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 Welcome, all.

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 If you haven't got one, let me tell you that there's a handout.

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 Deb, are you here?

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 Yes.

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 Deb's here.

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 I'm legally blind, and I can see some things, but not a lot.

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 Like, could everybody raise their hands?

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 Yeah, I only see about half of them.

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 So anyway, please bear with me.

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 I know you see half of them if you don't have any.

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 Because I thought I asked everybody to raise their hands,

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 and I only saw the left side of the room raise their hands.

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 So I don't know for sure.

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 You're absolutely right.

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 But such is life.

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 I will never tell.

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 Okay, okay.

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 Now, as we go through the class today, we will read some, not all, of the scriptures that are on the handout.

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 And I'm going to ask those of you who are able and willing to do so.

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 So when I ask for a scripture to be read, please don't wait for somebody else if you're able and willing.

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 You know, just dive right in there and say I will or something.

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 And I'll appreciate that very much.

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 Well, let's pray.

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 Heavenly Father, as we gather together in the name of your Son, Jesus,

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 we ask you to fill us with your Spirit and speak to us.

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 May we get to know you better and love you better, trust you more,

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 and live as your faithful children.

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 Make us, conform us more into the image of your Son, we ask.

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 Amen.

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 Several weeks ago, Tyler asked me to teach this class on God's immutability,

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 one in a series of classes on the attributes of God,

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 a subsection of what we might call systematic theology.

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 And a little bit later, I told a friend that I was going to teach on the immutability of God.

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 And he responded with something like,

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 oh, that is, can you get God to shut up?

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 And he made that attempt at humor, you know, thinking of mute, you know,

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 and those of us who have phones or, you know, participate in Zoom meetings.

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 And somebody maybe not familiar with systematic theology, you know,

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 when you speak of immutability, no, I can't mute that person.

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 And I wish I could.

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 But what that indicates to me is that the meanings of words change over a period of time.

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 If you ask somebody in the United States 150 years ago, you know, what immutability means,

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 they would say, well, it means that whatever you're describing does not change.

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 But today, that's less clear to a lot of people who we live with.

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 So much so that the author of the systematic theology that I recently got,

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 because I can't read much anymore, I got an audible book.

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 And the author of that book changed the topic in his systematic theology from immutability to unchangeability,

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 which I think is not a bad thing to do.

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 And I'm even taking it one step further, changing the title of the class from unchangeability or immutability

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 to the question, does God change?

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 Well, however you'd like to think about it, as we go through this study together,

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 you might be expecting that I will give you a concise and clear conclusion about the subject.

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 Clean and clear.

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 And when I got assigned the subject, I thought I'd be able to do that.

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 Hey, does God change?

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 No.

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 You know, how much more simple can it be?

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 But as I studied it and looked at what the Bible said,

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 though I think I learned some important and good things,

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 the goal that I had of tying up, you know, all the loose ends didn't happen.

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 So, today's lesson might be described better as an exercise in systematic theology that we'll do together

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 rather than just the presentation of my clear and complete study.

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 Well, as we talk about change, just to give it some thought context,

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 as we think about our world, there are some things that don't seem to change much,

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 like the sun or the stars or a mountain.

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 And then there are things that seem to change quite a bit, like weather or the news.

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 People, for the most part, are somewhere in between those.

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 You know, if we look at our bodies over a period of days or even a few years,

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 maybe somebody wouldn't detect any change.

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 Or in our personality over a period of time, they might not detect any change.

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 But somebody's opinion about something or how they react to a certain impulse, input, might change.

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 And because the Bible describes God as a person,

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 that might help us a little bit think about,

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 when we speak about the question, does God change?

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 You know, as a person, you know,

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 does he change in some ways?

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 Does he not change in any way?

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 I suggest that that would be a helpful idea to keep in mind.

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 Well, with that in mind, let's read the first two scriptures that you'll find on your handout.

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 And would somebody be ready to read the Numbers passage, 2319?

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 And again, the proper response is yes, if you're able and willing.

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 Good.

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 And would somebody else be willing to read that second passage,

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 several verses, Isaiah 38, 1 through 5?

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 All right.

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 Ralph, please read.

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 Verse 19.

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 God is not a man that he should lie,

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 nor a son of man that he should change his mind.

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 Does he speak and then not act?

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 Does he promise and not fulfill?

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 Very good.

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 Thank you.

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 I've read the Numbers.

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 Very good.

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 Yes.

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 Feel free to use whatever version you have available to you.

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 But thank you.

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 And the other, please read the Isaiah passage.

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 Sure.

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 So this is Isaiah 38, 1 through 5.

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 In those days, Hedekiah became sick and was at the point of death.

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 And Isaiah the prophet, the son of Nema,

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 came to him and said to him,

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 Thus says the Lord,

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 Set your hearts in order, for you shall die,

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 and you shall not recover.

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 Then Hezekiah sent his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord,

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 and said, Please, O Lord,

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 remember how I have walked before you in faithfulness,

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 and made a whole heart,

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 and have done your good in your sight.

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 And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

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 Then the word of the Lord came to Isaiah.

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 Go and tell Hezekiah,

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 Thus says the Lord,

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 the God of David,

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 your father.

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 I have heard your prayer.

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 I have seen your tears.

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 Behold, I will add 15 years to your life.

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 Thank you.

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 Now,

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 as some people would look at these two passages,

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 they would see a tension or a paradox.

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 Others may not.

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 But let me tell you what I see.

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 In the Numbers passage,

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 it is said of God,

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 Does he speak and not act?

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 And I think that means,

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 Does he say he's going to do something,

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 and then not do it?

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 But in the Isaiah passage,

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 God makes clear to Hezekiah

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 that he's going to die soon.

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 He's not going to recover from the illness.

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 He speaks.

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 But then,

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 his action is something else.

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 He does not,

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 in a sense,

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 do what he said he was going to do.

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 So,

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 this is an example of the challenge

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 of doing

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 systematic theology.

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 Systematic theology can be thought of

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 studying

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 what

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 all of the Bible

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 teaches

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 about a particular topic.

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 In this case,

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 the unchangeability of God,

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 or does God change?

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 And so,

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 sometimes,

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 you have passages in Scripture

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 which seem to be

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 in tension

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 with one another.

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 For those and other reasons,

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 systematic theology

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 is a really good idea

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 because if you

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 don't look

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 at all of the,

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 what the Bible says

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 about a topic,

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 you'll have

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 unorganized theology

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 instead of an organized

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 or systematic

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 theology.

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 So,

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 doing systematic theology

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 is a good thing,

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 but unless

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 you are a genius

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 and have lots of time

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 to study the Bible,

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 you're going to be

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 at a great disadvantage

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 if you don't

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 stand on the shoulders

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 of the giants

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 who have gone before you

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 with regard to

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 the study of the Bible

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 and systematic theology.

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 And so,

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 I

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 certainly recommend

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 when you're studying

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 a topic like this

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 to see what others

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 have said.

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 And again,

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 the book

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 that I

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 have listened to

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 on this topic

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 and was a foundation

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 for my study

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 is

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 Systematic Theology

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 by Wayne Gruden.

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 And here

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 is his

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 summary statement

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 about

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 the unchangeability

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 of God.

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 And as I read it,

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 I'd like you to think

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 about this question.

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 Do I think

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 this is right?

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 You know,

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 based on my knowledge

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 of the Bible

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 such as it is,

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 does this sound

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 like a good summary

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 of what all of the Bible

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 teaches

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 about God

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 and change?

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 God is unchanging

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 in his being,

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 his perfections,

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 purposes,

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 and promises.

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 Yet,

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 God does

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 act and feel,

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 feel emotions.

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 I should probably

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 have somebody else

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 reading this.

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 Tyler,

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 would you be willing

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 to pick up on this?

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 Yet,

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 God does act

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 and feel emotions

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 and he acts

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 and feels differently

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 in response

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 to different situations.

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 Thank you.

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 All right.

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 So,

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 how does that sound

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 to you?

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 Do you find yourself

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 in

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 strong agreement

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 with it?

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 You know,

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 maybe agreement

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 or,

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 nah,

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 I think there are

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 some significant errors.

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 strong agreement

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 based on your

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 present thought.

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 Strong.

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 Strong.

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 I have no idea

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 how many hands

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 are up now.

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 Were there a few?

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 Are there any for,

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 you know,

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 not sure?

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 I'll ask Deb

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 to tell me.

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 One.

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 Okay.

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 And how many,

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 no,

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 I think there are

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 some real problems

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 with this.

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 And I'd almost

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 raise my hand

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 on this

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 at this point

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 because

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 when I first read it,

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 I thought,

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 yes,

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 this is good,

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 but as I

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 started reading

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 through scriptures

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 that Gruden

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 presented

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 and others,

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 I thought,

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 ah,

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 boy.

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 And maybe

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 the biggest

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 problem I have

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 is the word

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 promise

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 because,

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 again,

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 the meanings

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 of word

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 changes

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 in a culture.

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 And,

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 but,

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 in any case,

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 whatever your

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 initial impression,

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 why don't we

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 take this

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 as somebody

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 who's studied

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 a lot

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 and who has

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 studied other

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 people who've

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 studied a lot

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 and go through

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 the parts

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 and see what

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 we think

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 the Bible

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 teaches

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 about this.

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 So,

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 let's start

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 with

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 God

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 does not

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 change

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 in his

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 being.

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 So,

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 would somebody

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 please read

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 Psalm 102,

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 25 through

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 27?

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 I will.

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 Yes,

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 thanks.

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 No one else's?

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 Okay.

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 Feel free.

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 Somebody else

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 is going to

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 surely want

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 to beat you

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 next time,

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 but you

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 have it.

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 In the

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 beginning,

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 you laid

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 the foundations

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 of the earth

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 and the heavens

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 out of the

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 work of your

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 hands.

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 They will

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 perish,

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 but you

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 remain.

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 They will

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 all wear

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 out like

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 a garment,

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 like clothing.

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 You will

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 change them

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 and they

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 will be

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 discarded.

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 But you

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 remain the

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 same and

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 your years

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 will never

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 end.

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 The children

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 of your

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 servants

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 will live

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 in your

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 presence.

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 Their

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 descendants

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 will be

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 established

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 before you.

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 Thank you.

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 So,

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 to me,

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 that sounds

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 like a clear

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 statement.

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 God

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 remains the

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 same.

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 And I

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 read that

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 and,

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 but I

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 was expecting,

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 well,

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 actually,

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 a number

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 of other

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 passages

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 from the

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 Psalms

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 or other

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 parts in

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 the Bible

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 because this

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 idea that

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 God doesn't

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 change was

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 so,

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 you know,

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 firmly set

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 in my

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 mind.

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 I thought

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 there would

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 be a lot

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 of texts

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 that would

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 explicitly

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 say this.

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 But what

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 Gruden

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 presents and

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 what I

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 could find

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 only include

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 the passages

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 from Hebrews

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 about which

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 Jesus is

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 described

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 and this

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 passage from

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 Psalm 102

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 is quoted

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 and it

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 refers to

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 Jesus.

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 Now,

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 we who

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 believe that

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 Jesus is

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 God would

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 certainly say

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 yes,

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 with regard

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 to God's

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 divine nature,

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 you know,

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 this is

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 reaffirmation

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 that God

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 doesn't change

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 and I would

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 agree with

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 that.

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 And then

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 the second

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 passage in

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 Hebrews

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 says that

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 Jesus is

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 the same

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 yesterday,

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 today,

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 and forever.

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 So,

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 I think,

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 ah,

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 boy,

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 I expected

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 more proof

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 texts,

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 that is,

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 texts that

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 give evidence,

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 you know,

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 that God

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 doesn't change

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 for this.

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 But,

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 the fact that

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 I accepted

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 it so easily

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 makes me think,

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 yeah,

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 all that I've

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 read in the

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 Bible,

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 even if it

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 doesn't,

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 you know,

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 there aren't

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 many passages

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 that seem

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 to be

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 proof texts

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 in my mind,

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 still it

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 resonates with

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 me.

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 Like,

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 there's an

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 implication of

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 this,

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 you know,

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 over and

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 over again

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 throughout

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 Scripture.

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 So,

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 I say,

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 okay,

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 yeah,

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 I'm willing

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 to accept

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 that.

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 Any thoughts

00:17:11.779 --> 00:17:12.360
 or questions

00:17:12.360 --> 00:17:13.039
 before we

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 move on?

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 Well,

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 let's look

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 at

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 perfections

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 then.

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 And,

00:17:21.440 --> 00:17:22.319
 I didn't

00:17:22.319 --> 00:17:22.799
 like this

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 word,

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 I thought

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 characteristics

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 or character

00:17:26.019 --> 00:17:26.740
 of God

00:17:26.740 --> 00:17:27.140
 might

00:17:27.140 --> 00:17:27.740
 communicate

00:17:27.740 --> 00:17:28.620
 to us

00:17:28.620 --> 00:17:29.279
 more clearly.

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 but,

00:17:31.059 --> 00:17:31.460
 would

00:17:31.460 --> 00:17:31.779
 somebody

00:17:31.779 --> 00:17:32.399
 please

00:17:32.399 --> 00:17:33.299
 read

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 the

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 Malachi

00:17:34.259 --> 00:17:34.940
 passage,

00:17:35.619 --> 00:17:35.980
 Malachi

00:17:35.980 --> 00:17:36.559
 3,

00:17:36.779 --> 00:17:37.299
 6 and

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 7.

00:17:41.240 --> 00:17:41.759
 Yeah,

00:17:41.920 --> 00:17:42.279
 thanks.

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 Thanks.

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 So,

00:17:47.639 --> 00:18:02.839
 what

00:18:02.839 --> 00:18:03.679
 perfection

00:18:03.679 --> 00:18:04.500
 of God

00:18:04.500 --> 00:18:05.259
 is stated

00:18:05.259 --> 00:18:07.359
 here that

00:18:07.359 --> 00:18:08.000
 doesn't

00:18:08.000 --> 00:18:08.519
 change?

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 What

00:18:09.259 --> 00:18:10.119
 characteristic?

00:18:14.059 --> 00:18:14.699
 Faithfulness.

00:18:15.719 --> 00:18:16.240
 Faithfulness.

00:18:17.399 --> 00:18:18.000
 And,

00:18:18.059 --> 00:18:18.479
 that may

00:18:18.479 --> 00:18:18.779
 be a

00:18:18.779 --> 00:18:19.279
 really good

00:18:19.279 --> 00:18:19.699
 answer.

00:18:20.219 --> 00:18:20.479
 But,

00:18:20.679 --> 00:18:21.419
 can

00:18:21.419 --> 00:18:22.259
 Josh or

00:18:22.259 --> 00:18:22.679
 somebody

00:18:22.679 --> 00:18:23.279
 else kind

00:18:23.279 --> 00:18:24.240
 of spell

00:18:24.240 --> 00:18:24.699
 that out?

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 How does

00:18:25.179 --> 00:18:25.919
 this mean

00:18:25.919 --> 00:18:27.619
 that God

00:18:27.619 --> 00:18:28.199
 is faithful?

00:18:29.319 --> 00:18:29.579
 Or,

00:18:29.939 --> 00:18:30.199
 you know,

00:18:30.279 --> 00:18:30.439
 what,

00:18:30.740 --> 00:18:31.500
 how is that

00:18:31.500 --> 00:18:31.919
 at least

00:18:31.919 --> 00:18:32.740
 implied?

00:18:33.259 --> 00:18:33.459
 Because

00:18:33.459 --> 00:18:34.699
 faithfulness,

00:18:34.759 --> 00:18:34.979
 I don't

00:18:34.979 --> 00:18:35.240
 think,

00:18:35.759 --> 00:18:36.159
 does it

00:18:36.159 --> 00:18:36.539
 appear in

00:18:36.539 --> 00:18:36.940
 the passage?

00:18:38.460 --> 00:18:38.799
 No.

00:18:41.879 --> 00:18:42.519
 I did

00:18:42.519 --> 00:18:42.899
 get the

00:18:42.899 --> 00:18:43.859
 same idea.

00:18:44.519 --> 00:18:44.960
 Yeah,

00:18:45.159 --> 00:18:45.359
 good.

00:18:45.879 --> 00:18:46.079
 Yeah,

00:18:46.159 --> 00:18:46.619
 this idea,

00:18:46.799 --> 00:18:47.559
 they're not

00:18:47.559 --> 00:18:48.159
 consumed

00:18:48.159 --> 00:18:49.940
 because he

00:18:49.940 --> 00:18:50.379
 has not

00:18:50.379 --> 00:18:50.960
 changed,

00:18:51.079 --> 00:18:51.519
 and so his

00:18:51.519 --> 00:18:52.079
 promises

00:18:52.079 --> 00:18:53.700
 have,

00:18:54.200 --> 00:18:54.779
 he's still

00:18:54.779 --> 00:18:55.000
 going to

00:18:55.000 --> 00:18:55.500
 act according

00:18:55.500 --> 00:18:55.779
 to the

00:18:55.779 --> 00:18:56.079
 promises

00:18:56.079 --> 00:18:56.440
 that he

00:18:56.440 --> 00:18:57.059
 made to

00:18:57.059 --> 00:18:59.119
 them.

00:18:59.980 --> 00:19:00.000
 So,

00:19:00.220 --> 00:19:01.659
 his,

00:19:02.240 --> 00:19:02.579
 as we

00:19:02.579 --> 00:19:02.680
 say,

00:19:02.759 --> 00:19:03.319
 faithfulness

00:19:03.319 --> 00:19:04.539
 is why

00:19:04.539 --> 00:19:04.940
 he's not

00:19:04.940 --> 00:19:05.579
 consuming his

00:19:05.579 --> 00:19:05.859
 people,

00:19:06.000 --> 00:19:06.359
 even though

00:19:06.359 --> 00:19:06.699
 they've

00:19:06.699 --> 00:19:07.579
 disobeyed

00:19:07.579 --> 00:19:07.779
 him.

00:19:09.059 --> 00:19:09.759
 But there

00:19:09.759 --> 00:19:10.279
 is a,

00:19:10.460 --> 00:19:10.819
 but there

00:19:10.819 --> 00:19:11.220
 also is

00:19:11.220 --> 00:19:11.639
 a condition

00:19:11.639 --> 00:19:11.980
 like,

00:19:12.079 --> 00:19:12.460
 return to

00:19:12.460 --> 00:19:12.699
 me and

00:19:12.699 --> 00:19:12.839
 I'll

00:19:12.839 --> 00:19:13.240
 return to

00:19:13.240 --> 00:19:13.419
 you.

00:19:13.559 --> 00:19:13.639
 So,

00:19:13.740 --> 00:19:14.399
 it's not

00:19:14.399 --> 00:19:15.220
 exactly

00:19:15.220 --> 00:19:16.980
 paradox.

00:19:16.980 --> 00:19:18.920
 paradox.

00:19:18.920 --> 00:19:19.360
 So,

00:19:19.360 --> 00:19:21.319
 and here's

00:19:21.319 --> 00:19:22.279
 my systematic,

00:19:22.599 --> 00:19:23.480
 I think you

00:19:23.480 --> 00:19:23.960
 guys were all

00:19:23.960 --> 00:19:24.400
 trying to do

00:19:24.400 --> 00:19:24.980
 systematic

00:19:24.980 --> 00:19:25.920
 theology here.

00:19:26.039 --> 00:19:26.220
 You know,

00:19:26.259 --> 00:19:26.599
 you're trying

00:19:26.599 --> 00:19:27.220
 to take this

00:19:27.220 --> 00:19:28.559
 passage and

00:19:28.559 --> 00:19:29.259
 put it

00:19:29.259 --> 00:19:29.759
 together with

00:19:29.759 --> 00:19:30.640
 all that the

00:19:30.640 --> 00:19:31.000
 rest of the

00:19:31.000 --> 00:19:31.539
 Bible says

00:19:31.539 --> 00:19:32.059
 about this

00:19:32.059 --> 00:19:32.400
 issue,

00:19:32.720 --> 00:19:33.000
 you know,

00:19:33.059 --> 00:19:33.660
 coming to a

00:19:33.660 --> 00:19:36.099
 clear statement

00:19:36.099 --> 00:19:36.480
 of the

00:19:36.480 --> 00:19:36.839
 teaching.

00:19:37.380 --> 00:19:37.880
 And this

00:19:37.880 --> 00:19:39.000
 was mine.

00:19:40.180 --> 00:19:41.019
 God remains

00:19:41.019 --> 00:19:41.700
 the same

00:19:41.700 --> 00:19:43.279
 in that

00:19:43.279 --> 00:19:44.400
 when people

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 repent,

00:19:45.759 --> 00:19:46.000
 you know,

00:19:46.080 --> 00:19:46.819
 he responds

00:19:46.819 --> 00:19:47.440
 to them.

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 So,

00:19:47.779 --> 00:19:48.580
 you know,

00:19:48.660 --> 00:19:49.420
 by implication

00:19:49.420 --> 00:19:50.039
 you could say

00:19:50.039 --> 00:19:50.960
 God is a

00:19:50.960 --> 00:19:51.740
 forgiving God

00:19:51.740 --> 00:19:52.059
 and he

00:19:52.059 --> 00:19:53.279
 doesn't change

00:19:53.279 --> 00:19:54.140
 with regard

00:19:54.140 --> 00:19:54.660
 to that.

00:19:55.380 --> 00:19:56.100
 But there's

00:19:56.100 --> 00:19:56.759
 some theology

00:19:56.759 --> 00:19:57.180
 there,

00:19:57.259 --> 00:19:58.120
 which is fine.

00:19:58.200 --> 00:19:58.480
 We're doing

00:19:58.480 --> 00:19:59.000
 systematic

00:19:59.000 --> 00:19:59.740
 theology.

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 We're trying

00:20:00.880 --> 00:20:01.720
 to say,

00:20:01.819 --> 00:20:02.039
 ah,

00:20:02.120 --> 00:20:02.420
 okay,

00:20:02.720 --> 00:20:03.360
 not just

00:20:03.360 --> 00:20:04.019
 what this

00:20:04.019 --> 00:20:04.880
 passage

00:20:04.880 --> 00:20:05.960
 necessarily

00:20:05.960 --> 00:20:06.640
 states,

00:20:06.640 --> 00:20:07.860
 but what

00:20:07.860 --> 00:20:08.480
 it clearly

00:20:08.480 --> 00:20:09.140
 implies,

00:20:09.400 --> 00:20:09.680
 what it

00:20:09.680 --> 00:20:10.440
 means for

00:20:10.440 --> 00:20:10.780
 us.

00:20:13.100 --> 00:20:13.460
 So,

00:20:13.740 --> 00:20:15.400
 and we

00:20:15.400 --> 00:20:16.000
 have some

00:20:16.000 --> 00:20:17.080
 other passages

00:20:17.080 --> 00:20:17.640
 there.

00:20:17.940 --> 00:20:18.740
 I included

00:20:18.740 --> 00:20:20.620
 the Lamentations

00:20:20.620 --> 00:20:20.880
 one,

00:20:21.020 --> 00:20:21.520
 which again

00:20:21.520 --> 00:20:22.160
 is not a

00:20:22.160 --> 00:20:22.460
 statement,

00:20:22.620 --> 00:20:22.860
 but would

00:20:22.860 --> 00:20:23.180
 somebody

00:20:23.180 --> 00:20:24.420
 please read

00:20:24.420 --> 00:20:26.560
 Lamentations

00:20:26.560 --> 00:20:27.380
 322,

00:20:27.800 --> 00:20:28.440
 which is

00:20:28.440 --> 00:20:30.080
 the basis

00:20:30.080 --> 00:20:30.840
 in part

00:20:30.840 --> 00:20:31.680
 for the

00:20:31.680 --> 00:20:32.000
 hymn,

00:20:32.140 --> 00:20:32.560
 Great is

00:20:32.560 --> 00:20:32.780
 Thy

00:20:32.780 --> 00:20:33.440
 Faithfulness.

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 Yes.

00:20:35.700 --> 00:20:43.600
 Yeah.

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 So,

00:20:45.960 --> 00:20:46.980
 it doesn't

00:20:46.980 --> 00:20:47.259
 say it

00:20:47.259 --> 00:20:47.840
 never changes,

00:20:48.120 --> 00:20:48.819
 but at

00:20:48.819 --> 00:20:49.100
 least it

00:20:49.100 --> 00:20:49.440
 never

00:20:49.440 --> 00:20:50.440
 disappears.

00:20:51.019 --> 00:20:51.660
 It never

00:20:51.660 --> 00:20:52.420
 ceases to

00:20:52.420 --> 00:20:52.759
 be.

00:20:53.559 --> 00:20:54.140
 So,

00:20:54.340 --> 00:20:54.740
 close.

00:20:56.160 --> 00:20:56.640
 Well,

00:20:57.160 --> 00:20:58.620
 the next

00:20:58.620 --> 00:21:00.539
 perfection,

00:21:01.039 --> 00:21:01.880
 or rather

00:21:01.880 --> 00:21:03.759
 aspect of

00:21:03.759 --> 00:21:04.059
 God,

00:21:04.140 --> 00:21:05.160
 which is

00:21:05.160 --> 00:21:05.539
 said not

00:21:05.539 --> 00:21:06.139
 to change

00:21:06.139 --> 00:21:07.539
 are his

00:21:07.539 --> 00:21:08.159
 purposes.

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 And for

00:21:09.480 --> 00:21:09.799
 this,

00:21:10.039 --> 00:21:10.579
 I think

00:21:10.579 --> 00:21:11.940
 there was

00:21:11.940 --> 00:21:12.980
 lots of

00:21:12.980 --> 00:21:13.539
 scriptural

00:21:13.539 --> 00:21:14.039
 evidence,

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 very clear,

00:21:15.200 --> 00:21:16.099
 very direct.

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 I don't

00:21:17.220 --> 00:21:17.680
 list all

00:21:17.680 --> 00:21:17.980
 of them

00:21:17.980 --> 00:21:18.240
 here,

00:21:18.420 --> 00:21:19.319
 but would

00:21:19.319 --> 00:21:19.599
 somebody

00:21:19.599 --> 00:21:20.500
 please read

00:21:20.500 --> 00:21:21.119
 Psalm

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 38?

00:21:24.200 --> 00:21:24.759
 Yeah.

00:21:25.579 --> 00:21:26.159
 11.

00:21:26.160 --> 00:21:27.160
 that one.

00:21:27.160 --> 00:21:28.160
 Yeah,

00:21:29.360 --> 00:21:29.840
 that one.

00:21:29.960 --> 00:21:30.440
 Thank you.

00:21:33.140 --> 00:21:33.700
 Thanks.

00:21:33.700 --> 00:21:33.759
 Thanks.

00:21:37.759 --> 00:21:40.700
 All right.

00:21:40.960 --> 00:21:41.840
 And would

00:21:41.840 --> 00:21:42.600
 somebody read

00:21:42.600 --> 00:21:43.519
 the several

00:21:43.519 --> 00:21:44.600
 verses listed

00:21:44.600 --> 00:21:45.100
 there for

00:21:45.100 --> 00:21:45.759
 Ephesians?

00:21:45.759 --> 00:21:57.879
 Ephesians 1,

00:21:57.980 --> 00:21:58.839
 verse 4,

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 for he chose

00:22:00.779 --> 00:22:01.640
 us in him

00:22:01.640 --> 00:22:02.240
 before the

00:22:02.240 --> 00:22:02.900
 creation of

00:22:02.900 --> 00:22:03.379
 the world

00:22:03.379 --> 00:22:04.599
 to be holy

00:22:04.599 --> 00:22:05.379
 and religious

00:22:05.379 --> 00:22:06.519
 in his sight.

00:22:07.879 --> 00:22:08.339
 And then

00:22:08.339 --> 00:22:09.019
 verse 11

00:22:09.019 --> 00:22:11.379
 is in him

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 we were

00:22:11.980 --> 00:22:12.920
 also chosen,

00:22:13.359 --> 00:22:13.940
 having been

00:22:13.940 --> 00:22:14.640
 predestined

00:22:14.640 --> 00:22:15.240
 according to

00:22:15.240 --> 00:22:15.779
 the plan

00:22:15.779 --> 00:22:16.259
 of him

00:22:16.259 --> 00:22:17.000
 who works

00:22:17.000 --> 00:22:17.700
 out everything

00:22:17.700 --> 00:22:19.320
 in conformity

00:22:19.320 --> 00:22:19.820
 with the

00:22:19.820 --> 00:22:20.480
 purpose of

00:22:20.480 --> 00:22:21.180
 his will.

00:22:22.480 --> 00:22:22.960
 And then

00:22:22.960 --> 00:22:23.480
 did you want

00:22:23.480 --> 00:22:23.779
 also?

00:22:24.000 --> 00:22:24.320
 Yeah.

00:22:26.660 --> 00:22:27.259
 Three,

00:22:27.580 --> 00:22:28.000
 nine,

00:22:28.180 --> 00:22:28.279
 two,

00:22:28.340 --> 00:22:28.420
 three,

00:22:28.420 --> 00:22:28.660
 nine,

00:22:28.779 --> 00:22:29.299
 to a letter.

00:22:30.480 --> 00:22:31.220
 In the

00:22:31.220 --> 00:22:31.600
 middle of

00:22:31.600 --> 00:22:32.160
 a sentence

00:22:32.160 --> 00:22:32.660
 it says,

00:22:33.000 --> 00:22:33.420
 and to

00:22:33.420 --> 00:22:34.059
 make plain

00:22:34.059 --> 00:22:34.900
 to everyone

00:22:34.900 --> 00:22:36.100
 the administration

00:22:36.100 --> 00:22:36.900
 of this

00:22:36.900 --> 00:22:37.400
 mystery,

00:22:37.820 --> 00:22:38.539
 which for

00:22:38.539 --> 00:22:39.500
 ages past

00:22:39.500 --> 00:22:40.120
 was kept

00:22:40.120 --> 00:22:40.759
 hidden in

00:22:40.759 --> 00:22:41.120
 God,

00:22:41.400 --> 00:22:42.000
 who created

00:22:42.000 --> 00:22:42.820
 all things.

00:22:43.160 --> 00:22:43.920
 His intent

00:22:43.920 --> 00:22:44.700
 was that

00:22:44.700 --> 00:22:45.180
 now,

00:22:45.600 --> 00:22:45.980
 through the

00:22:45.980 --> 00:22:46.400
 church,

00:22:46.720 --> 00:22:47.340
 the manifold

00:22:47.340 --> 00:22:47.980
 wisdom of

00:22:47.980 --> 00:22:48.460
 God should

00:22:48.460 --> 00:22:48.900
 be made

00:22:48.900 --> 00:22:49.300
 known to

00:22:49.300 --> 00:22:49.740
 the rulers

00:22:49.740 --> 00:22:50.480
 and authorities

00:22:50.480 --> 00:22:50.860
 in the

00:22:50.860 --> 00:22:52.019
 heavenly realms

00:22:52.019 --> 00:22:53.240
 according to

00:22:53.240 --> 00:22:53.920
 his eternal

00:22:53.920 --> 00:22:55.019
 purpose that

00:22:55.019 --> 00:22:55.820
 he accomplished

00:22:55.820 --> 00:22:56.320
 in Christ

00:22:56.320 --> 00:22:56.980
 Jesus our

00:22:56.980 --> 00:22:57.279
 Lord.

00:22:58.580 --> 00:22:59.220
 Yeah.

00:22:59.640 --> 00:23:00.220
 So,

00:23:00.820 --> 00:23:02.820
 I think

00:23:02.820 --> 00:23:03.420
 this teaching

00:23:03.420 --> 00:23:04.519
 is very

00:23:04.519 --> 00:23:05.539
 well supported

00:23:05.539 --> 00:23:06.960
 in scripture.

00:23:07.480 --> 00:23:09.019
 And maybe

00:23:09.019 --> 00:23:09.460
 part of the

00:23:09.460 --> 00:23:09.840
 reason for

00:23:09.840 --> 00:23:10.460
 that is it

00:23:10.460 --> 00:23:10.940
 has great

00:23:10.940 --> 00:23:11.400
 practical

00:23:11.400 --> 00:23:12.680
 importance for

00:23:12.680 --> 00:23:13.019
 us.

00:23:13.340 --> 00:23:13.600
 You know,

00:23:13.640 --> 00:23:13.960
 what if

00:23:13.960 --> 00:23:14.640
 God's

00:23:14.640 --> 00:23:14.960
 purpose

00:23:14.960 --> 00:23:16.180
 changed?

00:23:16.360 --> 00:23:16.600
 You know,

00:23:17.519 --> 00:23:18.240
 yes,

00:23:18.279 --> 00:23:18.600
 at one

00:23:18.600 --> 00:23:19.039
 time,

00:23:19.519 --> 00:23:21.200
 my purpose

00:23:21.200 --> 00:23:21.660
 was that

00:23:21.660 --> 00:23:22.420
 everyone in

00:23:22.420 --> 00:23:22.960
 Christ would

00:23:22.960 --> 00:23:23.680
 be glorified.

00:23:24.120 --> 00:23:24.680
 But the

00:23:24.680 --> 00:23:25.140
 plan has

00:23:25.140 --> 00:23:25.820
 changed.

00:23:26.340 --> 00:23:27.140
 And no,

00:23:27.539 --> 00:23:28.019
 you know,

00:23:28.620 --> 00:23:29.200
 you experience

00:23:29.200 --> 00:23:29.779
 the Holy Spirit

00:23:29.779 --> 00:23:30.340
 in this life,

00:23:30.620 --> 00:23:31.100
 but then you

00:23:31.100 --> 00:23:31.620
 die and that's

00:23:31.620 --> 00:23:32.039
 the end of

00:23:32.039 --> 00:23:32.180
 you.

00:23:32.299 --> 00:23:33.019
 That's my

00:23:33.019 --> 00:23:33.539
 new purpose.

00:23:34.620 --> 00:23:34.940
 So,

00:23:35.200 --> 00:23:36.680
 it's good

00:23:36.680 --> 00:23:37.140
 to know.

00:23:37.140 --> 00:23:37.920
 I'm so

00:23:37.920 --> 00:23:39.560
 glad to

00:23:39.560 --> 00:23:39.980
 have this

00:23:39.980 --> 00:23:42.040
 knowledge of

00:23:42.040 --> 00:23:42.560
 God that

00:23:42.560 --> 00:23:46.100
 his purposes

00:23:46.100 --> 00:23:46.980
 don't change,

00:23:47.020 --> 00:23:48.580
 including his

00:23:48.580 --> 00:23:49.320
 purpose for

00:23:49.320 --> 00:23:50.020
 those of us

00:23:50.020 --> 00:23:50.940
 who are in

00:23:50.940 --> 00:23:51.340
 Christ.

00:23:53.500 --> 00:23:54.120
 Now,

00:23:54.500 --> 00:23:55.840
 promise.

00:23:56.520 --> 00:23:57.700
 I'd like

00:23:57.700 --> 00:23:59.500
 both of

00:23:59.500 --> 00:24:01.120
 these passages

00:24:01.120 --> 00:24:02.120
 read,

00:24:02.360 --> 00:24:03.860
 the Numbers

00:24:03.860 --> 00:24:04.980
 passage and

00:24:04.980 --> 00:24:06.039
 the 1st

00:24:06.039 --> 00:24:06.940
 Samuel passage.

00:24:07.900 --> 00:24:08.279
 So,

00:24:08.440 --> 00:24:09.240
 somebody please

00:24:09.240 --> 00:24:10.680
 read Numbers.

00:24:13.920 --> 00:24:14.740
 In fact,

00:24:14.860 --> 00:24:15.380
 I think we've

00:24:15.380 --> 00:24:16.039
 read it before,

00:24:16.240 --> 00:24:17.220
 but bears

00:24:17.220 --> 00:24:17.660
 repeating.

00:24:19.019 --> 00:24:19.880
 God is not

00:24:19.880 --> 00:24:20.620
 man that he

00:24:20.620 --> 00:24:21.259
 should lie,

00:24:21.480 --> 00:24:22.440
 or a son of

00:24:22.440 --> 00:24:22.960
 man that he

00:24:22.960 --> 00:24:23.519
 should change

00:24:23.519 --> 00:24:24.059
 his mind.

00:24:24.579 --> 00:24:25.200
 Has he said

00:24:25.200 --> 00:24:25.700
 it and will

00:24:25.700 --> 00:24:26.400
 he not do

00:24:26.400 --> 00:24:27.180
 it, or has

00:24:27.180 --> 00:24:27.700
 he spoken

00:24:27.700 --> 00:24:28.559
 and will

00:24:28.559 --> 00:24:29.059
 he not

00:24:29.059 --> 00:24:29.680
 fulfill it?

00:24:31.160 --> 00:24:32.000
 Thank you.

00:24:32.740 --> 00:24:33.019
 And,

00:24:33.019 --> 00:24:36.160
 my

00:24:36.160 --> 00:24:38.440
 memory is

00:24:38.440 --> 00:24:38.759
 that at

00:24:38.759 --> 00:24:39.079
 least in

00:24:39.079 --> 00:24:39.900
 one translation

00:24:39.900 --> 00:24:40.319
 the word

00:24:40.319 --> 00:24:41.299
 promise is

00:24:41.299 --> 00:24:41.799
 used.

00:24:43.819 --> 00:24:44.339
 But,

00:24:44.400 --> 00:24:45.680
 even if it

00:24:45.680 --> 00:24:46.220
 isn't used,

00:24:46.279 --> 00:24:46.960
 it's implied

00:24:46.960 --> 00:24:47.359
 there.

00:24:47.900 --> 00:24:48.259
 And now,

00:24:48.359 --> 00:24:48.859
 will somebody

00:24:48.859 --> 00:24:49.960
 please read

00:24:49.960 --> 00:24:50.740
 1st Samuel

00:24:50.740 --> 00:24:52.259
 2.30.

00:24:53.480 --> 00:24:53.960
 Got it.

00:24:54.960 --> 00:24:55.480
 Therefore,

00:24:55.619 --> 00:24:56.059
 the Lord,

00:24:56.599 --> 00:24:57.099
 the God of

00:24:57.099 --> 00:24:57.879
 Israel declares,

00:24:58.059 --> 00:24:58.599
 I promised

00:24:58.599 --> 00:24:59.480
 that your

00:24:59.480 --> 00:24:59.980
 house,

00:25:00.440 --> 00:25:00.940
 the house of

00:25:00.940 --> 00:25:01.299
 your father

00:25:01.299 --> 00:25:02.059
 should go in

00:25:02.059 --> 00:25:02.339
 and out

00:25:02.339 --> 00:25:02.899
 before me

00:25:02.899 --> 00:25:03.259
 forever.

00:25:03.980 --> 00:25:04.399
 But now,

00:25:04.500 --> 00:25:04.720
 the Lord

00:25:04.720 --> 00:25:05.139
 declares,

00:25:05.319 --> 00:25:05.819
 far be it

00:25:05.819 --> 00:25:06.240
 from me.

00:25:06.359 --> 00:25:06.799
 For those

00:25:06.799 --> 00:25:07.440
 who honor

00:25:07.440 --> 00:25:07.639
 me,

00:25:07.679 --> 00:25:07.879
 I will

00:25:07.879 --> 00:25:08.159
 honor,

00:25:08.399 --> 00:25:08.779
 and those

00:25:08.779 --> 00:25:09.419
 who despise

00:25:09.419 --> 00:25:10.359
 me shall

00:25:10.359 --> 00:25:10.819
 be lightly

00:25:10.819 --> 00:25:11.359
 esteemed.

00:25:12.960 --> 00:25:13.519
 Now,

00:25:13.599 --> 00:25:14.119
 at least on

00:25:14.119 --> 00:25:14.799
 first reading

00:25:14.799 --> 00:25:15.319
 to me,

00:25:16.139 --> 00:25:16.700
 it sounds

00:25:16.700 --> 00:25:17.319
 like God

00:25:17.319 --> 00:25:17.639
 made a

00:25:17.639 --> 00:25:18.059
 promise,

00:25:18.519 --> 00:25:19.159
 and he's

00:25:19.159 --> 00:25:19.419
 saying,

00:25:20.220 --> 00:25:20.419
 no,

00:25:20.639 --> 00:25:21.379
 not anymore.

00:25:23.079 --> 00:25:23.639
 And,

00:25:23.740 --> 00:25:24.179
 there are

00:25:24.179 --> 00:25:25.119
 various ways

00:25:25.119 --> 00:25:26.759
 we could

00:25:26.759 --> 00:25:27.819
 understand that.

00:25:27.819 --> 00:25:30.240
 one is

00:25:30.240 --> 00:25:31.339
 what is

00:25:31.339 --> 00:25:31.700
 meant by

00:25:31.700 --> 00:25:32.359
 promise.

00:25:34.279 --> 00:25:34.899
 You know,

00:25:34.960 --> 00:25:35.240
 that we

00:25:35.240 --> 00:25:35.919
 might see

00:25:35.919 --> 00:25:36.500
 different

00:25:36.500 --> 00:25:37.759
 levels of

00:25:37.759 --> 00:25:38.779
 a promise,

00:25:39.099 --> 00:25:40.319
 like an

00:25:40.319 --> 00:25:40.779
 oath,

00:25:41.039 --> 00:25:41.399
 you know,

00:25:41.399 --> 00:25:41.799
 is one

00:25:41.799 --> 00:25:42.299
 level of

00:25:42.299 --> 00:25:42.759
 a promise,

00:25:42.759 --> 00:25:44.039
 or just

00:25:44.039 --> 00:25:44.399
 saying

00:25:44.399 --> 00:25:44.939
 something

00:25:44.939 --> 00:25:46.899
 might be

00:25:46.899 --> 00:25:47.279
 seen as

00:25:47.279 --> 00:25:47.859
 a promise.

00:25:50.759 --> 00:25:51.059
 And,

00:25:51.139 --> 00:25:54.379
 that certainly

00:25:54.379 --> 00:25:54.879
 applies to

00:25:54.879 --> 00:25:55.139
 people.

00:25:55.259 --> 00:25:55.639
 Does it

00:25:55.639 --> 00:25:56.139
 apply to

00:25:56.140 --> 00:25:56.580
 God?

00:25:57.340 --> 00:25:57.680
 You know,

00:25:57.780 --> 00:25:58.080
 are there

00:25:58.080 --> 00:25:58.700
 different

00:25:58.700 --> 00:25:59.940
 kinds of

00:25:59.940 --> 00:26:00.620
 promises?

00:26:01.740 --> 00:26:02.180
 And,

00:26:02.480 --> 00:26:03.640
 I'm not,

00:26:03.820 --> 00:26:04.380
 I certainly

00:26:04.380 --> 00:26:05.120
 don't understand

00:26:05.120 --> 00:26:05.580
 a lot of

00:26:05.580 --> 00:26:06.200
 that long

00:26:06.200 --> 00:26:06.560
 passage,

00:26:06.680 --> 00:26:07.340
 Hebrews 6

00:26:07.340 --> 00:26:08.220
 through 7.

00:26:08.759 --> 00:26:09.180
 But,

00:26:09.620 --> 00:26:10.340
 as I read

00:26:10.340 --> 00:26:10.480
 it,

00:26:10.540 --> 00:26:11.040
 I get the

00:26:11.040 --> 00:26:11.480
 idea,

00:26:12.400 --> 00:26:12.740
 you know,

00:26:12.800 --> 00:26:14.060
 that it's

00:26:14.060 --> 00:26:14.920
 applying,

00:26:15.720 --> 00:26:16.880
 it's stating

00:26:16.880 --> 00:26:17.640
 that there

00:26:17.640 --> 00:26:18.200
 are promises,

00:26:18.440 --> 00:26:18.840
 and then there

00:26:18.840 --> 00:26:19.500
 are promises.

00:26:21.240 --> 00:26:21.840
 And,

00:26:22.100 --> 00:26:23.560
 it applies

00:26:23.560 --> 00:26:24.280
 that,

00:26:24.680 --> 00:26:25.460
 for me,

00:26:25.500 --> 00:26:25.580
 in

00:26:25.579 --> 00:26:26.079
 unexpected

00:26:26.079 --> 00:26:26.720
 way.

00:26:28.980 --> 00:26:29.460
 So,

00:26:30.119 --> 00:26:32.299
 you know,

00:26:32.359 --> 00:26:33.139
 if I were

00:26:33.139 --> 00:26:34.240
 editing Gruden

00:26:34.240 --> 00:26:34.559
 here,

00:26:34.679 --> 00:26:34.859
 you know,

00:26:34.899 --> 00:26:35.399
 I'd cross

00:26:35.399 --> 00:26:36.359
 out promises

00:26:36.359 --> 00:26:37.059
 because,

00:26:37.319 --> 00:26:37.519
 you know,

00:26:37.559 --> 00:26:39.659
 I'm just

00:26:39.659 --> 00:26:40.179
 not sure

00:26:40.179 --> 00:26:40.839
 that leaving

00:26:40.839 --> 00:26:41.439
 that statement

00:26:41.439 --> 00:26:42.139
 as it is

00:26:42.139 --> 00:26:42.759
 is the

00:26:42.759 --> 00:26:43.399
 most helpful

00:26:43.399 --> 00:26:44.579
 summary for

00:26:44.579 --> 00:26:45.159
 me of what

00:26:45.159 --> 00:26:45.500
 the Bible

00:26:45.500 --> 00:26:45.919
 teaches.

00:26:46.619 --> 00:26:47.059
 Maybe I'm

00:26:47.059 --> 00:26:47.319
 wrong.

00:26:47.839 --> 00:26:49.240
 Very likely,

00:26:49.539 --> 00:26:49.939
 but,

00:26:50.099 --> 00:26:50.419
 you know,

00:26:50.460 --> 00:26:50.960
 that's where I

00:26:50.960 --> 00:26:51.399
 am in my

00:26:51.399 --> 00:26:52.019
 current study.

00:26:52.019 --> 00:26:53.259
 Well,

00:26:53.480 --> 00:26:54.019
 here we

00:26:54.019 --> 00:26:54.400
 are,

00:26:54.700 --> 00:26:55.139
 and we

00:26:55.139 --> 00:26:55.779
 have,

00:26:57.700 --> 00:26:58.700
 well,

00:26:58.759 --> 00:26:59.259
 just before

00:26:59.259 --> 00:27:00.240
 we leave

00:27:00.240 --> 00:27:01.500
 the areas

00:27:01.500 --> 00:27:02.279
 in which

00:27:02.279 --> 00:27:02.799
 Gruden

00:27:02.799 --> 00:27:03.579
 says God

00:27:03.579 --> 00:27:04.500
 is unchanging,

00:27:05.359 --> 00:27:07.279
 let's talk

00:27:07.279 --> 00:27:08.200
 about application.

00:27:10.039 --> 00:27:10.460
 What

00:27:10.460 --> 00:27:11.819
 difference

00:27:11.819 --> 00:27:12.440
 does it make

00:27:12.440 --> 00:27:13.119
 to us,

00:27:13.519 --> 00:27:14.079
 here and

00:27:14.079 --> 00:27:14.440
 now,

00:27:15.139 --> 00:27:17.059
 that God

00:27:17.059 --> 00:27:18.240
 doesn't change

00:27:18.240 --> 00:27:18.599
 in the way

00:27:18.599 --> 00:27:19.000
 the Bible

00:27:19.000 --> 00:27:19.599
 says he

00:27:19.599 --> 00:27:20.779
 does not

00:27:20.779 --> 00:27:21.359
 change.

00:27:29.460 --> 00:27:30.140
 I think

00:27:30.140 --> 00:27:30.579
 what's interesting

00:27:30.579 --> 00:27:31.400
 to us is that

00:27:31.400 --> 00:27:31.900
 we're able to

00:27:31.900 --> 00:27:32.579
 orient ourselves

00:27:32.579 --> 00:27:33.319
 to God.

00:27:33.720 --> 00:27:34.519
 It's not like

00:27:34.519 --> 00:27:34.980
 we think that

00:27:34.980 --> 00:27:35.539
 who God is

00:27:35.539 --> 00:27:36.039
 today,

00:27:36.339 --> 00:27:36.700
 and we

00:27:36.700 --> 00:27:37.480
 orient ourselves

00:27:37.480 --> 00:27:38.279
 in our purposes

00:27:38.279 --> 00:27:38.839
 and priorities

00:27:38.839 --> 00:27:39.160
 to him,

00:27:39.200 --> 00:27:39.400
 but that,

00:27:39.519 --> 00:27:39.619
 oh,

00:27:39.700 --> 00:27:39.900
 man,

00:27:40.000 --> 00:27:40.480
 tomorrow is

00:27:40.480 --> 00:27:40.799
 different.

00:27:40.960 --> 00:27:41.180
 We have to

00:27:41.180 --> 00:27:41.519
 do this

00:27:41.519 --> 00:27:41.880
 process.

00:27:42.519 --> 00:27:43.180
 Because he's

00:27:43.180 --> 00:27:43.700
 unchanging,

00:27:44.279 --> 00:27:44.779
 we are able

00:27:44.779 --> 00:27:45.200
 to orient

00:27:45.200 --> 00:27:46.900
 our being,

00:27:47.380 --> 00:27:48.059
 not perfection,

00:27:48.220 --> 00:27:48.779
 imperfections,

00:27:48.779 --> 00:27:49.460
 purposes and

00:27:49.460 --> 00:27:50.460
 promises around

00:27:50.460 --> 00:27:51.099
 his character

00:27:51.099 --> 00:27:51.539
 and nature

00:27:51.539 --> 00:27:51.940
 rather than

00:27:51.940 --> 00:27:52.359
 around our

00:27:52.359 --> 00:27:52.599
 own.

00:27:55.039 --> 00:27:56.059
 We can,

00:27:56.299 --> 00:27:56.940
 and boy,

00:27:57.079 --> 00:27:58.200
 we should.

00:28:00.660 --> 00:28:01.339
 Because it's

00:28:01.339 --> 00:28:01.700
 the right

00:28:01.700 --> 00:28:02.420
 thing to do,

00:28:03.200 --> 00:28:04.619
 because we

00:28:04.619 --> 00:28:05.819
 have promises

00:28:05.819 --> 00:28:07.319
 in the Bible

00:28:07.319 --> 00:28:07.839
 that God

00:28:07.839 --> 00:28:08.559
 will bless

00:28:08.559 --> 00:28:10.059
 those who

00:28:10.059 --> 00:28:11.059
 do just

00:28:11.059 --> 00:28:13.119
 what was

00:28:13.119 --> 00:28:14.099
 said.

00:28:16.740 --> 00:28:17.059
 Yeah.

00:28:17.059 --> 00:28:18.480
 Matt,

00:28:18.579 --> 00:28:19.079
 drawing on

00:28:19.079 --> 00:28:19.859
 something you

00:28:19.859 --> 00:28:20.319
 said earlier

00:28:20.319 --> 00:28:21.039
 about we

00:28:21.039 --> 00:28:21.299
 don't have

00:28:21.299 --> 00:28:21.639
 to kind

00:28:21.639 --> 00:28:22.159
 of wonder

00:28:22.159 --> 00:28:23.480
 whether God's

00:28:23.480 --> 00:28:23.859
 going to come

00:28:23.859 --> 00:28:24.359
 through because

00:28:24.359 --> 00:28:25.960
 of his fixed

00:28:25.960 --> 00:28:26.480
 purposes.

00:28:26.980 --> 00:28:27.279
 Yeah.

00:28:28.240 --> 00:28:29.159
 I think that

00:28:29.159 --> 00:28:30.839
 practically that

00:28:30.839 --> 00:28:31.500
 remains a lot

00:28:31.500 --> 00:28:31.859
 of fear,

00:28:32.440 --> 00:28:34.460
 and it really

00:28:34.460 --> 00:28:37.419
 engenders

00:28:37.419 --> 00:28:38.079
 faith,

00:28:38.500 --> 00:28:39.099
 trust,

00:28:39.159 --> 00:28:39.599
 trust,

00:28:39.859 --> 00:28:40.119
 really.

00:28:40.119 --> 00:28:41.759
 do you

00:28:41.759 --> 00:28:43.059
 know anybody

00:28:43.059 --> 00:28:43.719
 who,

00:28:44.039 --> 00:28:44.339
 you know,

00:28:44.379 --> 00:28:44.679
 seems to

00:28:44.679 --> 00:28:44.919
 have the

00:28:44.919 --> 00:28:45.379
 habit of

00:28:45.379 --> 00:28:45.819
 saying they'll

00:28:45.819 --> 00:28:46.319
 do something

00:28:46.319 --> 00:28:46.659
 and then

00:28:46.659 --> 00:28:47.139
 doesn't do

00:28:47.139 --> 00:28:47.319
 it?

00:28:51.799 --> 00:28:54.139
 God is

00:28:54.139 --> 00:28:54.619
 not like

00:28:54.619 --> 00:28:54.919
 that.

00:28:56.359 --> 00:28:57.119
 And that

00:28:57.119 --> 00:28:57.739
 is a good

00:28:57.739 --> 00:28:58.119
 thing.

00:28:59.879 --> 00:29:00.439
 Joy,

00:29:00.839 --> 00:29:01.279
 peace,

00:29:01.500 --> 00:29:02.359
 as we

00:29:02.359 --> 00:29:03.199
 meditate on

00:29:03.199 --> 00:29:03.500
 that.

00:29:03.500 --> 00:29:08.000
 all right,

00:29:08.180 --> 00:29:08.619
 well,

00:29:09.400 --> 00:29:11.279
 we will

00:29:11.279 --> 00:29:12.359
 move on,

00:29:12.720 --> 00:29:13.779
 and the

00:29:13.779 --> 00:29:14.740
 next part

00:29:14.740 --> 00:29:16.700
 of Gruden's

00:29:16.700 --> 00:29:18.299
 summary is

00:29:18.299 --> 00:29:19.839
 that,

00:29:21.240 --> 00:29:21.720
 hmm,

00:29:23.180 --> 00:29:24.000
 that's not

00:29:24.000 --> 00:29:24.519
 what I want.

00:29:24.579 --> 00:29:24.880
 Okay,

00:29:24.980 --> 00:29:25.519
 here it is.

00:29:26.519 --> 00:29:27.180
 God,

00:29:28.180 --> 00:29:29.160
 hmm,

00:29:30.079 --> 00:29:30.640
 I'm not

00:29:30.640 --> 00:29:31.279
 reading this.

00:29:31.279 --> 00:29:31.759
 Okay,

00:29:32.259 --> 00:29:32.799
 can somebody

00:29:32.799 --> 00:29:33.399
 read the

00:29:33.399 --> 00:29:33.700
 yet?

00:29:35.879 --> 00:29:36.480
 That's good,

00:29:36.660 --> 00:29:37.200
 right there.

00:29:38.399 --> 00:29:38.879
 Now,

00:29:38.940 --> 00:29:39.200
 you might

00:29:39.200 --> 00:29:39.579
 wonder,

00:29:40.539 --> 00:29:42.200
 you know,

00:29:42.259 --> 00:29:42.599
 what's the

00:29:42.599 --> 00:29:43.160
 big insight

00:29:43.160 --> 00:29:43.420
 here?

00:29:45.559 --> 00:29:46.160
 Why,

00:29:47.240 --> 00:29:48.059
 in this

00:29:48.059 --> 00:29:49.079
 section or

00:29:49.079 --> 00:29:50.059
 description of

00:29:50.059 --> 00:29:51.420
 God's

00:29:51.420 --> 00:29:52.639
 unchangeability,

00:29:53.139 --> 00:29:54.000
 does Gruden

00:29:54.000 --> 00:29:54.700
 feel that it's

00:29:54.700 --> 00:29:55.460
 important to

00:29:55.460 --> 00:29:55.859
 say,

00:29:56.660 --> 00:29:57.139
 God

00:29:57.139 --> 00:29:58.180
 acts,

00:29:58.799 --> 00:30:00.039
 God

00:30:00.039 --> 00:30:00.599
 feels

00:30:00.599 --> 00:30:01.119
 emotion,

00:30:01.279 --> 00:30:02.279
 unchangeable

00:30:02.279 --> 00:30:03.859
 and I

00:30:03.859 --> 00:30:04.379
 think,

00:30:04.980 --> 00:30:05.519
 pretty sure,

00:30:05.720 --> 00:30:06.139
 the reason

00:30:06.139 --> 00:30:06.639
 that he

00:30:06.639 --> 00:30:07.099
 puts that

00:30:07.099 --> 00:30:07.460
 in there

00:30:07.460 --> 00:30:08.180
 is because

00:30:08.180 --> 00:30:09.319
 in the

00:30:09.319 --> 00:30:09.920
 history of

00:30:09.920 --> 00:30:10.460
 theology,

00:30:10.819 --> 00:30:11.379
 including the

00:30:11.379 --> 00:30:11.700
 present,

00:30:12.339 --> 00:30:12.759
 there are

00:30:12.759 --> 00:30:13.539
 people who

00:30:13.539 --> 00:30:14.240
 say things

00:30:14.240 --> 00:30:14.519
 like,

00:30:14.920 --> 00:30:15.139
 you know,

00:30:15.220 --> 00:30:15.599
 if God

00:30:15.599 --> 00:30:16.279
 really doesn't

00:30:16.279 --> 00:30:17.079
 change,

00:30:18.000 --> 00:30:18.440
 then he

00:30:18.440 --> 00:30:19.599
 can't act

00:30:19.599 --> 00:30:20.500
 or feel.

00:30:21.839 --> 00:30:22.119
 You know,

00:30:22.220 --> 00:30:22.819
 theologically

00:30:22.819 --> 00:30:24.000
 or philosophically

00:30:24.000 --> 00:30:24.559
 speaking,

00:30:25.519 --> 00:30:27.579
 you know,

00:30:27.619 --> 00:30:28.079
 if we say

00:30:28.079 --> 00:30:28.579
 that God

00:30:28.579 --> 00:30:29.299
 is unchanging,

00:30:30.220 --> 00:30:30.740
 kind of like

00:30:30.740 --> 00:30:31.279
 a mountain,

00:30:32.420 --> 00:30:32.799
 you know,

00:30:32.940 --> 00:30:33.620
 it doesn't

00:30:33.620 --> 00:30:34.079
 act,

00:30:34.380 --> 00:30:34.880
 it doesn't

00:30:34.880 --> 00:30:35.180
 feel,

00:30:35.279 --> 00:30:36.200
 it's frozen

00:30:36.200 --> 00:30:37.200
 in time

00:30:37.200 --> 00:30:38.059
 or in

00:30:38.059 --> 00:30:38.819
 space,

00:30:39.339 --> 00:30:40.940
 and if it

00:30:40.940 --> 00:30:41.579
 were to do

00:30:41.579 --> 00:30:41.920
 something,

00:30:42.000 --> 00:30:42.339
 then that

00:30:42.339 --> 00:30:42.960
 would change

00:30:42.960 --> 00:30:43.240
 it.

00:30:44.700 --> 00:30:45.400
 You know,

00:30:45.440 --> 00:30:45.620
 if it

00:30:45.620 --> 00:30:46.180
 experienced

00:30:46.180 --> 00:30:47.319
 an avalanche,

00:30:47.640 --> 00:30:48.420
 then it

00:30:48.420 --> 00:30:48.799
 will have

00:30:48.799 --> 00:30:49.380
 changed.

00:30:49.380 --> 00:30:49.460
 changed.

00:30:51.080 --> 00:30:51.400
 So,

00:30:51.720 --> 00:30:52.200
 what

00:30:52.200 --> 00:30:52.740
 Gruden,

00:30:52.820 --> 00:30:53.020
 I think,

00:30:53.060 --> 00:30:53.580
 is responding

00:30:53.580 --> 00:30:54.200
 to is

00:30:54.200 --> 00:30:55.120
 something that

00:30:55.120 --> 00:30:55.720
 can be

00:30:55.720 --> 00:30:56.320
 called,

00:30:57.220 --> 00:30:57.620
 hmm,

00:30:58.160 --> 00:30:58.460
 does anybody

00:30:58.460 --> 00:30:58.680
 see?

00:30:59.080 --> 00:30:59.520
 Process

00:30:59.520 --> 00:31:00.360
 theology,

00:31:00.700 --> 00:31:01.500
 which says,

00:31:01.660 --> 00:31:01.800
 no,

00:31:01.900 --> 00:31:02.260
 we really

00:31:02.260 --> 00:31:02.800
 can't say

00:31:02.800 --> 00:31:03.140
 that God

00:31:03.140 --> 00:31:03.420
 doesn't

00:31:03.420 --> 00:31:03.740
 change,

00:31:03.780 --> 00:31:04.220
 because then

00:31:04.220 --> 00:31:04.780
 he couldn't

00:31:04.780 --> 00:31:05.760
 act or

00:31:05.760 --> 00:31:06.080
 feel.

00:31:06.079 --> 00:31:09.899
 even some

00:31:09.899 --> 00:31:11.019
 really good

00:31:11.019 --> 00:31:14.460
 evangelicals

00:31:14.460 --> 00:31:15.519
 maybe get a

00:31:15.519 --> 00:31:16.039
 little bit of

00:31:16.039 --> 00:31:16.439
 this,

00:31:17.019 --> 00:31:18.259
 even though,

00:31:18.539 --> 00:31:19.240
 and they may be

00:31:19.240 --> 00:31:19.500
 right.

00:31:19.559 --> 00:31:20.039
 For example,

00:31:20.279 --> 00:31:20.759
 one of my

00:31:20.759 --> 00:31:21.919
 favorite professors

00:31:21.919 --> 00:31:23.539
 at the seminary I

00:31:23.539 --> 00:31:24.099
 went to many

00:31:24.099 --> 00:31:24.720
 years ago,

00:31:25.259 --> 00:31:26.519
 said that God

00:31:26.519 --> 00:31:27.539
 really never felt

00:31:27.539 --> 00:31:28.079
 grief.

00:31:29.039 --> 00:31:29.339
 And so,

00:31:29.419 --> 00:31:30.099
 when talking about

00:31:30.099 --> 00:31:30.980
 do not grieve the

00:31:30.980 --> 00:31:31.599
 Holy Spirit,

00:31:31.720 --> 00:31:32.399
 that passage,

00:31:32.400 --> 00:31:33.400
 he would say,

00:31:33.560 --> 00:31:34.180
 you know,

00:31:35.500 --> 00:31:36.280
 now God has

00:31:36.280 --> 00:31:36.920
 things planned

00:31:36.920 --> 00:31:37.280
 from the

00:31:37.280 --> 00:31:37.640
 beginning,

00:31:37.920 --> 00:31:39.060
 he knows,

00:31:39.200 --> 00:31:39.420
 you know,

00:31:39.460 --> 00:31:40.200
 the greater good

00:31:40.200 --> 00:31:40.740
 that's coming

00:31:40.740 --> 00:31:41.340
 through suffering,

00:31:41.620 --> 00:31:42.460
 so he really

00:31:42.460 --> 00:31:43.180
 never feels

00:31:43.180 --> 00:31:43.700
 grief.

00:31:45.740 --> 00:31:46.480
 And so,

00:31:46.600 --> 00:31:47.440
 we could say,

00:31:48.120 --> 00:31:49.620
 the author

00:31:49.620 --> 00:31:50.140
 there,

00:31:50.700 --> 00:31:51.280
 Paul,

00:31:52.580 --> 00:31:53.019
 you know,

00:31:53.060 --> 00:31:53.880
 didn't really

00:31:53.880 --> 00:31:54.500
 mean that God

00:31:54.500 --> 00:31:55.500
 could feel grief,

00:31:55.640 --> 00:31:56.660
 but speaking of

00:31:56.660 --> 00:31:57.380
 God as if he

00:31:57.380 --> 00:31:58.220
 were a person,

00:31:58.800 --> 00:31:59.019
 you know,

00:31:59.080 --> 00:31:59.780
 if we did this

00:31:59.780 --> 00:32:00.400
 to a person,

00:32:00.560 --> 00:32:01.180
 they would feel

00:32:01.180 --> 00:32:01.480
 grief,

00:32:01.540 --> 00:32:01.900
 so you don't

00:32:01.900 --> 00:32:02.340
 want to do

00:32:02.339 --> 00:32:02.500
 it.

00:32:03.059 --> 00:32:03.339
 And,

00:32:03.480 --> 00:32:08.079
 you know,

00:32:08.159 --> 00:32:08.839
 somehow it's

00:32:08.839 --> 00:32:09.119
 saying,

00:32:09.240 --> 00:32:10.019
 so we shouldn't

00:32:10.019 --> 00:32:10.659
 do this either,

00:32:10.859 --> 00:32:11.459
 even though God

00:32:11.459 --> 00:32:12.699
 really can't be

00:32:12.699 --> 00:32:13.059
 grieved.

00:32:13.899 --> 00:32:15.759
 And it had that

00:32:15.759 --> 00:32:16.539
 sense that,

00:32:16.599 --> 00:32:16.839
 you know,

00:32:16.919 --> 00:32:17.500
 God has the

00:32:17.500 --> 00:32:18.119
 end plan from

00:32:18.119 --> 00:32:18.579
 the beginning,

00:32:18.839 --> 00:32:19.939
 he knows it has

00:32:19.939 --> 00:32:20.699
 a great good,

00:32:20.959 --> 00:32:21.559
 and so he really

00:32:21.559 --> 00:32:22.859
 can't grieve

00:32:22.859 --> 00:32:23.559
 about,

00:32:24.379 --> 00:32:24.740
 you know,

00:32:24.799 --> 00:32:25.659
 the best world,

00:32:26.099 --> 00:32:26.519
 you know,

00:32:26.559 --> 00:32:27.139
 that's come to

00:32:27.139 --> 00:32:27.319
 be.

00:32:28.639 --> 00:32:29.079
 Well,

00:32:29.119 --> 00:32:29.480
 there may be

00:32:29.480 --> 00:32:30.179
 some logic to

00:32:30.179 --> 00:32:30.419
 that,

00:32:30.819 --> 00:32:31.119
 but...

00:32:31.119 --> 00:32:32.039
 doesn't he

00:32:32.039 --> 00:32:33.239
 express grief

00:32:33.239 --> 00:32:33.819
 over and

00:32:33.819 --> 00:32:34.519
 over again

00:32:34.519 --> 00:32:35.619
 as he interacts

00:32:35.619 --> 00:32:36.219
 with the nation

00:32:36.219 --> 00:32:36.739
 of Israel

00:32:36.739 --> 00:32:37.219
 and the Old

00:32:37.219 --> 00:32:37.539
 Testament?

00:32:38.579 --> 00:32:39.099
 Probably.

00:32:39.099 --> 00:32:39.899
 And then,

00:32:40.099 --> 00:32:40.639
 also,

00:32:41.179 --> 00:32:41.819
 with Jesus,

00:32:42.359 --> 00:32:42.739
 you know,

00:32:42.879 --> 00:32:43.099
 that,

00:32:43.679 --> 00:32:44.059
 you know,

00:32:44.259 --> 00:32:44.819
 we can just

00:32:44.819 --> 00:32:45.519
 look at Jesus

00:32:45.519 --> 00:32:46.319
 to see,

00:32:46.459 --> 00:32:47.799
 you know,

00:32:47.839 --> 00:32:48.619
 his emotions

00:32:48.619 --> 00:32:49.399
 and his

00:32:49.399 --> 00:32:50.619
 feelings

00:32:50.619 --> 00:32:51.679
 that are

00:32:51.679 --> 00:32:52.399
 expressed

00:32:52.399 --> 00:32:53.179
 throughout the

00:32:53.179 --> 00:32:53.519
 apostles.

00:32:53.519 --> 00:32:54.779
 so here

00:32:54.779 --> 00:32:55.599
 was my

00:32:55.599 --> 00:32:56.519
 favorite

00:32:56.519 --> 00:32:57.259
 theology

00:32:57.259 --> 00:32:57.940
 professor

00:32:57.940 --> 00:32:58.579
 at Gordon

00:32:58.579 --> 00:32:59.079
 Conwell

00:32:59.079 --> 00:32:59.720
 Seminary,

00:32:59.980 --> 00:33:00.440
 you know,

00:33:00.980 --> 00:33:03.039
 saying something,

00:33:03.220 --> 00:33:04.139
 and at least

00:33:04.139 --> 00:33:04.639
 from my

00:33:04.639 --> 00:33:05.220
 perspective,

00:33:05.920 --> 00:33:07.900
 he had

00:33:07.900 --> 00:33:08.759
 this clear

00:33:08.759 --> 00:33:09.440
 understanding

00:33:09.440 --> 00:33:09.920
 of God

00:33:09.920 --> 00:33:10.400
 based on

00:33:10.400 --> 00:33:10.759
 an awful

00:33:10.759 --> 00:33:11.119
 lot of

00:33:11.119 --> 00:33:11.400
 scripture,

00:33:11.740 --> 00:33:12.400
 and then

00:33:12.400 --> 00:33:12.879
 he took

00:33:12.879 --> 00:33:14.180
 those parts

00:33:14.180 --> 00:33:14.619
 of scripture

00:33:14.619 --> 00:33:15.039
 that didn't

00:33:15.039 --> 00:33:15.400
 seem to

00:33:15.400 --> 00:33:16.079
 quite fit

00:33:16.079 --> 00:33:16.779
 with that

00:33:16.779 --> 00:33:19.059
 and conformed

00:33:19.059 --> 00:33:20.319
 them to

00:33:20.319 --> 00:33:21.000
 his systematic

00:33:21.000 --> 00:33:21.660
 theology.

00:33:21.660 --> 00:33:22.779
 You know,

00:33:22.820 --> 00:33:23.200
 I agree

00:33:23.200 --> 00:33:23.540
 with what

00:33:23.540 --> 00:33:24.019
 Debbie just

00:33:24.019 --> 00:33:24.300
 said.

00:33:27.100 --> 00:33:27.660
 Now,

00:33:29.240 --> 00:33:30.400
 it could

00:33:30.400 --> 00:33:31.700
 be that

00:33:31.700 --> 00:33:33.160
 God is

00:33:33.160 --> 00:33:33.860
 beyond our

00:33:33.860 --> 00:33:34.560
 understanding,

00:33:34.980 --> 00:33:36.759
 and that,

00:33:36.820 --> 00:33:37.700
 you know,

00:33:37.740 --> 00:33:38.080
 what the

00:33:38.080 --> 00:33:38.779
 Bible says

00:33:38.779 --> 00:33:39.360
 about him,

00:33:39.440 --> 00:33:40.120
 there may be

00:33:40.120 --> 00:33:40.500
 things,

00:33:40.560 --> 00:33:41.160
 just like in

00:33:41.160 --> 00:33:42.040
 science and

00:33:42.040 --> 00:33:42.600
 in nature,

00:33:43.160 --> 00:33:43.400
 you know,

00:33:43.420 --> 00:33:44.380
 as we study,

00:33:45.120 --> 00:33:45.600
 as I've

00:33:45.600 --> 00:33:46.420
 studied physics,

00:33:46.560 --> 00:33:46.720
 you know,

00:33:46.800 --> 00:33:47.779
 I know there

00:33:47.779 --> 00:33:49.360
 are things

00:33:49.360 --> 00:33:49.840
 about the

00:33:49.840 --> 00:33:50.320
 way the world

00:33:50.320 --> 00:33:50.880
 works that

00:33:50.880 --> 00:33:51.460
 just,

00:33:51.660 --> 00:33:52.240
 don't make

00:33:52.240 --> 00:33:52.720
 sense,

00:33:52.800 --> 00:33:53.140
 that we

00:33:53.140 --> 00:33:54.480
 can't

00:33:54.480 --> 00:33:55.640
 logically

00:33:55.640 --> 00:33:56.620
 put together.

00:33:56.980 --> 00:33:57.620
 It's beyond

00:33:57.620 --> 00:33:58.060
 us.

00:33:59.340 --> 00:33:59.740
 And so,

00:33:59.900 --> 00:34:00.840
 I think it's

00:34:00.840 --> 00:34:01.300
 good to do

00:34:01.300 --> 00:34:01.800
 systematic

00:34:01.800 --> 00:34:02.320
 theology,

00:34:02.660 --> 00:34:03.080
 but if we

00:34:03.080 --> 00:34:03.660
 sometimes come

00:34:03.660 --> 00:34:04.060
 away and

00:34:04.060 --> 00:34:04.240
 say,

00:34:04.340 --> 00:34:05.160
 you know,

00:34:05.200 --> 00:34:05.500
 this didn't

00:34:05.500 --> 00:34:05.820
 seem to

00:34:05.820 --> 00:34:06.320
 work out

00:34:06.320 --> 00:34:07.080
 as I

00:34:07.080 --> 00:34:07.420
 hoped,

00:34:07.940 --> 00:34:08.200
 you know,

00:34:08.260 --> 00:34:08.599
 that may

00:34:08.599 --> 00:34:08.940
 be all

00:34:08.940 --> 00:34:09.260
 right.

00:34:10.000 --> 00:34:10.380
 It may

00:34:10.380 --> 00:34:10.840
 be that,

00:34:11.039 --> 00:34:11.240
 well,

00:34:11.340 --> 00:34:11.619
 it is.

00:34:12.200 --> 00:34:12.840
 Somebody could

00:34:12.840 --> 00:34:13.480
 probably quote

00:34:13.480 --> 00:34:14.180
 the end of

00:34:14.180 --> 00:34:14.860
 Romans 11,

00:34:14.980 --> 00:34:15.280
 you know.

00:34:15.619 --> 00:34:16.400
 Quick comment,

00:34:16.720 --> 00:34:17.400
 and you mentioned

00:34:17.400 --> 00:34:18.320
 before that if

00:34:18.320 --> 00:34:18.619
 you don't have

00:34:18.619 --> 00:34:19.159
 a systematic

00:34:19.159 --> 00:34:19.860
 theology,

00:34:20.000 --> 00:34:20.579
 you're incredibly

00:34:20.579 --> 00:34:21.180
 imbalanced.

00:34:21.179 --> 00:34:21.799
 Yes!

00:34:21.800 --> 00:34:22.680
 And if you're,

00:34:22.780 --> 00:34:23.460
 your ministry

00:34:23.460 --> 00:34:24.300
 will be incredibly

00:34:24.300 --> 00:34:25.240
 imbalanced because

00:34:25.240 --> 00:34:25.580
 you're going to

00:34:25.580 --> 00:34:26.640
 get to a

00:34:26.640 --> 00:34:27.720
 Hebrew 6 passage

00:34:27.720 --> 00:34:28.840
 and you'll say

00:34:28.840 --> 00:34:29.440
 one thing,

00:34:29.539 --> 00:34:29.960
 but then you'll

00:34:29.960 --> 00:34:30.539
 say the

00:34:30.539 --> 00:34:31.200
 completely opposite

00:34:31.200 --> 00:34:31.780
 thing when you

00:34:31.780 --> 00:34:32.220
 get to another

00:34:32.220 --> 00:34:33.519
 passage and

00:34:33.519 --> 00:34:34.380
 you need to,

00:34:34.380 --> 00:34:35.260
 you need to

00:34:35.260 --> 00:34:36.140
 understand how,

00:34:36.760 --> 00:34:37.039
 you know,

00:34:37.080 --> 00:34:37.660
 I like the

00:34:37.660 --> 00:34:38.080
 thing,

00:34:38.160 --> 00:34:38.820
 the idea of

00:34:38.820 --> 00:34:39.420
 New York City,

00:34:39.560 --> 00:34:40.019
 you have to have a

00:34:40.019 --> 00:34:40.680
 map of the entire

00:34:40.680 --> 00:34:42.240
 city to understand

00:34:42.240 --> 00:34:43.300
 how things connect

00:34:43.300 --> 00:34:43.700
 together,

00:34:43.940 --> 00:34:44.160
 you know.

00:34:44.160 --> 00:34:44.519
 Yeah!

00:34:44.519 --> 00:34:45.420
 There's no

00:34:45.420 --> 00:34:46.239
 contradictions in

00:34:46.239 --> 00:34:46.559
 the Bible,

00:34:46.659 --> 00:34:47.179
 but when you

00:34:47.179 --> 00:34:48.440
 are contradicting

00:34:48.440 --> 00:34:49.079
 yourself week

00:34:49.079 --> 00:34:50.139
 after week based

00:34:50.139 --> 00:34:50.619
 on the text

00:34:50.619 --> 00:34:51.000
 you're getting

00:34:51.000 --> 00:34:51.219
 to,

00:34:51.320 --> 00:34:51.820
 I think you're

00:34:51.820 --> 00:34:52.739
 becoming incredibly

00:34:52.739 --> 00:34:53.199
 imbalanced.

00:34:53.400 --> 00:34:53.780
 People are,

00:34:53.960 --> 00:34:54.159
 you know,

00:34:54.219 --> 00:34:54.800
 where is this guy

00:34:54.800 --> 00:34:55.099
 going?

00:34:55.199 --> 00:34:55.619
 Where is he

00:34:55.619 --> 00:34:55.860
 going?

00:34:56.019 --> 00:34:56.559
 I don't know.

00:34:56.940 --> 00:34:57.340
 Yes!

00:34:57.340 --> 00:34:58.340
 So systematic

00:34:58.340 --> 00:34:59.260
 theology I think

00:34:59.260 --> 00:35:01.579
 helps to see the

00:35:01.579 --> 00:35:03.019
 entire Bible and

00:35:03.019 --> 00:35:03.920
 how it all fits

00:35:03.920 --> 00:35:04.579
 together like a

00:35:04.579 --> 00:35:06.220
 big map of Europe

00:35:06.220 --> 00:35:07.059
 and like these are

00:35:07.059 --> 00:35:08.000
 how it's situated,

00:35:08.200 --> 00:35:08.579
 but you know,

00:35:08.620 --> 00:35:09.220
 sometimes the map

00:35:09.220 --> 00:35:10.180
 has to change if

00:35:10.180 --> 00:35:11.260
 you understand the

00:35:11.260 --> 00:35:12.000
 Bible's, you know,

00:35:12.340 --> 00:35:13.380
 the Bible's an error

00:35:13.380 --> 00:35:13.940
 and not our

00:35:13.940 --> 00:35:15.019
 systematic theology

00:35:15.019 --> 00:35:15.700
 and sometimes our

00:35:15.700 --> 00:35:16.480
 systematic theology

00:35:16.480 --> 00:35:17.700
 needs to be changed

00:35:17.700 --> 00:35:19.460
 based on what the

00:35:19.460 --> 00:35:20.240
 scripture is saying

00:35:20.240 --> 00:35:22.400
 and over the world.

00:35:23.019 --> 00:35:23.500
 Yes!

00:35:23.680 --> 00:35:27.160
 And I remember

00:35:27.159 --> 00:35:27.719
 in one of my

00:35:27.719 --> 00:35:28.920
 philosophy classes,

00:35:29.440 --> 00:35:30.099
 the teacher said,

00:35:30.199 --> 00:35:30.319
 now,

00:35:30.839 --> 00:35:32.339
 you can criticize

00:35:32.339 --> 00:35:33.899
 an author by saying,

00:35:34.619 --> 00:35:35.579
 I don't understand

00:35:35.579 --> 00:35:36.519
 what they're saying

00:35:36.519 --> 00:35:36.839
 here.

00:35:39.039 --> 00:35:39.899
 And sometimes

00:35:39.899 --> 00:35:40.639
 that's a valid

00:35:40.639 --> 00:35:41.159
 criticism,

00:35:41.399 --> 00:35:42.219
 except if you're

00:35:42.219 --> 00:35:42.960
 stupid and,

00:35:43.119 --> 00:35:43.500
 you know,

00:35:43.579 --> 00:35:44.859
 other people

00:35:44.859 --> 00:35:45.839
 understand it,

00:35:45.899 --> 00:35:46.199
 you know,

00:35:46.259 --> 00:35:47.199
 but you just use

00:35:47.199 --> 00:35:47.719
 the excuse,

00:35:47.819 --> 00:35:48.460
 I don't understand

00:35:48.460 --> 00:35:48.599
 it.

00:35:48.659 --> 00:35:49.779
 So with regard to

00:35:49.779 --> 00:35:50.239
 some of these

00:35:50.239 --> 00:35:50.799
 tensions,

00:35:52.199 --> 00:35:52.699
 you know,

00:35:52.739 --> 00:35:53.179
 there are some

00:35:53.179 --> 00:35:53.920
 things I look at

00:35:53.920 --> 00:35:54.159
 and I say,

00:35:54.239 --> 00:35:55.019
 I just can't make

00:35:55.019 --> 00:35:55.619
 sense of that.

00:35:55.839 --> 00:35:56.399
 And for right now,

00:35:56.399 --> 00:35:56.960
 I just have to

00:35:56.960 --> 00:35:57.320
 leave it.

00:35:57.679 --> 00:35:58.480
 And other people

00:35:58.480 --> 00:35:59.240
 look at it and

00:35:59.240 --> 00:35:59.539
 they say,

00:35:59.619 --> 00:35:59.780
 no,

00:35:59.880 --> 00:36:00.840
 I really think I

00:36:00.840 --> 00:36:01.679
 understand how

00:36:01.679 --> 00:36:02.320
 these things fit

00:36:02.320 --> 00:36:02.720
 together.

00:36:02.860 --> 00:36:03.619
 And they may be

00:36:03.619 --> 00:36:03.980
 right.

00:36:04.480 --> 00:36:04.800
 But,

00:36:05.199 --> 00:36:05.559
 you know,

00:36:05.599 --> 00:36:07.179
 if we don't have

00:36:07.179 --> 00:36:07.780
 it all put

00:36:07.780 --> 00:36:08.220
 together,

00:36:08.679 --> 00:36:09.079
 you know,

00:36:09.099 --> 00:36:10.159
 I think it's,

00:36:10.159 --> 00:36:10.760
 at least under

00:36:10.760 --> 00:36:11.760
 some circumstances,

00:36:11.880 --> 00:36:12.539
 good to acknowledge

00:36:12.539 --> 00:36:12.860
 that.

00:36:14.079 --> 00:36:14.559
 So,

00:36:15.039 --> 00:36:16.079
 that's one of the

00:36:16.079 --> 00:36:16.559
 challenges.

00:36:17.480 --> 00:36:17.860
 Now,

00:36:17.960 --> 00:36:18.679
 where are we

00:36:18.679 --> 00:36:19.059
 here?

00:36:20.480 --> 00:36:20.800
 Okay,

00:36:21.019 --> 00:36:21.960
 the other thing,

00:36:21.960 --> 00:36:22.360
 the other

00:36:22.360 --> 00:36:23.099
 reason why

00:36:23.099 --> 00:36:26.740
 another thing

00:36:26.740 --> 00:36:27.740
 kind of related

00:36:27.740 --> 00:36:28.320
 to process

00:36:28.320 --> 00:36:29.260
 theology is

00:36:29.260 --> 00:36:29.860
 what was

00:36:29.860 --> 00:36:31.559
 somewhat popular

00:36:31.559 --> 00:36:32.460
 in some parts

00:36:32.460 --> 00:36:33.220
 of evangelical

00:36:33.220 --> 00:36:34.420
 theology,

00:36:35.079 --> 00:36:35.740
 like in the

00:36:35.740 --> 00:36:36.740
 1990s,

00:36:36.740 --> 00:36:37.320
 the openness

00:36:37.320 --> 00:36:38.079
 of God.

00:36:38.960 --> 00:36:39.320
 And with

00:36:39.320 --> 00:36:40.119
 regard to

00:36:40.119 --> 00:36:40.720
 passages

00:36:40.720 --> 00:36:42.199
 like

00:36:42.199 --> 00:36:46.280
 1 Samuel 15,

00:36:46.420 --> 00:36:46.880
 10,

00:36:46.880 --> 00:36:48.280
 that's probably

00:36:48.280 --> 00:36:49.260
 written down

00:36:49.260 --> 00:36:49.760
 there several

00:36:49.760 --> 00:36:50.059
 times,

00:36:50.200 --> 00:36:50.579
 but could

00:36:50.579 --> 00:36:51.140
 somebody please

00:36:51.140 --> 00:36:53.860
 read 1 Samuel

00:36:53.860 --> 00:36:54.559
 15,

00:36:54.740 --> 00:36:55.079
 10.

00:37:00.280 --> 00:37:00.760
 Yes.

00:37:03.119 --> 00:37:03.519
 15,

00:37:03.720 --> 00:37:03.960
 10.

00:37:04.260 --> 00:37:05.240
 Give it a shot.

00:37:05.700 --> 00:37:06.180
 The word of the

00:37:06.180 --> 00:37:06.720
 Lord came to

00:37:06.720 --> 00:37:06.940
 Samuel.

00:37:07.240 --> 00:37:08.019
 I regret that I

00:37:08.019 --> 00:37:08.579
 have made Saul

00:37:08.579 --> 00:37:08.940
 king.

00:37:09.059 --> 00:37:09.280
 Good.

00:37:09.280 --> 00:37:09.760
 He has turned

00:37:09.760 --> 00:37:10.500
 back from following

00:37:10.500 --> 00:37:11.340
 me and has not

00:37:11.340 --> 00:37:11.960
 performed my

00:37:11.960 --> 00:37:12.539
 commandment.

00:37:12.900 --> 00:37:13.180
 Okay.

00:37:13.180 --> 00:37:13.920
 Samuel was angry

00:37:13.920 --> 00:37:14.440
 and he cried

00:37:14.440 --> 00:37:14.860
 to the Lord

00:37:14.860 --> 00:37:15.320
 on him.

00:37:15.320 --> 00:37:21.640
 I'm just

00:37:21.640 --> 00:37:22.539
 impressed that

00:37:22.539 --> 00:37:24.700
 Samuel wasn't

00:37:24.700 --> 00:37:25.340
 ready to give

00:37:25.340 --> 00:37:26.440
 up on Saul

00:37:26.440 --> 00:37:26.680
 yet.

00:37:29.760 --> 00:37:30.360
 Recently,

00:37:30.840 --> 00:37:31.280
 you know,

00:37:32.080 --> 00:37:33.780
 I heard

00:37:33.780 --> 00:37:34.420
 somebody say

00:37:34.420 --> 00:37:35.019
 about another

00:37:35.019 --> 00:37:35.440
 Christian,

00:37:35.600 --> 00:37:35.760
 you know,

00:37:35.820 --> 00:37:36.620
 they just

00:37:36.620 --> 00:37:37.559
 aren't doing

00:37:37.559 --> 00:37:37.980
 what they

00:37:37.980 --> 00:37:38.600
 should do.

00:37:38.920 --> 00:37:39.120
 You know,

00:37:39.260 --> 00:37:40.019
 how can I

00:37:40.019 --> 00:37:40.400
 get them

00:37:40.400 --> 00:37:41.260
 to change?

00:37:43.220 --> 00:37:44.300
 And I

00:37:44.300 --> 00:37:44.680
 think that's

00:37:44.680 --> 00:37:45.200
 what Samuel

00:37:45.199 --> 00:37:48.619
 was praying

00:37:48.619 --> 00:37:49.279
 or concerned

00:37:49.279 --> 00:37:49.679
 about.

00:37:50.679 --> 00:37:51.000
 You know,

00:37:51.039 --> 00:37:51.460
 how can I

00:37:51.460 --> 00:37:51.919
 get Saul

00:37:51.919 --> 00:37:52.339
 to change?

00:37:52.399 --> 00:37:52.799
 How can I

00:37:52.799 --> 00:37:53.239
 get God

00:37:53.239 --> 00:37:53.799
 to change?

00:37:55.199 --> 00:37:55.659
 I think,

00:37:55.799 --> 00:37:56.339
 but the

00:37:56.339 --> 00:37:56.980
 main point

00:37:56.980 --> 00:37:58.359
 was that

00:37:58.359 --> 00:37:59.000
 first thing.

00:37:59.119 --> 00:37:59.779
 I regret

00:37:59.779 --> 00:38:01.559
 that I

00:38:01.559 --> 00:38:02.159
 made Saul

00:38:02.159 --> 00:38:03.159
 king.

00:38:05.000 --> 00:38:05.559
 This is

00:38:05.559 --> 00:38:07.039
 how the

00:38:07.039 --> 00:38:07.619
 openness of

00:38:07.619 --> 00:38:08.059
 God

00:38:08.059 --> 00:38:08.839
 treatment

00:38:08.839 --> 00:38:09.559
 would come.

00:38:09.919 --> 00:38:10.079
 Now,

00:38:10.139 --> 00:38:11.099
 God can

00:38:11.099 --> 00:38:11.839
 know everything,

00:38:11.840 --> 00:38:11.900
 king,

00:38:12.760 --> 00:38:14.160
 but he

00:38:14.160 --> 00:38:14.620
 chooses

00:38:14.620 --> 00:38:16.320
 not to

00:38:16.320 --> 00:38:17.059
 know some

00:38:17.059 --> 00:38:17.720
 things about

00:38:17.720 --> 00:38:18.220
 the future.

00:38:19.480 --> 00:38:19.740
 So,

00:38:20.160 --> 00:38:21.240
 God

00:38:21.240 --> 00:38:23.120
 chose

00:38:23.120 --> 00:38:23.760
 to make

00:38:23.760 --> 00:38:24.300
 Saul

00:38:24.300 --> 00:38:24.720
 king,

00:38:25.720 --> 00:38:27.220
 but he

00:38:27.220 --> 00:38:28.059
 did not

00:38:28.059 --> 00:38:28.640
 choose to

00:38:28.640 --> 00:38:29.539
 access his

00:38:29.539 --> 00:38:30.340
 possible information

00:38:30.340 --> 00:38:30.740
 about the

00:38:30.740 --> 00:38:31.000
 future,

00:38:31.360 --> 00:38:33.180
 and didn't

00:38:33.180 --> 00:38:33.980
 know exactly

00:38:33.980 --> 00:38:34.380
 how things

00:38:34.380 --> 00:38:34.680
 were going to

00:38:34.680 --> 00:38:35.180
 turn out.

00:38:35.179 --> 00:38:37.199
 And so,

00:38:37.739 --> 00:38:38.639
 when Saul

00:38:38.639 --> 00:38:39.739
 disobeyed God,

00:38:40.440 --> 00:38:43.079
 Saul regretted it,

00:38:43.139 --> 00:38:43.519
 or some

00:38:43.519 --> 00:38:44.559
 translations may

00:38:44.559 --> 00:38:45.639
 say, you

00:38:45.639 --> 00:38:45.899
 know, he

00:38:45.899 --> 00:38:47.579
 repented that

00:38:47.579 --> 00:38:48.419
 he made Saul

00:38:48.419 --> 00:38:48.699
 king.

00:38:48.960 --> 00:38:49.819
 Words, both

00:38:49.819 --> 00:38:50.419
 of which,

00:38:50.659 --> 00:38:52.199
 usually for us,

00:38:52.679 --> 00:38:53.739
 include some

00:38:53.739 --> 00:38:55.019
 significant change

00:38:55.019 --> 00:38:59.299
 or lack of

00:38:59.299 --> 00:38:59.980
 knowledge.

00:38:59.980 --> 00:39:01.480
 and so,

00:39:01.579 --> 00:39:02.260
 this is how

00:39:02.260 --> 00:39:04.780
 the openness

00:39:04.780 --> 00:39:05.699
 of God people

00:39:05.699 --> 00:39:07.119
 treated passages

00:39:07.119 --> 00:39:07.760
 like this.

00:39:07.820 --> 00:39:08.119
 They dealt

00:39:08.119 --> 00:39:08.420
 with the

00:39:08.420 --> 00:39:10.199
 tension by

00:39:10.199 --> 00:39:10.599
 saying,

00:39:11.400 --> 00:39:12.280
 well, maybe

00:39:12.280 --> 00:39:13.579
 God chose

00:39:13.579 --> 00:39:14.280
 not to know

00:39:14.280 --> 00:39:15.760
 what Saul

00:39:15.760 --> 00:39:16.179
 was going to

00:39:16.179 --> 00:39:17.360
 do, and

00:39:17.360 --> 00:39:17.980
 then he

00:39:17.980 --> 00:39:19.519
 really, you

00:39:19.519 --> 00:39:19.820
 know, this

00:39:19.820 --> 00:39:20.679
 is a very

00:39:20.679 --> 00:39:21.579
 plain, accurate

00:39:21.579 --> 00:39:22.699
 description of

00:39:22.699 --> 00:39:23.099
 how God

00:39:23.099 --> 00:39:24.420
 felt when

00:39:24.420 --> 00:39:25.400
 Saul

00:39:25.400 --> 00:39:26.420
 disobeyed

00:39:26.420 --> 00:39:27.619
 over and

00:39:27.619 --> 00:39:28.079
 over again.

00:39:28.079 --> 00:39:31.239
 well, that

00:39:31.239 --> 00:39:32.940
 is maybe a

00:39:32.940 --> 00:39:33.579
 valid attempt

00:39:33.579 --> 00:39:34.279
 to try and

00:39:34.279 --> 00:39:35.360
 do justice

00:39:35.360 --> 00:39:36.299
 to what that

00:39:36.299 --> 00:39:37.360
 passage says,

00:39:37.559 --> 00:39:38.759
 and I think,

00:39:38.900 --> 00:39:39.500
 you know, to

00:39:39.500 --> 00:39:39.980
 the Hebrew

00:39:39.980 --> 00:39:41.179
 that lies behind

00:39:41.179 --> 00:39:41.679
 it, you know,

00:39:41.699 --> 00:39:42.159
 and all those

00:39:42.159 --> 00:39:42.739
 kinds of good

00:39:42.739 --> 00:39:43.400
 study things.

00:39:44.139 --> 00:39:45.139
 In my mind,

00:39:45.340 --> 00:39:47.239
 it, you

00:39:47.239 --> 00:39:47.719
 know, solves

00:39:47.719 --> 00:39:48.420
 one problem

00:39:48.420 --> 00:39:49.420
 and introduces

00:39:49.420 --> 00:39:50.039
 a thousand

00:39:50.039 --> 00:39:50.460
 others.

00:39:51.679 --> 00:39:52.599
 So, you

00:39:52.599 --> 00:39:53.099
 know, again,

00:39:53.340 --> 00:39:53.840
 systematic

00:39:53.840 --> 00:39:54.500
 theology.

00:39:55.099 --> 00:39:55.960
 I don't think

00:39:55.960 --> 00:39:56.460
 this is a good

00:39:56.460 --> 00:39:57.059
 way to go.

00:39:57.059 --> 00:39:58.639
 It doesn't

00:39:58.639 --> 00:39:59.199
 really help

00:39:59.199 --> 00:40:00.039
 us in the

00:40:00.039 --> 00:40:00.299
 end.

00:40:01.299 --> 00:40:01.900
 So...

00:40:01.900 --> 00:40:07.519
 The openness

00:40:07.519 --> 00:40:08.619
 of God

00:40:08.619 --> 00:40:11.079
 is not the

00:40:11.079 --> 00:40:11.400
 good way

00:40:11.400 --> 00:40:11.719
 to go.

00:40:11.799 --> 00:40:12.279
 Thank you

00:40:12.279 --> 00:40:12.679
 for that

00:40:12.679 --> 00:40:13.219
 clarification.

00:40:13.759 --> 00:40:14.759
 Yes, yes.

00:40:15.880 --> 00:40:16.579
 That's my

00:40:16.579 --> 00:40:16.940
 opinion.

00:40:17.940 --> 00:40:19.420
 And I

00:40:19.420 --> 00:40:19.960
 don't encourage

00:40:19.960 --> 00:40:20.440
 any of you

00:40:20.440 --> 00:40:21.039
 to study that

00:40:21.039 --> 00:40:21.460
 unless you

00:40:21.460 --> 00:40:22.400
 have a special

00:40:22.400 --> 00:40:23.019
 reason for

00:40:23.019 --> 00:40:23.239
 that.

00:40:23.480 --> 00:40:24.279
 Okay, so,

00:40:24.619 --> 00:40:24.980
 but there

00:40:24.980 --> 00:40:26.619
 are a number

00:40:26.619 --> 00:40:27.259
 of passages

00:40:27.259 --> 00:40:28.079
 in Scripture

00:40:28.079 --> 00:40:28.579
 where,

00:40:28.920 --> 00:40:29.339
 especially if

00:40:29.339 --> 00:40:29.599
 you go to

00:40:29.599 --> 00:40:30.380
 King James,

00:40:30.519 --> 00:40:30.739
 you know,

00:40:30.799 --> 00:40:31.299
 say God

00:40:31.299 --> 00:40:31.819
 repented,

00:40:32.359 --> 00:40:32.839
 or God

00:40:32.839 --> 00:40:33.380
 relented,

00:40:34.000 --> 00:40:35.139
 or God

00:40:35.139 --> 00:40:35.940
 regretted,

00:40:36.679 --> 00:40:38.659
 and those

00:40:38.659 --> 00:40:39.000
 are dealt

00:40:39.000 --> 00:40:39.639
 with further

00:40:39.639 --> 00:40:40.039
 down.

00:40:40.719 --> 00:40:41.460
 But here

00:40:41.460 --> 00:40:41.839
 we are,

00:40:41.880 --> 00:40:42.339
 near the end

00:40:42.339 --> 00:40:42.599
 of our

00:40:42.599 --> 00:40:43.019
 class.

00:40:43.019 --> 00:40:43.940
 So,

00:40:44.400 --> 00:40:47.599
 how should

00:40:47.599 --> 00:40:49.219
 we sum

00:40:49.219 --> 00:40:49.900
 up here?

00:40:49.900 --> 00:40:53.880
 one,

00:40:54.119 --> 00:40:56.880
 we have

00:40:56.880 --> 00:40:57.920
 the

00:40:57.920 --> 00:40:59.900
 repentance

00:40:59.900 --> 00:41:01.180
 principle,

00:41:01.480 --> 00:41:01.920
 as I

00:41:01.920 --> 00:41:02.800
 describe it,

00:41:03.880 --> 00:41:04.820
 spelled out

00:41:04.820 --> 00:41:05.360
 in Scripture

00:41:05.360 --> 00:41:06.260
 in that

00:41:06.260 --> 00:41:07.059
 Ezekiel

00:41:07.059 --> 00:41:07.720
 passage,

00:41:08.400 --> 00:41:09.539
 and in

00:41:09.539 --> 00:41:10.079
 Jeremiah,

00:41:10.340 --> 00:41:10.740
 where it

00:41:10.740 --> 00:41:11.340
 clearly says,

00:41:11.840 --> 00:41:12.300
 if I say

00:41:12.300 --> 00:41:12.660
 I'm going

00:41:12.660 --> 00:41:13.099
 to punish

00:41:13.099 --> 00:41:13.579
 somebody,

00:41:14.099 --> 00:41:15.059
 and they

00:41:15.059 --> 00:41:15.500
 repent,

00:41:16.160 --> 00:41:16.500
 then I'm

00:41:16.500 --> 00:41:16.760
 not going

00:41:16.760 --> 00:41:17.079
 to punish

00:41:17.079 --> 00:41:17.240
 them.

00:41:17.239 --> 00:41:19.879
 So,

00:41:20.079 --> 00:41:20.479
 in that

00:41:20.479 --> 00:41:20.699
 sense,

00:41:20.779 --> 00:41:21.159
 God's not

00:41:21.159 --> 00:41:21.399
 going to

00:41:21.399 --> 00:41:21.879
 change,

00:41:22.159 --> 00:41:22.459
 you know,

00:41:22.500 --> 00:41:22.859
 if that

00:41:22.859 --> 00:41:23.279
 happens.

00:41:23.399 --> 00:41:24.019
 But his

00:41:24.019 --> 00:41:24.619
 apparent

00:41:24.619 --> 00:41:26.219
 plans for

00:41:26.219 --> 00:41:26.839
 a person

00:41:26.839 --> 00:41:28.279
 seem to

00:41:28.279 --> 00:41:28.679
 change,

00:41:28.839 --> 00:41:29.559
 at least

00:41:29.559 --> 00:41:29.879
 from a

00:41:29.879 --> 00:41:30.099
 human

00:41:30.099 --> 00:41:30.639
 perspective.

00:41:31.039 --> 00:41:31.479
 Or,

00:41:31.559 --> 00:41:32.039
 he says,

00:41:32.179 --> 00:41:32.639
 in that

00:41:32.639 --> 00:41:33.239
 same Ezekiel

00:41:33.239 --> 00:41:33.579
 passage,

00:41:34.019 --> 00:41:34.539
 if there's

00:41:34.539 --> 00:41:34.799
 a good

00:41:34.799 --> 00:41:35.159
 man,

00:41:36.139 --> 00:41:36.439
 you know,

00:41:36.459 --> 00:41:36.679
 and I

00:41:36.679 --> 00:41:37.019
 say he's

00:41:37.019 --> 00:41:37.299
 going to

00:41:37.299 --> 00:41:37.699
 live,

00:41:39.000 --> 00:41:40.619
 but he

00:41:40.619 --> 00:41:42.599
 starts

00:41:42.599 --> 00:41:43.139
 sinning,

00:41:43.819 --> 00:41:44.239
 then he's

00:41:44.239 --> 00:41:44.479
 going to

00:41:44.479 --> 00:41:44.839
 die.

00:41:44.840 --> 00:41:44.880
 God.

00:41:46.340 --> 00:41:46.740
 So,

00:41:47.200 --> 00:41:47.600
 that,

00:41:47.800 --> 00:41:48.640
 I think,

00:41:48.760 --> 00:41:49.240
 fits in

00:41:49.240 --> 00:41:50.039
 very well

00:41:50.039 --> 00:41:52.019
 with that

00:41:52.019 --> 00:41:52.800
 next part.

00:41:53.120 --> 00:41:53.380
 Tyler,

00:41:53.500 --> 00:41:53.760
 could you

00:41:53.760 --> 00:41:54.420
 read that

00:41:54.420 --> 00:41:58.320
 second part

00:41:58.320 --> 00:41:58.900
 all again

00:41:58.900 --> 00:41:59.420
 is fine.

00:41:59.700 --> 00:42:00.079
 With the

00:42:00.079 --> 00:42:00.460
 change in

00:42:00.460 --> 00:42:00.980
 response to

00:42:00.980 --> 00:42:01.200
 prayer?

00:42:01.640 --> 00:42:02.120
 No,

00:42:02.260 --> 00:42:02.700
 I'm sorry,

00:42:02.860 --> 00:42:03.620
 in Gruden's

00:42:03.620 --> 00:42:04.500
 summary statement.

00:42:04.760 --> 00:42:05.019
 Yet,

00:42:05.620 --> 00:42:06.160
 because,

00:42:07.120 --> 00:42:07.800
 right near

00:42:07.800 --> 00:42:08.539
 the front.

00:42:09.240 --> 00:42:09.380
 Okay,

00:42:09.740 --> 00:42:10.460
 God is

00:42:10.460 --> 00:42:10.980
 unchanging

00:42:10.980 --> 00:42:11.900
 in his

00:42:11.900 --> 00:42:12.160
 being

00:42:12.160 --> 00:42:13.019
 perfections?

00:42:13.019 --> 00:42:15.599
 I think

00:42:15.599 --> 00:42:15.940
 I can

00:42:15.940 --> 00:42:16.440
 read this.

00:42:16.519 --> 00:42:16.759
 A little

00:42:16.759 --> 00:42:17.179
 bit later

00:42:17.179 --> 00:42:17.699
 down there,

00:42:17.820 --> 00:42:18.539
 I say,

00:42:18.940 --> 00:42:20.059
 God acts

00:42:20.059 --> 00:42:21.039
 and feels

00:42:21.039 --> 00:42:21.800
 differently

00:42:21.800 --> 00:42:24.199
 in response

00:42:24.199 --> 00:42:25.840
 to different

00:42:25.840 --> 00:42:26.780
 situations.

00:42:29.519 --> 00:42:30.119
 So,

00:42:30.519 --> 00:42:32.079
 from our

00:42:32.079 --> 00:42:32.739
 perspective,

00:42:34.019 --> 00:42:34.920
 you know,

00:42:35.000 --> 00:42:35.480
 God's

00:42:35.480 --> 00:42:36.480
 plans

00:42:36.480 --> 00:42:37.500
 seem to

00:42:37.500 --> 00:42:38.000
 change,

00:42:38.460 --> 00:42:39.019
 because he

00:42:39.019 --> 00:42:39.480
 says one

00:42:39.480 --> 00:42:39.900
 thing's going

00:42:39.900 --> 00:42:40.300
 to happen,

00:42:40.860 --> 00:42:41.420
 the person

00:42:41.420 --> 00:42:41.920
 changes,

00:42:41.920 --> 00:42:42.940
 situation

00:42:42.940 --> 00:42:43.700
 changes,

00:42:43.940 --> 00:42:44.639
 and then

00:42:44.639 --> 00:42:45.180
 he appears

00:42:45.180 --> 00:42:45.900
 to change

00:42:45.900 --> 00:42:46.680
 his mind.

00:42:49.159 --> 00:42:49.480
 And,

00:42:49.559 --> 00:42:51.159
 let's see

00:42:51.159 --> 00:42:51.519
 here.

00:42:54.820 --> 00:42:55.539
 And,

00:42:55.700 --> 00:42:55.980
 there's a

00:42:55.980 --> 00:42:57.480
 lot of

00:42:57.480 --> 00:42:58.180
 interesting

00:42:58.180 --> 00:42:59.780
 stories about

00:42:59.780 --> 00:43:00.079
 that.

00:43:00.200 --> 00:43:00.599
 Likewise,

00:43:01.420 --> 00:43:02.680
 we have

00:43:02.680 --> 00:43:04.000
 stories

00:43:04.000 --> 00:43:05.519
 where,

00:43:06.519 --> 00:43:07.019
 let's see,

00:43:07.079 --> 00:43:07.440
 I think there's

00:43:07.440 --> 00:43:08.099
 a heading that

00:43:08.099 --> 00:43:08.740
 says something

00:43:08.740 --> 00:43:10.119
 about change

00:43:10.119 --> 00:43:10.619
 in regard

00:43:10.619 --> 00:43:11.279
 to prayer.

00:43:12.940 --> 00:43:13.380
 And,

00:43:13.460 --> 00:43:14.139
 there's a

00:43:14.139 --> 00:43:14.460
 lot of

00:43:14.460 --> 00:43:15.019
 examples

00:43:15.019 --> 00:43:15.519
 listed.

00:43:16.799 --> 00:43:17.519
 Sometimes,

00:43:18.039 --> 00:43:18.960
 God

00:43:18.960 --> 00:43:21.400
 changes his

00:43:21.400 --> 00:43:22.079
 apparent

00:43:22.079 --> 00:43:23.759
 plans in

00:43:23.759 --> 00:43:24.460
 response to

00:43:24.460 --> 00:43:24.779
 prayer.

00:43:25.679 --> 00:43:26.099
 Sometimes,

00:43:26.400 --> 00:43:27.039
 he doesn't.

00:43:30.159 --> 00:43:30.759
 And,

00:43:30.900 --> 00:43:31.319
 sometimes,

00:43:31.619 --> 00:43:31.819
 it,

00:43:32.079 --> 00:43:32.359
 to me,

00:43:32.420 --> 00:43:33.019
 is clear

00:43:33.019 --> 00:43:34.659
 why he

00:43:34.659 --> 00:43:35.819
 does that,

00:43:35.820 --> 00:43:36.320
 and other

00:43:36.320 --> 00:43:36.680
 times,

00:43:36.760 --> 00:43:37.280
 it's not

00:43:37.280 --> 00:43:38.160
 so clear.

00:43:40.740 --> 00:43:41.500
 I want

00:43:41.500 --> 00:43:41.880
 things to

00:43:41.880 --> 00:43:42.320
 be clear.

00:43:42.980 --> 00:43:44.000
 I want,

00:43:44.140 --> 00:43:44.460
 you know,

00:43:44.600 --> 00:43:46.160
 I want the

00:43:46.160 --> 00:43:46.700
 Bible to

00:43:46.700 --> 00:43:47.320
 read like a

00:43:47.320 --> 00:43:48.260
 physics textbook

00:43:48.260 --> 00:43:48.780
 where,

00:43:48.920 --> 00:43:49.160
 you know,

00:43:49.240 --> 00:43:49.980
 each word

00:43:49.980 --> 00:43:50.539
 means the

00:43:50.539 --> 00:43:51.380
 same thing,

00:43:51.380 --> 00:43:51.660
 you know,

00:43:51.700 --> 00:43:52.039
 in every

00:43:52.039 --> 00:43:52.620
 part of the

00:43:52.620 --> 00:43:52.960
 book.

00:43:55.360 --> 00:43:55.880
 But,

00:43:56.160 --> 00:43:57.880
 God chose,

00:43:58.320 --> 00:43:58.900
 I believe for

00:43:58.900 --> 00:43:59.340
 very good

00:43:59.340 --> 00:43:59.740
 reasons,

00:43:59.900 --> 00:44:00.760
 not to

00:44:00.760 --> 00:44:01.220
 write the

00:44:01.220 --> 00:44:02.039
 Bible like a

00:44:02.039 --> 00:44:02.960
 physics textbook.

00:44:02.960 --> 00:44:03.960
 you know,

00:44:04.059 --> 00:44:04.240
 he,

00:44:04.860 --> 00:44:06.019
 because a

00:44:06.019 --> 00:44:06.139
 lot of

00:44:06.139 --> 00:44:06.440
 people don't

00:44:06.440 --> 00:44:07.000
 like physics,

00:44:07.139 --> 00:44:07.400
 you know.

00:44:08.519 --> 00:44:08.920
 But,

00:44:09.000 --> 00:44:09.199
 anyway.

00:44:09.960 --> 00:44:10.500
 I have a

00:44:10.500 --> 00:44:11.099
 quick comment.

00:44:11.240 --> 00:44:11.579
 Yes.

00:44:11.720 --> 00:44:12.059
 I agree,

00:44:12.139 --> 00:44:12.519
 which helps

00:44:12.519 --> 00:44:12.760
 me,

00:44:12.900 --> 00:44:13.579
 is a lot

00:44:13.579 --> 00:44:13.820
 of the

00:44:13.820 --> 00:44:14.240
 times,

00:44:14.400 --> 00:44:15.619
 God says

00:44:15.619 --> 00:44:15.820
 he's going

00:44:15.820 --> 00:44:16.059
 to do

00:44:16.059 --> 00:44:16.400
 something,

00:44:16.519 --> 00:44:16.880
 but there's

00:44:16.880 --> 00:44:18.300
 an implied

00:44:18.300 --> 00:44:19.480
 conditional

00:44:19.480 --> 00:44:20.179
 clause at

00:44:20.179 --> 00:44:20.500
 the end.

00:44:20.840 --> 00:44:21.240
 Exactly.

00:44:21.659 --> 00:44:22.059
 Yes.

00:44:22.400 --> 00:44:22.679
 I'm going

00:44:22.679 --> 00:44:22.900
 to do

00:44:22.900 --> 00:44:23.619
 this unless

00:44:23.619 --> 00:44:24.019
 you repent.

00:44:24.639 --> 00:44:25.039
 Yes.

00:44:25.340 --> 00:44:25.699
 That's what

00:44:25.699 --> 00:44:26.079
 happened with

00:44:26.079 --> 00:44:27.079
 Jonah and

00:44:27.079 --> 00:44:27.440
 Nineveh.

00:44:27.699 --> 00:44:28.099
 Yes.

00:44:28.740 --> 00:44:29.179
 Sometimes,

00:44:29.280 --> 00:44:29.559
 God said,

00:44:29.659 --> 00:44:29.760
 I'm going

00:44:29.760 --> 00:44:30.159
 to do it,

00:44:30.220 --> 00:44:30.639
 but he

00:44:30.639 --> 00:44:31.460
 will,

00:44:32.000 --> 00:44:32.460
 he will,

00:44:32.460 --> 00:44:34.099
 revert his

00:44:34.099 --> 00:44:34.840
 wrath if

00:44:34.840 --> 00:44:35.400
 people repent.

00:44:35.720 --> 00:44:36.159
 Sometimes,

00:44:36.300 --> 00:44:36.780
 not actually

00:44:36.780 --> 00:44:37.780
 listed in

00:44:37.780 --> 00:44:38.519
 what God

00:44:38.519 --> 00:44:38.900
 says,

00:44:38.980 --> 00:44:39.380
 but it's

00:44:39.380 --> 00:44:39.880
 implied.

00:44:40.460 --> 00:44:40.940
 And Jonah

00:44:40.940 --> 00:44:41.679
 three is

00:44:41.679 --> 00:44:42.740
 just a

00:44:42.740 --> 00:44:43.300
 wonderful,

00:44:43.500 --> 00:44:44.139
 heartwarming

00:44:44.139 --> 00:44:45.380
 example of

00:44:45.380 --> 00:44:45.699
 that.

00:44:46.820 --> 00:44:47.099
 In my

00:44:47.099 --> 00:44:47.360
 opinion,

00:44:47.500 --> 00:44:47.639
 if you

00:44:47.639 --> 00:44:48.500
 want a

00:44:48.500 --> 00:44:49.360
 special

00:44:49.360 --> 00:44:49.840
 blessing

00:44:49.840 --> 00:44:50.220
 sometime,

00:44:50.500 --> 00:44:50.699
 read

00:44:50.699 --> 00:44:50.920
 Jonah

00:44:50.920 --> 00:44:51.340
 three.

00:44:53.539 --> 00:44:53.740
 So,

00:44:54.300 --> 00:44:54.840
 are you

00:44:54.840 --> 00:44:55.300
 thinking of

00:44:55.300 --> 00:44:55.679
 that as

00:44:55.679 --> 00:44:56.240
 a small

00:44:56.240 --> 00:44:56.880
 print at

00:44:56.880 --> 00:44:57.179
 the end

00:44:57.179 --> 00:44:57.400
 of a

00:44:57.400 --> 00:44:57.920
 contract?

00:45:00.440 --> 00:45:01.039
 You

00:45:01.039 --> 00:45:01.500
 could think

00:45:01.500 --> 00:45:01.940
 of it that

00:45:01.940 --> 00:45:02.240
 way.

00:45:02.460 --> 00:45:03.920
 But the

00:45:03.920 --> 00:45:05.280
 issue is,

00:45:05.360 --> 00:45:05.639
 in the

00:45:05.639 --> 00:45:06.240
 Bible at

00:45:06.240 --> 00:45:06.440
 least,

00:45:06.559 --> 00:45:07.079
 sometimes the

00:45:07.079 --> 00:45:07.539
 small print

00:45:07.539 --> 00:45:08.099
 doesn't seem

00:45:08.099 --> 00:45:08.500
 to be

00:45:08.500 --> 00:45:08.780
 there.

00:45:09.119 --> 00:45:09.519
 You have

00:45:09.519 --> 00:45:09.980
 to find

00:45:09.980 --> 00:45:10.820
 it someplace

00:45:10.820 --> 00:45:11.699
 else.

00:45:14.980 --> 00:45:16.099
 But that's

00:45:16.099 --> 00:45:17.519
 okay,

00:45:17.679 --> 00:45:18.220
 I think,

00:45:18.860 --> 00:45:20.360
 once I

00:45:20.360 --> 00:45:21.400
 understand that,

00:45:21.800 --> 00:45:22.519
 you know what,

00:45:22.820 --> 00:45:23.579
 you never get

00:45:23.579 --> 00:45:24.480
 the whole story.

00:45:25.579 --> 00:45:25.800
 You know,

00:45:25.840 --> 00:45:26.639
 if somebody

00:45:26.639 --> 00:45:27.320
 were trying to

00:45:27.320 --> 00:45:27.940
 record what

00:45:27.940 --> 00:45:28.400
 happened in

00:45:28.400 --> 00:45:28.740
 the Sunday

00:45:28.740 --> 00:45:29.380
 school class

00:45:29.380 --> 00:45:29.740
 today,

00:45:29.840 --> 00:45:30.039
 you know,

00:45:30.099 --> 00:45:30.639
 they probably

00:45:30.639 --> 00:45:31.880
 would include

00:45:31.880 --> 00:45:32.280
 how many

00:45:32.280 --> 00:45:33.160
 times somebody

00:45:33.160 --> 00:45:34.019
 breathed and

00:45:34.019 --> 00:45:34.460
 how many

00:45:34.460 --> 00:45:35.220
 times,

00:45:35.280 --> 00:45:35.680
 you know,

00:45:35.800 --> 00:45:36.480
 somebody else

00:45:36.480 --> 00:45:37.140
 twitched.

00:45:37.619 --> 00:45:38.519
 And sometimes

00:45:38.519 --> 00:45:38.880
 those are

00:45:38.880 --> 00:45:39.200
 meaningful,

00:45:39.340 --> 00:45:39.840
 sometimes they're

00:45:39.840 --> 00:45:40.059
 not.

00:45:40.180 --> 00:45:40.800
 You never

00:45:40.800 --> 00:45:41.660
 get the

00:45:41.660 --> 00:45:42.480
 whole story.

00:45:42.800 --> 00:45:43.519
 You can't.

00:45:43.840 --> 00:45:45.340
 Because it would

00:45:45.340 --> 00:45:46.019
 take forever,

00:45:46.220 --> 00:45:46.860
 or almost,

00:45:47.059 --> 00:45:47.400
 you know,

00:45:47.400 --> 00:45:48.260
 to read it.

00:45:48.700 --> 00:45:49.519
 So everything

00:45:49.519 --> 00:45:50.840
 is abridged.

00:45:51.759 --> 00:45:53.360
 But God

00:45:53.360 --> 00:45:55.440
 has abridged

00:45:55.440 --> 00:45:57.679
 his description

00:45:57.679 --> 00:45:58.440
 of reality

00:45:58.440 --> 00:45:59.219
 in the Bible

00:45:59.219 --> 00:46:00.380
 in a wonderful

00:46:00.380 --> 00:46:01.400
 way so that

00:46:01.400 --> 00:46:02.480
 we are able

00:46:02.480 --> 00:46:03.119
 to read it

00:46:03.119 --> 00:46:04.159
 and understand

00:46:04.159 --> 00:46:05.159
 it and get

00:46:05.159 --> 00:46:06.440
 truth from it

00:46:06.440 --> 00:46:08.480
 and apply it

00:46:08.480 --> 00:46:09.619
 to our lives.

00:46:09.619 --> 00:46:10.679
 And so

00:46:10.679 --> 00:46:11.920
 here's where

00:46:11.920 --> 00:46:12.440
 I want

00:46:12.440 --> 00:46:13.300
 to

00:46:13.300 --> 00:46:16.699
 end up.

00:46:16.699 --> 00:46:18.579
 under

00:46:18.579 --> 00:46:19.279
 applications

00:46:19.279 --> 00:46:20.000
 at the

00:46:20.000 --> 00:46:20.299
 end.

00:46:20.439 --> 00:46:20.919
 We've

00:46:20.919 --> 00:46:21.359
 already

00:46:21.359 --> 00:46:21.960
 looked at

00:46:21.960 --> 00:46:22.119
 the

00:46:22.119 --> 00:46:22.539
 Malachi

00:46:22.539 --> 00:46:23.879
 passage,

00:46:24.719 --> 00:46:25.579
 which,

00:46:26.059 --> 00:46:26.359
 you know,

00:46:26.419 --> 00:46:26.739
 I could

00:46:26.739 --> 00:46:27.439
 summarize by

00:46:27.439 --> 00:46:27.839
 saying,

00:46:28.379 --> 00:46:31.000
 because God

00:46:31.000 --> 00:46:31.879
 doesn't change,

00:46:32.559 --> 00:46:33.299
 you and your

00:46:33.299 --> 00:46:34.019
 present condition

00:46:34.019 --> 00:46:35.359
 should change,

00:46:35.799 --> 00:46:36.960
 and in response

00:46:36.960 --> 00:46:37.480
 to that,

00:46:37.679 --> 00:46:38.399
 God will

00:46:38.399 --> 00:46:40.059
 change what

00:46:40.059 --> 00:46:41.000
 he's doing

00:46:41.000 --> 00:46:42.899
 in and around

00:46:42.899 --> 00:46:43.139
 you.

00:46:43.139 --> 00:46:46.659
 so

00:46:46.659 --> 00:46:48.480
 that

00:46:48.480 --> 00:46:51.440
 is good

00:46:51.440 --> 00:46:52.000
 news,

00:46:52.059 --> 00:46:52.859
 I would say.

00:46:52.920 --> 00:46:53.359
 There's always

00:46:53.359 --> 00:46:54.099
 a way back

00:46:54.099 --> 00:46:55.739
 to God.

00:46:59.659 --> 00:47:00.299
 And then

00:47:00.299 --> 00:47:00.579
 you have

00:47:00.579 --> 00:47:01.460
 those seeming

00:47:01.460 --> 00:47:02.139
 examples in

00:47:02.139 --> 00:47:02.460
 the Bible

00:47:02.460 --> 00:47:02.859
 where there

00:47:02.859 --> 00:47:03.239
 aren't.

00:47:03.579 --> 00:47:04.099
 But if we're

00:47:04.099 --> 00:47:04.879
 worried about

00:47:04.879 --> 00:47:05.460
 getting back

00:47:05.460 --> 00:47:06.000
 to God,

00:47:06.319 --> 00:47:06.559
 you know,

00:47:06.659 --> 00:47:07.359
 I think,

00:47:09.819 --> 00:47:10.299
 well,

00:47:10.400 --> 00:47:10.639
 anyway,

00:47:10.859 --> 00:47:11.619
 I'm happy

00:47:11.619 --> 00:47:12.099
 about it.

00:47:13.139 --> 00:47:13.619
 Finally,

00:47:13.779 --> 00:47:14.500
 Psalm 102.

00:47:15.460 --> 00:47:16.179
 Some years

00:47:16.179 --> 00:47:16.420
 ago,

00:47:16.480 --> 00:47:16.819
 I read

00:47:16.819 --> 00:47:17.579
 Psalm 102,

00:47:18.339 --> 00:47:18.759
 and I

00:47:18.759 --> 00:47:19.000
 thought,

00:47:19.199 --> 00:47:19.480
 wow,

00:47:19.839 --> 00:47:20.400
 this sounds

00:47:20.400 --> 00:47:20.920
 a lot

00:47:20.920 --> 00:47:21.319
 like

00:47:21.319 --> 00:47:22.159
 Hezekiah.

00:47:23.719 --> 00:47:24.480
 I wonder

00:47:24.480 --> 00:47:25.179
 if Hezekiah

00:47:25.179 --> 00:47:25.759
 wrote this

00:47:25.759 --> 00:47:26.179
 psalm.

00:47:27.739 --> 00:47:28.619
 There's no

00:47:28.619 --> 00:47:29.339
 indication

00:47:29.339 --> 00:47:30.199
 about who

00:47:30.199 --> 00:47:30.500
 wrote

00:47:30.500 --> 00:47:31.420
 Psalm 102.

00:47:31.639 --> 00:47:32.000
 By the way,

00:47:32.039 --> 00:47:32.440
 I encourage

00:47:32.440 --> 00:47:32.940
 you to turn,

00:47:33.000 --> 00:47:33.460
 all of you,

00:47:33.539 --> 00:47:34.199
 to Psalm 102

00:47:34.199 --> 00:47:35.480
 at this point.

00:47:37.480 --> 00:47:38.000
 But

00:47:38.000 --> 00:47:40.079
 as I was

00:47:40.079 --> 00:47:40.480
 doing this

00:47:40.480 --> 00:47:40.759
 study,

00:47:40.819 --> 00:47:41.279
 I found it

00:47:41.279 --> 00:47:42.219
 very interesting

00:47:42.219 --> 00:47:43.179
 that this

00:47:43.179 --> 00:47:44.159
 psalm,

00:47:44.539 --> 00:47:46.039
 which I

00:47:46.039 --> 00:47:46.480
 think more

00:47:46.480 --> 00:47:47.299
 clearly than

00:47:47.299 --> 00:47:47.799
 any other

00:47:47.799 --> 00:47:48.480
 single passage

00:47:48.480 --> 00:47:49.000
 in the Bible

00:47:49.000 --> 00:47:49.639
 says God

00:47:49.639 --> 00:47:50.139
 does not

00:47:50.139 --> 00:47:50.959
 change,

00:47:52.500 --> 00:47:54.980
 includes a

00:47:54.980 --> 00:47:56.239
 prayer for

00:47:56.239 --> 00:47:56.639
 God to

00:47:56.639 --> 00:47:57.459
 change,

00:47:58.219 --> 00:47:58.619
 and He

00:47:58.619 --> 00:47:59.179
 did it.

00:48:01.459 --> 00:48:02.019
 Would

00:48:02.019 --> 00:48:02.399
 somebody

00:48:02.399 --> 00:48:03.659
 please read

00:48:03.659 --> 00:48:05.719
 Psalm 102,

00:48:06.259 --> 00:48:07.019
 starting with

00:48:07.019 --> 00:48:10.539
 verse 23.

00:48:13.739 --> 00:48:14.139
 Thanks.

00:48:14.139 --> 00:48:14.940
 He has

00:48:14.940 --> 00:48:15.400
 broken my

00:48:15.400 --> 00:48:16.019
 strength in

00:48:16.019 --> 00:48:16.599
 midcourse,

00:48:16.780 --> 00:48:17.239
 yet shortened

00:48:17.239 --> 00:48:17.860
 my days.

00:48:18.119 --> 00:48:18.719
 O my God,

00:48:18.840 --> 00:48:19.099
 I say,

00:48:19.699 --> 00:48:20.340
 take me not

00:48:20.340 --> 00:48:20.840
 away in the

00:48:20.840 --> 00:48:21.360
 midst of my

00:48:21.360 --> 00:48:21.739
 days,

00:48:22.159 --> 00:48:22.780
 you whose

00:48:22.780 --> 00:48:23.460
 years endure

00:48:23.460 --> 00:48:24.239
 throughout all

00:48:24.239 --> 00:48:24.759
 generations.

00:48:25.019 --> 00:48:25.900
 So that,

00:48:26.159 --> 00:48:28.960
 whether Hezekiah

00:48:28.960 --> 00:48:29.659
 wrote this

00:48:29.659 --> 00:48:30.579
 psalm or not,

00:48:30.719 --> 00:48:31.259
 that was

00:48:31.259 --> 00:48:31.980
 Hezekiah's

00:48:31.980 --> 00:48:32.759
 situation.

00:48:33.539 --> 00:48:34.380
 God was

00:48:34.380 --> 00:48:35.159
 cutting short

00:48:35.159 --> 00:48:35.879
 his life.

00:48:37.879 --> 00:48:38.819
 And then

00:48:38.819 --> 00:48:40.179
 he asked

00:48:40.179 --> 00:48:42.039
 God to

00:48:42.039 --> 00:48:42.819
 change,

00:48:43.099 --> 00:48:44.619
 you know,

00:48:44.819 --> 00:48:45.599
 what he

00:48:45.599 --> 00:48:46.279
 had declared

00:48:46.279 --> 00:48:47.579
 would happen.

00:48:48.219 --> 00:48:49.579
 And how

00:48:49.579 --> 00:48:50.699
 does he,

00:48:50.879 --> 00:48:51.779
 you know,

00:48:51.960 --> 00:48:52.879
 carry on in

00:48:52.879 --> 00:48:53.500
 his request

00:48:53.500 --> 00:48:54.019
 to God?

00:48:54.159 --> 00:48:54.859
 Please continue.

00:48:54.860 --> 00:49:19.079
 God,

00:49:19.400 --> 00:49:21.840
 please change

00:49:21.840 --> 00:49:22.820
 from what

00:49:22.820 --> 00:49:23.480
 you said you

00:49:23.480 --> 00:49:23.880
 are going

00:49:23.880 --> 00:49:24.360
 to do.

00:49:25.099 --> 00:49:27.079
 Because you

00:49:27.079 --> 00:49:27.559
 do not

00:49:27.559 --> 00:49:28.179
 change.

00:49:29.199 --> 00:49:30.039
 You are

00:49:30.039 --> 00:49:30.659
 the same.

00:49:31.860 --> 00:49:32.420
 And so

00:49:32.420 --> 00:49:33.159
 your people

00:49:33.159 --> 00:49:34.000
 can count

00:49:34.000 --> 00:49:34.740
 on you.

00:49:37.119 --> 00:49:41.079
 And so

00:49:41.079 --> 00:49:41.559
 I have a

00:49:41.559 --> 00:49:42.159
 summary statement

00:49:42.159 --> 00:49:42.679
 at the end,

00:49:42.740 --> 00:49:43.800
 which I have

00:49:43.800 --> 00:49:45.099
 since changed.

00:49:47.420 --> 00:49:48.639
 And I

00:49:48.639 --> 00:49:49.320
 would probably

00:49:49.320 --> 00:49:50.480
 rewrite it,

00:49:50.980 --> 00:49:51.639
 you know,

00:49:51.639 --> 00:49:52.920
 from scratch.

00:49:52.920 --> 00:49:53.659
 But my

00:49:53.659 --> 00:49:55.379
 temporary fix

00:49:55.379 --> 00:49:56.480
 is this.

00:49:57.839 --> 00:49:58.599
 Because

00:49:58.599 --> 00:50:00.539
 God does

00:50:00.539 --> 00:50:01.559
 not change,

00:50:03.400 --> 00:50:04.759
 we,

00:50:05.480 --> 00:50:07.079
 I can't read

00:50:07.079 --> 00:50:07.199
 it,

00:50:07.299 --> 00:50:07.859
 so I'll just

00:50:07.859 --> 00:50:08.359
 tell you,

00:50:08.500 --> 00:50:09.679
 to stick in

00:50:09.679 --> 00:50:10.639
 the word

00:50:10.639 --> 00:50:11.219
 apparent

00:50:11.219 --> 00:50:12.279
 between

00:50:12.279 --> 00:50:14.199
 his and

00:50:14.199 --> 00:50:14.879
 plans.

00:50:14.880 --> 00:50:17.840
 could

00:50:17.840 --> 00:50:18.220
 somebody

00:50:18.220 --> 00:50:19.380
 read it

00:50:19.380 --> 00:50:20.400
 with that

00:50:20.400 --> 00:50:21.019
 edit,

00:50:21.300 --> 00:50:22.119
 like it,

00:50:22.500 --> 00:50:22.800
 yeah.

00:50:22.940 --> 00:50:23.640
 Because God

00:50:23.640 --> 00:50:24.119
 does not

00:50:24.119 --> 00:50:24.680
 change,

00:50:24.900 --> 00:50:25.280
 we can

00:50:25.280 --> 00:50:25.680
 count on

00:50:25.680 --> 00:50:26.039
 him to

00:50:26.039 --> 00:50:26.680
 change his

00:50:26.680 --> 00:50:27.519
 appearance

00:50:27.519 --> 00:50:28.360
 plans for

00:50:28.360 --> 00:50:28.940
 us as we

00:50:28.940 --> 00:50:29.400
 change.

00:50:30.440 --> 00:50:30.640
 And

00:50:30.640 --> 00:50:31.260
 particularly

00:50:31.260 --> 00:50:32.240
 as we

00:50:32.240 --> 00:50:33.019
 draw near

00:50:33.019 --> 00:50:33.500
 to him,

00:50:34.700 --> 00:50:37.840
 we can

00:50:37.840 --> 00:50:38.760
 count on

00:50:38.760 --> 00:50:40.820
 him to

00:50:40.820 --> 00:50:42.340
 change the

00:50:42.340 --> 00:50:43.680
 current

00:50:43.680 --> 00:50:44.300
 situation

00:50:44.300 --> 00:50:44.760
 and the

00:50:44.760 --> 00:50:45.100
 apparent

00:50:45.100 --> 00:50:46.360
 plans for

00:50:46.360 --> 00:50:46.680
 good.

00:50:47.640 --> 00:50:47.880
 Now,

00:50:47.920 --> 00:50:48.079
 it may

00:50:48.079 --> 00:50:48.680
 not be

00:50:48.680 --> 00:50:50.900
 what we

00:50:50.900 --> 00:50:51.519
 asked for

00:50:51.519 --> 00:50:52.100
 or hoped

00:50:52.100 --> 00:50:52.340
 for,

00:50:52.460 --> 00:50:53.300
 like Paul's

00:50:53.300 --> 00:50:53.740
 thorn in

00:50:53.740 --> 00:50:54.160
 the flesh.

00:50:55.079 --> 00:50:55.600
 Prayed

00:50:55.600 --> 00:50:56.200
 three times

00:50:56.200 --> 00:50:56.600
 that God

00:50:56.600 --> 00:50:57.260
 would take

00:50:57.260 --> 00:50:57.780
 that away.

00:50:58.260 --> 00:50:58.860
 But God

00:50:58.860 --> 00:50:59.500
 had a

00:50:59.500 --> 00:51:00.000
 really good

00:51:00.000 --> 00:51:00.460
 plan.

00:51:03.539 --> 00:51:04.280
 And Paul

00:51:04.280 --> 00:51:04.920
 changed.

00:51:05.700 --> 00:51:06.160
 He changed

00:51:06.160 --> 00:51:06.579
 from one

00:51:06.579 --> 00:51:07.160
 who was

00:51:07.160 --> 00:51:08.019
 complaining

00:51:08.019 --> 00:51:08.920
 and unhappy,

00:51:09.360 --> 00:51:10.059
 maybe miserable

00:51:10.059 --> 00:51:10.800
 because of

00:51:10.800 --> 00:51:11.320
 his thorn in

00:51:11.320 --> 00:51:11.720
 the flesh,

00:51:11.719 --> 00:51:12.959
 to someone

00:51:12.959 --> 00:51:13.359
 who could

00:51:13.359 --> 00:51:14.599
 rejoice in

00:51:14.599 --> 00:51:15.379
 his weakness

00:51:15.379 --> 00:51:16.799
 because God's

00:51:16.799 --> 00:51:18.419
 strength was

00:51:18.419 --> 00:51:20.019
 revealed in

00:51:20.019 --> 00:51:20.239
 it.

00:51:23.480 --> 00:51:24.079
 So,

00:51:24.799 --> 00:51:27.339
 it kind

00:51:27.339 --> 00:51:27.579
 of gets

00:51:27.579 --> 00:51:28.599
 the paradox

00:51:28.599 --> 00:51:29.139
 of prayer,

00:51:29.439 --> 00:51:29.659
 right?

00:51:30.000 --> 00:51:30.599
 It does,

00:51:30.859 --> 00:51:31.500
 it does.

00:51:31.619 --> 00:51:32.839
 I will do

00:51:32.839 --> 00:51:33.459
 this,

00:51:33.779 --> 00:51:34.179
 yet he

00:51:34.179 --> 00:51:34.659
 commands us

00:51:34.659 --> 00:51:35.399
 to pray that

00:51:35.399 --> 00:51:35.859
 God will

00:51:35.859 --> 00:51:36.439
 accomplish his

00:51:36.439 --> 00:51:36.779
 purposes.

00:51:37.319 --> 00:51:37.339
 So,

00:51:38.079 --> 00:51:38.899
 in a way,

00:51:39.059 --> 00:51:39.379
 like we're

00:51:39.379 --> 00:51:39.799
 praying,

00:51:39.939 --> 00:51:40.279
 but God

00:51:40.279 --> 00:51:41.639
 is already

00:51:41.639 --> 00:51:43.039
 ordained that

00:51:43.039 --> 00:51:43.599
 he is going

00:51:43.599 --> 00:51:44.079
 to triumph

00:51:44.079 --> 00:51:45.119
 over our

00:51:45.119 --> 00:51:45.500
 enemy.

00:51:46.199 --> 00:51:46.659
 And God

00:51:46.659 --> 00:51:47.139
 does to do

00:51:47.139 --> 00:51:47.480
 us both.

00:51:47.659 --> 00:51:48.259
 And that's,

00:51:48.859 --> 00:51:49.259
 you need to

00:51:49.259 --> 00:51:50.379
 just keep

00:51:50.379 --> 00:51:50.739
 doing,

00:51:51.219 --> 00:51:51.619
 keep those

00:51:51.619 --> 00:51:51.960
 intentions.

00:51:52.099 --> 00:51:52.259
 We're going

00:51:52.259 --> 00:51:52.659
 to pray,

00:51:52.839 --> 00:51:53.199
 but also

00:51:53.199 --> 00:51:54.179
 trust that God's

00:51:54.179 --> 00:51:54.779
 plan is,

00:51:55.559 --> 00:51:55.799
 you know,

00:51:55.839 --> 00:51:56.819
 he's declared

00:51:56.819 --> 00:51:57.480
 the final victory

00:51:57.480 --> 00:51:58.359
 and we're going

00:51:58.359 --> 00:51:58.960
 to rejoice

00:51:58.960 --> 00:51:59.339
 with him

00:51:59.339 --> 00:52:00.000
 on that final

00:52:00.000 --> 00:52:00.279
 day.

00:52:01.059 --> 00:52:01.379
 But yeah,

00:52:01.420 --> 00:52:01.779
 we're called

00:52:01.779 --> 00:52:02.339
 to pray

00:52:02.339 --> 00:52:03.400
 for this

00:52:03.400 --> 00:52:05.359
 that's come

00:52:05.359 --> 00:52:05.779
 to pass.

00:52:05.879 --> 00:52:06.239
 Come Lord

00:52:06.239 --> 00:52:06.559
 Jesus,

00:52:06.699 --> 00:52:07.079
 the last

00:52:07.079 --> 00:52:07.519
 word of the

00:52:07.519 --> 00:52:07.799
 Bible.

00:52:07.800 --> 00:52:09.280
 we are

00:52:09.280 --> 00:52:10.940
 to pray

00:52:10.940 --> 00:52:11.240
 a couple.

00:52:11.820 --> 00:52:12.260
 Yes,

00:52:12.940 --> 00:52:13.519
 yes.

00:52:17.100 --> 00:52:17.800
 I don't

00:52:17.800 --> 00:52:18.440
 understand how

00:52:18.440 --> 00:52:19.019
 it works,

00:52:19.700 --> 00:52:20.620
 but I do

00:52:20.620 --> 00:52:21.320
 know this.

00:52:21.840 --> 00:52:22.580
 God is

00:52:22.580 --> 00:52:23.039
 faithful.

00:52:23.539 --> 00:52:24.180
 He loves

00:52:24.180 --> 00:52:24.560
 us.

00:52:24.840 --> 00:52:25.380
 He doesn't

00:52:25.380 --> 00:52:25.980
 change on

00:52:25.980 --> 00:52:26.220
 that.

00:52:26.500 --> 00:52:27.080
 And as we

00:52:27.080 --> 00:52:28.160
 draw near to

00:52:28.160 --> 00:52:28.560
 him,

00:52:29.060 --> 00:52:29.900
 he is going

00:52:29.900 --> 00:52:30.400
 to do

00:52:30.400 --> 00:52:31.180
 something

00:52:31.180 --> 00:52:33.740
 good in

00:52:33.740 --> 00:52:34.420
 our lives.

00:52:34.420 --> 00:52:35.720
 and many

00:52:35.720 --> 00:52:36.079
 times it

00:52:36.079 --> 00:52:36.400
 will look

00:52:36.400 --> 00:52:36.820
 like a big

00:52:36.820 --> 00:52:37.720
 change and

00:52:37.720 --> 00:52:38.119
 other times

00:52:38.119 --> 00:52:38.559
 it won't.

00:52:38.920 --> 00:52:40.800
 But if

00:52:40.800 --> 00:52:41.360
 we're there

00:52:41.360 --> 00:52:42.039
 in the arms

00:52:42.039 --> 00:52:42.599
 of Jesus,

00:52:43.039 --> 00:52:47.039
 that is a

00:52:47.039 --> 00:52:47.720
 good thing.

00:52:49.780 --> 00:52:50.500
 He is

00:52:50.500 --> 00:52:50.860
 faithful.

00:52:53.059 --> 00:52:53.380
 Yeah.

00:52:54.139 --> 00:52:56.300
 So I'm

00:52:56.300 --> 00:52:56.680
 going to

00:52:56.680 --> 00:52:57.639
 close with

00:52:57.639 --> 00:52:58.720
 prayer and

00:52:58.720 --> 00:53:00.079
 then you

00:53:00.079 --> 00:53:00.619
 will be

00:53:00.619 --> 00:53:01.019
 free to

00:53:01.019 --> 00:53:01.579
 depart or

00:53:01.579 --> 00:53:01.920
 stay.

00:53:04.420 --> 00:53:05.460
 Oh Lord,

00:53:06.180 --> 00:53:06.579
 I,

00:53:07.280 --> 00:53:08.360
 we don't

00:53:08.360 --> 00:53:08.860
 understand

00:53:08.860 --> 00:53:10.079
 you

00:53:10.079 --> 00:53:11.900
 in

00:53:11.900 --> 00:53:12.760
 your

00:53:12.760 --> 00:53:13.360
 entirety.

00:53:13.860 --> 00:53:14.639
 But we

00:53:14.639 --> 00:53:15.340
 thank you

00:53:15.340 --> 00:53:16.300
 for revealing

00:53:16.300 --> 00:53:17.139
 so much

00:53:17.139 --> 00:53:17.800
 about yourself

00:53:17.800 --> 00:53:18.700
 to us.

00:53:20.059 --> 00:53:20.900
 And we

00:53:20.900 --> 00:53:21.340
 ask that

00:53:21.340 --> 00:53:21.880
 we'll put

00:53:21.880 --> 00:53:22.539
 that which

00:53:22.539 --> 00:53:23.280
 we know

00:53:23.280 --> 00:53:24.019
 into

00:53:24.019 --> 00:53:24.680
 practice.

00:53:26.480 --> 00:53:27.320
 Today,

00:53:27.860 --> 00:53:28.559
 may we

00:53:28.559 --> 00:53:29.119
 abide

00:53:29.119 --> 00:53:30.420
 in you

00:53:30.420 --> 00:53:32.400
 that we

00:53:32.400 --> 00:53:32.920
 may bear

00:53:32.920 --> 00:53:34.340
 fruit for

00:53:34.340 --> 00:53:34.619
 you.

00:53:34.820 --> 00:53:35.180
 May we

00:53:35.180 --> 00:53:36.360
 please you

00:53:36.360 --> 00:53:37.340
 that we

00:53:37.340 --> 00:53:38.099
 may share

00:53:38.099 --> 00:53:38.559
 in your

00:53:38.559 --> 00:53:39.119
 joy.

00:53:41.800 --> 00:53:42.440
 May

00:53:42.440 --> 00:53:44.360
 you

00:53:44.360 --> 00:53:45.180
 use us

00:53:45.180 --> 00:53:45.960
 to be a

00:53:45.960 --> 00:53:46.340
 blessing

00:53:46.340 --> 00:53:47.400
 to others.

00:53:48.840 --> 00:53:49.599
 For the

00:53:49.599 --> 00:53:50.180
 glory of

00:53:50.180 --> 00:53:50.460
 Jesus'

00:53:50.720 --> 00:53:50.920
 name.

00:53:51.880 --> 00:53:52.360
 Amen.

00:53:52.360 --> 00:53:52.480
 Amen.

00:53:52.480 --> 00:53:53.059
 Amen.

00:53:53.059 --> 00:53:53.139
 Amen.

00:53:53.139 --> 00:53:53.180
 Amen.

00:53:53.180 --> 00:53:53.200
 Amen.

00:53:53.200 --> 00:53:53.260
 Amen.

00:53:53.260 --> 00:53:53.280
 Amen.

00:53:53.280 --> 00:53:53.300
 Amen.

00:53:53.300 --> 00:53:53.760
 Amen.

00:53:53.760 --> 00:53:55.200
 Amen.

00:53:55.200 --> 00:53:55.260
 Amen.

00:53:55.260 --> 00:53:55.280
 Amen.

00:53:55.280 --> 00:53:55.420
 Amen.

00:53:55.420 --> 00:53:55.680
 Amen.

00:53:55.680 --> 00:53:55.840
 Amen.

00:53:55.840 --> 00:53:56.420
 Amen.

00:53:56.420 --> 00:53:57.420
 Amen.

00:53:57.420 --> 00:54:00.400
 Amen.

00:54:00.420 --> 00:54:04.599
 Amen.

00:54:08.599 --> 00:54:09.280
 You're

00:54:09.280 --> 00:54:09.599
 welcome.

00:54:09.960 --> 00:54:10.260
 Is that

00:54:10.260 --> 00:54:10.599
 Chris?

00:54:10.740 --> 00:54:11.099
 Yes.

00:54:11.220 --> 00:54:11.440
 Hi,

00:54:11.519 --> 00:54:11.880
 Chris.

00:54:15.940 --> 00:54:16.500
 Amen.