WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.600 I'm 22. 00:00:01.720 --> 00:00:03.800 And we're breaking for the summer here. 00:00:04.759 --> 00:00:05.600 I'm sorry, 22. 00:00:06.200 --> 00:00:08.259 And we'll be back in Joy's Eye in September. 00:00:08.759 --> 00:00:11.919 There's a BBC programme that's won lots of awards. 00:00:12.060 --> 00:00:11.919 ! 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:31.420 A happy valley. 00:00:32.640 --> 00:00:33.759 It's a contradiction, isn't it? 00:00:34.520 --> 00:00:40.780 A valley, metaphorically speaking, is rarely a happy place. 00:00:41.380 --> 00:00:42.340 You know, there's progress. 00:00:42.519 --> 00:00:44.299 You have a valley of humiliation. 00:00:44.600 --> 00:00:47.280 You have the valley of the shadow of death. 00:00:48.079 --> 00:00:52.379 And we talk, don't we, about mountaintop experiences, which are good things. 00:00:53.120 --> 00:00:57.900 But valleys are not normally places in our lives where they're happy places. 00:00:57.899 --> 00:01:02.359 They usually refer to experiences that humble us. 00:01:03.280 --> 00:01:04.920 That bring us low. 00:01:05.859 --> 00:01:07.659 That even discourage us. 00:01:09.140 --> 00:01:14.379 And yet it is often the case, it is often from that place of humility, from being in the valley, 00:01:15.500 --> 00:01:18.159 that we have a renewed vision of reality. 00:01:19.079 --> 00:01:21.140 We get a new vision of truth. 00:01:22.099 --> 00:01:25.460 We have a new vision of what really matters. 00:01:25.459 --> 00:01:28.739 We're a couple of months into this series in the book of Isaiah. 00:01:29.239 --> 00:01:32.719 And the last couple of weeks we've been in chapters 13 to 23. 00:01:33.799 --> 00:01:40.459 And the prophets had ten oracles, ten sermons, about the other nations and the cities that surround Judah. 00:01:40.879 --> 00:01:47.699 And the basic message to Judah has been, don't even think of trusting those other nations for security. 00:01:47.879 --> 00:01:49.019 Don't think about it. 00:01:49.019 --> 00:01:51.979 That you need to trust in God alone. 00:01:52.079 --> 00:01:53.799 That God alone is the only one you can trust. 00:01:54.920 --> 00:01:59.119 However, in chapter 22 there's a surprise because the oracle cuts a lot closer than both. 00:01:59.439 --> 00:02:00.359 Can you see who it's for? 00:02:00.640 --> 00:02:01.619 It's for Jerusalem. 00:02:02.019 --> 00:02:03.420 It's not about the neighbouring nations. 00:02:05.519 --> 00:02:11.180 And Isaiah introduces this oracle concerning, can you see verse 1, there's value of vision. 00:02:11.180 --> 00:02:16.520 And that might have left the first three years of Hannah's a bit confused. 00:02:16.900 --> 00:02:23.219 Except in verse 5 we're told, aren't we, that the value of vision refers to a specific place. 00:02:24.620 --> 00:02:28.120 And that place will have a day of trampling and two months and terror. 00:02:29.319 --> 00:02:32.840 And through the rest of the chapter it's plain that it's speaking about Jerusalem. 00:02:32.840 --> 00:02:37.920 So why does Isaiah refer to Jerusalem here as the value of vision? 00:02:38.360 --> 00:02:39.460 And I want to say it's ironic. 00:02:40.400 --> 00:02:42.159 It's an ironic condemnation. 00:02:43.300 --> 00:02:47.180 But in fact as you read through the chapter, the people of Judah, they don't have any vision at all. 00:02:47.920 --> 00:02:50.360 They are strangely blind, they don't see. 00:02:51.340 --> 00:02:55.039 Or at least their gaze is looking in totally the wrong direction. 00:02:56.340 --> 00:02:58.020 And Isaiah is going to help us here. 00:02:58.020 --> 00:03:05.400 That in the valley of vision, we get true vision from looking in the right direction. 00:03:06.540 --> 00:03:11.600 True vision comes from knowing which direction you're going to see. 00:03:12.800 --> 00:03:15.780 And so in Isaiah 22 he critiques the vision of the people. 00:03:15.980 --> 00:03:17.240 He shows us the vision of the people. 00:03:17.680 --> 00:03:19.060 He shows us the vision of a person. 00:03:19.760 --> 00:03:21.740 And then finally he directs our vision. 00:03:21.860 --> 00:03:23.180 He shows us the vision of the future. 00:03:23.879 --> 00:03:27.360 So let's look at how Isaiah directs the vision of the people. 00:03:27.360 --> 00:03:27.960 Verse 1. 00:03:29.280 --> 00:03:31.240 The oracle concerning the valley of vision. 00:03:32.360 --> 00:03:36.140 What do you mean that you've gone out all of you to the housetops? 00:03:36.400 --> 00:03:39.480 You are so full of shoutings, tumultuous city, exultant town. 00:03:39.520 --> 00:03:40.580 You're partying on the roof. 00:03:41.000 --> 00:03:41.700 You're slain. 00:03:41.800 --> 00:03:43.820 I'm not slain with the sword or dead in battle. 00:03:44.180 --> 00:03:45.860 All your leaders have fled together. 00:03:46.820 --> 00:03:48.140 Without the bow they were captured. 00:03:48.320 --> 00:03:49.880 All of you who were found were captured. 00:03:50.520 --> 00:03:52.040 Although they had fled far away. 00:03:52.640 --> 00:03:54.460 Therefore I said, look away from me. 00:03:55.080 --> 00:03:56.420 Let me weep bitter tears. 00:03:56.419 --> 00:04:00.479 Do not labour to comfort me concerning the destruction of the daughter of my people. 00:04:00.799 --> 00:04:04.019 First one literally is what do you mean by doing this? 00:04:05.379 --> 00:04:07.159 What do you mean by going up on the roof? 00:04:08.399 --> 00:04:11.500 As we read it, the sense is these people are not troubled by anything. 00:04:12.579 --> 00:04:15.019 They go up to the roof to celebrate, to party. 00:04:15.219 --> 00:04:16.539 And Isaiah rebukes them. 00:04:16.540 --> 00:04:23.100 Isaiah is saying, what right have you got in the context of what is going on in your country and your city, 00:04:23.800 --> 00:04:26.780 to justify this kind of partying? 00:04:26.779 --> 00:04:29.559 There's a bit of disagreement. 00:04:29.559 --> 00:04:30.119 Why? 00:04:30.119 --> 00:04:30.199 Why? 00:04:30.439 --> 00:04:37.559 Something is because God has come and stopped Sennacherib, who was the ruler of that kind of superpower, 00:04:37.799 --> 00:04:38.599 Assyria at the time. 00:04:38.859 --> 00:04:43.859 But he stopped Sennacherib from attacking in 701 BC and God has sent him away. 00:04:43.860 --> 00:04:49.939 And so on that reading, the references to the slain and all the leaders fleeing in verse 22 and 3 00:04:49.939 --> 00:04:55.680 Are to events that led up to Sennacherib's defeat, in which the people of Judah 00:04:55.680 --> 00:04:59.540 Some do die and some fled. 00:04:59.660 --> 00:05:01.360 I'm actually not persuaded by that. 00:05:02.240 --> 00:05:06.060 Because I think the references to the slain and the leaders running away 00:05:06.060 --> 00:05:09.420 Come along here with heavy references to the judgment. 00:05:09.420 --> 00:05:13.680 So in verses 5 to 8, it points to a day that is still to come. 00:05:14.840 --> 00:05:19.080 It points to a day that went far beyond the destruction of 701 BC. 00:05:20.620 --> 00:05:23.980 And I can't think Isaiah is daring now for their celebrations, 00:05:24.540 --> 00:05:27.700 But he does so in the context, in the prospect of judgment. 00:05:29.040 --> 00:05:31.180 A judgment that still lies in the future. 00:05:32.100 --> 00:05:34.680 Where the Babylonians will come and will wipe them out. 00:05:35.439 --> 00:05:37.120 And will take them into exile. 00:05:37.120 --> 00:05:42.459 Now if you're still with me, you might say, well Isaiah uses the past tense. 00:05:43.000 --> 00:05:43.360 Doesn't he? 00:05:44.379 --> 00:05:47.139 He seems to be looking backwards to refer to these things. 00:05:47.680 --> 00:05:49.259 And I'm saying that it's in the future. 00:05:51.079 --> 00:05:53.459 Well that is an example, and another example, 00:05:54.420 --> 00:05:58.600 Of what we know of the way Isaiah used the prophetic past. 00:05:59.939 --> 00:06:04.879 The prophetic past is when the prophet uses the past tense. 00:06:04.879 --> 00:06:07.560 To refer to something that's going to happen in the future. 00:06:07.699 --> 00:06:08.800 It seems odd to us, doesn't it? 00:06:09.620 --> 00:06:13.300 But he uses the past tense to refer to something that's going to happen in the future. 00:06:14.240 --> 00:06:16.899 Because it's as certain as if it's already happened. 00:06:18.579 --> 00:06:19.740 And so we've seen, haven't we, 00:06:19.860 --> 00:06:21.779 When you deal with God's promises, 00:06:22.180 --> 00:06:23.639 The future is concrete. 00:06:24.779 --> 00:06:26.259 The future is certain. 00:06:27.259 --> 00:06:29.120 As events that have already happened. 00:06:29.120 --> 00:06:30.319 In the past. 00:06:30.680 --> 00:06:34.160 And so Isaiah is pointing forward to the judgment that's still to come. 00:06:35.300 --> 00:06:36.420 So if that is the case, 00:06:36.480 --> 00:06:37.699 And you still haven't answered the question, 00:06:38.079 --> 00:06:39.680 Why are the people of Jerusalem parting? 00:06:40.699 --> 00:06:41.100 Why? 00:06:42.280 --> 00:06:43.300 And I think the answer comes, 00:06:43.360 --> 00:06:44.300 He was saying to Lamb. 00:06:45.300 --> 00:06:47.720 Which I think is referring to something of the past. 00:06:48.860 --> 00:06:50.780 He's taken away the covering of Judah verse 8. 00:06:50.779 --> 00:06:51.919 In that day, 00:06:52.059 --> 00:06:54.039 You looked to the weapons of the house of the forest. 00:06:54.939 --> 00:06:57.239 And you saw that the breaches of the city of David were many. 00:06:57.579 --> 00:06:59.299 You collected the waters of the lower pool. 00:06:59.939 --> 00:07:01.419 And you counted the houses of Jerusalem. 00:07:01.559 --> 00:07:03.619 And you broke down the houses to fortify the wall. 00:07:03.779 --> 00:07:04.739 And you made a reservoir 00:07:04.739 --> 00:07:07.339 Between the two walls for the water of the old pool. 00:07:07.759 --> 00:07:10.159 But you did not look to him who did it. 00:07:10.239 --> 00:07:12.039 Or see him who planned it long ago. 00:07:14.819 --> 00:07:16.239 Celebrations are there 00:07:16.239 --> 00:07:17.519 Over the securing 00:07:17.519 --> 00:07:19.459 Of the water supply of Jerusalem. 00:07:19.459 --> 00:07:22.739 They secured the walls of the city. 00:07:23.839 --> 00:07:24.739 And we do know, don't we, 00:07:24.759 --> 00:07:26.019 That during the reign of Hezekiah, 00:07:26.620 --> 00:07:27.839 The king of Tunnel, 00:07:27.939 --> 00:07:29.099 There was an underground tunnel 00:07:29.099 --> 00:07:30.339 That the people of Judah built. 00:07:31.639 --> 00:07:33.319 The tunnel was designed and constructed 00:07:33.319 --> 00:07:36.439 To bring water securely into the city. 00:07:37.919 --> 00:07:38.819 That we know. 00:07:39.859 --> 00:07:41.359 And the whole thing demonstrated 00:07:41.359 --> 00:07:42.719 Incredible ingenuity. 00:07:43.939 --> 00:07:44.779 And initiative. 00:07:45.979 --> 00:07:48.240 There's extraordinary engineering skill 00:07:48.240 --> 00:07:49.840 That was used by the people of Judah. 00:07:50.379 --> 00:07:51.660 And apparently the tunnels 00:07:51.660 --> 00:07:52.819 Will survive for this very. 00:07:53.199 --> 00:07:55.040 But with the securing of the tunnel 00:07:55.040 --> 00:07:56.480 And the securing of the walls 00:07:56.480 --> 00:07:57.460 Of the people of Jerusalem. 00:07:58.120 --> 00:07:59.480 They perceive themselves 00:07:59.480 --> 00:08:00.960 To be, well, incredible. 00:08:02.360 --> 00:08:02.900 We're safe. 00:08:02.980 --> 00:08:03.500 We're secure. 00:08:03.920 --> 00:08:05.259 We're protected from attack. 00:08:05.519 --> 00:08:06.819 And so let's party. 00:08:08.460 --> 00:08:10.400 Well, Isaiah is in no mood to party. 00:08:10.480 --> 00:08:11.840 Look at what it says in verse 4. 00:08:12.660 --> 00:08:13.819 He says, look away from me. 00:08:13.819 --> 00:08:16.779 He tells the people to stop. 00:08:18.040 --> 00:08:19.120 He tells the people to stop 00:08:19.120 --> 00:08:20.120 Trying to convince themselves 00:08:20.120 --> 00:08:21.000 That everything is okay. 00:08:22.199 --> 00:08:22.959 And in this section, 00:08:23.099 --> 00:08:24.779 He spells out what the problem is. 00:08:25.019 --> 00:08:25.980 He condemns them 00:08:25.980 --> 00:08:28.420 For their misdirected vision. 00:08:30.120 --> 00:08:31.019 And that is the problem. 00:08:32.319 --> 00:08:33.100 He's been telling them 00:08:33.100 --> 00:08:35.679 All the way from chapter 13 to 23, 00:08:35.799 --> 00:08:37.620 You've been looking in the wrong place 00:08:37.620 --> 00:08:38.460 For your security. 00:08:38.980 --> 00:08:39.980 And it's very clear 00:08:39.980 --> 00:08:40.860 How he does that. 00:08:40.900 --> 00:08:42.160 Now look at verses 8 to 11. 00:08:42.720 --> 00:08:44.220 And you'll see that Paul uses 00:08:44.220 --> 00:08:45.600 The same, not Paul, 00:08:45.759 --> 00:08:47.519 Isaiah uses the same word 00:08:47.519 --> 00:08:48.040 Again and again, 00:08:48.100 --> 00:08:48.879 The same verb. 00:08:50.320 --> 00:08:50.980 Verse 8, he says, 00:08:51.040 --> 00:08:51.440 You looked. 00:08:52.620 --> 00:08:53.620 You looked to the weapons 00:08:53.620 --> 00:08:54.560 Of the house of the forest. 00:08:55.879 --> 00:08:57.560 You've looked to weapons 00:08:57.560 --> 00:08:58.740 For your security. 00:08:59.740 --> 00:09:01.080 And in verse 11, 00:09:01.700 --> 00:09:03.740 You did not look to him. 00:09:03.740 --> 00:09:04.660 Do you see the contrast? 00:09:05.340 --> 00:09:06.759 You should have been looking to him. 00:09:06.759 --> 00:09:08.960 The fact is, 00:09:09.019 --> 00:09:10.819 God has not been in their sights at all. 00:09:11.980 --> 00:09:13.080 In their minds, 00:09:13.720 --> 00:09:14.960 Why would you bother 00:09:14.960 --> 00:09:16.740 With faith in the Lord 00:09:16.740 --> 00:09:18.439 When you've got massive great walls 00:09:18.439 --> 00:09:19.639 And your own water supply? 00:09:20.919 --> 00:09:21.539 And weapons. 00:09:22.159 --> 00:09:23.139 Why are you looking to God 00:09:23.139 --> 00:09:24.279 When you've got your own resources? 00:09:26.100 --> 00:09:27.799 And Isaiah gives a reason why, 00:09:28.019 --> 00:09:29.980 As he offers the most sobering verdict 00:09:29.980 --> 00:09:31.720 For his audience in verse 14. 00:09:31.720 --> 00:09:32.879 Do you see what it says? 00:09:33.700 --> 00:09:34.580 The Lord of hosts 00:09:34.580 --> 00:09:36.019 Has revealed himself in my ears. 00:09:36.019 --> 00:09:37.860 Surely this iniquity, 00:09:38.220 --> 00:09:39.139 This sin, 00:09:39.980 --> 00:09:41.679 Will not be atoned for 00:09:41.679 --> 00:09:42.659 Until you die. 00:09:45.360 --> 00:09:47.159 Now Isaiah is not saying there 00:09:47.159 --> 00:09:48.679 That for the rest of your lives, 00:09:48.860 --> 00:09:50.559 God will not forgive your sin, 00:09:50.879 --> 00:09:52.279 But on the final day, 00:09:52.360 --> 00:09:53.240 On your deathbed, 00:09:53.299 --> 00:09:54.659 He will forgive your sins. 00:09:55.939 --> 00:09:57.059 He's not saying that. 00:09:58.319 --> 00:09:59.699 He's saying your sin 00:09:59.699 --> 00:10:01.240 Will go unatoned for. 00:10:01.240 --> 00:10:04.759 That sin is unforgivable. 00:10:06.399 --> 00:10:06.879 Why? 00:10:07.940 --> 00:10:09.500 Because it is a sin of 00:10:09.500 --> 00:10:10.960 Unrepentant, 00:10:11.139 --> 00:10:11.860 Unbelief, 00:10:12.019 --> 00:10:13.460 And ignoring God, 00:10:13.700 --> 00:10:15.720 And wanting nothing to do with Him. 00:10:16.620 --> 00:10:18.440 And you do that by your self-confidence, 00:10:18.639 --> 00:10:19.779 And your self-reliance, 00:10:19.840 --> 00:10:21.360 Which they thought would save them. 00:10:22.399 --> 00:10:23.240 And Isaiah says, 00:10:23.320 --> 00:10:24.840 It is not going to save you. 00:10:24.840 --> 00:10:26.940 Your self-confidence, 00:10:27.080 --> 00:10:27.940 Your self-reliance, 00:10:28.019 --> 00:10:28.759 Will not save you. 00:10:28.820 --> 00:10:30.639 It will actually destroy you. 00:10:32.759 --> 00:10:33.840 It's probably worth pointing out, 00:10:33.920 --> 00:10:34.100 Isn't it? 00:10:34.120 --> 00:10:35.060 That God is not against, 00:10:35.840 --> 00:10:36.519 God was not, 00:10:36.580 --> 00:10:37.500 And is not against, 00:10:37.600 --> 00:10:38.620 Engineering products, 00:10:39.259 --> 00:10:40.040 Projects. 00:10:40.320 --> 00:10:41.120 He's not against, 00:10:41.120 --> 00:10:42.180 Human ingenuity. 00:10:42.519 --> 00:10:43.280 He's not against, 00:10:43.399 --> 00:10:43.960 Inventiveness, 00:10:44.160 --> 00:10:44.860 And creativity. 00:10:45.759 --> 00:10:47.100 If you have those abilities, 00:10:47.300 --> 00:10:47.980 And gifts, 00:10:48.280 --> 00:10:49.320 They've been given to you, 00:10:49.379 --> 00:10:50.200 Because you are made, 00:10:50.240 --> 00:10:51.139 In the image of God. 00:10:51.139 --> 00:10:53.860 The God who is creative, 00:10:54.699 --> 00:10:55.620 And ingenious, 00:10:55.740 --> 00:10:56.779 And inventive. 00:10:58.439 --> 00:10:59.819 He's creative with a capital C, 00:10:59.879 --> 00:11:01.100 He's the ultimate engineer, 00:11:01.279 --> 00:11:01.939 Of all engineers. 00:11:04.559 --> 00:11:05.179 And I imagine, 00:11:05.279 --> 00:11:06.259 That there was a context, 00:11:06.259 --> 00:11:07.679 Where digging this tunnel for water, 00:11:07.779 --> 00:11:08.379 Was appropriate. 00:11:09.699 --> 00:11:11.159 But it wasn't here. 00:11:12.740 --> 00:11:14.059 We're not specifically told, 00:11:14.159 --> 00:11:15.939 That God told the people of Jerusalem, 00:11:15.939 --> 00:11:17.120 Not to build the tunnel. 00:11:17.200 --> 00:11:18.019 But my guess, 00:11:18.100 --> 00:11:19.539 Is whether God told them or not, 00:11:19.539 --> 00:11:20.939 They were absolutely clear, 00:11:20.980 --> 00:11:21.659 In their minds. 00:11:22.379 --> 00:11:23.339 And the direction, 00:11:23.459 --> 00:11:23.959 They were going, 00:11:24.639 --> 00:11:26.079 In their relationship with God, 00:11:26.159 --> 00:11:27.099 By building this tunnel. 00:11:28.679 --> 00:11:29.279 But in the way, 00:11:29.319 --> 00:11:29.839 That they did it, 00:11:29.860 --> 00:11:31.219 It was a lack of, 00:11:31.459 --> 00:11:32.559 Trust in God, 00:11:32.639 --> 00:11:33.259 And unbelief. 00:11:34.799 --> 00:11:35.579 And Isaiah says, 00:11:35.659 --> 00:11:36.379 The consequence, 00:11:36.699 --> 00:11:38.500 Of unrepentant unbelief, 00:11:38.620 --> 00:11:39.439 Is judgment. 00:11:41.879 --> 00:11:43.319 And if we try to bring this, 00:11:43.579 --> 00:11:43.939 Forward, 00:11:44.179 --> 00:11:45.519 To how it applies to us, 00:11:45.620 --> 00:11:46.399 In 2016, 00:11:46.599 --> 00:11:47.579 And we put ourselves, 00:11:47.659 --> 00:11:48.539 Within this framework, 00:11:48.539 --> 00:11:49.759 How do we know, 00:11:49.839 --> 00:11:50.339 That we've got, 00:11:50.439 --> 00:11:51.500 Misdirected vision. 00:11:52.959 --> 00:11:53.980 How do you know, 00:11:54.099 --> 00:11:55.199 That you are living your life, 00:11:55.279 --> 00:11:56.620 Looking in the wrong place. 00:11:57.759 --> 00:11:58.539 How do we know, 00:11:58.599 --> 00:11:59.639 Whether we're living in a state, 00:11:59.639 --> 00:12:00.439 Of unbelief, 00:12:00.500 --> 00:12:01.219 Rather than trust. 00:12:01.279 --> 00:12:02.419 And I think there's a number of ways, 00:12:02.480 --> 00:12:03.240 We can answer that. 00:12:03.319 --> 00:12:04.279 But if we look at the text, 00:12:04.659 --> 00:12:05.399 Isaiah gives us, 00:12:05.459 --> 00:12:06.899 Two very helpful clues. 00:12:07.399 --> 00:12:08.339 What does unbelief, 00:12:08.339 --> 00:12:09.539 Look like in our lives. 00:12:11.159 --> 00:12:12.500 And first of all, 00:12:12.899 --> 00:12:14.000 Unbelief looks like, 00:12:14.099 --> 00:12:15.819 Swinging back and forth, 00:12:15.820 --> 00:12:16.960 Between acts of, 00:12:17.200 --> 00:12:17.980 Activism, 00:12:18.980 --> 00:12:19.960 And escapism. 00:12:21.520 --> 00:12:22.220 It's very clever, 00:12:22.340 --> 00:12:23.060 The way Isaiah does it. 00:12:23.379 --> 00:12:24.500 Isaiah portrays, 00:12:24.500 --> 00:12:25.160 This activism, 00:12:25.580 --> 00:12:26.120 This busy, 00:12:26.220 --> 00:12:26.480 Busy, 00:12:26.580 --> 00:12:27.200 Busy attitude. 00:12:27.340 --> 00:12:28.040 Look at verse 8. 00:12:29.320 --> 00:12:30.120 It's not easy, 00:12:30.220 --> 00:12:31.460 To notice on the first reading, 00:12:31.540 --> 00:12:32.720 But once you've already pointed out, 00:12:32.760 --> 00:12:33.640 I think it's pretty clear, 00:12:33.920 --> 00:12:34.860 That Isaiah reports, 00:12:34.940 --> 00:12:35.660 What's going on, 00:12:35.660 --> 00:12:37.379 In verses 8 to 11. 00:12:38.280 --> 00:12:39.680 That he has the people of Israel, 00:12:39.780 --> 00:12:40.740 Going to get their weapons, 00:12:41.780 --> 00:12:43.220 And then they've got to fix the walls, 00:12:43.220 --> 00:12:46.000 And then they've got to take care of the water supply, 00:12:46.639 --> 00:12:48.480 And then they've got to fix the walls some more, 00:12:48.620 --> 00:12:49.980 And then they go back to the water supply. 00:12:51.779 --> 00:12:52.360 There is, 00:12:52.399 --> 00:12:53.120 In the text, 00:12:53.259 --> 00:12:54.680 All this to-ing and fro-ing, 00:12:54.800 --> 00:12:55.840 And to-ing and fro-ing. 00:12:55.940 --> 00:12:57.160 Now did he have to write it that way? 00:12:57.600 --> 00:12:57.840 No, 00:12:57.980 --> 00:12:58.840 I don't think he did. 00:13:00.279 --> 00:13:01.580 Why did he write that way? 00:13:01.660 --> 00:13:02.740 I think he wrote that way, 00:13:02.740 --> 00:13:03.620 To portray, 00:13:04.420 --> 00:13:05.960 All this busyness, 00:13:06.379 --> 00:13:06.860 Busy, 00:13:07.000 --> 00:13:07.279 Busy, 00:13:07.440 --> 00:13:07.840 Busy, 00:13:08.100 --> 00:13:08.740 Hyper activism, 00:13:09.620 --> 00:13:10.300 On the part, 00:13:10.700 --> 00:13:11.660 Of the people of Jerusalem, 00:13:11.779 --> 00:13:12.560 And the question is why. 00:13:13.220 --> 00:13:16.000 The reason for their activism, 00:13:16.139 --> 00:13:16.940 Is the same as yours. 00:13:18.120 --> 00:13:19.379 Because we usually think, 00:13:19.460 --> 00:13:20.720 That everything depends on what we do. 00:13:23.379 --> 00:13:24.980 Hyperactivity can be a sign, 00:13:26.360 --> 00:13:28.379 That while we pay lip service, 00:13:28.500 --> 00:13:29.340 For salvation, 00:13:30.379 --> 00:13:31.740 By faith alone, 00:13:31.940 --> 00:13:33.240 In Christ alone, 00:13:33.639 --> 00:13:35.139 And that we trust God, 00:13:37.540 --> 00:13:40.879 And God is going to gift us, 00:13:40.879 --> 00:13:41.700 With salvation, 00:13:41.840 --> 00:13:42.460 By his grace, 00:13:42.519 --> 00:13:43.439 And through Christ alone, 00:13:43.759 --> 00:13:44.220 Actually, 00:13:44.399 --> 00:13:46.000 Our hyper activism, 00:13:47.340 --> 00:13:48.600 Shows that deep down, 00:13:48.720 --> 00:13:49.419 We actually believe, 00:13:49.480 --> 00:13:50.679 Salvation is by works. 00:13:52.240 --> 00:13:53.320 That we are justified, 00:13:53.320 --> 00:13:54.500 By what we do. 00:13:57.500 --> 00:13:59.320 That it is what I do, 00:13:59.419 --> 00:14:00.779 That really matters. 00:14:00.779 --> 00:14:04.500 And that hyperactivity, 00:14:04.699 --> 00:14:05.740 Is something that can, 00:14:05.740 --> 00:14:07.019 Creep easily, 00:14:07.019 --> 00:14:08.240 Into church life. 00:14:09.879 --> 00:14:10.939 And so we think, 00:14:11.039 --> 00:14:12.539 If we just do this, 00:14:13.480 --> 00:14:16.600 If we build this addition, 00:14:18.179 --> 00:14:19.000 There's nothing wrong, 00:14:19.159 --> 00:14:19.740 With those things, 00:14:19.860 --> 00:14:20.919 But if they become a substitute, 00:14:21.059 --> 00:14:22.519 For trusting God, 00:14:22.659 --> 00:14:23.620 To bring people to faith, 00:14:24.019 --> 00:14:25.159 If they become a substitute, 00:14:25.299 --> 00:14:26.120 For trusting God, 00:14:26.179 --> 00:14:26.759 To change lives, 00:14:26.860 --> 00:14:27.339 They are of sound, 00:14:27.419 --> 00:14:28.120 With unbelief. 00:14:28.120 --> 00:14:31.279 If they become a substitute, 00:14:31.419 --> 00:14:32.200 For trusting God, 00:14:32.259 --> 00:14:32.799 To change lives, 00:14:32.879 --> 00:14:33.320 They are of sound, 00:14:33.399 --> 00:14:33.759 In unbelief. 00:14:34.299 --> 00:14:35.759 We believe the lie, 00:14:35.840 --> 00:14:36.700 That we just have to, 00:14:36.860 --> 00:14:38.060 Get things right. 00:14:39.580 --> 00:14:40.799 That we have to run, 00:14:40.960 --> 00:14:42.419 The right programs. 00:14:44.200 --> 00:14:46.399 That we get the right courses. 00:14:48.740 --> 00:14:50.460 That we get the right people, 00:14:50.600 --> 00:14:52.460 We get just a little bit more money, 00:14:52.600 --> 00:14:53.940 A little better building, 00:14:54.220 --> 00:14:55.700 And this thing is bound, 00:14:55.820 --> 00:14:56.700 To take off. 00:14:58.120 --> 00:14:59.860 If only we have, 00:14:59.980 --> 00:15:01.159 Dot, dot, dot, dot, dot, 00:15:01.200 --> 00:15:02.580 This church would really thrive. 00:15:04.139 --> 00:15:04.919 And Isaiah says, 00:15:05.019 --> 00:15:06.820 That activism is a sign of unbelief. 00:15:08.139 --> 00:15:09.960 That you're actually not trusting, 00:15:10.200 --> 00:15:11.179 That God is the one, 00:15:11.279 --> 00:15:12.240 That does this stuff. 00:15:14.419 --> 00:15:15.720 So there's all this activism, 00:15:16.100 --> 00:15:16.940 But Isaiah shows that, 00:15:17.000 --> 00:15:18.060 It's combined with escapism. 00:15:18.179 --> 00:15:18.899 Look at verse 12, 00:15:18.899 --> 00:15:21.659 In that day the Lord God of hosts, 00:15:21.740 --> 00:15:22.759 Called for weeping and mourning, 00:15:22.860 --> 00:15:24.500 For baldness and wearing sackcloth, 00:15:24.559 --> 00:15:25.559 And behold joy, 00:15:25.939 --> 00:15:26.860 And gladness, 00:15:27.179 --> 00:15:27.899 Killing oxen, 00:15:28.079 --> 00:15:28.980 Slaughtering sheep, 00:15:29.500 --> 00:15:30.079 Eating fish, 00:15:30.139 --> 00:15:30.799 And drinking wine, 00:15:30.879 --> 00:15:31.779 Let us eat and drink, 00:15:31.840 --> 00:15:32.620 For tomorrow we die. 00:15:34.539 --> 00:15:35.539 True spiritual vision, 00:15:35.600 --> 00:15:36.840 Would have led the people of Jerusalem, 00:15:37.000 --> 00:15:38.679 To repentance and to faith, 00:15:40.319 --> 00:15:41.840 For the shaming of their heads, 00:15:41.959 --> 00:15:42.899 Not literal baldness. 00:15:42.899 --> 00:15:47.439 But instead of that, 00:15:49.019 --> 00:15:50.419 Well they just escaped, 00:15:50.539 --> 00:15:50.759 Don't they, 00:15:50.799 --> 00:15:51.519 Verse 13, 00:15:54.059 --> 00:15:55.720 Their hyper activism, 00:15:56.059 --> 00:15:58.519 Is interrupted by escapism. 00:16:00.519 --> 00:16:02.399 And both activism in our lives, 00:16:02.500 --> 00:16:05.199 And escapism in our lives, 00:16:05.299 --> 00:16:06.919 Are attempts to push out reality. 00:16:07.919 --> 00:16:10.379 To push out the voice of God. 00:16:10.379 --> 00:16:13.480 So we work hard, 00:16:13.580 --> 00:16:15.120 And we play hard, 00:16:15.679 --> 00:16:16.500 And in the process, 00:16:16.620 --> 00:16:17.860 We drown out the voice, 00:16:17.939 --> 00:16:18.679 Of God's messenger. 00:16:20.340 --> 00:16:21.059 Isaiah says, 00:16:21.120 --> 00:16:22.059 Can you see that verse 13, 00:16:22.139 --> 00:16:23.240 They did it with alcohol, 00:16:23.419 --> 00:16:24.679 They did it with gluttony. 00:16:26.200 --> 00:16:27.120 We've added to that, 00:16:27.179 --> 00:16:27.480 Haven't we? 00:16:28.500 --> 00:16:29.700 Our list of methods, 00:16:29.820 --> 00:16:30.580 And escapism, 00:16:31.080 --> 00:16:32.000 Well dregs, 00:16:33.039 --> 00:16:34.220 Internet pornography, 00:16:35.879 --> 00:16:36.980 Retail therapy, 00:16:38.620 --> 00:16:39.340 Holidays, 00:16:40.379 --> 00:16:41.480 The list would go on. 00:16:43.600 --> 00:16:44.379 And so if you're wondering, 00:16:44.519 --> 00:16:46.000 If you're heading on a path of unbelief, 00:16:46.120 --> 00:16:46.879 All of us at times, 00:16:46.960 --> 00:16:47.980 We get too busy, 00:16:48.220 --> 00:16:50.159 And we look to escape reality, 00:16:51.179 --> 00:16:54.480 But when there is a pattern, 00:16:55.179 --> 00:16:57.159 When there is a pattern in our lives, 00:16:57.240 --> 00:16:58.580 Of hyper activism, 00:16:59.620 --> 00:17:00.600 And escapism, 00:17:00.700 --> 00:17:01.320 Isaiah says, 00:17:01.399 --> 00:17:02.439 That is a red flag, 00:17:02.519 --> 00:17:04.319 That maybe there's a pattern of unbelief, 00:17:04.359 --> 00:17:04.960 In your life. 00:17:06.380 --> 00:17:08.099 That you don't actually trust, 00:17:08.099 --> 00:17:09.880 That God is at work, 00:17:10.380 --> 00:17:12.660 That God is the one, 00:17:12.720 --> 00:17:14.040 Who is going to save you, 00:17:14.840 --> 00:17:15.960 That God is the one, 00:17:16.020 --> 00:17:16.820 Who is going to get you through. 00:17:18.980 --> 00:17:19.580 So unbelief, 00:17:19.680 --> 00:17:20.860 Results in this chewing, 00:17:21.060 --> 00:17:21.680 And this throwing, 00:17:22.100 --> 00:17:22.960 But it also results, 00:17:23.040 --> 00:17:23.720 In ignoring, 00:17:23.940 --> 00:17:24.520 Or rejecting, 00:17:24.660 --> 00:17:25.360 Of God's word. 00:17:25.840 --> 00:17:26.880 And Isaiah specifically, 00:17:26.980 --> 00:17:27.980 Identifies the unbelief, 00:17:28.060 --> 00:17:28.940 Of the people in verse 11, 00:17:28.940 --> 00:17:33.080 With not looking to God, 00:17:33.400 --> 00:17:35.799 And so what would looking to God, 00:17:35.860 --> 00:17:37.019 Have looked like for the people, 00:17:37.539 --> 00:17:38.759 And it would have at least meant, 00:17:38.860 --> 00:17:40.000 Beginning to heed the word, 00:17:40.039 --> 00:17:40.779 Of God's messenger, 00:17:40.940 --> 00:17:41.660 Named Isaiah, 00:17:42.200 --> 00:17:43.019 And repenting, 00:17:43.220 --> 00:17:44.400 And what they do instead, 00:17:45.059 --> 00:17:46.519 Well can you see in verse 4, 00:17:46.519 --> 00:17:50.279 They say Isaiah is, 00:17:50.279 --> 00:17:52.279 Overreacting, 00:17:53.460 --> 00:17:54.460 He's overreacting, 00:17:55.579 --> 00:17:57.039 He's way too serious, 00:17:57.099 --> 00:17:57.759 About this stuff, 00:17:57.859 --> 00:17:58.879 Calm down Isaiah, 00:17:59.039 --> 00:17:59.839 Take a chill, 00:17:59.980 --> 00:18:01.759 That's what they're talking, 00:18:01.980 --> 00:18:04.440 They spurn the word of God, 00:18:05.119 --> 00:18:08.119 That's what they're doing, 00:18:08.119 --> 00:18:11.219 Let me illustrate this, 00:18:11.279 --> 00:18:11.819 In this church, 00:18:11.979 --> 00:18:12.579 We are, 00:18:12.639 --> 00:18:13.619 Let me try and illustrate this visually, 00:18:13.719 --> 00:18:14.139 In this church, 00:18:14.199 --> 00:18:14.939 What are we trying to do, 00:18:15.619 --> 00:18:17.079 We are trying to sit under, 00:18:17.559 --> 00:18:18.500 The word of God, 00:18:18.719 --> 00:18:18.919 Okay, 00:18:19.579 --> 00:18:20.479 That's what we're, 00:18:20.479 --> 00:18:21.479 We're trying to do, 00:18:22.519 --> 00:18:23.959 In every part of church life, 00:18:24.039 --> 00:18:25.739 In all of our lives, 00:18:26.759 --> 00:18:28.259 And we are trying to sit, 00:18:28.419 --> 00:18:29.599 Under the word, 00:18:30.179 --> 00:18:31.539 But the danger is, 00:18:31.619 --> 00:18:33.000 That we move from our position, 00:18:33.179 --> 00:18:35.239 Of sitting under God's word, 00:18:35.959 --> 00:18:37.899 To sitting over God's word, 00:18:38.119 --> 00:18:40.279 That's why I don't like the phrase, 00:18:40.399 --> 00:18:41.319 Bible based, 00:18:42.119 --> 00:18:44.879 Because when we sit, 00:18:44.959 --> 00:18:46.219 Over the word of God, 00:18:46.299 --> 00:18:46.739 When we, 00:18:46.899 --> 00:18:48.899 When we base ourselves, 00:18:49.119 --> 00:18:50.579 On the word of God, 00:18:50.839 --> 00:18:51.619 The danger is, 00:18:51.679 --> 00:18:52.739 We move from a position, 00:18:52.939 --> 00:18:55.299 Of sitting under the word, 00:18:55.579 --> 00:18:57.459 To sitting over the word, 00:18:58.799 --> 00:19:00.139 And so we get to decide, 00:19:00.219 --> 00:19:01.319 What is true and what is not, 00:19:02.839 --> 00:19:03.679 And we get to decide, 00:19:03.739 --> 00:19:04.679 What applies to today, 00:19:04.779 --> 00:19:05.579 And what doesn't, 00:19:06.599 --> 00:19:07.279 The question, 00:19:07.279 --> 00:19:08.279 Becomes, 00:19:08.379 --> 00:19:08.619 Isn't it, 00:19:08.720 --> 00:19:09.399 What do we do, 00:19:09.440 --> 00:19:11.000 When the Bible contradicts us, 00:19:12.000 --> 00:19:12.920 On the basis, 00:19:13.039 --> 00:19:13.660 That we accept, 00:19:13.740 --> 00:19:14.480 That occasionally, 00:19:14.680 --> 00:19:15.440 We might be wrong, 00:19:15.500 --> 00:19:16.180 On some things, 00:19:16.680 --> 00:19:17.079 How does, 00:19:17.200 --> 00:19:18.299 How does the Bible, 00:19:18.399 --> 00:19:19.059 Contradiate us, 00:19:19.079 --> 00:19:20.000 If we are sitting, 00:19:20.139 --> 00:19:21.000 Above the word, 00:19:23.379 --> 00:19:23.700 You see, 00:19:23.839 --> 00:19:24.940 Everything we come across, 00:19:25.000 --> 00:19:25.680 In the Bible, 00:19:26.200 --> 00:19:26.920 Some things in the Bible, 00:19:27.000 --> 00:19:27.660 We don't like, 00:19:27.759 --> 00:19:28.039 Do we? 00:19:29.940 --> 00:19:31.139 And we say, 00:19:31.700 --> 00:19:32.319 The goal I believe, 00:19:32.359 --> 00:19:33.160 In would never say that, 00:19:33.160 --> 00:19:35.220 The goal I believe in, 00:19:35.259 --> 00:19:35.900 Wouldn't do that, 00:19:36.620 --> 00:19:38.259 When we refuse, 00:19:38.340 --> 00:19:39.040 To sit humbly, 00:19:39.100 --> 00:19:40.040 Under God's word, 00:19:40.160 --> 00:19:41.360 And be corrected by it, 00:19:41.380 --> 00:19:42.500 And challenged by it, 00:19:43.160 --> 00:19:44.400 When we do that, 00:19:44.480 --> 00:19:45.180 We have created, 00:19:45.259 --> 00:19:46.660 A God who always agrees with us, 00:19:46.660 --> 00:19:48.560 Isn't that nice? 00:19:49.960 --> 00:19:51.220 When we sit, 00:19:51.720 --> 00:19:52.980 Over God's word, 00:19:53.100 --> 00:19:53.680 We have a God, 00:19:53.759 --> 00:19:54.640 Who has the same opinion, 00:19:54.759 --> 00:19:55.259 As us, 00:19:55.259 --> 00:19:59.599 But we are, 00:19:59.640 --> 00:20:00.259 Up here, 00:20:00.420 --> 00:20:01.500 And the Bible is down there, 00:20:02.779 --> 00:20:03.680 Instead of the Bible, 00:20:03.799 --> 00:20:04.599 Being up here, 00:20:04.819 --> 00:20:06.140 And submitting to it, 00:20:09.420 --> 00:20:10.779 Because if we don't, 00:20:10.879 --> 00:20:12.140 Submit to God's word, 00:20:12.240 --> 00:20:12.819 Isaiah says, 00:20:12.859 --> 00:20:13.680 It is a manifestation, 00:20:13.920 --> 00:20:14.819 Of unbelief, 00:20:15.779 --> 00:20:16.599 And a demonstration, 00:20:16.740 --> 00:20:17.220 That our vision, 00:20:17.440 --> 00:20:17.960 Needs to be corrected, 00:20:19.000 --> 00:20:20.279 So here in the Valley of Vision, 00:20:20.379 --> 00:20:21.140 Isaiah critiques, 00:20:21.200 --> 00:20:21.879 The people who are looking, 00:20:21.960 --> 00:20:22.779 To their own strength, 00:20:22.859 --> 00:20:23.460 And salvation, 00:20:23.640 --> 00:20:24.160 Instead of God, 00:20:24.519 --> 00:20:25.160 Now secondly, 00:20:25.259 --> 00:20:25.700 He critiques, 00:20:25.799 --> 00:20:27.099 A vision of a person, 00:20:27.259 --> 00:20:28.940 New York in verses 15 to 19, 00:20:31.599 --> 00:20:32.279 Isaiah is told, 00:20:32.400 --> 00:20:33.980 Kind of reign in his focus, 00:20:35.519 --> 00:20:36.339 And he reigns it in, 00:20:36.339 --> 00:20:36.960 On one person, 00:20:37.039 --> 00:20:38.339 An official from Jerusalem, 00:20:39.119 --> 00:20:39.759 An individual, 00:20:41.680 --> 00:20:42.619 A government official, 00:20:42.819 --> 00:20:43.440 Called Shevna, 00:20:43.559 --> 00:20:44.160 And we get a clue, 00:20:44.259 --> 00:20:44.740 Very quickly, 00:20:44.859 --> 00:20:45.319 That Shevna, 00:20:45.379 --> 00:20:46.460 Is not going to be presented, 00:20:46.559 --> 00:20:47.920 As a poster boy for faith, 00:20:48.000 --> 00:20:48.240 As he, 00:20:48.619 --> 00:20:49.799 Just by the two terms, 00:20:49.859 --> 00:20:50.480 And is prescribed, 00:20:51.379 --> 00:20:51.980 About him, 00:20:52.599 --> 00:20:53.579 He is a steward, 00:20:54.220 --> 00:20:55.079 Which is essentially, 00:20:55.079 --> 00:20:56.079 Would be a big put down, 00:20:56.079 --> 00:20:58.259 For somebody, 00:20:58.379 --> 00:20:59.279 Who is an advisor, 00:20:59.480 --> 00:20:59.919 Of the king, 00:21:00.039 --> 00:21:00.399 For somebody, 00:21:00.500 --> 00:21:01.779 Who is in the cabinet, 00:21:03.480 --> 00:21:04.879 To be called a steward, 00:21:04.939 --> 00:21:05.679 Would be a put down, 00:21:06.679 --> 00:21:07.539 Interestingly, 00:21:07.720 --> 00:21:08.279 There's a connection, 00:21:08.359 --> 00:21:08.960 Between the oracle, 00:21:09.099 --> 00:21:09.639 To Jerusalem, 00:21:10.159 --> 00:21:10.939 Back at the beginning, 00:21:11.000 --> 00:21:11.500 Of the chapter, 00:21:11.879 --> 00:21:12.460 And the oracle, 00:21:12.639 --> 00:21:13.419 To Shemna, 00:21:13.460 --> 00:21:14.359 So verse 16, 00:21:14.539 --> 00:21:15.919 Should literally be, 00:21:16.379 --> 00:21:17.500 What do you mean, 00:21:17.579 --> 00:21:18.720 By dot dot dot, 00:21:18.720 --> 00:21:21.360 What are you doing, 00:21:21.700 --> 00:21:22.120 Building, 00:21:22.120 --> 00:21:23.200 Building this tomb, 00:21:23.519 --> 00:21:24.339 Verse 16, 00:21:25.880 --> 00:21:26.799 He's supervising, 00:21:26.900 --> 00:21:27.180 Isn't he, 00:21:27.360 --> 00:21:27.920 The construction, 00:21:28.039 --> 00:21:29.240 Of some grandiose, 00:21:29.400 --> 00:21:30.000 Edifice, 00:21:30.100 --> 00:21:30.960 For his remains, 00:21:32.240 --> 00:21:32.940 That in the face, 00:21:32.980 --> 00:21:34.079 Of a national danger, 00:21:34.180 --> 00:21:34.640 In the face, 00:21:34.660 --> 00:21:35.380 Of emergency, 00:21:35.920 --> 00:21:36.960 Shevna is more, 00:21:37.100 --> 00:21:38.240 Interested in securing, 00:21:38.319 --> 00:21:38.839 His legacy, 00:21:39.860 --> 00:21:40.819 His place in history, 00:21:41.160 --> 00:21:41.660 So that people, 00:21:41.779 --> 00:21:42.579 Will remember him, 00:21:42.640 --> 00:21:43.819 From an elaborate tomb, 00:21:44.099 --> 00:21:45.240 It's like a little pharaoh, 00:21:45.359 --> 00:21:46.259 Building his pyramid, 00:21:46.419 --> 00:21:47.279 So he can be praised, 00:21:47.379 --> 00:21:48.359 And remembered forever, 00:21:48.720 --> 00:21:49.659 No matter what happens, 00:21:49.679 --> 00:21:50.240 Around him, 00:21:51.460 --> 00:21:52.119 And you see, 00:21:52.200 --> 00:21:52.960 Shevna's vision, 00:21:53.039 --> 00:21:54.000 Is completely on himself, 00:21:54.139 --> 00:21:54.460 Isn't it, 00:21:54.500 --> 00:21:55.339 On his reputation, 00:21:55.519 --> 00:21:56.159 On his legacy, 00:21:56.279 --> 00:21:56.799 On his present, 00:21:56.939 --> 00:21:57.759 Satisfaction, 00:21:59.619 --> 00:22:00.259 And it appears, 00:22:00.339 --> 00:22:01.240 That he's got his eyes, 00:22:01.319 --> 00:22:02.279 On the purpose of his position, 00:22:02.379 --> 00:22:03.319 Look at verse 18, 00:22:03.700 --> 00:22:05.119 There's the fancy chariots, 00:22:06.619 --> 00:22:07.720 And as a result, 00:22:07.819 --> 00:22:08.679 Of Shevna's pride, 00:22:08.799 --> 00:22:09.179 And frustration, 00:22:09.419 --> 00:22:10.119 And selfishness, 00:22:10.200 --> 00:22:11.139 God is outraged, 00:22:11.179 --> 00:22:11.480 He says, 00:22:11.519 --> 00:22:12.500 This is what I'm going to do, 00:22:12.879 --> 00:22:13.299 He says, 00:22:13.299 --> 00:22:14.139 Instead of you being, 00:22:14.139 --> 00:22:16.899 Buried in an ostentatious tomb, 00:22:17.339 --> 00:22:18.440 I'm going to roll you up, 00:22:18.460 --> 00:22:19.220 Into another ball, 00:22:20.019 --> 00:22:20.579 And I'm going to, 00:22:20.579 --> 00:22:21.619 Swing you around my head, 00:22:21.659 --> 00:22:22.419 And I will hurl you, 00:22:22.419 --> 00:22:23.220 Into another country, 00:22:23.379 --> 00:22:23.899 Which we know, 00:22:24.240 --> 00:22:24.980 From Jesus' history, 00:22:25.079 --> 00:22:25.379 It's Babylon, 00:22:27.240 --> 00:22:28.359 Now if Jerusalem's vision, 00:22:28.519 --> 00:22:29.240 Was misdirected, 00:22:29.279 --> 00:22:29.960 Because they were looking, 00:22:30.079 --> 00:22:30.980 For their own strength, 00:22:31.539 --> 00:22:32.899 And salvation, 00:22:34.659 --> 00:22:35.740 Instead of looking, 00:22:35.839 --> 00:22:36.099 To God, 00:22:36.200 --> 00:22:36.940 Shevna's vision, 00:22:37.059 --> 00:22:37.720 Was misdirected, 00:22:37.740 --> 00:22:38.779 Because it's all focused, 00:22:38.839 --> 00:22:39.559 On himself, 00:22:41.359 --> 00:22:42.200 Martin Luther, 00:22:42.299 --> 00:22:43.220 Defined sin, 00:22:43.299 --> 00:22:44.740 As a heart, 00:22:44.960 --> 00:22:46.299 Curved in and of itself, 00:22:46.299 --> 00:22:49.000 So you know that, 00:22:49.059 --> 00:22:50.159 When our identity, 00:22:50.879 --> 00:22:52.399 Gets wrapped up, 00:22:52.460 --> 00:22:53.740 With what we've done, 00:22:54.519 --> 00:22:55.859 Or what we do, 00:22:57.339 --> 00:22:58.139 So as a result, 00:22:58.339 --> 00:23:00.099 We live for affirmation, 00:23:00.180 --> 00:23:01.099 Of what we do for, 00:23:01.339 --> 00:23:02.720 Maybe promotion in work, 00:23:03.460 --> 00:23:04.460 Our identity, 00:23:04.639 --> 00:23:05.480 Is wrapped up, 00:23:05.579 --> 00:23:07.099 By how people perceive us, 00:23:07.299 --> 00:23:08.399 How they think of us, 00:23:08.400 --> 00:23:09.600 So we're very, 00:23:09.600 --> 00:23:10.600 Very careful, 00:23:11.000 --> 00:23:11.820 What we post, 00:23:11.940 --> 00:23:12.540 On Facebook, 00:23:12.740 --> 00:23:13.480 And what we don't, 00:23:13.560 --> 00:23:14.440 Post on Facebook, 00:23:15.440 --> 00:23:16.560 And we're very careful, 00:23:16.560 --> 00:23:17.720 About how we word it, 00:23:17.980 --> 00:23:18.840 Because we want, 00:23:18.960 --> 00:23:19.560 An image, 00:23:19.640 --> 00:23:20.380 To be projected, 00:23:20.500 --> 00:23:21.300 Of who we are, 00:23:21.299 --> 00:23:23.019 And we think, 00:23:23.019 --> 00:23:24.099 Very hard, 00:23:24.180 --> 00:23:25.000 About our self, 00:23:25.159 --> 00:23:25.720 Image, 00:23:25.720 --> 00:23:28.419 And our identity, 00:23:28.539 --> 00:23:29.839 Becomes wrapped up, 00:23:30.159 --> 00:23:31.379 With power issues, 00:23:31.659 --> 00:23:32.599 Who's in charge, 00:23:32.680 --> 00:23:33.839 Who gets the final decision, 00:23:33.960 --> 00:23:34.899 Who is in control, 00:23:34.900 --> 00:23:38.360 And we go down, 00:23:38.460 --> 00:23:38.940 That route, 00:23:39.019 --> 00:23:40.040 Because we want, 00:23:40.080 --> 00:23:41.120 To desperately matter, 00:23:41.259 --> 00:23:41.720 In life, 00:23:43.280 --> 00:23:44.519 The problem is, 00:23:44.540 --> 00:23:44.980 We've decided, 00:23:45.120 --> 00:23:46.360 That it's a DIY job, 00:23:46.420 --> 00:23:47.400 Is it doing itself job, 00:23:48.460 --> 00:23:49.400 And so, 00:23:49.540 --> 00:23:51.180 Our misdirected vision, 00:23:51.360 --> 00:23:52.740 Looking to ourselves, 00:23:52.960 --> 00:23:53.940 And what we've done, 00:23:53.980 --> 00:23:55.060 And what we do, 00:23:55.900 --> 00:23:56.100 Well, 00:23:56.140 --> 00:23:57.220 Encourages pride, 00:23:58.620 --> 00:23:59.300 And so suddenly, 00:23:59.420 --> 00:24:00.540 We see ourselves, 00:24:00.640 --> 00:24:02.180 At the centre of everything, 00:24:02.700 --> 00:24:03.820 And other people, 00:24:03.819 --> 00:24:05.759 Even our family members, 00:24:05.819 --> 00:24:07.179 Are there to make us feel good, 00:24:08.919 --> 00:24:10.019 They help us to, 00:24:10.359 --> 00:24:11.539 Achieve our goals, 00:24:13.259 --> 00:24:14.099 And so if you want to know, 00:24:14.159 --> 00:24:14.919 The end point, 00:24:14.960 --> 00:24:15.740 Of what happens, 00:24:15.819 --> 00:24:17.000 With that skewed vision, 00:24:17.399 --> 00:24:17.960 Take a long, 00:24:18.039 --> 00:24:18.859 Hard look at Shegna, 00:24:19.619 --> 00:24:21.220 The vision of the people, 00:24:21.299 --> 00:24:21.939 Is misdirected, 00:24:22.019 --> 00:24:22.799 The vision of Shegna, 00:24:22.859 --> 00:24:23.639 Is misdirected, 00:24:23.939 --> 00:24:24.599 And that brings us, 00:24:24.799 --> 00:24:24.980 Last week, 00:24:25.000 --> 00:24:25.700 To the other government, 00:24:26.799 --> 00:24:27.319 Official, 00:24:27.559 --> 00:24:28.220 Eliakim, 00:24:30.099 --> 00:24:30.819 And the focus, 00:24:31.000 --> 00:24:31.799 Of Eliakim, 00:24:31.859 --> 00:24:32.439 Is not so, 00:24:32.720 --> 00:24:33.799 Much on his vision, 00:24:33.819 --> 00:24:34.819 But where he points, 00:24:34.899 --> 00:24:35.259 Our vision, 00:24:35.379 --> 00:24:35.879 So thirdly, 00:24:35.919 --> 00:24:36.759 A vision of the future, 00:24:37.259 --> 00:24:38.000 Look at this 20, 00:24:38.000 --> 00:24:43.680 And that day, 00:24:43.759 --> 00:24:44.980 I will call my servant, 00:24:45.059 --> 00:24:45.500 Eliakim, 00:24:45.539 --> 00:24:46.640 The son of Hilkiah, 00:24:46.940 --> 00:24:47.619 And I will clothe him, 00:24:47.640 --> 00:24:48.220 With your robe, 00:24:48.359 --> 00:24:49.460 And will bind your sash on him, 00:24:49.559 --> 00:24:50.619 And will commit your authority, 00:24:50.720 --> 00:24:51.180 To his hand, 00:24:51.200 --> 00:24:52.019 And he shall be a father, 00:24:52.019 --> 00:24:53.180 To the inhabitants of Jerusalem, 00:24:53.299 --> 00:24:53.940 And to the house of Judah, 00:24:54.880 --> 00:24:56.099 I'll place on his shoulder, 00:24:56.200 --> 00:24:56.519 The key, 00:24:56.720 --> 00:24:57.559 Of the house of David, 00:24:57.680 --> 00:24:58.279 He shall open, 00:24:58.359 --> 00:24:59.039 And none shall shut, 00:24:59.099 --> 00:24:59.720 And he shall shut, 00:24:59.759 --> 00:25:00.400 And none shall open, 00:25:00.700 --> 00:25:01.579 And I will fasten him, 00:25:01.579 --> 00:25:02.119 Like a peg, 00:25:02.160 --> 00:25:02.980 In a secure place, 00:25:03.319 --> 00:25:03.920 And he will become, 00:25:04.000 --> 00:25:04.720 A throne of honour, 00:25:04.819 --> 00:25:05.619 To his father's house, 00:25:05.619 --> 00:25:07.579 And he will hang on him, 00:25:07.639 --> 00:25:08.079 Eliakim, 00:25:08.379 --> 00:25:09.519 The honour of his father's house, 00:25:09.599 --> 00:25:10.519 The offspring of the issue, 00:25:10.639 --> 00:25:11.559 Every small vessel, 00:25:11.659 --> 00:25:12.579 From the cups, 00:25:12.879 --> 00:25:13.679 To all the flagons, 00:25:14.000 --> 00:25:14.559 In that day, 00:25:14.619 --> 00:25:15.459 Declares the Lord of hosts, 00:25:15.539 --> 00:25:15.939 The peg, 00:25:16.039 --> 00:25:16.739 That was fastened, 00:25:16.799 --> 00:25:17.419 In a secure place, 00:25:17.439 --> 00:25:18.059 Will give way, 00:25:18.719 --> 00:25:19.539 And will be cut down, 00:25:20.279 --> 00:25:21.000 Will snap off, 00:25:21.039 --> 00:25:21.439 And fall, 00:25:21.500 --> 00:25:22.439 On the load that was on it, 00:25:22.459 --> 00:25:23.059 Will be cut off, 00:25:23.339 --> 00:25:24.379 For the Lord has spoken, 00:25:24.879 --> 00:25:26.039 So that after God, 00:25:26.099 --> 00:25:27.739 Has dealt emphatically, 00:25:27.739 --> 00:25:28.459 With Shevna, 00:25:29.019 --> 00:25:29.699 Eliakim, 00:25:29.779 --> 00:25:31.339 Receives the same responsibility, 00:25:32.479 --> 00:25:33.099 The responsibility, 00:25:33.279 --> 00:25:34.219 That belonged to Shevna, 00:25:34.220 --> 00:25:35.960 And he kind of becomes, 00:25:36.059 --> 00:25:36.880 The chief advisor, 00:25:37.000 --> 00:25:37.420 To the king, 00:25:37.519 --> 00:25:38.620 The deputy prime minister, 00:25:39.700 --> 00:25:40.319 And it appears, 00:25:40.440 --> 00:25:41.039 That Eliakim, 00:25:41.079 --> 00:25:41.460 Is going to be, 00:25:41.500 --> 00:25:42.720 A stabilising force, 00:25:43.200 --> 00:25:44.640 He's driven like a, 00:25:44.880 --> 00:25:45.319 Peg, 00:25:45.940 --> 00:25:46.960 Used in the Old Testament, 00:25:47.059 --> 00:25:48.339 Like a big tent peg, 00:25:49.079 --> 00:25:50.299 And he's going to hold, 00:25:50.360 --> 00:25:52.180 The whole tent of Jerusalem, 00:25:52.319 --> 00:25:52.960 In place, 00:25:54.519 --> 00:25:55.360 But in the end, 00:25:55.500 --> 00:25:56.420 Can you see in verse 25, 00:25:56.420 --> 00:25:57.039 His leadership, 00:25:57.180 --> 00:25:58.019 Is going to be insufficient, 00:25:58.500 --> 00:25:59.259 Because the peg, 00:25:59.319 --> 00:26:00.440 That is in the ground, 00:26:00.559 --> 00:26:01.339 The picture changes, 00:26:01.779 --> 00:26:02.740 So that it's hammered, 00:26:02.759 --> 00:26:03.680 Into the wall, 00:26:03.680 --> 00:26:06.940 On which, 00:26:07.180 --> 00:26:08.600 The family of Eliakim, 00:26:09.299 --> 00:26:10.060 All their, 00:26:10.180 --> 00:26:10.779 His honour, 00:26:10.900 --> 00:26:11.580 Hands on it, 00:26:12.700 --> 00:26:13.660 It's like his family, 00:26:13.799 --> 00:26:15.080 Looks to Eliakim, 00:26:15.160 --> 00:26:16.380 As their saviour, 00:26:16.779 --> 00:26:17.740 He is the one, 00:26:17.840 --> 00:26:19.039 The peg in the wall, 00:26:19.460 --> 00:26:20.200 To which they put, 00:26:20.299 --> 00:26:21.460 All their hopes, 00:26:22.120 --> 00:26:22.840 And honour, 00:26:23.100 --> 00:26:23.779 And glory, 00:26:23.920 --> 00:26:24.500 And significance, 00:26:25.039 --> 00:26:25.340 But, 00:26:25.600 --> 00:26:26.799 All that weight, 00:26:26.860 --> 00:26:28.100 Of the hopes of the people, 00:26:28.580 --> 00:26:29.440 Is too much, 00:26:30.160 --> 00:26:31.660 And the peg straps off, 00:26:31.660 --> 00:26:34.640 And it's a reminder, 00:26:34.779 --> 00:26:35.220 To you and I, 00:26:35.279 --> 00:26:35.820 That there is not, 00:26:35.880 --> 00:26:36.460 A human being, 00:26:36.540 --> 00:26:37.779 Whether it's a child, 00:26:38.720 --> 00:26:39.800 Or a spouse, 00:26:41.880 --> 00:26:43.240 Or a work colleague, 00:26:43.920 --> 00:26:45.440 Or a friend, 00:26:45.820 --> 00:26:46.840 Or a prime minister, 00:26:47.320 --> 00:26:48.420 Or a sports star, 00:26:48.480 --> 00:26:49.000 There is not, 00:26:49.000 --> 00:26:50.340 One single human being, 00:26:50.420 --> 00:26:51.580 That can bear the weight, 00:26:51.680 --> 00:26:53.140 Of being someone else's saviour, 00:26:54.259 --> 00:26:55.540 Of being the one, 00:26:55.600 --> 00:26:56.200 In whom you put, 00:26:56.259 --> 00:26:57.160 Your unreserved, 00:26:57.320 --> 00:26:58.540 Trust and confidence, 00:26:58.539 --> 00:27:00.740 There's not one human being, 00:27:02.159 --> 00:27:03.079 Well except one, 00:27:04.839 --> 00:27:05.960 Just look at the language, 00:27:06.059 --> 00:27:07.440 That's being used of Eliakim, 00:27:07.500 --> 00:27:08.079 Can you see it, 00:27:08.700 --> 00:27:10.099 In verse, 00:27:11.639 --> 00:27:14.379 On verse, 00:27:14.599 --> 00:27:14.960 Sorry, 00:27:16.019 --> 00:27:17.180 In verse 22, 00:27:17.599 --> 00:27:18.119 Can you see that, 00:27:19.059 --> 00:27:20.339 Just look at the language, 00:27:20.460 --> 00:27:21.460 That's being used, 00:27:23.460 --> 00:27:24.879 And it picks up, 00:27:25.079 --> 00:27:25.720 On themes, 00:27:25.839 --> 00:27:27.019 That we've seen before, 00:27:27.019 --> 00:27:29.240 Do you remember, 00:27:29.359 --> 00:27:30.180 A few weeks ago, 00:27:30.940 --> 00:27:32.240 It talked about, 00:27:32.859 --> 00:27:35.740 Shoulders, 00:27:36.019 --> 00:27:36.619 Do you remember that, 00:27:38.000 --> 00:27:38.420 Can you see, 00:27:38.680 --> 00:27:39.539 In verse 22, 00:27:41.000 --> 00:27:41.759 He is, 00:27:41.980 --> 00:27:42.500 A father, 00:27:42.619 --> 00:27:43.259 And on his shoulder, 00:27:43.259 --> 00:27:43.839 Will be placed, 00:27:43.920 --> 00:27:44.799 The symbol of authority, 00:27:44.900 --> 00:27:45.539 Of the house of David, 00:27:47.000 --> 00:27:47.700 And so you think back, 00:27:47.759 --> 00:27:48.539 To Isaiah 9, 00:27:48.660 --> 00:27:49.720 It's what we've read, 00:27:50.160 --> 00:27:50.980 Merry Christmases, 00:27:51.059 --> 00:27:51.339 Isn't it, 00:27:51.539 --> 00:27:52.619 Unto us a son is born, 00:27:52.700 --> 00:27:53.119 Unto us, 00:27:53.480 --> 00:27:54.279 A child is given, 00:27:54.400 --> 00:27:55.160 And the government, 00:27:55.160 --> 00:27:57.200 Will be upon his shoulders, 00:27:57.519 --> 00:27:58.660 And he will be called, 00:27:59.019 --> 00:27:59.560 Wonderful, 00:27:59.820 --> 00:28:00.440 Counselor, 00:28:00.640 --> 00:28:01.920 Mighty God, 00:28:02.440 --> 00:28:04.080 The everlasting father, 00:28:04.640 --> 00:28:05.720 The prince of peace, 00:28:05.820 --> 00:28:06.540 And of the increase, 00:28:06.580 --> 00:28:07.080 Of his government, 00:28:07.220 --> 00:28:07.740 And of his peace, 00:28:07.800 --> 00:28:08.500 There will be no end, 00:28:08.560 --> 00:28:09.500 On the throne of David, 00:28:09.620 --> 00:28:10.300 And over his kingdom, 00:28:10.400 --> 00:28:11.240 To establish it, 00:28:11.500 --> 00:28:12.460 And to uphold it, 00:28:12.880 --> 00:28:13.460 With justice, 00:28:13.560 --> 00:28:14.220 And with righteousness, 00:28:14.420 --> 00:28:15.480 From this time forth, 00:28:15.560 --> 00:28:16.380 And forevermore, 00:28:16.480 --> 00:28:17.240 The zeal of the Lord, 00:28:17.300 --> 00:28:17.660 Of hosts, 00:28:17.720 --> 00:28:18.440 Will do this, 00:28:18.440 --> 00:28:20.700 And so you have, 00:28:20.880 --> 00:28:21.980 This little clue, 00:28:23.640 --> 00:28:24.320 And I will place, 00:28:24.380 --> 00:28:24.920 On his shoulder, 00:28:25.039 --> 00:28:25.600 The key, 00:28:25.880 --> 00:28:27.059 A symbol of authority, 00:28:27.180 --> 00:28:28.059 Of the house of David, 00:28:29.500 --> 00:28:30.519 It's a stepping stone, 00:28:30.660 --> 00:28:31.559 From Isaiah 9, 00:28:31.720 --> 00:28:32.720 To someone in the future, 00:28:33.140 --> 00:28:34.259 And Eliakim, 00:28:34.340 --> 00:28:35.039 Could never have been, 00:28:35.080 --> 00:28:35.820 The one prophesied, 00:28:35.900 --> 00:28:36.680 In Isaiah 9, 00:28:37.680 --> 00:28:38.360 Because the peg, 00:28:38.400 --> 00:28:38.980 Of Eliakim, 00:28:39.000 --> 00:28:39.759 At the end of 22, 00:28:40.120 --> 00:28:41.000 Is chopped down, 00:28:41.960 --> 00:28:43.559 But with Eliakim, 00:28:43.720 --> 00:28:44.700 Our upward vision, 00:28:44.700 --> 00:28:45.160 To God, 00:28:45.220 --> 00:28:46.380 Our upward vision, 00:28:46.380 --> 00:28:46.860 Of God, 00:28:46.859 --> 00:28:48.419 Also becomes a forward vision, 00:28:48.539 --> 00:28:49.779 To the greater Eliakim, 00:28:50.099 --> 00:28:51.179 That he is pointing forward, 00:28:51.259 --> 00:28:51.939 To someone else, 00:28:52.839 --> 00:28:53.659 So let me read to you, 00:28:53.719 --> 00:28:55.000 From Revelation chapter 3, 00:28:55.099 --> 00:28:55.779 In verse 7, 00:28:56.179 --> 00:28:57.240 To the angel of the church, 00:28:57.319 --> 00:28:58.039 In Philadelphia, 00:28:58.579 --> 00:28:58.859 Wrote, 00:28:59.099 --> 00:29:00.359 The words of the Holy One, 00:29:00.439 --> 00:29:01.659 The true one, 00:29:01.879 --> 00:29:03.379 Who has the key of David, 00:29:04.139 --> 00:29:05.740 Same word as Isaiah 22, 00:29:06.559 --> 00:29:07.619 Who opens, 00:29:08.719 --> 00:29:09.719 And no one will shut, 00:29:11.699 --> 00:29:12.279 Who shuts, 00:29:12.279 --> 00:29:13.379 And no one opens, 00:29:14.500 --> 00:29:15.559 And suddenly everything, 00:29:15.639 --> 00:29:16.199 Comes together, 00:29:16.859 --> 00:29:18.459 That there is one, 00:29:18.539 --> 00:29:19.779 Who is the greater Eliakim, 00:29:20.679 --> 00:29:21.859 The true Eliakim, 00:29:21.939 --> 00:29:22.899 Is the Lord Jesus, 00:29:24.219 --> 00:29:25.240 That he is the one, 00:29:25.279 --> 00:29:26.019 Who holds the key, 00:29:26.099 --> 00:29:26.799 To God's kingdom, 00:29:27.219 --> 00:29:27.759 He is the one, 00:29:27.819 --> 00:29:28.899 Who opens and shuts, 00:29:29.199 --> 00:29:30.079 And the question is, 00:29:30.119 --> 00:29:30.879 How does he do that, 00:29:30.919 --> 00:29:32.000 Is it an arbitrary thing, 00:29:32.039 --> 00:29:32.719 Does he open the door, 00:29:32.759 --> 00:29:33.919 To Sam and shut it to others, 00:29:34.379 --> 00:29:35.219 No it's not arbitrary, 00:29:35.339 --> 00:29:35.979 It's by the gospel, 00:29:37.099 --> 00:29:38.240 He opens, 00:29:38.379 --> 00:29:39.579 And shuts by the gospel, 00:29:39.579 --> 00:29:41.399 That if you refuse, 00:29:41.500 --> 00:29:42.039 The offer, 00:29:42.279 --> 00:29:43.740 Of the Lord Jesus Christ, 00:29:43.740 --> 00:29:46.059 The Bible is quite clear, 00:29:46.420 --> 00:29:47.559 The door is shut, 00:29:48.559 --> 00:29:49.480 And that sin, 00:29:49.539 --> 00:29:50.480 Will remain unforgiven, 00:29:51.480 --> 00:29:52.339 And the question is, 00:29:52.380 --> 00:29:52.799 Why would you ever, 00:29:52.859 --> 00:29:53.400 Want to do that, 00:29:54.400 --> 00:29:55.900 Why would you refuse, 00:29:55.980 --> 00:29:56.599 God's offer, 00:29:56.700 --> 00:29:57.460 Of a rescue plan, 00:29:57.680 --> 00:29:58.220 Why would you, 00:29:58.420 --> 00:29:59.299 Not want your vision, 00:29:59.420 --> 00:30:00.120 To be corrected, 00:30:00.559 --> 00:30:01.200 Why would you, 00:30:01.299 --> 00:30:02.259 Even risk, 00:30:02.380 --> 00:30:03.720 Going down the route, 00:30:04.319 --> 00:30:05.039 Where the judgment, 00:30:05.200 --> 00:30:06.019 Will fall on the people, 00:30:06.099 --> 00:30:06.519 Of Jerusalem, 00:30:07.519 --> 00:30:08.480 And fall on Shepard, 00:30:08.480 --> 00:30:09.579 And it will fall on you too, 00:30:09.919 --> 00:30:11.480 Jesus opens the door, 00:30:11.919 --> 00:30:12.480 Of his kingdom, 00:30:12.579 --> 00:30:13.599 To all who will come, 00:30:13.639 --> 00:30:14.619 Into the valley of vision, 00:30:15.039 --> 00:30:16.240 And see that they're not able, 00:30:16.299 --> 00:30:16.960 To save themselves, 00:30:17.460 --> 00:30:18.980 I see that all my efforts, 00:30:20.240 --> 00:30:21.119 To save myself, 00:30:21.199 --> 00:30:21.639 That I do, 00:30:21.740 --> 00:30:21.960 You know, 00:30:22.039 --> 00:30:22.639 Is in your sight, 00:30:22.740 --> 00:30:24.240 But all my attempts, 00:30:24.359 --> 00:30:25.559 To build myself up, 00:30:25.879 --> 00:30:26.740 All my attempts, 00:30:26.839 --> 00:30:28.079 To win the approval of others, 00:30:28.500 --> 00:30:29.460 All my attempts, 00:30:29.759 --> 00:30:30.939 To tell the Bible, 00:30:31.059 --> 00:30:31.899 What it says, 00:30:32.240 --> 00:30:33.740 Instead of sitting under the Bible, 00:30:35.000 --> 00:30:35.939 All my attempts, 00:30:36.019 --> 00:30:37.199 To find my identity, 00:30:37.199 --> 00:30:38.099 In what I do, 00:30:38.099 --> 00:30:39.379 All my attempts, 00:30:39.500 --> 00:30:40.619 To find my identity, 00:30:40.759 --> 00:30:41.439 In what people say, 00:30:41.559 --> 00:30:42.379 Say about me, 00:30:42.599 --> 00:30:43.599 All those attempts, 00:30:43.740 --> 00:30:44.639 Are damnable, 00:30:45.779 --> 00:30:48.719 But Jesus, 00:30:48.859 --> 00:30:49.819 You did all, 00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:50.879 That was necessary, 00:30:51.119 --> 00:30:51.879 To save me, 00:30:54.119 --> 00:30:55.279 And so I rescued, 00:30:55.799 --> 00:30:57.259 From hyper activism, 00:31:00.000 --> 00:31:01.219 And we refused, 00:31:01.339 --> 00:31:02.939 The path of escapism, 00:31:02.940 --> 00:31:06.240 And Lord Jesus, 00:31:06.759 --> 00:31:08.019 You submitted yourself, 00:31:08.200 --> 00:31:08.700 To death, 00:31:08.799 --> 00:31:09.779 On a cross for me, 00:31:09.880 --> 00:31:10.720 So I don't need, 00:31:10.799 --> 00:31:11.700 To escape reality, 00:31:12.940 --> 00:31:14.420 And the keys are yours, 00:31:14.500 --> 00:31:15.980 Because you defeated sin, 00:31:16.080 --> 00:31:17.420 Because you defeated death, 00:31:17.799 --> 00:31:18.860 And yours therefore, 00:31:18.940 --> 00:31:19.700 Is the kingdom, 00:31:20.180 --> 00:31:20.940 And the power, 00:31:21.240 --> 00:31:22.080 And the glory, 00:31:22.259 --> 00:31:23.080 And the majesty, 00:31:23.259 --> 00:31:24.000 Forever and ever, 00:31:24.100 --> 00:31:24.420 Amen, 00:31:24.500 --> 00:31:25.380 It is yours, 00:31:26.900 --> 00:31:27.759 And so the message, 00:31:27.759 --> 00:31:28.640 In Isaiah 22, 00:31:28.799 --> 00:31:29.500 Is that there's no one, 00:31:29.500 --> 00:31:30.539 There's no one else, 00:31:30.619 --> 00:31:31.440 To change in life, 00:31:32.000 --> 00:31:33.680 There is no one else, 00:31:34.160 --> 00:31:35.500 However could there be, 00:31:36.359 --> 00:31:37.279 No one else, 00:31:37.299 --> 00:31:38.079 Has the keys, 00:31:38.440 --> 00:31:39.980 Jesus is the only one, 00:31:40.039 --> 00:31:41.039 Who has the keys, 00:31:42.599 --> 00:31:43.259 And so Jesus, 00:31:43.400 --> 00:31:44.400 You are the only one, 00:31:45.500 --> 00:31:46.500 Who can open this door, 00:31:46.599 --> 00:31:46.879 For me, 00:31:48.319 --> 00:31:49.420 And so through you, 00:31:49.500 --> 00:31:49.960 I come, 00:31:51.160 --> 00:31:51.819 Let's pray, 00:31:52.259 --> 00:31:52.259 00:31:52.259 --> 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