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 time this evening to the passage we read in exodus exodus chapter 15 and we're looking at

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 these verses 1 to 21 and not looking at every detail but some of the main strands of teaching

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 in it if we take verse 11 to be equivalent to an unopened parcel who is like you oh lord among the

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 gods who is like you majestic in holiness awesome and glorious deeds doing wonders we can then see

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 the verses around that beginning from the beginning of the chapter through to where we finished as the

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 unpacking of that parcel contents if you like of what's stated in verse 11 the wonder of god majestic

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 in his holiness as he was seen in the various details that are described there throughout the

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 chapter the awesomeness of god in glorious deeds especially as he gave the people of israel to be

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 released from egypt to be redeemed from egypt and to come to the promised land ultimately as he would

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 take them into so there's the unpacking if you like of that parcel in verse 11 the rest of it there

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 just lies around it arranged in such a way that you can see content to some degree of what verse 11

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 actually contains and there are two things anyway in summary of that that we can look at with a number

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 of points under each of these first of all there's a celebration in looking back this is a song of moses

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 and the people of israel at this juncture so they're celebrating as they're looking back they're

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 celebrating their release their deliverance they're celebrating god's magnificent victory over their

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 enemies it's a celebration as they look back but also from verse 13 especially it's a certainty as they

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 look ahead there is a certainty in the language there's a certainty as they reflect on the past that

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 feeds into the future as it will unfold before them and there's a confidence in what they say in this

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 song to the lord that because god has done such great things in the redemption from egypt he will go on

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 providing for them until they are settled in the land that he has promised them so these are the two

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 main points that i want to just lay before you first of all a celebration in looking back and then

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 there's certainly a certainty in looking ahead and we can relate these to our own experience as christians

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 in the world and as we look back over what god has done as we've experienced god's deliverance from sin

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 deliverance from our own lost condition so that gives us encouragement to look forward to know that god

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 and be certain that god having done what he's done in our past is actually going to complete in our future

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 what he has promised to do for us now there's a principle here that's somewhat difficult to deal

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 with and that's the principle of actually singing this song at such a juncture and over such a specific

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 issue how could it be that the people of israel founded right in their hearts to sing this song

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 which contains so much emphasis about the destruction of their enemies the egyptians how could they actually

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 have over such a solemn thing as the destruction of the egyptians or the egyptian forces in the red sea

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 how could they then move immediately to sing such a song or to sing at all in the light of that solemn event

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 of destruction well you find some other parts of the bible where very similar things take place let me just

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 take your minds forward in the bible to the last book of the bible and you'll find revelation chapter 15

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 and verse 3 they sang there when they saw this great sign in heaven

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 where the for whom the wrath of god is finished this is the land the lord who had conquered the beast

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 and his image and the number of its name standing beside the sea of glass and he sang the song of

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 moses the servant of god and the song of the lamb saying great and amazing are your deeds o lord god

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 almighty just and true are your ways o king of the nations who will not fear o lord and glorify your name

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 for you alone are holy all nations will come and worship you for your righteous acts have been

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 revealed and then even further forward even more remarkable in chapter 19 of revelation from the

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 beginning of the chapter this is uh following on from the overthrow of babylon the great enemy

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 represented by babylon by the word and uh the the history of of babylon as as the main enemy of the

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 people of god through the old testament well babylon is overthrown and uh she's thrown into the sea it's a

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 picture of utter destruction of god's enemies but then you find this um where after this i heard what

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 seemed to be the loud voice of a great multitude in heaven saying hallelujah salvation and glory and

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 power belong to our god for his judgments are true and just for he has judged the great prostitute

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 to corrupt the earth with her immorality and has avenged on her the blood of his servants once more

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 they cried out hallelujah the smoke from her goes up forever and ever now that's talking about eternal

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 destruction a most solemn thing to think about and yet it's there as something that's celebrated in song

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 just as here in this chapter in exodus the overthrow of the egyptians is celebrated in song well how can

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 that be well some theologians refer to this as intrusion ethics or intrusion teaching when what they mean by

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 that is that the final state after the judgment after god's people have been settled with them forever

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 in eternity then the minds of god's redeemed people will perfectly reflect the mind of god himself

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 and where god finds it just and proper and fitting to deal with his enemies and their enemies in the way

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 he will then because the minds of his people are very much in tune with perfectly in tune with his will

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 with his purpose with his act of destruction in regard to the wicked they themselves follow in the same way

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 or similar way in which you find here in exodus 15 and in the book of revelation to sing praise to the lord

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 for the way that he has manifested his power towards them in their deliverance carrying with it the destruction

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 of their enemies of their enemies as well the ultimate purpose of our redemption is praise to god

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 the ultimate purpose of our redemption is praise to god and every aspect of our experiencing of redemption

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 should reflect the praise of god what we do and what we say and how we sing

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 and in this chapter that's what we find this this principle of celebrating of singing the praises of god

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 who in his wisdom and power and majesty and holiness and might has dealt with his enemies and set his people free

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 and that's going to be your experience and my experience fully and perfectly in the state of glory

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 we can't get it into our minds it seems inappropriate in our present state of thinking

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 it seems inappropriate because we are commanded to pray for our enemies to love those who despise us

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 and that is not in any way shifted from the emphasis jesus gives to it by anything that's projected

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 from what the future will be into consideration of it in the present

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 it's still the case though that this is how the final order will be

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 this when we are our minds are made perfect

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 and in tune with the mind of god

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 then what you find here will be brought to its own perfection and the celebrations

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 of heaven itself

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 and the god who is praised

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 and the god who is praised as described in various ways down through

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 the chapter verse 11 here

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 who is like you oh lord among the gods

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 who is like you majestic

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 in holiness now all the elements that god has revealed all the attributes all the ways in which

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 has revealed himself in delivering israel from egypt and all the way through from there into the present day

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 everything that god does is marked by holiness whether it's in the deliverance of his people

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 his love for his people his overthrow of their enemies

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 every aspect of his work is like his being glorious in holiness

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 is not just a holy god

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 is not just the holy god

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 he is the most magnificent holy god

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 magnificent in his holiness

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 splendid in his holiness

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 and that's why we always need to keep before our minds

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 that the god we worship is splendid as it says he is majestic

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 in holiness

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 perhaps one of the reasons

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 why things are sometimes with ourselves

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 personally speaking

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 as they are in our relationship with god

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 our relationship with the world

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 our view of the world

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 and all those things that are

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 that are involved in that

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 that we don't appreciate as we should

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 the majesty of god

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 and his holiness

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 the majestic holiness of god

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 and the way in which god in his majestic holiness

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 makes it clear to us in that itself

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 how worthy he is to be worshipped

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 how worthy he is to be served

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 how worthy he is to be praised

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 how worthy he is of everything that comes his way

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 from his redeemed church

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 tonight as we gather here in this meeting for prayer

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 for study of the bible

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 for the praise of god

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 this is what is before us

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 we are here to worship the majestic god

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 the god majestic in his holiness

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 we are here not to cringe before him

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 but we are here to fall before him

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 in love

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 and what the bible calls the fear of god

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 fear of god

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 being a respect and an awe

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 of the majestic holiness of god

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 or the majestic god

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 in his holiness

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 yes

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 but secondly you have

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 an emphasis here

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 in celebration of looking back

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 not just

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 the majestic holiness of god

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 but also the power of god

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 there it is in verse 11

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 awesome

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 in glorious deeds or actions

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 doing wonders

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 go back to verse 3

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 the lord is a man of war

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 the lord is his name

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 of course you've got to bear

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 in context

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 in mind the context for this

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 some of those who would

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 criticize us for believing the bible

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 and who would suggest that perhaps

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 a christian religion is responsible

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 for much of the damage that's in the world

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 would point to verses like that

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 and say

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 the lord is a man of war

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 isn't your god

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 one who delights in killing people

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 one who delights in doing things

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 which really cause pain and distress to people

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 well i hope we know how to answer that

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 first of all the context here

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 the lord is facing

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 those who are willingly

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 and uh

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 not just willingly

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 but violently

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 his enemies

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 and the enemies of his people

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 what is god going to do

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 well you might say god

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 could have converted all of us

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 really he could

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 but that's not his purpose

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 and you fall into line with his purpose

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 whatever that purpose

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 may be

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 and however difficult it may be

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 for us to follow it

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 he is god

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 he knows what's right

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 he knows

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 what he's doing at all times

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 and you notice here

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 the right hand of god is mentioned

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 you stretched out your right hand

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 the earth swallowed them

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 now

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 um

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 apparently it was the case that

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 representations of pagan idols

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 very often had

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 in the right hand

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 a symbol of their power

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 whether it be a sword

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 or a crown

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 or something like that

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 they were represented by

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 the images of them

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 as having this capacity

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 this power

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 this ability

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 this overriding

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 power and influence

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 over those who came to worship them

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 and over those

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 uh

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 that they were represented

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 to to protect

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 wrongly of course

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 but here is god

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 and here is the song of

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 of triumph to god

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 you stretched out

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 your right hand

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 their right hand

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 whatever they had

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 on their right hand

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 was pretty useless

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 when it came

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 to the matter of

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 facing you oh lord

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 because you stretched out

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 your right hand

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 the right hand of your might

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 and there's also

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 uh

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 an emphasis here

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 to to floods

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 um

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 the earth swallowed them

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 but uh

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 all the way through

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 you've got

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 emphasis on

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 on on floods

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 uh

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 here through the red sea

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 of course being

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 itself

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 uh

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 a volume of water

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 look back to verse 5

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 uh

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 the floods covered them

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 they went down into the depth

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 like a stone

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 now this is

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 a really interesting thing

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 for you yourselves

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 to to pursue through

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 i'm just going to

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 lay it out

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 you can follow this out

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 yourselves

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 especially if you've got

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 a concordance

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 just look up the word

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 floods

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 and look at the number

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 of times that the word

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 floods is used

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 in a similar way to this

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 because floods

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 especially in the old

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 testament

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 represent

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 the powers of enmity

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 against god

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 the powers of

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 those who

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 gather together

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 against the lord's

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 people

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 and against god himself

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 and who gather in

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 all the might that

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 they can muster

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 in order to try and

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 prevent the lord

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 from carrying out

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 his purpose

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 and again you find

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 that same thing

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 uh

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 through the bible

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 but you find it

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 very frequently

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 and interestingly

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 significantly

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 in the book of psalms

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 book of psalms

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 that we

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 of course use

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 in our worship

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 psalm 29

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 verse 3

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 the voice of the lord

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 is over the waters

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 the glory of god

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 thunders

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 the lord

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 over many waters

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 the voice of the lord

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 is powerful

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 the voice of the lord

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 is full

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 of majesty

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 go to psalm 77

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 and there again

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 you find

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 in psalm 77

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 a similar emphasis

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 in verses

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 16

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 in verse 16

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 there you find

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 when the water

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 saw you

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 oh god

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 when the water

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 saw you

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 they were afraid

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 indeed

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 the deep

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 trembled

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 you'll find for

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 yourselves

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 other

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 i'll read one more

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 than that

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 in the book of psalms

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 there are many more

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 that you can find out

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 for yourselves

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 it's a very useful

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 interesting exercise

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 to do that

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 and to follow out

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 the teaching there

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 of the waters

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 and what they represent

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 and how the lord

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 overcame them

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 on behalf of his people

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 well psalm 124

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 one of the

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 all-time favourite psalms

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 of the covenanters

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 in scotland

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 well i'm sure

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 know what that

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 terrible situation

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 was like

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 for the covenanters

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 having to meet

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 sometimes in secret

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 of the moors

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 on the moors

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 pursued by

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 red coat soldiers

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 and so on

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 this was one of

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 their favourite psalms

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 and it's for good reason

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 you can see

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 why it was one of

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 the favourite psalms

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 if it had not been

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 the lord

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 who was on our side

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 let israel now say

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 if it had not been

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 the lord

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 who was on our side

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 then when people

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 rose up against us

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 then they would have

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 swallowed us alive

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 when their anger

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 was kindled against us

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 then the flood

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 would have swept us away

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 the torrent

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 would have gone over us

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 then over us

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 would have gone

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 the raging waters

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 see three references

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 there to the power

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 of the waters

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 the power of the floods

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 and all the time

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 there's an emphasis

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 god has not given us

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 to that

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 god has overcome that

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 god has delivered

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 his people

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 and of course

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 you find the same

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 in the red sea

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 this was what stood

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 in the face

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 of the people

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 moving forward

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 and the lord

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 showed his might

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 that these great waters

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 that were sometimes

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 used to represent

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 this body

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 of enmity

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 against god

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 he just

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 cut it in two

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 and let his people

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 pass through

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 now all of that

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 follows through

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 into your experience

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 as well

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 as the people

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 of god

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 because you can see

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 it in your own

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 personal experience

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 how waters

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 so very readily

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 represent

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 the various

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 aspects

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 of the difficulties

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 and the trials

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 and the challenges

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 that face you

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 in the christian life

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 and how so often

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 they seem to be

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 just ready to

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 overthrow you

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 overwhelm you

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 and come and just

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 swallow you up

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 well there's

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 the emphasis

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 all the way

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 through scripture

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 your trust in the lord

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 unites you to someone

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 who stands over the waters

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 who presides over them

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 in such a way

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 that they will not

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 swallow you up

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 even though sometimes

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 they may seem to come

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 very far up

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 in your experience

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 and then of course

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 he refers to

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 his love

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 and his fury

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 and they're both

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 together here

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 interesting in verse 13

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 you have led

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 in your steadfast love

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 the people

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 whom you have redeemed

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 you have guided them

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 by your strength

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 to your holy abode

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 and he mentions

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 the fury of the lord

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 elsewhere

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 and the anger

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 with which god

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 dealt with his enemies

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 well verse 13

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 the steadfast love

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 of the lord

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 is his loving kindness

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 to his people

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 so often

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 we come across

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 this word

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 in the old testament

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 but there's one thing

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 that it carries

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 with it as well

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 and it's important

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 because alongside

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 of god's steadfast love

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 for his people

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 and these words

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 are important

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 as a translation

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 loving kindness

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 or steadfast love

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 it really means

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 the absolute

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 commitment of god

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 to his people

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 and to his own purpose

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 in them

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 and through them

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 and for them

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 but his own absolute

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 commitment to that

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 means

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 that his enemies

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 are bound

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 to be overthrown

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 the loving kindness

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 of god for his people

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 the steadfast love

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 of god for his people

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 carries with it

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 inevitably

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 the destruction

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 of all those

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 who themselves

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 choose willingly

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 to stand against him

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 and against his people

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 and all of that

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 is brought before us

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 by way

00:18:41.960 --> 00:18:43.000
 of a song

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 for worship

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 love is committed

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 to god's people

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 and the love

00:18:50.519 --> 00:18:51.359
 in which he's committed

00:18:51.359 --> 00:18:52.160
 to his people

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 also carries with it

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 the way in which he

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 engages with his enemies

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 who steadfastly refuse

00:18:59.980 --> 00:19:01.079
 to bow to him

00:19:01.079 --> 00:19:04.240
 you see there in verse 9

00:19:04.240 --> 00:19:06.620
 the enemy said

00:19:06.620 --> 00:19:08.299
 i will pursue

00:19:08.299 --> 00:19:10.140
 i will overtake

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 i will divide the spoil

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 my desire shall have

00:19:13.920 --> 00:19:14.680
 its fill of them

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 i will draw the sword

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 my hand shall destroy them

00:19:18.759 --> 00:19:20.019
 there's a reflection

00:19:20.019 --> 00:19:21.180
 of the society

00:19:21.180 --> 00:19:22.500
 in which you and i live

00:19:22.500 --> 00:19:24.920
 just as these waters

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 of the red sea

00:19:25.980 --> 00:19:26.980
 represented us

00:19:26.980 --> 00:19:28.319
 the floods of waters

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 that which stood

00:19:29.099 --> 00:19:29.720
 against god

00:19:29.720 --> 00:19:30.380
 and his people

00:19:30.380 --> 00:19:31.680
 so you're finding

00:19:31.680 --> 00:19:32.980
 that in verse 9

00:19:32.980 --> 00:19:34.420
 the emphasis there

00:19:34.420 --> 00:19:35.700
 very much fits in

00:19:35.700 --> 00:19:36.500
 with the attitude

00:19:36.500 --> 00:19:38.100
 that faces you today

00:19:38.100 --> 00:19:38.960
 as a christian

00:19:38.960 --> 00:19:40.000
 where the world

00:19:40.000 --> 00:19:40.860
 and where

00:19:40.860 --> 00:19:42.700
 in many aspects

00:19:42.700 --> 00:19:44.540
 of political life itself

00:19:44.540 --> 00:19:46.260
 and many other aspects

00:19:46.260 --> 00:19:47.060
 of our society

00:19:47.060 --> 00:19:47.520
 sadly

00:19:47.520 --> 00:19:48.660
 they will say

00:19:48.660 --> 00:19:50.220
 i will pursue

00:19:50.220 --> 00:19:51.500
 i will overtake

00:19:51.500 --> 00:19:52.740
 i'll follow my own

00:19:52.740 --> 00:19:53.440
 inclinations

00:19:53.440 --> 00:19:54.720
 i'll pull through

00:19:54.720 --> 00:19:55.300
 with this

00:19:55.300 --> 00:19:56.280
 i will actually

00:19:56.280 --> 00:19:57.140
 be determined

00:19:57.140 --> 00:19:58.380
 against what

00:19:58.380 --> 00:19:59.460
 is represented

00:19:59.460 --> 00:20:00.080
 as god

00:20:00.079 --> 00:20:00.699
 and the gospel

00:20:00.699 --> 00:20:01.319
 and the church

00:20:01.319 --> 00:20:03.079
 i'll stand against that

00:20:03.079 --> 00:20:04.199
 i'll overthrow that

00:20:04.199 --> 00:20:05.299
 i'll deal with that

00:20:05.299 --> 00:20:08.599
 and sadly

00:20:08.599 --> 00:20:09.319
 throughout the world

00:20:09.319 --> 00:20:09.899
 that of course

00:20:09.899 --> 00:20:10.659
 is the case

00:20:10.659 --> 00:20:12.399
 you've only got to

00:20:12.399 --> 00:20:12.899
 look to

00:20:12.899 --> 00:20:14.220
 ukraine

00:20:14.220 --> 00:20:14.939
 and see someone

00:20:14.939 --> 00:20:15.720
 like putin

00:20:15.720 --> 00:20:17.939
 who is determined

00:20:17.939 --> 00:20:18.859
 that his own will

00:20:18.859 --> 00:20:19.460
 will carry

00:20:19.460 --> 00:20:21.559
 as far as the future

00:20:21.559 --> 00:20:22.679
 of the ukrainian people

00:20:22.679 --> 00:20:23.399
 is concerned

00:20:23.399 --> 00:20:24.480
 well god

00:20:24.480 --> 00:20:25.799
 may very well

00:20:25.799 --> 00:20:26.599
 have other ideas

00:20:26.599 --> 00:20:27.259
 and we hope

00:20:27.259 --> 00:20:29.299
 that it will turn out

00:20:29.299 --> 00:20:30.200
 eventually

00:20:30.200 --> 00:20:30.919
 to be

00:20:30.919 --> 00:20:31.779
 a defeat

00:20:31.779 --> 00:20:33.299
 for a dictator

00:20:33.299 --> 00:20:34.200
 like putin

00:20:34.200 --> 00:20:35.799
 but there is the

00:20:35.799 --> 00:20:36.759
 emphasis there

00:20:36.759 --> 00:20:37.619
 in verse 9

00:20:37.619 --> 00:20:38.720
 and here is god

00:20:38.720 --> 00:20:39.079
 saying

00:20:39.079 --> 00:20:40.480
 here are my people

00:20:40.480 --> 00:20:40.960
 and they are

00:20:40.960 --> 00:20:42.279
 celebrating the victory

00:20:42.279 --> 00:20:43.819
 that i have given them

00:20:43.819 --> 00:20:45.500
 because here's

00:20:45.500 --> 00:20:46.419
 their song

00:20:46.419 --> 00:20:47.319
 over the destruction

00:20:47.319 --> 00:20:48.139
 of their enemies

00:20:48.139 --> 00:20:50.059
 here's their celebration

00:20:50.059 --> 00:20:51.899
 of the majestic holiness

00:20:51.899 --> 00:20:52.599
 the power

00:20:52.599 --> 00:20:53.339
 the love

00:20:53.339 --> 00:20:53.919
 and the fury

00:20:53.919 --> 00:20:54.519
 of god

00:20:54.519 --> 00:20:56.539
 this is our god

00:20:56.539 --> 00:20:57.139
 as we sang

00:20:57.139 --> 00:20:58.279
 one of the songs

00:20:58.279 --> 00:20:59.019
 and psalms tonight

00:20:59.019 --> 00:21:00.819
 this is our god

00:21:00.819 --> 00:21:02.440
 the god we worship

00:21:02.440 --> 00:21:04.299
 the god we love

00:21:04.299 --> 00:21:06.059
 the god we pray to

00:21:06.059 --> 00:21:07.960
 the god we seek

00:21:07.960 --> 00:21:10.220
 to show his power again

00:21:10.220 --> 00:21:11.559
 now there's a certainty

00:21:11.559 --> 00:21:12.720
 of looking ahead

00:21:12.720 --> 00:21:13.440
 the time is going

00:21:13.440 --> 00:21:14.900
 certainty

00:21:14.900 --> 00:21:15.779
 in looking ahead

00:21:15.779 --> 00:21:17.059
 from verse 13

00:21:17.059 --> 00:21:18.639
 there's a certain hope

00:21:18.639 --> 00:21:19.639
 involved in this

00:21:19.639 --> 00:21:20.259
 you have led

00:21:20.259 --> 00:21:21.500
 in your steadfast love

00:21:21.500 --> 00:21:22.319
 the people

00:21:22.319 --> 00:21:23.779
 whom you have redeemed

00:21:23.779 --> 00:21:25.140
 you have guided them

00:21:25.140 --> 00:21:25.940
 by your strength

00:21:25.940 --> 00:21:27.599
 to your holy abode

00:21:27.599 --> 00:21:28.640
 it's as if the people

00:21:28.640 --> 00:21:29.339
 are there already

00:21:29.339 --> 00:21:30.640
 in the promised land

00:21:30.640 --> 00:21:32.240
 the peoples have heard

00:21:32.240 --> 00:21:33.180
 they tremble

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 you see that certain hope

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 how is it that they can be

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 so sure

00:21:36.839 --> 00:21:38.559
 about the future

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 as they reflect

00:21:39.980 --> 00:21:40.680
 on the past

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 well because of

00:21:41.859 --> 00:21:43.119
 arguing this way

00:21:43.119 --> 00:21:43.559
 i think

00:21:43.559 --> 00:21:44.599
 they're saying really

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 god has already

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 done this for us

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 so

00:21:49.359 --> 00:21:50.480
 we are right

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 in thinking

00:21:51.099 --> 00:21:52.079
 and believing

00:21:52.079 --> 00:21:53.059
 that he's going

00:21:53.059 --> 00:21:53.719
 to continue

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 to bless us

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 and to carry us

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 through

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 until he has

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 actually settled us

00:21:58.219 --> 00:21:59.179
 in the promised land

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 it's really

00:22:00.099 --> 00:22:01.599
 an argument

00:22:01.599 --> 00:22:03.119
 from the most

00:22:03.119 --> 00:22:04.259
 difficult if you like

00:22:04.259 --> 00:22:04.879
 though nothing is

00:22:04.879 --> 00:22:05.819
 difficult with god

00:22:05.819 --> 00:22:07.219
 but in human terms

00:22:07.219 --> 00:22:08.000
 an argument

00:22:08.000 --> 00:22:09.079
 from the greatest

00:22:09.079 --> 00:22:09.939
 to the least

00:22:09.939 --> 00:22:10.719
 or an argument

00:22:10.719 --> 00:22:11.799
 from the most

00:22:11.799 --> 00:22:12.899
 difficult to the

00:22:12.899 --> 00:22:13.740
 more easy

00:22:13.740 --> 00:22:15.399
 the most difficult

00:22:15.399 --> 00:22:16.199
 being to deliver

00:22:16.199 --> 00:22:16.759
 the people

00:22:16.759 --> 00:22:18.399
 from their thralldom

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 and bondage

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 in egypt

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 and to carry

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 them safely

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 through

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 having been

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 pursued by

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 the egyptians

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 that you might

00:22:25.519 --> 00:22:26.480
 say is the way

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 the song here

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 reflects on the

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 most difficult

00:22:28.859 --> 00:22:29.680
 aspect of their

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 deliverance

00:22:30.359 --> 00:22:31.480
 and what it's

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 really saying

00:22:31.940 --> 00:22:33.279
 is when god

00:22:33.279 --> 00:22:33.839
 has already

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 done this

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 we can be

00:22:36.319 --> 00:22:36.720
 certain

00:22:36.720 --> 00:22:37.879
 that he will

00:22:37.879 --> 00:22:38.619
 do the lesser

00:22:38.619 --> 00:22:39.220
 for us

00:22:39.220 --> 00:22:39.700
 and carrying

00:22:39.700 --> 00:22:40.059
 us through

00:22:40.059 --> 00:22:40.559
 the wilderness

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 into the

00:22:41.779 --> 00:22:42.619
 promised land

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 that's of course

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 speaking

00:22:43.879 --> 00:22:44.839
 relatively

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 because as i

00:22:45.640 --> 00:22:46.180
 said nothing

00:22:46.180 --> 00:22:47.420
 is difficult

00:22:47.420 --> 00:22:47.920
 with god

00:22:47.920 --> 00:22:48.279
 anything

00:22:48.279 --> 00:22:48.960
 nothing is

00:22:48.960 --> 00:22:49.480
 more difficult

00:22:49.480 --> 00:22:49.920
 than anything

00:22:49.920 --> 00:22:50.640
 else for him

00:22:50.640 --> 00:22:51.539
 but you carry

00:22:51.539 --> 00:22:52.039
 that through

00:22:52.039 --> 00:22:52.799
 into the new

00:22:52.799 --> 00:22:53.580
 testament as

00:22:53.580 --> 00:22:54.420
 well and in

00:22:54.420 --> 00:22:54.720
 your own

00:22:54.720 --> 00:22:55.200
 experience

00:22:55.200 --> 00:22:56.120
 when you can

00:22:56.120 --> 00:22:56.600
 argue that

00:22:56.600 --> 00:22:57.519
 well when god

00:22:57.519 --> 00:22:57.940
 has already

00:22:57.940 --> 00:22:58.880
 delivered me

00:22:58.880 --> 00:22:59.680
 from my sin

00:22:59.680 --> 00:23:00.539
 from the guilt

00:23:00.539 --> 00:23:01.320
 of my sin

00:23:01.320 --> 00:23:02.220
 when he's brought

00:23:02.220 --> 00:23:03.120
 me out from

00:23:03.120 --> 00:23:03.720
 the darkness

00:23:03.720 --> 00:23:04.980
 in which i once

00:23:04.980 --> 00:23:05.720
 lived when he's

00:23:05.720 --> 00:23:06.259
 done that

00:23:06.259 --> 00:23:07.220
 when he's shattered

00:23:07.220 --> 00:23:08.299
 the power of sin

00:23:08.299 --> 00:23:09.580
 in my own life

00:23:09.580 --> 00:23:10.640
 that's something

00:23:10.640 --> 00:23:11.759
 from which i can

00:23:11.759 --> 00:23:12.960
 argue that god

00:23:12.960 --> 00:23:13.940
 is bound to be

00:23:13.940 --> 00:23:14.779
 true to his promise

00:23:14.779 --> 00:23:15.680
 that he will bring

00:23:15.680 --> 00:23:16.680
 me safely home

00:23:16.680 --> 00:23:18.480
 he's already done

00:23:18.480 --> 00:23:19.160
 the most difficult

00:23:19.160 --> 00:23:19.700
 if you like

00:23:19.700 --> 00:23:20.920
 using that language

00:23:20.920 --> 00:23:22.039
 and he's going

00:23:22.039 --> 00:23:22.700
 to actually be

00:23:22.700 --> 00:23:23.899
 be sure to bring

00:23:23.899 --> 00:23:24.379
 us home

00:23:24.379 --> 00:23:25.339
 and in fact you

00:23:25.339 --> 00:23:27.299
 find in the new

00:23:27.299 --> 00:23:28.680
 testament a very

00:23:28.680 --> 00:23:29.460
 similar argument

00:23:29.460 --> 00:23:30.379
 used by paul

00:23:30.379 --> 00:23:31.500
 in romans

00:23:31.500 --> 00:23:33.139
 chapter eight

00:23:33.139 --> 00:23:34.539
 and again it's a

00:23:34.539 --> 00:23:35.500
 chapter we saw

00:23:35.500 --> 00:23:36.319
 recently some of

00:23:36.319 --> 00:23:37.940
 it that's set

00:23:37.940 --> 00:23:38.859
 out there for the

00:23:38.859 --> 00:23:39.960
 encouragement and

00:23:39.960 --> 00:23:40.839
 for the assurance

00:23:40.839 --> 00:23:42.299
 of god's people

00:23:42.299 --> 00:23:43.079
 who trust in

00:23:43.079 --> 00:23:43.460
 christ

00:23:43.460 --> 00:23:44.779
 verse 32

00:23:44.779 --> 00:23:45.980
 of romans

00:23:45.980 --> 00:23:46.740
 chapter 8

00:23:46.740 --> 00:23:47.660
 you read as

00:23:47.660 --> 00:23:48.019
 follows

00:23:48.019 --> 00:23:48.640
 well he's

00:23:48.640 --> 00:23:49.240
 verse 31

00:23:49.240 --> 00:23:49.860
 what shall we

00:23:49.860 --> 00:23:50.920
 say to these

00:23:50.920 --> 00:23:52.240
 things if god

00:23:52.240 --> 00:23:53.019
 is for us who

00:23:53.019 --> 00:23:53.720
 can be against

00:23:53.720 --> 00:23:55.140
 us he who did

00:23:55.140 --> 00:23:56.000
 not spare his

00:23:56.000 --> 00:23:57.200
 own son but

00:23:57.200 --> 00:23:57.960
 gave him up for

00:23:57.960 --> 00:23:59.500
 us all how will

00:23:59.500 --> 00:24:00.700
 he not also with

00:24:00.700 --> 00:24:02.380
 him graciously give

00:24:02.380 --> 00:24:03.220
 us all things you

00:24:03.220 --> 00:24:03.720
 see there's the

00:24:03.720 --> 00:24:04.380
 same principle

00:24:04.380 --> 00:24:05.539
 paul is saying

00:24:05.539 --> 00:24:06.480
 look at this

00:24:06.480 --> 00:24:08.120
 god has already

00:24:08.120 --> 00:24:09.500
 done this amazing

00:24:09.500 --> 00:24:10.860
 thing he did not

00:24:10.860 --> 00:24:12.000
 spare his own

00:24:12.000 --> 00:24:13.059
 son but he

00:24:13.059 --> 00:24:13.819
 delivered him up

00:24:13.819 --> 00:24:14.480
 for us all

00:24:14.480 --> 00:24:15.240
 now when he's

00:24:15.240 --> 00:24:16.099
 done that paul

00:24:16.099 --> 00:24:17.079
 is saying how

00:24:17.079 --> 00:24:17.779
 shall he not

00:24:17.779 --> 00:24:18.740
 with him in

00:24:18.740 --> 00:24:19.519
 union with him

00:24:19.519 --> 00:24:20.639
 also freely

00:24:20.639 --> 00:24:21.740
 graciously give

00:24:21.740 --> 00:24:22.639
 us all things

00:24:22.639 --> 00:24:23.500
 there's paul's

00:24:23.500 --> 00:24:24.759
 argument so that

00:24:24.759 --> 00:24:25.679
 these christians

00:24:25.679 --> 00:24:26.240
 in rom are

00:24:26.240 --> 00:24:27.019
 encouraged by

00:24:27.019 --> 00:24:27.539
 what he has to

00:24:27.539 --> 00:24:28.859
 say he's saying

00:24:28.859 --> 00:24:29.740
 to them look at

00:24:29.740 --> 00:24:30.259
 what god has

00:24:30.259 --> 00:24:30.980
 already done

00:24:30.980 --> 00:24:32.319
 look at the

00:24:32.319 --> 00:24:33.700
 cross look at

00:24:33.700 --> 00:24:34.299
 what the cross

00:24:34.299 --> 00:24:35.519
 is look at the

00:24:35.519 --> 00:24:36.159
 fact of the

00:24:36.159 --> 00:24:38.700
 cross not the

00:24:38.700 --> 00:24:39.599
 liberal theology

00:24:39.599 --> 00:24:41.000
 version of the

00:24:41.000 --> 00:24:42.460
 cross but the

00:24:42.460 --> 00:24:43.119
 new testament

00:24:43.119 --> 00:24:44.339
 pauline version

00:24:44.339 --> 00:24:45.180
 of the cross

00:24:45.180 --> 00:24:47.039
 the lord's own

00:24:47.039 --> 00:24:48.200
 presentation of

00:24:48.200 --> 00:24:48.799
 his cross and

00:24:48.799 --> 00:24:49.460
 of his death

00:24:49.460 --> 00:24:50.640
 when you see

00:24:50.640 --> 00:24:52.019
 what that entails

00:24:52.019 --> 00:24:52.660
 what that has

00:24:52.660 --> 00:24:53.579
 done what has

00:24:53.579 --> 00:24:54.420
 been included in

00:24:54.420 --> 00:24:54.900
 that what that

00:24:54.900 --> 00:24:56.900
 involved well

00:24:56.900 --> 00:24:57.980
 how is he going

00:24:57.980 --> 00:24:59.359
 to not fulfill

00:24:59.359 --> 00:25:02.200
 what remains of

00:25:02.200 --> 00:25:03.119
 your own christian

00:25:03.119 --> 00:25:04.539
 journey to heaven

00:25:04.539 --> 00:25:06.059
 and entrance to

00:25:06.059 --> 00:25:08.220
 glory that's why

00:25:08.220 --> 00:25:08.799
 he's saying here

00:25:08.799 --> 00:25:09.700
 he has taken

00:25:09.700 --> 00:25:10.559
 out the people

00:25:10.559 --> 00:25:11.559
 he has redeemed

00:25:11.559 --> 00:25:12.740
 them you have

00:25:12.740 --> 00:25:13.480
 guided them by

00:25:13.480 --> 00:25:14.720
 your strength to

00:25:14.720 --> 00:25:16.319
 your holy abode in

00:25:16.319 --> 00:25:17.500
 other words from

00:25:17.500 --> 00:25:18.279
 what already has

00:25:18.279 --> 00:25:19.039
 happened in their

00:25:19.039 --> 00:25:20.240
 deliverance he's

00:25:20.240 --> 00:25:22.159
 now saying you've

00:25:22.159 --> 00:25:23.059
 taken us out

00:25:23.059 --> 00:25:24.700
 you're now looking

00:25:24.700 --> 00:25:26.579
 after us and you

00:25:26.579 --> 00:25:27.519
 will take us home

00:25:27.519 --> 00:25:29.779
 that's exactly where

00:25:29.779 --> 00:25:30.980
 you are in your

00:25:30.980 --> 00:25:31.740
 christian thinking

00:25:31.740 --> 00:25:32.539
 isn't it tonight

00:25:32.539 --> 00:25:33.839
 you're saying to

00:25:33.839 --> 00:25:35.639
 god lord you've

00:25:35.639 --> 00:25:36.200
 done the great

00:25:36.200 --> 00:25:37.220
 thing of delivering

00:25:37.220 --> 00:25:38.279
 me from sin and

00:25:38.279 --> 00:25:38.960
 from the guilt of

00:25:38.960 --> 00:25:40.099
 my sin you've

00:25:40.099 --> 00:25:40.779
 done such a great

00:25:40.779 --> 00:25:41.700
 thing in the cross

00:25:41.700 --> 00:25:43.039
 to provide salvation

00:25:43.039 --> 00:25:44.119
 for me you're

00:25:44.119 --> 00:25:44.940
 looking after me

00:25:44.940 --> 00:25:46.339
 now you're

00:25:46.339 --> 00:25:47.160
 providing for me

00:25:47.160 --> 00:25:48.139
 every day you've

00:25:48.139 --> 00:25:48.700
 given me your

00:25:48.700 --> 00:25:50.879
 holy spirit how

00:25:50.879 --> 00:25:51.700
 shall you not

00:25:51.700 --> 00:25:54.139
 also with christ

00:25:54.139 --> 00:25:55.079
 freely give me

00:25:55.079 --> 00:25:57.619
 all things your

00:25:57.619 --> 00:25:59.700
 future is secure

00:25:59.700 --> 00:26:01.759
 and you can argue

00:26:01.759 --> 00:26:02.359
 that from the

00:26:02.359 --> 00:26:03.779
 certainty the

00:26:03.779 --> 00:26:06.220
 factuality of your

00:26:06.220 --> 00:26:07.099
 redemption in the

00:26:07.099 --> 00:26:09.779
 past and of

00:26:09.779 --> 00:26:10.619
 course he mentions

00:26:10.619 --> 00:26:11.339
 here cringing

00:26:11.339 --> 00:26:12.399
 enemies as well

00:26:12.399 --> 00:26:13.740
 as well as the

00:26:13.740 --> 00:26:14.539
 certain hope

00:26:14.539 --> 00:26:16.179
 terror and dread

00:26:16.179 --> 00:26:16.899
 the chiefs of

00:26:16.899 --> 00:26:18.240
 edom the peoples

00:26:18.240 --> 00:26:18.959
 have heard they

00:26:18.959 --> 00:26:20.639
 tremble the chiefs

00:26:20.639 --> 00:26:21.199
 of edom are

00:26:21.199 --> 00:26:22.619
 dismayed trembling

00:26:22.619 --> 00:26:23.639
 ceases the leaders

00:26:23.639 --> 00:26:25.240
 of moab all the

00:26:25.240 --> 00:26:25.899
 inhabitants of

00:26:25.899 --> 00:26:27.139
 canaan have

00:26:27.139 --> 00:26:28.119
 melted away terror

00:26:28.119 --> 00:26:29.159
 and dread fall upon

00:26:29.159 --> 00:26:31.099
 them because of the

00:26:31.099 --> 00:26:31.980
 greatness of your

00:26:31.980 --> 00:26:34.119
 arm they are still

00:26:34.119 --> 00:26:35.719
 as a stone till

00:26:35.719 --> 00:26:36.479
 your people oh

00:26:36.479 --> 00:26:38.579
 lord pass by until

00:26:38.579 --> 00:26:39.599
 the people pass by

00:26:39.599 --> 00:26:40.179
 whom you have

00:26:40.179 --> 00:26:41.679
 purchased you will

00:26:41.679 --> 00:26:42.479
 bring them in and

00:26:42.479 --> 00:26:43.979
 plant them on your

00:26:43.979 --> 00:26:44.639
 own mountain

00:26:44.639 --> 00:26:48.459
 well don't you wish

00:26:48.459 --> 00:26:49.299
 that that was more

00:26:49.299 --> 00:26:51.559
 the case in our

00:26:51.559 --> 00:26:52.539
 own experience in

00:26:52.539 --> 00:26:53.199
 the day in which we

00:26:53.199 --> 00:26:55.259
 live that the

00:26:55.259 --> 00:26:57.199
 reputation of god

00:26:57.199 --> 00:26:59.279
 not just of his

00:26:59.279 --> 00:27:00.359
 church the reputation

00:27:00.359 --> 00:27:01.579
 of god and

00:27:01.579 --> 00:27:02.259
 delivering his

00:27:02.259 --> 00:27:03.559
 people the power

00:27:03.559 --> 00:27:04.099
 and the might and

00:27:04.099 --> 00:27:05.099
 the presence of

00:27:05.099 --> 00:27:06.139
 god as was

00:27:06.139 --> 00:27:06.799
 mentioned in both

00:27:06.799 --> 00:27:07.579
 prayers tonight

00:27:07.579 --> 00:27:08.480
 that is something

00:27:08.480 --> 00:27:09.819
 we would pray and

00:27:09.819 --> 00:27:11.179
 earnestly plead for

00:27:11.179 --> 00:27:12.439
 more of in our

00:27:12.439 --> 00:27:13.720
 experience in the

00:27:13.720 --> 00:27:14.399
 church and along

00:27:14.399 --> 00:27:15.059
 with the gospel

00:27:15.059 --> 00:27:16.579
 today friends we

00:27:16.579 --> 00:27:18.079
 stand and instead

00:27:18.079 --> 00:27:19.019
 of the church

00:27:19.019 --> 00:27:20.039
 actually causing

00:27:20.039 --> 00:27:21.259
 by the power of

00:27:21.259 --> 00:27:22.220
 god in our midst

00:27:22.220 --> 00:27:23.079
 to cause his

00:27:23.079 --> 00:27:24.019
 enemies to cringe

00:27:24.019 --> 00:27:25.779
 and to fall into a

00:27:25.779 --> 00:27:26.539
 state of dread

00:27:26.539 --> 00:27:27.480
 what we're finding

00:27:27.480 --> 00:27:28.559
 sadly all too often

00:27:28.559 --> 00:27:29.539
 is that it's the

00:27:29.539 --> 00:27:30.079
 church that's

00:27:30.079 --> 00:27:31.439
 cringing against

00:27:31.440 --> 00:27:32.039
 the power of

00:27:32.039 --> 00:27:32.539
 the world

00:27:32.539 --> 00:27:34.420
 why is that

00:27:34.420 --> 00:27:36.180
 what's the reason

00:27:36.180 --> 00:27:36.940
 for that well

00:27:36.940 --> 00:27:37.960
 whatever the cause

00:27:37.960 --> 00:27:39.279
 of it is is

00:27:39.279 --> 00:27:41.100
 because we lack

00:27:41.100 --> 00:27:42.860
 the immense power

00:27:42.860 --> 00:27:44.519
 of god shown

00:27:44.519 --> 00:27:45.480
 through the gospel

00:27:45.480 --> 00:27:46.680
 that we would

00:27:46.680 --> 00:27:47.460
 like to see

00:27:47.460 --> 00:27:49.320
 we pray for that

00:27:49.320 --> 00:27:50.759
 we pray that the

00:27:50.759 --> 00:27:51.519
 days will come

00:27:51.519 --> 00:27:52.620
 when these people

00:27:52.620 --> 00:27:53.140
 in the streets

00:27:53.140 --> 00:27:53.900
 around us who

00:27:53.900 --> 00:27:55.100
 presently stand

00:27:55.100 --> 00:27:56.000
 against god and

00:27:56.000 --> 00:27:56.799
 stand against his

00:27:56.799 --> 00:27:58.160
 gospel that they

00:27:58.160 --> 00:27:58.960
 would actually come

00:27:58.960 --> 00:28:00.259
 to think and

00:28:00.259 --> 00:28:01.460
 hear of god at

00:28:01.460 --> 00:28:02.079
 work in his

00:28:02.079 --> 00:28:03.440
 people and that

00:28:03.440 --> 00:28:04.140
 what they hear of

00:28:04.140 --> 00:28:04.900
 god at work in

00:28:04.900 --> 00:28:07.220
 his people would

00:28:07.220 --> 00:28:08.019
 actually cause them

00:28:08.019 --> 00:28:09.880
 to reflect on

00:28:09.880 --> 00:28:10.900
 their own situation

00:28:10.900 --> 00:28:12.120
 on issues of

00:28:12.120 --> 00:28:13.180
 eternity well you

00:28:13.180 --> 00:28:14.720
 know there's it's a

00:28:14.720 --> 00:28:15.500
 very solemn thing

00:28:15.500 --> 00:28:17.480
 that it doesn't

00:28:17.480 --> 00:28:18.500
 really appear that

00:28:18.500 --> 00:28:19.880
 throughout our own

00:28:19.880 --> 00:28:20.539
 locality and

00:28:20.539 --> 00:28:21.019
 throughout the

00:28:21.019 --> 00:28:24.420
 nation that the

00:28:24.420 --> 00:28:25.380
 covid pandemic

00:28:25.380 --> 00:28:27.220
 has really had

00:28:27.220 --> 00:28:28.120
 much effect on

00:28:28.120 --> 00:28:28.779
 people's thinking

00:28:28.779 --> 00:28:29.539
 of eternity

00:28:29.539 --> 00:28:31.539
 and that's a very

00:28:31.539 --> 00:28:32.259
 solemn thing

00:28:32.259 --> 00:28:34.500
 that god in his

00:28:34.500 --> 00:28:36.320
 purpose should have

00:28:36.320 --> 00:28:37.580
 brought such

00:28:37.580 --> 00:28:38.539
 devastation

00:28:38.539 --> 00:28:40.320
 through this

00:28:40.320 --> 00:28:40.880
 pandemic

00:28:40.880 --> 00:28:43.420
 and yet people

00:28:43.420 --> 00:28:45.400
 have not really

00:28:45.400 --> 00:28:46.420
 given consideration

00:28:46.420 --> 00:28:48.460
 to god himself

00:28:48.460 --> 00:28:49.220
 through it all

00:28:49.220 --> 00:28:51.080
 well that

00:28:51.080 --> 00:28:52.100
 demonstrates for us

00:28:52.099 --> 00:28:53.839
 that not even

00:28:53.839 --> 00:28:54.679
 the most grievous

00:28:54.679 --> 00:28:55.679
 providence by

00:28:55.679 --> 00:28:57.740
 itself can change

00:28:57.740 --> 00:28:58.579
 people's hearts

00:28:58.579 --> 00:29:01.500
 for that we need

00:29:01.500 --> 00:29:03.399
 the power of god

00:29:03.399 --> 00:29:05.259
 the presence of god

00:29:05.259 --> 00:29:07.119
 the blessing of god

00:29:07.119 --> 00:29:07.939
 of his gospel

00:29:07.939 --> 00:29:09.500
 to his people first

00:29:09.500 --> 00:29:10.219
 of all to you

00:29:10.219 --> 00:29:11.059
 and to me

00:29:11.059 --> 00:29:12.619
 to make ourselves

00:29:12.619 --> 00:29:13.659
 come more alive

00:29:13.659 --> 00:29:15.500
 to bring his power

00:29:15.500 --> 00:29:16.719
 to bear upon our

00:29:16.719 --> 00:29:17.480
 own thoughts and

00:29:17.480 --> 00:29:18.079
 upon our own

00:29:18.079 --> 00:29:19.339
 actions and upon

00:29:19.339 --> 00:29:20.359
 our own daily

00:29:20.359 --> 00:29:21.279
 doings

00:29:21.279 --> 00:29:22.740
 and from there

00:29:22.740 --> 00:29:23.639
 to spread out

00:29:23.639 --> 00:29:25.240
 into the community

00:29:25.240 --> 00:29:26.059
 around us

00:29:26.059 --> 00:29:27.639
 not that we

00:29:27.639 --> 00:29:29.299
 should wait

00:29:29.299 --> 00:29:30.559
 until we feel

00:29:30.559 --> 00:29:31.039
 or know

00:29:31.039 --> 00:29:31.660
 or expect

00:29:31.660 --> 00:29:32.660
 and experience

00:29:32.660 --> 00:29:33.599
 that god is now

00:29:33.599 --> 00:29:34.160
 in our midst

00:29:34.160 --> 00:29:35.879
 to a great extent

00:29:35.879 --> 00:29:36.639
 beyond what we

00:29:36.639 --> 00:29:37.399
 have presently

00:29:37.399 --> 00:29:38.399
 before we start

00:29:38.399 --> 00:29:39.099
 doing outreach

00:29:39.099 --> 00:29:41.379
 and trying to

00:29:41.379 --> 00:29:42.180
 bring the gospel

00:29:42.180 --> 00:29:42.839
 out into a

00:29:42.839 --> 00:29:43.079
 community

00:29:43.079 --> 00:29:43.599
 I'm not saying

00:29:43.599 --> 00:29:44.180
 that at all

00:29:44.180 --> 00:29:45.220
 what I'm saying

00:29:45.220 --> 00:29:46.420
 is that we have

00:29:46.420 --> 00:29:47.019
 to be doing

00:29:47.019 --> 00:29:47.440
 that

00:29:47.440 --> 00:29:48.720
 but at the same

00:29:48.720 --> 00:29:49.420
 time recognize

00:29:49.420 --> 00:29:50.880
 that it's the lord

00:29:50.880 --> 00:29:51.660
 and his presence

00:29:51.660 --> 00:29:52.440
 and his power

00:29:52.440 --> 00:29:53.480
 that alone

00:29:53.480 --> 00:29:54.320
 can change

00:29:54.320 --> 00:29:55.300
 the hearts

00:29:55.300 --> 00:29:55.900
 of people

00:29:55.900 --> 00:29:57.019
 and that can

00:29:57.019 --> 00:29:58.019
 alone bring

00:29:58.019 --> 00:30:00.100
 that that sense

00:30:00.100 --> 00:30:00.700
 of eternity

00:30:00.700 --> 00:30:01.539
 that sense of

00:30:01.539 --> 00:30:02.420
 what the what

00:30:02.420 --> 00:30:03.000
 this passage

00:30:03.000 --> 00:30:04.140
 calls this sense

00:30:04.140 --> 00:30:04.940
 of terror and

00:30:04.940 --> 00:30:05.820
 dread that falls

00:30:05.820 --> 00:30:07.060
 upon these those

00:30:07.060 --> 00:30:07.860
 who stand against

00:30:07.860 --> 00:30:08.440
 the lord and

00:30:08.440 --> 00:30:09.560
 tremble in the

00:30:09.560 --> 00:30:10.580
 presence of god

00:30:10.580 --> 00:30:12.360
 that's what we

00:30:12.360 --> 00:30:13.840
 have seen in the

00:30:13.840 --> 00:30:14.320
 past

00:30:14.319 --> 00:30:15.679
 when god came

00:30:15.679 --> 00:30:16.379
 in reviving

00:30:16.379 --> 00:30:16.919
 power

00:30:16.919 --> 00:30:18.599
 when god came

00:30:18.599 --> 00:30:19.259
 and blessed

00:30:19.259 --> 00:30:19.859
 his word

00:30:19.859 --> 00:30:20.980
 and empowered

00:30:20.980 --> 00:30:21.539
 his people

00:30:21.539 --> 00:30:22.159
 and quickened

00:30:22.159 --> 00:30:22.460
 them

00:30:22.460 --> 00:30:24.200
 that was part

00:30:24.200 --> 00:30:24.819
 of the effect

00:30:24.819 --> 00:30:25.139
 of it

00:30:25.139 --> 00:30:26.740
 it registered

00:30:26.740 --> 00:30:27.740
 in the community

00:30:27.740 --> 00:30:29.220
 it registered

00:30:29.220 --> 00:30:29.899
 in people's

00:30:29.899 --> 00:30:30.339
 minds

00:30:30.339 --> 00:30:31.339
 people actually

00:30:31.339 --> 00:30:32.079
 said there's

00:30:32.079 --> 00:30:32.619
 something going

00:30:32.619 --> 00:30:33.119
 on here

00:30:33.119 --> 00:30:33.799
 it's unusual

00:30:33.799 --> 00:30:34.559
 what is it

00:30:34.559 --> 00:30:35.779
 what's happening

00:30:35.779 --> 00:30:36.519
 in our town

00:30:36.519 --> 00:30:37.359
 what's happening

00:30:37.359 --> 00:30:37.980
 in our village

00:30:37.980 --> 00:30:38.500
 what's happening

00:30:38.500 --> 00:30:39.339
 in our streets

00:30:39.339 --> 00:30:40.939
 well what was

00:30:40.939 --> 00:30:41.439
 happening was

00:30:41.439 --> 00:30:42.019
 that god was

00:30:42.019 --> 00:30:42.639
 at work

00:30:42.640 --> 00:30:44.720
 that god was

00:30:44.720 --> 00:30:45.500
 busy changing

00:30:45.500 --> 00:30:46.380
 people's lives

00:30:46.380 --> 00:30:47.040
 for the good

00:30:47.040 --> 00:30:48.860
 there is where

00:30:48.860 --> 00:30:49.460
 we really need

00:30:49.460 --> 00:30:50.700
 to bring this

00:30:50.700 --> 00:30:52.280
 passage into

00:30:52.280 --> 00:30:53.100
 our own personal

00:30:53.100 --> 00:30:54.080
 experience and

00:30:54.080 --> 00:30:54.759
 prayer

00:30:54.759 --> 00:30:57.480
 that the arrogant

00:30:57.480 --> 00:30:59.140
 defiance against

00:30:59.140 --> 00:30:59.740
 god that we

00:30:59.740 --> 00:31:00.440
 find sadly

00:31:00.440 --> 00:31:02.000
 marking so much

00:31:02.000 --> 00:31:02.900
 of our society

00:31:02.900 --> 00:31:04.660
 would actually

00:31:04.660 --> 00:31:05.280
 come to be

00:31:05.280 --> 00:31:05.920
 dispelled

00:31:05.920 --> 00:31:07.640
 by the working

00:31:07.640 --> 00:31:08.140
 of the holy

00:31:08.140 --> 00:31:08.700
 spirit

00:31:08.700 --> 00:31:10.520
 and to that

00:31:10.520 --> 00:31:10.920
 end

00:31:10.920 --> 00:31:11.940
 that we would

00:31:11.940 --> 00:31:12.400
 pray

00:31:12.400 --> 00:31:13.759
 and work

00:31:13.759 --> 00:31:15.120
 and work

00:31:15.120 --> 00:31:16.140
 and pray

00:31:16.140 --> 00:31:17.880
 till the lord

00:31:17.880 --> 00:31:19.540
 establishes his

00:31:19.540 --> 00:31:19.940
 people

00:31:19.940 --> 00:31:21.540
 and makes us

00:31:21.540 --> 00:31:22.880
 cause a praise

00:31:22.880 --> 00:31:24.700
 in our midst

00:31:24.700 --> 00:31:25.900
 may bless these

00:31:25.900 --> 00:31:26.240
 thoughts

00:31:26.240 --> 00:31:27.420
 on his word

00:31:27.420 --> 00:31:28.320
 lord of god

00:31:28.320 --> 00:31:29.040
 we thank you

00:31:29.040 --> 00:31:30.860
 that in your word

00:31:30.860 --> 00:31:31.620
 you bring us

00:31:31.620 --> 00:31:32.820
 so many things

00:31:32.820 --> 00:31:33.980
 that both

00:31:33.980 --> 00:31:34.660
 challenge and

00:31:34.660 --> 00:31:35.460
 encourage us

00:31:35.460 --> 00:31:36.680
 to live the

00:31:36.680 --> 00:31:37.259
 lives that we

00:31:37.259 --> 00:31:37.800
 ought to live

00:31:37.800 --> 00:31:38.460
 before you

00:31:38.460 --> 00:31:39.740
 we thank you

00:31:39.740 --> 00:31:40.280
 for the relevance

00:31:40.279 --> 00:31:40.899
 of all of

00:31:40.899 --> 00:31:41.480
 these issues

00:31:41.480 --> 00:31:42.779
 from so long

00:31:42.779 --> 00:31:43.139
 ago

00:31:43.139 --> 00:31:44.740
 relevance that

00:31:44.740 --> 00:31:45.319
 they have for

00:31:45.319 --> 00:31:45.980
 our own day

00:31:45.980 --> 00:31:47.440
 we pray lord

00:31:47.440 --> 00:31:47.960
 that you would

00:31:47.960 --> 00:31:49.579
 bless us to us

00:31:49.579 --> 00:31:50.420
 as a congregation

00:31:50.420 --> 00:31:51.960
 your own truth

00:31:51.960 --> 00:31:52.720
 amongst us

00:31:52.720 --> 00:31:53.960
 bless the gospel

00:31:53.960 --> 00:31:54.720
 so that we may

00:31:54.720 --> 00:31:55.960
 come more and

00:31:55.960 --> 00:31:56.740
 more to be

00:31:56.740 --> 00:31:57.879
 brought vibrantly

00:31:57.879 --> 00:31:59.000
 into your service

00:31:59.000 --> 00:32:00.359
 and forgive us

00:32:00.359 --> 00:32:01.079
 we pray lord

00:32:01.079 --> 00:32:02.399
 for our lack

00:32:02.399 --> 00:32:02.859
 of zeal

00:32:02.859 --> 00:32:03.440
 forgive us

00:32:03.440 --> 00:32:04.079
 for when we

00:32:04.079 --> 00:32:05.500
 ourselves fall

00:32:05.500 --> 00:32:06.180
 short of what

00:32:06.180 --> 00:32:06.639
 we should be

00:32:06.640 --> 00:32:08.380
 yet we give

00:32:08.380 --> 00:32:09.060
 thanks lord

00:32:09.060 --> 00:32:09.580
 for all that

00:32:09.580 --> 00:32:10.180
 you enable us

00:32:10.180 --> 00:32:10.600
 to do

00:32:10.600 --> 00:32:11.640
 and we give

00:32:11.640 --> 00:32:12.080
 thanks for

00:32:12.080 --> 00:32:12.820
 those especially

00:32:12.820 --> 00:32:14.440
 who so give

00:32:14.440 --> 00:32:15.440
 of their time

00:32:15.440 --> 00:32:15.900
 and of their

00:32:15.900 --> 00:32:17.100
 talents to the

00:32:17.100 --> 00:32:17.560
 work of the

00:32:17.560 --> 00:32:18.480
 gospel in our

00:32:18.480 --> 00:32:19.040
 midst as a

00:32:19.040 --> 00:32:19.360
 people

00:32:19.360 --> 00:32:20.460
 may that

00:32:20.460 --> 00:32:21.160
 continue lord

00:32:21.160 --> 00:32:22.360
 to be blessed

00:32:22.360 --> 00:32:23.460
 blessed by you

00:32:23.460 --> 00:32:24.440
 and continue

00:32:24.440 --> 00:32:25.980
 now to bless

00:32:25.980 --> 00:32:26.640
 us and watch

00:32:26.640 --> 00:32:27.200
 over us

00:32:27.200 --> 00:32:28.280
 hear our prayer

00:32:28.280 --> 00:32:28.980
 accept our

00:32:28.980 --> 00:32:29.580
 worship and

00:32:29.580 --> 00:32:30.220
 cleanse us

00:32:30.220 --> 00:32:31.380
 from all our

00:32:31.380 --> 00:32:31.759
 sins

00:32:31.759 --> 00:32:32.780
 for jesus

00:32:32.780 --> 00:32:33.240
 sake

00:32:33.240 --> 00:32:33.800
 amen

00:32:33.799 --> 00:32:35.700
 well final

00:32:35.700 --> 00:32:36.180
 singing this

00:32:36.180 --> 00:32:36.639
 evening is

00:32:36.639 --> 00:32:37.500
 psalm 71