice the contrast

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 between verse 10 and verse 12.

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 In verse 10,

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 God says,

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 I am making a covenant with you.

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 And in verse 12,

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 he tells them

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 not to make a covenant

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 with the inhabitants of the land,

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 lest it become a snare for them.

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 In Korean,

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 the word for we,

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 I think I mentioned this

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 some years ago,

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 four or five,

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 maybe even six years ago

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 in a sermon.

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 None of you remember.

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 In Korean,

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 the word for we

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 is the same word

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 for a fence

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 or an animal pen

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 that keeps your animals in

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 and intruders and predators out.

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 Because defining and maintaining

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 who we are

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 requires putting a fence around it,

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 drawing boundary lines

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 to define what is not part of us,

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 to distinguish ourselves

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 from who they are,

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 what those things are.

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 We is defined

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 in contradistinction to they

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 because if everybody is family,

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 then nobody is family.

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 For this reason,

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 God will drive out

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 the Amorites,

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 the Canaanites,

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 the Hittites,

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 the Perizzites,

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 the Hivites,

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 and the Jebusites

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 from the land of Canaan.

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 And the Israelites

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 are not to make a covenant with them

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 and keep them in the land

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 because if they do,

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 they will be ensnared by them

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 and lose their distinct identity

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 as the people of God.

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 Marriage is once again

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 a good illustration

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 of this principle

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 because it's meant to be

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 an exclusive partnership,

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 exclusive relationship

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 between one man and one woman.

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 Whenever you add other people

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 into that equation,

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 whether that's through adultery

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 or polygamy,

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 you have violated the terms

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 of the covenant

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 and it leads to bad consequences,

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 you can see throughout scripture.

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 Nowadays,

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 many people are talking

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 about open relationships

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 involving multiple partners.

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 Somerville became the first city

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 just north of us,

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 first city in the country

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 to legally recognize

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 polyamorous relationships

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 in 2020.

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 But people who advocate

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 for such relationships

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 don't understand

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 a basic reality.

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 The intimacy

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 that you experience

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 in marriage

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 is directly proportional

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 to the sacred exclusivity

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 of your relationship.

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 when the relationship

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 is no longer exclusive,

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 your attention

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 is diverted,

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 your affection,

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 your love

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 is divided,

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 and by necessity,

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 your intimacy

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 is diluted.

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 It's no longer marriage

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 as God designed it,

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 but an inferior counterfeit.

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 And it works the same way

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 in our relationship

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 with God.

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 Israel cannot be in

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 a covenant relationship

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 with God

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 and yet at the same time

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 be in a covenant relationship

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 with another nation

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 and their gods.

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 To be faithful to another

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 is to be unfaithful

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 to the Lord

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 because worship

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 is an either-or proposition.

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 Making a covenant

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 with these nations

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 and intermarrying with them

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 will lead them

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 to whore after their gods

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 and sacrifice to their gods,

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 as it says in verse 15.

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 That sexual language

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 continues that theme

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 of covenant

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 and even of marriage.

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 Sexual intimacy

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 is meant to be shared

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 in the context

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 of an exclusive

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 marriage covenant,

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 but when you share it

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 with someone

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 to whom you are

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 not lawfully wedded,

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 you are acting

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 like a prostitute

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 who gives his

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 or her body away

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 to anyone

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 who is willing

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 to pay enough money

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 or maybe even

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 for no money at all.

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 We might not worship

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 a golden bull statue

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 like the Israelites did,

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 but we nonetheless

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 have our own idols.

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 An idol is anything

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 we count on,

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 anything we trust in

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 more than we do in God.

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 An idol is anything

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 we desire,

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 anything we are devoted to

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 more than God.

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 That thing or person

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 that we look to

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 to satisfy us,

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 to give us meaning

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 and purpose in life,

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 if it's not the true God,

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 then that is an idol.

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 Money,

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 success,

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 and fame

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 can be an idol.

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 Even good things

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 like sex,

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 family,

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 and health

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 can be an idol

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 if they become

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 more important to us

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 than God himself.

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 When we fall

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 into idolatry,

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 it says that God

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 is jealous for us.

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 It says in verse 14,

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 for you shall worship

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 no other God

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 for the Lord

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 whose name is jealous

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 is a jealous God.

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 This is the one place

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 in all of scripture

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 where it is said

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 that God's name

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 is jealous.

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 It's part of,

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 core of who he is,

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 his identity.

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 Why?

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 Because God is love

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 and jealousy

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 is an expression

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 of love.

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 Numbers 5.14

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 uses the word jealousy

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 to describe

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 what comes over a husband

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 when he suspects

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 that his wife

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 has defiled herself

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 sexually with another.

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 We tend to think

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 that jealousy

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 is bad.

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 It's a bad problematic emotion.

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 We tend to think that way

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 because in common English,

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 we often conflate

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 and use interchangeably

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 the word jealousy

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 and envy.

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 But if we get technical,

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 they're not actually

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 the same thing.

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 On the one hand,

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 envy is a longing

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 that a person feels

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 for something

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 that belongs

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 to someone else.

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 For example,

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 when we are envious

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 of someone else's wealth,

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 someone else's looks,

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 someone else's relationships,

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 envy is sinful

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 because it's a failure

00:16:18.759 --> 00:16:19.599
 to love your neighbor

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 as yourself.

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 But jealousy

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 is the longing

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 and zeal

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 that a person feels

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 when something

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 or someone

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 that rightfully belongs

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 to him or her

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 is threatened.

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 It's a sign of love

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 as opposed to a sign

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 of indifference.

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 It is right

00:16:39.539 --> 00:16:40.719
 for the husband

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 or the wife

00:16:41.419 --> 00:16:42.379
 to feel jealous

00:16:42.379 --> 00:16:43.819
 when his or her spouse

00:16:43.819 --> 00:16:44.859
 is flirting

00:16:44.860 --> 00:16:45.740
 with someone else

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 because she belongs

00:16:48.639 --> 00:16:49.419
 to him

00:16:49.419 --> 00:16:50.940
 and not to another man.

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 Likewise,

00:16:53.159 --> 00:16:54.180
 it is right for God

00:16:54.180 --> 00:16:54.899
 to be jealous

00:16:54.899 --> 00:16:55.820
 for us

00:16:55.820 --> 00:16:56.940
 when we worship

00:16:56.940 --> 00:16:57.620
 another God,

00:16:57.659 --> 00:16:58.700
 when we devote ourselves

00:16:58.700 --> 00:17:00.060
 to another idol

00:17:00.060 --> 00:17:01.860
 because God created us

00:17:01.860 --> 00:17:02.800
 for himself.

00:17:03.720 --> 00:17:05.019
 He has redeemed us

00:17:05.019 --> 00:17:05.660
 for himself

00:17:05.660 --> 00:17:06.640
 and he paid a steep

00:17:06.640 --> 00:17:07.579
 price for it.

00:17:08.500 --> 00:17:09.759
 We belong to him

00:17:09.759 --> 00:17:11.220
 and to no one else

00:17:11.220 --> 00:17:12.440
 and our worship

00:17:12.440 --> 00:17:13.099
 should therefore

00:17:13.099 --> 00:17:14.700
 be exclusively for God.

00:17:15.679 --> 00:17:16.259
 That's why

00:17:16.259 --> 00:17:16.839
 this God

00:17:16.839 --> 00:17:17.859
 is jealous

00:17:17.859 --> 00:17:19.039
 for us

00:17:19.039 --> 00:17:20.139
 and that's why

00:17:20.139 --> 00:17:21.000
 he gives the Israelites

00:17:21.000 --> 00:17:21.519
 offense.

00:17:22.839 --> 00:17:23.939
 He says in verse 13,

00:17:24.039 --> 00:17:24.859
 you shall tear down

00:17:24.859 --> 00:17:25.539
 their altars

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 and break their pillars

00:17:27.059 --> 00:17:27.859
 and cut down

00:17:27.859 --> 00:17:28.719
 their ashram.

00:17:29.319 --> 00:17:29.879
 The altars,

00:17:30.059 --> 00:17:30.259
 pillars,

00:17:30.379 --> 00:17:30.699
 and ashram

00:17:30.699 --> 00:17:31.319
 are all things

00:17:31.319 --> 00:17:32.179
 used in the worship

00:17:32.179 --> 00:17:33.399
 of pagan worship

00:17:33.399 --> 00:17:34.459
 and idols

00:17:34.459 --> 00:17:35.279
 by the Canaanites.

00:17:35.779 --> 00:17:37.199
 Ashram is a plural form

00:17:37.199 --> 00:17:38.059
 of asherah

00:17:38.059 --> 00:17:38.699
 and it says

00:17:38.699 --> 00:17:40.019
 in Deuteronomy 16, 21,

00:17:40.139 --> 00:17:40.959
 you shall not plant

00:17:40.959 --> 00:17:41.679
 any tree

00:17:41.679 --> 00:17:43.159
 as an asherah

00:17:43.159 --> 00:17:44.199
 beside the altar

00:17:44.200 --> 00:17:45.059
 of the Lord your God

00:17:45.059 --> 00:17:45.759
 that you shall make.

00:17:46.200 --> 00:17:47.120
 So asherim,

00:17:47.240 --> 00:17:47.860
 which is the plural,

00:17:48.019 --> 00:17:49.620
 are probably sacred trees

00:17:49.620 --> 00:17:50.240
 of some kind

00:17:50.240 --> 00:17:51.640
 planted by the Canaanites

00:17:51.640 --> 00:17:52.600
 for the purposes

00:17:52.600 --> 00:17:53.700
 of religious worship.

00:17:55.279 --> 00:17:56.539
 That's why God commands them

00:17:56.539 --> 00:17:57.340
 to cut it down,

00:17:58.100 --> 00:17:58.960
 smash the idols,

00:17:59.380 --> 00:18:00.340
 cut down the asherim.

00:18:01.480 --> 00:18:02.559
 To 21st century

00:18:02.559 --> 00:18:03.920
 modern pluralists,

00:18:04.360 --> 00:18:05.200
 this kind of command

00:18:05.200 --> 00:18:05.840
 might appear

00:18:05.840 --> 00:18:07.039
 downright barbaric,

00:18:07.039 --> 00:18:09.039
 but the reality is

00:18:09.039 --> 00:18:10.539
 if the Lord our God

00:18:10.539 --> 00:18:11.119
 is God

00:18:11.119 --> 00:18:12.579
 and no one else

00:18:12.579 --> 00:18:13.240
 is God,

00:18:13.740 --> 00:18:14.819
 then false religions

00:18:14.819 --> 00:18:16.139
 are idolatrous,

00:18:16.379 --> 00:18:17.159
 deceptive,

00:18:17.559 --> 00:18:18.579
 and dangerous

00:18:18.579 --> 00:18:20.000
 because they pose

00:18:20.000 --> 00:18:21.159
 eternal peril

00:18:21.159 --> 00:18:22.500
 to their adherents.

00:18:23.879 --> 00:18:24.420
 Undoubtedly,

00:18:24.579 --> 00:18:25.299
 some people object

00:18:25.299 --> 00:18:25.819
 that this is

00:18:25.819 --> 00:18:27.480
 a supremely arrogant position

00:18:27.480 --> 00:18:28.619
 for Christians to hold.

00:18:29.480 --> 00:18:30.339
 When there are millions

00:18:30.339 --> 00:18:31.940
 of faithful adherents

00:18:31.940 --> 00:18:32.980
 of other religions

00:18:32.980 --> 00:18:33.559
 in the world,

00:18:33.559 --> 00:18:36.240
 who are we to say

00:18:36.240 --> 00:18:37.079
 that Jesus

00:18:37.079 --> 00:18:38.159
 is the one way,

00:18:38.259 --> 00:18:38.720
 the truth,

00:18:38.799 --> 00:18:39.259
 and the life?

00:18:40.099 --> 00:18:40.879
 Isn't that offensive?

00:18:42.500 --> 00:18:43.940
 A pluralist argues

00:18:43.940 --> 00:18:44.799
 that God is like

00:18:44.799 --> 00:18:45.359
 an elephant

00:18:45.359 --> 00:18:48.159
 and that people

00:18:48.159 --> 00:18:49.119
 of various religions,

00:18:49.179 --> 00:18:50.359
 they touch different parts

00:18:50.359 --> 00:18:50.919
 of the elephant.

00:18:51.559 --> 00:18:53.119
 We're all like blind men

00:18:53.119 --> 00:18:54.359
 groping about

00:18:54.359 --> 00:18:55.359
 and feeling different parts

00:18:55.359 --> 00:18:55.799
 of the elephant.

00:18:56.480 --> 00:18:57.720
 They say that one blind man

00:18:57.720 --> 00:18:59.240
 touches the trunk,

00:18:59.419 --> 00:19:00.139
 the long trunk,

00:19:00.240 --> 00:19:00.559
 and says,

00:19:00.659 --> 00:19:00.879
 oh no,

00:19:00.960 --> 00:19:02.619
 the elephant is like a snake.

00:19:02.619 --> 00:19:04.659
 Another blind person

00:19:04.659 --> 00:19:05.959
 touches the tusk,

00:19:06.319 --> 00:19:06.699
 and then says,

00:19:06.779 --> 00:19:07.119
 oh no,

00:19:07.239 --> 00:19:08.619
 not like a snake at all.

00:19:08.799 --> 00:19:10.139
 The elephant is more like

00:19:10.139 --> 00:19:11.739
 a horn or the head

00:19:11.739 --> 00:19:12.239
 of a spear.

00:19:13.359 --> 00:19:14.699
 And another blind man

00:19:14.699 --> 00:19:16.659
 touches the leg

00:19:16.659 --> 00:19:17.779
 and then says,

00:19:18.059 --> 00:19:18.319
 no,

00:19:18.479 --> 00:19:19.539
 the elephant is actually

00:19:19.539 --> 00:19:21.419
 like a mighty big

00:19:21.419 --> 00:19:22.439
 tree trunk.

00:19:24.399 --> 00:19:25.939
 And the pluralist argues

00:19:25.939 --> 00:19:27.299
 that actually

00:19:27.299 --> 00:19:28.239
 everybody is right

00:19:28.239 --> 00:19:29.119
 because they're all

00:19:29.119 --> 00:19:29.959
 pointing out

00:19:29.959 --> 00:19:31.339
 an aspect of the elephant

00:19:31.339 --> 00:19:32.659
 and says,

00:19:32.899 --> 00:19:32.980
 well,

00:19:33.059 --> 00:19:33.859
 all people

00:19:33.859 --> 00:19:34.339
 who follow

00:19:34.339 --> 00:19:34.980
 various religions

00:19:34.980 --> 00:19:35.399
 in the world

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 are like those blind men.

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 They only see

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 a part of the picture,

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 so in that sense

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 they are all right

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 and they are all legitimate

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 and they should all

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 be accepted.

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 That's the argument

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 of the pluralist.

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 The problem,

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 the fallacy

00:19:50.019 --> 00:19:50.759
 of that analogy

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 is that in order

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 for that analogy

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 to work,

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 someone has to see

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 the whole elephant.

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 If the analogy

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 really were true,

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 then we should

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 all be blind,

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 including the pluralist

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 and no one

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 in the world

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 should know

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 that we're looking

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 at different parts

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 of the same elephant.

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 But that's not

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 what the pluralist claims.

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 The pluralist claims

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 to be the one person

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 who recognizes

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 and sees

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 the whole elephant.

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 He says,

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 no one should be

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 exclusive in his

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 religious beliefs

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 and recognize

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 that all the religions

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 of the world

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 are true and legitimate

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 because they all

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 see a part of the truth.

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 In other words,

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 the pluralist

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 is not affirming

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 the validity

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 of every religion.

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 Rather,

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 he is arrogantly assuming

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 that his perspective

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 alone sees

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 the whole picture

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 and therefore

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 is elevating

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 his pluralistic position

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 to the status

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 of exclusive truth.

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 That's the subversive

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 appeal of pluralism.

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 He feigns humility

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 and openness

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 but is as arrogant

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 as any religious

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 exclusivist.

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 there is either

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 one God

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 or there are

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 many gods.

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 Jesus is either

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 the son of God

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 or he is not.

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 Jesus either

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 died for our sins

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 and was raised

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 from the dead

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 or he was not.

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 We are either

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 saved by the gift

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 of God,

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 by God's grace

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 or we are saved

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 by our good works,

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 by doing good deeds.

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 Both of these things

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 cannot be true.

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 These religious claims

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 about which Christianity

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 is at odds

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 with every other religion

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 in the world

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 are either true

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 or false.

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 They cannot both be true.

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 As C.S. Lewis

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 writes in his book

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 Mere Christianity,

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 of course,

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 being a Christian

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 does mean thinking

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 that where Christianity

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 differs from other religions,

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 Christianity is right

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 and they are wrong.

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 As in arithmetic,

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 there is only one

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 right answer to a sum

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 and all the other

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 answers are wrong.

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 Some people might

00:21:52.660 --> 00:21:53.460
 still object,

00:21:53.619 --> 00:21:53.759
 well,

00:21:53.879 --> 00:21:54.779
 say that they are wrong

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 but still,

00:21:55.720 --> 00:21:56.319
 why can't you be

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 more tolerant

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 and why can't you

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 just let them be?

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 These are cultural

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 and historical artifacts.

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 Why can't we just share?

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 Why do you have

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 to tear them down?

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 Isn't it enough

00:22:04.139 --> 00:22:05.259
 that you don't

00:22:05.259 --> 00:22:05.960
 worship their idols?

00:22:06.059 --> 00:22:06.559
 Why do you have

00:22:06.559 --> 00:22:07.680
 to destroy the idols

00:22:07.680 --> 00:22:08.420
 from your midst?

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 Verse 12 tells us

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 why that kind of

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 drastic measure

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 is necessary,

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 lest it become

00:22:14.079 --> 00:22:15.539
 a snare in your midst.

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 If they let these things

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 remain in their homeland,

00:22:21.220 --> 00:22:21.759
 the Israelites

00:22:21.759 --> 00:22:22.839
 will be ensnared

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 and seduced

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 by them into committing

00:22:24.779 --> 00:22:26.299
 spiritual adultery again.

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 And that would bring

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 guilt and condemnation

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 upon God's people

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 and ultimately

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 eternal damnation

00:22:32.899 --> 00:22:33.740
 to God's people.

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 And if God's people

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 whom,

00:22:37.019 --> 00:22:37.779
 from whom

00:22:37.779 --> 00:22:38.480
 God has appointed

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 the messianic king

00:22:39.440 --> 00:22:40.379
 Jesus would come

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 goes astray,

00:22:42.779 --> 00:22:43.539
 loses the faith,

00:22:43.680 --> 00:22:44.399
 loses their way,

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 then all

00:22:45.220 --> 00:22:46.380
 all of mankind

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 is lost.

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 It's like

00:22:51.960 --> 00:22:53.759
 living in the city,

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 a lot of you guys

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 have mousetraps

00:22:55.180 --> 00:22:55.759
 in your house.

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 Where do you put

00:22:58.539 --> 00:22:59.059
 the mousetrap?

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 I mean,

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 where do the mice go?

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 But you put it

00:23:02.480 --> 00:23:03.480
 in a place

00:23:03.480 --> 00:23:04.500
 that's inaccessible

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 to humans,

00:23:05.839 --> 00:23:06.640
 in the crevices

00:23:06.640 --> 00:23:07.460
 and the corners,

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 behind the fridge

00:23:09.500 --> 00:23:10.360
 or other places

00:23:10.360 --> 00:23:11.440
 where people don't go

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 but where the mice

00:23:12.220 --> 00:23:12.500
 can go

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 because you would

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 never put a mousetrap

00:23:14.259 --> 00:23:14.779
 in the middle

00:23:14.779 --> 00:23:15.440
 of a living room

00:23:15.440 --> 00:23:16.160
 lest you step

00:23:16.160 --> 00:23:16.399
 on it

00:23:16.399 --> 00:23:16.680
 while you're

00:23:16.680 --> 00:23:17.240
 walking around.

00:23:18.259 --> 00:23:18.960
 Why would you

00:23:18.960 --> 00:23:19.639
 want a snare

00:23:19.639 --> 00:23:20.160
 in the middle

00:23:20.160 --> 00:23:20.839
 of your camp?

00:23:21.960 --> 00:23:22.599
 Why would you

00:23:22.599 --> 00:23:23.440
 want an idol

00:23:23.440 --> 00:23:24.759
 which is seductive

00:23:24.759 --> 00:23:25.619
 and ensnaring

00:23:25.619 --> 00:23:27.399
 in your life,

00:23:27.700 --> 00:23:28.920
 in your home?

00:23:28.920 --> 00:23:34.080
 The same concern

00:23:34.080 --> 00:23:34.680
 for idolatry

00:23:34.680 --> 00:23:35.400
 applies to us

00:23:35.400 --> 00:23:35.900
 as Christians.

00:23:36.039 --> 00:23:36.860
 Romans 12 says,

00:23:36.980 --> 00:23:37.660
 I appeal to you

00:23:37.660 --> 00:23:38.220
 therefore brothers

00:23:38.220 --> 00:23:38.880
 by the mercies

00:23:38.880 --> 00:23:39.320
 of God

00:23:39.320 --> 00:23:40.620
 to present your bodies

00:23:40.620 --> 00:23:42.080
 as a living sacrifice,

00:23:42.360 --> 00:23:43.300
 holy and acceptable

00:23:43.300 --> 00:23:43.840
 to God,

00:23:44.019 --> 00:23:44.580
 which is your

00:23:44.580 --> 00:23:45.440
 spiritual worship.

00:23:46.000 --> 00:23:47.340
 Do not be conformed

00:23:47.340 --> 00:23:47.880
 to this world

00:23:47.880 --> 00:23:48.860
 but be transformed

00:23:48.860 --> 00:23:49.820
 by the renewal

00:23:49.820 --> 00:23:50.519
 of your mind

00:23:50.519 --> 00:23:51.800
 that by testing

00:23:51.800 --> 00:23:52.460
 you may discern

00:23:52.460 --> 00:23:53.600
 what is the will

00:23:53.600 --> 00:23:54.160
 of God,

00:23:54.500 --> 00:23:55.240
 what is good

00:23:55.240 --> 00:23:56.180
 and acceptable

00:23:56.180 --> 00:23:57.220
 and perfect.

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 Notice the language

00:23:59.100 --> 00:24:00.400
 of living sacrifice

00:24:00.400 --> 00:24:01.519
 and spiritual worship.

00:24:01.680 --> 00:24:02.279
 This is how we

00:24:02.279 --> 00:24:03.220
 worship God today.

00:24:03.720 --> 00:24:04.460
 We don't offer

00:24:04.460 --> 00:24:05.880
 animal sacrifices

00:24:05.880 --> 00:24:06.440
 but we offer

00:24:06.440 --> 00:24:07.100
 a sacrifice,

00:24:07.240 --> 00:24:08.079
 a living sacrifice

00:24:08.079 --> 00:24:09.019
 of our lives,

00:24:09.480 --> 00:24:10.160
 our worship

00:24:10.160 --> 00:24:10.819
 and obedience

00:24:10.819 --> 00:24:12.140
 and in order

00:24:12.140 --> 00:24:12.779
 to be faithful

00:24:12.779 --> 00:24:13.240
 to God

00:24:13.240 --> 00:24:13.799
 and maintain

00:24:13.799 --> 00:24:14.900
 exclusive allegiance

00:24:14.900 --> 00:24:15.559
 to Him,

00:24:15.960 --> 00:24:17.000
 we need a fence

00:24:17.000 --> 00:24:17.660
 or a filter

00:24:17.660 --> 00:24:18.480
 of some kind

00:24:18.480 --> 00:24:20.240
 so that we are not

00:24:20.240 --> 00:24:21.480
 conformed to this world

00:24:21.480 --> 00:24:21.940
 but instead

00:24:21.940 --> 00:24:22.839
 transformed

00:24:22.839 --> 00:24:23.779
 in accordance

00:24:23.779 --> 00:24:24.740
 with the will of God.

00:24:25.799 --> 00:24:26.559
 For example,

00:24:26.559 --> 00:24:27.299
 our society

00:24:27.299 --> 00:24:29.019
 idolizes success.

00:24:31.179 --> 00:24:32.619
 If we as a church

00:24:32.619 --> 00:24:33.539
 start idolizing

00:24:33.539 --> 00:24:34.679
 ministry success

00:24:34.679 --> 00:24:36.200
 and we start

00:24:36.200 --> 00:24:37.019
 sacrificing

00:24:37.019 --> 00:24:37.819
 our principles

00:24:37.819 --> 00:24:39.599
 to do what is popular,

00:24:39.960 --> 00:24:41.119
 to please the crowd,

00:24:41.759 --> 00:24:43.099
 then we need to smash

00:24:43.099 --> 00:24:44.279
 that idol of success

00:24:44.279 --> 00:24:44.779
 to pieces.

00:24:47.119 --> 00:24:48.099
 If you start

00:24:48.099 --> 00:24:48.720
 to idolize

00:24:48.720 --> 00:24:49.799
 a romantic relationship

00:24:49.799 --> 00:24:51.039
 so that you're

00:24:51.039 --> 00:24:52.099
 starting to compromise

00:24:52.099 --> 00:24:52.960
 your convictions

00:24:52.960 --> 00:24:54.640
 and you're sliding

00:24:54.640 --> 00:24:55.759
 across physical

00:24:55.759 --> 00:24:56.480
 and emotional

00:24:56.480 --> 00:24:56.960
 boundaries

00:24:56.960 --> 00:24:57.480
 that you thought

00:24:57.480 --> 00:24:58.279
 you'd never cross

00:24:58.279 --> 00:24:59.519
 before or outside

00:24:59.519 --> 00:25:00.019
 of marriage,

00:25:00.340 --> 00:25:01.100
 then you need to

00:25:01.100 --> 00:25:02.319
 cut off that relationship

00:25:02.319 --> 00:25:03.140
 from your life.

00:25:04.680 --> 00:25:05.579
 If you start

00:25:05.579 --> 00:25:06.500
 to idolize money

00:25:06.500 --> 00:25:08.200
 and you sense

00:25:08.200 --> 00:25:09.100
 that your hopes

00:25:09.100 --> 00:25:09.819
 and dreams

00:25:09.819 --> 00:25:11.059
 are rising and falling

00:25:11.059 --> 00:25:12.100
 with the stock market,

00:25:12.799 --> 00:25:14.180
 then you sell

00:25:14.180 --> 00:25:14.860
 it all off.

00:25:15.860 --> 00:25:16.420
 Give it away

00:25:16.420 --> 00:25:16.960
 to the poor.

00:25:18.960 --> 00:25:19.579
 Tear down

00:25:19.579 --> 00:25:20.059
 those idols.

00:25:20.059 --> 00:25:22.879
 Israelites needed

00:25:22.879 --> 00:25:23.440
 to get rid

00:25:23.440 --> 00:25:24.179
 of the altars

00:25:24.179 --> 00:25:24.740
 and the pillars

00:25:24.740 --> 00:25:25.419
 and the ashram

00:25:25.419 --> 00:25:26.720
 lest they be ensnared.

00:25:27.639 --> 00:25:27.960
 Likewise,

00:25:28.119 --> 00:25:28.759
 we need to get rid

00:25:28.759 --> 00:25:29.220
 of the idols

00:25:29.220 --> 00:25:30.500
 and flee temptation

00:25:30.500 --> 00:25:31.259
 in our lives.

00:25:31.559 --> 00:25:32.579
 It's naive to think

00:25:32.579 --> 00:25:33.819
 that we can

00:25:33.819 --> 00:25:34.899
 surround ourselves

00:25:34.899 --> 00:25:36.359
 with these idols,

00:25:36.599 --> 00:25:37.039
 the altars

00:25:37.039 --> 00:25:37.480
 and the pillars

00:25:37.480 --> 00:25:38.079
 and the ashram

00:25:38.079 --> 00:25:38.819
 of this world

00:25:38.819 --> 00:25:40.119
 and still live

00:25:40.119 --> 00:25:41.299
 faithful Christian lives.

00:25:42.379 --> 00:25:43.299
 People who think

00:25:43.299 --> 00:25:44.179
 that way

00:25:44.179 --> 00:25:45.359
 are like the people

00:25:45.359 --> 00:25:46.679
 who always boast

00:25:46.679 --> 00:25:47.899
 that advertising

00:25:47.899 --> 00:25:49.279
 doesn't work on them.

00:25:50.059 --> 00:25:51.099
 Have you guys heard that?

00:25:51.919 --> 00:25:53.039
 I'm sure some of you

00:25:53.039 --> 00:25:53.700
 have said that before.

00:25:54.000 --> 00:25:54.099
 Yeah.

00:25:55.220 --> 00:25:56.200
 If you think that

00:25:56.200 --> 00:25:57.200
 you are the marketer's

00:25:57.200 --> 00:25:58.359
 favorite demographic,

00:25:59.279 --> 00:25:59.879
 they love you

00:25:59.879 --> 00:26:01.299
 because you buy

00:26:01.299 --> 00:26:01.960
 into their ads

00:26:01.960 --> 00:26:02.919
 without even knowing it.

00:26:04.599 --> 00:26:05.119
 Advertisements

00:26:05.119 --> 00:26:05.879
 are not trying

00:26:05.879 --> 00:26:06.720
 to persuade you

00:26:06.720 --> 00:26:07.240
 rationally

00:26:07.240 --> 00:26:08.019
 to go and buy

00:26:08.019 --> 00:26:08.639
 some product

00:26:08.639 --> 00:26:09.259
 or something

00:26:09.259 --> 00:26:09.899
 immediately.

00:26:10.259 --> 00:26:11.019
 They're not a call

00:26:11.019 --> 00:26:11.539
 to action.

00:26:12.279 --> 00:26:13.039
 They're planting

00:26:13.039 --> 00:26:14.359
 these little signals.

00:26:15.399 --> 00:26:16.519
 They're triggering,

00:26:16.720 --> 00:26:17.259
 they're tapping

00:26:17.259 --> 00:26:18.299
 into your natural

00:26:18.299 --> 00:26:19.159
 human desires

00:26:19.159 --> 00:26:20.480
 for love

00:26:20.480 --> 00:26:21.399
 and for acceptance,

00:26:21.559 --> 00:26:22.339
 for significance,

00:26:23.200 --> 00:26:24.399
 for pleasure,

00:26:24.599 --> 00:26:25.220
 for comfort,

00:26:25.359 --> 00:26:26.139
 for status,

00:26:26.559 --> 00:26:27.079
 for sex,

00:26:27.180 --> 00:26:27.819
 for health.

00:26:28.500 --> 00:26:29.039
 And then if they

00:26:29.039 --> 00:26:30.240
 subtly attach

00:26:30.240 --> 00:26:31.019
 those markers

00:26:31.019 --> 00:26:32.220
 to their brand

00:26:32.220 --> 00:26:34.759
 to create

00:26:34.759 --> 00:26:36.019
 a positive association,

00:26:36.159 --> 00:26:37.240
 a positive feeling

00:26:37.240 --> 00:26:38.440
 about their brand

00:26:38.440 --> 00:26:39.059
 that you're not

00:26:39.059 --> 00:26:39.779
 even aware of

00:26:39.779 --> 00:26:40.779
 subconsciously

00:26:40.779 --> 00:26:41.339
 and then later

00:26:41.339 --> 00:26:42.240
 when you go shopping

00:26:42.240 --> 00:26:43.379
 or go to a grocery store

00:26:43.379 --> 00:26:44.240
 or you go someplace,

00:26:45.200 --> 00:26:46.480
 it's just that slight nudge

00:26:46.480 --> 00:26:47.079
 that's necessary

00:26:47.079 --> 00:26:47.880
 to get you to buy

00:26:47.880 --> 00:26:48.700
 their product

00:26:48.700 --> 00:26:49.259
 as opposed to

00:26:49.259 --> 00:26:49.799
 their competitors.

00:26:52.900 --> 00:26:53.579
 There's a reason

00:26:53.579 --> 00:26:54.180
 why they spend

00:26:54.180 --> 00:26:54.940
 $70 billion

00:26:54.940 --> 00:26:55.940
 in TV ads

00:26:55.940 --> 00:26:56.440
 every year.

00:26:57.240 --> 00:26:58.240
 They're not dumb.

00:26:58.980 --> 00:26:59.880
 They've done their research.

00:27:00.039 --> 00:27:00.880
 They know that it works.

00:27:05.380 --> 00:27:06.460
 The seductive power

00:27:06.460 --> 00:27:07.019
 of idolatry

00:27:07.019 --> 00:27:07.880
 works the same way.

00:27:09.019 --> 00:27:09.700
 You're not going

00:27:09.700 --> 00:27:10.779
 to become an apostate

00:27:10.779 --> 00:27:11.200
 overnight,

00:27:11.200 --> 00:27:13.380
 but gradually

00:27:13.380 --> 00:27:14.360
 your affections

00:27:14.360 --> 00:27:15.299
 will be reoriented

00:27:15.299 --> 00:27:16.620
 and it will make

00:27:16.620 --> 00:27:17.680
 the things of the world

00:27:17.680 --> 00:27:18.400
 look normal

00:27:18.400 --> 00:27:19.279
 and right

00:27:19.279 --> 00:27:20.960
 and the things of God

00:27:20.960 --> 00:27:22.059
 look strange.

00:27:24.480 --> 00:27:25.680
 When you read articles

00:27:25.680 --> 00:27:26.120
 and books

00:27:26.120 --> 00:27:26.819
 about the rich

00:27:26.819 --> 00:27:27.640
 and the successful

00:27:27.640 --> 00:27:28.600
 all the time,

00:27:28.680 --> 00:27:29.400
 do you not think

00:27:29.400 --> 00:27:30.120
 that over time

00:27:30.120 --> 00:27:31.759
 that the seductive influence

00:27:31.759 --> 00:27:32.880
 of wealth and fame

00:27:32.880 --> 00:27:33.660
 would affect the way

00:27:33.660 --> 00:27:34.259
 you think

00:27:34.259 --> 00:27:35.380
 and feel about those things?

00:27:37.400 --> 00:27:38.279
 When you spend

00:27:38.279 --> 00:27:39.180
 less than 10 minutes

00:27:39.180 --> 00:27:39.759
 reading the Bible

00:27:39.759 --> 00:27:40.180
 each day

00:27:40.180 --> 00:27:41.080
 but hours

00:27:41.080 --> 00:27:41.620
 each day

00:27:41.620 --> 00:27:42.700
 reading the news

00:27:42.700 --> 00:27:45.060
 or playing some game,

00:27:45.779 --> 00:27:46.920
 what do you think

00:27:46.920 --> 00:27:48.060
 will control

00:27:48.060 --> 00:27:48.820
 your attitude

00:27:48.820 --> 00:27:49.680
 and affections?

00:27:51.060 --> 00:27:52.279
 What do you think

00:27:52.279 --> 00:27:52.940
 will shape

00:27:52.940 --> 00:27:53.720
 your concerns

00:27:53.720 --> 00:27:54.580
 and priorities?

00:27:54.980 --> 00:27:55.660
 Eternal things

00:27:55.660 --> 00:27:56.519
 or temporal things?

00:27:59.759 --> 00:28:00.700
 When you spend

00:28:00.700 --> 00:28:01.820
 hours of your day

00:28:01.820 --> 00:28:02.660
 on social media

00:28:02.660 --> 00:28:03.680
 comparing yourselves

00:28:03.680 --> 00:28:04.320
 to others

00:28:04.320 --> 00:28:05.279
 and looking at

00:28:05.279 --> 00:28:06.019
 how many likes

00:28:06.019 --> 00:28:06.759
 and retweets

00:28:06.759 --> 00:28:08.180
 your friends have

00:28:08.180 --> 00:28:09.299
 or other people have,

00:28:09.299 --> 00:28:10.779
 do you think

00:28:10.779 --> 00:28:11.519
 that over time

00:28:11.519 --> 00:28:12.200
 you will not

00:28:12.200 --> 00:28:13.119
 come to believe

00:28:13.119 --> 00:28:14.099
 the lie

00:28:14.099 --> 00:28:15.680
 that your life

00:28:15.680 --> 00:28:16.899
 will be significant

00:28:16.899 --> 00:28:18.440
 only if you could

00:28:18.440 --> 00:28:19.639
 have as many friends

00:28:19.639 --> 00:28:20.779
 or as followers

00:28:20.779 --> 00:28:22.000
 as they have

00:28:22.000 --> 00:28:24.419
 or when you get

00:28:24.419 --> 00:28:25.379
 as many likes

00:28:25.379 --> 00:28:26.559
 as they get?

00:28:29.240 --> 00:28:30.119
 When you get

00:28:30.119 --> 00:28:30.899
 to see skinny,

00:28:31.159 --> 00:28:31.539
 curvy,

00:28:31.680 --> 00:28:33.039
 and scantily clad

00:28:33.039 --> 00:28:33.879
 women everywhere

00:28:33.879 --> 00:28:35.000
 on billboards

00:28:35.000 --> 00:28:36.279
 and web browsers

00:28:36.279 --> 00:28:37.200
 and even while

00:28:37.200 --> 00:28:37.680
 just walking

00:28:37.680 --> 00:28:38.500
 down the street,

00:28:39.440 --> 00:28:39.980
 do you think

00:28:39.980 --> 00:28:40.720
 that over time

00:28:40.720 --> 00:28:41.299
 you will not

00:28:41.299 --> 00:28:42.059
 believe the lie

00:28:42.059 --> 00:28:42.940
 that that's

00:28:42.940 --> 00:28:43.759
 where true

00:28:43.759 --> 00:28:44.660
 pleasure lies

00:28:44.660 --> 00:28:45.740
 or that you

00:28:45.740 --> 00:28:46.180
 will need to

00:28:46.180 --> 00:28:47.379
 look like that

00:28:47.379 --> 00:28:48.440
 in order for you

00:28:48.440 --> 00:28:49.079
 to be loved?

00:28:53.440 --> 00:28:54.220
 I'm not saying

00:28:54.220 --> 00:28:54.639
 that you need

00:28:54.639 --> 00:28:55.339
 to go into

00:28:55.339 --> 00:28:56.039
 a monastery.

00:28:57.559 --> 00:28:58.000
 Monasticism

00:28:58.000 --> 00:28:58.779
 might shield us

00:28:58.779 --> 00:29:00.180
 from outside temptations

00:29:00.180 --> 00:29:00.740
 but it will not

00:29:00.740 --> 00:29:01.359
 protect us

00:29:01.359 --> 00:29:02.200
 from the sinful

00:29:02.200 --> 00:29:03.019
 flesh,

00:29:03.139 --> 00:29:04.099
 the evil within us.

00:29:04.099 --> 00:29:05.359
 We need to be

00:29:05.359 --> 00:29:05.959
 in the world

00:29:05.959 --> 00:29:07.259
 but not of the world

00:29:07.259 --> 00:29:08.159
 but as Christians

00:29:08.159 --> 00:29:09.379
 we do need to be

00:29:09.379 --> 00:29:10.079
 sober minded

00:29:10.079 --> 00:29:10.959
 and discerning.

00:29:11.799 --> 00:29:12.980
 We need fences.

00:29:13.939 --> 00:29:14.740
 We need filters.

00:29:14.899 --> 00:29:16.039
 There are some shows

00:29:16.039 --> 00:29:16.879
 that Christians

00:29:16.879 --> 00:29:17.919
 should not watch.

00:29:19.459 --> 00:29:20.779
 There are some places

00:29:20.779 --> 00:29:21.399
 that Christians

00:29:21.399 --> 00:29:22.480
 should not go

00:29:22.480 --> 00:29:23.980
 physically or spiritually

00:29:23.980 --> 00:29:25.980
 or virtually

00:29:25.980 --> 00:29:26.319
 I mean,

00:29:26.379 --> 00:29:26.539
 sorry.

00:29:27.439 --> 00:29:28.519
 There are some lines

00:29:28.519 --> 00:29:29.099
 that Christians

00:29:29.099 --> 00:29:30.199
 should not cross.

00:29:31.079 --> 00:29:31.659
 Most of us

00:29:31.659 --> 00:29:32.279
 here in Cambridge

00:29:32.279 --> 00:29:33.399
 are not at risk

00:29:33.400 --> 00:29:34.400
 of becoming Amish

00:29:34.400 --> 00:29:37.100
 but some of us

00:29:37.100 --> 00:29:37.860
 are at risk

00:29:37.860 --> 00:29:38.800
 of becoming pagan.

00:29:42.200 --> 00:29:43.440
 In order to maintain

00:29:43.440 --> 00:29:44.759
 our distinct identity

00:29:44.759 --> 00:29:45.780
 as the people of God

00:29:45.780 --> 00:29:46.519
 we do need

00:29:46.519 --> 00:29:47.500
 some protection.

00:29:48.980 --> 00:29:49.460
 Offense

00:29:49.460 --> 00:29:50.120
 but we need more

00:29:50.120 --> 00:29:50.580
 than that

00:29:50.580 --> 00:29:51.660
 because keeping

00:29:51.660 --> 00:29:52.620
 temptations at bay

00:29:52.620 --> 00:29:53.080
 is important

00:29:53.080 --> 00:29:54.220
 but we also need

00:29:54.220 --> 00:29:55.700
 to reorient our hearts.

00:29:57.259 --> 00:29:57.780
 To that end

00:29:57.780 --> 00:29:58.700
 God gives the Israelites

00:29:58.700 --> 00:29:59.300
 a calendar.

00:30:00.460 --> 00:30:01.120
 He commands them

00:30:01.120 --> 00:30:01.700
 to rest

00:30:01.700 --> 00:30:02.900
 and to not work

00:30:02.900 --> 00:30:04.000
 on the seventh day

00:30:04.000 --> 00:30:04.620
 and he gives them

00:30:04.620 --> 00:30:05.600
 three feasts

00:30:05.600 --> 00:30:06.299
 to observe

00:30:06.299 --> 00:30:07.360
 throughout the calendar year.

00:30:07.880 --> 00:30:09.200
 The feast of unleavened bread

00:30:09.200 --> 00:30:10.180
 and the feast of weeks

00:30:10.180 --> 00:30:11.220
 and the feast of gathering.

00:30:11.799 --> 00:30:12.740
 He says in verse 21

00:30:12.740 --> 00:30:14.420
 six days you shall work

00:30:14.420 --> 00:30:15.840
 but on the seventh day

00:30:15.840 --> 00:30:16.860
 you shall rest.

00:30:17.039 --> 00:30:17.900
 In plowing time

00:30:17.900 --> 00:30:18.920
 and in harvest

00:30:18.920 --> 00:30:20.080
 you shall rest.

00:30:21.120 --> 00:30:22.400
 When God was creating

00:30:22.400 --> 00:30:23.120
 the heavens and the earth

00:30:23.120 --> 00:30:24.519
 he rested on the seventh day

00:30:24.519 --> 00:30:25.519
 to set an example

00:30:25.519 --> 00:30:26.180
 and a pattern

00:30:26.180 --> 00:30:27.660
 for humans to follow

00:30:27.660 --> 00:30:28.440
 because he knew

00:30:28.440 --> 00:30:29.580
 that we needed rest.

00:30:29.579 --> 00:30:30.759
 So the Sabbath

00:30:30.759 --> 00:30:31.960
 is a reminder

00:30:31.960 --> 00:30:32.859
 the seventh day of rest

00:30:32.859 --> 00:30:33.439
 is a reminder

00:30:33.439 --> 00:30:34.839
 that we are finite creatures.

00:30:35.539 --> 00:30:37.059
 That we are not all powerful.

00:30:37.619 --> 00:30:38.419
 That we are not

00:30:38.419 --> 00:30:39.579
 as indispensable

00:30:39.579 --> 00:30:41.599
 to the running

00:30:41.599 --> 00:30:42.699
 of this world

00:30:42.699 --> 00:30:43.879
 as we like to think we are.

00:30:45.339 --> 00:30:46.299
 It's a discipline

00:30:46.299 --> 00:30:47.599
 that cultivates humility

00:30:47.599 --> 00:30:48.639
 and promotes

00:30:48.639 --> 00:30:49.419
 our dependence

00:30:49.419 --> 00:30:50.259
 on God's

00:30:50.259 --> 00:30:51.119
 ultimate provision.

00:30:52.519 --> 00:30:53.179
 Plowing time

00:30:53.179 --> 00:30:53.720
 and harvest

00:30:53.720 --> 00:30:54.460
 it says specifically

00:30:54.460 --> 00:30:54.980
 in this verse

00:30:54.980 --> 00:30:55.759
 that they should rest

00:30:55.759 --> 00:30:56.460
 during those times.

00:30:56.539 --> 00:30:57.939
 Those are the two busiest times

00:30:57.939 --> 00:30:59.059
 of the agricultural year.

00:30:59.579 --> 00:31:00.879
 You have to get the seeds

00:31:00.879 --> 00:31:01.799
 planted in time

00:31:01.799 --> 00:31:02.899
 before the rains come

00:31:02.899 --> 00:31:04.299
 and you have to get

00:31:04.299 --> 00:31:05.539
 the wheat harvested

00:31:05.539 --> 00:31:06.839
 before the winds

00:31:06.839 --> 00:31:07.599
 blow them down

00:31:07.599 --> 00:31:08.659
 or before they start

00:31:08.659 --> 00:31:09.199
 to sprout

00:31:09.199 --> 00:31:10.639
 or before they start

00:31:10.639 --> 00:31:11.460
 to develop disease

00:31:11.460 --> 00:31:12.699
 and become inedible.

00:31:13.119 --> 00:31:13.939
 So these are the most

00:31:13.939 --> 00:31:15.099
 time sensitive times

00:31:15.099 --> 00:31:16.000
 in the life

00:31:16.000 --> 00:31:16.699
 of the farmer

00:31:16.699 --> 00:31:17.500
 and the Bible

00:31:17.500 --> 00:31:18.500
 specifically says

00:31:18.500 --> 00:31:19.259
 in plowing time

00:31:19.259 --> 00:31:20.299
 and in harvest time

00:31:20.299 --> 00:31:21.759
 you shall rest

00:31:21.759 --> 00:31:23.179
 because it's a declaration

00:31:23.179 --> 00:31:24.159
 of trust.

00:31:24.960 --> 00:31:25.539
 The Lord God

00:31:25.539 --> 00:31:25.939
 is the one

00:31:25.939 --> 00:31:26.799
 who gave us rain

00:31:26.799 --> 00:31:27.679
 not Baal

00:31:27.680 --> 00:31:28.500
 whom the Canaanites

00:31:28.500 --> 00:31:28.900
 worshipped

00:31:28.900 --> 00:31:29.779
 as the God of rain.

00:31:30.299 --> 00:31:31.019
 The Lord God

00:31:31.019 --> 00:31:31.480
 is the one

00:31:31.480 --> 00:31:32.039
 who gave us

00:31:32.039 --> 00:31:32.539
 the growth

00:31:32.539 --> 00:31:33.200
 of the harvest.

00:31:34.140 --> 00:31:34.860
 So we observe

00:31:34.860 --> 00:31:35.640
 the weekly rhythm

00:31:35.640 --> 00:31:36.279
 that the Jews

00:31:36.279 --> 00:31:37.440
 observe this weekly rhythm

00:31:37.440 --> 00:31:38.080
 of the calendar

00:31:38.080 --> 00:31:38.700
 to reinforce

00:31:38.700 --> 00:31:40.100
 their faith in God.

00:31:42.320 --> 00:31:43.660
 During the busiest season

00:31:43.660 --> 00:31:44.620
 at your job

00:31:44.620 --> 00:31:46.720
 during your finals

00:31:46.720 --> 00:31:47.299
 at school

00:31:47.299 --> 00:31:49.100
 do you still

00:31:49.100 --> 00:31:49.840
 come to church?

00:31:49.839 --> 00:31:54.000
 Do you still

00:31:54.000 --> 00:31:54.459
 take time

00:31:54.459 --> 00:31:55.299
 to worship God

00:31:55.299 --> 00:31:56.679
 to rest in Him

00:31:56.679 --> 00:31:58.379
 to trust in Him?

00:32:00.939 --> 00:32:02.039
 The three feasts

00:32:02.039 --> 00:32:03.159
 serve a similar function

00:32:03.159 --> 00:32:03.919
 of orienting

00:32:03.919 --> 00:32:04.819
 the people of God.

00:32:05.639 --> 00:32:06.059
 The feast

00:32:06.059 --> 00:32:06.939
 of unleavened bread

00:32:06.939 --> 00:32:08.139
 first

00:32:08.139 --> 00:32:08.579
 is mentioned

00:32:08.579 --> 00:32:09.699
 25 to 26

00:32:09.699 --> 00:32:10.919
 and then

00:32:10.919 --> 00:32:11.959
 additional instructions

00:32:11.959 --> 00:32:12.519
 are given

00:32:12.519 --> 00:32:13.179
 a little bit

00:32:13.179 --> 00:32:14.419
 additional instructions

00:32:14.419 --> 00:32:14.720
 are given

00:32:14.720 --> 00:32:15.939
 in verse 25 to 26

00:32:15.939 --> 00:32:17.019
 after first being mentioned

00:32:17.019 --> 00:32:17.699
 18 to 20.

00:32:17.799 --> 00:32:18.119
 Let's look at

00:32:18.119 --> 00:32:19.099
 18 to 20 first

00:32:19.099 --> 00:32:19.559
 for the feast

00:32:19.559 --> 00:32:20.240
 of unleavened bread.

00:32:20.859 --> 00:32:21.740
 You shall keep

00:32:21.740 --> 00:32:22.179
 the feast

00:32:22.179 --> 00:32:22.919
 of unleavened bread

00:32:22.919 --> 00:32:23.699
 seven days

00:32:23.699 --> 00:32:24.139
 you shall eat

00:32:24.139 --> 00:32:24.759
 unleavened bread

00:32:24.759 --> 00:32:25.699
 as I commanded you

00:32:25.699 --> 00:32:26.599
 at the time

00:32:26.599 --> 00:32:27.399
 appointed in the month

00:32:27.399 --> 00:32:27.839
 of Abib

00:32:27.839 --> 00:32:28.419
 for in the month

00:32:28.419 --> 00:32:28.919
 of Abib

00:32:28.919 --> 00:32:29.559
 you came out

00:32:29.559 --> 00:32:30.079
 from Egypt

00:32:30.079 --> 00:32:30.939
 all that opened

00:32:30.939 --> 00:32:31.339
 the womb

00:32:31.339 --> 00:32:32.119
 are mine

00:32:32.119 --> 00:32:33.679
 all your male livestock

00:32:33.679 --> 00:32:34.439
 the firstborn

00:32:34.439 --> 00:32:35.259
 of cow and sheep

00:32:35.259 --> 00:32:36.119
 the firstborn

00:32:36.119 --> 00:32:36.619
 of a donkey

00:32:36.619 --> 00:32:37.259
 you shall redeem

00:32:37.259 --> 00:32:37.799
 with a lamb

00:32:37.799 --> 00:32:38.279
 or if you shall

00:32:38.279 --> 00:32:38.879
 not redeem it

00:32:38.879 --> 00:32:39.500
 you shall break

00:32:39.500 --> 00:32:39.919
 its neck

00:32:39.919 --> 00:32:41.099
 all the firstborn

00:32:41.099 --> 00:32:41.759
 of your sons

00:32:41.759 --> 00:32:42.679
 you shall redeem

00:32:42.679 --> 00:32:43.679
 and none shall appear

00:32:43.679 --> 00:32:45.039
 before me empty handed.

00:32:45.959 --> 00:32:46.980
 So the three feasts

00:32:46.980 --> 00:32:47.480
 the feast

00:32:47.480 --> 00:32:48.139
 of unleavened bread

00:32:48.139 --> 00:32:48.779
 feast of weeks

00:32:48.779 --> 00:32:49.839
 feast of ingathering

00:32:49.839 --> 00:32:50.460
 are all mentioned

00:32:50.460 --> 00:32:51.700
 in verse 18 to 24

00:32:51.700 --> 00:32:53.720
 and then in that same order

00:32:53.720 --> 00:32:55.160
 there's three addenda

00:32:55.160 --> 00:32:56.879
 additional remarks

00:32:56.879 --> 00:32:58.259
 in verse 25 to 26.

00:32:58.759 --> 00:32:59.639
 So the additional remark

00:32:59.639 --> 00:33:00.399
 related to the feast

00:33:00.399 --> 00:33:00.980
 of unleavened bread

00:33:00.980 --> 00:33:02.019
 is in verse 25.

00:33:02.180 --> 00:33:02.839
 You shall not offer

00:33:02.839 --> 00:33:03.920
 the blood of my sacrifice

00:33:03.920 --> 00:33:04.779
 with anything leavened

00:33:05.460 --> 00:33:06.460
 or let the sacrifice

00:33:06.460 --> 00:33:06.960
 of the feast

00:33:06.960 --> 00:33:07.480
 of the Passover

00:33:07.480 --> 00:33:09.000
 remain until the morning.

00:33:09.660 --> 00:33:10.379
 If you're with us

00:33:10.379 --> 00:33:11.139
 earlier in Exodus

00:33:11.139 --> 00:33:12.519
 when we were in 12 and 13

00:33:12.519 --> 00:33:13.899
 chapters 12 and 13

00:33:13.899 --> 00:33:14.639
 God offered

00:33:14.639 --> 00:33:15.619
 detailed instructions

00:33:15.619 --> 00:33:16.539
 and a rationale

00:33:16.539 --> 00:33:17.859
 for this feast

00:33:17.859 --> 00:33:20.259
 because on Passover day

00:33:20.259 --> 00:33:21.259
 God struck down

00:33:21.259 --> 00:33:22.480
 all the firstborn males

00:33:22.480 --> 00:33:22.960
 of Egypt

00:33:22.960 --> 00:33:24.240
 both animals

00:33:24.240 --> 00:33:24.899
 and humans

00:33:24.899 --> 00:33:26.519
 but he spared

00:33:26.519 --> 00:33:27.200
 the Israelites

00:33:27.200 --> 00:33:28.920
 because they had

00:33:28.920 --> 00:33:30.659
 killed a sacrifice

00:33:30.659 --> 00:33:31.839
 an unblemished lamb

00:33:31.839 --> 00:33:32.759
 in order to redeem

00:33:32.759 --> 00:33:33.819
 their firstborns.

00:33:34.279 --> 00:33:35.980
 This was the final disaster

00:33:35.980 --> 00:33:36.960
 that God brought

00:33:36.960 --> 00:33:37.960
 upon Egypt

00:33:37.960 --> 00:33:39.879
 and after this

00:33:39.879 --> 00:33:40.579
 Pharaoh finally

00:33:40.579 --> 00:33:41.339
 let the Israelites

00:33:41.339 --> 00:33:42.159
 leave Egypt

00:33:42.159 --> 00:33:43.299
 and go out

00:33:43.299 --> 00:33:43.960
 of their slavery.

00:33:43.960 --> 00:33:45.319
 The Israelites

00:33:45.319 --> 00:33:46.059
 were to remember

00:33:46.059 --> 00:33:46.980
 that miraculous

00:33:46.980 --> 00:33:47.579
 deliverance

00:33:47.579 --> 00:33:48.100
 at Passover

00:33:48.100 --> 00:33:48.759
 by offering

00:33:48.759 --> 00:33:49.360
 to the Lord

00:33:49.360 --> 00:33:50.620
 a sacrifice

00:33:50.620 --> 00:33:53.299
 of all the firstborn males

00:33:53.299 --> 00:33:54.799
 of livestock

00:33:54.799 --> 00:33:55.920
 and domestic animals.

00:33:57.620 --> 00:33:58.779
 But obviously

00:33:58.779 --> 00:33:59.380
 they're not supposed

00:33:59.380 --> 00:34:00.100
 to sacrifice

00:34:00.100 --> 00:34:01.019
 their own children

00:34:01.019 --> 00:34:02.140
 the firstborn sons

00:34:02.140 --> 00:34:03.000
 and so they are commanded

00:34:03.000 --> 00:34:03.700
 to redeem

00:34:03.700 --> 00:34:04.779
 the firstborn sons

00:34:04.779 --> 00:34:05.660
 with payment

00:34:05.660 --> 00:34:06.579
 and offering.

00:34:07.299 --> 00:34:07.920
 This is a way

00:34:07.920 --> 00:34:08.480
 of remembering

00:34:08.480 --> 00:34:09.500
 how God spared

00:34:09.500 --> 00:34:10.039
 the Israelites

00:34:10.039 --> 00:34:11.019
 firstborn sons

00:34:11.019 --> 00:34:12.820
 from the destroying angel

00:34:12.820 --> 00:34:14.160
 by redeeming them

00:34:14.160 --> 00:34:15.620
 with the Passover lamb

00:34:15.620 --> 00:34:17.860
 and that's called

00:34:17.860 --> 00:34:18.280
 the feast

00:34:18.280 --> 00:34:19.180
 of the unleavened bread

00:34:19.180 --> 00:34:19.920
 because they eat

00:34:19.920 --> 00:34:20.539
 the Passover lamb

00:34:20.539 --> 00:34:21.559
 with unleavened bread

00:34:21.559 --> 00:34:22.460
 to commemorate

00:34:22.460 --> 00:34:23.720
 how they had to leave

00:34:23.720 --> 00:34:24.820
 Egypt in haste

00:34:24.820 --> 00:34:25.780
 so they didn't have time

00:34:25.780 --> 00:34:26.940
 to let the bread rise.

00:34:28.300 --> 00:34:29.019
 This festival

00:34:29.019 --> 00:34:29.519
 of Passover

00:34:29.519 --> 00:34:30.519
 ultimately points

00:34:30.519 --> 00:34:31.200
 to the ransom

00:34:31.200 --> 00:34:32.200
 that God pays

00:34:32.200 --> 00:34:33.340
 to free his people

00:34:33.340 --> 00:34:34.120
 from their slavery

00:34:34.120 --> 00:34:35.059
 to sin and death

00:34:35.059 --> 00:34:35.900
 in Jesus.

00:34:37.140 --> 00:34:38.420
 It says in 1 Corinthians

00:34:38.420 --> 00:34:39.360
 5, 6 to 8

00:34:39.360 --> 00:34:40.680
 Do you not know

00:34:40.680 --> 00:34:41.559
 that a little leaven

00:34:41.559 --> 00:34:42.660
 leavens the whole lump?

00:34:43.500 --> 00:34:44.760
 Cleanse out the old leaven

00:34:44.760 --> 00:34:45.460
 that you may be

00:34:45.460 --> 00:34:46.200
 a new lump

00:34:46.200 --> 00:34:48.059
 as you really are unleavened.

00:34:48.380 --> 00:34:49.280
 For Christ

00:34:49.280 --> 00:34:50.599
 our Passover lamb

00:34:50.599 --> 00:34:51.980
 has been sacrificed.

00:34:52.860 --> 00:34:53.400
 Let us therefore

00:34:53.400 --> 00:34:54.519
 celebrate the festival

00:34:54.519 --> 00:34:55.740
 not with the old leaven

00:34:55.740 --> 00:34:57.160
 the leaven of malice

00:34:57.160 --> 00:34:57.539
 and evil

00:34:57.539 --> 00:34:58.920
 but with the unleavened bread

00:34:58.920 --> 00:34:59.599
 of sincerity

00:34:59.599 --> 00:35:00.420
 and truth

00:35:00.420 --> 00:35:02.200
 because Jesus

00:35:02.200 --> 00:35:03.620
 is the ultimate

00:35:03.620 --> 00:35:05.300
 unblemished Passover lamb

00:35:05.300 --> 00:35:06.200
 who was sacrificed

00:35:06.200 --> 00:35:08.120
 for our redemption

00:35:08.119 --> 00:35:09.480
 because he died

00:35:09.480 --> 00:35:09.980
 on the cross

00:35:09.980 --> 00:35:10.799
 for our sins

00:35:10.799 --> 00:35:11.759
 in our place

00:35:11.759 --> 00:35:12.619
 so we might be

00:35:12.619 --> 00:35:13.779
 cleansed of our sins

00:35:13.779 --> 00:35:14.460
 and redeemed

00:35:14.460 --> 00:35:15.500
 from our own slavery

00:35:15.500 --> 00:35:16.339
 to sin and death.

00:35:16.920 --> 00:35:17.779
 We now celebrate

00:35:17.779 --> 00:35:18.380
 this feast

00:35:18.380 --> 00:35:19.779
 not with a literal festival

00:35:19.779 --> 00:35:20.839
 with unleavened bread

00:35:20.839 --> 00:35:21.259
 and eating

00:35:21.259 --> 00:35:22.659
 and sacrificed lamb

00:35:22.659 --> 00:35:24.400
 but by remembering Jesus

00:35:24.400 --> 00:35:25.819
 by celebrating

00:35:25.819 --> 00:35:27.059
 what he has done for us

00:35:27.059 --> 00:35:28.299
 with unleavened bread

00:35:28.299 --> 00:35:29.759
 of sincerity and truth.

00:35:31.019 --> 00:35:32.099
 The second feast

00:35:32.099 --> 00:35:32.759
 mentioned is

00:35:32.759 --> 00:35:33.779
 the feast of weeks

00:35:33.779 --> 00:35:34.659
 which is the feast

00:35:34.659 --> 00:35:35.619
 of the first fruits

00:35:35.619 --> 00:35:36.279
 the first fruits

00:35:36.279 --> 00:35:36.859
 of wheat harvest

00:35:36.859 --> 00:35:37.819
 in verse 22.

00:35:38.119 --> 00:35:39.599
 And the additional instruction

00:35:39.599 --> 00:35:40.900
 comes in verse 26.

00:35:41.059 --> 00:35:42.440
 The best of the first fruits

00:35:42.440 --> 00:35:43.139
 of your ground

00:35:43.139 --> 00:35:44.539
 you shall bring

00:35:44.539 --> 00:35:45.199
 to the house

00:35:45.199 --> 00:35:46.679
 of the Lord your God.

00:35:48.539 --> 00:35:49.539
 This feast

00:35:49.539 --> 00:35:50.599
 is called

00:35:50.599 --> 00:35:52.079
 the feast of weeks

00:35:52.079 --> 00:35:53.199
 because after

00:35:53.199 --> 00:35:53.719
 waving

00:35:53.719 --> 00:35:54.500
 the first

00:35:54.500 --> 00:35:55.839
 sheaf

00:35:55.839 --> 00:35:57.079
 of wheat

00:35:57.079 --> 00:35:57.819
 that you've harvested

00:35:57.819 --> 00:35:58.440
 with the sickle

00:35:58.440 --> 00:35:59.199
 to God

00:35:59.199 --> 00:35:59.759
 you were supposed

00:35:59.759 --> 00:36:00.259
 to count

00:36:00.259 --> 00:36:01.199
 seven weeks

00:36:01.199 --> 00:36:03.639
 of commemorating

00:36:03.639 --> 00:36:04.159
 this feast

00:36:04.159 --> 00:36:05.179
 and then after

00:36:05.179 --> 00:36:05.739
 the seven weeks

00:36:05.739 --> 00:36:06.920
 on the 50th day

00:36:06.920 --> 00:36:07.460
 they were to bring

00:36:07.460 --> 00:36:08.099
 more offerings

00:36:08.099 --> 00:36:08.940
 and sacrifices

00:36:08.940 --> 00:36:10.300
 to kind of

00:36:10.300 --> 00:36:11.139
 the climactic

00:36:11.139 --> 00:36:11.680
 celebration

00:36:11.680 --> 00:36:12.460
 of the feast

00:36:12.460 --> 00:36:14.420
 so on the 50th day

00:36:14.420 --> 00:36:14.960
 they would do that

00:36:14.960 --> 00:36:15.500
 and that's why

00:36:15.500 --> 00:36:15.980
 this feast

00:36:15.980 --> 00:36:16.519
 is called

00:36:16.519 --> 00:36:17.320
 in the New Testament

00:36:17.320 --> 00:36:18.260
 Pentecost

00:36:18.260 --> 00:36:19.519
 that comes from

00:36:19.519 --> 00:36:19.900
 the word

00:36:19.900 --> 00:36:20.680
 that means 50

00:36:20.680 --> 00:36:22.700
 and the offering

00:36:22.700 --> 00:36:23.440
 of first fruits

00:36:23.440 --> 00:36:24.380
 was a pledge

00:36:24.380 --> 00:36:25.000
 of trust

00:36:25.000 --> 00:36:26.700
 similar to

00:36:26.700 --> 00:36:28.000
 the other feasts

00:36:28.000 --> 00:36:29.880
 it's Israel's way

00:36:29.880 --> 00:36:30.579
 of saying to God

00:36:30.579 --> 00:36:31.280
 you brought

00:36:31.280 --> 00:36:32.139
 these first fruits

00:36:32.139 --> 00:36:32.480
 forth

00:36:32.480 --> 00:36:34.000
 and we trust

00:36:34.000 --> 00:36:34.679
 that you will

00:36:34.679 --> 00:36:35.579
 bring the rest

00:36:35.579 --> 00:36:36.300
 of the harvest

00:36:36.300 --> 00:36:38.679
 the first fruit

00:36:38.679 --> 00:36:39.480
 offering is also

00:36:39.480 --> 00:36:40.000
 to be made

00:36:40.000 --> 00:36:41.199
 from the best

00:36:41.199 --> 00:36:42.260
 of the first fruits

00:36:42.260 --> 00:36:43.260
 not the worst

00:36:43.260 --> 00:36:45.880
 it's supposed

00:36:45.880 --> 00:36:46.619
 to be the cream

00:36:46.619 --> 00:36:47.199
 of the crop

00:36:47.199 --> 00:36:49.039
 not the crumbs

00:36:49.039 --> 00:36:50.079
 of the crop

00:36:50.079 --> 00:36:53.119
 you give God

00:36:53.119 --> 00:36:54.260
 the first fruits

00:36:54.260 --> 00:36:55.880
 the best

00:36:55.880 --> 00:36:57.380
 of the first fruits

00:36:57.380 --> 00:36:58.320
 of your time

00:36:58.320 --> 00:36:59.699
 and of your talents

00:36:59.699 --> 00:37:01.159
 and of your treasures

00:37:01.159 --> 00:37:03.779
 or do you give him

00:37:03.779 --> 00:37:04.359
 the leftovers

00:37:04.359 --> 00:37:08.899
 is it clear

00:37:08.899 --> 00:37:09.739
 to those around you

00:37:09.739 --> 00:37:10.239
 that God

00:37:10.239 --> 00:37:10.960
 is your first

00:37:10.960 --> 00:37:11.779
 priority in life

00:37:11.779 --> 00:37:14.739
 when you throw

00:37:14.739 --> 00:37:15.460
 a birthday party

00:37:15.460 --> 00:37:16.119
 for your friend

00:37:16.119 --> 00:37:16.679
 and you cut

00:37:16.679 --> 00:37:17.500
 the birthday cake

00:37:17.500 --> 00:37:19.799
 you give the first

00:37:19.799 --> 00:37:20.539
 slice to

00:37:20.539 --> 00:37:21.819
 the birthday person

00:37:21.819 --> 00:37:22.059
 right

00:37:22.059 --> 00:37:24.179
 it's a way

00:37:24.179 --> 00:37:24.960
 of honoring them

00:37:24.960 --> 00:37:25.879
 and celebrating them

00:37:25.879 --> 00:37:26.439
 and reminding them

00:37:26.439 --> 00:37:27.279
 that this is for you

00:37:27.279 --> 00:37:28.099
 we put this on

00:37:28.099 --> 00:37:28.659
 for you

00:37:28.659 --> 00:37:30.659
 imagine how sad

00:37:30.659 --> 00:37:31.039
 it would be

00:37:31.039 --> 00:37:31.699
 if you give out

00:37:31.699 --> 00:37:32.059
 the cake

00:37:32.059 --> 00:37:32.699
 to everybody

00:37:32.699 --> 00:37:33.199
 and then

00:37:33.199 --> 00:37:34.119
 the birthday boy

00:37:34.119 --> 00:37:34.460
 or girl

00:37:34.460 --> 00:37:35.259
 is sitting in the corner

00:37:35.259 --> 00:37:36.279
 eating the crumbs

00:37:36.279 --> 00:37:40.699
 the whole world

00:37:40.699 --> 00:37:42.359
 is about God

00:37:42.359 --> 00:37:43.000
 it was created

00:37:43.000 --> 00:37:43.879
 for God

00:37:43.879 --> 00:37:45.099
 your life

00:37:45.099 --> 00:37:46.399
 you are alive

00:37:46.399 --> 00:37:47.319
 and breathing today

00:37:47.319 --> 00:37:48.899
 to exist for God

00:37:48.899 --> 00:37:50.859
 to glorify him

00:37:50.859 --> 00:37:52.379
 your life

00:37:52.379 --> 00:37:53.460
 is about him

00:37:53.460 --> 00:37:57.059
 then that means

00:37:57.059 --> 00:37:57.860
 he should get

00:37:57.860 --> 00:37:59.000
 the first fruits

00:37:59.000 --> 00:38:00.739
 of your life

00:38:00.739 --> 00:38:02.320
 of your work

00:38:02.320 --> 00:38:04.119
 the best

00:38:04.119 --> 00:38:05.199
 of what you can offer

00:38:05.199 --> 00:38:06.279
 in your life

00:38:06.279 --> 00:38:11.599
 taking this

00:38:11.599 --> 00:38:13.239
 and talking about

00:38:13.239 --> 00:38:14.059
 how Jesus fulfilled

00:38:14.059 --> 00:38:15.340
 this in Romans 8 23

00:38:15.340 --> 00:38:16.619
 Paul tells us

00:38:16.619 --> 00:38:17.440
 that we

00:38:17.440 --> 00:38:18.940
 God's people

00:38:18.940 --> 00:38:20.139
 are the first fruits

00:38:20.139 --> 00:38:20.759
 of the spirit

00:38:20.760 --> 00:38:26.180
 we are God's

00:38:26.180 --> 00:38:26.740
 reward

00:38:26.740 --> 00:38:27.180
 the reward

00:38:27.180 --> 00:38:28.140
 of the harvest

00:38:28.140 --> 00:38:29.500
 that he brings forth

00:38:29.500 --> 00:38:30.480
 the first of it

00:38:30.480 --> 00:38:31.620
 but not the last

00:38:31.620 --> 00:38:34.480
 the full redemption

00:38:34.480 --> 00:38:35.420
 we still await

00:38:35.420 --> 00:38:36.340
 with the glorification

00:38:36.340 --> 00:38:36.980
 of our bodies

00:38:36.980 --> 00:38:37.760
 that is to come

00:38:37.760 --> 00:38:38.260
 in the future

00:38:38.260 --> 00:38:40.180
 the third

00:38:40.180 --> 00:38:40.660
 and final

00:38:40.660 --> 00:38:41.260
 major feast

00:38:41.260 --> 00:38:41.800
 is the feast

00:38:41.800 --> 00:38:42.400
 of in gathering

00:38:42.400 --> 00:38:43.240
 at the year's end

00:38:43.240 --> 00:38:44.260
 mentioned in verse 22

00:38:44.260 --> 00:38:46.060
 and the additional instruction

00:38:46.060 --> 00:38:47.300
 comes in verse 26

00:38:47.300 --> 00:38:48.240
 you shall not boil

00:38:48.240 --> 00:38:49.040
 a young goat

00:38:49.040 --> 00:38:50.220
 in its mother's milk

00:38:50.219 --> 00:38:51.500
 this feast

00:38:51.500 --> 00:38:52.199
 is more commonly

00:38:52.199 --> 00:38:52.839
 called the feast

00:38:52.839 --> 00:38:53.559
 of tabernacles

00:38:53.559 --> 00:38:54.139
 or the feast

00:38:54.139 --> 00:38:54.719
 of booths

00:38:54.719 --> 00:38:55.379
 because that's how

00:38:55.379 --> 00:38:55.959
 the Israelites

00:38:55.959 --> 00:38:57.659
 lived in the wilderness

00:38:57.659 --> 00:38:58.359
 and this feast

00:38:58.359 --> 00:38:58.819
 came to be

00:38:58.819 --> 00:39:00.099
 associated with

00:39:00.099 --> 00:39:00.639
 the wilderness

00:39:00.639 --> 00:39:02.139
 the tent

00:39:02.139 --> 00:39:02.959
 or the tabernacle

00:39:02.959 --> 00:39:03.759
 where they worship

00:39:03.759 --> 00:39:04.119
 God

00:39:04.119 --> 00:39:04.919
 and also the tent

00:39:04.919 --> 00:39:05.879
 in which they lived

00:39:05.879 --> 00:39:07.139
 it's kind of like

00:39:07.139 --> 00:39:07.899
 their thanksgiving

00:39:07.899 --> 00:39:09.119
 harvest

00:39:09.119 --> 00:39:09.939
 remembering the harvest

00:39:09.939 --> 00:39:10.500
 and giving thanks

00:39:10.500 --> 00:39:11.239
 to God for it

00:39:11.239 --> 00:39:13.099
 and the oddly

00:39:13.099 --> 00:39:14.019
 specific command

00:39:14.019 --> 00:39:14.799
 you shall not boil

00:39:14.799 --> 00:39:15.359
 a young goat

00:39:15.359 --> 00:39:16.219
 in its mother's milk

00:39:16.219 --> 00:39:16.939
 was also given

00:39:16.939 --> 00:39:18.239
 earlier in Exodus 23

00:39:18.239 --> 00:39:18.859
 19

00:39:18.860 --> 00:39:21.360
 I mentioned this

00:39:21.360 --> 00:39:22.260
 then that following

00:39:22.260 --> 00:39:23.559
 the 12th century AD

00:39:23.559 --> 00:39:24.900
 Jewish philosopher

00:39:24.900 --> 00:39:26.800
 Maimonides

00:39:26.800 --> 00:39:28.420
 many scholars argue

00:39:28.420 --> 00:39:29.079
 that this verse

00:39:29.079 --> 00:39:30.340
 is forbidding the Israelites

00:39:30.340 --> 00:39:31.140
 from following

00:39:31.140 --> 00:39:32.160
 the pagan practices

00:39:32.160 --> 00:39:32.980
 of their ancient

00:39:32.980 --> 00:39:33.880
 Near Eastern labors

00:39:33.880 --> 00:39:35.539
 there is a chance

00:39:35.539 --> 00:39:36.180
 that a ritual

00:39:36.180 --> 00:39:37.420
 similar to what's

00:39:37.420 --> 00:39:37.980
 mentioned here

00:39:37.980 --> 00:39:39.960
 was written about

00:39:39.960 --> 00:39:40.500
 in an ancient

00:39:40.500 --> 00:39:41.400
 Ugaritic text

00:39:41.400 --> 00:39:43.000
 involved boiling

00:39:43.000 --> 00:39:43.680
 a young goat

00:39:43.680 --> 00:39:44.740
 in its mother's milk

00:39:44.740 --> 00:39:46.240
 probably some kind

00:39:46.239 --> 00:39:47.299
 fertility ritual

00:39:47.299 --> 00:39:48.519
 to please the gods

00:39:48.519 --> 00:39:49.639
 ensure a good harvest

00:39:49.639 --> 00:39:50.719
 for the following year

00:39:50.719 --> 00:39:52.299
 since milk is a symbol

00:39:52.299 --> 00:39:52.739
 of life

00:39:52.739 --> 00:39:53.619
 and a goat kid

00:39:53.619 --> 00:39:54.179
 is a symbol

00:39:54.179 --> 00:39:54.759
 of fertility

00:39:54.759 --> 00:39:56.659
 it's also possible

00:39:56.659 --> 00:39:57.099
 that there's just

00:39:57.099 --> 00:39:57.979
 something perverse

00:39:57.979 --> 00:39:58.899
 about boiling

00:39:58.899 --> 00:39:59.779
 a young goat

00:39:59.779 --> 00:40:01.299
 in its own mother's milk

00:40:01.299 --> 00:40:02.619
 because the young goat

00:40:02.619 --> 00:40:03.379
 should be fed

00:40:03.379 --> 00:40:03.939
 and nourished

00:40:03.939 --> 00:40:04.839
 by its mother's milk

00:40:04.839 --> 00:40:05.679
 not cooked

00:40:05.679 --> 00:40:06.500
 and killed in it

00:40:06.500 --> 00:40:08.239
 and so again

00:40:08.239 --> 00:40:09.379
 God is teaching

00:40:09.379 --> 00:40:10.579
 the people of God

00:40:10.579 --> 00:40:11.859
 to orient themselves

00:40:11.859 --> 00:40:12.539
 toward him

00:40:12.539 --> 00:40:13.179
 to remember

00:40:13.179 --> 00:40:14.000
 that he's the one

00:40:14.000 --> 00:40:14.920
 who gives the harvest

00:40:14.920 --> 00:40:16.420
 he's the one

00:40:16.420 --> 00:40:17.300
 who takes care of them

00:40:17.300 --> 00:40:18.579
 not these false gods

00:40:18.579 --> 00:40:19.139
 and idols

00:40:19.139 --> 00:40:22.260
 Jesus fulfills this

00:40:22.260 --> 00:40:23.380
 as well

00:40:23.380 --> 00:40:25.059
 during the feast

00:40:25.059 --> 00:40:25.820
 of tabernacles

00:40:25.820 --> 00:40:27.460
 in fulfillment

00:40:27.460 --> 00:40:28.239
 of the tabernacle

00:40:28.239 --> 00:40:29.340
 God's people

00:40:29.340 --> 00:40:30.179
 Solomon built

00:40:30.179 --> 00:40:31.079
 the temple of God

00:40:31.079 --> 00:40:31.659
 as he says

00:40:31.659 --> 00:40:32.679
 in 1 Kings 8 65

00:40:32.679 --> 00:40:34.119
 and now

00:40:34.119 --> 00:40:35.599
 Jesus says

00:40:35.599 --> 00:40:36.579
 and Paul says

00:40:36.579 --> 00:40:37.300
 in following him

00:40:37.300 --> 00:40:38.420
 in 1 Corinthians 3 16

00:40:38.420 --> 00:40:39.039
 that we

00:40:39.039 --> 00:40:39.699
 God's people

00:40:39.699 --> 00:40:40.619
 are being built up

00:40:40.619 --> 00:40:41.579
 as the tabernacle

00:40:41.579 --> 00:40:42.760
 or the temple of God

00:40:42.760 --> 00:40:44.260
 a spiritual house

00:40:44.260 --> 00:40:44.660
 for him

00:40:44.660 --> 00:40:46.660
 so this is why

00:40:46.660 --> 00:40:47.840
 we don't literally

00:40:47.840 --> 00:40:49.020
 celebrate these feasts

00:40:49.020 --> 00:40:49.840
 as Christians

00:40:49.840 --> 00:40:50.540
 because Christ

00:40:50.540 --> 00:40:51.940
 has fulfilled them all

00:40:51.940 --> 00:40:54.120
 Colossians 2 16 17

00:40:54.120 --> 00:40:54.700
 says therefore

00:40:54.700 --> 00:40:55.560
 let no one pass

00:40:55.560 --> 00:40:56.320
 judgment on you

00:40:56.320 --> 00:40:57.180
 in questions of food

00:40:57.180 --> 00:40:57.620
 and drink

00:40:57.620 --> 00:40:58.700
 or with regard

00:40:58.700 --> 00:40:59.400
 to a festival

00:40:59.400 --> 00:41:00.240
 or a new moon

00:41:00.240 --> 00:41:00.900
 or a Sabbath

00:41:00.900 --> 00:41:02.540
 these are a shadow

00:41:02.540 --> 00:41:03.460
 of the things to come

00:41:03.460 --> 00:41:04.280
 but the substance

00:41:04.280 --> 00:41:05.460
 belongs to Christ

00:41:05.460 --> 00:41:07.260
 when you see a shadow

00:41:07.260 --> 00:41:07.860
 as you're walking

00:41:07.860 --> 00:41:09.180
 passing over you

00:41:09.180 --> 00:41:10.920
 you see the shadow

00:41:10.920 --> 00:41:11.560
 on the ground

00:41:11.559 --> 00:41:13.059
 you look up

00:41:13.059 --> 00:41:14.420
 to see the bird

00:41:14.420 --> 00:41:15.299
 flying overhead

00:41:15.299 --> 00:41:17.039
 it's the shadow

00:41:17.039 --> 00:41:18.420
 that points to the substance

00:41:18.420 --> 00:41:19.119
 that is there

00:41:19.119 --> 00:41:20.360
 the reality that is there

00:41:20.360 --> 00:41:21.239
 likewise

00:41:21.239 --> 00:41:22.239
 these feasts

00:41:22.239 --> 00:41:23.360
 and the Sabbaths

00:41:23.360 --> 00:41:24.239
 were meant to be

00:41:24.239 --> 00:41:24.940
 a shadow

00:41:24.940 --> 00:41:27.259
 that points to the reality

00:41:27.259 --> 00:41:28.440
 the substance of Jesus

00:41:28.440 --> 00:41:29.139
 who is to come

00:41:29.139 --> 00:41:29.779
 and fulfill

00:41:29.779 --> 00:41:31.259
 all of these things

00:41:31.259 --> 00:41:34.059
 so now that Christ

00:41:34.059 --> 00:41:34.699
 has come

00:41:34.699 --> 00:41:35.860
 instead of celebrating

00:41:35.860 --> 00:41:36.340
 these feasts

00:41:36.340 --> 00:41:38.079
 we gather on the Lord's Day

00:41:38.079 --> 00:41:38.759
 on Sundays

00:41:38.759 --> 00:41:40.299
 to remember Christ

00:41:40.300 --> 00:41:41.320
 and his redemptive work

00:41:41.320 --> 00:41:42.800
 and in the Lord's Supper

00:41:42.800 --> 00:41:44.120
 we remember his body

00:41:44.120 --> 00:41:46.260
 broken for us

00:41:46.260 --> 00:41:47.260
 his body which is for us

00:41:47.260 --> 00:41:48.539
 and we remember his blood

00:41:48.539 --> 00:41:49.420
 that was poured out for us

00:41:49.420 --> 00:41:50.580
 for our atonement

00:41:50.580 --> 00:41:51.400
 for our salvation

00:41:51.400 --> 00:41:53.920
 and this weekly rhythm

00:41:53.920 --> 00:41:55.220
 has the similar effect

00:41:55.220 --> 00:41:56.480
 that the festivals had

00:41:56.480 --> 00:41:57.120
 for the Jews

00:41:57.120 --> 00:41:59.220
 of shaping our attitudes

00:41:59.220 --> 00:42:00.060
 how we think

00:42:00.060 --> 00:42:02.039
 and shaping our affections

00:42:02.039 --> 00:42:03.240
 how we love

00:42:03.240 --> 00:42:04.100
 and what we love

00:42:04.099 --> 00:42:09.679
 theologian James K. Smith

00:42:09.679 --> 00:42:10.440
 writes about this

00:42:10.440 --> 00:42:10.960
 in his book

00:42:10.960 --> 00:42:12.559
 you are what you love

00:42:12.559 --> 00:42:13.819
 the spiritual power

00:42:13.819 --> 00:42:14.380
 of habit

00:42:14.380 --> 00:42:16.199
 he says

00:42:16.199 --> 00:42:16.839
 in worship

00:42:16.839 --> 00:42:17.860
 we don't just come

00:42:17.860 --> 00:42:18.719
 to show God

00:42:18.719 --> 00:42:19.500
 our devotion

00:42:19.500 --> 00:42:20.679
 and give him

00:42:20.679 --> 00:42:21.319
 our praise

00:42:21.319 --> 00:42:22.500
 we are called

00:42:22.500 --> 00:42:23.079
 to worship

00:42:23.079 --> 00:42:24.460
 because in this encounter

00:42:24.460 --> 00:42:25.719
 God remakes

00:42:25.719 --> 00:42:26.659
 and molds us

00:42:26.659 --> 00:42:27.319
 top down

00:42:27.319 --> 00:42:29.559
 worship is the arena

00:42:29.559 --> 00:42:30.400
 in which God

00:42:30.400 --> 00:42:31.920
 recalibrates our hearts

00:42:31.920 --> 00:42:33.719
 reforms our desires

00:42:33.719 --> 00:42:35.359
 and rehabituates

00:42:35.359 --> 00:42:36.000
 our loves

00:42:36.000 --> 00:42:37.899
 worship isn't just

00:42:37.899 --> 00:42:38.779
 something we do

00:42:38.779 --> 00:42:40.299
 it is where God

00:42:40.299 --> 00:42:41.959
 does something to us

00:42:41.959 --> 00:42:43.919
 worship is the heart

00:42:43.919 --> 00:42:44.799
 of discipleship

00:42:44.799 --> 00:42:46.159
 because it is the gymnasium

00:42:46.159 --> 00:42:47.019
 in which God

00:42:47.019 --> 00:42:49.019
 retrains our hearts

00:42:49.019 --> 00:42:50.879
 credit to Ed

00:42:50.879 --> 00:42:51.739
 for pointing this out

00:42:51.739 --> 00:42:52.000
 to me

00:42:52.000 --> 00:42:52.619
 this passage

00:42:52.619 --> 00:42:53.779
 earlier this week

00:42:53.779 --> 00:42:55.480
 yes we gather

00:42:55.480 --> 00:42:57.039
 to worship God

00:42:57.039 --> 00:42:57.839
 together on Sundays

00:42:57.839 --> 00:43:00.299
 that's our primary purpose

00:43:00.299 --> 00:43:01.419
 but that's not

00:43:01.419 --> 00:43:02.559
 the only purpose

00:43:02.559 --> 00:43:03.159
 of our gathering

00:43:03.159 --> 00:43:04.559
 here

00:43:04.559 --> 00:43:05.559
 as we are singing

00:43:05.559 --> 00:43:05.960
 to God

00:43:05.960 --> 00:43:06.619
 as we hear

00:43:06.619 --> 00:43:07.440
 God's word preached

00:43:07.440 --> 00:43:08.440
 as we encourage

00:43:08.440 --> 00:43:09.359
 and exhort one another

00:43:09.359 --> 00:43:10.339
 with the truths of God

00:43:10.339 --> 00:43:11.420
 we are being

00:43:11.420 --> 00:43:12.399
 transformed

00:43:12.399 --> 00:43:13.319
 by the renewal

00:43:13.319 --> 00:43:13.980
 of our mind

00:43:13.980 --> 00:43:15.679
 our hearts

00:43:15.679 --> 00:43:17.099
 are being recalibrated

00:43:17.099 --> 00:43:18.119
 our minds

00:43:18.119 --> 00:43:19.299
 are being realigned

00:43:19.299 --> 00:43:20.440
 to the things

00:43:20.440 --> 00:43:20.839
 of God

00:43:20.839 --> 00:43:21.679
 to his values

00:43:21.679 --> 00:43:23.079
 to his purposes

00:43:23.079 --> 00:43:23.920
 and priorities

00:43:23.920 --> 00:43:26.420
 that's how we maintain

00:43:26.420 --> 00:43:27.839
 our distinct identity

00:43:27.839 --> 00:43:28.879
 as the people of God

00:43:28.880 --> 00:43:31.599
 but no matter

00:43:31.599 --> 00:43:32.440
 how much you try

00:43:32.440 --> 00:43:33.820
 to retrain your heart

00:43:33.820 --> 00:43:35.200
 if you still have

00:43:35.200 --> 00:43:37.019
 an old sinful heart

00:43:37.019 --> 00:43:39.140
 a heart that has not

00:43:39.140 --> 00:43:39.960
 been made new

00:43:39.960 --> 00:43:40.480
 by the power

00:43:40.480 --> 00:43:41.160
 of the Holy Spirit

00:43:41.160 --> 00:43:42.980
 it's all in vain

00:43:42.980 --> 00:43:44.579
 no amount of training

00:43:44.579 --> 00:43:45.700
 can change you

00:43:45.700 --> 00:43:47.760
 it says in verse 28

00:43:47.760 --> 00:43:48.760
 that Moses was there

00:43:48.760 --> 00:43:49.200
 with the Lord

00:43:49.200 --> 00:43:50.400
 forty days and forty nights

00:43:50.400 --> 00:43:51.380
 he neither ate bread

00:43:51.380 --> 00:43:52.099
 nor drank water

00:43:52.099 --> 00:43:52.579
 and he wrote

00:43:52.579 --> 00:43:53.280
 on the tablets

00:43:53.280 --> 00:43:54.500
 the words of the covenant

00:43:54.500 --> 00:43:55.480
 the ten commandments

00:43:55.480 --> 00:43:57.500
 Moses wrote these words

00:43:57.500 --> 00:43:58.760
 down on tablets

00:43:58.760 --> 00:43:59.440
 of stone

00:43:59.440 --> 00:44:00.440
 to show how permanent

00:44:00.440 --> 00:44:01.000
 they are

00:44:01.000 --> 00:44:02.260
 Moses didn't write them

00:44:02.260 --> 00:44:02.860
 God wrote them

00:44:02.860 --> 00:44:03.840
 he took the tablets

00:44:03.840 --> 00:44:04.159
 to God

00:44:04.159 --> 00:44:05.119
 for him to write

00:44:05.119 --> 00:44:06.980
 but nevertheless

00:44:06.980 --> 00:44:08.599
 Moses had no power

00:44:08.599 --> 00:44:09.679
 to make the Israelites

00:44:09.679 --> 00:44:10.860
 remain faithful to him

00:44:10.860 --> 00:44:12.539
 again and again

00:44:12.539 --> 00:44:14.019
 throughout the book

00:44:14.019 --> 00:44:14.940
 of Numbers

00:44:14.940 --> 00:44:15.800
 Deuteronomy

00:44:15.800 --> 00:44:16.760
 you see how Israelites

00:44:16.760 --> 00:44:17.940
 are unfaithful to God

00:44:17.940 --> 00:44:18.579
 on their journey

00:44:18.579 --> 00:44:19.380
 to the promised land

00:44:19.380 --> 00:44:20.800
 and at the end

00:44:20.800 --> 00:44:21.780
 of Moses' life

00:44:21.780 --> 00:44:25.000
 he knows that

00:44:25.000 --> 00:44:25.380
 the Israelites

00:44:25.380 --> 00:44:25.980
 will continue

00:44:25.980 --> 00:44:27.260
 to be unfaithful

00:44:27.260 --> 00:44:28.960
 but then he tells them

00:44:28.960 --> 00:44:30.659
 of this prophecy

00:44:30.659 --> 00:44:31.460
 he prophesies

00:44:31.460 --> 00:44:32.000
 of a day

00:44:32.000 --> 00:44:33.340
 in Deuteronomy 36

00:44:33.340 --> 00:44:34.539
 when the Lord

00:44:34.539 --> 00:44:35.059
 your God

00:44:35.059 --> 00:44:36.099
 will circumcise

00:44:36.099 --> 00:44:36.599
 your heart

00:44:36.599 --> 00:44:37.539
 and the heart

00:44:37.539 --> 00:44:38.179
 of your offspring

00:44:38.179 --> 00:44:38.760
 so that you will

00:44:38.760 --> 00:44:39.519
 love the Lord

00:44:39.519 --> 00:44:40.000
 your God

00:44:40.000 --> 00:44:40.940
 with all your heart

00:44:40.940 --> 00:44:41.920
 and with all your soul

00:44:41.920 --> 00:44:43.119
 that you may live

00:44:43.119 --> 00:44:45.300
 he's prophesying

00:44:45.300 --> 00:44:45.699
 of a day

00:44:45.699 --> 00:44:46.360
 when the Israelites

00:44:46.360 --> 00:44:47.400
 will have a new heart

00:44:47.400 --> 00:44:48.460
 when the old

00:44:48.460 --> 00:44:49.239
 is peeled away

00:44:49.239 --> 00:44:49.880
 and the new

00:44:49.880 --> 00:44:51.000
 comes forth

00:44:51.000 --> 00:44:52.679
 Moses did not

00:44:52.679 --> 00:44:53.639
 get to see that day

00:44:53.639 --> 00:44:54.420
 because Jesus

00:44:54.420 --> 00:44:55.039
 is the one

00:44:55.039 --> 00:44:55.659
 who fulfilled

00:44:55.659 --> 00:44:56.220
 this promise

00:44:56.220 --> 00:44:56.980
 and prophecy

00:44:56.980 --> 00:44:58.420
 just like Moses

00:44:58.420 --> 00:44:59.000
 who fasted

00:44:59.000 --> 00:45:00.340
 40 days and 40 nights

00:45:00.340 --> 00:45:01.139
 before bringing

00:45:01.139 --> 00:45:01.880
 the 10 commandments

00:45:01.880 --> 00:45:02.599
 down on tablets

00:45:02.599 --> 00:45:03.059
 of stone

00:45:03.059 --> 00:45:04.380
 Jesus fasted

00:45:04.380 --> 00:45:05.599
 40 days and 40 nights

00:45:05.599 --> 00:45:06.920
 before he began

00:45:06.920 --> 00:45:07.960
 his earthly ministry

00:45:07.960 --> 00:45:08.940
 in Matthew 4

00:45:08.940 --> 00:45:11.119
 and 2 Corinthians 3

00:45:11.119 --> 00:45:11.980
 3 tells us

00:45:11.980 --> 00:45:12.880
 that while the commandments

00:45:12.880 --> 00:45:13.400
 of God

00:45:13.400 --> 00:45:13.880
 were written

00:45:13.880 --> 00:45:15.039
 on tablets of stone

00:45:15.039 --> 00:45:16.280
 during Moses' day

00:45:16.280 --> 00:45:17.940
 Jesus writes

00:45:17.940 --> 00:45:19.180
 with the ink

00:45:19.180 --> 00:45:20.260
 of the Holy Spirit

00:45:20.260 --> 00:45:22.780
 on the tablets

00:45:22.780 --> 00:45:24.280
 of human hearts

00:45:24.280 --> 00:45:26.360
 so that we love

00:45:26.360 --> 00:45:27.320
 and obey God

00:45:27.320 --> 00:45:29.240
 with our whole hearts

00:45:29.240 --> 00:45:31.780
 this doesn't mean

00:45:31.780 --> 00:45:33.180
 that we no longer sin

00:45:33.180 --> 00:45:34.680
 or that we obey God

00:45:34.680 --> 00:45:35.180
 perfectly

00:45:35.180 --> 00:45:36.900
 but we now have

00:45:36.900 --> 00:45:37.840
 new desires

00:45:37.840 --> 00:45:39.880
 we don't obey

00:45:39.880 --> 00:45:41.300
 because we have to

00:45:41.300 --> 00:45:42.600
 even when we don't want to

00:45:42.600 --> 00:45:45.140
 that's what the legalists do

00:45:45.140 --> 00:45:46.940
 we don't disobey

00:45:46.940 --> 00:45:47.960
 because we don't want to

00:45:47.960 --> 00:45:49.500
 that's what the lawless people do

00:45:49.500 --> 00:45:51.460
 but we obey God

00:45:51.460 --> 00:45:52.900
 because we want to

00:45:52.900 --> 00:45:54.360
 because we now

00:45:54.360 --> 00:45:55.260
 have a new heart

00:45:55.260 --> 00:45:57.679
 from the inside out

00:45:57.679 --> 00:45:58.340
 we're transformed

00:45:58.340 --> 00:45:59.260
 to love him

00:45:59.260 --> 00:45:59.920
 and obey him

00:45:59.920 --> 00:46:00.900
 and to serve him

00:46:00.900 --> 00:46:02.199
 and that's ultimately

00:46:02.199 --> 00:46:03.199
 what God had promised

00:46:03.199 --> 00:46:03.800
 in verse 10

00:46:03.800 --> 00:46:04.199
 when he said

00:46:04.199 --> 00:46:05.559
 I will create

00:46:05.559 --> 00:46:08.119
 something that I've

00:46:08.119 --> 00:46:09.019
 never done before

00:46:09.019 --> 00:46:10.440
 something marvelous

00:46:10.440 --> 00:46:11.519
 and awesome

00:46:11.519 --> 00:46:12.420
 in Jesus

00:46:12.420 --> 00:46:13.840
 God forges a new covenant

00:46:13.840 --> 00:46:14.559
 with his people

00:46:14.559 --> 00:46:16.139
 and in Jesus

00:46:16.139 --> 00:46:17.220
 God brings about

00:46:17.219 --> 00:46:18.259
 the new creation

00:46:18.259 --> 00:46:20.099
 2 Corinthians 5 17

00:46:20.099 --> 00:46:21.079
 therefore if anyone

00:46:21.079 --> 00:46:22.099
 is in Christ

00:46:22.099 --> 00:46:23.819
 he is a new creation

00:46:23.819 --> 00:46:25.480
 the old has passed away

00:46:25.480 --> 00:46:26.899
 behold the new

00:46:26.899 --> 00:46:28.139
 has come

00:46:28.139 --> 00:46:30.299
 a fence

00:46:30.299 --> 00:46:31.019
 and a calendar

00:46:31.019 --> 00:46:31.939
 are useful

00:46:31.939 --> 00:46:33.480
 for those who have

00:46:33.480 --> 00:46:34.619
 already been made new

00:46:34.619 --> 00:46:36.259
 but no amount

00:46:36.259 --> 00:46:36.739
 of fencing

00:46:36.739 --> 00:46:37.379
 and calendaring

00:46:37.379 --> 00:46:37.939
 can make you

00:46:37.939 --> 00:46:38.599
 a new creation

00:46:38.599 --> 00:46:40.459
 if you're not yet

00:46:40.459 --> 00:46:41.319
 a follower of Christ

00:46:41.319 --> 00:46:42.259
 no amount

00:46:42.259 --> 00:46:43.219
 of church attendance

00:46:43.219 --> 00:46:44.159
 will save you

00:46:44.159 --> 00:46:46.159
 only Jesus

00:46:46.159 --> 00:46:47.039
 by the power

00:46:47.039 --> 00:46:47.739
 of the Holy Spirit

00:46:47.739 --> 00:46:48.539
 can do that

00:46:48.539 --> 00:46:49.940
 so you need to repent

00:46:49.940 --> 00:46:50.559
 of your sins

00:46:50.559 --> 00:46:51.379
 and turn to him

00:46:51.379 --> 00:46:51.799
 in faith

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 and for the rest of us

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 let's keep on focusing

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 our hearts and minds

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 on Jesus

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 it's only when we fix

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 our eyes on him

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 that we can stay the course

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 and maintain our identity

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 our distinct identity

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 as the people of God

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 let's pray together

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 Father we confess

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 that it's so easy

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 for us to just drift

00:47:24.579 --> 00:47:25.619
 in the currents

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 of this world

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 this sinful world

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 we can so quickly

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 get unmoored

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 from the anger

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 of Christ

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 so help us Lord

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 as we gather

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 in your name

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 as we remember

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 Christ

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 the Passover lamb

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 who was sacrificed

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 for us

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 as we rest

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 in you

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 remind us

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 of our new identity

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 in Christ

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 and help us

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 to live

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 faithfully

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 to be loyal

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 to be dependent

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 on you

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 so that we can be

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 your witnesses

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 so that we can

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 maintain our identity

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 as a distinct

00:48:24.700 --> 00:48:25.660
 people of God

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 chosen

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 as your special

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 possession

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 to bring you glory

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 Lord set us

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 apart

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 for yourself

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 we want to honor you

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 in Jesus name

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 we pray

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 Amen

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 establish

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 unto you

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 about

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 you

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