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 Father in heaven, we thank you for another Sunday where we can gather as your people,

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 trusting that whatever we have done this week, whatever failures, whatever hang-ups,

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 whatever habitual sins we have found ourselves in once again,

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 whatever fatigue that we may have in doing good, we can come to you and throw ourselves at your feet,

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 trusting that because of your great love for us and the mercy that you have towards us in Christ Jesus,

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 that we will be forgiven.

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 Lord, help us not to be prideful people.

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 Give us a humble heart.

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 We pray this in Christ's mighty name.

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 Amen.

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 So last week in Nehemiah, before we enter a summer series in the book of Psalms,

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 specifically the second book of Psalms.

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 But here's an interesting thing about Nehemiah.

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 It should have ended in chapter 12.

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 I mean, it really should have.

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 If you read the flow of the narrative,

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 chapter 12 is a fine way to end the book of Nehemiah.

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 Nehemiah, if you remember, he has heard of Jerusalem's, the destitution of Jerusalem.

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 He has prayed.

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 He has waited.

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 He has fasted.

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 He has sought the king.

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 The king gives him leave.

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 He goes there and starts this building campaign of the walls.

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 But if you remember, it's not just the walls he's rebuilding.

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 He's rebuilding the people.

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 Now there's enemies that come and try to blackmail him and come against him with arms.

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 But Nehemiah is steadfast and the walls are rebuilt.

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 And then proper worship is instituted.

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 And if you remember last week, there was this incredible show of contrition, corporate repentance.

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 And then the people at the end of it, they purpose themselves to renew the covenant with God.

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 And chapter 10 is this wonderful chapter of the people of God telling God that they're going to get back in the business of proper worship.

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 True spirituality.

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 It continues on in chapter 11 and then chapter 12 where the walls are dedicated and it seems like that's it.

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 And then chapter 13 comes.

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 Chapter 13 is quite anticlimactic.

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 It is also very disappointing.

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 For we see a people that have been rebuilt only to fall into the same folly once again.

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 Why not just end it in chapter 12?

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 Be done with it.

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 End on a high note.

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 It's interesting thing about the Bible is that it's not about telling a good story for a good story's sake.

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 It's about telling the truth and describing the reality of human nature.

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 So all the reforms and the rebuilding and the renewal that Nehemiah has spent tons of time and tons of energy and tons of money to see happen

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 has now completely deteriorated.

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 And now he is in chapter 13 getting wind hearing all of this and he is on his way back to Jerusalem to rebuild, to re-rebuild, to re-renew,

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 to take what was broken that was fixed now is broken to make fixed again.

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 And at a certain point when do you just say these people are defective?

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 At what point do you say they're lost?

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 That's enough.

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 How many chances do we give to the people of God?

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 How many chapter 13s would be in the future if this story continued on and it was written down for us?

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 Yet in many ways this chapter, it's a fitting end in fact.

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 Because it shows in a very authentic way how people can so easily compromise deeply held values,

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 damage their most important relationships,

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 and tolerate sin that is completely grievous, horribly grievous.

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 So in short, Nehemiah 13 is a beautiful ending in a way because it's an authentic ending.

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 And it helps us to understand the nature of even the most well-intentioned human heart.

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 So, Nehemiah chapter 13, Nehemiah will come back and he'll address many issues,

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 but we're going to take a look at three of the issues that he's going to address.

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 The importance of a godly and holy disposition in worship.

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 So godly and holy worship.

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 And that's going to be as he addresses issues around the temple.

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 The second is the importance of appropriate and consistent rhythms to life and relationship with money.

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 We see that as he addresses issues around the Sabbath.

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 And finally, we'll see the importance of a pure and devoted spirituality.

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 And we'll see that as it pertains to Nehemiah addressing this issue of intermarriage

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 with the people of God and the neighboring nations around them.

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 So let's jump right into the first point, verse 4.

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 If you have a Bible, please follow along.

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 There's some Bibles still left at the back table.

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 Excuse me.

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 And feel free to grab one at any time and follow along.

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 Nehemiah chapter 13, starting in verse 4.

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 So if you remember a few weeks back, when we were reading through Ezra,

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 the temple had been rebuilt and in it all of the things that pertained to temple worship,

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 of which the storehouses of the various materials used in worship were presumably built.

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 These materials were dedicated to the Lord.

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 And also they were holy for the priests would use them to lead the people in proper worship.

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 The priests were stewards of all these materials.

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 And they had one goal, one responsibility above all,

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 was to lead the people of God into the proper worship of God.

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 So the temple was a huge deal in Israel.

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 For it to be rebuilt meant that, in a sense, God was dwelling once again with His people.

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 If you remember, the temple, the tabernacle before it, but also the Garden of Eden.

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 It's this idea, this temple is the place where God will dwell with His people.

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 God and His people dwell together.

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 It's a central place of corporate worship for Israel.

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 And it's mediated by this priestly class who were descendants of Aaron, the brother of Moses.

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 There were very unbending rules around worship.

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 It's not like somebody from the tribe of Dan or Benjamin could be a priest.

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 It had to be of the tribe of Levi.

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 So it was only the Levites.

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 Now we come to find that all the holiness associated with the temple

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 and all the promises that were kept, or made, rather, in chapter 10 of Nehemiah

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 were completely undone.

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 Look with me, verses 4 to 13 here.

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 Now before this, Eliashib the priest,

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 who was appointed over the chambers of the house of our God

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 and who was related to Tobiah.

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 Where have we heard Tobiah before?

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 Chapter 2.

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 Tobiah is one of the enemies of God's people.

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 He has come right when Nehemiah has come to Jerusalem,

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 and he is a mocker.

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 I mean, likely he's of Jewish descent,

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 but he's also described as an Ammonite.

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 He is not a person of the people of God.

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 He is somebody who is a mocker, who is a syncretist,

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 who likely has worshipped other gods in addition to the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

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 And now we find him where?

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 In verse 4 and 5?

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 Verse 5.

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 That there was a chamber prepared for Tobiah,

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 a large chamber where they had previously put the grain offering,

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 the frankincense, the vessels, and the tithes of grain, wine, and oil,

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 which were given by commandment to the Levites, singers, gatekeepers,

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 and the contributions for the priests.

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 While this was taking place, I was not in Jerusalem.

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 For in the 32nd year of Artaxerxes, king of Babylon, I went to the king,

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 and after some time I asked the leave of the king,

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 and came to Jerusalem,

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 and I then discovered the evil that Eliashib had done for Tobiah,

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 preparing for him a chamber in the courts of the house of God.

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 Verse 8.

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 And I was very angry,

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 and I threw all the household furniture of Tobiah out of the chamber.

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 Then I gave orders, and they cleansed the chambers,

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 and I brought back the vessels of the house of God

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 with the grain offering and the frankincense.

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 I'll pause really quickly there.

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 The first thing we see here is that the enemy of God's people

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 has moved into the very temple itself.

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 It's a huge problem.

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 And not just participating in the life of the temple.

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 He is living, or at least dwelling,

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 in a chamber that was meant to store the very things

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 that were used in the worship of God,

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 and to care for the priests.

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 It is an affront to proper worship.

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 It is evil in God's sight.

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 And we see a few things that have gone wrong here.

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 First, the sacred things of God

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 had been treated profanely.

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 And in this case, with indifference.

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 No longer was the worship of God as prescribed by the law,

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 held in high regard, or seen as essential.

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 Instead, the priest in charge of the matter, Eliashib,

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 he saw an opportunity to further his own family's wealth.

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 It says that he is a relative of Tobiah.

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 Some nepotism going on here.

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 So he is seeing an opportunity to further his family's wealth

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 by giving the storehouse of God to the very enemy of God's people.

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 How does such a thing happen?

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 Well, clearly, it wasn't Eliashib going in and strong-arming all the priests,

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 kicking them out, clearing out the area,

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 then putting Tobiah in there.

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 The people of God lost interest in the things of God.

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 The temple ceased to be an essential part of life.

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 An indifference sunk into the people.

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 It seeped into their very core.

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 There's no mention here of the people going up in a rage.

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 Anger, righteous anger, like we see in Nehemiah.

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 Eliashib opens up the door.

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 Tobiah comes right in.

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 There's an indifference that has seeped into the people of God.

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 Oftentimes, the greatest damage that can be done in our lives

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 is caused by indifference, or at least begins with indifference.

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 Being careless about things that need great care.

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 Carelessness?

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 In some ways, what's wrong with it?

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 I tried it out.

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 You know, okay, I'm not as hardcore in the religion.

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 I'm going to use my time for something else.

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 I mean, I could read scripture.

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 I could go to church.

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 I could engage in prayer.

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 I could fellowship with God's people.

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 I got other things on my plate.

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 That's different than saying, curse God.

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 I'm done with this.

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 I hate it.

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 See how indifference, eventually here,

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 leads to a gradual drawing away of God's people from the things of God.

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 The temple is not kept holy.

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 It's neglected.

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 And now an Ammonite is entering the assembly of God,

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 and not just any Ammonite, but Tobiah, the enemy of God's people.

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 The one that looked to cease the building of the walls

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 was trying to thwart the rebuilding of Jerusalem,

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 and now he's in the temple.

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 This, by the way, is not some prohibition against an entire people group.

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 I mean, we see in verses 1 to 3,

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 we haven't read it here,

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 but it essentially says that people read the Bible,

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 they found that the Ammonites and the Moabites

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 should not be a part of the assembly of God,

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 so they kicked them out.

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 This isn't a racial superiority thing,

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 or a hatred against the Ammonites and Moabites thing.

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 What we see here is a great desire for holiness,

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 but also to weed out the sin of omission.

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 It says in verses 1, 2, and 3,

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 the reason why the Ammonites should not enter the assembly of God.

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 Why?

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 Verse 2,

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 For they did not meet the people of Israel with bread and water.

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 And it continues on,

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 But hired Balaam against them to curse them.

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 Now, the Ammonites were the ones who turned a blind eye

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 to the needs of the people of Israel

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 on their way to the Promised Land.

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 And here,

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 that sin of omission,

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 that, in a sense,

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 refusal to help the people of God

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 is an affront,

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 an evil thing in God's sight.

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 Now,

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 later on,

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 we'll talk a bit more

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 in the chapter

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 when it comes to intermarriage.

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 But the issue

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 with this prohibition of God's people

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 in the assembly of God,

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 again,

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 has nothing to do

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 with their ethnicity,

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 but rather

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 their worship of other gods.

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 If you remember,

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 the entire story of Ruth

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 is this beautiful story

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 of a Moabite woman,

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 not a Jew,

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 not an Israelite,

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 but a Moabite woman

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 who comes to faith

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 in the Almighty God

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 and actually she is found

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 to be in the very lineage

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 of Christ Himself.

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 We don't

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 interpret one part of the Bible

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 against another.

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 What we have here

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 is a desire for

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 spiritual purity.

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 The second thing

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 that is problematic here

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 is that the Levites,

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 the priestly class of Israel,

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 they're being so neglected

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 that they have become farmers.

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 And if you remember,

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 when God is allotting

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 the promised land,

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 all the tribes

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 get a portion of the land

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 except the Levites.

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 The Levites

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 were to be the priests

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 and the people

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 were to give to the Levites

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 and now they are farmers,

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 gods,

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 priests

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 have become

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 in a sense serfs.

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 They don't have

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 their own land.

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 There's a great indifference

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 and evil

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 that has

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 sought in,

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 that seeped in

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 to the people of God.

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 And here's the thing,

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 what we're finding here

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 is that the people

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 are choosing

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 to not trust

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 God's ways

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 as good,

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 but instead

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 trust their own means

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 to achieve

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 their own glory.

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 they are not giving

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 to the church.

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 And this is a,

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 I've always found

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 this very difficult

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 to talk about

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 in terms of tithing

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 to the church.

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 Not saying that

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 give X amount of money,

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 but understand that

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 to give to the church

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 is to,

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 not to give to

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 the Avatan family,

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 although it certainly

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 does benefit us,

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 but it's to give to God.

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 But more than that,

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 I mean it can't be

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 more than giving to God,

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 but what it does

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 to you

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 when you give

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 is that it reminds you

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 where your treasure is.

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 How you spend

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 your money

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 is where you

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 have the most value.

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 Where you spend

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 your time

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 is where you,

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 will be the things

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 that you value

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 the most.

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 And what you value

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 the most,

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 you are willing

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 to sacrifice for.

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 You are.

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 What tithing does,

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 it reminds us

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 who is

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 the number one priority.

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 what life looks like

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 under the kingship of God.

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 It helps us

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 to put our treasure

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 in heaven.

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 So there is a neglect

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 of godly worship

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 due to indifference

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 and it's having

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 a ripple effect

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 resulting in making

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 what is holy

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 to be profane

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 and allowing enemies

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 to be victorious

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 and making destitute

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 those whom

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 they have an obligation

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 to provide for.

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 You start to see

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 that one sin,

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 one act of indifference,

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 it starts to unravel

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 a lot of things.

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 A lot of people

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 start to suffer,

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 a lot of things

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 start to crumble.

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 The indifference

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 is so often rooted

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 in a self-centeredness

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 that will only embrace

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 God in the areas

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 that we deem

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 personally beneficial.

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 God gets neglected

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 or relegated

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 so that he is

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 nothing more

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 than a good luck charm

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 or a genie in the bottle

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 or a means

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 to suppress

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 a guilty conscience

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 but never anything more.

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 We embrace God

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 in the areas

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 that we think

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 won't cause us

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 too much

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 or require from us

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 too much

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 but the great irony

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 in all of this

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 is that we think

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 that the very obligations

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 of God

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 will cause us

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 harm

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 and limit

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 our ability

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 to live free lives

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 but it's the opposite.

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 Will allow us

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 to live joyful lives

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 that will enlargen

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 our lives.

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 Will allow us

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 to love

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 in ways like God.

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 Not perfectly like God

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 but like God.

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 That light

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 and life

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 will be a part

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 of our very being.

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 But friends,

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 if we

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 think the opposite,

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 we think that God

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 will actually

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 cause us

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 not to flourish,

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 we will find ourselves

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 increasingly

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 less joyful,

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 increasingly

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 less kind

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 and loving.

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 We will find ourselves

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 beginning to be

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 enslaved

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 to the things

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 that we

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 embrace

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 as if they

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 have become

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 our slave owners

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 and we are

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 their slaves.

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 In the Psalms

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 it talks about

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 those

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 that worship

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 idols

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 become like idols.

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 Blind

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 and deaf

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 and dumb.

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 But when we

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 worship God

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 we get to

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 live out

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 an existence

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 that God

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 himself created.

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 It's truly

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 a beautiful thing.

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 Let me ask you

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 a question.

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 Are the people

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 more or less

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 joyful and free

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 with the temple

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 in disrepute?

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 Are they more

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 or less

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 joyful and free

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 with an enemy

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 making his home

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 in one of the

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 storehouse chambers

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 of the temple?

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 Are the people

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 more

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 or less

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 joyful and free

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 as they see

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 the people

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 that they are

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 to care for

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 the Levites

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 essentially living

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 a life of

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 serfdom?

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 The call

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 is for godly

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 and holy

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 worship

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 according to

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 God's word

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 that will

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 inevitably

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 lead us

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 to have

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 a life

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 of flourishing

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 but also

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 and this is

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 where we'll

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 transition to

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 the next point

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 will help us

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 to have

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 appropriate

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 rhythms to

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 life

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 that God

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 has designed

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 life that

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 we may have

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 proper rhythms

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 that we will

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 feast and fast

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 and work

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 and play

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 that there's

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 aspects of our

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 life where it's

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 not a grind

00:19:41.579 --> 00:19:42.519
 non-stop

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 it will also

00:19:43.559 --> 00:19:44.259
 help us to have

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 a right relationship

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 with money

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 and we've touched

00:19:46.579 --> 00:19:47.180
 on that already

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 but look with me

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 in verses 15 to 21

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 in those days

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 I saw in Judah

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 people treading

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 wine presses

00:19:55.160 --> 00:19:56.259
 on the Sabbath

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 and bringing in

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 heaps of grain

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 and loading them

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 on donkeys

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 and also wine

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 grapes

00:20:01.299 --> 00:20:01.799
 figs

00:20:01.799 --> 00:20:02.440
 and all kinds

00:20:02.440 --> 00:20:02.900
 of loads

00:20:02.900 --> 00:20:04.480
 which they brought

00:20:04.480 --> 00:20:05.120
 into Jerusalem

00:20:05.120 --> 00:20:06.059
 on the Sabbath day

00:20:06.059 --> 00:20:07.120
 and I warned them

00:20:07.120 --> 00:20:07.839
 on the day

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 when they sold

00:20:08.620 --> 00:20:09.079
 food

00:20:09.079 --> 00:20:10.720
 Tyrians also

00:20:10.720 --> 00:20:11.400
 who lived

00:20:11.400 --> 00:20:11.960
 in the city

00:20:11.960 --> 00:20:13.120
 brought in fish

00:20:13.120 --> 00:20:13.799
 and all kinds

00:20:13.799 --> 00:20:14.200
 of goods

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 and sold them

00:20:15.019 --> 00:20:16.039
 on the Sabbath

00:20:16.039 --> 00:20:16.839
 to the people

00:20:16.839 --> 00:20:17.319
 of Judah

00:20:17.319 --> 00:20:18.460
 in Jerusalem itself

00:20:18.460 --> 00:20:20.000
 then I confronted

00:20:20.000 --> 00:20:20.960
 the nobles of Judah

00:20:20.960 --> 00:20:21.799
 and I said to them

00:20:21.799 --> 00:20:23.419
 what is this evil

00:20:23.419 --> 00:20:24.539
 thing that you are doing

00:20:24.539 --> 00:20:26.200
 profaning the Sabbath day

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 did not your fathers

00:20:28.259 --> 00:20:29.299
 act in this way

00:20:29.299 --> 00:20:30.379
 and did not our God

00:20:30.379 --> 00:20:31.700
 bring all this disaster

00:20:31.700 --> 00:20:32.079
 on them

00:20:32.079 --> 00:20:33.500
 and on this city

00:20:33.500 --> 00:20:35.059
 now you are bringing

00:20:35.059 --> 00:20:36.000
 more wrath

00:20:36.000 --> 00:20:36.500
 on Israel

00:20:36.500 --> 00:20:37.240
 by profaning

00:20:37.240 --> 00:20:38.339
 the Sabbath

00:20:38.339 --> 00:20:39.779
 and as soon

00:20:39.779 --> 00:20:40.439
 as it began

00:20:40.439 --> 00:20:41.079
 to grow dark

00:20:41.079 --> 00:20:41.639
 at the gates

00:20:41.639 --> 00:20:42.099
 of Jerusalem

00:20:42.099 --> 00:20:42.960
 before the Sabbath

00:20:42.960 --> 00:20:44.200
 I commanded

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 that the doors

00:20:45.259 --> 00:20:46.139
 should be shut

00:20:46.139 --> 00:20:47.299
 and gave orders

00:20:47.299 --> 00:20:47.980
 that they should

00:20:47.980 --> 00:20:48.899
 not be opened

00:20:48.899 --> 00:20:50.039
 until after the Sabbath

00:20:50.039 --> 00:20:51.440
 I'll pause there

00:20:51.440 --> 00:20:53.519
 Sabbath breaking

00:20:53.519 --> 00:20:54.259
 is a failure

00:20:54.259 --> 00:20:55.960
 to recognize

00:20:55.960 --> 00:20:56.559
 that God

00:20:56.559 --> 00:20:57.240
 is the creator

00:20:57.240 --> 00:20:57.960
 who delights

00:20:57.960 --> 00:20:59.539
 in his good creation

00:20:59.539 --> 00:21:00.879
 and who delights

00:21:00.879 --> 00:21:01.480
 in goodness

00:21:01.480 --> 00:21:04.099
 it's also a failure

00:21:04.099 --> 00:21:05.419
 to recognize

00:21:05.419 --> 00:21:05.899
 that God

00:21:05.899 --> 00:21:06.539
 is the redeemer

00:21:06.539 --> 00:21:08.039
 who provides salvation

00:21:08.039 --> 00:21:08.639
 not simply

00:21:08.639 --> 00:21:09.940
 from sin

00:21:09.940 --> 00:21:10.759
 and brokenness

00:21:10.759 --> 00:21:11.259
 and evil

00:21:11.259 --> 00:21:12.460
 but salvation

00:21:12.460 --> 00:21:13.899
 to enjoyment

00:21:13.899 --> 00:21:14.799
 and flourishing

00:21:14.799 --> 00:21:15.779
 and growth

00:21:15.779 --> 00:21:16.460
 and life

00:21:16.460 --> 00:21:19.019
 that is why

00:21:19.019 --> 00:21:19.740
 the triune God

00:21:19.740 --> 00:21:20.720
 himself invites

00:21:20.720 --> 00:21:21.740
 people to enter

00:21:21.740 --> 00:21:22.480
 into the age

00:21:22.480 --> 00:21:22.980
 to come

00:21:22.980 --> 00:21:24.019
 to new heavens

00:21:24.019 --> 00:21:24.440
 and earth

00:21:24.440 --> 00:21:25.460
 what does he say

00:21:25.460 --> 00:21:27.620
 enter into my rest

00:21:27.620 --> 00:21:29.519
 the Sabbath

00:21:29.519 --> 00:21:31.640
 is a giant

00:21:31.640 --> 00:21:32.960
 pointer sign

00:21:32.960 --> 00:21:34.579
 to what will come

00:21:34.579 --> 00:21:35.259
 for eternity

00:21:35.259 --> 00:21:37.720
 to rest from work

00:21:37.720 --> 00:21:38.740
 and rest in order

00:21:38.740 --> 00:21:39.299
 to worship

00:21:39.299 --> 00:21:40.380
 and delight in God

00:21:40.380 --> 00:21:41.559
 is to embrace

00:21:41.559 --> 00:21:42.160
 his vision

00:21:42.160 --> 00:21:42.779
 for life

00:21:42.779 --> 00:21:44.940
 that we would

00:21:44.940 --> 00:21:45.660
 look to him

00:21:45.660 --> 00:21:46.920
 for our provision

00:21:46.920 --> 00:21:47.559
 and declare

00:21:47.559 --> 00:21:48.500
 with our lives

00:21:48.500 --> 00:21:49.660
 that there is

00:21:49.660 --> 00:21:50.259
 a redemption

00:21:50.259 --> 00:21:50.940
 that awaits

00:21:50.940 --> 00:21:51.579
 all who put their

00:21:51.579 --> 00:21:52.119
 faith and hope

00:21:52.119 --> 00:21:52.579
 and trust

00:21:52.579 --> 00:21:53.559
 in Jesus

00:21:53.559 --> 00:21:55.039
 the Sabbath

00:21:55.039 --> 00:21:56.160
 isn't just a day

00:21:56.160 --> 00:21:57.720
 off work

00:21:57.720 --> 00:21:58.200
 for us

00:21:58.200 --> 00:21:59.019
 which it certainly

00:21:59.019 --> 00:21:59.399
 is

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 it is so much

00:22:01.039 --> 00:22:01.559
 bigger

00:22:01.559 --> 00:22:02.899
 and grander

00:22:02.899 --> 00:22:03.420
 and I think

00:22:03.420 --> 00:22:04.299
 if we have a vision

00:22:04.299 --> 00:22:04.980
 of what the Sabbath

00:22:04.980 --> 00:22:05.779
 truly is

00:22:05.779 --> 00:22:07.200
 then we will see it

00:22:07.200 --> 00:22:08.139
 as a joy

00:22:08.139 --> 00:22:08.980
 not necessarily

00:22:08.980 --> 00:22:09.500
 easy

00:22:09.500 --> 00:22:10.500
 to participate

00:22:10.500 --> 00:22:10.860
 in

00:22:10.860 --> 00:22:13.120
 the people

00:22:13.120 --> 00:22:13.740
 here see it

00:22:13.740 --> 00:22:14.380
 as just a day

00:22:14.380 --> 00:22:14.620
 off

00:22:14.620 --> 00:22:16.620
 as an inconvenience

00:22:16.620 --> 00:22:19.960
 why

00:22:19.960 --> 00:22:21.360
 because I could

00:22:21.360 --> 00:22:22.259
 be making money

00:22:22.259 --> 00:22:23.599
 on day seven

00:22:23.599 --> 00:22:24.799
 you are ruining

00:22:24.799 --> 00:22:25.579
 my productivity

00:22:25.579 --> 00:22:27.079
 besides

00:22:27.079 --> 00:22:27.680
 the Tyrians

00:22:27.680 --> 00:22:28.079
 are coming

00:22:28.079 --> 00:22:28.839
 from the north

00:22:28.839 --> 00:22:30.019
 they have fish

00:22:30.019 --> 00:22:31.200
 that fish

00:22:31.200 --> 00:22:31.880
 might spoil

00:22:31.880 --> 00:22:33.079
 I like my fish

00:22:33.079 --> 00:22:34.200
 there's

00:22:34.200 --> 00:22:34.980
 there's aspects

00:22:34.980 --> 00:22:35.559
 to this

00:22:35.559 --> 00:22:36.440
 that

00:22:36.440 --> 00:22:37.480
 that disregard

00:22:37.480 --> 00:22:39.160
 what the Sabbath

00:22:39.160 --> 00:22:40.240
 points to

00:22:40.240 --> 00:22:41.140
 namely God

00:22:41.140 --> 00:22:41.880
 and his redemption

00:22:41.880 --> 00:22:42.759
 and his creation

00:22:42.759 --> 00:22:44.480
 and it

00:22:44.480 --> 00:22:45.819
 really disregards

00:22:45.819 --> 00:22:46.599
 God himself

00:22:46.599 --> 00:22:49.220
 because God

00:22:49.220 --> 00:22:49.960
 gave the Sabbath

00:22:49.960 --> 00:22:50.799
 as a gift

00:22:50.799 --> 00:22:51.420
 to enjoy

00:22:51.420 --> 00:22:52.400
 making it

00:22:52.400 --> 00:22:53.059
 an essential

00:22:53.059 --> 00:22:54.039
 aspect of good

00:22:54.039 --> 00:22:54.360
 living

00:22:54.360 --> 00:22:55.460
 the neglect

00:22:55.460 --> 00:22:56.200
 of the Sabbath

00:22:56.200 --> 00:22:57.940
 is

00:22:57.940 --> 00:23:00.500
 will always

00:23:00.500 --> 00:23:01.279
 result in

00:23:01.279 --> 00:23:02.200
 a social

00:23:02.200 --> 00:23:02.599
 physical

00:23:02.599 --> 00:23:03.319
 and spiritual

00:23:03.319 --> 00:23:04.420
 breakdown

00:23:04.420 --> 00:23:05.160
 why

00:23:05.160 --> 00:23:06.519
 because Sabbath

00:23:06.519 --> 00:23:07.220
 robs us

00:23:07.220 --> 00:23:07.900
 of our rest

00:23:07.900 --> 00:23:08.619
 and friends

00:23:08.619 --> 00:23:10.799
 you might be

00:23:10.799 --> 00:23:11.359
 really good

00:23:11.359 --> 00:23:11.980
 at the grind

00:23:11.980 --> 00:23:12.759
 but you need

00:23:12.759 --> 00:23:13.180
 rest

00:23:13.180 --> 00:23:13.879
 you do

00:23:13.879 --> 00:23:15.180
 you need to

00:23:15.180 --> 00:23:15.519
 breathe

00:23:15.519 --> 00:23:16.240
 and exhale

00:23:16.240 --> 00:23:17.440
 you need to

00:23:17.440 --> 00:23:18.059
 enjoy

00:23:18.059 --> 00:23:19.119
 God's creation

00:23:19.119 --> 00:23:20.660
 I say this

00:23:20.660 --> 00:23:21.000
 okay

00:23:21.000 --> 00:23:21.339
 I'll

00:23:21.339 --> 00:23:22.160
 time out

00:23:22.160 --> 00:23:22.539
 this isn't

00:23:22.539 --> 00:23:23.180
 like a brag

00:23:23.180 --> 00:23:24.000
 turns out

00:23:24.000 --> 00:23:24.440
 that planting

00:23:24.440 --> 00:23:24.700
 a church

00:23:24.700 --> 00:23:25.079
 is kind of

00:23:25.079 --> 00:23:25.359
 hard

00:23:25.359 --> 00:23:25.779
 okay

00:23:25.779 --> 00:23:26.639
 it's

00:23:26.639 --> 00:23:27.139
 especially

00:23:27.139 --> 00:23:28.240
 in COVID

00:23:28.240 --> 00:23:29.440
 and it's

00:23:29.440 --> 00:23:30.379
 been a moving

00:23:30.379 --> 00:23:30.819
 target

00:23:30.819 --> 00:23:31.879
 and I'll say

00:23:31.879 --> 00:23:32.099
 this

00:23:32.099 --> 00:23:32.639
 my family

00:23:32.639 --> 00:23:33.259
 has suffered

00:23:33.259 --> 00:23:34.160
 I have

00:23:34.160 --> 00:23:34.819
 robbed my

00:23:34.819 --> 00:23:35.639
 family of rest

00:23:35.639 --> 00:23:36.220
 because

00:23:36.220 --> 00:23:37.619
 you know

00:23:37.619 --> 00:23:38.379
 Sunday's coming

00:23:38.379 --> 00:23:39.059
 I'm sorry

00:23:39.059 --> 00:23:40.079
 I just

00:23:40.079 --> 00:23:40.500
 I have to

00:23:40.500 --> 00:23:40.839
 put in the

00:23:40.839 --> 00:23:41.159
 time

00:23:41.159 --> 00:23:42.460
 if you

00:23:42.460 --> 00:23:44.039
 find yourself

00:23:44.039 --> 00:23:44.700
 in a promotion

00:23:44.700 --> 00:23:45.679
 and that

00:23:45.679 --> 00:23:46.159
 promotion

00:23:46.159 --> 00:23:46.819
 is something

00:23:46.819 --> 00:23:47.460
 that is just

00:23:47.460 --> 00:23:48.319
 requiring

00:23:48.319 --> 00:23:49.519
 you know

00:23:49.519 --> 00:23:49.779
 an extra

00:23:49.779 --> 00:23:50.539
 ten hours a week

00:23:50.539 --> 00:23:50.819
 an extra

00:23:50.819 --> 00:23:51.720
 five hours a week

00:23:51.720 --> 00:23:53.139
 do you have

00:23:53.139 --> 00:23:53.619
 that in your

00:23:53.619 --> 00:23:54.019
 margins

00:23:54.019 --> 00:23:54.700
 to absorb

00:23:54.700 --> 00:23:56.019
 or will

00:23:56.019 --> 00:23:56.579
 somebody else

00:23:56.579 --> 00:23:56.859
 have to

00:23:56.859 --> 00:23:57.419
 absorb it

00:23:57.419 --> 00:23:58.819
 for you

00:23:58.819 --> 00:24:01.259
 will you

00:24:01.259 --> 00:24:02.200
 not have

00:24:02.200 --> 00:24:02.599
 the rest

00:24:02.599 --> 00:24:03.000
 you need

00:24:03.000 --> 00:24:03.339
 will you

00:24:03.339 --> 00:24:04.459
 be robbing

00:24:04.459 --> 00:24:05.579
 from

00:24:05.579 --> 00:24:06.779
 your family

00:24:06.779 --> 00:24:07.359
 you know

00:24:07.359 --> 00:24:07.859
 that's another

00:24:07.859 --> 00:24:08.279
 thing about

00:24:08.279 --> 00:24:08.720
 the Sabbath

00:24:08.720 --> 00:24:09.759
 it's a one

00:24:09.759 --> 00:24:10.500
 day a week

00:24:10.500 --> 00:24:12.359
 where a family

00:24:12.359 --> 00:24:13.179
 gets together

00:24:13.179 --> 00:24:14.359
 and enjoys

00:24:14.359 --> 00:24:14.919
 one another

00:24:14.919 --> 00:24:16.439
 I'll get to a bit

00:24:16.439 --> 00:24:16.899
 you know

00:24:16.899 --> 00:24:17.259
 if you're feeling

00:24:17.259 --> 00:24:17.679
 overwhelmed

00:24:17.679 --> 00:24:18.279
 we'll talk a bit

00:24:18.279 --> 00:24:18.759
 more about it

00:24:18.759 --> 00:24:19.159
 but this

00:24:19.159 --> 00:24:19.740
 is what the

00:24:19.740 --> 00:24:20.039
 Sabbath

00:24:20.039 --> 00:24:20.720
 that has a

00:24:20.720 --> 00:24:21.240
 vision of

00:24:21.240 --> 00:24:22.019
 of a family

00:24:22.019 --> 00:24:22.799
 coming together

00:24:22.799 --> 00:24:23.459
 if you have

00:24:23.459 --> 00:24:23.899
 a family

00:24:23.899 --> 00:24:26.319
 it also means

00:24:26.319 --> 00:24:27.259
 in a sense

00:24:27.259 --> 00:24:28.639
 being

00:24:28.639 --> 00:24:29.859
 wise about

00:24:29.859 --> 00:24:30.779
 how we

00:24:30.779 --> 00:24:31.599
 or how we

00:24:31.599 --> 00:24:32.559
 do not engage

00:24:32.559 --> 00:24:33.599
 in the economy

00:24:33.599 --> 00:24:34.720
 is there a

00:24:34.720 --> 00:24:35.419
 day that you

00:24:35.419 --> 00:24:36.519
 could not

00:24:36.519 --> 00:24:37.740
 buy or

00:24:37.740 --> 00:24:38.480
 sell

00:24:38.480 --> 00:24:39.179
 a day that

00:24:39.179 --> 00:24:40.759
 maybe the

00:24:40.759 --> 00:24:41.259
 day before

00:24:41.259 --> 00:24:41.859
 you do double

00:24:41.859 --> 00:24:42.279
 the work

00:24:42.279 --> 00:24:43.000
 you collect

00:24:43.000 --> 00:24:43.460
 double the

00:24:43.460 --> 00:24:43.720
 manna

00:24:43.720 --> 00:24:44.200
 so that

00:24:44.200 --> 00:24:44.679
 you have

00:24:44.679 --> 00:24:45.139
 one day

00:24:45.139 --> 00:24:45.519
 where you're

00:24:45.519 --> 00:24:46.980
 not working

00:24:46.980 --> 00:24:47.599
 or causing

00:24:47.599 --> 00:24:48.500
 somebody else

00:24:48.500 --> 00:24:48.960
 to work

00:24:48.960 --> 00:24:50.899
 but ultimately

00:24:50.899 --> 00:24:52.399
 by not

00:24:52.399 --> 00:24:53.460
 enjoying the

00:24:53.460 --> 00:24:53.779
 Sabbath

00:24:53.779 --> 00:24:54.839
 you rob

00:24:54.839 --> 00:24:55.799
 not that you

00:24:55.799 --> 00:24:56.200
 can rob

00:24:56.200 --> 00:24:56.460
 God

00:24:56.460 --> 00:24:57.299
 but you

00:24:57.299 --> 00:24:58.079
 rob God

00:24:58.079 --> 00:24:58.440
 from

00:24:58.440 --> 00:24:59.279
 from

00:24:59.279 --> 00:25:00.639
 enjoying

00:25:00.639 --> 00:25:01.159
 him

00:25:01.160 --> 00:25:01.580
 and him

00:25:01.580 --> 00:25:02.080
 enjoying

00:25:02.080 --> 00:25:02.400
 you

00:25:02.400 --> 00:25:06.360
 I would

00:25:06.360 --> 00:25:06.720
 just say

00:25:06.720 --> 00:25:06.960
 that

00:25:06.960 --> 00:25:07.320
 listen

00:25:07.320 --> 00:25:08.140
 chapter 13

00:25:08.140 --> 00:25:08.940
 verses 15

00:25:08.940 --> 00:25:09.700
 to 23

00:25:09.700 --> 00:25:10.120
 ought not

00:25:10.120 --> 00:25:10.360
 to be

00:25:10.360 --> 00:25:10.759
 copy and

00:25:10.759 --> 00:25:11.060
 pasted

00:25:11.060 --> 00:25:11.480
 for today

00:25:11.480 --> 00:25:11.860
 okay

00:25:11.860 --> 00:25:12.120
 there's

00:25:12.120 --> 00:25:12.440
 nuance

00:25:12.440 --> 00:25:13.040
 to this

00:25:13.040 --> 00:25:13.980
 but it

00:25:13.980 --> 00:25:14.400
 ought not

00:25:14.400 --> 00:25:14.940
 to be

00:25:14.940 --> 00:25:15.740
 disregarded

00:25:15.740 --> 00:25:16.200
 either

00:25:16.200 --> 00:25:17.160
 listen

00:25:17.160 --> 00:25:17.380
 the

00:25:17.380 --> 00:25:17.700
 Sabbath

00:25:17.700 --> 00:25:18.240
 ultimately

00:25:18.240 --> 00:25:18.600
 is for

00:25:18.600 --> 00:25:18.740
 our

00:25:18.740 --> 00:25:19.019
 benefit

00:25:19.019 --> 00:25:19.220
 what

00:25:19.220 --> 00:25:19.360
 does

00:25:19.360 --> 00:25:19.620
 Jesus

00:25:19.620 --> 00:25:19.940
 say

00:25:19.940 --> 00:25:20.080
 in

00:25:20.080 --> 00:25:20.240
 Mark

00:25:20.240 --> 00:25:20.519
 chapter

00:25:20.519 --> 00:25:20.880
 2

00:25:20.880 --> 00:25:21.460
 at

00:25:21.460 --> 00:25:21.620
 the

00:25:21.620 --> 00:25:21.920
 end

00:25:21.920 --> 00:25:22.880
 the

00:25:22.880 --> 00:25:23.220
 Sabbath

00:25:23.220 --> 00:25:23.480
 was

00:25:23.480 --> 00:25:23.759
 made

00:25:23.759 --> 00:25:23.980
 for

00:25:23.980 --> 00:25:24.340
 man

00:25:24.340 --> 00:25:24.560
 not

00:25:24.560 --> 00:25:24.840
 man

00:25:24.840 --> 00:25:25.000
 for

00:25:25.000 --> 00:25:25.180
 the

00:25:25.180 --> 00:25:25.460
 Sabbath

00:25:25.460 --> 00:25:25.720
 so

00:25:25.720 --> 00:25:25.900
 the

00:25:25.900 --> 00:25:26.300
 son

00:25:26.300 --> 00:25:26.539
 of

00:25:26.539 --> 00:25:26.800
 man

00:25:26.800 --> 00:25:27.000
 is

00:25:27.000 --> 00:25:27.240
 Lord

00:25:27.240 --> 00:25:27.580
 even

00:25:27.580 --> 00:25:27.779
 on

00:25:27.779 --> 00:25:27.960
 the

00:25:27.960 --> 00:25:28.279
 Sabbath

00:25:28.279 --> 00:25:29.300
 so

00:25:29.300 --> 00:25:29.600
 how

00:25:29.600 --> 00:25:29.779
 do

00:25:29.779 --> 00:25:30.019
 we

00:25:30.019 --> 00:25:30.400
 enjoy

00:25:30.400 --> 00:25:30.620
 the

00:25:30.620 --> 00:25:30.900
 Sabbath

00:25:30.900 --> 00:25:31.380
 friends

00:25:31.380 --> 00:25:32.620
 say

00:25:32.620 --> 00:25:32.800
 we

00:25:32.800 --> 00:25:33.200
 try

00:25:33.200 --> 00:25:35.220
 it's

00:25:35.220 --> 00:25:35.320
 a

00:25:35.320 --> 00:25:35.519
 moving

00:25:35.519 --> 00:25:36.000
 target

00:25:36.000 --> 00:25:37.100
 and we

00:25:37.100 --> 00:25:37.440
 try

00:25:37.440 --> 00:25:39.220
 and

00:25:39.220 --> 00:25:39.519
 next

00:25:39.519 --> 00:25:39.860
 week

00:25:39.860 --> 00:25:40.440
 you

00:25:40.440 --> 00:25:40.560
 have

00:25:40.560 --> 00:25:40.700
 the

00:25:40.700 --> 00:25:40.940
 Sabbath

00:25:40.940 --> 00:25:41.120
 on

00:25:41.120 --> 00:25:41.560
 Sunday

00:25:41.560 --> 00:25:41.840
 or

00:25:41.840 --> 00:25:42.279
 Saturday

00:25:42.279 --> 00:25:42.600
 or

00:25:42.600 --> 00:25:42.800
 maybe

00:25:42.800 --> 00:25:43.080
 works

00:25:43.080 --> 00:25:43.200
 out

00:25:43.200 --> 00:25:43.320
 to

00:25:43.320 --> 00:25:43.500
 have

00:25:43.500 --> 00:25:43.580
 it

00:25:43.580 --> 00:25:43.680
 in

00:25:43.680 --> 00:25:43.779
 the

00:25:43.779 --> 00:25:43.920
 middle

00:25:43.920 --> 00:25:44.060
 of

00:25:44.060 --> 00:25:44.120
 the

00:25:44.120 --> 00:25:44.360
 week

00:25:44.360 --> 00:25:46.100
 you

00:25:46.100 --> 00:25:46.460
 try

00:25:46.460 --> 00:25:48.700
 you

00:25:48.700 --> 00:25:48.880
 do

00:25:48.880 --> 00:25:49.039
 your

00:25:49.039 --> 00:25:49.400
 best

00:25:49.400 --> 00:25:49.820
 by

00:25:49.820 --> 00:25:50.160
 God's

00:25:50.160 --> 00:25:50.500
 strength

00:25:50.500 --> 00:25:50.920
 asking

00:25:51.920 --> 00:25:52.560
 to

00:25:52.560 --> 00:25:52.960
 prepare

00:25:52.960 --> 00:25:53.519
 beforehand

00:25:53.519 --> 00:25:53.860
 to

00:25:53.860 --> 00:25:54.860
 resist

00:25:54.860 --> 00:25:56.120
 the

00:25:56.120 --> 00:25:56.759
 temptations

00:25:56.759 --> 00:25:57.000
 to

00:25:57.000 --> 00:25:57.519
 participate

00:25:57.519 --> 00:25:57.940
 in the

00:25:57.940 --> 00:25:58.279
 things

00:25:58.279 --> 00:25:59.220
 that you

00:25:59.220 --> 00:25:59.700
 could do

00:25:59.700 --> 00:26:00.240
 any other

00:26:00.240 --> 00:26:00.580
 day of

00:26:00.580 --> 00:26:00.940
 the week

00:26:00.940 --> 00:26:01.700
 but you

00:26:01.700 --> 00:26:02.160
 try

00:26:02.160 --> 00:26:04.259
 maybe

00:26:04.259 --> 00:26:05.100
 to enjoy

00:26:05.100 --> 00:26:05.279
 the

00:26:05.279 --> 00:26:05.539
 Sabbath

00:26:05.539 --> 00:26:05.960
 is to

00:26:05.960 --> 00:26:06.279
 make sure

00:26:06.279 --> 00:26:06.600
 that there's

00:26:06.600 --> 00:26:06.900
 a good

00:26:06.900 --> 00:26:07.180
 meal

00:26:07.180 --> 00:26:08.180
 and the

00:26:08.180 --> 00:26:08.480
 table

00:26:08.480 --> 00:26:08.980
 is set

00:26:08.980 --> 00:26:09.240
 and you

00:26:09.240 --> 00:26:09.620
 enjoy

00:26:09.620 --> 00:26:09.920
 it

00:26:09.920 --> 00:26:11.320
 maybe

00:26:11.320 --> 00:26:11.600
 the

00:26:11.600 --> 00:26:11.900
 Sabbath

00:26:11.900 --> 00:26:12.880
 is to

00:26:12.880 --> 00:26:13.140
 get

00:26:13.140 --> 00:26:13.640
 if

00:26:13.640 --> 00:26:14.100
 possible

00:26:14.100 --> 00:26:14.400
 an

00:26:14.400 --> 00:26:14.880
 hour

00:26:14.880 --> 00:26:15.680
 alone

00:26:15.680 --> 00:26:16.480
 in

00:26:16.480 --> 00:26:17.140
 solitude

00:26:17.140 --> 00:26:18.900
 easier said

00:26:18.900 --> 00:26:19.220
 than done

00:26:19.220 --> 00:26:19.560
 for some

00:26:19.560 --> 00:26:20.039
 people here

00:26:20.039 --> 00:26:21.720
 maybe

00:26:21.720 --> 00:26:22.180
 it's

00:26:22.180 --> 00:26:22.339
 to

00:26:22.339 --> 00:26:22.539
 not

00:26:22.539 --> 00:26:22.700
 be

00:26:22.700 --> 00:26:22.860
 a

00:26:22.860 --> 00:26:23.180
 hermit

00:26:23.180 --> 00:26:23.460
 and

00:26:23.460 --> 00:26:23.620
 to

00:26:23.620 --> 00:26:24.100
 enjoy

00:26:24.100 --> 00:26:24.460
 people

00:26:24.460 --> 00:26:24.860
 around

00:26:24.860 --> 00:26:25.059
 you

00:26:25.059 --> 00:26:25.220
 it's

00:26:25.220 --> 00:26:25.319
 the

00:26:25.319 --> 00:26:25.680
 opposite

00:26:25.680 --> 00:26:28.259
 maybe

00:26:28.259 --> 00:26:28.980
 the

00:26:28.980 --> 00:26:29.319
 Sabbath

00:26:29.319 --> 00:26:29.880
 is to

00:26:29.880 --> 00:26:30.799
 learn

00:26:30.799 --> 00:26:31.400
 how to

00:26:31.400 --> 00:26:31.839
 be

00:26:31.839 --> 00:26:32.180
 in the

00:26:32.180 --> 00:26:32.559
 company

00:26:32.559 --> 00:26:32.860
 of

00:26:32.860 --> 00:26:33.259
 people

00:26:33.259 --> 00:26:34.059
 without

00:26:34.059 --> 00:26:34.400
 our

00:26:34.400 --> 00:26:34.920
 phones

00:26:34.920 --> 00:26:35.360
 without

00:26:35.360 --> 00:26:36.140
 distractions

00:26:36.140 --> 00:26:37.240
 but to

00:26:37.240 --> 00:26:37.660
 enjoy

00:26:37.660 --> 00:26:37.940
 them

00:26:37.940 --> 00:26:38.339
 and that

00:26:38.339 --> 00:26:38.700
 again

00:26:38.700 --> 00:26:39.160
 is not

00:26:39.160 --> 00:26:39.519
 easy

00:26:39.519 --> 00:26:40.100
 so we

00:26:40.100 --> 00:26:40.500
 try

00:26:40.500 --> 00:26:40.819
 and we

00:26:40.819 --> 00:26:41.259
 practice

00:26:41.259 --> 00:26:42.120
 we

00:26:42.120 --> 00:26:42.600
 practice

00:26:42.600 --> 00:26:43.000
 and we

00:26:43.000 --> 00:26:43.440
 practice

00:26:43.440 --> 00:26:44.640
 we don't

00:26:44.640 --> 00:26:44.880
 get

00:26:44.880 --> 00:26:45.940
 legalistic

00:26:45.940 --> 00:26:46.460
 about it

00:26:46.460 --> 00:26:47.079
 and say

00:26:47.079 --> 00:26:47.680
 I messed

00:26:47.680 --> 00:26:48.059
 up

00:26:48.059 --> 00:26:49.440
 it's done

00:26:49.440 --> 00:26:49.779
 forget

00:26:49.779 --> 00:26:50.120
 it

00:26:50.119 --> 00:26:50.500
 but we

00:26:50.500 --> 00:26:50.739
 keep

00:26:50.739 --> 00:26:51.199
 trying

00:26:51.199 --> 00:26:51.419
 our

00:26:51.419 --> 00:26:51.679
 best

00:26:51.679 --> 00:26:52.019
 why

00:26:52.019 --> 00:26:52.579
 because

00:26:52.579 --> 00:26:52.699
 we

00:26:52.699 --> 00:26:52.839
 want

00:26:52.839 --> 00:26:52.939
 to

00:26:52.939 --> 00:26:53.419
 enjoy

00:26:53.419 --> 00:26:53.619
 the

00:26:53.619 --> 00:26:53.879
 Lord

00:26:53.879 --> 00:26:54.099
 we

00:26:54.099 --> 00:26:54.479
 we

00:26:54.479 --> 00:26:54.719
 see

00:26:54.719 --> 00:26:54.959
 his

00:26:54.959 --> 00:26:55.239
 vision

00:26:55.239 --> 00:26:55.459
 for

00:26:55.459 --> 00:26:55.599
 our

00:26:55.599 --> 00:26:55.859
 life

00:26:55.859 --> 00:26:56.119
 and by

00:26:56.119 --> 00:26:56.319
 his

00:26:56.319 --> 00:26:56.699
 strength

00:26:56.699 --> 00:26:57.039
 we will

00:26:57.039 --> 00:26:57.559
 engage

00:26:57.559 --> 00:26:58.079
 in that

00:26:58.079 --> 00:26:59.179
 but

00:26:59.179 --> 00:26:59.639
 Sabbath

00:26:59.639 --> 00:27:00.119
 may be

00:27:00.119 --> 00:27:00.819
 so foreign

00:27:00.819 --> 00:27:01.119
 and so

00:27:01.119 --> 00:27:01.539
 difficult

00:27:01.539 --> 00:27:02.039
 for you

00:27:02.039 --> 00:27:03.059
 because you

00:27:03.059 --> 00:27:03.459
 have just

00:27:03.459 --> 00:27:04.239
 an inability

00:27:04.239 --> 00:27:05.119
 to rest

00:27:05.119 --> 00:27:06.199
 because when

00:27:06.199 --> 00:27:06.779
 you do

00:27:06.779 --> 00:27:07.859
 pain

00:27:07.859 --> 00:27:08.539
 may come

00:27:08.539 --> 00:27:08.979
 be that

00:27:08.979 --> 00:27:09.379
 physical

00:27:09.379 --> 00:27:10.079
 or emotional

00:27:10.079 --> 00:27:11.579
 maybe you've

00:27:11.579 --> 00:27:11.859
 struggled

00:27:11.859 --> 00:27:12.419
 with trauma

00:27:12.419 --> 00:27:12.719
 in your

00:27:12.719 --> 00:27:13.059
 life

00:27:13.059 --> 00:27:14.659
 and it's

00:27:14.659 --> 00:27:14.839
 just

00:27:14.839 --> 00:27:15.919
 better to

00:27:15.919 --> 00:27:16.759
 not let

00:27:16.759 --> 00:27:17.399
 your mind

00:27:17.399 --> 00:27:19.519
 not hit

00:27:19.519 --> 00:27:19.879
 pause

00:27:19.879 --> 00:27:20.379
 on your

00:27:20.379 --> 00:27:20.819
 thoughts

00:27:20.819 --> 00:27:23.200
 maybe you

00:27:23.200 --> 00:27:23.519
 are just

00:27:23.519 --> 00:27:24.019
 a very

00:27:24.019 --> 00:27:24.679
 ornery

00:27:24.679 --> 00:27:25.059
 person

00:27:25.059 --> 00:27:27.319
 and you

00:27:27.319 --> 00:27:27.679
 need to

00:27:27.679 --> 00:27:28.480
 by God's

00:27:28.480 --> 00:27:28.779
 strength

00:27:28.779 --> 00:27:29.399
 learn not

00:27:29.399 --> 00:27:29.859
 to be

00:27:29.859 --> 00:27:32.079
 so crusty

00:27:32.079 --> 00:27:34.319
 I don't

00:27:34.319 --> 00:27:34.619
 know how

00:27:34.619 --> 00:27:35.119
 the algorithm

00:27:35.119 --> 00:27:35.740
 works on

00:27:35.740 --> 00:27:36.000
 YouTube

00:27:36.000 --> 00:27:37.000
 maybe it's

00:27:37.000 --> 00:27:37.440
 because

00:27:37.440 --> 00:27:38.940
 I subscribe

00:27:38.940 --> 00:27:39.940
 to religious

00:27:39.940 --> 00:27:40.579
 channels

00:27:40.579 --> 00:27:42.339
 and Bible

00:27:42.339 --> 00:27:42.919
 project

00:27:42.919 --> 00:27:43.460
 videos

00:27:43.460 --> 00:27:43.939
 and stuff

00:27:43.939 --> 00:27:44.439
 but one

00:27:44.439 --> 00:27:45.439
 video came

00:27:45.439 --> 00:27:46.240
 up this

00:27:46.240 --> 00:27:46.779
 past week

00:27:46.779 --> 00:27:47.279
 and it's

00:27:47.279 --> 00:27:48.159
 a rabbi

00:27:48.159 --> 00:27:48.720
 in Toronto

00:27:48.720 --> 00:27:50.059
 I don't

00:27:50.059 --> 00:27:50.359
 know how

00:27:50.359 --> 00:27:50.659
 I'm not

00:27:50.659 --> 00:27:51.139
 subscribing

00:27:51.139 --> 00:27:51.599
 to him

00:27:51.599 --> 00:27:52.279
 but listen

00:27:52.279 --> 00:27:52.619
 it's

00:27:52.619 --> 00:27:53.460
 the algorithm

00:27:53.460 --> 00:27:53.839
 okay

00:27:53.839 --> 00:27:54.879
 but it's

00:27:54.879 --> 00:27:55.139
 like this

00:27:55.139 --> 00:27:55.639
 20 minute

00:27:55.639 --> 00:27:55.960
 clip

00:27:55.960 --> 00:27:56.259
 and he's

00:27:56.259 --> 00:27:56.539
 talking

00:27:56.539 --> 00:27:57.139
 about how

00:27:57.139 --> 00:27:58.579
 for the

00:27:58.579 --> 00:27:58.879
 Orthodox

00:27:58.879 --> 00:27:59.460
 community

00:27:59.460 --> 00:27:59.899
 there's a

00:27:59.899 --> 00:28:00.639
 huge problem

00:28:00.639 --> 00:28:01.720
 with keeping

00:28:01.720 --> 00:28:02.220
 the Sabbath

00:28:02.220 --> 00:28:04.460
 with just

00:28:04.460 --> 00:28:05.139
 non-stop

00:28:05.139 --> 00:28:05.559
 drinking

00:28:05.559 --> 00:28:07.279
 they call

00:28:07.279 --> 00:28:07.480
 it

00:28:07.480 --> 00:28:08.539
 Kiddush

00:28:08.539 --> 00:28:08.859
 Club

00:28:08.859 --> 00:28:09.240
 Kiddush

00:28:09.240 --> 00:28:09.579
 is like

00:28:09.579 --> 00:28:10.519
 a blessing

00:28:10.519 --> 00:28:10.920
 you say

00:28:10.920 --> 00:28:11.220
 over

00:28:11.220 --> 00:28:11.940
 a cup

00:28:11.940 --> 00:28:12.339
 of wine

00:28:12.339 --> 00:28:13.440
 where people

00:28:13.440 --> 00:28:13.980
 they'll just

00:28:13.980 --> 00:28:14.740
 get bombed

00:28:14.740 --> 00:28:15.440
 I don't know

00:28:15.440 --> 00:28:15.900
 if that's a

00:28:15.900 --> 00:28:16.220
 correct

00:28:16.220 --> 00:28:17.039
 Christian term

00:28:17.039 --> 00:28:17.740
 but they get

00:28:17.740 --> 00:28:18.319
 bombed

00:28:18.319 --> 00:28:19.400
 on the

00:28:19.400 --> 00:28:19.720
 Sabbath

00:28:19.720 --> 00:28:21.400
 because

00:28:21.400 --> 00:28:22.099
 he says

00:28:22.099 --> 00:28:23.619
 they can't

00:28:23.619 --> 00:28:24.420
 stand

00:28:24.420 --> 00:28:25.139
 the prolonged

00:28:25.139 --> 00:28:25.920
 silence

00:28:25.920 --> 00:28:28.019
 you know

00:28:28.019 --> 00:28:28.460
 I can relate

00:28:28.460 --> 00:28:28.879
 to that

00:28:28.879 --> 00:28:29.500
 I mean

00:28:29.500 --> 00:28:29.859
 maybe not

00:28:29.859 --> 00:28:30.240
 the prolonged

00:28:30.240 --> 00:28:30.660
 silence

00:28:30.660 --> 00:28:31.059
 because we

00:28:31.059 --> 00:28:31.359
 don't have

00:28:31.359 --> 00:28:31.779
 that so much

00:28:31.779 --> 00:28:31.980
 at our

00:28:31.980 --> 00:28:32.220
 house

00:28:32.220 --> 00:28:33.160
 but just

00:28:33.160 --> 00:28:34.000
 where we're

00:28:34.000 --> 00:28:34.859
 not distracted

00:28:34.859 --> 00:28:36.099
 where the

00:28:36.099 --> 00:28:36.579
 dopamine

00:28:36.579 --> 00:28:37.720
 isn't going

00:28:37.720 --> 00:28:38.559
 crazy in my

00:28:38.559 --> 00:28:39.160
 brain for

00:28:39.160 --> 00:28:39.660
 more than

00:28:39.660 --> 00:28:41.460
 half an

00:28:41.460 --> 00:28:41.680
 hour

00:28:41.680 --> 00:28:42.180
 an hour

00:28:42.180 --> 00:28:43.019
 two hours

00:28:43.019 --> 00:28:45.500
 would I

00:28:45.500 --> 00:28:46.120
 be more

00:28:46.120 --> 00:28:46.720
 or less

00:28:46.720 --> 00:28:47.620
 loving

00:28:47.620 --> 00:28:48.440
 and free

00:28:48.440 --> 00:28:49.180
 would you

00:28:49.180 --> 00:28:49.440
 be

00:28:49.440 --> 00:28:51.680
 consider

00:28:51.680 --> 00:28:52.040
 the

00:28:52.040 --> 00:28:52.380
 Sabbath

00:28:52.380 --> 00:28:54.120
 and

00:28:54.120 --> 00:28:55.040
 practice it

00:28:55.040 --> 00:28:57.279
 the point

00:28:57.279 --> 00:28:57.800
 isn't to

00:28:57.800 --> 00:28:58.120
 give an

00:28:58.120 --> 00:28:58.640
 exhaustive

00:28:58.640 --> 00:28:59.080
 list of

00:28:59.080 --> 00:28:59.440
 do's and

00:28:59.440 --> 00:28:59.740
 don'ts

00:28:59.740 --> 00:29:00.000
 but to

00:29:00.000 --> 00:29:00.460
 understand

00:29:00.460 --> 00:29:00.759
 what the

00:29:00.759 --> 00:29:01.019
 Sabbath

00:29:01.019 --> 00:29:01.320
 is

00:29:01.320 --> 00:29:01.620
 friends

00:29:01.620 --> 00:29:01.980
 it's a

00:29:01.980 --> 00:29:02.300
 gift

00:29:02.300 --> 00:29:03.320
 from God

00:29:03.320 --> 00:29:03.880
 to us

00:29:03.880 --> 00:29:04.640
 it's a

00:29:04.640 --> 00:29:05.280
 taste of

00:29:05.280 --> 00:29:06.660
 heaven

00:29:06.660 --> 00:29:07.000
 just a

00:29:07.000 --> 00:29:07.460
 little bit

00:29:07.460 --> 00:29:08.900
 and a

00:29:08.900 --> 00:29:09.280
 declaration

00:29:09.280 --> 00:29:09.940
 that one

00:29:09.940 --> 00:29:10.500
 day we

00:29:10.500 --> 00:29:11.300
 will enjoy

00:29:11.300 --> 00:29:12.700
 forever rest

00:29:12.700 --> 00:29:13.020
 that will

00:29:13.020 --> 00:29:13.520
 completely

00:29:13.520 --> 00:29:14.580
 satisfy our

00:29:14.580 --> 00:29:15.240
 God given

00:29:15.240 --> 00:29:15.800
 desires

00:29:15.800 --> 00:29:17.080
 because God

00:29:17.080 --> 00:29:18.020
 gives his

00:29:18.020 --> 00:29:18.560
 very self

00:29:18.560 --> 00:29:19.100
 to us

00:29:19.100 --> 00:29:21.320
 this is what

00:29:21.320 --> 00:29:21.880
 Nehemiah is

00:29:21.880 --> 00:29:22.500
 fighting about

00:29:22.500 --> 00:29:23.760
 this is what

00:29:23.760 --> 00:29:24.260
 the people have

00:29:24.260 --> 00:29:24.620
 forgotten

00:29:24.620 --> 00:29:25.920
 and we also

00:29:25.920 --> 00:29:26.820
 see that

00:29:26.820 --> 00:29:27.500
 Nehemiah is

00:29:27.500 --> 00:29:28.140
 about a pure

00:29:28.140 --> 00:29:28.620
 and devoted

00:29:28.620 --> 00:29:29.400
 spirituality

00:29:29.400 --> 00:29:30.420
 verses 23

00:29:30.420 --> 00:29:31.000
 to 28

00:29:31.000 --> 00:29:31.880
 read with me

00:29:31.880 --> 00:29:33.600
 in those

00:29:33.600 --> 00:29:34.060
 days

00:29:34.060 --> 00:29:35.140
 also I

00:29:35.140 --> 00:29:35.520
 saw the

00:29:35.520 --> 00:29:36.080
 Jews who

00:29:36.080 --> 00:29:36.540
 had married

00:29:36.540 --> 00:29:37.140
 women of

00:29:37.140 --> 00:29:37.780
 Ashdod

00:29:37.780 --> 00:29:38.840
 Ammon

00:29:38.840 --> 00:29:39.980
 and Moab

00:29:39.980 --> 00:29:40.940
 and half

00:29:40.940 --> 00:29:41.180
 of their

00:29:41.180 --> 00:29:41.800
 children spoke

00:29:41.800 --> 00:29:42.300
 the language

00:29:42.300 --> 00:29:43.080
 of Ashdod

00:29:43.080 --> 00:29:44.100
 and they

00:29:44.100 --> 00:29:44.540
 could not

00:29:44.540 --> 00:29:45.020
 speak the

00:29:45.020 --> 00:29:45.500
 language of

00:29:45.500 --> 00:29:45.860
 Judah but

00:29:45.860 --> 00:29:46.300
 only the

00:29:46.300 --> 00:29:46.720
 language of

00:29:46.720 --> 00:29:47.220
 each people

00:29:47.220 --> 00:29:48.060
 and I

00:29:48.060 --> 00:29:48.480
 confronted

00:29:48.480 --> 00:29:48.920
 them and

00:29:48.920 --> 00:29:49.440
 cursed them

00:29:49.440 --> 00:29:49.800
 and beat

00:29:49.800 --> 00:29:50.220
 some of

00:29:50.220 --> 00:29:50.540
 them and

00:29:50.540 --> 00:29:51.040
 pulled out

00:29:51.040 --> 00:29:51.560
 their hair

00:29:51.560 --> 00:29:52.360
 and I

00:29:52.360 --> 00:29:52.800
 made them

00:29:52.800 --> 00:29:53.200
 take an

00:29:53.200 --> 00:29:53.540
 oath in

00:29:53.540 --> 00:29:53.840
 the name

00:29:53.840 --> 00:29:54.160
 of God

00:29:54.160 --> 00:29:54.580
 saying you

00:29:54.580 --> 00:29:55.100
 shall not

00:29:55.100 --> 00:29:55.500
 give your

00:29:55.500 --> 00:29:56.140
 daughters to

00:29:56.140 --> 00:29:56.780
 their sons

00:29:56.780 --> 00:29:57.760
 or take

00:29:57.760 --> 00:29:58.500
 their daughters

00:29:58.500 --> 00:29:58.980
 for your

00:29:58.980 --> 00:29:59.600
 sons or

00:29:59.600 --> 00:30:00.300
 for yourselves

00:30:00.300 --> 00:30:01.100
 did not

00:30:01.100 --> 00:30:01.600
 Solomon

00:30:01.880 --> 00:30:02.060
 king of

00:30:02.060 --> 00:30:02.920
 Israel sin

00:30:02.920 --> 00:30:03.500
 on account

00:30:03.500 --> 00:30:03.860
 of such

00:30:03.860 --> 00:30:05.420
 women among

00:30:05.420 --> 00:30:05.940
 the many

00:30:05.940 --> 00:30:07.820
 nations there

00:30:07.820 --> 00:30:08.760
 was no king

00:30:08.760 --> 00:30:09.480
 like him and

00:30:09.480 --> 00:30:10.440
 he was beloved

00:30:10.440 --> 00:30:11.360
 by his God

00:30:11.360 --> 00:30:12.500
 and God made

00:30:12.500 --> 00:30:13.280
 him king over

00:30:13.280 --> 00:30:13.840
 all Israel

00:30:13.840 --> 00:30:14.240
 nevertheless

00:30:14.240 --> 00:30:15.180
 foreign women

00:30:15.180 --> 00:30:17.040
 made even him

00:30:17.040 --> 00:30:17.540
 to sin

00:30:17.540 --> 00:30:18.340
 shall we then

00:30:18.340 --> 00:30:19.140
 listen to you

00:30:19.140 --> 00:30:19.740
 and do all

00:30:19.740 --> 00:30:20.580
 this great evil

00:30:20.580 --> 00:30:21.420
 and act

00:30:21.420 --> 00:30:22.020
 treacherously

00:30:22.020 --> 00:30:22.780
 against our

00:30:22.780 --> 00:30:23.640
 God by

00:30:23.640 --> 00:30:24.040
 marrying

00:30:24.040 --> 00:30:24.740
 foreign women

00:30:24.740 --> 00:30:29.559
 foreign women

00:30:29.559 --> 00:30:31.500
 are in

00:30:31.500 --> 00:30:31.779
 Jesus'

00:30:32.019 --> 00:30:32.400
 lineage

00:30:32.400 --> 00:30:33.579
 okay

00:30:33.579 --> 00:30:34.000
 so the

00:30:34.000 --> 00:30:34.539
 issue isn't

00:30:34.539 --> 00:30:35.000
 with foreign

00:30:35.000 --> 00:30:35.279
 women

00:30:35.279 --> 00:30:36.539
 the issue

00:30:36.539 --> 00:30:37.079
 is how

00:30:37.079 --> 00:30:38.620
 the introduction

00:30:38.620 --> 00:30:39.839
 of a faith

00:30:39.839 --> 00:30:40.559
 or a

00:30:40.559 --> 00:30:41.079
 philosophy

00:30:41.079 --> 00:30:41.720
 or an

00:30:41.720 --> 00:30:42.319
 ideology

00:30:42.319 --> 00:30:42.779
 into the

00:30:42.779 --> 00:30:43.160
 people of

00:30:43.160 --> 00:30:43.480
 God

00:30:43.480 --> 00:30:43.920
 so that the

00:30:43.920 --> 00:30:44.299
 people of

00:30:44.299 --> 00:30:44.620
 God

00:30:44.620 --> 00:30:45.220
 say I

00:30:45.220 --> 00:30:45.440
 worship

00:30:45.440 --> 00:30:45.779
 God

00:30:45.779 --> 00:30:46.240
 and

00:30:46.240 --> 00:30:47.839
 how that

00:30:47.839 --> 00:30:48.859
 destroys the

00:30:48.859 --> 00:30:49.259
 people of

00:30:49.259 --> 00:30:49.500
 God

00:30:49.500 --> 00:30:54.099
 there's more

00:30:54.099 --> 00:30:54.539
 than one way

00:30:54.539 --> 00:30:55.220
 to destroy a

00:30:55.220 --> 00:30:55.420
 city

00:30:55.420 --> 00:30:57.440
 and this is

00:30:57.440 --> 00:30:58.480
 one of them

00:30:58.480 --> 00:31:00.680
 yesterday's

00:31:00.680 --> 00:31:01.259
 enemies have

00:31:01.259 --> 00:31:01.740
 now become

00:31:01.740 --> 00:31:02.200
 today's

00:31:02.200 --> 00:31:02.960
 marriage partners

00:31:02.960 --> 00:31:04.099
 and like in

00:31:04.099 --> 00:31:04.740
 Ezra the

00:31:04.740 --> 00:31:05.380
 Israelites have

00:31:05.380 --> 00:31:07.380
 married people

00:31:07.380 --> 00:31:07.980
 of a different

00:31:07.980 --> 00:31:08.440
 faith

00:31:08.440 --> 00:31:10.299
 people from

00:31:10.299 --> 00:31:11.200
 Ashdod and

00:31:11.200 --> 00:31:11.819
 Ammon and

00:31:11.819 --> 00:31:12.319
 Moab

00:31:12.319 --> 00:31:13.299
 the nations

00:31:13.299 --> 00:31:13.599
 that have

00:31:13.599 --> 00:31:14.559
 plagued Israel

00:31:14.559 --> 00:31:15.480
 from before

00:31:15.480 --> 00:31:15.839
 they even

00:31:15.839 --> 00:31:16.480
 entered into

00:31:16.480 --> 00:31:16.980
 the promised

00:31:16.980 --> 00:31:17.400
 land

00:31:17.400 --> 00:31:18.240
 and to

00:31:18.240 --> 00:31:19.160
 attempt it

00:31:19.160 --> 00:31:19.640
 to thwart

00:31:19.640 --> 00:31:20.200
 the rebuilding

00:31:20.200 --> 00:31:20.580
 of the

00:31:20.580 --> 00:31:20.840
 wall

00:31:20.840 --> 00:31:22.040
 again the

00:31:22.040 --> 00:31:22.840
 issue isn't

00:31:22.840 --> 00:31:23.480
 with race

00:31:23.480 --> 00:31:24.460
 or ethnicity

00:31:24.460 --> 00:31:25.000
 but a

00:31:25.000 --> 00:31:25.680
 faith issue

00:31:25.680 --> 00:31:27.160
 the people

00:31:27.160 --> 00:31:27.460
 are not

00:31:27.460 --> 00:31:27.900
 worshippers

00:31:27.900 --> 00:31:28.420
 of God

00:31:28.420 --> 00:31:28.820
 alone

00:31:28.820 --> 00:31:29.759
 but God

00:31:29.759 --> 00:31:30.320
 and

00:31:30.320 --> 00:31:31.480
 God

00:31:31.480 --> 00:31:31.740
 and the

00:31:31.740 --> 00:31:32.040
 gods

00:31:32.040 --> 00:31:32.820
 of Ashdod

00:31:32.820 --> 00:31:33.440
 God

00:31:33.440 --> 00:31:33.700
 and the

00:31:33.700 --> 00:31:33.980
 gods

00:31:33.980 --> 00:31:34.480
 of Ammon

00:31:34.480 --> 00:31:34.920
 God

00:31:34.920 --> 00:31:35.279
 and the

00:31:35.279 --> 00:31:35.700
 gods

00:31:35.700 --> 00:31:36.880
 of Moab

00:31:36.880 --> 00:31:38.080
 the people

00:31:38.080 --> 00:31:38.480
 no longer

00:31:38.480 --> 00:31:39.060
 speak the

00:31:39.060 --> 00:31:39.640
 language of

00:31:39.640 --> 00:31:39.920
 Judah

00:31:39.920 --> 00:31:41.160
 that is to

00:31:41.160 --> 00:31:41.560
 say that

00:31:41.560 --> 00:31:41.840
 they have

00:31:41.840 --> 00:31:42.140
 forgotten

00:31:42.140 --> 00:31:42.600
 their God

00:31:42.600 --> 00:31:43.400
 they don't

00:31:43.400 --> 00:31:45.019
 they don't

00:31:45.019 --> 00:31:45.460
 know the

00:31:45.460 --> 00:31:45.880
 words of

00:31:45.880 --> 00:31:46.259
 scripture

00:31:46.259 --> 00:31:48.240
 they don't

00:31:48.240 --> 00:31:48.759
 recall

00:31:48.759 --> 00:31:50.879
 the Lord

00:31:50.879 --> 00:31:51.240
 when they

00:31:51.240 --> 00:31:51.799
 wake up

00:31:51.799 --> 00:31:52.039
 and when

00:31:52.039 --> 00:31:52.359
 they go

00:31:52.359 --> 00:31:52.799
 down

00:31:52.799 --> 00:31:53.420
 they don't

00:31:53.420 --> 00:31:53.879
 say

00:31:53.879 --> 00:31:55.039
 and teach

00:31:55.039 --> 00:31:55.660
 their children

00:31:55.660 --> 00:31:56.519
 in their

00:31:56.519 --> 00:31:57.079
 comings and

00:31:57.079 --> 00:31:57.460
 goings

00:31:57.460 --> 00:31:57.680
 on the

00:31:57.680 --> 00:31:58.039
 highways

00:31:58.039 --> 00:31:58.420
 on the

00:31:58.420 --> 00:31:59.000
 byways

00:31:59.000 --> 00:31:59.480
 they don't

00:31:59.480 --> 00:31:59.900
 participate

00:31:59.900 --> 00:32:00.279
 in the

00:32:00.279 --> 00:32:00.579
 worship

00:32:00.579 --> 00:32:01.559
 of God's

00:32:01.559 --> 00:32:01.839
 people

00:32:01.839 --> 00:32:02.119
 they have

00:32:02.119 --> 00:32:02.519
 forgotten

00:32:02.519 --> 00:32:03.500
 God

00:32:03.500 --> 00:32:05.240
 and Nehemiah

00:32:05.240 --> 00:32:05.779
 what does he do

00:32:05.779 --> 00:32:06.440
 he appeals to

00:32:06.440 --> 00:32:07.019
 scripture again

00:32:07.019 --> 00:32:07.660
 look at King

00:32:07.660 --> 00:32:08.099
 Solomon

00:32:08.099 --> 00:32:08.900
 look at what

00:32:08.900 --> 00:32:09.180
 he's

00:32:09.180 --> 00:32:10.079
 he was the

00:32:10.079 --> 00:32:10.460
 best

00:32:10.460 --> 00:32:11.339
 people came

00:32:11.339 --> 00:32:11.859
 from all

00:32:11.859 --> 00:32:12.200
 over the

00:32:12.200 --> 00:32:12.779
 known world

00:32:12.779 --> 00:32:13.400
 he built

00:32:13.400 --> 00:32:14.000
 the temple

00:32:14.000 --> 00:32:15.140
 he was

00:32:15.140 --> 00:32:16.000
 unbelievable

00:32:16.000 --> 00:32:16.579
 blessed

00:32:16.579 --> 00:32:17.419
 by God

00:32:17.419 --> 00:32:19.240
 and yet

00:32:19.240 --> 00:32:21.259
 he entered

00:32:21.259 --> 00:32:21.759
 into a

00:32:21.759 --> 00:32:22.619
 syncretistic

00:32:22.619 --> 00:32:23.240
 lifestyle

00:32:23.240 --> 00:32:24.139
 God and

00:32:24.139 --> 00:32:24.899
 God and

00:32:24.899 --> 00:32:25.599
 God and

00:32:25.599 --> 00:32:27.579
 God is a

00:32:27.579 --> 00:32:28.220
 jealous God

00:32:28.220 --> 00:32:30.240
 jealous because

00:32:30.240 --> 00:32:30.779
 there are no

00:32:30.779 --> 00:32:31.379
 other gods

00:32:31.379 --> 00:32:32.119
 beside him

00:32:32.119 --> 00:32:33.000
 so to worship

00:32:33.000 --> 00:32:33.740
 a false god

00:32:33.740 --> 00:32:34.299
 is to elevate

00:32:34.299 --> 00:32:35.179
 something created

00:32:35.179 --> 00:32:35.619
 over the

00:32:35.619 --> 00:32:36.039
 creator

00:32:36.039 --> 00:32:37.559
 we see that

00:32:37.559 --> 00:32:37.839
 in the book

00:32:37.839 --> 00:32:38.379
 of Romans

00:32:38.379 --> 00:32:39.000
 the apostle

00:32:39.000 --> 00:32:39.579
 Paul spells

00:32:39.579 --> 00:32:39.859
 that out

00:32:39.859 --> 00:32:40.599
 in an

00:32:40.599 --> 00:32:41.279
 incredible way

00:32:41.279 --> 00:32:42.059
 and it's a

00:32:42.059 --> 00:32:42.619
 huge offense

00:32:42.619 --> 00:32:43.059
 to God

00:32:43.059 --> 00:32:44.419
 but also

00:32:44.419 --> 00:32:45.019
 he is jealous

00:32:45.019 --> 00:32:45.539
 because he

00:32:45.539 --> 00:32:46.700
 desires good

00:32:46.700 --> 00:32:47.079
 for his

00:32:47.079 --> 00:32:47.399
 people

00:32:47.399 --> 00:32:48.079
 and the

00:32:48.079 --> 00:32:48.539
 worship of

00:32:48.539 --> 00:32:49.139
 idols or

00:32:49.139 --> 00:32:49.799
 other gods

00:32:49.799 --> 00:32:50.740
 or God

00:32:50.740 --> 00:32:51.240
 and

00:32:51.240 --> 00:32:53.019
 will not

00:32:53.019 --> 00:32:53.779
 lead to

00:32:53.779 --> 00:32:54.720
 our blessing

00:32:54.720 --> 00:32:55.240
 but our

00:32:55.240 --> 00:32:55.679
 curse

00:32:55.679 --> 00:32:58.179
 we are

00:32:58.179 --> 00:32:59.000
 image bearers

00:32:59.000 --> 00:32:59.619
 of almighty

00:32:59.619 --> 00:33:00.139
 God

00:33:00.139 --> 00:33:01.619
 we are to

00:33:01.619 --> 00:33:02.339
 reflect his

00:33:02.339 --> 00:33:02.819
 glory

00:33:02.819 --> 00:33:04.700
 and when we

00:33:04.700 --> 00:33:05.279
 worship false

00:33:05.279 --> 00:33:05.980
 gods we

00:33:05.980 --> 00:33:07.000
 further mar

00:33:07.000 --> 00:33:07.720
 and tarnish

00:33:07.720 --> 00:33:08.679
 what God

00:33:08.679 --> 00:33:09.059
 has called

00:33:09.059 --> 00:33:09.419
 holy

00:33:09.419 --> 00:33:09.859
 us

00:33:09.859 --> 00:33:11.799
 it is like

00:33:11.799 --> 00:33:12.779
 having Tobiah

00:33:12.779 --> 00:33:14.559
 the Ammonite

00:33:14.559 --> 00:33:15.500
 move into

00:33:15.500 --> 00:33:16.420
 the temple

00:33:16.420 --> 00:33:17.000
 that is

00:33:17.000 --> 00:33:18.839
 us

00:33:18.839 --> 00:33:19.940
 it is a

00:33:19.940 --> 00:33:20.619
 desecration

00:33:20.619 --> 00:33:21.579
 it is not the way

00:33:21.579 --> 00:33:22.799
 God had intended it

00:33:22.799 --> 00:33:24.740
 friends we

00:33:24.740 --> 00:33:25.599
 struggle with this

00:33:25.599 --> 00:33:26.819
 idolatry is rampant

00:33:26.819 --> 00:33:28.240
 we don't have

00:33:28.240 --> 00:33:28.720
 idols

00:33:28.720 --> 00:33:29.279
 we have talked

00:33:29.279 --> 00:33:29.680
 about this

00:33:29.680 --> 00:33:30.180
 a number of

00:33:30.180 --> 00:33:30.480
 times

00:33:30.480 --> 00:33:31.619
 but whatever

00:33:31.619 --> 00:33:32.420
 we put our

00:33:32.420 --> 00:33:33.420
 trust in

00:33:33.420 --> 00:33:34.119
 our hope in

00:33:34.119 --> 00:33:35.339
 that is

00:33:35.339 --> 00:33:36.079
 apart from

00:33:36.079 --> 00:33:36.500
 the almighty

00:33:36.500 --> 00:33:36.960
 God

00:33:36.960 --> 00:33:37.579
 that is in

00:33:37.579 --> 00:33:38.160
 addition to

00:33:38.160 --> 00:33:38.599
 the almighty

00:33:38.599 --> 00:33:39.000
 God

00:33:39.000 --> 00:33:40.180
 we find

00:33:40.180 --> 00:33:40.680
 ourselves

00:33:40.680 --> 00:33:41.500
 giving into

00:33:41.500 --> 00:33:43.200
 the God

00:33:43.200 --> 00:33:44.640
 of

00:33:44.640 --> 00:33:45.460
 Ammon

00:33:45.460 --> 00:33:46.740
 and Moab

00:33:46.740 --> 00:33:47.619
 and Ashdod

00:33:47.619 --> 00:33:48.180
 and I'll tell you

00:33:48.180 --> 00:33:48.680
 one thing about

00:33:48.680 --> 00:33:49.259
 those gods

00:33:49.259 --> 00:33:49.940
 in the Bible

00:33:49.940 --> 00:33:51.460
 those gods

00:33:51.460 --> 00:33:52.480
 they demanded

00:33:52.480 --> 00:33:54.759
 rape

00:33:54.759 --> 00:33:56.900
 and detestable

00:33:56.900 --> 00:33:57.779
 sexual acts

00:33:57.779 --> 00:33:58.859
 and even

00:33:58.859 --> 00:33:59.880
 child sacrifices

00:33:59.880 --> 00:34:00.680
 with a promise

00:34:00.680 --> 00:34:01.339
 that blessings

00:34:01.339 --> 00:34:01.920
 were to come

00:34:01.920 --> 00:34:03.559
 now who is

00:34:03.559 --> 00:34:04.240
 more free

00:34:04.240 --> 00:34:05.779
 and enjoying

00:34:05.779 --> 00:34:07.420
 life and love

00:34:07.420 --> 00:34:08.940
 the people

00:34:08.940 --> 00:34:09.360
 who worship

00:34:09.360 --> 00:34:10.019
 the God

00:34:10.019 --> 00:34:10.699
 of Abraham

00:34:10.699 --> 00:34:11.059
 Isaac

00:34:11.059 --> 00:34:11.480
 and Jacob

00:34:11.480 --> 00:34:12.719
 that gives

00:34:12.719 --> 00:34:13.320
 them a day

00:34:13.320 --> 00:34:14.000
 of rest

00:34:14.000 --> 00:34:14.599
 that points

00:34:14.599 --> 00:34:15.159
 to what

00:34:15.159 --> 00:34:15.920
 eternity

00:34:15.920 --> 00:34:16.599
 looks like

00:34:16.599 --> 00:34:17.860
 or the gods

00:34:17.860 --> 00:34:18.420
 that demand

00:34:18.420 --> 00:34:18.780
 their very

00:34:18.780 --> 00:34:19.219
 children

00:34:19.219 --> 00:34:20.179
 to be burned

00:34:20.179 --> 00:34:22.559
 for what

00:34:22.559 --> 00:34:23.599
 for fertility

00:34:23.599 --> 00:34:25.619
 for a promise

00:34:25.619 --> 00:34:26.679
 of wealth

00:34:26.679 --> 00:34:27.599
 in this life

00:34:27.599 --> 00:34:28.360
 who is more

00:34:28.360 --> 00:34:28.719
 free

00:34:28.719 --> 00:34:30.519
 who is enjoying

00:34:30.519 --> 00:34:31.300
 life more

00:34:31.300 --> 00:34:34.639
 we may think

00:34:34.639 --> 00:34:35.079
 we can

00:34:35.079 --> 00:34:36.539
 find goodness

00:34:36.539 --> 00:34:37.280
 and flourishing

00:34:37.280 --> 00:34:38.219
 apart from God

00:34:38.219 --> 00:34:38.819
 but friends

00:34:38.819 --> 00:34:39.519
 that is only

00:34:39.519 --> 00:34:40.379
 because

00:34:40.379 --> 00:34:41.859
 when we enjoy

00:34:41.859 --> 00:34:42.319
 goodness

00:34:42.319 --> 00:34:43.019
 apart from God

00:34:43.019 --> 00:34:43.799
 it's only because

00:34:43.799 --> 00:34:45.239
 God gives grace

00:34:45.239 --> 00:34:46.299
 to the just

00:34:46.299 --> 00:34:46.819
 and the unjust

00:34:46.819 --> 00:34:47.559
 he makes it

00:34:47.559 --> 00:34:48.239
 rain on

00:34:48.239 --> 00:34:49.559
 the good

00:34:49.559 --> 00:34:50.059
 and the bad

00:34:50.059 --> 00:34:50.379
 he gives

00:34:50.379 --> 00:34:51.099
 common grace

00:34:51.099 --> 00:34:51.859
 to all people

00:34:51.859 --> 00:34:53.359
 but make no mistake

00:34:53.359 --> 00:34:54.279
 idolatry will

00:34:54.279 --> 00:34:54.799
 tear apart

00:34:54.799 --> 00:34:55.419
 our families

00:34:55.419 --> 00:34:56.959
 our communities

00:34:56.959 --> 00:34:57.459
 our neighborhoods

00:34:57.459 --> 00:34:58.859
 our very selves

00:34:58.859 --> 00:35:01.219
 so Nehemiah

00:35:01.219 --> 00:35:01.980
 enacts these

00:35:01.980 --> 00:35:02.419
 reforms

00:35:02.420 --> 00:35:04.579
 I mean

00:35:04.579 --> 00:35:05.460
 he makes a trip

00:35:05.460 --> 00:35:06.180
 from Persia

00:35:06.180 --> 00:35:07.159
 back to Jerusalem

00:35:07.159 --> 00:35:08.740
 and the man

00:35:08.740 --> 00:35:09.740
 is on a mission

00:35:09.740 --> 00:35:10.300
 by the way

00:35:10.300 --> 00:35:10.900
 the whole bit

00:35:10.900 --> 00:35:12.000
 about laying

00:35:12.000 --> 00:35:12.720
 hands on people

00:35:12.720 --> 00:35:13.240
 and ripping out

00:35:13.240 --> 00:35:13.700
 their hair

00:35:13.700 --> 00:35:15.280
 apparently

00:35:15.280 --> 00:35:16.000
 it is a

00:35:16.000 --> 00:35:16.500
 prescribed

00:35:16.500 --> 00:35:17.300
 punishment

00:35:17.300 --> 00:35:18.539
 thank God

00:35:18.539 --> 00:35:19.280
 it's not the case

00:35:19.280 --> 00:35:20.079
 anymore

00:35:20.079 --> 00:35:20.500
 you know

00:35:20.500 --> 00:35:21.180
 you guys don't

00:35:21.180 --> 00:35:21.820
 show up to church

00:35:21.820 --> 00:35:22.420
 for a week

00:35:22.420 --> 00:35:23.059
 you see me

00:35:23.059 --> 00:35:23.900
 on your front door

00:35:23.900 --> 00:35:25.440
 I'm ready

00:35:25.440 --> 00:35:26.559
 to pull out hair

00:35:26.559 --> 00:35:28.539
 not a chance

00:35:28.539 --> 00:35:32.000
 but Nehemiah

00:35:32.000 --> 00:35:32.500
 has come

00:35:32.500 --> 00:35:33.099
 to

00:35:33.099 --> 00:35:34.639
 to

00:35:34.639 --> 00:35:35.639
 turn things

00:35:35.639 --> 00:35:36.019
 around

00:35:36.019 --> 00:35:36.880
 and it seems

00:35:36.880 --> 00:35:37.460
 like he did

00:35:37.460 --> 00:35:38.119
 but we know

00:35:38.119 --> 00:35:39.219
 that it didn't

00:35:39.219 --> 00:35:39.659
 last

00:35:39.659 --> 00:35:41.360
 another Nehemiah

00:35:41.360 --> 00:35:42.320
 chapter 13

00:35:42.320 --> 00:35:43.440
 is just on the

00:35:43.440 --> 00:35:43.739
 cusp

00:35:43.739 --> 00:35:45.659
 this is God's

00:35:45.659 --> 00:35:45.920
 people

00:35:45.920 --> 00:35:46.380
 this is what

00:35:46.380 --> 00:35:46.940
 happens

00:35:46.940 --> 00:35:48.599
 reforms

00:35:48.599 --> 00:35:49.960
 failures

00:35:49.960 --> 00:35:50.820
 crying out

00:35:50.820 --> 00:35:51.380
 to God

00:35:51.380 --> 00:35:52.400
 reforms

00:35:52.400 --> 00:35:53.279
 failures

00:35:53.279 --> 00:35:53.980
 crying out

00:35:53.980 --> 00:35:54.380
 to God

00:35:54.380 --> 00:35:55.019
 so where is

00:35:55.019 --> 00:35:55.400
 the hope

00:35:55.400 --> 00:35:56.079
 I'll tell you

00:35:56.079 --> 00:35:56.980
 where the hope

00:35:56.980 --> 00:35:57.219
 isn't

00:35:57.219 --> 00:35:57.699
 it's not in

00:35:57.699 --> 00:35:58.400
 you or me

00:35:58.400 --> 00:35:59.900
 can't be

00:35:59.900 --> 00:36:01.820
 because

00:36:01.820 --> 00:36:03.820
 the best

00:36:03.820 --> 00:36:04.300
 effort

00:36:04.300 --> 00:36:05.099
 that the best

00:36:05.099 --> 00:36:05.420
 of us

00:36:05.420 --> 00:36:05.980
 in this room

00:36:05.980 --> 00:36:06.480
 can do

00:36:06.480 --> 00:36:07.920
 will inevitably

00:36:07.920 --> 00:36:08.559
 fail

00:36:08.559 --> 00:36:10.059
 give it 48

00:36:10.059 --> 00:36:10.480
 hours

00:36:10.480 --> 00:36:12.039
 give it to

00:36:12.039 --> 00:36:12.519
 the end of

00:36:12.519 --> 00:36:13.559
 the week

00:36:13.559 --> 00:36:14.220
 give it to

00:36:14.220 --> 00:36:15.420
 Canada Day

00:36:15.420 --> 00:36:17.119
 being generous

00:36:17.119 --> 00:36:19.400
 so it's not

00:36:19.400 --> 00:36:19.860
 in our own

00:36:19.860 --> 00:36:20.300
 efforts

00:36:20.300 --> 00:36:21.160
 as important

00:36:21.160 --> 00:36:21.860
 as our own

00:36:21.860 --> 00:36:22.519
 efforts are

00:36:22.519 --> 00:36:23.519
 there's no

00:36:23.519 --> 00:36:24.200
 hope in

00:36:24.200 --> 00:36:25.340
 true hope

00:36:25.340 --> 00:36:25.960
 eternal hope

00:36:25.960 --> 00:36:26.539
 in self

00:36:26.539 --> 00:36:27.440
 reformation

00:36:27.440 --> 00:36:28.639
 only in

00:36:28.639 --> 00:36:29.059
 the grace

00:36:29.059 --> 00:36:29.440
 of God

00:36:29.440 --> 00:36:30.039
 and we'll

00:36:30.039 --> 00:36:30.440
 just touch

00:36:30.440 --> 00:36:30.880
 on these

00:36:30.880 --> 00:36:31.619
 three verses

00:36:31.619 --> 00:36:32.320
 I didn't

00:36:32.320 --> 00:36:32.800
 read these

00:36:32.800 --> 00:36:33.280
 but they're

00:36:33.280 --> 00:36:33.760
 key

00:36:33.760 --> 00:36:35.300
 Nehemiah

00:36:35.300 --> 00:36:36.220
 he says

00:36:36.220 --> 00:36:36.980
 the same

00:36:36.980 --> 00:36:37.340
 thing

00:36:37.340 --> 00:36:38.240
 just about

00:36:38.240 --> 00:36:39.139
 three times

00:36:39.139 --> 00:36:39.940
 after each

00:36:39.940 --> 00:36:40.380
 section

00:36:40.380 --> 00:36:41.280
 and it's

00:36:41.280 --> 00:36:41.539
 in verse

00:36:41.539 --> 00:36:42.079
 14

00:36:42.079 --> 00:36:42.500
 22

00:36:42.500 --> 00:36:43.119
 and then

00:36:43.119 --> 00:36:44.659
 in verse

00:36:44.659 --> 00:36:45.139
 30 to

00:36:45.139 --> 00:36:45.500
 31

00:36:45.500 --> 00:36:46.079
 verse 14

00:36:46.079 --> 00:36:46.340
 it says

00:36:46.340 --> 00:36:46.860
 this

00:36:46.860 --> 00:36:50.059
 remember

00:36:50.059 --> 00:36:50.640
 remember me

00:36:50.640 --> 00:36:51.079
 oh my

00:36:51.079 --> 00:36:51.380
 God

00:36:51.380 --> 00:36:51.840
 concerning

00:36:51.840 --> 00:36:52.240
 this

00:36:52.240 --> 00:36:52.900
 and do

00:36:52.900 --> 00:36:53.300
 not wipe

00:36:53.300 --> 00:36:53.620
 out my

00:36:53.620 --> 00:36:54.240
 good deeds

00:36:54.240 --> 00:36:54.680
 that I

00:36:54.680 --> 00:36:55.079
 have done

00:36:55.079 --> 00:36:55.660
 for the

00:36:55.660 --> 00:36:56.240
 house of

00:36:56.240 --> 00:36:56.800
 my God

00:36:56.800 --> 00:36:57.220
 and for

00:36:57.220 --> 00:36:57.740
 his service

00:36:57.740 --> 00:36:57.960
 that's

00:36:57.960 --> 00:36:58.620
 verse 14

00:36:58.620 --> 00:36:59.740
 verse 22

00:36:59.740 --> 00:37:00.240
 says this

00:37:00.240 --> 00:37:00.740
 then I

00:37:00.740 --> 00:37:01.140
 commanded

00:37:01.140 --> 00:37:03.700
 verse 23

00:37:03.700 --> 00:37:06.680
 no no

00:37:06.680 --> 00:37:07.240
 verse 22

00:37:07.240 --> 00:37:07.980
 remember

00:37:07.980 --> 00:37:08.960
 this also

00:37:08.960 --> 00:37:09.360
 in my

00:37:09.360 --> 00:37:09.680
 favor

00:37:09.680 --> 00:37:10.019
 oh my

00:37:10.019 --> 00:37:10.340
 God

00:37:10.340 --> 00:37:11.160
 and spare

00:37:11.160 --> 00:37:11.360
 me

00:37:11.360 --> 00:37:11.680
 according

00:37:11.680 --> 00:37:12.000
 to the

00:37:12.000 --> 00:37:12.280
 greatness

00:37:12.280 --> 00:37:12.680
 of your

00:37:12.680 --> 00:37:13.220
 steadfast

00:37:13.220 --> 00:37:13.539
 love

00:37:13.539 --> 00:37:14.119
 and then

00:37:14.119 --> 00:37:14.480
 again

00:37:14.480 --> 00:37:14.820
 in verse

00:37:14.820 --> 00:37:15.179
 30

00:37:15.179 --> 00:37:15.800
 and 31

00:37:15.800 --> 00:37:16.920
 thus I

00:37:16.920 --> 00:37:17.380
 cleansed

00:37:17.380 --> 00:37:17.539
 from

00:37:17.539 --> 00:37:18.019
 everything

00:37:18.019 --> 00:37:18.679
 foreign

00:37:18.679 --> 00:37:19.300
 and established

00:37:19.300 --> 00:37:19.860
 the duties

00:37:19.860 --> 00:37:20.619
 of the

00:37:20.619 --> 00:37:20.940
 priests

00:37:20.940 --> 00:37:21.559
 and Levites

00:37:21.559 --> 00:37:21.940
 each

00:37:21.940 --> 00:37:22.500
 in his

00:37:22.500 --> 00:37:22.759
 work

00:37:22.759 --> 00:37:23.039
 and I

00:37:23.039 --> 00:37:23.500
 provided

00:37:23.500 --> 00:37:23.900
 for the

00:37:23.900 --> 00:37:24.119
 wood

00:37:24.119 --> 00:37:24.599
 offering

00:37:24.599 --> 00:37:25.619
 at

00:37:25.619 --> 00:37:26.059
 appointed

00:37:26.059 --> 00:37:26.559
 times

00:37:26.559 --> 00:37:26.900
 and for

00:37:26.900 --> 00:37:27.039
 the

00:37:27.039 --> 00:37:27.259
 first

00:37:27.259 --> 00:37:27.619
 fruits

00:37:27.619 --> 00:37:28.000
 and then

00:37:28.000 --> 00:37:28.099
 it

00:37:28.099 --> 00:37:28.300
 ends

00:37:28.300 --> 00:37:28.539
 this

00:37:28.539 --> 00:37:28.779
 this

00:37:28.779 --> 00:37:28.960
 way

00:37:28.960 --> 00:37:29.860
 remember

00:37:29.860 --> 00:37:30.380
 me

00:37:30.380 --> 00:37:31.039
 oh my

00:37:31.039 --> 00:37:31.420
 God

00:37:31.420 --> 00:37:31.719
 for

00:37:31.719 --> 00:37:32.119
 good

00:37:32.119 --> 00:37:34.840
 remembering

00:37:34.840 --> 00:37:35.279
 in the

00:37:35.279 --> 00:37:35.559
 Bible

00:37:35.559 --> 00:37:36.079
 is never

00:37:36.079 --> 00:37:36.400
 just

00:37:36.400 --> 00:37:36.559
 hey

00:37:36.559 --> 00:37:36.820
 God

00:37:36.820 --> 00:37:39.079
 take a

00:37:39.079 --> 00:37:39.360
 picture

00:37:39.360 --> 00:37:40.039
 for

00:37:40.039 --> 00:37:40.300
 later

00:37:40.300 --> 00:37:41.500
 you know

00:37:41.500 --> 00:37:41.759
 so you

00:37:41.759 --> 00:37:41.880
 can

00:37:41.880 --> 00:37:43.199
 remember

00:37:43.199 --> 00:37:43.619
 what

00:37:43.619 --> 00:37:43.759
 I've

00:37:43.759 --> 00:37:44.039
 done

00:37:44.039 --> 00:37:44.699
 to

00:37:44.699 --> 00:37:45.480
 say

00:37:45.480 --> 00:37:45.719
 God

00:37:45.719 --> 00:37:46.139
 remember

00:37:46.139 --> 00:37:46.419
 me

00:37:46.419 --> 00:37:46.739
 is to

00:37:46.739 --> 00:37:46.939
 say

00:37:46.939 --> 00:37:47.319
 God

00:37:47.319 --> 00:37:47.859
 I

00:37:47.859 --> 00:37:48.039
 need

00:37:48.039 --> 00:37:48.219
 your

00:37:48.219 --> 00:37:48.679
 salvation

00:37:48.679 --> 00:37:49.119
 now

00:37:49.119 --> 00:37:50.480
 help

00:37:50.480 --> 00:37:50.619
 me

00:37:50.619 --> 00:37:51.019
 now

00:37:51.019 --> 00:37:52.460
 don't

00:37:52.460 --> 00:37:52.839
 delay

00:37:52.839 --> 00:37:53.259
 come

00:37:53.259 --> 00:37:53.619
 to my

00:37:53.619 --> 00:37:54.079
 side

00:37:54.079 --> 00:37:54.339
 come

00:37:54.339 --> 00:37:54.659
 to my

00:37:54.659 --> 00:37:55.019
 aid

00:37:55.019 --> 00:37:55.259
 I

00:37:55.259 --> 00:37:55.480
 need

00:37:55.480 --> 00:37:55.599
 your

00:37:55.599 --> 00:37:55.859
 help

00:37:55.859 --> 00:37:56.219
 now

00:37:56.219 --> 00:37:56.679
 I

00:37:56.679 --> 00:37:56.879
 need

00:37:56.879 --> 00:37:57.019
 your

00:37:57.019 --> 00:37:57.480
 grace

00:37:57.480 --> 00:37:58.980
 and

00:37:58.980 --> 00:37:59.539
 constantly

00:37:59.539 --> 00:38:00.239
 Nehemiah

00:38:00.239 --> 00:38:00.639
 is

00:38:00.639 --> 00:38:01.659
 trying

00:38:01.659 --> 00:38:02.279
 by God's

00:38:02.279 --> 00:38:02.559
 strength

00:38:02.559 --> 00:38:02.899
 to do

00:38:02.899 --> 00:38:03.099
 these

00:38:03.099 --> 00:38:03.480
 reforms

00:38:03.480 --> 00:38:03.699
 but

00:38:03.699 --> 00:38:04.179
 ultimately

00:38:04.179 --> 00:38:04.919
 he is

00:38:04.919 --> 00:38:05.159
 throwing

00:38:05.159 --> 00:38:05.500
 himself

00:38:05.500 --> 00:38:05.699
 at

00:38:05.699 --> 00:38:06.000
 God's

00:38:06.000 --> 00:38:06.259
 grace

00:38:06.259 --> 00:38:07.239
 remember

00:38:07.239 --> 00:38:07.919
 me

00:38:07.919 --> 00:38:08.559
 remember

00:38:08.559 --> 00:38:08.879
 the

00:38:08.879 --> 00:38:09.359
 people

00:38:09.359 --> 00:38:09.960
 God

00:38:09.960 --> 00:38:10.259
 don't

00:38:10.259 --> 00:38:10.759
 forsake

00:38:10.759 --> 00:38:11.039
 us

00:38:11.039 --> 00:38:11.379
 come

00:38:11.379 --> 00:38:11.699
 through

00:38:11.699 --> 00:38:14.960
 this text

00:38:14.960 --> 00:38:15.739
 Nehemiah

00:38:15.739 --> 00:38:16.299
 13

00:38:16.299 --> 00:38:17.500
 it helps

00:38:17.500 --> 00:38:17.859
 us to

00:38:17.859 --> 00:38:18.299
 know that

00:38:18.299 --> 00:38:19.119
 we are

00:38:19.119 --> 00:38:19.460
 in deep

00:38:19.460 --> 00:38:19.819
 need of

00:38:19.819 --> 00:38:20.099
 God

00:38:20.099 --> 00:38:21.099
 it leaves

00:38:21.099 --> 00:38:23.419
 nothing

00:38:23.419 --> 00:38:24.119
 in our

00:38:24.119 --> 00:38:25.219
 room

00:38:25.219 --> 00:38:25.639
 for us

00:38:25.639 --> 00:38:25.799
 to

00:38:25.799 --> 00:38:26.219
 imagine

00:38:26.219 --> 00:38:26.440
 that

00:38:26.440 --> 00:38:26.639
 we

00:38:26.639 --> 00:38:26.859
 are

00:38:26.859 --> 00:38:27.039
 the

00:38:27.039 --> 00:38:27.339
 heroes

00:38:27.339 --> 00:38:27.500
 of

00:38:27.500 --> 00:38:27.619
 our

00:38:27.619 --> 00:38:27.779
 own

00:38:27.779 --> 00:38:28.159
 story

00:38:28.159 --> 00:38:30.579
 Nehemiah

00:38:30.579 --> 00:38:31.000
 13

00:38:31.000 --> 00:38:32.039
 points

00:38:32.039 --> 00:38:32.400
 us

00:38:32.400 --> 00:38:33.420
 to

00:38:33.420 --> 00:38:33.579
 our

00:38:33.579 --> 00:38:33.819
 need

00:38:33.819 --> 00:38:34.000
 for

00:38:34.000 --> 00:38:34.420
 God's

00:38:34.420 --> 00:38:34.819
 grace

00:38:34.819 --> 00:38:35.699
 so

00:38:35.699 --> 00:38:35.839
 that

00:38:35.839 --> 00:38:36.000
 we

00:38:36.000 --> 00:38:36.179
 can

00:38:36.179 --> 00:38:36.460
 cry

00:38:36.460 --> 00:38:36.819
 out

00:38:36.819 --> 00:38:37.880
 God

00:38:37.880 --> 00:38:38.359
 remember

00:38:38.359 --> 00:38:38.619
 us

00:38:38.619 --> 00:38:38.759
 and

00:38:38.759 --> 00:38:39.059
 friends

00:38:39.059 --> 00:38:39.219
 he

00:38:39.219 --> 00:38:39.519
 certainly

00:38:39.519 --> 00:38:39.839
 has

00:38:39.839 --> 00:38:40.119
 because

00:38:40.119 --> 00:38:40.519
 Jesus

00:38:40.519 --> 00:38:40.960
 comes

00:38:40.960 --> 00:38:42.319
 you

00:38:42.319 --> 00:38:42.619
 remember

00:38:42.619 --> 00:38:43.659
 Nehemiah

00:38:43.659 --> 00:38:43.960
 he's

00:38:43.960 --> 00:38:44.400
 zealous

00:38:44.400 --> 00:38:45.119
 in the

00:38:45.119 --> 00:38:45.420
 temple

00:38:45.420 --> 00:38:46.400
 taking

00:38:46.400 --> 00:38:47.420
 Tobiah's

00:38:47.420 --> 00:38:47.779
 furniture

00:38:47.779 --> 00:38:48.699
 tossing

00:38:48.699 --> 00:38:48.819
 it

00:38:48.819 --> 00:38:49.139
 out

00:38:49.139 --> 00:38:50.400
 making

00:38:50.400 --> 00:38:50.619
 a

00:38:50.619 --> 00:38:50.900
 big

00:38:50.900 --> 00:38:51.299
 scene

00:38:51.299 --> 00:38:51.480
 now

00:38:51.480 --> 00:38:51.639
 who

00:38:51.639 --> 00:38:51.980
 else

00:38:51.980 --> 00:38:52.199
 do

00:38:52.199 --> 00:38:54.259
 you

00:38:54.259 --> 00:38:54.619
 remember

00:38:54.619 --> 00:38:55.460
 had

00:38:55.460 --> 00:38:56.439
 some

00:38:56.439 --> 00:38:56.839
 zeal

00:38:56.839 --> 00:38:57.119
 in the

00:38:57.119 --> 00:38:57.460
 temple

00:38:57.460 --> 00:38:57.899
 Jesus

00:38:57.899 --> 00:39:14.539
 when he goes in there he sees the money changers the people selling pigeons and he is enraged he makes a whip he drives them out he flips tables there's not too many things that are recorded in all four gospel accounts but the cleansing of the temple is one of them

00:39:14.539 --> 00:39:30.579
 Jesus he is zealous for true worship he is zealous for true worship in fact he is the temple himself if the temple is the place where God meets mankind where God dwells among his people Jesus fully man and fully God is the temple of God

00:39:30.579 --> 00:40:00.559
 Jesus also is the temple of God

00:40:00.559 --> 00:40:00.840
 Moab

00:40:01.159 --> 00:40:01.199
 Moab

00:40:01.199 --> 00:40:03.619
 Moab

00:40:03.619 --> 00:40:03.960
 he has defeated him and who has defeated him and who have killed him and the temple again and he has defeated evil

00:40:03.960 --> 00:40:09.679
 He has defeated evil once and forever and he has destroyed the idol so that we don't have to believe in them

00:40:09.679 --> 00:40:17.000
 why he has given us his Holy Spirit so that we can worship God and learn to worship God and learn to worship him by his strength because of what he has done on the cross

00:40:17.000 --> 00:40:19.599
 verse two

00:40:19.599 --> 00:40:20.820
 says this

00:40:20.820 --> 00:40:22.639
 in chapter 13

00:40:22.639 --> 00:40:25.239
 for

00:40:25.239 --> 00:40:27.920
 this is talking about the sin of the Moabites

00:40:27.920 --> 00:40:30.440
 for they did not meet the people of Israel with bread and water,

00:40:30.539 --> 00:40:32.960
 but hired Balaam against them to curse them.

00:40:33.360 --> 00:40:33.880
 And here it is.

00:40:34.180 --> 00:40:36.840
 Yet our God turned the curse into a blessing.

00:40:37.400 --> 00:40:38.480
 That's what God does.

00:40:40.840 --> 00:40:43.980
 He takes your life and He makes it a blessing.

00:40:45.119 --> 00:40:51.139
 When the weight of this world and sin and death and enslavement,

00:40:51.780 --> 00:40:54.440
 your life feels like it is under a curse,

00:40:54.840 --> 00:40:56.760
 He turns it around and makes it a blessing.

00:40:56.760 --> 00:40:58.960
 That awaits all of us.

00:40:59.520 --> 00:41:04.820
 We put our faith and trust and hope in this wonderful God who will remember us,

00:41:04.900 --> 00:41:06.760
 who has a zeal for His temple,

00:41:06.900 --> 00:41:10.280
 who is about the Sabbath rest and who has destroyed all idols.

00:41:10.540 --> 00:41:10.960
 Let us pray.

00:41:13.060 --> 00:41:14.940
 Father, we thank You for Nehemiah.

00:41:15.020 --> 00:41:19.420
 We thank You that it ends in a, I guess in a sense, a non-Hollywood way,

00:41:19.800 --> 00:41:24.820
 a non-climactic way.

00:41:24.820 --> 00:41:29.100
 It ends in some ways in a very depressing way,

00:41:29.220 --> 00:41:33.640
 but it also ends in a way that helps us to see that in our own strength,

00:41:33.780 --> 00:41:36.180
 we have nothing that we can offer.

00:41:37.019 --> 00:41:40.420
 So it ultimately then points us to You and our need for Your grace.

00:41:40.519 --> 00:41:44.280
 So Lord, help us to be people that worship You well,

00:41:44.280 --> 00:41:52.700
 that are about humility and seeking Your face when we mess up and getting back to it.

00:41:53.340 --> 00:41:55.880
 Lord, that we will be people that are about Your Sabbath rest,

00:41:55.940 --> 00:42:01.440
 not just a rest from work and a proper trust in You for our provision

00:42:01.440 --> 00:42:06.619
 and just a time where we can put our feet up and exhale,

00:42:06.840 --> 00:42:13.579
 but a time where we can worship You and look to what is awaiting us in Christ Jesus.

00:42:13.720 --> 00:42:17.260
 And ultimately, Lord, help us to be pure in our worship,

00:42:17.400 --> 00:42:20.340
 that we will not worship You and other things.

00:42:21.639 --> 00:42:25.159
 Lord, by Your strength, we ask all of this in Christ's mighty name.

00:42:25.159 --> 00:42:26.219
 Amen.