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 Please keep 2 Samuel 7 open in front of you.

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 I'm going to pray for us.

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 We're going to get stuck into the next installment in our series.

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 Father God, we thank and praise you for bringing us here tonight.

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 We thank you for your word in which you reveal yourself to us.

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 Lord, I ask that you would give us open ears and open hearts to hear you speak.

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 Keep us from picking the bits that we want and ignoring the bits that are hard to hear.

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 But rather, God, may we hear your voice clearly.

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 May you shape us and change us by your spirit as a result of what we look at tonight.

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 Lord, may we grasp more fully the incredible blessing and privilege it is that you are with us tonight.

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 Amen.

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 Something I've discovered as I work with people of all different ages is that universally humans have an ability.

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 It may be better described as a disability, but it is the art of selective hearing.

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 It doesn't matter how old or young you are.

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 It doesn't matter if you're a guy or a girl.

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 We can all do this amazingly well when it suits us.

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 I remember a few years ago in a previous ministry situation that I was in,

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 I was chatting to a young guy who was having some relational difficulties with his girlfriend.

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 And they had had a very serious chat about their relationship.

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 And he came to me and he was chatting about how things were.

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 And he relayed to me a little bit about how the conversation had gone.

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 And he'd said, you know, it was great.

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 She told me that she still really cared about me.

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 And she told me that, you know, she really respected me.

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 And she told me that, you know, she really admired my faith.

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 And she told me that she just wanted to have a break to make sure that we could both be in a good place with God.

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 And for him, he was sure that what she meant was,

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 we'll just have a break for a little while, get ourselves back on track.

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 And because she still cares about me, we'll be together again soon.

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 It wasn't until about a week and a half later when she had another boyfriend

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 that it became apparent that he had misheard some of the phrasing in the conversation.

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 I'm not sure how you can take break up any other way,

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 but he had managed to hear a short break until we get back together.

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 But it's interesting that when we want to hear something,

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 we often hear exactly what we want to hear.

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 It reminds me when I was younger receiving school reports.

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 There was kind of a refrain in all of my school reports growing up

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 that when something like,

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 Sam has great potential if he would apply himself.

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 And I would get these school reports.

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 This was in the day when they gave them to you at school,

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 foolishly trusting that you would hand them straight to your parents.

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 And I would get them and I would open it up

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 and I would walk away feeling fantastic, thinking,

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 my teachers love me, look how much potential they think I have.

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 I'm going to take over the world with all this potential.

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 But for some reason, my mum read my reports really differently

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 and I could never understand why she was so frustrated with me

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 each time I brought a report card home

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 and I would have to deal with some sort of punishment

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 when I'm sitting there thinking,

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 am I being punished for my potential?

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 But apparently there was something else in there.

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 And we often do this.

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 Maybe you're one of those people

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 who only hears the positive when someone's talking to you.

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 They'll be letting you know something about maybe how you look

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 and they'll go, you know,

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 that shirt looks really good compared to your pants

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 and you just hear my shirt looks good

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 and you're floating for the rest of the day.

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 But maybe you're at the other end

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 and you just hear the negative.

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 You could hear 15 compliments

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 but then just that one thing about,

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 what's that on your face?

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 And that's all you're thinking about

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 for the next couple of days.

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 And it's interesting how we all do it

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 in a whole bunch of different situations

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 but we're never aware of it at the time.

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 We pick out the thing that we want to hear

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 and that's the thing that is ringing in our ears.

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 But the problem comes when we start to do that

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 when we come to God.

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 When we open the Bible and we read His commands

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 and we read His promises

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 and we read Him speaking to us

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 and we just pick out the bits that we want to hear.

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 We pick out the things that are kind of easy to hear.

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 We pick out the things that are encouraging or affirming

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 and we take what we want

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 but we miss the main point.

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 We actually don't hear what it is

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 that God is trying to teach us.

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 And in a series like this,

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 we're trying to wade through the whole Bible.

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 That is a pretty significant undertaking.

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 We're trying to understand

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 how the kingdom of God is unfolding,

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 how God is establishing His kingdom.

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 And if we come into this sort of a series

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 with our selective hearing,

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 we're in great danger of actually

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 misinterpreting the whole Bible.

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 It's really important that we come

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 and we are ready to hear whatever it is

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 that God has to say

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 as He gradually reveals His plan

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 for building His kingdom.

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 Because we began with Adam

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 in the Garden of Eden

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 and this amazing potential,

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 the spectacular failure of Genesis 3

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 and then the rescue mission began.

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 We saw the promises to Abraham.

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 There was a fairly frustrating pattern of sin

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 through Genesis.

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 Last week we got to Moses

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 and God shows up spectacularly

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 at Mount Sinai.

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 He gives His people the law

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 and everything feels like it's moving

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 in a good direction.

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 But the problem that we're going to discover tonight

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 is that Israel has been listening to God

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 but just listening for the things

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 that they want to hear.

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 So Israel has some pretty exciting promises

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 to hold on to.

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 God has promised Abraham blessing.

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 God has promised Abraham land.

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 God has promised Abraham

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 he will be a great nation.

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 God has promised Abraham

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 that he will be famous.

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 And so there is this national pride

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 and identity

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 that they are all looking forward to.

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 But the problem is

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 that's all they're hearing.

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 They're hearing we're going to get some land.

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 At the moment we're wandering around

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 but we are going to have our own country.

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 God's going to kick people out

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 so we get some space for our own.

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 And it's not just going to be any land.

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 It's going to be land

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 flowing with milk and honey.

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 It's going to be fantastic.

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 We're going to be a great nation.

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 People are going to look up to us.

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 People are going to fear us.

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 God's going to give us stuff.

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 We're going to get blessings.

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 But can you see that all of a sudden

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 Israel has become driven

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 by what they can see

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 in all the nations around them.

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 We want to have land

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 better than that nation.

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 We want to have an army

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 more powerful than that nation.

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 We want to be respected

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 more than that nation.

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 In fact they even wanted a king

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 better than the other nations.

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 But they've misunderstood

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 that the point of the kingdom of God

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 the point of the covenant

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 the point of the promises

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 is for God to restore

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 what was broken

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 in Genesis chapter 3.

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 That's his whole agenda

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 through all of scripture.

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 That is what the kingdom is.

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 The kingdom is the fix

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 of the fall.

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 In fact the promise

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 in Genesis chapter 12

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 that God makes to Abraham

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 in one sense

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 is kind of obvious

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 for us to look at.

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 The blessing that he's promising them

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 is himself.

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 The blessing isn't

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 that they will be a nation

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 that they will be famous.

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 Those are some things

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 that God's going to do

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 but the blessing

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 that God is promising

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 is he's going to give them himself.

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 That was what was there in Eden

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 and that is God's agenda

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 God's desire

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 that he would be able

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 to dwell with his people again.

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 Eden was this amazing picture

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 where God walked in the garden

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 and spoke with Adam and Eve

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 and his agenda

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 is to restore

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 that relationship

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 where he will dwell

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 with his people.

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 And so we come to 2 Samuel 7.

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 We have skipped a significant part

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 of the Old Testament

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 and I encourage you

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 to address it in your own time

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 but in the interest

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 of recapping for our sake

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 let's just try and understand

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 where we've come to.

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 So there's a fair bit

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 of travelling going on.

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 Last week

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 Israel was at Mount Sinai

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 in the desert.

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 God was establishing them

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 he gave them the law

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 he told them

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 you're headed to Canaan

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 that's the land I'm giving you

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 and then for the next

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 fair while

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 they wandered around

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 kind of stuffing up.

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 God would say

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 do this

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 they'd do something

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 slightly different.

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 God would say

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 go to this place

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 they'd go to a slightly

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 different place.

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 God would say

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 it's ready

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 they'd say no it's not

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 and they would just

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 keep spinning the wheels

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 and never actually

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 getting to the place

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 where they wanted to

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 but finally

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 just before our passage

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 tonight

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 Israel has moved

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 into the land

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 there's been some

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 pretty spectacular battles

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 you know

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 the walls of Jericho

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 have fallen down

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 and now God

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 has cleared house.

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 This land of Canaan

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 is suddenly free

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 from all the people

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 who used to own it

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 who used to live there

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 and God has given it

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 to his people Israel

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 just like he promised.

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 And there's a really

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 interesting verse

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 right at the beginning

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 of chapter 7

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 have a look

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 after the king

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 was settled in his palace

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 and the Lord

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 had given him rest

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 from all his enemies

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 around him.

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 See things seem

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 to be progressing

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 really well

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 considering all the rubbish

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 that's been happening

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 so far in our series

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 now Israel is in the land

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 that God promised.

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 Now they have rest

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 from the enemies around them

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 they have been at war

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 for generations

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 and it says here

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 they have rest.

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 God has been blessing them

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 David is a king

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 he's living in a palace

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 they're not moving around

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 in tents anymore

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 everything seems to be

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 advancing really fantastically

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 and the most important bit

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 the bit that started

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 with our sermon last week

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 with Moses

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 is that God is with them.

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 God is present

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 with his people.

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 He's turned up

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 and he is living

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 in their community

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 in the form

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 of the Ark of the Covenant.

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 The Ark is basically

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 a big box

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 that they carried around

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 which had the commandments

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 in it

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 and a few other bits

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 and pieces

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 and that was symbolic

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 that God is living

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 with his people

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 and that box

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 was put inside a tent

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 which was an inner room

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 inside another room

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 inside another whole bunch

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 of curtains

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 in the tabernacle

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 but that was where

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 God lived

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 in that box

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 in that room

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 inside those tents

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 of the tabernacle.

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 So God was with them

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 but he was limited.

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 It's not like they could

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 just wander up

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 and have a chat

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 whenever they wanted.

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 The bits that we skipped over

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 all of Leviticus

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 is just all of the laws

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 that God requires

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 the sacrifices

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 that he requires

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 so that people

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 could interact with him.

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 I mean he's there

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 so it's like we're moving

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 in a good direction

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 but surely

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 this isn't

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 what God promised.

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 Surely this isn't

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 the pinnacle.

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 Surely this isn't

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 what we've been

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 looking forward to

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 because even though

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 God is there

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 this is nothing

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 like what it was like

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 before the fall.

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 It's not even close.

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 God is still

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 limited

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 to this box.

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 These people

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 aren't free

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 to just come

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 and approach him.

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 There is a priestly

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 system

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 between him

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 and them.

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 There is a sacrificial

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 system

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 between him

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 and them.

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 There is a limit

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 to how much

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 of God's presence

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 they can actually

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 take.

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 But the crazy

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 thing is

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 this is actually

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 an act of grace

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 on God's part.

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 See back on

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 Mount Sinai

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 when God showed

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 up he shook

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 the mountain

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 there was lightning

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 there was fire

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 there was thunder

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 and the people

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 realise

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 maybe we shouldn't

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 be getting too

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 close to God

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 just yet.

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 And they're right

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 because they are

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 not worthy

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 of relating to

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 God.

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 The issue

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 that comes out

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 in Genesis 3

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 where they reject

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 him is still

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 an issue.

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 And so if God

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 just showed up

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 and started living

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 amongst them

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 wandering around

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 saying hello

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 they would just

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 get destroyed.

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 The holiness

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 of God

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 the perfection

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 of God

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 would just

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 obliterate

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 the nation

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 if God

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 just turned up

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 and suddenly

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 moved in

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 and acted

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 like everything

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 was fine.

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 So God

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 gives them

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 this limited

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 version of

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 him living

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 with them.

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 It's a huge

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 blessing because

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 not that long

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 ago they were

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 slaves in a

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 country not

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 their own

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 and had no

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 idea about

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 God's plans

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 for them

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 and now he

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 has shown up

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 and he has

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 arrived and he

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 has said he's

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 with them

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 and he's made

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 promises

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 it feels

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 like we're

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 making significant

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 progress for the

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 kingdom doesn't

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 it?

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 I mean if you

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 put it through

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 the grid that

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 we've got of

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 people place

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 and rule

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 they're God's

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 people he's

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 chosen them

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 he's living

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 sort of with

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 them.

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 They're in the

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 promised land

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 that is his

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 place it's the

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 place he sent

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 them to

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 and sure the

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 rule thing's

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 never quite

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 perfect but

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 even though

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 we've advanced

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 so far

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 we are still

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 so far away

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 from the picture

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 of the kingdom

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 that we get

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 even just

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 from the

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 promises

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 to Abraham

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 because the

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 kingdom of

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 God is about

00:12:40.399 --> 00:12:41.740
 fixing the

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 fall.

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 The kingdom

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 of God is

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 about restoring

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 that relationship

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 that God had

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 and wants

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 with his

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 people.

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 The kingdom

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 of God is

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 about God

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 dwelling with

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 his people

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 and it's

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 just not

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 there yet.

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 Lots of

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 other things

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 are great

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 lots of

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 other things

00:13:01.600 --> 00:13:02.440
 are fantastic

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 but the

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 whole point

00:13:04.580 --> 00:13:04.920
 of the

00:13:04.920 --> 00:13:05.240
 kingdom

00:13:05.240 --> 00:13:07.660
 we're not

00:13:07.660 --> 00:13:08.300
 there yet.

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 It's kind of

00:13:10.240 --> 00:13:10.920
 strange in this

00:13:10.920 --> 00:13:11.840
 passage I find

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 if you look

00:13:12.440 --> 00:13:12.980
 down at verse

00:13:12.980 --> 00:13:13.580
 one again of

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 chapter seven

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 it's almost

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 like Israel

00:13:17.040 --> 00:13:17.980
 is so much

00:13:17.980 --> 00:13:18.960
 enjoying all the

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 things that God's

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 given them and

00:13:20.840 --> 00:13:21.860
 then after it's

00:13:21.860 --> 00:13:22.740
 all arrived David

00:13:22.740 --> 00:13:23.519
 thinks hang on a

00:13:23.519 --> 00:13:24.419
 sec we should

00:13:24.419 --> 00:13:24.960
 get God to

00:13:24.960 --> 00:13:25.360
 come and hang

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 out with us.

00:13:26.879 --> 00:13:27.620
 We've got this

00:13:27.620 --> 00:13:28.680
 fantastic land

00:13:28.680 --> 00:13:30.159
 now he's blessed

00:13:30.159 --> 00:13:30.720
 us with this

00:13:30.720 --> 00:13:31.480
 city we're in

00:13:31.480 --> 00:13:31.980
 charge our

00:13:31.980 --> 00:13:32.440
 enemies are

00:13:32.440 --> 00:13:33.240
 gone and so

00:13:33.240 --> 00:13:34.320
 it says almost

00:13:34.320 --> 00:13:34.700
 like an

00:13:34.700 --> 00:13:35.440
 afterthought in

00:13:35.440 --> 00:13:36.019
 verse two he

00:13:36.019 --> 00:13:36.620
 said to Nathan

00:13:36.620 --> 00:13:37.080
 the prophet

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 here I am

00:13:38.180 --> 00:13:39.039
 living in a

00:13:39.039 --> 00:13:39.519
 palace of

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 cedar while

00:13:40.080 --> 00:13:41.060
 God remains in

00:13:41.060 --> 00:13:42.799
 a tent and

00:13:42.799 --> 00:13:43.519
 Nathan replied to

00:13:43.519 --> 00:13:43.860
 the king

00:13:43.860 --> 00:13:44.580
 whatever you have

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 in mind go

00:13:45.279 --> 00:13:45.899
 ahead and do it

00:13:45.899 --> 00:13:46.340
 for the Lord

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 is with you.

00:13:47.419 --> 00:13:48.460
 It seems like

00:13:48.460 --> 00:13:49.759
 God is completely

00:13:49.759 --> 00:13:50.440
 happy with

00:13:50.440 --> 00:13:51.060
 everything that's

00:13:51.060 --> 00:13:51.820
 happening so even

00:13:51.820 --> 00:13:52.320
 the prophet

00:13:52.320 --> 00:13:52.900
 Nathan says

00:13:52.900 --> 00:13:53.720
 David do

00:13:53.720 --> 00:13:54.220
 what you want

00:13:54.220 --> 00:13:54.680
 I'm pretty

00:13:54.680 --> 00:13:55.500
 sure you're

00:13:55.500 --> 00:13:55.879
 moving in a

00:13:55.879 --> 00:13:56.420
 good direction

00:13:56.420 --> 00:13:57.500
 I'm pretty

00:13:57.500 --> 00:13:58.000
 sure God's

00:13:58.000 --> 00:13:58.220
 going to be

00:13:58.220 --> 00:13:58.760
 on board with

00:13:58.760 --> 00:13:59.860
 anything that

00:13:59.860 --> 00:14:00.600
 you say but

00:14:00.600 --> 00:14:02.240
 it's like David

00:14:02.240 --> 00:14:03.060
 got all the good

00:14:03.060 --> 00:14:03.680
 stuff and then

00:14:03.680 --> 00:14:04.400
 went hang on a

00:14:04.400 --> 00:14:06.500
 sec God should

00:14:06.500 --> 00:14:07.080
 probably be in

00:14:07.080 --> 00:14:07.640
 here somewhere

00:14:07.640 --> 00:14:10.020
 God should

00:14:10.020 --> 00:14:10.520
 probably have

00:14:10.520 --> 00:14:11.300
 some fancy

00:14:11.300 --> 00:14:12.400
 house and you

00:14:12.400 --> 00:14:13.480
 know the thing

00:14:13.480 --> 00:14:15.100
 is we often do

00:14:15.100 --> 00:14:15.900
 something similar

00:14:15.900 --> 00:14:16.580
 in our own

00:14:16.580 --> 00:14:17.340
 relationship with

00:14:17.340 --> 00:14:20.100
 God we love to

00:14:20.100 --> 00:14:21.200
 get things from

00:14:21.200 --> 00:14:23.140
 God we love the

00:14:23.140 --> 00:14:23.700
 idea of

00:14:23.700 --> 00:14:24.100
 forgiveness

00:14:24.100 --> 00:14:25.560
 sounds fantastic

00:14:25.560 --> 00:14:26.900
 of eternal

00:14:26.900 --> 00:14:29.020
 life we love

00:14:29.020 --> 00:14:29.960
 the idea of

00:14:29.960 --> 00:14:31.100
 comfort and

00:14:31.100 --> 00:14:32.080
 refuge and

00:14:32.080 --> 00:14:32.900
 strength when

00:14:32.900 --> 00:14:33.540
 we're struggling

00:14:33.540 --> 00:14:35.480
 and then we

00:14:35.480 --> 00:14:36.040
 think hang on a

00:14:36.040 --> 00:14:37.759
 sec God's got

00:14:37.759 --> 00:14:38.300
 something to do

00:14:38.300 --> 00:14:40.240
 with this maybe

00:14:40.240 --> 00:14:40.860
 if I start

00:14:40.860 --> 00:14:41.460
 hanging out with

00:14:41.460 --> 00:14:41.840
 him for an

00:14:41.840 --> 00:14:42.580
 hour on Sunday

00:14:42.580 --> 00:14:44.600
 nights that

00:14:44.600 --> 00:14:44.820
 would be

00:14:44.820 --> 00:14:47.100
 appropriate maybe

00:14:47.100 --> 00:14:48.220
 if I could set

00:14:48.220 --> 00:14:49.659
 aside 15 minutes

00:14:49.659 --> 00:14:50.800
 each morning to

00:14:50.800 --> 00:14:51.879
 open the Bible and

00:14:51.879 --> 00:14:52.639
 hang out with him

00:14:52.639 --> 00:14:54.000
 that would make

00:14:54.000 --> 00:14:54.700
 sense because he's

00:14:54.700 --> 00:14:55.440
 given me all this

00:14:55.440 --> 00:14:56.920
 stuff but it comes

00:14:56.920 --> 00:14:58.159
 as this afterthought

00:14:58.159 --> 00:15:00.800
 we think God's

00:15:00.800 --> 00:15:01.860
 agenda is to give

00:15:01.860 --> 00:15:04.399
 us stuff to look

00:15:04.399 --> 00:15:07.240
 after us and

00:15:07.240 --> 00:15:08.259
 Israel has fallen

00:15:08.259 --> 00:15:09.879
 into the exact same

00:15:09.879 --> 00:15:12.060
 trap they're feeling

00:15:12.060 --> 00:15:12.960
 completely content

00:15:12.960 --> 00:15:13.840
 we've got our nation

00:15:13.840 --> 00:15:14.660
 we've got our king

00:15:14.659 --> 00:15:15.439
 we've got our armies

00:15:15.439 --> 00:15:16.339
 we've got our palace

00:15:16.339 --> 00:15:17.360
 we've got peace

00:15:17.360 --> 00:15:18.579
 everything's fantastic

00:15:18.579 --> 00:15:19.659
 but there is still

00:15:19.659 --> 00:15:21.019
 separation between

00:15:21.019 --> 00:15:21.980
 God and his people

00:15:21.980 --> 00:15:24.480
 the main problem

00:15:24.480 --> 00:15:25.959
 is still the main

00:15:25.959 --> 00:15:27.159
 problem they

00:15:27.159 --> 00:15:27.819
 haven't made

00:15:27.819 --> 00:15:28.939
 progress yet

00:15:28.939 --> 00:15:30.439
 the issue in

00:15:30.439 --> 00:15:31.439
 Genesis 1 to 3

00:15:31.439 --> 00:15:32.219
 is sin

00:15:32.219 --> 00:15:34.159
 the issue is that

00:15:34.159 --> 00:15:34.799
 people are not

00:15:34.799 --> 00:15:35.519
 treating God the

00:15:35.519 --> 00:15:36.279
 way he deserves

00:15:36.279 --> 00:15:37.100
 the issue is that

00:15:37.100 --> 00:15:38.259
 people are choosing

00:15:38.259 --> 00:15:39.139
 to act like they're

00:15:39.139 --> 00:15:40.100
 in charge instead of

00:15:40.100 --> 00:15:41.100
 God being in charge

00:15:41.100 --> 00:15:41.899
 and that is still

00:15:41.899 --> 00:15:42.439
 the issue

00:15:42.439 --> 00:15:43.819
 even though God

00:15:43.819 --> 00:15:44.600
 has been gracious

00:15:44.600 --> 00:15:45.440
 and generous to

00:15:45.440 --> 00:15:45.920
 them and given

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 them so much

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 it's like they've

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 just missed the

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 point

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 it's like they've

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 forgotten what the

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 issue is

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 it's like they've

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 been watching TV

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 and seen a 40

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 hour famine ad

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 and thought you

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 know what I can

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 do to help those

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 kids I'm going to

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 send over a few

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 brand new Mercedes

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 those are nice

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 cars

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 they'd be pretty

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 happy with those

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 I think

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 they're good cars

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 they are

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 they go fast

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 they're shiny

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 they smell nice

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 but I don't know

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 how much benefit

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 it's going to be

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 to a kid who's

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 starving

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 Israel has

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 completely forgotten

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 the problem

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 the problem for

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 them has become

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 we need land

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 the problem for

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 them has become

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 we need to be

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 stronger than the

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 people around us

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 but the problem

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 is still

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 we are separated

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 from God

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 the problem

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 is still

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 we are unworthy

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 of relating to

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 God the way

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 that he desires

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 the problem

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 is still

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 that God

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 would be

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 well within

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 his justice

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 to destroy us

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 at any moment

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 they have been

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 distracted by the

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 good things that

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 God has given

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 them

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 and forgotten

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 that the whole

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 agenda is that

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 God wants to

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 be with them

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 that God wants

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 a relationship

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 with them

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 and I wonder

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 if that ever

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 happens to you

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 if you enjoy

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 the good things

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 that God gives

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 us

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 and there are

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 so many good

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 things that

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 God gives us

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 but you let

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 those things

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 distract you

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 from the main

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 game

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 God's main

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 game is that

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 he would know

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 you and you

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 would know him

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 and you would

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 relate

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 as creator

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 and creation

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 the other

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 interesting thing

00:17:43.519 --> 00:17:44.079
 here in 2

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 Samuel 7

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 is that even

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 though Israel

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 has stopped

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 looking to what

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 God might do

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 in the future

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 God still has

00:17:49.379 --> 00:17:50.399
 a future agenda

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 he's not even

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 done blessing

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 them yet

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 that's the crazy

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 part

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 I mean did you

00:17:55.579 --> 00:17:55.819
 get it

00:17:55.819 --> 00:17:56.419
 David comes up

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 with this idea

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 which sounds

00:17:57.459 --> 00:17:58.119
 like not a bad

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 idea even if it

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 was an afterthought

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 it sounds like

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 a good idea

00:18:01.620 --> 00:18:02.040
 to want to

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 build a fancy

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 temple for

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 God

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 and how does

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 God respond

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 he says

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 not a bad idea

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 I've got something

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 better for you

00:18:09.140 --> 00:18:09.980
 and he just

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 pours out this

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 incredible

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 blessing

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 have a look

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 down there in

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 chapter 7

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 again

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 verse 8

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 now then

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 tell my servant

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 David

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 this is what

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 the Lord Almighty

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 says

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 I took you

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 from the pasture

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 and from following

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 the flock

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 to be ruler

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 over my people

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 Israel

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 I have been

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 with you

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 wherever you

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 have gone

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 I have cut

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 off all your

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 enemies

00:18:30.200 --> 00:18:31.019
 from before you

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 now

00:18:31.840 --> 00:18:32.799
 I will make

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 your name

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 great

00:18:33.680 --> 00:18:34.420
 like the names

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 of the greatest

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 men of the earth

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 and I will

00:18:36.799 --> 00:18:37.700
 provide a place

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 for my people

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 Israel

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 and will plant

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 them so that

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 they can have

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 a home of their

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 own

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 and no longer

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 be disturbed

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 wicked people

00:18:44.259 --> 00:18:44.940
 will not oppress

00:18:44.940 --> 00:18:45.600
 them anymore

00:18:45.600 --> 00:18:46.100
 as they did

00:18:46.100 --> 00:18:46.580
 at the beginning

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 and have done

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 ever since the

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 time I appointed

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 leaders of my

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 people Israel

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 I will also

00:18:51.679 --> 00:18:52.519
 give you rest

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 from all

00:18:53.500 --> 00:18:54.460
 your enemies

00:18:54.460 --> 00:18:56.740
 the Lord declares

00:18:56.740 --> 00:18:57.279
 to you that

00:18:57.279 --> 00:18:58.299
 the Lord himself

00:18:58.299 --> 00:18:59.339
 will establish

00:18:59.339 --> 00:19:00.500
 a house for you

00:19:00.500 --> 00:19:01.480
 now

00:19:01.480 --> 00:19:03.699
 just look

00:19:03.699 --> 00:19:04.379
 carefully at

00:19:04.379 --> 00:19:04.899
 what God

00:19:04.899 --> 00:19:05.619
 has just said

00:19:05.619 --> 00:19:08.279
 in verse 10

00:19:08.279 --> 00:19:08.720
 he says

00:19:08.720 --> 00:19:09.679
 I will provide

00:19:09.679 --> 00:19:10.319
 a place

00:19:10.319 --> 00:19:11.179
 for my people

00:19:11.179 --> 00:19:13.720
 they're already

00:19:13.720 --> 00:19:14.740
 living in the land

00:19:14.740 --> 00:19:15.319
 that he promised

00:19:15.319 --> 00:19:15.939
 to give them

00:19:15.940 --> 00:19:19.539
 how does that

00:19:19.539 --> 00:19:19.920
 work

00:19:19.920 --> 00:19:21.519
 isn't this the

00:19:21.519 --> 00:19:22.039
 place that we're

00:19:22.039 --> 00:19:22.600
 looking forward

00:19:22.600 --> 00:19:22.920
 to

00:19:22.920 --> 00:19:23.920
 God says

00:19:23.920 --> 00:19:24.500
 no I've got

00:19:24.500 --> 00:19:25.180
 something better

00:19:25.180 --> 00:19:25.779
 for you

00:19:25.779 --> 00:19:27.019
 Canaan's great

00:19:27.019 --> 00:19:27.640
 Canaan's got

00:19:27.640 --> 00:19:28.299
 milk and honey

00:19:28.299 --> 00:19:29.759
 Canaan's fertile

00:19:29.759 --> 00:19:30.900
 Canaan is fantastic

00:19:30.900 --> 00:19:31.539
 but I have

00:19:31.539 --> 00:19:32.259
 something better

00:19:32.259 --> 00:19:32.799
 for you

00:19:32.799 --> 00:19:35.400
 in verse 1

00:19:35.400 --> 00:19:36.080
 we're told that

00:19:36.080 --> 00:19:36.860
 God has already

00:19:36.860 --> 00:19:37.700
 given him rest

00:19:37.700 --> 00:19:38.580
 from his enemies

00:19:38.580 --> 00:19:41.820
 but then again

00:19:41.820 --> 00:19:43.200
 he says

00:19:43.200 --> 00:19:43.799
 I will give you

00:19:43.799 --> 00:19:44.680
 rest from all

00:19:44.680 --> 00:19:45.440
 your enemies

00:19:45.440 --> 00:19:46.860
 he says

00:19:46.860 --> 00:19:47.539
 it's not just

00:19:47.539 --> 00:19:48.440
 about the nations

00:19:48.440 --> 00:19:49.000
 around you

00:19:49.000 --> 00:19:49.680
 there is at least

00:19:49.680 --> 00:19:50.820
 one more enemy

00:19:50.820 --> 00:19:52.500
 that needs to be

00:19:52.500 --> 00:19:52.960
 defeated

00:19:52.960 --> 00:19:54.200
 there is at least

00:19:54.200 --> 00:19:54.880
 one more enemy

00:19:54.880 --> 00:19:55.900
 that stands between

00:19:55.900 --> 00:19:57.120
 my kingdom

00:19:57.120 --> 00:19:59.400
 and you as a

00:19:59.400 --> 00:19:59.759
 people

00:19:59.759 --> 00:20:01.360
 and that is the

00:20:01.360 --> 00:20:02.380
 enemy of death

00:20:02.380 --> 00:20:03.580
 and so he begins

00:20:03.580 --> 00:20:04.500
 to unpack

00:20:04.500 --> 00:20:06.259
 how he will

00:20:06.259 --> 00:20:06.820
 overcome

00:20:06.820 --> 00:20:08.279
 this final enemy

00:20:08.279 --> 00:20:09.880
 there's a promise

00:20:09.880 --> 00:20:10.560
 here of a

00:20:10.560 --> 00:20:11.480
 forever king

00:20:11.480 --> 00:20:13.240
 a king

00:20:13.240 --> 00:20:13.779
 that will sit

00:20:13.779 --> 00:20:14.400
 on the throne

00:20:14.400 --> 00:20:14.839
 forever

00:20:14.839 --> 00:20:15.299
 and that can

00:20:15.299 --> 00:20:15.920
 only happen

00:20:15.920 --> 00:20:16.420
 if death

00:20:16.420 --> 00:20:17.240
 is defeated

00:20:17.240 --> 00:20:19.099
 it's not just

00:20:19.099 --> 00:20:19.720
 a euphemism

00:20:19.720 --> 00:20:20.200
 for somebody

00:20:20.200 --> 00:20:20.620
 who's king

00:20:20.620 --> 00:20:21.120
 for a really

00:20:21.120 --> 00:20:21.740
 long time

00:20:21.740 --> 00:20:23.200
 God is promising

00:20:23.200 --> 00:20:23.799
 someone's going

00:20:23.799 --> 00:20:24.680
 to be in charge

00:20:24.680 --> 00:20:25.500
 forever

00:20:25.500 --> 00:20:28.000
 God is trying

00:20:28.000 --> 00:20:28.660
 to lift their

00:20:28.660 --> 00:20:29.400
 eyes and say

00:20:29.400 --> 00:20:29.900
 listen

00:20:29.900 --> 00:20:31.299
 the kingdom

00:20:31.299 --> 00:20:32.500
 is not about

00:20:32.500 --> 00:20:33.579
 a nation

00:20:33.579 --> 00:20:34.880
 the kingdom

00:20:34.880 --> 00:20:35.680
 is not about

00:20:35.680 --> 00:20:36.559
 how many people

00:20:36.559 --> 00:20:37.120
 you have

00:20:37.120 --> 00:20:38.120
 how much money

00:20:38.119 --> 00:20:38.739
 you have

00:20:38.739 --> 00:20:40.899
 the kingdom

00:20:40.899 --> 00:20:41.579
 is about

00:20:41.579 --> 00:20:42.979
 a relationship

00:20:42.979 --> 00:20:43.899
 between God

00:20:43.899 --> 00:20:44.819
 and his people

00:20:44.819 --> 00:20:46.339
 you know the

00:20:46.339 --> 00:20:47.679
 reason that God

00:20:47.679 --> 00:20:50.459
 establishes a

00:20:50.459 --> 00:20:51.399
 kingdom is because

00:20:51.399 --> 00:20:52.359
 a kingdom is the

00:20:52.359 --> 00:20:53.339
 sphere in which

00:20:53.339 --> 00:20:54.519
 we relate to God

00:20:54.519 --> 00:20:55.299
 correctly

00:20:55.299 --> 00:20:57.259
 see God

00:20:57.259 --> 00:20:58.419
 establishes a king

00:20:58.419 --> 00:20:59.599
 who rules on his

00:20:59.599 --> 00:21:00.699
 behalf and we

00:21:00.699 --> 00:21:01.859
 are established

00:21:01.859 --> 00:21:02.759
 as subjects

00:21:02.759 --> 00:21:04.000
 who submit

00:21:04.000 --> 00:21:05.259
 who obey

00:21:05.259 --> 00:21:06.799
 who worship

00:21:06.799 --> 00:21:08.519
 it's not a

00:21:08.519 --> 00:21:09.059
 relationship

00:21:09.059 --> 00:21:09.639
 where the king

00:21:09.639 --> 00:21:10.220
 oppresses

00:21:10.220 --> 00:21:11.139
 or takes money

00:21:11.139 --> 00:21:11.480
 from

00:21:11.480 --> 00:21:13.039
 it's a relationship

00:21:13.039 --> 00:21:13.539
 where the king

00:21:13.539 --> 00:21:15.119
 leads and cares

00:21:15.119 --> 00:21:17.059
 for and provides

00:21:17.059 --> 00:21:17.919
 for his people

00:21:17.919 --> 00:21:20.180
 and God's agenda

00:21:20.180 --> 00:21:20.919
 here is that

00:21:20.919 --> 00:21:21.599
 that right

00:21:21.599 --> 00:21:22.379
 relationship

00:21:22.379 --> 00:21:23.240
 of submission

00:21:23.240 --> 00:21:23.899
 and obedience

00:21:23.899 --> 00:21:24.599
 to God

00:21:24.599 --> 00:21:26.059
 would be a

00:21:26.059 --> 00:21:27.139
 forever reality

00:21:27.139 --> 00:21:27.859
 for us

00:21:27.859 --> 00:21:30.980
 the crazy thing

00:21:30.980 --> 00:21:31.599
 is even though

00:21:31.599 --> 00:21:32.200
 Israel has gone

00:21:32.200 --> 00:21:33.019
 so far wrong

00:21:33.019 --> 00:21:33.480
 here

00:21:33.480 --> 00:21:35.379
 God is showing

00:21:35.379 --> 00:21:36.039
 them even more

00:21:36.039 --> 00:21:36.500
 grace

00:21:36.500 --> 00:21:37.960
 this isn't a

00:21:37.960 --> 00:21:38.539
 new plan

00:21:38.539 --> 00:21:39.460
 this is the

00:21:39.460 --> 00:21:40.059
 agenda from

00:21:40.059 --> 00:21:40.819
 Genesis 3

00:21:40.819 --> 00:21:42.500
 when he promised

00:21:42.500 --> 00:21:43.000
 he was going to

00:21:43.000 --> 00:21:43.680
 crush the head

00:21:43.680 --> 00:21:44.279
 of the serpent

00:21:44.279 --> 00:21:44.980
 when he promised

00:21:44.980 --> 00:21:45.460
 that he was going

00:21:45.460 --> 00:21:45.960
 to bless

00:21:45.960 --> 00:21:46.599
 Israel

00:21:46.599 --> 00:21:47.240
 when he promised

00:21:47.240 --> 00:21:47.619
 that he was

00:21:47.619 --> 00:21:48.099
 going to bless

00:21:48.099 --> 00:21:48.740
 all nations

00:21:48.740 --> 00:21:49.660
 through Israel

00:21:49.660 --> 00:21:51.160
 he was already

00:21:51.160 --> 00:21:51.980
 planning to

00:21:51.980 --> 00:21:52.740
 send a king

00:21:52.740 --> 00:21:55.160
 and what he's

00:21:55.160 --> 00:21:55.779
 doing here

00:21:55.779 --> 00:21:56.960
 is in his grace

00:21:56.960 --> 00:21:58.099
 just revealing

00:21:58.099 --> 00:21:58.660
 a little bit

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 more of his

00:21:59.180 --> 00:21:59.599
 plan

00:21:59.599 --> 00:22:00.960
 just showing

00:22:00.960 --> 00:22:01.400
 them a little

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 bit more

00:22:01.779 --> 00:22:02.359
 of what's in

00:22:02.359 --> 00:22:02.579
 store

00:22:02.579 --> 00:22:03.000
 a little bit

00:22:03.000 --> 00:22:03.740
 more of what

00:22:03.740 --> 00:22:04.440
 he is doing

00:22:04.440 --> 00:22:05.339
 and showing

00:22:05.339 --> 00:22:05.819
 them that the

00:22:05.819 --> 00:22:06.339
 issue

00:22:06.339 --> 00:22:08.899
 that was there

00:22:08.899 --> 00:22:09.439
 in the beginning

00:22:09.439 --> 00:22:10.419
 is still there

00:22:10.419 --> 00:22:12.639
 God and his

00:22:12.639 --> 00:22:13.720
 people have a

00:22:13.720 --> 00:22:14.759
 broken relationship

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 and only when his

00:22:16.220 --> 00:22:17.039
 kingdom arrives

00:22:17.039 --> 00:22:18.179
 will that relationship

00:22:18.179 --> 00:22:19.059
 be finally

00:22:19.059 --> 00:22:20.119
 restored

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 and enjoyed

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 and we turn

00:22:23.579 --> 00:22:24.240
 to a passage

00:22:24.240 --> 00:22:25.379
 like Hebrews

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 chapter 10

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 and we read

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 this

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 therefore brothers

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 since we have

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 confidence to

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 enter the most

00:22:35.020 --> 00:22:35.920
 holy place

00:22:35.920 --> 00:22:36.520
 by the blood

00:22:36.520 --> 00:22:37.040
 of Jesus

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 by a new

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 and living

00:22:38.840 --> 00:22:39.660
 way opened

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 up for us

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 through the

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 curtain

00:22:41.240 --> 00:22:42.420
 that is his

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 body

00:22:42.820 --> 00:22:43.860
 and since we

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 have a great

00:22:44.440 --> 00:22:45.160
 high priest

00:22:45.160 --> 00:22:45.880
 over the house

00:22:45.880 --> 00:22:46.320
 of God

00:22:46.320 --> 00:22:47.360
 let us draw

00:22:47.360 --> 00:22:48.500
 near to God

00:22:48.500 --> 00:22:49.500
 with a sincere

00:22:49.500 --> 00:22:50.700
 heart in full

00:22:50.700 --> 00:22:51.760
 assurance of faith

00:22:51.760 --> 00:22:53.000
 having our hearts

00:22:53.000 --> 00:22:53.960
 sprinkled to

00:22:53.960 --> 00:22:54.700
 cleanse us from

00:22:54.700 --> 00:22:55.700
 a guilty conscience

00:22:55.700 --> 00:22:56.880
 having our bodies

00:22:56.880 --> 00:22:58.000
 washed with pure

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 water

00:22:58.420 --> 00:22:59.460
 let us hold

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 unswervingly to

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 the hope we

00:23:01.640 --> 00:23:02.720
 profess for he

00:23:02.720 --> 00:23:03.580
 who promised

00:23:03.580 --> 00:23:04.500
 is faithful

00:23:04.500 --> 00:23:08.039
 Israel never knew

00:23:08.039 --> 00:23:08.920
 what it was to be

00:23:08.920 --> 00:23:09.740
 confident to

00:23:09.740 --> 00:23:10.559
 approach God

00:23:10.559 --> 00:23:12.420
 they approached

00:23:12.420 --> 00:23:13.360
 with fear and

00:23:13.360 --> 00:23:14.059
 trepidation

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 with sacrifice

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 after sacrifice

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 they approached

00:23:16.779 --> 00:23:17.720
 through the

00:23:17.720 --> 00:23:18.779
 priestly system

00:23:18.779 --> 00:23:20.259
 but for us

00:23:20.259 --> 00:23:20.799
 because of

00:23:20.799 --> 00:23:21.180
 Jesus

00:23:21.180 --> 00:23:22.220
 once for all

00:23:22.220 --> 00:23:22.980
 sacrifice

00:23:22.980 --> 00:23:24.519
 finally the

00:23:24.519 --> 00:23:25.220
 barrier is

00:23:25.220 --> 00:23:25.720
 removed

00:23:25.720 --> 00:23:27.160
 finally the

00:23:27.160 --> 00:23:27.859
 obstacle is

00:23:27.859 --> 00:23:28.299
 dealt with

00:23:28.299 --> 00:23:28.920
 finally the

00:23:28.920 --> 00:23:29.359
 kingdom is

00:23:29.359 --> 00:23:29.779
 established

00:23:29.779 --> 00:23:30.819
 finally God

00:23:30.819 --> 00:23:31.559
 can dwell

00:23:31.559 --> 00:23:32.440
 with his

00:23:32.440 --> 00:23:32.859
 people

00:23:32.859 --> 00:23:36.299
 finally the

00:23:36.299 --> 00:23:37.339
 kingdom is

00:23:37.339 --> 00:23:38.359
 beginning to

00:23:38.359 --> 00:23:39.000
 advance

00:23:39.000 --> 00:23:43.940
 Steve challenged

00:23:43.940 --> 00:23:44.460
 us earlier in

00:23:44.460 --> 00:23:44.899
 the service

00:23:44.899 --> 00:23:45.500
 that when we

00:23:45.500 --> 00:23:45.920
 talk about

00:23:45.920 --> 00:23:46.420
 church we

00:23:46.420 --> 00:23:46.779
 don't mean

00:23:46.779 --> 00:23:47.299
 this building

00:23:47.299 --> 00:23:49.819
 sometimes we

00:23:49.819 --> 00:23:50.399
 fall into the

00:23:50.399 --> 00:23:50.819
 trap of

00:23:50.819 --> 00:23:51.279
 thinking that

00:23:51.279 --> 00:23:51.680
 God's

00:23:51.680 --> 00:23:52.480
 presence even

00:23:52.480 --> 00:23:53.220
 since Jesus

00:23:53.220 --> 00:23:54.200
 has died and

00:23:54.200 --> 00:23:54.759
 risen and

00:23:54.759 --> 00:23:55.259
 sits on the

00:23:55.259 --> 00:23:55.639
 throne in

00:23:55.639 --> 00:23:55.980
 heaven we

00:23:55.980 --> 00:23:56.379
 think that

00:23:56.379 --> 00:23:57.019
 God's presence

00:23:57.019 --> 00:23:58.539
 exists in a

00:23:58.539 --> 00:24:00.220
 place or in

00:24:00.220 --> 00:24:02.339
 a time but

00:24:02.339 --> 00:24:02.940
 that's not the

00:24:02.940 --> 00:24:03.720
 promise of God's

00:24:03.720 --> 00:24:05.220
 word that was

00:24:05.220 --> 00:24:05.919
 never God's

00:24:05.919 --> 00:24:07.379
 agenda that we

00:24:07.379 --> 00:24:07.919
 would replace

00:24:07.919 --> 00:24:08.659
 the old box

00:24:08.659 --> 00:24:09.259
 that lived in a

00:24:09.259 --> 00:24:09.859
 tent with a new

00:24:09.859 --> 00:24:10.960
 box that's

00:24:10.960 --> 00:24:11.779
 slightly fancier

00:24:11.779 --> 00:24:12.139
 and has

00:24:12.139 --> 00:24:12.680
 electricity

00:24:12.680 --> 00:24:15.880
 in 1

00:24:15.880 --> 00:24:16.460
 Corinthians

00:24:16.460 --> 00:24:18.200
 Paul challenges

00:24:18.200 --> 00:24:18.840
 the Corinthians

00:24:18.840 --> 00:24:19.660
 don't you know

00:24:19.660 --> 00:24:20.240
 that you

00:24:20.240 --> 00:24:21.340
 yourselves are

00:24:21.340 --> 00:24:22.019
 God's temple

00:24:22.019 --> 00:24:23.080
 and that God's

00:24:23.080 --> 00:24:24.000
 spirit lives in

00:24:24.000 --> 00:24:24.279
 you

00:24:24.279 --> 00:24:27.820
 God has

00:24:27.820 --> 00:24:28.740
 poured out his

00:24:28.740 --> 00:24:29.360
 spirit

00:24:29.360 --> 00:24:31.560
 God himself

00:24:31.560 --> 00:24:33.039
 dwells in

00:24:33.039 --> 00:24:34.480
 those who

00:24:34.480 --> 00:24:35.019
 bear his

00:24:35.019 --> 00:24:35.380
 name

00:24:35.380 --> 00:24:37.480
 we no longer

00:24:37.480 --> 00:24:38.660
 need go to

00:24:38.660 --> 00:24:39.220
 a temple

00:24:39.220 --> 00:24:42.440
 but we

00:24:42.440 --> 00:24:43.759
 ourselves are

00:24:43.759 --> 00:24:44.240
 the temple

00:24:44.240 --> 00:24:46.380
 that means God

00:24:46.380 --> 00:24:47.299
 is with us in

00:24:47.299 --> 00:24:48.160
 any and every

00:24:48.160 --> 00:24:48.880
 situation

00:24:48.880 --> 00:24:50.140
 that means that

00:24:50.140 --> 00:24:50.600
 there is no

00:24:50.600 --> 00:24:51.400
 place to hide

00:24:51.400 --> 00:24:51.920
 from him

00:24:51.920 --> 00:24:53.559
 that means that

00:24:53.559 --> 00:24:53.980
 there is no

00:24:53.980 --> 00:24:54.740
 need to hide

00:24:54.740 --> 00:24:55.180
 from him

00:24:55.180 --> 00:24:57.220
 because we have

00:24:57.220 --> 00:24:58.600
 confidence to

00:24:58.600 --> 00:24:59.420
 draw near to

00:24:59.420 --> 00:24:59.700
 him

00:24:59.700 --> 00:25:01.660
 the kingdom is

00:25:01.660 --> 00:25:02.079
 about a

00:25:02.079 --> 00:25:03.400
 relationship a

00:25:03.400 --> 00:25:04.279
 right relationship

00:25:04.279 --> 00:25:05.200
 between God

00:25:05.200 --> 00:25:06.380
 and his people

00:25:06.380 --> 00:25:08.579
 God's agenda

00:25:08.579 --> 00:25:09.379
 from the start

00:25:09.379 --> 00:25:10.000
 has been that

00:25:10.000 --> 00:25:10.699
 he could dwell

00:25:10.699 --> 00:25:11.119
 with us

00:25:11.119 --> 00:25:11.559
 that he could

00:25:11.559 --> 00:25:12.480
 live with us

00:25:12.480 --> 00:25:13.519
 without barrier

00:25:13.519 --> 00:25:17.139
 and in Jesus

00:25:17.139 --> 00:25:18.879
 that reality

00:25:18.879 --> 00:25:19.779
 has begun

00:25:19.779 --> 00:25:22.720
 we look forward

00:25:22.720 --> 00:25:23.319
 to when it will

00:25:23.319 --> 00:25:24.779
 be an even

00:25:24.779 --> 00:25:25.759
 greater experience

00:25:25.759 --> 00:25:26.519
 of that reality

00:25:26.519 --> 00:25:27.259
 when God will

00:25:27.259 --> 00:25:28.259
 finally remove

00:25:28.259 --> 00:25:29.159
 all sin

00:25:29.159 --> 00:25:30.960
 all opposition

00:25:30.960 --> 00:25:31.519
 to him

00:25:31.519 --> 00:25:33.779
 but even

00:25:33.779 --> 00:25:34.220
 now

00:25:34.220 --> 00:25:36.860
 God is

00:25:36.860 --> 00:25:37.640
 indwelling

00:25:37.640 --> 00:25:38.360
 those who

00:25:38.360 --> 00:25:39.640
 bear his

00:25:39.640 --> 00:25:40.000
 name

00:25:40.000 --> 00:25:41.380
 by his

00:25:41.380 --> 00:25:42.019
 Holy Spirit

00:25:42.019 --> 00:25:43.940
 right now

00:25:43.940 --> 00:25:44.799
 in Jesus

00:25:44.799 --> 00:25:45.220
 we have

00:25:45.220 --> 00:25:45.880
 confidence

00:25:45.880 --> 00:25:46.819
 to draw

00:25:46.819 --> 00:25:47.440
 near to

00:25:47.440 --> 00:25:48.059
 the God

00:25:48.059 --> 00:25:49.100
 that struck

00:25:49.100 --> 00:25:49.819
 fear into

00:25:49.819 --> 00:25:50.380
 the hearts

00:25:50.380 --> 00:25:51.360
 of Israel

00:25:51.360 --> 00:25:53.660
 God's deep

00:25:53.660 --> 00:25:54.460
 desire has

00:25:54.460 --> 00:25:55.440
 always been

00:25:55.440 --> 00:25:57.440
 to dwell

00:25:57.440 --> 00:25:58.039
 with his

00:25:58.039 --> 00:25:58.420
 people

00:25:58.420 --> 00:26:00.680
 and now

00:26:00.680 --> 00:26:01.220
 he does

00:26:01.220 --> 00:26:04.360
 leave us

00:26:04.360 --> 00:26:04.759
 with one

00:26:04.759 --> 00:26:05.539
 last question

00:26:05.539 --> 00:26:09.799
 knowing that

00:26:09.799 --> 00:26:11.100
 God himself

00:26:11.100 --> 00:26:12.720
 dwells in

00:26:12.720 --> 00:26:13.160
 us

00:26:13.160 --> 00:26:14.900
 how should

00:26:14.900 --> 00:26:15.460
 that shape

00:26:15.460 --> 00:26:15.779
 the way

00:26:15.779 --> 00:26:16.039
 that we

00:26:16.039 --> 00:26:16.380
 live

00:26:16.380 --> 00:26:19.700
 knowing that

00:26:19.700 --> 00:26:20.000
 it's not

00:26:20.000 --> 00:26:20.360
 about when

00:26:20.360 --> 00:26:20.799
 we come to

00:26:20.799 --> 00:26:21.420
 this building

00:26:21.420 --> 00:26:21.779
 that we

00:26:21.779 --> 00:26:22.120
 meet with

00:26:22.120 --> 00:26:22.279
 God

00:26:22.279 --> 00:26:22.640
 we do

00:26:22.640 --> 00:26:23.019
 meet with

00:26:23.019 --> 00:26:23.240
 God

00:26:23.240 --> 00:26:23.600
 here as

00:26:23.600 --> 00:26:24.019
 we open

00:26:24.019 --> 00:26:24.539
 his word

00:26:24.539 --> 00:26:24.799
 but

00:26:24.799 --> 00:26:25.960
 hearing

00:26:25.960 --> 00:26:26.420
 scripture

00:26:26.420 --> 00:26:27.039
 say that

00:26:27.039 --> 00:26:27.480
 God

00:26:27.480 --> 00:26:27.980
 himself

00:26:27.980 --> 00:26:28.259
 is

00:26:28.259 --> 00:26:29.059
 indwelling

00:26:29.059 --> 00:26:29.339
 us

00:26:29.339 --> 00:26:29.679
 by the

00:26:29.679 --> 00:26:30.359
 Holy Spirit

00:26:30.359 --> 00:26:31.740
 how should

00:26:31.740 --> 00:26:32.319
 that shape

00:26:32.319 --> 00:26:33.399
 the people

00:26:33.399 --> 00:26:33.720
 that we

00:26:33.720 --> 00:26:33.939
 are

00:26:33.939 --> 00:26:35.899
 how should

00:26:35.899 --> 00:26:36.319
 that shape

00:26:36.319 --> 00:26:37.119
 the relationships

00:26:37.119 --> 00:26:37.779
 that we

00:26:37.779 --> 00:26:38.199
 have

00:26:38.199 --> 00:26:42.299
 I want to

00:26:42.299 --> 00:26:42.980
 suggest three

00:26:42.980 --> 00:26:43.500
 things

00:26:43.500 --> 00:26:46.740
 firstly

00:26:46.740 --> 00:26:49.439
 it should

00:26:49.439 --> 00:26:50.019
 lead to

00:26:50.019 --> 00:26:50.879
 some form

00:26:50.879 --> 00:26:51.579
 of reverence

00:26:51.579 --> 00:26:52.019
 and awe

00:26:52.019 --> 00:26:52.519
 in the way

00:26:52.519 --> 00:26:52.779
 that we

00:26:52.779 --> 00:26:53.199
 use our

00:26:53.199 --> 00:26:53.599
 lives

00:26:53.599 --> 00:26:55.220
 in the way

00:26:55.220 --> 00:26:55.459
 that we

00:26:55.459 --> 00:26:55.859
 use the

00:26:55.859 --> 00:26:56.279
 breath

00:26:56.279 --> 00:26:57.319
 and strength

00:26:57.319 --> 00:26:57.859
 that God

00:26:57.859 --> 00:26:58.559
 has provided

00:26:58.559 --> 00:26:59.980
 we have

00:26:59.980 --> 00:27:00.500
 something to

00:27:00.500 --> 00:27:01.000
 learn from

00:27:01.000 --> 00:27:01.379
 Israel

00:27:01.379 --> 00:27:01.720
 here

00:27:01.720 --> 00:27:03.700
 Israel

00:27:03.700 --> 00:27:04.240
 at least

00:27:04.240 --> 00:27:04.799
 understood

00:27:04.799 --> 00:27:05.579
 that approaching

00:27:05.579 --> 00:27:06.240
 God was

00:27:06.240 --> 00:27:06.539
 something

00:27:06.539 --> 00:27:07.319
 significant

00:27:07.319 --> 00:27:09.619
 they at

00:27:09.619 --> 00:27:10.279
 least understood

00:27:10.279 --> 00:27:10.740
 that there

00:27:10.740 --> 00:27:11.119
 was a

00:27:11.119 --> 00:27:11.539
 cleansing

00:27:11.539 --> 00:27:12.019
 that had

00:27:12.019 --> 00:27:12.519
 to happen

00:27:12.519 --> 00:27:16.079
 and yet

00:27:16.079 --> 00:27:16.519
 for so

00:27:16.519 --> 00:27:16.919
 many of

00:27:16.919 --> 00:27:17.319
 us

00:27:17.319 --> 00:27:18.619
 we take

00:27:18.619 --> 00:27:19.019
 Jesus

00:27:19.019 --> 00:27:19.440
 as an

00:27:19.440 --> 00:27:19.919
 excuse

00:27:19.919 --> 00:27:20.379
 to treat

00:27:20.379 --> 00:27:20.659
 God

00:27:20.659 --> 00:27:21.000
 like he's

00:27:21.000 --> 00:27:21.319
 not that

00:27:21.319 --> 00:27:21.679
 impressive

00:27:21.679 --> 00:27:22.119
 anymore

00:27:22.119 --> 00:27:26.859
 maybe you

00:27:26.859 --> 00:27:27.200
 come to

00:27:27.200 --> 00:27:27.720
 church and

00:27:27.720 --> 00:27:28.059
 think it's

00:27:28.059 --> 00:27:28.460
 time to

00:27:28.460 --> 00:27:29.500
 be serious

00:27:29.500 --> 00:27:30.980
 it's time

00:27:30.980 --> 00:27:31.319
 to be

00:27:31.319 --> 00:27:31.799
 good

00:27:31.799 --> 00:27:32.960
 it's time

00:27:32.960 --> 00:27:33.480
 to dress

00:27:33.480 --> 00:27:33.900
 a certain

00:27:33.900 --> 00:27:34.259
 way

00:27:34.259 --> 00:27:34.840
 it's time

00:27:34.840 --> 00:27:35.299
 to act

00:27:35.299 --> 00:27:35.680
 a certain

00:27:35.680 --> 00:27:36.079
 way

00:27:36.079 --> 00:27:39.620
 but God

00:27:39.620 --> 00:27:40.160
 is dwelling

00:27:40.160 --> 00:27:40.559
 in you

00:27:40.559 --> 00:27:41.240
 every minute

00:27:41.240 --> 00:27:41.680
 of every

00:27:41.680 --> 00:27:42.000
 day

00:27:42.000 --> 00:27:44.980
 so at

00:27:44.980 --> 00:27:45.600
 very least

00:27:45.600 --> 00:27:45.940
 there should

00:27:45.940 --> 00:27:46.319
 be some

00:27:46.319 --> 00:27:47.059
 consistency

00:27:47.059 --> 00:27:53.359
 a couple

00:27:53.359 --> 00:27:53.659
 of years

00:27:53.659 --> 00:27:55.339
 a couple

00:27:55.339 --> 00:27:55.639
 of years

00:27:55.639 --> 00:27:56.159
 Barack

00:27:56.159 --> 00:27:56.579
 Obama

00:27:56.579 --> 00:27:57.099
 became

00:27:57.099 --> 00:27:58.039
 potentially

00:27:58.039 --> 00:27:58.619
 the most

00:27:58.619 --> 00:27:58.960
 powerful

00:27:58.960 --> 00:27:59.379
 man

00:27:59.379 --> 00:27:59.899
 in the

00:27:59.899 --> 00:28:00.139
 world

00:28:00.139 --> 00:28:01.960
 his

00:28:01.960 --> 00:28:02.220
 government

00:28:02.220 --> 00:28:02.659
 hasn't done

00:28:02.659 --> 00:28:02.960
 him any

00:28:02.960 --> 00:28:03.399
 favours in

00:28:03.399 --> 00:28:03.700
 the last

00:28:03.700 --> 00:28:04.099
 little while

00:28:04.099 --> 00:28:04.279
 and he

00:28:04.279 --> 00:28:04.500
 might have

00:28:04.500 --> 00:28:04.819
 dropped a

00:28:04.819 --> 00:28:05.139
 couple of

00:28:05.139 --> 00:28:05.440
 pegs

00:28:05.440 --> 00:28:05.740
 but at

00:28:05.740 --> 00:28:06.019
 some

00:28:06.019 --> 00:28:06.359
 point

00:28:06.359 --> 00:28:07.480
 he was

00:28:07.480 --> 00:28:07.879
 probably

00:28:07.879 --> 00:28:08.980
 the most

00:28:08.980 --> 00:28:09.379
 powerful

00:28:09.379 --> 00:28:09.819
 man

00:28:09.819 --> 00:28:11.059
 in the

00:28:11.059 --> 00:28:11.259
 world

00:28:11.259 --> 00:28:12.779
 at this

00:28:12.779 --> 00:28:13.159
 particular

00:28:13.159 --> 00:28:13.659
 point in

00:28:13.660 --> 00:28:13.960
 time

00:28:13.960 --> 00:28:16.019
 and I

00:28:16.019 --> 00:28:16.240
 remember

00:28:16.240 --> 00:28:16.660
 watching

00:28:16.660 --> 00:28:17.080
 not long

00:28:17.080 --> 00:28:17.519
 after he'd

00:28:17.519 --> 00:28:17.660
 been

00:28:17.660 --> 00:28:18.060
 officially

00:28:18.060 --> 00:28:18.519
 appointed

00:28:18.519 --> 00:28:21.000
 and his

00:28:21.000 --> 00:28:21.460
 daughters

00:28:21.460 --> 00:28:22.440
 would still

00:28:22.440 --> 00:28:22.920
 play with

00:28:22.920 --> 00:28:23.200
 him in

00:28:23.200 --> 00:28:23.480
 camera

00:28:23.480 --> 00:28:24.000
 I'm sure

00:28:24.000 --> 00:28:24.240
 that it

00:28:24.240 --> 00:28:24.540
 was all

00:28:24.540 --> 00:28:24.940
 set up

00:28:24.940 --> 00:28:25.100
 and it

00:28:25.100 --> 00:28:25.380
 was part

00:28:25.380 --> 00:28:25.660
 of making

00:28:25.660 --> 00:28:26.140
 us understand

00:28:26.140 --> 00:28:26.380
 that he's

00:28:26.380 --> 00:28:26.779
 a family

00:28:26.779 --> 00:28:27.120
 man

00:28:27.120 --> 00:28:27.580
 but it

00:28:27.580 --> 00:28:28.019
 was interesting

00:28:28.019 --> 00:28:28.340
 to watch

00:28:28.340 --> 00:28:28.900
 the freedom

00:28:28.900 --> 00:28:29.540
 they had

00:28:29.540 --> 00:28:30.540
 to hug

00:28:30.540 --> 00:28:31.000
 their dad

00:28:31.000 --> 00:28:32.060
 the freedom

00:28:32.060 --> 00:28:32.420
 they had

00:28:32.420 --> 00:28:32.800
 to muck

00:28:32.800 --> 00:28:33.340
 around with

00:28:33.340 --> 00:28:33.540
 him

00:28:33.540 --> 00:28:34.640
 to poke

00:28:34.640 --> 00:28:34.900
 him

00:28:34.900 --> 00:28:36.000
 to call

00:28:36.000 --> 00:28:36.460
 him dad

00:28:36.460 --> 00:28:38.660
 but can

00:28:38.660 --> 00:28:39.200
 you imagine

00:28:39.200 --> 00:28:41.500
 if one

00:28:41.500 --> 00:28:42.000
 of his

00:28:42.000 --> 00:28:43.240
 cabinets

00:28:43.240 --> 00:28:43.720
 started

00:28:43.720 --> 00:28:44.799
 treating

00:28:44.799 --> 00:28:45.019
 him the

00:28:45.019 --> 00:28:45.200
 same

00:28:45.200 --> 00:28:45.519
 way

00:28:45.519 --> 00:28:49.640
 it would

00:28:49.640 --> 00:28:49.720
 be

00:28:49.720 --> 00:28:50.140
 inappropriate

00:28:50.140 --> 00:28:50.559
 wouldn't

00:28:50.559 --> 00:28:50.759
 it

00:28:50.759 --> 00:28:54.900
 God's

00:28:54.900 --> 00:28:55.319
 presence

00:28:55.319 --> 00:28:56.019
 with us

00:28:56.019 --> 00:28:57.960
 the barrier

00:28:57.960 --> 00:28:58.339
 that has

00:28:58.339 --> 00:28:58.940
 been removed

00:28:58.940 --> 00:28:59.519
 by Jesus

00:28:59.519 --> 00:29:00.259
 the confidence

00:29:00.259 --> 00:29:00.779
 we have

00:29:00.779 --> 00:29:01.140
 to draw

00:29:01.140 --> 00:29:01.660
 near the

00:29:01.660 --> 00:29:02.079
 freedom

00:29:02.079 --> 00:29:02.700
 and forgiveness

00:29:02.700 --> 00:29:03.120
 that we

00:29:03.120 --> 00:29:03.420
 know

00:29:03.420 --> 00:29:04.120
 doesn't

00:29:04.120 --> 00:29:04.539
 change

00:29:04.539 --> 00:29:04.920
 who God

00:29:04.920 --> 00:29:05.240
 is

00:29:05.240 --> 00:29:07.160
 it

00:29:07.160 --> 00:29:07.480
 doesn't

00:29:07.480 --> 00:29:07.980
 change

00:29:07.980 --> 00:29:08.299
 that he

00:29:08.299 --> 00:29:08.859
 spoke

00:29:08.859 --> 00:29:09.599
 the earth

00:29:09.599 --> 00:29:09.920
 into

00:29:09.920 --> 00:29:10.359
 motion

00:29:10.359 --> 00:29:11.680
 it

00:29:11.680 --> 00:29:12.019
 doesn't

00:29:12.019 --> 00:29:12.519
 change

00:29:12.519 --> 00:29:13.039
 that all

00:29:13.039 --> 00:29:13.559
 creation

00:29:13.559 --> 00:29:14.160
 is accountable

00:29:14.160 --> 00:29:14.700
 to him

00:29:14.700 --> 00:29:15.019
 for the

00:29:15.019 --> 00:29:15.299
 life

00:29:15.299 --> 00:29:15.660
 that it

00:29:15.660 --> 00:29:16.039
 lives

00:29:16.039 --> 00:29:19.039
 it

00:29:19.039 --> 00:29:19.359
 doesn't

00:29:19.359 --> 00:29:19.759
 change

00:29:19.759 --> 00:29:20.079
 that he

00:29:20.079 --> 00:29:20.599
 has promised

00:29:20.599 --> 00:29:20.940
 that he

00:29:20.940 --> 00:29:21.259
 will not

00:29:21.259 --> 00:29:21.539
 let the

00:29:21.539 --> 00:29:21.759
 guilty

00:29:21.759 --> 00:29:22.639
 go unpunished

00:29:22.639 --> 00:29:26.079
 and we

00:29:26.079 --> 00:29:26.480
 would do

00:29:26.480 --> 00:29:27.059
 well to

00:29:27.059 --> 00:29:28.000
 refocus our

00:29:28.000 --> 00:29:28.559
 eyes on

00:29:28.559 --> 00:29:29.019
 the God

00:29:29.019 --> 00:29:29.639
 who dwells

00:29:29.639 --> 00:29:29.960
 in us

00:29:29.960 --> 00:29:30.579
 every minute

00:29:30.579 --> 00:29:30.980
 of every

00:29:30.980 --> 00:29:31.279
 day

00:29:31.279 --> 00:29:34.160
 how might

00:29:34.160 --> 00:29:34.859
 that shape

00:29:34.859 --> 00:29:36.240
 the way

00:29:36.240 --> 00:29:36.579
 we treat

00:29:36.579 --> 00:29:37.099
 one another

00:29:37.099 --> 00:29:41.500
 how conscious

00:29:41.500 --> 00:29:41.939
 might that

00:29:41.939 --> 00:29:42.519
 make us

00:29:42.519 --> 00:29:43.379
 to obey

00:29:43.379 --> 00:29:43.819
 God

00:29:43.819 --> 00:29:44.699
 not just

00:29:44.699 --> 00:29:45.079
 for an

00:29:45.079 --> 00:29:45.559
 hour a

00:29:45.559 --> 00:29:45.799
 week

00:29:45.799 --> 00:29:46.459
 not just

00:29:46.459 --> 00:29:46.740
 for a

00:29:46.740 --> 00:29:47.139
 few minutes

00:29:47.139 --> 00:29:47.500
 a day

00:29:47.500 --> 00:29:47.839
 but in

00:29:47.839 --> 00:29:48.419
 every minute

00:29:48.419 --> 00:29:48.859
 of every

00:29:48.859 --> 00:29:49.219
 second

00:29:49.219 --> 00:29:51.359
 surely

00:29:51.359 --> 00:29:51.839
 God's

00:29:51.839 --> 00:29:52.199
 presence

00:29:52.199 --> 00:29:52.579
 in our

00:29:52.579 --> 00:29:52.879
 lives

00:29:52.879 --> 00:29:53.579
 demands

00:29:53.579 --> 00:29:54.839
 reverence

00:29:54.839 --> 00:29:56.980
 it

00:29:56.980 --> 00:29:57.319
 doesn't

00:29:57.319 --> 00:29:57.779
 deny

00:29:57.779 --> 00:29:58.240
 joy

00:29:58.240 --> 00:29:58.519
 it

00:29:58.519 --> 00:29:58.819
 doesn't

00:29:58.819 --> 00:29:59.139
 deny

00:29:59.139 --> 00:29:59.339
 the

00:29:59.339 --> 00:29:59.759
 confidence

00:29:59.759 --> 00:30:00.019
 we

00:30:00.019 --> 00:30:00.379
 have

00:30:00.379 --> 00:30:01.000
 but it

00:30:01.000 --> 00:30:01.259
 does

00:30:01.259 --> 00:30:01.779
 demand

00:30:01.779 --> 00:30:02.679
 reverence

00:30:02.680 --> 00:30:05.340
 secondly

00:30:05.340 --> 00:30:06.920
 surely

00:30:06.920 --> 00:30:07.420
 it demands

00:30:07.420 --> 00:30:08.380
 thankfulness

00:30:08.380 --> 00:30:10.440
 that the

00:30:10.440 --> 00:30:10.920
 God of

00:30:10.920 --> 00:30:11.539
 the universe

00:30:11.539 --> 00:30:12.519
 has given

00:30:12.519 --> 00:30:13.200
 us the

00:30:13.200 --> 00:30:14.259
 best gift

00:30:14.259 --> 00:30:14.560
 he could

00:30:14.560 --> 00:30:15.060
 possibly

00:30:15.060 --> 00:30:15.620
 give

00:30:15.620 --> 00:30:17.200
 surely

00:30:17.200 --> 00:30:17.740
 drives us

00:30:17.740 --> 00:30:18.140
 to thank

00:30:18.140 --> 00:30:18.360
 him

00:30:18.360 --> 00:30:20.840
 not just

00:30:20.840 --> 00:30:21.120
 in the

00:30:21.120 --> 00:30:21.680
 form of

00:30:21.680 --> 00:30:22.299
 a song

00:30:22.299 --> 00:30:22.560
 that we

00:30:22.560 --> 00:30:23.000
 sing at

00:30:23.000 --> 00:30:23.299
 church

00:30:23.299 --> 00:30:23.799
 on Sunday

00:30:23.799 --> 00:30:24.299
 but every

00:30:24.299 --> 00:30:24.620
 morning

00:30:24.620 --> 00:30:25.060
 to wake

00:30:25.060 --> 00:30:25.360
 up and

00:30:25.360 --> 00:30:25.660
 think

00:30:25.660 --> 00:30:26.560
 God

00:30:26.560 --> 00:30:27.160
 gave me

00:30:27.160 --> 00:30:27.900
 the best

00:30:27.900 --> 00:30:28.080
 thing

00:30:28.080 --> 00:30:28.440
 he had

00:30:28.440 --> 00:30:28.900
 to give

00:30:28.900 --> 00:30:30.420
 he gave

00:30:30.420 --> 00:30:30.539
 me

00:30:30.539 --> 00:30:31.060
 himself

00:30:31.059 --> 00:30:33.700
 surely

00:30:33.700 --> 00:30:33.899
 that

00:30:33.899 --> 00:30:34.319
 drives

00:30:34.319 --> 00:30:34.539
 us

00:30:34.539 --> 00:30:34.740
 to

00:30:34.740 --> 00:30:35.099
 fall

00:30:35.099 --> 00:30:35.279
 on

00:30:35.279 --> 00:30:35.460
 our

00:30:35.460 --> 00:30:35.740
 knees

00:30:35.740 --> 00:30:36.299
 daily

00:30:36.299 --> 00:30:38.259
 almost

00:30:38.259 --> 00:30:38.879
 speechless

00:30:38.879 --> 00:30:39.740
 at the

00:30:39.740 --> 00:30:40.179
 incredible

00:30:40.179 --> 00:30:40.599
 love

00:30:40.599 --> 00:30:40.940
 and

00:30:40.940 --> 00:30:41.460
 generosity

00:30:41.460 --> 00:30:41.819
 and

00:30:41.819 --> 00:30:42.139
 mercy

00:30:42.139 --> 00:30:42.399
 of

00:30:42.399 --> 00:30:42.700
 God

00:30:42.700 --> 00:30:48.679
 lastly

00:30:48.679 --> 00:30:50.779
 surely

00:30:50.779 --> 00:30:51.359
 God's

00:30:51.359 --> 00:30:51.819
 presence

00:30:51.819 --> 00:30:52.639
 in us

00:30:52.639 --> 00:30:54.279
 among

00:30:54.279 --> 00:30:54.859
 us

00:30:54.859 --> 00:30:57.399
 demands

00:30:57.399 --> 00:30:57.799
 that we

00:30:57.799 --> 00:30:58.179
 treasure

00:30:58.179 --> 00:30:58.619
 Jesus

00:30:58.619 --> 00:30:59.240
 above all

00:30:59.240 --> 00:30:59.619
 else

00:30:59.619 --> 00:31:02.759
 we

00:31:02.759 --> 00:31:03.379
 have

00:31:03.379 --> 00:31:03.639
 the

00:31:03.639 --> 00:31:03.879
 most

00:31:03.879 --> 00:31:04.259
 valuable

00:31:04.259 --> 00:31:04.659
 thing

00:31:04.659 --> 00:31:05.559
 there

00:31:05.559 --> 00:31:05.959
 is

00:31:05.959 --> 00:31:06.379
 nothing

00:31:06.379 --> 00:31:06.759
 better

00:31:06.759 --> 00:31:08.319
 there

00:31:08.319 --> 00:31:08.439
 is

00:31:08.439 --> 00:31:08.779
 nothing

00:31:08.779 --> 00:31:09.099
 worth

00:31:09.099 --> 00:31:09.439
 holding

00:31:09.439 --> 00:31:09.719
 on

00:31:09.719 --> 00:31:09.899
 to

00:31:09.899 --> 00:31:10.119
 more

00:31:10.119 --> 00:31:10.279
 there

00:31:10.279 --> 00:31:10.419
 is

00:31:10.419 --> 00:31:10.679
 nothing

00:31:10.679 --> 00:31:11.059
 worth

00:31:11.059 --> 00:31:11.939
 desiring

00:31:11.939 --> 00:31:12.299
 more

00:31:12.299 --> 00:31:12.899
 surely

00:31:12.899 --> 00:31:14.039
 God

00:31:14.039 --> 00:31:14.500
 dwelling

00:31:14.500 --> 00:31:15.019
 in us

00:31:15.019 --> 00:31:15.419
 by his

00:31:15.419 --> 00:31:15.739
 Holy

00:31:15.739 --> 00:31:16.139
 Spirit

00:31:16.139 --> 00:31:16.959
 demands

00:31:16.959 --> 00:31:18.239
 that we

00:31:18.239 --> 00:31:18.619
 value

00:31:18.619 --> 00:31:19.019
 him

00:31:19.019 --> 00:31:19.319
 above

00:31:19.319 --> 00:31:19.599
 all

00:31:19.599 --> 00:31:20.039
 else

00:31:20.039 --> 00:31:22.279
 now

00:31:22.279 --> 00:31:22.459
 I

00:31:22.459 --> 00:31:22.679
 know

00:31:22.679 --> 00:31:22.919
 I

00:31:22.919 --> 00:31:23.279
 can't

00:31:23.279 --> 00:31:23.679
 just

00:31:23.679 --> 00:31:23.979
 tell

00:31:23.979 --> 00:31:24.119
 you

00:31:24.119 --> 00:31:24.239
 that

00:31:24.239 --> 00:31:24.459
 he's

00:31:24.459 --> 00:31:24.579
 the

00:31:24.579 --> 00:31:24.779
 most

00:31:24.779 --> 00:31:25.099
 valuable

00:31:25.099 --> 00:31:25.439
 thing

00:31:25.439 --> 00:31:25.559
 and

00:31:25.559 --> 00:31:25.679
 then

00:31:25.679 --> 00:31:25.779
 you

00:31:25.779 --> 00:31:25.939
 just

00:31:25.939 --> 00:31:26.399
 decide

00:31:26.399 --> 00:31:26.599
 to

00:31:26.599 --> 00:31:26.839
 value

00:31:26.839 --> 00:31:27.019
 him

00:31:27.019 --> 00:31:27.239
 that's

00:31:27.239 --> 00:31:27.359
 not

00:31:27.359 --> 00:31:27.539
 how

00:31:27.539 --> 00:31:27.679
 it

00:31:27.679 --> 00:31:28.019
 works

00:31:28.019 --> 00:31:28.440
 I

00:31:28.440 --> 00:31:28.619
 know

00:31:28.619 --> 00:31:28.740
 I

00:31:28.740 --> 00:31:28.920
 can't

00:31:28.920 --> 00:31:29.099
 even

00:31:29.099 --> 00:31:29.619
 convince

00:31:29.619 --> 00:31:29.940
 you

00:31:29.940 --> 00:31:31.099
 that

00:31:31.099 --> 00:31:31.339
 he's

00:31:31.339 --> 00:31:31.440
 the

00:31:31.440 --> 00:31:31.660
 most

00:31:31.660 --> 00:31:31.980
 valuable

00:31:31.980 --> 00:31:32.379
 thing

00:31:32.379 --> 00:31:33.119
 it's

00:31:33.119 --> 00:31:33.240
 a

00:31:33.240 --> 00:31:33.500
 fact

00:31:33.500 --> 00:31:33.660
 I'm

00:31:33.660 --> 00:31:33.799
 not

00:31:33.799 --> 00:31:34.420
 apologizing

00:31:34.420 --> 00:31:34.740
 for it

00:31:34.740 --> 00:31:34.859
 it's

00:31:34.859 --> 00:31:35.000
 a

00:31:35.000 --> 00:31:35.359
 fact

00:31:35.359 --> 00:31:37.779
 but

00:31:37.779 --> 00:31:37.920
 there

00:31:37.920 --> 00:31:38.160
 is a

00:31:38.160 --> 00:31:38.500
 change

00:31:38.500 --> 00:31:38.759
 in our

00:31:38.759 --> 00:31:39.019
 heart

00:31:39.019 --> 00:31:39.160
 that

00:31:39.160 --> 00:31:39.359
 has

00:31:39.359 --> 00:31:39.519
 to

00:31:39.519 --> 00:31:39.819
 happen

00:31:39.819 --> 00:31:40.039
 if

00:31:40.039 --> 00:31:40.259
 we're

00:31:40.259 --> 00:31:40.339
 going

00:31:40.339 --> 00:31:40.420
 to

00:31:40.420 --> 00:31:40.619
 grab

00:31:40.619 --> 00:31:40.940
 hold

00:31:40.940 --> 00:31:41.059
 of

00:31:41.059 --> 00:31:41.180
 the

00:31:41.180 --> 00:31:41.420
 best

00:31:41.420 --> 00:31:41.660
 gift

00:31:41.660 --> 00:31:41.859
 that

00:31:41.859 --> 00:31:42.079
 God

00:31:42.079 --> 00:31:42.220
 has

00:31:42.220 --> 00:31:42.619
 offered

00:31:42.619 --> 00:31:43.019
 us

00:31:43.019 --> 00:31:45.500
 one

00:31:45.500 --> 00:31:45.559
 of

00:31:45.559 --> 00:31:45.680
 my

00:31:45.680 --> 00:31:45.980
 favorite

00:31:45.980 --> 00:31:46.339
 verses

00:31:46.339 --> 00:31:46.519
 in

00:31:46.519 --> 00:31:46.720
 all

00:31:46.720 --> 00:31:46.839
 of

00:31:46.839 --> 00:31:47.119
 scripture

00:31:47.119 --> 00:31:47.359
 is

00:31:47.359 --> 00:31:47.599
 Psalm

00:31:47.599 --> 00:31:48.059
 34

00:31:48.059 --> 00:31:48.400
 8

00:31:48.400 --> 00:31:49.460
 taste

00:31:49.460 --> 00:31:49.680
 and

00:31:49.680 --> 00:31:49.879
 see

00:31:49.879 --> 00:31:50.039
 that

00:31:50.039 --> 00:31:50.200
 the

00:31:50.200 --> 00:31:50.359
 Lord

00:31:50.359 --> 00:31:50.519
 is

00:31:50.519 --> 00:31:50.779
 good

00:31:50.779 --> 00:31:51.920
 if

00:31:51.920 --> 00:31:52.119
 you

00:31:52.119 --> 00:31:52.420
 don't

00:31:52.420 --> 00:31:52.740
 know

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 the

00:31:52.960 --> 00:31:53.559
 goodness

00:31:53.559 --> 00:31:54.559
 of

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 a

00:31:54.680 --> 00:31:55.220
 relationship

00:31:55.220 --> 00:31:55.480
 with

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 the

00:31:55.619 --> 00:31:55.839
 God

00:31:55.839 --> 00:31:56.000
 who

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 made

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 you

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 if

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 you

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 don't

00:31:58.160 --> 00:31:58.299
 know

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 the

00:31:58.460 --> 00:31:59.160
 unmatchable

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 joy

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 and

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 contentment

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 that

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 comes

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 with

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 that

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 alone

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 please

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 just

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 taste

00:32:07.460 --> 00:32:07.759
 and

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 see

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 ask

00:32:10.720 --> 00:32:11.160
 God

00:32:11.160 --> 00:32:11.379
 to

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 remove

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 the

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 barrier

00:32:12.339 --> 00:32:12.699
 ask

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 God

00:32:13.119 --> 00:32:13.539
 to

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 give

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 you

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 a

00:32:14.019 --> 00:32:14.439
 chance

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 to

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 experience

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 his

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 love

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 and

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 forgiveness

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 to

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 experience

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 what

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 it

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 is

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 to

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 have

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 a

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 relationship

00:32:19.319 --> 00:32:19.639
 with

00:32:19.639 --> 00:32:19.899
 him

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 and

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 I

00:32:20.799 --> 00:32:21.199
 guarantee

00:32:21.199 --> 00:32:21.559
 if

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 you

00:32:21.679 --> 00:32:22.099
 taste

00:32:22.099 --> 00:32:22.579
 you

00:32:22.579 --> 00:32:22.740
 will

00:32:22.740 --> 00:32:23.000
 see

00:32:23.000 --> 00:32:28.500
 if

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 you

00:32:28.619 --> 00:32:28.899
 don't

00:32:28.899 --> 00:32:29.099
 know

00:32:29.099 --> 00:32:29.439
 Jesus

00:32:29.439 --> 00:32:29.759
 yet

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 it

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 doesn't

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 matter

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 how

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 many

00:32:32.459 --> 00:32:32.679
 other

00:32:32.679 --> 00:32:32.980
 things

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 you

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 have

00:32:33.480 --> 00:32:35.019
 you're

00:32:35.019 --> 00:32:35.240
 missing

00:32:35.240 --> 00:32:35.539
 out

00:32:35.539 --> 00:32:39.139
 and

00:32:39.139 --> 00:32:39.259
 if

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 you

00:32:39.359 --> 00:32:39.659
 do

00:32:39.659 --> 00:32:39.919
 know

00:32:39.919 --> 00:32:40.500
 Jesus

00:32:40.500 --> 00:32:41.899
 what

00:32:41.900 --> 00:32:42.040
 it

00:32:42.040 --> 00:32:42.240
 looks

00:32:42.240 --> 00:32:42.460
 like

00:32:42.460 --> 00:32:42.640
 to

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 treasure

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 him

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 is

00:32:45.019 --> 00:32:45.200
 to

00:32:45.200 --> 00:32:45.860
 joyfully

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 and

00:32:46.240 --> 00:32:46.820
 willingly

00:32:46.820 --> 00:32:47.720
 deny

00:32:47.720 --> 00:32:48.280
 everything

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 else

00:32:48.780 --> 00:32:51.340
 to

00:32:51.340 --> 00:32:51.920
 joyfully

00:32:51.920 --> 00:32:52.200
 and

00:32:52.200 --> 00:32:52.600
 willingly

00:32:52.600 --> 00:32:53.340
 exclaim

00:32:53.340 --> 00:32:53.780
 Jesus

00:32:53.780 --> 00:32:54.060
 is

00:32:54.060 --> 00:32:54.360
 more

00:32:54.360 --> 00:32:54.560
 than

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 enough

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 to

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 joyfully

00:32:57.620 --> 00:32:57.880
 and

00:32:57.880 --> 00:32:58.200
 willingly

00:32:58.200 --> 00:32:58.500
 put

00:32:58.500 --> 00:32:58.900
 everything

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 else

00:32:59.140 --> 00:32:59.680
 aside

00:32:59.680 --> 00:32:59.920
 that

00:32:59.920 --> 00:33:00.080
 you

00:33:00.080 --> 00:33:00.320
 may

00:33:00.320 --> 00:33:00.820
 seek

00:33:00.820 --> 00:33:01.400
 and

00:33:01.400 --> 00:33:02.000
 serve

00:33:02.000 --> 00:33:02.519
 and

00:33:02.519 --> 00:33:02.800
 love

00:33:02.800 --> 00:33:03.240
 Jesus

00:33:03.240 --> 00:33:04.280
 with

00:33:04.280 --> 00:33:04.640
 everything

00:33:04.640 --> 00:33:04.860
 that

00:33:04.860 --> 00:33:05.040
 you've

00:33:05.040 --> 00:33:05.300
 got

00:33:05.299 --> 00:33:08.839
 let's

00:33:08.839 --> 00:33:09.119
 pray

00:33:09.119 --> 00:33:18.460
 father

00:33:18.460 --> 00:33:18.720
 god

00:33:18.720 --> 00:33:18.879
 we

00:33:18.879 --> 00:33:19.039
 want

00:33:19.039 --> 00:33:19.139
 to

00:33:19.139 --> 00:33:19.579
 acknowledge

00:33:19.579 --> 00:33:19.879
 that

00:33:19.879 --> 00:33:20.440
 so

00:33:20.440 --> 00:33:20.799
 often

00:33:20.799 --> 00:33:21.460
 we

00:33:21.460 --> 00:33:21.619
 get

00:33:21.619 --> 00:33:22.180
 distracted

00:33:22.180 --> 00:33:22.440
 by

00:33:22.440 --> 00:33:22.639
 the

00:33:22.639 --> 00:33:22.980
 things

00:33:22.980 --> 00:33:23.159
 that

00:33:23.159 --> 00:33:23.319
 you

00:33:23.319 --> 00:33:23.480
 have

00:33:23.480 --> 00:33:23.799
 given

00:33:23.799 --> 00:33:24.039
 us

00:33:24.039 --> 00:33:24.240
 out

00:33:24.240 --> 00:33:24.339
 of

00:33:24.339 --> 00:33:24.440
 your

00:33:24.440 --> 00:33:24.919
 incredible

00:33:24.919 --> 00:33:25.399
 goodness

00:33:25.399 --> 00:33:25.740
 and

00:33:25.740 --> 00:33:26.299
 generosity

00:33:26.299 --> 00:33:28.819
 that

00:33:28.819 --> 00:33:29.119
 so

00:33:29.119 --> 00:33:29.440
 often

00:33:29.440 --> 00:33:29.799
 we

00:33:29.799 --> 00:33:30.079
 hear

00:33:30.079 --> 00:33:30.259
 the

00:33:30.259 --> 00:33:30.559
 stuff

00:33:30.559 --> 00:33:30.740
 that

00:33:30.740 --> 00:33:30.859
 we

00:33:30.859 --> 00:33:31.079
 want

00:33:31.079 --> 00:33:31.200
 to

00:33:31.200 --> 00:33:31.519
 hear

00:33:31.519 --> 00:33:32.059
 and

00:33:32.059 --> 00:33:32.200
 we

00:33:32.200 --> 00:33:32.579
 forget

00:33:32.579 --> 00:33:32.819
 that

00:33:32.819 --> 00:33:32.960
 the

00:33:32.960 --> 00:33:33.240
 big

00:33:33.240 --> 00:33:33.599
 issue

00:33:33.599 --> 00:33:33.819
 is

00:33:33.819 --> 00:33:34.159
 sin

00:33:34.160 --> 00:33:35.640
 we

00:33:35.640 --> 00:33:35.940
 forget

00:33:35.940 --> 00:33:36.160
 that

00:33:36.160 --> 00:33:36.279
 you

00:33:36.279 --> 00:33:36.580
 paid

00:33:36.580 --> 00:33:36.779
 the

00:33:36.779 --> 00:33:37.140
 ultimate

00:33:37.140 --> 00:33:37.680
 price

00:33:37.680 --> 00:33:38.000
 so

00:33:38.000 --> 00:33:38.180
 that

00:33:38.180 --> 00:33:38.340
 we

00:33:38.340 --> 00:33:38.500
 could

00:33:38.500 --> 00:33:38.720
 know

00:33:38.720 --> 00:33:38.980
 you

00:33:38.980 --> 00:33:40.880
 we

00:33:40.880 --> 00:33:41.180
 forget

00:33:41.180 --> 00:33:41.400
 that

00:33:41.400 --> 00:33:41.560
 your

00:33:41.560 --> 00:33:41.980
 agenda

00:33:41.980 --> 00:33:42.180
 is

00:33:42.180 --> 00:33:42.320
 you

00:33:42.320 --> 00:33:42.640
 want

00:33:42.640 --> 00:33:42.820
 to

00:33:42.820 --> 00:33:43.120
 dwell

00:33:43.120 --> 00:33:43.320
 with

00:33:43.320 --> 00:33:43.460
 your

00:33:43.460 --> 00:33:43.880
 people

00:33:43.880 --> 00:33:44.540
 you

00:33:44.540 --> 00:33:44.779
 want

00:33:44.779 --> 00:33:45.140
 people

00:33:45.140 --> 00:33:45.380
 to

00:33:45.380 --> 00:33:45.680
 know

00:33:45.680 --> 00:33:45.840
 you

00:33:45.840 --> 00:33:45.980
 to

00:33:45.980 --> 00:33:46.259
 come

00:33:46.259 --> 00:33:46.440
 into

00:33:46.440 --> 00:33:46.620
 a

00:33:46.620 --> 00:33:47.080
 relationship

00:33:47.080 --> 00:33:47.420
 with

00:33:47.420 --> 00:33:47.660
 you

00:33:47.660 --> 00:33:48.640
 lord

00:33:48.640 --> 00:33:48.779
 we

00:33:48.779 --> 00:33:49.040
 forget

00:33:49.040 --> 00:33:49.240
 the

00:33:49.240 --> 00:33:49.900
 privilege

00:33:49.900 --> 00:33:50.580
 that

00:33:50.580 --> 00:33:50.680
 you

00:33:50.680 --> 00:33:50.840
 have

00:33:50.840 --> 00:33:51.200
 called

00:33:51.200 --> 00:33:51.440
 us

00:33:51.440 --> 00:33:51.680
 even

00:33:51.680 --> 00:33:51.880
 though

00:33:51.880 --> 00:33:52.000
 we

00:33:52.000 --> 00:33:52.120
 are

00:33:52.120 --> 00:33:52.740
 unworthy

00:33:52.740 --> 00:33:54.200
 to

00:33:54.200 --> 00:33:54.360
 have

00:33:54.360 --> 00:33:54.480
 a

00:33:54.480 --> 00:33:55.080
 relationship

00:33:55.080 --> 00:33:55.340
 where

00:33:55.340 --> 00:33:55.500
 we

00:33:55.500 --> 00:33:55.720
 call

00:33:55.720 --> 00:33:55.860
 you

00:33:55.860 --> 00:33:56.420
 father

00:33:56.420 --> 00:33:59.460
 where

00:33:59.460 --> 00:33:59.580
 we

00:33:59.580 --> 00:33:59.759
 call

00:33:59.759 --> 00:33:59.900
 you

00:33:59.900 --> 00:34:00.420
 savior

00:34:00.420 --> 00:34:03.180
 god

00:34:03.180 --> 00:34:03.640
 thank

00:34:03.640 --> 00:34:03.920
 you

00:34:03.920 --> 00:34:04.720
 for

00:34:04.720 --> 00:34:04.960
 giving

00:34:04.960 --> 00:34:05.180
 us

00:34:05.180 --> 00:34:05.560
 jesus

00:34:05.560 --> 00:34:05.820
 even

00:34:05.820 --> 00:34:05.980
 though

00:34:05.980 --> 00:34:06.100
 we

00:34:06.100 --> 00:34:06.279
 don't

00:34:06.279 --> 00:34:06.620
 deserve

00:34:06.620 --> 00:34:06.860
 it

00:34:06.860 --> 00:34:07.640
 thank

00:34:07.640 --> 00:34:07.740
 you

00:34:07.740 --> 00:34:07.860
 that

00:34:07.860 --> 00:34:08.039
 in

00:34:08.039 --> 00:34:08.380
 him

00:34:08.380 --> 00:34:08.559
 we

00:34:08.559 --> 00:34:08.740
 have

00:34:08.740 --> 00:34:09.280
 confidence

00:34:09.280 --> 00:34:09.559
 that

00:34:09.559 --> 00:34:09.680
 you

00:34:09.680 --> 00:34:09.820
 are

00:34:09.820 --> 00:34:10.220
 good

00:34:10.220 --> 00:34:14.460
 father

00:34:14.460 --> 00:34:15.039
 change

00:34:15.039 --> 00:34:15.240
 our

00:34:15.240 --> 00:34:15.639
 hearts

00:34:15.639 --> 00:34:15.860
 that

00:34:15.860 --> 00:34:16.039
 we

00:34:16.039 --> 00:34:16.320
 might

00:34:16.320 --> 00:34:16.740
 know

00:34:16.740 --> 00:34:17.059
 and

00:34:17.059 --> 00:34:17.639
 desire

00:34:17.639 --> 00:34:19.059
 your

00:34:19.059 --> 00:34:19.460
 goodness

00:34:19.460 --> 00:34:19.780
 above

00:34:19.780 --> 00:34:20.059
 all

00:34:20.059 --> 00:34:20.460
 else

00:34:20.460 --> 00:34:50.460


00:34:50.460 --> 00:34:50.699
 that

00:34:50.699 --> 00:34:50.820
 they

00:34:50.820 --> 00:34:50.980
 may

00:34:50.980 --> 00:34:51.460
 taste

00:34:51.460 --> 00:34:51.679
 and

00:34:51.679 --> 00:34:51.960
 see

00:34:51.960 --> 00:34:52.159
 that

00:34:52.159 --> 00:34:52.280
 you

00:34:52.280 --> 00:34:52.400
 are

00:34:52.400 --> 00:34:52.699
 good

00:34:52.699 --> 00:34:55.000
 amen

00:34:55.000 --> 00:34:57.219
 so

00:34:57.219 --> 00:34:58.119
 so

00:34:58.119 --> 00:34:59.440
 ten

00:34:59.440 --> 00:34:59.599
 fall

00:34:59.599 --> 00:35:00.480
 some

00:35:00.480 --> 00:35:03.559
 onde

00:35:04.280 --> 00:35:05.079
 fell

00:35:05.079 --> 00:35:06.179
 season

00:35:06.179 --> 00:35:07.179
 some

00:35:07.179 --> 00:35:07.880
 love

00:35:07.880 --> 00:35:08.219
 our

00:35:08.219 --> 00:35:08.679
 jumped

00:35:08.679 --> 00:35:09.039
 in

00:35:09.039 --> 00:35:09.539
 as

00:35:09.539 --> 00:35:09.980
 instead