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 Father, we come before your word.

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 Father, your word talks of people that we don't really know,

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 of countries that we no longer know.

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 Father, we know that it was written almost 3,000 years ago,

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 and it can be hard for us to enter into it.

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 And Father, for some of us who are just familiar with certain parts of the New Testament,

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 this part of the Bible sounds very strange and odd to us.

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 We ask, Father, that you would gently but deeply pour out your Holy Spirit upon us

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 and humble and quieten our hearts so that we might hear your word,

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 that your word might enter deep within who we are

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 and there bear much fruit in our daily lives to your great glory

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 and the furtherance of your kingdom.

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 And this we ask in Jesus' name, your Son and our Savior. Amen.

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 Please be seated.

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 When I first, sorry, I felt that God was calling us to look at the book of Amos

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 during the summer every year at Church of the Messiah.

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 We like to take at least some of the teaching from the Old Testament.

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 It's really helpful, I think, for Christians to have the pastor

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 or other speakers go through an Old Testament book

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 to help us to try to read things which are very strange.

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 And I don't know how many of you are aware of this,

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 but there's part of the book of Amos,

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 not the part that we're going to look at particularly today,

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 but from a literary point of view,

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 actually sort of in some ways the turning point

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 or the key foundational text of the whole book of Amos

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 played a very important role in the history of the United States of America.

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 Andrew's going to be getting things set up on the screen right now as I speak

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 because in a moment I'm going to show you a film clip.

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 Those of you who are used to HD, this was something filmed in 1963,

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 and Martin Luther King was part of a leadership team

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 that called for a march on Washington in 1963

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 to address the persistent racism and segregation of the United States of America.

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 And at the end of that famous march on Washington,

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 he gave his famous I Have a Dream speech.

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 And at the very center of the I Have a Dream speech

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 is a quote from the book of Amos,

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 which is part of the theological center of the book,

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 and it gives us, in fact, the name for our sermon series.

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 So we can't play the whole clip.

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 We're going to play a little bit of the clip,

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 which quotes from Amos.

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 So off you go, Andrew.

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 We cannot turn back.

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 There are those who are asking the devotees of civil rights,

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 when will you be satisfied?

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 We can never be satisfied as long as the Negro is the victim

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 of the unspeakable horrors of police brutality.

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 We can never be satisfied.

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 As long as our body is heavy with the fatigue of travel,

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 cannot gain lodging in the motels of the highways and the hotels of the cities.

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 We cannot be satisfied as long as the Negro's basic mobility is from a smaller ghetto to a larger one.

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 We can never be satisfied as long as our children are stripped of their selfhood

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 and robbed of their dignity by signs stating for whites only.

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 We cannot be satisfied as long as the Negro in Mississippi cannot vote,

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 and the Negro in New York believes he has nothing for which to vote.

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 No, no, we are not satisfied,

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 and we will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters

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 and righteousness like a mighty stream.

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 Let justice roll down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.

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 We're not going to look at that text today.

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 I think it's going to be Daniel in a couple of weeks who's going to exposit that,

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 but it's at the center of the book

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 and the center of the theological understanding of the book of Amos.

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 It's really interesting that in 1963,

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 when there was still no integration in many parts of the United States,

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 still segregation,

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 that in this historic speech in Washington underneath the Lincoln Memorial,

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 they had the Lincoln Memorial just behind them,

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 that in calling people to address these evils

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 and in a sense to have the moral weight and moral certainty

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 and moral courage to address these evils.

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 He goes to the book of Amos.

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 And so, you know, when Nora was reading the book of Amos,

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 it might have sounded,

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 where on earth is George going to go with a text like this?

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 But to understand that this book has this moral weight

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 that inspired this profound movement of nonviolence in the United States

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 to try to start to address some historic evils

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 that have been going on for hundreds of years.

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 Well, let's look and see if we can have a bit of a glimpse

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 of this moral weight and moral authority

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 that can lead to such changes and such courage.

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 So if you would just read with me, let's look how it begins.

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 It's Amos.

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 It's a hard book to find.

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 It's a short little prophet book towards the end of the Old Testament,

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 just before the New Testament.

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 And here's how it begins.

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 Verse 1.

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 The words of Amos, who was among the shepherds of Tekoa,

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 which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah, king of Judah,

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 in the days of Jeroboam, the son of Joash, king of Israel,

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 two years before the earthquake.

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 And over the next few weeks,

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 we'll talk a little bit about the distinction of Judah and Israel.

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 I'm not going to say anything about it right now,

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 or very little about it right now.

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 Just to let you know that one of the things which is really curious about this text,

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 I'm not going to say anything about it other than point it out to you.

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 He sees the words.

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 I mean, the words are spoken, but he sees them.

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 Isn't that an odd thing?

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 I don't know what it means, but I thought I should show you.

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 Look at that.

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 The words of Amos, which he saw.

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 I think that's just cool.

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 I don't know what else it means.

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 It's just cool.

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 And Amos prophesied, when he mentions the two kings,

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 they were both two kings who had a very, very, very, very long rule.

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 Sort of imagine Elizabeth, Queen Elizabeth of the North and Queen Elizabeth of the South

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 with a little bit of an overlap between the two of them.

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 And so he wrote somewhere between the time 793 B.C.,

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 in other words, 793 years before the birth of Christ,

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 and 739 B.C.

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 And one other thing for you to note just before we go on.

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 Amos is going to be pronouncing these oracles,

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 and an oracle is as if God speaks, but he uses someone's mouth.

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 So it would be as if God used Daniel here to speak an oracle,

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 it would be God speaking, but he uses Daniel's mouth, Daniel to speak it.

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 And there's a series of eight oracles, which make up chapter 1 and chapter 2.

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 Six of them are about the pagan nations outside of Israel,

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 and two of them are about the northern and southern kingdom of Israel.

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 And I'm going to look at the six oracles to the pagan nations.

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 And so Amos tells us that he's saying these things sometime between 793

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 and sometime between that and 739.

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 Let's just say for sake of arguments around 750.

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 One thing for you to remember is in 722,

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 Israel ceased to exist as a nation.

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 That sometime in the 720s, in other words,

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 sometime maybe a decade after Amos prophesied,

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 the Assyrian empire entered into this area.

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 All of the nations that are mentioned are completely and utterly defeated militarily,

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 some of them never to recover,

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 and some to recover but in a very weakened state.

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 And the nation of Israel itself is defeated by Assyria.

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 The ten tribes that are resident there are carried into exile,

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 and they are lost from history.

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 They disappear.

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 So depending on how you date it,

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 somewhere between 15 and 50 years after Amos speaks these words,

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 the nations will all fall that he mentions.

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 So let's read verses 2 to 5.

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 And he said,

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 The Lord roars from Zion and utters his voice from Jerusalem.

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 The pastures of the shepherds mourn,

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 and the top of Carmel withers.

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 Thus says the Lord,

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 For three transgressions of Damascus and for four,

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 I will not revoke the punishment.

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 Because they have threshed Gilead with threshing sledges of iron,

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 so I will send fire upon the house of Hazael,

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 and it shall devour the strongholds of Ben-Hadad.

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 I will break the gate bar of Damascus

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 and cut off the inhabitants from the valley of Avon,

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 and him who holds the scepter from Beth Eden

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 and the people of Syria shall go into exile to Kir,

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 says the Lord.

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 And just sort of pause here for a second.

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 And I'm going to spend a little bit of time

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 just in this first five verses,

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 or the first couple of verses,

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 because as you'll see, there's a rhythm throughout all of the six,

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 in fact, all of the eight oracles,

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 two of which Daniel will look at with you next Sunday.

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 But there's this rhythm for three, for four.

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 I will send fire.

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 I will devour.

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 Thus says the Lord.

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 There's this rhythm.

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 So let's just sort of begin with this.

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 And here's the first point,

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 if you could put it up,

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 that would be very helpful.

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 The true, real, living, untamed, nation-judging God roars.

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 This is the introduction to the whole book.

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 The whole book.

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 What's one of the things that can help Martin Luther King stare down

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 the police in places like Alabama and Mississippi

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 is he's gripped with the notion

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 that there is a God who exists

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 who is bigger than the United States of America.

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 He is untamed by human institutions.

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 He is true.

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 He is real.

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 He is living.

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 He is untamed.

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 He judges every nation,

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 every human institution,

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 every social structure.

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 And this God roars.

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 At this time, for a lot of Canadians,

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 the glow of Martin Luther King's speech starts to fade.

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 Just this past week, as I'm working on the book of Amos,

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 I overheard that God sent two pairs of people

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 to sit right beside me to talk.

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 And in both cases,

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 in one case it was two men,

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 and in another case it was two women.

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 And one person was giving advice to the other.

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 And their conversation was very Canadian

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 and very spiritual, not religious.

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 And I'm not saying this to mock.

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 I'm just saying it to describe.

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 And obviously that one person was in some type of trouble

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 and the other person was giving them advice

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 that they had to become more spiritual.

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 They had to know that they had to walk on their own spiritual path.

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 And that spiritual path meant leaving these other people behind.

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 And they had to stop being concerned about these other people

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 because they had to get in touch with their own spiritual nature.

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 They had to get in touch with their own spiritual power

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 and their own spiritual value

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 and walk their own spiritual path.

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 Even if that means leaving all these other people behind

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 and just completely ignoring the complaints that they have about them,

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 they needed to get in touch with their spiritual center,

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 their spiritual power,

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 their spiritual path.

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 And it's very Canadian.

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 And we breathe that Canadian spiritual cultural air.

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 We breathe it every day.

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 We breathe it when we watch TV and we watch Netflix.

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 We breathe it probably even when sports commentators comment.

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 We breathe it in the newspapers.

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 We breathe it when we hear about the decisions of governments.

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 We breathe it when we go to school.

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 We breathe it when we go to work in the bureaucracy

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 and even in many businesses and companies.

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 It is the spiritual air.

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 It is the cultural air that we breathe

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 that people are to get in touch with their spiritual nature,

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 their spiritual path,

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 to walk their spiritual path,

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 to touch their spiritual values.

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 And it's a very, very comforting type of thing.

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 And here in a country which that is very common,

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 if you said that at a particular party,

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 I mean, some people might be bored.

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 Some people might roll their eyes,

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 but nobody would insult you probably.

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 Maybe Christopher Hitchens,

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 if he was still alive in there,

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 he would insult you.

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 But apart from odd atheists like him,

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 it would just come with knowing nods.

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 And then here you come,

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 what, a kilometer from Parliament Hill,

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 half a kilometer from the entertainment and bar center

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 of the city of Ottawa,

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 half a kilometer from the University of Ottawa.

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 And we read a text,

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 and at the heart of that text

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 is this profound theological claim

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 that there is a true God.

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 There is a real God.

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 There is a God who actually is alive.

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 And he is completely and utterly untamed

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 and untameable.

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 He can never, ever be domesticated

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 by any human being,

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 by any institution,

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 by any nation.

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 He is completely impossible

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 to domesticate or tame.

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 And he's real,

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 and he's live,

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 and he's true,

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 and he judges,

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 even nations,

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 even the Supreme Court of Canada,

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 even the Parliament,

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 the Senate,

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 the Premier,

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 the Mayor,

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 Apple,

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 Google,

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 GM,

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 he judges.

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 and he roars.

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 And it is very un-Canadian.

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 Let me tell you one other thing about this.

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 I'm not going to argue for it, by the way.

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 I'm just going to give you a bit of an analogy about it.

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 And I'm going to say,

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 at the end of the day,

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 I mean, for many Canadians,

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 they would just say,

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 well, that's one of the reasons

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 I don't read the Bible.

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 Thank you very much,

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 and off you go.

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 But,

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 I mean,

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 the argument for why this is true

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 is partially the fact that

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 the prophecies are fulfilled.

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 At the end of the day,

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 I would have to talk about

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 the overall narrative of the Bible,

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 the wisdom,

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 and the insight of the Bible.

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 I would maybe have to talk a little bit

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 about why it is

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 that the type of spiritual,

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 not religious talk

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 that I overheard in Starbucks

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 could not lead you

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 to stare down troopers

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 in Alabama and Mississippi

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 and change

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 systemic,

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 century-old evil.

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 It has no power

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 to do that.

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 Never has

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 and never will.

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 At the end of the day,

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 I'd have to talk about

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 arguments for God

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 and finally,

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 ultimately,

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 the fact of Jesus

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 and his death

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 and resurrection.

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 But let me tell you this.

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 Before I was married

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 to Louise,

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 I imagined

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 what my perfect girlfriend

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 and wife would be like.

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 and my imaginary

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 perfect girlfriend

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 never told me

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 that I was doing something wrong,

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 never commented

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 negatively

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 about how I was dressed,

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 how I cut my hair,

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 how I spent my time,

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 how I should spend my time,

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 how I should speak to her.

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 My imaginary ideal girlfriend

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 and wife

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 never talked like that.

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 And then I met Louise.

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 And let me tell you,

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 her account of the distance

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 between whatever her imaginary

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 husband and me,

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 that would be vastly different.

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 I have way more to repent of

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 than she does.

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 But don't you think

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 that much of the spiritual,

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 not religious,

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 contemporary talk

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 about religion,

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 spirituality in Canada

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 is exactly like

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 imaginary girlfriends

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 and boyfriends.

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 Real people

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 are annoyingly angular

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 until you learn

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 to love them

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 and you have to love them

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 in their angularity.

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 In fact,

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 what I'm going to suggest

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 is the God

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 who's described in the Bible

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 is vastly more likely

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 to be real

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 than the way we talk

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 about spirituality

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 and religion in Canada

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 and is well worth

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 our considered opinion.

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 Especially after a clip

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 like that

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 and Martin Luther King.

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 I believe the Bible is true.

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 And I believe that

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 the God who really does exist,

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 who's revealed

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 in the words of Scripture

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 and is ultimately revealed

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 most perfectly in Jesus

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 and his death upon the cross

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 and mighty resurrection,

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 that he is the real

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 and true God.

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 The true,

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 real,

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 living,

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 untamed,

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 nation,

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 judging God

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 that roars.

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 And I've had several people

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 over this week

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 tell me that they've tried

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 to study the book of Amos

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 and it just seems

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 to be the same week in

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 and week out

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 and so they never finished it.

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 And it might very well be

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 that we will come

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 to the conclusion

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 that the book of Amos

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 keeps banging

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 the same note

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 like a drum.

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 But I want to suggest

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 to you

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 that contemporary Canadians

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 need to spend

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 ten weeks

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 meditating upon the fact

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 that the God

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 that really does exist

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 is true

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 and living

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 and real

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 and untamed

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 and nation-judging.

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 And that if all we do

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 is hear that

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 for ten consecutive weeks

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 it is probably

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 very important

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 for our souls.

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 And probably

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 very important

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 for our nation.

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 And if you get

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 nothing else out of it,

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 if that's all you get

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 and you are confronted

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 to meditate upon that,

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 then God has done

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 a mighty thing

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 in our midst.

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 Now I want to tell,

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 I don't know if there's

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 any people

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 who are here today

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 who are not a follower

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 of Jesus

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 and maybe have been

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 dragged here

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 because of a family member

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 or maybe you're here

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 because you're on a search.

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 I want to tell you

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 a secret about Christians

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 in Canada.

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 I want to tell you

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 a secret

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 about most of

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 your Christian friends.

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 most of your Christian

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 friends suffer

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 under the belief

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 that God is small

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 and people are big.

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 God is small

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 and their boss is big.

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 God is small

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 and their money is big.

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 God is small

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 and the Supreme Court

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 of Canada is big.

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 God is small

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 and Hollywood is big.

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 And most of your

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 Christian friends

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 suffer

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 from that basic belief.

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 And the book of Amos here

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 is going to challenge that.

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 Listen to it again.

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 The Lord roars from Zion

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 and utters his voice

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 from Jerusalem.

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 The pastures

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 of the shepherds

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 mourn

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 and the top

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 of Carmel withers.

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 This is an image

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 of the,

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 it's an image

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 of north to south

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 and it's an image,

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 it's as if I in Canada

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 said from the hunters

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 in the high Arctic

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 to the penthouses

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 on Bay Street.

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 from the street people

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 in Victoria

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 to the richest people

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 in Bridal Path

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 area of Toronto.

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 And he uses an image

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 of high to low as well.

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 He uses the image

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 of from the river valleys

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 to the highest places

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 on the highest tree line

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 in the mountains.

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 The Lord roars from Zion

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 and utters his voice

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 from Jerusalem.

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 The pastures

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 of the shepherds

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 mourn

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 and the top

00:21:03.599 --> 00:21:04.500
 of Carmel withers.

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 Thus says the Lord

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 for three transgressions

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 of Damascus

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 and for four

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 I will not revoke

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 the punishment

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 because they have

00:21:10.920 --> 00:21:11.859
 threshed Gilead

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 with threshing

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 sledges of iron.

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 So I will send,

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 I will send fire

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 upon the house

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 of Hazael

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 and it shall devour

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 the strongholds

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 of Ben-Hadad.

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 I will break

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 the gate bar

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 of Damascus

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 and cut off

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 the inhabitants

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 from the valley

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 of Avon

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 and him

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 who holds

00:21:26.939 --> 00:21:27.639
 the scepter

00:21:27.639 --> 00:21:28.679
 sign of ruling

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 from Beth Eden

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 and the people

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 of Syria

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 shall go into exile

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 to Kir

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 says the Lord.

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 Here's the next point.

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 If you could put it up,

00:21:36.659 --> 00:21:36.919
 Andrew,

00:21:37.000 --> 00:21:37.579
 that would be great.

00:21:37.679 --> 00:21:38.639
 The Lord roars.

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 I live as if Canada

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 and its institutions

00:21:41.959 --> 00:21:42.779
 are big

00:21:42.779 --> 00:21:44.379
 and God is small.

00:21:45.839 --> 00:21:46.779
 Pray for me.

00:21:48.079 --> 00:21:49.039
 Pray for each other.

00:21:49.039 --> 00:21:52.139
 It is a persistent,

00:21:52.440 --> 00:21:53.839
 pervasive illness

00:21:53.839 --> 00:21:56.180
 for North American Christians.

00:21:57.139 --> 00:21:58.639
 Our God is too small

00:21:58.639 --> 00:22:03.420
 and people and problems

00:22:03.420 --> 00:22:04.420
 are too big.

00:22:07.839 --> 00:22:09.420
 We live as if

00:22:09.420 --> 00:22:11.099
 the only option before us

00:22:11.099 --> 00:22:12.559
 is to tower ourselves

00:22:12.559 --> 00:22:14.240
 or to cower under others.

00:22:15.680 --> 00:22:16.759
 And once we are gripped

00:22:16.759 --> 00:22:17.639
 with the idea

00:22:17.639 --> 00:22:18.599
 that the living,

00:22:18.599 --> 00:22:19.240
 true,

00:22:19.419 --> 00:22:19.699
 real,

00:22:19.839 --> 00:22:20.879
 untamed nation

00:22:20.879 --> 00:22:22.179
 judging God roars,

00:22:22.299 --> 00:22:22.939
 we can begin

00:22:22.939 --> 00:22:23.719
 to understand

00:22:23.719 --> 00:22:24.399
 that there is

00:22:24.399 --> 00:22:26.019
 a completely different option

00:22:26.019 --> 00:22:26.519
 and that is

00:22:26.519 --> 00:22:27.319
 to be the servant

00:22:27.319 --> 00:22:28.619
 of the Most High King.

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 Do you put up

00:22:32.539 --> 00:22:33.179
 the next point?

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 Really,

00:22:33.899 --> 00:22:34.359
 in some ways,

00:22:34.419 --> 00:22:35.139
 the whole part

00:22:35.139 --> 00:22:35.659
 of the sermon

00:22:35.659 --> 00:22:36.759
 is to try to bring us

00:22:36.759 --> 00:22:38.839
 to these first two points

00:22:38.839 --> 00:22:39.480
 and prayers

00:22:39.480 --> 00:22:39.959
 that are going to

00:22:39.959 --> 00:22:40.819
 follow from them.

00:22:41.299 --> 00:22:41.919
 But we need to go

00:22:41.919 --> 00:22:42.599
 through the text

00:22:42.599 --> 00:22:43.639
 because there's really

00:22:43.639 --> 00:22:44.699
 something very important

00:22:44.699 --> 00:22:45.099
 in here.

00:22:45.839 --> 00:22:46.299
 Dear Lord,

00:22:46.419 --> 00:22:47.139
 please make me

00:22:47.139 --> 00:22:48.240
 a disciple of Jesus,

00:22:48.240 --> 00:22:49.460
 gripped by the gospel,

00:22:49.640 --> 00:22:50.779
 growing in a humble,

00:22:50.980 --> 00:22:51.420
 trusting,

00:22:51.640 --> 00:22:53.180
 knowing that you are big

00:22:53.180 --> 00:22:54.500
 and everything human

00:22:54.500 --> 00:22:55.240
 is small

00:22:55.240 --> 00:22:56.620
 or everything created

00:22:56.620 --> 00:22:57.359
 is small.

00:22:58.500 --> 00:22:59.440
 That is a prayer

00:22:59.440 --> 00:23:00.539
 for the rest of your life.

00:23:00.640 --> 00:23:01.039
 It's a prayer

00:23:01.039 --> 00:23:01.920
 to pray every day.

00:23:06.000 --> 00:23:08.120
 And if you don't have time

00:23:08.120 --> 00:23:08.660
 to write these down,

00:23:08.779 --> 00:23:09.759
 they're always on the webpage

00:23:09.759 --> 00:23:11.059
 within a day or two

00:23:11.059 --> 00:23:12.160
 if you want to write them down

00:23:12.160 --> 00:23:12.880
 and use them

00:23:12.880 --> 00:23:13.880
 in your prayer life.

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 But some people might say,

00:23:16.060 --> 00:23:16.860
 isn't this passage

00:23:16.860 --> 00:23:17.440
 offensive?

00:23:18.260 --> 00:23:19.160
 Here we have

00:23:19.160 --> 00:23:20.180
 a Jewish guy

00:23:20.180 --> 00:23:21.720
 from Judah,

00:23:21.920 --> 00:23:22.680
 southern kingdom,

00:23:22.680 --> 00:23:23.780
 and he's judging

00:23:23.780 --> 00:23:24.920
 other people groups

00:23:24.920 --> 00:23:26.240
 by Jewish standards.

00:23:27.560 --> 00:23:27.840
 Like,

00:23:28.340 --> 00:23:29.140
 what gives him

00:23:29.140 --> 00:23:29.640
 the right

00:23:29.640 --> 00:23:30.860
 to judge Edomites

00:23:30.860 --> 00:23:31.820
 as to how they should live?

00:23:31.880 --> 00:23:32.440
 What gives him

00:23:32.440 --> 00:23:32.740
 the right

00:23:32.740 --> 00:23:33.840
 to talk to Damascus?

00:23:33.900 --> 00:23:35.080
 They have their own values.

00:23:35.200 --> 00:23:35.320
 Like,

00:23:35.340 --> 00:23:36.900
 isn't this a multicultural world?

00:23:37.020 --> 00:23:38.420
 Shouldn't we value tolerance?

00:23:39.080 --> 00:23:39.880
 Aren't morals

00:23:39.880 --> 00:23:40.800
 just relative?

00:23:41.480 --> 00:23:41.880
 How dare...

00:23:41.880 --> 00:23:43.400
 Okay, George,

00:23:43.440 --> 00:23:44.380
 you sort of caught us up

00:23:44.380 --> 00:23:45.160
 with some of your rhetoric,

00:23:45.320 --> 00:23:46.780
 but how dare there be

00:23:46.780 --> 00:23:47.820
 a guy from Judah

00:23:47.820 --> 00:23:49.660
 imposing Jewish standards

00:23:49.660 --> 00:23:50.700
 on these six

00:23:50.700 --> 00:23:52.040
 surrounding pagan nations?

00:23:52.140 --> 00:23:53.260
 They have their own gods.

00:23:53.360 --> 00:23:54.000
 They have their own

00:23:54.000 --> 00:23:54.660
 metanarrative.

00:23:55.000 --> 00:23:56.480
 They have their own story.

00:23:56.780 --> 00:23:57.340
 And, George,

00:23:57.420 --> 00:23:58.280
 all the smartest

00:23:58.280 --> 00:23:59.240
 and brightest people

00:23:59.240 --> 00:23:59.740
 in Canada

00:23:59.740 --> 00:24:00.900
 know that morals

00:24:00.900 --> 00:24:02.160
 are relative,

00:24:02.620 --> 00:24:03.420
 that there's nothing

00:24:03.420 --> 00:24:04.680
 inherently absolute.

00:24:05.740 --> 00:24:06.320
 Like, George,

00:24:06.380 --> 00:24:07.160
 this is a deeply

00:24:07.160 --> 00:24:08.140
 offensive text

00:24:08.140 --> 00:24:08.780
 to Canada.

00:24:11.880 --> 00:24:15.080
 Well,

00:24:15.480 --> 00:24:17.860
 all I'd like to say is,

00:24:18.240 --> 00:24:19.640
 do you still want

00:24:19.640 --> 00:24:20.600
 to maintain that

00:24:20.600 --> 00:24:21.940
 when you see the sins

00:24:21.940 --> 00:24:25.500
 that Amos accuses

00:24:25.500 --> 00:24:26.780
 the six nations of?

00:24:27.440 --> 00:24:27.880
 Like,

00:24:27.940 --> 00:24:28.820
 let's look here again

00:24:28.820 --> 00:24:29.560
 at verse 3.

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 Thus says the Lord,

00:24:31.900 --> 00:24:33.280
 for three transgressions

00:24:33.280 --> 00:24:34.020
 of Damascus

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 and for four,

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 I will not revoke

00:24:35.620 --> 00:24:36.220
 the punishment.

00:24:36.740 --> 00:24:37.100
 Why?

00:24:37.859 --> 00:24:39.019
 Because they have

00:24:39.019 --> 00:24:40.179
 threshed Gilead

00:24:40.179 --> 00:24:40.899
 with threshing

00:24:40.899 --> 00:24:42.059
 sledges of iron.

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 It's an image

00:24:43.059 --> 00:24:43.719
 that they use

00:24:43.719 --> 00:24:44.719
 an iron device

00:24:44.719 --> 00:24:46.339
 to take an entire

00:24:46.339 --> 00:24:47.159
 people group

00:24:47.159 --> 00:24:48.859
 and go over them

00:24:48.859 --> 00:24:49.719
 and over them

00:24:49.719 --> 00:24:50.579
 and over them

00:24:50.579 --> 00:24:51.379
 and over them

00:24:51.379 --> 00:24:52.139
 until they are

00:24:52.139 --> 00:24:53.019
 completely,

00:24:53.379 --> 00:24:53.719
 utterly,

00:24:54.000 --> 00:24:55.319
 completely destroyed.

00:24:56.099 --> 00:24:57.159
 He's condemning

00:24:57.159 --> 00:24:57.719
 genocide.

00:24:59.000 --> 00:25:00.119
 You're fine with that?

00:25:01.859 --> 00:25:03.279
 In smug Canada?

00:25:03.699 --> 00:25:05.099
 You're fine with genocide?

00:25:05.099 --> 00:25:08.959
 You have nothing to say

00:25:08.959 --> 00:25:09.839
 about what goes on

00:25:09.839 --> 00:25:10.359
 about that?

00:25:12.179 --> 00:25:13.259
 Is genocide

00:25:13.259 --> 00:25:14.939
 just a figment

00:25:14.939 --> 00:25:15.839
 of the imagination,

00:25:16.000 --> 00:25:17.699
 a moral oddity

00:25:17.699 --> 00:25:18.759
 about some guy

00:25:18.759 --> 00:25:19.459
 from the southern

00:25:19.459 --> 00:25:21.379
 kingdom of Judah?

00:25:24.839 --> 00:25:26.139
 He condemns

00:25:26.139 --> 00:25:26.719
 the nation

00:25:26.719 --> 00:25:27.480
 for genocide.

00:25:28.759 --> 00:25:29.980
 Here's the third point.

00:25:30.059 --> 00:25:30.599
 Could you put it up,

00:25:30.699 --> 00:25:31.299
 Andrew, please?

00:25:32.219 --> 00:25:33.480
 The Lord roars.

00:25:33.480 --> 00:25:35.660
 There are some things

00:25:35.660 --> 00:25:36.680
 that human beings

00:25:36.680 --> 00:25:37.339
 cannot

00:25:37.339 --> 00:25:39.120
 not know.

00:25:42.440 --> 00:25:43.620
 Despite all of the

00:25:43.620 --> 00:25:44.860
 glib talk

00:25:44.860 --> 00:25:46.299
 of a certain form

00:25:46.299 --> 00:25:47.460
 of multiculturalism

00:25:47.460 --> 00:25:48.500
 and a glib talk

00:25:48.500 --> 00:25:49.240
 of a certain form

00:25:49.240 --> 00:25:49.819
 of tolerance

00:25:49.819 --> 00:25:50.940
 and the glib talk

00:25:50.940 --> 00:25:52.019
 of certain forms

00:25:52.019 --> 00:25:53.180
 of moral relativism,

00:25:53.680 --> 00:25:54.660
 the Bible here

00:25:54.660 --> 00:25:55.480
 is going to maintain

00:25:56.099 --> 00:25:57.019
 and all the way

00:25:57.019 --> 00:25:57.460
 through the book

00:25:57.460 --> 00:25:57.920
 of Amos

00:25:57.920 --> 00:25:58.860
 that there are

00:25:58.860 --> 00:25:59.480
 some truths,

00:26:01.160 --> 00:26:02.019
 some things

00:26:02.019 --> 00:26:02.940
 that human beings

00:26:02.940 --> 00:26:03.720
 cannot

00:26:03.720 --> 00:26:05.359
 not know.

00:26:07.299 --> 00:26:08.639
 There is never

00:26:08.639 --> 00:26:09.579
 a justification

00:26:09.579 --> 00:26:11.079
 for a complete

00:26:11.079 --> 00:26:11.980
 annihilation

00:26:11.980 --> 00:26:13.119
 of a people group.

00:26:17.619 --> 00:26:18.720
 One of the things

00:26:18.720 --> 00:26:20.900
 that people wonder

00:26:20.900 --> 00:26:21.759
 about is the Bible

00:26:21.759 --> 00:26:22.480
 on slavery.

00:26:22.660 --> 00:26:22.879
 Do you know

00:26:22.879 --> 00:26:23.579
 that the next

00:26:23.579 --> 00:26:26.019
 two condemnations

00:26:26.019 --> 00:26:27.379
 are about slavery?

00:26:27.380 --> 00:26:28.560
 In fact,

00:26:28.620 --> 00:26:29.680
 it's a condemnation

00:26:29.680 --> 00:26:30.360
 of slavery

00:26:30.360 --> 00:26:31.340
 in a remarkably

00:26:31.340 --> 00:26:32.380
 complete way.

00:26:33.140 --> 00:26:33.860
 It's not immediately

00:26:33.860 --> 00:26:35.100
 obvious in the English,

00:26:35.280 --> 00:26:35.780
 but if you look

00:26:35.780 --> 00:26:36.540
 at it very carefully,

00:26:36.600 --> 00:26:37.440
 it's even more obvious

00:26:37.440 --> 00:26:37.960
 in the Hebrew,

00:26:38.080 --> 00:26:38.760
 but even in the English,

00:26:38.840 --> 00:26:39.400
 if you look at it

00:26:39.400 --> 00:26:39.980
 very carefully,

00:26:39.980 --> 00:26:40.620
 you'll see

00:26:40.620 --> 00:26:42.240
 that the next thing

00:26:42.240 --> 00:26:43.160
 that is condemned

00:26:43.160 --> 00:26:45.080
 is two aspects

00:26:45.080 --> 00:26:46.240
 of the institution

00:26:46.240 --> 00:26:46.980
 of slavery

00:26:46.980 --> 00:26:48.260
 and is completely

00:26:48.260 --> 00:26:49.400
 and utterly condemned.

00:26:49.740 --> 00:26:50.900
 Is slavery all right?

00:26:51.400 --> 00:26:52.060
 Let's read it.

00:26:52.100 --> 00:26:53.140
 Verses 6 to 8.

00:26:53.340 --> 00:26:54.700
 For thus says the Lord

00:26:54.700 --> 00:26:56.020
 for three transgressions

00:26:56.019 --> 00:26:56.639
 of Gaza

00:26:56.639 --> 00:26:57.980
 and for four,

00:26:58.680 --> 00:27:00.200
 this is a condemnation

00:27:00.200 --> 00:27:03.799
 of the Philistine people.

00:27:04.599 --> 00:27:05.980
 For three transgressions

00:27:05.980 --> 00:27:06.420
 of Gaza

00:27:06.420 --> 00:27:06.940
 and for four,

00:27:06.980 --> 00:27:07.799
 I will not revoke

00:27:07.799 --> 00:27:08.359
 the punishment

00:27:08.359 --> 00:27:09.480
 because they carried

00:27:09.480 --> 00:27:10.480
 into exile

00:27:10.480 --> 00:27:11.400
 a whole people

00:27:11.400 --> 00:27:13.039
 to deliver them

00:27:13.039 --> 00:27:13.819
 up to Edom.

00:27:15.039 --> 00:27:16.319
 They were the ones

00:27:16.319 --> 00:27:17.639
 who went and captured

00:27:17.639 --> 00:27:18.839
 a whole people

00:27:18.839 --> 00:27:20.339
 for the purpose

00:27:20.339 --> 00:27:21.839
 of making them slaves

00:27:21.839 --> 00:27:23.319
 and took them

00:27:23.319 --> 00:27:24.440
 to the slave market

00:27:24.440 --> 00:27:25.859
 where they could be

00:27:25.859 --> 00:27:26.119
 sold.

00:27:28.219 --> 00:27:29.500
 This is condemned

00:27:29.500 --> 00:27:30.539
 by Amos

00:27:30.539 --> 00:27:32.899
 in a cult,

00:27:33.059 --> 00:27:33.740
 in a world

00:27:33.740 --> 00:27:35.059
 that viewed slavery

00:27:35.059 --> 00:27:35.879
 as normal.

00:27:37.959 --> 00:27:39.599
 The Bible condemns it

00:27:39.599 --> 00:27:41.599
 750 years

00:27:41.599 --> 00:27:42.359
 before the birth

00:27:42.359 --> 00:27:42.899
 of Jesus,

00:27:43.159 --> 00:27:43.899
 before Plato,

00:27:44.119 --> 00:27:45.119
 before Aristotle,

00:27:45.879 --> 00:27:46.799
 before Socrates.

00:27:49.319 --> 00:27:50.479
 So I will send

00:27:50.479 --> 00:27:51.339
 a fire upon

00:27:51.339 --> 00:27:52.439
 the walls of Gaza

00:27:52.439 --> 00:27:53.699
 and it shall devour

00:27:53.699 --> 00:27:54.839
 her strongholds.

00:27:54.839 --> 00:27:55.759
 I will cut off

00:27:55.759 --> 00:27:56.399
 the inhabitants

00:27:56.399 --> 00:27:57.159
 from Ashdod

00:27:57.159 --> 00:27:58.159
 and him who holds

00:27:58.159 --> 00:27:58.659
 the scepter

00:27:58.659 --> 00:27:59.439
 from Ashkelon.

00:27:59.779 --> 00:28:01.139
 I will turn my hand

00:28:01.139 --> 00:28:02.339
 against Ekron

00:28:02.339 --> 00:28:03.319
 and the remnant

00:28:03.319 --> 00:28:04.059
 of the Philistine

00:28:04.059 --> 00:28:04.759
 shall perish,

00:28:05.039 --> 00:28:06.319
 says the Lord God.

00:28:06.559 --> 00:28:07.419
 And then he captures

00:28:07.419 --> 00:28:08.139
 the next part.

00:28:08.419 --> 00:28:09.259
 Some people might say,

00:28:09.319 --> 00:28:10.159
 well, I'm just an ordinary

00:28:10.159 --> 00:28:10.699
 businessman.

00:28:10.799 --> 00:28:11.279
 I'm just trying

00:28:11.279 --> 00:28:11.799
 to make a living.

00:28:11.879 --> 00:28:12.639
 It's not my fault

00:28:12.639 --> 00:28:13.059
 that they come

00:28:13.059 --> 00:28:13.759
 and dump all these

00:28:13.759 --> 00:28:14.379
 slaves with me.

00:28:14.380 --> 00:28:14.800
 I'm just trying

00:28:14.800 --> 00:28:15.440
 to provide a market.

00:28:15.520 --> 00:28:15.880
 I'm just trying

00:28:15.880 --> 00:28:17.320
 to provide a service.

00:28:18.360 --> 00:28:19.700
 It's just business.

00:28:22.020 --> 00:28:23.320
 Business is neutral.

00:28:24.260 --> 00:28:24.920
 Excuse me.

00:28:27.500 --> 00:28:29.480
 Before we read

00:28:29.480 --> 00:28:30.300
 the next part,

00:28:31.780 --> 00:28:32.320
 could you put up

00:28:32.320 --> 00:28:32.980
 the next point,

00:28:33.160 --> 00:28:33.400
 Andrew?

00:28:34.880 --> 00:28:36.260
 The Lord roars.

00:28:36.259 --> 00:28:37.720
 There is a real

00:28:37.720 --> 00:28:38.759
 moral order

00:28:38.759 --> 00:28:40.099
 that despite being

00:28:40.099 --> 00:28:41.319
 imperfectly known,

00:28:41.660 --> 00:28:42.099
 forgotten,

00:28:42.480 --> 00:28:42.799
 twisted,

00:28:43.000 --> 00:28:43.640
 and repressed,

00:28:44.220 --> 00:28:45.539
 it is still present

00:28:45.539 --> 00:28:46.440
 enough for God

00:28:46.440 --> 00:28:47.259
 to judge us.

00:28:48.099 --> 00:28:49.259
 Listen to verses

00:28:49.259 --> 00:28:50.140
 9 and 10.

00:28:52.220 --> 00:28:53.420
 Thus says the Lord,

00:28:53.539 --> 00:28:54.660
 for three transgressions

00:28:54.660 --> 00:28:55.799
 of Tyre and for four,

00:28:55.879 --> 00:28:56.839
 I will not revoke

00:28:56.839 --> 00:28:57.460
 the punishment

00:28:57.460 --> 00:28:58.859
 because they delivered

00:28:58.859 --> 00:28:59.680
 up a whole people

00:28:59.680 --> 00:29:00.259
 to Edom

00:29:00.259 --> 00:29:02.039
 and did not remember

00:29:02.039 --> 00:29:02.579
 the covenant

00:29:02.579 --> 00:29:03.379
 of brotherhood.

00:29:04.059 --> 00:29:05.519
 So I will send

00:29:05.519 --> 00:29:07.379
 a fire upon

00:29:07.379 --> 00:29:08.519
 the wall of Tyre

00:29:08.519 --> 00:29:09.720
 and it shall devour

00:29:09.720 --> 00:29:11.180
 her strongholds.

00:29:12.500 --> 00:29:13.440
 And when you put

00:29:13.440 --> 00:29:14.519
 the parts together,

00:29:15.980 --> 00:29:16.720
 the Syrians

00:29:16.720 --> 00:29:18.599
 capture people

00:29:18.599 --> 00:29:19.720
 to make them slaves.

00:29:20.259 --> 00:29:20.859
 They don't know

00:29:20.859 --> 00:29:21.599
 how to sell them.

00:29:22.000 --> 00:29:22.740
 They sell them

00:29:22.740 --> 00:29:23.420
 through Edom.

00:29:25.619 --> 00:29:26.599
 Edom sells them

00:29:26.599 --> 00:29:27.160
 as slaves.

00:29:29.779 --> 00:29:31.000
 The Lord roars.

00:29:31.139 --> 00:29:31.960
 There is a real

00:29:31.960 --> 00:29:33.160
 moral order

00:29:33.160 --> 00:29:34.740
 that despite being

00:29:34.740 --> 00:29:35.960
 imperfectly known,

00:29:36.859 --> 00:29:37.299
 forgotten,

00:29:37.799 --> 00:29:38.380
 parts of it,

00:29:38.819 --> 00:29:39.799
 parts of it twisted,

00:29:40.160 --> 00:29:41.200
 parts of it repressed,

00:29:41.839 --> 00:29:43.039
 it is still present

00:29:43.039 --> 00:29:44.039
 enough for God

00:29:44.039 --> 00:29:44.940
 to judge us.

00:29:45.740 --> 00:29:46.819
 Imagine for a second

00:29:46.819 --> 00:29:47.519
 that they were able

00:29:47.519 --> 00:29:49.559
 to take a human being,

00:29:50.180 --> 00:29:51.319
 like in a test tube,

00:29:51.380 --> 00:29:51.660
 they were able

00:29:51.660 --> 00:29:52.400
 to develop something

00:29:52.400 --> 00:29:52.900
 like DNA

00:29:52.900 --> 00:29:53.359
 and they were able

00:29:53.359 --> 00:29:54.220
 to make a human being

00:29:54.220 --> 00:29:54.839
 in a machine

00:29:54.839 --> 00:29:55.519
 and, you know,

00:29:55.579 --> 00:29:56.160
 whatever it is,

00:29:56.220 --> 00:29:57.299
 a little while later

00:29:57.299 --> 00:29:58.180
 out pops this

00:29:58.180 --> 00:29:59.180
 fully functioning

00:29:59.180 --> 00:29:59.819
 human being.

00:30:00.420 --> 00:30:01.220
 But then you actually

00:30:01.220 --> 00:30:01.759
 spend time

00:30:01.759 --> 00:30:02.319
 with a human being

00:30:02.319 --> 00:30:02.879
 and you discover

00:30:02.879 --> 00:30:03.559
 that the human being

00:30:03.559 --> 00:30:04.559
 has no conscience

00:30:04.559 --> 00:30:05.359
 at all.

00:30:06.399 --> 00:30:07.419
 Like, by no conscience

00:30:07.419 --> 00:30:08.559
 I mean it's like a snake.

00:30:10.159 --> 00:30:11.399
 Snakes have no conscience,

00:30:11.559 --> 00:30:12.279
 it's just an animal.

00:30:13.299 --> 00:30:14.159
 When it's hungry,

00:30:14.299 --> 00:30:15.139
 it hunts and eats.

00:30:15.619 --> 00:30:16.359
 After it's eaten,

00:30:16.460 --> 00:30:17.259
 it stops.

00:30:17.639 --> 00:30:18.839
 If somebody threatens it,

00:30:18.859 --> 00:30:19.639
 it fights back,

00:30:19.700 --> 00:30:20.839
 otherwise it just sleeps.

00:30:22.939 --> 00:30:24.039
 Would we say,

00:30:24.960 --> 00:30:25.839
 even if it had

00:30:25.839 --> 00:30:27.119
 everything about us

00:30:27.119 --> 00:30:27.960
 as human beings,

00:30:28.159 --> 00:30:29.119
 it looked like

00:30:29.119 --> 00:30:29.779
 a human being

00:30:29.779 --> 00:30:30.740
 and everything like that

00:30:30.740 --> 00:30:31.299
 is completely

00:30:31.299 --> 00:30:32.120
 and it's real,

00:30:32.180 --> 00:30:32.700
 if you cut it,

00:30:32.740 --> 00:30:33.620
 it's not like a machine,

00:30:33.740 --> 00:30:34.420
 like it's real.

00:30:35.680 --> 00:30:36.720
 But would you say

00:30:36.720 --> 00:30:37.859
 that something

00:30:37.859 --> 00:30:38.559
 that looks like

00:30:38.559 --> 00:30:39.140
 a human being

00:30:39.140 --> 00:30:40.460
 manufactured out

00:30:40.460 --> 00:30:41.259
 of a test tube

00:30:41.259 --> 00:30:42.240
 that had no conscience

00:30:42.240 --> 00:30:42.960
 was human?

00:30:44.960 --> 00:30:45.640
 And if you think

00:30:45.640 --> 00:30:46.380
 about it for a second,

00:30:46.480 --> 00:30:47.099
 one of the problems

00:30:47.099 --> 00:30:48.339
 with the Turing test

00:30:48.339 --> 00:30:49.440
 about machines

00:30:49.440 --> 00:30:50.980
 having consciousness

00:30:50.980 --> 00:30:52.480
 is there's,

00:30:52.720 --> 00:30:53.099
 I believe,

00:30:53.220 --> 00:30:54.660
 no conscience aspect of it.

00:30:54.740 --> 00:30:55.160
 Can there be

00:30:55.160 --> 00:30:55.920
 a human mind

00:30:55.920 --> 00:30:56.720
 without conscience?

00:30:57.799 --> 00:30:58.359
 Would you call

00:30:58.359 --> 00:30:58.859
 a mind

00:30:58.859 --> 00:30:59.960
 without conscience

00:30:59.960 --> 00:31:00.900
 a human mind?

00:31:07.019 --> 00:31:08.360
 The Bible says

00:31:08.360 --> 00:31:10.200
 that having a conscience

00:31:10.200 --> 00:31:11.240
 is part of the image

00:31:11.240 --> 00:31:12.279
 of God in us.

00:31:13.640 --> 00:31:14.480
 And even though

00:31:14.480 --> 00:31:16.100
 our consciences

00:31:16.100 --> 00:31:17.480
 can be repressed

00:31:17.480 --> 00:31:19.240
 and parts of it repressed

00:31:19.240 --> 00:31:20.340
 and parts of it twisted

00:31:20.340 --> 00:31:21.140
 and parts of it

00:31:21.140 --> 00:31:22.380
 inflamed unnaturally

00:31:22.380 --> 00:31:23.680
 and parts of it

00:31:23.680 --> 00:31:25.380
 just all messed up,

00:31:25.680 --> 00:31:26.700
 that every human being,

00:31:27.559 --> 00:31:28.299
 this is the message

00:31:28.299 --> 00:31:29.119
 of Romans 1

00:31:29.119 --> 00:31:30.000
 and Romans 2,

00:31:30.799 --> 00:31:31.720
 that every human being

00:31:31.720 --> 00:31:32.599
 retains enough

00:31:32.599 --> 00:31:33.279
 of a conscience

00:31:33.279 --> 00:31:34.579
 that God in complete

00:31:34.579 --> 00:31:35.619
 and utter justice

00:31:35.619 --> 00:31:36.480
 can judge us.

00:31:37.039 --> 00:31:37.359
 In fact,

00:31:37.419 --> 00:31:38.319
 the horrible thing

00:31:38.319 --> 00:31:38.980
 on one hand

00:31:38.980 --> 00:31:39.419
 from the book

00:31:39.419 --> 00:31:41.079
 of Romans chapter 2

00:31:41.079 --> 00:31:43.480
 is that Paul maintains

00:31:43.480 --> 00:31:44.019
 that even if

00:31:44.019 --> 00:31:45.759
 all God did

00:31:45.759 --> 00:31:47.740
 was take your moral order,

00:31:47.859 --> 00:31:48.839
 no matter how twisted

00:31:48.839 --> 00:31:49.819
 or whatever it is

00:31:49.819 --> 00:31:50.240
 and no matter

00:31:50.240 --> 00:31:51.099
 how much repressed,

00:31:51.200 --> 00:31:52.159
 the moral order

00:31:52.159 --> 00:31:53.259
 that you're conscious of

00:31:53.259 --> 00:31:53.899
 and that you use

00:31:53.899 --> 00:31:54.519
 in your own life,

00:31:54.579 --> 00:31:55.299
 and if he used that

00:31:55.299 --> 00:31:55.799
 to judge you,

00:31:55.799 --> 00:31:56.500
 you would fail

00:31:56.500 --> 00:31:58.180
 and he would be right

00:31:58.180 --> 00:31:58.960
 in judging you.

00:32:04.759 --> 00:32:05.259
 You know,

00:32:05.299 --> 00:32:06.180
 to our glib

00:32:06.180 --> 00:32:07.460
 Canadians

00:32:07.460 --> 00:32:09.740
 who are enticed

00:32:09.740 --> 00:32:10.500
 by spiritual,

00:32:10.619 --> 00:32:11.159
 not religious

00:32:11.159 --> 00:32:11.879
 and all things

00:32:11.879 --> 00:32:12.579
 being relative,

00:32:13.359 --> 00:32:14.319
 what about racism?

00:32:15.279 --> 00:32:15.779
 The hatred

00:32:15.779 --> 00:32:16.779
 of any people group,

00:32:16.839 --> 00:32:17.639
 not just racism,

00:32:17.779 --> 00:32:18.500
 but hating men

00:32:18.500 --> 00:32:19.220
 because they're men

00:32:19.220 --> 00:32:19.619
 or women

00:32:19.619 --> 00:32:20.639
 because they're women

00:32:20.639 --> 00:32:21.960
 or a particular

00:32:21.960 --> 00:32:23.079
 ethnic group

00:32:23.079 --> 00:32:24.159
 because they're ethnic.

00:32:24.160 --> 00:32:27.140
 Isn't that a human problem

00:32:27.140 --> 00:32:28.560
 and isn't it viewed

00:32:28.560 --> 00:32:30.440
 not just as ethnocentrism

00:32:30.440 --> 00:32:32.019
 but as something fundamental

00:32:32.019 --> 00:32:33.519
 that we should reject?

00:32:33.860 --> 00:32:35.300
 But Amos rejects it.

00:32:35.360 --> 00:32:35.560
 In fact,

00:32:35.640 --> 00:32:36.279
 I would suggest

00:32:36.279 --> 00:32:37.360
 that it's only ultimately

00:32:37.360 --> 00:32:38.640
 in the biblical worldview

00:32:38.640 --> 00:32:39.340
 that you can have

00:32:39.340 --> 00:32:41.140
 a true rejection

00:32:41.140 --> 00:32:43.080
 of racism

00:32:43.080 --> 00:32:45.340
 because racism,

00:32:45.740 --> 00:32:45.880
 you know,

00:32:45.940 --> 00:32:46.400
 if you have,

00:32:46.500 --> 00:32:48.120
 in our modern narrative,

00:32:48.220 --> 00:32:49.400
 our modern story,

00:32:49.880 --> 00:32:50.080
 you know,

00:32:50.120 --> 00:32:51.080
 that first everything,

00:32:51.300 --> 00:32:51.500
 you know,

00:32:51.680 --> 00:32:53.019
 whatever the initial bit

00:32:53.019 --> 00:32:53.940
 of life came together

00:32:53.940 --> 00:32:54.900
 completely and utterly

00:32:54.900 --> 00:32:55.799
 by chance

00:32:55.799 --> 00:32:57.500
 and then natural selection

00:32:57.500 --> 00:32:58.440
 means that eventually

00:32:58.440 --> 00:32:59.420
 we go from having

00:32:59.420 --> 00:33:00.139
 apes and gorillas

00:33:00.139 --> 00:33:00.960
 to human beings,

00:33:01.359 --> 00:33:02.779
 therefore don't be prejudiced.

00:33:02.900 --> 00:33:04.039
 That doesn't follow.

00:33:04.779 --> 00:33:06.200
 That's incoherent.

00:33:06.279 --> 00:33:07.359
 It makes absolutely

00:33:07.359 --> 00:33:08.420
 no sense.

00:33:10.359 --> 00:33:11.740
 Our culture's hatred

00:33:11.740 --> 00:33:12.660
 of racism

00:33:12.660 --> 00:33:15.039
 is an echo

00:33:15.039 --> 00:33:15.559
 of an echo

00:33:15.559 --> 00:33:16.160
 of an echo

00:33:16.160 --> 00:33:16.660
 of an echo

00:33:16.660 --> 00:33:17.440
 of the story

00:33:17.440 --> 00:33:18.039
 of the Bible

00:33:18.039 --> 00:33:18.639
 and the teaching

00:33:18.639 --> 00:33:19.700
 of books like Amos

00:33:19.700 --> 00:33:21.240
 that teaches

00:33:21.240 --> 00:33:22.539
 there is but one God

00:33:22.539 --> 00:33:22.960
 who's created

00:33:22.960 --> 00:33:23.899
 all human beings

00:33:23.899 --> 00:33:24.980
 and all human beings

00:33:24.980 --> 00:33:25.819
 equally bear

00:33:25.819 --> 00:33:26.759
 the image of God

00:33:26.759 --> 00:33:27.899
 and all human beings

00:33:27.899 --> 00:33:28.700
 equally bearing

00:33:28.700 --> 00:33:29.579
 the image of God

00:33:29.579 --> 00:33:30.920
 have a conscience,

00:33:31.059 --> 00:33:31.559
 a reflection

00:33:31.559 --> 00:33:32.420
 of the moral order

00:33:32.420 --> 00:33:33.799
 even if imperfectly known

00:33:33.799 --> 00:33:34.720
 after the fall.

00:33:36.000 --> 00:33:36.799
 And there is

00:33:36.799 --> 00:33:37.819
 but one God

00:33:37.819 --> 00:33:39.319
 and but one

00:33:39.319 --> 00:33:40.839
 created human race

00:33:40.839 --> 00:33:41.680
 made male

00:33:41.680 --> 00:33:42.460
 and female,

00:33:42.659 --> 00:33:43.259
 two genders,

00:33:43.420 --> 00:33:44.079
 not 70.

00:33:48.159 --> 00:33:48.859
 And the book

00:33:48.859 --> 00:33:49.420
 of Amos

00:33:49.420 --> 00:33:51.000
 is going to condemn

00:33:51.000 --> 00:33:53.460
 racism at its heart.

00:33:54.340 --> 00:33:55.539
 Read along with me

00:33:55.539 --> 00:33:57.100
 here in verses 11 and 12.

00:33:58.500 --> 00:33:59.440
 Thus says the Lord,

00:33:59.580 --> 00:34:00.759
 for three transgressions

00:34:00.759 --> 00:34:01.140
 of Edom

00:34:01.140 --> 00:34:01.740
 and for four

00:34:01.740 --> 00:34:02.680
 I will not revoke

00:34:02.680 --> 00:34:03.300
 the punishment

00:34:03.300 --> 00:34:04.800
 because he pursued

00:34:04.800 --> 00:34:05.460
 his brother

00:34:05.460 --> 00:34:06.160
 with the sword

00:34:06.160 --> 00:34:07.400
 and cast off

00:34:07.400 --> 00:34:08.220
 all pity

00:34:08.220 --> 00:34:09.619
 and his anger

00:34:09.619 --> 00:34:10.860
 tore perpetually

00:34:10.860 --> 00:34:11.760
 and he kept

00:34:11.760 --> 00:34:12.940
 his wrath forever.

00:34:13.940 --> 00:34:15.039
 So I will send

00:34:15.039 --> 00:34:16.260
 a fire upon Timan

00:34:16.260 --> 00:34:17.140
 and it shall devour

00:34:17.140 --> 00:34:18.180
 the strongholds

00:34:18.180 --> 00:34:18.800
 of Basra.

00:34:20.660 --> 00:34:21.140
 I mean there's

00:34:21.140 --> 00:34:21.840
 not only here

00:34:21.840 --> 00:34:23.360
 a strong condemnation

00:34:23.360 --> 00:34:23.860
 of anger

00:34:23.860 --> 00:34:24.400
 but isn't that

00:34:24.400 --> 00:34:25.020
 the very heart

00:34:25.020 --> 00:34:25.620
 of racism?

00:34:27.400 --> 00:34:28.480
 Like even just

00:34:28.480 --> 00:34:29.500
 within this past

00:34:29.500 --> 00:34:31.180
 week or two

00:34:31.180 --> 00:34:32.580
 the president

00:34:32.580 --> 00:34:33.900
 the head

00:34:33.900 --> 00:34:35.560
 of the Palestine

00:34:35.560 --> 00:34:36.300
 group I think

00:34:36.300 --> 00:34:37.280
 centered in Gaza

00:34:37.280 --> 00:34:40.220
 continuing to pass

00:34:40.220 --> 00:34:41.060
 on this

00:34:41.060 --> 00:34:42.520
 libelous assault

00:34:42.520 --> 00:34:43.580
 on Jewish people

00:34:43.580 --> 00:34:45.180
 of poisoning wells.

00:34:46.260 --> 00:34:47.780
 a lie of hatred

00:34:47.780 --> 00:34:48.740
 against the Jewish

00:34:48.740 --> 00:34:49.560
 people that has

00:34:49.560 --> 00:34:50.580
 gone on for

00:34:50.580 --> 00:34:51.880
 centuries and centuries

00:34:51.880 --> 00:34:53.400
 and is used

00:34:53.400 --> 00:34:54.340
 to fuel

00:34:54.340 --> 00:34:55.540
 and inflame

00:34:55.540 --> 00:34:56.440
 hatred.

00:34:58.260 --> 00:34:59.080
 And the Bible

00:34:59.080 --> 00:35:00.660
 here condemns

00:35:00.660 --> 00:35:02.400
 all hatred

00:35:02.400 --> 00:35:03.680
 of people groups

00:35:03.680 --> 00:35:05.000
 as people groups.

00:35:05.860 --> 00:35:07.700
 All of our social

00:35:07.700 --> 00:35:08.820
 and other means

00:35:08.820 --> 00:35:09.540
 by which

00:35:09.540 --> 00:35:10.900
 we nourish

00:35:10.900 --> 00:35:12.580
 a hatred

00:35:12.580 --> 00:35:13.180
 of entire

00:35:13.180 --> 00:35:14.040
 people groups.

00:35:14.039 --> 00:35:16.119
 we feed it

00:35:16.119 --> 00:35:17.699
 we justify it

00:35:17.699 --> 00:35:18.840
 we rationalize it

00:35:18.840 --> 00:35:19.659
 we inflame it

00:35:19.659 --> 00:35:20.159
 and the Bible

00:35:20.159 --> 00:35:21.079
 condemns it.

00:35:22.000 --> 00:35:22.559
 The Bible

00:35:22.559 --> 00:35:23.420
 condemns it.

00:35:24.860 --> 00:35:25.800
 The Lord roars

00:35:25.800 --> 00:35:26.400
 if you could put up

00:35:26.400 --> 00:35:27.059
 the next point

00:35:27.059 --> 00:35:27.500
 Andrew

00:35:27.500 --> 00:35:28.579
 the Lord roars

00:35:28.579 --> 00:35:30.759
 he is holy

00:35:30.759 --> 00:35:31.639
 good

00:35:31.639 --> 00:35:32.840
 and wholly

00:35:32.840 --> 00:35:33.579
 opposed

00:35:33.579 --> 00:35:34.320
 to evil.

00:35:34.880 --> 00:35:35.779
 The Lord roars

00:35:35.779 --> 00:35:36.579
 he is holy

00:35:36.579 --> 00:35:37.920
 he is good

00:35:37.920 --> 00:35:39.279
 and he is wholly

00:35:39.279 --> 00:35:40.000
 opposed

00:35:40.000 --> 00:35:40.639
 to evil.

00:35:40.639 --> 00:35:44.059
 I have to confess

00:35:44.059 --> 00:35:44.980
 that there is a

00:35:44.980 --> 00:35:45.779
 on the Christian

00:35:45.779 --> 00:35:46.480
 radio show

00:35:46.480 --> 00:35:47.199
 here in Ottawa

00:35:47.199 --> 00:35:48.059
 on Sunday

00:35:48.059 --> 00:35:48.599
 afternoons

00:35:48.599 --> 00:35:49.179
 they play the

00:35:49.179 --> 00:35:49.879
 same one hour

00:35:49.879 --> 00:35:50.739
 show over

00:35:50.739 --> 00:35:51.319
 and over again

00:35:51.319 --> 00:35:51.779
 I think from

00:35:51.779 --> 00:35:52.480
 about one o'clock

00:35:52.480 --> 00:35:53.079
 till seven

00:35:53.079 --> 00:35:54.460
 and I

00:35:54.460 --> 00:35:55.879
 every time I

00:35:55.879 --> 00:35:56.519
 listen to it

00:35:56.519 --> 00:35:56.960
 for longer

00:35:56.960 --> 00:35:57.460
 than a couple

00:35:57.460 --> 00:35:57.799
 of minutes

00:35:57.799 --> 00:35:59.019
 I get so angry

00:35:59.019 --> 00:35:59.759
 I have to spend

00:35:59.759 --> 00:36:00.599
 time in repentance

00:36:00.599 --> 00:36:02.759
 and I know

00:36:02.759 --> 00:36:03.359
 that for some

00:36:03.359 --> 00:36:03.960
 people this may

00:36:03.960 --> 00:36:04.480
 be very very

00:36:04.480 --> 00:36:04.879
 helpful

00:36:04.879 --> 00:36:05.739
 I hear true

00:36:05.739 --> 00:36:06.319
 confessions

00:36:06.319 --> 00:36:07.139
 John Maxwell

00:36:07.139 --> 00:36:07.559
 who is one of

00:36:07.559 --> 00:36:08.000
 these power

00:36:08.000 --> 00:36:08.500
 of positive

00:36:08.500 --> 00:36:08.859
 thinking

00:36:08.860 --> 00:36:09.559
 I have a very

00:36:09.559 --> 00:36:10.160
 soft spot

00:36:10.160 --> 00:36:10.579
 in my heart

00:36:10.579 --> 00:36:11.400
 for John Maxwell

00:36:11.400 --> 00:36:12.780
 his writings

00:36:12.780 --> 00:36:13.240
 at a certain

00:36:13.240 --> 00:36:13.840
 point in time

00:36:13.840 --> 00:36:14.380
 in my life

00:36:14.380 --> 00:36:15.500
 were tremendously

00:36:15.500 --> 00:36:16.360
 tremendously

00:36:16.360 --> 00:36:17.079
 tremendously

00:36:17.079 --> 00:36:17.620
 helpful

00:36:17.620 --> 00:36:18.800
 but I think

00:36:18.800 --> 00:36:19.740
 even John Maxwell

00:36:19.740 --> 00:36:20.320
 would acknowledge

00:36:20.320 --> 00:36:21.059
 if you only read

00:36:21.059 --> 00:36:21.820
 John Maxwell

00:36:21.820 --> 00:36:22.420
 you are going to

00:36:22.420 --> 00:36:23.240
 starve yourself

00:36:23.240 --> 00:36:23.940
 you will poison

00:36:23.940 --> 00:36:24.500
 yourself

00:36:24.500 --> 00:36:27.700
 and encouragement

00:36:27.700 --> 00:36:29.680
 constant encouragement

00:36:29.680 --> 00:36:30.599
 without any

00:36:30.599 --> 00:36:31.220
 discussion

00:36:31.220 --> 00:36:32.120
 of the holiness

00:36:32.120 --> 00:36:32.720
 of God

00:36:32.720 --> 00:36:33.420
 and any

00:36:33.420 --> 00:36:34.240
 call to

00:36:34.240 --> 00:36:34.780
 repentance

00:36:34.780 --> 00:36:36.880
 it might be

00:36:36.880 --> 00:36:37.320
 very good

00:36:37.320 --> 00:36:37.840
 for a very

00:36:37.840 --> 00:36:38.680
 brief season

00:36:38.679 --> 00:36:39.919
 but it's

00:36:39.919 --> 00:36:40.460
 spiritually

00:36:40.460 --> 00:36:41.079
 profoundly

00:36:41.079 --> 00:36:41.779
 dangerous

00:36:41.779 --> 00:36:42.919
 we live

00:36:42.919 --> 00:36:43.579
 in a culture

00:36:43.579 --> 00:36:44.299
 where not all

00:36:44.299 --> 00:36:44.940
 praise songs

00:36:44.940 --> 00:36:45.619
 are like this

00:36:45.619 --> 00:36:46.719
 and I'm not

00:36:46.719 --> 00:36:47.199
 dumping on

00:36:47.199 --> 00:36:47.599
 praise songs

00:36:47.599 --> 00:36:47.919
 I love

00:36:47.919 --> 00:36:48.599
 praise songs

00:36:48.599 --> 00:36:49.539
 we go a whole

00:36:49.539 --> 00:36:50.019
 other thing

00:36:50.019 --> 00:36:50.359
 you know the

00:36:50.359 --> 00:36:51.559
 favorite song

00:36:51.559 --> 00:36:52.279
 of this church

00:36:52.279 --> 00:36:53.500
 you know before

00:36:53.500 --> 00:36:54.199
 I came here

00:36:54.199 --> 00:36:55.059
 was the words

00:36:55.059 --> 00:36:55.519
 of that poem

00:36:55.519 --> 00:36:55.819
 what is it

00:36:55.819 --> 00:36:56.159
 Andrew

00:36:56.159 --> 00:36:57.279
 and did

00:36:57.279 --> 00:36:58.339
 in England's

00:36:58.339 --> 00:37:00.079
 that you know

00:37:00.079 --> 00:37:01.259
 England's fields

00:37:01.259 --> 00:37:01.779
 green

00:37:01.779 --> 00:37:02.299
 did Jesus

00:37:02.299 --> 00:37:03.019
 really walk

00:37:03.019 --> 00:37:03.859
 no

00:37:03.859 --> 00:37:05.379
 he didn't

00:37:05.380 --> 00:37:07.780
 stop singing

00:37:07.780 --> 00:37:08.280
 the song

00:37:08.280 --> 00:37:08.660
 he didn't

00:37:08.660 --> 00:37:09.300
 walk around

00:37:09.300 --> 00:37:10.400
 England's

00:37:10.400 --> 00:37:10.920
 green and

00:37:10.920 --> 00:37:11.660
 verdant fields

00:37:11.660 --> 00:37:12.380
 England isn't

00:37:12.380 --> 00:37:12.820
 Israel

00:37:12.820 --> 00:37:13.840
 get over it

00:37:13.840 --> 00:37:14.400
 it's in the

00:37:14.400 --> 00:37:14.780
 hymn book

00:37:14.780 --> 00:37:14.980
 in the

00:37:14.980 --> 00:37:15.380
 Anglican

00:37:15.380 --> 00:37:15.880
 hymn book

00:37:15.880 --> 00:37:17.119
 well beloved

00:37:17.119 --> 00:37:19.640
 but there is a

00:37:19.640 --> 00:37:20.280
 common problem

00:37:20.280 --> 00:37:21.119
 of Jesus is my

00:37:21.119 --> 00:37:22.240
 girlfriend songs

00:37:22.240 --> 00:37:24.579
 you can't sing

00:37:24.579 --> 00:37:25.559
 Jesus is my

00:37:25.559 --> 00:37:26.960
 girlfriend songs

00:37:26.960 --> 00:37:28.260
 if it never

00:37:28.260 --> 00:37:29.099
 means you have

00:37:29.099 --> 00:37:29.820
 to wrestle with

00:37:29.820 --> 00:37:30.300
 the fact

00:37:30.300 --> 00:37:31.599
 that the God

00:37:31.599 --> 00:37:32.260
 who really does

00:37:32.260 --> 00:37:33.660
 exist is untamed

00:37:33.659 --> 00:37:34.480
 nation judging

00:37:34.480 --> 00:37:35.599
 he is holy

00:37:35.599 --> 00:37:36.559
 he is holy

00:37:36.559 --> 00:37:36.920
 good

00:37:36.920 --> 00:37:37.539
 and he is

00:37:37.539 --> 00:37:37.960
 holy

00:37:37.960 --> 00:37:38.799
 opposed

00:37:38.799 --> 00:37:39.359
 to evil

00:37:39.359 --> 00:37:48.000
 let's read

00:37:48.000 --> 00:37:48.739
 verses 13

00:37:48.739 --> 00:37:49.259
 to 15

00:37:49.259 --> 00:37:49.699
 we're almost

00:37:49.699 --> 00:37:50.119
 coming to

00:37:50.119 --> 00:37:50.359
 an end

00:37:50.359 --> 00:37:50.960
 of the text

00:37:50.960 --> 00:37:53.239
 thus says

00:37:53.239 --> 00:37:53.719
 the Lord

00:37:53.719 --> 00:37:54.719
 for three

00:37:54.719 --> 00:37:55.420
 transgressions

00:37:55.420 --> 00:37:55.699
 of the

00:37:55.699 --> 00:37:56.119
 Ammonites

00:37:56.119 --> 00:37:56.759
 and for four

00:37:56.759 --> 00:37:57.299
 I will not

00:37:57.299 --> 00:37:57.839
 revoke the

00:37:57.839 --> 00:37:58.259
 punishment

00:37:58.259 --> 00:37:59.799
 because they

00:37:59.799 --> 00:38:00.199
 have ripped

00:38:00.199 --> 00:38:00.960
 open pregnant

00:38:00.960 --> 00:38:01.460
 women in

00:38:01.460 --> 00:38:01.920
 Gilead

00:38:01.920 --> 00:38:02.319
 that they

00:38:02.319 --> 00:38:03.079
 might enlarge

00:38:03.079 --> 00:38:03.279
 their

00:38:03.280 --> 00:38:03.680
 border

00:38:03.680 --> 00:38:04.840
 so I

00:38:04.840 --> 00:38:05.019
 will

00:38:05.019 --> 00:38:05.480
 kindle

00:38:05.480 --> 00:38:05.940
 a fire

00:38:05.940 --> 00:38:06.200
 in the

00:38:06.200 --> 00:38:06.460
 wall

00:38:06.460 --> 00:38:06.640
 of

00:38:06.640 --> 00:38:06.980
 Rabah

00:38:06.980 --> 00:38:07.420
 and it

00:38:07.420 --> 00:38:07.560
 shall

00:38:07.560 --> 00:38:07.940
 devour

00:38:07.940 --> 00:38:08.160
 her

00:38:08.160 --> 00:38:08.920
 strongholds

00:38:08.920 --> 00:38:09.480
 with shouting

00:38:09.480 --> 00:38:09.740
 in the

00:38:09.740 --> 00:38:10.040
 day of

00:38:10.040 --> 00:38:10.340
 battle

00:38:10.340 --> 00:38:10.640
 and with

00:38:10.640 --> 00:38:11.180
 a tempest

00:38:11.180 --> 00:38:11.420
 in the

00:38:11.420 --> 00:38:11.680
 day of

00:38:11.680 --> 00:38:11.800
 the

00:38:11.800 --> 00:38:12.280
 whirlwind

00:38:12.280 --> 00:38:13.100
 and their

00:38:13.100 --> 00:38:13.440
 king

00:38:13.440 --> 00:38:13.920
 shall go

00:38:13.920 --> 00:38:14.560
 into exile

00:38:14.560 --> 00:38:15.100
 he and his

00:38:15.100 --> 00:38:15.440
 princes

00:38:15.440 --> 00:38:15.940
 together

00:38:15.940 --> 00:38:16.500
 says the

00:38:16.500 --> 00:38:16.740
 Lord

00:38:16.740 --> 00:38:18.480
 because they

00:38:18.480 --> 00:38:19.200
 ripped open

00:38:19.200 --> 00:38:20.060
 pregnant women

00:38:20.060 --> 00:38:20.700
 in Gilead

00:38:20.700 --> 00:38:21.100
 that they

00:38:21.100 --> 00:38:21.940
 might enlarge

00:38:21.940 --> 00:38:22.540
 their border

00:38:22.540 --> 00:38:26.120
 enter the

00:38:26.120 --> 00:38:26.600
 next point

00:38:26.600 --> 00:38:27.000
 the Lord

00:38:27.000 --> 00:38:27.640
 roars

00:38:27.640 --> 00:38:28.500
 he is

00:38:28.500 --> 00:38:28.880
 judging

00:38:28.880 --> 00:38:29.500
 every

00:38:29.500 --> 00:38:30.080
 human

00:38:30.080 --> 00:38:30.600
 being

00:38:30.600 --> 00:38:32.040
 institution

00:38:32.039 --> 00:38:33.279
 and social

00:38:33.279 --> 00:38:34.779
 structure

00:38:34.779 --> 00:38:36.659
 he is

00:38:36.659 --> 00:38:37.019
 judging

00:38:37.019 --> 00:38:37.579
 every

00:38:37.579 --> 00:38:38.079
 human

00:38:38.079 --> 00:38:38.460
 being

00:38:38.460 --> 00:38:39.199
 institution

00:38:39.199 --> 00:38:39.800
 and social

00:38:39.800 --> 00:38:40.360
 structure

00:38:40.360 --> 00:38:42.099
 I know

00:38:42.099 --> 00:38:42.440
 a woman

00:38:42.440 --> 00:38:42.820
 who had

00:38:42.820 --> 00:38:43.279
 an abortion

00:38:43.279 --> 00:38:43.779
 so she

00:38:43.779 --> 00:38:44.099
 would look

00:38:44.099 --> 00:38:44.460
 good in her

00:38:44.460 --> 00:38:45.079
 wedding dress

00:38:45.079 --> 00:38:48.820
 not making

00:38:48.820 --> 00:38:49.199
 it up

00:38:49.199 --> 00:38:50.099
 so she had

00:38:50.099 --> 00:38:50.579
 the abortion

00:38:50.579 --> 00:38:52.779
 she wanted

00:38:52.779 --> 00:38:53.059
 to look

00:38:53.059 --> 00:38:53.380
 good in her

00:38:53.380 --> 00:38:53.840
 wedding dress

00:38:53.840 --> 00:38:54.119
 on her

00:38:54.119 --> 00:38:54.299
 wedding

00:38:54.299 --> 00:38:54.599
 day

00:38:54.599 --> 00:38:59.199
 human

00:38:59.199 --> 00:38:59.840
 beings

00:38:59.840 --> 00:39:00.599
 regularly

00:39:00.599 --> 00:39:01.319
 attack the

00:39:01.319 --> 00:39:01.599
 weakest

00:39:01.599 --> 00:39:01.980
 and the

00:39:01.980 --> 00:39:02.420
 vulnerable

00:39:02.420 --> 00:39:03.679
 because of

00:39:03.679 --> 00:39:03.840
 their

00:39:03.840 --> 00:39:04.400
 ambitions

00:39:04.400 --> 00:39:05.799
 whether it's

00:39:05.799 --> 00:39:06.299
 an ambition

00:39:06.299 --> 00:39:06.819
 to take

00:39:06.819 --> 00:39:07.559
 more territory

00:39:07.559 --> 00:39:08.420
 or to look

00:39:08.420 --> 00:39:08.819
 good in a

00:39:08.819 --> 00:39:09.279
 bikini

00:39:09.279 --> 00:39:11.539
 or ambitions

00:39:11.539 --> 00:39:12.619
 because as a

00:39:12.619 --> 00:39:13.559
 guy you want

00:39:13.559 --> 00:39:14.279
 to travel and

00:39:14.279 --> 00:39:14.619
 you want to

00:39:14.619 --> 00:39:15.139
 do things

00:39:15.139 --> 00:39:15.440
 you don't

00:39:15.440 --> 00:39:15.799
 want to have

00:39:15.799 --> 00:39:16.039
 to be

00:39:16.039 --> 00:39:16.679
 encumbered

00:39:16.679 --> 00:39:17.079
 by a

00:39:17.079 --> 00:39:17.440
 girlfriend

00:39:17.440 --> 00:39:18.000
 whom you

00:39:18.000 --> 00:39:18.239
 made

00:39:18.239 --> 00:39:18.719
 pregnant

00:39:18.719 --> 00:39:21.119
 the first

00:39:21.119 --> 00:39:21.579
 time I ever

00:39:21.579 --> 00:39:22.099
 spoke on

00:39:22.099 --> 00:39:22.699
 Parliament Hill

00:39:22.699 --> 00:39:22.959
 at the

00:39:22.959 --> 00:39:23.399
 Parliament Hill

00:39:23.399 --> 00:39:24.379
 Christian Fellowship

00:39:24.379 --> 00:39:25.779
 I thought to

00:39:25.779 --> 00:39:26.139
 myself

00:39:26.139 --> 00:39:27.099
 I've seen

00:39:27.099 --> 00:39:27.719
 many people

00:39:27.719 --> 00:39:28.299
 come and go

00:39:28.299 --> 00:39:28.799
 in places

00:39:28.799 --> 00:39:29.419
 like this

00:39:29.419 --> 00:39:29.699
 and what

00:39:29.699 --> 00:39:30.039
 they do

00:39:30.039 --> 00:39:30.319
 is they

00:39:30.319 --> 00:39:30.759
 try to

00:39:30.759 --> 00:39:31.219
 preach a

00:39:31.219 --> 00:39:31.559
 sermon

00:39:31.559 --> 00:39:32.959
 that people

00:39:32.959 --> 00:39:33.419
 will like

00:39:33.419 --> 00:39:33.719
 so they

00:39:33.719 --> 00:39:34.179
 get invited

00:39:34.179 --> 00:39:34.659
 back

00:39:34.659 --> 00:39:35.799
 and the

00:39:35.799 --> 00:39:36.339
 irony is

00:39:36.339 --> 00:39:36.579
 that they

00:39:36.579 --> 00:39:36.839
 usually

00:39:36.839 --> 00:39:37.299
 don't get

00:39:37.299 --> 00:39:37.559
 invited

00:39:37.559 --> 00:39:37.980
 back

00:39:37.980 --> 00:39:39.039
 so I

00:39:39.039 --> 00:39:39.480
 prayed about

00:39:39.480 --> 00:39:39.679
 it and

00:39:39.679 --> 00:39:39.939
 I thought

00:39:39.939 --> 00:39:40.359
 I will

00:39:40.359 --> 00:39:40.879
 preach

00:39:40.879 --> 00:39:42.099
 so that

00:39:42.099 --> 00:39:42.379
 if I only

00:39:42.379 --> 00:39:42.839
 get one

00:39:42.839 --> 00:39:43.319
 shot on

00:39:43.319 --> 00:39:44.019
 Parliament Hill

00:39:44.019 --> 00:39:45.480
 and I

00:39:45.480 --> 00:39:45.879
 never get

00:39:45.879 --> 00:39:46.179
 invited

00:39:46.179 --> 00:39:46.619
 back

00:39:46.619 --> 00:39:48.039
 and so I

00:39:48.039 --> 00:39:48.519
 preached on

00:39:48.519 --> 00:39:48.860
 the fact

00:39:48.860 --> 00:39:49.139
 that we

00:39:49.139 --> 00:39:49.480
 have to

00:39:49.480 --> 00:39:49.699
 fear

00:39:49.699 --> 00:39:50.119
 God

00:39:50.119 --> 00:39:50.619
 and that

00:39:50.619 --> 00:39:51.280
 on Parliament Hill

00:39:51.280 --> 00:39:51.699
 you have to

00:39:51.699 --> 00:39:52.099
 understand

00:39:52.099 --> 00:39:52.420
 that you're

00:39:52.420 --> 00:39:53.039
 under judgment

00:39:53.039 --> 00:39:54.179
 that God

00:39:54.179 --> 00:39:54.659
 will judge

00:39:54.659 --> 00:39:55.219
 you

00:39:55.219 --> 00:39:57.000
 funnily enough

00:39:57.000 --> 00:39:57.539
 they've invited

00:39:57.539 --> 00:39:58.000
 me back

00:39:58.000 --> 00:39:58.420
 now for

00:39:58.420 --> 00:39:59.259
 19 years

00:39:59.259 --> 00:39:59.840
 go figure

00:39:59.840 --> 00:40:00.699
 but that

00:40:00.699 --> 00:40:01.559
 wasn't actually

00:40:01.559 --> 00:40:02.280
 my plan

00:40:02.280 --> 00:40:02.960
 my plan

00:40:02.960 --> 00:40:03.400
 was that I

00:40:03.400 --> 00:40:03.699
 might only

00:40:03.699 --> 00:40:04.139
 get one

00:40:04.139 --> 00:40:04.519
 shot

00:40:04.519 --> 00:40:05.599
 and so I

00:40:05.599 --> 00:40:05.840
 was going

00:40:05.840 --> 00:40:06.119
 to give

00:40:06.119 --> 00:40:06.400
 it to

00:40:06.400 --> 00:40:06.639
 them

00:40:06.639 --> 00:40:08.159
 because it

00:40:08.159 --> 00:40:08.599
 would be

00:40:08.599 --> 00:40:09.159
 not because

00:40:09.159 --> 00:40:09.460
 I was going

00:40:09.460 --> 00:40:09.659
 to give

00:40:09.659 --> 00:40:09.840
 it to

00:40:09.840 --> 00:40:09.960
 them

00:40:09.960 --> 00:40:10.239
 because

00:40:10.239 --> 00:40:10.480
 you know

00:40:10.480 --> 00:40:11.079
 how

00:40:11.079 --> 00:40:12.139
 would it

00:40:12.139 --> 00:40:12.440
 be

00:40:12.440 --> 00:40:12.940
 if at

00:40:12.940 --> 00:40:13.079
 the

00:40:13.079 --> 00:40:13.380
 judgment

00:40:13.380 --> 00:40:13.780
 seat

00:40:13.780 --> 00:40:15.039
 God

00:40:15.039 --> 00:40:15.400
 said to

00:40:15.400 --> 00:40:15.539
 me

00:40:15.539 --> 00:40:15.780
 George

00:40:15.780 --> 00:40:16.099
 you had

00:40:16.099 --> 00:40:16.519
 a chance

00:40:16.519 --> 00:40:16.940
 to warn

00:40:16.940 --> 00:40:17.460
 those guys

00:40:18.519 --> 00:40:18.759
 because you

00:40:18.759 --> 00:40:19.139
 wanted them

00:40:19.139 --> 00:40:19.559
 to like

00:40:19.559 --> 00:40:19.699
 you

00:40:19.699 --> 00:40:19.980
 because

00:40:19.980 --> 00:40:20.199
 you're

00:40:20.199 --> 00:40:20.619
 a people

00:40:20.619 --> 00:40:21.079
 pleaser

00:40:21.079 --> 00:40:22.679
 and even

00:40:22.679 --> 00:40:23.159
 now I

00:40:23.159 --> 00:40:23.940
 worried about

00:40:23.940 --> 00:40:24.340
 whether I

00:40:24.340 --> 00:40:24.759
 should make

00:40:24.759 --> 00:40:25.159
 a reference

00:40:25.159 --> 00:40:25.840
 to abortion

00:40:25.840 --> 00:40:26.320
 in case

00:40:26.320 --> 00:40:26.840
 it offends

00:40:26.840 --> 00:40:27.219
 people

00:40:27.219 --> 00:40:27.920
 I confess

00:40:27.920 --> 00:40:28.360
 I am

00:40:28.360 --> 00:40:28.719
 very

00:40:28.719 --> 00:40:29.059
 very

00:40:29.059 --> 00:40:29.460
 very

00:40:29.460 --> 00:40:29.860
 very

00:40:29.860 --> 00:40:30.199
 very

00:40:30.199 --> 00:40:30.639
 deeply

00:40:30.639 --> 00:40:31.219
 Canadian

00:40:31.219 --> 00:40:35.679
 but the

00:40:35.679 --> 00:40:36.179
 text here

00:40:36.179 --> 00:40:36.880
 speaks very

00:40:36.880 --> 00:40:37.440
 clearly

00:40:37.440 --> 00:40:38.940
 to political

00:40:38.940 --> 00:40:39.460
 ambition

00:40:39.460 --> 00:40:40.079
 economic

00:40:40.079 --> 00:40:40.619
 ambition

00:40:40.619 --> 00:40:41.259
 and personal

00:40:41.259 --> 00:40:41.719
 ambition

00:40:41.719 --> 00:40:42.340
 and the

00:40:42.340 --> 00:40:42.659
 way we

00:40:42.659 --> 00:40:42.820
 will

00:40:42.820 --> 00:40:43.500
 victimize

00:40:43.500 --> 00:40:43.699
 the

00:40:43.699 --> 00:40:44.139
 weakest

00:40:44.139 --> 00:40:45.800
 the

00:40:45.800 --> 00:40:46.079
 great

00:40:46.079 --> 00:40:46.619
 worry

00:40:46.619 --> 00:40:48.920
 amongst

00:40:48.920 --> 00:40:49.359
 many

00:40:49.359 --> 00:40:49.960
 of the

00:40:49.960 --> 00:40:50.259
 law

00:40:50.259 --> 00:40:50.599
 that's

00:40:50.599 --> 00:40:50.799
 now

00:40:50.799 --> 00:40:51.059
 in

00:40:51.059 --> 00:40:51.539
 Canada

00:40:51.539 --> 00:40:51.839
 that

00:40:51.839 --> 00:40:52.179
 allows

00:40:52.179 --> 00:40:52.659
 doctors

00:40:52.659 --> 00:40:52.920
 to

00:40:52.920 --> 00:40:53.139
 kill

00:40:53.139 --> 00:40:53.619
 people

00:40:53.619 --> 00:40:56.239
 is

00:40:56.239 --> 00:40:56.480
 what

00:40:56.480 --> 00:40:57.199
 happens

00:40:57.199 --> 00:40:58.819
 if in

00:40:58.819 --> 00:40:59.139
 20

00:40:59.139 --> 00:40:59.639
 years

00:40:59.639 --> 00:41:01.759
 I'm

00:41:01.759 --> 00:41:02.239
 fading

00:41:02.239 --> 00:41:03.819
 and my

00:41:03.819 --> 00:41:04.319
 kids would

00:41:04.319 --> 00:41:04.619
 like to

00:41:04.619 --> 00:41:04.859
 go on

00:41:04.859 --> 00:41:05.500
 a cruise

00:41:05.500 --> 00:41:06.219
 and it

00:41:06.219 --> 00:41:06.420
 would be

00:41:06.420 --> 00:41:06.739
 a lot

00:41:06.739 --> 00:41:07.239
 easier

00:41:07.239 --> 00:41:07.980
 if I

00:41:07.980 --> 00:41:08.319
 died

00:41:08.319 --> 00:41:08.639
 before

00:41:08.639 --> 00:41:08.819
 they

00:41:08.819 --> 00:41:09.179
 went

00:41:09.179 --> 00:41:12.559
 and if

00:41:12.559 --> 00:41:12.859
 you think

00:41:12.859 --> 00:41:13.399
 this is

00:41:13.399 --> 00:41:14.099
 completely

00:41:14.099 --> 00:41:15.419
 obscene

00:41:15.419 --> 00:41:16.179
 or completely

00:41:16.179 --> 00:41:16.779
 unrealistic

00:41:16.779 --> 00:41:17.599
 just read

00:41:17.599 --> 00:41:17.879
 what's

00:41:17.879 --> 00:41:18.319
 gone on

00:41:18.319 --> 00:41:18.639
 in the

00:41:18.639 --> 00:41:18.960
 Netherlands

00:41:18.960 --> 00:41:19.399
 and in

00:41:19.399 --> 00:41:19.739
 Belgium

00:41:19.739 --> 00:41:27.239
 the

00:41:27.239 --> 00:41:27.759
 weakest

00:41:27.759 --> 00:41:28.679
 get in

00:41:28.679 --> 00:41:28.899
 the way

00:41:28.899 --> 00:41:29.179
 of our

00:41:29.179 --> 00:41:29.639
 ambition

00:41:29.639 --> 00:41:32.379
 some of

00:41:32.379 --> 00:41:32.559
 you are

00:41:32.559 --> 00:41:32.699
 saying

00:41:32.699 --> 00:41:32.940
 George

00:41:32.940 --> 00:41:33.259
 this has

00:41:33.259 --> 00:41:33.619
 been too

00:41:33.619 --> 00:41:33.899
 much

00:41:33.899 --> 00:41:34.339
 just the

00:41:34.339 --> 00:41:34.539
 one

00:41:34.539 --> 00:41:34.940
 final

00:41:34.940 --> 00:41:35.279
 text

00:41:35.279 --> 00:41:35.619
 just so

00:41:35.619 --> 00:41:35.940
 we can

00:41:35.940 --> 00:41:36.299
 and then

00:41:36.299 --> 00:41:36.539
 we'll

00:41:36.539 --> 00:41:37.339
 start to

00:41:37.339 --> 00:41:37.679
 wrap it

00:41:37.679 --> 00:41:38.019
 up in

00:41:38.019 --> 00:41:39.039
 a very

00:41:39.039 --> 00:41:39.539
 important

00:41:39.539 --> 00:41:39.940
 way

00:41:39.940 --> 00:41:41.460
 you know

00:41:41.460 --> 00:41:41.859
 in our

00:41:41.859 --> 00:41:42.440
 warfare

00:41:42.440 --> 00:41:43.719
 nobody

00:41:43.719 --> 00:41:44.019
 in our

00:41:44.019 --> 00:41:44.859
 modern

00:41:44.859 --> 00:41:45.279
 world

00:41:45.279 --> 00:41:45.679
 I think

00:41:45.679 --> 00:41:45.960
 in our

00:41:45.960 --> 00:41:46.279
 warfare

00:41:46.279 --> 00:41:46.679
 thinks

00:41:46.679 --> 00:41:46.960
 that we

00:41:46.960 --> 00:41:47.440
 can send

00:41:47.440 --> 00:41:47.940
 people to

00:41:47.940 --> 00:41:48.159
 hell

00:41:48.159 --> 00:41:48.779
 by defeating

00:41:48.779 --> 00:41:49.059
 them

00:41:49.059 --> 00:41:50.259
 but in

00:41:50.259 --> 00:41:50.619
 the ancient

00:41:50.619 --> 00:41:50.960
 world

00:41:50.960 --> 00:41:51.480
 they thought

00:41:51.480 --> 00:41:51.799
 that

00:41:51.799 --> 00:41:53.219
 and that's

00:41:53.219 --> 00:41:53.480
 at the

00:41:53.480 --> 00:41:53.739
 heart

00:41:53.739 --> 00:41:54.679
 one aspect

00:41:54.679 --> 00:41:55.000
 of the

00:41:55.000 --> 00:41:55.199
 heart

00:41:55.199 --> 00:41:55.500
 of this

00:41:55.500 --> 00:41:55.919
 final

00:41:55.919 --> 00:41:56.819
 condemnation

00:41:56.819 --> 00:41:57.980
 not that

00:41:57.980 --> 00:41:58.359
 they're able

00:41:58.359 --> 00:41:58.799
 to do

00:41:58.799 --> 00:41:59.039
 it

00:41:59.039 --> 00:41:59.699
 but they

00:41:59.699 --> 00:41:59.980
 thought

00:41:59.980 --> 00:42:00.179
 they

00:42:00.179 --> 00:42:00.359
 could

00:42:00.359 --> 00:42:00.559
 do

00:42:00.559 --> 00:42:00.759
 it

00:42:00.759 --> 00:42:01.079
 and

00:42:01.079 --> 00:42:01.339
 because

00:42:01.339 --> 00:42:01.519
 they

00:42:01.519 --> 00:42:01.759
 thought

00:42:01.759 --> 00:42:01.940
 they

00:42:01.940 --> 00:42:02.099
 could

00:42:02.099 --> 00:42:02.239
 do

00:42:02.239 --> 00:42:02.359
 it

00:42:02.359 --> 00:42:02.500
 they

00:42:02.500 --> 00:42:02.719
 did

00:42:02.719 --> 00:42:02.980
 it

00:42:02.980 --> 00:42:03.639
 look

00:42:03.639 --> 00:42:03.779
 at

00:42:03.779 --> 00:42:04.039
 chapter

00:42:04.039 --> 00:42:04.359
 2

00:42:04.359 --> 00:42:04.639
 verses

00:42:04.639 --> 00:42:04.940
 1

00:42:04.940 --> 00:42:05.399
 to 3

00:42:05.399 --> 00:42:06.559
 thus

00:42:06.559 --> 00:42:06.779
 says

00:42:07.679 --> 00:42:29.539
 they

00:42:29.539 --> 00:42:30.599
 believed

00:42:30.599 --> 00:42:31.399
 in that

00:42:31.399 --> 00:42:31.940
 particular

00:42:31.940 --> 00:42:32.480
 culture

00:42:32.480 --> 00:42:33.000
 that

00:42:33.000 --> 00:42:34.039
 if you

00:42:34.039 --> 00:42:34.359
 were to

00:42:34.359 --> 00:42:34.799
 completely

00:42:34.799 --> 00:42:35.379
 annihilate

00:42:35.379 --> 00:42:35.859
 the body

00:42:35.859 --> 00:42:36.339
 in such

00:42:36.339 --> 00:42:36.579
 a way

00:42:36.579 --> 00:42:36.819
 it would

00:42:36.819 --> 00:42:37.079
 mean

00:42:37.079 --> 00:42:37.319
 that

00:42:37.320 --> 00:42:37.600
 his

00:42:37.600 --> 00:42:38.200
 existence

00:42:38.200 --> 00:42:38.620
 in the

00:42:38.620 --> 00:42:39.200
 afterlife

00:42:39.200 --> 00:42:39.660
 became

00:42:39.660 --> 00:42:40.260
 fraught

00:42:40.260 --> 00:42:41.740
 became

00:42:41.740 --> 00:42:42.800
 endangered

00:42:42.800 --> 00:42:43.380
 that in

00:42:43.380 --> 00:42:43.780
 a sense

00:42:43.780 --> 00:42:44.160
 he could

00:42:44.160 --> 00:42:44.580
 wander

00:42:44.580 --> 00:42:45.019
 and be

00:42:45.019 --> 00:42:45.640
 he would

00:42:45.640 --> 00:42:45.980
 not have

00:42:45.980 --> 00:42:46.260
 a good

00:42:46.260 --> 00:42:46.680
 death

00:42:46.680 --> 00:42:47.280
 he would

00:42:47.280 --> 00:42:47.620
 dwell

00:42:47.620 --> 00:42:48.039
 in a

00:42:48.039 --> 00:42:48.380
 terrible

00:42:48.380 --> 00:42:48.900
 place

00:42:48.900 --> 00:42:49.920
 after

00:42:49.920 --> 00:42:50.280
 death

00:42:50.280 --> 00:42:51.320
 and it

00:42:51.320 --> 00:42:51.640
 also

00:42:51.640 --> 00:42:51.900
 had

00:42:51.900 --> 00:42:52.120
 the

00:42:52.120 --> 00:42:52.500
 ability

00:42:52.500 --> 00:42:53.380
 of

00:42:53.380 --> 00:42:53.960
 destroying

00:42:53.960 --> 00:42:54.220
 the

00:42:54.220 --> 00:42:54.660
 traditions

00:42:54.660 --> 00:42:55.140
 of the

00:42:55.140 --> 00:42:55.539
 country

00:42:55.539 --> 00:42:56.400
 so it

00:42:56.400 --> 00:42:56.620
 both

00:42:56.620 --> 00:42:57.100
 destroys

00:42:57.100 --> 00:42:57.360
 their

00:42:57.360 --> 00:42:57.880
 past

00:42:57.880 --> 00:42:58.519
 and destroys

00:42:58.519 --> 00:43:00.340
 the future

00:43:00.340 --> 00:43:00.840
 and in a

00:43:00.840 --> 00:43:01.039
 sense

00:43:01.039 --> 00:43:01.420
 by doing

00:43:01.420 --> 00:43:01.660
 it to

00:43:01.660 --> 00:43:02.080
 the king

00:43:02.080 --> 00:43:02.300
 who's

00:43:02.300 --> 00:43:02.660
 understood

00:43:02.660 --> 00:43:02.940
 to be

00:43:02.940 --> 00:43:03.059
 a

00:43:03.059 --> 00:43:03.420
 representative

00:43:03.420 --> 00:43:03.660
 of the

00:43:03.660 --> 00:43:03.820
 whole

00:43:03.820 --> 00:43:04.220
 people

00:43:04.220 --> 00:43:05.260
 in some

00:43:05.260 --> 00:43:05.660
 ways

00:43:05.660 --> 00:43:05.860
 they're

00:43:05.860 --> 00:43:06.120
 saying

00:43:06.120 --> 00:43:06.420
 we are

00:43:06.420 --> 00:43:06.660
 going to

00:43:06.659 --> 00:43:07.399
 cast all

00:43:07.399 --> 00:43:07.699
 of you

00:43:07.699 --> 00:43:08.000
 as a

00:43:08.000 --> 00:43:08.279
 nation

00:43:08.279 --> 00:43:08.599
 we're not

00:43:08.599 --> 00:43:08.920
 only going to

00:43:08.920 --> 00:43:09.480
 defeat you

00:43:09.480 --> 00:43:10.019
 militarily

00:43:10.019 --> 00:43:10.899
 we're going to

00:43:10.899 --> 00:43:11.480
 send you to

00:43:11.480 --> 00:43:11.779
 hell

00:43:11.779 --> 00:43:15.000
 and it's

00:43:15.000 --> 00:43:15.759
 condemned here

00:43:15.759 --> 00:43:15.980
 in the

00:43:15.980 --> 00:43:16.299
 Bible

00:43:16.299 --> 00:43:19.039
 the Lord

00:43:19.039 --> 00:43:19.719
 roars

00:43:19.719 --> 00:43:20.940
 enter the

00:43:20.940 --> 00:43:21.599
 final one

00:43:21.599 --> 00:43:23.199
 the Lord

00:43:23.199 --> 00:43:23.719
 roars

00:43:23.719 --> 00:43:24.659
 in mercy

00:43:24.659 --> 00:43:27.779
 this might not

00:43:27.779 --> 00:43:28.359
 be originally

00:43:28.359 --> 00:43:29.599
 mainly obvious

00:43:29.599 --> 00:43:30.000
 the Lord

00:43:30.000 --> 00:43:30.559
 roars in

00:43:30.559 --> 00:43:30.819
 mercy

00:43:30.819 --> 00:43:31.379
 you know

00:43:31.379 --> 00:43:31.980
 the thing

00:43:31.980 --> 00:43:32.420
 about this

00:43:32.420 --> 00:43:32.819
 text

00:43:32.819 --> 00:43:33.239
 is this

00:43:33.239 --> 00:43:33.739
 text is

00:43:33.739 --> 00:43:33.960
 written

00:43:33.960 --> 00:43:34.340
 somewhere

00:43:34.340 --> 00:43:34.699
 between

00:43:34.699 --> 00:43:35.179
 15

00:43:35.179 --> 00:43:35.559
 to 30

00:43:35.559 --> 00:43:35.960
 years

00:43:35.960 --> 00:43:36.500
 before

00:43:36.500 --> 00:43:37.760
 Assyria

00:43:37.760 --> 00:43:38.280
 invades

00:43:38.280 --> 00:43:38.559
 these

00:43:38.559 --> 00:43:39.039
 nations

00:43:39.039 --> 00:43:39.780
 and these

00:43:39.780 --> 00:43:40.159
 nations

00:43:40.159 --> 00:43:40.320
 are

00:43:40.320 --> 00:43:40.960
 destroyed

00:43:40.960 --> 00:43:42.720
 it's

00:43:42.720 --> 00:43:42.860
 the

00:43:42.860 --> 00:43:43.199
 complete

00:43:43.199 --> 00:43:43.720
 opposite

00:43:43.720 --> 00:43:44.119
 of a

00:43:44.119 --> 00:43:44.519
 terrorist

00:43:44.519 --> 00:43:45.079
 attack

00:43:45.079 --> 00:43:45.579
 I was

00:43:45.579 --> 00:43:46.119
 on

00:43:46.119 --> 00:43:46.500
 Thursday

00:43:46.500 --> 00:43:46.740
 I was

00:43:46.740 --> 00:43:47.000
 going to

00:43:47.000 --> 00:43:47.139
 have

00:43:47.139 --> 00:43:47.380
 lunch

00:43:47.380 --> 00:43:47.559
 with

00:43:47.559 --> 00:43:47.900
 somebody

00:43:47.900 --> 00:43:48.519
 in the

00:43:48.519 --> 00:43:48.840
 church

00:43:48.840 --> 00:43:49.260
 and so

00:43:49.260 --> 00:43:49.440
 I was

00:43:49.440 --> 00:43:49.760
 walking

00:43:49.760 --> 00:43:50.139
 on

00:43:50.139 --> 00:43:50.440
 Laurier

00:43:50.440 --> 00:43:50.900
 bridge

00:43:50.900 --> 00:43:53.420
 right by

00:43:53.420 --> 00:43:53.559
 the

00:43:53.559 --> 00:43:53.860
 D&D

00:43:53.860 --> 00:43:54.320
 and virtually

00:43:54.320 --> 00:43:54.860
 every time

00:43:54.860 --> 00:43:55.240
 I walk

00:43:55.240 --> 00:43:55.740
 by D&D

00:43:55.740 --> 00:43:56.079
 I think

00:43:56.079 --> 00:43:56.460
 to myself

00:43:56.460 --> 00:43:56.880
 is this

00:43:56.880 --> 00:43:57.280
 the day

00:43:57.280 --> 00:43:57.639
 that a

00:43:57.639 --> 00:43:58.000
 terrorist

00:43:58.000 --> 00:43:58.440
 will set

00:43:58.440 --> 00:43:58.740
 off a

00:43:58.740 --> 00:43:58.980
 bomb

00:43:58.980 --> 00:43:59.519
 at D&D

00:43:59.519 --> 00:44:00.000
 headquarters

00:44:00.000 --> 00:44:00.400
 while I'm

00:44:00.400 --> 00:44:00.679
 walking

00:44:00.679 --> 00:44:01.000
 by

00:44:01.000 --> 00:44:01.940
 I know

00:44:01.940 --> 00:44:02.280
 I have a

00:44:02.280 --> 00:44:03.080
 very odd

00:44:03.080 --> 00:44:03.780
 imagination

00:44:03.780 --> 00:44:04.640
 but I

00:44:04.640 --> 00:44:05.120
 think about

00:44:05.120 --> 00:44:05.480
 that

00:44:05.480 --> 00:44:06.960
 and you

00:44:06.960 --> 00:44:07.140
 know the

00:44:07.140 --> 00:44:07.860
 way terrorists

00:44:07.860 --> 00:44:08.340
 work is

00:44:08.340 --> 00:44:08.760
 the bomb

00:44:08.760 --> 00:44:09.420
 goes off

00:44:09.420 --> 00:44:09.840
 and then

00:44:09.840 --> 00:44:10.300
 they roar

00:44:10.300 --> 00:44:13.460
 the Lord

00:44:13.460 --> 00:44:14.160
 roars

00:44:14.160 --> 00:44:16.300
 10

00:44:16.300 --> 00:44:16.920
 15

00:44:16.920 --> 00:44:17.340
 20

00:44:17.340 --> 00:44:17.760
 30

00:44:17.760 --> 00:44:18.100
 years

00:44:18.100 --> 00:44:18.420
 later

00:44:18.420 --> 00:44:18.620
 the

00:44:18.620 --> 00:44:18.940
 judgment

00:44:18.940 --> 00:44:19.540
 comes

00:44:19.540 --> 00:44:22.180
 he roars

00:44:22.180 --> 00:44:22.540
 so we

00:44:22.540 --> 00:44:23.260
 can repent

00:44:23.260 --> 00:44:25.300
 in fact

00:44:25.300 --> 00:44:25.880
 even within

00:44:25.880 --> 00:44:26.720
 this text

00:44:26.720 --> 00:44:27.440
 you might

00:44:27.440 --> 00:44:27.880
 notice that

00:44:27.880 --> 00:44:28.100
 there's

00:44:28.100 --> 00:44:28.360
 something

00:44:28.360 --> 00:44:28.800
 that seems

00:44:28.800 --> 00:44:29.080
 to mean

00:44:29.080 --> 00:44:29.420
 that there's

00:44:29.420 --> 00:44:29.740
 have no

00:44:29.740 --> 00:44:29.980
 mercy

00:44:29.980 --> 00:44:30.460
 for some

00:44:30.460 --> 00:44:30.660
 of you

00:44:30.660 --> 00:44:30.900
 maybe

00:44:30.900 --> 00:44:31.140
 who've

00:44:31.140 --> 00:44:31.400
 had an

00:44:31.400 --> 00:44:31.800
 abortion

00:44:31.800 --> 00:44:32.260
 and I've

00:44:32.260 --> 00:44:32.560
 made you

00:44:32.560 --> 00:44:33.000
 feel very

00:44:33.000 --> 00:44:33.539
 guilty

00:44:33.539 --> 00:44:33.920
 and you

00:44:33.920 --> 00:44:34.240
 think to

00:44:34.240 --> 00:44:34.500
 yourself

00:44:34.500 --> 00:44:34.820
 George

00:44:34.820 --> 00:44:35.660
 this is

00:44:35.660 --> 00:44:36.180
 very hard

00:44:36.180 --> 00:44:36.660
 I can't

00:44:36.660 --> 00:44:37.019
 undo

00:44:37.019 --> 00:44:37.640
 an abortion

00:44:37.640 --> 00:44:38.340
 I can't

00:44:38.340 --> 00:44:38.740
 undo

00:44:38.740 --> 00:44:40.240
 the fact

00:44:40.240 --> 00:44:40.519
 that I

00:44:40.519 --> 00:44:41.000
 encouraged

00:44:41.000 --> 00:44:41.440
 a person

00:44:41.440 --> 00:44:41.780
 to have

00:44:41.780 --> 00:44:42.200
 an abortion

00:44:42.200 --> 00:44:42.680
 or that I

00:44:42.680 --> 00:44:43.720
 drove them

00:44:43.720 --> 00:44:44.200
 I can't

00:44:44.200 --> 00:44:44.560
 undo

00:44:44.560 --> 00:44:45.200
 any of those

00:44:45.200 --> 00:44:45.680
 types of

00:44:45.680 --> 00:44:46.039
 things

00:44:46.039 --> 00:44:47.780
 and it's

00:44:47.780 --> 00:44:48.180
 even made

00:44:48.180 --> 00:44:48.620
 worse in

00:44:48.620 --> 00:44:48.960
 the text

00:44:48.960 --> 00:44:49.300
 because what

00:44:49.300 --> 00:44:49.660
 does it say

00:44:49.660 --> 00:44:50.280
 time after

00:44:50.280 --> 00:44:50.539
 time

00:44:50.539 --> 00:44:50.920
 every one

00:44:50.920 --> 00:44:51.140
 of these

00:44:51.140 --> 00:44:51.560
 places

00:44:51.560 --> 00:44:52.340
 I will

00:44:52.340 --> 00:44:52.600
 not

00:44:52.600 --> 00:44:52.980
 revoke

00:44:52.980 --> 00:44:53.360
 I will

00:44:53.360 --> 00:44:53.620
 not

00:44:53.620 --> 00:44:54.000
 revoke

00:44:54.000 --> 00:44:54.380
 I will

00:44:54.380 --> 00:44:54.640
 not

00:44:54.640 --> 00:44:55.019
 revoke

00:44:55.019 --> 00:44:55.420
 I will

00:44:55.420 --> 00:44:55.680
 not

00:44:55.680 --> 00:44:56.039
 revoke

00:44:56.039 --> 00:44:56.400
 I will

00:44:56.400 --> 00:44:56.660
 not

00:44:56.660 --> 00:44:57.060
 revoke

00:44:57.060 --> 00:44:57.480
 it says

00:44:57.480 --> 00:44:58.000
 it time

00:44:58.000 --> 00:44:58.460
 and time

00:44:58.460 --> 00:44:58.860
 and time

00:44:58.860 --> 00:44:59.199
 again

00:44:59.199 --> 00:45:00.000
 I will

00:45:00.000 --> 00:45:00.240
 not

00:45:00.240 --> 00:45:00.619
 revoke

00:45:00.619 --> 00:45:01.139
 the punishment

00:45:01.139 --> 00:45:01.599
 I will

00:45:01.599 --> 00:45:01.840
 not

00:45:01.840 --> 00:45:02.199
 revoke

00:45:02.199 --> 00:45:02.740
 the punishment

00:45:02.740 --> 00:45:03.119
 I will

00:45:03.119 --> 00:45:03.360
 not

00:45:03.360 --> 00:45:03.679
 revoke

00:45:03.679 --> 00:45:04.260
 the punishment

00:45:04.260 --> 00:45:08.940
 how could

00:45:08.940 --> 00:45:09.240
 God

00:45:09.240 --> 00:45:09.900
 revoke

00:45:09.900 --> 00:45:10.840
 punishment

00:45:10.840 --> 00:45:11.480
 for such

00:45:11.480 --> 00:45:11.880
 evil

00:45:11.880 --> 00:45:12.320
 and still

00:45:12.320 --> 00:45:13.119
 be just

00:45:13.119 --> 00:45:14.960
 see one

00:45:14.960 --> 00:45:15.139
 of the

00:45:15.139 --> 00:45:15.420
 things we

00:45:15.420 --> 00:45:15.659
 have to

00:45:15.659 --> 00:45:16.099
 understand

00:45:16.099 --> 00:45:16.559
 about this

00:45:16.559 --> 00:45:16.960
 text of

00:45:16.960 --> 00:45:17.320
 the Bible

00:45:17.320 --> 00:45:17.659
 is that it

00:45:17.659 --> 00:45:18.199
 all comes

00:45:18.199 --> 00:45:18.720
 before the

00:45:18.720 --> 00:45:19.179
 cross

00:45:19.179 --> 00:45:22.300
 and what

00:45:22.300 --> 00:45:22.699
 the Old

00:45:22.699 --> 00:45:23.340
 Testament is

00:45:23.340 --> 00:45:24.059
 doing is

00:45:24.059 --> 00:45:24.599
 it's setting

00:45:24.599 --> 00:45:25.199
 in light

00:45:25.199 --> 00:45:25.679
 within us

00:45:25.679 --> 00:45:26.139
 not only an

00:45:26.139 --> 00:45:26.800
 awareness of

00:45:26.800 --> 00:45:27.159
 right and

00:45:27.159 --> 00:45:27.480
 wrong

00:45:27.480 --> 00:45:28.260
 but in a

00:45:28.260 --> 00:45:28.719
 sense the

00:45:28.719 --> 00:45:29.260
 spiritual

00:45:29.260 --> 00:45:30.099
 quandary

00:45:30.099 --> 00:45:30.460
 that we

00:45:30.460 --> 00:45:31.340
 need to

00:45:31.340 --> 00:45:31.659
 come to

00:45:31.659 --> 00:45:31.980
 the point

00:45:31.980 --> 00:45:32.219
 that we

00:45:32.219 --> 00:45:32.760
 realize that

00:45:32.760 --> 00:45:33.320
 God has

00:45:33.320 --> 00:45:33.699
 to do

00:45:33.699 --> 00:45:34.139
 something

00:45:34.139 --> 00:45:34.980
 and it's

00:45:34.980 --> 00:45:35.440
 hard for us

00:45:35.440 --> 00:45:36.019
 to imagine

00:45:36.019 --> 00:45:36.579
 what God

00:45:36.579 --> 00:45:37.179
 could do

00:45:37.179 --> 00:45:38.380
 we ourselves

00:45:38.380 --> 00:45:39.099
 every single

00:45:39.099 --> 00:45:39.579
 one of us

00:45:39.579 --> 00:45:39.840
 here

00:45:39.840 --> 00:45:40.619
 as the

00:45:40.619 --> 00:45:40.960
 book of

00:45:40.960 --> 00:45:41.260
 Amos

00:45:41.260 --> 00:45:41.780
 goes on

00:45:41.780 --> 00:45:42.019
 it's going

00:45:42.019 --> 00:45:42.219
 to talk

00:45:42.219 --> 00:45:42.440
 about how

00:45:42.440 --> 00:45:42.760
 we treat

00:45:42.760 --> 00:45:43.159
 the weak

00:45:43.159 --> 00:45:43.360
 and how

00:45:43.360 --> 00:45:43.619
 we treat

00:45:43.619 --> 00:45:44.000
 the poor

00:45:44.000 --> 00:45:44.260
 and how

00:45:44.260 --> 00:45:44.599
 we do

00:45:44.599 --> 00:45:45.260
 how we

00:45:45.260 --> 00:45:45.699
 misuse

00:45:45.699 --> 00:45:46.219
 religion

00:45:46.219 --> 00:45:46.480
 and how

00:45:46.480 --> 00:45:46.619
 we

00:45:46.619 --> 00:45:46.940
 misuse

00:45:46.940 --> 00:45:47.500
 spirituality

00:45:47.500 --> 00:45:48.360
 every single

00:45:48.360 --> 00:45:48.860
 one of us

00:45:48.860 --> 00:45:49.139
 will be

00:45:49.139 --> 00:45:49.599
 confronted

00:45:49.599 --> 00:45:50.039
 in some

00:45:50.039 --> 00:45:50.320
 ways

00:45:50.320 --> 00:45:50.860
 and in

00:45:50.860 --> 00:45:51.360
 every single

00:45:51.360 --> 00:45:51.639
 case

00:45:51.639 --> 00:45:52.159
 how could

00:45:52.159 --> 00:45:52.480
 God

00:45:52.480 --> 00:45:52.840
 revoke

00:45:52.840 --> 00:45:53.039
 the

00:45:53.039 --> 00:45:53.519
 punishment

00:45:57.480 --> 00:45:57.780
 of the

00:45:57.780 --> 00:45:58.280
 cross

00:45:58.280 --> 00:45:59.400
 is that

00:45:59.400 --> 00:46:01.400
 750 years

00:46:01.400 --> 00:46:02.320
 800 years

00:46:02.320 --> 00:46:03.079
 after this

00:46:03.079 --> 00:46:03.860
 there will

00:46:03.860 --> 00:46:04.500
 be a

00:46:04.500 --> 00:46:04.900
 pagan

00:46:04.900 --> 00:46:05.500
 king

00:46:05.500 --> 00:46:06.440
 and there

00:46:06.440 --> 00:46:06.820
 will be

00:46:06.820 --> 00:46:07.340
 a pagan

00:46:07.340 --> 00:46:07.900
 empire

00:46:07.900 --> 00:46:08.920
 and they

00:46:08.920 --> 00:46:09.619
 believe that

00:46:09.619 --> 00:46:10.119
 they can

00:46:10.119 --> 00:46:11.119
 stop a

00:46:11.119 --> 00:46:11.480
 people

00:46:11.480 --> 00:46:12.059
 movement

00:46:12.059 --> 00:46:13.159
 by killing

00:46:13.159 --> 00:46:13.400
 its

00:46:13.400 --> 00:46:14.059
 representative

00:46:14.059 --> 00:46:14.960
 in such

00:46:14.960 --> 00:46:15.559
 a shameful

00:46:15.559 --> 00:46:16.019
 way

00:46:16.019 --> 00:46:16.619
 that the

00:46:16.619 --> 00:46:16.940
 people

00:46:16.940 --> 00:46:17.340
 movement

00:46:17.340 --> 00:46:17.920
 will come

00:46:17.920 --> 00:46:18.300
 to an

00:46:18.300 --> 00:46:18.539
 end

00:46:18.539 --> 00:46:19.139
 and if

00:46:19.139 --> 00:46:19.539
 they deal

00:46:19.539 --> 00:46:19.880
 with the

00:46:19.880 --> 00:46:20.440
 representative

00:46:20.440 --> 00:46:21.099
 they have

00:46:21.099 --> 00:46:21.340
 dealt

00:46:21.340 --> 00:46:21.679
 with the

00:46:21.679 --> 00:46:21.940
 people

00:46:21.940 --> 00:46:22.340
 movement

00:46:22.340 --> 00:46:22.940
 and they

00:46:22.940 --> 00:46:23.440
 hung him

00:46:23.440 --> 00:46:23.940
 upon a

00:46:23.940 --> 00:46:24.500
 cross

00:46:24.500 --> 00:46:28.179
 as their

00:46:28.179 --> 00:46:28.920
 representative

00:46:28.920 --> 00:46:29.460
 and as

00:46:29.460 --> 00:46:29.679
 yours

00:46:29.679 --> 00:46:30.199
 mine

00:46:30.199 --> 00:46:31.280
 and three

00:46:31.280 --> 00:46:31.920
 days later

00:46:31.920 --> 00:46:32.579
 he rose

00:46:32.579 --> 00:46:36.000
 God

00:46:36.000 --> 00:46:36.619
 does not

00:46:36.619 --> 00:46:37.079
 revoke

00:46:37.079 --> 00:46:37.360
 my

00:46:37.360 --> 00:46:37.980
 punishment

00:46:37.980 --> 00:46:39.619
 and he

00:46:39.619 --> 00:46:40.119
 does not

00:46:40.119 --> 00:46:40.559
 revoke

00:46:40.559 --> 00:46:41.039
 yours

00:46:41.039 --> 00:46:42.619
 but he

00:46:42.619 --> 00:46:43.360
 sends

00:46:43.360 --> 00:46:43.900
 his

00:46:43.900 --> 00:46:44.420
 son

00:46:44.420 --> 00:46:45.480
 he

00:46:45.480 --> 00:46:46.320
 himself

00:46:46.320 --> 00:46:47.500
 bears

00:46:47.500 --> 00:46:47.820
 the

00:46:47.820 --> 00:46:48.380
 punishment

00:46:48.380 --> 00:46:48.880
 that you

00:46:48.880 --> 00:46:49.280
 and I

00:46:49.280 --> 00:46:49.739
 deserve

00:46:49.739 --> 00:46:52.320
 he

00:46:52.320 --> 00:46:52.920
 takes

00:46:52.920 --> 00:46:53.320
 that

00:46:53.320 --> 00:46:54.340
 in his

00:46:54.340 --> 00:46:54.940
 person

00:46:54.940 --> 00:46:56.240
 as my

00:46:56.240 --> 00:46:56.860
 substitute

00:46:56.860 --> 00:46:58.280
 and exchanges

00:46:58.280 --> 00:46:59.079
 with me

00:46:59.079 --> 00:46:59.500
 when I

00:46:59.500 --> 00:46:59.940
 put my

00:46:59.940 --> 00:47:00.420
 faith and

00:47:00.420 --> 00:47:00.860
 trust in

00:47:00.860 --> 00:47:01.100
 him

00:47:01.100 --> 00:47:02.059
 his

00:47:02.059 --> 00:47:02.539
 perfect

00:47:02.539 --> 00:47:03.200
 righteousness

00:47:03.200 --> 00:47:04.800
 and standing

00:47:04.800 --> 00:47:05.120
 with the

00:47:05.120 --> 00:47:05.400
 father

00:47:05.400 --> 00:47:07.559
 my

00:47:07.559 --> 00:47:08.260
 evil

00:47:08.260 --> 00:47:09.100
 is not

00:47:09.100 --> 00:47:09.820
 revoked

00:47:09.820 --> 00:47:13.320
 in my

00:47:13.320 --> 00:47:14.059
 place

00:47:14.059 --> 00:47:15.180
 condemned

00:47:15.180 --> 00:47:16.559
 he

00:47:16.559 --> 00:47:17.079
 stood

00:47:17.079 --> 00:47:21.800
 in my

00:47:21.800 --> 00:47:22.260
 place

00:47:22.260 --> 00:47:23.160
 condemned

00:47:23.159 --> 00:47:23.980
 he

00:47:23.980 --> 00:47:24.379
 stood

00:47:24.379 --> 00:47:26.079
 the book

00:47:26.079 --> 00:47:26.219
 of

00:47:26.219 --> 00:47:26.659
 Ezekiel

00:47:26.659 --> 00:47:26.940
 says

00:47:26.940 --> 00:47:27.179
 God

00:47:27.179 --> 00:47:27.539
 takes

00:47:27.539 --> 00:47:27.759
 no

00:47:27.759 --> 00:47:28.139
 delight

00:47:28.139 --> 00:47:28.379
 in

00:47:28.379 --> 00:47:28.500
 the

00:47:28.500 --> 00:47:28.679
 death

00:47:28.679 --> 00:47:28.799
 of

00:47:28.799 --> 00:47:28.920
 a

00:47:28.920 --> 00:47:29.099
 sinner

00:47:29.099 --> 00:47:29.279
 but

00:47:29.279 --> 00:47:29.519
 rather

00:47:29.519 --> 00:47:29.699
 that

00:47:29.699 --> 00:47:29.819
 he

00:47:29.819 --> 00:47:30.000
 would

00:47:30.000 --> 00:47:30.279
 turn

00:47:30.279 --> 00:47:30.539
 from

00:47:30.539 --> 00:47:30.679
 his

00:47:30.679 --> 00:47:31.179
 wickedness

00:47:31.179 --> 00:47:31.339
 and

00:47:31.339 --> 00:47:31.679
 live

00:47:31.679 --> 00:47:32.379
 and

00:47:32.379 --> 00:47:32.659
 1

00:47:32.659 --> 00:47:32.960
 John

00:47:32.960 --> 00:47:33.619
 chapter 2

00:47:33.619 --> 00:47:33.960
 verses

00:47:33.960 --> 00:47:34.359
 1

00:47:34.359 --> 00:47:34.940
 and 2

00:47:34.940 --> 00:47:35.239
 says

00:47:35.239 --> 00:47:35.399
 my

00:47:35.399 --> 00:47:35.659
 little

00:47:35.659 --> 00:47:36.099
 children

00:47:36.099 --> 00:47:36.279
 I

00:47:36.279 --> 00:47:36.399
 am

00:47:36.399 --> 00:47:36.599
 writing

00:47:36.599 --> 00:47:36.839
 these

00:47:36.839 --> 00:47:37.099
 things

00:47:37.099 --> 00:47:37.359
 to you

00:47:37.359 --> 00:47:37.480
 that

00:47:37.480 --> 00:47:37.599
 you

00:47:37.599 --> 00:47:37.759
 may

00:47:37.759 --> 00:47:37.980
 not

00:47:37.980 --> 00:47:38.319
 sin

00:47:38.319 --> 00:47:38.960
 but

00:47:38.960 --> 00:47:39.079
 if

00:47:39.079 --> 00:47:39.359
 anyone

00:47:39.359 --> 00:47:39.739
 does

00:47:39.739 --> 00:47:40.019
 sin

00:47:40.019 --> 00:47:40.179
 we

00:47:40.179 --> 00:47:40.299
 have

00:47:40.299 --> 00:47:40.420
 an

00:47:40.420 --> 00:47:40.819
 advocate

00:47:40.819 --> 00:47:41.079
 with

00:47:41.079 --> 00:47:41.239
 the

00:47:41.239 --> 00:47:41.559
 father

00:47:41.559 --> 00:47:42.039
 Jesus

00:47:42.039 --> 00:47:42.480
 Christ

00:47:42.480 --> 00:47:42.679
 the

00:47:42.679 --> 00:47:43.000
 righteous

00:47:43.000 --> 00:47:43.739
 he

00:47:43.739 --> 00:47:44.199
 is

00:47:44.199 --> 00:47:44.399
 the

00:47:44.399 --> 00:47:45.179
 propitiation

00:47:45.179 --> 00:47:45.480
 for

00:47:45.480 --> 00:47:45.699
 our

00:47:53.159 --> 00:47:53.559
 but

00:47:53.559 --> 00:47:53.859
 also

00:47:53.859 --> 00:47:54.099
 for

00:47:54.099 --> 00:47:54.279
 the

00:47:54.279 --> 00:47:54.539
 sins

00:47:54.539 --> 00:47:54.699
 of

00:47:54.699 --> 00:47:54.799
 the

00:47:54.799 --> 00:47:55.000
 whole

00:47:55.000 --> 00:47:55.399
 world

00:47:55.399 --> 00:47:56.599
 for

00:47:56.599 --> 00:47:57.199
 Moabites

00:47:57.199 --> 00:47:57.399
 and

00:47:57.399 --> 00:47:58.019
 Edomites

00:47:58.019 --> 00:47:59.099
 and

00:47:59.099 --> 00:47:59.679
 Syrians

00:47:59.679 --> 00:48:00.000
 and

00:48:00.000 --> 00:48:00.719
 Assyrians

00:48:00.719 --> 00:48:02.119
 and

00:48:02.119 --> 00:48:02.980
 Philistines

00:48:02.980 --> 00:48:03.319
 and

00:48:03.319 --> 00:48:03.859
 Phoenicians

00:48:03.859 --> 00:48:07.119
 Andrew

00:48:07.119 --> 00:48:07.319
 if you

00:48:07.319 --> 00:48:07.480
 could

00:48:07.480 --> 00:48:07.819
 put up

00:48:07.819 --> 00:48:08.739
 the

00:48:08.739 --> 00:48:10.059
 first of

00:48:10.059 --> 00:48:10.159
 the

00:48:10.159 --> 00:48:10.339
 three

00:48:10.339 --> 00:48:10.819
 concluding

00:48:10.819 --> 00:48:11.179
 prayers

00:48:11.179 --> 00:48:12.379
 remember

00:48:12.379 --> 00:48:12.699
 I said

00:48:12.699 --> 00:48:12.960
 that the

00:48:12.960 --> 00:48:13.179
 Lord

00:48:13.179 --> 00:48:13.519
 roars

00:48:13.519 --> 00:48:13.719
 in

00:48:13.719 --> 00:48:14.079
 mercy

00:48:14.079 --> 00:48:15.579
 here's

00:48:15.579 --> 00:48:15.719
 the

00:48:15.719 --> 00:48:15.940
 prayer

00:48:15.940 --> 00:48:16.119
 that

00:48:16.119 --> 00:48:16.219
 we

00:48:16.219 --> 00:48:16.420
 can

00:48:16.420 --> 00:48:17.000
 respond

00:48:17.000 --> 00:48:17.559
 dear

00:48:17.559 --> 00:48:17.819
 Lord

00:48:17.819 --> 00:48:18.219
 please

00:48:18.219 --> 00:48:18.539
 make

00:48:18.539 --> 00:48:18.659
 me

00:48:18.659 --> 00:48:18.779
 a

00:48:18.779 --> 00:48:19.199
 disciple

00:48:19.199 --> 00:48:19.420
 of

00:48:19.420 --> 00:48:19.679
 Jesus

00:48:19.679 --> 00:48:20.039
 gripped

00:48:20.039 --> 00:48:20.199
 by

00:48:20.199 --> 00:48:20.359
 the

00:48:20.359 --> 00:48:20.799
 gospel

00:48:20.799 --> 00:48:21.779
 humbly

00:48:21.779 --> 00:48:22.199
 growing

00:48:22.199 --> 00:48:22.399
 in

00:48:22.399 --> 00:48:22.839
 gratitude

00:48:22.840 --> 00:48:23.340
 that

00:48:23.340 --> 00:48:23.720
 in

00:48:23.720 --> 00:48:24.120
 my

00:48:24.120 --> 00:48:24.800
 place

00:48:24.800 --> 00:48:25.860
 condemned

00:48:25.860 --> 00:48:26.539
 he

00:48:26.539 --> 00:48:26.920
 stood

00:48:26.920 --> 00:48:27.700
 friend

00:48:27.700 --> 00:48:27.880
 if

00:48:27.880 --> 00:48:28.000
 you

00:48:28.000 --> 00:48:28.120
 are

00:48:28.120 --> 00:48:28.460
 here

00:48:28.460 --> 00:48:28.600
 and

00:48:28.600 --> 00:48:28.680
 you

00:48:28.680 --> 00:48:28.800
 have

00:48:28.800 --> 00:48:28.980
 not

00:48:28.980 --> 00:48:29.200
 given

00:48:29.200 --> 00:48:29.360
 your

00:48:29.360 --> 00:48:29.579
 life

00:48:29.579 --> 00:48:29.760
 to

00:48:29.760 --> 00:48:30.100
 Jesus

00:48:30.100 --> 00:48:30.680
 you

00:48:30.680 --> 00:48:30.880
 need

00:48:30.880 --> 00:48:31.039
 to

00:48:31.039 --> 00:48:31.500
 understand

00:48:31.500 --> 00:48:31.680
 what

00:48:31.680 --> 00:48:31.740
 he

00:48:31.740 --> 00:48:31.880
 did

00:48:31.880 --> 00:48:32.039
 for

00:48:32.039 --> 00:48:32.120
 you

00:48:32.120 --> 00:48:32.240
 on

00:48:32.240 --> 00:48:32.360
 the

00:48:32.360 --> 00:48:32.740
 cross

00:48:32.740 --> 00:48:34.320
 if

00:48:34.320 --> 00:48:34.440
 you

00:48:34.440 --> 00:48:34.579
 have

00:48:34.579 --> 00:48:34.740
 had

00:48:34.740 --> 00:48:34.860
 an

00:48:34.860 --> 00:48:35.260
 abortion

00:48:35.260 --> 00:48:36.140
 if

00:48:36.140 --> 00:48:36.200
 you

00:48:36.200 --> 00:48:36.340
 have

00:48:36.340 --> 00:48:36.860
 counseled

00:48:36.860 --> 00:48:36.960
 for

00:48:36.960 --> 00:48:37.420
 abortion

00:48:37.420 --> 00:48:38.079
 if

00:48:38.079 --> 00:48:38.180
 you

00:48:38.180 --> 00:48:38.400
 work

00:48:38.400 --> 00:48:38.500
 in

00:48:38.500 --> 00:48:38.620
 an

00:48:38.620 --> 00:48:38.960
 abortion

00:48:38.960 --> 00:48:39.360
 clinic

00:48:39.360 --> 00:48:39.559
 and

00:48:39.559 --> 00:48:39.640
 you

00:48:39.640 --> 00:48:39.760
 are

00:48:39.760 --> 00:48:39.940
 here

00:48:39.940 --> 00:48:40.300
 today

00:48:40.300 --> 00:48:44.019
 there's

00:48:44.019 --> 00:48:44.240
 nothing

00:48:44.240 --> 00:48:44.440
 you

00:48:44.440 --> 00:48:44.600
 can

00:48:44.600 --> 00:48:44.760
 do

00:48:44.760 --> 00:48:44.920
 that

00:48:44.920 --> 00:48:45.059
 is

00:48:45.059 --> 00:48:45.320
 better

00:48:45.320 --> 00:48:45.500
 you

00:48:45.500 --> 00:48:45.880
 can't

00:48:45.880 --> 00:48:46.180
 undo

00:48:46.180 --> 00:48:46.380
 what

00:48:46.380 --> 00:48:46.500
 you

00:48:46.500 --> 00:48:46.780
 did

00:48:46.780 --> 00:48:48.340
 but

00:48:48.340 --> 00:48:48.460
 you

00:48:52.840 --> 00:48:53.680
 and

00:48:53.680 --> 00:48:54.039
 he

00:48:54.039 --> 00:48:54.400
 stood

00:48:54.400 --> 00:48:55.460
 and

00:48:55.460 --> 00:48:55.780
 bore

00:48:55.780 --> 00:48:55.980
 the

00:48:55.980 --> 00:48:56.440
 punishment

00:48:56.440 --> 00:48:56.680
 that

00:48:56.680 --> 00:48:56.820
 you

00:48:56.820 --> 00:48:57.300
 deserved

00:48:57.300 --> 00:48:58.079
 there's

00:48:58.079 --> 00:48:58.380
 grace

00:48:58.380 --> 00:48:58.559
 and

00:48:58.559 --> 00:48:58.780
 there's

00:48:58.780 --> 00:48:59.160
 mercy

00:48:59.160 --> 00:49:04.280
 and

00:49:04.280 --> 00:49:04.460
 there's

00:49:04.460 --> 00:49:04.680
 another

00:49:04.680 --> 00:49:04.940
 thing

00:49:04.940 --> 00:49:05.220
 in here

00:49:05.220 --> 00:49:05.440
 which

00:49:05.440 --> 00:49:05.579
 is

00:49:05.579 --> 00:49:05.840
 really

00:49:05.840 --> 00:49:06.519
 important

00:49:06.519 --> 00:49:07.400
 if

00:49:07.400 --> 00:49:07.460
 you

00:49:07.460 --> 00:49:07.559
 could

00:49:07.559 --> 00:49:07.700
 put

00:49:07.700 --> 00:49:07.800
 up

00:49:07.800 --> 00:49:07.900
 the

00:49:07.900 --> 00:49:08.079
 next

00:49:08.079 --> 00:49:08.440
 prayer

00:49:08.440 --> 00:49:08.880
 Andrew

00:49:08.880 --> 00:49:10.420
 remember

00:49:10.420 --> 00:49:10.559
 I

00:49:10.559 --> 00:49:10.860
 told

00:49:10.860 --> 00:49:11.019
 you

00:49:11.019 --> 00:49:11.200
 that

00:49:11.200 --> 00:49:11.500
 maybe

00:49:11.500 --> 00:49:12.039
 this

00:49:12.039 --> 00:49:12.900
 prophecy

00:49:12.900 --> 00:49:13.360
 might

00:49:13.360 --> 00:49:13.480
 have

00:49:13.480 --> 00:49:13.600
 been

00:49:13.600 --> 00:49:13.760
 written

00:49:13.760 --> 00:49:13.960
 in

00:49:13.960 --> 00:49:14.800
 752

00:49:14.800 --> 00:49:14.960
 and

00:49:14.960 --> 00:49:15.140
 in

00:49:15.140 --> 00:49:15.820
 722

00:49:15.820 --> 00:49:17.260
 Assyria

00:49:17.260 --> 00:49:18.000
 invades

00:49:18.000 --> 00:49:18.539
 and

00:49:18.539 --> 00:49:18.900
 Israel

00:49:18.900 --> 00:49:19.100
 is

00:49:19.100 --> 00:49:19.579
 destroyed

00:49:19.579 --> 00:49:21.579
 and

00:49:21.579 --> 00:49:22.340
 the

00:49:22.340 --> 00:49:22.579
 Lord

00:49:22.579 --> 00:49:22.940
 roars

00:49:22.940 --> 00:49:23.140
 in

00:49:23.140 --> 00:49:23.460
 mercy

00:49:23.460 --> 00:49:23.640
 and

00:49:23.640 --> 00:49:23.760
 the

00:49:23.760 --> 00:49:23.960
 hope

00:49:23.960 --> 00:49:24.140
 that

00:49:24.140 --> 00:49:24.420
 people

00:49:24.420 --> 00:49:24.660
 will

00:49:24.660 --> 00:49:25.079
 repent

00:49:25.079 --> 00:49:26.059
 here's

00:49:26.059 --> 00:49:26.200
 a

00:49:26.200 --> 00:49:26.600
 problem

00:49:26.600 --> 00:49:26.880
 for

00:49:26.880 --> 00:49:27.100
 us

00:49:27.100 --> 00:49:27.420
 let's

00:49:27.420 --> 00:49:27.539
 just

00:49:27.539 --> 00:49:27.700
 be

00:49:27.700 --> 00:49:28.019
 honest

00:49:28.019 --> 00:49:28.220
 for

00:49:28.220 --> 00:49:28.360
 a

00:49:28.360 --> 00:49:28.600
 second

00:49:28.600 --> 00:49:29.380
 I

00:49:29.380 --> 00:49:29.600
 live

00:49:29.600 --> 00:49:29.680
 in

00:49:29.680 --> 00:49:29.840
 an

00:49:29.840 --> 00:49:30.160
 instant

00:49:30.160 --> 00:49:30.820
 society

00:49:30.820 --> 00:49:31.820
 if

00:49:31.820 --> 00:49:32.059
 all

00:49:32.059 --> 00:49:32.320
 of a

00:49:32.320 --> 00:49:32.600
 sudden

00:49:32.600 --> 00:49:32.860
 you

00:49:32.860 --> 00:49:33.079
 had

00:49:33.079 --> 00:49:33.200
 to

00:49:33.200 --> 00:49:33.300
 go

00:49:33.300 --> 00:49:33.579
 back

00:49:33.579 --> 00:49:33.760
 to

00:49:33.760 --> 00:49:33.940
 use

00:49:33.940 --> 00:49:34.640
 computers

00:49:34.640 --> 00:49:35.019
 that

00:49:35.019 --> 00:49:35.140
 were

00:49:35.140 --> 00:49:35.480
 around

00:49:35.480 --> 00:49:35.640
 in

00:49:35.640 --> 00:49:36.260
 1995

00:49:36.260 --> 00:49:37.100
 and

00:49:37.100 --> 00:49:37.220
 you

00:49:37.220 --> 00:49:37.440
 turn

00:49:37.440 --> 00:49:37.600
 the

00:49:37.600 --> 00:49:37.920
 computer

00:49:37.920 --> 00:49:38.200
 on

00:49:38.200 --> 00:49:38.340
 and

00:49:38.340 --> 00:49:38.420
 you

00:49:38.420 --> 00:49:38.559
 have

00:49:38.559 --> 00:49:38.800
 enough

00:49:38.800 --> 00:49:39.059
 time

00:49:39.059 --> 00:49:39.180
 to

00:49:39.180 --> 00:49:39.300
 go

00:49:39.300 --> 00:49:39.400
 and

00:49:39.400 --> 00:49:39.559
 make

00:49:39.559 --> 00:49:39.800
 yourself

00:49:39.800 --> 00:49:39.980
 a

00:49:39.980 --> 00:49:40.140
 cup

00:49:40.140 --> 00:49:40.280
 of

00:49:40.280 --> 00:49:40.700
 coffee

00:49:40.700 --> 00:49:41.240
 to

00:49:41.240 --> 00:49:41.460
 come

00:49:41.460 --> 00:49:41.780
 back

00:49:41.780 --> 00:49:42.079
 before

00:49:42.079 --> 00:49:42.220
 it

00:49:42.220 --> 00:49:42.539
 booted

00:49:42.539 --> 00:49:42.759
 up

00:49:42.759 --> 00:49:43.500
 nobody

00:49:43.500 --> 00:49:43.739
 would

00:49:43.739 --> 00:49:43.940
 use

00:49:43.940 --> 00:49:44.119
 that

00:49:44.119 --> 00:49:44.519
 computer

00:49:44.519 --> 00:49:44.880
 today

00:49:44.880 --> 00:49:45.980
 Starbucks

00:49:45.980 --> 00:49:46.320
 now

00:49:46.320 --> 00:49:46.559
 has

00:49:46.559 --> 00:49:46.739
 an

00:49:46.739 --> 00:49:47.059
 app

00:49:47.059 --> 00:49:47.699
 that

00:49:47.699 --> 00:49:47.840
 if

00:49:47.840 --> 00:49:48.119
 I

00:49:48.119 --> 00:49:48.579
 order

00:49:48.579 --> 00:49:48.840
 my

00:49:48.840 --> 00:49:49.259
 coffee

00:49:49.259 --> 00:49:49.440
 at

00:49:49.440 --> 00:49:49.579
 the

00:49:49.579 --> 00:49:50.119
 office

00:49:50.119 --> 00:49:50.519
 and

00:49:50.519 --> 00:49:50.619
 I

00:49:50.619 --> 00:49:50.940
 indicate

00:49:50.940 --> 00:49:51.139
 that

00:49:51.139 --> 00:49:51.300
 I'm

00:49:51.300 --> 00:49:51.699
 walking

00:49:51.699 --> 00:49:52.039
 it

00:49:52.039 --> 00:49:52.539
 tracks

00:49:52.539 --> 00:49:52.840
 my

00:49:52.840 --> 00:49:53.320
 movement

00:49:53.320 --> 00:49:53.860
 so

00:49:53.860 --> 00:49:54.059
 that

00:49:54.059 --> 00:49:54.440
 when

00:49:54.440 --> 00:49:54.539
 I

00:49:54.539 --> 00:49:54.699
 get

00:49:54.699 --> 00:49:54.880
 to

00:49:54.880 --> 00:49:55.279
 Starbucks

00:49:55.279 --> 00:49:55.480
 I

00:49:55.480 --> 00:49:55.579
 don't

00:49:55.579 --> 00:49:55.739
 have

00:49:55.739 --> 00:49:55.840
 to

00:49:55.840 --> 00:49:55.980
 wait

00:49:55.980 --> 00:49:56.099
 in

00:49:56.099 --> 00:49:56.239
 line

00:49:56.239 --> 00:49:56.340
 I

00:49:56.340 --> 00:49:56.460
 can

00:49:56.460 --> 00:49:56.679
 go

00:49:56.679 --> 00:49:56.820
 and

00:49:56.820 --> 00:49:57.059
 get

00:49:57.059 --> 00:49:57.239
 my

00:49:57.239 --> 00:49:57.579
 coffee

00:49:57.579 --> 00:49:57.920
 right

00:49:57.920 --> 00:49:58.219
 away

00:49:58.219 --> 00:49:58.820
 we

00:49:58.820 --> 00:49:59.000
 live

00:49:59.000 --> 00:49:59.079
 in

00:49:59.079 --> 00:49:59.199
 an

00:49:59.199 --> 00:49:59.480
 instant

00:49:59.480 --> 00:50:00.119
 society

00:50:00.119 --> 00:50:01.039
 how

00:50:01.039 --> 00:50:01.440
 many

00:50:01.440 --> 00:50:01.759
 of

00:50:01.759 --> 00:50:02.159
 us

00:50:02.159 --> 00:50:03.219
 possibly

00:50:03.219 --> 00:50:04.079
 could

00:50:04.079 --> 00:50:04.880
 understand

00:50:04.880 --> 00:50:05.139
 the

00:50:05.139 --> 00:50:05.559
 call

00:50:05.559 --> 00:50:05.800
 to

00:50:05.800 --> 00:50:06.139
 pray

00:50:06.139 --> 00:50:06.400
 for

00:50:06.400 --> 00:50:07.000
 somebody

00:50:07.000 --> 00:50:07.820
 or

00:50:07.820 --> 00:50:08.320
 something

00:50:08.320 --> 00:50:08.599
 for

00:50:08.599 --> 00:50:09.000
 10

00:50:09.000 --> 00:50:09.400
 20

00:50:09.400 --> 00:50:09.840
 30

00:50:09.840 --> 00:50:10.519
 years

00:50:10.519 --> 00:50:11.519
 without

00:50:11.519 --> 00:50:11.940
 falling

00:50:11.940 --> 00:50:12.239
 into

00:50:12.239 --> 00:50:12.820
 despair

00:50:12.820 --> 00:50:13.139
 without

00:50:13.139 --> 00:50:13.579
 falling

00:50:13.579 --> 00:50:13.840
 into

00:50:13.840 --> 00:50:14.519
 cynicism

00:50:14.519 --> 00:50:15.139
 without

00:50:15.139 --> 00:50:15.860
 falling

00:50:15.860 --> 00:50:16.719
 into

00:50:16.719 --> 00:50:17.579
 just

00:50:17.579 --> 00:50:18.099
 complete

00:50:18.099 --> 00:50:18.440
 and utter

00:50:18.440 --> 00:50:19.059
 laziness

00:50:19.059 --> 00:50:19.300
 and

00:50:19.300 --> 00:50:20.199
 hopelessness

00:50:20.199 --> 00:50:20.900
 and

00:50:20.900 --> 00:50:21.260
 this

00:50:21.260 --> 00:50:21.880
 passage

00:50:21.880 --> 00:50:22.119
 of

00:50:22.119 --> 00:50:22.460
 scripture

00:50:22.460 --> 00:50:22.880
 is a

00:50:22.880 --> 00:50:23.559
 profound

00:50:23.559 --> 00:50:24.199
 call

00:50:24.199 --> 00:50:24.480
 for

00:50:24.480 --> 00:50:24.920
 us

00:50:24.920 --> 00:50:25.539
 to

00:50:25.539 --> 00:50:25.920
 call

00:50:25.920 --> 00:50:26.099
 out

00:50:26.099 --> 00:50:26.260
 to

00:50:26.260 --> 00:50:26.619
 God

00:50:26.619 --> 00:50:26.840
 that

00:50:26.840 --> 00:50:27.079
 he

00:50:27.079 --> 00:50:27.300
 would

00:50:27.300 --> 00:50:27.659
 teach

00:50:27.659 --> 00:50:27.820
 us

00:50:27.820 --> 00:50:27.960
 and

00:50:27.960 --> 00:50:28.219
 help

00:50:28.219 --> 00:50:28.380
 us

00:50:28.380 --> 00:50:28.579
 to

00:50:28.579 --> 00:50:28.900
 pray

00:50:28.900 --> 00:50:29.619
 for

00:50:29.619 --> 00:50:29.880
 our

00:50:29.880 --> 00:50:30.300
 nation

00:50:30.300 --> 00:50:30.599
 or

00:50:30.599 --> 00:50:30.840
 for

00:50:30.840 --> 00:50:31.239
 people

00:50:31.239 --> 00:50:31.500
 or

00:50:31.500 --> 00:50:31.739
 for

00:50:31.739 --> 00:50:32.119
 social

00:50:32.119 --> 00:50:32.639
 structures

00:50:32.639 --> 00:50:32.840
 or

00:50:32.840 --> 00:50:33.039
 for

00:50:33.039 --> 00:50:33.420
 social

00:50:33.420 --> 00:50:33.840
 evils

00:50:33.840 --> 00:50:34.280
 that

00:50:34.280 --> 00:50:34.559
 might

00:50:34.559 --> 00:50:34.900
 call

00:50:34.900 --> 00:50:35.059
 us

00:50:35.059 --> 00:50:35.239
 to

00:50:35.239 --> 00:50:35.500
 pray

00:50:35.500 --> 00:50:35.880
 for

00:50:35.880 --> 00:50:36.300
 30

00:50:36.300 --> 00:50:36.960
 years

00:50:37.000 --> 00:50:38.559
 without

00:50:38.559 --> 00:50:38.960
 being

00:50:38.960 --> 00:50:39.519
 cynical

00:50:39.519 --> 00:50:41.400
 without

00:50:41.400 --> 00:50:41.760
 being

00:50:41.760 --> 00:50:42.400
 hopeless

00:50:42.400 --> 00:50:44.039
 dear

00:50:44.039 --> 00:50:44.340
 Lord

00:50:44.340 --> 00:50:44.719
 please

00:50:44.719 --> 00:50:45.000
 make

00:50:45.000 --> 00:50:45.139
 me

00:50:45.139 --> 00:50:45.300
 a

00:50:45.300 --> 00:50:45.659
 disciple

00:50:45.659 --> 00:50:45.880
 of

00:50:45.880 --> 00:50:46.179
 Jesus

00:50:46.179 --> 00:50:46.579
 gripped

00:50:46.579 --> 00:50:46.780
 by

00:50:46.780 --> 00:50:46.940
 the

00:50:46.940 --> 00:50:47.360
 gospel

00:50:47.360 --> 00:50:47.900
 growing

00:50:47.900 --> 00:50:48.119
 in

00:50:48.119 --> 00:50:48.300
 the

00:50:48.300 --> 00:50:48.639
 habit

00:50:48.639 --> 00:50:48.860
 of

00:50:48.860 --> 00:50:49.340
 daily

00:50:49.340 --> 00:50:50.639
 uncynical

00:50:50.639 --> 00:50:51.760
 non

00:50:51.760 --> 00:50:52.800
 despairing

00:50:52.800 --> 00:50:54.000
 persistent

00:50:54.000 --> 00:50:55.460
 decades

00:50:55.460 --> 00:50:56.239
 long

00:50:56.239 --> 00:50:57.119
 prayer

00:50:57.119 --> 00:51:00.280
 and the

00:51:00.280 --> 00:51:00.780
 final thing

00:51:00.780 --> 00:51:00.980
 if you

00:51:00.980 --> 00:51:01.199
 could just

00:51:01.199 --> 00:51:01.440
 put it

00:51:01.440 --> 00:51:01.579
 up

00:51:01.579 --> 00:51:01.820
 Andrew

00:51:01.820 --> 00:51:02.059
 if I

00:51:02.059 --> 00:51:02.099
 I'd

00:51:02.099 --> 00:51:02.219
 like

00:51:02.219 --> 00:51:02.320
 you

00:51:02.320 --> 00:51:02.440
 all

00:51:02.440 --> 00:51:02.579
 to

00:51:02.579 --> 00:51:03.059
 stand

00:51:03.059 --> 00:51:05.579
 no

00:51:05.579 --> 00:51:05.880
 you can

00:51:05.880 --> 00:51:06.179
 pray for

00:51:06.179 --> 00:51:06.360
 those

00:51:06.360 --> 00:51:06.539
 things

00:51:06.539 --> 00:51:06.699
 you don't

00:51:06.699 --> 00:51:06.880
 have to

00:51:06.880 --> 00:51:07.180
 worry about

00:51:07.180 --> 00:51:07.519
 how hard

00:51:07.519 --> 00:51:08.320
 it is

00:51:08.320 --> 00:51:08.980
 that's

00:51:08.980 --> 00:51:09.039
 why

00:51:09.039 --> 00:51:09.160
 I had

00:51:09.160 --> 00:51:09.260
 the

00:51:09.260 --> 00:51:09.400
 Holy

00:51:09.400 --> 00:51:09.740
 Spirit

00:51:09.740 --> 00:51:11.380
 dear

00:51:11.380 --> 00:51:11.619
 Lord

00:51:11.619 --> 00:51:11.940
 please

00:51:11.940 --> 00:51:12.360
 make me

00:51:12.360 --> 00:51:12.460
 a

00:51:12.460 --> 00:51:12.840
 disciple

00:51:12.840 --> 00:51:13.059
 of

00:51:13.059 --> 00:51:13.340
 Jesus

00:51:13.340 --> 00:51:13.700
 gripped

00:51:13.700 --> 00:51:13.860
 by

00:51:13.860 --> 00:51:14.000
 the

00:51:14.000 --> 00:51:14.380
 gospel

00:51:14.380 --> 00:51:14.840
 growing

00:51:14.840 --> 00:51:15.099
 in

00:51:15.099 --> 00:51:15.300
 my

00:51:15.300 --> 00:51:15.740
 fight

00:51:15.740 --> 00:51:16.160
 against

00:51:16.160 --> 00:51:16.380
 the

00:51:16.380 --> 00:51:16.680
 evil

00:51:16.680 --> 00:51:16.960
 I

00:51:16.960 --> 00:51:17.280
 do

00:51:17.280 --> 00:51:18.039
 and

00:51:18.039 --> 00:51:18.200
 the

00:51:18.200 --> 00:51:18.460
 evil

00:51:18.460 --> 00:51:18.619
 in

00:51:18.619 --> 00:51:18.720
 the

00:51:18.720 --> 00:51:18.940
 world

00:51:18.940 --> 00:51:19.300
 that's

00:51:19.300 --> 00:51:19.440
 what

00:51:19.440 --> 00:51:19.640
 this

00:51:19.640 --> 00:51:20.079
 call

00:51:20.079 --> 00:51:20.500
 is

00:51:20.500 --> 00:51:21.700
 Martin

00:51:21.700 --> 00:51:22.000
 Luther

00:51:22.000 --> 00:51:22.360
 King

00:51:22.360 --> 00:51:22.559
 he

00:51:22.559 --> 00:51:22.940
 looked

00:51:22.940 --> 00:51:23.300
 at

00:51:23.300 --> 00:51:24.059
 centuries

00:51:24.059 --> 00:51:25.280
 centuries

00:51:25.280 --> 00:51:25.820
 of

00:51:25.820 --> 00:51:26.280
 oppression

00:51:26.280 --> 00:51:28.260
 and he

00:51:28.260 --> 00:51:28.519
 said

00:51:28.519 --> 00:51:28.820
 I'm

00:51:28.820 --> 00:51:29.019
 not

00:51:29.019 --> 00:51:29.400
 going to

00:51:29.400 --> 00:51:30.260
 surrender

00:51:30.260 --> 00:51:30.579
 to

00:51:30.579 --> 00:51:30.940
 this

00:51:30.940 --> 00:51:32.420
 some

00:51:32.420 --> 00:51:32.900
 evil

00:51:32.900 --> 00:51:33.320
 needs

00:51:33.320 --> 00:51:33.660
 to be

00:51:33.660 --> 00:51:34.180
 resisted

00:51:34.180 --> 00:51:34.660
 and resist

00:51:34.660 --> 00:51:34.800
 and resisted

00:51:34.800 --> 00:51:35.240
 resisted

00:51:35.239 --> 00:51:35.799
 we live

00:51:35.799 --> 00:51:36.059
 in a

00:51:36.059 --> 00:51:36.419
 culture

00:51:36.419 --> 00:51:36.599
 of

00:51:36.599 --> 00:51:36.799
 death

00:51:36.799 --> 00:51:37.039
 that is

00:51:37.039 --> 00:51:37.339
 growing

00:51:37.339 --> 00:51:37.979
 many

00:51:37.979 --> 00:51:38.359
 of us

00:51:38.359 --> 00:51:38.659
 believe

00:51:38.659 --> 00:51:38.839
 the

00:51:38.839 --> 00:51:39.179
 culture

00:51:39.179 --> 00:51:39.379
 of

00:51:39.379 --> 00:51:39.559
 death

00:51:39.559 --> 00:51:39.739
 is

00:51:39.739 --> 00:51:40.000
 bigger

00:51:40.000 --> 00:51:40.219
 than

00:51:40.219 --> 00:51:40.679
 God

00:51:40.679 --> 00:51:42.059
 what

00:51:42.059 --> 00:51:42.239
 can

00:51:42.239 --> 00:51:42.359
 we

00:51:42.359 --> 00:51:42.539
 do

00:51:42.539 --> 00:51:42.819
 against

00:51:42.819 --> 00:51:42.979
 the

00:51:42.979 --> 00:51:43.500
 institutional

00:51:43.500 --> 00:51:43.839
 elites

00:51:43.839 --> 00:51:44.000
 the

00:51:44.000 --> 00:51:44.539
 educational

00:51:44.539 --> 00:51:44.839
 elites

00:51:44.839 --> 00:51:45.000
 the

00:51:45.000 --> 00:51:45.319
 Hollywood

00:51:45.319 --> 00:51:45.739
 elites

00:51:45.739 --> 00:51:45.919
 the

00:51:45.919 --> 00:51:46.399
 artistic

00:51:46.399 --> 00:51:46.799
 elites

00:51:46.799 --> 00:51:46.979
 the

00:51:46.979 --> 00:51:47.319
 government

00:51:47.319 --> 00:51:47.879
 elites

00:51:47.879 --> 00:51:48.819
 the

00:51:48.819 --> 00:51:49.179
 business

00:51:49.179 --> 00:51:49.419
 elites

00:51:49.419 --> 00:51:49.579
 what

00:51:49.579 --> 00:51:49.739
 can

00:51:49.739 --> 00:51:49.879
 we

00:51:49.879 --> 00:51:50.079
 do

00:51:50.079 --> 00:51:50.379
 against

00:51:50.379 --> 00:51:50.500
 them

00:51:50.500 --> 00:51:50.639
 they're

00:51:50.639 --> 00:51:50.799
 all

00:51:50.799 --> 00:51:51.019
 too

00:51:51.019 --> 00:51:51.559
 big

00:51:51.559 --> 00:51:52.579
 no

00:51:52.579 --> 00:51:54.619
 God

00:51:54.619 --> 00:51:54.779
 is

00:51:54.779 --> 00:51:55.099
 bigger

00:51:55.099 --> 00:51:56.340
 he

00:51:56.340 --> 00:51:56.699
 calls

00:51:56.699 --> 00:51:56.900
 us

00:51:56.900 --> 00:51:57.139
 to

00:51:57.139 --> 00:51:58.360
 resist

00:51:58.360 --> 00:51:58.880
 evil

00:51:58.880 --> 00:51:59.779
 and

00:51:59.779 --> 00:51:59.960
 not

00:51:59.960 --> 00:52:00.099
 only

00:52:00.099 --> 00:52:00.460
 resist

00:52:00.460 --> 00:52:00.619
 the

00:52:00.619 --> 00:52:00.860
 evil

00:52:00.860 --> 00:52:01.059
 but

00:52:01.059 --> 00:52:01.219
 for

00:52:01.219 --> 00:52:01.460
 those

00:52:01.460 --> 00:52:01.619
 of

00:52:01.619 --> 00:52:01.799
 us

00:52:01.799 --> 00:52:01.940
 who

00:52:01.940 --> 00:52:02.400
 struggle

00:52:02.400 --> 00:52:02.759
 maybe

00:52:02.759 --> 00:52:03.019
 it's

00:52:03.019 --> 00:52:03.239
 with

00:52:03.239 --> 00:52:04.619
 pornography

00:52:04.619 --> 00:52:05.159
 maybe

00:52:05.159 --> 00:52:05.400
 it's

00:52:05.400 --> 00:52:05.539
 with

00:52:05.539 --> 00:52:05.679
 an

00:52:05.679 --> 00:52:05.960
 angry

00:52:05.960 --> 00:52:06.380
 temper

00:52:06.380 --> 00:52:06.719
 maybe

00:52:06.719 --> 00:52:06.960
 it's

00:52:06.960 --> 00:52:07.159
 with

00:52:07.159 --> 00:52:07.619
 greed

00:52:07.619 --> 00:52:08.019
 maybe

00:52:08.019 --> 00:52:08.299
 it's

00:52:08.299 --> 00:52:08.480
 with

00:52:08.480 --> 00:52:09.199
 gluttony

00:52:09.199 --> 00:52:09.940
 whatever

00:52:09.940 --> 00:52:10.559
 it is

00:52:10.559 --> 00:52:10.739
 that

00:52:10.739 --> 00:52:10.980
 we

00:52:10.980 --> 00:52:11.779
 come

00:52:11.779 --> 00:52:11.980
 to

00:52:11.980 --> 00:52:12.259
 God

00:52:12.259 --> 00:52:12.420
 and

00:52:12.420 --> 00:52:12.579
 say

00:52:12.579 --> 00:52:12.840
 I

00:52:12.840 --> 00:52:13.119
 will

00:52:13.119 --> 00:52:13.420
 not

00:52:13.420 --> 00:52:14.039
 surrender

00:52:14.039 --> 00:52:14.340
 to

00:52:14.340 --> 00:52:14.539
 this

00:52:14.539 --> 00:52:14.739
 I

00:52:14.739 --> 00:52:15.000
 will

00:52:15.000 --> 00:52:15.299
 not

00:52:15.299 --> 00:52:15.539
 view

00:52:15.539 --> 00:52:15.779
 this

00:52:15.779 --> 00:52:15.980
 as

00:52:15.980 --> 00:52:16.420
 normal

00:52:16.420 --> 00:52:16.980
 I

00:52:16.980 --> 00:52:17.299
 will

00:52:17.299 --> 00:52:17.539
 be

00:52:17.539 --> 00:52:17.819
 gripped

00:52:17.819 --> 00:52:18.019
 by

00:52:18.019 --> 00:52:18.199
 the

00:52:18.199 --> 00:52:18.619
 gospel

00:52:18.619 --> 00:52:19.259
 gratitude

00:52:19.259 --> 00:52:19.639
 for

00:52:19.639 --> 00:52:19.839
 what

00:52:19.839 --> 00:52:19.980
 you

00:52:19.980 --> 00:52:20.099
 have

00:52:20.099 --> 00:52:20.279
 done

00:52:20.279 --> 00:52:20.440
 for

00:52:20.440 --> 00:52:20.559
 me

00:52:20.559 --> 00:52:20.679
 on

00:52:20.679 --> 00:52:20.819
 the

00:52:20.819 --> 00:52:21.099
 cross

00:52:21.099 --> 00:52:21.279
 and

00:52:21.279 --> 00:52:21.379
 I

00:52:21.379 --> 00:52:21.559
 will

00:52:21.559 --> 00:52:22.099
 continue

00:52:22.099 --> 00:52:22.460
 to

00:52:22.460 --> 00:52:22.819
 repent

00:52:22.819 --> 00:52:23.339
 and

00:52:23.339 --> 00:52:23.519
 I

00:52:23.519 --> 00:52:23.719
 will

00:52:23.719 --> 00:52:24.239
 continue

00:52:24.239 --> 00:52:24.500
 to

00:52:24.500 --> 00:52:24.759
 call

00:52:24.759 --> 00:52:24.960
 out

00:52:24.960 --> 00:52:25.139
 in

00:52:25.139 --> 00:52:25.440
 prayer

00:52:25.440 --> 00:52:25.659
 and

00:52:25.659 --> 00:52:25.839
 do

00:52:25.839 --> 00:52:25.980
 what

00:52:25.980 --> 00:52:26.139
 I

00:52:26.139 --> 00:52:26.460
 can

00:52:26.460 --> 00:52:26.679
 to

00:52:26.679 --> 00:52:27.000
 stop

00:52:27.000 --> 00:52:27.179
 the

00:52:27.179 --> 00:52:27.779
 institutional

00:52:27.779 --> 00:52:28.460
 and

00:52:28.460 --> 00:52:28.819
 social

00:52:28.819 --> 00:52:29.279
 structural

00:52:29.279 --> 00:52:29.519
 evil

00:52:29.519 --> 00:52:29.679
 of

00:52:29.679 --> 00:52:29.799
 the

00:52:29.799 --> 00:52:30.039
 world

00:52:30.039 --> 00:52:31.699
 let's

00:52:31.699 --> 00:52:31.859
 bow

00:52:31.859 --> 00:52:32.179
 our heads

00:52:32.179 --> 00:52:32.339
 in

00:52:32.339 --> 00:52:32.619
 prayer

00:52:32.619 --> 00:52:36.079
 father

00:52:36.079 --> 00:52:38.359
 we

00:52:38.359 --> 00:52:38.819
 thank you

00:52:38.819 --> 00:52:39.239
 for these

00:52:39.239 --> 00:52:39.779
 powerful

00:52:39.779 --> 00:52:40.219
 words

00:52:40.219 --> 00:52:40.379
 of

00:52:40.379 --> 00:52:40.799
 Amos

00:52:40.799 --> 00:52:41.339
 father

00:52:41.339 --> 00:52:41.519
 we

00:52:41.519 --> 00:52:41.819
 come

00:52:41.819 --> 00:52:41.980
 to

00:52:41.980 --> 00:52:42.099
 you

00:52:42.099 --> 00:52:42.420
 again

00:52:42.420 --> 00:52:42.599
 we

00:52:42.599 --> 00:52:42.859
 said

00:52:42.859 --> 00:52:43.000
 it

00:52:43.000 --> 00:52:43.239
 early

00:52:43.239 --> 00:52:43.460
 on

00:52:43.460 --> 00:52:43.619
 the

00:52:43.619 --> 00:52:43.819
 prayer

00:52:43.819 --> 00:52:44.019
 but

00:52:44.019 --> 00:52:44.179
 we

00:52:44.179 --> 00:52:44.719
 confess

00:52:44.719 --> 00:52:45.119
 before

00:52:45.119 --> 00:52:45.319
 you

00:52:45.319 --> 00:52:45.659
 father

00:52:45.659 --> 00:52:46.000
 it

00:52:46.000 --> 00:52:47.039
 seems

00:52:47.039 --> 00:52:47.440
 father

00:52:47.440 --> 00:52:47.639
 as

00:52:47.639 --> 00:52:47.799
 if

00:52:47.799 --> 00:52:47.960
 it's

00:52:47.960 --> 00:52:48.099
 our

00:52:48.099 --> 00:52:48.579
 natural

00:52:48.579 --> 00:52:49.199
 default

00:52:49.199 --> 00:52:49.440
 to

00:52:49.440 --> 00:52:49.639
 think

00:52:49.639 --> 00:52:49.799
 that

00:52:49.799 --> 00:52:49.940
 you

00:52:49.940 --> 00:52:50.079
 are

00:52:50.079 --> 00:52:50.599
 small

00:52:50.599 --> 00:52:51.440
 and

00:52:51.440 --> 00:52:51.579
 that

00:52:51.579 --> 00:52:51.799
 these

00:52:51.799 --> 00:52:52.119
 other

00:52:52.119 --> 00:52:52.599
 things

00:52:52.599 --> 00:52:52.739
 and

00:52:52.739 --> 00:52:52.899
 these

00:52:52.899 --> 00:52:53.299
 problems

00:52:53.299 --> 00:52:53.440
 in

00:52:53.440 --> 00:52:53.579
 our

00:52:53.579 --> 00:52:53.940
 lives

00:52:53.940 --> 00:52:54.099
 that

00:52:54.099 --> 00:52:54.219
 they

00:52:54.219 --> 00:52:54.359
 are

00:52:54.359 --> 00:52:54.639
 too

00:52:54.639 --> 00:52:55.119
 big

00:52:55.119 --> 00:52:55.819
 father

00:52:55.819 --> 00:52:56.000
 we

00:52:56.000 --> 00:52:56.319
 ask

00:52:56.319 --> 00:52:56.460
 that

00:52:56.460 --> 00:52:56.599
 your

00:52:56.599 --> 00:52:56.859
 holy

00:52:56.859 --> 00:52:57.239
 spirit

00:52:57.239 --> 00:52:57.420
 would

00:52:57.420 --> 00:52:57.539
 do

00:52:57.539 --> 00:52:57.759
 a

00:52:57.759 --> 00:52:58.000
 mighty

00:52:58.000 --> 00:52:58.420
 work

00:52:58.420 --> 00:52:58.559
 in

00:52:58.559 --> 00:52:58.719
 our

00:52:58.719 --> 00:52:59.179
 lives

00:52:59.179 --> 00:52:59.339
 that

00:52:59.339 --> 00:52:59.440
 you

00:52:59.440 --> 00:52:59.579
 would

00:52:59.579 --> 00:52:59.819
 grip

00:52:59.819 --> 00:52:59.980
 us

00:52:59.980 --> 00:53:00.159
 with

00:53:00.159 --> 00:53:00.319
 the

00:53:00.319 --> 00:53:00.739
 gospel

00:53:00.739 --> 00:53:00.940
 that

00:53:00.940 --> 00:53:01.039
 you

00:53:01.039 --> 00:53:01.159
 would

00:53:01.159 --> 00:53:01.599
 grip

00:53:01.599 --> 00:53:01.759
 us

00:53:01.759 --> 00:53:01.920
 with

00:53:01.920 --> 00:53:02.079
 the

00:53:02.079 --> 00:53:02.559
 scriptures

00:53:02.559 --> 00:53:03.299
 that

00:53:03.299 --> 00:53:03.420
 you

00:53:03.420 --> 00:53:03.579
 would

00:53:03.579 --> 00:53:03.859
 grip

00:53:03.859 --> 00:53:04.059
 us

00:53:04.059 --> 00:53:04.399
 father

00:53:04.399 --> 00:53:04.639
 to

00:53:04.639 --> 00:53:05.279
 grow

00:53:05.279 --> 00:53:05.940
 day

00:53:05.940 --> 00:53:06.219
 by

00:53:06.219 --> 00:53:06.599
 day

00:53:06.599 --> 00:53:06.759
 and

00:53:06.759 --> 00:53:06.900
 a

00:53:06.900 --> 00:53:07.259
 growing

00:53:07.259 --> 00:53:07.759
 knowledge

00:53:07.759 --> 00:53:08.039
 that

00:53:08.039 --> 00:53:08.400
 you

00:53:08.400 --> 00:53:08.599
 are

00:53:08.599 --> 00:53:09.159
 big

00:53:09.159 --> 00:53:09.759
 and

00:53:09.759 --> 00:53:10.259
 everything

00:53:10.259 --> 00:53:10.839
 created

00:53:10.839 --> 00:53:11.460
 everything

00:53:11.460 --> 00:53:12.019
 human

00:53:12.019 --> 00:53:12.239
 is

00:53:12.239 --> 00:53:12.679
 small

00:53:12.679 --> 00:53:13.440
 that

00:53:13.440 --> 00:53:13.579
 you

00:53:13.579 --> 00:53:13.739
 would

00:53:13.739 --> 00:53:14.099
 grow

00:53:14.099 --> 00:53:14.500
 within

00:53:14.500 --> 00:53:14.739
 us

00:53:14.739 --> 00:53:14.920
 an

00:53:14.920 --> 00:53:15.339
 ever

00:53:15.339 --> 00:53:15.860
 deeper

00:53:15.860 --> 00:53:16.400
 father

00:53:16.400 --> 00:53:17.019
 trust

00:53:17.019 --> 00:53:17.239
 and

00:53:17.239 --> 00:53:17.619
 belief

00:53:17.619 --> 00:53:17.799
 in

00:53:17.799 --> 00:53:17.980
 this

00:53:17.980 --> 00:53:18.319
 father

00:53:18.319 --> 00:53:18.559
 we

00:53:18.559 --> 00:53:18.960
 call

00:53:18.960 --> 00:53:19.179
 out

00:53:19.179 --> 00:53:19.319
 to

00:53:19.319 --> 00:53:19.400
 you

00:53:19.400 --> 00:53:19.519
 to

00:53:19.519 --> 00:53:19.679
 do

00:53:19.679 --> 00:53:19.819
 it

00:53:19.819 --> 00:53:19.920
 in

00:53:19.920 --> 00:53:20.039
 our

00:53:20.039 --> 00:53:20.440
 lives

00:53:20.440 --> 00:53:20.900
 as

00:53:20.900 --> 00:53:21.440
 individuals

00:53:21.440 --> 00:53:21.659
 and

00:53:21.659 --> 00:53:21.799
 as

00:53:21.799 --> 00:53:21.920
 a

00:53:21.920 --> 00:53:22.179
 church

00:53:22.179 --> 00:53:22.319
 and

00:53:22.319 --> 00:53:22.440
 we

00:53:22.440 --> 00:53:22.699
 ask

00:53:22.699 --> 00:53:22.860
 this

00:53:22.860 --> 00:53:22.980
 in

00:53:22.980 --> 00:53:23.099
 the

00:53:23.099 --> 00:53:23.259
 name

00:53:23.259 --> 00:53:23.440
 of

00:53:23.440 --> 00:53:23.739
 Jesus

00:53:23.739 --> 00:53:24.360
 your

00:53:24.360 --> 00:53:24.880
 son

00:53:24.880 --> 00:53:25.360
 and

00:53:25.360 --> 00:53:25.619
 our

00:53:25.619 --> 00:53:26.099
 savior

00:53:26.099 --> 00:53:27.139
 amen