WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.179 And so first, we'll talk about Jeremiah's context, and then his consecration, and lastly, his commission as we go through this together. 00:00:07.299 --> 00:00:09.640 So first, let's begin by looking at Jeremiah's context. 00:00:10.339 --> 00:00:18.100 In verses 1 to 3, the author Jeremiah himself, he tells us about who he is and the historical period in which he lived. 00:00:18.100 --> 00:00:19.019 Verse 1 says, 00:00:19.120 --> 00:00:26.000 The words of Jeremiah, the son of Hilkiah, one of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin. 00:00:26.800 --> 00:00:35.000 So it tells us that Jeremiah is the one who wrote this book, and that he had a priestly ancestry, and that he's from Anathoth in the land of Benjamin. 00:00:35.480 --> 00:00:45.799 It's possible that Jeremiah is descended from Abiathar, who was David's priest but was deposed by Solomon, his successor, and replaced with Zadok the priest. 00:00:46.260 --> 00:00:52.579 And then, because Abiathar then went back to his hometown of Anathoth in 1 Kings 2, 26 to 27. 00:00:52.579 --> 00:00:59.519 So if that's the case, then Jeremiah actually descended from the priesthood of Eli. 00:01:00.560 --> 00:01:07.840 And so he belongs to the priesthood, the house of priests that was rejected by God because of their unfaithfulness to God. 00:01:07.920 --> 00:01:14.620 And so if that's the case, this really shows God's faithfulness and his steadfast love. 00:01:14.739 --> 00:01:20.840 It does not punish children for the sins of their parents, but he is able to redeem and to use them again. 00:01:20.840 --> 00:01:27.560 And there remains to this day a town named Anathoth in the same area where Anathoth was. 00:01:27.659 --> 00:01:30.800 It's a Palestinian town in Israel in the West Bank. 00:01:32.040 --> 00:01:36.159 And in the ancient times, it belonged to the land of Benjamin. 00:01:36.280 --> 00:01:37.900 It belonged to the tribe of Benjamin. 00:01:38.960 --> 00:01:44.640 And so by this point, as I mentioned, Israel was divided into two kingdoms, the northern kingdom of Israel and the southern kingdom of Judah. 00:01:44.640 --> 00:01:52.920 And the southern kingdom of Judah only included two tribes, Judah and Benjamin, that remained loyal to David and his sons. 00:01:53.739 --> 00:01:56.739 And so that's the context in which Jeremiah ministered. 00:01:57.180 --> 00:02:02.240 And so this book contains the words of Jeremiah, as it says in verse 1, but it's also so much more than that. 00:02:02.540 --> 00:02:02.579 Right? 00:02:02.659 --> 00:02:03.819 So that verse 2 continues. 00:02:03.819 --> 00:02:13.459 24 times in the book of Jeremiah, the expression, the word of the Lord came to me is used. 00:02:13.979 --> 00:02:21.000 And the word, referring to the word of the Lord, occurs approximately 200 times in this book alone. 00:02:21.560 --> 00:02:27.219 So it's not an exaggeration to say that the word of the Lord is one of the main characters of this book. 00:02:27.219 --> 00:02:33.400 And the word of God, the word of the Lord, is the divine self-expression, the self-disclosure of God. 00:02:33.659 --> 00:02:41.060 And the word of God, even though our words are powerful and we could cause much damage or do much good with what we say, our words can fall short. 00:02:41.199 --> 00:02:41.379 Right? 00:02:41.419 --> 00:02:43.579 We can say something and not follow through with it. 00:02:43.599 --> 00:02:46.520 And we can say, promise something and not keep it. 00:02:46.520 --> 00:02:50.979 But with God, that's never the case because whatever he says happens. 00:02:51.439 --> 00:02:53.620 His word has always substance behind it. 00:02:53.680 --> 00:02:55.060 It always has power behind it. 00:02:55.259 --> 00:02:56.680 It is always efficacious. 00:02:56.680 --> 00:03:00.140 And so in Genesis 1, God creates the universe by his word. 00:03:00.580 --> 00:03:02.879 And then he reveals himself by his word. 00:03:03.200 --> 00:03:07.580 And then it says in Psalm 107.20 that he even saves us by his word. 00:03:07.920 --> 00:03:14.060 He sent out his word and healed them and delivered them from their destruction. 00:03:14.939 --> 00:03:16.980 So the word of God is powerful. 00:03:17.219 --> 00:03:17.819 It's active. 00:03:18.040 --> 00:03:21.060 It's a self-expression of God in redemption and salvation. 00:03:21.460 --> 00:03:24.480 And because of the authority of God, the kingship of God, 00:03:24.479 --> 00:03:27.159 God, he comes with always with decreed force. 00:03:27.840 --> 00:03:29.099 It never falls to the ground. 00:03:29.859 --> 00:03:32.699 And that word of the Lord came to Jeremiah. 00:03:33.299 --> 00:03:38.439 So while these are truly the words of Jeremiah, they're not merely the words of Jeremiah. 00:03:38.879 --> 00:03:43.120 It's the record of the word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah. 00:03:43.120 --> 00:03:47.960 The words of the Lord in the words of Jeremiah. 00:03:48.580 --> 00:03:51.200 And verse 2 tells us when this word came to Jeremiah. 00:03:51.199 --> 00:04:09.659 So it's... 00:04:09.659 --> 00:04:12.319 The word of the Lord seems to have come over a span of... 00:04:12.319 --> 00:04:13.960 A period of time to Jeremiah. 00:04:13.960 --> 00:04:20.680 And the first time, it seems, was 627 B.C., which was the 13th year of King Josiah's reign. 00:04:21.079 --> 00:04:27.379 And then it lasted to 586 B.C., which was the year of the captivity of Jerusalem in the fifth month. 00:04:27.480 --> 00:04:30.699 So these were tumultuous times that Jeremiah ministered. 00:04:30.699 --> 00:04:38.860 And it was a time when the Assyrian Empire was declining and the Babylonian Empire was rising in the north of Judah and in Israel. 00:04:39.180 --> 00:04:42.819 And during that time, Judah was repeatedly subjected to other nations. 00:04:43.219 --> 00:04:49.240 And Jeremiah was charged with bringing the message of God's judgment and future restoration during this tumultuous time. 00:04:49.719 --> 00:04:53.579 So you're probably wondering at this point, so why does this matter? 00:04:55.399 --> 00:04:58.139 Why include these biographical details? 00:04:58.699 --> 00:04:59.339 Who cares? 00:04:59.339 --> 00:05:00.819 Jeremiah is not around right now. 00:05:03.539 --> 00:05:05.560 It's in God's word for a reason. 00:05:05.739 --> 00:05:09.500 Acts 17, 26 to 27 tells us this. 00:05:10.379 --> 00:05:17.439 That God made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, 00:05:17.799 --> 00:05:24.219 having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place, 00:05:24.219 --> 00:05:28.679 that they should seek God and perhaps feel their way toward Him 00:05:28.680 --> 00:05:30.639 and find Him. 00:05:30.959 --> 00:05:39.160 These details about Jeremiah's context teach us that God sovereignly placed Jeremiah in that particular location, 00:05:39.160 --> 00:05:45.139 at that particular time, to fulfill His salvation purposes. 00:05:45.139 --> 00:05:53.360 And that truth would have been of tremendous comfort to Jeremiah because he faced a lot of persecution and suffering and difficulties. 00:05:53.360 --> 00:05:57.159 And when he's tempted to ask himself, 00:05:57.160 --> 00:05:58.160 why me? 00:05:58.160 --> 00:06:05.000 Why do I have to be the one to deliver this message of judgment to Israel, to Judah? 00:06:05.880 --> 00:06:14.180 Why do I have to live in Judah at a time of faithlessness and disobedience rather than in a time of faith and obedience and prosperity? 00:06:14.180 --> 00:06:15.660 Why me? 00:06:18.100 --> 00:06:20.360 And we ask similar questions in our lives, don't we? 00:06:21.500 --> 00:06:22.560 Why me? 00:06:23.300 --> 00:06:24.379 Why am I here? 00:06:26.300 --> 00:06:27.300 Why now? 00:06:27.660 --> 00:06:29.100 Why does this have to happen to me now? 00:06:29.100 --> 00:06:37.900 But this passage teaches us that we serve a sovereign God who is Lord over our lives, 00:06:38.260 --> 00:06:40.960 Lord over our world, Lord over our history, 00:06:40.960 --> 00:06:45.460 so that no detail of our life is a mistake or an accident. 00:06:46.300 --> 00:06:50.200 God's not caught off guard by the twists and turns of this life, 00:06:50.200 --> 00:06:52.840 so we can trust Him and persevere in faith. 00:06:52.920 --> 00:06:54.760 And that's what this truth did for Jeremiah. 00:06:54.759 --> 00:06:56.039 Why me? 00:06:56.199 --> 00:06:57.000 Why all this? 00:06:57.259 --> 00:06:59.779 Well, God placed you here at this particular time, 00:07:00.120 --> 00:07:03.360 in this particular place, 00:07:03.599 --> 00:07:06.699 to fulfill His saving purposes. 00:07:07.459 --> 00:07:09.399 That's Jeremiah's context. 00:07:10.459 --> 00:07:12.300 Then in verses 4 to 10, 00:07:13.219 --> 00:07:15.399 we see Jeremiah's consecration. 00:07:18.339 --> 00:07:20.019 It says in verses 4 to 5, 00:07:20.099 --> 00:07:22.620 Now the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 00:07:22.620 --> 00:07:26.740 Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you. 00:07:27.120 --> 00:07:30.459 And before you were born, I consecrated you. 00:07:31.019 --> 00:07:32.980 I appointed you a prophet to the nations. 00:07:33.899 --> 00:07:35.480 God's saying to Jeremiah, 00:07:35.660 --> 00:07:37.759 Before you were formed in the womb, I knew you. 00:07:37.819 --> 00:07:40.660 Before you came out of the womb, I consecrated you. 00:07:40.720 --> 00:07:42.160 When God says, I knew you, 00:07:42.160 --> 00:07:44.939 He doesn't merely mean that, oh, I know who you are. 00:07:45.899 --> 00:07:48.560 When He says that, it means it's God's knowledge. 00:07:48.740 --> 00:07:52.500 It's referring to His electing love, that He chose Jeremiah. 00:07:52.620 --> 00:07:56.060 That He consecrated Jeremiah for Himself. 00:07:56.199 --> 00:07:58.560 That's why those two phrases, two words, are used in parallel. 00:07:59.459 --> 00:08:01.439 And in Amos 3.2, 00:08:03.720 --> 00:08:04.439 it says, 00:08:04.819 --> 00:08:05.680 God says to His people, 00:08:05.840 --> 00:08:09.879 You only have I known among all the families of the earth. 00:08:10.280 --> 00:08:12.879 So obviously, when God says that God is the all-knowing God, 00:08:12.939 --> 00:08:13.860 He's the omniscient God, 00:08:13.899 --> 00:08:14.500 when God says, 00:08:14.639 --> 00:08:16.759 You only have I known in all the nations of the earth, 00:08:16.899 --> 00:08:17.699 He's not saying, 00:08:17.780 --> 00:08:19.740 Well, I don't really know anything about those nations, 00:08:19.939 --> 00:08:21.040 but I know who you are. 00:08:21.040 --> 00:08:22.140 That's not what God is saying. 00:08:22.480 --> 00:08:23.000 God is saying, 00:08:23.160 --> 00:08:24.379 I know you. 00:08:24.480 --> 00:08:25.060 I knew you. 00:08:25.160 --> 00:08:27.560 I chose you as my special possession 00:08:27.560 --> 00:08:29.800 to have a special and intimate relationship with you. 00:08:30.120 --> 00:08:31.500 You are my chosen people. 00:08:31.780 --> 00:08:34.420 You only have I known among the families of the earth. 00:08:34.740 --> 00:08:35.879 So when God tells Jeremiah, 00:08:36.019 --> 00:08:38.120 I knew you before you were formed in the womb, 00:08:38.340 --> 00:08:39.779 He's saying that I singled you out 00:08:39.779 --> 00:08:41.200 and chose you for myself 00:08:41.200 --> 00:08:43.019 even before you were conceived. 00:08:44.120 --> 00:08:45.060 And God also says, 00:08:45.139 --> 00:08:45.980 Before you were born, 00:08:45.980 --> 00:08:47.320 I consecrated you. 00:08:47.320 --> 00:08:51.580 And the word consecrate means to set apart for a special purpose. 00:08:52.399 --> 00:08:54.100 When a couple gets married, 00:08:54.379 --> 00:08:59.120 they enter into a special exclusive relationship. 00:08:59.620 --> 00:09:02.639 They are set apart for each other 00:09:02.639 --> 00:09:04.820 and commit to knowing each other 00:09:04.820 --> 00:09:09.620 in a way that no one else can share with them. 00:09:09.620 --> 00:09:13.279 That's what it means to be consecrated. 00:09:14.279 --> 00:09:16.399 To Jeremiah is consecrated to the Lord, 00:09:16.519 --> 00:09:20.919 set apart specially for him as his sole special possession 00:09:20.919 --> 00:09:23.860 to belong to him and to no one else. 00:09:24.560 --> 00:09:26.659 It's an honor to be consecrated to God in that way. 00:09:27.539 --> 00:09:28.679 And so God says, 00:09:28.799 --> 00:09:29.320 I knew you. 00:09:29.399 --> 00:09:30.139 I consecrated you. 00:09:30.139 --> 00:09:33.740 And that's why I appointed you a prophet to the nations. 00:09:34.240 --> 00:09:37.039 In times of discouragement during his prophetic ministry, 00:09:37.480 --> 00:09:40.059 it must have brought Jeremiah no small comfort to know 00:09:40.059 --> 00:09:41.179 and to remember this truth. 00:09:41.439 --> 00:09:44.799 God who knew him before he was conceived, 00:09:44.960 --> 00:09:47.819 God who consecrated him before he was born, 00:09:48.080 --> 00:09:51.939 he's the one who appointed him to be prophet to the nations. 00:09:53.000 --> 00:09:55.019 Given the gravity of this calling, 00:09:55.179 --> 00:09:59.159 it's really not surprising to see Jeremiah's response. 00:09:59.159 --> 00:10:00.959 Look at what he says in verse 6. 00:10:01.179 --> 00:10:02.459 Follow along with me. 00:10:02.779 --> 00:10:05.559 Ah, Lord God, behold, 00:10:06.480 --> 00:10:08.559 I do not know how to speak, 00:10:09.299 --> 00:10:11.219 for I'm only a youth. 00:10:12.899 --> 00:10:14.740 Of course, Jeremiah is not saying 00:10:14.740 --> 00:10:16.439 that he literally doesn't know how to speak. 00:10:16.519 --> 00:10:19.039 He's speaking excuses just fine, right? 00:10:19.079 --> 00:10:22.179 So what he means is that he doesn't know how to speak well, 00:10:22.459 --> 00:10:24.480 for I am only a youth. 00:10:24.879 --> 00:10:27.799 He says, I'm just an inexperienced youth, God. 00:10:27.799 --> 00:10:31.039 Who am I to be a prophet to the nations? 00:10:31.299 --> 00:10:35.819 It's similar to the excuse that Moses gives in Exodus 3.11. 00:10:36.379 --> 00:10:37.079 Moses says to God, 00:10:37.199 --> 00:10:39.299 Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh 00:10:39.299 --> 00:10:41.659 and bring the children of Israel out of Egypt? 00:10:42.479 --> 00:10:42.919 And he says, 00:10:43.000 --> 00:10:43.539 Oh my Lord, 00:10:43.599 --> 00:10:44.740 I am not eloquent, 00:10:45.000 --> 00:10:47.759 either in the past or since you have spoken to your servant, 00:10:47.959 --> 00:10:51.259 but I am slow of speech and of tongue. 00:10:52.319 --> 00:10:53.240 Same response. 00:10:53.339 --> 00:10:54.120 It's interesting, isn't it? 00:10:54.120 --> 00:10:56.639 And when we look at Moses and Jeremiah 00:10:56.639 --> 00:10:57.759 and their response to God, 00:10:57.799 --> 00:11:01.200 we should not look down on them as being faithless and weak 00:11:01.200 --> 00:11:04.220 because that's really the appropriate response 00:11:04.220 --> 00:11:06.560 when God calls you to something 00:11:06.560 --> 00:11:08.639 so majestic, 00:11:08.820 --> 00:11:09.379 so amazing, 00:11:09.879 --> 00:11:11.740 so significant. 00:11:12.179 --> 00:11:14.860 Because who in this world is worthy of speaking 00:11:14.860 --> 00:11:16.360 the very words of God? 00:11:16.360 --> 00:11:23.560 When we are called to minister God's word to others, 00:11:23.980 --> 00:11:26.659 and I don't mean just the preachers like me, 00:11:27.300 --> 00:11:30.639 but everyone who assumes any evangelistic, 00:11:31.279 --> 00:11:32.019 discipling, 00:11:32.200 --> 00:11:33.320 or teaching role 00:11:33.320 --> 00:11:37.200 that involves opening up the very word of God 00:11:37.200 --> 00:11:38.300 to people, 00:11:39.440 --> 00:11:42.000 there should be an appropriate humility 00:11:42.000 --> 00:11:44.340 and reticence. 00:11:48.080 --> 00:11:49.659 Isaiah 66, 2 says, 00:11:49.740 --> 00:11:51.940 But this is the one to whom I will look, 00:11:52.200 --> 00:11:53.299 he who is humble 00:11:53.299 --> 00:11:55.179 and contrite in spirit 00:11:55.179 --> 00:11:56.919 and trembles 00:11:56.919 --> 00:11:58.700 at my word. 00:11:58.960 --> 00:12:00.019 Do we tremble 00:12:00.019 --> 00:12:01.659 at God's word? 00:12:04.159 --> 00:12:06.440 Are we humble in our approach to God's word? 00:12:06.440 --> 00:12:09.600 Or are we confident in our own abilities? 00:12:10.620 --> 00:12:12.100 In our own training? 00:12:12.880 --> 00:12:14.720 In our own experience? 00:12:15.080 --> 00:12:16.140 In our own maturity? 00:12:17.000 --> 00:12:19.320 It doesn't matter how gifted we are, 00:12:19.520 --> 00:12:21.540 we must always approach the word of God 00:12:21.540 --> 00:12:22.620 with humility, 00:12:23.180 --> 00:12:23.920 in submission, 00:12:24.400 --> 00:12:25.960 because it's in our humility 00:12:25.960 --> 00:12:27.220 that the glory of God 00:12:27.220 --> 00:12:28.580 shines forth more brightly, 00:12:28.800 --> 00:12:30.440 because it's in our weakness 00:12:30.440 --> 00:12:31.840 that the power of God 00:12:31.840 --> 00:12:33.640 is made perfect. 00:12:34.060 --> 00:12:35.760 And we see this reality at work 00:12:35.759 --> 00:12:37.259 in God's response to Jeremiah 00:12:37.259 --> 00:12:38.120 in verse 7. 00:12:38.220 --> 00:12:38.700 Look with me. 00:12:39.299 --> 00:12:40.460 I love God's response here. 00:12:40.919 --> 00:12:41.620 Do not say, 00:12:42.319 --> 00:12:43.200 I am only a youth, 00:12:44.100 --> 00:12:46.600 for to all to whom I send you, 00:12:46.700 --> 00:12:47.639 you shall go. 00:12:48.120 --> 00:12:49.580 And whatever I commend you, 00:12:49.679 --> 00:12:50.639 you shall speak. 00:12:50.720 --> 00:12:52.379 Notice God doesn't deny 00:12:52.379 --> 00:12:53.759 that Jeremiah is only a youth. 00:12:54.600 --> 00:12:55.360 God doesn't say, 00:12:55.480 --> 00:12:56.439 Oh no, Jeremiah, 00:12:56.620 --> 00:12:58.200 you're actually quite old enough. 00:12:59.240 --> 00:13:00.039 God doesn't say, 00:13:00.120 --> 00:13:00.639 Oh, Jeremiah, 00:13:00.799 --> 00:13:02.080 no, you're actually quite immature. 00:13:02.240 --> 00:13:02.720 That's okay. 00:13:02.799 --> 00:13:03.539 You can do this. 00:13:03.860 --> 00:13:05.080 He doesn't say that. 00:13:05.080 --> 00:13:06.879 God does not ground 00:13:06.879 --> 00:13:08.000 Jeremiah's mission 00:13:08.000 --> 00:13:10.000 on Jeremiah's competence, 00:13:10.139 --> 00:13:12.160 but on Jeremiah's call. 00:13:12.560 --> 00:13:13.820 The fact that God himself 00:13:13.820 --> 00:13:14.740 called him. 00:13:15.660 --> 00:13:16.200 God says, 00:13:16.540 --> 00:13:17.960 You are my chosen ambassador 00:13:17.960 --> 00:13:19.660 to go wherever I send you, 00:13:19.820 --> 00:13:21.720 because you are my chosen messenger 00:13:21.720 --> 00:13:24.020 to speak whatever I command you. 00:13:24.800 --> 00:13:27.620 What gives Jeremiah confidence, 00:13:28.220 --> 00:13:30.759 then it's not his own competence, 00:13:30.759 --> 00:13:33.240 but God's calling. 00:13:34.519 --> 00:13:36.580 Not that he is qualified, 00:13:37.319 --> 00:13:40.179 but that God has consecrated him. 00:13:40.179 --> 00:13:44.819 So God continues in verse 8, 00:13:44.919 --> 00:13:47.419 Do not be afraid of them, 00:13:48.099 --> 00:13:49.779 for I am with you 00:13:49.779 --> 00:13:51.739 to deliver you. 00:13:53.579 --> 00:13:56.679 I went to Revere Beach last Monday 00:13:56.679 --> 00:13:58.559 with my wife and two kids, 00:13:58.779 --> 00:14:00.559 and my older daughter was, 00:14:00.959 --> 00:14:01.979 she's not here, thankfully, 00:14:02.139 --> 00:14:02.819 so I can mention this, 00:14:02.839 --> 00:14:04.459 she's afraid of the waves. 00:14:05.320 --> 00:14:07.540 She had a hard time going to the water, 00:14:07.740 --> 00:14:09.340 and so I kept holding her 00:14:09.340 --> 00:14:10.019 and telling her, 00:14:10.080 --> 00:14:11.500 this is what I kept reminding her, 00:14:11.720 --> 00:14:12.700 I will carry you. 00:14:13.460 --> 00:14:14.780 I will go in with you. 00:14:15.780 --> 00:14:17.639 You don't need to be afraid. 00:14:18.800 --> 00:14:20.879 The waves will not overwhelm you. 00:14:22.879 --> 00:14:24.120 God's doing the same thing 00:14:24.120 --> 00:14:25.420 with his servant here in Jeremiah. 00:14:25.420 --> 00:14:27.259 Do not be afraid of them, 00:14:27.259 --> 00:14:29.139 for I am with you 00:14:29.139 --> 00:14:30.840 to deliver you. 00:14:31.419 --> 00:14:32.360 Notice the contrast. 00:14:32.500 --> 00:14:33.580 Don't be afraid of them, 00:14:33.759 --> 00:14:35.299 for I will be with you. 00:14:35.580 --> 00:14:36.860 They are mere men. 00:14:37.919 --> 00:14:39.419 They are mere flesh. 00:14:39.539 --> 00:14:40.700 They are mortal beings, 00:14:41.120 --> 00:14:43.379 but I am the immortal God. 00:14:43.639 --> 00:14:45.200 I am the sovereign Lord 00:14:45.200 --> 00:14:45.779 of the universe. 00:14:46.860 --> 00:14:48.500 Don't be afraid of them. 00:14:48.860 --> 00:14:51.000 I will be with you. 00:14:52.200 --> 00:14:55.399 Let the whole world oppose you 00:14:55.399 --> 00:14:57.740 and come against you in full force 00:14:57.740 --> 00:14:58.959 and throw at you 00:14:58.959 --> 00:15:00.759 all its wiles and weapons. 00:15:01.399 --> 00:15:03.240 Let Satan and all his minions, 00:15:03.379 --> 00:15:04.379 all his hellish crew, 00:15:04.620 --> 00:15:06.360 be unleashed upon you, 00:15:06.519 --> 00:15:09.919 even yet I am with you 00:15:09.919 --> 00:15:11.720 to deliver you. 00:15:13.500 --> 00:15:15.000 Do not be afraid of them. 00:15:17.799 --> 00:15:18.759 Children of God, 00:15:18.939 --> 00:15:19.620 that's who we are. 00:15:19.699 --> 00:15:21.199 Is that not sufficient for us? 00:15:25.399 --> 00:15:26.819 Is it not enough assurance 00:15:26.819 --> 00:15:27.980 for us to go wherever 00:15:27.980 --> 00:15:29.319 God calls us to go 00:15:29.319 --> 00:15:31.259 and to speak whatever 00:15:31.259 --> 00:15:32.879 he calls us to speak? 00:15:35.500 --> 00:15:36.699 Why fret and worry, 00:15:36.879 --> 00:15:38.480 but I don't have this gnat. 00:15:40.100 --> 00:15:41.740 I can't do this gnat. 00:15:42.899 --> 00:15:43.899 God says, 00:15:43.899 --> 00:15:45.639 I am with you. 00:15:45.639 --> 00:15:50.439 Then it says in verse 9, 00:15:50.539 --> 00:15:52.240 the Lord put out his hand 00:15:52.240 --> 00:15:53.519 and touched my mouth 00:15:53.519 --> 00:15:55.019 and the Lord said to me, 00:15:55.439 --> 00:15:55.960 behold, 00:15:56.379 --> 00:15:57.899 I have put my words 00:15:57.899 --> 00:15:59.600 in your mouth. 00:16:00.039 --> 00:16:01.659 Jeremiah is consecrated to God 00:16:01.659 --> 00:16:03.360 not to air his own opinions 00:16:03.360 --> 00:16:03.939 and ideas, 00:16:04.120 --> 00:16:04.980 but to proclaim 00:16:04.980 --> 00:16:06.559 the very words of God. 00:16:06.819 --> 00:16:07.819 And notice how personal 00:16:07.819 --> 00:16:09.179 and intimate that description is. 00:16:09.259 --> 00:16:09.960 It pictures God 00:16:09.960 --> 00:16:10.980 taking his hands 00:16:10.980 --> 00:16:12.860 and putting his words 00:16:12.860 --> 00:16:14.659 in Jeremiah's mouth. 00:16:14.659 --> 00:16:16.419 Here, 00:16:16.539 --> 00:16:17.620 be my mouthpiece. 00:16:19.120 --> 00:16:19.600 Here, 00:16:19.719 --> 00:16:20.860 be my spokesperson. 00:16:22.959 --> 00:16:23.699 And it continues 00:16:23.699 --> 00:16:24.319 in verse 10, 00:16:24.459 --> 00:16:24.600 See, 00:16:24.980 --> 00:16:26.319 I have set you this day 00:16:26.319 --> 00:16:27.100 over nations 00:16:27.100 --> 00:16:27.919 and over kingdoms 00:16:27.919 --> 00:16:29.100 to pluck up 00:16:29.100 --> 00:16:30.100 and to break down, 00:16:30.319 --> 00:16:30.860 to destroy 00:16:30.860 --> 00:16:32.000 and to overthrow, 00:16:32.419 --> 00:16:33.079 to build 00:16:33.079 --> 00:16:34.500 and to plant. 00:16:35.100 --> 00:16:36.139 This verse 00:16:36.139 --> 00:16:36.919 really functions 00:16:36.919 --> 00:16:37.480 as a thesis 00:16:37.480 --> 00:16:38.419 of the book of Jeremiah. 00:16:39.799 --> 00:16:41.159 And earlier in verse 5, 00:16:41.220 --> 00:16:41.419 God said, 00:16:41.500 --> 00:16:42.759 I appointed you a prophet 00:16:42.759 --> 00:16:43.899 to the nations, 00:16:44.019 --> 00:16:44.259 right? 00:16:44.659 --> 00:16:45.620 And this is what 00:16:45.620 --> 00:16:46.839 Jeremiah's call 00:16:46.839 --> 00:16:47.459 as the prophet 00:16:47.459 --> 00:16:48.039 and his appointment 00:16:48.039 --> 00:16:49.000 as a prophet entails. 00:16:49.120 --> 00:16:50.559 It's to be set over nations 00:16:50.559 --> 00:16:51.860 and over kingdoms, 00:16:52.019 --> 00:16:53.019 to pluck up 00:16:53.019 --> 00:16:54.379 and to break down, 00:16:54.539 --> 00:16:55.279 to destroy 00:16:55.279 --> 00:16:55.959 and to overthrow, 00:16:56.100 --> 00:16:57.159 to build and to plant. 00:16:57.319 --> 00:16:58.839 Jeremiah wields this 00:16:58.839 --> 00:16:59.799 awesome, 00:16:59.980 --> 00:17:01.339 magnificent authority 00:17:01.339 --> 00:17:02.600 only because 00:17:02.600 --> 00:17:04.359 he is representing God. 00:17:04.359 --> 00:17:04.439 God. 00:17:05.639 --> 00:17:06.939 And notice that Jeremiah 00:17:06.939 --> 00:17:08.299 is not merely appointed 00:17:08.299 --> 00:17:08.919 as a prophet 00:17:08.919 --> 00:17:09.899 over Judah, 00:17:10.199 --> 00:17:11.740 but over nations 00:17:11.740 --> 00:17:13.339 and over kingdoms. 00:17:14.279 --> 00:17:14.859 Why? 00:17:15.000 --> 00:17:15.619 Because 00:17:15.619 --> 00:17:16.859 God is not 00:17:16.859 --> 00:17:17.319 God 00:17:17.319 --> 00:17:18.479 only over Judah. 00:17:19.519 --> 00:17:20.099 God 00:17:20.099 --> 00:17:20.819 is God 00:17:20.819 --> 00:17:21.819 over all nations. 00:17:22.419 --> 00:17:23.319 Since the sovereignty 00:17:23.319 --> 00:17:23.919 of God 00:17:23.919 --> 00:17:24.899 is not limited, 00:17:25.079 --> 00:17:25.579 the scope 00:17:25.579 --> 00:17:26.740 of Jeremiah's ministry 00:17:26.740 --> 00:17:28.139 is not limited. 00:17:28.299 --> 00:17:29.259 Do you believe this? 00:17:29.259 --> 00:17:32.460 God is not merely 00:17:32.460 --> 00:17:32.900 the God 00:17:32.900 --> 00:17:33.720 of the United States 00:17:33.720 --> 00:17:34.299 of America. 00:17:34.299 --> 00:17:38.980 but God 00:17:38.980 --> 00:17:39.859 is God 00:17:39.859 --> 00:17:40.740 over all 00:17:40.740 --> 00:17:41.779 nations. 00:17:42.059 --> 00:17:42.839 God is God 00:17:42.839 --> 00:17:43.720 over Tokyo, 00:17:44.279 --> 00:17:45.240 over Shanghai, 00:17:45.720 --> 00:17:46.200 Jakarta, 00:17:46.379 --> 00:17:46.759 Delhi, 00:17:47.639 --> 00:17:48.299 Lagos, 00:17:49.000 --> 00:17:49.519 Sao Paulo, 00:17:49.740 --> 00:17:50.159 Cairo. 00:17:50.259 --> 00:17:50.839 God is God 00:17:50.839 --> 00:17:51.819 over all the cities, 00:17:51.960 --> 00:17:52.659 all the nations 00:17:52.659 --> 00:17:54.180 and that's why 00:17:54.180 --> 00:17:55.000 foreign missions 00:17:55.000 --> 00:17:56.419 must exist 00:17:56.419 --> 00:17:57.460 because there are 00:17:57.460 --> 00:17:58.180 still places 00:17:58.180 --> 00:17:58.879 in this world 00:17:58.879 --> 00:17:59.779 where the word 00:17:59.779 --> 00:18:00.240 of God 00:18:00.240 --> 00:18:01.000 has not been 00:18:01.000 --> 00:18:01.440 proclaimed, 00:18:01.440 --> 00:18:02.240 where the word 00:18:02.240 --> 00:18:02.539 of God 00:18:02.539 --> 00:18:03.299 has not yet 00:18:03.299 --> 00:18:04.240 been received. 00:18:04.299 --> 00:18:08.980 God's not merely 00:18:08.980 --> 00:18:09.539 the God 00:18:09.539 --> 00:18:10.639 of you and me, 00:18:11.519 --> 00:18:14.059 of our families. 00:18:15.399 --> 00:18:16.399 God is also 00:18:16.399 --> 00:18:16.759 the God 00:18:16.759 --> 00:18:17.680 over your friends 00:18:17.680 --> 00:18:18.159 and neighbors 00:18:18.159 --> 00:18:22.419 and that's why 00:18:22.419 --> 00:18:23.079 it's necessary 00:18:23.079 --> 00:18:23.839 that we share 00:18:23.839 --> 00:18:24.859 the word of God 00:18:24.859 --> 00:18:25.839 with them 00:18:25.839 --> 00:18:27.759 because God 00:18:27.759 --> 00:18:28.359 is God 00:18:28.359 --> 00:18:28.839 over all 00:18:28.839 --> 00:18:30.180 because he alone 00:18:30.180 --> 00:18:31.099 deserves to be worshipped 00:18:31.099 --> 00:18:31.519 because 00:18:31.519 --> 00:18:32.519 every tongue 00:18:32.519 --> 00:18:33.579 should confess 00:18:33.579 --> 00:18:34.759 that he is Lord 00:18:34.759 --> 00:18:35.819 because every knee 00:18:35.819 --> 00:18:36.859 should bow down 00:18:36.859 --> 00:18:37.740 to worship 00:18:37.740 --> 00:18:39.299 the one true God. 00:18:39.439 --> 00:18:40.399 That's why 00:18:40.399 --> 00:18:41.779 it's so important 00:18:41.779 --> 00:18:42.259 to proclaim 00:18:42.259 --> 00:18:42.919 the word of the Lord. 00:18:43.000 --> 00:18:43.659 Do you believe this 00:18:43.659 --> 00:18:44.319 and do you long 00:18:44.319 --> 00:18:44.879 for this? 00:18:46.000 --> 00:18:46.839 As those who are 00:18:46.839 --> 00:18:47.579 consecrated 00:18:47.579 --> 00:18:48.720 to the sovereign Lord, 00:18:48.919 --> 00:18:50.419 we should boldly 00:18:50.419 --> 00:18:51.639 declare the word 00:18:51.639 --> 00:18:52.119 of the Lord. 00:18:52.119 --> 00:18:56.299 that's Jeremiah's consecration. 00:18:58.579 --> 00:18:59.299 And finally, 00:18:59.439 --> 00:19:00.479 having told Jeremiah 00:19:00.479 --> 00:19:01.419 of his consecration 00:19:01.419 --> 00:19:02.339 prior to his birth, 00:19:02.459 --> 00:19:03.279 God speaks 00:19:03.279 --> 00:19:05.159 in greater detail 00:19:05.159 --> 00:19:06.219 about Jeremiah's commission 00:19:06.219 --> 00:19:07.599 in verses 11 to 9. 00:19:08.599 --> 00:19:09.239 It says, 00:19:09.799 --> 00:19:10.359 verse 11 00:19:10.359 --> 00:19:10.939 and following, 00:19:10.940 --> 00:19:11.620 And the word 00:19:11.620 --> 00:19:12.340 of the Lord 00:19:12.340 --> 00:19:13.140 came to me 00:19:13.140 --> 00:19:13.660 saying, 00:19:14.240 --> 00:19:14.539 Jeremiah, 00:19:14.799 --> 00:19:15.620 what do you see? 00:19:16.299 --> 00:19:16.940 And I said, 00:19:17.000 --> 00:19:18.240 I see an almond branch. 00:19:18.480 --> 00:19:18.920 Then the Lord 00:19:18.920 --> 00:19:19.460 said to me, 00:19:19.500 --> 00:19:20.460 You have seen well 00:19:20.460 --> 00:19:22.019 for I am watching 00:19:22.019 --> 00:19:23.039 over my word 00:19:23.039 --> 00:19:23.799 to perform it. 00:19:24.220 --> 00:19:25.460 The word almond 00:19:25.460 --> 00:19:27.180 looks and sounds 00:19:27.180 --> 00:19:28.600 very similar 00:19:28.600 --> 00:19:30.059 to the word 00:19:30.059 --> 00:19:30.759 watching 00:19:30.759 --> 00:19:31.380 in Hebrew. 00:19:31.960 --> 00:19:33.180 So this is a word play 00:19:33.180 --> 00:19:34.680 and Jeremiah 00:19:34.680 --> 00:19:35.380 is looking 00:19:35.380 --> 00:19:36.440 at an almond branch 00:19:36.440 --> 00:19:37.019 presumably 00:19:37.019 --> 00:19:39.740 and the region 00:19:39.740 --> 00:19:40.359 of Anathoth 00:19:40.359 --> 00:19:41.339 where Jeremiah 00:19:41.339 --> 00:19:41.960 comes from 00:19:41.960 --> 00:19:43.539 is still to this day 00:19:43.539 --> 00:19:44.599 known for its almond trees 00:19:44.599 --> 00:19:45.420 and almond trees 00:19:45.420 --> 00:19:46.119 is the first tree 00:19:46.119 --> 00:19:46.680 that blooms 00:19:46.680 --> 00:19:47.319 in that region. 00:19:48.299 --> 00:19:49.379 So he's presumably 00:19:49.379 --> 00:19:50.359 looking at an almond tree 00:19:50.359 --> 00:19:51.000 and the word of the Lord 00:19:51.000 --> 00:19:51.700 comes to him. 00:19:52.220 --> 00:19:52.639 Almond, 00:19:52.920 --> 00:19:53.500 watching. 00:19:54.180 --> 00:19:54.759 The Lord God 00:19:54.759 --> 00:19:55.480 is watching 00:19:55.480 --> 00:19:56.619 to fulfill 00:19:56.619 --> 00:19:57.799 his word. 00:19:58.160 --> 00:19:59.259 Just as surely 00:19:59.259 --> 00:20:00.139 the blooming 00:20:00.139 --> 00:20:01.139 of the almond tree 00:20:01.139 --> 00:20:01.740 announces 00:20:01.740 --> 00:20:02.779 the coming of spring, 00:20:03.339 --> 00:20:05.700 God is watching 00:20:05.700 --> 00:20:06.379 over his word 00:20:06.380 --> 00:20:07.200 and soon 00:20:07.200 --> 00:20:08.260 he will surely 00:20:08.260 --> 00:20:09.380 perform it. 00:20:10.560 --> 00:20:11.060 Then Jeremiah 00:20:11.060 --> 00:20:12.060 receives another word 00:20:12.060 --> 00:20:12.400 of the Lord 00:20:12.400 --> 00:20:13.600 in verses 13 to 16 00:20:13.600 --> 00:20:14.260 this time 00:20:14.260 --> 00:20:15.220 while he is looking 00:20:15.220 --> 00:20:16.380 at a boiling pot. 00:20:17.040 --> 00:20:17.800 It's as ordinary 00:20:17.800 --> 00:20:18.240 an object 00:20:18.240 --> 00:20:19.020 as you can imagine. 00:20:20.620 --> 00:20:21.480 The word of the Lord 00:20:21.480 --> 00:20:21.920 came to me 00:20:21.920 --> 00:20:22.460 a second time 00:20:22.460 --> 00:20:22.700 saying, 00:20:22.800 --> 00:20:23.620 what do you see? 00:20:23.780 --> 00:20:24.180 And I said, 00:20:24.240 --> 00:20:25.940 I see a boiling pot 00:20:25.940 --> 00:20:27.140 facing away 00:20:27.140 --> 00:20:27.960 from the north. 00:20:29.160 --> 00:20:30.180 A boiling pot 00:20:30.180 --> 00:20:31.080 facing away 00:20:31.080 --> 00:20:31.740 from the north 00:20:31.740 --> 00:20:32.700 it means 00:20:32.700 --> 00:20:33.480 that the mouth 00:20:33.480 --> 00:20:34.320 of the pot, 00:20:34.460 --> 00:20:35.320 the boiling pot 00:20:35.319 --> 00:20:37.039 is facing south. 00:20:37.259 --> 00:20:39.039 So it's being poured out 00:20:39.039 --> 00:20:40.599 from north to south. 00:20:41.240 --> 00:20:42.819 And then in verses 14 to 16 00:20:42.819 --> 00:20:43.639 God explains 00:20:43.639 --> 00:20:45.299 what that picture means. 00:20:45.639 --> 00:20:46.379 Out of the north 00:20:46.379 --> 00:20:47.139 disaster 00:20:47.139 --> 00:20:48.240 shall be let loose 00:20:48.240 --> 00:20:49.359 upon all the inhabitants 00:20:49.359 --> 00:20:50.059 of the land. 00:20:50.059 --> 00:20:51.019 For behold, 00:20:51.159 --> 00:20:51.819 I am calling 00:20:51.819 --> 00:20:52.759 all the tribes 00:20:52.759 --> 00:20:53.279 of the kingdoms 00:20:53.279 --> 00:20:53.859 of the north 00:20:53.859 --> 00:20:54.659 declares the Lord 00:20:54.659 --> 00:20:55.960 and they shall come 00:20:55.960 --> 00:20:56.919 and everyone 00:20:56.919 --> 00:20:58.240 shall set his throne 00:20:58.240 --> 00:20:59.179 at the entrance 00:20:59.179 --> 00:20:59.839 of the gates 00:20:59.839 --> 00:21:00.399 of Jerusalem 00:21:00.399 --> 00:21:02.039 against all its walls 00:21:02.039 --> 00:21:02.720 all around 00:21:02.720 --> 00:21:03.419 and against all 00:21:03.419 --> 00:21:04.359 the cities of Judah. 00:21:04.359 --> 00:21:05.959 and I will declare 00:21:05.959 --> 00:21:06.939 my judgments 00:21:06.939 --> 00:21:07.639 against them 00:21:07.639 --> 00:21:09.079 for all their evil 00:21:09.079 --> 00:21:10.019 in forsaking me. 00:21:10.419 --> 00:21:11.279 They have made offerings 00:21:11.279 --> 00:21:12.039 to other gods 00:21:12.039 --> 00:21:13.000 and worshiped the works 00:21:13.000 --> 00:21:14.659 of their own hands. 00:21:15.740 --> 00:21:17.539 Jeremiah prophesied 00:21:17.539 --> 00:21:19.939 this judgment, 00:21:20.339 --> 00:21:21.119 this outpouring 00:21:21.119 --> 00:21:21.959 of God's wrath 00:21:21.959 --> 00:21:23.719 when Judah 00:21:23.719 --> 00:21:24.539 was doing well. 00:21:25.279 --> 00:21:26.699 When the Assyrian empire 00:21:26.699 --> 00:21:27.399 that had been 00:21:27.399 --> 00:21:28.219 their oppressors 00:21:28.219 --> 00:21:28.939 was declining 00:21:28.939 --> 00:21:31.399 and they were beginning 00:21:31.399 --> 00:21:32.419 to exert their strength 00:21:32.420 --> 00:21:32.980 as a nation, 00:21:33.160 --> 00:21:34.100 Jeremiah prophesied 00:21:34.100 --> 00:21:35.440 this and it came 00:21:35.440 --> 00:21:37.160 exactly true 00:21:37.160 --> 00:21:40.180 because the Babylonian empire 00:21:40.180 --> 00:21:41.420 rose from their north 00:21:41.420 --> 00:21:44.240 and they invaded Judah 00:21:44.240 --> 00:21:45.420 from the north 00:21:45.420 --> 00:21:47.779 and they did establish 00:21:47.779 --> 00:21:48.600 their own throne 00:21:48.600 --> 00:21:49.220 at the gates 00:21:49.220 --> 00:21:49.800 of Jerusalem 00:21:49.800 --> 00:21:51.440 because Israel 00:21:51.440 --> 00:21:52.700 had forsaken God 00:21:52.700 --> 00:21:53.640 and had made offerings 00:21:53.640 --> 00:21:54.400 to other gods 00:21:54.400 --> 00:21:55.360 and worshipped the idols 00:21:55.360 --> 00:21:55.960 that they made 00:21:55.960 --> 00:21:57.580 with their own hands. 00:21:57.579 --> 00:22:00.220 In light of this 00:22:00.220 --> 00:22:01.699 impending judgment of God, 00:22:02.099 --> 00:22:02.799 Jeremiah's commission 00:22:02.799 --> 00:22:03.379 is explained 00:22:03.379 --> 00:22:04.559 with a series of commands 00:22:04.559 --> 00:22:05.579 in verse 17. 00:22:05.720 --> 00:22:06.220 Look with me. 00:22:07.839 --> 00:22:09.319 But you dress yourself 00:22:09.319 --> 00:22:10.019 for work. 00:22:10.419 --> 00:22:11.819 Arise and say to them 00:22:11.819 --> 00:22:13.460 everything that I command you. 00:22:13.839 --> 00:22:15.419 Do not be dismayed by them 00:22:15.419 --> 00:22:17.099 lest I dismay you 00:22:17.099 --> 00:22:18.519 before them. 00:22:18.879 --> 00:22:20.119 So there's three things, 00:22:20.179 --> 00:22:20.720 main things here. 00:22:20.839 --> 00:22:22.779 First, Jeremiah is to dress himself 00:22:22.779 --> 00:22:24.379 for work and arise. 00:22:24.919 --> 00:22:25.099 Right? 00:22:25.179 --> 00:22:26.559 So they're really related commands. 00:22:26.559 --> 00:22:27.679 Translated more literally, 00:22:27.839 --> 00:22:29.359 it means to gird up your loins 00:22:29.359 --> 00:22:30.500 and stand up. 00:22:30.940 --> 00:22:32.179 This is a familiar metaphor 00:22:32.179 --> 00:22:32.879 in the ancient world 00:22:32.879 --> 00:22:34.859 because men wore long robes 00:22:34.859 --> 00:22:36.559 and before they could do anything 00:22:36.559 --> 00:22:37.539 that requires any kind 00:22:37.539 --> 00:22:38.359 of physical exertion, 00:22:38.419 --> 00:22:39.700 they had to gird up their loins, 00:22:39.779 --> 00:22:40.960 literally pull up their robes 00:22:40.960 --> 00:22:42.039 and tuck it under their belt 00:22:42.039 --> 00:22:43.179 so that they could run 00:22:43.179 --> 00:22:45.240 or engage in more rigorous 00:22:45.240 --> 00:22:46.039 physical activity. 00:22:46.759 --> 00:22:48.500 And so what Jeremiah is about to do 00:22:48.500 --> 00:22:50.679 requires rigorous work, 00:22:50.779 --> 00:22:51.460 hard work. 00:22:51.740 --> 00:22:52.319 It's not something 00:22:52.319 --> 00:22:53.659 that he could do casually. 00:22:54.220 --> 00:22:54.859 Proclaiming the word 00:22:54.859 --> 00:22:56.299 is not something we do casually 00:22:56.299 --> 00:22:57.279 in our free time 00:22:57.279 --> 00:22:58.200 or lackadaisically. 00:22:58.519 --> 00:23:00.000 So Jeremiah should roll up 00:23:00.000 --> 00:23:00.940 his sleeves, he says. 00:23:01.099 --> 00:23:01.940 So just get up 00:23:01.940 --> 00:23:03.079 and brace yourself, 00:23:03.240 --> 00:23:04.500 dress yourself for action. 00:23:04.759 --> 00:23:05.539 That's the first command. 00:23:06.000 --> 00:23:06.960 The second command is 00:23:06.960 --> 00:23:07.980 say to them everything 00:23:07.980 --> 00:23:08.960 that I command you. 00:23:09.639 --> 00:23:10.399 Jeremiah's commission, 00:23:10.480 --> 00:23:10.940 like I mentioned, 00:23:11.019 --> 00:23:12.339 is a prophet and a herald. 00:23:12.440 --> 00:23:13.379 He is not to edit 00:23:13.379 --> 00:23:14.779 the message God's given him 00:23:14.779 --> 00:23:16.200 nor to add or subtract 00:23:16.200 --> 00:23:17.180 from the message God 00:23:17.180 --> 00:23:17.720 has given him. 00:23:17.940 --> 00:23:18.779 But he is to speak 00:23:18.779 --> 00:23:19.559 the very words 00:23:19.559 --> 00:23:21.039 that God puts into his mouth. 00:23:21.240 --> 00:23:22.579 No more and no less. 00:23:22.579 --> 00:23:23.859 He is to say everything 00:23:23.859 --> 00:23:25.279 that God commands him. 00:23:25.319 --> 00:23:26.219 That's the second command. 00:23:26.639 --> 00:23:27.359 And the third command 00:23:27.359 --> 00:23:29.659 is at the end of verse 17. 00:23:30.139 --> 00:23:32.419 Do not be dismayed by them 00:23:32.419 --> 00:23:35.359 lest I dismay you before them. 00:23:35.439 --> 00:23:36.919 This is the final warning of sorts. 00:23:37.179 --> 00:23:38.319 It's similar to what God said 00:23:38.319 --> 00:23:39.240 earlier in verse 5. 00:23:39.399 --> 00:23:40.199 Do not be afraid. 00:23:40.559 --> 00:23:41.859 But this part includes 00:23:41.859 --> 00:23:42.699 almost a warning, 00:23:42.799 --> 00:23:43.179 a threat. 00:23:43.799 --> 00:23:45.179 He's saying don't fear them 00:23:45.179 --> 00:23:46.259 or be dismayed by them 00:23:46.259 --> 00:23:48.519 because if you're dismayed by them, 00:23:48.899 --> 00:23:51.559 I myself will dismay you 00:23:51.559 --> 00:23:52.700 before them. 00:23:52.759 --> 00:23:53.940 That's what God is telling Jeremiah. 00:23:55.079 --> 00:23:56.599 A Bible commentator 00:23:56.599 --> 00:23:57.559 named John Thompson 00:23:57.559 --> 00:23:59.059 explains this really helpfully. 00:23:59.139 --> 00:23:59.980 He says it this way. 00:24:00.619 --> 00:24:03.259 If Jeremiah draws back in fear 00:24:03.259 --> 00:24:04.940 and flees from his mission, 00:24:05.359 --> 00:24:06.440 he will encounter 00:24:06.440 --> 00:24:09.119 not merely men as adversaries, 00:24:09.259 --> 00:24:10.179 but God himself. 00:24:10.859 --> 00:24:13.159 If Jeremiah was afraid before men 00:24:13.159 --> 00:24:14.379 and lacked trust 00:24:14.379 --> 00:24:15.679 in his divine commissioner, 00:24:16.119 --> 00:24:17.879 he would be defenseless. 00:24:17.880 --> 00:24:20.520 A man who fears man 00:24:20.520 --> 00:24:22.880 has also got to fear. 00:24:25.680 --> 00:24:27.740 Being dismayed by people, 00:24:28.060 --> 00:24:29.420 what the Bible sometimes calls 00:24:29.420 --> 00:24:30.640 the fear of man, 00:24:32.060 --> 00:24:33.500 ensures that we will act 00:24:33.500 --> 00:24:35.220 to please people, 00:24:35.540 --> 00:24:36.260 please men and women, 00:24:36.360 --> 00:24:37.320 not to please God. 00:24:38.060 --> 00:24:39.560 If we fear people 00:24:39.560 --> 00:24:40.700 more than we fear God, 00:24:43.320 --> 00:24:45.020 man, not God, 00:24:45.080 --> 00:24:46.200 becomes the ultimate authority 00:24:46.200 --> 00:24:46.880 of our lives. 00:24:46.880 --> 00:24:48.740 So that we can no longer 00:24:48.740 --> 00:24:49.660 call ourselves 00:24:49.660 --> 00:24:51.440 truly servants of God. 00:24:51.760 --> 00:24:52.540 For this reason, 00:24:52.620 --> 00:24:52.980 God says, 00:24:53.080 --> 00:24:55.120 if we are dismayed by people, 00:24:56.380 --> 00:24:57.880 because when we are dismayed 00:24:57.880 --> 00:24:58.160 by people, 00:24:58.200 --> 00:24:59.140 we will not be pursuing 00:24:59.140 --> 00:24:59.680 his will, 00:25:00.340 --> 00:25:01.300 we will be going against 00:25:01.300 --> 00:25:02.000 his will, 00:25:02.340 --> 00:25:03.480 then God himself 00:25:03.480 --> 00:25:04.560 will oppose us 00:25:04.560 --> 00:25:05.640 and dismay us. 00:25:08.940 --> 00:25:10.220 And lest this charge 00:25:10.220 --> 00:25:11.760 be too daunting for Jeremiah, 00:25:11.900 --> 00:25:13.560 God assures him yet again 00:25:13.560 --> 00:25:15.200 in verses 18 to 19. 00:25:15.200 --> 00:25:17.980 And I behold, 00:25:18.259 --> 00:25:20.160 I make you this day 00:25:20.160 --> 00:25:21.600 a fortified city, 00:25:22.140 --> 00:25:23.220 an iron pillar, 00:25:23.700 --> 00:25:25.120 and bronze walls 00:25:25.120 --> 00:25:26.480 against the whole land, 00:25:26.900 --> 00:25:28.279 against the kings of Judah, 00:25:28.400 --> 00:25:28.960 its officials, 00:25:29.100 --> 00:25:29.559 its priests, 00:25:29.600 --> 00:25:30.680 and the people of the land. 00:25:30.980 --> 00:25:32.360 They will fight against you, 00:25:32.840 --> 00:25:34.759 but they shall not prevail 00:25:34.759 --> 00:25:35.640 against you. 00:25:35.880 --> 00:25:37.019 For I am with you, 00:25:37.180 --> 00:25:37.860 declares the Lord, 00:25:37.940 --> 00:25:39.039 to deliver you. 00:25:39.240 --> 00:25:40.600 Wonderful images, right? 00:25:40.599 --> 00:25:41.619 God will make him 00:25:41.619 --> 00:25:43.199 a fortified city 00:25:43.199 --> 00:25:44.159 that is impervious 00:25:44.159 --> 00:25:45.519 to the arrows of the enemy. 00:25:46.259 --> 00:25:47.159 God will make Jeremiah 00:25:47.159 --> 00:25:48.359 like an iron pillar 00:25:48.359 --> 00:25:49.899 that cannot be toppled. 00:25:50.419 --> 00:25:51.819 This image reminds me 00:25:51.819 --> 00:25:53.319 of the bollards. 00:25:53.459 --> 00:25:53.740 You guys know 00:25:53.740 --> 00:25:54.399 what bollards are? 00:25:54.500 --> 00:25:55.500 I just learned this week. 00:25:55.819 --> 00:25:56.219 I knew, 00:25:56.359 --> 00:25:57.079 I've seen it before, 00:25:57.159 --> 00:25:57.559 but I didn't know 00:25:57.559 --> 00:25:58.099 what it was called 00:25:58.099 --> 00:25:59.179 and looked it up. 00:25:59.619 --> 00:26:00.459 And you know how 00:26:00.459 --> 00:26:01.459 sometimes government 00:26:01.459 --> 00:26:03.279 puts these kind of 00:26:03.279 --> 00:26:03.959 low post, 00:26:04.119 --> 00:26:04.980 heavyweight iron 00:26:04.980 --> 00:26:05.899 kind of posts 00:26:05.899 --> 00:26:06.939 in front of buildings 00:26:06.939 --> 00:26:07.619 so that you can't 00:26:07.619 --> 00:26:08.319 drive into it. 00:26:08.319 --> 00:26:09.679 So to protect against 00:26:09.679 --> 00:26:10.359 terrorist attacks 00:26:10.359 --> 00:26:10.679 and such, 00:26:10.879 --> 00:26:11.679 so that people can't 00:26:11.679 --> 00:26:12.759 ram cars into the building. 00:26:12.859 --> 00:26:13.659 They have these bollards. 00:26:14.159 --> 00:26:14.939 And these things are, 00:26:15.659 --> 00:26:16.839 they're really strong. 00:26:16.939 --> 00:26:17.559 They're made of iron 00:26:17.559 --> 00:26:18.419 or steel usually. 00:26:18.960 --> 00:26:19.700 And when a car 00:26:19.700 --> 00:26:20.659 runs into them, 00:26:20.720 --> 00:26:21.779 it kind of gets crushed 00:26:21.779 --> 00:26:22.619 like a can of soda. 00:26:23.059 --> 00:26:24.159 It's really sturdy. 00:26:24.240 --> 00:26:25.039 That's the kind of image 00:26:25.039 --> 00:26:25.679 that I see 00:26:25.679 --> 00:26:26.460 when he talks about 00:26:26.460 --> 00:26:27.639 iron pillars. 00:26:27.839 --> 00:26:28.519 God's going to make 00:26:28.519 --> 00:26:29.299 Jeremiah like an 00:26:29.299 --> 00:26:31.579 immovable iron pillar. 00:26:32.200 --> 00:26:33.359 And then God will make him 00:26:33.359 --> 00:26:34.559 like an impenetrable 00:26:34.559 --> 00:26:35.679 wall, 00:26:35.919 --> 00:26:36.839 bronze walls. 00:26:36.839 --> 00:26:38.859 Yes, he will face 00:26:38.859 --> 00:26:39.819 much opposition 00:26:39.819 --> 00:26:40.599 from people 00:26:40.599 --> 00:26:42.139 in positions of power. 00:26:42.679 --> 00:26:43.500 From kings, 00:26:43.699 --> 00:26:44.099 officials, 00:26:44.259 --> 00:26:44.559 priests, 00:26:44.740 --> 00:26:45.480 and all the people 00:26:45.480 --> 00:26:45.980 of the land. 00:26:46.199 --> 00:26:47.639 They will fight against him, 00:26:47.720 --> 00:26:48.599 but they will not 00:26:48.599 --> 00:26:49.699 prevail against him 00:26:49.699 --> 00:26:50.699 for, again, 00:26:50.759 --> 00:26:51.419 the same reason 00:26:51.419 --> 00:26:52.199 God gave earlier, 00:26:52.539 --> 00:26:54.240 I am with you 00:26:54.240 --> 00:26:55.519 to deliver you. 00:26:57.240 --> 00:26:58.419 And if you're with us 00:26:58.419 --> 00:26:59.039 through the series, 00:26:59.119 --> 00:26:59.740 you'll see at the end 00:26:59.740 --> 00:27:00.419 that God keeps 00:27:00.419 --> 00:27:01.379 that promise. 00:27:02.679 --> 00:27:04.220 So this was Jeremiah's 00:27:04.220 --> 00:27:05.659 context and consecration 00:27:05.659 --> 00:27:06.139 and commission, 00:27:06.140 --> 00:27:07.840 but in our own context, 00:27:07.940 --> 00:27:09.620 we too have been 00:27:09.620 --> 00:27:10.780 consecrated and commissioned 00:27:10.780 --> 00:27:11.420 by our Lord. 00:27:12.820 --> 00:27:14.140 1 Corinthians 8.3 00:27:14.140 --> 00:27:15.140 and Galatians 4.9 00:27:15.140 --> 00:27:16.640 both describe the Christian 00:27:16.640 --> 00:27:18.280 as someone who has 00:27:18.280 --> 00:27:20.259 become known by God, 00:27:20.320 --> 00:27:21.600 who has been known by God. 00:27:21.700 --> 00:27:22.500 The same wording 00:27:22.500 --> 00:27:23.560 that is used to describe 00:27:23.560 --> 00:27:24.900 Jeremiah's call 00:27:24.900 --> 00:27:25.680 and consecration. 00:27:26.440 --> 00:27:27.680 Just as God knew 00:27:27.680 --> 00:27:28.960 Jeremiah before he was born, 00:27:29.320 --> 00:27:31.040 God chose us in Christ 00:27:31.040 --> 00:27:32.080 before the foundation 00:27:32.080 --> 00:27:32.680 of the world. 00:27:33.080 --> 00:27:34.080 He knew us. 00:27:34.079 --> 00:27:35.319 Likewise, 00:27:35.679 --> 00:27:37.419 in John 17, 00:27:38.539 --> 00:27:39.960 17 to 19, 00:27:40.259 --> 00:27:41.240 Jesus says this 00:27:41.240 --> 00:27:43.799 for all of his followers. 00:27:44.079 --> 00:27:44.879 Sanctify them 00:27:44.879 --> 00:27:45.399 in the truth. 00:27:45.639 --> 00:27:46.799 Your word is truth. 00:27:47.099 --> 00:27:48.279 As you sent me 00:27:48.279 --> 00:27:48.939 into the world, 00:27:49.039 --> 00:27:50.599 so I have sent them 00:27:50.599 --> 00:27:51.199 into the world. 00:27:51.460 --> 00:27:52.339 And for their sake, 00:27:52.439 --> 00:27:53.919 I consecrate myself 00:27:53.919 --> 00:27:54.980 that they also 00:27:54.980 --> 00:27:56.220 may be sanctified 00:27:56.220 --> 00:27:56.839 in truth. 00:27:57.099 --> 00:27:58.259 The words consecrate 00:27:58.259 --> 00:27:58.799 and sanctify 00:27:58.799 --> 00:28:00.179 are the exact same words 00:28:00.179 --> 00:28:00.799 in Greek. 00:28:00.799 --> 00:28:02.419 So God, 00:28:02.579 --> 00:28:04.039 Jesus is praying here, 00:28:04.399 --> 00:28:04.539 Lord, 00:28:04.779 --> 00:28:06.159 just as I consecrate myself 00:28:06.159 --> 00:28:06.919 for your service, 00:28:07.119 --> 00:28:08.680 I now consecrate your people 00:28:08.680 --> 00:28:09.899 and send them out 00:28:09.899 --> 00:28:10.480 in your name 00:28:10.480 --> 00:28:11.599 to do your work. 00:28:11.799 --> 00:28:12.619 That's us. 00:28:14.119 --> 00:28:15.500 In the very same way 00:28:15.500 --> 00:28:16.839 Jeremiah was known by God 00:28:16.839 --> 00:28:17.659 and was consecrated 00:28:17.659 --> 00:28:18.180 for his service, 00:28:18.319 --> 00:28:19.399 we have been known 00:28:19.399 --> 00:28:20.240 by God. 00:28:20.399 --> 00:28:21.700 And we have been consecrated 00:28:21.700 --> 00:28:23.019 for his service. 00:28:23.700 --> 00:28:24.659 And what is the word 00:28:24.659 --> 00:28:25.480 that we are to proclaim? 00:28:25.480 --> 00:28:27.519 I mentioned earlier 00:28:27.519 --> 00:28:28.480 that Jeremiah's 00:28:28.480 --> 00:28:29.700 consecration and commission 00:28:29.700 --> 00:28:30.940 very closely resemble 00:28:30.940 --> 00:28:31.700 that of Moses. 00:28:32.180 --> 00:28:33.079 And I don't think 00:28:33.079 --> 00:28:34.079 that's a coincidence. 00:28:34.299 --> 00:28:34.860 I think Jeremiah 00:28:34.860 --> 00:28:35.579 is intentionally 00:28:35.579 --> 00:28:36.599 styling himself 00:28:36.599 --> 00:28:37.640 as a prophet 00:28:37.640 --> 00:28:38.799 that's in the tradition 00:28:38.799 --> 00:28:39.620 of Moses. 00:28:39.860 --> 00:28:44.000 Because in Deuteronomy 18.18, 00:28:44.779 --> 00:28:46.460 God promised Moses this, 00:28:46.539 --> 00:28:48.160 I will raise up for them 00:28:48.160 --> 00:28:50.620 a prophet like you 00:28:50.620 --> 00:28:51.819 from among brothers. 00:28:52.200 --> 00:28:54.000 And I will put my words 00:28:54.000 --> 00:28:54.660 in his mouth 00:28:54.660 --> 00:28:56.019 and he shall speak 00:28:56.019 --> 00:28:56.519 to them 00:28:56.519 --> 00:28:58.800 all that I command him. 00:28:59.360 --> 00:29:00.259 Sounds similar, right? 00:29:00.420 --> 00:29:01.480 Those last two phrases. 00:29:01.580 --> 00:29:02.340 I will put my words 00:29:02.340 --> 00:29:02.820 in his mouth 00:29:02.820 --> 00:29:03.640 and he will speak 00:29:03.640 --> 00:29:04.640 whatever I command him. 00:29:04.840 --> 00:29:05.720 Those two phrases 00:29:05.720 --> 00:29:06.880 were used exactly 00:29:06.880 --> 00:29:08.840 to refer to Jeremiah's 00:29:08.840 --> 00:29:09.560 calling in verses 00:29:09.560 --> 00:29:10.600 7 and 9. 00:29:11.360 --> 00:29:12.420 And so Jeremiah is hopeful 00:29:12.420 --> 00:29:13.560 that he is in this 00:29:13.560 --> 00:29:14.460 tradition of Moses, 00:29:14.700 --> 00:29:15.560 that he is a prophet 00:29:15.560 --> 00:29:16.220 like Moses 00:29:16.220 --> 00:29:17.380 who is to come 00:29:17.380 --> 00:29:18.820 for God's people 00:29:18.820 --> 00:29:19.540 to proclaim it. 00:29:20.500 --> 00:29:21.540 But Jeremiah was 00:29:21.540 --> 00:29:23.100 neither the last prophet 00:29:23.100 --> 00:29:23.640 like Moses 00:29:23.640 --> 00:29:24.640 nor the greatest prophet 00:29:24.660 --> 00:29:25.340 like Moses 00:29:25.340 --> 00:29:27.019 because Acts 3.22 00:29:27.019 --> 00:29:27.740 tells us that 00:29:27.740 --> 00:29:29.040 Jesus Christ who came 00:29:29.040 --> 00:29:30.740 was the ultimate prophet 00:29:30.740 --> 00:29:32.120 like Moses. 00:29:32.340 --> 00:29:33.340 The one to whom 00:29:33.340 --> 00:29:35.200 Jeremiah and Moses 00:29:35.200 --> 00:29:36.140 were pointing to. 00:29:36.259 --> 00:29:37.580 Jesus is the greater Moses 00:29:37.580 --> 00:29:38.900 and the greater Jeremiah. 00:29:39.300 --> 00:29:39.500 Why? 00:29:39.620 --> 00:29:40.880 Because not only does he 00:29:40.880 --> 00:29:42.160 have the word of God 00:29:42.160 --> 00:29:42.860 in his mouth, 00:29:43.519 --> 00:29:45.420 Jesus is the very embodiment 00:29:45.420 --> 00:29:46.240 of the word of God. 00:29:46.680 --> 00:29:48.080 He's the word made flesh. 00:29:48.800 --> 00:29:50.200 John 1.14 says, 00:29:50.200 --> 00:30:02.880 Jesus is the word of God. 00:30:02.880 --> 00:30:03.940 made flesh. 00:30:06.120 --> 00:30:07.640 He is the word of God. 00:30:10.240 --> 00:30:10.960 So then, 00:30:11.620 --> 00:30:12.520 the word of the Lord 00:30:12.520 --> 00:30:13.420 that came to Jeremiah 00:30:13.420 --> 00:30:15.200 also came to us 00:30:15.200 --> 00:30:18.060 in a much greater, 00:30:19.060 --> 00:30:20.520 deeper sense. 00:30:21.240 --> 00:30:22.720 Because Jesus ultimately 00:30:22.720 --> 00:30:23.900 fulfilled the message 00:30:23.900 --> 00:30:24.460 of judgment 00:30:24.460 --> 00:30:25.560 and restoration 00:30:25.560 --> 00:30:26.700 Jeremiah proclaimed. 00:30:27.620 --> 00:30:28.040 Right? 00:30:28.160 --> 00:30:29.200 Jeremiah proclaims 00:30:29.200 --> 00:30:30.540 Judah's imminent judgment 00:30:30.539 --> 00:30:31.559 and prophesies 00:30:31.559 --> 00:30:32.139 that the nations 00:30:32.139 --> 00:30:32.700 will be judged 00:30:32.700 --> 00:30:33.099 in the future 00:30:33.099 --> 00:30:34.039 and God's people 00:30:34.039 --> 00:30:34.680 will be restored. 00:30:35.180 --> 00:30:36.720 But Jesus fulfilled that 00:30:36.720 --> 00:30:37.299 ultimately. 00:30:38.059 --> 00:30:39.279 He fulfilled the judgment 00:30:39.279 --> 00:30:39.740 of God 00:30:39.740 --> 00:30:40.899 by dying on the cross 00:30:40.899 --> 00:30:41.659 for our sins. 00:30:42.700 --> 00:30:43.720 He bore the judgment 00:30:43.720 --> 00:30:44.039 of God, 00:30:44.139 --> 00:30:45.019 absorbed the wrath 00:30:45.019 --> 00:30:45.359 of God, 00:30:45.559 --> 00:30:46.720 bore the due punishment 00:30:46.720 --> 00:30:48.460 that we rightly 00:30:48.460 --> 00:30:49.759 should have received. 00:30:50.819 --> 00:30:51.819 And not only did he 00:30:51.819 --> 00:30:52.839 fulfill the judgment 00:30:52.839 --> 00:30:53.299 of God, 00:30:53.379 --> 00:30:54.379 he also fulfilled 00:30:54.379 --> 00:30:55.139 the restoration 00:30:55.139 --> 00:30:56.639 that people like 00:30:56.639 --> 00:30:57.859 Jeremiah prophesied. 00:30:58.119 --> 00:30:59.220 Because in dying 00:30:59.220 --> 00:30:59.900 for our sins, 00:31:00.200 --> 00:31:01.660 God the Son, 00:31:01.759 --> 00:31:02.200 Jesus Christ 00:31:02.200 --> 00:31:03.460 gives us his righteousness 00:31:03.460 --> 00:31:04.700 so that we can be 00:31:04.700 --> 00:31:05.660 restored to fellowship 00:31:05.660 --> 00:31:06.200 with God 00:31:06.200 --> 00:31:07.559 and be reconciled 00:31:07.559 --> 00:31:08.559 to him. 00:31:10.259 --> 00:31:11.200 That's what we call 00:31:11.200 --> 00:31:12.539 the gospel of Jesus Christ, 00:31:12.700 --> 00:31:13.980 the word of the Lord. 00:31:15.180 --> 00:31:16.120 If you're not yet 00:31:16.120 --> 00:31:17.299 a follower of Jesus Christ, 00:31:18.000 --> 00:31:19.000 I plead with you 00:31:19.000 --> 00:31:20.299 to believe this word today. 00:31:21.559 --> 00:31:23.279 To receive Jesus Christ 00:31:23.279 --> 00:31:24.000 into your life. 00:31:24.000 --> 00:31:27.460 We all, 00:31:27.859 --> 00:31:28.380 like Judah, 00:31:29.339 --> 00:31:30.559 as described in verse 16, 00:31:30.619 --> 00:31:31.859 have forsaken our Lord. 00:31:33.059 --> 00:31:34.319 We have made offerings 00:31:34.319 --> 00:31:35.200 to other gods 00:31:35.200 --> 00:31:36.779 and worshiped the works 00:31:36.779 --> 00:31:37.599 of their own hands. 00:31:38.019 --> 00:31:39.380 Every single one of us, 00:31:39.619 --> 00:31:40.319 though we were created 00:31:40.319 --> 00:31:41.039 to worship God, 00:31:41.099 --> 00:31:41.460 we have turned 00:31:41.460 --> 00:31:42.319 to our own ways 00:31:42.319 --> 00:31:43.480 and we have been living 00:31:43.480 --> 00:31:44.400 for ourselves. 00:31:45.440 --> 00:31:47.579 And apart from Christ, 00:31:48.440 --> 00:31:50.099 apart from he who fulfills 00:31:50.099 --> 00:31:50.740 this judgment 00:31:50.740 --> 00:31:51.319 and restoration, 00:31:51.480 --> 00:31:52.700 we cannot be restored 00:31:52.700 --> 00:31:53.380 to our creator. 00:31:54.840 --> 00:31:55.799 And if you're already 00:31:55.799 --> 00:31:56.680 a follower of Christ, 00:31:56.779 --> 00:31:57.460 let me remind you 00:31:57.460 --> 00:31:58.519 that as those who 00:31:58.519 --> 00:31:59.519 are consecrated 00:31:59.519 --> 00:32:00.400 to the sovereign Lord, 00:32:00.880 --> 00:32:02.920 we should boldly declare 00:32:02.920 --> 00:32:04.220 the word of the Lord. 00:32:04.519 --> 00:32:05.920 Because this message of Christ 00:32:05.920 --> 00:32:07.420 is not merely for us, 00:32:07.840 --> 00:32:09.000 it's for the nations, 00:32:09.259 --> 00:32:10.319 it's for our neighbors, 00:32:10.700 --> 00:32:11.819 it's the good news 00:32:11.819 --> 00:32:12.660 of Jesus Christ, 00:32:12.779 --> 00:32:13.799 that's the vehicle 00:32:13.799 --> 00:32:15.539 of God's saving power, 00:32:15.900 --> 00:32:17.720 so we have to declare it 00:32:17.720 --> 00:32:18.559 boldly. 00:32:19.660 --> 00:32:21.340 Let's not say, 00:32:21.339 --> 00:32:22.899 I do not know how to speak. 00:32:24.419 --> 00:32:25.639 I'm only a youth. 00:32:27.779 --> 00:32:29.279 Let's not be afraid of them. 00:32:31.419 --> 00:32:33.980 For God is with us 00:32:33.980 --> 00:32:34.759 to deliver us. 00:32:38.279 --> 00:32:39.659 Please, let's take some time 00:32:39.659 --> 00:32:40.839 to reflect on that truth. 00:32:41.419 --> 00:32:42.980 Think about in what ways 00:32:42.980 --> 00:32:44.059 God may be calling you 00:32:44.059 --> 00:32:45.099 to respond to this, 00:32:46.139 --> 00:32:47.259 in what contexts, 00:32:47.480 --> 00:32:48.259 in what relationships. 00:32:48.759 --> 00:32:49.500 God may be calling you 00:32:49.500 --> 00:32:50.980 to declare boldly this word, 00:32:51.940 --> 00:32:53.019 this gospel of Jesus Christ. 00:32:53.019 --> 00:32:53.140 Amen. 00:32:53.140 --> 00:32:53.299 Amen. 00:32:53.299 --> 00:32:53.339 Amen. 00:32:53.339 --> 00:32:53.640 Amen. 00:32:53.640 --> 00:32:53.700 Amen. 00:32:53.700 --> 00:32:54.200 Amen. 00:32:54.200 --> 00:32:54.240 Amen. 00:32:54.240 --> 00:32:54.339 Amen. 00:32:54.339 --> 00:32:54.440 Amen. 00:32:54.440 --> 00:32:54.539 Amen. 00:32:54.539 --> 00:32:54.599 Amen. 00:32:54.599 --> 00:32:54.640 Amen. 00:32:54.640 --> 00:32:54.660 Amen. 00:32:54.660 --> 00:32:54.759 Amen. 00:32:54.759 --> 00:32:54.839 Amen. 00:32:54.839 --> 00:32:54.880 Amen.