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 It is good to be in church with you this morning.

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 We're coming to the end of January,

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 which means hopefully you're starting to click out of holiday mode

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 if you had the privilege of being in holiday mode.

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 I'm sure work is coming back, school is about to go back.

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 Here at church, life is getting very busy,

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 particularly if you work in the youth department,

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 as we prepare to take our kids away for five days and four nights.

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 I know a few parents that are very appreciative

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 that we're going to give them a relaxing week off,

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 but it is busy and we're about to actually finish our Jonah series today

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 and then we'll be launching into a very exciting series,

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 not next week but the week after,

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 wrestling with who our God is,

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 wrestling with the question of the Trinity.

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 Now I wanted to warn you up front because that's sometimes a scary word,

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 but it's an important thing for us to wrestle with

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 and so we're going to spend quite a few weeks wrestling with that

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 and what that means for us as followers of Jesus.

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 So please be praying for the staff who are going to be preaching in that series,

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 that they won't just be talking over here and we'll all miss it,

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 but pray that as we wrestle with who our God is,

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 that that will shape us and change us.

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 But that said, let me pray and then we'll get stuck into finishing up

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 what we've been looking at through January and Jonah.

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 Father God, we want to thank you for the opportunity this morning to gather.

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 Father, we want to thank you for the slightly cooler weather.

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 We want to thank you for the gift that you have given us in your word

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 that we might hear you speak,

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 that you may work in us by the power of your spirit

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 and we ask that this morning that that would happen,

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 that it would not just be us sitting in the room together,

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 but that it would be your will being done

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 and that we would be transformed as a result of being here.

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 Amen.

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 Just to quickly remind you where we've been in the last couple of weeks,

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 two weeks ago we opened up Jonah 1

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 and kind of looked a bit beyond Jonah 1 as well,

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 but we were reminded that God is sovereign,

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 that God's will is unstoppable,

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 that even disobedient Jonah and disobedient us

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 can't stop what God is doing.

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 A week later we were reminded that God is a God who speaks

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 and when God speaks, stuff happens

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 and we were reminded that God speaks to us in his word

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 and so when we gather and have God speak to us,

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 stuff happens.

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 And so it is important that as we approach this morning

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 that we're ready for stuff to happen.

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 We're ready for God to do what he is going to do.

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 And so today we're going to open up Jonah chapter 4

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 and we're going to look a little bit back into Jonah as well

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 at one final thing about God

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 that I think the story of Jonah teaches us.

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 I don't know if you've noticed,

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 but something that I think all people are born with

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 is a sense of justice.

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 I have the joy of seeing this in action

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 in a 10-month-old at the moment.

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 It is amazing how even at 10 months old,

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 Bailey knows when somebody has stolen what is his.

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 If he has a toy that belongs to him

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 and somebody else wants to play with it,

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 he knows that he is entitled to that toy

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 because it's his.

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 And so if they steal it,

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 he is pretty quick to take it back

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 or to go and find something of theirs

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 that he can steal to balance the ledger.

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 He met his cousins for the first time over Christmas

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 and they're all still a little bit uncoordinated.

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 And so one cousin would push the other cousin over

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 and Bailey would very quickly grab them by the hair

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 and try and bang their head on the floor.

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 I maintain it was good-spirited,

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 but the reality is that even at that young age,

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 he knows that when something is done,

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 there is an equal reaction.

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 There is justice that is due.

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 They say that the best way to split a piece of cake in half

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 for two kids is to ask one to cut it

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 and the other one gets to choose.

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 You can be sure that it will be exactly down the middle.

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 But funnily enough,

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 we have the exact same sense of justice as we get older.

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 We try and be a little bit more subtle

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 about what we think we're entitled to,

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 but you know that feeling when you're sitting in the car in traffic

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 and somebody sneaks up the bus lane

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 and there's just this anger and rage

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 that makes you want to zip out at the last minute

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 and have them jam on the brakes

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 and you don't want to let them pass

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 because you're doing the right thing

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 and you're entitled to be in front of that person.

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 Maybe it's at work.

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 You're being honest.

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 You are making sure that you let the boss know

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 what you're spending on what

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 and you are not cheating in any way, shape or form,

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 but for some reason the people who are cheating

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 seem to be doing better than you.

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 They seem to have that little bit more money.

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 They seem to be first in line for promotion

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 and we have that sense in us that this isn't right.

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 We know what we deserve

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 and we want what we deserve.

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 We don't think that's unreasonable.

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 It's not unrealistic.

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 We just want what we have earned,

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 what we are entitled to.

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 But the problem is

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 that we do the same thing with God.

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 We want what we deserve with God.

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 We want Him to be loving towards us.

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 We want Him to look after us.

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 We want Him to protect us.

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 We want Him to make us healthy and well.

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 But is that what we deserve from God?

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 Is that what we are entitled to?

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 As we look at the story of Jonah,

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 I want to show you the way God responds to people.

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 Look quickly with me at chapter 3,

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 which we looked at last week.

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 Jonah has arrived at the city of Nineveh.

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 He has proclaimed that Nineveh will be destroyed

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 because of how it has been living

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 and then Nineveh repents.

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 Verse 7.

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 The king gets up.

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 He issues a proclamation

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 by decree of the king and his nobles.

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 Do not let any man or beast,

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 herd or flock, taste anything.

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 Do not let them eat or drink,

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 but let man and beast be covered with sackcloth.

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 Let everyone call urgently on God.

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 Let them give up their evil ways and their violence.

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 Who knows?

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 God may yet relent and with compassion

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 turn from His fierce anger

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 so that we will not perish.

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 Does God have to

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 forgive Nineveh at this point?

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 They've repented.

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 They've showed some obvious remorse.

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 They're fasting.

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 Even the king has gotten off his throne.

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 He's put sackcloth on.

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 He's showing that they know

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 they did the wrong thing.

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 He's showing that he knows

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 he's accountable to God.

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 But the question is,

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 does God have to

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 stop delivering the promised judgment

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 that He had sent?

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 What about with Jonah in chapter 4?

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 Jonah sits outside the city

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 all frustrated and angry

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 and God provides a vine

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 to give him shade.

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 Does God have to

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 provide that vine for Jonah?

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 Does Jonah deserve

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 that vine?

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 Does Nineveh deserve

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 God's forgiveness?

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 Now, Jonah might be

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 an easier answer,

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 but for those of you

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 who maybe feel

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 a little bit inside

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 that maybe Nineveh

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 does deserve

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 God's forgiveness.

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 I mean,

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 they're saying sorry.

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 They're acting sorry.

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 It's not even just words.

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 They obviously mean it.

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 I want you to imagine

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 for just a second

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 that somebody

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 breaks into your house.

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 You're home

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 and so to steal

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 the things that they want to steal,

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 they have to

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 physically restrain you,

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 perhaps hurt you

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 and they go through your house

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 stealing things

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 that matter to you,

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 stealing family heirlooms,

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 trashing your place

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 and from that point on

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 you will never feel

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 quite as safe

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 as you once did

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 in your home.

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 Now,

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 eventually the police

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 manage to catch

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 this person

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 who has broken

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 into your house,

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 who has stolen your things,

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 who has attacked you

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 and throughout the trial

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 it's obvious

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 that this person

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 is guilty.

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 It's obvious

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 that they've done

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 the wrong thing.

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 When it comes time

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 for sentencing,

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 the robber says,

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 I'm really sorry

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 and really means it.

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 You can tell,

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 somehow you just know

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 that there is genuine remorse

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 in what they're saying.

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 Would you be okay

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 if they just got let off?

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 They're saying,

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 sorry.

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 Is that enough?

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 Of course not.

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 It's not unloving

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 for you to want justice

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 in that situation.

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 It's not wrong

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 for you to want justice

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 in that situation.

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 That person has done

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 something illegal.

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 They have hurt you.

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 They have harmed you.

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 And so it is good

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 and right

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 that they face

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 punishment for that.

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 And the same

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 is true with God.

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 It's good

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 that Nineveh

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 has apologized,

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 that Nineveh

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 is repentant,

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 that Nineveh

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 is remorseful.

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 But it doesn't

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 therefore mean

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 that God

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 must forgive them.

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 Justice still

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 needs to be done.

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 Their wickedness

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 was at the point

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 where God would decree

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 that the whole city

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 will be destroyed.

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 And so sorry

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 does not cover over

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 what they've done.

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 Grace at its heart

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 fundamentally

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 is something

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 that you don't

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 deserve.

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 God's goodness

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 to Nineveh

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 in holding

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 his judgment back,

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 God's goodness

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 to Jonah

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 in providing

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 a tree,

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 in providing

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 a fish,

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 is not

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 what they deserve.

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 It is a gift

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 from God

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 that is very

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 generously given.

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 See the issue

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 that we face

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 in chapter 4

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 and verse 1,

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 Jonah is greatly

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 displeased

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 because of God's

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 grace.

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 Jonah is angry

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 that God

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 is showing grace

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 to Nineveh.

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 He is frustrated

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 because in his eyes

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 Nineveh

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 deserves

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 punishment,

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 deserves

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 judgment.

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 I mean,

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 if you can

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 understand why

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 Jonah feels

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 this way,

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 Nineveh is a city

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 that has repeatedly

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 attacked Israel,

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 God's people,

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 of whom Jonah

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 is one,

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 and will continue

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 to attack.

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 And so Jonah

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 looks at this city

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 and he's like,

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 God,

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 what are you doing?

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 They deserve

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 your punishment.

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 They're not like us.

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 We're your people.

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 They deserve

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 to be crushed

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 and destroyed.

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 He's sitting outside.

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 He gets a good vantage point.

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 It's like New Year's Eve

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 fireworks for him.

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 He wants to see

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 how spectacular

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 God's judgment

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 will be

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 because these people

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 are wicked

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 and they deserve

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 to be crushed

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 by God.

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 But can you see

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 the problem?

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 Jonah has gone

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 from being somebody

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 who has received

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 this gift of grace,

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 received this gift

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 that he did not deserve,

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 he's gone from

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 being someone

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 thankful

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 to being somebody

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 who thinks

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 he's entitled,

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 to somebody

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 who thinks

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 it's his right

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 that God

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 should forgive him,

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 that God

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 should love him,

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 that God

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 should protect him.

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 And we do

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 the same thing.

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 When we first

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 become Christians,

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 there is not

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 even a hint

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 of,

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 I deserve this.

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 So it's not

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 how it works.

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 Essential to

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 becoming a Christian

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 is realising

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 we need God

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 to do something

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 for us

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 that we can't

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 do ourselves.

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 But somehow

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 from that point,

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 slowly but surely,

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 we become people

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 who deserve

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 God's grace.

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 And you can tell

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 because just like Jonah,

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 we start to look

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 at other people

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 who we think

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 don't deserve it,

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 shouldn't receive it,

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 aren't entitled to it.

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 Think of the way

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 you respond

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 to those

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 who annoy you,

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 those who hurt you,

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 how would you feel

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 if

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 a rapist

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 was to walk

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 into church

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 and say,

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 I want to know God?

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 How would you feel

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 if a murderer

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 was to walk

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 into church

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 and say,

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 I want to be forgiven,

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 I know I've done

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 the wrong thing?

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 Would you have

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 this sense of joy

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 that somebody

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 has come from

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 such darkness

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 to know the life

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 that is in Jesus?

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 or maybe like Jonah,

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 if we're honest,

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 we would think

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 they don't deserve

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 to be here.

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 They don't deserve

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 God's forgiveness

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 no matter how much

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 they apologize.

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 But me,

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 I deserve it.

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 This is mine.

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 This is what

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 I'm entitled to.

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 We've got to understand

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 like Jonah needed

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 to understand

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 we are sinful

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 just like everyone else.

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 Jonah was a prophet,

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 he was part of God's people,

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 he was in a privileged position

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 but he was still sinful

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 and he deserved

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 from God

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 the same kind of judgment

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 that God promised

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 for Nineveh.

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 It actually doesn't take

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 that much honest

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 self-reflection

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 to realize that

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 all you deserve

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 from God

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 is judgment.

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 We need to be

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 very careful

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 that in the grace

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 that he has shown us

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 that we don't stop

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 seeing ourselves rightly.

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 God has been good

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 to us

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 but not because

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 of who we are.

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 God has given us

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 grace

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 which by definition

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 is something

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 that we don't deserve.

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 There is no pattern

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 in Jonah

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 or in life

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 for the recipients

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 of grace.

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 Look again

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 at chapter 3.

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 Having just made

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 their decree

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 at the end of verse 9

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 the king says

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 who knows

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 God may

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 yet relent

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 and with compassion

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 turn from his fierce anger

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 so that we will not perish.

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 There is no confidence

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 that because they have repented

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 God must

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 or God will

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 and in verse 10

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 when God saw

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 what they did

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 and how they turned

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 from their evil ways

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 he had compassion

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 and did not bring upon them

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 the destruction

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 he had threatened.

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 Have a look at

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 chapter 2

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 verse 7

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 This is Jonah's prayer

00:14:05.700 --> 00:14:06.759
 from inside the fish

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 When my life

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 was ebbing away

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 I remembered you Lord

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 and my prayer

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 rose to you

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 to your holy temple

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 Those who cling

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 to worthless idols

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 forfeit the grace

00:14:16.340 --> 00:14:17.200
 that could be theirs

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 but I

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 with a song of thanksgiving

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 will sacrifice to you

00:14:20.840 --> 00:14:22.100
 what I have vowed

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 I will make good

00:14:22.919 --> 00:14:23.740
 salvation

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 comes from the Lord.

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 Now it feels like

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 there is a bit of similarity

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 Jonah admits

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 that he has done

00:14:30.180 --> 00:14:30.720
 the wrong thing

00:14:30.720 --> 00:14:31.420
 and thanks God

00:14:31.420 --> 00:14:31.960
 for grace

00:14:31.960 --> 00:14:32.580
 but just look

00:14:32.580 --> 00:14:33.399
 a little bit closer

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 Nineveh repents

00:14:35.680 --> 00:14:37.120
 hoping that God

00:14:37.120 --> 00:14:38.659
 might forgive them

00:14:38.659 --> 00:14:40.879
 Jonah has already

00:14:40.879 --> 00:14:42.460
 been saved by God

00:14:42.460 --> 00:14:44.159
 Jonah was thrown

00:14:44.159 --> 00:14:44.860
 into the sea

00:14:44.860 --> 00:14:46.240
 and rescued by God

00:14:46.240 --> 00:14:46.920
 into the belly

00:14:46.920 --> 00:14:47.639
 of a fish

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 and having been saved

00:14:50.040 --> 00:14:51.340
 he thanks God

00:14:51.340 --> 00:14:52.279
 for his salvation

00:14:52.279 --> 00:14:54.680
 Nineveh

00:14:54.680 --> 00:14:55.920
 says sorry

00:14:55.920 --> 00:14:57.300
 and pleads for help

00:14:57.299 --> 00:14:58.939
 Jonah is still

00:14:58.939 --> 00:14:59.679
 running away

00:14:59.679 --> 00:15:01.279
 when God chooses

00:15:01.279 --> 00:15:02.379
 to show him grace

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 there is no

00:15:03.399 --> 00:15:04.379
 commonality

00:15:04.379 --> 00:15:05.099
 between the two

00:15:05.099 --> 00:15:05.699
 that we can say

00:15:05.699 --> 00:15:06.959
 this is what you must do

00:15:06.959 --> 00:15:08.159
 to get grace from God

00:15:08.159 --> 00:15:09.439
 this is who is worthy

00:15:09.439 --> 00:15:10.419
 of God's grace

00:15:10.419 --> 00:15:12.120
 Jonah is almost

00:15:12.120 --> 00:15:13.019
 just like a spoilt

00:15:13.019 --> 00:15:14.120
 child at this point

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 I'm sure you've been

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 in the shops

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 and seen that child

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 who is yelling

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 and screaming

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 and insisting

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 that mummy buys

00:15:22.059 --> 00:15:22.799
 another lolly

00:15:22.799 --> 00:15:24.359
 or another toy

00:15:24.359 --> 00:15:25.099
 or whatever it is

00:15:25.100 --> 00:15:26.800
 and if mum gives in

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 and gives that lolly

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 or toy

00:15:28.080 --> 00:15:29.220
 the child is ecstatic

00:15:29.220 --> 00:15:30.460
 for at least five minutes

00:15:30.460 --> 00:15:31.279
 before they've found

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 something new

00:15:31.840 --> 00:15:32.420
 that they want

00:15:32.420 --> 00:15:34.800
 Jonah is running

00:15:34.800 --> 00:15:35.540
 from God

00:15:35.540 --> 00:15:36.860
 and in chapter 2

00:15:36.860 --> 00:15:37.940
 having been saved

00:15:37.940 --> 00:15:38.700
 he is overwhelmed

00:15:38.700 --> 00:15:39.620
 with God's grace

00:15:39.620 --> 00:15:40.320
 and salvation

00:15:40.320 --> 00:15:41.379
 but by chapter 4

00:15:41.379 --> 00:15:42.120
 he is angry

00:15:42.120 --> 00:15:44.320
 at what God is doing

00:15:44.320 --> 00:15:46.159
 there is nothing

00:15:46.159 --> 00:15:46.800
 in Jonah

00:15:46.800 --> 00:15:48.279
 that makes him worthy

00:15:48.279 --> 00:15:49.259
 of God's grace

00:15:49.259 --> 00:15:49.840
 and love

00:15:49.840 --> 00:15:50.480
 of the goodness

00:15:50.480 --> 00:15:51.720
 that God has shown

00:15:51.720 --> 00:15:53.060
 what we see

00:15:53.060 --> 00:15:53.540
 when we look

00:15:53.540 --> 00:15:54.139
 at this story

00:15:54.139 --> 00:15:54.740
 what we see

00:15:54.740 --> 00:15:55.300
 when we look

00:15:55.300 --> 00:15:55.899
 at grace

00:15:55.899 --> 00:15:57.460
 is that it's about

00:15:57.460 --> 00:15:58.040
 the giver

00:15:58.040 --> 00:16:00.040
 not the receiver

00:16:00.040 --> 00:16:02.019
 grace is all

00:16:02.019 --> 00:16:02.860
 about God

00:16:02.860 --> 00:16:03.620
 last week

00:16:03.620 --> 00:16:04.060
 we reminded

00:16:04.060 --> 00:16:04.980
 that God's word

00:16:04.980 --> 00:16:06.100
 is all about God

00:16:06.100 --> 00:16:06.899
 it's always there

00:16:06.899 --> 00:16:07.600
 to point us

00:16:07.600 --> 00:16:08.180
 to God

00:16:08.180 --> 00:16:10.000
 and this story

00:16:10.000 --> 00:16:10.500
 of Jonah

00:16:10.500 --> 00:16:11.160
 and the grace

00:16:11.160 --> 00:16:11.940
 that God shows

00:16:11.940 --> 00:16:13.000
 is to tell us

00:16:13.000 --> 00:16:14.480
 that God is gracious

00:16:14.480 --> 00:16:15.460
 and that he is

00:16:15.460 --> 00:16:16.200
 compassionate

00:16:16.200 --> 00:16:17.279
 there was a clue

00:16:17.279 --> 00:16:18.160
 there in chapter 3

00:16:18.160 --> 00:16:18.759
 verse 10

00:16:18.759 --> 00:16:19.560
 when God saw

00:16:19.560 --> 00:16:20.200
 what they did

00:16:20.200 --> 00:16:20.980
 and how they turned

00:16:20.980 --> 00:16:22.060
 from their evil ways

00:16:22.060 --> 00:16:23.420
 he had compassion

00:16:23.420 --> 00:16:24.100
 on them

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 compassion is from

00:16:26.139 --> 00:16:27.159
 within God

00:16:27.159 --> 00:16:27.879
 it's something

00:16:27.879 --> 00:16:28.860
 he generates

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 it begins with him

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 it ends with him

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 it comes from him

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 everything

00:16:33.220 --> 00:16:35.500
 is generated

00:16:35.500 --> 00:16:36.259
 by the giver

00:16:36.259 --> 00:16:37.440
 when it comes

00:16:37.440 --> 00:16:38.019
 to grace

00:16:38.019 --> 00:16:39.879
 grace tells us

00:16:39.879 --> 00:16:40.480
 that our God

00:16:40.480 --> 00:16:41.560
 is slow to anger

00:16:41.560 --> 00:16:42.980
 that he is abounding

00:16:42.980 --> 00:16:43.720
 in love

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 and that he forgives

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 even unworthy

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 servants

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 like Nineveh

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 like Jonah

00:16:52.419 --> 00:16:54.039
 and like us

00:16:54.039 --> 00:16:56.039
 God's grace

00:16:56.039 --> 00:16:56.659
 to us

00:16:56.659 --> 00:16:58.080
 does not say

00:16:58.080 --> 00:16:59.279
 that we are important

00:16:59.279 --> 00:17:01.220
 God's grace

00:17:01.220 --> 00:17:01.600
 to us

00:17:01.600 --> 00:17:02.179
 does not say

00:17:02.179 --> 00:17:03.000
 that we are good

00:17:03.000 --> 00:17:06.839
 God's grace

00:17:06.839 --> 00:17:07.240
 to us

00:17:07.240 --> 00:17:07.759
 shows us

00:17:07.759 --> 00:17:08.859
 his incredible love

00:17:08.859 --> 00:17:12.220
 when we grasp

00:17:12.220 --> 00:17:13.339
 for just a second

00:17:13.339 --> 00:17:13.900
 that God

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 sees us

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 like he sees

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 Nineveh

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 that God

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 sees us

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 like he sees

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 Jonah

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 as sinful

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 as disobedient

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 as rebellious

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 we understand

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 that God's grace

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 to us

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 is about him

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 it's not about us

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 it's about his

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 willingness to love

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 people

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 who refuse

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 to obey him

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 people who are

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 running from him

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 people who ignore him

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 95% of their lives

00:17:43.660 --> 00:17:46.320
 grace

00:17:46.320 --> 00:17:46.340
 grace

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 is about

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 the God

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 who gives

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 grace

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 not about those

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 he gives grace

00:17:51.500 --> 00:17:51.800
 to

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 God's grace

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 to us

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 is that

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 instead of

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 giving us

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 the judgment

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 and punishment

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 that we deserve

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 he gives us

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 Jesus

00:17:59.140 --> 00:18:02.820
 God's grace

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 to us

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 is put on

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 display

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 when you read

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 a chapter

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 like Romans

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 3

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 verse 10

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 of chapter 3

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 says

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 there is no one

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 righteous

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 not even one

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 no one who

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 understands

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 no one who

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 seeks God

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 all have

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 turned away

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 they have

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 together

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 become

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 worthless

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 there is no one

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 who does good

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 not even one

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 that's the picture

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 God sees

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 that's the situation

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 we're in

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 we are unacceptable

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 we are detestable

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 and yet

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 God looks

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 and with compassion

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 gives us

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 Jesus

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 we must

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 understand

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 the depths

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 of our own

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 sinfulness

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 if we are going

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 to understand

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 the grace

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 of our God

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 when we confess

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 like we did

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 just earlier

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 when Lindy led us

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 and we do regularly

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 here in our services

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 we must be careful

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 not to just

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 mouth those words

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 without actually

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 reflecting on the fact

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 that there are

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 things in us

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 today

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 potentially in the

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 last hour

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 in the last 10 minutes

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 that we need

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 to confess

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 because only

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 when we recognise

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 those things

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 will we begin

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 to grasp

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 the depth

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 and breadth

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 of God's

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 incredible love

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 and grace

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 to us

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 in Jesus

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 that like

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 Jonah

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 we can sit

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 angry

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 outside the wall

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 that God

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 would show

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 grace to another

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 and yet

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 his grace

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 is so far

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 reaching

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 that that does

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 not cancel out

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 what God

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 has done

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 for us

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 it is all

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 because of God

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 all because

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 of what he

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 has done

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 and all because

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 of the love

00:19:41.380 --> 00:19:41.940
 that he has

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 shown us

00:19:42.660 --> 00:19:45.039
 God's grace

00:19:45.039 --> 00:19:45.640
 when you begin

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 to grasp it

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 is overwhelming

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 the last verse

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 of Jonah

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 is significant

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 having challenged

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 Jonah

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 God says

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 this

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 Nineveh has

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 more than

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 120,000

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 people

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 who cannot

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 tell their

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 right hand

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 from their

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 left

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 and many

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 cattle as

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 well

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 should I

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 not be

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 concerned

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 about that

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 great city

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 God's grace

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 is not

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 dictated

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 by

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 how worthy

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 the people

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 in front

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 of him

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 are

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 God's

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 grace

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 is dictated

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 by the

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 need for

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 grace

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 that he

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 sees

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 in front

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 of him

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 I wonder

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 how you

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 look at

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 people

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 around you

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 do you

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 look at

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 them based

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 on how

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 they treat

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 you

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 based on

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 the things

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 that they

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 say

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 the clothes

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 that they

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 wear

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 the job

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 that they

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 have

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 the things

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 they do

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 in their

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 spare time

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 or do

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 you look

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 at them

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 as somebody

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 who needs

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 God's

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 grace

00:20:42.019 --> 00:20:43.339
 or knows

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 God's

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 grace

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 they're the

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 only two

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 categories

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 God has

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 those who

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 need

00:20:48.700 --> 00:20:49.080
 God's

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 grace

00:20:49.460 --> 00:20:50.240
 or those

00:20:50.240 --> 00:20:50.779
 who know

00:20:50.779 --> 00:20:51.480
 God's

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 grace

00:20:51.960 --> 00:20:53.000
 for us

00:20:53.000 --> 00:20:53.580
 who know

00:20:53.580 --> 00:20:54.340
 the forgiveness

00:20:54.340 --> 00:20:55.019
 that comes

00:20:55.019 --> 00:20:55.560
 in Jesus

00:20:55.560 --> 00:20:56.120
 for us

00:20:56.120 --> 00:20:56.500
 who know

00:20:56.500 --> 00:20:57.060
 the love

00:20:57.060 --> 00:20:57.860
 that reaches

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 us when

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 we are

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 still running

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 that chases

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 us down

00:21:00.660 --> 00:21:01.120
 that does

00:21:01.120 --> 00:21:01.700
 not fail

00:21:01.700 --> 00:21:03.400
 there is

00:21:03.400 --> 00:21:03.860
 no room

00:21:03.860 --> 00:21:04.560
 for pride

00:21:04.560 --> 00:21:06.380
 no room

00:21:06.380 --> 00:21:07.279
 for entitlement

00:21:07.279 --> 00:21:08.720
 what I

00:21:08.720 --> 00:21:09.160
 deserve

00:21:09.160 --> 00:21:09.720
 is a word

00:21:09.720 --> 00:21:10.180
 that I let

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 go of

00:21:10.680 --> 00:21:10.980
 when I

00:21:10.980 --> 00:21:11.400
 start to

00:21:11.400 --> 00:21:11.620
 follow

00:21:11.620 --> 00:21:12.019
 Jesus

00:21:12.019 --> 00:21:13.980
 what I'm

00:21:13.980 --> 00:21:14.400
 entitled

00:21:14.400 --> 00:21:14.740
 to

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 is something

00:21:15.240 --> 00:21:15.559
 that I

00:21:15.559 --> 00:21:15.980
 let go

00:21:15.980 --> 00:21:16.299
 of

00:21:16.299 --> 00:21:17.000
 when I

00:21:17.000 --> 00:21:17.279
 follow

00:21:17.279 --> 00:21:17.720
 Jesus

00:21:17.720 --> 00:21:18.259
 because

00:21:18.259 --> 00:21:19.700
 everything

00:21:19.700 --> 00:21:20.180
 is now

00:21:20.180 --> 00:21:20.680
 defined

00:21:20.680 --> 00:21:21.240
 by what

00:21:21.240 --> 00:21:21.500
 God

00:21:21.500 --> 00:21:22.099
 gives me

00:21:22.099 --> 00:21:22.879
 because of

00:21:22.879 --> 00:21:23.220
 his

00:21:23.220 --> 00:21:24.440
 great love

00:21:24.440 --> 00:21:26.180
 not because

00:21:26.180 --> 00:21:26.680
 of what I

00:21:26.680 --> 00:21:27.160
 deserve

00:21:27.160 --> 00:21:28.859
 there is no

00:21:28.859 --> 00:21:29.240
 room for

00:21:29.240 --> 00:21:29.619
 boasting

00:21:29.619 --> 00:21:30.119
 and no

00:21:30.119 --> 00:21:30.500
 room for

00:21:30.500 --> 00:21:30.940
 pride

00:21:30.940 --> 00:21:31.799
 only

00:21:31.799 --> 00:21:32.319
 gratitude

00:21:32.319 --> 00:21:33.339
 and

00:21:33.339 --> 00:21:34.079
 thankfulness

00:21:34.079 --> 00:21:36.139
 one of

00:21:36.139 --> 00:21:36.539
 the things

00:21:36.539 --> 00:21:37.379
 that we

00:21:37.379 --> 00:21:37.839
 have started

00:21:37.839 --> 00:21:38.359
 doing in

00:21:38.359 --> 00:21:38.879
 youth ministry

00:21:38.879 --> 00:21:39.279
 here at

00:21:39.279 --> 00:21:39.799
 St Paul's

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 and that I

00:21:40.119 --> 00:21:40.599
 also did

00:21:40.599 --> 00:21:40.839
 in my

00:21:40.839 --> 00:21:41.240
 previous

00:21:41.240 --> 00:21:41.639
 church

00:21:41.639 --> 00:21:41.939
 is we

00:21:41.939 --> 00:21:42.240
 made a

00:21:42.240 --> 00:21:42.639
 decision

00:21:42.639 --> 00:21:43.799
 and if

00:21:43.799 --> 00:21:44.220
 I'm honest

00:21:44.220 --> 00:21:44.639
 I made

00:21:44.639 --> 00:21:45.079
 a decision

00:21:45.079 --> 00:21:45.500
 and told

00:21:45.500 --> 00:21:45.779
 everyone

00:21:45.779 --> 00:21:46.119
 else

00:21:46.119 --> 00:21:48.399
 we decided

00:21:48.399 --> 00:21:48.779
 that we

00:21:48.779 --> 00:21:49.439
 would preach

00:21:49.439 --> 00:21:49.879
 through the

00:21:49.879 --> 00:21:50.419
 gospels

00:21:50.419 --> 00:21:50.960
 through Matthew

00:21:50.960 --> 00:21:51.259
 Mark

00:21:51.259 --> 00:21:51.679
 Luke and

00:21:51.679 --> 00:21:51.919
 John

00:21:51.919 --> 00:21:53.399
 every week

00:21:53.399 --> 00:21:55.619
 we did

00:21:55.619 --> 00:21:56.460
 Mark for

00:21:56.460 --> 00:21:57.339
 almost two

00:21:57.339 --> 00:21:57.740
 years

00:21:57.740 --> 00:21:59.039
 we have

00:21:59.039 --> 00:21:59.699
 just begun

00:21:59.699 --> 00:22:00.139
 John

00:22:00.139 --> 00:22:01.339
 and we are

00:22:01.339 --> 00:22:02.000
 working through

00:22:02.000 --> 00:22:02.279
 that

00:22:02.279 --> 00:22:02.919
 summer camp is

00:22:02.919 --> 00:22:03.259
 going to help

00:22:03.259 --> 00:22:03.619
 us make

00:22:03.619 --> 00:22:04.139
 some progress

00:22:04.139 --> 00:22:04.539
 forward

00:22:04.539 --> 00:22:05.659
 and next

00:22:05.659 --> 00:22:05.979
 year we

00:22:05.979 --> 00:22:06.399
 will begin

00:22:06.399 --> 00:22:06.739
 Luke

00:22:06.739 --> 00:22:07.159
 and that

00:22:07.159 --> 00:22:07.459
 will probably

00:22:07.459 --> 00:22:07.879
 take us

00:22:07.879 --> 00:22:08.199
 two or

00:22:08.199 --> 00:22:08.659
 three years

00:22:08.659 --> 00:22:08.899
 to get

00:22:08.899 --> 00:22:09.159
 through

00:22:09.159 --> 00:22:10.119
 we are

00:22:10.119 --> 00:22:10.419
 just doing

00:22:10.419 --> 00:22:10.819
 it a little

00:22:10.819 --> 00:22:11.239
 bit at a

00:22:11.239 --> 00:22:11.500
 time

00:22:11.500 --> 00:22:12.019
 just working

00:22:12.019 --> 00:22:12.519
 slowly

00:22:12.519 --> 00:22:13.259
 but surely

00:22:13.259 --> 00:22:14.199
 and sure

00:22:14.199 --> 00:22:14.479
 enough

00:22:14.479 --> 00:22:15.079
 after enough

00:22:15.079 --> 00:22:15.399
 time

00:22:15.399 --> 00:22:15.659
 in my

00:22:15.659 --> 00:22:16.000
 previous

00:22:16.000 --> 00:22:16.439
 church

00:22:16.439 --> 00:22:16.799
 I was

00:22:16.799 --> 00:22:17.439
 six years

00:22:17.439 --> 00:22:17.699
 as the

00:22:17.699 --> 00:22:17.879
 youth

00:22:17.879 --> 00:22:18.259
 pastor

00:22:18.259 --> 00:22:18.799
 and kids

00:22:18.799 --> 00:22:19.159
 start to

00:22:19.159 --> 00:22:19.539
 figure out

00:22:19.539 --> 00:22:19.839
 what you're

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 doing

00:22:20.059 --> 00:22:20.519
 it takes

00:22:20.519 --> 00:22:21.059
 them surprisingly

00:22:21.059 --> 00:22:21.359
 long

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 but eventually

00:22:21.899 --> 00:22:22.359
 they figure

00:22:22.359 --> 00:22:23.279
 out that we

00:22:23.279 --> 00:22:23.559
 just been

00:22:23.559 --> 00:22:23.879
 doing the

00:22:23.879 --> 00:22:24.379
 same book

00:22:24.379 --> 00:22:24.959
 every week

00:22:24.959 --> 00:22:25.759
 that all we

00:22:25.759 --> 00:22:26.179
 keep looking

00:22:26.179 --> 00:22:26.759
 at is Jesus

00:22:26.759 --> 00:22:27.399
 week after

00:22:27.399 --> 00:22:27.879
 week after

00:22:27.879 --> 00:22:28.339
 week after

00:22:28.339 --> 00:22:28.619
 week and

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 they're like

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 can't we

00:22:29.259 --> 00:22:29.500
 look at

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 something

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 else

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 I need

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 something

00:22:31.819 --> 00:22:32.679
 a bit

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 meatier

00:22:33.240 --> 00:22:34.059
 than Jesus

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 and that

00:22:35.879 --> 00:22:36.179
 is the

00:22:36.179 --> 00:22:36.519
 most

00:22:36.519 --> 00:22:37.159
 concerning

00:22:37.159 --> 00:22:37.659
 thing

00:22:37.659 --> 00:22:38.159
 that any

00:22:38.159 --> 00:22:38.519
 Christian

00:22:38.519 --> 00:22:38.979
 can ever

00:22:38.979 --> 00:22:39.279
 say

00:22:39.279 --> 00:22:40.419
 but you'll

00:22:40.419 --> 00:22:40.939
 be amazed

00:22:40.939 --> 00:22:41.339
 at how

00:22:41.339 --> 00:22:41.699
 often

00:22:41.699 --> 00:22:42.279
 you hear

00:22:42.279 --> 00:22:42.539
 it and

00:22:42.539 --> 00:22:42.879
 not just

00:22:42.879 --> 00:22:43.079
 from

00:22:43.079 --> 00:22:43.539
 teenagers

00:22:43.539 --> 00:22:46.619
 as soon

00:22:46.619 --> 00:22:46.899
 as we

00:22:46.899 --> 00:22:47.500
 stop looking

00:22:47.500 --> 00:22:48.059
 at Jesus

00:22:48.059 --> 00:22:49.460
 we have

00:22:49.460 --> 00:22:50.019
 begun to

00:22:50.019 --> 00:22:50.480
 treat him

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 like something

00:22:51.039 --> 00:22:51.680
 we own

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 something we

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 deserve

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 something we're

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 entitled to

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 I've got him

00:22:55.799 --> 00:22:56.460
 now I'm ready

00:22:56.460 --> 00:22:57.019
 for the next

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 stuff

00:22:57.420 --> 00:22:59.680
 that is never

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 how following

00:23:00.579 --> 00:23:01.599
 Jesus works

00:23:01.599 --> 00:23:03.119
 the gospel

00:23:03.119 --> 00:23:03.859
 says you

00:23:03.859 --> 00:23:05.139
 deserve to

00:23:05.139 --> 00:23:05.720
 be punished

00:23:05.720 --> 00:23:06.500
 from God

00:23:06.500 --> 00:23:07.659
 you deserve

00:23:07.659 --> 00:23:08.539
 to be separated

00:23:08.539 --> 00:23:09.180
 from God

00:23:09.180 --> 00:23:09.879
 but because of

00:23:09.879 --> 00:23:11.259
 his love

00:23:11.259 --> 00:23:12.440
 because of

00:23:12.440 --> 00:23:13.519
 his compassion

00:23:13.519 --> 00:23:16.619
 you can

00:23:16.619 --> 00:23:17.379
 instead know

00:23:17.379 --> 00:23:18.539
 life and

00:23:18.539 --> 00:23:19.960
 hope and

00:23:19.960 --> 00:23:20.700
 a relationship

00:23:20.700 --> 00:23:22.200
 for all

00:23:22.200 --> 00:23:22.700
 eternity

00:23:22.700 --> 00:23:28.039
 do you

00:23:28.039 --> 00:23:28.539
 look at the

00:23:28.539 --> 00:23:29.220
 people around

00:23:29.220 --> 00:23:29.579
 you

00:23:29.579 --> 00:23:31.740
 based on

00:23:31.740 --> 00:23:32.180
 what they

00:23:32.180 --> 00:23:32.519
 do

00:23:32.519 --> 00:23:33.559
 how they

00:23:33.559 --> 00:23:34.000
 dress

00:23:34.000 --> 00:23:35.039
 what they

00:23:35.039 --> 00:23:35.359
 say

00:23:35.359 --> 00:23:35.759
 how they

00:23:35.759 --> 00:23:36.299
 treat you

00:23:36.299 --> 00:23:37.400
 or do you

00:23:37.400 --> 00:23:37.740
 look with

00:23:37.740 --> 00:23:38.519
 God's eyes

00:23:38.519 --> 00:23:39.779
 and see

00:23:39.779 --> 00:23:40.500
 only those

00:23:40.500 --> 00:23:40.980
 who know

00:23:40.980 --> 00:23:41.759
 God's grace

00:23:41.759 --> 00:23:43.000
 and those

00:23:43.000 --> 00:23:43.579
 who need

00:23:43.579 --> 00:23:44.539
 God's grace

00:23:44.539 --> 00:23:47.599
 God's grace

00:23:47.599 --> 00:23:48.220
 to you

00:23:48.220 --> 00:23:49.720
 is that you

00:23:49.720 --> 00:23:50.319
 might show

00:23:50.319 --> 00:23:50.960
 God's grace

00:23:50.960 --> 00:23:51.339
 to other

00:23:51.339 --> 00:23:51.759
 people

00:23:51.759 --> 00:23:54.359
 God's love

00:23:54.359 --> 00:23:54.740
 for you

00:23:54.740 --> 00:23:55.460
 is to release

00:23:55.460 --> 00:23:55.920
 you from

00:23:55.920 --> 00:23:56.420
 this sense

00:23:56.420 --> 00:23:56.799
 that you're

00:23:56.799 --> 00:23:57.240
 better than

00:23:57.240 --> 00:23:58.079
 anyone else

00:23:58.079 --> 00:24:00.039
 and instead

00:24:00.039 --> 00:24:00.779
 enable you to

00:24:00.779 --> 00:24:01.359
 realize that

00:24:01.359 --> 00:24:02.059
 his love is

00:24:02.059 --> 00:24:03.220
 so incredible

00:24:03.220 --> 00:24:03.779
 a gift

00:24:03.779 --> 00:24:04.400
 for you

00:24:04.400 --> 00:24:07.340
 that he's

00:24:07.340 --> 00:24:07.680
 going to let

00:24:07.680 --> 00:24:08.180
 you share

00:24:08.180 --> 00:24:08.740
 that incredible

00:24:08.740 --> 00:24:09.300
 gift with

00:24:09.300 --> 00:24:09.880
 other people

00:24:09.880 --> 00:24:11.759
 God's grace

00:24:11.759 --> 00:24:12.240
 doesn't even

00:24:12.240 --> 00:24:12.880
 stop when we

00:24:12.880 --> 00:24:13.500
 take the step

00:24:13.500 --> 00:24:14.000
 of following

00:24:14.000 --> 00:24:14.320
 him

00:24:14.320 --> 00:24:14.800
 when we

00:24:14.800 --> 00:24:15.080
 make the

00:24:15.080 --> 00:24:15.640
 decision to

00:24:15.640 --> 00:24:16.160
 call ourselves

00:24:16.160 --> 00:24:16.720
 a Christian

00:24:16.720 --> 00:24:17.900
 and completely

00:24:17.900 --> 00:24:18.400
 give our

00:24:18.400 --> 00:24:18.860
 lives to

00:24:18.860 --> 00:24:19.860
 his purpose

00:24:19.860 --> 00:24:20.259
 and his

00:24:20.259 --> 00:24:20.660
 glory

00:24:20.660 --> 00:24:23.140
 his grace

00:24:23.140 --> 00:24:23.540
 is new

00:24:23.540 --> 00:24:24.100
 each and

00:24:24.100 --> 00:24:24.720
 every day

00:24:24.720 --> 00:24:26.740
 as he

00:24:26.740 --> 00:24:27.300
 chooses to

00:24:27.300 --> 00:24:27.840
 guide us

00:24:27.840 --> 00:24:28.320
 step by

00:24:28.320 --> 00:24:28.860
 step through

00:24:28.860 --> 00:24:29.560
 situations

00:24:29.560 --> 00:24:30.460
 and relationships

00:24:30.460 --> 00:24:31.920
 as he

00:24:31.920 --> 00:24:32.660
 places those

00:24:32.660 --> 00:24:33.259
 in need of

00:24:33.259 --> 00:24:33.900
 God's grace

00:24:33.900 --> 00:24:34.259
 in our

00:24:34.259 --> 00:24:34.660
 path

00:24:34.660 --> 00:24:35.000
 that we

00:24:35.000 --> 00:24:35.519
 might love

00:24:35.519 --> 00:24:35.779
 them

00:24:35.779 --> 00:24:36.620
 and share

00:24:36.620 --> 00:24:37.100
 the gospel

00:24:37.100 --> 00:24:37.620
 with them

00:24:37.620 --> 00:24:38.180
 and speak

00:24:38.180 --> 00:24:38.680
 of the hope

00:24:38.680 --> 00:24:38.960
 that we

00:24:38.960 --> 00:24:39.340
 have in

00:24:39.340 --> 00:24:39.820
 Jesus

00:24:39.820 --> 00:24:43.040
 grace is

00:24:43.040 --> 00:24:43.840
 by definition

00:24:43.840 --> 00:24:44.840
 something that

00:24:44.840 --> 00:24:45.340
 we do not

00:24:45.340 --> 00:24:45.860
 deserve

00:24:45.860 --> 00:24:46.360
 we need to

00:24:46.360 --> 00:24:47.000
 remember that

00:24:47.000 --> 00:24:49.279
 grace exists

00:24:49.279 --> 00:24:50.039
 not to make

00:24:50.039 --> 00:24:50.460
 us feel

00:24:50.460 --> 00:24:50.900
 special

00:24:50.900 --> 00:24:51.359
 but to

00:24:51.359 --> 00:24:51.900
 show us

00:24:51.900 --> 00:24:52.980
 our glorious

00:24:52.980 --> 00:24:53.500
 loving

00:24:53.500 --> 00:24:54.299
 compassionate

00:24:54.299 --> 00:24:55.200
 and majestic

00:24:55.200 --> 00:24:56.180
 God

00:24:56.180 --> 00:24:59.019
 and grace

00:24:59.019 --> 00:24:59.440
 does not

00:24:59.440 --> 00:25:00.140
 exist to

00:25:00.140 --> 00:25:00.819
 just sit

00:25:00.819 --> 00:25:01.180
 here

00:25:01.180 --> 00:25:03.380
 grace exists

00:25:03.380 --> 00:25:03.920
 to flow

00:25:03.920 --> 00:25:04.640
 through you

00:25:04.640 --> 00:25:06.259
 the people

00:25:06.259 --> 00:25:06.759
 around you

00:25:06.759 --> 00:25:07.440
 that need

00:25:07.440 --> 00:25:08.140
 that grace

00:25:08.140 --> 00:25:08.480
 too

00:25:08.480 --> 00:25:11.880
 will you

00:25:11.880 --> 00:25:12.380
 start looking

00:25:12.380 --> 00:25:12.940
 with God's

00:25:12.940 --> 00:25:13.240
 eyes

00:25:13.240 --> 00:25:15.839
 and see

00:25:15.839 --> 00:25:16.240
 the people

00:25:16.240 --> 00:25:16.640
 who need

00:25:16.640 --> 00:25:16.960
 to know

00:25:16.960 --> 00:25:17.280
 what you

00:25:17.280 --> 00:25:17.500
 know

00:25:17.500 --> 00:25:19.300
 let's

00:25:19.300 --> 00:25:19.540
 pray

00:25:19.540 --> 00:25:26.160
 father

00:25:26.160 --> 00:25:26.480
 god

00:25:26.480 --> 00:25:26.740
 we want

00:25:26.740 --> 00:25:27.100
 to thank

00:25:27.100 --> 00:25:27.620
 and praise

00:25:27.620 --> 00:25:28.060
 you that

00:25:28.060 --> 00:25:30.080
 you love

00:25:30.080 --> 00:25:30.620
 us even

00:25:30.620 --> 00:25:30.920
 though we

00:25:30.920 --> 00:25:31.400
 don't deserve

00:25:31.400 --> 00:25:31.640
 it

00:25:31.640 --> 00:25:33.440
 we want

00:25:33.440 --> 00:25:33.800
 to thank

00:25:33.800 --> 00:25:34.060
 you that

00:25:34.060 --> 00:25:34.320
 in the

00:25:34.320 --> 00:25:34.840
 story of

00:25:34.840 --> 00:25:35.140
 Jonah

00:25:35.140 --> 00:25:35.520
 we are

00:25:35.520 --> 00:25:36.000
 reminded

00:25:36.000 --> 00:25:36.440
 that

00:25:36.440 --> 00:25:37.660
 you alone

00:25:37.660 --> 00:25:39.320
 have the

00:25:39.320 --> 00:25:39.840
 power to

00:25:39.840 --> 00:25:40.560
 forgive those

00:25:40.560 --> 00:25:40.780
 who are

00:25:40.780 --> 00:25:41.259
 unworthy

00:25:41.259 --> 00:25:42.920
 that you

00:25:42.920 --> 00:25:43.520
 alone have

00:25:43.520 --> 00:25:44.000
 the love

00:25:44.000 --> 00:25:44.700
 and compassion

00:25:44.700 --> 00:25:45.259
 to forgive

00:25:45.259 --> 00:25:45.759
 people who

00:25:45.759 --> 00:25:46.540
 are disobedient

00:25:46.539 --> 00:25:47.339
 and rebellious

00:25:47.339 --> 00:25:48.700
 that you

00:25:48.700 --> 00:25:49.259
 alone have

00:25:49.259 --> 00:25:49.839
 the patience

00:25:49.839 --> 00:25:50.379
 to bear

00:25:50.379 --> 00:25:52.039
 with consistently

00:25:52.039 --> 00:25:52.759
 disobedient

00:25:52.759 --> 00:25:53.420
 servants like

00:25:53.420 --> 00:25:53.980
 Jonah and

00:25:53.980 --> 00:25:54.639
 like us

00:25:54.639 --> 00:25:57.399
 father please

00:25:57.399 --> 00:25:58.240
 forgive us for

00:25:58.240 --> 00:25:58.899
 looking on other

00:25:58.899 --> 00:25:59.879
 people as less

00:25:59.879 --> 00:26:00.859
 deserving or less

00:26:00.859 --> 00:26:01.579
 worthy of your

00:26:01.579 --> 00:26:01.980
 grace

00:26:01.980 --> 00:26:04.759
 instead open our

00:26:04.759 --> 00:26:05.839
 eyes to see you

00:26:05.839 --> 00:26:06.279
 clearly

00:26:06.279 --> 00:26:07.759
 to see your

00:26:07.759 --> 00:26:08.220
 love

00:26:08.220 --> 00:26:09.299
 to see our

00:26:09.299 --> 00:26:09.899
 own sin

00:26:09.899 --> 00:26:11.059
 and to be

00:26:11.059 --> 00:26:12.099
 reminded constantly

00:26:12.099 --> 00:26:12.879
 that your love

00:26:12.880 --> 00:26:13.760
 holds us

00:26:13.760 --> 00:26:16.320
 that your love

00:26:16.320 --> 00:26:17.040
 humbles us

00:26:17.040 --> 00:26:17.540
 so that we

00:26:17.540 --> 00:26:17.940
 may be

00:26:17.940 --> 00:26:18.400
 exalted

00:26:18.400 --> 00:26:18.920
 with you

00:26:18.920 --> 00:26:19.280
 for all

00:26:19.280 --> 00:26:19.760
 eternity

00:26:19.760 --> 00:26:21.880
 father give

00:26:21.880 --> 00:26:22.340
 us eyes

00:26:22.340 --> 00:26:23.200
 to see those

00:26:23.200 --> 00:26:23.480
 that you

00:26:23.480 --> 00:26:24.440
 bring into

00:26:24.440 --> 00:26:25.040
 our lives

00:26:25.040 --> 00:26:25.500
 and across

00:26:25.500 --> 00:26:26.060
 our path

00:26:26.060 --> 00:26:26.460
 who don't

00:26:26.460 --> 00:26:26.820
 yet know

00:26:26.820 --> 00:26:27.240
 the hope

00:26:27.240 --> 00:26:27.540
 that we

00:26:27.540 --> 00:26:27.920
 have

00:26:27.920 --> 00:26:29.500
 give us

00:26:29.500 --> 00:26:30.020
 boldness

00:26:30.020 --> 00:26:30.460
 to speak

00:26:30.460 --> 00:26:30.860
 to them

00:26:30.860 --> 00:26:31.960
 give us

00:26:31.960 --> 00:26:32.300
 hearts

00:26:32.300 --> 00:26:32.900
 that love

00:26:32.900 --> 00:26:33.140
 them

00:26:33.140 --> 00:26:33.580
 even if

00:26:33.580 --> 00:26:33.960
 they are

00:26:33.960 --> 00:26:34.160
 our

00:26:34.160 --> 00:26:34.520
 enemies

00:26:34.520 --> 00:26:35.000
 even if

00:26:35.000 --> 00:26:35.420
 they hurt

00:26:35.420 --> 00:26:35.840
 us

00:26:35.840 --> 00:26:38.580
 help us

00:26:38.580 --> 00:26:39.120
 to trust

00:26:39.120 --> 00:26:39.400
 in the

00:26:39.400 --> 00:26:39.880
 power of

00:26:39.880 --> 00:26:40.300
 your grace

00:26:40.299 --> 00:26:41.119
 to transform

00:26:41.119 --> 00:26:41.599
 even the

00:26:41.599 --> 00:26:41.980
 darkest

00:26:41.980 --> 00:26:42.440
 heart

00:26:42.440 --> 00:26:45.879
 god

00:26:45.879 --> 00:26:46.319
 please

00:26:46.319 --> 00:26:47.019
 let your

00:26:47.019 --> 00:26:47.379
 grace

00:26:47.379 --> 00:26:48.019
 overflow

00:26:48.019 --> 00:26:48.779
 in us

00:26:48.779 --> 00:26:50.659
 keep us

00:26:50.659 --> 00:26:51.119
 from just

00:26:51.119 --> 00:26:51.659
 holding on

00:26:51.659 --> 00:26:51.879
 to it

00:26:51.879 --> 00:26:52.460
 ourselves

00:26:52.460 --> 00:26:54.359
 may we

00:26:54.359 --> 00:26:54.680
 be a

00:26:54.680 --> 00:26:55.019
 fountain

00:26:55.019 --> 00:26:55.659
 that just

00:26:55.659 --> 00:26:56.399
 waters

00:26:56.399 --> 00:26:57.019
 the earth

00:26:57.019 --> 00:26:57.319
 that you

00:26:57.319 --> 00:26:57.460
 have

00:26:57.460 --> 00:26:57.759
 placed

00:26:57.759 --> 00:26:57.980
 us

00:26:57.980 --> 00:26:58.220
 on

00:26:58.220 --> 00:27:00.059
 that

00:27:00.059 --> 00:27:00.539
 brings

00:27:00.539 --> 00:27:00.859
 your

00:27:00.859 --> 00:27:01.279
 love

00:27:01.279 --> 00:27:01.599
 and your

00:27:01.599 --> 00:27:01.960
 hope

00:27:01.960 --> 00:27:02.240
 and your

00:27:02.240 --> 00:27:02.659
 forgiveness

00:27:02.659 --> 00:27:03.259
 to people

00:27:03.259 --> 00:27:03.579
 who are

00:27:03.579 --> 00:27:04.079
 desperately

00:27:04.079 --> 00:27:04.700
 searching

00:27:04.700 --> 00:27:05.720
 for

00:27:05.720 --> 00:27:06.139
 meaning

00:27:06.139 --> 00:27:07.980
 and

00:27:07.980 --> 00:27:08.539
 identity

00:27:08.539 --> 00:27:12.819
 god

00:27:12.819 --> 00:27:13.180
 give us

00:27:13.180 --> 00:27:13.619
 your eyes

00:27:13.619 --> 00:27:14.119
 to see

00:27:14.119 --> 00:27:15.700
 amen