WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.219 this is Matthias Schlitter. 00:00:05.639 --> 00:00:06.940 I've been practicing that all week. 00:00:07.080 --> 00:00:08.080 It could have been embarrassing. 00:00:08.620 --> 00:00:09.980 Matthias Schlitter. 00:00:10.820 --> 00:00:15.880 And he is the 14 times world arm wrestling champion. 00:00:17.400 --> 00:00:19.800 And he has a distinct disadvantage 00:00:19.800 --> 00:00:23.300 because he has a genetic malformation 00:00:23.300 --> 00:00:27.679 that means his right hand is 40% bigger than his left hand. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:31.399 They call him Popeye 00:00:31.399 --> 00:00:34.119 because I guess that's what Popeye looks like 00:00:34.119 --> 00:00:37.119 if he only ate half a portion of spinach. 00:00:38.259 --> 00:00:39.359 And you have to say, 00:00:39.500 --> 00:00:42.960 if you were Matthias' opponent, 00:00:44.539 --> 00:00:46.019 you'd think this is a little bit unfair. 00:00:46.019 --> 00:00:50.200 He's almost like an X-Man with his huge right hand. 00:00:51.280 --> 00:00:55.359 What we're going to see today in Exodus chapters 6 to 10 00:00:55.359 --> 00:00:58.620 is a cosmic mismatch. 00:00:58.619 --> 00:01:01.820 We're going to see God and Egypt 00:01:01.820 --> 00:01:05.939 engaged in a battle for hearts and minds. 00:01:06.739 --> 00:01:09.739 We're going to see incredible things. 00:01:09.840 --> 00:01:11.439 It's like the rumble in the jungle, 00:01:11.640 --> 00:01:12.920 the thriller in Manila, 00:01:13.079 --> 00:01:14.099 Rocky 1 to 6, 00:01:14.439 --> 00:01:15.640 all rolled into one. 00:01:16.319 --> 00:01:19.560 What we have before us is an unbelievable drama. 00:01:19.560 --> 00:01:21.879 As Yahweh, 00:01:22.439 --> 00:01:25.079 the God of the Israelites, 00:01:25.260 --> 00:01:27.159 does battle with Pharaoh, 00:01:27.159 --> 00:01:31.100 one of the gods considered by the Egyptians. 00:01:32.040 --> 00:01:34.260 It is a cosmic mismatch. 00:01:35.260 --> 00:01:36.359 He would take the odds 00:01:36.359 --> 00:01:38.820 on beating the German arm wrestler 00:01:38.820 --> 00:01:40.680 any day of the week. 00:01:41.379 --> 00:01:42.540 So if you've got a Bible, 00:01:43.300 --> 00:01:45.439 please turn to Exodus chapter 7 00:01:45.439 --> 00:01:47.780 and we'll read verses 2 to 5. 00:01:48.000 --> 00:01:49.179 You should have also got a handout 00:01:49.179 --> 00:01:50.759 as you came in, 00:01:50.799 --> 00:01:53.840 which will be so useful to you. 00:01:54.959 --> 00:01:56.799 Exodus chapter 7 verse 2. 00:01:57.159 --> 00:01:59.379 You are to say everything I command you 00:01:59.379 --> 00:02:00.780 and your brother Aaron 00:02:00.780 --> 00:02:01.719 is to tell Pharaoh 00:02:01.719 --> 00:02:04.000 to let the Israelites go out of his country. 00:02:04.500 --> 00:02:06.599 But I will harden Pharaoh's heart 00:02:06.599 --> 00:02:08.699 and though I multiply my signs 00:02:08.699 --> 00:02:09.819 and wonders in Egypt, 00:02:10.079 --> 00:02:11.780 he will not listen to you. 00:02:12.280 --> 00:02:14.180 Then I will lay my hand on Egypt 00:02:14.180 --> 00:02:16.479 and with mighty acts of judgment, 00:02:17.019 --> 00:02:18.539 I will bring up my divisions, 00:02:18.699 --> 00:02:20.019 my people, the Israelites. 00:02:20.659 --> 00:02:22.659 And the Egyptians will know 00:02:22.659 --> 00:02:24.219 that I am the Lord 00:02:24.219 --> 00:02:27.799 when I stretch out my hand against Egypt 00:02:27.799 --> 00:02:30.979 and bring the Israelites out of it. 00:02:31.579 --> 00:02:33.419 Here's the big theme of this morning. 00:02:34.539 --> 00:02:35.780 God will be God 00:02:35.780 --> 00:02:38.020 and everyone will know it. 00:02:38.140 --> 00:02:40.120 God will be God 00:02:40.120 --> 00:02:43.900 and everyone will know it. 00:02:45.080 --> 00:02:46.379 And so in chapter 7, 00:02:46.460 --> 00:02:48.460 just a little bit further down in verse 8, 00:02:48.920 --> 00:02:50.460 we come to like the weigh-in 00:02:50.460 --> 00:02:52.099 that you have before all good. 00:02:52.659 --> 00:02:53.719 Boxing matches. 00:02:55.759 --> 00:02:57.979 It's the sparring and the trash talk. 00:02:59.319 --> 00:03:01.000 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, 00:03:01.139 --> 00:03:02.259 when Pharaoh says to you, 00:03:02.580 --> 00:03:03.539 perform a miracle, 00:03:04.139 --> 00:03:05.039 then say to Aaron, 00:03:05.039 --> 00:03:05.900 take your staff 00:03:05.900 --> 00:03:07.280 and throw it before Pharaoh 00:03:07.280 --> 00:03:09.139 and it will become a snake. 00:03:09.799 --> 00:03:11.859 So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh 00:03:11.859 --> 00:03:13.560 and did just as the Lord commanded. 00:03:14.039 --> 00:03:15.719 Aaron threw his staff down 00:03:15.719 --> 00:03:16.840 in front of Pharaoh 00:03:16.840 --> 00:03:18.000 and his officials 00:03:18.000 --> 00:03:19.159 and it became a snake. 00:03:19.959 --> 00:03:20.719 Pharaoh then summoned 00:03:20.719 --> 00:03:22.419 the wise men and sorcerers 00:03:22.419 --> 00:03:24.539 and the Egyptian magicians 00:03:24.539 --> 00:03:25.979 also did the same things 00:03:25.979 --> 00:03:27.459 by their secret acts. 00:03:28.299 --> 00:03:29.859 Each one threw down his staff 00:03:29.860 --> 00:03:31.020 and it became a snake. 00:03:31.720 --> 00:03:36.240 But Aaron's staff swallowed up their staffs. 00:03:36.980 --> 00:03:38.420 It's a bit of a sign 00:03:38.420 --> 00:03:40.080 of things to come. 00:03:41.340 --> 00:03:42.400 That Aaron's done 00:03:42.400 --> 00:03:45.000 a miraculous sign 00:03:45.000 --> 00:03:47.680 and the wise men and sorcerers 00:03:47.680 --> 00:03:48.640 have copied it 00:03:48.640 --> 00:03:50.460 and Aaron's snake 00:03:50.460 --> 00:03:51.080 has swallowed 00:03:51.080 --> 00:03:52.640 all the other snakes. 00:03:52.639 --> 00:03:53.759 It's a bit of a sign 00:03:53.759 --> 00:03:56.459 of things to come. 00:03:57.219 --> 00:03:58.179 We can't actually read 00:03:58.179 --> 00:03:59.259 the whole account this morning. 00:03:59.639 --> 00:04:02.119 So please just turn to Exodus chapter 9 00:04:02.119 --> 00:04:04.379 and we'll read about the plague of hail 00:04:04.379 --> 00:04:06.019 just to give us 00:04:06.019 --> 00:04:07.139 a bit of a flavor 00:04:07.139 --> 00:04:08.339 of how this is happening. 00:04:08.340 --> 00:04:14.300 Then the Lord said to Moses 00:04:14.300 --> 00:04:15.800 get up early in the morning 00:04:15.800 --> 00:04:17.379 confront Pharaoh 00:04:17.379 --> 00:04:18.100 and say to him 00:04:18.100 --> 00:04:19.000 this is what the Lord 00:04:19.000 --> 00:04:20.399 the God of the Hebrews says 00:04:20.399 --> 00:04:21.660 let my people go 00:04:21.660 --> 00:04:23.660 so that they may worship me 00:04:23.660 --> 00:04:25.019 or this time 00:04:25.019 --> 00:04:26.300 I will send the full force 00:04:26.300 --> 00:04:27.639 of my plagues against you 00:04:27.639 --> 00:04:28.759 and against your officials 00:04:28.759 --> 00:04:29.600 and your people 00:04:29.600 --> 00:04:31.079 so that you may know 00:04:31.079 --> 00:04:32.540 that there is no one like me 00:04:32.540 --> 00:04:33.420 in all the earth. 00:04:34.280 --> 00:04:34.860 For by now 00:04:34.860 --> 00:04:35.959 I could have stretched 00:04:35.959 --> 00:04:37.139 out my hand 00:04:37.139 --> 00:04:37.899 and struck you 00:04:37.899 --> 00:04:38.539 and your people 00:04:38.539 --> 00:04:39.299 with a plague 00:04:39.299 --> 00:04:40.579 that would have wiped you 00:04:40.579 --> 00:04:41.500 off the earth 00:04:41.500 --> 00:04:43.000 but I have raised you up 00:04:43.000 --> 00:04:44.019 for this very purpose 00:04:44.019 --> 00:04:45.579 that I might show you 00:04:45.579 --> 00:04:46.199 my power 00:04:46.199 --> 00:04:47.159 and that my name 00:04:47.159 --> 00:04:47.959 might be proclaimed 00:04:47.959 --> 00:04:48.939 in all the earth. 00:04:49.939 --> 00:04:51.419 You still set yourself 00:04:51.419 --> 00:04:52.399 against my people 00:04:52.399 --> 00:04:53.620 and will not let them go. 00:04:54.319 --> 00:04:54.599 Therefore 00:04:54.599 --> 00:04:55.639 at this time tomorrow 00:04:55.639 --> 00:04:56.239 I will send 00:04:56.239 --> 00:04:57.379 the worst hail storm 00:04:57.379 --> 00:04:58.299 that has ever fallen 00:04:58.299 --> 00:04:58.899 on Egypt 00:04:58.899 --> 00:04:59.759 from the day 00:04:59.759 --> 00:05:01.459 it was founded till now. 00:05:02.259 --> 00:05:03.259 Give an order now 00:05:03.259 --> 00:05:04.239 to bring your livestock 00:05:04.239 --> 00:05:05.319 and everything you have 00:05:05.319 --> 00:05:05.799 in the field 00:05:05.799 --> 00:05:06.899 to a place of shelter 00:05:06.899 --> 00:05:08.279 because the hail 00:05:08.279 --> 00:05:08.899 will fall on 00:05:08.899 --> 00:05:09.799 every person 00:05:09.799 --> 00:05:10.560 and animal 00:05:10.560 --> 00:05:11.599 that has not been 00:05:11.599 --> 00:05:12.099 brought in 00:05:12.099 --> 00:05:12.879 and is still out 00:05:12.879 --> 00:05:13.439 in the field 00:05:13.439 --> 00:05:14.759 and they will die. 00:05:15.560 --> 00:05:16.779 Those officials of Pharaoh 00:05:16.779 --> 00:05:17.719 who feared the word 00:05:17.719 --> 00:05:18.259 of the Lord 00:05:18.259 --> 00:05:19.859 hurried to bring the slaves 00:05:19.859 --> 00:05:20.519 and their livestock 00:05:20.519 --> 00:05:21.139 inside 00:05:21.139 --> 00:05:22.819 but those who ignored 00:05:22.819 --> 00:05:23.839 the word of the Lord 00:05:23.839 --> 00:05:25.060 left their slaves 00:05:25.060 --> 00:05:25.620 and livestock 00:05:25.620 --> 00:05:26.439 in the field. 00:05:27.439 --> 00:05:27.939 Then the Lord 00:05:27.939 --> 00:05:28.539 said to Moses 00:05:28.539 --> 00:05:29.439 stretch out your hand 00:05:29.439 --> 00:05:30.219 towards the sky 00:05:30.219 --> 00:05:30.899 so that hail 00:05:30.899 --> 00:05:32.359 will fall all over Egypt 00:05:32.360 --> 00:05:34.220 on people and animals 00:05:34.220 --> 00:05:35.120 and on everything 00:05:35.120 --> 00:05:36.420 growing in the fields 00:05:36.420 --> 00:05:37.060 of Egypt. 00:05:38.120 --> 00:05:38.980 When Moses 00:05:38.980 --> 00:05:40.040 stretched out his staff 00:05:40.040 --> 00:05:40.980 towards the sky 00:05:40.980 --> 00:05:41.980 the Lord sent 00:05:41.980 --> 00:05:42.920 thunder and hail 00:05:42.920 --> 00:05:44.000 and lightning flashed 00:05:44.000 --> 00:05:45.060 down to the ground. 00:05:46.000 --> 00:05:46.520 So the Lord 00:05:46.520 --> 00:05:47.620 rained hail down 00:05:47.620 --> 00:05:49.400 on the land of Egypt. 00:05:50.340 --> 00:05:50.960 Hail fell 00:05:50.960 --> 00:05:52.000 and lightning flashed 00:05:52.000 --> 00:05:52.740 back and forth. 00:05:53.100 --> 00:05:54.139 It was the worst storm 00:05:54.139 --> 00:05:55.439 in all the land of Egypt 00:05:55.439 --> 00:05:56.319 since it had become 00:05:56.319 --> 00:05:56.860 a nation. 00:05:57.819 --> 00:05:58.520 Throughout Egypt 00:05:58.520 --> 00:05:59.660 hail struck everything 00:05:59.660 --> 00:06:00.500 in the fields 00:06:00.500 --> 00:06:01.960 both people and animals 00:06:01.960 --> 00:06:02.939 it beat down 00:06:02.939 --> 00:06:03.939 everything growing 00:06:03.939 --> 00:06:04.520 in the fields 00:06:04.520 --> 00:06:05.680 and stripped every tree. 00:06:06.880 --> 00:06:07.820 The only place 00:06:07.820 --> 00:06:08.800 it did not hail 00:06:08.800 --> 00:06:10.580 was the land of Goshen 00:06:10.580 --> 00:06:11.840 where the Israelites were. 00:06:12.960 --> 00:06:13.480 Then Pharaoh 00:06:13.480 --> 00:06:14.220 summoned Moses 00:06:14.220 --> 00:06:14.700 and Aaron 00:06:14.700 --> 00:06:15.800 this time I have sinned 00:06:15.800 --> 00:06:16.460 he said to them 00:06:16.460 --> 00:06:18.060 the Lord is in the right 00:06:18.060 --> 00:06:19.320 and I and my people 00:06:19.320 --> 00:06:20.040 are in the wrong. 00:06:20.680 --> 00:06:21.379 Pray to the Lord 00:06:21.379 --> 00:06:21.980 for we have had 00:06:21.980 --> 00:06:23.160 enough thunder and hail 00:06:23.160 --> 00:06:24.500 I will let you go 00:06:24.500 --> 00:06:25.620 you don't have to stay 00:06:25.620 --> 00:06:26.240 any longer. 00:06:27.280 --> 00:06:27.960 Moses replied 00:06:27.960 --> 00:06:28.500 when I have gone out 00:06:28.500 --> 00:06:28.860 of the city 00:06:28.860 --> 00:06:29.520 I will spread out 00:06:29.520 --> 00:06:30.340 my hands in prayer 00:06:30.340 --> 00:06:30.920 to the Lord 00:06:30.920 --> 00:06:32.300 the thunder will stop 00:06:32.300 --> 00:06:32.960 and there will be 00:06:32.960 --> 00:06:33.759 no more hail 00:06:33.759 --> 00:06:35.060 so you may know 00:06:35.060 --> 00:06:36.060 that the earth 00:06:36.060 --> 00:06:37.100 is the Lord's. 00:06:37.900 --> 00:06:38.460 But I know 00:06:38.460 --> 00:06:39.480 that you and your officials 00:06:39.480 --> 00:06:40.980 still do not fear the Lord. 00:06:41.540 --> 00:06:42.620 The flax and the barley 00:06:42.620 --> 00:06:43.319 were destroyed 00:06:43.319 --> 00:06:44.120 since the barley 00:06:44.120 --> 00:06:44.920 was in the ear 00:06:44.920 --> 00:06:46.100 and the flax was in bloom. 00:06:46.580 --> 00:06:47.520 The wheat and the spelt 00:06:47.520 --> 00:06:48.780 however were not destroyed 00:06:48.780 --> 00:06:50.740 because they ripened later. 00:06:51.460 --> 00:06:52.580 When Moses left Pharaoh 00:06:52.580 --> 00:06:53.560 and went out of the city 00:06:53.560 --> 00:06:54.980 he spread out his hands 00:06:54.980 --> 00:06:55.860 towards the Lord. 00:06:56.240 --> 00:06:57.139 The thunder and hail 00:06:57.139 --> 00:06:58.000 stopped and the rain 00:06:58.000 --> 00:06:59.019 no longer poured down 00:06:59.019 --> 00:06:59.680 on the land. 00:07:00.339 --> 00:07:01.139 When Pharaoh saw 00:07:01.139 --> 00:07:02.100 that the rain and hail 00:07:02.100 --> 00:07:03.180 and thunder had stopped 00:07:03.180 --> 00:07:03.959 he sinned again. 00:07:04.480 --> 00:07:05.480 He and his officials 00:07:05.480 --> 00:07:06.680 hardened their hearts 00:07:06.680 --> 00:07:08.199 so Pharaoh's heart 00:07:08.199 --> 00:07:08.800 was hard 00:07:08.800 --> 00:07:09.560 and he would not 00:07:09.560 --> 00:07:10.680 let the Israelites go 00:07:10.680 --> 00:07:12.139 just as the Lord 00:07:12.139 --> 00:07:12.759 had said 00:07:12.759 --> 00:07:14.180 through Moses. 00:07:14.839 --> 00:07:15.660 I guess it is 00:07:15.660 --> 00:07:16.680 such a famous story 00:07:16.680 --> 00:07:17.000 isn't it? 00:07:17.019 --> 00:07:18.519 These nine plagues. 00:07:19.660 --> 00:07:20.420 We start 00:07:20.420 --> 00:07:22.600 quite small scale 00:07:22.600 --> 00:07:23.759 with the staff 00:07:23.759 --> 00:07:25.180 that turns into a snake. 00:07:25.180 --> 00:07:27.459 We then move to blood 00:07:27.459 --> 00:07:28.800 and the river Nile 00:07:28.800 --> 00:07:30.300 becoming blood 00:07:30.300 --> 00:07:32.199 and if you read it 00:07:32.199 --> 00:07:33.620 it becomes really unpleasant 00:07:33.620 --> 00:07:35.240 because they don't have 00:07:35.240 --> 00:07:36.199 any water to drink 00:07:36.199 --> 00:07:37.540 but also all the fish die. 00:07:38.740 --> 00:07:39.319 I don't know if you ever 00:07:39.319 --> 00:07:40.639 walked past a fishmonger 00:07:40.639 --> 00:07:41.660 on a Friday night 00:07:41.660 --> 00:07:43.500 but the smell of all the fish 00:07:43.500 --> 00:07:44.280 that they've thrown away 00:07:44.280 --> 00:07:45.199 that they haven't been able 00:07:45.199 --> 00:07:46.040 to sell 00:07:46.040 --> 00:07:47.579 horrendous. 00:07:48.220 --> 00:07:49.460 Just imagine that's running 00:07:49.460 --> 00:07:50.060 down the middle 00:07:50.060 --> 00:07:50.759 of your city 00:07:50.759 --> 00:07:52.339 with dead 00:07:52.339 --> 00:07:53.199 Nemo 00:07:53.199 --> 00:07:54.779 all over the place. 00:07:56.819 --> 00:07:58.159 Then we get frogs 00:07:58.159 --> 00:08:00.560 and this too 00:08:00.560 --> 00:08:01.819 is utterly disgusting. 00:08:02.360 --> 00:08:03.360 It says in the narrative 00:08:03.360 --> 00:08:03.920 that frogs 00:08:03.920 --> 00:08:04.740 will be absolutely 00:08:04.740 --> 00:08:05.379 everywhere. 00:08:05.879 --> 00:08:07.039 They'll be in your house 00:08:07.039 --> 00:08:08.539 they'll be in your bedroom 00:08:08.539 --> 00:08:10.139 they'll be on your bed 00:08:10.139 --> 00:08:11.719 they'll be on your kneading troughs 00:08:11.719 --> 00:08:12.779 where you make the bread 00:08:12.779 --> 00:08:14.000 and they'll be in your ovens 00:08:14.000 --> 00:08:14.959 while you cook the bread. 00:08:15.560 --> 00:08:17.019 I've got a really nice baker 00:08:17.019 --> 00:08:17.740 on Easter Road 00:08:17.740 --> 00:08:18.819 called the Manor House. 00:08:18.819 --> 00:08:21.139 Frog flavour is not 00:08:21.139 --> 00:08:22.360 on the menu. 00:08:23.079 --> 00:08:23.980 Not a great thing. 00:08:24.319 --> 00:08:25.240 France perhaps. 00:08:26.360 --> 00:08:27.099 Easter Road 00:08:27.099 --> 00:08:28.259 definitely not. 00:08:29.259 --> 00:08:30.120 And it gets to the point 00:08:30.120 --> 00:08:30.819 where they pile 00:08:30.819 --> 00:08:31.680 all the frogs up 00:08:31.680 --> 00:08:32.779 into massive piles 00:08:32.779 --> 00:08:34.279 and if rotting fish 00:08:34.279 --> 00:08:35.039 is disgusting 00:08:35.039 --> 00:08:36.799 rotting frogs 00:08:36.799 --> 00:08:38.399 I dread to think. 00:08:39.240 --> 00:08:40.000 And for these first 00:08:40.000 --> 00:08:40.639 two plagues 00:08:40.639 --> 00:08:41.460 the wise men 00:08:41.460 --> 00:08:42.159 and sorcerers 00:08:42.159 --> 00:08:42.700 in Egypt 00:08:42.700 --> 00:08:43.299 copy 00:08:43.299 --> 00:08:44.460 Moses. 00:08:45.460 --> 00:08:46.519 Now they call themselves 00:08:46.519 --> 00:08:47.100 wise men 00:08:47.100 --> 00:08:47.860 but it doesn't seem 00:08:47.860 --> 00:08:48.740 very wise. 00:08:49.280 --> 00:08:50.220 The problem we have 00:08:50.220 --> 00:08:51.060 is too much blood 00:08:51.060 --> 00:08:51.580 in the rivers 00:08:51.580 --> 00:08:52.520 and lots of dead fish. 00:08:52.960 --> 00:08:53.260 Pharaoh 00:08:53.260 --> 00:08:54.400 we've given you 00:08:54.400 --> 00:08:55.040 some more blood 00:08:55.040 --> 00:08:55.560 so there'll be 00:08:55.560 --> 00:08:56.460 more dead fish. 00:08:56.980 --> 00:08:57.520 Problem is 00:08:57.520 --> 00:08:58.100 we've got frogs 00:08:58.100 --> 00:08:58.640 everywhere 00:08:58.640 --> 00:08:59.480 do you know what 00:08:59.480 --> 00:09:00.680 we've made some new ones. 00:09:01.140 --> 00:09:03.240 Really wise men. 00:09:04.460 --> 00:09:05.760 Just really unpleasant. 00:09:07.960 --> 00:09:08.800 And then we get 00:09:08.800 --> 00:09:10.100 the gnats 00:09:10.100 --> 00:09:10.560 or 00:09:10.560 --> 00:09:12.000 you could translate it 00:09:12.000 --> 00:09:12.540 horsefly 00:09:12.540 --> 00:09:13.360 but I like to think 00:09:13.360 --> 00:09:14.220 of it like midges 00:09:14.220 --> 00:09:15.780 because it reminds me 00:09:15.780 --> 00:09:16.580 of the Isle of Skye 00:09:16.580 --> 00:09:17.180 where I once 00:09:17.180 --> 00:09:17.680 had the most 00:09:17.680 --> 00:09:18.379 excruciating 00:09:18.379 --> 00:09:19.240 camping holiday 00:09:19.240 --> 00:09:20.259 you could ever 00:09:20.259 --> 00:09:20.620 imagine. 00:09:21.520 --> 00:09:22.580 Two of the three nights 00:09:22.580 --> 00:09:23.400 I slept in the car 00:09:23.400 --> 00:09:24.500 because I could bear it 00:09:24.500 --> 00:09:25.620 no longer 00:09:25.620 --> 00:09:26.540 just everywhere 00:09:26.540 --> 00:09:28.139 swarms of the things 00:09:28.139 --> 00:09:30.660 and then flies. 00:09:31.420 --> 00:09:31.879 You know how 00:09:31.879 --> 00:09:32.560 when a midgey 00:09:32.560 --> 00:09:32.980 bites you 00:09:32.980 --> 00:09:33.940 there's a bit of blood? 00:09:34.740 --> 00:09:35.400 That's how you know 00:09:35.400 --> 00:09:35.920 you've been bitten 00:09:35.920 --> 00:09:36.639 by a midgey? 00:09:37.160 --> 00:09:38.180 And then just imagine 00:09:38.180 --> 00:09:39.180 that the flies come 00:09:39.180 --> 00:09:39.940 and they're all like 00:09:39.940 --> 00:09:41.280 on all your bites 00:09:41.279 --> 00:09:42.819 and that horrible thing 00:09:42.819 --> 00:09:43.059 that goes 00:09:43.059 --> 00:09:45.519 just like getting in there 00:09:45.519 --> 00:09:46.399 just disgusting. 00:09:47.959 --> 00:09:49.120 Really unpleasant. 00:09:50.419 --> 00:09:51.620 And then round five 00:09:51.620 --> 00:09:52.799 the cows get it 00:09:52.799 --> 00:09:54.000 and the livestock 00:09:54.000 --> 00:09:56.199 which in an agrarian society 00:09:56.199 --> 00:09:57.279 like Egypt 00:09:57.279 --> 00:09:58.379 this is a real problem. 00:09:59.299 --> 00:10:00.100 If all your cows 00:10:00.100 --> 00:10:00.819 and sheep 00:10:00.819 --> 00:10:01.659 die. 00:10:02.459 --> 00:10:03.399 And then it starts 00:10:03.399 --> 00:10:04.319 to hit people 00:10:04.319 --> 00:10:05.959 festering boils. 00:10:06.559 --> 00:10:07.339 I'm not a big fan 00:10:07.339 --> 00:10:07.919 of the boil 00:10:07.919 --> 00:10:08.879 at the best of times 00:10:08.879 --> 00:10:10.019 but a festering boil 00:10:10.019 --> 00:10:11.740 that's like the worst kind. 00:10:14.039 --> 00:10:15.079 And then the hail 00:10:15.079 --> 00:10:16.019 that we read about 00:10:16.019 --> 00:10:18.340 like killer hail. 00:10:19.019 --> 00:10:19.960 We're not talking about 00:10:19.960 --> 00:10:21.439 when I did the Holyrood run 00:10:21.439 --> 00:10:22.600 round Edinburgh 00:10:22.600 --> 00:10:23.779 at the beginning of January 00:10:23.779 --> 00:10:24.299 and there was like 00:10:24.299 --> 00:10:24.799 little hail 00:10:24.799 --> 00:10:25.679 that was like being shot 00:10:25.679 --> 00:10:26.559 with a BB gun. 00:10:27.620 --> 00:10:28.960 This was like being hit 00:10:28.960 --> 00:10:29.840 with a rock 00:10:29.840 --> 00:10:31.319 just coming down 00:10:31.319 --> 00:10:32.399 and coming down 00:10:32.399 --> 00:10:34.559 and wiping out everything. 00:10:36.000 --> 00:10:36.819 And then there were 00:10:36.819 --> 00:10:38.279 the locusts 00:10:38.279 --> 00:10:39.539 just taking out 00:10:39.539 --> 00:10:40.559 everything that hadn't 00:10:40.559 --> 00:10:41.639 already been destroyed 00:10:41.639 --> 00:10:43.000 by the hail. 00:10:43.759 --> 00:10:44.899 And then darkness. 00:10:45.959 --> 00:10:46.899 Absolute terror 00:10:46.899 --> 00:10:48.159 for three days. 00:10:48.639 --> 00:10:49.120 And what does 00:10:49.120 --> 00:10:50.000 the narrative say? 00:10:50.500 --> 00:10:50.919 Darkness 00:10:50.919 --> 00:10:52.079 that could be felt. 00:10:53.240 --> 00:10:54.620 Like that eerie, 00:10:55.379 --> 00:10:55.860 horrible, 00:10:56.120 --> 00:10:56.839 thick, 00:10:57.719 --> 00:10:58.279 tangible 00:10:58.279 --> 00:10:59.639 darkness. 00:10:59.639 --> 00:11:00.080 darkness. 00:11:01.600 --> 00:11:02.360 And then round 10 00:11:02.360 --> 00:11:03.179 comes which Kenny 00:11:03.179 --> 00:11:03.899 is going to tell us 00:11:03.899 --> 00:11:05.659 about next week. 00:11:06.819 --> 00:11:07.319 And I guess 00:11:07.319 --> 00:11:08.259 what are we to make 00:11:08.259 --> 00:11:09.419 about this? 00:11:10.500 --> 00:11:11.259 Is this just 00:11:11.259 --> 00:11:11.919 ammunition 00:11:11.919 --> 00:11:12.860 for the militant 00:11:12.860 --> 00:11:13.759 atheist to say 00:11:13.759 --> 00:11:14.379 yes truly 00:11:14.379 --> 00:11:16.159 God is vindictive? 00:11:18.019 --> 00:11:19.039 And he does go 00:11:19.039 --> 00:11:20.379 on these tirades 00:11:20.379 --> 00:11:22.220 and afflict 00:11:22.220 --> 00:11:23.120 terrible pain 00:11:23.120 --> 00:11:23.740 on people. 00:11:25.200 --> 00:11:26.360 Is it a slur campaign 00:11:26.360 --> 00:11:27.139 to stop people 00:11:27.139 --> 00:11:27.840 going on holiday 00:11:27.840 --> 00:11:28.420 to Egypt? 00:11:30.560 --> 00:11:31.560 Well I have to say 00:11:31.560 --> 00:11:31.940 no. 00:11:33.000 --> 00:11:34.200 That the big point 00:11:34.200 --> 00:11:35.899 of this whole 00:11:35.899 --> 00:11:37.139 passage 00:11:37.139 --> 00:11:39.540 is that God 00:11:39.540 --> 00:11:40.440 will be God 00:11:40.440 --> 00:11:42.480 and everyone 00:11:42.480 --> 00:11:43.440 will know it. 00:11:43.720 --> 00:11:44.180 God 00:11:44.180 --> 00:11:45.600 will be God 00:11:45.600 --> 00:11:46.120 and everyone 00:11:46.120 --> 00:11:46.740 will know it. 00:11:46.759 --> 00:11:47.320 And I want to show 00:11:47.320 --> 00:11:48.180 you six really 00:11:48.180 --> 00:11:48.920 quick things 00:11:48.920 --> 00:11:50.420 to show you 00:11:50.420 --> 00:11:51.060 where I get this 00:11:51.060 --> 00:11:51.340 from. 00:11:51.440 --> 00:11:52.160 Here's the first. 00:11:53.860 --> 00:11:54.900 God is proving 00:11:54.899 --> 00:11:56.679 he is the Lord. 00:11:57.480 --> 00:11:58.559 God is proving 00:11:58.559 --> 00:11:59.600 he is the Lord. 00:12:00.740 --> 00:12:01.559 So helpful 00:12:01.559 --> 00:12:02.419 to have the text 00:12:02.419 --> 00:12:03.259 in front of you. 00:12:04.259 --> 00:12:05.019 Chapter 7 00:12:05.019 --> 00:12:05.799 verse 17 00:12:05.799 --> 00:12:06.600 this is what God 00:12:06.600 --> 00:12:07.199 says. 00:12:11.120 --> 00:12:11.840 By this 00:12:11.840 --> 00:12:12.360 you will know 00:12:12.360 --> 00:12:12.899 that I am 00:12:12.899 --> 00:12:13.439 the Lord. 00:12:14.539 --> 00:12:15.779 With the staff 00:12:15.779 --> 00:12:16.759 that is in my hand 00:12:16.759 --> 00:12:17.340 I will strike 00:12:17.340 --> 00:12:18.319 the water of the Nile 00:12:18.319 --> 00:12:18.860 and it will be 00:12:18.860 --> 00:12:19.720 changed to blood. 00:12:20.840 --> 00:12:21.579 Chapter 8 00:12:21.579 --> 00:12:22.340 verse 10 00:12:22.340 --> 00:12:24.980 Moses replied 00:12:24.980 --> 00:12:25.940 it will be 00:12:25.940 --> 00:12:26.519 as you say 00:12:26.519 --> 00:12:27.160 so that you 00:12:27.160 --> 00:12:27.759 may know 00:12:27.759 --> 00:12:28.740 there is no one 00:12:28.740 --> 00:12:29.379 like the Lord 00:12:29.379 --> 00:12:30.120 our God. 00:12:31.399 --> 00:12:32.259 Chapter 9 00:12:32.259 --> 00:12:33.320 verse 14 00:12:33.320 --> 00:12:38.840 Or this time 00:12:38.840 --> 00:12:39.420 I will send 00:12:39.420 --> 00:12:40.200 the full force 00:12:40.200 --> 00:12:40.820 of my plagues 00:12:40.820 --> 00:12:41.460 against you 00:12:41.460 --> 00:12:42.480 and against your 00:12:42.480 --> 00:12:42.800 officials 00:12:42.800 --> 00:12:43.600 and your people 00:12:43.600 --> 00:12:45.259 so you may know 00:12:45.259 --> 00:12:45.840 that there is 00:12:45.840 --> 00:12:47.080 no one like me 00:12:47.080 --> 00:12:48.060 in all the earth. 00:12:49.100 --> 00:12:50.139 God is saying 00:12:50.139 --> 00:12:51.660 I'm the Lord. 00:12:51.659 --> 00:12:52.980 I'm in charge 00:12:52.980 --> 00:12:53.779 I'm sovereign 00:12:53.779 --> 00:12:54.679 there's no one 00:12:54.679 --> 00:12:55.199 like me 00:12:55.199 --> 00:12:56.319 I'm utterly unique 00:12:56.319 --> 00:12:57.719 completely distinct 00:12:57.719 --> 00:13:00.839 no one like me 00:13:00.839 --> 00:13:02.559 I'm in absolute 00:13:02.559 --> 00:13:03.759 control of absolutely 00:13:03.759 --> 00:13:04.319 everything 00:13:04.319 --> 00:13:05.100 and what I say 00:13:05.100 --> 00:13:06.100 happens and no one 00:13:06.100 --> 00:13:07.219 can stand against me 00:13:07.219 --> 00:13:09.199 I am the 00:13:09.199 --> 00:13:10.439 grand fromage 00:13:10.439 --> 00:13:12.699 and before me 00:13:12.699 --> 00:13:13.559 Pharaoh is just 00:13:13.559 --> 00:13:14.299 a poor 00:13:14.299 --> 00:13:15.959 sniveling 00:13:15.959 --> 00:13:17.100 ruler 00:13:17.100 --> 00:13:19.000 God is proving 00:13:19.000 --> 00:13:19.819 he's unequaled 00:13:19.819 --> 00:13:20.559 unparalleled 00:13:20.559 --> 00:13:21.479 undisputed 00:13:21.479 --> 00:13:22.439 uniquely supreme 00:13:22.439 --> 00:13:23.759 he's the sovereign 00:13:23.759 --> 00:13:24.219 soul 00:13:24.219 --> 00:13:24.959 all knowing 00:13:24.959 --> 00:13:25.939 and all powerful 00:13:25.939 --> 00:13:26.699 ruler of all 00:13:26.699 --> 00:13:27.259 the earth 00:13:27.259 --> 00:13:29.359 that's what he's 00:13:29.359 --> 00:13:30.319 communicating to 00:13:30.319 --> 00:13:30.639 Egypt 00:13:30.639 --> 00:13:32.239 and his people 00:13:32.239 --> 00:13:34.319 also these aren't 00:13:34.319 --> 00:13:35.679 arbitrary acts 00:13:35.679 --> 00:13:37.119 he's not just 00:13:37.119 --> 00:13:37.659 gone to his 00:13:37.659 --> 00:13:38.579 conjuring case 00:13:38.579 --> 00:13:39.859 and pulled out 00:13:39.859 --> 00:13:40.539 some interesting 00:13:40.539 --> 00:13:41.039 tricks 00:13:41.039 --> 00:13:42.159 every single 00:13:42.159 --> 00:13:43.079 one of these 00:13:43.079 --> 00:13:44.459 plagues 00:13:44.459 --> 00:13:45.419 is an attack 00:13:45.419 --> 00:13:46.179 on an Egyptian 00:13:46.179 --> 00:13:46.759 God 00:13:46.759 --> 00:13:48.580 so 00:13:48.580 --> 00:13:49.200 Canaan 00:13:49.200 --> 00:13:50.139 and Happy 00:13:50.139 --> 00:13:50.939 and Osiris 00:13:50.939 --> 00:13:51.360 are gods 00:13:51.360 --> 00:13:52.360 associated with 00:13:52.360 --> 00:13:52.980 the Nile 00:13:52.980 --> 00:13:54.519 Uetik 00:13:54.519 --> 00:13:55.120 is God 00:13:55.120 --> 00:13:55.879 of the flies 00:13:55.879 --> 00:13:56.519 and Yahweh 00:13:56.519 --> 00:13:56.980 seems to 00:13:56.980 --> 00:13:57.500 control the 00:13:57.500 --> 00:13:57.779 flies 00:13:57.779 --> 00:13:58.220 not 00:13:58.220 --> 00:13:59.679 Uetik 00:13:59.679 --> 00:14:03.860 Nut 00:14:03.860 --> 00:14:04.220 is the 00:14:04.220 --> 00:14:05.600 God of the sky 00:14:05.600 --> 00:14:06.559 Isis and Seth 00:14:06.559 --> 00:14:07.000 are God of 00:14:07.000 --> 00:14:07.600 agriculture 00:14:07.600 --> 00:14:08.539 and Shu 00:14:08.539 --> 00:14:08.919 is God 00:14:08.919 --> 00:14:09.399 of the weather 00:14:09.399 --> 00:14:09.919 particularly 00:14:09.919 --> 00:14:10.460 Heo 00:14:10.460 --> 00:14:11.899 and yet it 00:14:11.899 --> 00:14:12.259 seems that 00:14:12.259 --> 00:14:12.639 Yahweh 00:14:12.639 --> 00:14:13.159 has got that 00:14:13.159 --> 00:14:13.840 completely 00:14:13.840 --> 00:14:14.320 at his 00:14:14.320 --> 00:14:14.759 beck and 00:14:14.759 --> 00:14:15.060 court 00:14:15.060 --> 00:14:16.280 and that 00:14:16.280 --> 00:14:16.820 these gods 00:14:16.820 --> 00:14:17.360 are nothing 00:14:17.360 --> 00:14:18.600 but the 00:14:18.600 --> 00:14:21.399 invention 00:14:21.399 --> 00:14:22.139 of men 00:14:22.139 --> 00:14:23.259 and then 00:14:23.259 --> 00:14:23.519 there's 00:14:23.519 --> 00:14:23.840 Re 00:14:23.840 --> 00:14:24.560 and Ammon 00:14:24.560 --> 00:14:24.780 Re 00:14:24.780 --> 00:14:25.500 and Aten 00:14:25.500 --> 00:14:26.240 and Atom 00:14:26.240 --> 00:14:27.680 and Horus 00:14:27.680 --> 00:14:29.340 all gods 00:14:29.340 --> 00:14:30.120 of the sun 00:14:30.120 --> 00:14:31.399 and yet 00:14:31.399 --> 00:14:31.940 are completely 00:14:31.940 --> 00:14:32.540 powerless 00:14:32.540 --> 00:14:33.139 when God 00:14:33.139 --> 00:14:33.639 turns the 00:14:33.639 --> 00:14:34.240 lights out 00:14:34.240 --> 00:14:35.500 can do 00:14:35.500 --> 00:14:36.040 absolutely 00:14:36.040 --> 00:14:36.639 nothing 00:14:36.639 --> 00:14:38.160 this is 00:14:38.160 --> 00:14:38.519 what God 00:14:38.519 --> 00:14:38.900 is saying 00:14:38.900 --> 00:14:39.620 about himself 00:14:39.620 --> 00:14:44.039 I am God 00:14:44.039 --> 00:14:45.919 and you 00:14:45.919 --> 00:14:46.200 will need 00:14:46.200 --> 00:14:46.519 to know 00:14:46.519 --> 00:14:46.860 it 00:14:46.860 --> 00:14:47.980 God 00:14:47.980 --> 00:14:48.320 will be 00:14:48.320 --> 00:14:48.779 God 00:14:48.779 --> 00:14:50.560 and everyone 00:14:50.560 --> 00:14:51.700 will know 00:14:51.700 --> 00:14:52.120 it 00:14:52.120 --> 00:14:53.360 it's the 00:14:53.360 --> 00:14:53.820 second thing 00:14:53.820 --> 00:14:54.179 we see 00:14:54.179 --> 00:14:54.840 that God 00:14:54.840 --> 00:14:56.080 is producing 00:14:56.080 --> 00:14:57.000 worshippers 00:14:57.000 --> 00:14:58.200 it's probably 00:14:58.200 --> 00:14:59.039 the most famous 00:14:59.039 --> 00:14:59.700 line in the 00:14:59.700 --> 00:15:00.440 book of Exodus 00:15:00.440 --> 00:15:01.940 where Moses 00:15:01.940 --> 00:15:03.080 repeatedly stands 00:15:03.080 --> 00:15:03.879 before Pharaoh 00:15:03.879 --> 00:15:04.560 and says 00:15:04.560 --> 00:15:08.799 hopefully he said 00:15:08.799 --> 00:15:09.179 it with a bit 00:15:09.179 --> 00:15:09.939 more enthusiasm 00:15:09.939 --> 00:15:10.500 than that 00:15:10.500 --> 00:15:11.939 because otherwise 00:15:11.939 --> 00:15:12.479 Pharaoh would 00:15:12.479 --> 00:15:13.099 never let them 00:15:13.099 --> 00:15:13.459 go 00:15:13.459 --> 00:15:14.899 he says 00:15:14.899 --> 00:15:15.579 let my people 00:15:15.579 --> 00:15:16.240 go and that's 00:15:16.240 --> 00:15:16.719 where we think 00:15:16.719 --> 00:15:17.379 it stops 00:15:17.379 --> 00:15:18.679 but every single 00:15:18.679 --> 00:15:19.519 time he says 00:15:19.519 --> 00:15:20.219 it he follows 00:15:20.219 --> 00:15:20.639 it up with 00:15:20.639 --> 00:15:21.599 another phrase 00:15:21.599 --> 00:15:23.599 let my people 00:15:23.599 --> 00:15:25.679 go so that 00:15:25.679 --> 00:15:26.500 they may 00:15:26.500 --> 00:15:27.679 worship 00:15:27.679 --> 00:15:28.919 me 00:15:28.919 --> 00:15:31.079 let my people 00:15:31.079 --> 00:15:31.779 go so that 00:15:31.779 --> 00:15:32.219 they may 00:15:32.219 --> 00:15:32.699 worship 00:15:32.699 --> 00:15:33.479 me 00:15:33.479 --> 00:15:34.019 just look 00:15:34.019 --> 00:15:34.359 with me 00:15:34.359 --> 00:15:34.799 at chapter 00:15:34.799 --> 00:15:35.339 10 00:15:35.339 --> 00:15:36.419 verses 1 00:15:36.419 --> 00:15:36.879 and 2 00:15:36.879 --> 00:15:39.019 then the 00:15:39.019 --> 00:15:39.460 Lord said 00:15:39.460 --> 00:15:39.939 to Moses 00:15:39.939 --> 00:15:40.539 go to 00:15:40.539 --> 00:15:40.879 Pharaoh 00:15:40.879 --> 00:15:41.259 for I 00:15:41.259 --> 00:15:41.419 have 00:15:41.419 --> 00:15:41.799 hardened 00:15:41.799 --> 00:15:42.460 his heart 00:15:42.460 --> 00:15:42.740 and the 00:15:42.740 --> 00:15:42.980 hearts 00:15:42.980 --> 00:15:43.279 of his 00:15:43.279 --> 00:15:43.700 officials 00:15:43.700 --> 00:15:44.659 so that 00:15:44.659 --> 00:15:44.980 I may 00:15:44.980 --> 00:15:45.439 perform 00:15:45.439 --> 00:15:45.700 these 00:15:45.700 --> 00:15:46.019 signs 00:15:46.019 --> 00:15:46.379 of mine 00:15:46.379 --> 00:15:46.720 among 00:15:46.720 --> 00:15:47.059 them 00:15:47.059 --> 00:15:47.939 that 00:15:47.939 --> 00:15:48.159 you 00:15:48.159 --> 00:15:48.379 may 00:15:48.379 --> 00:15:48.620 tell 00:15:48.620 --> 00:15:48.840 your 00:15:48.840 --> 00:15:49.340 children 00:15:49.340 --> 00:15:49.620 and 00:15:49.620 --> 00:15:50.179 grandchildren 00:15:50.179 --> 00:15:50.639 how I 00:15:50.639 --> 00:15:50.860 dealt 00:15:50.860 --> 00:15:51.759 harshly 00:15:51.759 --> 00:15:52.039 with the 00:15:52.039 --> 00:15:52.419 Egyptians 00:15:52.419 --> 00:15:53.419 and how 00:15:53.419 --> 00:15:54.120 I performed 00:15:54.120 --> 00:15:54.899 my signs 00:15:54.899 --> 00:15:55.299 among 00:15:55.299 --> 00:15:55.679 them 00:15:55.679 --> 00:15:56.539 and that 00:15:56.539 --> 00:15:57.000 you may 00:15:57.000 --> 00:15:57.240 know 00:15:57.240 --> 00:15:57.539 that I 00:15:57.539 --> 00:15:57.639 am 00:15:57.639 --> 00:15:57.759 the 00:15:57.759 --> 00:15:58.059 Lord 00:15:58.059 --> 00:15:58.960 see 00:15:58.960 --> 00:15:59.200 God 00:15:59.200 --> 00:15:59.360 is 00:15:59.360 --> 00:15:59.820 revealing 00:15:59.820 --> 00:16:00.200 himself 00:16:00.200 --> 00:16:00.460 to 00:16:00.460 --> 00:16:00.700 two 00:16:00.700 --> 00:16:00.940 sets 00:16:00.940 --> 00:16:01.100 of 00:16:01.100 --> 00:16:01.519 people 00:16:01.519 --> 00:16:02.659 he's 00:16:02.659 --> 00:16:03.059 revealing 00:16:03.059 --> 00:16:03.460 himself 00:16:03.460 --> 00:16:03.779 to the 00:16:03.779 --> 00:16:04.200 Egyptians 00:16:04.200 --> 00:16:04.679 saying 00:16:04.679 --> 00:16:05.039 that all 00:16:05.039 --> 00:16:05.539 your gods 00:16:05.539 --> 00:16:06.240 are completely 00:16:06.240 --> 00:16:07.379 useless 00:16:07.379 --> 00:16:07.799 compared 00:16:07.799 --> 00:16:08.460 to me 00:16:08.460 --> 00:16:09.600 but he's 00:16:09.600 --> 00:16:09.879 also 00:16:09.879 --> 00:16:10.680 giving his 00:16:10.680 --> 00:16:11.080 people 00:16:11.080 --> 00:16:11.500 reasons 00:16:11.500 --> 00:16:11.779 to 00:16:11.779 --> 00:16:12.139 worship 00:16:12.139 --> 00:16:12.580 him 00:16:12.580 --> 00:16:14.639 they've 00:16:14.639 --> 00:16:14.960 been in 00:16:14.960 --> 00:16:15.240 Egypt 00:16:15.240 --> 00:16:15.840 400 00:16:15.840 --> 00:16:16.639 years 00:16:16.639 --> 00:16:18.259 they've 00:16:18.259 --> 00:16:18.519 never 00:16:18.519 --> 00:16:18.840 seen 00:16:18.840 --> 00:16:19.159 God 00:16:19.159 --> 00:16:19.399 act 00:16:19.399 --> 00:16:19.659 like 00:16:19.659 --> 00:16:20.159 this 00:16:20.159 --> 00:16:21.860 and now 00:16:21.860 --> 00:16:22.259 they know 00:16:22.259 --> 00:16:22.600 that their 00:16:22.600 --> 00:16:22.960 God 00:16:22.960 --> 00:16:23.440 controls 00:16:23.440 --> 00:16:23.919 hail 00:16:23.919 --> 00:16:25.899 and frogs 00:16:25.899 --> 00:16:27.220 can turn 00:16:27.220 --> 00:16:27.560 off the 00:16:27.560 --> 00:16:27.840 sun 00:16:27.840 --> 00:16:28.159 whenever 00:16:28.159 --> 00:16:28.960 he wants 00:16:28.960 --> 00:16:30.879 and they 00:16:30.879 --> 00:16:31.180 go do 00:16:31.180 --> 00:16:31.379 you know 00:16:31.379 --> 00:16:31.680 what 00:16:31.680 --> 00:16:32.440 he's 00:16:32.440 --> 00:16:32.879 real 00:16:32.879 --> 00:16:34.240 and he's 00:16:34.240 --> 00:16:34.480 worth 00:16:34.480 --> 00:16:35.180 worshipping 00:16:35.179 --> 00:16:36.500 I can't 00:16:36.500 --> 00:16:36.779 wait to 00:16:36.779 --> 00:16:37.139 get home 00:16:37.139 --> 00:16:37.359 and tell 00:16:37.359 --> 00:16:37.539 my 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00:17:15.740 --> 00:17:16.200 four 00:17:16.200 --> 00:17:16.599 with the 00:17:16.599 --> 00:17:16.940 flies 00:17:16.940 --> 00:17:17.400 something 00:17:17.400 --> 00:17:17.900 new 00:17:17.900 --> 00:17:18.660 happens 00:17:18.660 --> 00:17:20.440 the 00:17:20.440 --> 00:17:20.880 Nile 00:17:20.880 --> 00:17:21.559 blood 00:17:21.559 --> 00:17:22.400 frogs 00:17:22.400 --> 00:17:23.539 everywhere 00:17:23.539 --> 00:17:24.519 midges 00:17:24.519 --> 00:17:25.240 annoying 00:17:25.240 --> 00:17:27.279 and then 00:17:27.279 --> 00:17:29.000 a plague 00:17:29.000 --> 00:17:29.279 four 00:17:29.279 --> 00:17:29.579 something 00:17:29.579 --> 00:17:29.940 really 00:17:29.940 --> 00:17:30.440 different 00:17:30.440 --> 00:17:30.799 happens 00:17:30.799 --> 00:17:31.200 look at 00:17:31.200 --> 00:17:31.779 chapter 8 00:17:31.779 --> 00:17:32.460 verse 22 00:17:32.460 --> 00:17:37.559 but that 00:17:37.559 --> 00:17:37.960 day 00:17:37.960 --> 00:17:38.460 I will 00:17:38.460 --> 00:17:38.779 deal 00:17:38.779 --> 00:17:39.400 differently 00:17:39.400 --> 00:17:39.840 with the 00:17:39.840 --> 00:17:40.600 land of 00:17:40.600 --> 00:17:41.340 Goshen 00:17:41.340 --> 00:17:42.579 where my 00:17:42.579 --> 00:17:42.980 people 00:17:42.980 --> 00:17:43.480 live 00:17:43.480 --> 00:17:44.579 no 00:17:44.579 --> 00:17:45.000 swarms 00:17:45.000 --> 00:17:45.460 of flies 00:17:45.460 --> 00:17:45.880 will be 00:17:45.880 --> 00:17:46.279 there 00:17:46.279 --> 00:17:46.900 so that 00:17:46.900 --> 00:17:47.319 you will 00:17:47.319 --> 00:17:47.559 know 00:17:47.559 --> 00:17:48.259 that I 00:17:48.259 --> 00:17:48.700 the 00:17:48.700 --> 00:17:49.400 Lord 00:17:49.400 --> 00:17:50.360 am in 00:17:50.360 --> 00:17:50.579 this 00:17:50.579 --> 00:17:51.180 land 00:17:51.180 --> 00:17:52.980 look at 00:17:52.980 --> 00:17:53.500 chapter 9 00:17:53.500 --> 00:17:54.259 verse 4 00:17:54.259 --> 00:17:57.240 love the 00:17:57.240 --> 00:17:57.620 sound of 00:17:57.620 --> 00:17:57.980 rustling 00:17:57.980 --> 00:17:58.380 pages 00:17:58.380 --> 00:18:00.559 but the 00:18:00.559 --> 00:18:01.000 Lord will 00:18:01.000 --> 00:18:01.319 make a 00:18:01.319 --> 00:18:01.860 distinction 00:18:01.859 --> 00:18:02.479 between the 00:18:02.479 --> 00:18:03.119 livestock of 00:18:03.119 --> 00:18:03.679 Israel and 00:18:03.679 --> 00:18:03.979 that of 00:18:03.979 --> 00:18:04.500 Egypt 00:18:04.500 --> 00:18:05.519 so that 00:18:05.519 --> 00:18:06.279 no animal 00:18:06.279 --> 00:18:06.939 belonging to 00:18:06.939 --> 00:18:07.519 the Israelites 00:18:07.519 --> 00:18:08.959 will die 00:18:08.959 --> 00:18:10.659 chapter 9 00:18:10.659 --> 00:18:11.479 verse 26 00:18:11.479 --> 00:18:12.039 once you see 00:18:12.039 --> 00:18:12.519 these things 00:18:12.519 --> 00:18:13.219 they're everywhere 00:18:13.219 --> 00:18:15.079 the only place 00:18:15.079 --> 00:18:15.819 it did not 00:18:15.819 --> 00:18:16.240 hail 00:18:16.240 --> 00:18:17.479 was the 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00:18:41.220 see how he 00:18:41.220 --> 00:18:41.620 makes a 00:18:41.620 --> 00:18:42.259 distinction 00:18:42.259 --> 00:18:42.819 that because 00:18:42.819 --> 00:18:43.400 they're his 00:18:43.400 --> 00:18:44.059 people 00:18:44.059 --> 00:18:44.559 they don't 00:18:44.559 --> 00:18:45.140 suffer these 00:18:45.140 --> 00:18:45.860 mighty acts 00:18:45.859 --> 00:18:46.419 of judgment 00:18:46.419 --> 00:18:46.759 that are 00:18:46.759 --> 00:18:47.159 coming on 00:18:47.159 --> 00:18:47.639 the land 00:18:47.639 --> 00:18:50.139 they're safe 00:18:50.139 --> 00:18:52.079 he's looking 00:18:52.079 --> 00:18:52.639 out for 00:18:52.639 --> 00:18:53.019 them 00:18:53.019 --> 00:18:54.899 they don't 00:18:54.899 --> 00:18:55.579 deserve it 00:18:55.579 --> 00:18:56.000 we've already 00:18:56.000 --> 00:18:56.399 seen that 00:18:56.399 --> 00:18:56.759 they're a 00:18:56.759 --> 00:18:57.699 moany bunch 00:18:57.699 --> 00:18:59.839 of disbelieving 00:18:59.839 --> 00:19:03.000 quasi-Egyptians 00:19:03.000 --> 00:19:05.099 but yet God 00:19:05.099 --> 00:19:05.779 is so gracious 00:19:05.779 --> 00:19:06.379 to them 00:19:06.379 --> 00:19:08.119 he makes a 00:19:08.119 --> 00:19:08.579 distinction 00:19:08.579 --> 00:19:09.619 that his 00:19:09.619 --> 00:19:10.199 people are 00:19:10.199 --> 00:19:10.740 safe 00:19:10.740 --> 00:19:12.900 and everyone 00:19:12.900 --> 00:19:13.960 else suffers 00:19:13.960 --> 00:19:17.380 he pours out 00:19:17.380 --> 00:19:17.960 grace on 00:19:17.960 --> 00:19:18.519 undeserving 00:19:18.519 --> 00:19:19.039 people 00:19:19.039 --> 00:19:19.680 saving them 00:19:19.680 --> 00:19:20.259 from judgment 00:19:20.259 --> 00:19:20.960 purely because 00:19:20.960 --> 00:19:21.319 they're his 00:19:21.319 --> 00:19:21.720 people 00:19:21.720 --> 00:19:26.859 credible truth 00:19:26.859 --> 00:19:27.500 isn't it 00:19:27.500 --> 00:19:28.819 judgment 00:19:28.819 --> 00:19:29.500 comes and 00:19:29.500 --> 00:19:30.059 God's people 00:19:30.059 --> 00:19:30.680 are safe 00:19:30.680 --> 00:19:32.880 in Exodus 00:19:32.880 --> 00:19:33.720 they're safe 00:19:33.720 --> 00:19:34.539 by being found 00:19:34.539 --> 00:19:35.140 in ethnic 00:19:35.140 --> 00:19:35.680 Israel 00:19:35.680 --> 00:19:38.700 today you 00:19:38.700 --> 00:19:39.519 are safe 00:19:39.519 --> 00:19:40.259 when judgment 00:19:40.259 --> 00:19:41.200 comes 00:19:41.200 --> 00:19:42.480 fully and 00:19:42.480 --> 00:19:42.940 finally 00:19:42.940 --> 00:19:43.599 not if 00:19:43.599 --> 00:19:43.960 you're an 00:19:43.960 --> 00:19:44.420 ethnic 00:19:44.420 --> 00:19:45.680 Israelite 00:19:45.680 --> 00:19:47.279 but if 00:19:47.279 --> 00:19:47.839 by faith 00:19:47.839 --> 00:19:48.119 you've 00:19:48.119 --> 00:19:48.500 trusted 00:19:48.500 --> 00:19:49.839 the Lord 00:19:49.839 --> 00:19:50.200 Jesus 00:19:50.200 --> 00:19:52.879 that is 00:19:52.879 --> 00:19:53.279 a sure 00:19:53.279 --> 00:19:53.759 and certain 00:19:53.759 --> 00:19:54.160 promise 00:19:54.160 --> 00:19:54.480 you can 00:19:54.480 --> 00:19:54.819 take to 00:19:54.819 --> 00:19:55.200 the bank 00:19:55.200 --> 00:19:55.700 every day 00:19:55.700 --> 00:19:56.220 of the week 00:19:56.220 --> 00:19:57.460 and when 00:19:57.460 --> 00:19:57.799 judgment 00:19:57.799 --> 00:19:58.299 comes 00:19:58.299 --> 00:19:58.839 fully and 00:19:58.839 --> 00:19:59.339 finally 00:19:59.339 --> 00:20:01.599 the only 00:20:01.599 --> 00:20:02.460 safe place 00:20:02.460 --> 00:20:04.039 is the 00:20:04.039 --> 00:20:04.599 Lord Jesus 00:20:04.599 --> 00:20:06.879 I was really 00:20:06.879 --> 00:20:07.640 disappointed at 00:20:07.640 --> 00:20:07.960 Christmas 00:20:07.960 --> 00:20:08.759 because Rupert 00:20:08.759 --> 00:20:09.099 Murdoch 00:20:09.099 --> 00:20:09.500 brought all 00:20:09.500 --> 00:20:09.839 the rights 00:20:09.839 --> 00:20:10.119 to the 00:20:10.119 --> 00:20:10.319 film 00:20:10.319 --> 00:20:10.779 Elf 00:20:10.779 --> 00:20:11.699 which is 00:20:11.699 --> 00:20:12.119 my absolute 00:20:12.119 --> 00:20:12.859 favorite film 00:20:12.859 --> 00:20:14.019 and I love 00:20:14.019 --> 00:20:14.599 that bit 00:20:14.599 --> 00:20:15.480 when Santa 00:20:15.480 --> 00:20:15.980 comes to 00:20:15.980 --> 00:20:16.579 the department 00:20:16.579 --> 00:20:17.079 store 00:20:17.079 --> 00:20:18.679 and what 00:20:18.679 --> 00:20:19.099 does Buddy 00:20:19.099 --> 00:20:19.539 the Elf 00:20:19.539 --> 00:20:19.939 say 00:20:19.939 --> 00:20:21.439 Santa 00:20:21.439 --> 00:20:23.139 I know 00:20:23.139 --> 00:20:23.599 him 00:20:23.599 --> 00:20:26.639 that's what's 00:20:26.639 --> 00:20:27.220 held out to 00:20:27.220 --> 00:20:27.639 us in the 00:20:27.639 --> 00:20:28.220 Lord Jesus 00:20:28.220 --> 00:20:28.740 that when 00:20:28.740 --> 00:20:29.619 judgment 00:20:29.619 --> 00:20:30.419 comes 00:20:30.419 --> 00:20:32.980 we're not on 00:20:32.980 --> 00:20:33.599 the receiving 00:20:33.599 --> 00:20:34.159 end because 00:20:34.159 --> 00:20:34.699 we know 00:20:34.699 --> 00:20:35.240 God 00:20:35.240 --> 00:20:35.920 God 00:20:35.920 --> 00:20:36.839 and we've 00:20:36.839 --> 00:20:37.339 trusted 00:20:37.339 --> 00:20:38.440 his son 00:20:38.440 --> 00:20:38.720 that's 00:20:38.720 --> 00:20:39.200 open to 00:20:39.200 --> 00:20:39.700 anyone 00:20:39.700 --> 00:20:41.160 who will 00:20:41.160 --> 00:20:41.539 come 00:20:41.539 --> 00:20:43.779 God 00:20:43.779 --> 00:20:44.200 will be 00:20:44.200 --> 00:20:44.460 God 00:20:44.460 --> 00:20:45.000 and everyone 00:20:45.000 --> 00:20:45.559 will 00:20:45.559 --> 00:20:46.960 know it 00:20:46.960 --> 00:20:49.059 point number 00:20:49.059 --> 00:20:49.519 four 00:20:49.519 --> 00:20:51.299 God is 00:20:51.299 --> 00:20:51.920 proclaiming 00:20:51.920 --> 00:20:52.380 sovereign 00:20:52.380 --> 00:20:52.980 power 00:20:52.980 --> 00:20:54.519 and mercy 00:20:54.519 --> 00:20:56.319 to go 00:20:56.319 --> 00:20:56.700 back to 00:20:56.700 --> 00:20:57.339 chapter 9 00:20:57.339 --> 00:20:58.180 verse 15 00:20:58.180 --> 00:21:01.359 for by 00:21:01.359 --> 00:21:01.879 now I 00:21:01.879 --> 00:21:02.420 could have 00:21:02.420 --> 00:21:02.960 stretched out 00:21:02.960 --> 00:21:03.720 my hand 00:21:03.720 --> 00:21:05.680 and struck 00:21:05.680 --> 00:21:06.139 you and 00:21:06.139 --> 00:21:06.619 your people 00:21:06.619 --> 00:21:07.000 with a 00:21:07.000 --> 00:21:07.559 plague that 00:21:07.559 --> 00:21:08.019 would have 00:21:08.019 --> 00:21:08.839 wiped you 00:21:08.839 --> 00:21:10.059 off the 00:21:10.059 --> 00:21:10.539 earth 00:21:10.539 --> 00:21:12.779 do you see 00:21:12.779 --> 00:21:13.180 how God 00:21:13.180 --> 00:21:14.019 is merciful 00:21:14.019 --> 00:21:16.399 that he's 00:21:16.399 --> 00:21:16.839 judging 00:21:16.839 --> 00:21:17.259 them 00:21:17.259 --> 00:21:19.319 but he's 00:21:19.319 --> 00:21:19.899 not wiping 00:21:19.899 --> 00:21:20.279 them off 00:21:20.279 --> 00:21:20.980 the earth 00:21:20.980 --> 00:21:23.299 his judgment 00:21:23.299 --> 00:21:23.799 is supposed 00:21:23.799 --> 00:21:24.299 to be 00:21:24.299 --> 00:21:25.319 corrective 00:21:25.319 --> 00:21:25.859 not merely 00:21:25.859 --> 00:21:26.420 punitive 00:21:26.420 --> 00:21:28.180 he is trying 00:21:28.180 --> 00:21:28.879 to address 00:21:28.879 --> 00:21:29.399 their view 00:21:29.399 --> 00:21:29.980 of who God 00:21:29.980 --> 00:21:30.460 is that he 00:21:30.460 --> 00:21:31.139 really is 00:21:31.139 --> 00:21:31.700 the Lord 00:21:31.700 --> 00:21:33.659 and therefore 00:21:33.659 --> 00:21:34.420 these judgments 00:21:34.420 --> 00:21:34.980 come and 00:21:34.980 --> 00:21:35.700 they're terrible 00:21:35.700 --> 00:21:36.879 but they're not 00:21:36.879 --> 00:21:37.440 as bad as 00:21:37.440 --> 00:21:37.960 they could have 00:21:37.960 --> 00:21:38.240 been 00:21:38.240 --> 00:21:39.960 because he 00:21:39.960 --> 00:21:40.399 says at 00:21:40.400 --> 00:21:40.740 the click 00:21:40.740 --> 00:21:41.060 of my 00:21:41.060 --> 00:21:41.380 fingers 00:21:41.380 --> 00:21:41.680 I could 00:21:41.680 --> 00:21:41.960 have sent 00:21:41.960 --> 00:21:42.280 hail 00:21:42.280 --> 00:21:43.360 and Egypt 00:21:43.360 --> 00:21:43.860 would have 00:21:43.860 --> 00:21:44.960 been confined 00:21:44.960 --> 00:21:45.340 to the 00:21:45.340 --> 00:21:45.980 almanac 00:21:45.980 --> 00:21:47.160 of history 00:21:47.160 --> 00:21:49.380 he relents 00:21:49.380 --> 00:21:50.100 from destroying 00:21:50.100 --> 00:21:50.840 Egypt 00:21:50.840 --> 00:21:51.720 he gives 00:21:51.720 --> 00:21:52.440 them space 00:21:52.440 --> 00:21:53.220 for grace 00:21:53.220 --> 00:21:56.080 it's like 00:21:56.080 --> 00:21:56.640 the parable 00:21:56.640 --> 00:21:57.180 of the wheat 00:21:57.180 --> 00:21:57.700 and tares 00:21:57.700 --> 00:21:58.560 where God 00:21:58.560 --> 00:21:59.300 allows both 00:21:59.300 --> 00:21:59.800 the wheat 00:21:59.800 --> 00:22:00.340 that is his 00:22:00.340 --> 00:22:00.940 and the tares 00:22:00.940 --> 00:22:01.320 that aren't 00:22:01.320 --> 00:22:01.880 his to grow 00:22:01.880 --> 00:22:02.480 up together 00:22:02.480 --> 00:22:03.620 without bringing 00:22:03.620 --> 00:22:04.400 final judgment 00:22:04.400 --> 00:22:05.040 so there might 00:22:05.040 --> 00:22:05.980 be real hope 00:22:05.980 --> 00:22:08.180 do you know 00:22:08.180 --> 00:22:08.740 what we look 00:22:08.740 --> 00:22:09.220 out on our 00:22:09.220 --> 00:22:09.820 world 00:22:09.819 --> 00:22:10.740 and things 00:22:10.740 --> 00:22:11.159 are pretty 00:22:11.159 --> 00:22:11.599 bleak 00:22:11.599 --> 00:22:11.919 but they're 00:22:11.919 --> 00:22:12.460 not as bad 00:22:12.460 --> 00:22:12.720 as they 00:22:12.720 --> 00:22:13.039 could have 00:22:13.039 --> 00:22:13.379 been 00:22:13.379 --> 00:22:15.419 they're not 00:22:15.419 --> 00:22:16.159 as horrendous 00:22:16.159 --> 00:22:16.720 if God 00:22:16.720 --> 00:22:17.179 didn't have 00:22:17.179 --> 00:22:17.919 his restraining 00:22:17.919 --> 00:22:19.099 hand over 00:22:19.099 --> 00:22:19.879 the world 00:22:19.879 --> 00:22:21.799 keeping it 00:22:21.799 --> 00:22:22.579 in check 00:22:22.579 --> 00:22:24.240 he does this 00:22:24.240 --> 00:22:24.899 in four ways 00:22:24.899 --> 00:22:25.359 I think he 00:22:25.359 --> 00:22:25.819 gives us a 00:22:25.819 --> 00:22:26.379 conscience 00:22:26.379 --> 00:22:28.119 Romans 2 00:22:28.119 --> 00:22:28.679 so people 00:22:28.679 --> 00:22:29.279 aren't as bad 00:22:29.279 --> 00:22:29.720 as they could 00:22:29.720 --> 00:22:30.460 otherwise be 00:22:30.460 --> 00:22:32.319 he's given 00:22:32.319 --> 00:22:32.819 us the Holy 00:22:32.819 --> 00:22:33.379 Spirit who 00:22:33.379 --> 00:22:33.960 convicts the 00:22:33.960 --> 00:22:34.740 world of sin 00:22:34.740 --> 00:22:35.279 and righteousness 00:22:35.279 --> 00:22:36.019 and judgment 00:22:36.019 --> 00:22:37.539 kind of 00:22:37.539 --> 00:22:38.200 amplifying 00:22:38.200 --> 00:22:38.680 that work 00:22:38.680 --> 00:22:38.960 of the 00:22:38.960 --> 00:22:39.500 conscience 00:22:39.500 --> 00:22:41.279 the witness 00:22:41.279 --> 00:22:41.619 of the 00:22:41.619 --> 00:22:41.920 church 00:22:41.920 --> 00:22:42.259 he says 00:22:42.259 --> 00:22:42.619 is like 00:22:42.619 --> 00:22:43.200 salt and 00:22:43.200 --> 00:22:43.720 light 00:22:43.720 --> 00:22:44.579 in the 00:22:44.579 --> 00:22:45.000 world 00:22:45.000 --> 00:22:47.099 and civil 00:22:47.099 --> 00:22:47.619 authority 00:22:47.619 --> 00:22:47.980 that we 00:22:47.980 --> 00:22:48.500 learnt about 00:22:48.500 --> 00:22:49.059 last Sunday 00:22:49.059 --> 00:22:49.500 night in 00:22:49.500 --> 00:22:50.220 Romans 13 00:22:50.220 --> 00:22:52.019 God is 00:22:52.019 --> 00:22:52.759 restraining 00:22:52.759 --> 00:22:53.200 the world 00:22:53.200 --> 00:22:53.579 from being 00:22:53.579 --> 00:22:53.900 as bad 00:22:53.900 --> 00:22:54.160 as it 00:22:54.160 --> 00:22:54.579 could be 00:22:54.579 --> 00:22:55.319 in order 00:22:55.319 --> 00:22:55.779 to allow 00:22:55.779 --> 00:22:56.440 space for 00:22:56.440 --> 00:22:56.980 grace 00:22:56.980 --> 00:22:57.559 so that 00:22:57.559 --> 00:22:58.160 when final 00:22:58.160 --> 00:22:58.519 judgment 00:22:58.519 --> 00:22:58.900 comes 00:22:58.900 --> 00:22:59.599 people will 00:22:59.599 --> 00:23:00.180 trust his 00:23:00.180 --> 00:23:00.440 son 00:23:00.440 --> 00:23:02.279 and find 00:23:02.279 --> 00:23:02.860 grace 00:23:02.860 --> 00:23:04.320 and safety 00:23:04.320 --> 00:23:06.400 you see 00:23:06.400 --> 00:23:06.920 this is what 00:23:06.920 --> 00:23:07.240 it's all 00:23:07.240 --> 00:23:07.779 about 00:23:07.779 --> 00:23:09.539 God will 00:23:09.539 --> 00:23:10.200 be God 00:23:10.200 --> 00:23:12.100 everyone 00:23:12.100 --> 00:23:12.700 will know 00:23:12.700 --> 00:23:13.120 it 00:23:13.120 --> 00:23:15.279 the key 00:23:15.279 --> 00:23:15.740 is will 00:23:15.740 --> 00:23:16.140 we know 00:23:16.140 --> 00:23:16.539 it now 00:23:16.539 --> 00:23:16.960 will we 00:23:16.960 --> 00:23:17.620 trust it 00:23:17.620 --> 00:23:17.920 now 00:23:17.920 --> 00:23:18.340 will we 00:23:18.340 --> 00:23:18.860 turn to 00:23:18.860 --> 00:23:19.180 him 00:23:19.180 --> 00:23:20.100 now 00:23:20.100 --> 00:23:22.180 number 00:23:22.180 --> 00:23:22.500 five 00:23:22.500 --> 00:23:22.920 we're nearly 00:23:22.920 --> 00:23:23.200 done 00:23:23.200 --> 00:23:23.440 you've 00:23:23.440 --> 00:23:23.759 listened 00:23:23.759 --> 00:23:24.160 well 00:23:24.160 --> 00:23:24.559 God 00:23:24.559 --> 00:23:24.900 is 00:23:24.900 --> 00:23:26.019 probing 00:23:26.019 --> 00:23:27.100 Pharaoh's 00:23:27.100 --> 00:23:27.660 hearts 00:23:27.660 --> 00:23:28.460 you can 00:23:28.460 --> 00:23:28.980 almost say 00:23:28.980 --> 00:23:29.299 that this 00:23:29.299 --> 00:23:29.620 whole 00:23:29.620 --> 00:23:30.340 passage 00:23:30.339 --> 00:23:30.839 is almost 00:23:30.839 --> 00:23:31.319 like a 00:23:31.319 --> 00:23:31.619 battle 00:23:31.619 --> 00:23:32.199 for one 00:23:32.199 --> 00:23:32.500 heart 00:23:32.500 --> 00:23:32.980 Pharaoh's 00:23:32.980 --> 00:23:33.359 heart 00:23:33.359 --> 00:23:34.939 there's 00:23:34.939 --> 00:23:35.319 lots of 00:23:35.319 --> 00:23:35.639 different 00:23:35.639 --> 00:23:36.159 ways that 00:23:36.159 --> 00:23:36.619 Pharaoh's 00:23:36.619 --> 00:23:36.819 heart 00:23:36.819 --> 00:23:37.399 is hardened 00:23:37.399 --> 00:23:39.259 it says 00:23:39.259 --> 00:23:39.859 that Pharaoh 00:23:39.859 --> 00:23:40.319 hardened 00:23:40.319 --> 00:23:41.019 his heart 00:23:41.019 --> 00:23:42.759 it says 00:23:42.759 --> 00:23:43.419 that Pharaoh's 00:23:43.419 --> 00:23:43.879 heart was 00:23:43.879 --> 00:23:44.639 hardened 00:23:44.639 --> 00:23:46.399 and it 00:23:46.399 --> 00:23:47.179 says God 00:23:47.179 --> 00:23:48.119 hardened 00:23:48.119 --> 00:23:49.720 Pharaoh's 00:23:49.720 --> 00:23:50.059 heart 00:23:50.059 --> 00:23:52.259 three different 00:23:52.259 --> 00:23:52.819 ways going 00:23:52.819 --> 00:23:53.359 on and in 00:23:53.359 --> 00:23:54.059 fact it says 00:23:54.059 --> 00:23:54.679 each of them 00:23:54.679 --> 00:23:55.679 four times 00:23:55.679 --> 00:23:57.659 Puritans 00:23:57.659 --> 00:23:58.039 had this 00:23:58.039 --> 00:23:58.720 great phrase 00:23:58.720 --> 00:23:59.339 the sun 00:23:59.339 --> 00:23:59.939 that melts 00:23:59.940 --> 00:24:00.940 the wax 00:24:00.940 --> 00:24:02.180 also 00:24:02.180 --> 00:24:02.640 hardens 00:24:02.640 --> 00:24:03.160 the clay 00:24:03.160 --> 00:24:04.700 the more 00:24:04.700 --> 00:24:05.360 times we 00:24:05.360 --> 00:24:05.820 hear that 00:24:05.820 --> 00:24:06.259 God is 00:24:06.259 --> 00:24:06.720 God and 00:24:06.720 --> 00:24:07.080 everyone 00:24:07.080 --> 00:24:07.620 will know 00:24:07.620 --> 00:24:07.900 it but 00:24:07.900 --> 00:24:08.340 we don't 00:24:08.340 --> 00:24:09.059 respond in 00:24:09.059 --> 00:24:09.480 repentance 00:24:09.480 --> 00:24:10.360 and faith 00:24:10.360 --> 00:24:11.539 and get 00:24:11.539 --> 00:24:11.860 with the 00:24:11.860 --> 00:24:12.259 program 00:24:12.259 --> 00:24:13.160 we become 00:24:13.160 --> 00:24:13.740 resistant 00:24:13.740 --> 00:24:16.019 and in 00:24:16.019 --> 00:24:16.400 Pharaoh's 00:24:16.400 --> 00:24:16.880 life that 00:24:16.880 --> 00:24:17.600 resistance is 00:24:17.600 --> 00:24:18.120 built up to 00:24:18.120 --> 00:24:19.000 such a point 00:24:19.000 --> 00:24:20.720 there's real 00:24:20.720 --> 00:24:21.340 urgency 00:24:21.340 --> 00:24:23.779 because your 00:24:23.779 --> 00:24:24.320 heart does 00:24:24.320 --> 00:24:25.519 become calcified 00:24:25.519 --> 00:24:27.619 and impenetrable 00:24:27.619 --> 00:24:29.539 God will 00:24:29.539 --> 00:24:30.220 be God 00:24:30.220 --> 00:24:32.400 and absolutely 00:24:32.400 --> 00:24:33.059 everyone 00:24:33.059 --> 00:24:34.639 will know 00:24:34.639 --> 00:24:36.879 last point 00:24:36.879 --> 00:24:37.160 and then 00:24:37.160 --> 00:24:37.619 we're done 00:24:37.619 --> 00:24:39.859 God is 00:24:39.859 --> 00:24:40.720 provoked 00:24:40.720 --> 00:24:42.200 by false 00:24:42.200 --> 00:24:43.019 repentance 00:24:43.019 --> 00:24:43.579 God is 00:24:43.579 --> 00:24:44.420 provoked 00:24:44.420 --> 00:24:46.299 by false 00:24:46.299 --> 00:24:47.619 repentance 00:24:47.619 --> 00:24:50.039 Pharaoh is a 00:24:50.039 --> 00:24:51.019 classic case 00:24:51.019 --> 00:24:52.139 of what it 00:24:52.139 --> 00:24:52.660 means to 00:24:52.660 --> 00:24:53.160 repent 00:24:53.160 --> 00:24:53.859 wrongly 00:24:53.859 --> 00:24:55.500 to be 00:24:55.500 --> 00:24:56.660 sorrow 00:24:56.660 --> 00:24:57.220 filled 00:24:57.220 --> 00:24:57.920 but not 00:24:57.920 --> 00:24:58.359 turn to 00:24:58.359 --> 00:24:58.859 God 00:24:58.859 --> 00:25:02.119 let me 00:25:02.119 --> 00:25:02.420 give you 00:25:02.420 --> 00:25:02.900 these 00:25:02.900 --> 00:25:04.779 chapter 8 00:25:04.779 --> 00:25:05.559 verse 15 00:25:05.559 --> 00:25:11.659 but when 00:25:11.659 --> 00:25:12.619 Pharaoh saw 00:25:12.619 --> 00:25:13.599 that there 00:25:13.599 --> 00:25:14.579 was relief 00:25:14.579 --> 00:25:15.700 he hardened 00:25:15.700 --> 00:25:16.119 his heart 00:25:16.119 --> 00:25:16.460 and would 00:25:16.460 --> 00:25:16.919 not listen 00:25:16.919 --> 00:25:17.519 to Moses 00:25:17.519 --> 00:25:18.179 and Aaron 00:25:18.179 --> 00:25:19.119 just as 00:25:19.119 --> 00:25:19.559 the Lord 00:25:19.559 --> 00:25:20.220 had said 00:25:20.220 --> 00:25:21.299 do you 00:25:21.299 --> 00:25:21.819 see what 00:25:21.819 --> 00:25:23.700 it was 00:25:23.700 --> 00:25:24.339 relief 00:25:24.339 --> 00:25:25.139 not repentance 00:25:25.139 --> 00:25:27.139 he wanted 00:25:27.139 --> 00:25:27.759 an easier 00:25:27.759 --> 00:25:28.419 life but 00:25:28.419 --> 00:25:28.899 not God 00:25:28.899 --> 00:25:29.379 himself 00:25:29.379 --> 00:25:32.059 so he 00:25:32.059 --> 00:25:32.599 doesn't turn 00:25:32.599 --> 00:25:33.359 to God 00:25:33.359 --> 00:25:34.139 he just 00:25:34.139 --> 00:25:34.539 wants to 00:25:34.539 --> 00:25:35.019 turn away 00:25:35.019 --> 00:25:35.400 from his 00:25:35.400 --> 00:25:35.920 suffering 00:25:35.920 --> 00:25:38.039 relief 00:25:38.039 --> 00:25:38.259 not 00:25:38.259 --> 00:25:38.740 repentance 00:25:38.740 --> 00:25:39.180 is 00:25:39.180 --> 00:25:40.819 false 00:25:40.819 --> 00:25:41.379 repentance 00:25:41.379 --> 00:25:43.099 just want 00:25:43.099 --> 00:25:43.660 things slightly 00:25:43.660 --> 00:25:44.359 easier than 00:25:44.359 --> 00:25:44.920 they already 00:25:44.920 --> 00:25:46.139 are 00:25:46.139 --> 00:25:48.079 look at 00:25:48.079 --> 00:25:48.740 chapter 8 00:25:48.740 --> 00:25:49.839 verse 25 00:25:49.839 --> 00:25:54.400 then Pharaoh 00:25:54.400 --> 00:25:54.819 summoned 00:25:54.819 --> 00:25:55.379 Moses 00:25:55.379 --> 00:25:56.440 and Aaron 00:25:56.440 --> 00:25:56.940 and said 00:25:56.940 --> 00:25:57.720 go sacrifice 00:25:57.720 --> 00:25:58.160 to your 00:25:58.160 --> 00:25:58.700 God here 00:25:58.700 --> 00:25:58.960 in the 00:25:58.960 --> 00:25:59.599 land 00:25:59.599 --> 00:26:05.359 verse 28 00:26:05.359 --> 00:26:05.919 Pharaoh said 00:26:05.919 --> 00:26:06.179 I will 00:26:06.179 --> 00:26:06.579 not let 00:26:06.579 --> 00:26:07.059 you go 00:26:07.059 --> 00:26:07.619 to offer 00:26:07.619 --> 00:26:08.439 sacrifices 00:26:08.439 --> 00:26:08.899 to the 00:26:08.899 --> 00:26:09.139 Lord 00:26:09.139 --> 00:26:09.659 your God 00:26:09.659 --> 00:26:10.359 in the 00:26:10.359 --> 00:26:10.699 wilderness 00:26:10.699 --> 00:26:11.199 but you 00:26:11.199 --> 00:26:11.759 may not 00:26:11.759 --> 00:26:12.240 go very 00:26:12.240 --> 00:26:12.679 far 00:26:12.679 --> 00:26:14.359 now pray 00:26:14.359 --> 00:26:14.919 for me 00:26:14.919 --> 00:26:16.799 or chapter 00:26:16.799 --> 00:26:17.159 10 00:26:17.159 --> 00:26:18.000 verse 8 00:26:18.000 --> 00:26:19.919 then Moses 00:26:19.919 --> 00:26:20.480 and Aaron 00:26:20.480 --> 00:26:21.179 said 00:26:21.179 --> 00:26:22.919 then Moses 00:26:22.919 --> 00:26:23.279 and Aaron 00:26:23.279 --> 00:26:23.679 will walk 00:26:23.679 --> 00:26:24.099 back to 00:26:24.099 --> 00:26:24.339 Pharaoh 00:26:24.339 --> 00:26:24.959 go worship 00:26:24.959 --> 00:26:25.359 the Lord 00:26:25.359 --> 00:26:25.759 your God 00:26:25.759 --> 00:26:26.279 he said 00:26:26.279 --> 00:26:27.519 but tell 00:26:27.519 --> 00:26:27.859 me who 00:26:27.859 --> 00:26:28.160 will be 00:26:28.160 --> 00:26:28.619 going 00:26:28.619 --> 00:26:30.599 Moses 00:26:30.599 --> 00:26:30.960 answered 00:26:30.960 --> 00:26:31.339 we will 00:26:31.339 --> 00:26:31.799 be going 00:26:31.799 --> 00:26:32.200 with our 00:26:32.200 --> 00:26:32.579 young 00:26:32.579 --> 00:26:32.980 and our 00:26:32.980 --> 00:26:33.480 old 00:26:33.480 --> 00:26:33.980 with our 00:26:33.980 --> 00:26:34.279 sons 00:26:34.279 --> 00:26:34.619 and our 00:26:34.619 --> 00:26:35.059 daughters 00:26:35.059 --> 00:26:35.879 and with 00:26:35.879 --> 00:26:36.379 our flocks 00:26:36.379 --> 00:26:36.839 and herds 00:26:36.839 --> 00:26:37.279 because we 00:26:37.279 --> 00:26:37.539 are to 00:26:37.539 --> 00:26:38.079 celebrate a 00:26:38.079 --> 00:26:38.619 festival to 00:26:38.619 --> 00:26:39.059 the Lord 00:26:39.059 --> 00:26:41.660 Pharaoh said 00:26:41.660 --> 00:26:42.019 the Lord 00:26:42.019 --> 00:26:42.460 will be 00:26:42.460 --> 00:26:43.259 with you 00:26:43.259 --> 00:26:43.779 if I let 00:26:43.779 --> 00:26:44.240 you go 00:26:44.240 --> 00:26:45.079 along with 00:26:45.079 --> 00:26:45.519 your women 00:26:45.519 --> 00:26:46.180 and children 00:26:46.180 --> 00:26:46.799 clearly you 00:26:46.799 --> 00:26:47.180 are bent 00:26:47.180 --> 00:26:47.619 on evil 00:26:47.619 --> 00:26:47.940 no 00:26:47.940 --> 00:26:48.460 let only 00:26:48.460 --> 00:26:48.859 the men 00:26:48.859 --> 00:26:49.160 go and 00:26:49.160 --> 00:26:49.420 worship 00:26:49.420 --> 00:26:49.920 the Lord 00:26:49.920 --> 00:26:51.600 he's 00:26:51.600 --> 00:26:52.140 bargaining 00:26:52.140 --> 00:26:52.519 not 00:26:52.519 --> 00:26:53.100 obeying 00:26:53.100 --> 00:26:54.340 he's 00:26:54.340 --> 00:26:54.700 becoming 00:26:54.700 --> 00:26:55.180 convinced 00:26:55.180 --> 00:26:55.600 that God 00:26:55.600 --> 00:26:56.120 really is 00:26:56.120 --> 00:26:56.400 God 00:26:56.400 --> 00:26:56.860 but rather 00:26:56.860 --> 00:26:57.240 than get 00:26:57.240 --> 00:26:57.560 with the 00:26:57.560 --> 00:26:58.000 program 00:26:58.000 --> 00:26:58.940 and turn 00:26:58.940 --> 00:26:59.500 to him 00:26:59.500 --> 00:27:00.580 he says 00:27:00.580 --> 00:27:00.940 let it be 00:27:00.940 --> 00:27:01.279 on my 00:27:01.279 --> 00:27:01.940 terms 00:27:01.940 --> 00:27:03.160 let it be 00:27:03.160 --> 00:27:03.820 only if 00:27:03.820 --> 00:27:05.000 it's how I 00:27:05.000 --> 00:27:05.440 want it to 00:27:05.440 --> 00:27:05.980 be just a 00:27:05.980 --> 00:27:06.519 few men 00:27:06.519 --> 00:27:07.960 and a few 00:27:07.960 --> 00:27:08.279 women 00:27:08.279 --> 00:27:08.900 and repentance 00:27:08.900 --> 00:27:09.480 is a call 00:27:09.480 --> 00:27:10.200 for unconditional 00:27:10.200 --> 00:27:10.860 surrender 00:27:10.860 --> 00:27:12.580 and then 00:27:12.580 --> 00:27:13.160 chapter 9 00:27:13.160 --> 00:27:13.980 verse 27 00:27:13.980 --> 00:27:17.380 then Pharaoh 00:27:17.380 --> 00:27:18.160 summoned Moses 00:27:18.160 --> 00:27:18.519 and Aaron 00:27:18.519 --> 00:27:19.060 this time 00:27:19.060 --> 00:27:19.380 I have 00:27:19.380 --> 00:27:19.700 sinned 00:27:19.700 --> 00:27:20.019 he said 00:27:20.019 --> 00:27:20.440 to them 00:27:20.440 --> 00:27:21.420 the Lord 00:27:21.420 --> 00:27:22.120 is right 00:27:22.120 --> 00:27:23.759 and I 00:27:23.759 --> 00:27:24.100 and my 00:27:24.100 --> 00:27:24.460 people 00:27:24.460 --> 00:27:24.759 are in 00:27:24.759 --> 00:27:25.140 the wrong 00:27:25.140 --> 00:27:25.779 pray to 00:27:25.779 --> 00:27:26.160 the Lord 00:27:26.160 --> 00:27:26.539 for we 00:27:26.539 --> 00:27:27.019 have had 00:27:27.019 --> 00:27:27.319 enough 00:27:27.319 --> 00:27:27.700 thunder 00:27:27.700 --> 00:27:28.140 and hail 00:27:28.140 --> 00:27:28.480 I will 00:27:28.480 --> 00:27:28.860 let you 00:27:28.860 --> 00:27:29.160 go 00:27:29.160 --> 00:27:30.220 you don't 00:27:30.220 --> 00:27:30.600 have to 00:27:30.600 --> 00:27:31.120 stay 00:27:31.120 --> 00:27:32.539 any longer 00:27:32.539 --> 00:27:34.860 verse 34 00:27:34.860 --> 00:27:35.420 when Pharaoh 00:27:35.420 --> 00:27:36.000 saw that the 00:27:36.000 --> 00:27:36.620 rain and hail 00:27:36.620 --> 00:27:37.120 and thunder 00:27:37.120 --> 00:27:37.580 had stopped 00:27:37.580 --> 00:27:38.080 he sinned 00:27:38.080 --> 00:27:38.400 again 00:27:38.400 --> 00:27:39.680 he and his 00:27:39.680 --> 00:27:40.120 officials 00:27:40.120 --> 00:27:40.539 hardened 00:27:40.539 --> 00:27:41.420 their hearts 00:27:41.420 --> 00:27:42.740 last way 00:27:42.740 --> 00:27:43.360 to falsely 00:27:43.360 --> 00:27:43.799 repent 00:27:43.799 --> 00:27:45.740 to confess 00:27:45.740 --> 00:27:47.140 but to 00:27:47.140 --> 00:27:47.680 continue 00:27:47.680 --> 00:27:49.380 to confess 00:27:49.380 --> 00:27:49.920 but to 00:27:49.920 --> 00:27:50.440 continue 00:27:50.440 --> 00:27:51.520 he says 00:27:51.520 --> 00:27:52.080 surely I 00:27:52.080 --> 00:27:52.340 have 00:27:52.340 --> 00:27:53.020 sinned 00:27:53.020 --> 00:27:53.900 so he's 00:27:53.900 --> 00:27:54.440 turning away 00:27:54.440 --> 00:27:55.140 from sin 00:27:55.140 --> 00:27:56.720 but when it 00:27:56.720 --> 00:27:57.180 gets better 00:27:57.180 --> 00:27:57.620 it's not a 00:27:57.620 --> 00:27:58.700 180 turning 00:27:58.700 --> 00:27:59.100 to God 00:27:59.100 --> 00:27:59.520 he simply 00:27:59.520 --> 00:28:00.060 just does a 00:28:00.060 --> 00:28:00.760 360 and 00:28:00.760 --> 00:28:01.160 turns back 00:28:01.160 --> 00:28:01.620 to sin 00:28:01.619 --> 00:28:03.599 false 00:28:03.599 --> 00:28:04.239 false repentance 00:28:04.239 --> 00:28:06.039 relief 00:28:06.039 --> 00:28:06.779 not repentance 00:28:06.779 --> 00:28:07.519 bargaining 00:28:07.519 --> 00:28:08.379 not obeying 00:28:08.379 --> 00:28:09.359 confessing 00:28:09.359 --> 00:28:10.759 but continuing 00:28:10.759 --> 00:28:11.439 I wonder if 00:28:11.439 --> 00:28:11.839 that's true 00:28:11.839 --> 00:28:12.559 in your life 00:28:12.559 --> 00:28:14.619 stuff going 00:28:14.619 --> 00:28:15.219 on that you've 00:28:15.219 --> 00:28:15.779 not turned 00:28:15.779 --> 00:28:16.259 from 00:28:16.259 --> 00:28:17.539 to God 00:28:17.539 --> 00:28:19.419 you keep 00:28:19.419 --> 00:28:19.779 it as a 00:28:19.779 --> 00:28:20.399 little pet 00:28:20.399 --> 00:28:22.659 you feed it 00:28:22.659 --> 00:28:23.099 from time 00:28:23.099 --> 00:28:23.619 to time 00:28:23.619 --> 00:28:25.639 I wonder if 00:28:25.639 --> 00:28:25.979 that's what 00:28:25.979 --> 00:28:26.479 God's saying 00:28:26.479 --> 00:28:26.959 to us this 00:28:26.959 --> 00:28:27.239 morning 00:28:27.240 --> 00:28:30.079 confess 00:28:30.079 --> 00:28:31.779 turn 00:28:31.779 --> 00:28:33.519 trust 00:28:33.519 --> 00:28:35.299 classic 00:28:35.299 --> 00:28:35.740 case is 00:28:35.740 --> 00:28:36.200 the prodigal 00:28:36.200 --> 00:28:36.579 son 00:28:36.579 --> 00:28:37.740 he's in 00:28:37.740 --> 00:28:38.079 the field 00:28:38.079 --> 00:28:38.460 what does it 00:28:38.460 --> 00:28:38.779 say he 00:28:38.779 --> 00:28:39.440 got up 00:28:39.440 --> 00:28:41.019 from the 00:28:41.019 --> 00:28:42.539 slop of 00:28:42.539 --> 00:28:43.140 his life 00:28:43.140 --> 00:28:44.779 and he 00:28:44.779 --> 00:28:45.519 turns around 00:28:45.519 --> 00:28:46.980 and he 00:28:46.980 --> 00:28:47.460 goes home 00:28:47.460 --> 00:28:47.960 that's what 00:28:47.960 --> 00:28:48.359 repentance 00:28:48.359 --> 00:28:48.839 is 00:28:48.839 --> 00:28:50.220 turning from 00:28:50.220 --> 00:28:50.819 sin to 00:28:50.819 --> 00:28:51.200 God 00:28:51.200 --> 00:28:52.880 and anything 00:28:52.880 --> 00:28:53.299 that's not 00:28:53.299 --> 00:28:54.019 true repentance 00:28:54.019 --> 00:28:54.880 provokes 00:28:54.880 --> 00:28:55.599 God 00:28:55.599 --> 00:28:56.099 here's what 00:28:56.099 --> 00:28:56.620 we learnt 00:28:56.619 --> 00:28:59.500 God 00:28:59.500 --> 00:28:59.819 will be 00:28:59.819 --> 00:29:00.259 God 00:29:00.259 --> 00:29:02.299 and everyone 00:29:02.299 --> 00:29:02.779 will know 00:29:02.779 --> 00:29:03.199 it 00:29:03.199 --> 00:29:04.879 God 00:29:04.879 --> 00:29:05.879 will be 00:29:05.879 --> 00:29:06.299 God 00:29:06.299 --> 00:29:07.079 and everyone 00:29:07.079 --> 00:29:08.319 will know 00:29:08.319 --> 00:29:08.639 what does 00:29:08.639 --> 00:29:09.039 this look 00:29:09.039 --> 00:29:09.479 like 00:29:09.479 --> 00:29:10.779 in life 00:29:10.779 --> 00:29:13.599 well if 00:29:13.599 --> 00:29:13.899 you're a 00:29:13.899 --> 00:29:14.199 Christian 00:29:14.199 --> 00:29:14.899 here today 00:29:14.899 --> 00:29:18.239 this morning 00:29:18.239 --> 00:29:18.799 perhaps it 00:29:18.799 --> 00:29:19.099 is that 00:29:19.099 --> 00:29:19.739 your worship 00:29:19.739 --> 00:29:20.159 for God 00:29:20.159 --> 00:29:20.619 has become 00:29:20.619 --> 00:29:21.199 dry and 00:29:21.199 --> 00:29:21.579 dusty 00:29:21.579 --> 00:29:23.619 maybe it's 00:29:23.619 --> 00:29:24.119 a case 00:29:24.119 --> 00:29:24.779 like 00:29:24.779 --> 00:29:26.119 the Egyptian 00:29:26.119 --> 00:29:27.279 the Israelites 00:29:27.279 --> 00:29:27.879 had to 00:29:27.879 --> 00:29:28.539 to remember 00:29:28.539 --> 00:29:29.039 what God 00:29:29.039 --> 00:29:29.359 had done 00:29:29.359 --> 00:29:29.879 for them 00:29:29.879 --> 00:29:31.239 to remember 00:29:31.239 --> 00:29:31.799 how he had 00:29:31.799 --> 00:29:32.359 blessed them 00:29:32.359 --> 00:29:32.839 and blessed 00:29:32.839 --> 00:29:33.119 them and 00:29:33.119 --> 00:29:33.500 shown his 00:29:33.500 --> 00:29:34.259 mighty power 00:29:34.259 --> 00:29:34.739 in Egypt 00:29:34.739 --> 00:29:35.719 that he gave 00:29:35.719 --> 00:29:36.519 them reasons 00:29:36.519 --> 00:29:37.279 to worship 00:29:37.279 --> 00:29:39.419 perhaps this 00:29:39.419 --> 00:29:40.000 week to 00:29:40.000 --> 00:29:41.399 not have 00:29:41.399 --> 00:29:42.199 dry and 00:29:42.199 --> 00:29:43.000 dusty and 00:29:43.000 --> 00:29:43.579 cerebral 00:29:43.579 --> 00:29:44.239 worship of 00:29:44.239 --> 00:29:44.379 God 00:29:44.379 --> 00:29:44.959 perhaps that's 00:29:44.959 --> 00:29:45.399 it every 00:29:45.399 --> 00:29:45.959 morning just 00:29:45.959 --> 00:29:46.699 rehearse 00:29:46.699 --> 00:29:47.879 and remember 00:29:47.879 --> 00:29:48.519 everything that 00:29:48.519 --> 00:29:49.019 God has done 00:29:49.019 --> 00:29:49.599 for you 00:29:49.599 --> 00:29:52.039 there's a 00:29:52.039 --> 00:29:52.839 passage on the 00:29:52.839 --> 00:29:53.219 back of the 00:29:53.219 --> 00:29:53.759 outline that 00:29:53.759 --> 00:29:54.259 will be so 00:29:54.259 --> 00:29:55.019 helpful from a 00:29:55.019 --> 00:29:55.400 guy called 00:29:55.400 --> 00:29:56.299 Jerry Bridges 00:29:56.299 --> 00:30:01.019 perhaps it 00:30:01.019 --> 00:30:01.559 is that God 00:30:01.559 --> 00:30:02.319 is a passenger 00:30:02.319 --> 00:30:03.259 in your life 00:30:03.259 --> 00:30:04.279 you like having 00:30:04.279 --> 00:30:04.839 him around but 00:30:04.839 --> 00:30:05.259 he's not really 00:30:05.259 --> 00:30:06.299 driving it 00:30:06.299 --> 00:30:08.079 perhaps today is 00:30:08.079 --> 00:30:08.700 the day to 00:30:08.700 --> 00:30:10.220 hand over the 00:30:10.220 --> 00:30:10.819 keys to your 00:30:10.819 --> 00:30:11.279 life 00:30:11.279 --> 00:30:13.559 perhaps there's 00:30:13.559 --> 00:30:14.099 stuff in your 00:30:14.099 --> 00:30:14.579 life that's 00:30:14.579 --> 00:30:15.400 habitual set 00:30:15.400 --> 00:30:17.019 just keep 00:30:17.019 --> 00:30:17.819 feeding it 00:30:17.819 --> 00:30:18.599 you've tried 00:30:18.599 --> 00:30:19.839 but you've 00:30:19.839 --> 00:30:20.180 failed 00:30:20.180 --> 00:30:22.759 perhaps today 00:30:22.759 --> 00:30:23.460 you turn from 00:30:23.460 --> 00:30:23.980 it once and 00:30:23.980 --> 00:30:24.420 for all and 00:30:24.420 --> 00:30:25.220 ask for help 00:30:25.220 --> 00:30:26.420 from people 00:30:26.420 --> 00:30:26.940 around 00:30:26.940 --> 00:30:29.600 but perhaps 00:30:29.600 --> 00:30:30.019 you're not a 00:30:30.019 --> 00:30:30.420 Christian 00:30:30.420 --> 00:30:31.700 so great 00:30:31.700 --> 00:30:32.380 you're here 00:30:32.380 --> 00:30:33.759 you have a 00:30:33.759 --> 00:30:34.320 little window 00:30:34.320 --> 00:30:35.080 into everything 00:30:35.080 --> 00:30:35.500 that we're 00:30:35.500 --> 00:30:35.960 about 00:30:35.960 --> 00:30:38.500 God has and 00:30:38.500 --> 00:30:39.200 is revealing 00:30:39.200 --> 00:30:39.940 himself to 00:30:39.940 --> 00:30:40.640 us he's done 00:30:40.640 --> 00:30:41.060 it in this 00:30:41.060 --> 00:30:41.759 passage 00:30:41.759 --> 00:30:43.800 doing it 00:30:43.800 --> 00:30:44.759 all the time 00:30:44.759 --> 00:30:45.259 he's showing 00:30:45.259 --> 00:30:45.800 you that he 00:30:45.800 --> 00:30:46.680 really is God 00:30:46.680 --> 00:30:47.900 and it's vital 00:30:47.900 --> 00:30:48.580 that you know 00:30:48.580 --> 00:30:49.000 it 00:30:49.000 --> 00:30:51.980 he's done 00:30:51.980 --> 00:30:52.460 this most 00:30:52.460 --> 00:30:53.420 profoundly and 00:30:53.420 --> 00:30:54.279 poignantly in 00:30:54.279 --> 00:30:54.799 his son 00:30:54.799 --> 00:30:55.980 the Lord 00:30:55.980 --> 00:30:56.319 Jesus 00:30:56.319 --> 00:30:57.779 the one who 00:30:57.779 --> 00:30:58.460 is the image 00:30:58.460 --> 00:30:59.220 of the invisible 00:30:59.220 --> 00:30:59.559 God 00:30:59.559 --> 00:30:59.980 want to know 00:30:59.980 --> 00:31:00.339 what God 00:31:00.339 --> 00:31:00.859 is like 00:31:00.859 --> 00:31:02.779 look at the 00:31:02.779 --> 00:31:03.940 Lord Jesus 00:31:03.940 --> 00:31:04.460 no 00:31:04.460 --> 00:31:05.839 there's space 00:31:05.839 --> 00:31:06.559 for grace in 00:31:06.559 --> 00:31:07.160 the present 00:31:07.160 --> 00:31:08.980 space for 00:31:08.980 --> 00:31:09.480 grace 00:31:09.480 --> 00:31:11.460 you're living 00:31:11.460 --> 00:31:12.079 and breathing 00:31:12.079 --> 00:31:12.819 today and that 00:31:12.819 --> 00:31:13.539 is an extension 00:31:13.539 --> 00:31:14.079 of God's 00:31:14.079 --> 00:31:14.599 grace 00:31:14.599 --> 00:31:15.379 grace to 00:31:15.379 --> 00:31:15.839 you 00:31:15.839 --> 00:31:17.879 but one day 00:31:17.879 --> 00:31:18.639 judgment will 00:31:18.639 --> 00:31:19.879 come that 00:31:19.879 --> 00:31:20.480 will make 00:31:20.480 --> 00:31:21.019 these plagues 00:31:21.019 --> 00:31:21.459 in Egypt 00:31:21.459 --> 00:31:21.939 look like 00:31:21.939 --> 00:31:22.299 absolute 00:31:22.299 --> 00:31:23.139 child's play 00:31:23.139 --> 00:31:25.059 when God 00:31:25.059 --> 00:31:25.719 rolls up 00:31:25.719 --> 00:31:26.119 history 00:31:26.119 --> 00:31:26.899 brings everything 00:31:26.899 --> 00:31:27.500 to a close 00:31:27.500 --> 00:31:28.059 and judges 00:31:28.059 --> 00:31:28.500 the world 00:31:28.500 --> 00:31:29.079 in righteousness 00:31:29.079 --> 00:31:29.779 and justice 00:31:29.779 --> 00:31:31.980 there's only 00:31:31.980 --> 00:31:32.799 one safe place 00:31:32.799 --> 00:31:33.359 to be found 00:31:33.359 --> 00:31:34.240 and that is 00:31:34.240 --> 00:31:35.899 having trusted 00:31:35.899 --> 00:31:36.579 Jesus with 00:31:36.579 --> 00:31:37.079 all of your 00:31:37.079 --> 00:31:37.619 life and your 00:31:37.619 --> 00:31:38.539 eventual death 00:31:38.539 --> 00:31:41.579 judgment will 00:31:41.579 --> 00:31:41.939 fall 00:31:41.939 --> 00:31:43.859 and the one 00:31:43.859 --> 00:31:44.339 thing that 00:31:44.339 --> 00:31:44.799 will matter 00:31:44.799 --> 00:31:45.439 on that day 00:31:45.439 --> 00:31:46.019 is do you 00:31:46.019 --> 00:31:46.480 know him 00:31:46.480 --> 00:31:48.039 do you 00:31:48.039 --> 00:31:49.220 know him 00:31:49.220 --> 00:31:50.779 says in the 00:31:50.779 --> 00:31:51.059 Psalms 00:31:51.059 --> 00:31:52.319 today if you 00:31:52.319 --> 00:31:52.959 harden your 00:31:52.959 --> 00:31:53.359 heart 00:31:53.359 --> 00:31:54.119 today if you 00:31:54.119 --> 00:31:54.599 hear his 00:31:54.599 --> 00:31:55.139 voice 00:31:55.139 --> 00:31:56.759 don't harden 00:31:56.759 --> 00:31:57.539 your hearts 00:31:57.539 --> 00:31:58.299 pray that would 00:31:58.299 --> 00:31:58.859 be true 00:31:58.859 --> 00:32:00.159 for each of 00:32:00.159 --> 00:32:00.279 us 00:32:00.279 --> 00:32:00.599 why don't we 00:32:00.599 --> 00:32:01.079 just have a 00:32:01.079 --> 00:32:01.899 minute silence 00:32:01.899 --> 00:32:04.799 let's just 00:32:04.799 --> 00:32:05.379 think about 00:32:05.379 --> 00:32:06.079 what God is 00:32:06.079 --> 00:32:06.720 calling us to 00:32:06.720 --> 00:32:07.720 do this 00:32:07.720 --> 00:32:08.439 morning as he 00:32:08.439 --> 00:32:09.319 declares into 00:32:09.319 --> 00:32:10.139 our lives 00:32:10.139 --> 00:32:12.000 I am God 00:32:12.000 --> 00:32:14.400 you must 00:32:14.400 --> 00:32:15.059 know it 00:32:15.059 --> 00:32:22.599 there's that 00:32:22.599 --> 00:32:23.160 story isn't 00:32:23.160 --> 00:32:23.720 there of six 00:32:23.720 --> 00:32:24.460 blind men 00:32:24.460 --> 00:32:26.339 touching an 00:32:26.339 --> 00:32:26.819 elephant and 00:32:26.819 --> 00:32:27.299 they all have 00:32:27.299 --> 00:32:27.980 different impressions 00:32:27.980 --> 00:32:28.539 about what the 00:32:28.539 --> 00:32:29.059 elephant is like 00:32:29.059 --> 00:32:29.519 one person 00:32:29.519 --> 00:32:30.160 touches the 00:32:30.160 --> 00:32:30.960 trunk and 00:32:30.960 --> 00:32:31.259 says it's 00:32:31.259 --> 00:32:31.579 like a 00:32:31.579 --> 00:32:31.819 snake 00:32:31.819 --> 00:32:32.299 one person 00:32:32.299 --> 00:32:32.819 touches the 00:32:32.819 --> 00:32:33.259 tail and 00:32:33.259 --> 00:32:33.559 says it's 00:32:33.559 --> 00:32:33.859 like a 00:32:33.859 --> 00:32:34.140 rope 00:32:34.140 --> 00:32:35.059 one person 00:32:35.059 --> 00:32:35.640 touches the 00:32:35.640 --> 00:32:37.059 stomach and 00:32:37.059 --> 00:32:37.480 says it's 00:32:37.480 --> 00:32:37.839 like a 00:32:37.839 --> 00:32:38.220 wall 00:32:38.220 --> 00:32:40.279 it's a 00:32:40.279 --> 00:32:40.960 really interesting 00:32:40.960 --> 00:32:41.600 story but 00:32:41.600 --> 00:32:42.000 there's three 00:32:42.000 --> 00:32:42.759 massive problems 00:32:42.759 --> 00:32:43.319 with it 00:32:43.319 --> 00:32:45.039 as the 00:32:45.039 --> 00:32:45.680 narrator of 00:32:45.680 --> 00:32:46.100 the story 00:32:46.100 --> 00:32:46.680 you're claiming 00:32:46.680 --> 00:32:47.140 to be the 00:32:47.140 --> 00:32:47.620 only one that 00:32:47.620 --> 00:32:48.299 can see fully 00:32:48.299 --> 00:32:48.660 which is 00:32:48.660 --> 00:32:49.400 slightly arrogant 00:32:49.400 --> 00:32:51.299 I think 00:32:51.299 --> 00:32:53.579 the Hindu 00:32:53.579 --> 00:32:54.200 proverb is 00:32:54.200 --> 00:32:54.620 that this is 00:32:54.620 --> 00:32:55.019 like God 00:32:55.019 --> 00:32:55.539 we've all got 00:32:55.539 --> 00:32:56.180 slightly different 00:32:56.180 --> 00:32:56.819 impressions of 00:32:56.819 --> 00:32:57.400 what he's like 00:32:57.400 --> 00:32:57.920 and yet to 00:32:57.920 --> 00:32:59.880 say it's an 00:32:59.880 --> 00:33:00.539 elephant is a 00:33:00.539 --> 00:33:01.039 real problem 00:33:01.039 --> 00:33:01.559 because you're 00:33:01.559 --> 00:33:02.079 claiming to be 00:33:02.079 --> 00:33:02.640 the only one to 00:33:02.640 --> 00:33:03.059 see the whole 00:33:03.059 --> 00:33:03.400 picture 00:33:03.400 --> 00:33:05.180 the second 00:33:05.180 --> 00:33:05.980 massive problem 00:33:05.980 --> 00:33:06.600 is if the 00:33:06.600 --> 00:33:07.960 elephant whispers 00:33:07.960 --> 00:33:08.640 to all six 00:33:08.640 --> 00:33:09.100 of them 00:33:09.100 --> 00:33:10.759 by the way 00:33:10.759 --> 00:33:11.079 I'm an 00:33:11.079 --> 00:33:11.420 elephant 00:33:11.420 --> 00:33:13.160 then their 00:33:13.160 --> 00:33:13.779 own perception 00:33:13.779 --> 00:33:14.440 of the elephant 00:33:14.440 --> 00:33:15.340 is wholly wrong 00:33:15.340 --> 00:33:17.600 number three 00:33:17.600 --> 00:33:18.319 if the elephant 00:33:18.319 --> 00:33:19.100 is a miracle 00:33:19.100 --> 00:33:20.140 working elephant 00:33:20.140 --> 00:33:21.400 and miraculously 00:33:21.400 --> 00:33:22.400 gives them sight 00:33:22.400 --> 00:33:22.980 in order that 00:33:22.980 --> 00:33:23.519 they can see 00:33:23.519 --> 00:33:24.079 that it is an 00:33:24.079 --> 00:33:24.400 elephant 00:33:24.400 --> 00:33:27.059 then to keep 00:33:27.059 --> 00:33:27.519 going in 00:33:27.519 --> 00:33:28.180 darkness is 00:33:28.180 --> 00:33:28.759 just utterly 00:33:28.759 --> 00:33:29.240 wrong 00:33:29.240 --> 00:33:30.600 and arrogant 00:33:30.600 --> 00:33:34.460 today God 00:33:34.460 --> 00:33:35.000 has clearly 00:33:35.000 --> 00:33:35.880 revealed himself 00:33:35.880 --> 00:33:36.420 to us 00:33:36.420 --> 00:33:36.799 what he's 00:33:36.799 --> 00:33:37.120 like 00:33:37.119 --> 00:33:40.099 he's shown 00:33:40.099 --> 00:33:40.599 us 00:33:40.599 --> 00:33:41.839 the God 00:33:41.839 --> 00:33:42.239 that he 00:33:42.239 --> 00:33:42.799 is 00:33:42.799 --> 00:33:44.259 and he's 00:33:44.259 --> 00:33:44.879 held up 00:33:44.879 --> 00:33:45.459 for us 00:33:45.459 --> 00:33:45.859 the Lord 00:33:45.859 --> 00:33:46.199 Jesus 00:33:46.199 --> 00:33:46.639 whom he 00:33:46.639 --> 00:33:47.039 sent 00:33:47.039 --> 00:33:49.000 and so 00:33:49.000 --> 00:33:49.519 to carry 00:33:49.519 --> 00:33:49.959 on in 00:33:49.959 --> 00:33:50.319 absolute 00:33:50.319 --> 00:33:50.799 darkness 00:33:50.799 --> 00:33:51.179 and do 00:33:51.179 --> 00:33:51.539 absolutely 00:33:51.539 --> 00:33:51.839 nothing 00:33:51.839 --> 00:33:52.759 about it 00:33:52.759 --> 00:33:54.519 it's real 00:33:54.519 --> 00:33:54.959 arrogance 00:33:54.959 --> 00:33:56.659 and it 00:33:56.659 --> 00:33:57.219 will be 00:33:57.219 --> 00:33:58.479 a real 00:33:58.479 --> 00:33:58.859 problem 00:33:58.859 --> 00:33:59.199 in the 00:33:59.199 --> 00:33:59.519 end 00:33:59.519 --> 00:34:00.379 let me 00:34:00.379 --> 00:34:00.639 pray 00:34:00.640 --> 00:34:07.180 father 00:34:07.180 --> 00:34:07.200 father 00:34:07.200 --> 00:34:07.220 father 00:34:07.220 --> 00:34:07.380 god 00:34:07.380 --> 00:34:07.780 thank you 00:34:07.780 --> 00:34:08.200 you're a 00:34:08.200 --> 00:34:08.420 god 00:34:08.420 --> 00:34:09.220 who speaks 00:34:09.220 --> 00:34:10.940 who longs 00:34:10.940 --> 00:34:11.220 to be 00:34:11.220 --> 00:34:11.700 known 00:34:11.700 --> 00:34:13.260 who is 00:34:13.260 --> 00:34:13.860 not far 00:34:13.860 --> 00:34:14.360 from any 00:34:14.360 --> 00:34:14.760 one of 00:34:14.760 --> 00:34:15.280 us 00:34:15.280 --> 00:34:16.660 father 00:34:16.660 --> 00:34:16.920 god 00:34:16.920 --> 00:34:17.160 may 00:34:17.160 --> 00:34:17.640 each 00:34:17.640 --> 00:34:17.940 of us 00:34:17.940 --> 00:34:18.460 turn to 00:34:18.460 --> 00:34:18.660 you 00:34:18.660 --> 00:34:18.820 in 00:34:18.820 --> 00:34:19.260 repentance 00:34:19.260 --> 00:34:19.880 and faith 00:34:19.880 --> 00:34:20.420 this day 00:34:20.420 --> 00:34:22.200 and embrace 00:34:22.200 --> 00:34:22.700 your son 00:34:22.700 --> 00:34:23.380 as lord 00:34:23.380 --> 00:34:24.800 of lords 00:34:24.800 --> 00:34:26.340 and lord 00:34:26.340 --> 00:34:26.680 of our 00:34:26.680 --> 00:34:27.220 lives 00:34:27.220 --> 00:34:29.039 father we 00:34:29.039 --> 00:34:29.680 pray this in 00:34:29.680 --> 00:34:30.920 jesus mighty name 00:34:30.920 --> 00:34:32.420 amen 00:34:32.420 --> 00:34:51.840 so 00:34:51.840 --> 00:34:52.300 you 00:34:52.300 --> 00:34:55.840 so 00:34:55.840 --> 00:35:00.500 so