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 You are listening to a message from Southwood Presbyterian Church in Huntsville, Alabama.

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 Our passion is to experience and express grace.

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 Join us.

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 We're beginning, finishing up this series of the Minor Prophets by going through the

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 last of the prophets, the last book of the Old Testament.

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 And I get the privilege of introducing us to this prophecy.

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 Follow with me as we read from Malachi 1, verses 1 through 5.

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 The oracle of the word of the Lord to Israel by Malachi.

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 I have loved you, says the Lord.

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 But you say, how have you loved us?

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 Is not Esau Jacob's brother, declares the Lord.

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 Yet I have loved Jacob, but Esau I have hated.

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 I have laid waste his hill country and left his heritage to jackals of the desert.

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 If Edom says, we are shattered, but we will rebuild the ruins.

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 The Lord of hosts says, they may build, but I will tear down.

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 And they will be called the wicked country and the people with whom the Lord is angry forever.

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 Your own eyes shall see this.

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 And you shall say, great is the Lord beyond the border of Israel.

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 Let's pray together as we enter into this study.

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 Father, would you grant us grace that we might hear your voice by the working of your Holy Spirit.

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 That we might comprehend what you would say to us.

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 Father, would you make something weak and very ordinary like this sermon into something marvelous and supernatural.

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 Would you visit us and draw us to you in a new and fresh way.

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 We pray in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 You know, I've said before, I love the prophets.

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 I love the minor prophets.

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 And I know that too often we think we avoid the minor prophets or even the major prophets.

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 Because we think maybe that these messages are for times past.

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 For people who were still bowing in temples with pagan idols.

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 And they were offering goats and sheep on altars to foreign gods.

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 And God was angry with them because of that.

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 And besides, Jesus has come.

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 We're now in the age of grace.

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 And so God's anger is spent.

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 And we just don't need to hear that much about this anymore.

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 Well, if that's what we think, we're missing something of very high value for us.

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 Because the times might change.

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 And the outward expressions of things might change.

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 But God does not change.

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 And the heart of man does not change.

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 We might dress differently.

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 We might do things that look a little differently.

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 But we are still the same today in this room as the Israelites were back then.

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 We're still wrestling with the same issues, the same idolatries, the same unbelief.

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 And so what the prophets spoke to Israel, they speak to us.

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 So as we get into this prophecy of Malachi, which I hope is going to be very valuable for us.

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 Let's get a look at the historical context.

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 Malachi was, well, let's back up.

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 Israel had been, because of their idolatry, their unbelief, their disobedience,

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 in God's anger and judgment, sent them off into exile in Babylon for 70 years.

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 But now they've returned.

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 And there were probably about three, two or three waves of returnees coming back from Babylon to Jerusalem

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 to restart their life there.

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 Ezra led a group back.

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 And under his leadership, they rebuilt the temple that the Babylonians had torn down to the ground.

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 And then a little bit later, Nehemiah comes to a city that's wall was still torn down,

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 every stone torn away.

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 And so he led them in rebuilding the wall around the city.

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 And Nehemiah probably spent about 13 years there with the Israelites in Jerusalem,

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 not only leading the construction of this wall, but also leading a whole series of reforms,

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 of spiritual reforms.

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 Because one of the things that we find is that you would think that after the exile

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 and all that Israel had been through, they would have gotten clued in to what was going on.

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 But they didn't.

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 And so as soon as they come back, they are reverting to some of their lifestyle of unbelief, of neglect,

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 and so forth.

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 So Nehemiah is bringing a bunch of reforms that have to do with the Sabbath,

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 with intermarriage, with a lot of things.

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 Well, but Nehemiah's got a day job back in Susa, the capital of the Persian Empire.

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 And so he has to return.

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 And he does return and goes back for several years, quite a few years.

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 Well, while he's gone, all of those important critical reforms begin to fade away.

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 And so now, what we have in Jerusalem is, again, the people falling back into deep-seated unbelief.

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 Because you see, in Jerusalem, during that time, life was hard.

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 It was not what they thought it was going to be.

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 They had heard all these promises about the kingdom coming.

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 They had heard all of these promises about Messiah and all that God was going to do.

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 But yet, they were still under the strong thumb of a pagan ruler.

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 The city, the glorious temple that used to be under Solomon, was now, though it was rebuilt,

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 it's just a shadow of what it used to be.

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 Economically, it was still hard.

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 Life was not what they expected.

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 And so their religious fervor that they had initially, where they stood and declared again their allegiance to the covenant,

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 it was just kind of fading away.

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 And what we see happening in Jerusalem was that the people just got disenchanted.

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 All they saw was hardness.

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 And then that disenchantment turned to cynicism.

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 So what about all these promises?

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 What about this covenant?

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 What about all that you said that you were going to do?

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 What about these prophecies of glory?

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 What about...

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 They didn't think they saw any of it.

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 And so their hope just faded away.

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 And enter Malachi.

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 He comes at this point to again call them back to hope.

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 We don't know that the writer of this prophecy, we don't know if his name was Malachi.

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 That name was not known really before then.

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 But Malachi means my messenger.

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 So this may be more of just a description of this messenger that has come to once again call Israel back to their covenant God.

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 But he comes to awaken God's people out of their disenchantment and their cynicism.

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 So I want us to look here at the struggle of disenchantment.

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 Let me explain what I mean by disenchantment.

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 Disenchantment happens when the wonder and the mystery, the mystery of God, it just fades into normalcy.

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 The normal state of life, in that normal state of life, is simply what I see, what I can touch, what I feel,

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 what is confronting me, this is life, this is normal, and this is all there is.

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 This moment, and a lot of times it's difficulty that leads us into such disenchantment,

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 because difficulty kind of focuses our attention and our eyes on the here and now.

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 Because this is where we struggle, this is where we hurt, this is where we're frustrated.

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 And so all that we see is all there is.

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 So how many of us this morning live in this kind of world?

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 You know, with struggles at work, we've got struggles with our families, we've got struggles with financial stress,

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 we've got struggles with chronic illness.

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 All of these things can contribute to this sense of disenchantment,

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 because we get overwhelmed with life.

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 This life, what we see, what we're facing.

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 And it can consume us.

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 And I actually think in our modern culture, we are even far more susceptible to disenchantment,

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 because we are led to believe, and we think, that through science or through technology,

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 we can come up with a solution to answer and take care of all of those problems.

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 We are enough.

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 All it takes is a new technological advance, a new app on the phone.

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 All it takes is something like that, and we can fix whatever is ailing us.

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 And so we are, our whole culture helps us or pushes us to focus on just what's here now.

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 What is material?

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 What can be felt?

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 What can be tasted?

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 What can be touched?

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 Just give us enough time, and we can fix it.

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 And so with that kind of approach to life, the mystery and the wonder of all that God is,

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 and all that he has said, this kind of fades away into the normal of life.

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 But with this disenchantment can often come cynicism.

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 And what cynicism is, is just that belief that because I have all this struggle,

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 and I've struggled for so long, that I just start losing hope that anything could ever be different.

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 And we just give up hoping.

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 Don't hang on to promises because, well, I mean, if they're true, and maybe they are,

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 but they're probably true for somebody else, but I haven't seen it.

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 And I might profess belief in the promise,

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 but down inside, there is just not much hope.

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 And so in that cynicism, I turn to that which I can trust, and that's me.

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 I will make things work.

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 I will make things happen.

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 I will.

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 I will.

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 I will.

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 And so forget the commands of God.

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 I got to do what works.

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 Why bother with what he says?

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 This is where Israel is.

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 And you can see it in the very first question,

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 the way that Malachi introduces this prophecy,

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 and this is kind of the formula he's going to use all the way through.

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 He says, the Lord says, I have loved you.

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 But you say, how have you loved us?

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 Hear the voice of cynicism?

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 If God loves us, then why are we where we are?

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 If God loves us, why are his promises still not fulfilled?

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 If God loved us, why are we still enslaved to these pagans?

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 Cynicism.

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 The problem with cynicism

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 is really rooted in a very deep-seated unbelief.

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 That unbelief

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 begins with this determination

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 that we are going to design life.

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 We are going to determine what is valuable,

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 what is good, what is right.

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 We are going to say how life should go.

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 My life should be happy.

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 My kids should be beautiful and successful.

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 You know, all of these things,

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 we determine how life is supposed to be.

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 And when God doesn't work according to the plan,

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 we immediately turn on him

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 and say, you have been unfaithful.

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 You have not fulfilled your promise.

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 You are not good.

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 Because if you were,

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 life would be different.

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 And so when our picture does not align with God's design,

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 we turn on him

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 all this abundant life stuff

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 that he has promised

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 in our mind is just a crock.

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 We basically end up then calling God

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 a liar.

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 because what he said,

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 obviously,

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 just look at our life,

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 is not true.

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 I don't know if you are cynical this morning.

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 I don't know if you've ever been that way.

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 This is,

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 in a lot of ways,

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 in so many ways,

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 a description of the way I approach life.

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 I go so easily here

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 because,

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 honestly,

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 I think I have good plans for my life.

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 I think I know how to make it work.

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 I think I know what is good.

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 I think I know the way it should be.

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 And very often,

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 the way I think it should be

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 and the way God thinks it should be

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 collide.

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 And so,

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 I have a hard time

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 when finances are threatened,

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 life struggles just become long

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 and persistent.

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 My immediate reaction

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 is not to run to God

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 to ask him for help.

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 My immediate reaction can be,

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 I run at God

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 and say,

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 what are you doing?

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 And then I run away

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 because he's no help at all.

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 If he was help,

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 he would have fixed this a lot better than he did.

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 Instead of running to the scriptures

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 to see what is true,

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 I often just read the scriptures

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 and laugh and say,

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 that's not true.

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 Instead of running to God in prayer

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 of asking him for help,

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 I turn away from him

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 because I said,

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 what good is it going to do?

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 cynicism.

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 What?

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 Cynicism.

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 The problem is not with God,

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 if that's where you find yourself.

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 it's not him.

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 It's us.

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 Because we have taken on,

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 we have taken this approach to life

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 that is built on our own arrogance

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 where we think

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 we can determine everything on our own.

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 when I think that God has failed

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 and I'm tempted to run away

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 in anger

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 at what he has done

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 instead of

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 judging him for injustice

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 and his unfaithfulness,

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 what I really should do

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 is run to him

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 and get a readjustment.

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 He's not the one

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 that needs a readjustment.

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 I am.

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 I need to get a heart adjustment.

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 And when we become,

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 when we feel ourselves

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 getting into the cynicism,

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 we need to be very careful

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 that this self-determined,

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 self-centered view of reality

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 and the way it should be

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 becomes the reason

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 why we would reject God

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 and say he's not worth following.

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 Because the problem

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 is not his faithfulness

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 to his promise.

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 The problem is

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 we have a very distorted view

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 of what life is supposed to be.

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 And we need to,

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 instead of running away from him,

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 to run to him

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 and let him readjust

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 our perspective.

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 And here in Malachi,

00:21:21.980 --> 00:21:23.580
 that's exactly what he does.

00:21:24.900 --> 00:21:26.320
 He is giving them

00:21:26.320 --> 00:21:29.120
 a heart readjustment.

00:21:30.900 --> 00:21:32.519
 Because what he does here

00:21:32.519 --> 00:21:33.259
 in these verses,

00:21:33.600 --> 00:21:35.519
 before he calls them

00:21:35.519 --> 00:21:36.800
 to task on anything

00:21:36.800 --> 00:21:37.300
 that they,

00:21:37.440 --> 00:21:38.980
 else that they have been doing wrong,

00:21:38.980 --> 00:21:40.960
 look at what he gives them.

00:21:42.220 --> 00:21:43.400
 He gives them

00:21:43.400 --> 00:21:44.960
 the gospel.

00:21:49.339 --> 00:21:50.500
 He gives them

00:21:50.500 --> 00:21:52.420
 a reminder.

00:21:53.860 --> 00:21:54.339
 He said,

00:21:54.400 --> 00:21:54.860
 wait a minute.

00:21:57.019 --> 00:21:58.140
 I've loved you.

00:22:00.579 --> 00:22:01.660
 What you think

00:22:01.660 --> 00:22:03.460
 is evidence to the contrary,

00:22:03.460 --> 00:22:07.460
 you have grossly misinterpreted.

00:22:10.340 --> 00:22:11.279
 Because actually

00:22:11.279 --> 00:22:12.200
 that evidence

00:22:12.200 --> 00:22:14.539
 should say to you

00:22:14.539 --> 00:22:16.340
 how much

00:22:16.340 --> 00:22:17.980
 I love you.

00:22:21.480 --> 00:22:22.079
 He said,

00:22:22.160 --> 00:22:23.480
 you're not abandoned.

00:22:23.980 --> 00:22:24.860
 Far from it.

00:22:24.980 --> 00:22:26.200
 Let's look at the evidence.

00:22:27.140 --> 00:22:28.180
 Let's compare you

00:22:28.180 --> 00:22:30.019
 and your cousin Esau.

00:22:30.019 --> 00:22:33.180
 Let's compare the two.

00:22:33.379 --> 00:22:34.119
 Where is Esau?

00:22:34.940 --> 00:22:36.440
 Where are the Edomites?

00:22:37.200 --> 00:22:38.019
 Are they here?

00:22:38.200 --> 00:22:39.259
 Are they still around?

00:22:41.079 --> 00:22:42.180
 Try to find them.

00:22:43.460 --> 00:22:44.379
 They're gone.

00:22:45.119 --> 00:22:46.519
 They've been wiped out.

00:22:47.839 --> 00:22:49.039
 Now they might say,

00:22:49.139 --> 00:22:50.099
 oh, we'll rebuild.

00:22:50.259 --> 00:22:51.259
 But as you watch,

00:22:51.839 --> 00:22:53.019
 they are not there.

00:22:53.740 --> 00:22:55.119
 They will not be there.

00:22:56.339 --> 00:22:57.460
 And where are you?

00:22:57.460 --> 00:23:00.740
 You are back

00:23:00.740 --> 00:23:01.840
 in your home.

00:23:02.319 --> 00:23:03.579
 Right in the place

00:23:03.579 --> 00:23:04.559
 where I promised

00:23:04.559 --> 00:23:05.740
 I would be with you.

00:23:06.740 --> 00:23:07.500
 You have,

00:23:07.620 --> 00:23:09.180
 you have not deserved

00:23:09.180 --> 00:23:10.200
 anything more

00:23:10.200 --> 00:23:11.420
 than the Edomites.

00:23:13.340 --> 00:23:14.299
 Maybe less

00:23:14.299 --> 00:23:15.600
 because you had the law.

00:23:15.720 --> 00:23:16.579
 You had all this stuff.

00:23:16.660 --> 00:23:17.940
 And look at what you did.

00:23:19.180 --> 00:23:20.940
 Look at what you really deserve.

00:23:21.400 --> 00:23:22.680
 And what if you get?

00:23:23.779 --> 00:23:24.980
 I brought you home.

00:23:24.980 --> 00:23:27.660
 I put you back

00:23:27.660 --> 00:23:28.339
 in your city.

00:23:29.940 --> 00:23:30.259
 I put,

00:23:30.420 --> 00:23:31.799
 the temple is here.

00:23:32.099 --> 00:23:33.559
 My presence is here.

00:23:35.460 --> 00:23:37.240
 I haven't abandoned you.

00:23:40.440 --> 00:23:41.940
 I've loved you.

00:23:44.940 --> 00:23:46.539
 And it's on the basis

00:23:46.539 --> 00:23:47.680
 of this evidence

00:23:47.680 --> 00:23:50.480
 of God's love

00:23:50.480 --> 00:23:51.940
 for his covenant people.

00:23:51.940 --> 00:23:54.920
 and the evidence

00:23:54.920 --> 00:23:56.140
 that backs it up.

00:23:58.100 --> 00:24:00.140
 He will now call them

00:24:00.140 --> 00:24:03.400
 to a new obedience.

00:24:04.840 --> 00:24:06.200
 He doesn't call them

00:24:06.200 --> 00:24:07.039
 to an obedience

00:24:07.039 --> 00:24:09.500
 to gain love from him.

00:24:11.500 --> 00:24:12.299
 He says,

00:24:12.400 --> 00:24:13.340
 I want you to obey

00:24:13.340 --> 00:24:17.340
 because I love you.

00:24:17.339 --> 00:24:20.839
 And here is

00:24:20.839 --> 00:24:22.919
 probably one of the most

00:24:22.919 --> 00:24:24.879
 basic truths

00:24:24.879 --> 00:24:27.019
 that we have to

00:24:27.019 --> 00:24:28.379
 be clear on

00:24:28.379 --> 00:24:32.259
 is that all of our obedience

00:24:32.259 --> 00:24:33.519
 before God

00:24:33.519 --> 00:24:36.359
 and his word,

00:24:36.619 --> 00:24:37.639
 all of our faithful

00:24:37.639 --> 00:24:39.679
 waiting until his promise

00:24:39.679 --> 00:24:40.500
 is fulfilled,

00:24:40.779 --> 00:24:42.599
 all of our resistance

00:24:42.599 --> 00:24:44.199
 to temptations,

00:24:44.200 --> 00:24:45.880
 all of that

00:24:45.880 --> 00:24:48.200
 stands

00:24:48.200 --> 00:24:49.420
 or falls

00:24:49.420 --> 00:24:50.680
 on our believing

00:24:50.680 --> 00:24:52.860
 at a functional level

00:24:52.860 --> 00:24:55.180
 of two truths.

00:24:57.660 --> 00:24:58.940
 That God

00:24:58.940 --> 00:25:00.100
 is

00:25:00.100 --> 00:25:04.039
 and that he loves.

00:25:07.140 --> 00:25:07.880
 Everything

00:25:07.880 --> 00:25:09.420
 flows

00:25:09.420 --> 00:25:10.740
 out of that.

00:25:11.200 --> 00:25:12.259
 That God is there

00:25:12.259 --> 00:25:13.259
 and God

00:25:13.259 --> 00:25:14.039
 loves me.

00:25:14.160 --> 00:25:14.779
 It's not

00:25:14.779 --> 00:25:15.420
 that he is

00:25:15.420 --> 00:25:16.539
 this great authority

00:25:16.539 --> 00:25:17.279
 that commands

00:25:17.279 --> 00:25:17.980
 my obedience.

00:25:18.339 --> 00:25:18.579
 I mean,

00:25:18.700 --> 00:25:19.480
 that's true.

00:25:22.379 --> 00:25:23.279
 It's the fact

00:25:23.279 --> 00:25:24.319
 that I'm loved.

00:25:27.940 --> 00:25:28.460
 Because

00:25:28.460 --> 00:25:30.259
 I will never

00:25:30.259 --> 00:25:31.740
 trust

00:25:31.740 --> 00:25:32.259
 someone

00:25:33.059 --> 00:25:36.299
 if I don't think

00:25:36.299 --> 00:25:36.920
 they love me.

00:25:36.920 --> 00:25:39.720
 I will never

00:25:39.720 --> 00:25:41.180
 put myself

00:25:41.180 --> 00:25:42.100
 in the hands

00:25:42.100 --> 00:25:43.039
 of someone

00:25:43.039 --> 00:25:44.800
 that I don't think

00:25:44.800 --> 00:25:45.940
 is working

00:25:45.940 --> 00:25:46.779
 for

00:25:46.779 --> 00:25:47.759
 my

00:25:47.759 --> 00:25:49.039
 good.

00:25:52.600 --> 00:25:54.320
 All the Christian life

00:25:54.320 --> 00:25:56.820
 is built

00:25:56.820 --> 00:25:57.779
 on that belief

00:25:57.779 --> 00:26:00.620
 that I am

00:26:00.620 --> 00:26:01.720
 loved.

00:26:01.720 --> 00:26:06.299
 look how

00:26:06.299 --> 00:26:06.740
 the writer

00:26:06.740 --> 00:26:07.200
 of Hebrews

00:26:07.200 --> 00:26:08.140
 puts it.

00:26:09.700 --> 00:26:10.400
 He puts it

00:26:10.400 --> 00:26:11.120
 in Hebrews 11

00:26:11.120 --> 00:26:11.620
 6.

00:26:12.160 --> 00:26:12.380
 He says,

00:26:12.640 --> 00:26:13.180
 without faith

00:26:13.180 --> 00:26:14.660
 it is impossible

00:26:14.660 --> 00:26:15.620
 to please him

00:26:15.620 --> 00:26:18.100
 for everyone

00:26:18.100 --> 00:26:18.660
 who would

00:26:18.660 --> 00:26:19.200
 draw near

00:26:19.200 --> 00:26:19.839
 to God

00:26:19.839 --> 00:26:21.259
 must believe

00:26:21.259 --> 00:26:22.759
 that he

00:26:22.759 --> 00:26:23.400
 exists

00:26:23.400 --> 00:26:26.559
 and that he

00:26:26.559 --> 00:26:27.360
 rewards

00:26:27.360 --> 00:26:28.579
 those who

00:26:28.579 --> 00:26:29.160
 seek him.

00:26:29.160 --> 00:26:30.660
 do you hear

00:26:30.660 --> 00:26:32.720
 the old

00:26:32.720 --> 00:26:33.840
 traditional

00:26:33.840 --> 00:26:35.400
 table blessing

00:26:35.400 --> 00:26:37.100
 that is

00:26:37.100 --> 00:26:37.820
 full

00:26:37.820 --> 00:26:38.840
 of rich

00:26:38.840 --> 00:26:39.940
 good theology?

00:26:40.940 --> 00:26:41.640
 God is

00:26:41.640 --> 00:26:42.200
 great.

00:26:43.580 --> 00:26:44.300
 God is

00:26:44.300 --> 00:26:44.620
 good.

00:26:46.540 --> 00:26:47.740
 That's it.

00:26:48.920 --> 00:26:50.180
 If you learn

00:26:50.180 --> 00:26:51.279
 nothing else

00:26:51.279 --> 00:26:52.220
 that is

00:26:52.220 --> 00:26:52.600
 it.

00:26:54.940 --> 00:26:56.240
 God is

00:26:56.240 --> 00:26:56.900
 capable

00:26:56.900 --> 00:26:57.640
 of fulfilling

00:26:57.640 --> 00:26:58.380
 his love

00:26:58.380 --> 00:26:59.820
 and he

00:26:59.820 --> 00:27:00.540
 desires

00:27:00.540 --> 00:27:02.220
 to fulfill

00:27:02.220 --> 00:27:02.780
 his love.

00:27:06.040 --> 00:27:06.720
 Because I'm

00:27:06.720 --> 00:27:07.120
 only going to

00:27:07.120 --> 00:27:07.760
 trust somebody

00:27:07.760 --> 00:27:08.280
 who's working

00:27:08.280 --> 00:27:08.880
 for my good.

00:27:09.040 --> 00:27:09.500
 Imagine

00:27:09.500 --> 00:27:12.060
 you are

00:27:12.060 --> 00:27:12.540
 a little

00:27:12.540 --> 00:27:13.260
 kid

00:27:13.260 --> 00:27:15.160
 and you've

00:27:15.160 --> 00:27:15.820
 been left

00:27:15.820 --> 00:27:17.600
 at let's

00:27:17.600 --> 00:27:18.380
 say daycare.

00:27:19.480 --> 00:27:20.120
 You're only

00:27:20.120 --> 00:27:20.740
 about five

00:27:20.740 --> 00:27:21.040
 or six

00:27:21.040 --> 00:27:21.700
 years old

00:27:21.700 --> 00:27:23.100
 but your

00:27:23.100 --> 00:27:23.500
 mom

00:27:23.500 --> 00:27:26.000
 has promised

00:27:26.000 --> 00:27:27.040
 you that

00:27:27.039 --> 00:27:27.339
 she would

00:27:27.339 --> 00:27:27.700
 come

00:27:27.700 --> 00:27:28.519
 and get

00:27:28.519 --> 00:27:28.779
 you.

00:27:30.700 --> 00:27:31.460
 And you

00:27:31.460 --> 00:27:32.559
 are convinced

00:27:32.559 --> 00:27:34.420
 that your

00:27:34.420 --> 00:27:34.980
 mom loves

00:27:34.980 --> 00:27:36.180
 you and

00:27:36.180 --> 00:27:36.720
 your mom

00:27:36.720 --> 00:27:37.180
 hey your

00:27:37.180 --> 00:27:37.779
 mom is big

00:27:37.779 --> 00:27:38.359
 and strong

00:27:38.359 --> 00:27:38.980
 and she

00:27:38.980 --> 00:27:39.539
 is going

00:27:39.539 --> 00:27:40.139
 to be able

00:27:40.139 --> 00:27:40.399
 to come

00:27:40.399 --> 00:27:40.879
 back and

00:27:40.879 --> 00:27:41.559
 get you.

00:27:43.279 --> 00:27:43.480
 And so

00:27:43.480 --> 00:27:44.000
 every other

00:27:44.000 --> 00:27:46.159
 offer for

00:27:46.159 --> 00:27:46.839
 someone to

00:27:46.839 --> 00:27:47.460
 take you home

00:27:47.460 --> 00:27:48.180
 with them or

00:27:48.180 --> 00:27:48.839
 every other

00:27:48.839 --> 00:27:50.180
 suggestion that

00:27:50.180 --> 00:27:51.000
 maybe she's not

00:27:51.000 --> 00:27:51.480
 coming or

00:27:51.480 --> 00:27:52.019
 whatever you

00:27:52.019 --> 00:27:52.899
 just say no.

00:27:52.900 --> 00:27:55.000
 I believe

00:27:55.000 --> 00:27:55.680
 that my

00:27:55.680 --> 00:27:56.240
 mom loves

00:27:56.240 --> 00:27:56.560
 me.

00:27:58.480 --> 00:27:59.240
 And I'm

00:27:59.240 --> 00:27:59.560
 waiting.

00:28:02.460 --> 00:28:03.180
 If you

00:28:03.180 --> 00:28:04.019
 didn't believe

00:28:04.019 --> 00:28:04.420
 that.

00:28:06.900 --> 00:28:07.620
 If you

00:28:07.620 --> 00:28:08.140
 weren't sure

00:28:08.140 --> 00:28:08.480
 that she

00:28:08.480 --> 00:28:08.900
 loved you.

00:28:08.960 --> 00:28:09.160
 If you

00:28:09.160 --> 00:28:09.700
 weren't sure

00:28:09.700 --> 00:28:10.019
 that she

00:28:10.019 --> 00:28:10.700
 was capable

00:28:10.700 --> 00:28:11.240
 of even

00:28:11.240 --> 00:28:12.040
 getting back

00:28:12.040 --> 00:28:14.340
 or if

00:28:14.340 --> 00:28:14.860
 once she

00:28:14.860 --> 00:28:15.640
 came back

00:28:15.640 --> 00:28:16.920
 if you

00:28:16.920 --> 00:28:17.540
 would be

00:28:17.540 --> 00:28:18.660
 ill-treated

00:28:18.660 --> 00:28:20.440
 or abused

00:28:20.440 --> 00:28:23.360
 if another

00:28:23.360 --> 00:28:24.259
 better opportunity

00:28:24.259 --> 00:28:24.820
 came along

00:28:24.820 --> 00:28:25.200
 you might

00:28:25.200 --> 00:28:25.860
 take it.

00:28:27.779 --> 00:28:28.600
 Because hey

00:28:28.600 --> 00:28:29.940
 you need

00:28:29.940 --> 00:28:30.460
 help you

00:28:30.460 --> 00:28:30.940
 got to get

00:28:30.940 --> 00:28:31.820
 help somehow.

00:28:36.660 --> 00:28:37.360
 But her

00:28:37.360 --> 00:28:37.960
 willingness to

00:28:37.960 --> 00:28:38.920
 wait your

00:28:38.920 --> 00:28:39.540
 willingness to

00:28:39.540 --> 00:28:40.360
 wait on mom

00:28:40.360 --> 00:28:42.360
 is all

00:28:42.360 --> 00:28:43.040
 based

00:28:43.040 --> 00:28:45.820
 on if

00:28:45.820 --> 00:28:46.540
 she

00:28:46.540 --> 00:28:47.640
 loves you.

00:28:48.660 --> 00:28:49.160
 love you.

00:28:51.900 --> 00:28:52.700
 So in

00:28:52.700 --> 00:28:53.380
 my life

00:28:53.380 --> 00:28:53.660
 you know

00:28:53.660 --> 00:28:54.380
 my sexual

00:28:54.380 --> 00:28:54.860
 purity

00:28:54.860 --> 00:28:56.680
 my financial

00:28:56.680 --> 00:28:57.380
 integrity

00:28:57.380 --> 00:28:58.480
 my

00:28:58.480 --> 00:28:58.940
 willingness

00:28:58.940 --> 00:28:59.380
 to

00:28:59.380 --> 00:29:00.120
 worship

00:29:00.120 --> 00:29:01.840
 regularly

00:29:01.840 --> 00:29:02.840
 and faithfully

00:29:02.840 --> 00:29:04.560
 all of

00:29:04.560 --> 00:29:05.300
 that rests

00:29:05.300 --> 00:29:06.960
 on this

00:29:06.960 --> 00:29:07.320
 truth

00:29:07.320 --> 00:29:09.500
 if I

00:29:09.500 --> 00:29:10.019
 am loved.

00:29:12.460 --> 00:29:12.700
 So

00:29:12.700 --> 00:29:13.779
 sin

00:29:13.779 --> 00:29:14.380
 issues

00:29:14.380 --> 00:29:15.200
 temptation

00:29:15.200 --> 00:29:16.120
 issues

00:29:16.120 --> 00:29:17.960
 they're

00:29:17.960 --> 00:29:18.360
 really

00:29:18.360 --> 00:29:19.079
 not

00:29:19.079 --> 00:29:19.840
 based

00:29:19.840 --> 00:29:20.279
 upon

00:29:20.279 --> 00:29:20.559
 how

00:29:20.559 --> 00:29:21.160
 disciplined

00:29:21.160 --> 00:29:21.519
 we

00:29:21.519 --> 00:29:21.940
 are

00:29:21.940 --> 00:29:23.380
 they're

00:29:23.380 --> 00:29:23.579
 not

00:29:23.579 --> 00:29:23.880
 really

00:29:23.880 --> 00:29:24.420
 based

00:29:24.420 --> 00:29:24.920
 on

00:29:24.920 --> 00:29:25.279
 our

00:29:25.279 --> 00:29:26.279
 behavior

00:29:26.279 --> 00:29:26.900
 at all

00:29:26.900 --> 00:29:29.120
 they're

00:29:29.120 --> 00:29:29.480
 faith

00:29:29.480 --> 00:29:30.180
 issues

00:29:30.180 --> 00:29:32.299
 what do

00:29:32.299 --> 00:29:32.640
 I

00:29:32.640 --> 00:29:33.259
 believe

00:29:33.259 --> 00:29:35.039
 because

00:29:35.039 --> 00:29:35.500
 what I

00:29:35.500 --> 00:29:36.039
 really

00:29:36.039 --> 00:29:36.799
 believe

00:29:36.799 --> 00:29:39.579
 is going

00:29:39.579 --> 00:29:40.500
 to drive

00:29:40.500 --> 00:29:41.460
 what I

00:29:41.460 --> 00:29:41.819
 do

00:29:41.819 --> 00:29:45.379
 and if

00:29:45.379 --> 00:29:45.519
 I

00:29:45.519 --> 00:29:45.700
 don't

00:29:45.700 --> 00:29:46.019
 believe

00:29:46.019 --> 00:29:46.179
 that

00:29:46.179 --> 00:29:46.379
 I'm

00:29:46.379 --> 00:29:46.779
 loved

00:29:46.779 --> 00:29:47.759
 and I

00:29:47.759 --> 00:29:50.200
 then who

00:29:50.200 --> 00:29:50.399
 have I

00:29:50.399 --> 00:29:50.879
 got to

00:29:50.879 --> 00:29:51.299
 trust

00:29:51.299 --> 00:29:51.779
 I've

00:29:51.779 --> 00:29:52.179
 got to

00:29:52.179 --> 00:29:52.379
 make

00:29:52.379 --> 00:29:52.659
 things

00:29:52.659 --> 00:29:53.000
 happen

00:29:53.000 --> 00:29:53.399
 on my

00:29:53.399 --> 00:29:53.599
 own

00:29:53.599 --> 00:29:54.039
 this

00:29:54.039 --> 00:29:54.399
 is

00:29:54.399 --> 00:29:54.740
 what

00:29:54.740 --> 00:29:55.460
 orphans

00:29:55.460 --> 00:29:56.099
 do

00:29:56.099 --> 00:29:58.359
 orphans

00:29:58.359 --> 00:29:58.700
 are

00:29:58.700 --> 00:29:59.559
 fiercely

00:29:59.559 --> 00:30:01.000
 independent

00:30:01.000 --> 00:30:03.500
 self

00:30:03.500 --> 00:30:04.200
 dependent

00:30:04.200 --> 00:30:05.859
 because

00:30:05.859 --> 00:30:06.240
 they have

00:30:06.240 --> 00:30:06.599
 nobody

00:30:06.599 --> 00:30:07.000
 else

00:30:07.000 --> 00:30:09.059
 they don't

00:30:09.059 --> 00:30:09.440
 have anybody

00:30:09.440 --> 00:30:09.740
 they can

00:30:09.740 --> 00:30:10.039
 trust

00:30:10.039 --> 00:30:10.500
 they don't

00:30:10.500 --> 00:30:10.960
 have anybody

00:30:10.960 --> 00:30:11.460
 that cares

00:30:11.460 --> 00:30:11.900
 for them

00:30:11.900 --> 00:30:12.559
 and so

00:30:12.559 --> 00:30:13.180
 if it's

00:30:13.180 --> 00:30:13.400
 going to

00:30:13.400 --> 00:30:13.680
 happen

00:30:13.680 --> 00:30:14.200
 they've

00:30:14.200 --> 00:30:14.599
 got to

00:30:14.599 --> 00:30:14.940
 make it

00:30:14.940 --> 00:30:15.359
 happen

00:30:15.359 --> 00:30:18.599
 we're

00:30:18.599 --> 00:30:18.799
 not

00:30:18.799 --> 00:30:19.279
 orphans

00:30:19.279 --> 00:30:22.140
 we're

00:30:22.140 --> 00:30:22.680
 sons

00:30:22.680 --> 00:30:23.579
 we're

00:30:23.579 --> 00:30:24.079
 daughters

00:30:24.079 --> 00:30:31.119
 what do

00:30:31.119 --> 00:30:31.640
 I believe

00:30:31.640 --> 00:30:35.360
 what do

00:30:35.360 --> 00:30:35.820
 I believe

00:30:35.820 --> 00:30:36.320
 about his

00:30:36.320 --> 00:30:36.680
 love

00:30:36.680 --> 00:30:38.840
 and do

00:30:38.840 --> 00:30:39.500
 I believe

00:30:39.500 --> 00:30:39.880
 it to

00:30:39.880 --> 00:30:40.580
 the point

00:30:40.580 --> 00:30:43.200
 that I

00:30:43.200 --> 00:30:43.660
 will say

00:30:43.660 --> 00:30:44.180
 no

00:30:44.180 --> 00:30:45.520
 to all

00:30:45.520 --> 00:30:45.780
 other

00:30:45.780 --> 00:30:46.420
 offers

00:30:46.420 --> 00:30:47.700
 or that I

00:30:47.700 --> 00:30:48.140
 will say

00:30:48.140 --> 00:30:48.700
 no

00:30:48.700 --> 00:30:49.340
 to all

00:30:49.340 --> 00:30:49.520
 other

00:30:49.520 --> 00:30:50.500
 temptations

00:30:50.500 --> 00:30:52.840
 or I

00:30:52.840 --> 00:30:53.259
 will say

00:30:53.259 --> 00:30:53.759
 no to

00:30:53.759 --> 00:30:54.440
 cynicism

00:30:54.440 --> 00:30:58.400
 do I

00:30:58.400 --> 00:30:58.720
 believe

00:30:58.720 --> 00:30:59.320
 it enough

00:30:59.320 --> 00:31:01.500
 to rest

00:31:01.500 --> 00:31:02.980
 and wait

00:31:02.980 --> 00:31:04.440
 in his

00:31:04.440 --> 00:31:04.880
 coming

00:31:04.880 --> 00:31:06.140
 for me

00:31:06.140 --> 00:31:09.079
 so what

00:31:09.079 --> 00:31:09.420
 evidence

00:31:09.420 --> 00:31:09.680
 do you

00:31:09.680 --> 00:31:10.000
 have

00:31:10.000 --> 00:31:11.700
 what

00:31:11.700 --> 00:31:12.140
 evidence

00:31:12.140 --> 00:31:12.779
 do we

00:31:12.779 --> 00:31:13.279
 have

00:31:13.279 --> 00:31:13.920
 that

00:31:13.920 --> 00:31:14.420
 this

00:31:14.420 --> 00:31:15.259
 love

00:31:15.259 --> 00:31:16.339
 is

00:31:16.339 --> 00:31:17.119
 going to

00:31:17.119 --> 00:31:17.259
 be

00:31:17.259 --> 00:31:17.720
 fulfilled

00:31:17.720 --> 00:31:18.859
 well

00:31:18.859 --> 00:31:19.319
 Israel

00:31:19.319 --> 00:31:20.339
 was shown

00:31:20.339 --> 00:31:21.420
 right there

00:31:21.420 --> 00:31:21.920
 before their

00:31:21.920 --> 00:31:22.460
 eyes

00:31:22.460 --> 00:31:24.180
 what

00:31:24.180 --> 00:31:24.519
 happened

00:31:24.519 --> 00:31:25.220
 to Edom

00:31:25.220 --> 00:31:26.039
 and where

00:31:26.039 --> 00:31:26.599
 God says

00:31:26.599 --> 00:31:26.799
 you know

00:31:26.799 --> 00:31:27.119
 I have

00:31:27.119 --> 00:31:28.059
 hated Esau

00:31:28.059 --> 00:31:29.920
 and that

00:31:29.920 --> 00:31:30.400
 phrase

00:31:30.400 --> 00:31:31.160
 is basically

00:31:31.160 --> 00:31:31.880
 saying them

00:31:31.880 --> 00:31:32.060
 and it

00:31:32.060 --> 00:31:32.420
 says look

00:31:32.420 --> 00:31:33.460
 what I've

00:31:33.460 --> 00:31:33.860
 done with

00:31:33.860 --> 00:31:34.180
 you

00:31:34.180 --> 00:31:34.840
 compared to

00:31:34.840 --> 00:31:35.360
 what I've

00:31:35.360 --> 00:31:35.800
 done with

00:31:35.800 --> 00:31:36.180
 them

00:31:36.180 --> 00:31:37.120
 what I did

00:31:37.120 --> 00:31:37.560
 with them

00:31:37.560 --> 00:31:38.160
 appears to

00:31:38.160 --> 00:31:38.820
 be hate

00:31:38.820 --> 00:31:41.800
 because you

00:31:41.800 --> 00:31:42.259
 I should

00:31:42.259 --> 00:31:42.779
 have hated

00:31:42.779 --> 00:31:45.580
 but I

00:31:45.580 --> 00:31:46.640
 didn't

00:31:46.640 --> 00:31:48.380
 I've

00:31:48.380 --> 00:31:48.960
 loved

00:31:48.960 --> 00:31:51.620
 but for

00:31:51.620 --> 00:31:52.279
 us

00:31:52.279 --> 00:31:54.940
 the evidence

00:31:54.940 --> 00:31:56.180
 is even

00:31:56.180 --> 00:31:57.460
 greater

00:31:57.460 --> 00:32:00.899
 because it's

00:32:00.899 --> 00:32:01.720
 not Esau

00:32:01.720 --> 00:32:02.899
 that we

00:32:02.899 --> 00:32:03.440
 see God

00:32:03.440 --> 00:32:03.779
 hated

00:32:03.779 --> 00:32:07.759
 it was

00:32:07.759 --> 00:32:08.440
 Jesus

00:32:08.440 --> 00:32:14.339
 his own

00:32:14.339 --> 00:32:14.759
 son

00:32:14.759 --> 00:32:16.879
 his own

00:32:16.879 --> 00:32:17.420
 beloved

00:32:17.420 --> 00:32:19.480
 Isaiah

00:32:19.480 --> 00:32:19.860
 said

00:32:19.860 --> 00:32:20.440
 it

00:32:20.440 --> 00:32:21.380
 pleased

00:32:21.380 --> 00:32:21.759
 him

00:32:21.759 --> 00:32:22.140
 to

00:32:22.140 --> 00:32:22.759
 crush

00:32:22.759 --> 00:32:23.200
 him

00:32:23.200 --> 00:32:28.740
 he

00:32:28.740 --> 00:32:29.220
 poured

00:32:29.220 --> 00:32:29.860
 out

00:32:29.860 --> 00:32:31.140
 his

00:32:31.140 --> 00:32:32.440
 unmitigated

00:32:32.440 --> 00:32:36.200
 hatred

00:32:36.200 --> 00:32:38.320
 of

00:32:38.320 --> 00:32:38.940
 sin

00:32:38.940 --> 00:32:40.640
 in our

00:32:40.640 --> 00:32:41.580
 idolatry

00:32:41.580 --> 00:32:42.279
 in our

00:32:42.279 --> 00:32:43.100
 unbelief

00:32:43.099 --> 00:32:44.259
 all of

00:32:44.259 --> 00:32:44.599
 that

00:32:44.599 --> 00:32:46.159
 he poured

00:32:46.159 --> 00:32:46.639
 out

00:32:46.639 --> 00:32:48.759
 on

00:32:48.759 --> 00:32:49.279
 Jesus

00:32:49.279 --> 00:32:52.359
 not you

00:32:52.359 --> 00:32:54.219
 not us

00:32:54.220 --> 00:32:57.700
 instead

00:32:57.700 --> 00:32:59.019
 he brought

00:32:59.019 --> 00:32:59.259
 us

00:32:59.259 --> 00:32:59.799
 home

00:32:59.799 --> 00:33:04.059
 we

00:33:04.059 --> 00:33:05.380
 don't

00:33:05.380 --> 00:33:06.019
 receive

00:33:06.019 --> 00:33:06.759
 that

00:33:06.759 --> 00:33:07.680
 judgment

00:33:07.680 --> 00:33:10.339
 instead

00:33:10.339 --> 00:33:12.259
 we

00:33:12.259 --> 00:33:12.900
 because he

00:33:12.900 --> 00:33:13.200
 treated

00:33:13.200 --> 00:33:13.680
 Jesus

00:33:13.680 --> 00:33:14.360
 this way

00:33:14.360 --> 00:33:14.779
 instead

00:33:14.779 --> 00:33:15.579
 we get

00:33:15.579 --> 00:33:15.839
 his

00:33:15.839 --> 00:33:16.600
 smile

00:33:16.600 --> 00:33:22.900
 look how

00:33:22.900 --> 00:33:23.480
 Paul put

00:33:23.480 --> 00:33:23.759
 it in

00:33:23.759 --> 00:33:24.359
 Romans 8

00:33:24.359 --> 00:33:24.900
 32

00:33:24.900 --> 00:33:26.799
 he who

00:33:26.799 --> 00:33:27.200
 did not

00:33:27.200 --> 00:33:27.660
 spare

00:33:27.660 --> 00:33:28.099
 his own

00:33:28.099 --> 00:33:28.619
 son

00:33:28.619 --> 00:33:30.319
 that gave

00:33:30.319 --> 00:33:30.619
 him up

00:33:30.619 --> 00:33:30.900
 for us

00:33:30.900 --> 00:33:31.180
 all

00:33:31.180 --> 00:33:33.680
 how will

00:33:33.680 --> 00:33:34.039
 he not

00:33:34.039 --> 00:33:34.319
 now

00:33:34.319 --> 00:33:35.180
 with him

00:33:35.180 --> 00:33:36.920
 graciously

00:33:36.920 --> 00:33:37.819
 give us

00:33:37.819 --> 00:33:38.640
 all

00:33:38.640 --> 00:33:39.960
 things

00:33:39.960 --> 00:33:44.660
 does God

00:33:44.660 --> 00:33:45.160
 love you

00:33:45.160 --> 00:33:48.099
 here's the

00:33:48.099 --> 00:33:48.539
 evidence

00:33:48.539 --> 00:33:51.059
 if he

00:33:51.059 --> 00:33:51.359
 wasn't

00:33:51.359 --> 00:33:51.779
 willing to

00:33:51.779 --> 00:33:52.059
 stop

00:33:52.059 --> 00:33:52.519
 there

00:33:52.519 --> 00:33:57.019
 why would

00:33:57.019 --> 00:33:57.480
 he stop

00:33:57.480 --> 00:33:58.740
 anywhere

00:33:58.740 --> 00:34:02.740
 the

00:34:02.740 --> 00:34:03.059
 Christian

00:34:03.059 --> 00:34:03.660
 life is

00:34:03.660 --> 00:34:04.180
 a radical

00:34:04.180 --> 00:34:04.680
 life

00:34:04.680 --> 00:34:06.839
 we are

00:34:06.839 --> 00:34:07.639
 called to

00:34:07.639 --> 00:34:08.179
 a strict

00:34:08.179 --> 00:34:08.780
 obedience

00:34:08.780 --> 00:34:10.480
 we are

00:34:10.480 --> 00:34:10.960
 called to

00:34:10.960 --> 00:34:11.460
 wait and

00:34:11.460 --> 00:34:12.000
 say no

00:34:12.000 --> 00:34:12.500
 to all

00:34:12.500 --> 00:34:12.900
 this world

00:34:12.900 --> 00:34:13.440
 offers

00:34:13.440 --> 00:34:16.980
 and that

00:34:16.980 --> 00:34:17.420
 evidence

00:34:17.420 --> 00:34:17.659
 we're

00:34:17.659 --> 00:34:18.039
 given

00:34:18.039 --> 00:34:19.259
 he

00:34:19.259 --> 00:34:19.340
 will

00:34:19.340 --> 00:34:19.779
 encourage

00:34:19.779 --> 00:34:20.019
 us

00:34:20.019 --> 00:34:20.340
 to do

00:34:20.340 --> 00:34:20.699
 that

00:34:20.699 --> 00:34:24.500
 so we

00:34:24.500 --> 00:34:24.759
 have a

00:34:24.759 --> 00:34:25.019
 savior

00:34:25.019 --> 00:34:27.199
 who was

00:34:27.199 --> 00:34:27.599
 hated

00:34:27.599 --> 00:34:29.779
 and given

00:34:29.779 --> 00:34:30.460
 what you

00:34:30.460 --> 00:34:30.860
 deserve

00:34:30.860 --> 00:34:34.559
 and in

00:34:34.559 --> 00:34:35.279
 turn we

00:34:35.279 --> 00:34:36.820
 were loved

00:34:36.820 --> 00:34:38.739
 and given

00:34:38.739 --> 00:34:39.840
 what he

00:34:39.840 --> 00:34:40.360
 deserved

00:34:40.360 --> 00:34:43.700
 and this

00:34:43.700 --> 00:34:44.320
 is the

00:34:44.320 --> 00:34:44.700
 evidence

00:34:44.700 --> 00:34:45.039
 as we

00:34:45.039 --> 00:34:45.460
 come here

00:34:45.460 --> 00:34:45.800
 to the

00:34:45.800 --> 00:34:46.059
 table

00:34:46.059 --> 00:34:46.300
 this

00:34:46.300 --> 00:34:46.599
 morning

00:34:46.599 --> 00:34:47.220
 this

00:34:47.220 --> 00:34:48.360
 is why

00:34:48.360 --> 00:34:48.900
 we do

00:34:48.900 --> 00:34:49.360
 this

00:34:49.360 --> 00:34:51.400
 it is

00:34:51.400 --> 00:34:52.039
 to remind

00:34:52.039 --> 00:34:52.400
 you

00:34:52.400 --> 00:34:54.360
 that

00:34:54.360 --> 00:34:54.980
 you

00:34:54.980 --> 00:34:55.980
 are

00:34:55.980 --> 00:34:56.980
 loved

00:34:56.980 --> 00:34:58.420
 to this

00:34:58.420 --> 00:34:59.099
 degree

00:34:59.099 --> 00:35:04.659
 so as

00:35:04.659 --> 00:35:04.860
 we

00:35:04.860 --> 00:35:05.400
 celebrate

00:35:05.400 --> 00:35:05.699
 the

00:35:05.699 --> 00:35:06.119
 sacrament

00:35:06.119 --> 00:35:07.039
 we

00:35:07.039 --> 00:35:07.619
 come

00:35:07.619 --> 00:35:09.360
 and

00:35:09.360 --> 00:35:09.960
 remember

00:35:09.960 --> 00:35:11.659
 we

00:35:11.659 --> 00:35:12.139
 look at

00:35:12.139 --> 00:35:12.319
 the

00:35:12.319 --> 00:35:12.960
 evidence

00:35:12.960 --> 00:35:13.980
 we

00:35:13.980 --> 00:35:14.460
 look at

00:35:14.460 --> 00:35:14.779
 what he

00:35:14.779 --> 00:35:14.960
 was

00:35:14.960 --> 00:35:15.239
 willing

00:35:15.239 --> 00:35:15.900
 to do

00:35:15.900 --> 00:35:17.880
 and

00:35:17.880 --> 00:35:18.179
 once

00:35:18.179 --> 00:35:18.500
 again

00:35:18.500 --> 00:35:18.980
 say

00:35:18.980 --> 00:35:20.960
 I've

00:35:20.960 --> 00:35:21.319
 seen

00:35:21.319 --> 00:35:21.519
 your

00:35:21.519 --> 00:35:21.759
 love

00:35:21.759 --> 00:35:21.980
 for

00:35:21.980 --> 00:35:22.219
 me

00:35:22.219 --> 00:35:22.980
 I

00:35:22.980 --> 00:35:23.500
 believe

00:35:23.500 --> 00:35:23.759
 it

00:35:23.759 --> 00:35:24.420
 I

00:35:24.420 --> 00:35:24.619
 have

00:35:24.619 --> 00:35:25.199
 tasted

00:35:25.199 --> 00:35:25.619
 it

00:35:25.619 --> 00:35:27.559
 and

00:35:27.559 --> 00:35:27.819
 I

00:35:27.819 --> 00:35:28.059
 will

00:35:28.059 --> 00:35:28.440
 stand

00:35:28.440 --> 00:35:28.699
 on

00:35:28.699 --> 00:35:28.960
 it

00:35:28.960 --> 00:35:33.199
 let's

00:35:33.199 --> 00:35:33.500
 pray

00:35:33.500 --> 00:35:34.099
 together

00:35:34.099 --> 00:35:36.639
 father

00:35:36.639 --> 00:35:40.860
 why

00:35:40.860 --> 00:35:41.099
 is

00:35:41.099 --> 00:35:41.699
 it

00:35:41.699 --> 00:35:41.920
 so

00:35:41.920 --> 00:35:42.340
 difficult

00:35:42.340 --> 00:35:42.800
 for us

00:35:42.800 --> 00:35:42.960
 to

00:35:42.960 --> 00:35:43.260
 grasp

00:35:43.260 --> 00:35:43.760
 this

00:35:43.760 --> 00:35:46.960
 but

00:35:46.960 --> 00:35:47.260
 maybe

00:35:47.260 --> 00:35:47.480
 it's

00:35:47.480 --> 00:35:47.639
 just

00:35:47.639 --> 00:35:47.840
 the

00:35:47.840 --> 00:35:48.139
 hardness

00:35:48.139 --> 00:35:48.460
 of

00:35:48.460 --> 00:35:48.619
 our

00:35:48.619 --> 00:35:48.880
 own

00:35:48.880 --> 00:35:49.420
 hearts

00:35:49.420 --> 00:35:52.679
 father

00:35:52.679 --> 00:35:52.920
 would

00:35:52.920 --> 00:35:53.039
 you

00:35:53.039 --> 00:35:53.240
 melt

00:35:53.240 --> 00:35:53.440
 that

00:35:53.440 --> 00:35:53.920
 hardness

00:35:53.920 --> 00:35:57.220
 and

00:35:57.220 --> 00:35:57.420
 would

00:35:57.420 --> 00:35:57.679
 you

00:35:57.679 --> 00:35:58.300
 again

00:35:58.300 --> 00:35:59.320
 make

00:35:59.320 --> 00:35:59.560
 this

00:35:59.560 --> 00:35:59.820
 a

00:35:59.820 --> 00:36:00.380
 fresh

00:36:00.380 --> 00:36:01.900
 feeding

00:36:01.900 --> 00:36:02.160
 a

00:36:02.160 --> 00:36:02.720
 feast

00:36:02.720 --> 00:36:03.640
 of

00:36:03.640 --> 00:36:04.440
 your

00:36:04.440 --> 00:36:05.200
 love

00:36:05.200 --> 00:36:05.780
 and

00:36:05.780 --> 00:36:06.140
 grace

00:36:06.140 --> 00:36:08.760
 we

00:36:08.760 --> 00:36:09.100
 come

00:36:09.100 --> 00:36:09.360
 in the

00:36:09.360 --> 00:36:09.480
 name

00:36:09.480 --> 00:36:09.640
 of

00:36:09.640 --> 00:36:09.900
 Jesus

00:36:09.900 --> 00:36:10.580
 amen

00:36:10.579 --> 00:36:13.500
 for

00:36:13.500 --> 00:36:13.519
 for

00:36:13.519 --> 00:36:13.699
 more

00:36:13.699 --> 00:36:14.239
 information

00:36:14.239 --> 00:36:14.799
 visit

00:36:14.799 --> 00:36:15.019
 us

00:36:15.019 --> 00:36:15.519
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00:36:15.519 --> 00:36:15.920
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