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 I would like you to turn in your Bibles this morning to Isaiah chapter 9 and at the outset

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 Format that's going to press it together into several central and critical themes.

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 As we begin our study of the Word of God, it goes without saying that the foundation of our study is the Word

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 and we are undeniably dependent upon prayer to make it effective that I speak as one who has been appointed by God to do so

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 and that your hearts are prepared to hear it and then to apply it practically.

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 Let me make this point clear at the very beginning.

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 The purpose of preaching is ultimately to put us on the spot of saying yes or no to God.

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 The Word is given to us and it is valuable for life and godliness.

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 And it's there for our instruction, for our edification, for our correction.

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 And I have no doubt that there are individuals here today that need to hear explicitly what God's Word has to say today.

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 I would appeal to you to be a good listener and to depend upon the enabling of the Holy Spirit to hear that Word

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 and to apply it to your life in practical terms that you may grow in godliness and grace.

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 Some of you are here and do not know the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 I'm not certain of all who is not here as a believer, but I look at the group that God has put here together

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 and I recognize that there are some today that need the Savior and they need to come to faith.

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 And so I would appeal that as you listen, you say,

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 Lord, I would rather hear it now than in eternity.

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 And I'd rather respond now than later.

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 I want us to begin by looking at this passage in broad terms and kind of summarize it this way.

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 As we look at Isaiah chapter 9 and move our way through the remainder of the text that we're going to look at this morning,

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 one of the things that I want you to start with is recognizing this,

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 that God is the judge of the whole earth and He can be trusted to deal with sin.

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 Have you ever found yourself kind of frustrated that God hasn't dealt with others a little more rapidly than He has, actually?

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 I mean, I'll give you an illustration that kind of resonates with me.

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 I'm one of those people that for the most part likes to follow the rules, particularly when you're driving.

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 And nothing irks me more than when I am stopped in traffic and somebody takes it upon themselves to use the berm to move on down the road

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 because they have to go somewhere much more important pace than me.

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 And so I'm hoping, you know I'm praying at that time?

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 I'm praying that they will run right into the back of a squad car that is parked in the berm and be stopped, smack,

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 and then get rid in a ticket and I can drive on by going, ha, ha, ha, ha, you know.

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 We'd like God to deal with sin, right?

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 Particularly with other people.

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 The fact of the matter is, is that God will deal with sin.

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 And as we look at this passage, what we are going to see is that God will deal with nations.

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 He will deal with individuals.

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 Sin will not go unpunished.

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 And we do well to allow God to be the one that takes revenge rather than to set ourselves up as the judge and jury instead of trusting Him.

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 For another thing, what we are going to see in this passage is that a loving God does keep His promises.

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 He does His work in those He calls.

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 And you may be sitting here this morning as someone who has actually come to faith in the Lord Jesus Christ,

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 but you have drifted away.

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 You have become indifferent to the blessing of your salvation.

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 And let me tell you something.

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 If you are a child of God, you will not stay comfortable in that disobedient place you are presently.

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 Here's what it says in Hebrews.

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 Whom the Lord loves, the Lord disciplines or chastens.

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 And His purpose in doing that is to bring you back to Him to display His love and to bring about godliness and holiness in your life.

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 And so in terms of the big picture, what we're going to be looking at this morning is that God does deal with sin.

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 And I've got to tell you this.

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 I would rather be the one that God is disciplining than be the one that God is using to do the discipline.

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 If it's to be thought of, I would rather actually be the one who learns from watching God deal with other people in discipline

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 rather than be the one that God has to discipline.

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 How many of you follow that?

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 Listen carefully.

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 A fool doesn't learn even from repeated strokes.

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 I remember dealing with an individual once in a car with me.

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 We were driving somewhere.

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 I'd pick the guy up.

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 I wouldn't volunteer that this is what you should do.

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 But I picked him up on the side of the road.

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 And I was taking him somewhere, just helping him out in the rain and all that kind of stuff.

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 And we got to talking.

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 He was talking about how messy his life was.

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 And so I asked him a question.

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 I said, do you need any more evidence of how hard your life is in the path that you are on?

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 That's a practical question, isn't it?

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 The individual said no.

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 I said, then what would keep you from making a change and repenting and turning towards Christ?

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 Later on, several days later, the individual called me and needed help.

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 And we were in the flow of things again.

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 And I said, hey, do you need any more experience to teach you that the path you're on is not a good one?

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 No.

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 Guess what I said next?

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 Well, would it be wise, knowing what you do about what sin produces in your life to change direction?

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 What we're looking at this morning is a very, very clear passage in which we see that God deals with sin.

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 And so I want you to look with me here, beginning in Isaiah chapter 9, verse 8.

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 And let me read a portion to you.

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 Have it locked into your mind.

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 And then we'll work our way through it.

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 The Lord has sent a word against Jacob, and it will fall on Israel, and all the people will know.

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 Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria, who say in pride and arrogance of heart,

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 the bricks have fallen, but we will build with dressed stones.

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 The sycamores have been cut down, but we will put cedars in their place.

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 For the Lord has raised the adversaries of resin against him and stirred up his enemies.

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 The Syrians on the east and the Philistines on the west devour Israel with an open mouth.

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 What we're looking at here is sober warning to Israel.

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 And I want you to understand that this warning is different than the prophetic cautions

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 and the prophetic words of appeal that had come earlier.

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 When Isaiah speaks in this case, he is letting them know that God has come to the place

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 that he is not going to let Israel go any longer, and he is going to deal with them very, very firmly.

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 The fact that it says this is a word is different than, well, these are words.

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 This is God saying, I'm done.

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 I'm going to deal with you, and there's going to be no turning back.

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 And what we find here is that God is giving through the prophet a word of judgment

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 that is going to come on the nation.

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 And I want you to recognize that Isaiah, remember earlier when we were looking in Isaiah chapter 6,

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 we understood that Isaiah was given this very sober responsibility of communicating the judgment of God

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 against a very hard-hearted people.

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 They didn't care in the least what God thought.

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 And here comes the prophet and says, let me tell you, God is going to deal with you.

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 So as you work your way through this passage with me,

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 I want you to recognize here in Isaiah chapter 9, beginning there in verse 8

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 and carrying on down to Isaiah chapter 10, verse 2,

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 we're going to see four different indicators of what God was really troubled and offended by

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 in the nation of Israel and what he was going to deal with.

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 For one, Isaiah had this sinful self-reliance.

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 You look there in verse 9 and 10, and here is a people who say,

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 well, okay, you're going to knock down the bricks, but guess what we're going to do?

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 We're going to build up with cut stone.

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 And cut stone referred to stones that had been carefully manufactured and put together,

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 and they were much harder and larger.

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 And when you built with cut stone, it was something that would last much longer than bricks.

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 Furthermore, they made the statement, not only we're going to build with cut stone,

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 but okay, you're going to knock down the sycamore, but we're going to build with cedar.

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 And that was an incredibly expensive wood.

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 It's a little bit like in our day saying, okay, okay, we built this with pine,

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 but we're now going to build it with solid oak.

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 It's going to be so much stronger.

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 All right, so you knocked it down, but we're going to do it right,

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 and we're going to put it together.

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 And here are these people full of themselves saying, you know,

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 we're not the least bit bothered by the hardship you bring to us.

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 We'll straighten it out.

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 We'll do it our way.

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 We also see there in verse 14 and 15 a very sinful trust in flawed and frail leadership.

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 So the Lord cut off from Israel head and tail, palm branch and reed.

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 In one day, the elder and honored man is the head,

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 and the prophet who teaches lies is the tail.

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 You know what one of the problems was in Israel?

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 They had people who were in positions of leadership, even in the priesthood,

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 that really had completely compromised the Word of God

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 and had no interest in making the Word clear.

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 They were interested only in appealing to the hearts of men

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 rather than being obedient to Christ, obedient to the Word.

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 And so here were people who, when they stood up to preach,

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 when they stood up to speak, when they gave direction,

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 they were primarily interested, and so what are people looking for?

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 I'll give that.

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 I'll give that.

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 And I want you to understand that here is God saying,

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 these dishonest individuals are going to be cut off.

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 And mark what it says here, verse 16,

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 for those who guide this people have been leading them astray,

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 and those who are guided by them are swallowed up.

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 Do you recognize what's happening?

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 God is letting the nation know that those who they had been listening to

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 in all of that falsehood that had been propagated in that day,

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 it was going to come to heartache and destruction

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 in the lives of those who were listening to them.

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 Like prophet, like the people, like the priest, like the people,

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 and this connection, flawed in its understanding,

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 frail in its disobedient heart was going to end up causing heartache in abundance.

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 As a side note, let me encourage you to know this,

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 that I would encourage you to never trust in the word of a pastor,

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 to never trust in the word of an evangelist,

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 to never trust in any word that is not directly connected to the word of God.

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 Does that make sense?

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 It is the word of God that is settled and lasts forever,

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 and at the end of the day, you should be able to track what I say back to the passage itself,

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 and that is something that will protect you in the days to come.

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 We live in a day and age where all kinds of people propose

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 that they have something to say of significance,

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 and it's legitimate to ask ourselves,

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 well, where does their significance come from?

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 Later in Isaiah, it makes it clear,

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 unto the law and to the testimonies,

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 if they speak not according to this,

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 it's because there's no light in them.

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 Trust the word, not the person.

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 I want you to also look, if you will,

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 at verses 18 through 21,

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 and we're going to find here that the nation had this sinful, selfish self-interest

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 that was causing great heartache.

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 Let me read the passage to you.

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 For wickedness burns like a fire and consumes briar and thorns.

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 It kindles the thickets of the forest,

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 and they roll upward in a column of smoke.

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 Through the wrath of the Lord of hosts,

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 the land is scorched,

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 and the people are like fuel for the fire.

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 No one spares another.

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 They slice meat on the right, but are still hungry.

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 They devour on the left, but are not satisfied.

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 Each devours the flesh of his own arm.

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 Isn't that an interesting picture?

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 Here is God describing what's happening in the nation of Israel,

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 and without question, what you see is this picture

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 of an incredibly selfish people

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 that in their selfishness end up robbing,

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 harming, lying, cheating one another,

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 and as a result, they are consuming each other

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 and actually consuming themselves.

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 Does that kind of sound a little bit like our day today?

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 Does that sound like the world we live in?

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 Everybody interested in their own self-interest

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 and interested primarily in what they're going to get for themselves.

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 The other day, I walked in to drop off a little bit of dry cleaning,

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 and I walked into the dry cleaning store over there on Broad Street,

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 and I saw this sign that says,

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 no longer accepting blue jeans over $100.

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 Now, guys, I do wear blue jeans.

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 I wash my own.

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 Well, my wife, my bride, 47 years, she washes them.

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 But if I can't get them on the Internet

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 or I can't get them over wherever,

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 it's like, I don't buy them.

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 And I looked at that sign.

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 It was the first time I'd ever crossed my mind

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 that there were actually blue jeans that cost $100.

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 I looked at that sign,

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 and I said to the lady who was writing on my ticket,

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 I said, are there jeans that cost $100?

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 She says, oh, yeah.

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 There are blue jeans that cost, are you waiting?

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 You're all seated.

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 I'm standing.

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 There are blue jeans that cost $1,200.

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 Hello?

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 I'll say that slowly so that you don't miss it.

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 There are blue jeans, denim, you know,

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 dyed with indigo or whatever else it is,

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 blue jeans that cost $1,200.

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 I looked at her.

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 My jaw dropped.

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 I said, you are kidding me.

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 Who buys those kinds of blue jeans?

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 You know what she said?

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 She said, the only people that can afford those

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 in this neighborhood, it's a west side,

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 are drug dealers.

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 And that's why we have that sign there.

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 We're not going to cater.

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 And we're not going to be cheated.

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 Because when you have a $1,200 pair of blue jeans

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 and you bring them in for dry cleaning

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 and you are a snake to begin with,

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 it's amazing how easy it is to find a spot

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 on your blue jeans that then have trashed

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 your $1,200 blue jeans and guess what happens?

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 I thought to myself,

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 the misery that drug dealers cause

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 in the lives of other people

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 for the sake of a $1,200 blue jean.

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 Here in the passage,

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 God is saying, let me tell you,

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 that sinful selfishness that is so characteristic

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 of the people during that day

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 ends up being a disease

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 that devours both the people around

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 and the people that are engaged in it.

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 And so here we end up seeing in this passage

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 that the wicked end up consuming one another

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 in their greed and their selfishness.

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 You know what?

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 Sin may get it over on somebody else,

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 but in the end,

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 the sinner is the one who's consumed

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 by their own sin.

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 They're harmed.

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 They're consumed.

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 And here as God speaks

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 to the nation of Israel,

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 He says, listen, let me tell you something.

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 I'm not going to put up with this spirit

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 that I see in you.

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 I'm going to deal with it.

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 We find one other thing

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 that Isaiah is talking about there

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 in Isaiah chapter 10, verse 1 and 2.

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 Let me read it.

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 A sinful government.

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 Woe to those who decree iniquitous decrees

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 and the writers who keep writing oppression

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 to turn aside the needy from justice

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 and to rob the poor of my people of their right

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 and the widows may be their spoil,

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 that they may make the fatherless their prey.

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 It is not Washington

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 that is the first place

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 that ungodly government and leadership

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 has been involved.

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 And as Isaiah was writing to the nation

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 or he was prophesying to the nation

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 there in Israel,

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 he was saying this,

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 listen, God's done.

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 He is going to judge what's going on

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 and he's had it with this spirit

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 that is interested in passing legislation

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 that harms other people

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 and benefits a certain class

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 or a certain group of people

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 and yet for the most part is destructive.

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 He says, let me tell you something.

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 The issue of seeking to pass legislation

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 that benefit those who are pushing

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 for the legislation and harm the poor,

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 it's not the way God wants it done.

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 Incidentally, why has God ordained government?

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 We find over there in Romans chapter 13,

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 for one, it is to bring order,

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 it is to bring safety,

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 it is to bring benefit,

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 and we are to pray for those

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 who are in government

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 that those who are in government

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 would lead in an upright

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 and righteous way

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 and bring about peace and equity.

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 That didn't happen during Isaiah's day

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 and we find there

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 that God through his prophet

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 made it clear

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 and I am going to deal

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 with this problem.

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 I have to tell you

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 that as I read

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 through this four-fold indictment

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 of Israel,

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 I couldn't help but think

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 about where we are

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 here in the United States

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 of America today.

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 We are a country

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 that has a tremendous amount

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 of self-reliance

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 to the extreme

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 of confidence

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 in our own might

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 and our own power

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 and we'll do it ourselves.

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 We also trust

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 in flawed and frail leadership.

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 It was very interesting.

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 Yesterday,

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 it was my privilege

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 to preach

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 Roger McBrayer's funeral

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 and one of the things

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 that you as a congregation

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 know is that

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 I always have looked

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 at weddings and funerals

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 as a golden opportunity

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 to make,

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 guess what clear?

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 The gospel.

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 And I had a number

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 of individuals

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 come to me and say,

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 you know,

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 pastor,

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 I really appreciate the fact

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 and I could always tell,

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 you can tell when you're preaching,

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 you can tell who really likes

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 to hear what's being said

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 and those who really

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 would prefer being somewhere else.

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 And here's the difference.

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 You know,

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 it's like,

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 yeah,

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 and there you go.

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 So,

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 I had people say to me,

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 you know,

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 I gotta tell you,

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 the gospel was,

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 what should you preach

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 at a funeral?

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 Does anybody have an idea

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 besides that?

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 I mean,

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 the gospel should be clear.

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 And here we are,

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 we're in a day and age

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 where those who are

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 in positions of spiritual leadership

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 have gone out of their way

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 to accommodate

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 the passions

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 of self-centered people

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 and not bringing the hope

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 of the message

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 in the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 I gotta tell you,

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 when I think about

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 where we are as a nation

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 here in the United States,

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 history has never seen

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 a nation rise

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 to this level

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 of ascendancy

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 and blessing

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 faster.

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 And I'm afraid,

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 unless there is

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 genuine revival,

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 that history

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 will never record

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 a more precipitous,

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 rapid decline.

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 But that brings me

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 to another central piece

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 in this message

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 about God's judgment.

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 He is going to,

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 or he would punish

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 rebellious Israel,

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 but he was not going

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 to let those

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 that he used

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 get away

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 with being his instrument.

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 So let's look now,

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 if you will,

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 at Isaiah chapter 10

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 and we're gonna kind of

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 step through a number

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 of different pieces

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 of text here.

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 And I'm going to rely

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 primarily on

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 dealing with

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 the very first one

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 that we find.

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 Before we actually

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 look at this

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 extended passage,

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 I want you to turn

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 back in your Bibles

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 for a moment

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 to a text in

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 Genesis chapter 12,

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 verse 3.

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 Genesis chapter 12,

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 actually verse 1

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 through 3.

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 By the way,

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 so that you know

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 where I stand

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 on this issue,

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 I believe fully

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 that God

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 keeps his promises

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 and that he will

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 keep his promise

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 to the nation

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 of Israel.

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 The Abrahamic covenant

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 he has not abandoned.

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 And over in

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 Genesis chapter 12,

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 verse 1 through 3,

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 now the Lord

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 said to Abram,

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 go from your country

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 and your kindred

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 and your father's house

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 to the land

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 that I will show you.

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 And I will make you

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 a great nation

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 and I will bless you

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 and make your name

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 great so that you

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 will be a blessing.

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 And I will bless

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 those who bless you

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 and him who dishonors you

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 I will curse

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 and in you

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 all the nations

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 of the earth

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 will be blessed.

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 God made a covenant

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 with Abraham

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 and his covenant

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 still stands.

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 Those who bless

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 the children of Abraham

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 will be blessed

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 and those who curse

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 the children of Abraham

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 will be cursed.

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 And history is full

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 of examples

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 of God dealing

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 with that fact

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 and making his promise

00:23:06.779 --> 00:23:07.940
 clear and true.

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 Our extended passage

00:23:10.740 --> 00:23:12.019
 going back to the passage

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 in Isaiah

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 covering from Isaiah

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 chapter 10 to 34

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 and I want you to know

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 that next week

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 pastor's going to preach

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 the enthusiastic

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 hope filled message

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 of hey God does punish

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 but he also offers mercy.

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 Right pastor?

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 That's where we're going

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 next week.

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 So he's kind of slicing

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 in some pieces.

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 I'm the one.

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 Is that a bad cop

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 good cop kind of thing?

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 I'm the bad guy.

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 Hey, don't mess with God.

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 You got that?

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 Say it to yourself

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 and you can kind of

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 pack out and leave.

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 Don't mess with God.

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 Next week pastor's going to

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 God is merciful.

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 God is merciful.

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 God is merciful.

00:23:48.779 --> 00:23:48.959
 Okay.

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 So here we are

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 and as we work

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 our way through

00:23:52.599 --> 00:23:53.799
 we are going to see

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 that God will deal

00:23:55.240 --> 00:23:56.159
 not only with Israel

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 for their sin against him

00:23:57.339 --> 00:23:58.099
 but he's also going

00:23:58.099 --> 00:23:58.799
 to deal with those

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 that he would use

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 to chase in Israel.

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 Assyria, Babylon,

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 Philistia, Moab,

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 Cush, Egypt, Tyre, Sidon.

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 Did you remember all those?

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 I'll give you a quiz.

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 No.

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 Every one of them

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 that ended up

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 causing Israel harm

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 God would punish.

00:24:18.720 --> 00:24:19.259
 Now let's look

00:24:19.259 --> 00:24:21.039
 at Isaiah chapter 10

00:24:21.039 --> 00:24:21.720
 verse 5.

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 Ah, Assyria,

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 the rod of my anger.

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 The staff in their hands

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 is my fury.

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 What follows

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 in verse 5

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 all the way

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 through 14

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 is a little window

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 into the thinking

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 of the Assyrians

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 as they saw themselves

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 in this position

00:24:45.700 --> 00:24:47.799
 of being the instrument

00:24:47.799 --> 00:24:48.500
 of God

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 and they took it to heart

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 and thought

00:24:51.019 --> 00:24:52.180
 they were really

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 full of themselves

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 and in supreme power.

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 You look down there

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 and it says

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 against a godless nation

00:25:00.559 --> 00:25:01.059
 verse 6

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 I send him

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 and against the people

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 of my wrath

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 I command him

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 to take spoil

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 and seize plunder

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 to tread them down

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 like the mire

00:25:07.720 --> 00:25:08.339
 of the streets.

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 but he does not

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 so intend

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 and his heart

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 does not so think

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 but it is in his heart

00:25:15.639 --> 00:25:16.240
 to destroy

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 and to cut off nations

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 not a few

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 for he says

00:25:19.240 --> 00:25:21.659
 here is Assyria

00:25:21.659 --> 00:25:24.139
 being used by God

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 to discipline

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 his own beloved people

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 and they were entirely blind

00:25:30.859 --> 00:25:31.740
 to the fact

00:25:31.740 --> 00:25:33.799
 that God was using them.

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 They didn't understand

00:25:36.220 --> 00:25:37.220
 what God was doing.

00:25:38.180 --> 00:25:38.619
 Furthermore

00:25:38.619 --> 00:25:39.539
 we understand

00:25:39.539 --> 00:25:40.339
 from verse 7

00:25:40.339 --> 00:25:40.899
 that actually

00:25:40.899 --> 00:25:41.779
 they were being driven

00:25:41.779 --> 00:25:42.700
 by their desire

00:25:42.700 --> 00:25:43.680
 for power

00:25:43.680 --> 00:25:45.200
 and to assert themselves

00:25:45.200 --> 00:25:46.419
 and they figured out

00:25:46.419 --> 00:25:47.359
 hey if I can take it

00:25:47.359 --> 00:25:47.819
 it's mine

00:25:47.819 --> 00:25:49.519
 and might makes right

00:25:49.519 --> 00:25:50.159
 and that's exactly

00:25:50.159 --> 00:25:50.960
 what they did.

00:25:54.079 --> 00:25:55.779
 In verse 13 and 14

00:25:55.779 --> 00:25:56.460
 what we find

00:25:56.460 --> 00:25:57.200
 is that Assyria

00:25:57.200 --> 00:25:57.859
 is persuaded

00:25:57.859 --> 00:25:59.579
 that they were able

00:25:59.579 --> 00:26:01.019
 to do what they were

00:26:01.019 --> 00:26:02.079
 to other nations

00:26:02.079 --> 00:26:03.200
 simply because

00:26:03.200 --> 00:26:04.100
 of their own power

00:26:04.100 --> 00:26:05.100
 and their own brilliance.

00:26:06.140 --> 00:26:06.620
 13

00:26:06.620 --> 00:26:07.460
 for he says

00:26:07.460 --> 00:26:08.539
 by the strength

00:26:08.539 --> 00:26:09.259
 of my hand

00:26:09.259 --> 00:26:10.340
 Isaiah chapter 10

00:26:10.340 --> 00:26:11.039
 verse 13

00:26:11.039 --> 00:26:12.039
 by the strength

00:26:12.039 --> 00:26:12.600
 of my hand

00:26:12.600 --> 00:26:13.319
 I have done it

00:26:13.319 --> 00:26:15.039
 and by my wisdom

00:26:15.039 --> 00:26:17.160
 I have understanding.

00:26:18.720 --> 00:26:19.039
 Have you ever

00:26:19.039 --> 00:26:19.700
 bumped into people

00:26:19.700 --> 00:26:20.180
 that were pretty

00:26:20.180 --> 00:26:20.840
 full of themselves

00:26:20.840 --> 00:26:21.720
 and thought

00:26:21.720 --> 00:26:22.299
 that the reason

00:26:22.299 --> 00:26:22.779
 they were in

00:26:22.779 --> 00:26:23.220
 the position

00:26:23.220 --> 00:26:23.840
 they were in

00:26:23.840 --> 00:26:24.559
 and asserting

00:26:24.559 --> 00:26:25.080
 the power

00:26:25.080 --> 00:26:25.660
 that they had

00:26:25.660 --> 00:26:26.500
 was really just

00:26:26.500 --> 00:26:27.120
 because they were

00:26:27.120 --> 00:26:28.100
 smarter than the rest

00:26:28.100 --> 00:26:28.840
 of everybody else

00:26:28.840 --> 00:26:29.500
 and they were

00:26:29.500 --> 00:26:30.460
 kind of full of themselves.

00:26:31.460 --> 00:26:32.559
 Here is Assyria

00:26:32.559 --> 00:26:33.659
 displaying that

00:26:33.659 --> 00:26:34.399
 kind of attitude

00:26:34.399 --> 00:26:36.679
 and it's very

00:26:36.679 --> 00:26:37.460
 interesting because

00:26:37.460 --> 00:26:38.240
 as you work

00:26:38.240 --> 00:26:39.000
 your way through

00:26:39.000 --> 00:26:40.279
 Isaiah chapter 10

00:26:40.279 --> 00:26:41.279
 one of the things

00:26:41.279 --> 00:26:41.720
 that you're going

00:26:41.720 --> 00:26:42.460
 to see is two

00:26:42.460 --> 00:26:43.339
 different pictures

00:26:43.339 --> 00:26:44.740
 in what is going

00:26:44.740 --> 00:26:45.579
 on in the very

00:26:45.579 --> 00:26:46.319
 same time.

00:26:46.980 --> 00:26:48.019
 We can see

00:26:48.019 --> 00:26:49.179
 in this passage

00:26:49.179 --> 00:26:50.659
 the wicked hearts

00:26:50.659 --> 00:26:51.539
 of the Assyrians

00:26:51.539 --> 00:26:53.139
 and the wise

00:26:53.139 --> 00:26:53.919
 and sovereign heart

00:26:53.919 --> 00:26:54.319
 of God.

00:26:54.500 --> 00:26:55.159
 Now is that hard

00:26:55.159 --> 00:26:55.759
 to put together?

00:26:56.460 --> 00:26:57.220
 It is.

00:26:57.720 --> 00:26:58.779
 The wicked hearts

00:26:58.779 --> 00:26:59.619
 of the Assyrians

00:26:59.619 --> 00:27:00.119
 are thinking

00:27:00.119 --> 00:27:02.279
 I am powerful

00:27:02.279 --> 00:27:03.440
 and I can do

00:27:03.440 --> 00:27:04.839
 exactly what I want

00:27:04.839 --> 00:27:05.879
 and nobody's

00:27:05.879 --> 00:27:06.619
 going to stop me.

00:27:07.619 --> 00:27:08.339
 Disciplining the

00:27:08.339 --> 00:27:09.099
 nation of Israel.

00:27:10.700 --> 00:27:11.359
 And God at the

00:27:11.359 --> 00:27:12.259
 very same time

00:27:12.259 --> 00:27:12.720
 is saying

00:27:12.720 --> 00:27:14.099
 I am using you

00:27:14.099 --> 00:27:14.920
 but when I'm

00:27:14.920 --> 00:27:16.180
 finished using you

00:27:16.180 --> 00:27:17.519
 I am going

00:27:17.519 --> 00:27:18.980
 to discipline you

00:27:18.980 --> 00:27:20.059
 for your own

00:27:20.059 --> 00:27:20.599
 arrogance

00:27:20.599 --> 00:27:21.279
 and your own

00:27:21.279 --> 00:27:21.819
 hardness.

00:27:24.139 --> 00:27:24.819
 Kind of track

00:27:24.819 --> 00:27:25.359
 with me as we

00:27:25.359 --> 00:27:25.839
 work our way

00:27:25.839 --> 00:27:26.599
 through and see this.

00:27:26.599 --> 00:27:28.119
 In verse 5

00:27:28.119 --> 00:27:28.879
 God says

00:27:28.879 --> 00:27:30.279
 woe to Assyria

00:27:30.279 --> 00:27:31.359
 the rod

00:27:31.359 --> 00:27:32.399
 of my anger.

00:27:33.919 --> 00:27:34.240
 Hey

00:27:34.240 --> 00:27:36.319
 you think

00:27:36.319 --> 00:27:36.659
 you're in

00:27:36.659 --> 00:27:37.379
 your position

00:27:37.379 --> 00:27:38.039
 of authority

00:27:38.039 --> 00:27:39.059
 and you are

00:27:39.059 --> 00:27:39.980
 asserting it

00:27:39.980 --> 00:27:40.539
 for your own

00:27:40.539 --> 00:27:40.959
 pleasure

00:27:40.959 --> 00:27:41.459
 and your own

00:27:41.459 --> 00:27:42.179
 satisfaction

00:27:42.179 --> 00:27:42.740
 and your own

00:27:42.740 --> 00:27:43.079
 anger

00:27:43.079 --> 00:27:44.199
 and God says

00:27:44.199 --> 00:27:44.639
 hey

00:27:44.639 --> 00:27:45.619
 back up

00:27:45.619 --> 00:27:46.539
 I am using

00:27:46.539 --> 00:27:47.319
 you to accomplish

00:27:47.319 --> 00:27:47.839
 a purpose

00:27:47.839 --> 00:27:48.779
 and don't let it

00:27:48.779 --> 00:27:49.419
 go to your head.

00:27:50.500 --> 00:27:51.000
 Verse 12

00:27:51.000 --> 00:27:52.099
 when the Lord

00:27:52.099 --> 00:27:52.919
 has finished

00:27:52.919 --> 00:27:53.899
 all his work

00:27:53.899 --> 00:27:54.959
 on Mount Zion

00:27:54.959 --> 00:27:56.279
 and on Jerusalem

00:27:56.279 --> 00:27:57.779
 he will punish

00:27:57.779 --> 00:27:58.859
 the speech

00:27:58.859 --> 00:27:59.720
 of the arrogant

00:27:59.720 --> 00:28:00.480
 heart of the

00:28:00.480 --> 00:28:01.299
 king of Assyria

00:28:01.299 --> 00:28:02.500
 and the boastful

00:28:02.500 --> 00:28:03.399
 look in his eye.

00:28:05.399 --> 00:28:06.420
 You ever remind

00:28:06.420 --> 00:28:07.119
 yourself of what

00:28:07.119 --> 00:28:07.920
 happened in history

00:28:07.920 --> 00:28:09.720
 particularly to the

00:28:09.720 --> 00:28:11.899
 nation of Germany

00:28:11.899 --> 00:28:13.299
 and their hatred

00:28:13.299 --> 00:28:14.079
 of the Jews

00:28:14.079 --> 00:28:15.559
 back in the 40s?

00:28:17.039 --> 00:28:18.000
 God dealt with

00:28:18.000 --> 00:28:18.519
 that nation

00:28:18.519 --> 00:28:19.599
 in an unbelievably

00:28:19.599 --> 00:28:20.519
 harsh way

00:28:20.519 --> 00:28:22.420
 and I want you

00:28:22.420 --> 00:28:22.920
 to understand

00:28:22.920 --> 00:28:24.059
 that he has not

00:28:24.059 --> 00:28:25.160
 changed his hand

00:28:25.160 --> 00:28:26.000
 and his way

00:28:26.000 --> 00:28:26.440
 of dealing

00:28:26.440 --> 00:28:27.500
 even though

00:28:27.500 --> 00:28:28.640
 he is incredibly

00:28:28.640 --> 00:28:30.220
 patient in dealing

00:28:30.220 --> 00:28:31.519
 with disobedient

00:28:31.519 --> 00:28:32.300
 and hard-hearted

00:28:32.300 --> 00:28:32.700
 people

00:28:32.700 --> 00:28:33.680
 the day comes

00:28:33.680 --> 00:28:34.519
 when he will do it.

00:28:35.519 --> 00:28:36.180
 So ask yourself

00:28:36.180 --> 00:28:36.640
 the question

00:28:36.640 --> 00:28:37.460
 why is God

00:28:37.460 --> 00:28:38.460
 so patient

00:28:38.460 --> 00:28:39.440
 and long-suffering?

00:28:39.600 --> 00:28:40.240
 Two reasons.

00:28:43.779 --> 00:28:44.440
 Ecclesiastes

00:28:44.440 --> 00:28:45.160
 chapter 8

00:28:45.160 --> 00:28:45.700
 verse 11

00:28:45.700 --> 00:28:46.500
 says this

00:28:46.500 --> 00:28:47.019
 listen

00:28:47.019 --> 00:28:49.579
 because sentence

00:28:49.579 --> 00:28:50.480
 for an evil

00:28:50.480 --> 00:28:50.920
 deed

00:28:50.920 --> 00:28:51.639
 is not

00:28:51.639 --> 00:28:53.000
 speedily executed

00:28:53.000 --> 00:28:54.480
 the heart of man

00:28:54.480 --> 00:28:55.859
 is fully set

00:28:55.859 --> 00:28:56.859
 in him

00:28:56.859 --> 00:28:57.799
 to do it.

00:28:58.500 --> 00:28:59.160
 What's it saying?

00:29:00.119 --> 00:29:01.059
 Because God

00:29:01.059 --> 00:29:01.799
 is patient

00:29:01.799 --> 00:29:03.480
 he lets your

00:29:03.480 --> 00:29:04.240
 sin come

00:29:04.240 --> 00:29:04.960
 right out

00:29:04.960 --> 00:29:05.619
 in the open

00:29:05.619 --> 00:29:06.680
 where you can't

00:29:06.680 --> 00:29:07.359
 argue when he

00:29:07.359 --> 00:29:07.839
 nails you

00:29:07.839 --> 00:29:08.259
 and you can't

00:29:08.259 --> 00:29:08.900
 say well I

00:29:08.900 --> 00:29:09.500
 didn't really

00:29:09.500 --> 00:29:10.160
 mean it.

00:29:11.700 --> 00:29:12.400
 Reminds me

00:29:12.400 --> 00:29:13.000
 years ago

00:29:13.000 --> 00:29:15.359
 watching a

00:29:15.359 --> 00:29:16.160
 little class

00:29:16.160 --> 00:29:17.200
 where the

00:29:17.200 --> 00:29:17.799
 teacher stepped

00:29:17.799 --> 00:29:18.279
 out of the

00:29:18.279 --> 00:29:18.559
 room

00:29:18.559 --> 00:29:19.799
 and one of

00:29:19.799 --> 00:29:20.220
 the boys

00:29:20.220 --> 00:29:20.680
 who was

00:29:20.680 --> 00:29:21.039
 kind of

00:29:21.039 --> 00:29:21.480
 the class

00:29:21.480 --> 00:29:21.839
 clown

00:29:21.839 --> 00:29:22.079
 you know

00:29:22.079 --> 00:29:22.579
 every class

00:29:22.579 --> 00:29:23.079
 has one

00:29:23.079 --> 00:29:24.920
 this boy

00:29:24.920 --> 00:29:25.480
 took it upon

00:29:25.480 --> 00:29:25.839
 himself

00:29:25.839 --> 00:29:26.220
 while the

00:29:26.220 --> 00:29:26.440
 teacher

00:29:26.440 --> 00:29:26.799
 had stepped

00:29:26.799 --> 00:29:27.200
 out of the

00:29:27.200 --> 00:29:27.420
 room

00:29:27.420 --> 00:29:28.160
 to kind

00:29:28.160 --> 00:29:28.420
 of

00:29:28.420 --> 00:29:29.559
 give a

00:29:29.559 --> 00:29:29.799
 little

00:29:29.799 --> 00:29:30.859
 display

00:29:30.859 --> 00:29:31.200
 for the

00:29:31.200 --> 00:29:31.640
 audience

00:29:31.640 --> 00:29:32.900
 now the

00:29:32.900 --> 00:29:33.220
 teacher

00:29:33.220 --> 00:29:33.839
 knowing the

00:29:33.839 --> 00:29:34.039
 boy

00:29:34.039 --> 00:29:34.539
 had stepped

00:29:34.539 --> 00:29:35.000
 around the

00:29:35.000 --> 00:29:35.299
 corner

00:29:35.299 --> 00:29:36.579
 and she

00:29:36.579 --> 00:29:37.019
 immediately

00:29:37.019 --> 00:29:37.920
 took a

00:29:37.920 --> 00:29:38.180
 different

00:29:38.180 --> 00:29:38.700
 location

00:29:38.700 --> 00:29:39.140
 and she

00:29:39.140 --> 00:29:39.500
 watched

00:29:39.500 --> 00:29:40.039
 this boy

00:29:40.039 --> 00:29:40.859
 in full

00:29:40.859 --> 00:29:41.319
 display

00:29:41.319 --> 00:29:41.740
 as he

00:29:41.740 --> 00:29:42.339
 pranced

00:29:42.339 --> 00:29:42.700
 around

00:29:42.700 --> 00:29:42.940
 at the

00:29:42.940 --> 00:29:43.080
 front

00:29:43.080 --> 00:29:43.259
 of the

00:29:43.259 --> 00:29:43.539
 class

00:29:43.539 --> 00:29:43.720
 it's

00:29:43.720 --> 00:29:44.019
 like a

00:29:44.019 --> 00:29:44.460
 fifth grade

00:29:44.460 --> 00:29:44.740
 boy

00:29:44.740 --> 00:29:44.960
 you know

00:29:44.960 --> 00:29:45.080
 it's

00:29:45.080 --> 00:29:45.259
 like

00:29:45.259 --> 00:29:46.120
 full of

00:29:46.120 --> 00:29:46.680
 all kinds

00:29:46.680 --> 00:29:47.120
 of energy

00:29:47.120 --> 00:29:47.900
 and foolishness

00:29:47.900 --> 00:29:50.220
 and he

00:29:50.220 --> 00:29:50.620
 had his

00:29:50.620 --> 00:29:51.220
 back to

00:29:51.220 --> 00:29:51.700
 the door

00:29:51.700 --> 00:29:52.680
 wise

00:29:52.680 --> 00:29:53.299
 decision

00:29:53.299 --> 00:29:55.220
 and he

00:29:55.220 --> 00:29:56.279
 was putting

00:29:56.279 --> 00:29:56.960
 on a show

00:29:56.960 --> 00:29:57.340
 a little

00:29:57.340 --> 00:29:57.860
 dance

00:29:57.860 --> 00:29:58.420
 and move

00:29:58.420 --> 00:29:58.700
 and all

00:29:58.700 --> 00:29:59.080
 that kind

00:29:59.080 --> 00:29:59.400
 of stuff

00:29:59.400 --> 00:30:00.920
 and the

00:30:00.920 --> 00:30:01.200
 teacher

00:30:01.200 --> 00:30:01.620
 kind of

00:30:01.620 --> 00:30:02.019
 slowly

00:30:02.019 --> 00:30:02.400
 stepped

00:30:02.400 --> 00:30:02.740
 back

00:30:02.740 --> 00:30:03.200
 into the

00:30:03.200 --> 00:30:03.519
 door

00:30:03.519 --> 00:30:05.779
 and the

00:30:05.779 --> 00:30:06.279
 rest of

00:30:06.279 --> 00:30:06.860
 the class

00:30:06.860 --> 00:30:07.580
 realized

00:30:07.580 --> 00:30:08.160
 the teacher

00:30:08.160 --> 00:30:08.759
 was there

00:30:08.759 --> 00:30:09.620
 before the

00:30:09.620 --> 00:30:09.940
 boy

00:30:09.940 --> 00:30:12.740
 and suddenly

00:30:12.740 --> 00:30:13.600
 the class

00:30:13.600 --> 00:30:13.960
 that had

00:30:13.960 --> 00:30:14.519
 been laughing

00:30:14.519 --> 00:30:14.980
 at the

00:30:14.980 --> 00:30:15.500
 boy's

00:30:15.500 --> 00:30:16.320
 behavior

00:30:16.320 --> 00:30:17.700
 suddenly

00:30:17.700 --> 00:30:18.299
 got quiet

00:30:18.299 --> 00:30:20.200
 but the

00:30:20.200 --> 00:30:20.680
 boy didn't

00:30:20.680 --> 00:30:21.059
 read the

00:30:21.059 --> 00:30:21.400
 signals

00:30:21.400 --> 00:30:21.900
 because he

00:30:21.900 --> 00:30:22.320
 was quite

00:30:22.320 --> 00:30:22.720
 full of

00:30:22.720 --> 00:30:23.180
 his energy

00:30:23.180 --> 00:30:23.580
 and he

00:30:23.580 --> 00:30:24.340
 was taking

00:30:24.340 --> 00:30:24.799
 advantage

00:30:24.799 --> 00:30:25.140
 of the

00:30:25.140 --> 00:30:25.440
 moment

00:30:25.440 --> 00:30:26.100
 and he

00:30:26.100 --> 00:30:26.539
 was just

00:30:26.539 --> 00:30:27.360
 full bore

00:30:27.360 --> 00:30:27.380
!

00:30:27.380 --> 00:30:29.920
 so when the

00:30:29.920 --> 00:30:30.240
 teacher

00:30:30.240 --> 00:30:31.400
 finally called

00:30:31.400 --> 00:30:32.080
 his name

00:30:32.080 --> 00:30:32.400
 and I

00:30:32.400 --> 00:30:32.740
 won't

00:30:32.740 --> 00:30:33.380
 mention

00:30:33.380 --> 00:30:33.940
 that this

00:30:33.940 --> 00:30:34.320
 morning

00:30:34.319 --> 00:30:36.059
 the name

00:30:36.059 --> 00:30:40.099
 he couldn't

00:30:40.099 --> 00:30:40.500
 say

00:30:40.500 --> 00:30:41.980
 I didn't

00:30:41.980 --> 00:30:42.519
 mean it

00:30:42.519 --> 00:30:44.679
 God

00:30:44.679 --> 00:30:45.099
 in his

00:30:45.099 --> 00:30:45.539
 patience

00:30:45.539 --> 00:30:46.279
 is letting

00:30:46.279 --> 00:30:46.960
 some

00:30:46.960 --> 00:30:48.019
 here today

00:30:48.019 --> 00:30:49.339
 fully display

00:30:49.339 --> 00:30:49.980
 the hardness

00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:50.439
 of their

00:30:50.439 --> 00:30:50.779
 heart

00:30:50.779 --> 00:30:51.619
 and when

00:30:51.619 --> 00:30:52.379
 he brings

00:30:52.379 --> 00:30:52.859
 judgment

00:30:52.859 --> 00:30:53.500
 you will

00:30:53.500 --> 00:30:54.220
 never be

00:30:54.220 --> 00:30:54.679
 able to

00:30:54.679 --> 00:30:55.059
 say to

00:30:55.059 --> 00:30:55.399
 God

00:30:55.399 --> 00:30:56.700
 you didn't

00:30:56.700 --> 00:30:57.399
 give me

00:30:57.399 --> 00:30:58.359
 a chance

00:30:58.359 --> 00:31:03.199
 in verse

00:31:03.199 --> 00:31:03.799
 15 of

00:31:03.799 --> 00:31:04.139
 Isaiah

00:31:04.139 --> 00:31:04.819
 chapter 10

00:31:04.819 --> 00:31:05.199
 it says

00:31:05.199 --> 00:31:05.659
 this

00:31:05.659 --> 00:31:06.319
 shall the

00:31:06.319 --> 00:31:06.679
 axe

00:31:06.679 --> 00:31:07.119
 boast

00:31:07.119 --> 00:31:07.919
 over him

00:31:07.919 --> 00:31:08.379
 who

00:31:08.379 --> 00:31:08.740
 hews

00:31:08.740 --> 00:31:09.099
 with it

00:31:09.099 --> 00:31:12.179
 or the

00:31:12.179 --> 00:31:12.479
 saw

00:31:12.479 --> 00:31:13.079
 magnify

00:31:13.079 --> 00:31:13.519
 itself

00:31:13.519 --> 00:31:14.099
 against him

00:31:14.099 --> 00:31:14.699
 who wields

00:31:14.699 --> 00:31:14.819
 it

00:31:14.819 --> 00:31:15.240
 God's

00:31:15.240 --> 00:31:15.500
 point

00:31:15.500 --> 00:31:15.979
 was this

00:31:15.979 --> 00:31:16.339
 is that

00:31:16.339 --> 00:31:16.719
 I am

00:31:16.719 --> 00:31:17.179
 using

00:31:17.179 --> 00:31:18.479
 Assyria

00:31:18.479 --> 00:31:18.979
 as an

00:31:18.979 --> 00:31:19.419
 instrument

00:31:19.419 --> 00:31:20.099
 of punishment

00:31:20.099 --> 00:31:20.759
 in my

00:31:20.759 --> 00:31:21.099
 hand

00:31:21.099 --> 00:31:21.819
 against

00:31:21.819 --> 00:31:22.299
 people

00:31:22.299 --> 00:31:22.659
 that I

00:31:22.659 --> 00:31:23.179
 love

00:31:23.179 --> 00:31:23.879
 but need

00:31:23.879 --> 00:31:24.139
 to be

00:31:24.139 --> 00:31:24.599
 disciplined

00:31:24.599 --> 00:31:25.579
 and when

00:31:25.579 --> 00:31:26.199
 that

00:31:26.199 --> 00:31:26.819
 instrument

00:31:26.819 --> 00:31:27.419
 takes it

00:31:27.419 --> 00:31:27.659
 upon

00:31:27.659 --> 00:31:28.179
 themselves

00:31:28.180 --> 00:31:28.799
 to be

00:31:28.799 --> 00:31:29.180
 fully

00:31:29.180 --> 00:31:29.720
 invested

00:31:29.720 --> 00:31:30.039
 in their

00:31:30.039 --> 00:31:30.220
 own

00:31:30.220 --> 00:31:30.620
 attitudes

00:31:30.620 --> 00:31:31.019
 and their

00:31:31.019 --> 00:31:31.200
 own

00:31:31.200 --> 00:31:31.640
 arrogance

00:31:31.640 --> 00:31:32.320
 the day

00:31:32.320 --> 00:31:32.840
 of vengeance

00:31:32.840 --> 00:31:33.500
 is coming

00:31:33.500 --> 00:31:36.060
 so let me

00:31:36.060 --> 00:31:36.480
 say this

00:31:36.480 --> 00:31:37.000
 in practical

00:31:37.000 --> 00:31:37.340
 terms

00:31:37.340 --> 00:31:37.680
 when you

00:31:37.680 --> 00:31:38.340
 find yourself

00:31:38.340 --> 00:31:38.880
 in a place

00:31:38.880 --> 00:31:39.680
 of being

00:31:39.680 --> 00:31:40.259
 used by

00:31:40.259 --> 00:31:40.539
 God

00:31:40.539 --> 00:31:41.299
 to correct

00:31:41.299 --> 00:31:42.019
 and admonish

00:31:42.019 --> 00:31:42.680
 other people

00:31:42.680 --> 00:31:43.480
 let me

00:31:43.480 --> 00:31:44.019
 encourage you

00:31:44.019 --> 00:31:44.460
 to be very

00:31:44.460 --> 00:31:45.019
 very careful

00:31:45.019 --> 00:31:45.360
 that you

00:31:45.360 --> 00:31:45.759
 do so

00:31:45.759 --> 00:31:46.519
 with humility

00:31:46.519 --> 00:31:47.799
 you know

00:31:47.799 --> 00:31:48.120
 why

00:31:48.120 --> 00:31:49.160
 listen up

00:31:49.160 --> 00:31:50.759
 God

00:31:50.759 --> 00:31:51.600
 hates

00:31:51.600 --> 00:31:52.279
 pride

00:31:52.279 --> 00:31:54.240
 he also

00:31:54.240 --> 00:31:54.820
 hates

00:31:54.820 --> 00:31:55.720
 a vengeful

00:31:55.720 --> 00:31:56.340
 spirit

00:31:56.339 --> 00:31:57.879
 when

00:31:57.879 --> 00:31:58.279
 you

00:31:58.279 --> 00:31:58.720
 are

00:31:58.720 --> 00:31:59.039
 in

00:31:59.039 --> 00:31:59.259
 the

00:31:59.259 --> 00:31:59.720
 place

00:31:59.720 --> 00:31:59.959
 that

00:31:59.959 --> 00:32:00.319
 God

00:32:00.319 --> 00:32:00.899
 has

00:32:00.899 --> 00:32:01.099
 you

00:32:01.099 --> 00:32:01.500
 dealing

00:32:01.500 --> 00:32:01.720
 with

00:32:01.720 --> 00:32:02.000
 another

00:32:02.000 --> 00:32:02.480
 person

00:32:02.480 --> 00:32:03.099
 your

00:32:03.099 --> 00:32:03.439
 heart

00:32:03.439 --> 00:32:03.679
 should

00:32:03.679 --> 00:32:03.839
 be

00:32:03.839 --> 00:32:04.240
 broken

00:32:04.240 --> 00:32:06.000
 and

00:32:06.000 --> 00:32:06.199
 should

00:32:06.199 --> 00:32:06.399
 be

00:32:06.399 --> 00:32:06.939
 sympathetic

00:32:06.939 --> 00:32:08.519
 even

00:32:08.519 --> 00:32:08.980
 when you

00:32:08.980 --> 00:32:09.500
 exercise

00:32:09.500 --> 00:32:10.119
 the

00:32:10.119 --> 00:32:10.740
 responsibility

00:32:10.740 --> 00:32:11.199
 that he

00:32:11.199 --> 00:32:11.539
 has given

00:32:11.539 --> 00:32:11.919
 you

00:32:11.919 --> 00:32:13.159
 by the way

00:32:13.159 --> 00:32:13.539
 it's also

00:32:13.539 --> 00:32:14.019
 a dangerous

00:32:14.019 --> 00:32:14.299
 thing

00:32:14.299 --> 00:32:14.519
 to be

00:32:14.519 --> 00:32:14.699
 in a

00:32:14.699 --> 00:32:14.899
 place

00:32:14.899 --> 00:32:15.039
 where

00:32:15.039 --> 00:32:15.159
 you

00:32:15.159 --> 00:32:15.539
 decide

00:32:15.539 --> 00:32:16.059
 to be

00:32:16.059 --> 00:32:16.279
 one

00:32:16.279 --> 00:32:16.439
 who

00:32:16.439 --> 00:32:16.639
 gets

00:32:16.639 --> 00:32:17.079
 vengeance

00:32:17.079 --> 00:32:17.379
 in

00:32:17.379 --> 00:32:17.639
 place

00:32:17.639 --> 00:32:17.799
 of

00:32:17.799 --> 00:32:18.159
 God

00:32:18.159 --> 00:32:19.500
 passage

00:32:19.500 --> 00:32:19.699
 in

00:32:19.699 --> 00:32:19.899
 over

00:32:19.899 --> 00:32:20.099
 in

00:32:20.099 --> 00:32:20.339
 Romans

00:32:20.339 --> 00:32:20.619
 chapter

00:32:20.619 --> 00:32:20.939
 12

00:32:20.939 --> 00:32:21.199
 says

00:32:21.199 --> 00:32:21.480
 this

00:32:21.480 --> 00:32:21.839
 vengeance

00:32:21.839 --> 00:32:22.119
 is

00:32:22.119 --> 00:32:22.439
 mine

00:32:22.439 --> 00:32:22.899
 I

00:32:22.899 --> 00:32:23.059
 will

00:32:23.059 --> 00:32:23.379
 repay

00:32:23.380 --> 00:32:24.200
 hand

00:32:24.200 --> 00:32:24.320
 it

00:32:24.320 --> 00:32:24.440
 over

00:32:24.440 --> 00:32:24.560
 to

00:32:24.560 --> 00:32:24.760
 God

00:32:24.760 --> 00:32:24.960
 let

00:32:24.960 --> 00:32:25.080
 him

00:32:25.080 --> 00:32:25.280
 deal

00:32:25.280 --> 00:32:25.460
 with

00:32:25.460 --> 00:32:25.660
 it

00:32:25.660 --> 00:32:26.660
 now

00:32:26.660 --> 00:32:26.920
 there's

00:32:26.920 --> 00:32:27.100
 a

00:32:27.100 --> 00:32:27.600
 larger

00:32:27.600 --> 00:32:28.040
 picture

00:32:28.040 --> 00:32:28.380
 that I

00:32:28.380 --> 00:32:28.560
 want

00:32:28.560 --> 00:32:28.900
 to come

00:32:28.900 --> 00:32:29.080
 to

00:32:29.080 --> 00:32:29.280
 here

00:32:29.280 --> 00:32:29.600
 as I

00:32:29.600 --> 00:32:29.920
 close

00:32:29.920 --> 00:32:30.220
 off

00:32:30.220 --> 00:32:30.780
 and

00:32:30.780 --> 00:32:31.060
 I

00:32:31.060 --> 00:32:31.240
 want

00:32:31.240 --> 00:32:31.380
 to

00:32:31.380 --> 00:32:31.740
 put

00:32:31.740 --> 00:32:31.840
 it

00:32:31.840 --> 00:32:32.060
 this

00:32:32.060 --> 00:32:32.240
 way

00:32:32.240 --> 00:32:32.500
 there's

00:32:32.500 --> 00:32:32.840
 another

00:32:32.840 --> 00:32:33.320
 point

00:32:33.320 --> 00:32:33.840
 that

00:32:33.840 --> 00:32:34.420
 follows

00:32:34.420 --> 00:32:34.680
 through

00:32:34.680 --> 00:32:34.900
 this

00:32:34.900 --> 00:32:35.280
 entire

00:32:35.280 --> 00:32:35.780
 passage

00:32:35.780 --> 00:32:36.080
 this

00:32:36.080 --> 00:32:36.360
 morning

00:32:36.360 --> 00:32:36.840
 and

00:32:36.840 --> 00:32:37.080
 we've

00:32:37.080 --> 00:32:37.220
 looked

00:32:37.220 --> 00:32:37.820
 primarily

00:32:37.820 --> 00:32:38.520
 at

00:32:38.520 --> 00:32:38.940
 Isaiah

00:32:38.940 --> 00:32:39.420
 chapter

00:32:39.420 --> 00:32:39.940
 10

00:32:39.940 --> 00:32:41.180
 and

00:32:41.180 --> 00:32:41.500
 not

00:32:41.500 --> 00:32:41.780
 the

00:32:41.780 --> 00:32:42.120
 rest

00:32:42.120 --> 00:32:42.340
 of

00:32:42.340 --> 00:32:42.580
 the

00:32:42.580 --> 00:32:43.140
 other

00:32:43.140 --> 00:32:43.680
 chapters

00:32:43.680 --> 00:32:44.080
 between

00:32:44.080 --> 00:32:44.400
 10

00:32:44.400 --> 00:32:44.520
 and

00:32:44.520 --> 00:32:44.960
 34

00:32:44.960 --> 00:32:45.840
 and

00:32:45.840 --> 00:32:46.100
 mind

00:32:46.100 --> 00:32:46.280
 you

00:32:46.280 --> 00:32:46.540
 I

00:32:46.540 --> 00:32:47.100
 pointed

00:32:47.100 --> 00:32:47.400
!

00:32:53.380 --> 00:32:53.720
 different

00:32:53.720 --> 00:32:54.140
 countries

00:32:54.140 --> 00:32:54.820
 there's

00:32:54.820 --> 00:32:55.280
 woe

00:32:55.280 --> 00:32:55.720
 woe

00:32:55.720 --> 00:32:56.120
 woe

00:32:56.120 --> 00:32:56.480
 woe

00:32:56.480 --> 00:32:56.940
 because

00:32:56.940 --> 00:32:57.480
 God

00:32:57.480 --> 00:32:57.740
 would

00:32:57.740 --> 00:32:58.040
 use

00:32:58.040 --> 00:32:58.460
 various

00:32:58.460 --> 00:32:58.780
 ones

00:32:58.780 --> 00:32:58.960
 to

00:32:58.960 --> 00:32:59.140
 deal

00:32:59.140 --> 00:32:59.360
 with

00:32:59.360 --> 00:32:59.860
 the

00:32:59.860 --> 00:33:00.120
 nation

00:33:00.120 --> 00:33:00.280
 of

00:33:00.280 --> 00:33:00.580
 Israel

00:33:00.580 --> 00:33:02.960
 the

00:33:02.960 --> 00:33:03.160
 thing

00:33:03.160 --> 00:33:03.320
 that

00:33:03.320 --> 00:33:03.480
 we

00:33:03.480 --> 00:33:03.960
 find

00:33:03.960 --> 00:33:05.040
 is

00:33:05.040 --> 00:33:05.220
 that

00:33:05.220 --> 00:33:05.600
 God

00:33:05.600 --> 00:33:06.180
 willingly

00:33:06.180 --> 00:33:06.800
 used

00:33:06.800 --> 00:33:07.140
 these

00:33:07.140 --> 00:33:07.600
 wicked

00:33:07.600 --> 00:33:08.200
 people

00:33:08.200 --> 00:33:08.540
 as

00:33:08.540 --> 00:33:09.100
 instruments

00:33:09.100 --> 00:33:09.420
 of

00:33:09.420 --> 00:33:09.880
 judgment

00:33:09.880 --> 00:33:10.500
 but

00:33:10.500 --> 00:33:10.620
 he

00:33:10.620 --> 00:33:11.000
 also

00:33:11.000 --> 00:33:11.460
 held

00:33:11.460 --> 00:33:11.680
 them

00:33:11.680 --> 00:33:12.340
 responsible

00:33:12.340 --> 00:33:13.140
 for

00:33:13.140 --> 00:33:13.440
 their

00:33:13.440 --> 00:33:14.020
 dealing

00:33:14.020 --> 00:33:14.260
 with

00:33:14.260 --> 00:33:14.380
 the

00:33:14.380 --> 00:33:14.640
 nation

00:33:14.640 --> 00:33:14.780
 of

00:33:14.780 --> 00:33:15.140
 Israel

00:33:15.140 --> 00:33:16.300
 so

00:33:16.300 --> 00:33:16.460
 that

00:33:16.460 --> 00:33:16.620
 kind

00:33:16.620 --> 00:33:16.720
 of

00:33:16.720 --> 00:33:16.900
 puts

00:33:16.900 --> 00:33:17.060
 us

00:33:17.060 --> 00:33:17.200
 on

00:33:17.200 --> 00:33:17.320
 the

00:33:17.320 --> 00:33:17.620
 spot

00:33:17.620 --> 00:33:17.860
 of

00:33:17.860 --> 00:33:18.380
 coming

00:33:18.380 --> 00:33:18.580
 to

00:33:18.580 --> 00:33:18.800
 grips

00:33:18.800 --> 00:33:18.960
 with

00:33:18.960 --> 00:33:19.100
 the

00:33:19.100 --> 00:33:19.360
 fact

00:33:19.360 --> 00:33:19.580
 that

00:33:19.580 --> 00:33:19.900
 God

00:33:19.900 --> 00:33:20.100
 is

00:33:20.100 --> 00:33:20.560
 sovereign

00:33:20.560 --> 00:33:21.820
 and

00:33:21.819 --> 00:33:22.059
 man

00:33:22.059 --> 00:33:22.220
 is

00:33:22.220 --> 00:33:22.859
 responsible

00:33:22.859 --> 00:33:24.519
 God

00:33:24.519 --> 00:33:24.759
 is

00:33:24.759 --> 00:33:25.200
 sovereign

00:33:25.200 --> 00:33:26.019
 and

00:33:26.019 --> 00:33:26.240
 man

00:33:26.240 --> 00:33:26.399
 is

00:33:26.399 --> 00:33:26.919
 responsible

00:33:26.919 --> 00:33:27.460
 so

00:33:27.460 --> 00:33:27.659
 how

00:33:27.659 --> 00:33:27.779
 do

00:33:27.779 --> 00:33:27.879
 you

00:33:27.879 --> 00:33:28.059
 put

00:33:28.059 --> 00:33:28.279
 those

00:33:28.279 --> 00:33:28.480
 two

00:33:28.480 --> 00:33:28.799
 truths

00:33:28.799 --> 00:33:29.240
 together

00:33:29.240 --> 00:33:31.480
 I'm

00:33:31.480 --> 00:33:31.579
 going

00:33:31.579 --> 00:33:31.679
 to

00:33:31.679 --> 00:33:32.000
 introduce

00:33:32.000 --> 00:33:32.179
 you

00:33:32.179 --> 00:33:32.319
 to

00:33:32.319 --> 00:33:32.480
 a

00:33:32.480 --> 00:33:32.919
 theological

00:33:32.919 --> 00:33:33.359
 term

00:33:33.359 --> 00:33:33.879
 that

00:33:33.879 --> 00:33:34.039
 you

00:33:34.039 --> 00:33:34.299
 can

00:33:34.299 --> 00:33:34.740
 use

00:33:34.740 --> 00:33:34.919
 on

00:33:34.919 --> 00:33:35.119
 each

00:33:35.119 --> 00:33:35.339
 other

00:33:35.339 --> 00:33:35.480
 in

00:33:35.480 --> 00:33:35.599
 the

00:33:35.599 --> 00:33:35.859
 car

00:33:35.859 --> 00:33:36.200
 home

00:33:36.200 --> 00:33:36.559
 okay

00:33:36.559 --> 00:33:37.119
 are

00:33:37.119 --> 00:33:37.220
 you

00:33:37.220 --> 00:33:37.439
 ready

00:33:37.439 --> 00:33:39.159
 antinomy

00:33:39.159 --> 00:33:40.099
 antinomy

00:33:40.099 --> 00:33:41.439
 I don't

00:33:41.439 --> 00:33:41.619
 know if

00:33:41.619 --> 00:33:41.799
 I had

00:33:41.799 --> 00:33:42.000
 that in

00:33:42.000 --> 00:33:42.079
 the

00:33:42.079 --> 00:33:42.259
 notes

00:33:42.259 --> 00:33:42.379
 or

00:33:42.379 --> 00:33:42.559
 not

00:33:42.559 --> 00:33:42.700
 but

00:33:42.700 --> 00:33:42.980
 it's

00:33:42.980 --> 00:33:43.379
 fact

00:33:43.379 --> 00:33:44.000
 an

00:33:44.000 --> 00:33:44.579
 antinomy

00:33:44.579 --> 00:33:45.039
 is

00:33:45.039 --> 00:33:45.500
 two

00:33:45.500 --> 00:33:46.179
 seemingly

00:33:46.179 --> 00:33:47.019
 opposing

00:33:47.019 --> 00:33:48.039
 laws

00:33:48.039 --> 00:33:50.039
 two

00:33:50.039 --> 00:33:50.899
 seemingly

00:33:50.899 --> 00:33:51.639
 opposing

00:33:51.640 --> 00:33:52.820
 facts

00:33:52.820 --> 00:33:54.259
 the

00:33:54.259 --> 00:33:54.500
 Bible

00:33:54.500 --> 00:33:54.880
 actually

00:33:54.880 --> 00:33:55.300
 has a

00:33:55.300 --> 00:33:55.500
 number

00:33:55.500 --> 00:33:55.660
 of

00:33:55.660 --> 00:33:55.940
 different

00:33:55.940 --> 00:33:56.620
 antinomies

00:33:56.620 --> 00:33:56.880
 that

00:33:56.880 --> 00:33:57.380
 are

00:33:57.380 --> 00:33:57.740
 hard

00:33:57.740 --> 00:33:57.960
 for

00:33:57.960 --> 00:33:58.160
 us

00:33:58.160 --> 00:33:58.300
 to

00:33:58.300 --> 00:33:58.700
 understand

00:33:58.700 --> 00:33:59.160
 and

00:33:59.160 --> 00:33:59.320
 so

00:33:59.320 --> 00:33:59.640
 let me

00:33:59.640 --> 00:33:59.860
 have

00:33:59.860 --> 00:34:00.060
 you

00:34:00.060 --> 00:34:00.360
 kind

00:34:00.360 --> 00:34:00.480
 of

00:34:00.480 --> 00:34:00.780
 connect

00:34:00.780 --> 00:34:00.940
 with

00:34:00.940 --> 00:34:01.060
 a

00:34:01.060 --> 00:34:01.259
 couple

00:34:01.259 --> 00:34:01.460
 of

00:34:01.460 --> 00:34:01.600
 them

00:34:01.600 --> 00:34:01.820
 that

00:34:01.820 --> 00:34:02.200
 you

00:34:02.200 --> 00:34:02.720
 probably

00:34:02.720 --> 00:34:03.020
 are

00:34:03.020 --> 00:34:03.460
 more

00:34:03.460 --> 00:34:04.000
 comfortable

00:34:04.000 --> 00:34:04.380
 with

00:34:04.380 --> 00:34:04.540
 than

00:34:04.540 --> 00:34:04.680
 the

00:34:04.680 --> 00:34:05.100
 idea

00:34:05.100 --> 00:34:05.520
 that

00:34:05.520 --> 00:34:05.720
 God

00:34:05.720 --> 00:34:05.880
 is

00:34:05.880 --> 00:34:06.280
 sovereign

00:34:06.280 --> 00:34:06.840
 and

00:34:06.840 --> 00:34:07.040
 that

00:34:07.040 --> 00:34:07.280
 man

00:34:07.280 --> 00:34:07.420
 is

00:34:07.420 --> 00:34:07.920
 responsible

00:34:07.920 --> 00:34:08.360
 here's

00:34:08.360 --> 00:34:08.599
 one

00:34:08.599 --> 00:34:08.820
 that

00:34:08.820 --> 00:34:09.220
 we

00:34:09.220 --> 00:34:09.539
 most

00:34:09.539 --> 00:34:09.700
 of

00:34:09.700 --> 00:34:09.900
 all

00:34:09.900 --> 00:34:10.220
 bought

00:34:10.220 --> 00:34:10.539
 into

00:34:10.539 --> 00:34:11.140
 that

00:34:11.140 --> 00:34:11.320
 is

00:34:11.320 --> 00:34:11.460
 the

00:34:11.460 --> 00:34:11.680
 fact

00:34:11.680 --> 00:34:11.900
 that

00:34:11.900 --> 00:34:12.260
 God

00:34:12.260 --> 00:34:12.780
 is

00:34:12.780 --> 00:34:14.599
 triune

00:34:14.599 --> 00:34:15.559
 what

00:34:15.559 --> 00:34:15.700
 does

00:34:15.700 --> 00:34:15.880
 that

00:34:15.880 --> 00:34:16.160
 mean

00:34:16.160 --> 00:34:16.980
 how

00:34:16.980 --> 00:34:17.119
 many

00:34:17.119 --> 00:34:17.460
 remember

00:34:17.460 --> 00:34:17.779
 singing

00:34:17.779 --> 00:34:18.059
 the

00:34:18.059 --> 00:34:19.019
 classical

00:34:19.019 --> 00:34:20.460
 little

00:34:20.460 --> 00:34:20.960
 piece

00:34:20.960 --> 00:34:21.159
 of

00:34:21.159 --> 00:34:21.599
 song

00:34:21.599 --> 00:34:21.739
 where

00:34:21.739 --> 00:34:22.359
 God

00:34:22.359 --> 00:34:22.920
 in

00:34:22.920 --> 00:34:23.239
 three

00:34:23.239 --> 00:34:24.400
 persons

00:34:24.400 --> 00:34:24.839
 what

00:34:24.839 --> 00:34:26.400
 blessed

00:34:26.400 --> 00:34:27.400
 trinity

00:34:27.400 --> 00:34:28.779
 we know

00:34:28.779 --> 00:34:29.420
 that's a

00:34:29.420 --> 00:34:29.819
 theological

00:34:29.819 --> 00:34:30.319
 fact

00:34:30.319 --> 00:34:31.980
 how easy

00:34:31.980 --> 00:34:32.299
 is that

00:34:32.299 --> 00:34:32.539
 to put

00:34:32.539 --> 00:34:32.920
 together

00:34:32.920 --> 00:34:34.859
 anybody

00:34:34.859 --> 00:34:35.139
 here

00:34:35.139 --> 00:34:35.440
 have it

00:34:35.440 --> 00:34:35.719
 down

00:34:35.719 --> 00:34:36.579
 no

00:34:36.579 --> 00:34:37.859
 well let's

00:34:37.859 --> 00:34:38.279
 try another

00:34:38.279 --> 00:34:38.559
 one that

00:34:38.559 --> 00:34:39.139
 actually took

00:34:39.139 --> 00:34:39.639
 the church

00:34:39.639 --> 00:34:40.039
 the early

00:34:40.039 --> 00:34:40.319
 church

00:34:40.319 --> 00:34:41.119
 about 450

00:34:41.119 --> 00:34:41.839
 years

00:34:41.839 --> 00:34:42.460
 to get

00:34:42.460 --> 00:34:42.779
 their head

00:34:42.779 --> 00:34:43.059
 around

00:34:43.059 --> 00:34:44.239
 do you

00:34:44.239 --> 00:34:44.320
 know

00:34:44.320 --> 00:34:44.460
 which

00:34:44.460 --> 00:34:44.599
 one

00:34:44.599 --> 00:34:44.679
 it

00:34:44.679 --> 00:34:45.000
 was

00:34:45.000 --> 00:34:47.440
 the

00:34:47.440 --> 00:34:48.079
 absolute

00:34:48.079 --> 00:34:48.719
 humanity

00:34:48.719 --> 00:34:49.079
 of

00:34:49.079 --> 00:34:49.420
 Christ

00:34:49.420 --> 00:34:49.679
 and

00:34:49.679 --> 00:34:49.860
 the

00:34:49.860 --> 00:34:50.380
 absolute

00:34:50.380 --> 00:34:50.940
 deity

00:34:50.940 --> 00:34:51.279
 of

00:34:51.279 --> 00:34:51.639
 Christ

00:34:51.639 --> 00:34:52.440
 do

00:34:52.440 --> 00:34:52.880
 those

00:34:52.880 --> 00:34:53.139
 two

00:34:53.139 --> 00:34:53.619
 pieces

00:34:53.619 --> 00:34:53.940
 fit

00:34:53.940 --> 00:34:54.340
 together

00:34:54.340 --> 00:34:54.579
 I

00:34:54.579 --> 00:34:55.000
 remember

00:34:55.000 --> 00:34:55.320
 at

00:34:55.320 --> 00:34:55.579
 one

00:34:55.579 --> 00:34:55.940
 point

00:34:55.940 --> 00:34:57.000
 in

00:34:57.000 --> 00:34:57.159
 the

00:34:57.159 --> 00:34:57.420
 first

00:34:57.420 --> 00:34:57.860
 ministry

00:34:57.860 --> 00:34:58.059
 that

00:34:58.059 --> 00:34:58.159
 I

00:34:58.159 --> 00:34:58.320
 was

00:34:58.320 --> 00:34:58.519
 in

00:34:58.519 --> 00:34:58.759
 one

00:34:58.759 --> 00:34:58.880
 of

00:34:58.880 --> 00:34:59.000
 the

00:34:59.000 --> 00:34:59.259
 senior

00:34:59.259 --> 00:34:59.619
 deacons

00:34:59.619 --> 00:35:00.079
 explained

00:35:00.079 --> 00:35:00.460
 to me

00:35:00.460 --> 00:35:01.000
 that

00:35:01.000 --> 00:35:01.320
 Jesus

00:35:01.320 --> 00:35:01.579
 was

00:35:01.579 --> 00:35:02.219
 50%

00:35:02.219 --> 00:35:02.539
 man

00:35:02.539 --> 00:35:02.679
 and

00:35:02.679 --> 00:35:03.239
 50%

00:35:03.239 --> 00:35:03.639
 God

00:35:03.639 --> 00:35:05.139
 and

00:35:05.139 --> 00:35:05.279
 I

00:35:05.279 --> 00:35:05.599
 was

00:35:05.599 --> 00:35:05.840
 at

00:35:05.840 --> 00:35:06.039
 that

00:35:06.039 --> 00:35:06.259
 point

00:35:06.259 --> 00:35:06.460
 like

00:35:06.460 --> 00:35:06.659
 about

00:35:06.659 --> 00:35:07.099
 34

00:35:07.099 --> 00:35:07.440
 years

00:35:07.440 --> 00:35:07.699
 old

00:35:07.699 --> 00:35:07.840
 and

00:35:07.840 --> 00:35:08.019
 I

00:35:08.019 --> 00:35:08.860
 had

00:35:08.860 --> 00:35:09.059
 the

00:35:09.059 --> 00:35:09.360
 wisdom

00:35:09.360 --> 00:35:09.599
 to

00:35:09.599 --> 00:35:09.759
 at

00:35:09.759 --> 00:35:09.920
 least

00:35:09.920 --> 00:35:10.259
 bite

00:35:10.259 --> 00:35:10.480
 my

00:35:13.059 --> 00:35:13.420
 afterwards

00:35:13.420 --> 00:35:13.860
 I

00:35:13.860 --> 00:35:14.219
 said

00:35:14.219 --> 00:35:15.299
 could

00:35:15.299 --> 00:35:15.440
 you

00:35:15.440 --> 00:35:15.659
 help

00:35:15.659 --> 00:35:15.820
 me

00:35:15.820 --> 00:35:16.139
 find

00:35:16.139 --> 00:35:16.360
 that

00:35:16.360 --> 00:35:16.440
 in

00:35:16.440 --> 00:35:16.559
 the

00:35:16.559 --> 00:35:16.840
 Bible

00:35:16.840 --> 00:35:18.079
 that's

00:35:18.079 --> 00:35:18.239
 always

00:35:18.239 --> 00:35:18.500
 a good

00:35:18.500 --> 00:35:18.840
 question

00:35:18.840 --> 00:35:19.159
 to ask

00:35:19.159 --> 00:35:19.559
 anybody

00:35:19.559 --> 00:35:19.799
 you know

00:35:19.799 --> 00:35:19.900
 so

00:35:19.900 --> 00:35:20.320
 where is

00:35:20.320 --> 00:35:20.440
 that

00:35:20.440 --> 00:35:20.519
 in

00:35:20.519 --> 00:35:20.599
 the

00:35:20.599 --> 00:35:20.880
 Bible

00:35:20.880 --> 00:35:22.039
 see

00:35:22.039 --> 00:35:24.219
 God

00:35:24.219 --> 00:35:26.259
 has

00:35:26.259 --> 00:35:26.599
 many

00:35:26.599 --> 00:35:27.059
 truths

00:35:27.059 --> 00:35:27.299
 that

00:35:27.299 --> 00:35:27.440
 are

00:35:27.440 --> 00:35:27.779
 hard

00:35:27.779 --> 00:35:28.019
 for

00:35:28.019 --> 00:35:28.239
 our

00:35:28.239 --> 00:35:28.619
 little

00:35:28.619 --> 00:35:29.159
 minds

00:35:29.159 --> 00:35:29.380
 to

00:35:29.380 --> 00:35:29.519
 get

00:35:29.519 --> 00:35:29.699
 our

00:35:29.699 --> 00:35:30.059
 hands

00:35:30.059 --> 00:35:30.599
 entirely

00:35:30.599 --> 00:35:31.139
 around

00:35:31.139 --> 00:35:33.299
 I

00:35:33.299 --> 00:35:33.539
 have

00:35:33.539 --> 00:35:33.699
 a

00:35:33.699 --> 00:35:33.920
 little

00:35:33.920 --> 00:35:34.480
 fluffy

00:35:34.480 --> 00:35:34.880
 white

00:35:34.880 --> 00:35:35.279
 dog

00:35:35.279 --> 00:35:36.920
 that

00:35:36.920 --> 00:35:37.219
 actually

00:35:37.219 --> 00:35:37.519
 thinks

00:35:37.519 --> 00:35:37.519


00:35:37.519 --> 00:35:37.719
 She's

00:35:37.719 --> 00:35:37.920
 pretty

00:35:37.920 --> 00:35:38.279
 smart

00:35:38.279 --> 00:35:40.079
 you

00:35:40.079 --> 00:35:40.219
 know

00:35:40.219 --> 00:35:40.380
 and

00:35:40.380 --> 00:35:41.219
 I

00:35:41.219 --> 00:35:41.699
 we

00:35:41.699 --> 00:35:41.980
 left

00:35:41.980 --> 00:35:42.139
 the

00:35:42.139 --> 00:35:42.480
 house

00:35:42.480 --> 00:35:43.059
 Judith

00:35:43.059 --> 00:35:43.260
 is

00:35:43.260 --> 00:35:43.519
 away

00:35:43.519 --> 00:35:43.980
 quilting

00:35:43.980 --> 00:35:44.360
 today

00:35:44.360 --> 00:35:44.599
 and

00:35:44.599 --> 00:35:45.179
 and

00:35:45.179 --> 00:35:45.440
 Faith

00:35:45.440 --> 00:35:45.599
 I

00:35:45.599 --> 00:35:45.760
 said

00:35:45.760 --> 00:35:46.139
 honey

00:35:46.139 --> 00:35:46.440
 please

00:35:46.440 --> 00:35:46.740
 lock

00:35:46.740 --> 00:35:46.860
 your

00:35:46.860 --> 00:35:47.000
 door

00:35:47.000 --> 00:35:47.280
 Faith

00:35:47.280 --> 00:35:47.420
 is

00:35:47.420 --> 00:35:47.740
 visiting

00:35:47.740 --> 00:35:47.960
 from

00:35:47.960 --> 00:35:48.240
 Egypt

00:35:48.240 --> 00:35:48.619
 she's

00:35:48.619 --> 00:35:48.760
 on

00:35:48.760 --> 00:35:48.860
 her

00:35:48.860 --> 00:35:49.380
 anybody

00:35:49.380 --> 00:35:49.740
 here

00:35:49.740 --> 00:35:50.199
 interested

00:35:50.199 --> 00:35:50.500
 in being

00:35:50.500 --> 00:35:50.880
 a teacher

00:35:50.880 --> 00:35:51.059
 in

00:35:51.059 --> 00:35:51.280
 Egypt

00:35:51.280 --> 00:35:51.519
 just

00:35:51.519 --> 00:35:51.719
 let

00:35:51.719 --> 00:35:52.079
 Faith

00:35:52.079 --> 00:35:52.300
 know

00:35:52.300 --> 00:35:52.599
 she's

00:35:52.599 --> 00:35:52.760
 ready

00:35:52.760 --> 00:35:52.880
 to

00:36:12.480 --> 00:36:13.099
 and

00:36:13.099 --> 00:36:13.099


00:36:13.099 --> 00:36:13.139
 and

00:36:13.139 --> 00:36:13.500
 my

00:36:13.500 --> 00:36:13.820
 dog

00:36:13.820 --> 00:36:14.099
 has

00:36:14.099 --> 00:36:14.260
 a

00:36:14.260 --> 00:36:14.539
 very

00:36:14.539 --> 00:36:15.039
 limited

00:36:15.039 --> 00:36:15.659
 vocabulary

00:36:15.659 --> 00:36:16.599
 come

00:36:16.599 --> 00:36:16.840
 here

00:36:16.840 --> 00:36:17.139
 that

00:36:17.139 --> 00:36:17.300
 means

00:36:17.300 --> 00:36:17.559
 go

00:36:17.559 --> 00:36:18.159
 you

00:36:18.159 --> 00:36:18.240
 know

00:36:18.240 --> 00:36:18.380
 it's

00:36:18.380 --> 00:36:18.579
 like

00:36:18.579 --> 00:36:20.840
 the

00:36:20.840 --> 00:36:21.079
 one

00:36:21.079 --> 00:36:21.340
 thing

00:36:21.340 --> 00:36:21.519
 she

00:36:21.519 --> 00:36:22.219
 understands

00:36:22.219 --> 00:36:22.780
 without

00:36:22.780 --> 00:36:23.940
 question

00:36:23.940 --> 00:36:25.079
 I

00:36:25.079 --> 00:36:25.240
 don't

00:36:25.240 --> 00:36:25.360
 know

00:36:25.360 --> 00:36:25.460
 how

00:36:25.460 --> 00:36:25.719
 she's

00:36:25.719 --> 00:36:25.840
 got

00:36:25.840 --> 00:36:25.940
 it

00:36:25.940 --> 00:36:26.119
 figured

00:36:26.119 --> 00:36:26.300
 out

00:36:26.300 --> 00:36:26.420
 but

00:36:26.420 --> 00:36:26.539
 when

00:36:26.539 --> 00:36:26.659
 the

00:36:26.659 --> 00:36:27.099
 refrigerator

00:36:27.099 --> 00:36:27.440
 door

00:36:27.440 --> 00:36:27.760
 opens

00:36:27.760 --> 00:36:27.980
 she

00:36:27.980 --> 00:36:28.260
 thinks

00:36:28.260 --> 00:36:28.559
 that's

00:36:28.559 --> 00:36:28.820
 dinner

00:36:28.820 --> 00:36:30.960
 and

00:36:30.960 --> 00:36:31.240
 so

00:36:31.240 --> 00:36:31.380
 you

00:36:31.380 --> 00:36:31.460
 know

00:36:31.460 --> 00:36:31.579
 just

00:36:31.579 --> 00:36:31.719
 go

00:36:31.719 --> 00:36:31.940
 open

00:36:31.940 --> 00:36:32.059
 it

00:36:32.059 --> 00:36:32.159
 and

00:36:32.159 --> 00:36:32.320
 shut

00:36:32.320 --> 00:36:32.420
 it

00:36:32.420 --> 00:36:32.639
 again

00:36:32.639 --> 00:36:40.739
 Phoebe's

00:36:40.739 --> 00:36:41.259
 brain

00:36:41.259 --> 00:36:43.000
 could be

00:36:43.000 --> 00:36:43.599
 matched up

00:36:43.599 --> 00:36:43.859
 in

00:36:43.859 --> 00:36:44.400
 comparison

00:36:44.400 --> 00:36:45.440
 and

00:36:45.440 --> 00:36:45.599
 it's

00:36:45.599 --> 00:36:45.819
 a poor

00:36:45.819 --> 00:36:46.339
 comparison

00:36:46.339 --> 00:36:47.359
 but

00:36:47.359 --> 00:36:47.699
 to my

00:36:47.699 --> 00:36:47.980
 brain

00:36:47.980 --> 00:36:48.119
 in

00:36:48.119 --> 00:36:48.559
 relationship

00:36:48.559 --> 00:36:48.779
 to

00:36:48.779 --> 00:36:49.059
 God

00:36:49.059 --> 00:36:50.599
 very

00:36:50.599 --> 00:36:50.799
 very

00:36:50.799 --> 00:36:51.159
 limited

00:36:51.159 --> 00:36:51.319
 in

00:36:51.319 --> 00:36:51.460
 my

00:36:51.460 --> 00:36:53.219
 compatibility

00:36:53.219 --> 00:36:53.799
 to figure

00:36:53.799 --> 00:36:53.980
 out

00:36:53.980 --> 00:36:54.119
 all

00:36:54.119 --> 00:36:54.319
 these

00:36:54.319 --> 00:36:54.619
 facts

00:36:54.619 --> 00:36:54.799
 but

00:36:54.799 --> 00:36:55.379
 here's

00:36:55.379 --> 00:36:55.500
 the

00:36:55.500 --> 00:36:55.679
 truth

00:36:55.679 --> 00:36:55.859
 the

00:36:55.859 --> 00:36:56.139
 Bible

00:36:56.139 --> 00:36:56.699
 says

00:36:56.699 --> 00:36:59.299
 here

00:36:59.299 --> 00:36:59.440
 in

00:36:59.440 --> 00:36:59.599
 this

00:36:59.599 --> 00:37:00.000
 passage

00:37:00.000 --> 00:37:00.579
 God

00:37:00.579 --> 00:37:00.920
 is

00:37:00.920 --> 00:37:01.299
 going

00:37:01.299 --> 00:37:01.579
 to

00:37:01.579 --> 00:37:02.159
 use

00:37:02.159 --> 00:37:02.619
 wicked

00:37:02.619 --> 00:37:03.339
 men

00:37:03.339 --> 00:37:03.839
 to

00:37:03.839 --> 00:37:04.199
 do

00:37:04.199 --> 00:37:04.579
 his

00:37:04.579 --> 00:37:05.019
 work

00:37:05.019 --> 00:37:05.480
 and

00:37:05.480 --> 00:37:05.699
 to

00:37:05.699 --> 00:37:06.219
 discipline

00:37:06.219 --> 00:37:06.859
 a

00:37:06.859 --> 00:37:07.259
 hard

00:37:07.259 --> 00:37:07.799
 hearted

00:37:07.799 --> 00:37:08.259
 nation

00:37:08.259 --> 00:37:08.759
 that

00:37:08.759 --> 00:37:08.839
 he

00:37:08.839 --> 00:37:09.039
 made

00:37:09.039 --> 00:37:09.159
 a

00:37:09.159 --> 00:37:09.539
 promise

00:37:09.539 --> 00:37:09.819
 to

00:37:09.819 --> 00:37:11.139
 and

00:37:11.139 --> 00:37:11.299
 he

00:37:11.299 --> 00:37:11.460
 is

00:37:11.460 --> 00:37:11.679
 going

00:37:11.679 --> 00:37:11.880
 to

00:37:11.880 --> 00:37:12.359
 punish

00:37:12.359 --> 00:37:13.000
 that

00:37:13.000 --> 00:37:13.579
 nation

00:37:13.579 --> 00:37:14.319
 for

00:37:14.319 --> 00:37:14.739
 being

00:37:14.739 --> 00:37:15.099
 the

00:37:15.099 --> 00:37:15.559
 instrument

00:37:15.559 --> 00:37:15.819
 that

00:37:15.819 --> 00:37:15.940
 he

00:37:15.940 --> 00:37:16.460
 chose

00:37:16.460 --> 00:37:18.659
 I

00:37:18.659 --> 00:37:19.039
 remind

00:37:19.039 --> 00:37:19.219
 you

00:37:19.219 --> 00:37:19.359
 of

00:37:19.359 --> 00:37:19.480
 what

00:37:19.480 --> 00:37:19.639
 we

00:37:19.639 --> 00:37:20.119
 find

00:37:20.119 --> 00:37:21.719
 over

00:37:21.719 --> 00:37:21.839
 in

00:37:21.839 --> 00:37:21.920
 the

00:37:21.920 --> 00:37:22.059
 book

00:37:22.059 --> 00:37:22.219
 of

00:37:22.219 --> 00:37:22.500
 Acts

00:37:22.500 --> 00:37:22.799
 remember

00:37:22.799 --> 00:37:23.139
 where

00:37:23.139 --> 00:37:23.639
 Peter

00:37:23.639 --> 00:37:23.839
 was

00:37:23.839 --> 00:37:24.219
 preaching

00:37:24.219 --> 00:37:24.739
 the

00:37:24.739 --> 00:37:25.139
 sermon

00:37:25.139 --> 00:37:25.319
 of

00:37:25.319 --> 00:37:25.880
 Pentecost

00:37:25.880 --> 00:37:26.519
 and

00:37:26.519 --> 00:37:26.639
 he

00:37:26.639 --> 00:37:26.900
 said

00:37:26.900 --> 00:37:27.500
 you

00:37:27.500 --> 00:37:27.900
 did

00:37:27.900 --> 00:37:28.480
 exactly

00:37:28.480 --> 00:37:28.799
 as

00:37:28.799 --> 00:37:29.139
 God

00:37:29.139 --> 00:37:29.339
 had

00:37:29.339 --> 00:37:30.079
 foreordained

00:37:30.079 --> 00:37:30.299
 and

00:37:30.299 --> 00:37:30.559
 knew

00:37:30.559 --> 00:37:30.799
 was

00:37:30.799 --> 00:37:31.000
 going

00:37:31.000 --> 00:37:31.139
 to

00:37:31.139 --> 00:37:31.440
 happen

00:37:31.440 --> 00:37:32.019
 when

00:37:32.019 --> 00:37:32.280
 you

00:37:32.280 --> 00:37:33.099
 crucified

00:37:33.099 --> 00:37:33.420
 the

00:37:33.420 --> 00:37:33.659
 Lord

00:37:33.659 --> 00:37:33.800
 of

00:37:33.800 --> 00:37:34.139
 glory

00:37:34.139 --> 00:37:34.920
 according

00:37:34.920 --> 00:37:35.079
 to

00:37:35.079 --> 00:37:35.159
 the

00:37:35.159 --> 00:37:35.380
 plan

00:37:35.380 --> 00:37:35.880
 when

00:37:35.880 --> 00:37:36.019
 did

00:37:36.019 --> 00:37:36.159
 the

00:37:36.159 --> 00:37:36.380
 plan

00:37:36.380 --> 00:37:36.519
 of

00:37:36.519 --> 00:37:36.980
 salvation

00:37:36.980 --> 00:37:37.280
 come

00:37:37.280 --> 00:37:37.440
 into

00:37:37.440 --> 00:37:37.739
 being

00:37:37.739 --> 00:37:39.119
 was

00:37:39.119 --> 00:37:39.300
 it

00:37:39.300 --> 00:37:39.840
 as

00:37:39.840 --> 00:37:40.259
 Jesus

00:37:40.259 --> 00:37:40.679
 was

00:37:40.679 --> 00:37:41.400
 walking

00:37:41.400 --> 00:37:41.739
 towards

00:37:41.739 --> 00:37:41.900
 the

00:37:41.900 --> 00:37:42.199
 cross

00:37:42.199 --> 00:37:42.320
 and

00:37:42.320 --> 00:37:42.460
 God

00:37:42.460 --> 00:37:42.699
 well

00:37:42.699 --> 00:37:42.900
 see

00:37:42.900 --> 00:37:43.099
 if

00:37:43.099 --> 00:37:43.900
 I

00:37:43.900 --> 00:37:44.000
 can

00:37:44.000 --> 00:37:44.400
 work

00:37:44.400 --> 00:37:44.900
 something

00:37:44.900 --> 00:37:45.159
 out

00:37:45.159 --> 00:37:45.280
 here

00:37:45.280 --> 00:37:45.599
 good

00:37:45.599 --> 00:37:47.340
 there

00:37:47.340 --> 00:37:47.420
 are

00:37:47.420 --> 00:37:47.659
 actually

00:37:47.659 --> 00:37:48.300
 theologians

00:37:48.300 --> 00:37:48.539
 that

00:37:48.539 --> 00:37:49.000
 propose

00:37:49.000 --> 00:37:49.519
 that

00:37:49.519 --> 00:37:50.480
 God

00:37:50.480 --> 00:37:50.759
 is

00:37:50.759 --> 00:37:51.440
 entirely

00:37:51.440 --> 00:37:51.920
 dependent

00:37:51.920 --> 00:37:52.280
 upon

00:37:52.280 --> 00:37:52.719
 us

00:37:52.719 --> 00:37:53.039
 working

00:37:53.039 --> 00:37:53.219
 it

00:37:53.219 --> 00:37:53.420
 out

00:37:53.420 --> 00:37:53.639
 in

00:37:53.639 --> 00:37:53.840
 such

00:37:53.840 --> 00:37:53.960
 a

00:37:53.960 --> 00:37:54.259
 fashion

00:37:54.259 --> 00:37:54.460
 and

00:37:54.460 --> 00:37:54.860
 well

00:37:54.860 --> 00:37:55.219
 he'll

00:37:55.219 --> 00:37:55.639
 no

00:37:55.639 --> 00:37:57.519
 God

00:37:57.519 --> 00:37:57.679
 is

00:37:57.679 --> 00:37:58.039
 sovereign

00:37:58.039 --> 00:37:59.280
 and

00:37:59.280 --> 00:37:59.480
 man

00:37:59.480 --> 00:37:59.639
 is

00:37:59.639 --> 00:38:00.219
 responsible

00:38:00.219 --> 00:38:00.219


00:38:02.019 --> 00:38:02.139
 we

00:38:02.139 --> 00:38:02.360
 kind

00:38:02.360 --> 00:38:02.480
 of

00:38:02.480 --> 00:38:03.139
 look

00:38:03.139 --> 00:38:03.420
 through

00:38:03.420 --> 00:38:03.759
 this

00:38:03.759 --> 00:38:04.219
 passage

00:38:04.219 --> 00:38:04.420
 in

00:38:04.420 --> 00:38:04.800
 Isaiah

00:38:04.800 --> 00:38:05.219
 chapter

00:38:05.219 --> 00:38:05.519
 10

00:38:05.519 --> 00:38:05.719
 in

00:38:05.719 --> 00:38:06.139
 particular

00:38:06.139 --> 00:38:06.860
 one

00:38:06.860 --> 00:38:07.059
 of the

00:38:07.059 --> 00:38:07.300
 things

00:38:07.300 --> 00:38:07.440
 that

00:38:07.440 --> 00:38:07.559
 I

00:38:07.559 --> 00:38:07.820
 want

00:38:07.820 --> 00:38:07.920
 you

00:38:07.920 --> 00:38:08.039
 to

00:38:08.039 --> 00:38:08.539
 understand

00:38:08.539 --> 00:38:08.739
 is

00:38:08.739 --> 00:38:08.980
 this

00:38:08.980 --> 00:38:09.139
 is

00:38:09.139 --> 00:38:09.320
 that

00:38:09.320 --> 00:38:09.900
 God

00:38:09.900 --> 00:38:10.280
 can

00:38:10.280 --> 00:38:10.440
 be

00:38:10.440 --> 00:38:10.800
 trusted

00:38:10.800 --> 00:38:11.099
 to keep

00:38:11.099 --> 00:38:11.219
 his

00:38:11.219 --> 00:38:11.619
 promises

00:38:11.619 --> 00:38:15.440
 promises

00:38:15.440 --> 00:38:16.019
 and

00:38:16.019 --> 00:38:16.179
 if

00:38:16.179 --> 00:38:16.420
 you're

00:38:16.420 --> 00:38:16.739
 sitting

00:38:16.739 --> 00:38:17.119
 here

00:38:17.119 --> 00:38:17.559
 and

00:38:17.559 --> 00:38:17.819
 you're

00:38:17.819 --> 00:38:17.960
 a

00:38:17.960 --> 00:38:18.259
 believer

00:38:18.259 --> 00:38:18.519
 who

00:38:18.519 --> 00:38:18.679
 has

00:38:18.679 --> 00:38:19.059
 trusted

00:38:19.059 --> 00:38:19.259
 in

00:38:19.259 --> 00:38:19.359
 the

00:38:19.359 --> 00:38:19.539
 Lord

00:38:19.539 --> 00:38:19.819
 Jesus

00:38:19.819 --> 00:38:20.239
 Christ

00:38:20.239 --> 00:38:20.859
 for

00:38:20.859 --> 00:38:21.179
 your

00:38:21.179 --> 00:38:21.900
 salvation

00:38:21.900 --> 00:38:22.460
 the

00:38:22.460 --> 00:38:22.839
 matter

00:38:22.839 --> 00:38:23.119
 is

00:38:23.119 --> 00:38:23.500
 settled

00:38:23.500 --> 00:38:23.779
 for

00:38:23.779 --> 00:38:23.980
 all

00:38:23.980 --> 00:38:24.500
 eternity

00:38:24.500 --> 00:38:26.219
 your

00:38:26.219 --> 00:38:26.859
 salvation

00:38:26.859 --> 00:38:27.400
 is

00:38:27.400 --> 00:38:27.599
 the

00:38:27.599 --> 00:38:27.859
 work

00:38:27.859 --> 00:38:28.039
 of

00:38:28.039 --> 00:38:28.380
 God

00:38:28.380 --> 00:38:28.639
 it's

00:38:28.639 --> 00:38:28.880
 not

00:38:28.880 --> 00:38:29.380
 you

00:38:29.380 --> 00:38:31.460
 interesting

00:38:31.460 --> 00:38:32.039
 opportunity

00:38:32.039 --> 00:38:32.719
 earlier

00:38:32.719 --> 00:38:33.819
 to talk

00:38:33.819 --> 00:38:34.079
 with an

00:38:34.079 --> 00:38:34.440
 individual

00:38:34.440 --> 00:38:34.719
 about

00:38:34.719 --> 00:38:34.859
 the

00:38:34.859 --> 00:38:35.079
 matter

00:38:35.079 --> 00:38:35.239
 of

00:38:35.239 --> 00:38:35.659
 salvation

00:38:35.659 --> 00:38:35.880
 I

00:38:35.880 --> 00:38:36.039
 said

00:38:36.039 --> 00:38:36.219
 how

00:38:36.219 --> 00:38:36.359
 did

00:38:36.359 --> 00:38:36.460
 you

00:38:36.460 --> 00:38:37.179
 come

00:38:37.179 --> 00:38:37.319
 to

00:38:37.319 --> 00:38:37.599
 faith

00:38:37.599 --> 00:38:37.859
!

00:38:38.480 --> 00:38:38.659
 well

00:38:38.659 --> 00:38:39.019
 he

00:38:39.019 --> 00:38:39.380
 saved

00:38:39.380 --> 00:38:39.579
 me

00:38:39.579 --> 00:38:40.480
 well

00:38:40.480 --> 00:38:40.579
 the

00:38:40.579 --> 00:38:40.779
 fact

00:38:40.779 --> 00:38:40.960
 of the

00:38:40.960 --> 00:38:41.139
 matter

00:38:41.139 --> 00:38:41.400
 is

00:38:41.400 --> 00:38:41.579
 the

00:38:41.579 --> 00:38:41.800
 same

00:38:41.800 --> 00:38:41.960
 one

00:38:41.960 --> 00:38:42.099
 who

00:38:42.099 --> 00:38:42.420
 saved

00:38:42.420 --> 00:38:42.619
 you

00:38:42.619 --> 00:38:43.039
 is

00:38:43.039 --> 00:38:43.320
 also

00:38:43.320 --> 00:38:43.500
 the

00:38:43.500 --> 00:38:43.659
 one

00:38:43.659 --> 00:38:43.800
 who

00:38:43.800 --> 00:38:44.059
 keeps

00:38:44.059 --> 00:38:44.340
 you

00:38:44.340 --> 00:38:45.780
 God

00:38:45.780 --> 00:38:45.960
 can

00:38:45.960 --> 00:38:46.119
 be

00:38:46.119 --> 00:38:46.519
 trusted

00:38:46.519 --> 00:38:47.159
 to

00:38:47.159 --> 00:38:47.380
 keep

00:38:47.380 --> 00:38:47.539
 his

00:38:47.539 --> 00:38:47.960
 promises

00:38:47.960 --> 00:38:48.199
 that

00:38:48.199 --> 00:38:48.440
 brings

00:38:48.440 --> 00:38:48.559
 me

00:38:48.559 --> 00:38:48.679
 to

00:38:48.679 --> 00:38:48.880
 one

00:38:48.880 --> 00:38:49.099
 other

00:38:49.099 --> 00:38:49.420
 point

00:38:49.420 --> 00:38:49.820
 that

00:38:49.820 --> 00:38:49.920
 I

00:38:49.920 --> 00:38:50.059
 want

00:38:50.059 --> 00:38:50.199
 to

00:38:50.199 --> 00:38:50.420
 settle

00:38:50.420 --> 00:38:50.579
 in

00:38:50.579 --> 00:38:50.699
 your

00:38:50.699 --> 00:38:51.000
 minds

00:38:51.000 --> 00:38:51.199
 this

00:38:51.199 --> 00:38:51.420
 morning

00:38:51.420 --> 00:38:51.539
 and

00:38:51.539 --> 00:38:51.619
 I

00:38:51.619 --> 00:38:51.720
 don't

00:38:51.720 --> 00:38:51.860
 want

00:38:51.860 --> 00:38:51.940
 you

00:38:51.940 --> 00:38:52.039
 to

00:38:52.039 --> 00:38:52.240
 miss

00:38:52.240 --> 00:38:52.440
 it

00:38:52.440 --> 00:38:53.280
 God

00:38:53.280 --> 00:38:53.699
 will

00:38:53.699 --> 00:38:54.079
 deal

00:38:54.079 --> 00:38:54.619
 with

00:38:54.619 --> 00:38:54.920
 sin

00:38:54.920 --> 00:38:56.519
 God

00:38:56.519 --> 00:38:57.059
 will

00:38:57.059 --> 00:38:57.500
 deal

00:38:57.500 --> 00:38:58.019
 with

00:38:58.019 --> 00:38:58.340
 sin

00:38:58.340 --> 00:38:59.900
 we

00:38:59.900 --> 00:39:00.179
 have

00:39:00.179 --> 00:39:00.400
 a

00:39:00.400 --> 00:39:00.900
 tendency

00:39:00.900 --> 00:39:01.639
 because

00:39:01.639 --> 00:39:02.099
 God

00:39:02.099 --> 00:39:02.400
 is

00:39:02.400 --> 00:39:02.960
 patient

00:39:02.960 --> 00:39:04.400
 to

00:39:04.400 --> 00:39:04.659
 think

00:39:04.659 --> 00:39:04.900
 that

00:39:04.900 --> 00:39:05.059
 he

00:39:05.059 --> 00:39:05.380
 is

00:39:05.380 --> 00:39:06.519
 indifferent

00:39:06.519 --> 00:39:06.980
 to

00:39:06.980 --> 00:39:07.360
 sin

00:39:07.360 --> 00:39:08.539
 I

00:39:08.539 --> 00:39:08.699
 want

00:39:08.699 --> 00:39:08.780
 you

00:39:08.780 --> 00:39:08.940
 to

00:39:08.940 --> 00:39:09.340
 turn

00:39:09.340 --> 00:39:10.800
 as

00:39:10.800 --> 00:39:10.980
 we

00:39:10.980 --> 00:39:11.320
 close

00:39:11.320 --> 00:39:11.559
 over

00:39:11.559 --> 00:39:11.719
 to

00:39:11.719 --> 00:39:12.079
 passage

00:39:12.079 --> 00:39:12.280
 in

00:39:12.280 --> 00:39:12.460
 Luke

00:39:12.460 --> 00:39:12.780
 chapter

00:39:12.780 --> 00:39:13.340
 13

00:39:13.340 --> 00:39:16.360
 during

00:39:16.360 --> 00:39:18.900
 the

00:39:18.900 --> 00:39:19.260
 time

00:39:19.260 --> 00:39:19.460
 that

00:39:19.460 --> 00:39:19.719
 Jesus

00:39:19.719 --> 00:39:19.960
 was

00:39:19.960 --> 00:39:20.119
 on

00:39:20.119 --> 00:39:20.240
 the

00:39:20.240 --> 00:39:20.400
 earth

00:39:20.400 --> 00:39:20.559
 there

00:39:20.559 --> 00:39:20.699
 was

00:39:20.699 --> 00:39:20.880
 kind

00:39:20.880 --> 00:39:20.960
 of

00:39:20.960 --> 00:39:21.099
 a

00:39:21.099 --> 00:39:21.740
 predominant

00:39:21.740 --> 00:39:22.240
 theory

00:39:22.240 --> 00:39:23.699
 that

00:39:23.699 --> 00:39:24.780
 good

00:39:24.780 --> 00:39:25.019
 things

00:39:25.019 --> 00:39:25.219
 happen

00:39:25.219 --> 00:39:25.340
 to

00:39:25.340 --> 00:39:25.500
 good

00:39:25.500 --> 00:39:25.719
 people

00:39:25.719 --> 00:39:25.860
 and

00:39:25.860 --> 00:39:26.039
 bad

00:39:26.039 --> 00:39:26.240
 things

00:39:26.240 --> 00:39:26.420
 happen

00:39:26.420 --> 00:39:26.519
 to

00:39:26.519 --> 00:39:26.719
 bad

00:39:26.719 --> 00:39:27.039
 people

00:39:27.039 --> 00:39:28.260
 do

00:39:28.260 --> 00:39:28.300
 you

00:39:28.300 --> 00:39:28.400
 got

00:39:28.400 --> 00:39:28.539
 that

00:39:28.539 --> 00:39:28.740
 one

00:39:28.740 --> 00:39:30.039
 good

00:39:30.039 --> 00:39:30.340
 things

00:39:30.340 --> 00:39:30.599
 happen

00:39:30.599 --> 00:39:30.760
 to

00:39:30.760 --> 00:39:30.960
 good

00:39:30.960 --> 00:39:31.280
 people

00:39:31.280 --> 00:39:31.500
 and

00:39:31.500 --> 00:39:31.820
 bad

00:39:31.820 --> 00:39:32.079
 things

00:39:32.079 --> 00:39:32.340
 happen

00:39:32.340 --> 00:39:32.500
 to

00:39:32.500 --> 00:39:32.719
 bad

00:39:32.719 --> 00:39:33.039
 people

00:39:33.039 --> 00:39:33.559
 and

00:39:33.559 --> 00:39:33.820
 so

00:39:33.820 --> 00:39:34.119
 when

00:39:34.119 --> 00:39:34.619
 something

00:39:34.619 --> 00:39:35.079
 bad

00:39:35.079 --> 00:39:35.760
 happened

00:39:35.760 --> 00:39:37.480
 it

00:39:37.480 --> 00:39:37.780
 was

00:39:37.780 --> 00:39:38.300
 fair

00:39:38.300 --> 00:39:38.540
 to

00:39:38.540 --> 00:39:38.960
 speculate

00:39:38.960 --> 00:39:39.320
 well

00:39:39.320 --> 00:39:39.480
 they

00:39:39.480 --> 00:39:39.700
 must

00:39:39.700 --> 00:39:39.800
 have

00:39:39.800 --> 00:39:39.920
 been

00:39:39.920 --> 00:39:40.100
 doing

00:39:40.100 --> 00:39:40.420
 something

00:39:40.420 --> 00:39:40.880
 bad

00:39:40.880 --> 00:39:43.980
 Luke

00:39:43.980 --> 00:39:44.320
 chapter

00:39:44.320 --> 00:39:44.840
 13

00:39:44.840 --> 00:39:45.160
 there

00:39:45.160 --> 00:39:45.460
 were

00:39:45.460 --> 00:39:45.860
 some

00:39:45.860 --> 00:39:46.340
 present

00:39:46.340 --> 00:39:46.660
 at

00:39:46.660 --> 00:39:46.920
 that

00:39:46.920 --> 00:39:47.240
 very

00:39:47.240 --> 00:39:47.620
 time

00:39:47.620 --> 00:39:48.100
 who

00:39:48.100 --> 00:39:48.460
 told

00:39:48.460 --> 00:39:48.640
 him

00:39:48.640 --> 00:39:48.940
 about

00:39:48.940 --> 00:39:49.140
 the

00:39:49.140 --> 00:39:49.860
 Galileans

00:39:49.860 --> 00:39:50.440
 whose

00:39:50.440 --> 00:39:50.780
 blood

00:39:50.780 --> 00:39:51.300
 Pilate

00:39:51.300 --> 00:39:51.500
 had

00:39:51.500 --> 00:39:51.980
 mingled

00:39:51.980 --> 00:39:52.220
 with

00:39:52.220 --> 00:39:52.420
 their

00:39:52.420 --> 00:39:53.220
 sacrifices

00:39:53.220 --> 00:39:54.560
 and

00:39:54.560 --> 00:39:54.700
 he

00:39:54.700 --> 00:39:55.140
 answered

00:39:55.140 --> 00:39:55.520
 them

00:39:55.520 --> 00:39:56.100
 do

00:39:56.100 --> 00:39:56.400
 you

00:39:56.400 --> 00:39:56.780
 think

00:39:56.780 --> 00:39:57.020
 that

00:39:57.020 --> 00:39:57.380
 these

00:39:57.380 --> 00:39:58.160
 Galileans

00:39:58.160 --> 00:39:58.640
 were

00:39:58.640 --> 00:39:59.060
 worse

00:39:59.060 --> 00:39:59.440
 sinners

00:39:59.440 --> 00:39:59.760
 than

00:39:59.760 --> 00:40:00.120
 all

00:40:00.120 --> 00:40:00.320
 the

00:40:00.320 --> 00:40:00.500
 other

00:40:00.500 --> 00:40:01.120
 Galileans

00:40:01.120 --> 00:40:01.600
 because

00:40:01.600 --> 00:40:01.920
 they

00:40:01.920 --> 00:40:02.400
 suffered

00:40:02.400 --> 00:40:02.620
 in

00:40:02.620 --> 00:40:02.800
 this

00:40:02.800 --> 00:40:03.020
 way

00:40:03.020 --> 00:40:03.460
 hey

00:40:03.460 --> 00:40:04.660
 going

00:40:04.660 --> 00:40:04.900
 into

00:40:04.900 --> 00:40:05.100
 the

00:40:05.100 --> 00:40:05.460
 temple

00:40:05.460 --> 00:40:05.760
 to

00:40:05.760 --> 00:40:06.340
 sacrifice

00:40:06.340 --> 00:40:06.940
 and

00:40:06.940 --> 00:40:07.220
 getting

00:40:07.220 --> 00:40:07.740
 butchered

00:40:07.740 --> 00:40:08.000
 was

00:40:08.000 --> 00:40:08.480
 not

00:40:08.480 --> 00:40:08.840
 a

00:40:08.840 --> 00:40:09.059
 good

00:40:09.059 --> 00:40:09.320
 thing

00:40:09.320 --> 00:40:09.460
 to

00:40:09.460 --> 00:40:09.639
 have

00:40:09.639 --> 00:40:09.920
 happen

00:40:09.920 --> 00:40:10.059
 to

00:40:10.059 --> 00:40:10.179
 you

00:40:10.179 --> 00:40:10.420
 right

00:40:10.420 --> 00:40:12.800
 and

00:40:12.800 --> 00:40:13.119
 Jesus

00:40:13.119 --> 00:40:13.500
 says

00:40:13.500 --> 00:40:14.320
 are

00:40:14.320 --> 00:40:14.519
 you

00:40:14.519 --> 00:40:14.760
 sitting

00:40:14.760 --> 00:40:14.960
 here

00:40:14.960 --> 00:40:15.360
 thinking

00:40:15.360 --> 00:40:16.039
 that

00:40:16.039 --> 00:40:16.300
 that

00:40:16.300 --> 00:40:16.679
 happened

00:40:16.679 --> 00:40:17.079
 because

00:40:17.079 --> 00:40:17.420
 these

00:40:17.420 --> 00:40:17.780
 people

00:40:17.780 --> 00:40:18.059
 were

00:40:18.059 --> 00:40:18.519
 worse

00:40:18.519 --> 00:40:18.760
 than

00:40:18.760 --> 00:40:19.199
 others

00:40:19.199 --> 00:40:19.780
 look

00:40:19.780 --> 00:40:19.860
 at

00:40:19.860 --> 00:40:19.960
 the

00:40:19.960 --> 00:40:20.179
 next

00:40:20.179 --> 00:40:20.380
 one

00:40:20.380 --> 00:40:22.139
 no

00:40:22.139 --> 00:40:22.500
 I

00:40:22.500 --> 00:40:22.780
 tell

00:40:22.780 --> 00:40:22.960
 you

00:40:22.960 --> 00:40:23.199
 verse

00:40:23.199 --> 00:40:23.500
 three

00:40:23.500 --> 00:40:23.820
 unless

00:40:23.820 --> 00:40:24.119
 you

00:40:24.119 --> 00:40:24.519
 repent

00:40:24.519 --> 00:40:24.780
 you

00:40:24.780 --> 00:40:24.960
 will

00:40:24.960 --> 00:40:25.179
 all

00:40:25.179 --> 00:40:25.639
 likewise

00:40:25.639 --> 00:40:26.220
 perish

00:40:26.220 --> 00:40:27.320
 or

00:40:27.320 --> 00:40:27.639
 those

00:40:27.639 --> 00:40:28.159
 eighteen

00:40:28.159 --> 00:40:29.659
 on

00:40:29.659 --> 00:40:29.880
 whom

00:40:29.880 --> 00:40:30.079
 the

00:40:30.079 --> 00:40:30.500
 tower

00:40:30.500 --> 00:40:30.699
 of

00:40:30.699 --> 00:40:31.099
 Siloam

00:40:31.099 --> 00:40:31.400
 fell

00:40:31.400 --> 00:40:31.579
 and

00:40:31.579 --> 00:40:31.840
 killed

00:40:31.840 --> 00:40:32.059
 them

00:40:32.059 --> 00:40:32.539
 do

00:40:32.539 --> 00:40:32.720
 you

00:40:32.720 --> 00:40:32.960
 think

00:40:32.960 --> 00:40:33.119
 that

00:40:33.119 --> 00:40:33.300
 they

00:40:33.300 --> 00:40:33.500
 were

00:40:33.500 --> 00:40:33.860
 worse

00:40:33.860 --> 00:40:34.300
 offenders

00:40:34.300 --> 00:40:34.539
 than

00:40:34.539 --> 00:40:34.699
 all

00:40:34.699 --> 00:40:34.880
 the

00:40:34.880 --> 00:40:35.119
 others

00:40:35.119 --> 00:40:35.300
 who

00:40:35.300 --> 00:40:35.519
 lived

00:40:35.519 --> 00:40:35.679
 in

00:40:35.679 --> 00:40:36.059
 Jerusalem

00:40:36.059 --> 00:40:36.719
 no

00:40:36.719 --> 00:40:38.159
 no

00:40:38.159 --> 00:40:39.239
 I

00:40:39.239 --> 00:40:39.579
 tell

00:40:39.579 --> 00:40:39.800
 you

00:40:39.800 --> 00:40:40.099
 unless

00:40:40.099 --> 00:40:40.380
 you

00:40:40.380 --> 00:40:40.760
 repent

00:40:40.760 --> 00:40:40.960
 you

00:40:40.960 --> 00:40:41.119
 will

00:40:41.119 --> 00:40:41.460
 all

00:40:41.460 --> 00:40:42.159
 likewise

00:40:42.159 --> 00:40:42.780
 perish

00:40:42.780 --> 00:40:44.940
 so

00:40:44.940 --> 00:40:45.080
 let

00:40:45.080 --> 00:40:45.160
 me

00:40:45.160 --> 00:40:45.420
 close

00:40:45.420 --> 00:40:45.660
 off

00:40:45.660 --> 00:40:45.840
 by

00:40:45.840 --> 00:40:46.120
 bringing

00:40:46.120 --> 00:40:46.300
 it

00:40:46.300 --> 00:40:46.500
 down

00:40:46.500 --> 00:40:46.640
 in

00:40:46.640 --> 00:40:46.840
 very

00:40:46.840 --> 00:40:47.260
 practical

00:40:47.260 --> 00:40:47.820
 terms

00:40:47.820 --> 00:40:50.060
 I

00:40:50.060 --> 00:40:50.260
 would

00:40:50.260 --> 00:40:50.600
 appeal

00:40:50.600 --> 00:40:50.820
 to

00:40:50.820 --> 00:40:51.100
 you

00:40:51.100 --> 00:40:51.400
 who

00:40:51.400 --> 00:40:51.540
 are

00:40:51.540 --> 00:40:51.820
 here

00:40:51.820 --> 00:40:52.240
 today

00:40:52.240 --> 00:40:52.420
 and

00:40:52.420 --> 00:40:52.600
 know

00:40:52.600 --> 00:40:52.940
 Christ

00:40:52.940 --> 00:40:53.120
 as

00:40:53.120 --> 00:40:53.260
 your

00:40:53.260 --> 00:40:53.640
 personal

00:40:53.640 --> 00:40:54.080
 savior

00:40:54.080 --> 00:40:54.820
 that

00:40:54.820 --> 00:40:55.180
 you

00:40:55.180 --> 00:40:55.720
 not

00:40:55.720 --> 00:40:56.140
 take

00:40:56.140 --> 00:40:56.620
 sin

00:40:56.620 --> 00:40:57.040
 in

00:40:57.040 --> 00:40:57.440
 your

00:40:57.440 --> 00:40:57.860
 own

00:40:57.860 --> 00:40:58.320
 life

00:40:58.320 --> 00:40:59.060
 carelessly

00:40:59.060 --> 00:41:00.680
 I

00:41:00.680 --> 00:41:00.800
 want

00:41:00.800 --> 00:41:00.840
 to

00:41:00.840 --> 00:41:00.980
 make

00:41:00.980 --> 00:41:01.160
 this

00:41:01.160 --> 00:41:01.400
 point

00:41:01.400 --> 00:41:01.820
 clear

00:41:01.820 --> 00:41:02.860
 the

00:41:02.860 --> 00:41:03.140
 way

00:41:03.140 --> 00:41:03.500
 God

00:41:03.500 --> 00:41:03.980
 deals

00:41:03.980 --> 00:41:04.480
 the

00:41:04.480 --> 00:41:04.820
 way

00:41:04.820 --> 00:41:05.360
 God

00:41:05.360 --> 00:41:05.860
 deals

00:41:05.860 --> 00:41:06.220
 with

00:41:06.220 --> 00:41:06.660
 sin

00:41:06.660 --> 00:41:07.200
 in

00:41:07.200 --> 00:41:07.360
 the

00:41:07.360 --> 00:41:07.960
 believer's

00:41:07.960 --> 00:41:08.280
 life

00:41:08.280 --> 00:41:08.560
 is

00:41:08.560 --> 00:41:09.000
 different

00:41:09.000 --> 00:41:09.240
 than

00:41:09.240 --> 00:41:09.400
 the

00:41:09.400 --> 00:41:09.600
 way

00:41:09.600 --> 00:41:09.900
 God

00:41:09.900 --> 00:41:10.200
 deals

00:41:10.200 --> 00:41:10.440
 with

00:41:10.440 --> 00:41:10.780
 sin

00:41:10.780 --> 00:41:11.280
 in

00:41:11.280 --> 00:41:11.440
 the

00:41:11.440 --> 00:41:12.120
 unbeliever's

00:41:12.119 --> 00:41:12.480
 life

00:41:12.480 --> 00:41:14.400
 the

00:41:14.400 --> 00:41:14.859
 believer

00:41:14.859 --> 00:41:15.639
 can

00:41:15.639 --> 00:41:15.819
 be

00:41:15.819 --> 00:41:16.339
 assured

00:41:16.339 --> 00:41:16.839
 of

00:41:16.839 --> 00:41:17.480
 discipline

00:41:17.480 --> 00:41:17.779
 and

00:41:17.779 --> 00:41:18.339
 chastening

00:41:18.339 --> 00:41:18.739
 in

00:41:18.739 --> 00:41:19.019
 this

00:41:19.019 --> 00:41:19.420
 life

00:41:19.420 --> 00:41:19.859
 and

00:41:19.859 --> 00:41:20.079
 can

00:41:20.079 --> 00:41:20.239
 I

00:41:20.239 --> 00:41:20.480
 tell

00:41:20.480 --> 00:41:20.639
 you

00:41:20.639 --> 00:41:21.039
 something

00:41:21.039 --> 00:41:21.500
 I

00:41:21.500 --> 00:41:21.679
 can

00:41:21.679 --> 00:41:21.920
 tell

00:41:21.920 --> 00:41:22.039
 you

00:41:22.039 --> 00:41:22.279
 from

00:41:22.279 --> 00:41:22.940
 69

00:41:22.940 --> 00:41:23.579
 years

00:41:23.579 --> 00:41:23.839
 of

00:41:23.839 --> 00:41:24.400
 experience

00:41:24.400 --> 00:41:25.139
 God

00:41:25.139 --> 00:41:25.359
 is

00:41:25.359 --> 00:41:25.759
 not

00:41:25.759 --> 00:41:26.239
 someone

00:41:26.239 --> 00:41:26.480
 to

00:41:26.480 --> 00:41:26.739
 mess

00:41:26.739 --> 00:41:27.059
 with

00:41:27.059 --> 00:41:28.400
 one

00:41:28.400 --> 00:41:28.500
 of

00:41:28.500 --> 00:41:28.599
 the

00:41:28.599 --> 00:41:29.099
 advantages

00:41:29.099 --> 00:41:29.319
 of

00:41:29.319 --> 00:41:29.539
 being

00:41:29.539 --> 00:41:29.900
 as

00:41:29.900 --> 00:41:30.099
 old

00:41:30.099 --> 00:41:30.259
 as

00:41:30.259 --> 00:41:30.400
 I

00:41:30.400 --> 00:41:30.719
 am

00:41:30.719 --> 00:41:31.239
 is

00:41:31.239 --> 00:41:31.420
 I

00:41:31.420 --> 00:41:31.639
 have

00:41:31.639 --> 00:41:31.960
 plenty

00:41:31.960 --> 00:41:32.119
 of

00:41:32.119 --> 00:41:32.359
 scar

00:41:32.359 --> 00:41:32.739
 tissue

00:41:32.739 --> 00:41:33.219
 and

00:41:33.219 --> 00:41:33.460
 every

00:41:33.460 --> 00:41:33.719
 now

00:41:33.719 --> 00:41:33.839
 and

00:41:33.839 --> 00:41:33.960
 then

00:41:33.960 --> 00:41:34.139
 when

00:41:34.139 --> 00:41:34.279
 I

00:41:34.279 --> 00:41:34.460
 go

00:41:34.460 --> 00:41:34.619
 on

00:41:34.619 --> 00:41:34.779
 one

00:41:34.779 --> 00:41:34.859
 of

00:41:34.859 --> 00:41:35.039
 my

00:41:35.039 --> 00:41:35.579
 stubborn

00:41:35.579 --> 00:41:36.259
 stupid

00:41:36.259 --> 00:41:36.960
 streaks

00:41:36.960 --> 00:41:38.219
 he

00:41:38.219 --> 00:41:38.440
 kind

00:41:38.440 --> 00:41:38.900
 of taps

00:41:38.900 --> 00:41:38.900


00:41:42.119 --> 00:41:43.819
 not

00:41:43.819 --> 00:41:44.279
 going

00:41:44.279 --> 00:41:44.639
 there

00:41:44.639 --> 00:41:45.079
 again

00:41:45.079 --> 00:41:45.440
 how many

00:41:45.440 --> 00:41:45.579
 of you

00:41:45.579 --> 00:41:45.639
 are

00:41:45.639 --> 00:41:45.799
 with

00:41:45.799 --> 00:41:45.960
 me

00:41:45.960 --> 00:41:46.779
 I

00:41:46.779 --> 00:41:47.019
 don't

00:41:47.019 --> 00:41:47.239
 need

00:41:47.239 --> 00:41:47.519
 another

00:41:47.519 --> 00:41:47.980
 round

00:41:47.980 --> 00:41:48.679
 I'm

00:41:48.679 --> 00:41:49.199
 convinced

00:41:49.199 --> 00:41:51.460
 God

00:41:51.460 --> 00:41:51.839
 deals

00:41:51.839 --> 00:41:52.079
 with

00:41:52.079 --> 00:41:52.579
 believers

00:41:52.579 --> 00:41:53.219
 as it

00:41:53.219 --> 00:41:53.460
 says

00:41:53.460 --> 00:41:53.639
 in

00:41:53.639 --> 00:41:54.019
 Hebrews

00:41:54.019 --> 00:41:54.259
 he

00:41:54.259 --> 00:41:54.819
 chastens

00:41:54.819 --> 00:41:55.019
 whom

00:41:55.019 --> 00:41:55.159
 he

00:41:55.159 --> 00:41:55.659
 loves

00:41:55.659 --> 00:41:57.000
 that

00:41:57.000 --> 00:41:57.400
 we

00:41:57.400 --> 00:41:58.119
 may

00:41:58.119 --> 00:41:58.539
 be

00:41:58.539 --> 00:41:59.380
 partakers

00:41:59.380 --> 00:42:00.039
 of

00:42:00.039 --> 00:42:00.239
 his

00:42:00.239 --> 00:42:00.599
 holiness

00:42:00.599 --> 00:42:00.880
 isn't

00:42:00.880 --> 00:42:01.019
 that

00:42:01.019 --> 00:42:01.139
 an

00:42:01.139 --> 00:42:01.460
 encouraging

00:42:01.460 --> 00:42:01.859
 fact

00:42:01.859 --> 00:42:02.579
 when

00:42:02.579 --> 00:42:02.739
 he

00:42:02.739 --> 00:42:02.960
 puts

00:42:02.960 --> 00:42:03.139
 the

00:42:03.139 --> 00:42:03.339
 heat

00:42:03.339 --> 00:42:03.519
 on

00:42:03.519 --> 00:42:03.719
 Tim

00:42:03.719 --> 00:42:04.159
 Kenoyer

00:42:04.159 --> 00:42:04.659
 his

00:42:04.659 --> 00:42:05.179
 goal

00:42:05.179 --> 00:42:05.639
 is

00:42:05.639 --> 00:42:06.119
 my

00:42:06.119 --> 00:42:06.940
 progressive

00:42:06.940 --> 00:42:08.179
 sanctification

00:42:08.179 --> 00:42:08.400
 I

00:42:08.400 --> 00:42:08.659
 like

00:42:08.659 --> 00:42:08.980
 that

00:42:08.980 --> 00:42:12.500
 I just as soon not have to have the heat.

00:42:14.780 --> 00:42:17.900
 When God deals with sinners,

00:42:19.380 --> 00:42:23.460
 in this life, for the most part,

00:42:23.539 --> 00:42:27.360
 his intent is to draw you to the cross.

00:42:29.940 --> 00:42:32.740
 It goes back to that boy that I had in the car with me.

00:42:32.739 --> 00:42:39.619
 And after he'd shared part of his life with me,

00:42:39.919 --> 00:42:43.659
 I said, so how much more evidence do you need

00:42:43.659 --> 00:42:50.199
 that a disobedient and sinful life doesn't work out well?

00:42:51.879 --> 00:42:53.159
 Is that a fair question?

00:42:54.259 --> 00:42:56.179
 And there's some of you here this morning,

00:42:56.819 --> 00:43:00.379
 as one who has been appointed by the Lord Jesus Christ

00:43:00.380 --> 00:43:04.180
 to plead with you for the sake of the gospel.

00:43:05.220 --> 00:43:06.280
 Be practical.

00:43:07.300 --> 00:43:08.340
 Be realistic.

00:43:10.000 --> 00:43:13.680
 I'm reminded of what a man named Harold Platinga said.

00:43:13.780 --> 00:43:16.400
 He said, sin, hold on to this,

00:43:17.039 --> 00:43:21.579
 sin is an opportunistic virus that always destroys its host.

00:43:23.059 --> 00:43:28.140
 Sin is an opportunistic virus that always destroys its host.

00:43:28.139 --> 00:43:32.900
 And if you sit here this morning with a stubborn and hard heart towards God,

00:43:33.059 --> 00:43:37.000
 and you are resistant to the sweetness of the offer of salvation

00:43:37.000 --> 00:43:38.259
 through the Lord Jesus Christ,

00:43:38.400 --> 00:43:40.599
 it will only get harder

00:43:40.599 --> 00:43:44.920
 until the day comes that you have no opportunity

00:43:44.920 --> 00:43:49.559
 because you have died in your sins

00:43:49.559 --> 00:43:53.699
 and lost the hope in the Lord Jesus Christ.

00:43:53.699 --> 00:43:56.859
 And so it is fitting,

00:43:57.579 --> 00:43:58.579
 it is fitting,

00:43:59.219 --> 00:44:03.099
 for one who tells you about the fact that God judges sin

00:44:03.099 --> 00:44:06.339
 to also tell you that God sent His Son,

00:44:06.399 --> 00:44:07.539
 the Lord Jesus Christ,

00:44:07.659 --> 00:44:11.319
 to take the full burden for our wicked, dark hearts

00:44:11.319 --> 00:44:13.139
 and to pay for that on the cross

00:44:13.139 --> 00:44:15.159
 that whosoever believes in Him might

00:44:15.159 --> 00:44:16.719
 not perish,

00:44:17.339 --> 00:44:18.719
 but have everlasting life.

00:44:18.719 --> 00:44:21.659
 And I would plead with you this morning,

00:44:21.799 --> 00:44:24.199
 do not delay in trusting Him.

00:44:24.959 --> 00:44:26.079
 Let's close in prayer.

00:44:27.519 --> 00:44:28.619
 Our Father God,

00:44:29.379 --> 00:44:31.459
 Your Word is clear.

00:44:33.980 --> 00:44:36.359
 You are a God who is holy and just

00:44:36.359 --> 00:44:38.839
 and will not overlook sin.

00:44:38.919 --> 00:44:39.599
 You will punish it.

00:44:40.459 --> 00:44:43.419
 We thank You that You have sent the Lord Jesus Christ

00:44:43.419 --> 00:44:45.399
 as full payment for our sins,

00:44:45.400 --> 00:44:46.960
 and whosoever believes in Him

00:44:46.960 --> 00:44:48.220
 shall not perish,

00:44:48.320 --> 00:44:49.660
 but have everlasting life.

00:44:51.139 --> 00:44:52.340
 And my plea this morning

00:44:52.340 --> 00:44:55.240
 is that Your Spirit would bring people to the cross.

00:44:56.760 --> 00:45:01.000
 Not because they simply have made an excellent decision,

00:45:01.160 --> 00:45:03.220
 but because this morning the Spirit of God

00:45:03.220 --> 00:45:04.280
 is convicting them

00:45:04.280 --> 00:45:06.619
 and breaking through the hardness of their heart

00:45:06.619 --> 00:45:08.660
 and bringing them to the point of seeing

00:45:08.660 --> 00:45:11.400
 there is no hope apart from Christ.

00:45:12.320 --> 00:45:13.980
 We ask this in Jesus' name.

00:45:14.559 --> 00:45:14.820
 Amen.

00:45:15.400 --> 00:45:16.200
 Amen.

00:45:16.200 --> 00:45:16.400
 Amen.

00:45:16.400 --> 00:45:16.400


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