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 You are seated.

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 If you have your Bibles, just keep them at Habakkuk 2,

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 because we'll continue in our study of the book of Habakkuk.

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 And last week, we considered the first chapter

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 where Habakkuk began his complaint against the Lord.

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 As he asked the question, how long?

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 You know, how long?

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 You see, all around him in Israel, you had injustice.

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 You know, unrighteousness taking place with fellow Israelites

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 for sinning against one another, taking advantage of the needy,

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 worshipping the Baals, the pagan gods.

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 And in the midst of all of this, with the king and the people,

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 were out persecuting and even killing the righteous,

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 those who had followed the Lord.

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 Habakkuk cries out to God

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 and receives this unexpected answer.

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 You see, the injustice of the Israelites will be dealt with

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 with the injustice of the Babylonians.

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 But how, Habakkuk says, can a people that is worse than Israel

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 come to judge them, to be used as an instrument of judgment?

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 Surely, this cannot be right.

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 And after Habakkuk's complaint to God,

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 we come to the first verse here in Habakkuk 2.

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 Where he says that he will stand

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 and he will wait to hear the Lord's response.

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 Habakkuk has said what he once said

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 and now he will wait to see what the Lord has to say to him.

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 And before we get into the sermon,

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 if you would, please pray with me.

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 Father, your servants are listening.

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 So we pray this evening that you may speak to us

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 by your Spirit.

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 In the name of Jesus,

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 in whose name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 So dark days are before Habakkuk.

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 As we saw in chapter 1,

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 he is already surrounded by injustice.

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 But things are about to get worse.

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 And as Habakkuk finds himself surrounded

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 by the consequences of sin

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 in a fallen world,

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 what is God's message for him?

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 And what is indeed God's message for us this evening?

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 What's to hope in God?

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 To hope in God.

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 And why?

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 Well, to hope in God because God has spoken.

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 We see first that God has spoken.

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 And then second, that God will act.

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 God will act.

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 We see thirdly, that we shall live by faith.

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 You know, we shall live by faith.

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 And then fourthly, that the wicked will perish.

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 So first then, we'll consider to hope in God

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 because God has spoken.

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 If you would look at verse 2 with me.

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 We see that the very first thing

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 that the Lord has to say

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 in his reply to Habakkuk's complaint

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 to the challenge that Habakkuk had laid forward

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 of the way that God had planned things,

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 of how he was doing things,

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 as he was allowing the Babylonians to come

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 to roam the earth,

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 to kill the nation,

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 to torture them.

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 If you see that the very first thing

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 that the Lord responds with

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 is not a word of judgment.

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 It's not a word of condemnation.

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 And is that not what we should expect?

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 You know, if we stood up to God,

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 you know, if we told Him

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 that the way He was doing things was wrong,

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 you know, what if we as children,

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 you know, stood up to our parents,

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 complained to them,

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 said, no, you're doing it wrong,

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 I know better.

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 What should we expect?

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 But the response here

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 from the Lord

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 is not one of condemnation.

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 No, rather He responds with grace.

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 He responds with mercy

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 and with love.

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 See, dark days are ahead

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 as God has shown

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 and as Habakkuk has recounted to Him.

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 And for these dark days,

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 what is needed

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 more than anything else

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 is the Word of God.

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 It's the Word of God.

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 So God tells Habakkuk

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 to write down this vision,

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 to write down this message,

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 that we may have it.

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 See, the Word of God

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 is meant to be heard

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 by the people in Habakkuk's day,

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 but it's also meant

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 for future generations,

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 for those that are to come.

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 And as I mentioned last week,

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 within only a couple of years,

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 the Babylonians would come.

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 They would take people,

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 certain ones,

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 into captivity.

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 Within a couple of decades,

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 Jerusalem itself would fall

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 and be no more.

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 And most of the people

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 will find themselves

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 in a land

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 that is not their own.

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 Among a people

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 that is not their own.

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 And the promise

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 that was given to Abraham,

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 to Isaac,

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 and Jacob,

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 the promise

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 of a land,

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 the promise of a people,

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 it seems to be no more.

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 You know what happened

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 to this great promise

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 when they are no longer

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 a land

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 to call their own.

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 They're exiles.

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 They're sojourners.

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 They have been,

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 it seems in their own eyes,

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 abandoned by God,

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 left by Him.

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 And in that moment,

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 when they find themselves

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 without hope,

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 they will need

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 a message from God,

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 a prophecy

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 to explain

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 the why question.

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 Why

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 did this happen?

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 Do they need hope?

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 That they may know

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 that this is not

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 the end.

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 That they have not

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 been forsaken

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 by the Lord.

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 And for that reason,

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 God tells them,

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 write down this prophecy.

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 But this vision here

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 is not only

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 for the people

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 in Habakkuk's day,

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 or for their generation

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 to come

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 that will be,

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 you know,

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 exiled,

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 that will be sojourners

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 in Babylon.

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 But this vision here

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 is also for us today.

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 Because we find ourselves

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 in a time

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 where the predominant view

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 is that God does not exist.

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 That God has not

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 ever spoken.

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 That even if there was a God,

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 He doesn't have anything

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 to do with us.

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 We cannot know anything

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 about Him,

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 so why even try?

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 And when terrible things happen,

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 the only hope there is,

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 is your own strength,

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 is your own self-sufficiency.

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 See, you must be strong.

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 You must be able

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 to get through this.

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 Life is hard.

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 Well, don't worry.

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 You know, be happy.

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 Look the other way.

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 Just focus on the positives.

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 Cut off people

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 from your life

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 that bring negativity

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 into it.

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 Don't put yourself

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 in a position

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 where your hope

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 is in an invisible being

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 that you can never know

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 who cannot do anything

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 to change your lot.

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 But we are to not listen

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 to the spirit of the age

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 which says these things.

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 In opposition to the lies

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 of the non-existence

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 or the absence of God

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 or the silence of God,

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 is the fundamental

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 Christian belief

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 in Deus Dixit.

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 The Lord has spoken.

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 You know, God has spoken.

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 All of Christianity

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 rests on this belief.

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 As my favorite theologian,

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 Herman Bovink,

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 you know, says it

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 when asked,

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 why do we believe?

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 Well, the Christian answer is

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 because God has spoken.

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 And when you are surrounded

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 by be it inner

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 or outer darkness,

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 why may you yet

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 have hope?

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 Because God has spoken.

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 See, He is the one

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 who when we walk

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 through the valley

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 of shadow of death

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 is there.

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 You know, it's His rod

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 and it is His staff

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 that is there

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 to comfort us

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 as He is with us.

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 When the clouds

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 of depression

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 are so dark

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 that we seem unable

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 to peer through it

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 to even get a glimpse

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 of light,

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 the possibility of hope

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 comes from the promises

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 that God has spoken.

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 This is what we see

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 of the prayer

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 in Psalm 42

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 as we sing

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 this evening.

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 You know,

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 why are you cast down,

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 O my soul?

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 And why are you

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 in turmoil within me?

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 Hope in God.

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 For I shall again

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 praise Him,

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 my salvation

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 and my God.

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 Now, in the case

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 of clinical depression,

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 medication indeed

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 may be necessary

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 to aid

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 in this great battle,

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 as will therapy,

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 but no amount

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 of medication

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 or therapy

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 will relieve

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 relieve that restlessness

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 of our heart

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 of which Augustine

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 spoke when he said,

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 you know,

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 you have made us

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 for yourselves

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 and our hearts

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 are restless

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 until they rest

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 in you.

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 So,

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 may we,

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 with the psalmist,

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 you know,

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 speak to our souls

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 to call ourselves

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 to hope in God

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 because God

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 has spoken.

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 And second,

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 we are to hope

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 in God

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 because God

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 will act.

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 You can look

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 at verse 3

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 with me.

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 We see how

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 God,

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 having told Habakkuk

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 to write down

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 this vision,

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 you know,

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 that the people

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 may have hope,

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 he goes on

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 to clarify the vision.

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 You see,

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 this vision

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 will not be fulfilled

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 tomorrow.

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 Of course,

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 the part of the prophecy

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 that says

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 the Babylonians

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 will destroy Israel

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 is not really

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 something to long for.

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 But it is

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 the second half

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 of this chapter,

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 of chapter 2,

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 that the people

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 will wonder

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 whether it will

00:10:58.939 --> 00:10:59.759
 come or not.

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 The destruction

00:11:01.539 --> 00:11:02.979
 of their Babylonian

00:11:02.979 --> 00:11:03.620
 captors.

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 You see,

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 Israel,

00:11:06.319 --> 00:11:06.659
 the Israelites

00:11:06.659 --> 00:11:07.939
 will be in Babylon

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 in a place

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 that is not their own,

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 surrounded by a people

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 not their own,

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 and they will have

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 this vision.

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 This vision here

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 that God has spoken

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 which speaks

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 of the destruction

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 of Babylon.

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 But the thing is,

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 it will take a while.

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 You know,

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 I mentioned last week

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 that Jeremiah

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 prophesies

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 around the same time

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 as Habakkuk.

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 And we see

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 the prophecy

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 in Jeremiah 25

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 where God says

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 that the land

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 of Israel

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 shall become a waste.

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 And Israel

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 will serve

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 the king of Babylon

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 for 70 years.

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 70 years!

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 You know,

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 can you imagine

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 that length of time,

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 70 years

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 of being away

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 from your land,

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 away from your home,

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 in Babylon

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 as captives?

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 How are you

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 to hope in God

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 when decades

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 have passed

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 and nothing

00:12:02.399 --> 00:12:03.100
 has changed?

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 You may hope

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 in God

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 because God

00:12:07.120 --> 00:12:07.800
 will act.

00:12:08.320 --> 00:12:08.519
 See,

00:12:08.580 --> 00:12:09.259
 He has promised

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 that He will act.

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 and if He seems slow,

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 He says,

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 wait for it.

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 It will surely come.

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 Do not,

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 it will not delay.

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 So the Israelites

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 are to live

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 with this expectancy,

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 waiting for the return

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 of the Lord.

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 Now,

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 have you ever told

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 a toddler

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 that you will do something?

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 You know,

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 we have a three-year-old

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 at home

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 and I quickly

00:12:37.719 --> 00:12:38.799
 learn to be careful

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 of when I say

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 we're going to do something

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 before we're actually

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 ready to do it.

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 So,

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 for example,

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 sitting at breakfast

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 and I happen to mention

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 that we're going to go

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 to the playground.

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 Well,

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 suddenly,

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 she doesn't want

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 to eat the breakfast

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 anymore

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 because she's ready

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 to go

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 because she loves

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 going to the playground.

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 And now,

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 I find myself

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 in quiet the conundrum

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 because she needs

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 to eat her breakfast

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 and we're not ready.

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 You know,

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 I say,

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 no,

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 we will go

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 after breakfast

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 but it's too late.

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 You know,

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 she is ready

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 but the thing is

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 we are way off

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 from being ready

00:13:13.120 --> 00:13:13.560
 to go

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 to the playground.

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 And the time

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 that it takes

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 between me

00:13:17.759 --> 00:13:19.020
 mentioning the playground

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 and actually

00:13:20.180 --> 00:13:21.100
 being able to leave

00:13:21.100 --> 00:13:21.780
 for the playground

00:13:21.780 --> 00:13:23.759
 seems far too long

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 for her.

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 It seems like

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 an eternity.

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 We will go,

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 I promise.

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 You know,

00:13:29.560 --> 00:13:30.879
 we are not ready

00:13:30.879 --> 00:13:31.960
 just now.

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 I think

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 in a similar manner

00:13:35.240 --> 00:13:36.020
 the Israelites,

00:13:36.340 --> 00:13:37.020
 they will hear

00:13:37.020 --> 00:13:37.740
 this vision

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 but they'll wonder

00:13:39.600 --> 00:13:40.540
 when it will actually

00:13:40.540 --> 00:13:41.240
 be fulfilled.

00:13:42.220 --> 00:13:42.379
 See,

00:13:42.460 --> 00:13:43.180
 God said

00:13:43.180 --> 00:13:44.420
 he will destroy Babylon

00:13:44.420 --> 00:13:45.940
 and we are ready

00:13:45.940 --> 00:13:46.520
 for it.

00:13:47.000 --> 00:13:47.780
 We are ready

00:13:47.780 --> 00:13:48.520
 right now.

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 But years

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 will pass.

00:13:52.340 --> 00:13:53.259
 Decades even

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 yet nothing

00:13:54.740 --> 00:13:55.740
 will seem different.

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 Can you relate?

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 You know,

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 for aren't we

00:14:01.140 --> 00:14:01.960
 waiting as well?

00:14:03.080 --> 00:14:04.000
 Aren't we

00:14:04.000 --> 00:14:04.820
 waiting for the

00:14:04.820 --> 00:14:05.740
 return of Jesus?

00:14:07.040 --> 00:14:08.080
 For him to take us

00:14:08.080 --> 00:14:08.379
 home?

00:14:09.780 --> 00:14:10.720
 Peter says

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 there will be

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 those who come

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 who say

00:14:13.480 --> 00:14:14.320
 where is this

00:14:14.320 --> 00:14:15.160
 promise of his

00:14:15.160 --> 00:14:15.540
 coming?

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 For ever since

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 the fathers fell

00:14:18.360 --> 00:14:18.759
 asleep,

00:14:18.920 --> 00:14:19.879
 all things are

00:14:19.879 --> 00:14:20.460
 continuing

00:14:20.460 --> 00:14:21.980
 as they were

00:14:21.980 --> 00:14:22.639
 from the beginning

00:14:22.639 --> 00:14:24.200
 of creation.

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 See,

00:14:26.060 --> 00:14:26.560
 these people

00:14:26.560 --> 00:14:27.180
 appeared in the

00:14:27.180 --> 00:14:27.860
 first century

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 and they're for sure

00:14:29.480 --> 00:14:30.280
 around today.

00:14:30.279 --> 00:14:32.120
 how can you say

00:14:32.120 --> 00:14:32.539
 that Jesus

00:14:32.539 --> 00:14:33.079
 is coming?

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 It's been

00:14:34.480 --> 00:14:35.639
 2,000 years.

00:14:36.720 --> 00:14:37.579
 Are you sure

00:14:37.579 --> 00:14:38.100
 he's really

00:14:38.100 --> 00:14:38.500
 coming?

00:14:40.579 --> 00:14:41.539
 What do we

00:14:41.539 --> 00:14:42.360
 answer to that?

00:14:43.220 --> 00:14:43.860
 What do we

00:14:43.860 --> 00:14:44.240
 say?

00:14:45.519 --> 00:14:45.860
 We see

00:14:45.860 --> 00:14:46.159
 Peter,

00:14:46.240 --> 00:14:46.799
 he goes on

00:14:46.799 --> 00:14:47.259
 to say,

00:14:47.259 --> 00:14:48.580
 do not

00:14:48.580 --> 00:14:49.200
 overlook

00:14:49.200 --> 00:14:49.779
 this one

00:14:49.779 --> 00:14:50.399
 fact,

00:14:50.879 --> 00:14:51.299
 beloved,

00:14:51.439 --> 00:14:51.939
 that with the

00:14:51.939 --> 00:14:52.580
 Lord one

00:14:52.580 --> 00:14:53.259
 day is as

00:14:53.259 --> 00:14:53.740
 a thousand

00:14:53.740 --> 00:14:55.299
 years and

00:14:55.299 --> 00:14:55.779
 a thousand

00:14:55.779 --> 00:14:56.519
 years as

00:14:56.519 --> 00:14:57.139
 one day.

00:14:57.899 --> 00:14:58.240
 The Lord

00:14:58.240 --> 00:14:58.600
 is not

00:14:58.600 --> 00:14:59.100
 slow to

00:14:59.100 --> 00:14:59.659
 fulfill his

00:14:59.659 --> 00:15:00.200
 promise,

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 as some

00:15:00.659 --> 00:15:01.700
 count slowness,

00:15:02.139 --> 00:15:02.659
 but is

00:15:02.659 --> 00:15:03.559
 patient towards

00:15:03.559 --> 00:15:03.840
 you,

00:15:04.340 --> 00:15:04.860
 not wishing

00:15:04.860 --> 00:15:05.360
 that any

00:15:05.360 --> 00:15:06.000
 should perish,

00:15:06.779 --> 00:15:07.759
 but that all

00:15:07.759 --> 00:15:08.799
 should reach

00:15:08.799 --> 00:15:09.340
 repentance.

00:15:10.939 --> 00:15:11.159
 See,

00:15:11.220 --> 00:15:11.639
 God will

00:15:11.639 --> 00:15:12.039
 act.

00:15:13.279 --> 00:15:13.480
 See,

00:15:13.539 --> 00:15:13.939
 he has

00:15:13.939 --> 00:15:14.600
 spoken and

00:15:14.600 --> 00:15:14.919
 he has

00:15:14.919 --> 00:15:15.439
 said that

00:15:15.439 --> 00:15:15.919
 he will

00:15:15.919 --> 00:15:16.399
 come.

00:15:17.259 --> 00:15:17.779
 He is

00:15:17.779 --> 00:15:18.580
 not slow,

00:15:19.139 --> 00:15:19.740
 but he

00:15:19.740 --> 00:15:20.539
 is patient.

00:15:21.639 --> 00:15:21.840
 See,

00:15:21.899 --> 00:15:22.240
 the family

00:15:22.240 --> 00:15:22.679
 of God

00:15:22.679 --> 00:15:23.259
 increases

00:15:23.259 --> 00:15:24.000
 each and

00:15:24.000 --> 00:15:24.679
 every day,

00:15:25.259 --> 00:15:25.679
 including

00:15:25.679 --> 00:15:26.720
 people of

00:15:26.720 --> 00:15:27.519
 every tribe,

00:15:27.679 --> 00:15:28.019
 tongue,

00:15:28.139 --> 00:15:28.600
 and nation.

00:15:29.480 --> 00:15:29.960
 And that's

00:15:29.960 --> 00:15:30.360
 a picture

00:15:30.360 --> 00:15:30.700
 that we

00:15:30.700 --> 00:15:31.080
 get in

00:15:31.080 --> 00:15:31.360
 the book

00:15:31.360 --> 00:15:31.980
 of Revelation.

00:15:33.039 --> 00:15:33.639
 As John

00:15:33.639 --> 00:15:33.980
 said,

00:15:34.019 --> 00:15:34.340
 and after

00:15:34.340 --> 00:15:34.740
 this I

00:15:34.740 --> 00:15:35.299
 looked,

00:15:35.879 --> 00:15:36.259
 and a

00:15:36.259 --> 00:15:36.539
 great

00:15:36.539 --> 00:15:37.179
 multitude

00:15:37.179 --> 00:15:38.279
 that no

00:15:38.279 --> 00:15:38.620
 one could

00:15:38.620 --> 00:15:39.080
 number from

00:15:39.080 --> 00:15:39.840
 every nation,

00:15:40.019 --> 00:15:40.379
 from all

00:15:40.379 --> 00:15:42.059
 tribes and

00:15:42.059 --> 00:15:42.639
 peoples and

00:15:42.639 --> 00:15:43.059
 languages,

00:15:43.299 --> 00:15:44.059
 standing before

00:15:44.059 --> 00:15:44.639
 the throne

00:15:44.639 --> 00:15:45.120
 and before

00:15:45.120 --> 00:15:45.720
 the Lamb,

00:15:46.179 --> 00:15:46.740
 clothed in

00:15:46.740 --> 00:15:47.960
 white robes,

00:15:48.299 --> 00:15:48.919
 with palm

00:15:48.919 --> 00:15:49.440
 branches in

00:15:49.440 --> 00:15:50.500
 their hands,

00:15:50.580 --> 00:15:51.120
 and crying

00:15:51.120 --> 00:15:51.779
 out with a

00:15:51.779 --> 00:15:52.419
 loud voice,

00:15:52.820 --> 00:15:53.639
 salvation

00:15:53.639 --> 00:15:55.519
 belongs to

00:15:55.519 --> 00:15:56.220
 our God,

00:15:56.639 --> 00:15:57.419
 who sits on

00:15:57.419 --> 00:15:57.960
 the throne

00:15:57.960 --> 00:15:58.919
 and to

00:15:58.919 --> 00:15:59.539
 the Lamb.

00:16:00.720 --> 00:16:01.200
 This is the

00:16:01.200 --> 00:16:01.860
 most wonderful

00:16:01.860 --> 00:16:03.360
 picture of

00:16:03.360 --> 00:16:03.860
 the people

00:16:03.860 --> 00:16:04.340
 that we

00:16:04.340 --> 00:16:04.940
 will spend

00:16:04.940 --> 00:16:05.460
 eternity

00:16:05.460 --> 00:16:05.919
 with,

00:16:06.860 --> 00:16:07.299
 forever

00:16:07.299 --> 00:16:07.759
 with.

00:16:08.320 --> 00:16:08.519
 So,

00:16:08.580 --> 00:16:09.180
 dear believer,

00:16:09.320 --> 00:16:09.899
 hold on to

00:16:09.899 --> 00:16:10.519
 this truth

00:16:10.519 --> 00:16:11.060
 today.

00:16:11.860 --> 00:16:12.240
 For as

00:16:12.240 --> 00:16:12.840
 John goes

00:16:12.840 --> 00:16:13.320
 on to

00:16:13.320 --> 00:16:13.620
 say,

00:16:13.620 --> 00:16:14.539
 he who

00:16:14.539 --> 00:16:15.259
 testifies

00:16:15.259 --> 00:16:15.980
 to these

00:16:15.980 --> 00:16:16.539
 things

00:16:16.539 --> 00:16:18.080
 says,

00:16:18.299 --> 00:16:18.639
 surely,

00:16:19.639 --> 00:16:20.220
 I am

00:16:20.220 --> 00:16:20.980
 coming soon.

00:16:22.440 --> 00:16:22.879
 Amen.

00:16:23.720 --> 00:16:24.259
 Come,

00:16:24.960 --> 00:16:25.560
 Lord Jesus.

00:16:27.039 --> 00:16:27.259
 So,

00:16:27.340 --> 00:16:27.720
 hope in

00:16:27.720 --> 00:16:28.139
 God,

00:16:28.720 --> 00:16:30.159
 because God

00:16:30.159 --> 00:16:30.720
 has spoken,

00:16:31.740 --> 00:16:32.139
 and because

00:16:32.139 --> 00:16:32.740
 God will

00:16:32.740 --> 00:16:33.220
 act.

00:16:33.500 --> 00:16:33.779
 And then

00:16:33.779 --> 00:16:34.240
 thirdly,

00:16:34.320 --> 00:16:34.759
 hope in

00:16:34.759 --> 00:16:35.200
 God,

00:16:35.639 --> 00:16:36.419
 because we

00:16:36.419 --> 00:16:37.560
 shall live

00:16:37.560 --> 00:16:38.560
 by faith.

00:16:40.060 --> 00:16:40.560
 So,

00:16:40.620 --> 00:16:40.820
 look at

00:16:40.820 --> 00:16:41.519
 verse 4

00:16:41.519 --> 00:16:42.559
 with me.

00:16:43.840 --> 00:16:44.439
 In the

00:16:44.439 --> 00:16:45.159
 first line

00:16:45.159 --> 00:16:45.480
 here,

00:16:46.059 --> 00:16:46.939
 we see

00:16:46.939 --> 00:16:48.199
 God

00:16:48.199 --> 00:16:48.699
 speaking

00:16:48.699 --> 00:16:49.480
 about

00:16:49.480 --> 00:16:49.779
 the

00:16:49.779 --> 00:16:50.559
 Babylonians.

00:16:51.480 --> 00:16:51.819
 Probably

00:16:51.819 --> 00:16:52.519
 emphasizing

00:16:52.519 --> 00:16:53.980
 the king,

00:16:54.460 --> 00:16:55.240
 Nebuchadnezzar,

00:16:55.699 --> 00:16:56.360
 his soul

00:16:56.360 --> 00:16:56.980
 is puffed

00:16:56.980 --> 00:16:57.279
 up,

00:16:58.159 --> 00:16:58.579
 meaning

00:16:58.579 --> 00:16:58.980
 he's full

00:16:58.980 --> 00:16:59.620
 of pride

00:16:59.620 --> 00:17:00.579
 and ego.

00:17:00.740 --> 00:17:01.259
 He thinks

00:17:01.259 --> 00:17:02.299
 himself

00:17:02.299 --> 00:17:03.279
 self-sufficient

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 and without

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 need of

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 anything

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 or anyone.

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 And in

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 contrast to

00:17:08.339 --> 00:17:08.539
 this,

00:17:08.619 --> 00:17:09.180
 God says

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 the righteous

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 shall live

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 by faith.

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 First of all,

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 as we consider

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 righteous,

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 we must

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 point out

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 that it

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 doesn't mean

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 perfect.

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 It doesn't

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 mean someone

00:17:19.320 --> 00:17:19.720
 who is

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 sinless

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 when that

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 is used

00:17:22.080 --> 00:17:22.340
 in the

00:17:22.340 --> 00:17:22.960
 Old Testament.

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 We see

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 the same

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 word used

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 in Genesis

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 6,

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 for example.

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 When God

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 comes down

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 and calls

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 Noah,

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 he calls

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 him a

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 righteous

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 man,

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 it doesn't

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 mean that

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 he is

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 perfect

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 or sinless.

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 It just

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 means that

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 the reason

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 that God

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 is,

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 you know,

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 when it

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 says

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 righteous,

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 is of

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 someone who

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 believes,

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 someone who

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 trusts in

00:17:46.679 --> 00:17:47.099
 the Lord,

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 who seeks

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 to follow

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 him and

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 obey him.

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 And the

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 righteous

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 one,

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 God says,

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 shall live

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 by his

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 faith.

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 See,

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 unlike the

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 Babylonian,

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 who is

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 filled with

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 pride,

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 the righteous

00:18:01.179 --> 00:18:02.439
 shall live

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 by faith

00:18:03.339 --> 00:18:04.019
 in God.

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 The righteous

00:18:05.119 --> 00:18:05.740
 one sets

00:18:05.740 --> 00:18:06.220
 his hope

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 not in his

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 own strength,

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 but in

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 God.

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 This verse

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 we see

00:18:10.859 --> 00:18:11.359
 picked up

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 several times

00:18:12.159 --> 00:18:12.399
 in the

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 New Testament,

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 one of

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 which is

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 Galatians

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 3.

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 We see

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 Paul saying,

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 now it

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 is evident

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 that no

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 one is

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 justified

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 before God

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 by the

00:18:22.079 --> 00:18:22.359
 law,

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 for the

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 righteous

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 shall

00:18:24.839 --> 00:18:25.159
 live

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 by faith.

00:18:27.279 --> 00:18:27.479
 See,

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 Paul is

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 clearly

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 stating that

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 our salvation

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 is not

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 by anything

00:18:30.339 --> 00:18:30.799
 we have

00:18:30.799 --> 00:18:31.139
 done,

00:18:31.519 --> 00:18:32.279
 but only

00:18:32.279 --> 00:18:33.279
 by faith

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 in God.

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 The author

00:18:35.399 --> 00:18:35.839
 of Hebrews

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 also picks

00:18:36.939 --> 00:18:37.339
 up this

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 verse,

00:18:38.240 --> 00:18:38.579
 as he

00:18:38.579 --> 00:18:39.019
 says,

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 but my

00:18:40.179 --> 00:18:40.639
 righteous

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 one

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 shall

00:18:41.779 --> 00:18:42.079
 live

00:18:42.079 --> 00:18:42.319
 by

00:18:42.319 --> 00:18:42.819
 faith,

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 and if

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 he shrinks

00:18:44.859 --> 00:18:45.379
 back,

00:18:45.799 --> 00:18:46.679
 my soul

00:18:46.679 --> 00:18:47.119
 has no

00:18:47.119 --> 00:18:47.539
 pleasure

00:18:47.539 --> 00:18:48.159
 in him.

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 See,

00:18:49.319 --> 00:18:49.539
 here the

00:18:49.539 --> 00:18:49.919
 author of

00:18:49.919 --> 00:18:50.139
 Hebrews

00:18:50.139 --> 00:18:51.079
 emphasizes the

00:18:51.079 --> 00:18:51.500
 need for

00:18:51.500 --> 00:18:52.019
 us to

00:18:52.019 --> 00:18:53.000
 continue in

00:18:53.000 --> 00:18:53.619
 our faith,

00:18:53.839 --> 00:18:54.659
 to remain

00:18:54.659 --> 00:18:55.179
 in faith,

00:18:55.279 --> 00:18:56.199
 to believe,

00:18:57.220 --> 00:18:57.959
 despite whatever

00:18:57.959 --> 00:18:58.879
 afflictions may

00:18:58.879 --> 00:18:59.579
 come upon

00:18:59.579 --> 00:18:59.919
 us.

00:19:00.759 --> 00:19:00.980
 So,

00:19:01.059 --> 00:19:01.579
 with these

00:19:01.579 --> 00:19:01.919
 two,

00:19:02.039 --> 00:19:02.359
 we see

00:19:02.359 --> 00:19:03.599
 emphasize that

00:19:03.599 --> 00:19:03.919
 we shall

00:19:03.919 --> 00:19:04.599
 live by our

00:19:04.599 --> 00:19:04.959
 faith.

00:19:05.679 --> 00:19:05.980
 First,

00:19:06.059 --> 00:19:06.579
 in Paul,

00:19:06.980 --> 00:19:07.439
 we see that

00:19:07.439 --> 00:19:08.379
 we live only

00:19:08.379 --> 00:19:08.819
 by the

00:19:08.819 --> 00:19:09.219
 faith,

00:19:09.419 --> 00:19:10.359
 in that it

00:19:10.359 --> 00:19:11.179
 is by faith

00:19:11.179 --> 00:19:11.659
 that we are

00:19:11.659 --> 00:19:12.359
 saved.

00:19:13.079 --> 00:19:13.599
 We have

00:19:13.599 --> 00:19:14.159
 moved from

00:19:14.159 --> 00:19:14.939
 darkness to

00:19:14.939 --> 00:19:16.959
 light by our

00:19:16.959 --> 00:19:17.619
 faith in

00:19:17.619 --> 00:19:18.019
 God.

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 And then

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 second,

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 we see in

00:19:20.000 --> 00:19:21.339
 Hebrews that

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 we shall

00:19:21.639 --> 00:19:22.619
 live by faith

00:19:22.619 --> 00:19:23.179
 as long as

00:19:23.179 --> 00:19:23.799
 we remain

00:19:23.799 --> 00:19:24.119
 in the

00:19:24.119 --> 00:19:24.619
 faith,

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 and as we

00:19:25.919 --> 00:19:26.659
 persevere in

00:19:26.659 --> 00:19:27.159
 the midst

00:19:27.159 --> 00:19:28.059
 of trials

00:19:28.059 --> 00:19:29.419
 and tribulations.

00:19:29.420 --> 00:19:29.580
 Christians.

00:19:30.800 --> 00:19:31.019
 So,

00:19:31.100 --> 00:19:31.800
 what may we

00:19:31.800 --> 00:19:32.360
 take from

00:19:32.360 --> 00:19:33.039
 these two

00:19:33.039 --> 00:19:33.620
 emphases,

00:19:34.420 --> 00:19:35.080
 and how we

00:19:35.080 --> 00:19:35.519
 may think

00:19:35.519 --> 00:19:36.279
 about faith,

00:19:36.440 --> 00:19:36.940
 how we

00:19:36.940 --> 00:19:37.940
 shall live,

00:19:37.980 --> 00:19:38.360
 and how it

00:19:38.360 --> 00:19:39.140
 all connects

00:19:39.140 --> 00:19:40.460
 to having

00:19:40.460 --> 00:19:41.080
 this hope

00:19:41.080 --> 00:19:42.140
 in dark

00:19:42.140 --> 00:19:42.720
 and dreary

00:19:42.720 --> 00:19:43.560
 circumstances.

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 You'll remember

00:19:45.180 --> 00:19:46.000
 that in

00:19:46.000 --> 00:19:46.720
 chapter 1,

00:19:47.279 --> 00:19:48.039
 after hearing

00:19:48.039 --> 00:19:48.779
 that the

00:19:48.779 --> 00:19:49.360
 Babylonians

00:19:49.360 --> 00:19:49.740
 would come

00:19:49.740 --> 00:19:50.380
 to destroy

00:19:50.380 --> 00:19:50.980
 Israel,

00:19:51.519 --> 00:19:52.080
 Habakkuk

00:19:52.080 --> 00:19:52.660
 said,

00:19:53.100 --> 00:19:53.539
 we shall

00:19:53.539 --> 00:19:54.220
 not die.

00:19:54.220 --> 00:19:56.480
 And here,

00:19:56.559 --> 00:19:57.000
 in the Lord's

00:19:57.000 --> 00:19:57.500
 response,

00:19:57.620 --> 00:19:57.960
 in this

00:19:57.960 --> 00:19:58.360
 vision,

00:19:58.839 --> 00:19:59.460
 God says

00:19:59.460 --> 00:19:59.799
 that the

00:19:59.799 --> 00:20:00.160
 righteous

00:20:00.160 --> 00:20:00.799
 indeed

00:20:00.799 --> 00:20:01.519
 will not

00:20:01.519 --> 00:20:01.940
 die.

00:20:02.660 --> 00:20:03.120
 They shall

00:20:03.120 --> 00:20:03.559
 live.

00:20:04.279 --> 00:20:04.680
 Those who

00:20:04.680 --> 00:20:04.860
 have been

00:20:04.860 --> 00:20:05.339
 justified

00:20:05.339 --> 00:20:06.539
 by faith,

00:20:07.440 --> 00:20:07.980
 as Paul

00:20:07.980 --> 00:20:08.500
 highlights,

00:20:09.319 --> 00:20:10.180
 shall live

00:20:10.180 --> 00:20:10.740
 by their

00:20:10.740 --> 00:20:11.680
 continual

00:20:11.680 --> 00:20:12.319
 faith,

00:20:12.759 --> 00:20:13.299
 by their

00:20:13.299 --> 00:20:13.920
 trust in

00:20:13.920 --> 00:20:14.519
 the Lord,

00:20:15.339 --> 00:20:16.019
 as emphasized

00:20:16.019 --> 00:20:16.819
 in Hebrews.

00:20:18.600 --> 00:20:19.200
 Now,

00:20:19.319 --> 00:20:19.920
 one of the

00:20:19.920 --> 00:20:20.420
 things that

00:20:20.420 --> 00:20:21.019
 is common,

00:20:21.400 --> 00:20:22.079
 at least in

00:20:22.079 --> 00:20:22.579
 the States,

00:20:22.860 --> 00:20:23.700
 I haven't been

00:20:23.700 --> 00:20:24.120
 here long

00:20:24.119 --> 00:20:24.639
 enough to

00:20:24.639 --> 00:20:25.219
 kind of get

00:20:25.219 --> 00:20:25.839
 a sense

00:20:25.839 --> 00:20:26.239
 of it,

00:20:26.419 --> 00:20:27.219
 is the

00:20:27.219 --> 00:20:27.779
 sharing of

00:20:27.779 --> 00:20:28.639
 your testimony.

00:20:29.719 --> 00:20:30.359
 What is

00:20:30.359 --> 00:20:30.759
 your Christian

00:20:30.759 --> 00:20:31.199
 testimony?

00:20:31.479 --> 00:20:31.919
 What is

00:20:31.919 --> 00:20:33.459
 your story?

00:20:34.439 --> 00:20:34.839
 There's

00:20:34.839 --> 00:20:35.599
 something exciting

00:20:35.599 --> 00:20:36.659
 about testimonies,

00:20:37.339 --> 00:20:37.859
 isn't there?

00:20:38.199 --> 00:20:39.139
 To hear of

00:20:39.139 --> 00:20:39.959
 the marvelous

00:20:39.959 --> 00:20:40.739
 work of how

00:20:40.739 --> 00:20:41.339
 God has

00:20:41.339 --> 00:20:42.619
 worked in

00:20:42.619 --> 00:20:43.039
 someone's

00:20:43.039 --> 00:20:43.439
 life,

00:20:44.159 --> 00:20:45.119
 of taking

00:20:45.119 --> 00:20:46.919
 them a

00:20:46.919 --> 00:20:47.219
 sinner,

00:20:47.819 --> 00:20:48.459
 a rebel,

00:20:48.599 --> 00:20:49.079
 an enemy

00:20:49.079 --> 00:20:49.859
 of God,

00:20:50.379 --> 00:20:51.239
 and making

00:20:51.239 --> 00:20:52.719
 them a

00:20:52.719 --> 00:20:53.039
 saint,

00:20:53.039 --> 00:20:54.599
 a friend,

00:20:55.259 --> 00:20:55.879
 a child

00:20:55.879 --> 00:20:56.440
 of God,

00:20:56.480 --> 00:20:57.039
 to see

00:20:57.039 --> 00:20:57.740
 that change

00:20:57.740 --> 00:20:58.019
 in the

00:20:58.019 --> 00:20:59.059
 life trajectory,

00:20:59.899 --> 00:21:00.859
 that 180

00:21:00.859 --> 00:21:02.279
 degree change.

00:21:03.639 --> 00:21:04.399
 But I'm

00:21:04.399 --> 00:21:05.139
 always a

00:21:05.139 --> 00:21:05.440
 little bit

00:21:05.440 --> 00:21:06.039
 disappointed

00:21:06.039 --> 00:21:07.079
 when I

00:21:07.079 --> 00:21:07.639
 hear a

00:21:07.639 --> 00:21:08.119
 testimony

00:21:08.119 --> 00:21:09.659
 that only

00:21:09.659 --> 00:21:11.039
 tells that

00:21:11.039 --> 00:21:11.379
 part of

00:21:11.379 --> 00:21:11.899
 the story,

00:21:13.059 --> 00:21:14.159
 of that

00:21:14.159 --> 00:21:14.720
 specific

00:21:14.720 --> 00:21:15.819
 point of

00:21:15.819 --> 00:21:17.220
 how God

00:21:17.220 --> 00:21:17.659
 worked in

00:21:17.659 --> 00:21:18.420
 that moment,

00:21:18.420 --> 00:21:19.420
 God

00:21:19.420 --> 00:21:19.480
 will

00:21:19.480 --> 00:21:19.720
 tell

00:21:19.720 --> 00:21:20.019
 anything

00:21:20.019 --> 00:21:20.539
 else.

00:21:21.420 --> 00:21:21.640
 They

00:21:21.640 --> 00:21:22.320
 don't go

00:21:22.320 --> 00:21:22.680
 on

00:21:22.680 --> 00:21:23.300
 saying

00:21:23.300 --> 00:21:23.539
 how

00:21:23.539 --> 00:21:23.860
 God

00:21:23.860 --> 00:21:24.000
 has

00:21:24.000 --> 00:21:24.279
 worked

00:21:24.279 --> 00:21:24.400
 in

00:21:24.400 --> 00:21:24.539
 their

00:21:24.539 --> 00:21:24.940
 life

00:21:24.940 --> 00:21:25.680
 after

00:21:25.680 --> 00:21:26.060
 that.

00:21:27.100 --> 00:21:27.600
 What is

00:21:27.600 --> 00:21:28.240
 your testimony

00:21:28.240 --> 00:21:28.900
 of God's

00:21:28.900 --> 00:21:29.279
 work in

00:21:29.279 --> 00:21:29.880
 your life

00:21:29.880 --> 00:21:31.060
 in the

00:21:31.060 --> 00:21:31.400
 past

00:21:31.400 --> 00:21:31.960
 five,

00:21:32.400 --> 00:21:32.840
 ten,

00:21:32.980 --> 00:21:33.340
 twenty,

00:21:33.519 --> 00:21:33.820
 forty,

00:21:34.380 --> 00:21:34.779
 sixty

00:21:34.779 --> 00:21:35.460
 years?

00:21:36.720 --> 00:21:36.980
 If

00:21:36.980 --> 00:21:37.340
 anything,

00:21:37.539 --> 00:21:38.000
 that is

00:21:38.000 --> 00:21:39.120
 even more

00:21:39.120 --> 00:21:39.720
 encouraging

00:21:39.720 --> 00:21:40.720
 and

00:21:40.720 --> 00:21:41.420
 praiseworthy.

00:21:42.200 --> 00:21:42.800
 So when we

00:21:42.800 --> 00:21:43.360
 see here that

00:21:43.360 --> 00:21:43.900
 the righteous

00:21:43.900 --> 00:21:44.600
 shall live

00:21:44.600 --> 00:21:45.480
 by faith,

00:21:45.480 --> 00:21:46.440
 the faith

00:21:46.440 --> 00:21:46.740
 here is

00:21:46.740 --> 00:21:47.240
 not merely

00:21:47.240 --> 00:21:47.779
 the faith

00:21:47.779 --> 00:21:48.500
 that saved

00:21:48.500 --> 00:21:48.920
 us,

00:21:49.880 --> 00:21:50.759
 the confession

00:21:50.759 --> 00:21:52.000
 and turning

00:21:52.000 --> 00:21:52.720
 from sin

00:21:52.720 --> 00:21:53.559
 based on

00:21:53.559 --> 00:21:54.500
 none of

00:21:54.500 --> 00:21:55.160
 our works,

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 but only

00:21:56.380 --> 00:21:56.920
 by the

00:21:56.920 --> 00:21:57.259
 work of

00:21:57.259 --> 00:21:57.900
 Christ.

00:21:58.779 --> 00:21:59.400
 The faith

00:21:59.400 --> 00:21:59.779
 here,

00:22:00.660 --> 00:22:01.200
 by which

00:22:01.200 --> 00:22:01.740
 the righteous

00:22:01.740 --> 00:22:02.559
 shall live,

00:22:03.079 --> 00:22:03.559
 is also

00:22:03.559 --> 00:22:04.420
 that continued

00:22:04.420 --> 00:22:05.120
 faith,

00:22:05.539 --> 00:22:06.039
 the daily

00:22:06.039 --> 00:22:06.660
 trust in

00:22:06.660 --> 00:22:07.160
 the Lord.

00:22:08.000 --> 00:22:08.640
 All of

00:22:08.640 --> 00:22:09.140
 the Christian

00:22:09.140 --> 00:22:10.000
 life is

00:22:10.000 --> 00:22:10.559
 repentance,

00:22:11.819 --> 00:22:12.400
 says Martin

00:22:12.400 --> 00:22:12.700
 Luther.

00:22:13.539 --> 00:22:14.299
 All of it,

00:22:14.360 --> 00:22:15.019
 the entirety

00:22:15.019 --> 00:22:15.440
 of our

00:22:15.440 --> 00:22:16.200
 lives

00:22:16.200 --> 00:22:17.460
 shall be

00:22:17.460 --> 00:22:18.019
 a life

00:22:18.019 --> 00:22:19.019
 of faith.

00:22:19.079 --> 00:22:19.279
 And this

00:22:19.279 --> 00:22:19.599
 is why

00:22:19.599 --> 00:22:20.259
 Habakkuk

00:22:20.259 --> 00:22:21.539
 may have

00:22:21.539 --> 00:22:22.000
 hope,

00:22:22.700 --> 00:22:23.779
 because despite

00:22:23.779 --> 00:22:24.420
 the coming

00:22:24.420 --> 00:22:25.299
 onslaught,

00:22:26.200 --> 00:22:26.680
 it is by

00:22:26.680 --> 00:22:28.339
 faith that

00:22:28.339 --> 00:22:28.720
 he shall

00:22:28.720 --> 00:22:29.059
 live,

00:22:29.180 --> 00:22:29.420
 and by

00:22:29.420 --> 00:22:31.200
 faith we

00:22:31.200 --> 00:22:31.839
 will live

00:22:31.839 --> 00:22:32.639
 also.

00:22:33.500 --> 00:22:33.779
 So we

00:22:33.779 --> 00:22:34.160
 may hope

00:22:34.160 --> 00:22:34.680
 in God

00:22:34.680 --> 00:22:35.400
 because God

00:22:35.400 --> 00:22:36.139
 has spoken,

00:22:37.099 --> 00:22:37.759
 because God

00:22:37.759 --> 00:22:38.400
 will act,

00:22:38.500 --> 00:22:38.799
 and because

00:22:38.799 --> 00:22:40.039
 we shall

00:22:40.039 --> 00:22:40.519
 live by

00:22:40.519 --> 00:22:40.980
 faith.

00:22:41.519 --> 00:22:41.740
 And then

00:22:41.740 --> 00:22:42.299
 fourthly and

00:22:42.299 --> 00:22:42.700
 finally,

00:22:43.319 --> 00:22:43.759
 we're to hope

00:22:43.759 --> 00:22:44.240
 in God

00:22:44.240 --> 00:22:44.680
 because the

00:22:44.680 --> 00:22:44.940
 wicked,

00:22:45.019 --> 00:22:46.599
 will perish.

00:22:47.339 --> 00:22:47.740
 And here

00:22:47.740 --> 00:22:48.139
 we're really

00:22:48.139 --> 00:22:49.099
 considering the

00:22:49.099 --> 00:22:49.900
 rest of the

00:22:49.900 --> 00:22:50.339
 chapter.

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 And we

00:22:52.139 --> 00:22:52.519
 won't spend

00:22:52.519 --> 00:22:53.079
 much time

00:22:53.079 --> 00:22:53.420
 here,

00:22:54.299 --> 00:22:54.859
 you know,

00:22:54.879 --> 00:22:55.319
 going verse

00:22:55.319 --> 00:22:55.740
 by verse,

00:22:55.819 --> 00:22:56.180
 but I want

00:22:56.180 --> 00:22:56.519
 to point

00:22:56.519 --> 00:22:57.400
 out the

00:22:57.400 --> 00:22:58.539
 five woes

00:22:58.539 --> 00:22:59.259
 that we

00:22:59.259 --> 00:22:59.859
 find here.

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 And,

00:23:00.960 --> 00:23:01.460
 you know,

00:23:01.539 --> 00:23:02.139
 an oracle

00:23:02.139 --> 00:23:03.160
 of woe,

00:23:03.680 --> 00:23:04.299
 as it is

00:23:04.299 --> 00:23:04.599
 called,

00:23:04.700 --> 00:23:05.500
 is a prophecy

00:23:05.500 --> 00:23:06.139
 of judgment.

00:23:06.940 --> 00:23:07.259
 And the

00:23:07.259 --> 00:23:07.859
 five that we

00:23:07.859 --> 00:23:08.619
 see are,

00:23:09.039 --> 00:23:09.799
 we see first

00:23:09.799 --> 00:23:10.059
 in verses

00:23:10.059 --> 00:23:10.599
 six and

00:23:10.599 --> 00:23:10.879
 eight,

00:23:11.960 --> 00:23:12.339
 that God

00:23:12.339 --> 00:23:12.779
 says that

00:23:12.779 --> 00:23:13.500
 because the

00:23:13.500 --> 00:23:14.379
 Babylonians

00:23:14.379 --> 00:23:15.819
 plundered the

00:23:15.819 --> 00:23:16.299
 nations,

00:23:16.980 --> 00:23:17.720
 they will be

00:23:17.720 --> 00:23:18.779
 plundered by

00:23:18.779 --> 00:23:19.460
 the nations.

00:23:20.779 --> 00:23:21.039
 And,

00:23:21.119 --> 00:23:21.799
 you see the

00:23:21.799 --> 00:23:22.319
 second one,

00:23:22.440 --> 00:23:23.019
 in nine to

00:23:23.019 --> 00:23:23.440
 eleven,

00:23:24.279 --> 00:23:25.079
 as God says

00:23:25.079 --> 00:23:25.740
 that because of

00:23:25.740 --> 00:23:26.779
 their covetousness,

00:23:27.579 --> 00:23:28.519
 they shall be

00:23:28.519 --> 00:23:28.940
 shamed.

00:23:29.980 --> 00:23:30.539
 And the third,

00:23:30.639 --> 00:23:31.139
 we see in

00:23:31.139 --> 00:23:32.059
 verses 12 to

00:23:32.059 --> 00:23:32.480
 14,

00:23:32.639 --> 00:23:32.980
 that God

00:23:32.980 --> 00:23:33.299
 says that

00:23:33.299 --> 00:23:34.500
 because of

00:23:34.500 --> 00:23:35.200
 Babylon's

00:23:35.200 --> 00:23:36.700
 violence and

00:23:36.700 --> 00:23:37.399
 their injustice,

00:23:37.400 --> 00:23:38.720
 all their

00:23:38.720 --> 00:23:40.140
 strivings will

00:23:40.140 --> 00:23:40.460
 be for

00:23:40.460 --> 00:23:40.840
 nothing.

00:23:42.080 --> 00:23:42.480
 And the

00:23:42.480 --> 00:23:43.040
 fourth one,

00:23:43.160 --> 00:23:43.860
 in 15 through

00:23:43.860 --> 00:23:44.340
 17,

00:23:44.500 --> 00:23:45.100
 God says that

00:23:45.100 --> 00:23:45.660
 because of

00:23:45.660 --> 00:23:47.440
 their drunkenness

00:23:47.440 --> 00:23:48.320
 and perversion

00:23:48.320 --> 00:23:49.600
 and violence,

00:23:50.259 --> 00:23:50.620
 they will

00:23:50.620 --> 00:23:51.440
 become drunk,

00:23:52.000 --> 00:23:52.340
 they will be

00:23:52.340 --> 00:23:52.780
 shamed,

00:23:53.259 --> 00:23:53.620
 and they will

00:23:53.620 --> 00:23:54.240
 be destroyed.

00:23:55.040 --> 00:23:55.380
 And the

00:23:55.380 --> 00:23:55.780
 fifthly,

00:23:55.820 --> 00:23:56.340
 and finally,

00:23:56.480 --> 00:23:57.400
 the fifth woe

00:23:57.400 --> 00:23:58.500
 hits at the

00:23:58.500 --> 00:23:59.960
 heart of all

00:23:59.960 --> 00:24:00.620
 the sins of

00:24:00.620 --> 00:24:01.019
 Babylon,

00:24:01.580 --> 00:24:02.320
 which is

00:24:02.320 --> 00:24:03.000
 idolatry.

00:24:03.940 --> 00:24:04.720
 The Babylonians

00:24:04.720 --> 00:24:05.519
 worship a thing

00:24:05.519 --> 00:24:05.920
 they made

00:24:05.920 --> 00:24:06.360
 themselves,

00:24:06.500 --> 00:24:06.720
 but in

00:24:06.720 --> 00:24:07.140
 contrast,

00:24:07.140 --> 00:24:07.820
 the Lord

00:24:07.820 --> 00:24:08.900
 is in

00:24:08.900 --> 00:24:09.580
 his temple.

00:24:10.440 --> 00:24:10.920
 He is in

00:24:10.920 --> 00:24:11.400
 his throne.

00:24:11.540 --> 00:24:12.040
 He is

00:24:12.040 --> 00:24:13.400
 ruling and

00:24:13.400 --> 00:24:13.920
 reigning.

00:24:15.080 --> 00:24:15.860
 And this

00:24:15.860 --> 00:24:16.420
 is the part

00:24:16.420 --> 00:24:16.660
 of the

00:24:16.660 --> 00:24:17.620
 vision that

00:24:17.620 --> 00:24:18.540
 Israel cannot

00:24:18.540 --> 00:24:20.220
 wait to

00:24:20.220 --> 00:24:20.780
 be fulfilled.

00:24:20.980 --> 00:24:21.600
 The destruction

00:24:21.600 --> 00:24:22.080
 of their

00:24:22.080 --> 00:24:22.480
 enemies,

00:24:22.680 --> 00:24:23.020
 all the

00:24:23.020 --> 00:24:24.200
 evils that

00:24:24.200 --> 00:24:24.940
 the Babylonians

00:24:24.940 --> 00:24:25.640
 have committed

00:24:25.640 --> 00:24:26.460
 will return

00:24:26.460 --> 00:24:27.380
 to them

00:24:27.380 --> 00:24:28.920
 an eye for

00:24:28.920 --> 00:24:29.380
 an eye and

00:24:29.380 --> 00:24:30.380
 a tooth for

00:24:30.380 --> 00:24:30.800
 a tooth.

00:24:30.920 --> 00:24:31.140
 They will

00:24:31.140 --> 00:24:32.520
 face a

00:24:32.520 --> 00:24:33.000
 just

00:24:33.000 --> 00:24:33.740
 judgment.

00:24:34.740 --> 00:24:35.320
 But it

00:24:35.320 --> 00:24:35.840
 will take a

00:24:35.840 --> 00:24:36.140
 while.

00:24:36.140 --> 00:24:37.360
 as we've

00:24:37.360 --> 00:24:37.540
 already

00:24:37.540 --> 00:24:37.920
 seen.

00:24:38.800 --> 00:24:39.420
 Seventy

00:24:39.420 --> 00:24:40.680
 years must

00:24:40.680 --> 00:24:41.200
 pass,

00:24:41.580 --> 00:24:42.860
 but judgment

00:24:42.860 --> 00:24:44.520
 is coming.

00:24:45.520 --> 00:24:46.240
 In the book

00:24:46.240 --> 00:24:46.840
 of Revelation,

00:24:46.980 --> 00:24:47.620
 we're given a

00:24:47.620 --> 00:24:48.500
 glimpse of the

00:24:48.500 --> 00:24:48.960
 future,

00:24:49.680 --> 00:24:50.280
 of the second

00:24:50.280 --> 00:24:50.800
 coming of

00:24:50.800 --> 00:24:51.520
 Christ and

00:24:51.520 --> 00:24:52.300
 the restoration

00:24:52.300 --> 00:24:53.420
 of all things,

00:24:53.820 --> 00:24:54.520
 the day when he

00:24:54.520 --> 00:24:55.440
 will bring peace

00:24:55.440 --> 00:24:57.100
 and make all

00:24:57.100 --> 00:24:57.820
 things right.

00:24:58.620 --> 00:24:59.100
 And at one

00:24:59.100 --> 00:24:59.800
 point during the

00:24:59.800 --> 00:25:00.120
 vision,

00:25:00.280 --> 00:25:01.160
 John says,

00:25:01.160 --> 00:25:03.360
 I saw

00:25:03.360 --> 00:25:03.940
 under the

00:25:03.940 --> 00:25:05.440
 altar the

00:25:05.440 --> 00:25:06.100
 souls of

00:25:06.100 --> 00:25:06.500
 those who

00:25:06.500 --> 00:25:06.720
 had been

00:25:06.720 --> 00:25:07.340
 slain for

00:25:07.340 --> 00:25:07.660
 the word

00:25:07.660 --> 00:25:08.180
 of God

00:25:08.180 --> 00:25:08.519
 and for

00:25:08.519 --> 00:25:09.000
 the witness

00:25:09.000 --> 00:25:09.340
 they had

00:25:09.340 --> 00:25:09.779
 borne.

00:25:10.380 --> 00:25:10.680
 And they

00:25:10.680 --> 00:25:11.259
 cried out

00:25:11.259 --> 00:25:11.580
 with a

00:25:11.580 --> 00:25:12.480
 loud voice,

00:25:13.080 --> 00:25:13.220
 O

00:25:13.220 --> 00:25:13.779
 sovereign

00:25:13.779 --> 00:25:14.320
 one,

00:25:14.920 --> 00:25:15.660
 holy and

00:25:15.660 --> 00:25:16.160
 true,

00:25:16.920 --> 00:25:17.720
 how long

00:25:17.720 --> 00:25:18.220
 before you

00:25:18.220 --> 00:25:18.940
 will judge

00:25:18.940 --> 00:25:19.860
 and avenge

00:25:19.860 --> 00:25:20.660
 our blood

00:25:20.660 --> 00:25:21.200
 on those

00:25:21.200 --> 00:25:21.779
 who dwell

00:25:21.779 --> 00:25:22.160
 on the

00:25:22.160 --> 00:25:22.540
 earth?

00:25:23.640 --> 00:25:23.960
 And then

00:25:23.960 --> 00:25:24.180
 they were

00:25:24.180 --> 00:25:24.759
 each given

00:25:24.759 --> 00:25:25.220
 a white

00:25:25.220 --> 00:25:26.460
 robe and

00:25:26.460 --> 00:25:26.980
 told to

00:25:26.980 --> 00:25:27.540
 rest a

00:25:27.540 --> 00:25:27.680
 little

00:25:27.680 --> 00:25:28.220
 longer

00:25:28.220 --> 00:25:28.700
 until the

00:25:28.700 --> 00:25:29.039
 number

00:25:29.039 --> 00:25:29.920
 of their

00:25:29.920 --> 00:25:30.339
 fellow

00:25:30.339 --> 00:25:31.059
 servants

00:25:31.059 --> 00:25:32.079
 and their

00:25:32.079 --> 00:25:32.460
 brothers

00:25:32.460 --> 00:25:32.839
 should be

00:25:32.839 --> 00:25:33.460
 complete,

00:25:34.100 --> 00:25:34.480
 who were

00:25:34.480 --> 00:25:34.759
 to be

00:25:34.759 --> 00:25:35.180
 killed

00:25:35.180 --> 00:25:35.700
 as they

00:25:35.700 --> 00:25:36.360
 themselves

00:25:36.360 --> 00:25:37.460
 had been.

00:25:39.460 --> 00:25:40.200
 And here

00:25:40.200 --> 00:25:40.839
 we have

00:25:40.839 --> 00:25:41.420
 the men

00:25:41.420 --> 00:25:41.920
 and the

00:25:41.920 --> 00:25:42.279
 women

00:25:42.279 --> 00:25:43.180
 who have

00:25:43.180 --> 00:25:43.600
 died

00:25:43.600 --> 00:25:43.960
 for the

00:25:43.960 --> 00:25:44.299
 sake of

00:25:44.299 --> 00:25:44.740
 Christ,

00:25:45.180 --> 00:25:45.720
 martyrs

00:25:45.720 --> 00:25:46.059
 for the

00:25:46.059 --> 00:25:46.539
 faith,

00:25:47.140 --> 00:25:47.360
 and as

00:25:47.360 --> 00:25:47.740
 they look

00:25:47.740 --> 00:25:48.019
 to the

00:25:48.019 --> 00:25:48.380
 return

00:25:48.380 --> 00:25:49.100
 of Christ,

00:25:49.680 --> 00:25:50.259
 what do

00:25:50.259 --> 00:25:50.839
 they seek?

00:25:50.940 --> 00:25:51.319
 What is it

00:25:51.319 --> 00:25:51.539
 that they

00:25:51.539 --> 00:25:52.360
 call for

00:25:52.360 --> 00:25:53.720
 but the

00:25:53.720 --> 00:25:54.120
 judgment

00:25:54.120 --> 00:25:55.279
 of God?

00:25:57.279 --> 00:25:57.839
 Patience.

00:25:58.220 --> 00:25:58.960
 That's what

00:25:58.960 --> 00:25:59.660
 God tells

00:25:59.660 --> 00:25:59.920
 them.

00:26:00.400 --> 00:26:00.680
 The day

00:26:00.680 --> 00:26:01.140
 of judgment

00:26:01.140 --> 00:26:01.779
 is coming.

00:26:02.579 --> 00:26:02.740
 See,

00:26:02.819 --> 00:26:03.100
 throughout

00:26:03.100 --> 00:26:03.640
 scripture,

00:26:04.339 --> 00:26:04.779
 there is

00:26:04.779 --> 00:26:05.600
 no peace

00:26:05.600 --> 00:26:06.839
 or justice

00:26:06.839 --> 00:26:07.460
 without

00:26:07.460 --> 00:26:08.980
 the execution

00:26:08.980 --> 00:26:09.759
 of judgment.

00:26:10.180 --> 00:26:10.400
 For there

00:26:10.400 --> 00:26:10.700
 to be

00:26:10.700 --> 00:26:11.460
 justice,

00:26:11.900 --> 00:26:12.500
 injustice

00:26:12.500 --> 00:26:13.160
 has to be

00:26:13.160 --> 00:26:13.400
 dealt

00:26:13.400 --> 00:26:13.799
 with.

00:26:14.519 --> 00:26:14.660
 Now,

00:26:14.700 --> 00:26:15.039
 how can

00:26:15.039 --> 00:26:15.519
 we hope

00:26:15.519 --> 00:26:16.079
 in God

00:26:16.079 --> 00:26:16.480
 if the

00:26:16.480 --> 00:26:16.779
 wicked

00:26:16.779 --> 00:26:17.460
 will

00:26:17.460 --> 00:26:18.140
 continue

00:26:18.140 --> 00:26:18.620
 in their

00:26:18.620 --> 00:26:19.140
 evil

00:26:19.140 --> 00:26:20.460
 forever?

00:26:21.900 --> 00:26:23.000
 And this

00:26:23.000 --> 00:26:23.220
 is one

00:26:23.220 --> 00:26:23.360
 of the

00:26:23.360 --> 00:26:23.779
 parts of

00:26:23.779 --> 00:26:24.180
 the Christian

00:26:24.180 --> 00:26:24.720
 faith,

00:26:25.460 --> 00:26:25.940
 that the

00:26:25.940 --> 00:26:26.299
 modern

00:26:26.299 --> 00:26:26.900
 person

00:26:26.900 --> 00:26:27.960
 has

00:26:27.960 --> 00:26:28.440
 one of

00:26:28.440 --> 00:26:28.580
 the

00:26:28.580 --> 00:26:28.980
 toughest

00:26:28.980 --> 00:26:29.400
 times

00:26:29.400 --> 00:26:29.780
 with.

00:26:30.680 --> 00:26:31.400
 They say,

00:26:31.480 --> 00:26:32.300
 if God

00:26:32.300 --> 00:26:32.940
 is loving,

00:26:34.380 --> 00:26:34.780
 then how

00:26:34.780 --> 00:26:35.100
 can he

00:26:35.100 --> 00:26:35.420
 judge

00:26:35.420 --> 00:26:35.840
 people?

00:26:36.800 --> 00:26:37.280
 Of course,

00:26:37.340 --> 00:26:37.519
 at the

00:26:37.519 --> 00:26:38.019
 same time,

00:26:38.080 --> 00:26:38.640
 if pressed,

00:26:39.180 --> 00:26:39.540
 they would

00:26:39.540 --> 00:26:39.900
 say that

00:26:39.900 --> 00:26:40.620
 some people

00:26:40.620 --> 00:26:41.600
 are worthy

00:26:41.600 --> 00:26:42.200
 of judgment.

00:26:43.160 --> 00:26:43.600
 Hitler,

00:26:44.240 --> 00:26:44.720
 Stalin,

00:26:45.480 --> 00:26:46.040
 so on,

00:26:46.140 --> 00:26:46.700
 the really

00:26:46.700 --> 00:26:47.519
 bad ones.

00:26:48.800 --> 00:26:49.080
 Now,

00:26:49.400 --> 00:26:49.980
 the Christian

00:26:49.980 --> 00:26:50.660
 claim goes

00:26:50.660 --> 00:26:51.420
 even further

00:26:51.420 --> 00:26:52.220
 than this,

00:26:52.440 --> 00:26:53.040
 saying that

00:26:53.040 --> 00:26:53.480
 there's

00:26:53.480 --> 00:26:54.140
 none

00:26:54.140 --> 00:26:54.540
 righteous.

00:26:56.100 --> 00:26:56.320
 There's

00:26:56.320 --> 00:26:57.520
 not even

00:26:57.520 --> 00:26:58.120
 one who

00:26:58.120 --> 00:26:58.280
 is

00:26:58.280 --> 00:26:58.620
 righteous.

00:26:58.740 --> 00:26:58.960
 Each

00:26:58.960 --> 00:26:59.400
 one

00:26:59.400 --> 00:27:00.380
 of us

00:27:00.380 --> 00:27:01.020
 is bad

00:27:01.020 --> 00:27:01.480
 and stand

00:27:01.480 --> 00:27:02.020
 guilty

00:27:02.020 --> 00:27:02.640
 before the

00:27:02.640 --> 00:27:02.980
 Lord,

00:27:03.520 --> 00:27:04.200
 justly

00:27:04.200 --> 00:27:05.200
 deserving

00:27:05.200 --> 00:27:05.520
 his

00:27:05.520 --> 00:27:05.980
 judgment.

00:27:08.580 --> 00:27:08.740
 You

00:27:08.740 --> 00:27:08.820
 know,

00:27:08.880 --> 00:27:09.920
 we may

00:27:09.920 --> 00:27:10.620
 read the

00:27:10.620 --> 00:27:11.080
 description

00:27:11.080 --> 00:27:11.560
 that we've

00:27:11.560 --> 00:27:12.160
 seen here

00:27:12.160 --> 00:27:13.160
 of the

00:27:13.160 --> 00:27:13.940
 Babylonians

00:27:13.940 --> 00:27:14.500
 and agree

00:27:14.500 --> 00:27:15.220
 that saying,

00:27:15.640 --> 00:27:15.920
 yes,

00:27:16.060 --> 00:27:16.340
 these

00:27:16.340 --> 00:27:17.060
 Babylonians,

00:27:17.160 --> 00:27:17.340
 they're

00:27:17.340 --> 00:27:17.800
 terrible.

00:27:18.320 --> 00:27:18.640
 They

00:27:18.640 --> 00:27:19.080
 deserve

00:27:19.080 --> 00:27:19.640
 judgment.

00:27:19.640 --> 00:27:22.120
 But I

00:27:22.120 --> 00:27:22.660
 don't.

00:27:23.820 --> 00:27:24.620
 I'm not

00:27:24.620 --> 00:27:25.440
 that bad.

00:27:25.980 --> 00:27:26.480
 But when

00:27:26.480 --> 00:27:27.080
 we consider

00:27:27.080 --> 00:27:28.220
 who God

00:27:28.220 --> 00:27:28.580
 is,

00:27:29.360 --> 00:27:30.420
 the perfectly

00:27:30.420 --> 00:27:31.580
 holy

00:27:31.580 --> 00:27:32.860
 and blameless

00:27:32.860 --> 00:27:33.560
 and pure

00:27:33.560 --> 00:27:34.259
 and perfect

00:27:34.259 --> 00:27:34.740
 God,

00:27:34.820 --> 00:27:35.200
 the one

00:27:35.200 --> 00:27:36.140
 who made

00:27:36.140 --> 00:27:36.759
 the heavens

00:27:36.759 --> 00:27:37.500
 and the

00:27:37.500 --> 00:27:37.920
 earth,

00:27:38.940 --> 00:27:39.280
 and when

00:27:39.280 --> 00:27:39.400
 we,

00:27:39.500 --> 00:27:39.660
 on the

00:27:39.660 --> 00:27:40.020
 other hand,

00:27:40.140 --> 00:27:40.740
 see the

00:27:40.740 --> 00:27:41.480
 true

00:27:41.480 --> 00:27:42.640
 heinousness

00:27:42.640 --> 00:27:43.560
 and vileness

00:27:43.560 --> 00:27:43.940
 of our

00:27:43.940 --> 00:27:44.440
 sin,

00:27:45.160 --> 00:27:46.540
 we cannot

00:27:46.540 --> 00:27:47.460
 but admit

00:27:47.460 --> 00:27:48.620
 that,

00:27:48.740 --> 00:27:49.079
 yes,

00:27:49.799 --> 00:27:50.200
 we

00:27:50.200 --> 00:27:50.960
 justly

00:27:50.960 --> 00:27:51.960
 deserve

00:27:51.960 --> 00:27:52.259
 his

00:27:52.259 --> 00:27:52.660
 judgment.

00:27:54.019 --> 00:27:54.799
 We see

00:27:54.799 --> 00:27:55.259
 Paul in

00:27:55.259 --> 00:27:56.100
 Ephesians 2

00:27:56.100 --> 00:27:57.500
 spelling out

00:27:57.500 --> 00:27:58.240
 the states

00:27:58.240 --> 00:27:59.079
 that we

00:27:59.079 --> 00:27:59.500
 were in.

00:28:00.519 --> 00:28:01.259
 As he

00:28:01.259 --> 00:28:01.519
 says,

00:28:01.600 --> 00:28:01.819
 you are

00:28:01.819 --> 00:28:02.440
 dead in

00:28:02.440 --> 00:28:02.620
 your

00:28:02.620 --> 00:28:03.360
 trespasses

00:28:03.360 --> 00:28:03.980
 and sins

00:28:03.980 --> 00:28:04.420
 in which

00:28:04.420 --> 00:28:04.880
 you once

00:28:04.880 --> 00:28:05.319
 walked,

00:28:06.299 --> 00:28:06.779
 following

00:28:06.779 --> 00:28:07.440
 the course

00:28:07.440 --> 00:28:07.840
 of this

00:28:07.840 --> 00:28:08.120
 world,

00:28:08.299 --> 00:28:08.640
 following

00:28:08.640 --> 00:28:09.279
 the prince

00:28:09.279 --> 00:28:09.840
 of the

00:28:09.840 --> 00:28:10.180
 power

00:28:10.180 --> 00:28:10.539
 of the

00:28:10.539 --> 00:28:10.740
 air,

00:28:10.819 --> 00:28:11.460
 the spirit

00:28:11.460 --> 00:28:12.360
 that is

00:28:12.360 --> 00:28:12.799
 now at

00:28:12.799 --> 00:28:13.180
 work in

00:28:13.180 --> 00:28:13.539
 the sons

00:28:13.539 --> 00:28:14.500
 of disobedience,

00:28:15.160 --> 00:28:15.700
 among whom

00:28:15.700 --> 00:28:16.500
 we all once

00:28:16.500 --> 00:28:17.440
 lived in

00:28:17.440 --> 00:28:18.080
 the passions

00:28:18.080 --> 00:28:18.580
 of our

00:28:18.580 --> 00:28:19.120
 flesh,

00:28:19.660 --> 00:28:20.220
 carrying out

00:28:20.220 --> 00:28:20.940
 the desires

00:28:20.940 --> 00:28:21.259
 of the

00:28:21.259 --> 00:28:21.779
 body and

00:28:21.779 --> 00:28:22.440
 the mind,

00:28:23.140 --> 00:28:23.539
 and were

00:28:23.539 --> 00:28:24.420
 by nature

00:28:24.420 --> 00:28:25.559
 children of

00:28:25.559 --> 00:28:26.160
 wrath,

00:28:26.940 --> 00:28:27.360
 like the

00:28:27.360 --> 00:28:28.420
 rest of

00:28:28.420 --> 00:28:28.840
 mankind.

00:28:30.840 --> 00:28:31.440
 See,

00:28:31.559 --> 00:28:31.920
 if you are

00:28:31.920 --> 00:28:32.480
 here this

00:28:32.480 --> 00:28:32.880
 evening,

00:28:33.480 --> 00:28:34.019
 and you

00:28:34.019 --> 00:28:34.480
 do not

00:28:34.480 --> 00:28:35.059
 believe,

00:28:35.799 --> 00:28:36.059
 and you

00:28:36.059 --> 00:28:36.440
 do not

00:28:36.440 --> 00:28:37.160
 rest on

00:28:37.160 --> 00:28:38.080
 Jesus Christ

00:28:38.080 --> 00:28:39.320
 alone for

00:28:39.320 --> 00:28:39.960
 salvation,

00:28:40.880 --> 00:28:41.980
 this here is

00:28:41.980 --> 00:28:42.600
 true of you.

00:28:43.840 --> 00:28:44.519
 That you

00:28:44.519 --> 00:28:45.380
 are dead,

00:28:45.500 --> 00:28:45.779
 you are

00:28:45.779 --> 00:28:46.960
 separated from

00:28:46.960 --> 00:28:47.840
 God,

00:28:47.920 --> 00:28:48.160
 you are

00:28:48.160 --> 00:28:48.660
 a rebel,

00:28:48.860 --> 00:28:49.279
 an enemy

00:28:49.279 --> 00:28:49.920
 of God,

00:28:50.019 --> 00:28:50.519
 and nothing

00:28:50.519 --> 00:28:52.120
 but judgment

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

00:28:55.319 --> 00:28:56.079
 But there's

00:28:56.079 --> 00:28:56.700
 good news.

00:28:57.660 --> 00:28:57.779
 No,

00:28:57.840 --> 00:28:58.840
 there's amazing

00:28:58.840 --> 00:28:59.559
 news,

00:29:00.200 --> 00:29:00.779
 for God

00:29:00.779 --> 00:29:01.180
 did not

00:29:01.180 --> 00:29:01.900
 leave us

00:29:01.900 --> 00:29:03.400
 in our

00:29:03.400 --> 00:29:03.840
 sins.

00:29:04.840 --> 00:29:05.160
 He did

00:29:05.160 --> 00:29:05.680
 not leave

00:29:05.680 --> 00:29:06.420
 us to be

00:29:06.420 --> 00:29:07.620
 His enemies.

00:29:07.819 --> 00:29:08.000
 No,

00:29:08.100 --> 00:29:08.460
 but He

00:29:08.460 --> 00:29:09.039
 sought us

00:29:09.039 --> 00:29:09.400
 out.

00:29:10.340 --> 00:29:10.940
 He came

00:29:10.940 --> 00:29:11.579
 after us.

00:29:11.640 --> 00:29:12.059
 That's the

00:29:12.059 --> 00:29:13.019
 entire story

00:29:13.019 --> 00:29:13.940
 of the Old

00:29:13.940 --> 00:29:14.420
 Testament,

00:29:15.039 --> 00:29:15.480
 that it's

00:29:15.480 --> 00:29:16.039
 showing us

00:29:16.039 --> 00:29:17.000
 God seeking

00:29:17.000 --> 00:29:18.360
 after His

00:29:18.360 --> 00:29:18.840
 people,

00:29:19.059 --> 00:29:19.779
 even when

00:29:19.779 --> 00:29:20.200
 they don't

00:29:20.200 --> 00:29:20.720
 want Him.

00:29:21.980 --> 00:29:22.580
 Even here

00:29:22.580 --> 00:29:23.160
 in Habakkuk,

00:29:23.200 --> 00:29:23.880
 what we see

00:29:23.880 --> 00:29:25.600
 is God

00:29:25.600 --> 00:29:26.539
 seeking

00:29:26.539 --> 00:29:27.900
 after His

00:29:27.900 --> 00:29:28.400
 people.

00:29:28.900 --> 00:29:29.480
 Israel have

00:29:29.480 --> 00:29:30.200
 turned from

00:29:30.200 --> 00:29:30.559
 Him,

00:29:31.059 --> 00:29:31.779
 worshipping the

00:29:31.779 --> 00:29:32.480
 pagan God,

00:29:32.559 --> 00:29:33.580
 becoming thieves,

00:29:34.140 --> 00:29:35.000
 adulterers,

00:29:35.220 --> 00:29:35.799
 murderers,

00:29:35.860 --> 00:29:36.460
 and liars,

00:29:36.620 --> 00:29:37.360
 yet God

00:29:37.360 --> 00:29:38.620
 still seeks

00:29:38.620 --> 00:29:39.360
 after them,

00:29:39.359 --> 00:29:41.639
 because He

00:29:41.639 --> 00:29:42.379
 wants them

00:29:42.379 --> 00:29:44.079
 and He

00:29:44.079 --> 00:29:44.859
 wants you.

00:29:46.500 --> 00:29:46.899
 Do you

00:29:46.899 --> 00:29:47.419
 believe

00:29:47.419 --> 00:29:49.339
 that truth

00:29:49.339 --> 00:29:50.279
 this evening?

00:29:51.419 --> 00:29:52.359
 That God

00:29:52.359 --> 00:29:53.539
 desires you.

00:29:55.719 --> 00:29:55.859
 See,

00:29:55.939 --> 00:29:56.359
 so Paul

00:29:56.359 --> 00:29:56.839
 goes on

00:29:56.839 --> 00:29:57.339
 to say

00:29:57.339 --> 00:29:58.119
 that yes,

00:29:58.219 --> 00:29:58.559
 you are

00:29:58.559 --> 00:29:58.979
 dead in

00:29:58.979 --> 00:29:59.619
 your sins,

00:30:00.219 --> 00:30:01.859
 but God,

00:30:02.759 --> 00:30:04.559
 but God

00:30:04.559 --> 00:30:05.259
 being rich

00:30:05.259 --> 00:30:05.919
 in mercy

00:30:05.919 --> 00:30:07.339
 because of

00:30:07.339 --> 00:30:07.719
 the great

00:30:07.719 --> 00:30:08.240
 love with

00:30:08.240 --> 00:30:08.679
 which He

00:30:08.679 --> 00:30:09.259
 loved us,

00:30:09.259 --> 00:30:09.740
 even when

00:30:09.740 --> 00:30:10.000
 we were

00:30:10.000 --> 00:30:10.940
 dead in

00:30:10.940 --> 00:30:11.859
 our trespasses

00:30:11.859 --> 00:30:13.039
 and made

00:30:13.039 --> 00:30:13.619
 us alive

00:30:13.619 --> 00:30:14.339
 together with

00:30:14.339 --> 00:30:14.900
 Christ,

00:30:15.460 --> 00:30:16.160
 by grace

00:30:16.160 --> 00:30:16.599
 you've been

00:30:16.599 --> 00:30:18.500
 saved and

00:30:18.500 --> 00:30:19.220
 raised up

00:30:19.220 --> 00:30:20.539
 with Him.

00:30:21.680 --> 00:30:21.879
 See,

00:30:21.920 --> 00:30:22.960
 even when

00:30:22.960 --> 00:30:23.539
 dead in

00:30:23.539 --> 00:30:24.319
 our sins,

00:30:24.759 --> 00:30:26.339
 God took

00:30:26.339 --> 00:30:26.940
 the initiative.

00:30:27.619 --> 00:30:28.319
 We did not

00:30:28.319 --> 00:30:29.099
 want Him,

00:30:29.420 --> 00:30:30.160
 but He came

00:30:30.160 --> 00:30:31.099
 for us anyway.

00:30:31.779 --> 00:30:32.400
 The coming

00:30:32.400 --> 00:30:33.339
 of the Son

00:30:33.339 --> 00:30:33.799
 of God,

00:30:33.839 --> 00:30:34.339
 of Jesus,

00:30:34.579 --> 00:30:35.379
 the Christ,

00:30:35.900 --> 00:30:36.740
 in that we

00:30:36.740 --> 00:30:37.079
 have the

00:30:37.079 --> 00:30:37.559
 clearest

00:30:37.559 --> 00:30:39.119
 picture of

00:30:39.119 --> 00:30:39.899
 the seriousness

00:30:39.899 --> 00:30:40.459
 of our

00:30:40.459 --> 00:30:40.859
 sin on

00:30:40.859 --> 00:30:41.239
 the one

00:30:41.239 --> 00:30:41.679
 hand,

00:30:42.819 --> 00:30:43.219
 and the

00:30:43.219 --> 00:30:43.879
 depth of

00:30:43.879 --> 00:30:44.179
 the love

00:30:44.179 --> 00:30:44.659
 of God

00:30:44.659 --> 00:30:45.000
 on the

00:30:45.000 --> 00:30:45.279
 other.

00:30:46.239 --> 00:30:46.839
 Because the

00:30:46.839 --> 00:30:47.199
 sin of

00:30:47.199 --> 00:30:47.919
 humanity is

00:30:47.919 --> 00:30:48.799
 so vile

00:30:48.799 --> 00:30:49.439
 and so

00:30:49.439 --> 00:30:50.419
 terrible that

00:30:50.419 --> 00:30:50.859
 it took

00:30:50.859 --> 00:30:51.579
 the death

00:30:51.579 --> 00:30:51.919
 of the

00:30:51.919 --> 00:30:52.259
 Son of

00:30:52.259 --> 00:30:52.500
 God

00:30:52.500 --> 00:30:53.039
 Himself,

00:30:53.799 --> 00:30:54.339
 the One

00:30:54.339 --> 00:30:54.919
 who existed

00:30:54.919 --> 00:30:55.539
 for all

00:30:55.539 --> 00:30:56.159
 eternity,

00:30:57.059 --> 00:30:57.719
 in perfect

00:30:57.719 --> 00:30:58.479
 union with

00:30:58.479 --> 00:30:59.379
 Father and

00:30:59.379 --> 00:31:00.139
 Holy Spirit,

00:31:00.239 --> 00:31:01.000
 the Alpha and

00:31:01.000 --> 00:31:01.579
 the Omega,

00:31:01.939 --> 00:31:03.000
 in order for

00:31:03.000 --> 00:31:03.679
 sin to be

00:31:03.679 --> 00:31:04.359
 dealt with,

00:31:05.179 --> 00:31:05.979
 and for us

00:31:05.980 --> 00:31:06.279
 to be

00:31:06.279 --> 00:31:07.160
 reconciled

00:31:07.160 --> 00:31:08.740
 to God.

00:31:10.279 --> 00:31:11.160
 So hope

00:31:11.160 --> 00:31:11.700
 in God,

00:31:12.319 --> 00:31:13.200
 because God

00:31:13.200 --> 00:31:13.839
 has spoken,

00:31:15.079 --> 00:31:15.740
 God will

00:31:15.740 --> 00:31:16.319
 act,

00:31:16.920 --> 00:31:17.460
 we shall

00:31:17.460 --> 00:31:17.880
 live by

00:31:17.880 --> 00:31:18.440
 faith,

00:31:18.839 --> 00:31:19.360
 and the

00:31:19.360 --> 00:31:19.620
 wicked

00:31:19.620 --> 00:31:21.279
 will perish.

00:31:22.819 --> 00:31:23.180
 Now,

00:31:24.460 --> 00:31:25.019
 dear Christian,

00:31:25.160 --> 00:31:26.079
 do you hope

00:31:26.079 --> 00:31:27.259
 in God

00:31:27.259 --> 00:31:27.920
 this evening?

00:31:29.200 --> 00:31:29.680
 Do you

00:31:29.680 --> 00:31:30.400
 take hope

00:31:30.400 --> 00:31:31.279
 in the fact

00:31:31.279 --> 00:31:31.740
 that God

00:31:31.740 --> 00:31:32.480
 has spoken?

00:31:32.480 --> 00:31:34.240
 He could

00:31:34.240 --> 00:31:34.660
 have remained

00:31:34.660 --> 00:31:35.400
 far off,

00:31:36.160 --> 00:31:37.279
 but instead

00:31:37.279 --> 00:31:38.299
 He has spoken,

00:31:38.440 --> 00:31:39.000
 He has given

00:31:39.000 --> 00:31:39.460
 us His

00:31:39.460 --> 00:31:39.880
 Word.

00:31:40.220 --> 00:31:40.660
 Do you

00:31:40.660 --> 00:31:41.279
 in the dark

00:31:41.279 --> 00:31:41.860
 days when

00:31:41.860 --> 00:31:42.559
 your soul

00:31:42.559 --> 00:31:43.900
 is cast

00:31:43.900 --> 00:31:44.339
 down,

00:31:45.360 --> 00:31:45.960
 the psalmist

00:31:45.960 --> 00:31:46.740
 was describing,

00:31:47.299 --> 00:31:48.019
 do you turn

00:31:48.019 --> 00:31:48.539
 to God's

00:31:48.539 --> 00:31:48.860
 Word?

00:31:49.779 --> 00:31:50.200
 Do you

00:31:50.200 --> 00:31:50.680
 hear His

00:31:50.680 --> 00:31:51.120
 words,

00:31:51.200 --> 00:31:51.940
 His promises?

00:31:53.559 --> 00:31:54.339
 And do you

00:31:54.339 --> 00:31:55.039
 take hope

00:31:55.039 --> 00:31:56.620
 because God

00:31:56.620 --> 00:31:57.279
 will act?

00:31:58.500 --> 00:31:59.200
 God has

00:31:59.200 --> 00:31:59.680
 said that He

00:31:59.680 --> 00:32:00.299
 will come,

00:32:01.420 --> 00:32:02.180
 but do you

00:32:02.180 --> 00:32:02.799
 believe it?

00:32:03.620 --> 00:32:04.060
 I know

00:32:04.060 --> 00:32:04.680
 especially on

00:32:04.680 --> 00:32:05.100
 the days

00:32:05.100 --> 00:32:05.420
 when the

00:32:05.420 --> 00:32:05.940
 clouds of

00:32:05.940 --> 00:32:06.500
 our soul

00:32:06.500 --> 00:32:07.740
 are dark

00:32:07.740 --> 00:32:08.140
 that it

00:32:08.140 --> 00:32:08.680
 is difficult

00:32:08.680 --> 00:32:09.440
 to believe.

00:32:11.060 --> 00:32:12.019
 Even asking,

00:32:12.220 --> 00:32:13.580
 can it

00:32:13.580 --> 00:32:14.320
 really be

00:32:14.320 --> 00:32:15.019
 true

00:32:15.019 --> 00:32:16.940
 that God

00:32:16.940 --> 00:32:17.580
 loves

00:32:17.580 --> 00:32:18.799
 a wretch

00:32:18.799 --> 00:32:19.380
 like me?

00:32:20.660 --> 00:32:21.279
 We may

00:32:21.279 --> 00:32:21.720
 even find

00:32:21.720 --> 00:32:22.060
 ourselves

00:32:22.060 --> 00:32:22.580
 agreeing

00:32:22.580 --> 00:32:23.140
 with the

00:32:23.140 --> 00:32:23.820
 scoffers.

00:32:24.360 --> 00:32:24.799
 Things have

00:32:24.799 --> 00:32:25.100
 been the

00:32:25.100 --> 00:32:25.460
 same for

00:32:25.460 --> 00:32:26.240
 so long.

00:32:27.320 --> 00:32:27.759
 Can it

00:32:27.759 --> 00:32:28.220
 really be

00:32:28.220 --> 00:32:28.720
 that God

00:32:28.720 --> 00:32:29.240
 is coming?

00:32:31.060 --> 00:32:31.259
 Well,

00:32:31.299 --> 00:32:31.620
 you may

00:32:31.619 --> 00:32:32.239
 take hope

00:32:32.239 --> 00:32:33.779
 and the

00:32:33.779 --> 00:32:34.339
 promises we

00:32:34.339 --> 00:32:34.639
 have looked

00:32:34.639 --> 00:32:35.019
 at this

00:32:35.019 --> 00:32:35.339
 evening,

00:32:35.439 --> 00:32:35.739
 for He

00:32:35.739 --> 00:32:36.359
 is coming.

00:32:37.539 --> 00:32:38.159
 He will

00:32:38.159 --> 00:32:38.519
 surely

00:32:38.519 --> 00:32:38.979
 come.

00:32:40.279 --> 00:32:40.579
 And do

00:32:40.579 --> 00:32:40.939
 you take

00:32:40.939 --> 00:32:41.299
 hope?

00:32:42.679 --> 00:32:43.299
 Because you

00:32:43.299 --> 00:32:43.699
 shall live

00:32:43.699 --> 00:32:44.419
 by faith.

00:32:45.419 --> 00:32:45.739
 Good

00:32:45.739 --> 00:32:46.519
 doctrine and

00:32:46.519 --> 00:32:47.339
 good theology,

00:32:47.339 --> 00:32:49.059
 it will not

00:32:49.059 --> 00:32:49.599
 save you.

00:32:50.459 --> 00:32:51.159
 Good works

00:32:51.159 --> 00:32:53.000
 are of no

00:32:53.000 --> 00:32:54.759
 use without

00:32:54.759 --> 00:32:57.459
 faith in

00:32:57.459 --> 00:32:58.159
 the risen

00:32:58.159 --> 00:32:58.599
 Savior,

00:32:58.779 --> 00:32:59.459
 Jesus Christ.

00:32:59.460 --> 00:33:00.340
 that alone

00:33:00.340 --> 00:33:01.680
 is what

00:33:01.680 --> 00:33:02.200
 will save

00:33:02.200 --> 00:33:02.460
 you.

00:33:03.680 --> 00:33:04.100
 And is

00:33:04.100 --> 00:33:04.460
 that your

00:33:04.460 --> 00:33:06.180
 hope this

00:33:06.180 --> 00:33:06.840
 evening?

00:33:08.059 --> 00:33:08.620
 Do you

00:33:08.620 --> 00:33:09.240
 take hope

00:33:09.240 --> 00:33:10.039
 because even

00:33:10.039 --> 00:33:12.000
 though you

00:33:12.000 --> 00:33:12.680
 as sinner

00:33:12.680 --> 00:33:13.960
 deserve

00:33:13.960 --> 00:33:14.519
 judgment,

00:33:14.759 --> 00:33:15.420
 God has

00:33:15.420 --> 00:33:16.079
 shown you

00:33:16.079 --> 00:33:16.559
 mercy?

00:33:18.000 --> 00:33:18.420
 Habakkuk

00:33:18.420 --> 00:33:18.720
 said,

00:33:18.840 --> 00:33:19.440
 are you not

00:33:19.440 --> 00:33:20.180
 from everlasting,

00:33:20.360 --> 00:33:20.940
 O Lord my

00:33:20.940 --> 00:33:21.380
 God,

00:33:22.059 --> 00:33:22.819
 my Holy

00:33:22.819 --> 00:33:23.259
 One?

00:33:24.259 --> 00:33:25.259
 We shall

00:33:25.259 --> 00:33:25.980
 not die.

00:33:25.980 --> 00:33:27.500
 And this

00:33:27.500 --> 00:33:27.960
 is true.

00:33:29.539 --> 00:33:30.059
 The

00:33:30.059 --> 00:33:30.539
 everlasting

00:33:30.539 --> 00:33:31.000
 One,

00:33:31.120 --> 00:33:31.940
 Jesus Christ,

00:33:32.039 --> 00:33:32.700
 has taken

00:33:32.700 --> 00:33:34.200
 your place

00:33:34.200 --> 00:33:35.680
 on that

00:33:35.680 --> 00:33:36.180
 cross.

00:33:37.019 --> 00:33:37.880
 He died

00:33:37.880 --> 00:33:38.480
 so that you

00:33:38.480 --> 00:33:39.160
 may live.

00:33:39.240 --> 00:33:39.940
 He died

00:33:39.940 --> 00:33:40.799
 an innocent

00:33:40.799 --> 00:33:41.299
 and a

00:33:41.299 --> 00:33:41.680
 righteous

00:33:41.680 --> 00:33:42.500
 man that

00:33:42.500 --> 00:33:43.000
 you,

00:33:44.000 --> 00:33:44.799
 a guilty,

00:33:45.720 --> 00:33:46.440
 unrighteous

00:33:46.440 --> 00:33:46.900
 sinner,

00:33:47.500 --> 00:33:48.259
 may live.

00:33:49.539 --> 00:33:50.259
 So that

00:33:50.259 --> 00:33:50.920
 you no

00:33:50.920 --> 00:33:51.559
 longer

00:33:51.559 --> 00:33:54.059
 shall be

00:33:54.059 --> 00:33:54.400
 called

00:33:54.400 --> 00:33:54.920
 sinner.

00:33:55.980 --> 00:33:57.460
 I shall

00:33:57.460 --> 00:33:57.839
 be called

00:33:57.839 --> 00:33:58.420
 saint.

00:33:59.259 --> 00:33:59.860
 No

00:33:59.860 --> 00:34:00.420
 longer

00:34:00.420 --> 00:34:01.099
 wretch,

00:34:01.940 --> 00:34:03.539
 but

00:34:03.539 --> 00:34:04.039
 beloved.

00:34:04.900 --> 00:34:05.599
 No

00:34:05.599 --> 00:34:06.120
 longer

00:34:06.120 --> 00:34:07.160
 estranged,

00:34:08.039 --> 00:34:09.840
 but

00:34:09.840 --> 00:34:10.360
 child

00:34:10.360 --> 00:34:11.780
 of God.

00:34:13.500 --> 00:34:14.099
 May

00:34:14.099 --> 00:34:14.599
 this be

00:34:14.599 --> 00:34:15.219
 the source

00:34:15.219 --> 00:34:16.719
 of our

00:34:16.719 --> 00:34:17.199
 hope.

00:34:17.960 --> 00:34:18.380
 May this

00:34:18.380 --> 00:34:18.699
 be the

00:34:18.699 --> 00:34:19.179
 source of

00:34:19.179 --> 00:34:19.880
 our comfort

00:34:19.880 --> 00:34:21.360
 this evening

00:34:21.360 --> 00:34:22.639
 and all

00:34:22.639 --> 00:34:23.039
 the days

00:34:23.039 --> 00:34:23.639
 to come

00:34:23.639 --> 00:34:25.319
 until

00:34:25.319 --> 00:34:25.779
 Christ

00:34:25.779 --> 00:34:26.440
 returns

00:34:26.440 --> 00:34:28.079
 or he

00:34:28.079 --> 00:34:28.519
 takes us

00:34:28.519 --> 00:34:28.799
 away.

00:34:29.799 --> 00:34:30.619
 Let us

00:34:30.619 --> 00:34:30.900
 pray.

00:34:30.900 --> 00:34:30.980
 Amen.

00:34:37.859 --> 00:34:38.940
 Father God,

00:34:40.219 --> 00:34:43.139
 during our

00:34:43.139 --> 00:34:43.980
 days on

00:34:43.980 --> 00:34:44.679
 this earth,

00:34:45.739 --> 00:34:46.980
 there are

00:34:46.980 --> 00:34:47.420
 days,

00:34:47.980 --> 00:34:48.799
 many even,

00:34:49.779 --> 00:34:50.460
 that it is

00:34:50.460 --> 00:34:50.920
 difficult

00:34:50.920 --> 00:34:52.920
 to believe,

00:34:53.019 --> 00:34:53.519
 that it is

00:34:53.519 --> 00:34:53.880
 difficult

00:34:53.880 --> 00:34:55.740
 to hope.

00:34:57.460 --> 00:34:57.940
 Oh,

00:34:57.980 --> 00:34:58.280
 Lord,

00:34:59.119 --> 00:35:00.039
 help us

00:35:00.039 --> 00:35:00.720
 in our

00:35:00.720 --> 00:35:01.380
 unbelief.

00:35:02.780 --> 00:35:03.500
 Fill us

00:35:03.500 --> 00:35:04.539
 not with

00:35:04.539 --> 00:35:04.900
 the

00:35:04.900 --> 00:35:06.059
 lies of

00:35:06.059 --> 00:35:06.380
 Satan,

00:35:06.599 --> 00:35:06.800
 Lord,

00:35:06.920 --> 00:35:07.159
 no,

00:35:07.280 --> 00:35:07.860
 but with

00:35:07.860 --> 00:35:08.460
 the words

00:35:08.460 --> 00:35:09.980
 of your

00:35:09.980 --> 00:35:10.559
 promise.

00:35:11.599 --> 00:35:12.039
 Fill us,

00:35:12.320 --> 00:35:12.420
 Lord,

00:35:12.420 --> 00:35:12.900
 with

00:35:12.900 --> 00:35:17.840
 indeed,

00:35:18.000 --> 00:35:18.280
 with

00:35:18.280 --> 00:35:19.900
 the

00:35:19.900 --> 00:35:23.820
 first

00:35:23.820 --> 00:35:24.240
 fruits

00:35:24.240 --> 00:35:25.940
 that we

00:35:25.940 --> 00:35:26.680
 experience

00:35:26.680 --> 00:35:27.380
 even now

00:35:27.380 --> 00:35:28.099
 of heaven

00:35:28.099 --> 00:35:28.500
 that is

00:35:28.500 --> 00:35:28.960
 to come.

00:35:30.139 --> 00:35:30.639
 The first

00:35:30.639 --> 00:35:30.980
 fruits that

00:35:30.980 --> 00:35:31.920
 we experience

00:35:31.920 --> 00:35:33.320
 by

00:35:33.320 --> 00:35:35.240
 seeing a

00:35:35.240 --> 00:35:35.660
 glimpse

00:35:35.660 --> 00:35:37.460
 of the

00:35:37.460 --> 00:35:38.160
 Lord Jesus

00:35:38.160 --> 00:35:39.480
 through the

00:35:39.480 --> 00:35:40.079
 reading and

00:35:40.079 --> 00:35:40.500
 the preaching

00:35:40.500 --> 00:35:40.900
 of your

00:35:40.900 --> 00:35:41.400
 words,

00:35:41.400 --> 00:35:42.900
 through

00:35:42.900 --> 00:35:43.599
 the

00:35:43.599 --> 00:35:44.079
 fellowship

00:35:44.079 --> 00:35:45.340
 of

00:35:45.340 --> 00:35:45.639
 fellow

00:35:45.639 --> 00:35:46.180
 believers,

00:35:47.840 --> 00:35:48.139
 through

00:35:48.139 --> 00:35:49.420
 many,

00:35:49.619 --> 00:35:50.559
 many more

00:35:50.559 --> 00:35:51.240
 things of

00:35:51.240 --> 00:35:51.720
 which you

00:35:51.720 --> 00:35:52.440
 bless us

00:35:52.440 --> 00:35:53.039
 while here

00:35:53.039 --> 00:35:53.599
 on earth.

00:35:54.500 --> 00:35:55.019
 Lord,

00:35:55.099 --> 00:35:55.400
 may we

00:35:55.400 --> 00:35:56.139
 see Jesus.

00:35:56.360 --> 00:35:56.619
 Yes,

00:35:56.740 --> 00:35:57.000
 Lord,

00:35:57.059 --> 00:35:57.500
 may we

00:35:57.500 --> 00:35:58.079
 see him.

00:36:00.000 --> 00:36:00.720
 We pray

00:36:00.720 --> 00:36:01.940
 this in

00:36:01.940 --> 00:36:02.200
 Jesus'

00:36:02.400 --> 00:36:02.660
 name.

00:36:03.579 --> 00:36:03.980
 Amen.

00:36:08.860 --> 00:36:09.380
 Now,

00:36:09.440 --> 00:36:09.579
 if you

00:36:09.579 --> 00:36:09.840
 would,

00:36:09.960 --> 00:36:10.820
 please stand

00:36:10.820 --> 00:36:11.200
 as we

00:36:11.200 --> 00:36:11.680
 will sing

00:36:11.680 --> 00:36:11.980
 our

00:36:11.980 --> 00:36:12.920
 concluding

00:36:12.920 --> 00:36:13.380
 hymn,

00:36:13.800 --> 00:36:14.500
 Be Still,

00:36:15.019 --> 00:36:15.660
 My Soul.

00:36:15.660 --> 00:36:15.720
 Be Still,

00:36:15.720 --> 00:36:15.740
 My Soul.