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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. Join us.

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 If you have Bibles with you, you can open them to Habakkuk.

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 If you need directions on how to get there, you can turn to Zephaniah.

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 And it's one more back.

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 No, honestly, just turn to Matthew and make a left and go five books.

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 And Habakkuk is a part of that group of minor prophets, which sadly, we don't read very often.

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 But this is one of the jewels in that group.

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 We're going to look at today, chapter 2, beginning at verse 2, and read down through verse 20.

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 So if you would, follow with me as I read this portion of God's inspired word of truth.

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 And the Lord answered me, write the vision, make it plain on tablets, so that he may run who reads it.

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 For still the vision awaits its appointed time.

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 It hastens to the end.

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 It will not lie.

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 If it seems slow, wait for it.

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 It will surely come.

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 It will not delay.

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 Behold, his soul is puffed up.

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 It is not upright within him, but the righteous shall live by his faith.

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 Moreover, wine is a traitor, an arrogant man who is never at rest.

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 His greed is as wide as Sheol, like death he has never enough.

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 He gathers for himself all nations and collects as his own all peoples.

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 Shall not all these take up their taunt against him with scoffing and riddles for him and say,

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 Woe to him who heaps up what is not his own?

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 For how long?

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 And loads himself with pledges.

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 Will not your debtors suddenly arise and those awake who will make you tremble?

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 Then you will be spoiled for them.

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 Because you have plundered many nations, all the remnant of the people shall plunder you.

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 For the blood of man and violence to the earth, to cities and all who dwell in them.

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 Woe to him who gets evil gain for his house, to set his nest on high, to be safe from the reach of harm.

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 You have divided shame for your house by cutting off many peoples.

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 You have forfeited your life.

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 For the stone will cry out from the wall and the beam from the woodwork respond.

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 Woe to him who builds a town with blood and founds a city on iniquity.

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 Behold, is it not from the Lord of hosts that people's labor merely for fire and nations weary themselves for nothing?

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 For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.

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 Woe to him who makes his neighbors drink.

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 You pour out your wrath and make them drunk in order to gaze at their nakedness.

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 You will have your fill of shame instead of glory.

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 Drink yourself and show your uncircumcision.

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 The cup in the Lord's right hand will come around to you and utter shame will come upon your glory.

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 The violence done to Lebanon will overwhelm you as will the destruction of the beasts that terrified them.

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 For the blood of man and violence to the earth, to cities and all who dwell in them.

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 What profit is an idol when its maker has shaped it?

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 A metal image, a teacher of lies?

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 For its maker trusts in his own creation when he makes speechless idols.

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 Woe to him who says to a wooden thing,

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 Awake!

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 To a silent stone, arise!

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 Can these teach?

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 Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver,

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 and there is no breath at all in it.

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 But the Lord is in his holy temple.

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 Let all the earth keep silence before him.

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 Let's pray together as we enter into the study of this portion of God's word.

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 Father, we thank you for your word and how you reveal yourself.

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 We also thank you for how you reveal us to ourselves.

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 Your word is powerful and effective and cuts to the quick, to the very core of who we are.

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 As it reveals your glory and greatness, it shows the corruption that remains.

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 And we, as we come to study, need to see both.

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 We need to see ourselves.

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 We need to see all that we are.

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 But then we need to see you.

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 We need to see you in all that you have done for us.

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 So draw us deeper into the knowledge of ourselves and of you.

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 Father, pour out your spirits.

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 Use me and all the weakness of my words,

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 so that when all is said and done,

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 we will know that by your spirit we have heard from you.

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 And we pray in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 You know, this is the second of a three-week study through this prophecy.

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 It's a little-known book by most of us in the Old Testament,

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 but it is quite appropriate for us,

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 especially if you are personally going through struggles and hard times,

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 or, you know, those hard times could be on a personal level,

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 but they can also be on a much broader social level.

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 Regardless, Habakkuk is in a similar place,

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 and he's going through some very difficult times,

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 and he's wrestling with who God is in the midst of all of this.

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 But he also leads us and teaches us of how we ourselves

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 can better face these times.

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 This week, as we looked last week,

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 we saw the beginning of this conversation,

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 that there's a dialogue going on here between Habakkuk,

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 who offers his complaints before God,

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 then God comes and answers him,

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 but answers him in ways that are totally outside of anything

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 Habakkuk could have expected,

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 and caused Habakkuk some really great turmoil.

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 And he goes back to God again and complains even more.

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 But the last time we saw him,

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 he enters into the ramparts,

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 that high place on the wall of Jerusalem,

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 where he is now waiting,

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 waiting for God to respond to him.

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 He wants, by faith,

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 he has gone to God,

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 and he is determined to hear from God.

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 And so he's waiting.

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 And this is the response.

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 This is the response that God gives to him

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 in light of all of his complaints

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 in his previous prayers.

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 And I think one of the things that tells us

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 this whole book

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 is that we need to beware

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 when there are these very obvious villains

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 in our lives.

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 And those villains,

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 and when we get into hard places,

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 when we get into

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 these great struggles in life,

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 very, very often,

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 and I think by far more times than not,

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 there are villains involved.

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 There is someone,

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 either on a broad scale,

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 like on a public stage,

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 or somebody maybe in your family,

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 there's someone

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 that we turn to

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 and we can see

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 is a true villain

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 and what they've done is wrong

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 and maybe

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 are really demonstrating

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 some evil things.

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 But there's a real danger

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 for us to have people like that.

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 And it's not because of the evil

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 that they bring upon us,

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 but it's the way they hide

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 who we really are.

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 Because when I have a villain,

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 and that villain is evil,

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 then my focus is there

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 on the villain.

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 That's the evil.

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 That's the problem.

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 I am the innocent victim.

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 They are bad

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 and what happens is

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 I then fail

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 to see

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 the real nature

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 of who I am.

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 And in many ways,

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 this is where Habakkuk is.

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 He has gone to God

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 and made his complaints

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 and in verse 13,

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 this is what he said.

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 He says,

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 why do you idly look

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 at traitors

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 and remains silent

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 while the wicked

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 swallows up the man

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 more righteous than he?

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 And so here's the villain.

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 It's the Chaldeans

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 and they are villains.

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 No doubt about it.

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 They are a brutal,

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 violent group

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 of people here.

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 And Israel,

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 I mean,

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 obviously they're more righteous.

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 They're God's people.

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 evil.

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 But now there's a problem.

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 When we begin to see

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 that they are the evil

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 and we end up

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 taking the eyes off

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 of our own hearts,

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 we are in danger.

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 So how are we to live?

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 How are we to live

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 even in light of

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 these villains?

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 I mean,

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 where's the difference

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 between them and us

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 if they are,

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 in a sense,

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 if we are,

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 well,

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 we could say this,

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 you know,

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 their evil

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 may not be expressed

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 so graphically,

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 but at the same time,

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 we all

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 have Chaldean roots.

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 And if that's the case,

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 if we are all similar,

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 if we all have

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 these same roots,

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 what's the difference?

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 Where does the difference

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 come in between us

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 and them?

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 Well,

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 the difference

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 is faith.

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 We live by faith.

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 Not our righteousness,

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 not our goodness.

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 We live with the knowledge

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 of who we are.

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 And we live by faith.

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 Faith is the antidote

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 to arrogance.

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 To arrogance.

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 And so,

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 what does faith

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 look like?

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 Well,

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 what we're going to do here

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 is in these verses,

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 as God responds

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 from verse 5

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 down through

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 verse 19,

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 we get a good picture

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 of what arrogance is

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 as we see this description

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 of the Chaldeans.

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 So,

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 what God is doing here

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 in his response

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 to Habakkuk

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 is he's pointing to

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 this,

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 yes,

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 the Chaldeans

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 are going to come,

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 yes,

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 they're going to carry out

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 my work,

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 but there will come

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 an end to them as well.

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 And this is what

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 I'm going to do.

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 But he describes

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 a people

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 that are

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 puffed up

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 as verse 4

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 describes them.

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 and it's some things

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 that we can learn

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 about our own hearts.

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 The first thing,

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 when we look at

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 arrogance,

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 an arrogant person

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 is not just someone

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 who boasts

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 about their accomplishments

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 or who's

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 openly proud

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 and loves

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 to bring attention

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 so much

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 to themselves.

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 An arrogant person

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 may also be

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 a wallflower,

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 may live in hiding

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 because they don't want

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 attention to themselves,

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 they don't necessarily

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 want to be seen,

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 but an arrogant person

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 is somebody

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 whose focus,

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 whose whole world

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 is on them.

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 They are the center.

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 They are

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 why life

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 exists.

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 They are a god

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 to themselves.

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 The arrogant man,

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 the arrogant woman

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 is one who is

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 self-sufficient.

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 They're sufficient

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 unto themselves,

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 they have the resources,

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 they do the work

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 themselves,

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 they are necessarily

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 their own savior,

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 they live for themselves.

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 And so this is

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 the picture

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 of arrogance here

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 that we see

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 in these verses.

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 But we have

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 three things

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 particularly

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 that describes

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 the arrogant heart.

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 The first one

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 is greed.

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 We see that

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 in verse 5

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 where he says,

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 moreover,

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 wine is a traitor,

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 an arrogant man

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 who is never at rest.

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 His greed is wide

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 as sheol,

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 like death.

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 He has never enough.

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 He gathers for himself

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 all nations

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 and collects

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 as his own

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 all peoples.

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 There is a hunger

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 in them

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 that is insatiable,

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 that they continue

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 to collect

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 more and more.

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 It says,

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 how much is enough?

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 Well,

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 always a little bit more.

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 Now,

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 one thing I want you to,

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 I want to point out

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 to you just textually here

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 where he says,

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 wine is a traitor.

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 Well,

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 some other manuscripts

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 and I think

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 are accurate

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 actually say,

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 wealth is a traitor.

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 If you look at

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 the Dead Sea Scroll

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 manuscripts,

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 that's what they say.

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 And it fits

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 the context here

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 much better.

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 Wealth is a traitor.

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 A traitor.

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 It promises things.

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 It promises security,

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 goodness,

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 and all these things,

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 but yet it will not

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 fulfill those promises.

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 Wealth is a traitor.

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 And I think this is

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 an interesting place

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 for, you know,

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 God to begin with here

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 in describing

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 the heart of the Chaldeans.

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 You know,

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 when a man determines

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 to live life

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 on his own terms

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 and to supply life's needs

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 through his own means

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 and methods,

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 that is the arrogant man.

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 And what we see here

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 is just then

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 an unending quest,

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 an insatiable hunger

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 to have enough.

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 And one of the reasons

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 they build up

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 this wealth

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 is to give them

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 this sense of security

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 because in the next verses

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 he talks about

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 how they want to build

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 their nest high

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 to where it's basically

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 unapproachable.

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 they used to say

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 back in the time

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 of Babylon

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 that the defenses

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 of that city

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 were so high

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 and so strong

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 it was impenetrable.

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 That there was

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 absolutely no risk

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 of invasion

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 by anyone

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 because those defenses

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 were so good.

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 But that's what wealth does.

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 wealth builds

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 security.

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 It builds status.

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 It builds

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 so many things

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 but it helps us,

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 it gives us

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 the illusion

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 that we can make

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 ourselves safe

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 from any threat,

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 any danger,

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 anything out there

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 that may cause us

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 harm.

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 but it's a terrible

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 illusion

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 because even

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 Babylon fell

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 and there is no

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 safe place

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 that's that secure.

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 You know,

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 the second pursuit

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 is not just greed

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 but it's a pursuit

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 of glory.

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 We don't see

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 that term glory

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 used as that

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 they're pursuing glory

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 but there's another term

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 that's repeated

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 and that's the word

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 shame.

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 That they are going

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 to,

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 they heap shame

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 on other people

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 but that they

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 are going to

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 experience

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 that same shame

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 even to a much

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 greater degree

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 than they brought

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 on others.

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 So,

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 what is that

00:17:26.659 --> 00:17:27.779
 base,

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 what is the meaning

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 of that word glory?

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 glory.

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 What glory is

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 is substance.

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 At the root

00:17:39.099 --> 00:17:39.960
 of the word

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 in Hebrew

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 the word is

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 weighty,

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 substantive.

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 It's something

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 as significance,

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 as value.

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 It's not some

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 trivial thing

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 but it's

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 weighty,

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 important.

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 And so there's

00:17:57.519 --> 00:17:58.180
 this hunger.

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 The Chaldeans

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 are attempting

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 to build

00:18:00.900 --> 00:18:01.560
 this sense

00:18:01.560 --> 00:18:02.040
 of being

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 important,

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 being

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 substantive

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 through conquering

00:18:06.259 --> 00:18:08.380
 and through

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 invading

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 all of these

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 nations.

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 And one of the

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 things that

00:18:10.820 --> 00:18:11.660
 you'll see here

00:18:11.660 --> 00:18:13.040
 as he goes

00:18:13.040 --> 00:18:13.360
 through and

00:18:13.360 --> 00:18:14.160
 describes

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 their pursuit

00:18:15.320 --> 00:18:15.860
 of glory

00:18:15.860 --> 00:18:16.820
 is how they

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 use other

00:18:17.880 --> 00:18:18.820
 people in

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 that way.

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 They bring

00:18:20.960 --> 00:18:21.759
 other people

00:18:21.759 --> 00:18:22.700
 to shame,

00:18:24.300 --> 00:18:25.759
 utter shame

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 so that

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 they themselves

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 will look

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 more important,

00:18:31.279 --> 00:18:31.980
 more glorious.

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 One of the

00:18:32.740 --> 00:18:33.540
 terms there

00:18:33.540 --> 00:18:34.279
 they'll use

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 particularly in

00:18:36.240 --> 00:18:37.019
 verse 15

00:18:37.019 --> 00:18:38.900
 where it talks

00:18:38.900 --> 00:18:39.380
 about them

00:18:39.380 --> 00:18:40.140
 getting other

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 nations drunk

00:18:41.500 --> 00:18:43.100
 so then they

00:18:43.100 --> 00:18:43.620
 can look on

00:18:43.620 --> 00:18:44.300
 their nakedness.

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 Basically what

00:18:45.000 --> 00:18:46.000
 that is describing

00:18:46.000 --> 00:18:47.200
 is getting

00:18:47.200 --> 00:18:48.080
 people drunk

00:18:48.080 --> 00:18:48.700
 so they can

00:18:48.700 --> 00:18:49.500
 sexually have

00:18:49.500 --> 00:18:50.100
 their way

00:18:50.100 --> 00:18:50.660
 with them

00:18:50.660 --> 00:18:51.960
 and humiliate

00:18:51.960 --> 00:18:52.440
 them in the

00:18:52.440 --> 00:18:53.040
 process.

00:18:53.039 --> 00:18:55.839
 that's what

00:18:55.839 --> 00:18:56.720
 these arrogant

00:18:56.720 --> 00:18:57.659
 Chaldeans

00:18:57.659 --> 00:18:59.079
 are doing.

00:19:02.119 --> 00:19:03.240
 The third

00:19:03.240 --> 00:19:04.299
 thing

00:19:04.299 --> 00:19:06.099
 that they're

00:19:06.099 --> 00:19:06.720
 doing and

00:19:06.720 --> 00:19:07.220
 this is really

00:19:07.220 --> 00:19:07.859
 kind of the

00:19:07.859 --> 00:19:08.639
 culmination

00:19:08.639 --> 00:19:11.279
 is idolatry

00:19:11.279 --> 00:19:13.480
 and we see

00:19:13.480 --> 00:19:13.980
 that in verse

00:19:13.980 --> 00:19:14.980
 18 and 19

00:19:14.980 --> 00:19:16.319
 it's a sad

00:19:16.319 --> 00:19:16.779
 picture.

00:19:17.240 --> 00:19:17.659
 I mean it's

00:19:17.659 --> 00:19:18.779
 kind of funny

00:19:18.779 --> 00:19:19.579
 too where

00:19:19.579 --> 00:19:20.680
 somebody,

00:19:20.819 --> 00:19:21.319
 a man,

00:19:21.319 --> 00:19:22.339
 will create

00:19:22.339 --> 00:19:24.000
 this object

00:19:24.000 --> 00:19:24.980
 and then

00:19:24.980 --> 00:19:25.859
 declare to

00:19:25.859 --> 00:19:26.079
 it,

00:19:26.159 --> 00:19:26.659
 this is come

00:19:26.659 --> 00:19:27.299
 alive.

00:19:29.859 --> 00:19:30.619
 Or they'll

00:19:30.619 --> 00:19:31.139
 take this

00:19:31.139 --> 00:19:31.839
 lifeless

00:19:31.839 --> 00:19:32.919
 rock

00:19:32.919 --> 00:19:36.159
 and say

00:19:36.159 --> 00:19:37.019
 arise

00:19:37.019 --> 00:19:39.879
 and maybe

00:19:39.879 --> 00:19:40.659
 even decorate

00:19:40.659 --> 00:19:41.259
 it up with

00:19:41.259 --> 00:19:42.039
 gold and

00:19:42.039 --> 00:19:43.119
 silver and

00:19:43.119 --> 00:19:43.619
 then they bow

00:19:43.619 --> 00:19:44.419
 down to it

00:19:44.419 --> 00:19:45.619
 as if that

00:19:45.619 --> 00:19:46.579
 thing which

00:19:46.579 --> 00:19:47.159
 they've made

00:19:47.159 --> 00:19:47.500
 in their

00:19:47.500 --> 00:19:48.139
 hands

00:19:48.140 --> 00:19:52.200
 is somehow

00:19:52.200 --> 00:19:54.060
 going to

00:19:54.060 --> 00:19:54.600
 save them.

00:19:57.480 --> 00:19:58.300
 So in

00:19:58.300 --> 00:19:58.480
 that

00:19:58.480 --> 00:19:59.300
 idolatry

00:19:59.300 --> 00:20:00.840
 one of the

00:20:00.840 --> 00:20:01.820
 things of

00:20:01.820 --> 00:20:04.200
 arrogance

00:20:04.200 --> 00:20:05.480
 is foolishness

00:20:05.480 --> 00:20:09.340
 but it's

00:20:09.340 --> 00:20:09.900
 worship.

00:20:09.900 --> 00:20:13.840
 where does

00:20:13.840 --> 00:20:14.340
 the arrogant

00:20:14.340 --> 00:20:14.740
 go to

00:20:14.740 --> 00:20:15.040
 worship?

00:20:16.360 --> 00:20:16.900
 He

00:20:16.900 --> 00:20:17.460
 worships

00:20:17.460 --> 00:20:18.240
 his own

00:20:18.240 --> 00:20:18.820
 creation,

00:20:19.700 --> 00:20:20.160
 his own

00:20:20.160 --> 00:20:20.540
 doing,

00:20:21.340 --> 00:20:21.800
 things of

00:20:21.800 --> 00:20:22.140
 his own

00:20:22.140 --> 00:20:22.700
 making,

00:20:23.740 --> 00:20:24.320
 things that

00:20:24.320 --> 00:20:24.860
 come from

00:20:24.860 --> 00:20:25.519
 himself.

00:20:26.980 --> 00:20:27.820
 That's what

00:20:27.820 --> 00:20:28.519
 he worships.

00:20:31.780 --> 00:20:32.460
 Now,

00:20:32.620 --> 00:20:33.120
 this is a

00:20:33.120 --> 00:20:34.180
 picture of

00:20:34.180 --> 00:20:35.140
 the Chaldean

00:20:35.140 --> 00:20:36.120
 villains.

00:20:36.119 --> 00:20:39.259
 the problem

00:20:39.259 --> 00:20:39.899
 comes,

00:20:41.699 --> 00:20:44.139
 those

00:20:44.139 --> 00:20:44.699
 descriptions

00:20:44.699 --> 00:20:45.579
 really apply

00:20:45.579 --> 00:20:45.959
 to more

00:20:45.959 --> 00:20:46.479
 people than

00:20:46.479 --> 00:20:46.839
 just the

00:20:46.839 --> 00:20:47.339
 Chaldeans.

00:20:52.279 --> 00:20:53.099
 And I

00:20:53.099 --> 00:20:53.579
 have a hard

00:20:53.579 --> 00:20:54.500
 time reading

00:20:54.500 --> 00:20:54.959
 those.

00:20:57.979 --> 00:20:58.899
 Let's take

00:20:58.899 --> 00:20:59.279
 them one at

00:20:59.279 --> 00:20:59.699
 a time.

00:21:00.739 --> 00:21:01.239
 Greed,

00:21:02.759 --> 00:21:03.659
 do I use

00:21:03.659 --> 00:21:04.759
 wealth to

00:21:04.759 --> 00:21:05.859
 build walls

00:21:05.859 --> 00:21:06.579
 of protection

00:21:06.579 --> 00:21:07.619
 for myself?

00:21:09.219 --> 00:21:09.699
 Yeah,

00:21:09.939 --> 00:21:11.240
 I do.

00:21:13.899 --> 00:21:14.459
 You know,

00:21:14.519 --> 00:21:14.939
 it used to

00:21:14.939 --> 00:21:15.099
 be,

00:21:15.219 --> 00:21:15.539
 and in

00:21:15.539 --> 00:21:15.879
 some ways

00:21:15.879 --> 00:21:16.279
 it still

00:21:16.279 --> 00:21:16.619
 is,

00:21:16.679 --> 00:21:16.979
 when it

00:21:16.979 --> 00:21:17.419
 came to

00:21:17.419 --> 00:21:18.119
 bill-paying

00:21:18.119 --> 00:21:18.500
 day,

00:21:19.679 --> 00:21:20.099
 Gail would

00:21:20.099 --> 00:21:20.699
 pretty much

00:21:20.699 --> 00:21:21.259
 figure that

00:21:21.259 --> 00:21:21.659
 I was going

00:21:21.659 --> 00:21:21.959
 to be in

00:21:21.959 --> 00:21:22.279
 a bad

00:21:22.279 --> 00:21:22.599
 mood.

00:21:27.019 --> 00:21:27.459
 Because

00:21:27.459 --> 00:21:28.740
 of all

00:21:28.740 --> 00:21:29.119
 the money

00:21:29.119 --> 00:21:29.539
 that went

00:21:29.539 --> 00:21:29.939
 out,

00:21:31.919 --> 00:21:32.979
 and the

00:21:32.979 --> 00:21:33.359
 little bit

00:21:33.359 --> 00:21:33.659
 of money

00:21:33.659 --> 00:21:34.379
 that remained,

00:21:34.380 --> 00:21:34.440
 happened,

00:21:35.620 --> 00:21:35.940
 and I

00:21:35.940 --> 00:21:36.380
 would think

00:21:36.380 --> 00:21:37.260
 through all

00:21:37.260 --> 00:21:37.840
 of the

00:21:37.840 --> 00:21:38.740
 contingencies,

00:21:38.940 --> 00:21:39.240
 all the

00:21:39.240 --> 00:21:39.620
 things that

00:21:39.620 --> 00:21:40.140
 might happen,

00:21:40.220 --> 00:21:40.480
 all the

00:21:40.480 --> 00:21:40.840
 things that

00:21:40.840 --> 00:21:41.100
 I would

00:21:41.100 --> 00:21:41.560
 need,

00:21:42.100 --> 00:21:42.920
 and it's

00:21:42.920 --> 00:21:43.340
 like it

00:21:43.340 --> 00:21:44.040
 didn't add

00:21:44.040 --> 00:21:44.400
 up.

00:21:45.980 --> 00:21:46.700
 And now

00:21:46.700 --> 00:21:47.660
 I'm living

00:21:47.660 --> 00:21:48.780
 in anxiety

00:21:48.779 --> 00:21:50.559
 and fear

00:21:50.559 --> 00:21:53.000
 because my

00:21:53.000 --> 00:21:53.700
 fortress is

00:21:53.700 --> 00:21:54.180
 not high

00:21:54.180 --> 00:21:54.599
 enough.

00:21:57.700 --> 00:21:58.319
 So how

00:21:58.319 --> 00:21:58.720
 much would

00:21:58.720 --> 00:21:59.259
 I need

00:21:59.259 --> 00:22:00.940
 for it to

00:22:00.940 --> 00:22:01.500
 be enough?

00:22:03.099 --> 00:22:03.480
 Well,

00:22:04.200 --> 00:22:05.079
 a little bit

00:22:05.079 --> 00:22:05.440
 more.

00:22:05.440 --> 00:22:05.660
 What

00:22:05.660 --> 00:22:10.539
 about glory?

00:22:11.059 --> 00:22:11.379
 Am I

00:22:11.379 --> 00:22:12.259
 hungry for glory?

00:22:12.619 --> 00:22:13.559
 Hungry for glory?

00:22:13.559 --> 00:22:13.619
 glory?

00:22:16.919 --> 00:22:17.700
 I have been

00:22:17.700 --> 00:22:18.319
 so convicted

00:22:18.319 --> 00:22:18.740
 by this

00:22:18.740 --> 00:22:19.139
 lately.

00:22:21.679 --> 00:22:22.460
 In fact,

00:22:22.599 --> 00:22:23.339
 just a couple

00:22:23.339 --> 00:22:24.019
 minutes ago.

00:22:26.419 --> 00:22:27.559
 I am

00:22:27.559 --> 00:22:27.899
 willing,

00:22:28.460 --> 00:22:29.399
 in order to

00:22:29.399 --> 00:22:29.919
 be seen

00:22:29.919 --> 00:22:30.659
 by you

00:22:30.659 --> 00:22:31.759
 as clever,

00:22:32.659 --> 00:22:33.079
 smart,

00:22:33.579 --> 00:22:34.559
 and funny,

00:22:35.559 --> 00:22:36.319
 I am

00:22:36.319 --> 00:22:37.519
 willing to

00:22:37.519 --> 00:22:38.319
 throw friends

00:22:38.319 --> 00:22:38.799
 under the

00:22:38.799 --> 00:22:39.119
 bus.

00:22:39.119 --> 00:22:42.379
 in front

00:22:42.379 --> 00:22:42.839
 of all

00:22:42.839 --> 00:22:43.259
 of you,

00:22:44.059 --> 00:22:44.779
 I referred

00:22:44.779 --> 00:22:45.559
 to Derek

00:22:45.559 --> 00:22:46.719
 as strange

00:22:46.719 --> 00:22:48.039
 because I

00:22:48.039 --> 00:22:48.319
 knew it

00:22:48.319 --> 00:22:48.619
 would get

00:22:48.619 --> 00:22:48.859
 a little

00:22:48.859 --> 00:22:49.219
 bit of a

00:22:49.219 --> 00:22:49.519
 laugh.

00:22:52.159 --> 00:22:52.799
 And it

00:22:52.799 --> 00:22:53.159
 may not

00:22:53.159 --> 00:22:54.179
 sound like

00:22:54.179 --> 00:22:54.639
 much to

00:22:54.639 --> 00:22:54.919
 you,

00:22:56.079 --> 00:22:56.819
 but what

00:22:56.819 --> 00:22:57.419
 I did

00:22:57.419 --> 00:22:59.079
 there was

00:22:59.079 --> 00:22:59.439
 I was

00:22:59.439 --> 00:22:59.919
 pursuing

00:22:59.919 --> 00:23:00.679
 my own

00:23:00.679 --> 00:23:01.099
 glory,

00:23:02.779 --> 00:23:04.459
 and his

00:23:04.459 --> 00:23:05.039
 did not

00:23:05.039 --> 00:23:05.659
 matter one

00:23:05.659 --> 00:23:06.139
 ounce to

00:23:06.139 --> 00:23:06.339
 me.

00:23:09.119 --> 00:23:11.199
 just like

00:23:11.199 --> 00:23:12.019
 the Chaldeans,

00:23:12.739 --> 00:23:13.339
 I am

00:23:13.339 --> 00:23:13.759
 willing to

00:23:13.759 --> 00:23:14.739
 use other

00:23:14.739 --> 00:23:17.379
 people to

00:23:17.379 --> 00:23:18.379
 give me a

00:23:18.379 --> 00:23:18.939
 sense of

00:23:18.939 --> 00:23:19.899
 status,

00:23:20.159 --> 00:23:21.059
 of weightiness,

00:23:21.379 --> 00:23:22.239
 of importance

00:23:22.239 --> 00:23:23.039
 and significance.

00:23:27.459 --> 00:23:28.219
 I've done

00:23:28.219 --> 00:23:29.159
 it time

00:23:29.159 --> 00:23:30.319
 and time

00:23:30.319 --> 00:23:31.339
 again.

00:23:34.199 --> 00:23:34.959
 I think

00:23:34.959 --> 00:23:35.379
 the theme

00:23:35.379 --> 00:23:35.959
 of my life

00:23:35.959 --> 00:23:36.319
 over the

00:23:36.319 --> 00:23:36.759
 years has

00:23:36.759 --> 00:23:37.239
 been this

00:23:37.239 --> 00:23:37.939
 hunger

00:23:37.940 --> 00:23:39.140
 to be

00:23:39.140 --> 00:23:39.720
 significant,

00:23:40.240 --> 00:23:41.160
 to be

00:23:41.160 --> 00:23:41.680
 weighty,

00:23:41.920 --> 00:23:42.360
 to be

00:23:42.360 --> 00:23:42.980
 important.

00:23:47.740 --> 00:23:48.519
 And I'll

00:23:48.519 --> 00:23:49.100
 use you

00:23:49.100 --> 00:23:49.840
 to that

00:23:49.840 --> 00:23:50.120
 end.

00:23:51.360 --> 00:23:52.120
 And that's

00:23:52.120 --> 00:23:52.400
 grief.

00:23:57.080 --> 00:23:57.559
 Which

00:23:57.559 --> 00:23:58.180
 brings me

00:23:58.180 --> 00:23:58.680
 to

00:23:58.680 --> 00:24:00.220
 idolatry.

00:24:04.220 --> 00:24:04.820
 You know,

00:24:04.880 --> 00:24:05.279
 it's just the

00:24:05.279 --> 00:24:05.960
 culmination of

00:24:05.960 --> 00:24:06.259
 all these

00:24:06.259 --> 00:24:06.880
 other two

00:24:06.880 --> 00:24:07.360
 things.

00:24:07.860 --> 00:24:08.100
 You know,

00:24:08.140 --> 00:24:08.360
 I don't

00:24:08.360 --> 00:24:08.820
 have little

00:24:08.820 --> 00:24:09.380
 statues

00:24:09.380 --> 00:24:10.280
 around my

00:24:10.280 --> 00:24:10.520
 house.

00:24:10.580 --> 00:24:10.780
 You can

00:24:10.780 --> 00:24:11.200
 come over

00:24:11.200 --> 00:24:11.660
 and look.

00:24:11.780 --> 00:24:12.080
 They're not

00:24:12.080 --> 00:24:12.460
 there.

00:24:13.060 --> 00:24:13.460
 You may

00:24:13.460 --> 00:24:13.920
 find some

00:24:13.920 --> 00:24:14.700
 Marshall stuff.

00:24:15.380 --> 00:24:15.940
 That's about

00:24:15.940 --> 00:24:16.540
 as close as

00:24:16.540 --> 00:24:17.100
 you'll get.

00:24:19.000 --> 00:24:19.800
 But what is

00:24:19.800 --> 00:24:20.180
 it that will

00:24:20.180 --> 00:24:20.880
 truly make me

00:24:20.880 --> 00:24:21.200
 happy?

00:24:22.040 --> 00:24:22.840
 How do you

00:24:22.840 --> 00:24:23.340
 fill out

00:24:23.340 --> 00:24:24.660
 this sentence?

00:24:24.860 --> 00:24:25.760
 I will be

00:24:25.760 --> 00:24:26.260
 a happy

00:24:26.260 --> 00:24:27.460
 person if...

00:24:30.460 --> 00:24:31.380
 And far

00:24:31.380 --> 00:24:32.100
 too often,

00:24:33.060 --> 00:24:33.480
 it's either

00:24:33.480 --> 00:24:33.860
 what I

00:24:33.860 --> 00:24:34.520
 accomplish,

00:24:34.780 --> 00:24:35.180
 what I

00:24:35.180 --> 00:24:35.840
 acquire,

00:24:36.279 --> 00:24:36.900
 what I

00:24:36.900 --> 00:24:37.600
 achieve?

00:24:42.160 --> 00:24:42.920
 And how

00:24:42.920 --> 00:24:43.700
 foolish is

00:24:43.700 --> 00:24:44.060
 that?

00:24:46.000 --> 00:24:46.820
 Something that

00:24:46.820 --> 00:24:47.940
 I think I

00:24:47.940 --> 00:24:49.000
 create in my

00:24:49.000 --> 00:24:49.560
 own efforts,

00:24:49.660 --> 00:24:50.080
 in my own

00:24:50.080 --> 00:24:50.500
 strength,

00:24:50.580 --> 00:24:51.180
 that I bow

00:24:51.180 --> 00:24:51.920
 down to it

00:24:51.920 --> 00:24:52.660
 and say,

00:24:52.820 --> 00:24:53.360
 give me

00:24:53.360 --> 00:24:53.820
 life.

00:24:57.920 --> 00:24:58.600
 That's what

00:24:58.599 --> 00:24:59.079
 the arrogant

00:24:59.079 --> 00:25:01.099
 person does.

00:25:04.879 --> 00:25:05.500
 It

00:25:05.500 --> 00:25:06.159
 worships.

00:25:07.199 --> 00:25:07.819
 It

00:25:07.819 --> 00:25:08.419
 worships the

00:25:08.419 --> 00:25:08.759
 work of

00:25:08.759 --> 00:25:09.299
 our hands.

00:25:10.439 --> 00:25:10.980
 It

00:25:10.980 --> 00:25:11.579
 worships

00:25:11.579 --> 00:25:12.240
 created

00:25:12.240 --> 00:25:14.059
 things that

00:25:14.059 --> 00:25:14.500
 have no

00:25:14.500 --> 00:25:15.599
 life and we

00:25:15.599 --> 00:25:15.919
 have no

00:25:15.919 --> 00:25:16.459
 power to

00:25:16.459 --> 00:25:16.899
 give them

00:25:16.899 --> 00:25:17.379
 life.

00:25:17.379 --> 00:25:17.519
 I

00:25:17.519 --> 00:25:18.879
 am

00:25:18.879 --> 00:25:24.000
 far too

00:25:24.000 --> 00:25:26.000
 much like

00:25:26.000 --> 00:25:26.759
 the Chaldeans.

00:25:31.200 --> 00:25:31.980
 And if

00:25:31.980 --> 00:25:32.339
 God's

00:25:32.339 --> 00:25:32.559
 fierce

00:25:32.559 --> 00:25:32.940
 judgment

00:25:32.940 --> 00:25:33.200
 was

00:25:33.200 --> 00:25:33.660
 deserved

00:25:33.660 --> 00:25:34.059
 by that

00:25:34.059 --> 00:25:34.579
 evil

00:25:34.579 --> 00:25:35.059
 people,

00:25:36.240 --> 00:25:37.200
 then I

00:25:37.200 --> 00:25:38.319
 cannot

00:25:38.319 --> 00:25:39.559
 remove

00:25:39.559 --> 00:25:40.279
 myself

00:25:40.279 --> 00:25:41.660
 from

00:25:41.660 --> 00:25:42.099
 deserving

00:25:42.099 --> 00:25:42.460
 that

00:25:42.460 --> 00:25:42.799
 judgment.

00:25:48.640 --> 00:25:49.339
 So

00:25:49.339 --> 00:25:49.559
 what's

00:25:49.559 --> 00:25:50.019
 the answer?

00:25:52.880 --> 00:25:53.559
 It's

00:25:53.559 --> 00:25:54.019
 faith.

00:25:54.019 --> 00:25:54.139
 faith.

00:25:55.339 --> 00:25:56.220
 It is

00:25:56.220 --> 00:25:57.000
 faith.

00:25:58.619 --> 00:25:59.500
 Faith is

00:25:59.500 --> 00:25:59.859
 not just

00:25:59.859 --> 00:26:00.099
 some

00:26:00.099 --> 00:26:00.660
 mental

00:26:00.660 --> 00:26:01.559
 acknowledgement

00:26:01.559 --> 00:26:03.079
 of certain

00:26:03.079 --> 00:26:03.839
 truths or

00:26:03.839 --> 00:26:05.019
 doctrines or

00:26:05.019 --> 00:26:05.740
 principles.

00:26:06.859 --> 00:26:07.339
 Faith is

00:26:07.339 --> 00:26:09.039
 what is the

00:26:09.039 --> 00:26:09.660
 opposite of

00:26:09.660 --> 00:26:10.119
 faith?

00:26:11.039 --> 00:26:11.839
 The opposite

00:26:11.839 --> 00:26:12.500
 of faith is

00:26:12.500 --> 00:26:13.319
 self-sufficiency.

00:26:13.779 --> 00:26:14.579
 So faith

00:26:14.579 --> 00:26:15.920
 is dependence.

00:26:17.839 --> 00:26:18.680
 Faith is

00:26:18.680 --> 00:26:18.920
 just

00:26:18.920 --> 00:26:19.759
 dependence

00:26:19.759 --> 00:26:21.460
 on another,

00:26:22.079 --> 00:26:22.379
 humble

00:26:22.379 --> 00:26:23.019
 dependence.

00:26:24.019 --> 00:26:25.160
 it is a

00:26:25.160 --> 00:26:25.619
 sense of

00:26:25.619 --> 00:26:26.500
 helplessness

00:26:26.500 --> 00:26:27.319
 and a

00:26:27.319 --> 00:26:28.339
 reaching out

00:26:28.339 --> 00:26:29.799
 of hands

00:26:29.799 --> 00:26:30.339
 to one

00:26:30.339 --> 00:26:30.680
 who can

00:26:30.680 --> 00:26:31.119
 supply

00:26:31.119 --> 00:26:31.639
 need.

00:26:35.359 --> 00:26:36.059
 Instead of

00:26:36.059 --> 00:26:36.400
 being a

00:26:36.400 --> 00:26:36.839
 life that

00:26:36.839 --> 00:26:37.440
 depends on

00:26:37.440 --> 00:26:37.920
 me and

00:26:37.920 --> 00:26:38.259
 what I

00:26:38.259 --> 00:26:38.639
 do,

00:26:38.759 --> 00:26:39.000
 it's

00:26:39.000 --> 00:26:39.359
 trusting

00:26:39.359 --> 00:26:39.940
 somebody

00:26:39.940 --> 00:26:40.539
 else.

00:26:41.759 --> 00:26:42.139
 It's

00:26:42.139 --> 00:26:42.400
 looking

00:26:42.400 --> 00:26:43.240
 outside of

00:26:43.240 --> 00:26:44.000
 my life

00:26:44.000 --> 00:26:46.879
 to find

00:26:46.879 --> 00:26:47.220
 life.

00:26:47.279 --> 00:26:47.539
 Instead

00:26:47.539 --> 00:26:48.259
 of life

00:26:48.259 --> 00:26:49.119
 being that

00:26:49.119 --> 00:26:49.660
 which centers

00:26:49.660 --> 00:26:50.259
 around me,

00:26:50.379 --> 00:26:50.920
 it's centered

00:26:50.920 --> 00:26:51.639
 around

00:26:51.639 --> 00:26:53.440
 someone else.

00:26:54.019 --> 00:26:55.099
 it's centered

00:26:55.099 --> 00:26:56.000
 around a

00:26:56.000 --> 00:26:56.400
 covenant

00:26:56.400 --> 00:26:58.220
 God in

00:26:58.220 --> 00:26:59.039
 particular.

00:27:01.740 --> 00:27:02.259
 In God's

00:27:02.259 --> 00:27:02.940
 revelation to

00:27:02.940 --> 00:27:03.900
 Habakkuk points

00:27:03.900 --> 00:27:04.740
 there's two

00:27:04.740 --> 00:27:06.519
 core aspects

00:27:06.519 --> 00:27:07.240
 of faith

00:27:07.240 --> 00:27:09.119
 that he brings

00:27:09.119 --> 00:27:09.859
 out here

00:27:09.859 --> 00:27:11.440
 that actually

00:27:11.440 --> 00:27:11.980
 give us,

00:27:12.039 --> 00:27:12.839
 that help us

00:27:12.839 --> 00:27:13.519
 learn what

00:27:13.519 --> 00:27:14.200
 faith is,

00:27:14.279 --> 00:27:15.160
 but gives us

00:27:15.160 --> 00:27:15.819
 hope.

00:27:15.819 --> 00:27:18.200
 even as we

00:27:18.200 --> 00:27:19.159
 face these

00:27:19.159 --> 00:27:19.980
 really tough

00:27:19.980 --> 00:27:20.339
 hard

00:27:20.339 --> 00:27:21.139
 circumstances.

00:27:23.279 --> 00:27:23.919
 In the

00:27:23.919 --> 00:27:24.419
 first one,

00:27:25.059 --> 00:27:25.779
 I'm going to

00:27:25.779 --> 00:27:26.359
 take them in

00:27:26.359 --> 00:27:27.099
 reverse order.

00:27:28.579 --> 00:27:29.439
 So I'm going

00:27:29.439 --> 00:27:30.019
 to start with

00:27:30.019 --> 00:27:30.599
 verse 20.

00:27:32.519 --> 00:27:33.119
 And there we

00:27:33.119 --> 00:27:34.919
 see God's

00:27:34.919 --> 00:27:36.220
 sovereign rule

00:27:36.220 --> 00:27:38.139
 where he says,

00:27:38.259 --> 00:27:38.859
 but the Lord is

00:27:38.859 --> 00:27:39.379
 in his holy

00:27:39.379 --> 00:27:40.179
 temple, let all

00:27:40.179 --> 00:27:40.879
 the earth keep

00:27:40.879 --> 00:27:43.019
 silence before

00:27:43.019 --> 00:27:43.359
 him.

00:27:43.359 --> 00:27:47.619
 keep

00:27:47.619 --> 00:27:48.179
 silent.

00:27:48.639 --> 00:27:49.679
 This is in

00:27:49.679 --> 00:27:50.359
 light of

00:27:50.359 --> 00:27:51.159
 complaining.

00:27:52.359 --> 00:27:53.119
 To keep

00:27:53.119 --> 00:27:55.259
 silent is

00:27:55.259 --> 00:27:55.959
 now coming

00:27:55.959 --> 00:27:56.459
 to that

00:27:56.459 --> 00:27:58.479
 place where

00:27:58.479 --> 00:27:58.759
 it says,

00:27:58.979 --> 00:27:59.319
 I have

00:27:59.319 --> 00:28:00.119
 nothing to

00:28:00.119 --> 00:28:00.459
 say.

00:28:02.099 --> 00:28:03.099
 This is not

00:28:03.099 --> 00:28:03.419
 me.

00:28:04.839 --> 00:28:05.799
 This is all

00:28:05.799 --> 00:28:06.399
 about you.

00:28:08.319 --> 00:28:09.000
 And what

00:28:09.000 --> 00:28:10.199
 faith is here

00:28:10.199 --> 00:28:10.599
 in the

00:28:10.599 --> 00:28:11.399
 sovereign God,

00:28:11.519 --> 00:28:12.039
 it's simply

00:28:12.039 --> 00:28:12.960
 the acknowledgement

00:28:12.960 --> 00:28:13.879
 that I

00:28:13.879 --> 00:28:15.720
 am not

00:28:15.720 --> 00:28:16.720
 God.

00:28:20.319 --> 00:28:20.940
 Of course,

00:28:21.000 --> 00:28:21.279
 you knew

00:28:21.279 --> 00:28:21.599
 that.

00:28:24.099 --> 00:28:25.139
 But why is

00:28:25.139 --> 00:28:25.599
 it so hard

00:28:25.599 --> 00:28:26.079
 for me to

00:28:26.079 --> 00:28:26.539
 figure that

00:28:26.539 --> 00:28:26.920
 out?

00:28:31.220 --> 00:28:31.759
 Faith,

00:28:32.839 --> 00:28:33.039
 you know,

00:28:33.079 --> 00:28:33.460
 I cannot

00:28:33.460 --> 00:28:34.059
 build enough

00:28:34.059 --> 00:28:34.720
 security to

00:28:34.720 --> 00:28:35.019
 bring me

00:28:35.019 --> 00:28:35.440
 peace.

00:28:35.440 --> 00:28:36.740
 I cannot

00:28:36.740 --> 00:28:38.220
 provide for

00:28:38.220 --> 00:28:39.019
 myself

00:28:39.019 --> 00:28:40.420
 adequately.

00:28:40.799 --> 00:28:41.360
 I cannot

00:28:41.360 --> 00:28:42.420
 protect

00:28:42.420 --> 00:28:43.160
 myself

00:28:43.160 --> 00:28:44.600
 from evils

00:28:44.600 --> 00:28:45.240
 in this

00:28:45.240 --> 00:28:45.759
 world.

00:28:46.299 --> 00:28:47.080
 I cannot

00:28:47.080 --> 00:28:48.420
 determine what

00:28:48.420 --> 00:28:48.940
 happens

00:28:48.940 --> 00:28:49.600
 tomorrow.

00:28:49.900 --> 00:28:50.500
 I cannot

00:28:50.500 --> 00:28:51.759
 undo what

00:28:51.759 --> 00:28:52.120
 happened

00:28:52.120 --> 00:28:52.680
 yesterday.

00:28:54.279 --> 00:28:55.340
 I am

00:28:55.340 --> 00:28:56.059
 not God.

00:28:58.340 --> 00:28:59.279
 I'm not

00:28:59.279 --> 00:28:59.960
 God for me.

00:29:00.440 --> 00:29:00.960
 I'm not

00:29:00.960 --> 00:29:01.340
 God for

00:29:01.340 --> 00:29:02.100
 anybody else.

00:29:02.099 --> 00:29:03.439
 God for

00:29:03.439 --> 00:29:04.240
 us.

00:29:04.240 --> 00:29:04.519
 And that

00:29:04.519 --> 00:29:04.939
 statement

00:29:04.939 --> 00:29:06.959
 alone takes

00:29:06.959 --> 00:29:07.539
 me out of

00:29:07.539 --> 00:29:07.899
 the center

00:29:07.899 --> 00:29:08.399
 of things.

00:29:10.959 --> 00:29:11.740
 It takes

00:29:11.740 --> 00:29:12.099
 me out

00:29:12.099 --> 00:29:12.519
 because if

00:29:12.519 --> 00:29:12.859
 I'm not

00:29:12.859 --> 00:29:13.219
 God,

00:29:13.319 --> 00:29:13.579
 then the

00:29:13.579 --> 00:29:14.099
 world does

00:29:14.099 --> 00:29:14.839
 not revolve

00:29:14.839 --> 00:29:15.559
 around me

00:29:15.559 --> 00:29:16.240
 and my

00:29:16.240 --> 00:29:16.919
 needs and

00:29:16.919 --> 00:29:17.599
 my wants

00:29:17.599 --> 00:29:19.379
 and my

00:29:19.379 --> 00:29:20.059
 agenda and

00:29:20.059 --> 00:29:20.759
 my plans.

00:29:22.359 --> 00:29:23.059
 I don't

00:29:23.059 --> 00:29:23.480
 determine.

00:29:25.599 --> 00:29:26.079
 Somebody

00:29:26.079 --> 00:29:26.719
 else does.

00:29:29.259 --> 00:29:29.779
 And that

00:29:29.779 --> 00:29:30.579
 in itself

00:29:30.579 --> 00:29:32.779
 in some

00:29:32.779 --> 00:29:33.359
 ways may

00:29:33.359 --> 00:29:33.939
 be comforting.

00:29:34.119 --> 00:29:34.379
 It may

00:29:34.379 --> 00:29:34.879
 not be.

00:29:36.339 --> 00:29:37.000
 Because if

00:29:37.000 --> 00:29:37.419
 there is a

00:29:37.419 --> 00:29:37.899
 king, if

00:29:37.899 --> 00:29:38.339
 there's somebody

00:29:38.339 --> 00:29:38.899
 else making

00:29:38.899 --> 00:29:39.139
 these

00:29:39.139 --> 00:29:39.980
 determinations,

00:29:42.899 --> 00:29:45.919
 what if

00:29:45.919 --> 00:29:46.240
 he's not

00:29:46.240 --> 00:29:46.659
 good?

00:29:50.879 --> 00:29:51.579
 Well, see, we

00:29:51.579 --> 00:29:52.059
 have hope

00:29:52.059 --> 00:29:52.579
 here because

00:29:52.579 --> 00:29:53.099
 if you see

00:29:53.099 --> 00:29:53.379
 in this

00:29:53.379 --> 00:29:54.759
 verse, it's

00:29:54.759 --> 00:29:55.199
 not just

00:29:55.199 --> 00:29:56.019
 anybody who's

00:29:56.019 --> 00:29:56.500
 in his holy

00:29:56.500 --> 00:29:56.819
 temple.

00:29:58.019 --> 00:29:58.619
 It's the

00:29:58.619 --> 00:29:59.019
 Lord.

00:30:00.579 --> 00:30:01.379
 It is the

00:30:01.379 --> 00:30:01.720
 covenant

00:30:01.720 --> 00:30:03.279
 God of

00:30:03.279 --> 00:30:03.740
 Israel.

00:30:04.799 --> 00:30:05.519
 It is the

00:30:05.519 --> 00:30:06.399
 God who

00:30:06.399 --> 00:30:07.019
 brought them

00:30:07.019 --> 00:30:07.519
 out of

00:30:07.519 --> 00:30:09.359
 slavery, out

00:30:09.359 --> 00:30:09.819
 of the land

00:30:09.819 --> 00:30:10.299
 of Egypt.

00:30:10.919 --> 00:30:11.599
 It is the

00:30:11.599 --> 00:30:12.099
 God who

00:30:12.099 --> 00:30:12.639
 carried them

00:30:12.639 --> 00:30:13.059
 through the

00:30:13.059 --> 00:30:13.399
 wilderness.

00:30:13.619 --> 00:30:13.980
 It is the

00:30:13.980 --> 00:30:14.419
 God who

00:30:14.419 --> 00:30:15.279
 planted them

00:30:15.279 --> 00:30:16.279
 in Canaan.

00:30:16.720 --> 00:30:17.199
 It is the

00:30:17.199 --> 00:30:17.740
 God who

00:30:17.740 --> 00:30:18.579
 declared that

00:30:18.579 --> 00:30:19.099
 he would be

00:30:19.099 --> 00:30:19.619
 their God,

00:30:19.720 --> 00:30:20.059
 they would

00:30:20.059 --> 00:30:20.439
 be his

00:30:20.439 --> 00:30:21.699
 people, and

00:30:21.699 --> 00:30:22.179
 he would

00:30:22.179 --> 00:30:23.079
 dwell right

00:30:23.079 --> 00:30:23.879
 in their

00:30:23.879 --> 00:30:24.359
 midst.

00:30:25.119 --> 00:30:25.399
 This

00:30:25.399 --> 00:30:26.000
 God

00:30:26.000 --> 00:30:29.559
 is the

00:30:29.559 --> 00:30:30.319
 sovereign ruler

00:30:30.319 --> 00:30:31.460
 of all

00:30:31.460 --> 00:30:31.920
 things.

00:30:35.359 --> 00:30:35.680
 And so

00:30:35.680 --> 00:30:36.319
 faith

00:30:36.319 --> 00:30:37.579
 begins

00:30:37.579 --> 00:30:39.940
 with this

00:30:39.940 --> 00:30:40.240
 humble

00:30:40.240 --> 00:30:40.880
 place

00:30:40.880 --> 00:30:44.160
 that, yes,

00:30:44.259 --> 00:30:45.380
 God rules,

00:30:46.779 --> 00:30:48.460
 but the

00:30:48.460 --> 00:30:48.940
 God who

00:30:48.940 --> 00:30:49.519
 rules

00:30:49.519 --> 00:30:52.059
 is good.

00:30:52.059 --> 00:30:54.319
 he is

00:30:54.319 --> 00:30:55.059
 for me,

00:30:55.839 --> 00:30:56.740
 his rule

00:30:56.740 --> 00:30:57.399
 is for

00:30:57.399 --> 00:30:57.720
 me.

00:31:01.000 --> 00:31:01.720
 He is

00:31:01.720 --> 00:31:02.059
 the God

00:31:02.059 --> 00:31:02.399
 of the

00:31:02.399 --> 00:31:02.759
 covenant,

00:31:03.960 --> 00:31:05.899
 a covenant

00:31:05.899 --> 00:31:07.159
 that was

00:31:07.159 --> 00:31:07.799
 fulfilled

00:31:07.799 --> 00:31:09.379
 and satisfied

00:31:09.379 --> 00:31:12.599
 through the

00:31:12.599 --> 00:31:13.359
 sacrifice

00:31:13.359 --> 00:31:15.799
 of the

00:31:15.799 --> 00:31:16.179
 Lamb of

00:31:16.179 --> 00:31:16.519
 God.

00:31:16.519 --> 00:31:16.579
 God

00:31:16.579 --> 00:31:16.720
 God.

00:31:22.240 --> 00:31:23.059
 And if

00:31:23.059 --> 00:31:23.319
 he would

00:31:23.319 --> 00:31:23.679
 do that

00:31:23.679 --> 00:31:24.099
 for me,

00:31:25.059 --> 00:31:27.779
 I think

00:31:27.779 --> 00:31:28.059
 I can

00:31:28.059 --> 00:31:28.679
 trust him.

00:31:33.199 --> 00:31:33.879
 The

00:31:33.879 --> 00:31:34.159
 second

00:31:34.159 --> 00:31:34.579
 thing

00:31:34.579 --> 00:31:35.720
 here

00:31:35.720 --> 00:31:37.899
 is God's

00:31:37.899 --> 00:31:38.460
 ultimate

00:31:38.460 --> 00:31:39.179
 glory.

00:31:40.559 --> 00:31:41.079
 Look at

00:31:41.079 --> 00:31:41.759
 verse 14.

00:31:44.460 --> 00:31:45.259
 For the

00:31:45.259 --> 00:31:45.619
 earth will

00:31:45.619 --> 00:31:46.139
 be filled

00:31:46.140 --> 00:31:47.420
 with the

00:31:47.420 --> 00:31:47.860
 knowledge

00:31:47.860 --> 00:31:48.380
 of the

00:31:48.380 --> 00:31:48.780
 glory of

00:31:48.780 --> 00:31:49.160
 the Lord

00:31:49.160 --> 00:31:51.060
 as the

00:31:51.060 --> 00:31:51.320
 waters

00:31:51.320 --> 00:31:51.900
 cover the

00:31:51.900 --> 00:31:52.140
 sea.

00:31:53.740 --> 00:31:54.300
 That

00:31:54.300 --> 00:31:54.800
 statement

00:31:54.800 --> 00:31:56.040
 says so

00:31:56.040 --> 00:31:56.640
 much.

00:31:57.920 --> 00:31:58.460
 And it

00:31:58.460 --> 00:31:59.040
 indeed

00:31:59.040 --> 00:31:59.720
 is,

00:32:00.120 --> 00:32:00.840
 it is a

00:32:00.840 --> 00:32:01.400
 huge

00:32:01.400 --> 00:32:02.080
 comfort

00:32:02.080 --> 00:32:03.660
 because

00:32:03.660 --> 00:32:06.060
 I'm made

00:32:06.060 --> 00:32:06.759
 for glory.

00:32:08.180 --> 00:32:08.920
 I was

00:32:08.920 --> 00:32:09.560
 created

00:32:09.560 --> 00:32:10.300
 for it.

00:32:10.360 --> 00:32:10.600
 I was

00:32:10.600 --> 00:32:11.400
 created by

00:32:11.400 --> 00:32:11.900
 the one

00:32:11.900 --> 00:32:12.780
 who is the

00:32:12.780 --> 00:32:13.180
 king of

00:32:13.180 --> 00:32:13.660
 glory.

00:32:14.300 --> 00:32:14.800
 I was

00:32:14.800 --> 00:32:15.460
 created in

00:32:15.460 --> 00:32:16.319
 his image.

00:32:18.319 --> 00:32:18.640
 And so

00:32:18.640 --> 00:32:19.480
 I'm made

00:32:19.480 --> 00:32:19.980
 for

00:32:19.980 --> 00:32:21.460
 significance.

00:32:23.059 --> 00:32:24.319
 I carry

00:32:24.319 --> 00:32:25.440
 the image

00:32:25.440 --> 00:32:26.059
 of my

00:32:26.059 --> 00:32:26.539
 maker.

00:32:32.279 --> 00:32:33.240
 I'm not

00:32:33.240 --> 00:32:33.779
 weighty

00:32:33.779 --> 00:32:35.420
 in myself.

00:32:35.920 --> 00:32:36.600
 I will

00:32:36.600 --> 00:32:37.299
 never be

00:32:37.299 --> 00:32:38.279
 in what I

00:32:38.279 --> 00:32:38.579
 do.

00:32:39.059 --> 00:32:39.500
 I will

00:32:39.500 --> 00:32:40.340
 never create

00:32:40.340 --> 00:32:41.340
 significance or

00:32:41.340 --> 00:32:42.200
 value than

00:32:42.200 --> 00:32:43.200
 any achievement

00:32:43.200 --> 00:32:46.019
 or any

00:32:46.019 --> 00:32:47.980
 purchase or

00:32:47.980 --> 00:32:48.860
 any position

00:32:48.860 --> 00:32:49.259
 that I

00:32:49.259 --> 00:32:49.680
 would hold.

00:32:53.299 --> 00:32:54.140
 I am

00:32:54.140 --> 00:32:54.920
 valued because

00:32:54.920 --> 00:32:55.720
 I belong to

00:32:55.720 --> 00:32:57.640
 one who

00:32:57.640 --> 00:32:59.059
 is glorious.

00:32:59.059 --> 00:33:03.399
 you know,

00:33:03.460 --> 00:33:03.940
 Habakkuk,

00:33:04.019 --> 00:33:04.240
 as he

00:33:04.240 --> 00:33:04.940
 wrote this,

00:33:05.399 --> 00:33:06.019
 he had no

00:33:06.019 --> 00:33:07.200
 idea what

00:33:07.200 --> 00:33:07.679
 was coming.

00:33:12.019 --> 00:33:12.779
 Maybe just

00:33:12.779 --> 00:33:13.319
 a glimpse,

00:33:14.419 --> 00:33:14.919
 but we can

00:33:14.919 --> 00:33:15.579
 look back.

00:33:17.059 --> 00:33:17.919
 We look back

00:33:17.919 --> 00:33:18.500
 to John

00:33:18.500 --> 00:33:19.299
 chapter 1

00:33:19.299 --> 00:33:20.139
 verse 14

00:33:20.139 --> 00:33:22.679
 where he

00:33:22.679 --> 00:33:22.940
 wrote,

00:33:23.079 --> 00:33:23.279
 and the

00:33:23.279 --> 00:33:24.179
 word became

00:33:24.179 --> 00:33:26.000
 flesh and

00:33:26.000 --> 00:33:26.579
 dwelt among

00:33:26.579 --> 00:33:27.000
 us.

00:33:28.199 --> 00:33:28.740
 And we

00:33:28.740 --> 00:33:29.220
 have seen

00:33:29.220 --> 00:33:29.859
 his glory,

00:33:30.119 --> 00:33:30.799
 glory as

00:33:30.799 --> 00:33:31.319
 of the only

00:33:31.319 --> 00:33:31.919
 son of

00:33:31.919 --> 00:33:32.439
 the father,

00:33:33.439 --> 00:33:34.139
 full of

00:33:34.139 --> 00:33:35.039
 grace and

00:33:35.039 --> 00:33:35.299
 truth.

00:33:38.099 --> 00:33:38.480
 What

00:33:38.480 --> 00:33:39.039
 Habakkuk

00:33:39.039 --> 00:33:39.939
 probably could

00:33:39.939 --> 00:33:40.699
 not realize

00:33:40.699 --> 00:33:41.720
 fully is

00:33:41.720 --> 00:33:42.099
 when the

00:33:42.099 --> 00:33:42.679
 glory would

00:33:42.679 --> 00:33:43.159
 fill the

00:33:43.159 --> 00:33:43.439
 earth,

00:33:43.480 --> 00:33:43.960
 the glory

00:33:43.960 --> 00:33:44.439
 would not

00:33:44.439 --> 00:33:45.159
 just be

00:33:45.159 --> 00:33:46.359
 the light

00:33:46.359 --> 00:33:47.659
 of glory,

00:33:47.740 --> 00:33:48.000
 it would

00:33:48.000 --> 00:33:48.679
 be the

00:33:48.679 --> 00:33:49.500
 glorious one

00:33:49.500 --> 00:33:50.319
 himself,

00:33:50.779 --> 00:33:51.539
 that God

00:33:51.539 --> 00:33:52.679
 would come,

00:33:53.240 --> 00:33:54.799
 not in a

00:33:54.799 --> 00:33:55.359
 cloud,

00:33:55.619 --> 00:33:56.039
 not in

00:33:56.039 --> 00:33:57.039
 fire that

00:33:57.039 --> 00:33:57.599
 the nation

00:33:57.599 --> 00:33:58.240
 of Israel

00:33:58.240 --> 00:33:58.879
 had known

00:33:58.879 --> 00:33:59.180
 in the

00:33:59.180 --> 00:33:59.539
 past,

00:33:59.599 --> 00:33:59.799
 but he

00:33:59.799 --> 00:34:00.299
 would come

00:34:00.299 --> 00:34:00.720
 in a

00:34:00.720 --> 00:34:01.099
 man,

00:34:01.200 --> 00:34:01.480
 they would

00:34:01.480 --> 00:34:01.940
 see him

00:34:01.940 --> 00:34:02.539
 face to

00:34:02.539 --> 00:34:03.159
 face,

00:34:03.879 --> 00:34:06.819
 not just

00:34:06.819 --> 00:34:07.700
 his backside

00:34:07.700 --> 00:34:09.059
 like Moses

00:34:09.059 --> 00:34:09.759
 saw in the

00:34:09.759 --> 00:34:10.079
 wilderness,

00:34:10.239 --> 00:34:10.500
 but his

00:34:10.500 --> 00:34:11.219
 face,

00:34:12.579 --> 00:34:14.599
 that the

00:34:14.599 --> 00:34:15.039
 God of

00:34:15.039 --> 00:34:15.840
 glory would

00:34:15.840 --> 00:34:16.500
 come.

00:34:20.139 --> 00:34:20.659
 And

00:34:20.659 --> 00:34:21.199
 incredibly,

00:34:21.380 --> 00:34:21.880
 the way he

00:34:21.880 --> 00:34:23.380
 came was

00:34:23.380 --> 00:34:23.860
 just the

00:34:23.860 --> 00:34:24.659
 opposite of

00:34:24.659 --> 00:34:25.119
 the way that

00:34:25.119 --> 00:34:25.559
 we seek

00:34:25.559 --> 00:34:25.980
 glory.

00:34:26.920 --> 00:34:27.559
 We want

00:34:27.559 --> 00:34:28.000
 to build

00:34:28.000 --> 00:34:28.539
 it up and

00:34:28.539 --> 00:34:29.039
 cling to

00:34:29.039 --> 00:34:29.519
 position.

00:34:29.860 --> 00:34:30.259
 He laid

00:34:30.259 --> 00:34:31.019
 aside his

00:34:31.019 --> 00:34:31.519
 position.

00:34:32.460 --> 00:34:32.920
 He laid

00:34:32.920 --> 00:34:33.659
 aside his

00:34:33.659 --> 00:34:35.079
 right to

00:34:35.079 --> 00:34:35.559
 be at the

00:34:35.559 --> 00:34:36.219
 right hand of

00:34:36.219 --> 00:34:36.719
 the Father,

00:34:36.900 --> 00:34:37.579
 to be in

00:34:37.579 --> 00:34:38.340
 that glorious

00:34:38.340 --> 00:34:38.960
 place, and

00:34:38.960 --> 00:34:39.460
 he took the

00:34:39.460 --> 00:34:40.159
 form of a

00:34:40.159 --> 00:34:40.500
 servant.

00:34:42.900 --> 00:34:44.039
 He came

00:34:44.039 --> 00:34:45.920
 to the

00:34:45.920 --> 00:34:46.500
 arrogance

00:34:46.500 --> 00:34:50.079
 to serve

00:34:50.079 --> 00:34:51.079
 glory.

00:34:51.079 --> 00:34:51.659
 And die

00:34:51.659 --> 00:34:53.759
 and die

00:34:53.759 --> 00:34:56.920
 so that we

00:34:56.920 --> 00:34:58.500
 could once

00:34:58.500 --> 00:35:00.319
 again know

00:35:00.319 --> 00:35:01.159
 real glory.

00:35:05.159 --> 00:35:06.059
 And that's

00:35:06.059 --> 00:35:06.579
 not all.

00:35:09.099 --> 00:35:09.619
 We look at

00:35:09.619 --> 00:35:10.460
 John 17

00:35:10.460 --> 00:35:11.219
 verses 22

00:35:11.219 --> 00:35:11.900
 and 23.

00:35:12.960 --> 00:35:13.699
 The glory

00:35:13.699 --> 00:35:14.099
 that you have

00:35:14.099 --> 00:35:14.699
 given me,

00:35:14.819 --> 00:35:15.380
 this is the

00:35:15.380 --> 00:35:16.079
 prayer of Jesus

00:35:16.079 --> 00:35:16.920
 right before he

00:35:16.920 --> 00:35:17.579
 was to die.

00:35:17.579 --> 00:35:18.860
 The glory you

00:35:18.860 --> 00:35:19.559
 have given me,

00:35:19.639 --> 00:35:20.159
 I have given

00:35:20.159 --> 00:35:20.840
 to them,

00:35:21.940 --> 00:35:22.599
 that they may

00:35:22.599 --> 00:35:23.319
 be one even

00:35:23.319 --> 00:35:23.880
 as we are

00:35:23.880 --> 00:35:24.239
 one.

00:35:24.360 --> 00:35:25.019
 I in them,

00:35:25.119 --> 00:35:25.659
 you in me,

00:35:25.739 --> 00:35:26.219
 that they may

00:35:26.219 --> 00:35:27.199
 become perfectly

00:35:27.199 --> 00:35:27.719
 one.

00:35:28.179 --> 00:35:29.119
 You see that?

00:35:30.699 --> 00:35:31.380
 You know what

00:35:31.380 --> 00:35:32.440
 glory is waiting

00:35:32.440 --> 00:35:33.139
 for us?

00:35:33.139 --> 00:35:40.219
 We are now

00:35:40.219 --> 00:35:41.219
 in Christ.

00:35:42.879 --> 00:35:43.659
 We have been

00:35:43.659 --> 00:35:44.219
 given his

00:35:44.219 --> 00:35:44.699
 glory.

00:35:45.359 --> 00:35:46.259
 The Father is

00:35:46.259 --> 00:35:46.659
 in him.

00:35:46.759 --> 00:35:47.679
 He is in us.

00:35:47.799 --> 00:35:48.460
 We are in

00:35:48.460 --> 00:35:48.940
 them.

00:35:49.139 --> 00:35:49.699
 And now this

00:35:49.699 --> 00:35:50.519
 fellowship,

00:35:53.679 --> 00:35:54.420
 unlike any

00:35:54.420 --> 00:35:54.859
 we could have

00:35:54.859 --> 00:35:55.519
 ever dreamed,

00:35:56.839 --> 00:35:59.099
 that we would

00:35:59.099 --> 00:35:59.719
 be one

00:35:59.719 --> 00:36:00.539
 with God

00:36:00.539 --> 00:36:01.019
 himself.

00:36:03.139 --> 00:36:04.539
 And then one

00:36:04.539 --> 00:36:05.400
 day we would

00:36:05.400 --> 00:36:06.219
 stand before

00:36:06.219 --> 00:36:06.920
 his face

00:36:06.920 --> 00:36:10.019
 and see

00:36:10.019 --> 00:36:10.719
 his glory

00:36:10.719 --> 00:36:11.659
 and realize

00:36:11.659 --> 00:36:13.920
 we will be

00:36:13.920 --> 00:36:14.519
 just like

00:36:14.519 --> 00:36:14.759
 him.

00:36:18.159 --> 00:36:19.579
 We are

00:36:19.579 --> 00:36:20.219
 promised

00:36:20.219 --> 00:36:22.159
 real glory.

00:36:23.599 --> 00:36:24.699
 We will be

00:36:24.699 --> 00:36:25.420
 like the

00:36:25.420 --> 00:36:25.819
 sun.

00:36:28.460 --> 00:36:29.440
 For all

00:36:29.440 --> 00:36:29.920
 that we were

00:36:29.920 --> 00:36:30.819
 made to know,

00:36:31.319 --> 00:36:31.980
 living by

00:36:31.980 --> 00:36:32.679
 faith,

00:36:33.139 --> 00:36:36.139
 rest in

00:36:36.139 --> 00:36:37.179
 those promises

00:36:37.179 --> 00:36:40.159
 so that we

00:36:40.159 --> 00:36:40.900
 don't have to

00:36:40.900 --> 00:36:41.639
 create these

00:36:41.639 --> 00:36:42.279
 things by

00:36:42.279 --> 00:36:43.239
 ourselves.

00:36:45.219 --> 00:36:46.159
 But living

00:36:46.159 --> 00:36:46.900
 by faith

00:36:46.900 --> 00:36:47.319
 means we

00:36:47.319 --> 00:36:48.239
 rest in the

00:36:48.239 --> 00:36:48.739
 one who

00:36:48.739 --> 00:36:49.859
 controls all

00:36:49.859 --> 00:36:50.519
 things and

00:36:50.519 --> 00:36:51.099
 the one who

00:36:51.099 --> 00:36:51.659
 is taking

00:36:51.659 --> 00:36:52.779
 us to

00:36:52.779 --> 00:36:53.639
 glory.

00:36:56.019 --> 00:36:57.279
 We rest.

00:36:57.280 --> 00:36:57.320
 trust.

00:36:59.280 --> 00:37:00.380
 We trust.

00:37:05.380 --> 00:37:05.980
 In your

00:37:05.980 --> 00:37:06.400
 struggles,

00:37:06.540 --> 00:37:06.780
 in your

00:37:06.780 --> 00:37:07.300
 trials,

00:37:09.600 --> 00:37:10.080
 beware the

00:37:10.080 --> 00:37:10.440
 villains.

00:37:13.060 --> 00:37:13.800
 Beware your

00:37:13.800 --> 00:37:14.820
 self-sufficient

00:37:14.820 --> 00:37:15.780
 efforts to

00:37:15.780 --> 00:37:16.300
 make things

00:37:16.300 --> 00:37:16.700
 right.

00:37:18.700 --> 00:37:19.640
 Beware your

00:37:19.640 --> 00:37:20.820
 self-righteousness

00:37:20.820 --> 00:37:23.560
 that's always in

00:37:23.560 --> 00:37:24.120
 your eyes you

00:37:24.120 --> 00:37:24.840
 look better than

00:37:24.840 --> 00:37:25.380
 they do.

00:37:27.700 --> 00:37:28.280
 Remember

00:37:28.280 --> 00:37:30.620
 that we have a

00:37:30.620 --> 00:37:31.400
 God that has

00:37:31.400 --> 00:37:32.640
 come already

00:37:32.640 --> 00:37:34.140
 as a servant.

00:37:35.400 --> 00:37:35.960
 Remember

00:37:35.960 --> 00:37:37.260
 that he has

00:37:37.260 --> 00:37:38.079
 now called us

00:37:38.079 --> 00:37:38.680
 to be that

00:37:38.680 --> 00:37:39.059
 servant.

00:37:40.000 --> 00:37:40.860
 He has paid

00:37:40.860 --> 00:37:41.340
 the ultimate

00:37:41.340 --> 00:37:42.500
 price and all

00:37:42.500 --> 00:37:43.320
 to bring us

00:37:43.320 --> 00:37:44.000
 into his

00:37:44.000 --> 00:37:44.400
 glory.

00:37:45.180 --> 00:37:45.620
 Wait.

00:37:45.620 --> 00:37:47.740
 Trust him.

00:37:47.739 --> 00:37:50.399
 and you

00:37:50.399 --> 00:37:50.779
 will be

00:37:50.779 --> 00:37:51.239
 satisfied.

00:37:53.699 --> 00:37:54.599
 Let's pray

00:37:54.599 --> 00:37:55.459
 together.

00:37:57.959 --> 00:37:58.959
 Father, we

00:37:58.959 --> 00:38:00.759
 have such a

00:38:00.759 --> 00:38:01.239
 hard time

00:38:01.239 --> 00:38:01.979
 conceiving of

00:38:01.979 --> 00:38:02.519
 these things.

00:38:06.979 --> 00:38:08.119
 We have such

00:38:08.119 --> 00:38:09.079
 a fainting

00:38:09.079 --> 00:38:10.199
 vision of what

00:38:10.199 --> 00:38:11.000
 glory it really

00:38:11.000 --> 00:38:11.419
 is.

00:38:14.539 --> 00:38:15.339
 But it's

00:38:15.339 --> 00:38:15.639
 coming.

00:38:15.639 --> 00:38:15.699
 It's coming.

00:38:17.739 --> 00:38:19.079
 Father, we

00:38:19.079 --> 00:38:19.959
 resist so

00:38:19.959 --> 00:38:21.279
 much letting

00:38:21.279 --> 00:38:22.059
 you control

00:38:22.059 --> 00:38:23.179
 things because

00:38:23.179 --> 00:38:23.919
 we're not sure

00:38:23.919 --> 00:38:24.339
 you're really

00:38:24.339 --> 00:38:24.719
 good.

00:38:26.159 --> 00:38:26.919
 But you

00:38:26.919 --> 00:38:27.219
 are.

00:38:29.099 --> 00:38:29.819
 Would you

00:38:29.819 --> 00:38:30.759
 empower us by

00:38:30.759 --> 00:38:32.259
 your spirit to

00:38:32.259 --> 00:38:33.279
 walk by faith?

00:38:34.259 --> 00:38:34.759
 Would you

00:38:34.759 --> 00:38:35.699
 empower us to

00:38:35.699 --> 00:38:36.079
 rest?

00:38:38.239 --> 00:38:38.779
 Would you

00:38:38.779 --> 00:38:39.559
 empower us to

00:38:39.559 --> 00:38:40.319
 trust you?

00:38:42.219 --> 00:38:43.299
 Father, bring

00:38:43.299 --> 00:38:46.399
 us to glory.

00:38:46.400 --> 00:38:47.260
 bring us near

00:38:47.260 --> 00:38:49.760
 that we may

00:38:49.760 --> 00:38:50.160
 know you.

00:38:51.000 --> 00:38:51.559
 And we pray

00:38:51.559 --> 00:38:52.360
 in Jesus' name.

00:38:53.019 --> 00:38:53.280
 Amen.

00:38:57.460 --> 00:38:58.160
 For more

00:38:58.160 --> 00:38:58.660
 information,

00:38:59.039 --> 00:38:59.460
 visit us

00:38:59.460 --> 00:39:00.360
 online at

00:39:00.360 --> 00:39:01.260
 southwood.org.

00:39:01.260 --> 00:39:04.180
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00:39:05.560 --> 00:39:12.820
 Todd-

00:39:15.820 --> 00:39:16.560
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