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 Matthew 4, my name is Steve Jeffrey. I'm the senior minister here at St. Paul's.

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 And as we've been told, we are already moving into a new season and we're looking at the book of

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 Habakkuk. So if you've got a Bible there with you, it'd be great if you could open up Habakkuk

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 chapter one, or you can go to the St. Paul's app and open that up and you'll find an outline for

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 my message, but also the Bible passages there in front of you. As we have said, we, and as you're

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 fully aware, we are in a, one of those strange and odd seasons. Last Thursday, as I was finalising

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 this message, there were 3.2 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 infections around the world,

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 of which the death toll at that point was 227,000 people. Now, while today this is not the worst

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 pandemic or in fact catastrophe that this world has experienced, we know that we are not at the end of

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 this just yet. We are living through a unique and what many have called an era defining period.

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 Many of our old certainties are now gone and whatever our view of the world or the, or whatever

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 our beliefs are, they are being challenged. So, so whether you are a Christian or not, this coronavirus

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 pandemic is perplexing and unsettling for everyone and we're reaching for answers. How do we begin to

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 think through and cope with this season that we are in? And while restrictions might be easing,

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 the pandemic is long from over. In the past, in times of national disaster like this, and especially

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 in the Western world, people have flocked into churches to pray in, in moments like this. And

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 such occurrences are fairly rare nowadays. Nowadays, fewer and fewer people in our society have any

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 God dimension in their lives whatsoever. Since churches all over the world are being closed in

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 order to limit the spread of this virus, you have to wonder where is God if it's impacting even the so-called

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 people of God? That is, is he there at all? Is he accessible? Is he self-quarantined? Where or from whom

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 can we get any solace or hope in a season like this? Now, for many people, the presence of evil,

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 the presence of suffering in this world is one of the biggest issues for them when it comes to the

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 existence of God. Some find the unjust suffering and especially the unjust suffering of innocent

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 people is a philosophical problem that they just can't intellectually get over. For others,

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 it's, it's, it's not so much an intellectual problem, it's an intensely personal issue for them.

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 They don't care so much about the abstract question of whether God exists or not.

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 They just refuse to trust and believe in any God who allows history and life to proceed

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 as it has for centuries. Now, this little Old Testament book of Habakkuk that we're beginning into

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 today really deals directly with this issue of suffering and evil because Habakkuk, even centuries

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 ago, lived in a world very similar to the world in which we live and he asked the sort of questions

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 that we ask. So if you've got the St. Paul's app there, you'll notice I've got an outline. It'd be

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 great if you could just launch into that and take some notes as we're going along. Let me just give us

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 some background information with this little book. It might help us understand a little bit. The very

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 first verse introduces us to the man Habakkuk. It just says the prophecy that Habakkuk the prophet

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 received. There's no little bio there outlining his education, his family, his interests. There's not

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 really much known about him at all, but there is a little bit of a clue about his place in history

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 when you look down into verse 6. And in verse 6, it appears that the Babylonians were about to

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 prounce on Israel at any moment. So what that means is that Habakkuk was written sometime around the

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 period between the rise of the Babylonian empire in 625 BC and their attack on Jerusalem in Israel,

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 which began in 592 BC. Now Babylon was the world's superpower in its day, although they only held that

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 position for about 80 years. They were the, if you like, the schoolyard bully who you really did not

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 want to mess with. They weren't particularly nice people. Habakkuk is written with Babylonians ready

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 to pounce. And it's a straightforward, it's an interesting, and it's a practical book. And the

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 structure of it is really easy. The argument, the application is kind of easy to grasp, and yet at the

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 same time, difficult for our minds and our hearts to come to grips with. So have a look at it with me.

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 Again, get the St. Paul's app open. And my first point, I want to go through four things this morning,

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 and let's first of all see what Habakkuk saw. As we kick off, there is something interesting to note

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 about Habakkuk. He's a prophet of God. We're told that in verse 1. And as a prophet, his job is to be a

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 messenger of God to God's people. And yet, this is the one prophet who says nothing to God's people at all.

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 Not a single word. This book is Habakkuk the prophet speaking to God about what God has revealed to him.

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 Wrestling with God. And Habakkuk's got two complaints to raise with God. In verse 2, he says,

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 How long, O Lord, must I call for help? And then down in verse 3, he tells us what he saw.

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 Why do you make me look at injustice? So Habakkuk is surrounded by violence and injustice and carnage and sin.

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 And in his frustration, he cries out for help. And he asks God to intervene.

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 And it seems like he gets nothing from God. Habakkuk looks around and he sees the bad guys winning.

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 He sees the wicked ruling. Now this is Israel he's speaking about. This is historically to God's special people.

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 And he sees military threats from the outside. He sees corruption on the inside.

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 These are evil times. And he's wondering why God is silent. Why God's not doing anything about this.

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 He says to God in verse 2, 3 and 4,

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 Why aren't you listening to me?

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 He wants to know why God seems to tolerate the evil.

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 Why, God, are you absent?

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 Why have you abandoned us?

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 In verse 4, he says he can't even find justice amongst God's special people.

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 He says even the law of God is perverted and the righteous people suffer endless abuse.

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 That is, the prayers of the righteous are going unheard.

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 Maybe that's, you're sitting here this morning and that's an experience that you know yourself.

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 Where you have prayed and prayed and prayed and you've asked God to intervene in a situation.

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 And yet something, nothing appears to ever happen.

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 So what do you do about that?

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 What did Habakkuk do?

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 That's what he saw.

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 Now what did he do?

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 He did two things.

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 Firstly, he was bold and he was honest.

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 In verse 3, he says,

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 Why do you tolerate wrong?

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 Now that's pretty bold.

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 That's pretty honest.

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 He's actually, in actual fact, he's challenging God at that moment.

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 But if you cast your eyes down to verse 12,

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 he does something that's even more remarkable.

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 Have a look at it.

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 Lord, are you not from everlasting?

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 In other words, aren't you the infinite God?

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 The God who's always been.

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 Aren't you the infinite God?

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 Now that doesn't seem too remarkable or too confronting when you read it in the English language.

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 And yet in the original language that Habakkuk was written in, the Hebrew language,

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 that is a punishing statement.

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 Habakkuk is saying something like this.

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 I thought you were infinite.

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 You're supposed to be the God who's wise and everlasting.

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 And he's coming so close to saying to God,

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 you're none of those things.

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 One Hebrew scholar says of the Hebrew word that is translated in verse 12,

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 Are you not?

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 It occurs 96 times in the Old Testament.

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 And almost every single time,

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 it is in vigorous human argument.

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 Nothing could have been more abrupt in Habakkuk's second prayer than the beginning of verse 12.

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 God is not being approached here with any sense of courtesy and respect.

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 Which makes the second thing that Habakkuk did quite interesting.

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 Now we'll see more of this in the coming weeks,

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 but let me just give us a bit of a glimpse into it here.

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 On the one hand, Habakkuk is challenging God.

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 But on the other hand,

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 he never even hints that it's an option for him to walk away from God.

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 To stop obeying God.

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 To stop praying to God.

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 To stop following God.

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 Not even an option.

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 Because Habakkuk is actually praying here.

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 He comes to God with his anguish.

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 And as soon as he accuses God in verse 12,

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 he calls him,

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 My God.

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 My Holy One.

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 He's wrestling safely with God.

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 Hardly anyone treats God like this.

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 Hardly anyone does this.

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 Members of your traditional religious communities would say,

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 Oh, you know,

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 you don't speak to God like that.

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 You don't accuse God.

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 You don't challenge God.

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 You don't have doubt.

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 You don't question.

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 You don't have doubts.

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 You see,

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 they see God as a king.

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 As a harsh ruler that needs to be appeased.

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 A God you'd better not say anything negative to.

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 Or this God may well bring his big stick out and he'll wipe you out.

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 More modern people have such an enormous confidence.

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 This is us on the other hand.

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 Have such an enormous confidence in our human reason and perception.

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 And we say,

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 I can't see why God would allow all of this suffering or evil.

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 So frankly,

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 I'm just not going to believe him.

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 And Habakkuk does neither of those things.

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 He is emotionally and intellectually frank and honest with God.

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 But he doesn't even think about leaving.

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 Habakkuk seems to be saying,

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 If I can't figure out life with you,

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 how on earth am I going to figure out life without you?

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 This is unconditional faithful wrestling with God.

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 So thirdly,

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 God speaks.

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 And what does Habakkuk hear from God?

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 That made him so frank,

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 so blunt,

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 to speak to God without courtesy and respect in verse 12.

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 Habakkuk's first answer to,

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 sorry,

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 God's first answer to Habakkuk's first complaint

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 starts in verse 5.

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 Have a look at it.

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 Look at the nations and watch and be utterly amazed

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 for I am going to do something in your day

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 that you would not believe even if you were told.

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 So God says to Habakkuk,

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 okay,

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 I'm going to tell you,

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 but you're not going to believe it.

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 You're not going to understand it.

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 This is what I'm going to do.

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 Verse 6.

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 I am raising up the Babylonians,

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 that ruthless and impetuous people

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 who sweep across the whole earth

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 to seize dwellings not their own.

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 God is going to use the Babylonians

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 to punish Israel

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 for their evil and their injustices.

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 They are powerful.

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 They are ruthless.

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 If they want something,

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 they will plunder,

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 they will kill in order to get it.

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 And Habakkuk is horrified.

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 God's answer to Habakkuk's complaint

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 about the injustice and the violence

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 is to bring more injustice and violence.

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 This is how God is going to work out

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 his plan of salvation

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 for his people and for the world.

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 This is how God is going to deal

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 with the injustice and the violence,

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 the sin,

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 the evil and the carnage.

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 And Habakkuk goes,

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 what?

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 Are you serious?

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 It makes no sense.

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 How can you use a wicked nation like Babylon

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 to punish a more righteous nation like Israel?

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 Wow.

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 It's like Hitler being the presiding judge

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 at the trial of Joseph Stalin.

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 Makes no sense at all.

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 What are you doing, God?

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 In the end,

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 the Bible is a theology book

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 that teaches us about God

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 and the way things actually are.

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 And we discover God's ways

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 are not our ways.

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 God's ways are surprising.

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 God's ways are often hard for us to work out

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 because we do not have the mind of God.

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 You see,

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 to our finite grasp of reality,

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 they seem wrong.

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 Most people in our society

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 would be a lot more comfortable

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 with a God who's much more like Oprah

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 or Dr. Fenn

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 who dispenses advice

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 or prefer a God more like a fairy

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 who waves his wand

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 and fixes things

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 the way that we want them to be fixed.

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 Now, to be fair,

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 on God here,

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 he did say to Habakkuk,

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 if I told you,

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 you're not going to understand it.

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 God says to Habakkuk,

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 and it was,

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 however,

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 don't you dare judge me

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 by your calendars

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 and your time frames.

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 Habakkuk knows

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 that God's promised salvation

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 to the world

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 through his people

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 in the Old Testament.

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 Habakkuk knows that.

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 But his people

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 are just as corrupt,

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 just as wrong

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 and as evil

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 as everyone else.

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 He wants God

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 to do something

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 about his plan of salvation

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 and God says,

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 I am.

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 I'm going to wrap up

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 the Babylonians

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 to come on in

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 to conquer my people,

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 to take them away

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 into exile.

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 And Habakkuk says,

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 that can't be the plan.

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 See, Habakkuk can't see

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 what God can see.

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 And Habakkuk can't even see

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 what we can see

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 with the perspective

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 of history

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 from Habakkuk's time.

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 You see,

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 if Israel had never been

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 taken into exile,

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 then they would never

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 have eventually spread

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 throughout the whole

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 Roman Empire

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 centuries later.

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 Wherever they spread,

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 they built synagogues

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 for Jews

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 and synagogues

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 for God-fearers

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 these God-fearers

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 were pagan Gentiles

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 who got interested

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 in the God

00:19:14.000 --> 00:19:14.720
 of the Bible.

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 And when Christianity

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 began to spread

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 through those synagogues

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 and beyond those synagogues

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 in the first century,

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 the most receptive people

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 in the entire world

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 to God's message

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 of salvation

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 through Christ

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 were the Gentiles

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 in those God-fearing

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 synagogues.

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 They embraced it

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 and through them

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 the message

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 of salvation

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 went global.

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 And the great irony

00:19:47.539 --> 00:19:49.059
 of all this spread

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 of the Christian faith

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 in the early centuries

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 was that it,

00:19:54.639 --> 00:19:54.899
 in fact,

00:19:54.980 --> 00:19:56.099
 made the world

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 a less violent place.

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 the influence

00:20:01.000 --> 00:20:01.779
 of Christianity

00:20:01.779 --> 00:20:03.519
 changed nations,

00:20:04.319 --> 00:20:05.980
 changed cultural practices

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 in such a way

00:20:06.899 --> 00:20:07.859
 things like

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 human sacrifice,

00:20:10.279 --> 00:20:11.420
 infant suicide,

00:20:12.200 --> 00:20:12.879
 slavery,

00:20:13.659 --> 00:20:14.960
 gladiator competitions

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 were stamped out

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 right across the Roman Empire.

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 The violence

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 of the Babylonians,

00:20:21.920 --> 00:20:22.580
 the Persians,

00:20:22.980 --> 00:20:23.560
 the Romans,

00:20:23.700 --> 00:20:24.300
 the Greeks

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 led to a Christianity

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 which has made

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 all nations

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 less violent.

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 And Habakkuk

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 did not see,

00:20:34.380 --> 00:20:35.240
 could not have known

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 that perspective

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 on history

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 in the same way

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 that we can't see

00:20:41.620 --> 00:20:42.380
 what God is doing

00:20:42.380 --> 00:20:42.940
 right now.

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 For instance,

00:20:47.740 --> 00:20:48.640
 even more recent

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 than Habakkuk,

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 when the communists

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 took over China,

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 they expelled

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 all of the

00:20:55.759 --> 00:20:56.900
 Western missionaries.

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 And the church

00:20:58.799 --> 00:20:59.900
 in the Western world

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 assumed

00:21:00.660 --> 00:21:01.500
 that after

00:21:01.500 --> 00:21:03.259
 100 years

00:21:03.259 --> 00:21:04.620
 of Christian

00:21:04.620 --> 00:21:05.759
 mission work

00:21:05.759 --> 00:21:07.240
 in China,

00:21:07.900 --> 00:21:08.519
 the gospel

00:21:08.519 --> 00:21:09.039
 in China

00:21:09.039 --> 00:21:09.640
 was over.

00:21:09.640 --> 00:21:13.180
 At the time,

00:21:13.500 --> 00:21:14.259
 there was questions,

00:21:14.400 --> 00:21:15.400
 what is God doing?

00:21:16.440 --> 00:21:17.400
 What is he doing

00:21:17.400 --> 00:21:18.480
 abandoning China?

00:21:21.300 --> 00:21:22.780
 But we now know

00:21:22.780 --> 00:21:23.600
 with the perspective

00:21:23.600 --> 00:21:24.180
 of history

00:21:24.180 --> 00:21:24.900
 that because

00:21:24.900 --> 00:21:26.220
 the Western missionaries

00:21:26.220 --> 00:21:27.520
 were kicked out

00:21:27.520 --> 00:21:28.140
 of China,

00:21:28.960 --> 00:21:29.600
 the Chinese

00:21:29.600 --> 00:21:30.440
 made their Christian

00:21:30.440 --> 00:21:31.220
 faith indigenous

00:21:31.220 --> 00:21:32.840
 and now

00:21:32.840 --> 00:21:33.540
 is one of the

00:21:33.540 --> 00:21:34.340
 fastest growing

00:21:34.340 --> 00:21:35.200
 Christian movements

00:21:35.200 --> 00:21:36.000
 in the world.

00:21:38.520 --> 00:21:39.580
 We don't have

00:21:39.579 --> 00:21:40.259
 God's perspective

00:21:40.259 --> 00:21:40.859
 on history

00:21:40.859 --> 00:21:43.639
 or his time

00:21:43.639 --> 00:21:44.939
 to bring out

00:21:44.939 --> 00:21:46.699
 his plans.

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 So often

00:21:49.199 --> 00:21:50.199
 we sit back

00:21:50.199 --> 00:21:51.220
 with our finite

00:21:51.220 --> 00:21:52.159
 view of history

00:21:52.159 --> 00:21:53.119
 and life

00:21:53.119 --> 00:21:54.199
 and we go,

00:21:54.319 --> 00:21:54.960
 I don't get it.

00:21:55.299 --> 00:21:56.000
 I don't understand

00:21:56.000 --> 00:21:56.720
 what you're doing

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 and so frankly,

00:21:58.000 --> 00:21:58.619
 I'm not going

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 to believe in you.

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 If you've got children,

00:22:05.960 --> 00:22:07.079
 you will understand this.

00:22:07.379 --> 00:22:07.919
 Maybe you don't

00:22:07.919 --> 00:22:08.480
 understand it,

00:22:08.500 --> 00:22:09.279
 but you've worked out

00:22:09.279 --> 00:22:10.180
 why a three-year-old

00:22:10.180 --> 00:22:11.000
 is always screaming

00:22:11.000 --> 00:22:13.440
 as they tend to

00:22:13.440 --> 00:22:14.299
 all the time.

00:22:15.440 --> 00:22:16.139
 It's because

00:22:16.139 --> 00:22:17.619
 they don't understand

00:22:17.619 --> 00:22:19.099
 what you're doing.

00:22:19.799 --> 00:22:20.480
 That's why.

00:22:20.960 --> 00:22:21.599
 They don't understand

00:22:21.599 --> 00:22:22.059
 what you're doing.

00:22:22.339 --> 00:22:23.099
 They want something

00:22:23.099 --> 00:22:23.559
 to eat

00:22:23.559 --> 00:22:24.259
 and so they go

00:22:24.259 --> 00:22:25.119
 and grab something

00:22:25.119 --> 00:22:25.700
 to eat

00:22:25.700 --> 00:22:27.319
 and you take it

00:22:27.319 --> 00:22:27.740
 off them

00:22:27.740 --> 00:22:28.839
 because it's poison

00:22:28.839 --> 00:22:30.339
 or because it's

00:22:30.339 --> 00:22:31.819
 a container of sugar

00:22:31.819 --> 00:22:32.539
 or it's because

00:22:32.539 --> 00:22:33.700
 it's the pet guinea pig

00:22:33.700 --> 00:22:36.379
 and they scream

00:22:36.379 --> 00:22:37.200
 because they don't

00:22:37.200 --> 00:22:38.039
 understand why

00:22:38.039 --> 00:22:38.759
 you've taken it

00:22:38.759 --> 00:22:39.279
 from them

00:22:39.279 --> 00:22:40.900
 and you can sit

00:22:40.900 --> 00:22:41.380
 them down

00:22:41.380 --> 00:22:41.900
 and you can

00:22:41.900 --> 00:22:43.180
 explain it to them,

00:22:43.680 --> 00:22:45.059
 the basis of nutrition,

00:22:45.840 --> 00:22:47.640
 the danger of poison

00:22:47.640 --> 00:22:48.360
 or the cruelty

00:22:48.360 --> 00:22:48.980
 to animals,

00:22:49.080 --> 00:22:49.779
 to the guinea pig

00:22:49.779 --> 00:22:51.860
 and they might get

00:22:51.860 --> 00:22:52.840
 the guinea pig thing

00:22:52.840 --> 00:22:54.019
 but they're not going

00:22:54.019 --> 00:22:54.480
 to understand

00:22:54.480 --> 00:22:55.000
 the poison

00:22:55.000 --> 00:22:55.980
 and the sugar thing

00:22:55.980 --> 00:22:57.839
 and you say to them,

00:22:58.240 --> 00:22:59.539
 you have to trust

00:22:59.539 --> 00:23:00.339
 me on this

00:23:00.339 --> 00:23:02.500
 and they go

00:23:02.500 --> 00:23:03.120
 on screaming.

00:23:07.019 --> 00:23:08.019
 The distance

00:23:08.019 --> 00:23:09.700
 between the capability

00:23:09.700 --> 00:23:10.759
 of the mind

00:23:10.759 --> 00:23:11.539
 of God

00:23:11.539 --> 00:23:13.160
 and the mind

00:23:13.160 --> 00:23:14.200
 of a human being

00:23:14.200 --> 00:23:15.440
 is infinite.

00:23:16.599 --> 00:23:17.740
 It's vast.

00:23:17.880 --> 00:23:18.759
 It's much greater

00:23:18.759 --> 00:23:20.019
 than the capacity

00:23:20.019 --> 00:23:20.860
 of a mind

00:23:20.860 --> 00:23:21.559
 of an adult

00:23:21.559 --> 00:23:22.700
 and a three-year-old

00:23:22.700 --> 00:23:24.299
 to grasp reality.

00:23:25.980 --> 00:23:26.860
 We expect

00:23:26.860 --> 00:23:27.539
 to understand

00:23:27.539 --> 00:23:28.259
 everything God

00:23:28.259 --> 00:23:28.700
 does.

00:23:29.360 --> 00:23:30.339
 To say that God

00:23:30.339 --> 00:23:31.759
 has to make sense

00:23:31.759 --> 00:23:33.120
 to me

00:23:33.120 --> 00:23:34.140
 in everything

00:23:34.140 --> 00:23:35.039
 he does

00:23:35.039 --> 00:23:37.480
 in fact

00:23:37.480 --> 00:23:38.099
 makes no sense

00:23:38.099 --> 00:23:38.360
 at all

00:23:38.360 --> 00:23:38.839
 that statement.

00:23:40.339 --> 00:23:41.380
 When we say

00:23:41.380 --> 00:23:42.180
 we don't believe

00:23:42.180 --> 00:23:42.620
 in God

00:23:42.620 --> 00:23:43.460
 because of suffering

00:23:43.460 --> 00:23:43.860
 and evil

00:23:43.860 --> 00:23:45.140
 makes us worse

00:23:45.140 --> 00:23:46.240
 than a three-year-old.

00:23:48.240 --> 00:23:48.980
 At least

00:23:48.980 --> 00:23:49.940
 they put their trust

00:23:49.940 --> 00:23:50.660
 even if they

00:23:50.660 --> 00:23:51.579
 don't understand

00:23:51.579 --> 00:23:53.500
 in their parents.

00:23:55.500 --> 00:23:56.480
 If we don't

00:23:56.480 --> 00:23:57.399
 trust God

00:23:57.399 --> 00:23:58.439
 with what

00:23:58.439 --> 00:23:59.379
 he says

00:23:59.379 --> 00:24:00.079
 even when we

00:24:00.079 --> 00:24:01.079
 don't understand

00:24:01.079 --> 00:24:01.339
 it

00:24:01.339 --> 00:24:03.559
 the consequences

00:24:03.559 --> 00:24:04.139
 we die.

00:24:06.939 --> 00:24:07.919
 So have a look

00:24:07.919 --> 00:24:09.480
 at what this

00:24:09.480 --> 00:24:10.619
 meant for Habakkuk.

00:24:10.980 --> 00:24:11.980
 This revelation

00:24:11.980 --> 00:24:12.699
 meant for Habakkuk

00:24:12.699 --> 00:24:13.679
 and also for us.

00:24:14.939 --> 00:24:15.799
 That's what he saw

00:24:15.799 --> 00:24:16.480
 it's what he did

00:24:16.480 --> 00:24:17.099
 it's what he heard

00:24:17.099 --> 00:24:18.039
 finally what it meant

00:24:18.039 --> 00:24:18.419
 for him

00:24:18.419 --> 00:24:18.980
 and what it means

00:24:18.980 --> 00:24:19.480
 for us.

00:24:19.480 --> 00:24:22.140
 What does it mean

00:24:22.140 --> 00:24:23.079
 when God says

00:24:23.079 --> 00:24:24.279
 I'm doing something

00:24:24.279 --> 00:24:24.819
 here

00:24:24.819 --> 00:24:25.779
 that you will

00:24:25.779 --> 00:24:26.660
 not understand?

00:24:27.779 --> 00:24:28.579
 What does it mean

00:24:28.579 --> 00:24:29.140
 for God

00:24:29.140 --> 00:24:30.360
 to bring about

00:24:30.360 --> 00:24:31.420
 salvation

00:24:31.420 --> 00:24:32.640
 out of judgment

00:24:32.640 --> 00:24:33.440
 justice

00:24:33.440 --> 00:24:34.360
 out of violence

00:24:34.360 --> 00:24:35.140
 and injustice?

00:24:37.339 --> 00:24:38.380
 Centuries later

00:24:38.380 --> 00:24:39.579
 from Habakkuk

00:24:39.579 --> 00:24:40.819
 the Apostle Paul

00:24:40.819 --> 00:24:42.200
 one of the

00:24:42.200 --> 00:24:43.059
 early

00:24:43.059 --> 00:24:44.640
 adopters

00:24:44.640 --> 00:24:45.240
 of Christianity

00:24:45.240 --> 00:24:46.519
 and certainly

00:24:46.519 --> 00:24:47.000
 one of its

00:24:47.000 --> 00:24:48.120
 major opponents

00:24:48.120 --> 00:24:49.240
 in the first century

00:24:49.240 --> 00:24:50.440
 if not the

00:24:50.440 --> 00:24:51.779
 major proponents

00:24:51.779 --> 00:24:52.700
 in the first century

00:24:52.700 --> 00:24:53.920
 was on his first

00:24:53.920 --> 00:24:54.980
 missionary journey

00:24:54.980 --> 00:24:56.900
 in Acts chapter

00:24:56.900 --> 00:24:57.599
 13

00:24:57.599 --> 00:24:58.299
 if you've got a Bible

00:24:58.299 --> 00:24:58.839
 in front of you

00:24:58.839 --> 00:24:59.559
 flick into Acts

00:24:59.559 --> 00:25:00.500
 chapter 13

00:25:00.500 --> 00:25:02.420
 and we arrive

00:25:02.420 --> 00:25:03.400
 we see here

00:25:03.400 --> 00:25:04.299
 that the Apostle Paul

00:25:04.299 --> 00:25:05.380
 arrives at town

00:25:05.380 --> 00:25:06.960
 into a town

00:25:06.960 --> 00:25:07.700
 and he does

00:25:07.700 --> 00:25:08.460
 what he normally

00:25:08.460 --> 00:25:08.920
 does

00:25:08.920 --> 00:25:09.759
 he goes into

00:25:09.759 --> 00:25:10.299
 the synagogue

00:25:10.299 --> 00:25:12.460
 and his sermon

00:25:12.460 --> 00:25:14.339
 on this particular

00:25:14.339 --> 00:25:14.859
 day

00:25:14.859 --> 00:25:15.880
 is a brief

00:25:15.880 --> 00:25:16.539
 history

00:25:16.539 --> 00:25:17.700
 of the Old

00:25:17.700 --> 00:25:18.220
 Testament

00:25:18.220 --> 00:25:19.519
 and how

00:25:19.519 --> 00:25:20.539
 all through

00:25:20.539 --> 00:25:21.319
 history

00:25:21.319 --> 00:25:22.579
 God has

00:25:22.579 --> 00:25:23.579
 been pointing

00:25:23.579 --> 00:25:25.000
 people to

00:25:25.000 --> 00:25:25.960
 the person

00:25:25.960 --> 00:25:26.879
 of Jesus Christ

00:25:26.879 --> 00:25:27.740
 how all of

00:25:27.740 --> 00:25:28.139
 history

00:25:28.139 --> 00:25:28.879
 is heading

00:25:28.879 --> 00:25:29.720
 in that direction

00:25:29.720 --> 00:25:32.000
 and especially

00:25:32.000 --> 00:25:33.399
 the death

00:25:33.399 --> 00:25:34.119
 and the resurrection

00:25:34.119 --> 00:25:34.740
 of Jesus

00:25:34.740 --> 00:25:36.099
 and then he adds

00:25:36.099 --> 00:25:36.519
 this

00:25:36.519 --> 00:25:37.920
 in verse 38

00:25:37.920 --> 00:25:39.119
 of Acts chapter 13

00:25:39.119 --> 00:25:39.819
 this is the

00:25:39.819 --> 00:25:40.440
 implications

00:25:40.440 --> 00:25:41.680
 of what he's

00:25:41.680 --> 00:25:42.240
 just said

00:25:42.240 --> 00:25:42.740
 he says

00:25:42.740 --> 00:25:43.339
 therefore my

00:25:43.339 --> 00:25:43.759
 brothers

00:25:43.759 --> 00:25:44.660
 I want you

00:25:44.660 --> 00:25:45.240
 to know

00:25:45.240 --> 00:25:46.200
 that through

00:25:46.200 --> 00:25:46.740
 Jesus

00:25:46.740 --> 00:25:47.559
 the forgiveness

00:25:47.559 --> 00:25:48.240
 of sins

00:25:48.240 --> 00:25:48.940
 is proclaimed

00:25:48.940 --> 00:25:49.740
 to you

00:25:49.740 --> 00:25:51.700
 through him

00:25:51.700 --> 00:25:52.680
 everyone

00:25:52.680 --> 00:25:54.039
 who believes

00:25:54.039 --> 00:25:55.299
 is justified

00:25:55.299 --> 00:25:57.099
 from everything

00:25:57.099 --> 00:25:58.640
 you could not

00:25:58.640 --> 00:25:59.279
 be justified

00:25:59.279 --> 00:26:00.579
 from by the

00:26:00.579 --> 00:26:01.539
 law of Moses

00:26:01.539 --> 00:26:02.640
 so what he's

00:26:02.640 --> 00:26:03.200
 saying there

00:26:03.200 --> 00:26:04.079
 is if

00:26:04.079 --> 00:26:04.720
 because of

00:26:04.720 --> 00:26:05.200
 everything I've

00:26:05.200 --> 00:26:05.660
 just said

00:26:05.660 --> 00:26:06.359
 if you put

00:26:06.359 --> 00:26:07.059
 your trust

00:26:07.059 --> 00:26:07.740
 in Jesus

00:26:07.740 --> 00:26:08.079
 Christ

00:26:08.079 --> 00:26:08.380
 you have

00:26:08.380 --> 00:26:09.160
 faith in

00:26:09.160 --> 00:26:09.579
 Jesus

00:26:09.579 --> 00:26:11.679
 you are

00:26:11.679 --> 00:26:12.460
 justified

00:26:12.460 --> 00:26:13.399
 that is

00:26:13.399 --> 00:26:13.679
 you are

00:26:13.679 --> 00:26:14.240
 declared

00:26:14.240 --> 00:26:15.059
 right

00:26:15.059 --> 00:26:16.299
 before the

00:26:16.299 --> 00:26:16.720
 God of

00:26:16.720 --> 00:26:17.319
 the universe

00:26:17.319 --> 00:26:18.740
 despite any

00:26:18.740 --> 00:26:19.379
 of your

00:26:19.379 --> 00:26:20.099
 evil

00:26:20.099 --> 00:26:20.500
 and

00:26:20.500 --> 00:26:22.319
 injustices

00:26:22.319 --> 00:26:23.039
 and violences

00:26:23.039 --> 00:26:23.879
 and wrongdoing

00:26:23.879 --> 00:26:24.859
 from the past

00:26:24.859 --> 00:26:27.679
 that is

00:26:27.679 --> 00:26:28.500
 there is no

00:26:28.500 --> 00:26:29.419
 fear in the

00:26:29.419 --> 00:26:29.839
 future

00:26:29.839 --> 00:26:30.500
 that the

00:26:30.500 --> 00:26:31.439
 righteous God

00:26:31.439 --> 00:26:31.939
 is going to

00:26:31.939 --> 00:26:33.039
 pour out

00:26:33.039 --> 00:26:33.779
 his

00:26:33.779 --> 00:26:34.659
 justice

00:26:34.659 --> 00:26:35.740
 on you

00:26:35.740 --> 00:26:37.159
 as he

00:26:37.159 --> 00:26:37.859
 does here

00:26:37.859 --> 00:26:39.119
 on his

00:26:39.119 --> 00:26:39.339
 own

00:26:39.339 --> 00:26:39.859
 people

00:26:39.859 --> 00:26:41.219
 Israel

00:26:41.219 --> 00:26:42.279
 through the

00:26:42.279 --> 00:26:43.039
 Babylonians

00:26:43.039 --> 00:26:45.799
 all of our

00:26:45.799 --> 00:26:46.479
 injustices

00:26:46.479 --> 00:26:47.459
 against God

00:26:47.459 --> 00:26:48.379
 and people

00:26:48.379 --> 00:26:49.500
 are forgiven

00:26:49.500 --> 00:26:51.859
 and then

00:26:51.859 --> 00:26:52.659
 what the

00:26:52.659 --> 00:26:53.219
 apostle Paul

00:26:53.219 --> 00:26:53.599
 does in

00:26:53.599 --> 00:26:54.259
 Acts 13

00:26:54.259 --> 00:26:55.259
 is he quotes

00:26:55.259 --> 00:26:55.959
 from Habakkuk

00:26:55.959 --> 00:26:56.500
 chapter 1

00:26:56.500 --> 00:26:57.279
 verse 5

00:26:57.279 --> 00:26:59.279
 look at

00:26:59.279 --> 00:26:59.959
 the nations

00:26:59.959 --> 00:27:00.959
 and watch

00:27:00.959 --> 00:27:02.259
 and be

00:27:02.259 --> 00:27:02.779
 utterly

00:27:02.779 --> 00:27:03.819
 amazed

00:27:03.819 --> 00:27:05.039
 for I'm

00:27:05.039 --> 00:27:05.479
 going to do

00:27:05.479 --> 00:27:06.219
 something in

00:27:06.219 --> 00:27:07.019
 your days

00:27:07.019 --> 00:27:07.719
 that you

00:27:07.719 --> 00:27:08.879
 would not

00:27:08.880 --> 00:27:09.880
 believe

00:27:09.880 --> 00:27:11.260
 even if

00:27:11.260 --> 00:27:11.520
 you were

00:27:11.520 --> 00:27:11.920
 told

00:27:11.920 --> 00:27:14.800
 Paul's

00:27:14.800 --> 00:27:15.000
 saying

00:27:15.000 --> 00:27:15.300
 God's

00:27:15.300 --> 00:27:15.620
 doing it

00:27:15.620 --> 00:27:16.000
 again

00:27:16.000 --> 00:27:18.400
 he's doing

00:27:18.400 --> 00:27:18.940
 something

00:27:18.940 --> 00:27:19.360
 that you

00:27:19.360 --> 00:27:19.720
 cannot

00:27:19.720 --> 00:27:20.520
 grasp

00:27:20.520 --> 00:27:23.080
 Paul

00:27:23.080 --> 00:27:23.680
 looks at

00:27:23.680 --> 00:27:24.100
 Habakkuk

00:27:24.100 --> 00:27:24.640
 chapter 1

00:27:24.640 --> 00:27:25.360
 verse 5

00:27:25.360 --> 00:27:26.080
 when God

00:27:26.080 --> 00:27:26.440
 says he's

00:27:26.440 --> 00:27:26.680
 going to

00:27:26.680 --> 00:27:27.100
 bring

00:27:27.100 --> 00:27:28.140
 salvation

00:27:28.140 --> 00:27:28.720
 out of

00:27:28.720 --> 00:27:29.160
 injustice

00:27:29.160 --> 00:27:29.980
 and violence

00:27:29.980 --> 00:27:32.660
 and says

00:27:32.660 --> 00:27:34.000
 God was

00:27:34.000 --> 00:27:34.580
 talking

00:27:34.580 --> 00:27:35.740
 about

00:27:35.740 --> 00:27:36.960
 Jesus

00:27:36.960 --> 00:27:37.799
 in that

00:27:37.799 --> 00:27:38.160
 moment

00:27:38.160 --> 00:27:40.120
 the thing

00:27:40.120 --> 00:27:40.680
 that God

00:27:40.680 --> 00:27:41.220
 said to

00:27:41.220 --> 00:27:41.859
 Habakkuk

00:27:41.859 --> 00:27:43.299
 the principle

00:27:43.299 --> 00:27:44.359
 that God

00:27:44.359 --> 00:27:45.259
 brings

00:27:45.259 --> 00:27:46.220
 salvation

00:27:46.220 --> 00:27:46.700
 through

00:27:46.700 --> 00:27:47.539
 violence

00:27:47.539 --> 00:27:48.420
 and injustice

00:27:48.420 --> 00:27:50.099
 finds its

00:27:50.099 --> 00:27:50.819
 ultimate

00:27:50.819 --> 00:27:51.799
 expression

00:27:51.799 --> 00:27:53.680
 in the

00:27:53.680 --> 00:27:54.180
 person

00:27:54.180 --> 00:27:55.359
 of Jesus

00:27:55.359 --> 00:27:55.940
 Christ

00:27:55.940 --> 00:27:58.960
 when God

00:27:58.960 --> 00:27:59.480
 came into

00:27:59.480 --> 00:28:00.200
 this world

00:28:00.200 --> 00:28:02.319
 and went

00:28:02.319 --> 00:28:02.700
 to the

00:28:02.700 --> 00:28:03.160
 cross

00:28:03.160 --> 00:28:05.120
 he took

00:28:05.120 --> 00:28:05.799
 the

00:28:05.799 --> 00:28:06.539
 judgment

00:28:06.539 --> 00:28:07.900
 that we

00:28:07.900 --> 00:28:08.620
 deserve

00:28:08.620 --> 00:28:09.940
 for our

00:28:09.940 --> 00:28:10.360
 crimes

00:28:10.360 --> 00:28:10.680
 against

00:28:10.680 --> 00:28:11.080
 God

00:28:11.080 --> 00:28:13.720
 he

00:28:13.720 --> 00:28:14.559
 experienced

00:28:14.559 --> 00:28:15.380
 absolute

00:28:15.380 --> 00:28:16.259
 injustice

00:28:16.259 --> 00:28:17.500
 he

00:28:17.500 --> 00:28:18.200
 experienced

00:28:18.200 --> 00:28:18.740
 the absolute

00:28:18.740 --> 00:28:19.279
 injustice

00:28:19.279 --> 00:28:20.880
 he

00:28:20.880 --> 00:28:21.600
 suffered

00:28:21.600 --> 00:28:23.039
 he died

00:28:23.039 --> 00:28:24.019
 at the

00:28:24.019 --> 00:28:24.519
 hands

00:28:24.519 --> 00:28:25.299
 of the

00:28:25.299 --> 00:28:25.980
 unrighteous

00:28:25.980 --> 00:28:28.299
 why

00:28:28.299 --> 00:28:30.779
 because

00:28:30.779 --> 00:28:31.500
 he

00:28:31.500 --> 00:28:32.059
 is

00:28:32.059 --> 00:28:32.740
 righteous

00:28:32.740 --> 00:28:33.779
 because

00:28:33.779 --> 00:28:34.380
 he

00:28:34.380 --> 00:28:34.779
 is

00:28:34.779 --> 00:28:35.420
 holy

00:28:35.420 --> 00:28:36.940
 Habakkuk

00:28:36.940 --> 00:28:37.339
 couldn't

00:28:37.339 --> 00:28:37.980
 understand

00:28:37.980 --> 00:28:38.799
 why God

00:28:38.799 --> 00:28:39.200
 put up

00:28:39.200 --> 00:28:39.559
 with all

00:28:39.559 --> 00:28:39.740
 the

00:28:39.740 --> 00:28:40.519
 injustices

00:28:40.519 --> 00:28:41.240
 and all

00:28:41.240 --> 00:28:42.779
 if

00:28:42.779 --> 00:28:43.240
 you're

00:28:43.240 --> 00:28:43.640
 a holy

00:28:43.640 --> 00:28:44.200
 God

00:28:44.200 --> 00:28:45.700
 why do

00:28:45.700 --> 00:28:46.019
 you put

00:28:46.019 --> 00:28:46.299
 up with

00:28:46.299 --> 00:28:46.579
 all the

00:28:46.579 --> 00:28:47.000
 injustice

00:28:47.000 --> 00:28:47.599
 and violence

00:28:47.599 --> 00:28:48.140
 and wrong

00:28:48.140 --> 00:28:52.319
 and on

00:28:52.319 --> 00:28:53.059
 the cross

00:28:53.059 --> 00:28:54.220
 it's

00:28:54.220 --> 00:28:54.720
 finally

00:28:54.720 --> 00:28:55.599
 explained

00:28:55.599 --> 00:28:57.240
 centuries

00:28:57.240 --> 00:28:57.740
 later

00:28:57.740 --> 00:28:58.559
 it's

00:28:58.559 --> 00:28:59.339
 finally

00:28:59.339 --> 00:29:00.319
 explained

00:29:00.319 --> 00:29:02.500
 because

00:29:02.500 --> 00:29:03.279
 God

00:29:03.279 --> 00:29:03.579
 is

00:29:03.579 --> 00:29:04.079
 holy

00:29:04.079 --> 00:29:04.459
 and

00:29:04.459 --> 00:29:05.079
 just

00:29:05.079 --> 00:29:05.959
 our

00:29:05.959 --> 00:29:06.359
 sin

00:29:06.359 --> 00:29:06.679
 had to

00:29:06.679 --> 00:29:06.839
 be

00:29:06.839 --> 00:29:07.159
 paid

00:29:07.159 --> 00:29:07.519
 for

00:29:07.519 --> 00:29:08.059
 he

00:29:08.059 --> 00:29:08.519
 doesn't

00:29:08.519 --> 00:29:08.759
 just

00:29:08.759 --> 00:29:09.159
 forget

00:29:09.159 --> 00:29:09.439
 it

00:29:09.439 --> 00:29:09.980
 in the

00:29:09.980 --> 00:29:10.179
 same

00:29:10.179 --> 00:29:10.359
 way

00:29:10.359 --> 00:29:10.639
 we

00:29:10.639 --> 00:29:10.899
 don't

00:29:10.899 --> 00:29:11.119
 just

00:29:11.119 --> 00:29:11.439
 forget

00:29:11.439 --> 00:29:11.699
 it

00:29:11.699 --> 00:29:12.619
 he

00:29:12.619 --> 00:29:13.379
 experienced

00:29:13.379 --> 00:29:13.619
 his

00:29:13.619 --> 00:29:14.159
 own

00:29:14.159 --> 00:29:15.059
 justice

00:29:15.059 --> 00:29:15.879
 on

00:29:15.879 --> 00:29:16.099
 the

00:29:16.099 --> 00:29:16.559
 cross

00:29:16.559 --> 00:29:17.559
 he

00:29:17.559 --> 00:29:18.119
 paid

00:29:18.119 --> 00:29:18.439
 our

00:29:18.439 --> 00:29:18.859
 penalty

00:29:18.859 --> 00:29:19.319
 he

00:29:19.319 --> 00:29:19.599
 is

00:29:19.599 --> 00:29:19.819
 the

00:29:19.819 --> 00:29:20.319
 ultimate

00:29:20.319 --> 00:29:21.000
 fulfillment

00:29:21.000 --> 00:29:21.299
 and

00:29:21.299 --> 00:29:21.899
 example

00:29:21.899 --> 00:29:22.299
 of

00:29:22.299 --> 00:29:22.579
 bringing

00:29:22.579 --> 00:29:23.500
 salvation

00:29:23.500 --> 00:29:24.240
 out

00:29:24.240 --> 00:29:24.500
 of

00:29:24.500 --> 00:29:25.579
 injustice

00:29:25.579 --> 00:29:26.019
 justice

00:29:26.019 --> 00:29:26.899
 and

00:29:26.899 --> 00:29:27.460
 violence

00:29:27.460 --> 00:29:29.199
 light

00:29:29.199 --> 00:29:29.699
 out of

00:29:29.699 --> 00:29:30.240
 darkness

00:29:30.240 --> 00:29:31.199
 redemption

00:29:31.199 --> 00:29:31.819
 out of

00:29:31.819 --> 00:29:32.399
 suffering

00:29:32.399 --> 00:29:33.799
 evil

00:29:33.799 --> 00:29:34.319
 and

00:29:34.319 --> 00:29:34.799
 difficulty

00:29:34.799 --> 00:29:38.119
 and the

00:29:38.119 --> 00:29:38.559
 cross made

00:29:38.559 --> 00:29:38.980
 no sense

00:29:38.980 --> 00:29:39.519
 to anyone

00:29:39.519 --> 00:29:41.359
 as it

00:29:41.359 --> 00:29:42.139
 often makes

00:29:42.139 --> 00:29:42.519
 no sense

00:29:42.519 --> 00:29:42.960
 to anyone

00:29:42.960 --> 00:29:43.399
 today

00:29:43.399 --> 00:29:45.859
 no one

00:29:45.859 --> 00:29:46.539
 could understand

00:29:46.539 --> 00:29:46.939
 what God

00:29:46.939 --> 00:29:47.220
 was

00:29:47.220 --> 00:29:48.639
 what good

00:29:48.639 --> 00:29:49.019
 he could

00:29:49.019 --> 00:29:49.859
 bring out

00:29:49.859 --> 00:29:51.859
 of the

00:29:51.859 --> 00:29:52.279
 cross

00:29:52.279 --> 00:29:53.139
 it

00:29:53.139 --> 00:29:53.359
 didn't

00:29:53.359 --> 00:29:53.559
 make

00:29:53.559 --> 00:29:54.000
 sense

00:29:54.000 --> 00:29:54.960
 and

00:29:54.960 --> 00:29:55.379
 yet

00:29:55.379 --> 00:29:56.019
 it

00:29:56.019 --> 00:29:56.359
 was

00:29:56.359 --> 00:29:56.639
 the

00:29:56.639 --> 00:29:57.079
 ultimate

00:29:57.079 --> 00:29:57.859
 good

00:29:57.859 --> 00:29:58.960
 and

00:29:58.960 --> 00:29:59.379
 because

00:29:59.379 --> 00:29:59.639
 of

00:29:59.639 --> 00:29:59.859
 it

00:29:59.859 --> 00:30:01.259
 because

00:30:01.259 --> 00:30:02.059
 of

00:30:02.059 --> 00:30:02.299
 the

00:30:02.299 --> 00:30:02.799
 cross

00:30:02.799 --> 00:30:03.000
 of

00:30:03.000 --> 00:30:03.339
 Jesus

00:30:03.339 --> 00:30:03.980
 Christ

00:30:03.980 --> 00:30:04.599
 we

00:30:04.599 --> 00:30:04.819
 can

00:30:04.819 --> 00:30:05.059
 look

00:30:05.059 --> 00:30:05.240
 at

00:30:05.240 --> 00:30:05.440
 our

00:30:05.440 --> 00:30:05.960
 life

00:30:05.960 --> 00:30:06.440
 we

00:30:06.440 --> 00:30:06.639
 can

00:30:06.639 --> 00:30:06.859
 look

00:30:06.859 --> 00:30:07.139
 at

00:30:07.139 --> 00:30:07.579
 evil

00:30:07.579 --> 00:30:08.240
 times

00:30:08.240 --> 00:30:08.700
 we

00:30:08.700 --> 00:30:08.920
 can

00:30:08.920 --> 00:30:09.240
 look

00:30:09.240 --> 00:30:09.539
 at

00:30:09.539 --> 00:30:10.700
 coronaviruses

00:30:10.700 --> 00:30:11.339
 and

00:30:11.339 --> 00:30:11.539
 we

00:30:11.539 --> 00:30:11.779
 don't

00:30:11.779 --> 00:30:12.299
 understand

00:30:12.299 --> 00:30:12.700
 what

00:30:12.700 --> 00:30:13.019
 God

00:30:13.019 --> 00:30:13.279
 is

00:30:13.279 --> 00:30:13.619
 doing

00:30:13.619 --> 00:30:15.399
 and

00:30:15.399 --> 00:30:15.500
 we

00:30:15.500 --> 00:30:15.700
 don't

00:30:15.700 --> 00:30:16.180
 understand

00:30:16.180 --> 00:30:16.519
 what

00:30:16.519 --> 00:30:16.720
 God

00:30:16.720 --> 00:30:16.920
 is

00:30:16.920 --> 00:30:17.339
 doing

00:30:17.339 --> 00:30:20.220
 but

00:30:20.220 --> 00:30:20.379
 we

00:30:20.379 --> 00:30:20.639
 can

00:30:20.639 --> 00:30:20.839
 know

00:30:20.839 --> 00:30:21.000
 that

00:30:21.000 --> 00:30:21.179
 he's

00:30:21.179 --> 00:30:21.399
 bringing

00:30:21.399 --> 00:30:21.899
 salvation

00:30:21.899 --> 00:30:22.199
 out

00:30:22.199 --> 00:30:22.299
 of

00:30:22.299 --> 00:30:22.480
 it

00:30:22.480 --> 00:30:24.959
 on

00:30:24.959 --> 00:30:25.179
 the

00:30:25.179 --> 00:30:25.679
 cross

00:30:25.679 --> 00:30:27.899
 we

00:30:27.899 --> 00:30:28.299
 also

00:30:28.299 --> 00:30:28.980
 have

00:30:28.980 --> 00:30:29.639
 the

00:30:29.639 --> 00:30:30.240
 ultimate

00:30:30.240 --> 00:30:31.480
 Habakkuk

00:30:31.480 --> 00:30:35.559
 Habakkuk

00:30:35.559 --> 00:30:36.480
 in this

00:30:36.480 --> 00:30:36.859
 book

00:30:36.859 --> 00:30:37.199
 is

00:30:37.199 --> 00:30:37.819
 wrestling

00:30:37.819 --> 00:30:38.240
 with

00:30:38.240 --> 00:30:38.819
 God

00:30:38.819 --> 00:30:40.059
 and

00:30:40.059 --> 00:30:40.339
 yet

00:30:40.339 --> 00:30:40.599
 he

00:30:40.599 --> 00:30:40.859
 is

00:30:40.859 --> 00:30:41.439
 faithful

00:30:41.439 --> 00:30:44.439
 Jesus

00:30:44.439 --> 00:30:44.899
 is

00:30:44.899 --> 00:30:45.099
 the

00:30:45.099 --> 00:30:45.539
 ultimate

00:30:45.539 --> 00:30:46.240
 Habakkuk

00:30:46.240 --> 00:30:46.679
 in the

00:30:46.679 --> 00:30:47.079
 garden

00:30:47.079 --> 00:30:47.619
 of

00:30:47.619 --> 00:30:48.299
 Gethsemane

00:30:48.299 --> 00:30:48.720
 on the

00:30:48.720 --> 00:30:48.939
 night

00:30:48.939 --> 00:30:49.099
 that

00:30:49.099 --> 00:30:49.220
 he

00:30:49.220 --> 00:30:49.379
 is

00:30:49.379 --> 00:30:49.859
 arrested

00:30:49.859 --> 00:30:50.679
 just

00:30:50.679 --> 00:30:51.000
 before

00:30:51.000 --> 00:30:51.220
 his

00:30:51.220 --> 00:30:51.799
 execution

00:30:51.799 --> 00:30:53.919
 and

00:30:53.919 --> 00:30:54.119
 he

00:30:54.119 --> 00:30:54.659
 pleads

00:30:54.659 --> 00:30:54.879
 with

00:30:54.879 --> 00:30:55.299
 God

00:30:55.299 --> 00:30:55.960
 in the

00:30:55.960 --> 00:30:56.199
 garden

00:30:56.199 --> 00:30:56.339
 of

00:30:56.339 --> 00:30:56.939
 Gethsemane

00:30:56.939 --> 00:30:57.519
 if

00:30:57.519 --> 00:30:57.759
 there's

00:30:57.759 --> 00:30:58.059
 any

00:30:58.059 --> 00:30:58.299
 other

00:30:58.299 --> 00:30:58.699
 way

00:30:58.699 --> 00:30:59.460
 take

00:30:59.460 --> 00:30:59.699
 this

00:30:59.699 --> 00:30:59.919
 cup

00:30:59.919 --> 00:31:00.179
 from

00:31:00.179 --> 00:31:00.439
 me

00:31:00.439 --> 00:31:01.059
 if

00:31:01.059 --> 00:31:01.299
 there's

00:31:01.299 --> 00:31:01.639
 any

00:31:01.639 --> 00:31:01.980
 other

00:31:01.980 --> 00:31:02.279
 way

00:31:02.279 --> 00:31:02.439
 to

00:31:02.439 --> 00:31:02.599
 bring

00:31:02.599 --> 00:31:03.179
 salvation

00:31:03.179 --> 00:31:03.599
 out

00:31:03.599 --> 00:31:03.740
 of

00:31:03.740 --> 00:31:03.899
 the

00:31:03.899 --> 00:31:04.480
 injustice

00:31:04.480 --> 00:31:05.220
 and

00:31:05.220 --> 00:31:05.399
 the

00:31:05.399 --> 00:31:05.919
 violence

00:31:05.919 --> 00:31:06.980
 please

00:31:06.980 --> 00:31:07.539
 take

00:31:07.539 --> 00:31:07.659
 it

00:31:07.659 --> 00:31:07.899
 from

00:31:07.899 --> 00:31:08.079
 me

00:31:08.079 --> 00:31:08.299
 and

00:31:08.299 --> 00:31:08.699
 find

00:31:08.699 --> 00:31:08.960
 another

00:31:08.960 --> 00:31:09.359
 way

00:31:09.359 --> 00:31:11.659
 he

00:31:11.659 --> 00:31:12.240
 wrestled

00:31:12.240 --> 00:31:12.460
 with

00:31:12.460 --> 00:31:12.879
 God's

00:31:12.879 --> 00:31:13.179
 plan

00:31:13.179 --> 00:31:13.359
 of

00:31:13.359 --> 00:31:13.899
 salvation

00:31:13.899 --> 00:31:16.019
 and

00:31:16.019 --> 00:31:16.339
 yet

00:31:16.339 --> 00:31:16.659
 he

00:31:16.659 --> 00:31:17.099
 submitted

00:31:17.099 --> 00:31:17.500
 to it

00:31:17.500 --> 00:31:17.980
 regardless

00:31:17.980 --> 00:31:20.119
 even

00:31:20.119 --> 00:31:20.539
 at

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 great

00:31:21.000 --> 00:31:22.059
 personal

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 cost

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 he

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 unconditionally

00:31:25.799 --> 00:31:27.480
 faithfully

00:31:27.480 --> 00:31:28.959
 wrestled

00:31:28.960 --> 00:31:29.700
 with

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 his

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 father

00:31:30.559 --> 00:31:32.420
 for

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 your

00:31:32.779 --> 00:31:33.100
 sake

00:31:33.100 --> 00:31:33.400
 and

00:31:33.400 --> 00:31:33.740
 for

00:31:33.740 --> 00:31:34.039
 my

00:31:34.039 --> 00:31:34.400
 sake

00:31:34.400 --> 00:31:35.000
 for

00:31:35.000 --> 00:31:35.200
 the

00:31:35.200 --> 00:31:35.480
 sake

00:31:35.480 --> 00:31:35.620
 of

00:31:35.620 --> 00:31:35.759
 the

00:31:35.759 --> 00:31:35.980
 whole

00:31:35.980 --> 00:31:36.519
 world

00:31:36.519 --> 00:31:38.259
 Jesus

00:31:38.259 --> 00:31:38.559
 was

00:31:38.559 --> 00:31:39.019
 abandoned

00:31:39.019 --> 00:31:39.400
 on the

00:31:39.400 --> 00:31:39.860
 cross

00:31:39.860 --> 00:31:40.680
 so that

00:31:40.680 --> 00:31:40.880
 we

00:31:40.880 --> 00:31:41.140
 might

00:31:41.140 --> 00:31:41.400
 never

00:31:41.400 --> 00:31:41.600
 be

00:31:41.600 --> 00:31:42.000
 abandoned

00:31:42.000 --> 00:31:42.279
 by

00:31:42.279 --> 00:31:42.680
 God

00:31:42.680 --> 00:31:43.779
 even

00:31:43.779 --> 00:31:44.019
 when

00:31:44.019 --> 00:31:44.180
 we

00:31:44.180 --> 00:31:44.440
 might

00:31:44.440 --> 00:31:44.880
 feel

00:31:44.880 --> 00:31:45.259
 like

00:31:45.259 --> 00:31:45.460
 we

00:31:45.460 --> 00:31:45.600
 are

00:31:45.600 --> 00:31:45.819
 being

00:31:45.819 --> 00:31:46.279
 abandoned

00:31:46.279 --> 00:31:46.539
 by

00:31:46.539 --> 00:31:46.960
 God

00:31:46.960 --> 00:31:47.180
 his

00:31:47.180 --> 00:31:47.559
 promise

00:31:47.559 --> 00:31:47.779
 to

00:31:47.779 --> 00:31:48.079
 us

00:31:48.079 --> 00:31:48.279
 in

00:31:48.279 --> 00:31:48.660
 Jesus

00:31:48.660 --> 00:31:49.180
 is

00:31:49.180 --> 00:31:49.299
 that

00:31:49.299 --> 00:31:49.460
 he

00:31:49.460 --> 00:31:49.980
 never

00:31:49.980 --> 00:31:50.740
 abandons

00:31:50.740 --> 00:31:51.259
 us

00:31:51.259 --> 00:31:52.640
 God

00:31:52.640 --> 00:31:52.960
 is

00:31:52.960 --> 00:31:53.600
 always

00:31:53.600 --> 00:31:54.160
 working

00:31:54.160 --> 00:31:54.680
 he

00:31:54.680 --> 00:31:54.819
 is

00:31:54.819 --> 00:31:55.279
 always

00:31:55.279 --> 00:31:55.740
 doing

00:31:55.740 --> 00:31:56.539
 things

00:31:56.539 --> 00:31:57.140
 even

00:31:57.140 --> 00:31:57.319
 if

00:31:57.319 --> 00:31:57.480
 we

00:31:57.480 --> 00:31:57.900
 can't

00:31:57.900 --> 00:31:58.140
 see

00:31:58.140 --> 00:31:58.300
 it

00:31:58.300 --> 00:31:58.580
 even

00:31:58.580 --> 00:31:58.759
 if

00:31:58.759 --> 00:31:58.880
 we

00:31:58.880 --> 00:31:59.120
 don't

00:31:59.120 --> 00:31:59.600
 understand

00:31:59.600 --> 00:32:00.100
 it

00:32:00.100 --> 00:32:03.980
 because

00:32:03.980 --> 00:32:04.600
 Jesus

00:32:04.600 --> 00:32:05.720
 stuck

00:32:05.720 --> 00:32:06.180
 at it

00:32:06.180 --> 00:32:06.920
 on the

00:32:06.920 --> 00:32:07.320
 cross

00:32:07.320 --> 00:32:09.200
 when

00:32:09.200 --> 00:32:09.400
 the

00:32:09.400 --> 00:32:09.840
 evil

00:32:09.840 --> 00:32:10.360
 times

00:32:10.360 --> 00:32:10.759
 came

00:32:10.759 --> 00:32:11.120
 upon

00:32:11.120 --> 00:32:11.520
 him

00:32:11.520 --> 00:32:12.080
 for

00:32:12.080 --> 00:32:12.400
 you

00:32:12.400 --> 00:32:12.660
 and

00:32:12.660 --> 00:32:12.860
 for

00:32:12.860 --> 00:32:13.200
 me

00:32:13.200 --> 00:32:14.200
 when

00:32:14.200 --> 00:32:14.420
 the

00:32:14.420 --> 00:32:14.759
 evil

00:32:14.759 --> 00:32:15.200
 times

00:32:15.200 --> 00:32:15.640
 come

00:32:15.640 --> 00:32:15.920
 for

00:32:15.920 --> 00:32:16.400
 us

00:32:16.400 --> 00:32:16.960
 when

00:32:16.960 --> 00:32:17.120
 the

00:32:17.120 --> 00:32:17.440
 days

00:32:17.440 --> 00:32:17.620
 of

00:32:17.620 --> 00:32:18.100
 darkness

00:32:18.100 --> 00:32:19.080
 come

00:32:19.080 --> 00:32:19.300
 for

00:32:19.300 --> 00:32:19.840
 us

00:32:19.840 --> 00:32:22.060
 we

00:32:22.060 --> 00:32:22.240
 can

00:32:22.240 --> 00:32:22.600
 still

00:32:22.600 --> 00:32:23.020
 say

00:32:23.020 --> 00:32:23.440
 because

00:32:23.440 --> 00:32:24.080
 of

00:32:24.080 --> 00:32:24.480
 Jesus

00:32:24.480 --> 00:32:25.220
 we

00:32:25.220 --> 00:32:25.400
 can

00:32:25.400 --> 00:32:25.759
 still

00:32:25.759 --> 00:32:26.120
 say

00:32:26.120 --> 00:32:26.380
 I

00:32:26.380 --> 00:32:26.820
 know

00:32:26.820 --> 00:32:27.340
 God

00:32:27.340 --> 00:32:27.580
 is

00:32:27.580 --> 00:32:28.060
 working

00:32:28.059 --> 00:32:28.639
 I

00:32:28.639 --> 00:32:29.079
 know

00:32:29.079 --> 00:32:29.619
 God

00:32:29.619 --> 00:32:30.119
 loves

00:32:30.119 --> 00:32:30.399
 me

00:32:30.399 --> 00:32:30.779
 I

00:32:30.779 --> 00:32:31.159
 know

00:32:31.159 --> 00:32:31.379
 that

00:32:31.379 --> 00:32:31.700
 God

00:32:31.700 --> 00:32:31.960
 has

00:32:31.960 --> 00:32:32.240
 not

00:32:32.240 --> 00:32:32.759
 abandoned

00:32:32.759 --> 00:32:33.179
 me

00:32:33.179 --> 00:32:35.240
 and

00:32:35.240 --> 00:32:35.460
 so

00:32:35.460 --> 00:32:35.659
 I

00:32:35.659 --> 00:32:35.879
 will

00:32:35.879 --> 00:32:36.480
 trust

00:32:36.480 --> 00:32:36.879
 him

00:32:36.879 --> 00:32:37.799
 I

00:32:37.799 --> 00:32:38.059
 will

00:32:38.059 --> 00:32:38.279
 be

00:32:38.279 --> 00:32:38.879
 faithful

00:32:38.879 --> 00:32:39.279
 and

00:32:39.279 --> 00:32:39.460
 I

00:32:39.460 --> 00:32:39.599
 will

00:32:39.599 --> 00:32:39.819
 be

00:32:39.819 --> 00:32:40.379
 patient

00:32:40.379 --> 00:32:40.779
 and

00:32:40.779 --> 00:32:40.960
 I

00:32:40.960 --> 00:32:41.119
 will

00:32:41.119 --> 00:32:41.659
 live

00:32:41.659 --> 00:32:42.159
 by

00:32:42.159 --> 00:32:42.859
 faith

00:32:42.859 --> 00:32:44.599
 there

00:32:44.599 --> 00:32:44.799
 is

00:32:44.799 --> 00:32:45.099
 a

00:32:45.099 --> 00:32:45.519
 reason

00:32:45.519 --> 00:32:46.399
 for

00:32:46.399 --> 00:32:47.039
 everything

00:32:47.039 --> 00:32:47.319
 that

00:32:47.319 --> 00:32:47.579
 God

00:32:47.579 --> 00:32:47.799
 is

00:32:47.799 --> 00:32:48.179
 doing

00:32:48.179 --> 00:32:49.440
 we

00:32:49.440 --> 00:32:49.740
 may

00:32:49.740 --> 00:32:50.000
 not

00:32:50.000 --> 00:32:50.259
 know

00:32:50.259 --> 00:32:50.480
 what

00:32:50.480 --> 00:32:50.639
 it

00:32:50.639 --> 00:32:51.179
 is

00:32:51.179 --> 00:32:52.240
 but

00:32:52.240 --> 00:32:53.179
 because

00:32:53.180 --> 00:32:54.000
 of

00:32:54.000 --> 00:32:54.580
 Jesus

00:32:54.580 --> 00:32:56.420
 it

00:32:56.420 --> 00:32:56.940
 will

00:32:56.940 --> 00:32:57.779
 result

00:32:57.779 --> 00:32:58.440
 in

00:32:58.440 --> 00:32:59.180
 redemption

00:32:59.180 --> 00:32:59.840
 and

00:32:59.840 --> 00:33:00.680
 salvation

00:33:00.680 --> 00:33:02.080
 if we

00:33:02.080 --> 00:33:02.400
 put

00:33:02.400 --> 00:33:02.700
 our

00:33:02.700 --> 00:33:03.060
 trust

00:33:03.060 --> 00:33:03.279
 in

00:33:03.279 --> 00:33:03.580
 him

00:33:03.580 --> 00:33:03.920
 and

00:33:03.920 --> 00:33:04.180
 live

00:33:04.180 --> 00:33:04.400
 by

00:33:04.400 --> 00:33:04.759
 faith

00:33:04.759 --> 00:33:04.940
 in

00:33:04.940 --> 00:33:05.279
 him

00:33:05.279 --> 00:33:06.620
 but

00:33:06.620 --> 00:33:06.779
 there'll

00:33:06.779 --> 00:33:06.900
 be

00:33:06.900 --> 00:33:07.140
 more

00:33:07.140 --> 00:33:07.259
 of

00:33:07.259 --> 00:33:07.420
 that

00:33:07.420 --> 00:33:07.740
 next

00:33:07.740 --> 00:33:08.060
 week

00:33:08.060 --> 00:33:08.259
 as

00:33:08.259 --> 00:33:08.560
 Jane

00:33:08.560 --> 00:33:08.880
 comes

00:33:08.880 --> 00:33:09.039
 and

00:33:09.039 --> 00:33:09.400
 opens

00:33:09.400 --> 00:33:09.660
 up

00:33:09.660 --> 00:33:10.000
 the

00:33:10.000 --> 00:33:10.180
 early

00:33:10.180 --> 00:33:10.480
 parts

00:33:10.480 --> 00:33:10.620
 of

00:33:10.620 --> 00:33:10.799
 chapter

00:33:10.799 --> 00:33:11.080
 two

00:33:11.080 --> 00:33:11.340
 for

00:33:11.340 --> 00:33:11.660
 us

00:33:11.660 --> 00:33:12.279
 bless

00:33:12.279 --> 00:33:12.500
 you

00:33:12.500 --> 00:33:14.279
 a

00:33:14.279 --> 00:33:14.519
 tomb

00:33:14.519 --> 00:33:16.619
 a

00:33:16.619 --> 00:33:17.119
 wherein

00:33:17.119 --> 00:33:17.759
 another

00:33:18.200 --> 00:33:19.039
 kun

00:33:19.039 --> 00:33:19.140
 a

00:33:19.140 --> 00:33:19.920
 piece

00:33:19.920 --> 00:33:20.140
 at

00:33:20.140 --> 00:33:25.140
 a

00:33:33.839 --> 00:33:37.880
 high

00:33:37.880 --> 00:33:38.119
 and

00:33:38.119 --> 00:33:38.759
 and

00:33:38.759 --> 00:33:39.319
 to

00:33:39.319 --> 00:33:41.359
 a

00:33:41.359 --> 00:33:41.940
 good

00:33:41.940 --> 00:33:42.380
 and