WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:13.980 Good morning, everybody. 00:00:15.080 --> 00:00:17.400 If you could turn to Proverbs chapter 8. 00:00:18.760 --> 00:00:19.640 ! That would be excellent. 00:00:22.359 --> 00:00:24.560 Thank you for leading this morning, Alex. 00:00:24.559 --> 00:00:33.019 Last week, we covered Proverbs chapter 7. 00:00:34.079 --> 00:00:37.600 If you weren't here, just a quick recap on that chapter. 00:00:38.379 --> 00:00:43.060 There we heard the seductive lying words of the adulteress. 00:00:45.060 --> 00:00:53.659 And she seduces fools to come and drink their fill of her illicit pleasures. 00:00:54.560 --> 00:01:03.200 But little do they know that her house is a highway to the grave, leading down to the chambers of death. 00:01:03.400 --> 00:01:06.079 Those are the last words in Proverbs chapter 7. 00:01:06.079 --> 00:01:15.340 And we learned how this physical adultery is a picture God uses to show us of our spiritual adultery. 00:01:16.239 --> 00:01:21.439 How we have scandalously betrayed him and his love. 00:01:23.000 --> 00:01:25.120 But today, we're looking at Proverbs chapter 8. 00:01:26.099 --> 00:01:30.400 And in this chapter, wisdom breaks onto the scene. 00:01:30.400 --> 00:01:35.800 And she calls us to herself. 00:01:36.320 --> 00:01:41.219 If Proverbs 7 is a massive warning to King Solomon's son, saying, 00:01:41.600 --> 00:01:44.500 Don't fall for the lies of adultery. 00:01:46.340 --> 00:01:50.219 Then Proverbs 8 is a magnificent invitation 00:01:50.219 --> 00:01:56.939 to love and embrace wisdom instead of folly. 00:01:56.939 --> 00:02:02.420 So in this chapter, Solomon gives wisdom a voice. 00:02:03.739 --> 00:02:06.120 And she, wisdom, calls out to us all. 00:02:06.900 --> 00:02:09.900 And we are meant to hear the stark contrast 00:02:09.900 --> 00:02:13.180 between the magnificence of wisdom's call, 00:02:13.620 --> 00:02:14.219 in chapter 8, 00:02:14.860 --> 00:02:18.159 and the drivel of the adulteress, 00:02:18.680 --> 00:02:19.780 from chapter 7. 00:02:19.780 --> 00:02:22.860 So, before we read, 00:02:23.659 --> 00:02:24.500 we're actually going to pray. 00:02:25.219 --> 00:02:27.379 We're going to ask for God's help to really hear 00:02:27.379 --> 00:02:28.900 what he has to say to us today. 00:02:33.900 --> 00:02:36.860 Lord, we do not want to be asleep to your word 00:02:36.860 --> 00:02:39.759 as it is read to us now. 00:02:41.099 --> 00:02:44.819 We want to be spiritually alive to your beauty. 00:02:46.439 --> 00:02:48.319 Hungry for your wisdom. 00:02:48.319 --> 00:02:51.859 We want to be longing for your glory, 00:02:52.539 --> 00:02:54.459 satisfied in you alone. 00:02:55.919 --> 00:02:58.340 So help us now to listen. 00:02:59.459 --> 00:02:59.959 Amen. 00:03:01.219 --> 00:03:04.139 Kirsty's actually going to read chapter 8 for us. 00:03:04.259 --> 00:03:04.699 Thank you, Kirsty. 00:03:07.699 --> 00:03:08.919 Thanks, Sam. 00:03:10.280 --> 00:03:11.919 So, chapter 8. 00:03:11.919 --> 00:03:15.759 Does not wisdom call out? 00:03:16.419 --> 00:03:19.359 Does not understanding raise her voice? 00:03:20.079 --> 00:03:22.539 At the highest point along the way 00:03:22.539 --> 00:03:23.799 where the paths meet, 00:03:24.000 --> 00:03:25.179 she takes her stand. 00:03:26.060 --> 00:03:28.139 Beside the gate leading into the city, 00:03:28.519 --> 00:03:30.779 at the entrance she cries aloud, 00:03:31.339 --> 00:03:34.119 to you, O people, I call out. 00:03:34.120 --> 00:03:37.360 I raise my voice to all humanity. 00:03:38.300 --> 00:03:40.920 You who are simple, gain prudence. 00:03:41.640 --> 00:03:44.840 You who are foolish, set your hearts on it. 00:03:45.759 --> 00:03:49.560 Listen, for I have trustworthy things to say. 00:03:49.560 --> 00:03:53.340 I open my lips to speak what is right. 00:03:53.939 --> 00:03:56.500 My mouth speaks what is true. 00:03:56.979 --> 00:03:59.539 For my lips detest wickedness. 00:04:00.479 --> 00:04:03.039 All the words of my mouth are just. 00:04:03.879 --> 00:04:06.080 None of them is crooked or perverse. 00:04:07.039 --> 00:04:09.480 To the discerning, all of them are right. 00:04:09.479 --> 00:04:13.099 They are upright to those who have found knowledge. 00:04:14.219 --> 00:04:17.279 Choose my instruction instead of silver. 00:04:17.980 --> 00:04:20.620 Knowledge rather than choice gold. 00:04:21.539 --> 00:04:24.740 For wisdom is more precious than rubies. 00:04:25.459 --> 00:04:28.699 And nothing you desire can compare with her. 00:04:29.839 --> 00:04:33.620 I, wisdom, dwell together with prudence. 00:04:34.420 --> 00:04:37.039 I possess knowledge and discretion. 00:04:37.040 --> 00:04:41.040 To fear the Lord is to hate evil. 00:04:41.840 --> 00:04:44.020 I hate pride and arrogance, 00:04:44.640 --> 00:04:46.900 evil behavior and perverse speech. 00:04:47.980 --> 00:04:50.800 Counsel and sound judgment are mine. 00:04:51.560 --> 00:04:52.560 I have insight. 00:04:52.920 --> 00:04:53.939 I have power. 00:04:55.040 --> 00:04:56.620 By me, kings reign. 00:04:57.080 --> 00:04:59.840 And rulers issue decrees that are just. 00:05:00.600 --> 00:05:02.420 By me, princes govern. 00:05:03.320 --> 00:05:06.080 And nobles, all who rule on earth. 00:05:06.079 --> 00:05:08.959 I love those who love me. 00:05:09.319 --> 00:05:11.519 And those who seek me find me. 00:05:12.519 --> 00:05:14.879 With me are riches and honor. 00:05:15.599 --> 00:05:17.259 Enduring wealth and prosperity. 00:05:18.519 --> 00:05:21.360 My fruit is better than fine gold. 00:05:22.079 --> 00:05:25.039 What I yield surpasses choice silver. 00:05:25.040 --> 00:05:28.280 I walk in the way of righteousness. 00:05:28.280 --> 00:05:28.200 I walk in the way of righteousness. 00:05:28.680 --> 00:05:31.000 Along the paths of justice. 00:05:31.800 --> 00:05:35.020 Bestowing a rich inheritance on those who love me. 00:05:35.379 --> 00:05:37.280 And making their treasuries full. 00:05:38.280 --> 00:05:41.960 The Lord brought me forth as the first of his works. 00:05:42.320 --> 00:05:44.040 Before his deeds of old. 00:05:44.480 --> 00:05:47.180 I was formed long ages ago. 00:05:47.600 --> 00:05:50.360 At the very beginning when the world came to be. 00:05:50.360 --> 00:05:52.819 When there were no watery depths. 00:05:52.819 --> 00:05:54.120 I was given birth. 00:05:54.520 --> 00:05:57.379 When there were no springs overflowing with water. 00:05:58.000 --> 00:06:00.400 Before the mountains were settled in place. 00:06:00.500 --> 00:06:01.420 Before the hills. 00:06:01.520 --> 00:06:02.740 I was given birth. 00:06:03.400 --> 00:06:05.680 Before he made the world or its fields. 00:06:05.819 --> 00:06:07.740 Or any of the dust of the earth. 00:06:08.319 --> 00:06:11.300 I was there when he set the heavens in place. 00:06:11.680 --> 00:06:14.819 When he marked out the horizon on the face of the deep. 00:06:14.819 --> 00:06:17.579 When he established the clouds above. 00:06:17.980 --> 00:06:20.540 And fixed securely the fountains of the deep. 00:06:21.180 --> 00:06:22.959 When he gave the sea its boundary. 00:06:23.300 --> 00:06:26.360 So that the waters would not overstep his command. 00:06:27.019 --> 00:06:29.540 And when he marked out the foundations of the earth. 00:06:30.180 --> 00:06:33.100 Then I was constantly at his side. 00:06:33.759 --> 00:06:37.060 I was filled with delight day after day. 00:06:37.459 --> 00:06:39.920 Rejoicing always in his presence. 00:06:40.539 --> 00:06:42.779 Rejoicing in his whole world. 00:06:42.779 --> 00:06:45.219 And delighting in the human race. 00:06:46.219 --> 00:06:47.839 Now then my children. 00:06:48.419 --> 00:06:49.359 Listen to me. 00:06:50.419 --> 00:06:53.359 Blessed are those who keep my ways. 00:06:54.039 --> 00:06:57.559 Listen to my instruction and be wise. 00:06:58.679 --> 00:07:00.279 Do not disregard it. 00:07:01.299 --> 00:07:03.519 Blessed are those who listen to me. 00:07:04.019 --> 00:07:06.299 Watching daily at my doors. 00:07:06.779 --> 00:07:08.279 Waiting at my doorway. 00:07:09.039 --> 00:07:10.979 For those who find me. 00:07:11.199 --> 00:07:12.179 Find life. 00:07:12.180 --> 00:07:14.780 And receive favor from the Lord. 00:07:15.620 --> 00:07:17.920 But those who fail to find me. 00:07:18.139 --> 00:07:19.060 Harm themselves. 00:07:20.160 --> 00:07:21.920 All who hate me. 00:07:22.600 --> 00:07:23.360 Love death. 00:07:24.819 --> 00:07:25.439 Thank you Christy. 00:07:25.439 --> 00:07:35.439 Thank you Christy. 00:07:35.439 --> 00:07:37.500 Okay. 00:07:37.560 --> 00:07:40.879 I wonder could you see some of the contrast there. 00:07:41.399 --> 00:07:43.240 Between chapter 7 and 8. 00:07:43.319 --> 00:07:44.560 Here's a quick summary for you. 00:07:45.500 --> 00:07:46.279 The adulteress. 00:07:46.360 --> 00:07:46.879 Chapter 7. 00:07:47.000 --> 00:07:48.120 She moves secretly. 00:07:48.600 --> 00:07:49.519 Like a predator. 00:07:50.319 --> 00:07:51.399 And she speaks lies. 00:07:52.899 --> 00:07:53.420 Wisdom. 00:07:53.560 --> 00:07:54.259 On the other hand. 00:07:54.839 --> 00:07:55.959 She moves publicly. 00:07:56.759 --> 00:07:58.379 And speaks only what is true. 00:07:59.220 --> 00:07:59.399 Okay. 00:07:59.399 --> 00:08:00.879 The adulteress. 00:08:00.879 --> 00:08:02.939 She leads her victims. 00:08:02.939 --> 00:08:05.060 Down into slavery. 00:08:05.060 --> 00:08:06.039 And death. 00:08:06.560 --> 00:08:07.120 Wisdom. 00:08:07.620 --> 00:08:09.979 Gifts her lovers with leadership. 00:08:10.819 --> 00:08:11.560 Prosperity. 00:08:11.719 --> 00:08:12.259 And life. 00:08:13.839 --> 00:08:15.219 The adulteress. 00:08:15.339 --> 00:08:17.799 She works within the dim perspective. 00:08:17.800 --> 00:08:20.800 Of her four bedroom walls. 00:08:22.240 --> 00:08:25.439 Wisdom soars in the heavens. 00:08:26.600 --> 00:08:28.900 Above space and time. 00:08:29.740 --> 00:08:31.420 Solomon asks his son. 00:08:32.180 --> 00:08:33.060 And God asks us. 00:08:33.899 --> 00:08:35.799 Which will you choose? 00:08:35.799 --> 00:08:39.359 Who will you choose? 00:08:39.740 --> 00:08:41.179 Now because we don't have much time. 00:08:41.539 --> 00:08:44.959 We're going to focus in on verses 22 to 36. 00:08:45.439 --> 00:08:46.959 Of this stunning speech. 00:08:47.679 --> 00:08:48.959 And this is the part of the speech. 00:08:49.079 --> 00:08:52.659 Where wisdom speaks about her pre-existence. 00:08:53.019 --> 00:08:53.939 Before time. 00:08:54.859 --> 00:08:55.039 Okay. 00:08:55.079 --> 00:08:58.019 And her role in the creation of the world. 00:08:58.279 --> 00:09:00.479 And here's the first thing that we learn. 00:09:00.939 --> 00:09:03.259 Wisdom teaches us. 00:09:03.879 --> 00:09:05.740 How life works best. 00:09:05.799 --> 00:09:08.299 In God's good creation. 00:09:09.799 --> 00:09:11.919 Wisdom is the inner logic. 00:09:12.479 --> 00:09:14.740 Behind everything that God made. 00:09:16.639 --> 00:09:19.240 Wisdom is the secret code. 00:09:19.599 --> 00:09:20.799 Of the universe. 00:09:21.699 --> 00:09:23.399 It's the key to unlocking. 00:09:23.979 --> 00:09:25.479 Why everything is. 00:09:26.039 --> 00:09:27.000 The way it is. 00:09:27.479 --> 00:09:28.740 Have a look at verse 22. 00:09:29.699 --> 00:09:31.439 The Lord brought me forth. 00:09:31.579 --> 00:09:32.759 As the first of his works. 00:09:32.979 --> 00:09:34.399 Before his deeds of old. 00:09:34.399 --> 00:09:36.340 I was formed long ages ago. 00:09:36.519 --> 00:09:37.500 At the very beginning. 00:09:37.840 --> 00:09:38.980 When the world came to be. 00:09:39.340 --> 00:09:40.779 When there were no watery depths. 00:09:41.059 --> 00:09:42.159 I was given birth. 00:09:42.399 --> 00:09:43.899 When there were no springs. 00:09:44.240 --> 00:09:45.299 Overflowing with water. 00:09:45.679 --> 00:09:47.840 Before the mountains were settled in place. 00:09:48.399 --> 00:09:49.379 Before the hills. 00:09:49.519 --> 00:09:50.579 I was given birth. 00:09:50.899 --> 00:09:52.340 Before he made the world. 00:09:52.399 --> 00:09:53.240 Or its fields. 00:09:53.240 --> 00:09:54.240 Or any of the dust. 00:09:54.240 --> 00:09:55.060 Or any of the dust of the earth. 00:09:56.220 --> 00:09:57.100 Here's the point. 00:09:58.500 --> 00:09:59.019 Wisdom. 00:10:00.019 --> 00:10:02.000 Is from God. 00:10:03.340 --> 00:10:03.860 So. 00:10:04.299 --> 00:10:05.120 It is perfect. 00:10:05.799 --> 00:10:06.480 And trustworthy. 00:10:07.360 --> 00:10:08.000 In everything. 00:10:08.799 --> 00:10:09.419 And secondly. 00:10:10.919 --> 00:10:12.120 Wisdom was here. 00:10:12.480 --> 00:10:13.960 Long before us. 00:10:14.919 --> 00:10:16.180 Before anything. 00:10:16.179 --> 00:10:17.559 Was created. 00:10:18.039 --> 00:10:19.219 Wisdom was there. 00:10:20.399 --> 00:10:21.039 Wisdom says. 00:10:22.359 --> 00:10:24.139 I've seen it all from the start. 00:10:24.879 --> 00:10:26.319 So I can tell you. 00:10:26.439 --> 00:10:26.699 How. 00:10:27.139 --> 00:10:27.879 This universe. 00:10:28.239 --> 00:10:28.939 Works best. 00:10:30.539 --> 00:10:30.979 Now. 00:10:31.299 --> 00:10:32.199 What year. 00:10:32.559 --> 00:10:33.279 Were you born in? 00:10:34.559 --> 00:10:36.259 I'm not going to put people on the spot. 00:10:36.519 --> 00:10:37.339 That would be inappropriate. 00:10:38.059 --> 00:10:39.000 Just think about. 00:10:39.259 --> 00:10:40.199 The year you were born though. 00:10:41.019 --> 00:10:41.959 And compare it to this. 00:10:41.960 --> 00:10:42.980 My great aunt. 00:10:43.519 --> 00:10:44.780 Was born in the year. 00:10:46.300 --> 00:10:46.860 1928. 00:10:49.480 --> 00:10:50.420 That's pretty impressive. 00:10:50.700 --> 00:10:51.660 She's still alive by the way. 00:10:52.759 --> 00:10:54.800 How many of you here are 17? 00:10:56.759 --> 00:10:57.200 Asia. 00:10:57.420 --> 00:10:57.639 Okay. 00:10:58.519 --> 00:10:59.120 Well guess what. 00:10:59.180 --> 00:11:00.379 When my aunt was 17. 00:11:00.740 --> 00:11:02.120 World War II had just ended. 00:11:03.019 --> 00:11:03.960 So there you go. 00:11:04.940 --> 00:11:05.840 My aunt. 00:11:06.139 --> 00:11:07.780 Has seen things. 00:11:08.420 --> 00:11:08.740 Right. 00:11:09.960 --> 00:11:10.800 On Tuesday. 00:11:10.799 --> 00:11:12.500 I sat down beside her. 00:11:13.000 --> 00:11:13.759 On her sofa. 00:11:14.399 --> 00:11:14.819 And I said. 00:11:14.899 --> 00:11:15.120 Well. 00:11:15.259 --> 00:11:15.719 Auntie Dora. 00:11:16.419 --> 00:11:17.199 How are you getting on? 00:11:18.000 --> 00:11:18.859 And she looked at me. 00:11:18.939 --> 00:11:19.339 And said. 00:11:20.219 --> 00:11:21.979 I want to digitalize. 00:11:21.979 --> 00:11:23.099 My recipe collection. 00:11:23.479 --> 00:11:24.399 On my iPhone. 00:11:24.639 --> 00:11:25.279 Notes app. 00:11:28.359 --> 00:11:30.139 She had been lining me up. 00:11:30.500 --> 00:11:31.159 All day. 00:11:31.859 --> 00:11:32.559 For a tech. 00:11:32.839 --> 00:11:33.339 Tutorial. 00:11:34.379 --> 00:11:34.679 Now. 00:11:35.659 --> 00:11:36.919 That's the same person. 00:11:36.919 --> 00:11:38.559 Who lived the first quarter. 00:11:38.559 --> 00:11:39.339 Of her life. 00:11:40.059 --> 00:11:41.199 Without electricity. 00:11:42.319 --> 00:11:42.899 In her home. 00:11:45.599 --> 00:11:46.979 Auntie Dorothy understands. 00:11:47.239 --> 00:11:49.059 How this world works. 00:11:49.279 --> 00:11:50.399 More than a lot of people. 00:11:50.519 --> 00:11:50.899 I know. 00:11:51.659 --> 00:11:52.819 Definitely more than I do. 00:11:53.339 --> 00:11:53.779 Because. 00:11:54.719 --> 00:11:55.859 She's observed it. 00:11:56.319 --> 00:11:57.359 For the most part. 00:11:57.459 --> 00:11:59.099 Of 97 years. 00:11:59.099 --> 00:11:59.500 Now. 00:11:59.579 --> 00:12:00.399 I want you to compare that. 00:12:00.479 --> 00:12:00.879 With wisdom. 00:12:00.979 --> 00:12:01.500 In this speech. 00:12:04.699 --> 00:12:05.199 Wisdom. 00:12:05.200 --> 00:12:06.320 Has been there. 00:12:06.480 --> 00:12:07.560 In every. 00:12:08.340 --> 00:12:08.700 Age. 00:12:09.460 --> 00:12:10.360 Of this world. 00:12:11.320 --> 00:12:12.560 She has observed. 00:12:12.740 --> 00:12:13.520 The whole. 00:12:14.040 --> 00:12:14.759 Of history. 00:12:17.000 --> 00:12:17.840 She knows. 00:12:17.940 --> 00:12:18.800 How it works best. 00:12:19.020 --> 00:12:19.240 Right? 00:12:20.320 --> 00:12:21.259 And even better. 00:12:22.120 --> 00:12:23.600 She wants to share. 00:12:23.800 --> 00:12:24.480 That wisdom. 00:12:24.900 --> 00:12:25.460 With us. 00:12:25.759 --> 00:12:26.720 Are we going to listen? 00:12:27.860 --> 00:12:28.700 Are we. 00:12:29.060 --> 00:12:29.780 Going to listen? 00:12:31.379 --> 00:12:32.420 Look at verse 27. 00:12:32.600 --> 00:12:33.340 Wisdom continues. 00:12:33.340 --> 00:12:36.399 I was there. 00:12:36.399 --> 00:12:36.960 When God. 00:12:37.259 --> 00:12:38.480 Set the heavens in place. 00:12:38.759 --> 00:12:40.160 When he marked out the horizon. 00:12:40.160 --> 00:12:41.540 On the face of the deep. 00:12:42.120 --> 00:12:43.320 When he established. 00:12:43.460 --> 00:12:44.440 The clouds above. 00:12:44.800 --> 00:12:45.360 And fixed. 00:12:45.620 --> 00:12:46.200 Securely. 00:12:46.259 --> 00:12:47.440 The fountains of the deep. 00:12:47.879 --> 00:12:49.080 When he gave the sea. 00:12:49.240 --> 00:12:49.780 Its boundary. 00:12:50.100 --> 00:12:50.780 So the waters. 00:12:51.100 --> 00:12:51.980 Would not overstep. 00:12:52.060 --> 00:12:52.540 His command. 00:12:52.960 --> 00:12:53.980 And when he marked out. 00:12:54.060 --> 00:12:54.740 The foundations. 00:12:54.740 --> 00:12:55.560 Of the earth. 00:12:55.899 --> 00:12:56.360 Then. 00:12:56.560 --> 00:12:57.639 I was constantly. 00:12:58.120 --> 00:12:59.060 At his side. 00:12:59.840 --> 00:13:00.600 Here's another thing. 00:13:00.660 --> 00:13:00.940 We learn. 00:13:00.940 --> 00:13:02.340 God. 00:13:02.920 --> 00:13:04.200 Wired wisdom. 00:13:04.900 --> 00:13:06.080 Into the fabric. 00:13:06.360 --> 00:13:07.360 Of the universe. 00:13:08.000 --> 00:13:09.260 He used. 00:13:09.500 --> 00:13:09.940 Wisdom. 00:13:10.580 --> 00:13:11.340 To set all those. 00:13:11.560 --> 00:13:12.160 Boundaries. 00:13:12.620 --> 00:13:13.660 That we just read about. 00:13:13.740 --> 00:13:14.520 The boundaries of each. 00:13:14.680 --> 00:13:15.160 Element. 00:13:15.600 --> 00:13:16.880 Of his creation. 00:13:17.500 --> 00:13:18.000 For instance. 00:13:18.100 --> 00:13:19.320 The exact distance. 00:13:19.860 --> 00:13:20.720 Planet earth. 00:13:20.980 --> 00:13:22.280 Needed to be from the sun. 00:13:22.640 --> 00:13:23.940 So we could all live. 00:13:23.940 --> 00:13:27.160 Or the eight kilometer. 00:13:27.160 --> 00:13:27.680 High. 00:13:28.280 --> 00:13:29.120 Atmosphere. 00:13:29.360 --> 00:13:30.140 Around earth. 00:13:30.280 --> 00:13:30.800 Containing. 00:13:31.260 --> 00:13:32.060 Enough oxygen. 00:13:32.860 --> 00:13:33.760 So all living things. 00:13:33.860 --> 00:13:34.360 Could thrive. 00:13:34.540 --> 00:13:34.680 Or. 00:13:35.560 --> 00:13:36.860 How about the precise. 00:13:37.260 --> 00:13:37.740 Orbit. 00:13:38.000 --> 00:13:38.940 Of the moon. 00:13:39.220 --> 00:13:40.360 Around earth. 00:13:40.860 --> 00:13:41.800 Which maintains. 00:13:42.280 --> 00:13:42.760 Stable. 00:13:43.120 --> 00:13:43.520 Seasons. 00:13:44.300 --> 00:13:45.800 And enables all the ecosystems. 00:13:46.220 --> 00:13:46.840 Of the world. 00:13:46.920 --> 00:13:47.440 To flourish. 00:13:47.540 --> 00:13:47.720 Okay. 00:13:47.820 --> 00:13:48.540 Everything. 00:13:48.539 --> 00:13:50.319 Was perfectly. 00:13:50.319 --> 00:13:51.459 Marked out. 00:13:52.379 --> 00:13:53.259 And measured. 00:13:53.439 --> 00:13:54.039 By God. 00:13:55.259 --> 00:13:55.860 Through. 00:13:56.620 --> 00:13:57.000 Wisdom. 00:13:58.439 --> 00:13:59.459 Without it. 00:14:00.059 --> 00:14:00.679 This universe. 00:14:00.799 --> 00:14:01.419 Would be chaotic. 00:14:02.199 --> 00:14:03.199 And uninhabitable. 00:14:04.079 --> 00:14:04.620 So wisdom. 00:14:04.620 --> 00:14:05.319 Is how everything. 00:14:05.319 --> 00:14:05.980 Was created. 00:14:07.039 --> 00:14:08.099 And how everything. 00:14:08.339 --> 00:14:08.639 Still. 00:14:09.179 --> 00:14:09.539 Works. 00:14:10.079 --> 00:14:10.659 And the stunning. 00:14:10.819 --> 00:14:11.139 Truth. 00:14:11.399 --> 00:14:12.240 Of this speech. 00:14:13.199 --> 00:14:14.059 Is that she. 00:14:14.159 --> 00:14:15.079 Reveals herself. 00:14:15.779 --> 00:14:16.679 To any. 00:14:16.679 --> 00:14:17.639 Who would love. 00:14:17.959 --> 00:14:18.719 And embrace. 00:14:18.719 --> 00:14:19.079 Her. 00:14:19.459 --> 00:14:20.079 Ray Ortlund. 00:14:20.559 --> 00:14:21.039 Says it. 00:14:21.159 --> 00:14:21.599 This way. 00:14:21.819 --> 00:14:22.579 Biblical wisdom. 00:14:22.579 --> 00:14:24.479 Is more than handy tips. 00:14:26.459 --> 00:14:27.000 Wisdom. 00:14:27.079 --> 00:14:28.120 Is the secret code. 00:14:28.159 --> 00:14:28.659 To reality. 00:14:30.319 --> 00:14:30.959 And in the bible. 00:14:31.539 --> 00:14:31.899 Wisdom. 00:14:31.899 --> 00:14:32.979 Is speaking to us. 00:14:33.059 --> 00:14:33.939 So that it isn't. 00:14:34.239 --> 00:14:34.839 A secret. 00:14:35.419 --> 00:14:36.159 Any more. 00:14:37.039 --> 00:14:38.359 So here's the application. 00:14:39.479 --> 00:14:40.559 The first. 00:14:40.819 --> 00:14:41.979 Sign of foolishness. 00:14:42.139 --> 00:14:42.979 In my life. 00:14:43.099 --> 00:14:43.799 And in yours. 00:14:44.539 --> 00:14:45.979 Is when we say. 00:14:45.980 --> 00:14:48.700 I know what I'm doing. 00:14:50.500 --> 00:14:51.519 I don't need. 00:14:51.960 --> 00:14:52.480 Insight. 00:14:52.879 --> 00:14:53.920 Or advice. 00:14:54.060 --> 00:14:54.560 Or counsel. 00:14:54.800 --> 00:14:55.420 I don't. 00:14:55.519 --> 00:14:56.860 I don't need wisdom. 00:14:59.840 --> 00:15:01.300 Well what do we really know? 00:15:04.060 --> 00:15:05.340 Our understanding. 00:15:05.519 --> 00:15:06.440 Of this universe. 00:15:06.940 --> 00:15:07.700 And how it works. 00:15:07.759 --> 00:15:08.600 Is like a drop. 00:15:09.460 --> 00:15:10.139 In the ocean. 00:15:11.080 --> 00:15:11.779 And wisdom says. 00:15:11.879 --> 00:15:12.620 I am the ocean. 00:15:12.940 --> 00:15:13.960 I've seen it all. 00:15:14.279 --> 00:15:15.639 I know it all. 00:15:15.639 --> 00:15:16.139 Well. 00:15:17.480 --> 00:15:18.500 Proverbs 12.15. 00:15:18.620 --> 00:15:19.139 Says this. 00:15:20.059 --> 00:15:20.379 Fools. 00:15:20.759 --> 00:15:21.699 Think their own way. 00:15:21.759 --> 00:15:22.159 Is right. 00:15:24.220 --> 00:15:25.179 But the wise. 00:15:26.240 --> 00:15:26.679 Listen. 00:15:27.259 --> 00:15:27.799 To others. 00:15:28.100 --> 00:15:29.080 The point of this passage. 00:15:29.159 --> 00:15:29.460 Is this. 00:15:29.720 --> 00:15:30.080 Wisdom. 00:15:30.220 --> 00:15:31.100 Is external. 00:15:31.100 --> 00:15:31.779 To us. 00:15:32.939 --> 00:15:34.199 That's why she calls out. 00:15:34.259 --> 00:15:34.480 For us. 00:15:34.519 --> 00:15:35.299 To take hold of her. 00:15:36.299 --> 00:15:37.019 And the sooner. 00:15:37.120 --> 00:15:37.720 That you and I. 00:15:37.819 --> 00:15:38.319 Understand. 00:15:38.460 --> 00:15:39.319 Our wisdom. 00:15:39.960 --> 00:15:40.439 Deficit. 00:15:40.440 --> 00:15:41.880 The better. 00:15:42.820 --> 00:15:44.000 Then we can begin. 00:15:44.000 --> 00:15:45.440 To daily reach out. 00:15:46.120 --> 00:15:47.040 For the wisdom. 00:15:47.200 --> 00:15:48.540 We desperately need. 00:15:49.860 --> 00:15:50.820 Without which. 00:15:51.160 --> 00:15:51.880 Our lives. 00:15:51.880 --> 00:15:52.660 Will unravel. 00:15:52.660 --> 00:15:53.500 Into chaos. 00:15:53.500 --> 00:15:54.360 And I know. 00:15:54.580 --> 00:15:55.559 I can recall. 00:15:55.679 --> 00:15:56.740 And you probably can too. 00:15:57.039 --> 00:15:57.820 Those moments. 00:15:58.100 --> 00:15:59.159 In your lives. 00:16:00.360 --> 00:16:01.299 When we've all made. 00:16:01.500 --> 00:16:02.340 Foolish decisions. 00:16:03.919 --> 00:16:04.919 And chaos. 00:16:05.080 --> 00:16:05.740 Has ensued. 00:16:06.100 --> 00:16:07.460 We don't have to live like that. 00:16:07.559 --> 00:16:07.879 We can. 00:16:08.039 --> 00:16:09.139 We can access. 00:16:09.679 --> 00:16:10.259 This wisdom. 00:16:10.480 --> 00:16:11.059 From God. 00:16:11.059 --> 00:16:11.319 So. 00:16:11.719 --> 00:16:12.099 Here's. 00:16:12.099 --> 00:16:13.079 The question. 00:16:14.000 --> 00:16:15.479 Do you cry out to God. 00:16:15.679 --> 00:16:16.439 For wisdom. 00:16:17.079 --> 00:16:17.979 To know how to. 00:16:18.319 --> 00:16:19.179 Love and discipline. 00:16:19.279 --> 00:16:19.699 Your children. 00:16:21.839 --> 00:16:22.859 How to react. 00:16:22.959 --> 00:16:23.219 To that. 00:16:23.419 --> 00:16:24.019 Family member. 00:16:24.099 --> 00:16:24.699 That maybe you just. 00:16:25.000 --> 00:16:25.619 Find it difficult. 00:16:25.619 --> 00:16:26.359 To relate to. 00:16:28.459 --> 00:16:29.459 How to navigate. 00:16:29.659 --> 00:16:30.459 That really complex. 00:16:30.839 --> 00:16:31.759 Work situation. 00:16:33.000 --> 00:16:33.659 Which there seems. 00:16:33.739 --> 00:16:34.559 No right answer. 00:16:35.479 --> 00:16:36.199 How to begin. 00:16:36.359 --> 00:16:37.699 That insurmountable. 00:16:38.459 --> 00:16:38.779 Project. 00:16:41.059 --> 00:16:42.319 How to make that. 00:16:43.239 --> 00:16:44.279 Financial decision. 00:16:45.319 --> 00:16:46.299 It's going to have lasting. 00:16:46.479 --> 00:16:46.959 Impacts. 00:16:47.899 --> 00:16:48.819 On your life. 00:16:50.979 --> 00:16:52.079 We don't understand. 00:16:52.239 --> 00:16:53.099 This world correctly. 00:16:55.219 --> 00:16:56.019 We don't get. 00:16:56.019 --> 00:16:56.719 What's going on. 00:16:56.779 --> 00:16:57.579 On the other hand. 00:16:58.059 --> 00:16:58.899 Wisdom has seen. 00:16:59.079 --> 00:16:59.559 This universe. 00:16:59.739 --> 00:17:00.459 From the start. 00:17:03.019 --> 00:17:04.399 And she offers us. 00:17:05.319 --> 00:17:05.819 Herself. 00:17:07.879 --> 00:17:08.419 We. 00:17:08.980 --> 00:17:09.319 Need. 00:17:09.659 --> 00:17:10.019 Wisdom. 00:17:10.019 --> 00:17:11.039 That is. 00:17:11.039 --> 00:17:12.160 The first point. 00:17:12.460 --> 00:17:13.119 Here's the second. 00:17:15.660 --> 00:17:16.839 Wisdom teaches us. 00:17:17.200 --> 00:17:17.779 To rejoice. 00:17:18.299 --> 00:17:19.200 In God's. 00:17:19.579 --> 00:17:19.940 Good. 00:17:20.559 --> 00:17:21.039 Creation. 00:17:21.400 --> 00:17:22.240 So after telling us. 00:17:22.319 --> 00:17:22.900 About her role. 00:17:23.000 --> 00:17:23.500 In creation. 00:17:23.660 --> 00:17:24.440 Wisdom continues. 00:17:24.559 --> 00:17:25.019 Look at verse. 00:17:25.319 --> 00:17:25.720 30. 00:17:27.480 --> 00:17:27.740 She says. 00:17:27.920 --> 00:17:29.000 Then I was constantly. 00:17:29.200 --> 00:17:29.900 At God's side. 00:17:31.160 --> 00:17:31.920 I was filled. 00:17:31.980 --> 00:17:32.420 With delight. 00:17:32.539 --> 00:17:33.359 Day after day. 00:17:33.619 --> 00:17:34.160 Rejoicing. 00:17:34.279 --> 00:17:34.619 Always. 00:17:34.819 --> 00:17:35.480 In his presence. 00:17:35.859 --> 00:17:36.339 Rejoicing. 00:17:36.339 --> 00:17:37.579 In his whole world. 00:17:37.579 --> 00:17:39.159 And delighting. 00:17:39.599 --> 00:17:40.419 In mankind. 00:17:41.799 --> 00:17:42.339 Wisdom. 00:17:42.339 --> 00:17:43.159 Sees. 00:17:43.220 --> 00:17:44.220 God's creation. 00:17:44.399 --> 00:17:44.779 As. 00:17:45.399 --> 00:17:45.779 Good. 00:17:47.559 --> 00:17:48.559 And so. 00:17:48.759 --> 00:17:49.279 Should we. 00:17:51.799 --> 00:17:52.899 God created. 00:17:53.319 --> 00:17:53.939 This world. 00:17:54.399 --> 00:17:54.679 Good. 00:17:55.059 --> 00:17:55.759 But we. 00:17:56.019 --> 00:17:56.859 Live in a fast. 00:17:56.960 --> 00:17:57.339 Paced. 00:17:57.720 --> 00:17:58.079 World. 00:17:58.619 --> 00:17:59.480 And we're often. 00:17:59.759 --> 00:18:00.500 Too busy. 00:18:00.879 --> 00:18:01.439 To see it. 00:18:01.440 --> 00:18:04.259 So here's. 00:18:04.400 --> 00:18:05.420 What we need to do. 00:18:06.680 --> 00:18:07.400 Wisdom tells us. 00:18:07.440 --> 00:18:08.680 To slow down. 00:18:09.580 --> 00:18:10.680 And enjoy. 00:18:11.380 --> 00:18:11.980 God's. 00:18:12.500 --> 00:18:12.900 World. 00:18:14.160 --> 00:18:14.940 God created. 00:18:15.120 --> 00:18:15.920 This exquisite. 00:18:16.100 --> 00:18:16.620 Universe. 00:18:17.180 --> 00:18:17.880 Through wisdom. 00:18:18.019 --> 00:18:18.360 Have you. 00:18:18.519 --> 00:18:19.320 Slowed down. 00:18:19.440 --> 00:18:19.840 To look. 00:18:19.940 --> 00:18:20.500 At the stars. 00:18:20.580 --> 00:18:20.860 Lately. 00:18:23.140 --> 00:18:23.740 I mean. 00:18:23.779 --> 00:18:24.420 God could easily. 00:18:24.420 --> 00:18:25.000 Have stopped. 00:18:25.080 --> 00:18:25.600 After he made. 00:18:25.600 --> 00:18:26.600 The eight planets. 00:18:26.720 --> 00:18:27.700 In our solar system. 00:18:27.700 --> 00:18:30.740 He chose. 00:18:30.819 --> 00:18:31.340 To place it. 00:18:31.400 --> 00:18:31.480 Though. 00:18:31.580 --> 00:18:31.960 Within this. 00:18:32.960 --> 00:18:34.059 Super sized. 00:18:34.279 --> 00:18:34.720 Galaxy. 00:18:35.000 --> 00:18:35.539 Of a hundred. 00:18:35.700 --> 00:18:36.039 Billion. 00:18:36.140 --> 00:18:36.620 Planets. 00:18:36.700 --> 00:18:36.840 Now. 00:18:36.880 --> 00:18:37.980 Why did he do that? 00:18:41.220 --> 00:18:41.700 Probably. 00:18:42.480 --> 00:18:43.380 So we could. 00:18:43.680 --> 00:18:44.080 Enjoy. 00:18:44.440 --> 00:18:44.900 The stars. 00:18:45.019 --> 00:18:45.440 At night. 00:18:46.299 --> 00:18:47.140 And that we could. 00:18:47.319 --> 00:18:47.720 Marvel. 00:18:48.039 --> 00:18:48.740 At how great. 00:18:49.059 --> 00:18:49.680 And glorious. 00:18:49.799 --> 00:18:50.180 He is. 00:18:50.259 --> 00:18:50.740 And that he is. 00:18:50.779 --> 00:18:51.120 Bigger than. 00:18:51.380 --> 00:18:52.140 All of our. 00:18:52.299 --> 00:18:52.700 Problems. 00:18:52.740 --> 00:18:53.259 Put together. 00:18:55.900 --> 00:18:56.580 No wonder. 00:18:56.740 --> 00:18:57.140 Wisdom. 00:18:57.780 --> 00:18:58.140 Rejoices. 00:18:58.280 --> 00:18:59.120 Over God's. 00:18:59.120 --> 00:18:59.580 Universe. 00:19:00.540 --> 00:19:01.259 We need to. 00:19:01.360 --> 00:19:01.860 Slow down. 00:19:01.960 --> 00:19:02.660 And enjoy it too. 00:19:03.360 --> 00:19:03.500 And. 00:19:04.420 --> 00:19:05.440 Not just looking up. 00:19:05.660 --> 00:19:06.080 Look around. 00:19:06.220 --> 00:19:06.320 I mean. 00:19:06.400 --> 00:19:06.880 We live. 00:19:07.080 --> 00:19:07.759 In a beautiful. 00:19:07.759 --> 00:19:08.660 Part of the world. 00:19:08.759 --> 00:19:09.180 Don't we? 00:19:11.360 --> 00:19:12.520 And this weekend. 00:19:12.600 --> 00:19:12.920 It's like. 00:19:13.000 --> 00:19:14.140 Costa del Cork. 00:19:15.480 --> 00:19:15.840 Now. 00:19:15.900 --> 00:19:16.259 I'll be honest. 00:19:16.280 --> 00:19:16.500 With you. 00:19:16.520 --> 00:19:16.880 Yesterday. 00:19:17.020 --> 00:19:17.580 It was too hot. 00:19:17.640 --> 00:19:18.640 We just could not. 00:19:18.740 --> 00:19:19.740 Face the beach. 00:19:20.320 --> 00:19:21.240 So we were looking. 00:19:21.340 --> 00:19:21.820 For a kind of. 00:19:21.940 --> 00:19:22.720 A shady. 00:19:22.920 --> 00:19:23.480 Kind of place. 00:19:23.520 --> 00:19:23.980 To hang out. 00:19:24.060 --> 00:19:24.420 Outside. 00:19:24.740 --> 00:19:25.300 And we ended up. 00:19:25.360 --> 00:19:26.160 In Tracton Woods. 00:19:26.160 --> 00:19:26.660 I don't know. 00:19:26.660 --> 00:19:27.000 If you've. 00:19:27.000 --> 00:19:27.900 Been there before. 00:19:28.920 --> 00:19:29.940 There's this beautiful. 00:19:30.480 --> 00:19:30.920 Rocky. 00:19:31.540 --> 00:19:31.980 Riverbed. 00:19:32.640 --> 00:19:33.720 Shaded by the cover. 00:19:33.860 --> 00:19:34.820 Of these towering. 00:19:35.180 --> 00:19:35.620 Trees. 00:19:36.160 --> 00:19:37.360 With this clear stream. 00:19:37.820 --> 00:19:38.600 Running through it. 00:19:38.660 --> 00:19:39.560 And we walked up the river. 00:19:39.620 --> 00:19:40.380 In our sandals. 00:19:41.100 --> 00:19:42.000 And it was simply. 00:19:42.540 --> 00:19:42.940 Beautiful. 00:19:44.320 --> 00:19:45.480 And it was a small things. 00:19:45.560 --> 00:19:45.720 Right. 00:19:46.140 --> 00:19:47.180 It was a shafts. 00:19:47.180 --> 00:19:47.680 Of light. 00:19:47.800 --> 00:19:48.580 Just streaming. 00:19:48.800 --> 00:19:49.440 Through the trees. 00:19:50.180 --> 00:19:51.460 Onto the forest floor. 00:19:51.460 --> 00:19:54.500 There was a green ferns. 00:19:54.799 --> 00:19:55.559 Growing out. 00:19:55.680 --> 00:19:56.720 Over the river bank. 00:19:57.680 --> 00:19:58.519 There's the cold. 00:19:59.000 --> 00:19:59.420 Crisp. 00:19:59.660 --> 00:20:00.019 Water. 00:20:00.180 --> 00:20:01.340 Flowing over our feet. 00:20:02.579 --> 00:20:03.299 And I was like. 00:20:03.500 --> 00:20:03.720 You know. 00:20:03.900 --> 00:20:04.259 This week. 00:20:04.340 --> 00:20:05.200 I've been running around. 00:20:05.259 --> 00:20:06.660 A hundred miles per hour. 00:20:07.259 --> 00:20:08.680 And missing out. 00:20:09.680 --> 00:20:10.640 On God's. 00:20:11.319 --> 00:20:11.960 Kindness. 00:20:12.960 --> 00:20:13.759 And love. 00:20:14.279 --> 00:20:15.860 In the simple wonders. 00:20:15.860 --> 00:20:17.200 Of his creation. 00:20:17.200 --> 00:20:21.279 We just miss out. 00:20:22.180 --> 00:20:24.019 When we fail to notice. 00:20:24.680 --> 00:20:25.440 The small. 00:20:26.019 --> 00:20:26.539 Things. 00:20:28.299 --> 00:20:30.259 Aren't we so much more alive. 00:20:30.559 --> 00:20:31.160 To God. 00:20:31.420 --> 00:20:32.880 When we stop to notice. 00:20:33.819 --> 00:20:35.319 The taste of your food. 00:20:35.880 --> 00:20:37.360 The roar of the ocean. 00:20:37.700 --> 00:20:38.740 The scent of the flowers. 00:20:38.900 --> 00:20:39.299 You know what. 00:20:39.400 --> 00:20:40.600 It's all for our enjoyment. 00:20:41.960 --> 00:20:43.000 So let's get out there. 00:20:43.600 --> 00:20:44.740 Let's rejoice in it. 00:20:45.059 --> 00:20:46.059 Here's another thing. 00:20:47.200 --> 00:20:47.980 Wisdom teaches us. 00:20:47.980 --> 00:20:48.779 To slow down. 00:20:48.880 --> 00:20:49.779 And enjoy people. 00:20:50.920 --> 00:20:51.080 Right. 00:20:51.660 --> 00:20:52.519 Not only does. 00:20:52.680 --> 00:20:54.059 Wisdom rejoice over God's world. 00:20:54.160 --> 00:20:55.039 In verse 31. 00:20:55.220 --> 00:20:56.720 She rejoices over humanity. 00:20:57.059 --> 00:20:57.440 People. 00:20:57.940 --> 00:20:59.100 Made in the image. 00:20:59.220 --> 00:20:59.559 Of. 00:21:00.240 --> 00:21:00.559 God. 00:21:01.880 --> 00:21:02.200 Now. 00:21:02.240 --> 00:21:02.559 Anything. 00:21:02.840 --> 00:21:03.039 Good. 00:21:03.080 --> 00:21:03.620 That we see. 00:21:03.880 --> 00:21:04.420 In each other. 00:21:04.759 --> 00:21:05.500 In anyone else. 00:21:07.160 --> 00:21:07.880 That's actually. 00:21:08.039 --> 00:21:08.779 A reflection. 00:21:09.640 --> 00:21:10.480 Of our creator. 00:21:13.480 --> 00:21:14.000 But. 00:21:14.160 --> 00:21:14.799 Often times. 00:21:14.860 --> 00:21:15.480 In our world. 00:21:15.480 --> 00:21:17.480 We can only see. 00:21:17.480 --> 00:21:18.599 What's wrong. 00:21:19.160 --> 00:21:20.059 In each other. 00:21:20.339 --> 00:21:20.539 Right. 00:21:21.240 --> 00:21:21.839 The sin. 00:21:22.880 --> 00:21:23.759 The difference. 00:21:24.440 --> 00:21:25.799 The disability. 00:21:28.319 --> 00:21:29.160 Wisdom says. 00:21:29.259 --> 00:21:30.519 We don't have to focus on that. 00:21:33.480 --> 00:21:34.539 We can have. 00:21:34.779 --> 00:21:36.059 Open arms. 00:21:36.700 --> 00:21:37.680 To everyone. 00:21:38.680 --> 00:21:39.220 Regardless. 00:21:39.860 --> 00:21:40.819 Of their lifestyle. 00:21:41.259 --> 00:21:42.220 Or beliefs. 00:21:42.620 --> 00:21:43.500 Or background. 00:21:43.500 --> 00:21:45.200 As Christians. 00:21:46.279 --> 00:21:47.859 We can slow down. 00:21:48.299 --> 00:21:49.759 And truly see. 00:21:50.140 --> 00:21:51.640 The glory of God. 00:21:51.839 --> 00:21:52.619 In people. 00:21:53.660 --> 00:21:54.059 Now. 00:21:54.140 --> 00:21:54.539 Of course. 00:21:54.700 --> 00:21:55.480 We have a very. 00:21:55.619 --> 00:21:56.220 Very important. 00:21:56.220 --> 00:21:56.819 Message. 00:21:56.960 --> 00:21:57.359 To share. 00:21:58.180 --> 00:21:59.099 About Jesus. 00:21:59.319 --> 00:22:00.019 And how he can. 00:22:00.500 --> 00:22:01.000 Redeem. 00:22:03.000 --> 00:22:04.299 But we can also. 00:22:04.500 --> 00:22:05.000 Enjoy. 00:22:05.099 --> 00:22:05.720 And appreciate. 00:22:06.400 --> 00:22:06.880 God's. 00:22:07.240 --> 00:22:07.920 Common grace. 00:22:08.000 --> 00:22:08.880 In everyone. 00:22:09.980 --> 00:22:10.579 In this planet. 00:22:10.579 --> 00:22:11.379 Regardless. 00:22:11.379 --> 00:22:11.419 Regardless. 00:22:11.539 --> 00:22:12.500 Of whether they know him. 00:22:12.639 --> 00:22:13.220 Or not. 00:22:13.359 --> 00:22:14.199 They are made. 00:22:14.419 --> 00:22:15.480 In his image. 00:22:15.919 --> 00:22:16.799 And in some way. 00:22:17.099 --> 00:22:17.659 Reflect. 00:22:18.240 --> 00:22:19.019 His character. 00:22:19.859 --> 00:22:20.379 That means. 00:22:20.460 --> 00:22:21.500 We can heartily laugh. 00:22:21.539 --> 00:22:21.960 At our neighbors. 00:22:22.079 --> 00:22:22.379 Jokes. 00:22:23.339 --> 00:22:24.460 We can revel. 00:22:24.819 --> 00:22:25.539 In the music. 00:22:25.539 --> 00:22:26.460 Of our favorite. 00:22:27.259 --> 00:22:27.779 Musician. 00:22:28.799 --> 00:22:29.559 You can experience. 00:22:29.559 --> 00:22:30.299 The compassion. 00:22:31.359 --> 00:22:31.799 And kindness. 00:22:31.799 --> 00:22:32.500 Of your doctor. 00:22:32.619 --> 00:22:33.119 Or your nurse. 00:22:33.179 --> 00:22:34.460 And you could be thankful. 00:22:34.460 --> 00:22:37.220 You can enjoy. 00:22:37.299 --> 00:22:37.720 The smile. 00:22:37.779 --> 00:22:38.420 Of the person. 00:22:39.180 --> 00:22:40.140 Walking past you. 00:22:40.200 --> 00:22:40.620 In the park. 00:22:40.779 --> 00:22:41.319 And you can say. 00:22:41.440 --> 00:22:42.019 Thank you. 00:22:42.360 --> 00:22:42.799 God. 00:22:43.840 --> 00:22:45.059 You can enjoy. 00:22:45.860 --> 00:22:47.039 All of these things. 00:22:49.059 --> 00:22:49.500 So. 00:22:49.900 --> 00:22:50.799 The question is. 00:22:50.840 --> 00:22:51.380 In what ways. 00:22:51.460 --> 00:22:53.240 Do we need to slow down. 00:22:53.900 --> 00:22:54.799 And enjoy. 00:22:56.120 --> 00:22:57.079 God's creation. 00:22:58.079 --> 00:22:58.620 And also. 00:22:59.140 --> 00:22:59.519 People. 00:23:00.440 --> 00:23:00.880 Made. 00:23:01.220 --> 00:23:02.140 In God's image. 00:23:02.940 --> 00:23:03.620 Here's another quote. 00:23:03.620 --> 00:23:04.299 I found helpful. 00:23:05.460 --> 00:23:06.100 Only. 00:23:06.340 --> 00:23:06.880 The biblical. 00:23:06.880 --> 00:23:07.740 World view. 00:23:08.259 --> 00:23:08.900 Gushes. 00:23:09.140 --> 00:23:10.240 With enthusiasm. 00:23:10.240 --> 00:23:11.440 Over this world. 00:23:11.519 --> 00:23:12.100 We live in. 00:23:12.900 --> 00:23:13.680 And our own. 00:23:13.799 --> 00:23:14.319 Humanness. 00:23:14.500 --> 00:23:15.779 It frees us. 00:23:16.400 --> 00:23:17.319 To enthuse. 00:23:19.200 --> 00:23:19.799 Wisdom. 00:23:19.799 --> 00:23:20.019 Says. 00:23:20.100 --> 00:23:20.900 We can slow down. 00:23:21.000 --> 00:23:21.960 And enjoy the world. 00:23:22.900 --> 00:23:23.460 Just. 00:23:23.640 --> 00:23:24.500 As she does. 00:23:26.460 --> 00:23:27.019 But. 00:23:27.660 --> 00:23:28.259 There's an. 00:23:28.640 --> 00:23:29.740 Important point. 00:23:29.860 --> 00:23:30.799 We need to raise here. 00:23:32.660 --> 00:23:33.440 What about. 00:23:33.519 --> 00:23:34.200 The brokenness. 00:23:34.460 --> 00:23:36.720 We can't. 00:23:36.720 --> 00:23:38.200 Pretend like it doesn't exist. 00:23:39.519 --> 00:23:41.420 And not feel anything about it. 00:23:41.480 --> 00:23:41.819 Can we? 00:23:42.480 --> 00:23:42.740 I mean. 00:23:42.799 --> 00:23:44.340 What do we do with the flash floods. 00:23:44.460 --> 00:23:45.120 In Texas. 00:23:47.120 --> 00:23:47.980 Sweeping through. 00:23:48.180 --> 00:23:48.539 Kids. 00:23:48.779 --> 00:23:49.440 Holiday camps. 00:23:49.519 --> 00:23:50.000 In the night. 00:23:54.319 --> 00:23:56.200 What do we do with forest fires. 00:23:56.200 --> 00:23:57.180 In LA. 00:23:58.420 --> 00:23:59.319 Burning down. 00:23:59.319 --> 00:24:01.700 16,000 homes. 00:24:05.579 --> 00:24:06.480 20 years on. 00:24:06.539 --> 00:24:08.139 What do we do with the tsunami. 00:24:08.879 --> 00:24:10.059 In Southeast Asia. 00:24:11.200 --> 00:24:13.159 That killed 200,000 people. 00:24:15.339 --> 00:24:17.220 This is a beautiful but. 00:24:17.659 --> 00:24:18.259 Broken. 00:24:19.139 --> 00:24:19.659 Creation. 00:24:20.059 --> 00:24:20.500 Is it not? 00:24:20.500 --> 00:24:24.880 What do we do with the hurt. 00:24:24.880 --> 00:24:26.619 And pain that we cause each other. 00:24:30.880 --> 00:24:32.359 What do we do with a mock. 00:24:33.019 --> 00:24:34.220 Migrant boat. 00:24:34.539 --> 00:24:35.619 Sitting on top of a. 00:24:35.839 --> 00:24:37.000 Bonfire in Tyrone. 00:24:37.180 --> 00:24:37.519 This week. 00:24:40.059 --> 00:24:41.579 Or the endless bombs. 00:24:41.720 --> 00:24:42.819 Flying over Ukraine. 00:24:42.940 --> 00:24:43.440 And Gaza. 00:24:43.440 --> 00:24:43.539 Gaza. 00:24:43.539 --> 00:24:47.639 We are a beautiful. 00:24:48.379 --> 00:24:49.440 But broken. 00:24:50.000 --> 00:24:50.579 Humanity. 00:24:50.819 --> 00:24:51.259 Are we not? 00:24:52.799 --> 00:24:53.519 Capable. 00:24:53.960 --> 00:24:54.700 Of real. 00:24:55.180 --> 00:24:55.480 Evil. 00:24:56.639 --> 00:24:57.579 It's fine. 00:24:57.659 --> 00:24:58.079 And well. 00:24:58.159 --> 00:24:59.039 Wisdom telling us. 00:24:59.119 --> 00:24:59.700 To rejoice. 00:25:00.059 --> 00:25:00.879 Over the world. 00:25:01.019 --> 00:25:01.599 And humanity. 00:25:01.740 --> 00:25:02.599 But what about. 00:25:02.720 --> 00:25:03.559 The brokenness. 00:25:03.859 --> 00:25:05.079 How could we possibly. 00:25:05.240 --> 00:25:05.920 Rejoice. 00:25:06.319 --> 00:25:07.180 Over that. 00:25:09.420 --> 00:25:10.500 Here's our options. 00:25:11.339 --> 00:25:11.539 A. 00:25:11.539 --> 00:25:13.980 We could look at the brokenness. 00:25:14.099 --> 00:25:14.440 And say. 00:25:16.039 --> 00:25:16.460 Well. 00:25:16.519 --> 00:25:17.119 God's wisdom. 00:25:17.119 --> 00:25:18.319 Has obviously come up short. 00:25:19.559 --> 00:25:20.740 If he's all knowing. 00:25:20.819 --> 00:25:21.639 And all understanding. 00:25:21.799 --> 00:25:22.279 Then why. 00:25:22.539 --> 00:25:23.119 The pain. 00:25:23.399 --> 00:25:23.940 And suffering. 00:25:25.119 --> 00:25:26.079 His wisdom is lacking. 00:25:28.519 --> 00:25:28.920 Or. 00:25:29.200 --> 00:25:29.379 B. 00:25:29.460 --> 00:25:30.579 You could look at the brokenness. 00:25:30.639 --> 00:25:31.039 And say. 00:25:32.180 --> 00:25:32.579 Oh. 00:25:32.639 --> 00:25:33.119 God's wisdom. 00:25:33.119 --> 00:25:34.159 Has nothing to do with that. 00:25:34.299 --> 00:25:34.440 Okay. 00:25:34.440 --> 00:25:35.639 He just set up the world. 00:25:35.799 --> 00:25:37.119 But he's hands off now. 00:25:37.399 --> 00:25:38.440 He has no control. 00:25:39.240 --> 00:25:40.500 Over what is happening. 00:25:40.500 --> 00:25:41.339 In our world. 00:25:41.539 --> 00:25:45.319 Well. 00:25:45.359 --> 00:25:46.200 What we read in the Bible. 00:25:46.379 --> 00:25:47.819 Supports neither of those options. 00:25:50.899 --> 00:25:52.220 To find out what it does say. 00:25:52.279 --> 00:25:53.379 We need to look to Jesus. 00:25:56.019 --> 00:25:56.720 Paul says. 00:25:56.879 --> 00:25:57.740 In 1 Corinthians. 00:25:57.940 --> 00:25:58.359 Chapter 2. 00:26:01.799 --> 00:26:02.720 I resolved. 00:26:02.940 --> 00:26:03.779 To know nothing. 00:26:04.180 --> 00:26:05.319 While I was with you. 00:26:06.579 --> 00:26:07.059 Except. 00:26:07.539 --> 00:26:08.619 Jesus Christ. 00:26:09.119 --> 00:26:09.859 And him. 00:26:10.420 --> 00:26:10.899 Crucified. 00:26:10.900 --> 00:26:14.380 We declare. 00:26:15.000 --> 00:26:15.600 God's. 00:26:15.600 --> 00:26:16.280 Wisdom. 00:26:17.680 --> 00:26:18.820 A mystery. 00:26:19.180 --> 00:26:19.560 That has been. 00:26:20.060 --> 00:26:20.340 Hidden. 00:26:21.120 --> 00:26:21.740 And that God. 00:26:21.860 --> 00:26:23.259 Destined for our glory. 00:26:23.780 --> 00:26:24.519 Before time. 00:26:24.800 --> 00:26:25.200 Began. 00:26:25.580 --> 00:26:26.700 There's something about. 00:26:26.920 --> 00:26:27.240 Jesus. 00:26:27.560 --> 00:26:28.019 Death. 00:26:28.680 --> 00:26:29.640 And resurrection. 00:26:30.160 --> 00:26:30.600 That epitomizes. 00:26:31.680 --> 00:26:32.400 God's. 00:26:32.640 --> 00:26:33.000 Wisdom. 00:26:33.000 --> 00:26:36.299 If you asked. 00:26:36.299 --> 00:26:37.619 The apostle Paul. 00:26:37.619 --> 00:26:39.839 To give you the very best example. 00:26:39.839 --> 00:26:40.819 Of God's wisdom. 00:26:40.940 --> 00:26:41.920 Where would he point you to? 00:26:43.920 --> 00:26:45.859 He'd point you to the cross of Christ. 00:26:48.220 --> 00:26:50.460 Because in the most broken. 00:26:50.980 --> 00:26:53.019 Twisted event in history. 00:26:53.019 --> 00:26:54.940 The righteous. 00:26:54.940 --> 00:26:55.119 The righteous. 00:26:55.519 --> 00:26:55.799 Maker. 00:26:55.799 --> 00:26:56.799 Of the universe. 00:26:57.000 --> 00:26:58.460 Was falsely tried. 00:26:59.740 --> 00:27:01.819 Beaten to within an inch of his life. 00:27:02.940 --> 00:27:04.460 And suffocated to death. 00:27:04.519 --> 00:27:05.339 On a Roman cross. 00:27:08.299 --> 00:27:09.980 If ever there was brokenness. 00:27:09.980 --> 00:27:15.200 If ever there was injustice. 00:27:16.319 --> 00:27:17.180 If ever there was. 00:27:17.839 --> 00:27:19.120 Insidious evil. 00:27:19.299 --> 00:27:20.180 It was right. 00:27:20.440 --> 00:27:20.880 There. 00:27:21.120 --> 00:27:21.720 At Calvary. 00:27:24.420 --> 00:27:25.799 And as they laid. 00:27:25.900 --> 00:27:27.079 Jesus lifeless body. 00:27:27.200 --> 00:27:27.660 In the tomb. 00:27:28.900 --> 00:27:30.140 Look for all the world. 00:27:30.660 --> 00:27:31.940 Like God's wisdom. 00:27:32.220 --> 00:27:32.799 Had come. 00:27:33.019 --> 00:27:33.319 Up. 00:27:33.720 --> 00:27:33.980 Short. 00:27:35.660 --> 00:27:36.940 They scoffed. 00:27:37.319 --> 00:27:37.860 At Jesus. 00:27:37.860 --> 00:27:39.099 As an abject. 00:27:39.480 --> 00:27:39.960 Fool. 00:27:40.940 --> 00:27:41.680 If God. 00:27:41.980 --> 00:27:42.740 Was all knowing. 00:27:43.120 --> 00:27:43.860 And understanding. 00:27:44.039 --> 00:27:44.579 Then why. 00:27:44.880 --> 00:27:45.940 Allow that pain. 00:27:46.240 --> 00:27:46.819 And suffering. 00:27:47.000 --> 00:27:47.660 On his son. 00:27:50.599 --> 00:27:51.819 But we know the story. 00:27:51.880 --> 00:27:52.120 Don't we? 00:27:53.299 --> 00:27:54.620 Three days later. 00:27:55.480 --> 00:27:55.839 Jesus. 00:27:56.500 --> 00:27:57.059 Walked. 00:27:57.140 --> 00:27:57.900 Out of that grave. 00:28:00.220 --> 00:28:00.779 Victorious. 00:28:01.079 --> 00:28:01.860 Over sin. 00:28:01.980 --> 00:28:02.380 And death. 00:28:02.599 --> 00:28:02.960 Forever. 00:28:03.079 --> 00:28:03.819 And all of a sudden. 00:28:03.880 --> 00:28:04.579 It became clear. 00:28:06.059 --> 00:28:06.620 God. 00:28:06.799 --> 00:28:07.759 Had planned. 00:28:08.539 --> 00:28:08.980 His son's. 00:28:08.980 --> 00:28:09.980 Brokenness. 00:28:09.980 --> 00:28:10.700 Brokenness. 00:28:10.940 --> 00:28:11.920 From before. 00:28:11.920 --> 00:28:12.579 Time. 00:28:12.799 --> 00:28:13.279 To display. 00:28:13.279 --> 00:28:14.740 His unparalleled. 00:28:14.740 --> 00:28:15.460 Mercy. 00:28:15.940 --> 00:28:16.680 On foolish. 00:28:16.799 --> 00:28:17.599 Sinners like us. 00:28:19.079 --> 00:28:19.779 God. 00:28:19.860 --> 00:28:20.839 Had designed. 00:28:21.839 --> 00:28:22.200 Jesus. 00:28:22.680 --> 00:28:23.360 Brokenness. 00:28:23.640 --> 00:28:24.559 As a means. 00:28:25.059 --> 00:28:25.420 To bring. 00:28:25.559 --> 00:28:26.019 Salvation. 00:28:26.140 --> 00:28:26.599 To us. 00:28:27.720 --> 00:28:28.079 God. 00:28:28.180 --> 00:28:28.960 Had ordained. 00:28:30.240 --> 00:28:31.120 Christ's. 00:28:31.120 --> 00:28:31.880 Brokenness. 00:28:32.720 --> 00:28:33.700 To heal us. 00:28:33.700 --> 00:28:36.660 To redeem us. 00:28:37.340 --> 00:28:38.700 From eternal death. 00:28:41.519 --> 00:28:42.819 Paul says again. 00:28:42.960 --> 00:28:43.519 Chapter later. 00:28:43.620 --> 00:28:43.960 He says. 00:28:44.299 --> 00:28:44.960 It is because. 00:28:45.420 --> 00:28:46.240 Of God. 00:28:47.019 --> 00:28:48.220 That you are in. 00:28:48.400 --> 00:28:49.240 Christ Jesus. 00:28:50.160 --> 00:28:51.900 Who has become for us. 00:28:52.340 --> 00:28:53.420 Wisdom from God. 00:28:54.420 --> 00:28:55.059 That is. 00:28:55.620 --> 00:28:56.559 Our righteousness. 00:28:57.360 --> 00:28:57.819 Holiness. 00:28:58.700 --> 00:28:59.860 And redemption. 00:29:00.100 --> 00:29:01.240 Did you hear that last word? 00:29:01.240 --> 00:29:03.279 Redemption. 00:29:05.279 --> 00:29:06.380 Redemption means. 00:29:06.519 --> 00:29:07.799 Being bought back. 00:29:09.120 --> 00:29:10.339 Being rescued. 00:29:11.920 --> 00:29:12.420 Christ. 00:29:12.559 --> 00:29:13.200 Our wisdom. 00:29:13.200 --> 00:29:14.339 Has become. 00:29:14.339 --> 00:29:15.299 Our redemption. 00:29:15.460 --> 00:29:16.339 That is what the text is saying. 00:29:16.559 --> 00:29:17.779 So for anyone who trusts. 00:29:18.240 --> 00:29:19.059 In Christ. 00:29:19.460 --> 00:29:20.920 He has redeemed us. 00:29:21.299 --> 00:29:21.940 From the curse. 00:29:22.380 --> 00:29:23.240 Of sin and death. 00:29:23.460 --> 00:29:23.900 And made us. 00:29:24.120 --> 00:29:24.460 Right. 00:29:24.720 --> 00:29:25.700 Before God. 00:29:26.240 --> 00:29:26.480 Holy. 00:29:26.559 --> 00:29:27.200 Before him. 00:29:27.200 --> 00:29:30.140 We are broken people. 00:29:31.700 --> 00:29:32.299 Redeemed. 00:29:32.680 --> 00:29:33.740 To an eternity. 00:29:33.740 --> 00:29:35.259 Of perfect glory. 00:29:35.259 --> 00:29:37.120 Which we never deserved. 00:29:37.279 --> 00:29:38.340 It is astonishing. 00:29:39.420 --> 00:29:40.559 It's breathtaking. 00:29:41.519 --> 00:29:43.240 It's God's perfect. 00:29:43.920 --> 00:29:44.400 Wisdom. 00:29:44.400 --> 00:29:48.900 And if God. 00:29:49.780 --> 00:29:50.960 In his wisdom. 00:29:52.160 --> 00:29:53.180 Would ordain such. 00:29:53.700 --> 00:29:54.300 Brokenness. 00:29:54.420 --> 00:29:55.019 To fulfill. 00:29:55.460 --> 00:29:56.600 His glorious plan. 00:29:56.600 --> 00:29:57.280 Of salvation. 00:29:57.840 --> 00:29:59.220 Why would we think. 00:29:59.220 --> 00:30:00.540 That all the other brokenness. 00:30:00.680 --> 00:30:01.120 We see. 00:30:01.800 --> 00:30:02.840 In our world. 00:30:03.500 --> 00:30:04.400 Is without purpose. 00:30:07.280 --> 00:30:09.019 Why would we think. 00:30:09.220 --> 00:30:10.280 That he is unable. 00:30:10.480 --> 00:30:11.240 To do anything. 00:30:11.240 --> 00:30:12.400 About that brokenness. 00:30:12.400 --> 00:30:15.280 Like it's just out of his control. 00:30:15.800 --> 00:30:16.680 Why would we think. 00:30:16.820 --> 00:30:17.800 That he doesn't have a plan. 00:30:17.880 --> 00:30:18.840 To redeem that too. 00:30:21.640 --> 00:30:22.820 Instead of option A. 00:30:23.060 --> 00:30:24.380 Where we look at the brokenness. 00:30:24.560 --> 00:30:25.120 And say. 00:30:25.220 --> 00:30:25.380 Well. 00:30:25.759 --> 00:30:26.380 God's wisdom. 00:30:26.620 --> 00:30:27.660 Must have fallen short. 00:30:28.100 --> 00:30:29.019 Or option B. 00:30:29.120 --> 00:30:29.759 Where we suppose. 00:30:29.860 --> 00:30:30.860 God has just nothing to do. 00:30:30.980 --> 00:30:31.880 With all the brokenness. 00:30:32.740 --> 00:30:34.280 Here's what the gospel tells us. 00:30:35.700 --> 00:30:36.820 God planned. 00:30:37.120 --> 00:30:38.019 The brokenness. 00:30:38.600 --> 00:30:39.600 To demonstrate. 00:30:39.600 --> 00:30:40.660 His mercy. 00:30:41.120 --> 00:30:41.620 And grace. 00:30:41.619 --> 00:30:42.539 To his people. 00:30:43.579 --> 00:30:45.159 To redeem all things. 00:30:45.459 --> 00:30:46.199 To himself. 00:30:47.519 --> 00:30:48.459 And display. 00:30:48.599 --> 00:30:49.279 His perfect wisdom. 00:30:52.339 --> 00:30:53.439 And that changes. 00:30:53.439 --> 00:30:54.699 How we look at the brokenness. 00:30:54.939 --> 00:30:55.619 In our world. 00:30:55.799 --> 00:30:56.079 Today. 00:30:56.219 --> 00:30:56.699 Doesn't it? 00:30:57.359 --> 00:30:58.019 Because we. 00:30:58.219 --> 00:30:59.079 Have hope. 00:30:59.219 --> 00:30:59.439 Now. 00:31:00.399 --> 00:31:01.319 Here's another quote. 00:31:01.399 --> 00:31:02.099 Which I found helpful. 00:31:02.779 --> 00:31:03.719 Because of God. 00:31:04.399 --> 00:31:05.500 Everything in creation. 00:31:05.500 --> 00:31:05.939 Is good. 00:31:07.279 --> 00:31:08.219 Because of Adam. 00:31:09.500 --> 00:31:10.619 Everything God made. 00:31:10.619 --> 00:31:11.339 Is marred. 00:31:11.779 --> 00:31:12.339 And tragic. 00:31:13.839 --> 00:31:14.939 Because of Christ. 00:31:16.479 --> 00:31:17.799 Everything God made. 00:31:18.579 --> 00:31:19.399 Will be. 00:31:20.099 --> 00:31:20.539 Redeemed. 00:31:23.019 --> 00:31:23.459 Now. 00:31:23.539 --> 00:31:24.319 What does it mean. 00:31:24.699 --> 00:31:25.299 That Christ. 00:31:25.539 --> 00:31:26.039 Will redeem. 00:31:26.279 --> 00:31:27.299 The whole creation. 00:31:27.419 --> 00:31:28.039 What's that about? 00:31:28.579 --> 00:31:29.319 Covered how God. 00:31:29.379 --> 00:31:30.039 Will redeem us. 00:31:31.199 --> 00:31:32.539 How about the whole creation. 00:31:32.539 --> 00:31:33.639 If you could turn with me. 00:31:33.740 --> 00:31:34.019 Please. 00:31:34.099 --> 00:31:34.680 To Romans. 00:31:35.240 --> 00:31:36.099 Chapter 8. 00:31:39.700 --> 00:31:40.720 That's on page. 00:31:40.720 --> 00:31:45.639 1,135. 00:31:50.139 --> 00:31:50.659 Romans. 00:31:50.819 --> 00:31:51.399 Chapter 8. 00:31:54.079 --> 00:31:55.000 Verse 19. 00:31:55.000 --> 00:31:59.980 And the writer Paul. 00:31:59.980 --> 00:32:00.720 Knew very well. 00:32:00.779 --> 00:32:01.900 The brokenness of this world. 00:32:02.039 --> 00:32:03.440 And all the suffering. 00:32:03.599 --> 00:32:04.200 That came with it. 00:32:05.819 --> 00:32:07.279 But he had his eyes fixed. 00:32:07.599 --> 00:32:07.720 On. 00:32:08.220 --> 00:32:08.700 A coming. 00:32:08.900 --> 00:32:09.279 Redemption. 00:32:09.460 --> 00:32:09.859 In Christ. 00:32:09.980 --> 00:32:10.559 So we're going to start. 00:32:10.640 --> 00:32:11.359 Verse 19. 00:32:11.900 --> 00:32:12.200 Romans. 00:32:12.259 --> 00:32:12.720 Chapter 8. 00:32:14.000 --> 00:32:14.900 For the creation. 00:32:15.039 --> 00:32:15.539 Waits. 00:32:15.940 --> 00:32:16.460 In eager. 00:32:16.839 --> 00:32:17.359 Expectation. 00:32:18.079 --> 00:32:19.019 For the children. 00:32:19.180 --> 00:32:19.740 Of God. 00:32:19.819 --> 00:32:20.440 To be revealed. 00:32:20.440 --> 00:32:23.059 For the creation. 00:32:23.299 --> 00:32:23.920 Was subjected. 00:32:23.920 --> 00:32:25.140 To frustration. 00:32:26.220 --> 00:32:27.580 Not by its own choice. 00:32:28.680 --> 00:32:30.160 But by the will. 00:32:30.580 --> 00:32:31.320 Of the one. 00:32:31.559 --> 00:32:32.460 Who subjected it. 00:32:33.420 --> 00:32:34.160 In hope. 00:32:34.259 --> 00:32:35.000 That the creation. 00:32:35.000 --> 00:32:35.539 Itself. 00:32:35.820 --> 00:32:37.000 Will be liberated. 00:32:37.680 --> 00:32:38.640 From its bondage. 00:32:38.700 --> 00:32:39.180 To decay. 00:32:39.779 --> 00:32:40.640 And brought. 00:32:40.759 --> 00:32:41.580 Into the freedom. 00:32:41.740 --> 00:32:42.340 And glory. 00:32:42.980 --> 00:32:43.660 Of the children. 00:32:43.660 --> 00:32:44.240 Of God. 00:32:44.240 --> 00:32:45.320 We know. 00:32:45.660 --> 00:32:46.840 That the whole creation. 00:32:47.539 --> 00:32:48.600 Has been groaning. 00:32:49.180 --> 00:32:50.200 As in the pains. 00:32:50.200 --> 00:32:50.980 Of childbirth. 00:32:51.500 --> 00:32:52.240 Right up. 00:32:52.519 --> 00:32:53.259 To the present. 00:32:53.640 --> 00:32:53.960 Time. 00:32:54.900 --> 00:32:55.840 Can you see that? 00:32:56.799 --> 00:32:57.740 First and foremost. 00:32:57.880 --> 00:32:58.720 God's children. 00:32:59.940 --> 00:33:00.799 Will be redeemed. 00:33:01.380 --> 00:33:01.600 Okay. 00:33:01.660 --> 00:33:02.600 As children of God. 00:33:02.660 --> 00:33:03.340 We've been redeemed. 00:33:03.340 --> 00:33:03.980 From sin. 00:33:04.640 --> 00:33:05.140 Forgiven. 00:33:05.980 --> 00:33:06.440 Restored. 00:33:06.580 --> 00:33:06.960 To right. 00:33:07.059 --> 00:33:07.620 Relationship. 00:33:07.660 --> 00:33:08.140 With God. 00:33:09.360 --> 00:33:10.200 And yet. 00:33:10.360 --> 00:33:11.420 We still experience. 00:33:11.580 --> 00:33:12.160 Our brokenness. 00:33:12.220 --> 00:33:12.759 In the here and now. 00:33:12.819 --> 00:33:13.140 Don't we? 00:33:15.299 --> 00:33:16.240 And we long. 00:33:16.380 --> 00:33:17.279 For our ultimate. 00:33:18.420 --> 00:33:18.940 Redemption. 00:33:19.180 --> 00:33:19.860 To be presented. 00:33:19.859 --> 00:33:20.779 One day in heaven. 00:33:20.779 --> 00:33:22.359 As God's children. 00:33:23.539 --> 00:33:24.299 In new. 00:33:24.299 --> 00:33:25.559 Resurrected bodies. 00:33:26.639 --> 00:33:27.959 That will no longer. 00:33:27.959 --> 00:33:28.639 Struggle. 00:33:28.859 --> 00:33:29.519 With sin. 00:33:30.439 --> 00:33:31.659 We are redeemed now. 00:33:31.779 --> 00:33:32.059 And yet. 00:33:32.119 --> 00:33:33.019 There's an even fuller. 00:33:33.119 --> 00:33:33.479 Redemption. 00:33:33.599 --> 00:33:33.979 To come. 00:33:34.379 --> 00:33:35.240 That's for us. 00:33:35.939 --> 00:33:36.719 But also. 00:33:36.719 --> 00:33:37.519 God's creation. 00:33:37.519 --> 00:33:38.279 Will be redeemed. 00:33:39.279 --> 00:33:40.839 The physical universe. 00:33:40.839 --> 00:33:41.419 Also. 00:33:41.899 --> 00:33:42.439 Groans. 00:33:42.639 --> 00:33:43.699 Waiting for a different. 00:33:43.699 --> 00:33:44.639 Sort of redemption. 00:33:44.639 --> 00:33:45.979 To be made new. 00:33:45.980 --> 00:33:49.660 There won't be. 00:33:49.660 --> 00:33:50.559 Any more. 00:33:50.559 --> 00:33:51.779 Forest fires. 00:33:52.140 --> 00:33:53.779 Or flash floods. 00:33:54.099 --> 00:33:55.180 Or earthquakes. 00:33:56.180 --> 00:33:57.319 There won't be. 00:33:57.440 --> 00:33:58.339 Any more heat stroke. 00:33:58.579 --> 00:33:59.680 Or frostbite. 00:34:00.940 --> 00:34:02.099 God is making. 00:34:02.099 --> 00:34:02.720 Everything. 00:34:02.720 --> 00:34:03.819 New again. 00:34:04.299 --> 00:34:05.180 Through Christ. 00:34:05.539 --> 00:34:06.720 And new heavens. 00:34:07.480 --> 00:34:08.360 And earth. 00:34:09.139 --> 00:34:10.460 Never to be broken. 00:34:10.460 --> 00:34:11.340 By the fall. 00:34:11.500 --> 00:34:12.519 Can you even imagine. 00:34:12.519 --> 00:34:13.119 How glorious. 00:34:13.119 --> 00:34:13.679 That will be. 00:34:17.019 --> 00:34:18.179 God has a plan. 00:34:18.179 --> 00:34:18.839 To redeem. 00:34:19.239 --> 00:34:19.719 All. 00:34:19.940 --> 00:34:20.639 Of creation. 00:34:22.179 --> 00:34:22.980 And all. 00:34:23.079 --> 00:34:23.599 Who trust. 00:34:23.719 --> 00:34:24.299 In Christ. 00:34:24.539 --> 00:34:25.299 Will be redeemed. 00:34:25.420 --> 00:34:25.599 To. 00:34:26.880 --> 00:34:27.859 And live there. 00:34:27.859 --> 00:34:28.359 With him. 00:34:28.779 --> 00:34:29.199 Forever. 00:34:29.500 --> 00:34:29.900 That's. 00:34:30.139 --> 00:34:30.619 God's. 00:34:30.940 --> 00:34:31.299 Wisdom. 00:34:32.619 --> 00:34:33.880 And he offers it. 00:34:34.059 --> 00:34:34.799 To all of us. 00:34:34.859 --> 00:34:35.339 In Christ. 00:34:36.339 --> 00:34:37.460 As we finish. 00:34:37.920 --> 00:34:38.799 Can we go back. 00:34:39.099 --> 00:34:39.579 To Proverbs. 00:34:39.679 --> 00:34:40.199 Chapter 8. 00:34:40.299 --> 00:34:40.639 And just. 00:34:40.980 --> 00:34:41.299 Read. 00:34:41.779 --> 00:34:42.279 The last. 00:34:42.400 --> 00:34:43.059 Couple of verses. 00:34:43.119 --> 00:34:43.659 Once more. 00:34:47.339 --> 00:34:47.819 Page. 00:34:47.819 --> 00:34:48.819 642. 00:34:54.819 --> 00:34:55.819 And as we. 00:34:57.099 --> 00:34:57.659 Listen. 00:34:57.759 --> 00:34:58.159 To wisdom. 00:34:58.259 --> 00:34:58.679 Speech. 00:34:59.059 --> 00:34:59.319 We know. 00:34:59.400 --> 00:34:59.859 That Christ. 00:35:00.019 --> 00:35:00.279 Is. 00:35:00.639 --> 00:35:01.279 The fulfillment. 00:35:02.079 --> 00:35:02.980 Of wisdom. 00:35:03.179 --> 00:35:03.539 Appeal. 00:35:03.619 --> 00:35:04.099 To us. 00:35:04.519 --> 00:35:04.920 Because. 00:35:06.039 --> 00:35:06.900 He is. 00:35:07.039 --> 00:35:07.279 God. 00:35:07.339 --> 00:35:07.819 The son. 00:35:10.139 --> 00:35:10.980 Through whom. 00:35:11.019 --> 00:35:11.599 And for whom. 00:35:11.599 --> 00:35:12.239 Everything. 00:35:12.299 --> 00:35:13.559 Was made. 00:35:14.299 --> 00:35:15.099 And he. 00:35:15.299 --> 00:35:15.980 Calls us. 00:35:15.980 --> 00:35:16.900 To listen. 00:35:16.900 --> 00:35:17.440 To him. 00:35:17.440 --> 00:35:18.559 So let's read. 00:35:18.679 --> 00:35:19.599 From verse 32. 00:35:21.139 --> 00:35:21.739 Now. 00:35:21.819 --> 00:35:21.960 Then. 00:35:22.039 --> 00:35:22.519 My children. 00:35:23.179 --> 00:35:23.420 Listen. 00:35:23.519 --> 00:35:23.880 To me. 00:35:25.239 --> 00:35:25.839 Blessed. 00:35:25.980 --> 00:35:26.480 Are those. 00:35:26.559 --> 00:35:27.199 Who keep. 00:35:27.759 --> 00:35:28.079 My. 00:35:28.420 --> 00:35:28.940 Ways. 00:35:31.739 --> 00:35:32.299 Listen. 00:35:32.299 --> 00:35:33.339 To my instruction. 00:35:33.500 --> 00:35:34.299 And be wise. 00:35:34.500 --> 00:35:35.139 Do not. 00:35:35.299 --> 00:35:36.000 Disregard it. 00:35:36.000 --> 00:35:37.780 Blessed. 00:35:37.780 --> 00:35:38.300 Are those. 00:35:38.380 --> 00:35:39.000 Who listen. 00:35:39.000 --> 00:35:39.679 To me. 00:35:41.199 --> 00:35:41.840 Watching. 00:35:41.840 --> 00:35:42.380 Daily. 00:35:42.380 --> 00:35:43.420 At my doors. 00:35:43.420 --> 00:35:44.260 Waiting. 00:35:44.260 --> 00:35:45.360 At my doorway. 00:35:45.539 --> 00:35:46.679 For those. 00:35:46.820 --> 00:35:47.760 Who find me. 00:35:48.239 --> 00:35:48.559 Find. 00:35:48.639 --> 00:35:49.280 Life. 00:35:50.019 --> 00:35:50.739 And receive. 00:35:50.980 --> 00:35:51.400 Favor. 00:35:51.800 --> 00:35:52.860 From the Lord. 00:35:53.699 --> 00:35:54.659 But those. 00:35:54.699 --> 00:35:55.239 Who fail. 00:35:55.320 --> 00:35:55.980 To find me. 00:35:57.059 --> 00:35:57.460 Harm. 00:35:57.519 --> 00:35:58.019 Themselves. 00:35:58.019 --> 00:35:59.940 All. 00:36:00.079 --> 00:36:00.739 Who hate. 00:36:00.880 --> 00:36:01.139 Me. 00:36:02.340 --> 00:36:02.980 Love. 00:36:03.699 --> 00:36:04.139 Death. 00:36:06.860 --> 00:36:07.679 You know. 00:36:09.519 --> 00:36:10.079 Christ. 00:36:10.219 --> 00:36:10.840 Teaches us. 00:36:10.980 --> 00:36:11.320 How life. 00:36:11.380 --> 00:36:11.940 Works best. 00:36:13.360 --> 00:36:14.000 And those. 00:36:14.119 --> 00:36:14.380 Words. 00:36:14.460 --> 00:36:14.719 We just. 00:36:14.800 --> 00:36:15.519 He. 00:36:15.519 --> 00:36:15.619 He. 00:36:16.699 --> 00:36:17.219 Implores. 00:36:17.400 --> 00:36:17.840 Us. 00:36:18.400 --> 00:36:19.320 To find. 00:36:19.420 --> 00:36:19.800 In him. 00:36:19.920 --> 00:36:20.380 The key. 00:36:20.539 --> 00:36:21.639 To overflowing. 00:36:22.360 --> 00:36:22.800 Life. 00:36:22.920 --> 00:36:23.480 By keeping. 00:36:23.639 --> 00:36:24.139 His ways. 00:36:24.239 --> 00:36:24.440 Right. 00:36:26.059 --> 00:36:26.820 To bring. 00:36:26.980 --> 00:36:27.460 Before him. 00:36:27.460 --> 00:36:28.199 The complex. 00:36:28.500 --> 00:36:28.980 Situations. 00:36:29.079 --> 00:36:29.840 In our lives. 00:36:30.720 --> 00:36:31.480 And find. 00:36:31.679 --> 00:36:32.119 Wisdom. 00:36:32.240 --> 00:36:32.960 By listening. 00:36:33.159 --> 00:36:33.500 To him. 00:36:33.820 --> 00:36:34.400 I love that. 00:36:34.900 --> 00:36:35.380 Vivid. 00:36:35.480 --> 00:36:35.900 Metaphor. 00:36:36.039 --> 00:36:36.360 In verse. 00:36:36.480 --> 00:36:37.119 Thirty four. 00:36:37.559 --> 00:36:37.760 Of. 00:36:38.539 --> 00:36:39.019 Daily. 00:36:39.500 --> 00:36:40.019 Waiting. 00:36:40.480 --> 00:36:41.360 And watching. 00:36:41.840 --> 00:36:42.460 At his. 00:36:42.820 --> 00:36:43.300 Doorway. 00:36:45.840 --> 00:36:46.500 Does that. 00:36:46.579 --> 00:36:46.920 Describe. 00:36:47.019 --> 00:36:47.380 How you. 00:36:47.460 --> 00:36:47.720 And I. 00:36:47.800 --> 00:36:48.519 Relate to Jesus. 00:36:48.740 --> 00:36:49.679 On a day to day basis. 00:36:50.639 --> 00:36:51.119 Watching. 00:36:51.699 --> 00:36:52.199 And waiting. 00:36:52.360 --> 00:36:52.900 At his doorway. 00:36:53.039 --> 00:36:53.980 For what he has to say. 00:36:55.820 --> 00:36:56.260 Maybe. 00:36:56.420 --> 00:36:57.139 This is the first day. 00:36:57.139 --> 00:36:57.699 That you. 00:36:58.839 --> 00:36:59.960 Would find Christ. 00:37:00.039 --> 00:37:00.719 To be your. 00:37:01.239 --> 00:37:01.539 Wisdom. 00:37:03.839 --> 00:37:05.259 Maybe this is the first day. 00:37:05.339 --> 00:37:05.779 You would know. 00:37:05.859 --> 00:37:06.759 God's incredible. 00:37:07.019 --> 00:37:07.400 Favor. 00:37:07.400 --> 00:37:08.239 His forgiveness. 00:37:09.239 --> 00:37:09.799 Poured out. 00:37:09.920 --> 00:37:10.539 On your life. 00:37:13.839 --> 00:37:14.960 Finding Jesus. 00:37:15.299 --> 00:37:15.559 Means. 00:37:16.099 --> 00:37:16.900 Trusting him. 00:37:17.759 --> 00:37:19.079 To redeem you. 00:37:19.579 --> 00:37:20.460 From your sin. 00:37:21.420 --> 00:37:22.759 And its consequences. 00:37:22.760 --> 00:37:25.040 And turning. 00:37:25.040 --> 00:37:26.000 To walk. 00:37:26.000 --> 00:37:26.020 To walk. 00:37:26.100 --> 00:37:26.780 In his way. 00:37:27.540 --> 00:37:28.300 The way. 00:37:28.860 --> 00:37:29.700 Of wisdom. 00:37:30.020 --> 00:37:31.340 And once we've done that. 00:37:32.360 --> 00:37:32.960 Christ. 00:37:33.040 --> 00:37:33.540 Teaches us. 00:37:33.620 --> 00:37:34.460 That we can truly. 00:37:34.580 --> 00:37:35.080 Rejoice. 00:37:35.140 --> 00:37:36.260 In all of God's creation. 00:37:36.460 --> 00:37:38.120 We can slow down. 00:37:38.460 --> 00:37:39.040 And enjoy. 00:37:39.460 --> 00:37:40.100 His world. 00:37:41.060 --> 00:37:41.500 And people. 00:37:41.640 --> 00:37:42.360 Made in his image. 00:37:43.540 --> 00:37:44.000 Knowing. 00:37:44.660 --> 00:37:44.900 He. 00:37:45.100 --> 00:37:45.780 Will redeem. 00:37:46.540 --> 00:37:46.960 Everything. 00:37:47.660 --> 00:37:48.320 That is broken. 00:37:48.840 --> 00:37:50.039 Don't look at the brokenness. 00:37:50.039 --> 00:37:50.460 Anymore. 00:37:50.559 --> 00:37:50.880 And say. 00:37:51.019 --> 00:37:52.380 Where is God's wisdom now? 00:37:52.740 --> 00:37:53.760 Look at the brokenness. 00:37:53.800 --> 00:37:54.360 In your life. 00:37:54.960 --> 00:37:55.840 And in this world. 00:37:56.200 --> 00:37:57.480 With overflowing hope. 00:37:59.140 --> 00:38:00.019 That Christ. 00:38:00.100 --> 00:38:00.800 Will redeem. 00:38:01.559 --> 00:38:02.940 All God's creation. 00:38:03.740 --> 00:38:04.780 To a beautiful. 00:38:05.539 --> 00:38:06.100 Remarkable. 00:38:06.260 --> 00:38:06.580 Future. 00:38:07.620 --> 00:38:08.820 And if you are in Christ. 00:38:09.340 --> 00:38:10.240 Rejoice today. 00:38:11.320 --> 00:38:12.340 That you will surely. 00:38:12.620 --> 00:38:12.980 Share. 00:38:13.420 --> 00:38:14.080 In the future. 00:38:14.660 --> 00:38:15.280 With him. 00:38:15.280 --> 00:38:16.360 Your inheritance. 00:38:16.940 --> 00:38:18.260 In that new creation. 00:38:18.320 --> 00:38:19.059 Is sure. 00:38:20.300 --> 00:38:21.160 It's sealed. 00:38:21.340 --> 00:38:21.920 In Christ. 00:38:22.539 --> 00:38:23.760 Everything sad. 00:38:24.539 --> 00:38:25.059 Will. 00:38:25.300 --> 00:38:25.640 Come. 00:38:26.000 --> 00:38:26.420 Untrue. 00:38:29.380 --> 00:38:30.720 But we can't afford. 00:38:30.840 --> 00:38:31.539 To miss the warning. 00:38:31.680 --> 00:38:32.500 In verse 36. 00:38:34.400 --> 00:38:35.780 Those who fail. 00:38:36.120 --> 00:38:37.420 To find me. 00:38:38.660 --> 00:38:39.680 Harm themselves. 00:38:40.900 --> 00:38:42.440 All who hate me. 00:38:43.280 --> 00:38:44.260 Love death. 00:38:44.460 --> 00:38:45.100 Don't follow. 00:38:46.039 --> 00:38:47.059 The empty promises. 00:38:47.059 --> 00:38:48.699 Of folly. 00:38:49.239 --> 00:38:51.019 Of spiritual adultery. 00:38:51.920 --> 00:38:53.219 Follow Christ. 00:38:53.719 --> 00:38:54.860 As your wisdom. 00:38:55.659 --> 00:38:57.219 As the key to everything. 00:38:57.539 --> 00:38:58.019 Let's pray. 00:38:58.019 --> 00:39:17.340 Just take a moment. 00:39:17.340 --> 00:39:17.960 To confess. 00:39:17.960 --> 00:39:18.519 In your own. 00:39:18.880 --> 00:39:19.199 Heart. 00:39:21.079 --> 00:39:21.659 What God. 00:39:21.759 --> 00:39:22.599 Has challenged you about. 00:39:22.820 --> 00:39:23.400 In his word today. 00:39:23.400 --> 00:39:23.880 Maybe. 00:39:23.880 --> 00:39:23.880 00:39:23.880 --> 00:39:23.880 00:39:23.880 --> 00:39:23.880 00:39:23.880 --> 00:39:28.780 You want to talk to him about. 00:39:30.119 --> 00:39:31.059 Your attitude. 00:39:31.180 --> 00:39:32.139 Towards his wisdom. 00:39:32.380 --> 00:39:32.960 In the past. 00:39:37.579 --> 00:39:38.099 Maybe. 00:39:38.099 --> 00:39:38.840 How you have. 00:39:41.139 --> 00:39:42.360 Seen yourself right. 00:39:42.420 --> 00:39:43.079 In your own eyes. 00:39:43.380 --> 00:39:43.840 And failed. 00:39:44.079 --> 00:39:44.960 To look to him. 00:39:45.360 --> 00:39:46.099 For his wisdom. 00:39:46.099 --> 00:40:11.000 Lord. 00:40:11.000 --> 00:40:11.000 00:40:11.079 --> 00:40:11.619 We confess. 00:40:11.880 --> 00:40:13.239 We don't really understand. 00:40:13.679 --> 00:40:14.460 What's going on. 00:40:14.500 --> 00:40:15.119 In this universe. 00:40:15.119 --> 00:40:16.119 In this universe. 00:40:17.679 --> 00:40:18.380 Our knowledge. 00:40:18.380 --> 00:40:18.960 Is so. 00:40:19.299 --> 00:40:20.119 Utterly limited. 00:40:21.699 --> 00:40:22.319 And yet. 00:40:22.420 --> 00:40:22.619 We. 00:40:22.980 --> 00:40:23.359 Foolishly. 00:40:23.420 --> 00:40:23.599 Think. 00:40:23.679 --> 00:40:24.219 We know it all. 00:40:26.199 --> 00:40:26.920 And we think. 00:40:26.960 --> 00:40:27.460 We can go. 00:40:27.759 --> 00:40:28.099 Without. 00:40:28.259 --> 00:40:28.739 Your wisdom. 00:40:30.400 --> 00:40:31.119 We repent. 00:40:31.179 --> 00:40:31.400 Of that. 00:40:31.480 --> 00:40:31.619 Lord. 00:40:31.619 --> 00:40:32.619 Lord. 00:40:32.619 --> 00:40:34.539 We also repent. 00:40:34.539 --> 00:40:38.500 We also repent. 00:40:38.500 --> 00:40:38.819 Of. 00:40:39.319 --> 00:40:39.799 Not. 00:40:40.119 --> 00:40:40.519 Seeing. 00:40:40.679 --> 00:40:41.099 Your wisdom. 00:40:41.539 --> 00:40:42.159 In creation. 00:40:43.539 --> 00:40:44.699 In the world around us. 00:40:44.739 --> 00:40:45.199 In people. 00:40:46.139 --> 00:40:46.960 Made in your image. 00:40:50.139 --> 00:40:50.779 Help us. 00:40:50.880 --> 00:40:50.960 Lord. 00:40:50.980 --> 00:40:51.599 To slow down. 00:40:51.659 --> 00:40:52.079 And see. 00:40:52.819 --> 00:40:53.460 Your glory. 00:40:53.699 --> 00:40:54.239 And your wisdom. 00:40:55.279 --> 00:40:56.279 The inner logic. 00:40:56.339 --> 00:40:56.880 Of everything. 00:40:56.880 --> 00:40:58.180 Lord. 00:40:58.180 --> 00:40:58.180 00:41:00.340 --> 00:41:00.880 Help us. 00:41:01.140 --> 00:41:02.160 To reach out. 00:41:02.240 --> 00:41:02.780 For your wisdom. 00:41:03.460 --> 00:41:04.099 Moment. 00:41:04.420 --> 00:41:05.180 By moment. 00:41:05.519 --> 00:41:06.400 To cry out. 00:41:06.480 --> 00:41:06.780 For it. 00:41:09.260 --> 00:41:10.440 Because you have said. 00:41:11.140 --> 00:41:12.039 That if we. 00:41:12.480 --> 00:41:12.860 Seek. 00:41:13.240 --> 00:41:13.519 You. 00:41:13.880 --> 00:41:14.119 Jesus. 00:41:15.059 --> 00:41:16.240 We will find you. 00:41:19.940 --> 00:41:21.200 Help us to come before you. 00:41:21.260 --> 00:41:21.680 Humbly. 00:41:21.800 --> 00:41:22.200 Every day. 00:41:22.199 --> 00:41:25.439 Receiving from you. 00:41:25.879 --> 00:41:26.859 Everything we need. 00:41:27.719 --> 00:41:28.899 To live life well. 00:41:29.639 --> 00:41:30.239 In your world. 00:41:30.539 --> 00:41:31.439 Looking forward. 00:41:31.679 --> 00:41:32.319 To that day. 00:41:33.199 --> 00:41:34.159 When you will redeem. 00:41:34.259 --> 00:41:35.159 All the brokenness. 00:41:35.299 --> 00:41:35.480 Both. 00:41:35.960 --> 00:41:37.199 In our lives. 00:41:37.279 --> 00:41:38.119 And also in the world. 00:41:38.199 --> 00:41:38.739 Around us. 00:41:39.919 --> 00:41:40.559 We rejoice. 00:41:41.119 --> 00:41:41.799 That day is coming. 00:41:43.480 --> 00:41:44.439 Until that day. 00:41:46.539 --> 00:41:47.359 Keep us. 00:41:47.559 --> 00:41:48.159 In your love. 00:41:48.939 --> 00:41:49.899 Help us to walk. 00:41:49.900 --> 00:41:52.380 On the way of wisdom. 00:41:53.200 --> 00:41:54.280 We pray these things. 00:41:54.579 --> 00:41:55.760 For your glory. 00:41:56.599 --> 00:41:57.280 And for our good. 00:41:58.519 --> 00:41:58.880 Amen. 00:42:02.559 --> 00:42:03.559 We're going to finish with. 00:42:03.639 --> 00:42:04.680 I think an appropriate song. 00:42:05.340 --> 00:42:07.000 All creatures of our God and King. 00:42:12.720 --> 00:42:14.180 Talks about all the redeemed. 00:42:14.619 --> 00:42:15.860 Washed by his blood. 00:42:16.000 --> 00:42:17.320 Come and rejoice. 00:42:17.660 --> 00:42:18.440 In his great love. 00:42:18.500 --> 00:42:19.099 That's who we are. 00:42:20.300 --> 00:42:21.599 And then also in the last verse. 00:42:21.599 --> 00:42:23.320 He points us forward to that day in heaven. 00:42:24.680 --> 00:42:28.260 When all creation will be redeemed. 00:42:28.460 --> 00:42:29.720 So let's sing this out.