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 I'm going to skip around a little bit this morning because we already covered most of chapter 13 three weeks ago when we were going through Proverbs 11, I think.

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 So I think we're going to start verse 12, chapter 13, go through verse 9, and then we're going to jump to chapter 14 and read verses 1 to 15.

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 So I'll start in chapter 13, verses 12 to 19.

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 Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.

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 Whoever despises the word brings destruction on himself, but he who reveres the commandment will be rewarded.

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 The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life that one may turn away from the snares of death.

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 Good sends wind's favor, but the way of the treacherous is their ruin.

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 Every prudent man acts with knowledge, but a fool flaunts his folly.

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 A wicked messenger falls into trouble, but a faithful envoy brings healing.

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 Poverty and disgrace come to him who ignores instruction, but whoever heeds reproof is honor.

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 A desire fulfilled is sweet to the soul, but to turn away from evil is an abomination to fools.

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 Let's skip ahead a little bit to chapter 14, verses 1 to 15.

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 The wisest of women builds her house, but folly with her own hands tears it down.

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 Whoever walks in uprightness fears the Lord, but he who is devious in his ways despises him.

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 By the mouth of a fool comes a rod for his back, but the lips of the wise will preserve them.

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 Where there are no oxen, the manger is clean, but abundant crops come by the strength of the ox.

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 A faithful witness does not lie, but a false witness breathes out lies.

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 A scoffer seeks wisdom in vain, but knowledge is easy for a man of understanding.

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 Leave the presence of a fool, for there you do not meet words of knowledge.

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 The wisdom of the prudent is to discern his way, but the folly of fools is deceiving.

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 Fools mock at the guilt offering, but the upright enjoy acceptance.

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 The heart knows its own bitterness, and no stranger shares its joy.

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 The house of the wicked will be destroyed, but the tent of the upright will flourish.

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 There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death.

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 Even in laughter the heart may ache, and the end of joy may be grief.

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 The backslider in heart will be filled with the fruit of his ways,

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 and a good man will be filled with the fruit of his ways.

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 The simple believes everything, but the prudent gives thought to his steps.

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 This is God's holy and authoritative word.

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 We have an oversized box of Cheerios at our house that we've been trying to finish for the last few months.

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 It has a picture of a red heart-shaped bowl on the cover,

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 and a caption that says,

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 It can help lower cholesterol as part of a heart-healthy diet.

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 But even though it's supposed to be a healthier alternative

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 to virtually all the other sugary breakfast cereals,

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 our family still hasn't managed to finish that one box over the last several months.

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 And the reason for that is quite simple.

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 It only has two grams of sugar.

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 And if it had any less sugar, it will taste like you're eating the cardboard box itself.

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 And that's because we want healthy hearts in theory,

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 but not necessarily in practice.

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 And this illustrates kind of the spiritual problems that we have all experienced,

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 that the desires of our hearts are not aligned with the will of God.

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 We don't desire the things that we should desire.

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 We don't want the things that God wants.

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 We don't have a strong enough appetite for godly, heavenly things.

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 And so we need new hearts, realigned hearts.

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 And this passage teaches us that only those who humbly receive God's word

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 will have the desires of their hearts fulfilled.

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 It speaks of the desires of the heart, chapter 13, verses 12 to 19.

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 And it speaks of the deceptiveness of the heart, chapter 14, verses 1 to 15.

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 And I also bring in chapter 15, verses 11 to 19 later,

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 which I didn't read earlier, and talk about the delight of the heart.

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 And since, as I mentioned, I already preached on Proverbs 13 three weeks ago,

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 along with chapter 10,

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 I'm not going to dive into those verses in detail this morning.

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 But just to remind you of the context,

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 chapter 13 teaches that the righteous gain lasting wealth

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 by working diligently and saving gradually.

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 And so chapter 13, verse 11 gives us a flavor of that.

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 It says,

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 Wealth gained hastily will dwindle,

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 but whoever gathers little by little will increase it.

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 Now, it's in that context we get the teaching of chapter 13, verses 12 to 19,

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 which talks about the desire of the heart, desires of the heart.

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 And verses 12 to 19 is a subunit of its own,

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 and it's structured concentrically.

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 First half is mirrored by the second half.

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 So verse 12 is matched by verse 19,

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 verse 13 by verse 18,

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 verse 14 by verse 17, and so on.

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 And it's helpful for interpreting when we look at those matching verses together.

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 And so verse 12 and 19,

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 they bracket this unit,

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 and they both speak of how the desires of the righteous will be fulfilled.

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 Verse 12 says,

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 Hope deferred makes the heart sick,

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 but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.

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 And similarly,

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 verse 19 says,

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 A desire fulfilled is sweet to the soul,

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 but to turn away from evil is an abomination to fools.

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 The wicked cannot resist the lure of get-rich-quick schemes,

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 whether it's by cheating or stealing or gambling.

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 But wealth, Proverbs teaches us,

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 wealth that is gained hastily will dwindle.

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 Only he who gathers little by little through hard work will increase it.

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 And for this reason,

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 they will not have the wicked who seek to gain quickly through unjust means,

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 will not have their desire fulfilled.

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 To the wise, however,

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 who desire the things of God,

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 the fulfillment of a righteous desire is sweet to their soul.

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 But to the fool who does not desire the things of God,

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 turning away from evil is an abomination to him.

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 He says,

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 So the wise,

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 this is telling us,

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 the wise have a taste,

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 an appetite for godly things,

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 while the fools have a taste only for ungodly things.

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 And they have a great distaste,

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 in fact,

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 for the righteousness of God.

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 So it prevents them from turning away from evil.

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 And this is why,

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 Proverbs teaches us,

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 the appetite of the wicked will not be satisfied,

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 ultimately speaking.

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 And that's why verse 12 goes on to say,

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 hope deferred makes the heart sick.

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 The wicked will have their hope deferred,

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 meaning not merely delayed temporarily,

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 but denied indefinitely.

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 This disappointment and frustration will lead to sickness of heart.

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 Earlier in Proverbs chapter 4,

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 verse 23,

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 it said that,

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 it said,

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 The Bible describes the heart,

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 which represents the inner being of the person,

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 as a source from which our lives flow,

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 what we say,

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 what we do.

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 It is like the root of a plant.

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 When the root is rotted,

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 the plant does not long survive.

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 Likewise,

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 a sick heart ultimately leads to death.

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 A sinful heart leads to eternal death.

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 And this is why verse 12 continues,

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 but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.

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 This is not a shallow statement about how people who get what they want are happy,

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 but people who don't get what they want are sad.

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 It's rather contrasting the desires of the wicked from the desires of the righteous.

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 And we know this because an evil desire fulfilled is never described elsewhere as a tree of life,

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 which is a symbol of vitality,

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 healing,

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 and ultimately eternal life.

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 So the wicked's desires then are thwarted,

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 and because their hearts are contrary to the will of God,

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 for this reason they end up getting hearts sick.

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 But the righteous desire are fulfilled,

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 because their desires are aligned with the will of God.

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 And so they find healing,

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 life,

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 walling up to eternal life in the end.

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 The wicked might flourish,

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 this assumes,

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 for a little while,

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 but when they do,

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 they are like a plant that sprouts up quickly,

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 because it has only a shallow root.

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 And it will soon wither away,

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 for the lack of its depth.

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 In contrast,

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 the righteous might suffer for a little while in this life,

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 like a plant that seems to have trouble sprouting up,

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 but all the while it's laying deep roots,

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 and soon it will outgrow and outlast the wicked,

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 and the righteous will be rewarded in eternity.

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 And that's the reason why verse 13 exhorts the reader to heed the divinely inspired wisdom of God's word.

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 Read with me in verse 13.

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 It says,

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 Whoever despises the word brings destruction on himself,

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 but he who reveres the commandment will be rewarded.

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 Now verse 13 is matched by verse 18.

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 Poverty and disgrace come to him who ignores instruction,

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 but whoever heeds reproof is honored.

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 Poverty and disgrace stalk those who ignore instruction,

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 but honor accompanies those who heed reproof.

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 In other words,

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 those who think highly of God and his word will be honored,

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 while those who think God's word beneath them,

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 because they think too highly of themselves,

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 will be disgraced.

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 And as we have seen throughout the book of Proverbs,

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 the word poverty is used consistently in a negative way,

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 in contrast with the word poor,

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 which is used primarily in a positive way.

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 The poor refer to those who are poor

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 because of injustices in the world,

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 through outside circumstances,

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 outside of their control.

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 Poverty, however,

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 is used to refer to God's judgment

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 on those,

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 on people,

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 on sinners and the wicked,

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 for their, for example,

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 laziness,

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 stinginess,

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 love of luxury,

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 or carelessness.

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 And poverty and disgrace come to them,

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 prideful sinners who ignore God's instruction.

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 And then in verses 14 and 17,

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 Solomon commends himself

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 as the wise instructor

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 who faithfully conveys the wisdom of God.

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 He says in verse 14,

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 the teaching of the wise is a fountain of life

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 that one may turn away from the snares of death.

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 Right?

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 This is compared to verse 12,

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 which spoke of a desire for the foot as a tree of life.

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 So here now it says,

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 the teaching of the wise is a fountain of life.

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 If you wish the fulfillment of the desires of your heart

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 like a tree of life,

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 then you should heed the teaching of the wise,

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 which is a fountain of life.

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 And this is matched by verse 17.

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 A wicked messenger falls into trouble,

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 but a faithful envoy brings healing.

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 There are wicked messengers

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 who do not faithfully convey the message

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 that they have been sent to relay

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 by the author,

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 the sender.

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 They sow discord through their failure.

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 or intentional or not.

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 They sow discord between the sender and the recipient.

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 They separate us from God

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 through their false teaching.

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 Their words are like snares

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 that ultimately lead to death.

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 And these messengers,

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 these wicked messengers,

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 will become subject themselves

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 to the trouble that they cause others.

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 But in contrast,

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 if you listen to the wise,

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 like Solomon who's teaching here,

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 the faithful envoy brings healing.

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 There are wisdom teachers like Solomon

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 and other contributors to the book of Proverbs,

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 and their teaching leads to life.

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 And so he's encouraging us to heed it,

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 listen to it.

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 And then verse 15 is matched by verse 16.

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 This is the center of the concentric structure.

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 It continues the exhortation.

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 Good sense wins favor,

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 but the way of the treacherous is their ruin.

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 Every prudent man acts with knowledge,

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 but a fool flaunts his folly.

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 And this is really the main point

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 of this entire passage,

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 that only those who humbly receive God's word

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 will have the desires of their hearts fulfilled.

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 The fool desires treachery and folly,

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 and so he will not follow God's word,

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 and will not therefore be rewarded in the end.

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 So that's what this passage teaches us

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 about the desires of the heart.

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 Now, only if it were easy to discern

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 the desires of the heart,

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 we would have no trouble distinguishing right from wrong

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 and aligning ourselves and our desires

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 with the will of God.

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 Unfortunately, however, it's not easy,

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 and that's due to the deceptiveness of the heart.

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 It's what chapter 14, verses 1 to 15 speak of.

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 Solomon builds his case gradually

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 by continuing the contrast

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 between the righteous and the wicked first.

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 He says in verse 1,

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 The wisest of women builds her house,

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 but folly with her own hands tear it down.

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 As I mentioned before,

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 the word house, like in English,

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 can refer to a physical building,

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 but also to your family,

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 to your household.

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 And so here,

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 the building and tearing down of the house

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 figuratively represents

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 what a wise woman does to her household.

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 The wisest of women builds up her household.

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 She makes her family flourish.

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 In contrast,

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 folly with her own hands tears it down.

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 Of course,

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 no one in her right mind

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 would tear down her own household

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 with her own hands,

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 but the woman of folly,

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 that's the point,

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 has no idea that's what she is doing.

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 By her own incompetence,

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 by her own lack of discretion,

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 by her own hot temper,

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 by her own failure to bridle her tongue,

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 these are the things we see throughout Proverbs,

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 the foolish woman tears down her own household.

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 And in verse 2,

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 continues the contrast

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 between the righteous and the wicked.

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 Whoever walks in uprightness fears the Lord,

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 but he who is devious in his ways

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 despises him.

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 Whoever walks upright,

00:15:31.359 --> 00:15:32.279
 whoever fears the Lord,

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 walks in a straight path,

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 uprightly,

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 but he who despises the Lord,

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 goes astray,

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 deviates.

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 He has devious ways,

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 crooked ways.

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 And then verses 3 and 5,

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 both contrast the speech of the righteous

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 with the speech of the wicked.

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 By the mouth of a fool

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 comes a rod for his back,

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 but the lips of the wise

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 will preserve them.

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 So the foolish speech of the fool

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 is his own doing.

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 It's as if his tongue itself

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 becomes a rod

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 with which he lashes his own back.

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 In contrast,

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 rather than being attacked

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 and jeopardized by their own words,

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 the wise are preserved,

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 it says,

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 by their words.

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 And the things that the wicked say

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 are not only characterized by folly,

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 but also falsehood,

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 as verse 5 says.

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 A faithful witness does not lie,

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 but a false witness

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 breathes out lies.

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 Whenever he opens his mouth,

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 there is a lie.

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 He lies as frequently

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 and mindlessly

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 as he breathes.

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 He does not care for the truth.

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 He has no regard for God

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 and his commands,

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 but only about getting

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 his own selfish way.

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 And then this brings us

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 to verse 4,

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 which shows us that

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 the wicked person's folly

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 is not seen only in his speech,

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 but also in the way he works.

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 It's a very cool proverb.

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 Verse 4 says,

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 Where there are no oxen,

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 the manger is clean,

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 but abundant crops

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 come by the strength

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 of the ox.

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 A farmer can save himself

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 a lot of labor and cost,

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 of course,

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 associated with keeping oxen

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 by getting rid of all

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 of his oxen.

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 But if you did that,

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 you would have no oxen

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 to do the work

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 so that you could have

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 and enjoy

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 an abundant harvest.

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 And the word clean

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 and word abundant

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 are right next to each other

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 in this verse.

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 And the two words

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 in Hebrew

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 are spelled

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 exactly the opposite.

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 So if you spell

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 clean backwards,

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 it would be abundant

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 in Hebrew.

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 So this kind of

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 highlights the contrast

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 and this inversely,

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 this inversely

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 proportional relationship

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 between having

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 a clean manger

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 and having

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 an abundant crop.

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 Yes, it's nice

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 not to have

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 to clean

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 a dirty manger,

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 but if you don't

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 have a dirty manger

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 to clean

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 because you have

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 no oxen,

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 then you lack

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 abundant crops

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 only oxen can bring.

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 There's so much

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 wisdom in this verse.

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 Foolish people

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 do not want to

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 roll up their sleeves

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 and work

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 and get dirt

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 under their fingernails.

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 They want easy money.

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 Their mentality

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 is cheat on that exam,

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 plagiarize that paper

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 to get a good grade,

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 fudge the data

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 or forge the evidence

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 to win your argument.

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 They want all the pleasure

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 without any of the pain,

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 all the acclaim

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 without any of the work,

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 but that's not how

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 God has created

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 this world to work.

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 Human flourishing

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 comes through

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 the hard and messy

00:18:30.800 --> 00:18:31.640
 work of life.

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 If you are hospitable,

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 your house is not

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 going to remain

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 in its pristine condition

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 for long

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 as people come and go.

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 If you haven't

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 raised children,

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 they're going to

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 derail some of your plans,

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 perhaps some of your

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 most cherished plans.

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 If you cook and eat,

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 you're going to have

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 dirty dishes to clean.

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 If you form a team

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 to work on something

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 you can't do by yourself,

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 you're going to have to deal

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 with interpersonal conflict.

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 If you want to grow

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 and scale up your business,

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 you're going to have

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 to invest in new systems,

00:19:12.620 --> 00:19:14.039
 staff, and equipment.

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 But this wisdom

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 is beyond the reach

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 of the fool.

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 It says in verse 6,

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 The scoffer seeks

00:19:21.000 --> 00:19:22.039
 wisdom in vain,

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 but knowledge is easy

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 for a man of understanding.

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 And that's because

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 wisdom entails

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 humble submission to God.

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 The scoffer,

00:19:32.339 --> 00:19:33.180
 one who scoffs

00:19:33.180 --> 00:19:33.940
 at God's wisdom

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 is by his very nature

00:19:35.279 --> 00:19:37.700
 incapable of gaining wisdom

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 because wisdom requires

00:19:39.819 --> 00:19:41.500
 humbling oneself before God.

00:19:42.440 --> 00:19:43.359
 In contrast,

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 knowledge is easy

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 for a man of understanding.

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 The person who is

00:19:46.519 --> 00:19:47.460
 in right relationship

00:19:47.460 --> 00:19:48.240
 with God readily

00:19:48.240 --> 00:19:49.660
 gain new knowledge.

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 So it says in verse 7,

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 Leave the presence

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 of a fool,

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 for there you do not

00:19:55.240 --> 00:19:56.279
 meet words of knowledge.

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 But telling the fool

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 apart from the wise

00:20:00.079 --> 00:20:01.180
 is the work of wisdom,

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 isn't it?

00:20:02.180 --> 00:20:02.859
 Verse 8 says,

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 The wisdom of the prudent

00:20:04.000 --> 00:20:05.559
 is to discern his way,

00:20:06.019 --> 00:20:07.240
 but the folly of fools

00:20:07.240 --> 00:20:08.339
 is deceiving.

00:20:09.379 --> 00:20:11.299
 The prudent are discerning,

00:20:11.819 --> 00:20:12.660
 they are careful

00:20:12.660 --> 00:20:14.059
 in their way,

00:20:14.539 --> 00:20:15.039
 and therefore

00:20:15.039 --> 00:20:16.039
 will not be fooled.

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 The fools, however,

00:20:18.299 --> 00:20:19.220
 are deceiving.

00:20:19.359 --> 00:20:20.579
 They deceive others

00:20:20.579 --> 00:20:22.740
 and are themselves deceived

00:20:22.740 --> 00:20:24.299
 by their lack of discernment.

00:20:24.299 --> 00:20:27.399
 And verses 8 to 15

00:20:27.399 --> 00:20:28.419
 here in chapter 14

00:20:28.419 --> 00:20:29.379
 are also structured

00:20:29.379 --> 00:20:30.180
 concentrically,

00:20:30.339 --> 00:20:31.740
 like chapter 13

00:20:31.740 --> 00:20:32.779
 verses 12 to 19.

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 And so the second half

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 mirrors the first half.

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 So verse 8

00:20:37.079 --> 00:20:38.519
 is matched by verse 15.

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 It says,

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 The simple believes everything,

00:20:41.599 --> 00:20:42.279
 but the prudent

00:20:42.279 --> 00:20:44.099
 gives thought to his steps.

00:20:45.139 --> 00:20:46.779
 Again, prudent discerns his way,

00:20:46.859 --> 00:20:48.119
 gives thought to his steps,

00:20:48.460 --> 00:20:49.680
 but the folly of fools

00:20:49.680 --> 00:20:50.539
 is deceiving.

00:20:50.619 --> 00:20:51.940
 The simple believe everything.

00:20:52.740 --> 00:20:53.839
 Things are not always

00:20:53.839 --> 00:20:54.899
 as they seem

00:20:54.899 --> 00:20:57.059
 because the folly of fools

00:20:57.059 --> 00:20:57.839
 is deceiving.

00:20:58.679 --> 00:20:58.859
 Therefore,

00:20:58.939 --> 00:20:59.480
 it's imperative

00:20:59.480 --> 00:21:00.379
 that the prudent,

00:21:00.500 --> 00:21:00.959
 the wise,

00:21:01.059 --> 00:21:01.619
 the shrewd

00:21:01.619 --> 00:21:02.919
 give thought to their steps

00:21:02.919 --> 00:21:04.179
 instead of believing everything.

00:21:06.159 --> 00:21:07.000
 And fools who do not

00:21:07.000 --> 00:21:08.059
 take heed to their ways

00:21:08.059 --> 00:21:10.599
 are incapable of making amends.

00:21:10.759 --> 00:21:11.279
 Verse 9 says,

00:21:11.339 --> 00:21:13.539
 The fools mock at the guilt offering,

00:21:13.619 --> 00:21:14.379
 but the upright

00:21:14.379 --> 00:21:15.799
 enjoys acceptance.

00:21:16.939 --> 00:21:18.279
 They laugh at the idea

00:21:18.279 --> 00:21:19.240
 of a guilt offering

00:21:19.240 --> 00:21:20.379
 because they always

00:21:20.379 --> 00:21:21.179
 see themselves

00:21:21.179 --> 00:21:22.159
 to be in the right

00:21:22.160 --> 00:21:23.519
 and therefore see no need

00:21:23.519 --> 00:21:24.320
 to make amends.

00:21:24.880 --> 00:21:25.740
 They see no need

00:21:25.740 --> 00:21:27.740
 to make the guilt sacrifice.

00:21:29.820 --> 00:21:30.540
 And so they,

00:21:31.540 --> 00:21:32.680
 and so that,

00:21:32.960 --> 00:21:33.920
 but the righteous,

00:21:34.080 --> 00:21:34.900
 on the other hand,

00:21:35.460 --> 00:21:36.180
 they acknowledge

00:21:36.180 --> 00:21:37.040
 their guilt freely

00:21:37.040 --> 00:21:38.040
 and because they

00:21:38.040 --> 00:21:38.600
 humble themselves

00:21:38.600 --> 00:21:39.040
 in that way,

00:21:39.060 --> 00:21:40.660
 they make the appropriate sacrifice

00:21:40.660 --> 00:21:41.820
 and in doing so,

00:21:42.160 --> 00:21:43.340
 find acceptance

00:21:43.340 --> 00:21:44.140
 before God.

00:21:45.140 --> 00:21:45.880
 And this verse

00:21:45.880 --> 00:21:47.360
 is matched by verse 14,

00:21:47.560 --> 00:21:48.340
 which also speaks

00:21:48.340 --> 00:21:49.320
 of the consequences

00:21:49.319 --> 00:21:50.399
 of sin and righteousness.

00:21:51.059 --> 00:21:52.460
 The backslider in heart

00:21:52.460 --> 00:21:53.220
 will be filled

00:21:53.220 --> 00:21:54.379
 with the fruit of his ways

00:21:54.379 --> 00:21:55.559
 and a good man

00:21:55.559 --> 00:21:56.279
 will be filled

00:21:56.279 --> 00:21:57.639
 with the fruit of his ways.

00:21:57.700 --> 00:21:58.799
 Exact same phrases

00:21:58.799 --> 00:21:59.259
 highlight

00:21:59.259 --> 00:22:00.319
 that they will both

00:22:00.319 --> 00:22:02.119
 get what they deserve.

00:22:03.379 --> 00:22:04.899
 The backslider in heart

00:22:04.899 --> 00:22:05.939
 who does not repent,

00:22:06.059 --> 00:22:06.859
 but instead mocks

00:22:06.859 --> 00:22:07.759
 at the guilt offering,

00:22:08.240 --> 00:22:08.919
 will be filled

00:22:08.919 --> 00:22:10.039
 with the fruit of his ways,

00:22:10.460 --> 00:22:11.379
 what his pride

00:22:11.379 --> 00:22:12.279
 and scoffing deserve.

00:22:13.419 --> 00:22:13.960
 And likewise,

00:22:14.119 --> 00:22:14.579
 good man

00:22:14.579 --> 00:22:15.659
 who perseveres

00:22:15.659 --> 00:22:16.319
 in his righteousness

00:22:16.319 --> 00:22:17.019
 will be filled

00:22:17.019 --> 00:22:17.460
 with the fruit

00:22:17.460 --> 00:22:18.299
 of his ways.

00:22:18.299 --> 00:22:20.680
 In the final analysis,

00:22:21.740 --> 00:22:23.200
 God is perfectly just

00:22:23.200 --> 00:22:24.460
 and he sees

00:22:24.460 --> 00:22:25.799
 into every human heart

00:22:25.799 --> 00:22:26.740
 both the righteous

00:22:26.740 --> 00:22:27.299
 and the wicked

00:22:27.299 --> 00:22:28.119
 and therefore

00:22:28.119 --> 00:22:28.919
 they will get

00:22:28.919 --> 00:22:30.279
 what they deserve.

00:22:32.460 --> 00:22:33.759
 And so in the end,

00:22:33.859 --> 00:22:34.200
 there will be

00:22:34.200 --> 00:22:35.119
 a clear separation

00:22:35.119 --> 00:22:36.079
 between the righteous

00:22:36.079 --> 00:22:36.619
 and the wicked,

00:22:37.139 --> 00:22:38.000
 but we need to remember

00:22:38.000 --> 00:22:38.919
 that in the present,

00:22:39.759 --> 00:22:40.819
 things are not always

00:22:40.819 --> 00:22:41.980
 as they appear.

00:22:43.379 --> 00:22:44.180
 The heart

00:22:44.180 --> 00:22:45.339
 has its own secrets

00:22:45.339 --> 00:22:47.500
 that no one knows of.

00:22:47.500 --> 00:22:49.019
 It says in verse 10,

00:22:49.819 --> 00:22:50.799
 the heart knows

00:22:50.799 --> 00:22:51.900
 its own bitterness

00:22:51.900 --> 00:22:53.559
 and no stranger

00:22:53.559 --> 00:22:55.200
 shares its joy.

00:22:56.779 --> 00:22:58.220
 Such a poignant proverb.

00:22:58.980 --> 00:22:59.900
 Bitterness and joy

00:22:59.900 --> 00:23:01.460
 represent the full range

00:23:01.460 --> 00:23:02.299
 of human emotions.

00:23:02.940 --> 00:23:04.099
 And your heart,

00:23:04.180 --> 00:23:04.740
 it is saying,

00:23:04.880 --> 00:23:05.980
 has secrets

00:23:05.980 --> 00:23:07.019
 that are known

00:23:07.019 --> 00:23:08.079
 to no one else

00:23:08.079 --> 00:23:08.880
 but you.

00:23:09.559 --> 00:23:10.480
 The heart

00:23:10.480 --> 00:23:11.900
 has its own secrets.

00:23:12.099 --> 00:23:13.019
 This proverb speaks

00:23:13.019 --> 00:23:14.700
 to the profound loneliness

00:23:14.700 --> 00:23:16.559
 of human existence

00:23:16.559 --> 00:23:17.360
 apart from God.

00:23:18.519 --> 00:23:19.279
 Of course,

00:23:19.360 --> 00:23:20.279
 your family and friends

00:23:20.279 --> 00:23:20.960
 can share

00:23:20.960 --> 00:23:22.380
 your joys and sorrows

00:23:22.380 --> 00:23:23.559
 in part,

00:23:24.440 --> 00:23:25.580
 but there is a sense

00:23:25.580 --> 00:23:26.620
 in which everyone

00:23:26.620 --> 00:23:27.720
 outside of you

00:23:27.720 --> 00:23:28.920
 is a stranger

00:23:28.920 --> 00:23:30.039
 to your emotions,

00:23:30.700 --> 00:23:31.680
 to your own heart.

00:23:32.100 --> 00:23:34.140
 They cannot fully share

00:23:34.140 --> 00:23:34.720
 the bitterness

00:23:34.720 --> 00:23:35.680
 or joy

00:23:35.680 --> 00:23:36.380
 of your heart.

00:23:36.480 --> 00:23:36.920
 In fact,

00:23:37.580 --> 00:23:38.400
 even you

00:23:38.400 --> 00:23:40.259
 do not fully understand

00:23:40.259 --> 00:23:41.559
 the motivations

00:23:41.559 --> 00:23:42.319
 and emotions

00:23:42.319 --> 00:23:43.480
 of your own heart.

00:23:44.379 --> 00:23:45.680
 Only God sees

00:23:45.680 --> 00:23:46.480
 us wholly

00:23:46.480 --> 00:23:47.559
 and knows us

00:23:47.559 --> 00:23:48.440
 perfectly.

00:23:49.819 --> 00:23:50.660
 And this verse

00:23:50.660 --> 00:23:51.240
 is matched

00:23:51.240 --> 00:23:52.599
 and complemented

00:23:52.599 --> 00:23:53.839
 by verse 13.

00:23:54.319 --> 00:23:55.420
 Even in laughter

00:23:55.420 --> 00:23:56.500
 the heart may ache

00:23:56.500 --> 00:23:57.700
 and the end

00:23:57.700 --> 00:23:58.359
 of joy

00:23:58.359 --> 00:23:59.379
 may be grief.

00:24:00.680 --> 00:24:01.700
 Even those

00:24:01.700 --> 00:24:02.640
 who are laughing

00:24:02.640 --> 00:24:03.599
 and playing

00:24:03.599 --> 00:24:04.359
 and partying

00:24:04.359 --> 00:24:05.079
 and living it up

00:24:05.079 --> 00:24:06.619
 might be masking

00:24:06.619 --> 00:24:08.160
 a deep heartache.

00:24:08.160 --> 00:24:09.660
 A smile

00:24:09.660 --> 00:24:10.500
 on one's face

00:24:10.500 --> 00:24:11.180
 might be hiding

00:24:11.180 --> 00:24:12.180
 deep bitterness

00:24:12.180 --> 00:24:12.740
 of heart.

00:24:13.680 --> 00:24:14.940
 The end of joy

00:24:14.940 --> 00:24:16.640
 may be grief.

00:24:16.900 --> 00:24:17.519
 For them,

00:24:17.620 --> 00:24:18.960
 it actually simply says

00:24:18.960 --> 00:24:19.980
 the end of joy

00:24:19.980 --> 00:24:20.840
 is grief.

00:24:21.800 --> 00:24:23.040
 Why is the end

00:24:23.040 --> 00:24:23.920
 of joy grief

00:24:23.920 --> 00:24:24.860
 for such people?

00:24:26.200 --> 00:24:27.360
 To understand this,

00:24:27.420 --> 00:24:27.960
 we need to look at

00:24:27.960 --> 00:24:29.019
 verses 11 to 12.

00:24:29.560 --> 00:24:29.920
 It says,

00:24:30.000 --> 00:24:30.900
 The house of the wicked

00:24:30.900 --> 00:24:31.779
 will be destroyed,

00:24:32.140 --> 00:24:32.900
 but the tent

00:24:32.900 --> 00:24:33.900
 of the upright

00:24:33.900 --> 00:24:34.860
 will flourish.

00:24:35.320 --> 00:24:36.320
 There is a way

00:24:36.320 --> 00:24:37.480
 that seems right

00:24:37.480 --> 00:24:38.180
 to a man,

00:24:38.339 --> 00:24:39.500
 but its end

00:24:39.500 --> 00:24:40.799
 is the way

00:24:40.799 --> 00:24:41.420
 to death.

00:24:42.839 --> 00:24:43.860
 These two verses

00:24:43.860 --> 00:24:44.860
 match each other.

00:24:44.980 --> 00:24:45.140
 First,

00:24:45.240 --> 00:24:46.220
 the house of the wicked

00:24:46.220 --> 00:24:47.099
 is contrasted

00:24:47.099 --> 00:24:47.779
 with the tent

00:24:47.779 --> 00:24:48.680
 of the upright.

00:24:49.319 --> 00:24:49.860
 The house

00:24:49.860 --> 00:24:50.799
 is a more permanent

00:24:50.799 --> 00:24:51.559
 and secure

00:24:51.559 --> 00:24:52.400
 dwelling place

00:24:52.400 --> 00:24:53.140
 than the tent.

00:24:53.819 --> 00:24:54.299
 That's why

00:24:54.299 --> 00:24:57.019
 King David

00:24:57.019 --> 00:24:58.279
 expresses his desire

00:24:58.279 --> 00:24:59.360
 to build a temple

00:24:59.360 --> 00:24:59.860
 for God

00:24:59.860 --> 00:25:00.400
 in this way

00:25:00.400 --> 00:25:01.640
 in 2 Samuel 7,

00:25:01.740 --> 00:25:02.240
 verse 2.

00:25:02.720 --> 00:25:03.079
 He says,

00:25:03.180 --> 00:25:03.740
 See now,

00:25:03.860 --> 00:25:05.240
 I dwell in a house

00:25:05.240 --> 00:25:05.759
 of cedar,

00:25:05.759 --> 00:25:06.940
 but the ark

00:25:06.940 --> 00:25:07.339
 of God

00:25:07.339 --> 00:25:08.200
 dwells in a tent.

00:25:08.859 --> 00:25:09.460
 He saw

00:25:09.460 --> 00:25:11.200
 the incongruity

00:25:11.200 --> 00:25:11.519
 of that.

00:25:11.619 --> 00:25:13.099
 He saw that

00:25:13.099 --> 00:25:13.460
 that needed

00:25:13.460 --> 00:25:14.119
 to be corrected.

00:25:15.019 --> 00:25:15.119
 So,

00:25:16.140 --> 00:25:16.879
 but surprisingly,

00:25:17.079 --> 00:25:17.779
 this proverb says,

00:25:17.900 --> 00:25:18.579
 The house

00:25:18.579 --> 00:25:19.200
 of the wicked,

00:25:19.319 --> 00:25:20.220
 that more permanent

00:25:20.220 --> 00:25:20.960
 and secure

00:25:20.960 --> 00:25:21.960
 seemingly dwelling,

00:25:22.359 --> 00:25:23.400
 that will be destroyed,

00:25:23.720 --> 00:25:24.500
 but the tent

00:25:24.500 --> 00:25:25.460
 of the upright

00:25:25.460 --> 00:25:26.379
 will flourish.

00:25:27.140 --> 00:25:27.940
 Even though

00:25:27.940 --> 00:25:29.000
 during this short

00:25:29.000 --> 00:25:30.180
 lifespan here on earth,

00:25:30.240 --> 00:25:30.640
 the wicked

00:25:30.640 --> 00:25:31.879
 may seem to be

00:25:31.879 --> 00:25:33.000
 more established

00:25:33.000 --> 00:25:33.819
 and secure.

00:25:33.819 --> 00:25:34.700
 They might seem

00:25:34.700 --> 00:25:36.220
 to prosper more.

00:25:36.539 --> 00:25:37.220
 In the end,

00:25:37.319 --> 00:25:38.159
 it's the righteous

00:25:38.159 --> 00:25:39.439
 who will be established,

00:25:39.639 --> 00:25:40.220
 who will endure.

00:25:41.839 --> 00:25:42.819
 And that's because

00:25:42.819 --> 00:25:44.039
 there is a way

00:25:44.039 --> 00:25:45.240
 that seems right

00:25:45.240 --> 00:25:45.879
 to a man,

00:25:46.179 --> 00:25:47.299
 but its end

00:25:47.299 --> 00:25:48.259
 is the way

00:25:48.259 --> 00:25:48.919
 to death.

00:25:51.000 --> 00:25:52.179
 This teaches us

00:25:52.179 --> 00:25:53.000
 that it's not

00:25:53.000 --> 00:25:53.939
 always wise

00:25:53.939 --> 00:25:55.619
 to follow your heart.

00:25:55.619 --> 00:26:00.000
 it is not

00:26:00.000 --> 00:26:00.839
 always wise

00:26:00.839 --> 00:26:03.219
 to obey

00:26:03.219 --> 00:26:04.859
 your conscience

00:26:04.859 --> 00:26:08.699
 because of the

00:26:08.699 --> 00:26:09.459
 deceptiveness

00:26:09.459 --> 00:26:10.259
 of our hearts.

00:26:12.259 --> 00:26:12.759
 It's not

00:26:12.759 --> 00:26:14.099
 our consciences

00:26:14.099 --> 00:26:14.679
 sometimes

00:26:14.679 --> 00:26:15.859
 need to be

00:26:15.859 --> 00:26:16.859
 recalibrated,

00:26:17.179 --> 00:26:17.779
 adjusted,

00:26:18.619 --> 00:26:19.199
 realigned

00:26:19.199 --> 00:26:20.099
 with the teachings

00:26:20.099 --> 00:26:20.799
 of God's Word.

00:26:21.459 --> 00:26:22.279
 Our sense

00:26:22.279 --> 00:26:22.799
 of right

00:26:22.799 --> 00:26:23.279
 and wrong

00:26:23.279 --> 00:26:23.719
 itself

00:26:23.719 --> 00:26:24.599
 can be wrong.

00:26:24.599 --> 00:26:26.480
 There is a way

00:26:26.480 --> 00:26:27.419
 that seems

00:26:27.419 --> 00:26:28.859
 right to a man,

00:26:29.240 --> 00:26:30.319
 but its end

00:26:30.319 --> 00:26:31.159
 is the way

00:26:31.159 --> 00:26:31.839
 to death.

00:26:32.579 --> 00:26:33.639
 Our deceptive

00:26:33.639 --> 00:26:34.119
 hearts

00:26:34.119 --> 00:26:35.119
 must be

00:26:35.119 --> 00:26:36.399
 subjected

00:26:36.399 --> 00:26:37.639
 to the truth

00:26:37.639 --> 00:26:38.419
 of God's Word.

00:26:38.939 --> 00:26:40.279
 Only the all-knowing

00:26:40.279 --> 00:26:41.039
 and all-seeing

00:26:41.039 --> 00:26:41.500
 God

00:26:41.500 --> 00:26:42.459
 can be a sure

00:26:42.459 --> 00:26:43.619
 guide to eternal life.

00:26:43.719 --> 00:26:44.480
 That's what this passage

00:26:44.480 --> 00:26:45.139
 is teaching us.

00:26:45.519 --> 00:26:46.559
 We can't rely

00:26:46.559 --> 00:26:47.859
 on sinful humanity

00:26:47.859 --> 00:26:49.459
 to discover

00:26:49.459 --> 00:26:50.379
 spiritual truths

00:26:50.379 --> 00:26:51.039
 on its own.

00:26:51.500 --> 00:26:52.240
 We must rely

00:26:52.240 --> 00:26:52.899
 on what God

00:26:52.899 --> 00:26:53.740
 has revealed

00:26:53.740 --> 00:26:54.359
 to us

00:26:54.359 --> 00:26:55.419
 in His Word.

00:26:56.000 --> 00:26:56.319
 No matter

00:26:56.319 --> 00:26:57.240
 how right

00:26:57.240 --> 00:26:57.859
 and true

00:26:57.859 --> 00:26:58.419
 and good

00:26:58.419 --> 00:26:59.379
 a way of life

00:26:59.379 --> 00:27:00.179
 might seem

00:27:00.179 --> 00:27:00.799
 to you,

00:27:01.279 --> 00:27:02.299
 if it is not

00:27:02.299 --> 00:27:02.699
 the way

00:27:02.699 --> 00:27:03.259
 of the Lord,

00:27:03.859 --> 00:27:04.719
 its end

00:27:04.719 --> 00:27:06.079
 is the way

00:27:06.079 --> 00:27:06.899
 to death.

00:27:08.479 --> 00:27:09.219
 And this

00:27:09.219 --> 00:27:09.799
 illuminates

00:27:09.799 --> 00:27:10.639
 verse 13.

00:27:12.079 --> 00:27:12.959
 Even in laughter

00:27:12.959 --> 00:27:13.459
 the heart

00:27:13.459 --> 00:27:14.039
 may ache

00:27:14.039 --> 00:27:15.279
 and the end

00:27:15.279 --> 00:27:16.019
 of joy

00:27:16.019 --> 00:27:17.059
 may be grief.

00:27:17.459 --> 00:27:17.979
 The end

00:27:17.979 --> 00:27:18.479
 of joy

00:27:18.479 --> 00:27:19.099
 is grief.

00:27:19.819 --> 00:27:20.399
 For those

00:27:20.399 --> 00:27:20.839
 who do not

00:27:20.839 --> 00:27:21.419
 know God,

00:27:21.539 --> 00:27:21.839
 for those

00:27:21.839 --> 00:27:22.199
 who do not

00:27:22.199 --> 00:27:23.059
 possess the wisdom

00:27:23.059 --> 00:27:23.539
 of God,

00:27:23.779 --> 00:27:24.319
 no matter

00:27:24.319 --> 00:27:24.759
 how much

00:27:24.759 --> 00:27:25.299
 you flourish

00:27:25.299 --> 00:27:26.000
 and thrive

00:27:26.000 --> 00:27:26.679
 in this life,

00:27:27.019 --> 00:27:27.539
 the end

00:27:27.539 --> 00:27:28.339
 of joy

00:27:28.339 --> 00:27:29.659
 is grief

00:27:29.659 --> 00:27:31.319
 because it

00:27:31.319 --> 00:27:32.279
 ends finally

00:27:32.279 --> 00:27:33.339
 in death.

00:27:33.720 --> 00:27:34.159
 There's a way

00:27:34.159 --> 00:27:34.500
 that seems

00:27:34.500 --> 00:27:35.279
 right to a man

00:27:35.279 --> 00:27:35.899
 and its end

00:27:35.899 --> 00:27:36.700
 is death.

00:27:37.659 --> 00:27:38.259
 One Bible

00:27:38.259 --> 00:27:38.700
 commentator

00:27:38.700 --> 00:27:39.440
 puts it this way,

00:27:39.799 --> 00:27:39.940
 quote,

00:27:40.039 --> 00:27:40.799
 since humans

00:27:40.799 --> 00:27:41.220
 die,

00:27:41.919 --> 00:27:43.059
 joy inevitably

00:27:43.059 --> 00:27:44.000
 ends in grief.

00:27:44.519 --> 00:27:45.200
 The party

00:27:45.200 --> 00:27:46.539
 always ends.

00:27:47.039 --> 00:27:47.799
 Acts of love

00:27:47.799 --> 00:27:48.579
 cease.

00:27:49.480 --> 00:27:50.480
 We have a similar

00:27:50.480 --> 00:27:51.220
 English proverb

00:27:51.220 --> 00:27:51.640
 don't we?

00:27:51.720 --> 00:27:51.900
 It says,

00:27:52.039 --> 00:27:53.180
 all good things

00:27:53.180 --> 00:27:54.220
 must come

00:27:54.220 --> 00:27:54.940
 to an end.

00:27:56.759 --> 00:27:58.759
 The unavoidability

00:27:58.759 --> 00:27:59.620
 of death

00:27:59.620 --> 00:28:00.400
 means that

00:28:00.400 --> 00:28:01.259
 all the joys

00:28:01.259 --> 00:28:01.799
 of life

00:28:01.799 --> 00:28:03.200
 eventually

00:28:03.200 --> 00:28:04.440
 come to

00:28:04.440 --> 00:28:04.960
 an end,

00:28:05.720 --> 00:28:06.319
 leaving only

00:28:06.319 --> 00:28:06.860
 regret

00:28:06.860 --> 00:28:08.599
 and resignation.

00:28:10.220 --> 00:28:11.200
 If you look

00:28:11.200 --> 00:28:11.759
 at an

00:28:11.759 --> 00:28:13.460
 electrocardiography

00:28:13.460 --> 00:28:13.960
 reading,

00:28:14.380 --> 00:28:15.099
 the heart

00:28:15.099 --> 00:28:16.200
 measuring the

00:28:16.200 --> 00:28:16.599
 graph

00:28:16.599 --> 00:28:17.380
 has all

00:28:17.380 --> 00:28:17.940
 these spikes

00:28:17.940 --> 00:28:19.840
 and imagine

00:28:19.840 --> 00:28:20.539
 that that's

00:28:20.539 --> 00:28:21.000
 like the

00:28:21.000 --> 00:28:21.920
 joys of life.

00:28:23.080 --> 00:28:24.240
 But the

00:28:24.240 --> 00:28:25.240
 depressing reality

00:28:25.240 --> 00:28:25.640
 is that

00:28:25.640 --> 00:28:26.460
 that graph

00:28:26.460 --> 00:28:27.019
 in the end

00:28:27.019 --> 00:28:28.180
 always ends

00:28:28.180 --> 00:28:29.360
 in that

00:28:29.360 --> 00:28:29.940
 flat line.

00:28:32.740 --> 00:28:33.480
 That's the

00:28:33.480 --> 00:28:34.140
 reality of life.

00:28:34.220 --> 00:28:34.700
 That's the

00:28:34.700 --> 00:28:35.200
 backdrop

00:28:35.200 --> 00:28:36.400
 behind all

00:28:36.400 --> 00:28:36.779
 of your

00:28:36.779 --> 00:28:37.279
 joys

00:28:37.279 --> 00:28:39.620
 that is

00:28:39.620 --> 00:28:40.240
 the destiny

00:28:40.240 --> 00:28:41.539
 of every

00:28:41.539 --> 00:28:42.440
 human being.

00:28:44.600 --> 00:28:45.180
 If

00:28:45.180 --> 00:28:46.840
 you do not

00:28:46.840 --> 00:28:47.180
 have the

00:28:47.180 --> 00:28:47.759
 eternal life

00:28:47.759 --> 00:28:48.099
 that God

00:28:48.099 --> 00:28:48.619
 offers you.

00:28:51.839 --> 00:28:52.839
 If even

00:28:52.839 --> 00:28:53.819
 in the

00:28:53.819 --> 00:28:54.339
 laughter

00:28:54.339 --> 00:28:55.619
 the heart

00:28:55.619 --> 00:28:56.059
 may ache

00:28:56.059 --> 00:28:56.460
 and the

00:28:56.460 --> 00:28:56.960
 end of

00:28:56.960 --> 00:28:57.339
 joy may

00:28:57.339 --> 00:28:57.980
 be grief,

00:28:58.160 --> 00:28:58.640
 if there's

00:28:58.640 --> 00:28:59.099
 a way that

00:28:59.099 --> 00:28:59.619
 seems right

00:28:59.619 --> 00:29:00.099
 to a man

00:29:00.099 --> 00:29:01.480
 but its

00:29:01.480 --> 00:29:02.119
 end is the

00:29:02.119 --> 00:29:02.460
 way to

00:29:02.460 --> 00:29:02.980
 death,

00:29:03.500 --> 00:29:03.980
 if our

00:29:03.980 --> 00:29:04.559
 hearts are

00:29:04.559 --> 00:29:05.339
 deceptive

00:29:05.339 --> 00:29:05.720
 and cannot

00:29:05.720 --> 00:29:06.799
 reliably guide

00:29:06.799 --> 00:29:07.440
 us to the

00:29:07.440 --> 00:29:07.740
 way of

00:29:07.740 --> 00:29:07.980
 life,

00:29:08.059 --> 00:29:08.480
 where can

00:29:08.480 --> 00:29:08.859
 we turn?

00:29:10.559 --> 00:29:10.960
 Jeremiah

00:29:10.960 --> 00:29:11.500
 17,

00:29:11.619 --> 00:29:12.640
 9-10

00:29:12.640 --> 00:29:13.119
 says this,

00:29:13.119 --> 00:29:13.740
 the heart

00:29:13.740 --> 00:29:14.900
 is deceitful

00:29:14.900 --> 00:29:15.480
 above all

00:29:15.480 --> 00:29:16.579
 things and

00:29:16.579 --> 00:29:17.199
 desperately

00:29:17.199 --> 00:29:17.759
 sick.

00:29:18.279 --> 00:29:18.819
 Who can

00:29:18.819 --> 00:29:19.679
 understand it?

00:29:20.679 --> 00:29:21.059
 And here's

00:29:21.059 --> 00:29:21.460
 the answer,

00:29:21.599 --> 00:29:22.039
 I the

00:29:22.039 --> 00:29:22.539
 Lord

00:29:22.539 --> 00:29:23.980
 search the

00:29:23.980 --> 00:29:24.720
 heart and

00:29:24.720 --> 00:29:25.319
 test the

00:29:25.319 --> 00:29:25.919
 mind to

00:29:25.919 --> 00:29:26.559
 give every

00:29:26.559 --> 00:29:27.299
 man according

00:29:27.299 --> 00:29:27.799
 to his

00:29:27.799 --> 00:29:28.199
 ways,

00:29:28.439 --> 00:29:28.919
 according to

00:29:28.919 --> 00:29:29.519
 the fruit of

00:29:29.519 --> 00:29:30.460
 his deeds.

00:29:30.659 --> 00:29:31.339
 The answer

00:29:31.339 --> 00:29:32.119
 is we need

00:29:32.119 --> 00:29:32.679
 to turn to

00:29:32.679 --> 00:29:33.000
 the Lord

00:29:33.000 --> 00:29:33.619
 because only

00:29:33.619 --> 00:29:34.059
 those who

00:29:34.059 --> 00:29:34.559
 humbly

00:29:34.559 --> 00:29:35.419
 receive God's

00:29:35.419 --> 00:29:36.220
 word will

00:29:36.220 --> 00:29:36.919
 have their

00:29:36.919 --> 00:29:38.419
 desires fulfilled.

00:29:38.420 --> 00:29:38.560
 heart.

00:29:40.360 --> 00:29:40.880
 And that

00:29:40.880 --> 00:29:41.360
 brings us to

00:29:41.360 --> 00:29:41.740
 the third

00:29:41.740 --> 00:29:42.080
 point,

00:29:42.220 --> 00:29:42.740
 the delight

00:29:42.740 --> 00:29:43.120
 of the

00:29:43.120 --> 00:29:43.380
 heart.

00:29:44.440 --> 00:29:44.840
 We need

00:29:44.840 --> 00:29:45.420
 to realign

00:29:45.420 --> 00:29:45.880
 our hearts

00:29:45.880 --> 00:29:46.100
 to the

00:29:46.100 --> 00:29:46.420
 ways of

00:29:46.420 --> 00:29:46.620
 the Lord

00:29:46.620 --> 00:29:47.340
 by delighting

00:29:47.340 --> 00:29:47.740
 ourselves

00:29:47.740 --> 00:29:48.180
 in him.

00:29:48.539 --> 00:29:48.880
 Turn to

00:29:48.880 --> 00:29:49.720
 chapter 15

00:29:49.720 --> 00:29:50.960
 verses 11-17

00:29:50.960 --> 00:29:51.480
 with me.

00:29:52.500 --> 00:29:52.920
 We'll

00:29:52.920 --> 00:29:53.340
 preach on

00:29:53.340 --> 00:29:53.759
 this in

00:29:53.759 --> 00:29:54.420
 two weeks,

00:29:54.440 --> 00:29:54.600
 so I'm

00:29:54.600 --> 00:29:54.840
 not going

00:29:54.840 --> 00:29:55.039
 to get

00:29:55.039 --> 00:29:55.360
 into too

00:29:55.360 --> 00:29:55.920
 much detail,

00:29:56.120 --> 00:29:57.120
 but this

00:29:57.120 --> 00:29:57.480
 makes an

00:29:57.480 --> 00:29:57.800
 important

00:29:57.800 --> 00:29:58.320
 contribution

00:29:58.320 --> 00:29:58.720
 to the

00:29:58.720 --> 00:29:59.120
 understanding

00:29:59.120 --> 00:29:59.360
 of the

00:29:59.360 --> 00:29:59.539
 human

00:29:59.539 --> 00:30:00.440
 heart that

00:30:00.440 --> 00:30:00.600
 we're

00:30:00.600 --> 00:30:01.100
 talking about

00:30:01.100 --> 00:30:01.420
 today.

00:30:02.240 --> 00:30:02.680
 It says

00:30:02.680 --> 00:30:03.000
 in chapter

00:30:03.000 --> 00:30:03.440
 15,

00:30:03.500 --> 00:30:04.140
 verse 11,

00:30:04.140 --> 00:30:05.140
 Sheol and

00:30:05.140 --> 00:30:05.580
 Abaddon

00:30:05.580 --> 00:30:06.300
 lie open

00:30:06.300 --> 00:30:06.840
 before the

00:30:06.840 --> 00:30:07.100
 Lord.

00:30:07.480 --> 00:30:08.040
 How much

00:30:08.040 --> 00:30:08.560
 more the

00:30:08.560 --> 00:30:09.580
 hearts of

00:30:09.580 --> 00:30:10.160
 the children

00:30:10.160 --> 00:30:10.920
 of man.

00:30:12.380 --> 00:30:13.100
 Sheol and

00:30:13.100 --> 00:30:13.700
 Abaddon are

00:30:13.700 --> 00:30:14.380
 figurative,

00:30:14.500 --> 00:30:15.320
 poetic terms

00:30:15.320 --> 00:30:15.920
 for death

00:30:15.920 --> 00:30:16.600
 and destruction.

00:30:17.700 --> 00:30:18.140
 They're the

00:30:18.140 --> 00:30:18.860
 shadowy

00:30:18.860 --> 00:30:20.100
 realms that

00:30:20.100 --> 00:30:21.000
 are completely

00:30:21.000 --> 00:30:22.440
 inaccessible

00:30:22.440 --> 00:30:23.580
 to humanity.

00:30:25.360 --> 00:30:25.840
 And yet

00:30:25.840 --> 00:30:27.040
 even they

00:30:27.040 --> 00:30:28.040
 lie open

00:30:28.040 --> 00:30:28.660
 before the

00:30:28.660 --> 00:30:28.920
 Lord.

00:30:29.780 --> 00:30:30.160
 The

00:30:30.160 --> 00:30:30.820
 mysterious

00:30:30.820 --> 00:30:31.520
 realm of

00:30:31.520 --> 00:30:31.920
 the dead

00:30:31.920 --> 00:30:32.540
 is like an

00:30:32.540 --> 00:30:33.440
 open book

00:30:33.440 --> 00:30:34.279
 to God.

00:30:34.360 --> 00:30:34.820
 If that's

00:30:34.820 --> 00:30:35.220
 the case,

00:30:35.299 --> 00:30:35.680
 how much

00:30:35.680 --> 00:30:36.440
 more than

00:30:36.440 --> 00:30:36.779
 do the

00:30:36.779 --> 00:30:37.820
 hearts of

00:30:37.820 --> 00:30:38.340
 the children

00:30:38.340 --> 00:30:38.940
 of man,

00:30:39.340 --> 00:30:39.740
 which,

00:30:40.019 --> 00:30:40.420
 even though

00:30:40.420 --> 00:30:40.740
 yes,

00:30:40.799 --> 00:30:41.500
 it's complex,

00:30:41.680 --> 00:30:42.240
 are far

00:30:42.240 --> 00:30:43.200
 less mysterious

00:30:43.200 --> 00:30:44.120
 than Sheol and

00:30:44.120 --> 00:30:44.539
 Abaddon,

00:30:44.820 --> 00:30:45.200
 how much

00:30:45.200 --> 00:30:45.660
 do they,

00:30:45.820 --> 00:30:46.380
 our hearts,

00:30:46.480 --> 00:30:47.240
 lie open

00:30:47.240 --> 00:30:48.380
 before God

00:30:48.380 --> 00:30:49.380
 who is all

00:30:49.380 --> 00:30:49.920
 knowing and

00:30:49.920 --> 00:30:50.440
 all seeing.

00:30:50.519 --> 00:30:50.880
 Our hearts

00:30:50.880 --> 00:30:51.840
 are transparent

00:30:51.840 --> 00:30:52.840
 to Him.

00:30:53.320 --> 00:30:54.059
 He sees

00:30:54.059 --> 00:30:54.720
 through it

00:30:54.720 --> 00:30:55.000
 all.

00:30:56.539 --> 00:30:57.420
 He knows

00:30:57.420 --> 00:30:58.100
 all the

00:30:58.100 --> 00:30:59.019
 hidden murmurings

00:30:59.019 --> 00:30:59.640
 and motivations

00:30:59.640 --> 00:31:00.299
 that even we

00:31:00.299 --> 00:31:01.019
 ourselves are not

00:31:01.019 --> 00:31:01.620
 aware of.

00:31:02.019 --> 00:31:02.680
 And for this

00:31:02.680 --> 00:31:03.059
 reason,

00:31:03.059 --> 00:31:03.480
 we need to

00:31:03.480 --> 00:31:04.299
 humbly submit

00:31:04.299 --> 00:31:04.940
 to God

00:31:04.940 --> 00:31:06.399
 His sober

00:31:06.399 --> 00:31:07.139
 judgment and

00:31:07.139 --> 00:31:07.799
 assessment of

00:31:07.799 --> 00:31:08.440
 ourselves and

00:31:08.440 --> 00:31:08.940
 our condition

00:31:08.940 --> 00:31:09.679
 rather than

00:31:09.679 --> 00:31:10.759
 relying on our

00:31:10.759 --> 00:31:11.839
 own indulgent

00:31:11.839 --> 00:31:12.559
 assessment of

00:31:12.559 --> 00:31:13.139
 ourselves and

00:31:13.139 --> 00:31:13.639
 our state.

00:31:14.759 --> 00:31:15.379
 We need to

00:31:15.379 --> 00:31:16.940
 be corrected,

00:31:17.119 --> 00:31:17.460
 we need to be

00:31:17.460 --> 00:31:18.299
 receptive to

00:31:18.299 --> 00:31:18.639
 learning.

00:31:19.240 --> 00:31:19.619
 And so verse

00:31:19.619 --> 00:31:20.079
 12 says,

00:31:20.240 --> 00:31:21.059
 A scoffer does

00:31:21.059 --> 00:31:21.879
 not like to be

00:31:21.879 --> 00:31:22.379
 reproved,

00:31:22.440 --> 00:31:22.919
 he will not

00:31:22.919 --> 00:31:23.539
 go to the

00:31:23.539 --> 00:31:23.859
 wise.

00:31:27.279 --> 00:31:28.119
 But those who

00:31:28.119 --> 00:31:28.839
 humbly receive

00:31:28.839 --> 00:31:29.579
 God's word will

00:31:29.579 --> 00:31:30.480
 have the desires

00:31:30.480 --> 00:31:30.960
 of their hearts

00:31:30.960 --> 00:31:31.419
 fulfilled.

00:31:31.420 --> 00:31:32.720
 So it says

00:31:32.720 --> 00:31:33.700
 in verses

00:31:33.700 --> 00:31:34.539
 13 to 14

00:31:34.539 --> 00:31:35.360
 of chapter 15,

00:31:35.880 --> 00:31:36.740
 A glad heart

00:31:36.740 --> 00:31:37.759
 makes a cheerful

00:31:37.759 --> 00:31:38.279
 face,

00:31:38.539 --> 00:31:39.740
 but by sorrow

00:31:39.740 --> 00:31:40.460
 of heart the

00:31:40.460 --> 00:31:40.980
 spirit is

00:31:40.980 --> 00:31:41.380
 crushed.

00:31:42.180 --> 00:31:42.960
 The heart of

00:31:42.960 --> 00:31:43.600
 him who has

00:31:43.600 --> 00:31:44.300
 understanding

00:31:44.300 --> 00:31:45.360
 seeks knowledge,

00:31:45.700 --> 00:31:46.480
 but the mouths

00:31:46.480 --> 00:31:47.740
 of fools feed

00:31:47.740 --> 00:31:48.680
 on falling.

00:31:49.700 --> 00:31:50.500
 It's the heart

00:31:50.500 --> 00:31:51.060
 that has

00:31:51.060 --> 00:31:52.019
 understanding

00:31:52.019 --> 00:31:52.720
 that seeks

00:31:52.720 --> 00:31:53.480
 further knowledge

00:31:53.480 --> 00:31:54.440
 and that kind

00:31:54.440 --> 00:31:55.360
 of heart is

00:31:55.360 --> 00:31:56.440
 a glad heart.

00:31:56.440 --> 00:31:57.400
 and a glad

00:31:57.400 --> 00:31:58.140
 heart cheers

00:31:58.140 --> 00:31:58.880
 up even

00:31:58.880 --> 00:31:59.539
 our face,

00:31:59.960 --> 00:32:00.620
 uplifts

00:32:00.620 --> 00:32:01.100
 even our

00:32:01.100 --> 00:32:01.740
 own spirit.

00:32:02.700 --> 00:32:03.019
 And verses

00:32:03.019 --> 00:32:04.000
 15 to 17

00:32:04.000 --> 00:32:04.400
 continue,

00:32:04.519 --> 00:32:05.320
 All the days

00:32:05.320 --> 00:32:06.120
 of the afflicted

00:32:06.120 --> 00:32:06.640
 are evil,

00:32:07.019 --> 00:32:07.920
 but the cheerful

00:32:07.920 --> 00:32:08.559
 of heart

00:32:08.559 --> 00:32:09.059
 has a

00:32:09.059 --> 00:32:10.140
 continual feast.

00:32:10.860 --> 00:32:11.640
 Better is a

00:32:11.640 --> 00:32:12.299
 little with the

00:32:12.299 --> 00:32:12.740
 fear of the

00:32:12.740 --> 00:32:13.140
 Lord than

00:32:13.140 --> 00:32:13.860
 great treasure

00:32:13.860 --> 00:32:14.460
 and trouble

00:32:14.460 --> 00:32:14.940
 with it.

00:32:15.299 --> 00:32:16.440
 Better is a

00:32:16.440 --> 00:32:17.259
 dinner of herbs

00:32:17.259 --> 00:32:18.320
 where love is

00:32:18.320 --> 00:32:19.100
 than a fattened

00:32:19.100 --> 00:32:20.140
 ox and hatred

00:32:20.140 --> 00:32:21.180
 with it.

00:32:21.799 --> 00:32:22.420
 The word

00:32:22.420 --> 00:32:23.220
 cheerful is

00:32:23.220 --> 00:32:24.059
 repeated in

00:32:24.059 --> 00:32:24.740
 verse 15

00:32:24.740 --> 00:32:26.500
 from verse 13

00:32:26.500 --> 00:32:27.679
 and the word

00:32:27.679 --> 00:32:28.579
 better is

00:32:28.579 --> 00:32:29.399
 repeated twice

00:32:29.399 --> 00:32:29.779
 in verses

00:32:29.779 --> 00:32:30.819
 16 to 17.

00:32:31.359 --> 00:32:31.839
 And the two

00:32:31.839 --> 00:32:32.179
 words,

00:32:32.279 --> 00:32:32.799
 word cheerful

00:32:32.799 --> 00:32:33.559
 and better

00:32:33.559 --> 00:32:34.299
 are actually

00:32:34.299 --> 00:32:35.639
 variations of

00:32:35.639 --> 00:32:36.079
 the exact

00:32:36.079 --> 00:32:37.019
 same Hebrew

00:32:37.019 --> 00:32:37.399
 word.

00:32:38.220 --> 00:32:38.779
 And so if we

00:32:38.779 --> 00:32:39.399
 render the

00:32:39.399 --> 00:32:40.119
 word better

00:32:40.119 --> 00:32:40.879
 as cheerful,

00:32:41.099 --> 00:32:41.559
 we can see

00:32:41.559 --> 00:32:42.039
 the logical

00:32:42.039 --> 00:32:42.440
 connection

00:32:42.440 --> 00:32:42.919
 between these

00:32:42.919 --> 00:32:43.480
 verses a

00:32:43.480 --> 00:32:44.039
 little more

00:32:44.039 --> 00:32:44.659
 clearly.

00:32:45.179 --> 00:32:45.799
 Because it

00:32:45.799 --> 00:32:46.119
 says that

00:32:46.119 --> 00:32:46.940
 all the days

00:32:46.940 --> 00:32:47.519
 of the wicked

00:32:47.519 --> 00:32:48.419
 are afflicted

00:32:48.419 --> 00:32:49.179
 with evil,

00:32:49.960 --> 00:32:50.339
 right?

00:32:51.639 --> 00:32:52.339
 But the

00:32:52.339 --> 00:32:53.159
 cheerful of

00:32:53.159 --> 00:32:53.700
 heart has

00:32:53.700 --> 00:32:54.340
 a continual

00:32:54.340 --> 00:32:54.819
 feast.

00:32:55.340 --> 00:32:55.900
 But how

00:32:55.900 --> 00:32:56.340
 can this

00:32:56.340 --> 00:32:56.640
 be the

00:32:56.640 --> 00:32:57.080
 case when

00:32:57.080 --> 00:32:57.519
 we know

00:32:57.519 --> 00:32:58.680
 from other

00:32:58.680 --> 00:32:59.220
 proverbs that

00:32:59.220 --> 00:32:59.700
 we've seen

00:32:59.700 --> 00:33:00.080
 that this

00:33:00.080 --> 00:33:00.559
 world is

00:33:00.559 --> 00:33:00.900
 full of

00:33:00.900 --> 00:33:01.400
 injustice,

00:33:02.480 --> 00:33:03.059
 where other

00:33:03.059 --> 00:33:03.319
 proverbs

00:33:03.319 --> 00:33:04.140
 acknowledge that

00:33:04.140 --> 00:33:04.759
 sometimes the

00:33:04.759 --> 00:33:05.580
 wicked prosper?

00:33:06.680 --> 00:33:07.360
 How can the

00:33:07.360 --> 00:33:07.880
 cheerful of

00:33:07.880 --> 00:33:08.400
 heart have a

00:33:08.400 --> 00:33:09.259
 continual feast?

00:33:09.860 --> 00:33:10.400
 The answer is

00:33:10.400 --> 00:33:11.220
 in verses 16

00:33:11.220 --> 00:33:11.819
 and 17.

00:33:12.240 --> 00:33:12.720
 Cheerful,

00:33:13.220 --> 00:33:13.640
 better,

00:33:13.779 --> 00:33:14.140
 remember the

00:33:14.140 --> 00:33:14.500
 same word,

00:33:14.620 --> 00:33:15.420
 cheerful is a

00:33:15.420 --> 00:33:16.940
 little with

00:33:16.940 --> 00:33:17.539
 the fear of

00:33:17.539 --> 00:33:17.920
 the Lord

00:33:17.920 --> 00:33:18.799
 than great

00:33:18.799 --> 00:33:19.480
 treasure and

00:33:19.480 --> 00:33:20.140
 trouble with

00:33:20.140 --> 00:33:20.319
 it.

00:33:21.000 --> 00:33:21.920
 Cheerful is a

00:33:21.920 --> 00:33:22.660
 dinner of herbs

00:33:22.660 --> 00:33:23.360
 where love is

00:33:23.359 --> 00:33:23.779
 than a

00:33:23.779 --> 00:33:24.479
 fattened ox

00:33:24.479 --> 00:33:25.199
 and hatred

00:33:25.199 --> 00:33:25.839
 with it.

00:33:26.579 --> 00:33:27.439
 The cheerful

00:33:27.439 --> 00:33:28.299
 of heart has

00:33:28.299 --> 00:33:29.059
 a continual

00:33:29.059 --> 00:33:29.500
 feast.

00:33:29.939 --> 00:33:30.879
 Even when he

00:33:30.879 --> 00:33:31.759
 only has

00:33:31.759 --> 00:33:32.659
 meager herbs

00:33:32.659 --> 00:33:33.240
 for dinner,

00:33:33.819 --> 00:33:34.839
 even when he

00:33:34.839 --> 00:33:35.699
 only has

00:33:35.699 --> 00:33:36.619
 little treasure,

00:33:37.219 --> 00:33:37.919
 because his

00:33:37.919 --> 00:33:38.379
 heart is

00:33:38.379 --> 00:33:39.379
 satisfied in

00:33:39.379 --> 00:33:40.240
 the fear of

00:33:40.240 --> 00:33:40.759
 the Lord,

00:33:41.399 --> 00:33:41.959
 because his

00:33:41.959 --> 00:33:42.519
 heart is

00:33:42.519 --> 00:33:43.519
 characterized by

00:33:43.519 --> 00:33:44.699
 his love for

00:33:44.699 --> 00:33:45.539
 God and his

00:33:45.539 --> 00:33:46.000
 neighbor,

00:33:46.519 --> 00:33:47.279
 the cheerful

00:33:47.279 --> 00:33:48.599
 heart that

00:33:48.599 --> 00:33:49.119
 loves the

00:33:49.119 --> 00:33:49.719
 Lord has a

00:33:49.719 --> 00:33:50.579
 continual feast.

00:33:50.579 --> 00:33:52.679
 his cheerfulness

00:33:52.679 --> 00:33:53.199
 does not

00:33:53.199 --> 00:33:54.279
 depend on

00:33:54.279 --> 00:33:55.439
 health and

00:33:55.439 --> 00:33:56.019
 wealth,

00:33:56.019 --> 00:33:57.799
 and therefore

00:33:57.799 --> 00:33:59.699
 it overcomes

00:33:59.699 --> 00:34:00.619
 all affliction.

00:34:05.339 --> 00:34:06.559
 So then all

00:34:06.559 --> 00:34:07.179
 the days of

00:34:07.179 --> 00:34:07.819
 the wicked are

00:34:07.819 --> 00:34:08.480
 afflicted with

00:34:08.480 --> 00:34:09.659
 evil even when

00:34:09.659 --> 00:34:10.500
 they enjoy

00:34:10.500 --> 00:34:11.079
 health and

00:34:11.079 --> 00:34:11.480
 wealth.

00:34:12.460 --> 00:34:13.380
 In contrast,

00:34:13.619 --> 00:34:14.199
 the cheerful

00:34:14.199 --> 00:34:14.880
 of heart has a

00:34:14.880 --> 00:34:15.799
 continual feast

00:34:15.799 --> 00:34:17.000
 even when he

00:34:17.000 --> 00:34:18.219
 is sick and

00:34:18.219 --> 00:34:18.679
 poor,

00:34:18.679 --> 00:34:20.839
 because the

00:34:20.839 --> 00:34:21.500
 delight of his

00:34:21.500 --> 00:34:22.699
 heart is in

00:34:22.699 --> 00:34:23.179
 the Lord.

00:34:24.359 --> 00:34:24.879
 No matter

00:34:24.879 --> 00:34:25.679
 what happens,

00:34:27.399 --> 00:34:27.859
 I will be

00:34:27.859 --> 00:34:28.339
 making my

00:34:28.339 --> 00:34:28.839
 food to do

00:34:28.839 --> 00:34:29.359
 the will of

00:34:29.359 --> 00:34:30.539
 him who

00:34:30.539 --> 00:34:31.219
 sent me.

00:34:32.799 --> 00:34:33.519
 That's the

00:34:33.519 --> 00:34:33.839
 attitude,

00:34:34.299 --> 00:34:34.819
 that's the

00:34:34.819 --> 00:34:36.259
 heart that

00:34:36.259 --> 00:34:36.519
 has a

00:34:36.519 --> 00:34:37.019
 continual

00:34:37.019 --> 00:34:37.440
 feast.

00:34:40.419 --> 00:34:41.219
 As Psalm

00:34:41.219 --> 00:34:42.079
 37 verse

00:34:42.079 --> 00:34:42.539
 4 says,

00:34:42.619 --> 00:34:43.659
 delight yourself

00:34:43.659 --> 00:34:44.460
 in the Lord

00:34:44.460 --> 00:34:45.879
 and he will

00:34:45.879 --> 00:34:46.579
 give you the

00:34:46.579 --> 00:34:47.299
 desires of

00:34:47.299 --> 00:34:47.759
 your heart.

00:34:48.679 --> 00:34:50.899
 this doesn't

00:34:50.899 --> 00:34:51.359
 mean that he

00:34:51.359 --> 00:34:52.059
 will cater to

00:34:52.059 --> 00:34:52.419
 our every

00:34:52.419 --> 00:34:52.799
 whim.

00:34:53.419 --> 00:34:53.859
 This doesn't

00:34:53.859 --> 00:34:54.519
 mean that God

00:34:54.519 --> 00:34:55.239
 is a genie

00:34:55.239 --> 00:34:56.239
 or a butler,

00:34:57.039 --> 00:34:57.679
 but those who

00:34:57.679 --> 00:34:58.759
 delight in the

00:34:58.759 --> 00:34:59.099
 Lord.

00:34:59.779 --> 00:35:00.379
 In other words,

00:35:00.440 --> 00:35:01.119
 those who think

00:35:01.119 --> 00:35:02.239
 God's thoughts

00:35:02.239 --> 00:35:03.000
 after him,

00:35:03.119 --> 00:35:03.899
 those who love

00:35:03.899 --> 00:35:04.679
 the things that

00:35:04.679 --> 00:35:05.440
 God loves,

00:35:05.859 --> 00:35:06.379
 they will find

00:35:06.379 --> 00:35:07.179
 that God gives

00:35:07.179 --> 00:35:07.940
 them the desires

00:35:07.940 --> 00:35:08.659
 of their hearts

00:35:08.659 --> 00:35:11.179
 because every

00:35:11.179 --> 00:35:12.539
 true Christian's

00:35:12.539 --> 00:35:13.539
 deepest desire

00:35:13.539 --> 00:35:14.319
 and longing

00:35:14.319 --> 00:35:15.539
 is the glory

00:35:15.539 --> 00:35:16.000
 of God.

00:35:16.000 --> 00:35:17.599
 to love

00:35:17.599 --> 00:35:18.019
 and serve

00:35:18.019 --> 00:35:18.519
 him with

00:35:18.519 --> 00:35:18.920
 our whole

00:35:18.920 --> 00:35:19.260
 life.

00:35:19.739 --> 00:35:20.159
 And that

00:35:20.159 --> 00:35:21.000
 desire will

00:35:21.000 --> 00:35:21.559
 never be

00:35:21.559 --> 00:35:22.099
 disappointed.

00:35:23.039 --> 00:35:23.579
 It's those

00:35:23.579 --> 00:35:24.260
 whose hearts

00:35:24.260 --> 00:35:24.900
 delight in

00:35:24.900 --> 00:35:25.280
 the Lord,

00:35:25.679 --> 00:35:25.980
 those who

00:35:25.980 --> 00:35:26.340
 humbly

00:35:26.340 --> 00:35:27.199
 receive God's

00:35:27.199 --> 00:35:27.559
 word who

00:35:27.559 --> 00:35:28.059
 have the

00:35:28.059 --> 00:35:28.559
 desires of

00:35:28.559 --> 00:35:29.039
 their hearts

00:35:29.039 --> 00:35:29.460
 fulfilled.

00:35:31.260 --> 00:35:31.900
 So we've

00:35:31.900 --> 00:35:32.320
 talked about

00:35:32.320 --> 00:35:32.960
 the desires

00:35:32.960 --> 00:35:33.460
 of the heart,

00:35:33.559 --> 00:35:34.340
 the deceptiveness

00:35:34.340 --> 00:35:34.960
 of the heart,

00:35:35.039 --> 00:35:35.800
 and the delight

00:35:35.800 --> 00:35:36.880
 of the heart,

00:35:36.960 --> 00:35:37.320
 but I've been

00:35:37.320 --> 00:35:37.980
 dancing around

00:35:37.980 --> 00:35:38.639
 the question

00:35:38.639 --> 00:35:39.340
 that I posed

00:35:39.340 --> 00:35:39.880
 at the beginning

00:35:39.880 --> 00:35:40.460
 of the sermon.

00:35:40.460 --> 00:35:42.720
 What are we

00:35:42.720 --> 00:35:43.619
 to do when

00:35:43.619 --> 00:35:44.179
 the desires

00:35:44.179 --> 00:35:44.820
 of our hearts

00:35:44.820 --> 00:35:45.360
 are not

00:35:45.360 --> 00:35:45.820
 aligned?

00:35:48.099 --> 00:35:48.940
 When we,

00:35:49.500 --> 00:35:49.780
 when our

00:35:49.780 --> 00:35:50.659
 hearts don't

00:35:50.659 --> 00:35:51.659
 delight in

00:35:51.659 --> 00:35:52.000
 the Lord

00:35:52.000 --> 00:35:52.840
 and desire

00:35:52.840 --> 00:35:53.280
 the things

00:35:53.280 --> 00:35:53.699
 of God?

00:35:54.940 --> 00:35:55.740
 If you are

00:35:55.740 --> 00:35:56.320
 not yet a

00:35:56.320 --> 00:35:56.639
 Christian,

00:35:56.860 --> 00:35:57.740
 please don't

00:35:57.740 --> 00:35:58.480
 think that

00:35:58.480 --> 00:35:58.840
 this is

00:35:58.840 --> 00:35:59.500
 something that

00:35:59.500 --> 00:36:00.659
 you can attain

00:36:00.659 --> 00:36:01.400
 with little

00:36:01.400 --> 00:36:02.800
 adjustments in

00:36:02.800 --> 00:36:03.480
 your desires

00:36:03.480 --> 00:36:04.280
 and habits

00:36:04.280 --> 00:36:04.860
 here and

00:36:04.860 --> 00:36:05.039
 there.

00:36:06.639 --> 00:36:07.619
 You can't

00:36:07.619 --> 00:36:08.340
 fix a

00:36:08.340 --> 00:36:08.760
 spiritually

00:36:08.760 --> 00:36:09.639
 malfunctioning

00:36:09.639 --> 00:36:10.139
 heart by

00:36:10.139 --> 00:36:10.500
 being a

00:36:10.500 --> 00:36:10.980
 little more

00:36:10.980 --> 00:36:11.339
 religious

00:36:11.339 --> 00:36:11.980
 and observing

00:36:11.980 --> 00:36:12.379
 a few

00:36:12.379 --> 00:36:13.019
 more rules.

00:36:14.000 --> 00:36:14.719
 This is

00:36:14.719 --> 00:36:15.319
 not something

00:36:15.319 --> 00:36:15.699
 that can

00:36:15.699 --> 00:36:16.519
 be remedied

00:36:16.519 --> 00:36:18.039
 with spiritual

00:36:18.039 --> 00:36:19.019
 antacids.

00:36:19.579 --> 00:36:20.519
 It requires

00:36:20.519 --> 00:36:21.420
 a heart

00:36:21.420 --> 00:36:22.259
 transplant.

00:36:23.539 --> 00:36:23.960
 And that's

00:36:23.960 --> 00:36:24.819
 precisely what

00:36:24.819 --> 00:36:25.559
 God promised

00:36:25.559 --> 00:36:26.119
 us in

00:36:26.119 --> 00:36:26.719
 Ezekiel

00:36:26.719 --> 00:36:27.759
 chapter 36

00:36:27.759 --> 00:36:28.699
 verses 25

00:36:28.699 --> 00:36:29.359
 to 27.

00:36:29.980 --> 00:36:30.480
 I will

00:36:30.480 --> 00:36:31.000
 sprinkle

00:36:31.000 --> 00:36:32.019
 clean water

00:36:32.019 --> 00:36:32.519
 on you

00:36:32.519 --> 00:36:32.839
 and you

00:36:32.839 --> 00:36:33.379
 shall be

00:36:33.379 --> 00:36:34.079
 clean from

00:36:34.079 --> 00:36:34.579
 all your

00:36:34.579 --> 00:36:35.480
 uncleanness.

00:36:35.920 --> 00:36:36.460
 And from

00:36:36.460 --> 00:36:37.139
 all your

00:36:37.139 --> 00:36:37.639
 idols I

00:36:37.639 --> 00:36:38.279
 will cleanse

00:36:38.279 --> 00:36:39.159
 you and

00:36:39.159 --> 00:36:39.619
 I will give

00:36:39.619 --> 00:36:40.059
 you a

00:36:40.059 --> 00:36:41.119
 new heart

00:36:41.119 --> 00:36:41.940
 and a

00:36:41.940 --> 00:36:42.880
 new spirit

00:36:42.880 --> 00:36:43.259
 I will

00:36:43.259 --> 00:36:44.159
 put within

00:36:44.159 --> 00:36:44.940
 you and

00:36:44.940 --> 00:36:45.199
 I will

00:36:45.199 --> 00:36:46.039
 remove the

00:36:46.039 --> 00:36:46.500
 heart of

00:36:46.500 --> 00:36:47.019
 stone from

00:36:47.019 --> 00:36:47.559
 your flesh

00:36:47.559 --> 00:36:48.279
 and give

00:36:48.279 --> 00:36:48.840
 you a

00:36:48.840 --> 00:36:49.699
 heart of

00:36:49.699 --> 00:36:50.159
 flesh.

00:36:51.199 --> 00:36:51.519
 And I

00:36:51.519 --> 00:36:51.900
 will put

00:36:51.900 --> 00:36:52.699
 my spirit

00:36:52.699 --> 00:36:53.259
 within you

00:36:53.259 --> 00:36:54.279
 and cause

00:36:54.279 --> 00:36:54.559
 you to

00:36:54.559 --> 00:36:55.019
 walk in

00:36:55.019 --> 00:36:55.719
 my statutes

00:36:55.719 --> 00:36:56.019
 and be

00:36:56.019 --> 00:36:57.099
 careful to

00:36:57.099 --> 00:36:58.480
 obey my

00:36:58.480 --> 00:36:59.159
 rules.

00:37:00.000 --> 00:37:00.880
 That is

00:37:00.880 --> 00:37:01.679
 the only

00:37:01.679 --> 00:37:02.519
 hope for

00:37:02.519 --> 00:37:03.019
 change,

00:37:03.139 --> 00:37:03.900
 only hope

00:37:03.900 --> 00:37:04.820
 for salvation

00:37:04.820 --> 00:37:05.400
 and God

00:37:05.400 --> 00:37:06.519
 fulfilled this

00:37:06.519 --> 00:37:07.559
 promise to

00:37:07.559 --> 00:37:08.340
 give us new

00:37:08.340 --> 00:37:09.059
 hearts through

00:37:09.059 --> 00:37:09.639
 the person

00:37:09.639 --> 00:37:10.079
 and work

00:37:10.079 --> 00:37:10.500
 of Jesus

00:37:10.500 --> 00:37:10.960
 Christ.

00:37:11.639 --> 00:37:12.099
 He says

00:37:12.099 --> 00:37:12.579
 in Hebrews

00:37:12.579 --> 00:37:13.279
 chapter 10

00:37:13.279 --> 00:37:14.000
 verses 19

00:37:14.000 --> 00:37:14.559
 to 22,

00:37:14.659 --> 00:37:14.960
 Therefore,

00:37:15.699 --> 00:37:16.039
 brothers,

00:37:16.159 --> 00:37:16.599
 since we

00:37:16.599 --> 00:37:17.400
 have confidence

00:37:17.400 --> 00:37:18.159
 to enter the

00:37:18.159 --> 00:37:18.820
 holy places

00:37:18.820 --> 00:37:19.279
 by the

00:37:19.279 --> 00:37:19.980
 blood of

00:37:19.980 --> 00:37:20.279
 Jesus,

00:37:20.940 --> 00:37:21.420
 by the

00:37:21.420 --> 00:37:21.940
 new and

00:37:21.940 --> 00:37:22.659
 living way

00:37:22.659 --> 00:37:23.119
 that he

00:37:23.119 --> 00:37:23.820
 opened for

00:37:23.820 --> 00:37:24.099
 us through

00:37:24.099 --> 00:37:24.619
 the curtain

00:37:24.619 --> 00:37:25.000
 that is

00:37:25.000 --> 00:37:25.320
 through his

00:37:25.320 --> 00:37:25.779
 flesh,

00:37:26.340 --> 00:37:26.860
 and since

00:37:26.860 --> 00:37:27.460
 we have a

00:37:27.460 --> 00:37:28.279
 great priest

00:37:28.279 --> 00:37:28.639
 over the

00:37:28.639 --> 00:37:29.039
 house of

00:37:29.039 --> 00:37:29.340
 God,

00:37:29.539 --> 00:37:29.920
 let us

00:37:29.920 --> 00:37:30.559
 draw near

00:37:30.559 --> 00:37:31.099
 with a

00:37:31.099 --> 00:37:32.139
 true heart,

00:37:32.820 --> 00:37:33.699
 in full

00:37:33.699 --> 00:37:34.340
 assurance of

00:37:34.340 --> 00:37:34.719
 faith,

00:37:35.179 --> 00:37:35.599
 with our

00:37:35.599 --> 00:37:36.079
 hearts

00:37:36.079 --> 00:37:36.779
 sprinkled

00:37:36.779 --> 00:37:37.880
 clean from

00:37:37.880 --> 00:37:38.380
 an evil

00:37:38.380 --> 00:37:39.000
 conscience,

00:37:39.219 --> 00:37:39.599
 and our

00:37:39.599 --> 00:37:40.599
 bodies washed

00:37:40.599 --> 00:37:41.360
 with pure

00:37:41.360 --> 00:37:42.259
 water.

00:37:42.719 --> 00:37:43.739
 This is the

00:37:43.739 --> 00:37:44.460
 way God

00:37:44.460 --> 00:37:45.259
 gives us

00:37:45.259 --> 00:37:46.539
 new and

00:37:46.539 --> 00:37:47.380
 true hearts.

00:37:47.460 --> 00:37:47.840
 This is the

00:37:47.840 --> 00:37:48.259
 way God

00:37:48.259 --> 00:37:48.920
 gives us

00:37:48.920 --> 00:37:49.559
 a new

00:37:49.559 --> 00:37:50.139
 nature,

00:37:50.840 --> 00:37:51.779
 and gives

00:37:51.779 --> 00:37:52.179
 us full

00:37:52.179 --> 00:37:52.799
 assurance of

00:37:52.799 --> 00:37:52.980
 faith.

00:37:53.059 --> 00:37:53.519
 This is how

00:37:53.519 --> 00:37:54.460
 God sprinkles

00:37:54.460 --> 00:37:55.340
 our hearts

00:37:55.340 --> 00:37:55.900
 clean,

00:37:56.519 --> 00:37:57.900
 just as a

00:37:57.900 --> 00:37:58.779
 heart transplant

00:37:58.779 --> 00:38:00.679
 physically requires

00:38:00.679 --> 00:38:01.960
 someone else's

00:38:01.960 --> 00:38:02.380
 death.

00:38:02.380 --> 00:38:05.340
 spiritual

00:38:05.340 --> 00:38:06.079
 regeneration,

00:38:07.180 --> 00:38:07.980
 receiving of

00:38:07.980 --> 00:38:08.619
 new hearts,

00:38:09.280 --> 00:38:09.940
 requires

00:38:09.940 --> 00:38:11.440
 someone else's

00:38:11.440 --> 00:38:12.300
 death,

00:38:12.860 --> 00:38:13.900
 and Jesus

00:38:13.900 --> 00:38:15.400
 died that

00:38:15.400 --> 00:38:16.579
 death for

00:38:16.579 --> 00:38:17.019
 us.

00:38:17.900 --> 00:38:18.340
 He bore

00:38:18.340 --> 00:38:19.099
 our sins,

00:38:19.260 --> 00:38:19.720
 he took

00:38:19.720 --> 00:38:21.079
 our place,

00:38:21.599 --> 00:38:22.200
 he shed

00:38:22.200 --> 00:38:23.200
 his blood

00:38:23.200 --> 00:38:24.059
 for the

00:38:24.059 --> 00:38:24.760
 cleansing of

00:38:24.760 --> 00:38:25.099
 our own

00:38:25.099 --> 00:38:25.480
 hearts,

00:38:25.920 --> 00:38:26.280
 and it's

00:38:26.280 --> 00:38:26.599
 when we

00:38:26.599 --> 00:38:27.180
 repent of

00:38:27.180 --> 00:38:27.660
 our sins

00:38:27.660 --> 00:38:28.180
 and believe

00:38:28.180 --> 00:38:28.680
 in him

00:38:28.680 --> 00:38:29.500
 for our

00:38:29.500 --> 00:38:29.960
 salvation

00:38:29.960 --> 00:38:30.420
 that God

00:38:30.420 --> 00:38:31.360
 pours out

00:38:31.360 --> 00:38:32.220
 his holy

00:38:32.219 --> 00:38:33.000
 spirit into

00:38:33.000 --> 00:38:34.859
 us so

00:38:34.859 --> 00:38:35.059
 that we

00:38:35.059 --> 00:38:35.399
 have a

00:38:35.399 --> 00:38:36.119
 new life

00:38:36.119 --> 00:38:36.879
 principle

00:38:36.879 --> 00:38:38.039
 pulsating

00:38:38.039 --> 00:38:38.500
 from within

00:38:38.500 --> 00:38:38.859
 us.

00:38:40.319 --> 00:38:41.019
 And it's

00:38:41.019 --> 00:38:41.919
 only then

00:38:41.919 --> 00:38:44.379
 can we

00:38:44.379 --> 00:38:44.980
 walk in

00:38:44.980 --> 00:38:45.659
 the statutes

00:38:45.659 --> 00:38:46.019
 and be

00:38:46.019 --> 00:38:46.659
 careful to

00:38:46.659 --> 00:38:47.459
 obey rules.

00:38:50.039 --> 00:38:50.579
 Now,

00:38:50.639 --> 00:38:51.059
 this doesn't

00:38:51.059 --> 00:38:51.599
 mean that

00:38:51.599 --> 00:38:52.279
 everything is

00:38:52.279 --> 00:38:52.859
 smooth sailing

00:38:52.859 --> 00:38:53.179
 once you

00:38:53.179 --> 00:38:53.579
 become a

00:38:53.579 --> 00:38:53.859
 Christian.

00:38:56.119 --> 00:38:56.959
 Even after

00:38:56.959 --> 00:38:57.619
 someone has

00:38:57.619 --> 00:38:57.939
 a heart

00:38:57.939 --> 00:38:59.739
 transplant to

00:38:59.739 --> 00:39:00.259
 replace a

00:39:00.259 --> 00:39:00.739
 defective

00:39:00.739 --> 00:39:01.039
 heart,

00:39:01.339 --> 00:39:01.599
 though he

00:39:01.599 --> 00:39:02.199
 has a

00:39:02.199 --> 00:39:02.719
 new heart,

00:39:02.879 --> 00:39:03.259
 he still

00:39:03.259 --> 00:39:03.980
 needs time

00:39:03.980 --> 00:39:04.480
 to learn

00:39:04.480 --> 00:39:05.419
 to breathe

00:39:05.419 --> 00:39:07.019
 and live

00:39:07.019 --> 00:39:07.339
 on his

00:39:07.339 --> 00:39:07.599
 own.

00:39:08.419 --> 00:39:09.000
 So for

00:39:09.000 --> 00:39:09.259
 a little

00:39:09.259 --> 00:39:09.719
 while,

00:39:09.960 --> 00:39:10.419
 after the

00:39:10.419 --> 00:39:10.759
 surgery,

00:39:11.079 --> 00:39:11.759
 he'll still

00:39:11.759 --> 00:39:12.279
 be hooked

00:39:12.279 --> 00:39:12.779
 onto a

00:39:12.779 --> 00:39:13.339
 ventilator

00:39:13.339 --> 00:39:13.980
 and a

00:39:13.980 --> 00:39:14.559
 variety of

00:39:14.559 --> 00:39:15.039
 catheters.

00:39:16.119 --> 00:39:16.519
 And it's

00:39:16.519 --> 00:39:17.119
 only when

00:39:17.119 --> 00:39:17.619
 the patient

00:39:17.619 --> 00:39:18.199
 after surgery

00:39:18.199 --> 00:39:18.719
 has grown

00:39:18.719 --> 00:39:19.579
 much stronger

00:39:19.579 --> 00:39:20.639
 that those

00:39:20.639 --> 00:39:21.139
 things can

00:39:21.139 --> 00:39:21.659
 be removed

00:39:21.659 --> 00:39:22.059
 from his

00:39:22.059 --> 00:39:22.439
 body,

00:39:23.000 --> 00:39:23.579
 and the

00:39:23.579 --> 00:39:24.259
 new heart

00:39:24.259 --> 00:39:25.239
 begins to

00:39:25.239 --> 00:39:25.839
 pump blood

00:39:25.839 --> 00:39:26.679
 and life

00:39:26.679 --> 00:39:27.179
 into the

00:39:27.179 --> 00:39:27.939
 rest of

00:39:27.939 --> 00:39:28.339
 his body

00:39:28.339 --> 00:39:28.699
 so that he

00:39:28.699 --> 00:39:29.099
 can start

00:39:29.099 --> 00:39:29.339
 a new

00:39:29.339 --> 00:39:29.659
 life.

00:39:29.659 --> 00:39:31.879
 similarly

00:39:31.879 --> 00:39:32.579
 for us,

00:39:32.859 --> 00:39:33.859
 we have

00:39:33.859 --> 00:39:34.359
 been made

00:39:34.359 --> 00:39:35.199
 new in

00:39:35.199 --> 00:39:35.599
 Christ,

00:39:36.399 --> 00:39:37.239
 and we

00:39:37.239 --> 00:39:37.659
 have been

00:39:37.659 --> 00:39:38.199
 given new

00:39:38.199 --> 00:39:38.679
 hearts,

00:39:39.099 --> 00:39:39.659
 but our

00:39:39.659 --> 00:39:42.119
 flesh is

00:39:42.119 --> 00:39:43.059
 still accustomed

00:39:43.059 --> 00:39:43.719
 to the

00:39:43.719 --> 00:39:44.399
 old life.

00:39:45.059 --> 00:39:45.799
 It still

00:39:45.799 --> 00:39:47.019
 operates like

00:39:47.019 --> 00:39:48.019
 it has a

00:39:48.019 --> 00:39:48.599
 defective

00:39:48.599 --> 00:39:48.859
 heart.

00:39:49.819 --> 00:39:50.579
 And it

00:39:50.579 --> 00:39:51.199
 takes time

00:39:51.199 --> 00:39:51.639
 for us to

00:39:51.639 --> 00:39:52.219
 be weaned

00:39:52.219 --> 00:39:52.960
 off from

00:39:52.960 --> 00:39:53.539
 those old

00:39:53.539 --> 00:39:54.079
 ways and to

00:39:54.079 --> 00:39:54.859
 function fully

00:39:54.859 --> 00:39:55.319
 with the

00:39:55.319 --> 00:39:56.099
 new hearts

00:39:56.099 --> 00:39:56.539
 God has

00:39:56.539 --> 00:39:56.799
 given.

00:39:56.800 --> 00:39:57.740
 And that's

00:39:57.740 --> 00:39:58.340
 what is

00:39:58.340 --> 00:39:58.800
 happening

00:39:58.800 --> 00:39:59.280
 throughout

00:39:59.280 --> 00:39:59.880
 our entire

00:39:59.880 --> 00:40:00.180
 lives.

00:40:00.260 --> 00:40:00.560
 That's the

00:40:00.560 --> 00:40:01.140
 process that

00:40:01.140 --> 00:40:01.539
 we call

00:40:01.539 --> 00:40:02.400
 sanctification.

00:40:04.620 --> 00:40:06.100
 Until we

00:40:06.100 --> 00:40:06.940
 die and

00:40:06.940 --> 00:40:07.440
 we shed

00:40:07.440 --> 00:40:07.800
 our old

00:40:07.800 --> 00:40:08.140
 flesh,

00:40:08.500 --> 00:40:08.720
 and then

00:40:08.720 --> 00:40:09.200
 when Christ

00:40:09.200 --> 00:40:09.760
 returns,

00:40:10.160 --> 00:40:10.680
 we will be

00:40:10.680 --> 00:40:11.280
 retrofitted

00:40:11.280 --> 00:40:11.840
 with these

00:40:11.840 --> 00:40:12.640
 new glorious

00:40:12.640 --> 00:40:13.120
 resurrection

00:40:13.120 --> 00:40:14.760
 bodies that

00:40:14.760 --> 00:40:15.060
 will be

00:40:15.060 --> 00:40:15.680
 worthy of

00:40:15.680 --> 00:40:15.940
 the new

00:40:15.940 --> 00:40:16.440
 hearts we've

00:40:16.440 --> 00:40:16.780
 been given

00:40:16.780 --> 00:40:17.480
 through Jesus,

00:40:18.780 --> 00:40:19.420
 through his

00:40:19.420 --> 00:40:19.820
 costly

00:40:19.820 --> 00:40:20.539
 sacrifice.

00:40:22.120 --> 00:40:22.740
 And I

00:40:22.740 --> 00:40:22.920
 want to

00:40:22.920 --> 00:40:23.440
 encourage you,

00:40:23.500 --> 00:40:23.780
 brothers and

00:40:23.780 --> 00:40:24.100
 sisters,

00:40:24.460 --> 00:40:25.400
 those of you

00:40:25.400 --> 00:40:25.800
 who are already

00:40:25.800 --> 00:40:26.280
 Christians,

00:40:26.460 --> 00:40:26.940
 followers of

00:40:26.940 --> 00:40:27.240
 Christ,

00:40:27.820 --> 00:40:28.120
 are you

00:40:28.120 --> 00:40:28.920
 discouraged that

00:40:28.920 --> 00:40:29.460
 you do not

00:40:29.460 --> 00:40:30.000
 love the

00:40:30.000 --> 00:40:30.420
 Lord as

00:40:30.420 --> 00:40:30.780
 you ought

00:40:30.780 --> 00:40:30.940
 to?

00:40:33.120 --> 00:40:33.760
 Are you

00:40:33.760 --> 00:40:34.280
 disappointed

00:40:34.280 --> 00:40:34.660
 that you

00:40:34.660 --> 00:40:35.120
 do not

00:40:35.120 --> 00:40:36.160
 desire God

00:40:36.160 --> 00:40:36.640
 and delight

00:40:36.640 --> 00:40:37.260
 in him as

00:40:37.260 --> 00:40:37.760
 much as

00:40:37.760 --> 00:40:38.440
 you should?

00:40:39.560 --> 00:40:40.060
 Let me ask

00:40:40.060 --> 00:40:40.200
 you,

00:40:40.300 --> 00:40:41.000
 isn't that

00:40:41.000 --> 00:40:41.500
 desire,

00:40:42.280 --> 00:40:43.000
 isn't that

00:40:43.000 --> 00:40:43.760
 desire to

00:40:43.760 --> 00:40:44.700
 desire him

00:40:44.700 --> 00:40:45.140
 more?

00:40:45.660 --> 00:40:46.200
 Isn't that

00:40:46.200 --> 00:40:46.920
 desire to

00:40:46.920 --> 00:40:47.360
 be more

00:40:47.360 --> 00:40:48.000
 pleasing to

00:40:48.000 --> 00:40:48.160
 him?

00:40:48.240 --> 00:40:48.800
 Isn't that

00:40:48.800 --> 00:40:50.180
 desire also

00:40:50.180 --> 00:40:51.640
 a sign of

00:40:51.640 --> 00:40:52.019
 your new

00:40:52.019 --> 00:40:52.460
 birth?

00:40:53.280 --> 00:40:54.340
 A sign of

00:40:54.340 --> 00:40:54.940
 your regeneration?

00:40:55.800 --> 00:40:56.740
 Is that

00:40:56.740 --> 00:40:57.680
 not evidence

00:40:57.680 --> 00:40:58.300
 that you

00:40:58.300 --> 00:40:59.019
 have tasted

00:40:59.019 --> 00:41:00.160
 and delighted

00:41:00.160 --> 00:41:00.620
 in him?

00:41:01.280 --> 00:41:02.000
 Is not

00:41:02.000 --> 00:41:03.000
 God tenderly

00:41:03.000 --> 00:41:03.820
 and patiently

00:41:03.820 --> 00:41:05.140
 walking beside

00:41:05.140 --> 00:41:05.519
 you to

00:41:05.519 --> 00:41:06.320
 strengthen you

00:41:06.320 --> 00:41:06.820
 every step

00:41:06.820 --> 00:41:07.240
 of the way?

00:41:09.820 --> 00:41:10.340
 Remember

00:41:10.340 --> 00:41:11.100
 what Christ

00:41:11.100 --> 00:41:11.519
 did for

00:41:11.519 --> 00:41:11.820
 you.

00:41:13.140 --> 00:41:14.060
 Take hold

00:41:14.060 --> 00:41:14.340
 of him

00:41:14.340 --> 00:41:15.060
 by faith

00:41:15.060 --> 00:41:16.140
 and his

00:41:16.140 --> 00:41:16.880
 love poured

00:41:16.880 --> 00:41:17.280
 into your

00:41:17.280 --> 00:41:17.860
 hearts will

00:41:17.860 --> 00:41:18.600
 renew you,

00:41:20.039 --> 00:41:20.519
 renew your

00:41:20.519 --> 00:41:20.920
 love for

00:41:20.920 --> 00:41:22.320
 him and

00:41:22.320 --> 00:41:22.860
 enable you to

00:41:22.860 --> 00:41:23.660
 persevere to

00:41:23.660 --> 00:41:24.039
 the end.