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 As we begin, I am sure we are all aware in different ways of the power of words. Words positively

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! Words positively can move us to tears. The beauty of a story or a poem perhaps. But words can also move us to tears as we experience someone's anger or abuse.

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 Words can affect the course of our lives.

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 Perhaps the wise guidance from a trusted friend leads us to a path of study or work that has gone well for us.

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 Or negatively, the cutting comments that a child experiences might strip them of worth and affect the course of their life negatively.

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 The power of words, in part at least, is related to the one who is speaking.

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 If we imagine ourselves as children for a moment, if you had a brother or a sister who said to you, stop that thing you're doing, stop it.

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 Depending on your mood, that may have some effect.

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 I suspect if parents say stop it, it has, should have a greater effect.

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 But if a policeman invites us to stop something, then absolutely we're going to stop.

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 The power of words are also connected to how much weight we allow them to have in our lives.

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 And again, we will know this.

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 There are some times we receive comments, perhaps criticism, perhaps praise, and we pay close attention.

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 There's this huge positive sort of impact on us.

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 Other times, words might come and they're like water off a duck's back to us.

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 That's true with human words.

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 And we all have that kind of experience.

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 But if that's true with human words, how much more powerful are God's words?

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 And therefore, how much more weight God's word should have in our lives?

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 And one of the things that the Bible does is to speak for itself about its power.

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 God's word is powerful.

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 Think about some of the familiar descriptions the Bible gives.

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 So we have in Ephesians 6, that description of the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

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 Hebrews chapter 4, God's word is living and active, piercing to the division of soul and spirit.

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 Those famous prophetic words from Isaiah, where God declares his word never returns empty,

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 but always accomplishes its purpose, whether that purpose is judgment or salvation.

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 Or Jeremiah 23, God says, my word is like fire.

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 God's word is powerful.

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 Just by way of our own reflection, when was the last time you really felt the weight of God's word?

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 When you felt compelled by what you read towards a new obedience to God's command?

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 Well, this section that we're reading, it can feel like a kind of an in-between,

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 those great miracles of Elijah being provided for, the widow's son being raised,

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 and then we've got this great confrontation.

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 But in this section, the spotlight really shines on the power of God's living word

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 in contrast to that powerless silence of the idols.

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 The power of God's living word will direct the prophet.

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 It clearly gives courage to an administrator.

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 It challenges a wicked king.

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 It calls for obedience.

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 It calls for belief.

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 It calls for repentance.

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 And so we're going to hear it speak.

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 And we're going to hear Jesus speak as we get into his word.

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 And as we begin to hear Jesus, the living word speak to us,

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 as he would bring by the Spirit his word to bear on each one of us,

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 will we let it cut deep to have its impact?

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 Will we let it burn within us so that God's desired purposes would come to pass in our lives also?

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 So what we're going to do is we're going to think about each of the different human figures in the story

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 and think about different aspects of how God's word comes to them.

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 So first of all, thinking about Elijah, recognizing that God's powerful word calls for obedience.

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 So there is in Elijah's story this pattern of call and response.

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 We first meet him in chapter 17, verse 1,

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 and he is called by God to go into Ahab's presence to announce

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 that there's going to be no dew, no rain falling.

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 And then he again is called in verse 3 of chapter 17 to go to a ravine,

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 because God's going to look after him there.

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 And then in verse 9 of chapter 17, again, he has to go to the widow's house to be provided for.

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 And in each time, he responds with obedience.

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 And now we come to chapter 18, verse 1,

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 He hears the call, he responds with obedience.

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 He's going to go back into the king's presence.

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 He's no longer living in a different country in the background.

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 Now he's going to deliver God's word to the king.

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 And with these words, two different famines are going to be over.

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 So he announces, God says, I'm going to send rain.

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 So the physical famine is going to be over.

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 But now as God's spokesman speaks in the public sphere,

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 the famine of hearing God's word is also over.

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 However, the other great need for the king, for the nation, is to hear God speak.

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 This came, this book came to a group of people who also were outside of Israel.

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 They were living in exile.

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 And this message, as it would come to them, would speak hope for them,

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 having lived in rebellion, having now been sent into exile,

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 that they were invited to hear and to respond with obedience to the word of God.

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 So as we continue in Elijah's story, though, here,

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 we recognize in verses 7 and 8 that Elijah is moving back into the country

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 and he encounters Obadiah.

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 So obedience leads him to have this discussion with Obadiah.

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 We discover that Obadiah has been on this task for the king.

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 He's been searching for grass, for the animals.

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 And he's also been part of this search team looking to find the prophet

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 in order, I think, to get rid of him.

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 And we'll come back to Obadiah.

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 But Obadiah is a striking character because he works for an evil king.

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 But clearly he serves God as his true king.

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 You can even hear it in the way that he speaks to Elijah.

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 Is it really you, my lord, Elijah?

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 There's respect there versus Ahab.

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 Oh, is that you, troubler of Israel?

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 But as Obadiah and Elijah begin to have this discussion

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 and Elijah says, listen, I've been told to present myself to the king,

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 we get that sense that Obadiah is desperately worried.

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 Well, what if the spirit, Elijah, takes you away?

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 Clearly he understands that God's spirit has been protecting Elijah from Ahab.

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 And so he's always evaded his capture.

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 And Obadiah is saying, well, listen, if you disappear again from the public view,

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 then it's my neck on the line.

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 But notice what Elijah says towards the end of their conversation.

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 Verse 15, 16.

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 As the Lord Almighty lives whom I serve,

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 I will surely present myself to Ahab today.

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 Why is he going to do this?

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 Why is he going to take the risk of going into the presence of the angry king?

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 Because he serves the Lord Almighty.

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 God said, appear before the king, so he is surely going to present himself.

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 And so you get this picture of Elijah as the prophet of God,

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 the man of God,

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 who absolutely takes his marching orders for his life from God's word.

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 Even if it involves risk,

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 because now he's back in public,

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 and he knows that Ahab wants nothing to do with him,

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 he is going to obey.

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 There is one voice that holds sway in Elijah's life,

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 and it's the voice of God.

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 And wonderfully, because he responds to God's word in obedience,

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 and we'll see this next week,

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 God is going to be glorified within the nation.

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 He's going to be shown to be the one and only God,

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 the one true king,

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 the only one who deserves obedience and worship,

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 the one whose authority should never be ignored.

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 There's this wonderful demonstration,

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 in part because of Elijah's obedience.

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 A couple of very basic points of application for ourselves.

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 The first, God's people are always called to obey God's word.

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 It's a pattern you can trace all the way through scripture.

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 Think about someone like Abraham.

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 Abraham is told,

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 leave everything behind and go to the land I will show you.

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 And in faith, he obeys.

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 Or we can think of Moses.

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 Moses, who gets the message,

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 Moses, I've chosen you to be the man to go and speak to King Pharaoh

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 and to set my people free.

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 And again, somewhat reluctantly, but with faith,

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 Moses goes.

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 At a very different level,

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 we've met a widow

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 who is told by God through the prophet Elijah,

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 go and make a meal for my servant in faith that you'll be provided for.

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 And again, she goes.

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 You know, trace it to the New Testament.

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 Think about the command that Jesus gives to his disciples.

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 Go and make disciples of all nations.

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 And the book of Acts records them doing exactly that.

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 That God will always call his people to obey his word.

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 And one of the striking things,

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 when you think about those stories and so many more,

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 in none of those stories,

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 is obedience, a comfortable thing.

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 That there is always that sense where faith has us living on the edge.

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 Where we really need, instead of trusting ourselves

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 and living in our comfort zones,

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 we need to trust God's presence,

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 God's power,

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 God's promises.

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 Faith says,

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 come what may,

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 God's word has the most weight in my life.

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 That regardless of how I will be received,

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 I will submit to Jesus,

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 the living word,

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 and to the authority of the Bible.

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 Because we've come to discover its truth and its power.

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 To quote from Abraham Lincoln,

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 who famously said this of the Bible,

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 I believe the Bible is the best gift God has ever given to man.

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 All the good from the Savior of the world

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 is communicated to us through this book.

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 When we get that,

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 then we understand the call to obey.

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 So just think at where we are right now,

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 where you are in your own circumstances.

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 How is God's word calling you to go?

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 Maybe it's go and deal with that sin in your life.

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 Or maybe it's go,

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 put things right with that family member,

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 or that friend.

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 Maybe it's the call to go to your job,

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 or to your school,

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 as an active witness for Jesus.

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 Maybe there's someone that God's put on your heart,

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 and the message is,

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 go and bring them words of hope,

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 and comfort,

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 and encouragement.

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 But whoever God's word comes to us,

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 and compels us,

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 calling us to obey,

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 will you and I say,

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 to do your will I take delight.

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 So God's people are always called to obey God's word.

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 But I want to say secondly,

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 that God's people obey for a particular reason.

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 We obey because of love.

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 And I think that's really important to say.

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 You know,

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 Jesus makes the connection with his disciples.

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 In a couple of years,

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 he says,

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 you are my friends,

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 if you obey my commands.

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 And then,

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 he puts it even more starkly,

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 if you love me,

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 keep my commands.

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 So there's this connection between love for Jesus,

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 and obedience to his word.

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 So,

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 in other words,

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 our obedience is not some kind of dull duty.

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 What we're talking about here is not moralism.

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 It's not,

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 I'm trying to find God by doing enough good works.

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 I'm not trying to get into favor with God

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 by some form of obedience.

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 Rather,

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 Christian motivation is different.

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 Because God has already found us.

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 Because God has loved us first,

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 we respond with obedience.

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 We let God's grace and kindness to us

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 mobilize and motivate us to glad obedience.

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 We listen to the word of the gospel.

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 The gospel that introduces us to the reality of Jesus,

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 the Son of God,

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 who fully,

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 perfectly obeyed God's word and God's will.

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 An obedience that led him to the cross at Calvary.

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 Where he would suffer and die.

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 Facing the judgment for all the sin,

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 all the wrongs that we have done,

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 so that by his act of saving mercy and goodness and love,

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 you and I can hear words of pardon,

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 words of welcome.

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 And Jesus rose from the dead,

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 and has sent his spirit to live in the hearts of his people,

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 so that now in the gospel,

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 we also have a motivation to obey,

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 and a new ability to obey.

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 God has, in effect,

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 performed a spiritual heart transplant,

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 so that now instead of being hard towards him,

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 we can respond in love and truly obey.

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 To change the imagery,

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 he has performed a prison break.

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 He has broken the chains of sin that held us captive.

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 Now that we are no longer slaves,

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 again, we are enabled to obey.

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 We have freedom to obey.

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 We have freedom in the gospel,

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 and our gospel freedom

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 is expressed in joyful obedience.

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 Jesus doesn't set us free

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 so we can live however we want to live,

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 regardless of God's word.

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 Rather,

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 Jesus sets us free,

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 the Spirit sets us free,

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 so that we might gladly obey.

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 To give us that desire we never had before,

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 now I want to live a life that pleases God,

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 because of all that he has done for me.

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 Now I want to love God by loving my neighbor,

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 because God has loved me and saved me.

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 And so perhaps for us,

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 the daily prayer of faith becomes,

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 speak, Lord.

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 Your servant is listening.

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 And perhaps before we open our Bibles,

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 we pray those words from Psalm 119,

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 open my eyes to see wonderful things in your word,

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 and give me that desire to obey.

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 So God's powerful word calls for obedience.

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 But now we're going to turn to Obadiah,

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 and we're going to think about the fact

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 that God's powerful word also calls for belief.

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 And a belief in a context that can be very challenging.

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 Just to help us to get into the setting a little bit,

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 you maybe saw in the news this week

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 that one of the fringe events that was happening at Summer Hall,

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 so just down the road,

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 it made the news.

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 There was a Herald newspaper event,

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 and Kate Forbes, the deputy first minister,

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 was invited for a long-ranging interview.

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 And the day after that event,

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 Summer Hall announced

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 that Kate Forbes would never be invited back.

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 For the safety and the well-being

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 of every other fringe performer,

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 she was not welcome.

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 Maybe you're asking,

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 well, what did she talk about?

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 And actually, there was no problem

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 with the content of the interview.

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 The problem lies in the fact

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 that she has views on gender

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 and gay marriage that come from the Bible

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 that are beyond the pale to some people.

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 And so,

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 Summer Hall felt compelled

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 to say that Kate Forbes was no longer welcome.

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 I mention this in part

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 to remind us

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 to pray

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 for followers of Jesus

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 who are in positions of power.

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 And for people working in politics

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 and local government

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 who find themselves

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 working sometimes

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 in hostile religious atmospheres.

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 Because that's exactly

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 where Obadiah finds himself.

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 So here is Obadiah.

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 He's the administrator for Ahab.

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 Ahab is an awful king.

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 And Obadiah is a man of God

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 who's having to figure out,

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 how do I work

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 faithfully for God

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 working for this guy.

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 And in so doing,

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 he stands in line with

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 Joseph

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 in the book of Genesis.

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 He stands in line with

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 Daniel

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 as believers

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 in the one true God

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 who find themselves

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 serving pagan kings

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 in a hostile environment.

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 And they are called

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 to believe God's word

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 even when that is

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 profoundly challenging.

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 One of the things

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 that this section

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 does for us,

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 we don't meet Obadiah

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 really much in the Bible,

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 but it shows us

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 in this little scene

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 that he's very different

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 to his boss,

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 Ahab.

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 So we already

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 notice that he calls him

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 my lord,

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 Elijah.

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 Ahab calls him

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 the troubler of Israel.

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 Look at how he is introduced

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 in verse 3,

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 Obadiah was a devout

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 believer in the Lord.

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 Whereas we've already been

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 introduced to Ahab

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 and we discover

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 that he's been

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 one of the worst kings

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 leading them away

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 from true worship.

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 We discover too

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 that Obadiah

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 has been practicing

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 a very costly faith.

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 Look at verse 4,

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 while Jezebel

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 was killing off

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 the Lord's prophets,

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 Obadiah had taken

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 a hundred prophets,

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 hidden them in two caves,

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 fifty in each,

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 and had supplied them

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 with food and water.

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 And he tells Elijah

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 the very same thing

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 in verse 13.

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 It's costly

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 in the sense that,

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 remember,

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 this is a time of famine.

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 So resources are scarce.

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 Water is hard to come by.

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 Food is hard to come by.

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 But he is,

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 out of his own pocket,

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 looking after

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 a hundred prophets

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 in two different caves.

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 And he's doing that

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 at a time

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 when the queen,

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 Jezebel,

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 is looking to hunt down

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 and kill prophets.

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 This is costly faith.

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 And that's really brought out

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 as well in that conversation

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 between Elijah and Obadiah

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 where we discover

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 he has an all-or-nothing faith.

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 Because he obviously

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 has a legitimate fear

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 for his life.

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 Ahab, his boss,

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 is obsessed with

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 finding Elijah.

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 He's going not just

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 within his own country,

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 he's going to different countries,

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 asking the leaders there,

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 asking the officials,

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 have you seen this man?

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 If you have,

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 hand him over.

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 He absolutely hates

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 Elijah

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 and what Elijah

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 represents.

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 And so he is on

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 this mission

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 to destroy him.

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 I couldn't help

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 thinking of Star Wars.

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 It's like

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 the dark side

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 in the Star Wars,

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 always hunting down

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 the Jedis,

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 the rebels

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 across the galaxies.

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 That's the kind of picture

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 you get of

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 Ahab.

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 Ahab.

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 And Obadiah

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 understands

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 that if God

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 does in the present

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 what he's done

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 in the past,

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 rescuing Elijah,

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 keeping him safe,

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 Obadiah will die.

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 But,

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 look at verse 16.

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 Knowing all that

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 to be true,

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 Obadiah went

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 to meet Ahab

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 and told him.

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 And Ahab

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 went to meet

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 Elijah.

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 He believes,

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 he trusts,

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 he goes.

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 A couple of things

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 from Obadiah's story.

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 One is this,

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 that where

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 you work

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 or where you study

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 may well become

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 a battleground

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 for your belief.

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 Think about

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 your own experience

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 as a Christian

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 in school

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 or uni

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 or the workplace.

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 And I imagine

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 for some of us

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 the situation

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 will be

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 we are isolated,

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 the only Christian

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 in our office

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 or in our work group.

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 And that can be hard.

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 Sometimes it's because

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 of the challenging

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 conversations

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 that are all around us

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 and we get swept up

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 and perhaps

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 it's the language

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 that's used,

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 perhaps it's the gossips

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 that's shared,

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 perhaps it's just

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 the out and out

00:23:24.199 --> 00:23:25.519
 hostility to faith

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 that is expressed.

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 But maybe

00:23:29.039 --> 00:23:30.459
 the battleground

00:23:30.459 --> 00:23:31.159
 for belief

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 in our workplace

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 will be

00:23:33.019 --> 00:23:33.839
 to do with

00:23:33.839 --> 00:23:34.980
 our moral integrity

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 and maybe

00:23:36.679 --> 00:23:37.379
 the pressure

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 to cut corners.

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 Maybe it'll be

00:23:40.059 --> 00:23:41.459
 to use AI

00:23:41.459 --> 00:23:42.599
 to cheat

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 the system.

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 Maybe we just

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 live with high levels

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 of stress

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 in our workplaces

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 and that can affect

00:23:49.799 --> 00:23:51.139
 our ability

00:23:51.139 --> 00:23:51.759
 to treat

00:23:51.759 --> 00:23:52.819
 others well

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 and with patience.

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 Sometimes the hardest

00:23:57.139 --> 00:23:58.139
 place to be a Christian

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 is where we work

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 and sometimes

00:24:00.960 --> 00:24:02.460
 if we're honest

00:24:02.460 --> 00:24:03.720
 we may wish

00:24:03.720 --> 00:24:04.940
 we were like

00:24:04.940 --> 00:24:05.779
 those prophets

00:24:05.779 --> 00:24:07.019
 hidden in a cave.

00:24:07.980 --> 00:24:09.019
 Here's 50 of them

00:24:09.019 --> 00:24:09.799
 and they're clustered

00:24:09.799 --> 00:24:10.379
 together

00:24:10.379 --> 00:24:11.299
 and it's dangerous

00:24:11.299 --> 00:24:11.759
 but at least

00:24:11.759 --> 00:24:12.779
 they've got one another.

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 But most often

00:24:15.160 --> 00:24:15.940
 our experience

00:24:15.940 --> 00:24:16.700
 is going to be

00:24:16.700 --> 00:24:17.320
 engaging

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 with a world

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 of work

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 as the place

00:24:19.980 --> 00:24:20.420
 where we're going

00:24:20.420 --> 00:24:21.220
 to bear witness

00:24:21.220 --> 00:24:21.759
 for Jesus

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 and the difference

00:24:22.480 --> 00:24:23.080
 that he made.

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 Or that's what

00:24:25.120 --> 00:24:25.799
 our calling

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 is going to be.

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 And probably

00:24:30.380 --> 00:24:31.640
 related to that

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 and certainly

00:24:32.220 --> 00:24:32.900
 we see it

00:24:32.900 --> 00:24:33.519
 in the story

00:24:33.519 --> 00:24:34.660
 of Obadiah

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 as we seek

00:24:35.900 --> 00:24:36.900
 to be faithful

00:24:36.900 --> 00:24:38.279
 disciples of Jesus

00:24:38.279 --> 00:24:39.920
 we will understand

00:24:39.920 --> 00:24:40.860
 that discipleship

00:24:40.860 --> 00:24:41.820
 often comes

00:24:41.820 --> 00:24:42.680
 at a cost.

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 It's here

00:24:44.400 --> 00:24:45.160
 in our story

00:24:45.160 --> 00:24:46.680
 there are prophets

00:24:46.680 --> 00:24:47.400
 who are wanting

00:24:47.400 --> 00:24:48.220
 to serve God

00:24:48.220 --> 00:24:48.759
 and they are being

00:24:48.759 --> 00:24:49.360
 opposed

00:24:49.360 --> 00:24:50.480
 and some of them

00:24:50.480 --> 00:24:51.279
 are being killed.

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 There is an authority

00:24:53.540 --> 00:24:54.040
 figure

00:24:54.040 --> 00:24:55.000
 who is determined

00:24:55.000 --> 00:24:55.820
 to silence

00:24:55.820 --> 00:24:56.740
 God's voice.

00:24:57.080 --> 00:24:57.540
 There are people

00:24:57.540 --> 00:24:58.740
 who do not want

00:24:58.740 --> 00:24:59.640
 God's authority

00:24:59.640 --> 00:25:00.460
 coming near

00:25:00.460 --> 00:25:01.480
 and you and I

00:25:01.480 --> 00:25:02.600
 will work

00:25:02.600 --> 00:25:03.480
 and live around

00:25:03.480 --> 00:25:04.540
 people with that

00:25:04.540 --> 00:25:05.920
 same kind of attitude

00:25:05.920 --> 00:25:06.800
 and therefore

00:25:06.800 --> 00:25:07.840
 part of

00:25:07.840 --> 00:25:09.360
 our call

00:25:09.360 --> 00:25:10.340
 to obedience

00:25:10.339 --> 00:25:12.459
 is about

00:25:12.459 --> 00:25:13.720
 carrying our cross

00:25:13.720 --> 00:25:15.679
 about sharing

00:25:15.679 --> 00:25:16.720
 in the sufferings

00:25:16.720 --> 00:25:17.459
 of Christ

00:25:17.459 --> 00:25:19.059
 in being willing

00:25:19.059 --> 00:25:20.559
 to accept

00:25:20.559 --> 00:25:21.559
 rejection

00:25:21.559 --> 00:25:23.039
 and opposition

00:25:23.039 --> 00:25:26.459
 and to help us

00:25:26.459 --> 00:25:26.779
 in that

00:25:26.779 --> 00:25:27.919
 we need to consider

00:25:27.919 --> 00:25:28.959
 Jesus

00:25:28.959 --> 00:25:30.339
 Jesus

00:25:30.339 --> 00:25:31.779
 the great prophet

00:25:31.779 --> 00:25:33.439
 the true

00:25:33.439 --> 00:25:34.639
 holy son

00:25:34.639 --> 00:25:35.439
 of God

00:25:35.439 --> 00:25:36.959
 the savior

00:25:36.959 --> 00:25:37.579
 for the world

00:25:37.579 --> 00:25:38.119
 but what was his

00:25:38.119 --> 00:25:38.699
 experience?

00:25:40.099 --> 00:25:41.639
 He was despised

00:25:41.639 --> 00:25:43.379
 he was rejected

00:25:43.379 --> 00:25:44.199
 and in the end

00:25:44.199 --> 00:25:45.319
 people cried out

00:25:45.319 --> 00:25:46.099
 crucify

00:25:46.099 --> 00:25:47.699
 and so Jesus

00:25:47.699 --> 00:25:48.919
 as he came

00:25:48.919 --> 00:25:50.240
 seeking to be

00:25:50.240 --> 00:25:50.899
 the light

00:25:50.899 --> 00:25:51.740
 of the world

00:25:51.740 --> 00:25:52.939
 he came to

00:25:52.939 --> 00:25:53.819
 experience

00:25:53.819 --> 00:25:54.859
 the hatred

00:25:54.859 --> 00:25:55.559
 of the world

00:25:55.559 --> 00:25:56.319
 towards the

00:25:56.319 --> 00:25:57.720
 holy God

00:25:57.720 --> 00:26:00.920
 and as his

00:26:00.920 --> 00:26:01.539
 body

00:26:01.539 --> 00:26:02.259
 as the body

00:26:02.259 --> 00:26:03.079
 of Christ

00:26:03.079 --> 00:26:04.380
 some of the

00:26:04.380 --> 00:26:05.160
 slings and

00:26:05.160 --> 00:26:06.000
 arrows that were

00:26:06.000 --> 00:26:07.000
 aimed at him

00:26:07.000 --> 00:26:08.480
 will come

00:26:08.480 --> 00:26:09.500
 our way

00:26:09.500 --> 00:26:10.779
 also

00:26:10.779 --> 00:26:12.940
 and it's one

00:26:12.940 --> 00:26:13.420
 of the things

00:26:13.420 --> 00:26:13.960
 that Jesus

00:26:13.960 --> 00:26:15.039
 did for his

00:26:15.039 --> 00:26:15.640
 disciples

00:26:15.640 --> 00:26:16.279
 the night

00:26:16.279 --> 00:26:16.860
 before

00:26:16.860 --> 00:26:18.059
 he went

00:26:18.059 --> 00:26:19.100
 to the cross

00:26:19.100 --> 00:26:20.140
 if you have

00:26:20.140 --> 00:26:20.559
 a bible

00:26:20.559 --> 00:26:21.579
 you can turn

00:26:21.579 --> 00:26:23.400
 to John 16

00:26:23.400 --> 00:26:25.440
 and John 17

00:26:25.440 --> 00:26:27.420
 but as

00:26:27.420 --> 00:26:28.100
 Jesus

00:26:28.100 --> 00:26:29.180
 concludes

00:26:29.180 --> 00:26:29.900
 his words

00:26:29.900 --> 00:26:30.660
 of encouragement

00:26:30.660 --> 00:26:31.680
 and teaching

00:26:31.680 --> 00:26:33.059
 for his

00:26:33.059 --> 00:26:33.740
 disciples

00:26:33.740 --> 00:26:34.320
 there at the

00:26:34.320 --> 00:26:34.840
 end of

00:26:34.840 --> 00:26:35.920
 John 16

00:26:35.920 --> 00:26:36.940
 verse 33

00:26:36.940 --> 00:26:38.140
 he says

00:26:38.140 --> 00:26:38.900
 I've told you

00:26:38.900 --> 00:26:39.539
 these things

00:26:39.539 --> 00:26:40.460
 so that in me

00:26:40.460 --> 00:26:41.100
 you may have

00:26:41.100 --> 00:26:41.620
 peace

00:26:41.620 --> 00:26:43.400
 in this world

00:26:43.400 --> 00:26:45.259
 you will

00:26:45.259 --> 00:26:46.519
 have trouble

00:26:46.519 --> 00:26:48.400
 but take

00:26:48.400 --> 00:26:49.019
 heart

00:26:49.019 --> 00:26:50.759
 I have

00:26:50.759 --> 00:26:51.559
 overcome

00:26:51.559 --> 00:26:53.460
 the world

00:26:53.460 --> 00:26:56.039
 and he

00:26:56.039 --> 00:26:56.880
 prays

00:26:56.880 --> 00:26:57.480
 in chapter

00:26:57.480 --> 00:26:58.140
 17

00:26:58.140 --> 00:26:59.440
 for his

00:26:59.440 --> 00:27:00.039
 disciples

00:27:00.039 --> 00:27:00.860
 for his

00:27:00.860 --> 00:27:01.480
 followers

00:27:01.480 --> 00:27:03.000
 in this way

00:27:03.000 --> 00:27:03.799
 my prayer

00:27:03.799 --> 00:27:04.920
 is not

00:27:04.920 --> 00:27:06.380
 that you

00:27:06.380 --> 00:27:06.819
 take them

00:27:06.819 --> 00:27:07.440
 out of the

00:27:07.440 --> 00:27:07.940
 world

00:27:07.940 --> 00:27:09.340
 but that you

00:27:09.340 --> 00:27:10.680
 protect them

00:27:10.680 --> 00:27:11.940
 from

00:27:11.940 --> 00:27:13.180
 the evil

00:27:13.180 --> 00:27:13.579
 one

00:27:13.579 --> 00:27:15.000
 so as we

00:27:15.000 --> 00:27:15.799
 go to our

00:27:15.799 --> 00:27:16.220
 workplace

00:27:16.220 --> 00:27:16.600
 to our

00:27:16.600 --> 00:27:17.160
 places of

00:27:17.160 --> 00:27:17.500
 study

00:27:17.500 --> 00:27:18.120
 to places

00:27:18.120 --> 00:27:18.559
 where we

00:27:18.559 --> 00:27:19.380
 perhaps find

00:27:19.380 --> 00:27:19.940
 ourselves

00:27:19.940 --> 00:27:20.799
 opposed

00:27:20.799 --> 00:27:22.480
 we claim

00:27:22.480 --> 00:27:23.119
 these

00:27:23.119 --> 00:27:23.859
 words

00:27:23.859 --> 00:27:26.500
 that in

00:27:26.500 --> 00:27:26.960
 Jesus

00:27:26.960 --> 00:27:28.440
 we overcome

00:27:28.440 --> 00:27:29.259
 because he

00:27:29.259 --> 00:27:30.579
 has overcome

00:27:30.579 --> 00:27:31.559
 that in

00:27:31.559 --> 00:27:31.919
 Jesus

00:27:31.919 --> 00:27:32.700
 we are

00:27:32.700 --> 00:27:33.359
 protected

00:27:33.359 --> 00:27:34.319
 by our

00:27:34.319 --> 00:27:34.899
 father

00:27:34.899 --> 00:27:35.700
 as we

00:27:35.700 --> 00:27:36.220
 have that

00:27:36.220 --> 00:27:36.819
 call to

00:27:36.819 --> 00:27:37.259
 believe

00:27:37.259 --> 00:27:37.700
 God's

00:27:37.700 --> 00:27:38.180
 word

00:27:38.180 --> 00:27:39.659
 and we

00:27:39.659 --> 00:27:40.099
 go

00:27:40.099 --> 00:27:41.139
 to work

00:27:41.139 --> 00:27:43.359
 so so

00:27:43.359 --> 00:27:43.799
 far we've

00:27:43.799 --> 00:27:44.159
 seen that

00:27:44.159 --> 00:27:44.460
 God's

00:27:44.460 --> 00:27:44.859
 powerful

00:27:44.859 --> 00:27:45.279
 word

00:27:45.279 --> 00:27:45.819
 it calls

00:27:45.819 --> 00:27:46.019
 for

00:27:46.019 --> 00:27:46.859
 obedience

00:27:46.859 --> 00:27:47.419
 it calls

00:27:47.419 --> 00:27:47.680
 for

00:27:47.680 --> 00:27:48.220
 belief

00:27:48.220 --> 00:27:49.019
 but the

00:27:49.019 --> 00:27:49.599
 last thing

00:27:49.599 --> 00:27:49.859
 and this

00:27:49.859 --> 00:27:50.339
 takes us

00:27:50.339 --> 00:27:50.859
 to the

00:27:50.859 --> 00:27:51.399
 story

00:27:51.399 --> 00:27:51.740
 as it

00:27:51.740 --> 00:27:52.019
 relates

00:27:52.019 --> 00:27:52.759
 to Ahab

00:27:52.759 --> 00:27:53.699
 God's

00:27:53.699 --> 00:27:54.259
 powerful

00:27:54.259 --> 00:27:54.980
 word

00:27:54.980 --> 00:27:56.500
 confronts

00:27:56.500 --> 00:27:56.819
 us

00:27:56.819 --> 00:27:58.839
 now I

00:27:58.839 --> 00:27:59.519
 imagine

00:27:59.519 --> 00:28:00.139
 that nobody

00:28:00.139 --> 00:28:00.859
 sitting here

00:28:00.859 --> 00:28:01.219
 today

00:28:01.219 --> 00:28:02.000
 enjoys

00:28:02.000 --> 00:28:02.659
 being

00:28:02.659 --> 00:28:03.359
 confronted

00:28:03.359 --> 00:28:04.000
 nobody

00:28:04.000 --> 00:28:04.579
 likes to

00:28:04.579 --> 00:28:05.199
 be shown

00:28:05.199 --> 00:28:05.980
 to be

00:28:05.980 --> 00:28:06.679
 in the

00:28:06.679 --> 00:28:06.939
 wrong

00:28:06.939 --> 00:28:07.139
 whether

00:28:07.139 --> 00:28:07.339
 we're

00:28:07.339 --> 00:28:07.759
 children

00:28:07.759 --> 00:28:08.059
 whether

00:28:08.059 --> 00:28:08.379
 we're

00:28:08.379 --> 00:28:09.259
 adults

00:28:09.259 --> 00:28:10.939
 if a

00:28:10.939 --> 00:28:11.379
 parent

00:28:11.379 --> 00:28:12.419
 confronts

00:28:12.419 --> 00:28:12.539
 us

00:28:12.539 --> 00:28:12.959
 with wrong

00:28:12.959 --> 00:28:13.659
 or a

00:28:13.659 --> 00:28:14.459
 teacher

00:28:14.459 --> 00:28:14.879
 or a

00:28:14.879 --> 00:28:15.139
 boss

00:28:15.139 --> 00:28:16.339
 we don't

00:28:16.339 --> 00:28:16.839
 like it

00:28:16.839 --> 00:28:18.659
 it

00:28:18.659 --> 00:28:19.059
 challenges

00:28:19.059 --> 00:28:19.299
 our

00:28:19.299 --> 00:28:19.720
 pride

00:28:19.720 --> 00:28:21.480
 it

00:28:21.480 --> 00:28:21.899
 challenges

00:28:21.899 --> 00:28:22.159
 our

00:28:22.159 --> 00:28:22.399
 sense

00:28:22.399 --> 00:28:22.679
 that we

00:28:22.679 --> 00:28:22.980
 are in

00:28:22.980 --> 00:28:23.439
 control

00:28:23.439 --> 00:28:23.659
 it

00:28:23.659 --> 00:28:24.119
 might

00:28:24.119 --> 00:28:24.459
 even

00:28:24.459 --> 00:28:25.019
 challenge

00:28:25.019 --> 00:28:25.240
 our

00:28:25.240 --> 00:28:25.599
 sense

00:28:25.599 --> 00:28:26.000
 of

00:28:26.000 --> 00:28:27.199
 identity

00:28:27.199 --> 00:28:27.599
 for

00:28:27.599 --> 00:28:28.879
 wrongdoing

00:28:28.879 --> 00:28:29.319
 to be

00:28:29.319 --> 00:28:29.879
 exposed

00:28:29.879 --> 00:28:30.500
 by someone

00:28:30.500 --> 00:28:30.899
 else

00:28:30.899 --> 00:28:33.539
 and

00:28:33.539 --> 00:28:34.139
 naturally

00:28:34.139 --> 00:28:35.039
 speaking

00:28:35.039 --> 00:28:36.359
 that's

00:28:36.359 --> 00:28:36.679
 how the

00:28:36.679 --> 00:28:37.119
 human

00:28:37.119 --> 00:28:37.740
 heart

00:28:37.740 --> 00:28:38.439
 chooses

00:28:38.439 --> 00:28:39.539
 to respond

00:28:39.539 --> 00:28:40.639
 to God's

00:28:40.639 --> 00:28:40.899
 word

00:28:40.899 --> 00:28:41.179
 as it

00:28:41.179 --> 00:28:41.459
 comes

00:28:41.459 --> 00:28:41.879
 near

00:28:41.880 --> 00:28:44.340
 and

00:28:44.340 --> 00:28:44.720
 King

00:28:44.720 --> 00:28:45.420
 Ahab

00:28:45.420 --> 00:28:46.840
 shows

00:28:46.840 --> 00:28:47.060
 us

00:28:47.060 --> 00:28:47.340
 that

00:28:47.340 --> 00:28:48.640
 it

00:28:48.640 --> 00:28:48.880
 shows

00:28:48.880 --> 00:28:49.040
 us

00:28:49.040 --> 00:28:49.180
 that

00:28:49.180 --> 00:28:49.640
 without

00:28:49.640 --> 00:28:50.440
 the

00:28:50.440 --> 00:28:50.800
 gift

00:28:50.800 --> 00:28:51.060
 of

00:28:51.060 --> 00:28:51.360
 faith

00:28:51.360 --> 00:28:52.840
 without

00:28:52.840 --> 00:28:53.320
 God's

00:28:53.320 --> 00:28:53.580
 spirit

00:28:53.580 --> 00:28:53.980
 working

00:28:53.980 --> 00:28:54.320
 in us

00:28:54.320 --> 00:28:54.480
 and

00:28:54.480 --> 00:28:54.780
 changing

00:28:54.780 --> 00:28:54.980
 us

00:28:54.980 --> 00:28:55.340
 as

00:28:55.340 --> 00:28:55.760
 people

00:28:55.760 --> 00:28:56.000
 we

00:28:56.000 --> 00:28:56.720
 naturally

00:28:56.720 --> 00:28:57.580
 resist

00:28:57.580 --> 00:28:58.720
 when

00:28:58.720 --> 00:28:59.220
 God's

00:28:59.220 --> 00:28:59.560
 word

00:28:59.560 --> 00:29:00.100
 comes

00:29:00.100 --> 00:29:00.340
 and

00:29:00.340 --> 00:29:00.820
 rubs

00:29:00.820 --> 00:29:01.140
 up

00:29:01.140 --> 00:29:01.680
 against

00:29:01.680 --> 00:29:02.100
 us

00:29:02.100 --> 00:29:03.080
 and

00:29:03.080 --> 00:29:03.200
 it

00:29:03.200 --> 00:29:03.460
 takes

00:29:03.460 --> 00:29:03.620
 a

00:29:03.620 --> 00:29:03.900
 work

00:29:03.900 --> 00:29:04.120
 of

00:29:04.120 --> 00:29:04.660
 God

00:29:04.660 --> 00:29:05.600
 to

00:29:05.600 --> 00:29:05.860
 bring

00:29:05.860 --> 00:29:06.580
 humility

00:29:06.580 --> 00:29:07.640
 and

00:29:07.640 --> 00:29:08.180
 repentance

00:29:08.180 --> 00:29:09.480
 and

00:29:09.480 --> 00:29:09.860
 faith

00:29:09.859 --> 00:29:11.439
 so

00:29:11.439 --> 00:29:11.639
 just

00:29:11.639 --> 00:29:11.779
 to

00:29:11.779 --> 00:29:12.099
 remind

00:29:12.099 --> 00:29:12.599
 ourselves

00:29:12.599 --> 00:29:13.019
 about

00:29:13.019 --> 00:29:13.299
 this

00:29:13.299 --> 00:29:13.519
 guy

00:29:13.519 --> 00:29:13.939
 Ahab

00:29:13.939 --> 00:29:14.139
 he's

00:29:14.139 --> 00:29:14.259
 a

00:29:14.259 --> 00:29:14.459
 truly

00:29:14.459 --> 00:29:14.959
 terrible

00:29:14.959 --> 00:29:15.299
 king

00:29:15.299 --> 00:29:15.699
 we met

00:29:15.699 --> 00:29:15.799
 him

00:29:15.799 --> 00:29:15.939
 in

00:29:15.939 --> 00:29:16.219
 chapter

00:29:16.219 --> 00:29:17.000
 16

00:29:17.000 --> 00:29:17.819
 there's

00:29:17.819 --> 00:29:17.979
 this

00:29:17.979 --> 00:29:18.319
 list

00:29:18.319 --> 00:29:18.500
 of

00:29:18.500 --> 00:29:18.679
 really

00:29:18.679 --> 00:29:19.099
 bad

00:29:19.099 --> 00:29:19.439
 kings

00:29:19.439 --> 00:29:19.599
 and

00:29:19.599 --> 00:29:19.799
 he

00:29:19.799 --> 00:29:20.039
 is

00:29:20.039 --> 00:29:20.240
 the

00:29:20.240 --> 00:29:20.819
 bottom

00:29:20.819 --> 00:29:21.000
 of

00:29:21.000 --> 00:29:21.139
 the

00:29:21.139 --> 00:29:21.539
 barrel

00:29:21.539 --> 00:29:22.419
 and

00:29:22.419 --> 00:29:22.679
 he

00:29:22.679 --> 00:29:22.859
 has

00:29:22.859 --> 00:29:23.159
 turned

00:29:23.159 --> 00:29:23.359
 his

00:29:23.359 --> 00:29:23.579
 own

00:29:23.579 --> 00:29:23.979
 heart

00:29:23.979 --> 00:29:24.240
 to

00:29:24.240 --> 00:29:24.639
 idols

00:29:24.639 --> 00:29:25.159
 and

00:29:25.159 --> 00:29:25.279
 he

00:29:25.279 --> 00:29:25.619
 turns

00:29:25.619 --> 00:29:25.859
 the

00:29:25.859 --> 00:29:26.359
 nation

00:29:26.359 --> 00:29:26.819
 away

00:29:26.819 --> 00:29:27.039
 from

00:29:27.039 --> 00:29:27.199
 the

00:29:27.199 --> 00:29:27.479
 worship

00:29:27.479 --> 00:29:27.699
 of

00:29:27.699 --> 00:29:27.859
 the

00:29:27.859 --> 00:29:28.119
 true

00:29:28.119 --> 00:29:28.419
 God

00:29:28.419 --> 00:29:28.619
 to

00:29:28.619 --> 00:29:28.879
 worship

00:29:28.879 --> 00:29:29.419
 false

00:29:29.419 --> 00:29:29.979
 gods

00:29:29.979 --> 00:29:31.519
 chapter

00:29:31.519 --> 00:29:32.179
 17

00:29:32.179 --> 00:29:32.479
 verse

00:29:32.479 --> 00:29:32.839
 1

00:29:32.839 --> 00:29:33.259
 that

00:29:33.259 --> 00:29:34.079
 turning

00:29:34.079 --> 00:29:34.399
 away

00:29:34.399 --> 00:29:34.679
 from

00:29:34.679 --> 00:29:34.979
 God

00:29:34.979 --> 00:29:35.240
 has

00:29:35.240 --> 00:29:35.539
 led

00:29:35.539 --> 00:29:35.899
 him

00:29:35.900 --> 00:29:36.080
 and

00:29:36.080 --> 00:29:36.240
 by

00:29:36.240 --> 00:29:36.759
 extension

00:29:36.759 --> 00:29:37.000
 the

00:29:37.000 --> 00:29:37.480
 nation

00:29:37.480 --> 00:29:38.380
 under

00:29:38.380 --> 00:29:38.980
 God's

00:29:38.980 --> 00:29:39.540
 judgment

00:29:39.540 --> 00:29:41.740
 the

00:29:41.740 --> 00:29:42.100
 rain

00:29:42.100 --> 00:29:42.280
 is

00:29:42.280 --> 00:29:43.060
 withheld

00:29:43.060 --> 00:29:45.320
 his

00:29:45.320 --> 00:29:46.200
 response

00:29:46.200 --> 00:29:48.500
 is

00:29:48.500 --> 00:29:48.800
 not

00:29:48.800 --> 00:29:49.620
 repentant

00:29:49.620 --> 00:29:51.340
 it's

00:29:51.340 --> 00:29:51.700
 not

00:29:51.700 --> 00:29:52.120
 to be

00:29:52.120 --> 00:29:52.660
 humble

00:29:52.660 --> 00:29:53.920
 rather

00:29:53.920 --> 00:29:54.640
 it's

00:29:54.640 --> 00:29:55.060
 to look

00:29:55.060 --> 00:29:55.460
 to get

00:29:55.460 --> 00:29:55.940
 rid

00:29:55.940 --> 00:29:56.840
 of

00:29:56.840 --> 00:29:57.920
 Elijah

00:29:57.920 --> 00:29:59.060
 remember

00:29:59.060 --> 00:29:59.720
 Obadiah's

00:29:59.720 --> 00:29:59.960
 words

00:29:59.960 --> 00:30:00.240
 chapter

00:30:00.240 --> 00:30:00.680
 18

00:30:00.680 --> 00:30:00.980
 verse

00:30:00.980 --> 00:30:01.259
 10

00:30:01.259 --> 00:30:01.440
 as

00:30:01.440 --> 00:30:01.740
 surely

00:30:01.740 --> 00:30:02.080
 as the

00:30:02.080 --> 00:30:02.300
 Lord

00:30:02.300 --> 00:30:02.480
 your

00:30:02.480 --> 00:30:02.759
 God

00:30:02.759 --> 00:30:03.040
 lives

00:30:03.040 --> 00:30:03.240
 there's

00:30:03.240 --> 00:30:03.360
 not

00:30:03.360 --> 00:30:03.480
 a

00:30:03.480 --> 00:30:03.740
 nation

00:30:03.740 --> 00:30:03.920
 or

00:30:03.920 --> 00:30:04.240
 kingdom

00:30:04.240 --> 00:30:04.920
 where

00:30:04.920 --> 00:30:05.120
 my

00:30:05.120 --> 00:30:05.440
 master

00:30:05.440 --> 00:30:05.599
 has

00:30:05.599 --> 00:30:05.839
 not

00:30:05.839 --> 00:30:06.160
 sent

00:30:06.160 --> 00:30:06.740
 someone

00:30:06.740 --> 00:30:07.299
 to

00:30:07.299 --> 00:30:07.579
 look

00:30:07.579 --> 00:30:07.779
 for

00:30:07.779 --> 00:30:07.880
 you

00:30:07.880 --> 00:30:08.039
 he

00:30:08.039 --> 00:30:08.539
 literally

00:30:08.539 --> 00:30:09.000
 wants

00:30:09.000 --> 00:30:09.200
 to

00:30:09.200 --> 00:30:09.599
 shoot

00:30:09.599 --> 00:30:09.819
 the

00:30:09.819 --> 00:30:10.400
 messenger

00:30:10.400 --> 00:30:12.000
 while

00:30:12.000 --> 00:30:12.200
 he

00:30:12.200 --> 00:30:12.720
 accuses

00:30:12.720 --> 00:30:13.140
 Elijah

00:30:13.140 --> 00:30:13.299
 of

00:30:13.299 --> 00:30:13.400
 being

00:30:13.400 --> 00:30:13.559
 the

00:30:13.559 --> 00:30:13.900
 troubler

00:30:13.900 --> 00:30:14.079
 of

00:30:14.079 --> 00:30:14.400
 Israel

00:30:14.400 --> 00:30:15.160
 ultimately

00:30:15.160 --> 00:30:15.500
 it's

00:30:15.500 --> 00:30:16.059
 Ahab

00:30:16.059 --> 00:30:16.240
 who

00:30:16.240 --> 00:30:16.420
 has

00:30:16.420 --> 00:30:16.759
 brought

00:30:16.759 --> 00:30:17.359
 trouble

00:30:17.359 --> 00:30:18.180
 on

00:30:18.180 --> 00:30:19.200
 Israel

00:30:19.200 --> 00:30:20.339
 the

00:30:20.339 --> 00:30:20.779
 spiritual

00:30:20.779 --> 00:30:21.220
 trouble

00:30:21.220 --> 00:30:21.440
 of

00:30:21.440 --> 00:30:21.740
 turning

00:30:21.740 --> 00:30:21.980
 their

00:30:21.980 --> 00:30:22.380
 backs

00:30:22.380 --> 00:30:22.620
 on

00:30:22.620 --> 00:30:23.120
 God

00:30:23.120 --> 00:30:25.259
 one

00:30:25.259 --> 00:30:25.380
 of

00:30:25.380 --> 00:30:25.500
 the

00:30:25.500 --> 00:30:25.819
 pictures

00:30:25.819 --> 00:30:26.039
 that

00:30:26.039 --> 00:30:26.180
 you

00:30:26.180 --> 00:30:26.400
 get

00:30:26.400 --> 00:30:26.839
 of

00:30:26.839 --> 00:30:27.740
 the

00:30:27.740 --> 00:30:28.599
 word

00:30:28.599 --> 00:30:29.000
 pictures

00:30:29.000 --> 00:30:29.220
 of

00:30:29.220 --> 00:30:29.420
 the

00:30:29.420 --> 00:30:30.299
 shepherds

00:30:30.299 --> 00:30:31.279
 of

00:30:31.279 --> 00:30:31.440
 the

00:30:31.440 --> 00:30:31.759
 kings

00:30:31.759 --> 00:30:31.920
 of

00:30:31.920 --> 00:30:32.180
 Israel

00:30:32.180 --> 00:30:32.380
 is

00:30:32.380 --> 00:30:32.480
 that

00:30:32.480 --> 00:30:32.579
 they

00:30:32.579 --> 00:30:32.720
 were

00:30:32.720 --> 00:30:32.920
 called

00:30:32.920 --> 00:30:33.140
 to be

00:30:33.140 --> 00:30:33.400
 the

00:30:33.400 --> 00:30:34.000
 shepherds

00:30:34.000 --> 00:30:34.420
 of

00:30:34.420 --> 00:30:35.440
 God's

00:30:35.440 --> 00:30:35.980
 people

00:30:35.980 --> 00:30:37.200
 to

00:30:37.200 --> 00:30:37.640
 lead

00:30:37.640 --> 00:30:37.860
 the

00:30:37.860 --> 00:30:38.280
 people

00:30:38.280 --> 00:30:38.700
 in

00:30:38.700 --> 00:30:39.180
 true

00:30:39.180 --> 00:30:40.220
 worship

00:30:40.220 --> 00:30:42.820
 but

00:30:42.820 --> 00:30:42.940
 you

00:30:42.940 --> 00:30:43.100
 get

00:30:43.100 --> 00:30:43.480
 this

00:30:43.480 --> 00:30:44.340
 picture

00:30:44.340 --> 00:30:45.480
 of

00:30:45.480 --> 00:30:46.060
 Ahab

00:30:46.060 --> 00:30:46.300
 in

00:30:46.300 --> 00:30:46.560
 verse

00:30:46.560 --> 00:30:47.180
 five

00:30:47.180 --> 00:30:49.540
 what's

00:30:49.540 --> 00:30:49.640
 he

00:30:49.640 --> 00:30:49.900
 looking

00:30:49.900 --> 00:30:50.240
 for

00:30:50.240 --> 00:30:50.420
 he

00:30:50.420 --> 00:30:50.700
 was

00:30:50.700 --> 00:30:50.820
 a

00:30:50.820 --> 00:30:51.040
 kind

00:30:51.040 --> 00:30:51.240
 of

00:30:51.240 --> 00:30:52.100
 shepherd

00:30:52.100 --> 00:30:52.300
 of

00:30:52.300 --> 00:30:52.460
 a

00:30:52.460 --> 00:30:52.740
 sort

00:30:52.740 --> 00:30:52.960
 but

00:30:52.960 --> 00:30:53.140
 what

00:30:53.140 --> 00:30:53.300
 he's

00:30:53.300 --> 00:30:53.560
 giving

00:30:53.560 --> 00:30:53.740
 his

00:30:53.740 --> 00:30:54.240
 attention

00:30:54.240 --> 00:30:54.700
 to

00:30:54.700 --> 00:30:55.800
 is

00:30:55.800 --> 00:30:56.100
 finding

00:30:56.100 --> 00:30:56.360
 some

00:30:56.360 --> 00:30:56.740
 grass

00:30:56.740 --> 00:30:56.920
 to

00:30:56.920 --> 00:30:57.080
 keep

00:30:57.080 --> 00:30:57.220
 his

00:30:57.220 --> 00:30:57.620
 horses

00:30:57.620 --> 00:30:57.920
 and

00:30:57.920 --> 00:30:58.280
 mules

00:30:58.280 --> 00:30:58.840
 alive

00:30:58.840 --> 00:31:00.380
 there

00:31:00.380 --> 00:31:00.620
 seems

00:31:00.620 --> 00:31:00.880
 to be

00:31:00.880 --> 00:31:01.100
 more

00:31:01.100 --> 00:31:01.900
 concern

00:31:01.900 --> 00:31:02.620
 with

00:31:02.620 --> 00:31:03.360
 his

00:31:03.360 --> 00:31:03.960
 animals

00:31:03.960 --> 00:31:05.100
 than

00:31:05.100 --> 00:31:05.280
 with

00:31:05.280 --> 00:31:05.480
 the

00:31:05.480 --> 00:31:05.960
 subjects

00:31:05.960 --> 00:31:06.160
 that

00:31:06.160 --> 00:31:06.320
 he

00:31:06.320 --> 00:31:06.700
 rules

00:31:06.700 --> 00:31:07.180
 over

00:31:07.180 --> 00:31:08.920
 he

00:31:08.920 --> 00:31:09.080
 is

00:31:09.080 --> 00:31:09.300
 more

00:31:09.300 --> 00:31:09.740
 bothered

00:31:09.740 --> 00:31:10.040
 about

00:31:10.040 --> 00:31:10.480
 finding

00:31:10.480 --> 00:31:10.800
 some

00:31:10.800 --> 00:31:11.160
 good

00:31:11.160 --> 00:31:11.840
 grass

00:31:11.840 --> 00:31:12.340
 than

00:31:12.340 --> 00:31:12.560
 he

00:31:12.560 --> 00:31:12.800
 is

00:31:12.800 --> 00:31:13.019
 about

00:31:13.019 --> 00:31:13.440
 taking

00:31:13.440 --> 00:31:14.220
 seriously

00:31:14.220 --> 00:31:14.480
 the

00:31:14.480 --> 00:31:15.060
 reality

00:31:15.060 --> 00:31:15.320
 of

00:31:15.320 --> 00:31:15.920
 God's

00:31:15.920 --> 00:31:16.920
 wrath

00:31:16.920 --> 00:31:18.860
 God's

00:31:18.860 --> 00:31:19.340
 settled

00:31:19.340 --> 00:31:20.080
 hatred

00:31:20.080 --> 00:31:20.980
 towards

00:31:20.980 --> 00:31:21.680
 what is

00:31:21.680 --> 00:31:22.160
 sinful

00:31:22.160 --> 00:31:22.940
 and evil

00:31:22.940 --> 00:31:24.080
 and so

00:31:24.080 --> 00:31:24.540
 we discover

00:31:24.540 --> 00:31:25.220
 clearly he

00:31:25.220 --> 00:31:25.660
 is not

00:31:25.660 --> 00:31:26.320
 repenting

00:31:26.320 --> 00:31:27.040
 clearly his

00:31:27.040 --> 00:31:27.640
 heart is

00:31:27.640 --> 00:31:28.480
 hard

00:31:28.480 --> 00:31:29.420
 towards

00:31:29.420 --> 00:31:30.039
 the

00:31:30.039 --> 00:31:30.600
 judgment

00:31:30.600 --> 00:31:30.900
 of

00:31:30.900 --> 00:31:31.380
 God

00:31:31.380 --> 00:31:33.820
 and that

00:31:33.820 --> 00:31:34.580
 climax is

00:31:34.580 --> 00:31:35.259
 with Elijah's

00:31:35.259 --> 00:31:35.680
 words in

00:31:35.680 --> 00:31:36.259
 verse 18

00:31:36.259 --> 00:31:36.920
 and 19

00:31:36.920 --> 00:31:37.960
 I'm not

00:31:37.960 --> 00:31:38.120
 the

00:31:38.120 --> 00:31:38.660
 troubler of

00:31:38.660 --> 00:31:38.900
 Israel

00:31:38.900 --> 00:31:39.279
 you and

00:31:39.279 --> 00:31:39.440
 your

00:31:39.440 --> 00:31:39.860
 father's

00:31:39.860 --> 00:31:40.220
 family

00:31:40.220 --> 00:31:40.420
 have

00:31:40.420 --> 00:31:40.660
 caused

00:31:40.660 --> 00:31:41.000
 trouble

00:31:41.000 --> 00:31:42.080
 why

00:31:42.080 --> 00:31:43.100
 well

00:31:43.100 --> 00:31:43.420
 firstly

00:31:43.420 --> 00:31:43.680
 you've

00:31:43.680 --> 00:31:44.120
 abandoned

00:31:44.120 --> 00:31:44.380
 the

00:31:44.380 --> 00:31:44.740
 Lord's

00:31:44.740 --> 00:31:45.160
 commands

00:31:45.160 --> 00:31:45.880
 secondly

00:31:45.880 --> 00:31:46.340
 you've

00:31:46.340 --> 00:31:46.720
 followed

00:31:46.720 --> 00:31:47.460
 the

00:31:47.460 --> 00:31:48.220
 Baals

00:31:48.220 --> 00:31:50.980
 so

00:31:50.980 --> 00:31:51.160
 they've

00:31:51.160 --> 00:31:51.519
 abandoned

00:31:51.519 --> 00:31:52.100
 God

00:31:52.100 --> 00:31:53.460
 and he

00:31:53.460 --> 00:31:53.759
 set up

00:31:53.759 --> 00:31:54.300
 alternative

00:31:54.300 --> 00:31:54.759
 gods

00:31:54.759 --> 00:31:55.220
 and so

00:31:55.220 --> 00:31:55.500
 now

00:31:55.500 --> 00:31:55.759
 the

00:31:55.759 --> 00:31:56.060
 scene

00:31:56.060 --> 00:31:56.240
 is

00:31:56.240 --> 00:31:56.960
 set

00:31:56.960 --> 00:31:57.680
 for

00:31:57.680 --> 00:31:57.920
 this

00:31:57.920 --> 00:31:58.319
 great

00:31:58.319 --> 00:31:59.160
 showdown

00:31:59.160 --> 00:31:59.519
 summon

00:31:59.519 --> 00:31:59.700
 the

00:31:59.700 --> 00:31:59.940
 people

00:31:59.940 --> 00:32:00.160
 from

00:32:00.160 --> 00:32:00.380
 all

00:32:00.380 --> 00:32:00.600
 over

00:32:00.600 --> 00:32:01.000
 Israel

00:32:01.000 --> 00:32:01.579
 to

00:32:01.579 --> 00:32:01.779
 meet

00:32:01.779 --> 00:32:01.920
 me

00:32:01.920 --> 00:32:02.039
 on

00:32:02.039 --> 00:32:02.240
 Mount

00:32:02.240 --> 00:32:02.680
 Carmel

00:32:02.680 --> 00:32:02.980
 bring

00:32:02.980 --> 00:32:03.140
 the

00:32:03.140 --> 00:32:03.720
 450

00:32:03.720 --> 00:32:04.299
 prophets

00:32:04.299 --> 00:32:04.519
 of

00:32:04.519 --> 00:32:04.720
 Baal

00:32:04.720 --> 00:32:04.880
 the

00:32:04.880 --> 00:32:05.220
 400

00:32:05.220 --> 00:32:05.720
 prophets

00:32:05.720 --> 00:32:05.900
 of

00:32:05.900 --> 00:32:06.299
 Asherah

00:32:06.299 --> 00:32:06.460
 who

00:32:06.460 --> 00:32:06.640
 eat

00:32:06.640 --> 00:32:06.840
 at

00:32:06.840 --> 00:32:07.380
 Jezebel's

00:32:07.380 --> 00:32:07.720
 table

00:32:07.720 --> 00:32:08.220
 and what

00:32:08.220 --> 00:32:08.340
 we're

00:32:08.340 --> 00:32:08.460
 going to

00:32:08.460 --> 00:32:08.579
 see

00:32:08.579 --> 00:32:08.900
 next

00:32:08.900 --> 00:32:09.140
 week

00:32:09.140 --> 00:32:09.380
 is that

00:32:09.380 --> 00:32:09.480
 the

00:32:09.480 --> 00:32:09.660
 one

00:32:09.660 --> 00:32:09.900
 true

00:32:09.900 --> 00:32:10.299
 God

00:32:10.299 --> 00:32:10.819
 is

00:32:10.819 --> 00:32:11.100
 going

00:32:11.100 --> 00:32:11.299
 to

00:32:11.299 --> 00:32:11.460
 be

00:32:11.460 --> 00:32:11.860
 revealed

00:32:11.860 --> 00:32:12.039
 the

00:32:12.039 --> 00:32:12.299
 one

00:32:12.299 --> 00:32:12.559
 true

00:32:12.559 --> 00:32:12.880
 God

00:32:12.880 --> 00:32:13.120
 is

00:32:13.120 --> 00:32:13.400
 going

00:32:13.400 --> 00:32:13.740
 to

00:32:13.740 --> 00:32:14.279
 get

00:32:14.279 --> 00:32:14.740
 glory

00:32:14.740 --> 00:32:15.240
 for

00:32:15.240 --> 00:32:15.740
 himself

00:32:15.740 --> 00:32:16.059
 but

00:32:16.059 --> 00:32:16.180
 what

00:32:16.180 --> 00:32:16.340
 we

00:32:16.340 --> 00:32:16.640
 see

00:32:16.640 --> 00:32:17.000
 in

00:32:17.000 --> 00:32:17.860
 Ahab

00:32:17.860 --> 00:32:19.100
 in

00:32:19.100 --> 00:32:19.600
 many ways

00:32:19.600 --> 00:32:19.779
 like

00:32:19.779 --> 00:32:20.200
 Pharaoh

00:32:20.200 --> 00:32:20.799
 before

00:32:20.799 --> 00:32:21.339
 him

00:32:21.339 --> 00:32:23.359
 is a

00:32:23.359 --> 00:32:23.559
 king

00:32:23.559 --> 00:32:23.759
 who

00:32:23.759 --> 00:32:23.899
 is

00:32:23.899 --> 00:32:24.279
 hard

00:32:24.279 --> 00:32:25.000
 hearted

00:32:25.000 --> 00:32:25.980
 he

00:32:25.980 --> 00:32:26.480
 hears

00:32:26.480 --> 00:32:26.940
 God's

00:32:26.940 --> 00:32:27.220
 word

00:32:27.220 --> 00:32:27.480
 very

00:32:27.480 --> 00:32:28.180
 clearly

00:32:28.180 --> 00:32:31.139
 and

00:32:31.139 --> 00:32:31.240
 he

00:32:31.240 --> 00:32:31.420
 wants

00:32:31.420 --> 00:32:31.619
 nothing

00:32:31.619 --> 00:32:31.839
 to

00:32:31.839 --> 00:32:32.000
 do

00:32:32.000 --> 00:32:32.160
 with

00:32:32.160 --> 00:32:32.339
 it

00:32:32.339 --> 00:32:33.279
 and

00:32:33.279 --> 00:32:33.579
 because

00:32:33.579 --> 00:32:33.759
 of

00:32:33.759 --> 00:32:33.920
 that

00:32:33.920 --> 00:32:34.099
 he

00:32:34.099 --> 00:32:34.519
 comes

00:32:34.519 --> 00:32:35.180
 under

00:32:35.180 --> 00:32:36.160
 God's

00:32:36.160 --> 00:32:36.899
 judgment

00:32:36.899 --> 00:32:37.440
 and

00:32:37.440 --> 00:32:37.700
 God

00:32:37.700 --> 00:32:37.879
 is

00:32:37.879 --> 00:32:38.039
 going

00:32:38.039 --> 00:32:38.240
 to

00:32:38.240 --> 00:32:38.579
 use

00:32:38.579 --> 00:32:38.799
 that

00:32:38.799 --> 00:32:39.160
 judgment

00:32:39.160 --> 00:32:39.399
 as

00:32:39.399 --> 00:32:39.680
 part

00:32:39.680 --> 00:32:39.799
 of

00:32:39.799 --> 00:32:39.940
 his

00:32:39.940 --> 00:32:40.339
 purpose

00:32:40.339 --> 00:32:40.940
 to

00:32:40.940 --> 00:32:41.420
 display

00:32:41.420 --> 00:32:41.960
 his

00:32:41.960 --> 00:32:42.359
 greater

00:32:42.359 --> 00:32:42.839
 power

00:32:42.839 --> 00:32:43.440
 and

00:32:43.440 --> 00:32:44.119
 authority

00:32:44.119 --> 00:32:45.779
 ultimately

00:32:45.779 --> 00:32:46.299
 to show

00:32:46.299 --> 00:32:46.559
 to

00:32:46.559 --> 00:32:47.639
 Israel

00:32:47.639 --> 00:32:48.139
 to show

00:32:48.139 --> 00:32:48.799
 to Ahab

00:32:48.799 --> 00:32:49.180
 and to

00:32:49.180 --> 00:32:49.299
 show

00:32:49.299 --> 00:32:49.759
 to us

00:32:49.759 --> 00:32:50.220
 that

00:32:50.220 --> 00:32:50.440
 it's

00:32:50.440 --> 00:32:50.839
 God's

00:32:50.839 --> 00:32:51.099
 word

00:32:51.099 --> 00:32:51.359
 it's

00:32:51.359 --> 00:32:51.799
 God's

00:32:51.799 --> 00:32:52.640
 actions

00:32:52.640 --> 00:32:53.440
 that

00:32:53.440 --> 00:32:53.940
 demonstrate

00:32:53.940 --> 00:32:54.160
 that

00:32:54.160 --> 00:32:54.420
 he

00:32:54.420 --> 00:32:54.700
 and

00:32:54.700 --> 00:32:54.920
 he

00:32:54.920 --> 00:32:55.480
 alone

00:32:55.480 --> 00:32:56.640
 deserves

00:32:56.640 --> 00:32:57.240
 our

00:32:57.240 --> 00:32:58.220
 worship

00:32:58.220 --> 00:33:00.900
 as

00:33:00.900 --> 00:33:01.059
 we

00:33:01.059 --> 00:33:01.599
 close

00:33:01.599 --> 00:33:02.339
 a

00:33:02.339 --> 00:33:02.539
 couple

00:33:02.539 --> 00:33:02.700
 of

00:33:02.700 --> 00:33:03.359
 implications

00:33:03.359 --> 00:33:04.819
 from

00:33:04.819 --> 00:33:05.700
 Ahab

00:33:05.700 --> 00:33:06.519
 and

00:33:06.519 --> 00:33:06.759
 this

00:33:06.759 --> 00:33:07.059
 part

00:33:07.059 --> 00:33:07.200
 of

00:33:07.200 --> 00:33:07.339
 the

00:33:07.339 --> 00:33:07.740
 story

00:33:07.740 --> 00:33:09.559
 first

00:33:09.559 --> 00:33:09.819
 to

00:33:09.819 --> 00:33:10.559
 recognize

00:33:10.559 --> 00:33:11.240
 that

00:33:11.240 --> 00:33:11.440
 the

00:33:11.440 --> 00:33:11.920
 church

00:33:11.920 --> 00:33:12.640
 needs

00:33:12.640 --> 00:33:13.819
 a

00:33:13.819 --> 00:33:14.319
 prophetic

00:33:14.319 --> 00:33:14.920
 voice

00:33:14.920 --> 00:33:16.720
 part

00:33:16.720 --> 00:33:16.920
 of

00:33:16.920 --> 00:33:17.099
 our

00:33:17.099 --> 00:33:17.940
 calling

00:33:17.940 --> 00:33:19.299
 as

00:33:19.299 --> 00:33:19.500
 the

00:33:19.500 --> 00:33:19.899
 church

00:33:19.899 --> 00:33:20.119
 of

00:33:20.119 --> 00:33:20.440
 God

00:33:20.440 --> 00:33:21.019
 is

00:33:21.019 --> 00:33:21.440
 to

00:33:21.440 --> 00:33:22.200
 speak

00:33:22.200 --> 00:33:23.339
 clearly

00:33:23.339 --> 00:33:24.980
 against

00:33:24.980 --> 00:33:25.259
 what

00:33:25.259 --> 00:33:25.440
 is

00:33:25.440 --> 00:33:26.119
 evil

00:33:26.119 --> 00:33:26.720
 and

00:33:26.720 --> 00:33:27.200
 against

00:33:27.200 --> 00:33:27.460
 what

00:33:27.460 --> 00:33:27.659
 is

00:33:27.659 --> 00:33:28.500
 unjust

00:33:28.500 --> 00:33:30.139
 that

00:33:30.139 --> 00:33:30.299
 we

00:33:30.299 --> 00:33:30.799
 take

00:33:30.799 --> 00:33:31.200
 what

00:33:31.200 --> 00:33:31.359
 we

00:33:31.359 --> 00:33:32.039
 understand

00:33:32.039 --> 00:33:32.359
 about

00:33:32.359 --> 00:33:32.759
 God's

00:33:32.759 --> 00:33:33.379
 character

00:33:33.379 --> 00:33:34.639
 about

00:33:34.639 --> 00:33:35.259
 the

00:33:35.259 --> 00:33:35.759
 horrors

00:33:35.759 --> 00:33:36.399
 of sin

00:33:36.399 --> 00:33:37.079
 that we

00:33:37.079 --> 00:33:37.619
 discover

00:33:37.619 --> 00:33:37.919
 in the

00:33:37.919 --> 00:33:38.259
 Bible

00:33:38.259 --> 00:33:39.220
 and we

00:33:39.220 --> 00:33:39.980
 apply

00:33:39.980 --> 00:33:40.519
 them to

00:33:40.519 --> 00:33:40.700
 our

00:33:40.700 --> 00:33:41.000
 current

00:33:41.000 --> 00:33:41.680
 context

00:33:41.680 --> 00:33:44.440
 and so

00:33:44.440 --> 00:33:44.600
 the

00:33:44.600 --> 00:33:44.820
 church

00:33:44.820 --> 00:33:45.120
 needs

00:33:45.120 --> 00:33:45.400
 to be

00:33:45.400 --> 00:33:45.560
 able

00:33:45.560 --> 00:33:45.779
 to

00:33:45.779 --> 00:33:46.039
 speak

00:33:46.039 --> 00:33:46.660
 clearly

00:33:46.660 --> 00:33:46.960
 to

00:33:46.960 --> 00:33:47.799
 acknowledge

00:33:47.799 --> 00:33:48.640
 where

00:33:48.640 --> 00:33:49.299
 injustice

00:33:49.299 --> 00:33:49.820
 and evil

00:33:49.820 --> 00:33:50.019
 is

00:33:50.019 --> 00:33:50.460
 happening

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 whether

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 that's

00:33:51.740 --> 00:33:52.420
 human

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 trafficking

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 whether

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 that's

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 the

00:33:54.259 --> 00:33:54.620
 evil

00:33:54.620 --> 00:33:54.920
 of

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 the

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 porn

00:33:55.680 --> 00:33:56.259
 industry

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 whether

00:33:56.539 --> 00:33:56.799
 it's

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 the

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 evil

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 of

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 the

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 euthanasia

00:33:59.640 --> 00:33:59.940
 bill

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 each

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 of

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 these

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 when you

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 think

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 about

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 it

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 is

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 a

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 devaluing

00:34:03.100 --> 00:34:04.860
 of

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 people

00:34:05.140 --> 00:34:05.460
 made

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 in the

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 image

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 of

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 God

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 and so

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 the

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 church

00:34:08.519 --> 00:34:08.759
 must

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 always

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 have

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 that

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 prophetic

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 voice

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 and the

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 wisdom

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 to know

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 how to

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 speak

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 God's

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 timeless

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 truth

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 into

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 our

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 ever

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 changing

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 world

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 but at

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 the

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 same

00:34:18.460 --> 00:34:18.719
 time

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 our

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 voice

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 must

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 also

00:34:21.059 --> 00:34:22.380
 speak

00:34:22.380 --> 00:34:22.599
 the

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 gospel

00:34:23.159 --> 00:34:24.400
 we

00:34:24.400 --> 00:34:24.719
 speak

00:34:24.719 --> 00:34:25.299
 judgment

00:34:25.299 --> 00:34:25.739
 and

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 salvation

00:34:26.679 --> 00:34:27.739
 like

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 the

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 gospel

00:34:28.460 --> 00:34:29.279
 does

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 recognizing

00:34:33.500 --> 00:34:35.380
 that our

00:34:35.380 --> 00:34:35.659
 culture

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 has a

00:34:35.980 --> 00:34:36.099
 lot

00:34:36.099 --> 00:34:36.779
 confusion

00:34:36.779 --> 00:34:38.219
 or

00:34:38.219 --> 00:34:38.400
 this

00:34:38.400 --> 00:34:38.719
 morning

00:34:38.719 --> 00:34:38.880
 a

00:34:38.880 --> 00:34:38.980
 lot

00:34:38.980 --> 00:34:39.099
 of

00:34:39.099 --> 00:34:39.779
 anxiety

00:34:39.779 --> 00:34:41.360
 we

00:34:41.360 --> 00:34:41.779
 recognize

00:34:41.779 --> 00:34:42.079
 people

00:34:42.079 --> 00:34:42.219
 have

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 deep

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 longings

00:34:42.980 --> 00:34:43.099
 in

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 their

00:34:43.259 --> 00:34:43.639
 hearts

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 they're

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 looking

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 to

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 find

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 meaning

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 and

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 hope

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 and

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 purpose

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 we

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 are

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 invited

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 as

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 the

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 people

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 of

00:34:49.880 --> 00:34:50.139
 God

00:34:50.139 --> 00:34:50.360
 to

00:34:50.360 --> 00:34:50.940
 speak

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 of

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 Jesus

00:34:52.039 --> 00:34:52.420
 the

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 way

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 the

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 truth

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 the

00:34:53.719 --> 00:34:54.860
 life

00:34:54.860 --> 00:34:55.920
 to

00:34:55.920 --> 00:34:56.159
 bring

00:34:56.159 --> 00:34:56.440
 good

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 news

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 in a

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 world

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 marked

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 by

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 hurt

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 and

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 confusion

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 but

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 also

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 each

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 one

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 of

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 us

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 needs

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 to

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 hear

00:35:10.280 --> 00:35:11.220
 and

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 to

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 respond

00:35:12.380 --> 00:35:12.740
 in

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 obedience

00:35:13.260 --> 00:35:13.940
 and

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 belief

00:35:14.659 --> 00:35:15.800
 to

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 Jesus

00:35:16.300 --> 00:35:17.300
 the

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 great

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 prophet

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 to

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 let

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 his

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 words

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 speak

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 unlike

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 Ahab

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 Jesus

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 is

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 the

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 good

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 king

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 he's

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 the

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 good

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 shepherd

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 so

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 concerned

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 for

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 his

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 people

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 in

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 our

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 spiritual

00:35:36.679 --> 00:35:37.420
 lostness

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 that he

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 both

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 lays

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 down

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 his

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 life

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 and he

00:35:41.420 --> 00:35:41.960
 calls

00:35:41.960 --> 00:35:42.179
 us

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 powerfully

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 to

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 himself

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 he

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 is

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 the

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 true

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 prophet

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 the

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 greater

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 than

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 Elijah

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 who

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 would

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 confront

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 and

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 who

00:35:50.759 --> 00:35:50.940
 would

00:35:50.940 --> 00:35:51.579
 conquer

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 the

00:35:52.259 --> 00:35:52.679
 forces

00:35:52.679 --> 00:35:52.940
 of

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 evil

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 at

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 the

00:35:53.539 --> 00:35:53.879
 cross

00:35:53.880 --> 00:35:56.200
 the

00:35:56.200 --> 00:35:56.460
 same

00:35:56.460 --> 00:35:56.900
 Jesus

00:35:56.900 --> 00:35:57.180
 who

00:35:57.180 --> 00:35:57.559
 began

00:35:57.559 --> 00:35:57.820
 his

00:35:57.820 --> 00:35:58.180
 ministry

00:35:58.180 --> 00:35:58.519
 saying

00:35:58.519 --> 00:35:58.700
 the

00:35:58.700 --> 00:35:58.980
 kingdom

00:35:58.980 --> 00:35:59.220
 of

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 God

00:35:59.480 --> 00:35:59.680
 is

00:35:59.680 --> 00:36:00.059
 near

00:36:00.059 --> 00:36:00.940
 repent

00:36:00.940 --> 00:36:01.660
 and

00:36:01.660 --> 00:36:02.300
 believe

00:36:02.300 --> 00:36:03.300
 the

00:36:03.300 --> 00:36:03.539
 good

00:36:03.539 --> 00:36:04.119
 news

00:36:04.119 --> 00:36:05.660
 the

00:36:05.660 --> 00:36:05.860
 one

00:36:05.860 --> 00:36:06.119
 whose

00:36:06.119 --> 00:36:06.500
 word

00:36:06.500 --> 00:36:06.760
 has

00:36:06.760 --> 00:36:06.940
 the

00:36:06.940 --> 00:36:07.559
 power

00:36:07.559 --> 00:36:08.500
 to

00:36:08.500 --> 00:36:08.940
 take

00:36:08.940 --> 00:36:09.180
 us

00:36:09.180 --> 00:36:09.539
 from

00:36:09.539 --> 00:36:09.900
 our

00:36:09.900 --> 00:36:10.780
 natural

00:36:10.780 --> 00:36:11.880
 hostility

00:36:11.880 --> 00:36:12.180
 or

00:36:12.180 --> 00:36:12.860
 indifference

00:36:12.860 --> 00:36:13.099
 to

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 God's

00:36:13.460 --> 00:36:13.860
 word

00:36:13.860 --> 00:36:14.559
 to

00:36:14.559 --> 00:36:14.980
 cause

00:36:14.980 --> 00:36:15.160
 us

00:36:15.160 --> 00:36:15.300
 to

00:36:15.300 --> 00:36:15.800
 hear

00:36:15.800 --> 00:36:16.119
 its

00:36:16.119 --> 00:36:16.599
 beauty

00:36:16.599 --> 00:36:16.940
 and

00:36:16.940 --> 00:36:17.360
 truth

00:36:17.360 --> 00:36:17.680
 and

00:36:17.680 --> 00:36:18.059
 life

00:36:18.059 --> 00:36:18.360
 giving

00:36:18.360 --> 00:36:18.820
 power

00:36:18.820 --> 00:36:19.559
 and

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 to

00:36:19.720 --> 00:36:20.360
 respond

00:36:20.360 --> 00:36:21.180
 with

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 God

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