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 You are listening to a message from Southwood Presbyterian Church in Huntsville, Alabama.

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 Our passion is to experience and express grace. Join us.

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 2 Kings 18, beginning in verse 1.

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 In the third year of Hosea, son of Elah, king of Israel, Hezekiah, son of Ahaz, king of Judah, began to reign.

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 He was 25 years old when he began to reign, and he reigned 29 years in Jerusalem.

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 His mother's name was Abi, the daughter of Zechariah.

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 And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord according to all that David, his father, had done.

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 He removed the high places and broke the pillars and cut down the Asherah.

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 And he broke in pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made.

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 For until those days, the people of Israel had made offerings to it.

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 It was called Nehushtan.

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 He trusted in the Lord, the God of Israel, so that there was none like him among all the kings of Judah after him,

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 nor among those who were before him.

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 For he held fast to the Lord.

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 He did not depart from following him, but kept the commandments that the Lord commanded Moses.

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 And the Lord was with him.

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 Wherever he went out, he prospered.

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 He rebelled against the king of Assyria and would not serve him.

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 He struck down the Philistines as far as Gaza and its territory from watchtower to fortified city.

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 But in the fourth year of King Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hosea, son of Elah, king of Israel,

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 Shalmaneser, king of Assyria, came up against Samaria and besieged it.

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 And at the end of three years, he took it.

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 In the sixth year of Hezekiah, which was the ninth year of Hosea, king of Israel, Samaria was taken.

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 The king of Assyria carried the Israelites away to Assyria and put them in Hala.

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 And on the harbor, the river Gozon and in the cities of the Medes.

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 Because they did not obey the voice of the Lord their God, but transgressed his covenant,

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 even all that Moses, the servant of the Lord, commanded, they neither listened nor obeyed.

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 Let's pray together as we approach this portion of God's word.

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 Oh, Father, we thank you for how you have worked in your people.

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 We thank you for just the gift of this history.

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 Because there we see you at work.

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 But we also get the promise of how you will work.

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 So, Father, as we study this part of Scripture that many of us have never read,

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 we pray that you would open our eyes to what is here,

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 but also open our hearts to how you might speak into us and give us hope.

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 So, Father, come and pour out your Spirit.

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 Lead us as we study.

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 And use my words, as weak as they are,

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 in such a way that we will know

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 that by your Spirit,

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 we have heard from you.

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 So, come and do your work.

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 In Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 You know, I'm sure there's many of you in here

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 that are big fans of HGTV

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 and Chip and Joanna Gaines.

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 We like those rebuilding shows.

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 I got a nine-year-old grandson who loves that show.

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 Watches it a lot.

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 You know, and it's the same story.

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 You know, somebody goes and buys a house.

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 They want to buy a house.

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 And they want to refresh it.

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 And so, you know, you go through the story.

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 You look at all the things you can do.

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 We got to paint a wall here,

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 take a wall out over here.

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 But then when you get down into the nitty-gritty

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 of what's really there,

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 basically the whole thing has to come down.

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 Because there's a lot more going on

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 than what you can see on the surface.

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 Well, I think in a lot of ways,

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 we take, when it comes to spiritual renewal,

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 we take an HGTV approach.

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 But it's more of we want a refreshing.

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 We want a kind of redoing, you know,

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 paint this room, change this wall.

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 We're going to just kind of make it look better,

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 look nicer.

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 We want good curb appeal.

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 Because everybody else that drives by our home,

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 we want them to see how well we're doing.

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 But we want life to get better.

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 We want it to look better.

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 We want it to feel better.

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 But the problem is,

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 there might be a lot more at work

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 under the surface than you realize.

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 You see, we can do this as a church as well.

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 Maybe, you know, we just need to change our schedule.

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 Maybe we need to freshen up our preacher.

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 Maybe we need to...

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 I'm not suggesting anything since Will is not here.

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 Not at all.

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 But this is the kind of approach we take.

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 We just need to touch up here and fix this.

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 But under the surface,

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 there might be a dwelling

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 that needs to be gutted

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 and started over.

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 You see, this is really what happens

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 in the kingdom of Judah.

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 Judah at this point...

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 Well, let's go back

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 and get a little history lesson here.

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 Ever since the reign of Solomon,

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 when Solomon died,

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 the nation was split

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 because of just a lot of foolishness.

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 And so you had the northern tribes,

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 10 of the 12 tribes of Israel in the north

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 went off to themselves

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 and they were called Israel

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 and their capital was Samaria.

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 But the other tribes remained in the south.

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 They were called Judah

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 where the capital was Jerusalem.

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 And so they really fared

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 over these years,

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 many, many decades,

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 a whole lot better

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 than their northern cousins

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 because their northern cousins

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 were really led into a lot of

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 bad religion and idolatry

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 through the leadership of Jeroboam.

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 So much so that Jeroboam

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 became the standard of badness

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 for all of the kings

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 that would come after him.

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 So Judah fared a bit better

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 and they had some good kings

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 and some not so good kings.

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 kings.

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 But then comes Ahaz.

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 And Ahaz was one of the worst.

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 Ahaz built an altar

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 and put it in the temple

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 that was modeled after a pagan altar

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 that he had seen in Syria.

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 Ahaz took his sons

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 and put them on the altar

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 and burned them in the fire

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 to these pagan gods.

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 This is the king of God's people.

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 He was awful.

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 And towards the end,

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 when he was threatened

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 by the Syrians,

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 he sent to the empire of Assyria

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 who then was really kind of

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 coming into their own

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 and paid them

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 to get the Syrians' office back.

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 But in so doing,

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 he made Judah and Jerusalem

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 a slave to the Assyrians.

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 And they served Assyria for years.

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 And so he was as spiritually bankrupt

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 as all the kings of Israel.

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 And Israel now was finally

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 and totally defeated

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 at the hands of the Assyrians

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 as an act of judgment of God

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 and Judah and Jerusalem

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 were very quickly heading

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 in the same direction.

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 These were dark days.

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 Along comes a son,

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 fortunately, who didn't get burned.

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 His name was Hezekiah.

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 Hezekiah, at the age of 25,

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 the death of his father Ahaz

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 becomes king.

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 He is the product of this evil father

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 but also, I think,

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 a righteous mother.

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 And he makes a U-turn

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 for the nation.

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 He brings about

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 one of the most glorious times

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 of renewal and revival

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 in Jerusalem's history.

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 It is wonderful.

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 And there's much written

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 about this reign.

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 You'll find Hezekiah,

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 parts of his reign,

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 mentioned in three or four places

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 in the scriptures.

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 And I think we can learn a lot

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 about what renewal

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 actually looks like.

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 You know, we may pray for it.

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 We may want it in our lives,

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 personally.

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 We may want it corporately

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 as a church.

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 But what does it look like

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 when it comes?

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 We can get a good idea

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 here from Hezekiah.

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 So first,

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 there are four things

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 that I think I want to

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 call our attention to.

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 The first is that

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 spirit-led renewal

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 always,

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 always

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 begins

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 with repentance.

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 You know,

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 there's a parallel account

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 of Hezekiah's history.

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 If you go over to

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 2 Chronicles 29,

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 in there we see

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 a few more details.

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 It's almost like

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 on the very first day

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 of his reign,

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 he's got this new job.

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 Day one,

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 he begins

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 this cleansing process.

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 He goes straight

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 to the temple

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 and

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 throws open

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 the doors

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 and commands

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 everybody

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 to do a major

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 house cleaning.

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 All the altars,

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 all of the

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 trash,

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 all of the

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 filth

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 that Ahaz

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 had allowed

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 to come in there

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 was taken out.

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 Now,

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 all the pagan,

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 all the defilement,

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 it had to go

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 in right worship

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 of Yahweh,

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 the covenant

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 God

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 restored.

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 Now,

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 this had been

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 done,

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 you know,

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 in previous kings

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 have come

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 and done well

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 and they had done

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 similar

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 things,

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 but not

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 to the degree

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 that Hezekiah

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 did.

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 Because in the text

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 here in

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 2 Kings,

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 the writer

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 makes a point.

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 He says,

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 you know,

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 back in the other

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 accounts,

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 we see that

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 the high places

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 were not removed.

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 These kings

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 would do well,

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 this king would do well

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 and he would bring

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 reform,

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 but the high places

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 were not removed.

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 And it's interesting,

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 here in Kings,

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 Hezekiah

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 removes

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 the high places.

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 The high places

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 are places

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 of pagan worship.

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 They,

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 on top of

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 every hill,

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 they erected

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 these pillars,

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 they had altars,

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 and they worshiped,

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 those were for

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 the worship

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 of the local

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 fertility gods.

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 And these were

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 kind of leftovers,

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 carryovers,

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 from the pagan

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 Christians,

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 the Canaanites,

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 that Israel

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 was supposed

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 to have wiped

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 out when they

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 occupied the land.

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 But that didn't

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 go as planned,

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 and so a lot

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 of these remained.

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 And so even

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 from the time,

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 before the time

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 of the occupation,

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 these high places

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 were places

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 of worship

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 of these local

00:13:26.500 --> 00:13:28.339
 fertility gods.

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 And they had

00:13:28.719 --> 00:13:29.639
 become popular

00:13:29.639 --> 00:13:30.879
 for the Israelites

00:13:30.879 --> 00:13:32.120
 to do as well.

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 And so they

00:13:34.679 --> 00:13:35.399
 worshipped there,

00:13:35.539 --> 00:13:36.560
 they sacrificed

00:13:36.560 --> 00:13:37.279
 to the local

00:13:37.279 --> 00:13:38.519
 fertility gods,

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 and it was,

00:13:41.740 --> 00:13:42.259
 and it had been

00:13:42.259 --> 00:13:43.000
 going on

00:13:43.000 --> 00:13:45.000
 for hundreds

00:13:45.000 --> 00:13:45.500
 of years.

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 This is what

00:13:48.840 --> 00:13:49.720
 we would call

00:13:49.720 --> 00:13:51.240
 syncretism.

00:13:53.860 --> 00:13:54.379
 Syncretism

00:13:54.379 --> 00:13:56.560
 is a blending.

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 We saw this,

00:13:58.940 --> 00:13:59.820
 I saw this

00:13:59.820 --> 00:14:00.540
 very clearly

00:14:00.540 --> 00:14:00.980
 when I went

00:14:00.980 --> 00:14:01.740
 down to Peru

00:14:01.740 --> 00:14:03.140
 back in July,

00:14:03.820 --> 00:14:05.460
 where the

00:14:05.460 --> 00:14:06.100
 Inca

00:14:06.100 --> 00:14:08.040
 religion

00:14:08.040 --> 00:14:09.520
 of those areas

00:14:09.520 --> 00:14:11.200
 was blended

00:14:11.200 --> 00:14:12.220
 in with the

00:14:12.220 --> 00:14:13.120
 Catholicism

00:14:13.120 --> 00:14:13.560
 that the

00:14:13.560 --> 00:14:14.900
 Spaniards brought.

00:14:16.000 --> 00:14:16.680
 And so you see

00:14:16.680 --> 00:14:17.700
 signs of both

00:14:17.700 --> 00:14:18.100
 of these,

00:14:18.540 --> 00:14:18.740
 you know,

00:14:18.800 --> 00:14:19.280
 the local

00:14:19.280 --> 00:14:20.260
 religion and the

00:14:20.260 --> 00:14:21.460
 Catholicism of the

00:14:21.460 --> 00:14:21.980
 Spaniards,

00:14:22.100 --> 00:14:23.120
 it all just kind of

00:14:23.120 --> 00:14:24.160
 merged and blended.

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 And so they took

00:14:24.880 --> 00:14:25.600
 things of this

00:14:25.600 --> 00:14:26.240
 and took things

00:14:26.240 --> 00:14:26.639
 of this

00:14:26.639 --> 00:14:28.639
 and made

00:14:28.639 --> 00:14:30.180
 something

00:14:30.180 --> 00:14:30.759
 altogether

00:14:30.759 --> 00:14:31.800
 sort of

00:14:31.800 --> 00:14:32.379
 new.

00:14:35.000 --> 00:14:36.040
 But syncretism

00:14:36.040 --> 00:14:36.580
 does that.

00:14:36.639 --> 00:14:37.120
 It's kind of like

00:14:37.120 --> 00:14:37.920
 hedging your bets.

00:14:39.399 --> 00:14:40.180
 You don't want to

00:14:40.180 --> 00:14:40.680
 put all your

00:14:40.680 --> 00:14:42.040
 eggs in one

00:14:42.040 --> 00:14:42.460
 basket,

00:14:42.580 --> 00:14:43.180
 so you worship

00:14:43.180 --> 00:14:43.580
 here,

00:14:43.680 --> 00:14:44.340
 but you also

00:14:44.340 --> 00:14:45.500
 worship over here

00:14:45.500 --> 00:14:46.940
 just in case,

00:14:47.980 --> 00:14:49.220
 you know,

00:14:49.279 --> 00:14:49.879
 you're covered.

00:14:51.639 --> 00:14:52.700
 So the Israelites

00:14:52.700 --> 00:14:53.340
 had become

00:14:53.340 --> 00:14:54.639
 very syncretistic

00:14:54.639 --> 00:14:55.840
 in their religion

00:14:55.840 --> 00:14:56.399
 and that

00:14:56.399 --> 00:14:57.319
 syncretism

00:14:57.319 --> 00:14:59.779
 was leading

00:14:59.779 --> 00:15:00.299
 them

00:15:00.299 --> 00:15:01.460
 towards

00:15:01.460 --> 00:15:02.840
 death.

00:15:06.639 --> 00:15:06.960
 It's what

00:15:06.960 --> 00:15:07.299
 happened,

00:15:07.639 --> 00:15:08.159
 in fact,

00:15:08.319 --> 00:15:09.100
 really what

00:15:09.100 --> 00:15:09.639
 happened in the

00:15:09.639 --> 00:15:10.319
 north was not

00:15:10.319 --> 00:15:11.679
 syncretism at all.

00:15:11.879 --> 00:15:12.259
 It was an

00:15:12.259 --> 00:15:13.139
 abandonment

00:15:13.139 --> 00:15:14.740
 of their covenant

00:15:14.740 --> 00:15:15.220
 religion,

00:15:15.439 --> 00:15:16.279
 but not in Judah.

00:15:17.039 --> 00:15:18.340
 They held on to

00:15:18.340 --> 00:15:20.039
 temple worship

00:15:20.039 --> 00:15:23.220
 but added some

00:15:23.220 --> 00:15:24.059
 things to it

00:15:24.059 --> 00:15:24.659
 as well.

00:15:28.079 --> 00:15:28.839
 So on the

00:15:28.839 --> 00:15:29.179
 surface,

00:15:29.419 --> 00:15:29.819
 they still

00:15:29.819 --> 00:15:30.759
 claimed worship

00:15:30.759 --> 00:15:32.519
 to Yahweh,

00:15:32.779 --> 00:15:33.579
 but their hearts

00:15:33.579 --> 00:15:34.359
 were divided.

00:15:34.539 --> 00:15:35.079
 They were trying

00:15:35.079 --> 00:15:35.739
 to live with

00:15:35.739 --> 00:15:36.279
 one foot

00:15:36.279 --> 00:15:37.179
 in both worlds.

00:15:40.000 --> 00:15:40.719
 And God

00:15:40.719 --> 00:15:41.479
 had sent them

00:15:41.479 --> 00:15:42.219
 prophets

00:15:42.219 --> 00:15:43.119
 to warn them.

00:15:44.279 --> 00:15:45.000
 He had sent

00:15:45.000 --> 00:15:45.919
 circumstances

00:15:45.919 --> 00:15:47.199
 to really

00:15:47.199 --> 00:15:48.099
 kind of break

00:15:48.099 --> 00:15:49.479
 them so that

00:15:49.479 --> 00:15:49.759
 they would

00:15:49.759 --> 00:15:50.500
 understand where

00:15:50.500 --> 00:15:51.059
 they were headed.

00:15:51.059 --> 00:15:53.599
 But up

00:15:53.599 --> 00:15:54.259
 until now,

00:15:55.219 --> 00:15:55.839
 they didn't

00:15:55.839 --> 00:15:57.179
 get the

00:15:57.179 --> 00:15:57.539
 point.

00:15:59.479 --> 00:16:00.419
 But Hezekiah

00:16:00.419 --> 00:16:00.779
 did.

00:16:02.779 --> 00:16:03.599
 And he did

00:16:03.599 --> 00:16:03.799
 some.

00:16:05.799 --> 00:16:06.339
 So,

00:16:06.679 --> 00:16:08.519
 are we prone

00:16:08.519 --> 00:16:09.159
 to syncretism?

00:16:09.159 --> 00:16:13.299
 well,

00:16:13.459 --> 00:16:14.579
 yeah,

00:16:14.719 --> 00:16:15.139
 probably

00:16:15.139 --> 00:16:16.639
 far more

00:16:16.639 --> 00:16:17.980
 than we

00:16:17.980 --> 00:16:18.439
 realize.

00:16:20.240 --> 00:16:20.480
 Now,

00:16:20.539 --> 00:16:21.000
 when we buy

00:16:21.000 --> 00:16:21.419
 into our

00:16:21.419 --> 00:16:21.860
 culture's

00:16:21.860 --> 00:16:22.419
 values

00:16:22.419 --> 00:16:24.360
 and worship

00:16:24.360 --> 00:16:24.659
 at the

00:16:24.659 --> 00:16:25.019
 cultural

00:16:25.019 --> 00:16:25.639
 altars,

00:16:26.179 --> 00:16:28.120
 we claim

00:16:28.120 --> 00:16:29.120
 this

00:16:29.120 --> 00:16:29.980
 religion,

00:16:30.259 --> 00:16:31.699
 we claim

00:16:31.699 --> 00:16:32.419
 faithfulness

00:16:32.419 --> 00:16:32.779
 to this

00:16:32.779 --> 00:16:33.120
 God,

00:16:33.220 --> 00:16:33.579
 but at the

00:16:33.579 --> 00:16:34.240
 same time,

00:16:34.319 --> 00:16:34.919
 we're bowing

00:16:34.919 --> 00:16:35.779
 over here

00:16:35.779 --> 00:16:36.459
 and we

00:16:36.459 --> 00:16:37.039
 blend them

00:16:37.039 --> 00:16:37.779
 in so

00:16:37.779 --> 00:16:38.019
 that it

00:16:38.019 --> 00:16:38.559
 all looks

00:16:38.559 --> 00:16:39.240
 like one

00:16:39.240 --> 00:16:39.559
 neat

00:16:39.559 --> 00:16:40.240
 package,

00:16:41.199 --> 00:16:43.620
 we become

00:16:43.620 --> 00:16:44.459
 syncretistic.

00:16:45.939 --> 00:16:46.159
 Now,

00:16:46.199 --> 00:16:46.559
 I get a

00:16:46.559 --> 00:16:46.959
 chance

00:16:46.959 --> 00:16:48.100
 often,

00:16:48.319 --> 00:16:48.839
 and I

00:16:48.839 --> 00:16:49.620
 enjoy the

00:16:49.620 --> 00:16:50.079
 opportunity

00:16:50.079 --> 00:16:50.439
 when I

00:16:50.439 --> 00:16:50.699
 do,

00:16:50.779 --> 00:16:51.139
 is to do

00:16:51.139 --> 00:16:51.620
 premarital

00:16:51.620 --> 00:16:52.139
 counseling.

00:16:54.259 --> 00:16:55.179
 But when I

00:16:55.179 --> 00:16:56.199
 do premarital

00:16:56.199 --> 00:16:56.779
 counseling,

00:16:57.879 --> 00:16:58.959
 as soon as

00:16:58.959 --> 00:16:59.500
 a couple

00:16:59.500 --> 00:17:00.779
 walks in

00:17:00.779 --> 00:17:01.600
 my door,

00:17:02.779 --> 00:17:03.600
 I make

00:17:03.600 --> 00:17:04.119
 an assumption.

00:17:05.779 --> 00:17:07.099
 And I'm

00:17:07.099 --> 00:17:08.019
 rarely proven

00:17:08.019 --> 00:17:08.579
 wrong.

00:17:10.899 --> 00:17:12.039
 That couple

00:17:12.039 --> 00:17:13.200
 will come in

00:17:13.200 --> 00:17:13.920
 and claim

00:17:13.920 --> 00:17:14.319
 to be

00:17:14.319 --> 00:17:14.779
 Christians.

00:17:15.899 --> 00:17:16.879
 They'll claim

00:17:16.879 --> 00:17:17.519
 to believe in

00:17:17.519 --> 00:17:17.879
 God.

00:17:18.059 --> 00:17:18.559
 They'll claim,

00:17:18.639 --> 00:17:18.799
 you know,

00:17:18.859 --> 00:17:19.279
 whatever.

00:17:20.279 --> 00:17:21.019
 But I also,

00:17:21.180 --> 00:17:22.099
 I assume

00:17:22.099 --> 00:17:23.180
 when they walk

00:17:23.180 --> 00:17:23.839
 in that door

00:17:23.839 --> 00:17:24.240
 that they're

00:17:24.240 --> 00:17:24.980
 sleeping together.

00:17:26.720 --> 00:17:28.319
 It's just

00:17:28.319 --> 00:17:28.660
 a given.

00:17:30.180 --> 00:17:31.019
 And I'm

00:17:31.019 --> 00:17:31.680
 real happy

00:17:31.680 --> 00:17:32.759
 if I'm

00:17:32.759 --> 00:17:33.599
 proven wrong.

00:17:34.200 --> 00:17:34.420
 Don't

00:17:34.420 --> 00:17:36.700
 but I

00:17:36.700 --> 00:17:37.460
 rarely am.

00:17:42.500 --> 00:17:42.900
 Most,

00:17:43.440 --> 00:17:43.800
 you know,

00:17:43.860 --> 00:17:44.000
 just,

00:17:44.480 --> 00:17:46.259
 why would

00:17:46.259 --> 00:17:46.720
 we stay

00:17:46.720 --> 00:17:47.320
 chaste?

00:17:47.840 --> 00:17:48.380
 Why would

00:17:48.380 --> 00:17:48.860
 we stay

00:17:48.860 --> 00:17:50.420
 apart in

00:17:50.420 --> 00:17:51.240
 this culture

00:17:51.240 --> 00:17:51.680
 where we

00:17:51.680 --> 00:17:52.180
 live?

00:17:52.740 --> 00:17:53.560
 Where it's

00:17:53.560 --> 00:17:54.440
 expected?

00:17:57.539 --> 00:17:58.320
 Why would

00:17:58.320 --> 00:17:58.880
 I want to

00:17:58.880 --> 00:17:59.420
 be so

00:17:59.420 --> 00:18:00.100
 different?

00:18:00.820 --> 00:18:01.519
 One of the

00:18:01.519 --> 00:18:02.660
 cultural values

00:18:02.660 --> 00:18:03.460
 that tells me

00:18:03.460 --> 00:18:04.180
 is that I'm

00:18:04.180 --> 00:18:04.640
 supposed to

00:18:04.640 --> 00:18:05.240
 be happy.

00:18:07.720 --> 00:18:08.660
 And sex

00:18:08.660 --> 00:18:09.160
 is the way

00:18:09.160 --> 00:18:09.620
 there.

00:18:15.620 --> 00:18:16.380
 The problem

00:18:16.380 --> 00:18:16.900
 is that our

00:18:16.900 --> 00:18:18.680
 faith values

00:18:18.680 --> 00:18:20.340
 something very

00:18:20.340 --> 00:18:21.360
 different.

00:18:21.359 --> 00:18:21.619
 difference.

00:18:24.519 --> 00:18:25.159
 And we

00:18:25.159 --> 00:18:25.919
 can talk

00:18:25.919 --> 00:18:28.019
 why we

00:18:28.019 --> 00:18:28.359
 value

00:18:28.359 --> 00:18:28.719
 something

00:18:28.719 --> 00:18:29.079
 different

00:18:29.079 --> 00:18:29.639
 maybe another

00:18:29.639 --> 00:18:30.199
 day.

00:18:31.579 --> 00:18:32.259
 But too

00:18:32.259 --> 00:18:32.839
 many people

00:18:32.839 --> 00:18:33.240
 want to

00:18:33.240 --> 00:18:33.899
 claim that

00:18:33.899 --> 00:18:34.619
 they worship

00:18:34.619 --> 00:18:35.399
 Jesus

00:18:35.399 --> 00:18:37.519
 all the

00:18:37.519 --> 00:18:38.119
 while

00:18:38.119 --> 00:18:39.699
 bowing

00:18:39.699 --> 00:18:40.319
 at the

00:18:40.319 --> 00:18:40.779
 altars

00:18:40.779 --> 00:18:41.619
 of our

00:18:41.619 --> 00:18:41.879
 modern

00:18:41.879 --> 00:18:42.259
 culture.

00:18:42.259 --> 00:18:43.259
 love

00:18:43.259 --> 00:18:45.019
 and

00:18:45.019 --> 00:18:45.299
 it's not

00:18:45.299 --> 00:18:45.539
 just

00:18:45.539 --> 00:18:46.039
 sex.

00:18:47.539 --> 00:18:48.240
 It's also

00:18:48.240 --> 00:18:48.539
 our

00:18:48.539 --> 00:18:49.279
 affluence.

00:18:50.619 --> 00:18:50.960
 I was

00:18:50.960 --> 00:18:51.519
 thinking this

00:18:51.519 --> 00:18:51.740
 week,

00:18:51.819 --> 00:18:52.180
 I wonder

00:18:52.180 --> 00:18:52.960
 how I

00:18:52.960 --> 00:18:53.259
 would have

00:18:53.259 --> 00:18:53.720
 reacted

00:18:53.720 --> 00:18:55.640
 when the

00:18:55.640 --> 00:18:56.099
 rich young

00:18:56.099 --> 00:18:56.759
 ruler comes

00:18:56.759 --> 00:18:57.359
 to Jesus

00:18:57.359 --> 00:18:58.599
 and he

00:18:58.599 --> 00:18:58.940
 says,

00:18:59.079 --> 00:18:59.259
 you know,

00:18:59.299 --> 00:18:59.819
 what must

00:18:59.819 --> 00:19:00.420
 I do to

00:19:00.420 --> 00:19:00.819
 enter the

00:19:00.819 --> 00:19:01.240
 kingdom of

00:19:01.240 --> 00:19:01.500
 God?

00:19:01.559 --> 00:19:01.799
 He says,

00:19:01.879 --> 00:19:02.119
 hey,

00:19:02.259 --> 00:19:02.700
 Jesus,

00:19:02.819 --> 00:19:03.220
 I want to

00:19:03.220 --> 00:19:03.619
 be a good

00:19:03.619 --> 00:19:04.059
 Christian.

00:19:04.640 --> 00:19:05.180
 What do

00:19:05.180 --> 00:19:05.500
 I need

00:19:05.500 --> 00:19:05.980
 to do?

00:19:06.480 --> 00:19:06.799
 And so

00:19:06.799 --> 00:19:08.259
 he's

00:19:08.259 --> 00:19:09.220
 supposedly

00:19:09.220 --> 00:19:10.220
 asking the

00:19:10.220 --> 00:19:11.099
 right question.

00:19:12.259 --> 00:19:12.460
 Well,

00:19:12.519 --> 00:19:13.140
 Jesus gives

00:19:13.140 --> 00:19:13.400
 him the

00:19:13.400 --> 00:19:13.619
 wrong

00:19:13.619 --> 00:19:14.200
 answer.

00:19:16.319 --> 00:19:17.019
 According to

00:19:17.019 --> 00:19:17.359
 him,

00:19:18.960 --> 00:19:19.299
 he said,

00:19:19.359 --> 00:19:19.660
 go,

00:19:20.759 --> 00:19:21.259
 sell all

00:19:21.259 --> 00:19:21.379
 your

00:19:21.379 --> 00:19:21.859
 possessions,

00:19:23.299 --> 00:19:23.779
 give the

00:19:23.779 --> 00:19:24.059
 money to

00:19:24.059 --> 00:19:24.519
 the poor,

00:19:25.740 --> 00:19:26.119
 and you'll

00:19:26.119 --> 00:19:26.619
 have treasure

00:19:26.619 --> 00:19:27.200
 in heaven,

00:19:28.480 --> 00:19:29.200
 and then

00:19:29.200 --> 00:19:29.700
 come follow

00:19:29.700 --> 00:19:30.019
 me.

00:19:32.640 --> 00:19:33.279
 So how

00:19:33.279 --> 00:19:33.579
 would I

00:19:33.579 --> 00:19:34.460
 respond if

00:19:34.460 --> 00:19:35.039
 Jesus said

00:19:35.039 --> 00:19:35.420
 that to

00:19:35.420 --> 00:19:35.799
 me?

00:19:36.359 --> 00:19:36.900
 Would I

00:19:36.900 --> 00:19:37.500
 say,

00:19:38.539 --> 00:19:38.920
 run off,

00:19:39.039 --> 00:19:39.700
 or would I

00:19:39.700 --> 00:19:40.299
 run off in

00:19:40.299 --> 00:19:41.319
 despair like

00:19:41.319 --> 00:19:41.879
 that rich

00:19:41.879 --> 00:19:42.160
 young

00:19:42.160 --> 00:19:42.560
 ruler,

00:19:42.740 --> 00:19:43.200
 or would

00:19:43.200 --> 00:19:43.660
 I say

00:19:43.660 --> 00:19:43.900
 to him,

00:19:43.980 --> 00:19:45.180
 been there,

00:19:45.300 --> 00:19:45.840
 done that,

00:19:46.680 --> 00:19:47.180
 I'm with

00:19:47.180 --> 00:19:47.360
 you,

00:19:47.660 --> 00:19:49.180
 it's all

00:19:49.180 --> 00:19:49.519
 gone?

00:19:53.580 --> 00:19:54.080
 Sadly,

00:19:54.200 --> 00:19:54.380
 no.

00:20:01.080 --> 00:20:01.560
 See,

00:20:01.640 --> 00:20:02.080
 worship is

00:20:02.080 --> 00:20:02.420
 all about

00:20:02.420 --> 00:20:02.700
 what I

00:20:02.700 --> 00:20:03.019
 treasure.

00:20:04.920 --> 00:20:05.480
 And do

00:20:05.480 --> 00:20:06.040
 I find my

00:20:06.040 --> 00:20:06.540
 treasure in

00:20:06.540 --> 00:20:06.820
 Jesus,

00:20:08.820 --> 00:20:09.820
 or do I

00:20:09.820 --> 00:20:10.180
 find it

00:20:10.180 --> 00:20:10.440
 somewhere

00:20:10.440 --> 00:20:10.779
 else?

00:20:10.779 --> 00:20:12.859
 I read

00:20:12.859 --> 00:20:13.339
 this last

00:20:13.339 --> 00:20:13.579
 week,

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 there was

00:20:13.819 --> 00:20:14.279
 an interview

00:20:14.279 --> 00:20:15.839
 done by

00:20:15.839 --> 00:20:16.519
 this author,

00:20:16.720 --> 00:20:16.980
 her name

00:20:16.980 --> 00:20:17.599
 was Nancy

00:20:17.599 --> 00:20:18.299
 Jo Sales,

00:20:18.599 --> 00:20:18.799
 and she

00:20:18.799 --> 00:20:19.200
 did this

00:20:19.200 --> 00:20:19.599
 with some

00:20:19.599 --> 00:20:20.319
 teenage girls,

00:20:20.859 --> 00:20:21.180
 and I'm

00:20:21.180 --> 00:20:21.700
 talking about

00:20:21.700 --> 00:20:22.399
 teenage girls

00:20:22.399 --> 00:20:22.619
 here,

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 but just

00:20:23.039 --> 00:20:25.579
 realize that

00:20:25.579 --> 00:20:26.339
 this refers

00:20:26.339 --> 00:20:27.160
 to most of

00:20:27.160 --> 00:20:27.740
 us adults

00:20:27.740 --> 00:20:28.319
 as well,

00:20:29.319 --> 00:20:30.639
 particularly

00:20:30.639 --> 00:20:31.240
 talking about

00:20:31.240 --> 00:20:31.759
 their social

00:20:31.759 --> 00:20:32.660
 media habits,

00:20:33.379 --> 00:20:34.200
 and their

00:20:34.200 --> 00:20:34.899
 level of

00:20:34.899 --> 00:20:36.259
 social standing

00:20:36.259 --> 00:20:37.960
 with their

00:20:37.960 --> 00:20:38.660
 peers,

00:20:39.259 --> 00:20:39.819
 there was a

00:20:39.819 --> 00:20:40.759
 very elaborate

00:20:40.759 --> 00:20:44.000
 protocol on

00:20:44.000 --> 00:20:44.779
 social media

00:20:44.779 --> 00:20:45.559
 of how you

00:20:45.559 --> 00:20:46.379
 maintain your

00:20:46.379 --> 00:20:47.160
 position and

00:20:47.160 --> 00:20:47.819
 status.

00:20:49.240 --> 00:20:49.640
 In other words,

00:20:49.740 --> 00:20:50.519
 who you liked,

00:20:50.640 --> 00:20:51.339
 what you liked,

00:20:51.420 --> 00:20:52.079
 what you commented

00:20:52.079 --> 00:20:52.740
 on, who could

00:20:52.740 --> 00:20:53.559
 comment on this,

00:20:53.819 --> 00:20:54.640
 all of this

00:20:54.640 --> 00:20:55.700
 stuff.

00:20:56.460 --> 00:20:56.940
 And a young

00:20:56.940 --> 00:20:57.559
 girl simply

00:20:57.559 --> 00:20:57.819
 said,

00:20:57.819 --> 00:20:58.740
 social media is

00:20:58.740 --> 00:20:59.579
 destroying our

00:20:59.579 --> 00:21:00.299
 lives.

00:21:00.299 --> 00:21:02.659
 So the

00:21:02.659 --> 00:21:03.579
 interviewer asked,

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 so why don't

00:21:05.500 --> 00:21:06.399
 you get off

00:21:06.399 --> 00:21:06.579
 it?

00:21:09.119 --> 00:21:09.639
 And the

00:21:09.639 --> 00:21:10.319
 girl responded,

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 because then we

00:21:12.279 --> 00:21:12.859
 would have no

00:21:12.859 --> 00:21:13.200
 life.

00:21:20.159 --> 00:21:20.859
 I don't know

00:21:20.859 --> 00:21:21.299
 if she was a

00:21:21.299 --> 00:21:22.099
 believer or not.

00:21:24.240 --> 00:21:25.099
 I know a lot

00:21:25.099 --> 00:21:25.879
 of us that claim

00:21:25.879 --> 00:21:26.940
 faith in Jesus

00:21:26.940 --> 00:21:28.159
 would have a

00:21:28.159 --> 00:21:29.119
 very hard time

00:21:29.119 --> 00:21:29.619
 putting down

00:21:29.619 --> 00:21:30.279
 our phones

00:21:30.279 --> 00:21:30.779
 and social

00:21:30.779 --> 00:21:31.099
 media.

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 Because that's

00:21:34.619 --> 00:21:34.899
 where we're

00:21:34.899 --> 00:21:35.220
 trying to

00:21:35.220 --> 00:21:35.759
 build life.

00:21:40.700 --> 00:21:41.480
 If I have

00:21:41.480 --> 00:21:42.019
 no life

00:21:42.019 --> 00:21:42.660
 outside my

00:21:42.660 --> 00:21:43.119
 devices,

00:21:43.339 --> 00:21:43.680
 if I have

00:21:43.680 --> 00:21:44.220
 no life

00:21:44.220 --> 00:21:44.940
 outside my

00:21:44.940 --> 00:21:45.399
 retirement

00:21:45.399 --> 00:21:45.839
 account,

00:21:45.980 --> 00:21:46.359
 if I have

00:21:46.359 --> 00:21:47.099
 no life

00:21:47.099 --> 00:21:49.180
 outside of

00:21:49.180 --> 00:21:51.819
 pleasure,

00:21:53.680 --> 00:21:54.519
 I'm

00:21:54.519 --> 00:21:55.119
 syncretistic.

00:21:56.740 --> 00:21:57.299
 When I

00:21:57.299 --> 00:21:57.759
 throw off

00:21:57.759 --> 00:21:58.119
 the worship

00:21:58.119 --> 00:21:58.680
 of God,

00:21:58.680 --> 00:22:01.299
 in order to

00:22:01.299 --> 00:22:01.900
 offer my

00:22:01.900 --> 00:22:02.560
 kids on the

00:22:02.560 --> 00:22:04.380
 altar of

00:22:04.380 --> 00:22:06.019
 sports,

00:22:07.400 --> 00:22:08.180
 experiences,

00:22:09.120 --> 00:22:09.259
 or

00:22:09.259 --> 00:22:09.880
 entertainment,

00:22:10.880 --> 00:22:12.799
 I'm

00:22:12.799 --> 00:22:13.420
 syncretistic.

00:22:16.420 --> 00:22:17.200
 When I

00:22:17.200 --> 00:22:17.640
 think that my

00:22:17.640 --> 00:22:18.680
 highest value is

00:22:18.680 --> 00:22:19.680
 personal freedom

00:22:19.680 --> 00:22:20.799
 or individual

00:22:20.799 --> 00:22:21.680
 choice,

00:22:21.680 --> 00:22:25.140
 I might be

00:22:25.140 --> 00:22:26.740
 syncretistic.

00:22:30.340 --> 00:22:30.980
 Shall I

00:22:30.980 --> 00:22:31.380
 continue?

00:22:33.560 --> 00:22:34.180
 Notice I

00:22:34.180 --> 00:22:34.519
 haven't even

00:22:34.519 --> 00:22:34.960
 brought up

00:22:34.960 --> 00:22:35.420
 football.

00:22:37.080 --> 00:22:37.779
 It was a

00:22:37.779 --> 00:22:38.700
 very inconvenient

00:22:38.700 --> 00:22:39.340
 schedule,

00:22:40.500 --> 00:22:41.100
 preaching that

00:22:41.100 --> 00:22:41.600
 this week.

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 Though I will

00:22:43.660 --> 00:22:44.380
 say Marshall in

00:22:44.380 --> 00:22:44.820
 West Virginia

00:22:44.820 --> 00:22:45.519
 did very well.

00:22:45.519 --> 00:22:51.720
 we are too

00:22:51.720 --> 00:22:53.539
 often trying

00:22:53.539 --> 00:22:54.220
 to stand with

00:22:54.220 --> 00:22:55.160
 one foot in

00:22:55.160 --> 00:22:55.819
 both worlds.

00:22:59.519 --> 00:23:00.700
 One with

00:23:00.700 --> 00:23:02.200
 Jesus and

00:23:02.200 --> 00:23:03.480
 the other in

00:23:03.480 --> 00:23:03.819
 our high

00:23:03.819 --> 00:23:04.220
 places.

00:23:05.859 --> 00:23:06.519
 And we're

00:23:06.519 --> 00:23:06.859
 dying.

00:23:10.400 --> 00:23:11.440
 Too often we

00:23:11.440 --> 00:23:12.000
 want renewal

00:23:12.000 --> 00:23:13.099
 without disrupting

00:23:13.099 --> 00:23:13.699
 those worship

00:23:13.699 --> 00:23:14.259
 sites.

00:23:15.500 --> 00:23:16.500
 Too often we

00:23:16.500 --> 00:23:17.219
 want renewal

00:23:17.219 --> 00:23:18.319
 that just helps

00:23:18.319 --> 00:23:18.980
 us to feel

00:23:18.980 --> 00:23:19.980
 better, to

00:23:19.980 --> 00:23:21.099
 make life work

00:23:21.099 --> 00:23:22.419
 better, so

00:23:22.419 --> 00:23:22.959
 that I will

00:23:22.959 --> 00:23:24.259
 be more

00:23:24.259 --> 00:23:25.959
 affluent or

00:23:25.959 --> 00:23:26.939
 more popular

00:23:26.939 --> 00:23:29.000
 or you name

00:23:29.000 --> 00:23:29.359
 it, more

00:23:29.359 --> 00:23:30.159
 successful.

00:23:31.599 --> 00:23:32.559
 And we think

00:23:32.559 --> 00:23:33.579
 that's what Jesus

00:23:33.579 --> 00:23:34.279
 has come to

00:23:34.279 --> 00:23:34.699
 do.

00:23:34.700 --> 00:23:40.860
 And the

00:23:40.860 --> 00:23:41.420
 high places

00:23:41.420 --> 00:23:41.980
 remain.

00:23:44.600 --> 00:23:45.480
 But if real

00:23:45.480 --> 00:23:47.480
 renewal, if a

00:23:47.480 --> 00:23:48.480
 real restoration

00:23:48.480 --> 00:23:50.240
 with Jesus is

00:23:50.240 --> 00:23:51.019
 going to take

00:23:51.019 --> 00:23:52.039
 place, those

00:23:52.039 --> 00:23:53.059
 high places

00:23:53.059 --> 00:23:54.319
 must come

00:23:54.319 --> 00:23:55.200
 down.

00:23:59.740 --> 00:24:00.580
 To let them

00:24:00.580 --> 00:24:01.319
 remain is like

00:24:01.319 --> 00:24:02.100
 getting married

00:24:02.100 --> 00:24:04.140
 and then not

00:24:04.140 --> 00:24:04.860
 getting rid of

00:24:04.860 --> 00:24:05.620
 the pictures of

00:24:05.620 --> 00:24:05.920
 the old

00:24:05.920 --> 00:24:06.360
 girlfriends,

00:24:06.660 --> 00:24:07.180
 keeping their

00:24:07.180 --> 00:24:07.840
 phone numbers

00:24:07.840 --> 00:24:08.720
 and addresses

00:24:08.720 --> 00:24:09.360
 and even

00:24:09.360 --> 00:24:10.180
 going back and

00:24:10.180 --> 00:24:10.900
 visiting now

00:24:10.900 --> 00:24:11.400
 and then.

00:24:11.840 --> 00:24:12.420
 Because again,

00:24:12.520 --> 00:24:12.960
 you don't want

00:24:12.960 --> 00:24:14.500
 to, you got to

00:24:14.500 --> 00:24:15.100
 hedge your bets

00:24:15.100 --> 00:24:15.480
 here.

00:24:18.440 --> 00:24:19.360
 Ask your spouse

00:24:19.360 --> 00:24:19.880
 what she would

00:24:19.880 --> 00:24:20.440
 think of that.

00:24:22.000 --> 00:24:22.800
 Or he would

00:24:22.800 --> 00:24:23.280
 think of that.

00:24:26.900 --> 00:24:27.900
 It's the renewal

00:24:27.900 --> 00:24:28.759
 of a love

00:24:28.759 --> 00:24:29.780
 relationship is

00:24:29.780 --> 00:24:30.259
 what we're

00:24:30.259 --> 00:24:30.660
 after.

00:24:30.660 --> 00:24:34.200
 And it's a

00:24:34.200 --> 00:24:35.200
 relationship with

00:24:35.200 --> 00:24:36.200
 our first love,

00:24:36.360 --> 00:24:37.400
 our true love,

00:24:38.000 --> 00:24:38.560
 who will

00:24:38.560 --> 00:24:39.400
 tolerate no

00:24:39.400 --> 00:24:39.920
 rivals.

00:24:41.880 --> 00:24:42.820
 And that's

00:24:42.820 --> 00:24:43.600
 what renewal

00:24:43.600 --> 00:24:44.100
 is.

00:24:44.200 --> 00:24:44.779
 And like in a

00:24:44.779 --> 00:24:45.360
 marriage, when

00:24:45.360 --> 00:24:47.460
 you get married,

00:24:47.600 --> 00:24:48.019
 the scriptures

00:24:48.019 --> 00:24:49.000
 say in Genesis

00:24:49.000 --> 00:24:50.320
 1, it says

00:24:50.320 --> 00:24:51.680
 you are to

00:24:51.680 --> 00:24:53.540
 leave your

00:24:53.540 --> 00:24:54.040
 father and

00:24:54.040 --> 00:24:54.779
 mother and

00:24:54.779 --> 00:24:55.980
 then cleave.

00:24:55.980 --> 00:24:56.960
 And that

00:24:56.960 --> 00:24:57.480
 means to

00:24:57.480 --> 00:24:58.779
 kind of stick

00:24:58.779 --> 00:25:00.120
 like glue.

00:25:00.779 --> 00:25:01.099
 And it's

00:25:01.099 --> 00:25:02.079
 interesting, that's

00:25:02.079 --> 00:25:03.000
 the very word

00:25:03.000 --> 00:25:04.019
 that the writer

00:25:04.019 --> 00:25:05.440
 of Kings uses

00:25:05.440 --> 00:25:06.740
 here in this

00:25:06.740 --> 00:25:07.259
 text.

00:25:08.539 --> 00:25:09.779
 When it says

00:25:09.779 --> 00:25:10.700
 that Hezekiah

00:25:10.700 --> 00:25:12.420
 held fast,

00:25:14.360 --> 00:25:15.160
 it's the word

00:25:15.160 --> 00:25:15.680
 cleave.

00:25:18.779 --> 00:25:19.860
 Hezekiah was

00:25:19.860 --> 00:25:20.440
 leaving and

00:25:20.440 --> 00:25:20.839
 cleaving.

00:25:20.839 --> 00:25:23.599
 He was

00:25:23.599 --> 00:25:24.159
 leaving all

00:25:24.159 --> 00:25:25.059
 rivals behind

00:25:25.059 --> 00:25:25.819
 and He was

00:25:25.819 --> 00:25:26.399
 cleaving to

00:25:26.399 --> 00:25:26.779
 His true

00:25:26.779 --> 00:25:27.119
 love.

00:25:30.059 --> 00:25:30.819
 And that

00:25:30.819 --> 00:25:31.319
 is what

00:25:31.319 --> 00:25:32.099
 repentance

00:25:32.099 --> 00:25:32.539
 is.

00:25:32.740 --> 00:25:33.079
 It is

00:25:33.079 --> 00:25:33.720
 throwing off

00:25:33.720 --> 00:25:34.480
 false loves

00:25:34.480 --> 00:25:35.659
 and coming

00:25:35.659 --> 00:25:35.980
 home.

00:25:37.980 --> 00:25:38.939
 We belong

00:25:38.939 --> 00:25:39.480
 to only

00:25:39.480 --> 00:25:40.919
 one and

00:25:40.919 --> 00:25:41.639
 to only

00:25:41.639 --> 00:25:43.099
 one we

00:25:43.099 --> 00:25:43.399
 are to

00:25:43.399 --> 00:25:43.759
 cleave.

00:25:44.799 --> 00:25:45.379
 So renewal

00:25:45.379 --> 00:25:45.959
 begins with

00:25:45.959 --> 00:25:46.539
 repentance.

00:25:47.459 --> 00:25:47.939
 Always

00:25:47.939 --> 00:25:49.240
 begins with

00:25:49.240 --> 00:25:49.699
 repentance.

00:25:50.839 --> 00:25:52.639
 But secondly,

00:25:52.839 --> 00:25:53.179
 renewal,

00:25:53.359 --> 00:25:53.779
 spirit-led

00:25:53.779 --> 00:25:54.159
 renewal

00:25:54.159 --> 00:25:55.159
 pays the

00:25:55.159 --> 00:25:56.659
 price of

00:25:56.659 --> 00:25:57.339
 repentance.

00:25:59.179 --> 00:25:59.399
 The

00:25:59.399 --> 00:25:59.899
 cleansing

00:25:59.899 --> 00:26:02.079
 that Hezekiah

00:26:02.079 --> 00:26:02.819
 brought about

00:26:02.819 --> 00:26:03.439
 in this

00:26:03.439 --> 00:26:04.259
 nation was

00:26:04.259 --> 00:26:05.199
 incredible.

00:26:06.819 --> 00:26:07.519
 But it

00:26:07.519 --> 00:26:08.339
 was costly.

00:26:10.240 --> 00:26:10.599
 You know

00:26:10.599 --> 00:26:11.019
 what he

00:26:11.019 --> 00:26:11.939
 risked by

00:26:11.939 --> 00:26:12.500
 even tearing

00:26:12.500 --> 00:26:12.939
 down all

00:26:12.939 --> 00:26:13.359
 those high

00:26:13.359 --> 00:26:14.039
 places that

00:26:14.039 --> 00:26:14.779
 everybody else

00:26:14.779 --> 00:26:15.039
 in the

00:26:15.039 --> 00:26:15.559
 country was

00:26:15.559 --> 00:26:16.139
 very used

00:26:16.139 --> 00:26:16.679
 to using?

00:26:19.559 --> 00:26:20.299
 But even

00:26:20.299 --> 00:26:20.819
 more so,

00:26:20.919 --> 00:26:21.200
 there was

00:26:21.200 --> 00:26:21.980
 Assyria.

00:26:25.139 --> 00:26:25.819
 Because when

00:26:25.819 --> 00:26:27.059
 Ahaz turned

00:26:27.059 --> 00:26:27.899
 to Assyria

00:26:27.899 --> 00:26:28.359
 for his

00:26:28.359 --> 00:26:28.839
 security,

00:26:29.059 --> 00:26:29.440
 which was

00:26:29.440 --> 00:26:30.200
 something very

00:26:30.200 --> 00:26:31.579
 clearly taught

00:26:31.579 --> 00:26:32.119
 to him that

00:26:32.119 --> 00:26:32.759
 he was not

00:26:32.759 --> 00:26:33.339
 supposed to

00:26:33.339 --> 00:26:33.579
 do,

00:26:34.299 --> 00:26:34.680
 and the

00:26:34.680 --> 00:26:35.099
 prophets

00:26:35.099 --> 00:26:36.019
 warned him

00:26:36.019 --> 00:26:36.399
 that he was

00:26:36.399 --> 00:26:37.059
 not supposed

00:26:37.059 --> 00:26:37.599
 to do it,

00:26:38.779 --> 00:26:39.659
 he subjected

00:26:39.659 --> 00:26:41.019
 Jerusalem to

00:26:41.019 --> 00:26:41.359
 their

00:26:41.359 --> 00:26:43.419
 authority,

00:26:43.619 --> 00:26:44.019
 to their

00:26:44.019 --> 00:26:44.440
 reign,

00:26:44.859 --> 00:26:45.519
 and Israel,

00:26:45.680 --> 00:26:46.139
 Jerusalem,

00:26:46.299 --> 00:26:46.799
 not Israel,

00:26:46.799 --> 00:26:47.399
 Jerusalem,

00:26:47.659 --> 00:26:47.940
 Judah,

00:26:48.259 --> 00:26:48.799
 had to

00:26:48.799 --> 00:26:49.319
 pay a

00:26:49.319 --> 00:26:49.899
 very high

00:26:49.899 --> 00:26:51.720
 price to

00:26:51.720 --> 00:26:52.599
 them on a

00:26:52.599 --> 00:26:53.399
 regular basis

00:26:53.399 --> 00:26:54.299
 to keep that

00:26:54.299 --> 00:26:54.919
 security.

00:26:56.559 --> 00:26:56.839
 And for

00:26:56.839 --> 00:26:57.500
 Hezekiah,

00:26:57.619 --> 00:26:58.019
 if he was

00:26:58.019 --> 00:26:58.460
 going to

00:26:58.460 --> 00:26:59.460
 worship and

00:26:59.460 --> 00:27:00.980
 trust Yahweh

00:27:00.980 --> 00:27:01.960
 alone,

00:27:03.319 --> 00:27:06.079
 he had to

00:27:06.079 --> 00:27:06.399
 deal with

00:27:06.399 --> 00:27:06.899
 Assyria.

00:27:07.839 --> 00:27:08.240
 And so what

00:27:08.240 --> 00:27:08.899
 the text says,

00:27:08.960 --> 00:27:09.799
 he rebelled

00:27:09.799 --> 00:27:11.859
 against the

00:27:11.859 --> 00:27:12.819
 king of

00:27:12.819 --> 00:27:13.379
 Assyria.

00:27:13.380 --> 00:27:15.000
 But if you

00:27:15.000 --> 00:27:15.640
 notice in the

00:27:15.640 --> 00:27:16.200
 text, the

00:27:16.200 --> 00:27:16.780
 writer of

00:27:16.780 --> 00:27:17.600
 Kings very

00:27:17.600 --> 00:27:18.540
 importantly

00:27:18.540 --> 00:27:19.600
 puts verses

00:27:19.600 --> 00:27:20.260
 9 through

00:27:20.260 --> 00:27:21.340
 12 right

00:27:21.340 --> 00:27:21.780
 here.

00:27:22.300 --> 00:27:22.700
 It's like,

00:27:22.840 --> 00:27:23.460
 why is there

00:27:23.460 --> 00:27:24.100
 this little

00:27:24.100 --> 00:27:24.900
 section,

00:27:25.380 --> 00:27:26.460
 it jumps out

00:27:26.460 --> 00:27:27.320
 and talks about

00:27:27.320 --> 00:27:28.160
 Israel and

00:27:28.160 --> 00:27:28.960
 their downfall?

00:27:29.440 --> 00:27:30.120
 It's because

00:27:30.120 --> 00:27:33.900
 to show that

00:27:33.900 --> 00:27:34.880
 when Hezekiah

00:27:34.880 --> 00:27:35.780
 made this

00:27:35.780 --> 00:27:36.580
 choice,

00:27:37.620 --> 00:27:39.540
 he was

00:27:39.540 --> 00:27:40.460
 doing so

00:27:40.460 --> 00:27:41.340
 in this

00:27:41.340 --> 00:27:42.080
 context.

00:27:42.079 --> 00:27:43.019
 He's already

00:27:43.019 --> 00:27:44.379
 seen what

00:27:44.379 --> 00:27:45.779
 Assyria can

00:27:45.779 --> 00:27:47.419
 do and

00:27:47.419 --> 00:27:48.399
 will do.

00:27:50.439 --> 00:27:51.439
 And he

00:27:51.439 --> 00:27:53.199
 chose that.

00:27:56.480 --> 00:27:57.539
 So here

00:27:57.539 --> 00:27:58.279
 was Hezekiah's

00:27:58.279 --> 00:27:58.699
 choice.

00:28:00.299 --> 00:28:00.960
 He could

00:28:00.960 --> 00:28:02.659
 die,

00:28:03.779 --> 00:28:05.359
 just like

00:28:05.359 --> 00:28:05.759
 Israel.

00:28:06.079 --> 00:28:06.519
 They could

00:28:06.519 --> 00:28:07.220
 not do

00:28:07.220 --> 00:28:07.579
 anything.

00:28:08.059 --> 00:28:08.339
 They could

00:28:08.339 --> 00:28:08.779
 not go

00:28:08.779 --> 00:28:09.119
 through all

00:28:09.119 --> 00:28:09.699
 this cleansing.

00:28:10.079 --> 00:28:11.139
 He didn't

00:28:11.139 --> 00:28:11.480
 have to

00:28:11.480 --> 00:28:11.899
 repent.

00:28:12.079 --> 00:28:12.299
 And they

00:28:12.299 --> 00:28:12.659
 could just

00:28:12.659 --> 00:28:13.199
 hope that

00:28:13.199 --> 00:28:13.539
 they could

00:28:13.539 --> 00:28:15.039
 repel the

00:28:15.039 --> 00:28:15.559
 armies of

00:28:15.559 --> 00:28:16.039
 Assyria,

00:28:16.139 --> 00:28:16.799
 which no

00:28:16.799 --> 00:28:17.319
 one up to

00:28:17.319 --> 00:28:17.779
 this point

00:28:17.779 --> 00:28:18.399
 has done,

00:28:18.519 --> 00:28:19.399
 nor even

00:28:19.399 --> 00:28:20.220
 slowed them

00:28:20.220 --> 00:28:20.960
 down.

00:28:23.839 --> 00:28:24.460
 So He

00:28:24.460 --> 00:28:25.159
 could die

00:28:25.159 --> 00:28:28.240
 this same

00:28:28.240 --> 00:28:28.699
 death that

00:28:28.699 --> 00:28:29.339
 Israel has

00:28:29.339 --> 00:28:32.439
 died as

00:28:32.439 --> 00:28:32.879
 an act of

00:28:32.879 --> 00:28:33.379
 the judgment

00:28:33.379 --> 00:28:33.759
 of His

00:28:33.759 --> 00:28:34.220
 God,

00:28:34.220 --> 00:28:34.339
 death.

00:28:34.339 --> 00:28:34.839
 He could

00:28:34.839 --> 00:28:34.860
 die.

00:28:34.860 --> 00:28:35.839
 He could

00:28:35.839 --> 00:28:35.860
 die.

00:28:35.860 --> 00:28:36.600
 He could

00:28:36.600 --> 00:28:37.799
 die.

00:28:37.799 --> 00:28:37.839
 He could

00:28:37.839 --> 00:28:37.860
 die.

00:28:37.860 --> 00:28:38.680
 He could

00:28:38.680 --> 00:28:41.559
 die.

00:28:42.860 --> 00:28:43.680
 Throwing

00:28:43.680 --> 00:28:44.720
 himself on

00:28:44.720 --> 00:28:45.380
 the protection

00:28:45.380 --> 00:28:45.900
 of God,

00:28:46.000 --> 00:28:46.600
 but facing

00:28:46.600 --> 00:28:47.980
 this huge

00:28:47.980 --> 00:28:48.740
 army of

00:28:48.740 --> 00:28:49.360
 Assyria.

00:28:52.259 --> 00:28:53.600
 His choice

00:28:53.600 --> 00:28:54.339
 was not

00:28:54.339 --> 00:28:55.000
 whether he

00:28:55.000 --> 00:28:55.500
 wanted to

00:28:55.500 --> 00:28:55.880
 die or

00:28:55.880 --> 00:28:56.440
 not.

00:28:57.180 --> 00:28:57.720
 The choice

00:28:57.720 --> 00:28:58.539
 was how.

00:29:00.400 --> 00:29:01.400
 His choice

00:29:01.400 --> 00:29:03.019
 was death,

00:29:03.019 --> 00:29:06.259
 or death.

00:29:10.039 --> 00:29:10.859
 And that's

00:29:10.859 --> 00:29:11.240
 what

00:29:11.240 --> 00:29:12.519
 repentance

00:29:12.519 --> 00:29:14.079
 is.

00:29:17.740 --> 00:29:18.299
 Repentance

00:29:18.299 --> 00:29:19.160
 is choosing

00:29:19.160 --> 00:29:19.619
 death

00:29:19.619 --> 00:29:22.460
 one way

00:29:22.460 --> 00:29:22.619
 or the

00:29:22.619 --> 00:29:22.839
 other.

00:29:24.339 --> 00:29:25.099
 If we

00:29:25.099 --> 00:29:25.639
 choose not

00:29:25.639 --> 00:29:26.160
 to repent,

00:29:26.339 --> 00:29:26.720
 we choose

00:29:26.720 --> 00:29:27.079
 death.

00:29:29.539 --> 00:29:30.339
 Because our

00:29:30.339 --> 00:29:30.740
 sin will

00:29:30.740 --> 00:29:31.220
 kill us.

00:29:33.019 --> 00:29:33.400
 it will

00:29:33.400 --> 00:29:33.920
 suck the

00:29:33.920 --> 00:29:34.559
 life out

00:29:34.559 --> 00:29:35.000
 of us

00:29:35.000 --> 00:29:35.839
 eventually.

00:29:36.740 --> 00:29:37.339
 Maybe

00:29:37.339 --> 00:29:37.839
 slowly,

00:29:38.039 --> 00:29:38.500
 but eventually.

00:29:40.220 --> 00:29:41.000
 And it

00:29:41.000 --> 00:29:41.460
 hardens

00:29:41.460 --> 00:29:41.819
 us.

00:29:44.099 --> 00:29:44.740
 Or,

00:29:45.079 --> 00:29:46.440
 we can

00:29:46.440 --> 00:29:46.879
 choose

00:29:46.879 --> 00:29:48.160
 death.

00:29:49.039 --> 00:29:50.200
 To die

00:29:50.200 --> 00:29:50.779
 to those

00:29:50.779 --> 00:29:51.400
 high places.

00:29:52.579 --> 00:29:53.379
 To die

00:29:53.379 --> 00:29:53.859
 to the

00:29:53.859 --> 00:29:54.440
 grip those

00:29:54.440 --> 00:29:55.019
 idols have

00:29:55.019 --> 00:29:55.240
 in our

00:29:55.240 --> 00:29:55.559
 hearts.

00:29:55.559 --> 00:29:58.519
 some years

00:29:58.519 --> 00:29:58.899
 ago,

00:29:59.500 --> 00:30:00.559
 I had to

00:30:00.559 --> 00:30:00.879
 deal

00:30:00.879 --> 00:30:02.460
 with an

00:30:02.460 --> 00:30:02.859
 area of

00:30:02.859 --> 00:30:03.179
 sin in

00:30:03.179 --> 00:30:03.440
 my own

00:30:03.440 --> 00:30:03.819
 life

00:30:03.819 --> 00:30:05.980
 that was

00:30:05.980 --> 00:30:06.740
 slowly

00:30:06.740 --> 00:30:07.740
 but surely

00:30:07.740 --> 00:30:09.000
 crushing

00:30:09.000 --> 00:30:09.500
 me.

00:30:13.200 --> 00:30:13.519
 And my

00:30:13.519 --> 00:30:14.000
 life and

00:30:14.000 --> 00:30:14.579
 joy were

00:30:14.579 --> 00:30:15.539
 being sucked

00:30:15.539 --> 00:30:16.000
 away,

00:30:16.159 --> 00:30:16.899
 drawn away,

00:30:17.899 --> 00:30:19.619
 and living

00:30:19.619 --> 00:30:20.220
 under this

00:30:20.220 --> 00:30:20.740
 weight

00:30:20.740 --> 00:30:23.120
 of the

00:30:23.120 --> 00:30:23.980
 guilt and

00:30:23.980 --> 00:30:24.700
 the shame,

00:30:25.880 --> 00:30:26.640
 the slavery

00:30:26.640 --> 00:30:27.200
 that comes

00:30:27.200 --> 00:30:27.660
 with it,

00:30:28.079 --> 00:30:28.500
 I had a

00:30:28.500 --> 00:30:28.880
 choice.

00:30:31.740 --> 00:30:32.420
 I could

00:30:32.420 --> 00:30:32.720
 either

00:30:32.720 --> 00:30:34.319
 let it

00:30:34.319 --> 00:30:34.859
 continue

00:30:34.859 --> 00:30:38.579
 and let

00:30:38.579 --> 00:30:38.900
 it take

00:30:38.900 --> 00:30:39.420
 my life.

00:30:42.279 --> 00:30:42.839
 Or,

00:30:42.839 --> 00:30:45.579
 I could

00:30:45.579 --> 00:30:46.079
 choose to

00:30:46.079 --> 00:30:46.399
 die.

00:30:48.759 --> 00:30:49.399
 Die

00:30:49.399 --> 00:30:50.699
 to myself.

00:30:51.779 --> 00:30:52.399
 Die

00:30:52.399 --> 00:30:53.059
 to my

00:30:53.059 --> 00:30:53.799
 reputation.

00:30:55.199 --> 00:30:55.579
 Die

00:30:55.579 --> 00:30:56.599
 to my

00:30:56.599 --> 00:30:57.839
 shame

00:30:57.839 --> 00:30:58.419
 and guilt.

00:31:02.000 --> 00:31:02.959
 And tear

00:31:02.959 --> 00:31:03.379
 down the

00:31:03.379 --> 00:31:03.980
 high place.

00:31:06.419 --> 00:31:07.000
 Those

00:31:07.000 --> 00:31:07.240
 are the

00:31:07.240 --> 00:31:07.679
 choices.

00:31:12.839 --> 00:31:13.319
 The

00:31:13.319 --> 00:31:14.039
 question was

00:31:14.039 --> 00:31:14.459
 this.

00:31:15.779 --> 00:31:16.579
 It was not

00:31:16.579 --> 00:31:17.199
 whether I was

00:31:17.199 --> 00:31:17.839
 going to die,

00:31:17.919 --> 00:31:18.339
 it was whether

00:31:18.339 --> 00:31:18.759
 how.

00:31:19.319 --> 00:31:19.659
 But the

00:31:19.659 --> 00:31:20.259
 big question

00:31:20.259 --> 00:31:20.699
 was,

00:31:21.259 --> 00:31:22.240
 if I chose

00:31:22.240 --> 00:31:23.639
 death through

00:31:23.639 --> 00:31:24.339
 repentance,

00:31:24.859 --> 00:31:26.339
 would Christ

00:31:26.339 --> 00:31:28.199
 be enough?

00:31:29.319 --> 00:31:29.779
 Could

00:31:29.779 --> 00:31:30.980
 Christ be

00:31:30.980 --> 00:31:32.119
 sufficient in

00:31:32.119 --> 00:31:32.919
 his righteousness,

00:31:33.240 --> 00:31:34.039
 in his caring,

00:31:34.199 --> 00:31:35.039
 in his presence?

00:31:35.720 --> 00:31:36.439
 Would that

00:31:36.439 --> 00:31:37.699
 be enough

00:31:37.699 --> 00:31:40.740
 to make

00:31:40.740 --> 00:31:41.119
 do,

00:31:42.019 --> 00:31:42.659
 to make up

00:31:42.660 --> 00:31:43.360
 for everything

00:31:43.360 --> 00:31:43.940
 else?

00:31:44.920 --> 00:31:45.320
 Would

00:31:45.320 --> 00:31:46.100
 Christ be

00:31:46.100 --> 00:31:46.720
 sufficient

00:31:46.720 --> 00:31:47.860
 for me?

00:31:49.480 --> 00:31:50.259
 And I

00:31:50.259 --> 00:31:50.740
 came to

00:31:50.740 --> 00:31:51.080
 one

00:31:51.080 --> 00:31:51.779
 conclusion,

00:31:53.220 --> 00:31:54.720
 that he

00:31:54.720 --> 00:31:55.180
 would.

00:31:59.700 --> 00:32:00.400
 Our

00:32:00.400 --> 00:32:00.680
 high

00:32:00.680 --> 00:32:01.279
 places

00:32:01.279 --> 00:32:03.360
 must

00:32:03.360 --> 00:32:04.500
 come down.

00:32:04.980 --> 00:32:05.200
 They

00:32:05.200 --> 00:32:05.680
 offer

00:32:05.680 --> 00:32:06.340
 only

00:32:06.340 --> 00:32:07.620
 temporary

00:32:07.620 --> 00:32:09.860
 relief.

00:32:11.080 --> 00:32:11.560
 They

00:32:11.560 --> 00:32:12.080
 promise

00:32:12.079 --> 00:32:12.480
 only

00:32:12.480 --> 00:32:13.199
 temporary

00:32:13.199 --> 00:32:14.039
 rest

00:32:14.039 --> 00:32:15.099
 and hope.

00:32:17.899 --> 00:32:19.059
 But true

00:32:19.059 --> 00:32:19.559
 death

00:32:19.559 --> 00:32:21.299
 is coming.

00:32:22.960 --> 00:32:23.579
 And we

00:32:23.579 --> 00:32:24.059
 can either

00:32:24.059 --> 00:32:25.339
 die to

00:32:25.339 --> 00:32:25.919
 those high

00:32:25.919 --> 00:32:26.379
 places

00:32:26.379 --> 00:32:28.059
 or we'll

00:32:28.059 --> 00:32:28.619
 die on

00:32:28.619 --> 00:32:28.839
 them.

00:32:31.839 --> 00:32:32.799
 You can

00:32:32.799 --> 00:32:33.359
 sell your

00:32:33.359 --> 00:32:33.859
 possessions

00:32:33.859 --> 00:32:36.199
 and it

00:32:36.199 --> 00:32:36.779
 will feel

00:32:36.779 --> 00:32:37.559
 like death.

00:32:38.259 --> 00:32:38.759
 You can

00:32:38.759 --> 00:32:39.640
 get off

00:32:39.640 --> 00:32:40.259
 of your

00:32:40.259 --> 00:32:41.000
 computers,

00:32:41.619 --> 00:32:42.539
 put your

00:32:42.539 --> 00:32:43.240
 phones down

00:32:43.240 --> 00:32:43.619
 and it'll

00:32:43.619 --> 00:32:44.339
 feel like

00:32:44.339 --> 00:32:45.039
 death.

00:32:49.660 --> 00:32:50.279
 The

00:32:50.279 --> 00:32:50.879
 promise

00:32:50.879 --> 00:32:51.720
 we have

00:32:51.720 --> 00:32:53.680
 is that

00:32:53.680 --> 00:32:54.879
 if that's

00:32:54.879 --> 00:32:55.440
 the choice

00:32:55.440 --> 00:32:56.099
 we make,

00:32:56.420 --> 00:32:56.779
 there is

00:32:56.779 --> 00:32:57.900
 life on

00:32:57.900 --> 00:32:58.900
 the other

00:32:58.900 --> 00:33:00.140
 side.

00:33:03.779 --> 00:33:04.440
 Hezekiah

00:33:04.440 --> 00:33:05.000
 knew it.

00:33:05.000 --> 00:33:07.140
 do we

00:33:07.140 --> 00:33:07.599
 know that.

00:33:10.079 --> 00:33:10.980
 The warning

00:33:10.980 --> 00:33:11.619
 giving us

00:33:11.619 --> 00:33:12.319
 here by

00:33:12.319 --> 00:33:13.119
 kings is

00:33:13.119 --> 00:33:13.440
 that our

00:33:13.440 --> 00:33:14.099
 true love

00:33:14.099 --> 00:33:14.619
 will simply

00:33:14.619 --> 00:33:15.420
 not tolerate

00:33:15.420 --> 00:33:16.200
 these rivals

00:33:16.200 --> 00:33:18.519
 and we

00:33:18.519 --> 00:33:19.099
 need to

00:33:19.099 --> 00:33:20.019
 choose

00:33:20.019 --> 00:33:22.180
 to die

00:33:22.180 --> 00:33:23.759
 to those

00:33:23.759 --> 00:33:24.160
 idols

00:33:24.160 --> 00:33:25.740
 because there

00:33:25.740 --> 00:33:26.079
 is a

00:33:26.079 --> 00:33:26.579
 redeemer

00:33:26.579 --> 00:33:27.440
 who will

00:33:27.440 --> 00:33:27.799
 come

00:33:27.799 --> 00:33:28.759
 and save

00:33:28.759 --> 00:33:29.039
 us.

00:33:29.039 --> 00:33:31.519
 third

00:33:31.519 --> 00:33:31.839
 thing.

00:33:34.220 --> 00:33:34.740
 Now

00:33:34.740 --> 00:33:34.940
 you're

00:33:34.940 --> 00:33:35.319
 seeing that

00:33:35.319 --> 00:33:35.680
 I wasn't

00:33:35.680 --> 00:33:36.460
 lying about

00:33:36.460 --> 00:33:36.920
 the sermon.

00:33:39.259 --> 00:33:39.819
 Spirit-led

00:33:39.819 --> 00:33:40.220
 renewal

00:33:40.220 --> 00:33:41.519
 remembers

00:33:41.519 --> 00:33:41.759
 the

00:33:41.759 --> 00:33:42.139
 redeemer

00:33:42.139 --> 00:33:44.299
 always.

00:33:45.980 --> 00:33:46.599
 Spirit-led

00:33:46.599 --> 00:33:46.899
 renewal

00:33:46.899 --> 00:33:47.720
 always runs

00:33:47.720 --> 00:33:48.139
 to the

00:33:48.139 --> 00:33:48.500
 redeemer.

00:33:49.440 --> 00:33:49.559
 It's

00:33:49.559 --> 00:33:49.779
 interesting

00:33:49.779 --> 00:33:50.139
 if you

00:33:50.139 --> 00:33:50.619
 go back

00:33:50.619 --> 00:33:51.339
 to 2

00:33:51.339 --> 00:33:51.940
 Chronicles

00:33:51.940 --> 00:33:52.200
 and you

00:33:52.200 --> 00:33:53.399
 see more

00:33:53.399 --> 00:33:53.779
 of what

00:33:53.779 --> 00:33:54.319
 Hezekiah

00:33:54.319 --> 00:33:54.680
 did,

00:33:54.799 --> 00:33:55.200
 one of the

00:33:55.200 --> 00:33:55.659
 things that

00:33:55.659 --> 00:33:56.259
 he did

00:33:56.259 --> 00:33:56.859
 was he

00:33:56.859 --> 00:33:57.839
 reinstituted

00:33:57.839 --> 00:33:58.159
 the

00:33:58.159 --> 00:33:58.759
 Passover

00:33:58.759 --> 00:34:00.759
 a Passover

00:34:00.759 --> 00:34:01.240
 that had

00:34:01.240 --> 00:34:01.759
 not been

00:34:01.759 --> 00:34:02.599
 celebrated

00:34:02.599 --> 00:34:03.440
 for

00:34:03.440 --> 00:34:04.839
 decades

00:34:04.839 --> 00:34:05.180
 maybe

00:34:05.180 --> 00:34:06.039
 centuries

00:34:06.039 --> 00:34:08.760
 and so

00:34:08.760 --> 00:34:09.599
 the Passover

00:34:09.599 --> 00:34:10.500
 was critical.

00:34:10.760 --> 00:34:11.119
 Why the

00:34:11.119 --> 00:34:11.639
 Passover?

00:34:11.860 --> 00:34:12.239
 Well the

00:34:12.239 --> 00:34:12.940
 Passover

00:34:12.940 --> 00:34:14.420
 reminded

00:34:14.420 --> 00:34:15.699
 the people

00:34:15.699 --> 00:34:16.500
 of Jerusalem

00:34:16.500 --> 00:34:17.199
 a couple

00:34:17.199 --> 00:34:17.639
 of key

00:34:17.639 --> 00:34:18.420
 things.

00:34:19.179 --> 00:34:19.780
 One

00:34:19.780 --> 00:34:20.760
 it reminded

00:34:20.760 --> 00:34:21.320
 them that

00:34:21.320 --> 00:34:21.880
 they were

00:34:21.880 --> 00:34:22.340
 God's

00:34:22.340 --> 00:34:22.800
 people

00:34:22.800 --> 00:34:24.280
 and that

00:34:24.280 --> 00:34:24.920
 he bought

00:34:24.920 --> 00:34:25.440
 them

00:34:25.440 --> 00:34:27.260
 through the

00:34:27.260 --> 00:34:27.679
 blood of

00:34:27.679 --> 00:34:28.340
 the Lamb

00:34:28.340 --> 00:34:30.059
 that he

00:34:30.059 --> 00:34:30.519
 was their

00:34:30.519 --> 00:34:31.100
 God.

00:34:31.559 --> 00:34:31.880
 They were

00:34:31.880 --> 00:34:32.460
 his people

00:34:32.460 --> 00:34:33.140
 and that

00:34:33.140 --> 00:34:34.019
 lamb was

00:34:34.019 --> 00:34:34.940
 offered as

00:34:34.940 --> 00:34:35.800
 part of the

00:34:35.800 --> 00:34:36.900
 covenant that

00:34:36.900 --> 00:34:37.320
 he made

00:34:37.320 --> 00:34:37.940
 with them

00:34:37.940 --> 00:34:38.320
 so it

00:34:38.320 --> 00:34:39.180
 reminded them

00:34:39.180 --> 00:34:39.500
 of that

00:34:39.500 --> 00:34:39.840
 covenant

00:34:39.840 --> 00:34:40.220
 but it

00:34:40.220 --> 00:34:40.840
 also

00:34:40.840 --> 00:34:41.900
 reminded

00:34:41.900 --> 00:34:42.559
 them of

00:34:42.559 --> 00:34:43.320
 his power

00:34:43.320 --> 00:34:44.840
 to save

00:34:44.840 --> 00:34:45.660
 and preserve

00:34:45.660 --> 00:34:47.440
 because through

00:34:47.440 --> 00:34:48.360
 that Passover

00:34:48.360 --> 00:34:49.960
 the very first

00:34:49.960 --> 00:34:51.120
 one he took

00:34:51.120 --> 00:34:51.940
 down one of

00:34:51.940 --> 00:34:52.200
 the most

00:34:52.200 --> 00:34:53.300
 powerful nations

00:34:53.300 --> 00:34:54.079
 the world

00:34:54.079 --> 00:34:54.539
 had known

00:34:54.539 --> 00:34:56.260
 and that was

00:34:56.260 --> 00:34:56.680
 the nation

00:34:56.680 --> 00:34:57.320
 of Egypt

00:34:57.320 --> 00:34:59.180
 and so

00:34:59.180 --> 00:35:00.100
 that Passover

00:35:00.100 --> 00:35:01.680
 as they came

00:35:01.680 --> 00:35:02.660
 and celebrated

00:35:02.660 --> 00:35:04.140
 it was a

00:35:04.140 --> 00:35:04.760
 reminder

00:35:04.760 --> 00:35:05.160
 it was

00:35:05.160 --> 00:35:05.920
 remembering

00:35:05.920 --> 00:35:06.680
 who they

00:35:06.680 --> 00:35:07.160
 were

00:35:07.160 --> 00:35:08.920
 what was

00:35:08.920 --> 00:35:09.620
 their identity

00:35:09.620 --> 00:35:11.080
 who are we

00:35:11.080 --> 00:35:12.440
 and whose

00:35:12.440 --> 00:35:13.680
 are we

00:35:13.680 --> 00:35:14.940
 who do we

00:35:14.940 --> 00:35:15.800
 belong to

00:35:15.800 --> 00:35:18.060
 and what

00:35:18.060 --> 00:35:18.580
 will this

00:35:18.580 --> 00:35:19.360
 one do

00:35:19.360 --> 00:35:19.780
 that we

00:35:19.780 --> 00:35:20.440
 belong to

00:35:20.440 --> 00:35:21.860
 to work

00:35:21.860 --> 00:35:22.640
 for those

00:35:22.640 --> 00:35:23.300
 who wait

00:35:23.300 --> 00:35:24.460
 for him

00:35:24.460 --> 00:35:28.500
 and so

00:35:28.500 --> 00:35:29.000
 the Passover

00:35:29.000 --> 00:35:29.500
 was

00:35:29.500 --> 00:35:30.580
 wonderfully

00:35:30.580 --> 00:35:31.280
 significant

00:35:31.280 --> 00:35:31.740
 in fact

00:35:31.740 --> 00:35:32.380
 you ought to

00:35:32.380 --> 00:35:32.700
 go back

00:35:32.700 --> 00:35:33.080
 and read

00:35:33.080 --> 00:35:33.340
 this

00:35:33.340 --> 00:35:34.060
 they had

00:35:34.060 --> 00:35:34.600
 so much

00:35:34.600 --> 00:35:35.039
 fun

00:35:35.039 --> 00:35:36.420
 celebrating

00:35:36.420 --> 00:35:37.160
 the Passover

00:35:37.160 --> 00:35:39.120
 that they

00:35:39.120 --> 00:35:40.100
 extended it

00:35:40.100 --> 00:35:40.620
 for an extra

00:35:40.620 --> 00:35:41.019
 week

00:35:41.019 --> 00:35:42.860
 they were

00:35:42.860 --> 00:35:43.280
 supposed to

00:35:43.280 --> 00:35:43.920
 this feast

00:35:43.920 --> 00:35:44.519
 of unleavened

00:35:44.519 --> 00:35:44.720
 bread

00:35:44.720 --> 00:35:45.420
 they celebrated

00:35:45.420 --> 00:35:46.000
 for a week

00:35:46.000 --> 00:35:46.640
 and they got

00:35:46.640 --> 00:35:47.000
 through

00:35:47.000 --> 00:35:47.360
 and it says

00:35:47.360 --> 00:35:47.780
 we're not

00:35:47.780 --> 00:35:48.180
 done

00:35:48.180 --> 00:35:49.720
 and so

00:35:49.720 --> 00:35:49.920
 they

00:35:49.920 --> 00:35:51.060
 did it

00:35:51.060 --> 00:35:51.460
 for another

00:35:51.460 --> 00:35:51.900
 week

00:35:51.900 --> 00:35:54.579
 and it

00:35:54.579 --> 00:35:55.160
 also said

00:35:55.160 --> 00:35:55.500
 that the

00:35:55.500 --> 00:35:56.019
 Levites

00:35:56.019 --> 00:35:56.320
 who were

00:35:56.320 --> 00:35:56.900
 leading them

00:35:56.900 --> 00:35:57.260
 in worship

00:35:57.260 --> 00:35:57.940
 were singing

00:35:57.940 --> 00:35:58.519
 at the top

00:35:58.519 --> 00:35:58.760
 of their

00:35:58.760 --> 00:35:59.300
 lungs

00:35:59.300 --> 00:36:00.340
 they were

00:36:00.340 --> 00:36:00.639
 singing

00:36:00.639 --> 00:36:01.280
 with all

00:36:01.280 --> 00:36:01.500
 their

00:36:01.500 --> 00:36:02.119
 might

00:36:02.119 --> 00:36:07.280
 that's

00:36:07.280 --> 00:36:07.619
 something

00:36:07.619 --> 00:36:08.000
 happens

00:36:08.000 --> 00:36:08.380
 more in

00:36:08.380 --> 00:36:08.639
 football

00:36:08.639 --> 00:36:09.240
 stadiums

00:36:09.240 --> 00:36:09.680
 than in

00:36:09.680 --> 00:36:10.680
 our

00:36:10.680 --> 00:36:11.059
 churches

00:36:11.059 --> 00:36:14.720
 but they

00:36:14.720 --> 00:36:15.740
 were rejoicing

00:36:15.740 --> 00:36:16.599
 because

00:36:16.599 --> 00:36:17.920
 they remembered

00:36:17.920 --> 00:36:20.099
 they remembered

00:36:20.099 --> 00:36:20.480
 and that's

00:36:20.480 --> 00:36:20.920
 why we

00:36:20.920 --> 00:36:21.380
 come to

00:36:21.380 --> 00:36:21.680
 worship

00:36:21.679 --> 00:36:22.079
 that's

00:36:22.079 --> 00:36:22.500
 why this

00:36:22.500 --> 00:36:22.739
 time

00:36:22.739 --> 00:36:23.079
 together

00:36:23.079 --> 00:36:23.460
 is so

00:36:23.460 --> 00:36:23.819
 critical

00:36:23.819 --> 00:36:24.519
 is that

00:36:24.519 --> 00:36:24.879
 we come

00:36:24.879 --> 00:36:25.519
 to remember

00:36:25.519 --> 00:36:26.319
 who we

00:36:26.319 --> 00:36:27.139
 belong to

00:36:27.139 --> 00:36:29.259
 who is

00:36:29.259 --> 00:36:30.259
 with us

00:36:30.259 --> 00:36:32.659
 and I love

00:36:32.659 --> 00:36:33.099
 the phrase

00:36:33.099 --> 00:36:33.639
 there in

00:36:33.639 --> 00:36:34.679
 2nd Kings

00:36:34.679 --> 00:36:35.019
 where it

00:36:35.019 --> 00:36:35.239
 says

00:36:35.239 --> 00:36:35.879
 and God

00:36:35.879 --> 00:36:37.079
 was with

00:36:37.079 --> 00:36:37.839
 him

00:36:37.839 --> 00:36:43.359
 because of

00:36:43.359 --> 00:36:43.679
 the work

00:36:43.679 --> 00:36:44.239
 of the cross

00:36:44.239 --> 00:36:45.000
 I am not

00:36:45.000 --> 00:36:45.679
 my own

00:36:45.679 --> 00:36:46.839
 I have been

00:36:46.839 --> 00:36:47.399
 bought

00:36:47.399 --> 00:36:48.739
 out of the

00:36:48.739 --> 00:36:49.259
 kingdom of

00:36:49.259 --> 00:36:49.639
 darkness

00:36:49.639 --> 00:36:50.639
 into the

00:36:50.639 --> 00:36:51.059
 kingdom

00:36:51.059 --> 00:36:51.839
 of light

00:36:51.839 --> 00:36:52.679
 I have

00:36:52.679 --> 00:36:53.279
 been paid

00:36:53.279 --> 00:36:53.759
 for by

00:36:53.759 --> 00:36:54.480
 the blood

00:36:54.480 --> 00:36:55.199
 of not

00:36:55.199 --> 00:36:55.940
 just a

00:36:55.940 --> 00:36:56.339
 lamb

00:36:56.339 --> 00:36:57.119
 but the

00:36:57.119 --> 00:36:57.639
 ultimate

00:36:57.639 --> 00:36:58.960
 lamb

00:36:58.960 --> 00:37:00.759
 and he

00:37:00.759 --> 00:37:01.359
 is now

00:37:01.359 --> 00:37:02.239
 mine

00:37:02.239 --> 00:37:02.799
 and I

00:37:02.799 --> 00:37:03.739
 am his

00:37:03.739 --> 00:37:04.599
 and he

00:37:04.599 --> 00:37:05.879
 wraps me

00:37:05.879 --> 00:37:06.500
 in his

00:37:06.500 --> 00:37:07.019
 care

00:37:07.019 --> 00:37:07.719
 and will

00:37:07.719 --> 00:37:07.940
 let

00:37:07.940 --> 00:37:08.839
 nothing

00:37:08.839 --> 00:37:10.859
 nothing

00:37:10.859 --> 00:37:12.519
 get to

00:37:12.519 --> 00:37:13.039
 me

00:37:13.039 --> 00:37:15.159
 outside

00:37:15.159 --> 00:37:15.639
 of his

00:37:15.639 --> 00:37:15.880
 love

00:37:15.880 --> 00:37:16.460
 and goodness

00:37:16.460 --> 00:37:22.440
 spirit

00:37:22.440 --> 00:37:22.659
 led

00:37:22.659 --> 00:37:23.019
 renewal

00:37:23.019 --> 00:37:24.800
 runs

00:37:24.800 --> 00:37:25.279
 back to

00:37:25.279 --> 00:37:25.759
 Jesus

00:37:25.759 --> 00:37:26.820
 and to

00:37:26.820 --> 00:37:27.340
 worship

00:37:27.340 --> 00:37:29.440
 and finds

00:37:29.440 --> 00:37:29.659
 him

00:37:29.659 --> 00:37:30.179
 sufficient

00:37:30.179 --> 00:37:31.880
 for

00:37:31.880 --> 00:37:32.259
 everything

00:37:32.259 --> 00:37:34.079
 fourthly

00:37:34.079 --> 00:37:35.179
 spirit

00:37:35.179 --> 00:37:35.380
 led

00:37:35.380 --> 00:37:35.699
 renewal

00:37:35.699 --> 00:37:36.219
 also

00:37:36.219 --> 00:37:37.179
 hopes

00:37:37.179 --> 00:37:38.460
 for a

00:37:38.460 --> 00:37:38.699
 greater

00:37:38.699 --> 00:37:39.119
 king

00:37:39.119 --> 00:37:42.319
 as great

00:37:42.319 --> 00:37:42.619
 a king

00:37:42.619 --> 00:37:43.239
 as Hezekiah

00:37:43.239 --> 00:37:43.599
 was

00:37:43.599 --> 00:37:43.900
 he was

00:37:43.900 --> 00:37:44.199
 simply

00:37:44.199 --> 00:37:44.679
 a pointer

00:37:44.679 --> 00:37:45.920
 he was

00:37:45.920 --> 00:37:46.359
 a marker

00:37:46.359 --> 00:37:49.099
 he was

00:37:49.099 --> 00:37:49.539
 yes

00:37:49.539 --> 00:37:50.000
 so much

00:37:50.000 --> 00:37:50.279
 better

00:37:50.279 --> 00:37:50.639
 than the

00:37:50.639 --> 00:37:51.059
 others

00:37:51.059 --> 00:37:53.380
 but he

00:37:53.380 --> 00:37:53.880
 pointed

00:37:53.880 --> 00:37:54.960
 Israel

00:37:54.960 --> 00:37:56.039
 Jerusalem

00:37:56.039 --> 00:37:56.679
 and Judah

00:37:56.679 --> 00:37:58.139
 to a

00:37:58.139 --> 00:37:58.440
 future

00:37:58.440 --> 00:37:58.859
 king

00:37:58.859 --> 00:38:00.299
 who would

00:38:00.299 --> 00:38:00.719
 come

00:38:00.719 --> 00:38:02.639
 and not

00:38:02.639 --> 00:38:03.239
 just tear

00:38:03.239 --> 00:38:03.679
 down

00:38:03.679 --> 00:38:04.339
 pagan

00:38:04.339 --> 00:38:05.059
 altars

00:38:05.059 --> 00:38:06.960
 but would

00:38:06.960 --> 00:38:07.359
 come and

00:38:07.359 --> 00:38:07.839
 transform

00:38:07.839 --> 00:38:08.500
 hearts

00:38:08.500 --> 00:38:10.400
 he would

00:38:10.400 --> 00:38:10.880
 come

00:38:10.880 --> 00:38:11.760
 and make

00:38:11.760 --> 00:38:12.480
 all

00:38:12.480 --> 00:38:13.340
 things

00:38:13.340 --> 00:38:14.239
 new

00:38:14.239 --> 00:38:15.719
 and he

00:38:15.719 --> 00:38:16.460
 would come

00:38:16.460 --> 00:38:17.920
 and reign

00:38:17.920 --> 00:38:19.360
 righteously

00:38:19.360 --> 00:38:20.300
 over

00:38:20.300 --> 00:38:21.340
 not just

00:38:21.340 --> 00:38:22.219
 Jerusalem

00:38:22.219 --> 00:38:23.679
 and Judea

00:38:23.679 --> 00:38:24.739
 but over

00:38:24.739 --> 00:38:25.940
 all of

00:38:25.940 --> 00:38:26.719
 the world

00:38:26.719 --> 00:38:28.960
 and this

00:38:28.960 --> 00:38:29.500
 king

00:38:29.500 --> 00:38:30.519
 is our

00:38:30.519 --> 00:38:31.079
 hope

00:38:31.079 --> 00:38:33.420
 when Jesus

00:38:33.420 --> 00:38:34.539
 comes to

00:38:34.539 --> 00:38:35.300
 our lives

00:38:35.300 --> 00:38:37.579
 he doesn't

00:38:37.579 --> 00:38:38.139
 just come

00:38:38.139 --> 00:38:38.599
 to make

00:38:38.599 --> 00:38:39.059
 it better

00:38:39.059 --> 00:38:39.699
 he doesn't

00:38:39.699 --> 00:38:40.059
 come to

00:38:40.059 --> 00:38:40.579
 refresh

00:38:40.579 --> 00:38:41.599
 he doesn't

00:38:41.599 --> 00:38:42.159
 come just

00:38:42.159 --> 00:38:42.759
 to patch

00:38:42.759 --> 00:38:43.400
 holes

00:38:43.400 --> 00:38:46.719
 he comes

00:38:46.719 --> 00:38:47.539
 to restore

00:38:47.539 --> 00:38:48.839
 to

00:38:48.839 --> 00:38:49.900
 deconstruct

00:38:49.900 --> 00:38:53.139
 so that

00:38:53.139 --> 00:38:53.599
 we can be

00:38:53.599 --> 00:38:54.059
 rebuilt

00:38:54.059 --> 00:38:55.980
 into the

00:38:55.980 --> 00:38:56.440
 temple

00:38:56.440 --> 00:38:57.739
 fitting

00:38:57.739 --> 00:38:58.699
 for him

00:38:58.699 --> 00:38:59.219
 to dwell

00:38:59.219 --> 00:39:01.679
 this

00:39:01.679 --> 00:39:01.839
 this is

00:39:01.839 --> 00:39:02.039
 what

00:39:02.039 --> 00:39:02.379
 Christ

00:39:02.379 --> 00:39:02.739
 comes

00:39:02.739 --> 00:39:03.239
 to do

00:39:03.239 --> 00:39:04.980
 will

00:39:04.980 --> 00:39:05.480
 we

00:39:05.480 --> 00:39:06.859
 trust

00:39:06.859 --> 00:39:07.259
 him

00:39:07.259 --> 00:39:08.779
 to do

00:39:08.779 --> 00:39:09.239
 that

00:39:09.239 --> 00:39:11.439
 how do

00:39:11.439 --> 00:39:11.719
 we know

00:39:11.719 --> 00:39:12.319
 we can

00:39:12.319 --> 00:39:14.739
 because he's

00:39:14.739 --> 00:39:15.399
 already paid

00:39:15.399 --> 00:39:16.639
 he's already

00:39:16.639 --> 00:39:17.199
 shown us

00:39:17.199 --> 00:39:17.819
 how far

00:39:17.819 --> 00:39:18.139
 he will

00:39:18.139 --> 00:39:18.639
 go

00:39:18.639 --> 00:39:20.619
 through his

00:39:20.619 --> 00:39:21.079
 death on

00:39:21.079 --> 00:39:21.619
 the cross

00:39:21.619 --> 00:39:24.139
 he is

00:39:24.139 --> 00:39:24.459
 worthy

00:39:24.459 --> 00:39:24.899
 of our

00:39:24.899 --> 00:39:25.339
 trust

00:39:25.340 --> 00:39:28.400
 he's

00:39:28.400 --> 00:39:28.880
 worthy

00:39:28.880 --> 00:39:29.920
 of our

00:39:29.920 --> 00:39:30.380
 dying

00:39:30.380 --> 00:39:30.900
 to these

00:39:30.900 --> 00:39:31.380
 piddly

00:39:31.380 --> 00:39:31.820
 little

00:39:31.820 --> 00:39:33.420
 idols

00:39:33.420 --> 00:39:34.180
 and altars

00:39:34.180 --> 00:39:36.340
 that we

00:39:36.340 --> 00:39:36.700
 would come

00:39:36.700 --> 00:39:37.039
 give our

00:39:37.039 --> 00:39:37.480
 lives

00:39:37.480 --> 00:39:38.900
 to the

00:39:38.900 --> 00:39:39.440
 true king

00:39:39.440 --> 00:39:42.019
 let's pray

00:39:42.019 --> 00:39:43.600
 father I

00:39:43.600 --> 00:39:44.200
 pray that you

00:39:44.200 --> 00:39:45.120
 would pour

00:39:45.120 --> 00:39:45.460
 out your

00:39:45.460 --> 00:39:45.960
 spirit on

00:39:45.960 --> 00:39:46.300
 us and

00:39:46.300 --> 00:39:46.840
 bring us

00:39:46.840 --> 00:39:47.600
 to this

00:39:47.600 --> 00:39:48.019
 place of

00:39:48.019 --> 00:39:48.380
 renewal

00:39:48.380 --> 00:39:51.700
 in many

00:39:51.700 --> 00:39:52.140
 ways

00:39:52.140 --> 00:39:53.599
 it may

00:39:53.599 --> 00:39:54.180
 be hard

00:39:54.180 --> 00:39:56.079
 we

00:39:56.079 --> 00:39:56.539
 acknowledge

00:39:56.539 --> 00:39:56.980
 that we

00:39:56.980 --> 00:39:57.220
 need

00:39:57.220 --> 00:39:58.240
 deconstruction

00:39:58.240 --> 00:39:59.320
 we

00:39:59.320 --> 00:39:59.840
 acknowledge

00:39:59.840 --> 00:40:00.420
 that we

00:40:00.420 --> 00:40:01.059
 need a

00:40:01.059 --> 00:40:01.559
 deeper

00:40:01.559 --> 00:40:02.140
 work

00:40:02.140 --> 00:40:02.720
 than what

00:40:02.720 --> 00:40:02.980
 just

00:40:02.980 --> 00:40:03.400
 appears

00:40:03.400 --> 00:40:03.760
 on the

00:40:03.760 --> 00:40:04.220
 surface

00:40:04.220 --> 00:40:06.019
 we

00:40:06.019 --> 00:40:06.519
 acknowledge

00:40:06.519 --> 00:40:07.039
 that we

00:40:07.039 --> 00:40:07.700
 cannot do

00:40:07.700 --> 00:40:07.860
 it

00:40:07.860 --> 00:40:08.400
 ourselves

00:40:08.400 --> 00:40:09.019
 we need

00:40:09.019 --> 00:40:09.460
 you

00:40:09.460 --> 00:40:09.840
 and your

00:40:09.840 --> 00:40:10.320
 spirit

00:40:10.320 --> 00:40:11.079
 to come

00:40:11.079 --> 00:40:11.460
 and do

00:40:11.460 --> 00:40:11.700
 this

00:40:11.700 --> 00:40:12.119
 work

00:40:12.119 --> 00:40:13.720
 would

00:40:13.720 --> 00:40:14.039
 you

00:40:14.039 --> 00:40:15.860
 would

00:40:15.860 --> 00:40:16.119
 you do

00:40:16.119 --> 00:40:16.400
 it in

00:40:16.400 --> 00:40:16.720
 us

00:40:16.720 --> 00:40:17.360
 individually

00:40:17.360 --> 00:40:17.640
 would

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 us

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 so deep

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 that our

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 raise

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 and proclaim

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 to the

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 world

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 how great

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 so come

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 we give

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 ourselves

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 to you

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 to do

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 and strong

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 and good

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 name of

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 Jesus

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 Amen

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