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 I was pleased to hear that Peter said this was only the third difficult chapter in Amos

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 because I was pretty convinced that the last four have been pretty challenging

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 and tonight I think is the toughest.

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 So we're in chapter 5 and we're with Amos,

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 who is a southern prophet from Tekoa, which is down in the southeast near Bethlehem.

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 And he's gone north. He's preaching to Israel.

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 He is in every sense of the word a missionary who has crossed cultural lines

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 in order to bring God's word to bear on a local population.

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 It is about 760 BC.

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 And as Amos is preaching, the God of the universe is roaring at Israel in judgment.

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 Now week one we learned that there was a combination that unlocked Amos for us.

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 Can anyone remember how we get into Amos?

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 It's encouraging.

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 8351, brilliant.

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 8351.

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 And we start with eight oracles of judgment.

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 Six are to the surrounding enemies of Israel.

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 And God is basically judging them for what in effect are war crimes.

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 Massacring people and performing heinous acts.

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 The seventh oracle of judgment is to Judah.

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 And God is judging Judah for their disobedience, that they have God's law,

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 and yet they've decided to trample over it and disobey anyway.

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 At this point, Israel is loving Amos until we get to verse 6 of chapter 2,

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 at which point God's cross has turned on Israel themselves.

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 And it's a catalogue of enormous problems.

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 The two main ones being hypocritical worship and social injustice.

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 They're not loving God with all their heart, soul, mind, and strength.

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 In fact, they're hardly loving him at all and just keeping up appearances.

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 And at the same time, they're trampling over the poor in Israel.

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 We then get three sermons of rebuke.

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 And this is the third one we're in tonight.

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 We started with Mike in chapter 3.

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 And it was a very bleak chapter.

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 It was a very bleak chapter indeed.

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 But there was one ray of hope where God speaks about his remnants.

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 And I think he speaks about it in rather peculiar terms in verse 12.

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 This is what the Lord says.

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 As a shepherd rescues from the lion's mouth only two leg bones or a piece of an ear.

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 That's what he's saying about the remnant.

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 Just there's a little bit left that God is going to preserve and rescue.

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 And then last week in chapter 4 with Ian,

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 we had this wonderful sermon that was giving us a real way into chapter 4.

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 And again, it was another bleak chapter.

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 But we did see God's fatherly heart disciplining Israel in order to get their attention.

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 He talks about all the ways in the past that God had tried to get his people to return to him.

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 And yet they would not come.

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 And so after the three sermons of rebuke,

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 we get five visions of judgment, which we'll start next week with Graham.

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 And then we get one oracle of salvation.

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 And I have to say, Amos is tough going.

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 It is tough, tough going.

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 In fact, it's a bit like being a child on a long car journey.

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 And every mile, you ask your parents, are we there yet?

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 And the parents go, we're not there yet.

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 In fact, we're not going to be there for quite a while.

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 It was like when I used to drive down to Bournemouth, where I lived from Aberdeen.

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 And you get below Birmingham and you think we're nearly there.

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 You're not nearly there.

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 It just gets busier and the roads get more boring.

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 Until you finally arrive in Bournemouth, which is a wonderful place to live.

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 And so every week from going through five and then six and then seven and then eight,

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 we're going to go, are we there yet?

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 And the answer will be no, but we will get there in the end.

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 We will get to the end of chapter nine.

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 And I promise it will be worth it.

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 And if it isn't, Neal will give you a full refund

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 for all the sermons that you turned up to.

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 And so we come to this, which is the third sermon that Amos has preached.

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 It's kind of like the story of the new preacher who went to a new church

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 and he stood on the pulpit on his first Sunday and said,

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 please could you open your Bibles to 1 Peter chapter two, verse 12.

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 He read, live such good lives among the pagans

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 that though they accuse you of doing wrong,

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 they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits.

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 The congregation were absolutely spellbound.

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 They greeted him at the door with warm handshakes,

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 saying how much they've been utterly edified by his teaching that morning.

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 The next Sunday he gets up and he says,

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 please would you turn in your Bibles to 1 Peter chapter two,

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 verse 12, live such good lives among the pagans

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 that though they accuse you of doing wrong,

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 they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits.

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 Everyone looks a bit permused,

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 but they're greatly edified by his teaching

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 and greet him warmly at the door afterwards.

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 Week three, he says,

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 please open your Bibles to 1 Peter chapter two, verse 12.

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 People start to look concerned.

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 And then week four,

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 please open your Bibles to 1 Peter chapter two, verse 12.

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 Finally, one of the women in the congregation

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 grabs him at the door and says,

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 thank you for your teaching,

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 but is there more in our Bibles than 1 Peter chapter two, verse 12?

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 You seem to be preaching that every week.

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 To which he said,

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 my dear sister,

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 I'll keep preaching it until you start doing it.

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 And then we'll move on to the rest of the Bible.

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 That's kind of like what Amos is doing.

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 The three sermons are in fact very, very similar.

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 He is chastising God's people, Israel,

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 for their hypocritical worship and their social injustice.

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 He's holding those two up again and again and again.

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 And he's going to keep preaching it until Israel do something about it.

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 And so in chapter three, God is roaring.

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 And in chapter four, God is roaring as Amos preaches,

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 tells the people where they're going wrong.

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 But in chapter five, the tone changes remarkably.

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 And we move from God roaring at his people

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 to almost like Amos conducting Israel's funeral.

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 It's almost like we've got a picture of what it will look like.

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 It seems to be a little bit too late.

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 We're getting out of a window into Israel's future funeral

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 with Amos standing at the front of the chapel,

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 giving the eulogy.

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 Let's read the first three verses.

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 Hear this word, Israel.

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 This lament I take up concerning you fallen is virgin Israel,

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 never to rise again,

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 deserted in her own land with no one to lift her up.

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 This is what the sovereign Lord says to Israel.

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 Your city that marches out a thousand strong

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 will have only a hundred left.

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 Your town that marches out a hundred strong

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 will have only ten left.

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 There's been a death in Israel and Israel has died.

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 And it's been reduced to about a tenth.

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 That it seems that as Amos stands and speaks,

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 the lament pours out of his mouth.

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 And I guess it's very similar to when Jesus speaks

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 in Luke 19 verses 41 to 44.

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 So he approached Jerusalem and saw the city.

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 He wept over it and said,

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 If you, even you, had only known on this day

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 what would bring you peace.

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 But now it is hidden from your eyes,

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 the days will come upon you

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 when your enemies will build an embankment against you

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 and encircle you and hem you in on every side.

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 They will dash you to the ground,

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 you and the children within your walls.

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 They will not leave one stone on another

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 because you did not recognize the time of God's coming to you.

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 It's that same idea that it's too late.

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 That's really where we're coming to in Amos chapter 5.

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 And Amos chapter 5 is the very center of the book.

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 And if you write Hebrew,

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 which I'm sure all of you do,

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 you put the most important thing

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 right in the middle of your book.

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 So though this is the third sermon he's preached,

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 this is the very knob of everything that Amos is about.

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 And it's long, but I want us to see six key themes.

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 And hopefully this will just give us a framework

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 if we go back and look at Amos in the week.

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 So the first thing we see is that sin is catalogued.

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 Let me read verses 4 to 6, 7 and 10 and 12.

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 This is what the Lord says to Israel.

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 Seek me and live.

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 Do not seek Bethel.

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 Do not go to Gilgal.

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 Do not journey to Beersheba.

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 For Gilgal will surely go into exile

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 and Bethel will be reduced to nothing.

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 Seek the Lord and live

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 or he will sweep through the tribes of Joseph like a fire.

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 It will devour them

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 and Bethel will have no one to quench it.

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 There are those who turn justice into bitterness

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 and cast righteousness to the ground.

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 Verse 10.

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 There are those who hate the one who upholds justice in courts

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 and detest the one who tells the truth.

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 You levy a straw tax on the poor

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 and impose a tax on their grain.

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 Therefore, though you have built stone mansions,

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 you will not live in them.

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 Though you have planted lush vineyards,

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 you will not drink their wine.

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 For I know how many are your offenses

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 and how great your sins.

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 There are those who oppress the innocent

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 and take bribes

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 and deprive the poor of justice in the courts.

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 Therefore, the prudent keep quiet in such times

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 for the times are evil.

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 And it's the same sins that he's bringing up again and again

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 and it's hypocritical worship.

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 Look at verse 5.

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 There are three place names that are mentioned.

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 Bethel, Gilgal and Beersheba.

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 And these are all important places in Israel.

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 But they're also chronological.

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 So when Jeroboam, son of Nebat,

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 Jeroboam I sets up Israel as an independent kingdom

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 away from Judah,

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 he sets up two special places where he has a golden calf.

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 One Dan in the north,

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 one Bethel in the south.

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 And God says,

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 this is happening,

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 but don't think Bethel will save you.

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 Don't think this recent relic will give you anything.

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 And then he mentions Gilgal,

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 which is the first place that Joshua

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 and the 12 tribes celebrate

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 when they get into the promised land.

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 God says,

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 don't even think Gilgal will save you.

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 Don't even think Gilgal will afford you any protection

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 when my judgment comes.

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 And then he says,

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 don't even go to Beersheba.

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 Now Beersheba is all the way back in Genesis 21.

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 This is Abraham,

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 the very father of the nation,

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 who forms a treaty with Abimelech there

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 and calls on the name of the Lord as the Lord eternal.

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 God says,

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 don't even go to Beersheba.

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 The only place.

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 Don't go on some pilgrimage

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 to all the historic relics of Israel's past

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 because they're all empty.

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 They're all dysfunctional now,

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 just like your worship has become.

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 Don't retreat to religious observance,

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 he says.

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 Retreat to me.

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 Seek me and live.

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 Turn to me.

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 The very thing that he was trying to do

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 in all of chapter four.

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 I've sent this to you and that to you

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 and this happened

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 and it was all so you'd return to me.

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 And so God says,

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 don't whatever you do

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 go on some religious tourist route

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 through your history.

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 Seek me.

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 Seek me because your worship is hypocritical.

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 It's been the case throughout all of Israel's history.

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 This quote from Isaiah 29 picked up by Jesus.

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 The Lord says,

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 these people come near to me with their mouth

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 and honor me with their lips,

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 but their hearts are far from me.

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 Their worship of me is based on merely human rules.

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 They have been taught.

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 That could be a summation of everything we're going to see

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 in Amos chapter five.

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 It was fine.

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 People were going to church.

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 People were offering sacrifices.

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 It looked pretty good on the outside,

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 but inwardly it was completely rotten

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 and they were in grave danger

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 because the tail was wagging the dog

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 and the process of bringing sacrifices

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 had far exceeded

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 and become more important

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 than the purpose for which they did it.

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 And so in the summer,

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 I was doing a wedding in Bordeaux

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 and Bordeaux has got wonderful churches

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 that you can go and visit.

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 It's actually built on swampland

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 so they never have the bell tower

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 connected to the cathedral

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 because when the bell rings,

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 the bell tower moves,

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 they all fall over

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 and they don't want it affecting

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 these huge church buildings they have.

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 But actually,

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 if you went to every single church

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 and Aileen loved the holiday

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 because that's pretty much all we did in Bordeaux,

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 you would think that you worship God

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 with a camera,

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 wearing shorts,

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 reading a guidebook in a different language

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 because in all these churches,

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 that's all that was going on.

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 It looked like real

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 church buildings

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 in which there should be

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 great worship of God

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 but all there was

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 was full of tourists

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 with selfie sticks

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 taking pictures in front of other people.

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 It was all appearance without substance,

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 empty form with no faith

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 and that's what God is saying.

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 Your worship is hypocritical

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 and your past will not save you.

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 And it's the precipice

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 over which we all stare

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 because we can all retreat

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 to just playing a role,

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 just keeping up appearances,

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 just going through the motions.

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 God says,

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 there's a funeral coming

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 because you will not turn to me

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 and have life.

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 The second thing he picks up

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 is social injustice again

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 and there's a real catalogue again.

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 There are those who turn justice

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 into bitterness.

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 People came looking for justice

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 but they were trampled down

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 and now the bitterness just grew

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 because what they deserved

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 they did not get

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 and righteousness was cast to the ground

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 like it was worthless.

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 People hate the courts,

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 verse 10.

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 The magistrate who was going to give justice

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 had become like the traffic warden

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 and the people that were told,

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 the people who told the truth

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 were just told to shut up.

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 Shut up.

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 Every time somebody said,

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 no, this is what God says.

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 Shut up.

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 Shut up.

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 We don't want to hear.

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 They tax the poor.

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 They make them pay extortionate amounts

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 for their grain.

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 It's meant that they've all got mansions

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 they can live in

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 but God is very clear

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 you will not live in them.

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 You've stored up all this money

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 to build a very grand nine bedroom house

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 but it will remain empty.

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 Though you may have boarded off plot

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 you will never live in it.

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 And they've got extensive vineyards.

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 They're thinking we can have

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 some real vintage Merlot

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 from these wonderful vines

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 but the problem with Merlot

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 is it takes time to mature.

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 And God says,

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 well, you may harvest

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 and you may trample

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 but you will not drink

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 because there's a funeral coming

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 because

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 you haven't worshipped me rightly

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 and you've oppressed the poor.

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 And so 12a is the verdict

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 for I know

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 how many your offences

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 and how great

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 your sins.

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 Your sin is excessive

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 and it is

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 extensive.

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 Their sins are catalogued.

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 And verse 13

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 has one of two interpretations

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 therefore the prudent

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 keep quiet in such times

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 for the times are evil.

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 Some commentators say

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 the times are so evil

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 that it's not worth

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 saying anything.

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 So saturated in sin

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 is Israel culture.

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 But some people go the other way

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 and say,

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 well, when God does judge

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 all this sin

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 everyone's mouths

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 will be stopped

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 because there'll be

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 absolutely no excuse

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 for the way that they've carried on.

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 Hypocritical worship

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 and social injustice

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 the sins catalogued

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 which were the sins

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 that God catalogued

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 in chapter 4

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 the sins that God catalogued

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 in chapter 3

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 and the sins that God catalogued

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 at the end of chapter 2.

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 And so what do we learn?

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 That these two things

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 really matter to God.

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 These are the things

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 so close to his heart

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 that we worship him

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 with all our heart, soul, mind

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 and strength

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 and that we love

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 our neighbor as ourselves.

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 Our neighbor being

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 those like us

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 and those not like us.

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 Those at the very bottom

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 of the rung

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 of society.

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 There is one little ray of hope

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 and we see that mercy

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 is offered.

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 Look at verse 4

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 the end of verse 4

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 seek me and live.

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 Verse 6

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 seek the Lord and live.

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 Verse 14

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 seek good nor evil

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 that you may live.

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 Verse 15

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 hate evil

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 love good

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 maintain justice.

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 In the courts

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 perhaps the Lord God Almighty

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 will have mercy

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 on the remnant of Joseph.

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 These verses

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 are like patches

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 of blue sky

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 amidst a mounting

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 murky sky.

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 The nation

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 will be judged.

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 That's already said

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 the funeral

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 will happen.

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 Israel will be

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 carried off

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 by the Assyrians

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 and they will never return.

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 But God holds out here

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 to the individual

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 a chance

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 to the repentant

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 to be part

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 of the remnant.

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 He's holding out

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 mercy

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 to the individual.

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 He says

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 the ship

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 is going to sink

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 but there is room

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 in the lifeboat

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 if you will

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 but turn to me.

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 90

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 will be killed

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 from those

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 who march out

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 from the town

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 but there will be

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 10 left

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 and you can be

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 amongst those 10 left

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 if you will turn.

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 You can be

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 like the hind legs

00:19:40.019 --> 00:19:41.660
 of the deer

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 rescued from the mouth

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 of the lion.

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 There is

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 mercy

00:19:46.160 --> 00:19:47.340
 even amidst

00:19:47.340 --> 00:19:48.019
 the darkness.

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 There is

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 hope

00:19:51.200 --> 00:19:52.019
 beyond

00:19:52.019 --> 00:19:52.800
 the exile

00:19:52.800 --> 00:19:53.540
 for those

00:19:53.540 --> 00:19:54.700
 who will repent.

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 and I guess

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 as we

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 come to the

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 New Testament

00:19:59.700 --> 00:20:00.280
 when God

00:20:00.280 --> 00:20:00.900
 is very clear

00:20:00.900 --> 00:20:01.460
 that he will

00:20:01.460 --> 00:20:02.720
 judge the world

00:20:02.720 --> 00:20:03.340
 in justice

00:20:03.340 --> 00:20:04.000
 by the man

00:20:04.000 --> 00:20:04.700
 he has appointed

00:20:04.700 --> 00:20:05.500
 Jesus Christ

00:20:05.500 --> 00:20:06.040
 there is still

00:20:06.040 --> 00:20:06.860
 that hope

00:20:06.860 --> 00:20:07.700
 for those

00:20:07.700 --> 00:20:08.360
 who will look

00:20:08.360 --> 00:20:09.100
 to the son

00:20:09.100 --> 00:20:10.820
 and receive

00:20:10.820 --> 00:20:11.600
 eternal life.

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 There is mercy

00:20:12.440 --> 00:20:12.880
 offered.

00:20:13.780 --> 00:20:14.920
 There is still

00:20:14.920 --> 00:20:15.580
 space

00:20:15.580 --> 00:20:16.800
 for grace

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 and we see

00:20:18.200 --> 00:20:18.960
 this right

00:20:18.960 --> 00:20:19.960
 in the middle

00:20:19.960 --> 00:20:20.680
 of the chapter

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 and dotted

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 throughout it.

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 then look

00:20:25.720 --> 00:20:26.080
 with me

00:20:26.080 --> 00:20:26.860
 at verses

00:20:26.860 --> 00:20:27.720
 15 and

00:20:27.720 --> 00:20:28.259
 16

00:20:28.259 --> 00:20:29.319
 verses

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 16 and

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 17

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 therefore

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 this is what

00:20:34.080 --> 00:20:34.720
 the Lord

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 almighty

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 says

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 there will

00:20:38.259 --> 00:20:38.840
 be wailing

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 in all the

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 streets

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 and cries

00:20:40.360 --> 00:20:41.039
 of anguish

00:20:41.039 --> 00:20:41.580
 in every

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 public square

00:20:42.420 --> 00:20:43.440
 the farmers

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 will be

00:20:43.840 --> 00:20:44.220
 summoned

00:20:44.220 --> 00:20:44.880
 to weep

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 and the

00:20:45.240 --> 00:20:45.580
 mourners

00:20:45.580 --> 00:20:46.220
 to wail

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 there will

00:20:47.140 --> 00:20:47.779
 be wailing

00:20:47.779 --> 00:20:48.580
 in all the

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 vineyards

00:20:49.080 --> 00:20:49.580
 for I will

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 pass through

00:20:50.299 --> 00:20:52.019
 your midst

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 says the

00:20:52.879 --> 00:20:53.259
 Lord.

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 I don't know

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 if you were

00:20:54.799 --> 00:20:55.259
 aware but

00:20:55.259 --> 00:20:55.859
 Wednesday was

00:20:55.859 --> 00:20:56.339
 back to the

00:20:56.339 --> 00:20:56.960
 future day

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 which in

00:20:58.059 --> 00:20:58.519
 back to the

00:20:58.519 --> 00:20:59.259
 future 2

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 Marty McFly

00:21:01.619 --> 00:21:02.279
 goes forward

00:21:02.279 --> 00:21:02.619
 to the

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 21st of

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 October

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 2015

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 and there

00:21:05.720 --> 00:21:06.059
 was this

00:21:06.059 --> 00:21:06.700
 real thing

00:21:06.700 --> 00:21:07.079
 about

00:21:07.079 --> 00:21:07.900
 did they

00:21:07.900 --> 00:21:08.220
 get it

00:21:08.220 --> 00:21:08.660
 right

00:21:08.660 --> 00:21:09.779
 was the

00:21:09.779 --> 00:21:10.940
 movie

00:21:10.940 --> 00:21:11.539
 accurate

00:21:11.539 --> 00:21:11.900
 to where

00:21:11.900 --> 00:21:12.220
 we are

00:21:12.220 --> 00:21:12.460
 now

00:21:12.460 --> 00:21:12.839
 some of

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 it was

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 right

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 none of

00:21:13.720 --> 00:21:13.980
 us have

00:21:13.980 --> 00:21:14.220
 got a

00:21:14.220 --> 00:21:14.700
 hoverboard

00:21:14.700 --> 00:21:14.940
 yet

00:21:14.940 --> 00:21:15.359
 but we're

00:21:15.359 --> 00:21:15.639
 ever

00:21:15.639 --> 00:21:16.440
 hopeful

00:21:16.440 --> 00:21:18.160
 and so

00:21:18.160 --> 00:21:18.519
 what we

00:21:18.519 --> 00:21:19.079
 get here

00:21:19.079 --> 00:21:19.720
 is like

00:21:19.720 --> 00:21:20.139
 back to

00:21:20.139 --> 00:21:20.639
 the future

00:21:20.640 --> 00:21:21.680
 we get

00:21:21.680 --> 00:21:22.420
 this snapshot

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 of what

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 it will

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 be like

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 on this

00:21:24.820 --> 00:21:25.360
 day when

00:21:25.360 --> 00:21:25.820
 God

00:21:25.820 --> 00:21:26.660
 visits

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 and it's

00:21:27.400 --> 00:21:28.480
 terrifying

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 there'll be

00:21:31.340 --> 00:21:32.259
 wailing in

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 all the

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 streets

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 George

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 Street

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 Princess

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 Street

00:21:35.900 --> 00:21:36.560
 Ferry

00:21:36.560 --> 00:21:36.920
 Road

00:21:36.920 --> 00:21:37.660
 everybody

00:21:37.660 --> 00:21:38.520
 is crying

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 it's a

00:21:40.040 --> 00:21:40.520
 scene of

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 utter

00:21:41.040 --> 00:21:42.360
 desolation

00:21:42.360 --> 00:21:43.940
 in

00:21:43.940 --> 00:21:44.640
 St.

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 Andrew

00:21:45.100 --> 00:21:45.600
 Square

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 and

00:21:46.180 --> 00:21:46.800
 Charlotte

00:21:46.800 --> 00:21:47.240
 Square

00:21:47.240 --> 00:21:48.280
 people are

00:21:48.280 --> 00:21:49.540
 crying in

00:21:49.540 --> 00:21:50.620
 anguish

00:21:50.619 --> 00:21:52.359
 look at

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 it

00:21:52.519 --> 00:21:52.879
 end of

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 verse

00:21:53.079 --> 00:21:53.459
 16

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 the

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 farmers

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 will be

00:21:54.779 --> 00:21:55.059
 summoned

00:21:55.059 --> 00:21:55.339
 to

00:21:55.339 --> 00:21:55.639
 weep

00:21:55.639 --> 00:21:56.459
 no one

00:21:56.459 --> 00:21:56.799
 bothers

00:21:56.799 --> 00:21:57.500
 farmers

00:21:57.500 --> 00:21:58.539
 if ever

00:21:58.539 --> 00:21:58.839
 you've

00:21:58.839 --> 00:21:59.379
 listened to

00:21:59.379 --> 00:21:59.879
 an episode

00:21:59.879 --> 00:22:00.239
 of the

00:22:00.239 --> 00:22:00.659
 archers

00:22:00.659 --> 00:22:01.019
 the only

00:22:01.019 --> 00:22:01.579
 remarkable

00:22:01.579 --> 00:22:02.139
 thing that

00:22:02.139 --> 00:22:02.639
 happens is

00:22:02.639 --> 00:22:03.099
 that nothing

00:22:03.099 --> 00:22:03.679
 remarkable

00:22:03.679 --> 00:22:04.859
 ever happens

00:22:04.859 --> 00:22:06.439
 because farmers

00:22:06.439 --> 00:22:07.139
 just go about

00:22:07.139 --> 00:22:07.659
 their field

00:22:07.659 --> 00:22:08.759
 tilling and

00:22:08.759 --> 00:22:09.519
 sowing and

00:22:09.519 --> 00:22:09.939
 harvesting

00:22:09.939 --> 00:22:10.479
 they just get

00:22:10.479 --> 00:22:11.079
 on with it

00:22:11.079 --> 00:22:12.779
 but it's so

00:22:12.779 --> 00:22:14.279
 serious now

00:22:14.279 --> 00:22:15.500
 that the

00:22:15.500 --> 00:22:16.159
 farmers are

00:22:16.159 --> 00:22:16.759
 joining in

00:22:16.759 --> 00:22:17.500
 even they've

00:22:17.500 --> 00:22:18.119
 got wind

00:22:18.119 --> 00:22:19.059
 of what will

00:22:19.059 --> 00:22:19.519
 happen

00:22:19.519 --> 00:22:20.359
 and the

00:22:20.359 --> 00:22:20.720
 mourners

00:22:20.720 --> 00:22:20.960
 to

00:22:20.960 --> 00:22:21.400
 wail

00:22:21.400 --> 00:22:22.000
 these

00:22:22.000 --> 00:22:22.680
 professional

00:22:22.680 --> 00:22:23.220
 mourners

00:22:23.220 --> 00:22:23.740
 that people

00:22:23.740 --> 00:22:24.339
 would call

00:22:24.339 --> 00:22:25.079
 in to

00:22:25.079 --> 00:22:25.460
 help

00:22:25.460 --> 00:22:27.099
 bring a

00:22:27.099 --> 00:22:27.400
 bit of

00:22:27.400 --> 00:22:28.079
 theatre to

00:22:28.079 --> 00:22:28.599
 a funeral

00:22:28.599 --> 00:22:29.200
 they're not

00:22:29.200 --> 00:22:29.759
 playing a

00:22:29.759 --> 00:22:29.980
 role

00:22:29.980 --> 00:22:30.379
 they're

00:22:30.379 --> 00:22:30.839
 wailing

00:22:30.839 --> 00:22:31.980
 for real

00:22:31.980 --> 00:22:33.759
 and in

00:22:33.759 --> 00:22:34.539
 vineyards

00:22:34.539 --> 00:22:35.879
 these places

00:22:35.879 --> 00:22:37.079
 synonymous with

00:22:37.079 --> 00:22:38.180
 celebration and

00:22:38.180 --> 00:22:38.579
 joy

00:22:38.579 --> 00:22:39.700
 no one

00:22:39.700 --> 00:22:41.259
 is laughing

00:22:41.259 --> 00:22:41.920
 there's no

00:22:41.920 --> 00:22:42.759
 good times

00:22:42.759 --> 00:22:43.859
 everyone

00:22:43.859 --> 00:22:45.059
 is

00:22:45.059 --> 00:22:45.920
 terrified

00:22:45.920 --> 00:22:46.539
 why

00:22:46.539 --> 00:22:49.380
 because god

00:22:49.380 --> 00:22:50.120
 has arrived

00:22:50.120 --> 00:22:52.360
 the holy

00:22:52.360 --> 00:22:53.060
 god has

00:22:53.060 --> 00:22:53.720
 passed

00:22:53.720 --> 00:22:54.720
 through their

00:22:54.720 --> 00:22:55.100
 midst

00:22:55.100 --> 00:22:55.740
 he threatened

00:22:55.740 --> 00:22:56.140
 it in

00:22:56.140 --> 00:22:56.740
 chapter 4

00:22:56.740 --> 00:22:57.460
 verse 12

00:22:57.460 --> 00:22:59.300
 therefore

00:22:59.300 --> 00:23:00.080
 this is what

00:23:00.080 --> 00:23:00.620
 i will do

00:23:00.620 --> 00:23:01.019
 to you

00:23:01.019 --> 00:23:01.420
 israel

00:23:01.420 --> 00:23:02.200
 and because

00:23:02.200 --> 00:23:02.900
 i will do

00:23:02.900 --> 00:23:03.340
 this to

00:23:03.340 --> 00:23:04.300
 you israel

00:23:04.300 --> 00:23:05.700
 prepare

00:23:05.700 --> 00:23:06.900
 to meet

00:23:06.900 --> 00:23:07.440
 your god

00:23:07.440 --> 00:23:07.800
 and he's

00:23:07.800 --> 00:23:08.480
 arrived

00:23:08.480 --> 00:23:10.300
 and it's a

00:23:10.300 --> 00:23:10.779
 scene of

00:23:10.779 --> 00:23:11.240
 utter

00:23:11.240 --> 00:23:12.460
 desolation

00:23:12.460 --> 00:23:12.880
 as a

00:23:12.880 --> 00:23:13.579
 holy god

00:23:13.579 --> 00:23:14.140
 meets a

00:23:14.140 --> 00:23:14.539
 sinful

00:23:14.539 --> 00:23:15.120
 people

00:23:15.120 --> 00:23:15.539
 it has

00:23:15.539 --> 00:23:16.000
 not gone

00:23:16.000 --> 00:23:16.519
 well for

00:23:16.519 --> 00:23:16.799
 them

00:23:16.799 --> 00:23:18.840
 and rather

00:23:18.840 --> 00:23:19.259
 than be

00:23:19.259 --> 00:23:20.019
 great joy

00:23:20.019 --> 00:23:20.759
 it's resulted

00:23:20.759 --> 00:23:21.420
 in great

00:23:21.420 --> 00:23:22.620
 loss

00:23:22.620 --> 00:23:27.220
 that a

00:23:27.220 --> 00:23:27.860
 holy god

00:23:27.860 --> 00:23:28.340
 and sinful

00:23:28.340 --> 00:23:29.120
 people cannot

00:23:29.120 --> 00:23:29.759
 mix

00:23:29.759 --> 00:23:31.240
 we see it

00:23:31.240 --> 00:23:31.940
 in isaiah's

00:23:31.940 --> 00:23:32.460
 life in

00:23:32.460 --> 00:23:33.039
 chapter 6

00:23:33.039 --> 00:23:33.380
 when he

00:23:33.380 --> 00:23:33.840
 sees the

00:23:33.840 --> 00:23:34.400
 lord seated

00:23:34.400 --> 00:23:34.740
 on the

00:23:34.740 --> 00:23:35.000
 throne

00:23:35.000 --> 00:23:35.660
 this is

00:23:35.660 --> 00:23:36.340
 the holiest

00:23:36.340 --> 00:23:36.840
 man

00:23:36.840 --> 00:23:37.779
 amongst

00:23:37.779 --> 00:23:38.120
 god's

00:23:38.120 --> 00:23:38.360
 people

00:23:38.360 --> 00:23:38.660
 and what

00:23:38.660 --> 00:23:38.900
 does he

00:23:38.900 --> 00:23:39.079
 say

00:23:39.079 --> 00:23:39.519
 woe is

00:23:39.519 --> 00:23:39.840
 me

00:23:39.840 --> 00:23:41.059
 for i'm

00:23:41.059 --> 00:23:41.460
 a man

00:23:41.460 --> 00:23:42.120
 of unclean

00:23:42.120 --> 00:23:42.500
 lips

00:23:42.500 --> 00:23:42.980
 john

00:23:42.980 --> 00:23:43.340
 on the

00:23:43.340 --> 00:23:43.799
 island

00:23:43.799 --> 00:23:44.400
 of

00:23:44.400 --> 00:23:45.000
 patmos

00:23:45.000 --> 00:23:46.039
 who

00:23:46.039 --> 00:23:46.360
 meets

00:23:46.360 --> 00:23:46.559
 the

00:23:46.559 --> 00:23:46.960
 risen

00:23:46.960 --> 00:23:47.819
 jesus

00:23:47.819 --> 00:23:48.160
 and he

00:23:48.160 --> 00:23:48.460
 turns

00:23:48.460 --> 00:23:48.700
 around

00:23:48.700 --> 00:23:49.160
 and sees

00:23:49.160 --> 00:23:49.299
 him

00:23:49.299 --> 00:23:49.500
 and he

00:23:49.500 --> 00:23:49.799
 says i

00:23:49.799 --> 00:23:50.299
 fell on

00:23:50.299 --> 00:23:50.600
 the

00:23:50.600 --> 00:23:51.279
 ground

00:23:51.279 --> 00:23:51.880
 as though

00:23:51.880 --> 00:23:52.759
 dead

00:23:52.759 --> 00:23:54.900
 and if that

00:23:54.900 --> 00:23:55.660
 was what it

00:23:55.660 --> 00:23:56.160
 was like for

00:23:56.160 --> 00:23:56.579
 those two

00:23:56.579 --> 00:23:57.059
 people just

00:23:57.059 --> 00:23:57.640
 imagine what

00:23:57.640 --> 00:23:58.120
 it's like for

00:23:58.120 --> 00:23:58.960
 these people

00:23:58.960 --> 00:24:00.160
 when their

00:24:00.160 --> 00:24:01.539
 god visits

00:24:01.539 --> 00:24:02.259
 while they're

00:24:02.259 --> 00:24:03.360
 playing in the

00:24:03.360 --> 00:24:04.039
 slurry of

00:24:04.039 --> 00:24:04.720
 their own

00:24:04.720 --> 00:24:05.579
 sin

00:24:05.579 --> 00:24:07.519
 and look what

00:24:07.519 --> 00:24:08.100
 this god is

00:24:08.100 --> 00:24:08.900
 like in verse

00:24:08.900 --> 00:24:09.180
 eight

00:24:09.180 --> 00:24:10.220
 he who made

00:24:10.220 --> 00:24:11.120
 the pleiades

00:24:11.119 --> 00:24:12.019
 and orion

00:24:12.019 --> 00:24:12.799
 who turns

00:24:12.799 --> 00:24:13.679
 midnight into

00:24:13.679 --> 00:24:14.259
 dawn and

00:24:14.259 --> 00:24:15.139
 darkens day

00:24:15.139 --> 00:24:15.839
 into night

00:24:15.839 --> 00:24:16.799
 who calls for

00:24:16.799 --> 00:24:17.619
 waters of the

00:24:17.619 --> 00:24:18.299
 sea and pours

00:24:18.299 --> 00:24:18.859
 them out over

00:24:18.859 --> 00:24:19.419
 the face of

00:24:19.419 --> 00:24:19.839
 the land

00:24:19.839 --> 00:24:20.679
 the lord

00:24:20.679 --> 00:24:22.419
 is his name

00:24:22.419 --> 00:24:23.519
 with a blinding

00:24:23.519 --> 00:24:24.439
 flash he destroys

00:24:24.439 --> 00:24:25.279
 the stronghold

00:24:25.279 --> 00:24:26.359
 and brings the

00:24:26.359 --> 00:24:27.259
 fortified city

00:24:27.259 --> 00:24:27.779
 to ruin

00:24:27.779 --> 00:24:28.679
 this is the

00:24:28.679 --> 00:24:29.659
 all-powerful

00:24:29.659 --> 00:24:30.419
 god visiting

00:24:30.419 --> 00:24:31.159
 his people

00:24:31.159 --> 00:24:32.919
 and they've

00:24:32.919 --> 00:24:33.619
 not been

00:24:33.619 --> 00:24:33.979
 ready

00:24:33.979 --> 00:24:35.759
 and they've

00:24:35.759 --> 00:24:36.219
 not been

00:24:36.219 --> 00:24:37.099
 excited by

00:24:37.099 --> 00:24:37.719
 his coming

00:24:37.719 --> 00:24:39.199
 they haven't

00:24:39.199 --> 00:24:39.799
 worshipped him

00:24:39.799 --> 00:24:40.200
 rightly

00:24:40.200 --> 00:24:41.099
 and they

00:24:41.099 --> 00:24:41.619
 have not

00:24:41.619 --> 00:24:42.059
 loved their

00:24:42.059 --> 00:24:42.419
 neighbours

00:24:42.419 --> 00:24:43.099
 themselves

00:24:43.099 --> 00:24:44.259
 and it's

00:24:44.259 --> 00:24:45.279
 all lost

00:24:45.279 --> 00:24:45.659
 but it's

00:24:45.659 --> 00:24:46.059
 of great

00:24:46.059 --> 00:24:46.819
 surprise to

00:24:46.819 --> 00:24:47.139
 them

00:24:47.139 --> 00:24:49.180
 verses 18

00:24:49.180 --> 00:24:49.759
 to 20

00:24:49.759 --> 00:24:50.259
 woe to

00:24:50.259 --> 00:24:50.799
 you who

00:24:50.799 --> 00:24:51.259
 long for

00:24:51.259 --> 00:24:51.579
 the day

00:24:51.579 --> 00:24:51.899
 of the

00:24:51.899 --> 00:24:52.240
 lord

00:24:52.240 --> 00:24:53.159
 why do

00:24:53.159 --> 00:24:53.500
 you long

00:24:53.500 --> 00:24:53.799
 for the

00:24:53.799 --> 00:24:54.079
 day of

00:24:54.079 --> 00:24:54.359
 the lord

00:24:54.359 --> 00:24:54.879
 that day

00:24:54.879 --> 00:24:55.279
 will be

00:24:55.279 --> 00:24:55.779
 darkness

00:24:55.779 --> 00:24:56.579
 not light

00:24:56.579 --> 00:24:57.619
 it will

00:24:57.619 --> 00:24:57.940
 be as

00:24:57.940 --> 00:24:58.259
 though a

00:24:58.259 --> 00:24:58.859
 man fled

00:24:58.859 --> 00:24:59.259
 from a

00:24:59.259 --> 00:24:59.859
 lion only

00:24:59.859 --> 00:25:00.279
 to meet

00:25:00.279 --> 00:25:00.759
 a bear

00:25:00.759 --> 00:25:01.559
 as though

00:25:01.559 --> 00:25:02.079
 he entered

00:25:02.079 --> 00:25:02.599
 his house

00:25:02.599 --> 00:25:03.039
 and rested

00:25:03.039 --> 00:25:03.539
 his hand

00:25:03.539 --> 00:25:04.099
 on the wall

00:25:04.099 --> 00:25:04.720
 only to have

00:25:04.720 --> 00:25:05.119
 a snake

00:25:05.119 --> 00:25:05.700
 bite him

00:25:05.700 --> 00:25:06.500
 will not

00:25:06.500 --> 00:25:06.839
 the day

00:25:06.839 --> 00:25:07.119
 of the

00:25:07.119 --> 00:25:07.500
 lord be

00:25:07.500 --> 00:25:07.899
 darkness

00:25:07.900 --> 00:25:08.660
 not light

00:25:08.660 --> 00:25:10.440
 pitch dark

00:25:10.440 --> 00:25:11.519
 without a

00:25:11.519 --> 00:25:12.019
 ray of

00:25:12.019 --> 00:25:12.480
 brightness

00:25:12.480 --> 00:25:15.000
 and so

00:25:15.000 --> 00:25:15.340
 you can

00:25:15.340 --> 00:25:15.820
 see them

00:25:15.820 --> 00:25:16.280
 they're all

00:25:16.280 --> 00:25:16.740
 looking for

00:25:16.740 --> 00:25:17.080
 the day

00:25:17.080 --> 00:25:17.340
 of the

00:25:17.340 --> 00:25:17.480
 lord

00:25:17.480 --> 00:25:17.780
 this will

00:25:17.780 --> 00:25:18.420
 go well

00:25:18.420 --> 00:25:20.440
 where is

00:25:20.440 --> 00:25:20.940
 raul

00:25:20.940 --> 00:25:23.060
 we bought

00:25:23.060 --> 00:25:24.019
 some sacrifices

00:25:24.019 --> 00:25:24.519
 and some

00:25:24.519 --> 00:25:25.200
 tithes

00:25:25.200 --> 00:25:26.340
 this morning

00:25:26.340 --> 00:25:26.900
 the day

00:25:26.900 --> 00:25:27.100
 of the

00:25:27.100 --> 00:25:27.340
 lord will

00:25:27.340 --> 00:25:27.800
 be great

00:25:27.800 --> 00:25:28.220
 for us

00:25:28.220 --> 00:25:28.519
 and god

00:25:28.519 --> 00:25:28.860
 gives them

00:25:28.860 --> 00:25:29.519
 a reality

00:25:29.519 --> 00:25:30.160
 check

00:25:30.160 --> 00:25:31.580
 and he

00:25:31.580 --> 00:25:31.920
 says you

00:25:31.920 --> 00:25:32.280
 think it's

00:25:32.280 --> 00:25:32.600
 going to be

00:25:32.600 --> 00:25:32.880
 great

00:25:32.880 --> 00:25:33.240
 it won't

00:25:33.240 --> 00:25:33.880
 be great

00:25:33.880 --> 00:25:34.840
 you think

00:25:34.840 --> 00:25:35.120
 it's going

00:25:35.120 --> 00:25:35.320
 to be

00:25:35.320 --> 00:25:35.700
 light

00:25:35.700 --> 00:25:36.220
 it won't

00:25:36.220 --> 00:25:36.700
 be light

00:25:36.700 --> 00:25:37.080
 it'll be

00:25:37.080 --> 00:25:37.620
 darkness

00:25:37.619 --> 00:25:39.339
 because

00:25:39.339 --> 00:25:39.599
 your

00:25:39.599 --> 00:25:40.619
 complacency

00:25:40.619 --> 00:25:41.959
 has deceived

00:25:41.959 --> 00:25:42.359
 you into

00:25:42.359 --> 00:25:42.899
 thinking that

00:25:42.899 --> 00:25:43.439
 you're safe

00:25:43.439 --> 00:25:43.799
 and you're

00:25:43.799 --> 00:25:44.539
 not safe

00:25:44.539 --> 00:25:45.799
 look at

00:25:45.799 --> 00:25:46.519
 verse 19

00:25:46.519 --> 00:25:46.939
 isn't that

00:25:46.939 --> 00:25:47.500
 the ultimate

00:25:47.500 --> 00:25:48.619
 example of

00:25:48.619 --> 00:25:49.039
 out of the

00:25:49.039 --> 00:25:49.579
 frying pan

00:25:49.579 --> 00:25:50.000
 into the

00:25:50.000 --> 00:25:50.379
 fire

00:25:50.379 --> 00:25:52.259
 it will be

00:25:52.259 --> 00:25:52.679
 as though a

00:25:52.679 --> 00:25:53.319
 man fled

00:25:53.319 --> 00:25:53.779
 from a

00:25:53.779 --> 00:25:54.500
 lion only

00:25:54.500 --> 00:25:54.919
 to meet

00:25:54.919 --> 00:25:55.379
 a bear

00:25:55.379 --> 00:25:56.739
 you think

00:25:56.739 --> 00:25:57.000
 you've

00:25:57.000 --> 00:25:57.539
 escaped

00:25:57.539 --> 00:25:58.159
 you've

00:25:58.159 --> 00:25:58.319
 not

00:25:58.319 --> 00:25:58.779
 escaped

00:25:58.779 --> 00:26:00.299
 there's

00:26:00.299 --> 00:26:00.659
 a bear

00:26:00.659 --> 00:26:01.079
 waiting

00:26:01.079 --> 00:26:01.739
 for you

00:26:01.739 --> 00:26:03.059
 as the

00:26:03.059 --> 00:26:03.579
 lord meets

00:26:03.579 --> 00:26:03.899
 you in

00:26:03.899 --> 00:26:04.399
 your sin

00:26:04.399 --> 00:26:05.059
 as though

00:26:05.059 --> 00:26:05.679
 he entered

00:26:05.679 --> 00:26:06.539
 his house

00:26:06.539 --> 00:26:07.279
 the house

00:26:07.279 --> 00:26:07.859
 that final

00:26:07.859 --> 00:26:08.399
 place of

00:26:08.399 --> 00:26:08.899
 safety

00:26:08.899 --> 00:26:09.259
 and what

00:26:09.259 --> 00:26:09.500
 did he

00:26:09.500 --> 00:26:09.639
 do

00:26:09.639 --> 00:26:10.059
 he rested

00:26:10.059 --> 00:26:10.519
 his hand

00:26:10.519 --> 00:26:10.779
 on the

00:26:10.779 --> 00:26:10.960
 wall

00:26:10.960 --> 00:26:11.339
 to catch

00:26:11.339 --> 00:26:11.960
 his breath

00:26:11.960 --> 00:26:13.359
 and there

00:26:13.359 --> 00:26:13.720
 was a

00:26:13.720 --> 00:26:14.319
 snake

00:26:14.319 --> 00:26:15.359
 to bite

00:26:15.359 --> 00:26:15.720
 him

00:26:15.720 --> 00:26:17.659
 this is a

00:26:17.659 --> 00:26:18.500
 real reality

00:26:18.500 --> 00:26:19.059
 check for

00:26:19.059 --> 00:26:19.579
 Israel

00:26:19.579 --> 00:26:21.259
 that they

00:26:21.259 --> 00:26:21.920
 think that

00:26:21.920 --> 00:26:22.480
 God could

00:26:22.480 --> 00:26:23.159
 have nothing

00:26:23.159 --> 00:26:23.899
 against them

00:26:23.899 --> 00:26:25.000
 that when

00:26:25.000 --> 00:26:25.579
 he comes

00:26:25.579 --> 00:26:26.059
 it will be

00:26:26.059 --> 00:26:26.839
 sheer light

00:26:26.839 --> 00:26:27.379
 and sheer

00:26:27.379 --> 00:26:27.859
 delight

00:26:27.859 --> 00:26:29.359
 and it

00:26:29.359 --> 00:26:29.940
 won't

00:26:29.940 --> 00:26:31.259
 it'll be

00:26:31.259 --> 00:26:31.839
 darkness

00:26:31.839 --> 00:26:33.779
 and devastation

00:26:33.779 --> 00:26:34.159
 as a

00:26:34.159 --> 00:26:34.779
 holy God

00:26:34.779 --> 00:26:35.319
 meets

00:26:35.319 --> 00:26:36.500
 his sinful

00:26:36.500 --> 00:26:37.579
 complacent

00:26:37.579 --> 00:26:38.459
 people

00:26:38.459 --> 00:26:40.419
 who have

00:26:40.419 --> 00:26:40.919
 failed

00:26:40.919 --> 00:26:42.519
 to be

00:26:42.519 --> 00:26:44.039
 failed

00:26:44.039 --> 00:26:44.459
 with the

00:26:44.459 --> 00:26:45.199
 great blessing

00:26:45.199 --> 00:26:45.799
 he's shown

00:26:45.799 --> 00:26:46.139
 them

00:26:46.139 --> 00:26:47.379
 to be a

00:26:47.379 --> 00:26:47.819
 blessing

00:26:47.819 --> 00:26:48.319
 and a

00:26:48.319 --> 00:26:48.759
 light

00:26:48.759 --> 00:26:49.559
 to the

00:26:49.559 --> 00:26:50.220
 nations

00:26:50.220 --> 00:26:53.399
 verse 21

00:26:53.399 --> 00:26:54.139
 is where we

00:26:54.139 --> 00:26:54.779
 really get

00:26:54.779 --> 00:26:56.039
 the rub of

00:26:56.039 --> 00:26:56.539
 the green

00:26:56.539 --> 00:26:57.679
 look at

00:26:57.679 --> 00:26:58.179
 what God

00:26:58.179 --> 00:26:58.720
 says

00:26:58.720 --> 00:26:59.079
 look at

00:26:59.079 --> 00:26:59.319
 all the

00:26:59.319 --> 00:26:59.860
 words

00:26:59.860 --> 00:27:00.420
 he uses

00:27:00.420 --> 00:27:01.200
 to describe

00:27:01.200 --> 00:27:03.019
 how infuriated

00:27:03.019 --> 00:27:04.380
 and against

00:27:04.380 --> 00:27:04.779
 all their

00:27:04.779 --> 00:27:05.480
 worship he

00:27:05.480 --> 00:27:05.940
 is

00:27:05.940 --> 00:27:07.700
 I hate

00:27:07.700 --> 00:27:09.019
 I despise

00:27:09.019 --> 00:27:09.539
 your religious

00:27:09.539 --> 00:27:10.140
 festivals

00:27:10.140 --> 00:27:11.640
 your assemblies

00:27:11.640 --> 00:27:12.539
 are a stench

00:27:12.539 --> 00:27:13.059
 to me

00:27:13.059 --> 00:27:14.940
 even though

00:27:14.940 --> 00:27:15.559
 you bring me

00:27:15.559 --> 00:27:16.360
 burnt offerings

00:27:16.360 --> 00:27:17.100
 and grain offerings

00:27:17.100 --> 00:27:17.759
 I will not

00:27:17.759 --> 00:27:18.559
 accept them

00:27:18.559 --> 00:27:20.000
 though you bring

00:27:20.000 --> 00:27:20.799
 choice fellowship

00:27:20.799 --> 00:27:21.279
 offerings

00:27:21.279 --> 00:27:21.799
 I will have

00:27:21.799 --> 00:27:22.559
 no regard

00:27:22.559 --> 00:27:23.160
 for them

00:27:23.160 --> 00:27:24.319
 away with

00:27:24.319 --> 00:27:24.759
 the noise

00:27:24.759 --> 00:27:25.420
 of your songs

00:27:25.420 --> 00:27:26.720
 I will not

00:27:26.720 --> 00:27:27.339
 listen to the

00:27:27.339 --> 00:27:27.980
 music of your

00:27:27.980 --> 00:27:28.460
 hearts

00:27:28.460 --> 00:27:30.400
 but let

00:27:30.400 --> 00:27:31.180
 justice roll

00:27:31.180 --> 00:27:31.759
 on like a

00:27:31.759 --> 00:27:31.960
 river

00:27:31.960 --> 00:27:32.640
 righteousness

00:27:32.640 --> 00:27:34.160
 like a

00:27:34.160 --> 00:27:34.519
 never

00:27:34.519 --> 00:27:35.360
 failing

00:27:35.360 --> 00:27:35.960
 stream

00:27:35.960 --> 00:27:37.799
 God

00:27:37.799 --> 00:27:38.620
 peels

00:27:38.620 --> 00:27:39.160
 back the

00:27:39.160 --> 00:27:39.819
 mask of

00:27:39.819 --> 00:27:40.480
 Israel's

00:27:40.480 --> 00:27:40.880
 religious

00:27:40.880 --> 00:27:41.640
 life

00:27:41.640 --> 00:27:43.980
 and he

00:27:43.980 --> 00:27:44.420
 says this

00:27:44.420 --> 00:27:44.799
 is an

00:27:44.799 --> 00:27:45.220
 utter

00:27:45.220 --> 00:27:46.400
 abomination

00:27:46.400 --> 00:27:48.740
 rather than

00:27:48.740 --> 00:27:49.720
 being pleasing

00:27:49.720 --> 00:27:50.500
 and acceptable

00:27:50.500 --> 00:27:51.220
 to me

00:27:51.220 --> 00:27:52.059
 it actually

00:27:52.059 --> 00:27:52.900
 just riles

00:27:52.900 --> 00:27:53.340
 me to

00:27:53.340 --> 00:27:53.840
 hatred

00:27:53.840 --> 00:27:56.799
 when you

00:27:56.799 --> 00:27:57.680
 gather as a

00:27:57.680 --> 00:27:58.200
 church it

00:27:58.200 --> 00:27:58.860
 is like a

00:27:58.860 --> 00:27:59.680
 stench

00:27:59.680 --> 00:28:00.500
 in my

00:28:00.500 --> 00:28:01.440
 nostrils

00:28:01.440 --> 00:28:04.580
 look what he

00:28:04.580 --> 00:28:04.920
 says about

00:28:04.920 --> 00:28:05.480
 the harp

00:28:05.480 --> 00:28:05.940
 now who

00:28:05.940 --> 00:28:06.480
 could not

00:28:06.480 --> 00:28:06.920
 like the

00:28:06.920 --> 00:28:07.340
 noise of

00:28:07.340 --> 00:28:07.940
 a harp

00:28:07.940 --> 00:28:09.160
 blink

00:28:09.160 --> 00:28:09.420
 blink

00:28:09.420 --> 00:28:09.720
 blink

00:28:09.720 --> 00:28:10.019
 blink

00:28:10.019 --> 00:28:10.299
 blink

00:28:10.299 --> 00:28:10.740
 blink

00:28:10.740 --> 00:28:11.620
 there's

00:28:11.620 --> 00:28:12.080
 nothing

00:28:12.080 --> 00:28:12.460
 that could

00:28:12.460 --> 00:28:12.920
 be bad

00:28:12.920 --> 00:28:13.380
 about that

00:28:13.380 --> 00:28:13.740
 but what

00:28:13.740 --> 00:28:14.039
 does he

00:28:14.039 --> 00:28:14.380
 say I

00:28:14.380 --> 00:28:14.840
 will not

00:28:14.840 --> 00:28:15.480
 listen

00:28:15.480 --> 00:28:16.680
 to the

00:28:16.680 --> 00:28:17.160
 music of

00:28:17.160 --> 00:28:17.480
 your harp

00:28:17.480 --> 00:28:18.240
 this instrument

00:28:18.240 --> 00:28:18.920
 synonymous

00:28:18.920 --> 00:28:19.720
 with joy

00:28:19.720 --> 00:28:20.519
 and God

00:28:20.519 --> 00:28:20.840
 says I

00:28:20.840 --> 00:28:21.400
 want nothing

00:28:21.400 --> 00:28:21.740
 to do

00:28:21.740 --> 00:28:21.960
 with it

00:28:21.960 --> 00:28:22.440
 because it's

00:28:22.440 --> 00:28:22.900
 empty

00:28:22.900 --> 00:28:24.360
 it's

00:28:24.360 --> 00:28:25.620
 hypocritical

00:28:25.620 --> 00:28:26.960
 you're going

00:28:26.960 --> 00:28:27.400
 through the

00:28:27.400 --> 00:28:27.759
 motions

00:28:27.759 --> 00:28:28.320
 you're so

00:28:28.320 --> 00:28:29.040
 busy

00:28:29.040 --> 00:28:30.640
 in religious

00:28:30.640 --> 00:28:31.300
 activity

00:28:31.300 --> 00:28:31.880
 and yet your

00:28:31.880 --> 00:28:32.740
 heart is not

00:28:32.740 --> 00:28:33.300
 inance

00:28:33.300 --> 00:28:34.700
 it's like

00:28:34.700 --> 00:28:35.240
 you're wearing

00:28:35.240 --> 00:28:36.160
 a wedding ring

00:28:36.160 --> 00:28:36.820
 as a sign

00:28:36.820 --> 00:28:37.140
 of your

00:28:37.140 --> 00:28:37.700
 marriage

00:28:37.700 --> 00:28:38.780
 and yet you

00:28:38.780 --> 00:28:39.640
 are conducting

00:28:39.640 --> 00:28:40.440
 adulterous

00:28:40.440 --> 00:28:41.120
 relationships

00:28:41.120 --> 00:28:41.660
 in every

00:28:41.660 --> 00:28:42.320
 postcode

00:28:42.320 --> 00:28:43.280
 of the

00:28:43.280 --> 00:28:43.660
 city

00:28:43.660 --> 00:28:45.000
 it's just

00:28:45.000 --> 00:28:45.940
 simple and

00:28:45.940 --> 00:28:46.480
 ritual

00:28:46.480 --> 00:28:48.120
 without any

00:28:48.120 --> 00:28:48.960
 substance

00:28:48.960 --> 00:28:49.680
 at all

00:28:49.680 --> 00:28:51.420
 and look

00:28:51.420 --> 00:28:51.779
 what God

00:28:51.779 --> 00:28:52.340
 says in

00:28:52.340 --> 00:28:52.880
 verse 24

00:28:52.880 --> 00:28:53.440
 this is what

00:28:53.440 --> 00:28:53.920
 he's after

00:28:53.920 --> 00:28:54.960
 which is where

00:28:54.960 --> 00:28:55.340
 it links

00:28:55.340 --> 00:28:55.799
 with Psalm

00:28:55.799 --> 00:28:56.660
 51 that

00:28:56.660 --> 00:28:57.620
 Peter read

00:28:57.620 --> 00:28:58.060
 for us at

00:28:58.060 --> 00:28:58.600
 the beginning

00:28:58.600 --> 00:28:59.539
 but let

00:28:59.539 --> 00:29:00.640
 justice

00:29:00.640 --> 00:29:01.759
 roll on

00:29:01.759 --> 00:29:02.360
 like a river

00:29:02.360 --> 00:29:03.220
 righteousness

00:29:03.220 --> 00:29:04.680
 like a

00:29:04.680 --> 00:29:05.340
 never failing

00:29:05.340 --> 00:29:05.740
 stream

00:29:05.740 --> 00:29:06.380
 you are

00:29:06.380 --> 00:29:07.100
 exhausting

00:29:07.100 --> 00:29:07.880
 yourself in

00:29:07.880 --> 00:29:08.299
 religious

00:29:08.299 --> 00:29:08.840
 activity

00:29:08.840 --> 00:29:09.299
 but what

00:29:09.299 --> 00:29:09.539
 do I

00:29:09.539 --> 00:29:10.039
 want

00:29:10.039 --> 00:29:12.200
 I want

00:29:12.200 --> 00:29:12.900
 justice

00:29:12.900 --> 00:29:13.860
 and

00:29:13.860 --> 00:29:14.400
 righteousness

00:29:14.400 --> 00:29:15.620
 and I

00:29:15.620 --> 00:29:15.880
 want it

00:29:15.880 --> 00:29:16.360
 to flow

00:29:16.360 --> 00:29:16.660
 I want

00:29:16.660 --> 00:29:16.980
 it to be

00:29:16.980 --> 00:29:17.759
 this constant

00:29:17.759 --> 00:29:18.480
 cycle

00:29:18.480 --> 00:29:20.680
 this thing

00:29:20.680 --> 00:29:21.000
 that is

00:29:21.000 --> 00:29:21.599
 always

00:29:21.599 --> 00:29:22.299
 prevalent

00:29:22.299 --> 00:29:23.420
 in your

00:29:23.420 --> 00:29:23.880
 lives

00:29:23.880 --> 00:29:24.940
 justice

00:29:24.940 --> 00:29:26.019
 right

00:29:26.019 --> 00:29:26.539
 living

00:29:26.539 --> 00:29:26.920
 towards

00:29:26.920 --> 00:29:27.420
 your

00:29:27.420 --> 00:29:27.779
 fellow

00:29:27.779 --> 00:29:28.319
 man

00:29:28.319 --> 00:29:29.620
 and

00:29:29.620 --> 00:29:30.460
 righteousness

00:29:30.460 --> 00:29:31.839
 right

00:29:31.839 --> 00:29:32.220
 living

00:29:32.220 --> 00:29:32.779
 before

00:29:32.779 --> 00:29:33.559
 God

00:29:33.559 --> 00:29:33.940
 that's

00:29:33.940 --> 00:29:34.220
 what I

00:29:34.220 --> 00:29:34.680
 want

00:29:34.680 --> 00:29:35.920
 I don't

00:29:35.920 --> 00:29:36.200
 want your

00:29:36.200 --> 00:29:36.799
 offerings

00:29:36.799 --> 00:29:37.059
 I don't

00:29:37.059 --> 00:29:37.319
 want your

00:29:37.319 --> 00:29:38.099
 sacrifices

00:29:38.099 --> 00:29:38.400
 I don't

00:29:38.400 --> 00:29:38.660
 want your

00:29:38.660 --> 00:29:39.039
 harp

00:29:39.039 --> 00:29:39.839
 quartet

00:29:39.839 --> 00:29:41.059
 I'm not

00:29:41.059 --> 00:29:41.279
 bothered

00:29:41.279 --> 00:29:41.819
 how many

00:29:41.819 --> 00:29:42.819
 offerings

00:29:42.819 --> 00:29:43.259
 you bring

00:29:43.259 --> 00:29:43.839
 because until

00:29:43.839 --> 00:29:44.160
 you get

00:29:44.160 --> 00:29:44.680
 those two

00:29:44.680 --> 00:29:45.160
 things right

00:29:45.160 --> 00:29:45.880
 it's utterly

00:29:45.880 --> 00:29:46.460
 useless

00:29:46.460 --> 00:29:47.620
 and you're

00:29:47.619 --> 00:29:47.919
 wasting

00:29:47.919 --> 00:29:48.799
 everybody's

00:29:48.799 --> 00:29:49.139
 time

00:29:49.139 --> 00:29:50.399
 and you're

00:29:50.399 --> 00:29:51.039
 just storing

00:29:51.039 --> 00:29:51.739
 up judgment

00:29:51.739 --> 00:29:53.319
 for yourself

00:29:53.319 --> 00:29:56.979
 and so we

00:29:56.979 --> 00:29:57.459
 look at our

00:29:57.459 --> 00:29:58.099
 lives and

00:29:58.099 --> 00:30:00.279
 could we

00:30:00.279 --> 00:30:00.959
 say that

00:30:00.959 --> 00:30:02.759
 my life

00:30:02.759 --> 00:30:03.239
 is a

00:30:03.239 --> 00:30:03.759
 constant

00:30:03.759 --> 00:30:04.339
 flow of

00:30:04.339 --> 00:30:04.839
 justice

00:30:04.839 --> 00:30:06.799
 where I

00:30:06.799 --> 00:30:07.039
 am

00:30:07.039 --> 00:30:07.939
 passionate

00:30:07.939 --> 00:30:10.659
 about

00:30:10.659 --> 00:30:11.539
 loving those

00:30:11.539 --> 00:30:12.119
 that God

00:30:12.119 --> 00:30:13.159
 loves and

00:30:13.159 --> 00:30:13.719
 this special

00:30:13.719 --> 00:30:14.239
 place he

00:30:14.239 --> 00:30:14.779
 has in his

00:30:14.779 --> 00:30:15.239
 heart for

00:30:15.239 --> 00:30:15.639
 those that

00:30:15.639 --> 00:30:16.039
 are poor

00:30:16.039 --> 00:30:16.739
 and downtrodden

00:30:16.740 --> 00:30:17.720
 is there

00:30:17.720 --> 00:30:18.599
 this constant

00:30:18.599 --> 00:30:20.099
 desire to

00:30:20.099 --> 00:30:20.720
 help them

00:30:20.720 --> 00:30:21.259
 in and

00:30:21.259 --> 00:30:21.680
 through my

00:30:21.680 --> 00:30:22.120
 life

00:30:22.120 --> 00:30:23.740
 and what

00:30:23.740 --> 00:30:24.160
 about how

00:30:24.160 --> 00:30:24.660
 I walk

00:30:24.660 --> 00:30:25.660
 before God

00:30:25.660 --> 00:30:27.099
 is there

00:30:27.099 --> 00:30:27.720
 this constant

00:30:27.720 --> 00:30:28.519
 desire that

00:30:28.519 --> 00:30:29.200
 I will live

00:30:29.200 --> 00:30:29.880
 life before

00:30:29.880 --> 00:30:30.519
 an audience

00:30:30.519 --> 00:30:31.019
 of one

00:30:31.019 --> 00:30:31.759
 knowing that

00:30:31.759 --> 00:30:32.380
 he sees

00:30:32.380 --> 00:30:32.980
 all and

00:30:32.980 --> 00:30:33.480
 longs to

00:30:33.480 --> 00:30:34.279
 be glorified

00:30:34.279 --> 00:30:35.359
 in all

00:30:35.359 --> 00:30:36.980
 because until

00:30:36.980 --> 00:30:37.539
 I get those

00:30:37.539 --> 00:30:38.039
 two things

00:30:38.039 --> 00:30:38.680
 right church

00:30:38.680 --> 00:30:39.140
 attendance

00:30:39.140 --> 00:30:39.859
 doesn't matter

00:30:39.859 --> 00:30:41.019
 the songs I

00:30:41.019 --> 00:30:41.660
 sing don't

00:30:41.660 --> 00:30:42.079
 matter if

00:30:42.079 --> 00:30:42.539
 my heart

00:30:42.539 --> 00:30:43.039
 is not right

00:30:43.039 --> 00:30:43.740
 before him

00:30:43.740 --> 00:30:45.640
 it is

00:30:45.640 --> 00:30:46.160
 possible

00:30:46.160 --> 00:30:47.099
 for God

00:30:47.099 --> 00:30:47.539
 to hate

00:30:47.539 --> 00:30:47.940
 the fact

00:30:47.940 --> 00:30:48.240
 that you're

00:30:48.240 --> 00:30:48.660
 going to

00:30:48.660 --> 00:30:49.140
 church if

00:30:49.140 --> 00:30:49.599
 you go to

00:30:49.599 --> 00:30:50.420
 church wrongly

00:30:50.420 --> 00:30:51.839
 to not

00:30:51.839 --> 00:30:52.440
 accept the

00:30:52.440 --> 00:30:52.960
 songs out

00:30:52.960 --> 00:30:53.220
 of your

00:30:53.220 --> 00:30:53.720
 mouth if

00:30:53.720 --> 00:30:54.140
 it is just

00:30:54.140 --> 00:30:54.620
 brubble

00:30:54.620 --> 00:30:56.000
 and froth

00:30:56.000 --> 00:31:01.259
 with no

00:31:01.259 --> 00:31:02.359
 substance at

00:31:02.359 --> 00:31:02.759
 all

00:31:02.759 --> 00:31:04.920
 so by the

00:31:04.920 --> 00:31:05.380
 time we get

00:31:05.380 --> 00:31:05.819
 to the end

00:31:05.819 --> 00:31:06.319
 of the old

00:31:06.319 --> 00:31:06.799
 testament

00:31:06.799 --> 00:31:08.440
 and Israel

00:31:08.440 --> 00:31:08.940
 has gone

00:31:08.940 --> 00:31:10.559
 from bad

00:31:10.559 --> 00:31:11.380
 to worse

00:31:11.380 --> 00:31:12.720
 and has

00:31:12.720 --> 00:31:13.080
 been in

00:31:13.080 --> 00:31:13.580
 exile

00:31:13.580 --> 00:31:14.620
 and Judah

00:31:14.620 --> 00:31:15.080
 is back

00:31:15.080 --> 00:31:15.400
 in the

00:31:15.400 --> 00:31:15.920
 town but

00:31:15.920 --> 00:31:16.380
 they're

00:31:16.380 --> 00:31:17.140
 miles away

00:31:17.140 --> 00:31:17.520
 from where

00:31:17.520 --> 00:31:17.920
 they would

00:31:17.920 --> 00:31:18.080
 be

00:31:18.080 --> 00:31:18.520
 God just

00:31:18.520 --> 00:31:18.800
 says I

00:31:18.800 --> 00:31:19.300
 wish someone

00:31:19.300 --> 00:31:19.700
 would shut

00:31:19.700 --> 00:31:20.140
 the temple

00:31:20.140 --> 00:31:20.540
 door

00:31:20.540 --> 00:31:22.720
 put out the

00:31:22.720 --> 00:31:23.400
 fires on the

00:31:23.400 --> 00:31:24.060
 altar because

00:31:24.060 --> 00:31:25.160
 it's

00:31:25.160 --> 00:31:25.840
 abominable

00:31:25.840 --> 00:31:26.480
 to me

00:31:26.480 --> 00:31:27.920
 this has

00:31:27.920 --> 00:31:28.400
 not gone

00:31:28.400 --> 00:31:29.400
 well for

00:31:29.400 --> 00:31:29.940
 Israel

00:31:29.940 --> 00:31:32.840
 neither will

00:31:32.840 --> 00:31:33.320
 it go well

00:31:33.320 --> 00:31:34.040
 for us

00:31:34.040 --> 00:31:35.520
 it's just

00:31:35.520 --> 00:31:36.020
 bubble and

00:31:36.020 --> 00:31:36.460
 froth with

00:31:36.460 --> 00:31:37.620
 no substance

00:31:37.620 --> 00:31:38.220
 let me finish

00:31:38.220 --> 00:31:38.580
 with this

00:31:38.580 --> 00:31:39.440
 verses 25

00:31:39.440 --> 00:31:40.200
 to 27

00:31:40.200 --> 00:31:42.559
 did you

00:31:42.559 --> 00:31:42.920
 bring me

00:31:42.920 --> 00:31:43.660
 sacrifices

00:31:43.660 --> 00:31:44.380
 and offerings

00:31:44.380 --> 00:31:44.920
 for 40

00:31:44.920 --> 00:31:45.279
 years in

00:31:45.279 --> 00:31:45.700
 the wilderness

00:31:45.700 --> 00:31:46.380
 people of

00:31:46.380 --> 00:31:46.759
 Israel

00:31:46.759 --> 00:31:48.460
 you have

00:31:48.460 --> 00:31:48.980
 lifted up

00:31:48.980 --> 00:31:49.460
 the shrines

00:31:49.460 --> 00:31:49.860
 of your

00:31:49.860 --> 00:31:50.860
 king

00:31:50.860 --> 00:31:51.920
 the pedestal

00:31:51.920 --> 00:31:52.279
 of your

00:31:52.279 --> 00:31:52.680
 idols

00:31:52.680 --> 00:31:53.240
 the star

00:31:53.240 --> 00:31:53.559
 of your

00:31:53.559 --> 00:31:54.000
 God

00:31:54.000 --> 00:31:55.259
 which you

00:31:55.259 --> 00:31:55.779
 made for

00:31:55.779 --> 00:31:56.220
 yourselves

00:31:56.220 --> 00:31:56.840
 therefore I

00:31:56.840 --> 00:31:57.220
 will send

00:31:57.220 --> 00:31:57.559
 you into

00:31:57.559 --> 00:31:58.380
 exile beyond

00:31:58.380 --> 00:31:59.100
 Damascus

00:31:59.100 --> 00:32:00.100
 says the

00:32:00.100 --> 00:32:00.460
 Lord

00:32:00.460 --> 00:32:01.720
 whose name

00:32:01.720 --> 00:32:02.380
 is God

00:32:02.380 --> 00:32:03.480
 almighty

00:32:03.480 --> 00:32:06.460
 here's the

00:32:06.460 --> 00:32:06.840
 question

00:32:06.840 --> 00:32:08.740
 did the

00:32:08.740 --> 00:32:09.180
 people of

00:32:09.180 --> 00:32:09.700
 Israel bring

00:32:09.700 --> 00:32:10.380
 sacrifices

00:32:10.380 --> 00:32:11.000
 and offerings

00:32:11.000 --> 00:32:11.380
 to God

00:32:11.380 --> 00:32:11.620
 in the

00:32:11.620 --> 00:32:11.980
 wilderness

00:32:11.980 --> 00:32:14.299
 oh yes

00:32:14.299 --> 00:32:14.980
 they did

00:32:14.980 --> 00:32:16.259
 because they

00:32:16.259 --> 00:32:16.580
 had this

00:32:16.580 --> 00:32:16.940
 tent of

00:32:16.940 --> 00:32:17.480
 meeting where

00:32:17.480 --> 00:32:17.759
 they could

00:32:17.759 --> 00:32:18.120
 go and

00:32:18.120 --> 00:32:18.740
 offer them

00:32:18.740 --> 00:32:20.360
 but here's

00:32:20.360 --> 00:32:20.799
 what's in

00:32:20.799 --> 00:32:21.180
 view

00:32:21.180 --> 00:32:22.820
 that Israel

00:32:22.820 --> 00:32:23.299
 did all

00:32:23.299 --> 00:32:24.100
 these things

00:32:24.100 --> 00:32:25.420
 they got up

00:32:25.420 --> 00:32:25.940
 in the morning

00:32:25.940 --> 00:32:26.640
 they unzipped

00:32:26.640 --> 00:32:27.400
 their tent

00:32:27.400 --> 00:32:28.340
 and they went

00:32:28.340 --> 00:32:28.880
 and did their

00:32:28.880 --> 00:32:29.640
 religious duty

00:32:29.640 --> 00:32:30.600
 before Yahweh

00:32:30.600 --> 00:32:31.000
 who had

00:32:31.000 --> 00:32:31.360
 brought them

00:32:31.360 --> 00:32:31.960
 out of Egypt

00:32:31.960 --> 00:32:34.519
 the problem

00:32:34.519 --> 00:32:35.160
 was is when

00:32:35.160 --> 00:32:35.519
 they went

00:32:35.519 --> 00:32:35.920
 into their

00:32:35.920 --> 00:32:36.620
 tent at night

00:32:36.619 --> 00:32:36.939
 and the

00:32:36.939 --> 00:32:37.459
 flaps came

00:32:37.459 --> 00:32:37.839
 down

00:32:37.839 --> 00:32:39.259
 then out

00:32:39.259 --> 00:32:39.699
 from under

00:32:39.699 --> 00:32:40.179
 the pillow

00:32:40.179 --> 00:32:41.579
 came the

00:32:41.579 --> 00:32:42.000
 gods of

00:32:42.000 --> 00:32:42.539
 Egypt

00:32:42.539 --> 00:32:46.199
 sack off

00:32:46.199 --> 00:32:46.959
 your king

00:32:46.959 --> 00:32:48.459
 Kaiwan your

00:32:48.459 --> 00:32:49.339
 idols and

00:32:49.339 --> 00:32:49.899
 your star

00:32:49.899 --> 00:32:50.419
 gods

00:32:50.419 --> 00:32:51.899
 do you see

00:32:51.899 --> 00:32:52.819
 how duplicitous

00:32:52.819 --> 00:32:53.519
 they were

00:32:53.519 --> 00:32:55.399
 we'll worship

00:32:55.399 --> 00:32:56.099
 gods

00:32:56.099 --> 00:32:57.719
 but we'll

00:32:57.719 --> 00:32:58.279
 keep these

00:32:58.279 --> 00:32:58.859
 as well

00:32:58.859 --> 00:33:02.119
 and so I

00:33:02.119 --> 00:33:02.799
 wonder as we

00:33:02.799 --> 00:33:03.279
 come into

00:33:03.279 --> 00:33:03.959
 land

00:33:03.960 --> 00:33:05.160
 that we're

00:33:05.160 --> 00:33:05.880
 here tonight

00:33:05.880 --> 00:33:07.559
 and we're

00:33:07.559 --> 00:33:08.200
 singing trust

00:33:08.200 --> 00:33:08.720
 and obey

00:33:08.720 --> 00:33:09.240
 there's no

00:33:09.240 --> 00:33:09.720
 other way

00:33:09.720 --> 00:33:10.380
 to be happy

00:33:10.380 --> 00:33:10.940
 in Jesus

00:33:10.940 --> 00:33:12.680
 we're singing

00:33:12.680 --> 00:33:13.180
 all that

00:33:13.180 --> 00:33:13.740
 thrills my

00:33:13.740 --> 00:33:14.220
 heart is

00:33:14.220 --> 00:33:14.539
 Jesus

00:33:14.539 --> 00:33:15.059
 he is

00:33:15.059 --> 00:33:15.480
 everything

00:33:15.480 --> 00:33:16.000
 to me

00:33:16.000 --> 00:33:18.059
 but I

00:33:18.059 --> 00:33:18.440
 wonder what

00:33:18.440 --> 00:33:18.960
 the reality

00:33:18.960 --> 00:33:19.440
 will be on

00:33:19.440 --> 00:33:20.100
 Monday morning

00:33:20.100 --> 00:33:22.000
 what idols

00:33:22.000 --> 00:33:22.440
 we'll bring

00:33:22.440 --> 00:33:22.840
 out from

00:33:22.840 --> 00:33:23.440
 behind up

00:33:23.440 --> 00:33:23.880
 from under

00:33:23.880 --> 00:33:24.340
 our own

00:33:24.340 --> 00:33:24.720
 pillows

00:33:24.720 --> 00:33:26.779
 whether it

00:33:26.779 --> 00:33:26.980
 will be

00:33:26.980 --> 00:33:27.900
 materialism

00:33:27.900 --> 00:33:28.380
 and we'll

00:33:28.380 --> 00:33:28.880
 be ogling

00:33:28.880 --> 00:33:29.420
 the Amazon

00:33:29.420 --> 00:33:30.220
 catalogue

00:33:30.220 --> 00:33:31.420
 I wonder

00:33:31.420 --> 00:33:31.819
 where our

00:33:31.819 --> 00:33:32.600
 security will

00:33:32.600 --> 00:33:33.079
 be found

00:33:33.079 --> 00:33:33.539
 whether it's

00:33:33.539 --> 00:33:34.159
 in the God

00:33:34.159 --> 00:33:35.159
 who's revealed

00:33:35.159 --> 00:33:35.759
 himself

00:33:35.759 --> 00:33:37.399
 or whether

00:33:37.399 --> 00:33:37.839
 it's in the

00:33:37.839 --> 00:33:38.480
 bank statement

00:33:38.480 --> 00:33:39.279
 that drops

00:33:39.279 --> 00:33:39.619
 through the

00:33:39.619 --> 00:33:40.119
 door on

00:33:40.119 --> 00:33:40.539
 Tuesday

00:33:40.539 --> 00:33:41.639
 morning

00:33:41.639 --> 00:33:43.460
 and here's

00:33:43.460 --> 00:33:43.799
 the thing

00:33:43.799 --> 00:33:44.259
 the people

00:33:44.259 --> 00:33:44.720
 in the

00:33:44.720 --> 00:33:45.039
 wilderness

00:33:45.039 --> 00:33:45.559
 thought they

00:33:45.559 --> 00:33:45.899
 were getting

00:33:45.899 --> 00:33:46.339
 away with

00:33:46.339 --> 00:33:46.720
 it and they

00:33:46.720 --> 00:33:47.379
 weren't

00:33:47.379 --> 00:33:48.619
 God says

00:33:48.619 --> 00:33:49.460
 I saw you

00:33:49.460 --> 00:33:50.500
 pull those

00:33:50.500 --> 00:33:51.259
 idols out

00:33:51.259 --> 00:33:52.879
 and let's

00:33:52.879 --> 00:33:53.319
 be clear

00:33:53.319 --> 00:33:54.059
 he sees

00:33:54.059 --> 00:33:54.619
 the idols

00:33:54.619 --> 00:33:55.159
 that we

00:33:55.159 --> 00:33:56.220
 cleave to

00:33:56.220 --> 00:33:56.680
 and cling

00:33:56.680 --> 00:33:57.000
 to

00:33:57.000 --> 00:33:58.379
 and he

00:33:58.379 --> 00:33:59.019
 finishes by

00:33:59.019 --> 00:33:59.539
 saying you'll

00:33:59.539 --> 00:34:00.059
 go into

00:34:00.059 --> 00:34:00.759
 exile into

00:34:00.759 --> 00:34:01.480
 Damascus and

00:34:01.480 --> 00:34:02.000
 it's all your

00:34:02.000 --> 00:34:02.519
 own fault

00:34:02.519 --> 00:34:03.900
 I gave

00:34:03.900 --> 00:34:04.059
 you

00:34:04.059 --> 00:34:04.660
 everything

00:34:04.660 --> 00:34:07.420
 but you

00:34:07.420 --> 00:34:08.179
 still chose

00:34:08.179 --> 00:34:09.659
 to worship

00:34:09.659 --> 00:34:10.500
 me wrongly

00:34:10.500 --> 00:34:11.099
 and oppress

00:34:11.099 --> 00:34:11.699
 the poor

00:34:11.699 --> 00:34:14.400
 I was preaching

00:34:14.400 --> 00:34:14.840
 at Kirk

00:34:14.840 --> 00:34:15.380
 Liston this

00:34:15.380 --> 00:34:15.719
 morning

00:34:15.719 --> 00:34:17.420
 and I was

00:34:17.420 --> 00:34:17.699
 trying to

00:34:17.699 --> 00:34:18.199
 challenge them

00:34:18.199 --> 00:34:18.679
 about this

00:34:18.679 --> 00:34:19.179
 Old Testament

00:34:19.179 --> 00:34:19.940
 idea of being

00:34:19.940 --> 00:34:20.619
 blameless

00:34:20.619 --> 00:34:22.099
 we read of

00:34:22.099 --> 00:34:22.780
 Noah and

00:34:22.780 --> 00:34:23.380
 Job and

00:34:23.380 --> 00:34:24.019
 David being

00:34:24.019 --> 00:34:25.039
 blameless before

00:34:25.039 --> 00:34:25.639
 the Lord

00:34:25.639 --> 00:34:27.460
 blameless doesn't

00:34:27.460 --> 00:34:27.960
 mean they were

00:34:27.960 --> 00:34:28.599
 sinless

00:34:28.599 --> 00:34:29.719
 it just

00:34:29.719 --> 00:34:30.079
 meant that

00:34:30.079 --> 00:34:30.779
 their insides

00:34:30.779 --> 00:34:31.079
 were the

00:34:31.079 --> 00:34:31.380
 same as

00:34:31.380 --> 00:34:32.360
 their outsides

00:34:32.360 --> 00:34:33.480
 that the

00:34:33.480 --> 00:34:34.219
 reality of

00:34:34.219 --> 00:34:34.539
 how they

00:34:34.539 --> 00:34:35.259
 love God

00:34:35.259 --> 00:34:35.659
 in their

00:34:35.659 --> 00:34:36.159
 hearts

00:34:36.159 --> 00:34:37.339
 seeped out

00:34:37.339 --> 00:34:38.059
 into every

00:34:38.059 --> 00:34:38.739
 area of

00:34:38.739 --> 00:34:39.579
 their lives

00:34:39.579 --> 00:34:40.900
 and I

00:34:40.900 --> 00:34:41.279
 wonder if

00:34:41.279 --> 00:34:41.639
 that's the

00:34:41.639 --> 00:34:42.199
 challenge

00:34:42.199 --> 00:34:43.059
 coming to

00:34:43.059 --> 00:34:43.420
 us from

00:34:43.420 --> 00:34:44.059
 this chapter

00:34:44.059 --> 00:34:45.900
 is to put

00:34:45.900 --> 00:34:46.900
 away hypocrisy

00:34:46.900 --> 00:34:48.739
 to put away

00:34:48.739 --> 00:34:49.299
 going through

00:34:49.299 --> 00:34:49.920
 the motions

00:34:49.920 --> 00:34:50.339
 out of

00:34:50.339 --> 00:34:51.299
 religious duty

00:34:51.300 --> 00:34:53.539
 and to

00:34:53.539 --> 00:34:54.080
 let Jesus

00:34:54.080 --> 00:34:54.620
 take his

00:34:54.620 --> 00:34:55.280
 right place

00:34:55.280 --> 00:34:55.660
 in our

00:34:55.660 --> 00:34:56.120
 hearts

00:34:56.120 --> 00:34:56.840
 that it

00:34:56.840 --> 00:34:57.039
 might

00:34:57.039 --> 00:34:57.740
 transform

00:34:57.740 --> 00:34:58.680
 every area

00:34:58.680 --> 00:34:59.080
 of our

00:34:59.080 --> 00:34:59.620
 lives

00:34:59.620 --> 00:35:00.860
 and it

00:35:00.860 --> 00:35:01.220
 might make

00:35:01.220 --> 00:35:01.519
 a real

00:35:01.519 --> 00:35:02.039
 difference

00:35:02.039 --> 00:35:03.039
 to our

00:35:03.039 --> 00:35:03.640
 neighbours

00:35:03.640 --> 00:35:05.019
 wherever they

00:35:05.019 --> 00:35:05.620
 might be

00:35:05.620 --> 00:35:07.500
 God

00:35:07.500 --> 00:35:08.140
 catalogues

00:35:08.140 --> 00:35:08.760
 their sin

00:35:08.760 --> 00:35:09.920
 they're

00:35:09.920 --> 00:35:10.720
 terrified by

00:35:10.720 --> 00:35:11.620
 his presence

00:35:11.620 --> 00:35:13.140
 he extinguishes

00:35:13.140 --> 00:35:14.039
 their light

00:35:14.039 --> 00:35:15.120
 on the day

00:35:15.120 --> 00:35:15.840
 of the Lord

00:35:15.840 --> 00:35:17.160
 he says

00:35:17.160 --> 00:35:17.640
 I hate

00:35:17.640 --> 00:35:18.200
 your worship

00:35:18.200 --> 00:35:19.500
 and I

00:35:19.500 --> 00:35:20.100
 saw your

00:35:20.100 --> 00:35:20.860
 idolatry

00:35:20.860 --> 00:35:23.260
 we read

00:35:23.260 --> 00:35:23.480
 in the

00:35:23.480 --> 00:35:24.059
 New Testament

00:35:24.059 --> 00:35:25.240
 that many

00:35:25.240 --> 00:35:25.800
 people come

00:35:25.800 --> 00:35:26.280
 to Jesus

00:35:26.280 --> 00:35:26.880
 on the last

00:35:26.880 --> 00:35:27.180
 day and

00:35:27.180 --> 00:35:27.660
 say Lord

00:35:27.660 --> 00:35:27.980
 Lord

00:35:27.980 --> 00:35:30.120
 we prophesied

00:35:30.120 --> 00:35:30.460
 in your

00:35:30.460 --> 00:35:30.940
 name and

00:35:30.940 --> 00:35:31.340
 we even

00:35:31.340 --> 00:35:32.059
 healed people

00:35:32.059 --> 00:35:32.480
 and Jesus

00:35:32.480 --> 00:35:33.059
 says away

00:35:33.059 --> 00:35:33.539
 with me

00:35:33.539 --> 00:35:34.640
 I never

00:35:34.640 --> 00:35:35.300
 knew you

00:35:35.300 --> 00:35:37.140
 the same

00:35:37.140 --> 00:35:38.360
 reality seems

00:35:38.360 --> 00:35:40.059
 to be there

00:35:40.059 --> 00:35:41.880
 so let's be

00:35:41.880 --> 00:35:43.140
 very careful

00:35:43.140 --> 00:35:44.640
 as we listen

00:35:44.640 --> 00:35:45.120
 to these

00:35:45.120 --> 00:35:45.680
 words

00:35:45.680 --> 00:35:47.180
 that we

00:35:47.180 --> 00:35:47.760
 don't leave

00:35:47.760 --> 00:35:48.099
 here

00:35:48.099 --> 00:35:49.660
 without

00:35:49.660 --> 00:35:50.840
 having our

00:35:50.840 --> 00:35:52.500
 whole lives

00:35:52.500 --> 00:35:53.519
 committed

00:35:53.519 --> 00:35:54.320
 to and

00:35:54.320 --> 00:35:54.840
 connected

00:35:54.840 --> 00:35:56.140
 to the

00:35:56.140 --> 00:35:56.420
 Lord

00:35:56.420 --> 00:35:56.820
 Jesus

00:35:56.820 --> 00:35:58.600
 who makes

00:35:58.600 --> 00:35:59.220
 our worship

00:35:59.220 --> 00:35:59.920
 acceptable

00:35:59.920 --> 00:36:01.860
 and transforms

00:36:01.860 --> 00:36:02.760
 our lives

00:36:02.760 --> 00:36:03.800
 that we might

00:36:03.800 --> 00:36:04.380
 love what

00:36:04.380 --> 00:36:05.120
 God loves

00:36:05.120 --> 00:36:06.340
 and do

00:36:06.340 --> 00:36:06.800
 what God

00:36:06.800 --> 00:36:07.260
 calls us

00:36:07.260 --> 00:36:07.740
 to do

00:36:07.740 --> 00:36:08.940
 let's pray

00:36:08.940 --> 00:36:19.039
 Father God

00:36:19.039 --> 00:36:19.400
 was so

00:36:19.400 --> 00:36:20.019
 challenged

00:36:20.019 --> 00:36:21.200
 that Israel

00:36:21.200 --> 00:36:21.780
 was just

00:36:21.780 --> 00:36:22.599
 playing at

00:36:22.599 --> 00:36:22.920
 it

00:36:22.920 --> 00:36:25.900
 they were

00:36:25.900 --> 00:36:26.700
 privileged as

00:36:26.700 --> 00:36:27.320
 your people

00:36:27.320 --> 00:36:27.760
 and yet

00:36:27.760 --> 00:36:28.480
 walked away

00:36:28.480 --> 00:36:29.360
 and rebelled

00:36:29.360 --> 00:36:31.320
 in such a

00:36:31.320 --> 00:36:32.440
 complacent

00:36:32.440 --> 00:36:34.000
 way

00:36:34.000 --> 00:36:36.960
 and Lord

00:36:36.960 --> 00:36:37.360
 we thank

00:36:37.360 --> 00:36:37.659
 you so

00:36:37.659 --> 00:36:37.880
 much

00:36:37.880 --> 00:36:38.420
 that you've

00:36:38.420 --> 00:36:38.920
 given us

00:36:38.920 --> 00:36:39.619
 so much

00:36:39.619 --> 00:36:41.280
 you've given

00:36:41.280 --> 00:36:41.619
 us your

00:36:41.619 --> 00:36:42.199
 word

00:36:42.199 --> 00:36:43.579
 you've given

00:36:43.579 --> 00:36:43.920
 us your

00:36:43.920 --> 00:36:44.420
 spirit

00:36:44.420 --> 00:36:46.280
 you've opened

00:36:46.280 --> 00:36:46.880
 your eyes

00:36:46.880 --> 00:36:47.699
 to you've

00:36:47.699 --> 00:36:48.300
 opened our

00:36:48.300 --> 00:36:49.059
 eyes to your

00:36:49.059 --> 00:36:49.480
 son

00:36:49.480 --> 00:36:51.380
 Father you've

00:36:51.380 --> 00:36:52.019
 placed us in

00:36:52.019 --> 00:36:52.639
 a church and

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 yet we're so

00:36:53.159 --> 00:36:53.619
 conscious

00:36:53.619 --> 00:36:57.219
 we're so

00:36:57.219 --> 00:36:57.859
 conscious that

00:36:57.859 --> 00:36:58.339
 we're tempted

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 to just play

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 and go through

00:36:59.960 --> 00:37:00.559
 the motions

00:37:00.559 --> 00:37:03.099
 we're tempted

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 to just do

00:37:04.059 --> 00:37:04.920
 the little bit

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 that we need

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 to do in

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 order to keep

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 up appearances

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 and so Lord

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 I pray that

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 your spirit

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 would so

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 glorify your

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 son in our

00:37:15.400 --> 00:37:15.980
 lives that he

00:37:15.980 --> 00:37:16.759
 might transform

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 everything about

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 us

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 that we might

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 worship you

00:37:21.159 --> 00:37:21.759
 rightly

00:37:21.759 --> 00:37:23.279
 wholeheartedly

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 that we might

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 be those that

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 are blameless

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 and Father

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 that we might

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 love justice

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 Father whether

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 it's the taxes

00:37:33.620 --> 00:37:34.640
 we pay or the

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 people we walk

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 by on the

00:37:36.380 --> 00:37:37.120
 streets

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 Father may we

00:37:39.440 --> 00:37:40.320
 not just turn a

00:37:40.320 --> 00:37:40.980
 blind eye

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 but Lord may we

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 love what you

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 love and as a

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 God who loves

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 them may we

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 love them and

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 help them and

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 serve them also

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 we pray this in

00:37:51.060 --> 00:37:52.480
 Jesus name and

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 for Jesus sake

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 Amen