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 Good morning, Christchurch.

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 My name is Suzy Shin and I'm part of the Monthly Oakland Family Community Group.

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 Today's scripture is from the book of Exodus chapter 20 verses 1 to 6 and chapter 32 verses 1 to 9 as printed in your liturgy.

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 A reading from the book of Exodus.

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 And God spoke all these words.

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 I am the Lord your God who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.

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 You shall have no other gods before me.

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 You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below.

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 You shall not bow down to them or worship them.

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 For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me,

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 but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments.

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 When the people saw that Moses was so long in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said,

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 Come, make us gods who will go before us.

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 As for this fellow Moses who brought us up out of Egypt, we don't know what has happened to him.

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 Aaron answered them,

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 Take off the gold earrings that your wives, your sons, and your daughters are wearing and bring them to me.

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 So all the people took off their earrings and brought them to Aaron.

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 He took what they handed him and made it into an idol, cast in the shape of a calf, fashioning it with a tool.

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 Then they said,

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 These are your gods, Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt.

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 When Aaron saw this, he built an altar in front of the calf and announced,

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 Tomorrow there will be a festival to the Lord.

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 So the next day the people rose early and sacrificed burnt offerings and presented fellowship offerings.

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 Afterward, they sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry.

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 Then the Lord said to Moses,

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 Go down, because your people whom you brought up out of Egypt have become corrupt.

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 They have been quick to turn away from what I commanded them and have made themselves an idol, cast in the shape of a calf.

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 They have bowed down to it and sacrificed to it and have said,

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 These are your gods, Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt.

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 I have seen these people, the Lord said to Moses, and they are a stiff-necked people.

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 The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever.

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 Good morning. Thank you, Susie.

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 Let's go to the Lord in prayer.

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 Father, we ask that your spirit would fill this place,

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 that you'd fill me as I preach your word,

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 that you'd fill us as we hear and receive your word,

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 and that in the preaching of your word, in the reception of your word,

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 that you'd show yourself to us,

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 that we'd behold you for who you are,

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 the immortal, invisible, God-only wise,

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 that we would turn our eyes upon Jesus

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 and behold him in all of his glory.

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 We'd make that happen here in our hearts today, we pray.

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 In Jesus' name, amen.

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 All right, so we're continuing our series in the Ten Commandments.

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 If I could just show you something really briefly

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 to help you remember the Ten Commandments, it's been helpful for me.

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 So last week, Jonathan, he went over commandment number one, okay?

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 You shall have no other gods before me.

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 Today is the second commandment.

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 You shall have no graven images,

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 and you should not bow down to them, all right?

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 First commandment, second commandment.

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 More to come later, all right?

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 But today is the second commandment, all right?

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 And at the same time, though,

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 I'm pretty sure that very few of you woke up this morning

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 feeling immensely guilty about breaking this second commandment, right?

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 Like, oh, shoot, I did it again.

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 I just did it yesterday.

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 I crafted an idol out of wood, and I bowed down to it.

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 I fell for it again.

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 I feel so guilty.

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 Did anyone confess that this morning

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 in our kind of silent time of confession of sin?

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 No one, right?

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 As modern Western educated people,

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 while sure we might struggle with some of the other Ten Commandments,

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 thou shalt not covet, honor your father and your mother,

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 this commandment, thou shalt not make graven images

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 and bow down to them, it's probably not one of them, right?

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 Why would any of us be tempted to do such a thing?

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 Maybe we should just skip the second commandment in this series

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 because out of all of them, we got this one down, right?

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 We got it down, easy peasy, no graven images, no problem.

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 But what if the essence and the heart of the second commandment,

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 what if God's intention in giving it to us

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 wasn't simply for his people to not make little figurines

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 as objects of worship?

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 Let me ask you this.

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 Have you ever struggled to answer the question,

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 whether for yourself or for your children

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 or for your skeptical friend,

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 why can't we just see God?

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 Why can't he just let us see him so we can know he's real?

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 Or maybe more importantly,

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 so we can know that he's here with us,

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 present with us.

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 Maybe you're like my children who are always asking me,

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 Daddy, why can't we see God?

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 And likely what's underneath this question

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 is the more understandable question of

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 how can we be sure that the invisible God

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 is with us and for us?

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 How can we be sure that the invisible God

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 is with us and for us?

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 I mean, certainly if you're further along

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 the agnostic or atheist spectrum,

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 this is almost certainly a thought, right,

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 that you've entertained and taken to heart.

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 Maybe it's one of your biggest stated obstacles

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 and reasons for not believing in God.

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 But you know what's interesting

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 is that even for those of us who do believe in God,

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 that atheist exists,

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 it actually feels quite plausible still

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 to many of us who do believe in God.

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 Because seasons when God seems silent,

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 hidden, and absent are real, right?

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 Whether you call yourself a Christian or not,

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 God's invisibility,

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 his apparent absence,

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 it's an uncomfortable and inconvenient feature

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 of the Christian faith.

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 But you know, it wasn't always this way.

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 It wasn't always this way,

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 at least not according to the telling of the Christian,

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 the telling of history according

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 to the Christian scriptures.

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 At the very beginning of the story of the scriptures,

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 in the lived experience of Adam and Eve,

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 you know, even for them,

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 before the fall,

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 it wasn't like God was continuously,

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 visibly present with them.

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 Actually, he came and went.

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 It's time for our walk, guys.

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 Good walk.

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 See you tomorrow, right?

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 And what's so interesting about this to me

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 is that this means

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 that even before the fall,

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 before humankind found ourselves at odds

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 with our maker and sustainer

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 because we went our own way instead of his,

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 what's so interesting is that before the fall,

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 there was actually a time

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 when God could be out of our sight,

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 and yet we could still somehow feel safe

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 and secure and within his loving presence

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 with no anxiety

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 and certainly no need to go and manufacture

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 his presence among us.

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 So what happened?

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 What happened?

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 How did we go from not needing God's continual,

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 visible, tangible presence to feel safe and secure

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 to feeling so anxious in God's apparent absence

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 that we've felt the need to manufacture

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 his presence and power for ourselves?

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 Well, according to the Bible,

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 the answer's simple.

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 We stopped trusting him.

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 That's the key sin in the fall at Genesis chapter three.

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 We stopped believing that this God we couldn't see,

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 seemingly absent when the serpent entered the garden,

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 we stopped believing that God was with us and for us.

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 And so we reached out to secure for ourselves

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 what we no longer trusted God to supply for us.

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 And once that relationship broke,

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 so did everything else in all of creation,

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 thorns and thistles,

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 sweat and suffering,

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 death and despair.

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 We've become estranged from God,

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 from one another,

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 and even from the rest of God's good creation.

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 So that now,

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 ever since then,

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 we've lived in a world

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 constantly giving us reasons

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 to be anxious and afraid

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 and uncomfortable

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 and insecure

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 in the apparent absence of God.

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 And ever since,

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 in our brokenness and insecurity,

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 we,

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 fallen human beings,

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 have time and time again

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 devoted ourselves

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 to closing the gap,

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 to addressing God's absence

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 by producing his presence.

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 Let me say that again.

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 The plight of fallen and fearful human beings

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 is to address God's felt absence

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 by producing his fabricated presence.

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 And see that,

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 that is the self-destructive impulse

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 that the second commandment is given

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 to protect God's people against.

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 And yet that is also

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 what God's people have been prone to do

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 again and again,

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 even when freshly delivered from Egypt,

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 after seeing all the plagues,

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 the Passover,

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 the crossing of the Red Sea,

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 sweet manna falling down from heaven

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 in our fallenness and insecurity,

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 we become so prone

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 to addressing God's absence

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 by producing his presence.

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 So what happened here

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 in Exodus 32 at Mount Sinai

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 when they make this golden calf?

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 Because seriously,

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 let's give them some respect,

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 all right?

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 This isn't a story

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 about how some foolish,

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 forgetful,

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 primitive,

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 ancient people

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 out of nowhere decided,

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 hey,

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 I want to worship a golden cow today.

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 That's not what the story's about.

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 No,

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 we have to understand

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 exactly what's going on.

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 God has just met his people

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 at Mount Sinai

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 with a terrifying,

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 you know,

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 in a terrifying fire

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 and with thunder

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 and lightning,

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 right?

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 His presence is so intense

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 for them

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 that they beg Moses

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 to go and converse with God

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 on their behalf.

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 So Moses goes up the mountain

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 and the last thing

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 that they see up to this point

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 is their fearless leader,

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 their prophet,

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 their representative,

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 their mediator,

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 right?

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 Go before God.

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 They watch him

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 enter into the thick darkness

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 where God is,

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 not knowing when he'll return,

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 and then 40 days

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 and 40 nights go by.

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 That's six weeks.

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 And there they are,

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 Moses-less,

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 like sitting ducks

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 in the wilderness,

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 no direction

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 other than to wait.

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 So what do they do?

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 Like most of us,

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 their patience runs out

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 and their anxieties kick in

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 and they begin to doubt

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 and wonder,

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 where is Moses?

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 Who will lead us?

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 And is God

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 still with us

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 and for us?

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 You see,

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 to understand

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 the second commandment rightly,

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 to understand

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 this golden calf episode rightly,

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 we need to understand

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 that before the calf

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 was an idol,

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 it was actually

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 a pining for God's presence,

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 a search for security,

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 an attempt to cure their fear.

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 Through the golden calf,

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 these vulnerable,

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 anxious people

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 were looking to address

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 the uncomfortable

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 absence of God,

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 looking for something

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 to hold

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 and carry along with them,

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 something to look at

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 and say,

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 okay, we're not alone,

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 God is with us.

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 Just like all the other

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 surrounding nations

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 in the ancient world

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 of the Egyptians

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 and all of Mesopotamia,

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 what Israel did

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 would have seemed

00:11:33.759 --> 00:11:35.460
 completely normal.

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 Every other nation

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 around them routinely

00:11:38.179 --> 00:11:39.159
 carved out

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 visible,

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 tangible images

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 of their God

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 to locate

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 and to access

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 their God's presence

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 and power.

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 This was religious common sense

00:11:48.399 --> 00:11:49.139
 in their world.

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 Of course,

00:11:49.980 --> 00:11:50.720
 your God has an image.

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 How else can you guarantee

00:11:51.600 --> 00:11:52.080
 and know

00:11:52.080 --> 00:11:53.039
 that He's with you

00:11:53.039 --> 00:11:53.939
 and for you?

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 So really,

00:11:55.579 --> 00:11:56.159
 the second commandment

00:11:56.159 --> 00:11:57.059
 was quite strange

00:11:57.059 --> 00:11:57.699
 and foreign,

00:11:58.179 --> 00:11:59.779
 very counterintuitive

00:11:59.779 --> 00:12:01.059
 to these Hebrews

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 at Sinai.

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 In a world

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 where everyone else

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 could point to an object

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 and say,

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 there,

00:12:05.459 --> 00:12:06.439
 there's our God,

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 Israel's God

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 says to them,

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 you shall not

00:12:09.379 --> 00:12:10.699
 make an image

00:12:10.699 --> 00:12:11.240
 of me.

00:12:12.279 --> 00:12:12.759
 Now,

00:12:13.500 --> 00:12:13.939
 why not?

00:12:14.579 --> 00:12:15.059
 Why not?

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 Well,

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 because making an image

00:12:17.199 --> 00:12:17.500
 of God

00:12:17.500 --> 00:12:18.360
 doesn't simply make

00:12:18.360 --> 00:12:19.559
 God visible,

00:12:20.319 --> 00:12:21.319
 it also tries

00:12:21.319 --> 00:12:22.000
 to make God

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 manageable.

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 That's the sin

00:12:24.539 --> 00:12:25.279
 of the second commandment.

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 The moment that you

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 make God something

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 you can hold,

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 you've also just made Him

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 into something

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 you can carry

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 and when you make Him

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 something that's

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 carryable,

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 you've also made Him

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 deployable,

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 an object

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 at your disposal.

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 And thus,

00:12:41.219 --> 00:12:41.980
 you've made God

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 less than God.

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 See,

00:12:43.199 --> 00:12:44.000
 the second commandment

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 is not some other,

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 you know,

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 or more specific way

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 of reiterating

00:12:47.240 --> 00:12:48.199
 the first commandment

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 to have no other gods

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 than the true God.

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 No,

00:12:50.120 --> 00:12:50.459
 it's just,

00:12:50.719 --> 00:12:51.579
 it's not just

00:12:51.580 --> 00:12:52.560
 a prohibition

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 against making images

00:12:54.360 --> 00:12:55.759
 of other false gods

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 like the pagan nations.

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 It's also,

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 and probably more importantly,

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 a prohibition

00:13:00.540 --> 00:13:01.639
 against relating

00:13:01.639 --> 00:13:03.120
 to the one true God

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 falsely.

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 it's a prohibition

00:13:06.259 --> 00:13:07.500
 against objectifying,

00:13:07.939 --> 00:13:08.960
 commoditizing

00:13:08.960 --> 00:13:11.139
 the one true God.

00:13:11.199 --> 00:13:11.480
 Because see,

00:13:11.539 --> 00:13:12.659
 to make a graven image

00:13:12.659 --> 00:13:14.559
 even of the one true God

00:13:14.559 --> 00:13:15.360
 is to misunderstand

00:13:15.360 --> 00:13:17.159
 at least two major things

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 about Him.

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 First is to misunderstand

00:13:18.759 --> 00:13:20.600
 the majesty of God.

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 Because like,

00:13:21.879 --> 00:13:22.620
 how could anything

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 made by human hands

00:13:23.919 --> 00:13:25.799
 adequately represent

00:13:25.799 --> 00:13:26.740
 the whole essence

00:13:26.740 --> 00:13:27.460
 of the one

00:13:27.460 --> 00:13:28.980
 who made the heavens

00:13:28.980 --> 00:13:29.600
 and the earth

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 by His divine hand?

00:13:31.860 --> 00:13:32.079
 You know,

00:13:32.080 --> 00:13:33.000
 the prophet Isaiah

00:13:33.000 --> 00:13:34.200
 in Isaiah chapter 44,

00:13:34.320 --> 00:13:35.139
 he mocks the people

00:13:35.139 --> 00:13:35.560
 of Israel

00:13:35.560 --> 00:13:36.139
 for falling

00:13:36.139 --> 00:13:38.900
 for this absolute absurdity.

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 It's really quite funny.

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 He has them consider

00:13:41.960 --> 00:13:43.000
 the supply chain,

00:13:43.220 --> 00:13:43.540
 all right?

00:13:43.600 --> 00:13:43.900
 He says,

00:13:43.980 --> 00:13:44.180
 guys,

00:13:44.280 --> 00:13:44.820
 hold up.

00:13:45.440 --> 00:13:46.220
 Think about it.

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 A man sweats

00:13:47.780 --> 00:13:49.020
 and toils

00:13:49.020 --> 00:13:50.480
 and cuts down a tree

00:13:50.480 --> 00:13:51.580
 that he did not plant

00:13:51.580 --> 00:13:53.160
 and that he did not make grow.

00:13:53.940 --> 00:13:55.220
 He takes some of that wood

00:13:55.220 --> 00:13:57.000
 and forces that dead piece of wood

00:13:57.000 --> 00:13:58.100
 to serve him

00:13:58.100 --> 00:13:59.400
 and to die for him.

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 And he uses that

00:14:00.340 --> 00:14:01.080
 to warm himself

00:14:01.080 --> 00:14:02.560
 and to cook his dinner.

00:14:03.420 --> 00:14:04.460
 And then with the rest

00:14:04.460 --> 00:14:05.399
 of that same wood,

00:14:05.460 --> 00:14:06.340
 the same kind of wood,

00:14:06.420 --> 00:14:07.740
 he fashions for himself

00:14:07.740 --> 00:14:08.440
 a God

00:14:08.440 --> 00:14:10.399
 and he bows down to it

00:14:10.399 --> 00:14:11.660
 and he cries to it,

00:14:11.759 --> 00:14:12.320
 save me,

00:14:12.560 --> 00:14:13.700
 you are my God,

00:14:14.320 --> 00:14:15.180
 oh piece of wood.

00:14:16.080 --> 00:14:16.840
 It's ridiculous.

00:14:17.960 --> 00:14:19.519
 The God had to be grown,

00:14:19.780 --> 00:14:20.040
 chopped,

00:14:20.360 --> 00:14:20.639
 measured,

00:14:21.080 --> 00:14:21.360
 shaped,

00:14:21.600 --> 00:14:22.759
 and then carried around

00:14:22.759 --> 00:14:23.680
 by the man

00:14:23.680 --> 00:14:24.500
 now asking it

00:14:24.500 --> 00:14:25.400
 to save him.

00:14:26.540 --> 00:14:27.800
 But isn't a God

00:14:27.800 --> 00:14:28.500
 you can carve out

00:14:28.500 --> 00:14:29.200
 too small

00:14:29.200 --> 00:14:30.060
 to be your God?

00:14:30.340 --> 00:14:31.180
 Isn't a God

00:14:31.180 --> 00:14:32.280
 that you have to lug around

00:14:32.280 --> 00:14:33.060
 more of a burden

00:14:33.060 --> 00:14:34.399
 than a blessing?

00:14:35.600 --> 00:14:37.019
 And even if you're not

00:14:37.019 --> 00:14:38.080
 seeing this figurine

00:14:38.080 --> 00:14:38.680
 as God

00:14:38.680 --> 00:14:40.000
 but as a sacred

00:14:40.000 --> 00:14:41.420
 representative image

00:14:41.420 --> 00:14:41.800
 of him,

00:14:42.200 --> 00:14:43.160
 how could a piece

00:14:43.160 --> 00:14:43.580
 of wood

00:14:43.580 --> 00:14:44.399
 or even of gold

00:14:44.399 --> 00:14:45.180
 or silver

00:14:45.180 --> 00:14:46.500
 lift our eyes up

00:14:46.500 --> 00:14:47.500
 to behold

00:14:47.500 --> 00:14:48.080
 the fullness

00:14:48.080 --> 00:14:49.180
 and the majesty

00:14:49.180 --> 00:14:49.820
 and the glory

00:14:49.820 --> 00:14:50.540
 of the creator

00:14:50.540 --> 00:14:51.600
 and sustainer

00:14:51.600 --> 00:14:52.399
 of the universe?

00:14:52.399 --> 00:14:54.480
 any and every

00:14:54.480 --> 00:14:55.259
 graven image

00:14:55.259 --> 00:14:55.620
 of God

00:14:55.620 --> 00:14:56.139
 will always

00:14:56.139 --> 00:14:56.840
 fall short

00:14:56.840 --> 00:14:57.799
 and it will

00:14:57.799 --> 00:14:58.539
 conceal

00:14:58.539 --> 00:14:59.720
 far more

00:14:59.720 --> 00:15:00.559
 than reveal

00:15:00.559 --> 00:15:01.579
 the essence

00:15:01.579 --> 00:15:02.480
 of who God is.

00:15:03.299 --> 00:15:04.220
 And it's not just

00:15:04.220 --> 00:15:04.879
 that an image

00:15:04.879 --> 00:15:05.299
 makes God

00:15:05.299 --> 00:15:06.159
 smaller than he is

00:15:06.159 --> 00:15:06.600
 but it also

00:15:06.600 --> 00:15:07.059
 makes God

00:15:07.059 --> 00:15:08.240
 more manageable

00:15:08.240 --> 00:15:09.299
 than he is.

00:15:09.399 --> 00:15:10.340
 It misunderstands

00:15:10.340 --> 00:15:11.340
 not just his majesty

00:15:11.340 --> 00:15:13.459
 but it misunderstands

00:15:13.459 --> 00:15:14.299
 the freedom

00:15:14.299 --> 00:15:14.860
 of God.

00:15:16.159 --> 00:15:17.079
 And if you could

00:15:17.080 --> 00:15:18.879
 manufacture

00:15:18.879 --> 00:15:19.639
 some kind

00:15:19.639 --> 00:15:20.200
 of magical

00:15:20.200 --> 00:15:21.060
 genie lamp

00:15:21.060 --> 00:15:21.900
 to house him in

00:15:21.900 --> 00:15:22.280
 take him

00:15:22.280 --> 00:15:23.240
 wherever you want

00:15:23.240 --> 00:15:23.980
 and if you just

00:15:23.980 --> 00:15:24.840
 rub that lamp

00:15:24.840 --> 00:15:25.560
 the right way

00:15:25.560 --> 00:15:26.220
 you'll have

00:15:26.220 --> 00:15:26.820
 all your wishes

00:15:26.820 --> 00:15:27.460
 granted.

00:15:27.620 --> 00:15:28.080
 No, God

00:15:28.080 --> 00:15:29.440
 cannot be chained

00:15:29.440 --> 00:15:30.120
 and contained.

00:15:30.360 --> 00:15:31.259
 Heaven is his throne.

00:15:31.759 --> 00:15:32.180
 The earth

00:15:32.180 --> 00:15:33.100
 is his footstool.

00:15:33.200 --> 00:15:33.740
 What house

00:15:33.740 --> 00:15:34.580
 could contain him

00:15:34.580 --> 00:15:35.280
 even when

00:15:35.280 --> 00:15:36.220
 the highest heavens

00:15:36.220 --> 00:15:36.820
 cannot?

00:15:38.300 --> 00:15:38.700
 You know,

00:15:38.740 --> 00:15:39.259
 there's this other

00:15:39.259 --> 00:15:40.200
 episode later on

00:15:40.200 --> 00:15:40.740
 in the history

00:15:40.740 --> 00:15:41.840
 of Israel

00:15:41.840 --> 00:15:42.500
 where they have

00:15:42.500 --> 00:15:43.220
 this thing called

00:15:43.220 --> 00:15:43.980
 the Ark

00:15:43.980 --> 00:15:44.879
 of the Covenant

00:15:44.879 --> 00:15:46.320
 which is definitely

00:15:46.320 --> 00:15:47.080
 not God

00:15:47.080 --> 00:15:47.860
 nor a graven

00:15:47.860 --> 00:15:48.840
 image of God

00:15:48.840 --> 00:15:49.900
 but it is a sign

00:15:49.900 --> 00:15:50.860
 and symbol

00:15:50.860 --> 00:15:51.620
 that God

00:15:51.620 --> 00:15:52.379
 instituted

00:15:52.379 --> 00:15:52.980
 and had them

00:15:52.980 --> 00:15:53.580
 build and place

00:15:53.580 --> 00:15:54.120
 at the center

00:15:54.120 --> 00:15:55.220
 of their tabernacle

00:15:55.220 --> 00:15:56.200
 to represent

00:15:56.200 --> 00:15:57.060
 his presence

00:15:57.060 --> 00:15:57.920
 amongst them.

00:15:58.320 --> 00:15:59.040
 It's the place

00:15:59.040 --> 00:16:00.040
 where God said

00:16:00.040 --> 00:16:00.680
 that's where I'm

00:16:00.680 --> 00:16:01.300
 going to freely

00:16:01.300 --> 00:16:02.320
 voluntarily

00:16:02.320 --> 00:16:03.660
 and graciously

00:16:03.660 --> 00:16:04.620
 meet you

00:16:04.620 --> 00:16:05.580
 and it was called

00:16:05.580 --> 00:16:06.480
 the mercy seat.

00:16:07.540 --> 00:16:08.460
 But there's this place

00:16:08.460 --> 00:16:10.300
 in 1 Samuel

00:16:10.300 --> 00:16:11.060
 chapter 4

00:16:11.060 --> 00:16:12.080
 before Israel

00:16:12.080 --> 00:16:12.900
 has a king

00:16:12.900 --> 00:16:13.640
 there's a story

00:16:13.640 --> 00:16:14.360
 where they're about

00:16:14.360 --> 00:16:15.380
 to return to battle

00:16:15.379 --> 00:16:16.500
 against the pagan

00:16:16.500 --> 00:16:17.179
 Philistines

00:16:17.179 --> 00:16:18.120
 after having just

00:16:18.120 --> 00:16:19.299
 lost one of the

00:16:19.299 --> 00:16:19.519
 battles

00:16:19.519 --> 00:16:20.039
 they just lost

00:16:20.039 --> 00:16:20.939
 4,000 men

00:16:20.939 --> 00:16:22.559
 so they are desperate

00:16:22.559 --> 00:16:24.039
 and they are afraid

00:16:24.039 --> 00:16:25.100
 it feels like God

00:16:25.100 --> 00:16:26.379
 is not with them

00:16:26.379 --> 00:16:27.820
 and the truth is

00:16:27.820 --> 00:16:28.799
 God is withdrawn

00:16:28.799 --> 00:16:29.419
 in this moment

00:16:29.419 --> 00:16:30.399
 God is distant

00:16:30.399 --> 00:16:31.019
 because he's

00:16:31.019 --> 00:16:31.840
 disciplining them

00:16:31.840 --> 00:16:33.500
 he's disciplining them

00:16:33.500 --> 00:16:34.179
 because they've been

00:16:34.179 --> 00:16:34.919
 neglecting him

00:16:34.919 --> 00:16:36.000
 and doing what was right

00:16:36.000 --> 00:16:37.399
 in their own eyes

00:16:37.399 --> 00:16:39.019
 rather than

00:16:39.019 --> 00:16:40.419
 in his

00:16:40.419 --> 00:16:42.860
 so facing imminent

00:16:42.860 --> 00:16:43.440
 defeat

00:16:43.440 --> 00:16:44.340
 and being unsure

00:16:44.340 --> 00:16:45.180
 if they could make

00:16:45.180 --> 00:16:45.620
 a comeback

00:16:45.620 --> 00:16:46.660
 against the

00:16:46.660 --> 00:16:48.160
 Philistines

00:16:48.160 --> 00:16:49.080
 I almost said

00:16:49.080 --> 00:16:49.660
 the Philippines

00:16:49.660 --> 00:16:52.200
 unsure if they

00:16:52.200 --> 00:16:52.820
 could make a comeback

00:16:52.820 --> 00:16:54.020
 against the Philistines

00:16:54.020 --> 00:16:55.100
 being unsure

00:16:55.100 --> 00:16:55.860
 if God was still

00:16:55.860 --> 00:16:56.440
 with them

00:16:56.440 --> 00:16:57.600
 and for them

00:16:57.600 --> 00:16:59.360
 they try one

00:16:59.360 --> 00:17:00.140
 last technique

00:17:00.140 --> 00:17:01.800
 they try

00:17:01.800 --> 00:17:03.080
 to weaponize

00:17:03.080 --> 00:17:03.780
 God

00:17:03.780 --> 00:17:05.160
 they say to

00:17:05.160 --> 00:17:05.580
 themselves

00:17:05.580 --> 00:17:06.700
 go get the ark

00:17:06.700 --> 00:17:07.720
 and in their minds

00:17:07.720 --> 00:17:08.220
 they're bringing

00:17:08.220 --> 00:17:09.180
 the presence of God

00:17:09.180 --> 00:17:10.259
 onto the battlefield

00:17:10.259 --> 00:17:11.019
 with them

00:17:11.019 --> 00:17:11.920
 because they reason

00:17:11.920 --> 00:17:12.839
 surely

00:17:12.839 --> 00:17:13.960
 God would not

00:17:13.960 --> 00:17:14.779
 let them be defeated

00:17:14.779 --> 00:17:15.900
 God would not

00:17:15.900 --> 00:17:16.440
 let their ark

00:17:16.440 --> 00:17:17.039
 get captured

00:17:17.039 --> 00:17:17.379
 right

00:17:17.379 --> 00:17:19.079
 and initially

00:17:19.079 --> 00:17:20.000
 this increases

00:17:20.000 --> 00:17:20.660
 their morale

00:17:20.660 --> 00:17:21.500
 gets them excited

00:17:21.500 --> 00:17:22.339
 they let out

00:17:22.339 --> 00:17:23.339
 a great shout

00:17:23.339 --> 00:17:24.200
 as the ark

00:17:24.200 --> 00:17:25.240
 comes into their

00:17:25.240 --> 00:17:25.660
 camp

00:17:25.660 --> 00:17:27.139
 and the Philistines

00:17:27.139 --> 00:17:27.460
 here

00:17:27.460 --> 00:17:28.859
 they begin to

00:17:28.859 --> 00:17:29.299
 tremble

00:17:29.299 --> 00:17:30.379
 when they hear

00:17:30.379 --> 00:17:30.980
 about what is

00:17:30.980 --> 00:17:31.379
 happening

00:17:31.379 --> 00:17:32.299
 as if a weapon

00:17:32.299 --> 00:17:33.139
 of mass destruction

00:17:33.139 --> 00:17:33.839
 has been brought

00:17:33.839 --> 00:17:35.200
 in against them

00:17:35.200 --> 00:17:37.379
 but the thing is

00:17:37.379 --> 00:17:38.639
 though Israel

00:17:38.639 --> 00:17:39.259
 could make

00:17:39.259 --> 00:17:39.940
 the ark

00:17:39.940 --> 00:17:40.779
 stand among them

00:17:40.779 --> 00:17:41.180
 they couldn't

00:17:41.180 --> 00:17:41.819
 make Yahweh

00:17:41.819 --> 00:17:43.339
 and so God

00:17:43.339 --> 00:17:44.000
 let them get

00:17:44.000 --> 00:17:44.420
 defeated

00:17:44.420 --> 00:17:45.139
 he even let

00:17:45.139 --> 00:17:45.819
 the Philistines

00:17:45.819 --> 00:17:47.099
 capture the ark

00:17:47.099 --> 00:17:48.940
 but lest

00:17:48.940 --> 00:17:49.819
 the Philistines

00:17:49.819 --> 00:17:50.359
 think that

00:17:50.359 --> 00:17:51.279
 they'd defeated

00:17:51.279 --> 00:17:52.000
 captured

00:17:52.000 --> 00:17:52.660
 and harnessed

00:17:52.660 --> 00:17:53.139
 the power

00:17:53.139 --> 00:17:53.779
 of Yahweh

00:17:53.779 --> 00:17:54.660
 God was about

00:17:54.660 --> 00:17:55.119
 to show

00:17:55.119 --> 00:17:56.599
 that no one

00:17:56.599 --> 00:17:57.339
 can control

00:17:57.339 --> 00:17:58.220
 or harness

00:17:58.220 --> 00:17:59.000
 his presence

00:17:59.000 --> 00:17:59.759
 and power

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 when the ark

00:18:00.940 --> 00:18:01.579
 was placed

00:18:01.579 --> 00:18:02.079
 in the temple

00:18:02.079 --> 00:18:02.899
 of the Philistines

00:18:02.899 --> 00:18:03.779
 national god

00:18:03.779 --> 00:18:04.339
 Dagon

00:18:04.339 --> 00:18:05.680
 what did they

00:18:05.680 --> 00:18:06.460
 find the next day

00:18:06.460 --> 00:18:08.639
 this graven image

00:18:08.639 --> 00:18:09.220
 of Dagon

00:18:09.220 --> 00:18:10.120
 is flat

00:18:10.120 --> 00:18:10.920
 on its face

00:18:10.920 --> 00:18:12.380
 and so

00:18:12.380 --> 00:18:12.839
 the priests

00:18:12.839 --> 00:18:13.220
 are like

00:18:13.220 --> 00:18:13.559
 okay

00:18:13.559 --> 00:18:14.059
 they strain

00:18:14.059 --> 00:18:14.420
 themselves

00:18:14.420 --> 00:18:15.039
 to lift up

00:18:15.039 --> 00:18:15.819
 that big image

00:18:15.819 --> 00:18:16.339
 they lift it

00:18:16.339 --> 00:18:16.559
 back up

00:18:16.559 --> 00:18:16.960
 here you go

00:18:16.960 --> 00:18:17.220
 Dagon

00:18:17.220 --> 00:18:17.779
 let's get you

00:18:17.779 --> 00:18:18.220
 back up

00:18:18.220 --> 00:18:18.620
 maybe it was

00:18:18.620 --> 00:18:18.940
 a win

00:18:18.940 --> 00:18:19.460
 maybe it was

00:18:19.460 --> 00:18:19.980
 a fluke

00:18:19.980 --> 00:18:21.400
 until they come

00:18:21.400 --> 00:18:21.920
 back the next

00:18:21.920 --> 00:18:22.240
 day

00:18:22.240 --> 00:18:23.360
 and Dagon

00:18:23.360 --> 00:18:24.120
 is face down

00:18:24.120 --> 00:18:24.360
 again

00:18:24.360 --> 00:18:25.059
 only this time

00:18:25.059 --> 00:18:25.440
 his head

00:18:25.440 --> 00:18:25.839
 is broken

00:18:25.839 --> 00:18:26.160
 off

00:18:26.160 --> 00:18:26.819
 and his arms

00:18:26.819 --> 00:18:27.259
 are broken

00:18:27.259 --> 00:18:27.740
 off

00:18:27.740 --> 00:18:28.799
 and then after

00:18:28.799 --> 00:18:29.559
 that we find

00:18:29.559 --> 00:18:30.600
 that the presence

00:18:30.600 --> 00:18:31.120
 of the ark

00:18:31.120 --> 00:18:31.600
 of the covenant

00:18:31.600 --> 00:18:32.600
 in the Philistine

00:18:32.600 --> 00:18:33.640
 land leads to

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 tumors

00:18:34.359 --> 00:18:35.219
 and plagues

00:18:35.219 --> 00:18:36.299
 across the land

00:18:36.299 --> 00:18:36.959
 such that

00:18:36.959 --> 00:18:38.000
 they send

00:18:38.000 --> 00:18:38.500
 the ark

00:18:38.500 --> 00:18:38.959
 back

00:18:38.959 --> 00:18:39.919
 we don't want

00:18:39.919 --> 00:18:40.399
 this thing

00:18:40.399 --> 00:18:41.139
 amongst us

00:18:41.139 --> 00:18:41.599
 this god

00:18:41.599 --> 00:18:42.439
 is too powerful

00:18:42.439 --> 00:18:44.459
 all this to show

00:18:44.459 --> 00:18:45.679
 that god cannot

00:18:45.679 --> 00:18:46.339
 and will not

00:18:46.339 --> 00:18:46.919
 be used

00:18:46.919 --> 00:18:47.619
 and deployed

00:18:47.619 --> 00:18:48.379
 like a dog

00:18:48.379 --> 00:18:49.119
 on a leash

00:18:49.119 --> 00:18:50.059
 or like a genie

00:18:50.059 --> 00:18:50.919
 in a lamp

00:18:50.919 --> 00:18:52.219
 not by Israel

00:18:52.219 --> 00:18:53.899
 not by the Philistines

00:18:53.899 --> 00:18:54.740
 not by anyone

00:18:54.740 --> 00:18:56.000
 this was the

00:18:56.000 --> 00:18:56.619
 thundering

00:18:56.619 --> 00:18:57.519
 blazing

00:18:57.519 --> 00:18:58.279
 god

00:18:58.279 --> 00:18:59.179
 at Mount Sinai

00:18:59.179 --> 00:19:00.339
 the uncontainable

00:19:00.339 --> 00:19:01.279
 pillar of cloud

00:19:01.279 --> 00:19:02.039
 and fire

00:19:02.039 --> 00:19:02.579
 who cannot

00:19:02.579 --> 00:19:03.399
 and will not

00:19:03.399 --> 00:19:05.079
 be domesticated

00:19:05.079 --> 00:19:06.059
 or handled

00:19:06.059 --> 00:19:06.859
 or tamed

00:19:06.859 --> 00:19:07.980
 or controlled

00:19:07.980 --> 00:19:09.939
 and so for this

00:19:09.939 --> 00:19:10.460
 reason

00:19:10.460 --> 00:19:11.740
 god

00:19:11.740 --> 00:19:12.720
 is not to be

00:19:12.720 --> 00:19:13.259
 imaged

00:19:13.259 --> 00:19:14.000
 and crafted

00:19:14.000 --> 00:19:15.199
 by human hands

00:19:15.199 --> 00:19:16.000
 for us to use

00:19:16.000 --> 00:19:16.339
 him

00:19:16.339 --> 00:19:17.379
 according to

00:19:17.379 --> 00:19:18.279
 our own wills

00:19:18.279 --> 00:19:18.779
 no it is

00:19:18.779 --> 00:19:19.980
 we humans

00:19:19.980 --> 00:19:21.099
 who were meant

00:19:21.099 --> 00:19:21.740
 to be used

00:19:21.740 --> 00:19:22.259
 by god

00:19:22.259 --> 00:19:22.919
 according to

00:19:22.919 --> 00:19:23.379
 his will

00:19:23.379 --> 00:19:23.879
 why

00:19:23.879 --> 00:19:26.079
 because he's

00:19:26.079 --> 00:19:26.439
 the one

00:19:26.439 --> 00:19:27.179
 who made us

00:19:27.179 --> 00:19:28.220
 in his image

00:19:28.220 --> 00:19:29.539
 the second

00:19:29.539 --> 00:19:30.099
 commandment

00:19:30.099 --> 00:19:30.599
 is a reminder

00:19:30.599 --> 00:19:30.919
 to us

00:19:30.919 --> 00:19:31.419
 that god

00:19:31.419 --> 00:19:32.079
 makes us

00:19:32.079 --> 00:19:32.980
 in his image

00:19:32.980 --> 00:19:33.460
 and not

00:19:33.460 --> 00:19:33.759
 the other

00:19:33.759 --> 00:19:34.339
 way around

00:19:34.339 --> 00:19:35.859
 this isn't

00:19:35.859 --> 00:19:36.519
 some random

00:19:36.519 --> 00:19:37.720
 ancient commandment

00:19:37.720 --> 00:19:38.339
 only relevant

00:19:38.339 --> 00:19:39.159
 for primitive

00:19:39.159 --> 00:19:39.759
 people who

00:19:39.759 --> 00:19:40.220
 bow down

00:19:40.220 --> 00:19:40.720
 to blocks

00:19:40.720 --> 00:19:41.139
 of wood

00:19:41.139 --> 00:19:41.679
 it's a reminder

00:19:41.679 --> 00:19:42.339
 of who god

00:19:42.339 --> 00:19:42.779
 is

00:19:42.779 --> 00:19:44.079
 and of who

00:19:44.079 --> 00:19:44.639
 we are

00:19:44.639 --> 00:19:45.500
 before him

00:19:45.500 --> 00:19:47.199
 it's a warning

00:19:47.199 --> 00:19:47.839
 against flipping

00:19:47.839 --> 00:19:48.679
 that upside down

00:19:48.679 --> 00:19:49.639
 dehumanizing

00:19:49.639 --> 00:19:50.220
 ourselves

00:19:50.220 --> 00:19:51.199
 de-godding

00:19:51.199 --> 00:19:51.980
 god

00:19:51.980 --> 00:19:53.159
 and dishonoring

00:19:53.159 --> 00:19:54.419
 all of god's

00:19:54.419 --> 00:19:55.359
 good reality

00:19:55.359 --> 00:19:57.240
 idolatry

00:19:57.240 --> 00:19:57.939
 us

00:19:57.939 --> 00:19:58.759
 making god

00:19:58.759 --> 00:19:59.359
 in our own

00:19:59.359 --> 00:19:59.740
 image

00:19:59.740 --> 00:20:00.819
 is the exact

00:20:00.819 --> 00:20:01.240
 opposite

00:20:01.240 --> 00:20:02.059
 of what god

00:20:02.059 --> 00:20:02.519
 did when he

00:20:02.519 --> 00:20:03.099
 made us

00:20:03.099 --> 00:20:04.140
 in his image

00:20:04.140 --> 00:20:05.759
 whether we

00:20:05.759 --> 00:20:06.620
 make actual

00:20:06.620 --> 00:20:07.079
 physical

00:20:07.079 --> 00:20:07.960
 graven images

00:20:07.960 --> 00:20:08.579
 of wood

00:20:08.579 --> 00:20:09.200
 gold

00:20:09.200 --> 00:20:10.000
 or stone

00:20:10.000 --> 00:20:10.380
 or whether

00:20:10.380 --> 00:20:10.920
 we entertain

00:20:10.920 --> 00:20:11.359
 thoughts

00:20:11.359 --> 00:20:11.759
 like

00:20:11.759 --> 00:20:12.799
 you know

00:20:12.799 --> 00:20:13.359
 i like to

00:20:13.359 --> 00:20:13.980
 think of god

00:20:13.980 --> 00:20:15.019
 as fill in

00:20:15.019 --> 00:20:15.420
 the blank

00:20:15.420 --> 00:20:16.799
 i like to

00:20:16.799 --> 00:20:17.299
 think you know

00:20:17.299 --> 00:20:18.000
 i prefer baby

00:20:18.000 --> 00:20:18.539
 jesus in a

00:20:18.539 --> 00:20:18.799
 manger

00:20:18.799 --> 00:20:19.400
 right

00:20:19.400 --> 00:20:20.279
 i prefer

00:20:20.279 --> 00:20:20.660
 precious

00:20:20.660 --> 00:20:21.019
 moments

00:20:21.019 --> 00:20:21.500
 jesus

00:20:21.500 --> 00:20:22.339
 i prefer

00:20:22.339 --> 00:20:22.859
 you know

00:20:22.859 --> 00:20:23.420
 two thumbs

00:20:23.420 --> 00:20:23.740
 up

00:20:23.740 --> 00:20:24.380
 winking

00:20:24.380 --> 00:20:25.039
 charming

00:20:25.039 --> 00:20:25.640
 jesus

00:20:25.640 --> 00:20:26.120
 right

00:20:26.119 --> 00:20:27.239
 or i like

00:20:27.239 --> 00:20:27.619
 to think

00:20:27.619 --> 00:20:28.219
 of god

00:20:28.219 --> 00:20:28.579
 as more

00:20:28.579 --> 00:20:29.059
 republican

00:20:29.059 --> 00:20:29.779
 than democrat

00:20:29.779 --> 00:20:30.559
 or as more

00:20:30.559 --> 00:20:31.259
 democrat than

00:20:31.259 --> 00:20:31.699
 republican

00:20:31.699 --> 00:20:32.699
 as more

00:20:32.699 --> 00:20:33.539
 forgiving than

00:20:33.539 --> 00:20:33.919
 just

00:20:33.919 --> 00:20:34.619
 or as more

00:20:34.619 --> 00:20:35.539
 righteous than

00:20:35.539 --> 00:20:35.979
 merciful

00:20:35.979 --> 00:20:37.839
 at the heart

00:20:37.839 --> 00:20:38.179
 of it

00:20:38.179 --> 00:20:39.279
 whether

00:20:39.279 --> 00:20:40.579
 thousands of

00:20:40.579 --> 00:20:41.139
 years ago

00:20:41.139 --> 00:20:41.939
 or today

00:20:41.939 --> 00:20:42.819
 the agenda

00:20:42.819 --> 00:20:44.000
 has remained

00:20:44.000 --> 00:20:44.579
 the same

00:20:44.579 --> 00:20:46.159
 god made

00:20:46.159 --> 00:20:47.059
 us in

00:20:47.059 --> 00:20:47.919
 his image

00:20:47.919 --> 00:20:49.079
 but we keep

00:20:49.079 --> 00:20:49.819
 trying to remake

00:20:49.819 --> 00:20:50.899
 god in

00:20:50.899 --> 00:20:51.279
 ours

00:20:51.279 --> 00:20:52.539
 we all

00:20:52.539 --> 00:20:53.679
 prefer a god

00:20:53.679 --> 00:20:54.319
 who shares

00:20:54.319 --> 00:20:55.119
 our priorities

00:20:55.119 --> 00:20:55.779
 our projects

00:20:55.779 --> 00:20:56.339
 our plans

00:20:56.339 --> 00:20:57.139
 our politics

00:20:57.139 --> 00:20:58.479
 and in those

00:20:58.479 --> 00:20:59.139
 places where he

00:20:59.139 --> 00:20:59.739
 doesn't agree

00:20:59.739 --> 00:21:00.319
 with us

00:21:00.319 --> 00:21:01.259
 we don't just

00:21:01.259 --> 00:21:01.679
 want a

00:21:01.679 --> 00:21:02.619
 carryable god

00:21:02.619 --> 00:21:04.139
 but we also

00:21:04.139 --> 00:21:04.579
 want a

00:21:04.579 --> 00:21:05.199
 put awayable

00:21:05.199 --> 00:21:05.579
 god

00:21:05.579 --> 00:21:06.119
 too

00:21:06.119 --> 00:21:07.399
 right

00:21:07.399 --> 00:21:08.599
 again we

00:21:08.599 --> 00:21:08.979
 want to

00:21:08.979 --> 00:21:09.739
 we want a

00:21:09.739 --> 00:21:10.619
 manageable god

00:21:10.619 --> 00:21:11.659
 whom we can

00:21:11.659 --> 00:21:12.559
 summon when we

00:21:12.559 --> 00:21:12.959
 need him

00:21:12.959 --> 00:21:14.239
 and silence

00:21:14.239 --> 00:21:15.039
 when he becomes

00:21:15.039 --> 00:21:16.019
 inconvenient

00:21:16.019 --> 00:21:18.079
 maybe that's

00:21:18.079 --> 00:21:18.979
 why you

00:21:18.979 --> 00:21:19.519
 when you

00:21:19.519 --> 00:21:20.339
 are about to

00:21:20.339 --> 00:21:20.679
 go on that

00:21:20.679 --> 00:21:21.119
 date planning

00:21:21.119 --> 00:21:21.659
 to hook up

00:21:21.659 --> 00:21:22.279
 you take off

00:21:22.279 --> 00:21:22.679
 your cross

00:21:22.679 --> 00:21:23.119
 necklace

00:21:23.119 --> 00:21:23.979
 when you

00:21:23.979 --> 00:21:24.339
 invite your

00:21:24.339 --> 00:21:24.959
 boyfriend over

00:21:24.960 --> 00:21:25.500
 a stay of the

00:21:25.500 --> 00:21:26.079
 night at your

00:21:26.079 --> 00:21:26.500
 apartment

00:21:26.500 --> 00:21:27.420
 take off that

00:21:27.420 --> 00:21:27.960
 cross necklace

00:21:27.960 --> 00:21:28.600
 put it away

00:21:28.600 --> 00:21:30.120
 maybe that's why

00:21:30.120 --> 00:21:30.980
 when you're about

00:21:30.980 --> 00:21:31.700
 to fire up your

00:21:31.700 --> 00:21:32.539
 laptop to view

00:21:32.539 --> 00:21:32.940
 porn

00:21:32.940 --> 00:21:34.000
 you take the

00:21:34.000 --> 00:21:34.680
 bible off your

00:21:34.680 --> 00:21:35.220
 nightstand

00:21:35.220 --> 00:21:35.620
 off your

00:21:35.620 --> 00:21:36.180
 desk before

00:21:36.180 --> 00:21:36.720
 you do it

00:21:36.720 --> 00:21:37.900
 i'll just put

00:21:37.900 --> 00:21:38.640
 god to the

00:21:38.640 --> 00:21:39.420
 side for now

00:21:39.420 --> 00:21:39.940
 right

00:21:39.940 --> 00:21:41.180
 i'll put god

00:21:41.180 --> 00:21:41.600
 to the side

00:21:41.600 --> 00:21:42.039
 for now

00:21:42.039 --> 00:21:42.740
 at work

00:21:42.740 --> 00:21:43.079
 in this

00:21:43.079 --> 00:21:43.579
 relationship

00:21:43.579 --> 00:21:44.420
 or that

00:21:44.420 --> 00:21:45.100
 because what

00:21:45.100 --> 00:21:45.680
 i know god

00:21:45.680 --> 00:21:46.400
 has to say

00:21:46.400 --> 00:21:47.299
 about how i

00:21:47.299 --> 00:21:47.559
 should be

00:21:47.559 --> 00:21:47.960
 living my

00:21:47.960 --> 00:21:48.279
 life

00:21:48.279 --> 00:21:48.880
 is too

00:21:48.880 --> 00:21:49.400
 inconvenient

00:21:49.400 --> 00:21:50.240
 it's too

00:21:50.240 --> 00:21:50.600
 troublesome

00:21:50.600 --> 00:21:51.240
 so let me

00:21:51.240 --> 00:21:51.640
 put him to

00:21:51.640 --> 00:21:52.079
 the side

00:21:52.079 --> 00:21:53.160
 we're happy

00:21:53.160 --> 00:21:53.600
 to pray

00:21:53.600 --> 00:21:54.400
 god please

00:21:54.400 --> 00:21:54.780
 help me

00:21:54.780 --> 00:21:55.120
 with this

00:21:55.120 --> 00:21:55.600
 diagnosis

00:21:55.600 --> 00:21:56.200
 with this

00:21:56.200 --> 00:21:57.000
 job interview

00:21:57.000 --> 00:21:57.500
 with this

00:21:57.500 --> 00:21:57.900
 relational

00:21:57.900 --> 00:21:58.360
 conflict

00:21:58.360 --> 00:21:59.040
 but you

00:21:59.040 --> 00:21:59.540
 know that

00:21:59.540 --> 00:21:59.960
 relationship

00:21:59.960 --> 00:22:00.740
 you can stay

00:22:00.740 --> 00:22:01.080
 out of that

00:22:01.080 --> 00:22:01.340
 one

00:22:01.340 --> 00:22:02.200
 that career

00:22:02.200 --> 00:22:02.620
 decision

00:22:02.620 --> 00:22:03.519
 put your

00:22:03.519 --> 00:22:03.840
 side for

00:22:03.840 --> 00:22:04.259
 that one

00:22:04.259 --> 00:22:05.100
 how i spend

00:22:05.100 --> 00:22:05.540
 my money

00:22:05.540 --> 00:22:05.980
 what i do

00:22:05.980 --> 00:22:06.300
 with my

00:22:06.300 --> 00:22:06.680
 body

00:22:06.680 --> 00:22:08.160
 we'd all

00:22:08.160 --> 00:22:08.780
 rather have a

00:22:08.780 --> 00:22:09.540
 god who agrees

00:22:09.540 --> 00:22:10.100
 with us

00:22:10.100 --> 00:22:10.880
 and affirms

00:22:10.880 --> 00:22:11.300
 our every

00:22:11.300 --> 00:22:11.680
 desire

00:22:11.680 --> 00:22:12.440
 we'd all like

00:22:12.440 --> 00:22:12.940
 a god

00:22:12.940 --> 00:22:13.660
 we can both

00:22:13.660 --> 00:22:14.000
 summon

00:22:14.000 --> 00:22:15.019
 and silence

00:22:15.019 --> 00:22:15.640
 but the thing

00:22:15.640 --> 00:22:16.560
 is that's not

00:22:16.560 --> 00:22:17.060
 who god

00:22:17.060 --> 00:22:17.500
 is

00:22:17.500 --> 00:22:19.279
 and if

00:22:19.279 --> 00:22:19.599
 our

00:22:19.599 --> 00:22:20.259
 agreeable

00:22:20.259 --> 00:22:20.599
 gods

00:22:20.599 --> 00:22:20.880
 never

00:22:20.880 --> 00:22:21.299
 actually

00:22:21.299 --> 00:22:21.700
 stand

00:22:21.700 --> 00:22:22.259
 over

00:22:22.259 --> 00:22:22.779
 us

00:22:22.779 --> 00:22:23.339
 never

00:22:23.339 --> 00:22:23.839
 contradict

00:22:23.839 --> 00:22:24.259
 us

00:22:24.259 --> 00:22:24.640
 never

00:22:24.640 --> 00:22:25.140
 correct

00:22:25.140 --> 00:22:25.519
 us

00:22:25.519 --> 00:22:25.880
 never

00:22:25.880 --> 00:22:26.460
 surprise

00:22:26.460 --> 00:22:26.720
 us

00:22:26.720 --> 00:22:26.980
 or tell

00:22:26.980 --> 00:22:27.460
 us no

00:22:27.460 --> 00:22:29.160
 have we

00:22:29.160 --> 00:22:29.980
 not just

00:22:29.980 --> 00:22:30.440
 fashioned

00:22:30.440 --> 00:22:31.059
 gods

00:22:31.059 --> 00:22:31.819
 after our

00:22:31.819 --> 00:22:32.180
 own

00:22:32.180 --> 00:22:32.740
 images

00:22:32.740 --> 00:22:34.480
 and if

00:22:34.480 --> 00:22:34.880
 we've

00:22:34.880 --> 00:22:35.339
 reversed

00:22:35.339 --> 00:22:35.819
 the roles

00:22:35.819 --> 00:22:36.339
 if we've

00:22:36.339 --> 00:22:36.759
 taken the

00:22:36.759 --> 00:22:37.119
 role of

00:22:37.119 --> 00:22:37.799
 image makers

00:22:37.799 --> 00:22:38.960
 and reduced

00:22:38.960 --> 00:22:39.400
 god

00:22:39.400 --> 00:22:40.200
 to image

00:22:40.200 --> 00:22:41.339
 bearer

00:22:41.339 --> 00:22:41.900
 when by

00:22:41.900 --> 00:22:42.160
 our

00:22:42.160 --> 00:22:42.759
 idolatry

00:22:42.759 --> 00:22:43.440
 we decide

00:22:43.440 --> 00:22:43.880
 that we

00:22:43.880 --> 00:22:44.200
 get to

00:22:44.200 --> 00:22:44.480
 define

00:22:44.480 --> 00:22:45.019
 who god

00:22:45.019 --> 00:22:45.240
 is

00:22:45.240 --> 00:22:45.740
 and we

00:22:45.740 --> 00:22:46.220
 recast

00:22:46.220 --> 00:22:46.460
 him

00:22:46.460 --> 00:22:47.019
 after the

00:22:47.019 --> 00:22:47.339
 image of

00:22:47.339 --> 00:22:47.599
 our

00:22:47.599 --> 00:22:48.000
 desires

00:22:48.000 --> 00:22:48.299
 our

00:22:48.299 --> 00:22:48.660
 values

00:22:48.660 --> 00:22:48.980
 our

00:22:48.980 --> 00:22:49.420
 plans

00:22:49.420 --> 00:22:49.839
 our

00:22:49.839 --> 00:22:50.400
 instincts

00:22:50.400 --> 00:22:51.019
 when we

00:22:51.019 --> 00:22:51.339
 place

00:22:51.339 --> 00:22:51.759
 ourselves

00:22:51.759 --> 00:22:52.160
 upon the

00:22:52.160 --> 00:22:52.440
 throne

00:22:52.440 --> 00:22:52.700
 that

00:22:52.700 --> 00:22:53.079
 belongs

00:22:53.079 --> 00:22:53.740
 to god

00:22:53.740 --> 00:22:54.980
 it not

00:22:54.980 --> 00:22:55.200
 only

00:22:55.200 --> 00:22:55.720
 offends

00:22:55.720 --> 00:22:56.500
 and objectifies

00:22:56.500 --> 00:22:56.879
 god

00:22:56.879 --> 00:22:57.160
 but it

00:22:57.160 --> 00:22:57.539
 opens the

00:22:57.539 --> 00:22:57.940
 door to

00:22:57.940 --> 00:22:58.160
 us

00:22:58.160 --> 00:22:58.680
 justifying

00:22:58.680 --> 00:22:59.460
 all kinds

00:22:59.460 --> 00:23:00.259
 of offenses

00:23:00.259 --> 00:23:01.079
 against our

00:23:01.079 --> 00:23:01.420
 neighbors

00:23:01.420 --> 00:23:02.099
 as well

00:23:02.099 --> 00:23:02.480
 you know

00:23:02.480 --> 00:23:02.759
 when we

00:23:02.759 --> 00:23:03.099
 get into

00:23:03.099 --> 00:23:03.619
 the habit

00:23:03.619 --> 00:23:05.039
 of objectifying

00:23:05.039 --> 00:23:05.500
 god

00:23:05.500 --> 00:23:06.720
 it's not

00:23:06.720 --> 00:23:07.379
 long before

00:23:07.379 --> 00:23:07.960
 we will feel

00:23:07.960 --> 00:23:08.420
 comfortable

00:23:08.420 --> 00:23:08.879
 and even

00:23:08.879 --> 00:23:09.619
 justified

00:23:09.619 --> 00:23:11.480
 in objectifying

00:23:11.480 --> 00:23:11.759
 our

00:23:11.759 --> 00:23:12.259
 neighbors

00:23:12.259 --> 00:23:13.660
 relating

00:23:13.660 --> 00:23:14.579
 to others

00:23:14.579 --> 00:23:15.439
 as objects

00:23:15.439 --> 00:23:16.480
 and commodities

00:23:16.480 --> 00:23:17.220
 transactions

00:23:17.220 --> 00:23:17.919
 tools

00:23:17.919 --> 00:23:18.740
 and resources

00:23:18.740 --> 00:23:19.240
 rather than

00:23:19.240 --> 00:23:20.099
 fellow human

00:23:20.099 --> 00:23:20.559
 beings

00:23:20.559 --> 00:23:21.220
 made in the

00:23:21.220 --> 00:23:21.919
 image of

00:23:21.919 --> 00:23:22.279
 god

00:23:22.279 --> 00:23:22.740
 right

00:23:22.740 --> 00:23:23.559
 made not

00:23:23.559 --> 00:23:23.839
 to be

00:23:23.839 --> 00:23:24.460
 utilized

00:23:24.460 --> 00:23:25.899
 but loved

00:23:25.899 --> 00:23:28.000
 if god

00:23:28.000 --> 00:23:28.460
 is just

00:23:28.460 --> 00:23:28.980
 an object

00:23:28.980 --> 00:23:29.740
 to us

00:23:29.740 --> 00:23:30.839
 if we've

00:23:30.839 --> 00:23:31.279
 subtly

00:23:31.279 --> 00:23:31.899
 allowed

00:23:31.899 --> 00:23:32.359
 ourselves

00:23:32.359 --> 00:23:32.839
 to play

00:23:32.839 --> 00:23:33.339
 the role

00:23:33.339 --> 00:23:34.319
 of god

00:23:34.319 --> 00:23:34.859
 the way

00:23:34.859 --> 00:23:35.299
 we'll relate

00:23:35.299 --> 00:23:35.839
 to everyone

00:23:35.839 --> 00:23:36.359
 else

00:23:36.359 --> 00:23:37.279
 is as

00:23:37.279 --> 00:23:37.939
 their judge

00:23:37.939 --> 00:23:38.220
 right

00:23:38.220 --> 00:23:39.139
 every interaction

00:23:39.139 --> 00:23:39.879
 will with

00:23:39.879 --> 00:23:40.159
 you know

00:23:40.159 --> 00:23:40.480
 a fellow

00:23:40.480 --> 00:23:41.119
 human being

00:23:41.119 --> 00:23:41.759
 will be an

00:23:41.759 --> 00:23:42.399
 evaluation

00:23:42.399 --> 00:23:43.639
 of how well

00:23:43.640 --> 00:23:44.100
 this person

00:23:44.100 --> 00:23:44.600
 fits my

00:23:44.600 --> 00:23:44.920
 world

00:23:44.920 --> 00:23:45.700
 my needs

00:23:45.700 --> 00:23:46.460
 my goals

00:23:46.460 --> 00:23:47.420
 my desires

00:23:47.420 --> 00:23:48.720
 we'll turn

00:23:48.720 --> 00:23:49.259
 our beloved

00:23:49.259 --> 00:23:50.000
 wives and

00:23:50.000 --> 00:23:50.700
 husbands into

00:23:50.700 --> 00:23:51.340
 mere partners

00:23:51.340 --> 00:23:52.080
 and utilities

00:23:52.080 --> 00:23:53.040
 our children

00:23:53.040 --> 00:23:53.940
 into trophies

00:23:53.940 --> 00:23:54.360
 our church

00:23:54.360 --> 00:23:55.020
 family into

00:23:55.020 --> 00:23:55.460
 a social

00:23:55.460 --> 00:23:56.000
 network

00:23:56.000 --> 00:23:57.380
 walking a

00:23:57.380 --> 00:23:57.900
 busy street

00:23:57.900 --> 00:23:58.220
 we'll see

00:23:58.220 --> 00:23:58.640
 the humans

00:23:58.640 --> 00:23:59.320
 around us

00:23:59.320 --> 00:24:00.360
 as inconvenient

00:24:00.360 --> 00:24:00.940
 bodies

00:24:00.940 --> 00:24:01.520
 obstacles

00:24:01.520 --> 00:24:02.600
 to navigate

00:24:02.600 --> 00:24:03.040
 around

00:24:03.040 --> 00:24:03.300
 we'll see

00:24:03.300 --> 00:24:03.740
 the homeless

00:24:03.740 --> 00:24:04.180
 as nothing

00:24:04.180 --> 00:24:04.920
 but uncomfortable

00:24:04.920 --> 00:24:05.800
 threats on

00:24:05.800 --> 00:24:06.300
 the street

00:24:06.300 --> 00:24:07.300
 when we get

00:24:07.300 --> 00:24:07.960
 slowed down

00:24:07.960 --> 00:24:08.440
 and stuck

00:24:08.440 --> 00:24:08.980
 on our

00:24:08.980 --> 00:24:09.500
 commutes

00:24:09.500 --> 00:24:10.520
 we don't

00:24:10.520 --> 00:24:11.040
 realize that

00:24:11.040 --> 00:24:11.420
 we aren't

00:24:11.420 --> 00:24:11.980
 just in

00:24:11.980 --> 00:24:12.480
 traffic

00:24:12.480 --> 00:24:13.400
 we are

00:24:13.400 --> 00:24:14.099
 the traffic

00:24:14.099 --> 00:24:16.680
 the objectification

00:24:16.680 --> 00:24:17.960
 and commodization

00:24:17.960 --> 00:24:18.660
 of god

00:24:18.660 --> 00:24:19.440
 leads to

00:24:19.440 --> 00:24:19.980
 societies

00:24:19.980 --> 00:24:21.099
 that objectify

00:24:21.099 --> 00:24:22.579
 and commoditize

00:24:22.579 --> 00:24:23.019
 the image

00:24:23.019 --> 00:24:23.519
 of god

00:24:23.519 --> 00:24:24.279
 just as

00:24:24.279 --> 00:24:24.680
 easily

00:24:24.680 --> 00:24:26.360
 and this

00:24:26.360 --> 00:24:26.720
 is why

00:24:26.720 --> 00:24:27.299
 we need

00:24:27.299 --> 00:24:27.920
 the second

00:24:27.920 --> 00:24:28.620
 commandment

00:24:28.620 --> 00:24:29.640
 this is why

00:24:29.640 --> 00:24:30.059
 we need

00:24:30.059 --> 00:24:30.559
 to worship

00:24:30.559 --> 00:24:30.980
 the true

00:24:30.980 --> 00:24:31.380
 god

00:24:31.380 --> 00:24:32.180
 rightly

00:24:32.180 --> 00:24:33.579
 because of

00:24:33.579 --> 00:24:34.039
 what false

00:24:34.039 --> 00:24:34.480
 worship

00:24:34.480 --> 00:24:36.000
 does to us

00:24:36.000 --> 00:24:37.539
 in our call

00:24:37.539 --> 00:24:37.900
 to worship

00:24:37.900 --> 00:24:38.420
 this morning

00:24:38.420 --> 00:24:38.960
 we read

00:24:38.960 --> 00:24:39.460
 from psalm

00:24:39.460 --> 00:24:39.920
 115

00:24:39.920 --> 00:24:41.240
 and in psalm

00:24:41.240 --> 00:24:41.720
 115

00:24:41.720 --> 00:24:42.299
 the psalmist

00:24:42.299 --> 00:24:42.940
 mocks

00:24:42.940 --> 00:24:43.900
 and describes

00:24:43.900 --> 00:24:44.839
 all idols

00:24:44.839 --> 00:24:45.660
 as having

00:24:45.660 --> 00:24:46.380
 eyes but no

00:24:46.380 --> 00:24:46.720
 sight

00:24:46.720 --> 00:24:47.660
 ears but no

00:24:47.660 --> 00:24:47.980
 hearing

00:24:47.980 --> 00:24:49.279
 mouths but no

00:24:49.279 --> 00:24:49.660
 speech

00:24:49.660 --> 00:24:50.079
 and then it

00:24:50.079 --> 00:24:50.519
 says something

00:24:50.519 --> 00:24:51.640
 super haunting

00:24:51.640 --> 00:24:53.180
 it says

00:24:53.180 --> 00:24:54.420
 those who make

00:24:54.420 --> 00:24:54.799
 them

00:24:54.799 --> 00:24:56.079
 become like

00:24:56.079 --> 00:24:56.420
 them

00:24:56.420 --> 00:24:57.920
 and so do

00:24:57.920 --> 00:24:58.500
 all those

00:24:58.500 --> 00:24:59.200
 who trust

00:24:59.200 --> 00:24:59.640
 in them

00:24:59.640 --> 00:25:00.220
 those who

00:25:00.220 --> 00:25:00.860
 make them

00:25:00.860 --> 00:25:01.519
 become like

00:25:01.519 --> 00:25:01.640
 them

00:25:01.640 --> 00:25:01.960
 those who

00:25:01.960 --> 00:25:02.440
 make these

00:25:02.440 --> 00:25:03.259
 commoditized

00:25:03.259 --> 00:25:04.279
 impersonal

00:25:04.279 --> 00:25:04.940
 objects

00:25:04.940 --> 00:25:06.200
 they will

00:25:06.200 --> 00:25:06.839
 become like

00:25:06.839 --> 00:25:07.120
 them

00:25:07.120 --> 00:25:08.279
 and the

00:25:08.279 --> 00:25:09.059
 point is

00:25:09.059 --> 00:25:10.179
 what

00:25:10.179 --> 00:25:11.099
 and how

00:25:11.099 --> 00:25:11.819
 we worship

00:25:11.819 --> 00:25:12.299
 will have

00:25:12.299 --> 00:25:12.819
 an effect

00:25:12.819 --> 00:25:13.799
 on how

00:25:13.799 --> 00:25:14.339
 we relate

00:25:14.339 --> 00:25:14.899
 to all

00:25:14.899 --> 00:25:15.259
 the rest

00:25:15.259 --> 00:25:15.819
 of reality

00:25:15.819 --> 00:25:16.220
 and not

00:25:16.220 --> 00:25:16.559
 just to

00:25:16.559 --> 00:25:16.899
 god

00:25:16.899 --> 00:25:18.460
 and so

00:25:18.460 --> 00:25:19.039
 it's no

00:25:19.039 --> 00:25:19.419
 wonder

00:25:19.419 --> 00:25:20.240
 that you

00:25:20.240 --> 00:25:20.339
 know

00:25:20.339 --> 00:25:20.740
 stepford

00:25:20.740 --> 00:25:21.220
 wives

00:25:21.220 --> 00:25:21.919
 ai

00:25:21.919 --> 00:25:22.839
 girlfriends

00:25:22.839 --> 00:25:23.539
 and sex

00:25:23.539 --> 00:25:23.919
 robots

00:25:23.919 --> 00:25:24.440
 are suddenly

00:25:24.440 --> 00:25:25.240
 far more

00:25:25.240 --> 00:25:25.659
 plausible

00:25:25.659 --> 00:25:26.519
 and understandable

00:25:26.519 --> 00:25:27.359
 in our age

00:25:27.359 --> 00:25:27.899
 than ever

00:25:27.899 --> 00:25:28.279
 before

00:25:28.279 --> 00:25:28.500
 right

00:25:28.500 --> 00:25:28.980
 our culture

00:25:28.980 --> 00:25:30.039
 is constantly

00:25:30.039 --> 00:25:30.679
 developing

00:25:30.679 --> 00:25:31.480
 technology

00:25:31.480 --> 00:25:32.519
 after technology

00:25:32.519 --> 00:25:33.039
 not simply

00:25:33.039 --> 00:25:33.599
 to serve

00:25:33.599 --> 00:25:34.099
 endless

00:25:34.099 --> 00:25:35.159
 human progress

00:25:35.159 --> 00:25:37.000
 but to serve

00:25:37.000 --> 00:25:37.699
 bottomless

00:25:37.699 --> 00:25:39.079
 human desire

00:25:39.079 --> 00:25:40.559
 ever

00:25:40.559 --> 00:25:41.519
 smoothing out

00:25:41.519 --> 00:25:41.819
 ever

00:25:41.819 --> 00:25:42.740
 curating

00:25:42.740 --> 00:25:43.500
 customizing

00:25:43.500 --> 00:25:44.379
 our experiences

00:25:44.379 --> 00:25:45.339
 of this world

00:25:45.339 --> 00:25:45.839
 reducing

00:25:45.839 --> 00:25:47.159
 more and more

00:25:47.159 --> 00:25:47.599
 friction

00:25:47.599 --> 00:25:48.399
 all the time

00:25:48.399 --> 00:25:48.839
 giving us

00:25:48.839 --> 00:25:49.559
 more and more

00:25:49.559 --> 00:25:50.419
 of what we

00:25:50.419 --> 00:25:50.839
 desire

00:25:50.839 --> 00:25:52.819
 but don't you

00:25:52.819 --> 00:25:53.079
 see

00:25:53.079 --> 00:25:54.439
 it's all

00:25:54.439 --> 00:25:54.919
 motivated

00:25:54.919 --> 00:25:55.740
 by the same

00:25:55.740 --> 00:25:56.159
 agenda

00:25:56.159 --> 00:25:56.699
 the worship

00:25:56.699 --> 00:25:57.719
 of the self

00:25:57.719 --> 00:25:59.799
 if I insist

00:25:59.799 --> 00:26:00.959
 on a spouse

00:26:00.959 --> 00:26:01.639
 who never

00:26:01.639 --> 00:26:02.559
 disagrees with me

00:26:02.559 --> 00:26:03.639
 never surprises

00:26:03.639 --> 00:26:03.960
 me

00:26:03.960 --> 00:26:04.639
 never has

00:26:04.639 --> 00:26:05.500
 any desires

00:26:05.500 --> 00:26:05.899
 that are

00:26:05.899 --> 00:26:06.539
 independent

00:26:06.539 --> 00:26:07.440
 or contrary

00:26:07.440 --> 00:26:08.559
 to mine

00:26:08.559 --> 00:26:09.639
 I'm not looking

00:26:09.639 --> 00:26:10.379
 for a spouse

00:26:10.379 --> 00:26:11.539
 I'm looking

00:26:11.539 --> 00:26:12.559
 for a projection

00:26:12.559 --> 00:26:14.639
 and isn't that

00:26:14.639 --> 00:26:15.220
 increasingly

00:26:15.220 --> 00:26:16.220
 what technology

00:26:16.220 --> 00:26:16.980
 offers us

00:26:16.980 --> 00:26:17.259
 and listen

00:26:17.259 --> 00:26:17.700
 I'm not

00:26:17.700 --> 00:26:18.419
 anti-tech

00:26:18.419 --> 00:26:19.019
 I seriously

00:26:19.019 --> 00:26:19.679
 love ai

00:26:19.679 --> 00:26:20.039
 Jonathan

00:26:20.039 --> 00:26:20.339
 will probably

00:26:20.339 --> 00:26:20.639
 tell you

00:26:20.639 --> 00:26:21.179
 too much

00:26:21.179 --> 00:26:22.659
 but as

00:26:22.659 --> 00:26:23.839
 with everything

00:26:23.839 --> 00:26:25.359
 we need to

00:26:25.359 --> 00:26:25.919
 pay attention

00:26:25.919 --> 00:26:26.460
 to the ways

00:26:26.460 --> 00:26:27.139
 our tools

00:26:27.139 --> 00:26:28.019
 and techniques

00:26:28.019 --> 00:26:28.619
 are forming

00:26:28.619 --> 00:26:29.179
 and shaping

00:26:29.179 --> 00:26:29.720
 our heads

00:26:29.720 --> 00:26:30.339
 hearts

00:26:30.339 --> 00:26:31.200
 and hands

00:26:31.200 --> 00:26:32.759
 because think

00:26:32.759 --> 00:26:33.180
 about it

00:26:33.180 --> 00:26:34.759
 what does it

00:26:34.759 --> 00:26:35.440
 do to a person

00:26:35.440 --> 00:26:36.400
 to only have

00:26:36.400 --> 00:26:37.500
 frictionless

00:26:37.500 --> 00:26:38.460
 relationships

00:26:38.460 --> 00:26:40.160
 only customizable

00:26:40.160 --> 00:26:41.420
 companionship

00:26:41.420 --> 00:26:42.019
 intimacy

00:26:42.019 --> 00:26:43.460
 without vulnerability

00:26:43.460 --> 00:26:44.319
 and actual

00:26:44.319 --> 00:26:45.660
 like otherness

00:26:45.660 --> 00:26:48.240
 real human

00:26:48.240 --> 00:26:48.880
 relationship

00:26:48.880 --> 00:26:49.660
 that we were

00:26:49.660 --> 00:26:50.620
 created to enjoy

00:26:50.620 --> 00:26:51.319
 and experience

00:26:51.319 --> 00:26:52.019
 it requires

00:26:52.019 --> 00:26:53.500
 real people

00:26:53.500 --> 00:26:54.720
 and personal

00:26:54.720 --> 00:26:55.420
 interaction

00:26:55.420 --> 00:26:56.580
 to borrow

00:26:56.580 --> 00:26:57.039
 from the

00:26:57.039 --> 00:26:57.559
 philosopher

00:26:57.559 --> 00:26:58.460
 Martin Buber

00:26:58.460 --> 00:26:59.900
 he talks

00:26:59.900 --> 00:27:00.180
 about how

00:27:00.180 --> 00:27:00.600
 we must

00:27:00.600 --> 00:27:01.440
 not substitute

00:27:01.440 --> 00:27:02.460
 our

00:27:02.460 --> 00:27:03.720
 I-thou

00:27:03.720 --> 00:27:04.779
 relationships

00:27:04.779 --> 00:27:06.539
 for I-it

00:27:06.539 --> 00:27:07.720
 relationships

00:27:07.720 --> 00:27:09.019
 to preserve

00:27:09.019 --> 00:27:09.799
 the I-thou

00:27:09.799 --> 00:27:10.500
 and not reduce

00:27:10.500 --> 00:27:11.140
 others

00:27:11.140 --> 00:27:11.940
 and God

00:27:11.940 --> 00:27:12.480
 and ourselves

00:27:12.480 --> 00:27:12.920
 to its

00:27:12.920 --> 00:27:13.640
 it requires

00:27:13.640 --> 00:27:15.579
 personal

00:27:15.579 --> 00:27:16.779
 friction

00:27:16.779 --> 00:27:17.539
 it requires

00:27:17.539 --> 00:27:18.180
 uncertainty

00:27:18.180 --> 00:27:18.940
 and risk

00:27:18.940 --> 00:27:19.720
 and surprise

00:27:19.720 --> 00:27:20.460
 and disagreement

00:27:20.460 --> 00:27:21.299
 and sacrifice

00:27:21.299 --> 00:27:22.480
 and inconvenience

00:27:22.480 --> 00:27:23.519
 but that's what it

00:27:23.519 --> 00:27:24.440
 means to be human

00:27:24.440 --> 00:27:25.299
 that's what it

00:27:25.299 --> 00:27:25.779
 means to be in

00:27:25.779 --> 00:27:26.180
 relationship

00:27:26.180 --> 00:27:26.940
 with a real life

00:27:26.940 --> 00:27:27.279
 person

00:27:27.279 --> 00:27:27.740
 rather than

00:27:27.740 --> 00:27:28.299
 a plastic

00:27:28.299 --> 00:27:29.119
 projection

00:27:29.119 --> 00:27:31.420
 and I think

00:27:31.420 --> 00:27:32.139
 this is why

00:27:32.139 --> 00:27:32.480
 you know

00:27:32.480 --> 00:27:32.879
 here in the

00:27:32.879 --> 00:27:33.519
 second commandment

00:27:33.519 --> 00:27:34.579
 you don't have

00:27:34.579 --> 00:27:35.119
 this in all

00:27:35.119 --> 00:27:35.460
 the other

00:27:35.460 --> 00:27:36.579
 in all the

00:27:36.579 --> 00:27:37.039
 ten commandments

00:27:37.039 --> 00:27:37.420
 but here in

00:27:37.420 --> 00:27:37.680
 the second

00:27:37.680 --> 00:27:38.339
 commandment

00:27:38.339 --> 00:27:39.379
 God doesn't

00:27:39.379 --> 00:27:39.980
 just give the

00:27:39.980 --> 00:27:40.299
 command

00:27:40.299 --> 00:27:40.720
 but he gives

00:27:40.720 --> 00:27:41.279
 a reason

00:27:41.279 --> 00:27:42.220
 for the command

00:27:42.220 --> 00:27:42.539
 he gives

00:27:42.539 --> 00:27:43.220
 the basis

00:27:43.220 --> 00:27:44.059
 for the second

00:27:44.059 --> 00:27:44.420
 commandment

00:27:44.420 --> 00:27:44.980
 he says here

00:27:44.980 --> 00:27:45.660
 in chapter 20

00:27:45.660 --> 00:27:46.160
 verse 4

00:27:46.160 --> 00:27:47.180
 you shall not

00:27:47.180 --> 00:27:47.839
 make for yourself

00:27:47.839 --> 00:27:48.279
 an image

00:27:48.279 --> 00:27:48.700
 in the form

00:27:48.700 --> 00:27:49.099
 of anything

00:27:49.099 --> 00:27:49.559
 in heaven

00:27:49.559 --> 00:27:50.119
 above

00:27:50.119 --> 00:27:50.879
 or on the

00:27:50.879 --> 00:27:51.440
 earth beneath

00:27:51.440 --> 00:27:52.019
 or in the

00:27:52.019 --> 00:27:52.720
 waters below

00:27:52.720 --> 00:27:53.700
 you shall not

00:27:53.700 --> 00:27:54.160
 bow down

00:27:54.160 --> 00:27:54.559
 to them

00:27:54.559 --> 00:27:55.139
 or worship

00:27:55.139 --> 00:27:55.500
 them

00:27:55.500 --> 00:27:56.220
 for

00:27:56.220 --> 00:27:58.000
 I

00:27:58.000 --> 00:27:58.640
 the Lord

00:27:58.640 --> 00:27:59.140
 your God

00:27:59.140 --> 00:27:59.759
 am a jealous

00:27:59.759 --> 00:28:00.079
 God

00:28:00.079 --> 00:28:00.460
 did you hear

00:28:00.460 --> 00:28:00.740
 that

00:28:00.740 --> 00:28:02.400
 what's the

00:28:02.400 --> 00:28:02.720
 reason

00:28:02.720 --> 00:28:04.600
 because Yahweh

00:28:04.600 --> 00:28:05.420
 your God

00:28:05.420 --> 00:28:06.120
 is a jealous

00:28:06.120 --> 00:28:06.720
 God

00:28:06.720 --> 00:28:07.400
 the reason why

00:28:07.400 --> 00:28:07.920
 we are not to

00:28:07.920 --> 00:28:08.799
 objectify God

00:28:08.799 --> 00:28:09.200
 into a

00:28:09.200 --> 00:28:09.779
 handheld

00:28:09.779 --> 00:28:10.940
 handmade image

00:28:10.940 --> 00:28:11.900
 is not simply

00:28:11.900 --> 00:28:12.400
 because it

00:28:12.400 --> 00:28:13.259
 dishonors all of

00:28:13.259 --> 00:28:13.600
 who God

00:28:13.600 --> 00:28:13.920
 is

00:28:13.920 --> 00:28:14.759
 nor simply

00:28:14.759 --> 00:28:15.559
 because it

00:28:15.559 --> 00:28:16.460
 objectifies him

00:28:16.460 --> 00:28:16.960
 and leads us

00:28:16.960 --> 00:28:17.559
 to objectify

00:28:17.559 --> 00:28:18.019
 others

00:28:18.019 --> 00:28:19.240
 but because he

00:28:19.240 --> 00:28:20.339
 is a jealous

00:28:20.339 --> 00:28:20.900
 God

00:28:20.900 --> 00:28:21.420
 and this word

00:28:21.420 --> 00:28:21.880
 jealousy

00:28:21.880 --> 00:28:23.060
 this is

00:28:23.060 --> 00:28:23.540
 everything

00:28:23.540 --> 00:28:23.940
 right here

00:28:23.940 --> 00:28:24.320
 because think

00:28:24.320 --> 00:28:24.780
 about it

00:28:24.780 --> 00:28:26.220
 an object

00:28:26.220 --> 00:28:26.960
 doesn't get

00:28:26.960 --> 00:28:27.380
 jealous

00:28:27.380 --> 00:28:28.180
 right

00:28:28.180 --> 00:28:28.980
 and maybe

00:28:28.980 --> 00:28:29.240
 that's what

00:28:29.240 --> 00:28:29.600
 we like

00:28:29.600 --> 00:28:30.240
 about objects

00:28:30.240 --> 00:28:30.780
 your phone

00:28:30.780 --> 00:28:31.500
 doesn't get

00:28:31.500 --> 00:28:31.860
 jealous

00:28:31.860 --> 00:28:32.160
 it doesn't

00:28:32.160 --> 00:28:32.520
 care if

00:28:32.520 --> 00:28:32.700
 you want

00:28:32.700 --> 00:28:33.080
 to upgrade

00:28:33.080 --> 00:28:33.580
 your iPhone

00:28:33.580 --> 00:28:34.200
 to the next

00:28:34.200 --> 00:28:34.460
 one

00:28:34.460 --> 00:28:35.180
 your toaster

00:28:35.180 --> 00:28:35.860
 doesn't get

00:28:35.860 --> 00:28:36.300
 offended

00:28:36.300 --> 00:28:36.900
 or get

00:28:36.900 --> 00:28:37.360
 its feelings

00:28:37.360 --> 00:28:37.780
 hurt when

00:28:37.780 --> 00:28:38.460
 you upgrade

00:28:38.460 --> 00:28:39.000
 to an air

00:28:39.000 --> 00:28:39.400
 fryer

00:28:39.400 --> 00:28:40.880
 a tool

00:28:40.880 --> 00:28:42.360
 doesn't care

00:28:42.360 --> 00:28:42.900
 if you only

00:28:42.900 --> 00:28:43.480
 ever pull it

00:28:43.480 --> 00:28:43.900
 out when you

00:28:43.900 --> 00:28:44.260
 need it for

00:28:44.260 --> 00:28:44.600
 something

00:28:44.600 --> 00:28:45.260
 and then throw

00:28:45.260 --> 00:28:45.660
 it back in

00:28:45.660 --> 00:28:46.080
 the garage

00:28:46.080 --> 00:28:46.480
 for next

00:28:46.480 --> 00:28:46.760
 time

00:28:46.760 --> 00:28:47.760
 whenever that

00:28:47.760 --> 00:28:48.360
 may be

00:28:48.359 --> 00:28:49.740
 but a

00:28:49.740 --> 00:28:50.219
 person

00:28:50.219 --> 00:28:51.879
 a person

00:28:51.879 --> 00:28:52.259
 is not

00:28:52.259 --> 00:28:52.639
 meant to

00:28:52.639 --> 00:28:53.059
 be treated

00:28:53.059 --> 00:28:53.699
 in that

00:28:53.699 --> 00:28:54.000
 way

00:28:54.000 --> 00:28:55.139
 a person

00:28:55.139 --> 00:28:55.659
 can be

00:28:55.659 --> 00:28:55.939
 jealous

00:28:55.939 --> 00:28:56.639
 and even

00:28:56.639 --> 00:28:57.519
 justifiably

00:28:57.519 --> 00:28:57.979
 so

00:28:57.979 --> 00:28:58.859
 a spouse

00:28:58.859 --> 00:28:59.199
 is not

00:28:59.199 --> 00:28:59.559
 meant to

00:28:59.559 --> 00:29:00.019
 be treated

00:29:00.019 --> 00:29:01.000
 interchangeably

00:29:01.000 --> 00:29:02.179
 and transactionally

00:29:02.179 --> 00:29:02.779
 but in

00:29:02.779 --> 00:29:03.199
 loving

00:29:03.199 --> 00:29:04.240
 covenantal

00:29:04.240 --> 00:29:04.919
 communion

00:29:04.919 --> 00:29:06.819
 so when

00:29:06.819 --> 00:29:07.359
 God says

00:29:07.359 --> 00:29:07.819
 he's jealous

00:29:07.819 --> 00:29:08.259
 this is not

00:29:08.259 --> 00:29:08.679
 God saying

00:29:08.679 --> 00:29:09.059
 I'm like

00:29:09.059 --> 00:29:09.679
 that insecure

00:29:09.679 --> 00:29:10.219
 teenager

00:29:10.219 --> 00:29:10.779
 who's

00:29:10.779 --> 00:29:11.159
 jealous

00:29:11.159 --> 00:29:11.699
 of the

00:29:11.699 --> 00:29:11.959
 person

00:29:11.959 --> 00:29:12.479
 taking my

00:29:12.479 --> 00:29:12.740
 crush

00:29:12.740 --> 00:29:13.479
 to prom

00:29:13.479 --> 00:29:14.740
 no when

00:29:14.740 --> 00:29:15.279
 God says

00:29:15.279 --> 00:29:15.659
 you shall

00:29:15.659 --> 00:29:16.599
 not objectify

00:29:16.599 --> 00:29:16.959
 me

00:29:16.959 --> 00:29:17.919
 into an

00:29:17.919 --> 00:29:18.319
 image

00:29:18.319 --> 00:29:19.000
 because

00:29:19.000 --> 00:29:19.599
 I'm a

00:29:19.599 --> 00:29:19.799
 jealous

00:29:19.799 --> 00:29:20.259
 God

00:29:20.259 --> 00:29:21.639
 God's

00:29:21.639 --> 00:29:21.939
 jealousy

00:29:21.939 --> 00:29:22.480
 is actually

00:29:22.480 --> 00:29:23.200
 good news

00:29:23.200 --> 00:29:24.059
 about him

00:29:24.059 --> 00:29:24.679
 and good

00:29:24.679 --> 00:29:24.899
 news

00:29:24.899 --> 00:29:25.339
 for us

00:29:25.339 --> 00:29:25.639
 what he's

00:29:25.639 --> 00:29:26.339
 saying is

00:29:26.339 --> 00:29:27.899
 I have an

00:29:27.899 --> 00:29:28.339
 earnest

00:29:28.339 --> 00:29:29.679
 passionate

00:29:29.679 --> 00:29:30.480
 pursuing

00:29:30.480 --> 00:29:31.579
 and zealously

00:29:31.579 --> 00:29:32.159
 jealous

00:29:32.159 --> 00:29:32.759
 desire

00:29:32.759 --> 00:29:34.099
 for a

00:29:34.099 --> 00:29:34.619
 dynamic

00:29:34.619 --> 00:29:35.639
 and personal

00:29:35.639 --> 00:29:36.299
 relationship

00:29:36.299 --> 00:29:37.159
 with my

00:29:37.159 --> 00:29:37.619
 people

00:29:37.619 --> 00:29:39.019
 and I

00:29:39.019 --> 00:29:39.539
 will settle

00:29:39.539 --> 00:29:40.819
 for nothing

00:29:40.819 --> 00:29:41.599
 less

00:29:41.599 --> 00:29:43.299
 I refuse

00:29:43.299 --> 00:29:44.220
 to have an

00:29:44.220 --> 00:29:45.059
 impersonal

00:29:45.059 --> 00:29:45.819
 technical

00:29:45.819 --> 00:29:46.759
 mechanical

00:29:46.759 --> 00:29:47.700
 transactional

00:29:47.700 --> 00:29:48.539
 relationship

00:29:48.539 --> 00:29:49.220
 with you

00:29:49.220 --> 00:29:49.660
 I will

00:29:49.660 --> 00:29:50.039
 not be

00:29:50.039 --> 00:29:50.640
 your tool

00:29:50.640 --> 00:29:51.660
 your appliance

00:29:51.660 --> 00:29:52.380
 your genie

00:29:52.380 --> 00:29:53.059
 the object

00:29:53.059 --> 00:29:53.500
 you summon

00:29:53.500 --> 00:29:53.840
 when you

00:29:53.840 --> 00:29:54.100
 need

00:29:54.100 --> 00:29:54.640
 and silence

00:29:54.640 --> 00:29:54.980
 when you

00:29:54.980 --> 00:29:55.240
 don't

00:29:55.240 --> 00:29:55.720
 I want

00:29:55.720 --> 00:29:56.120
 more

00:29:56.120 --> 00:29:56.840
 for our

00:29:56.840 --> 00:29:57.559
 relationship

00:29:57.559 --> 00:29:57.960
 than that

00:29:57.960 --> 00:29:58.380
 because you

00:29:58.380 --> 00:29:58.720
 are far

00:29:58.720 --> 00:29:59.160
 more than

00:29:59.160 --> 00:29:59.400
 that

00:29:59.400 --> 00:30:00.140
 to me

00:30:00.140 --> 00:30:01.299
 and I

00:30:01.299 --> 00:30:01.480
 want to

00:30:01.480 --> 00:30:01.819
 be far

00:30:01.819 --> 00:30:02.420
 more than

00:30:02.420 --> 00:30:02.680
 that

00:30:02.680 --> 00:30:03.340
 to you

00:30:03.340 --> 00:30:05.240
 like a

00:30:05.240 --> 00:30:05.580
 husband

00:30:05.580 --> 00:30:06.360
 in persistent

00:30:06.360 --> 00:30:06.920
 passionate

00:30:06.920 --> 00:30:07.380
 pursuit

00:30:07.380 --> 00:30:07.680
 of his

00:30:07.680 --> 00:30:08.059
 wife

00:30:08.059 --> 00:30:08.740
 God

00:30:08.740 --> 00:30:09.539
 refuses

00:30:09.539 --> 00:30:11.259
 to respond

00:30:11.259 --> 00:30:12.120
 indifferently

00:30:12.120 --> 00:30:12.980
 to his

00:30:12.980 --> 00:30:13.380
 people

00:30:13.380 --> 00:30:14.940
 objectifying

00:30:14.940 --> 00:30:15.340
 themselves

00:30:15.340 --> 00:30:15.660
 giving

00:30:15.660 --> 00:30:16.120
 themselves

00:30:16.120 --> 00:30:16.400
 to

00:30:16.400 --> 00:30:16.920
 others

00:30:16.920 --> 00:30:17.500
 going

00:30:17.500 --> 00:30:17.680
 from

00:30:17.680 --> 00:30:18.140
 object

00:30:18.140 --> 00:30:18.440
 to

00:30:18.440 --> 00:30:18.980
 object

00:30:18.980 --> 00:30:20.279
 he's

00:30:20.279 --> 00:30:20.539
 saying

00:30:20.539 --> 00:30:20.840
 you

00:30:20.840 --> 00:30:20.980
 were

00:30:20.980 --> 00:30:21.200
 never

00:30:21.200 --> 00:30:21.480
 made

00:30:21.480 --> 00:30:21.840
 to be

00:30:21.840 --> 00:30:22.120
 just

00:30:22.120 --> 00:30:22.279
 an

00:30:22.279 --> 00:30:23.000
 impersonal

00:30:23.000 --> 00:30:23.420
 object

00:30:23.420 --> 00:30:24.000
 at my

00:30:24.000 --> 00:30:24.400
 disposal

00:30:24.400 --> 00:30:24.820
 so don't

00:30:24.820 --> 00:30:25.259
 treat me

00:30:25.259 --> 00:30:25.799
 as one

00:30:25.799 --> 00:30:26.299
 either

00:30:26.299 --> 00:30:26.860
 I made

00:30:26.860 --> 00:30:27.140
 you

00:30:27.140 --> 00:30:27.779
 to love

00:30:27.779 --> 00:30:28.100
 you

00:30:28.100 --> 00:30:29.000
 and I

00:30:29.000 --> 00:30:29.160
 made

00:30:29.160 --> 00:30:29.440
 you

00:30:29.440 --> 00:30:30.019
 to love

00:30:30.019 --> 00:30:30.400
 me

00:30:30.400 --> 00:30:32.080
 God's

00:30:32.080 --> 00:30:32.580
 jealousy

00:30:32.580 --> 00:30:33.240
 here is

00:30:33.240 --> 00:30:33.680
 not a

00:30:33.680 --> 00:30:34.120
 defect

00:30:34.120 --> 00:30:34.700
 in him

00:30:34.700 --> 00:30:35.259
 but a

00:30:35.259 --> 00:30:35.680
 feature

00:30:35.680 --> 00:30:37.059
 communicating

00:30:37.059 --> 00:30:37.340
 his

00:30:37.340 --> 00:30:37.779
 passionate

00:30:37.779 --> 00:30:38.240
 loving

00:30:38.240 --> 00:30:39.000
 intentions

00:30:39.000 --> 00:30:39.640
 for his

00:30:39.640 --> 00:30:39.980
 people

00:30:39.980 --> 00:30:40.519
 and his

00:30:40.519 --> 00:30:41.100
 insistence

00:30:41.100 --> 00:30:41.640
 upon being

00:30:41.640 --> 00:30:42.200
 an intimate

00:30:42.200 --> 00:30:42.680
 God

00:30:42.680 --> 00:30:43.980
 rather than

00:30:43.980 --> 00:30:44.980
 an impersonal

00:30:44.980 --> 00:30:45.580
 tool

00:30:45.580 --> 00:30:47.500
 because see

00:30:47.500 --> 00:30:47.900
 a golden

00:30:47.900 --> 00:30:48.400
 calf

00:30:48.400 --> 00:30:49.240
 can be

00:30:49.240 --> 00:30:49.680
 used

00:30:49.680 --> 00:30:51.000
 but

00:30:51.000 --> 00:30:51.480
 Yahweh

00:30:51.480 --> 00:30:52.039
 insists

00:30:52.039 --> 00:30:52.700
 on being

00:30:52.700 --> 00:30:53.140
 loved

00:30:53.140 --> 00:30:54.680
 and not

00:30:54.680 --> 00:30:55.039
 simply

00:30:55.039 --> 00:30:55.539
 for what

00:30:55.539 --> 00:30:55.960
 he can

00:30:55.960 --> 00:30:56.299
 do

00:30:56.299 --> 00:30:56.980
 but for

00:30:56.980 --> 00:30:57.140
 who

00:30:57.140 --> 00:30:57.799
 he is

00:30:57.799 --> 00:30:58.840
 the

00:30:58.840 --> 00:30:59.320
 second

00:30:59.320 --> 00:30:59.980
 commandment

00:30:59.980 --> 00:31:00.660
 forbids

00:31:00.660 --> 00:31:01.120
 us from

00:31:01.120 --> 00:31:01.400
 seeking

00:31:01.400 --> 00:31:01.740
 God's

00:31:01.740 --> 00:31:02.080
 power

00:31:02.080 --> 00:31:02.299
 and

00:31:02.299 --> 00:31:02.700
 presence

00:31:02.700 --> 00:31:03.220
 while at

00:31:03.220 --> 00:31:03.340
 the

00:31:03.340 --> 00:31:03.519
 same

00:31:03.519 --> 00:31:03.779
 time

00:31:03.779 --> 00:31:04.259
 ignoring

00:31:04.259 --> 00:31:04.759
 his

00:31:04.759 --> 00:31:05.279
 personal

00:31:05.279 --> 00:31:06.000
 passionate

00:31:06.000 --> 00:31:06.680
 pursuing

00:31:06.680 --> 00:31:07.440
 love

00:31:07.440 --> 00:31:08.820
 and

00:31:08.820 --> 00:31:09.160
 perhaps

00:31:09.160 --> 00:31:09.519
 there's

00:31:09.519 --> 00:31:10.200
 no more

00:31:10.200 --> 00:31:10.539
 honest

00:31:10.539 --> 00:31:10.880
 place

00:31:10.880 --> 00:31:11.080
 to

00:31:11.080 --> 00:31:11.480
 examine

00:31:11.480 --> 00:31:12.299
 whether

00:31:12.299 --> 00:31:12.619
 we

00:31:12.619 --> 00:31:13.139
 actually

00:31:13.139 --> 00:31:13.440
 want

00:31:13.440 --> 00:31:13.819
 God

00:31:13.819 --> 00:31:13.980
 or

00:31:13.980 --> 00:31:14.200
 just

00:31:14.200 --> 00:31:14.379
 what

00:31:14.379 --> 00:31:14.500
 he

00:31:14.500 --> 00:31:14.659
 can

00:31:14.659 --> 00:31:14.819
 do

00:31:14.819 --> 00:31:15.039
 for

00:31:15.039 --> 00:31:15.419
 us

00:31:15.419 --> 00:31:16.299
 than

00:31:16.299 --> 00:31:16.460
 in

00:31:16.460 --> 00:31:16.619
 our

00:31:16.619 --> 00:31:16.839
 prayer

00:31:16.839 --> 00:31:17.319
 lives

00:31:17.319 --> 00:31:18.259
 and

00:31:18.259 --> 00:31:18.539
 listen

00:31:18.539 --> 00:31:19.019
 God

00:31:19.019 --> 00:31:19.359
 wants

00:31:19.359 --> 00:31:19.500
 us

00:31:19.500 --> 00:31:19.639
 to

00:31:19.639 --> 00:31:19.879
 ask

00:31:19.879 --> 00:31:20.039
 him

00:31:20.039 --> 00:31:20.200
 for

00:31:20.200 --> 00:31:20.700
 things

00:31:20.700 --> 00:31:21.200
 he

00:31:21.200 --> 00:31:21.460
 loves

00:31:21.460 --> 00:31:21.759
 that

00:31:21.759 --> 00:31:22.259
 but

00:31:22.259 --> 00:31:22.379
 he

00:31:22.379 --> 00:31:22.639
 wants

00:31:22.639 --> 00:31:22.799
 us

00:31:22.799 --> 00:31:22.919
 to

00:31:22.919 --> 00:31:23.159
 ask

00:31:23.159 --> 00:31:23.359
 him

00:31:23.359 --> 00:31:23.599
 as

00:31:23.599 --> 00:31:24.000
 children

00:31:24.000 --> 00:31:24.480
 to

00:31:24.480 --> 00:31:24.639
 a

00:31:24.639 --> 00:31:24.940
 father

00:31:24.940 --> 00:31:25.339
 and

00:31:25.339 --> 00:31:25.480
 not

00:31:25.480 --> 00:31:25.659
 as

00:31:25.659 --> 00:31:26.039
 children

00:31:26.039 --> 00:31:26.440
 to

00:31:26.440 --> 00:31:26.599
 a

00:31:26.599 --> 00:31:26.919
 gumball

00:31:26.919 --> 00:31:27.379
 machine

00:31:27.379 --> 00:31:28.779
 or

00:31:28.779 --> 00:31:29.299
 imagine

00:31:29.299 --> 00:31:29.559
 if

00:31:29.559 --> 00:31:29.740
 the

00:31:29.740 --> 00:31:29.919
 only

00:31:29.919 --> 00:31:30.119
 time

00:31:30.119 --> 00:31:30.220
 you

00:31:30.220 --> 00:31:30.440
 ever

00:31:30.440 --> 00:31:30.720
 talk

00:31:30.720 --> 00:31:30.839
 to

00:31:30.839 --> 00:31:30.980
 your

00:31:30.980 --> 00:31:31.419
 spouse

00:31:31.419 --> 00:31:32.119
 is

00:31:32.119 --> 00:31:32.240
 when

00:31:32.240 --> 00:31:32.359
 you

00:31:32.359 --> 00:31:32.639
 needed

00:31:32.639 --> 00:31:33.079
 something

00:31:33.079 --> 00:31:33.639
 can

00:31:33.639 --> 00:31:33.740
 you

00:31:33.740 --> 00:31:33.919
 get

00:31:33.919 --> 00:31:34.079
 this

00:31:34.079 --> 00:31:34.220
 can

00:31:34.220 --> 00:31:34.339
 you

00:31:34.339 --> 00:31:34.579
 fix

00:31:34.579 --> 00:31:34.740
 this

00:31:34.740 --> 00:31:34.879
 can

00:31:34.879 --> 00:31:34.980
 you

00:31:34.980 --> 00:31:35.199
 help

00:31:35.199 --> 00:31:35.299
 me

00:31:35.299 --> 00:31:35.480
 with

00:31:35.480 --> 00:31:35.619
 this

00:31:35.619 --> 00:31:35.879
 that's

00:31:35.879 --> 00:31:36.099
 not

00:31:36.099 --> 00:31:37.019
 covenantal

00:31:37.019 --> 00:31:37.500
 marriage

00:31:37.500 --> 00:31:37.859
 that's

00:31:37.859 --> 00:31:38.639
 transactional

00:31:38.639 --> 00:31:39.399
 partnership

00:31:39.399 --> 00:31:40.339
 see

00:31:40.339 --> 00:31:40.699
 when we

00:31:40.699 --> 00:31:41.059
 pray

00:31:41.059 --> 00:31:41.319
 we

00:31:41.319 --> 00:31:42.059
 always

00:31:42.059 --> 00:31:42.279
 need

00:31:42.279 --> 00:31:42.500
 to be

00:31:42.500 --> 00:31:42.779
 asking

00:31:42.779 --> 00:31:43.359
 ourselves

00:31:43.359 --> 00:31:44.259
 is it

00:31:44.259 --> 00:31:44.819
 actually

00:31:44.819 --> 00:31:45.500
 that I

00:31:45.500 --> 00:31:45.779
 desire

00:31:45.779 --> 00:31:46.339
 God's

00:31:46.339 --> 00:31:47.000
 personal

00:31:47.000 --> 00:31:47.699
 presence

00:31:47.699 --> 00:31:48.799
 or

00:31:48.799 --> 00:31:49.119
 just

00:31:49.119 --> 00:31:49.419
 his

00:31:49.419 --> 00:31:49.779
 power

00:31:49.779 --> 00:31:50.379
 do I

00:31:50.379 --> 00:31:50.599
 want

00:31:50.599 --> 00:31:50.799
 the

00:31:50.799 --> 00:31:51.079
 giver

00:31:51.079 --> 00:31:51.679
 or

00:31:51.679 --> 00:31:52.139
 the

00:31:52.139 --> 00:31:52.480
 gifts

00:31:52.480 --> 00:31:53.619
 and

00:31:53.619 --> 00:31:53.779
 do

00:31:53.779 --> 00:31:54.000
 I

00:31:54.000 --> 00:31:54.259
 will

00:31:54.259 --> 00:31:54.459
 I

00:31:54.459 --> 00:31:54.699
 still

00:31:54.699 --> 00:31:55.059
 trust

00:31:55.059 --> 00:31:55.240
 and

00:31:55.240 --> 00:31:55.500
 follow

00:31:55.500 --> 00:31:55.740
 this

00:31:55.740 --> 00:31:56.179
 free

00:31:56.179 --> 00:31:56.939
 personal

00:31:56.939 --> 00:31:57.459
 God

00:31:57.459 --> 00:31:57.879
 when

00:31:57.879 --> 00:31:58.019
 he

00:31:58.019 --> 00:31:58.220
 says

00:31:58.220 --> 00:31:58.559
 no

00:31:58.559 --> 00:31:59.359
 or

00:31:59.359 --> 00:31:59.839
 wait

00:31:59.839 --> 00:32:00.399
 or

00:32:00.399 --> 00:32:00.579
 when

00:32:00.579 --> 00:32:00.720
 he

00:32:00.720 --> 00:32:01.059
 seems

00:32:01.059 --> 00:32:01.879
 silent

00:32:01.879 --> 00:32:03.339
 or

00:32:03.339 --> 00:32:03.599
 are

00:32:03.599 --> 00:32:04.059
 my

00:32:04.059 --> 00:32:04.419
 prayers

00:32:04.419 --> 00:32:04.779
 actually

00:32:04.779 --> 00:32:05.039
 not

00:32:05.039 --> 00:32:05.240
 so

00:32:05.240 --> 00:32:05.679
 different

00:32:05.679 --> 00:32:06.079
 from

00:32:06.079 --> 00:32:06.279
 the

00:32:06.279 --> 00:32:06.699
 pagans

00:32:06.699 --> 00:32:07.059
 begging

00:32:07.059 --> 00:32:07.339
 their

00:32:07.339 --> 00:32:07.779
 graven

00:32:07.779 --> 00:32:08.179
 images

00:32:08.179 --> 00:32:08.419
 to

00:32:08.419 --> 00:32:08.659
 grant

00:32:08.659 --> 00:32:08.859
 their

00:32:08.859 --> 00:32:09.319
 wishes

00:32:09.319 --> 00:32:10.779
 are

00:32:10.779 --> 00:32:11.079
 our

00:32:11.079 --> 00:32:11.480
 prayers

00:32:11.480 --> 00:32:11.759
 more

00:32:11.759 --> 00:32:11.980
 for

00:32:11.980 --> 00:32:12.519
 communion

00:32:12.519 --> 00:32:13.899
 or

00:32:13.899 --> 00:32:14.119
 for

00:32:14.119 --> 00:32:14.779
 control

00:32:14.779 --> 00:32:16.439
 see

00:32:16.439 --> 00:32:16.559
 if

00:32:16.559 --> 00:32:16.699
 they're

00:32:16.699 --> 00:32:16.859
 for

00:32:16.859 --> 00:32:17.379
 control

00:32:17.379 --> 00:32:17.599
 then

00:32:17.599 --> 00:32:18.019
 maybe

00:32:18.019 --> 00:32:18.939
 we're

00:32:18.939 --> 00:32:19.119
 not

00:32:19.119 --> 00:32:19.299
 so

00:32:19.299 --> 00:32:19.579
 different

00:32:19.579 --> 00:32:19.779
 from

00:32:19.779 --> 00:32:20.039
 those

00:32:20.039 --> 00:32:20.439
 fearful

00:32:20.439 --> 00:32:21.259
 anxious

00:32:21.259 --> 00:32:22.019
 vulnerable

00:32:22.019 --> 00:32:22.839
 Israelites

00:32:22.839 --> 00:32:23.500
 looking

00:32:23.500 --> 00:32:23.839
 for a

00:32:23.839 --> 00:32:24.019
 golden

00:32:24.019 --> 00:32:24.439
 calf

00:32:24.439 --> 00:32:25.019
 at the

00:32:25.019 --> 00:32:25.259
 foot

00:32:25.259 --> 00:32:25.659
 of

00:32:25.659 --> 00:32:25.839
 Mount

00:32:25.839 --> 00:32:26.319
 Sinai

00:32:26.319 --> 00:32:27.279
 they

00:32:27.279 --> 00:32:27.419
 were

00:32:27.419 --> 00:32:27.759
 trying

00:32:27.759 --> 00:32:28.000
 to

00:32:28.000 --> 00:32:28.439
 manufacture

00:32:28.439 --> 00:32:28.939
 and

00:32:28.939 --> 00:32:29.319
 secure

00:32:29.319 --> 00:32:29.539
 for

00:32:29.539 --> 00:32:29.939
 themselves

00:32:29.939 --> 00:32:30.219
 the

00:32:30.219 --> 00:32:30.579
 presence

00:32:30.579 --> 00:32:30.980
 and

00:32:30.980 --> 00:32:31.279
 power

00:32:31.279 --> 00:32:31.459
 of

00:32:31.459 --> 00:32:31.799
 God

00:32:31.799 --> 00:32:32.740
 but

00:32:32.740 --> 00:32:32.859
 they

00:32:32.859 --> 00:32:32.980
 were

00:32:32.980 --> 00:32:33.199
 trying

00:32:33.200 --> 00:32:33.380
 to

00:32:33.380 --> 00:32:33.720
 capture

00:32:33.720 --> 00:32:33.980
 and

00:32:33.980 --> 00:32:34.279
 harness

00:32:34.279 --> 00:32:34.500
 what

00:32:34.500 --> 00:32:34.819
 cannot

00:32:34.819 --> 00:32:35.319
 be

00:32:35.319 --> 00:32:36.100
 captured

00:32:36.100 --> 00:32:36.559
 and

00:32:36.559 --> 00:32:37.000
 harnessed

00:32:37.000 --> 00:32:37.700
 God

00:32:37.700 --> 00:32:39.160
 and

00:32:39.160 --> 00:32:39.420
 this

00:32:39.420 --> 00:32:39.920
 shouldn't

00:32:39.920 --> 00:32:40.200
 be a

00:32:40.200 --> 00:32:40.420
 bummer

00:32:40.420 --> 00:32:40.799
 to us

00:32:40.799 --> 00:32:41.039
 that we

00:32:41.039 --> 00:32:41.279
 cannot

00:32:41.279 --> 00:32:41.660
 control

00:32:41.660 --> 00:32:42.059
 God

00:32:42.059 --> 00:32:42.900
 alright

00:32:42.900 --> 00:32:43.660
 I think

00:32:43.660 --> 00:32:43.900
 sometimes

00:32:43.900 --> 00:32:44.200
 we think

00:32:44.200 --> 00:32:44.500
 that it's

00:32:44.500 --> 00:32:44.840
 such a

00:32:44.840 --> 00:32:45.100
 bummer

00:32:45.100 --> 00:32:45.480
 that God

00:32:45.480 --> 00:32:45.759
 doesn't do

00:32:45.759 --> 00:32:46.039
 everything

00:32:46.039 --> 00:32:46.460
 we want

00:32:46.460 --> 00:32:46.840
 I can't

00:32:46.840 --> 00:32:47.160
 control

00:32:47.160 --> 00:32:47.440
 him

00:32:47.440 --> 00:32:47.900
 but

00:32:47.900 --> 00:32:48.200
 imagine

00:32:48.200 --> 00:32:48.400
 you're

00:32:48.400 --> 00:32:48.620
 on an

00:32:48.620 --> 00:32:48.900
 airplane

00:32:48.900 --> 00:32:49.640
 and you

00:32:49.640 --> 00:32:49.779
 hit

00:32:49.779 --> 00:32:50.019
 some

00:32:50.019 --> 00:32:50.860
 terrifying

00:32:50.860 --> 00:32:51.640
 turbulence

00:32:51.640 --> 00:32:52.400
 and you

00:32:52.400 --> 00:32:52.580
 think

00:32:52.580 --> 00:32:52.660
 to

00:32:52.660 --> 00:32:52.900
 yourself

00:32:52.900 --> 00:32:53.160
 man

00:32:53.160 --> 00:32:53.380
 I

00:32:53.380 --> 00:32:53.720
 don't

00:32:53.720 --> 00:32:54.000
 like

00:32:54.000 --> 00:32:54.259
 feeling

00:32:54.259 --> 00:32:54.559
 so

00:32:54.559 --> 00:32:54.740
 out

00:32:54.740 --> 00:32:54.860
 of

00:32:54.860 --> 00:32:55.140
 control

00:32:55.140 --> 00:32:55.380
 I

00:32:55.380 --> 00:32:55.580
 wish

00:32:55.580 --> 00:32:55.600
!

00:32:55.680 --> 00:32:55.700
 I

00:32:55.700 --> 00:32:55.819
 could

00:32:55.819 --> 00:32:55.980
 take

00:32:55.980 --> 00:32:56.220
 more

00:32:56.220 --> 00:32:56.620
 control

00:33:03.200 --> 00:33:03.440
 plane

00:33:03.440 --> 00:33:03.580
 you

00:33:03.580 --> 00:33:03.680
 want

00:33:03.680 --> 00:33:03.759
 to

00:33:03.759 --> 00:33:03.920
 switch

00:33:03.920 --> 00:33:04.240
 places

00:33:04.240 --> 00:33:04.440
 with

00:33:04.440 --> 00:33:04.559
 the

00:33:04.559 --> 00:33:04.860
 pilot

00:33:04.860 --> 00:33:06.039
 how's

00:33:06.039 --> 00:33:06.160
 that

00:33:06.160 --> 00:33:06.620
 sound

00:33:06.620 --> 00:33:07.580
 that

00:33:07.580 --> 00:33:08.019
 sound

00:33:08.019 --> 00:33:08.360
 better

00:33:08.360 --> 00:33:08.620
 that

00:33:08.620 --> 00:33:08.900
 sound

00:33:08.900 --> 00:33:10.019
 safer

00:33:10.019 --> 00:33:10.759
 you'd

00:33:10.759 --> 00:33:10.900
 have

00:33:10.900 --> 00:33:11.080
 more

00:33:11.080 --> 00:33:11.480
 control

00:33:11.480 --> 00:33:11.819
 right

00:33:11.819 --> 00:33:12.980
 but

00:33:12.980 --> 00:33:13.140
 would

00:33:13.140 --> 00:33:13.220
 you

00:33:13.220 --> 00:33:13.340
 be

00:33:13.340 --> 00:33:13.539
 better

00:33:13.539 --> 00:33:14.000
 off

00:33:14.000 --> 00:33:14.819
 in

00:33:14.819 --> 00:33:14.940
 the

00:33:14.940 --> 00:33:15.160
 midst

00:33:15.160 --> 00:33:15.279
 of

00:33:15.279 --> 00:33:15.640
 turbulence

00:33:15.640 --> 00:33:15.819
 your

00:33:15.819 --> 00:33:16.019
 best

00:33:16.019 --> 00:33:16.340
 shot

00:33:16.340 --> 00:33:16.500
 is

00:33:16.500 --> 00:33:16.620
 to

00:33:16.620 --> 00:33:17.000
 trust

00:33:17.000 --> 00:33:17.480
 in

00:33:17.480 --> 00:33:17.700
 the

00:33:17.700 --> 00:33:18.200
 expertise

00:33:18.200 --> 00:33:18.700
 of

00:33:18.700 --> 00:33:18.840
 the

00:33:18.840 --> 00:33:19.180
 pilot

00:33:19.180 --> 00:33:19.660
 so

00:33:19.660 --> 00:33:19.840
 how

00:33:19.840 --> 00:33:20.059
 much

00:33:20.059 --> 00:33:20.279
 more

00:33:20.279 --> 00:33:20.519
 for

00:33:20.519 --> 00:33:20.940
 God

00:33:20.940 --> 00:33:24.120
 you

00:33:24.120 --> 00:33:24.240
 see

00:33:24.240 --> 00:33:24.380
 the

00:33:24.380 --> 00:33:24.740
 second

00:33:24.740 --> 00:33:25.380
 commandment

00:33:25.380 --> 00:33:26.759
 it

00:33:26.759 --> 00:33:27.080
 wasn't

00:33:27.080 --> 00:33:27.279
 just

00:33:27.279 --> 00:33:27.539
 saying

00:33:27.539 --> 00:33:27.680
 to

00:33:27.680 --> 00:33:27.960
 God's

00:33:27.960 --> 00:33:28.200
 people

00:33:28.200 --> 00:33:28.440
 you

00:33:28.440 --> 00:33:28.740
 may

00:33:28.740 --> 00:33:29.140
 not

00:33:29.140 --> 00:33:29.500
 make

00:33:29.500 --> 00:33:29.620
 an

00:33:29.620 --> 00:33:29.880
 image

00:33:29.880 --> 00:33:30.140
 of

00:33:30.140 --> 00:33:30.420
 God

00:33:30.420 --> 00:33:30.740
 because

00:33:30.740 --> 00:33:31.000
 he's

00:33:31.000 --> 00:33:31.279
 free

00:33:31.279 --> 00:33:32.240
 or

00:33:32.240 --> 00:33:32.400
 you

00:33:32.400 --> 00:33:32.840
 cannot

00:33:32.840 --> 00:33:33.460
 make

00:33:33.460 --> 00:33:33.580
 an

00:33:33.580 --> 00:33:33.800
 image

00:33:33.800 --> 00:33:33.940
 of

00:33:33.940 --> 00:33:34.180
 God

00:33:34.180 --> 00:33:34.460
 because

00:33:34.460 --> 00:33:34.680
 he's

00:33:34.680 --> 00:33:35.140
 majestic

00:33:35.140 --> 00:33:36.220
 no

00:33:36.220 --> 00:33:36.360
 the

00:33:36.360 --> 00:33:36.700
 beautiful

00:33:36.700 --> 00:33:37.259
 message

00:33:37.259 --> 00:33:37.759
 of

00:33:37.759 --> 00:33:37.900
 the

00:33:37.900 --> 00:33:38.120
 second

00:33:38.120 --> 00:33:38.740
 commandment

00:33:38.740 --> 00:33:40.080
 is that

00:33:40.080 --> 00:33:40.600
 you need

00:33:40.600 --> 00:33:41.039
 not

00:33:41.039 --> 00:33:41.820
 make

00:33:41.820 --> 00:33:41.940
 an

00:33:41.940 --> 00:33:42.160
 image

00:33:42.160 --> 00:33:42.320
 of

00:33:42.320 --> 00:33:42.680
 God

00:33:42.680 --> 00:33:43.640
 because

00:33:43.640 --> 00:33:43.900
 he's

00:33:43.900 --> 00:33:44.259
 good

00:33:44.259 --> 00:33:46.920
 because

00:33:46.920 --> 00:33:47.220
 he's

00:33:47.220 --> 00:33:47.360
 your

00:33:47.360 --> 00:33:47.660
 covenant

00:33:47.660 --> 00:33:48.200
 God

00:33:48.200 --> 00:33:49.759
 he's

00:33:49.759 --> 00:33:50.039
 promised

00:33:50.039 --> 00:33:50.340
 to be

00:33:50.340 --> 00:33:50.500
 your

00:33:50.500 --> 00:33:50.920
 God

00:33:50.920 --> 00:33:53.800
 the

00:33:53.800 --> 00:33:54.019
 God

00:33:54.019 --> 00:33:54.180
 who

00:33:54.180 --> 00:33:54.480
 gave

00:33:54.480 --> 00:33:54.840
 his

00:33:54.840 --> 00:33:55.140
 people

00:33:55.140 --> 00:33:55.340
 the

00:33:55.340 --> 00:33:55.560
 second

00:33:55.560 --> 00:33:56.200
 commandment

00:33:56.200 --> 00:33:56.820
 is

00:33:56.820 --> 00:33:56.960
 the

00:33:56.960 --> 00:33:57.200
 same

00:33:57.200 --> 00:33:57.600
 God

00:33:57.600 --> 00:33:58.220
 who

00:33:58.220 --> 00:33:58.420
 says

00:33:58.420 --> 00:33:58.620
 I

00:33:58.620 --> 00:33:58.759
 am

00:33:58.759 --> 00:33:59.000
 with

00:33:59.000 --> 00:33:59.259
 you

00:33:59.259 --> 00:34:00.240
 I

00:34:00.240 --> 00:34:00.359
 will

00:34:00.359 --> 00:34:00.500
 be

00:34:00.500 --> 00:34:00.660
 your

00:34:00.660 --> 00:34:01.079
 God

00:34:01.079 --> 00:34:01.740
 you

00:34:01.740 --> 00:34:01.859
 will

00:34:01.859 --> 00:34:01.960
 be

00:34:01.960 --> 00:34:02.160
 my

00:34:02.160 --> 00:34:02.579
 people

00:34:02.579 --> 00:34:03.200
 I

00:34:03.200 --> 00:34:03.319
 will

00:34:03.319 --> 00:34:03.500
 never

00:34:03.500 --> 00:34:03.819
 leave

00:34:03.819 --> 00:34:04.019
 you

00:34:04.019 --> 00:34:04.400
 nor

00:34:04.400 --> 00:34:04.880
 forsake

00:34:04.880 --> 00:34:05.180
 you

00:34:05.180 --> 00:34:05.900
 you

00:34:05.900 --> 00:34:06.240
 need

00:34:06.240 --> 00:34:06.559
 not

00:34:06.559 --> 00:34:06.839
 make

00:34:06.839 --> 00:34:07.000
 an

00:34:07.000 --> 00:34:07.299
 image

00:34:07.299 --> 00:34:07.480
 of

00:34:07.480 --> 00:34:07.819
 me

00:34:07.819 --> 00:34:09.000
 this

00:34:09.000 --> 00:34:09.119
 is

00:34:09.119 --> 00:34:09.280
 the

00:34:09.280 --> 00:34:09.739
 gospel

00:34:09.739 --> 00:34:10.360
 of

00:34:10.360 --> 00:34:10.500
 the

00:34:10.500 --> 00:34:10.699
 second

00:34:10.699 --> 00:34:11.400
 commandment

00:34:11.400 --> 00:34:12.599
 the

00:34:12.599 --> 00:34:12.840
 good

00:34:12.840 --> 00:34:13.320
 news

00:34:13.320 --> 00:34:14.219
 that

00:34:14.219 --> 00:34:14.340
 we

00:34:14.340 --> 00:34:14.539
 don't

00:34:14.539 --> 00:34:14.739
 need

00:34:14.739 --> 00:34:14.900
 to

00:34:14.900 --> 00:34:15.280
 craft

00:34:15.280 --> 00:34:15.519
 an

00:34:15.519 --> 00:34:15.860
 image

00:34:15.860 --> 00:34:16.039
 to

00:34:16.039 --> 00:34:16.619
 ensure

00:34:16.619 --> 00:34:17.159
 that

00:34:17.159 --> 00:34:17.360
 God

00:34:17.360 --> 00:34:17.519
 is

00:34:17.519 --> 00:34:17.780
 with

00:34:17.780 --> 00:34:18.039
 us

00:34:18.039 --> 00:34:18.219
 and

00:34:18.219 --> 00:34:18.519
 for

00:34:18.519 --> 00:34:18.980
 us

00:34:18.980 --> 00:34:20.320
 he's

00:34:20.320 --> 00:34:20.719
 promised

00:34:20.719 --> 00:34:20.940
 it

00:34:20.940 --> 00:34:21.099
 to

00:34:21.099 --> 00:34:21.480
 us

00:34:21.480 --> 00:34:22.659
 he's

00:34:22.659 --> 00:34:23.000
 promised

00:34:23.000 --> 00:34:23.179
 what

00:34:23.179 --> 00:34:23.280
 we

00:34:23.280 --> 00:34:23.440
 could

00:34:23.440 --> 00:34:23.739
 never

00:34:23.739 --> 00:34:24.659
 produce

00:34:24.659 --> 00:34:26.679
 his

00:34:26.679 --> 00:34:27.019
 power

00:34:27.019 --> 00:34:27.179
 and

00:34:27.179 --> 00:34:27.460
 presence

00:34:27.460 --> 00:34:27.619
 are

00:34:27.619 --> 00:34:27.820
 not

00:34:27.820 --> 00:34:28.360
 objects

00:34:28.360 --> 00:34:28.580
 to

00:34:28.580 --> 00:34:28.740
 be

00:34:28.740 --> 00:34:29.160
 captured

00:34:29.160 --> 00:34:29.740
 their

00:34:29.740 --> 00:34:30.220
 gifts

00:34:30.220 --> 00:34:30.860
 to

00:34:30.860 --> 00:34:31.019
 be

00:34:31.019 --> 00:34:31.680
 received

00:34:31.680 --> 00:34:34.100
 now

00:34:34.100 --> 00:34:34.539
 here's

00:34:34.539 --> 00:34:34.660
 the

00:34:34.660 --> 00:34:35.059
 question

00:34:35.059 --> 00:34:35.360
 though

00:34:35.360 --> 00:34:37.380
 if

00:34:37.380 --> 00:34:37.680
 every

00:34:37.680 --> 00:34:38.100
 image

00:34:38.100 --> 00:34:38.580
 we

00:34:38.580 --> 00:34:38.960
 make

00:34:38.960 --> 00:34:40.500
 if

00:34:40.500 --> 00:34:40.700
 every

00:34:40.700 --> 00:34:40.940
 image

00:34:40.940 --> 00:34:41.080
 we

00:34:41.080 --> 00:34:41.240
 make

00:34:41.240 --> 00:34:41.380
 of

00:34:41.380 --> 00:34:41.700
 God

00:34:41.700 --> 00:34:42.720
 inevitably

00:34:42.720 --> 00:34:43.700
 reduces

00:34:43.700 --> 00:34:44.220
 and

00:34:44.220 --> 00:34:45.000
 distorts

00:34:45.000 --> 00:34:45.300
 him

00:34:45.300 --> 00:34:47.120
 then

00:34:47.120 --> 00:34:47.300
 how

00:34:47.300 --> 00:34:47.400
 are

00:34:47.400 --> 00:34:47.539
 we

00:34:47.539 --> 00:34:47.740
 ever

00:34:47.740 --> 00:34:48.039
 supposed

00:34:48.039 --> 00:34:48.280
 to

00:34:48.280 --> 00:34:48.640
 know

00:34:48.640 --> 00:34:49.440
 what

00:34:49.440 --> 00:34:49.660
 this

00:34:49.660 --> 00:34:50.120
 invisible

00:34:50.120 --> 00:34:50.460
 God

00:34:50.460 --> 00:34:50.600
 is

00:34:50.600 --> 00:34:50.980
 actually

00:34:50.980 --> 00:34:51.480
 like

00:34:51.480 --> 00:34:52.480
 are

00:34:52.480 --> 00:34:52.559
 we

00:34:52.559 --> 00:34:52.720
 just

00:34:52.720 --> 00:34:52.960
 left

00:34:52.960 --> 00:34:53.140
 with

00:34:53.140 --> 00:34:53.480
 some

00:34:53.480 --> 00:34:54.500
 distant

00:34:54.500 --> 00:34:55.080
 you

00:34:55.080 --> 00:34:55.280
 know

00:34:55.280 --> 00:34:56.420
 abstraction

00:34:56.420 --> 00:34:56.780
 some

00:34:56.780 --> 00:34:57.080
 far

00:34:57.080 --> 00:34:57.360
 off

00:34:57.360 --> 00:34:58.039
 unknowable

00:34:58.039 --> 00:34:58.800
 inaccessible

00:34:58.800 --> 00:34:59.160
 out of

00:34:59.160 --> 00:34:59.340
 touch

00:34:59.340 --> 00:34:59.680
 God

00:34:59.680 --> 00:34:59.820
 that

00:34:59.820 --> 00:34:59.940
 we're

00:34:59.940 --> 00:35:00.280
 supposed

00:35:00.280 --> 00:35:00.480
 to

00:35:00.480 --> 00:35:00.840
 serve

00:35:00.840 --> 00:35:01.400
 trust

00:35:01.400 --> 00:35:02.019
 obey

00:35:02.019 --> 00:35:02.260
 and

00:35:02.260 --> 00:35:02.620
 adore

00:35:02.620 --> 00:35:04.300
 no

00:35:04.300 --> 00:35:05.579
 because

00:35:05.579 --> 00:35:05.800
 get

00:35:05.800 --> 00:35:06.240
 this

00:35:06.240 --> 00:35:06.740
 and

00:35:06.740 --> 00:35:06.900
 this

00:35:06.900 --> 00:35:07.039
 is

00:35:07.039 --> 00:35:07.440
 perhaps

00:35:07.440 --> 00:35:07.920
 the

00:35:07.920 --> 00:35:08.120
 most

00:35:08.120 --> 00:35:08.420
 beautiful

00:35:08.420 --> 00:35:08.860
 thing

00:35:08.860 --> 00:35:09.420
 about

00:35:09.420 --> 00:35:09.760
 the

00:35:09.760 --> 00:35:10.039
 Christian

00:35:10.039 --> 00:35:10.380
 faith

00:35:10.380 --> 00:35:10.680
 the

00:35:10.680 --> 00:35:10.900
 very

00:35:10.900 --> 00:35:11.240
 heart

00:35:11.240 --> 00:35:11.519
 of

00:35:11.519 --> 00:35:11.640
 the

00:35:11.640 --> 00:35:11.940
 gospel

00:35:11.940 --> 00:35:12.480
 message

00:35:12.480 --> 00:35:13.880
 we

00:35:13.880 --> 00:35:14.120
 don't

00:35:14.120 --> 00:35:14.300
 need

00:35:14.300 --> 00:35:14.460
 to

00:35:14.460 --> 00:35:14.940
 produce

00:35:14.940 --> 00:35:15.360
 an

00:35:15.360 --> 00:35:15.720
 artificial

00:35:15.720 --> 00:35:16.280
 image

00:35:16.280 --> 00:35:16.599
 of

00:35:16.599 --> 00:35:16.720
 the

00:35:16.720 --> 00:35:17.059
 invisible

00:35:17.059 --> 00:35:17.460
 God

00:35:17.460 --> 00:35:17.820
 to

00:35:17.820 --> 00:35:18.160
 secure

00:35:18.160 --> 00:35:18.340
 his

00:35:18.340 --> 00:35:18.599
 power

00:35:18.599 --> 00:35:18.760
 and

00:35:18.760 --> 00:35:19.140
 presence

00:35:19.140 --> 00:35:20.220
 because

00:35:20.220 --> 00:35:20.620
 God

00:35:20.620 --> 00:35:21.039
 gives

00:35:21.039 --> 00:35:21.480
 us

00:35:21.480 --> 00:35:22.140
 his

00:35:22.140 --> 00:35:22.480
 own

00:35:22.480 --> 00:35:23.079
 perfect

00:35:23.079 --> 00:35:23.579
 image

00:35:23.579 --> 00:35:24.380
 in

00:35:24.380 --> 00:35:24.579
 his

00:35:24.579 --> 00:35:24.920
 son

00:35:24.920 --> 00:35:25.700
 Jesus

00:35:25.699 --> 00:35:27.419
 God

00:35:27.419 --> 00:35:27.819
 became

00:35:27.819 --> 00:35:28.379
 flesh

00:35:28.379 --> 00:35:29.379
 whereas

00:35:29.379 --> 00:35:29.519
 the

00:35:29.519 --> 00:35:29.799
 apostle

00:35:29.799 --> 00:35:30.059
 Paul

00:35:30.059 --> 00:35:30.519
 described

00:35:30.519 --> 00:35:30.759
 him

00:35:30.759 --> 00:35:31.299
 he

00:35:31.299 --> 00:35:31.639
 is

00:35:31.639 --> 00:35:31.879
 the

00:35:31.879 --> 00:35:32.359
 image

00:35:32.359 --> 00:35:32.759
 of

00:35:32.759 --> 00:35:32.879
 the

00:35:32.879 --> 00:35:33.279
 invisible

00:35:33.279 --> 00:35:34.119
 God

00:35:34.119 --> 00:35:35.219
 rather

00:35:35.219 --> 00:35:35.519
 than

00:35:35.519 --> 00:35:35.919
 some

00:35:35.919 --> 00:35:36.519
 deadweight

00:35:36.519 --> 00:35:37.019
 object

00:35:37.019 --> 00:35:37.319
 we'd

00:35:37.319 --> 00:35:37.639
 have to

00:35:37.639 --> 00:35:38.359
 carve out

00:35:38.359 --> 00:35:38.939
 and carry

00:35:38.939 --> 00:35:39.559
 the living

00:35:39.559 --> 00:35:39.939
 God

00:35:39.939 --> 00:35:40.359
 freely

00:35:40.359 --> 00:35:40.699
 comes

00:35:40.699 --> 00:35:41.139
 to us

00:35:41.139 --> 00:35:41.419
 and

00:35:41.419 --> 00:35:41.639
 what's

00:35:41.639 --> 00:35:41.839
 most

00:35:41.839 --> 00:35:42.399
 astounding

00:35:42.399 --> 00:35:43.039
 is what

00:35:43.039 --> 00:35:43.419
 he does

00:35:43.419 --> 00:35:43.759
 with his

00:35:43.759 --> 00:35:44.039
 freedom

00:35:44.039 --> 00:35:44.219
 because

00:35:44.219 --> 00:35:44.539
 remember

00:35:44.539 --> 00:35:45.000
 all sermon

00:35:45.000 --> 00:35:45.319
 we've been

00:35:45.319 --> 00:35:45.819
 talking about

00:35:45.819 --> 00:35:46.059
 how

00:35:46.059 --> 00:35:46.539
 you know

00:35:46.539 --> 00:35:47.019
 our longing

00:35:47.019 --> 00:35:47.319
 for

00:35:47.319 --> 00:35:47.919
 a God

00:35:47.919 --> 00:35:48.279
 we can

00:35:48.279 --> 00:35:48.980
 get

00:35:48.980 --> 00:35:49.199
 our

00:35:49.199 --> 00:35:49.460
 hands

00:35:49.460 --> 00:35:49.559
 on

00:35:49.559 --> 00:35:49.719
 that's

00:35:49.719 --> 00:35:49.799
 what

00:35:49.799 --> 00:35:49.899
 we've

00:35:49.899 --> 00:35:49.960
 been

00:35:49.960 --> 00:35:50.099
 talking

00:35:50.099 --> 00:35:50.239
 about

00:35:50.239 --> 00:35:50.439
 like

00:35:50.440 --> 00:35:51.159
 we all

00:35:51.159 --> 00:35:51.360
 want

00:35:51.360 --> 00:35:51.519
 this

00:35:51.519 --> 00:35:51.740
 God

00:35:51.740 --> 00:35:51.880
 that we

00:35:51.880 --> 00:35:51.960
 can

00:35:51.960 --> 00:35:52.900
 control

00:35:52.900 --> 00:35:53.720
 manipulate

00:35:53.720 --> 00:35:54.240
 with our

00:35:54.240 --> 00:35:54.659
 hands

00:35:54.659 --> 00:35:55.340
 deploy

00:35:55.340 --> 00:35:55.880
 and summon

00:35:55.880 --> 00:35:56.240
 or even

00:35:56.240 --> 00:35:56.900
 silence

00:35:56.900 --> 00:35:58.059
 ever since

00:35:58.059 --> 00:35:58.440
 the fall

00:35:58.440 --> 00:35:58.700
 we've

00:35:58.700 --> 00:35:59.079
 wanted a

00:35:59.079 --> 00:35:59.280
 God

00:35:59.280 --> 00:35:59.559
 we can

00:35:59.559 --> 00:36:00.099
 force

00:36:00.099 --> 00:36:00.900
 to serve

00:36:00.900 --> 00:36:01.360
 us

00:36:01.360 --> 00:36:01.860
 like a

00:36:01.860 --> 00:36:02.240
 genie

00:36:02.240 --> 00:36:02.860
 immensely

00:36:02.860 --> 00:36:03.460
 powerful

00:36:03.460 --> 00:36:04.420
 but not

00:36:04.420 --> 00:36:04.820
 free

00:36:04.820 --> 00:36:06.800
 but see

00:36:06.800 --> 00:36:07.440
 the gospel

00:36:07.440 --> 00:36:08.619
 announces

00:36:08.619 --> 00:36:09.059
 that God

00:36:09.059 --> 00:36:09.440
 has given

00:36:09.440 --> 00:36:09.700
 us

00:36:09.700 --> 00:36:10.179
 something

00:36:10.179 --> 00:36:10.800
 infinitely

00:36:10.800 --> 00:36:11.599
 better

00:36:11.599 --> 00:36:13.260
 he gives

00:36:13.260 --> 00:36:13.679
 us his

00:36:13.679 --> 00:36:14.059
 son

00:36:14.059 --> 00:36:15.000
 who is

00:36:15.000 --> 00:36:15.360
 both

00:36:15.360 --> 00:36:15.900
 free

00:36:15.900 --> 00:36:16.599
 and

00:36:16.599 --> 00:36:17.340
 voluntarily

00:36:17.340 --> 00:36:18.840
 the suffering

00:36:18.840 --> 00:36:19.340
 servant

00:36:19.340 --> 00:36:19.980
 at the

00:36:19.980 --> 00:36:20.240
 same

00:36:20.240 --> 00:36:20.640
 time

00:36:20.640 --> 00:36:21.120
 not

00:36:21.120 --> 00:36:21.340
 the

00:36:21.340 --> 00:36:21.760
 slave

00:36:21.760 --> 00:36:22.000
 of

00:36:22.000 --> 00:36:22.260
 man

00:36:22.260 --> 00:36:22.440
 but

00:36:22.440 --> 00:36:22.620
 the

00:36:22.620 --> 00:36:22.780
 son

00:36:22.780 --> 00:36:22.920
 of

00:36:22.920 --> 00:36:23.240
 God

00:36:23.240 --> 00:36:23.940
 slain

00:36:23.940 --> 00:36:24.300
 for

00:36:24.300 --> 00:36:24.680
 man

00:36:24.680 --> 00:36:26.380
 Jesus

00:36:26.380 --> 00:36:26.900
 said

00:36:26.900 --> 00:36:28.100
 no one

00:36:28.100 --> 00:36:28.380
 takes

00:36:28.380 --> 00:36:28.579
 my

00:36:28.579 --> 00:36:28.880
 life

00:36:28.880 --> 00:36:29.079
 from

00:36:29.079 --> 00:36:29.360
 me

00:36:29.360 --> 00:36:30.300
 I

00:36:30.300 --> 00:36:30.539
 lay

00:36:30.539 --> 00:36:30.700
 it

00:36:30.700 --> 00:36:31.000
 down

00:36:31.000 --> 00:36:31.559
 of

00:36:31.559 --> 00:36:31.780
 my

00:36:31.780 --> 00:36:32.120
 own

00:36:32.120 --> 00:36:32.700
 accord

00:36:32.700 --> 00:36:34.340
 think

00:36:34.340 --> 00:36:34.559
 about

00:36:34.559 --> 00:36:34.760
 that

00:36:34.760 --> 00:36:35.300
 combo

00:36:35.300 --> 00:36:36.840
 complete

00:36:36.840 --> 00:36:37.460
 freedom

00:36:37.460 --> 00:36:38.780
 and

00:36:38.780 --> 00:36:39.200
 the

00:36:39.200 --> 00:36:39.519
 laying

00:36:39.519 --> 00:36:39.920
 down

00:36:39.920 --> 00:36:40.380
 of

00:36:40.380 --> 00:36:40.519
 his

00:36:40.519 --> 00:36:40.760
 life

00:36:40.760 --> 00:36:40.880
 and

00:36:40.880 --> 00:36:41.019
 not

00:36:41.019 --> 00:36:41.180
 just

00:36:41.180 --> 00:36:41.440
 any

00:36:41.440 --> 00:36:41.720
 life

00:36:41.720 --> 00:36:42.079
 the

00:36:42.079 --> 00:36:42.400
 life

00:36:42.400 --> 00:36:42.579
 of

00:36:42.579 --> 00:36:42.740
 the

00:36:42.740 --> 00:36:43.059
 God

00:36:43.059 --> 00:36:43.360
 man

00:36:43.360 --> 00:36:43.559
 the

00:36:43.559 --> 00:36:43.760
 son

00:36:43.760 --> 00:36:43.920
 of

00:36:43.920 --> 00:36:44.280
 God

00:36:44.280 --> 00:36:44.980
 this

00:36:44.980 --> 00:36:45.180
 is

00:36:45.180 --> 00:36:45.360
 the

00:36:45.360 --> 00:36:45.880
 astonishing

00:36:45.880 --> 00:36:46.519
 truth

00:36:46.519 --> 00:36:46.920
 of

00:36:46.920 --> 00:36:47.039
 the

00:36:47.039 --> 00:36:47.519
 gospel

00:36:47.519 --> 00:36:48.760
 the

00:36:48.760 --> 00:36:49.079
 God

00:36:49.079 --> 00:36:49.240
 we

00:36:49.240 --> 00:36:49.480
 wanted

00:36:49.480 --> 00:36:49.680
 to

00:36:49.680 --> 00:36:50.079
 reduce

00:36:50.079 --> 00:36:50.380
 into

00:36:50.380 --> 00:36:50.720
 our

00:36:50.720 --> 00:36:51.119
 hands

00:36:51.119 --> 00:36:51.480
 he

00:36:51.480 --> 00:36:51.840
 stretches

00:36:51.840 --> 00:36:52.079
 out

00:36:52.079 --> 00:36:52.360
 his

00:36:52.360 --> 00:36:52.680
 hands

00:36:52.680 --> 00:36:53.000
 and

00:36:53.000 --> 00:36:53.200
 has

00:36:53.200 --> 00:36:53.400
 them

00:36:53.400 --> 00:36:53.680
 nailed

00:36:53.680 --> 00:36:54.039
 to

00:36:54.039 --> 00:36:54.180
 a

00:36:54.180 --> 00:36:54.460
 cross

00:36:54.460 --> 00:36:54.840
 for

00:36:54.840 --> 00:36:55.099
 us

00:36:55.099 --> 00:36:55.700
 freely

00:36:55.700 --> 00:36:56.559
 in

00:36:56.559 --> 00:36:57.200
 sacrificial

00:36:57.200 --> 00:36:57.639
 love

00:36:57.639 --> 00:36:58.159
 this

00:36:58.159 --> 00:36:58.559
 image

00:36:58.559 --> 00:36:58.740
 the

00:36:58.740 --> 00:36:59.079
 image

00:36:59.079 --> 00:36:59.260
 of

00:36:59.260 --> 00:36:59.420
 the

00:36:59.420 --> 00:36:59.639
 lamb

00:36:59.639 --> 00:36:59.800
 of

00:36:59.800 --> 00:37:00.079
 God

00:37:00.079 --> 00:37:00.260
 is

00:37:00.260 --> 00:37:00.460
 the

00:37:00.460 --> 00:37:00.800
 image

00:37:00.800 --> 00:37:00.980
 of

00:37:00.980 --> 00:37:01.099
 the

00:37:01.099 --> 00:37:01.460
 invisible

00:37:01.460 --> 00:37:01.960
 God

00:37:01.960 --> 00:37:02.639
 and

00:37:02.639 --> 00:37:03.079
 that

00:37:03.079 --> 00:37:04.180
 is

00:37:04.180 --> 00:37:04.360
 how

00:37:04.360 --> 00:37:04.559
 we

00:37:04.559 --> 00:37:04.940
 know

00:37:04.940 --> 00:37:06.579
 that

00:37:06.579 --> 00:37:06.800
 this

00:37:06.800 --> 00:37:07.139
 God

00:37:07.139 --> 00:37:07.460
 so

00:37:07.460 --> 00:37:07.920
 free

00:37:07.920 --> 00:37:09.519
 can

00:37:09.519 --> 00:37:09.780
 be

00:37:09.780 --> 00:37:10.059
 at

00:37:10.059 --> 00:37:10.220
 the

00:37:10.220 --> 00:37:10.519
 same

00:37:10.519 --> 00:37:10.980
 time

00:37:10.980 --> 00:37:12.539
 100%

00:37:12.539 --> 00:37:13.720
 uncontrollable

00:37:13.720 --> 00:37:14.960
 and

00:37:14.960 --> 00:37:15.920
 100%

00:37:15.920 --> 00:37:16.740
 trustworthy

00:37:16.739 --> 00:37:18.259
 and 100%

00:37:18.259 --> 00:37:18.899
 for

00:37:18.899 --> 00:37:19.399
 us

00:37:19.399 --> 00:37:20.679
 this

00:37:20.679 --> 00:37:21.000
 is the

00:37:21.000 --> 00:37:21.259
 reason

00:37:21.259 --> 00:37:21.799
 we need

00:37:21.799 --> 00:37:22.319
 no golden

00:37:22.319 --> 00:37:22.659
 calf

00:37:22.659 --> 00:37:23.019
 or any

00:37:23.019 --> 00:37:23.299
 other

00:37:23.299 --> 00:37:23.639
 image

00:37:23.639 --> 00:37:24.179
 this

00:37:24.179 --> 00:37:24.559
 is the

00:37:24.559 --> 00:37:24.899
 only

00:37:24.899 --> 00:37:25.379
 image

00:37:25.379 --> 00:37:25.579
 we

00:37:25.579 --> 00:37:25.859
 need

00:37:25.859 --> 00:37:26.039
 the

00:37:26.039 --> 00:37:26.339
 ultimate

00:37:26.339 --> 00:37:26.699
 answer

00:37:26.699 --> 00:37:26.919
 to the

00:37:26.919 --> 00:37:27.339
 question

00:37:27.339 --> 00:37:28.039
 why

00:37:28.039 --> 00:37:28.359
 can't

00:37:28.359 --> 00:37:28.519
 I

00:37:28.519 --> 00:37:28.719
 see

00:37:28.719 --> 00:37:29.079
 God

00:37:29.079 --> 00:37:29.479
 what

00:37:29.479 --> 00:37:29.639
 does

00:37:29.639 --> 00:37:29.859
 God

00:37:29.859 --> 00:37:30.059
 look

00:37:30.059 --> 00:37:30.259
 like

00:37:30.259 --> 00:37:30.479
 is

00:37:30.479 --> 00:37:30.719
 God

00:37:30.719 --> 00:37:30.979
 really

00:37:30.979 --> 00:37:31.259
 with

00:37:31.259 --> 00:37:31.419
 me

00:37:31.419 --> 00:37:31.559
 and

00:37:31.559 --> 00:37:31.759
 for

00:37:31.759 --> 00:37:31.899
 me

00:37:31.899 --> 00:37:32.039
 the

00:37:32.039 --> 00:37:32.519
 answer

00:37:32.519 --> 00:37:33.139
 is

00:37:33.139 --> 00:37:33.519
 Jesus

00:37:33.519 --> 00:37:33.719
!

00:37:33.719 --> 00:37:34.880
 and

00:37:34.880 --> 00:37:35.000
 if

00:37:35.000 --> 00:37:35.119
 you

00:37:35.119 --> 00:37:35.280
 have

00:37:35.280 --> 00:37:35.719
 beheld

00:37:35.719 --> 00:37:36.059
 him

00:37:36.059 --> 00:37:37.019
 if

00:37:37.019 --> 00:37:37.139
 you

00:37:37.139 --> 00:37:37.239
 have

00:37:37.239 --> 00:37:37.460
 really

00:37:37.460 --> 00:37:37.820
 taken

00:37:37.820 --> 00:37:38.019
 him

00:37:38.019 --> 00:37:38.219
 in

00:37:38.219 --> 00:37:38.400
 with

00:37:38.400 --> 00:37:38.579
 your

00:37:38.579 --> 00:37:38.980
 heart's

00:37:38.980 --> 00:37:39.259
 eye

00:37:39.259 --> 00:37:39.659
 and

00:37:39.659 --> 00:37:40.159
 received

00:37:40.159 --> 00:37:40.400
 him

00:37:40.400 --> 00:37:40.579
 for

00:37:40.579 --> 00:37:40.780
 who

00:37:40.780 --> 00:37:40.940
 he

00:37:40.940 --> 00:37:41.119
 is

00:37:41.119 --> 00:37:41.239
 and

00:37:41.239 --> 00:37:41.400
 not

00:37:41.400 --> 00:37:41.539
 just

00:37:41.539 --> 00:37:41.679
 who

00:37:41.679 --> 00:37:41.820
 you

00:37:41.820 --> 00:37:42.099
 want

00:37:42.099 --> 00:37:42.280
 him

00:37:42.280 --> 00:37:42.460
 to

00:37:42.460 --> 00:37:42.759
 be

00:37:42.759 --> 00:37:43.880
 then

00:37:43.880 --> 00:37:44.000
 you

00:37:44.000 --> 00:37:44.360
 know

00:37:44.360 --> 00:37:45.199
 that

00:37:45.199 --> 00:37:45.659
 even

00:37:45.659 --> 00:37:45.840
 when

00:37:45.840 --> 00:37:46.039
 God

00:37:46.039 --> 00:37:46.340
 seems

00:37:46.340 --> 00:37:46.519
 out

00:37:46.519 --> 00:37:46.659
 of

00:37:46.659 --> 00:37:46.900
 sight

00:37:46.900 --> 00:37:47.199
 he's

00:37:47.199 --> 00:37:47.480
 certainly

00:37:47.480 --> 00:37:47.840
 not

00:37:47.840 --> 00:37:48.400
 absent

00:37:48.400 --> 00:37:49.000
 and

00:37:49.000 --> 00:37:49.179
 even

00:37:49.179 --> 00:37:49.400
 when

00:37:49.400 --> 00:37:49.519
 he

00:37:49.519 --> 00:37:49.759
 seems

00:37:49.759 --> 00:37:50.079
 silent

00:37:50.079 --> 00:37:50.320
 he's

00:37:50.320 --> 00:37:50.599
 certainly

00:37:50.599 --> 00:37:50.980
 not

00:37:50.980 --> 00:37:51.599
 indifferent

00:37:51.599 --> 00:37:52.420
 and

00:37:52.420 --> 00:37:52.559
 his

00:37:52.559 --> 00:37:52.940
 freedom

00:37:52.940 --> 00:37:52.940


00:37:53.800 --> 00:37:53.820
 it

00:37:53.820 --> 00:37:54.119
 isn't

00:37:54.119 --> 00:37:54.300
 a

00:37:54.300 --> 00:37:54.659
 threat

00:37:54.659 --> 00:37:55.579
 but

00:37:55.579 --> 00:37:55.759
 it's

00:37:55.759 --> 00:37:55.900
 a

00:37:55.900 --> 00:37:56.280
 force

00:37:56.280 --> 00:37:56.739
 for

00:38:03.519 --> 00:38:04.400
 his

00:38:04.280 --> 00:38:04.599
 because

00:38:04.599 --> 00:38:04.800
 in

00:38:04.800 --> 00:38:05.639
 actuality

00:38:05.639 --> 00:38:06.099
 we

00:38:06.099 --> 00:38:06.239
 are

00:38:06.239 --> 00:38:06.380
 the

00:38:06.380 --> 00:38:06.719
 ones

00:38:06.719 --> 00:38:07.179
 held

00:38:07.179 --> 00:38:07.320
 in

00:38:07.320 --> 00:38:07.440
 the

00:38:07.440 --> 00:38:07.759
 palm

00:38:07.759 --> 00:38:08.139
 of

00:38:08.139 --> 00:38:08.480
 his

00:38:08.480 --> 00:38:08.920
 nail

00:38:08.920 --> 00:38:09.340
 pierced

00:38:09.340 --> 00:38:09.940
 hands

00:38:09.940 --> 00:38:11.139
 and

00:38:11.139 --> 00:38:11.380
 people

00:38:11.380 --> 00:38:11.539
 who

00:38:11.539 --> 00:38:11.780
 know

00:38:11.780 --> 00:38:11.960
 that

00:38:11.960 --> 00:38:12.119
 they're

00:38:12.119 --> 00:38:12.340
 held

00:38:12.340 --> 00:38:12.519
 by

00:38:12.519 --> 00:38:12.860
 these

00:38:12.860 --> 00:38:13.199
 kinds

00:38:13.199 --> 00:38:13.340
 of

00:38:13.340 --> 00:38:13.800
 hands

00:38:13.800 --> 00:38:14.940
 don't

00:38:14.940 --> 00:38:15.139
 have

00:38:15.139 --> 00:38:15.259
 to

00:38:15.259 --> 00:38:15.480
 grip

00:38:15.480 --> 00:38:15.840
 everything

00:38:15.840 --> 00:38:16.119
 else

00:38:16.119 --> 00:38:16.320
 so

00:38:16.320 --> 00:38:16.679
 tightly

00:38:16.679 --> 00:38:17.780
 we

00:38:17.780 --> 00:38:17.900
 don't

00:38:17.900 --> 00:38:18.039
 have

00:38:18.039 --> 00:38:18.139
 to

00:38:18.139 --> 00:38:18.519
 control

00:38:18.519 --> 00:38:18.780
 our

00:38:18.780 --> 00:38:19.179
 families

00:38:19.179 --> 00:38:19.480
 our

00:38:19.480 --> 00:38:19.860
 futures

00:38:19.860 --> 00:38:20.259
 force

00:38:20.259 --> 00:38:20.780
 everyone

00:38:20.780 --> 00:38:21.159
 and

00:38:21.159 --> 00:38:21.480
 everything

00:38:21.480 --> 00:38:21.860
 around

00:38:21.860 --> 00:38:22.099
 us

00:38:22.099 --> 00:38:22.380
 into

00:38:22.380 --> 00:38:23.059
 conformity

00:38:23.059 --> 00:38:23.480
 unto

00:38:23.480 --> 00:38:23.800
 our

00:38:23.800 --> 00:38:24.000
 own

00:38:24.000 --> 00:38:24.360
 images

00:38:24.360 --> 00:38:25.500
 we

00:38:25.500 --> 00:38:25.659
 can

00:38:25.659 --> 00:38:25.880
 just

00:38:25.880 --> 00:38:26.239
 finally

00:38:26.239 --> 00:38:26.759
 be

00:38:26.759 --> 00:38:27.579
 what

00:38:27.579 --> 00:38:27.719
 we

00:38:27.719 --> 00:38:27.860
 were

00:38:27.860 --> 00:38:28.179
 created

00:38:28.179 --> 00:38:28.420
 to

00:38:28.420 --> 00:38:28.719
 be

00:38:28.719 --> 00:38:30.039
 images

00:38:30.039 --> 00:38:30.759
 of

00:38:33.519 --> 00:38:33.679
 the

00:38:33.679 --> 00:38:33.940
 image

00:38:33.940 --> 00:38:34.079
 of

00:38:34.079 --> 00:38:34.340
 Christ

00:38:34.340 --> 00:38:34.559
 the

00:38:34.559 --> 00:38:34.860
 image

00:38:34.860 --> 00:38:35.179
 of

00:38:35.179 --> 00:38:35.300
 the

00:38:35.300 --> 00:38:35.659
 invisible

00:38:35.659 --> 00:38:36.039
 God

00:38:36.039 --> 00:38:36.360
 free

00:38:36.360 --> 00:38:36.559
 from

00:38:36.559 --> 00:38:36.940
 Pharaoh

00:38:36.940 --> 00:38:37.780
 free

00:38:37.780 --> 00:38:38.079
 from

00:38:38.079 --> 00:38:38.519
 slavery

00:38:38.519 --> 00:38:38.800
 free

00:38:38.800 --> 00:38:38.980
 from

00:38:38.980 --> 00:38:39.139
 the

00:38:39.139 --> 00:38:39.480
 wilderness

00:38:39.480 --> 00:38:40.360
 anxieties

00:38:40.360 --> 00:38:40.599
 that

00:38:40.599 --> 00:38:40.900
 tempt

00:38:40.900 --> 00:38:41.079
 us

00:38:41.079 --> 00:38:41.239
 to

00:38:41.239 --> 00:38:41.480
 cast

00:38:41.480 --> 00:38:41.639
 our

00:38:41.639 --> 00:38:41.960
 own

00:38:41.960 --> 00:38:42.559
 golden

00:38:42.559 --> 00:38:43.179
 calves

00:38:43.179 --> 00:38:43.559
 when

00:38:43.559 --> 00:38:43.820
 God

00:38:43.820 --> 00:38:44.119
 seems

00:38:44.119 --> 00:38:44.679
 absent

00:38:44.679 --> 00:38:45.199
 free

00:38:45.199 --> 00:38:45.440
 from

00:38:45.440 --> 00:38:45.659
 having

00:38:45.659 --> 00:38:45.880
 to

00:38:45.880 --> 00:38:46.259
 produce

00:38:46.259 --> 00:38:46.480
 the

00:38:46.480 --> 00:38:46.820
 presence

00:38:46.820 --> 00:38:47.019
 and

00:38:47.019 --> 00:38:47.259
 power

00:38:47.259 --> 00:38:47.420
 of

00:38:47.420 --> 00:38:47.719
 God

00:38:47.719 --> 00:38:48.119
 in

00:38:48.119 --> 00:38:48.380
 hand

00:38:48.380 --> 00:38:48.599
 held

00:38:48.599 --> 00:38:49.059
 form

00:38:49.059 --> 00:38:50.179
 for

00:38:50.179 --> 00:38:50.360
 we

00:38:50.360 --> 00:38:50.639
 need

00:38:50.639 --> 00:38:50.920
 not

00:38:50.920 --> 00:38:51.900
 painstakingly

00:38:51.900 --> 00:38:52.500
 produce

00:38:52.500 --> 00:38:53.159
 what

00:38:53.159 --> 00:38:53.320
 he

00:38:53.320 --> 00:38:53.480
 has

00:38:53.480 --> 00:38:53.860
 gladly

00:38:53.860 --> 00:38:54.539
 given

00:38:54.539 --> 00:38:54.960
 us

00:38:54.960 --> 00:38:55.539
 in

00:38:55.539 --> 00:38:55.940
 Christ

00:38:55.940 --> 00:38:57.500
 let's

00:38:57.500 --> 00:38:57.780
 pray

00:38:57.780 --> 00:39:01.280
 thank

00:39:01.280 --> 00:39:01.440
 you

00:39:01.440 --> 00:39:01.820
 Lord

00:39:01.820 --> 00:39:03.740
 that

00:39:03.740 --> 00:39:03.860
 we

00:39:03.860 --> 00:39:04.000
 don't

00:39:04.000 --> 00:39:04.140
 need

00:39:04.140 --> 00:39:04.320
 to

00:39:04.320 --> 00:39:04.700
 squeeze

00:39:04.700 --> 00:39:05.039
 you

00:39:05.039 --> 00:39:05.300
 into

00:39:05.300 --> 00:39:05.480
 the

00:39:05.480 --> 00:39:05.800
 palm

00:39:05.800 --> 00:39:06.000
 of

00:39:06.000 --> 00:39:06.140
 our

00:39:06.140 --> 00:39:06.460
 hands

00:39:06.460 --> 00:39:06.760
 because

00:39:06.760 --> 00:39:07.019
 in

00:39:07.019 --> 00:39:07.340
 Jesus

00:39:07.340 --> 00:39:08.519
 we

00:39:08.519 --> 00:39:09.160
 know

00:39:09.160 --> 00:39:10.039
 that

00:39:10.039 --> 00:39:10.220
 we're

00:39:10.220 --> 00:39:10.460
 already

00:39:10.460 --> 00:39:10.940
 safe

00:39:10.940 --> 00:39:11.500
 in

00:39:11.500 --> 00:39:12.019
 yours

00:39:12.019 --> 00:39:14.080
 thank

00:39:14.080 --> 00:39:14.220
 you

00:39:14.220 --> 00:39:14.400
 for

00:39:14.400 --> 00:39:14.660
 giving

00:39:14.660 --> 00:39:14.860
 us

00:39:14.860 --> 00:39:15.140
 something

00:39:15.140 --> 00:39:15.680
 infinitely

00:39:15.680 --> 00:39:16.019
 better

00:39:16.019 --> 00:39:16.300
 than

00:39:16.300 --> 00:39:16.720
 anything

00:39:16.720 --> 00:39:17.080
 we could

00:39:17.080 --> 00:39:17.260
 ever

00:39:17.260 --> 00:39:17.660
 produce

00:39:17.660 --> 00:39:17.860
 for

00:39:17.860 --> 00:39:18.340
 ourselves

00:39:18.340 --> 00:39:18.880
 you've

00:39:18.880 --> 00:39:19.080
 given

00:39:19.080 --> 00:39:19.300
 us

00:39:19.300 --> 00:39:19.860
 yourself

00:39:19.860 --> 00:39:21.400
 so

00:39:21.400 --> 00:39:21.600
 help

00:39:21.600 --> 00:39:21.740
 us

00:39:21.740 --> 00:39:21.900
 to

00:39:21.900 --> 00:39:22.200
 trust

00:39:22.200 --> 00:39:22.580
 that

00:39:22.580 --> 00:39:23.519
 to

00:39:23.519 --> 00:39:23.920
 live

00:39:23.920 --> 00:39:24.360
 in

00:39:24.360 --> 00:39:24.480
 the

00:39:24.480 --> 00:39:24.740
 light

00:39:24.740 --> 00:39:25.120
 of

00:39:25.120 --> 00:39:25.220
 your

00:39:25.220 --> 00:39:25.740
 presence

00:39:25.740 --> 00:39:29.200
 to

00:39:29.200 --> 00:39:29.680
 behold

00:39:29.680 --> 00:39:30.260
 the

00:39:30.260 --> 00:39:30.580
 image

00:39:30.580 --> 00:39:30.800
 of the

00:39:30.800 --> 00:39:31.160
 invisible

00:39:31.160 --> 00:39:31.600
 God

00:39:31.599 --> 00:39:32.559
 your

00:39:32.559 --> 00:39:32.960
 son

00:39:32.960 --> 00:39:34.159
 Jesus

00:39:34.159 --> 00:39:35.360
 in

00:39:35.360 --> 00:39:35.519
 his

00:39:35.519 --> 00:39:35.699
 name

00:39:35.699 --> 00:39:35.839
 we

00:39:35.839 --> 00:39:36.119
 pray

00:39:36.119 --> 00:39:37.059
 amen