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 So today we're going to look at Exodus.

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 Let me just open in prayer.

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 Lord, we see in Exodus you exalting your name,

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 you declaring who you are,

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 and forming a people for yourself who will worship you.

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 Lord, we want to join in that worship even this morning

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 as we think about these things, as we listen or talk,

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 or all that we're doing, Lord, let it be worship to you,

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 and let your name be exalted among us.

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 In Jesus' name, amen.

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 So the book of Exodus,

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 the big picture,

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 is Israel is being formed into a nation.

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 There are two parts to that, two major parts.

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 First 18 chapters is all a narrative

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 of how, where Israel is at the beginning of the book,

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 being oppressed by Egypt,

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 how God intervenes

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 and miraculously delivers his people

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 from slavery to Egypt.

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 the last roughly half of the book

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 is the establishment of the nation,

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 kind of setting up like a constitution, if you will,

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 and providing instruction and law.

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 We have the giving of the law at Mount Sinai,

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 the Ten Commandments,

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 and then a bunch of other corollaries,

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 I guess you want to say.

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 And then we have

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 the instructions for the tabernacle.

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 So the tabernacle is to be central to the life of the nation.

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 And so we get all these detailed instructions.

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 And then, at the end,

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 they built the tabernacle.

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 The book is bracketed by

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 one of the themes I want to look at

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 is the name of God.

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 Who is this God?

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 Name in the ancient world

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 was the embodied character.

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 And who is this person?

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 And we see him give his name to Moses

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 at the burning bush early in the book.

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 Much later in the book,

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 God reveals himself to Moses.

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 Moses asks to see his glory.

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 And God reveals his name again,

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 and it's about who he is.

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 At the very end,

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 we have the very last few verses of the book

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 are God's glory coming to rest on the tabernacle.

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 It's this amazing climax to the whole book

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 when God's glory fills the tabernacle.

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 It must have been just an awesome,

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 like really awesome,

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 like not modern awesome,

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 experience to see.

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 So in the ancient world,

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 people could always point to an epic story

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 about their origins,

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 about where they came from,

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 about who they are.

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 And that's what the epic said.

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 It said, this is who we are.

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 These are our values.

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 Certainly, the moral and spiritual identity

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 of Israel is captured in its laws,

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 including those we find in Exodus.

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 And literarily, it's an epic tale.

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 We have the epic hero.

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 We have Moses,

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 through whom God delivers his people.

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 And there are more aspects of epic

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 that I won't go into.

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 But that's what it is.

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 And we see throughout

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 that God wants to make his name known.

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 He wants to make himself known

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 both to Israel

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 and to Egypt

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 and the surrounding nations.

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 He wants to reveal who he is.

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 And we see,

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 as we talked about in Genesis,

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 how God made a promise

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 way back in the Garden of Eden

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 after Adam and Eve sinned.

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 He said, this,

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 I'm going to fix this.

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 Right?

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 In Genesis 3, 15,

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 he says,

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 he makes a promise

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 that your seed

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 will crush the head

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 of the serpent,

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 though the serpent

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 will crush his heel.

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 So,

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 we see now in Exodus

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 God's plan moving forward

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 as we have seen it

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 since the fall.

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 So,

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 that's sort of the big picture

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 of what we have.

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 I don't know why I'm waving these around.

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 What we have

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 in the book of Exodus.

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 One thing to keep in mind

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 that I don't think I've really mentioned

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 is that really,

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 the Pentateuch is one book.

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 It's really one book

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 and it's broken up

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 for convenience.

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 And,

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 but it's really,

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 it's really one complete whole.

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 So,

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 so this is like a section

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 of the Pentateuch.

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 It's probably,

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 there are times when it's really helpful

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 to remember that.

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 So,

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 we need to always keep in mind

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 what's happened before.

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 And,

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 most of us are

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 pretty familiar with that.

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 So,

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 we remember,

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 you know,

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 the creation

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 and the fall.

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 We remember the call of Abraham,

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 which we,

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 you know,

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 barely talked about

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 in the last two weeks.

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 But,

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 the beginning of God's

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 narrowing his plan

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 for redemption

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 to Abraham

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 and his seed,

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 his descendants.

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 and here we see it

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 progressing.

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 So,

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 in the very beginning

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 of the book,

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 chapter 1,

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 let's just start,

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 I'm going to just read

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 from verse 7.

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 But the people of Israel

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 were fruitful

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 and increased greatly.

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 They multiplied

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 and grew exceedingly strong

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 so that the land

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 was filled with them.

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 Now there arose

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 a new king

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 over Egypt

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 who did not know Joseph

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 and he said to his people,

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 Behold,

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 the people of Israel

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 are too many

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 and too mighty for us.

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 Come,

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 let us deal shrewdly

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 with them

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 lest they multiply.

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 And if war breaks out,

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 they join our enemies

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 and fight against us

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 and escape from the land.

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 Therefore,

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 they set taskmasters

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 over them

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 to afflict them

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 with heavy burdens.

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 They built for Pharaohs,

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 store cities,

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 Pithom and Ramses.

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 But the more

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 they were oppressed,

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 the more they multiplied

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 and the more

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 they spread abroad.

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 And the Egyptians

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 were in dread

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 of the people of Israel.

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 So they ruthlessly

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 made the people of Israel

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 work as slaves

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 and made their lives

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 bitter

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 and with hard service

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 in mortar and brick

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 and in all kinds of work

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 in the field.

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 In all their work,

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 they ruthlessly

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 made them work

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 as slaves.

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 And then as

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 the scene setting

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 continues,

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 we see Pharaoh

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 trying other ways

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 to limit the growth

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 of Israel

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 and in fact,

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 you know,

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 kind of like starve them out.

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 Let's work them to death,

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 right?

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 Let's have all

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 the male children killed.

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 They're working

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 toward an extermination

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 of the people of Israel.

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 So,

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 so that's the scene,

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 right?

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 And it's this

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 awful oppression.

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 It's the worst

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 kind of work

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 that you and I

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 can imagine.

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 And there's a lot

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 of work

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 in our world today

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 that is pretty tedious

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 and pretty meaningless.

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 And as,

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 as things get worse

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 for the people of Israel,

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 he then makes demands

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 on them

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 that are impossible

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 to fulfill.

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 They're to make bricks

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 without straw.

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 So the straw,

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 they have to go

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 collect the straw,

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 which is a necessary

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 component of these bricks.

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 They have to go

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 collect it,

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 but they still have

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 to meet a quota.

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 So it's a very,

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 obviously,

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 it's very difficult.

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 Note,

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 in the very beginning,

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 just those words,

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 then Israel was,

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 were fruitful,

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 the people of Israel

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 were fruitful

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 and increased greatly.

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 They multiplied

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 and grew exceedingly strong

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 so that the land

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 was filled with them.

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 They are fulfilling

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 the creation mandate

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 of,

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 of,

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 be fruitful

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 and multiply.

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 So that's just,

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 I don't know.

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 There's an echo there

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 that I think

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 is probably intended.

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 So,

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 in chapter 2,

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 in verse 23,

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 during those many days,

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 the king of Egypt died

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 and the people of Israel

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 groaned because of their slavery

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 and cried out for help.

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 Their cry for rescue

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 from slavery

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 came up to God

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 and God heard their groaning

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 and God remembered

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 his covenant

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 with Abraham,

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 with Isaac,

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 and with Jacob.

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 God saw the people

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 of Israel

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 and God knew.

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 To me,

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 that's just so powerful

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 how he looked

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 and he knew.

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 He knew

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 what it was like

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 for them.

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 He knew

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 how horrible

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 and difficult it was.

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 And in that knowing

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 there's,

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 behind that,

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 there's compassion

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 and care.

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 It matters to God.

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 And once again,

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 we get this reminder

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 that God is personal,

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 that he is love,

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 that he's concerned,

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 that he hears prayer.

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 He seems uninvolved

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 during these years,

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 perhaps.

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 Where the heck

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 is this God

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 that we've heard of?

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 But he's there.

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 And we know

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 he didn't wait around

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 for Israel

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 to ask for help

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 in the sense that

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 he didn't know

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 until then

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 the situation.

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 He knew the situation.

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 And it was part

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 of his plan

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 and it was part

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 of something

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 he was working out.

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 But the people

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 wouldn't have been

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 aware of that.

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 So then in chapter 3,

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 we get

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 God calling

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 of Moses.

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 So this is

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 obviously

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 a significant

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 passage

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 as we approach

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 the,

00:11:17.759 --> 00:11:18.519
 Moses approaches

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 this burning bush,

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 this strange phenomenon.

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 And

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 when God,

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 when Moses

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 asks,

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 so the Lord,

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 the Lord

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 tells him

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 what's going to,

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 tells him

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 he's seen the affliction

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 and he's going

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 to deliver them.

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 and Moses

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 says,

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 what is the,

00:11:42.480 --> 00:11:43.040
 what is this

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 God's name?

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 The people

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 are going

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 to want to know.

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 And God

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 said to Moses,

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 I am

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 who I am.

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 And he

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 said,

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 say this

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 to the people

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 of Israel,

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 I am

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 has sent

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 me to you.

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 So this

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 name,

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 and we've all,

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 we've all heard

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 some of this,

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 you know,

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 I don't think

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 I'm saying

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 anything revolutionary.

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 In this name,

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 I am

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 who I am,

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 he expresses

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 his self-existence,

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 his,

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 he's,

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 he's,

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 we talked about

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 the creator-creature

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 distinction,

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 he's completely

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 other.

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 We can't,

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 we're,

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 we are

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 who God

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 made us.

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 We are fully

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 dependent on God.

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 We have no breath

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 apart from God.

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 But God

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 depends on

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 nothing.

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 No one.

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 He is

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 life itself.

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 He is

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 himself.

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 He is

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 who he is.

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 He is,

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 he will be

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 who he will be.

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 He's

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 unchanging.

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 There's no

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 other reference

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 point

00:12:48.819 --> 00:12:50.299
 to talk about

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 God.

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 There are no,

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 you know,

00:12:52.439 --> 00:12:52.559
 if,

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 in the,

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 in the conception

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 of the people

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 of the world,

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 there are lots

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 of gods.

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 But

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 God,

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 Yahweh,

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 this I am

00:13:04.259 --> 00:13:05.159
 is

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 not a part

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 of that picture.

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 He is not

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 one of those

00:13:09.519 --> 00:13:09.839
 gods.

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 He is not,

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 he is not

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 like us

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 except in that

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 he has made us

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 in his image,

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 but he's not,

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 he's not

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 barren better

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 than us

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 and just,

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 you know,

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 a pure,

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 more perfect

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 version

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 of humanity.

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 That's not,

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 he's himself.

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 notice that

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 when Moses

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 approaches the

00:13:36.899 --> 00:13:37.580
 burning bush,

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 God says,

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 take off your

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 sandals

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 because this

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 is holy

00:13:41.379 --> 00:13:41.860
 ground.

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 And there's

00:13:44.000 --> 00:13:44.720
 an interesting

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 kind of a

00:13:47.299 --> 00:13:47.740
 contradiction

00:13:47.740 --> 00:13:48.799
 or a paradox

00:13:48.799 --> 00:13:49.200
 here.

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 It's holy

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 ground.

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 He is,

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 as we learn

00:13:52.519 --> 00:13:52.940
 throughout

00:13:52.940 --> 00:13:53.360
 scripture,

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 he is

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 holy,

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 holy,

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 holy,

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 completely

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 other,

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 completely

00:13:59.239 --> 00:13:59.899
 pure

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 and beautiful.

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 And,

00:14:04.479 --> 00:14:05.919
 and yet,

00:14:06.619 --> 00:14:09.019
 he invites

00:14:09.019 --> 00:14:09.639
 Moses to

00:14:09.639 --> 00:14:10.059
 take off

00:14:10.059 --> 00:14:10.699
 his sandals

00:14:10.699 --> 00:14:11.939
 and approach

00:14:11.939 --> 00:14:12.519
 and hear

00:14:12.519 --> 00:14:12.819
 him.

00:14:13.279 --> 00:14:13.639
 God is

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 both,

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 we've talked

00:14:15.019 --> 00:14:15.419
 about this

00:14:15.419 --> 00:14:15.819
 before,

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 God is

00:14:16.599 --> 00:14:17.179
 both this

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 transcendent

00:14:18.439 --> 00:14:19.199
 other

00:14:19.199 --> 00:14:21.779
 and present

00:14:21.779 --> 00:14:22.699
 with his

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 people.

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 So there's

00:14:24.239 --> 00:14:24.859
 this presence

00:14:24.859 --> 00:14:25.839
 here that's

00:14:25.839 --> 00:14:26.579
 really there

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 and it's

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 utterly

00:14:29.139 --> 00:14:29.660
 holy

00:14:29.660 --> 00:14:31.080
 and

00:14:31.080 --> 00:14:32.440
 Moses,

00:14:33.040 --> 00:14:33.840
 like all

00:14:33.840 --> 00:14:34.120
 the rest

00:14:34.120 --> 00:14:34.280
 of the

00:14:34.280 --> 00:14:34.600
 people,

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 is a

00:14:35.520 --> 00:14:35.900
 fallen

00:14:35.900 --> 00:14:36.300
 human

00:14:36.300 --> 00:14:36.740
 being,

00:14:36.920 --> 00:14:37.379
 sinful,

00:14:38.200 --> 00:14:38.680
 corrupted

00:14:38.680 --> 00:14:39.860
 by the

00:14:39.860 --> 00:14:40.379
 curse and

00:14:40.379 --> 00:14:40.740
 by his

00:14:40.740 --> 00:14:41.320
 own sin.

00:14:42.320 --> 00:14:43.060
 In the

00:14:43.060 --> 00:14:43.440
 fall,

00:14:43.620 --> 00:14:44.180
 he fell

00:14:44.180 --> 00:14:44.920
 with the

00:14:44.920 --> 00:14:45.300
 rest of

00:14:45.300 --> 00:14:45.580
 us.

00:14:46.280 --> 00:14:47.060
 But God

00:14:47.060 --> 00:14:47.400
 can be

00:14:47.400 --> 00:14:47.740
 present

00:14:47.740 --> 00:14:48.240
 with him.

00:14:49.360 --> 00:14:49.620
 And so

00:14:49.620 --> 00:14:50.100
 here again,

00:14:50.180 --> 00:14:50.360
 we have

00:14:50.360 --> 00:14:51.160
 this paradox

00:14:51.159 --> 00:14:52.159
 of this

00:14:52.159 --> 00:14:52.740
 holy,

00:14:52.959 --> 00:14:53.719
 pure God,

00:14:53.899 --> 00:14:54.659
 transcendent

00:14:54.659 --> 00:14:55.199
 and other

00:14:55.199 --> 00:14:57.459
 and this

00:14:57.459 --> 00:14:57.819
 sinful

00:14:57.819 --> 00:14:58.559
 humanity,

00:14:59.139 --> 00:14:59.639
 but God

00:14:59.639 --> 00:15:01.100
 is making

00:15:01.100 --> 00:15:01.799
 it possible

00:15:01.799 --> 00:15:03.240
 and that's

00:15:03.240 --> 00:15:03.539
 what the

00:15:03.539 --> 00:15:04.179
 whole Bible

00:15:04.179 --> 00:15:04.579
 is about,

00:15:04.679 --> 00:15:04.879
 right?

00:15:04.959 --> 00:15:05.360
 God is

00:15:05.360 --> 00:15:06.000
 making it

00:15:06.000 --> 00:15:06.459
 possible

00:15:06.459 --> 00:15:08.299
 for him

00:15:08.299 --> 00:15:08.779
 to be

00:15:08.779 --> 00:15:09.579
 with his

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 people.

00:15:10.879 --> 00:15:11.259
 And again,

00:15:11.459 --> 00:15:12.360
 the very end

00:15:12.360 --> 00:15:12.719
 of the book

00:15:12.719 --> 00:15:13.339
 we see

00:15:13.339 --> 00:15:15.059
 his glory

00:15:15.059 --> 00:15:15.679
 descend on

00:15:15.679 --> 00:15:16.539
 the tabernacle.

00:15:16.740 --> 00:15:17.159
 That's where

00:15:17.159 --> 00:15:17.519
 he's going to

00:15:17.519 --> 00:15:17.860
 meet with

00:15:17.860 --> 00:15:18.320
 his people.

00:15:19.000 --> 00:15:19.440
 So we

00:15:19.440 --> 00:15:20.200
 see this

00:15:20.200 --> 00:15:21.740
 kind of

00:15:21.740 --> 00:15:22.120
 tension

00:15:22.120 --> 00:15:23.259
 between his

00:15:23.259 --> 00:15:23.620
 holiness

00:15:23.620 --> 00:15:24.320
 and his

00:15:24.320 --> 00:15:24.919
 presence,

00:15:25.419 --> 00:15:26.120
 his desire

00:15:26.120 --> 00:15:26.460
 to be

00:15:26.460 --> 00:15:26.860
 present.

00:15:29.860 --> 00:15:30.620
 And as we

00:15:30.620 --> 00:15:31.879
 think some

00:15:31.879 --> 00:15:32.300
 more about

00:15:32.300 --> 00:15:32.960
 his name,

00:15:33.060 --> 00:15:33.300
 we're just

00:15:33.300 --> 00:15:33.840
 going to

00:15:33.840 --> 00:15:34.340
 park on

00:15:34.340 --> 00:15:35.460
 this idea

00:15:35.460 --> 00:15:35.759
 of his

00:15:35.759 --> 00:15:36.300
 name for

00:15:36.300 --> 00:15:36.539
 a few

00:15:36.539 --> 00:15:36.879
 minutes.

00:15:38.919 --> 00:15:39.399
 Toward

00:15:39.399 --> 00:15:40.700
 near the

00:15:40.700 --> 00:15:40.899
 end of

00:15:40.899 --> 00:15:41.120
 the book,

00:15:41.240 --> 00:15:41.480
 Exodus

00:15:41.480 --> 00:15:42.159
 33,

00:15:44.240 --> 00:15:45.639
 I might

00:15:45.639 --> 00:15:46.019
 have used

00:15:46.019 --> 00:15:46.700
 bookmarks,

00:15:47.039 --> 00:15:47.220
 but

00:15:47.220 --> 00:15:48.600
 who

00:15:48.600 --> 00:15:48.960
 thinks

00:15:48.960 --> 00:15:49.460
 of that?

00:15:51.480 --> 00:15:51.820
 Exodus

00:15:51.820 --> 00:15:52.500
 33,

00:15:53.940 --> 00:15:56.240
 in

00:15:56.240 --> 00:15:56.399
 verse

00:15:56.399 --> 00:15:56.940
 18,

00:15:57.700 --> 00:15:58.259
 so a

00:15:58.259 --> 00:15:58.600
 lot has

00:15:58.600 --> 00:15:59.000
 happened,

00:15:59.320 --> 00:15:59.580
 right?

00:16:00.259 --> 00:16:01.139
 They have

00:16:01.139 --> 00:16:01.639
 crossed the

00:16:01.639 --> 00:16:01.940
 Red Sea,

00:16:02.019 --> 00:16:02.300
 they've

00:16:02.300 --> 00:16:02.580
 been

00:16:02.580 --> 00:16:03.139
 delivered,

00:16:04.160 --> 00:16:06.139
 the law

00:16:06.139 --> 00:16:06.540
 has been

00:16:06.540 --> 00:16:06.840
 given,

00:16:07.100 --> 00:16:07.820
 the people

00:16:07.820 --> 00:16:08.460
 have

00:16:08.460 --> 00:16:09.180
 rebelled

00:16:09.180 --> 00:16:10.120
 with the

00:16:10.120 --> 00:16:10.379
 golden

00:16:10.379 --> 00:16:10.920
 calf,

00:16:12.540 --> 00:16:15.139
 and here

00:16:15.139 --> 00:16:15.860
 Moses says

00:16:15.860 --> 00:16:16.420
 to God,

00:16:17.220 --> 00:16:17.620
 to the

00:16:17.620 --> 00:16:18.000
 Lord,

00:16:18.200 --> 00:16:18.379
 this

00:16:18.379 --> 00:16:19.019
 Yahweh,

00:16:19.019 --> 00:16:19.220
 this

00:16:19.220 --> 00:16:19.019
 Yahweh,

00:16:19.019 --> 00:16:19.220
 this

00:16:19.220 --> 00:16:19.519
 Yahweh,

00:16:19.519 --> 00:16:26.879
 what verse

00:16:26.879 --> 00:16:27.200
 was I

00:16:27.200 --> 00:16:27.600
 saying?

00:16:27.740 --> 00:16:28.100
 18,

00:16:28.420 --> 00:16:28.700
 sorry,

00:16:29.220 --> 00:16:29.519
 and he

00:16:29.519 --> 00:16:29.920
 said,

00:16:30.759 --> 00:16:30.980
 God,

00:16:31.259 --> 00:16:31.879
 Moses says,

00:16:31.980 --> 00:16:32.639
 please show

00:16:32.639 --> 00:16:33.139
 me your

00:16:33.139 --> 00:16:33.560
 glory,

00:16:34.560 --> 00:16:35.240
 which is

00:16:35.240 --> 00:16:35.820
 what God

00:16:35.820 --> 00:16:36.279
 wants to

00:16:36.279 --> 00:16:36.600
 do,

00:16:36.740 --> 00:16:36.899
 right?

00:16:36.899 --> 00:16:37.300
 He really

00:16:37.300 --> 00:16:37.759
 wants to

00:16:37.759 --> 00:16:38.120
 do that,

00:16:38.279 --> 00:16:38.580
 and we'll

00:16:38.580 --> 00:16:39.000
 see that

00:16:39.000 --> 00:16:39.379
 through the

00:16:39.379 --> 00:16:39.740
 plagues,

00:16:40.440 --> 00:16:40.700
 but we'll

00:16:40.700 --> 00:16:41.019
 get back

00:16:41.019 --> 00:16:41.379
 to that.

00:16:41.779 --> 00:16:42.240
 Show me

00:16:42.240 --> 00:16:42.759
 your glory,

00:16:42.759 --> 00:16:42.779
 glory,

00:16:43.200 --> 00:16:44.120
 and God

00:16:44.120 --> 00:16:44.460
 said,

00:16:44.639 --> 00:16:44.899
 I will

00:16:44.899 --> 00:16:45.319
 make all

00:16:45.319 --> 00:16:45.980
 my goodness

00:16:45.980 --> 00:16:46.740
 pass before

00:16:46.740 --> 00:16:47.039
 you,

00:16:47.179 --> 00:16:47.419
 and will

00:16:47.419 --> 00:16:47.799
 proclaim

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 before you

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 my name,

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 the Lord,

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 which is

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 the I

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 am,

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 and I

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 will be

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 gracious to

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 whom I

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 will be

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 gracious,

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 and will

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 show mercy

00:16:56.600 --> 00:16:57.159
 on whom I

00:16:57.159 --> 00:16:57.659
 will show

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 mercy,

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 and God

00:17:00.700 --> 00:17:01.580
 explains what

00:17:01.580 --> 00:17:01.879
 he's going

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 to do,

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 that his

00:17:03.340 --> 00:17:03.860
 glory will

00:17:03.860 --> 00:17:04.539
 pass by,

00:17:04.799 --> 00:17:05.519
 and Moses

00:17:05.519 --> 00:17:05.879
 will be

00:17:05.879 --> 00:17:06.480
 hidden in

00:17:06.480 --> 00:17:06.980
 this rock,

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 and see

00:17:07.759 --> 00:17:08.879
 just the

00:17:08.879 --> 00:17:09.359
 back of

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 God,

00:17:09.679 --> 00:17:09.939
 because he

00:17:09.939 --> 00:17:10.359
 can't see

00:17:10.359 --> 00:17:10.859
 his face

00:17:10.859 --> 00:17:11.419
 and live.

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 And then

00:17:13.539 --> 00:17:15.199
 in chapter

00:17:15.199 --> 00:17:16.159
 34,

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 after

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 two more

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 tablets

00:17:22.359 --> 00:17:24.019
 are made,

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 the Lord

00:17:26.959 --> 00:17:27.619
 descends in

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 the cloud,

00:17:28.679 --> 00:17:29.219
 and stood

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 before him

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 there,

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 and proclaimed

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 the name

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 of the

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 Lord.

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 All of

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 these

00:17:33.299 --> 00:17:33.839
 occasions

00:17:33.839 --> 00:17:34.439
 of Lord

00:17:34.439 --> 00:17:35.679
 are this

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 covenant

00:17:36.059 --> 00:17:36.500
 name,

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 Yahweh,

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 this name

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 that he

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 is his

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 relationship

00:17:40.420 --> 00:17:41.399
 name with

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 his people,

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 right?

00:17:44.240 --> 00:17:44.940
 The Lord

00:17:44.940 --> 00:17:45.700
 passed before

00:17:45.700 --> 00:17:46.139
 him and

00:17:46.139 --> 00:17:46.539
 proclaimed

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 the Lord,

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 the Lord,

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 a God

00:17:48.160 --> 00:17:49.220
 merciful and

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 gracious,

00:17:50.440 --> 00:17:51.099
 slow to

00:17:51.099 --> 00:17:51.740
 anger and

00:17:51.740 --> 00:17:52.500
 abounding in

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 steadfast love

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 and faithfulness,

00:17:54.859 --> 00:17:55.879
 keeping steadfast

00:17:55.879 --> 00:17:56.500
 love for

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 thousands,

00:17:58.279 --> 00:17:58.619
 forgiving

00:17:58.619 --> 00:17:59.579
 iniquity and

00:17:59.579 --> 00:18:00.240
 transgression

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 and sin,

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 but who will

00:18:02.319 --> 00:18:03.220
 by no means

00:18:03.220 --> 00:18:03.779
 clear the

00:18:03.779 --> 00:18:04.119
 guilty,

00:18:04.680 --> 00:18:05.259
 visiting the

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 iniquity of

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 the fathers

00:18:07.019 --> 00:18:07.399
 on the

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 children,

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 and the

00:18:08.539 --> 00:18:09.019
 children's

00:18:09.019 --> 00:18:09.399
 children,

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 to the

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 third and

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 fourth

00:18:11.099 --> 00:18:11.859
 generation.

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 So here

00:18:13.359 --> 00:18:13.720
 again we

00:18:13.720 --> 00:18:14.019
 have the

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 giving of

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 his name.

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 So this

00:18:15.759 --> 00:18:16.179
 name,

00:18:16.839 --> 00:18:17.299
 he still

00:18:17.299 --> 00:18:17.539
 is,

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 I am,

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 but in

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 giving this,

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 he embodies

00:18:24.799 --> 00:18:25.599
 his character

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 and who

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 he is.

00:18:27.939 --> 00:18:28.579
 So we

00:18:28.579 --> 00:18:29.059
 have this

00:18:29.059 --> 00:18:30.220
 God who

00:18:30.220 --> 00:18:31.579
 most of

00:18:31.579 --> 00:18:31.819
 this,

00:18:32.279 --> 00:18:32.539
 you know,

00:18:32.599 --> 00:18:32.980
 a couple of

00:18:32.980 --> 00:18:33.359
 sentences,

00:18:33.720 --> 00:18:34.159
 most of

00:18:34.159 --> 00:18:34.960
 it's about

00:18:34.960 --> 00:18:35.779
 his mercy

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 and his

00:18:36.380 --> 00:18:37.220
 grace and

00:18:37.220 --> 00:18:37.819
 his forgiveness.

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 But he

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 also includes

00:18:40.180 --> 00:18:41.140
 his justice

00:18:41.140 --> 00:18:42.019
 and he

00:18:42.019 --> 00:18:42.940
 will by

00:18:42.940 --> 00:18:43.480
 no means

00:18:43.480 --> 00:18:43.960
 clear the

00:18:43.960 --> 00:18:44.279
 guilty.

00:18:45.180 --> 00:18:45.519
 And here

00:18:45.519 --> 00:18:46.100
 we have

00:18:46.100 --> 00:18:46.600
 this,

00:18:47.380 --> 00:18:49.039
 this tension,

00:18:49.160 --> 00:18:49.559
 it's a tension

00:18:49.559 --> 00:18:50.200
 for us,

00:18:50.299 --> 00:18:50.559
 right,

00:18:50.980 --> 00:18:51.660
 between

00:18:51.660 --> 00:18:53.019
 God's love

00:18:53.019 --> 00:18:53.539
 and mercy

00:18:53.539 --> 00:18:54.400
 and God's

00:18:54.400 --> 00:18:54.779
 judgment.

00:18:54.779 --> 00:18:54.920
 judgment.

00:18:58.680 --> 00:18:58.960
 And

00:18:58.960 --> 00:19:01.700
 Christopher

00:19:01.700 --> 00:19:02.299
 Watkin

00:19:02.299 --> 00:19:04.599
 writes,

00:19:04.700 --> 00:19:05.240
 the marriage

00:19:05.240 --> 00:19:05.920
 of justice

00:19:05.920 --> 00:19:06.539
 and grace

00:19:06.539 --> 00:19:07.099
 in Exodus

00:19:07.099 --> 00:19:08.759
 33 stands

00:19:08.759 --> 00:19:09.399
 in stark

00:19:09.399 --> 00:19:10.359
 distinction to

00:19:10.359 --> 00:19:10.660
 the way

00:19:10.660 --> 00:19:11.160
 those two

00:19:11.160 --> 00:19:11.859
 principles are

00:19:11.859 --> 00:19:12.639
 wrenched apart

00:19:12.639 --> 00:19:13.819
 and opposed

00:19:13.819 --> 00:19:14.619
 in contemporary

00:19:14.619 --> 00:19:15.680
 political and

00:19:15.680 --> 00:19:16.599
 social discourse.

00:19:17.799 --> 00:19:18.500
 He gives

00:19:18.500 --> 00:19:19.139
 the example

00:19:19.139 --> 00:19:21.399
 of political

00:19:21.399 --> 00:19:22.799
 discourse about

00:19:22.799 --> 00:19:24.279
 crime,

00:19:24.779 --> 00:19:25.700
 law and order

00:19:25.700 --> 00:19:26.720
 kind of things.

00:19:26.819 --> 00:19:27.019
 And we

00:19:27.019 --> 00:19:27.359
 have,

00:19:27.559 --> 00:19:27.779
 you know,

00:19:27.859 --> 00:19:29.500
 on the right,

00:19:30.220 --> 00:19:30.460
 you know,

00:19:30.539 --> 00:19:31.240
 this sort of

00:19:31.240 --> 00:19:32.480
 throw the book

00:19:32.480 --> 00:19:32.899
 at them,

00:19:33.139 --> 00:19:33.799
 lock them up.

00:19:34.220 --> 00:19:34.480
 Obviously,

00:19:34.639 --> 00:19:35.139
 I'm,

00:19:35.139 --> 00:19:35.460
 you know,

00:19:35.980 --> 00:19:36.579
 caricaturing

00:19:36.579 --> 00:19:36.819
 them.

00:19:37.460 --> 00:19:38.359
 But there's

00:19:38.359 --> 00:19:38.700
 this,

00:19:39.319 --> 00:19:39.700
 you know,

00:19:40.099 --> 00:19:40.839
 it's the law,

00:19:41.379 --> 00:19:41.779
 they have to

00:19:41.779 --> 00:19:42.299
 obey it,

00:19:42.740 --> 00:19:43.119
 we're going to

00:19:43.119 --> 00:19:43.660
 punish them.

00:19:44.399 --> 00:19:45.339
 And on the

00:19:45.339 --> 00:19:45.740
 left,

00:19:45.819 --> 00:19:46.539
 we're more likely

00:19:46.539 --> 00:19:47.039
 to see this

00:19:47.039 --> 00:19:47.660
 compassion,

00:19:47.920 --> 00:19:48.299
 well,

00:19:48.480 --> 00:19:48.879
 you know,

00:19:49.440 --> 00:19:50.059
 it was because

00:19:50.059 --> 00:19:51.019
 society was like

00:19:51.019 --> 00:19:51.539
 this that they

00:19:51.539 --> 00:19:52.359
 did this,

00:19:52.420 --> 00:19:52.940
 and we can

00:19:52.940 --> 00:19:53.879
 work toward

00:19:53.879 --> 00:19:54.599
 reform,

00:19:54.779 --> 00:19:55.059
 and we

00:19:55.059 --> 00:19:55.460
 can,

00:19:58.059 --> 00:19:58.200
 yeah,

00:19:58.279 --> 00:19:59.299
 rather than

00:19:59.299 --> 00:20:00.000
 punishment,

00:20:00.139 --> 00:20:00.619
 let's not be

00:20:00.619 --> 00:20:01.440
 so punitive,

00:20:01.599 --> 00:20:01.980
 that's not

00:20:01.980 --> 00:20:02.460
 helpful.

00:20:03.779 --> 00:20:04.319
 And these

00:20:04.319 --> 00:20:04.839
 two,

00:20:05.680 --> 00:20:07.500
 these two

00:20:07.500 --> 00:20:08.139
 things,

00:20:08.279 --> 00:20:09.279
 justice and

00:20:09.279 --> 00:20:09.720
 grace,

00:20:10.259 --> 00:20:11.940
 are divorced

00:20:11.940 --> 00:20:12.559
 in our

00:20:12.559 --> 00:20:14.059
 society to

00:20:14.059 --> 00:20:14.759
 a great deal.

00:20:15.420 --> 00:20:16.299
 But God

00:20:16.299 --> 00:20:17.660
 sees them

00:20:17.660 --> 00:20:18.079
 together.

00:20:18.539 --> 00:20:18.879
 They are

00:20:18.879 --> 00:20:19.299
 together.

00:20:19.500 --> 00:20:19.799
 He is

00:20:19.799 --> 00:20:21.059
 always just.

00:20:21.200 --> 00:20:21.500
 He is

00:20:21.500 --> 00:20:22.240
 always

00:20:22.240 --> 00:20:23.240
 merciful.

00:20:23.240 --> 00:20:24.640
 and how

00:20:24.640 --> 00:20:25.079
 that works

00:20:25.079 --> 00:20:25.579
 together,

00:20:25.759 --> 00:20:26.019
 of course,

00:20:26.079 --> 00:20:26.599
 we see

00:20:26.599 --> 00:20:27.440
 in the

00:20:27.440 --> 00:20:28.000
 New Testament

00:20:28.000 --> 00:20:28.400
 with the

00:20:28.400 --> 00:20:28.839
 coming of

00:20:28.839 --> 00:20:29.180
 Jesus,

00:20:29.400 --> 00:20:29.900
 and on

00:20:29.900 --> 00:20:30.559
 the cross,

00:20:31.059 --> 00:20:31.279
 God

00:20:31.279 --> 00:20:31.980
 executes

00:20:31.980 --> 00:20:32.900
 his perfect

00:20:32.900 --> 00:20:33.779
 justice,

00:20:34.299 --> 00:20:35.500
 and pours

00:20:35.500 --> 00:20:36.480
 out judgment

00:20:36.480 --> 00:20:37.720
 on his

00:20:37.720 --> 00:20:37.960
 son.

00:20:39.160 --> 00:20:39.720
 And in

00:20:39.720 --> 00:20:39.960
 that,

00:20:40.079 --> 00:20:40.339
 we see

00:20:40.339 --> 00:20:40.980
 his mercy,

00:20:41.720 --> 00:20:42.400
 this judgment

00:20:42.400 --> 00:20:44.180
 Jesus takes

00:20:44.180 --> 00:20:44.900
 for us.

00:20:45.059 --> 00:20:45.680
 We deserve

00:20:45.680 --> 00:20:45.900
 it.

00:20:46.440 --> 00:20:47.079
 He takes

00:20:47.079 --> 00:20:47.319
 it.

00:20:47.319 --> 00:20:49.500
 and here

00:20:49.500 --> 00:20:49.759
 in the

00:20:49.759 --> 00:20:50.079
 cross,

00:20:50.159 --> 00:20:50.460
 we see

00:20:50.460 --> 00:20:50.679
 God

00:20:50.679 --> 00:20:51.179
 knitting

00:20:51.179 --> 00:20:51.720
 together

00:20:51.720 --> 00:20:51.980
 his

00:20:51.980 --> 00:20:52.519
 justice

00:20:52.519 --> 00:20:53.279
 and

00:20:53.279 --> 00:20:53.480
 his

00:20:53.480 --> 00:20:53.859
 mercy.

00:20:55.159 --> 00:20:55.299
 So,

00:20:55.899 --> 00:20:56.679
 these,

00:20:56.839 --> 00:20:57.119
 again,

00:20:57.200 --> 00:20:57.659
 I've talked

00:20:57.659 --> 00:20:58.439
 about how

00:20:58.439 --> 00:20:59.079
 so many

00:20:59.079 --> 00:20:59.500
 of these

00:20:59.500 --> 00:20:59.980
 themes

00:20:59.980 --> 00:21:01.439
 that arise

00:21:01.439 --> 00:21:01.819
 in these

00:21:01.819 --> 00:21:02.599
 early,

00:21:02.839 --> 00:21:03.419
 in the

00:21:03.419 --> 00:21:04.039
 Pentateuch,

00:21:04.299 --> 00:21:05.919
 run through

00:21:05.919 --> 00:21:06.500
 all of

00:21:06.500 --> 00:21:06.819
 scripture.

00:21:07.220 --> 00:21:07.700
 And this

00:21:07.700 --> 00:21:08.419
 theme of

00:21:08.419 --> 00:21:09.179
 justice and

00:21:09.179 --> 00:21:10.319
 grace runs

00:21:10.319 --> 00:21:11.079
 through all

00:21:11.079 --> 00:21:11.700
 of scripture.

00:21:12.500 --> 00:21:12.859
 And we'll

00:21:12.859 --> 00:21:13.159
 see,

00:21:13.259 --> 00:21:13.779
 and we see

00:21:13.779 --> 00:21:14.099
 in the

00:21:14.099 --> 00:21:14.859
 context of

00:21:14.859 --> 00:21:16.759
 this section

00:21:16.759 --> 00:21:17.939
 of Exodus,

00:21:18.919 --> 00:21:19.779
 Israel has

00:21:19.779 --> 00:21:20.419
 rebelled,

00:21:20.639 --> 00:21:21.599
 grossly rebelled

00:21:21.599 --> 00:21:22.079
 in building

00:21:22.079 --> 00:21:22.719
 this golden

00:21:22.719 --> 00:21:23.279
 calf.

00:21:24.599 --> 00:21:25.479
 And God

00:21:25.479 --> 00:21:27.259
 is angry.

00:21:27.839 --> 00:21:28.399
 And they

00:21:28.399 --> 00:21:29.439
 have sinned

00:21:29.439 --> 00:21:30.759
 greatly,

00:21:31.299 --> 00:21:32.899
 even as

00:21:32.899 --> 00:21:33.879
 they're being

00:21:33.879 --> 00:21:34.679
 established as

00:21:34.679 --> 00:21:35.139
 a nation,

00:21:35.279 --> 00:21:35.399
 right?

00:21:35.459 --> 00:21:35.979
 This whole

00:21:35.979 --> 00:21:37.059
 thing is

00:21:37.059 --> 00:21:37.699
 going on,

00:21:37.759 --> 00:21:38.159
 and the

00:21:38.159 --> 00:21:38.559
 people,

00:21:39.299 --> 00:21:40.219
 you know,

00:21:40.659 --> 00:21:41.699
 they go

00:21:41.699 --> 00:21:42.099
 rogue.

00:21:42.479 --> 00:21:43.500
 They reject

00:21:43.500 --> 00:21:44.199
 his rule.

00:21:44.200 --> 00:21:45.500
 They want

00:21:45.500 --> 00:21:48.259
 this figure.

00:21:49.819 --> 00:21:50.600
 And they've

00:21:50.600 --> 00:21:50.980
 been told,

00:21:51.600 --> 00:21:51.779
 no,

00:21:51.960 --> 00:21:53.299
 no figures,

00:21:53.500 --> 00:21:54.279
 no pictures,

00:21:54.559 --> 00:21:55.640
 no golden

00:21:55.640 --> 00:21:56.059
 calves.

00:21:56.840 --> 00:21:57.319
 And yet,

00:21:57.400 --> 00:21:57.759
 God has

00:21:57.759 --> 00:21:58.279
 mercy on

00:21:58.279 --> 00:21:58.460
 them.

00:21:58.920 --> 00:21:59.740
 And Moses

00:21:59.740 --> 00:22:00.500
 intercedes,

00:22:01.059 --> 00:22:01.779
 and God

00:22:01.779 --> 00:22:02.880
 forgives,

00:22:02.980 --> 00:22:03.519
 he relents

00:22:03.519 --> 00:22:03.980
 from his

00:22:03.980 --> 00:22:04.380
 judgment,

00:22:04.779 --> 00:22:05.120
 and he

00:22:05.120 --> 00:22:05.720
 goes with

00:22:05.720 --> 00:22:08.160
 them in

00:22:08.160 --> 00:22:08.720
 their journey

00:22:08.720 --> 00:22:09.539
 to the

00:22:09.539 --> 00:22:09.840
 promised

00:22:09.840 --> 00:22:10.200
 land.

00:22:11.580 --> 00:22:12.180
 So,

00:22:12.480 --> 00:22:13.360
 justice and

00:22:13.360 --> 00:22:13.700
 mercy.

00:22:14.200 --> 00:22:16.660
 in the

00:22:16.660 --> 00:22:17.000
 scriptures

00:22:17.000 --> 00:22:17.840
 always go

00:22:17.840 --> 00:22:18.220
 together.

00:22:18.660 --> 00:22:18.960
 And they

00:22:18.960 --> 00:22:19.400
 can't be

00:22:19.400 --> 00:22:19.860
 separated.

00:22:20.240 --> 00:22:20.640
 There's no

00:22:20.640 --> 00:22:21.600
 justice without

00:22:21.600 --> 00:22:22.000
 mercy.

00:22:22.100 --> 00:22:22.460
 There's no

00:22:22.460 --> 00:22:23.840
 mercy without

00:22:23.840 --> 00:22:24.319
 justice.

00:22:24.740 --> 00:22:25.200
 You can't

00:22:25.200 --> 00:22:26.680
 just say,

00:22:26.759 --> 00:22:26.819
 oh,

00:22:26.840 --> 00:22:27.279
 never mind,

00:22:27.319 --> 00:22:27.580
 it doesn't

00:22:27.580 --> 00:22:27.860
 matter.

00:22:29.480 --> 00:22:30.259
 Because there's

00:22:30.259 --> 00:22:30.860
 wrong being

00:22:30.860 --> 00:22:31.180
 done.

00:22:31.620 --> 00:22:33.180
 There's people

00:22:33.180 --> 00:22:33.539
 who are being

00:22:33.539 --> 00:22:34.039
 harmed.

00:22:34.039 --> 00:22:34.680
 And his

00:22:34.680 --> 00:22:35.440
 name is

00:22:35.440 --> 00:22:36.799
 being besmirched.

00:22:36.799 --> 00:22:39.599
 who uses

00:22:39.599 --> 00:22:40.200
 that word?

00:22:40.399 --> 00:22:40.619
 I don't

00:22:40.619 --> 00:22:40.919
 know.

00:22:40.919 --> 00:22:41.339
 So,

00:22:41.339 --> 00:22:44.579
 he's getting

00:22:44.579 --> 00:22:44.879
 a bad

00:22:44.879 --> 00:22:45.399
 reputation

00:22:45.399 --> 00:22:47.980
 because people

00:22:47.980 --> 00:22:48.480
 are rebelling

00:22:48.480 --> 00:22:49.159
 against him.

00:22:49.599 --> 00:22:49.700
 Right?

00:22:50.059 --> 00:22:51.299
 And I'm

00:22:51.299 --> 00:22:51.859
 sort of making

00:22:51.859 --> 00:22:52.399
 it sound

00:22:52.399 --> 00:22:53.720
 almost silly,

00:22:54.079 --> 00:22:56.599
 but it's

00:22:56.599 --> 00:22:57.039
 huge.

00:22:57.200 --> 00:22:57.440
 And he

00:22:57.440 --> 00:22:58.220
 can't just

00:22:58.220 --> 00:22:59.180
 let it go.

00:22:59.839 --> 00:23:00.259
 Remember,

00:23:00.379 --> 00:23:00.720
 he is

00:23:00.720 --> 00:23:01.440
 perfectly

00:23:01.440 --> 00:23:01.839
 holy.

00:23:01.839 --> 00:23:03.000
 And he

00:23:03.000 --> 00:23:03.539
 can't just

00:23:03.539 --> 00:23:04.539
 hang around

00:23:04.539 --> 00:23:05.099
 while sin

00:23:05.099 --> 00:23:05.699
 goes on

00:23:05.699 --> 00:23:06.419
 and not

00:23:06.419 --> 00:23:07.679
 eventually

00:23:07.679 --> 00:23:09.240
 deal with

00:23:09.240 --> 00:23:10.379
 it justly.

00:23:14.220 --> 00:23:14.799
 So,

00:23:14.859 --> 00:23:15.220
 that's the

00:23:15.220 --> 00:23:15.899
 name of

00:23:15.899 --> 00:23:17.079
 God revealed

00:23:17.079 --> 00:23:18.439
 for the

00:23:18.439 --> 00:23:18.980
 first time

00:23:18.980 --> 00:23:19.439
 in the

00:23:19.439 --> 00:23:20.079
 burning bush.

00:23:21.139 --> 00:23:21.699
 Now,

00:23:21.799 --> 00:23:22.079
 let's just

00:23:22.079 --> 00:23:22.659
 go back.

00:23:23.439 --> 00:23:23.899
 We jumped

00:23:23.899 --> 00:23:24.259
 ahead.

00:23:25.399 --> 00:23:25.679
 And now,

00:23:25.720 --> 00:23:25.839
 we're going

00:23:25.839 --> 00:23:26.179
 to go back

00:23:26.179 --> 00:23:26.579
 to the

00:23:26.579 --> 00:23:27.639
 plagues

00:23:27.639 --> 00:23:28.679
 and what's

00:23:28.679 --> 00:23:29.159
 going on

00:23:29.159 --> 00:23:29.399
 there.

00:23:29.720 --> 00:23:30.000
 So,

00:23:30.079 --> 00:23:30.299
 I'm not

00:23:30.299 --> 00:23:30.480
 going to

00:23:30.480 --> 00:23:31.019
 read all

00:23:31.019 --> 00:23:31.319
 that

00:23:31.319 --> 00:23:32.279
 but I

00:23:32.279 --> 00:23:32.700
 assume

00:23:32.700 --> 00:23:33.039
 that most

00:23:33.039 --> 00:23:33.299
 of us

00:23:33.299 --> 00:23:33.759
 are familiar

00:23:33.759 --> 00:23:34.339
 with that.

00:23:35.899 --> 00:23:36.339
 In the

00:23:36.339 --> 00:23:36.899
 plagues,

00:23:37.519 --> 00:23:39.799
 God is

00:23:39.799 --> 00:23:40.259
 executing

00:23:40.259 --> 00:23:40.740
 judgment

00:23:40.740 --> 00:23:41.939
 on the

00:23:41.939 --> 00:23:42.339
 Egyptians

00:23:42.339 --> 00:23:43.319
 who have

00:23:43.319 --> 00:23:43.720
 rejected

00:23:43.720 --> 00:23:44.099
 him.

00:23:44.899 --> 00:23:45.519
 And Pharaoh

00:23:45.519 --> 00:23:46.419
 in particular

00:23:46.419 --> 00:23:47.099
 is singled

00:23:47.099 --> 00:23:47.759
 out as

00:23:47.759 --> 00:23:49.159
 the source

00:23:49.159 --> 00:23:49.579
 of this

00:23:49.579 --> 00:23:50.099
 rejection

00:23:50.099 --> 00:23:50.980
 and rebellion

00:23:50.980 --> 00:23:51.939
 against

00:23:51.939 --> 00:23:52.339
 God.

00:23:53.019 --> 00:23:53.519
 Pharaoh

00:23:53.519 --> 00:23:54.720
 flatly

00:23:54.720 --> 00:23:55.460
 refuses to

00:23:55.460 --> 00:23:56.139
 acknowledge

00:23:56.139 --> 00:23:58.059
 this God

00:23:58.059 --> 00:23:58.599
 of Israel.

00:23:59.579 --> 00:23:59.899
 Pharaoh

00:23:59.899 --> 00:24:00.659
 sees himself

00:24:00.659 --> 00:24:01.299
 as God.

00:24:01.319 --> 00:24:02.759
 and his

00:24:02.759 --> 00:24:03.279
 people see

00:24:03.279 --> 00:24:03.679
 him that

00:24:03.679 --> 00:24:03.839
 way.

00:24:03.939 --> 00:24:04.200
 That's

00:24:04.200 --> 00:24:04.700
 part of

00:24:04.700 --> 00:24:06.559
 the thing

00:24:06.559 --> 00:24:07.059
 in Egypt,

00:24:07.279 --> 00:24:07.500
 right?

00:24:09.779 --> 00:24:10.500
 In the

00:24:10.500 --> 00:24:11.059
 plagues,

00:24:11.059 --> 00:24:11.839
 God

00:24:11.839 --> 00:24:12.259
 judges.

00:24:12.679 --> 00:24:12.919
 In the

00:24:12.919 --> 00:24:13.359
 plagues,

00:24:13.599 --> 00:24:13.839
 God

00:24:13.839 --> 00:24:14.779
 demonstrates

00:24:14.779 --> 00:24:15.119
 his

00:24:15.119 --> 00:24:15.700
 sovereignty

00:24:15.700 --> 00:24:17.039
 over all

00:24:17.039 --> 00:24:17.579
 nations

00:24:17.579 --> 00:24:18.700
 and all

00:24:18.700 --> 00:24:19.099
 peoples.

00:24:19.839 --> 00:24:20.299
 He is

00:24:20.299 --> 00:24:20.679
 sovereign

00:24:20.679 --> 00:24:21.220
 over

00:24:21.220 --> 00:24:22.299
 and

00:24:22.299 --> 00:24:23.419
 the

00:24:23.419 --> 00:24:23.899
 individual

00:24:23.899 --> 00:24:24.539
 plagues

00:24:24.539 --> 00:24:25.279
 each

00:24:25.279 --> 00:24:26.000
 confront

00:24:26.000 --> 00:24:27.160
 one of

00:24:27.160 --> 00:24:27.440
 the

00:24:27.440 --> 00:24:28.599
 so-called

00:24:28.599 --> 00:24:29.140
 gods

00:24:29.140 --> 00:24:29.680
 of

00:24:29.680 --> 00:24:30.160
 Egypt

00:24:30.160 --> 00:24:31.240
 and

00:24:31.240 --> 00:24:31.519
 God

00:24:31.519 --> 00:24:32.339
 shows

00:24:32.339 --> 00:24:32.619
 them

00:24:32.619 --> 00:24:33.000
 up

00:24:33.000 --> 00:24:33.920
 like

00:24:33.920 --> 00:24:34.400
 they

00:24:34.400 --> 00:24:34.579
 are

00:24:34.579 --> 00:24:35.059
 powerless

00:24:35.059 --> 00:24:36.240
 against

00:24:36.240 --> 00:24:37.660
 these

00:24:37.660 --> 00:24:38.079
 judgments.

00:24:38.880 --> 00:24:39.099
 These

00:24:39.099 --> 00:24:39.660
 gods

00:24:39.660 --> 00:24:41.119
 can't do

00:24:41.119 --> 00:24:41.480
 anything

00:24:41.480 --> 00:24:42.180
 about it.

00:24:43.460 --> 00:24:44.240
 He

00:24:44.240 --> 00:24:44.940
 strikes at

00:24:44.940 --> 00:24:45.440
 the heart

00:24:45.440 --> 00:24:46.359
 of their

00:24:46.359 --> 00:24:46.960
 religion

00:24:46.960 --> 00:24:47.579
 and their

00:24:47.579 --> 00:24:48.140
 beliefs

00:24:48.140 --> 00:24:48.799
 and

00:24:48.799 --> 00:24:49.440
 demonstrates

00:24:49.440 --> 00:24:50.680
 who he

00:24:50.680 --> 00:24:51.039
 is.

00:24:51.680 --> 00:24:52.480
 He summons

00:24:52.480 --> 00:24:53.059
 nature to

00:24:53.059 --> 00:24:53.419
 do his

00:24:53.419 --> 00:24:53.740
 will.

00:24:54.099 --> 00:24:54.339
 These

00:24:54.339 --> 00:24:54.639
 plagues

00:24:54.639 --> 00:24:55.159
 are not

00:24:55.159 --> 00:24:55.599
 natural

00:24:55.599 --> 00:24:56.139
 occurrences.

00:24:56.359 --> 00:24:56.639
 Sometimes

00:24:56.639 --> 00:24:57.039
 here,

00:24:57.179 --> 00:24:57.279
 well,

00:24:57.799 --> 00:24:58.159
 you know,

00:24:58.859 --> 00:24:59.579
 there were

00:24:59.579 --> 00:24:59.799
 a lot

00:24:59.799 --> 00:24:59.940
 of

00:24:59.940 --> 00:25:00.940
 locusts.

00:25:01.779 --> 00:25:02.259
 But

00:25:02.259 --> 00:25:02.659
 these are

00:25:02.659 --> 00:25:04.079
 miracles.

00:25:04.539 --> 00:25:05.259
 It's not

00:25:05.259 --> 00:25:05.779
 just that

00:25:05.779 --> 00:25:06.399
 there happened

00:25:06.399 --> 00:25:06.879
 to be

00:25:06.879 --> 00:25:07.960
 a plague

00:25:07.960 --> 00:25:08.659
 of locusts

00:25:08.659 --> 00:25:09.079
 and God

00:25:09.079 --> 00:25:09.480
 used it

00:25:09.480 --> 00:25:09.759
 for his

00:25:09.759 --> 00:25:10.099
 purposes.

00:25:10.339 --> 00:25:10.500
 Now,

00:25:10.879 --> 00:25:11.179
 God

00:25:11.179 --> 00:25:11.899
 does do

00:25:11.899 --> 00:25:12.200
 that.

00:25:12.559 --> 00:25:13.039
 There are

00:25:13.039 --> 00:25:13.539
 natural

00:25:13.539 --> 00:25:14.059
 occurrences

00:25:14.059 --> 00:25:15.119
 that God

00:25:15.119 --> 00:25:15.700
 then uses

00:25:15.700 --> 00:25:16.179
 for his

00:25:16.179 --> 00:25:16.639
 purposes.

00:25:18.159 --> 00:25:18.940
 But here

00:25:18.940 --> 00:25:19.359
 we have

00:25:19.359 --> 00:25:19.679
 something

00:25:19.679 --> 00:25:20.139
 different

00:25:20.139 --> 00:25:21.220
 and we

00:25:21.220 --> 00:25:21.779
 see it

00:25:21.779 --> 00:25:22.119
 in the

00:25:22.119 --> 00:25:22.599
 ways

00:25:22.599 --> 00:25:23.980
 that this

00:25:23.980 --> 00:25:24.740
 plays out.

00:25:25.079 --> 00:25:26.659
 So a

00:25:26.659 --> 00:25:27.159
 plague will

00:25:27.159 --> 00:25:28.459
 affect all

00:25:28.459 --> 00:25:28.959
 of Israel

00:25:28.959 --> 00:25:29.939
 but not

00:25:29.939 --> 00:25:30.480
 Goshen

00:25:30.480 --> 00:25:31.259
 where the

00:25:31.259 --> 00:25:31.679
 Israelites

00:25:31.679 --> 00:25:32.199
 live.

00:25:32.819 --> 00:25:33.000
 Like,

00:25:33.059 --> 00:25:33.539
 that's just

00:25:33.539 --> 00:25:33.879
 weird,

00:25:34.059 --> 00:25:34.259
 right?

00:25:35.439 --> 00:25:36.359
 That doesn't

00:25:36.359 --> 00:25:36.699
 happen

00:25:36.699 --> 00:25:37.259
 naturally.

00:25:39.039 --> 00:25:39.779
 And we

00:25:39.779 --> 00:25:41.000
 see God

00:25:41.000 --> 00:25:41.579
 can turn it

00:25:41.579 --> 00:25:41.919
 on and

00:25:41.919 --> 00:25:42.240
 turn it

00:25:42.240 --> 00:25:42.679
 off just

00:25:42.679 --> 00:25:43.219
 like that.

00:25:44.359 --> 00:25:44.939
 Moses

00:25:44.939 --> 00:25:46.019
 prays and

00:25:46.019 --> 00:25:46.359
 the plague

00:25:46.359 --> 00:25:46.699
 ends.

00:25:49.959 --> 00:25:50.859
 The more

00:25:50.859 --> 00:25:51.419
 Pharaoh

00:25:51.420 --> 00:25:52.100
 hardens

00:25:52.100 --> 00:25:52.740
 his heart,

00:25:52.740 --> 00:25:54.140
 the more

00:25:54.140 --> 00:25:55.300
 glory God

00:25:55.300 --> 00:25:55.740
 gets.

00:25:56.300 --> 00:25:56.900
 So God

00:25:56.900 --> 00:25:57.420
 is getting

00:25:57.420 --> 00:25:58.420
 glory through

00:25:58.420 --> 00:25:59.200
 demonstrating

00:25:59.200 --> 00:26:00.019
 who he

00:26:00.019 --> 00:26:00.539
 is.

00:26:00.940 --> 00:26:01.279
 In this

00:26:01.279 --> 00:26:01.560
 case,

00:26:01.620 --> 00:26:02.259
 his power,

00:26:02.420 --> 00:26:03.120
 his sovereignty,

00:26:03.400 --> 00:26:03.960
 and his

00:26:03.960 --> 00:26:04.640
 care for

00:26:04.640 --> 00:26:05.060
 Israel,

00:26:05.900 --> 00:26:06.519
 his people.

00:26:07.580 --> 00:26:08.080
 So God

00:26:08.080 --> 00:26:08.640
 demonstrates

00:26:08.640 --> 00:26:09.240
 who he

00:26:09.240 --> 00:26:09.560
 is,

00:26:10.060 --> 00:26:11.380
 and the

00:26:11.380 --> 00:26:12.080
 more Pharaoh

00:26:12.080 --> 00:26:12.980
 resists,

00:26:13.820 --> 00:26:14.519
 the plagues

00:26:14.519 --> 00:26:14.840
 get,

00:26:15.080 --> 00:26:15.820
 they ratchet

00:26:15.820 --> 00:26:16.300
 up,

00:26:16.680 --> 00:26:17.019
 right?

00:26:17.019 --> 00:26:18.079
 And there's

00:26:18.079 --> 00:26:19.259
 this systematic

00:26:19.259 --> 00:26:20.240
 destruction

00:26:20.240 --> 00:26:22.480
 of the

00:26:22.480 --> 00:26:23.639
 nation of

00:26:23.639 --> 00:26:24.180
 Egypt.

00:26:24.900 --> 00:26:25.460
 Crops are

00:26:25.460 --> 00:26:26.059
 destroyed.

00:26:27.839 --> 00:26:28.119
 You know,

00:26:28.180 --> 00:26:28.440
 we have

00:26:28.440 --> 00:26:30.539
 this weird

00:26:30.539 --> 00:26:31.299
 and terrifying

00:26:31.299 --> 00:26:31.900
 darkness

00:26:31.900 --> 00:26:33.180
 that lasts

00:26:33.180 --> 00:26:35.339
 longer than

00:26:35.339 --> 00:26:36.700
 it should.

00:26:37.960 --> 00:26:38.720
 We have

00:26:38.720 --> 00:26:39.000
 in this

00:26:39.000 --> 00:26:39.480
 picture,

00:26:39.480 --> 00:26:43.779
 sometimes it

00:26:43.779 --> 00:26:43.980
 says,

00:26:44.079 --> 00:26:44.299
 Pharaoh

00:26:44.299 --> 00:26:44.660
 hardened

00:26:44.660 --> 00:26:45.120
 his heart,

00:26:45.460 --> 00:26:46.099
 and sometimes

00:26:46.099 --> 00:26:46.640
 it says,

00:26:46.819 --> 00:26:47.440
 God hardened

00:26:47.440 --> 00:26:47.920
 Pharaoh's

00:26:47.920 --> 00:26:48.160
 heart.

00:26:49.259 --> 00:26:49.860
 One of the

00:26:49.860 --> 00:26:50.240
 things I find

00:26:50.240 --> 00:26:50.880
 really interesting

00:26:50.880 --> 00:26:51.319
 about this

00:26:51.319 --> 00:26:51.640
 is this

00:26:51.640 --> 00:26:51.920
 kind of

00:26:51.920 --> 00:26:52.480
 bugs us,

00:26:53.460 --> 00:26:54.299
 but there's

00:26:54.299 --> 00:26:56.500
 no sense

00:26:56.500 --> 00:26:57.680
 in the

00:26:57.680 --> 00:26:57.920
 scripture

00:26:57.920 --> 00:26:58.480
 itself,

00:26:58.500 --> 00:26:58.900
 as it's

00:26:58.900 --> 00:26:59.500
 telling this,

00:26:59.599 --> 00:27:01.400
 that Moses

00:27:01.400 --> 00:27:02.000
 or the

00:27:02.000 --> 00:27:03.339
 people were

00:27:03.339 --> 00:27:04.000
 bothered by

00:27:04.000 --> 00:27:04.279
 this.

00:27:04.279 --> 00:27:05.119
 So,

00:27:05.279 --> 00:27:05.539
 there's

00:27:05.539 --> 00:27:05.839
 something

00:27:05.839 --> 00:27:06.579
 that we

00:27:06.579 --> 00:27:07.299
 don't get

00:27:07.299 --> 00:27:08.740
 about how

00:27:08.740 --> 00:27:09.440
 this works,

00:27:09.720 --> 00:27:10.259
 that they

00:27:10.259 --> 00:27:11.740
 either understood

00:27:11.740 --> 00:27:12.359
 better or

00:27:12.359 --> 00:27:13.240
 just accepted

00:27:13.240 --> 00:27:14.779
 better than

00:27:14.779 --> 00:27:15.299
 we do.

00:27:17.259 --> 00:27:18.660
 We don't

00:27:18.660 --> 00:27:19.940
 want to

00:27:19.940 --> 00:27:20.599
 see God

00:27:20.599 --> 00:27:21.119
 hardening

00:27:21.119 --> 00:27:21.539
 someone's

00:27:21.539 --> 00:27:21.940
 heart and

00:27:21.940 --> 00:27:22.440
 then punishing

00:27:22.440 --> 00:27:22.859
 them for

00:27:22.859 --> 00:27:23.160
 that,

00:27:23.639 --> 00:27:23.920
 right?

00:27:23.960 --> 00:27:24.160
 There's

00:27:24.160 --> 00:27:25.559
 something that

00:27:25.559 --> 00:27:26.059
 strikes us

00:27:26.059 --> 00:27:27.059
 as unjust.

00:27:29.119 --> 00:27:29.319
 But,

00:27:29.519 --> 00:27:30.119
 there's a,

00:27:30.119 --> 00:27:30.899
 there's a,

00:27:32.099 --> 00:27:32.700
 what's the

00:27:32.700 --> 00:27:33.139
 right word?

00:27:34.279 --> 00:27:35.660
 I don't

00:27:35.660 --> 00:27:35.839
 know what

00:27:35.839 --> 00:27:36.059
 the right

00:27:36.059 --> 00:27:36.440
 word is.

00:27:38.480 --> 00:27:38.960
 There's

00:27:38.960 --> 00:27:40.399
 this sense

00:27:40.399 --> 00:27:40.799
 that these

00:27:40.799 --> 00:27:41.220
 things go

00:27:41.220 --> 00:27:41.619
 together,

00:27:41.960 --> 00:27:42.259
 right?

00:27:42.500 --> 00:27:42.740
 That,

00:27:42.740 --> 00:27:44.319
 that Pharaoh

00:27:44.319 --> 00:27:44.920
 hardens his

00:27:44.920 --> 00:27:45.220
 heart,

00:27:45.539 --> 00:27:46.119
 God hardens

00:27:46.119 --> 00:27:46.559
 his heart,

00:27:47.139 --> 00:27:47.519
 Pharaoh's

00:27:47.519 --> 00:27:48.399
 responsible for

00:27:48.399 --> 00:27:48.960
 hardening his

00:27:48.960 --> 00:27:49.259
 heart,

00:27:50.099 --> 00:27:50.839
 whether God

00:27:50.839 --> 00:27:53.099
 creates that

00:27:53.099 --> 00:27:53.579
 in him or

00:27:53.579 --> 00:27:53.940
 not,

00:27:54.539 --> 00:27:54.799
 right?

00:27:54.960 --> 00:27:55.519
 Pharaoh is

00:27:55.519 --> 00:27:56.180
 held accountable

00:27:56.180 --> 00:27:56.819
 for his

00:27:56.819 --> 00:27:57.160
 sin.

00:27:58.460 --> 00:27:58.980
 And,

00:27:59.099 --> 00:27:59.399
 again,

00:27:59.460 --> 00:27:59.899
 this is a

00:27:59.899 --> 00:28:00.460
 thing we see

00:28:00.460 --> 00:28:00.799
 throughout

00:28:00.799 --> 00:28:01.240
 scripture,

00:28:01.940 --> 00:28:03.299
 that there's

00:28:03.299 --> 00:28:03.859
 a sense in

00:28:03.859 --> 00:28:04.399
 which God

00:28:04.399 --> 00:28:05.259
 is controlling

00:28:05.259 --> 00:28:06.819
 all things,

00:28:07.339 --> 00:28:07.859
 everything.

00:28:09.879 --> 00:28:10.419
 And yet,

00:28:10.479 --> 00:28:10.879
 we are

00:28:10.879 --> 00:28:11.619
 responsible,

00:28:11.979 --> 00:28:12.639
 human beings,

00:28:12.740 --> 00:28:12.959
 we are

00:28:12.959 --> 00:28:14.119
 responsible before

00:28:14.119 --> 00:28:14.559
 God,

00:28:14.719 --> 00:28:15.259
 and we'll

00:28:15.259 --> 00:28:15.839
 be judged

00:28:15.839 --> 00:28:16.459
 for our

00:28:16.459 --> 00:28:16.799
 sin.

00:28:19.339 --> 00:28:19.819
 So,

00:28:20.059 --> 00:28:21.439
 that's where

00:28:21.439 --> 00:28:21.699
 I'm going to

00:28:21.699 --> 00:28:22.039
 leave it,

00:28:22.099 --> 00:28:22.779
 because it's

00:28:22.779 --> 00:28:23.519
 pretty,

00:28:23.859 --> 00:28:24.179
 it's a

00:28:24.179 --> 00:28:24.539
 difficult,

00:28:24.779 --> 00:28:25.079
 it's a

00:28:25.079 --> 00:28:25.639
 thorny issue,

00:28:25.759 --> 00:28:26.259
 but I just

00:28:26.259 --> 00:28:26.859
 want to point

00:28:26.859 --> 00:28:28.240
 out that the

00:28:28.240 --> 00:28:28.779
 Bible doesn't

00:28:28.779 --> 00:28:29.339
 see it as a

00:28:29.339 --> 00:28:29.979
 thorny issue.

00:28:30.939 --> 00:28:31.519
 And sometimes

00:28:31.519 --> 00:28:32.799
 I think we

00:28:32.799 --> 00:28:33.399
 see it that

00:28:33.400 --> 00:28:33.820
 way because

00:28:33.820 --> 00:28:34.280
 we don't

00:28:34.280 --> 00:28:34.880
 understand who

00:28:34.880 --> 00:28:35.420
 God is,

00:28:35.820 --> 00:28:36.360
 and we

00:28:36.360 --> 00:28:36.940
 don't,

00:28:36.940 --> 00:28:38.900
 we just

00:28:38.900 --> 00:28:40.019
 don't grasp

00:28:40.019 --> 00:28:41.140
 his

00:28:41.140 --> 00:28:41.920
 otherness,

00:28:42.360 --> 00:28:43.160
 and his

00:28:43.160 --> 00:28:44.100
 love,

00:28:44.519 --> 00:28:45.160
 and his

00:28:45.160 --> 00:28:45.640
 justice,

00:28:45.880 --> 00:28:46.560
 and all of

00:28:46.560 --> 00:28:47.259
 these things,

00:28:47.660 --> 00:28:48.259
 we just,

00:28:48.380 --> 00:28:49.280
 we're fallen,

00:28:49.759 --> 00:28:50.300
 and our

00:28:50.300 --> 00:28:51.420
 hearts are

00:28:51.420 --> 00:28:52.120
 twisted with

00:28:52.120 --> 00:28:52.460
 sin,

00:28:53.180 --> 00:28:53.780
 and we don't

00:28:53.780 --> 00:28:54.480
 understand it,

00:28:54.840 --> 00:28:56.820
 and we look

00:28:56.820 --> 00:28:57.140
 at these

00:28:57.140 --> 00:28:57.800
 things from

00:28:57.800 --> 00:28:59.259
 our own

00:28:59.259 --> 00:28:59.680
 viewpoint,

00:29:00.160 --> 00:29:01.099
 which is

00:29:01.099 --> 00:29:01.759
 fallen,

00:29:02.619 --> 00:29:04.019
 and deceived,

00:29:04.519 --> 00:29:06.460
 and confused.

00:29:11.680 --> 00:29:12.400
 So,

00:29:12.599 --> 00:29:13.700
 so then,

00:29:13.799 --> 00:29:14.140
 so these

00:29:14.140 --> 00:29:15.019
 plagues happen,

00:29:15.740 --> 00:29:16.400
 the plague of

00:29:16.400 --> 00:29:17.180
 the firstborn

00:29:17.180 --> 00:29:18.000
 is the

00:29:18.000 --> 00:29:19.279
 culmination of

00:29:19.279 --> 00:29:19.660
 this,

00:29:20.039 --> 00:29:20.740
 and Pharaoh

00:29:20.740 --> 00:29:21.220
 says,

00:29:21.440 --> 00:29:21.720
 okay,

00:29:21.839 --> 00:29:22.059
 fine,

00:29:22.119 --> 00:29:22.619
 get lost.

00:29:24.819 --> 00:29:25.759
 Israel is

00:29:25.759 --> 00:29:26.319
 saved from

00:29:26.319 --> 00:29:27.140
 slavery to

00:29:27.140 --> 00:29:27.560
 Egypt,

00:29:28.320 --> 00:29:31.240
 and Egypt

00:29:31.240 --> 00:29:31.840
 is judged

00:29:31.840 --> 00:29:32.200
 for its

00:29:32.200 --> 00:29:33.080
 rejection and

00:29:33.080 --> 00:29:33.900
 defiance of

00:29:33.900 --> 00:29:34.240
 God.

00:29:34.759 --> 00:29:35.300
 Israel is

00:29:35.300 --> 00:29:36.360
 saved through

00:29:36.360 --> 00:29:37.300
 that judgment.

00:29:39.060 --> 00:29:39.860
 God has

00:29:39.860 --> 00:29:40.360
 mercy on

00:29:40.360 --> 00:29:40.800
 Israel,

00:29:41.259 --> 00:29:42.259
 and he does

00:29:42.259 --> 00:29:42.600
 not have

00:29:42.600 --> 00:29:43.040
 mercy on

00:29:43.040 --> 00:29:43.520
 the hardened

00:29:43.520 --> 00:29:44.660
 people of

00:29:44.660 --> 00:29:45.100
 Egypt.

00:29:45.580 --> 00:29:45.900
 Now,

00:29:46.040 --> 00:29:46.420
 there were

00:29:46.420 --> 00:29:46.820
 people,

00:29:47.080 --> 00:29:47.480
 apparently,

00:29:47.940 --> 00:29:49.040
 who believed

00:29:49.040 --> 00:29:49.380
 God,

00:29:50.040 --> 00:29:51.060
 and we see

00:29:51.060 --> 00:29:51.500
 that it was

00:29:51.500 --> 00:29:51.940
 a mixed

00:29:51.940 --> 00:29:52.900
 bag that

00:29:52.900 --> 00:29:54.620
 not only

00:29:54.620 --> 00:29:55.680
 Israelites

00:29:55.680 --> 00:29:56.860
 by birth,

00:29:57.140 --> 00:29:58.080
 by ethnicity,

00:29:58.500 --> 00:29:59.100
 not only

00:29:59.100 --> 00:29:59.980
 they left

00:29:59.980 --> 00:30:00.680
 Egypt,

00:30:00.880 --> 00:30:01.160
 but there

00:30:01.160 --> 00:30:01.800
 were others.

00:30:02.259 --> 00:30:02.600
 There were

00:30:02.600 --> 00:30:03.040
 others who

00:30:03.040 --> 00:30:03.660
 went along

00:30:03.660 --> 00:30:04.460
 because they

00:30:04.460 --> 00:30:04.960
 saw this

00:30:04.960 --> 00:30:05.300
 God,

00:30:05.420 --> 00:30:05.660
 and they

00:30:05.660 --> 00:30:06.120
 were like,

00:30:06.759 --> 00:30:07.020
 okay,

00:30:07.080 --> 00:30:07.320
 I want to

00:30:07.320 --> 00:30:07.520
 be on

00:30:07.520 --> 00:30:08.000
 his side

00:30:08.000 --> 00:30:08.600
 because he's

00:30:08.600 --> 00:30:08.860
 really

00:30:08.860 --> 00:30:09.520
 something,

00:30:10.920 --> 00:30:11.200
 and he's

00:30:11.200 --> 00:30:11.440
 not,

00:30:11.700 --> 00:30:12.060
 he's,

00:30:12.060 --> 00:30:12.700
 he's,

00:30:12.820 --> 00:30:13.400
 he's not

00:30:13.400 --> 00:30:14.160
 what our

00:30:14.160 --> 00:30:14.700
 gods are.

00:30:15.940 --> 00:30:16.640
 So there

00:30:16.640 --> 00:30:17.240
 were people,

00:30:17.340 --> 00:30:17.820
 so it's not

00:30:17.820 --> 00:30:18.120
 that,

00:30:18.180 --> 00:30:19.100
 that God

00:30:19.100 --> 00:30:19.800
 only had

00:30:19.800 --> 00:30:21.020
 mercy on

00:30:21.020 --> 00:30:22.580
 Israelites

00:30:22.579 --> 00:30:24.259
 and not

00:30:24.259 --> 00:30:24.619
 on

00:30:24.619 --> 00:30:25.960
 repentant

00:30:25.960 --> 00:30:26.439
 Egyptians.

00:30:26.919 --> 00:30:27.460
 He did,

00:30:27.919 --> 00:30:28.299
 and they

00:30:28.299 --> 00:30:28.519
 went,

00:30:28.619 --> 00:30:29.299
 they went

00:30:29.299 --> 00:30:30.119
 along with

00:30:30.119 --> 00:30:31.000
 Israel

00:30:31.000 --> 00:30:31.319
 and the

00:30:31.319 --> 00:30:31.699
 Exodus.

00:30:35.699 --> 00:30:36.419
 Throughout

00:30:36.419 --> 00:30:37.879
 these passages,

00:30:38.759 --> 00:30:41.339
 God is

00:30:41.339 --> 00:30:42.240
 calling them

00:30:42.240 --> 00:30:44.159
 out of

00:30:44.159 --> 00:30:44.559
 Egypt,

00:30:45.139 --> 00:30:45.980
 not just

00:30:45.980 --> 00:30:46.720
 out of

00:30:46.720 --> 00:30:47.059
 Egypt,

00:30:47.379 --> 00:30:47.980
 out of

00:30:47.980 --> 00:30:48.379
 slavery,

00:30:48.619 --> 00:30:49.299
 but to

00:30:49.299 --> 00:30:49.819
 something,

00:30:49.819 --> 00:30:51.099
 right?

00:30:51.480 --> 00:30:52.460
 God says,

00:30:53.000 --> 00:30:53.220
 let my

00:30:53.220 --> 00:30:54.259
 people go

00:30:54.259 --> 00:30:54.980
 that they

00:30:54.980 --> 00:30:55.379
 may hold

00:30:55.379 --> 00:30:55.819
 a feast

00:30:55.819 --> 00:30:56.200
 to me

00:30:56.200 --> 00:30:56.460
 in the

00:30:56.460 --> 00:30:56.819
 wilderness.

00:30:57.539 --> 00:30:58.159
 Let my

00:30:58.159 --> 00:30:58.939
 people go

00:30:58.939 --> 00:30:59.639
 that they

00:30:59.639 --> 00:31:00.299
 may worship

00:31:00.299 --> 00:31:00.740
 me.

00:31:02.079 --> 00:31:03.019
 Let my

00:31:03.019 --> 00:31:03.779
 people go.

00:31:05.779 --> 00:31:06.539
 And the

00:31:06.539 --> 00:31:07.079
 point is

00:31:07.079 --> 00:31:07.639
 always

00:31:07.639 --> 00:31:08.339
 worship,

00:31:09.099 --> 00:31:09.980
 the honor

00:31:09.980 --> 00:31:10.519
 of God,

00:31:11.279 --> 00:31:11.679
 reverence

00:31:11.679 --> 00:31:12.200
 for God.

00:31:13.679 --> 00:31:14.559
 The people

00:31:14.559 --> 00:31:15.240
 are not

00:31:15.240 --> 00:31:17.500
 just freed

00:31:17.500 --> 00:31:18.200
 from slavery

00:31:18.200 --> 00:31:18.879
 so that they

00:31:18.879 --> 00:31:19.179
 can

00:31:19.180 --> 00:31:20.320
 have their

00:31:20.320 --> 00:31:21.000
 pleasures and

00:31:21.000 --> 00:31:21.400
 do whatever

00:31:21.400 --> 00:31:22.019
 they want.

00:31:22.500 --> 00:31:22.519
 Like,

00:31:22.680 --> 00:31:22.980
 there's a,

00:31:23.860 --> 00:31:24.200
 you know,

00:31:24.799 --> 00:31:25.240
 there's

00:31:25.240 --> 00:31:25.600
 certainly,

00:31:25.920 --> 00:31:26.820
 there's

00:31:26.820 --> 00:31:27.660
 certainly joy

00:31:27.660 --> 00:31:28.039
 in being

00:31:28.039 --> 00:31:28.680
 released from

00:31:28.680 --> 00:31:29.500
 slavery and

00:31:29.500 --> 00:31:29.860
 all that

00:31:29.860 --> 00:31:30.340
 work,

00:31:30.580 --> 00:31:31.200
 but at the

00:31:31.200 --> 00:31:31.820
 same time,

00:31:31.900 --> 00:31:32.400
 we see

00:31:32.400 --> 00:31:33.539
 the challenges

00:31:33.539 --> 00:31:34.220
 of freedom.

00:31:36.180 --> 00:31:36.799
 You know,

00:31:36.860 --> 00:31:37.580
 when the

00:31:37.580 --> 00:31:37.940
 Israelites

00:31:37.940 --> 00:31:39.340
 complain to

00:31:39.340 --> 00:31:39.700
 Moses,

00:31:39.880 --> 00:31:40.420
 they're saying

00:31:40.420 --> 00:31:41.019
 things like,

00:31:41.380 --> 00:31:41.660
 we should

00:31:41.660 --> 00:31:42.039
 have stayed,

00:31:42.160 --> 00:31:42.700
 we should

00:31:42.700 --> 00:31:43.019
 have stayed

00:31:43.019 --> 00:31:43.580
 back there

00:31:43.580 --> 00:31:44.160
 because it

00:31:44.160 --> 00:31:44.600
 was better.

00:31:44.700 --> 00:31:45.320
 We got fed,

00:31:45.420 --> 00:31:45.740
 we got,

00:31:46.220 --> 00:31:46.500
 you know,

00:31:46.620 --> 00:31:46.880
 whatever,

00:31:47.039 --> 00:31:48.279
 taken care of.

00:31:49.180 --> 00:31:51.560
 But now,

00:31:51.799 --> 00:31:52.840
 it's different.

00:31:53.360 --> 00:31:53.759
 Freedom is

00:31:53.759 --> 00:31:54.140
 hard.

00:31:54.519 --> 00:31:54.840
 We have to

00:31:54.840 --> 00:31:55.460
 make choices,

00:31:55.759 --> 00:31:56.060
 we have to

00:31:56.060 --> 00:31:56.759
 take responsibility,

00:31:57.519 --> 00:31:58.060
 we have to

00:31:58.060 --> 00:31:59.220
 trust God.

00:32:00.680 --> 00:32:01.320
 There was a

00:32:01.320 --> 00:32:01.900
 sense in which

00:32:01.900 --> 00:32:02.460
 a life of

00:32:02.460 --> 00:32:03.000
 slavery,

00:32:03.400 --> 00:32:03.880
 and I'm not

00:32:03.880 --> 00:32:04.560
 in any way

00:32:04.560 --> 00:32:05.200
 saying it's a

00:32:05.200 --> 00:32:05.759
 good life,

00:32:06.380 --> 00:32:07.440
 a life of

00:32:07.440 --> 00:32:09.100
 slavery takes

00:32:09.100 --> 00:32:09.460
 some of that

00:32:09.460 --> 00:32:10.060
 responsibility

00:32:10.060 --> 00:32:10.700
 off,

00:32:11.200 --> 00:32:12.120
 takes away

00:32:12.120 --> 00:32:12.660
 your choices,

00:32:13.120 --> 00:32:13.779
 which is

00:32:13.779 --> 00:32:14.660
 sometimes a

00:32:14.660 --> 00:32:15.080
 relief.

00:32:15.079 --> 00:32:16.359
 I think

00:32:16.359 --> 00:32:16.679
 we've all

00:32:16.679 --> 00:32:17.199
 experienced

00:32:17.199 --> 00:32:17.599
 that.

00:32:18.279 --> 00:32:18.599
 If you

00:32:18.599 --> 00:32:19.059
 narrow your

00:32:19.059 --> 00:32:19.740
 options for

00:32:19.740 --> 00:32:20.139
 something,

00:32:20.599 --> 00:32:21.259
 it gets a

00:32:21.259 --> 00:32:21.859
 little easier.

00:32:24.379 --> 00:32:24.899
 So,

00:32:25.220 --> 00:32:26.579
 what I want

00:32:26.579 --> 00:32:27.039
 to contrast

00:32:27.039 --> 00:32:28.439
 is what

00:32:28.439 --> 00:32:29.159
 freedom in

00:32:29.159 --> 00:32:29.799
 scripture looks

00:32:29.799 --> 00:32:30.639
 like with

00:32:30.639 --> 00:32:31.259
 what freedom

00:32:31.259 --> 00:32:31.599
 in our

00:32:31.599 --> 00:32:32.199
 culture looks

00:32:32.199 --> 00:32:32.500
 like.

00:32:33.619 --> 00:32:34.139
 Our

00:32:34.139 --> 00:32:34.539
 culture,

00:32:35.240 --> 00:32:35.699
 the United

00:32:35.699 --> 00:32:36.339
 States in

00:32:36.339 --> 00:32:36.939
 particular,

00:32:37.279 --> 00:32:37.399
 but,

00:32:37.639 --> 00:32:38.000
 you know,

00:32:38.079 --> 00:32:38.639
 largely in

00:32:38.639 --> 00:32:39.039
 the West,

00:32:39.199 --> 00:32:40.960
 but freedom

00:32:40.960 --> 00:32:45.220
 is our

00:32:45.220 --> 00:32:45.579
 God.

00:32:46.259 --> 00:32:47.180
 As a

00:32:47.180 --> 00:32:47.600
 people,

00:32:47.799 --> 00:32:48.360
 we're all

00:32:48.360 --> 00:32:49.000
 about freedom.

00:32:50.440 --> 00:32:51.259
 That's what

00:32:51.259 --> 00:32:51.860
 the Declaration

00:32:51.860 --> 00:32:52.819
 of Independence

00:32:52.819 --> 00:32:55.079
 calls for.

00:32:56.039 --> 00:32:57.340
 We're free

00:32:57.340 --> 00:32:58.900
 in the

00:32:58.900 --> 00:32:59.259
 Constitution

00:32:59.259 --> 00:33:00.480
 to pursue

00:33:00.480 --> 00:33:01.519
 happiness.

00:33:01.799 --> 00:33:02.200
 That's the

00:33:02.200 --> 00:33:03.140
 Declaration.

00:33:04.079 --> 00:33:04.660
 In the

00:33:04.660 --> 00:33:05.579
 Constitution,

00:33:06.100 --> 00:33:06.640
 we have

00:33:06.640 --> 00:33:07.480
 certain rights

00:33:07.480 --> 00:33:08.660
 that we

00:33:08.660 --> 00:33:09.220
 are free

00:33:09.220 --> 00:33:10.700
 to pursue.

00:33:10.960 --> 00:33:11.740
 and to

00:33:11.740 --> 00:33:12.799
 take advantage

00:33:12.799 --> 00:33:13.079
 of.

00:33:15.660 --> 00:33:16.559
 But this

00:33:16.559 --> 00:33:17.000
 freedom,

00:33:17.799 --> 00:33:18.700
 in the

00:33:18.700 --> 00:33:19.200
 conception

00:33:19.200 --> 00:33:20.420
 of most

00:33:20.420 --> 00:33:20.700
 of our

00:33:20.700 --> 00:33:21.120
 culture,

00:33:21.579 --> 00:33:22.039
 is a

00:33:22.039 --> 00:33:22.380
 freedom

00:33:22.380 --> 00:33:24.440
 for

00:33:24.440 --> 00:33:25.360
 our

00:33:25.360 --> 00:33:26.079
 individual

00:33:26.079 --> 00:33:26.799
 pursuit

00:33:26.799 --> 00:33:28.000
 of what

00:33:28.000 --> 00:33:29.079
 we want.

00:33:29.519 --> 00:33:29.920
 It's a

00:33:29.920 --> 00:33:30.460
 freedom that

00:33:30.460 --> 00:33:30.720
 says,

00:33:30.920 --> 00:33:31.360
 I can do

00:33:31.360 --> 00:33:31.880
 whatever I

00:33:31.880 --> 00:33:32.180
 want,

00:33:32.640 --> 00:33:33.039
 and I

00:33:33.039 --> 00:33:33.299
 don't want

00:33:33.299 --> 00:33:33.740
 anyone

00:33:33.740 --> 00:33:34.380
 telling me

00:33:34.380 --> 00:33:34.720
 otherwise.

00:33:35.660 --> 00:33:35.840
 Right?

00:33:36.460 --> 00:33:37.039
 It's a

00:33:37.039 --> 00:33:37.579
 freedom that's

00:33:37.579 --> 00:33:38.279
 in conflict

00:33:38.279 --> 00:33:38.980
 with serving

00:33:38.980 --> 00:33:39.600
 one another,

00:33:39.599 --> 00:33:41.759
 it's

00:33:41.759 --> 00:33:42.779
 individual,

00:33:43.379 --> 00:33:44.119
 self-focused,

00:33:44.599 --> 00:33:45.199
 and encourages

00:33:45.199 --> 00:33:46.019
 claiming and

00:33:46.019 --> 00:33:46.839
 securing one's

00:33:46.839 --> 00:33:47.839
 rights to

00:33:47.839 --> 00:33:48.419
 live as one

00:33:48.419 --> 00:33:48.879
 pleases,

00:33:49.039 --> 00:33:50.139
 regardless of

00:33:50.139 --> 00:33:51.019
 any law,

00:33:52.699 --> 00:33:53.219
 any written

00:33:53.219 --> 00:33:53.719
 law,

00:33:53.859 --> 00:33:54.439
 or any

00:33:54.439 --> 00:33:55.219
 moral law.

00:33:58.519 --> 00:33:59.480
 Which is not

00:33:59.480 --> 00:34:00.059
 to say that

00:34:00.059 --> 00:34:00.399
 there aren't

00:34:00.399 --> 00:34:01.219
 people in the

00:34:01.219 --> 00:34:01.639
 world who

00:34:01.639 --> 00:34:02.079
 aren't

00:34:02.079 --> 00:34:03.099
 moral,

00:34:03.099 --> 00:34:03.219
 self,

00:34:04.419 --> 00:34:08.460
 but if

00:34:08.460 --> 00:34:08.880
 we look

00:34:08.880 --> 00:34:09.480
 behind,

00:34:09.739 --> 00:34:10.460
 if we

00:34:10.460 --> 00:34:10.920
 could see

00:34:10.920 --> 00:34:11.400
 as God

00:34:11.400 --> 00:34:11.940
 sees,

00:34:12.219 --> 00:34:12.460
 the

00:34:12.460 --> 00:34:13.079
 motivations

00:34:13.079 --> 00:34:13.579
 of the

00:34:13.579 --> 00:34:13.940
 heart

00:34:13.940 --> 00:34:15.659
 of

00:34:15.659 --> 00:34:16.339
 falling

00:34:16.339 --> 00:34:16.960
 humanity

00:34:16.960 --> 00:34:17.619
 apart from

00:34:17.619 --> 00:34:18.099
 Christ,

00:34:18.500 --> 00:34:19.239
 we see

00:34:19.239 --> 00:34:19.619
 something

00:34:19.619 --> 00:34:20.440
 self-focused,

00:34:20.839 --> 00:34:21.579
 self-serving,

00:34:22.059 --> 00:34:23.139
 I do this

00:34:23.139 --> 00:34:23.719
 good thing,

00:34:24.460 --> 00:34:25.239
 and many

00:34:25.239 --> 00:34:25.679
 people do

00:34:25.679 --> 00:34:26.440
 good things,

00:34:27.059 --> 00:34:28.019
 I do this

00:34:28.019 --> 00:34:28.500
 good thing,

00:34:28.639 --> 00:34:29.059
 I serve

00:34:29.059 --> 00:34:29.539
 others,

00:34:30.539 --> 00:34:31.559
 in order to

00:34:31.559 --> 00:34:31.920
 feel better

00:34:31.920 --> 00:34:32.639
 about myself,

00:34:33.180 --> 00:34:33.500
 maybe,

00:34:33.820 --> 00:34:34.440
 to look good

00:34:34.440 --> 00:34:35.200
 before others,

00:34:35.519 --> 00:34:35.760
 maybe,

00:34:35.900 --> 00:34:36.220
 to gain

00:34:36.220 --> 00:34:36.659
 power,

00:34:36.960 --> 00:34:37.220
 maybe,

00:34:38.039 --> 00:34:38.820
 we can't,

00:34:39.500 --> 00:34:42.000
 it's dangerous

00:34:42.000 --> 00:34:42.539
 to try and

00:34:42.539 --> 00:34:43.260
 impute motive

00:34:43.260 --> 00:34:44.079
 to people

00:34:44.079 --> 00:34:45.079
 when we

00:34:45.079 --> 00:34:45.480
 just don't

00:34:45.480 --> 00:34:45.880
 know it,

00:34:46.000 --> 00:34:46.820
 and I don't

00:34:46.820 --> 00:34:47.099
 want to

00:34:47.099 --> 00:34:47.519
 suggest,

00:34:47.760 --> 00:34:48.039
 you know,

00:34:48.139 --> 00:34:48.280
 that,

00:34:49.000 --> 00:34:49.200
 well,

00:34:49.240 --> 00:34:49.559
 I do want

00:34:49.559 --> 00:34:50.019
 to suggest

00:34:50.019 --> 00:34:51.599
 that all

00:34:51.599 --> 00:34:52.119
 people apart

00:34:52.119 --> 00:34:52.579
 from Christ

00:34:52.579 --> 00:34:53.900
 are essentially

00:34:53.900 --> 00:34:54.420
 sinful,

00:34:54.980 --> 00:34:56.039
 and they are

00:34:56.039 --> 00:34:57.000
 essentially bent

00:34:57.000 --> 00:34:57.480
 inward,

00:34:58.000 --> 00:34:59.200
 and they are

00:34:59.200 --> 00:35:00.460
 serving their

00:35:00.460 --> 00:35:01.240
 own interests.

00:35:01.920 --> 00:35:02.740
 That's true.

00:35:04.519 --> 00:35:05.380
 It would be

00:35:05.380 --> 00:35:06.260
 wrong to not

00:35:06.260 --> 00:35:08.380
 appreciate the

00:35:08.380 --> 00:35:09.119
 many good

00:35:09.119 --> 00:35:09.659
 things that

00:35:09.659 --> 00:35:10.280
 people apart

00:35:10.280 --> 00:35:10.900
 from Christ

00:35:10.900 --> 00:35:11.380
 do,

00:35:11.539 --> 00:35:12.039
 and that's

00:35:12.039 --> 00:35:12.900
 by the grace

00:35:12.900 --> 00:35:13.400
 of God,

00:35:13.639 --> 00:35:13.820
 right?

00:35:13.860 --> 00:35:14.619
 God restrains

00:35:14.619 --> 00:35:16.059
 evil so that

00:35:16.059 --> 00:35:18.079
 people are not

00:35:18.079 --> 00:35:18.760
 as sinful as

00:35:18.760 --> 00:35:19.380
 they could be,

00:35:19.860 --> 00:35:21.420
 but that is the

00:35:21.420 --> 00:35:22.119
 grace of God

00:35:22.119 --> 00:35:23.320
 that he gives

00:35:23.320 --> 00:35:23.840
 to us.

00:35:24.599 --> 00:35:25.400
 Apart from

00:35:25.400 --> 00:35:25.740
 that,

00:35:26.960 --> 00:35:28.119
 this would all

00:35:28.119 --> 00:35:29.340
 be much more

00:35:29.340 --> 00:35:29.800
 obvious,

00:35:29.800 --> 00:35:30.140
 and there

00:35:30.140 --> 00:35:30.500
 would be

00:35:30.500 --> 00:35:32.100
 no good

00:35:32.100 --> 00:35:32.640
 things,

00:35:33.200 --> 00:35:33.440
 when there

00:35:33.440 --> 00:35:33.900
 are no good

00:35:33.900 --> 00:35:34.320
 things that

00:35:34.320 --> 00:35:34.660
 don't come

00:35:34.660 --> 00:35:35.120
 from God.

00:35:37.880 --> 00:35:38.560
 So this

00:35:38.560 --> 00:35:38.900
 kind of

00:35:38.900 --> 00:35:39.220
 freedom,

00:35:39.460 --> 00:35:39.880
 it feels

00:35:39.880 --> 00:35:40.360
 easy,

00:35:40.480 --> 00:35:40.740
 right?

00:35:40.800 --> 00:35:41.039
 Like,

00:35:41.080 --> 00:35:41.480
 I can do

00:35:41.480 --> 00:35:41.760
 what I

00:35:41.760 --> 00:35:42.140
 want,

00:35:42.360 --> 00:35:42.880
 I don't

00:35:42.880 --> 00:35:44.039
 need to

00:35:44.039 --> 00:35:44.620
 obey

00:35:44.620 --> 00:35:45.480
 someone else.

00:35:46.880 --> 00:35:47.660
 The freedom

00:35:47.660 --> 00:35:48.140
 that God

00:35:48.140 --> 00:35:48.860
 gives can be

00:35:48.860 --> 00:35:49.400
 hard,

00:35:49.740 --> 00:35:50.280
 it requires

00:35:50.280 --> 00:35:51.000
 sacrifice,

00:35:51.180 --> 00:35:52.060
 difficult choices,

00:35:52.519 --> 00:35:52.940
 resisting

00:35:52.940 --> 00:35:53.640
 temptation,

00:35:54.780 --> 00:35:55.680
 rejecting the

00:35:55.680 --> 00:35:56.000
 kind of

00:35:56.000 --> 00:35:56.600
 self-centered

00:35:56.600 --> 00:35:57.440
 freedom the

00:35:57.440 --> 00:35:58.320
 world has on

00:35:58.320 --> 00:35:58.680
 offer,

00:35:59.300 --> 00:35:59.660
 and the

00:35:59.660 --> 00:35:59.980
 world,

00:36:01.180 --> 00:36:01.580
 you know,

00:36:01.720 --> 00:36:02.500
 daily,

00:36:03.140 --> 00:36:04.039
 hourly,

00:36:04.559 --> 00:36:05.480
 offers us

00:36:05.480 --> 00:36:06.180
 this kind

00:36:06.180 --> 00:36:06.660
 of freedom,

00:36:07.280 --> 00:36:07.680
 like,

00:36:08.059 --> 00:36:08.800
 just indulge

00:36:08.800 --> 00:36:09.640
 yourself here.

00:36:10.480 --> 00:36:11.240
 How often

00:36:11.240 --> 00:36:12.039
 do we hear

00:36:12.039 --> 00:36:12.800
 those messages

00:36:12.800 --> 00:36:13.400
 or see

00:36:13.400 --> 00:36:14.160
 those messages

00:36:14.160 --> 00:36:15.420
 in the course

00:36:15.420 --> 00:36:16.519
 of an average

00:36:16.519 --> 00:36:16.960
 day?

00:36:17.840 --> 00:36:18.580
 You deserve

00:36:18.580 --> 00:36:19.120
 this.

00:36:20.200 --> 00:36:20.380
 You know,

00:36:20.440 --> 00:36:20.660
 I get

00:36:20.660 --> 00:36:21.460
 notifications

00:36:21.460 --> 00:36:22.000
 from the

00:36:22.000 --> 00:36:23.120
 McDonald's app

00:36:23.120 --> 00:36:23.960
 that tell me,

00:36:24.400 --> 00:36:25.019
 here's this

00:36:25.019 --> 00:36:25.720
 great deal,

00:36:25.920 --> 00:36:26.200
 you know,

00:36:26.480 --> 00:36:26.720
 this,

00:36:26.980 --> 00:36:27.820
 it's a good

00:36:27.820 --> 00:36:28.700
 day to

00:36:28.700 --> 00:36:29.380
 eat fries,

00:36:29.580 --> 00:36:29.800
 you know,

00:36:29.860 --> 00:36:30.120
 whatever,

00:36:30.300 --> 00:36:32.000
 it's encouraging,

00:36:32.800 --> 00:36:33.220
 it's not

00:36:33.220 --> 00:36:33.660
 necessarily

00:36:33.660 --> 00:36:34.160
 sinful,

00:36:34.360 --> 00:36:35.080
 I hope,

00:36:35.200 --> 00:36:35.780
 to eat fries,

00:36:36.200 --> 00:36:37.720
 but it's

00:36:37.720 --> 00:36:38.420
 this call

00:36:38.420 --> 00:36:39.620
 to self-indulgence,

00:36:39.960 --> 00:36:40.180
 right,

00:36:40.420 --> 00:36:41.240
 and we see

00:36:41.240 --> 00:36:41.840
 it in big

00:36:41.840 --> 00:36:42.240
 ways and

00:36:42.240 --> 00:36:42.880
 small ways.

00:36:47.960 --> 00:36:48.940
 The whole

00:36:48.940 --> 00:36:50.080
 book of

00:36:50.080 --> 00:36:50.480
 Exodus,

00:36:51.220 --> 00:36:52.059
 especially after

00:36:52.059 --> 00:36:53.000
 crossing the

00:36:53.000 --> 00:36:53.519
 Red Sea

00:36:53.519 --> 00:36:54.380
 and the

00:36:54.380 --> 00:36:55.039
 destruction of

00:36:55.039 --> 00:36:55.599
 the Egyptians

00:36:55.599 --> 00:36:56.739
 is devoted

00:36:56.739 --> 00:36:57.559
 to preparing

00:36:57.559 --> 00:36:58.159
 the people

00:36:58.159 --> 00:36:58.820
 to be

00:36:58.820 --> 00:36:59.800
 a worshiping

00:36:59.800 --> 00:37:00.800
 community,

00:37:01.079 --> 00:37:02.619
 providing for

00:37:02.619 --> 00:37:03.259
 their needs

00:37:03.259 --> 00:37:04.139
 miraculously,

00:37:04.400 --> 00:37:04.940
 we see God

00:37:04.940 --> 00:37:05.659
 give water

00:37:05.659 --> 00:37:06.639
 out of a

00:37:06.639 --> 00:37:06.980
 rock,

00:37:07.980 --> 00:37:09.980
 providing for

00:37:09.980 --> 00:37:10.360
 their needs,

00:37:10.460 --> 00:37:11.300
 giving instruction

00:37:11.300 --> 00:37:12.139
 in the law,

00:37:12.559 --> 00:37:12.739
 okay,

00:37:12.820 --> 00:37:13.400
 this is what

00:37:13.400 --> 00:37:13.940
 it means

00:37:13.940 --> 00:37:14.579
 to be my

00:37:14.579 --> 00:37:14.940
 people.

00:37:15.739 --> 00:37:16.219
 We have

00:37:16.219 --> 00:37:16.539
 the Ten

00:37:16.539 --> 00:37:17.300
 Commandments,

00:37:18.019 --> 00:37:18.539
 and the

00:37:18.539 --> 00:37:18.980
 commandments

00:37:18.980 --> 00:37:20.699
 point us

00:37:20.699 --> 00:37:21.360
 to worship

00:37:21.360 --> 00:37:21.840
 of God,

00:37:21.920 --> 00:37:22.740
 the exclusive

00:37:22.740 --> 00:37:23.680
 worship of

00:37:23.680 --> 00:37:24.019
 God,

00:37:24.360 --> 00:37:26.460
 and the

00:37:26.460 --> 00:37:28.680
 love of

00:37:28.680 --> 00:37:29.220
 God and

00:37:29.220 --> 00:37:29.519
 the love

00:37:29.519 --> 00:37:30.039
 of neighbor,

00:37:31.000 --> 00:37:31.320
 right?

00:37:33.820 --> 00:37:35.120
 The commandments

00:37:35.120 --> 00:37:37.680
 urged them

00:37:37.680 --> 00:37:39.720
 to remember

00:37:39.720 --> 00:37:41.180
 the Exodus,

00:37:41.800 --> 00:37:43.220
 remember that

00:37:43.220 --> 00:37:43.760
 you were

00:37:43.760 --> 00:37:44.320
 enslaved,

00:37:45.320 --> 00:37:46.120
 and treat

00:37:46.120 --> 00:37:47.099
 others with

00:37:47.099 --> 00:37:47.760
 compassion,

00:37:47.960 --> 00:37:49.539
 because you

00:37:49.539 --> 00:37:50.579
 were once

00:37:50.579 --> 00:37:52.380
 enslaved,

00:37:52.900 --> 00:37:53.519
 and oppressed,

00:37:54.559 --> 00:37:54.900
 poor,

00:37:55.699 --> 00:37:56.519
 without power.

00:37:57.599 --> 00:37:58.279
 So,

00:37:59.400 --> 00:37:59.980
 they are to

00:37:59.980 --> 00:38:00.799
 remember that

00:38:00.799 --> 00:38:02.039
 and carry that

00:38:02.039 --> 00:38:02.559
 with them,

00:38:02.739 --> 00:38:03.440
 that memory.

00:38:05.739 --> 00:38:06.139
 And,

00:38:06.380 --> 00:38:07.880
 obviously,

00:38:08.099 --> 00:38:09.079
 these parallels

00:38:09.079 --> 00:38:09.900
 to what we

00:38:09.900 --> 00:38:10.739
 experience in

00:38:10.739 --> 00:38:11.239
 salvation

00:38:11.239 --> 00:38:12.319
 are,

00:38:12.699 --> 00:38:14.079
 I hope,

00:38:14.219 --> 00:38:14.539
 clear.

00:38:14.539 --> 00:38:18.019
 just like

00:38:18.019 --> 00:38:20.960
 Israel was

00:38:20.960 --> 00:38:21.800
 probably not

00:38:21.800 --> 00:38:22.960
 expecting God

00:38:22.960 --> 00:38:23.699
 to come and

00:38:23.699 --> 00:38:25.000
 miraculously deliver

00:38:25.000 --> 00:38:25.300
 them.

00:38:25.719 --> 00:38:26.659
 God comes to

00:38:26.659 --> 00:38:27.460
 sinners and

00:38:27.460 --> 00:38:28.159
 calls them to

00:38:28.159 --> 00:38:28.599
 himself.

00:38:29.139 --> 00:38:29.880
 He makes it

00:38:29.880 --> 00:38:30.739
 possible for

00:38:30.739 --> 00:38:32.179
 them to place

00:38:32.179 --> 00:38:32.800
 their trust in

00:38:32.800 --> 00:38:33.000
 him.

00:38:33.599 --> 00:38:34.300
 He shows

00:38:34.300 --> 00:38:34.639
 himself

00:38:34.639 --> 00:38:35.199
 trustworthy.

00:38:36.259 --> 00:38:38.460
 He rescues

00:38:38.460 --> 00:38:38.940
 us from

00:38:38.940 --> 00:38:39.579
 slavery,

00:38:39.860 --> 00:38:40.440
 or slavery

00:38:40.440 --> 00:38:41.320
 may not be

00:38:41.320 --> 00:38:43.019
 to a human

00:38:43.019 --> 00:38:43.559
 master,

00:38:44.159 --> 00:38:45.639
 but we're

00:38:45.639 --> 00:38:46.199
 all the more

00:38:46.199 --> 00:38:47.420
 enslaved to

00:38:47.420 --> 00:38:48.360
 the sins that

00:38:48.360 --> 00:38:48.900
 bind us,

00:38:49.000 --> 00:38:49.539
 to the

00:38:49.539 --> 00:38:51.019
 habits of

00:38:51.019 --> 00:38:51.639
 our heart

00:38:51.639 --> 00:38:52.699
 that turn

00:38:52.699 --> 00:38:53.460
 us inward

00:38:53.460 --> 00:38:54.420
 to ourselves

00:38:54.420 --> 00:38:55.619
 and not

00:38:55.619 --> 00:38:56.019
 outward.

00:38:56.739 --> 00:38:57.360
 We're

00:38:57.360 --> 00:38:58.400
 enslaved to

00:38:58.400 --> 00:38:59.000
 a kind of

00:38:59.000 --> 00:39:00.340
 misery apart

00:39:00.340 --> 00:39:00.920
 from God.

00:39:01.559 --> 00:39:02.159
 Every good

00:39:02.159 --> 00:39:02.599
 gift and

00:39:02.599 --> 00:39:03.300
 every perfect

00:39:03.300 --> 00:39:04.159
 gift comes

00:39:04.159 --> 00:39:04.780
 from above,

00:39:04.880 --> 00:39:05.420
 from God,

00:39:05.860 --> 00:39:06.559
 and we,

00:39:07.500 --> 00:39:07.940
 in our

00:39:07.940 --> 00:39:08.699
 natural

00:39:08.699 --> 00:39:10.320
 state,

00:39:10.320 --> 00:39:11.559
 reject that.

00:39:12.500 --> 00:39:13.160
 We send

00:39:13.160 --> 00:39:13.660
 that away.

00:39:14.620 --> 00:39:15.220
 I'm going

00:39:15.220 --> 00:39:15.539
 to do it

00:39:15.539 --> 00:39:15.960
 myself.

00:39:16.519 --> 00:39:17.340
 God rescues

00:39:17.340 --> 00:39:17.800
 us from

00:39:17.800 --> 00:39:18.220
 that and

00:39:18.220 --> 00:39:19.240
 enables us,

00:39:19.900 --> 00:39:20.400
 by his

00:39:20.400 --> 00:39:20.840
 grace,

00:39:21.240 --> 00:39:21.860
 to follow

00:39:21.860 --> 00:39:22.200
 him,

00:39:22.500 --> 00:39:23.220
 to obey

00:39:23.220 --> 00:39:23.580
 him.

00:39:31.460 --> 00:39:32.019
 So,

00:39:32.500 --> 00:39:33.460
 let me

00:39:33.460 --> 00:39:33.800
 just make

00:39:33.800 --> 00:39:33.980
 sure.

00:39:35.320 --> 00:39:35.539
 So,

00:39:35.700 --> 00:39:36.400
 so,

00:39:36.700 --> 00:39:37.000
 so,

00:39:37.420 --> 00:39:37.840
 so the

00:39:37.840 --> 00:39:38.080
 book,

00:39:38.079 --> 00:39:38.440
 so,

00:39:39.000 --> 00:39:39.460
 so that

00:39:39.460 --> 00:39:40.079
 that second

00:39:40.079 --> 00:39:40.420
 half,

00:39:40.500 --> 00:39:41.279
 the non-narrative

00:39:41.279 --> 00:39:42.679
 portion of

00:39:42.679 --> 00:39:43.639
 the book of

00:39:43.639 --> 00:39:45.019
 Exodus is

00:39:45.019 --> 00:39:45.599
 giving the

00:39:45.599 --> 00:39:46.159
 instructions,

00:39:47.420 --> 00:39:47.900
 is

00:39:47.900 --> 00:39:49.900
 miraculously

00:39:49.900 --> 00:39:50.619
 providing for

00:39:50.619 --> 00:39:50.779
 them,

00:39:50.920 --> 00:39:51.259
 giving the

00:39:51.259 --> 00:39:51.639
 instructions,

00:39:52.179 --> 00:39:52.840
 and building

00:39:52.840 --> 00:39:53.440
 this place

00:39:53.440 --> 00:39:53.960
 of worship,

00:39:54.920 --> 00:39:56.159
 the tabernacle.

00:39:56.519 --> 00:39:57.059
 And as we

00:39:57.059 --> 00:39:57.699
 read these

00:39:57.699 --> 00:39:58.199
 things,

00:39:58.340 --> 00:39:58.759
 as you're

00:39:58.759 --> 00:40:00.259
 reading the

00:40:00.259 --> 00:40:00.559
 book of

00:40:00.559 --> 00:40:00.920
 Exodus,

00:40:01.420 --> 00:40:02.279
 you get to

00:40:02.279 --> 00:40:02.940
 this half of

00:40:02.940 --> 00:40:03.219
 Exodus,

00:40:03.460 --> 00:40:03.719
 and you're

00:40:03.719 --> 00:40:04.460
 kind of like,

00:40:06.199 --> 00:40:07.639
 you know,

00:40:07.639 --> 00:40:08.299
 the Ten

00:40:08.299 --> 00:40:08.819
 Commandments,

00:40:08.940 --> 00:40:09.259
 those are

00:40:09.259 --> 00:40:10.019
 helpful,

00:40:10.179 --> 00:40:10.599
 that's good,

00:40:10.659 --> 00:40:11.039
 I need to

00:40:11.039 --> 00:40:11.359
 think about

00:40:11.359 --> 00:40:11.719
 that.

00:40:12.239 --> 00:40:12.739
 But then it

00:40:12.739 --> 00:40:13.279
 just kind of

00:40:13.279 --> 00:40:13.559
 gets,

00:40:14.619 --> 00:40:15.539
 it seems so

00:40:15.539 --> 00:40:16.000
 irrelevant,

00:40:16.420 --> 00:40:16.639
 right?

00:40:16.699 --> 00:40:17.279
 And then all

00:40:17.279 --> 00:40:18.079
 this detail of

00:40:18.079 --> 00:40:18.460
 the building

00:40:18.460 --> 00:40:18.759
 of the

00:40:18.759 --> 00:40:19.400
 tabernacle,

00:40:20.219 --> 00:40:22.839
 we can get

00:40:22.839 --> 00:40:23.480
 kind of like,

00:40:23.799 --> 00:40:24.900
 why do I

00:40:24.900 --> 00:40:25.359
 need to know

00:40:25.359 --> 00:40:25.799
 all this?

00:40:27.139 --> 00:40:29.019
 And it's

00:40:29.019 --> 00:40:30.400
 laid out in

00:40:30.400 --> 00:40:30.639
 all this

00:40:30.639 --> 00:40:31.039
 detail,

00:40:31.159 --> 00:40:31.420
 and God

00:40:31.420 --> 00:40:32.319
 reveals it to

00:40:32.319 --> 00:40:32.679
 Moses,

00:40:33.099 --> 00:40:33.900
 this is how

00:40:33.900 --> 00:40:34.199
 you're to

00:40:34.199 --> 00:40:34.719
 build it,

00:40:34.879 --> 00:40:35.460
 and then we

00:40:35.460 --> 00:40:36.099
 get a repeat

00:40:36.099 --> 00:40:36.879
 of much of

00:40:36.880 --> 00:40:37.559
 that detail

00:40:37.559 --> 00:40:39.960
 when they

00:40:39.960 --> 00:40:40.740
 actually build

00:40:40.740 --> 00:40:42.200
 the tabernacle,

00:40:42.559 --> 00:40:42.820
 and we're

00:40:42.820 --> 00:40:43.260
 like,

00:40:43.800 --> 00:40:44.019
 okay,

00:40:44.119 --> 00:40:44.440
 couldn't you

00:40:44.440 --> 00:40:44.820
 just say,

00:40:44.900 --> 00:40:45.079
 and they

00:40:45.079 --> 00:40:45.619
 did it,

00:40:45.760 --> 00:40:45.940
 like,

00:40:46.220 --> 00:40:46.900
 can we

00:40:46.900 --> 00:40:47.420
 move on?

00:40:48.940 --> 00:40:49.579
 But all

00:40:49.579 --> 00:40:50.039
 these things

00:40:50.039 --> 00:40:50.400
 are that

00:40:50.400 --> 00:40:51.019
 preparation

00:40:51.019 --> 00:40:51.940
 of the

00:40:51.940 --> 00:40:52.360
 people,

00:40:52.579 --> 00:40:53.119
 and what

00:40:53.119 --> 00:40:53.380
 we're going

00:40:53.380 --> 00:40:53.960
 to see

00:40:53.960 --> 00:40:55.579
 as we

00:40:55.579 --> 00:40:57.360
 move on

00:40:57.360 --> 00:40:58.599
 through not

00:40:58.599 --> 00:40:58.980
 just the

00:40:58.980 --> 00:40:59.400
 Pentateuch,

00:40:59.500 --> 00:40:59.800
 but the

00:40:59.800 --> 00:41:00.460
 whole Bible,

00:41:01.019 --> 00:41:01.460
 all that

00:41:01.460 --> 00:41:02.039
 preparation,

00:41:02.300 --> 00:41:02.760
 all the

00:41:02.760 --> 00:41:03.180
 ways that

00:41:03.180 --> 00:41:04.019
 God showed

00:41:04.019 --> 00:41:04.900
 them that

00:41:04.900 --> 00:41:05.660
 he is for

00:41:05.660 --> 00:41:06.059
 them,

00:41:06.059 --> 00:41:07.659
 showed them

00:41:07.659 --> 00:41:08.139
 how to

00:41:08.139 --> 00:41:08.539
 live,

00:41:09.420 --> 00:41:10.380
 provided for

00:41:10.380 --> 00:41:12.159
 them a

00:41:12.159 --> 00:41:13.079
 calendar that

00:41:13.079 --> 00:41:14.279
 reminds them

00:41:14.279 --> 00:41:16.380
 regularly of

00:41:16.380 --> 00:41:17.000
 who God

00:41:17.000 --> 00:41:17.719
 is and who

00:41:17.719 --> 00:41:18.299
 they are.

00:41:19.239 --> 00:41:20.199
 They're given

00:41:20.199 --> 00:41:22.039
 this world,

00:41:22.980 --> 00:41:23.840
 and they live

00:41:23.840 --> 00:41:24.779
 in this world

00:41:24.779 --> 00:41:27.480
 that reinforces

00:41:27.480 --> 00:41:28.860
 every day

00:41:28.860 --> 00:41:32.880
 that they

00:41:32.880 --> 00:41:33.380
 belong to

00:41:33.380 --> 00:41:33.719
 God,

00:41:33.920 --> 00:41:34.259
 that God

00:41:34.259 --> 00:41:35.079
 rescued them,

00:41:35.079 --> 00:41:35.579
 that they

00:41:35.579 --> 00:41:36.880
 are beholden

00:41:36.880 --> 00:41:37.340
 to him,

00:41:37.619 --> 00:41:38.420
 that they

00:41:38.420 --> 00:41:38.799
 are to be

00:41:38.799 --> 00:41:39.500
 obedient to

00:41:39.500 --> 00:41:39.659
 him.

00:41:39.880 --> 00:41:40.539
 All of

00:41:40.539 --> 00:41:41.900
 their world

00:41:41.900 --> 00:41:44.059
 fosters

00:41:44.059 --> 00:41:44.460
 that,

00:41:45.179 --> 00:41:46.139
 all of the

00:41:46.139 --> 00:41:47.179
 Israelite

00:41:47.179 --> 00:41:47.420
 world.

00:41:48.059 --> 00:41:48.539
 There's a

00:41:48.539 --> 00:41:49.319
 world outside

00:41:49.319 --> 00:41:50.579
 that doesn't,

00:41:50.960 --> 00:41:51.159
 right?

00:41:51.480 --> 00:41:52.019
 But they're

00:41:52.019 --> 00:41:52.840
 given so

00:41:52.840 --> 00:41:53.639
 much richness

00:41:53.639 --> 00:41:54.980
 to remember

00:41:54.980 --> 00:41:56.099
 the feasts,

00:41:56.559 --> 00:41:57.500
 remind them

00:41:57.500 --> 00:41:58.039
 of what

00:41:58.039 --> 00:41:58.380
 happened,

00:41:58.500 --> 00:41:59.219
 remind them

00:41:59.219 --> 00:41:59.519
 of their

00:41:59.519 --> 00:41:59.920
 history,

00:41:59.920 --> 00:42:01.920
 the sacrifices

00:42:01.920 --> 00:42:03.000
 remind them,

00:42:03.079 --> 00:42:03.720
 they see,

00:42:05.519 --> 00:42:05.800
 you know,

00:42:05.840 --> 00:42:06.059
 if you ever

00:42:06.059 --> 00:42:06.860
 think about

00:42:06.860 --> 00:42:07.680
 the amount

00:42:07.680 --> 00:42:08.420
 of blood

00:42:08.420 --> 00:42:09.000
 that gets

00:42:09.000 --> 00:42:09.440
 spilled

00:42:09.440 --> 00:42:11.539
 with an

00:42:11.539 --> 00:42:11.960
 offering,

00:42:12.760 --> 00:42:13.760
 and the

00:42:13.760 --> 00:42:14.760
 seeming

00:42:14.760 --> 00:42:17.639
 waste of

00:42:17.639 --> 00:42:18.039
 bringing,

00:42:18.159 --> 00:42:18.539
 you know,

00:42:18.760 --> 00:42:19.519
 your best

00:42:19.519 --> 00:42:21.440
 ox and

00:42:21.440 --> 00:42:21.920
 seeing it

00:42:21.920 --> 00:42:22.480
 destroyed,

00:42:22.559 --> 00:42:23.099
 and a burnt

00:42:23.099 --> 00:42:23.599
 offering,

00:42:23.700 --> 00:42:24.139
 completely

00:42:24.139 --> 00:42:24.800
 destroyed,

00:42:24.800 --> 00:42:28.280
 reinforces

00:42:28.280 --> 00:42:29.140
 over and

00:42:29.140 --> 00:42:29.700
 over again

00:42:29.700 --> 00:42:30.060
 to the

00:42:30.060 --> 00:42:31.519
 people the

00:42:31.519 --> 00:42:33.320
 severity of

00:42:33.320 --> 00:42:33.640
 sin,

00:42:34.480 --> 00:42:35.640
 but also

00:42:35.640 --> 00:42:36.160
 the hope

00:42:36.160 --> 00:42:36.640
 that God

00:42:36.640 --> 00:42:37.320
 can forgive.

00:42:37.519 --> 00:42:38.300
 He provides

00:42:38.300 --> 00:42:39.060
 a way to

00:42:39.060 --> 00:42:39.340
 forgive.

00:42:43.060 --> 00:42:43.740
 We,

00:42:44.039 --> 00:42:44.600
 in the

00:42:44.600 --> 00:42:45.140
 church,

00:42:45.660 --> 00:42:46.180
 likewise,

00:42:46.440 --> 00:42:47.000
 ought to be

00:42:47.000 --> 00:42:47.980
 remembering,

00:42:48.680 --> 00:42:49.519
 rehearsing,

00:42:50.000 --> 00:42:51.140
 being reminded

00:42:51.140 --> 00:42:54.140
 daily of

00:42:54.139 --> 00:42:56.059
 our salvation,

00:42:56.299 --> 00:42:56.739
 of the

00:42:56.739 --> 00:42:57.460
 gospel that

00:42:57.460 --> 00:42:57.759
 came,

00:42:58.440 --> 00:42:59.039
 of the

00:42:59.039 --> 00:43:00.099
 reality that

00:43:00.099 --> 00:43:01.819
 God intervened

00:43:01.819 --> 00:43:02.619
 in our

00:43:02.619 --> 00:43:03.619
 rebellious

00:43:03.619 --> 00:43:04.179
 hearts,

00:43:05.099 --> 00:43:05.639
 and may,

00:43:05.819 --> 00:43:05.920
 is,

00:43:07.559 --> 00:43:08.400
 adopted him,

00:43:08.799 --> 00:43:09.119
 us,

00:43:09.299 --> 00:43:10.159
 for himself,

00:43:10.519 --> 00:43:11.259
 that he

00:43:11.259 --> 00:43:12.639
 chose to

00:43:12.639 --> 00:43:13.599
 have grace

00:43:13.599 --> 00:43:14.420
 and forgiveness,

00:43:15.239 --> 00:43:16.159
 that he

00:43:16.159 --> 00:43:17.460
 engendered

00:43:17.460 --> 00:43:17.920
 faith in

00:43:17.920 --> 00:43:18.239
 us,

00:43:18.460 --> 00:43:19.000
 that we

00:43:19.000 --> 00:43:20.739
 made a

00:43:20.739 --> 00:43:21.239
 choice,

00:43:21.839 --> 00:43:22.699
 empowered by

00:43:22.699 --> 00:43:23.359
 his spirit,

00:43:23.360 --> 00:43:24.760
 made alive

00:43:24.760 --> 00:43:25.260
 by his

00:43:25.260 --> 00:43:25.660
 spirit,

00:43:25.960 --> 00:43:26.480
 we could

00:43:26.480 --> 00:43:27.220
 then choose

00:43:27.220 --> 00:43:27.740
 to follow

00:43:27.740 --> 00:43:28.140
 God.

00:43:28.240 --> 00:43:28.960
 He reveals

00:43:28.960 --> 00:43:29.740
 himself to

00:43:29.740 --> 00:43:30.059
 us.

00:43:31.140 --> 00:43:31.559
 None of

00:43:31.559 --> 00:43:31.880
 this is

00:43:31.880 --> 00:43:32.400
 our own

00:43:32.400 --> 00:43:33.380
 creation,

00:43:33.599 --> 00:43:34.099
 is not

00:43:34.099 --> 00:43:35.059
 of

00:43:35.059 --> 00:43:36.059
 ourselves,

00:43:36.220 --> 00:43:36.440
 lest

00:43:36.440 --> 00:43:36.960
 anyone

00:43:36.960 --> 00:43:37.720
 can boast.

00:43:37.719 --> 00:43:42.819
 I think

00:43:42.819 --> 00:43:43.199
 the last

00:43:43.199 --> 00:43:43.419
 thing I

00:43:43.419 --> 00:43:43.819
 want to

00:43:43.819 --> 00:43:44.439
 say about

00:43:44.439 --> 00:43:45.459
 all of

00:43:45.459 --> 00:43:46.039
 that is

00:43:46.039 --> 00:43:50.539
 that I

00:43:50.539 --> 00:43:52.539
 was reading

00:43:52.539 --> 00:43:52.980
 about the

00:43:52.980 --> 00:43:53.519
 sacrifices,

00:43:53.699 --> 00:43:53.859
 I was

00:43:53.859 --> 00:43:54.719
 reading about

00:43:54.719 --> 00:43:55.480
 just trying

00:43:55.480 --> 00:43:56.079
 to imagine

00:43:56.079 --> 00:43:56.459
 and put

00:43:56.459 --> 00:43:57.419
 myself into

00:43:57.419 --> 00:43:59.019
 the senses,

00:43:59.279 --> 00:43:59.959
 the smells,

00:44:00.500 --> 00:44:01.199
 the sights,

00:44:01.679 --> 00:44:02.519
 the slaughter,

00:44:03.119 --> 00:44:04.199
 all this

00:44:04.199 --> 00:44:04.579
 blood,

00:44:04.579 --> 00:44:06.279
 all of

00:44:06.279 --> 00:44:06.579
 this,

00:44:07.099 --> 00:44:07.380
 and the

00:44:07.380 --> 00:44:07.860
 oppression

00:44:07.860 --> 00:44:08.380
 it must

00:44:08.380 --> 00:44:08.559
 have

00:44:08.559 --> 00:44:08.980
 made.

00:44:11.279 --> 00:44:12.159
 And we

00:44:12.159 --> 00:44:12.960
 have things

00:44:12.960 --> 00:44:13.639
 to remind

00:44:13.639 --> 00:44:14.179
 us too.

00:44:14.579 --> 00:44:15.179
 We have

00:44:15.179 --> 00:44:16.380
 the Lord's

00:44:16.380 --> 00:44:17.059
 Supper to

00:44:17.059 --> 00:44:17.900
 remind us.

00:44:18.559 --> 00:44:19.239
 We have

00:44:19.239 --> 00:44:22.139
 weekly worship

00:44:22.139 --> 00:44:23.420
 to remind us.

00:44:23.519 --> 00:44:23.960
 We have

00:44:23.960 --> 00:44:24.840
 the scriptures

00:44:24.840 --> 00:44:25.699
 that remind

00:44:25.699 --> 00:44:26.119
 us.

00:44:26.960 --> 00:44:29.239
 But as

00:44:29.239 --> 00:44:29.940
 a people

00:44:29.940 --> 00:44:31.779
 nowadays

00:44:31.780 --> 00:44:32.600
 here,

00:44:33.800 --> 00:44:35.120
 we're

00:44:35.120 --> 00:44:36.380
 in the

00:44:36.380 --> 00:44:36.700
 world.

00:44:37.140 --> 00:44:37.720
 We are

00:44:37.720 --> 00:44:38.300
 called out

00:44:38.300 --> 00:44:38.519
 of the

00:44:38.519 --> 00:44:38.680
 world,

00:44:38.780 --> 00:44:39.120
 but we're

00:44:39.120 --> 00:44:39.580
 in it,

00:44:39.820 --> 00:44:40.360
 and we

00:44:40.360 --> 00:44:41.720
 are deluged

00:44:41.720 --> 00:44:42.500
 with messages

00:44:42.500 --> 00:44:44.100
 that say,

00:44:44.620 --> 00:44:44.900
 you're your

00:44:44.900 --> 00:44:45.460
 own God.

00:44:46.740 --> 00:44:47.120
 Indulge

00:44:47.120 --> 00:44:47.519
 yourself.

00:44:48.060 --> 00:44:48.380
 You can

00:44:48.380 --> 00:44:48.880
 be free,

00:44:49.260 --> 00:44:49.840
 free to

00:44:49.840 --> 00:44:50.440
 do whatever

00:44:50.440 --> 00:44:51.060
 you want.

00:44:51.900 --> 00:44:52.400
 You don't

00:44:52.400 --> 00:44:52.860
 really need

00:44:52.860 --> 00:44:53.180
 to love

00:44:53.180 --> 00:44:53.660
 your neighbor.

00:44:54.720 --> 00:44:55.019
 And what?

00:44:55.600 --> 00:44:56.000
 God?

00:44:56.560 --> 00:44:56.820
 God,

00:44:57.360 --> 00:44:57.820
 if God

00:44:57.820 --> 00:44:58.220
 exists,

00:44:58.360 --> 00:44:58.760
 he's just

00:44:58.760 --> 00:44:59.220
 a force

00:44:59.220 --> 00:44:59.640
 out there.

00:44:59.740 --> 00:45:00.120
 He's just

00:45:00.120 --> 00:45:00.400
 like,

00:45:00.400 --> 00:45:02.139
 something.

00:45:02.320 --> 00:45:02.660
 He's not

00:45:02.660 --> 00:45:03.119
 a personal

00:45:03.119 --> 00:45:03.960
 God who

00:45:03.960 --> 00:45:04.579
 intervenes

00:45:04.579 --> 00:45:04.840
 in our

00:45:04.840 --> 00:45:05.300
 lives.

00:45:06.340 --> 00:45:06.780
 Holiness,

00:45:06.980 --> 00:45:07.280
 is that

00:45:07.280 --> 00:45:07.619
 important?

00:45:08.780 --> 00:45:09.059
 Oh,

00:45:09.059 --> 00:45:09.440
 come on.

00:45:09.539 --> 00:45:09.820
 We're all

00:45:09.820 --> 00:45:10.139
 human.

00:45:12.059 --> 00:45:12.660
 These are

00:45:12.660 --> 00:45:13.079
 the messages

00:45:13.079 --> 00:45:13.639
 we get

00:45:13.639 --> 00:45:14.420
 constantly,

00:45:14.980 --> 00:45:16.320
 and I

00:45:16.320 --> 00:45:16.840
 wonder,

00:45:17.880 --> 00:45:18.079
 and I

00:45:18.079 --> 00:45:18.380
 just,

00:45:19.180 --> 00:45:19.920
 just as,

00:45:20.119 --> 00:45:20.340
 you know,

00:45:20.420 --> 00:45:21.059
 food for

00:45:21.059 --> 00:45:21.360
 thought,

00:45:21.720 --> 00:45:22.320
 how can

00:45:22.320 --> 00:45:22.880
 we be

00:45:22.880 --> 00:45:23.820
 better at

00:45:23.820 --> 00:45:24.440
 creating a

00:45:24.440 --> 00:45:24.980
 community

00:45:24.980 --> 00:45:25.519
 in the

00:45:25.519 --> 00:45:26.079
 church that

00:45:26.079 --> 00:45:26.700
 shores up

00:45:26.700 --> 00:45:27.260
 our faith

00:45:27.260 --> 00:45:27.980
 in these

00:45:27.980 --> 00:45:28.440
 ways that

00:45:28.440 --> 00:45:28.920
 we need?

00:45:30.400 --> 00:45:30.960
 The

00:45:30.960 --> 00:45:31.559
 Israelite,

00:45:31.619 --> 00:45:31.980
 even the

00:45:31.980 --> 00:45:32.440
 faithless

00:45:32.440 --> 00:45:33.139
 Israelite,

00:45:33.240 --> 00:45:33.800
 lived in

00:45:33.800 --> 00:45:34.180
 the shadow

00:45:34.180 --> 00:45:34.500
 of the

00:45:34.500 --> 00:45:35.139
 sovereign God

00:45:35.139 --> 00:45:35.619
 who delivered

00:45:35.619 --> 00:45:36.039
 them from

00:45:36.039 --> 00:45:36.680
 slavery in

00:45:36.680 --> 00:45:37.000
 Egypt.

00:45:37.920 --> 00:45:38.340
 Are we

00:45:38.340 --> 00:45:38.860
 sufficiently

00:45:38.860 --> 00:45:39.460
 surrounding

00:45:39.460 --> 00:45:40.019
 ourselves

00:45:40.019 --> 00:45:40.400
 and our

00:45:40.400 --> 00:45:41.039
 families with

00:45:41.039 --> 00:45:41.900
 reminders of

00:45:41.900 --> 00:45:42.500
 God's great

00:45:42.500 --> 00:45:43.680
 salvation in

00:45:43.680 --> 00:45:44.119
 Christ?

00:45:44.680 --> 00:45:45.240
 Are we

00:45:45.240 --> 00:45:45.820
 helping one

00:45:45.820 --> 00:45:46.519
 another sort

00:45:46.519 --> 00:45:46.880
 out the

00:45:46.880 --> 00:45:47.360
 culture's

00:45:47.360 --> 00:45:47.980
 views on

00:45:47.980 --> 00:45:48.260
 say,

00:45:48.340 --> 00:45:49.480
 freedom from

00:45:49.480 --> 00:45:49.960
 the biblical

00:45:49.960 --> 00:45:50.420
 view?

00:45:50.940 --> 00:45:51.579
 Or do we

00:45:51.579 --> 00:45:52.119
 let it slide

00:45:52.119 --> 00:45:52.460
 off our

00:45:52.460 --> 00:45:53.260
 backs as we

00:45:53.260 --> 00:45:53.660
 leave this

00:45:53.660 --> 00:45:54.360
 building on

00:45:54.360 --> 00:45:55.320
 Sunday and

00:45:55.320 --> 00:45:56.000
 head out to

00:45:56.000 --> 00:45:56.940
 the real

00:45:56.940 --> 00:45:57.280
 world?

00:45:57.280 --> 00:45:59.620
 So it's

00:45:59.620 --> 00:45:59.960
 just a

00:45:59.960 --> 00:46:01.820
 challenge to

00:46:01.820 --> 00:46:03.300
 pay attention

00:46:03.300 --> 00:46:03.700
 to our

00:46:03.700 --> 00:46:04.380
 lives and

00:46:04.380 --> 00:46:05.019
 pay attention

00:46:05.019 --> 00:46:06.160
 to the

00:46:06.160 --> 00:46:06.860
 messages that

00:46:06.860 --> 00:46:07.320
 we're getting

00:46:07.320 --> 00:46:09.220
 and remember

00:46:09.220 --> 00:46:10.200
 what God

00:46:10.200 --> 00:46:10.680
 has saved

00:46:10.680 --> 00:46:11.660
 us from and

00:46:11.660 --> 00:46:12.400
 how he has

00:46:12.400 --> 00:46:13.000
 saved us,

00:46:13.100 --> 00:46:14.000
 to remember

00:46:14.000 --> 00:46:14.640
 the gospel.

00:46:15.160 --> 00:46:15.580
 And we're

00:46:15.580 --> 00:46:16.660
 blessed to

00:46:16.660 --> 00:46:18.140
 attend a

00:46:18.140 --> 00:46:19.540
 church where

00:46:19.540 --> 00:46:21.560
 every Sunday

00:46:21.560 --> 00:46:22.220
 we hear a

00:46:22.220 --> 00:46:22.720
 reminder of

00:46:22.720 --> 00:46:23.160
 the gospel.

00:46:23.940 --> 00:46:24.880
 I need it

00:46:24.880 --> 00:46:25.180
 daily.

00:46:25.640 --> 00:46:26.100
 I don't know

00:46:26.100 --> 00:46:26.480
 about you.

00:46:26.480 --> 00:46:27.940
 every Sunday

00:46:27.940 --> 00:46:28.320
 is great,

00:46:28.840 --> 00:46:29.380
 but I need

00:46:29.380 --> 00:46:29.619
 more.

00:46:30.579 --> 00:46:31.059
 It just

00:46:31.059 --> 00:46:31.820
 runs out.

00:46:32.099 --> 00:46:32.740
 I'm like a

00:46:32.740 --> 00:46:33.300
 sieve and

00:46:33.300 --> 00:46:33.740
 it just

00:46:33.740 --> 00:46:36.240
 because I'm

00:46:36.240 --> 00:46:37.199
 so surrounded,

00:46:37.860 --> 00:46:38.659
 embedded in

00:46:38.659 --> 00:46:39.519
 a world that

00:46:39.519 --> 00:46:40.619
 doesn't believe

00:46:40.619 --> 00:46:41.199
 any of it

00:46:41.199 --> 00:46:42.420
 and that

00:46:42.420 --> 00:46:43.820
 pulls me

00:46:43.820 --> 00:46:46.199
 away from

00:46:46.199 --> 00:46:47.219
 God.

00:46:48.760 --> 00:46:48.980
 So

00:46:48.980 --> 00:46:51.639
 that's

00:46:51.639 --> 00:46:51.980
 Exodus.

00:46:52.460 --> 00:46:52.820
 I know

00:46:52.820 --> 00:46:53.280
 it's like a

00:46:53.280 --> 00:46:54.980
 big picture

00:46:54.980 --> 00:46:55.639
 view, but

00:46:55.639 --> 00:46:56.179
 that's what

00:46:56.179 --> 00:46:56.599
 we've got.

00:46:57.679 --> 00:46:58.259
 Let me

00:46:58.259 --> 00:46:58.719
 just close

00:46:58.719 --> 00:46:59.119
 in prayer.

00:47:01.659 --> 00:47:02.219
 Heavenly

00:47:02.219 --> 00:47:02.859
 Father, make

00:47:02.859 --> 00:47:03.519
 a name for

00:47:03.519 --> 00:47:04.279
 yourself among

00:47:04.279 --> 00:47:04.639
 us.

00:47:05.379 --> 00:47:06.339
 Remind us

00:47:06.339 --> 00:47:07.420
 of your

00:47:07.420 --> 00:47:08.299
 grace and

00:47:08.299 --> 00:47:08.900
 your love

00:47:08.900 --> 00:47:09.319
 and your

00:47:09.319 --> 00:47:09.819
 salvation.

00:47:10.719 --> 00:47:11.579
 Remind us

00:47:11.579 --> 00:47:11.900
 of the

00:47:11.900 --> 00:47:13.299
 severity of

00:47:13.299 --> 00:47:14.440
 sin and

00:47:14.440 --> 00:47:15.139
 what you

00:47:15.139 --> 00:47:16.219
 rescued us

00:47:16.219 --> 00:47:17.799
 from when

00:47:17.799 --> 00:47:18.460
 you transferred

00:47:18.460 --> 00:47:19.279
 us to the

00:47:19.279 --> 00:47:20.019
 kingdom of

00:47:20.019 --> 00:47:20.480
 your dear

00:47:20.480 --> 00:47:20.859
 son.

00:47:21.659 --> 00:47:22.219
 Remind us

00:47:22.219 --> 00:47:22.459
 what's

00:47:22.459 --> 00:47:22.959
 coming.

00:47:23.959 --> 00:47:24.419
 When the

00:47:24.419 --> 00:47:25.000
 new heavens

00:47:25.000 --> 00:47:25.299
 and the

00:47:25.299 --> 00:47:26.000
 new earth,

00:47:26.739 --> 00:47:28.279
 all of it

00:47:28.279 --> 00:47:28.919
 is renewed

00:47:28.919 --> 00:47:30.779
 and sin

00:47:30.779 --> 00:47:32.480
 is eradicated.

00:47:33.219 --> 00:47:33.980
 Lord, remind

00:47:33.980 --> 00:47:34.500
 us of the

00:47:34.500 --> 00:47:35.339
 hope of that

00:47:35.339 --> 00:47:36.839
 and give us

00:47:36.839 --> 00:47:37.379
 hearts that

00:47:37.379 --> 00:47:38.419
 long to

00:47:38.419 --> 00:47:38.879
 look to

00:47:38.879 --> 00:47:39.919
 you and

00:47:39.919 --> 00:47:40.859
 to live in

00:47:40.859 --> 00:47:42.239
 that, in

00:47:42.239 --> 00:47:43.759
 that beautiful

00:47:43.759 --> 00:47:45.379
 kingdom, even

00:47:45.379 --> 00:47:46.399
 as we walk

00:47:46.399 --> 00:47:47.980
 among our

00:47:47.980 --> 00:47:49.439
 neighbors who

00:47:49.440 --> 00:47:50.240
 are confused

00:47:50.240 --> 00:47:51.679
 and lost

00:47:51.679 --> 00:47:55.840
 and always,

00:47:55.980 --> 00:47:56.900
 always tempting

00:47:56.900 --> 00:47:58.159
 us to

00:47:58.159 --> 00:47:58.780
 depart from

00:47:58.780 --> 00:47:59.019
 you.

00:48:00.639 --> 00:48:01.320
 Lord, go

00:48:01.320 --> 00:48:01.980
 with us now.

00:48:02.240 --> 00:48:02.579
 As we

00:48:02.579 --> 00:48:03.240
 worship, let

00:48:03.240 --> 00:48:03.780
 us worship

00:48:03.780 --> 00:48:04.280
 you in

00:48:04.280 --> 00:48:05.280
 spirit and

00:48:05.280 --> 00:48:05.740
 in truth.

00:48:06.260 --> 00:48:06.619
 Let your

00:48:06.619 --> 00:48:07.119
 name be

00:48:07.119 --> 00:48:08.940
 exalted and

00:48:08.940 --> 00:48:09.240
 let your

00:48:09.240 --> 00:48:09.920
 people be

00:48:09.920 --> 00:48:10.300
 blessed.

00:48:10.840 --> 00:48:11.300
 In Jesus'

00:48:11.500 --> 00:48:12.179
 name, amen.