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 I think the question that I can ask more than anything other, any other question that troubles both people who would describe themselves as Christians and people who would not describe themselves as Christians.

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! Really is this problem of evil and this problem of suffering and trouble in the world.

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 So questions like, why did God allow this to happen to me?

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 And why did God allow this to happen to that person?

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 I was at Express of Cabance at the Sunday of the hour on Thursday nights with Presbytery Men and this front man when he found out we were ministers he said, well why is God allowing all the stabbings to happen?

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 Why doesn't God do something?

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 Why doesn't God do something about the situation that's in your life?

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 Why does God allow what's happening to you to continue?

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 And does God not care?

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 And is God just not interested?

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 Does God have the resources and the strength to do what needs to be done?

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 Does God not have the wisdom to understand what seems to be really simple solutions?

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 How does it all tie in?

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 How does it tie in with the concept of a God who is universally loved?

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 And it's an issue which the Lord Jesus spoke about again and again.

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 And from many different angles.

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 But I've come to see that this week I don't think he addresses it in any other place with such clarity and more poignantly than from Matthew chapter 13.

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 The story is next of a man who goes out into a good field.

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 He sows good seed and then during the middle of the night an enemy comes and sows weeds, lettuce, thorns.

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 And his field has kind of been invaded.

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 It's been polluted.

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 And his servants suddenly see this when the crops begin to pop on the ground.

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 And it's endangered his purposes.

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 Along with the parable of the sower, this is probably the most well known.

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 It's one of the most significant.

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 And it's one of the most important parables.

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 It's full of divine, really great divine truths.

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 It's only the second parable of the sower that's explained by the Lord Jesus.

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 And there's a really detailed explanation there in verse 36.

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 The disciples come to him and they ask him,

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 what do you want about with the parable of the sower?

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 And he tells them.

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 And I want to give you four lessons and the small note from it.

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 I want to say first of all, what Jesus is highlighting is

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 Jesus concentrating our attention this morning

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 on the ultimate origin of evil.

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 That's my first point, the ultimate origin of evil.

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 Look at verse 27 and 28.

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 The servants of the master of the house came in and they said to him,

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 Master, did you not sow good seeds in your fields?

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 Do you see that?

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 In other words, the servants, they recognize that the master is good

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 and what he's done is exclusively good.

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 You have sown what is good, so why then doesn't have weeds?

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 They're asking the basic question, where has the opposition, everything that you have done, come from?

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 How is it that there's weeds in your fields?

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 Where do they come from?

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 And Jesus puts it into the master's lips, doesn't he?

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 He says, an enemy has done this.

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 And so Jesus has absolutely no hesitation in identifying the origin of evil.

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 Now let me say to you, this is not a complete and total picture of all that the Bible says to us.

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 About the origin of evil.

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 But Jesus is saying to you and I, that there is a sinister, personal, supernatural power.

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 He calls him the devil and Satan.

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 He identifies him in verse 39.

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 The weeds that are sown, the one who sown them, the enemy who sown them, is the devil.

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 That's verse 39.

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 And both in the parable of the sower, significantly, and in the parable of the tares and the wheat,

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 the devil appears as the one who in both church and in the world

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 is constantly and feverishly opposing all that God is doing in the church and the world.

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 The devil is engaged in trying to snatch away the good seed of the word.

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 The devil comes, says Jesus, and snatches the good seed away.

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 He is kind of engaged in sowing thorns and thistles and weeds.

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 He is opposing that seed which God has sown.

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 I want to say to you that that is absolutely vital in all our thinking.

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 But if you dismiss this dimension of the devil, of evil, from your thinking,

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 if you refuse to recognize and believe that there is a personal, supernatural, spiritual power of Satan,

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 who as well is solely motivated by hatred towards God,

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 will that be a disaster for you.

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 I think that's one of the reasons why we find it so difficult to think and to speak as a preacher about the devil.

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 Now as we think, it's difficult to think of a God who is motivated only by righteousness and holiness.

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 We find it difficult to think about personal devil who is motivated only by opposition to everything that God is and God does.

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 But I say to you that if you dismiss, if you refuse this dimension from your thinking about the devil,

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 then you'll not only be able to understand the Bible,

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 you'll not only be able to understand yourself,

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 and you will certainly not be able to understand the world or the culture that we live in.

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 Let me read you words by Ronnie Wallace.

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 Ronnie Wallace wrote this,

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 The disciples of Jesus are not the only people who have seeds to sow or a gospel to tell.

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 There is an Antichrist, something with Antichrist.

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 And he has seed to sow and a plan to execute,

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 that seeks to displace the true Lord and Creator from his throne.

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 Jesus, in his explanation of the parable of the tares from wheat,

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 declares quite bluntly that the enemy is the devil.

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 And no one can deny that to Jesus the enemy was a most sinister and concrete personal reality.

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 Jesus did not speak of himself as one who was fighting against fate.

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 He did not describe himself as one who was fighting against human beings.

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 He did not come to fight against bad social conditions.

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 Jesus did not come to fight wrong ideas,

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 but as the one who came to fight against a single person.

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 A single personal will which has defied God in a sphere far greater than this earth.

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 To Jesus, the power of evil was directed by one evil personality.

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 One great mind.

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 Having at his disposal a host of agents and emissaries of evil,

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 all moving as part of a strategy to thwart the purpose of God.

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 Headquarters of this power, this evil, is beyond this earth.

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 That this earth is the battleground on which he throws out his challenge to God.

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 And so in many ways, the Apostle Paul, he summarised it,

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 the teaching of Jesus and the life of Jesus,

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 when he said to the Ephesians,

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 we wrestle not against flesh and blood,

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 but against principalities and powers and rulers of the darkness of this world.

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 Against spiritual wickedness in high places.

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 That is the ultimate root and origin and seat of every such phenomenon.

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 And Jesus is referring to that when he speaks of the weeds of this world.

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 In other words, more simply, this world that you live in

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 is not the world as God made it.

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 It is this world that has been spoiled.

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 And it is absolutely vital for you to recognise that.

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 Because we are intertwined in the whole fabric of a world

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 in which sin and all its crop of disease and death

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 and tragedy and cruelty

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 and violence and sickness and stabbings

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 and natural disasters so occur.

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 And that means that if you are willing to think of it in this way,

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 you will look at the world in a very different way.

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 And you will read the news on the internet in a different way.

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 Because you will see what is the ultimate explanation.

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 The ultimate explanation in the words of Jesus is,

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 an enemy has done this.

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 When you see death

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 in the midst of life

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 and you discover the

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 anguish and the agony

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 that death brings.

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 That is what brought

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 Jesus indignation

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 as he came to Lazarus' tomb.

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 It was an enemy that had done this.

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 And that's right as well.

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 I'm often asked to take funerals

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 and people are often saying

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 we want this funeral

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 to be a type of celebration

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 of the person's life.

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 And I know what they mean.

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 We want to give thanks, don't we?

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 And yet in every single funeral

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 there must be an element

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 of an enemy has done this.

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 It is not right.

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 What's the real explanation of terrorism?

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 What's the explanation of a senseless destruction?

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 Of stabbings that seem to be

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 utterly and totally random

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 and meaningless.

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 It is.

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 An enemy has done this.

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 When we see families

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 destroyed by adultery

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 or one partner

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 walking away,

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 what is the ultimate answer?

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 That an enemy has done this.

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 When we read of victims

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 of abuse

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 and broken hearts

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 and families

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 and the nameless heartache

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 that is all around our society

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 and is in this room,

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 an enemy has done this.

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 Amen.

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 Well,

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 my friend Johnny Gibson

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 and Jackie

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 they had a daughter,

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 Leila,

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 you remember,

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 she was stillborn.

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 And

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 it's the most remarkable funeral

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 I've ever been in.

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 I've never felt sadder.

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 I've never believed the gospel more.

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 Johnny

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 got up to give a tribute

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 to his

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 stillborn daughter.

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 It was a remarkable thing.

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 The most memorable thing

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 of that day

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 was he pointed at the coffin

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 and he said,

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 an enemy has done this.

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 That's right, isn't it?

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 And in the church

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 we have to face

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 exactly the same thing.

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 Do you see,

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 the devil does not

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 stand outside the church

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 on a Sunday morning.

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 The evil one

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 does not stand outside

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 the gates passively.

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 But when you begin

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 to see something eroding,

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 someone's dedication

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 or love

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 or devotion

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 to the Lord Jesus,

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 we might say

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 they're cooling off

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 in their Christian war.

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 Or when you see

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 division

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 coming into church life

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 and little things

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 becoming really

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 big things.

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 and when you see

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 someone intent

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 on damaging

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 the church

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 by grumbling

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 and groaning

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 and throwing

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 your own accusations,

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 Jesus Christ

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 tells you the origin

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 and he says,

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 an enemy

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 has done this.

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 So the next question

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 is this,

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 what will this

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 be done about?

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 Where does it come from?

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 Well,

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 the answer to that

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 was the first point,

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 the ultimate origin

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 of evil

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 and the second question

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 is,

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 well,

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 what's going to be

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 done about it?

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 And perhaps

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 it's the most

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 perplexing thing

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 of all

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 this next year,

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 it's the apparent

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 indifference of God.

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 The apparent

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 indifference of God.

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 In some ways,

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 that's the crux

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 of the passage,

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 that's the really

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 sticking point.

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 The servants

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 say to their masters,

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 look at verse 26,

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 and they say,

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 when the plants

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 come up

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 and bear grain,

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 then the weeds

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 appeared also.

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 And the servants

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 of the master

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 of the house

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 came and said to him,

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 Master,

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 did you not sell

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 good seed to your feet?

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 How then is it?

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 Weeds,

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 and then an enemy

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 has done this.

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 So the servants

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 say then,

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 well,

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 do you want us

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 to go and gather them up?

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 But he said to them,

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 no,

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 less than gathering

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 the weeds,

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 he root up the wheat

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 along with them.

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 Now let both

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 grow together

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 into the harvest

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 and the harvest

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 will tell the weeds,

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 gather the weeds

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 first and buy

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 them bundles

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 to be burned.

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 And what they say

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 to him,

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 they come to the farmer

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 and they say,

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 this is what we would do.

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 And the servants

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 of the household,

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 and they said,

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 Pharaoh,

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 didn't you sow

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 good seed

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 into your field

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 and nectar

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 as weeds?

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 if I was you,

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 let's go and gather

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 them up right now.

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 Let's go into the weeds

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 right now.

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 And he goes on

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 to say,

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 doesn't he,

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 in verse 30,

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 let them both grow

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 together

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 until the harvest.

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 So let's say,

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 it's the beginning

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 of the summer time,

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 the plants

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 are beginning to grow,

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 the wheat is beginning

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 to grow,

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 but also the weeds

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 are beginning to grow.

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 And you walk past

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 that field

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 and you look

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 at the field

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 and in the field

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 are loads of weeds

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 and loads of wheat.

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 What do you think

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 about the farmer?

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 You think,

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 he can't be bothered,

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 can he?

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 He's not taking

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 very good care

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 of his field.

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 You think,

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 that farmer,

00:14:57.039 --> 00:14:57.159
 look,

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 it's indifferent.

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 He's indifferent.

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 He's letting these

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 weeds grow.

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 He's careless.

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 What is he doing?

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 It's such a serious

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 problem, isn't it?

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 The weeds growing

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 in this field.

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 It obviously

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 doesn't matter to him

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 that he's got

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 this field.

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 And many people

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 say that about God.

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 There's a parent

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 difference.

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 Maybe you're saying

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 that this morning.

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 Maybe you say,

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 what is God doing

00:15:24.819 --> 00:15:26.719
 about this situation?

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 And like these servants,

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 we may go to God

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 and we might say to him,

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 well,

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 if I was you,

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 God,

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 and this is what

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 I would do.

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 If I were God.

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 And there's an account

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 of the blitz in London

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 where there's suddenly

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 the tragic ashes

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 of a bomb site.

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 Hundreds of people

00:15:50.559 --> 00:15:51.159
 have been killed.

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 The bombs are still

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 falling.

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 And one man

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 says to the person

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 next to him,

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 I can only be God

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 for ten minutes.

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 If I could only be God

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 for ten minutes.

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 And his neighbour

00:16:05.719 --> 00:16:06.459
 said to him,

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 if you were to be God

00:16:08.860 --> 00:16:09.620
 for ten minutes,

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 I wouldn't want to

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 live in your universe

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 for ten seconds.

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 But you know

00:16:16.759 --> 00:16:17.559
 what the first man meant,

00:16:17.659 --> 00:16:17.959
 don't you?

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 You know that.

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 He thought he knew

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 what he would do

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 about it.

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 And that God

00:16:27.459 --> 00:16:28.319
 apparently didn't know

00:16:28.319 --> 00:16:28.819
 what he was doing

00:16:28.819 --> 00:16:29.360
 about it.

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 But you see,

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 the simple fact

00:16:32.819 --> 00:16:33.659
 is not that

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 God's care

00:16:35.219 --> 00:16:36.579
 is inferior

00:16:36.579 --> 00:16:37.759
 to ours,

00:16:38.539 --> 00:16:39.779
 but his wisdom

00:16:39.779 --> 00:16:40.699
 is superior

00:16:40.699 --> 00:16:42.019
 to ours.

00:16:43.379 --> 00:16:44.379
 Have you got that?

00:16:45.599 --> 00:16:46.719
 Have you grasped that?

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 It's not that God's care

00:16:48.319 --> 00:16:49.279
 is inferior

00:16:49.279 --> 00:16:50.219
 to ours,

00:16:50.220 --> 00:16:52.399
 it's that his wisdom

00:16:52.399 --> 00:16:53.600
 is superior to ours.

00:16:53.600 --> 00:16:53.940
 for us.

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 For us,

00:16:56.019 --> 00:16:56.879
 the heavens are higher

00:16:56.879 --> 00:16:57.440
 than the earth,

00:16:57.519 --> 00:16:58.019
 shall I buy

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 ways higher

00:16:58.620 --> 00:16:59.639
 than your ways,

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 says the Lord.

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 And the vital issue

00:17:04.259 --> 00:17:05.099
 in facing life

00:17:05.099 --> 00:17:05.880
 and the world

00:17:05.880 --> 00:17:07.259
 and thinking about

00:17:07.259 --> 00:17:09.259
 issues of this kind

00:17:09.259 --> 00:17:10.660
 is that God's ways

00:17:10.660 --> 00:17:12.240
 and God's wisdom

00:17:12.240 --> 00:17:13.740
 and God's thoughts

00:17:13.740 --> 00:17:15.079
 are not like ours,

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 are they?

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 That means

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 to be my third

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 question.

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 And that is

00:17:23.099 --> 00:17:24.500
 the dangerous

00:17:24.500 --> 00:17:25.299
 fallibility

00:17:25.299 --> 00:17:26.319
 of human judgment.

00:17:28.720 --> 00:17:29.839
 The dangerous

00:17:29.839 --> 00:17:30.559
 fallibility

00:17:30.559 --> 00:17:31.240
 of human judgment,

00:17:31.379 --> 00:17:31.940
 which isn't actually

00:17:31.940 --> 00:17:32.379
 a question.

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 So we don't know

00:17:36.800 --> 00:17:37.400
 the whole story.

00:17:38.760 --> 00:17:39.600
 The ultimate origin

00:17:39.600 --> 00:17:40.820
 of the first thing,

00:17:40.980 --> 00:17:41.840
 the apparent indifference

00:17:41.840 --> 00:17:43.040
 of God is the second thing.

00:17:45.040 --> 00:17:45.780
 And they say to him,

00:17:45.840 --> 00:17:46.340
 Master,

00:17:46.500 --> 00:17:47.340
 do you not want us

00:17:47.340 --> 00:17:48.320
 to lift the weeds?

00:17:49.120 --> 00:17:49.740
 And he says,

00:17:49.820 --> 00:17:50.000
 no,

00:17:50.080 --> 00:17:51.180
 let them grow together.

00:17:52.460 --> 00:17:53.120
 But the third thing

00:17:53.120 --> 00:17:53.840
 is this dangerous

00:17:53.840 --> 00:17:54.360
 fallibility

00:17:54.360 --> 00:17:55.060
 of human judgment.

00:17:55.320 --> 00:17:56.240
 Because in verse 29,

00:17:56.980 --> 00:17:58.140
 look what he says,

00:17:58.440 --> 00:17:58.700
 no,

00:17:58.860 --> 00:17:59.680
 lest in gathering

00:17:59.680 --> 00:18:00.900
 the weeds

00:18:00.900 --> 00:18:01.640
 you root up

00:18:01.640 --> 00:18:02.000
 the weeds

00:18:02.000 --> 00:18:02.820
 along with them.

00:18:04.840 --> 00:18:05.600
 Let them grow together

00:18:05.600 --> 00:18:06.380
 until the harvest.

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 And the harvest

00:18:06.900 --> 00:18:07.220
 have all.

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 I'll tell the reapers,

00:18:08.520 --> 00:18:09.560
 gather the weeds first,

00:18:09.660 --> 00:18:10.040
 find them,

00:18:10.100 --> 00:18:10.880
 but they'll see burnt.

00:18:11.460 --> 00:18:12.200
 But gather the weeds

00:18:12.200 --> 00:18:12.780
 into my garden.

00:18:16.840 --> 00:18:17.600
 Now do you notice

00:18:17.600 --> 00:18:18.020
 what the owner

00:18:18.020 --> 00:18:18.440
 of the field

00:18:18.440 --> 00:18:18.880
 is saying?

00:18:20.700 --> 00:18:21.780
 He is saying to them

00:18:21.780 --> 00:18:22.759
 he has a plan

00:18:22.759 --> 00:18:23.580
 for the whole

00:18:23.580 --> 00:18:24.240
 of his field.

00:18:26.740 --> 00:18:27.660
 And the owner

00:18:27.660 --> 00:18:28.120
 of the field

00:18:28.120 --> 00:18:29.080
 will not allow

00:18:29.080 --> 00:18:29.560
 the enemy

00:18:29.560 --> 00:18:30.180
 who would come

00:18:30.180 --> 00:18:31.160
 into the field

00:18:31.160 --> 00:18:32.640
 to dictate

00:18:32.640 --> 00:18:33.340
 the timetable

00:18:33.340 --> 00:18:33.880
 or afford

00:18:33.880 --> 00:18:34.480
 his purpose.

00:18:35.519 --> 00:18:36.140
 The enemy

00:18:36.140 --> 00:18:36.740
 will not wait.

00:18:40.100 --> 00:18:40.980
 The master

00:18:40.980 --> 00:18:42.080
 here

00:18:42.080 --> 00:18:42.840
 is saying

00:18:42.840 --> 00:18:43.519
 that the time

00:18:43.519 --> 00:18:44.220
 for now

00:18:44.220 --> 00:18:45.140
 and the word

00:18:45.140 --> 00:18:45.600
 for now

00:18:45.600 --> 00:18:46.240
 is wait.

00:18:47.920 --> 00:18:48.720
 That's the word.

00:18:49.519 --> 00:18:50.340
 That's the word

00:18:50.340 --> 00:18:50.980
 the farmer says.

00:18:51.040 --> 00:18:51.560
 The farmer says

00:18:51.560 --> 00:18:51.960
 wait

00:18:51.960 --> 00:18:56.160
 because

00:18:56.160 --> 00:18:56.519
 human

00:18:56.519 --> 00:18:57.180
 interference

00:18:57.180 --> 00:18:58.420
 at this point

00:18:58.420 --> 00:18:59.579
 would be

00:18:59.579 --> 00:19:00.279
 directly

00:19:00.279 --> 00:19:00.940
 against

00:19:00.940 --> 00:19:02.240
 the general

00:19:02.240 --> 00:19:02.660
 purpose

00:19:02.660 --> 00:19:03.039
 of God

00:19:03.039 --> 00:19:03.500
 and the world.

00:19:05.900 --> 00:19:06.720
 For the farmer

00:19:06.720 --> 00:19:08.500
 to go out

00:19:08.500 --> 00:19:09.099
 and to

00:19:09.099 --> 00:19:09.799
 dig up the field

00:19:09.799 --> 00:19:10.339
 to separate

00:19:10.339 --> 00:19:10.759
 the wheat

00:19:10.759 --> 00:19:13.920
 and the weeds

00:19:13.920 --> 00:19:15.279
 at this point

00:19:15.279 --> 00:19:16.259
 would be

00:19:16.259 --> 00:19:16.900
 against the purpose

00:19:16.900 --> 00:19:17.359
 of God.

00:19:19.519 --> 00:19:20.079
 And the people

00:19:20.079 --> 00:19:20.539
 who were working

00:19:20.539 --> 00:19:21.000
 for the farmer

00:19:21.000 --> 00:19:21.900
 they might have said

00:19:21.900 --> 00:19:23.099
 we don't understand

00:19:23.099 --> 00:19:23.980
 we don't understand

00:19:23.980 --> 00:19:24.139
 this

00:19:24.139 --> 00:19:24.659
 we don't get

00:19:24.659 --> 00:19:24.879
 this

00:19:24.879 --> 00:19:25.339
 why?

00:19:28.079 --> 00:19:28.879
 But the master

00:19:28.879 --> 00:19:29.439
 said of course

00:19:29.439 --> 00:19:30.019
 you don't understand

00:19:30.019 --> 00:19:30.500
 you just need

00:19:30.500 --> 00:19:30.819
 to accept

00:19:30.819 --> 00:19:31.419
 my counsel.

00:19:33.299 --> 00:19:33.699
 You live by

00:19:33.699 --> 00:19:34.159
 my wisdom

00:19:34.159 --> 00:19:34.839
 and you

00:19:34.839 --> 00:19:35.639
 wait.

00:19:37.879 --> 00:19:38.559
 They were saying

00:19:38.559 --> 00:19:38.919
 judgment

00:19:38.919 --> 00:19:39.559
 now.

00:19:40.259 --> 00:19:40.879
 That was their

00:19:40.879 --> 00:19:41.199
 word.

00:19:41.299 --> 00:19:41.679
 Their word

00:19:41.679 --> 00:19:42.459
 was now.

00:19:42.799 --> 00:19:43.199
 God's word

00:19:43.199 --> 00:19:43.839
 was wait.

00:19:43.839 --> 00:19:47.399
 Is that what

00:19:47.399 --> 00:19:47.839
 people say?

00:19:49.480 --> 00:19:49.799
 Why doesn't

00:19:49.799 --> 00:19:50.159
 God judge

00:19:50.159 --> 00:19:50.659
 now?

00:19:51.699 --> 00:19:52.059
 Why doesn't

00:19:52.059 --> 00:19:52.519
 God act

00:19:52.519 --> 00:19:53.019
 now?

00:19:54.799 --> 00:19:55.279
 Why doesn't

00:19:55.279 --> 00:19:55.500
 he do

00:19:55.500 --> 00:19:55.980
 something about

00:19:55.980 --> 00:19:56.539
 it now?

00:19:59.779 --> 00:20:00.579
 But actually

00:20:00.579 --> 00:20:02.139
 if I'm

00:20:02.139 --> 00:20:02.759
 honest I don't

00:20:02.759 --> 00:20:03.299
 think I want

00:20:03.299 --> 00:20:03.980
 judgment now.

00:20:06.699 --> 00:20:07.279
 Do you?

00:20:10.039 --> 00:20:10.579
 And the

00:20:10.579 --> 00:20:11.179
 reason God

00:20:11.179 --> 00:20:11.539
 is saying

00:20:11.539 --> 00:20:12.119
 wait is

00:20:12.119 --> 00:20:12.679
 because God

00:20:12.679 --> 00:20:13.159
 is a God

00:20:13.160 --> 00:20:13.840
 of infinite

00:20:13.840 --> 00:20:14.480
 patience

00:20:14.480 --> 00:20:16.420
 and infinite

00:20:16.420 --> 00:20:17.060
 grace and

00:20:17.060 --> 00:20:17.759
 he is not

00:20:17.759 --> 00:20:18.720
 careless and

00:20:18.720 --> 00:20:19.380
 he is not

00:20:19.380 --> 00:20:20.340
 complacent

00:20:20.340 --> 00:20:22.420
 and he has

00:20:22.420 --> 00:20:22.880
 a greater

00:20:22.880 --> 00:20:23.480
 and bigger

00:20:23.480 --> 00:20:24.580
 purpose than

00:20:24.580 --> 00:20:24.860
 what the

00:20:24.860 --> 00:20:25.140
 servants

00:20:25.140 --> 00:20:25.759
 grasped

00:20:25.759 --> 00:20:27.100
 and he

00:20:27.100 --> 00:20:27.779
 says wait

00:20:27.779 --> 00:20:30.600
 because this

00:20:30.600 --> 00:20:32.560
 day is a

00:20:32.560 --> 00:20:33.040
 day of

00:20:33.040 --> 00:20:33.620
 grace

00:20:33.620 --> 00:20:35.759
 and it's a

00:20:35.759 --> 00:20:36.000
 day of

00:20:36.000 --> 00:20:36.220
 God's

00:20:36.220 --> 00:20:36.600
 kindness

00:20:36.600 --> 00:20:38.880
 but there

00:20:38.880 --> 00:20:39.380
 is a day

00:20:39.380 --> 00:20:39.779
 of judgment

00:20:39.779 --> 00:20:40.240
 to come.

00:20:43.160 --> 00:20:43.759
 The amazing

00:20:43.759 --> 00:20:44.160
 truth of

00:20:44.160 --> 00:20:44.440
 God's

00:20:44.440 --> 00:20:44.759
 delay is

00:20:44.759 --> 00:20:45.080
 precisely

00:20:45.080 --> 00:20:45.300
 that.

00:20:45.360 --> 00:20:45.540
 It's about

00:20:45.540 --> 00:20:46.200
 how 2 Peter

00:20:46.200 --> 00:20:47.340
 3 says

00:20:47.340 --> 00:20:47.740
 he says

00:20:47.740 --> 00:20:48.440
 you must

00:20:48.440 --> 00:20:48.880
 understand

00:20:48.880 --> 00:20:49.180
 he says

00:20:49.180 --> 00:20:49.980
 know this

00:20:49.980 --> 00:20:50.540
 there will

00:20:50.540 --> 00:20:50.860
 come people

00:20:50.860 --> 00:20:51.100
 that will

00:20:51.100 --> 00:20:51.620
 mock and

00:20:51.620 --> 00:20:51.800
 they'll

00:20:51.800 --> 00:20:52.320
 scoff in

00:20:52.320 --> 00:20:52.640
 the last

00:20:52.640 --> 00:20:52.960
 days

00:20:52.960 --> 00:20:54.700
 and they'll

00:20:54.700 --> 00:20:55.340
 just do what

00:20:55.340 --> 00:20:55.660
 they want

00:20:55.660 --> 00:20:56.259
 they'll live

00:20:56.259 --> 00:20:56.480
 for their

00:20:56.480 --> 00:20:56.920
 own sinful

00:20:56.920 --> 00:20:57.540
 desires

00:20:57.540 --> 00:20:59.580
 and they will

00:20:59.580 --> 00:21:00.259
 say where is

00:21:00.259 --> 00:21:00.680
 the promise

00:21:00.680 --> 00:21:00.940
 of his

00:21:00.940 --> 00:21:01.180
 coming?

00:21:01.300 --> 00:21:01.779
 Why hasn't

00:21:01.779 --> 00:21:02.380
 Jesus come

00:21:02.380 --> 00:21:03.019
 back yet?

00:21:04.019 --> 00:21:04.259
 For

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 ever since the

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 fathers have

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 seen all

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 things are

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 continuing as

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 they were

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 from creation

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 nothing's

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 changed

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 it just

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 goes on

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 and on

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 and on

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 so let's

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 just live

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 for ourselves

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 in other

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 words they

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 say God

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 is not

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 interfering

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 with his

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 world

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 but then

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 Peter says

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 but do not

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 overlook this

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 fact

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 because with

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 the Lord

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 one day is

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 a thousand

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 years and

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 a thousand

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 years is

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 one day

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 but the

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 Lord is

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 not slow

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 the Lord

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 is not slow

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 to fulfill

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 his promise

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 and some

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 count slowness

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 but he's

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 patient towards

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 him

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 not wishing

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!

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 and he should

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 perish

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 but the Lord

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 should reach

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 repentance

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 one day

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 the Lord

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 will come

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 but in the

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 meantime

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 until that

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 time he

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 has a

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 purpose

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 to preserve

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 his wheat

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 the older

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 commentators

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 as you read

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 them on this

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 passage

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 the Puritans

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 and others

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 they say

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 what Jesus

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 is saying

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 here is

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 don't touch

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 the wheat

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 don't endanger

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 the wheat

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 my heart

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 is set

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 upon cultivating

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 the wheat

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 Jesus

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 saying I

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 I'm

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 building

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 my church

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 the gates

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 of hell

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 will not

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 prevail against

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 it

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 don't touch

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 my wheat

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 and the

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 point of that

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 wheat

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 growing is

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 that it's

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 going to

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 confront

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 the world

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 it will

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 confront

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 the world

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 and the

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 weeds

00:22:22.319 --> 00:22:22.619
 with

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 all that

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 God is

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 going to

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 do in

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 the world

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 with the

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 holiness

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 of God

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 and God's

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 great concern

00:22:31.079 --> 00:22:31.579
 is with

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 the growth

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 and the

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 prosperity

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 of his

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 courts

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 and he

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 will not

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 let the

00:22:36.759 --> 00:22:37.039
 devil

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 win

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 he will

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 not let

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 the devil

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 dictate the

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 timetable

00:22:39.920 --> 00:22:40.559
 or the

00:22:40.559 --> 00:22:41.000
 pattern of

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 his works

00:22:41.579 --> 00:22:44.720
 you see

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 these

00:22:45.220 --> 00:22:45.519
 servants

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 they thought

00:22:46.059 --> 00:22:46.740
 the master

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 will suddenly

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 go to the

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 field

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 and he'll

00:22:48.099 --> 00:22:48.579
 get frightened

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 by what

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 he sees

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 and he'll

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 be alarmed

00:22:51.339 --> 00:22:52.660
 and he'll

00:22:52.660 --> 00:22:53.299
 scurry about

00:22:53.299 --> 00:22:53.559
 and he'll

00:22:53.559 --> 00:22:54.019
 change his

00:22:54.019 --> 00:22:54.319
 plan

00:22:54.319 --> 00:22:55.460
 and he'll

00:22:55.460 --> 00:22:55.819
 say we've

00:22:55.819 --> 00:22:56.160
 all got to

00:22:56.160 --> 00:22:56.420
 get out

00:22:56.420 --> 00:22:56.700
 there and

00:22:56.700 --> 00:22:57.019
 get the

00:22:57.019 --> 00:22:57.579
 weeds up

00:22:57.579 --> 00:22:57.940
 but he

00:22:57.940 --> 00:22:58.859
 says wait

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 God is

00:23:02.759 --> 00:23:02.919
 not

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 panicked

00:23:03.339 --> 00:23:05.740
 God is

00:23:05.740 --> 00:23:05.899
 not

00:23:05.899 --> 00:23:06.539
 surprised

00:23:06.539 --> 00:23:09.299
 his

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 purposes

00:23:09.779 --> 00:23:10.299
 will

00:23:10.299 --> 00:23:10.779
 ripen

00:23:10.779 --> 00:23:11.199
 fast

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 but there

00:23:14.119 --> 00:23:14.459
 is a

00:23:14.459 --> 00:23:14.919
 danger

00:23:14.919 --> 00:23:15.719
 in men

00:23:15.719 --> 00:23:16.119
 and women

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 interfering

00:23:16.939 --> 00:23:19.839
 that person

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 was really

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 right to

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 us

00:23:20.659 --> 00:23:21.579
 the second

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 man

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 of the

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 place

00:23:22.599 --> 00:23:24.059
 that if

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 you were

00:23:24.319 --> 00:23:24.479
 God

00:23:24.479 --> 00:23:24.859
 for ten

00:23:24.859 --> 00:23:25.179
 minutes

00:23:25.179 --> 00:23:26.419
 I

00:23:26.419 --> 00:23:26.619
 wouldn't

00:23:26.619 --> 00:23:26.819
 want to

00:23:26.819 --> 00:23:27.000
 be in

00:23:27.000 --> 00:23:27.199
 your

00:23:27.199 --> 00:23:27.619
 universe

00:23:27.619 --> 00:23:27.979
 for ten

00:23:27.979 --> 00:23:28.500
 seconds

00:23:28.500 --> 00:23:30.299
 here's the

00:23:30.299 --> 00:23:30.759
 last thing

00:23:30.759 --> 00:23:31.539
 the inevitability

00:23:31.539 --> 00:23:32.039
 of divine

00:23:32.039 --> 00:23:32.420
 judgment

00:23:32.420 --> 00:23:35.980
 the dangerous

00:23:35.980 --> 00:23:36.940
 dangerous

00:23:36.940 --> 00:23:37.519
 fallibility

00:23:37.519 --> 00:23:37.960
 of human

00:23:37.960 --> 00:23:38.220
 judgment

00:23:38.220 --> 00:23:38.660
 we don't

00:23:38.660 --> 00:23:38.940
 know the

00:23:38.940 --> 00:23:39.440
 whole story

00:23:39.440 --> 00:23:40.140
 but the

00:23:40.140 --> 00:23:40.880
 inevitability

00:23:40.880 --> 00:23:41.500
 of divine

00:23:41.500 --> 00:23:41.859
 judgment

00:23:41.859 --> 00:23:42.220
 and it's

00:23:42.220 --> 00:23:43.099
 paralleled

00:23:43.099 --> 00:23:43.359
 isn't

00:23:43.359 --> 00:23:43.500
 there

00:23:43.500 --> 00:23:43.740
 these

00:23:43.740 --> 00:23:45.319
 inevitability

00:23:45.319 --> 00:23:45.859
 and perfection

00:23:45.859 --> 00:23:46.099
 look at

00:23:46.099 --> 00:23:46.740
 verse 30

00:23:46.740 --> 00:23:48.160
 let both

00:23:48.160 --> 00:23:48.660
 grow together

00:23:48.660 --> 00:23:49.160
 until the

00:23:49.160 --> 00:23:49.480
 harvest

00:23:49.480 --> 00:23:49.740
 and at

00:23:49.740 --> 00:23:50.200
 harvest time

00:23:50.200 --> 00:23:50.460
 will tell

00:23:50.460 --> 00:23:50.960
 the weepers

00:23:50.960 --> 00:23:51.700
 separate

00:23:51.700 --> 00:23:52.779
 gather the

00:23:52.779 --> 00:23:53.319
 weeds first

00:23:53.319 --> 00:23:53.759
 bind them

00:23:53.759 --> 00:23:54.279
 into bundles

00:23:54.279 --> 00:23:54.579
 to be

00:23:54.579 --> 00:23:54.920
 burned

00:23:54.920 --> 00:23:55.640
 gather the

00:23:55.640 --> 00:23:55.759
 weeds

00:23:55.759 --> 00:23:56.059
 into my

00:23:56.059 --> 00:23:56.339
 bath

00:23:56.339 --> 00:23:57.099
 and then

00:23:57.099 --> 00:23:57.299
 look at

00:23:57.299 --> 00:23:58.160
 verse 40

00:23:58.160 --> 00:23:59.779
 just as the

00:23:59.779 --> 00:24:00.080
 weeds are

00:24:00.080 --> 00:24:00.519
 gathered and

00:24:00.519 --> 00:24:00.860
 burned with

00:24:00.860 --> 00:24:01.340
 fire so

00:24:01.340 --> 00:24:01.620
 it will be

00:24:01.620 --> 00:24:01.820
 at the

00:24:01.820 --> 00:24:02.080
 end of

00:24:02.080 --> 00:24:02.400
 the age

00:24:02.400 --> 00:24:03.080
 the son

00:24:03.080 --> 00:24:03.580
 of man

00:24:03.580 --> 00:24:04.180
 will send

00:24:04.180 --> 00:24:05.040
 his angels

00:24:05.040 --> 00:24:05.759
 they'll gather

00:24:05.759 --> 00:24:06.640
 out of his

00:24:06.640 --> 00:24:07.279
 kingdom all

00:24:07.279 --> 00:24:07.940
 causes of sin

00:24:07.940 --> 00:24:08.920
 all lawbreakers

00:24:08.920 --> 00:24:09.660
 throw them into

00:24:09.660 --> 00:24:10.000
 the fiery

00:24:10.000 --> 00:24:10.440
 furnace

00:24:10.440 --> 00:24:11.400
 in that place

00:24:11.400 --> 00:24:11.740
 there will be

00:24:11.740 --> 00:24:12.300
 weeping and

00:24:12.300 --> 00:24:12.740
 gnashing of

00:24:12.740 --> 00:24:12.980
 teeth

00:24:12.980 --> 00:24:14.100
 then the

00:24:14.100 --> 00:24:14.519
 righteous

00:24:14.519 --> 00:24:15.279
 will shine

00:24:15.279 --> 00:24:15.540
 out the

00:24:15.540 --> 00:24:15.759
 sun

00:24:15.759 --> 00:24:16.279
 in the

00:24:16.279 --> 00:24:16.460
 kingdom

00:24:16.460 --> 00:24:16.720
 of the

00:24:16.720 --> 00:24:17.019
 father

00:24:17.019 --> 00:24:17.460
 he who has

00:24:17.460 --> 00:24:18.019
 ears to hear

00:24:18.019 --> 00:24:18.580
 let him hear

00:24:18.580 --> 00:24:22.940
 what Jesus

00:24:22.940 --> 00:24:23.480
 is saying is

00:24:23.480 --> 00:24:24.240
 there are times

00:24:24.240 --> 00:24:25.300
 when the world

00:24:25.300 --> 00:24:26.620
 looks like it's in

00:24:26.620 --> 00:24:27.240
 the hands of the

00:24:27.240 --> 00:24:27.460
 evil

00:24:27.460 --> 00:24:29.420
 but the very

00:24:29.420 --> 00:24:30.440
 reverse is the

00:24:30.440 --> 00:24:30.779
 case

00:24:30.779 --> 00:24:32.319
 it is God's

00:24:32.319 --> 00:24:32.660
 world

00:24:32.660 --> 00:24:34.779
 and it is God

00:24:34.779 --> 00:24:35.339
 who is determining

00:24:35.339 --> 00:24:35.940
 his purpose

00:24:35.940 --> 00:24:36.819
 and it is God

00:24:36.819 --> 00:24:37.700
 who is clearly

00:24:37.700 --> 00:24:38.579
 guiding his

00:24:38.579 --> 00:24:39.420
 timetable to the

00:24:39.420 --> 00:24:40.059
 day that he is

00:24:40.059 --> 00:24:40.440
 determined

00:24:40.440 --> 00:24:41.660
 not the devil

00:24:41.660 --> 00:24:44.319
 but on the day

00:24:44.319 --> 00:24:45.019
 when he comes

00:24:45.019 --> 00:24:45.519
 again

00:24:45.519 --> 00:24:46.680
 on the day he is

00:24:46.680 --> 00:24:47.039
 determined

00:24:47.039 --> 00:24:47.720
 at that moment

00:24:47.720 --> 00:24:48.160
 there will be

00:24:48.160 --> 00:24:48.960
 infallible and

00:24:48.960 --> 00:24:49.819
 inevitable judgment

00:24:49.819 --> 00:24:51.759
 God will make

00:24:51.759 --> 00:24:52.859
 his arm bare

00:24:52.859 --> 00:24:55.240
 of course the

00:24:55.240 --> 00:24:56.039
 godless forces

00:24:56.039 --> 00:24:56.839
 and the evil

00:24:56.839 --> 00:24:57.359
 men and women

00:24:57.359 --> 00:24:57.819
 they are unaware

00:24:57.819 --> 00:24:58.240
 of it

00:24:58.240 --> 00:24:59.379
 they think it's

00:24:59.379 --> 00:24:59.740
 all in their

00:24:59.740 --> 00:25:00.139
 hands

00:25:00.139 --> 00:25:02.279
 but Jesus

00:25:02.279 --> 00:25:02.859
 is saying

00:25:02.859 --> 00:25:03.339
 there will

00:25:03.339 --> 00:25:04.079
 come a time

00:25:04.079 --> 00:25:05.579
 when my

00:25:05.579 --> 00:25:06.079
 word will

00:25:06.079 --> 00:25:06.639
 change

00:25:06.639 --> 00:25:07.059
 do you remember

00:25:07.059 --> 00:25:07.379
 what his

00:25:07.379 --> 00:25:07.839
 word is

00:25:07.839 --> 00:25:08.299
 his word

00:25:08.299 --> 00:25:09.000
 is wait

00:25:09.000 --> 00:25:09.879
 but there

00:25:09.879 --> 00:25:10.779
 is a time

00:25:10.779 --> 00:25:11.139
 coming

00:25:11.139 --> 00:25:11.619
 when his

00:25:11.619 --> 00:25:12.099
 word will

00:25:12.099 --> 00:25:12.919
 be reap

00:25:12.919 --> 00:25:15.599
 and gather

00:25:15.599 --> 00:25:16.000
 out my

00:25:16.000 --> 00:25:16.240
 kingdom

00:25:16.240 --> 00:25:20.039
 you see

00:25:20.039 --> 00:25:20.359
 here's the

00:25:20.359 --> 00:25:20.759
 answer

00:25:20.759 --> 00:25:22.240
 why is

00:25:22.240 --> 00:25:22.759
 God not

00:25:22.759 --> 00:25:23.319
 doing something

00:25:23.319 --> 00:25:24.019
 about this

00:25:24.019 --> 00:25:24.599
 or that

00:25:24.599 --> 00:25:25.160
 or the other

00:25:25.160 --> 00:25:26.039
 well God

00:25:26.039 --> 00:25:26.359
 is not

00:25:26.359 --> 00:25:27.019
 coming yet

00:25:27.019 --> 00:25:30.019
 he's not

00:25:30.019 --> 00:25:30.460
 yet coming

00:25:30.460 --> 00:25:30.960
 in judgment

00:25:30.960 --> 00:25:31.740
 upon a

00:25:31.740 --> 00:25:32.220
 sin sick

00:25:32.220 --> 00:25:32.519
 world

00:25:32.519 --> 00:25:32.859
 to sort

00:25:32.859 --> 00:25:33.220
 the evil

00:25:33.220 --> 00:25:33.559
 from the

00:25:33.559 --> 00:25:33.799
 good

00:25:33.799 --> 00:25:34.359
 but a

00:25:34.359 --> 00:25:34.700
 day is

00:25:34.700 --> 00:25:34.920
 coming

00:25:34.920 --> 00:25:35.180
 when he

00:25:35.180 --> 00:25:35.400
 will do

00:25:35.400 --> 00:25:35.660
 that

00:25:35.660 --> 00:25:37.819
 and he's

00:25:37.819 --> 00:25:38.180
 given to

00:25:38.180 --> 00:25:38.720
 you a

00:25:38.720 --> 00:25:39.059
 day of

00:25:39.059 --> 00:25:39.400
 grace

00:25:39.400 --> 00:25:42.120
 let me

00:25:42.120 --> 00:25:42.539
 summarise

00:25:42.539 --> 00:25:42.839
 and then I

00:25:42.839 --> 00:25:43.160
 conclude

00:25:43.160 --> 00:25:44.319
 number one

00:25:44.319 --> 00:25:44.839
 we live in a

00:25:44.839 --> 00:25:45.400
 fallen world

00:25:45.400 --> 00:25:47.880
 a world

00:25:47.880 --> 00:25:48.140
 where there

00:25:48.140 --> 00:25:48.580
 is sin

00:25:48.580 --> 00:25:49.180
 and disease

00:25:49.180 --> 00:25:49.780
 and death

00:25:49.780 --> 00:25:50.519
 and tragedy

00:25:50.519 --> 00:25:51.620
 of a

00:25:51.620 --> 00:25:51.920
 thousand

00:25:51.920 --> 00:25:52.240
 different

00:25:52.240 --> 00:25:52.740
 forms

00:25:52.740 --> 00:25:53.400
 and it

00:25:53.400 --> 00:25:54.000
 is all

00:25:54.000 --> 00:25:54.500
 part of

00:25:54.500 --> 00:25:55.000
 the evidence

00:25:55.000 --> 00:25:55.519
 that this

00:25:55.519 --> 00:25:56.340
 is not

00:25:56.340 --> 00:25:58.340
 the world

00:25:58.340 --> 00:25:59.880
 as God

00:25:59.880 --> 00:26:00.360
 made it

00:26:00.360 --> 00:26:02.580
 it is

00:26:02.580 --> 00:26:03.140
 his world

00:26:03.140 --> 00:26:03.380
 that has

00:26:03.380 --> 00:26:04.000
 been spoiled

00:26:04.000 --> 00:26:04.400
 and the

00:26:04.400 --> 00:26:04.860
 promise of

00:26:04.860 --> 00:26:06.000
 God is

00:26:06.000 --> 00:26:06.380
 no more

00:26:06.380 --> 00:26:06.720
 death

00:26:06.720 --> 00:26:07.060
 no more

00:26:07.060 --> 00:26:07.400
 sorrow

00:26:07.400 --> 00:26:07.780
 no more

00:26:07.780 --> 00:26:08.080
 tears

00:26:08.080 --> 00:26:08.460
 no more

00:26:08.460 --> 00:26:08.820
 sin

00:26:08.820 --> 00:26:09.860
 and that

00:26:09.860 --> 00:26:10.519
 relates

00:26:10.519 --> 00:26:12.340
 to the

00:26:12.340 --> 00:26:13.019
 new heavens

00:26:13.019 --> 00:26:14.220
 the new

00:26:14.220 --> 00:26:14.540
 earth

00:26:14.539 --> 00:26:16.579
 and it's

00:26:16.579 --> 00:26:16.799
 at the

00:26:16.799 --> 00:26:17.259
 end of

00:26:17.259 --> 00:26:18.240
 that age

00:26:18.240 --> 00:26:18.599
 of the

00:26:18.599 --> 00:26:18.859
 age

00:26:18.859 --> 00:26:19.099
 that we

00:26:19.099 --> 00:26:19.440
 enter

00:26:19.440 --> 00:26:19.799
 into that

00:26:19.799 --> 00:26:20.079
 glory

00:26:20.079 --> 00:26:20.819
 not now

00:26:20.819 --> 00:26:22.700
 and we

00:26:22.700 --> 00:26:22.940
 need to

00:26:22.940 --> 00:26:23.420
 come face

00:26:23.420 --> 00:26:23.759
 to face

00:26:23.759 --> 00:26:24.099
 with these

00:26:24.099 --> 00:26:24.460
 issues

00:26:24.460 --> 00:26:26.259
 when so

00:26:26.259 --> 00:26:26.619
 many people

00:26:26.619 --> 00:26:27.359
 say why

00:26:27.359 --> 00:26:27.980
 why has

00:26:27.980 --> 00:26:28.379
 this happened

00:26:28.379 --> 00:26:29.019
 why am I

00:26:29.019 --> 00:26:29.420
 going through

00:26:29.420 --> 00:26:29.680
 this

00:26:29.680 --> 00:26:30.460
 why is so

00:26:30.460 --> 00:26:30.940
 much of it

00:26:30.940 --> 00:26:31.599
 frustrating

00:26:31.599 --> 00:26:32.539
 it's because

00:26:32.539 --> 00:26:33.039
 we live in a

00:26:33.039 --> 00:26:33.480
 world's

00:26:33.480 --> 00:26:34.940
 spoiled

00:26:34.940 --> 00:26:35.159
 boy

00:26:35.159 --> 00:26:35.420
 sin

00:26:35.420 --> 00:26:36.940
 and we

00:26:36.940 --> 00:26:37.119
 have the

00:26:37.119 --> 00:26:37.420
 evidence

00:26:37.420 --> 00:26:37.819
 all around

00:26:37.819 --> 00:26:38.079
 us

00:26:38.079 --> 00:26:40.779
 and being a

00:26:40.779 --> 00:26:41.000
 Christian

00:26:41.000 --> 00:26:41.319
 doesn't

00:26:41.319 --> 00:26:41.639
 insulate

00:26:41.639 --> 00:26:41.839
 you

00:26:41.839 --> 00:26:42.419
 that's

00:26:42.419 --> 00:26:42.740
 position

00:26:42.740 --> 00:26:44.740
 that's the

00:26:44.740 --> 00:26:44.899
 first

00:26:44.899 --> 00:26:45.079
 lesson

00:26:45.079 --> 00:26:45.459
 the second

00:26:45.459 --> 00:26:45.699
 lesson

00:26:45.699 --> 00:26:46.139
 is every

00:26:46.139 --> 00:26:46.879
 move made

00:26:46.879 --> 00:26:47.519
 by God

00:26:47.519 --> 00:26:47.799
 in the

00:26:47.799 --> 00:26:48.159
 world

00:26:48.159 --> 00:26:48.879
 and especially

00:26:48.879 --> 00:26:49.279
 in the

00:26:49.279 --> 00:26:49.500
 church

00:26:49.500 --> 00:26:49.779
 will be

00:26:49.779 --> 00:26:50.319
 resisted

00:26:50.319 --> 00:26:52.299
 it will be

00:26:52.299 --> 00:26:52.779
 resisted by

00:26:52.779 --> 00:26:53.339
 the opposition

00:26:53.339 --> 00:26:53.799
 and the

00:26:53.799 --> 00:26:54.220
 cunning of

00:26:54.220 --> 00:26:54.419
 Satan

00:26:54.419 --> 00:26:55.000
 constantly

00:26:55.000 --> 00:26:55.659
 and we

00:26:55.659 --> 00:26:56.539
 need to

00:26:56.539 --> 00:26:57.179
 expect that

00:26:57.179 --> 00:26:57.519
 and not be

00:26:57.519 --> 00:26:58.799
 surprised by it

00:26:58.799 --> 00:27:00.519
 I'm not saying

00:27:00.519 --> 00:27:01.559
 why has this

00:27:01.559 --> 00:27:01.939
 happened

00:27:01.939 --> 00:27:02.899
 it is part of

00:27:02.899 --> 00:27:03.259
 the course

00:27:03.259 --> 00:27:03.779
 opposition

00:27:03.779 --> 00:27:04.720
 is normal

00:27:04.720 --> 00:27:08.379
 and thirdly

00:27:08.379 --> 00:27:08.899
 we need to be

00:27:08.899 --> 00:27:09.559
 very cautious

00:27:09.559 --> 00:27:10.839
 lest we

00:27:10.839 --> 00:27:11.519
 kind of employ

00:27:11.519 --> 00:27:12.119
 a human

00:27:12.119 --> 00:27:12.619
 wisdom

00:27:12.619 --> 00:27:15.160
 a worldly

00:27:15.160 --> 00:27:15.639
 thinking

00:27:15.639 --> 00:27:16.019
 where we

00:27:16.019 --> 00:27:16.279
 think

00:27:16.279 --> 00:27:16.740
 well we

00:27:16.740 --> 00:27:17.200
 can combat

00:27:17.200 --> 00:27:17.619
 Satan

00:27:17.619 --> 00:27:18.700
 by this

00:27:18.700 --> 00:27:23.000
 and the

00:27:23.000 --> 00:27:23.500
 key note

00:27:23.500 --> 00:27:23.900
 for the

00:27:23.900 --> 00:27:24.200
 time that

00:27:24.200 --> 00:27:24.539
 we live

00:27:24.539 --> 00:27:24.779
 in

00:27:24.779 --> 00:27:25.259
 is

00:27:25.259 --> 00:27:26.019
 patience

00:27:26.019 --> 00:27:27.660
 and prayer

00:27:27.660 --> 00:27:29.599
 and a

00:27:29.599 --> 00:27:30.079
 life of

00:27:30.079 --> 00:27:30.420
 holiness

00:27:30.420 --> 00:27:31.279
 and

00:27:31.279 --> 00:27:32.160
 weight

00:27:32.160 --> 00:27:35.339
 here's the

00:27:35.339 --> 00:27:35.759
 last thing

00:27:35.759 --> 00:27:36.660
 we need

00:27:36.660 --> 00:27:37.259
 to live

00:27:37.259 --> 00:27:37.839
 with an

00:27:37.839 --> 00:27:38.339
 absolute

00:27:38.339 --> 00:27:39.119
 assurance

00:27:39.119 --> 00:27:39.519
 of the

00:27:39.519 --> 00:27:40.139
 triumph of

00:27:40.139 --> 00:27:40.400
 God

00:27:40.400 --> 00:27:40.819
 that's the

00:27:40.819 --> 00:27:41.079
 ultimate

00:27:41.079 --> 00:27:41.420
 note of

00:27:41.420 --> 00:27:41.740
 power

00:27:41.740 --> 00:27:44.279
 Jesus

00:27:44.279 --> 00:27:44.580
 says

00:27:44.580 --> 00:27:44.880
 to you

00:27:44.880 --> 00:27:45.220
 and I

00:27:45.220 --> 00:27:45.759
 do not

00:27:45.759 --> 00:27:46.200
 imagine

00:27:46.200 --> 00:27:47.080
 that life

00:27:47.080 --> 00:27:47.420
 is going

00:27:47.420 --> 00:27:47.660
 to go

00:27:47.660 --> 00:27:47.980
 on like

00:27:47.980 --> 00:27:48.160
 this

00:27:48.160 --> 00:27:48.580
 forever

00:27:48.580 --> 00:27:51.220
 don't

00:27:51.220 --> 00:27:51.519
 imagine

00:27:51.519 --> 00:27:51.900
 that God

00:27:51.900 --> 00:27:52.300
 has lifted

00:27:52.300 --> 00:27:52.740
 his hand

00:27:52.740 --> 00:27:53.080
 off the

00:27:53.080 --> 00:27:53.400
 wheel

00:27:53.400 --> 00:27:54.600
 or that

00:27:54.600 --> 00:27:54.840
 it's out

00:27:54.840 --> 00:27:55.440
 of control

00:27:55.440 --> 00:27:57.000
 no he

00:27:57.000 --> 00:27:57.300
 says the

00:27:57.300 --> 00:27:57.600
 day is

00:27:57.600 --> 00:27:57.940
 coming

00:27:57.940 --> 00:27:58.680
 and the

00:27:58.680 --> 00:27:58.940
 moment

00:27:58.940 --> 00:27:59.279
 is in

00:27:59.279 --> 00:27:59.400
 the

00:27:59.400 --> 00:27:59.620
 mind

00:27:59.620 --> 00:27:59.800
 of

00:27:59.800 --> 00:28:00.120
 God

00:28:00.120 --> 00:28:01.920
 and it

00:28:01.920 --> 00:28:02.100
 will be

00:28:02.100 --> 00:28:02.480
 dictated

00:28:02.480 --> 00:28:02.800
 by the

00:28:02.800 --> 00:28:03.080
 hand

00:28:03.080 --> 00:28:03.600
 of God

00:28:03.600 --> 00:28:04.080
 and when

00:28:04.080 --> 00:28:04.560
 he says

00:28:04.560 --> 00:28:05.220
 now

00:28:05.220 --> 00:28:07.240
 and when

00:28:07.240 --> 00:28:07.339
 he

00:28:07.339 --> 00:28:07.460
 will

00:28:07.460 --> 00:28:07.640
 say

00:28:07.640 --> 00:28:07.779
 to

00:28:07.779 --> 00:28:07.900
 a

00:28:07.900 --> 00:28:08.100
 world

00:28:08.100 --> 00:28:08.259
 that

00:28:08.259 --> 00:28:08.380
 has

00:28:08.380 --> 00:28:10.279
 gone

00:28:10.279 --> 00:28:10.819
 madly

00:28:10.819 --> 00:28:11.200
 towards

00:28:11.200 --> 00:28:11.519
 hell

00:28:11.519 --> 00:28:12.120
 enough

00:28:12.120 --> 00:28:14.120
 that's

00:28:14.120 --> 00:28:14.240
 what

00:28:14.240 --> 00:28:14.420
 Jesus

00:28:14.420 --> 00:28:14.740
 means

00:28:14.740 --> 00:28:15.100
 doesn't he

00:28:15.100 --> 00:28:15.279
 when he

00:28:15.279 --> 00:28:15.640
 says I'll

00:28:15.640 --> 00:28:16.019
 build my

00:28:16.019 --> 00:28:16.339
 church

00:28:16.339 --> 00:28:16.600
 and the

00:28:16.600 --> 00:28:16.900
 gates of

00:28:16.900 --> 00:28:17.039
 hell

00:28:17.039 --> 00:28:17.339
 will not

00:28:17.339 --> 00:28:17.680
 prevail

00:28:17.680 --> 00:28:20.180
 and God

00:28:20.180 --> 00:28:20.539
 is saying

00:28:20.539 --> 00:28:20.880
 I have

00:28:20.880 --> 00:28:21.279
 exalted

00:28:21.279 --> 00:28:21.799
 my son

00:28:21.799 --> 00:28:22.039
 to a

00:28:22.039 --> 00:28:22.340
 place of

00:28:22.340 --> 00:28:22.860
 unique

00:28:22.860 --> 00:28:23.360
 glory

00:28:23.360 --> 00:28:24.220
 and one

00:28:24.220 --> 00:28:24.380
 day

00:28:24.380 --> 00:28:24.660
 every

00:28:24.660 --> 00:28:24.920
 knee

00:28:24.920 --> 00:28:25.039
 will

00:28:25.039 --> 00:28:25.320
 bow

00:28:25.320 --> 00:28:25.759
 and every

00:28:25.759 --> 00:28:26.019
 tongue

00:28:26.019 --> 00:28:26.200
 will

00:28:26.200 --> 00:28:26.580
 confess

00:28:26.580 --> 00:28:26.940
 that he

00:28:26.940 --> 00:28:27.080
 is

00:28:27.080 --> 00:28:27.480
 Lord

00:28:27.480 --> 00:28:28.500
 to the

00:28:28.500 --> 00:28:28.759
 glory

00:28:28.759 --> 00:28:28.920
 of

00:28:28.920 --> 00:28:29.120
 God

00:28:29.120 --> 00:28:29.320
 the

00:28:29.320 --> 00:28:29.580
 Father

00:28:29.580 --> 00:28:30.039
 and one

00:28:30.039 --> 00:28:30.360
 day

00:28:30.360 --> 00:28:31.060
 that day

00:28:31.060 --> 00:28:31.200
 is

00:28:31.200 --> 00:28:31.560
 coming

00:28:31.560 --> 00:28:33.320
 and we

00:28:33.320 --> 00:28:33.519
 have to

00:28:33.519 --> 00:28:33.920
 fix our

00:28:33.920 --> 00:28:34.220
 eyes

00:28:34.220 --> 00:28:34.860
 on that

00:28:34.860 --> 00:28:35.220
 day

00:28:35.220 --> 00:28:35.680
 and know

00:28:35.680 --> 00:28:36.160
 that in

00:28:36.160 --> 00:28:36.440
 heaven

00:28:36.440 --> 00:28:37.240
 or earth

00:28:37.240 --> 00:28:38.180
 or hell

00:28:38.180 --> 00:28:38.779
 no one

00:28:38.779 --> 00:28:39.460
 or nothing

00:28:39.460 --> 00:28:40.200
 will ultimately

00:28:40.200 --> 00:28:40.600
 thwart

00:28:40.600 --> 00:28:40.940
 God's

00:28:40.940 --> 00:28:41.320
 purpose

00:28:41.320 --> 00:28:43.600
 and it's

00:28:43.600 --> 00:28:43.860
 only a

00:28:43.860 --> 00:28:44.120
 matter of

00:28:44.120 --> 00:28:44.340
 time

00:28:44.340 --> 00:28:46.680
 it is

00:28:46.680 --> 00:28:47.299
 only a

00:28:47.299 --> 00:28:47.720
 matter of

00:28:47.720 --> 00:28:47.980
 time

00:28:47.980 --> 00:28:48.480
 until God

00:28:48.480 --> 00:28:48.980
 will display

00:28:48.980 --> 00:28:49.539
 his triumph

00:28:49.539 --> 00:28:52.720
 and the

00:28:52.720 --> 00:28:53.080
 parable

00:28:53.080 --> 00:28:53.360
 speaks

00:28:53.360 --> 00:28:53.820
 personally

00:28:53.820 --> 00:28:54.120
 to you

00:28:54.120 --> 00:28:54.340
 and I

00:28:54.340 --> 00:28:54.680
 doesn't it

00:28:54.680 --> 00:28:54.900
 that it

00:28:54.900 --> 00:28:55.320
 will only

00:28:55.320 --> 00:28:55.600
 be a

00:28:55.600 --> 00:28:56.060
 matter of

00:28:56.060 --> 00:28:56.420
 time

00:28:56.420 --> 00:28:57.940
 until God

00:28:57.940 --> 00:28:58.480
 will exercise

00:28:58.480 --> 00:28:59.060
 his judgment

00:28:59.060 --> 00:28:59.840
 upon every

00:28:59.840 --> 00:29:00.539
 area of

00:29:00.539 --> 00:29:00.980
 evil and

00:29:00.980 --> 00:29:01.320
 offence

00:29:01.320 --> 00:29:04.259
 let's not

00:29:04.259 --> 00:29:04.759
 imagine

00:29:04.759 --> 00:29:05.759
 that he is

00:29:05.759 --> 00:29:06.400
 careless about

00:29:06.400 --> 00:29:06.680
 it

00:29:06.680 --> 00:29:08.920
 but listen

00:29:08.920 --> 00:29:09.299
 to his

00:29:09.299 --> 00:29:09.740
 voice in

00:29:09.740 --> 00:29:10.019
 the light

00:29:10.019 --> 00:29:10.320
 of that

00:29:10.320 --> 00:29:10.640
 day

00:29:10.640 --> 00:29:13.000
 that's

00:29:13.000 --> 00:29:13.440
 the wind

00:29:13.440 --> 00:29:14.920
 not the

00:29:14.920 --> 00:29:15.160
 judgment

00:29:15.160 --> 00:29:15.440
 of the

00:29:15.440 --> 00:29:15.680
 Lord

00:29:15.680 --> 00:29:17.920
 but one

00:29:17.920 --> 00:29:18.220
 day that

00:29:18.220 --> 00:29:18.660
 will come

00:29:18.660 --> 00:29:19.360
 that's

00:29:19.360 --> 00:29:19.620
 fine