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 Isaiah 44 on page 604 and 5.

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 We shop in Liddle.

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 I popped in there yesterday afternoon.

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 I was trying to get some raspberries.

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!

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 You can go down the aisle.

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 You can pick what you want.

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 Liddle of an imitation for everything, don't they?

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 Whether it's granola or Weetabix or crunching that cornflakes.

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 There's all sorts of varieties.

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 Something for everyone.

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 And the Assyrians and the Babylonians in Isaiah's day,

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 they didn't have supermarkets.

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 But if they did have the equivalent of Liddle,

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 they would be jam-packed, not with breakfast seagulls,

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 but with gods.

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 And with deities.

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 That would be available for your worship.

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 You get a different god depending on your circumstance,

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 depending on your need,

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 depending on your mood.

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 You could choose from all sorts of numerous gods.

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 And that would bring you what you're looking for.

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 And that aisle in the Babylonian and Assyrian supermarket

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 would have been crammed full of people all the time.

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 It would have been on the left as you went in,

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 the kind of prime spot.

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 Because everyone in Isaiah's day was looking for a god.

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 Or gods.

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 And here was the big challenge for the prophet of the Lord Isaiah.

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 Because as he is right,

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 whom God had redeemed,

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 whom God had taken as his whole people,

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 from all the peoples of the earth,

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 as God's people looked at the Assyrians and the Babylonians,

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 as they looked at those people who come in and conquered them,

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 they looked at those people and they got the impression

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 that maybe there was something about this idolatry gig after all.

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 Maybe it wasn't that bad.

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 I mean,

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 look at the Assyrians.

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 And look at the Babylonians.

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 They're rich.

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 They're sophisticated.

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 They live in nice houses.

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 That's got to have something to do with the power of their god, hasn't it?

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 So it just seemed absurd to the conquered Israelites.

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 Those who'd been defeated by these people,

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 who'd been dragged off into exile,

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 to maintain that their god was supreme over all the other gods.

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 And these gods of the conquerors,

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 your gods are nothing.

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 When they compared their lifestyle

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 to the lifestyle of those other people,

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 it seems point away from the supremacy of the Lord God of Israel.

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 Well, if you were with us last term,

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 you will know that Isaiah has got something that's near

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 for being his body on the theme of idolatry.

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 It keeps coming back again and again.

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 And in chapter 40 to 48,

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 that is his main concern.

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 And what he keeps reminding the Israelites

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 is not very complicated at all.

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 The message is pretty straightforward.

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 It's a bit like when President Calvin Coolidge

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 came home from church one day.

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 And the story goes that his wife asked him,

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 what was the sin about?

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 And Coolidge grumpily said he spoke about sin.

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 His wife asked him,

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 what did he say about sin?

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 And Coolidge replied,

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 he said he was against it.

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 And that is pretty much the message of Isaiah here.

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 That God and idolatry,

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 God is against it.

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 Now we can all go home at this point and finish,

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 but there's lots more to dig into.

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 You and I need to understand

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 why God is so opposed to idolatry.

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 And the reason why that is so important for you today

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 in the 21st century

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 is you and I find ourselves

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 constantly facing the same kind of temptation

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 as the Israelites.

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 And that temptation goes far beyond

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 the wooden statues that we read about

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 in today's passage.

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 Here's how Tim Callow to find an idol.

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 He's got an excellent little book

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 called Counterfeit Gods.

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 And in that book he says,

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 An idol is anything more important to you than God.

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 Anything that absorbs your heart and imagination

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 more than God.

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 Anything you seek to give you

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 what only God can give you.

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 And so when we understand that,

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 you and I face exactly the same temptations

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 as the Israelites said.

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 As we look around ourselves,

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 we see people with money

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 and with success.

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 And we see people who are living

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 in the lack of luxury.

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 And we see people who have got what we want.

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 They're successful.

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 Or they're popular.

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 They get great job satisfaction.

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 And as far as we can tell,

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 they've got that

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 because they've devoted themselves

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 to the acquisition of money,

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 the pursuit of success,

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 the pursuit of power,

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 the pursuit of great reputation.

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 And it tempts us to say,

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 maybe there is something

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 in this ideology gig after all.

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 Maybe it isn't all that bad

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 to go after those gods.

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 And here am I trying to tell people

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 how great God is

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 and that money set on power

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 are not what they're cracked up to be,

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 but the people,

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 they go after those things.

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 And the people who go after those things

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 don't seem to be doing too badly at all,

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 do they?

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 So children,

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 your mates in school,

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 your friends in school,

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 who actually,

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 they don't care about God,

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 they don't love the Lord Jesus,

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 and they seem to be,

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 well, pretty happy.

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 They seem to be doing okay.

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 They don't follow God's law.

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 Why not just be like them?

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 And Isaiah wants to expose to you

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 the absolute absurdity,

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 the craziness of thinking that way.

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 And he wants us to see how mad,

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 how mad it is to mess with lifeless idols

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 when you can know the living God.

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 So we're going to look at that.

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 And see in three points,

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 the reality of the living God,

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 the absurdity of idolatry,

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 and then thirdly,

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 the redemptive reasons to worship God

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 and not idols.

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 And all because it is mad

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 to worship

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 and to mess

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 with lifeless idols

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 when you can know the living God.

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 So first of all,

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 from verses 6 onwards,

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 the reality of the living God.

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 Let me go to 6 of Isaiah 44.

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 Thus says the Lord,

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 the King of Israel,

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 and His Redeemer,

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 the Lord of hosts,

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 I am the first

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 and I am the last.

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 And besides me,

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 there is no God.

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 Who is like me?

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 Let Him proclaim it.

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 Let Him declare

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 and set it before me.

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 Since I appointed an ancient people,

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 let them declare what is to come

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 and what will happen.

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 Fear not.

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 Nor be afraid.

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 Have I not told you from of old

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 and declared it?

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 And you are my witnesses.

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 Is there a God besides me?

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 There is no rock.

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 I know not any.

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 Because there's numerous places

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 during this book.

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 Isaiah helps us to see

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 how God lays out His CV

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 as a reminder

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 that there is absolutely

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 no one like Him.

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 That the Lord God

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 is in a category

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 all of His own.

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 And so He points us,

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 first of all,

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 to His very nature.

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 He says,

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 He is the King of Israel.

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 He is their Redeemer.

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 But not only that,

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 He is the Lord of hosts.

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 Literally,

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 He is the Lord Almighty.

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 All the powers

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 and the armies

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 of heaven

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 are at His command.

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 He says,

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 doesn't He,

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 He is the first

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 and He is the last.

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 He is the first.

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 That means He doesn't

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 derive His life

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 from elsewhere.

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 In contrast,

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 to what you're about

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 to see later on

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 in the chapter.

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 God is self-sufficient.

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 He is self-sufficient

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 and He is the last.

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 He will outlast

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 all things.

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 And He will remain

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 supreme forever.

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 And it's not just

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 in His nature

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 that He says

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 He is unique.

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 It is in the way

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 that He sovereignly

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 rules over all of history.

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 God is alone

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 is the one

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 who has orchestrated

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 everything

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 in history.

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 Up to this point,

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 and He will orchestrate

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 everything

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 in the future.

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 It's not that

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 just in what happens,

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 but in what it means.

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 God interprets

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 history for us.

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 And then Isaiah

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 comes back

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 to the challenge

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 of the idols

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 that we saw

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 in chapter 41.

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 It's a challenge

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 by which you can

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 show whether

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 your God

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 is the real God.

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 Can your God

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 predict the future?

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 Because the God

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 of the Bible

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 gets 100%

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 success rate

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 every time.

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 He's never

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 got it wrong.

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 And God says

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 to the idols,

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 can you do that?

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 Can you predict

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 the coming

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 of the Babylonian

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 domination,

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 which God

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 spoke to Isaiah

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 in chapter 39?

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 Can you predict

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 who the world

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 conqueror will be

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 and bring down

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 Babylon?

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 Can you tell

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 what the ruler

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 of that nation,

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 who will come

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 almost 200 years

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 from now,

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 what his name

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 will be?

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 Because Isaiah

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 gives his name

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 at the end

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 of the chapter.

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 Here is the reality

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 of the living God

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 when you start

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 to take it in.

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 You start to realise

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 what an amazing

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 difference this

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 should make

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 in your life,

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 that we follow

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 and we trust

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 this God.

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 Because if you

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 know the God

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 of the Bible,

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 you know

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 the God

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 who holds

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 the future

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 in his hands.

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 And the God

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 who tells you

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 what that future

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 will be like

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 in prophecy.

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 So don't you

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 think that it

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 makes sense

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 that you can

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 rest in him

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 at the start

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 of this year?

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 And you can

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 walk into

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 that future,

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 you don't know

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 what the future

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 is for you.

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 None of us do.

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 But God does.

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 So God says

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 to you at the start

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 of verse 8,

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 do not tremble.

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 Fear not.

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 Don't be afraid,

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 trust me.

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 And if you

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 walk into the future

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 holding my hand,

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 you have nothing

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 to worry about

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 because I know

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 what is there.

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 I'll be your

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 rock,

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 that's it.

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 Don't look for a

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 rock elsewhere

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 because there is

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 no other.

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 There is no other.

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 I'm the only one.

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 Do you see what

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 God is doing

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 before he gets

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 to the absurdity

00:10:42.659 --> 00:10:43.100
 of the idols?

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 He's saying,

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 if you have a

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 God like me,

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 why would you

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 ever consider

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 messing with idols?

00:10:49.120 --> 00:10:49.700
 Paul Newman

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 was a very

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 famous actor

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 and he was

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 quite well known

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 for his devotion

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 to his wife

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 Joanne Woodward.

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 And Paul Newman

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 was once asked

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 when he worked

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 with so many

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 beautiful women

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 in the Hollywood

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 industry,

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 why or how

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 he stayed faithful

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 to his wife.

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 And Newman

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 famously quipped,

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 why go out

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 for a hamburger

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 when you have

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 stayed at home?

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 Now,

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 I'm not sure

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 that his wife

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 appreciated

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 what he was

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 saying.

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 I'm sure she

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 appreciated the

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 sentiment behind it.

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 But that's the

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 kind of argument

00:11:27.860 --> 00:11:28.159
 you've got

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 as I've already

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 thought.

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 Why mess

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 with idols

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 when you've

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 got the true

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 and the living

00:11:34.360 --> 00:11:34.720
 God?

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 when you've

00:11:37.019 --> 00:11:37.500
 got the fountain

00:11:37.500 --> 00:11:37.960
 of the living

00:11:37.960 --> 00:11:38.539
 waters?

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 When you've

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 got the first

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 and the last

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 of the living

00:11:41.480 --> 00:11:41.700
 God?

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 Here is the

00:11:42.240 --> 00:11:43.060
 reality of the

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 one true

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 God.

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 Well,

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 at this point

00:11:47.000 --> 00:11:47.759
 Isaiah says to

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 us,

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 we've just

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 heard from the

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 sovereign living

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 God.

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 Stay tuned

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 because after

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 the break

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 I'll be taking

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 us on a field

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 trip to God's

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 shop.

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 And you won't

00:11:56.539 --> 00:11:56.899
 want to miss

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 this one.

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 And sure enough

00:11:59.200 --> 00:11:59.980
 after the commercial

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 we see Isaiah

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 in the idol

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 shop.

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 And it's

00:12:04.779 --> 00:12:05.460
 a haven of

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 activity and

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 busyness.

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 So the

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 verses 12

00:12:08.480 --> 00:12:09.000
 and 13

00:12:09.000 --> 00:12:10.779
 the futility

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 of idols.

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 The

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 eidensmith

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 takes a

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 cutting tool

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 and he

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 works it

00:12:16.320 --> 00:12:16.580
 over the

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 coals and

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 he fashions

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 it with

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 hammers and

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 he works

00:12:19.379 --> 00:12:19.580
 it with

00:12:19.580 --> 00:12:19.919
 his strong

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 arm.

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 He becomes

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 hungry.

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 His strength

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 fails.

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 He drinks

00:12:24.240 --> 00:12:24.799
 no water

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 and he gets

00:12:25.500 --> 00:12:25.759
 faint.

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 And the

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 carpenter

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 scratches a line.

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 He marks

00:12:29.120 --> 00:12:29.299
 it out

00:12:29.299 --> 00:12:29.500
 with a

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 pencil.

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 He shapes

00:12:30.419 --> 00:12:30.719
 it with

00:12:30.719 --> 00:12:31.179
 planes.

00:12:31.399 --> 00:12:31.779
 He marks

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 it with

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 a compass.

00:12:32.579 --> 00:12:32.919
 He shapes

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 it into

00:12:33.159 --> 00:12:33.459
 the figure

00:12:33.459 --> 00:12:33.959
 of a man

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 with the

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 beauty of

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 a man to

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 dwell in

00:12:37.100 --> 00:12:37.539
 a house.

00:12:39.179 --> 00:12:39.459
 Isaiah

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 wants you

00:12:40.000 --> 00:12:41.299
 to see how

00:12:41.299 --> 00:12:41.860
 much work

00:12:41.860 --> 00:12:42.339
 goes into

00:12:42.339 --> 00:12:42.899
 idolatry.

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 You've got

00:12:43.819 --> 00:12:44.439
 an island over

00:12:44.439 --> 00:12:44.659
 there.

00:12:44.779 --> 00:12:44.939
 You've got

00:12:44.939 --> 00:12:45.319
 a carpenter

00:12:45.319 --> 00:12:45.799
 over here.

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 And there

00:12:46.519 --> 00:12:46.980
 are various

00:12:46.980 --> 00:12:47.439
 kinds of

00:12:47.439 --> 00:12:47.799
 wood.

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 And it

00:12:48.659 --> 00:12:49.159
 all involves

00:12:49.159 --> 00:12:49.620
 a lot of

00:12:49.620 --> 00:12:50.279
 skill to

00:12:50.279 --> 00:12:50.659
 make what

00:12:50.659 --> 00:12:51.319
 are obviously

00:12:51.319 --> 00:12:52.059
 works of

00:12:52.059 --> 00:12:52.480
 art.

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 It's saying

00:12:54.759 --> 00:12:55.480
 this isn't

00:12:55.480 --> 00:12:56.399
 haphazard.

00:12:57.759 --> 00:12:58.360
 This isn't

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 random.

00:12:59.039 --> 00:12:59.320
 This is

00:12:59.320 --> 00:12:59.740
 something that

00:12:59.740 --> 00:13:00.259
 people take

00:13:00.259 --> 00:13:01.000
 very, very

00:13:01.000 --> 00:13:01.500
 seriously.

00:13:01.860 --> 00:13:02.180
 And the

00:13:02.180 --> 00:13:02.740
 reason they

00:13:02.740 --> 00:13:03.039
 take it

00:13:03.039 --> 00:13:03.560
 seriously is

00:13:03.560 --> 00:13:03.980
 because they're

00:13:03.980 --> 00:13:04.620
 very religious

00:13:04.620 --> 00:13:05.100
 people.

00:13:07.019 --> 00:13:07.899
 How do I

00:13:07.899 --> 00:13:08.659
 know they

00:13:08.659 --> 00:13:09.060
 are religious

00:13:09.060 --> 00:13:09.440
 people?

00:13:10.060 --> 00:13:10.560
 Because

00:13:10.560 --> 00:13:11.379
 everyone,

00:13:12.120 --> 00:13:13.580
 everyone is a

00:13:13.580 --> 00:13:14.340
 religious person.

00:13:15.779 --> 00:13:16.340
 Everyone

00:13:16.340 --> 00:13:17.240
 worships

00:13:17.240 --> 00:13:17.759
 something.

00:13:19.340 --> 00:13:20.039
 And if you

00:13:20.039 --> 00:13:20.919
 don't worship

00:13:20.919 --> 00:13:21.820
 the one true

00:13:21.820 --> 00:13:22.460
 God,

00:13:23.180 --> 00:13:24.019
 you won't

00:13:24.019 --> 00:13:25.000
 worship nothing.

00:13:26.460 --> 00:13:27.019
 You'll worship

00:13:27.019 --> 00:13:27.600
 something else.

00:13:27.600 --> 00:13:29.960
 in search for

00:13:29.960 --> 00:13:30.360
 meaning and

00:13:30.360 --> 00:13:30.899
 significance.

00:13:32.220 --> 00:13:32.700
 About a

00:13:32.700 --> 00:13:33.080
 year ago,

00:13:33.159 --> 00:13:33.399
 a couple of

00:13:33.399 --> 00:13:33.659
 years ago,

00:13:33.680 --> 00:13:33.879
 there was a

00:13:33.879 --> 00:13:34.300
 big fuss,

00:13:34.379 --> 00:13:34.680
 wasn't there,

00:13:34.759 --> 00:13:36.540
 in the media

00:13:36.540 --> 00:13:36.980
 about the

00:13:36.980 --> 00:13:37.300
 Sunday

00:13:37.300 --> 00:13:37.860
 Assembly.

00:13:37.980 --> 00:13:38.080
 Do you

00:13:38.080 --> 00:13:38.500
 remember it?

00:13:39.300 --> 00:13:39.720
 It's the

00:13:39.720 --> 00:13:40.200
 Atheist

00:13:40.200 --> 00:13:40.779
 Church.

00:13:42.100 --> 00:13:42.580
 And in the

00:13:42.580 --> 00:13:42.860
 article,

00:13:42.980 --> 00:13:43.399
 the Atheist

00:13:43.399 --> 00:13:43.960
 Church in

00:13:43.960 --> 00:13:45.259
 London met

00:13:45.259 --> 00:13:45.540
 in a

00:13:45.540 --> 00:13:46.139
 disused

00:13:46.139 --> 00:13:46.600
 church

00:13:46.600 --> 00:13:47.019
 building.

00:13:48.440 --> 00:13:48.740
 And if you

00:13:48.740 --> 00:13:49.000
 look at the

00:13:49.000 --> 00:13:49.180
 picture,

00:13:49.259 --> 00:13:49.899
 it looks very

00:13:49.899 --> 00:13:50.600
 much like a

00:13:50.600 --> 00:13:51.200
 regular church

00:13:51.200 --> 00:13:51.700
 service.

00:13:51.800 --> 00:13:52.019
 It's got the

00:13:52.019 --> 00:13:52.639
 architecture of

00:13:52.639 --> 00:13:52.899
 the church

00:13:52.899 --> 00:13:53.259
 building.

00:13:53.620 --> 00:13:54.000
 It's got a

00:13:54.000 --> 00:13:54.300
 PowerPoint.

00:13:54.299 --> 00:13:54.539
 PowerPoint.

00:13:56.359 --> 00:13:56.979
 You've even

00:13:56.979 --> 00:13:57.199
 got the

00:13:57.199 --> 00:13:58.519
 casually dressed

00:13:58.519 --> 00:13:59.120
 preacher with

00:13:59.120 --> 00:13:59.740
 no tie.

00:14:01.059 --> 00:14:01.620
 Instead of

00:14:01.620 --> 00:14:02.379
 Charles Wesley,

00:14:02.500 --> 00:14:02.899
 the article

00:14:02.899 --> 00:14:03.399
 said they

00:14:03.399 --> 00:14:03.579
 signed

00:14:03.579 --> 00:14:04.139
 Stevie Wonder.

00:14:05.179 --> 00:14:05.879
 And instead

00:14:05.879 --> 00:14:06.579
 of Isaiah,

00:14:06.740 --> 00:14:07.319
 they read out

00:14:07.319 --> 00:14:07.799
 Alice's

00:14:07.799 --> 00:14:08.479
 Wonderland.

00:14:09.079 --> 00:14:10.039
 They lectured

00:14:10.039 --> 00:14:10.599
 instead of

00:14:10.599 --> 00:14:11.319
 sermons.

00:14:12.559 --> 00:14:13.000
 Instead of

00:14:13.000 --> 00:14:13.819
 the reading of

00:14:13.819 --> 00:14:14.439
 the law,

00:14:14.620 --> 00:14:14.919
 the Ten

00:14:14.919 --> 00:14:15.620
 Commandments,

00:14:16.500 --> 00:14:16.899
 the Sunday

00:14:16.899 --> 00:14:18.059
 gathering has

00:14:18.059 --> 00:14:19.240
 ten ethical

00:14:19.240 --> 00:14:19.759
 guidelines.

00:14:19.759 --> 00:14:23.259
 Now,

00:14:23.620 --> 00:14:24.100
 doesn't that

00:14:24.100 --> 00:14:24.539
 strike you

00:14:24.539 --> 00:14:25.600
 as terribly

00:14:25.600 --> 00:14:26.179
 ironic?

00:14:27.879 --> 00:14:28.939
 That there

00:14:28.939 --> 00:14:29.919
 is an effort

00:14:29.919 --> 00:14:30.759
 to offer

00:14:30.759 --> 00:14:31.740
 something that

00:14:31.740 --> 00:14:33.159
 rejects religion,

00:14:33.419 --> 00:14:33.939
 the Sunday

00:14:33.939 --> 00:14:34.480
 Assembly,

00:14:35.259 --> 00:14:35.879
 but all it

00:14:35.879 --> 00:14:36.340
 could do

00:14:36.340 --> 00:14:37.840
 was imitate

00:14:37.840 --> 00:14:39.000
 religion.

00:14:40.019 --> 00:14:40.759
 All it

00:14:40.759 --> 00:14:40.939
 could do

00:14:40.939 --> 00:14:41.399
 is provide

00:14:41.399 --> 00:14:42.179
 more religion.

00:14:43.039 --> 00:14:43.799
 Because every

00:14:43.799 --> 00:14:44.639
 single person

00:14:44.639 --> 00:14:45.220
 in this world

00:14:45.220 --> 00:14:45.939
 is a deeply

00:14:45.939 --> 00:14:47.259
 religious person.

00:14:48.379 --> 00:14:48.679
 And they

00:14:48.679 --> 00:14:49.259
 obviously take

00:14:49.259 --> 00:14:49.539
 a lot of

00:14:49.539 --> 00:14:49.960
 care about

00:14:49.960 --> 00:14:50.159
 this,

00:14:50.220 --> 00:14:50.500
 a lot of

00:14:50.500 --> 00:14:50.939
 thought and

00:14:50.939 --> 00:14:51.439
 preparation

00:14:51.439 --> 00:14:51.939
 has gone

00:14:51.939 --> 00:14:52.220
 into it,

00:14:52.220 --> 00:14:52.679
 just like

00:14:52.679 --> 00:14:53.299
 in Isaiah's

00:14:53.299 --> 00:14:53.600
 shop.

00:14:55.299 --> 00:14:56.059
 Because we

00:14:56.059 --> 00:14:56.700
 are all

00:14:56.700 --> 00:14:57.539
 religious people.

00:14:58.139 --> 00:14:58.580
 And Isaiah

00:14:58.580 --> 00:14:59.159
 wants us to

00:14:59.159 --> 00:14:59.519
 see in the

00:14:59.519 --> 00:14:59.799
 middle of

00:14:59.799 --> 00:15:00.340
 this God

00:15:00.340 --> 00:15:00.919
 shop the

00:15:00.919 --> 00:15:01.439
 absolute

00:15:01.439 --> 00:15:02.259
 absurdity of

00:15:02.259 --> 00:15:02.460
 what is

00:15:02.460 --> 00:15:02.860
 going on

00:15:02.860 --> 00:15:03.100
 here.

00:15:04.240 --> 00:15:04.960
 He says

00:15:04.960 --> 00:15:05.500
 these men

00:15:05.500 --> 00:15:05.799
 they come

00:15:05.799 --> 00:15:06.259
 together and

00:15:06.259 --> 00:15:06.620
 they work

00:15:06.620 --> 00:15:07.159
 together to

00:15:07.159 --> 00:15:07.519
 make this

00:15:07.519 --> 00:15:07.819
 idol.

00:15:08.519 --> 00:15:08.840
 They're

00:15:08.840 --> 00:15:09.460
 its creators.

00:15:09.659 --> 00:15:09.980
 They've

00:15:09.980 --> 00:15:10.639
 made it and

00:15:10.639 --> 00:15:11.200
 now they are

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 worshipping what

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 they've made.

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 And it

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 seems a little

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 strange.

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 What does

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 the idol

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 resemble?

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 What does

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 the idol

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 resemble?

00:15:19.259 --> 00:15:19.779
 Surprise,

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 surprise,

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 the end of

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 verse 13,

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 it resembles

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 them.

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 Looks like

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 them.

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 And what's it

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 made of?

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 It's made of

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 wood,

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 wood from a

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 tree in a

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 forest that's

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 dependent on

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 the rain you

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 know.

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 You do know

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 don't you,

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 you can't have

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 a God unless

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 the weather is

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 quite right.

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 And so then

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 Isaiah asks

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 one of the

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 carpenters to

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 explain,

00:15:42.120 --> 00:15:42.539
 you worship

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 an idol.

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 You worship

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 an idol of

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 wood and the

00:15:45.279 --> 00:15:45.620
 carpenter

00:15:45.620 --> 00:15:46.019
 replies,

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 well,

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 yes,

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 it's more

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 leftover wood.

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 And because

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 we've got a

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 fire and the

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 fire is there

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 to keep us

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 warm and we

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 need the fire

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 to cook our

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 food over the

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 fire,

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 but we had

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 some wood

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 left over

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 after we

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 built the

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 fire so we

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 made it into

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 a God that

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 we worship.

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 And we bow

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 down to it and

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 we pray to it

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 and we ask it

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 to save us and

00:16:07.120 --> 00:16:07.819
 they say it all

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 with a straight

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 face.

00:16:11.419 --> 00:16:11.779
 Firewood,

00:16:12.439 --> 00:16:13.000
 bakewood,

00:16:13.000 --> 00:16:14.500
 wood and

00:16:14.500 --> 00:16:15.080
 Godwood.

00:16:16.240 --> 00:16:16.980
 All from the

00:16:16.980 --> 00:16:17.440
 same log.

00:16:20.279 --> 00:16:21.080
 What a great

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 deal.

00:16:22.519 --> 00:16:22.980
 Buy your

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 wood here.

00:16:24.860 --> 00:16:25.340
 Two for the

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 price of one.

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 Got firewood,

00:16:28.840 --> 00:16:29.440
 bakewood and

00:16:29.440 --> 00:16:30.159
 Godwood,

00:16:30.399 --> 00:16:31.059
 all from the

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 same log.

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 You couldn't

00:16:32.460 --> 00:16:32.960
 make it up.

00:16:34.799 --> 00:16:35.399
 Archimuthier

00:16:35.399 --> 00:16:36.019
 spouss out the

00:16:36.019 --> 00:16:36.720
 absurdity about

00:16:36.720 --> 00:16:36.879
 this.

00:16:37.000 --> 00:16:37.240
 He says,

00:16:37.799 --> 00:16:38.639
 the idol's

00:16:38.639 --> 00:16:40.759
 ancestry is

00:16:40.759 --> 00:16:41.240
 earthly.

00:16:41.240 --> 00:16:43.220
 Its cultivation,

00:16:43.600 --> 00:16:43.919
 human.

00:16:44.740 --> 00:16:45.820
 Its life derived

00:16:45.820 --> 00:16:46.139
 from the

00:16:46.139 --> 00:16:46.759
 creation and

00:16:46.759 --> 00:16:47.539
 its deity is

00:16:47.539 --> 00:16:48.259
 the chance which

00:16:48.259 --> 00:16:48.860
 allowed it to

00:16:48.860 --> 00:16:49.460
 survive the

00:16:49.460 --> 00:16:49.980
 needs of the

00:16:49.980 --> 00:16:50.620
 kitchen fire.

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 The idol's

00:16:52.740 --> 00:16:53.740
 logic suggests

00:16:53.740 --> 00:16:54.120
 that what has

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 been given to

00:16:54.700 --> 00:16:55.159
 him, the

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 physical benefit

00:16:55.960 --> 00:16:56.340
 of cooked

00:16:56.340 --> 00:16:57.019
 food and the

00:16:57.019 --> 00:16:57.539
 comfort of

00:16:57.539 --> 00:16:58.299
 bodily warmth

00:16:58.299 --> 00:16:58.980
 can also

00:16:58.980 --> 00:16:59.759
 nourish his

00:16:59.759 --> 00:17:00.100
 soul.

00:17:02.940 --> 00:17:03.460
 But it's how

00:17:03.460 --> 00:17:04.160
 Isaiah brings

00:17:04.160 --> 00:17:04.740
 an end to

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 this section of

00:17:05.579 --> 00:17:05.960
 this little

00:17:05.960 --> 00:17:06.599
 field trip

00:17:06.599 --> 00:17:07.480
 that I think

00:17:07.480 --> 00:17:08.740
 is so instructive.

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 Can you look

00:17:09.279 --> 00:17:10.240
 at verse 9?

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 And then

00:17:11.759 --> 00:17:12.640
 verse 18.

00:17:14.059 --> 00:17:14.900
 Old-fashioned

00:17:14.900 --> 00:17:15.940
 idols are

00:17:15.940 --> 00:17:17.740
 nothing, and

00:17:17.740 --> 00:17:18.359
 the things they

00:17:18.359 --> 00:17:19.140
 delight in do

00:17:19.140 --> 00:17:19.720
 not profit.

00:17:19.880 --> 00:17:20.440
 Their witnesses

00:17:20.440 --> 00:17:21.680
 neither see nor

00:17:21.680 --> 00:17:23.140
 know that they

00:17:23.140 --> 00:17:23.920
 may be put to

00:17:23.920 --> 00:17:24.400
 shame.

00:17:25.519 --> 00:17:25.839
 And then

00:17:25.839 --> 00:17:26.779
 verse 18.

00:17:27.299 --> 00:17:28.120
 They know

00:17:28.120 --> 00:17:29.859
 not, nor do

00:17:29.859 --> 00:17:30.920
 they discern, for

00:17:30.920 --> 00:17:32.380
 he has shut

00:17:32.380 --> 00:17:33.799
 their eyes so

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 that they cannot

00:17:34.400 --> 00:17:35.160
 see, and their

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 hearts so that

00:17:35.960 --> 00:17:36.700
 they cannot

00:17:36.700 --> 00:17:37.440
 understand.

00:17:37.440 --> 00:17:41.400
 There's some

00:17:41.400 --> 00:17:42.039
 debate about

00:17:42.039 --> 00:17:42.759
 verse 9, whether

00:17:42.759 --> 00:17:44.160
 the witnesses are

00:17:44.160 --> 00:17:44.680
 the idols

00:17:44.680 --> 00:17:45.420
 themselves or

00:17:45.420 --> 00:17:46.019
 the idol makers.

00:17:46.160 --> 00:17:46.759
 I think it is

00:17:46.759 --> 00:17:47.680
 the idol makers.

00:17:51.900 --> 00:17:52.600
 But Isaiah is

00:17:52.600 --> 00:17:53.160
 making a

00:17:53.160 --> 00:17:54.100
 connection, which

00:17:54.100 --> 00:17:54.640
 I really want

00:17:54.640 --> 00:17:55.000
 you to make

00:17:55.000 --> 00:17:55.420
 this morning,

00:17:55.460 --> 00:17:55.900
 between the

00:17:55.900 --> 00:17:56.420
 idols and

00:17:56.420 --> 00:17:57.279
 the idol makers.

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 And he

00:17:59.299 --> 00:18:00.000
 says, just as

00:18:00.000 --> 00:18:00.860
 the idols are

00:18:00.860 --> 00:18:01.519
 blind and

00:18:01.519 --> 00:18:02.340
 ignorant, so

00:18:02.340 --> 00:18:02.640
 are the

00:18:02.640 --> 00:18:03.799
 idolaters who

00:18:03.799 --> 00:18:04.220
 have made

00:18:04.220 --> 00:18:04.880
 their idols.

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 The

00:18:07.660 --> 00:18:08.860
 idolaters, can

00:18:08.860 --> 00:18:09.580
 you get it, have

00:18:09.580 --> 00:18:10.160
 become like the

00:18:10.160 --> 00:18:10.480
 idols.

00:18:12.480 --> 00:18:12.880
 And we've

00:18:12.880 --> 00:18:13.720
 already seen that

00:18:13.720 --> 00:18:14.200
 in the prophet

00:18:14.200 --> 00:18:14.520
 Isaiah.

00:18:14.660 --> 00:18:15.040
 But let me

00:18:15.040 --> 00:18:15.560
 take you to

00:18:15.560 --> 00:18:16.140
 another passage

00:18:16.140 --> 00:18:16.920
 in Psalms, which

00:18:16.920 --> 00:18:17.580
 says the same

00:18:17.580 --> 00:18:17.880
 thing.

00:18:17.980 --> 00:18:18.860
 Psalm 115

00:18:18.860 --> 00:18:20.040
 says, why do

00:18:20.040 --> 00:18:20.500
 the Neesians

00:18:20.500 --> 00:18:21.500
 say, where is

00:18:21.500 --> 00:18:21.980
 their God?

00:18:22.720 --> 00:18:23.420
 Our God is in

00:18:23.420 --> 00:18:23.640
 heaven.

00:18:24.720 --> 00:18:25.340
 He does whatever

00:18:25.340 --> 00:18:26.060
 it pleases him,

00:18:26.280 --> 00:18:27.140
 but their idols

00:18:27.140 --> 00:18:27.920
 are silver and

00:18:27.920 --> 00:18:28.580
 gold made by

00:18:28.580 --> 00:18:29.100
 the hands of

00:18:29.100 --> 00:18:29.340
 men.

00:18:29.560 --> 00:18:29.880
 They have

00:18:29.880 --> 00:18:30.420
 mouths, but

00:18:30.420 --> 00:18:30.740
 they cannot

00:18:30.740 --> 00:18:31.140
 speak.

00:18:31.360 --> 00:18:31.620
 They have

00:18:31.620 --> 00:18:32.100
 eyes, but

00:18:32.100 --> 00:18:32.460
 they cannot

00:18:32.460 --> 00:18:32.840
 see.

00:18:33.640 --> 00:18:34.040
 They have

00:18:34.040 --> 00:18:34.460
 ears, but

00:18:34.460 --> 00:18:34.860
 they cannot

00:18:34.860 --> 00:18:35.279
 hear.

00:18:35.500 --> 00:18:35.740
 They have

00:18:35.740 --> 00:18:36.559
 noses, but

00:18:36.559 --> 00:18:36.980
 they cannot

00:18:36.980 --> 00:18:37.539
 smell.

00:18:37.779 --> 00:18:38.059
 They have

00:18:38.059 --> 00:18:38.660
 hands, but

00:18:38.660 --> 00:18:39.120
 they cannot

00:18:39.120 --> 00:18:39.680
 feel.

00:18:40.039 --> 00:18:40.299
 They have

00:18:40.299 --> 00:18:40.680
 feet, but

00:18:40.680 --> 00:18:41.039
 they cannot

00:18:41.039 --> 00:18:41.579
 walk.

00:18:41.840 --> 00:18:42.200
 Nor can

00:18:42.200 --> 00:18:42.600
 they suffer

00:18:42.600 --> 00:18:43.160
 after a

00:18:43.160 --> 00:18:43.620
 sound of

00:18:43.620 --> 00:18:43.799
 their

00:18:43.799 --> 00:18:44.279
 throats.

00:18:45.440 --> 00:18:45.960
 Then what

00:18:45.960 --> 00:18:46.240
 does he

00:18:46.240 --> 00:18:46.600
 say?

00:18:47.220 --> 00:18:47.779
 He says,

00:18:47.860 --> 00:18:48.319
 those who

00:18:48.319 --> 00:18:48.779
 make them

00:18:48.779 --> 00:18:49.180
 will be

00:18:49.180 --> 00:18:49.759
 like them.

00:18:51.420 --> 00:18:52.000
 And so

00:18:52.000 --> 00:18:52.319
 will all

00:18:52.319 --> 00:18:52.720
 who trust

00:18:52.720 --> 00:18:53.059
 in him.

00:18:54.819 --> 00:18:55.319
 And that

00:18:55.319 --> 00:18:55.579
 is what

00:18:55.579 --> 00:18:56.100
 Isaiah is

00:18:56.100 --> 00:18:56.759
 really wanting

00:18:56.759 --> 00:18:57.200
 to say to

00:18:57.200 --> 00:18:57.539
 you and I

00:18:57.539 --> 00:18:58.079
 this morning.

00:18:58.480 --> 00:18:59.000
 Those who

00:18:59.000 --> 00:18:59.980
 make idols

00:18:59.980 --> 00:19:00.700
 will be

00:19:00.700 --> 00:19:01.779
 like the

00:19:01.779 --> 00:19:02.279
 idols.

00:19:04.460 --> 00:19:04.840
 And so

00:19:04.840 --> 00:19:05.079
 will all

00:19:05.079 --> 00:19:05.360
 them put

00:19:05.360 --> 00:19:05.799
 their trust

00:19:05.799 --> 00:19:06.240
 in idols.

00:19:08.779 --> 00:19:09.460
 You get

00:19:09.460 --> 00:19:09.860
 like the

00:19:09.860 --> 00:19:10.220
 people you

00:19:10.220 --> 00:19:10.600
 live with.

00:19:12.200 --> 00:19:12.880
 You get

00:19:12.880 --> 00:19:13.160
 like the

00:19:13.160 --> 00:19:13.420
 people you

00:19:13.420 --> 00:19:13.700
 worship.

00:19:14.900 --> 00:19:15.259
 Greg

00:19:15.259 --> 00:19:15.720
 Beal says,

00:19:15.779 --> 00:19:16.380
 we resemble

00:19:16.380 --> 00:19:16.779
 what we

00:19:16.779 --> 00:19:17.220
 revere,

00:19:17.519 --> 00:19:17.980
 either for

00:19:17.980 --> 00:19:18.559
 ruin or

00:19:18.559 --> 00:19:19.120
 restoration.

00:19:20.720 --> 00:19:21.500
 I try to

00:19:21.500 --> 00:19:21.880
 think about

00:19:21.880 --> 00:19:22.140
 this.

00:19:22.700 --> 00:19:23.180
 The last

00:19:23.180 --> 00:19:24.079
 few months

00:19:24.079 --> 00:19:24.579
 as we've

00:19:24.579 --> 00:19:25.299
 been going

00:19:25.299 --> 00:19:25.740
 through these

00:19:25.740 --> 00:19:26.039
 passages,

00:19:26.220 --> 00:19:26.860
 how do

00:19:26.860 --> 00:19:27.779
 we become

00:19:27.779 --> 00:19:28.840
 like the

00:19:28.840 --> 00:19:29.400
 idols that

00:19:29.400 --> 00:19:29.840
 we worship?

00:19:29.839 --> 00:19:31.599
 what does

00:19:31.599 --> 00:19:32.099
 it mean?

00:19:33.279 --> 00:19:34.119
 It can't

00:19:34.119 --> 00:19:34.579
 mean, can

00:19:34.579 --> 00:19:34.819
 it, that

00:19:34.819 --> 00:19:35.139
 if you

00:19:35.139 --> 00:19:36.339
 make money,

00:19:36.980 --> 00:19:37.639
 you're

00:19:37.639 --> 00:19:38.259
 idols, that

00:19:38.259 --> 00:19:38.679
 somehow you

00:19:38.679 --> 00:19:39.319
 become like

00:19:39.319 --> 00:19:39.720
 money.

00:19:39.939 --> 00:19:41.119
 That isn't

00:19:41.119 --> 00:19:41.379
 it.

00:19:43.159 --> 00:19:43.740
 That you

00:19:43.740 --> 00:19:44.159
 take on

00:19:44.159 --> 00:19:44.399
 some

00:19:44.399 --> 00:19:45.139
 characteristics,

00:19:45.319 --> 00:19:45.699
 or if you

00:19:45.699 --> 00:19:46.459
 make your

00:19:46.459 --> 00:19:47.179
 career the

00:19:47.179 --> 00:19:48.059
 central thing,

00:19:49.099 --> 00:19:49.500
 which you

00:19:49.500 --> 00:19:50.139
 derive all

00:19:50.139 --> 00:19:50.679
 your significance

00:19:50.679 --> 00:19:51.019
 that you

00:19:51.019 --> 00:19:51.819
 become like

00:19:51.819 --> 00:19:52.480
 your career.

00:19:54.039 --> 00:19:55.059
 I don't

00:19:55.059 --> 00:19:55.439
 think that's

00:19:55.439 --> 00:19:55.859
 the right

00:19:55.859 --> 00:19:56.240
 train of

00:19:56.240 --> 00:19:56.579
 thought.

00:19:59.839 --> 00:20:00.459
 And it

00:20:00.459 --> 00:20:00.759
 makes me

00:20:00.759 --> 00:20:01.019
 think that

00:20:01.019 --> 00:20:01.539
 Isaiah has

00:20:01.539 --> 00:20:01.839
 got something

00:20:01.839 --> 00:20:02.399
 that is more

00:20:02.399 --> 00:20:03.159
 general in

00:20:03.159 --> 00:20:03.699
 mind.

00:20:05.359 --> 00:20:05.879
 At its

00:20:05.879 --> 00:20:06.500
 most basic

00:20:06.500 --> 00:20:07.119
 level, he's

00:20:07.119 --> 00:20:07.879
 telling you

00:20:07.879 --> 00:20:08.959
 and I that

00:20:08.959 --> 00:20:09.740
 if we choose

00:20:09.740 --> 00:20:11.059
 to devote

00:20:11.059 --> 00:20:11.740
 ourselves to

00:20:11.740 --> 00:20:12.859
 anything other

00:20:12.859 --> 00:20:13.659
 than God,

00:20:13.839 --> 00:20:14.559
 something that

00:20:14.559 --> 00:20:15.959
 is lifeless,

00:20:16.839 --> 00:20:17.599
 it will render

00:20:17.599 --> 00:20:18.259
 us spiritually

00:20:18.259 --> 00:20:18.919
 dense.

00:20:22.059 --> 00:20:22.579
 Spiritually

00:20:22.579 --> 00:20:23.319
 blind and

00:20:23.319 --> 00:20:24.539
 just like the

00:20:24.539 --> 00:20:26.619
 idol, which

00:20:26.619 --> 00:20:26.980
 in the end

00:20:26.980 --> 00:20:27.339
 will bring us

00:20:27.339 --> 00:20:27.720
 to ruin.

00:20:29.839 --> 00:20:30.119
 I've been

00:20:30.119 --> 00:20:30.539
 milling back

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 and forth

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 with a

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 friend on

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 this.

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 And I do

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 think that

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 Jesus gives

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 us a

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 wonderful

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 illustration of

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 this.

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 He gives

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 us an

00:20:38.399 --> 00:20:39.539
 illustration of

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 what Isaiah

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 44 is

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 talking about.

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 About how

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 we can

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 resemble what

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 we revere

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 and worship,

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 either for

00:20:48.299 --> 00:20:48.919
 ruin or for

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 restoration.

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 And the

00:20:50.299 --> 00:20:51.339
 illustration comes

00:20:51.339 --> 00:20:52.079
 in the

00:20:52.079 --> 00:20:52.839
 parable of

00:20:52.839 --> 00:20:53.679
 the rich man

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 and Lazarus

00:20:54.379 --> 00:20:55.059
 in Luke 16.

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 So can you

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 put a paw in

00:20:57.240 --> 00:20:58.179
 Isaiah 44,

00:20:58.279 --> 00:20:58.659
 a finger in

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 Isaiah 44,

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 and turn

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 over to

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 Luke 16,

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 which is on

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 page 875.

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 And in

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 the most

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 famous,

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 this famous

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 parable,

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 Luke tells

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 us, in

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 Luke 16,

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 verses 14

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 to 15,

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 which is on

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 page 875,

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 the Pharisees

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 were lovers

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 of money.

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 And they

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 heard all

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 these things

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 and they

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 ridiculed him.

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 They were

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 lovers of

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 money,

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 money is

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 an idol

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 for them.

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 And they

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 ridiculed

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 him.

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 And he

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 said to

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 them,

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 you are

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 those who

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 justify

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 yourselves

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 before men,

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 but God

00:21:30.500 --> 00:21:30.900
 knows your

00:21:30.900 --> 00:21:31.220
 heart,

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 for what

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 is exalted

00:21:32.000 --> 00:21:32.700
 amongst men

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 is an

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 abomination.

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 And it's

00:21:34.880 --> 00:21:35.240
 God,

00:21:35.680 --> 00:21:36.200
 in God's

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 sight.

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 So here

00:21:38.100 --> 00:21:38.799
 are religious

00:21:38.799 --> 00:21:39.320
 church-grown

00:21:39.320 --> 00:21:39.759
 people,

00:21:40.580 --> 00:21:40.940
 and they

00:21:40.940 --> 00:21:41.759
 are steeped

00:21:41.759 --> 00:21:42.440
 in idols.

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 They are

00:21:44.000 --> 00:21:44.600
 steeped in idols

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 to which they're

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 oblivious.

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 Here are

00:21:47.120 --> 00:21:47.680
 people who are

00:21:47.680 --> 00:21:48.360
 consumed by

00:21:48.360 --> 00:21:48.759
 money,

00:21:49.039 --> 00:21:49.559
 with wealth,

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 and with

00:21:49.860 --> 00:21:50.279
 accumulation.

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 They found

00:21:51.160 --> 00:21:51.860
 their identity

00:21:51.860 --> 00:21:52.460
 in their bank

00:21:52.460 --> 00:21:52.900
 balances,

00:21:52.900 --> 00:21:53.080
 houses,

00:21:54.080 --> 00:21:54.340
 and the

00:21:54.340 --> 00:21:54.720
 size of

00:21:54.720 --> 00:21:55.440
 their homes,

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 and what

00:21:56.880 --> 00:21:57.560
 job they

00:21:57.560 --> 00:21:58.000
 had,

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 and what

00:21:58.500 --> 00:21:59.259
 phone they

00:21:59.259 --> 00:21:59.780
 had.

00:22:01.720 --> 00:22:02.000
 And so

00:22:02.000 --> 00:22:02.500
 Jesus tells

00:22:02.500 --> 00:22:02.740
 them a

00:22:02.740 --> 00:22:03.080
 parable,

00:22:03.160 --> 00:22:03.360
 and the

00:22:03.360 --> 00:22:03.600
 parable

00:22:03.600 --> 00:22:04.040
 involves

00:22:04.040 --> 00:22:04.480
 two

00:22:04.480 --> 00:22:05.019
 people,

00:22:06.780 --> 00:22:07.300
 a rich

00:22:07.300 --> 00:22:08.080
 man and

00:22:08.080 --> 00:22:08.720
 Lazarus.

00:22:10.259 --> 00:22:11.019
 And Jesus

00:22:11.019 --> 00:22:11.780
 introduces his

00:22:11.780 --> 00:22:12.340
 characters to

00:22:12.340 --> 00:22:12.660
 the listeners

00:22:12.660 --> 00:22:13.060
 like this,

00:22:13.100 --> 00:22:13.259
 look at

00:22:13.259 --> 00:22:14.019
 verse 19.

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 There's a

00:22:15.660 --> 00:22:16.180
 rich man

00:22:16.180 --> 00:22:17.540
 who's clothed

00:22:17.540 --> 00:22:18.040
 in purple and

00:22:18.040 --> 00:22:18.440
 fine linen,

00:22:18.660 --> 00:22:18.880
 and who

00:22:18.880 --> 00:22:19.259
 feasted

00:22:19.259 --> 00:22:19.740
 sumptuously

00:22:19.740 --> 00:22:21.259
 every day.

00:22:22.920 --> 00:22:23.259
 And on his

00:22:23.259 --> 00:22:23.640
 gate was

00:22:23.640 --> 00:22:24.119
 laid out a

00:22:24.119 --> 00:22:24.460
 poor man

00:22:24.460 --> 00:22:25.039
 named Lazarus

00:22:25.039 --> 00:22:26.480
 covered with

00:22:26.480 --> 00:22:26.879
 swords.

00:22:29.619 --> 00:22:30.400
 Jesus sets

00:22:30.400 --> 00:22:32.160
 up a

00:22:32.160 --> 00:22:32.940
 really simple

00:22:32.940 --> 00:22:33.339
 story of

00:22:33.339 --> 00:22:33.839
 compare and

00:22:33.839 --> 00:22:34.379
 contrast

00:22:34.379 --> 00:22:41.720
 between the

00:22:41.720 --> 00:22:42.079
 rich man

00:22:42.079 --> 00:22:42.779
 and Lazarus.

00:22:44.379 --> 00:22:44.839
 And the

00:22:44.839 --> 00:22:45.660
 contrast is

00:22:45.660 --> 00:22:46.099
 between what

00:22:46.099 --> 00:22:46.740
 they wear.

00:22:48.039 --> 00:22:48.400
 The rich

00:22:48.400 --> 00:22:49.039
 man is

00:22:49.039 --> 00:22:49.480
 clothed in

00:22:49.480 --> 00:22:49.980
 purple,

00:22:50.740 --> 00:22:52.659
 and Lazarus,

00:22:53.460 --> 00:22:54.039
 well, he

00:22:54.039 --> 00:22:55.180
 is barely

00:22:55.180 --> 00:22:55.579
 covered,

00:22:55.659 --> 00:22:55.920
 really.

00:22:57.599 --> 00:22:58.220
 There's a

00:22:58.220 --> 00:22:58.680
 contrast in

00:22:58.680 --> 00:22:59.339
 their diet.

00:23:00.539 --> 00:23:00.799
 The rich

00:23:00.799 --> 00:23:01.220
 man had

00:23:01.220 --> 00:23:01.920
 really great

00:23:01.920 --> 00:23:02.399
 food.

00:23:03.940 --> 00:23:04.139
 The

00:23:04.139 --> 00:23:04.799
 Lazarus long

00:23:04.799 --> 00:23:05.579
 scraps

00:23:05.579 --> 00:23:05.940
 are falling

00:23:05.940 --> 00:23:06.159
 on the

00:23:06.159 --> 00:23:06.480
 table.

00:23:07.460 --> 00:23:08.059
 But they're

00:23:08.059 --> 00:23:08.299
 not the

00:23:08.299 --> 00:23:08.859
 big differences.

00:23:09.200 --> 00:23:09.720
 What is the

00:23:09.720 --> 00:23:10.700
 big difference

00:23:10.700 --> 00:23:12.099
 in the story

00:23:12.099 --> 00:23:12.480
 of the rich

00:23:12.480 --> 00:23:12.799
 man and

00:23:12.799 --> 00:23:13.279
 Lazarus?

00:23:13.700 --> 00:23:14.319
 What is the

00:23:14.319 --> 00:23:15.480
 main contrast?

00:23:15.639 --> 00:23:16.139
 It's very,

00:23:16.259 --> 00:23:16.680
 very easy to

00:23:16.680 --> 00:23:17.059
 miss it.

00:23:19.039 --> 00:23:19.980
 The big

00:23:19.980 --> 00:23:21.319
 contrast is

00:23:21.319 --> 00:23:23.440
 one of the

00:23:23.440 --> 00:23:23.720
 men has

00:23:23.720 --> 00:23:24.339
 got a name

00:23:24.339 --> 00:23:26.720
 and one

00:23:26.720 --> 00:23:26.859
 of them

00:23:26.859 --> 00:23:27.200
 hasn't.

00:23:30.460 --> 00:23:31.180
 This is the

00:23:31.180 --> 00:23:32.000
 only parable

00:23:32.000 --> 00:23:33.659
 in the

00:23:33.659 --> 00:23:34.079
 Gospels

00:23:34.079 --> 00:23:34.700
 where Jesus

00:23:34.700 --> 00:23:35.639
 gives someone

00:23:35.639 --> 00:23:36.200
 a name.

00:23:39.000 --> 00:23:39.740
 But here's

00:23:39.740 --> 00:23:40.159
 the thing.

00:23:41.839 --> 00:23:42.279
 You would

00:23:42.279 --> 00:23:42.899
 think if Jesus

00:23:42.899 --> 00:23:43.279
 was going to

00:23:43.279 --> 00:23:43.659
 give one

00:23:43.659 --> 00:23:44.579
 character a name,

00:23:44.579 --> 00:23:45.139
 he would

00:23:45.139 --> 00:23:46.079
 give both

00:23:46.079 --> 00:23:46.720
 characters a name,

00:23:46.779 --> 00:23:47.079
 wouldn't you?

00:23:47.079 --> 00:23:49.079
 wouldn't he?

00:23:50.279 --> 00:23:50.779
 But he

00:23:50.779 --> 00:23:51.099
 doesn't do

00:23:51.099 --> 00:23:51.419
 that, and

00:23:51.419 --> 00:23:51.679
 he doesn't

00:23:51.679 --> 00:23:51.939
 do that

00:23:51.939 --> 00:23:52.339
 deliberately.

00:23:53.939 --> 00:23:54.259
 And he

00:23:54.259 --> 00:23:55.000
 gives Lazarus

00:23:55.000 --> 00:23:55.819
 a name, but

00:23:55.819 --> 00:23:56.179
 the rich

00:23:56.179 --> 00:23:56.639
 man has

00:23:56.639 --> 00:23:56.899
 none.

00:23:57.019 --> 00:23:57.299
 And I

00:23:57.299 --> 00:23:58.059
 think in

00:23:58.059 --> 00:24:00.019
 that, we

00:24:00.019 --> 00:24:00.240
 have the

00:24:00.240 --> 00:24:00.500
 greatest

00:24:00.500 --> 00:24:01.199
 illustration of

00:24:01.199 --> 00:24:02.019
 Isaiah 44.

00:24:03.099 --> 00:24:03.819
 The consequence

00:24:03.819 --> 00:24:04.339
 of running

00:24:04.339 --> 00:24:04.980
 after idols.

00:24:05.279 --> 00:24:05.599
 Why does

00:24:05.599 --> 00:24:06.119
 Jesus not

00:24:06.119 --> 00:24:06.419
 give the

00:24:06.419 --> 00:24:06.919
 rich man a

00:24:06.919 --> 00:24:07.240
 name?

00:24:07.759 --> 00:24:08.179
 The rich

00:24:08.179 --> 00:24:08.579
 man, I

00:24:08.579 --> 00:24:09.019
 think, does

00:24:09.019 --> 00:24:09.599
 not get a

00:24:09.599 --> 00:24:10.099
 name because

00:24:10.099 --> 00:24:10.659
 a rich man

00:24:10.659 --> 00:24:11.059
 is all that

00:24:11.059 --> 00:24:11.419
 he is.

00:24:12.799 --> 00:24:13.419
 He's just

00:24:13.419 --> 00:24:14.000
 a rich man.

00:24:15.619 --> 00:24:15.980
 And he's

00:24:15.980 --> 00:24:16.220
 nothing.

00:24:16.500 --> 00:24:16.779
 Or he's

00:24:16.779 --> 00:24:17.000
 nothing.

00:24:17.079 --> 00:24:20.299
 Him being

00:24:20.299 --> 00:24:20.839
 a rich man

00:24:20.839 --> 00:24:21.359
 with all

00:24:21.359 --> 00:24:22.000
 his identity.

00:24:23.980 --> 00:24:24.500
 And he

00:24:24.500 --> 00:24:25.039
 has become

00:24:25.039 --> 00:24:25.460
 what he

00:24:25.460 --> 00:24:26.059
 worships.

00:24:28.740 --> 00:24:29.299
 And in

00:24:29.299 --> 00:24:29.699
 contrast,

00:24:29.839 --> 00:24:30.359
 Lazarus, who

00:24:30.359 --> 00:24:30.659
 is the one

00:24:30.659 --> 00:24:31.179
 who trusts

00:24:31.179 --> 00:24:31.740
 God in

00:24:31.740 --> 00:24:32.199
 this picture,

00:24:32.339 --> 00:24:32.779
 he has

00:24:32.779 --> 00:24:33.460
 nothing, but

00:24:33.460 --> 00:24:33.879
 he still

00:24:33.879 --> 00:24:34.220
 has a

00:24:34.220 --> 00:24:34.619
 name, he

00:24:34.619 --> 00:24:34.919
 has an

00:24:34.919 --> 00:24:35.299
 identity.

00:24:36.759 --> 00:24:36.980
 And

00:24:36.980 --> 00:24:37.379
 Lazarus

00:24:37.379 --> 00:24:37.819
 knows who

00:24:37.819 --> 00:24:38.220
 he is,

00:24:38.939 --> 00:24:39.339
 and who

00:24:39.339 --> 00:24:39.779
 he is, and

00:24:39.779 --> 00:24:40.079
 he knows

00:24:40.079 --> 00:24:40.319
 what his

00:24:40.319 --> 00:24:40.939
 purpose is.

00:24:41.960 --> 00:24:42.399
 And despite

00:24:42.399 --> 00:24:42.799
 all the

00:24:42.799 --> 00:24:43.099
 terrible

00:24:43.099 --> 00:24:43.699
 circumstances

00:24:43.699 --> 00:24:44.019
 in his

00:24:44.019 --> 00:24:44.399
 life, there's

00:24:44.399 --> 00:24:44.740
 still an

00:24:44.740 --> 00:24:45.419
 identity, there's

00:24:45.419 --> 00:24:45.699
 still a

00:24:45.699 --> 00:24:46.599
 self through

00:24:46.599 --> 00:24:46.879
 it all.

00:24:46.919 --> 00:24:47.139
 But when

00:24:47.139 --> 00:24:47.619
 it comes to

00:24:47.619 --> 00:24:48.919
 the rich man,

00:24:49.559 --> 00:24:50.079
 his whole

00:24:50.079 --> 00:24:50.599
 life was

00:24:50.599 --> 00:24:51.079
 built around

00:24:51.079 --> 00:24:51.539
 riches.

00:24:52.419 --> 00:24:53.119
 His status,

00:24:53.259 --> 00:24:53.679
 his wealth,

00:24:53.839 --> 00:24:54.500
 his sins, and

00:24:54.500 --> 00:24:55.199
 if those things

00:24:55.199 --> 00:24:56.419
 were to go, there

00:24:56.419 --> 00:24:57.259
 would be no one

00:24:57.259 --> 00:24:57.740
 and nothing

00:24:57.740 --> 00:24:58.259
 left.

00:24:59.719 --> 00:25:00.299
 And so when

00:25:00.299 --> 00:25:00.819
 the rich man

00:25:00.819 --> 00:25:01.419
 died as he

00:25:01.419 --> 00:25:01.819
 did, his

00:25:01.819 --> 00:25:02.559
 identity died

00:25:02.559 --> 00:25:03.079
 with him, and

00:25:03.079 --> 00:25:03.659
 he's simply the

00:25:03.659 --> 00:25:04.159
 man with no

00:25:04.159 --> 00:25:04.459
 name.

00:25:07.459 --> 00:25:08.039
 And I think

00:25:08.039 --> 00:25:08.619
 that is Jesus'

00:25:08.759 --> 00:25:09.259
 way of pointing

00:25:09.259 --> 00:25:09.839
 to us the

00:25:09.839 --> 00:25:10.319
 result of

00:25:10.319 --> 00:25:11.179
 rejecting God

00:25:11.179 --> 00:25:11.679
 and following

00:25:11.679 --> 00:25:12.059
 idols.

00:25:12.059 --> 00:25:15.539
 the rich man,

00:25:15.599 --> 00:25:16.179
 his idol was

00:25:16.179 --> 00:25:16.819
 his wealth, his

00:25:16.819 --> 00:25:17.700
 identity was

00:25:17.700 --> 00:25:18.299
 that he was a

00:25:18.299 --> 00:25:18.899
 rich man.

00:25:22.940 --> 00:25:23.619
 But if that

00:25:23.619 --> 00:25:24.379
 is your idol,

00:25:24.480 --> 00:25:24.720
 isn't it,

00:25:24.740 --> 00:25:25.419
 something happens,

00:25:25.899 --> 00:25:26.460
 you lose your

00:25:26.460 --> 00:25:28.339
 money, the

00:25:28.339 --> 00:25:28.879
 bottom drops

00:25:28.879 --> 00:25:29.220
 out of the

00:25:29.220 --> 00:25:30.119
 market, and

00:25:30.119 --> 00:25:30.879
 you melt down,

00:25:31.000 --> 00:25:32.059
 you become what

00:25:32.059 --> 00:25:32.960
 you worshipped.

00:25:35.599 --> 00:25:36.019
 And it could

00:25:36.019 --> 00:25:36.460
 well be,

00:25:36.519 --> 00:25:36.759
 couldn't it,

00:25:36.799 --> 00:25:37.079
 that this

00:25:37.079 --> 00:25:37.619
 morning your

00:25:37.619 --> 00:25:38.460
 idol actually

00:25:38.460 --> 00:25:39.259
 is not money,

00:25:39.740 --> 00:25:40.440
 it is your

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 reputation.

00:25:42.059 --> 00:25:43.879
 or it is

00:25:43.879 --> 00:25:46.159
 sport, or

00:25:46.159 --> 00:25:46.480
 it is your

00:25:46.480 --> 00:25:47.500
 popularity, or

00:25:47.500 --> 00:25:47.960
 it is your

00:25:47.960 --> 00:25:49.240
 looks, or

00:25:49.240 --> 00:25:49.619
 it is your

00:25:49.619 --> 00:25:50.200
 career.

00:25:51.960 --> 00:25:52.559
 And whatever

00:25:52.559 --> 00:25:53.339
 it is, that

00:25:53.339 --> 00:25:54.099
 idol has become

00:25:54.099 --> 00:25:54.700
 your whole

00:25:54.700 --> 00:25:55.480
 self, so if

00:25:55.480 --> 00:25:56.000
 it was taken

00:25:56.000 --> 00:25:57.480
 away, life

00:25:57.480 --> 00:25:57.839
 wouldn't be

00:25:57.839 --> 00:25:58.299
 worth living

00:25:58.299 --> 00:25:58.759
 anymore.

00:25:59.779 --> 00:26:00.119
 And you've

00:26:00.119 --> 00:26:00.759
 lost yourself.

00:26:02.779 --> 00:26:03.119
 And that

00:26:03.119 --> 00:26:03.519
 wasn't what you

00:26:03.519 --> 00:26:03.859
 built your

00:26:03.859 --> 00:26:04.539
 life on, but

00:26:04.539 --> 00:26:05.019
 now you've

00:26:05.019 --> 00:26:05.659
 lost it, and

00:26:05.659 --> 00:26:06.059
 you've become

00:26:06.059 --> 00:26:06.720
 a shell of

00:26:06.720 --> 00:26:07.019
 who you

00:26:07.019 --> 00:26:07.319
 were.

00:26:09.139 --> 00:26:09.559
 And you

00:26:09.559 --> 00:26:10.339
 resemble what

00:26:10.339 --> 00:26:11.019
 you revere

00:26:11.019 --> 00:26:12.160
 in the worst

00:26:12.160 --> 00:26:12.639
 case for

00:26:12.639 --> 00:26:12.940
 ruin.

00:26:17.559 --> 00:26:18.059
 And so

00:26:18.059 --> 00:26:18.400
 in hell

00:26:18.400 --> 00:26:18.920
 this morning

00:26:18.920 --> 00:26:19.299
 there are

00:26:19.299 --> 00:26:21.819
 people who

00:26:21.819 --> 00:26:22.500
 are fathers

00:26:22.500 --> 00:26:25.500
 because they

00:26:25.500 --> 00:26:25.900
 made their

00:26:25.900 --> 00:26:26.500
 children an

00:26:26.500 --> 00:26:26.740
 idol.

00:26:29.359 --> 00:26:30.019
 And they

00:26:30.019 --> 00:26:31.039
 are architects

00:26:31.039 --> 00:26:32.920
 because they

00:26:32.920 --> 00:26:33.180
 made their

00:26:33.180 --> 00:26:34.480
 architecture an

00:26:34.480 --> 00:26:34.700
 idol.

00:26:38.299 --> 00:26:38.779
 And they

00:26:38.779 --> 00:26:39.059
 are rich

00:26:39.059 --> 00:26:39.299
 men.

00:26:39.299 --> 00:26:42.339
 And there

00:26:42.339 --> 00:26:42.619
 are people

00:26:42.619 --> 00:26:43.180
 that bound

00:26:43.180 --> 00:26:43.879
 their identity

00:26:43.879 --> 00:26:44.440
 in anything

00:26:44.440 --> 00:26:45.279
 but God, and

00:26:45.279 --> 00:26:45.720
 they've lost

00:26:45.720 --> 00:26:46.319
 their identity.

00:26:48.339 --> 00:26:49.019
 You become a

00:26:49.019 --> 00:26:49.500
 shell of who

00:26:49.500 --> 00:26:50.740
 you were, you

00:26:50.740 --> 00:26:51.399
 resemble what

00:26:51.399 --> 00:26:52.000
 you revere, and

00:26:52.000 --> 00:26:52.399
 in the worst

00:26:52.399 --> 00:26:52.819
 case for

00:26:52.819 --> 00:26:53.000
 ruin.

00:26:53.099 --> 00:26:53.279
 And the

00:26:53.279 --> 00:26:54.079
 irony of all

00:26:54.079 --> 00:26:54.619
 this is while

00:26:54.619 --> 00:26:55.200
 these idols

00:26:55.200 --> 00:26:55.740
 that Isaiah

00:26:55.740 --> 00:26:56.159
 is speaking

00:26:56.159 --> 00:26:56.500
 about are

00:26:56.500 --> 00:26:57.500
 nothing, he

00:26:57.500 --> 00:26:58.000
 wants us to

00:26:58.000 --> 00:26:58.399
 understand,

00:26:58.539 --> 00:26:58.919
 therefore, that

00:26:58.919 --> 00:26:59.579
 they do have a

00:26:59.579 --> 00:27:00.139
 power in our

00:27:00.139 --> 00:27:00.339
 lives.

00:27:00.440 --> 00:27:00.779
 So go back

00:27:00.779 --> 00:27:01.119
 with me to

00:27:01.119 --> 00:27:01.859
 Isaiah 44,

00:27:01.980 --> 00:27:02.519
 verse 20.

00:27:03.720 --> 00:27:04.579
 Isaiah 44,

00:27:04.680 --> 00:27:05.220
 verse 20.

00:27:05.220 --> 00:27:06.299
 He feeds

00:27:06.299 --> 00:27:06.980
 on ashes, a

00:27:06.980 --> 00:27:07.640
 deluded heart

00:27:07.640 --> 00:27:08.059
 has led him

00:27:08.059 --> 00:27:08.460
 astray, and

00:27:08.460 --> 00:27:08.799
 he cannot

00:27:08.799 --> 00:27:09.660
 deliver himself.

00:27:09.980 --> 00:27:10.339
 Is there

00:27:10.339 --> 00:27:11.259
 not a lie in

00:27:11.259 --> 00:27:12.079
 my right hand?

00:27:12.380 --> 00:27:12.920
 Why can't he

00:27:12.920 --> 00:27:13.460
 save himself?

00:27:13.779 --> 00:27:14.240
 He can't

00:27:14.240 --> 00:27:14.640
 save himself

00:27:14.640 --> 00:27:15.079
 because he's

00:27:15.079 --> 00:27:15.600
 enslaved.

00:27:17.640 --> 00:27:18.100
 Sin

00:27:18.100 --> 00:27:18.539
 enslaved.

00:27:20.700 --> 00:27:21.140
 And the

00:27:21.140 --> 00:27:21.759
 idolater is

00:27:21.759 --> 00:27:22.279
 hooked on the

00:27:22.279 --> 00:27:22.740
 idol, and

00:27:22.740 --> 00:27:23.519
 he's lost all

00:27:23.519 --> 00:27:24.180
 capacity to

00:27:24.180 --> 00:27:24.759
 free himself

00:27:24.759 --> 00:27:25.460
 or herself.

00:27:25.460 --> 00:27:29.360
 And so we

00:27:29.360 --> 00:27:29.660
 see, don't

00:27:29.660 --> 00:27:29.840
 we, the

00:27:29.840 --> 00:27:30.740
 wonderful irony

00:27:30.740 --> 00:27:31.279
 at the end

00:27:31.279 --> 00:27:31.940
 of verse 20.

00:27:32.240 --> 00:27:32.680
 Is there

00:27:32.680 --> 00:27:33.519
 not a lie

00:27:33.519 --> 00:27:34.140
 that I am

00:27:34.140 --> 00:27:35.019
 holding in

00:27:35.019 --> 00:27:36.319
 my right hand?

00:27:37.299 --> 00:27:37.600
 And the

00:27:37.600 --> 00:27:38.440
 idolater thinks

00:27:38.440 --> 00:27:39.120
 that he is

00:27:39.120 --> 00:27:39.799
 holding on to

00:27:39.799 --> 00:27:40.500
 the idol, but

00:27:40.500 --> 00:27:40.960
 the truth of

00:27:40.960 --> 00:27:41.980
 Isaiah 44 is

00:27:41.980 --> 00:27:42.420
 that the idol

00:27:42.420 --> 00:27:42.960
 is holding on

00:27:42.960 --> 00:27:43.279
 to him.

00:27:44.880 --> 00:27:45.360
 And he

00:27:45.360 --> 00:27:45.880
 cannot break

00:27:45.880 --> 00:27:46.240
 away from

00:27:46.240 --> 00:27:46.840
 the bondage

00:27:46.840 --> 00:27:49.640
 or of what

00:27:49.640 --> 00:27:51.079
 he calls a

00:27:51.079 --> 00:27:51.779
 lie that is

00:27:51.779 --> 00:27:52.640
 false in God.

00:27:52.700 --> 00:27:53.079
 He's still

00:27:53.079 --> 00:27:53.660
 holding on to

00:27:53.660 --> 00:27:53.740
 it.

00:27:53.819 --> 00:27:54.120
 Is this

00:27:54.120 --> 00:27:54.779
 no lie?

00:27:54.880 --> 00:27:55.180
 He won't

00:27:55.180 --> 00:27:55.440
 give it

00:27:55.440 --> 00:27:55.740
 up.

00:27:58.259 --> 00:27:58.820
 He's lost

00:27:58.820 --> 00:27:59.259
 his freedom,

00:27:59.400 --> 00:27:59.920
 the absurdity

00:27:59.920 --> 00:28:00.580
 of idolatry,

00:28:00.840 --> 00:28:01.200
 and Isaiah

00:28:01.200 --> 00:28:01.759
 shows you how

00:28:01.759 --> 00:28:02.600
 futile it is,

00:28:02.880 --> 00:28:03.060
 and how

00:28:03.060 --> 00:28:03.720
 enslaving it

00:28:03.720 --> 00:28:04.680
 is, and

00:28:04.680 --> 00:28:04.880
 how you

00:28:04.880 --> 00:28:05.200
 should run

00:28:05.200 --> 00:28:05.539
 away from

00:28:05.539 --> 00:28:05.740
 it.

00:28:07.019 --> 00:28:07.420
 Isaiah's

00:28:07.420 --> 00:28:07.799
 commentary

00:28:07.799 --> 00:28:08.400
 drips with

00:28:08.400 --> 00:28:09.240
 sarcasm, but

00:28:09.240 --> 00:28:09.620
 you and I

00:28:09.620 --> 00:28:10.100
 need to feel

00:28:10.100 --> 00:28:10.600
 the weight.

00:28:12.539 --> 00:28:12.799
 That the

00:28:12.799 --> 00:28:13.220
 one true

00:28:13.220 --> 00:28:13.900
 God has

00:28:13.900 --> 00:28:14.640
 revealed himself,

00:28:14.799 --> 00:28:15.160
 and there

00:28:15.160 --> 00:28:15.799
 is no one

00:28:15.799 --> 00:28:16.320
 like him.

00:28:17.960 --> 00:28:18.460
 But if you

00:28:18.460 --> 00:28:19.060
 and I decide

00:28:19.060 --> 00:28:19.640
 to run after

00:28:19.640 --> 00:28:20.220
 other things

00:28:20.220 --> 00:28:20.519
 for your

00:28:20.519 --> 00:28:21.000
 significance,

00:28:21.160 --> 00:28:21.380
 for your

00:28:21.380 --> 00:28:21.680
 meaning,

00:28:21.820 --> 00:28:22.080
 for your

00:28:22.080 --> 00:28:22.500
 glory,

00:28:22.620 --> 00:28:22.880
 for your

00:28:22.880 --> 00:28:23.320
 identity,

00:28:23.539 --> 00:28:24.019
 you will

00:28:24.019 --> 00:28:24.420
 become

00:28:24.420 --> 00:28:25.180
 spiritually

00:28:25.180 --> 00:28:26.060
 lifeless,

00:28:26.580 --> 00:28:29.039
 and dense,

00:28:30.759 --> 00:28:31.140
 like those

00:28:31.140 --> 00:28:31.860
 lifeless idols

00:28:31.860 --> 00:28:32.200
 that you

00:28:32.200 --> 00:28:32.580
 pursue,

00:28:32.800 --> 00:28:33.240
 in the end.

00:28:34.240 --> 00:28:34.640
 In the end,

00:28:34.720 --> 00:28:34.940
 you lose

00:28:34.940 --> 00:28:35.200
 your very

00:28:35.200 --> 00:28:35.519
 self,

00:28:35.560 --> 00:28:35.720
 and you

00:28:35.720 --> 00:28:35.940
 become

00:28:35.940 --> 00:28:36.400
 nameless.

00:28:38.539 --> 00:28:38.759
 Well,

00:28:38.820 --> 00:28:39.000
 Isaiah

00:28:39.000 --> 00:28:39.400
 isn't quite

00:28:39.400 --> 00:28:39.900
 done yet,

00:28:40.980 --> 00:28:41.640
 and he

00:28:41.640 --> 00:28:41.960
 wants to

00:28:41.960 --> 00:28:42.420
 come back

00:28:42.420 --> 00:28:43.140
 to give you

00:28:43.140 --> 00:28:43.340
 and I

00:28:43.340 --> 00:28:43.640
 the good

00:28:43.640 --> 00:28:43.880
 news,

00:28:43.980 --> 00:28:44.200
 and that

00:28:44.200 --> 00:28:44.480
 is the

00:28:44.480 --> 00:28:45.080
 redemptive

00:28:45.080 --> 00:28:45.720
 reasons why

00:28:45.720 --> 00:28:46.120
 you and I

00:28:46.120 --> 00:28:46.519
 should worship

00:28:46.519 --> 00:28:46.920
 God.

00:28:48.240 --> 00:28:48.640
 Thirdly,

00:28:48.720 --> 00:28:49.340
 the redemptive

00:28:49.340 --> 00:28:49.900
 reasons why

00:28:49.900 --> 00:28:50.240
 you and I

00:28:50.240 --> 00:28:50.620
 should worship

00:28:50.620 --> 00:28:50.860
 God,

00:28:50.940 --> 00:28:51.080
 and the

00:28:51.080 --> 00:28:51.560
 reason comes

00:28:51.559 --> 00:28:51.819
 in verses

00:28:51.819 --> 00:28:52.859
 21-23,

00:28:53.000 --> 00:28:53.319
 can you see

00:28:53.319 --> 00:28:53.559
 that?

00:28:54.839 --> 00:28:55.460
 Remember these

00:28:55.460 --> 00:28:55.679
 things,

00:28:55.759 --> 00:28:56.119
 O Jacob

00:28:56.119 --> 00:28:56.639
 and Israel,

00:28:56.740 --> 00:28:57.139
 for you are

00:28:57.139 --> 00:28:57.599
 my servant,

00:28:57.700 --> 00:28:58.139
 I formed

00:28:58.139 --> 00:28:58.440
 you,

00:28:58.599 --> 00:28:58.859
 you are

00:28:58.859 --> 00:28:59.480
 my servant,

00:29:00.000 --> 00:29:00.419
 O Israel,

00:29:00.519 --> 00:29:00.720
 you will

00:29:00.720 --> 00:29:01.059
 not be

00:29:01.059 --> 00:29:01.319
 forgotten

00:29:01.319 --> 00:29:01.700
 by me,

00:29:01.779 --> 00:29:02.359
 I blotted

00:29:02.359 --> 00:29:02.799
 out your

00:29:02.799 --> 00:29:03.500
 transgressions

00:29:03.500 --> 00:29:03.819
 like a

00:29:03.819 --> 00:29:04.119
 cloud,

00:29:04.200 --> 00:29:04.399
 and your

00:29:04.399 --> 00:29:04.659
 sins

00:29:04.659 --> 00:29:05.220
 like mist,

00:29:05.539 --> 00:29:06.159
 return to

00:29:06.159 --> 00:29:06.279
 me,

00:29:06.339 --> 00:29:06.559
 for I

00:29:06.559 --> 00:29:06.639
 have

00:29:06.639 --> 00:29:06.940
 redeemed

00:29:06.940 --> 00:29:07.220
 you.

00:29:08.859 --> 00:29:09.259
 Sing,

00:29:09.500 --> 00:29:09.879
 O heavens,

00:29:09.980 --> 00:29:10.179
 for the

00:29:10.179 --> 00:29:10.419
 Lord is

00:29:10.419 --> 00:29:10.599
 dead,

00:29:10.839 --> 00:29:11.379
 shout,

00:29:11.679 --> 00:29:12.099
 depths of

00:29:12.099 --> 00:29:12.220
 the

00:29:12.220 --> 00:29:12.460
 earth,

00:29:12.759 --> 00:29:13.019
 break

00:29:13.019 --> 00:29:13.599
 forth into

00:29:13.599 --> 00:29:13.879
 singing

00:29:13.879 --> 00:29:14.059
 of

00:29:14.059 --> 00:29:14.399
 mountains,

00:29:14.500 --> 00:29:14.960
 of forest

00:29:14.960 --> 00:29:15.399
 and every

00:29:15.399 --> 00:29:15.740
 tree in

00:29:15.740 --> 00:29:15.859
 it,

00:29:16.099 --> 00:29:16.339
 for the

00:29:16.339 --> 00:29:16.779
 Lord has

00:29:16.779 --> 00:29:17.099
 redeemed

00:29:21.559 --> 00:29:22.240
 God says

00:29:22.240 --> 00:29:22.579
 to his

00:29:22.579 --> 00:29:22.940
 people,

00:29:23.639 --> 00:29:24.619
 his church,

00:29:24.700 --> 00:29:25.119
 do you see

00:29:25.119 --> 00:29:25.359
 how the

00:29:25.359 --> 00:29:25.899
 idolaters

00:29:25.899 --> 00:29:26.599
 fashioned you?

00:29:27.039 --> 00:29:27.220
 They're

00:29:27.220 --> 00:29:27.659
 gods of

00:29:27.659 --> 00:29:27.899
 wood,

00:29:28.980 --> 00:29:29.759
 I fashion

00:29:29.759 --> 00:29:30.220
 you,

00:29:31.139 --> 00:29:32.099
 I fashion

00:29:32.099 --> 00:29:32.519
 you,

00:29:34.399 --> 00:29:35.240
 you're my

00:29:35.240 --> 00:29:35.679
 people to

00:29:35.679 --> 00:29:35.899
 whom I

00:29:35.899 --> 00:29:36.179
 committed.

00:29:37.240 --> 00:29:37.579
 And he

00:29:37.579 --> 00:29:38.000
 calls on

00:29:38.000 --> 00:29:38.279
 the people

00:29:38.279 --> 00:29:38.519
 and he

00:29:38.519 --> 00:29:38.859
 calls on

00:29:38.859 --> 00:29:39.119
 us to

00:29:39.119 --> 00:29:39.419
 remember

00:29:39.419 --> 00:29:40.399
 two things

00:29:40.399 --> 00:29:40.879
 which we

00:29:40.879 --> 00:29:41.200
 need to

00:29:41.200 --> 00:29:41.500
 remember

00:29:41.500 --> 00:29:41.759
 as we

00:29:41.759 --> 00:29:42.059
 come to

00:29:42.059 --> 00:29:42.159
 the

00:29:42.159 --> 00:29:42.480
 table,

00:29:42.940 --> 00:29:43.379
 two things

00:29:43.379 --> 00:29:43.980
 which set

00:29:43.980 --> 00:29:44.879
 God apart

00:29:44.879 --> 00:29:45.259
 from an

00:29:45.259 --> 00:29:45.559
 idol,

00:29:46.779 --> 00:29:47.440
 every other

00:29:47.440 --> 00:29:47.879
 God in

00:29:47.879 --> 00:29:48.220
 this world,

00:29:48.319 --> 00:29:48.799
 first of all

00:29:48.799 --> 00:29:49.279
 he says I

00:29:49.279 --> 00:29:50.019
 always keep

00:29:50.019 --> 00:29:50.559
 my promises,

00:29:51.559 --> 00:29:53.399
 it's what

00:29:53.399 --> 00:29:53.779
 he's saying

00:29:53.779 --> 00:29:54.019
 when he

00:29:54.019 --> 00:29:54.339
 says I

00:29:54.339 --> 00:29:54.599
 will not

00:29:54.599 --> 00:29:55.079
 forget you,

00:29:56.319 --> 00:29:56.899
 remembering

00:29:56.899 --> 00:29:58.019
 and forgetfulness

00:29:58.019 --> 00:29:58.379
 in the

00:29:58.379 --> 00:29:59.000
 Old Testament,

00:29:59.960 --> 00:30:00.519
 it's

00:30:00.519 --> 00:30:01.460
 covenantal

00:30:01.460 --> 00:30:01.919
 language,

00:30:02.039 --> 00:30:02.279
 it's not

00:30:02.279 --> 00:30:02.659
 that God

00:30:02.659 --> 00:30:02.960
 suddenly,

00:30:03.079 --> 00:30:03.440
 oh I

00:30:03.440 --> 00:30:03.480
 have

00:30:03.480 --> 00:30:03.700
 forgotten

00:30:03.700 --> 00:30:04.019
 and now

00:30:04.019 --> 00:30:04.119
 I

00:30:04.119 --> 00:30:04.460
 remember,

00:30:04.619 --> 00:30:05.019
 no of

00:30:05.019 --> 00:30:05.539
 course not,

00:30:06.419 --> 00:30:06.799
 God has

00:30:06.799 --> 00:30:07.159
 said I

00:30:07.159 --> 00:30:07.960
 made promises

00:30:07.960 --> 00:30:09.079
 to you and

00:30:09.079 --> 00:30:10.019
 I will act

00:30:10.019 --> 00:30:10.700
 on those

00:30:10.700 --> 00:30:11.119
 promises,

00:30:11.899 --> 00:30:12.179
 and you

00:30:12.179 --> 00:30:12.599
 can be sure

00:30:12.599 --> 00:30:12.919
 about that,

00:30:12.980 --> 00:30:13.539
 I will never

00:30:13.539 --> 00:30:13.940
 break my

00:30:13.940 --> 00:30:14.519
 promises to

00:30:14.519 --> 00:30:14.720
 you in

00:30:14.720 --> 00:30:15.200
 2017,

00:30:16.759 --> 00:30:17.339
 I don't

00:30:17.339 --> 00:30:17.720
 care what

00:30:17.720 --> 00:30:18.359
 your idol of

00:30:18.359 --> 00:30:18.819
 choice is

00:30:18.819 --> 00:30:19.220
 today,

00:30:19.460 --> 00:30:19.700
 and there's

00:30:19.700 --> 00:30:20.139
 probably as

00:30:20.139 --> 00:30:21.179
 many as

00:30:21.179 --> 00:30:21.480
 there are

00:30:21.480 --> 00:30:22.180
 people today,

00:30:22.519 --> 00:30:23.299
 I guarantee

00:30:23.299 --> 00:30:24.140
 you whatever

00:30:24.140 --> 00:30:24.779
 idol you're

00:30:24.779 --> 00:30:25.519
 tempted to

00:30:25.519 --> 00:30:25.799
 pursue,

00:30:25.900 --> 00:30:26.319
 it never

00:30:26.319 --> 00:30:26.759
 keeps its

00:30:26.759 --> 00:30:27.079
 promises,

00:30:27.259 --> 00:30:27.559
 that's it,

00:30:28.220 --> 00:30:32.059
 the relationship

00:30:32.059 --> 00:30:32.680
 that you

00:30:32.680 --> 00:30:33.200
 thought would

00:30:33.200 --> 00:30:34.099
 bring you all

00:30:34.099 --> 00:30:34.880
 the satisfaction

00:30:34.880 --> 00:30:35.360
 in the world,

00:30:35.460 --> 00:30:36.000
 has it done

00:30:36.000 --> 00:30:36.180
 that?

00:30:36.279 --> 00:30:36.740
 Of course it

00:30:36.740 --> 00:30:37.079
 hasn't,

00:30:38.680 --> 00:30:39.839
 you've got the

00:30:39.839 --> 00:30:40.019
 money,

00:30:40.120 --> 00:30:40.740
 you've got the

00:30:40.740 --> 00:30:41.259
 job,

00:30:42.059 --> 00:30:42.579
 has it brought

00:30:42.579 --> 00:30:43.180
 the satisfaction?

00:30:43.339 --> 00:30:43.640
 Of course it

00:30:43.640 --> 00:30:43.839
 doesn't,

00:30:44.200 --> 00:30:45.700
 whatever

00:30:45.700 --> 00:30:46.200
 cares,

00:30:46.339 --> 00:30:46.680
 my idol

00:30:46.680 --> 00:30:47.339
 dangles in

00:30:47.339 --> 00:30:47.759
 front of you,

00:30:47.839 --> 00:30:48.079
 whether it's

00:30:48.079 --> 00:30:48.500
 success,

00:30:48.640 --> 00:30:49.140
 prosperity,

00:30:49.579 --> 00:30:50.099
 or happy

00:30:50.099 --> 00:30:50.960
 family life,

00:30:50.960 --> 00:30:51.640
 or perfect

00:30:51.640 --> 00:30:52.100
 children,

00:30:52.500 --> 00:30:53.259
 or a fat

00:30:53.259 --> 00:30:54.160
 bank balance,

00:30:54.519 --> 00:30:54.960
 the promise

00:30:54.960 --> 00:30:55.240
 will be

00:30:55.240 --> 00:30:55.579
 broken,

00:30:56.039 --> 00:30:56.360
 and yet

00:30:56.360 --> 00:30:57.059
 God says

00:30:57.059 --> 00:30:57.299
 to you,

00:30:57.380 --> 00:30:57.819
 I have

00:30:57.819 --> 00:30:58.160
 never,

00:30:59.160 --> 00:30:59.579
 I have

00:30:59.579 --> 00:30:59.900
 never,

00:31:00.039 --> 00:31:00.380
 and I

00:31:00.380 --> 00:31:01.000
 will never

00:31:01.000 --> 00:31:01.620
 ever break

00:31:01.620 --> 00:31:02.120
 my promises

00:31:02.120 --> 00:31:02.539
 to you,

00:31:02.920 --> 00:31:05.740
 and secondly

00:31:05.740 --> 00:31:06.160
 God says

00:31:06.160 --> 00:31:06.559
 I want you

00:31:06.559 --> 00:31:06.980
 to remember

00:31:06.980 --> 00:31:07.539
 also that

00:31:07.539 --> 00:31:08.059
 I've forgiven

00:31:08.059 --> 00:31:08.400
 you when

00:31:08.400 --> 00:31:08.799
 you failed

00:31:08.799 --> 00:31:09.079
 me,

00:31:09.799 --> 00:31:11.920
 I love

00:31:11.920 --> 00:31:12.420
 the picture

00:31:12.420 --> 00:31:14.279
 of verse

00:31:14.279 --> 00:31:14.880
 22,

00:31:16.019 --> 00:31:16.680
 I've blotted

00:31:16.680 --> 00:31:17.259
 out your

00:31:17.259 --> 00:31:18.220
 transgressions,

00:31:18.220 --> 00:31:20.220
 swiped

00:31:20.220 --> 00:31:20.660
 them away,

00:31:22.100 --> 00:31:22.240
 I've

00:31:22.240 --> 00:31:22.500
 swiped

00:31:22.500 --> 00:31:23.000
 them away,

00:31:24.779 --> 00:31:25.259
 I've blotted

00:31:25.259 --> 00:31:25.880
 mouths like

00:31:25.880 --> 00:31:26.500
 a cloud,

00:31:27.279 --> 00:31:27.660
 and your

00:31:27.660 --> 00:31:28.259
 sins like

00:31:28.259 --> 00:31:28.620
 the morning

00:31:28.620 --> 00:31:29.019
 mist,

00:31:30.900 --> 00:31:31.299
 an idol

00:31:31.299 --> 00:31:31.779
 will never

00:31:31.779 --> 00:31:32.279
 forgive you

00:31:32.279 --> 00:31:32.579
 when you

00:31:32.579 --> 00:31:33.059
 fail it,

00:31:35.759 --> 00:31:36.400
 let's say

00:31:36.400 --> 00:31:36.880
 your idol

00:31:36.880 --> 00:31:37.240
 is your

00:31:37.240 --> 00:31:37.700
 career,

00:31:39.059 --> 00:31:39.940
 and that's

00:31:39.940 --> 00:31:40.180
 where you

00:31:40.180 --> 00:31:40.720
 gain this

00:31:40.720 --> 00:31:41.740
 great reputation,

00:31:43.000 --> 00:31:43.360
 and it's

00:31:43.360 --> 00:31:43.640
 where you

00:31:43.640 --> 00:31:44.160
 derive your

00:31:44.160 --> 00:31:44.880
 ultimate sense

00:31:44.880 --> 00:31:45.559
 of significance,

00:31:45.779 --> 00:31:46.360
 and importance

00:31:46.360 --> 00:31:46.799
 in life,

00:31:46.799 --> 00:31:47.139
 and you've

00:31:47.139 --> 00:31:47.500
 been so

00:31:47.500 --> 00:31:48.180
 diligent in

00:31:48.180 --> 00:31:49.220
 making offerings,

00:31:49.460 --> 00:31:50.579
 you've worked

00:31:50.579 --> 00:31:51.259
 long hours,

00:31:51.460 --> 00:31:52.139
 when other

00:31:52.139 --> 00:31:52.480
 people have

00:31:52.480 --> 00:31:53.079
 gone home,

00:31:53.240 --> 00:31:54.139
 you've been

00:31:54.139 --> 00:31:54.680
 there,

00:31:55.619 --> 00:31:56.559
 you've missed

00:31:56.559 --> 00:31:57.359
 really important

00:31:57.359 --> 00:31:58.240
 times with your

00:31:58.240 --> 00:31:59.039
 friends and your

00:31:59.039 --> 00:31:59.519
 families,

00:31:59.619 --> 00:32:00.180
 because you

00:32:00.180 --> 00:32:01.200
 had to work,

00:32:02.919 --> 00:32:03.399
 and then you

00:32:03.399 --> 00:32:04.339
 back off maybe

00:32:04.339 --> 00:32:04.859
 a little bit,

00:32:06.379 --> 00:32:07.099
 you realise

00:32:07.099 --> 00:32:07.680
 it's beginning to

00:32:07.680 --> 00:32:08.240
 affect your

00:32:08.240 --> 00:32:08.819
 health,

00:32:09.000 --> 00:32:09.359
 or your

00:32:09.359 --> 00:32:10.159
 family tells

00:32:10.159 --> 00:32:10.299
 you,

00:32:10.379 --> 00:32:11.159
 you've got to

00:32:11.159 --> 00:32:11.680
 back off,

00:32:11.740 --> 00:32:12.159
 or because of

00:32:12.159 --> 00:32:13.019
 your conscience,

00:32:13.659 --> 00:32:14.099
 and does your

00:32:14.099 --> 00:32:14.519
 idol say,

00:32:14.579 --> 00:32:15.180
 no that's

00:32:15.180 --> 00:32:15.559
 okay,

00:32:15.559 --> 00:32:17.379
 I'll be

00:32:17.379 --> 00:32:17.839
 there for

00:32:17.839 --> 00:32:18.179
 you,

00:32:19.319 --> 00:32:20.139
 no chance

00:32:20.139 --> 00:32:20.539
 does it,

00:32:21.619 --> 00:32:22.659
 it says no

00:32:22.659 --> 00:32:23.200
 more offerings

00:32:23.200 --> 00:32:23.679
 to deal it

00:32:23.679 --> 00:32:23.919
 off,

00:32:25.679 --> 00:32:26.839
 an idol never

00:32:26.839 --> 00:32:27.359
 forgives you

00:32:27.359 --> 00:32:27.619
 when you

00:32:27.619 --> 00:32:28.000
 fail it,

00:32:29.960 --> 00:32:30.259
 but the

00:32:30.259 --> 00:32:31.200
 Bible,

00:32:31.659 --> 00:32:32.200
 he'll forgive

00:32:32.200 --> 00:32:32.379
 you,

00:32:32.399 --> 00:32:32.759
 because he

00:32:32.759 --> 00:32:33.299
 has forgiven

00:32:33.299 --> 00:32:33.440
 you,

00:32:33.500 --> 00:32:33.700
 have you

00:32:33.700 --> 00:32:34.299
 failed God

00:32:34.299 --> 00:32:34.740
 this morning,

00:32:35.079 --> 00:32:35.539
 I know I

00:32:35.539 --> 00:32:35.819
 have,

00:32:38.179 --> 00:32:38.720
 and I've

00:32:38.720 --> 00:32:39.019
 got pretty

00:32:39.019 --> 00:32:39.559
 good sense

00:32:39.559 --> 00:32:40.399
 listening to

00:32:40.399 --> 00:32:40.799
 my Christian

00:32:40.799 --> 00:32:41.000
 life,

00:32:41.039 --> 00:32:41.259
 what the

00:32:41.259 --> 00:32:41.679
 idols in

00:32:41.679 --> 00:32:42.159
 my heart

00:32:42.159 --> 00:32:42.480
 are,

00:32:43.440 --> 00:32:43.879
 and they

00:32:43.879 --> 00:32:44.339
 tend to pull

00:32:44.339 --> 00:32:44.759
 me away

00:32:44.759 --> 00:32:45.339
 from God,

00:32:45.559 --> 00:32:47.079
 and when I

00:32:47.079 --> 00:32:47.599
 fail him,

00:32:47.639 --> 00:32:47.940
 when I go

00:32:47.940 --> 00:32:48.399
 after these

00:32:48.399 --> 00:32:48.879
 other things,

00:32:48.980 --> 00:32:49.319
 because I

00:32:49.319 --> 00:32:49.859
 think they're

00:32:49.859 --> 00:32:50.579
 promising me

00:32:50.579 --> 00:32:51.319
 things,

00:32:52.279 --> 00:32:54.659
 and they're

00:32:54.659 --> 00:32:55.119
 promising me

00:32:55.119 --> 00:32:55.460
 things that

00:32:55.460 --> 00:32:55.700
 they can

00:32:55.700 --> 00:32:56.220
 never give,

00:32:57.099 --> 00:32:57.700
 how foolish,

00:32:58.639 --> 00:32:59.200
 what does

00:32:59.200 --> 00:32:59.839
 God require

00:32:59.839 --> 00:33:00.259
 of me when

00:33:00.259 --> 00:33:00.919
 I fail him,

00:33:01.000 --> 00:33:01.519
 look again at

00:33:01.519 --> 00:33:01.980
 what he says

00:33:01.980 --> 00:33:03.179
 in verse 22,

00:33:03.440 --> 00:33:03.659
 he says,

00:33:03.740 --> 00:33:04.319
 I have blotted

00:33:04.319 --> 00:33:04.639
 out your

00:33:04.639 --> 00:33:05.279
 transgressions

00:33:05.279 --> 00:33:05.839
 like a cloud,

00:33:07.039 --> 00:33:07.599
 and your sins

00:33:07.599 --> 00:33:08.099
 like a mist,

00:33:08.240 --> 00:33:09.539
 return to

00:33:09.539 --> 00:33:09.779
 me,

00:33:11.139 --> 00:33:11.919
 return to

00:33:11.919 --> 00:33:12.299
 me,

00:33:12.500 --> 00:33:13.039
 for I have

00:33:13.039 --> 00:33:13.319
 redeemed,

00:33:13.399 --> 00:33:13.980
 just notice

00:33:13.980 --> 00:33:14.460
 at the end

00:33:14.460 --> 00:33:15.119
 of verse 22,

00:33:15.119 --> 00:33:16.699
 return to

00:33:16.699 --> 00:33:16.959
 me,

00:33:17.419 --> 00:33:18.179
 for I will

00:33:18.179 --> 00:33:18.639
 redeem you,

00:33:18.699 --> 00:33:19.000
 is that what it

00:33:19.000 --> 00:33:19.239
 says,

00:33:19.659 --> 00:33:20.219
 no it's not,

00:33:21.599 --> 00:33:21.939
 fear not,

00:33:21.979 --> 00:33:22.819
 for I have

00:33:22.819 --> 00:33:23.559
 redeemed you,

00:33:26.139 --> 00:33:26.699
 God doesn't

00:33:26.699 --> 00:33:26.899
 say,

00:33:27.119 --> 00:33:27.679
 come back to

00:33:27.679 --> 00:33:28.000
 me this

00:33:28.000 --> 00:33:28.339
 morning,

00:33:28.519 --> 00:33:29.019
 and maybe,

00:33:29.259 --> 00:33:29.479
 you know,

00:33:29.519 --> 00:33:29.919
 we can talk

00:33:29.919 --> 00:33:30.259
 about it,

00:33:30.319 --> 00:33:30.699
 we can work

00:33:30.699 --> 00:33:31.219
 this through,

00:33:31.359 --> 00:33:32.019
 you try harder,

00:33:32.239 --> 00:33:32.679
 and I'll

00:33:32.679 --> 00:33:33.199
 redeem you,

00:33:33.659 --> 00:33:34.179
 I'll forgive

00:33:34.179 --> 00:33:34.699
 you this

00:33:34.699 --> 00:33:35.159
 time,

00:33:37.339 --> 00:33:37.919
 no return to

00:33:37.919 --> 00:33:38.039
 me,

00:33:38.079 --> 00:33:38.439
 because I've

00:33:38.439 --> 00:33:39.000
 redeemed you,

00:33:39.139 --> 00:33:39.519
 return to

00:33:39.519 --> 00:33:39.599
 me,

00:33:39.639 --> 00:33:39.939
 because I've

00:33:39.939 --> 00:33:40.659
 already slept,

00:33:40.719 --> 00:33:41.039
 away your

00:33:41.039 --> 00:33:41.579
 offences are

00:33:41.579 --> 00:33:42.079
 a cloud,

00:33:42.759 --> 00:33:43.219
 you see the

00:33:43.219 --> 00:33:43.419
 order,

00:33:43.420 --> 00:33:44.060
 that is the

00:33:44.060 --> 00:33:44.340
 gospel,

00:33:44.519 --> 00:33:45.000
 you and I,

00:33:45.100 --> 00:33:45.539
 we don't

00:33:45.539 --> 00:33:46.200
 earn our way

00:33:46.200 --> 00:33:46.400
 out of

00:33:46.400 --> 00:33:47.019
 idolatry,

00:33:47.400 --> 00:33:50.380
 we can only

00:33:50.380 --> 00:33:51.300
 turn back to

00:33:51.300 --> 00:33:52.360
 God when we've

00:33:52.360 --> 00:33:52.820
 gone the other

00:33:52.820 --> 00:33:53.220
 direction,

00:33:53.320 --> 00:33:53.880
 because he has

00:33:53.880 --> 00:33:54.880
 already done for

00:33:54.880 --> 00:33:55.519
 us by his

00:33:55.519 --> 00:33:56.019
 grace,

00:33:56.100 --> 00:33:56.539
 he's dealt

00:33:56.539 --> 00:33:56.940
 with our

00:33:56.940 --> 00:33:57.320
 sins,

00:33:58.039 --> 00:33:58.960
 he's dealt

00:33:58.960 --> 00:33:59.279
 with our

00:33:59.279 --> 00:33:59.820
 idolatry

00:33:59.820 --> 00:34:00.300
 already,

00:34:00.600 --> 00:34:01.259
 he's redeemed

00:34:01.259 --> 00:34:02.100
 us already,

00:34:03.700 --> 00:34:04.000
 you say,

00:34:04.060 --> 00:34:04.320
 how has he

00:34:04.320 --> 00:34:04.700
 done that,

00:34:04.759 --> 00:34:05.100
 well for the

00:34:05.100 --> 00:34:05.600
 Israelites they

00:34:05.600 --> 00:34:05.800
 would have

00:34:05.800 --> 00:34:06.400
 looked back to

00:34:06.400 --> 00:34:07.400
 the Exodus,

00:34:08.480 --> 00:34:09.200
 that redemption

00:34:09.200 --> 00:34:10.159
 of which God

00:34:10.159 --> 00:34:10.579
 is speaking

00:34:10.579 --> 00:34:10.960
 about,

00:34:10.960 --> 00:34:11.699
 but for the

00:34:11.699 --> 00:34:12.880
 Christian today

00:34:12.880 --> 00:34:13.659
 our focus is

00:34:13.659 --> 00:34:14.340
 different isn't it,

00:34:15.480 --> 00:34:16.360
 we look back to

00:34:16.360 --> 00:34:16.920
 another day,

00:34:18.440 --> 00:34:19.519
 we come to the

00:34:19.519 --> 00:34:20.099
 Lord's table and

00:34:20.099 --> 00:34:20.740
 we look back to

00:34:20.740 --> 00:34:21.579
 a greater redemption,

00:34:22.599 --> 00:34:23.079
 a greater

00:34:23.079 --> 00:34:23.519
 Exodus,

00:34:23.720 --> 00:34:24.500
 because the

00:34:24.500 --> 00:34:25.000
 New Testament

00:34:25.000 --> 00:34:25.740
 says you look

00:34:25.740 --> 00:34:26.280
 back to the

00:34:26.280 --> 00:34:26.679
 cross,

00:34:27.260 --> 00:34:27.679
 and that's

00:34:27.679 --> 00:34:27.960
 where he

00:34:27.960 --> 00:34:28.579
 redeemed you,

00:34:30.220 --> 00:34:30.559
 and so the

00:34:30.559 --> 00:34:31.039
 Apostle Paul

00:34:31.039 --> 00:34:31.519
 writing in

00:34:31.519 --> 00:34:32.059
 Colossians 1

00:34:32.059 --> 00:34:32.480
 says he's

00:34:32.480 --> 00:34:33.019
 delivered us

00:34:33.019 --> 00:34:33.300
 from the

00:34:33.300 --> 00:34:33.699
 domain of

00:34:33.699 --> 00:34:34.079
 darkness,

00:34:34.199 --> 00:34:34.440
 and he's

00:34:34.440 --> 00:34:35.099
 transferred us

00:34:35.099 --> 00:34:35.320
 to the

00:34:35.320 --> 00:34:35.699
 kingdom of

00:34:35.699 --> 00:34:36.220
 his beloved

00:34:36.220 --> 00:34:36.659
 son,

00:34:36.980 --> 00:34:37.559
 in whom we

00:34:37.559 --> 00:34:38.760
 have redemption,

00:34:39.760 --> 00:34:40.240
 forgiveness of

00:34:40.239 --> 00:34:40.759
 sins,

00:34:41.939 --> 00:34:42.419
 it is on the

00:34:42.419 --> 00:34:42.979
 cross that

00:34:42.979 --> 00:34:43.579
 God redeemed

00:34:43.579 --> 00:34:44.039
 us through

00:34:44.039 --> 00:34:44.599
 the death of

00:34:44.599 --> 00:34:45.059
 Jesus,

00:34:46.039 --> 00:34:46.539
 it is on the

00:34:46.539 --> 00:34:46.939
 cross that

00:34:46.939 --> 00:34:47.619
 God swept

00:34:47.619 --> 00:34:48.199
 our offenses

00:34:48.199 --> 00:34:48.919
 like a cloud

00:34:48.919 --> 00:34:49.379
 away,

00:34:50.199 --> 00:34:50.819
 on the cross

00:34:50.819 --> 00:34:51.199
 the Lord

00:34:51.199 --> 00:34:51.859
 Jesus bore

00:34:51.859 --> 00:34:52.399
 the penalty

00:34:52.399 --> 00:34:52.819
 for our

00:34:52.819 --> 00:34:53.199
 offenses,

00:34:53.739 --> 00:34:54.359
 Jesus bore

00:34:54.359 --> 00:34:54.839
 the penalty

00:34:54.839 --> 00:34:55.259
 for our

00:34:55.259 --> 00:34:55.799
 idolatry,

00:34:56.099 --> 00:34:56.359
 and it's

00:34:56.359 --> 00:34:56.719
 through the

00:34:56.719 --> 00:34:57.639
 cross God

00:34:57.639 --> 00:34:58.079
 says to

00:34:58.079 --> 00:34:58.259
 you I

00:34:58.259 --> 00:34:58.579
 want you

00:34:58.579 --> 00:34:58.879
 now to

00:34:58.879 --> 00:34:59.019
 have a

00:34:59.019 --> 00:34:59.179
 new

00:34:59.179 --> 00:34:59.539
 start,

00:34:59.639 --> 00:34:59.859
 I want

00:34:59.859 --> 00:35:00.000
 you to

00:35:00.000 --> 00:35:00.179
 have a

00:35:00.179 --> 00:35:00.319
 new

00:35:00.319 --> 00:35:00.679
 life,

00:35:02.039 --> 00:35:02.279
 and I

00:35:02.279 --> 00:35:02.519
 want you

00:35:02.519 --> 00:35:02.939
 to experience

00:35:02.939 --> 00:35:03.699
 transformation,

00:35:04.719 --> 00:35:05.799
 and to

00:35:05.799 --> 00:35:06.099
 know what

00:35:06.099 --> 00:35:06.839
 real significance

00:35:06.839 --> 00:35:07.139
 is,

00:35:07.199 --> 00:35:07.419
 and what

00:35:07.419 --> 00:35:08.059
 real meaning

00:35:08.059 --> 00:35:08.319
 is,

00:35:08.399 --> 00:35:08.659
 and the

00:35:08.659 --> 00:35:09.039
 things that

00:35:09.039 --> 00:35:09.459
 the idol

00:35:09.460 --> 00:35:10.260
 promised you

00:35:10.260 --> 00:35:10.539
 that they

00:35:10.539 --> 00:35:11.019
 will never

00:35:11.019 --> 00:35:11.360
 deliver,

00:35:11.480 --> 00:35:11.960
 he says in

00:35:11.960 --> 00:35:12.740
 Christ redemption

00:35:12.740 --> 00:35:13.340
 is already

00:35:13.340 --> 00:35:13.740
 yours,

00:35:15.019 --> 00:35:15.800
 in Christ

00:35:15.800 --> 00:35:16.220
 the forgiveness

00:35:16.220 --> 00:35:16.659
 of sins

00:35:16.659 --> 00:35:17.220
 is guaranteed,

00:35:17.400 --> 00:35:18.000
 God says I've

00:35:18.000 --> 00:35:18.320
 done it,

00:35:18.840 --> 00:35:20.179
 and so return

00:35:20.179 --> 00:35:20.519
 to me,

00:35:23.199 --> 00:35:24.340
 or for those

00:35:24.340 --> 00:35:24.699
 who are here

00:35:24.699 --> 00:35:25.119
 this morning

00:35:25.119 --> 00:35:25.679
 who can't

00:35:25.679 --> 00:35:26.380
 return because

00:35:26.380 --> 00:35:26.860
 you've never

00:35:26.860 --> 00:35:27.400
 turned to

00:35:27.400 --> 00:35:28.039
 begin with,

00:35:28.220 --> 00:35:28.800
 he says to

00:35:28.800 --> 00:35:29.139
 you this

00:35:29.139 --> 00:35:29.519
 morning,

00:35:29.820 --> 00:35:30.539
 turn to

00:35:30.539 --> 00:35:30.880
 me,

00:35:31.420 --> 00:35:35.159
 because if

00:35:35.159 --> 00:35:35.860
 you turn

00:35:35.860 --> 00:35:36.579
 to me,

00:35:36.679 --> 00:35:37.059
 and you

00:35:37.059 --> 00:35:37.699
 trust in

00:35:37.699 --> 00:35:37.880
 me,

00:35:37.880 --> 00:35:38.340
 this can

00:35:38.340 --> 00:35:38.740
 be true

00:35:38.740 --> 00:35:39.079
 of you

00:35:39.079 --> 00:35:39.500
 as well,

00:35:40.579 --> 00:35:41.900
 your sin

00:35:41.900 --> 00:35:42.220
 has been

00:35:42.220 --> 00:35:42.599
 painful,

00:35:44.160 --> 00:35:44.579
 it's been

00:35:44.579 --> 00:35:45.099
 wiped clear,

00:35:46.320 --> 00:35:46.920
 and you

00:35:46.920 --> 00:35:47.619
 this morning

00:35:47.619 --> 00:35:48.980
 can be

00:35:48.980 --> 00:35:49.340
 redeemed

00:35:49.340 --> 00:35:49.820
 to you,

00:35:52.420 --> 00:35:52.740
 and as

00:35:52.740 --> 00:35:53.079
 you read

00:35:53.079 --> 00:35:53.800
 through this

00:35:53.800 --> 00:35:54.380
 chapter like

00:35:54.380 --> 00:35:55.940
 I have

00:35:55.940 --> 00:35:56.340
 this week,

00:35:56.400 --> 00:35:56.820
 you think why

00:35:56.820 --> 00:35:57.320
 on earth do

00:35:57.320 --> 00:35:57.820
 I ever go

00:35:57.820 --> 00:35:58.260
 after those

00:35:58.260 --> 00:35:58.820
 other things,

00:36:00.220 --> 00:36:00.640
 why do I

00:36:00.640 --> 00:36:00.960
 look at the

00:36:00.960 --> 00:36:01.660
 Babylonians and

00:36:01.660 --> 00:36:02.260
 the Assyrians

00:36:02.260 --> 00:36:02.840
 around me and

00:36:02.840 --> 00:36:03.240
 think maybe

00:36:03.240 --> 00:36:03.619
 there is

00:36:03.619 --> 00:36:04.099
 something to

00:36:04.099 --> 00:36:04.260
 this

00:36:04.260 --> 00:36:04.800
 idolatry

00:36:04.800 --> 00:36:05.039
 do,

00:36:05.039 --> 00:36:08.900
 and you

00:36:08.900 --> 00:36:09.380
 read a passage

00:36:09.380 --> 00:36:09.880
 like this and

00:36:09.880 --> 00:36:10.400
 you realise how

00:36:10.400 --> 00:36:11.539
 absolutely mad it

00:36:11.539 --> 00:36:12.280
 is to mess with

00:36:12.280 --> 00:36:12.980
 lifeless and

00:36:12.980 --> 00:36:13.800
 dead idols,

00:36:15.000 --> 00:36:16.960
 when the

00:36:16.960 --> 00:36:17.660
 living God

00:36:17.660 --> 00:36:18.300
 invites you to

00:36:18.300 --> 00:36:18.640
 know him,

00:36:23.180 --> 00:36:23.740
 you shall

00:36:23.740 --> 00:36:25.880
 not have

00:36:25.880 --> 00:36:26.680
 any gods

00:36:26.680 --> 00:36:27.340
 before you,

00:36:29.700 --> 00:36:30.100
 you shall

00:36:30.100 --> 00:36:30.420
 not make

00:36:30.420 --> 00:36:30.920
 for yourself

00:36:30.920 --> 00:36:31.280
 an idol,

00:36:31.280 --> 00:36:33.640
 why,

00:36:34.640 --> 00:36:35.760
 because the

00:36:35.760 --> 00:36:36.460
 living God

00:36:36.460 --> 00:36:38.500
 invites you to

00:36:38.500 --> 00:36:38.800
 know him.