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 Well, thank you so much, everyone who's participated in the service so far.

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 Thank you so much, Charles, for leading us in prayer.

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 And it's wonderful to see you this morning, folks,

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 particularly maybe this is your first time or you're visiting Edinburgh.

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 We're just so delighted that you've taken this Sunday to join us.

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 And we just hope that you're blessed during your time with us.

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 Come with me to Job 32.

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 We're going to try and take in the breadth of these six chapters today.

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 Some wonderful truths that God has for us in his word.

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 But as you're turning there, let me tell you about a conversation I had recently.

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 Our car was faulting a bit.

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 So I was trading it in this time last year.

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 And I'm talking to the car salesman, getting to know him a little bit.

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 We're talking about our families.

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 We're talking about life.

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 The stuff had just opened up.

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 It was last summer again.

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 We're talking about everything that's been going on.

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 And we're talking a little bit about our jobs.

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 And he's asking me about my job.

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 And I'm telling him about what I do.

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 Leads to some great conversations.

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 He's listening to me tell him what I do for a job.

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 I'm a pastor.

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 I'm a minister of a local church.

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 So I ping the question back at him.

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 And I say, well, mate, how long have you been selling cars?

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 How long have you been doing this?

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 And he starts telling me how long he's been doing it.

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 And then he starts telling me about his former life when he used to be in the army.

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 And he used to spend a bit of time in the 90s in Northern Ireland during the riots.

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 So he starts telling me about everything, having learned what I did for a job.

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 He starts telling me about everything that he went through.

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 And if I remember the conversation rightly, he says something to me along the lines of,

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 listen, son, when you've been through what I've been through,

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 when you've seen the things that I've seen,

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 do you know what?

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 I used to believe in that God stuff.

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 But having been through everything that I've been through,

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 seen everything I've seen,

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 how on earth could a good God allow all of that to happen?

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 So three things go through my mind.

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 First of all, guys, we need to take really seriously

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 reaching people with the goodness of Jesus,

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 who from their own admission will never darken the door of our church.

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 How can we reach people in our city with the goodness of Jesus?

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 They ain't going to come to us.

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 We need to go to them.

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 Okay, thought number two,

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 there's some really painful stories that people have in life.

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 Some big questions about everything that goes on.

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 Some of you will be sitting here today with your own stories and your own scars

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 about things that have happened in your own life.

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 Okay, we're not to duck them.

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 We have to listen and walk with people through their pain.

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 And thought number three, as I listened to him,

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 it occurred to me once again,

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 that how often is it true, friends,

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 that when suffering comes, we go through painful times,

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 whether it happens to ourselves,

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 whether it happens to other people that we know and love,

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 it can cause us to ask some really big questions

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 and begin to doubt the very character of the gods who we claim to know.

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 Yeah?

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 So things like in our minds,

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 does God really love us?

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 Is God really there?

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 Is God really fair?

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 Can this God really be trusted?

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 Is God really in control?

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 And if the answer to those questions you think is yes,

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 then how do you know that?

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 Have you ever asked those sorts of questions in your life?

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 I take it we all do in the life of faith,

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 as we go through life.

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 Who is this God?

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 Well, see, as we tap into Job this morning,

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 here's what I reckon is going on in his mind.

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 Okay, if you're joining us this morning,

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 we've been in this book for a number of weeks now,

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 and we've journeyed with Job and his friends.

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 Here's what I reckon is going on.

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 Because of everything that Job has suffered,

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 compounded with the absolute drivel,

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 which his friends have offered him as an explanation

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 as to why those things have happened.

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 I wonder whether Job started to believe things about God

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 and question his very character

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 and wonder why the things are happening to him

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 the way they're happening.

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 Okay?

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 Now, let me just say,

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 that has been the aim of the devil ever since Genesis 3.

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 Did God really say?

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 Which, if you can dig beneath the surface of that question,

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 underneath it is the subtext, sub-question,

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 can God really be trusted, right?

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 What is he hiding?

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 How can you know God's heart?

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 Did God really say?

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 It's been the serpent's light ever since the beginning.

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 And I reckon,

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 having spent a lot of time in these chapters this week,

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 I wonder whether those thoughts are in Job's mind.

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 And so, enter stage left.

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 I don't even know whether it's stage left or stage right,

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 but we're going to stage left, right?

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 Enter stage left in this drama,

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 this man called Elihu.

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 Now, come with me to chapter 32.

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 This is where we meet him.

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 This man called Elihu.

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 Now, just notice the details at the beginning of chapter 32

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 as we get to know him a little bit.

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 He's a young guy, okay,

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 who I think we're meant to understand.

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 He's been there with Job and his three friends

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 this entire time.

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 He's been there, right?

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 So, he's seen Job's suffering.

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 And he's heard the three friends offer their unsympathetic

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 and untrue claims as to why this is happening to Job.

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 So, he's heard all of this.

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 And he's heard Job give his defense

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 in which he's continually pleaded his innocence

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 before them and before God.

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 Okay?

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 So, Elihu's heard all of this.

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 He's seen all of this.

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 And now he speaks uninterrupted for six chapters.

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 And here's my take on him.

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 And people do see this differently,

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 but here's my take on him.

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 I think he's coming on the scene here in the drama

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 playing an almost prophetic role in the story.

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 So, he's bringing truth about who God is

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 to Job's attention and into Job's situation.

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 Now, let me just give you a few things in the text

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 that might suggest that

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 because I think it's important that we kind of wrestle with

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 what is this character doing in the story.

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 In the context, it's really interesting

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 because not only does Job not respond to Elihu's words

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 like he's done his other friends,

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 but the very next thing in the story that happens

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 once Elihu is finished,

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 end of chapter 37,

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 as we enter chapter 38,

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 the very next thing that happens is God speaks.

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 God speaks.

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 Which, as a side,

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 is that not a wonderful testimony to the patience of God?

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 Because God could have rightly broken in at chapter 3,

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 couldn't he?

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 And answered Job and his three friends.

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 Could have broken in at that point.

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 But no, God waits.

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 Graciously, patiently,

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 seeing and hearing everything that's going on

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 before giving his response.

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 You know, we had some friends around recently

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 who were reflecting on that.

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 We're 36,

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 they're around our age as well.

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 We're reflecting back

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 on the things we used to do in our 20s

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 and the things we used to think and say.

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 How patient is God with us?

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 We reflected.

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 As we think back on that,

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 how patient is God with us?

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 And do you know what?

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 We'll be saying exactly the same thing

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 in 10 years' time.

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 How patient is this God?

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 It's interesting when God speaks,

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 he corrects Job.

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 You see that next week and onwards.

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 He corrects Job,

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 and he certainly corrects the three friends,

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 gives them a stinging rebuke.

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 But he's nothing to say to Elihu.

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 Nothing to say to Elihu,

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 which again, I think,

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 might add another weight to the understanding

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 that he's playing an almost prophetic role here.

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 Now, two things I want us to see

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 before we get into what Elihu says.

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 I want us to see two things

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 about how he goes about his job.

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 Okay?

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 Now, firstly, notice that Elihu's desire

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 is a godly one.

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 Okay?

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 Four times in the first five verses

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 of chapter 32,

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 we're told that there were what?

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 Look for the word.

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 What's the word?

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 He's angry.

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 Okay?

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 See it?

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 He's angry.

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 Now, we immediately can read that

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 in light of everything that's come,

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 and we conclude that this guy's

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 a bit of a hothead.

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 Okay?

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 Youth, arrogance,

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 we put it together

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 in light of everything that's come before,

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 and we think that's the case.

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 But look at verse two.

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 Why is he angry?

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 He's angry because he's been listening

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 to Job and his friends

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 say things about God

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 which just aren't true.

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 So Elihu has a fire in his belly

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 that this God is represented

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 and understood rightly.

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 His desire is a godly one,

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 and I think his approach

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 is a humble one.

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 Look at verse six

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 of chapter 33.

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 Just glance at it there.

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 Speaking to Job,

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 he says,

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 I am the same as you

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 in God's sight.

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 I too am a piece of clay.

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 Now he views himself.

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 He's a piece of clay.

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 Isn't it a very humbling thing

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 to say?

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 Right?

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 Weak,

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 fragile,

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 brittle.

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 You ever been to

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 doodles on the meadows there

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 and make clay pots?

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 That's what it is,

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 isn't it?

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 You mould it.

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 Fragile,

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 weak,

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 vulnerable.

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 That's what he's saying

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 about himself.

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 He's not speaking to Job

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 from his ivory tower.

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 He's coming alongside him

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 as a piece of clay.

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 And verse seven,

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 no fear of me

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 should alarm you,

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 nor should my hand

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 be heavy on you.

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 He's not come to Job

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 seeking to add burdens

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 to his life.

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 He's come to help

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 and bring truth.

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 And I take it,

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 did you see during the Olympics

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 the gymnasts

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 who were on the rings?

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 I love this image.

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 What is it they do,

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 the gymnasts?

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 This is where you see

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 the biceps.

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 What do they do?

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 They grab both rings tightly,

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 don't they?

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 Both rings.

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 And friends,

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 see when it comes to

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 our relationships

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 with one another,

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 a love for God's truth

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 and a love for God's people.

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 Right?

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 We hold just one of them

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 and let the other one go,

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 we will fall.

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 Okay?

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 We need to hold

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 both of those things

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 when we come to

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 loving one another.

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 Take a leaf out

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 of Elihu's book,

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 Love for God's truth

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 love for God's people.

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 So here's what I want to do

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 really quickly

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 in the time that we have left.

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 I want us to pick me to,

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 I want to pick out

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 four truths

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 that Elihu brings

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 to Job's attention

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 about this God

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 and then we'll try

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 and bring it together

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 at the end

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 to see its central message.

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 Is that okay?

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 Here we go.

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 Okay, here's number one.

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 Elihu's saying,

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 Job,

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 God's grace

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 is deeper than you think.

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 God's grace

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 is deeper than you think.

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 Here's what I think

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 Elihu senses

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 as he looks at Job

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 and as he listens

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 to what he's saying.

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 He senses that Job

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 as a believer

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 has begun to think

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 that God is treating him

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 like his enemy.

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 Now,

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 have a look at chapter 33

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 and verse 9.

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 We're going to be

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 a lot in the text today

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 because I want you to see

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 where this is coming from.

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 Okay?

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 So verse 9 of chapter 33,

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 Elihu's quoting Job.

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 Right?

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 This is what Job is saying.

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 I am pure.

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 I have done no wrong.

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 I am clean and free from sin.

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 Yet,

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 God has found fault with me.

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 He considers me his enemy.

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 Do you see that word?

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 His enemy.

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 That's how God views me.

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 And Elihu comes on the scene

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 and says,

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 that is simply not true.

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 That's not true.

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 Verse 23,

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 in this you are not right.

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 God is gracious.

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 And see where Elihu takes Job.

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 He takes him to the very fact

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 that Job knows him as God.

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 Okay?

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 Verse 22 onward.

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 Just see the flow.

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 God acts to save people

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 from the pit of their destruction.

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 You see where he takes him?

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 This is what this God is like.

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 This God acts to save people's souls

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 from the pit.

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 Okay?

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 You hear Jesus in the New Testament

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 talking about the place

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 of weeping and gnashing of teeth.

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 He's talking about hell,

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 isn't he?

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 This is what this God does.

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 He saves people from that place.

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 And God in his grace provides,

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 verse 23,

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 a mediator

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 who will declare them right

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 in God's sight.

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 And because of what that mediator does,

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 has done,

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 the person who knows God,

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 verse 27,

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 because what of God has done,

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 will sing to others,

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 I have sinned,

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 I have perverted what is right,

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 but I did not get what I deserved.

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 That's what this God does.

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 God has delivered me

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 from going down to the pit,

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 and I shall live to enjoy

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 the light of life.

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 This is the song of the people

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 who know God is their redeemer.

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 This is what he has done for them,

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 and they sing it to the world.

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 They sing it to others.

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 And that is the heart of this God,

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 to save sinners,

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 graciously.

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 So Job,

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 never entertain the thought

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 that as a believer,

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 God isn't gracious.

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 Never entertain the thought

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 that he is your enemy.

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 The very fact that you know him

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 as God,

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 as provider,

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 as forgiver,

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 as redeemer,

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 is proof of the fact

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 that his grace is deeper

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 than you think.

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 It's wonderful, isn't it,

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 when we get to the New Testament.

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 What is,

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 how did God show his love?

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 That while we were still his what,

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 he died for us.

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 He sent Christ for us.

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 While we were still his enemies,

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 we will never be an enemy

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 in his sight

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 if our faith is in Christ.

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 God's grace is deeper

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 than you think, Job.

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 It's deeper than you think.

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 Secondly,

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 and we'll rattle through these, okay,

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 God's ways

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 are fairer than you think.

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 Chapter 34,

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 and I think the whole

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 central issue

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 in this chapter,

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 and you could argue

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 it's the whole issue

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 of the whole book.

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 Pick me on that afterwards

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 if you want.

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 The whole issue here

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 is the justice of God.

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 Is God right

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 in doing what he does?

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 And look what Job

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 is saying,

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 verse 5.

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 For Job has said,

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 I am in the right

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 and God has taken away

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 my right.

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 In spite of my right,

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 I am counted a liar.

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 My wound is incurable,

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 though I am without transgression.

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 So, Job is accusing God

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 of being unfair.

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 And what is Elihu's response

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 to that?

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 To underscore

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 the rightness

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 and goodness of God

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 in all that he does.

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 Travel with me, okay.

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 Verse 10.

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 Just see how he does this.

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 Far be it from God

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 that he should do wickedness.

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 Do you see it?

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 Verse 11.

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 For according to their deeds

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 he will repay them.

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 Verse 12.

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 Of a truth God

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 will not do wickedly

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 and the Almighty

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 will not pervert justice.

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 So what he's saying

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 is that this God,

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 there is no partiality

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 with him.

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 There is no evil

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 with him.

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 You're not going to dig

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 underneath the surface

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 of God

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 and find

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 some impurity there.

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 No, God is holy

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 and his ways

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 are always

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 right

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 and his ways

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 are always

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 good.

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 As the saying goes,

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 friends,

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 we might not always

00:15:43.980 --> 00:15:45.000
 see his hand

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 but we can trust

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 his heart.

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 This God

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 is good.

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 He's perfectly just.

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 We might not see it

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 in this life

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 but friends,

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 one day when Christ

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 returns,

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 we will.

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 It's what the Narnians

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 always say of Aslan,

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 isn't it?

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 That all will be right

00:16:03.179 --> 00:16:03.899
 when Aslan

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 comes to sight.

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 You know,

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 the first song

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 they sang

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 at the Keswick

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 Convention

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 this year

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 and it's just finished

00:16:13.100 --> 00:16:14.820
 was the hymn

00:16:14.820 --> 00:16:16.120
 Great is Thy Faithfulness.

00:16:16.399 --> 00:16:16.679
 I've heard

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 countless churches

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 up and down the country

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 who when it came

00:16:19.580 --> 00:16:20.480
 to the first song

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 that they were going

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 to sing

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 after 16 odd months

00:16:23.559 --> 00:16:24.240
 of not singing

00:16:24.240 --> 00:16:25.740
 went for that song.

00:16:26.399 --> 00:16:27.620
 Great is Thy Faithfulness

00:16:27.620 --> 00:16:28.500
 because they just,

00:16:29.059 --> 00:16:29.899
 it's not just wonderful

00:16:29.899 --> 00:16:30.759
 to be reminded

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 in song

00:16:31.600 --> 00:16:32.279
 that God

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 never changes.

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 Everything in our world

00:16:35.519 --> 00:16:36.179
 has changed

00:16:36.179 --> 00:16:36.940
 and yet this God

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 never changes.

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 Great is Thy Faithfulness

00:16:40.460 --> 00:16:41.880
 O God my Father

00:16:41.880 --> 00:16:43.260
 there is no shadow

00:16:43.260 --> 00:16:45.560
 of turning with Thee.

00:16:45.780 --> 00:16:46.820
 Thou changest not

00:16:46.820 --> 00:16:47.740
 thou compassions

00:16:47.740 --> 00:16:48.620
 they fail not

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 as thou hast been

00:16:50.020 --> 00:16:51.780
 thou forever will be.

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 He's got the old English

00:16:52.640 --> 00:16:53.140
 right there.

00:16:53.440 --> 00:16:54.500
 He's not going to come

00:16:54.500 --> 00:16:55.120
 and go

00:16:55.120 --> 00:16:56.280
 like fashion.

00:16:57.040 --> 00:16:57.240
 Right?

00:16:57.460 --> 00:16:58.800
 He's not going to go off

00:16:58.800 --> 00:16:59.820
 like a pint of milk.

00:16:59.980 --> 00:17:00.480
 This God

00:17:00.480 --> 00:17:01.480
 never changes.

00:17:02.420 --> 00:17:03.520
 He never changes.

00:17:03.519 --> 00:17:06.019
 And His compassions

00:17:06.019 --> 00:17:07.139
 will fail not.

00:17:09.299 --> 00:17:09.500
 God,

00:17:09.940 --> 00:17:10.160
 Job,

00:17:10.220 --> 00:17:10.920
 don't think

00:17:10.920 --> 00:17:11.480
 that God

00:17:11.480 --> 00:17:12.579
 has changed.

00:17:13.819 --> 00:17:14.700
 His ways

00:17:14.700 --> 00:17:15.339
 are fairer

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 than you think.

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 And thirdly,

00:17:18.599 --> 00:17:18.879
 friends,

00:17:18.940 --> 00:17:19.619
 His purposes

00:17:19.619 --> 00:17:20.279
 are bigger

00:17:20.279 --> 00:17:21.220
 than you think.

00:17:21.920 --> 00:17:23.700
 God is all-wise,

00:17:23.879 --> 00:17:24.139
 Job.

00:17:24.740 --> 00:17:26.240
 He's all-wise.

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 And His wisdom

00:17:27.799 --> 00:17:28.299
 is just,

00:17:28.359 --> 00:17:29.859
 it's just so much

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 greater than ours.

00:17:32.119 --> 00:17:32.359
 Right?

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 It's not like

00:17:32.839 --> 00:17:33.779
 we're in the championship

00:17:33.779 --> 00:17:35.539
 and He's just one league up

00:17:35.539 --> 00:17:36.400
 in the Premier League

00:17:36.400 --> 00:17:37.440
 in terms of His wisdom.

00:17:37.680 --> 00:17:37.859
 Right?

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 No,

00:17:39.160 --> 00:17:40.140
 if God

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 were to explain

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 all His ways,

00:17:42.700 --> 00:17:43.500
 it would be like

00:17:43.500 --> 00:17:44.180
 a parent

00:17:44.180 --> 00:17:44.960
 trying to explain

00:17:44.960 --> 00:17:45.440
 neuroscience

00:17:45.440 --> 00:17:46.440
 to a toddler.

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 Right?

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 It just,

00:17:47.779 --> 00:17:49.119
 it just can't happen.

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 It's just on a different

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 level to us.

00:17:52.200 --> 00:17:52.859
 His wisdom.

00:17:54.519 --> 00:17:56.180
 Verse 5 of chapter 36,

00:17:56.279 --> 00:17:56.700
 I think it's slightly

00:17:56.700 --> 00:17:57.859
 better than the ESV.

00:17:58.000 --> 00:17:58.299
 Behold,

00:17:58.379 --> 00:17:59.140
 God is mighty

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 and does not despise any.

00:18:00.759 --> 00:18:02.079
 He is mighty

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 in the strength

00:18:03.000 --> 00:18:05.140
 of His understanding.

00:18:06.339 --> 00:18:07.240
 Verse 22,

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 God is exalted

00:18:08.220 --> 00:18:09.039
 in His power.

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 Who is a teacher

00:18:10.619 --> 00:18:13.140
 like Him?

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 And that is a wonderful

00:18:15.299 --> 00:18:16.759
 truth about this God

00:18:16.759 --> 00:18:19.940
 that somehow

00:18:19.940 --> 00:18:22.359
 in His wisdom

00:18:22.359 --> 00:18:25.019
 He can use even

00:18:25.019 --> 00:18:25.920
 the most horrific

00:18:25.920 --> 00:18:27.019
 of things

00:18:27.019 --> 00:18:29.379
 for His good

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 purposes.

00:18:31.339 --> 00:18:32.440
 Look at verse 15.

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 He delivers the afflicted

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 by their affliction

00:18:37.019 --> 00:18:38.619
 and opens their ear

00:18:38.619 --> 00:18:40.379
 by adversity.

00:18:42.019 --> 00:18:42.259
 Right?

00:18:42.339 --> 00:18:42.920
 So this God,

00:18:42.980 --> 00:18:45.559
 He teaches us things

00:18:45.559 --> 00:18:47.920
 through the hardships

00:18:47.920 --> 00:18:50.599
 that I take it,

00:18:50.680 --> 00:18:50.879
 friends,

00:18:50.960 --> 00:18:51.420
 you and I

00:18:51.420 --> 00:18:52.420
 wouldn't have learned

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 any other way.

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 and I say that

00:18:56.340 --> 00:18:57.200
 sensitively

00:18:57.200 --> 00:18:58.060
 because I know

00:18:58.060 --> 00:18:59.060
 what people

00:18:59.060 --> 00:18:59.960
 have gone through

00:18:59.960 --> 00:19:00.940
 and perhaps you are

00:19:00.940 --> 00:19:01.440
 going through

00:19:01.440 --> 00:19:02.240
 right now.

00:19:03.600 --> 00:19:04.640
 But this God

00:19:04.640 --> 00:19:06.080
 for us in Christ,

00:19:06.260 --> 00:19:07.100
 He molds

00:19:07.100 --> 00:19:09.080
 and shapes

00:19:09.080 --> 00:19:10.900
 and renews

00:19:10.900 --> 00:19:11.900
 and teaches

00:19:11.900 --> 00:19:14.620
 and He has

00:19:14.620 --> 00:19:15.580
 committed Himself

00:19:15.580 --> 00:19:16.360
 to us

00:19:16.360 --> 00:19:17.000
 always

00:19:17.000 --> 00:19:17.940
 as His people.

00:19:18.040 --> 00:19:18.780
 What is the promise

00:19:18.780 --> 00:19:19.460
 Jesus made

00:19:19.460 --> 00:19:20.100
 right at the end

00:19:20.100 --> 00:19:20.680
 of the Gospels?

00:19:20.759 --> 00:19:21.080
 Behold,

00:19:21.200 --> 00:19:22.800
 I am with you

00:19:22.800 --> 00:19:23.620
 until the end

00:19:23.620 --> 00:19:24.280
 of the age.

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 I've heard so many

00:19:27.560 --> 00:19:28.180
 of you testify

00:19:28.180 --> 00:19:28.860
 to me

00:19:28.860 --> 00:19:30.600
 in my time here

00:19:30.600 --> 00:19:31.500
 that in times

00:19:31.500 --> 00:19:32.540
 of horrific pain

00:19:32.540 --> 00:19:33.120
 and suffering

00:19:33.120 --> 00:19:34.860
 that you can

00:19:34.860 --> 00:19:36.180
 honestly look back

00:19:36.180 --> 00:19:37.540
 and hand in heart

00:19:37.540 --> 00:19:37.980
 say

00:19:37.980 --> 00:19:39.600
 that not only

00:19:39.600 --> 00:19:40.300
 did you come

00:19:40.300 --> 00:19:41.100
 out the other side

00:19:41.099 --> 00:19:41.980
 of a horrendous

00:19:41.980 --> 00:19:43.240
 situation in your life

00:19:43.240 --> 00:19:44.019
 knowing God

00:19:44.019 --> 00:19:45.359
 in ways

00:19:45.359 --> 00:19:46.399
 that you never

00:19:46.399 --> 00:19:47.199
 thought possible

00:19:47.199 --> 00:19:47.819
 before

00:19:47.819 --> 00:19:49.559
 but that through

00:19:49.559 --> 00:19:50.359
 your story

00:19:50.359 --> 00:19:51.119
 and your pain

00:19:51.119 --> 00:19:52.199
 and your experience

00:19:52.199 --> 00:19:53.699
 God has used it

00:19:53.699 --> 00:19:55.419
 to help

00:19:55.419 --> 00:19:56.659
 others.

00:19:58.740 --> 00:19:59.299
 And honestly

00:19:59.299 --> 00:20:00.259
 when I get to glory

00:20:00.259 --> 00:20:01.379
 and they ask me

00:20:01.379 --> 00:20:02.439
 who were some

00:20:02.439 --> 00:20:03.039
 of the saints

00:20:03.039 --> 00:20:03.919
 that encouraged you

00:20:03.919 --> 00:20:04.619
 along the way?

00:20:05.099 --> 00:20:05.279
 Friends,

00:20:05.339 --> 00:20:06.219
 a number of you

00:20:06.219 --> 00:20:06.899
 will be there.

00:20:07.659 --> 00:20:08.519
 As I've seen you

00:20:08.519 --> 00:20:09.720
 just keep on

00:20:09.720 --> 00:20:10.579
 clinging to God

00:20:10.579 --> 00:20:11.460
 through your

00:20:11.460 --> 00:20:12.900
 hardships.

00:20:14.299 --> 00:20:14.539
 You know,

00:20:14.599 --> 00:20:15.500
 it was C.S. Lewis

00:20:15.500 --> 00:20:16.660
 who famously said

00:20:16.660 --> 00:20:17.920
 God whispers to us

00:20:17.920 --> 00:20:18.680
 in our pleasures,

00:20:19.579 --> 00:20:20.299
 speaks to us

00:20:20.299 --> 00:20:21.240
 in our consciences,

00:20:21.379 --> 00:20:22.079
 but shouts

00:20:22.079 --> 00:20:22.980
 in our pains.

00:20:23.639 --> 00:20:24.279
 And his famous

00:20:24.279 --> 00:20:24.759
 phrase,

00:20:24.940 --> 00:20:27.500
 it is his megaphone

00:20:27.500 --> 00:20:28.720
 to rouse

00:20:28.720 --> 00:20:29.619
 a deaf world.

00:20:31.960 --> 00:20:32.819
 God's purposes

00:20:32.819 --> 00:20:33.339
 are bigger

00:20:33.339 --> 00:20:34.059
 than you think,

00:20:34.180 --> 00:20:34.379
 Job.

00:20:34.380 --> 00:20:36.240
 And finally,

00:20:36.400 --> 00:20:37.240
 God's power

00:20:37.240 --> 00:20:38.100
 is greater

00:20:38.100 --> 00:20:39.020
 than you think.

00:20:39.240 --> 00:20:41.260
 And in Job's mind

00:20:41.260 --> 00:20:42.160
 he's saying to himself

00:20:42.160 --> 00:20:43.220
 verse 3

00:20:43.220 --> 00:20:44.720
 of chapter 36,

00:20:45.940 --> 00:20:46.760
 he's saying to himself

00:20:46.760 --> 00:20:47.820
 what's the point

00:20:47.820 --> 00:20:48.800
 in trying to be good?

00:20:50.720 --> 00:20:51.460
 What's the point?

00:20:51.620 --> 00:20:52.240
 What does he say?

00:20:52.340 --> 00:20:53.660
 What advantage have I?

00:20:53.780 --> 00:20:55.180
 How am I better off

00:20:55.180 --> 00:20:57.200
 than if I had sinned?

00:20:57.240 --> 00:20:57.580
 So he's saying

00:20:57.580 --> 00:20:58.460
 what's the point

00:20:58.460 --> 00:20:59.280
 in being good?

00:20:59.960 --> 00:21:00.740
 And I think

00:21:00.740 --> 00:21:01.180
 he's beginning

00:21:01.180 --> 00:21:01.900
 to believe

00:21:01.900 --> 00:21:02.700
 the prosperity

00:21:02.700 --> 00:21:03.940
 gospel lie.

00:21:03.940 --> 00:21:05.059
 Remember that his friends

00:21:05.059 --> 00:21:05.700
 have been subtly

00:21:05.700 --> 00:21:06.559
 sowing all the way.

00:21:07.580 --> 00:21:08.519
 And it's the inverse

00:21:08.519 --> 00:21:09.100
 of what his friends

00:21:09.100 --> 00:21:09.680
 have been saying.

00:21:09.779 --> 00:21:10.340
 He's thinking that

00:21:10.340 --> 00:21:11.680
 because I'm following God

00:21:11.680 --> 00:21:12.580
 surely things

00:21:12.580 --> 00:21:13.640
 should be going well

00:21:13.640 --> 00:21:14.180
 for me.

00:21:15.200 --> 00:21:16.019
 But Elihu comes

00:21:16.019 --> 00:21:16.519
 in the scene

00:21:16.519 --> 00:21:17.299
 and he says almost

00:21:17.299 --> 00:21:18.360
 that that's the wrong way

00:21:18.360 --> 00:21:19.519
 of looking at things.

00:21:20.120 --> 00:21:20.279
 Right?

00:21:20.360 --> 00:21:21.460
 Not to worship God

00:21:21.460 --> 00:21:22.400
 for his stuff.

00:21:22.759 --> 00:21:23.820
 Not just to worship God

00:21:23.820 --> 00:21:25.259
 when things are going well.

00:21:26.160 --> 00:21:26.860
 Worship him

00:21:26.860 --> 00:21:28.059
 because of who he is.

00:21:29.660 --> 00:21:30.640
 And Elihu breaks in

00:21:30.640 --> 00:21:31.420
 at verse 14

00:21:31.420 --> 00:21:32.019
 and he says,

00:21:32.080 --> 00:21:32.680
 I love this,

00:21:32.680 --> 00:21:33.539
 hear this,

00:21:33.660 --> 00:21:34.140
 O Job,

00:21:34.440 --> 00:21:35.880
 stop and consider

00:21:35.880 --> 00:21:37.460
 the wondrous works

00:21:37.460 --> 00:21:38.080
 of God.

00:21:39.440 --> 00:21:40.460
 So look up,

00:21:40.560 --> 00:21:41.299
 stop what you're doing,

00:21:41.420 --> 00:21:41.980
 look up

00:21:41.980 --> 00:21:43.279
 and think about

00:21:43.279 --> 00:21:44.140
 who God is.

00:21:45.060 --> 00:21:45.600
 And as we'll see

00:21:45.600 --> 00:21:46.060
 next week,

00:21:46.120 --> 00:21:47.299
 there are massive echoes

00:21:47.299 --> 00:21:49.360
 of what Elihu says here.

00:21:49.920 --> 00:21:50.620
 Massive echoes

00:21:50.620 --> 00:21:51.460
 of it in what the Lord

00:21:51.460 --> 00:21:53.060
 says next chapter.

00:21:53.200 --> 00:21:54.400
 From verse 16,

00:21:54.660 --> 00:21:54.820
 right?

00:21:54.900 --> 00:21:56.640
 Just follow the questions.

00:21:56.640 --> 00:21:58.780
 Have you journeyed

00:21:58.780 --> 00:21:59.360
 to the springs

00:21:59.360 --> 00:22:00.100
 of the sea

00:22:00.100 --> 00:22:01.759
 or walked

00:22:01.759 --> 00:22:02.660
 in the recesses

00:22:02.660 --> 00:22:03.220
 of the deep?

00:22:04.160 --> 00:22:04.420
 Right?

00:22:04.500 --> 00:22:05.360
 Rhetorical question.

00:22:06.240 --> 00:22:07.020
 Have the gates

00:22:07.020 --> 00:22:07.480
 of death

00:22:07.480 --> 00:22:08.640
 been shown to you?

00:22:10.180 --> 00:22:11.040
 Have you seen

00:22:11.040 --> 00:22:11.500
 the gates

00:22:11.500 --> 00:22:12.940
 of deepest darkness?

00:22:13.100 --> 00:22:14.080
 Have you comprehended

00:22:14.080 --> 00:22:15.220
 the vast expanses

00:22:15.220 --> 00:22:15.780
 of the earth?

00:22:15.880 --> 00:22:16.380
 Tell me

00:22:16.380 --> 00:22:17.200
 if you know

00:22:17.200 --> 00:22:18.040
 all this.

00:22:18.160 --> 00:22:18.320
 Friends,

00:22:18.380 --> 00:22:18.980
 don't let anyone

00:22:18.980 --> 00:22:19.740
 tell you there's not

00:22:19.740 --> 00:22:20.780
 sarcasm in the Bible.

00:22:21.780 --> 00:22:22.420
 He's saying,

00:22:22.500 --> 00:22:22.759
 isn't he,

00:22:22.800 --> 00:22:23.360
 rhetorically,

00:22:23.480 --> 00:22:24.860
 think about who God is.

00:22:24.859 --> 00:22:25.079
 You know,

00:22:25.119 --> 00:22:25.439
 we're doing that

00:22:25.439 --> 00:22:25.939
 on a holiday.

00:22:27.000 --> 00:22:27.639
 Sitting with the girls

00:22:27.639 --> 00:22:28.019
 on the beach

00:22:28.019 --> 00:22:28.899
 just looking at the clouds.

00:22:28.979 --> 00:22:29.579
 Looking at the shape

00:22:29.579 --> 00:22:30.199
 of the clouds.

00:22:30.599 --> 00:22:30.779
 Right?

00:22:30.959 --> 00:22:32.000
 All these different shapes

00:22:32.000 --> 00:22:33.179
 doing different things.

00:22:34.000 --> 00:22:34.219
 And thinking,

00:22:34.319 --> 00:22:34.479
 wow,

00:22:34.500 --> 00:22:35.219
 isn't that cool?

00:22:36.339 --> 00:22:37.000
 But it's not exactly

00:22:37.000 --> 00:22:38.399
 what Elihu's saying.

00:22:38.779 --> 00:22:39.199
 Job,

00:22:39.219 --> 00:22:39.719
 were you there

00:22:39.719 --> 00:22:41.159
 when the skies

00:22:41.159 --> 00:22:41.879
 were laid out?

00:22:44.379 --> 00:22:46.279
 Consider the manifold

00:22:46.279 --> 00:22:47.159
 power and wisdom

00:22:47.159 --> 00:22:47.740
 of God.

00:22:49.679 --> 00:22:50.819
 Who is this God?

00:22:51.779 --> 00:22:52.519
 You should look up

00:22:52.519 --> 00:22:53.500
 and consider who he is.

00:22:53.599 --> 00:22:53.859
 Stop.

00:22:53.859 --> 00:22:54.359
 Do some of us

00:22:54.359 --> 00:22:55.219
 need to do that today?

00:22:55.319 --> 00:22:56.399
 To stop and consider

00:22:56.399 --> 00:22:58.059
 the wondrous works

00:22:58.059 --> 00:22:58.599
 of God.

00:22:59.939 --> 00:23:00.819
 And just notice

00:23:00.819 --> 00:23:02.099
 where Elihu leaves it

00:23:02.099 --> 00:23:02.919
 right at the end

00:23:02.919 --> 00:23:04.479
 of chapter 37.

00:23:05.419 --> 00:23:06.339
 What does he want

00:23:06.339 --> 00:23:06.859
 for Job?

00:23:06.899 --> 00:23:07.579
 It's a great question

00:23:07.579 --> 00:23:09.259
 to ask as we go

00:23:09.259 --> 00:23:09.939
 through all of this.

00:23:10.000 --> 00:23:10.899
 What does he want?

00:23:12.179 --> 00:23:13.039
 Surely he wants

00:23:13.039 --> 00:23:14.279
 that Job would stop

00:23:14.279 --> 00:23:16.359
 and repent

00:23:16.359 --> 00:23:17.899
 of saying wrong

00:23:17.899 --> 00:23:18.879
 things about God

00:23:18.879 --> 00:23:20.699
 and run back

00:23:20.699 --> 00:23:21.299
 to this God

00:23:21.299 --> 00:23:21.779
 and know him

00:23:21.779 --> 00:23:22.339
 as the gracious

00:23:22.339 --> 00:23:23.219
 God that he is.

00:23:23.220 --> 00:23:24.319
 Right?

00:23:24.880 --> 00:23:25.660
 Verse 24

00:23:25.660 --> 00:23:26.720
 of chapter 34.

00:23:26.980 --> 00:23:28.039
 Therefore men

00:23:28.039 --> 00:23:29.660
 fear him.

00:23:31.259 --> 00:23:32.200
 He does not regard

00:23:32.200 --> 00:23:33.059
 any who are wise

00:23:33.059 --> 00:23:34.079
 in their own conceit.

00:23:34.160 --> 00:23:34.960
 So what is the right

00:23:34.960 --> 00:23:36.640
 response to knowing God?

00:23:37.140 --> 00:23:38.220
 The answer here

00:23:38.220 --> 00:23:39.460
 is fear of the Lord.

00:23:41.100 --> 00:23:41.839
 Fearing him.

00:23:44.640 --> 00:23:45.000
 So friends,

00:23:45.059 --> 00:23:46.039
 big questions in life,

00:23:46.100 --> 00:23:46.279
 right?

00:23:46.400 --> 00:23:48.100
 Does God really love us?

00:23:48.680 --> 00:23:49.839
 Does he really love us?

00:23:49.839 --> 00:23:51.899
 Is God really fair?

00:23:52.599 --> 00:23:54.279
 Can God really be trusted?

00:23:54.500 --> 00:23:56.079
 Is God really in control?

00:23:56.199 --> 00:23:57.079
 And the question comes,

00:23:57.159 --> 00:23:57.980
 how do we know?

00:23:58.679 --> 00:23:59.579
 How do we know?

00:24:01.859 --> 00:24:02.159
 Friends,

00:24:02.220 --> 00:24:02.679
 we know

00:24:02.679 --> 00:24:04.679
 so much more

00:24:04.679 --> 00:24:05.779
 where we stand in history

00:24:05.779 --> 00:24:07.459
 because of the

00:24:07.459 --> 00:24:08.359
 truer and greater

00:24:08.359 --> 00:24:08.959
 Elihu.

00:24:10.319 --> 00:24:10.799
 Right?

00:24:10.859 --> 00:24:11.419
 The prophet,

00:24:11.559 --> 00:24:12.339
 the word of God

00:24:12.339 --> 00:24:13.419
 who doesn't just

00:24:13.419 --> 00:24:14.179
 bring truth

00:24:14.179 --> 00:24:15.539
 but who is truth.

00:24:16.399 --> 00:24:17.439
 Grace and truth.

00:24:18.340 --> 00:24:18.460
 You know,

00:24:18.500 --> 00:24:18.820
 here's something

00:24:18.820 --> 00:24:19.420
 I was thinking about

00:24:19.420 --> 00:24:19.900
 in holidays.

00:24:20.539 --> 00:24:21.640
 You just see the connections

00:24:21.640 --> 00:24:22.400
 as you're going through

00:24:22.400 --> 00:24:22.900
 the gospels

00:24:22.900 --> 00:24:23.660
 reading about it.

00:24:23.740 --> 00:24:24.759
 One of my favourite things

00:24:24.759 --> 00:24:25.440
 in the gospels,

00:24:25.600 --> 00:24:26.539
 Mark chapter 4.

00:24:27.180 --> 00:24:27.320
 Right?

00:24:27.480 --> 00:24:28.940
 Tucked it at the end

00:24:28.940 --> 00:24:30.320
 of Mark chapter 4.

00:24:30.440 --> 00:24:30.779
 Jesus,

00:24:31.299 --> 00:24:32.120
 we read it earlier,

00:24:33.200 --> 00:24:33.779
 on the boat

00:24:33.779 --> 00:24:34.500
 with his disciples.

00:24:35.360 --> 00:24:35.620
 Right?

00:24:35.840 --> 00:24:36.600
 What is happening

00:24:36.600 --> 00:24:37.460
 in that scene?

00:24:37.539 --> 00:24:38.380
 The boats are getting

00:24:38.380 --> 00:24:39.740
 hammered by the waves.

00:24:39.840 --> 00:24:40.299
 Something like

00:24:40.299 --> 00:24:41.400
 something out of the North Sea.

00:24:41.500 --> 00:24:41.980
 Remember that program

00:24:41.980 --> 00:24:42.900
 Trollerman and BBC?

00:24:43.100 --> 00:24:44.000
 It's how I always picture it.

00:24:44.960 --> 00:24:46.059
 The boat getting hammered

00:24:46.059 --> 00:24:46.820
 by the waves

00:24:46.819 --> 00:24:47.599
 and you always know

00:24:47.599 --> 00:24:48.240
 it's a crisis,

00:24:48.399 --> 00:24:48.720
 don't you?

00:24:48.759 --> 00:24:49.519
 When the professionals

00:24:49.519 --> 00:24:50.419
 start to panic.

00:24:50.559 --> 00:24:51.139
 It's what they always said

00:24:51.139 --> 00:24:51.919
 about the credit crunch

00:24:51.919 --> 00:24:52.599
 in 2008,

00:24:52.700 --> 00:24:52.960
 wasn't it?

00:24:52.960 --> 00:24:53.519
 When the professionals

00:24:53.519 --> 00:24:54.279
 start to panic,

00:24:54.500 --> 00:24:55.439
 that means the rest of us

00:24:55.439 --> 00:24:55.879
 can panic.

00:24:56.259 --> 00:24:57.399
 Here's hardened fishermen

00:24:57.399 --> 00:24:58.220
 in the boat

00:24:58.220 --> 00:24:59.599
 and they're freaking out,

00:24:59.639 --> 00:25:00.139
 aren't they?

00:25:00.299 --> 00:25:01.119
 We're going to die.

00:25:01.359 --> 00:25:02.059
 We're going to die.

00:25:02.179 --> 00:25:03.279
 And all the while

00:25:03.279 --> 00:25:04.200
 they're suffering.

00:25:04.319 --> 00:25:05.220
 They're looking at Jesus

00:25:05.220 --> 00:25:06.259
 and what is he doing?

00:25:07.099 --> 00:25:07.819
 He's sleeping.

00:25:09.079 --> 00:25:09.819
 He's sleeping.

00:25:10.559 --> 00:25:11.779
 Can you just get in the boat

00:25:11.779 --> 00:25:12.539
 with the disciples

00:25:12.539 --> 00:25:14.059
 asking all sorts of questions

00:25:14.059 --> 00:25:14.720
 about Jesus,

00:25:14.899 --> 00:25:15.439
 looking at him,

00:25:15.519 --> 00:25:15.819
 sleeping,

00:25:15.819 --> 00:25:16.279
 thinking,

00:25:16.460 --> 00:25:17.299
 does he care?

00:25:17.679 --> 00:25:18.539
 Does he know?

00:25:18.919 --> 00:25:19.779
 Does he see?

00:25:20.240 --> 00:25:21.200
 Does he love us?

00:25:21.240 --> 00:25:21.839
 All this stuff

00:25:21.839 --> 00:25:22.740
 that's come before us,

00:25:22.759 --> 00:25:23.639
 he's healed people.

00:25:24.099 --> 00:25:25.119
 Has he spoken to people?

00:25:25.200 --> 00:25:26.379
 And yet here we are.

00:25:27.240 --> 00:25:28.059
 Does he care?

00:25:28.200 --> 00:25:28.960
 All comes together

00:25:28.960 --> 00:25:29.740
 in their question.

00:25:29.839 --> 00:25:30.659
 What do they say?

00:25:31.659 --> 00:25:32.460
 What do they say?

00:25:33.460 --> 00:25:34.559
 Do you not care

00:25:34.559 --> 00:25:35.679
 that we are perishing?

00:25:35.680 --> 00:25:40.940
 Because at the moment

00:25:40.940 --> 00:25:41.580
 it doesn't look like

00:25:41.580 --> 00:25:42.820
 any of that stuff is true,

00:25:42.900 --> 00:25:43.220
 does it?

00:25:43.420 --> 00:25:43.840
 Being there.

00:25:44.700 --> 00:25:45.740
 Does Jesus care?

00:25:47.140 --> 00:25:48.060
 Jesus wakes

00:25:48.060 --> 00:25:50.720
 and he speaks

00:25:50.720 --> 00:25:52.620
 three words,

00:25:53.299 --> 00:25:53.660
 peace,

00:25:54.000 --> 00:25:54.259
 be,

00:25:54.860 --> 00:25:55.340
 still.

00:25:55.339 --> 00:25:59.559
 and the waves

00:25:59.559 --> 00:26:01.179
 stop

00:26:01.179 --> 00:26:02.299
 and there's calm

00:26:02.299 --> 00:26:03.220
 at sea.

00:26:05.439 --> 00:26:05.839
 Because

00:26:05.839 --> 00:26:06.799
 and to nick a line

00:26:06.799 --> 00:26:07.639
 from Elihu,

00:26:08.179 --> 00:26:09.279
 the one who created

00:26:09.279 --> 00:26:10.579
 the vast expanses

00:26:10.579 --> 00:26:11.339
 of the earth,

00:26:11.399 --> 00:26:12.500
 the one who laid out

00:26:12.500 --> 00:26:13.220
 the heavens,

00:26:13.879 --> 00:26:14.659
 the one who laid out

00:26:14.659 --> 00:26:15.459
 the skies,

00:26:15.559 --> 00:26:16.259
 the one who knows

00:26:16.259 --> 00:26:16.819
 the depths,

00:26:16.899 --> 00:26:17.740
 through whom

00:26:17.740 --> 00:26:19.119
 all things were created,

00:26:19.659 --> 00:26:20.859
 is in the boat.

00:26:20.859 --> 00:26:23.419
 He's in the boat

00:26:23.419 --> 00:26:24.659
 and here is the creator

00:26:24.659 --> 00:26:26.079
 bringing order

00:26:26.079 --> 00:26:27.000
 from chaos

00:26:27.000 --> 00:26:27.979
 and what happens

00:26:27.979 --> 00:26:28.859
 to the disciples

00:26:28.859 --> 00:26:30.359
 as they look at Jesus?

00:26:30.839 --> 00:26:31.819
 What are they filled

00:26:31.819 --> 00:26:32.819
 with in their hearts?

00:26:32.899 --> 00:26:33.359
 They're no longer

00:26:33.359 --> 00:26:34.359
 looking at the storm.

00:26:34.459 --> 00:26:34.899
 That's not what

00:26:34.899 --> 00:26:35.859
 they're scared of.

00:26:37.879 --> 00:26:39.159
 Fear fills their hearts

00:26:39.159 --> 00:26:40.119
 as they look at Jesus.

00:26:40.259 --> 00:26:40.899
 Now I take it

00:26:40.899 --> 00:26:41.500
 when we think about

00:26:41.500 --> 00:26:42.219
 fear of the Lord,

00:26:42.299 --> 00:26:43.059
 what does that mean?

00:26:44.039 --> 00:26:44.559
 It means

00:26:44.559 --> 00:26:45.939
 I'm looking at Jesus

00:26:45.939 --> 00:26:47.979
 and because I know

00:26:47.979 --> 00:26:48.759
 who he is,

00:26:49.159 --> 00:26:50.639
 I am taking my eyes

00:26:50.640 --> 00:26:51.820
 of him

00:26:51.820 --> 00:26:53.259
 no time.

00:26:54.360 --> 00:26:55.700
 I am looking at him

00:26:55.700 --> 00:26:56.480
 and of course

00:26:56.480 --> 00:26:57.700
 marking the context

00:26:57.700 --> 00:26:58.740
 it's about trusting

00:26:58.740 --> 00:26:59.520
 his word.

00:26:59.880 --> 00:27:00.800
 Here is who this

00:27:00.800 --> 00:27:02.100
 Jesus is.

00:27:02.600 --> 00:27:03.200
 That's what it means

00:27:03.200 --> 00:27:03.960
 to fear the Lord,

00:27:04.080 --> 00:27:04.280
 surely.

00:27:04.360 --> 00:27:05.080
 Not to run away

00:27:05.080 --> 00:27:05.520
 and cower

00:27:05.520 --> 00:27:06.560
 but to fix our eyes

00:27:06.560 --> 00:27:06.900
 on him

00:27:06.900 --> 00:27:07.820
 and trust in him

00:27:07.820 --> 00:27:09.540
 to go nowhere else.

00:27:10.500 --> 00:27:11.259
 I'm tying up

00:27:11.259 --> 00:27:12.100
 my whole life

00:27:12.100 --> 00:27:12.960
 leaning at all

00:27:12.960 --> 00:27:14.640
 on who he is.

00:27:16.840 --> 00:27:17.600
 So friends,

00:27:17.720 --> 00:27:18.940
 does God really love us?

00:27:19.000 --> 00:27:20.340
 Is God really fair?

00:27:20.339 --> 00:27:21.919
 Can God really be trusted?

00:27:22.059 --> 00:27:23.599
 Is God really in control?

00:27:24.059 --> 00:27:24.779
 Heaven's answer

00:27:24.779 --> 00:27:25.959
 to our questions

00:27:25.959 --> 00:27:27.359
 is a person.

00:27:29.199 --> 00:27:29.919
 Heaven's answer

00:27:29.919 --> 00:27:30.799
 to our questions

00:27:30.799 --> 00:27:31.839
 is Jesus.

00:27:33.839 --> 00:27:34.859
 You want to know

00:27:34.859 --> 00:27:35.359
 an answer to him?

00:27:35.379 --> 00:27:36.099
 Look at him.

00:27:36.279 --> 00:27:36.879
 Get to know him

00:27:36.879 --> 00:27:37.740
 in the Gospels.

00:27:38.339 --> 00:27:39.179
 This is who he is

00:27:39.179 --> 00:27:41.359
 as God unveils his heart

00:27:41.359 --> 00:27:42.740
 to us as human beings.

00:27:43.079 --> 00:27:43.419
 Jesus,

00:27:43.939 --> 00:27:44.939
 God in the flesh.

00:27:45.519 --> 00:27:46.439
 And more importantly,

00:27:46.579 --> 00:27:47.819
 heaven responds

00:27:47.819 --> 00:27:48.879
 to our questions.

00:27:49.599 --> 00:27:50.859
 Not just with a person

00:27:50.859 --> 00:27:51.799
 but particularly

00:27:51.799 --> 00:27:52.500
 with a person

00:27:52.500 --> 00:27:53.279
 on a cross.

00:27:55.599 --> 00:27:56.679
 If you're ever tempted

00:27:56.679 --> 00:27:57.279
 to think,

00:27:57.460 --> 00:27:57.879
 friends,

00:27:58.019 --> 00:27:59.619
 does God really love me?

00:27:59.740 --> 00:28:01.119
 Look nowhere else

00:28:01.119 --> 00:28:02.019
 but to Jesus

00:28:02.019 --> 00:28:03.119
 on the cross.

00:28:03.960 --> 00:28:04.859
 That's how God

00:28:04.859 --> 00:28:05.720
 showed his love

00:28:05.720 --> 00:28:06.319
 for us.

00:28:06.379 --> 00:28:06.980
 That while we were

00:28:06.980 --> 00:28:07.519
 his enemies,

00:28:07.679 --> 00:28:08.859
 Christ died

00:28:08.859 --> 00:28:10.119
 for us.

00:28:10.579 --> 00:28:11.899
 Consider the lengths

00:28:11.899 --> 00:28:12.899
 that he went to

00:28:12.900 --> 00:28:13.700
 for you.

00:28:14.600 --> 00:28:15.920
 You are his child

00:28:15.920 --> 00:28:18.060
 adopted into his family.

00:28:18.920 --> 00:28:19.400
 Justification,

00:28:19.519 --> 00:28:19.940
 I love this,

00:28:19.980 --> 00:28:20.720
 someone put it recently,

00:28:20.840 --> 00:28:21.780
 justification says

00:28:21.780 --> 00:28:23.100
 you're right in God's courtroom.

00:28:23.600 --> 00:28:24.460
 Adoption says

00:28:24.460 --> 00:28:24.940
 you're welcome

00:28:24.940 --> 00:28:25.960
 in his living room.

00:28:26.300 --> 00:28:27.560
 This is who you are.

00:28:30.320 --> 00:28:31.220
 Have you ever attempted

00:28:31.220 --> 00:28:33.180
 to ask the question,

00:28:33.780 --> 00:28:35.200
 do I matter to him

00:28:35.200 --> 00:28:36.860
 in light of what I've done?

00:28:37.200 --> 00:28:37.920
 Does he care?

00:28:38.019 --> 00:28:38.940
 Am I worth anything?

00:28:39.019 --> 00:28:40.259
 Am I precious in his sight?

00:28:40.360 --> 00:28:40.560
 Friends,

00:28:40.559 --> 00:28:41.819
 look at the cross.

00:28:43.299 --> 00:28:44.319
 He says God's yes,

00:28:44.440 --> 00:28:44.799
 surely,

00:28:44.919 --> 00:28:45.879
 to that question.

00:28:47.179 --> 00:28:47.720
 Have you ever attempted

00:28:47.720 --> 00:28:48.339
 to think,

00:28:48.440 --> 00:28:49.700
 is God fair?

00:28:50.659 --> 00:28:51.960
 Look at the cross

00:28:51.960 --> 00:28:53.460
 where Jesus bore

00:28:53.460 --> 00:28:55.200
 all of God's

00:28:55.200 --> 00:28:56.079
 righteous anger

00:28:56.079 --> 00:28:57.019
 against our sin

00:28:57.019 --> 00:28:57.919
 on the cross,

00:28:58.019 --> 00:28:58.720
 in our place,

00:28:58.799 --> 00:28:59.679
 didn't just sweep it

00:28:59.679 --> 00:29:00.399
 under the carpet,

00:29:00.559 --> 00:29:01.700
 pretend it didn't happen.

00:29:02.179 --> 00:29:03.440
 Jesus really did die

00:29:03.440 --> 00:29:04.500
 on a cross

00:29:04.500 --> 00:29:06.200
 for our real sin.

00:29:08.000 --> 00:29:08.700
 Have you ever attempted

00:29:08.700 --> 00:29:09.179
 to ask,

00:29:09.179 --> 00:29:10.240
 is God in control?

00:29:11.179 --> 00:29:12.039
 Then surely we have

00:29:12.039 --> 00:29:13.099
 to look at the cross.

00:29:13.200 --> 00:29:13.859
 If ever there was

00:29:13.859 --> 00:29:14.819
 a moment when it looked

00:29:14.819 --> 00:29:16.099
 like God was not

00:29:16.099 --> 00:29:16.700
 in control,

00:29:16.859 --> 00:29:17.799
 surely it was there.

00:29:18.980 --> 00:29:20.039
 Jesus despised

00:29:20.039 --> 00:29:20.720
 by his own,

00:29:20.899 --> 00:29:22.220
 abandoned by his friends,

00:29:22.679 --> 00:29:23.819
 seemingly powerless,

00:29:24.779 --> 00:29:26.200
 crucified by his enemies.

00:29:26.359 --> 00:29:26.619
 And yet,

00:29:26.659 --> 00:29:27.460
 is it not true

00:29:27.460 --> 00:29:28.440
 when we look at that,

00:29:28.519 --> 00:29:29.500
 that God used

00:29:29.500 --> 00:29:31.000
 the most horrific thing

00:29:31.000 --> 00:29:31.819
 imaginable

00:29:31.819 --> 00:29:32.980
 to bring about

00:29:32.980 --> 00:29:33.839
 the greatest good

00:29:33.839 --> 00:29:34.519
 that you and I

00:29:34.519 --> 00:29:35.220
 can ever know?

00:29:38.019 --> 00:29:38.460
 Friends,

00:29:38.500 --> 00:29:39.299
 is God powerful?

00:29:39.299 --> 00:29:40.379
 Is he in control?

00:29:40.500 --> 00:29:41.039
 Look at Jesus

00:29:41.039 --> 00:29:41.839
 on the cross.

00:29:42.059 --> 00:29:42.819
 Paul would call

00:29:42.819 --> 00:29:43.899
 the gospel,

00:29:44.039 --> 00:29:45.240
 the power of God

00:29:45.240 --> 00:29:46.299
 unto salvation.

00:29:48.220 --> 00:29:48.700
 Friends,

00:29:48.720 --> 00:29:49.119
 there are some

00:29:49.119 --> 00:29:50.299
 big questions

00:29:50.299 --> 00:29:52.500
 and horrible things

00:29:52.500 --> 00:29:53.500
 that happen in life.

00:29:53.639 --> 00:29:54.619
 But where does this passage

00:29:54.619 --> 00:29:55.599
 tell us to run?

00:29:57.460 --> 00:29:58.039
 Once we close,

00:29:58.079 --> 00:29:58.619
 let me just tell you

00:29:58.619 --> 00:29:59.220
 a story about

00:29:59.220 --> 00:30:00.119
 Corrie ten Boom.

00:30:01.579 --> 00:30:01.859
 Okay,

00:30:01.919 --> 00:30:02.839
 taken to the

00:30:02.839 --> 00:30:05.000
 Ravensbruck camp

00:30:05.000 --> 00:30:05.539
 in Germany

00:30:05.539 --> 00:30:06.359
 during the Second

00:30:06.359 --> 00:30:07.119
 World War

00:30:07.119 --> 00:30:08.039
 along with her sister

00:30:08.039 --> 00:30:09.160
 taken there to die.

00:30:10.220 --> 00:30:11.079
 And when they got there

00:30:11.079 --> 00:30:12.140
 they were put in a dorm

00:30:12.140 --> 00:30:13.700
 piled high

00:30:13.700 --> 00:30:14.660
 with bunk beds

00:30:14.660 --> 00:30:15.299
 and people.

00:30:16.220 --> 00:30:17.180
 And her diary,

00:30:17.299 --> 00:30:17.539
 if you read it,

00:30:17.579 --> 00:30:17.839
 it goes,

00:30:17.940 --> 00:30:19.099
 as soon as they got there

00:30:19.099 --> 00:30:19.859
 they were just

00:30:19.859 --> 00:30:20.740
 thrown upon

00:30:20.740 --> 00:30:21.640
 by fleas

00:30:21.640 --> 00:30:22.339
 everywhere,

00:30:22.500 --> 00:30:23.019
 started just

00:30:23.019 --> 00:30:24.119
 devouring their bodies.

00:30:24.940 --> 00:30:25.460
 You can imagine

00:30:25.460 --> 00:30:25.940
 the smells

00:30:25.940 --> 00:30:26.720
 and the sights

00:30:26.720 --> 00:30:27.980
 that would make

00:30:27.980 --> 00:30:29.039
 even the strongest

00:30:29.039 --> 00:30:29.700
 of us here

00:30:29.700 --> 00:30:30.980
 today sick.

00:30:31.200 --> 00:30:32.119
 Fleas everywhere.

00:30:32.119 --> 00:30:33.679
 But the fact

00:30:33.679 --> 00:30:34.219
 there was fleas

00:30:34.219 --> 00:30:34.559
 everywhere

00:30:34.559 --> 00:30:35.419
 meant that the guards

00:30:35.419 --> 00:30:36.319
 never went near

00:30:36.319 --> 00:30:36.839
 their dorm.

00:30:37.459 --> 00:30:38.319
 Never went near it.

00:30:38.359 --> 00:30:39.399
 Don't want to go

00:30:39.399 --> 00:30:40.559
 and get bitten

00:30:40.559 --> 00:30:41.359
 by fleas ourselves

00:30:41.359 --> 00:30:41.819
 so they never

00:30:41.819 --> 00:30:42.519
 went near it.

00:30:43.419 --> 00:30:44.799
 So what the ladies

00:30:44.799 --> 00:30:45.319
 in that dorm

00:30:45.319 --> 00:30:46.199
 used to do,

00:30:46.899 --> 00:30:47.639
 every evening

00:30:47.639 --> 00:30:48.259
 a number of them

00:30:48.259 --> 00:30:48.659
 would gather

00:30:48.659 --> 00:30:49.299
 in a circle

00:30:49.299 --> 00:30:51.239
 and they would read

00:30:51.239 --> 00:30:51.799
 from this little

00:30:51.799 --> 00:30:52.639
 pocket Bible

00:30:52.639 --> 00:30:53.559
 that Corrie

00:30:53.559 --> 00:30:54.159
 had somehow

00:30:54.159 --> 00:30:55.159
 managed to smuggle

00:30:55.159 --> 00:30:56.059
 into their dorm.

00:30:56.659 --> 00:30:57.500
 So they'd get together

00:30:57.500 --> 00:30:58.179
 in this circle

00:30:58.179 --> 00:30:58.799
 and they used to

00:30:58.799 --> 00:30:59.479
 read it together.

00:31:00.179 --> 00:31:00.839
 And they would try

00:31:00.839 --> 00:31:01.639
 and translate it

00:31:01.640 --> 00:31:02.340
 into Polish

00:31:02.340 --> 00:31:03.560
 and French

00:31:03.560 --> 00:31:04.060
 and German

00:31:04.060 --> 00:31:05.040
 so that the people

00:31:05.040 --> 00:31:05.900
 from different places

00:31:05.900 --> 00:31:06.880
 could understand.

00:31:07.420 --> 00:31:07.960
 And reflecting

00:31:07.960 --> 00:31:08.800
 many years later

00:31:08.800 --> 00:31:09.120
 do you know

00:31:09.120 --> 00:31:09.600
 what she wrote

00:31:09.600 --> 00:31:10.580
 in her memoirs

00:31:10.580 --> 00:31:12.360
 about these little times

00:31:12.360 --> 00:31:13.040
 as they opened

00:31:13.040 --> 00:31:13.480
 the Bible?

00:31:13.660 --> 00:31:14.220
 She said

00:31:14.220 --> 00:31:15.400
 the blacker

00:31:15.400 --> 00:31:16.500
 the night around us

00:31:16.500 --> 00:31:16.980
 she's talking

00:31:16.980 --> 00:31:17.620
 about the suffering

00:31:17.620 --> 00:31:18.160
 everything that's

00:31:18.160 --> 00:31:18.660
 going on

00:31:18.660 --> 00:31:19.680
 the blacker

00:31:19.680 --> 00:31:20.759
 the night around us

00:31:20.759 --> 00:31:22.240
 the brighter

00:31:22.240 --> 00:31:22.920
 and truer

00:31:22.920 --> 00:31:23.560
 burned the word

00:31:23.560 --> 00:31:24.040
 of God.

00:31:26.280 --> 00:31:27.220
 And the scripture

00:31:27.220 --> 00:31:28.040
 that they came back

00:31:28.040 --> 00:31:29.280
 to every single

00:31:29.280 --> 00:31:29.759
 night

00:31:29.759 --> 00:31:31.720
 was Romans 8

00:31:31.720 --> 00:31:32.279
 37

00:31:32.279 --> 00:31:33.900
 that we are

00:31:33.900 --> 00:31:34.460
 more than

00:31:34.460 --> 00:31:35.279
 conquerors

00:31:35.279 --> 00:31:35.900
 through him

00:31:35.900 --> 00:31:36.660
 who loved us.

00:31:37.319 --> 00:31:37.980
 Every night

00:31:37.980 --> 00:31:38.460
 they came back

00:31:38.460 --> 00:31:39.099
 to that verse.

00:31:40.339 --> 00:31:40.960
 So friends

00:31:40.960 --> 00:31:41.720
 when we're

00:31:41.720 --> 00:31:42.480
 asking those

00:31:42.480 --> 00:31:43.119
 big questions

00:31:43.119 --> 00:31:43.859
 about life

00:31:43.859 --> 00:31:45.900
 why does God

00:31:45.900 --> 00:31:46.759
 what's going on

00:31:46.759 --> 00:31:47.519
 is he in control

00:31:47.519 --> 00:31:48.460
 does he love us

00:31:48.460 --> 00:31:49.720
 where are we

00:31:49.720 --> 00:31:50.200
 to run

00:31:50.200 --> 00:31:50.819
 we're to run

00:31:50.819 --> 00:31:51.359
 to the word

00:31:51.359 --> 00:31:52.000
 of the truer

00:31:52.000 --> 00:31:52.599
 and greater

00:31:52.599 --> 00:31:53.379
 Elihu.

00:31:54.279 --> 00:31:54.579
 Right

00:31:54.579 --> 00:31:55.099
 we need to

00:31:55.099 --> 00:31:56.099
 cherish

00:31:56.099 --> 00:31:56.859
 and respond

00:31:56.859 --> 00:31:57.740
 to God's word

00:31:57.740 --> 00:31:58.279
 as it's come

00:31:58.279 --> 00:31:58.579
 at us

00:31:58.579 --> 00:31:59.139
 this morning

00:31:59.139 --> 00:32:00.339
 and fix

00:32:00.339 --> 00:32:01.039
 our eyes

00:32:01.039 --> 00:32:02.339
 on Jesus

00:32:02.339 --> 00:32:02.959
 Christ

00:32:02.959 --> 00:32:03.859
 and bask

00:32:03.859 --> 00:32:04.339
 ourselves

00:32:04.339 --> 00:32:04.759
 in his

00:32:04.759 --> 00:32:05.279
 great love

00:32:05.279 --> 00:32:05.799
 for us.

00:32:07.639 --> 00:32:08.199
 So why don't

00:32:08.199 --> 00:32:08.619
 we just take

00:32:08.619 --> 00:32:08.899
 a moment

00:32:08.899 --> 00:32:09.399
 just as we

00:32:09.399 --> 00:32:09.959
 finish this

00:32:09.959 --> 00:32:10.279
 morning

00:32:10.279 --> 00:32:11.699
 and everything

00:32:11.699 --> 00:32:12.139
 that's come

00:32:12.139 --> 00:32:12.419
 at us

00:32:12.419 --> 00:32:12.719
 I realise

00:32:12.719 --> 00:32:13.059
 we covered

00:32:13.059 --> 00:32:13.699
 a lot of

00:32:13.699 --> 00:32:14.059
 territory

00:32:14.059 --> 00:32:14.519
 there this

00:32:14.519 --> 00:32:14.839
 morning

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 why don't

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 we just

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 be still

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 and let's

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 bring our

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 prayers

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 and our

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 thanks as

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 well to

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 our creator

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 and then

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 I'll close

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 us in prayer

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 and we'll

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 stand to

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 close with

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 our final

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 song

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 but let's

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 just have

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 a moment

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 of quiet

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 and let's

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 just allow

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 God by his

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 Holy Spirit

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 to minister

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 amongst us

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 this morning

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 and so

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 Father we

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 thank you

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 Lord for

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 the

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 precious

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 truth

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 that while

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 we were

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 your enemies

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 Christ died

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 for us

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 Lord thank

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 you Father

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 for your

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 commitment

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 to us

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 as your

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 people

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 that in

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 Christ

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 you have

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 promised

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 never to

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 leave us

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 or forsake

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 us

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 and you've

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 given us

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 your spirit

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 to help

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 us know

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 that

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 and so

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 Father I

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 pray for

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 any here

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 this morning

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 who are

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 struggling

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 in any

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 way

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 Father that

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 you would

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 be the

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 comforter

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 this morning

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 so Father

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 we just

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 praise you

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 for who

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 you are

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 today

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 and we

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 thank you

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 for our

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 time together

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 in your

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 precious word

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 name we

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 pray

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 amen

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 that

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 do

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 nothing

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 I

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 want to

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 do

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 blah

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 so

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 can

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 do

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.

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 Or

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 can

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 maybe

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 I

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 do

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 have

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 hope

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 to