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 Well, let's get going, guys. I'm glad I was able to make it. It kind of was just sort of up in the air, to be honest.

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 I've been just, I felt pretty rough last night, yesterday, and this morning. But we'll see if I can make it through this.

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 We'll see. If I just fall over, just move me out of the way, and then somebody else just pick it back up.

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 How's that sound? Yeah. Let's just start in prayer, and we'll kick it off.

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 Lord, we're grateful for just the grace to be able to gather as the body, and we're thankful that you've allowed us to be here tonight,

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 to spend some time together looking at things that are found in your Word, and your intended purpose for those things,

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 and the impact they're supposed to have on our lives.

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 I pray you would just help me to teach clearly, humbly, boldly, and guard us all from error.

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 And I pray that the result of our time tonight would just be encouraging and convicting to our souls,

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 and we'd have a greater understanding of what you have done for us in the work of redemption and through your election, Lord.

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 And I just offer this time to you as an act of worship and our teaching and our discussion,

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 our listening and our obeying later. So, yeah. Yeah, in Christ's name, amen.

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 Yeah, hated to miss this morning. This was not really with the program, but really glad to be here tonight.

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 Tonight we're talking about election, and here's our schedule that we've sort of been following.

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 So last week we talked about just sort of the introduction of where we get the terms Reformed, Calvinism,

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 and as I kind of can call it, like the doctrines of amazing grace.

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 And we talked about the shattered image of God and what sin is and what depravity is.

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 I hope that that was like challenging and enlightening to you.

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 Like, oh, I thought I was bad. I knew I was bad. I didn't think I was that bad.

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 It was like we're really bad. Like it's worse than we ever could actually imagine bad.

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 And that kind of sets us up to talk about, well, wait a minute, another review.

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 If you're wanting this, we can talk about it later.

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 But we talked about just some of the historical debate behind some of these things with Augustine and Pelagius, Luther, Erasmus,

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 and the Calvinists and Arminians.

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 So, and this week we're going to dive into the next part of this, which is election.

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 And I really tried to condense this. I know this seems long, but if you look at it,

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 I've got like some extra references of other scriptures that are at the bottom in the footnotes.

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 But, yeah, we will just start walking through it.

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 But before we do, every week I'm trying to give you just one example of a faithful brother from the past,

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 someone in church history who we respect and look up to that believe these particular doctrines.

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 And last week, I think we talked about, well, two weeks ago we did Spurgeon.

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 If you remember that, he talked about how he reflected on the pursuit of God in his life

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 and how he just took observation that God was just chasing him down and saw his grace in election.

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 And this week I chose George Muir.

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 I think I read this quite possibly during one of the Romans 9 sermons.

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 But if you know him, he lived in Bristol, England and started orphanages

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 and did a lot of really gospel ministry, missionary.

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 But this is what he wrote when he was confronted with the idea of Calvinism or election.

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 But he wrote,

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 I was brought to examine these precious truths by the word of God,

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 being made willing to have no glory of my own in the conversion of sinners,

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 but to consider myself merely as an instrument and being made willing to receive what the scripture said.

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 I went to the Lord reading the New Testament from beginning with a particular reference to these truths.

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 So he's basically saying, I'm going to read the New Testament and think about the doctrines of grace

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 while I'm reading it and see how many times I see it as I read it.

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 And that was actually his habit with a lot of different topics.

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 He said,

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 So I just, you know, when I began learning these things a long time ago, it made me uncomfortable.

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 And it made me, I guess, in some way feel secure.

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 This has been something that's been taught for the entire history of the church

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 and a lot of people that we respect and look up to.

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 So in addition to, or just under the scripture, it's just good to have good reminders like that.

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 So, but a good challenge.

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 Yeah, read the New Testament with thinking about these things,

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 see how many times it actually comes up and you'll be surprised.

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 So, all right.

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 Let's jump into it.

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 So, just a quick definition here for you.

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 Just the word itself just simply means to select out of, to pick or choose out of a group.

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 Because I've seen some people just try to do word somersaults with this.

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 Like, it just means that you chose him and then he chose you.

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 It actually doesn't say that.

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 It says that he did the choosing.

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 God is the one who chose.

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 And, but really simply, this is just a definition from Wayne Grudem,

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 but he has said,

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 Election is an act of God before creation in which he chooses some to be saved,

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 not on account of any foreseen merit or faith in them,

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 but only because of sovereign good pleasure.

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 Here, we'll, you know, unpack that.

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 So, that's just a really simple definition.

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 What we see the Bible teaching on it.

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 But really quick, let's review.

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 Like, this is what we went over last time.

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 Because I've heard people say things like,

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 well, I'm a three-point Calvinist or I'm a four-pointer.

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 I'm like, well, really, they all connect together.

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 So, like, they're not like separate things.

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 They all tie in together.

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 And so, when you take what we learned from what the Scripture taught about our fallenness,

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 our spiritual condition before Christ,

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 you have to connect it,

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 that our condition, you have to connect to election.

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 So, if you remember, we talked about all this.

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 We had all the Scriptures and everything,

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 but born spiritually dead.

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 So, not an original sin idea.

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 Our minds are darkened by sin.

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 Our hearts are corrupted by evil.

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 Slaves to sin.

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 Children of the devil.

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 You know, we read a bunch of Scripture on that one.

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 None good or righteous.

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 And our will is in bondage to sin.

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 We talked about that a couple weeks ago.

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 And then we're unable to improve our condition,

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 meaning that everything that's in this list,

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 we just can't wake up one day and say,

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 you know what?

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 We're going to do better.

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 You know what?

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 We're going to reform ourselves.

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 We're going to just cowboy up and ask God for some help.

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 It just doesn't happen like that.

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 So, we're unable to do anything unless God comes first.

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 So, we have to carry this idea of our fallenness

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 into the conversation of election.

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 So, let's just start walking through this.

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 This is for you.

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 We're not going to read every single Scripture.

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 Obviously, we'll look at a couple,

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 but you can go back and look at more later.

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 But, why it's so important to understand depravity?

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 Remember, I said that depravity is a description of

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 our condition before Christ.

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 It's not who you are after Christ.

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 You're a new creation.

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 You're adopted into God's family.

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 You're no longer worthless and useless.

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 You're having the image of God restored in you

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 through sanctification.

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 And so, it's very different.

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 But, we apply that to our first principle here.

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 Right?

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 So, a lot of people,

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 my big objection,

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 or one of them,

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 when I was back in my early Christian life,

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 was this seems just unfair.

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 This seems like God is not doing the right thing here.

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 This just doesn't sound right,

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 doesn't feel right.

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 And I had to revamp my thinking.

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 And that's what we talked about in Romans 9, right?

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 It makes God unloving, unjust,

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 or it implies that He's acted without any kind of reason or purpose.

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 Remember, we did a whole part of Romans 9 on that.

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 But, just to help you get,

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 you have to do this.

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 I spent some of the time in the sermon on this,

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 but,

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 you have to get out of, like,

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 our Western,

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 democratic way of thinking.

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 And you have to think ancient.

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 You have to think medieval.

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 You have to go back to, like,

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 what happened in the context of the Scripture.

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 And,

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 so back then,

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 as I've said before,

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 a king,

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 an emperor,

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 they would also serve as a judge.

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 Just think about,

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 in the Scripture,

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 Solomon was the king.

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 But guess what?

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 He was the judge, too.

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 People came and brought cases to him.

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 And,

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 what would happen a lot of the time

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 when a king or emperor

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 was confronted,

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 like they,

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 you know,

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 you've seen the pictures in the movies or whatever,

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 like they drag a bunch of guys in chains in.

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 And they say,

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 hey,

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 these are the guys who rebelled against you.

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 These are the guys who committed,

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 you know,

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 murder,

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 rape,

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 rape,

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 and plunder.

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 That's all these guys did.

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 And they're all guilty.

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 We have,

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 you know,

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 witnesses,

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 evidence,

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 everything.

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 And,

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 so a lot of the times,

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 what would happen is a king or emperor would say,

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 hey,

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 look,

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 you're all guilty.

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 You all deserve to die.

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 Like,

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 that's what you deserve.

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 You deserve to die.

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 But,

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 because I am a merciful king,

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 and I desire for my people to know me as merciful,

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 I will pardon you and you.

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 But the rest of you,

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 you get the sword.

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 Because the rest,

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 because my people also need to understand

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 that I take this seriously,

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 that I'm not a pushover.

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 If you do this,

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 there will be consequences.

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 And what happens is,

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 in those single acts,

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 they invoke loyalty and love,

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 but also fear,

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 in like one act.

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 And so what happens is,

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 those guys that were chosen to be spared,

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 they have nothing to boast about.

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 They're just like,

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 why me?

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 Like,

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 why was I different than the guy next to me?

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 Well,

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 he wasn't.

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 He was the same.

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 He was guilty.

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 And so,

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 in that way,

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 the king glorified his mercy and his justice

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 in one single act.

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 And I think I showed you some examples of that

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 in the scripture,

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 which we can look at,

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 you know,

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 maybe later.

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 But,

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 but just imagine coming before the king

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 as a guilty person.

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 And that ties into our first point.

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 All are guilty,

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 right?

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 Here on our paper.

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 Because all mankind

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 has trampled,

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 mocked,

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 and spat upon

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 the infinite worth of almighty God,

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 all are worthy

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 of only divine wrath.

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 Okay?

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 None are innocent

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 or deserving

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 of God's goodness and love.

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 Like,

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 that has to be,

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 like,

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 drilled into our heads.

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 Like,

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 we don't deserve it.

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 Because when we

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 have those thoughts

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 of,

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 like,

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 this is wrong

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 or this is unfair,

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 it's basically saying,

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 like,

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 God owes us something.

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 Like,

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 we don't really deserve this.

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 We deserve to be set free,

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 to be let go.

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 And sin

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 is just taken

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 very seriously

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 by God.

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 So,

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 Ezekiel 18,

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 right there,

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 the soul that sins

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 shall die.

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 Then you get into Romans 1,

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 28-32,

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 and it talks about

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 God gave us over.

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 That was the judgment,

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 right?

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 God gave us over,

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 gave them up,

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 to a debased mind,

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 to do what ought not

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 to be done.

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 And then it gives you

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 this list of how sin

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 comes out,

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 how sin manifests.

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 But pick up on this,

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 verse 32.

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 Though they know

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 God's decree,

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 it says,

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 those who practice

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 such things

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 deserve to die.

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 Right?

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 So,

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 like,

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 that's the part

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 you've got to remember.

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 Like,

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 we don't deserve mercy.

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 We don't deserve

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 salvation.

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 And in fact,

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 I remember wrangling

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 with one of my friends

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 a long time ago

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 when I was still

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 on the other side of this.

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 Like,

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 it's just,

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 you know,

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 it's just not fair.

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 And he goes,

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 well,

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 fair would be we all die.

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 Fair would be like

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 no mercy.

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 We were just all treated

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 the same by God.

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 So,

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 it's a miracle

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 that he showed mercy

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 at all,

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 right?

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 And,

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 if you think about,

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 I think it's in

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 2 Peter,

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 remember this?

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 And it said

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 that he basically

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 just immediately

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 brought justice to them.

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 He didn't send

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 the angels any savior.

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 Can you pick up on that?

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 Like,

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 he sent,

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 when the angels

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 rebelled against God,

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 like,

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 he sent them no one

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 to redeem them.

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 They were just

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 immediately judged.

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 So,

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 the fact that

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 he even sent a savior

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 was just astounding

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 for us.

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 So,

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 yep,

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 wages of sin is death.

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 Like,

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 you just got to get that

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 in your head.

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 That,

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 that'll help you

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 face a lot of things

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 in life

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 when you feel entitled

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 by God.

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 Like,

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 I don't deserve

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 to be going through this

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 or I don't deserve

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 why things are so hard

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 for me right now.

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 It,

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 it humbles you.

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 So,

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 the next principle,

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 I'll stop periodically too

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 and to see if there's

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 any questions,

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 but kind of a balance

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 of that and just

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 moving,

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 moving forward.

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 Mercy or justice?

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 That's kind of what I just said.

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 Because all are guilty of sin,

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 God has the sovereign right

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 to have mercy on whom

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 he desires

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 and justice on whom

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 he desires.

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 if he decided

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 to destroy

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 the whole human race

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 because of their rebellion

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 against him.

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 And therefore,

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 there is no injustice

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 with God

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 if he grants mercy

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 to some

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 and justice

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 to others.

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 If you look on the back,

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 there's a few

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 scriptures for you

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 as well as there's some

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 reference in the bottom.

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 But,

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 kind of understand that.

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 Like,

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 God is not

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 obligated

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 to do anything

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 on our behalf.

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 And,

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 if you look at,

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 I mean,

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 this is just one of those

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 astounding verses

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 in Matthew 11.

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 Just,

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 never saw it before.

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 Just ignore the,

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 the first part of that.

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 That was like an accidental one.

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 I didn't mean to copy that over.

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 Just cross that.

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 Verse 14 out.

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 Look at verse 27.

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 It says,

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 All these things

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 have been handed over

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 to my Father,

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 Jesus said,

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 and no one knows the Son

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 except the Father,

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 and no one knows the Father.

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 except the Son,

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 and anyone

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 to whom the Son chooses

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 to reveal to Him.

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 Yeah.

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 Pretty,

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 pretty crazy.

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 And then,

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 as we looked at a few weeks ago

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 in Romans 9,

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 referring to the Exodus account,

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 what shall I say then?

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 Is there any injustice

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 on God's part?

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 By no means.

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 The strongest negative,

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 like in the Greek language.

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 For He says to Moses,

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 I will have mercy

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 on whom I will have mercy.

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 I will have compassion

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 on whom I will have compassion.

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 So then,

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 it does not depend

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 on human will

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 or exertion,

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 but on God

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 who has mercy.

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 So,

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 pause for a couple minutes.

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 Like,

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 is there any thoughts so far

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 or questions so far

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 on the first two

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 little principles here

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 that all are guilty,

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 none are deserving,

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 God's obligated to do nothing,

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 and so He has the perfect right

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 to show mercy

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 to whom He wants

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 and to show justice

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 to whom He wants

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 and both bring Him honor.

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 So,

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 any questions

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 so far?

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 good.

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 All right.

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 Always free to come

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 talk to me later too.

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 All right.

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 So,

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 these are getting

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 to the Scripture

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 that points out

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 that God indeed

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 has a chosen people.

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 This is the next part

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 of this.

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 So,

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 there are general statements

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 throughout Scripture

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 that reveal

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 that God has

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 an elect people,

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 both Jews

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 and Gentiles,

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 and that He has

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 predestined them

00:18:36.779 --> 00:18:37.779
 unto salvation

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 and thus eternal life.

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 It is blatantly clear

00:18:42.220 --> 00:18:42.960
 that God

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 did the choosing

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 and not man.

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 All right.

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 So,

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 let me see.

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 Let me just pick

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 a couple out here.

00:18:54.600 --> 00:18:54.900
 Yeah,

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 I mean,

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 I'm trying to pick out

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 the ones that are

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 just sort of shockers.

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 Like,

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 wow,

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 I never saw that.

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 In Thessalonians,

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 there it says,

00:19:00.759 --> 00:19:01.740
 this is 1 Thessalonians,

00:19:01.839 --> 00:19:02.039
 sorry,

00:19:02.180 --> 00:19:02.720
 typo again.

00:19:03.620 --> 00:19:03.819
 It says,

00:19:03.880 --> 00:19:04.980
 for God has not

00:19:04.980 --> 00:19:06.600
 destined us for wrath,

00:19:06.880 --> 00:19:08.519
 but to obtain salvation

00:19:08.519 --> 00:19:10.339
 through our Lord Jesus Christ,

00:19:10.880 --> 00:19:12.319
 whom He died for us,

00:19:12.740 --> 00:19:13.500
 so that whenever

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 we are awake or asleep,

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 we might live with Him.

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 So,

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 there's one.

00:19:22.259 --> 00:19:22.740
 Yeah,

00:19:22.799 --> 00:19:23.700
 let's just pick one more.

00:19:23.839 --> 00:19:24.079
 Why not?

00:19:25.079 --> 00:19:25.339
 But,

00:19:25.440 --> 00:19:25.620
 yeah,

00:19:25.819 --> 00:19:26.100
 Peter,

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 you are,

00:19:27.299 --> 00:19:28.019
 speaking to the church,

00:19:28.019 --> 00:19:28.519
 the Christians,

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 you are a chosen race,

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 a royal priesthood,

00:19:31.440 --> 00:19:32.240
 a holy nation,

00:19:32.359 --> 00:19:33.700
 a people for His own possession,

00:19:34.359 --> 00:19:35.660
 that you may proclaim

00:19:35.660 --> 00:19:36.940
 the excellencies of Him

00:19:36.940 --> 00:19:38.160
 who called you out of darkness

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 into His marvelous light.

00:19:40.500 --> 00:19:41.720
 Once you were not a people,

00:19:41.900 --> 00:19:43.519
 but now you are God's people.

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 Once you had not received mercy,

00:19:45.859 --> 00:19:47.859
 but now you have received mercy.

00:19:48.799 --> 00:19:50.039
 And then there's a lot of scriptures,

00:19:50.180 --> 00:19:50.920
 like in Titus here,

00:19:50.960 --> 00:19:52.559
 where it mentions God's elect,

00:19:52.740 --> 00:19:53.819
 God's people.

00:19:53.819 --> 00:19:54.259
 Actually,

00:19:54.480 --> 00:19:54.700
 you know,

00:19:54.740 --> 00:19:55.859
 in Matthew 24,

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 where it's talking about

00:19:57.519 --> 00:19:58.359
 the last days,

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 like the end,

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 it talks about how

00:20:01.099 --> 00:20:03.039
 if it wasn't for the sake

00:20:03.039 --> 00:20:03.779
 of the elect,

00:20:04.559 --> 00:20:04.879
 like,

00:20:04.960 --> 00:20:05.779
 those days would have

00:20:05.779 --> 00:20:06.480
 kind of continued.

00:20:06.740 --> 00:20:07.700
 But God cut them short

00:20:07.700 --> 00:20:09.220
 for the sake of the elect.

00:20:10.659 --> 00:20:11.879
 Which means that God's people

00:20:11.879 --> 00:20:12.700
 probably will be here

00:20:12.700 --> 00:20:13.519
 when stuff's happening.

00:20:14.339 --> 00:20:14.559
 Right?

00:20:15.240 --> 00:20:17.899
 So it's just everywhere.

00:20:18.019 --> 00:20:19.919
 This is just that general sense

00:20:19.919 --> 00:20:20.599
 that God has,

00:20:20.639 --> 00:20:21.619
 a chosen people there,

00:20:21.700 --> 00:20:23.019
 made of Jews and Gentiles.

00:20:24.659 --> 00:20:24.859
 So,

00:20:25.619 --> 00:20:28.720
 and then here's the big surprise,

00:20:28.819 --> 00:20:29.000
 right?

00:20:29.079 --> 00:20:30.059
 Before creation.

00:20:30.179 --> 00:20:31.500
 This happened before creation.

00:20:32.279 --> 00:20:33.960
 Before the foundation of the world,

00:20:34.919 --> 00:20:36.759
 God chose to show mercy

00:20:36.759 --> 00:20:39.200
 to certain individuals

00:20:39.200 --> 00:20:40.119
 for salvation.

00:20:41.000 --> 00:20:42.159
 And their names are written

00:20:42.159 --> 00:20:43.740
 in the book of life.

00:20:44.559 --> 00:20:45.819
 So here's the really famous,

00:20:45.899 --> 00:20:46.039
 you know,

00:20:46.099 --> 00:20:46.819
 Ephesians 1.

00:20:47.539 --> 00:20:48.579
 He chose us in Him

00:20:48.579 --> 00:20:49.839
 before the foundation

00:20:49.839 --> 00:20:50.500
 of the world

00:20:50.500 --> 00:20:51.319
 that we should be holy

00:20:51.319 --> 00:20:52.500
 and blameless before Him.

00:20:53.440 --> 00:20:54.240
 In love,

00:20:54.399 --> 00:20:55.559
 He predestined us

00:20:55.559 --> 00:20:56.980
 for adoption as sons

00:20:56.980 --> 00:20:59.059
 through Jesus Christ

00:20:59.059 --> 00:21:00.019
 according to the purpose

00:21:00.019 --> 00:21:00.759
 of His will,

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 to the praise

00:21:01.960 --> 00:21:03.059
 of His glorious grace.

00:21:04.099 --> 00:21:04.379
 Right?

00:21:04.480 --> 00:21:05.619
 So we see all that

00:21:05.619 --> 00:21:07.819
 in Ephesians 1 there.

00:21:08.759 --> 00:21:09.859
 Pick up on this.

00:21:10.799 --> 00:21:11.480
 It says,

00:21:11.720 --> 00:21:12.220
 in love,

00:21:12.279 --> 00:21:13.299
 He predestined us.

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 Like,

00:21:14.579 --> 00:21:15.200
 a lot of people

00:21:15.200 --> 00:21:16.000
 want to think about this

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 as an arbitrary,

00:21:17.879 --> 00:21:18.240
 you know,

00:21:18.579 --> 00:21:20.279
 harsh doctrine.

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 And that's what it says.

00:21:21.700 --> 00:21:22.440
 In love,

00:21:22.639 --> 00:21:23.379
 He did this.

00:21:24.000 --> 00:21:24.480
 And so,

00:21:26.059 --> 00:21:28.579
 I'm trying to,

00:21:28.680 --> 00:21:29.240
 this is probably

00:21:29.240 --> 00:21:30.299
 a really poor analogy.

00:21:30.399 --> 00:21:30.839
 It's just the one

00:21:30.839 --> 00:21:31.519
 coming to my head

00:21:31.519 --> 00:21:31.960
 right now.

00:21:33.960 --> 00:21:34.680
 If you

00:21:34.680 --> 00:21:36.779
 see your child

00:21:36.779 --> 00:21:38.859
 running towards the road

00:21:38.859 --> 00:21:40.059
 into oncoming traffic,

00:21:40.559 --> 00:21:42.019
 what do you do?

00:21:42.979 --> 00:21:43.379
 Say,

00:21:43.459 --> 00:21:43.639
 hey,

00:21:43.719 --> 00:21:44.199
 come back,

00:21:44.240 --> 00:21:44.740
 come back.

00:21:44.919 --> 00:21:45.159
 You know,

00:21:45.259 --> 00:21:45.839
 or do you like

00:21:45.839 --> 00:21:47.619
 rush out there

00:21:47.619 --> 00:21:48.679
 and impose your will

00:21:48.679 --> 00:21:49.219
 on them

00:21:49.219 --> 00:21:50.059
 and bring them back?

00:21:50.819 --> 00:21:51.259
 Like,

00:21:51.259 --> 00:21:51.599
 that's,

00:21:51.659 --> 00:21:53.279
 that's what election does.

00:21:53.339 --> 00:21:53.879
 It kind of like

00:21:53.879 --> 00:21:54.799
 grabs us.

00:21:55.459 --> 00:21:55.799
 God

00:21:55.799 --> 00:21:57.500
 choosing

00:21:57.500 --> 00:21:58.439
 to reach out

00:21:58.439 --> 00:21:59.359
 and pull us away

00:21:59.359 --> 00:22:00.719
 from the danger

00:22:00.719 --> 00:22:02.099
 that we were heading towards.

00:22:02.959 --> 00:22:03.279
 So,

00:22:03.459 --> 00:22:04.139
 just in love,

00:22:04.199 --> 00:22:05.119
 He predestined us

00:22:05.119 --> 00:22:06.240
 to adoption.

00:22:06.399 --> 00:22:07.480
 As I mentioned earlier

00:22:07.480 --> 00:22:08.179
 to some people,

00:22:08.299 --> 00:22:08.759
 adoption,

00:22:09.599 --> 00:22:10.419
 like we know

00:22:10.419 --> 00:22:11.419
 that a lot of people

00:22:11.419 --> 00:22:11.839
 in our church

00:22:11.839 --> 00:22:12.439
 have adopted,

00:22:13.519 --> 00:22:14.319
 it's the parents

00:22:14.319 --> 00:22:16.439
 who do the choosing.

00:22:17.379 --> 00:22:18.659
 It's usually not the kid.

00:22:19.399 --> 00:22:19.599
 Right?

00:22:19.740 --> 00:22:19.980
 It's,

00:22:20.379 --> 00:22:21.759
 the parents initiate it,

00:22:21.819 --> 00:22:22.879
 the parents pursue it,

00:22:23.500 --> 00:22:24.279
 and the parents say,

00:22:24.359 --> 00:22:24.439
 hey,

00:22:24.439 --> 00:22:25.179
 we want you

00:22:25.179 --> 00:22:26.579
 to be in our family.

00:22:27.179 --> 00:22:27.559
 So,

00:22:27.639 --> 00:22:28.579
 it kind of mirrors

00:22:28.579 --> 00:22:30.259
 God's electing grace

00:22:30.259 --> 00:22:30.639
 in that,

00:22:30.699 --> 00:22:31.240
 that way.

00:22:32.099 --> 00:22:32.579
 Um,

00:22:33.459 --> 00:22:34.819
 all right,

00:22:34.919 --> 00:22:35.699
 so there's

00:22:35.699 --> 00:22:37.480
 2 Thessalonians.

00:22:38.419 --> 00:22:38.639
 Yeah,

00:22:38.679 --> 00:22:39.319
 but look at

00:22:39.319 --> 00:22:40.619
 Revelation 13.

00:22:41.099 --> 00:22:41.559
 This one

00:22:41.559 --> 00:22:42.359
 blew my mind

00:22:42.359 --> 00:22:43.039
 a long time ago.

00:22:43.959 --> 00:22:44.240
 Uh,

00:22:44.240 --> 00:22:45.039
 Revelation 13,

00:22:45.099 --> 00:22:45.339
 8.

00:22:46.359 --> 00:22:47.240
 It says,

00:22:47.359 --> 00:22:48.019
 and all who dwell

00:22:48.019 --> 00:22:48.619
 on the earth

00:22:48.619 --> 00:22:49.919
 will worship

00:22:49.919 --> 00:22:51.339
 everyone whose name

00:22:51.339 --> 00:22:52.539
 has not been written

00:22:52.539 --> 00:22:54.419
 before the foundation

00:22:54.419 --> 00:22:54.919
 of the world

00:22:54.919 --> 00:22:55.819
 and the book of life

00:22:55.819 --> 00:22:56.419
 of the Lamb

00:22:56.419 --> 00:22:57.179
 who was slain.

00:22:57.319 --> 00:22:57.579
 What?

00:22:58.339 --> 00:22:58.779
 Uh,

00:22:59.439 --> 00:23:00.399
 I thought,

00:23:01.240 --> 00:23:01.839
 like there was like

00:23:01.839 --> 00:23:02.699
 an angel up in heaven

00:23:02.699 --> 00:23:03.659
 with a big scroll

00:23:03.659 --> 00:23:04.619
 and a feathered pen.

00:23:05.059 --> 00:23:05.079
 Like,

00:23:05.480 --> 00:23:06.079
 every time somebody

00:23:06.079 --> 00:23:06.519
 was saved,

00:23:06.619 --> 00:23:06.740
 he went,

00:23:06.839 --> 00:23:07.220
 yay!

00:23:07.639 --> 00:23:07.899
 You know,

00:23:07.980 --> 00:23:08.240
 like,

00:23:08.740 --> 00:23:09.720
 wrote her name down

00:23:09.720 --> 00:23:10.740
 every time.

00:23:11.579 --> 00:23:11.899
 Um,

00:23:13.179 --> 00:23:14.539
 so what does it say here?

00:23:14.619 --> 00:23:14.899
 It says,

00:23:14.980 --> 00:23:16.139
 that book has been written

00:23:16.139 --> 00:23:17.399
 before the foundation

00:23:17.399 --> 00:23:18.079
 of the world.

00:23:19.279 --> 00:23:19.659
 That's,

00:23:19.959 --> 00:23:21.279
 it enforces this idea

00:23:21.279 --> 00:23:21.859
 that this is something

00:23:21.859 --> 00:23:23.879
 that God had done

00:23:23.879 --> 00:23:24.480
 already.

00:23:25.579 --> 00:23:25.980
 Um,

00:23:26.059 --> 00:23:26.779
 never picked up on that.

00:23:26.839 --> 00:23:27.579
 It actually says it again,

00:23:27.659 --> 00:23:28.099
 Revelation,

00:23:28.099 --> 00:23:28.659
 later,

00:23:28.779 --> 00:23:29.299
 later on.

00:23:30.719 --> 00:23:31.159
 So,

00:23:31.500 --> 00:23:31.799
 that,

00:23:31.939 --> 00:23:32.959
 that choosing happened

00:23:32.959 --> 00:23:33.980
 before the foundation

00:23:33.980 --> 00:23:34.419
 of the world,

00:23:34.500 --> 00:23:35.599
 so he's not making it up

00:23:35.599 --> 00:23:36.219
 as he goes.

00:23:36.299 --> 00:23:36.899
 It's like a,

00:23:36.899 --> 00:23:38.659
 a part of his plan.

00:23:39.759 --> 00:23:40.079
 Um,

00:23:40.279 --> 00:23:40.659
 then,

00:23:41.199 --> 00:23:42.399
 next point,

00:23:43.259 --> 00:23:45.000
 this is all happening

00:23:45.000 --> 00:23:46.819
 by God's good pleasure.

00:23:46.980 --> 00:23:47.939
 So why is it happening?

00:23:48.779 --> 00:23:49.859
 Because he wants to.

00:23:50.179 --> 00:23:51.480
 That's just pretty much why.

00:23:51.539 --> 00:23:52.359
 Out of his grace,

00:23:53.240 --> 00:23:53.919
 out of his goodness.

00:23:53.919 --> 00:23:54.279
 So,

00:23:55.019 --> 00:23:56.279
 God's sovereign election

00:23:56.279 --> 00:23:57.279
 is not based.

00:23:57.279 --> 00:23:58.500
 This is where a lot of people

00:23:58.500 --> 00:23:59.079
 will split,

00:23:59.339 --> 00:23:59.519
 right?

00:23:59.559 --> 00:24:00.160
 This is like the,

00:24:00.160 --> 00:24:01.420
 the split here.

00:24:01.940 --> 00:24:02.019
 Um,

00:24:02.980 --> 00:24:03.460
 and,

00:24:03.619 --> 00:24:06.240
 because you can't get around it,

00:24:06.240 --> 00:24:06.480
 like,

00:24:06.539 --> 00:24:07.740
 even people who don't believe

00:24:07.740 --> 00:24:09.700
 what we would believe here,

00:24:09.799 --> 00:24:10.139
 mostly,

00:24:10.980 --> 00:24:11.200
 they,

00:24:11.259 --> 00:24:12.379
 they see the word election,

00:24:12.539 --> 00:24:13.579
 they see the word predestined,

00:24:13.639 --> 00:24:14.980
 they have to do something with it,

00:24:15.000 --> 00:24:16.160
 so they have to figure out

00:24:16.160 --> 00:24:18.019
 how to make it work.

00:24:18.779 --> 00:24:19.359
 And I,

00:24:19.379 --> 00:24:20.940
 I did this for a solid year.

00:24:21.019 --> 00:24:21.240
 It was like,

00:24:21.259 --> 00:24:22.339
 trying to nail a,

00:24:22.339 --> 00:24:24.019
 a brown peg

00:24:24.019 --> 00:24:24.759
 in a square hole.

00:24:24.859 --> 00:24:25.519
 This wasn't working.

00:24:25.519 --> 00:24:26.720
 But,

00:24:27.240 --> 00:24:28.559
 let's read this together.

00:24:28.700 --> 00:24:29.920
 God's sovereign election

00:24:29.920 --> 00:24:32.200
 is not based

00:24:32.200 --> 00:24:34.539
 upon foreseen faith

00:24:34.539 --> 00:24:37.180
 that man would have.

00:24:38.240 --> 00:24:38.900
 Saving faith

00:24:38.900 --> 00:24:39.720
 is the result

00:24:39.720 --> 00:24:40.519
 and evidence

00:24:40.519 --> 00:24:41.579
 of God's election

00:24:41.579 --> 00:24:43.960
 and not the determining factor

00:24:43.960 --> 00:24:44.879
 of his choice.

00:24:45.920 --> 00:24:46.900
 This saving faith

00:24:46.900 --> 00:24:48.559
 does not come from man,

00:24:48.559 --> 00:24:50.839
 but as a free gift.

00:24:50.839 --> 00:24:52.819
 All right.

00:24:53.099 --> 00:24:53.500
 So,

00:24:54.179 --> 00:24:55.559
 point is,

00:24:56.459 --> 00:24:58.759
 a lot of people say,

00:24:58.859 --> 00:24:59.000
 like,

00:24:59.059 --> 00:25:00.819
 God used his omniscience

00:25:00.819 --> 00:25:03.339
 and his,

00:25:03.379 --> 00:25:04.299
 his ability

00:25:04.299 --> 00:25:05.339
 to look down

00:25:05.339 --> 00:25:06.179
 in time,

00:25:06.919 --> 00:25:07.740
 his foresight,

00:25:07.839 --> 00:25:08.500
 put it that way.

00:25:09.159 --> 00:25:10.039
 And he goes,

00:25:10.119 --> 00:25:10.299
 ooh,

00:25:10.399 --> 00:25:10.879
 you know what?

00:25:11.679 --> 00:25:12.480
 One day,

00:25:13.519 --> 00:25:14.359
 I see,

00:25:14.659 --> 00:25:15.379
 Greg Girard,

00:25:15.859 --> 00:25:17.240
 he's going to be a good guy.

00:25:17.379 --> 00:25:17.559
 He's going to,

00:25:17.619 --> 00:25:18.579
 he's going to be messed up

00:25:18.579 --> 00:25:19.879
 like all people are

00:25:19.879 --> 00:25:21.759
 before I save them.

00:25:21.839 --> 00:25:22.319
 But you know what?

00:25:22.339 --> 00:25:23.579
 He's going to get his stuff together

00:25:23.579 --> 00:25:24.359
 and he's going to place

00:25:24.359 --> 00:25:25.419
 saving faith in me.

00:25:25.480 --> 00:25:25.899
 You know what?

00:25:26.279 --> 00:25:26.639
 Therefore,

00:25:26.859 --> 00:25:27.599
 I choose him.

00:25:28.199 --> 00:25:28.659
 See that?

00:25:28.799 --> 00:25:28.919
 Like,

00:25:28.919 --> 00:25:30.679
 that's the fit.

00:25:30.899 --> 00:25:32.399
 That's like what I tried to do.

00:25:32.659 --> 00:25:32.899
 And,

00:25:33.460 --> 00:25:34.679
 it doesn't say that

00:25:34.679 --> 00:25:35.039
 because,

00:25:36.039 --> 00:25:37.699
 the Bible explicitly teaches

00:25:37.699 --> 00:25:39.259
 that saving faith

00:25:39.259 --> 00:25:41.539
 is the result

00:25:41.539 --> 00:25:43.220
 of God's election.

00:25:43.779 --> 00:25:44.000
 Like,

00:25:44.360 --> 00:25:46.079
 it's something that God gives us.

00:25:47.339 --> 00:25:47.640
 And,

00:25:47.759 --> 00:25:48.120
 I mean,

00:25:48.160 --> 00:25:48.319
 look,

00:25:48.360 --> 00:25:49.140
 this is one of those

00:25:49.140 --> 00:25:51.000
 verses that will blow your minds

00:25:51.000 --> 00:25:51.880
 in Acts 13,

00:25:51.980 --> 00:25:52.460
 48.

00:25:53.059 --> 00:25:54.240
 Paul's preaching the gospel,

00:25:54.720 --> 00:25:55.000
 right?

00:25:55.400 --> 00:25:55.680
 So,

00:25:55.720 --> 00:25:56.319
 imagine that,

00:25:56.360 --> 00:25:56.839
 like you're preaching

00:25:56.839 --> 00:25:57.799
 to a crowd of people.

00:25:58.880 --> 00:26:00.860
 You're sinners against God.

00:26:01.799 --> 00:26:03.160
 Christ came to save you

00:26:03.160 --> 00:26:04.559
 from your sin.

00:26:04.759 --> 00:26:06.100
 Put your faith in him.

00:26:06.240 --> 00:26:07.200
 Repent and believe.

00:26:08.059 --> 00:26:08.839
 And this is what it says

00:26:08.839 --> 00:26:09.500
 in verse 48.

00:26:09.500 --> 00:26:12.059
 When the Gentiles heard this,

00:26:12.900 --> 00:26:13.900
 they began rejoicing

00:26:13.900 --> 00:26:14.700
 and glorifying

00:26:14.700 --> 00:26:15.700
 the word of the Lord.

00:26:16.700 --> 00:26:18.259
 And as many who were appointed

00:26:18.259 --> 00:26:20.019
 to eternal life believed.

00:26:21.220 --> 00:26:21.740
 Interesting.

00:26:22.900 --> 00:26:23.319
 So,

00:26:23.480 --> 00:26:25.000
 their belief was a result

00:26:25.000 --> 00:26:25.839
 of their appointment

00:26:25.839 --> 00:26:28.680
 of God choosing them

00:26:28.680 --> 00:26:29.500
 before the foundation

00:26:29.500 --> 00:26:30.140
 of the world.

00:26:31.440 --> 00:26:31.519
 And,

00:26:31.559 --> 00:26:33.759
 let me see,

00:26:35.259 --> 00:26:36.579
 Ephesians 2,

00:26:36.680 --> 00:26:37.740
 just trying to pick a few here.

00:26:38.460 --> 00:26:38.660
 Yeah,

00:26:38.660 --> 00:26:40.519
 the very famous Ephesians 2.

00:26:41.019 --> 00:26:42.320
 For by grace you have been saved

00:26:42.320 --> 00:26:43.040
 through faith.

00:26:44.180 --> 00:26:45.500
 And this is not of your doing,

00:26:45.580 --> 00:26:46.980
 it is the gift of God,

00:26:47.080 --> 00:26:48.480
 not as a result of works

00:26:48.480 --> 00:26:49.759
 that no one may boast.

00:26:50.940 --> 00:26:51.560
 And so,

00:26:51.700 --> 00:26:54.500
 what he really is trying to say here

00:26:54.500 --> 00:26:56.060
 is both the grace

00:26:56.060 --> 00:26:56.860
 and the faith

00:26:56.860 --> 00:26:57.560
 are from God.

00:26:57.640 --> 00:26:59.040
 Like God gave them

00:26:59.040 --> 00:27:00.279
 the ability.

00:27:00.420 --> 00:27:01.620
 This gets into next week

00:27:01.620 --> 00:27:02.180
 a little bit,

00:27:02.300 --> 00:27:03.120
 or the week after,

00:27:04.080 --> 00:27:05.640
 about how God

00:27:05.640 --> 00:27:06.820
 actually saves us,

00:27:06.880 --> 00:27:08.320
 how he actually regenerates us,

00:27:08.319 --> 00:27:09.799
 in the relationship

00:27:09.799 --> 00:27:10.539
 to faith.

00:27:12.819 --> 00:27:13.759
 Ephesians 1.39,

00:27:13.980 --> 00:27:15.240
 it has been granted to you

00:27:15.240 --> 00:27:17.200
 so that for the sake of Christ

00:27:17.200 --> 00:27:19.039
 you should not only believe in him,

00:27:19.220 --> 00:27:20.779
 but also suffer

00:27:20.779 --> 00:27:21.700
 for his sake.

00:27:22.559 --> 00:27:22.759
 So,

00:27:22.839 --> 00:27:22.980
 wow,

00:27:23.079 --> 00:27:24.259
 so not only believe in him,

00:27:24.319 --> 00:27:25.679
 we believe because God

00:27:25.679 --> 00:27:27.439
 granted us that belief.

00:27:27.440 --> 00:27:36.759
 God's choice is not based on any

00:27:36.759 --> 00:27:38.799
 foreseen merit residing in us,

00:27:38.860 --> 00:27:39.160
 right?

00:27:40.320 --> 00:27:42.120
 Nor any good works.

00:27:42.200 --> 00:27:43.259
 So that's just important.

00:27:44.039 --> 00:27:44.259
 And so,

00:27:44.340 --> 00:27:45.320
 when we're talking about works,

00:27:45.360 --> 00:27:46.259
 we're also talking about

00:27:46.259 --> 00:27:47.740
 just like spiritual things too.

00:27:47.799 --> 00:27:49.019
 Anything spiritually good

00:27:49.019 --> 00:27:49.620
 that we think

00:27:49.620 --> 00:27:50.920
 we could contribute

00:27:50.920 --> 00:27:53.180
 to make God want to save us.

00:27:53.240 --> 00:27:54.519
 Like it just doesn't work.

00:27:54.640 --> 00:27:55.460
 He's saying it's only,

00:27:55.960 --> 00:27:56.980
 only God

00:27:56.980 --> 00:27:58.360
 has done this.

00:27:59.440 --> 00:27:59.460
 And,

00:27:59.580 --> 00:28:01.240
 and let's pick a,

00:28:01.240 --> 00:28:03.140
 pick a verse here.

00:28:07.080 --> 00:28:08.100
 And let's just look at

00:28:08.100 --> 00:28:09.860
 2 Timothy 1.9 down there.

00:28:10.560 --> 00:28:11.140
 It says that

00:28:11.140 --> 00:28:12.120
 God saved us

00:28:12.120 --> 00:28:12.860
 and called us

00:28:12.860 --> 00:28:13.640
 with a holy calling,

00:28:13.720 --> 00:28:14.740
 not because of works,

00:28:15.380 --> 00:28:16.680
 but because of his own purpose

00:28:16.680 --> 00:28:17.440
 and grace,

00:28:17.500 --> 00:28:18.340
 which he gave us

00:28:18.340 --> 00:28:19.019
 in Christ Jesus.

00:28:19.019 --> 00:28:19.559
 There it is.

00:28:20.099 --> 00:28:22.579
 Before ages began.

00:28:23.680 --> 00:28:24.400
 It's crazy.

00:28:25.740 --> 00:28:26.220
 So,

00:28:26.619 --> 00:28:27.200
 pause.

00:28:29.039 --> 00:28:29.519
 Any

00:28:29.519 --> 00:28:31.240
 questions?

00:28:31.599 --> 00:28:31.859
 Any

00:28:31.859 --> 00:28:33.920
 comments?

00:28:35.019 --> 00:28:36.500
 Before we get to the next part.

00:28:41.940 --> 00:28:42.460
 Crazy.

00:28:44.359 --> 00:28:44.879
 Yeah.

00:28:46.019 --> 00:28:46.500
 Insane.

00:28:49.019 --> 00:28:50.019
 Oh,

00:28:50.019 --> 00:29:14.240
 yeah.

00:29:15.379 --> 00:29:16.259
 I get it.

00:29:16.339 --> 00:29:16.539
 Yep.

00:29:17.339 --> 00:29:17.960
 Love it.

00:29:17.960 --> 00:29:24.420
 for people who are listening

00:29:24.420 --> 00:29:25.340
 to this recording.

00:29:27.220 --> 00:29:28.240
 All one of you,

00:29:28.360 --> 00:29:28.600
 maybe,

00:29:28.759 --> 00:29:29.259
 in the future,

00:29:29.620 --> 00:29:30.340
 when I'm dead.

00:29:34.500 --> 00:29:35.920
 The question was,

00:29:35.980 --> 00:29:36.220
 like,

00:29:36.259 --> 00:29:37.059
 how should you pray

00:29:37.059 --> 00:29:37.799
 for somebody

00:29:37.799 --> 00:29:39.579
 and their salvation,

00:29:39.880 --> 00:29:40.960
 someone to be saved,

00:29:41.019 --> 00:29:42.519
 if God has already

00:29:42.519 --> 00:29:43.299
 chosen,

00:29:43.579 --> 00:29:43.779
 right?

00:29:43.840 --> 00:29:44.400
 If God has already

00:29:44.400 --> 00:29:44.579
 chosen.

00:29:44.579 --> 00:29:45.500
 Yeah.

00:29:45.919 --> 00:29:46.859
 I'll have a whole

00:29:46.859 --> 00:29:48.559
 night on that

00:29:48.559 --> 00:29:49.059
 when we get to,

00:29:49.139 --> 00:29:49.259
 like,

00:29:49.299 --> 00:29:50.159
 the saving act

00:29:50.159 --> 00:29:50.839
 of the Holy Spirit.

00:29:51.039 --> 00:29:51.240
 But,

00:29:51.460 --> 00:29:54.199
 I can tell you

00:29:54.199 --> 00:29:54.319
 what,

00:29:54.339 --> 00:29:54.980
 you're not praying.

00:29:55.039 --> 00:29:55.539
 You're not praying,

00:29:55.639 --> 00:29:55.740
 like,

00:29:55.779 --> 00:29:55.980
 God,

00:29:56.059 --> 00:29:57.000
 please just help them

00:29:57.000 --> 00:29:57.859
 to pull their lives

00:29:57.859 --> 00:29:58.259
 together.

00:29:59.139 --> 00:29:59.939
 Please just help them

00:29:59.939 --> 00:30:01.240
 just to use their free will

00:30:01.240 --> 00:30:02.460
 to become a better person

00:30:02.460 --> 00:30:03.240
 and choose you.

00:30:03.879 --> 00:30:04.359
 You're praying,

00:30:04.500 --> 00:30:04.559
 like,

00:30:04.639 --> 00:30:04.939
 Lord,

00:30:06.000 --> 00:30:06.740
 save them.

00:30:06.839 --> 00:30:07.059
 Like,

00:30:07.119 --> 00:30:07.279
 Lord,

00:30:07.339 --> 00:30:08.199
 open their eyes.

00:30:08.299 --> 00:30:08.439
 Like,

00:30:08.500 --> 00:30:08.779
 Lord,

00:30:08.960 --> 00:30:09.859
 soften their hearts.

00:30:09.859 --> 00:30:10.079
 Like,

00:30:10.099 --> 00:30:10.359
 God,

00:30:10.979 --> 00:30:12.439
 help them to believe.

00:30:12.740 --> 00:30:12.879
 Like,

00:30:12.899 --> 00:30:13.579
 show them grace.

00:30:13.639 --> 00:30:14.379
 That's like how we pray

00:30:14.379 --> 00:30:14.719
 for people.

00:30:14.759 --> 00:30:16.219
 We pray like we believe

00:30:16.219 --> 00:30:17.059
 what we're talking about.

00:30:17.139 --> 00:30:18.619
 We don't pray for them

00:30:18.619 --> 00:30:19.039
 to kind of,

00:30:19.079 --> 00:30:19.219
 like,

00:30:19.240 --> 00:30:20.639
 use their own ability.

00:30:20.879 --> 00:30:21.559
 We pray like,

00:30:22.139 --> 00:30:22.439
 God,

00:30:22.500 --> 00:30:23.519
 they don't have the ability.

00:30:23.639 --> 00:30:24.359
 Please help them.

00:30:24.439 --> 00:30:24.740
 That's like,

00:30:24.779 --> 00:30:25.059
 sort of,

00:30:25.099 --> 00:30:26.159
 it aligns with that.

00:30:27.799 --> 00:30:28.619
 But I guess,

00:30:29.099 --> 00:30:30.359
 really quickly,

00:30:30.599 --> 00:30:30.759
 like,

00:30:30.819 --> 00:30:30.979
 you know,

00:30:31.019 --> 00:30:31.240
 again,

00:30:31.299 --> 00:30:32.059
 I definitely want to get

00:30:32.059 --> 00:30:32.539
 into this more

00:30:32.539 --> 00:30:33.019
 in the future.

00:30:35.639 --> 00:30:36.000
 Like,

00:30:36.139 --> 00:30:36.339
 I,

00:30:37.559 --> 00:30:38.439
 what you see in the

00:30:38.439 --> 00:30:38.679
 Scripture,

00:30:38.859 --> 00:30:39.240
 thankfully,

00:30:39.240 --> 00:30:39.940
 is like God

00:30:39.940 --> 00:30:40.920
 hunting down people.

00:30:41.680 --> 00:30:42.079
 You see,

00:30:42.319 --> 00:30:44.599
 he's not a lonely

00:30:44.599 --> 00:30:45.579
 old man in the sky,

00:30:45.700 --> 00:30:46.420
 just like hoping

00:30:46.420 --> 00:30:47.700
 someone will be his buddy.

00:30:47.900 --> 00:30:48.140
 You know,

00:30:48.200 --> 00:30:48.380
 like,

00:30:48.400 --> 00:30:48.920
 he's like,

00:30:49.539 --> 00:30:50.859
 I'm after that person.

00:30:51.019 --> 00:30:51.220
 So,

00:30:51.299 --> 00:30:51.880
 that brings me

00:30:51.880 --> 00:30:52.559
 to great confidence.

00:30:52.779 --> 00:30:52.940
 So,

00:30:53.539 --> 00:30:54.779
 I have some family members

00:30:54.779 --> 00:30:55.680
 who are unbelievers,

00:30:55.920 --> 00:30:56.299
 and,

00:30:57.220 --> 00:30:59.059
 election

00:30:59.059 --> 00:31:02.039
 pushes me to pray

00:31:02.039 --> 00:31:02.660
 because I'm like,

00:31:02.740 --> 00:31:03.000
 Lord,

00:31:03.839 --> 00:31:04.079
 you know,

00:31:04.160 --> 00:31:04.299
 like,

00:31:04.319 --> 00:31:04.839
 just save them.

00:31:04.880 --> 00:31:05.640
 I know you can.

00:31:05.799 --> 00:31:06.019
 Like,

00:31:06.079 --> 00:31:06.579
 if they're,

00:31:07.200 --> 00:31:08.279
 you have the power

00:31:08.279 --> 00:31:09.779
 to completely deliver them,

00:31:09.899 --> 00:31:10.200
 like,

00:31:10.720 --> 00:31:11.500
 you can do it

00:31:11.500 --> 00:31:12.319
 if you want to.

00:31:12.539 --> 00:31:12.759
 Like,

00:31:12.799 --> 00:31:13.160
 please,

00:31:13.240 --> 00:31:13.379
 like,

00:31:13.399 --> 00:31:14.299
 just open their eyes.

00:31:14.399 --> 00:31:15.279
 Please help them to

00:31:15.279 --> 00:31:16.960
 believe.

00:31:17.319 --> 00:31:17.720
 Give them,

00:31:17.779 --> 00:31:18.819
 give them eyes to see

00:31:18.819 --> 00:31:19.680
 and ears to hear.

00:31:20.500 --> 00:31:20.859
 And,

00:31:20.960 --> 00:31:21.279
 again,

00:31:21.420 --> 00:31:21.559
 like,

00:31:21.599 --> 00:31:22.339
 but if I just felt like

00:31:22.339 --> 00:31:23.420
 it was just up to them,

00:31:24.079 --> 00:31:25.339
 it'd be kind of a sad prayer.

00:31:25.500 --> 00:31:25.920
 It'd be like,

00:31:26.039 --> 00:31:26.220
 Lord,

00:31:26.299 --> 00:31:26.859
 they're lost.

00:31:27.019 --> 00:31:27.160
 Like,

00:31:27.200 --> 00:31:27.339
 Lord,

00:31:27.399 --> 00:31:28.279
 they don't see it.

00:31:29.119 --> 00:31:30.440
 They don't have the ability

00:31:30.440 --> 00:31:31.220
 to do this.

00:31:31.220 --> 00:31:33.940
 Why is it that so many

00:31:33.940 --> 00:31:35.160
 smart people in the world

00:31:35.160 --> 00:31:36.140
 haven't quite figured

00:31:36.140 --> 00:31:37.039
 this out yet?

00:31:37.420 --> 00:31:37.700
 You know?

00:31:38.339 --> 00:31:39.460
 If it was up for smart people,

00:31:39.539 --> 00:31:39.819
 we would,

00:31:39.940 --> 00:31:40.680
 they would figure it out

00:31:40.680 --> 00:31:41.200
 and we wouldn't.

00:31:42.160 --> 00:31:43.240
 And it's really just like

00:31:43.240 --> 00:31:44.000
 praying that,

00:31:44.539 --> 00:31:44.839
 like,

00:31:45.039 --> 00:31:46.640
 to a God with confidence

00:31:46.640 --> 00:31:47.940
 that He has the ability

00:31:47.940 --> 00:31:48.779
 and when He's ready,

00:31:48.860 --> 00:31:49.460
 He'll do it.

00:31:49.799 --> 00:31:49.819
 Like,

00:31:50.339 --> 00:31:52.319
 I've told my brother before,

00:31:52.420 --> 00:31:52.480
 like,

00:31:52.480 --> 00:31:53.240
 you can run from Him

00:31:53.240 --> 00:31:54.000
 but you can't hide.

00:31:54.259 --> 00:31:54.480
 Like,

00:31:54.980 --> 00:31:55.799
 He's going to find you

00:31:55.799 --> 00:31:56.400
 and when He does,

00:31:56.480 --> 00:31:56.680
 like,

00:31:57.360 --> 00:31:58.059
 there's nothing you're going

00:31:58.059 --> 00:31:58.720
 to be able to do.

00:31:58.839 --> 00:31:59.819
 He's going to corner you.

00:32:00.599 --> 00:32:01.700
 He's going to kick down the door

00:32:01.700 --> 00:32:02.799
 and He's going to make you His.

00:32:02.919 --> 00:32:03.039
 Like,

00:32:03.039 --> 00:32:04.439
 I talk to my brother like that,

00:32:04.480 --> 00:32:04.679
 you know,

00:32:04.679 --> 00:32:05.159
 sometimes.

00:32:07.279 --> 00:32:07.919
 But again,

00:32:08.000 --> 00:32:09.220
 if their salvation

00:32:09.220 --> 00:32:10.079
 was tied to,

00:32:10.159 --> 00:32:10.319
 like,

00:32:10.339 --> 00:32:11.399
 their own ability

00:32:11.399 --> 00:32:11.740
 to,

00:32:11.779 --> 00:32:11.899
 like,

00:32:11.919 --> 00:32:12.559
 get it together,

00:32:12.679 --> 00:32:13.859
 that'd be a really sad prayer.

00:32:14.659 --> 00:32:15.200
 But if it's like,

00:32:15.259 --> 00:32:15.399
 no,

00:32:15.439 --> 00:32:15.539
 no,

00:32:15.599 --> 00:32:16.639
 God's the one in charge

00:32:16.639 --> 00:32:17.799
 and God can do it,

00:32:17.939 --> 00:32:18.240
 you know?

00:32:18.859 --> 00:32:19.200
 So,

00:32:19.339 --> 00:32:20.059
 and God uses

00:32:20.059 --> 00:32:21.960
 the prayers

00:32:21.960 --> 00:32:23.720
 and intercessions

00:32:23.720 --> 00:32:24.439
 of His people

00:32:24.439 --> 00:32:25.899
 to accomplish His will.

00:32:26.259 --> 00:32:26.419
 So,

00:32:27.079 --> 00:32:28.200
 as you're praying that,

00:32:28.259 --> 00:32:28.359
 like,

00:32:28.399 --> 00:32:28.879
 that should actually

00:32:28.879 --> 00:32:29.799
 just give us confidence

00:32:29.799 --> 00:32:30.639
 that God is like,

00:32:31.000 --> 00:32:31.819
 He's hearing you,

00:32:31.919 --> 00:32:32.220
 you know?

00:32:32.579 --> 00:32:33.339
 And we're pleading

00:32:33.339 --> 00:32:34.519
 on their behalf.

00:32:35.559 --> 00:32:35.819
 So,

00:32:36.720 --> 00:32:38.099
 short answer to that,

00:32:38.180 --> 00:32:38.500
 I guess.

00:32:39.599 --> 00:32:40.480
 Anything else?

00:32:40.579 --> 00:32:42.539
 All right.

00:32:46.579 --> 00:32:49.720
 Now we get into

00:32:49.720 --> 00:32:51.559
 another controversial

00:32:51.559 --> 00:32:52.639
 part of this,

00:32:53.579 --> 00:32:56.539
 which is the question,

00:32:56.539 --> 00:32:57.159
 like,

00:32:57.159 --> 00:32:57.159


00:32:57.159 --> 00:32:58.920
 if God has chosen

00:32:58.920 --> 00:33:00.000
 some for salvation,

00:33:00.119 --> 00:33:01.019
 that also means,

00:33:01.099 --> 00:33:01.920
 on the flip side,

00:33:02.639 --> 00:33:03.500
 that He's also chosen

00:33:03.500 --> 00:33:04.899
 not to save

00:33:04.899 --> 00:33:06.039
 other people.

00:33:06.839 --> 00:33:07.059
 And,

00:33:08.059 --> 00:33:08.599
 remember,

00:33:08.980 --> 00:33:09.519
 that the king,

00:33:09.639 --> 00:33:10.500
 I pardon you and you,

00:33:10.599 --> 00:33:11.599
 but you I don't.

00:33:14.399 --> 00:33:15.519
 It's the inevitable

00:33:15.519 --> 00:33:17.220
 other side of this.

00:33:18.079 --> 00:33:18.319
 And,

00:33:18.399 --> 00:33:19.379
 it's what's referred to

00:33:19.379 --> 00:33:20.819
 as reprobation.

00:33:20.819 --> 00:33:22.179
 And,

00:33:22.240 --> 00:33:22.859
 it's the opposite

00:33:22.859 --> 00:33:23.519
 of election,

00:33:23.639 --> 00:33:24.159
 if you look here.

00:33:24.960 --> 00:33:25.740
 It's the sovereign

00:33:25.740 --> 00:33:26.939
 decision of God

00:33:26.939 --> 00:33:27.759
 before creation

00:33:27.759 --> 00:33:28.799
 to pass over

00:33:28.799 --> 00:33:30.480
 some persons.

00:33:31.519 --> 00:33:32.119
 In sorrow,

00:33:32.240 --> 00:33:33.039
 deciding not

00:33:33.039 --> 00:33:34.339
 to save them

00:33:34.339 --> 00:33:36.220
 and to punish them

00:33:36.220 --> 00:33:36.899
 for their sins

00:33:36.899 --> 00:33:37.899
 and thereby manifest

00:33:37.899 --> 00:33:38.879
 His justice.

00:33:39.839 --> 00:33:40.579
 In other words,

00:33:40.700 --> 00:33:41.879
 God gives them over

00:33:41.879 --> 00:33:43.399
 to their already

00:33:43.399 --> 00:33:44.700
 sinful devices.

00:33:45.700 --> 00:33:46.159
 All right?

00:33:46.560 --> 00:33:46.880
 And,

00:33:48.060 --> 00:33:48.660
 let me just tell you

00:33:48.660 --> 00:33:49.160
 where we see this

00:33:49.160 --> 00:33:49.900
 in the scripture first

00:33:49.900 --> 00:33:50.580
 and then we'll talk

00:33:50.580 --> 00:33:51.080
 about it.

00:33:52.000 --> 00:33:52.440
 But,

00:33:52.540 --> 00:33:53.019
 the first scripture

00:33:53.019 --> 00:33:53.660
 I have here

00:33:53.660 --> 00:33:55.420
 is in Isaiah.

00:33:56.340 --> 00:33:56.560
 So,

00:33:56.620 --> 00:33:56.920
 remember,

00:33:59.300 --> 00:34:00.140
 unbelief

00:34:00.140 --> 00:34:00.740
 is

00:34:00.740 --> 00:34:02.380
 a judgment.

00:34:03.180 --> 00:34:03.540
 People

00:34:03.540 --> 00:34:04.460
 not able

00:34:04.460 --> 00:34:06.000
 to see and hear.

00:34:06.120 --> 00:34:06.180
 And,

00:34:06.240 --> 00:34:06.740
 it says this

00:34:06.740 --> 00:34:07.580
 in verse 9.

00:34:08.480 --> 00:34:09.000
 He said,

00:34:09.119 --> 00:34:10.240
 Go and say to those people,

00:34:10.300 --> 00:34:11.139
 this is after the great

00:34:11.139 --> 00:34:12.200
 commission of Isaiah,

00:34:12.300 --> 00:34:12.500
 right?

00:34:13.119 --> 00:34:14.059
 Keep on hearing,

00:34:14.980 --> 00:34:16.099
 but do not understand.

00:34:16.279 --> 00:34:17.179
 Keep on seeing,

00:34:17.359 --> 00:34:18.359
 but do not perceive.

00:34:19.420 --> 00:34:20.179
 Make the heart

00:34:20.179 --> 00:34:20.779
 of this people

00:34:20.779 --> 00:34:22.159
 dull and their eyes

00:34:22.159 --> 00:34:22.639
 heavy,

00:34:23.299 --> 00:34:25.159
 and blind their eyes,

00:34:25.639 --> 00:34:26.299
 lest they see

00:34:26.299 --> 00:34:27.119
 with their eyes

00:34:27.119 --> 00:34:29.039
 and hear with their ears

00:34:29.039 --> 00:34:30.539
 and understand

00:34:30.539 --> 00:34:31.299
 with their hearts

00:34:31.299 --> 00:34:32.539
 and turn and be healed.

00:34:33.599 --> 00:34:34.480
 That's like a sad

00:34:34.480 --> 00:34:35.159
 commission.

00:34:36.059 --> 00:34:36.839
 That's what he said

00:34:36.839 --> 00:34:37.679
 to Isaiah right after.

00:34:37.739 --> 00:34:37.859
 He said,

00:34:37.920 --> 00:34:38.359
 Here am I.

00:34:38.460 --> 00:34:38.899
 Send me.

00:34:39.019 --> 00:34:39.139
 So,

00:34:39.199 --> 00:34:40.319
 basically go and preach,

00:34:40.920 --> 00:34:41.799
 but they're not

00:34:41.799 --> 00:34:42.239
 going to hear.

00:34:43.500 --> 00:34:43.799
 And,

00:34:43.799 --> 00:34:44.899
 and reflecting on that

00:34:44.899 --> 00:34:45.539
 in John,

00:34:46.159 --> 00:34:47.519
 John 12,

00:34:48.659 --> 00:34:49.099
 it sucks,

00:34:49.199 --> 00:34:49.339
 you know,

00:34:49.339 --> 00:34:50.179
 talking about the Lord

00:34:50.179 --> 00:34:50.319
 here,

00:34:50.359 --> 00:34:50.940
 talking about Jesus

00:34:50.940 --> 00:34:53.179
 after he did these

00:34:53.179 --> 00:34:54.500
 miracles and things.

00:34:55.079 --> 00:34:55.299
 So,

00:34:55.359 --> 00:34:56.019
 though he had done

00:34:56.019 --> 00:34:57.619
 so many signs

00:34:57.619 --> 00:34:58.359
 before them,

00:34:58.819 --> 00:35:00.099
 they still did not

00:35:00.099 --> 00:35:01.079
 believe in him.

00:35:02.119 --> 00:35:02.980
 So that,

00:35:03.159 --> 00:35:03.339
 so,

00:35:03.420 --> 00:35:04.199
 so why didn't they

00:35:04.199 --> 00:35:04.819
 believe in him?

00:35:05.639 --> 00:35:06.639
 That's the question.

00:35:07.000 --> 00:35:08.259
 Why didn't they believe?

00:35:08.260 --> 00:35:10.800
 So that the word

00:35:10.800 --> 00:35:11.900
 spoken by the prophet

00:35:11.900 --> 00:35:12.960
 Isaiah might be

00:35:12.960 --> 00:35:13.420
 fulfilled.

00:35:14.540 --> 00:35:14.980
 Lord,

00:35:16.040 --> 00:35:17.120
 who has believed

00:35:17.120 --> 00:35:18.240
 what he heard from us

00:35:18.240 --> 00:35:19.040
 and to whom has the

00:35:19.040 --> 00:35:19.660
 arm of the Lord

00:35:19.660 --> 00:35:20.280
 been revealed?

00:35:21.160 --> 00:35:22.000
 They could not

00:35:22.000 --> 00:35:22.480
 believe.

00:35:23.340 --> 00:35:23.960
 For again,

00:35:24.060 --> 00:35:24.860
 Isaiah said,

00:35:25.400 --> 00:35:26.160
 he has blinded

00:35:26.160 --> 00:35:26.800
 their eyes

00:35:26.800 --> 00:35:27.260
 and hardened

00:35:27.260 --> 00:35:27.900
 their heart

00:35:27.900 --> 00:35:29.160
 unless they see

00:35:29.160 --> 00:35:29.860
 with their eyes

00:35:29.860 --> 00:35:30.560
 and understand

00:35:30.560 --> 00:35:31.460
 with their heart

00:35:31.460 --> 00:35:32.640
 and turn

00:35:32.640 --> 00:35:33.760
 and I would heal

00:35:33.760 --> 00:35:34.020
 them.

00:35:35.060 --> 00:35:35.300
 So,

00:35:35.400 --> 00:35:35.680
 wow,

00:35:35.679 --> 00:35:37.259
 like judgment.

00:35:39.119 --> 00:35:39.799
 And then,

00:35:40.299 --> 00:35:41.419
 we looked at this one.

00:35:42.319 --> 00:35:43.599
 We did Romans 9,

00:35:43.819 --> 00:35:44.739
 but very clearly.

00:35:45.879 --> 00:35:46.779
 But it talks about

00:35:46.779 --> 00:35:47.239
 Pharaoh.

00:35:48.259 --> 00:35:49.039
 God said to him,

00:35:49.219 --> 00:35:49.960
 for this very purpose

00:35:49.960 --> 00:35:50.759
 I've raised you up

00:35:50.759 --> 00:35:51.519
 that I might show

00:35:51.519 --> 00:35:52.440
 my power in you

00:35:52.440 --> 00:35:53.099
 that my name

00:35:53.099 --> 00:35:53.799
 might be proclaimed

00:35:53.799 --> 00:35:54.460
 in all the earth.

00:35:55.099 --> 00:35:56.019
 So then he has mercy

00:35:56.019 --> 00:35:56.739
 in whom he desires

00:35:56.739 --> 00:35:57.519
 and he hardens

00:35:57.519 --> 00:35:58.579
 whom he desires.

00:36:00.099 --> 00:36:00.960
 If you read

00:36:00.960 --> 00:36:02.019
 Exodus,

00:36:02.859 --> 00:36:03.679
 it talks about how

00:36:03.679 --> 00:36:04.879
 I think it's three times

00:36:04.879 --> 00:36:05.219
 that

00:36:05.219 --> 00:36:07.179
 that says

00:36:07.179 --> 00:36:07.899
 that the Lord

00:36:07.899 --> 00:36:09.039
 hardened Pharaoh's heart.

00:36:10.279 --> 00:36:10.579
 And then,

00:36:10.619 --> 00:36:11.359
 and then lastly,

00:36:11.579 --> 00:36:11.699
 you know,

00:36:11.719 --> 00:36:12.739
 you have 1 Peter there,

00:36:13.419 --> 00:36:14.019
 chapter 2.

00:36:15.539 --> 00:36:16.359
 The stone,

00:36:16.480 --> 00:36:17.239
 the builders rejected

00:36:17.239 --> 00:36:18.519
 to become the cornerstone,

00:36:19.359 --> 00:36:20.119
 a stumbling of,

00:36:20.659 --> 00:36:21.980
 a stone of stumbling,

00:36:22.119 --> 00:36:23.039
 a rock of offense.

00:36:23.619 --> 00:36:24.199
 They stumble

00:36:24.199 --> 00:36:25.159
 because they disobeyed

00:36:25.159 --> 00:36:25.639
 the word

00:36:25.639 --> 00:36:27.359
 and as they were

00:36:27.359 --> 00:36:28.439
 destined to do.

00:36:28.659 --> 00:36:28.739
 Like,

00:36:28.859 --> 00:36:29.099
 wow.

00:36:31.239 --> 00:36:31.679
 So,

00:36:32.179 --> 00:36:33.919
 I know those are

00:36:33.919 --> 00:36:34.559
 hard words,

00:36:34.559 --> 00:36:35.259
 but it just really

00:36:35.259 --> 00:36:36.000
 just means,

00:36:36.360 --> 00:36:36.619
 like,

00:36:37.219 --> 00:36:38.159
 so what does it mean

00:36:38.159 --> 00:36:39.239
 to harden somebody?

00:36:41.000 --> 00:36:41.739
 It's important

00:36:41.739 --> 00:36:42.559
 to understand this,

00:36:42.599 --> 00:36:43.480
 but it doesn't mean

00:36:43.480 --> 00:36:45.219
 like God

00:36:45.219 --> 00:36:46.639
 just zaps somebody

00:36:46.639 --> 00:36:47.659
 and,

00:36:47.659 --> 00:36:48.139
 and like,

00:36:48.400 --> 00:36:49.179
 evil comes out

00:36:49.179 --> 00:36:49.779
 of his finger

00:36:49.779 --> 00:36:51.259
 and it hits them

00:36:51.259 --> 00:36:52.199
 and they become bad

00:36:52.199 --> 00:36:53.920
 because that means

00:36:53.920 --> 00:36:54.440
 that evil,

00:36:54.900 --> 00:36:55.659
 God's the source,

00:36:55.820 --> 00:36:56.739
 is coming from him.

00:36:56.739 --> 00:36:58.459
 what it really means

00:36:58.459 --> 00:36:59.419
 is he just does this,

00:36:59.459 --> 00:36:59.919
 he just goes,

00:37:01.179 --> 00:37:02.619
 like,

00:37:02.839 --> 00:37:03.139
 okay.

00:37:04.119 --> 00:37:04.439
 Like,

00:37:04.679 --> 00:37:05.359
 that's what it says

00:37:05.359 --> 00:37:06.039
 in Romans 1,

00:37:06.119 --> 00:37:07.179
 he gave them over,

00:37:07.579 --> 00:37:08.539
 he gave them up

00:37:08.539 --> 00:37:09.559
 and it says that

00:37:09.559 --> 00:37:10.399
 three times,

00:37:10.579 --> 00:37:11.579
 I think,

00:37:11.619 --> 00:37:12.479
 in Romans 1.

00:37:13.119 --> 00:37:14.299
 It just means

00:37:14.299 --> 00:37:17.419
 that he leaves them

00:37:17.419 --> 00:37:19.159
 to their already

00:37:19.159 --> 00:37:20.839
 existing depravity.

00:37:21.840 --> 00:37:21.980
 right?

00:37:23.280 --> 00:37:23.720
 And,

00:37:24.860 --> 00:37:25.079
 it,

00:37:25.220 --> 00:37:25.500
 uh,

00:37:26.280 --> 00:37:27.100
 so what we would call

00:37:27.100 --> 00:37:27.980
 common grace,

00:37:28.079 --> 00:37:29.180
 there's these restraints

00:37:29.180 --> 00:37:30.460
 of God on man

00:37:30.460 --> 00:37:31.980
 that keep them

00:37:31.980 --> 00:37:32.620
 from becoming,

00:37:32.800 --> 00:37:33.360
 we talked about this

00:37:33.360 --> 00:37:34.039
 two weeks ago,

00:37:34.620 --> 00:37:35.280
 the difference between

00:37:35.280 --> 00:37:36.160
 utter depravity

00:37:36.160 --> 00:37:37.120
 and total depravity,

00:37:37.220 --> 00:37:37.460
 right?

00:37:37.460 --> 00:37:37.880
 Like,

00:37:39.000 --> 00:37:40.639
 if God removes

00:37:40.639 --> 00:37:41.579
 some of those things,

00:37:42.159 --> 00:37:43.360
 we become more evil,

00:37:43.500 --> 00:37:43.980
 like we,

00:37:44.519 --> 00:37:46.019
 our depravity gets worse,

00:37:46.579 --> 00:37:47.720
 and so we're already

00:37:47.720 --> 00:37:48.280
 sinful

00:37:48.280 --> 00:37:49.820
 on our own,

00:37:50.599 --> 00:37:51.380
 and any goodness

00:37:51.380 --> 00:37:52.199
 that we have in us

00:37:52.199 --> 00:37:52.559
 at all

00:37:52.559 --> 00:37:53.500
 is because of God's

00:37:53.500 --> 00:37:54.480
 grace in our lives.

00:37:54.539 --> 00:37:54.980
 What he does,

00:37:55.039 --> 00:37:56.000
 he just backs off,

00:37:56.059 --> 00:37:56.280
 he goes,

00:37:56.360 --> 00:37:56.539
 okay,

00:37:56.960 --> 00:37:58.480
 I'm abandoning,

00:37:58.659 --> 00:37:59.599
 abandoning you

00:37:59.599 --> 00:38:00.579
 to the consequences

00:38:00.579 --> 00:38:01.860
 of your sin.

00:38:02.880 --> 00:38:03.280
 So,

00:38:03.559 --> 00:38:04.400
 Jonathan Edwards here

00:38:04.400 --> 00:38:04.760
 wrote,

00:38:06.000 --> 00:38:06.320
 um,

00:38:06.320 --> 00:38:09.340
 about hardening

00:38:09.340 --> 00:38:09.820
 of the heart.

00:38:10.500 --> 00:38:10.780
 He said,

00:38:10.860 --> 00:38:11.800
 God is said

00:38:11.800 --> 00:38:12.480
 to harden men

00:38:12.480 --> 00:38:13.280
 in two ways.

00:38:14.080 --> 00:38:14.580
 First,

00:38:14.780 --> 00:38:15.840
 is by withholding

00:38:15.840 --> 00:38:17.280
 the powerful influences

00:38:17.280 --> 00:38:19.820
 of his Holy Spirit,

00:38:20.500 --> 00:38:21.620
 without which their hearts

00:38:21.620 --> 00:38:22.519
 remain hardened

00:38:22.519 --> 00:38:23.240
 and grow harder.

00:38:23.980 --> 00:38:24.820
 In this sense,

00:38:24.880 --> 00:38:25.620
 he hardens them

00:38:25.620 --> 00:38:26.440
 and leads them

00:38:26.440 --> 00:38:27.500
 to their hardness.

00:38:28.680 --> 00:38:29.880
 He does it also

00:38:29.880 --> 00:38:31.539
 by ordering those things

00:38:31.539 --> 00:38:32.480
 in his providence,

00:38:33.260 --> 00:38:34.580
 which through the abuse

00:38:34.580 --> 00:38:35.360
 of their corruption

00:38:35.360 --> 00:38:36.300
 become the occasion

00:38:36.300 --> 00:38:37.420
 of their hardening.

00:38:38.400 --> 00:38:38.740
 Thus,

00:38:38.820 --> 00:38:39.780
 God sends his word

00:38:39.780 --> 00:38:40.360
 and ordinances

00:38:40.360 --> 00:38:40.860
 to men,

00:38:40.960 --> 00:38:42.140
 which by their abuse

00:38:42.140 --> 00:38:43.180
 prove on occasion

00:38:43.180 --> 00:38:44.120
 of their hardening.

00:38:44.900 --> 00:38:45.140
 So,

00:38:45.180 --> 00:38:45.780
 does that make sense?

00:38:45.880 --> 00:38:46.060
 So,

00:38:46.160 --> 00:38:47.400
 so,

00:38:47.400 --> 00:38:48.260
 providentially,

00:38:48.380 --> 00:38:50.640
 God arranged the Exodus,

00:38:50.940 --> 00:38:51.760
 arranged the people

00:38:51.760 --> 00:38:52.519
 leaving Egypt,

00:38:52.640 --> 00:38:53.720
 and arranged the Red Sea

00:38:53.720 --> 00:38:54.200
 encounter

00:38:54.200 --> 00:38:56.560
 to be the circumstances

00:38:56.560 --> 00:38:58.420
 of Pharaoh's hardening.

00:38:59.400 --> 00:38:59.519
 So,

00:38:59.600 --> 00:39:01.680
 God knows what it takes

00:39:01.680 --> 00:39:02.180
 to put us

00:39:02.180 --> 00:39:03.920
 in that position.

00:39:03.920 --> 00:39:06.539
 another thing that

00:39:06.539 --> 00:39:07.460
 Jonathan Edwards wrote

00:39:07.460 --> 00:39:08.159
 that I don't have a quote

00:39:08.159 --> 00:39:08.639
 for here,

00:39:08.760 --> 00:39:09.619
 if this is helpful.

00:39:11.059 --> 00:39:12.039
 I found it helpful.

00:39:14.380 --> 00:39:15.240
 I want you to think

00:39:15.240 --> 00:39:17.500
 about the sun

00:39:17.500 --> 00:39:18.440
 and the earth.

00:39:20.099 --> 00:39:20.860
 People have already

00:39:20.860 --> 00:39:21.619
 heard this in the room.

00:39:21.619 --> 00:39:22.839
 but,

00:39:23.599 --> 00:39:24.319
 like the sun

00:39:24.319 --> 00:39:24.920
 and the earth.

00:39:25.659 --> 00:39:26.319
 The sun

00:39:26.319 --> 00:39:28.059
 just gives two things

00:39:28.059 --> 00:39:28.659
 to the earth,

00:39:28.739 --> 00:39:28.980
 right?

00:39:29.059 --> 00:39:29.940
 It gives light

00:39:29.940 --> 00:39:31.819
 and it gives heat.

00:39:33.239 --> 00:39:33.719
 And,

00:39:33.839 --> 00:39:35.039
 if you took away light

00:39:35.039 --> 00:39:36.179
 or if you took away heat,

00:39:36.579 --> 00:39:37.179
 you just,

00:39:37.299 --> 00:39:38.199
 everything would die here.

00:39:38.359 --> 00:39:39.319
 We would have no life.

00:39:40.300 --> 00:39:40.519
 So,

00:39:40.640 --> 00:39:41.500
 kind of follow me there.

00:39:42.539 --> 00:39:42.900
 So,

00:39:43.200 --> 00:39:44.320
 while the sun

00:39:44.320 --> 00:39:45.320
 is in its right place,

00:39:45.360 --> 00:39:46.100
 we have life.

00:39:46.720 --> 00:39:47.480
 We're getting light

00:39:47.480 --> 00:39:48.360
 and we're getting heat.

00:39:48.920 --> 00:39:49.039
 But,

00:39:49.080 --> 00:39:49.900
 if the sun just went,

00:39:51.260 --> 00:39:52.559
 like they were just,

00:39:53.019 --> 00:39:54.100
 certain things would happen

00:39:54.100 --> 00:39:55.700
 because of an absence

00:39:55.700 --> 00:39:57.800
 of the sun's presence.

00:39:58.940 --> 00:39:59.340
 And,

00:39:59.400 --> 00:40:00.760
 it's very similar with God.

00:40:00.840 --> 00:40:01.059
 Like,

00:40:01.100 --> 00:40:02.220
 when God is being gracious

00:40:02.220 --> 00:40:02.840
 to us,

00:40:03.220 --> 00:40:04.059
 we have life.

00:40:04.059 --> 00:40:06.320
 We have good things.

00:40:06.539 --> 00:40:07.059
 We have health,

00:40:07.840 --> 00:40:08.200
 et cetera.

00:40:08.199 --> 00:40:09.379
 And,

00:40:09.439 --> 00:40:10.159
 at very best,

00:40:10.319 --> 00:40:10.839
 salvation.

00:40:11.559 --> 00:40:11.739
 But,

00:40:11.819 --> 00:40:12.239
 if he was to,

00:40:12.319 --> 00:40:12.419
 like,

00:40:12.500 --> 00:40:13.099
 back away,

00:40:14.219 --> 00:40:15.299
 certain things happen

00:40:15.299 --> 00:40:16.259
 out of want

00:40:16.259 --> 00:40:17.159
 of his presence.

00:40:17.259 --> 00:40:17.919
 Does that make sense?

00:40:18.559 --> 00:40:19.039
 As,

00:40:19.119 --> 00:40:21.299
 as the idea of hardening

00:40:21.299 --> 00:40:22.179
 comes into play.

00:40:23.339 --> 00:40:23.859
 So,

00:40:24.899 --> 00:40:26.099
 anything on that

00:40:26.099 --> 00:40:27.759
 before we do some

00:40:27.759 --> 00:40:29.539
 closing things?

00:40:29.579 --> 00:40:30.219
 Anything else?

00:40:31.599 --> 00:40:32.119
 Yeah.

00:40:32.119 --> 00:40:32.179
 Yeah.

00:40:32.179 --> 00:40:32.239
 Yeah.

00:40:36.299 --> 00:40:37.179
 Yeah.

00:40:38.199 --> 00:40:41.539
 Can the

00:40:41.539 --> 00:40:42.219
 reprimand

00:40:42.219 --> 00:40:44.960
 ever be saved?

00:40:47.419 --> 00:40:47.699
 No.

00:40:48.439 --> 00:40:48.759
 Because,

00:40:48.839 --> 00:40:49.119
 that means

00:40:49.119 --> 00:40:49.699
 they would put them

00:40:49.699 --> 00:40:50.319
 in the category

00:40:50.319 --> 00:40:51.099
 of the elect

00:40:51.099 --> 00:40:51.719
 if they were

00:40:51.719 --> 00:40:53.019
 going to be saved.

00:40:53.419 --> 00:40:53.619
 So,

00:40:53.759 --> 00:40:55.239
 the question

00:40:55.239 --> 00:40:56.460
 that was from...

00:40:56.460 --> 00:40:56.679
 So,

00:40:56.739 --> 00:40:57.379
 don't hold me...

00:40:57.379 --> 00:40:58.899
 Answer that question.

00:40:59.259 --> 00:40:59.679
 Yeah.

00:40:59.679 --> 00:41:01.019
 But,

00:41:01.379 --> 00:41:02.599
 Nathan talked about

00:41:02.599 --> 00:41:03.599
 the mention of

00:41:03.599 --> 00:41:04.039
 the reprobate

00:41:04.039 --> 00:41:04.619
 in the passage.

00:41:05.879 --> 00:41:06.919
 When it says,

00:41:07.119 --> 00:41:08.199
 what then is there

00:41:08.199 --> 00:41:08.980
 fail to obtain

00:41:08.980 --> 00:41:09.659
 what he's seeking?

00:41:10.099 --> 00:41:10.799
 They left the weakness

00:41:10.799 --> 00:41:11.679
 of the rest of the heart.

00:41:12.319 --> 00:41:12.619
 And so,

00:41:12.659 --> 00:41:13.379
 he mentions that

00:41:13.379 --> 00:41:14.919
 those who were reprobate.

00:41:14.920 --> 00:41:18.000
 I guess my confusion

00:41:18.000 --> 00:41:18.680
 comes in

00:41:18.680 --> 00:41:19.860
 when

00:41:19.860 --> 00:41:21.619
 verse 11

00:41:21.619 --> 00:41:22.400
 says,

00:41:22.639 --> 00:41:23.139
 so I ask

00:41:23.139 --> 00:41:23.680
 that they stumble

00:41:23.680 --> 00:41:24.260
 in order that

00:41:24.260 --> 00:41:25.180
 they might fall

00:41:25.180 --> 00:41:26.680
 by no means.

00:41:27.159 --> 00:41:27.380
 Rather,

00:41:27.519 --> 00:41:28.240
 through their trespasses

00:41:28.240 --> 00:41:28.559
 they say,

00:41:28.680 --> 00:41:29.539
 salvation has come

00:41:29.539 --> 00:41:30.380
 to the Gentiles

00:41:30.380 --> 00:41:31.539
 so as to make

00:41:31.539 --> 00:41:32.200
 this a little

00:41:32.200 --> 00:41:33.079
 point.

00:41:33.260 --> 00:41:34.159
 All that means

00:41:34.159 --> 00:41:36.300
 some of Israel

00:41:36.300 --> 00:41:38.139
 who,

00:41:38.880 --> 00:41:39.720
 that it just says

00:41:39.720 --> 00:41:40.300
 was hardened

00:41:40.300 --> 00:41:41.900
 or broken off.

00:41:42.320 --> 00:41:43.139
 He also says,

00:41:43.260 --> 00:41:44.380
 maybe grab the back.

00:41:44.380 --> 00:41:45.680
 And later

00:41:45.680 --> 00:41:46.579
 in the first time.

00:41:48.640 --> 00:41:49.579
 I know what

00:41:49.579 --> 00:41:50.260
 he's talking about.

00:41:50.440 --> 00:41:50.780
 Like I,

00:41:51.940 --> 00:41:52.619
 preach the rest

00:41:52.619 --> 00:41:53.320
 of Romans 11

00:41:53.320 --> 00:41:54.140
 for us tonight.

00:41:54.400 --> 00:41:54.640
 Oh,

00:41:54.720 --> 00:41:54.920
 okay.

00:41:55.160 --> 00:41:55.460
 No.

00:41:55.519 --> 00:41:56.099
 We'll record it

00:41:56.099 --> 00:41:56.539
 and play it

00:41:56.539 --> 00:41:57.059
 next week.

00:41:58.780 --> 00:41:59.260
 No.

00:41:59.660 --> 00:42:00.059
 John,

00:42:00.160 --> 00:42:00.519
 we'll get into

00:42:00.519 --> 00:42:01.180
 that one next.

00:42:01.460 --> 00:42:01.760
 The,

00:42:01.860 --> 00:42:02.079
 uh,

00:42:02.079 --> 00:42:04.420
 from the place

00:42:04.420 --> 00:42:05.160
 he's standing

00:42:05.160 --> 00:42:06.220
 he's saying

00:42:06.220 --> 00:42:06.840
 what we're seeing

00:42:06.840 --> 00:42:08.000
 some place

00:42:08.000 --> 00:42:08.579
 may be right

00:42:08.579 --> 00:42:09.599
 but others not.

00:42:10.180 --> 00:42:10.760
 And he goes on

00:42:10.760 --> 00:42:11.700
 to say in Romans 11

00:42:11.700 --> 00:42:12.160
 but,

00:42:12.519 --> 00:42:13.280
 but they can,

00:42:13.500 --> 00:42:13.780
 right,

00:42:13.780 --> 00:42:14.580
 they can place

00:42:14.580 --> 00:42:15.600
 faith in Christ.

00:42:16.019 --> 00:42:16.280
 Sorry,

00:42:16.360 --> 00:42:16.620
 the one,

00:42:16.820 --> 00:42:17.100
 um,

00:42:17.580 --> 00:42:17.800
 yeah,

00:42:17.980 --> 00:42:20.760
 but I wouldn't

00:42:20.760 --> 00:42:21.220
 get yourself

00:42:21.220 --> 00:42:21.800
 wrapped into

00:42:21.800 --> 00:42:22.880
 the categories

00:42:22.880 --> 00:42:23.680
 because those

00:42:23.680 --> 00:42:24.080
 categories

00:42:24.080 --> 00:42:24.340
 would be

00:42:24.340 --> 00:42:25.120
 quietly confined

00:42:25.120 --> 00:42:25.500
 to the end

00:42:25.500 --> 00:42:26.060
 of all things.

00:42:26.800 --> 00:42:27.120
 Hmm.

00:42:28.160 --> 00:42:28.560
 Yeah.

00:42:28.740 --> 00:42:29.120
 I mean,

00:42:29.660 --> 00:42:30.480
 it's just basically

00:42:30.480 --> 00:42:31.420
 when you say

00:42:31.420 --> 00:42:32.780
 elected

00:42:32.780 --> 00:42:33.880
 or reprobate,

00:42:33.920 --> 00:42:34.340
 it's just another

00:42:34.340 --> 00:42:34.820
 way of saying

00:42:34.820 --> 00:42:35.420
 believer,

00:42:35.800 --> 00:42:36.340
 unbeliever,

00:42:36.460 --> 00:42:36.780
 saved,

00:42:36.900 --> 00:42:37.460
 unsaved.

00:42:37.460 --> 00:42:38.360
 but yeah,

00:42:38.460 --> 00:42:38.619
 like,

00:42:38.760 --> 00:42:39.220
 in that,

00:42:39.260 --> 00:42:39.880
 in that particular

00:42:39.880 --> 00:42:40.400
 text,

00:42:40.440 --> 00:42:40.639
 like,

00:42:40.699 --> 00:42:41.000
 if you get

00:42:41.000 --> 00:42:41.519
 stuck in a,

00:42:42.300 --> 00:42:42.720
 um,

00:42:43.000 --> 00:42:43.960
 the terms

00:42:43.960 --> 00:42:44.480
 themselves,

00:42:44.599 --> 00:42:44.740
 like,

00:42:44.780 --> 00:42:44.880
 yeah,

00:42:44.880 --> 00:42:45.179
 you'll get

00:42:45.179 --> 00:42:45.679
 kind of

00:42:45.679 --> 00:42:47.159
 confused there.

00:42:47.380 --> 00:42:47.579
 So,

00:42:48.579 --> 00:42:48.860
 yeah,

00:42:48.960 --> 00:42:49.220
 but,

00:42:50.340 --> 00:42:50.960
 yeah,

00:42:51.019 --> 00:42:51.199
 I mean,

00:42:51.220 --> 00:42:51.619
 that's what's

00:42:51.619 --> 00:42:52.119
 just crazy.

00:42:52.260 --> 00:42:52.480
 It's just

00:42:52.480 --> 00:42:52.920
 everywhere.

00:42:53.179 --> 00:42:53.559
 I just never

00:42:53.559 --> 00:42:54.220
 saw a lot

00:42:54.220 --> 00:42:54.500
 of this

00:42:54.500 --> 00:42:55.260
 so long ago.

00:42:55.760 --> 00:42:56.179
 I also just

00:42:56.179 --> 00:42:56.480
 didn't really

00:42:56.480 --> 00:42:57.000
 read my Bible

00:42:57.000 --> 00:42:57.519
 much either.

00:42:58.519 --> 00:42:58.920
 Um,

00:42:59.240 --> 00:42:59.720
 enough to,

00:42:59.840 --> 00:42:59.900
 like,

00:42:59.900 --> 00:43:00.320
 make people

00:43:00.320 --> 00:43:00.699
 happy.

00:43:01.960 --> 00:43:02.340
 But,

00:43:02.440 --> 00:43:02.579
 yep,

00:43:02.800 --> 00:43:03.380
 Romans 11.

00:43:04.139 --> 00:43:04.460
 You thought

00:43:04.460 --> 00:43:04.760
 we would get

00:43:04.760 --> 00:43:05.139
 out of that

00:43:05.139 --> 00:43:05.760
 in Romans 9,

00:43:05.760 --> 00:43:05.980
 but,

00:43:06.020 --> 00:43:06.400
 oh no,

00:43:06.500 --> 00:43:06.900
 there's more

00:43:06.900 --> 00:43:07.380
 to come.

00:43:26.660 --> 00:43:27.100
 Yeah.

00:43:27.100 --> 00:43:27.160
 Yeah.

00:43:34.760 --> 00:43:35.240
 Yeah.

00:43:35.760 --> 00:43:36.400
 Um,

00:43:38.460 --> 00:43:40.640
 like,

00:43:41.060 --> 00:43:41.340
 the,

00:43:42.500 --> 00:43:43.540
 let me think

00:43:43.540 --> 00:43:43.760
 here.

00:43:44.400 --> 00:43:45.160
 In the last,

00:43:45.280 --> 00:43:45.480
 like,

00:43:45.700 --> 00:43:46.340
 few years,

00:43:46.420 --> 00:43:46.860
 last couple

00:43:46.860 --> 00:43:47.720
 years particularly,

00:43:48.680 --> 00:43:49.160
 um,

00:43:49.460 --> 00:43:51.260
 I would,

00:43:51.280 --> 00:43:51.500
 I would

00:43:51.500 --> 00:43:52.320
 probably say

00:43:52.320 --> 00:43:53.600
 since Russia

00:43:53.600 --> 00:43:54.620
 invaded Ukraine,

00:43:55.820 --> 00:43:56.320
 Hamas

00:43:56.320 --> 00:43:57.280
 invaded Israel,

00:43:58.220 --> 00:43:58.500
 like,

00:43:58.540 --> 00:43:58.940
 we haven't

00:43:58.940 --> 00:43:59.400
 seen,

00:44:00.200 --> 00:44:00.720
 there's that

00:44:00.720 --> 00:44:01.040
 kind of stuff

00:44:01.040 --> 00:44:01.480
 that goes on

00:44:01.480 --> 00:44:01.980
 in the world,

00:44:01.980 --> 00:44:02.520
 but it's just

00:44:02.520 --> 00:44:03.960
 not for us

00:44:03.960 --> 00:44:04.700
 to see very

00:44:04.700 --> 00:44:05.040
 well.

00:44:05.039 --> 00:44:06.599
 And,

00:44:06.679 --> 00:44:07.139
 it's like

00:44:07.139 --> 00:44:07.500
 made us

00:44:07.500 --> 00:44:07.920
 wake up

00:44:07.920 --> 00:44:08.079
 like,

00:44:08.179 --> 00:44:08.420
 wow,

00:44:08.579 --> 00:44:08.940
 there's some

00:44:08.940 --> 00:44:09.500
 bad stuff

00:44:09.500 --> 00:44:10.000
 out there.

00:44:10.199 --> 00:44:10.380
 Like,

00:44:10.440 --> 00:44:10.699
 you mean

00:44:10.699 --> 00:44:11.000
 that not

00:44:11.000 --> 00:44:11.420
 everything's

00:44:11.420 --> 00:44:12.000
 just the way

00:44:12.000 --> 00:44:12.400
 it is in my

00:44:12.400 --> 00:44:12.739
 own little

00:44:12.739 --> 00:44:13.199
 world where

00:44:13.199 --> 00:44:13.639
 everybody's

00:44:13.639 --> 00:44:15.039
 mostly nice,

00:44:15.179 --> 00:44:15.900
 mostly polite.

00:44:17.360 --> 00:44:17.800
 Um,

00:44:17.800 --> 00:44:18.139
 I don't know

00:44:18.139 --> 00:44:18.500
 if it was a

00:44:18.500 --> 00:44:19.019
 mistake or

00:44:19.019 --> 00:44:19.340
 not.

00:44:21.099 --> 00:44:21.659
 Maybe it

00:44:21.659 --> 00:44:22.019
 wasn't,

00:44:22.099 --> 00:44:22.619
 but I,

00:44:22.659 --> 00:44:23.259
 I watched

00:44:23.259 --> 00:44:23.679
 some of the

00:44:23.679 --> 00:44:24.480
 videos that

00:44:24.480 --> 00:44:25.259
 Hamas made.

00:44:25.260 --> 00:44:29.060
 just brutal.

00:44:31.340 --> 00:44:31.700
 Anyway,

00:44:31.740 --> 00:44:32.180
 it tears you

00:44:32.180 --> 00:44:32.400
 up to

00:44:32.400 --> 00:44:32.660
 watch.

00:44:32.740 --> 00:44:33.040
 I'd actually

00:44:33.040 --> 00:44:33.560
 just recommend

00:44:33.560 --> 00:44:33.880
 that some

00:44:33.880 --> 00:44:34.080
 of you

00:44:34.080 --> 00:44:34.420
 don't.

00:44:34.580 --> 00:44:34.740
 If you,

00:44:36.000 --> 00:44:36.400
 but just

00:44:36.400 --> 00:44:37.160
 the blood,

00:44:37.320 --> 00:44:38.020
 the carnage,

00:44:38.160 --> 00:44:40.260
 the depravity

00:44:40.260 --> 00:44:40.760
 of what

00:44:40.760 --> 00:44:42.460
 man can

00:44:42.460 --> 00:44:43.140
 do to

00:44:43.140 --> 00:44:43.680
 other men.

00:44:43.679 --> 00:44:47.199
 and,

00:44:47.299 --> 00:44:47.579
 and even

00:44:47.579 --> 00:44:48.000
 if,

00:44:48.639 --> 00:44:49.500
 um,

00:44:50.779 --> 00:44:51.599
 Israel and

00:44:51.599 --> 00:44:52.179
 any other

00:44:52.179 --> 00:44:52.799
 allies,

00:44:52.919 --> 00:44:53.199
 like,

00:44:53.940 --> 00:44:54.359
 bring them

00:44:54.359 --> 00:44:54.899
 to justice

00:44:54.899 --> 00:44:55.299
 or,

00:44:55.339 --> 00:44:55.759
 or kill

00:44:55.759 --> 00:44:56.039
 them,

00:44:57.299 --> 00:44:57.679
 like,

00:44:58.399 --> 00:44:59.799
 the wickedness

00:44:59.799 --> 00:45:00.299
 of man,

00:45:00.460 --> 00:45:01.139
 when God

00:45:01.139 --> 00:45:01.960
 judges that

00:45:01.960 --> 00:45:02.480
 one day,

00:45:03.079 --> 00:45:03.599
 it'll be a

00:45:03.599 --> 00:45:04.339
 beautiful thing.

00:45:05.359 --> 00:45:05.500
 Like,

00:45:05.599 --> 00:45:05.899
 like,

00:45:05.980 --> 00:45:06.539
 my point is,

00:45:06.539 --> 00:45:06.759
 like,

00:45:06.819 --> 00:45:07.219
 he will be

00:45:07.219 --> 00:45:08.279
 magnified in

00:45:08.279 --> 00:45:08.839
 his justice.

00:45:09.119 --> 00:45:09.199
 Like,

00:45:09.219 --> 00:45:10.399
 it'll be

00:45:10.399 --> 00:45:10.859
 something that

00:45:10.859 --> 00:45:11.299
 we give him

00:45:11.299 --> 00:45:12.000
 great glory

00:45:12.000 --> 00:45:12.319
 for.

00:45:12.519 --> 00:45:12.799
 Like,

00:45:12.800 --> 00:45:13.740
 for being

00:45:13.740 --> 00:45:14.260
 a God

00:45:14.260 --> 00:45:14.460
 that,

00:45:14.539 --> 00:45:14.620
 like,

00:45:14.660 --> 00:45:15.280
 lets no

00:45:15.280 --> 00:45:16.100
 evil go

00:45:16.100 --> 00:45:16.720
 unpunished.

00:45:16.780 --> 00:45:17.039
 Like,

00:45:17.100 --> 00:45:17.440
 zero.

00:45:18.440 --> 00:45:19.080
 And he'll

00:45:19.080 --> 00:45:19.380
 do it

00:45:19.380 --> 00:45:19.940
 perfectly.

00:45:20.140 --> 00:45:20.300
 Like,

00:45:20.340 --> 00:45:21.380
 no injustice.

00:45:21.620 --> 00:45:21.800
 Not,

00:45:22.780 --> 00:45:23.640
 we all

00:45:23.640 --> 00:45:23.980
 will,

00:45:24.080 --> 00:45:24.780
 will see

00:45:24.780 --> 00:45:26.460
 him display

00:45:26.460 --> 00:45:26.740
 that.

00:45:26.840 --> 00:45:27.180
 And any

00:45:27.180 --> 00:45:27.660
 sin that

00:45:27.660 --> 00:45:28.140
 has,

00:45:28.320 --> 00:45:28.620
 that people

00:45:28.620 --> 00:45:29.120
 thought they

00:45:29.120 --> 00:45:29.580
 got away

00:45:29.580 --> 00:45:29.920
 with,

00:45:30.600 --> 00:45:31.019
 um,

00:45:31.380 --> 00:45:31.680
 he will

00:45:31.680 --> 00:45:32.000
 bring it

00:45:32.000 --> 00:45:32.420
 to perfect

00:45:32.420 --> 00:45:32.860
 justice.

00:45:33.460 --> 00:45:33.780
 And that's

00:45:33.780 --> 00:45:34.220
 why it says

00:45:34.220 --> 00:45:34.519
 that God

00:45:34.519 --> 00:45:34.980
 made everything

00:45:34.980 --> 00:45:35.580
 for a purpose,

00:45:35.660 --> 00:45:36.019
 even the

00:45:36.019 --> 00:45:36.260
 wicked,

00:45:36.480 --> 00:45:36.820
 for the

00:45:36.820 --> 00:45:37.140
 day of

00:45:37.140 --> 00:45:37.360
 evil.

00:45:37.620 --> 00:45:37.720
 Right?

00:45:37.780 --> 00:45:37.960
 Like,

00:45:38.039 --> 00:45:38.160
 he,

00:45:38.980 --> 00:45:39.340
 and,

00:45:39.400 --> 00:45:39.840
 and so,

00:45:40.660 --> 00:45:41.160
 while he's

00:45:41.160 --> 00:45:42.039
 destroying the

00:45:42.039 --> 00:45:42.320
 wicked,

00:45:42.500 --> 00:45:42.780
 you know,

00:45:42.800 --> 00:45:44.100
 and magnifying

00:45:44.100 --> 00:45:45.620
 his holiness

00:45:45.620 --> 00:45:46.180
 and his

00:45:46.180 --> 00:45:46.700
 righteousness,

00:45:47.780 --> 00:45:48.720
 simultaneously,

00:45:49.519 --> 00:45:50.500
 those of us

00:45:50.500 --> 00:45:50.880
 on the other

00:45:50.880 --> 00:45:51.500
 side will

00:45:51.500 --> 00:45:51.940
 just be going

00:45:51.940 --> 00:45:52.200
 like,

00:45:52.840 --> 00:45:54.260
 what?

00:45:54.660 --> 00:45:54.940
 You know,

00:45:54.980 --> 00:45:55.340
 why,

00:45:55.480 --> 00:45:57.180
 why aren't I

00:45:57.180 --> 00:45:57.740
 over there?

00:45:58.460 --> 00:45:58.760
 I,

00:45:58.920 --> 00:45:59.960
 I'm sinful.

00:46:00.220 --> 00:46:00.420
 Like,

00:46:00.420 --> 00:46:00.900
 I've rebelled

00:46:00.900 --> 00:46:01.640
 against God.

00:46:02.440 --> 00:46:02.960
 Why,

00:46:03.060 --> 00:46:03.780
 why has he

00:46:03.780 --> 00:46:04.260
 chosen

00:46:04.260 --> 00:46:06.000
 to save me?

00:46:06.679 --> 00:46:07.099
 And the

00:46:07.099 --> 00:46:07.719
 answer is like,

00:46:07.780 --> 00:46:07.980
 nothing,

00:46:08.039 --> 00:46:08.380
 there's no

00:46:08.380 --> 00:46:08.760
 reason.

00:46:08.980 --> 00:46:09.079
 Like,

00:46:09.079 --> 00:46:09.300
 there's no

00:46:09.300 --> 00:46:09.780
 reason that

00:46:09.780 --> 00:46:10.619
 in you

00:46:10.619 --> 00:46:11.659
 that he

00:46:11.659 --> 00:46:12.059
 did it.

00:46:12.119 --> 00:46:12.460
 So he

00:46:12.460 --> 00:46:13.340
 will

00:46:13.340 --> 00:46:14.059
 simultaneously

00:46:14.059 --> 00:46:15.940
 be bringing

00:46:15.940 --> 00:46:16.559
 glory to his

00:46:16.559 --> 00:46:17.239
 name by

00:46:17.239 --> 00:46:18.099
 sparing you

00:46:18.099 --> 00:46:18.619
 and showing

00:46:18.619 --> 00:46:19.219
 you mercy

00:46:19.219 --> 00:46:21.659
 and that

00:46:21.659 --> 00:46:22.239
 you are in

00:46:22.239 --> 00:46:22.900
 Christ

00:46:22.900 --> 00:46:25.599
 like Noah's

00:46:25.599 --> 00:46:25.900
 ark,

00:46:26.019 --> 00:46:26.340
 you know,

00:46:26.599 --> 00:46:26.840
 the,

00:46:27.719 --> 00:46:27.900
 you know,

00:46:27.900 --> 00:46:28.480
 you go out of the

00:46:28.480 --> 00:46:29.119
 nurseries with

00:46:29.119 --> 00:46:29.780
 kids and it's like

00:46:29.780 --> 00:46:30.440
 the little boat

00:46:30.440 --> 00:46:30.840
 with all the

00:46:30.840 --> 00:46:31.500
 animals on and

00:46:31.500 --> 00:46:32.019
 people going,

00:46:32.380 --> 00:46:32.699
 you know,

00:46:32.699 --> 00:46:33.579
 like in Noah's

00:46:33.579 --> 00:46:33.779
 ark.

00:46:34.659 --> 00:46:35.439
 I always,

00:46:35.559 --> 00:46:36.179
 I had to play the

00:46:36.179 --> 00:46:37.659
 jokes that if I

00:46:37.659 --> 00:46:38.199
 ever paint that in

00:46:38.199 --> 00:46:38.739
 my kids' room,

00:46:38.799 --> 00:46:39.239
 I'm going to paint

00:46:39.239 --> 00:46:40.259
 the people drowning

00:46:40.259 --> 00:46:41.279
 outside the boat

00:46:41.279 --> 00:46:45.179
 and to show them

00:46:45.179 --> 00:46:45.719
 that like,

00:46:45.779 --> 00:46:45.919
 yeah,

00:46:46.000 --> 00:46:46.919
 in Christ we're

00:46:46.919 --> 00:46:47.239
 saved,

00:46:47.319 --> 00:46:47.960
 but outside of

00:46:47.960 --> 00:46:48.619
 Christ we are

00:46:48.619 --> 00:46:50.519
 only going to be

00:46:50.519 --> 00:46:50.939
 destroyed,

00:46:51.319 --> 00:46:51.659
 you know.

00:46:52.439 --> 00:46:52.819
 And like,

00:46:52.879 --> 00:46:53.559
 so I just want you

00:46:53.559 --> 00:46:54.379
 to see that like

00:46:54.379 --> 00:46:54.739
 the,

00:46:57.419 --> 00:46:58.779
 it really is just

00:46:58.779 --> 00:47:00.000
 supposed to leave

00:47:00.000 --> 00:47:00.699
 you saying,

00:47:01.119 --> 00:47:01.639
 why me?

00:47:02.359 --> 00:47:02.639
 Like,

00:47:02.699 --> 00:47:04.460
 why have I

00:47:04.460 --> 00:47:05.139
 been spared?

00:47:06.420 --> 00:47:08.659
 And it kind

00:47:08.659 --> 00:47:09.059
 of leaves you

00:47:09.059 --> 00:47:09.819
 trembling a little

00:47:09.819 --> 00:47:10.099
 bit.

00:47:10.239 --> 00:47:10.659
 And it's only

00:47:10.659 --> 00:47:11.579
 because of God,

00:47:11.659 --> 00:47:12.079
 it's because of

00:47:12.079 --> 00:47:12.879
 his good pleasures,

00:47:12.960 --> 00:47:13.440
 because of what

00:47:13.440 --> 00:47:14.539
 he did.

00:47:15.079 --> 00:47:16.839
 And William

00:47:16.839 --> 00:47:17.359
 Carey,

00:47:17.420 --> 00:47:17.819
 who was a

00:47:17.819 --> 00:47:18.359
 missionary to

00:47:18.359 --> 00:47:18.799
 India,

00:47:20.079 --> 00:47:21.779
 Baptist,

00:47:22.339 --> 00:47:23.019
 founder of the

00:47:23.019 --> 00:47:23.519
 modern day

00:47:23.519 --> 00:47:24.259
 missions movement

00:47:24.259 --> 00:47:24.819
 in the late,

00:47:24.819 --> 00:47:26.719
 late 1700s,

00:47:26.940 --> 00:47:29.019
 believed deeply

00:47:29.019 --> 00:47:29.900
 in election,

00:47:30.119 --> 00:47:30.519
 believed in what

00:47:30.519 --> 00:47:30.940
 we're talking

00:47:30.940 --> 00:47:31.599
 about tonight.

00:47:32.440 --> 00:47:33.400
 And I think

00:47:33.400 --> 00:47:34.159
 he was asked,

00:47:35.079 --> 00:47:35.359
 like,

00:47:35.440 --> 00:47:36.099
 why is God

00:47:36.099 --> 00:47:36.659
 tarrying,

00:47:36.819 --> 00:47:37.119
 basically?

00:47:37.279 --> 00:47:37.799
 Why is God

00:47:37.799 --> 00:47:38.900
 waiting so long

00:47:38.900 --> 00:47:39.779
 to, like,

00:47:39.799 --> 00:47:40.339
 come and judge

00:47:40.339 --> 00:47:40.679
 the wicked?

00:47:41.599 --> 00:47:42.219
 And I'm

00:47:42.219 --> 00:47:42.859
 paraphrasing what

00:47:42.859 --> 00:47:43.239
 he said,

00:47:43.319 --> 00:47:43.819
 but he basically

00:47:43.819 --> 00:47:44.420
 said, like,

00:47:44.440 --> 00:47:44.799
 would it bring

00:47:44.799 --> 00:47:45.599
 God more glory

00:47:45.599 --> 00:47:46.119
 to wait,

00:47:46.779 --> 00:47:47.599
 or to come in

00:47:47.599 --> 00:47:47.940
 now?

00:47:48.199 --> 00:47:48.460
 Like,

00:47:48.639 --> 00:47:49.440
 come in when

00:47:49.440 --> 00:47:50.519
 evil is absolutely

00:47:50.519 --> 00:47:51.500
 at its worst,

00:47:52.420 --> 00:47:53.420
 at its strongest,

00:47:54.139 --> 00:47:55.759
 or just to come

00:47:55.759 --> 00:47:56.179
 in now?

00:47:57.139 --> 00:47:57.699
 And he basically

00:47:57.699 --> 00:47:58.099
 was saying,

00:47:58.179 --> 00:47:58.460
 well, you know,

00:47:58.460 --> 00:47:58.799
 he's going to

00:47:58.799 --> 00:47:59.379
 wait until it's

00:47:59.379 --> 00:48:00.019
 as bad as it

00:48:00.019 --> 00:48:00.259
 can be,

00:48:00.339 --> 00:48:00.579
 where he can

00:48:00.579 --> 00:48:00.980
 just come in

00:48:00.980 --> 00:48:01.299
 and just go,

00:48:01.919 --> 00:48:04.359
 just destroy it,

00:48:04.399 --> 00:48:04.559
 like,

00:48:04.619 --> 00:48:05.139
 just with the

00:48:05.139 --> 00:48:05.599
 word of his

00:48:05.599 --> 00:48:05.980
 mouth,

00:48:06.119 --> 00:48:06.419
 you know,

00:48:07.039 --> 00:48:07.500
 which is just

00:48:07.500 --> 00:48:08.079
 awesome to

00:48:08.079 --> 00:48:08.599
 think about.

00:48:08.940 --> 00:48:09.059
 You know,

00:48:09.099 --> 00:48:09.199
 like,

00:48:09.259 --> 00:48:10.019
 they're as ready

00:48:10.019 --> 00:48:10.379
 as they're going

00:48:10.379 --> 00:48:10.559
 to be,

00:48:10.619 --> 00:48:10.699
 like,

00:48:10.719 --> 00:48:10.919
 all right,

00:48:10.960 --> 00:48:11.139
 God,

00:48:11.179 --> 00:48:11.599
 we're ready.

00:48:12.159 --> 00:48:12.460
 What does it

00:48:12.460 --> 00:48:13.159
 say in Psalms 2?

00:48:13.219 --> 00:48:13.880
 He laughs at

00:48:13.880 --> 00:48:14.139
 them,

00:48:14.719 --> 00:48:15.199
 and he just

00:48:15.199 --> 00:48:16.099
 blows on them,

00:48:16.179 --> 00:48:16.679
 and that's it,

00:48:17.039 --> 00:48:17.779
 and they're done,

00:48:18.860 --> 00:48:19.219
 you know?

00:48:19.559 --> 00:48:19.799
 So,

00:48:20.779 --> 00:48:21.559
 but a lot of

00:48:21.559 --> 00:48:22.039
 people struggle

00:48:22.039 --> 00:48:22.299
 with that,

00:48:22.339 --> 00:48:22.460
 like,

00:48:22.519 --> 00:48:23.239
 how can God

00:48:23.239 --> 00:48:24.920
 do this,

00:48:25.119 --> 00:48:25.440
 you know?

00:48:25.539 --> 00:48:25.860
 Like,

00:48:26.279 --> 00:48:26.880
 how can he

00:48:26.880 --> 00:48:27.799
 pass over people

00:48:27.799 --> 00:48:28.539
 and judge them?

00:48:28.659 --> 00:48:28.819
 Well,

00:48:28.880 --> 00:48:29.079
 I mean,

00:48:29.099 --> 00:48:29.380
 again,

00:48:29.500 --> 00:48:31.539
 it magnifies

00:48:31.539 --> 00:48:32.219
 his justice,

00:48:32.400 --> 00:48:33.099
 it magnifies

00:48:33.099 --> 00:48:33.679
 his holiness,

00:48:33.860 --> 00:48:35.079
 and the only

00:48:35.079 --> 00:48:35.659
 reason you're

00:48:35.659 --> 00:48:36.380
 not on that

00:48:36.380 --> 00:48:36.920
 side of it

00:48:36.920 --> 00:48:37.319
 is because

00:48:37.319 --> 00:48:37.940
 of his grace,

00:48:39.059 --> 00:48:40.259
 and that's

00:48:40.259 --> 00:48:40.500
 it.

00:48:40.500 --> 00:48:42.280
 you're at

00:48:42.280 --> 00:48:42.940
 the throne room

00:48:42.940 --> 00:48:43.480
 of the king.

00:48:48.579 --> 00:48:49.480
 This is a quote

00:48:49.480 --> 00:48:50.380
 from a Baptist

00:48:50.380 --> 00:48:52.179
 pastor named

00:48:52.179 --> 00:48:52.579
 C.D.

00:48:52.639 --> 00:48:53.219
 Mallory in

00:48:53.219 --> 00:48:54.039
 1842,

00:48:55.179 --> 00:48:55.920
 and talking

00:48:55.920 --> 00:48:56.300
 about how

00:48:56.300 --> 00:48:56.699
 an election

00:48:56.699 --> 00:48:57.340
 can be rightly

00:48:57.340 --> 00:48:57.820
 understood,

00:48:58.960 --> 00:48:59.639
 but he says,

00:48:59.679 --> 00:49:00.460
 is it not a

00:49:00.460 --> 00:49:01.099
 doctrine that

00:49:01.099 --> 00:49:02.099
 strikes human

00:49:02.099 --> 00:49:03.760
 pride and

00:49:03.760 --> 00:49:04.320
 brings the

00:49:04.320 --> 00:49:05.019
 creature low

00:49:05.019 --> 00:49:05.380
 at the

00:49:05.380 --> 00:49:06.260
 footstool of

00:49:06.260 --> 00:49:06.719
 Jehovah?

00:49:07.840 --> 00:49:08.579
 It strips

00:49:08.579 --> 00:49:09.219
 him of all

00:49:09.219 --> 00:49:09.679
 boasting,

00:49:10.500 --> 00:49:11.900
 nourishes a

00:49:11.900 --> 00:49:12.380
 meek and

00:49:12.380 --> 00:49:13.119
 lowly sense

00:49:13.119 --> 00:49:13.840
 of dependence,

00:49:14.619 --> 00:49:15.739
 while still

00:49:15.739 --> 00:49:16.940
 tills the

00:49:16.940 --> 00:49:18.320
 soil with

00:49:18.320 --> 00:49:19.539
 adoring thoughts

00:49:19.539 --> 00:49:20.179
 of his

00:49:20.179 --> 00:49:20.780
 matchless,

00:49:20.920 --> 00:49:21.219
 sovereign,

00:49:21.360 --> 00:49:22.019
 eternal love

00:49:22.019 --> 00:49:22.500
 of God.

00:49:23.280 --> 00:49:23.820
 When the

00:49:23.820 --> 00:49:24.820
 believer reflects

00:49:24.820 --> 00:49:25.500
 that he has

00:49:25.500 --> 00:49:26.139
 been blessed

00:49:26.139 --> 00:49:26.559
 with all

00:49:26.559 --> 00:49:27.539
 spiritual blessings,

00:49:27.940 --> 00:49:29.039
 according to

00:49:29.039 --> 00:49:29.579
 God's eternal

00:49:29.579 --> 00:49:29.880
 purpose,

00:49:29.940 --> 00:49:30.880
 he exclaims,

00:49:30.880 --> 00:49:31.699
 melting into

00:49:31.699 --> 00:49:32.679
 tenderness and

00:49:32.679 --> 00:49:33.579
 grateful affection,

00:49:33.579 --> 00:49:35.199
 as he dwells

00:49:35.199 --> 00:49:35.860
 upon the

00:49:35.860 --> 00:49:36.900
 peculiar mercy

00:49:36.900 --> 00:49:37.420
 which has

00:49:37.420 --> 00:49:38.019
 rescued him

00:49:38.019 --> 00:49:38.639
 from death

00:49:38.639 --> 00:49:39.900
 and gave

00:49:39.900 --> 00:49:40.420
 him a

00:49:40.420 --> 00:49:41.119
 place at

00:49:41.119 --> 00:49:41.679
 the gospel

00:49:41.679 --> 00:49:42.280
 feast.

00:49:43.199 --> 00:49:43.539
 And he

00:49:43.539 --> 00:49:44.280
 exclaims,

00:49:44.440 --> 00:49:45.059
 why me?

00:49:46.039 --> 00:49:46.340
 That's

00:49:46.340 --> 00:49:48.420
 basically where

00:49:48.420 --> 00:49:48.820
 we kind of

00:49:48.820 --> 00:49:49.559
 find ourselves,

00:49:49.699 --> 00:49:50.199
 like how,

00:49:50.420 --> 00:49:50.759
 again,

00:49:50.920 --> 00:49:51.500
 that's the only

00:49:51.500 --> 00:49:51.820
 thing we can

00:49:51.820 --> 00:49:52.199
 really say,

00:49:52.280 --> 00:49:52.480
 we're just

00:49:52.480 --> 00:49:53.659
 sort of stunned

00:49:53.659 --> 00:49:54.239
 that God

00:49:54.239 --> 00:49:54.900
 would actually

00:49:54.900 --> 00:49:55.380
 choose to

00:49:55.380 --> 00:49:55.940
 save us.

00:49:57.559 --> 00:49:58.039
 So,

00:49:59.119 --> 00:49:59.820
 of course,

00:49:59.860 --> 00:50:00.239
 we all know

00:50:00.239 --> 00:50:00.619
 the hymn,

00:50:01.400 --> 00:50:02.280
 Amazing Grace,

00:50:02.460 --> 00:50:02.980
 this is what

00:50:02.980 --> 00:50:03.880
 he's writing

00:50:03.880 --> 00:50:04.480
 about in the

00:50:04.480 --> 00:50:04.739
 hymn,

00:50:04.739 --> 00:50:07.119
 but it's

00:50:07.119 --> 00:50:07.799
 grace that

00:50:07.799 --> 00:50:10.399
 saved us

00:50:10.399 --> 00:50:10.839
 and grace

00:50:10.839 --> 00:50:11.219
 is going to

00:50:11.219 --> 00:50:11.759
 carry us

00:50:11.759 --> 00:50:12.059
 and grace

00:50:12.059 --> 00:50:12.459
 is going to

00:50:12.459 --> 00:50:12.899
 eventually

00:50:12.899 --> 00:50:13.399
 bring us

00:50:13.399 --> 00:50:14.479
 home to

00:50:14.479 --> 00:50:14.979
 the Lord.

00:50:16.159 --> 00:50:16.339
 So,

00:50:17.779 --> 00:50:18.039
 yeah,

00:50:18.419 --> 00:50:19.019
 any other

00:50:19.019 --> 00:50:19.539
 questions?

00:50:21.419 --> 00:50:21.819
 Comments?

00:50:29.500 --> 00:50:29.979
 No,

00:50:30.099 --> 00:50:30.279
 I'd rather

00:50:30.279 --> 00:50:30.599
 not,

00:50:30.739 --> 00:50:31.019
 I'm just

00:50:31.019 --> 00:50:31.159
 kidding.

00:50:33.739 --> 00:50:34.179
 Yeah,

00:50:34.179 --> 00:50:35.259
 it's,

00:50:35.259 --> 00:50:37.039
 so basically

00:50:37.039 --> 00:50:37.519
 like what

00:50:37.519 --> 00:50:38.279
 do our

00:50:38.279 --> 00:50:39.759
 choices

00:50:39.759 --> 00:50:40.199
 and our

00:50:40.199 --> 00:50:40.639
 decisions,

00:50:41.059 --> 00:50:41.359
 like how

00:50:41.359 --> 00:50:41.719
 do they

00:50:41.719 --> 00:50:42.219
 relate?

00:50:42.319 --> 00:50:42.460
 Is that

00:50:42.460 --> 00:50:42.659
 what you're

00:50:42.659 --> 00:50:42.879
 kind of

00:50:42.879 --> 00:50:43.139
 saying?

00:50:43.239 --> 00:50:43.440
 I'm trying

00:50:43.440 --> 00:50:43.639
 to like

00:50:43.639 --> 00:50:43.960
 maybe be

00:50:43.960 --> 00:50:44.159
 more

00:50:44.159 --> 00:50:44.679
 specific.

00:50:53.119 --> 00:50:53.519
 Yeah.

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00:50:53.960 --> 00:51:03.920
 Mm-hmm.

00:51:03.920 --> 00:51:06.440
 Mm-hmm.

00:51:06.440 --> 00:51:10.000
 Yeah.

00:51:26.059 --> 00:51:26.079
 Yeah.

00:51:26.900 --> 00:51:29.940
 What responsibilities men have in His salvation at all?

00:51:30.880 --> 00:51:31.360
 Yeah.

00:51:31.360 --> 00:51:31.420
 Yeah.

00:51:33.059 --> 00:51:36.300
 Well, it kind of comes in the next few weeks,

00:51:36.300 --> 00:51:37.900
 because, like, we talk about, like,

00:51:38.640 --> 00:51:43.460
 this is what man does in response to these things, you know?

00:51:43.860 --> 00:51:49.940
 And we know that, I mean, a lot of that gets down to what we talk about.

00:51:50.240 --> 00:51:51.780
 I did a little bit two weeks ago.

00:51:51.860 --> 00:51:57.140
 We talk about the will of man and how, yeah, like, we make decisions.

00:51:57.420 --> 00:52:00.100
 We are held accountable for those decisions.

00:52:00.200 --> 00:52:01.260
 You see that everywhere in the Scripture.

00:52:01.500 --> 00:52:04.120
 Like, God holds people accountable for their actions.

00:52:04.119 --> 00:52:05.759
 Like, very clearly.

00:52:06.460 --> 00:52:13.400
 And, but, but basically, maybe this goes back to this question.

00:52:14.679 --> 00:52:19.079
 I think, I think maybe just, shoot, where's my, there it is.

00:52:19.079 --> 00:52:26.039
 I'm trying to get there.

00:52:26.039 --> 00:52:26.619
 Here it is.

00:52:29.139 --> 00:52:31.259
 So, is that sort of the objection?

00:52:31.519 --> 00:52:35.360
 Like, election implies that we're not actually free, but puppets?

00:52:35.639 --> 00:52:35.819
 Okay.

00:52:36.179 --> 00:52:36.619
 Got it.

00:52:36.739 --> 00:52:38.739
 Trying to, like, get my head around the language.

00:52:38.819 --> 00:52:38.960
 Okay.

00:52:38.960 --> 00:52:41.400
 So, that was a big problem I had.

00:52:42.440 --> 00:52:49.199
 Because I was, you know, taught, and I think rightfully so, that for love to truly be love,

00:52:49.240 --> 00:52:52.639
 it has to be freely offered by both parties.

00:52:52.860 --> 00:52:53.159
 Right?

00:52:53.800 --> 00:52:55.240
 The man has to love the woman.

00:52:55.340 --> 00:52:56.920
 The woman has to love the man.

00:52:57.159 --> 00:52:59.679
 And it can't be, like, forced on them.

00:52:59.780 --> 00:53:01.340
 It can't be imposed.

00:53:01.340 --> 00:53:12.820
 And, like, so, I said, I always joke, one of the very few people I respect that were, that are more than the Armenian camp.

00:53:13.940 --> 00:53:16.240
 There's not many, to be honest, to be frank.

00:53:16.360 --> 00:53:19.559
 Like, ones that just go off into great heresies all over the place.

00:53:20.600 --> 00:53:23.920
 But one I do respect would be C.S. Lewis, I guess.

00:53:24.720 --> 00:53:29.780
 And his whole argument, as he saw election as, is taking that away from man.

00:53:30.039 --> 00:53:37.079
 Like, man's actions, man's love is not real if God forces him, if God imposes it on him.

00:53:37.680 --> 00:53:40.940
 And so, therefore, like, this just can't be true, more or less.

00:53:41.800 --> 00:53:48.139
 And to which, I would say to him, if we were just chilling out in Belfast one day, and he said that to me,

00:53:48.139 --> 00:53:50.139
 and I would just say, hey, you know what?

00:53:51.119 --> 00:53:52.820
 I completely agree with you.

00:53:52.820 --> 00:53:54.660
 Like, 100%.

00:53:54.660 --> 00:53:55.500
 You're right.

00:53:55.920 --> 00:54:01.220
 Like, for love to be love, it has to be freely offered by both parties.

00:54:01.519 --> 00:54:02.100
 I agree with you.

00:54:03.019 --> 00:54:10.260
 And then I would say, but the problem is, fallen man has no ability to love God.

00:54:10.820 --> 00:54:13.160
 And he won't love God.

00:54:14.320 --> 00:54:20.340
 Unless God does something to give him that capacity again.

00:54:20.340 --> 00:54:22.800
 And that's what we would call regeneration.

00:54:23.160 --> 00:54:25.380
 Like, that's what we would call being born again.

00:54:25.440 --> 00:54:26.660
 Given a new nature.

00:54:28.160 --> 00:54:29.500
 Ezekiel, Jeremiah.

00:54:30.400 --> 00:54:31.740
 Removing the heart of stone.

00:54:32.500 --> 00:54:34.160
 Replacing it with the heart of flesh.

00:54:34.159 --> 00:54:38.219
 And giving us plenty, putting his spirit within us.

00:54:39.039 --> 00:54:42.139
 And then, our will is set free.

00:54:42.339 --> 00:54:44.199
 And no longer is in bondage to sin.

00:54:44.659 --> 00:54:46.199
 And we can freely love God.

00:54:46.879 --> 00:54:48.059
 Freely worship God.

00:54:49.099 --> 00:54:51.259
 Or freely choose to sin still, as believers.

00:54:51.339 --> 00:54:52.199
 Like in sanctification.

00:54:53.259 --> 00:54:55.659
 And so, our actions are real.

00:54:55.659 --> 00:54:57.379
 We are not like puppets on a string.

00:54:57.599 --> 00:55:02.099
 Like, we believe in providence, not fatalism.

00:55:02.359 --> 00:55:05.699
 Fatalism basically says whatever is, must be.

00:55:06.799 --> 00:55:11.460
 The Stoics, the Greek Stoics, the Norsemen, the Vikings.

00:55:11.579 --> 00:55:13.199
 They all believe in this idea of like fatalism.

00:55:13.259 --> 00:55:14.359
 Like your fate is fixed.

00:55:14.500 --> 00:55:15.299
 You know, kind of idea.

00:55:15.940 --> 00:55:17.480
 But there is no rhyme or reason.

00:55:17.559 --> 00:55:18.219
 There is no point.

00:55:18.619 --> 00:55:21.379
 Providence only implies purpose.

00:55:22.220 --> 00:55:23.960
 Providence implies design.

00:55:24.800 --> 00:55:28.059
 And like, the salvation that we have.

00:55:28.740 --> 00:55:31.539
 Like we will give God, like praise for it one day.

00:55:31.619 --> 00:55:35.000
 Like our love for what he has done for us will be real.

00:55:35.760 --> 00:55:38.820
 You know, it will be a capacity that he has given us.

00:55:39.059 --> 00:55:41.480
 That we didn't have before we were in Christ.

00:55:42.360 --> 00:55:47.380
 And so, and you know, I guess the bottom line is.

00:55:47.519 --> 00:55:50.039
 Like you could, you could look at a million different passages.

00:55:50.039 --> 00:55:52.920
 That just talk about how God does hold us accountable for your actions.

00:55:53.619 --> 00:55:56.759
 You know, and they don't have to be at odds with each other.

00:55:56.840 --> 00:55:58.759
 God's sovereignty and our responsibility.

00:55:59.099 --> 00:56:03.779
 Like God says, choose this day whom you will serve.

00:56:03.880 --> 00:56:04.039
 Right?

00:56:04.099 --> 00:56:05.579
 He says that in Deuteronomy.

00:56:06.460 --> 00:56:10.119
 So our, we are not, yeah, puppets at all.

00:56:10.619 --> 00:56:15.500
 But we need God to set us free if we're going to love and worship him.

00:56:15.500 --> 00:56:20.000
 Um, that's like what I would kind of briefly say to that.

00:56:20.300 --> 00:56:22.400
 You know, that wasn't, wasn't brief.

00:56:23.179 --> 00:56:25.659
 But, I don't know if that was helpful at all.

00:56:26.940 --> 00:56:27.219
 You know.

00:56:32.320 --> 00:56:33.039
 Anything else?

00:56:33.039 --> 00:56:37.759
 Okay.

00:56:39.440 --> 00:56:42.539
 Um, if there was something you wanted to ask, it's not far in our bio.

00:56:42.539 --> 00:56:43.199
 We'll be here.

00:56:43.279 --> 00:56:44.340
 But yeah, next round.

00:56:45.099 --> 00:56:47.539
 We'll talk about the saving work of the sun.

00:56:48.699 --> 00:56:49.279
 All right.

00:56:49.739 --> 00:56:51.619
 Uh, I'm pretty sure it'll be next Sunday.

00:56:52.279 --> 00:56:53.820
 I know there's some stuff going on next Sunday.

00:56:53.920 --> 00:56:55.519
 Is there anything going on here at the building next Sunday?

00:56:56.579 --> 00:56:59.460
 I think Isaac and Savannah have a wedding shower.

00:56:59.579 --> 00:57:00.619
 That's earlier in the day.

00:57:00.619 --> 00:57:02.719
 Um, okay.

00:57:03.559 --> 00:57:08.539
 Yeah, but this gets into, uh, what role did Jesus play in our redemption?

00:57:08.739 --> 00:57:13.639
 But in short, we're trying to say that the Father chose,

00:57:14.139 --> 00:57:19.500
 and the Son died for not every single individual walking the planet,

00:57:20.059 --> 00:57:22.039
 but died for the elect.

00:57:22.139 --> 00:57:26.039
 He died for those that the Father gave him to save.

00:57:26.039 --> 00:57:32.079
 A very, we would call either limited atonement or particular atonement.

00:57:32.259 --> 00:57:35.759
 Like he, um, Jesus died to save his people.

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 And he did.

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 And didn't lose any of them.

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 So that's like what we're kind of going next week.

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 And, uh, so.

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 All right.

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 Um, I'll pray for us.

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 And then, uh, we can break.

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 I'll be where we're at.

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 Um, I'll be where we're at.

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