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 Amen.

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 Some of you listen to The Archers, don't you?

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 And it's been running longer than I've been alive.

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 It started in 1951.

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 And I think that's a really good description of the book of Ruth.

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 It's a very contemporary drama.

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 And yet it's got some strange customs that we're going to try and understand.

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 It's a contemporary drama in a rural setting.

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 But also with a very happy ending.

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 And what I want to do this morning is I just want to introduce the family to you

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 and then talk a little bit about the famine.

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 Because there's a family here who emigrate because of a famine.

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 And then I want to talk at the end about the way that the Lord brought this to a happy ending

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 for Naomi and her daughter-in-law.

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 So first the family.

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 You've got the head of the family, Elimelech.

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 Elimelech's name means, my God is king.

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 His wife is called Naomi.

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 They've got two children, Malon and Kilion.

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 And the story is set there in verse 1.

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 It's in the day of the judges.

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 There are big things happening.

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 And it's the whole period, isn't there, from Joshua, the start of Judges, to Saul, the first king of Israel.

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 And when you read that book, it's an eye-opening book.

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 It's a time of spiritual anarchy.

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 It's some dreadful things happening in the book of Judges.

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 In fact, you notice the very last verse of the book of Judges.

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 Can you just flip open the page?

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 In those days there was no king in Israel.

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 And everyone did what was right in his own eyes.

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 It wasn't an easy time to be alive.

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 And what you have here is life in Gideon's Palestine.

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 The book of Judges introduces us to some of the great and powerful household names of the Bible.

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 People like Samson and Delilah.

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 People like Gideon.

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 People like Deborah.

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 And the book of Judges is all about the big national events.

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 It's how Israel lurched from crisis to crisis to crisis.

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 That's the book of Judges.

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 But the book of Ruth hones in on one little family.

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 One little family in a little town of Bethlehem.

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 And we're given one little cameo picture of what life was like in the days of the Judges.

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 One ordinary family.

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 And straight away, that's an application, isn't it, to you and I?

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 It's a reminder that God actually cares about you.

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 There's a hymn that I used to sing when I was a little boy.

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 God who made the earth, the air, the sky, the sea, who gave the light its birth, careth for me.

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 It's a reminder that God who rules and reigns in the affairs of nations

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 is also intimately involved in the ordinary, everyday concerns of your family life.

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 Jesus said, didn't he, not even a sparrow falls to the ground without him being involved in it.

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 He's as much concerned with the frustrations and the aspirations of this little family

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 and your little family as he is concerned with whole civilizations.

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 He's as much concerned with you this morning as he is with the situation in Ukraine.

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 Helmut Thielich was a theologian.

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 Helmut Thielich was a great fan of C.H. Spurgeon, but he didn't share Spurgeon's theology.

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 And he says this, tell me how lofty God is for you, and I will tell you how little he means to you.

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 Now I think that's overstating things in a big way.

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 But he has got a point, doesn't he?

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 The lofty God has been lofted right out of my private life, he says.

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 If God has no significance for the tiny little mosaic pieces of my life

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 and for the things that concern me, then he doesn't concern me at all.

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 He's got a point there, hasn't he?

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 Nothing falls outside of the sovereign scope of the providence of God.

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 The same Jesus who taught you to pray earlier on in the service,

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 our Father in heaven, also taught you to pray,

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 your kingdom come.

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 His kingdom is coming, which is global and universal.

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 God who made the earth, the air, the skies, the sea,

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 who gave the light its form, cares for me.

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 So let's look what secondly happens to this little family.

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 We're told in verse 1 there's a famine.

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 It's quite probable it happened in the time of Gideon, Judges chapter 6.

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 Seven years that the people of God are under pressure.

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 They can't harvest crops.

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 And according to verse 4, it's about ten years before the news got through

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 that the famine was over.

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 And so there was no bread in Bethlehem.

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 What does Bethlehem mean?

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 Bethlehem means the house of bread.

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 No bread in the house of bread.

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 The promised land, do you remember?

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 A land flowing with milk and honey has no bread.

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 And the people of God who were meant to be faithful

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 were no longer faithful to the covenant that God had entered into with them.

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 And so when you read the book of Deuteronomy,

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 you'll find that there were blessings and curses

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 attached to a relationship with God.

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 And God's people had intermingled and intermarried

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 with the pagan nations around them.

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 And God's judgment had come down on the land.

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 And so there was a famine.

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 There was no bread in Bethlehem.

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 The house of bread had no bread.

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 Things were really tough economically.

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 Materially, it was a recession.

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 And so we're told in verse 2, aren't we?

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 This little family emigrates.

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 They went to live in the country of Moab.

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 Notice what it says there?

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 It says that they sojourned there.

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 A better translation is they went for a little while.

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 There are three Hebrew words in this passage to describe the journey.

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 The first one is, and that verse in verse 1, which is sojourned.

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 They were there for a little while.

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 That means they had no intention of staying there permanently.

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 It was 40 or 50 miles down the road.

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 It wasn't very far away at all,

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 but it might have been on a different planet spiritually.

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 They were only there 40, 50 miles down the road.

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 They only intended to be there for a little while.

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 And yet, they'd moved beyond the pale of God's people to live amongst the Moabites.

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 It seemed like such a sensible thing to do.

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 After all, Elimelech, he had a wife, he had two young children to care for.

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 There was famine in the land.

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 It was common sense.

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 It seemed the reasonable thing to do.

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 And yet, from a biblical point of view,

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 it was a massive vote of no confidence in God.

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 Elimelech means, do you remember, God is king,

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 but his actions show that he doesn't believe that.

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 He doesn't live up to his name.

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 And instead of trusting in God as his king,

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 or turning to God as his king,

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 and pleading with God as his king to provide for his family,

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 he walks out of the promised land.

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 And God had expressly forbidden his people

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 from intermingling and intermarrying with the pagan nations around,

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 especially the Moabites.

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 The Moabites are singled out in the book of Deuteronomy.

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 They're particularly dangerous.

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 They worship a god called Chemosh.

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 The Moabites offer human sacrifice.

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 They offer their children to their gods

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 as part of their regular worship.

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 And so economically, materially, it makes common sense.

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 From that point of view, it made sense to emigrate to Moab,

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 but spiritually, it's a disaster.

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 There's no place to raise your kids, Moab.

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 Somebody has described Elimelech's decision

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 as the triumph of the pragmatic over faith.

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 That could be a line that applies to the whole of the book of Judges.

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 Everyone did what was right in their own eyes.

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 And Elimelech, he did what he thought was right for his family,

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 but there was disastrous consequences.

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 And it didn't happen overnight.

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 There's three words.

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 Verse 1, it says that they went to sojourn in Moab

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 just for a little while.

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 Then in verse 2,

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 the word for stay there,

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 it suggests that they began to put down roots

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 in Moab.

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 And then in verse 4,

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 when Elimelech died,

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 and Naomi and her two sons settled down,

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 to the extent of the sons growing up

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 and marrying Moabitess women,

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 now they're permanently, aren't they?

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 They're 40 or 50 miles down the road,

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 but they're miles away from where they belong.

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 And that can happen to you.

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 It can happen to people like me.

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 Think of,

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 there's a man in the New Testament called Demas.

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 And in 2 Timothy 4,

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 Paul says,

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 Demas has forsaken me.

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 He's walked away

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 having loved the present world.

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 No doubt Demas

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 walked out on Jesus

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 in his heart of hearts.

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 No doubt Demas

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 probably intended to return.

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 But as far as we know,

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 he never did.

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 And that's why the writer to the Hebrews

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 tells us,

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 take heed,

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 lest there be in any of you

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 a sinful heart of unbelief

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 in departing from the living God.

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 It happens

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 bit by bit,

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 slowly,

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 imperceptibly.

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 And that's what Elimelech did.

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 He walked out

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 on God.

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 Let me ask you,

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 is there any danger

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 of that happening in your life?

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 You see,

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 God had brought the people of God

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 to the promised land.

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 He'd given to them a tribe.

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 Each family had an inheritance.

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 Each family,

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 it was divvied up.

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 They had a parcel of ground

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 and it was their plot

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 in the promised land,

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 God's land.

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 And they were to bring up

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 their family

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 and pass it on to their children

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 and their children

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 and they were to look forward

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 to the Messiah.

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 It was their inheritance.

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 But Elimelech's inheritance,

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 Naomi's inheritance,

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 they walk out on.

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 It's left

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 untended for.

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 It's uncared for.

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 It's left to go to

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 rack and ruin

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 while they're in Moab.

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 What about you?

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 You have an inheritance

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 in Christ.

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 You have an inheritance

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 amongst the saints.

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 God has brought you

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 into his kingdom.

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 And you were in church

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 this morning.

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 But we all know,

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 don't we,

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 that you can be in church

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 this morning

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 and yet be a very,

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 very long way from God.

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 God,

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 it's your inheritance

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 in Christ

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 being cared for

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 and being tended.

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 You see,

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 we say to ourselves,

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 don't we,

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 and our deceitful hearts

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 say to ourselves,

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 I'm just going to

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 take a step back.

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 I need a little break

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 from living all out.

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 I'm just going to enjoy

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 the world for a week

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 or two.

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 And before you know it,

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 there you are,

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 you've stayed there.

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 And you're in danger

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 of settling down

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 and getting a taste

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 for what the world

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 has got to offer you.

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 And maybe you're saying

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 to yourself,

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 like Elimelech,

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 well,

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 what else can I do?

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 You've got to live,

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 haven't you?

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 Have you?

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 Elimelech might say to us,

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 there's a famine in the land,

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 I've got a wife,

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 I've got two young kids

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 to look after.

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 You've got to live,

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 haven't you?

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 Have you?

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 You see,

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 the message of the Bible

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 is there's something

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 more important than life.

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 Life itself,

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 and that is God.

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 And your relationship

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 with Him.

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 You're only here

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 for three score years

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 and ten on average.

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 Your children are going

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 to die.

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 Your grandchildren

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 are going to die.

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 There is something

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 more important

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 than life itself,

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 and that is being

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 right with God

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 and leaving

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 that kind of legacy

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 and that kind of

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 inheritance to your kids

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 and your grandkids.

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 Noah and Elimelech,

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 it tells us,

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 doesn't it,

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 that they were

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 Ephrathites

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 in verse two.

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 That means they were

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 descendants of Caleb.

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 They belonged to the

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 kind of aristocracy

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 of Israel.

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 They were pretty well off.

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 There's a hint of that

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 in verse 21.

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 Naomi says,

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 I went away full.

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 Yeah,

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 there was a famine

00:13:29.400 --> 00:13:29.980
 in the land,

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 but they were quite

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 comfortably off

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 in the land.

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 I went away full,

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 but I came back

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 empty,

00:13:36.620 --> 00:13:37.320
 she says.

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 It's one thing

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 to protect

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 your lifestyle,

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 but there's something

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 that is far more

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 important than being

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 comfortably off.

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 There's something

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 far more important

00:13:51.900 --> 00:13:52.519
 than being comfortably

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 off in this world,

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 and that is being

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 conformable

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 to the will of God.

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 That's more important.

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 There's a story

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 about when the

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 Chinese communists

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 took over China

00:14:04.240 --> 00:14:04.860
 in 1949,

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 and there's a

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 telegram

00:14:08.200 --> 00:14:09.860
 that's sent

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 by a commanding

00:14:10.660 --> 00:14:11.100
 officer

00:14:11.100 --> 00:14:12.259
 of the

00:14:12.259 --> 00:14:13.019
 Salvation Army.

00:14:14.580 --> 00:14:15.200
 Commander of the

00:14:15.200 --> 00:14:15.700
 Salvation Army

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 is in Shanghai.

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 It's 1949.

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 The communists

00:14:18.259 --> 00:14:18.720
 are coming.

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 He sent a telegram

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 back to head office

00:14:21.759 --> 00:14:22.460
 that just had

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 one sentence,

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 and this is what

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 he said.

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 He said,

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 I'm sitting

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 in the premises,

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 standing

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 on the promises.

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 Sitting

00:14:30.420 --> 00:14:31.159
 in the premises,

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 standing

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 on the promises.

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 Isn't that

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 what a liminex

00:14:36.440 --> 00:14:36.899
 should have done?

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 He's in

00:14:40.000 --> 00:14:40.800
 the promised land,

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 and he should

00:14:41.219 --> 00:14:41.579
 have stayed

00:14:41.579 --> 00:14:41.779
 there,

00:14:41.839 --> 00:14:42.079
 shouldn't he?

00:14:43.819 --> 00:14:44.679
 God has made

00:14:44.679 --> 00:14:45.479
 these fantastic

00:14:45.479 --> 00:14:46.199
 promises to

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 these people

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 that he would

00:14:47.699 --> 00:14:48.759
 provide for them

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 as long as they

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 remained faithful

00:14:50.159 --> 00:14:50.579
 to him

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 and kept his

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 covenant.

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 It was the place

00:14:55.199 --> 00:14:56.019
 where every true

00:14:56.019 --> 00:14:56.899
 Israelite should be,

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 sitting in the

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 premises,

00:14:58.240 --> 00:14:59.019
 standing on the

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 promises.

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 But a liminex

00:15:02.139 --> 00:15:03.259
 walks away.

00:15:04.839 --> 00:15:05.579
 He ups and

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 leaves.

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 And in so

00:15:08.539 --> 00:15:08.860
 doing,

00:15:08.940 --> 00:15:09.639
 he testifies

00:15:09.639 --> 00:15:10.379
 with his feet

00:15:10.379 --> 00:15:11.139
 his unbelief.

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 It's really

00:15:14.800 --> 00:15:15.419
 easy, isn't it,

00:15:15.419 --> 00:15:15.879
 for me to be

00:15:15.879 --> 00:15:16.600
 critical with

00:15:16.600 --> 00:15:17.960
 hindsight and

00:15:17.960 --> 00:15:18.539
 the passage of

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 time and so

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 on.

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 But let's be

00:15:20.820 --> 00:15:20.980
 honest,

00:15:21.039 --> 00:15:21.539
 we've all

00:15:21.539 --> 00:15:22.120
 done this.

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 Isn't that the

00:15:24.980 --> 00:15:25.639
 kind of mistake

00:15:25.639 --> 00:15:27.480
 that many people

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 make,

00:15:27.779 --> 00:15:28.320
 especially middle

00:15:28.320 --> 00:15:28.879
 class Christians

00:15:28.879 --> 00:15:29.360
 in the UK?

00:15:29.360 --> 00:15:31.399
 are the best

00:15:31.399 --> 00:15:31.639
 for our

00:15:31.639 --> 00:15:31.860
 children.

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 We want them

00:15:33.620 --> 00:15:34.019
 to have a good

00:15:34.019 --> 00:15:34.659
 education.

00:15:34.800 --> 00:15:35.080
 We want them

00:15:35.080 --> 00:15:35.379
 to have the

00:15:35.379 --> 00:15:36.100
 best start in

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 life.

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 And it's

00:15:37.620 --> 00:15:38.039
 possible,

00:15:38.360 --> 00:15:39.080
 just possible,

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 very possible,

00:15:41.360 --> 00:15:43.180
 that in

00:15:43.180 --> 00:15:44.019
 pursuing that

00:15:44.019 --> 00:15:46.220
 for ourselves

00:15:46.220 --> 00:15:46.700
 and for our

00:15:46.700 --> 00:15:47.080
 families,

00:15:47.659 --> 00:15:48.659
 we do it to

00:15:48.659 --> 00:15:49.139
 the spiritual

00:15:49.139 --> 00:15:49.720
 detriment of

00:15:49.720 --> 00:15:50.080
 our kids.

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 You've got to

00:15:53.120 --> 00:15:53.560
 ask yourself,

00:15:53.639 --> 00:15:53.800
 haven't you,

00:15:53.840 --> 00:15:55.080
 about Marlon

00:15:55.080 --> 00:15:55.600
 and Killian.

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 Married as

00:15:57.440 --> 00:15:57.860
 they were to

00:15:57.860 --> 00:15:58.320
 know about

00:15:58.320 --> 00:15:58.740
 women,

00:15:58.740 --> 00:15:59.779
 immersed in

00:15:59.779 --> 00:16:00.480
 Moabite culture.

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 And you've

00:16:02.899 --> 00:16:03.220
 got to ask

00:16:03.220 --> 00:16:03.460
 yourself,

00:16:03.519 --> 00:16:03.740
 how did

00:16:03.740 --> 00:16:04.120
 those boys

00:16:04.120 --> 00:16:04.539
 die?

00:16:06.879 --> 00:16:07.460
 Because that

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 is a far

00:16:08.120 --> 00:16:08.560
 more important

00:16:08.560 --> 00:16:08.919
 question,

00:16:08.980 --> 00:16:09.200
 isn't it,

00:16:09.200 --> 00:16:09.440
 than how

00:16:09.440 --> 00:16:09.659
 do they

00:16:09.659 --> 00:16:09.960
 live?

00:16:12.379 --> 00:16:12.740
 Your

00:16:12.740 --> 00:16:12.980
 children,

00:16:13.080 --> 00:16:13.399
 my children

00:16:13.399 --> 00:16:13.659
 are going

00:16:13.659 --> 00:16:14.039
 to die.

00:16:15.340 --> 00:16:15.899
 And your

00:16:15.899 --> 00:16:16.360
 grandchildren

00:16:16.360 --> 00:16:17.580
 are going

00:16:17.580 --> 00:16:17.820
 to die

00:16:17.820 --> 00:16:18.060
 and so

00:16:18.060 --> 00:16:18.320
 will mine

00:16:18.320 --> 00:16:18.600
 if God

00:16:18.600 --> 00:16:18.940
 gives them.

00:16:20.379 --> 00:16:20.840
 And the

00:16:20.840 --> 00:16:21.360
 question is,

00:16:21.519 --> 00:16:21.779
 will they

00:16:21.779 --> 00:16:22.259
 die well?

00:16:24.200 --> 00:16:24.759
 Will they

00:16:24.759 --> 00:16:25.379
 die trusting

00:16:25.379 --> 00:16:26.279
 in the God

00:16:26.279 --> 00:16:26.560
 of Israel?

00:16:26.680 --> 00:16:26.980
 Will they

00:16:26.980 --> 00:16:27.500
 die,

00:16:27.639 --> 00:16:27.919
 as we

00:16:27.919 --> 00:16:28.279
 sang in

00:16:28.279 --> 00:16:28.899
 Psalm 91,

00:16:29.159 --> 00:16:29.579
 sheltering

00:16:29.579 --> 00:16:29.939
 under the

00:16:29.939 --> 00:16:30.379
 shadow of

00:16:30.379 --> 00:16:30.980
 his wings?

00:16:32.799 --> 00:16:33.279
 Or were

00:16:33.279 --> 00:16:33.699
 they lost?

00:16:36.839 --> 00:16:37.399
 You see,

00:16:37.459 --> 00:16:37.839
 there's no

00:16:37.839 --> 00:16:38.459
 comparison.

00:16:40.379 --> 00:16:40.959
 There's no

00:16:40.959 --> 00:16:41.519
 comparison to

00:16:41.519 --> 00:16:42.279
 living amongst

00:16:42.279 --> 00:16:42.980
 God's people

00:16:42.980 --> 00:16:44.620
 and bringing

00:16:44.620 --> 00:16:45.159
 your children

00:16:45.159 --> 00:16:45.779
 up amongst

00:16:45.779 --> 00:16:46.100
 the people

00:16:46.100 --> 00:16:46.459
 of God,

00:16:46.579 --> 00:16:46.899
 under the

00:16:46.899 --> 00:16:47.159
 word of

00:16:47.159 --> 00:16:47.399
 God,

00:16:48.259 --> 00:16:49.539
 to living

00:16:49.539 --> 00:16:49.740
 in the

00:16:49.740 --> 00:16:49.919
 world.

00:16:50.019 --> 00:16:50.139
 There's

00:16:50.139 --> 00:16:50.500
 just no

00:16:50.500 --> 00:16:50.899
 comparison.

00:16:50.899 --> 00:16:51.899
 God's

00:16:51.899 --> 00:16:51.000
 son.

00:16:55.299 --> 00:16:55.720
 And yet,

00:16:55.740 --> 00:16:56.059
 how many

00:16:56.059 --> 00:16:56.259
 of us

00:16:56.259 --> 00:16:56.959
 forget that

00:16:56.959 --> 00:16:57.340
 not only

00:16:57.340 --> 00:16:57.579
 in the

00:16:57.579 --> 00:16:57.740
 bringing

00:16:57.740 --> 00:16:58.000
 up of

00:16:58.000 --> 00:16:58.159
 children,

00:16:58.240 --> 00:16:58.419
 but in

00:16:58.419 --> 00:16:58.879
 so many

00:16:58.879 --> 00:16:59.159
 other ways

00:16:59.159 --> 00:16:59.519
 we forget

00:16:59.519 --> 00:16:59.840
 it.

00:17:01.720 --> 00:17:02.120
 It's in

00:17:02.120 --> 00:17:02.480
 the choice

00:17:02.480 --> 00:17:02.679
 of a

00:17:02.679 --> 00:17:02.860
 life

00:17:02.860 --> 00:17:03.259
 partner,

00:17:03.459 --> 00:17:03.600
 in the

00:17:03.600 --> 00:17:03.759
 choice

00:17:03.759 --> 00:17:03.939
 of a

00:17:03.939 --> 00:17:04.259
 spouse,

00:17:04.940 --> 00:17:07.079
 or in

00:17:07.079 --> 00:17:07.299
 thinking

00:17:07.299 --> 00:17:07.680
 about a

00:17:07.680 --> 00:17:08.039
 move to

00:17:08.039 --> 00:17:08.220
 another

00:17:08.220 --> 00:17:08.460
 part of

00:17:08.460 --> 00:17:08.819
 the UK

00:17:08.819 --> 00:17:09.200
 or the

00:17:09.200 --> 00:17:09.559
 world,

00:17:10.559 --> 00:17:10.839
 or about

00:17:10.839 --> 00:17:11.119
 whether we

00:17:11.119 --> 00:17:11.240
 should

00:17:11.240 --> 00:17:11.559
 accept

00:17:11.559 --> 00:17:11.759
 that

00:17:11.759 --> 00:17:12.139
 promotion

00:17:12.139 --> 00:17:13.519
 at work

00:17:13.519 --> 00:17:13.799
 and we

00:17:13.799 --> 00:17:14.099
 make

00:17:14.099 --> 00:17:14.839
 important

00:17:14.839 --> 00:17:15.639
 decisions

00:17:15.639 --> 00:17:16.059
 without

00:17:16.059 --> 00:17:16.619
 asking the

00:17:16.619 --> 00:17:17.000
 questions.

00:17:17.000 --> 00:17:20.299
 we make

00:17:20.299 --> 00:17:20.720
 really

00:17:20.720 --> 00:17:21.079
 important

00:17:21.079 --> 00:17:21.480
 decisions

00:17:21.480 --> 00:17:21.799
 without

00:17:21.799 --> 00:17:22.319
 thinking

00:17:22.319 --> 00:17:22.500
 about

00:17:22.500 --> 00:17:22.660
 the

00:17:22.660 --> 00:17:23.000
 spiritual

00:17:23.000 --> 00:17:23.660
 consequences.

00:17:25.079 --> 00:17:25.940
 Will this

00:17:25.940 --> 00:17:26.420
 lead me

00:17:26.420 --> 00:17:26.839
 to love

00:17:26.839 --> 00:17:27.299
 God

00:17:27.299 --> 00:17:27.839
 and save

00:17:27.839 --> 00:17:28.339
 him more?

00:17:29.700 --> 00:17:30.640
 Or will

00:17:30.640 --> 00:17:31.799
 it bring

00:17:31.799 --> 00:17:32.819
 a coldness

00:17:32.819 --> 00:17:33.259
 to my

00:17:33.259 --> 00:17:33.680
 spirit?

00:17:35.279 --> 00:17:35.940
 Will this

00:17:35.940 --> 00:17:37.200
 relationship

00:17:37.200 --> 00:17:38.460
 that I'm

00:17:38.460 --> 00:17:38.880
 thinking about,

00:17:38.940 --> 00:17:39.279
 will it

00:17:39.279 --> 00:17:40.420
 bring me

00:17:40.420 --> 00:17:41.140
 nearer to

00:17:41.140 --> 00:17:41.680
 God,

00:17:42.279 --> 00:17:42.619
 or will

00:17:42.619 --> 00:17:43.099
 it drive

00:17:43.099 --> 00:17:43.660
 me further

00:17:43.660 --> 00:17:44.259
 away from

00:17:44.259 --> 00:17:44.660
 God?

00:17:44.660 --> 00:17:47.240
 if I

00:17:47.240 --> 00:17:47.860
 take that

00:17:47.860 --> 00:17:48.160
 job,

00:17:48.240 --> 00:17:48.440
 well the

00:17:48.440 --> 00:17:48.880
 money is

00:17:48.880 --> 00:17:49.400
 great,

00:17:49.500 --> 00:17:49.779
 but the

00:17:49.779 --> 00:17:50.300
 hours are

00:17:50.300 --> 00:17:50.800
 terrible,

00:17:51.580 --> 00:17:51.900
 and what

00:17:51.900 --> 00:17:52.140
 will that

00:17:52.140 --> 00:17:52.480
 job mean

00:17:52.480 --> 00:17:52.759
 for my

00:17:52.759 --> 00:17:53.160
 family?

00:17:54.540 --> 00:17:54.720
 What

00:17:54.720 --> 00:17:54.940
 will it

00:17:54.940 --> 00:17:56.259
 mean that

00:17:56.259 --> 00:17:56.860
 I have

00:17:56.860 --> 00:17:57.320
 so little

00:17:57.320 --> 00:17:57.680
 time for

00:17:57.680 --> 00:17:57.980
 my kids?

00:17:58.080 --> 00:17:58.460
 Will it

00:17:58.460 --> 00:17:58.779
 mean that

00:17:58.779 --> 00:17:59.080
 I have

00:17:59.080 --> 00:18:00.519
 all my

00:18:00.519 --> 00:18:00.900
 time at

00:18:00.900 --> 00:18:01.259
 work and

00:18:01.259 --> 00:18:01.900
 no time

00:18:01.900 --> 00:18:02.440
 to serve

00:18:02.440 --> 00:18:03.100
 and volunteer

00:18:03.100 --> 00:18:03.580
 at church?

00:18:05.640 --> 00:18:06.080
 What

00:18:06.080 --> 00:18:06.300
 will be

00:18:06.300 --> 00:18:06.800
 the spiritual

00:18:06.800 --> 00:18:07.440
 consequences

00:18:07.440 --> 00:18:08.380
 if I make

00:18:08.380 --> 00:18:08.940
 that move

00:18:08.940 --> 00:18:09.500
 to Moab

00:18:09.500 --> 00:18:09.820
 and there's

00:18:09.820 --> 00:18:10.360
 a really

00:18:10.360 --> 00:18:11.080
 great house

00:18:11.080 --> 00:18:11.600
 in Moab

00:18:11.600 --> 00:18:12.100
 and I can

00:18:12.100 --> 00:18:13.000
 have a

00:18:13.000 --> 00:18:14.019
 bigger garden

00:18:14.019 --> 00:18:14.940
 but there's

00:18:14.940 --> 00:18:15.539
 no gospel

00:18:15.539 --> 00:18:15.859
 church

00:18:15.859 --> 00:18:16.119
 anywhere

00:18:16.119 --> 00:18:16.420
 near.

00:18:20.099 --> 00:18:20.579
 It

00:18:20.579 --> 00:18:21.180
 astonishes

00:18:21.180 --> 00:18:21.480
 me.

00:18:22.579 --> 00:18:23.119
 I find it

00:18:23.119 --> 00:18:23.960
 incredible

00:18:23.960 --> 00:18:24.799
 that people

00:18:24.799 --> 00:18:25.279
 will move

00:18:25.279 --> 00:18:26.000
 house and

00:18:26.000 --> 00:18:26.619
 never ask

00:18:26.619 --> 00:18:27.059
 the question

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 is there

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 a good

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 local

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 gospel

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 church

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 that I

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 can get

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 really

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 stuck

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 in with?

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 It's

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 really

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 easy for

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 me to be

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 critical of

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 Elimelech

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 but we

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 all fall

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 into the

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 same way

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 of thinking

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 can't

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 we?

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 And

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 Elimelech

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 went to

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 Moab

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 to seek

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 a livelihood

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 but he

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 lost a

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 life.

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 He

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 sought a

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 home and

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 he found

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 a grave.

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 He wanted

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 a future

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 for his

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 family

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 but he

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 brought them

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 almost to

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 the point

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 of extinction.

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 I think

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 it's

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 legitimate

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 to ask

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 this

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 isn't

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 it?

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 Why was

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 Moab

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 so attractive?

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 What

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 makes the

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 world

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 so attractive

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 to God's

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 people?

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 I think

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 it's

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 this

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 God's

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 people

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 are

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 most

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 at

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 danger

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 they

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 are

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 most

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 vulnerable

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 when

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 things

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 are

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 dry

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 in

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 Bethlehem

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 when

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 there's

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 no

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 bread

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 in

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 Bethlehem

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 that's

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 why God's

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 people

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 backslide

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 it's

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 not

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 necessarily

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 that the

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 world is

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 such a

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 great

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 place

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 it's

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 not

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 necessarily

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 that the

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 world has

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 suddenly become

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 really

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 attractive

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 but it's

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 that Bethlehem

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 has become

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 so dry

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 they're

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 getting

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 nothing

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 out of

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 the

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 ministry

00:19:41.240 --> 00:19:42.400
 anymore

00:19:42.400 --> 00:19:45.660
 prophet

00:19:45.660 --> 00:19:46.000
 Amos

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 describes

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 it as

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 the

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 famine

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 not of

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 bread

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 but a

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 famine

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 of hearing

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 the word

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 of God

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 and that's

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 how it

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 often is

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 in the

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 UK

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 at the

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 minute

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 there's

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 a famine

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 of hearing

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 of the

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 word

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 of God

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 and God's

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 sheep

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 are

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 hungry

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 and they

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 look up

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 to be

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 fed

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 and they

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 get

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 nothing

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 it's

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 always

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 the

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 danger

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 when that

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 happens

00:20:06.640 --> 00:20:07.039
 people will

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 go elsewhere

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 to find

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 their

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 satisfaction

00:20:08.860 --> 00:20:09.319
 and meaning

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 and purpose

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 in life

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 and so

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 if that's

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 where you

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 are

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 spiritually

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 you might

00:20:12.420 --> 00:20:12.799
 be sitting

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 in this

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 church

00:20:13.359 --> 00:20:13.579
 this

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 morning

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 regularly

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 under the

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 preaching

00:20:15.639 --> 00:20:15.879
 of the

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 word

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 but if

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 there's

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 a famine

00:20:17.139 --> 00:20:17.799
 in your

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 heart

00:20:18.220 --> 00:20:18.660
 of the

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 hearing

00:20:18.920 --> 00:20:19.139
 of the

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 word

00:20:19.279 --> 00:20:19.599
 of God

00:20:19.599 --> 00:20:19.779
 if you

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 get

00:20:19.940 --> 00:20:20.500
 nothing

00:20:20.500 --> 00:20:21.299
 out of

00:20:21.299 --> 00:20:21.399
 the

00:20:21.399 --> 00:20:21.639
 ministry

00:20:21.639 --> 00:20:21.920
 of this

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 church

00:20:22.139 --> 00:20:22.379
 let me

00:20:22.379 --> 00:20:22.639
 say to

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 you

00:20:22.759 --> 00:20:23.139
 stay

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 on the

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 premises

00:20:23.980 --> 00:20:24.779
 stand

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 on the

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 promises

00:20:25.500 --> 00:20:27.660
 don't go

00:20:27.660 --> 00:20:27.899
 running

00:20:27.899 --> 00:20:28.279
 off

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 plead

00:20:30.460 --> 00:20:31.420
 with God

00:20:31.420 --> 00:20:33.519
 to visit

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 his people

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 again just

00:20:34.359 --> 00:20:34.660
 as he did

00:20:34.660 --> 00:20:35.119
 in Bethlehem

00:20:35.119 --> 00:20:35.539
 plead with

00:20:35.539 --> 00:20:35.759
 God

00:20:35.759 --> 00:20:36.000
 that he

00:20:36.000 --> 00:20:36.319
 would turn

00:20:36.319 --> 00:20:36.859
 our hearts

00:20:36.859 --> 00:20:38.099
 towards him

00:20:38.099 --> 00:20:39.480
 that his

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 word

00:20:39.859 --> 00:20:40.240
 would come

00:20:40.240 --> 00:20:40.459
 to us

00:20:40.459 --> 00:20:40.759
 not in

00:20:40.759 --> 00:20:41.059
 word

00:20:41.059 --> 00:20:41.359
 but in

00:20:41.359 --> 00:20:41.899
 demonstration

00:20:41.899 --> 00:20:42.259
 of

00:20:42.259 --> 00:20:43.079
 the

00:20:43.079 --> 00:20:43.279
 power

00:20:43.279 --> 00:20:43.480
 of the

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 Holy

00:20:43.639 --> 00:20:43.959
 Spirit

00:20:43.959 --> 00:20:44.980
 so that

00:20:44.980 --> 00:20:45.119
 the

00:20:45.119 --> 00:20:45.339
 word

00:20:45.339 --> 00:20:45.500
 would

00:20:45.500 --> 00:20:45.659
 come

00:20:45.659 --> 00:20:46.019
 not just

00:20:46.019 --> 00:20:46.219
 like

00:20:46.219 --> 00:20:46.459
 another

00:20:46.459 --> 00:20:46.919
 sermon

00:20:46.919 --> 00:20:47.279
 or another

00:20:47.279 --> 00:20:47.599
 Bible

00:20:47.599 --> 00:20:47.899
 talk

00:20:47.899 --> 00:20:48.139
 but it

00:20:48.139 --> 00:20:48.359
 would be

00:20:48.359 --> 00:20:48.539
 like

00:20:48.539 --> 00:20:48.939
 dew

00:20:48.939 --> 00:20:49.279
 going

00:20:49.279 --> 00:20:49.419
 on

00:20:49.419 --> 00:20:49.539
 the

00:20:49.539 --> 00:20:49.719
 mown

00:20:49.719 --> 00:20:50.219
 grass

00:20:50.219 --> 00:20:52.299
 so that

00:20:52.299 --> 00:20:52.459
 we're

00:20:52.459 --> 00:20:53.019
 refreshed

00:20:53.019 --> 00:20:55.079
 plead with

00:20:55.079 --> 00:20:55.399
 God to

00:20:55.399 --> 00:20:55.799
 do it

00:20:55.799 --> 00:20:58.500
 because God

00:20:58.500 --> 00:20:58.819
 knows the

00:20:58.819 --> 00:20:59.000
 way to

00:20:59.000 --> 00:20:59.219
 bring us

00:20:59.219 --> 00:20:59.519
 back

00:20:59.519 --> 00:21:02.119
 and that

00:21:02.119 --> 00:21:02.419
 brings us

00:21:02.419 --> 00:21:02.659
 to verses

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 6 and

00:21:03.039 --> 00:21:03.279
 7

00:21:03.279 --> 00:21:03.619
 there is a

00:21:03.619 --> 00:21:04.079
 happy ending

00:21:04.079 --> 00:21:04.259
 isn't

00:21:04.259 --> 00:21:05.179
 it

00:21:05.179 --> 00:21:07.659
 verse 6

00:21:07.660 --> 00:21:09.160
 then she

00:21:09.160 --> 00:21:09.720
 arose with

00:21:09.720 --> 00:21:10.120
 her daughters

00:21:10.120 --> 00:21:10.440
 in law

00:21:10.440 --> 00:21:10.920
 to return

00:21:10.920 --> 00:21:11.440
 from the

00:21:11.440 --> 00:21:11.759
 country of

00:21:11.759 --> 00:21:12.060
 Moab

00:21:12.060 --> 00:21:12.420
 for she

00:21:12.420 --> 00:21:12.740
 had heard

00:21:12.740 --> 00:21:13.000
 in the

00:21:13.000 --> 00:21:13.540
 fields of

00:21:13.540 --> 00:21:13.840
 Moab

00:21:13.840 --> 00:21:14.279
 that the

00:21:14.279 --> 00:21:14.820
 Lord had

00:21:14.820 --> 00:21:15.140
 visited

00:21:15.140 --> 00:21:16.100
 his people

00:21:16.100 --> 00:21:16.560
 and given

00:21:16.560 --> 00:21:16.940
 them food

00:21:16.940 --> 00:21:18.500
 so she

00:21:18.500 --> 00:21:18.860
 set out

00:21:18.860 --> 00:21:19.080
 from the

00:21:19.080 --> 00:21:19.420
 place where

00:21:19.420 --> 00:21:19.759
 she was

00:21:19.759 --> 00:21:19.980
 with her

00:21:19.980 --> 00:21:20.120
 two

00:21:20.120 --> 00:21:20.400
 daughters

00:21:20.400 --> 00:21:20.759
 in law

00:21:20.759 --> 00:21:21.480
 and they

00:21:21.480 --> 00:21:22.220
 went on

00:21:22.220 --> 00:21:22.540
 the way

00:21:22.540 --> 00:21:23.000
 to return

00:21:23.000 --> 00:21:23.240
 to the

00:21:23.240 --> 00:21:23.540
 land of

00:21:23.540 --> 00:21:23.779
 Judah

00:21:23.779 --> 00:21:25.160
 10 years

00:21:25.160 --> 00:21:25.540
 later

00:21:25.540 --> 00:21:27.720
 in the

00:21:27.720 --> 00:21:28.000
 far

00:21:28.000 --> 00:21:28.580
 country

00:21:28.580 --> 00:21:30.160
 Naomi's

00:21:30.160 --> 00:21:30.440
 ready to

00:21:30.440 --> 00:21:30.680
 return

00:21:30.680 --> 00:21:30.920
 and there's

00:21:30.920 --> 00:21:31.320
 three ways

00:21:31.320 --> 00:21:31.620
 I think

00:21:31.620 --> 00:21:32.519
 that the

00:21:32.519 --> 00:21:32.800
 Lord

00:21:32.800 --> 00:21:34.080
 brings her

00:21:34.080 --> 00:21:34.420
 back

00:21:34.420 --> 00:21:37.660
 brings her

00:21:37.660 --> 00:21:37.940
 back to

00:21:37.940 --> 00:21:38.180
 where she

00:21:38.180 --> 00:21:38.620
 belongs

00:21:38.620 --> 00:21:39.320
 three things

00:21:39.320 --> 00:21:39.700
 first of all

00:21:39.700 --> 00:21:40.019
 there's the

00:21:40.019 --> 00:21:40.420
 rod of

00:21:40.420 --> 00:21:40.720
 God's

00:21:40.720 --> 00:21:41.100
 discipline

00:21:41.100 --> 00:21:44.980
 you see

00:21:44.980 --> 00:21:46.180
 God loves

00:21:46.180 --> 00:21:47.000
 us too

00:21:47.000 --> 00:21:47.580
 much as

00:21:47.580 --> 00:21:48.000
 his people

00:21:48.000 --> 00:21:48.360
 to let

00:21:48.360 --> 00:21:48.779
 us go

00:21:48.779 --> 00:21:50.660
 whom the

00:21:50.660 --> 00:21:51.620
 Lord loves

00:21:51.620 --> 00:21:51.900
 the book

00:21:51.900 --> 00:21:52.200
 of Hebrews

00:21:52.200 --> 00:21:52.680
 says

00:21:52.680 --> 00:21:54.740
 he chastens

00:21:54.740 --> 00:21:56.860
 and you

00:21:56.860 --> 00:21:57.060
 and I

00:21:57.060 --> 00:21:57.360
 might be

00:21:57.360 --> 00:21:57.860
 tempted to

00:21:57.860 --> 00:21:58.880
 say to

00:21:58.880 --> 00:21:59.140
 Naomi

00:21:59.140 --> 00:21:59.340
 you know

00:21:59.340 --> 00:21:59.700
 troubles

00:21:59.700 --> 00:22:00.160
 and they

00:22:00.160 --> 00:22:00.680
 are severe

00:22:00.680 --> 00:22:01.120
 troubles

00:22:01.120 --> 00:22:01.980
 and I

00:22:01.980 --> 00:22:02.400
 don't want

00:22:02.400 --> 00:22:03.100
 to underplay

00:22:03.099 --> 00:22:04.299
 what Naomi's

00:22:04.299 --> 00:22:04.679
 going through

00:22:04.679 --> 00:22:05.019
 she's in a

00:22:05.019 --> 00:22:05.480
 very difficult

00:22:05.480 --> 00:22:05.759
 time

00:22:05.759 --> 00:22:06.459
 but you

00:22:06.459 --> 00:22:06.659
 and I

00:22:06.659 --> 00:22:06.919
 might be

00:22:06.919 --> 00:22:07.359
 tempted to

00:22:07.359 --> 00:22:07.679
 say to

00:22:07.679 --> 00:22:07.879
 her

00:22:07.879 --> 00:22:08.480
 in her

00:22:08.480 --> 00:22:08.819
 troubles

00:22:08.819 --> 00:22:09.819
 well God

00:22:09.819 --> 00:22:10.059
 has got

00:22:10.059 --> 00:22:10.559
 nothing to

00:22:10.559 --> 00:22:10.919
 do with

00:22:10.919 --> 00:22:11.279
 this

00:22:11.279 --> 00:22:12.919
 Job's

00:22:12.919 --> 00:22:13.240
 counselors

00:22:13.240 --> 00:22:13.500
 would have

00:22:13.500 --> 00:22:13.779
 said that

00:22:13.779 --> 00:22:13.939
 wouldn't

00:22:13.939 --> 00:22:14.099
 they

00:22:14.099 --> 00:22:15.139
 it was

00:22:15.139 --> 00:22:15.679
 your sin

00:22:15.679 --> 00:22:16.299
 that got

00:22:16.299 --> 00:22:16.619
 you into

00:22:16.619 --> 00:22:16.819
 this

00:22:16.819 --> 00:22:17.359
 situation

00:22:17.359 --> 00:22:19.679
 and God

00:22:19.679 --> 00:22:20.099
 is punishing

00:22:20.099 --> 00:22:20.439
 you for

00:22:20.439 --> 00:22:21.079
 your sin

00:22:21.079 --> 00:22:24.859
 we understand

00:22:24.859 --> 00:22:25.379
 the gospel

00:22:25.379 --> 00:22:26.099
 we understand

00:22:26.099 --> 00:22:26.439
 grace

00:22:26.439 --> 00:22:26.699
 and we

00:22:26.699 --> 00:22:27.000
 might be

00:22:27.000 --> 00:22:27.279
 tempted

00:22:27.279 --> 00:22:27.679
 to say

00:22:27.679 --> 00:22:28.019
 to Naomi

00:22:28.019 --> 00:22:28.619
 no no

00:22:28.619 --> 00:22:28.799
 no

00:22:28.799 --> 00:22:29.319
 God has

00:22:29.319 --> 00:22:29.619
 got nothing

00:22:29.619 --> 00:22:29.899
 to do

00:22:29.899 --> 00:22:30.019
 with

00:22:30.019 --> 00:22:30.319
 this

00:22:30.319 --> 00:22:33.019
 that

00:22:33.019 --> 00:22:33.240
 isn't

00:22:33.240 --> 00:22:33.500
 the way

00:22:33.500 --> 00:22:33.879
 that Naomi

00:22:33.879 --> 00:22:34.439
 sees it

00:22:34.439 --> 00:22:34.720
 look at

00:22:34.720 --> 00:22:35.720
 verse 13

00:22:35.720 --> 00:22:36.159
 look at

00:22:36.159 --> 00:22:36.439
 what she

00:22:36.439 --> 00:22:36.859
 says

00:22:36.859 --> 00:22:39.419
 she says

00:22:39.419 --> 00:22:40.079
 the hand

00:22:40.079 --> 00:22:40.480
 of the

00:22:40.480 --> 00:22:40.939
 Lord

00:22:40.939 --> 00:22:41.519
 has gone

00:22:41.519 --> 00:22:41.700
 out

00:22:41.700 --> 00:22:42.019
 against

00:22:42.019 --> 00:22:42.319
 me

00:22:42.319 --> 00:22:43.000
 later on

00:22:43.000 --> 00:22:43.179
 in the

00:22:43.179 --> 00:22:43.399
 chapter

00:22:43.399 --> 00:22:44.200
 verse 20

00:22:44.200 --> 00:22:45.599
 verse 21

00:22:45.599 --> 00:22:46.899
 the almighty

00:22:46.899 --> 00:22:47.879
 has dealt

00:22:47.879 --> 00:22:49.119
 very bitterly

00:22:49.119 --> 00:22:49.599
 with me

00:22:49.599 --> 00:22:50.000
 I went

00:22:50.000 --> 00:22:50.659
 away full

00:22:50.659 --> 00:22:51.000
 and the

00:22:51.000 --> 00:22:51.159
 Lord

00:22:51.159 --> 00:22:51.519
 has brought

00:22:51.519 --> 00:22:51.879
 me back

00:22:51.879 --> 00:22:52.399
 empty

00:22:52.399 --> 00:22:53.339
 why call

00:22:53.339 --> 00:22:53.939
 me Naomi

00:22:53.939 --> 00:22:55.079
 when the

00:22:55.079 --> 00:22:55.519
 Lord has

00:22:55.519 --> 00:22:56.179
 testified

00:22:56.179 --> 00:22:56.919
 against me

00:22:56.919 --> 00:22:57.619
 and the

00:22:57.619 --> 00:22:58.079
 almighty

00:22:58.079 --> 00:22:58.939
 has brought

00:22:58.939 --> 00:22:59.539
 calamity

00:22:59.539 --> 00:23:00.119
 upon me

00:23:00.119 --> 00:23:01.339
 don't call

00:23:01.339 --> 00:23:01.839
 me Naomi

00:23:01.839 --> 00:23:02.319
 which means

00:23:02.319 --> 00:23:02.739
 pleasant

00:23:02.739 --> 00:23:04.639
 call me

00:23:04.639 --> 00:23:05.039
 Mara

00:23:05.039 --> 00:23:05.479
 which means

00:23:05.479 --> 00:23:05.779
 bitter

00:23:05.779 --> 00:23:07.299
 I don't

00:23:07.299 --> 00:23:07.579
 think for

00:23:07.579 --> 00:23:08.159
 one moment

00:23:08.159 --> 00:23:08.579
 Naomi is

00:23:08.579 --> 00:23:08.799
 bitter

00:23:08.799 --> 00:23:11.039
 I don't

00:23:11.039 --> 00:23:11.419
 think Naomi

00:23:11.419 --> 00:23:11.679
 is a

00:23:11.679 --> 00:23:12.139
 bitter spirit

00:23:12.139 --> 00:23:12.359
 I don't

00:23:12.359 --> 00:23:12.519
 think you

00:23:12.519 --> 00:23:12.799
 can see

00:23:12.799 --> 00:23:13.079
 that

00:23:13.079 --> 00:23:15.239
 I don't

00:23:15.239 --> 00:23:15.500
 think for

00:23:15.500 --> 00:23:15.979
 one minute

00:23:15.979 --> 00:23:16.299
 she's

00:23:16.299 --> 00:23:16.939
 blaming God

00:23:16.939 --> 00:23:17.199
 for her

00:23:17.199 --> 00:23:17.459
 troubles

00:23:17.459 --> 00:23:17.799
 I don't

00:23:17.799 --> 00:23:18.179
 think that

00:23:18.179 --> 00:23:18.479
 I think

00:23:18.479 --> 00:23:18.759
 she's

00:23:18.759 --> 00:23:19.139
 speaking

00:23:19.139 --> 00:23:20.179
 subjectively

00:23:20.179 --> 00:23:20.539
 about how

00:23:20.539 --> 00:23:21.139
 she feels

00:23:21.139 --> 00:23:23.959
 so much

00:23:23.959 --> 00:23:24.099
 as

00:23:24.099 --> 00:23:24.979
 objectively

00:23:24.979 --> 00:23:26.939
 I don't

00:23:26.939 --> 00:23:27.279
 think she's

00:23:27.279 --> 00:23:27.439
 speaking

00:23:27.439 --> 00:23:28.059
 subjectively

00:23:28.059 --> 00:23:28.479
 about how

00:23:28.479 --> 00:23:28.919
 she feels

00:23:28.919 --> 00:23:29.259
 she's

00:23:29.259 --> 00:23:29.519
 speaking

00:23:29.519 --> 00:23:30.240
 more objectively

00:23:30.240 --> 00:23:30.799
 about what's

00:23:30.799 --> 00:23:31.160
 happened in

00:23:31.160 --> 00:23:31.519
 her life

00:23:31.519 --> 00:23:32.299
 she's had a

00:23:32.299 --> 00:23:33.200
 bitter experience

00:23:33.200 --> 00:23:35.579
 and she

00:23:35.579 --> 00:23:36.440
 sees this

00:23:36.440 --> 00:23:37.420
 as God's

00:23:37.420 --> 00:23:38.299
 way of

00:23:38.299 --> 00:23:39.160
 drawing her

00:23:39.160 --> 00:23:39.700
 back of

00:23:39.700 --> 00:23:40.139
 dealing with

00:23:40.139 --> 00:23:40.400
 her

00:23:40.400 --> 00:23:42.240
 whom the

00:23:42.240 --> 00:23:42.960
 Lord loves

00:23:42.960 --> 00:23:43.740
 he disciplines

00:23:43.740 --> 00:23:46.180
 you must

00:23:46.180 --> 00:23:46.420
 never

00:23:46.420 --> 00:23:46.900
 think as a

00:23:46.900 --> 00:23:47.160
 Christian

00:23:47.160 --> 00:23:47.519
 that when

00:23:47.519 --> 00:23:47.819
 things are

00:23:47.819 --> 00:23:48.559
 going wrong

00:23:48.559 --> 00:23:49.019
 that God

00:23:49.019 --> 00:23:49.460
 is punishing

00:23:49.460 --> 00:23:49.940
 you

00:23:49.940 --> 00:23:52.620
 there's a

00:23:52.620 --> 00:23:53.000
 very simple

00:23:53.000 --> 00:23:53.420
 reason for

00:23:53.420 --> 00:23:53.700
 that

00:23:53.700 --> 00:23:55.599
 you could

00:23:55.599 --> 00:23:56.339
 never ever

00:23:56.339 --> 00:23:56.920
 suffer in

00:23:56.920 --> 00:23:57.720
 this world

00:23:57.720 --> 00:23:59.819
 anything that

00:23:59.819 --> 00:24:00.480
 you go through

00:24:00.480 --> 00:24:00.980
 in this world

00:24:00.980 --> 00:24:01.819
 would be enough

00:24:01.819 --> 00:24:02.380
 to punish you

00:24:02.380 --> 00:24:02.660
 for your

00:24:02.660 --> 00:24:02.960
 sins

00:24:02.960 --> 00:24:06.000
 you deserve

00:24:06.000 --> 00:24:06.480
 far more

00:24:06.480 --> 00:24:06.740
 than all

00:24:06.740 --> 00:24:07.059
 of that

00:24:07.059 --> 00:24:09.899
 if you

00:24:09.899 --> 00:24:10.079
 want to

00:24:10.079 --> 00:24:10.319
 know what

00:24:10.319 --> 00:24:10.639
 your sin

00:24:10.639 --> 00:24:10.919
 deserves

00:24:10.919 --> 00:24:11.440
 you look

00:24:11.440 --> 00:24:11.879
 to Jesus

00:24:11.879 --> 00:24:12.159
 at the

00:24:12.159 --> 00:24:12.539
 cross

00:24:12.539 --> 00:24:14.480
 he was

00:24:14.480 --> 00:24:14.879
 in that

00:24:14.879 --> 00:24:15.240
 barren

00:24:15.240 --> 00:24:15.539
 land

00:24:15.539 --> 00:24:16.059
 he cried

00:24:16.059 --> 00:24:16.220
 out

00:24:16.220 --> 00:24:16.679
 my God

00:24:16.679 --> 00:24:17.079
 my God

00:24:17.079 --> 00:24:17.480
 why have

00:24:17.480 --> 00:24:18.000
 you forsaken

00:24:18.000 --> 00:24:18.200
 me

00:24:18.200 --> 00:24:18.679
 he cried

00:24:18.679 --> 00:24:18.839
 out

00:24:18.839 --> 00:24:19.460
 I thirst

00:24:19.460 --> 00:24:19.899
 he took

00:24:19.899 --> 00:24:20.379
 the punishment

00:24:20.379 --> 00:24:20.740
 that our

00:24:20.740 --> 00:24:21.299
 sin deserves

00:24:21.299 --> 00:24:23.440
 and we know

00:24:23.440 --> 00:24:23.700
 that God

00:24:23.700 --> 00:24:24.259
 only punishes

00:24:24.259 --> 00:24:24.559
 sin in

00:24:24.559 --> 00:24:25.059
 two places

00:24:25.059 --> 00:24:25.659
 he punishes

00:24:25.659 --> 00:24:25.919
 sin

00:24:25.919 --> 00:24:27.419
 in hell

00:24:27.419 --> 00:24:28.259
 and on

00:24:28.259 --> 00:24:28.779
 the cross

00:24:28.779 --> 00:24:31.240
 and if

00:24:31.240 --> 00:24:31.619
 you won't

00:24:31.619 --> 00:24:31.940
 go to

00:24:31.940 --> 00:24:32.559
 the cross

00:24:32.559 --> 00:24:33.579
 to be

00:24:33.579 --> 00:24:33.920
 forgiven

00:24:33.920 --> 00:24:34.339
 you will

00:24:34.339 --> 00:24:34.639
 have to

00:24:34.639 --> 00:24:35.000
 bear the

00:24:35.000 --> 00:24:35.500
 consequences

00:24:35.500 --> 00:24:35.960
 of yourself

00:24:35.960 --> 00:24:36.379
 in hell

00:24:36.379 --> 00:24:38.680
 but in

00:24:38.680 --> 00:24:39.240
 this life

00:24:39.240 --> 00:24:39.639
 do not

00:24:39.639 --> 00:24:39.960
 think that

00:24:39.960 --> 00:24:40.299
 God is

00:24:40.299 --> 00:24:40.619
 punishing

00:24:40.619 --> 00:24:40.980
 me for

00:24:40.980 --> 00:24:41.460
 my sins

00:24:41.460 --> 00:24:41.799
 because

00:24:41.799 --> 00:24:42.500
 the Lord

00:24:42.500 --> 00:24:42.819
 Jesus

00:24:42.819 --> 00:24:43.200
 for the

00:24:43.200 --> 00:24:43.460
 Christian

00:24:43.460 --> 00:24:43.980
 has taken

00:24:43.980 --> 00:24:44.200
 that

00:24:44.200 --> 00:24:44.480
 punishment

00:24:44.480 --> 00:24:45.059
 on himself

00:24:45.059 --> 00:24:45.859
 but what

00:24:45.859 --> 00:24:46.139
 happens

00:24:46.139 --> 00:24:46.440
 is that

00:24:46.440 --> 00:24:46.639
 God

00:24:46.639 --> 00:24:46.899
 does

00:24:46.899 --> 00:24:47.299
 chasten

00:24:47.299 --> 00:24:47.639
 us

00:24:47.639 --> 00:24:48.920
 that's

00:24:48.920 --> 00:24:49.180
 not quite

00:24:49.180 --> 00:24:49.480
 the same

00:24:49.480 --> 00:24:50.279
 thing

00:24:50.279 --> 00:24:51.519
 do you

00:24:51.519 --> 00:24:51.579
 remember

00:24:51.579 --> 00:24:51.859
 how Paul

00:24:51.859 --> 00:24:52.220
 puts it

00:24:52.220 --> 00:24:52.859
 in Romans

00:24:52.859 --> 00:24:56.519
 he says

00:24:56.519 --> 00:24:57.059
 we rejoice

00:24:57.059 --> 00:24:57.420
 in our

00:24:57.420 --> 00:24:57.839
 sufferings

00:24:57.839 --> 00:24:58.119
 that's

00:24:58.119 --> 00:24:58.759
 the distinctly

00:24:58.759 --> 00:24:59.039
 Christian

00:24:59.039 --> 00:24:59.359
 thing

00:24:59.359 --> 00:25:01.200
 the natural

00:25:01.200 --> 00:25:01.660
 thing is

00:25:01.660 --> 00:25:02.220
 to complain

00:25:02.220 --> 00:25:03.579
 the natural

00:25:03.579 --> 00:25:03.859
 thing is

00:25:03.859 --> 00:25:04.500
 to despair

00:25:04.500 --> 00:25:05.180
 the noble

00:25:05.180 --> 00:25:05.480
 thing is

00:25:05.480 --> 00:25:05.879
 to grin

00:25:05.879 --> 00:25:06.279
 and bear

00:25:06.279 --> 00:25:06.519
 it

00:25:06.519 --> 00:25:06.940
 but the

00:25:06.940 --> 00:25:07.299
 Christian

00:25:07.299 --> 00:25:08.779
 thing is

00:25:08.779 --> 00:25:09.279
 to rejoice

00:25:09.279 --> 00:25:11.640
 we rejoice

00:25:11.640 --> 00:25:11.900
 in our

00:25:11.900 --> 00:25:12.140
 suffering

00:25:12.140 --> 00:25:12.559
 because in

00:25:12.559 --> 00:25:12.740
 our

00:25:12.740 --> 00:25:13.119
 sufferings

00:25:13.119 --> 00:25:13.359
 knowing

00:25:13.359 --> 00:25:13.539
 that

00:25:13.539 --> 00:25:13.859
 suffering

00:25:13.859 --> 00:25:14.240
 produces

00:25:14.240 --> 00:25:14.779
 endurance

00:25:14.779 --> 00:25:15.299
 and endurance

00:25:15.299 --> 00:25:15.700
 produces

00:25:15.700 --> 00:25:16.220
 character

00:25:16.220 --> 00:25:17.059
 and character

00:25:17.059 --> 00:25:17.400
 produces

00:25:17.400 --> 00:25:17.819
 hope

00:25:17.819 --> 00:25:18.779
 and hope

00:25:18.779 --> 00:25:19.119
 does not

00:25:19.119 --> 00:25:19.339
 put us

00:25:19.339 --> 00:25:19.799
 to shame

00:25:19.799 --> 00:25:20.980
 because

00:25:20.980 --> 00:25:21.339
 God's

00:25:21.339 --> 00:25:21.799
 love has

00:25:21.799 --> 00:25:22.359
 been poured

00:25:22.359 --> 00:25:22.759
 out into

00:25:22.759 --> 00:25:23.359
 our hearts

00:25:23.359 --> 00:25:25.519
 through the

00:25:25.519 --> 00:25:26.180
 Holy Spirit

00:25:26.180 --> 00:25:28.759
 and the

00:25:28.759 --> 00:25:29.279
 writer says

00:25:29.279 --> 00:25:30.200
 no discipline

00:25:30.200 --> 00:25:31.160
 seems pleasant

00:25:31.160 --> 00:25:31.740
 at the time

00:25:31.740 --> 00:25:33.580
 but painful

00:25:33.580 --> 00:25:34.720
 but later on

00:25:34.720 --> 00:25:35.519
 it produces

00:25:35.519 --> 00:25:36.279
 a harvest

00:25:36.279 --> 00:25:36.960
 of righteousness

00:25:36.960 --> 00:25:38.519
 and peace

00:25:38.519 --> 00:25:38.840
 for those

00:25:38.840 --> 00:25:39.080
 who've been

00:25:39.080 --> 00:25:39.680
 trained for it

00:25:39.680 --> 00:25:42.380
 so God's

00:25:42.380 --> 00:25:42.860
 word for you

00:25:42.860 --> 00:25:43.580
 this morning

00:25:43.580 --> 00:25:44.640
 is this

00:25:44.640 --> 00:25:45.160
 it is

00:25:45.160 --> 00:25:46.240
 don't

00:25:46.240 --> 00:25:46.620
 waste

00:25:46.620 --> 00:25:46.840
 your

00:25:46.840 --> 00:25:47.500
 sufferings

00:25:47.500 --> 00:25:50.779
 be exercised

00:25:50.779 --> 00:25:51.160
 under the

00:25:51.160 --> 00:25:51.519
 chastening

00:25:51.519 --> 00:25:52.080
 hand of God

00:25:52.080 --> 00:25:52.740
 as Naomi

00:25:52.740 --> 00:25:53.440
 is disciplined

00:25:53.440 --> 00:25:54.080
 by God

00:25:54.080 --> 00:25:55.680
 God is

00:25:55.680 --> 00:25:56.519
 bringing her

00:25:56.519 --> 00:25:56.980
 back to

00:25:56.980 --> 00:25:57.259
 where she

00:25:57.259 --> 00:25:57.680
 belongs

00:25:57.680 --> 00:25:58.620
 and a little

00:25:58.620 --> 00:25:59.060
 bit later

00:25:59.060 --> 00:26:00.000
 we will see

00:26:00.000 --> 00:26:00.420
 in this book

00:26:00.420 --> 00:26:01.100
 a harvest

00:26:01.100 --> 00:26:01.779
 of righteousness

00:26:01.779 --> 00:26:03.000
 that appears

00:26:03.000 --> 00:26:03.620
 in her life

00:26:03.620 --> 00:26:05.680
 and so

00:26:05.680 --> 00:26:06.299
 God will

00:26:06.299 --> 00:26:07.180
 not leave

00:26:07.180 --> 00:26:07.600
 his

00:26:07.600 --> 00:26:08.759
 backslidden

00:26:08.759 --> 00:26:09.380
 people

00:26:09.380 --> 00:26:10.540
 in the

00:26:10.540 --> 00:26:10.760
 far

00:26:10.760 --> 00:26:11.220
 country

00:26:11.220 --> 00:26:13.380
 and when

00:26:13.380 --> 00:26:13.900
 he seeks

00:26:13.900 --> 00:26:14.340
 to win

00:26:14.340 --> 00:26:14.520
 us

00:26:14.520 --> 00:26:15.040
 back

00:26:15.040 --> 00:26:16.940
 sometimes

00:26:16.940 --> 00:26:17.480
 he does

00:26:17.480 --> 00:26:18.040
 as he did

00:26:18.040 --> 00:26:18.560
 with Naomi

00:26:18.560 --> 00:26:19.160
 personal

00:26:19.160 --> 00:26:19.720
 disaster

00:26:19.720 --> 00:26:20.260
 is a

00:26:20.260 --> 00:26:20.560
 method

00:26:20.560 --> 00:26:20.900
 that he

00:26:20.900 --> 00:26:21.360
 uses

00:26:21.360 --> 00:26:23.780
 the sorrow

00:26:23.780 --> 00:26:25.000
 of bereavement

00:26:25.000 --> 00:26:27.160
 and loss

00:26:27.160 --> 00:26:28.280
 awakens

00:26:28.280 --> 00:26:28.800
 in her

00:26:28.800 --> 00:26:29.260
 a longing

00:26:29.260 --> 00:26:29.980
 to return

00:26:29.980 --> 00:26:32.880
 but there's

00:26:32.880 --> 00:26:33.440
 something else

00:26:33.440 --> 00:26:34.420
 God uses

00:26:34.420 --> 00:26:34.800
 in the

00:26:34.800 --> 00:26:35.180
 loneliness

00:26:35.180 --> 00:26:35.580
 of her

00:26:35.580 --> 00:26:36.060
 situation

00:26:36.060 --> 00:26:36.420
 and the

00:26:36.420 --> 00:26:36.680
 bitterness

00:26:36.680 --> 00:26:37.020
 of her

00:26:37.020 --> 00:26:37.300
 experience

00:26:37.300 --> 00:26:37.720
 she hears

00:26:37.720 --> 00:26:38.060
 a rumor

00:26:38.060 --> 00:26:38.320
 look at

00:26:38.320 --> 00:26:38.840
 verse 6

00:26:38.839 --> 00:26:39.339
 there's

00:26:39.339 --> 00:26:39.759
 a rumor

00:26:39.759 --> 00:26:40.299
 of God's

00:26:40.299 --> 00:26:40.899
 deliverance

00:26:40.899 --> 00:26:44.619
 she had

00:26:44.619 --> 00:26:45.199
 heard

00:26:45.199 --> 00:26:47.639
 that the

00:26:47.639 --> 00:26:47.980
 Lord had

00:26:47.980 --> 00:26:48.459
 visited his

00:26:48.459 --> 00:26:48.819
 people and

00:26:48.819 --> 00:26:49.139
 given them

00:26:49.139 --> 00:26:49.439
 food

00:26:49.439 --> 00:26:52.299
 how did

00:26:52.299 --> 00:26:52.579
 she hear

00:26:52.579 --> 00:26:52.899
 the weather

00:26:52.899 --> 00:26:53.480
 forecast

00:26:53.480 --> 00:26:55.500
 run on the

00:26:55.500 --> 00:26:56.199
 BBC website

00:26:56.199 --> 00:26:56.619
 like we all

00:26:56.619 --> 00:26:56.939
 have this

00:26:56.939 --> 00:26:57.199
 week

00:26:57.199 --> 00:26:59.419
 was she

00:26:59.419 --> 00:26:59.919
 reading the

00:26:59.919 --> 00:27:00.759
 financial times

00:27:00.759 --> 00:27:01.019
 and she

00:27:01.019 --> 00:27:01.459
 noticed there

00:27:01.459 --> 00:27:01.759
 had been an

00:27:01.759 --> 00:27:02.379
 upturn in the

00:27:02.379 --> 00:27:02.959
 economy in

00:27:02.959 --> 00:27:03.319
 Israel

00:27:03.319 --> 00:27:04.579
 where did

00:27:04.579 --> 00:27:05.019
 this rumor

00:27:05.019 --> 00:27:05.399
 come

00:27:05.399 --> 00:27:07.259
 what did

00:27:07.259 --> 00:27:07.559
 she hear

00:27:07.559 --> 00:27:08.220
 look what

00:27:08.220 --> 00:27:08.679
 she heard

00:27:08.679 --> 00:27:09.159
 she heard

00:27:09.159 --> 00:27:09.480
 that the

00:27:09.480 --> 00:27:10.019
 Lord was

00:27:10.019 --> 00:27:10.480
 visiting his

00:27:10.480 --> 00:27:10.799
 people

00:27:10.799 --> 00:27:11.799
 that the

00:27:11.799 --> 00:27:12.240
 Lord had

00:27:12.240 --> 00:27:12.559
 come to

00:27:12.559 --> 00:27:13.279
 the aid

00:27:13.279 --> 00:27:13.460
 of his

00:27:13.460 --> 00:27:13.740
 people

00:27:13.740 --> 00:27:16.119
 and so

00:27:16.119 --> 00:27:16.639
 we only

00:27:16.639 --> 00:27:18.119
 think of

00:27:18.119 --> 00:27:18.579
 secondary

00:27:18.579 --> 00:27:19.119
 causes

00:27:19.119 --> 00:27:19.679
 don't we

00:27:19.679 --> 00:27:21.579
 if there's

00:27:21.579 --> 00:27:21.919
 a good

00:27:21.919 --> 00:27:22.480
 harvest

00:27:22.480 --> 00:27:24.179
 the farmers

00:27:24.179 --> 00:27:24.539
 get the

00:27:24.539 --> 00:27:25.359
 praise

00:27:25.359 --> 00:27:25.879
 and the

00:27:25.879 --> 00:27:26.440
 fertilizer

00:27:26.440 --> 00:27:27.359
 it's a bad

00:27:27.359 --> 00:27:27.700
 harvest

00:27:27.700 --> 00:27:28.339
 we blame

00:27:28.339 --> 00:27:28.740
 the weather

00:27:28.740 --> 00:27:30.539
 and we

00:27:30.539 --> 00:27:31.119
 forget that

00:27:31.119 --> 00:27:31.579
 it is

00:27:31.579 --> 00:27:32.220
 God our

00:27:32.220 --> 00:27:32.519
 creator

00:27:32.519 --> 00:27:32.940
 God who

00:27:32.940 --> 00:27:33.279
 made the

00:27:33.279 --> 00:27:33.619
 earth

00:27:33.619 --> 00:27:35.519
 the

00:27:35.519 --> 00:27:35.779
 back of

00:27:35.779 --> 00:27:35.879
 the

00:27:35.879 --> 00:27:36.099
 loaf

00:27:36.099 --> 00:27:36.559
 is the

00:27:36.559 --> 00:27:36.899
 snowy

00:27:36.899 --> 00:27:37.199
 flour

00:27:37.199 --> 00:27:38.500
 the

00:27:38.500 --> 00:27:38.739
 back of

00:27:38.739 --> 00:27:38.839
 the

00:27:38.839 --> 00:27:39.099
 flour

00:27:39.099 --> 00:27:39.419
 is the

00:27:39.419 --> 00:27:39.699
 mill

00:27:39.699 --> 00:27:41.079
 the

00:27:41.079 --> 00:27:41.339
 back of

00:27:41.339 --> 00:27:41.419
 the

00:27:41.419 --> 00:27:41.539
 mill

00:27:41.539 --> 00:27:41.799
 is the

00:27:41.799 --> 00:27:42.019
 wheat

00:27:42.019 --> 00:27:42.259
 and the

00:27:42.259 --> 00:27:42.599
 showers

00:27:42.599 --> 00:27:42.899
 and the

00:27:42.899 --> 00:27:43.199
 sun

00:27:43.199 --> 00:27:43.779
 and the

00:27:43.779 --> 00:27:44.199
 father's

00:27:44.199 --> 00:27:44.339
 will

00:27:44.339 --> 00:27:44.619
 that's

00:27:44.619 --> 00:27:44.859
 what she

00:27:44.859 --> 00:27:45.179
 heard

00:27:45.179 --> 00:27:45.859
 that there

00:27:45.859 --> 00:27:46.459
 was bread

00:27:46.459 --> 00:27:47.359
 in Bethlehem

00:27:47.359 --> 00:27:49.419
 and again

00:27:49.419 --> 00:27:49.699
 that the

00:27:49.699 --> 00:27:49.979
 Lord had

00:27:49.979 --> 00:27:50.399
 visited his

00:27:50.399 --> 00:27:50.659
 people

00:27:50.659 --> 00:27:52.799
 and provided

00:27:52.799 --> 00:27:53.099
 for them

00:27:53.099 --> 00:27:53.419
 and given

00:27:53.419 --> 00:27:53.699
 them a

00:27:53.699 --> 00:27:54.059
 blessing

00:27:54.059 --> 00:27:54.779
 of the

00:27:54.779 --> 00:27:54.979
 covenant

00:27:54.979 --> 00:27:55.959
 he turned

00:27:55.959 --> 00:27:56.659
 their hearts

00:27:56.659 --> 00:27:57.079
 back to

00:27:57.079 --> 00:27:57.439
 himself

00:27:57.439 --> 00:27:59.699
 and that's

00:27:59.699 --> 00:28:00.059
 what happened

00:28:00.059 --> 00:28:00.259
 in the

00:28:00.259 --> 00:28:00.479
 book of

00:28:00.479 --> 00:28:00.839
 Judges

00:28:00.839 --> 00:28:01.239
 it's this

00:28:01.239 --> 00:28:01.979
 cyclical

00:28:01.979 --> 00:28:03.019
 process

00:28:03.019 --> 00:28:03.799
 where the

00:28:03.799 --> 00:28:04.019
 people

00:28:04.019 --> 00:28:04.720
 apostatize

00:28:04.720 --> 00:28:05.019
 and turn

00:28:05.019 --> 00:28:05.500
 away from

00:28:05.500 --> 00:28:05.859
 God

00:28:05.859 --> 00:28:06.660
 they chase

00:28:06.660 --> 00:28:07.139
 after other

00:28:07.139 --> 00:28:07.559
 gods

00:28:07.559 --> 00:28:08.099
 and then

00:28:08.099 --> 00:28:08.680
 God raises

00:28:08.680 --> 00:28:09.000
 up a

00:28:09.000 --> 00:28:09.400
 saviour

00:28:09.400 --> 00:28:10.039
 a judge

00:28:10.039 --> 00:28:10.980
 and the

00:28:10.980 --> 00:28:11.279
 people's

00:28:11.279 --> 00:28:11.599
 hearts

00:28:11.599 --> 00:28:11.900
 are turned

00:28:11.900 --> 00:28:12.259
 back to

00:28:12.259 --> 00:28:12.460
 him

00:28:12.460 --> 00:28:14.039
 and that's

00:28:14.039 --> 00:28:14.220
 how it

00:28:14.220 --> 00:28:14.579
 goes in

00:28:14.579 --> 00:28:14.759
 the book

00:28:14.759 --> 00:28:15.240
 of Judges

00:28:15.240 --> 00:28:15.700
 and she

00:28:15.700 --> 00:28:15.819
 had

00:28:15.819 --> 00:28:16.139
 heard that

00:28:16.139 --> 00:28:16.460
 God

00:28:16.460 --> 00:28:17.379
 has intervened

00:28:17.379 --> 00:28:17.599
 in the

00:28:17.599 --> 00:28:17.960
 land

00:28:17.960 --> 00:28:18.700
 and God

00:28:18.700 --> 00:28:19.279
 was raising

00:28:19.279 --> 00:28:19.660
 up a

00:28:19.660 --> 00:28:20.180
 saviour

00:28:20.180 --> 00:28:22.059
 that he

00:28:22.059 --> 00:28:22.619
 is visiting

00:28:22.619 --> 00:28:23.119
 his people

00:28:23.119 --> 00:28:25.720
 and so

00:28:25.720 --> 00:28:26.160
 now they

00:28:26.160 --> 00:28:26.599
 are God's

00:28:26.599 --> 00:28:26.920
 people

00:28:26.920 --> 00:28:27.599
 in God's

00:28:27.599 --> 00:28:27.900
 place

00:28:27.900 --> 00:28:28.740
 under God's

00:28:28.740 --> 00:28:29.139
 blessing

00:28:29.139 --> 00:28:31.920
 and their

00:28:31.920 --> 00:28:32.460
 faith has

00:28:32.460 --> 00:28:32.660
 been

00:28:32.660 --> 00:28:33.500
 reinvigorated

00:28:33.500 --> 00:28:37.800
 but we

00:28:37.800 --> 00:28:38.120
 hear an

00:28:38.120 --> 00:28:38.519
 even more

00:28:38.519 --> 00:28:38.920
 remarkable

00:28:38.920 --> 00:28:39.300
 rumour

00:28:39.300 --> 00:28:42.660
 we hear a

00:28:42.660 --> 00:28:42.960
 remarkable

00:28:42.960 --> 00:28:43.240
 rumour

00:28:43.240 --> 00:28:43.560
 that in

00:28:43.560 --> 00:28:44.180
 the town

00:28:44.180 --> 00:28:45.279
 of David

00:28:45.279 --> 00:28:47.160
 this day

00:28:47.160 --> 00:28:47.640
 a saviour

00:28:47.640 --> 00:28:47.920
 has been

00:28:47.920 --> 00:28:48.200
 born

00:28:48.200 --> 00:28:50.480
 that God

00:28:50.480 --> 00:28:50.860
 has sent

00:28:50.860 --> 00:28:51.560
 his redeemer

00:28:51.560 --> 00:28:52.840
 into the

00:28:52.840 --> 00:28:53.120
 world

00:28:53.120 --> 00:28:53.720
 into this

00:28:53.720 --> 00:28:54.640
 little town

00:28:54.640 --> 00:28:55.500
 of Bethlehem

00:28:55.500 --> 00:28:58.860
 that into

00:28:58.860 --> 00:28:59.340
 the house

00:28:59.340 --> 00:28:59.860
 of bread

00:28:59.860 --> 00:29:00.540
 comes one

00:29:00.540 --> 00:29:01.019
 who claims

00:29:01.019 --> 00:29:01.519
 to be the

00:29:01.519 --> 00:29:01.759
 bread of

00:29:01.759 --> 00:29:02.060
 life

00:29:02.059 --> 00:29:03.639
 have you

00:29:03.639 --> 00:29:03.919
 heard that

00:29:03.919 --> 00:29:04.159
 rumour

00:29:04.159 --> 00:29:06.559
 she

00:29:06.559 --> 00:29:06.940
 heard a

00:29:06.940 --> 00:29:07.259
 rumour

00:29:07.259 --> 00:29:08.200
 that God

00:29:08.200 --> 00:29:08.639
 had visited

00:29:08.639 --> 00:29:09.119
 his people

00:29:09.119 --> 00:29:12.279
 and I

00:29:12.279 --> 00:29:12.579
 wonder whether

00:29:12.579 --> 00:29:12.819
 you've

00:29:12.819 --> 00:29:13.339
 responded to

00:29:13.339 --> 00:29:13.799
 that rumour

00:29:13.799 --> 00:29:17.220
 wherever you

00:29:17.220 --> 00:29:17.619
 are in your

00:29:17.619 --> 00:29:18.019
 life now

00:29:18.019 --> 00:29:18.679
 whatever your

00:29:18.679 --> 00:29:19.279
 circumstances

00:29:19.279 --> 00:29:19.779
 may be

00:29:19.779 --> 00:29:20.460
 Pascal the

00:29:20.460 --> 00:29:20.859
 philosopher

00:29:20.859 --> 00:29:21.919
 said that in

00:29:21.919 --> 00:29:22.819
 each and every

00:29:22.819 --> 00:29:23.299
 one of us

00:29:23.299 --> 00:29:23.759
 there is a

00:29:23.759 --> 00:29:24.639
 God shaped

00:29:24.639 --> 00:29:25.119
 hole

00:29:25.119 --> 00:29:27.139
 which only

00:29:27.139 --> 00:29:27.659
 Christ can

00:29:27.659 --> 00:29:27.939
 fill

00:29:27.939 --> 00:29:30.959
 John Paul

00:29:30.959 --> 00:29:31.259
 Sartre

00:29:31.259 --> 00:29:31.599
 was another

00:29:31.599 --> 00:29:31.919
 atheist

00:29:31.919 --> 00:29:32.659
 he remained

00:29:32.659 --> 00:29:33.019
 an atheist

00:29:33.019 --> 00:29:33.399
 but he

00:29:33.399 --> 00:29:33.839
 said something

00:29:33.839 --> 00:29:34.559
 very interesting

00:29:34.559 --> 00:29:36.219
 he said that

00:29:36.219 --> 00:29:37.059
 God doesn't

00:29:37.059 --> 00:29:37.699
 exist I

00:29:37.699 --> 00:29:38.459
 cannot deny

00:29:38.459 --> 00:29:39.259
 he said

00:29:39.259 --> 00:29:40.599
 but that my

00:29:40.599 --> 00:29:41.079
 whole being

00:29:41.079 --> 00:29:41.799
 cries out for

00:29:41.799 --> 00:29:42.139
 God I

00:29:42.139 --> 00:29:42.739
 cannot forget

00:29:42.739 --> 00:29:45.599
 and each one

00:29:45.599 --> 00:29:46.079
 of us has a

00:29:46.079 --> 00:29:46.519
 hunger for

00:29:46.519 --> 00:29:46.799
 God

00:29:46.799 --> 00:29:49.399
 every single

00:29:49.399 --> 00:29:50.279
 one of us

00:29:50.279 --> 00:29:51.539
 have been

00:29:51.539 --> 00:29:52.160
 created

00:29:52.160 --> 00:29:53.839
 with a

00:29:53.839 --> 00:29:54.399
 sense of

00:29:54.399 --> 00:29:54.879
 the divine

00:29:54.879 --> 00:29:55.379
 God has

00:29:55.379 --> 00:29:56.079
 put eternity

00:29:56.079 --> 00:29:56.720
 in your

00:29:56.720 --> 00:29:57.160
 heart

00:29:57.160 --> 00:30:01.559
 and that's

00:30:01.559 --> 00:30:01.859
 what brought

00:30:01.859 --> 00:30:02.319
 Naomi home

00:30:02.319 --> 00:30:02.779
 the rod of

00:30:02.779 --> 00:30:03.039
 God's

00:30:03.039 --> 00:30:03.379
 discipline

00:30:03.379 --> 00:30:04.220
 God dealing

00:30:04.220 --> 00:30:04.599
 with her

00:30:04.599 --> 00:30:05.039
 in the hard

00:30:05.039 --> 00:30:05.539
 things

00:30:05.539 --> 00:30:07.319
 but also

00:30:07.319 --> 00:30:07.859
 the rumour

00:30:07.859 --> 00:30:10.099
 that God

00:30:10.099 --> 00:30:10.399
 isn't a

00:30:10.399 --> 00:30:10.859
 concept

00:30:10.859 --> 00:30:12.639
 but he is

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

00:30:13.059 --> 00:30:13.420
 God who

00:30:13.420 --> 00:30:13.660
 has not

00:30:13.660 --> 00:30:14.180
 spared his

00:30:14.180 --> 00:30:15.059
 only son

00:30:15.059 --> 00:30:15.740
 but he's

00:30:15.740 --> 00:30:16.259
 visited and

00:30:16.259 --> 00:30:16.700
 redeemed his

00:30:16.700 --> 00:30:16.980
 people

00:30:16.980 --> 00:30:19.039
 that he sent

00:30:19.039 --> 00:30:19.660
 the Lord

00:30:19.660 --> 00:30:19.980
 Jesus

00:30:19.980 --> 00:30:20.839
 into the

00:30:20.839 --> 00:30:21.259
 world to

00:30:21.259 --> 00:30:21.539
 take the

00:30:21.539 --> 00:30:21.819
 punishment

00:30:21.819 --> 00:30:22.240
 for our

00:30:22.240 --> 00:30:22.460
 sins

00:30:22.460 --> 00:30:22.740
 and to

00:30:22.740 --> 00:30:22.960
 give us

00:30:22.960 --> 00:30:23.339
 a future

00:30:23.339 --> 00:30:24.740
 and that's

00:30:24.740 --> 00:30:25.019
 the rumour

00:30:25.019 --> 00:30:25.279
 that she

00:30:25.279 --> 00:30:25.519
 heard

00:30:25.519 --> 00:30:28.240
 and there's

00:30:28.240 --> 00:30:29.039
 more than

00:30:29.039 --> 00:30:29.480
 a hint of

00:30:29.480 --> 00:30:30.740
 that in

00:30:30.740 --> 00:30:30.980
 the book

00:30:30.980 --> 00:30:31.220
 of Ruth

00:30:31.220 --> 00:30:31.700
 because she

00:30:31.700 --> 00:30:31.960
 is the

00:30:31.960 --> 00:30:32.240
 grandmother

00:30:32.240 --> 00:30:32.759
 of David

00:30:32.759 --> 00:30:33.200
 and David

00:30:33.200 --> 00:30:33.500
 is the

00:30:33.500 --> 00:30:34.279
 great ancestor

00:30:34.279 --> 00:30:35.259
 of David's

00:30:35.259 --> 00:30:35.799
 greatest son

00:30:35.799 --> 00:30:36.279
 the Messiah

00:30:36.279 --> 00:30:38.160
 there's a

00:30:38.160 --> 00:30:38.680
 direct link

00:30:38.680 --> 00:30:39.000
 isn't this

00:30:39.000 --> 00:30:39.480
 from this

00:30:39.480 --> 00:30:40.120
 story of

00:30:40.120 --> 00:30:40.500
 Ruth

00:30:40.500 --> 00:30:42.559
 to the

00:30:42.559 --> 00:30:43.039
 Lord Jesus

00:30:43.039 --> 00:30:43.539
 to us

00:30:43.539 --> 00:30:46.720
 because God

00:30:46.720 --> 00:30:47.360
 is living

00:30:47.360 --> 00:30:47.960
 and powerful

00:30:47.960 --> 00:30:48.519
 and sovereign

00:30:48.519 --> 00:30:49.079
 and in his

00:30:49.079 --> 00:30:49.559
 providence

00:30:49.559 --> 00:30:50.059
 and in his

00:30:50.059 --> 00:30:50.700
 grace he's

00:30:50.700 --> 00:30:51.339
 visited this

00:30:51.339 --> 00:30:51.619
 planet

00:30:51.619 --> 00:30:54.419
 and there's

00:30:54.419 --> 00:30:55.099
 no better

00:30:55.099 --> 00:30:55.639
 news than

00:30:55.639 --> 00:30:55.919
 that

00:30:55.919 --> 00:30:57.759
 that God

00:30:57.759 --> 00:30:58.139
 has come

00:30:58.139 --> 00:30:58.940
 and visited

00:30:58.940 --> 00:30:59.399
 his people

00:30:59.399 --> 00:31:01.460
 and he's

00:31:01.460 --> 00:31:01.899
 brought to us

00:31:01.899 --> 00:31:02.359
 the bread of

00:31:02.359 --> 00:31:02.759
 life without

00:31:02.759 --> 00:31:03.240
 which our

00:31:03.240 --> 00:31:04.579
 souls will

00:31:04.579 --> 00:31:05.039
 perish

00:31:05.039 --> 00:31:11.099
 and so what's

00:31:11.099 --> 00:31:11.339
 the third

00:31:11.339 --> 00:31:11.619
 thing she

00:31:11.619 --> 00:31:12.039
 does as we

00:31:12.039 --> 00:31:12.339
 finish

00:31:12.339 --> 00:31:15.180
 she comes

00:31:15.180 --> 00:31:15.619
 back to

00:31:15.619 --> 00:31:15.839
 God

00:31:15.839 --> 00:31:16.079
 doesn't

00:31:16.079 --> 00:31:16.259
 she

00:31:16.259 --> 00:31:16.960
 in genuine

00:31:16.960 --> 00:31:17.720
 repentance

00:31:17.720 --> 00:31:20.379
 I was reading

00:31:20.379 --> 00:31:21.279
 this an article

00:31:21.279 --> 00:31:21.799
 this week about

00:31:21.799 --> 00:31:22.259
 kind of the

00:31:22.259 --> 00:31:22.980
 cheap airlines

00:31:22.980 --> 00:31:23.339
 you know

00:31:23.339 --> 00:31:23.899
 easy jet

00:31:23.899 --> 00:31:24.819
 all those

00:31:24.819 --> 00:31:25.119
 ones

00:31:25.119 --> 00:31:26.700
 that are

00:31:26.700 --> 00:31:27.319
 around for a

00:31:27.319 --> 00:31:27.680
 little while

00:31:27.680 --> 00:31:28.000
 but they

00:31:28.000 --> 00:31:28.980
 never last

00:31:28.980 --> 00:31:30.700
 and there

00:31:30.700 --> 00:31:31.099
 was one

00:31:31.099 --> 00:31:31.920
 airline that

00:31:31.920 --> 00:31:32.299
 some of you

00:31:32.299 --> 00:31:32.759
 might remember

00:31:32.759 --> 00:31:33.960
 was run by a guy

00:31:33.960 --> 00:31:34.380
 called Freddie

00:31:34.380 --> 00:31:35.039
 Laker and it

00:31:35.039 --> 00:31:35.500
 was Laker

00:31:35.500 --> 00:31:35.960
 Airlines

00:31:35.960 --> 00:31:36.660
 it went bust

00:31:36.660 --> 00:31:37.400
 in 1982

00:31:37.400 --> 00:31:39.980
 it went bust

00:31:39.980 --> 00:31:40.579
 but there was a

00:31:40.579 --> 00:31:41.420
 flight that was

00:31:41.420 --> 00:31:42.160
 still in mid

00:31:42.160 --> 00:31:42.839
 air

00:31:42.839 --> 00:31:43.319
 mid flight

00:31:43.319 --> 00:31:43.980
 it was on its

00:31:43.980 --> 00:31:44.259
 way from

00:31:44.259 --> 00:31:44.900
 Manchester to

00:31:44.900 --> 00:31:45.259
 Switzerland

00:31:45.259 --> 00:31:46.400
 and the news

00:31:46.400 --> 00:31:47.120
 broke that the

00:31:47.120 --> 00:31:47.720
 company had

00:31:47.720 --> 00:31:48.200
 kind of gone

00:31:48.200 --> 00:31:48.539
 bust

00:31:48.539 --> 00:31:50.400
 and the plane

00:31:50.400 --> 00:31:50.880
 had to turn

00:31:50.880 --> 00:31:51.240
 around

00:31:51.240 --> 00:31:53.279
 and go back

00:31:53.279 --> 00:31:53.900
 to Manchester

00:31:53.900 --> 00:31:54.319
 can you imagine

00:31:54.319 --> 00:31:54.799
 the disappointment

00:31:54.799 --> 00:31:55.160
 for those

00:31:55.160 --> 00:31:55.640
 passengers

00:31:55.640 --> 00:31:59.360
 Margaret Thatcher

00:31:59.360 --> 00:32:01.000
 the Russians

00:32:01.000 --> 00:32:01.360
 called her

00:32:01.360 --> 00:32:01.660
 the Iron

00:32:01.660 --> 00:32:02.060
 Lady

00:32:02.060 --> 00:32:03.940
 her colleagues

00:32:03.940 --> 00:32:04.860
 were worried

00:32:04.860 --> 00:32:05.280
 that her

00:32:05.280 --> 00:32:05.900
 reforms in

00:32:05.900 --> 00:32:06.220
 the UK

00:32:06.220 --> 00:32:06.580
 were going

00:32:06.580 --> 00:32:07.180
 too far

00:32:07.180 --> 00:32:07.480
 and she

00:32:07.480 --> 00:32:07.780
 gave that

00:32:07.780 --> 00:32:08.580
 famous speech

00:32:08.580 --> 00:32:10.440
 where she

00:32:10.440 --> 00:32:10.940
 said to her

00:32:10.940 --> 00:32:11.280
 colleagues at

00:32:11.280 --> 00:32:11.520
 the party

00:32:11.520 --> 00:32:11.980
 conference

00:32:11.980 --> 00:32:13.140
 you turn

00:32:13.140 --> 00:32:13.700
 if you want

00:32:13.700 --> 00:32:14.180
 to but the

00:32:14.180 --> 00:32:14.940
 lady is not

00:32:14.940 --> 00:32:15.520
 for turning

00:32:15.520 --> 00:32:18.960
 but Naomi

00:32:18.960 --> 00:32:20.460
 is for

00:32:20.460 --> 00:32:20.700
 turning

00:32:20.700 --> 00:32:23.000
 and if you

00:32:23.000 --> 00:32:23.440
 are wise

00:32:23.440 --> 00:32:23.840
 this morning

00:32:23.840 --> 00:32:24.280
 you will be

00:32:24.280 --> 00:32:24.620
 for turning

00:32:24.620 --> 00:32:24.880
 too

00:32:24.880 --> 00:32:27.880
 we can't

00:32:27.880 --> 00:32:28.280
 spot it

00:32:28.280 --> 00:32:28.820
 really in

00:32:28.820 --> 00:32:29.320
 the English

00:32:29.320 --> 00:32:30.080
 but 11 or

00:32:30.080 --> 00:32:30.640
 12 times

00:32:30.640 --> 00:32:31.180
 the word

00:32:31.180 --> 00:32:31.660
 turn

00:32:31.660 --> 00:32:32.240
 comes up

00:32:32.240 --> 00:32:32.560
 in chapter

00:32:32.560 --> 00:32:32.900
 1

00:32:32.900 --> 00:32:36.400
 it's the

00:32:36.400 --> 00:32:36.860
 same in the

00:32:36.860 --> 00:32:37.140
 prophets

00:32:37.140 --> 00:32:37.540
 in the Old

00:32:37.540 --> 00:32:37.760
 Testament

00:32:37.760 --> 00:32:38.240
 they call

00:32:38.240 --> 00:32:38.860
 God's people

00:32:38.860 --> 00:32:39.420
 back to

00:32:39.420 --> 00:32:39.660
 covenant

00:32:39.660 --> 00:32:40.340
 faithfulness

00:32:40.340 --> 00:32:40.880
 it's the

00:32:40.880 --> 00:32:41.000
 word

00:32:41.000 --> 00:32:41.400
 repentance

00:32:41.400 --> 00:32:42.380
 she turned

00:32:42.380 --> 00:32:42.980
 she turned

00:32:42.980 --> 00:32:43.480
 right around

00:32:43.480 --> 00:32:44.480
 she admitted

00:32:44.480 --> 00:32:44.960
 that she got

00:32:44.960 --> 00:32:45.480
 it wrong

00:32:45.480 --> 00:32:46.920
 and she came

00:32:46.920 --> 00:32:47.680
 back to God

00:32:47.680 --> 00:32:48.280
 and I went

00:32:48.280 --> 00:32:48.780
 out full of

00:32:48.780 --> 00:32:49.100
 myself

00:32:49.100 --> 00:32:49.520
 she says

00:32:49.520 --> 00:32:49.800
 I went

00:32:49.800 --> 00:32:50.180
 out full of

00:32:50.180 --> 00:32:50.640
 my plans

00:32:50.640 --> 00:32:51.060
 full of my

00:32:51.060 --> 00:32:51.520
 hopes for the

00:32:51.520 --> 00:32:51.780
 future

00:32:51.780 --> 00:32:52.400
 but I've

00:32:52.400 --> 00:32:52.780
 come back

00:32:52.780 --> 00:32:53.160
 empty

00:32:53.160 --> 00:32:58.279
 and you

00:32:58.279 --> 00:32:58.580
 may be in

00:32:58.580 --> 00:32:59.000
 church this

00:32:59.000 --> 00:32:59.380
 morning

00:32:59.380 --> 00:33:02.400
 but you've

00:33:02.400 --> 00:33:02.779
 drifted

00:33:02.779 --> 00:33:03.040
 and you've

00:33:03.040 --> 00:33:03.500
 gone far

00:33:03.500 --> 00:33:03.820
 off

00:33:03.820 --> 00:33:06.580
 but there's

00:33:06.580 --> 00:33:07.160
 a way back

00:33:07.160 --> 00:33:07.660
 this morning

00:33:07.660 --> 00:33:10.140
 and Jesus

00:33:10.140 --> 00:33:10.560
 said what

00:33:10.560 --> 00:33:11.300
 profit a man

00:33:11.300 --> 00:33:11.680
 if he gained

00:33:11.680 --> 00:33:12.140
 the whole

00:33:12.140 --> 00:33:12.620
 world and

00:33:12.620 --> 00:33:13.120
 lose his own

00:33:13.120 --> 00:33:13.400
 soul

00:33:13.400 --> 00:33:14.019
 what profit

00:33:14.019 --> 00:33:14.360
 is there

00:33:14.360 --> 00:33:14.620
 if you

00:33:14.620 --> 00:33:15.140
 achieve all

00:33:15.140 --> 00:33:15.700
 your goals

00:33:15.700 --> 00:33:17.259
 you fulfill

00:33:17.259 --> 00:33:17.580
 all your

00:33:17.580 --> 00:33:18.000
 dreams

00:33:18.000 --> 00:33:18.500
 and you

00:33:18.500 --> 00:33:18.900
 gain the

00:33:18.900 --> 00:33:19.340
 whole world

00:33:19.340 --> 00:33:19.600
 but in

00:33:19.600 --> 00:33:20.000
 the process

00:33:20.000 --> 00:33:20.519
 you lose

00:33:20.519 --> 00:33:21.080
 your soul

00:33:21.080 --> 00:33:21.560
 you lose

00:33:21.560 --> 00:33:22.040
 yourself

00:33:22.039 --> 00:33:22.839
 what good

00:33:22.839 --> 00:33:23.119
 is that

00:33:23.119 --> 00:33:24.200
 you become

00:33:24.200 --> 00:33:24.579
 a hollow

00:33:24.579 --> 00:33:25.180
 shell of

00:33:25.180 --> 00:33:25.359
 what you

00:33:25.359 --> 00:33:25.619
 were meant

00:33:25.619 --> 00:33:26.039
 to be

00:33:26.039 --> 00:33:27.920
 where's the

00:33:27.920 --> 00:33:28.379
 profit in

00:33:28.379 --> 00:33:28.759
 that Jesus

00:33:28.759 --> 00:33:29.139
 says

00:33:29.139 --> 00:33:31.839
 what profit

00:33:31.839 --> 00:33:32.399
 is what good

00:33:32.399 --> 00:33:32.839
 is it if you

00:33:32.839 --> 00:33:33.859
 gain everything

00:33:33.859 --> 00:33:34.279
 that you want

00:33:34.279 --> 00:33:34.659
 to gain

00:33:34.659 --> 00:33:36.019
 but in the

00:33:36.019 --> 00:33:36.480
 process you

00:33:36.480 --> 00:33:36.859
 lose your

00:33:36.859 --> 00:33:37.180
 soul

00:33:37.180 --> 00:33:40.220
 Jesus asks

00:33:40.220 --> 00:33:40.799
 another question

00:33:40.799 --> 00:33:41.099
 doesn't he

00:33:41.099 --> 00:33:41.379
 says what

00:33:41.379 --> 00:33:41.799
 will you give

00:33:41.799 --> 00:33:42.180
 in exchange

00:33:42.180 --> 00:33:42.440
 for your

00:33:42.440 --> 00:33:42.619
 soul

00:33:42.619 --> 00:33:45.799
 what are you

00:33:45.799 --> 00:33:45.960
 going to

00:33:45.960 --> 00:33:46.379
 give to get

00:33:46.379 --> 00:33:46.740
 your soul

00:33:46.740 --> 00:33:47.059
 back

00:33:47.059 --> 00:33:49.359
 the answer

00:33:49.359 --> 00:33:49.720
 is nothing

00:33:49.720 --> 00:33:50.079
 the answer

00:33:50.079 --> 00:33:50.379
 is there's

00:33:50.379 --> 00:33:50.700
 nothing you

00:33:50.700 --> 00:33:51.200
 can give

00:33:51.200 --> 00:33:53.799
 nothing you

00:33:53.799 --> 00:33:54.059
 can do

00:33:54.059 --> 00:33:54.519
 this morning

00:33:54.519 --> 00:33:56.400
 could my

00:33:56.400 --> 00:33:56.779
 zeal

00:33:56.779 --> 00:33:57.360
 no respite

00:33:57.360 --> 00:33:57.539
 no

00:33:57.539 --> 00:33:57.900
 could my

00:33:57.900 --> 00:33:58.180
 tears

00:33:58.180 --> 00:33:58.620
 forever

00:33:58.620 --> 00:33:59.000
 flow

00:33:59.000 --> 00:34:00.180
 all for

00:34:00.180 --> 00:34:00.360
 sin

00:34:00.360 --> 00:34:00.680
 could not

00:34:00.680 --> 00:34:00.980
 atone

00:34:00.980 --> 00:34:01.500
 you must

00:34:01.500 --> 00:34:01.980
 save God

00:34:01.980 --> 00:34:02.240
 and you

00:34:02.240 --> 00:34:02.559
 alone

00:34:02.559 --> 00:34:05.019
 you've got

00:34:05.019 --> 00:34:05.500
 nowhere else

00:34:05.500 --> 00:34:05.840
 to go

00:34:05.840 --> 00:34:06.240
 today

00:34:06.240 --> 00:34:06.740
 except to

00:34:06.740 --> 00:34:06.940
 him

00:34:06.940 --> 00:34:09.099
 you've got

00:34:09.099 --> 00:34:09.740
 nothing to

00:34:09.740 --> 00:34:10.139
 offer

00:34:10.139 --> 00:34:10.619
 him

00:34:10.619 --> 00:34:12.659
 you've got

00:34:12.659 --> 00:34:13.199
 no way

00:34:13.199 --> 00:34:13.720
 for making

00:34:13.720 --> 00:34:14.280
 amends

00:34:14.280 --> 00:34:14.880
 but you

00:34:14.880 --> 00:34:15.220
 can come

00:34:15.220 --> 00:34:15.579
 back to

00:34:15.579 --> 00:34:15.780
 him

00:34:15.780 --> 00:34:18.320
 and you

00:34:18.320 --> 00:34:18.500
 can do

00:34:18.500 --> 00:34:18.860
 what Naomi

00:34:18.860 --> 00:34:19.159
 does

00:34:19.159 --> 00:34:21.139
 and she

00:34:21.139 --> 00:34:21.440
 shelters

00:34:21.440 --> 00:34:21.839
 under the

00:34:21.839 --> 00:34:22.119
 wings

00:34:22.119 --> 00:34:22.639
 of the

00:34:22.639 --> 00:34:22.899
 almighty

00:34:22.899 --> 00:34:23.279
 God

00:34:23.279 --> 00:34:25.440
 let me

00:34:25.440 --> 00:34:25.859
 encourage you

00:34:25.859 --> 00:34:26.079
 to do

00:34:26.079 --> 00:34:26.319
 that

00:34:26.319 --> 00:34:28.319
 to come

00:34:28.319 --> 00:34:28.739
 back home

00:34:28.739 --> 00:34:29.179
 to him

00:34:29.179 --> 00:34:30.779
 where you

00:34:30.779 --> 00:34:31.099
 belong

00:34:31.099 --> 00:34:31.679
 to shelter

00:34:31.679 --> 00:34:32.199
 under his

00:34:32.199 --> 00:34:32.539
 wings

00:34:32.980 --> 00:34:34.659
 ready

00:34:34.659 --> 00:34:34.659


00:34:34.659 --> 00:34:35.059
 network

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 network

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 network

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