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 All right, change gears, let's jump into Lamentations 5.

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 And it is a significant change of gears.

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 I remember this week particularly well.

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 It was 2003.

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 A few weeks earlier, from this particular day,

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 a young couple at church had given birth to their first child, a girl.

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 And this child, they were told, had a heart problem.

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 It was a significant heart problem that the doctors said

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 they were not able to resolve and the child would die.

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 It was a very emotional time.

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 Very emotional time.

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 On the day that she died,

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 I walked into a hospital waiting room at Westmead Hospital

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 to support another young couple

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 whose doctors were about to update them

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 on the well-being of their first child.

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 It was a couple who I had married a few years earlier.

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 They were not Christians.

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 This little child was also born with a heart condition.

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 And at six months of age,

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 they decided to do surgery, to rectify it.

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 They said it would be a pretty straightforward procedure.

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 It went wrong.

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 It went horribly wrong.

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 And I sat with this couple as this significant medical team

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 told them that they were doing all that they could,

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 but their little boy at this stage had a 50-50 chance of survival.

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 In that moment of an outpouring of grief,

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 the mum turned to me and asked me two things.

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 Steve, why is God doing this to us?

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 And secondly, can you pray for us right now?

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 The surgeon agreed that was a good idea.

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 Any help would be appreciated in this moment.

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 And if prayers are comfort for you, then let's do that.

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 And they all bowed their heads.

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 On the way home from the hospital,

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 I cried out to God in that moment from deep anguish.

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 So much so I had to, in fact, pull the car over

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 to the side of the road

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 because the windscreen wipers weren't removing the water

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 that was in front of me.

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 It was just my tears made everything blurry.

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 I sat on the side of the road and I sobbed

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 and I pleaded with God.

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 I pleaded with him to save a life.

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 It was not just a simple matter of sorrow.

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 It was just desperation.

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 God intervened.

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 God intervened.

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 God intervened.

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 Lamentations is a book

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 that gets us ready for moments like that.

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 When the phone rings

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 and you receive the worst possible news

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 you could receive.

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 That's what Lamentations does for us.

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 As one person,

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 I heard them say in a moment of terrible hardship

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 as their loved one was dying slowly,

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 someone with deep Christian faith,

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 they said,

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 you've got to have the roof up

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 if you want shelter in the storm.

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 No good trying to put it up in the storm.

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 You've got to have it up

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 if you want shelter in the storm.

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 And Lamentations puts the roof on

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 before the storm hits.

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 Gets us ready for those storms of life.

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 In a world that is as broken as our world is,

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 ravaged by sin as our world is,

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 we are frankly naive

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 if we do not make preparation for loss,

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 for heartbreak, for tragedy.

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 It's the case of when,

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 not if.

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 So if you've just tuned in to us

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 at St. Paul's here for the first time,

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 we've been journeying through this topic of lament.

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 Lament is how we bring our sorrow to God.

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 And we've been discovering a whole heap about lament

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 and in this book of Lamentations.

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 It's a collection of five poems of lament

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 by the prophet Jeremiah.

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 And we're up to the fifth lament.

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 The whole chapter, in fact,

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 is a prayer.

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 And there are three main elements to this prayer.

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 This prayer is broken into three main elements.

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 It's got three structures.

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 And each of these elements is, if you like,

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 a, let's just take the analogy of the roof thing.

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 Each of these three main elements

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 are three support beams

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 that hold the roof up

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 for when the storm hits.

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 The first one, if you go to your St. Paul's app,

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 you'll see the three-point outline there.

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 It's just three beams.

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 The first support beam

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 is a biblical understanding of sin

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 and its consequences for everything in this world.

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 It touches everything.

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 Sin ruins everything.

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 Now, Lamentations is written in response

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 to the devastating siege and destruction of Jerusalem

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 by the Babylonian Empire in 587 BC.

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 And we know from earlier bits of Lamentations

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 that this is a deserved suffering.

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 God has judged his people

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 for generation after generation of rebellion.

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 They spurned God's love.

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 They rejected his word.

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 They persecuted his prophets.

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 And chapter five, as we launch into that,

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 it's the aftermath of the destruction.

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 It's like the tornado has gone through

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 and we are now sitting in the rubble.

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 This is the weeks and the months that followed,

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 the siege, the destruction,

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 the deportation of the elite to Babylon.

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 And so chapter five is a prayer

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 from the top of the rubble of Jerusalem.

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 Jeremiah sits there

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 as the jackals surround and feed on the human corpses.

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 It's a moment where the atrocities continue.

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 There's no UN peacekeeping force here.

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 So this chapter is intensely human.

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 These chapters are so much more,

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 sorry, they are as much about the experience of suffering

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 as they are about the cause of the suffering.

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 And so what you see right through Lamentations

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 is this struggle between the head and the heart

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 or the theological acceptance of it

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 and the moral outrage of it at the same time.

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 It's this emotions and logic going together

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 all the way through Lamentations.

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 That's chapter five.

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 In other words, if we go through Lamentations

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 and don't feel anything,

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 we've missed it.

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 Go back and read it again.

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 Verse one is a simple plea for Yahweh,

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 their covenant making God to,

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 their promise keeping God to simply look and see.

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 Do not turn your face away.

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 Look at our disgrace.

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 Now this is simply more than asking God not to forget.

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 This is a plea for him to intervene

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 based on his love and his promises.

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 And the beginning of chapter two

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 is a, if you like, not so subtle reminder

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 to God of his promises.

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 And it's just there in the word inheritance.

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 You see, an inheritance is,

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 it's a gift.

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 It's not earned.

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 The land, the city, the temple,

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 it was all a gift from God.

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 All that Israel had,

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 all that they were was God's gift to them.

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 That's how they came to be here in the first place,

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 because of God's gift.

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 It wasn't because they were lovely

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 that God loved them

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 and made him his special people.

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 There was nothing lovely about them,

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 nothing special about them in the beginning.

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 And there's nothing lovely about them now.

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 God had made them his people.

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 He loved the unlovely.

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 He loved the small, the weak, the insignificant.

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 God made them something.

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 He gave them this inheritance.

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 And so Jeremiah calls,

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 with the people left in the rubble,

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 calls on God not to turn away,

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 but to look and see your inheritance.

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 Look at the devastation that lingers on.

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 And as you go through the first section,

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 you just see the somber residing of Jerusalem's degradation,

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 their occupation, abandonment, bereavement, thirst,

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 their poverty, the inflation, the invasion,

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 the famine, the despondency, the slavery,

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 the exposure, the rape, the humiliation, the exhaustion.

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 Why does this happen?

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 Verse 7,

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 Our ancestors sinned and are no more,

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 and we bear their punishment.

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 God had given them good gifts.

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 He had given them an inheritance.

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 He had saved them.

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 And yet generation after generation,

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 they had spurned his goodness.

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 They had ignored his word.

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 And so God's judgment came upon his people

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 for their constant rejection.

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 But the current generation are not innocent, though.

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 It's not like they go,

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 well, you know, we're suffering because of those guys.

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 Verse 16,

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 The crown has fallen from our head.

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 Woe to us,

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 for we have sinned.

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 Another way of stating that is,

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 if only we had never sinned.

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 They'd taken responsibility.

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 Sin was the reason Jerusalem had fallen.

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 God's people had rejected their God again and again.

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 But this current generation had done it too.

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 You see,

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 Jeremiah's prophecy of this destruction of Jerusalem

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 could not have been any clearer.

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 Jeremiah 19 lays out the details of the destruction of Jerusalem

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 because of the sin and the idolatry of the people.

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 And what happens to Jeremiah as he comes in,

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 brings the word of God to the people of Judah in these days,

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 for like four decades leading up to this moment,

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 what happens?

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 They beat him.

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 They put him into prison.

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 Later,

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 he's thrown into a sewer.

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 With the expectation,

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 he will die.

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 The people of Jerusalem had turned their backs on God's word

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 and his prophets again and again.

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 They arrogantly and tragically forgot.

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 Everything that they had was a good gift from God.

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 Everything.

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 Everything.

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 Everything.

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 Everything.

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 Everything.

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 Everything.

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 Everything.

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 So that's the first beam.

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 First beam to remember when the storms of life hit,

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 the Bible makes it absolutely clear that none of us are innocent.

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 None of us.

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 Romans 3 tells us that all have gone our own way.

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 All of us have rejected God.

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 We have all sinned.

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 And everything wrong in this world is connected to that.

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 None of us are innocent.

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 God created a good world.

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 He designed humanity to live in obedience to him

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 and discover joy and freedom forever.

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 And when the first people rebelled against God,

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 it broke everything.

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 Everything wrong in this world is a consequence of sin,

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 either directly or indirectly.

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 And so the first beam is crucial here.

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 A Christian therefore echoes the words of the tax collector in Luke 18,

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 verse 13,

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 who beats his chest and says,

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 Lord, have mercy on me,

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 the sinner,

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 the model sinner.

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 The Christian echoes the Lord's prayer from the heart.

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 Forgive me my sin

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 as I forgive the sins of others.

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 The Christian sees their sin,

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 however much they have been sinned against.

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 It's so important to have a healthy theology of sin.

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 And what generations of rebellion against God has done to this world.

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 If we do not,

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 we tend to put our head in a bucket of sand,

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 declare that we are basically good,

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 and that God owes me a trouble-free life.

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 That's naivety.

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 God owes us nothing.

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 It is secular humanism that says,

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 my life should be upward and advancing,

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 and everything works for my good.

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 If Lockie and Rosie go into next Saturday,

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 make promises to one another,

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 and just say,

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 in the good and the bad,

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 or leave out the bad,

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 just the good,

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 take everything negative out,

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 they will not have the resources to endure in marriage.

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 Every sorrow,

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 every tear,

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 all pain,

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 every loss,

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 gives evidence

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 of the brokenness in our world

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 caused by sin.

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 Something is terribly wrong with our world,

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 every culture,

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 and inside of every single one of us.

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 And it's crucial that we understand

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 that God does not owe us an inheritance.

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 He does not owe us a trouble-freed life.

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 Secondly,

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 however,

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 what's amazing here,

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 after acknowledging sin

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 and recounting 18 verses

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 of consequences of sin,

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 verse 18 starts with the word,

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 not in the NIV,

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 but it starts with the word,

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 but,

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 but,

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 you've got to love the word,

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 but,

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 and this,

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 verse 19 is in fact the center point

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 of this whole chapter.

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 And it's the second support beam

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 of the roof of our lives

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 when the storms of life hit.

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 It's verse 19,

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 you,

00:16:34.279 --> 00:16:34.899
 Lord,

00:16:35.100 --> 00:16:35.220
 or,

00:16:35.580 --> 00:16:36.360
 but you,

00:16:36.680 --> 00:16:37.080
 Lord,

00:16:37.379 --> 00:16:38.540
 reign forever.

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 your throne endures

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 from generation to generation.

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 God is in control.

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 Sin and its consequences

00:16:47.159 --> 00:16:48.879
 are not the end of the story.

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 That's the big but.

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 Everything in this chapter,

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 in this book,

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 circles around verse 19.

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 This is the spiritual reorientation for Judah.

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 You see,

00:17:01.719 --> 00:17:04.299
 God's stern discipline of Judah

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 has awakened in them

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 a sense of their sinfulness

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 and their worthlessness

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 and their helplessness.

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 It has broken her pride

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 and humbled her.

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 It is very,

00:17:18.480 --> 00:17:18.840
 you know,

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 it makes sense

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 that they should be humbled.

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 They're sitting on the rubble

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 of Jerusalem.

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 And yet for sometimes,

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 it's not so easy for us to go there.

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 Our lives can be a rumble.

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 And yet we still wave the fist to God.

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 Someone owes me.

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 Sometimes suffering

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 drives us further into pride.

00:17:48.700 --> 00:17:49.600
 Self-assurance,

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 self-confidence.

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 But here it's humbledom.

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 And it's only from this humble position

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 that Judah invokes God's compassion

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 and his grace.

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 Jeremiah confesses

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 that everything works

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 according to the decree

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 and the purpose of the creator.

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 Every event in life

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 moves towards the fulfillment

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 of his plans,

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 the plans that he ordains,

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 including the destruction

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 of Jerusalem under his judgment.

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 The covenant God,

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 in his sovereign rule,

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 has destroyed his city,

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 his temple,

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 his people

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 through the conquest

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 of his Babylonians.

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 Babylon,

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 the most powerful empire

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 in the world,

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 was simply doing his bidding.

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 Now we get the same thinking

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 if you fast forward

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 to Acts chapter 4

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 where we are told

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 the sin of Pilate,

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 the sin of the Roman soldiers,

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 the sin of the chief priests,

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 and the sin of the people

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 conspired together

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 to crucify Jesus.

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 And then we are told

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 in Acts 4 verse 28,

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 they did what your power

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 and will

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 had decided beforehand

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 should happen.

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 Now they're responsible

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 for their sin.

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 It's a terrible thing

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 for which God

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 will hold them accountable,

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 but they cannot stop

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 God being God.

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 Just think about that

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 for a moment.

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 You must be

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 very,

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 very,

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 very powerful

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 to have your enemies

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 fulfill your plans

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 while working against you.

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 That's incomprehensible

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 to me.

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 I had to even think

00:20:01.820 --> 00:20:02.460
 about that sentence

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 several times.

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 And yet this is how

00:20:07.400 --> 00:20:08.299
 the Bible tells us

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 to think about God

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 and his sovereign rule

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 over all things.

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 All else may change

00:20:12.920 --> 00:20:13.840
 and will change,

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 but God does not.

00:20:15.019 --> 00:20:15.660
 God's rule

00:20:15.660 --> 00:20:16.660
 over all things

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 as opposed

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 to what

00:20:18.480 --> 00:20:20.019
 we might call

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 chance

00:20:20.680 --> 00:20:21.460
 or fate

00:20:21.460 --> 00:20:22.259
 or luck

00:20:22.259 --> 00:20:24.299
 in our society.

00:20:25.420 --> 00:20:25.940
 Everything

00:20:25.940 --> 00:20:26.940
 may fluctuate,

00:20:27.060 --> 00:20:27.519
 our times

00:20:27.519 --> 00:20:28.400
 and our circumstances

00:20:28.400 --> 00:20:29.380
 may grow harder

00:20:29.380 --> 00:20:30.180
 and more difficult,

00:20:30.320 --> 00:20:31.340
 but God is in control

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 of the situation.

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 The presence

00:20:34.800 --> 00:20:35.820
 of pain,

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 no matter

00:20:37.500 --> 00:20:39.700
 how strong,

00:20:40.740 --> 00:20:41.880
 does not negate

00:20:41.880 --> 00:20:42.840
 the plan of God.

00:20:43.740 --> 00:20:44.080
 No matter

00:20:44.080 --> 00:20:45.259
 how much it seems

00:20:45.259 --> 00:20:45.800
 that the world

00:20:45.800 --> 00:20:47.120
 is collecting around us,

00:20:47.860 --> 00:20:49.560
 God is on his throne

00:20:49.560 --> 00:20:51.500
 and he is always

00:20:51.500 --> 00:20:52.820
 fulfilling his plans.

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 Now it is essential

00:20:57.460 --> 00:21:00.019
 that we do not

00:21:00.019 --> 00:21:00.919
 stop there

00:21:00.919 --> 00:21:02.059
 with just

00:21:02.059 --> 00:21:03.139
 those two beams.

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 If we do,

00:21:07.839 --> 00:21:08.779
 what happens

00:21:08.779 --> 00:21:09.240
 is

00:21:09.240 --> 00:21:11.339
 we slip

00:21:11.339 --> 00:21:12.059
 into a

00:21:12.059 --> 00:21:13.839
 nothing more

00:21:13.839 --> 00:21:14.980
 than a fatalism.

00:21:16.019 --> 00:21:17.439
 In actual fact,

00:21:18.059 --> 00:21:19.159
 what we do

00:21:19.159 --> 00:21:19.779
 is we slip

00:21:19.779 --> 00:21:20.619
 into the theology

00:21:20.619 --> 00:21:21.299
 of Islam

00:21:21.299 --> 00:21:22.439
 if we just

00:21:22.439 --> 00:21:23.559
 stop there?

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 It's the will

00:21:25.579 --> 00:21:25.879
 of Allah.

00:21:27.039 --> 00:21:27.579
 Nothing you

00:21:27.579 --> 00:21:28.239
 can do about it.

00:21:29.319 --> 00:21:29.739
 We are just

00:21:29.739 --> 00:21:30.539
 mere pawns

00:21:30.539 --> 00:21:31.339
 in his plans.

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 What's the difference

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 between,

00:21:38.719 --> 00:21:39.459
 amongst many

00:21:39.459 --> 00:21:39.959
 other things,

00:21:40.039 --> 00:21:40.679
 between Islam

00:21:40.679 --> 00:21:41.279
 and Christianity?

00:21:42.899 --> 00:21:43.500
 Beam number

00:21:43.500 --> 00:21:43.959
 three.

00:21:45.219 --> 00:21:46.000
 Beam number

00:21:46.000 --> 00:21:46.459
 three.

00:21:46.460 --> 00:21:49.460
 relationship.

00:21:50.779 --> 00:21:51.160
 God

00:21:51.160 --> 00:21:51.840
 is

00:21:51.840 --> 00:21:52.519
 good.

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 He's beam

00:21:54.220 --> 00:21:54.460
 number

00:21:54.460 --> 00:21:54.819
 three.

00:21:57.640 --> 00:21:58.259
 God

00:21:58.259 --> 00:21:59.460
 comes to us

00:21:59.460 --> 00:22:00.319
 in our

00:22:00.319 --> 00:22:00.940
 suffering.

00:22:02.160 --> 00:22:02.640
 He's not

00:22:02.640 --> 00:22:03.400
 Aristotle's

00:22:03.400 --> 00:22:03.880
 unmoved

00:22:03.880 --> 00:22:04.259
 mover

00:22:04.259 --> 00:22:05.140
 at a distance.

00:22:06.660 --> 00:22:07.600
 He comes

00:22:07.600 --> 00:22:08.240
 to us

00:22:08.240 --> 00:22:08.720
 in our

00:22:08.720 --> 00:22:09.140
 suffering

00:22:09.140 --> 00:22:09.980
 and that's

00:22:09.980 --> 00:22:10.279
 why

00:22:10.279 --> 00:22:11.059
 Lamentations

00:22:11.059 --> 00:22:11.980
 doesn't end

00:22:11.980 --> 00:22:12.539
 with verse

00:22:12.539 --> 00:22:13.180
 19.

00:22:13.680 --> 00:22:14.500
 If it did,

00:22:14.579 --> 00:22:15.240
 the application

00:22:15.240 --> 00:22:15.759
 would be

00:22:15.759 --> 00:22:16.620
 very trite

00:22:16.620 --> 00:22:17.099
 for us.

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 It would

00:22:17.359 --> 00:22:18.519
 be nothing

00:22:18.519 --> 00:22:19.039
 more than,

00:22:19.380 --> 00:22:19.420
 well,

00:22:19.559 --> 00:22:20.539
 always look

00:22:20.539 --> 00:22:21.059
 on the

00:22:21.059 --> 00:22:22.240
 bright side

00:22:22.240 --> 00:22:22.859
 of life.

00:22:25.579 --> 00:22:26.099
 Nothing

00:22:26.099 --> 00:22:26.559
 more than

00:22:26.559 --> 00:22:26.859
 that.

00:22:28.839 --> 00:22:29.299
 Or,

00:22:29.700 --> 00:22:30.240
 there's always

00:22:30.240 --> 00:22:30.599
 a silver

00:22:30.599 --> 00:22:31.000
 lining,

00:22:31.140 --> 00:22:31.339
 you just

00:22:31.339 --> 00:22:31.539
 got to

00:22:31.539 --> 00:22:31.900
 look for

00:22:31.900 --> 00:22:32.059
 it,

00:22:32.140 --> 00:22:32.420
 or,

00:22:32.960 --> 00:22:34.079
 you will

00:22:34.079 --> 00:22:34.960
 rise like

00:22:34.960 --> 00:22:35.420
 a phoenix

00:22:35.420 --> 00:22:35.839
 from the

00:22:35.839 --> 00:22:36.160
 ashes.

00:22:38.880 --> 00:22:39.819
 The Christian

00:22:39.819 --> 00:22:40.859
 hope is not

00:22:40.859 --> 00:22:41.500
 just that God

00:22:41.500 --> 00:22:42.319
 is in control,

00:22:42.440 --> 00:22:42.859
 but that he's

00:22:42.859 --> 00:22:43.460
 good.

00:22:43.460 --> 00:22:44.799
 fundamental

00:22:44.799 --> 00:22:45.279
 third

00:22:45.279 --> 00:22:45.680
 being,

00:22:46.079 --> 00:22:46.980
 he is

00:22:46.980 --> 00:22:47.900
 good.

00:22:48.500 --> 00:22:48.759
 And so

00:22:48.759 --> 00:22:49.279
 in verse

00:22:49.279 --> 00:22:49.700
 20,

00:22:50.039 --> 00:22:50.319
 we are

00:22:50.319 --> 00:22:51.120
 back into

00:22:51.120 --> 00:22:51.740
 the darkness

00:22:51.740 --> 00:22:52.340
 and the

00:22:52.340 --> 00:22:52.799
 death.

00:22:53.380 --> 00:22:53.880
 Why do

00:22:53.880 --> 00:22:54.700
 you always

00:22:54.700 --> 00:22:55.400
 forget us?

00:22:55.759 --> 00:22:56.240
 Why do

00:22:56.240 --> 00:22:57.200
 you forsake

00:22:57.200 --> 00:22:57.660
 us so

00:22:57.660 --> 00:22:58.120
 long?

00:22:58.500 --> 00:22:58.940
 And here

00:22:58.940 --> 00:22:59.559
 we have

00:22:59.559 --> 00:23:00.940
 a plea

00:23:00.940 --> 00:23:02.180
 to God's

00:23:02.180 --> 00:23:02.860
 goodness,

00:23:04.340 --> 00:23:05.660
 which echoes

00:23:05.660 --> 00:23:07.019
 verse 1,

00:23:07.160 --> 00:23:07.779
 and it ends

00:23:07.779 --> 00:23:08.299
 in the same

00:23:08.299 --> 00:23:09.019
 kind of way.

00:23:09.019 --> 00:23:10.759
 restore us

00:23:10.759 --> 00:23:11.539
 to yourself,

00:23:11.740 --> 00:23:12.019
 Lord,

00:23:12.160 --> 00:23:12.680
 that we

00:23:12.680 --> 00:23:13.639
 may return,

00:23:14.079 --> 00:23:15.059
 renew our

00:23:15.059 --> 00:23:16.059
 days as

00:23:16.059 --> 00:23:16.720
 of old,

00:23:16.799 --> 00:23:17.460
 unless you

00:23:17.460 --> 00:23:18.039
 have utterly

00:23:18.039 --> 00:23:18.920
 rejected us

00:23:18.920 --> 00:23:19.619
 and are

00:23:19.619 --> 00:23:20.539
 angry with

00:23:20.539 --> 00:23:21.200
 us beyond

00:23:21.200 --> 00:23:21.619
 measure.

00:23:23.819 --> 00:23:24.240
 One

00:23:24.240 --> 00:23:24.839
 commentator

00:23:24.839 --> 00:23:25.339
 says that

00:23:25.339 --> 00:23:26.000
 lamentation

00:23:26.000 --> 00:23:28.139
 ends like

00:23:28.139 --> 00:23:29.019
 it does

00:23:29.019 --> 00:23:29.579
 because

00:23:29.579 --> 00:23:31.059
 Jeremiah and

00:23:31.059 --> 00:23:31.859
 Jerusalem

00:23:31.859 --> 00:23:33.240
 are in a

00:23:33.240 --> 00:23:34.379
 position akin

00:23:34.379 --> 00:23:34.900
 to the

00:23:34.900 --> 00:23:35.980
 disciples on

00:23:35.980 --> 00:23:36.480
 Easter

00:23:36.480 --> 00:23:37.339
 Saturday.

00:23:40.099 --> 00:23:40.819
 The hope

00:23:40.819 --> 00:23:41.039
 of the

00:23:41.039 --> 00:23:41.579
 resurrection

00:23:41.579 --> 00:23:42.440
 Easter day

00:23:42.440 --> 00:23:42.839
 is yet

00:23:42.839 --> 00:23:43.279
 to dawn

00:23:43.279 --> 00:23:43.740
 for them.

00:23:45.559 --> 00:23:46.200
 There is

00:23:46.200 --> 00:23:46.720
 waiting,

00:23:47.599 --> 00:23:47.940
 longing

00:23:47.940 --> 00:23:50.200
 for hope

00:23:50.200 --> 00:23:50.759
 to dawn.

00:23:53.660 --> 00:23:54.339
 And while

00:23:54.339 --> 00:23:54.819
 we wait,

00:23:54.900 --> 00:23:55.339
 we need to

00:23:55.339 --> 00:23:56.019
 hold both

00:23:56.019 --> 00:23:56.640
 the sovereignty

00:23:56.640 --> 00:23:57.240
 of God

00:23:57.240 --> 00:23:57.500
 and the

00:23:57.500 --> 00:23:57.880
 goodness of

00:23:57.880 --> 00:23:58.180
 God in

00:23:58.180 --> 00:23:58.740
 equal measure.

00:24:00.039 --> 00:24:00.819
 The plea

00:24:00.819 --> 00:24:01.220
 in verses

00:24:01.220 --> 00:24:01.940
 20 and

00:24:01.940 --> 00:24:02.660
 21 is

00:24:02.660 --> 00:24:02.940
 simply,

00:24:03.099 --> 00:24:03.220
 God,

00:24:03.319 --> 00:24:03.819
 this hurts,

00:24:03.940 --> 00:24:04.460
 help us.

00:24:06.480 --> 00:24:06.759
 But the

00:24:06.759 --> 00:24:07.400
 main words

00:24:07.400 --> 00:24:08.180
 there are

00:24:08.180 --> 00:24:09.519
 restore,

00:24:10.440 --> 00:24:11.180
 return,

00:24:12.500 --> 00:24:12.960
 renew.

00:24:15.019 --> 00:24:15.799
 Verse 21,

00:24:15.960 --> 00:24:16.599
 restore us

00:24:16.599 --> 00:24:17.039
 to yourself,

00:24:17.120 --> 00:24:17.500
 O Lord.

00:24:17.700 --> 00:24:18.319
 This is not

00:24:18.319 --> 00:24:19.319
 simply asking

00:24:19.319 --> 00:24:19.900
 God to

00:24:19.900 --> 00:24:20.680
 change the

00:24:20.680 --> 00:24:21.380
 situation.

00:24:22.759 --> 00:24:23.700
 It is,

00:24:23.860 --> 00:24:24.360
 in fact,

00:24:24.519 --> 00:24:25.200
 an appeal

00:24:25.200 --> 00:24:26.120
 for

00:24:26.120 --> 00:24:27.140
 forgiveness

00:24:27.140 --> 00:24:29.799
 and a

00:24:29.799 --> 00:24:30.220
 restored

00:24:30.220 --> 00:24:30.900
 relationship.

00:24:34.059 --> 00:24:34.799
 This is

00:24:34.799 --> 00:24:35.200
 crucial.

00:24:36.480 --> 00:24:39.079
 my fear

00:24:39.079 --> 00:24:39.640
 is that

00:24:39.640 --> 00:24:40.559
 for so

00:24:40.559 --> 00:24:41.220
 many of

00:24:41.220 --> 00:24:41.579
 us,

00:24:41.960 --> 00:24:43.360
 we repent

00:24:43.360 --> 00:24:43.900
 because we

00:24:43.900 --> 00:24:44.500
 want to

00:24:44.500 --> 00:24:45.099
 get a

00:24:45.099 --> 00:24:45.579
 weight off

00:24:45.579 --> 00:24:45.860
 our

00:24:45.860 --> 00:24:46.380
 shoulders.

00:24:47.720 --> 00:24:48.480
 We want

00:24:48.480 --> 00:24:48.720
 to feel

00:24:48.720 --> 00:24:49.420
 better about

00:24:49.420 --> 00:24:49.980
 ourselves.

00:24:52.279 --> 00:24:52.839
 And so

00:24:52.839 --> 00:24:53.579
 when we

00:24:53.579 --> 00:24:54.279
 do that,

00:24:55.019 --> 00:24:56.420
 we constantly

00:24:56.420 --> 00:24:57.599
 live with

00:24:57.599 --> 00:24:58.860
 an underlying

00:24:58.860 --> 00:24:59.720
 feeling of

00:24:59.720 --> 00:25:00.360
 shame and

00:25:00.360 --> 00:25:00.920
 am I truly

00:25:00.920 --> 00:25:01.400
 forgiven?

00:25:01.400 --> 00:25:03.940
 we don't

00:25:03.940 --> 00:25:04.660
 sense the

00:25:04.660 --> 00:25:05.420
 freedom of

00:25:05.420 --> 00:25:06.120
 forgiveness.

00:25:08.920 --> 00:25:09.620
 What's the

00:25:09.620 --> 00:25:10.120
 purpose?

00:25:10.340 --> 00:25:10.680
 In other

00:25:10.680 --> 00:25:10.820
 words,

00:25:10.860 --> 00:25:11.280
 when we do

00:25:11.280 --> 00:25:11.519
 that,

00:25:11.600 --> 00:25:11.759
 it's

00:25:11.759 --> 00:25:12.640
 self-orientated.

00:25:12.740 --> 00:25:12.860
 Our

00:25:12.860 --> 00:25:13.300
 repentance

00:25:13.300 --> 00:25:14.519
 is self-orientated.

00:25:17.800 --> 00:25:18.340
 Repentance

00:25:18.340 --> 00:25:19.340
 and forgiveness

00:25:19.340 --> 00:25:21.140
 matters because

00:25:21.140 --> 00:25:23.060
 of the

00:25:23.060 --> 00:25:23.680
 next step.

00:25:23.680 --> 00:25:25.560
 it's

00:25:25.560 --> 00:25:26.080
 because it

00:25:26.080 --> 00:25:26.940
 restores

00:25:26.940 --> 00:25:29.140
 relationship.

00:25:30.680 --> 00:25:31.519
 That's why

00:25:31.519 --> 00:25:31.980
 repentance

00:25:31.980 --> 00:25:32.440
 matters.

00:25:33.920 --> 00:25:34.519
 If I

00:25:34.519 --> 00:25:35.340
 wronged my

00:25:35.340 --> 00:25:35.860
 wife,

00:25:36.100 --> 00:25:36.299
 Nat,

00:25:37.600 --> 00:25:38.340
 it causes,

00:25:38.759 --> 00:25:39.100
 sorry,

00:25:39.200 --> 00:25:39.539
 when I

00:25:39.539 --> 00:25:40.019
 wronged my

00:25:40.019 --> 00:25:40.320
 wife,

00:25:40.420 --> 00:25:40.640
 Nat,

00:25:41.279 --> 00:25:43.340
 it causes

00:25:43.340 --> 00:25:44.840
 a strain,

00:25:45.660 --> 00:25:46.539
 it causes

00:25:46.539 --> 00:25:48.580
 a separation,

00:25:48.840 --> 00:25:49.460
 a break

00:25:49.460 --> 00:25:50.539
 in the

00:25:50.539 --> 00:25:51.160
 relationship.

00:25:51.559 --> 00:25:51.779
 There's

00:25:51.779 --> 00:25:51.980
 this

00:25:51.980 --> 00:25:52.579
 barrier,

00:25:52.860 --> 00:25:53.200
 there's

00:25:53.200 --> 00:25:53.400
 this

00:25:53.400 --> 00:25:54.799
 problem

00:25:54.799 --> 00:25:56.579
 and

00:25:56.579 --> 00:25:56.980
 depending

00:25:56.980 --> 00:25:57.380
 on how

00:25:57.380 --> 00:25:57.940
 much I

00:25:57.940 --> 00:25:58.360
 wronged

00:25:58.360 --> 00:25:58.680
 her will

00:25:58.680 --> 00:25:59.059
 depend on

00:25:59.059 --> 00:25:59.640
 how great

00:25:59.640 --> 00:26:00.920
 that barrier

00:26:00.920 --> 00:26:01.460
 is,

00:26:01.539 --> 00:26:02.519
 that roadblock

00:26:02.519 --> 00:26:02.920
 in our

00:26:02.920 --> 00:26:03.460
 relationship

00:26:03.460 --> 00:26:04.140
 will be.

00:26:06.920 --> 00:26:07.500
 Repentance

00:26:07.500 --> 00:26:08.220
 and forgiveness

00:26:08.220 --> 00:26:08.900
 matters,

00:26:09.240 --> 00:26:10.640
 not so that I

00:26:10.640 --> 00:26:11.299
 feel better

00:26:11.299 --> 00:26:12.279
 about myself,

00:26:12.400 --> 00:26:13.240
 it's because I

00:26:13.240 --> 00:26:13.819
 get Nat

00:26:13.819 --> 00:26:14.380
 back.

00:26:15.500 --> 00:26:16.259
 That's why

00:26:16.259 --> 00:26:16.840
 it matters.

00:26:18.360 --> 00:26:18.759
 I want

00:26:18.759 --> 00:26:19.500
 restored

00:26:19.500 --> 00:26:20.299
 relationship.

00:26:23.700 --> 00:26:24.339
 And as

00:26:24.339 --> 00:26:24.819
 they sit

00:26:24.819 --> 00:26:25.160
 on the

00:26:25.160 --> 00:26:25.539
 rubble of

00:26:25.539 --> 00:26:26.059
 Jerusalem,

00:26:26.299 --> 00:26:26.839
 their suffering

00:26:26.839 --> 00:26:27.299
 has led

00:26:27.299 --> 00:26:27.799
 them to

00:26:27.799 --> 00:26:28.879
 want God

00:26:28.879 --> 00:26:29.500
 back.

00:26:31.119 --> 00:26:31.740
 Even if

00:26:31.740 --> 00:26:32.099
 the rubble

00:26:32.099 --> 00:26:32.700
 remains,

00:26:32.779 --> 00:26:33.039
 we want

00:26:33.039 --> 00:26:33.740
 God back.

00:26:36.359 --> 00:26:37.000
 This is

00:26:37.000 --> 00:26:38.180
 more than

00:26:38.180 --> 00:26:38.599
 just a

00:26:38.599 --> 00:26:38.940
 prayer of

00:26:38.940 --> 00:26:39.180
 lament,

00:26:39.440 --> 00:26:39.879
 it is a

00:26:39.879 --> 00:26:40.420
 prayer of

00:26:40.420 --> 00:26:40.900
 repentance,

00:26:41.059 --> 00:26:41.299
 it's a

00:26:41.299 --> 00:26:41.720
 prayer for

00:26:41.720 --> 00:26:42.299
 renewal,

00:26:44.039 --> 00:26:44.480
 renewed

00:26:44.480 --> 00:26:45.160
 relationship.

00:26:47.420 --> 00:26:47.900
 It's

00:26:47.900 --> 00:26:48.680
 prayer for

00:26:48.680 --> 00:26:49.640
 restoration,

00:26:50.019 --> 00:26:50.440
 renewal at

00:26:50.440 --> 00:26:50.680
 the end

00:26:50.680 --> 00:26:50.779
 of

00:26:50.779 --> 00:26:51.440
 lamentations

00:26:51.440 --> 00:26:51.960
 points us

00:26:51.960 --> 00:26:52.440
 to something

00:26:52.440 --> 00:26:52.900
 that only

00:26:52.900 --> 00:26:53.380
 God can

00:26:53.380 --> 00:26:53.740
 do.

00:26:56.019 --> 00:26:56.340
 And yet

00:26:56.340 --> 00:26:56.519
 for

00:26:56.519 --> 00:26:57.160
 lamentations,

00:26:57.960 --> 00:26:58.460
 this is

00:26:58.460 --> 00:26:58.779
 where it

00:26:58.779 --> 00:26:59.140
 ends.

00:27:00.880 --> 00:27:01.259
 This

00:27:01.259 --> 00:27:01.980
 historic

00:27:01.980 --> 00:27:02.460
 lament

00:27:02.460 --> 00:27:03.519
 concludes

00:27:03.519 --> 00:27:04.500
 without

00:27:04.500 --> 00:27:05.600
 resolution.

00:27:05.599 --> 00:27:05.699
 resolution.

00:27:10.379 --> 00:27:10.819
 As

00:27:10.819 --> 00:27:11.299
 some of

00:27:11.299 --> 00:27:11.839
 us feel

00:27:11.839 --> 00:27:12.399
 like life

00:27:12.399 --> 00:27:12.659
 is a

00:27:12.659 --> 00:27:13.019
 bit like

00:27:13.019 --> 00:27:13.379
 that at

00:27:13.379 --> 00:27:13.500
 the

00:27:13.500 --> 00:27:13.759
 moment,

00:27:13.859 --> 00:27:14.179
 particularly

00:27:14.179 --> 00:27:14.439
 in the

00:27:14.439 --> 00:27:14.859
 moment of

00:27:14.859 --> 00:27:15.419
 suffering when

00:27:15.419 --> 00:27:15.819
 the storms

00:27:15.819 --> 00:27:16.119
 hit,

00:27:17.559 --> 00:27:19.139
 it feels

00:27:19.139 --> 00:27:19.379
 like it

00:27:19.379 --> 00:27:19.559
 just

00:27:19.559 --> 00:27:20.000
 lingers.

00:27:22.759 --> 00:27:23.199
 It

00:27:23.199 --> 00:27:24.459
 ends by

00:27:24.459 --> 00:27:25.139
 telling us

00:27:25.139 --> 00:27:25.579
 where to

00:27:25.579 --> 00:27:26.179
 look in

00:27:26.179 --> 00:27:26.639
 pain,

00:27:27.639 --> 00:27:28.379
 but not

00:27:28.379 --> 00:27:28.959
 giving us the

00:27:28.959 --> 00:27:29.419
 rest of the

00:27:29.419 --> 00:27:29.839
 story.

00:27:29.839 --> 00:27:32.419
 And it

00:27:32.419 --> 00:27:32.779
 will be

00:27:32.779 --> 00:27:33.759
 over 400

00:27:33.759 --> 00:27:34.579
 years before

00:27:34.579 --> 00:27:35.199
 the resolution

00:27:35.199 --> 00:27:35.659
 comes.

00:27:35.699 --> 00:27:36.059
 Just think

00:27:36.059 --> 00:27:36.579
 about that

00:27:36.579 --> 00:27:37.019
 for Judah

00:27:37.019 --> 00:27:37.439
 for this

00:27:37.439 --> 00:27:37.799
 moment.

00:27:40.000 --> 00:27:40.839
 There was a

00:27:40.839 --> 00:27:41.899
 gap of 400

00:27:41.899 --> 00:27:42.699
 years before

00:27:42.699 --> 00:27:43.619
 God spoke

00:27:43.619 --> 00:27:44.000
 again.

00:27:44.220 --> 00:27:44.779
 We want you

00:27:44.779 --> 00:27:45.279
 back.

00:27:46.319 --> 00:27:46.899
 And it

00:27:46.899 --> 00:27:47.759
 was 400

00:27:47.759 --> 00:27:48.939
 years before

00:27:48.939 --> 00:27:49.519
 he spoke

00:27:49.519 --> 00:27:49.899
 again.

00:27:51.639 --> 00:27:52.279
 We don't

00:27:52.279 --> 00:27:52.579
 have that

00:27:52.579 --> 00:27:53.039
 long now.

00:27:53.039 --> 00:28:00.440
 At the

00:28:00.440 --> 00:28:01.000
 beginning of

00:28:01.000 --> 00:28:01.460
 Matthew's

00:28:01.460 --> 00:28:01.899
 account of

00:28:01.899 --> 00:28:02.180
 Jesus'

00:28:02.420 --> 00:28:02.779
 life,

00:28:02.980 --> 00:28:03.440
 Joseph is

00:28:03.440 --> 00:28:04.720
 told that

00:28:04.720 --> 00:28:05.159
 Mary will

00:28:05.159 --> 00:28:05.579
 give birth

00:28:05.579 --> 00:28:05.879
 to a

00:28:05.879 --> 00:28:06.220
 son.

00:28:08.039 --> 00:28:08.399
 You give

00:28:08.399 --> 00:28:08.599
 him the

00:28:08.599 --> 00:28:09.359
 name Jesus

00:28:09.359 --> 00:28:11.480
 because he

00:28:11.480 --> 00:28:12.519
 will save

00:28:12.519 --> 00:28:13.779
 his people

00:28:13.779 --> 00:28:14.299
 from their

00:28:14.299 --> 00:28:14.960
 sins.

00:28:17.839 --> 00:28:18.359
 First

00:28:18.359 --> 00:28:18.819
 words.

00:28:22.000 --> 00:28:23.019
 Jesus is

00:28:23.019 --> 00:28:23.379
 the one

00:28:23.379 --> 00:28:24.039
 who restores

00:28:24.039 --> 00:28:24.460
 us to

00:28:24.460 --> 00:28:24.879
 God by

00:28:24.879 --> 00:28:25.200
 taking

00:28:25.200 --> 00:28:25.500
 God's

00:28:25.500 --> 00:28:25.799
 punishment

00:28:25.799 --> 00:28:26.359
 for us.

00:28:27.000 --> 00:28:27.379
 Just

00:28:27.379 --> 00:28:28.220
 before his

00:28:28.220 --> 00:28:29.660
 execution and

00:28:29.660 --> 00:28:30.879
 his arrest

00:28:30.879 --> 00:28:31.139
 and his

00:28:31.139 --> 00:28:31.660
 execution,

00:28:31.900 --> 00:28:32.220
 Jesus is

00:28:32.220 --> 00:28:32.339
 in the

00:28:32.339 --> 00:28:32.720
 garden of

00:28:32.720 --> 00:28:33.259
 Gethsemane

00:28:33.259 --> 00:28:35.039
 and he

00:28:35.039 --> 00:28:35.819
 says this,

00:28:37.400 --> 00:28:37.900
 identifying

00:28:37.900 --> 00:28:38.460
 with our

00:28:38.460 --> 00:28:38.960
 sorrow,

00:28:40.480 --> 00:28:40.759
 he says,

00:28:40.859 --> 00:28:41.599
 my soul

00:28:41.599 --> 00:28:42.519
 is overwhelmed

00:28:42.519 --> 00:28:43.420
 with sorrow

00:28:43.420 --> 00:28:44.160
 to the point

00:28:44.160 --> 00:28:45.000
 of death.

00:28:47.720 --> 00:28:48.460
 Mark 14

00:28:48.460 --> 00:28:49.099
 tells us

00:28:49.099 --> 00:28:49.420
 he was

00:28:49.420 --> 00:28:49.839
 deeply

00:28:49.839 --> 00:28:50.460
 distressed

00:28:50.460 --> 00:28:50.720
 and he

00:28:50.720 --> 00:28:51.319
 was troubled.

00:28:53.019 --> 00:28:54.160
 We must

00:28:54.160 --> 00:28:54.400
 not

00:28:54.400 --> 00:28:54.799
 minimize

00:28:54.799 --> 00:28:55.220
 what

00:28:55.220 --> 00:28:55.519
 Jesus

00:28:55.519 --> 00:28:55.879
 went

00:28:55.879 --> 00:28:56.099
 through

00:28:56.099 --> 00:28:56.240
 on

00:28:56.240 --> 00:28:56.379
 our

00:28:56.379 --> 00:28:56.940
 behalf.

00:28:58.119 --> 00:28:58.639
 If you

00:28:58.639 --> 00:28:58.900
 have a

00:28:58.900 --> 00:28:59.460
 very high

00:28:59.460 --> 00:28:59.900
 view of

00:28:59.900 --> 00:29:00.240
 Jesus,

00:29:00.740 --> 00:29:01.400
 we sort

00:29:01.400 --> 00:29:01.660
 of tend

00:29:01.660 --> 00:29:02.099
 to think,

00:29:02.200 --> 00:29:02.299
 well,

00:29:02.339 --> 00:29:02.579
 he could

00:29:02.579 --> 00:29:02.940
 cope,

00:29:03.059 --> 00:29:03.660
 he's God

00:29:03.660 --> 00:29:04.379
 after all,

00:29:05.160 --> 00:29:05.839
 he's divine,

00:29:06.059 --> 00:29:06.420
 he can kind

00:29:06.420 --> 00:29:06.980
 of cope with it,

00:29:07.000 --> 00:29:07.519
 he knows what's

00:29:07.519 --> 00:29:08.019
 going to happen,

00:29:08.160 --> 00:29:08.480
 he knows the

00:29:08.480 --> 00:29:08.940
 plan,

00:29:09.819 --> 00:29:10.339
 but the fact

00:29:10.339 --> 00:29:10.920
 is it says

00:29:10.920 --> 00:29:11.440
 here Jesus

00:29:11.440 --> 00:29:12.000
 is deeply

00:29:12.000 --> 00:29:12.539
 distressed,

00:29:12.660 --> 00:29:13.339
 which for him

00:29:13.339 --> 00:29:14.039
 felt exactly

00:29:14.039 --> 00:29:14.559
 what it feels

00:29:14.559 --> 00:29:15.059
 like for you

00:29:15.059 --> 00:29:15.579
 and for me,

00:29:15.960 --> 00:29:16.619
 he is

00:29:16.619 --> 00:29:17.440
 deeply

00:29:17.440 --> 00:29:18.619
 distressed.

00:29:18.619 --> 00:29:20.019
 in fact,

00:29:20.159 --> 00:29:20.659
 more so,

00:29:20.819 --> 00:29:21.259
 the anguish

00:29:21.259 --> 00:29:21.579
 that he

00:29:21.579 --> 00:29:22.139
 bore was

00:29:22.139 --> 00:29:22.659
 greater than

00:29:22.659 --> 00:29:23.419
 any anguish

00:29:23.419 --> 00:29:23.639
 we would

00:29:23.639 --> 00:29:24.099
 ever face,

00:29:24.219 --> 00:29:24.899
 any sorrow

00:29:24.899 --> 00:29:25.579
 that we

00:29:25.579 --> 00:29:26.079
 would ever

00:29:26.079 --> 00:29:26.599
 encounter.

00:29:27.000 --> 00:29:27.479
 He saw

00:29:27.479 --> 00:29:28.159
 the full

00:29:28.159 --> 00:29:29.059
 terror of

00:29:29.059 --> 00:29:29.539
 what lay

00:29:29.539 --> 00:29:30.079
 ahead,

00:29:30.539 --> 00:29:31.239
 his prostate

00:29:31.239 --> 00:29:32.519
 body convulsing

00:29:32.519 --> 00:29:33.019
 in the Garden

00:29:33.019 --> 00:29:33.799
 of Gethsemane

00:29:33.799 --> 00:29:35.159
 and his tears

00:29:35.159 --> 00:29:36.219
 and the sweat

00:29:36.219 --> 00:29:37.000
 falling to the

00:29:37.000 --> 00:29:37.859
 ground like

00:29:37.859 --> 00:29:38.459
 blood.

00:29:39.000 --> 00:29:39.579
 The terror

00:29:39.579 --> 00:29:40.199
 he felt

00:29:40.199 --> 00:29:40.939
 was not so

00:29:40.939 --> 00:29:41.519
 much because

00:29:41.519 --> 00:29:42.079
 of the pain

00:29:42.079 --> 00:29:42.699
 of the cross

00:29:42.699 --> 00:29:43.079
 that he was

00:29:43.079 --> 00:29:43.539
 about to

00:29:43.539 --> 00:29:43.939
 endure,

00:29:44.819 --> 00:29:45.859
 but because

00:29:45.859 --> 00:29:47.399
 of the

00:29:47.399 --> 00:29:48.279
 human sin

00:29:48.279 --> 00:29:49.559
 and all

00:29:49.559 --> 00:29:49.859
 of its

00:29:49.859 --> 00:29:50.679
 consequences,

00:29:51.139 --> 00:29:51.619
 the cup

00:29:51.619 --> 00:29:52.259
 of God's

00:29:52.259 --> 00:29:52.740
 judgment

00:29:52.740 --> 00:29:53.819
 being poured

00:29:53.819 --> 00:29:54.259
 out,

00:29:54.379 --> 00:29:55.099
 the destroyed

00:29:55.099 --> 00:29:55.799
 Jerusalem

00:29:55.799 --> 00:29:56.699
 is about

00:29:56.699 --> 00:29:57.339
 to destroy

00:29:57.339 --> 00:29:58.339
 him and

00:29:58.339 --> 00:29:59.599
 wreck the

00:29:59.599 --> 00:30:00.759
 Godhead

00:30:00.759 --> 00:30:01.399
 apart

00:30:01.399 --> 00:30:03.519
 in such a

00:30:03.519 --> 00:30:04.979
 way that

00:30:04.979 --> 00:30:05.339
 the Father

00:30:05.339 --> 00:30:05.859
 turns his

00:30:05.859 --> 00:30:06.459
 face away.

00:30:08.219 --> 00:30:08.899
 He saw

00:30:08.899 --> 00:30:09.659
 the brutality

00:30:09.659 --> 00:30:10.699
 of a thousand

00:30:10.699 --> 00:30:11.579
 holocausts,

00:30:11.819 --> 00:30:12.279
 all the

00:30:12.279 --> 00:30:13.039
 prostituting

00:30:13.039 --> 00:30:13.779
 and idolatry

00:30:13.779 --> 00:30:14.259
 of human

00:30:14.259 --> 00:30:15.059
 civilizations,

00:30:15.059 --> 00:30:16.279
 the blasphemy,

00:30:16.379 --> 00:30:17.159
 the profanity,

00:30:17.579 --> 00:30:18.659
 and it was

00:30:18.659 --> 00:30:19.220
 the cup

00:30:19.220 --> 00:30:19.599
 that was

00:30:19.599 --> 00:30:20.279
 full to

00:30:20.279 --> 00:30:20.919
 the brim

00:30:20.919 --> 00:30:21.899
 of jealousy

00:30:21.899 --> 00:30:22.559
 and hatred

00:30:22.559 --> 00:30:23.220
 and bitterness

00:30:23.220 --> 00:30:23.960
 and gossip

00:30:23.960 --> 00:30:24.700
 and greed

00:30:24.700 --> 00:30:25.480
 and anger,

00:30:25.779 --> 00:30:26.379
 and it was

00:30:26.379 --> 00:30:27.220
 his job

00:30:27.220 --> 00:30:28.200
 to drink

00:30:28.200 --> 00:30:28.980
 all of

00:30:28.980 --> 00:30:29.339
 God's

00:30:29.339 --> 00:30:29.740
 judgment.

00:30:31.399 --> 00:30:32.000
 He doesn't

00:30:32.000 --> 00:30:32.480
 want to do

00:30:32.480 --> 00:30:32.720
 it.

00:30:34.960 --> 00:30:36.399
 The storm

00:30:36.399 --> 00:30:37.099
 had hit,

00:30:37.619 --> 00:30:38.539
 but oh man,

00:30:38.639 --> 00:30:39.279
 the shelter

00:30:39.279 --> 00:30:39.819
 was up.

00:30:40.679 --> 00:30:41.299
 He falls

00:30:41.299 --> 00:30:41.940
 to the ground

00:30:41.940 --> 00:30:42.259
 and he

00:30:42.259 --> 00:30:43.099
 pleads,

00:30:43.859 --> 00:30:44.639
 if possible,

00:30:44.640 --> 00:30:45.060
 that this

00:30:45.060 --> 00:30:45.680
 hour might

00:30:45.680 --> 00:30:46.240
 pass,

00:30:46.720 --> 00:30:47.080
 but

00:30:47.080 --> 00:30:49.580
 not my

00:30:49.580 --> 00:30:49.800
 will,

00:30:49.860 --> 00:30:50.140
 but your

00:30:50.140 --> 00:30:50.480
 will be

00:30:50.480 --> 00:30:50.700
 done.

00:30:51.720 --> 00:30:52.660
 Your plan

00:30:52.660 --> 00:30:53.280
 goes forward,

00:30:53.340 --> 00:30:53.759
 not mine.

00:30:58.540 --> 00:30:59.540
 He soaks up

00:30:59.540 --> 00:31:00.060
 the punishment

00:31:00.060 --> 00:31:00.680
 of the world.

00:31:04.180 --> 00:31:05.020
 The greatest

00:31:05.020 --> 00:31:05.740
 display of

00:31:05.740 --> 00:31:06.440
 obedience to

00:31:06.440 --> 00:31:06.840
 the plan

00:31:06.840 --> 00:31:07.220
 of God,

00:31:07.300 --> 00:31:07.780
 Jesus took

00:31:07.780 --> 00:31:08.320
 the cup,

00:31:08.820 --> 00:31:09.320
 the full

00:31:09.320 --> 00:31:09.800
 cup of

00:31:09.800 --> 00:31:10.640
 human sin

00:31:10.640 --> 00:31:11.180
 and God's

00:31:11.180 --> 00:31:11.560
 judgment.

00:31:11.559 --> 00:31:12.159
 he looked

00:31:12.159 --> 00:31:12.659
 at it

00:31:12.659 --> 00:31:14.480
 shuddering

00:31:14.480 --> 00:31:15.359
 deep into

00:31:15.359 --> 00:31:16.359
 its depth

00:31:16.359 --> 00:31:17.359
 and in a

00:31:17.359 --> 00:31:18.240
 stilly act

00:31:18.240 --> 00:31:19.119
 of trust

00:31:19.119 --> 00:31:20.379
 and dependence

00:31:20.379 --> 00:31:21.339
 upon his

00:31:21.339 --> 00:31:22.279
 good father.

00:31:23.859 --> 00:31:24.740
 He drank

00:31:24.740 --> 00:31:25.299
 it all

00:31:25.299 --> 00:31:27.200
 for you

00:31:27.200 --> 00:31:27.779
 and for me

00:31:27.779 --> 00:31:28.679
 so that we

00:31:28.679 --> 00:31:29.240
 do not

00:31:29.240 --> 00:31:29.919
 end up

00:31:29.919 --> 00:31:31.139
 where Jeremiah

00:31:31.139 --> 00:31:32.440
 is at the

00:31:32.440 --> 00:31:33.200
 end of

00:31:33.200 --> 00:31:34.099
 Lamentations

00:31:34.099 --> 00:31:34.679
 5.

00:31:34.680 --> 00:31:38.160
 1 Peter 3

00:31:38.160 --> 00:31:39.060
 tells us

00:31:39.060 --> 00:31:40.360
 Christ

00:31:40.360 --> 00:31:41.680
 suffered

00:31:41.680 --> 00:31:43.620
 once for

00:31:43.620 --> 00:31:44.580
 all sin

00:31:44.580 --> 00:31:45.600
 for the

00:31:45.600 --> 00:31:46.019
 righteous,

00:31:46.240 --> 00:31:46.779
 the righteous

00:31:46.779 --> 00:31:47.480
 one for the

00:31:47.480 --> 00:31:48.100
 unrighteous

00:31:48.100 --> 00:31:49.980
 one to

00:31:49.980 --> 00:31:51.740
 bring you

00:31:51.740 --> 00:31:53.759
 back to

00:31:53.759 --> 00:31:54.240
 God.

00:31:55.240 --> 00:31:56.180
 You get

00:31:56.180 --> 00:31:56.840
 God back.

00:31:56.839 --> 00:32:00.859
 And so

00:32:00.859 --> 00:32:01.459
 Jesus,

00:32:02.139 --> 00:32:02.859
 the cross,

00:32:03.419 --> 00:32:03.839
 is the

00:32:03.839 --> 00:32:04.679
 resolution to

00:32:04.679 --> 00:32:05.319
 the plea in

00:32:05.319 --> 00:32:06.059
 Lamentations

00:32:06.059 --> 00:32:07.039
 5.21 and

00:32:07.039 --> 00:32:07.439
 22.

00:32:07.959 --> 00:32:08.639
 He's the

00:32:08.639 --> 00:32:09.079
 one who

00:32:09.079 --> 00:32:09.500
 brings us

00:32:09.500 --> 00:32:09.879
 back to

00:32:09.879 --> 00:32:10.179
 God.

00:32:11.599 --> 00:32:12.199
 None of

00:32:12.199 --> 00:32:13.119
 our suffering

00:32:13.119 --> 00:32:14.139
 makes any

00:32:14.139 --> 00:32:14.720
 sense.

00:32:16.220 --> 00:32:16.599
 In fact,

00:32:16.699 --> 00:32:17.539
 no suffering

00:32:17.539 --> 00:32:17.919
 in this

00:32:17.919 --> 00:32:18.159
 world,

00:32:18.259 --> 00:32:18.879
 whatever your

00:32:18.879 --> 00:32:20.299
 religion and

00:32:20.299 --> 00:32:20.699
 philosophical

00:32:20.699 --> 00:32:21.500
 system is,

00:32:21.599 --> 00:32:22.259
 makes no

00:32:22.259 --> 00:32:22.819
 sense

00:32:22.819 --> 00:32:26.399
 until we

00:32:26.399 --> 00:32:26.960
 see Jesus

00:32:26.960 --> 00:32:27.679
 suffering for

00:32:27.679 --> 00:32:28.079
 us.

00:32:29.039 --> 00:32:29.599
 God

00:32:29.599 --> 00:32:30.240
 himself

00:32:30.240 --> 00:32:31.099
 suffering for

00:32:31.099 --> 00:32:31.519
 us.

00:32:33.099 --> 00:32:33.799
 There isn't a

00:32:33.799 --> 00:32:34.379
 religion or

00:32:34.379 --> 00:32:34.839
 philosophical

00:32:34.839 --> 00:32:35.559
 system in

00:32:35.559 --> 00:32:36.259
 this world

00:32:36.259 --> 00:32:37.720
 that has any

00:32:37.720 --> 00:32:38.359
 answer to

00:32:38.359 --> 00:32:39.119
 human suffering

00:32:39.119 --> 00:32:39.480
 like the

00:32:39.480 --> 00:32:40.259
 Christian faith.

00:32:44.059 --> 00:32:44.899
 And so

00:32:44.899 --> 00:32:45.399
 we lament.

00:32:48.519 --> 00:32:49.639
 Because all

00:32:49.639 --> 00:32:50.139
 the promises

00:32:50.139 --> 00:32:50.960
 of God

00:32:50.960 --> 00:32:52.500
 are not

00:32:52.500 --> 00:32:53.019
 yet

00:32:53.019 --> 00:32:53.700
 fulfilled.

00:32:55.319 --> 00:32:55.680
 They have

00:32:55.680 --> 00:32:56.119
 their yes

00:32:56.119 --> 00:32:56.420
 and their

00:32:56.420 --> 00:32:56.940
 amen in

00:32:56.940 --> 00:32:57.259
 Jesus.

00:32:59.180 --> 00:32:59.819
 So let

00:32:59.819 --> 00:33:00.240
 me just

00:33:00.240 --> 00:33:03.299
 take a

00:33:03.299 --> 00:33:03.660
 slight

00:33:03.660 --> 00:33:04.200
 diversion

00:33:04.200 --> 00:33:04.720
 here.

00:33:06.319 --> 00:33:07.039
 Particularly

00:33:07.039 --> 00:33:08.259
 for those

00:33:08.259 --> 00:33:08.839
 of us in

00:33:08.839 --> 00:33:09.559
 this room

00:33:09.559 --> 00:33:11.579
 and watching

00:33:11.579 --> 00:33:12.259
 on screen

00:33:12.259 --> 00:33:13.740
 who have

00:33:13.740 --> 00:33:14.339
 walked with

00:33:14.339 --> 00:33:15.599
 Jesus for

00:33:15.599 --> 00:33:16.240
 a while.

00:33:20.480 --> 00:33:21.200
 The

00:33:21.200 --> 00:33:22.000
 opposite of

00:33:22.000 --> 00:33:22.400
 walking

00:33:22.400 --> 00:33:23.519
 with Jesus

00:33:23.519 --> 00:33:25.059
 in lament

00:33:25.059 --> 00:33:25.839
 while we

00:33:25.839 --> 00:33:26.400
 wait for

00:33:26.400 --> 00:33:26.619
 the

00:33:26.619 --> 00:33:27.259
 completeness

00:33:27.259 --> 00:33:28.140
 of his

00:33:28.140 --> 00:33:29.180
 promises

00:33:29.180 --> 00:33:32.180
 is a

00:33:32.180 --> 00:33:33.039
 cynical

00:33:33.039 --> 00:33:33.720
 spirit.

00:33:34.400 --> 00:33:35.099
 That's the

00:33:35.099 --> 00:33:35.539
 opposite of

00:33:35.539 --> 00:33:35.819
 lament.

00:33:38.240 --> 00:33:38.559
 And

00:33:38.559 --> 00:33:40.299
 I see

00:33:40.299 --> 00:33:40.859
 too much

00:33:40.859 --> 00:33:41.119
 of it

00:33:41.119 --> 00:33:41.579
 in my

00:33:41.579 --> 00:33:41.960
 own

00:33:41.960 --> 00:33:42.480
 heart

00:33:42.480 --> 00:33:44.240
 and I

00:33:44.240 --> 00:33:44.799
 see too

00:33:44.799 --> 00:33:45.279
 much of

00:33:45.279 --> 00:33:45.519
 it,

00:33:46.039 --> 00:33:46.759
 I believe,

00:33:47.140 --> 00:33:47.480
 amongst

00:33:47.480 --> 00:33:48.039
 Christians.

00:33:48.039 --> 00:33:50.440
 cynicism

00:33:50.440 --> 00:33:50.839
 is

00:33:50.839 --> 00:33:51.559
 increasingly

00:33:51.559 --> 00:33:51.859
 the

00:33:51.859 --> 00:33:52.180
 dominant

00:33:52.180 --> 00:33:52.659
 spirit

00:33:52.659 --> 00:33:53.000
 of this

00:33:53.000 --> 00:33:53.440
 age

00:33:53.440 --> 00:33:53.619
 and

00:33:53.619 --> 00:33:53.799
 too

00:33:53.799 --> 00:33:54.039
 many

00:33:54.039 --> 00:33:54.480
 Christians

00:33:54.480 --> 00:33:54.720
 are

00:33:54.720 --> 00:33:56.059
 marinating

00:33:56.059 --> 00:33:56.940
 in that

00:33:56.940 --> 00:33:58.119
 age.

00:33:59.159 --> 00:33:59.740
 Many

00:33:59.740 --> 00:34:00.180
 Christians

00:34:00.180 --> 00:34:01.039
 stand on

00:34:01.039 --> 00:34:01.539
 the edge

00:34:01.539 --> 00:34:01.859
 of

00:34:01.859 --> 00:34:02.740
 cynicism

00:34:02.740 --> 00:34:03.579
 struggling

00:34:03.579 --> 00:34:04.700
 with a

00:34:04.700 --> 00:34:05.240
 defeated

00:34:05.240 --> 00:34:06.159
 weariness

00:34:06.160 --> 00:34:08.440
 but

00:34:08.440 --> 00:34:09.059
 hiding

00:34:09.059 --> 00:34:09.400
 it

00:34:09.400 --> 00:34:10.740
 behind

00:34:10.740 --> 00:34:11.079
 a

00:34:11.079 --> 00:34:11.579
 theology

00:34:11.579 --> 00:34:11.860
 of

00:34:11.860 --> 00:34:12.260
 God's

00:34:12.260 --> 00:34:12.720
 sovereignty.

00:34:19.440 --> 00:34:20.880
 As a

00:34:20.880 --> 00:34:21.300
 pastor,

00:34:21.500 --> 00:34:22.019
 in moments

00:34:22.019 --> 00:34:22.700
 of grief,

00:34:23.220 --> 00:34:23.780
 I often

00:34:23.780 --> 00:34:24.220
 say to

00:34:24.220 --> 00:34:24.639
 people,

00:34:25.860 --> 00:34:26.300
 how are

00:34:26.300 --> 00:34:26.559
 you doing?

00:34:27.559 --> 00:34:28.180
 Trusting

00:34:28.180 --> 00:34:28.579
 in God's

00:34:28.579 --> 00:34:28.880
 plan.

00:34:29.880 --> 00:34:30.240
 Trusting

00:34:30.240 --> 00:34:30.639
 in God's

00:34:30.639 --> 00:34:30.900
 plan.

00:34:33.300 --> 00:34:33.920
 He's

00:34:33.920 --> 00:34:34.159
 sovereign,

00:34:34.260 --> 00:34:34.480
 he's in

00:34:34.480 --> 00:34:34.820
 control,

00:34:34.940 --> 00:34:35.240
 he'll work

00:34:35.239 --> 00:34:35.539
 it out.

00:34:38.039 --> 00:34:38.799
 But how

00:34:38.799 --> 00:34:39.039
 do you

00:34:39.039 --> 00:34:39.719
 feel about

00:34:39.719 --> 00:34:40.059
 that?

00:34:43.419 --> 00:34:44.079
 And

00:34:44.079 --> 00:34:44.279
 there's

00:34:44.279 --> 00:34:44.479
 no

00:34:44.479 --> 00:34:45.039
 response.

00:34:47.139 --> 00:34:47.839
 That's

00:34:47.839 --> 00:34:48.359
 cynicism.

00:34:49.500 --> 00:34:50.159
 That's

00:34:50.159 --> 00:34:50.619
 weariness,

00:34:51.239 --> 00:34:51.859
 not

00:34:51.859 --> 00:34:52.259
 lament.

00:34:53.059 --> 00:34:53.339
 That's

00:34:53.339 --> 00:34:53.519
 not

00:34:53.519 --> 00:34:53.959
 trust.

00:34:58.199 --> 00:34:58.899
 That is,

00:34:59.639 --> 00:34:59.819
 their

00:34:59.819 --> 00:35:00.259
 spirits

00:35:00.259 --> 00:35:00.479
 have

00:35:00.479 --> 00:35:01.199
 begun

00:35:01.199 --> 00:35:01.559
 to

00:35:01.559 --> 00:35:02.099
 deaden

00:35:02.099 --> 00:35:04.439
 but

00:35:04.440 --> 00:35:05.000
 unlike

00:35:05.000 --> 00:35:09.159
 their

00:35:09.159 --> 00:35:09.599
 cynic,

00:35:09.720 --> 00:35:09.860
 they

00:35:09.860 --> 00:35:10.159
 haven't

00:35:10.159 --> 00:35:10.420
 lost

00:35:10.420 --> 00:35:10.960
 all of

00:35:10.960 --> 00:35:11.179
 hope.

00:35:11.260 --> 00:35:11.400
 There's

00:35:11.400 --> 00:35:11.720
 still a

00:35:11.720 --> 00:35:11.980
 hope

00:35:11.980 --> 00:35:12.320
 there.

00:35:13.820 --> 00:35:14.500
 But the

00:35:14.500 --> 00:35:15.179
 fear of

00:35:15.179 --> 00:35:15.940
 further

00:35:15.940 --> 00:35:16.920
 sorrows

00:35:16.920 --> 00:35:17.840
 tends to

00:35:17.840 --> 00:35:18.340
 freeze

00:35:18.340 --> 00:35:18.720
 them.

00:35:21.559 --> 00:35:22.039
 Cynicism

00:35:22.039 --> 00:35:22.639
 and defeated

00:35:22.639 --> 00:35:23.619
 weariness both

00:35:23.619 --> 00:35:24.360
 question the

00:35:24.360 --> 00:35:24.920
 active

00:35:24.920 --> 00:35:25.679
 goodness of

00:35:25.679 --> 00:35:26.000
 God,

00:35:26.000 --> 00:35:26.619
 which is

00:35:26.619 --> 00:35:27.019
 why we

00:35:27.019 --> 00:35:27.659
 can't stop

00:35:27.659 --> 00:35:27.980
 at being

00:35:27.980 --> 00:35:28.220
 number

00:35:28.220 --> 00:35:28.559
 two.

00:35:30.400 --> 00:35:30.840
 Being

00:35:30.840 --> 00:35:31.099
 number

00:35:31.099 --> 00:35:32.059
 three is

00:35:32.059 --> 00:35:32.299
 the

00:35:32.299 --> 00:35:33.039
 difference

00:35:33.039 --> 00:35:34.299
 between

00:35:34.299 --> 00:35:34.779
 lament

00:35:34.779 --> 00:35:35.119
 and

00:35:35.119 --> 00:35:35.699
 cynicism.

00:35:39.420 --> 00:35:40.219
 Cynicism

00:35:40.219 --> 00:35:41.139
 creates a

00:35:41.139 --> 00:35:41.759
 numbness

00:35:41.759 --> 00:35:42.559
 towards

00:35:42.559 --> 00:35:43.199
 God

00:35:43.199 --> 00:35:43.480
 and

00:35:43.480 --> 00:35:43.980
 life,

00:35:44.199 --> 00:35:44.420
 a

00:35:44.420 --> 00:35:45.460
 deafening

00:35:45.460 --> 00:35:46.239
 silence

00:35:46.239 --> 00:35:46.559
 of

00:35:46.559 --> 00:35:47.259
 prayerlessness

00:35:47.259 --> 00:35:47.900
 about

00:35:47.900 --> 00:35:48.159
 your

00:35:48.159 --> 00:35:48.619
 heart

00:35:48.619 --> 00:35:48.840
 and

00:35:48.840 --> 00:35:49.099
 what's

00:35:49.099 --> 00:35:49.340
 going

00:35:49.340 --> 00:35:49.579
 on

00:35:49.579 --> 00:35:49.679
 in

00:35:49.679 --> 00:35:49.860
 this

00:35:49.860 --> 00:35:50.279
 world.

00:35:51.679 --> 00:35:52.440
 It

00:35:52.440 --> 00:35:52.639
 may

00:35:52.639 --> 00:35:53.239
 maintain

00:35:53.239 --> 00:35:53.619
 a

00:35:53.619 --> 00:35:53.920
 rigorous

00:35:53.920 --> 00:35:54.460
 theology

00:35:54.460 --> 00:35:54.679
 of

00:35:54.679 --> 00:35:55.039
 God's

00:35:55.039 --> 00:35:55.440
 sovereignty

00:35:55.440 --> 00:35:55.779
 while

00:35:55.779 --> 00:35:56.059
 not

00:35:56.059 --> 00:35:56.539
 actually

00:35:56.539 --> 00:35:57.000
 relating

00:35:57.000 --> 00:35:57.219
 to

00:35:57.219 --> 00:35:57.500
 him.

00:35:57.500 --> 00:36:03.019
 prayers

00:36:03.019 --> 00:36:03.400
 of

00:36:03.400 --> 00:36:03.880
 lament

00:36:03.880 --> 00:36:05.139
 engage

00:36:05.139 --> 00:36:05.500
 with

00:36:05.500 --> 00:36:06.139
 evil.

00:36:08.739 --> 00:36:09.260
 They

00:36:09.260 --> 00:36:09.480
 don't

00:36:09.480 --> 00:36:10.159
 take no

00:36:10.159 --> 00:36:10.519
 for an

00:36:10.519 --> 00:36:10.940
 answer.

00:36:12.739 --> 00:36:13.039
 Jeremiah

00:36:13.039 --> 00:36:13.880
 is in

00:36:13.880 --> 00:36:14.239
 God's

00:36:14.239 --> 00:36:14.780
 faith

00:36:14.780 --> 00:36:15.260
 as he

00:36:15.260 --> 00:36:15.599
 lays

00:36:15.599 --> 00:36:16.079
 bare

00:36:16.079 --> 00:36:16.400
 his

00:36:16.400 --> 00:36:16.940
 heart

00:36:16.940 --> 00:36:18.219
 hoping

00:36:18.219 --> 00:36:19.179
 dreaming

00:36:19.179 --> 00:36:20.440
 asking.

00:36:25.440 --> 00:36:26.400
 Lament

00:36:26.400 --> 00:36:29.139
 is not

00:36:29.139 --> 00:36:29.880
 wallowing.

00:36:30.440 --> 00:36:30.940
 Lament

00:36:30.940 --> 00:36:31.519
 is

00:36:31.519 --> 00:36:32.420
 feisty.

00:36:34.800 --> 00:36:35.240
 Cynicism

00:36:35.240 --> 00:36:35.780
 just

00:36:35.780 --> 00:36:36.400
 critiques

00:36:36.400 --> 00:36:36.760
 and

00:36:36.760 --> 00:36:37.380
 languishes

00:36:37.380 --> 00:36:37.619
 and

00:36:37.619 --> 00:36:38.079
 wallows.

00:36:38.340 --> 00:36:38.720
 That's

00:36:38.720 --> 00:36:39.180
 cynicism.

00:36:40.960 --> 00:36:41.380
 Cynicism

00:36:41.380 --> 00:36:41.720
 is

00:36:41.720 --> 00:36:42.280
 passive.

00:36:43.940 --> 00:36:44.280
 It is

00:36:44.280 --> 00:36:44.660
 without

00:36:44.660 --> 00:36:45.260
 hope in

00:36:45.260 --> 00:36:45.420
 this

00:36:45.420 --> 00:36:45.840
 life.

00:36:46.380 --> 00:36:46.800
 Only

00:36:46.800 --> 00:36:47.260
 hope for

00:36:47.260 --> 00:36:47.539
 life

00:36:47.539 --> 00:36:47.860
 forever.

00:36:52.300 --> 00:36:53.019
 That

00:36:53.019 --> 00:36:53.300
 is

00:36:53.300 --> 00:36:53.800
 the

00:36:53.800 --> 00:36:54.260
 sorrow

00:36:54.260 --> 00:36:54.740
 of

00:36:54.740 --> 00:36:55.280
 life

00:36:55.280 --> 00:36:57.700
 leads

00:36:57.700 --> 00:36:57.920
 us

00:36:57.920 --> 00:36:58.100
 to

00:36:58.100 --> 00:36:58.260
 the

00:36:58.260 --> 00:36:58.480
 man

00:36:58.480 --> 00:36:58.620
 of

00:36:58.620 --> 00:36:59.140
 sorrows.

00:37:00.280 --> 00:37:00.500
 The

00:37:00.500 --> 00:37:00.860
 man

00:37:00.860 --> 00:37:01.040
 of

00:37:01.040 --> 00:37:01.560
 sorrows.

00:37:02.019 --> 00:37:02.120
 The

00:37:02.120 --> 00:37:02.340
 God

00:37:02.340 --> 00:37:02.500
 who

00:37:02.500 --> 00:37:03.000
 knows

00:37:03.000 --> 00:37:03.200
 your

00:37:03.200 --> 00:37:03.560
 sorrow.

00:37:04.700 --> 00:37:05.040
 Under

00:37:05.040 --> 00:37:05.360
 the

00:37:05.360 --> 00:37:05.880
 dark

00:37:05.880 --> 00:37:06.400
 clouds

00:37:06.400 --> 00:37:06.600
 of

00:37:06.600 --> 00:37:07.220
 brokenness

00:37:07.220 --> 00:37:07.700
 God

00:37:07.700 --> 00:37:08.180
 offers

00:37:08.180 --> 00:37:08.920
 mercy.

00:37:11.960 --> 00:37:12.560
 I

00:37:12.560 --> 00:37:12.760
 sat

00:37:12.760 --> 00:37:13.019
 this

00:37:13.019 --> 00:37:13.420
 week

00:37:13.420 --> 00:37:15.420
 with a

00:37:15.420 --> 00:37:15.740
 ministry

00:37:15.740 --> 00:37:16.240
 peer

00:37:16.240 --> 00:37:16.840
 going

00:37:16.840 --> 00:37:17.019
 through

00:37:17.019 --> 00:37:17.160
 a

00:37:17.160 --> 00:37:17.340
 tough

00:37:17.340 --> 00:37:17.780
 time.

00:37:21.000 --> 00:37:21.600
 I

00:37:21.600 --> 00:37:21.880
 said to

00:37:21.880 --> 00:37:21.960
 him

00:37:21.960 --> 00:37:22.140
 what

00:37:22.140 --> 00:37:22.420
 have

00:37:22.420 --> 00:37:22.540
 you

00:37:22.540 --> 00:37:22.940
 learned

00:37:22.940 --> 00:37:23.960
 in

00:37:23.960 --> 00:37:24.159
 this

00:37:24.159 --> 00:37:24.500
 moment.

00:37:24.619 --> 00:37:25.079
 What's

00:37:25.079 --> 00:37:25.260
 God

00:37:25.260 --> 00:37:25.780
 teaching

00:37:25.780 --> 00:37:26.119
 you?

00:37:27.440 --> 00:37:27.720
 He

00:37:27.720 --> 00:37:28.139
 started

00:37:28.139 --> 00:37:28.380
 to

00:37:28.380 --> 00:37:28.599
 tear

00:37:28.599 --> 00:37:28.820
 up

00:37:28.820 --> 00:37:28.940
 and

00:37:28.940 --> 00:37:29.059
 he

00:37:29.059 --> 00:37:29.340
 said

00:37:29.340 --> 00:37:32.360
 I

00:37:32.360 --> 00:37:32.559
 just

00:37:32.559 --> 00:37:32.740
 hear

00:37:32.740 --> 00:37:33.000
 God

00:37:33.000 --> 00:37:33.240
 saying

00:37:33.240 --> 00:37:33.320
 to

00:37:33.320 --> 00:37:33.420
 me

00:37:33.420 --> 00:37:33.539
 all

00:37:33.539 --> 00:37:33.659
 the

00:37:33.659 --> 00:37:33.940
 time

00:37:33.940 --> 00:37:35.360
 walk

00:37:35.360 --> 00:37:35.559
 with

00:37:35.559 --> 00:37:35.800
 me.

00:37:37.800 --> 00:37:38.200
 Walk

00:37:38.200 --> 00:37:38.400
 with

00:37:38.400 --> 00:37:38.619
 me.

00:37:39.780 --> 00:37:40.179
 Walk

00:37:40.179 --> 00:37:40.360
 with

00:37:40.360 --> 00:37:40.559
 me.

00:37:45.320 --> 00:37:45.780
 God

00:37:45.780 --> 00:37:46.840
 the

00:37:46.840 --> 00:37:47.019
 man

00:37:47.019 --> 00:37:47.179
 of

00:37:47.179 --> 00:37:47.619
 sorrows

00:37:47.619 --> 00:37:48.039
 offers

00:37:48.039 --> 00:37:48.260
 the

00:37:48.260 --> 00:37:48.860
 embrace.

00:37:50.960 --> 00:37:51.320
 Lament

00:37:51.320 --> 00:37:51.840
 is the

00:37:51.840 --> 00:37:52.220
 language

00:37:52.220 --> 00:37:52.480
 of

00:37:52.480 --> 00:37:52.620
 a

00:37:52.620 --> 00:37:52.940
 people

00:37:52.940 --> 00:37:53.200
 who

00:37:53.200 --> 00:37:53.720
 know

00:37:53.720 --> 00:37:54.300
 the

00:37:54.300 --> 00:37:54.760
 whole

00:37:54.760 --> 00:37:55.360
 story.

00:37:58.000 --> 00:37:58.559
 Not

00:37:58.559 --> 00:37:58.720
 just

00:37:58.720 --> 00:37:58.980
 part

00:37:58.980 --> 00:37:59.080
 of

00:37:59.080 --> 00:37:59.200
 it.

00:38:00.660 --> 00:38:00.920
 The

00:38:00.920 --> 00:38:01.300
 gospel

00:38:01.300 --> 00:38:01.840
 story.

00:38:02.240 --> 00:38:02.300
 The

00:38:02.300 --> 00:38:02.780
 Christian's

00:38:02.780 --> 00:38:03.100
 view of

00:38:03.100 --> 00:38:03.360
 pain

00:38:03.360 --> 00:38:03.559
 and

00:38:03.559 --> 00:38:03.840
 suffering

00:38:03.840 --> 00:38:04.059
 in

00:38:04.059 --> 00:38:04.220
 this

00:38:04.220 --> 00:38:04.519
 present

00:38:04.519 --> 00:38:04.900
 life

00:38:04.900 --> 00:38:05.200
 is

00:38:05.200 --> 00:38:06.180
 transformed

00:38:06.180 --> 00:38:06.960
 because

00:38:06.960 --> 00:38:07.680
 of the

00:38:07.680 --> 00:38:07.960
 good

00:38:07.960 --> 00:38:08.440
 news

00:38:08.440 --> 00:38:08.780
 of the

00:38:08.780 --> 00:38:09.000
 man

00:38:09.000 --> 00:38:09.140
 of

00:38:09.140 --> 00:38:09.780
 sorrows.

00:38:10.900 --> 00:38:11.180
 For

00:38:11.180 --> 00:38:11.400
 I

00:38:11.400 --> 00:38:11.880
 consider

00:38:11.880 --> 00:38:12.539
 that

00:38:12.539 --> 00:38:12.760
 the

00:38:12.760 --> 00:38:13.180
 sufferings

00:38:13.180 --> 00:38:13.300
 of

00:38:13.300 --> 00:38:13.460
 this

00:38:13.460 --> 00:38:13.800
 present

00:38:13.800 --> 00:38:14.160
 time

00:38:14.160 --> 00:38:14.380
 are

00:38:14.380 --> 00:38:14.820
 not

00:38:14.820 --> 00:38:15.100
 worth

00:38:15.100 --> 00:38:15.680
 comparing

00:38:15.680 --> 00:38:16.260
 with

00:38:16.260 --> 00:38:16.480
 the

00:38:16.480 --> 00:38:16.980
 glory

00:38:16.980 --> 00:38:17.240
 that

00:38:17.240 --> 00:38:17.420
 is

00:38:17.420 --> 00:38:17.559
 to

00:38:17.559 --> 00:38:17.760
 be

00:38:17.760 --> 00:38:18.240
 revealed

00:38:18.240 --> 00:38:18.720
 to

00:38:18.720 --> 00:38:19.100
 us.

00:38:19.099 --> 00:38:20.920
 And

00:38:20.920 --> 00:38:21.319
 so

00:38:21.319 --> 00:38:21.719
 we

00:38:21.719 --> 00:38:22.099
 along

00:38:22.099 --> 00:38:22.279
 with

00:38:22.279 --> 00:38:22.440
 all

00:38:22.440 --> 00:38:22.940
 creation

00:38:22.940 --> 00:38:23.739
 groan

00:38:23.739 --> 00:38:24.380
 as

00:38:24.380 --> 00:38:24.599
 we

00:38:24.599 --> 00:38:24.980
 wait

00:38:24.980 --> 00:38:25.139
 for

00:38:25.139 --> 00:38:25.279
 the

00:38:25.279 --> 00:38:25.559
 future

00:38:25.559 --> 00:38:25.880
 day

00:38:25.880 --> 00:38:26.119
 when

00:38:26.119 --> 00:38:26.880
 Christ's

00:38:26.880 --> 00:38:27.259
 victory

00:38:27.259 --> 00:38:27.619
 will

00:38:27.619 --> 00:38:27.839
 be

00:38:27.839 --> 00:38:28.420
 complete.

00:38:29.759 --> 00:38:30.380
 We

00:38:30.380 --> 00:38:30.799
 lament.

00:38:31.599 --> 00:38:32.019
 We

00:38:32.019 --> 00:38:32.599
 embrace

00:38:32.599 --> 00:38:32.880
 this

00:38:32.880 --> 00:38:33.400
 language

00:38:33.400 --> 00:38:33.719
 of

00:38:33.719 --> 00:38:34.119
 sorrow

00:38:34.119 --> 00:38:35.880
 as

00:38:35.880 --> 00:38:36.380
 a

00:38:36.380 --> 00:38:36.779
 road

00:38:36.779 --> 00:38:37.139
 map

00:38:37.139 --> 00:38:37.360
 to

00:38:37.360 --> 00:38:37.920
 God's

00:38:37.920 --> 00:38:38.500
 grace

00:38:38.500 --> 00:38:40.079
 and

00:38:40.079 --> 00:38:40.400
 getting

00:38:40.400 --> 00:38:40.860
 God

00:38:40.860 --> 00:38:41.339
 back.

00:38:43.199 --> 00:38:43.679
 You

00:38:43.679 --> 00:38:44.000
 can hear

00:38:44.000 --> 00:38:44.239
 God

00:38:44.239 --> 00:38:44.759
 call out

00:38:44.759 --> 00:38:45.219
 to you

00:38:45.219 --> 00:38:45.739
 at the

00:38:45.739 --> 00:38:46.039
 moment

00:38:46.039 --> 00:38:46.519
 if that's

00:38:46.519 --> 00:38:46.639
 your

00:38:46.639 --> 00:38:46.980
 position

00:38:46.980 --> 00:38:47.559
 in life.

00:38:47.559 --> 00:38:48.840
 walk

00:38:48.840 --> 00:38:49.039
 with

00:38:49.039 --> 00:38:49.320
 me.

00:38:50.440 --> 00:38:50.739
 Walk

00:38:50.739 --> 00:38:50.940
 with

00:38:50.940 --> 00:38:51.219
 me.

00:38:53.980 --> 00:38:54.539
 Let's

00:38:54.539 --> 00:38:54.739
 pray.

00:38:58.779 --> 00:38:59.599
 Gracious

00:38:59.599 --> 00:39:00.099
 Father and

00:39:00.099 --> 00:39:00.420
 Lord of

00:39:00.420 --> 00:39:00.679
 all,

00:39:01.340 --> 00:39:02.159
 sin has

00:39:02.159 --> 00:39:02.840
 ravaged

00:39:02.840 --> 00:39:03.259
 your

00:39:03.259 --> 00:39:04.360
 good

00:39:04.360 --> 00:39:04.860
 world.

00:39:05.880 --> 00:39:06.259
 Living

00:39:06.259 --> 00:39:07.239
 in a

00:39:07.239 --> 00:39:07.880
 sin riddled

00:39:07.880 --> 00:39:08.500
 world means

00:39:08.500 --> 00:39:08.739
 we

00:39:08.739 --> 00:39:09.679
 accumulate

00:39:09.679 --> 00:39:10.599
 pain

00:39:10.599 --> 00:39:10.920
 and

00:39:10.920 --> 00:39:11.980
 sorrow

00:39:11.980 --> 00:39:12.920
 and hurt.

00:39:14.199 --> 00:39:14.719
 Much

00:39:14.719 --> 00:39:15.139
 of that

00:39:15.139 --> 00:39:16.019
 is stored

00:39:16.019 --> 00:39:16.440
 deep in

00:39:16.440 --> 00:39:16.619
 our

00:39:16.619 --> 00:39:16.980
 hearts.

00:39:16.980 --> 00:39:17.199
 We

00:39:17.199 --> 00:39:17.380
 have

00:39:17.380 --> 00:39:17.579
 been

00:39:17.579 --> 00:39:17.900
 touched

00:39:17.900 --> 00:39:18.139
 by

00:39:18.139 --> 00:39:18.380
 sin

00:39:18.380 --> 00:39:18.539
 and

00:39:18.539 --> 00:39:18.800
 pain

00:39:18.800 --> 00:39:19.059
 so

00:39:19.059 --> 00:39:19.300
 many

00:39:19.300 --> 00:39:19.880
 times

00:39:19.880 --> 00:39:21.159
 and

00:39:21.159 --> 00:39:21.300
 in

00:39:21.300 --> 00:39:21.579
 so

00:39:21.579 --> 00:39:21.800
 many

00:39:21.800 --> 00:39:22.159
 ways

00:39:22.159 --> 00:39:22.380
 it's

00:39:22.380 --> 00:39:22.599
 hard

00:39:22.599 --> 00:39:22.699
 to

00:39:22.699 --> 00:39:23.000
 remember

00:39:23.000 --> 00:39:23.119
 it

00:39:23.119 --> 00:39:23.280
 all

00:39:23.280 --> 00:39:23.460
 but

00:39:23.460 --> 00:39:23.760
 some

00:39:23.760 --> 00:39:23.860
 of

00:39:23.860 --> 00:39:24.099
 those

00:39:24.099 --> 00:39:24.539
 times

00:39:24.539 --> 00:39:24.740
 they

00:39:24.740 --> 00:39:24.880
 are

00:39:24.880 --> 00:39:25.099
 just

00:39:25.099 --> 00:39:25.679
 seared

00:39:25.679 --> 00:39:25.980
 into

00:39:25.980 --> 00:39:26.219
 our

00:39:26.219 --> 00:39:26.679
 memories.

00:39:28.019 --> 00:39:28.559
 We

00:39:28.559 --> 00:39:29.079
 battle

00:39:29.079 --> 00:39:31.000
 with

00:39:31.000 --> 00:39:31.639
 cynicism.

00:39:33.539 --> 00:39:33.760
 For

00:39:33.760 --> 00:39:34.099
 some of

00:39:34.099 --> 00:39:34.199
 us

00:39:34.199 --> 00:39:34.559
 cynicism

00:39:34.559 --> 00:39:34.780
 has

00:39:34.780 --> 00:39:35.059
 crept

00:39:35.059 --> 00:39:35.400
 in

00:39:35.400 --> 00:39:35.579
 and

00:39:35.579 --> 00:39:35.780
 made

00:39:35.780 --> 00:39:35.960
 us

00:39:35.960 --> 00:39:36.480
 passive

00:39:36.480 --> 00:39:36.740
 with

00:39:36.740 --> 00:39:37.059
 you.

00:39:39.199 --> 00:39:39.719
 So

00:39:39.719 --> 00:39:39.860
 we

00:39:39.860 --> 00:39:39.980
 have

00:39:39.980 --> 00:39:40.280
 this

00:39:40.280 --> 00:39:42.179
 trust

00:39:42.179 --> 00:39:42.360
 in

00:39:42.360 --> 00:39:42.639
 a

00:39:42.639 --> 00:39:43.760
 theological

00:39:43.760 --> 00:39:44.760
 system

00:39:44.760 --> 00:39:46.800
 rather

00:39:46.800 --> 00:39:46.940
 than

00:39:46.940 --> 00:39:47.220
 walking

00:39:47.220 --> 00:39:47.500
 with

00:39:47.500 --> 00:39:47.760
 you.

00:39:49.260 --> 00:39:49.740
 It

00:39:49.740 --> 00:39:49.840
 is

00:39:49.840 --> 00:39:50.240
 passive

00:39:50.240 --> 00:39:50.480
 with

00:39:50.480 --> 00:39:50.680
 you.

00:39:52.480 --> 00:39:52.580
 And

00:39:52.580 --> 00:39:52.920
 so we

00:39:52.920 --> 00:39:53.600
 ask for

00:39:53.600 --> 00:39:54.120
 your help

00:39:54.120 --> 00:39:54.420
 Holy

00:39:54.420 --> 00:39:54.880
 Spirit

00:39:54.880 --> 00:39:56.400
 to look

00:39:56.400 --> 00:39:57.000
 again

00:39:57.000 --> 00:39:57.580
 at those

00:39:57.580 --> 00:39:58.340
 sufferings

00:39:58.340 --> 00:39:59.160
 and discern

00:39:59.160 --> 00:40:00.140
 your love

00:40:00.140 --> 00:40:01.140
 for us

00:40:01.139 --> 00:40:03.699
 in that

00:40:03.699 --> 00:40:04.000
 very

00:40:04.000 --> 00:40:04.480
 pain.

00:40:06.299 --> 00:40:06.900
 Give

00:40:06.900 --> 00:40:07.079
 us

00:40:07.079 --> 00:40:07.779
 wisdom

00:40:07.779 --> 00:40:09.199
 and

00:40:09.199 --> 00:40:09.940
 discernment

00:40:09.940 --> 00:40:11.659
 if not

00:40:11.659 --> 00:40:12.139
 to fully

00:40:12.139 --> 00:40:12.799
 understand

00:40:12.799 --> 00:40:13.699
 your ways

00:40:13.699 --> 00:40:14.920
 but to

00:40:14.920 --> 00:40:15.259
 trust

00:40:15.259 --> 00:40:16.179
 your plans

00:40:16.179 --> 00:40:17.079
 your power

00:40:17.079 --> 00:40:17.879
 your goodness

00:40:17.879 --> 00:40:19.019
 the goodness

00:40:19.019 --> 00:40:19.679
 that saw

00:40:19.679 --> 00:40:20.879
 you intervene

00:40:20.879 --> 00:40:21.460
 for us

00:40:21.460 --> 00:40:21.900
 Jesus.

00:40:23.259 --> 00:40:23.960
 Father

00:40:23.960 --> 00:40:24.599
 teach us

00:40:24.599 --> 00:40:25.219
 to trust

00:40:25.219 --> 00:40:25.619
 and to

00:40:25.619 --> 00:40:26.159
 live as

00:40:26.159 --> 00:40:26.559
 people

00:40:26.559 --> 00:40:27.719
 who know

00:40:27.719 --> 00:40:28.839
 that our

00:40:28.839 --> 00:40:29.799
 final hope

00:40:29.799 --> 00:40:30.539
 cannot be

00:40:30.539 --> 00:40:31.259
 in any

00:40:31.259 --> 00:40:31.659
 earthly

00:40:31.659 --> 00:40:32.320
 Jerusalem

00:40:32.320 --> 00:40:33.920
 or in

00:40:33.920 --> 00:40:34.279
 any

00:40:34.279 --> 00:40:34.739
 earthly

00:40:34.739 --> 00:40:35.579
 circumstances

00:40:35.579 --> 00:40:36.179
 just getting

00:40:36.179 --> 00:40:36.599
 better

00:40:36.599 --> 00:40:39.279
 but only

00:40:39.279 --> 00:40:39.779
 in you.

00:40:41.320 --> 00:40:42.199
 So grow

00:40:42.199 --> 00:40:42.960
 our faith

00:40:42.960 --> 00:40:44.039
 in you

00:40:44.039 --> 00:40:44.779
 in the face

00:40:44.779 --> 00:40:45.500
 of adversity

00:40:45.500 --> 00:40:46.320
 and pain.

00:40:46.980 --> 00:40:47.719
 Thank you

00:40:47.719 --> 00:40:48.579
 for the gift

00:40:48.579 --> 00:40:49.420
 of lament.

00:40:50.440 --> 00:40:50.840
 Amen.

00:40:53.179 --> 00:40:53.920
 Horatio

00:40:53.920 --> 00:40:54.519
 Spafford

00:40:54.519 --> 00:40:54.880
 was a

00:40:54.880 --> 00:40:55.219
 prominent

00:40:55.219 --> 00:40:55.840
 American

00:40:55.840 --> 00:40:56.279
 lawyer

00:40:56.279 --> 00:40:56.840
 and

00:40:56.840 --> 00:40:57.860
 Presbyterian

00:40:57.860 --> 00:40:58.159
 church

00:40:58.159 --> 00:40:58.480
 elder

00:40:58.480 --> 00:40:58.900
 back in

00:40:58.900 --> 00:41:00.000
 the 1800s.

00:41:00.539 --> 00:41:01.340
 He knew

00:41:01.340 --> 00:41:01.820
 suffering

00:41:01.820 --> 00:41:02.400
 and loss

00:41:02.400 --> 00:41:02.820
 in his

00:41:02.820 --> 00:41:03.179
 life

00:41:03.179 --> 00:41:03.800
 in all

00:41:03.800 --> 00:41:04.139
 kinds

00:41:04.139 --> 00:41:04.279
 of

00:41:04.279 --> 00:41:04.719
 ways.

00:41:06.340 --> 00:41:06.699
 Certainly

00:41:06.699 --> 00:41:07.139
 not the

00:41:07.139 --> 00:41:07.420
 least

00:41:07.420 --> 00:41:07.719
 that

00:41:07.719 --> 00:41:08.219
 scarlet

00:41:08.219 --> 00:41:08.519
 fever

00:41:08.519 --> 00:41:08.860
 killed

00:41:08.860 --> 00:41:09.059
 his

00:41:09.059 --> 00:41:09.380
 four

00:41:09.380 --> 00:41:09.539
 year

00:41:09.539 --> 00:41:09.739
 old

00:41:09.739 --> 00:41:10.239
 son

00:41:10.239 --> 00:41:12.420
 in the

00:41:12.420 --> 00:41:12.719
 same

00:41:12.719 --> 00:41:13.099
 year

00:41:13.099 --> 00:41:13.340
 that

00:41:13.340 --> 00:41:13.539
 his

00:41:13.539 --> 00:41:14.019
 business

00:41:14.019 --> 00:41:14.460
 was

00:41:14.460 --> 00:41:15.300
 destroyed

00:41:15.300 --> 00:41:15.719
 by

00:41:15.719 --> 00:41:16.320
 fire

00:41:16.320 --> 00:41:16.519
 in

00:41:16.519 --> 00:41:17.019
 Chicago.

00:41:18.300 --> 00:41:18.599
 Two

00:41:18.599 --> 00:41:18.880
 years

00:41:18.880 --> 00:41:19.199
 later

00:41:19.199 --> 00:41:19.420
 the

00:41:19.420 --> 00:41:19.739
 family

00:41:19.739 --> 00:41:20.300
 decided

00:41:20.300 --> 00:41:20.500
 to

00:41:20.500 --> 00:41:20.679
 take

00:41:20.679 --> 00:41:20.840
 a

00:41:20.840 --> 00:41:21.139
 holiday

00:41:21.139 --> 00:41:21.420
 to

00:41:21.420 --> 00:41:21.739
 Europe

00:41:21.739 --> 00:41:21.960
 as

00:41:21.960 --> 00:41:22.199
 part

00:41:22.199 --> 00:41:22.300
 of

00:41:22.300 --> 00:41:22.440
 a

00:41:22.440 --> 00:41:23.000
 respite

00:41:23.000 --> 00:41:23.619
 and

00:41:23.619 --> 00:41:24.259
 rebuilding

00:41:24.259 --> 00:41:25.960
 opportunity

00:41:25.960 --> 00:41:26.400
 for

00:41:26.400 --> 00:41:26.639
 them.

00:41:27.840 --> 00:41:28.300
 Horatio

00:41:28.300 --> 00:41:28.539
 was

00:41:28.539 --> 00:41:29.059
 delayed

00:41:29.059 --> 00:41:29.559
 because

00:41:29.559 --> 00:41:30.039
 business

00:41:30.039 --> 00:41:30.320
 at the

00:41:30.320 --> 00:41:30.559
 last

00:41:30.559 --> 00:41:30.880
 minute

00:41:30.880 --> 00:41:31.220
 he was

00:41:31.220 --> 00:41:31.639
 delayed

00:41:31.639 --> 00:41:32.579
 and so

00:41:32.579 --> 00:41:33.199
 his wife

00:41:33.199 --> 00:41:33.480
 and his

00:41:33.480 --> 00:41:33.780
 four

00:41:33.780 --> 00:41:34.280
 daughters

00:41:34.280 --> 00:41:34.679
 travelled

00:41:34.679 --> 00:41:35.179
 on ahead

00:41:35.179 --> 00:41:35.659
 of him

00:41:35.659 --> 00:41:36.320
 across

00:41:36.320 --> 00:41:36.519
 the

00:41:36.519 --> 00:41:36.840
 Atlantic

00:41:36.840 --> 00:41:37.260
 on a

00:41:37.260 --> 00:41:37.519
 ship.

00:41:38.900 --> 00:41:39.079
 On

00:41:39.079 --> 00:41:39.179
 the

00:41:39.179 --> 00:41:39.699
 22nd

00:41:39.699 --> 00:41:39.800
 of

00:41:39.800 --> 00:41:40.139
 November

00:41:40.139 --> 00:41:41.380
 1873

00:41:41.380 --> 00:41:41.800
 while

00:41:41.800 --> 00:41:42.139
 crossing

00:41:42.139 --> 00:41:42.340
 the

00:41:42.340 --> 00:41:42.699
 Atlantic

00:41:42.699 --> 00:41:43.019
 their

00:41:43.019 --> 00:41:43.300
 ship

00:41:43.300 --> 00:41:43.579
 was

00:41:43.579 --> 00:41:43.960
 hit

00:41:43.960 --> 00:41:45.079
 by

00:41:45.079 --> 00:41:45.300
 an

00:41:45.300 --> 00:41:45.599
 iron

00:41:45.599 --> 00:41:46.099
 sailing

00:41:46.099 --> 00:41:46.619
 vessel

00:41:46.619 --> 00:41:48.000
 226

00:41:48.000 --> 00:41:48.400
 people

00:41:48.400 --> 00:41:48.699
 lost

00:41:48.699 --> 00:41:48.940
 their

00:41:48.940 --> 00:41:49.519
 lives

00:41:49.519 --> 00:41:50.780
 including

00:41:50.780 --> 00:41:51.340
 four

00:41:51.340 --> 00:41:51.659
 of

00:41:51.659 --> 00:41:52.240
 Spafford's

00:41:52.240 --> 00:41:52.599
 daughters

00:41:52.599 --> 00:41:53.139
 all of

00:41:53.139 --> 00:41:53.240
 them

00:41:53.240 --> 00:41:53.519
 all these

00:41:53.519 --> 00:41:53.720
 kids

00:41:53.720 --> 00:41:53.980
 gone

00:41:53.980 --> 00:41:54.280
 now.

00:41:55.960 --> 00:41:58.119
 He

00:41:58.119 --> 00:41:58.480
 got the

00:41:58.480 --> 00:41:58.860
 news

00:41:58.860 --> 00:41:59.260
 when his

00:41:59.260 --> 00:41:59.519
 wife

00:41:59.519 --> 00:41:59.820
 touched

00:41:59.820 --> 00:42:00.019
 down

00:42:00.019 --> 00:42:00.179
 in

00:42:00.179 --> 00:42:00.519
 England.

00:42:03.820 --> 00:42:04.320
 Spafford

00:42:04.320 --> 00:42:04.820
 immediately

00:42:04.820 --> 00:42:05.280
 sailed

00:42:05.280 --> 00:42:05.599
 to

00:42:05.599 --> 00:42:06.059
 England

00:42:06.059 --> 00:42:07.659
 and

00:42:07.659 --> 00:42:07.860
 as

00:42:07.860 --> 00:42:08.019
 he

00:42:08.019 --> 00:42:08.460
 sailed

00:42:08.460 --> 00:42:08.940
 over

00:42:08.940 --> 00:42:09.139
 the

00:42:09.139 --> 00:42:09.740
 location

00:42:09.740 --> 00:42:11.240
 of

00:42:11.240 --> 00:42:11.500
 his

00:42:11.500 --> 00:42:12.059
 daughter's

00:42:12.059 --> 00:42:12.519
 death

00:42:12.519 --> 00:42:13.840
 he

00:42:13.840 --> 00:42:14.539
 penned

00:42:14.539 --> 00:42:14.940
 a

00:42:14.940 --> 00:42:15.280
 hymn.

00:42:16.400 --> 00:42:16.720
 Let's

00:42:16.720 --> 00:42:16.920
 stand

00:42:16.920 --> 00:42:17.240
 and sing

00:42:17.240 --> 00:42:17.400
 it.