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 It's on page 349, if you've got the red church Bibles.

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 We're going to read the first 13 verses, and we'll skip down then to verse 41 after that.

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 1 Kings chapter 11, starting at verse 1.

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 1 Kings chapter 11.

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 1 Kings chapter 11.

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 1 Kings chapter 11.

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 1 Kings chapter 11.

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 1 Kings chapter 11.

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 1 Kings chapter 11.

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 1 Kings chapter 11.

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 1 Kings chapter 11.

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 1 Kings chapter 11.

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 1 Kings chapter 11.

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 2 Kings chapter 11.

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 2 Kings chapter 11.

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 of Solomon? Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel for 40 years. Then he rested with

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 his ancestors and was buried in the city of David his father. And Rehoboam his son succeeded

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 him as king.

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 Thanks very much, Connor.

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 Let's pray.

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 Father, thank you for your word. Thank you for this true account of Solomon's life. And

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 we pray that through it, it would teach us much about ourselves.

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 But more importantly, it would show us more about how great you are.

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 And what it is to turn from all our loves of other things and other people that we might

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 love you as we ought. Father, work in our lives today. Build us up and encourage us. We ask

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 this in Jesus' name. Amen.

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 As we drove out of the driving test centre, my assessor gave me the first instruction.

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 Turn right.

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 I turned left. And then the moment came, he handed me a piece of paper and written

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 clearly in red letters at the bottom of the page. Failed. None of us likes to fail. In

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 fact, we do everything that we can to try and hide our failures. We're embarrassed by it.

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 We cover it up in all kinds of different ways.

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 Well, written across chapter 11 of 1 Kings in bold red letters is the word failed.

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 There is no hiding from the truth.

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 It may come as a surprise to us because up to this point, Solomon has been doing well as

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 king. He's not perfect, but his people who he is king over are safe and secure and the

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 nations are coming to him for blessing. But it seems Solomon has not been listening to the

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 instructions. And it has all ended in disappointing failure. Now we need to be careful how we read this.

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 Not as just some historical event in the past, but read it as our story. Because we are just like

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 Solomon. But thankfully, as we look at this together, we'll see that it's not all doom,

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 human gloom. Because chapter 11 shows us that we can experience fullness of life when we admit to our

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 failure and rest in God's faithfulness. That's like a summary theme for the whole of chapter 11.

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 We can experience fullness of life when we admit to our failure and rest in God's faithfulness.

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 Well, let's have a look. First, a portrait of our failure. A portrait of our failure. Reading the first few

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 verses of chapter 11 is like looking at an x-ray of our hearts. It reveals a terrible heart disease.

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 The heart of failure is always our hearts. Look at verse 4.

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 As Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods and his heart was not fully devoted to the

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 Lord his God as the heart of David his father had been. Now when the Bible talks about the heart,

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 it's not talking about that big muscle inside our chest that's pumping oxygenated blood around our body.

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 The heart is always talking about the real you. It's the control centre of our character.

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 What's in the heart tells us who we really are. Now Solomon's heart is not in good condition.

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 In fact, we can see the cause of his heart failure. There's three failures we're going to look at. First,

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 the failure to listen. Look at verse 1. King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women besides

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 Pharaoh's daughter. That was his first wife. Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians and Hittites.

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 They were from the nations about which the Lord had told the Israelites,

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 you must not intermarry with them because they will surely turn your hearts after other gods.

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 God had said, but he didn't listen. In fact, there were specific instructions for the king.

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 Keep your finger in 1 Kings 11 and go back to Deuteronomy.

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 At the beginning of the Bible, Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy.

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 Deuteronomy chapter 17.

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 So specific instructions for the king. Deuteronomy 17 verse 14.

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 When you enter the lands the Lord your God is giving you and you've taken possession of it and

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 has settled in it and you say, let us set a king over us like all the nations around us.

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 Be sure to appoint over you the king the Lord your God chooses.

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 Well, what's this king to be like? Look at verse 17.

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 He must not take many wives or his heart will be led astray.

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 Simple, isn't it?

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 Back to 1 Kings 11.

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 It's not that Solomon didn't understand God's word.

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 Solomon just chose not to listen.

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 So chapter 11 verse 3.

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 He had 700 wives of royal birth

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 and 300 concubines.

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 And not surprisingly,

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 his wives led him astray.

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 We can call it disobedience.

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 Now,

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 we mightn't be like Solomon in that we have many, many wives.

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 But how often do we read God's word

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 and fail to listen

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 and do what it says?

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 We're a little bit like the person James describes

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 in chapter 1 of James.

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 Let me read it to you.

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 Do not merely listen to the word

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 and so deceive yourselves.

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 Do what it says.

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 Anyone who listens to the word

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 but does not do what it says

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 is like someone who looks at his face in the mirror

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 and after looking at himself

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 goes away and immediately forgets

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 what he looks like.

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 How many times

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 do I look into God's word?

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 It shows me what to do.

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 It shows me what to do.

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 So clear.

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 And yet I don't do it.

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 I fail to listen.

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 Second,

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 there's a failure to learn.

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 Solomon not only had God's word,

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 he also had a very good example to follow.

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 Look at the end of verse 4.

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 We're told that his heart

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 was not fully devoted to the Lord his God

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 as the heart of David his father had been.

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 Now we know something of David.

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 It's not saying David was perfect.

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 We know that King David messed up big time.

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 David had an affair with somebody called Bathsheba.

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 Not only that,

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 he murdered her husband in the process.

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 But here's the point.

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 David learned.

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 He confessed.

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 Psalm 51 tells us of his confession.

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 But Solomon, it seems,

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 never learned.

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 He just kept on going.

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 700 times of repeated failure.

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 As well as 300 other failures.

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 So verse 6.

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 Solomon did evil in the eyes of the Lord.

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 He did not follow the Lord completely

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 as David his father had done.

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 It's just too close for comfort, isn't it?

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 I mightn't have 700 wives.

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 But sadly, I have to admit

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 that in my 22 years of marriage,

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 I have failed my wife more than 700 times.

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 A crossword.

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 Selfish thoughts.

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 Unforgiveness.

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 Putting myself first.

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 We disobey, don't we?

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 In the same way,

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 again and again and again.

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 We just do not learn.

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 So we don't listen.

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 We don't learn.

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 And we don't love.

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 Despite everything that God had said.

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 Look at the end of verse 2.

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 Nevertheless,

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 Solomon held fast

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 to his wives in love.

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 He's got a grip.

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 He's not going to let go

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 of his disobedience.

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 He likes it.

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 He enjoys it.

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 His love for his wives

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 turned him

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 to love of other gods.

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 Verse 5.

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 He followed Ashtoreth,

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 the goddess of the Sidonians.

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 And Moloch,

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 the detestable god

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 of the Ammonites.

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 Now these just weren't

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 kind of little stone figures.

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 These were gods

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 that they sacrificed babies to.

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 I mean, this was serious.

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 Sacrificing children

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 in the hope that the gods

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 would somehow bring blessing.

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 This is the way

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 in which Solomon went.

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 Now as we read this,

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 we can't sit back

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 with a feeling of pride

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 and go,

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 well that's not me.

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 I would never do anything

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 as disastrous as that.

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 I don't love other gods.

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 You won't find any idols

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 or anything like that

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 in my house.

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 Well we all replace God

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 with other things

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 and other people

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 all the time.

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 None of us has loved God

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 with all our heart.

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 And in case we think otherwise,

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 listen to Jesus.

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 He says,

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 what comes out of a person

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 defiles them

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 for it is written

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 out of a person's heart

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 that evil thoughts come,

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 sexual immorality

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 and theft

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 and murder

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 and adultery

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 and greed

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 and malice

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 and deceit

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 and lewdness

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 and envy

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 and slander

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 and arrogance

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 and folly.

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 Can you recognize

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 any of those?

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 All of these evils

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 come from inside

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 and defile a person.

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 They come from

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 within the heart.

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 You see,

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 like Solomon,

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 we all have

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 heart failure.

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 We do not listen.

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 We do not learn.

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 And we do not love.

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 Now it's not

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 as if Solomon

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 suddenly woke up

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 one day

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 with heart failure.

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 It was progressive.

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 We can think of it this way.

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 The person

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 who has a physical

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 heart attack

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 does so,

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 well,

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 it's because of years

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 of unhealthy diet

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 or no exercise

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 or too much stress

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 at work.

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 It builds

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 and it builds

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 and it builds

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 and hearts go bang

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 due to a lifetime

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 of bad habits

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 and decisions.

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 Well,

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 that's what God

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 is saying

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 about our hearts.

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 I mean,

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 look at Solomon.

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 Right at the beginning

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 of his reign,

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 we read this.

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 you may remember it

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 from chapter 3.

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 It tells us here

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 what Solomon was like.

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 Solomon showed

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 his love for the Lord

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 by walking

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 according to the instructions

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 given him

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 by his father David.

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 Now,

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 40 years later,

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 look at chapter 11,

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 verse 1.

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 King Solomon,

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 however,

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 loved many

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 foreign women.

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 it's not that Solomon

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 went from hero

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 to zero

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 in one day.

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 Verse 4,

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 as Solomon grew old,

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 his wives

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 turned his hearts

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 after other gods.

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 Slowly,

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 over time,

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 as he progressed

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 through the years,

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 he had fallen

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 into a habit

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 of failing

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 to listen,

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 failing to learn,

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 failing to love.

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 and it ended

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 in heart failure.

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 Now,

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 we need to take note,

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 don't we?

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 Failure to deal

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 with our hearts

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 and we will have

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 a serious

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 heart failure.

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 Continue to hide

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 over and cover

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 our failures,

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 refuse to admit

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 and to seek help.

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 Well,

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 we'll just end up

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 destroying our own lives

00:17:53.779 --> 00:17:54.440
 and destroying

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 of those around us.

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 But much more

00:17:58.720 --> 00:17:59.460
 than just

00:17:59.460 --> 00:18:00.420
 destroying

00:18:00.420 --> 00:18:01.660
 our own lives,

00:18:02.859 --> 00:18:04.980
 not only

00:18:04.980 --> 00:18:05.759
 is there heart

00:18:05.759 --> 00:18:06.339
 failure,

00:18:07.220 --> 00:18:08.240
 but there is

00:18:08.240 --> 00:18:08.899
 the curse

00:18:08.899 --> 00:18:09.799
 of failure.

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 And the curse

00:18:11.799 --> 00:18:12.539
 of failure

00:18:12.539 --> 00:18:15.160
 is the curse.

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 Have a look

00:18:16.440 --> 00:18:17.899
 at verse 9,

00:18:18.240 --> 00:18:19.160
 chapter 11.

00:18:21.299 --> 00:18:22.399
 The Lord

00:18:22.399 --> 00:18:23.619
 became angry

00:18:23.619 --> 00:18:24.339
 with Solomon

00:18:24.339 --> 00:18:25.699
 because his heart

00:18:25.699 --> 00:18:26.919
 had turned

00:18:26.919 --> 00:18:28.079
 away from the Lord,

00:18:28.179 --> 00:18:29.179
 the God of Israel,

00:18:29.539 --> 00:18:30.239
 who had appeared

00:18:30.239 --> 00:18:31.119
 to him twice.

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 So not only

00:18:32.139 --> 00:18:33.219
 had he everything

00:18:33.219 --> 00:18:34.239
 that God had said

00:18:34.239 --> 00:18:34.899
 in his word,

00:18:35.059 --> 00:18:35.199
 but,

00:18:35.779 --> 00:18:35.939
 well,

00:18:36.000 --> 00:18:36.639
 God had come

00:18:36.639 --> 00:18:37.019
 to him

00:18:37.019 --> 00:18:38.319
 specifically twice

00:18:38.319 --> 00:18:38.979
 and showed him

00:18:38.979 --> 00:18:39.699
 how to live.

00:18:42.500 --> 00:18:43.439
 And the Lord

00:18:43.439 --> 00:18:44.779
 became angry

00:18:44.779 --> 00:18:46.099
 with Solomon.

00:18:47.799 --> 00:18:48.299
 Now,

00:18:48.339 --> 00:18:48.659
 I don't know

00:18:48.659 --> 00:18:49.319
 how you feel

00:18:49.319 --> 00:18:49.899
 about that,

00:18:50.019 --> 00:18:51.319
 but I guess

00:18:51.319 --> 00:18:52.039
 we don't like

00:18:52.039 --> 00:18:52.680
 the idea

00:18:52.680 --> 00:18:53.180
 of God

00:18:53.180 --> 00:18:53.920
 being angry,

00:18:54.059 --> 00:18:54.420
 do we?

00:18:55.579 --> 00:18:56.559
 We don't like

00:18:56.559 --> 00:18:57.440
 that image.

00:18:58.519 --> 00:18:59.539
 Perhaps because

00:18:59.539 --> 00:19:00.799
 of experiences

00:19:00.799 --> 00:19:01.819
 we have faced

00:19:01.819 --> 00:19:03.359
 before an angry

00:19:03.359 --> 00:19:03.980
 person.

00:19:05.079 --> 00:19:05.539
 Well,

00:19:05.559 --> 00:19:06.259
 let's be clear,

00:19:06.359 --> 00:19:06.980
 this is not

00:19:06.980 --> 00:19:08.319
 an uncontrolled,

00:19:08.559 --> 00:19:09.599
 raging temper.

00:19:10.599 --> 00:19:12.139
 This is God's

00:19:12.139 --> 00:19:13.759
 jealous love.

00:19:14.639 --> 00:19:16.019
 He is angry

00:19:16.019 --> 00:19:17.500
 that we turn

00:19:17.500 --> 00:19:18.279
 our hearts

00:19:18.279 --> 00:19:19.639
 from his love

00:19:19.639 --> 00:19:21.379
 and seek out

00:19:21.379 --> 00:19:22.180
 love from other

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 things and other

00:19:23.099 --> 00:19:23.619
 people.

00:19:24.960 --> 00:19:26.180
 God doesn't just

00:19:26.180 --> 00:19:27.299
 sit back and watch

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 us ruin our lives

00:19:28.819 --> 00:19:29.460
 and the lives

00:19:29.460 --> 00:19:30.160
 of other people

00:19:30.160 --> 00:19:30.579
 and say,

00:19:30.900 --> 00:19:31.440
 you know what,

00:19:31.460 --> 00:19:32.319
 it doesn't matter.

00:19:32.879 --> 00:19:33.799
 Feel free,

00:19:33.960 --> 00:19:35.119
 just live the way

00:19:35.119 --> 00:19:35.920
 you want to.

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 We'll just kind

00:19:37.599 --> 00:19:38.480
 of cover it up

00:19:38.480 --> 00:19:39.299
 and sort it all

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 out.

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 It doesn't matter.

00:19:42.279 --> 00:19:42.839
 Well,

00:19:42.879 --> 00:19:43.839
 it does matter.

00:19:43.839 --> 00:19:46.099
 God's anger

00:19:46.099 --> 00:19:47.139
 is his fair

00:19:47.139 --> 00:19:47.779
 and settled

00:19:47.779 --> 00:19:48.959
 response to sin

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 and it will

00:19:50.299 --> 00:19:51.139
 be punished.

00:19:52.159 --> 00:19:53.240
 How can God

00:19:53.240 --> 00:19:54.500
 let his creation

00:19:54.500 --> 00:19:55.759
 and his world

00:19:55.759 --> 00:19:57.359
 go on in cycles

00:19:57.359 --> 00:19:58.319
 of disaster

00:19:58.319 --> 00:19:59.259
 and destruction

00:19:59.259 --> 00:20:00.399
 and just say

00:20:00.399 --> 00:20:01.379
 it doesn't matter?

00:20:04.659 --> 00:20:05.839
 For Solomon,

00:20:06.399 --> 00:20:08.159
 instead of blessing,

00:20:08.740 --> 00:20:09.779
 there was curse.

00:20:11.000 --> 00:20:11.679
 Have a look

00:20:11.679 --> 00:20:12.559
 at verse 11.

00:20:12.559 --> 00:20:15.139
 So the Lord

00:20:15.139 --> 00:20:16.200
 said to Solomon,

00:20:17.039 --> 00:20:18.659
 Since this is

00:20:18.659 --> 00:20:19.399
 your attitude

00:20:19.399 --> 00:20:20.159
 and you have

00:20:20.159 --> 00:20:20.859
 not kept

00:20:20.859 --> 00:20:21.599
 my covenant

00:20:21.599 --> 00:20:22.679
 and my decrees

00:20:22.679 --> 00:20:23.639
 which I commanded

00:20:23.639 --> 00:20:23.980
 you,

00:20:24.500 --> 00:20:25.419
 I will most

00:20:25.419 --> 00:20:26.279
 certainly tear

00:20:26.279 --> 00:20:26.740
 the kingdom

00:20:26.740 --> 00:20:27.720
 away from you

00:20:27.720 --> 00:20:28.779
 and give it

00:20:28.779 --> 00:20:29.539
 to one of your

00:20:29.539 --> 00:20:30.480
 subordinates.

00:20:31.759 --> 00:20:33.279
 And so began

00:20:33.279 --> 00:20:34.240
 the downfall

00:20:34.240 --> 00:20:34.940
 of Solomon

00:20:34.940 --> 00:20:35.679
 and the kingdom.

00:20:36.119 --> 00:20:37.139
 And as we read

00:20:37.139 --> 00:20:38.000
 on through the book,

00:20:38.079 --> 00:20:38.919
 we'll see the kingdom

00:20:38.919 --> 00:20:39.679
 divides,

00:20:40.119 --> 00:20:41.159
 it falls apart,

00:20:41.160 --> 00:20:42.640
 it falls apart

00:20:42.640 --> 00:20:43.940
 and the people

00:20:43.940 --> 00:20:45.019
 end up

00:20:45.019 --> 00:20:46.200
 in exile.

00:20:47.240 --> 00:20:48.279
 But for Solomon,

00:20:48.480 --> 00:20:49.440
 the curse begins

00:20:49.440 --> 00:20:50.140
 like this.

00:20:50.380 --> 00:20:50.860
 Have a look

00:20:50.860 --> 00:20:51.860
 at verse 14.

00:20:52.779 --> 00:20:53.519
 Then the Lord

00:20:53.519 --> 00:20:54.240
 raised up

00:20:54.240 --> 00:20:55.420
 against Solomon

00:20:55.420 --> 00:20:57.000
 an adversary,

00:20:57.880 --> 00:20:58.340
 Hadad,

00:20:58.460 --> 00:20:59.420
 the Edomite.

00:21:00.480 --> 00:21:01.240
 And over

00:21:01.240 --> 00:21:02.320
 at verse 23,

00:21:03.320 --> 00:21:04.140
 And God

00:21:04.140 --> 00:21:04.759
 raised up

00:21:04.759 --> 00:21:05.560
 against Solomon

00:21:05.560 --> 00:21:07.140
 another adversary,

00:21:07.920 --> 00:21:08.460
 Razan,

00:21:08.460 --> 00:21:09.960
 son of Eliadah.

00:21:11.079 --> 00:21:11.740
 Now we don't

00:21:11.740 --> 00:21:12.380
 need to worry

00:21:12.380 --> 00:21:12.900
 about who

00:21:12.900 --> 00:21:13.500
 these people

00:21:13.500 --> 00:21:14.319
 are for now,

00:21:14.480 --> 00:21:15.319
 but we just

00:21:15.319 --> 00:21:15.920
 need to see

00:21:15.920 --> 00:21:16.600
 that God

00:21:16.600 --> 00:21:17.200
 does not

00:21:17.200 --> 00:21:18.440
 ignore

00:21:18.440 --> 00:21:20.279
 sinful behaviour.

00:21:21.519 --> 00:21:21.940
 He will

00:21:21.940 --> 00:21:22.799
 deal with it

00:21:22.799 --> 00:21:23.660
 and in this case

00:21:23.660 --> 00:21:25.000
 he raises up

00:21:25.000 --> 00:21:25.799
 an adversary.

00:21:26.920 --> 00:21:27.539
 Not just

00:21:27.539 --> 00:21:28.240
 two of them,

00:21:28.360 --> 00:21:28.779
 but look at

00:21:28.779 --> 00:21:29.819
 verse 26,

00:21:30.500 --> 00:21:31.000
 Also

00:21:31.000 --> 00:21:32.059
 Jeroboam,

00:21:32.200 --> 00:21:33.120
 son of Nebat,

00:21:33.259 --> 00:21:33.660
 rebelled

00:21:33.660 --> 00:21:34.620
 against the king.

00:21:35.799 --> 00:21:37.180
 One of Solomon's

00:21:37.180 --> 00:21:38.400
 closest allies.

00:21:42.580 --> 00:21:43.380
 You see,

00:21:43.460 --> 00:21:44.039
 if we don't

00:21:44.039 --> 00:21:45.299
 face our

00:21:45.299 --> 00:21:46.259
 failure now,

00:21:47.220 --> 00:21:48.160
 if we don't

00:21:48.160 --> 00:21:48.980
 admit to our

00:21:48.980 --> 00:21:49.700
 failure to

00:21:49.700 --> 00:21:50.200
 listen,

00:21:51.120 --> 00:21:52.100
 to learn,

00:21:52.860 --> 00:21:53.680
 and to love

00:21:53.680 --> 00:21:54.440
 as we should,

00:21:55.640 --> 00:21:56.519
 we will face

00:21:56.519 --> 00:21:57.279
 the just

00:21:57.279 --> 00:21:57.960
 and right

00:21:57.960 --> 00:21:58.640
 anger

00:21:58.640 --> 00:21:59.920
 of God.

00:22:01.920 --> 00:22:02.900
 The end

00:22:02.900 --> 00:22:03.720
 of Solomon's

00:22:03.720 --> 00:22:04.180
 life

00:22:04.180 --> 00:22:06.060
 is a great

00:22:06.060 --> 00:22:06.660
 tragedy,

00:22:06.660 --> 00:22:07.320
 isn't it?

00:22:08.620 --> 00:22:09.360
 We read

00:22:09.360 --> 00:22:11.160
 in verse 43

00:22:11.160 --> 00:22:11.740
 that he

00:22:11.740 --> 00:22:12.620
 rested with

00:22:12.620 --> 00:22:13.440
 his ancestors

00:22:13.440 --> 00:22:13.960
 and was

00:22:13.960 --> 00:22:14.600
 buried in

00:22:14.600 --> 00:22:15.060
 the city

00:22:15.060 --> 00:22:15.640
 of David

00:22:15.640 --> 00:22:16.340
 his father.

00:22:17.480 --> 00:22:18.019
 What a

00:22:18.019 --> 00:22:18.840
 sad,

00:22:19.060 --> 00:22:20.120
 sad end

00:22:20.120 --> 00:22:21.380
 to what

00:22:21.380 --> 00:22:21.860
 began

00:22:21.860 --> 00:22:22.340
 so,

00:22:22.540 --> 00:22:23.040
 so well.

00:22:24.420 --> 00:22:24.820
 You see,

00:22:24.900 --> 00:22:25.420
 the portrait

00:22:25.420 --> 00:22:26.440
 of Solomon's

00:22:26.440 --> 00:22:26.900
 life

00:22:26.900 --> 00:22:28.779
 is a

00:22:28.779 --> 00:22:29.200
 portrait

00:22:29.200 --> 00:22:30.980
 of our

00:22:30.980 --> 00:22:31.779
 own lives.

00:22:32.960 --> 00:22:33.420
 But

00:22:33.420 --> 00:22:34.000
 thankfully

00:22:34.000 --> 00:22:36.200
 and wonderfully

00:22:36.200 --> 00:22:38.079
 this is not

00:22:38.079 --> 00:22:38.940
 the end

00:22:38.940 --> 00:22:40.480
 of the story.

00:22:41.680 --> 00:22:42.559
 We have a

00:22:42.559 --> 00:22:43.380
 portrait of

00:22:43.380 --> 00:22:44.299
 our failure,

00:22:45.039 --> 00:22:46.019
 but we also

00:22:46.019 --> 00:22:47.119
 have the

00:22:47.119 --> 00:22:47.839
 promise

00:22:47.839 --> 00:22:49.500
 of God's

00:22:49.500 --> 00:22:50.119
 faithfulness

00:22:50.119 --> 00:22:50.480
 or the

00:22:50.480 --> 00:22:51.339
 faithfulness of

00:22:51.339 --> 00:22:51.880
 our God.

00:22:52.740 --> 00:22:53.160
 You see,

00:22:53.259 --> 00:22:53.900
 while we can

00:22:53.900 --> 00:22:55.000
 write failure

00:22:55.000 --> 00:22:56.019
 over chapter

00:22:56.019 --> 00:22:56.519
 11,

00:22:57.059 --> 00:22:58.160
 we can stamp

00:22:58.160 --> 00:22:58.960
 an even bigger

00:22:58.960 --> 00:23:00.400
 faithfulness

00:23:00.400 --> 00:23:01.660
 over all

00:23:01.660 --> 00:23:02.060
 of that

00:23:02.060 --> 00:23:03.360
 because God's

00:23:03.360 --> 00:23:04.240
 faithfulness

00:23:04.240 --> 00:23:05.740
 is always

00:23:05.740 --> 00:23:06.580
 greater

00:23:06.580 --> 00:23:08.420
 than our

00:23:08.420 --> 00:23:08.920
 failure.

00:23:10.800 --> 00:23:11.600
 First,

00:23:11.800 --> 00:23:12.340
 faithful

00:23:12.340 --> 00:23:12.960
 promise.

00:23:14.440 --> 00:23:15.400
 Remember what

00:23:15.400 --> 00:23:16.259
 God had said

00:23:16.259 --> 00:23:17.320
 to Solomon.

00:23:18.120 --> 00:23:18.660
 Have a look

00:23:18.660 --> 00:23:19.160
 back at

00:23:19.160 --> 00:23:20.380
 chapter 9.

00:23:21.680 --> 00:23:22.560
 Just to

00:23:22.560 --> 00:23:23.460
 remind ourselves

00:23:23.460 --> 00:23:24.200
 of what God

00:23:24.200 --> 00:23:24.980
 had been saying

00:23:24.980 --> 00:23:25.780
 to Solomon

00:23:25.779 --> 00:23:27.240
 in his

00:23:27.240 --> 00:23:27.799
 role as

00:23:27.799 --> 00:23:28.240
 king.

00:23:29.500 --> 00:23:30.500
 Chapter 9,

00:23:30.599 --> 00:23:31.240
 verse 4.

00:23:38.240 --> 00:23:39.019
 It's very

00:23:39.019 --> 00:23:39.420
 clear,

00:23:39.519 --> 00:23:39.920
 he says,

00:23:39.960 --> 00:23:40.619
 as for you,

00:23:40.700 --> 00:23:41.339
 if you walk

00:23:41.339 --> 00:23:42.099
 before me

00:23:42.099 --> 00:23:43.019
 faithfully

00:23:43.019 --> 00:23:44.619
 with integrity

00:23:44.619 --> 00:23:45.519
 of heart

00:23:45.519 --> 00:23:46.960
 and uprightness

00:23:46.960 --> 00:23:47.599
 as David

00:23:47.599 --> 00:23:48.259
 your father

00:23:48.259 --> 00:23:48.599
 did,

00:23:48.839 --> 00:23:49.480
 and do

00:23:49.480 --> 00:23:50.079
 all I

00:23:50.079 --> 00:23:50.539
 command

00:23:50.539 --> 00:23:51.259
 and observe

00:23:51.259 --> 00:23:52.099
 my decrees

00:23:52.099 --> 00:23:52.639
 and laws,

00:23:52.960 --> 00:23:53.519
 I will

00:23:53.519 --> 00:23:54.119
 establish

00:23:54.119 --> 00:23:54.720
 your royal

00:23:54.720 --> 00:23:55.099
 throne

00:23:55.099 --> 00:23:55.899
 over Israel

00:23:55.899 --> 00:23:56.359
 forever.

00:23:56.679 --> 00:23:57.259
 As I

00:23:57.259 --> 00:23:57.719
 promised

00:23:57.719 --> 00:23:58.119
 David

00:23:58.119 --> 00:23:58.719
 your father

00:23:58.719 --> 00:23:59.259
 when I

00:23:59.259 --> 00:23:59.639
 said,

00:24:00.179 --> 00:24:00.599
 you shall

00:24:00.599 --> 00:24:01.539
 never fail

00:24:01.539 --> 00:24:02.000
 to have

00:24:02.000 --> 00:24:02.639
 a successor

00:24:02.639 --> 00:24:03.159
 on the

00:24:03.159 --> 00:24:03.619
 throne of

00:24:03.619 --> 00:24:04.019
 Israel.

00:24:05.279 --> 00:24:05.879
 But,

00:24:06.319 --> 00:24:08.019
 if you

00:24:08.019 --> 00:24:08.719
 or your

00:24:08.719 --> 00:24:09.379
 descendants

00:24:09.379 --> 00:24:10.319
 turn away

00:24:10.319 --> 00:24:10.899
 from me

00:24:10.899 --> 00:24:12.000
 and do

00:24:12.000 --> 00:24:12.839
 not observe

00:24:12.839 --> 00:24:13.500
 the commands

00:24:13.500 --> 00:24:14.139
 and decrees

00:24:14.139 --> 00:24:14.759
 I have given

00:24:14.759 --> 00:24:15.019
 you,

00:24:15.339 --> 00:24:16.139
 and go off

00:24:16.139 --> 00:24:16.639
 and serve

00:24:16.639 --> 00:24:17.339
 other gods

00:24:17.339 --> 00:24:17.939
 and worship

00:24:17.939 --> 00:24:18.459
 them,

00:24:19.859 --> 00:24:20.319
 then I

00:24:20.319 --> 00:24:20.859
 will cut

00:24:20.859 --> 00:24:21.399
 off Israel

00:24:21.399 --> 00:24:21.859
 from the

00:24:21.859 --> 00:24:22.359
 land that

00:24:22.359 --> 00:24:23.459
 I have

00:24:23.459 --> 00:24:24.019
 given them

00:24:24.019 --> 00:24:24.920
 and will

00:24:24.920 --> 00:24:25.759
 reject this

00:24:25.759 --> 00:24:26.220
 temple

00:24:26.220 --> 00:24:27.220
 I have

00:24:27.220 --> 00:24:28.059
 consecrated

00:24:28.059 --> 00:24:28.700
 for my

00:24:28.700 --> 00:24:29.079
 name.

00:24:30.400 --> 00:24:31.480
 Very clear,

00:24:31.599 --> 00:24:32.119
 isn't it?

00:24:33.119 --> 00:24:33.680
 Solomon,

00:24:33.859 --> 00:24:34.519
 you obey,

00:24:34.859 --> 00:24:35.480
 you do

00:24:35.480 --> 00:24:35.960
 what you're

00:24:35.960 --> 00:24:36.379
 meant to

00:24:36.379 --> 00:24:36.639
 do,

00:24:36.759 --> 00:24:37.599
 and all

00:24:37.599 --> 00:24:38.079
 will go

00:24:38.079 --> 00:24:38.579
 well for

00:24:38.579 --> 00:24:38.859
 you.

00:24:39.180 --> 00:24:39.700
 But if

00:24:39.700 --> 00:24:40.539
 you fail,

00:24:42.819 --> 00:24:43.400
 well then I

00:24:43.400 --> 00:24:44.000
 will leave

00:24:44.000 --> 00:24:44.259
 you.

00:24:47.480 --> 00:24:48.000
 Well,

00:24:48.220 --> 00:24:48.859
 Solomon did

00:24:48.859 --> 00:24:49.180
 fail,

00:24:49.279 --> 00:24:49.619
 that's what

00:24:49.619 --> 00:24:50.079
 we've just

00:24:50.079 --> 00:24:50.559
 looked at,

00:24:50.599 --> 00:24:51.099
 haven't we?

00:24:51.099 --> 00:24:52.259
 And how

00:24:52.259 --> 00:24:52.719
 is God

00:24:52.719 --> 00:24:53.219
 going to

00:24:53.219 --> 00:24:53.699
 respond?

00:24:54.399 --> 00:24:54.679
 Well,

00:24:54.759 --> 00:24:55.139
 go back

00:24:55.139 --> 00:24:55.659
 to chapter

00:24:55.659 --> 00:24:56.259
 11,

00:24:56.399 --> 00:24:57.179
 verse 11.

00:25:01.699 --> 00:25:02.459
 So the

00:25:02.459 --> 00:25:03.119
 Lord said

00:25:03.119 --> 00:25:03.699
 to Solomon,

00:25:03.939 --> 00:25:04.539
 since this

00:25:04.539 --> 00:25:04.879
 is your

00:25:04.879 --> 00:25:05.679
 attitude and

00:25:05.679 --> 00:25:06.079
 you have

00:25:06.079 --> 00:25:06.819
 not kept

00:25:06.819 --> 00:25:07.500
 my covenant

00:25:07.500 --> 00:25:08.099
 and my

00:25:08.099 --> 00:25:08.559
 decrees

00:25:08.559 --> 00:25:09.039
 which I

00:25:09.039 --> 00:25:09.459
 commanded

00:25:09.459 --> 00:25:09.759
 you,

00:25:10.079 --> 00:25:10.480
 I will

00:25:10.480 --> 00:25:11.240
 most certainly

00:25:11.240 --> 00:25:11.799
 tear the

00:25:11.799 --> 00:25:12.459
 kingdom away

00:25:12.459 --> 00:25:12.919
 from you

00:25:12.919 --> 00:25:13.299
 and give

00:25:13.299 --> 00:25:13.579
 it to

00:25:13.579 --> 00:25:13.899
 one of

00:25:13.899 --> 00:25:14.099
 your

00:25:14.099 --> 00:25:15.019
 subordinates.

00:25:15.019 --> 00:25:19.279
 but,

00:25:19.920 --> 00:25:21.700
 but,

00:25:21.920 --> 00:25:22.500
 look at

00:25:22.500 --> 00:25:23.379
 verse 13,

00:25:23.859 --> 00:25:25.339
 yet I

00:25:25.339 --> 00:25:26.119
 will not

00:25:26.119 --> 00:25:26.819
 tear the

00:25:26.819 --> 00:25:27.200
 whole

00:25:27.200 --> 00:25:27.660
 kingdom

00:25:27.660 --> 00:25:28.480
 from him

00:25:28.480 --> 00:25:29.339
 but will

00:25:29.339 --> 00:25:29.859
 give him

00:25:29.859 --> 00:25:30.700
 one tribe

00:25:30.700 --> 00:25:31.180
 for the

00:25:31.180 --> 00:25:31.960
 sake of

00:25:31.960 --> 00:25:32.680
 David my

00:25:32.680 --> 00:25:33.200
 servant

00:25:33.200 --> 00:25:34.339
 and for

00:25:34.339 --> 00:25:34.839
 the sake

00:25:34.839 --> 00:25:35.619
 of Jerusalem

00:25:35.619 --> 00:25:36.740
 which I

00:25:36.740 --> 00:25:37.599
 have chosen.

00:25:39.420 --> 00:25:40.139
 Look at

00:25:40.139 --> 00:25:40.480
 the end

00:25:40.480 --> 00:25:40.859
 of verse

00:25:40.859 --> 00:25:41.500
 31.

00:25:43.119 --> 00:25:43.720
 See,

00:25:43.720 --> 00:25:44.420
 I am

00:25:44.420 --> 00:25:44.960
 going to

00:25:44.960 --> 00:25:45.400
 tear the

00:25:45.400 --> 00:25:46.019
 kingdom out

00:25:46.019 --> 00:25:46.759
 of Solomon's

00:25:46.759 --> 00:25:47.220
 hands and

00:25:47.220 --> 00:25:47.640
 give you

00:25:47.640 --> 00:25:48.299
 ten tribes.

00:25:48.360 --> 00:25:48.600
 He's going

00:25:48.600 --> 00:25:49.460
 to pass

00:25:49.460 --> 00:25:49.779
 that on

00:25:49.779 --> 00:25:50.220
 to others.

00:25:50.620 --> 00:25:51.000
 But,

00:25:51.079 --> 00:25:51.500
 for the

00:25:51.500 --> 00:25:52.380
 sake of

00:25:52.380 --> 00:25:53.140
 my servant

00:25:53.140 --> 00:25:53.620
 David.

00:25:56.079 --> 00:25:56.600
 Verse

00:25:56.600 --> 00:25:57.240
 33.

00:25:57.779 --> 00:25:58.460
 I will

00:25:58.460 --> 00:25:59.079
 do this

00:25:59.079 --> 00:25:59.759
 because they

00:25:59.759 --> 00:26:00.620
 have forsaken

00:26:00.620 --> 00:26:01.039
 me and

00:26:01.039 --> 00:26:01.579
 because they

00:26:01.579 --> 00:26:02.160
 have worshipped

00:26:02.160 --> 00:26:02.720
 these other

00:26:02.720 --> 00:26:03.220
 gods.

00:26:03.660 --> 00:26:03.980
 Verse

00:26:03.980 --> 00:26:04.519
 34.

00:26:05.480 --> 00:26:06.000
 But,

00:26:06.380 --> 00:26:07.160
 I will

00:26:07.160 --> 00:26:07.720
 not take

00:26:07.720 --> 00:26:08.140
 the whole

00:26:08.140 --> 00:26:08.759
 kingdom out

00:26:08.759 --> 00:26:09.539
 of Solomon's

00:26:09.539 --> 00:26:09.960
 hands.

00:26:11.740 --> 00:26:12.319
 God

00:26:12.319 --> 00:26:13.200
 will

00:26:13.200 --> 00:26:13.799
 preserve

00:26:13.799 --> 00:26:14.819
 his

00:26:14.819 --> 00:26:15.559
 people.

00:26:16.500 --> 00:26:17.019
 He will

00:26:17.019 --> 00:26:17.539
 preserve

00:26:17.539 --> 00:26:18.319
 a people

00:26:18.319 --> 00:26:19.400
 for himself

00:26:19.400 --> 00:26:20.640
 and from

00:26:20.640 --> 00:26:21.420
 that people

00:26:21.420 --> 00:26:22.460
 will be

00:26:22.460 --> 00:26:23.340
 a king.

00:26:24.580 --> 00:26:25.080
 God

00:26:25.080 --> 00:26:25.519
 has not

00:26:25.519 --> 00:26:26.200
 gone back

00:26:26.200 --> 00:26:26.539
 on his

00:26:26.539 --> 00:26:27.059
 promise.

00:26:27.720 --> 00:26:28.000
 God

00:26:28.000 --> 00:26:28.799
 is keeping

00:26:28.799 --> 00:26:29.640
 his promise.

00:26:30.920 --> 00:26:31.500
 We may

00:26:31.500 --> 00:26:32.100
 fail

00:26:32.100 --> 00:26:33.240
 but God

00:26:33.240 --> 00:26:34.080
 is faithful.

00:26:35.840 --> 00:26:36.319
 Verse

00:26:36.319 --> 00:26:37.100
 36.

00:26:38.380 --> 00:26:39.319
 I will

00:26:39.319 --> 00:26:39.960
 give him

00:26:39.960 --> 00:26:41.019
 one tribe

00:26:41.019 --> 00:26:42.200
 to his

00:26:42.200 --> 00:26:43.480
 son so

00:26:43.480 --> 00:26:44.200
 that David

00:26:44.200 --> 00:26:45.099
 my servant

00:26:45.099 --> 00:26:46.079
 may always

00:26:46.079 --> 00:26:46.639
 have a

00:26:46.639 --> 00:26:47.539
 lamp before

00:26:47.539 --> 00:26:48.680
 me in

00:26:48.680 --> 00:26:49.259
 Jerusalem,

00:26:49.480 --> 00:26:49.980
 the city

00:26:49.980 --> 00:26:50.480
 where I

00:26:50.480 --> 00:26:51.160
 chose to

00:26:51.160 --> 00:26:51.759
 put my

00:26:51.759 --> 00:26:52.180
 name.

00:26:53.240 --> 00:26:53.879
 God

00:26:53.879 --> 00:26:54.779
 had always

00:26:54.779 --> 00:26:55.480
 promised

00:26:55.480 --> 00:26:56.839
 that he

00:26:56.839 --> 00:26:57.440
 would have

00:26:57.440 --> 00:26:58.119
 a people

00:26:58.119 --> 00:26:59.339
 who would

00:26:59.339 --> 00:27:00.180
 be faithful

00:27:00.180 --> 00:27:00.879
 to him,

00:27:01.019 --> 00:27:01.599
 who would

00:27:01.599 --> 00:27:02.480
 love him.

00:27:03.819 --> 00:27:04.220
 So,

00:27:04.339 --> 00:27:05.059
 down through

00:27:05.059 --> 00:27:06.180
 time amidst

00:27:06.180 --> 00:27:06.740
 all the

00:27:06.740 --> 00:27:07.599
 darkness of

00:27:07.599 --> 00:27:08.199
 failure,

00:27:08.699 --> 00:27:09.419
 the lamp

00:27:09.419 --> 00:27:10.219
 of God's

00:27:10.219 --> 00:27:10.699
 promise

00:27:10.699 --> 00:27:11.779
 continued to

00:27:11.779 --> 00:27:12.519
 shine like

00:27:12.519 --> 00:27:13.079
 a beacon

00:27:13.079 --> 00:27:13.639
 of hope,

00:27:13.980 --> 00:27:14.500
 a light

00:27:14.500 --> 00:27:15.419
 of faithfulness

00:27:15.419 --> 00:27:16.419
 that God

00:27:16.419 --> 00:27:17.219
 would always

00:27:17.219 --> 00:27:17.799
 keep a

00:27:17.799 --> 00:27:18.199
 people,

00:27:18.959 --> 00:27:19.559
 a people

00:27:19.559 --> 00:27:20.099
 who would

00:27:20.099 --> 00:27:20.819
 be faithful,

00:27:20.980 --> 00:27:21.219
 who would

00:27:21.219 --> 00:27:21.859
 be loyal

00:27:21.859 --> 00:27:22.419
 to him

00:27:22.419 --> 00:27:23.039
 and who

00:27:23.039 --> 00:27:23.659
 would love

00:27:23.659 --> 00:27:24.059
 him.

00:27:26.139 --> 00:27:27.079
 And that's

00:27:27.079 --> 00:27:27.639
 how God

00:27:27.639 --> 00:27:28.099
 works,

00:27:28.179 --> 00:27:28.599
 you see.

00:27:29.980 --> 00:27:31.000
 Our failure

00:27:31.000 --> 00:27:31.899
 may set us

00:27:31.899 --> 00:27:32.599
 on a collision

00:27:32.599 --> 00:27:33.279
 course of

00:27:33.279 --> 00:27:34.119
 disorder and

00:27:34.119 --> 00:27:34.699
 destruction,

00:27:34.700 --> 00:27:36.279
 but God

00:27:36.279 --> 00:27:37.519
 intervenes by

00:27:37.519 --> 00:27:38.680
 his faithfulness

00:27:38.680 --> 00:27:39.480
 to bring

00:27:39.480 --> 00:27:40.019
 hope.

00:27:42.080 --> 00:27:42.440
 You see,

00:27:42.559 --> 00:27:43.059
 God's

00:27:43.059 --> 00:27:43.920
 faithfulness

00:27:43.920 --> 00:27:45.400
 is always

00:27:45.400 --> 00:27:46.019
 greater

00:27:46.019 --> 00:27:47.920
 than our

00:27:47.920 --> 00:27:48.500
 failure.

00:27:50.880 --> 00:27:51.840
 So,

00:27:51.900 --> 00:27:52.299
 there's the

00:27:52.299 --> 00:27:52.640
 faithful

00:27:52.640 --> 00:27:53.319
 promise

00:27:53.319 --> 00:27:55.299
 and we

00:27:55.299 --> 00:27:55.759
 have the

00:27:55.759 --> 00:27:56.140
 faithful

00:27:56.140 --> 00:27:56.559
 king

00:27:56.559 --> 00:27:58.640
 because the

00:27:58.640 --> 00:27:59.160
 light of

00:27:59.160 --> 00:27:59.660
 God's

00:27:59.660 --> 00:28:00.140
 promise

00:28:00.140 --> 00:28:00.819
 continued

00:28:00.819 --> 00:28:02.279
 to shine.

00:28:03.240 --> 00:28:04.000
 Not even

00:28:04.000 --> 00:28:04.859
 the failure

00:28:04.859 --> 00:28:05.579
 of God's

00:28:05.579 --> 00:28:06.240
 people could

00:28:06.240 --> 00:28:06.779
 ever

00:28:06.779 --> 00:28:07.920
 extinguish

00:28:07.920 --> 00:28:09.099
 the light

00:28:09.099 --> 00:28:10.140
 of God's

00:28:10.140 --> 00:28:10.700
 promise.

00:28:11.720 --> 00:28:12.740
 The flickering

00:28:12.740 --> 00:28:13.359
 lamp

00:28:13.359 --> 00:28:15.400
 would become

00:28:15.400 --> 00:28:16.740
 the light

00:28:16.740 --> 00:28:17.680
 of the

00:28:17.680 --> 00:28:18.200
 world.

00:28:19.279 --> 00:28:20.119
 As God's

00:28:20.119 --> 00:28:20.440
 king,

00:28:20.619 --> 00:28:21.519
 Jesus Christ

00:28:21.519 --> 00:28:22.140
 would come

00:28:22.140 --> 00:28:23.539
 bringing hope

00:28:23.539 --> 00:28:24.619
 amidst

00:28:24.619 --> 00:28:25.559
 great failure

00:28:25.559 --> 00:28:26.779
 because in

00:28:26.779 --> 00:28:27.519
 Jesus we

00:28:27.519 --> 00:28:28.500
 always find

00:28:28.500 --> 00:28:29.140
 the true

00:28:29.140 --> 00:28:30.220
 and faithful

00:28:30.220 --> 00:28:30.700
 king.

00:28:31.359 --> 00:28:31.839
 And think

00:28:31.839 --> 00:28:32.400
 about it

00:28:32.400 --> 00:28:32.980
 with me.

00:28:32.980 --> 00:28:34.039
 he is

00:28:34.039 --> 00:28:34.579
 the king

00:28:34.579 --> 00:28:35.640
 who listened

00:28:35.640 --> 00:28:36.779
 to God.

00:28:37.559 --> 00:28:38.360
 The king

00:28:38.360 --> 00:28:39.279
 who learned

00:28:39.279 --> 00:28:40.220
 from God.

00:28:40.539 --> 00:28:41.019
 The king

00:28:41.019 --> 00:28:41.779
 who loved

00:28:41.779 --> 00:28:42.240
 God.

00:28:42.539 --> 00:28:43.059
 He did

00:28:43.059 --> 00:28:43.839
 not fail.

00:28:45.059 --> 00:28:45.819
 No sin

00:28:45.819 --> 00:28:46.240
 in him

00:28:46.240 --> 00:28:46.740
 was ever

00:28:46.740 --> 00:28:47.220
 found.

00:28:49.019 --> 00:28:49.519
 God's

00:28:49.519 --> 00:28:50.220
 faithfulness

00:28:50.220 --> 00:28:51.039
 is always

00:28:51.039 --> 00:28:51.880
 greater than

00:28:51.880 --> 00:28:52.500
 our failure.

00:28:53.680 --> 00:28:54.140
 You see,

00:28:54.240 --> 00:28:54.740
 this king

00:28:54.740 --> 00:28:55.380
 would come

00:28:55.380 --> 00:28:56.360
 and he

00:28:56.360 --> 00:28:56.980
 would take

00:28:56.980 --> 00:28:58.059
 all our

00:28:58.059 --> 00:28:58.680
 failures

00:28:58.680 --> 00:29:00.880
 and cover

00:29:00.880 --> 00:29:01.900
 us in

00:29:01.900 --> 00:29:02.340
 his

00:29:02.340 --> 00:29:03.640
 faithfulness.

00:29:04.420 --> 00:29:05.279
 That is

00:29:05.279 --> 00:29:05.700
 what we

00:29:05.700 --> 00:29:06.240
 see as

00:29:06.240 --> 00:29:07.140
 Jesus dies

00:29:07.140 --> 00:29:07.539
 on the

00:29:07.539 --> 00:29:07.900
 cross,

00:29:08.299 --> 00:29:09.100
 taking my

00:29:09.100 --> 00:29:10.180
 disobedience

00:29:10.180 --> 00:29:10.940
 and by

00:29:10.940 --> 00:29:11.980
 faith I

00:29:11.980 --> 00:29:12.900
 receive the

00:29:12.900 --> 00:29:13.500
 perfect

00:29:13.500 --> 00:29:14.160
 obedience

00:29:14.160 --> 00:29:15.360
 of Jesus.

00:29:16.360 --> 00:29:16.960
 You see,

00:29:17.060 --> 00:29:17.740
 if failure

00:29:17.740 --> 00:29:18.279
 has been

00:29:18.279 --> 00:29:19.140
 written across

00:29:19.140 --> 00:29:19.980
 our hearts,

00:29:20.560 --> 00:29:21.539
 then God

00:29:21.539 --> 00:29:22.080
 has come

00:29:22.080 --> 00:29:22.720
 through his

00:29:22.720 --> 00:29:22.980
 son,

00:29:23.080 --> 00:29:23.460
 the Lord

00:29:23.460 --> 00:29:24.460
 Jesus Christ,

00:29:24.460 --> 00:29:25.579
 and stamps

00:29:25.579 --> 00:29:27.019
 his faithfulness

00:29:27.019 --> 00:29:28.319
 over our

00:29:28.319 --> 00:29:28.920
 failure.

00:29:30.759 --> 00:29:31.779
 If you

00:29:31.779 --> 00:29:32.480
 are trusting

00:29:32.480 --> 00:29:33.200
 in Christ

00:29:33.200 --> 00:29:33.759
 today,

00:29:35.039 --> 00:29:35.740
 I want

00:29:35.740 --> 00:29:36.160
 us to

00:29:36.160 --> 00:29:36.700
 grasp

00:29:36.700 --> 00:29:37.559
 how it

00:29:37.559 --> 00:29:38.100
 is that

00:29:38.100 --> 00:29:39.039
 God sees

00:29:39.039 --> 00:29:39.460
 you and

00:29:39.460 --> 00:29:40.000
 views you

00:29:40.000 --> 00:29:40.420
 today.

00:29:41.000 --> 00:29:41.420
 God

00:29:41.420 --> 00:29:42.120
 looks at

00:29:42.120 --> 00:29:42.860
 you right

00:29:42.860 --> 00:29:44.319
 now and

00:29:44.319 --> 00:29:45.019
 he does

00:29:45.019 --> 00:29:45.759
 not see

00:29:45.759 --> 00:29:46.700
 your failures.

00:29:47.660 --> 00:29:48.360
 He does

00:29:48.360 --> 00:29:48.940
 not see

00:29:48.940 --> 00:29:49.740
 your shame

00:29:49.740 --> 00:29:50.200
 or your

00:29:50.200 --> 00:29:50.759
 guilt,

00:29:51.299 --> 00:29:51.880
 but what

00:29:51.880 --> 00:29:52.759
 he sees

00:29:52.759 --> 00:29:53.640
 is the

00:29:53.640 --> 00:29:54.440
 beauty of

00:29:54.440 --> 00:29:55.299
 Christ's

00:29:55.299 --> 00:29:56.039
 faithfulness

00:29:56.039 --> 00:29:57.059
 that covers

00:29:57.059 --> 00:29:57.440
 you.

00:29:59.440 --> 00:30:00.480
 We have

00:30:00.480 --> 00:30:01.080
 a faithful

00:30:01.080 --> 00:30:02.500
 king in

00:30:02.500 --> 00:30:02.920
 Jesus,

00:30:03.779 --> 00:30:05.240
 but that

00:30:05.240 --> 00:30:06.580
 is not

00:30:06.580 --> 00:30:07.039
 the end

00:30:07.039 --> 00:30:07.340
 of the

00:30:07.340 --> 00:30:07.840
 story,

00:30:09.220 --> 00:30:10.019
 for it

00:30:10.019 --> 00:30:10.680
 is God's

00:30:10.680 --> 00:30:11.220
 desire

00:30:11.220 --> 00:30:12.500
 that he

00:30:12.500 --> 00:30:13.180
 would build

00:30:13.180 --> 00:30:13.580
 and he

00:30:13.580 --> 00:30:14.420
 would create

00:30:14.420 --> 00:30:15.600
 a faithful

00:30:15.600 --> 00:30:16.420
 people to

00:30:16.420 --> 00:30:17.019
 himself.

00:30:18.220 --> 00:30:18.880
 God has

00:30:18.880 --> 00:30:19.600
 promised that

00:30:19.600 --> 00:30:20.259
 he would

00:30:20.259 --> 00:30:21.420
 keep a

00:30:21.420 --> 00:30:21.799
 faithful

00:30:21.799 --> 00:30:22.320
 people,

00:30:22.920 --> 00:30:23.539
 a people

00:30:23.539 --> 00:30:24.399
 with brand

00:30:24.399 --> 00:30:24.779
 new

00:30:24.779 --> 00:30:25.460
 hearts.

00:30:27.460 --> 00:30:28.000
 Have a

00:30:28.000 --> 00:30:28.299
 look at

00:30:28.299 --> 00:30:28.779
 Hebrews

00:30:28.779 --> 00:30:30.119
 chapter 10.

00:30:36.119 --> 00:30:36.879
 Hebrews

00:30:36.879 --> 00:30:37.899
 chapter 10.

00:30:39.220 --> 00:30:39.799
 If somebody

00:30:39.799 --> 00:30:40.859
 could give

00:30:40.859 --> 00:30:41.420
 me a page

00:30:41.420 --> 00:30:41.720
 number,

00:30:41.799 --> 00:30:42.019
 that would

00:30:42.019 --> 00:30:42.500
 be great.

00:30:42.500 --> 00:30:47.359
 Hebrews 10.

00:30:47.359 --> 00:30:49.680
 1-2-0-8.

00:30:51.720 --> 00:30:52.779
 Hebrews 10.

00:30:55.579 --> 00:30:56.319
 And we'll

00:30:56.319 --> 00:30:56.779
 pick it up

00:30:56.779 --> 00:30:57.259
 in verse

00:30:57.259 --> 00:30:58.140
 14.

00:31:05.759 --> 00:31:06.440
 Follow

00:31:06.440 --> 00:31:07.059
 along with

00:31:07.059 --> 00:31:07.259
 me.

00:31:07.319 --> 00:31:07.740
 Hebrews

00:31:07.740 --> 00:31:08.680
 chapter 10,

00:31:08.859 --> 00:31:09.920
 verse 14.

00:31:09.920 --> 00:31:13.220
 For

00:31:13.220 --> 00:31:14.960
 by one

00:31:14.960 --> 00:31:16.300
 sacrifice,

00:31:16.820 --> 00:31:18.340
 he has

00:31:18.340 --> 00:31:18.800
 made

00:31:18.800 --> 00:31:19.740
 perfect

00:31:19.740 --> 00:31:20.600
 forever

00:31:20.600 --> 00:31:22.120
 those who

00:31:22.120 --> 00:31:22.660
 are being

00:31:22.660 --> 00:31:23.480
 made holy.

00:31:24.259 --> 00:31:24.800
 You see,

00:31:24.900 --> 00:31:25.680
 the sacrifice

00:31:25.680 --> 00:31:26.340
 of the

00:31:26.340 --> 00:31:26.680
 king,

00:31:27.140 --> 00:31:27.900
 who has

00:31:27.900 --> 00:31:28.740
 taken our

00:31:28.740 --> 00:31:29.440
 failures

00:31:29.440 --> 00:31:30.640
 on himself

00:31:30.640 --> 00:31:32.580
 and given

00:31:32.580 --> 00:31:33.420
 us his

00:31:33.420 --> 00:31:34.720
 faithfulness,

00:31:35.080 --> 00:31:35.920
 by that

00:31:35.920 --> 00:31:36.519
 sacrifice,

00:31:36.779 --> 00:31:37.160
 he has

00:31:37.160 --> 00:31:37.880
 made us

00:31:37.880 --> 00:31:38.980
 perfect

00:31:38.980 --> 00:31:41.240
 in God's

00:31:41.240 --> 00:31:41.680
 sight

00:31:41.680 --> 00:31:43.400
 forever.

00:31:46.900 --> 00:31:48.100
 Verse 15.

00:31:49.060 --> 00:31:49.600
 The Holy

00:31:49.600 --> 00:31:50.560
 Spirit also

00:31:50.560 --> 00:31:51.620
 testifies to

00:31:51.620 --> 00:31:52.180
 us about

00:31:52.180 --> 00:31:52.520
 this.

00:31:53.120 --> 00:31:53.760
 First he

00:31:53.760 --> 00:31:54.160
 says,

00:31:54.960 --> 00:31:56.080
 this is the

00:31:56.080 --> 00:31:57.020
 covenant I

00:31:57.020 --> 00:31:57.580
 will make

00:31:57.580 --> 00:31:58.240
 with them

00:31:58.240 --> 00:31:59.000
 after that

00:31:59.000 --> 00:31:59.420
 time,

00:31:59.540 --> 00:31:59.940
 says the

00:31:59.940 --> 00:32:00.240
 Lord.

00:32:01.360 --> 00:32:01.860
 What will

00:32:01.860 --> 00:32:02.220
 he do?

00:32:02.840 --> 00:32:03.540
 I will

00:32:03.540 --> 00:32:04.200
 put my

00:32:04.200 --> 00:32:05.360
 laws in

00:32:05.360 --> 00:32:05.680
 their

00:32:05.680 --> 00:32:06.380
 hearts,

00:32:06.380 --> 00:32:08.060
 and I

00:32:08.060 --> 00:32:08.600
 will write

00:32:08.600 --> 00:32:09.920
 them on

00:32:09.920 --> 00:32:10.120
 their

00:32:10.120 --> 00:32:10.720
 minds.

00:32:12.340 --> 00:32:13.240
 God not

00:32:13.240 --> 00:32:14.020
 only deals

00:32:14.020 --> 00:32:14.460
 with our

00:32:14.460 --> 00:32:15.320
 failures of

00:32:15.320 --> 00:32:16.040
 the past,

00:32:17.000 --> 00:32:17.580
 but he

00:32:17.580 --> 00:32:18.040
 gives us

00:32:18.040 --> 00:32:18.420
 a new

00:32:18.420 --> 00:32:19.300
 heart to

00:32:19.300 --> 00:32:20.320
 live for

00:32:20.320 --> 00:32:21.040
 the future.

00:32:21.760 --> 00:32:22.500
 Hearts

00:32:22.500 --> 00:32:23.020
 that are

00:32:23.020 --> 00:32:24.480
 so transformed

00:32:24.480 --> 00:32:25.180
 and so

00:32:25.180 --> 00:32:25.900
 changed,

00:32:26.500 --> 00:32:27.820
 filled with

00:32:27.820 --> 00:32:28.380
 the Holy

00:32:28.380 --> 00:32:29.060
 Spirit,

00:32:29.600 --> 00:32:30.120
 so that

00:32:30.120 --> 00:32:30.820
 we now

00:32:30.820 --> 00:32:32.400
 listen to

00:32:32.400 --> 00:32:32.840
 God.

00:32:32.839 --> 00:32:34.159
 we are

00:32:34.159 --> 00:32:34.859
 now able

00:32:34.859 --> 00:32:35.720
 to learn

00:32:35.720 --> 00:32:36.819
 from God

00:32:36.819 --> 00:32:37.659
 and we

00:32:37.659 --> 00:32:38.419
 have hearts

00:32:38.419 --> 00:32:39.079
 that now

00:32:39.079 --> 00:32:40.740
 love God.

00:32:41.619 --> 00:32:42.439
 By his

00:32:42.439 --> 00:32:43.279
 Holy Spirit

00:32:43.279 --> 00:32:44.359
 he transforms

00:32:44.359 --> 00:32:45.579
 our failed

00:32:45.579 --> 00:32:46.299
 lives,

00:32:46.639 --> 00:32:47.480
 day by

00:32:47.480 --> 00:32:47.959
 day,

00:32:48.379 --> 00:32:49.419
 into lives

00:32:49.419 --> 00:32:50.079
 that are

00:32:50.079 --> 00:32:50.779
 faithful.

00:32:53.179 --> 00:32:54.019
 Does that

00:32:54.019 --> 00:32:55.959
 mean I'm

00:32:55.959 --> 00:32:56.500
 never ever

00:32:56.500 --> 00:32:57.039
 going to

00:32:57.039 --> 00:32:58.019
 fail anymore?

00:32:58.799 --> 00:32:59.359
 No, it

00:32:59.359 --> 00:33:00.019
 doesn't mean I

00:33:00.019 --> 00:33:00.500
 will never

00:33:00.500 --> 00:33:01.319
 fail again.

00:33:01.319 --> 00:33:03.079
 I will

00:33:03.079 --> 00:33:04.019
 still fail,

00:33:04.740 --> 00:33:05.720
 but,

00:33:06.240 --> 00:33:07.439
 verse 17,

00:33:08.259 --> 00:33:08.799
 then he

00:33:08.799 --> 00:33:09.200
 adds,

00:33:09.740 --> 00:33:10.700
 their sins

00:33:10.700 --> 00:33:12.119
 and lawless

00:33:12.119 --> 00:33:13.480
 acts I

00:33:13.480 --> 00:33:14.179
 will remember

00:33:14.179 --> 00:33:14.819
 no more.

00:33:15.879 --> 00:33:16.519
 And where

00:33:16.519 --> 00:33:17.259
 these have

00:33:17.259 --> 00:33:18.220
 been forgiven,

00:33:18.859 --> 00:33:19.839
 sacrifice for

00:33:19.839 --> 00:33:20.500
 sin is

00:33:20.500 --> 00:33:21.919
 no longer

00:33:21.919 --> 00:33:23.019
 necessary.

00:33:23.939 --> 00:33:24.379
 You see,

00:33:24.480 --> 00:33:24.980
 God's

00:33:24.980 --> 00:33:25.879
 faithfulness is

00:33:25.879 --> 00:33:27.099
 always greater

00:33:27.099 --> 00:33:27.659
 than my

00:33:27.659 --> 00:33:28.159
 failure.

00:33:28.639 --> 00:33:29.259
 I may

00:33:29.259 --> 00:33:29.819
 fail,

00:33:29.819 --> 00:33:30.679
 I will

00:33:30.679 --> 00:33:31.200
 fail,

00:33:31.319 --> 00:33:33.899
 but he

00:33:33.899 --> 00:33:34.079
 will

00:33:34.079 --> 00:33:34.599
 remember

00:33:34.599 --> 00:33:34.919
 my

00:33:34.919 --> 00:33:35.539
 failures

00:33:35.539 --> 00:33:36.339
 no more

00:33:36.339 --> 00:33:37.079
 because they

00:33:37.079 --> 00:33:37.419
 have been

00:33:37.419 --> 00:33:38.200
 covered and

00:33:38.200 --> 00:33:38.740
 dealt with

00:33:38.740 --> 00:33:39.439
 by Jesus

00:33:39.439 --> 00:33:39.960
 at the

00:33:39.960 --> 00:33:40.419
 cross.

00:33:43.599 --> 00:33:44.299
 Failure

00:33:44.299 --> 00:33:44.759
 may be

00:33:44.759 --> 00:33:45.319
 written on

00:33:45.319 --> 00:33:46.039
 our hearts,

00:33:46.619 --> 00:33:47.980
 but God

00:33:47.980 --> 00:33:48.619
 has stamped

00:33:48.619 --> 00:33:49.919
 his faithfulness

00:33:49.919 --> 00:33:51.519
 over our

00:33:51.519 --> 00:33:51.960
 failure.

00:33:51.960 --> 00:33:56.140
 God

00:33:56.140 --> 00:33:56.160
 now,

00:33:56.160 --> 00:33:56.620
 we might

00:33:56.620 --> 00:33:57.120
 know that

00:33:57.120 --> 00:33:57.819
 is true.

00:33:59.100 --> 00:33:59.680
 We

00:33:59.680 --> 00:34:00.220
 might say,

00:34:00.340 --> 00:34:00.519
 yes,

00:34:00.559 --> 00:34:01.079
 I agree

00:34:01.079 --> 00:34:01.740
 with that.

00:34:02.779 --> 00:34:03.460
 But how

00:34:03.460 --> 00:34:04.000
 many of

00:34:04.000 --> 00:34:04.900
 us continue

00:34:04.900 --> 00:34:05.500
 to live

00:34:05.500 --> 00:34:05.900
 with the

00:34:05.900 --> 00:34:06.380
 shame of

00:34:06.380 --> 00:34:07.100
 the past?

00:34:08.199 --> 00:34:09.179
 Sitting here

00:34:09.179 --> 00:34:09.619
 today,

00:34:09.780 --> 00:34:10.780
 perhaps avoiding

00:34:10.780 --> 00:34:11.500
 eye contact

00:34:11.500 --> 00:34:12.320
 with people

00:34:12.320 --> 00:34:13.500
 in case they

00:34:13.500 --> 00:34:13.940
 ask.

00:34:14.639 --> 00:34:15.220
 We don't

00:34:15.220 --> 00:34:15.599
 want to be

00:34:15.599 --> 00:34:16.539
 reminded of

00:34:16.539 --> 00:34:17.599
 the past.

00:34:17.599 --> 00:34:19.460
 keeping

00:34:19.460 --> 00:34:20.299
 busy doing

00:34:20.299 --> 00:34:20.960
 other things

00:34:20.960 --> 00:34:21.460
 so that we

00:34:21.460 --> 00:34:22.059
 don't have to

00:34:22.059 --> 00:34:22.599
 talk to

00:34:22.599 --> 00:34:22.980
 people.

00:34:24.559 --> 00:34:25.099
 You see,

00:34:25.460 --> 00:34:26.639
 we no longer

00:34:26.639 --> 00:34:27.699
 have to hide

00:34:27.699 --> 00:34:28.420
 our failures.

00:34:28.799 --> 00:34:29.539
 We no longer

00:34:29.539 --> 00:34:30.420
 need to cover

00:34:30.420 --> 00:34:31.039
 it all up

00:34:31.039 --> 00:34:32.179
 because today,

00:34:32.179 --> 00:34:33.539
 in Christ,

00:34:33.880 --> 00:34:35.059
 I am covered

00:34:35.059 --> 00:34:36.539
 in God's

00:34:36.539 --> 00:34:37.420
 faithfulness.

00:34:38.400 --> 00:34:39.179
 That means

00:34:39.179 --> 00:34:40.059
 I can go

00:34:40.059 --> 00:34:41.179
 with my

00:34:41.179 --> 00:34:42.259
 head held

00:34:42.259 --> 00:34:42.739
 high,

00:34:43.259 --> 00:34:43.759
 humbly

00:34:43.759 --> 00:34:45.079
 before God,

00:34:46.079 --> 00:34:46.539
 forgiven,

00:34:47.619 --> 00:34:48.340
 with a

00:34:48.340 --> 00:34:49.119
 new heart

00:34:49.119 --> 00:34:50.960
 to listen

00:34:50.960 --> 00:34:51.579
 to God

00:34:51.579 --> 00:34:51.980
 and his

00:34:51.980 --> 00:34:52.440
 word,

00:34:52.679 --> 00:34:53.420
 to learn

00:34:53.420 --> 00:34:54.059
 from him

00:34:54.059 --> 00:34:54.480
 and from

00:34:54.480 --> 00:34:55.059
 others,

00:34:56.259 --> 00:34:56.619
 and a

00:34:56.619 --> 00:34:57.199
 heart that

00:34:57.199 --> 00:34:57.960
 loves him

00:34:57.960 --> 00:34:59.079
 and will

00:34:59.079 --> 00:34:59.860
 submit to

00:34:59.860 --> 00:35:00.199
 him.

00:35:02.599 --> 00:35:03.320
 Chapter

00:35:03.320 --> 00:35:04.279
 11 shows

00:35:04.279 --> 00:35:04.699
 us

00:35:04.699 --> 00:35:05.879
 that we

00:35:05.879 --> 00:35:07.079
 can experience

00:35:07.079 --> 00:35:07.859
 fullness

00:35:07.859 --> 00:35:09.079
 of life

00:35:09.079 --> 00:35:10.879
 when we

00:35:10.879 --> 00:35:11.519
 admit to

00:35:11.519 --> 00:35:12.219
 our failures

00:35:12.219 --> 00:35:14.259
 and rest

00:35:14.259 --> 00:35:15.779
 in God's

00:35:15.779 --> 00:35:16.579
 faithfulness.

00:35:17.379 --> 00:35:18.500
 How are

00:35:18.500 --> 00:35:18.980
 you living

00:35:18.980 --> 00:35:19.480
 today?

00:35:20.480 --> 00:35:21.079
 Are you

00:35:21.079 --> 00:35:21.539
 living in

00:35:21.539 --> 00:35:22.079
 the past

00:35:22.079 --> 00:35:22.779
 of failure

00:35:22.779 --> 00:35:24.799
 or are you

00:35:24.799 --> 00:35:25.619
 rejoicing

00:35:25.619 --> 00:35:27.460
 in God's

00:35:27.460 --> 00:35:28.339
 faithfulness?

00:35:30.119 --> 00:35:31.419
 Let's pray

00:35:31.419 --> 00:35:32.139
 together.

00:35:34.939 --> 00:35:40.539
 of

00:35:40.799 --> 00:35:40.960
 housing

00:35:41.139 --> 00:35:41.739
 who

00:35:41.739 --> 00:35:42.079
 Video

00:35:42.139 --> 00:35:42.559
 from

00:35:42.639 --> 00:35:42.980
 the

00:35:43.059 --> 00:35:45.579
 game