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 Let's bow our heads in prayer.

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 Father, sometimes your word is very shocking and even upsetting.

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 We ask, Father, that your Holy Spirit would do a gentle but powerful work within us,

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 that the gospel would become so real to our hearts,

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 that we would trust that even when your word is its most shocking or most upsetting,

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 Father, that these are words that you know that we need for our soul's health,

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 to become more like Christ and to live with freedom and integrity,

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 with justice and goodness and beauty in this present age,

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 until we come to the age to come, the new heaven and the new earth.

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 We ask, Father, for this gentle but important and powerful work of your Holy Spirit,

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 and we ask this in the name of Jesus, your Son and our Savior. Amen.

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 Please be seated.

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 So when I get the privilege occasionally to help people speak,

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 one of the common mistakes that people have to speak make

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 is they assume that people know the text quite well.

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 I've probably read Psalm 58 this week.

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 I wouldn't be surprised if I read it 30 times.

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 And so it's very present and fresh in my mind, but maybe not to yours.

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 And if some of you are maybe just watching the sermon and haven't heard anything,

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 what I'm going to do is I'm going to read all of Psalm 58 again right now,

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 and then we're going to go back.

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 I'll make a couple of other comments, and we'll go through it slowly.

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 But because some of you might say, like, what did that say?

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 Did Ross say that?

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 Like, did it say that?

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 And so let's just hear it so it's fresh.

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 And then people will understand a little bit some of my comments at the beginning

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 as we walk towards the text.

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 And by the way, why are we preaching this text?

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 I'm preaching this text because our summer series are all the—we were to pick—

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 the 10 sermons were to pick Psalms between 31 and 60,

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 and 58 is within 31 to 60.

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 And I saw the text, and I knew it was one of the main cursing texts in the Bible.

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 And I don't want to hide it from people.

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 And I thought part of what it means to be a church

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 is that we learn to read the Bible together

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 and that I provide some help with a text that otherwise might really shock you.

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 And so that's why I'm looking at it.

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 I wasn't thinking, oh, let's pick the most offensive text I possibly can and preach on them.

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 No, it was within that, and I think it's important.

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 Many Christians can go decades, maybe their whole life in church,

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 and never once hear a sermon on a psalm like this.

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 And it doesn't help you.

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 It doesn't help me as a preacher either.

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 So here's what the psalm says.

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 To the choir master, according to Do Not Destroy, a mitkam of David,

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 do you indeed decree what is right, you mighty lords?

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 Do you judge the children of man uprightly?

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 No, in your hearts you devise wrongs.

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 Your hands deal out violence on earth.

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 The wicked are estranged from the womb.

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 They go astray from birth, speaking lies.

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 They have venom like the venom of a serpent,

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 like the deaf adder that stops its ear,

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 so that it does not hear the voice of charmers or the cunning enchanter.

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 Oh God, break the teeth in their mouths.

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 Tear out the fangs of the young lions, O Lord.

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 Let them vanish like water that runs away.

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 When he aims his arrows, let them be blunted.

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 Let them be like the snail that dissolves into slime,

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 like the stillborn child who never sees the sun.

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 Sooner than your pots can feel the heat of thorns, whether green or ablaze,

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 may he, that's God, sweep them away.

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 The righteous will rejoice when he sees the vengeance.

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 He will bathe his feet in the blood of the wicked.

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 Mankind will say, surely there is a reward for the righteous.

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 Surely there is a God who judges on earth.

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 And I'm going to say, this is the word of the Lord.

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 Thanks be to God.

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 So, I mean, for many Christians,

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 to even see that this psalm is in the Bible is a shock.

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 And for people who are maybe trying to figure out the Christian faith,

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 this confirms a lot of their worst fears.

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 They've always suspected that beneath that pleasant,

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 oh yeah, we all believe in love, you know, God is love.

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 There is, in fact, an iron fist that will hurt people.

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 They say, George, didn't this psalm just pray that people will die?

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 Didn't this psalm ask God to kill people?

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 And did it really just say that we want to bathe in the blood of the wicked?

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 George, are you actually saying that we should pray this and live this?

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 And if you're not, then that confirms what I've always thought,

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 that you pick and choose.

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 And so, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, you pick the text about sex that you like

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 and dump on everybody else,

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 but when you have complicated texts like this that go against you,

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 you just ignore them.

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 I've always thought that's what Christians were like,

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 just picking and choosing,

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 and it's pure prejudice if you talk about sexuality

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 or some other types of things.

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 It's just your prejudice,

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 because you don't talk about texts like this.

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 Now, we're going to go through this text

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 to show that we don't just pick and choose.

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 I don't want to pick and choose.

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 I want to have the Bible speak into my heart.

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 And I'm going to tell you right now,

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 I mean, when I read this text on Monday,

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 I thought, whoa, okay,

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 and I sort of wondered if I should have picked it.

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 But I've actually now, after studying it a week

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 and praying about it,

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 I actually am very pleased that this text is in the Bible.

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 And I think we should all be pleased that it's in the Bible

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 and that, in fact, it opens the door

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 to how helpful and insightful

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 and real to humans' experience the Bible is,

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 like for real human beings living their real lives.

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 Now, I'm going to say also,

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 my sermon's going to be a little bit different

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 than some of the others.

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 You know, I can just tell you,

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 there's three lines in this text

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 where there's some major, major translation issues.

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 I'm only going to talk about one.

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 I'm not going to talk about the other two.

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 And there's really only one place

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 where the Hebrew sort of is very helpful

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 to understand the text,

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 and I'm going to talk about that.

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 But, you know, the rest of the text,

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 I could nuance and stuff,

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 but it's just as shocking.

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 Like, it's just as shocking.

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 Like, the text is good enough as it is in English.

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 And it, like, you might go and read eight different versions

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 about the first part of verse one

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 and get different translations,

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 but the part about bathing your feet in the blood of the wicked,

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 it's fundamentally,

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 you won't see that fundamentally different than any of the text

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 because that's just very blunt there.

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 So let's look.

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 Let's walk towards the text,

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 and it begins like this.

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 And in this particular case,

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 I hope Claire has it up,

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 the so-called superscriptions,

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 actually very important to interpreting the text.

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 And the superscription says,

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 to the choir master.

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 So I guess David wrote this so the people could sing it.

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 And the tune is,

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 according to Do Not Destroy,

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 which must have been a tune.

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 Nobody knows what mitkam really means nowadays,

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 but it's a mitkam of David.

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 So King David is the one who wrote this psalm.

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 And then he continues on like this.

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 Do you indeed decree what is right,

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 you mighty lords?

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 Do you judge the children of man uprightly?

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 No, in your hearts you devise wrongs.

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 Your hands deal out violence on earth.

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 Now,

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 this text is actually very, very simple

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 and very, very profound.

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 It's as if,

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 with just a couple of very simple lines,

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 it gives a bit of an outline

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 about how you live a moral and good life

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 and the different aspects of it.

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 The very first line,

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 and so first of all,

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 the first verse is rhetorical.

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 In other words,

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 it's expected that you say no.

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 That's the expected answer.

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 It's rhetorical.

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 It's not like a real question.

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 It's no.

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 The answer is no.

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 And the other thing about the text,

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 which is important to know,

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 is that there's a lot of debate

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 about how to translate the first part of the line.

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 And so really,

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 at the end,

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 you can go read some commentaries on it

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 and all that.

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 The bottom line is,

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 the first part of the first verse

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 is contrasting two different ways to do wrong.

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 Sins of omission

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 and sins of commission.

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 And so what that means is,

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 you know,

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 let's say somebody comes to me

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 with some complaints

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 about things that are going on in the church

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 and maybe about a particular person

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 and make some accusations against them.

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 And one of you

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 happen to have been a witness of the actual event

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 and you know that the person who's accused is innocent

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 and you remain silent.

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 That's a sin of omission.

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 It's actually a sin

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 which isn't really talked about much in our culture.

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 It could be that you hear about a great financial need

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 and you have,

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 and the God puts it on your heart to deal with it,

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 but you don't do it.

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 That's a sin of omission.

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 You could have given that check

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 that would have helped with that financial need,

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 but you didn't do it.

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 And we often don't think of that.

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 There's times when you can speak out

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 and you remain silent.

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 And it's a very,

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 that's the first type of the sin.

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 The second type of the sin

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 where you actually make bad decisions,

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 wrong decisions,

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 decisions which are unjust,

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 corrupt, hurtful.

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 And that's a way to understand

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 how to live a very moral life.

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 You don't fail to act in a good way when you can

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 because you should.

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 And you don't do things which are wrong.

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 And the other part of the psalm,

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 which is actually very,

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 very profound,

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 is that if you look at verse one again,

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 it says,

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 do you indeed decree what is right?

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 Remember I told you there's the implicit,

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 if you look at all the different translations,

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 you'll see the words,

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 they're trying to figure out how to do silence

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 and how to,

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 anyway,

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 we don't go into it.

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 But the main thing is,

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 verse one asks about whether you do right,

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 and verse two talks about you do wrong.

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 And what the psalmist is doing

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 is picking actually the very most basic,

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 simple moral categories,

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 right and wrong.

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 We had lots of grandchildren

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 visiting us over the holidays.

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 And, you know,

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 some of them were just two or three.

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 And you see parents either succeeding or failing

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 in just some very simple moral instruction.

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 Don't do that.

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 That's wrong.

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 You know, that's wrong.

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 You should do this.

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 That's good.

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 You know, you should share.

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 That's good.

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 You don't tell a lie.

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 That's wrong.

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 Very, very simple things.

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 You don't hit your brother in the head

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 with a metal rod.

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 That's wrong.

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 You know,

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 but very simple right and wrong.

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 And that's the way that the psalm

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 sort of phrases the issue.

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 Now, here's the part,

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 the one part in the psalm

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 where the underlying Hebrew

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 isn't entirely caught in the English.

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 It's sort of there,

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 but it's not purely caught.

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 And the underlying language

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 of especially verse 2

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 is that this isn't just something

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 that you do occasionally,

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 but that it grows.

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 And that's part of the main idea

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 behind the text.

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 So what it means is

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 it's very easy for me to tell a lie,

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 maybe,

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 or to do some other sin.

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 And I do that,

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 and then I repent of it,

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 and I, you know,

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 then later on maybe I tell another lie,

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 and I repent of it.

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 But it's possible

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 when you do something which is wrong

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 that you then do it again,

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 and then you do it again,

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 and then you do it again.

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 And before you know it,

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 doing that particular wrong act

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 has become a habit.

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 And then before you know it,

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 that habit has grown,

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 and it now reflects your character.

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 And then before you know it,

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 it's not just your character,

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 it's your identity.

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 And before you know it,

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 it's not just your identity,

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 but it's a fixed part of your identity.

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 And that's what the psalm is talking about.

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 So one of the things

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 which is quite remarkable then

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 about the psalm

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 is that,

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 and it's easy for us

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 to get it mixed up,

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 but when we see,

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 oh, sorry,

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 I forgot an important part.

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 The whole psalm

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 is addressed to wicked tyrants.

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 That's the insignificance

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 of mighty lords.

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 And so the thing

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 which is very significant

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 about the psalm

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 is that what we,

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 is how do we in our culture

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 think of great evil

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 and people who do great evil?

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 And how does this psalm

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 speak into how our world

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 understands great evil?

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 And you see,

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 what you can see right off the bat

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 is that the psalm

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 is doing something

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 very different than what we do.

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 Well, Stalin,

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 he was a psychopath

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 and a sociopath.

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 You know,

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 and then you fill in the blank.

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 This tyrant,

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 they were a psychopath.

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 They were a sociopath.

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 And what we tend to do

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 in our culture

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 is we psychologize

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 the evildoer.

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 We objectify the evildoer.

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 And what we do

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 is give ourselves a break.

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 Well, there's these

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 really evil guys

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 like Stalin and Hitler,

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 psychopaths, sociopaths.

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 There's them,

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 and you describe them

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 in psychological categories,

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 but we now have

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 a bit of a break.

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 And the Bible doesn't do that.

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 And so when the Bible,

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 especially in this next little bit

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 when it's describing the wicked,

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 what you're not to understand

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 is it's somehow

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 trying to just use

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 biblical language

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 to objectify

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 or put a certain class

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 of people.

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 And this is very important

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 because most of the way

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 modern thought works

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 is to do this,

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 you know,

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 that a person

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 of a certain race,

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 they're all bad

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 or they're all good.

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 Or a person

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 of a certain

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 socioeconomic category,

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 they're all bad

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 or they're all good.

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 and we put people

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 in boxes,

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 we put people

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 in prisons,

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 and we put people

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 in prisons

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 in such a way

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 that we can flatter ourselves

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 and give ourselves

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 a pass

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 on the evil

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 that we do.

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 And the Bible

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 uses very simple,

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 nothing more complicated

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 than you would,

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 a parent would tell

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 their two-year-old

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 about right and wrong.

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 That's the categories

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 that the Bible uses.

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 Very simple.

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 And it's warning us

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 that evil can grow.

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 In fact,

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 you see,

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 this is what you see

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 in the next verses

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 three to five.

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 And just as we start

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 reading the three to five,

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 you need to keep

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 in the back of your mind

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 another biblical image.

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 And in the biblical image,

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 in the Bible,

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 Genesis chapter three

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 is all about

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 the serpent

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 in the garden.

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 And the serpent

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 speaks lies,

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 believable lies

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 to Adam and Eve.

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 And Adam and Eve

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 swallow the lies

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 and act on them

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 because they want

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 to be like God.

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 And so keeping this in mind,

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 listen to how

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 verses three to five goes.

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 It goes like this.

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 The wicked

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 are estranged

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 from the womb.

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 I'm going to talk

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 about that more

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 in a few minutes.

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 They go astray

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 from birth

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 speaking lies.

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 And we're going to talk

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 about this in a moment

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 because right now

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 all of it does,

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 it does sound

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 a little bit like

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 there's a separate category

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 of evil tyrants

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 that are just bad

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 from birth.

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 And so we're now

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 objectifying them,

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 putting them off

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 as if it's all them.

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 So it does,

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 but I'm going to explain

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 why that's not

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 what the text is saying.

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 I'll read it again.

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 The wicked

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 are estranged

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 from the womb,

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 estranged from God,

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 estranged from the moral

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 order of the universe

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 that is based on,

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 is rooted in God,

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 comes from God.

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 They go astray

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 from birth

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 speaking lies.

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 And in the original language

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 it's actually more

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 they speak the lie

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 in a sense.

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 In other words,

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 they speak lies

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 and at some point in time

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 they become

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 ones who only speak

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 a lie.

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 They only become,

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 in a sense,

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 they become the lie.

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 And that's seen

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 in verses 4 and 5.

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 They have venom

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 like the venom

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 of a serpent.

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 All of a sudden,

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 what is it?

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 They become like a serpent.

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 You're thinking

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 of Genesis chapter 3.

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 It's that they begin

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 with a lie,

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 they begin with a lie,

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 they begin with doing

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 something wrong,

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 and before you know it

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 it's a habit,

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 and before you know it

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 it's a character,

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 before you know it

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 it's your identity,

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 and before you know it

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 you are indistinguishable

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 from the devil.

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 And you have power

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 over others,

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 and boy do you use it.

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 They have the venom

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 like the venom

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 of a serpent,

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 like the death adder

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 that stops its ear

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 so that it does not hear

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 the voice of charmers

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 or the cunning enchanter.

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 See, it's painting

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 this picture

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 that you continue on

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 and you come to this

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 point in time

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 when it not only

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 becomes your identity

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 but it becomes

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 in a sense

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 a point of your identity

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 that's completely

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 and utterly fixed.

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 You won't hear

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 anything against it.

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 You won't hear things

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 against the sexual sins

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 you commit,

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 the lies that you commit,

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 the greed,

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 the idols that you pursue.

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 You won't hear

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 anything against them.

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 You become in a sense

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 a fully devoted follower

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 of these idols,

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 these lies,

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 these sins,

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 and that's now become

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 who you are.

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 So,

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 you won't repent,

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 you won't listen,

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 it's become who you are.

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 Now, I just want to pause here

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 and say,

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 I'm not going to sort of

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 quote back and forward,

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 but I have been

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 remarkably blessed

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 by Derek Kidner's commentary

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 on Psalm 58.

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 And everything I say

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 this morning

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 is indebted

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 to his insights.

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 Once or twice,

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 I'm going to quote him,

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 I'm not going to mention him,

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 but he was the one,

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 I think,

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 who pointed me

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 in the direction

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 to understand this Psalm.

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 So, I just want to give

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 credit to where credit is due.

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 Derek Kidner,

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 a commentary written

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 over 50 years ago,

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 but still in print.

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 And here's the point

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 before we go any further

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 in the Psalm.

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 If you could put up

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 the first point,

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 Claire, that would be

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 very helpful.

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 This Psalm is a portrait

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 and a mirror.

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 This Psalm is a portrait

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 and a mirror.

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 This is what Derek Kidner

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 talks about.

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 So, it's a portrait.

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 And we're going to give

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 some examples

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 in a moment, actually.

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 But it's a portrait

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 of what happens

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 when you become a lie,

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 when you become a sexual sin,

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 when you become greed,

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 when you become power hungry,

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 and power hunger consumes you,

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 when selfishness consumes you.

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 You become that.

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 And so, it's a portrait.

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 But it's also a mirror.

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 It's something where

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 to look at and see,

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 Lord,

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 oh, I've been giving

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 my greed a pass.

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 I've been giving

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 my lack of forgiveness a pass.

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 I've been giving my desires

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 for revenge a pass.

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 I've been giving

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 my sins of envy a pass.

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 I've been giving

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 my anger a pass.

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 And are you saying

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 that I can become like this?

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 Like, maybe not like a Stalin

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 that can cause millions of death,

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 but, you know,

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 all of us know petty tyrants,

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 tyrants in families,

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 tyrants in workplaces,

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 tyrants in neighborhoods.

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 You know, the dad

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 who is a tyrant.

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 And we all know that.

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 And is that the direction

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 of my life?

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 So, it's both a portrait

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 and a mirror.

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 And in fact,

00:20:04.799 --> 00:20:05.720
 I'm going to show you

00:20:05.720 --> 00:20:06.640
 why that's the case.

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 If you turn in your Bibles

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 to Psalm 51,

00:20:10.340 --> 00:20:11.620
 Psalm 51,

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 and I think, Claire,

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 I'm just going to read

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 verses 4 and 5.

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 So, here's the significance

00:20:16.259 --> 00:20:17.700
 of David being the author.

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 David also wrote Psalm 51.

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 And David wrote Psalm 51

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 after he'd had adultery

00:20:25.039 --> 00:20:26.099
 with Bathsheba,

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 and he was caught out

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 by Nathan the prophet.

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 And Nathan confronts him,

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 and David acknowledges

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 that he is the man.

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 And after he has done that,

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 he writes this psalm.

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 And just listen to verses 4 and 5.

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 Against you,

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 talking about God,

00:20:41.759 --> 00:20:42.960
 you only have I sinned,

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 and done what is evil

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 in your sight,

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 so that you may be justified

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 in your words

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 and blameless

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 in your judgment.

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 Now, here's the thing.

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 Behold, I was brought forth

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 in iniquity,

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 and in sin

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 did my mother conceive me.

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 You see, that's why I said

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 that when you read the text,

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 it's exactly the same language

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 as occurs in Psalm 58

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 in verse 3

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 about being born in sin,

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 about being estranged from God.

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 So, David is not saying

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 there's this class of psychopaths

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 or sociopaths

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 who are tyrants,

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 and the rest of us

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 get a pass.

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 It's me, it's me,

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 it's me, oh Lord,

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 standing in the need

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 of repentance.

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 It's me, it's me,

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 it's me, oh Lord,

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 standing in the need

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 of redemption.

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 That's why we understand

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 the psalm

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 not just as a portrait,

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 but also as a mirror.

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 Now, we can say,

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 George, okay,

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 well, what about the language?

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 Okay, that's, I mean,

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 sort of interesting, George,

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 but the fact of the matter is,

00:21:52.400 --> 00:21:56.540
 George, the fact of the matter is,

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 it talked about praying

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 for the death of people

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 and bathing your feet

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 in the blood of the wicked.

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 So, before we go any further,

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 I want to give you

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 a couple of things

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 to think about

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 when we're going to read

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 verses six to nine,

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 and then when we're going

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 to consider verse 10.

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 Six to nine are the prayers

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 about, you know,

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 have them be defeated,

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 have their weapons fail,

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 have them die,

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 have them be completely

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 and utterly annihilated

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 by your judgment.

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 Those are the prayers.

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 And before we read them again,

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 I want you to consider this.

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 In 1988,

00:22:35.720 --> 00:22:37.380
 while he was a firm ally

00:22:37.380 --> 00:22:38.819
 of the United States of America,

00:22:39.160 --> 00:22:40.099
 Saddam Hussein

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 used mustard gas

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 on an innocent population

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 and killed 5,000 people.

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 And the American government

00:22:48.460 --> 00:22:49.720
 did nothing against him.

00:22:50.980 --> 00:22:51.779
 And Reagan,

00:22:52.460 --> 00:22:53.960
 of beloved conservative memory,

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 was the president.

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 And 10, 15 more thousand people

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 were permanently hurt

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 by this mustard gas attack,

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 purely and utterly

00:23:05.240 --> 00:23:06.380
 to maintain his power.

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 A group called,

00:23:08.720 --> 00:23:09.279
 believe it or not,

00:23:09.339 --> 00:23:10.319
 the Committee of Union

00:23:10.319 --> 00:23:11.220
 and Progress,

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 ruling in the Ottoman Empire,

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 in around the middle

00:23:16.039 --> 00:23:17.599
 of the 10s to 19,

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 like 15 or something

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 and around there,

00:23:21.319 --> 00:23:25.240
 forced the mainly Christian

00:23:25.240 --> 00:23:26.059
 Armenians

00:23:26.059 --> 00:23:27.980
 on a death march.

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 And 600,000

00:23:31.099 --> 00:23:33.599
 to 1.5 million people died.

00:23:35.000 --> 00:23:36.579
 An atrocity committed

00:23:36.579 --> 00:23:37.359
 by the Committee

00:23:37.359 --> 00:23:38.880
 for Union and Progress.

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 And Armenians

00:23:40.799 --> 00:23:42.079
 would say that the figure

00:23:42.079 --> 00:23:44.059
 of 1.5 million

00:23:44.059 --> 00:23:44.960
 is too low.

00:23:44.960 --> 00:23:49.140
 In the 1970s,

00:23:49.180 --> 00:23:50.519
 the Khmer Rouge

00:23:50.519 --> 00:23:51.720
 killed somewhere

00:23:51.720 --> 00:23:53.019
 between 1.5

00:23:53.019 --> 00:23:54.279
 to 3 million people

00:23:54.279 --> 00:23:55.460
 in their own country,

00:23:55.779 --> 00:23:57.019
 and their own country

00:23:57.019 --> 00:23:57.900
 before this

00:23:57.900 --> 00:23:58.779
 had less than

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 8 million people.

00:24:01.140 --> 00:24:02.819
 Less than 8 million people,

00:24:02.880 --> 00:24:03.460
 and they killed

00:24:03.460 --> 00:24:05.019
 maybe 3 million of them.

00:24:05.019 --> 00:24:09.940
 In the 1930s,

00:24:10.180 --> 00:24:11.519
 the Union of Soviet

00:24:11.519 --> 00:24:13.559
 Socialist Republics

00:24:13.559 --> 00:24:15.799
 created a forced famine

00:24:15.799 --> 00:24:16.779
 in the Ukraine,

00:24:17.900 --> 00:24:19.039
 an artificial famine

00:24:19.039 --> 00:24:20.519
 where they stole the food

00:24:20.519 --> 00:24:22.059
 and killed 3.5

00:24:22.059 --> 00:24:24.460
 to 5 million Ukrainians.

00:24:24.460 --> 00:24:27.759
 In Rwanda,

00:24:29.279 --> 00:24:32.420
 500,000 to 800,000 people

00:24:32.420 --> 00:24:32.920
 were killed

00:24:32.920 --> 00:24:33.579
 in the genocide.

00:24:34.680 --> 00:24:35.660
 In Uganda,

00:24:36.319 --> 00:24:37.440
 in the 70s,

00:24:38.360 --> 00:24:38.980
 Idi Amin

00:24:38.980 --> 00:24:40.960
 killed 300,000

00:24:40.960 --> 00:24:42.180
 to 500,000

00:24:42.180 --> 00:24:43.200
 Ugandans.

00:24:44.660 --> 00:24:45.740
 And then

00:24:45.740 --> 00:24:47.700
 the National Socialist Party,

00:24:48.200 --> 00:24:49.000
 of course,

00:24:49.640 --> 00:24:51.440
 killed 6 million Jews.

00:24:51.440 --> 00:24:59.519
 How does our system

00:24:59.519 --> 00:25:00.039
 of thought

00:25:00.039 --> 00:25:03.140
 handle

00:25:03.140 --> 00:25:04.240
 such great evil

00:25:04.240 --> 00:25:05.539
 by such great tyrants?

00:25:07.279 --> 00:25:08.900
 I want to challenge you

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 if you're trying

00:25:09.580 --> 00:25:10.600
 to figure your way

00:25:10.600 --> 00:25:12.000
 through what's true or not.

00:25:12.519 --> 00:25:14.059
 A profound question

00:25:14.059 --> 00:25:15.080
 to ask yourself

00:25:15.080 --> 00:25:15.700
 is this.

00:25:16.900 --> 00:25:18.039
 Many people think

00:25:18.039 --> 00:25:18.580
 that the way

00:25:18.580 --> 00:25:19.600
 to have enlightenment

00:25:19.600 --> 00:25:20.580
 is to take on

00:25:20.580 --> 00:25:21.160
 Hindu

00:25:21.160 --> 00:25:22.519
 religious practices

00:25:22.519 --> 00:25:24.140
 and Hindu philosophies

00:25:24.140 --> 00:25:24.700
 and obviously

00:25:24.700 --> 00:25:25.300
 there are things

00:25:25.300 --> 00:25:25.759
 within that

00:25:25.759 --> 00:25:26.660
 which are admirable.

00:25:27.640 --> 00:25:28.440
 But Hinduism,

00:25:29.080 --> 00:25:30.160
 at its very core,

00:25:30.519 --> 00:25:32.320
 justified the caste system

00:25:32.320 --> 00:25:33.840
 that oppressed

00:25:33.840 --> 00:25:35.140
 a significant part

00:25:35.140 --> 00:25:36.580
 of their population

00:25:36.580 --> 00:25:37.820
 and did not see it

00:25:37.820 --> 00:25:38.240
 as evil

00:25:38.240 --> 00:25:39.019
 but justified.

00:25:40.680 --> 00:25:41.519
 Does Buddhism

00:25:41.519 --> 00:25:42.220
 teach you

00:25:42.220 --> 00:25:42.980
 to be quiet

00:25:42.980 --> 00:25:44.180
 in the face of evil?

00:25:46.019 --> 00:25:47.320
 Does Marxism

00:25:47.320 --> 00:25:49.080
 provide you

00:25:49.080 --> 00:25:49.900
 the categories

00:25:49.900 --> 00:25:51.580
 to be able

00:25:51.580 --> 00:25:52.620
 to see such things

00:25:52.620 --> 00:25:53.060
 like this

00:25:53.060 --> 00:25:53.900
 as a great evil?

00:25:55.100 --> 00:25:56.300
 Does contemporary

00:25:56.300 --> 00:25:57.340
 secularism

00:25:57.340 --> 00:25:59.360
 have categories

00:25:59.360 --> 00:26:00.380
 to describe

00:26:00.380 --> 00:26:03.120
 such sheer evil

00:26:03.120 --> 00:26:04.380
 of a massive scale

00:26:04.380 --> 00:26:05.860
 and if it cannot

00:26:05.860 --> 00:26:06.740
 handle evil

00:26:06.740 --> 00:26:07.980
 of such a massive scale,

00:26:08.120 --> 00:26:08.920
 can it handle

00:26:08.920 --> 00:26:10.560
 it in a small scale?

00:26:12.180 --> 00:26:12.780
 Mindful

00:26:12.779 --> 00:26:15.379
 mindful

00:26:15.379 --> 00:26:19.059
 of these examples?

00:26:22.119 --> 00:26:22.940
 Let's listen

00:26:22.940 --> 00:26:23.920
 to verses

00:26:23.920 --> 00:26:25.619
 actually no,

00:26:26.139 --> 00:26:27.139
 before I do that

00:26:27.139 --> 00:26:27.720
 we'll do this.

00:26:27.980 --> 00:26:28.519
 So I'll just give you

00:26:28.519 --> 00:26:29.160
 these examples.

00:26:29.519 --> 00:26:30.119
 Now imagine

00:26:30.119 --> 00:26:31.319
 for a second

00:26:31.319 --> 00:26:34.099
 that you are

00:26:34.099 --> 00:26:34.619
 one of those

00:26:34.619 --> 00:26:35.319
 Armenians

00:26:35.319 --> 00:26:36.259
 on the death march

00:26:36.259 --> 00:26:37.200
 that will kill

00:26:37.200 --> 00:26:38.160
 maybe all

00:26:38.160 --> 00:26:39.000
 of your family

00:26:39.000 --> 00:26:39.940
 and you will be

00:26:39.940 --> 00:26:40.779
 one of the few people

00:26:40.779 --> 00:26:41.740
 who will survive

00:26:41.740 --> 00:26:44.960
 or

00:26:44.960 --> 00:26:48.160
 you were a Cambodian

00:26:48.160 --> 00:26:49.299
 who somehow

00:26:49.299 --> 00:26:51.059
 manages to survive

00:26:51.059 --> 00:26:51.660
 all of that

00:26:51.660 --> 00:26:52.359
 but lost all

00:26:52.359 --> 00:26:53.000
 your family

00:26:53.000 --> 00:26:53.720
 or you were

00:26:53.720 --> 00:26:54.539
 in that village,

00:26:54.660 --> 00:26:55.240
 those villages

00:26:55.240 --> 00:26:56.559
 in Iraq

00:26:56.559 --> 00:26:57.339
 when Hussein,

00:26:57.460 --> 00:26:58.359
 Saddam Hussein

00:26:58.359 --> 00:26:59.680
 mustergassed

00:26:59.680 --> 00:27:00.399
 all those people

00:27:00.399 --> 00:27:01.139
 and killed them

00:27:01.139 --> 00:27:02.539
 or just imagine

00:27:02.539 --> 00:27:04.740
 how do you react

00:27:04.740 --> 00:27:05.139
 to it?

00:27:05.140 --> 00:27:09.540
 Most North Americans

00:27:09.540 --> 00:27:11.060
 want to ignore it

00:27:11.060 --> 00:27:12.520
 because it's upsetting

00:27:12.520 --> 00:27:13.980
 and they won't enjoy

00:27:13.980 --> 00:27:15.620
 their pumpkin latte

00:27:15.620 --> 00:27:17.060
 and pumpkin scone

00:27:17.060 --> 00:27:18.480
 if they think about it.

00:27:20.900 --> 00:27:22.320
 Post-modernism

00:27:22.320 --> 00:27:23.320
 teaches you to shrug.

00:27:24.420 --> 00:27:24.720
 Oh well.

00:27:26.960 --> 00:27:27.640
 Diplomats

00:27:27.640 --> 00:27:29.640
 like silence.

00:27:31.820 --> 00:27:32.820
 Fellow travelers

00:27:32.819 --> 00:27:35.319
 like to apologize

00:27:35.319 --> 00:27:36.759
 and defend

00:27:36.759 --> 00:27:38.439
 the evil.

00:27:39.859 --> 00:27:40.379
 Capitalists

00:27:40.379 --> 00:27:41.659
 like to accommodate.

00:27:43.539 --> 00:27:44.019
 If somebody

00:27:44.019 --> 00:27:45.079
 has to sell them coal

00:27:45.079 --> 00:27:45.619
 it might as well

00:27:45.619 --> 00:27:46.139
 be us.

00:27:47.179 --> 00:27:48.039
 Somebody has to

00:27:48.039 --> 00:27:48.839
 sell them bullets

00:27:48.839 --> 00:27:49.579
 it might as well

00:27:49.579 --> 00:27:50.220
 be us.

00:27:53.099 --> 00:27:54.019
 Many people

00:27:54.019 --> 00:27:54.939
 are urged

00:27:54.939 --> 00:27:55.819
 to surrender

00:27:55.819 --> 00:27:56.759
 to the inevitable

00:27:56.759 --> 00:27:58.240
 triumph

00:27:58.240 --> 00:27:59.319
 of injustice

00:27:59.319 --> 00:27:59.879
 and evil.

00:27:59.880 --> 00:28:03.120
 and many

00:28:03.120 --> 00:28:04.940
 admire it

00:28:04.940 --> 00:28:05.800
 and join it.

00:28:06.920 --> 00:28:07.740
 Not recommending

00:28:07.740 --> 00:28:08.220
 you watch

00:28:08.220 --> 00:28:09.360
 Peaky Blinders

00:28:09.360 --> 00:28:11.400
 but if you do

00:28:11.400 --> 00:28:12.420
 one of the things

00:28:12.420 --> 00:28:13.540
 which is very

00:28:13.540 --> 00:28:14.280
 powerful

00:28:14.280 --> 00:28:15.480
 and quite accurate

00:28:15.480 --> 00:28:17.120
 is the large

00:28:17.120 --> 00:28:18.200
 number of people

00:28:18.200 --> 00:28:19.520
 in England

00:28:19.520 --> 00:28:20.840
 in the 30s

00:28:20.840 --> 00:28:21.820
 who admired

00:28:21.820 --> 00:28:22.600
 Hitler.

00:28:22.599 --> 00:28:27.039
 So given

00:28:27.039 --> 00:28:27.980
 those options

00:28:27.980 --> 00:28:30.339
 given the evil

00:28:30.339 --> 00:28:30.659
 and given

00:28:30.659 --> 00:28:31.240
 the options

00:28:31.240 --> 00:28:31.819
 let's read

00:28:31.819 --> 00:28:32.899
 verses 6 to 9

00:28:32.899 --> 00:28:33.759
 maybe with

00:28:33.759 --> 00:28:34.659
 different ears.

00:28:35.939 --> 00:28:36.959
 What is 6 to say?

00:28:37.740 --> 00:28:38.079
 Oh God

00:28:38.079 --> 00:28:38.939
 break the teeth

00:28:38.939 --> 00:28:39.839
 of their mouths

00:28:39.839 --> 00:28:41.679
 tear out the fangs

00:28:41.679 --> 00:28:42.719
 of the young lions

00:28:42.719 --> 00:28:43.179
 oh Lord

00:28:43.179 --> 00:28:43.759
 in other words

00:28:43.759 --> 00:28:44.759
 that these

00:28:44.759 --> 00:28:46.059
 young lions

00:28:46.059 --> 00:28:46.659
 aggressive

00:28:46.659 --> 00:28:47.819
 and powerful

00:28:47.819 --> 00:28:48.879
 and ravenous

00:28:48.879 --> 00:28:50.199
 tear out their fangs

00:28:50.199 --> 00:28:51.119
 break their teeth

00:28:51.119 --> 00:28:52.139
 let them vanish

00:28:52.139 --> 00:28:52.759
 like water

00:28:52.759 --> 00:28:53.619
 that runs away

00:28:53.619 --> 00:28:54.379
 when they

00:28:54.379 --> 00:28:55.119
 my enemies

00:28:55.119 --> 00:28:56.179
 when these tyrants

00:28:56.179 --> 00:28:56.959
 aim their arrows

00:28:56.959 --> 00:28:58.059
 let them be blunted

00:28:58.059 --> 00:28:59.079
 in fact

00:28:59.079 --> 00:28:59.859
 God

00:28:59.859 --> 00:29:00.779
 let them be

00:29:00.779 --> 00:29:01.619
 like the snail

00:29:01.619 --> 00:29:02.459
 that dissolves

00:29:02.459 --> 00:29:03.139
 into slime

00:29:03.139 --> 00:29:04.179
 like the stillborn

00:29:04.179 --> 00:29:05.079
 child who never

00:29:05.079 --> 00:29:05.859
 sees the sun

00:29:05.859 --> 00:29:06.979
 let them be dead

00:29:06.979 --> 00:29:09.519
 sooner than your

00:29:09.519 --> 00:29:10.319
 pots can feel

00:29:10.319 --> 00:29:11.259
 the heat of thorns

00:29:11.259 --> 00:29:11.859
 whether green

00:29:11.859 --> 00:29:12.419
 or ablaze

00:29:12.419 --> 00:29:12.819
 God

00:29:12.819 --> 00:29:13.699
 may you sweep

00:29:13.699 --> 00:29:14.319
 them away

00:29:14.319 --> 00:29:16.000
 in your wind

00:29:16.000 --> 00:29:19.239
 which one of those

00:29:19.239 --> 00:29:20.019
 options would you

00:29:20.019 --> 00:29:21.000
 prefer to be

00:29:21.000 --> 00:29:22.019
 describing a view

00:29:22.019 --> 00:29:22.579
 in the face

00:29:22.579 --> 00:29:23.640
 of horrendous

00:29:23.640 --> 00:29:24.079
 tyranny

00:29:24.079 --> 00:29:28.599
 and why is it

00:29:28.599 --> 00:29:29.279
 that our default

00:29:29.279 --> 00:29:30.140
 position when we

00:29:30.140 --> 00:29:30.980
 hear psalms like

00:29:30.980 --> 00:29:31.819
 this as Canadians

00:29:31.819 --> 00:29:33.160
 is one of the

00:29:33.160 --> 00:29:33.740
 different things

00:29:33.740 --> 00:29:34.460
 which I mentioned

00:29:34.460 --> 00:29:35.039
 like being an

00:29:35.039 --> 00:29:35.619
 ostrich

00:29:35.619 --> 00:29:36.680
 or a postmodern

00:29:36.680 --> 00:29:37.240
 shrug

00:29:37.240 --> 00:29:38.359
 or diplomatic

00:29:38.359 --> 00:29:39.059
 silence

00:29:39.059 --> 00:29:39.920
 or accommodation

00:29:39.920 --> 00:29:40.599
 to evil

00:29:40.599 --> 00:29:43.980
 what about the

00:29:43.980 --> 00:29:44.839
 language of blood

00:29:44.839 --> 00:29:47.480
 well here's the

00:29:47.480 --> 00:29:48.039
 problem with

00:29:48.039 --> 00:29:48.460
 prayer

00:29:48.460 --> 00:29:51.259
 here's the

00:29:51.259 --> 00:29:51.859
 problem with

00:29:51.859 --> 00:29:52.279
 prayer

00:29:52.279 --> 00:29:55.319
 you know I

00:29:55.319 --> 00:29:56.359
 pray into a

00:29:56.359 --> 00:29:56.940
 need for

00:29:56.940 --> 00:29:58.339
 you know maybe

00:29:58.339 --> 00:29:59.539
 to support more

00:29:59.539 --> 00:30:00.279
 missionaries

00:30:00.279 --> 00:30:02.539
 or I pray into

00:30:02.539 --> 00:30:03.220
 the need

00:30:03.220 --> 00:30:04.480
 to see

00:30:04.480 --> 00:30:05.180
 some things

00:30:05.180 --> 00:30:05.639
 done in the

00:30:05.639 --> 00:30:06.039
 church

00:30:06.039 --> 00:30:07.180
 or maybe I pray

00:30:07.180 --> 00:30:07.879
 into the need

00:30:07.879 --> 00:30:09.480
 to deal with

00:30:09.480 --> 00:30:10.639
 to help the

00:30:10.639 --> 00:30:10.940
 poor

00:30:10.940 --> 00:30:11.759
 and the next

00:30:11.759 --> 00:30:12.659
 thing that happens

00:30:12.659 --> 00:30:13.359
 is that while I'm

00:30:13.359 --> 00:30:14.240
 praying about how

00:30:14.240 --> 00:30:16.019
 there needs to be

00:30:16.019 --> 00:30:16.660
 something done to

00:30:16.660 --> 00:30:17.220
 help the poor

00:30:17.220 --> 00:30:18.079
 and God whispers

00:30:18.079 --> 00:30:18.819
 into my voice

00:30:18.819 --> 00:30:19.519
 you should donate

00:30:19.519 --> 00:30:22.279
 $500 to the

00:30:22.279 --> 00:30:22.819
 food bank

00:30:22.819 --> 00:30:24.980
 or you're praying

00:30:24.980 --> 00:30:25.819
 that something

00:30:25.819 --> 00:30:26.559
 needs to be done

00:30:26.559 --> 00:30:27.140
 in the church

00:30:27.140 --> 00:30:27.799
 which there's a

00:30:27.799 --> 00:30:28.420
 gap and the

00:30:28.420 --> 00:30:29.019
 next thing that

00:30:29.019 --> 00:30:29.599
 the Lord is

00:30:29.599 --> 00:30:30.079
 putting on your

00:30:30.079 --> 00:30:30.519
 heart is that

00:30:30.519 --> 00:30:30.880
 you need to

00:30:30.880 --> 00:30:31.599
 volunteer to

00:30:31.599 --> 00:30:32.160
 step up and

00:30:32.160 --> 00:30:32.819
 take that on

00:30:32.819 --> 00:30:35.200
 or you're

00:30:35.200 --> 00:30:35.859
 praying that

00:30:35.859 --> 00:30:36.620
 there has to

00:30:36.620 --> 00:30:37.339
 be something to

00:30:37.339 --> 00:30:37.859
 do to help

00:30:37.859 --> 00:30:38.359
 this the

00:30:38.359 --> 00:30:39.279
 missionary outreach

00:30:39.279 --> 00:30:39.900
 to a place

00:30:39.900 --> 00:30:40.579
 like Iran

00:30:40.579 --> 00:30:41.039
 and the next

00:30:41.039 --> 00:30:41.460
 thing you know

00:30:41.460 --> 00:30:42.740
 is that God

00:30:42.740 --> 00:30:43.200
 is putting on

00:30:43.200 --> 00:30:43.519
 your heart

00:30:43.519 --> 00:30:44.019
 that you have

00:30:44.019 --> 00:30:44.720
 to give

00:30:44.720 --> 00:30:45.279
 $1,000

00:30:45.279 --> 00:30:46.460
 or $2,000

00:30:46.460 --> 00:30:47.379
 towards the

00:30:47.379 --> 00:30:47.799
 missionaries

00:30:47.799 --> 00:30:48.319
 every year

00:30:48.319 --> 00:30:49.079
 that they can

00:30:49.079 --> 00:30:49.539
 support and

00:30:49.539 --> 00:30:49.900
 do that

00:30:49.900 --> 00:30:50.980
 that's how

00:30:50.980 --> 00:30:51.680
 prayer works

00:30:51.680 --> 00:30:53.819
 and so God

00:30:53.819 --> 00:30:54.180
 is saying

00:30:54.180 --> 00:30:54.599
 you're praying

00:30:54.599 --> 00:30:55.539
 against injustice

00:30:55.539 --> 00:30:57.480
 we're going

00:30:57.480 --> 00:30:57.960
 to topple

00:30:57.960 --> 00:30:58.240
 them

00:30:58.240 --> 00:31:00.019
 come along

00:31:00.019 --> 00:31:02.059
 now here's

00:31:02.059 --> 00:31:02.460
 the thing to

00:31:02.460 --> 00:31:03.240
 understand about

00:31:03.240 --> 00:31:03.920
 this psalm

00:31:03.920 --> 00:31:05.680
 it's a

00:31:05.680 --> 00:31:06.200
 scream

00:31:06.200 --> 00:31:09.000
 it's a

00:31:09.000 --> 00:31:09.779
 scream

00:31:09.779 --> 00:31:11.200
 against

00:31:11.200 --> 00:31:12.700
 injustice

00:31:12.700 --> 00:31:15.519
 it is

00:31:15.519 --> 00:31:16.100
 a

00:31:16.100 --> 00:31:16.860
 visceral

00:31:16.860 --> 00:31:18.160
 scream

00:31:18.160 --> 00:31:19.519
 that means

00:31:19.519 --> 00:31:20.080
 you don't

00:31:20.080 --> 00:31:20.700
 necessarily

00:31:20.700 --> 00:31:21.759
 take every

00:31:21.759 --> 00:31:22.920
 single word

00:31:22.920 --> 00:31:23.620
 exactly

00:31:23.620 --> 00:31:24.200
 literal

00:31:24.200 --> 00:31:25.100
 it is a

00:31:25.100 --> 00:31:25.940
 scream

00:31:25.940 --> 00:31:27.360
 against

00:31:27.360 --> 00:31:28.360
 injustice

00:31:28.360 --> 00:31:29.360
 and the

00:31:29.360 --> 00:31:30.019
 problem we

00:31:30.019 --> 00:31:30.500
 have with

00:31:30.500 --> 00:31:31.120
 the Bible

00:31:31.120 --> 00:31:31.940
 is the

00:31:31.940 --> 00:31:32.420
 Bible

00:31:32.420 --> 00:31:33.400
 never

00:31:33.400 --> 00:31:34.720
 surrenders

00:31:34.720 --> 00:31:35.819
 or pardons

00:31:35.819 --> 00:31:36.700
 injustice

00:31:36.700 --> 00:31:37.360
 and it

00:31:37.360 --> 00:31:37.880
 never

00:31:37.880 --> 00:31:39.120
 justifies

00:31:39.120 --> 00:31:39.840
 doing

00:31:39.839 --> 00:31:40.500
 evil

00:31:40.500 --> 00:31:41.279
 it is

00:31:41.279 --> 00:31:42.399
 implacable

00:31:42.399 --> 00:31:43.659
 unfailingly

00:31:43.659 --> 00:31:44.619
 opposed

00:31:44.619 --> 00:31:45.599
 to the

00:31:45.599 --> 00:31:46.199
 reality

00:31:46.199 --> 00:31:47.579
 of human

00:31:47.579 --> 00:31:48.919
 wrongdoing

00:31:48.919 --> 00:31:50.319
 whether it

00:31:50.319 --> 00:31:51.279
 starts with

00:31:51.279 --> 00:31:51.679
 the two

00:31:51.679 --> 00:31:52.279
 year old

00:31:52.279 --> 00:31:53.199
 who decides

00:31:53.199 --> 00:31:53.519
 they want

00:31:53.519 --> 00:31:53.859
 to hit

00:31:53.859 --> 00:31:54.339
 their brother

00:31:54.339 --> 00:31:54.679
 on the

00:31:54.679 --> 00:31:54.859
 head

00:31:54.859 --> 00:31:55.179
 with a

00:31:55.179 --> 00:31:55.399
 metal

00:31:55.399 --> 00:31:55.899
 rod

00:31:55.899 --> 00:31:57.779
 or whether

00:31:57.779 --> 00:31:58.459
 it's

00:31:58.459 --> 00:31:58.919
 Stalin

00:31:58.919 --> 00:31:59.619
 planning

00:31:59.619 --> 00:32:01.720
 to kill

00:32:01.720 --> 00:32:02.539
 five million

00:32:02.539 --> 00:32:02.959
 or more

00:32:02.959 --> 00:32:03.919
 Ukrainians

00:32:03.919 --> 00:32:05.659
 it's an

00:32:05.659 --> 00:32:06.019
 unbroken

00:32:06.019 --> 00:32:07.919
 line

00:32:07.920 --> 00:32:08.620
 a moral

00:32:08.620 --> 00:32:09.100
 line

00:32:09.100 --> 00:32:12.560
 so

00:32:12.560 --> 00:32:13.360
 just in

00:32:13.360 --> 00:32:13.700
 closing

00:32:13.700 --> 00:32:14.160
 so what

00:32:14.160 --> 00:32:14.340
 do we

00:32:14.340 --> 00:32:14.580
 do

00:32:14.580 --> 00:32:15.259
 George

00:32:15.259 --> 00:32:15.460
 are you

00:32:15.460 --> 00:32:15.640
 saying

00:32:15.640 --> 00:32:15.960
 we just

00:32:15.960 --> 00:32:16.240
 pray

00:32:16.240 --> 00:32:16.539
 Psalm

00:32:16.539 --> 00:32:17.019
 58

00:32:17.019 --> 00:32:19.039
 like

00:32:19.039 --> 00:32:19.500
 are you

00:32:19.500 --> 00:32:19.680
 just

00:32:19.680 --> 00:32:19.940
 saying

00:32:19.940 --> 00:32:20.120
 that

00:32:20.120 --> 00:32:20.340
 that's

00:32:20.340 --> 00:32:20.560
 what we

00:32:20.560 --> 00:32:20.740
 should

00:32:20.740 --> 00:32:21.060
 do

00:32:21.060 --> 00:32:21.620
 no

00:32:21.620 --> 00:32:21.820
 I'm

00:32:21.820 --> 00:32:22.100
 not

00:32:22.100 --> 00:32:24.000
 and

00:32:24.000 --> 00:32:25.000
 if you

00:32:25.000 --> 00:32:25.259
 could

00:32:25.259 --> 00:32:26.019
 put up

00:32:26.019 --> 00:32:26.180
 there

00:32:26.180 --> 00:32:26.460
 if you

00:32:26.460 --> 00:32:26.840
 follow

00:32:26.840 --> 00:32:27.100
 in your

00:32:27.100 --> 00:32:27.460
 Bibles

00:32:27.460 --> 00:32:27.900
 Romans

00:32:27.900 --> 00:32:28.620
 chapter 3

00:32:28.620 --> 00:32:28.940
 verses

00:32:28.940 --> 00:32:29.259
 10

00:32:29.259 --> 00:32:30.000
 to 26

00:32:30.000 --> 00:32:31.320
 as we

00:32:31.320 --> 00:32:32.259
 draw the

00:32:32.259 --> 00:32:32.560
 sermon

00:32:32.560 --> 00:32:32.960
 to a

00:32:32.960 --> 00:32:34.100
 close

00:32:34.100 --> 00:32:34.500
 Romans

00:32:34.500 --> 00:32:35.200
 chapter 3

00:32:35.200 --> 00:32:35.519
 verses

00:32:35.519 --> 00:32:35.860
 10

00:32:35.860 --> 00:32:36.640
 to 26

00:32:36.640 --> 00:32:38.920
 and the

00:32:38.920 --> 00:32:39.220
 way the

00:32:39.220 --> 00:32:39.560
 book of

00:32:39.560 --> 00:32:39.920
 Romans

00:32:39.920 --> 00:32:40.860
 is structured

00:32:40.860 --> 00:32:41.340
 is you

00:32:41.340 --> 00:32:42.000
 have like

00:32:42.000 --> 00:32:42.360
 the first

00:32:42.360 --> 00:32:43.420
 15 verses

00:32:43.420 --> 00:32:43.860
 are sort

00:32:43.860 --> 00:32:44.140
 of just

00:32:44.140 --> 00:32:44.380
 some

00:32:44.380 --> 00:32:45.240
 you know

00:32:45.240 --> 00:32:46.100
 this is

00:32:46.100 --> 00:32:46.620
 who I

00:32:46.620 --> 00:32:46.940
 am

00:32:46.940 --> 00:32:47.220
 and this

00:32:47.220 --> 00:32:47.520
 is a few

00:32:47.520 --> 00:32:47.940
 things I've

00:32:47.940 --> 00:32:48.280
 been doing

00:32:48.280 --> 00:32:48.580
 in my

00:32:48.580 --> 00:32:49.000
 plans

00:32:49.000 --> 00:32:49.360
 and then

00:32:49.360 --> 00:32:49.980
 it's almost

00:32:49.980 --> 00:32:50.400
 like in

00:32:50.400 --> 00:32:50.960
 verse 16

00:32:50.960 --> 00:32:51.560
 and 17

00:32:51.560 --> 00:32:52.920
 Paul gives

00:32:52.920 --> 00:32:53.300
 a quote

00:32:53.300 --> 00:32:53.620
 from the

00:32:53.620 --> 00:32:53.920
 book of

00:32:53.920 --> 00:32:54.380
 Habakkuk

00:32:54.380 --> 00:32:54.600
 and he

00:32:54.600 --> 00:32:54.820
 sort of

00:32:54.820 --> 00:32:54.980
 gives

00:32:54.980 --> 00:32:55.180
 his

00:32:55.180 --> 00:32:55.660
 pracy

00:32:55.660 --> 00:32:56.460
 that describes

00:32:56.460 --> 00:32:56.720
 what the

00:32:56.720 --> 00:32:57.120
 whole book

00:32:57.120 --> 00:32:57.380
 is going

00:32:57.380 --> 00:32:57.580
 to be

00:32:57.580 --> 00:32:57.840
 about

00:32:57.840 --> 00:32:58.740
 and then

00:32:58.740 --> 00:32:58.980
 from

00:32:58.980 --> 00:32:59.640
 chapter 1

00:32:59.640 --> 00:33:00.240
 verse 18

00:33:00.240 --> 00:33:00.800
 to this

00:33:00.800 --> 00:33:01.200
 part that

00:33:01.200 --> 00:33:01.580
 I'm about

00:33:01.580 --> 00:33:02.080
 to read

00:33:02.080 --> 00:33:02.520
 it's sort

00:33:02.520 --> 00:33:02.860
 of what's

00:33:02.860 --> 00:33:03.560
 the problem

00:33:03.560 --> 00:33:04.680
 that the

00:33:04.680 --> 00:33:05.160
 gospel is

00:33:05.160 --> 00:33:05.539
 going to

00:33:05.539 --> 00:33:05.960
 solve

00:33:05.960 --> 00:33:06.960
 and then

00:33:06.960 --> 00:33:07.880
 from chapter

00:33:07.880 --> 00:33:08.400
 3

00:33:08.400 --> 00:33:09.200
 beginning

00:33:09.200 --> 00:33:11.440
 in verse

00:33:11.440 --> 00:33:12.019
 21

00:33:12.019 --> 00:33:12.799
 to the

00:33:12.799 --> 00:33:13.060
 end of

00:33:13.060 --> 00:33:13.400
 11

00:33:13.400 --> 00:33:14.299
 it's

00:33:14.299 --> 00:33:14.799
 how the

00:33:14.799 --> 00:33:15.259
 gospel

00:33:15.259 --> 00:33:15.640
 the good

00:33:15.640 --> 00:33:16.039
 news of

00:33:16.039 --> 00:33:16.340
 Jesus

00:33:16.340 --> 00:33:16.860
 dying on

00:33:16.860 --> 00:33:17.360
 the cross

00:33:17.360 --> 00:33:17.860
 in your

00:33:17.860 --> 00:33:18.200
 place

00:33:18.200 --> 00:33:18.560
 how that

00:33:18.560 --> 00:33:19.060
 solves

00:33:19.060 --> 00:33:19.720
 the problem

00:33:19.720 --> 00:33:20.860
 and then

00:33:20.860 --> 00:33:21.660
 chapter 12

00:33:21.660 --> 00:33:22.080
 13

00:33:22.080 --> 00:33:22.500
 14

00:33:22.500 --> 00:33:22.900
 15

00:33:22.900 --> 00:33:23.299
 is how

00:33:23.299 --> 00:33:23.560
 do you

00:33:23.560 --> 00:33:24.019
 live

00:33:24.019 --> 00:33:25.180
 given that

00:33:25.180 --> 00:33:25.480
 Jesus

00:33:25.480 --> 00:33:26.100
 is the

00:33:26.100 --> 00:33:26.480
 gospel

00:33:26.480 --> 00:33:27.000
 is true

00:33:27.000 --> 00:33:27.340
 that's

00:33:27.340 --> 00:33:27.660
 how the

00:33:27.660 --> 00:33:27.960
 book of

00:33:27.960 --> 00:33:28.220
 Romans

00:33:28.220 --> 00:33:28.460
 is

00:33:28.460 --> 00:33:29.080
 so this

00:33:29.080 --> 00:33:29.400
 what I'm

00:33:29.400 --> 00:33:29.840
 about to

00:33:29.840 --> 00:33:30.180
 read you

00:33:30.180 --> 00:33:30.500
 is the

00:33:30.500 --> 00:33:30.920
 end of

00:33:30.920 --> 00:33:31.480
 solving the

00:33:31.480 --> 00:33:31.860
 problem

00:33:31.859 --> 00:33:32.379
 and remember

00:33:32.379 --> 00:33:32.899
 how the

00:33:32.899 --> 00:33:33.639
 first part

00:33:33.639 --> 00:33:34.459
 of Psalm

00:33:34.459 --> 00:33:34.899
 51

00:33:34.899 --> 00:33:35.339
 about the

00:33:35.339 --> 00:33:35.519
 wicked

00:33:35.519 --> 00:33:35.779
 being

00:33:35.779 --> 00:33:36.179
 astray

00:33:36.179 --> 00:33:36.559
 from their

00:33:36.559 --> 00:33:36.879
 birth

00:33:36.879 --> 00:33:37.139
 and all

00:33:37.139 --> 00:33:37.359
 of that

00:33:37.359 --> 00:33:37.699
 type of

00:33:37.699 --> 00:33:37.879
 thing

00:33:37.879 --> 00:33:38.939
 and listen

00:33:38.939 --> 00:33:39.419
 as Paul

00:33:39.419 --> 00:33:39.859
 is bringing

00:33:39.859 --> 00:33:40.339
 his whole

00:33:40.339 --> 00:33:40.719
 argument

00:33:40.719 --> 00:33:41.079
 to a

00:33:41.079 --> 00:33:41.500
 conclusion

00:33:41.500 --> 00:33:41.979
 he quotes

00:33:41.979 --> 00:33:42.259
 from a

00:33:42.259 --> 00:33:42.579
 variety

00:33:42.579 --> 00:33:43.199
 of Old

00:33:43.199 --> 00:33:43.539
 Testament

00:33:43.539 --> 00:33:43.939
 verses

00:33:43.939 --> 00:33:44.279
 beginning

00:33:44.279 --> 00:33:44.659
 at verse

00:33:44.659 --> 00:33:44.939
 10

00:33:44.939 --> 00:33:45.839
 none

00:33:45.839 --> 00:33:46.039
 is

00:33:46.039 --> 00:33:46.599
 righteous

00:33:46.599 --> 00:33:47.719
 no not

00:33:47.719 --> 00:33:48.099
 one

00:33:48.099 --> 00:33:48.939
 no one

00:33:48.939 --> 00:33:49.679
 understands

00:33:49.679 --> 00:33:50.240
 no one

00:33:50.240 --> 00:33:50.539
 seeks

00:33:50.539 --> 00:33:51.000
 for God

00:33:51.000 --> 00:33:51.559
 all have

00:33:51.559 --> 00:33:52.199
 turned aside

00:33:52.199 --> 00:33:52.719
 together

00:33:52.719 --> 00:33:53.159
 they have

00:33:53.159 --> 00:33:53.500
 become

00:33:53.500 --> 00:33:53.899
 worthless

00:33:53.899 --> 00:33:54.559
 no one

00:33:54.559 --> 00:33:54.799
 does

00:33:54.799 --> 00:33:55.019
 good

00:33:55.019 --> 00:33:55.559
 not even

00:33:55.559 --> 00:33:55.879
 one

00:33:55.879 --> 00:33:56.879
 their throat

00:33:56.879 --> 00:33:57.339
 is an

00:33:57.339 --> 00:33:58.039
 open grave

00:33:58.039 --> 00:33:58.599
 they use

00:33:58.599 --> 00:33:59.199
 their tongues

00:33:59.199 --> 00:33:59.859
 to deceive

00:33:59.859 --> 00:34:00.439
 the venom

00:34:00.439 --> 00:34:01.359
 of asps

00:34:01.359 --> 00:34:02.199
 is under

00:34:02.199 --> 00:34:02.759
 their lips

00:34:02.759 --> 00:34:03.599
 their mouth

00:34:03.599 --> 00:34:04.059
 is full

00:34:04.059 --> 00:34:04.659
 of curses

00:34:04.659 --> 00:34:05.240
 and bitterness

00:34:05.240 --> 00:34:06.399
 their feet

00:34:06.399 --> 00:34:07.039
 are swift

00:34:07.039 --> 00:34:08.380
 to shed

00:34:08.380 --> 00:34:08.819
 blood

00:34:08.819 --> 00:34:09.920
 and their

00:34:09.920 --> 00:34:10.539
 paths

00:34:10.539 --> 00:34:11.239
 are ruin

00:34:11.239 --> 00:34:11.779
 and misery

00:34:11.779 --> 00:34:12.539
 and the

00:34:12.539 --> 00:34:12.920
 way of

00:34:12.920 --> 00:34:13.400
 peace

00:34:13.400 --> 00:34:14.179
 they have

00:34:14.179 --> 00:34:14.719
 not known

00:34:14.719 --> 00:34:15.139
 and there

00:34:15.139 --> 00:34:15.440
 is no

00:34:15.440 --> 00:34:15.819
 fear of

00:34:15.819 --> 00:34:16.059
 God

00:34:16.059 --> 00:34:16.579
 before their

00:34:16.579 --> 00:34:16.980
 eyes

00:34:16.980 --> 00:34:17.699
 and as

00:34:17.699 --> 00:34:18.099
 we see

00:34:18.099 --> 00:34:18.339
 later

00:34:18.339 --> 00:34:18.980
 Paul knows

00:34:18.980 --> 00:34:19.259
 that this

00:34:19.259 --> 00:34:19.839
 is describing

00:34:19.839 --> 00:34:20.299
 him

00:34:20.299 --> 00:34:21.259
 especially

00:34:21.259 --> 00:34:21.719
 in verse

00:34:21.719 --> 00:34:22.119
 chapter

00:34:22.119 --> 00:34:22.579
 7

00:34:22.579 --> 00:34:23.859
 verse

00:34:23.859 --> 00:34:24.359
 19

00:34:24.360 --> 00:34:25.280
 now we

00:34:25.280 --> 00:34:25.519
 know

00:34:25.519 --> 00:34:25.740
 that

00:34:25.740 --> 00:34:26.079
 whatever

00:34:26.079 --> 00:34:26.860
 the law

00:34:26.860 --> 00:34:27.240
 that's

00:34:27.240 --> 00:34:27.400
 the

00:34:27.400 --> 00:34:27.860
 Old

00:34:27.860 --> 00:34:28.280
 Testament

00:34:28.280 --> 00:34:29.800
 says

00:34:29.800 --> 00:34:30.180
 it

00:34:30.180 --> 00:34:30.840
 speaks

00:34:30.840 --> 00:34:31.059
 to

00:34:31.059 --> 00:34:31.400
 those

00:34:31.400 --> 00:34:31.559
 who

00:34:31.559 --> 00:34:31.680
 are

00:34:31.680 --> 00:34:32.000
 under

00:34:32.000 --> 00:34:32.200
 the

00:34:32.200 --> 00:34:32.539
 law

00:34:32.539 --> 00:34:33.099
 so

00:34:33.099 --> 00:34:33.260
 that

00:34:33.260 --> 00:34:33.519
 every

00:34:33.519 --> 00:34:33.800
 mouth

00:34:33.800 --> 00:34:34.019
 may

00:34:34.019 --> 00:34:34.180
 be

00:34:34.180 --> 00:34:34.579
 stopped

00:34:34.579 --> 00:34:34.840
 in other

00:34:34.840 --> 00:34:34.960
 words

00:34:34.960 --> 00:34:35.180
 those

00:34:35.180 --> 00:34:35.320
 who

00:34:35.320 --> 00:34:35.460
 know

00:34:35.460 --> 00:34:35.700
 what's

00:34:35.700 --> 00:34:35.820
 right

00:34:35.820 --> 00:34:35.940
 and

00:34:35.940 --> 00:34:36.200
 wrong

00:34:36.200 --> 00:34:36.760
 and

00:34:36.760 --> 00:34:36.860
 the

00:34:36.860 --> 00:34:37.079
 whole

00:34:37.079 --> 00:34:37.500
 world

00:34:37.500 --> 00:34:37.740
 may

00:34:37.740 --> 00:34:37.860
 be

00:34:37.860 --> 00:34:38.099
 held

00:34:38.099 --> 00:34:38.539
 accountable

00:34:38.539 --> 00:34:38.800
 to

00:34:38.800 --> 00:34:39.120
 God

00:34:39.120 --> 00:34:39.940
 for

00:34:39.940 --> 00:34:40.140
 by

00:34:40.140 --> 00:34:40.519
 works

00:34:40.519 --> 00:34:40.660
 of

00:34:40.660 --> 00:34:40.800
 the

00:34:40.800 --> 00:34:41.079
 law

00:34:41.079 --> 00:34:41.539
 in other

00:34:41.539 --> 00:34:41.740
 words

00:34:41.740 --> 00:34:42.000
 by

00:34:42.000 --> 00:34:42.240
 our

00:34:42.240 --> 00:34:42.760
 own

00:34:42.760 --> 00:34:43.200
 moral

00:34:43.200 --> 00:34:43.740
 actions

00:34:43.740 --> 00:34:44.079
 no

00:34:44.079 --> 00:34:44.500
 human

00:34:44.500 --> 00:34:44.900
 being

00:34:44.900 --> 00:34:45.180
 will

00:34:45.180 --> 00:34:45.380
 be

00:34:45.380 --> 00:34:46.059
 justified

00:34:46.059 --> 00:34:46.780
 made

00:34:46.780 --> 00:34:47.039
 right

00:34:47.039 --> 00:34:47.240
 with

00:34:47.240 --> 00:34:47.599
 God

00:34:47.599 --> 00:34:47.980
 in

00:34:47.980 --> 00:34:48.160
 his

00:34:48.160 --> 00:34:48.440
 sight

00:34:48.440 --> 00:34:49.400
 since

00:34:54.360 --> 00:34:54.700
 here listen

00:34:54.700 --> 00:34:54.980
 to verse

00:34:54.980 --> 00:34:55.420
 21

00:34:55.420 --> 00:34:57.079
 but

00:34:57.079 --> 00:34:57.460
 now the

00:34:57.460 --> 00:34:57.960
 righteousness

00:34:57.960 --> 00:34:58.620
 of God

00:34:58.620 --> 00:34:58.960
 has been

00:34:58.960 --> 00:34:59.519
 manifested

00:34:59.519 --> 00:35:00.200
 apart

00:35:00.200 --> 00:35:00.800
 from the

00:35:00.800 --> 00:35:01.000
 moral

00:35:01.000 --> 00:35:01.380
 law

00:35:01.380 --> 00:35:03.079
 although

00:35:03.079 --> 00:35:03.300
 the

00:35:03.300 --> 00:35:03.559
 law

00:35:03.559 --> 00:35:03.820
 and the

00:35:03.820 --> 00:35:04.220
 prophets

00:35:04.220 --> 00:35:04.460
 bear

00:35:04.460 --> 00:35:04.800
 witness

00:35:04.800 --> 00:35:05.079
 to

00:35:05.079 --> 00:35:05.240
 it

00:35:05.240 --> 00:35:05.680
 this

00:35:05.680 --> 00:35:05.880
 thing

00:35:05.880 --> 00:35:06.039
 which

00:35:06.039 --> 00:35:06.220
 is

00:35:06.220 --> 00:35:06.579
 separate

00:35:06.579 --> 00:35:06.800
 from

00:35:06.800 --> 00:35:06.940
 the

00:35:06.940 --> 00:35:07.160
 moral

00:35:07.160 --> 00:35:07.519
 order

00:35:07.519 --> 00:35:08.460
 the

00:35:08.460 --> 00:35:08.920
 righteousness

00:35:08.920 --> 00:35:09.280
 of

00:35:09.280 --> 00:35:09.539
 God

00:35:09.539 --> 00:35:09.780
 through

00:35:09.780 --> 00:35:10.200
 faith

00:35:10.200 --> 00:35:10.380
 in

00:35:10.380 --> 00:35:10.640
 Jesus

00:35:10.640 --> 00:35:11.079
 Christ

00:35:11.079 --> 00:35:11.280
 for

00:35:11.280 --> 00:35:11.480
 all

00:35:11.480 --> 00:35:11.640
 who

00:35:11.640 --> 00:35:12.059
 believe

00:35:12.059 --> 00:35:12.880
 for

00:35:12.880 --> 00:35:13.039
 there

00:35:13.039 --> 00:35:13.180
 is

00:35:13.180 --> 00:35:13.380
 no

00:35:13.380 --> 00:35:13.920
 distinction

00:35:13.920 --> 00:35:14.660
 for

00:35:14.660 --> 00:35:14.960
 all

00:35:14.960 --> 00:35:15.160
 have

00:35:15.160 --> 00:35:15.680
 sinned

00:35:15.680 --> 00:35:15.980
 and

00:35:15.980 --> 00:35:16.200
 fall

00:35:16.200 --> 00:35:16.579
 short

00:35:16.579 --> 00:35:16.780
 of

00:35:16.780 --> 00:35:16.900
 the

00:35:16.900 --> 00:35:17.180
 glory

00:35:17.180 --> 00:35:17.400
 of

00:35:17.400 --> 00:35:17.780
 God

00:35:17.780 --> 00:35:18.340
 and

00:35:18.340 --> 00:35:18.500
 are

00:35:18.500 --> 00:35:19.180
 justified

00:35:19.180 --> 00:35:19.880
 made

00:35:19.880 --> 00:35:20.059
 right

00:35:20.059 --> 00:35:20.240
 with

00:35:20.240 --> 00:35:20.579
 God

00:35:20.579 --> 00:35:21.519
 by

00:35:21.519 --> 00:35:21.740
 his

00:35:21.740 --> 00:35:22.320
 grace

00:35:22.320 --> 00:35:23.440
 purely

00:35:23.440 --> 00:35:23.920
 and utterly

00:35:23.920 --> 00:35:24.620
 unmerited

00:35:24.620 --> 00:35:25.059
 as a

00:35:25.059 --> 00:35:25.360
 gift

00:35:25.360 --> 00:35:26.440
 how

00:35:26.440 --> 00:35:26.860
 through

00:35:26.860 --> 00:35:27.080
 the

00:35:27.080 --> 00:35:27.620
 redemption

00:35:27.620 --> 00:35:28.420
 that is

00:35:28.420 --> 00:35:28.600
 in

00:35:28.600 --> 00:35:28.880
 Christ

00:35:28.880 --> 00:35:29.300
 Jesus

00:35:29.300 --> 00:35:30.160
 whom

00:35:30.160 --> 00:35:30.640
 God

00:35:30.640 --> 00:35:30.920
 put

00:35:30.920 --> 00:35:31.460
 forward

00:35:31.460 --> 00:35:32.500
 as a

00:35:32.500 --> 00:35:33.220
 propitiation

00:35:33.220 --> 00:35:33.680
 by his

00:35:33.680 --> 00:35:33.920
 blood

00:35:33.920 --> 00:35:34.180
 in other

00:35:34.180 --> 00:35:34.380
 words

00:35:34.380 --> 00:35:34.740
 as he

00:35:34.740 --> 00:35:35.200
 took

00:35:35.200 --> 00:35:35.380
 our

00:35:35.380 --> 00:35:35.740
 place

00:35:35.740 --> 00:35:35.940
 and

00:35:35.940 --> 00:35:36.200
 turned

00:35:36.200 --> 00:35:36.720
 aside

00:35:36.720 --> 00:35:37.760
 he

00:35:37.760 --> 00:35:38.100
 he

00:35:38.100 --> 00:35:39.039
 he

00:35:39.039 --> 00:35:39.280
 bore

00:35:39.280 --> 00:35:39.559
 in his

00:35:39.559 --> 00:35:39.880
 body

00:35:39.880 --> 00:35:40.380
 the wrong

00:35:40.380 --> 00:35:40.660
 that we

00:35:40.660 --> 00:35:41.140
 had done

00:35:41.140 --> 00:35:41.640
 the

00:35:41.640 --> 00:35:41.980
 the

00:35:41.980 --> 00:35:43.320
 good

00:35:43.320 --> 00:35:43.620
 that we

00:35:43.620 --> 00:35:43.940
 failed

00:35:43.940 --> 00:35:44.420
 to do

00:35:44.420 --> 00:35:45.860
 and

00:35:45.860 --> 00:35:46.420
 all

00:35:46.420 --> 00:35:46.900
 anger

00:35:46.900 --> 00:35:47.280
 that might

00:35:47.280 --> 00:35:47.480
 be

00:35:47.480 --> 00:35:47.800
 directed

00:35:47.800 --> 00:35:48.200
 against

00:35:48.200 --> 00:35:48.500
 that

00:35:48.500 --> 00:35:48.860
 all

00:35:48.860 --> 00:35:49.260
 was

00:35:49.260 --> 00:35:49.480
 on

00:35:49.480 --> 00:35:49.880
 him

00:35:49.880 --> 00:35:50.920
 and

00:35:50.920 --> 00:35:51.039
 we

00:35:51.039 --> 00:35:51.480
 receive

00:35:51.480 --> 00:35:51.660
 what

00:35:51.660 --> 00:35:51.860
 he's

00:35:51.860 --> 00:35:52.099
 to be

00:35:52.099 --> 00:35:52.380
 done

00:35:52.380 --> 00:35:53.000
 by

00:35:53.000 --> 00:35:53.480
 faith

00:35:53.480 --> 00:35:54.059
 and

00:35:54.059 --> 00:35:54.240
 this

00:35:54.240 --> 00:35:54.400
 was

00:35:54.400 --> 00:35:54.579
 to

00:35:54.579 --> 00:35:54.900
 show

00:35:54.900 --> 00:35:56.000
 God's

00:35:56.000 --> 00:35:56.599
 righteousness

00:35:56.599 --> 00:35:57.519
 because

00:35:57.519 --> 00:35:57.800
 in

00:35:57.800 --> 00:35:57.980
 his

00:35:57.980 --> 00:35:58.420
 divine

00:35:58.420 --> 00:35:59.320
 forbearance

00:35:59.320 --> 00:35:59.940
 he

00:35:59.940 --> 00:36:00.240
 had

00:36:00.240 --> 00:36:00.740
 passed

00:36:00.740 --> 00:36:01.099
 over

00:36:01.099 --> 00:36:01.380
 it's

00:36:01.380 --> 00:36:02.220
 an

00:36:02.220 --> 00:36:02.519
 image

00:36:02.519 --> 00:36:02.700
 of

00:36:02.700 --> 00:36:02.820
 the

00:36:02.820 --> 00:36:02.980
 book

00:36:02.980 --> 00:36:03.120
 of

00:36:03.120 --> 00:36:03.480
 Exodus

00:36:03.480 --> 00:36:03.700
 in

00:36:03.700 --> 00:36:03.860
 other

00:36:03.860 --> 00:36:04.059
 words

00:36:04.059 --> 00:36:04.320
 he's

00:36:04.320 --> 00:36:04.579
 dealt

00:36:04.579 --> 00:36:04.940
 with

00:36:04.940 --> 00:36:05.579
 former

00:36:05.579 --> 00:36:06.079
 sins

00:36:06.079 --> 00:36:06.340
 it

00:36:06.340 --> 00:36:06.480
 was

00:36:06.480 --> 00:36:06.660
 to

00:36:06.660 --> 00:36:06.960
 show

00:36:06.960 --> 00:36:07.240
 his

00:36:07.240 --> 00:36:07.740
 righteousness

00:36:07.740 --> 00:36:08.200
 at

00:36:08.200 --> 00:36:08.360
 the

00:36:08.360 --> 00:36:08.660
 present

00:36:08.660 --> 00:36:09.120
 time

00:36:09.120 --> 00:36:09.960
 so

00:36:09.960 --> 00:36:10.120
 that

00:36:10.120 --> 00:36:10.260
 he

00:36:10.260 --> 00:36:10.480
 might

00:36:10.480 --> 00:36:10.700
 be

00:36:10.700 --> 00:36:11.380
 just

00:36:11.380 --> 00:36:12.840
 just

00:36:12.840 --> 00:36:13.019
 as

00:36:13.019 --> 00:36:13.180
 is

00:36:13.180 --> 00:36:13.660
 maintained

00:36:13.660 --> 00:36:14.599
 and

00:36:14.599 --> 00:36:14.780
 the

00:36:14.780 --> 00:36:15.480
 justifier

00:36:15.480 --> 00:36:16.160
 of the

00:36:16.160 --> 00:36:16.320
 one

00:36:16.320 --> 00:36:16.480
 who

00:36:16.480 --> 00:36:16.640
 has

00:36:16.640 --> 00:36:16.880
 faith

00:36:16.880 --> 00:36:17.059
 in

00:36:17.059 --> 00:36:17.480
 Jesus

00:36:17.480 --> 00:36:18.160
 if

00:36:18.160 --> 00:36:18.220
 you

00:36:18.220 --> 00:36:18.340
 could

00:36:18.340 --> 00:36:18.559
 put up

00:36:18.559 --> 00:36:18.680
 the

00:36:21.860 --> 00:36:22.460
 gospel

00:36:22.460 --> 00:36:23.039
 changes

00:36:23.039 --> 00:36:23.800
 everything

00:36:23.800 --> 00:36:25.760
 you

00:36:25.760 --> 00:36:25.900
 and

00:36:25.900 --> 00:36:26.039
 I

00:36:26.039 --> 00:36:26.180
 who

00:36:26.180 --> 00:36:26.340
 are

00:36:26.340 --> 00:36:26.800
 Christians

00:36:26.800 --> 00:36:27.280
 cannot

00:36:27.280 --> 00:36:28.000
 simply

00:36:28.000 --> 00:36:28.420
 pray

00:36:28.420 --> 00:36:28.800
 psalm

00:36:28.800 --> 00:36:29.400
 58

00:36:29.400 --> 00:36:31.440
 and

00:36:31.440 --> 00:36:31.620
 you

00:36:31.620 --> 00:36:31.740
 and

00:36:31.740 --> 00:36:31.940
 I

00:36:31.940 --> 00:36:32.200
 cannot

00:36:32.200 --> 00:36:32.740
 simply

00:36:32.740 --> 00:36:33.140
 ignore

00:36:33.140 --> 00:36:33.420
 it

00:36:33.420 --> 00:36:37.300
 since

00:36:37.300 --> 00:36:37.539
 the

00:36:37.539 --> 00:36:37.900
 gospel

00:36:37.900 --> 00:36:38.400
 changes

00:36:38.400 --> 00:36:38.940
 everything

00:36:38.940 --> 00:36:39.880
 you

00:36:39.880 --> 00:36:40.200
 cannot

00:36:40.200 --> 00:36:40.660
 simply

00:36:40.660 --> 00:36:41.039
 pray

00:36:41.039 --> 00:36:41.400
 psalm

00:36:41.400 --> 00:36:41.860
 58

00:36:41.860 --> 00:36:42.480
 and

00:36:42.480 --> 00:36:42.640
 you

00:36:42.640 --> 00:36:43.039
 simply

00:36:43.039 --> 00:36:43.380
 cannot

00:36:43.380 --> 00:36:44.039
 simply

00:36:44.039 --> 00:36:44.860
 ignore

00:36:44.860 --> 00:36:45.160
 it

00:36:45.160 --> 00:36:45.840
 see

00:36:45.840 --> 00:36:45.980
 the

00:36:45.980 --> 00:36:46.360
 gospel

00:36:46.360 --> 00:36:46.780
 tells

00:36:46.780 --> 00:36:47.000
 us

00:36:47.000 --> 00:36:47.220
 that

00:36:47.220 --> 00:36:47.599
 God

00:36:47.599 --> 00:36:48.260
 wants

00:36:48.260 --> 00:36:48.440
 to

00:36:48.440 --> 00:36:48.920
 maintain

00:36:48.920 --> 00:36:49.160
 the

00:36:49.160 --> 00:36:49.380
 moral

00:36:49.380 --> 00:36:49.740
 order

00:36:49.740 --> 00:36:49.940
 and

00:36:49.940 --> 00:36:50.059
 the

00:36:50.059 --> 00:36:50.300
 just

00:36:50.300 --> 00:36:50.680
 order

00:36:50.680 --> 00:36:50.940
 and

00:36:50.940 --> 00:36:51.160
 while

00:36:51.160 --> 00:36:51.500
 that

00:36:51.500 --> 00:36:51.960
 is

00:36:51.960 --> 00:36:52.239
 only

00:36:52.239 --> 00:36:52.440
 going

00:36:52.440 --> 00:36:52.539
 to

00:36:52.539 --> 00:36:52.739
 lead

00:36:52.739 --> 00:36:52.920
 to

00:36:52.920 --> 00:36:53.039
 our

00:36:53.039 --> 00:36:53.260
 being

00:36:53.260 --> 00:36:53.719
 eternally

00:36:53.719 --> 00:36:54.119
 separate

00:36:54.119 --> 00:36:54.380
 from

00:36:54.380 --> 00:36:54.699
 him

00:36:54.699 --> 00:36:55.860
 Jesus

00:36:55.860 --> 00:36:56.320
 dies

00:36:56.320 --> 00:36:56.480
 in

00:36:56.480 --> 00:36:56.639
 our

00:36:56.639 --> 00:36:57.159
 place

00:36:57.159 --> 00:36:57.760
 because

00:36:57.760 --> 00:36:57.980
 he

00:36:57.980 --> 00:36:58.400
 it's

00:36:58.400 --> 00:36:58.619
 a whole

00:36:58.619 --> 00:36:58.820
 other

00:36:58.820 --> 00:36:59.079
 thing

00:36:59.079 --> 00:36:59.280
 but

00:36:59.280 --> 00:36:59.739
 he

00:36:59.739 --> 00:37:00.039
 can

00:37:00.039 --> 00:37:00.179
 he

00:37:00.179 --> 00:37:00.480
 dies

00:37:00.480 --> 00:37:00.599
 in

00:37:00.599 --> 00:37:00.719
 our

00:37:00.719 --> 00:37:00.960
 place

00:37:00.960 --> 00:37:01.079
 out

00:37:01.079 --> 00:37:01.199
 of

00:37:01.199 --> 00:37:01.400
 love

00:37:01.400 --> 00:37:01.579
 for

00:37:01.579 --> 00:37:01.719
 you

00:37:01.719 --> 00:37:01.860
 and

00:37:01.860 --> 00:37:02.000
 me

00:37:02.000 --> 00:37:02.099
 and

00:37:02.099 --> 00:37:02.239
 the

00:37:02.239 --> 00:37:02.619
 punishment

00:37:02.619 --> 00:37:02.860
 that

00:37:02.860 --> 00:37:03.059
 I

00:37:03.059 --> 00:37:03.559
 deserve

00:37:03.559 --> 00:37:04.480
 fell

00:37:04.480 --> 00:37:04.699
 on

00:37:04.699 --> 00:37:05.059
 him

00:37:05.059 --> 00:37:05.239
 and

00:37:05.239 --> 00:37:06.019
 the

00:37:06.019 --> 00:37:08.420
 destiny

00:37:08.420 --> 00:37:08.719
 that

00:37:08.719 --> 00:37:09.239
 he

00:37:09.239 --> 00:37:09.860
 deserved

00:37:09.860 --> 00:37:10.980
 is

00:37:10.980 --> 00:37:11.460
 given

00:37:11.460 --> 00:37:11.739
 to

00:37:11.739 --> 00:37:11.940
 me

00:37:11.940 --> 00:37:12.119
 and

00:37:12.119 --> 00:37:12.219
 he

00:37:12.219 --> 00:37:12.400
 does

00:37:12.400 --> 00:37:12.500
 it

00:37:12.500 --> 00:37:12.679
 out

00:37:12.679 --> 00:37:12.820
 of

00:37:12.820 --> 00:37:13.239
 love

00:37:13.239 --> 00:37:15.079
 and

00:37:15.079 --> 00:37:16.119
 it

00:37:16.119 --> 00:37:16.679
 tells

00:37:16.679 --> 00:37:17.000
 us

00:37:17.000 --> 00:37:17.440
 that

00:37:17.440 --> 00:37:18.159
 there

00:37:18.159 --> 00:37:18.380
 will

00:37:18.380 --> 00:37:18.559
 be

00:37:18.559 --> 00:37:18.699
 a

00:37:21.500 --> 00:37:21.860
 killing

00:37:21.860 --> 00:37:22.500
 maybe

00:37:22.500 --> 00:37:23.500
 500,000

00:37:23.500 --> 00:37:24.360
 Ugandans

00:37:24.360 --> 00:37:25.500
 fled

00:37:25.500 --> 00:37:26.019
 Uganda

00:37:26.019 --> 00:37:26.460
 and

00:37:26.460 --> 00:37:26.860
 lived

00:37:26.860 --> 00:37:27.800
 a

00:37:27.800 --> 00:37:28.280
 luxurious

00:37:28.280 --> 00:37:28.960
 life

00:37:28.960 --> 00:37:29.780
 until

00:37:29.780 --> 00:37:30.039
 his

00:37:30.039 --> 00:37:30.519
 natural

00:37:30.519 --> 00:37:30.960
 death

00:37:30.960 --> 00:37:31.219
 in

00:37:31.219 --> 00:37:31.519
 Saudi

00:37:31.519 --> 00:37:32.039
 Arabia

00:37:32.039 --> 00:37:33.460
 but

00:37:33.460 --> 00:37:33.599
 the

00:37:33.599 --> 00:37:33.940
 gospel

00:37:33.940 --> 00:37:34.460
 tells

00:37:34.460 --> 00:37:34.699
 us

00:37:34.699 --> 00:37:34.920
 he

00:37:34.920 --> 00:37:35.260
 does

00:37:35.260 --> 00:37:35.659
 not

00:37:35.659 --> 00:37:36.280
 evade

00:37:36.280 --> 00:37:36.840
 God's

00:37:36.840 --> 00:37:37.400
 justice

00:37:37.400 --> 00:37:38.360
 no

00:37:38.360 --> 00:37:39.099
 human

00:37:39.099 --> 00:37:39.480
 being

00:37:39.480 --> 00:37:39.820
 will

00:37:39.820 --> 00:37:42.820
 we

00:37:42.820 --> 00:37:43.019
 can

00:37:43.019 --> 00:37:43.260
 take

00:37:43.260 --> 00:37:43.460
 that

00:37:43.460 --> 00:37:43.619
 to

00:37:43.619 --> 00:37:43.739
 the

00:37:43.739 --> 00:37:44.059
 bank

00:37:44.059 --> 00:37:45.360
 we

00:37:45.360 --> 00:37:45.539
 can

00:37:45.539 --> 00:37:45.840
 base

00:37:45.840 --> 00:37:46.000
 our

00:37:46.000 --> 00:37:46.300
 life

00:37:46.300 --> 00:37:46.480
 on

00:37:46.480 --> 00:37:46.579
 it

00:37:46.579 --> 00:37:46.860
 doesn't

00:37:46.860 --> 00:37:47.079
 mean

00:37:47.079 --> 00:37:47.239
 that

00:37:47.239 --> 00:37:47.360
 we

00:37:47.360 --> 00:37:47.519
 can

00:37:47.519 --> 00:37:47.739
 be

00:37:47.739 --> 00:37:48.300
 indifferent

00:37:48.300 --> 00:37:48.619
 to

00:37:48.619 --> 00:37:49.079
 evil

00:37:49.079 --> 00:37:49.239
 at

00:37:49.239 --> 00:37:49.519
 all

00:37:49.519 --> 00:37:50.860
 but

00:37:50.860 --> 00:37:51.140
 it

00:37:51.140 --> 00:37:52.019
 relativizes

00:37:52.019 --> 00:37:52.579
 the

00:37:52.579 --> 00:37:53.000
 claims

00:37:53.000 --> 00:37:53.240
 of

00:37:53.240 --> 00:37:53.900
 tyrants

00:37:53.900 --> 00:37:54.460
 to

00:37:54.460 --> 00:37:54.680
 know

00:37:54.680 --> 00:37:54.900
 that

00:37:54.900 --> 00:37:55.120
 they

00:37:55.120 --> 00:37:55.519
 will

00:37:55.519 --> 00:37:56.140
 meet

00:37:56.140 --> 00:37:57.160
 the

00:37:57.160 --> 00:37:57.640
 triune

00:37:57.640 --> 00:37:58.140
 God

00:37:58.140 --> 00:37:59.559
 and

00:37:59.559 --> 00:37:59.700
 they

00:37:59.700 --> 00:37:59.940
 will

00:37:59.940 --> 00:38:00.160
 be

00:38:00.160 --> 00:38:00.640
 judged

00:38:00.640 --> 00:38:02.079
 you

00:38:02.079 --> 00:38:02.180
 see

00:38:02.180 --> 00:38:02.400
 in a

00:38:02.400 --> 00:38:02.599
 sense

00:38:02.599 --> 00:38:02.780
 what

00:38:02.780 --> 00:38:03.180
 happens

00:38:03.180 --> 00:38:03.380
 in

00:38:03.380 --> 00:38:03.840
 salvation

00:38:03.840 --> 00:38:04.960
 is

00:38:04.960 --> 00:38:06.660
 it's

00:38:06.660 --> 00:38:06.800
 not

00:38:06.800 --> 00:38:06.920
 that

00:38:06.920 --> 00:38:07.240
 I

00:38:07.240 --> 00:38:08.019
 appear

00:38:08.019 --> 00:38:08.300
 before

00:38:08.300 --> 00:38:08.579
 God

00:38:08.579 --> 00:38:08.680
 and

00:38:08.680 --> 00:38:08.760
 I

00:38:08.760 --> 00:38:08.860
 say

00:38:08.860 --> 00:38:08.980
 well

00:38:08.980 --> 00:38:09.079
 you

00:38:09.079 --> 00:38:09.140
 know

00:38:09.140 --> 00:38:09.180
 I

00:38:09.180 --> 00:38:09.260
 was

00:38:09.260 --> 00:38:09.360
 a

00:38:09.360 --> 00:38:09.440
 pretty

00:38:09.440 --> 00:38:09.620
 good

00:38:09.620 --> 00:38:10.000
 guy

00:38:10.000 --> 00:38:10.260
 you

00:38:10.260 --> 00:38:10.860
 know

00:38:10.860 --> 00:38:12.200
 at

00:38:12.200 --> 00:38:12.360
 least

00:38:12.360 --> 00:38:13.800
 a

00:38:13.800 --> 00:38:14.200
 B

00:38:14.200 --> 00:38:14.660
 minus

00:38:14.660 --> 00:38:14.920
 in

00:38:14.920 --> 00:38:15.180
 terms

00:38:15.180 --> 00:38:15.320
 of

00:38:15.320 --> 00:38:15.440
 as

00:38:15.440 --> 00:38:15.559
 a

00:38:15.559 --> 00:38:15.900
 husband

00:38:15.900 --> 00:38:16.280
 or

00:38:16.280 --> 00:38:16.579
 something

00:38:16.579 --> 00:38:16.820
 like

00:38:16.820 --> 00:38:17.000
 that

00:38:17.000 --> 00:38:17.099
 and

00:38:17.099 --> 00:38:17.280
 that's

00:38:17.280 --> 00:38:17.400
 a

00:38:17.400 --> 00:38:17.720
 passing

00:38:17.720 --> 00:38:18.079
 mark

00:38:18.079 --> 00:38:18.360
 won't

00:38:18.360 --> 00:38:18.599
 get me

00:38:18.599 --> 00:38:18.740
 into

00:38:18.740 --> 00:38:19.099
 graduate

00:38:19.099 --> 00:38:19.519
 school

00:38:19.519 --> 00:38:19.740
 but

00:38:19.740 --> 00:38:19.860
 it

00:38:19.860 --> 00:38:20.440
 you

00:38:20.440 --> 00:38:20.559
 know

00:38:20.559 --> 00:38:20.760
 it's

00:38:20.760 --> 00:38:20.880
 at

00:38:20.880 --> 00:38:21.019
 least

00:38:21.019 --> 00:38:21.180
 a

00:38:21.180 --> 00:38:21.500
 passing

00:38:21.500 --> 00:38:21.920
 mark

00:38:21.920 --> 00:38:22.120
 you

00:38:22.120 --> 00:38:22.320
 know

00:38:22.320 --> 00:38:22.960
 and

00:38:22.960 --> 00:38:23.200
 it's

00:38:23.200 --> 00:38:23.380
 not

00:38:23.380 --> 00:38:23.559
 like

00:38:23.559 --> 00:38:23.740
 that

00:38:23.740 --> 00:38:23.860
 at

00:38:23.860 --> 00:38:24.039
 all

00:38:24.039 --> 00:38:24.280
 in a

00:38:24.280 --> 00:38:24.480
 sense

00:38:24.480 --> 00:38:25.440
 that

00:38:25.440 --> 00:38:27.280
 God's

00:38:27.280 --> 00:38:27.740
 judgment

00:38:27.739 --> 00:38:28.919
 on

00:38:28.919 --> 00:38:29.219
 me

00:38:29.219 --> 00:38:29.500
 has

00:38:29.500 --> 00:38:29.699
 been

00:38:29.699 --> 00:38:29.959
 dealt

00:38:29.959 --> 00:38:30.199
 with

00:38:30.199 --> 00:38:30.399
 in

00:38:30.399 --> 00:38:30.779
 Jesus

00:38:30.779 --> 00:38:31.819
 it

00:38:31.819 --> 00:38:32.099
 it's

00:38:32.099 --> 00:38:32.659
 passed

00:38:32.659 --> 00:38:35.319
 but

00:38:35.319 --> 00:38:35.639
 every

00:38:35.639 --> 00:38:35.899
 human

00:38:35.899 --> 00:38:36.239
 being

00:38:36.239 --> 00:38:36.739
 will

00:38:36.739 --> 00:38:37.000
 appear

00:38:37.000 --> 00:38:37.259
 before

00:38:37.259 --> 00:38:37.439
 the

00:38:37.439 --> 00:38:37.719
 judgment

00:38:37.719 --> 00:38:37.959
 seat

00:38:37.959 --> 00:38:38.139
 of

00:38:38.139 --> 00:38:38.459
 God

00:38:38.459 --> 00:38:39.779
 and

00:38:39.779 --> 00:38:40.079
 unless

00:38:40.079 --> 00:38:40.339
 you're

00:38:40.339 --> 00:38:40.719
 clothed

00:38:40.719 --> 00:38:40.919
 with

00:38:40.919 --> 00:38:41.259
 Christ

00:38:41.259 --> 00:38:41.439
 you

00:38:41.439 --> 00:38:41.599
 will

00:38:41.599 --> 00:38:41.839
 not

00:38:41.839 --> 00:38:42.319
 pass

00:38:42.319 --> 00:38:45.459
 and

00:38:45.459 --> 00:38:45.739
 the

00:38:45.739 --> 00:38:46.099
 gospel

00:38:46.099 --> 00:38:46.539
 changes

00:38:46.539 --> 00:38:47.000
 everything

00:38:47.000 --> 00:38:47.500
 because

00:38:47.500 --> 00:38:47.759
 it

00:38:47.759 --> 00:38:48.179
 means

00:38:48.179 --> 00:38:48.500
 that

00:38:48.500 --> 00:38:49.239
 when

00:38:49.239 --> 00:38:49.399
 I

00:38:49.399 --> 00:38:49.559
 have

00:38:49.559 --> 00:38:49.759
 given

00:38:49.759 --> 00:38:50.000
 my

00:38:50.000 --> 00:38:50.259
 life

00:38:50.259 --> 00:38:50.459
 to

00:38:50.459 --> 00:38:50.859
 Christ

00:38:50.859 --> 00:38:51.159
 and

00:38:51.159 --> 00:38:51.319
 then

00:38:51.319 --> 00:38:51.759
 somewhere

00:38:51.759 --> 00:38:52.139
 down

00:38:52.139 --> 00:38:52.339
 the

00:38:52.339 --> 00:38:52.759
 line

00:38:52.759 --> 00:38:53.199
 I

00:38:53.199 --> 00:38:53.799
 discover

00:38:53.799 --> 00:38:54.099
 there's

00:38:54.099 --> 00:38:54.239
 this

00:38:54.239 --> 00:38:54.619
 wonderful

00:38:54.619 --> 00:38:55.159
 phrase

00:38:55.159 --> 00:38:55.539
 about

00:38:55.539 --> 00:38:55.779
 the

00:38:55.779 --> 00:38:56.000
 I

00:38:56.000 --> 00:38:56.119
 think

00:38:56.119 --> 00:38:56.279
 it's

00:38:56.279 --> 00:38:56.579
 Psalm

00:38:56.579 --> 00:38:57.019
 74

00:38:57.019 --> 00:38:57.280
 about

00:38:57.280 --> 00:38:57.460
 the

00:38:57.460 --> 00:38:57.940
 dark

00:38:57.940 --> 00:38:58.539
 places

00:38:58.539 --> 00:38:59.659
 the

00:38:59.659 --> 00:39:00.059
 dark

00:39:00.059 --> 00:39:01.759
 habitations

00:39:01.759 --> 00:39:01.940
 and

00:39:01.940 --> 00:39:02.079
 I

00:39:02.079 --> 00:39:02.559
 discover

00:39:02.559 --> 00:39:02.900
 some

00:39:02.900 --> 00:39:03.300
 dark

00:39:03.300 --> 00:39:03.940
 habitation

00:39:03.940 --> 00:39:04.320
 deep

00:39:04.320 --> 00:39:04.639
 within

00:39:04.639 --> 00:39:04.940
 me

00:39:04.940 --> 00:39:05.739
 that

00:39:05.739 --> 00:39:05.940
 it

00:39:05.940 --> 00:39:06.360
 comes

00:39:06.360 --> 00:39:06.579
 to

00:39:06.579 --> 00:39:07.019
 a

00:39:07.019 --> 00:39:07.800
 shock

00:39:07.800 --> 00:39:08.500
 just

00:39:08.500 --> 00:39:08.759
 to

00:39:08.759 --> 00:39:09.239
 realize

00:39:09.239 --> 00:39:09.539
 how

00:39:09.539 --> 00:39:10.219
 controlling

00:39:10.219 --> 00:39:10.539
 I

00:39:10.539 --> 00:39:10.820
 am

00:39:10.820 --> 00:39:10.980
 or

00:39:10.980 --> 00:39:11.199
 how

00:39:11.199 --> 00:39:12.039
 unforgiving

00:39:12.039 --> 00:39:12.480
 I

00:39:12.480 --> 00:39:12.800
 am

00:39:12.800 --> 00:39:13.000
 or

00:39:13.000 --> 00:39:13.239
 how

00:39:13.239 --> 00:39:13.900
 self

00:39:13.900 --> 00:39:14.400
 righteous

00:39:14.400 --> 00:39:14.900
 I

00:39:14.900 --> 00:39:15.280
 am

00:39:15.280 --> 00:39:15.480
 or

00:39:15.480 --> 00:39:15.679
 how

00:39:15.679 --> 00:39:16.139
 bitter

00:39:16.139 --> 00:39:16.519
 I

00:39:16.519 --> 00:39:16.820
 am

00:39:16.820 --> 00:39:17.000
 or

00:39:17.000 --> 00:39:17.599
 envious

00:39:17.599 --> 00:39:17.980
 or

00:39:17.980 --> 00:39:19.199
 lustful

00:39:19.199 --> 00:39:19.500
 or

00:39:19.500 --> 00:39:20.940
 ungenerous

00:39:20.940 --> 00:39:21.159
 and

00:39:21.159 --> 00:39:21.780
 miserly

00:39:21.780 --> 00:39:22.059
 and I

00:39:22.059 --> 00:39:22.539
 come

00:39:22.539 --> 00:39:23.259
 face

00:39:23.259 --> 00:39:23.480
 to

00:39:23.480 --> 00:39:23.940
 face

00:39:23.940 --> 00:39:24.199
 with

00:39:24.199 --> 00:39:24.579
 some

00:39:24.579 --> 00:39:25.380
 profound

00:39:25.380 --> 00:39:26.000
 area

00:39:26.000 --> 00:39:26.280
 of

00:39:26.280 --> 00:39:26.739
 darkness

00:39:26.739 --> 00:39:27.079
 deep

00:39:27.079 --> 00:39:27.299
 within

00:39:27.299 --> 00:39:27.519
 my

00:39:27.519 --> 00:39:27.899
 life

00:39:27.899 --> 00:39:28.439
 where

00:39:28.439 --> 00:39:28.619
 I

00:39:28.619 --> 00:39:29.219
 realize

00:39:29.219 --> 00:39:29.819
 in a

00:39:29.819 --> 00:39:30.079
 moment

00:39:30.079 --> 00:39:30.279
 of

00:39:30.279 --> 00:39:30.599
 moral

00:39:30.599 --> 00:39:31.139
 clarity

00:39:31.139 --> 00:39:31.539
 how

00:39:31.539 --> 00:39:31.959
 some

00:39:31.959 --> 00:39:32.359
 great

00:39:32.359 --> 00:39:32.799
 evil

00:39:32.799 --> 00:39:33.419
 speaks

00:39:33.419 --> 00:39:33.779
 so

00:39:33.779 --> 00:39:34.259
 deeply

00:39:34.259 --> 00:39:34.500
 to

00:39:34.500 --> 00:39:34.859
 something

00:39:34.859 --> 00:39:35.339
 within

00:39:35.339 --> 00:39:36.000
 me

00:39:36.000 --> 00:39:39.659
 only the

00:39:39.659 --> 00:39:40.179
 gospel

00:39:40.179 --> 00:39:40.519
 can

00:39:40.519 --> 00:39:41.939
 only in the

00:39:41.939 --> 00:39:42.299
 gospel

00:39:42.299 --> 00:39:42.659
 can I

00:39:42.659 --> 00:39:43.019
 realize

00:39:43.019 --> 00:39:43.259
 that

00:39:43.259 --> 00:39:43.739
 Jesus

00:39:43.739 --> 00:39:44.099
 puts

00:39:44.099 --> 00:39:44.439
 his arm

00:39:44.439 --> 00:39:44.779
 around me

00:39:44.779 --> 00:39:45.019
 and says

00:39:45.019 --> 00:39:45.399
 George

00:39:45.399 --> 00:39:46.159
 I knew

00:39:46.159 --> 00:39:46.539
 that about

00:39:46.539 --> 00:39:46.839
 you when

00:39:46.839 --> 00:39:47.239
 I died

00:39:47.239 --> 00:39:47.639
 for you

00:39:47.639 --> 00:39:50.400
 I

00:39:50.400 --> 00:39:50.559
 knew

00:39:50.559 --> 00:39:50.940
 that about

00:39:50.940 --> 00:39:51.099
 you

00:39:51.099 --> 00:39:51.199
 when

00:39:51.199 --> 00:39:51.299
 I

00:39:51.299 --> 00:39:51.559
 died

00:39:51.559 --> 00:39:51.759
 for

00:39:51.759 --> 00:39:51.980
 you

00:39:51.980 --> 00:39:53.000
 and

00:39:53.000 --> 00:39:53.179
 my

00:39:53.179 --> 00:39:53.460
 death

00:39:53.460 --> 00:39:53.639
 for

00:39:53.639 --> 00:39:53.779
 you

00:39:53.779 --> 00:39:54.219
 covers

00:39:54.219 --> 00:39:54.599
 that

00:39:54.599 --> 00:39:55.579
 see

00:39:55.579 --> 00:39:55.799
 only

00:39:55.799 --> 00:39:56.019
 the

00:39:56.019 --> 00:39:56.440
 gospel

00:39:56.440 --> 00:39:56.839
 gives

00:39:56.839 --> 00:39:57.039
 us

00:39:57.039 --> 00:39:57.199
 the

00:39:57.199 --> 00:39:57.719
 security

00:39:57.719 --> 00:39:58.019
 to

00:39:58.019 --> 00:39:58.279
 look

00:39:58.279 --> 00:39:58.420
 at

00:39:58.420 --> 00:39:58.579
 the

00:39:58.579 --> 00:39:58.839
 dark

00:39:58.839 --> 00:39:59.279
 places

00:39:59.279 --> 00:39:59.440
 in

00:39:59.440 --> 00:39:59.559
 our

00:39:59.559 --> 00:39:59.759
 own

00:39:59.759 --> 00:40:00.319
 lives

00:40:00.319 --> 00:40:01.279
 and

00:40:01.279 --> 00:40:01.400
 to

00:40:01.400 --> 00:40:01.639
 cry

00:40:01.639 --> 00:40:01.839
 out

00:40:01.839 --> 00:40:01.980
 to

00:40:01.980 --> 00:40:02.279
 God

00:40:02.279 --> 00:40:02.480
 that

00:40:02.480 --> 00:40:02.639
 he

00:40:02.639 --> 00:40:02.879
 might

00:40:02.879 --> 00:40:03.239
 deliver

00:40:03.239 --> 00:40:03.539
 us

00:40:03.539 --> 00:40:03.759
 from

00:40:03.759 --> 00:40:03.920
 our

00:40:03.920 --> 00:40:04.619
 unforgiveness

00:40:04.619 --> 00:40:04.879
 our

00:40:04.879 --> 00:40:05.339
 greed

00:40:05.339 --> 00:40:05.559
 our

00:40:05.559 --> 00:40:06.039
 anger

00:40:06.039 --> 00:40:06.339
 our

00:40:06.339 --> 00:40:07.759
 selfishness

00:40:07.759 --> 00:40:07.920
 or

00:40:07.920 --> 00:40:08.659
 whatever

00:40:08.659 --> 00:40:08.960
 it

00:40:08.960 --> 00:40:09.339
 is

00:40:09.340 --> 00:40:12.120
 and

00:40:12.120 --> 00:40:12.500
 so

00:40:12.500 --> 00:40:13.660
 those

00:40:13.660 --> 00:40:13.820
 of

00:40:13.820 --> 00:40:13.920
 you

00:40:13.920 --> 00:40:14.100
 who

00:40:14.100 --> 00:40:14.380
 maybe

00:40:14.380 --> 00:40:14.660
 went

00:40:14.660 --> 00:40:14.800
 on

00:40:14.800 --> 00:40:15.000
 some

00:40:15.000 --> 00:40:15.240
 Zoom

00:40:15.240 --> 00:40:15.600
 calls

00:40:15.600 --> 00:40:15.820
 with

00:40:15.820 --> 00:40:15.960
 me

00:40:15.960 --> 00:40:16.059
 at

00:40:16.059 --> 00:40:16.180
 the

00:40:16.180 --> 00:40:16.400
 beginning

00:40:16.400 --> 00:40:16.579
 of

00:40:16.579 --> 00:40:16.720
 the

00:40:16.720 --> 00:40:17.180
 pandemic

00:40:17.180 --> 00:40:18.019
 you'll

00:40:18.019 --> 00:40:18.240
 notice

00:40:18.240 --> 00:40:18.380
 that

00:40:18.380 --> 00:40:18.460
 I

00:40:18.460 --> 00:40:18.700
 often

00:40:18.700 --> 00:40:18.920
 did

00:40:18.920 --> 00:40:19.200
 something

00:40:19.200 --> 00:40:19.400
 with

00:40:19.400 --> 00:40:19.539
 a

00:40:19.539 --> 00:40:19.860
 smile

00:40:19.860 --> 00:40:21.280
 because

00:40:21.280 --> 00:40:21.760
 you know

00:40:21.760 --> 00:40:21.860
 there

00:40:21.860 --> 00:40:21.960
 was

00:40:21.960 --> 00:40:22.120
 a lot

00:40:22.120 --> 00:40:22.220
 of

00:40:22.220 --> 00:40:22.440
 talk

00:40:22.440 --> 00:40:22.680
 about

00:40:22.680 --> 00:40:23.039
 how

00:40:23.039 --> 00:40:23.220
 it

00:40:23.220 --> 00:40:23.400
 was

00:40:23.400 --> 00:40:24.280
 infiltrated

00:40:24.280 --> 00:40:24.480
 by

00:40:24.480 --> 00:40:24.780
 members

00:40:24.780 --> 00:40:24.900
 of

00:40:24.900 --> 00:40:25.000
 the

00:40:25.000 --> 00:40:25.340
 Chinese

00:40:25.340 --> 00:40:25.780
 Communist

00:40:25.780 --> 00:40:26.160
 Party

00:40:26.160 --> 00:40:26.280
 and

00:40:26.280 --> 00:40:26.380
 I

00:40:26.380 --> 00:40:26.519
 would

00:40:26.519 --> 00:40:26.720
 say

00:40:26.720 --> 00:40:26.900
 for

00:40:26.900 --> 00:40:27.120
 those

00:40:27.120 --> 00:40:27.420
 members

00:40:27.420 --> 00:40:27.539
 of

00:40:27.539 --> 00:40:27.660
 the

00:40:27.660 --> 00:40:27.960
 Chinese

00:40:27.960 --> 00:40:28.400
 Communist

00:40:28.400 --> 00:40:28.740
 Party

00:40:28.740 --> 00:40:29.100
 listening

00:40:29.100 --> 00:40:29.320
 in

00:40:29.320 --> 00:40:29.460
 on

00:40:29.460 --> 00:40:29.600
 our

00:40:29.600 --> 00:40:29.980
 wardens

00:40:29.980 --> 00:40:30.300
 meeting

00:40:30.300 --> 00:40:30.960
 I

00:40:30.960 --> 00:40:31.059
 want

00:40:31.059 --> 00:40:31.160
 to

00:40:31.160 --> 00:40:31.280
 say

00:40:31.280 --> 00:40:31.500
 two

00:40:31.500 --> 00:40:31.900
 things

00:40:31.900 --> 00:40:32.500
 one

00:40:32.500 --> 00:40:32.960
 stop

00:40:32.960 --> 00:40:33.619
 persecuting

00:40:33.619 --> 00:40:34.139
 Christians

00:40:34.139 --> 00:40:35.360
 two

00:40:35.360 --> 00:40:35.940
 give

00:40:35.940 --> 00:40:36.059
 your

00:40:36.059 --> 00:40:36.239
 life

00:40:36.239 --> 00:40:36.400
 to

00:40:36.400 --> 00:40:36.820
 Jesus

00:40:36.820 --> 00:40:38.960
 and

00:40:38.960 --> 00:40:39.199
 like

00:40:39.199 --> 00:40:39.340
 I

00:40:39.340 --> 00:40:39.519
 said

00:40:39.519 --> 00:40:39.639
 in

00:40:39.639 --> 00:40:39.719
 a

00:40:39.719 --> 00:40:39.820
 bit

00:40:39.820 --> 00:40:39.900
 of

00:40:39.900 --> 00:40:39.980
 a

00:40:39.980 --> 00:40:40.139
 light

00:40:40.139 --> 00:40:40.360
 hearted

00:40:40.360 --> 00:40:40.480
 way

00:40:40.480 --> 00:40:40.639
 but

00:40:40.639 --> 00:40:40.860
 that's

00:40:40.860 --> 00:40:40.980
 how

00:40:40.980 --> 00:40:41.380
 Christians

00:40:41.380 --> 00:40:41.659
 pray

00:40:41.659 --> 00:40:41.880
 Psalm

00:40:41.880 --> 00:40:42.340
 58

00:40:42.340 --> 00:40:44.079
 we

00:40:44.079 --> 00:40:44.300
 pray

00:40:44.300 --> 00:40:44.619
 God

00:40:44.619 --> 00:40:44.960
 let me

00:40:44.960 --> 00:40:45.360
 never

00:40:45.360 --> 00:40:46.320
 forget

00:40:46.320 --> 00:40:46.599
 the

00:40:46.599 --> 00:40:47.079
 scream

00:40:47.079 --> 00:40:47.500
 against

00:40:47.500 --> 00:40:48.079
 injustice

00:40:48.079 --> 00:40:48.500
 or

00:40:48.500 --> 00:40:48.659
 be

00:40:48.659 --> 00:40:48.840
 like

00:40:48.840 --> 00:40:49.000
 all

00:40:49.000 --> 00:40:49.199
 those

00:40:49.199 --> 00:40:49.400
 other

00:40:49.400 --> 00:40:49.780
 things

00:40:49.780 --> 00:40:49.960
 of

00:40:49.960 --> 00:40:50.219
 post

00:40:50.219 --> 00:40:50.539
 modern

00:40:50.539 --> 00:40:50.760
 church

00:40:50.760 --> 00:40:50.900
 let

00:40:50.900 --> 00:40:51.079
 that

00:40:51.079 --> 00:40:51.360
 never

00:40:51.360 --> 00:40:51.980
 describe

00:40:51.980 --> 00:40:52.320
 me

00:40:52.320 --> 00:40:53.679
 and

00:40:53.679 --> 00:40:53.860
 Lord

00:40:53.860 --> 00:40:54.000
 I

00:40:54.000 --> 00:40:54.239
 ask

00:40:54.239 --> 00:40:54.380
 that

00:40:54.380 --> 00:40:54.579
 you

00:40:54.579 --> 00:40:55.739
 do

00:40:55.739 --> 00:40:56.079
 two

00:40:56.079 --> 00:40:56.639
 things

00:40:56.639 --> 00:40:56.880
 to

00:40:56.880 --> 00:40:57.079
 that

00:40:57.079 --> 00:40:57.440
 evil

00:40:57.440 --> 00:40:57.920
 tyrant

00:40:57.920 --> 00:40:58.099
 in

00:40:58.099 --> 00:40:58.219
 the

00:40:58.219 --> 00:40:58.579
 workplace

00:41:01.500 --> 00:41:02.139
 that

00:41:02.139 --> 00:41:03.360
 evil

00:41:03.360 --> 00:41:03.880
 tyrant

00:41:03.880 --> 00:41:04.059
 who

00:41:04.059 --> 00:41:04.519
 inhabits

00:41:04.519 --> 00:41:04.659
 a

00:41:04.659 --> 00:41:04.880
 country

00:41:04.880 --> 00:41:05.059
 I

00:41:05.059 --> 00:41:05.300
 ask

00:41:05.300 --> 00:41:05.519
 Lord

00:41:05.519 --> 00:41:05.719
 that

00:41:05.719 --> 00:41:05.880
 you

00:41:05.880 --> 00:41:06.059
 would

00:41:06.059 --> 00:41:06.440
 defeat

00:41:06.440 --> 00:41:06.780
 them

00:41:06.780 --> 00:41:07.940
 and

00:41:07.940 --> 00:41:08.059
 I

00:41:08.059 --> 00:41:08.500
 also

00:41:08.500 --> 00:41:08.860
 ask

00:41:08.860 --> 00:41:09.000
 that

00:41:09.000 --> 00:41:09.099
 you

00:41:09.099 --> 00:41:09.239
 will

00:41:09.239 --> 00:41:09.440
 bring

00:41:09.440 --> 00:41:09.639
 them

00:41:09.639 --> 00:41:09.800
 to

00:41:09.800 --> 00:41:09.960
 a

00:41:09.960 --> 00:41:10.219
 saving

00:41:10.219 --> 00:41:10.659
 faith

00:41:10.659 --> 00:41:11.199
 in

00:41:11.199 --> 00:41:11.460
 Jesus

00:41:11.460 --> 00:41:11.920
 Christ

00:41:11.920 --> 00:41:12.940
 and

00:41:12.940 --> 00:41:13.099
 that

00:41:13.099 --> 00:41:13.260
 is

00:41:13.260 --> 00:41:13.519
 how

00:41:13.519 --> 00:41:14.460
 we

00:41:14.460 --> 00:41:14.679
 live

00:41:14.679 --> 00:41:14.920
 Psalm

00:41:14.920 --> 00:41:15.400
 58

00:41:15.400 --> 00:41:16.480
 invite

00:41:16.480 --> 00:41:16.639
 you

00:41:16.639 --> 00:41:16.800
 to

00:41:16.800 --> 00:41:17.139
 stand

00:41:17.139 --> 00:41:18.320
 at

00:41:18.320 --> 00:41:18.500
 this

00:41:18.500 --> 00:41:18.760
 time

00:41:18.760 --> 00:41:19.199
 please

00:41:19.199 --> 00:41:24.079
 and

00:41:24.079 --> 00:41:24.260
 bow

00:41:24.260 --> 00:41:24.599
 our heads

00:41:24.599 --> 00:41:24.800
 in

00:41:24.800 --> 00:41:25.059
 prayer

00:41:25.059 --> 00:41:29.260
 Father

00:41:29.260 --> 00:41:30.099
 Jesus

00:41:30.099 --> 00:41:30.420
 has

00:41:30.420 --> 00:41:30.719
 warned

00:41:30.719 --> 00:41:31.000
 us

00:41:31.000 --> 00:41:31.179
 that

00:41:31.179 --> 00:41:31.360
 we

00:41:31.360 --> 00:41:31.599
 are

00:41:31.599 --> 00:41:32.880
 really

00:41:32.880 --> 00:41:33.780
 good

00:41:33.780 --> 00:41:33.960
 at

00:41:33.960 --> 00:41:34.199
 seeing

00:41:34.199 --> 00:41:34.699
 specks

00:41:34.699 --> 00:41:34.820
 in

00:41:34.820 --> 00:41:34.980
 other

00:41:34.980 --> 00:41:35.440
 people's

00:41:35.440 --> 00:41:35.679
 eyes

00:41:35.679 --> 00:41:35.900
 and

00:41:35.900 --> 00:41:36.300
 very

00:41:36.300 --> 00:41:37.360
 terrible

00:41:37.360 --> 00:41:37.960
 at

00:41:37.960 --> 00:41:38.219
 seeing

00:41:38.219 --> 00:41:38.599
 huge

00:41:38.599 --> 00:41:39.059
 logs

00:41:39.059 --> 00:41:39.400
 sticking

00:41:39.400 --> 00:41:39.599
 out

00:41:39.599 --> 00:41:39.699
 of

00:41:39.699 --> 00:41:39.840
 our

00:41:39.840 --> 00:41:40.019
 own

00:41:40.019 --> 00:41:40.340
 eye

00:41:40.340 --> 00:41:41.739
 and

00:41:41.739 --> 00:41:42.440
 so

00:41:42.440 --> 00:41:42.719
 Father

00:41:42.719 --> 00:41:43.000
 we're

00:41:43.000 --> 00:41:43.260
 really

00:41:43.260 --> 00:41:43.599
 good

00:41:43.599 --> 00:41:43.780
 at

00:41:43.780 --> 00:41:44.039
 seeing

00:41:44.039 --> 00:41:44.239
 how

00:41:44.239 --> 00:41:44.519
 evil

00:41:44.519 --> 00:41:44.840
 others

00:41:44.840 --> 00:41:45.079
 are

00:41:45.079 --> 00:41:45.260
 and

00:41:45.260 --> 00:41:45.420
 we're

00:41:45.420 --> 00:41:45.579
 not

00:41:45.579 --> 00:41:46.079
 very

00:41:46.079 --> 00:41:46.320
 good

00:41:46.320 --> 00:41:46.460
 at

00:41:46.460 --> 00:41:46.659
 seeing

00:41:46.659 --> 00:41:46.820
 the

00:41:46.820 --> 00:41:47.019
 evil

00:41:47.019 --> 00:41:47.260
 within

00:41:47.260 --> 00:41:47.420
 our

00:41:47.420 --> 00:41:47.579
 own

00:41:47.579 --> 00:41:47.880
 lives

00:41:47.880 --> 00:41:48.059
 and

00:41:48.059 --> 00:41:48.280
 Father

00:41:48.280 --> 00:41:48.460
 we

00:41:48.460 --> 00:41:48.739
 thank

00:41:48.739 --> 00:41:48.880
 you

00:41:48.880 --> 00:41:49.099
 that

00:41:49.099 --> 00:41:49.639
 you

00:41:49.639 --> 00:41:49.800
 knew

00:41:49.800 --> 00:41:50.000
 that

00:41:50.000 --> 00:41:50.280
 about

00:41:50.280 --> 00:41:50.519
 us

00:41:50.519 --> 00:41:50.699
 and

00:41:50.699 --> 00:41:51.239
 still

00:41:51.239 --> 00:41:51.659
 Jesus

00:41:51.659 --> 00:41:52.059
 came

00:41:52.059 --> 00:41:52.239
 and

00:41:52.239 --> 00:41:52.460
 still

00:41:52.460 --> 00:41:52.639
 he

00:41:52.639 --> 00:41:53.000
 died

00:41:53.000 --> 00:41:53.260
 for

00:41:53.260 --> 00:41:53.559
 us

00:41:53.559 --> 00:41:54.320
 and

00:41:54.320 --> 00:41:54.440
 we

00:41:54.440 --> 00:41:54.600
 give

00:41:54.600 --> 00:41:54.720
 you

00:41:54.720 --> 00:41:55.059
 thanks

00:41:55.059 --> 00:41:55.240
 and

00:41:55.240 --> 00:41:55.519
 praise

00:41:55.519 --> 00:41:55.860
 Father

00:41:55.860 --> 00:41:56.100
 that

00:41:56.100 --> 00:41:56.300
 your

00:41:56.300 --> 00:41:56.740
 word

00:41:56.740 --> 00:41:57.140
 starts

00:41:57.140 --> 00:41:57.539
 to shine

00:41:57.539 --> 00:41:57.960
 a moral

00:41:57.960 --> 00:41:58.320
 light

00:41:58.320 --> 00:41:58.519
 and

00:41:58.519 --> 00:41:58.900
 change

00:41:58.900 --> 00:41:59.100
 our

00:41:59.100 --> 00:41:59.580
 conscience

00:41:59.580 --> 00:41:59.900
 and

00:41:59.900 --> 00:42:00.120
 help

00:42:00.120 --> 00:42:00.280
 us

00:42:00.280 --> 00:42:00.460
 to

00:42:00.460 --> 00:42:01.400
 understand

00:42:01.400 --> 00:42:01.840
 who

00:42:01.840 --> 00:42:01.960
 we

00:42:01.960 --> 00:42:02.220
 really

00:42:02.220 --> 00:42:02.440
 are

00:42:02.440 --> 00:42:02.559
 and

00:42:02.559 --> 00:42:02.680
 what

00:42:02.680 --> 00:42:02.900
 right

00:42:02.900 --> 00:42:03.039
 and

00:42:03.039 --> 00:42:03.280
 wrong

00:42:03.280 --> 00:42:03.559
 really

00:42:03.559 --> 00:42:03.880
 is

00:42:03.880 --> 00:42:04.000
 that

00:42:04.000 --> 00:42:04.120
 it

00:42:04.120 --> 00:42:04.539
 provides

00:42:04.539 --> 00:42:04.720
 a

00:42:04.720 --> 00:42:04.960
 sure

00:42:04.960 --> 00:42:05.140
 and

00:42:05.140 --> 00:42:05.420
 certain

00:42:05.420 --> 00:42:05.880
 guide

00:42:05.880 --> 00:42:06.440
 and

00:42:06.440 --> 00:42:06.579
 we

00:42:06.579 --> 00:42:06.840
 thank

00:42:06.840 --> 00:42:07.000
 and

00:42:07.000 --> 00:42:07.260
 praise

00:42:07.260 --> 00:42:07.420
 you

00:42:07.420 --> 00:42:07.680
 Father

00:42:07.680 --> 00:42:07.880
 for

00:42:07.880 --> 00:42:08.059
 the

00:42:08.059 --> 00:42:08.519
 gospel

00:42:08.519 --> 00:42:08.780
 that

00:42:08.780 --> 00:42:09.119
 means

00:42:09.119 --> 00:42:09.340
 that

00:42:09.340 --> 00:42:09.860
 as

00:42:09.860 --> 00:42:10.420
 we

00:42:10.420 --> 00:42:10.660
 get

00:42:10.660 --> 00:42:11.160
 convicted

00:42:11.160 --> 00:42:11.420
 of

00:42:11.420 --> 00:42:11.680
 sin

00:42:11.680 --> 00:42:11.960
 that

00:42:11.960 --> 00:42:12.260
 you

00:42:12.260 --> 00:42:12.619
 also

00:42:12.619 --> 00:42:13.099
 convict

00:42:13.099 --> 00:42:13.280
 us

00:42:13.280 --> 00:42:13.460
 of

00:42:13.460 --> 00:42:13.920
 grace

00:42:13.920 --> 00:42:14.119
 and

00:42:14.119 --> 00:42:14.260
 the

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 need

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 for

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 Christ

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 and

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 Father

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 we

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 thank

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 you

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 for

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 this

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 and

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 we

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 ask

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 that

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 the

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 gospel

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 would

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 become

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 more

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 and more

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 real

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 to

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 our

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 heart

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 that

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 we

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 can

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 examine

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 ourselves

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 and repent

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 and

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 amend

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 our

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 lives

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 and

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 also

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 Father

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 that

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 the

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 gospel

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 becomes

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 more

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 real

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 to

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 our

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 avoid

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 sins

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 of

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 omission

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 to

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 be

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 generous

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 to

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 be

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 forgiving

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 to

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 be

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 active

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 and

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 supporting

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 to

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 reject

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 evil

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 and

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 to

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 pray

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 unceasingly

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 and

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 act

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 unceasingly

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 against

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 injustice

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 and

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 evil

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 in the

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 world

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 to

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 pray

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 against

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 it

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 and

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 to

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 act

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 against

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 it

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 when

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 it

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 is

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 in

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 our

00:42:54.500 --> 00:42:54.880
 power

00:42:54.880 --> 00:42:55.660
 and

00:42:55.660 --> 00:42:55.820
 Lord

00:42:55.820 --> 00:42:55.980
 we

00:42:55.980 --> 00:42:56.240
 ask

00:42:56.240 --> 00:42:56.360
 that

00:42:56.360 --> 00:42:56.460
 you

00:42:56.460 --> 00:42:56.579
 would

00:42:56.579 --> 00:42:56.680
 do

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 this

00:42:56.880 --> 00:42:57.320
 wonderful

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 work

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 in

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 our

00:42:58.220 --> 00:42:58.660
 lives

00:42:58.660 --> 00:43:00.360
 worthy

00:43:00.360 --> 00:43:00.579
 as

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 we

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 are

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 except

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 for

00:43:01.619 --> 00:43:01.800
 what

00:43:01.800 --> 00:43:02.099
 Christ

00:43:02.099 --> 00:43:02.300
 has

00:43:02.300 --> 00:43:02.460
 done

00:43:02.460 --> 00:43:02.700
 for

00:43:02.699 --> 00:43:02.939
 us

00:43:02.939 --> 00:43:03.039
 and

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 we

00:43:03.139 --> 00:43:03.339
 ask

00:43:03.339 --> 00:43:03.559
 these

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 things

00:43:03.839 --> 00:43:03.980
 in

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 the

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 precious

00:43:04.359 --> 00:43:04.659
 name

00:43:04.659 --> 00:43:04.839
 of

00:43:04.839 --> 00:43:05.159
 Jesus

00:43:05.159 --> 00:43:06.279
 Amen