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 One of the problems is knowing where to stop, isn't it? If you do any public speaking, particularly

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! a problem for preachers. Knowing where to stop. I was told once by another preacher that

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! my preaching was like a plane circling the airport. That you kept thinking it was going

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 to land, but no, you went round for another lap. Which, I took it. Knowing where to stop.

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 It's difficult, isn't it? And I think you get to Isaiah 66, and you think, well, you get

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 to the end of Isaiah 65, and you think, this is a great place to stop. And then, Isaiah

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 66 is a puzzling chapter. I remember last week, this magnificent vision of a new heavens and

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 a new earth. It's described, isn't it? It's one of the mountain peaks of Isaiah, certainly

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 one of the mountain peaks of the Old Testament. The peaceable kingdom, it's a great place to

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 end. The wolf and the lamb lying down together. Grazing together. It's a great way to finish.

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 And then Isaiah goes and adds another chapter. It's a long book, isn't it? 65 chapters. It's

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 a long book. Now, we know, don't we, that Isaiah wrote under the inspiration of the Holy

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 Spirit. It's not a mistake that Isaiah 66 is there. It's not him struggling as an aeroplane,

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 going around the airport for one more lap, struggling whether to land. Isaiah is not a rambler.

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 But rather, what he does in this chapter is he pulls together a number of strands. And

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 he presents to his listeners, for one last time, the choice that lies before you. The

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 book of Isaiah is a tale of two cities. The book begins in the earthly city of Jerusalem.

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 And God laments, he says, Israel, you become like a prostitute. He says, your city, the city

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 of Jerusalem is a city full of injustice and unrighteousness. But the book ends in another

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 city. In the new Jerusalem. In the city that Isaiah calls the new heavens and the new earth.

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 The perfect world. It ends with things as they're meant to be. And Isaiah is this kind of covenant

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 enforcement officer. He is God's representative. He is God's lawyer who presents not only the case for the

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 prosecution, but he also shows the rebellious and the accused. He shows you the way to the new heavens

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 and the new earth. He shows you the way to freedom. And the question Isaiah is asked all the way through

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 is how do we get from chapter 1 to chapter 66? How do we get from

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 the city of Jerusalem to the new Jerusalem?

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 How will the faithless city

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 become the faithful city?

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 And so Isaiah presents his closing arguments, as it were, and he turns

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 from the question of how

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 to the question who.

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 Who will be there?

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 Who will get to inhabit the new city?

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 Who will inhabit the new heavens and the new earth?

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 Or to put it another way, do you want to experience

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 for eternity perfection and paradise?

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 In the presence of God.

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 And if you do want that, what should it mean for the now, in the present, what should your

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 life look like?

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 And Isaiah gives us three answers to the question.

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 He gives us three characteristics of people

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 who will live in the new heavens and the new earth.

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 Let's jump right in.

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 The first characteristic of people who will dwell in the new heavens and the new earth

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 is that they tremble at God's word.

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 Look at verse 1.

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 Thus says the Lord,

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 Heaven is my throne

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 and the earth is my footstool.

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 What or where

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 is the house that you would build for me?

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 And what or where

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 is the place of my rest?

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 All these things my hand has made.

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 So all these things came to me, declares the Lord.

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 But this is the one to whom I will look.

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 He was humble and contrite in spirit

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 and trembles at my word.

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 So God begins, doesn't he, with a very simple

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 and profound statement.

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 He points to his sheer

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 greatness and his immensity.

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 And he says,

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 The earth is

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 my footstool.

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 The earth on which you dwell.

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 It's where I rest my feet.

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 That's how massive I am.

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 But in all his greatness,

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 do you remember what God had promised his people?

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 God had promised to his people

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 that he would dwell,

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 the great majestic creator of the heavens and the earth,

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 he would dwell in the temple in Jerusalem.

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 All the way back in 1 Kings chapter 8,

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 he promises to the King Solomon,

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 I will dwell in the temple.

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 And so God here isn't scorning

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 that the powerful and transcendent God

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 that he is would dwell

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 in a human earthly edifice.

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 What he does here,

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 what he is really doing,

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 is he is mocking the idea

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 that you and I can build structures

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 that could somehow contain God

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 and could impress God.

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 That the people of Israel

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 could have a temple of the Lord

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 that they could somehow

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 put God in their favour.

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 So translating verse 1

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 is quite difficult.

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 Most of the translations in verse 1

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 with these words,

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 it's simply where?

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 Where is the house

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 that you would build for me?

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 But the sense,

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 if you were to put it in colloquial English,

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 is wherever.

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 Wherever is this place.

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 But God adds really a sense of irony

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 as he so often does in Isaiah

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 to the question.

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 It's as if God is saying in verse 1,

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 to be honest with you,

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 I'm having trouble locating your temple.

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 I'm finding it a little hard to find.

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 Can you tell me where it is?

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 Can you give me directions?

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 Can you give me the postcodes?

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 And I think that's quite humbling

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 for you and I.

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 That as humans,

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 we build, don't we,

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 these impressive edifices for God.

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 Churches and cathedrals for God.

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 And God professes them hard to find.

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 Westminster Abbey.

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 I can't quite see it.

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 St Paul's Cathedral.

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 Well, where is it?

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 I.P.C.

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 Ealing's glorious new building.

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 No, sorry, you're going to have to give me

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 the directions again, God says.

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 It's not that God doesn't know where it is.

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 Of course he does.

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 That's not the point.

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 It's not that he despises buildings.

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 Like many evangelicals do.

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 He mustn't do that.

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 It's not that he rejects the motives

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 of the building's construction.

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 Rather he's saying,

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 your buildings

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 are not where my eyes

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 easily and readily focus.

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 God does not repudiate

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 houses of worship.

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 But God does say,

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 your buildings are not the sharpest focus

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 in my field of vision.

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 That's not where he holds in on.

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 That's not where God looks this morning.

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 Where does God look?

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 Where does God look?

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 Can you see?

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 Verse 2.

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 He looks at those.

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 These are the ones

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 that I look on with favour.

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 This is the one to whom I will look.

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 Those who are humble

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 and contrite in spirit

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 and tremble at my Lord.

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 The Lord's priority is very clear.

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 It is not the building we construct.

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 It is not the building

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 that we seek to improve.

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 In which we gather.

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 No, it is ultimately

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 the man or the woman

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 or the boy or the girl

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 who is humble

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 and contrite in spirit

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 and trembles at his word.

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 There is one.

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 There is one

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 in the midst of all creation.

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 In the midst of the sun

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 and the stars

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 and all the feasts

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 and all the parties

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 and all the feats

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 of engineering

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 and all the architecture.

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 There is one

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 that secures the gaze

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 of the great creator

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 and it is the individual

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 who is humble.

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 The people who are humble.

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 And it's contrite in spirit

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 and trembles at my word.

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 The word contrite

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 is translated in other places

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 as lame.

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 Usually it's about

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 physical lameness.

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 But here

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 and only here

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 in the Old Testament

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 it has this sense

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 of inability spiritually.

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 It's not just

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 a sense of our sin

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 but a sense

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 of the damage

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 that sin has done

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 to you.

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 That you and I

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 are helpless

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 in pleasing God.

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 Have you come to that point?

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 That you are

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 spiritually lame.

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 The word humble

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 is a word we use

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 more often

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 than the word contrite.

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 But we're still confused

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 I think

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 what it means.

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 To paraphrase C.S. Lewis

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 it's not thinking

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 less of yourself.

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 Of course it's not.

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 But it's thinking

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 of yourself less.

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 And that's an important

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 distinction.

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 And the Bible

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 directs us

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 along the path

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 of humility

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 by instructing

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 instructing you

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 to think of yourself

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 less

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 and think of God

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 more.

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 So how do you know

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 if you're living

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 a life of humility?

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 How do you know

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 if you're living

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 a life of contrition

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 and spirit

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 as a citizen

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 of the new heavens

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 and the new earth?

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 And Isaiah

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 gives us one

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 clear indication

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 and it is this

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 that you tremble

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 at his word.

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 And Isaiah

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 sees that characteristic

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 as one that sets

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 true followers

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 of God off

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 from those

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 who are not

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 actually following.

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 they have the

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 appearance of

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 following

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 but they're not.

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 And so in

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 verses 3 to 4

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 he describes

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 those who go

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 through the motions

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 of religious

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 activity.

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 He says

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 they turn up

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 at church.

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 They make

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 great show.

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 They actually

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 make great

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 sacrifices.

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 They do other

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 things but they

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 don't tremble

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 at God's word.

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 They have

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 vibrant worship.

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 Loud worship.

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 Noisy,

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 fervent worship

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 but they don't

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 tremble at God's word.

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 And God says

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 actually you might

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 look really

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 super spiritual

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 this morning

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 but to me

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 they are sinful.

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 Your worship

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 is meaningless.

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 It is

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 unacceptable.

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 It is apostate.

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 I have to tell you

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 that this verse

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 about trembling

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 at God's word

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 has really stuck

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 in my craw

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 this week.

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 And it's a huge

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 challenge.

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 Two weeks ago

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 I was in Poland

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 I wanted to go

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 to see the

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 Polish National

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 Cathedral that's

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 just built.

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 We went in

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 and they had

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 a celebration

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 of the mass.

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 And I sat

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 at the back

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 while I stood

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 at the back

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 and watched.

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 I don't know

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 whether you've

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 done that.

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 It's quite a

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 heartbreaking thing

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 to watch really.

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 But within me

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 there was

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 a smug superiority

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 as the man

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 rattled through

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 and he doesn't

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 believe a word

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 of this.

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 These people

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 don't know

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 what they're

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 doing.

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 When you come

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 to Isaiah

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 66 and

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 verse 2

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 I think

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 if you are

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 spiritually

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 haughty

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 or pride

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 as I am

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 proud as I

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 am it cuts

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 the legs

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 from under you.

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 Because God

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 says here are

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 the ones that

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 I delight to

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 look upon

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 it is those

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 who tremble

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 at my word.

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 And the

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 scripture is

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 read.

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 Do you have

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 that sense

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 of holy

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 reverence?

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 When you

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 get your

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 Bible open

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 at home

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 to read

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 with your

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 family

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 to read

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 it yourself

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 that sensitive

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 reverence

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 that we

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 come to

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 the Lord

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 God

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 to hear

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 him speak

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 to obey

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 whatever he

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 says.

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 And we

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 tremble at

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 God's word

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 because it

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 is God's

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 word.

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 God's

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 word.

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 It is the

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 word of the

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 sovereign.

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 The word of

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 the almighty

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 God of the

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 universe.

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 It is the

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 word of the

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 God who

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 has revealed

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 himself.

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 The God

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 who has

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 revealed himself

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 through Isaiah

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 as the

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 only God.

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 The God

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 who will

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 abide no

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 rivals.

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 The God

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 who scorns

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 our worship

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 of idols.

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 And the

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 only God

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 who will

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 forgive our

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 sin.

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 The only

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 God who

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 has sent a

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 rescuer for

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 you and

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 me in

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 his

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 suffering

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 servant.

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 The only

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 God who

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 renews the

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 strength of

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 those who

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 wait for

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 him.

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 Those Isaiah

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 said who

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 are the

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 citizens of

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 the heaven

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 and the

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 new earth

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 whose future

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 is guaranteed

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 are those

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 who tremble

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 at God's

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 word.

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 And that

00:12:53.980 --> 00:12:54.220
 might be

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 very difficult

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 for you to

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 get your

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 head around

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 because you

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 say I

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 don't want

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 to tremble

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 before God.

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 Isn't

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 God the

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 God of

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 love?

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 Isn't

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 God the

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 God of

00:13:02.919 --> 00:13:03.379
 compassion?

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 The God

00:13:03.720 --> 00:13:04.100
 of comfort?

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 Why do

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 you

00:13:04.600 --> 00:13:04.920
 tremble

00:13:04.920 --> 00:13:05.259
 before

00:13:05.259 --> 00:13:05.540
 him?

00:13:08.500 --> 00:13:09.019
 Why would

00:13:09.019 --> 00:13:09.220
 we have

00:13:09.220 --> 00:13:09.500
 such an

00:13:09.500 --> 00:13:10.060
 attitude of

00:13:10.060 --> 00:13:10.379
 fear?

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 Let me

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 give you

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 an

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 illustration.

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 Imagine

00:13:14.259 --> 00:13:14.720
 you are

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 exploring

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 an unknown

00:13:16.060 --> 00:13:17.680
 glacier on

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 the north

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 of Greenland.

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 I know it's

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 one of those

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 ridiculous

00:13:20.080 --> 00:13:20.580
 illustrations.

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 But let's

00:13:21.019 --> 00:13:21.480
 say you're

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 exploring a

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 glacier in

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 the north of

00:13:24.960 --> 00:13:25.659
 Greenland in

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 the dead of

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 winter just

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 as you reach

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 the sheer

00:13:27.639 --> 00:13:29.259
 cliff with

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 a spectacular

00:13:29.899 --> 00:13:30.860
 view of miles

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 and miles

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 of jagged

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 ice snow

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 mountains.

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 And there

00:13:35.700 --> 00:13:36.139
 is a terrible

00:13:36.139 --> 00:13:36.899
 storm arises.

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 And the

00:13:38.800 --> 00:13:39.399
 wind is so

00:13:39.399 --> 00:13:39.840
 strong that

00:13:39.840 --> 00:13:40.120
 you are

00:13:40.120 --> 00:13:40.620
 absolutely

00:13:40.620 --> 00:13:41.560
 scared stiff

00:13:41.560 --> 00:13:41.860
 that you're

00:13:41.860 --> 00:13:42.080
 going to be

00:13:42.080 --> 00:13:43.200
 blown off.

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 You and

00:13:43.580 --> 00:13:44.080
 your party

00:13:44.080 --> 00:13:44.519
 right over

00:13:44.519 --> 00:13:44.940
 the cliff.

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 But in

00:13:46.919 --> 00:13:47.300
 the midst

00:13:47.300 --> 00:13:48.279
 you discover

00:13:48.279 --> 00:13:48.720
 one of the

00:13:48.720 --> 00:13:49.399
 party discovers

00:13:49.399 --> 00:13:49.820
 there is a

00:13:49.820 --> 00:13:50.659
 cleft in the

00:13:50.659 --> 00:13:51.180
 ice where you

00:13:51.180 --> 00:13:51.759
 can hide and

00:13:51.759 --> 00:13:52.340
 so you go in

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 there.

00:13:53.820 --> 00:13:54.279
 And you

00:13:54.279 --> 00:13:55.180
 feel secure.

00:13:56.539 --> 00:13:57.100
 And the

00:13:57.100 --> 00:13:58.080
 mighty power of

00:13:58.080 --> 00:13:58.600
 the storm

00:13:58.600 --> 00:13:59.700
 it rages on

00:13:59.700 --> 00:14:00.140
 but you

00:14:00.140 --> 00:14:00.900
 watch it

00:14:00.900 --> 00:14:01.280
 with a

00:14:01.280 --> 00:14:01.800
 kind of

00:14:01.800 --> 00:14:02.200
 trembling.

00:14:03.800 --> 00:14:04.320
 With a

00:14:04.320 --> 00:14:04.600
 kind of

00:14:04.600 --> 00:14:05.000
 trembling

00:14:05.000 --> 00:14:05.600
 pleasure.

00:14:07.320 --> 00:14:08.080
 It surges

00:14:08.080 --> 00:14:08.680
 across the

00:14:08.680 --> 00:14:09.040
 glacier.

00:14:09.340 --> 00:14:09.560
 Now the

00:14:09.560 --> 00:14:10.020
 question is

00:14:10.020 --> 00:14:10.180
 this.

00:14:10.360 --> 00:14:10.700
 What's

00:14:10.700 --> 00:14:11.700
 changed in

00:14:11.700 --> 00:14:12.660
 your experience

00:14:12.660 --> 00:14:12.980
 of the

00:14:12.980 --> 00:14:13.320
 storm?

00:14:15.220 --> 00:14:15.700
 Initially

00:14:15.700 --> 00:14:16.300
 you had this

00:14:16.300 --> 00:14:16.680
 fear that

00:14:16.680 --> 00:14:17.560
 this terrible

00:14:17.560 --> 00:14:18.120
 storm could

00:14:18.120 --> 00:14:18.700
 literally claim

00:14:18.700 --> 00:14:19.200
 your life.

00:14:20.620 --> 00:14:21.320
 But then

00:14:21.320 --> 00:14:22.040
 you found a

00:14:22.040 --> 00:14:22.640
 refuge.

00:14:24.120 --> 00:14:24.759
 And so you

00:14:24.759 --> 00:14:25.340
 gained the

00:14:25.340 --> 00:14:25.879
 hope that you

00:14:25.879 --> 00:14:26.759
 would be safe

00:14:26.759 --> 00:14:27.460
 but not

00:14:27.460 --> 00:14:28.060
 everything in

00:14:28.060 --> 00:14:28.759
 the feeling of

00:14:28.759 --> 00:14:29.259
 fear has

00:14:29.259 --> 00:14:29.680
 vanished.

00:14:29.700 --> 00:14:30.060
 does it?

00:14:31.860 --> 00:14:32.580
 Only the

00:14:32.580 --> 00:14:33.580
 life-threatening

00:14:33.580 --> 00:14:34.220
 part has

00:14:34.220 --> 00:14:34.680
 vanished.

00:14:36.259 --> 00:14:36.920
 Because there

00:14:36.920 --> 00:14:37.320
 remains,

00:14:37.440 --> 00:14:37.740
 doesn't there,

00:14:37.759 --> 00:14:38.379
 a trembling

00:14:38.379 --> 00:14:39.660
 awe and

00:14:39.660 --> 00:14:40.780
 wonder and

00:14:40.780 --> 00:14:41.379
 fear.

00:14:43.360 --> 00:14:44.200
 The feeling

00:14:44.200 --> 00:14:44.560
 that you

00:14:44.560 --> 00:14:45.060
 would never

00:14:45.060 --> 00:14:45.440
 want to

00:14:45.440 --> 00:14:46.100
 tangle with

00:14:46.100 --> 00:14:46.560
 such a

00:14:46.560 --> 00:14:47.640
 storm or

00:14:47.640 --> 00:14:47.940
 be the

00:14:47.940 --> 00:14:48.680
 adversary of

00:14:48.680 --> 00:14:49.020
 such a

00:14:49.020 --> 00:14:49.360
 power.

00:14:49.780 --> 00:14:50.259
 And so it

00:14:50.259 --> 00:14:50.700
 is with our

00:14:50.700 --> 00:14:51.400
 attitude towards

00:14:51.400 --> 00:14:51.780
 God.

00:14:54.300 --> 00:14:55.160
 Trusting in

00:14:55.160 --> 00:14:57.300
 God and

00:14:57.300 --> 00:14:57.900
 his promises

00:14:57.900 --> 00:14:59.640
 turns terror

00:14:59.639 --> 00:15:02.639
 into a

00:15:02.639 --> 00:15:03.819
 holy and

00:15:03.819 --> 00:15:04.779
 hopeful and

00:15:04.779 --> 00:15:05.419
 dare I say

00:15:05.419 --> 00:15:06.080
 happy

00:15:06.080 --> 00:15:07.000
 trembling.

00:15:08.460 --> 00:15:09.139
 Into a

00:15:09.139 --> 00:15:09.460
 peaceful

00:15:09.460 --> 00:15:09.899
 trembling.

00:15:11.460 --> 00:15:11.980
 Into a

00:15:11.980 --> 00:15:12.360
 trustful

00:15:12.360 --> 00:15:12.740
 trembling.

00:15:12.740 --> 00:15:14.460
 God and

00:15:14.460 --> 00:15:14.580
 Mr.

00:15:14.680 --> 00:15:14.940
 Beaver,

00:15:15.060 --> 00:15:15.299
 isn't it,

00:15:15.340 --> 00:15:15.620
 in the

00:15:15.620 --> 00:15:15.820
 Lion,

00:15:15.960 --> 00:15:16.000
 the

00:15:16.000 --> 00:15:16.240
 Witch and

00:15:16.240 --> 00:15:16.340
 the

00:15:16.340 --> 00:15:16.700
 Wardrobe.

00:15:17.779 --> 00:15:17.940
 You

00:15:17.940 --> 00:15:18.360
 remember the

00:15:18.360 --> 00:15:18.600
 scene?

00:15:18.700 --> 00:15:18.940
 Beaver

00:15:18.940 --> 00:15:19.639
 describes

00:15:19.639 --> 00:15:20.320
 Aslan's

00:15:20.320 --> 00:15:20.820
 might and

00:15:20.820 --> 00:15:21.240
 majesty.

00:15:22.279 --> 00:15:22.720
 Aslan,

00:15:22.840 --> 00:15:22.960
 the

00:15:22.960 --> 00:15:23.200
 lion,

00:15:23.320 --> 00:15:23.659
 God as

00:15:23.659 --> 00:15:24.019
 it were.

00:15:25.019 --> 00:15:25.360
 And as

00:15:25.360 --> 00:15:25.820
 he finishes,

00:15:25.980 --> 00:15:26.639
 Lucy says,

00:15:26.740 --> 00:15:27.180
 is he

00:15:27.180 --> 00:15:27.600
 safe?

00:15:28.779 --> 00:15:29.200
 Mr.

00:15:29.299 --> 00:15:29.860
 Beaver says,

00:15:30.019 --> 00:15:30.399
 safe?

00:15:31.200 --> 00:15:31.779
 Who said

00:15:31.779 --> 00:15:32.240
 anything about

00:15:32.240 --> 00:15:32.680
 safe?

00:15:33.500 --> 00:15:34.019
 Of course he

00:15:34.019 --> 00:15:34.659
 isn't safe.

00:15:35.700 --> 00:15:36.360
 But he is

00:15:36.360 --> 00:15:36.659
 good.

00:15:37.700 --> 00:15:38.100
 He's a

00:15:38.100 --> 00:15:38.419
 king, I

00:15:38.419 --> 00:15:38.720
 tell you.

00:15:38.720 --> 00:15:40.420
 And you

00:15:40.420 --> 00:15:40.800
 see, those

00:15:40.800 --> 00:15:41.000
 who are

00:15:41.000 --> 00:15:41.580
 citizens of

00:15:41.580 --> 00:15:41.779
 the new

00:15:41.779 --> 00:15:42.340
 heavens and

00:15:42.340 --> 00:15:42.580
 the new

00:15:42.580 --> 00:15:44.340
 earth are

00:15:44.340 --> 00:15:44.879
 humble and

00:15:44.879 --> 00:15:45.379
 contrite.

00:15:47.060 --> 00:15:47.519
 And they

00:15:47.519 --> 00:15:48.379
 demonstrate it

00:15:48.379 --> 00:15:49.340
 by trembling

00:15:49.340 --> 00:15:50.480
 at God's

00:15:50.480 --> 00:15:50.740
 word.

00:15:52.340 --> 00:15:52.800
 Because it

00:15:52.800 --> 00:15:53.019
 is the

00:15:53.019 --> 00:15:53.259
 word of

00:15:53.259 --> 00:15:53.460
 God.

00:15:55.620 --> 00:15:56.139
 That brings

00:15:56.139 --> 00:15:56.420
 us to the

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 second characteristic

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 of people who

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 live in the

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 new heavens and

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 the new

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 earth.

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 And that is

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 that they are

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 citizens through

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 a new birth.

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 Look at

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 verses 6

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 to 9.

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 The sound of

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 an uproar from

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 the city,

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 the sound from

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 the temple,

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 the sound of

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 the Lord,

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 rendering

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 recompense to

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 his enemies.

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 Before she

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 was in

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 labor, she

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 gave birth.

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 Before her

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 pain came upon

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 her, she

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 delivered a

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 son.

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 Who has

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 heard such

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 a thing?

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 Who has

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 seen such

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 things?

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 Shall a

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 land be

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 born in

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 one day?

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 Shall a

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 nation be

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 brought forth

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 in one

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 moment?

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 For as

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 soon as

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 Zion was

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 in labor,

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 she brought

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 forth her

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 children.

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 Shall I

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 bring to

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 the point

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 of birth and

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 not cause

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 to bring

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 forth,

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 says the

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 Lord?

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 Shall I

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 who caused

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 to bring

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 forth shut

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 the womb,

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 says your

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 God?

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 So it's

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 not an

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 easy passage,

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 but it

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 seems Isaiah

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 is prophesying

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 of the

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 destruction of

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 Jerusalem,

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 that God

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 will judge

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 those who

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 have turned

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 their backs

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 on him.

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 Destruction

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 that will

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 come at the

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 hands of

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 the Babylonians.

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 In 587

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 BC,

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 587 BC,

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 at which time

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 the temple

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 would be

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 destroyed.

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 If you

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 read on in

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 the New

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 Testament,

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 you come

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 to the

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 point where

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 the temple

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 is rebuilt.

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 It's rebuilt

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 after the

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 return of

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 the exiles,

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 in the time

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 of Ezra

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 and Nehemiah.

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 But the

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 temple is a

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 shadow of

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 the first

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 one.

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 The old

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 people,

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 they cry

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 because the

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 second temple

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 is not a

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 patch on

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 the first

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 one.

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 And that

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 temple would

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 be destroyed,

00:17:20.819 --> 00:17:21.039
 wouldn't it,

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 in AD

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 70.

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 AD 70,

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 just a few

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 years after

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 Jesus'

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 death and

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 resurrection.

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 So there

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 are many

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 Christians who

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 read this

00:17:28.500 --> 00:17:28.900
 section of

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 Isaiah

00:17:29.200 --> 00:17:29.700
 differently.

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 But my

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 sense is

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 Isaiah is

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 looking forward

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 to that

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 later destruction

00:17:34.500 --> 00:17:34.759
 of the

00:17:34.759 --> 00:17:34.980
 temple,

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 the one in

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 AD 70.

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 And he

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 says something

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 miraculous is

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 going to

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 happen before

00:17:40.120 --> 00:17:40.800
 that destruction.

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 That before

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 Israel goes

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 into labour,

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 she will give

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 birth.

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 Before the

00:17:47.360 --> 00:17:48.340
 pains come upon

00:17:48.340 --> 00:17:49.140
 her, she

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 will deliver a

00:17:49.960 --> 00:17:50.120
 son.

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 Who's

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 heard of

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 such a

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 thing?

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 Who's

00:17:52.800 --> 00:17:53.320
 ever seen

00:17:53.320 --> 00:17:53.800
 such a

00:17:53.800 --> 00:17:53.940
 thing?

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 And the

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 answer is

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 no one.

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 And in

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 Isaiah at

00:17:57.300 --> 00:17:57.660
 the same

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 time,

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 Isaiah is

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 already told

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 us of

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 this great

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 event.

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 Earlier in

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 his book,

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 he's prophesied

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 to the

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 miraculous

00:18:04.759 --> 00:18:06.359
 birth of

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 a son sometime

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 in the

00:18:07.920 --> 00:18:08.259
 future.

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 So do you

00:18:10.039 --> 00:18:10.880
 remember Isaiah

00:18:10.880 --> 00:18:11.599
 chapter 7?

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 Words that

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 we're so

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 familiar with

00:18:14.579 --> 00:18:15.000
 at Christmas,

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 isn't it?

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 She will give

00:18:17.019 --> 00:18:18.420
 birth, she

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 will give you

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 a sign the

00:18:19.460 --> 00:18:20.000
 virgin will

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 conceive and

00:18:21.700 --> 00:18:22.319
 give birth to

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 a son and you

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 will call his

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 name Emmanuel.

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 And Isaiah is

00:18:26.099 --> 00:18:26.579
 covered a lot of

00:18:26.579 --> 00:18:27.059
 ground from

00:18:27.059 --> 00:18:27.679
 chapter 7.

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 And in

00:18:28.619 --> 00:18:29.240
 hindsight, we

00:18:29.240 --> 00:18:29.799
 know a lot

00:18:29.799 --> 00:18:31.859
 more, even

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 though, even

00:18:34.220 --> 00:18:34.519
 through the

00:18:34.519 --> 00:18:34.799
 book of

00:18:34.799 --> 00:18:35.379
 Isaiah as

00:18:35.379 --> 00:18:35.759
 to who this

00:18:35.759 --> 00:18:36.099
 son will

00:18:36.099 --> 00:18:36.500
 be, this

00:18:36.500 --> 00:18:37.119
 Emmanuel.

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 So just a

00:18:37.699 --> 00:18:37.980
 couple of

00:18:37.980 --> 00:18:38.539
 chapters later,

00:18:38.639 --> 00:18:39.339
 chapter 9,

00:18:39.659 --> 00:18:40.279
 the son is the

00:18:40.279 --> 00:18:40.559
 one who will

00:18:40.559 --> 00:18:40.960
 be given.

00:18:42.240 --> 00:18:43.299
 The son is the

00:18:43.299 --> 00:18:44.079
 one who is

00:18:44.079 --> 00:18:44.799
 born and will

00:18:44.799 --> 00:18:45.399
 be called

00:18:45.399 --> 00:18:45.859
 wonderful

00:18:45.859 --> 00:18:46.419
 counsellor,

00:18:46.480 --> 00:18:47.059
 mighty God,

00:18:47.240 --> 00:18:47.859
 everlasting

00:18:47.859 --> 00:18:49.279
 father, prince

00:18:49.279 --> 00:18:50.000
 of peace, and

00:18:50.000 --> 00:18:50.819
 upon his

00:18:50.819 --> 00:18:52.500
 shoulders, the

00:18:52.500 --> 00:18:53.179
 increase of his

00:18:53.179 --> 00:18:53.819
 government will be

00:18:53.819 --> 00:18:54.339
 no end.

00:18:56.059 --> 00:18:56.740
 Because this

00:18:56.740 --> 00:18:57.480
 Emmanuel, this

00:18:57.480 --> 00:18:58.759
 son, will be

00:18:58.759 --> 00:18:59.220
 the king.

00:19:00.799 --> 00:19:01.500
 And as we read

00:19:01.500 --> 00:19:01.839
 through the book

00:19:01.839 --> 00:19:02.339
 of Isaiah, we

00:19:02.339 --> 00:19:02.839
 find that the

00:19:02.839 --> 00:19:04.359
 king will come

00:19:04.359 --> 00:19:05.000
 as a servant.

00:19:06.960 --> 00:19:07.599
 And he will be

00:19:07.599 --> 00:19:08.240
 a servant who

00:19:08.240 --> 00:19:09.200
 will suffer and

00:19:09.200 --> 00:19:09.980
 will die in our

00:19:09.980 --> 00:19:11.039
 place and he

00:19:11.039 --> 00:19:11.819
 will be pierced

00:19:11.819 --> 00:19:12.139
 for our

00:19:12.139 --> 00:19:14.159
 transgressions and

00:19:14.159 --> 00:19:14.879
 crushed for our

00:19:14.879 --> 00:19:15.700
 iniquities and by

00:19:15.700 --> 00:19:16.500
 his wounds we

00:19:16.500 --> 00:19:17.200
 will be healed.

00:19:18.039 --> 00:19:18.519
 And when you

00:19:18.519 --> 00:19:19.279
 realise that our

00:19:19.279 --> 00:19:20.200
 citizenship is in

00:19:20.200 --> 00:19:21.200
 the new heavens and

00:19:21.200 --> 00:19:23.279
 the new earth, it

00:19:23.279 --> 00:19:24.259
 is completely and

00:19:24.259 --> 00:19:25.160
 entirely and

00:19:25.160 --> 00:19:27.259
 totally dependent on

00:19:27.259 --> 00:19:28.680
 this son whom God

00:19:28.680 --> 00:19:29.259
 will send.

00:19:30.720 --> 00:19:31.579
 This son who was

00:19:31.579 --> 00:19:32.619
 miraculously born

00:19:32.619 --> 00:19:34.420
 will come as the

00:19:34.420 --> 00:19:34.920
 servant king.

00:19:35.019 --> 00:19:35.680
 But Isaiah says

00:19:35.680 --> 00:19:36.720
 that is not all.

00:19:38.879 --> 00:19:40.160
 He says from his

00:19:40.160 --> 00:19:41.220
 birth will come your

00:19:41.220 --> 00:19:41.899
 rebirth.

00:19:44.119 --> 00:19:45.319
 Zion gives birth not

00:19:45.319 --> 00:19:46.399
 only to a son but

00:19:46.399 --> 00:19:47.200
 she gives birth,

00:19:47.319 --> 00:19:48.099
 verse 8, to her

00:19:48.099 --> 00:19:48.559
 children.

00:19:49.019 --> 00:19:49.940
 So that from the

00:19:49.940 --> 00:19:51.319
 birth of this one

00:19:51.319 --> 00:19:52.519
 son comes

00:19:52.519 --> 00:19:53.879
 instantaneously a

00:19:53.879 --> 00:19:54.539
 country, a

00:19:54.539 --> 00:19:55.079
 people, a

00:19:55.079 --> 00:19:55.379
 nation.

00:19:57.180 --> 00:19:58.119
 That's exactly what

00:19:58.119 --> 00:19:58.759
 you discover when

00:19:58.759 --> 00:19:59.200
 you come to the

00:19:59.200 --> 00:19:59.660
 New Testament.

00:20:01.180 --> 00:20:02.519
 The birth of a

00:20:02.519 --> 00:20:03.920
 son gives birth to

00:20:03.920 --> 00:20:04.639
 a movement.

00:20:06.180 --> 00:20:07.019
 A movement that

00:20:07.019 --> 00:20:07.759
 cannot be contained

00:20:07.759 --> 00:20:08.639
 within ethnical,

00:20:09.180 --> 00:20:10.720
 political or

00:20:10.720 --> 00:20:11.920
 territorial boundaries.

00:20:12.940 --> 00:20:13.779
 It's a movement

00:20:13.779 --> 00:20:14.700
 that creates a

00:20:14.700 --> 00:20:18.639
 people without

00:20:18.639 --> 00:20:19.539
 borders that

00:20:19.539 --> 00:20:20.599
 encompasses every

00:20:20.599 --> 00:20:21.359
 tribe and tongue

00:20:21.359 --> 00:20:21.779
 nation.

00:20:22.919 --> 00:20:23.779
 It's the church

00:20:23.779 --> 00:20:24.959
 of Jesus Christ.

00:20:25.979 --> 00:20:26.779
 It's the people of

00:20:26.779 --> 00:20:27.319
 the new creation.

00:20:28.439 --> 00:20:29.519
 It's the citizens of

00:20:29.519 --> 00:20:30.159
 the new heavens and

00:20:30.159 --> 00:20:30.599
 the new earth.

00:20:32.439 --> 00:20:33.399
 And so you see this

00:20:33.399 --> 00:20:34.919
 citizenship is not

00:20:34.919 --> 00:20:35.639
 based on where you

00:20:35.639 --> 00:20:36.459
 were born, is it?

00:20:38.039 --> 00:20:39.159
 It's not based on

00:20:39.159 --> 00:20:40.039
 your postcode.

00:20:41.459 --> 00:20:42.439
 And it's not based on

00:20:42.439 --> 00:20:43.339
 your family heritage.

00:20:43.479 --> 00:20:44.179
 It's not based on the

00:20:44.179 --> 00:20:45.119
 amount of income that

00:20:45.119 --> 00:20:45.779
 you report on your

00:20:45.779 --> 00:20:46.519
 tax return.

00:20:47.059 --> 00:20:48.399
 Our citizenship of

00:20:48.399 --> 00:20:49.059
 the new heavens and

00:20:49.059 --> 00:20:49.719
 the new earth comes

00:20:49.720 --> 00:20:51.039
 through a rebirth.

00:20:54.640 --> 00:20:55.700
 Because without being

00:20:55.700 --> 00:20:56.460
 born again, Jesus

00:20:56.460 --> 00:20:57.519
 says, you cannot see

00:20:57.519 --> 00:20:58.620
 the kingdom of

00:20:58.620 --> 00:20:58.960
 heaven.

00:21:01.839 --> 00:21:02.620
 The words of the

00:21:02.620 --> 00:21:03.380
 apostle Peter, 1

00:21:03.380 --> 00:21:04.360
 Peter 3 and 4 says,

00:21:04.460 --> 00:21:05.259
 praise be to the

00:21:05.259 --> 00:21:06.059
 God and Father of our

00:21:06.059 --> 00:21:06.819
 Lord Jesus Christ.

00:21:07.279 --> 00:21:08.420
 In his great mercy,

00:21:08.839 --> 00:21:09.779
 he has given us new

00:21:09.779 --> 00:21:10.960
 birth, rebirth,

00:21:11.220 --> 00:21:11.759
 regeneration,

00:21:11.759 --> 00:21:13.700
 into a living hope

00:21:13.700 --> 00:21:14.500
 through the resurrection

00:21:14.500 --> 00:21:15.859
 of Jesus Christ from

00:21:15.859 --> 00:21:16.680
 the dead, into an

00:21:16.680 --> 00:21:17.539
 inheritance that will

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 never spoil, never

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 perish, never spoil,

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 never fade.

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 You see, citizenship in

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 the new heavens and the

00:21:25.879 --> 00:21:28.039
 new earth depends

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 completely on being

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 reborn, receiving a new

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 birth that comes

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 through faith.

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 faith in the one who

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 was miraculously born,

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 but who died and

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 raised again and he

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 reigns forever.

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 Just briefly before we

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 look at the last

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 characteristic, can you

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 notice in verse 10 to

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 13, he moves,

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 doesn't he, from the

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 prenatal room to the

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 nursery.

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 And these are

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 remarkable verses.

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 It gives you and I an

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 astounding image of the

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 church as a mother who

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 nurses or feeds her

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 children.

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 And then it plays with

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 the image a little bit

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 and extends the image to

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 the comforting mother to

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 God himself.

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 God is portrayed as a

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 mother.

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 In verses 12 and 13.

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 But thus says the Lord,

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 behold, I extend peace to

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 her like a river and the

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 glory of the nations like

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 an overflowing stream.

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 And you shall nurse, you

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 shall be carried upon her

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 hip and bounced upon her

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 knees.

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 And as one whom his

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 mother comforts, so I

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 will comfort you.

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 You shall be comforted in

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 Jerusalem.

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 Do you remember those

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 days back when, when you

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 were little, when you were

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 weak?

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 For some of us that's

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 difficult.

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 We can barely remember what

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 we had for breakfast, but

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 try and remember what it was

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 like when we were little.

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 There are certain

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 particular scenes out there

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 that are etched into our

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 memories of our mothers.

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 From our earliest

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 memories.

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 Sitting on our mothers'

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 knees, being bounced up

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 and down, up and down,

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 up and down.

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 Giggling and smiling.

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 Mothers singing nursery rhymes

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 and lullabies, kissing us in

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 delight, hugging and

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 caressing you when there

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 were tears.

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 I am in awe of mothers.

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 The patience of the mothers

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 of this church with their

00:23:35.920 --> 00:23:36.480
 little children.

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 It's, it's an amazing thing.

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 The softness and the beauty.

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 It comes more innately.

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 Not so in awe of the dads.

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 I don't find that that

00:23:49.679 --> 00:23:50.980
 patience comes as

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 naturally.

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 I might be wrong.

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 I might be terribly

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 successful in this.

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 Who cares?

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 But God says that is who I

00:23:58.419 --> 00:23:58.720
 am.

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 That is who I am.

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 That is who I am to my

00:24:03.919 --> 00:24:04.119
 children.

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 He is like a gentle

00:24:08.359 --> 00:24:08.759
 mother.

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 Mouncing.

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 His children on their

00:24:11.859 --> 00:24:12.179
 knees.

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 God is not an ogre.

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 God is not an ogre.

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 God is not standing over

00:24:20.699 --> 00:24:21.519
 his people this morning

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 with a stick ready to

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 beat you.

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 This is a God who wants

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 to be like a mother to

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 you.

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 It's an astounding

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 picture.

00:24:31.279 --> 00:24:32.000
 Lastly, the third

00:24:32.000 --> 00:24:32.919
 characteristic of the new

00:24:32.919 --> 00:24:33.579
 heavens and the new

00:24:33.579 --> 00:24:34.279
 earth is that they are

00:24:34.279 --> 00:24:35.559
 sent into the world to

00:24:35.559 --> 00:24:36.599
 proclaim God's glory.

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 They are sent into the

00:24:37.879 --> 00:24:39.019
 world to proclaim God's

00:24:39.019 --> 00:24:39.379
 glory.

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 In verses 18 to 20.

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 For I know their works

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 and their thoughts.

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 And the time is coming to

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 gather all nations and

00:24:50.000 --> 00:24:50.420
 tongues.

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 And they will come and see

00:24:52.000 --> 00:24:52.519
 my glory.

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 Do you see the direction

00:24:53.259 --> 00:24:53.879
 they are coming?

00:24:54.900 --> 00:24:55.579
 Verse 19.

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 And I will set aside among

00:24:56.779 --> 00:24:57.680
 them and from them I will

00:24:57.680 --> 00:24:58.279
 send.

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 That is going.

00:24:59.720 --> 00:25:01.099
 I will send survivors to

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 the nations.

00:25:01.779 --> 00:25:02.180
 Tarshish,

00:25:02.259 --> 00:25:02.779
 Paul and Lod.

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 Who draw the bow to

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 Tubal and Jabin to the

00:25:05.980 --> 00:25:06.940
 coastlands far away.

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 And have not heard my

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 fame or seen my glory.

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 And they shall declare my

00:25:10.519 --> 00:25:10.960
 glory.

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 And they shall bring

00:25:14.039 --> 00:25:15.120
 forth all your brothers

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 and sisters from all the

00:25:16.460 --> 00:25:17.519
 nations as an offering

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 to the Lord on horses

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 and in chariots and in

00:25:20.259 --> 00:25:22.079
 litters and on mules and

00:25:22.079 --> 00:25:23.100
 on dromedaries.

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 To my holy mountain

00:25:25.019 --> 00:25:26.279
 Jerusalem says the Lord.

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 God's plan throughout the

00:25:29.279 --> 00:25:31.100
 scripture has always been

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 to go global.

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 It has always been to go

00:25:33.579 --> 00:25:33.920
 global.

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 You see that with Adam.

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 You see that with Noah.

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 You see that with Abraham.

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 To go global with this gift

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 of grace and salvation.

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 He is gathering his

00:25:44.819 --> 00:25:46.259
 rescuing activity.

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 Here it is.

00:25:49.900 --> 00:25:50.660
 He's gathering his

00:25:50.660 --> 00:25:51.680
 rescuing activity was a

00:25:51.680 --> 00:25:53.240
 season restricted to those

00:25:53.240 --> 00:25:54.579
 who'd been dispersed into

00:25:54.579 --> 00:25:55.640
 exile from Israel.

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 But the bigger plan was

00:25:57.000 --> 00:25:58.779
 always, always to extend

00:25:58.779 --> 00:25:59.940
 that rescue to all people.

00:25:59.940 --> 00:26:02.640
 John Stott points to three

00:26:02.640 --> 00:26:04.100
 things here that Isaiah

00:26:04.100 --> 00:26:05.440
 says about the global

00:26:05.440 --> 00:26:06.700
 mission program of God.

00:26:07.100 --> 00:26:08.160
 First of all he tells us

00:26:08.160 --> 00:26:09.440
 the occasion of this

00:26:09.440 --> 00:26:10.660
 global mission program.

00:26:11.140 --> 00:26:12.640
 Verse 18 God is saying

00:26:12.640 --> 00:26:15.019
 mission activity will be

00:26:15.019 --> 00:26:16.140
 precipitated.

00:26:16.279 --> 00:26:16.860
 The thing that will come

00:26:16.860 --> 00:26:18.160
 before this great mission

00:26:18.160 --> 00:26:19.380
 activity is the rejection

00:26:19.380 --> 00:26:19.940
 of Israel.

00:26:20.720 --> 00:26:21.360
 By God's word.

00:26:21.359 --> 00:26:23.559
 Now the ESV, the ESV, I

00:26:23.559 --> 00:26:24.439
 love the ESV.

00:26:24.719 --> 00:26:25.539
 I wouldn't want to go back

00:26:25.539 --> 00:26:26.599
 to the NIV but sometimes

00:26:26.599 --> 00:26:28.240
 it is so literal it's

00:26:28.240 --> 00:26:29.099
 incomprehensible.

00:26:30.119 --> 00:26:31.519
 And so look at, look at

00:26:31.519 --> 00:26:33.000
 your, the service sheet on

00:26:33.000 --> 00:26:33.619
 page seven.

00:26:34.219 --> 00:26:35.459
 The NIV is a little bit

00:26:35.459 --> 00:26:36.019
 better here.

00:26:37.719 --> 00:26:38.740
 And more helpful.

00:26:40.599 --> 00:26:41.959
 And so verse 18 says

00:26:41.959 --> 00:26:44.119
 for I know their works and

00:26:44.119 --> 00:26:45.699
 their thoughts and the time

00:26:45.699 --> 00:26:47.459
 is coming to gather all

00:26:47.459 --> 00:26:48.399
 nations and tongues and

00:26:48.399 --> 00:26:50.179
 they shall come and see my

00:26:50.179 --> 00:26:50.740
 glory.

00:26:51.359 --> 00:26:56.000
 The they there is referring

00:26:56.000 --> 00:26:57.099
 to Israel because of what

00:26:57.099 --> 00:26:58.439
 they done or not done.

00:26:58.500 --> 00:26:59.299
 Because of their works.

00:26:59.399 --> 00:27:00.159
 Because I know their

00:27:00.159 --> 00:27:01.859
 works and their thoughts.

00:27:06.299 --> 00:27:07.419
 Because of what they done

00:27:07.419 --> 00:27:08.000
 or not done.

00:27:08.079 --> 00:27:09.139
 God says I'm going to come

00:27:09.139 --> 00:27:10.279
 and gather the people of

00:27:10.279 --> 00:27:11.399
 all nations.

00:27:13.599 --> 00:27:15.159
 Now because of Israel's

00:27:15.159 --> 00:27:16.099
 rejection we see this

00:27:16.099 --> 00:27:17.699
 pattern again and again in

00:27:17.699 --> 00:27:18.199
 the New Testament.

00:27:18.439 --> 00:27:19.439
 Israel, the Jews, they

00:27:19.439 --> 00:27:20.599
 reject the Lord Jesus.

00:27:20.599 --> 00:27:21.399
 And what happens is the

00:27:21.399 --> 00:27:22.719
 gospel goes out to the

00:27:22.719 --> 00:27:23.099
 nations.

00:27:24.740 --> 00:27:27.719
 So four times the Jews

00:27:27.719 --> 00:27:28.679
 reject the preaching of the

00:27:28.679 --> 00:27:29.839
 word in Acts by Paul and

00:27:29.839 --> 00:27:31.159
 he turns and evangelizes the

00:27:31.159 --> 00:27:31.579
 Gentiles.

00:27:31.679 --> 00:27:32.500
 It happens in Pisidian,

00:27:32.559 --> 00:27:34.359
 Antioch, in Corinth, in

00:27:34.359 --> 00:27:35.419
 Ephesus and then in Rome.

00:27:37.179 --> 00:27:37.879
 Now of course there's a

00:27:37.879 --> 00:27:38.899
 remnant of Jews who believe,

00:27:39.019 --> 00:27:39.619
 praise God.

00:27:40.959 --> 00:27:42.000
 Many Jews did put their

00:27:42.000 --> 00:27:42.980
 trust and faith in the

00:27:42.980 --> 00:27:43.859
 Messiah but there were many

00:27:43.859 --> 00:27:45.119
 more who rejected God's

00:27:45.119 --> 00:27:45.480
 word.

00:27:45.480 --> 00:27:48.200
 And that led to the spread of

00:27:48.200 --> 00:27:49.799
 the message to the Gentiles

00:27:49.799 --> 00:27:50.259
 to us.

00:27:51.960 --> 00:27:53.120
 So the occasion was the

00:27:53.120 --> 00:27:54.200
 rejection of God's word by

00:27:54.200 --> 00:27:54.480
 Israel.

00:27:54.599 --> 00:27:55.779
 Secondly, the scope of God's

00:27:55.779 --> 00:27:56.400
 mission program.

00:27:56.519 --> 00:27:56.980
 Can you see that?

00:27:57.039 --> 00:27:58.400
 I will gather people from all

00:27:58.400 --> 00:27:59.279
 nations and tongues.

00:28:01.000 --> 00:28:02.380
 And Isaiah signals out five

00:28:02.380 --> 00:28:03.599
 places that represent the

00:28:03.599 --> 00:28:04.519
 four points in the compass.

00:28:05.599 --> 00:28:06.720
 You have Tarshish which is a

00:28:06.720 --> 00:28:08.500
 city in Spain at the western

00:28:08.500 --> 00:28:09.960
 end of the empire.

00:28:10.160 --> 00:28:11.720
 You have Pul and Lud which are

00:28:11.720 --> 00:28:12.539
 in the southern part.

00:28:12.539 --> 00:28:14.019
 You have Tubal which is in

00:28:14.019 --> 00:28:14.740
 the far north.

00:28:15.180 --> 00:28:15.980
 And you have Java and

00:28:15.980 --> 00:28:16.779
 Greece which is in the

00:28:16.779 --> 00:28:17.779
 eastern end of the empire.

00:28:19.420 --> 00:28:20.539
 And then the distant lands

00:28:20.539 --> 00:28:21.159
 beyond that.

00:28:23.339 --> 00:28:24.200
 And these are the places

00:28:24.200 --> 00:28:24.500
 aren't they?

00:28:24.559 --> 00:28:25.480
 Isaiah looks around.

00:28:25.619 --> 00:28:26.279
 He's at the Atlas.

00:28:26.460 --> 00:28:27.759
 He looks around the world

00:28:27.759 --> 00:28:29.539
 at the furthest outposts.

00:28:31.940 --> 00:28:32.579
 And he says,

00:28:32.920 --> 00:28:34.940
 this proclamation of God's

00:28:34.940 --> 00:28:35.920
 glory will grow up to them.

00:28:37.399 --> 00:28:38.539
 But this mission was to go

00:28:38.539 --> 00:28:40.339
 from Cameroon to Kazakhstan.

00:28:40.339 --> 00:28:43.500
 From Leeds to Liberia.

00:28:44.579 --> 00:28:45.959
 From Ealing to Estonia.

00:28:46.099 --> 00:28:47.579
 To go all over the world.

00:28:49.259 --> 00:28:50.259
 But this movement was to have

00:28:50.259 --> 00:28:51.559
 no ethnic or geographical

00:28:51.559 --> 00:28:52.740
 or national boundaries.

00:28:52.879 --> 00:28:53.879
 And that squares exactly

00:28:53.879 --> 00:28:54.659
 with what happened in the

00:28:54.659 --> 00:28:55.139
 book of Acts.

00:28:55.199 --> 00:28:55.399
 Doesn't it?

00:28:55.419 --> 00:28:56.519
 Acts 1 verse 8.

00:28:57.019 --> 00:28:58.079
 He says to the apostles,

00:28:58.559 --> 00:28:59.139
 the disciples,

00:28:59.379 --> 00:29:00.679
 you will receive power when

00:29:00.679 --> 00:29:01.819
 the Holy Spirit comes upon

00:29:01.819 --> 00:29:02.139
 you.

00:29:02.919 --> 00:29:04.279
 And you will be my witnesses

00:29:04.279 --> 00:29:04.779
 where?

00:29:05.179 --> 00:29:05.579
 Jerusalem.

00:29:05.779 --> 00:29:06.379
 And Judea.

00:29:06.779 --> 00:29:07.439
 And Samaria.

00:29:07.439 --> 00:29:08.759
 And the ends of the earth.

00:29:10.339 --> 00:29:11.259
 And so at the end of the

00:29:11.259 --> 00:29:11.759
 book of Acts,

00:29:11.819 --> 00:29:12.559
 it can be said that the

00:29:12.559 --> 00:29:13.500
 gospels go to the end of

00:29:13.500 --> 00:29:14.000
 the world.

00:29:15.439 --> 00:29:16.740
 Just as Isaiah prophesied.

00:29:18.319 --> 00:29:18.859
 And then thirdly,

00:29:18.899 --> 00:29:19.799
 there's the goal of mission.

00:29:19.919 --> 00:29:20.939
 And it's nothing short of

00:29:20.939 --> 00:29:21.779
 the glory of God.

00:29:24.779 --> 00:29:25.919
 That is that God would be

00:29:25.919 --> 00:29:27.039
 known and honoured for who

00:29:27.039 --> 00:29:27.459
 he is.

00:29:29.459 --> 00:29:30.619
 And that shouldn't surprise us.

00:29:30.679 --> 00:29:32.299
 All of life is intended to

00:29:32.299 --> 00:29:33.199
 be for the glory of God.

00:29:33.200 --> 00:29:36.799
 Why were you created?

00:29:36.940 --> 00:29:37.819
 What is your chief end?

00:29:37.880 --> 00:29:39.180
 The chief end of man is to

00:29:39.180 --> 00:29:41.100
 glorify God and enjoy him

00:29:41.100 --> 00:29:41.360
 forever.

00:29:43.600 --> 00:29:44.720
 What's particularly striking

00:29:44.720 --> 00:29:45.819
 in this passage is God is

00:29:45.819 --> 00:29:47.279
 sending out messages to the

00:29:47.279 --> 00:29:48.519
 nations to proclaim the glory

00:29:48.519 --> 00:29:48.940
 of God.

00:29:51.940 --> 00:29:52.900
 Through the rest of the Old

00:29:52.900 --> 00:29:53.920
 Testament, God promises the

00:29:53.920 --> 00:29:55.920
 nations will come to Zion.

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 There will be this pilgrimage

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 of the nations, like rivers

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 flowing towards Jerusalem.

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 It's only when you come to the

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 end of the New Testament.

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 To the New Testament, this

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 movement goes from the

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 nations to Jerusalem.

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 It's replaced by God sending

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 out from Jerusalem to the

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 nations.

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 But the one exception is in

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 the Old Testament, Isaiah 66,

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 19.

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 Where God says, I will send

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 out to proclaim my glory to

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 the nations.

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 And as the story of God's

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 people continues, we discover

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 that those who are brought in

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 are brought in to be sent

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 out again.

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 Those who are citizens of the

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 new heavens and the new

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 earth.

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 They are brought in and sent

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 out as missionaries to proclaim

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 the glory of God.

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 And that includes you and that

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 includes me.

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 That we are to live and to

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 proclaim the glory of God.

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 In your home.

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 In the way that you treat your

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 children.

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 In the way that you work.

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 In the way that you use your

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 leisure time.

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 In your school.

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 And in your social circle.

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 And in your neighbourhood.

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 So that those around you will

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 come and know how great God

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 is.

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 And you might say, that sounds

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 great.

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 How do I exactly proclaim the

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 glory of God?

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 Listen to these words from Paul

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 from 2 Corinthians 4.

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 For God who said, let light

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 shine out of darkness, made his

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 light shine in our hearts.

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 To give us the light of the

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 knowledge of God's glory

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 displayed in the face of

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 Christ.

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 The glory of God is most

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 clearly demonstrated and

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 proclaimed the person and work

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 of the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 To proclaim the glory of God,

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 you need to love Jesus.

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 Live for Jesus.

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 And talk about Jesus.

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 It's really simple, isn't it?

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 I'm really hard.

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 And that's what we're talking

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 about.

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 That if we are citizens of the

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 new heavens and the new earth,

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 which is another way of saying,

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 are you a Christian?

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 You understand that it's part and

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 parcel of your life.

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 To live for, to love, and to

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 speak about Jesus.

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 So the book of Isaiah moves from

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 the earthly city of Jerusalem to

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 the new heavens and the new earth.

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 It's in some ways the summary of

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 the Bible, isn't it?

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 Genesis 1 begins in the

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 beginning, God created the

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 heavens and the earth.

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 And the Bible ends with God

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 created the new heavens and the

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 new earth.

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 And Isaiah encapsulates the

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 movement of the Bible.

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 For those who are citizens of

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 this new world, three

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 characteristics.

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 You tremble at his word.

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 You realize you can only be a

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 citizen through rebirth, through

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 being born again.

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 And thirdly, you understand that

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 you've been sent out with a

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 mandate, a commission to

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 proclaim God's glory.

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 The end.

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 It's not, is it?

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 Let's circle the airport one more

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 time.

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 Look at the last verse.

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 And they shall grow out and they

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 shall look on the dead bodies of

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 the men who've rebelled against

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 me for their worms shall not die,

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 their fire shall not be quenched,

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 and they shall be an abhorrence to

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 all flesh.

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 What a beautiful ending to the

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 book.

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 You know when Isaiah 66 is read in

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 the Jewish synagogue today, they read

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 verse 24, and then they go back and

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 read verse 23 again because they

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 cannot believe that it should end in

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 such a book, such a verse.

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 They don't want to finish it with

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 such a horrid ending.

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 But we have to figure out that Isaiah

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 knew what he's doing, that he

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 finishes this book in the way that he

00:33:45.299 --> 00:33:46.000
 intends to finish.

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 He wants you and I to sit bold

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 upright and to listen up.

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 Because what he does at the end of

00:33:53.299 --> 00:33:55.359
 verse 24 is he says, if you will not

00:33:55.359 --> 00:33:56.660
 tremble at God's word.

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 If you will not be born again, if you

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 will not proclaim the glory of God in

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 the person of the Lord Jesus Christ,

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 verse 24 awaits.

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 And you might be tempted to say, oh

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 that's so Old Testament isn't it?

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 We are New Testament people, in fact

00:34:16.579 --> 00:34:17.460
 let's go even better.

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 I'm a red letter Christian, I just

00:34:19.619 --> 00:34:20.940
 believe in the words that Jesus says,

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 you know the ones in the red words.

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 Jesus will rescue us out of this, right?

00:34:26.860 --> 00:34:29.059
 Jesus says in Mark 8, 12, the subjects of

00:34:29.059 --> 00:34:30.700
 the kingdom will be thrown into outer

00:34:30.700 --> 00:34:32.260
 darkness and in that place there will be

00:34:32.260 --> 00:34:33.840
 weeping and gnashing of teeth.

00:34:34.800 --> 00:34:37.280
 It's an indirect quote of Isaiah 66, 24.

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 There is no one other than Jesus who talks about

00:34:41.620 --> 00:34:42.580
 this outer darkness.

00:34:42.720 --> 00:34:43.560
 What is he talking about?

00:34:43.660 --> 00:34:45.820
 He's talking about Isaiah 66, 24.

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 Where Isaiah says, people who have heard me,

00:34:51.240 --> 00:34:52.220
 who have heard this prophecy,

00:34:52.219 --> 00:34:58.059
 and yet they don't tremble,

00:34:58.579 --> 00:34:59.619
 and they're not born again,

00:34:59.719 --> 00:35:01.239
 and they don't proclaim the glory of God,

00:35:01.319 --> 00:35:03.539
 they will go to this outer darkness.

00:35:05.179 --> 00:35:06.459
 And in Mark 9, 9, 47,

00:35:06.739 --> 00:35:08.899
 Jesus says, if your right hand causes you to sin,

00:35:09.039 --> 00:35:10.500
 tear it out, because it's better for you

00:35:10.500 --> 00:35:12.199
 to enter the kingdom of God with one eye

00:35:12.199 --> 00:35:14.259
 than with two eyes to be thrown into hell

00:35:14.259 --> 00:35:15.539
 where the worm does not die.

00:35:16.019 --> 00:35:18.039
 Isaiah 66, 24.

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 Because this is real.

00:35:22.219 --> 00:35:25.019
 Now you could finish the servant series here

00:35:25.019 --> 00:35:26.399
 with a little light-hearted story

00:35:26.399 --> 00:35:27.439
 that breaks the tension.

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 But for me to do that would be

00:35:30.599 --> 00:35:32.480
 a great disservice to the book of Isaiah.

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 Because that is not how Isaiah

00:35:34.959 --> 00:35:36.279
 wants to finish his book.

00:35:36.480 --> 00:35:38.579
 He says, this is reality.

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 And if you rebel against the living God,

00:35:44.819 --> 00:35:47.299
 who is the loving God

00:35:47.299 --> 00:35:48.980
 who came to rescue you,

00:35:48.980 --> 00:35:50.899
 who is the living God,

00:35:50.900 --> 00:35:52.300
 who is the God

00:35:52.300 --> 00:35:53.660
 who sent his son in this world

00:35:53.660 --> 00:35:54.960
 to suffer in your place,

00:35:55.139 --> 00:35:56.360
 who is the living God

00:35:56.360 --> 00:35:57.559
 who wants to comfort you

00:35:57.559 --> 00:35:58.360
 like a mother,

00:35:59.700 --> 00:36:03.660
 if you refuse that,

00:36:05.000 --> 00:36:07.619
 the only thing left for you

00:36:07.619 --> 00:36:08.200
 is justice.

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 Let's pray.

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 Let's pray.

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 Let's pray.

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 Let's pray.

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