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 Pay attention to signs, all kinds of signs.

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 For an example, here's a body language sign.

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 That's the first of 13 definite signs

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 he's not serious about you.

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 Ladies, if you ever go out with a guy and he does that,

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 smack him upside the head with a menu, then leave.

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 Don't tolerate that.

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 Here's a relational sign.

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 All men are idiots.

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 I married their king.

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 Both of my daughters-in-law bought and wore that T-shirt

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 at the beach this past week.

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 My wife bought me a T-shirt.

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 But I was too embarrassed to wear it, so.

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 For the 2% of people who thought I was serious

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 in those two slides, I wasn't.

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 But after seeing that on the screen,

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 I'm going to guess at least one of my daughters-in-law

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 will get that and wear it.

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 On a more serious note,

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 health signs.

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 This could be especially appropriate right now

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 if you're working outside.

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 Signs of a heat stroke.

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 My point here is that all around us,

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 there are signs that we need to take note of.

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 Signs that can help us to understand things about ourself.

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 We can even see that in people.

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 And we're going to look back in Jonah

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 and see some of the signs in his life

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 that we can learn from.

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 Turn, if you would, Jonah.

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 We're going to stay in chapter 1 a little bit longer.

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 We'll pick up steam as we move into chapter 2.

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 But this morning, I want us to look at verses 1 through 6 again

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 as we continue the thought,

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 signs of spiritual rebellion.

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 And we'll read the first six verses.

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 Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah,

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 the son of Amittai,

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 saying, Arise, go to Nineveh,

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 that great city,

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 and call out against it,

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 for their evil has come up before me.

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 But Jonah rose to flee to Tarshish

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 from the presence of the Lord.

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 He went down to Joppa

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 and found a ship going to Tarshish.

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 So he paid the fare and went down into it

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 to go with them to Tarshish

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 away from the presence of the Lord.

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 But the Lord hurled a great wind upon the sea.

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 There was a mighty tempest on the sea

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 so that the ship threatened to break up.

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 Then the mariners were afraid

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 and each cried out to his God,

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 and they hurled the cargo

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 that was in the ship into the sea

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 to lighten it for them.

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 But Jonah had gone down

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 into the inner part of the ship

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 and had lain down and was fast asleep.

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 So the captain came and said to him,

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 What do you mean, you sleeper?

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 Arise.

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 Call out to your God.

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 Perhaps the God will give a thought to us

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 that we may not perish.

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 Let's stop there for right now.

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 I want us to do a little bit of review,

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 but add on to what we looked at last week

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 to start with.

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 We began looking at this passage last time

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 and thinking about these signs.

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 There's some signs in life

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 that can be misleading.

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 And we see some in Jonah's experience.

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 Look first with me at deceptive signs

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 of spiritual wellness.

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 Some people like to interpret

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 what happens to them

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 or what's happening to them

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 as a sign.

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 If all's going well,

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 it's a good sign that

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 maybe God's pleased with me

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 or that just life is good right now.

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 If there's some bad things happening,

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 some difficulties,

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 I think maybe, well,

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 God's trying to get my attention

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 or it's just a negative time in life.

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 All these kinds of signs

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 don't really indicate the reality.

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 Jonah shows us that some signs

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 can be misleading.

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 Let's look at two.

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 Everything seems to be falling in place for you

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 is not necessarily a sign

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 that all is well.

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 When Jonah rebelled against God,

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 you understand,

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 Jonah was a man of God.

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 We're not talking about an unbeliever here.

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 We're talking about God's man,

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 God's prophet.

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 He had been used by God.

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 He had served one of the

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 northern kingdom's kings.

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 He's talked about in 2 Kings 14

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 in a positive way.

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 Jonah heard God's call.

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 He understood what God wanted him to do.

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 Go and preach to these evil,

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 wicked, ruthless people

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 who are the enemies of Israel.

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 Go and preach to them.

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 What did Jonah do?

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 He went in the opposite direction.

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 You look in verse 3.

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 He went,

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 found a ship

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 that was going in the opposite

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 of where God called him to go.

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 He found a ship going

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 as far away as he knew

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 he could go

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 at that point in history,

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 the west coast of Spain.

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 He paid his fare.

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 He got on the ship

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 and all was well to start with.

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 We don't know how long it was,

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 but some people think

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 it could have been many months

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 from the time

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 Jonah first heard God's call

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 till he got on the ship

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 and the storm struck.

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 So what I want us to see here is

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 Jonah knew what God wanted him to do,

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 but he said,

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 no, I'll not do it.

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 He rebelled

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 and he literally went away

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 from where God was calling him to go

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 and for a time

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 all was well.

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 But as you know the story,

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 the smooth sailing didn't last long.

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 The second sign,

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 a deceptive sign,

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 nothing seems to bother you.

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 You sleep well.

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 You know,

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 you may be at a point in life

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 where,

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 you know,

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 you just sort of,

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 you're just relaxed,

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 you're at ease,

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 not stressed,

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 and you think life is good.

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 Well,

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 it may or may not be.

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 The storm that terrified

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 these seasoned sailors,

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 it didn't bother Jonah.

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 He was able to sleep

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 in the midst of it.

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 But as we just read,

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 God worked through

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 the captain,

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 these sailors,

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 God worked through others

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 to wake Jonah up

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 and got his attention

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 both physically

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 and spiritually.

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 The storm eventually

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 got Jonah's attention

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 is what I want us to see.

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 Now,

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 let's,

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 I want to add something

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 from the last time

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 when we went through this.

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 What God did to Jonah

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 helps us to see

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 that there is always

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 some kind of storm

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 attached to

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 our willful sins.

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 There's always

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 some kind of storm

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 attached to

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 our

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 willful,

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 intentional sins.

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 look at something

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 Tim Keller

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 writes about this.

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 He says,

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 every act of disobedience

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 to God

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 has a storm

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 attached

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 to it.

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 But then he clarifies,

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 we must be careful here.

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 This is not to say

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 that every difficult thing

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 that comes into our lives

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 is the punishment

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 for some particular sin.

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 The entire book of Job

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 contradicts the common belief

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 that good people

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 will have lives

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 that go well

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 and that if your life

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 is going badly,

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 it must be your fault.

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 The Bible does not say

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 that every difficulty

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 is the result of sin.

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 But it does teach

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 that every sin

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 will bring you

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 into difficulty.

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 The Bible speaks

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 sometimes about

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 God punishing sin.

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 For example,

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 in Proverbs 16,

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 16,

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 the Lord detests

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 all the proud

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 of heart.

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 They will not

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 go unpunished.

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 God's going to punish

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 the prideful.

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 In the book of Acts,

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 chapter 5,

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 God actually killed

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 two church members

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 who lied

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 to him,

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 about him.

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 You can read about that

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 in Acts 5.

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 The Bible sometimes

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 talks about

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 God punishes sin

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 specifically,

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 directly.

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 But there are other times

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 when the Bible

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 speaks of sin

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 itself

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 punishing us.

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 The violence

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 of the wicked

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 will drag them away

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 for they refuse

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 to do

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 what is right.

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 I saw how that works

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 firsthand

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 and you can probably

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 think of your own

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 examples.

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 When I was in high school

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 in the 10th grade

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 in a P.E. class,

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 there was a guy

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 who for whatever reason,

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 I don't remember why,

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 he got so angry

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 he just totally

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 lost control

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 and he punched

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 a steel door

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 twice

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 with his fist.

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 I mean,

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 I just saw it.

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 He just came unglued,

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 went berserk

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 and bam, bam.

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 The next day,

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 maybe it was

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 a couple of days later,

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 I don't remember

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 the exact time frame

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 on this,

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 but the next time

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 I saw him,

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 he had a cast

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 from right here

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 all the way

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 to his elbow.

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 His own anger

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 was the cause

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 of his suffering.

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 So what I want

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 to see in this is,

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 as the scripture says,

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 as my example,

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 and you've probably

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 got your own examples,

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 sometimes

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 just the stupid

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 things that we do

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 or the blatantly

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 sinful things we do,

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 it bites us.

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 There's no one

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 to blame.

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 We just

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 reap what we sow.

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 Paul talks about that,

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 what we call

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 the law of the harvest

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 in Galatians 6.

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 Look at it.

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 He says,

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 do not be deceived.

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 God is not mocked

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 for whatever one sows,

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 that will he also reap.

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 For the one who sows

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 to his own flesh,

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 that is his sinful nature,

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 will from the flesh

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 reap corruption.

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 But the one who sows

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 to the Spirit

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 will from the Spirit

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 reap eternal life.

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 If we're wise,

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 as we read

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 what happened to Jonah,

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 we will learn

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 that God does not

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 overlook

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 our willful rebellion.

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 Right this moment,

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 if you are refusing

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 to obey God

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 about something

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 he's made known

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 to you very clearly,

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 maybe you've read it

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 in his Word.

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 Maybe there's something

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 that you just know

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 you ought to be doing

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 or not doing.

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 Maybe it involves

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 an attitude.

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 Maybe it involves

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 a relationship.

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 But right now,

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 if you are willfully

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 refusing to obey God

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 in something

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 he's made clear to you,

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 and all is well,

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 you're sleeping soundly,

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 don't think

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 that God has decided

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 to let it go.

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 Don't think

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 he's going to give you

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 a free pass.

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 Remember what Keller said,

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 every act of obedience

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 to God

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 has a storm

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 attached to it.

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 As Christians,

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 we need to think

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 of such storms

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 as God's

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 fatherly discipline.

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 Sooner or later,

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 God disciplines

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 his rebellious children,

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 and God does that.

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 We saw another message

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 a few weeks ago.

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 God does that

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 because he loves us.

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 Every parent here,

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 every child here,

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 who had a good,

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 positive,

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 Christian home

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 experience,

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 even if it wasn't

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 a Christian home,

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 every good,

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 positive home experience,

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 child and adult,

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 as a parent,

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 you know

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 parents that truly

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 love their children,

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 don't let them get by

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 by just whatever

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 they want to do.

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 We go,

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 we die on many hills

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 as parents

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 because we love

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 our children enough

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 to go through

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 the whatever,

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 to teach them

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 what's right,

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 what's wrong,

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 teach them consequences,

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 to try to help them.

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 what kind of child

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 of God are you?

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 Are you a foolish one

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 who has to learn

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 everything the hard way?

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 You have to experience

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 God's discipline

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 over and over

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 and over again

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 because you're just

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 so hard-headed.

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 You're foolish.

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 Or,

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 are you a wise child

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 who understands

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 how important it is,

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 how good it is

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 to obey God

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 the first time,

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 every time

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 because it will enable you

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 to avoid a lot of heartache,

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 a lot of discipline

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 and punishment.

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 Let's look now

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 at the definite signs

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 of rebellion

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 that we see in this chapter.

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 As I want us

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 to understand,

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 Jonah is a believer.

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 Jonah is like us.

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 Jonah is not some

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 unbelieving pagan

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 who doesn't care.

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 But in chapter one,

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 he acts worse

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 than unbelievers.

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 So here's the first sign

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 of someone rebelling

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 against God.

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 You have less

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 spiritual awareness

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 than unbelievers

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 around you.

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 That's a certain sign

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 that you're rebelling

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 against God.

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 When the people

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 you know

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 are not Christians,

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 they're more

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 godly

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 than you.

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 They're more wise

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 than you.

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 They're more concerned

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 about other people

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 than you.

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 The sailors

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 on Jonah's ship,

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 they believed

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 in multiple gods.

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 They were idol

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 worshipers,

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 we would call them.

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 They didn't know God,

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 but yet,

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 what they did know,

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 they cried out to.

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 They sought

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 what they thought

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 was help

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 from above.

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 Jonah had a real

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 relationship with God.

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 But when the storm

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 struck,

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 he did his best

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 to ignore God.

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 Instead of praying,

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 he slept.

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 it's a shame

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 when we

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 as Christians

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 who know God

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 through his son,

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 Jesus,

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 it's a shame

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 when we show

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 less spiritual interest

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 and commitment

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 than, say,

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 Muslims

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 who do not know God

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 because they reject

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 Jesus as God's son.

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 They wouldn't

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 think of him

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 thinking of him

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 as their savior.

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 Yet,

00:16:06.020 --> 00:16:07.100
 faithful Muslims

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 pray five times a day.

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 How often do you pray?

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 How sincerely

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 do you talk to God?

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 Faithful Muslims

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 take what they call,

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 what we would call

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 their Bible seriously,

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 the Koran.

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 They take the study

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 and understanding

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 of it very seriously.

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 how seriously

00:16:31.340 --> 00:16:31.840
 do you take

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 God's word?

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 In that it shows up,

00:16:37.100 --> 00:16:38.660
 you actually do read it.

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 Try to understand it

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 and apply it

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 to your life,

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 in your home.

00:16:52.060 --> 00:16:53.380
 Signs of rebellion.

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 When unbelievers

00:16:54.980 --> 00:16:55.940
 around you

00:16:55.940 --> 00:16:58.340
 are more spiritually minded,

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 it appears,

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 than you are.

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 Number two,

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 you're unfazed

00:17:02.279 --> 00:17:04.159
 by God's obvious discipline.

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 I don't want to spend

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 any time here,

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 really.

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 We've looked at it,

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 but don't you just

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 note,

00:17:11.259 --> 00:17:12.879
 a sign of real rebellion

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 is when

00:17:13.619 --> 00:17:16.559
 God's discipline

00:17:16.559 --> 00:17:18.259
 has no effect on you,

00:17:18.319 --> 00:17:19.200
 at least at the first.

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 You try to ignore God

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 as he attempts

00:17:21.839 --> 00:17:22.700
 to get your attention,

00:17:23.099 --> 00:17:23.700
 like Jonah

00:17:23.700 --> 00:17:24.359
 when he slept.

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 or you try to ignore

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 how your sin

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 is affecting

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 other people.

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 Look back

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 at verse six.

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 So the captain

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 came and said to him,

00:17:33.859 --> 00:17:34.519
 what do you mean,

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 you sleeper?

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 Arise,

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 call out to your God.

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 Perhaps the God

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 will give a thought

00:17:39.459 --> 00:17:40.419
 to us

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 that we may not perish.

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 You see,

00:17:43.419 --> 00:17:43.979
 other people

00:17:43.979 --> 00:17:44.659
 were suffering

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 because of Jonah's

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 rebellion.

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 They'd already lost

00:17:48.339 --> 00:17:49.240
 part of their cargo,

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 their income.

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 they're fearing

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 for their lives.

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 But Jonah just

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 doesn't seem to care

00:17:56.759 --> 00:17:58.700
 how his sin

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 is hurting

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 other people.

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 Let's go to the next one

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 because here's where

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 I want us to focus

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 for a little bit.

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 A sign that you are

00:18:08.460 --> 00:18:10.359
 really in full-blown

00:18:10.359 --> 00:18:11.399
 rebellion against God

00:18:11.399 --> 00:18:11.940
 is this.

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 You don't try

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 to cover up

00:18:14.579 --> 00:18:15.839
 your rebellion.

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 You don't try

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 to cover up.

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 You don't care

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 who knows it.

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 You're not ashamed.

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 Look at verse 10.

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 Then the men

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 were exceedingly afraid

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 and said to him,

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 what is this

00:18:29.659 --> 00:18:30.579
 that you have done?

00:18:30.919 --> 00:18:31.919
 For the men knew

00:18:31.919 --> 00:18:33.039
 that he was fleeing

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 from the presence

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 of the Lord

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 because he had told them.

00:18:37.659 --> 00:18:38.319
 Verse 12.

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 He said to them,

00:18:39.559 --> 00:18:40.119
 pick me up

00:18:40.119 --> 00:18:40.599
 and hurl me

00:18:40.599 --> 00:18:41.259
 into the sea.

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 Then the sea

00:18:42.299 --> 00:18:43.339
 will quiet down

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 for you

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 for I know

00:18:44.639 --> 00:18:46.000
 it is because of me

00:18:46.000 --> 00:18:47.159
 that this great

00:18:47.159 --> 00:18:47.939
 tempest

00:18:47.940 --> 00:18:49.660
 has come upon you.

00:18:51.660 --> 00:18:52.220
 Jonah

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 is running

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 from God

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 and for whatever

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 reason

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 he's told

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 these people.

00:19:00.519 --> 00:19:01.620
 He doesn't care.

00:19:03.380 --> 00:19:04.700
 He makes it clear.

00:19:06.160 --> 00:19:07.420
 All this is happening

00:19:07.420 --> 00:19:09.299
 because of me.

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 And it seems

00:19:10.279 --> 00:19:10.819
 this attitude

00:19:10.819 --> 00:19:11.659
 in verse 12,

00:19:13.019 --> 00:19:14.379
 he's more willing

00:19:14.379 --> 00:19:14.980
 to die

00:19:14.980 --> 00:19:15.940
 than to repent

00:19:15.940 --> 00:19:17.659
 at this point

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 in time.

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 Jonah

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 deliberately

00:19:21.579 --> 00:19:22.159
 rebelled

00:19:22.159 --> 00:19:22.799
 against God

00:19:22.799 --> 00:19:23.240
 by running

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 from God's call

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 to go to Nineveh

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 and preach.

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 And he wasn't ashamed.

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 He didn't try

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 to hide it.

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 And so here

00:19:32.539 --> 00:19:33.500
 is where we need

00:19:33.500 --> 00:19:35.279
 to make this

00:19:35.279 --> 00:19:35.900
 real personal.

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 Are you

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 deliberately

00:19:39.519 --> 00:19:42.079
 disobeying

00:19:42.079 --> 00:19:42.860
 something that

00:19:42.860 --> 00:19:43.579
 God has made

00:19:43.579 --> 00:19:44.319
 clear in his

00:19:44.319 --> 00:19:44.900
 word

00:19:44.900 --> 00:19:47.299
 and you don't

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 care who knows

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 it?

00:19:49.480 --> 00:19:50.519
 Truth is

00:19:50.519 --> 00:19:52.579
 you flaunt

00:19:52.579 --> 00:19:53.860
 your sin.

00:19:55.299 --> 00:19:56.019
 I'm thinking

00:19:56.019 --> 00:19:56.599
 about maybe

00:19:56.599 --> 00:19:57.860
 at home.

00:19:57.859 --> 00:19:59.919
 At home,

00:20:00.559 --> 00:20:01.339
 you as a boy

00:20:01.339 --> 00:20:01.679
 or a girl,

00:20:01.759 --> 00:20:02.339
 a young person,

00:20:03.019 --> 00:20:04.179
 you profess

00:20:04.179 --> 00:20:04.879
 to be a Christian.

00:20:06.659 --> 00:20:06.959
 Yet,

00:20:07.059 --> 00:20:08.079
 it's real obvious

00:20:08.079 --> 00:20:09.419
 in the way

00:20:09.419 --> 00:20:10.379
 that you talk,

00:20:11.039 --> 00:20:11.579
 your attitude

00:20:11.579 --> 00:20:12.679
 towards your parents,

00:20:13.099 --> 00:20:13.919
 you know

00:20:13.919 --> 00:20:15.579
 you're disobeying

00:20:15.579 --> 00:20:16.279
 what God says

00:20:16.279 --> 00:20:16.939
 about your attitude

00:20:16.939 --> 00:20:17.799
 towards your parents.

00:20:19.139 --> 00:20:19.919
 But you don't

00:20:19.919 --> 00:20:20.679
 seem to care.

00:20:22.000 --> 00:20:23.339
 You're not ashamed.

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 Or maybe

00:20:25.619 --> 00:20:27.019
 husband,

00:20:27.179 --> 00:20:27.419
 wife,

00:20:27.420 --> 00:20:28.080
 as parents,

00:20:29.500 --> 00:20:29.960
 you profess

00:20:29.960 --> 00:20:30.620
 to be a Christian.

00:20:31.440 --> 00:20:31.840
 You know

00:20:31.840 --> 00:20:32.420
 how God

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 says

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 you are

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 to

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 be

00:20:36.440 --> 00:20:37.300
 towards your spouse,

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 towards your children.

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 But you don't

00:20:39.860 --> 00:20:40.480
 give a rip.

00:20:43.019 --> 00:20:44.100
 You as a man,

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 the last thing

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 in the world

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 that you're thinking

00:20:45.960 --> 00:20:46.539
 about is how

00:20:46.539 --> 00:20:47.560
 to love your wife

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 like Christ

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 loves the church.

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 And as a wife,

00:20:54.440 --> 00:20:55.820
 rather than

00:20:55.820 --> 00:20:56.779
 having a submissive

00:20:56.779 --> 00:20:57.160
 spirit,

00:20:57.319 --> 00:20:57.819
 you've got to

00:20:57.819 --> 00:20:59.879
 I'll show you

00:20:59.879 --> 00:21:00.740
 spirit

00:21:00.740 --> 00:21:02.059
 towards your husband.

00:21:03.460 --> 00:21:04.279
 But you know

00:21:04.279 --> 00:21:04.859
 what the Bible

00:21:04.859 --> 00:21:05.279
 teaches.

00:21:06.279 --> 00:21:07.019
 You know what

00:21:07.019 --> 00:21:08.599
 a Christian husband,

00:21:08.920 --> 00:21:09.339
 wife,

00:21:09.480 --> 00:21:09.799
 parent,

00:21:09.940 --> 00:21:10.240
 child,

00:21:10.440 --> 00:21:11.119
 you know what

00:21:11.119 --> 00:21:12.279
 God expects.

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 And everybody

00:21:14.000 --> 00:21:14.859
 in the family

00:21:14.859 --> 00:21:15.440
 knows what

00:21:15.440 --> 00:21:16.220
 God expects.

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 But you live

00:21:18.059 --> 00:21:18.940
 day in and day out

00:21:18.940 --> 00:21:19.859
 in front of one another

00:21:19.859 --> 00:21:22.480
 ignoring it,

00:21:23.359 --> 00:21:24.279
 suppressing it,

00:21:24.279 --> 00:21:25.480
 rebelling against it,

00:21:25.559 --> 00:21:26.399
 disobeying it.

00:21:27.240 --> 00:21:28.440
 It's like you are

00:21:28.440 --> 00:21:30.319
 flaunting your sin

00:21:30.319 --> 00:21:32.119
 there before other

00:21:32.119 --> 00:21:32.599
 people.

00:21:33.799 --> 00:21:34.960
 That's a sign of a

00:21:34.960 --> 00:21:35.740
 hard heart.

00:21:37.139 --> 00:21:38.240
 That's a sign of

00:21:38.240 --> 00:21:39.799
 calluses developing.

00:21:41.379 --> 00:21:42.539
 That's a sign of

00:21:42.539 --> 00:21:43.240
 you're rebelling

00:21:43.240 --> 00:21:44.480
 and you don't give a rip.

00:21:44.579 --> 00:21:45.619
 Who knows it?

00:21:46.859 --> 00:21:47.839
 That's dangerous.

00:21:47.839 --> 00:21:50.679
 That is very

00:21:50.679 --> 00:21:51.980
 dangerous.

00:21:54.059 --> 00:21:54.339
 You know,

00:21:55.699 --> 00:22:00.299
 we do some things

00:22:00.299 --> 00:22:00.779
 today

00:22:00.779 --> 00:22:03.599
 in the church.

00:22:04.879 --> 00:22:06.099
 We're involved

00:22:06.099 --> 00:22:06.639
 in some things

00:22:06.639 --> 00:22:07.079
 today

00:22:07.079 --> 00:22:08.859
 in the church

00:22:08.859 --> 00:22:10.099
 that

00:22:10.099 --> 00:22:14.279
 that shows

00:22:14.279 --> 00:22:14.699
 that we don't

00:22:14.699 --> 00:22:15.079
 really

00:22:15.079 --> 00:22:17.319
 care

00:22:17.319 --> 00:22:17.899
 what the Bible

00:22:17.899 --> 00:22:18.439
 teaches

00:22:18.439 --> 00:22:19.519
 and where I'm

00:22:19.519 --> 00:22:20.220
 going this time

00:22:20.220 --> 00:22:20.519
 now

00:22:20.519 --> 00:22:22.659
 is in terms

00:22:22.659 --> 00:22:23.419
 of sexual

00:22:23.419 --> 00:22:24.139
 ethics.

00:22:26.139 --> 00:22:26.919
 In this

00:22:26.919 --> 00:22:27.779
 country today

00:22:27.779 --> 00:22:30.319
 in most

00:22:30.319 --> 00:22:31.079
 communities

00:22:31.079 --> 00:22:34.000
 premarital

00:22:34.000 --> 00:22:34.539
 sex

00:22:34.539 --> 00:22:35.500
 is just

00:22:35.500 --> 00:22:36.339
 a given.

00:22:37.159 --> 00:22:37.419
 Everybody

00:22:37.419 --> 00:22:38.039
 does it.

00:22:39.240 --> 00:22:40.019
 People who

00:22:40.019 --> 00:22:40.659
 go to church

00:22:40.659 --> 00:22:41.019
 who profess

00:22:41.019 --> 00:22:41.799
 to be Christians

00:22:41.799 --> 00:22:42.960
 a lot of times

00:22:42.960 --> 00:22:43.779
 live together.

00:22:45.079 --> 00:22:47.539
 not married.

00:22:48.339 --> 00:22:48.859
 Or if they

00:22:48.859 --> 00:22:49.220
 don't live

00:22:49.220 --> 00:22:49.579
 together

00:22:49.579 --> 00:22:49.960
 they

00:22:49.960 --> 00:22:51.720
 spend a weekend

00:22:51.720 --> 00:22:52.139
 together.

00:22:52.899 --> 00:22:53.480
 Take trips

00:22:53.480 --> 00:22:53.839
 together.

00:22:56.699 --> 00:22:57.579
 And everybody

00:22:57.579 --> 00:22:58.179
 knows they're

00:22:58.179 --> 00:22:58.919
 sleeping together

00:22:58.919 --> 00:23:01.059
 and they

00:23:01.059 --> 00:23:02.000
 don't care

00:23:02.000 --> 00:23:04.199
 who knows

00:23:04.199 --> 00:23:04.460
 it.

00:23:06.339 --> 00:23:07.059
 In the

00:23:07.059 --> 00:23:07.960
 context here

00:23:07.960 --> 00:23:09.059
 they're

00:23:09.059 --> 00:23:09.720
 flaunting

00:23:09.720 --> 00:23:11.079
 their sin

00:23:11.079 --> 00:23:11.679
 and if that's

00:23:11.679 --> 00:23:12.220
 you you're

00:23:12.220 --> 00:23:12.639
 flaunting

00:23:12.639 --> 00:23:13.339
 your sin.

00:23:13.339 --> 00:23:16.439
 some

00:23:16.439 --> 00:23:16.919
 professing

00:23:16.919 --> 00:23:17.240
 Christians

00:23:17.240 --> 00:23:17.879
 do this

00:23:17.879 --> 00:23:19.119
 and stay

00:23:19.119 --> 00:23:19.599
 active in

00:23:19.599 --> 00:23:20.159
 the church.

00:23:21.299 --> 00:23:22.539
 My favorite

00:23:22.539 --> 00:23:23.559
 TV show

00:23:23.559 --> 00:23:24.279
 is Blue

00:23:24.279 --> 00:23:25.000
 Bloods.

00:23:25.679 --> 00:23:26.579
 I like Tom

00:23:26.579 --> 00:23:27.039
 Selleck.

00:23:27.119 --> 00:23:27.480
 He's the

00:23:27.480 --> 00:23:27.899
 star.

00:23:29.039 --> 00:23:29.419
 Well in that

00:23:29.419 --> 00:23:29.959
 show and a lot

00:23:29.959 --> 00:23:30.279
 of you are

00:23:30.279 --> 00:23:30.919
 familiar with it

00:23:30.919 --> 00:23:32.559
 he is a

00:23:32.559 --> 00:23:33.159
 widower.

00:23:35.659 --> 00:23:36.480
 Well in one

00:23:36.480 --> 00:23:36.879
 episode

00:23:36.879 --> 00:23:38.899
 he spent the

00:23:38.899 --> 00:23:39.579
 night with an

00:23:39.579 --> 00:23:40.459
 old girlfriend

00:23:40.460 --> 00:23:41.880
 in a hotel

00:23:41.880 --> 00:23:42.200
 room.

00:23:43.100 --> 00:23:43.660
 The next

00:23:43.660 --> 00:23:44.259
 morning there's

00:23:44.259 --> 00:23:44.940
 a scene

00:23:44.940 --> 00:23:46.180
 showing him

00:23:46.180 --> 00:23:47.299
 up getting

00:23:47.299 --> 00:23:48.860
 dressed and

00:23:48.860 --> 00:23:49.480
 his girlfriend

00:23:49.480 --> 00:23:50.799
 asks him

00:23:50.799 --> 00:23:51.960
 where are you

00:23:51.960 --> 00:23:52.500
 going so

00:23:52.500 --> 00:23:52.860
 early?

00:23:54.440 --> 00:23:54.880
 And his

00:23:54.880 --> 00:23:55.840
 reply was

00:23:55.840 --> 00:23:57.500
 to church.

00:23:58.620 --> 00:23:59.840
 That scene

00:23:59.840 --> 00:24:01.079
 was obviously

00:24:01.079 --> 00:24:02.180
 intended to be

00:24:02.180 --> 00:24:03.980
 funny because

00:24:03.980 --> 00:24:04.740
 it was so

00:24:04.740 --> 00:24:06.019
 blatantly

00:24:06.019 --> 00:24:07.840
 hypocritical.

00:24:07.839 --> 00:24:09.379
 you see Tom

00:24:09.379 --> 00:24:09.839
 Selleck's

00:24:09.839 --> 00:24:10.279
 character

00:24:10.279 --> 00:24:10.779
 Frank

00:24:10.779 --> 00:24:11.240
 Reagan

00:24:11.240 --> 00:24:12.559
 he is a

00:24:12.559 --> 00:24:13.500
 staunch

00:24:13.500 --> 00:24:14.359
 Roman

00:24:14.359 --> 00:24:14.839
 Catholic.

00:24:15.439 --> 00:24:16.240
 He goes to

00:24:16.240 --> 00:24:17.079
 church every

00:24:17.079 --> 00:24:18.259
 single Sunday.

00:24:20.259 --> 00:24:21.459
 But in that

00:24:21.459 --> 00:24:21.939
 episode

00:24:21.939 --> 00:24:23.579
 Tom's

00:24:23.579 --> 00:24:24.039
 character

00:24:24.039 --> 00:24:25.899
 the strong

00:24:25.899 --> 00:24:26.740
 Roman Catholic

00:24:26.740 --> 00:24:28.139
 is getting

00:24:28.139 --> 00:24:28.959
 ready for

00:24:28.959 --> 00:24:29.659
 church

00:24:29.659 --> 00:24:30.819
 after a

00:24:30.819 --> 00:24:31.539
 night of

00:24:31.539 --> 00:24:32.259
 deliberate

00:24:32.259 --> 00:24:34.419
 intentional

00:24:34.419 --> 00:24:35.839
 sinful

00:24:35.839 --> 00:24:37.240
 behavior.

00:24:37.839 --> 00:24:38.339
 sin.

00:24:40.399 --> 00:24:41.399
 And that's

00:24:41.399 --> 00:24:41.779
 just not

00:24:41.779 --> 00:24:42.319
 on TV.

00:24:43.879 --> 00:24:44.819
 That is

00:24:44.819 --> 00:24:45.579
 rampant

00:24:45.579 --> 00:24:46.819
 in the

00:24:46.819 --> 00:24:47.279
 south

00:24:47.279 --> 00:24:48.839
 among

00:24:48.839 --> 00:24:49.720
 Baptists

00:24:49.720 --> 00:24:52.119
 and among

00:24:52.119 --> 00:24:53.099
 many families.

00:24:54.779 --> 00:24:55.819
 But it's

00:24:55.819 --> 00:24:56.459
 flaunting

00:24:56.459 --> 00:24:57.559
 sin.

00:24:59.139 --> 00:24:59.699
 And that's

00:24:59.699 --> 00:24:59.980
 not the

00:24:59.980 --> 00:25:00.579
 only one.

00:25:03.579 --> 00:25:04.579
 I want to

00:25:04.579 --> 00:25:05.079
 ask you

00:25:05.079 --> 00:25:06.699
 what do

00:25:06.699 --> 00:25:07.379
 you know

00:25:07.380 --> 00:25:08.960
 that you

00:25:08.960 --> 00:25:09.540
 deliberately

00:25:09.540 --> 00:25:10.100
 disobey

00:25:10.100 --> 00:25:10.900
 God about

00:25:10.900 --> 00:25:12.400
 but you

00:25:12.400 --> 00:25:12.740
 don't make

00:25:12.740 --> 00:25:13.260
 any bones

00:25:13.260 --> 00:25:13.820
 about it.

00:25:14.440 --> 00:25:14.860
 You just

00:25:14.860 --> 00:25:15.500
 do it.

00:25:17.900 --> 00:25:18.660
 That is

00:25:18.660 --> 00:25:19.240
 a dangerous

00:25:19.240 --> 00:25:20.100
 position for

00:25:20.100 --> 00:25:20.500
 you to be

00:25:20.500 --> 00:25:20.700
 in.

00:25:23.120 --> 00:25:24.000
 We cannot

00:25:24.000 --> 00:25:24.640
 turn up our

00:25:24.640 --> 00:25:25.240
 nose to

00:25:25.240 --> 00:25:26.160
 God and

00:25:26.160 --> 00:25:26.580
 the truth

00:25:26.580 --> 00:25:26.920
 of His

00:25:26.920 --> 00:25:27.440
 word

00:25:27.440 --> 00:25:28.920
 without

00:25:28.920 --> 00:25:30.000
 consequences.

00:25:30.840 --> 00:25:31.380
 And Jonah

00:25:31.380 --> 00:25:32.220
 learned it

00:25:32.220 --> 00:25:33.540
 in the

00:25:33.540 --> 00:25:34.180
 context

00:25:34.180 --> 00:25:35.840
 storm.

00:25:36.980 --> 00:25:37.180
 Now I

00:25:37.180 --> 00:25:37.320
 want to

00:25:37.320 --> 00:25:37.759
 make

00:25:37.759 --> 00:25:37.940
 something

00:25:37.940 --> 00:25:38.180
 real

00:25:38.180 --> 00:25:38.440
 clear

00:25:38.440 --> 00:25:38.620
 here

00:25:38.620 --> 00:25:38.820
 real

00:25:38.820 --> 00:25:39.220
 quick.

00:25:42.019 --> 00:25:42.420
 Over

00:25:42.420 --> 00:25:43.180
 the years

00:25:43.180 --> 00:25:44.200
 especially

00:25:44.200 --> 00:25:44.600
 in days

00:25:44.600 --> 00:25:44.940
 gone by

00:25:44.940 --> 00:25:45.140
 when I

00:25:45.140 --> 00:25:45.480
 pastored

00:25:45.480 --> 00:25:45.920
 in Seneca

00:25:45.920 --> 00:25:48.299
 from time

00:25:48.299 --> 00:25:48.620
 to time

00:25:48.620 --> 00:25:48.960
 we had

00:25:48.960 --> 00:25:49.420
 young

00:25:49.420 --> 00:25:49.980
 couples

00:25:49.980 --> 00:25:50.360
 come to

00:25:50.360 --> 00:25:50.519
 our

00:25:50.519 --> 00:25:50.759
 church

00:25:50.759 --> 00:25:51.060
 who were

00:25:51.060 --> 00:25:51.340
 living

00:25:51.340 --> 00:25:51.779
 together

00:25:51.779 --> 00:25:52.220
 and not

00:25:52.220 --> 00:25:52.680
 married.

00:25:54.519 --> 00:25:54.759
 And a

00:25:54.759 --> 00:25:55.019
 couple

00:25:55.019 --> 00:25:55.880
 about three

00:25:55.880 --> 00:25:56.160
 or four

00:25:56.160 --> 00:25:56.700
 times

00:25:56.700 --> 00:25:58.000
 they expressed

00:25:58.000 --> 00:25:58.500
 interest

00:25:58.500 --> 00:25:59.220
 these couples

00:25:59.220 --> 00:26:00.380
 in joining

00:26:00.380 --> 00:26:00.980
 our church.

00:26:00.980 --> 00:26:01.259
 And I

00:26:01.259 --> 00:26:01.500
 would go

00:26:01.500 --> 00:26:01.880
 to visit

00:26:01.880 --> 00:26:02.339
 with them.

00:26:02.460 --> 00:26:02.740
 Go to

00:26:02.740 --> 00:26:03.120
 their home

00:26:03.120 --> 00:26:03.319
 where they

00:26:03.319 --> 00:26:03.579
 were living

00:26:03.579 --> 00:26:03.940
 together.

00:26:04.380 --> 00:26:04.680
 And we'd

00:26:04.680 --> 00:26:04.980
 have good

00:26:04.980 --> 00:26:05.460
 talk and

00:26:05.460 --> 00:26:05.759
 I'd say

00:26:05.759 --> 00:26:06.120
 now listen

00:26:06.120 --> 00:26:07.599
 to say

00:26:07.599 --> 00:26:07.880
 that you

00:26:07.880 --> 00:26:08.079
 want to

00:26:08.079 --> 00:26:08.360
 join our

00:26:08.360 --> 00:26:08.620
 church

00:26:08.620 --> 00:26:09.579
 means you're

00:26:09.579 --> 00:26:09.960
 saying two

00:26:09.960 --> 00:26:10.180
 things.

00:26:10.240 --> 00:26:10.539
 Number one

00:26:10.539 --> 00:26:11.099
 I am a

00:26:11.099 --> 00:26:11.400
 Christian.

00:26:12.120 --> 00:26:12.420
 And number

00:26:12.420 --> 00:26:12.880
 two I'm

00:26:12.880 --> 00:26:13.220
 seeking to

00:26:13.220 --> 00:26:13.420
 live a

00:26:13.420 --> 00:26:13.640
 faithful

00:26:13.640 --> 00:26:13.960
 Christian

00:26:13.960 --> 00:26:14.360
 life.

00:26:16.500 --> 00:26:17.120
 And I'd

00:26:17.120 --> 00:26:17.480
 look at

00:26:17.480 --> 00:26:17.640
 them and

00:26:17.640 --> 00:26:18.140
 I'd say

00:26:18.140 --> 00:26:20.160
 you're

00:26:20.160 --> 00:26:21.460
 not married.

00:26:22.839 --> 00:26:23.259
 You're

00:26:23.259 --> 00:26:23.559
 living

00:26:23.559 --> 00:26:24.039
 together.

00:26:24.620 --> 00:26:25.059
 Sleeping

00:26:25.059 --> 00:26:25.519
 together.

00:26:26.700 --> 00:26:27.360
 You know

00:26:27.360 --> 00:26:27.620
 you're not

00:26:27.620 --> 00:26:27.880
 living a

00:26:27.880 --> 00:26:28.360
 faithful Christian

00:26:28.360 --> 00:26:28.740
 life.

00:26:29.920 --> 00:26:30.240
 And all

00:26:30.240 --> 00:26:31.019
 but one

00:26:31.019 --> 00:26:32.259
 looked at

00:26:32.259 --> 00:26:32.519
 me and

00:26:32.519 --> 00:26:33.920
 said I

00:26:33.920 --> 00:26:34.180
 know.

00:26:35.039 --> 00:26:35.759
 We know.

00:26:37.039 --> 00:26:37.519
 And I

00:26:37.519 --> 00:26:37.920
 would tell

00:26:37.920 --> 00:26:38.920
 them I'm

00:26:38.920 --> 00:26:39.400
 glad you're

00:26:39.400 --> 00:26:39.740
 coming to

00:26:39.740 --> 00:26:40.079
 church.

00:26:40.259 --> 00:26:40.640
 I want

00:26:40.640 --> 00:26:40.839
 you to

00:26:40.839 --> 00:26:41.240
 keep on

00:26:41.240 --> 00:26:41.660
 coming to

00:26:41.660 --> 00:26:42.120
 church.

00:26:42.660 --> 00:26:43.140
 But if

00:26:43.140 --> 00:26:43.700
 you really

00:26:43.700 --> 00:26:44.420
 want to be

00:26:44.420 --> 00:26:45.039
 right with

00:26:45.039 --> 00:26:45.539
 God and be

00:26:45.539 --> 00:26:46.120
 serious about

00:26:46.120 --> 00:26:46.539
 your relationship

00:26:46.539 --> 00:26:47.019
 with Him

00:26:47.019 --> 00:26:48.420
 you need to

00:26:48.420 --> 00:26:49.480
 separate now.

00:26:50.000 --> 00:26:50.380
 Date.

00:26:52.519 --> 00:26:52.839
 Get

00:26:52.839 --> 00:26:53.299
 married.

00:26:54.079 --> 00:26:54.480
 Just don't

00:26:54.480 --> 00:26:55.559
 continue in

00:26:55.559 --> 00:26:56.079
 this kind of

00:26:56.079 --> 00:26:56.519
 relationship.

00:26:57.319 --> 00:26:57.720
 But as long

00:26:57.720 --> 00:26:58.200
 as you continue

00:26:58.200 --> 00:26:58.579
 in this kind

00:26:58.579 --> 00:26:58.920
 of relationship

00:26:58.920 --> 00:26:59.299
 you cannot

00:26:59.299 --> 00:26:59.680
 join the

00:26:59.680 --> 00:27:00.039
 church.

00:27:00.240 --> 00:27:00.700
 But I

00:27:00.700 --> 00:27:00.920
 want you

00:27:00.920 --> 00:27:01.140
 to keep

00:27:01.140 --> 00:27:01.519
 on coming.

00:27:01.900 --> 00:27:02.339
 All but

00:27:02.339 --> 00:27:02.700
 one.

00:27:02.920 --> 00:27:03.339
 The ones

00:27:03.339 --> 00:27:04.079
 that lied.

00:27:04.839 --> 00:27:05.279
 All but

00:27:05.279 --> 00:27:05.920
 one came

00:27:05.920 --> 00:27:06.579
 back at

00:27:06.579 --> 00:27:07.140
 least one

00:27:07.140 --> 00:27:07.579
 time.

00:27:09.220 --> 00:27:09.740
 And one

00:27:09.740 --> 00:27:10.039
 of those

00:27:10.039 --> 00:27:11.000
 couples years

00:27:11.000 --> 00:27:11.640
 later one

00:27:11.640 --> 00:27:12.240
 of the ladies

00:27:12.240 --> 00:27:12.839
 came up to

00:27:12.839 --> 00:27:13.240
 me and

00:27:13.240 --> 00:27:14.120
 said you

00:27:14.120 --> 00:27:14.559
 don't remember

00:27:14.559 --> 00:27:15.160
 me probably

00:27:15.160 --> 00:27:15.420
 and I

00:27:15.420 --> 00:27:16.120
 didn't but

00:27:16.120 --> 00:27:16.559
 she said you

00:27:16.559 --> 00:27:17.140
 came to

00:27:17.140 --> 00:27:18.740
 our home.

00:27:19.400 --> 00:27:19.720
 My boyfriend

00:27:19.720 --> 00:27:20.059
 and I were

00:27:20.059 --> 00:27:20.660
 living together

00:27:20.660 --> 00:27:21.359
 and you

00:27:21.359 --> 00:27:22.000
 talked about

00:27:22.000 --> 00:27:22.500
 that.

00:27:23.620 --> 00:27:24.299
 And I

00:27:24.299 --> 00:27:24.779
 really got

00:27:24.779 --> 00:27:25.599
 under conviction

00:27:25.599 --> 00:27:27.019
 and I didn't

00:27:27.019 --> 00:27:27.539
 do it as soon

00:27:27.539 --> 00:27:27.960
 as I should

00:27:27.960 --> 00:27:29.079
 have but I

00:27:29.079 --> 00:27:29.700
 did separate.

00:27:29.700 --> 00:27:30.559
 We did

00:27:30.559 --> 00:27:30.960
 separate.

00:27:30.960 --> 00:27:31.440
 We did

00:27:31.440 --> 00:27:31.480
 separate.

00:27:31.840 --> 00:27:32.539
 And we're

00:27:32.539 --> 00:27:32.880
 no longer

00:27:32.880 --> 00:27:33.299
 together.

00:27:34.500 --> 00:27:35.279
 It's important

00:27:35.279 --> 00:27:35.980
 for us to speak

00:27:35.980 --> 00:27:36.600
 the truth in

00:27:36.600 --> 00:27:36.940
 love.

00:27:37.519 --> 00:27:38.220
 I did it in

00:27:38.220 --> 00:27:38.539
 love.

00:27:38.740 --> 00:27:39.120
 I didn't

00:27:39.120 --> 00:27:39.580
 offend.

00:27:39.799 --> 00:27:40.420
 I spoke the

00:27:40.420 --> 00:27:40.660
 truth.

00:27:40.920 --> 00:27:41.420
 They heard

00:27:41.420 --> 00:27:41.940
 the truth.

00:27:42.200 --> 00:27:42.860
 They believed

00:27:42.860 --> 00:27:43.240
 the truth.

00:27:43.299 --> 00:27:43.580
 They just

00:27:43.580 --> 00:27:44.100
 weren't living

00:27:44.100 --> 00:27:45.160
 it and they

00:27:45.160 --> 00:27:45.740
 even came

00:27:45.740 --> 00:27:46.279
 back.

00:27:47.759 --> 00:27:48.440
 No matter

00:27:48.440 --> 00:27:49.600
 what anybody's

00:27:49.600 --> 00:27:50.440
 condition is in

00:27:50.440 --> 00:27:51.220
 here or if

00:27:51.220 --> 00:27:51.840
 you've got family

00:27:51.840 --> 00:27:52.420
 and friends,

00:27:52.539 --> 00:27:53.000
 you bring

00:27:53.000 --> 00:27:53.819
 everybody under

00:27:53.819 --> 00:27:55.120
 the sun here

00:27:55.119 --> 00:27:57.059
 to hear the

00:27:57.059 --> 00:27:57.379
 truth of

00:27:57.379 --> 00:27:58.000
 God's word.

00:27:59.139 --> 00:27:59.500
 And my

00:27:59.500 --> 00:28:00.139
 prayer will be

00:28:00.139 --> 00:28:00.519
 that the

00:28:00.519 --> 00:28:01.019
 spirit of

00:28:01.019 --> 00:28:01.419
 God will

00:28:01.419 --> 00:28:01.759
 use the

00:28:01.759 --> 00:28:02.119
 word of

00:28:02.119 --> 00:28:02.679
 God to

00:28:02.679 --> 00:28:02.979
 change

00:28:02.979 --> 00:28:03.379
 people's

00:28:03.379 --> 00:28:03.739
 hearts.

00:28:05.519 --> 00:28:06.179
 That should

00:28:06.179 --> 00:28:06.859
 be all of

00:28:06.859 --> 00:28:08.239
 us our

00:28:08.239 --> 00:28:08.779
 goal.

00:28:09.439 --> 00:28:09.859
 But I want

00:28:09.859 --> 00:28:10.219
 to go back

00:28:10.219 --> 00:28:11.059
 to Tim Keller's

00:28:11.059 --> 00:28:11.699
 description of

00:28:11.699 --> 00:28:13.319
 sin or bring

00:28:13.319 --> 00:28:13.719
 up his

00:28:13.719 --> 00:28:14.279
 description of

00:28:14.279 --> 00:28:15.399
 sin that I

00:28:15.399 --> 00:28:16.459
 think helps us

00:28:16.459 --> 00:28:16.979
 to see the

00:28:16.979 --> 00:28:18.019
 serious nature.

00:28:18.399 --> 00:28:18.679
 I'm talking

00:28:18.679 --> 00:28:19.500
 about you.

00:28:20.059 --> 00:28:20.539
 I'm talking

00:28:20.539 --> 00:28:21.439
 about me because

00:28:21.439 --> 00:28:22.039
 we do sinful

00:28:22.039 --> 00:28:22.579
 things.

00:28:24.680 --> 00:28:25.420
 And it's a

00:28:25.420 --> 00:28:26.139
 serious thing

00:28:26.139 --> 00:28:26.779
 when I do it

00:28:26.779 --> 00:28:27.159
 and when you

00:28:27.159 --> 00:28:27.579
 do it.

00:28:28.859 --> 00:28:29.519
 Look at what

00:28:29.519 --> 00:28:29.940
 he says.

00:28:30.839 --> 00:28:31.839
 Sin is a

00:28:31.839 --> 00:28:33.579
 suicidal action

00:28:33.579 --> 00:28:34.899
 of the will

00:28:34.899 --> 00:28:35.700
 upon itself.

00:28:36.240 --> 00:28:36.879
 It is like

00:28:36.879 --> 00:28:37.619
 taking an

00:28:37.619 --> 00:28:39.039
 addicting drug.

00:28:39.299 --> 00:28:40.180
 At first,

00:28:40.599 --> 00:28:41.299
 it may feel

00:28:41.299 --> 00:28:41.940
 wonderful,

00:28:42.460 --> 00:28:43.319
 but every time

00:28:43.319 --> 00:28:44.379
 it gets harder

00:28:44.379 --> 00:28:45.799
 to not do it

00:28:45.799 --> 00:28:46.119
 again.

00:28:47.059 --> 00:28:48.139
 Sin always

00:28:48.139 --> 00:28:49.039
 hardens the

00:28:49.039 --> 00:28:49.759
 conscience,

00:28:50.619 --> 00:28:51.359
 locks you in

00:28:51.359 --> 00:28:51.940
 the prison

00:28:51.940 --> 00:28:52.940
 of your own

00:28:52.940 --> 00:28:54.360
 defensiveness

00:28:54.360 --> 00:28:56.080
 and rationalizations

00:28:56.080 --> 00:28:57.500
 and eats you

00:28:57.500 --> 00:28:58.320
 up slowly

00:28:58.320 --> 00:28:59.299
 from the

00:28:59.299 --> 00:28:59.779
 inside.

00:29:00.700 --> 00:29:01.440
 All sin

00:29:01.440 --> 00:29:02.200
 has a mighty

00:29:02.200 --> 00:29:03.779
 storm attached

00:29:03.779 --> 00:29:04.600
 to it.

00:29:05.080 --> 00:29:05.539
 The image

00:29:05.539 --> 00:29:06.080
 of a storm

00:29:06.080 --> 00:29:06.700
 is powerful

00:29:06.700 --> 00:29:07.860
 because even

00:29:07.860 --> 00:29:08.259
 in our

00:29:08.259 --> 00:29:09.259
 technologically

00:29:09.259 --> 00:29:10.539
 advanced society,

00:29:10.980 --> 00:29:11.960
 we cannot

00:29:11.960 --> 00:29:13.200
 control the

00:29:13.200 --> 00:29:14.980
 weather and

00:29:14.980 --> 00:29:15.460
 we cannot

00:29:15.460 --> 00:29:16.759
 control sin

00:29:16.759 --> 00:29:18.440
 or its

00:29:18.440 --> 00:29:19.180
 consequences.

00:29:19.180 --> 00:29:21.400
 as some

00:29:21.400 --> 00:29:22.279
 wise person

00:29:22.279 --> 00:29:22.820
 said one

00:29:22.820 --> 00:29:23.200
 time,

00:29:23.860 --> 00:29:24.240
 sin will

00:29:24.240 --> 00:29:24.580
 take you

00:29:24.580 --> 00:29:25.039
 further than

00:29:25.039 --> 00:29:25.299
 you want

00:29:25.299 --> 00:29:25.660
 to go,

00:29:26.060 --> 00:29:26.500
 keep you

00:29:26.500 --> 00:29:26.940
 longer than

00:29:26.940 --> 00:29:27.160
 you want

00:29:27.160 --> 00:29:27.680
 to stay,

00:29:27.680 --> 00:29:29.240
 and cost you

00:29:29.240 --> 00:29:30.160
 more than

00:29:30.160 --> 00:29:30.560
 you want to

00:29:30.560 --> 00:29:30.840
 pay.

00:29:31.380 --> 00:29:32.200
 It will,

00:29:32.519 --> 00:29:34.220
 you or me.

00:29:35.560 --> 00:29:36.060
 Sin is

00:29:36.060 --> 00:29:36.640
 serious

00:29:36.640 --> 00:29:37.820
 wherever it's

00:29:37.820 --> 00:29:38.240
 found.

00:29:38.940 --> 00:29:39.320
 However,

00:29:39.319 --> 00:29:42.500
 we should

00:29:42.500 --> 00:29:42.939
 not be

00:29:42.939 --> 00:29:43.759
 surprised

00:29:43.759 --> 00:29:45.179
 when people

00:29:45.179 --> 00:29:46.379
 who do not

00:29:46.379 --> 00:29:46.819
 even profess

00:29:46.819 --> 00:29:47.079
 to be

00:29:47.079 --> 00:29:47.460
 Christians,

00:29:48.460 --> 00:29:49.220
 when they

00:29:49.220 --> 00:29:49.679
 do sinful

00:29:49.679 --> 00:29:50.200
 things.

00:29:50.639 --> 00:29:51.339
 When they

00:29:51.339 --> 00:29:51.919
 do sinful

00:29:51.919 --> 00:29:53.139
 things without

00:29:53.139 --> 00:29:54.000
 being ashamed,

00:29:54.000 --> 00:29:56.819
 what do you

00:29:56.819 --> 00:29:57.379
 expect?

00:29:59.059 --> 00:29:59.579
 There's a whole

00:29:59.579 --> 00:30:00.059
 different story

00:30:00.059 --> 00:30:00.779
 when we,

00:30:01.000 --> 00:30:01.399
 professing

00:30:01.399 --> 00:30:02.000
 Christians,

00:30:03.379 --> 00:30:04.079
 deliberately

00:30:04.079 --> 00:30:06.000
 disobey

00:30:06.000 --> 00:30:06.419
 God's

00:30:06.419 --> 00:30:06.720
 word.

00:30:07.960 --> 00:30:08.339
 There's

00:30:08.339 --> 00:30:08.740
 something

00:30:08.740 --> 00:30:09.279
 terribly

00:30:09.279 --> 00:30:10.699
 wrong if

00:30:10.699 --> 00:30:11.019
 we can

00:30:11.019 --> 00:30:12.679
 willingly sin

00:30:12.679 --> 00:30:14.319
 without shame

00:30:14.319 --> 00:30:15.439
 or guilt.

00:30:16.199 --> 00:30:16.939
 It's a sign

00:30:16.939 --> 00:30:17.319
 that we're

00:30:17.319 --> 00:30:17.720
 either in

00:30:17.720 --> 00:30:18.619
 full-blown

00:30:18.619 --> 00:30:19.179
 rebellion

00:30:19.179 --> 00:30:20.220
 against God

00:30:20.220 --> 00:30:22.099
 and that

00:30:22.099 --> 00:30:22.579
 our heart

00:30:22.579 --> 00:30:23.059
 has become

00:30:23.059 --> 00:30:23.639
 hard,

00:30:24.079 --> 00:30:25.339
 or it's a

00:30:25.339 --> 00:30:25.659
 sign that

00:30:25.659 --> 00:30:25.879
 we aren't

00:30:25.879 --> 00:30:26.259
 a Christian.

00:30:27.779 --> 00:30:28.559
 If either

00:30:28.559 --> 00:30:29.059
 of those

00:30:29.059 --> 00:30:29.639
 signs are

00:30:29.639 --> 00:30:30.079
 present in

00:30:30.079 --> 00:30:30.460
 your life

00:30:30.460 --> 00:30:30.899
 right now,

00:30:31.259 --> 00:30:31.639
 the first

00:30:31.639 --> 00:30:31.960
 thing you

00:30:31.960 --> 00:30:32.439
 need to do

00:30:32.439 --> 00:30:33.079
 is admit

00:30:33.079 --> 00:30:33.559
 your sin

00:30:33.559 --> 00:30:33.980
 to God

00:30:33.980 --> 00:30:34.720
 and change

00:30:34.720 --> 00:30:35.079
 your mind

00:30:35.079 --> 00:30:35.500
 about it,

00:30:35.879 --> 00:30:36.480
 turn from

00:30:36.480 --> 00:30:36.659
 it,

00:30:37.019 --> 00:30:37.480
 repent.

00:30:38.480 --> 00:30:39.099
 If you're

00:30:39.099 --> 00:30:39.399
 not a

00:30:39.399 --> 00:30:39.740
 Christian,

00:30:40.740 --> 00:30:41.599
 put your

00:30:41.599 --> 00:30:42.099
 trust in

00:30:42.099 --> 00:30:42.500
 Jesus,

00:30:44.299 --> 00:30:44.879
 call upon

00:30:44.879 --> 00:30:45.179
 Him to

00:30:45.179 --> 00:30:45.839
 save you.

00:30:46.799 --> 00:30:47.139
 When He died

00:30:47.139 --> 00:30:47.559
 on the cross,

00:30:47.619 --> 00:30:48.079
 He paid the

00:30:48.079 --> 00:30:48.579
 penalty for

00:30:48.579 --> 00:30:49.099
 that sin.

00:30:51.179 --> 00:30:51.899
 Trust Him

00:30:51.899 --> 00:30:52.240
 now.

00:30:53.480 --> 00:30:53.879
 If you

00:30:53.879 --> 00:30:54.440
 are a

00:30:54.440 --> 00:30:54.779
 Christian,

00:30:56.980 --> 00:30:57.879
 not only

00:30:57.879 --> 00:30:58.379
 repent of

00:30:58.379 --> 00:30:58.779
 your sin,

00:30:58.919 --> 00:30:59.399
 turn from

00:30:59.399 --> 00:30:59.599
 it,

00:31:00.299 --> 00:31:01.019
 but humble

00:31:01.019 --> 00:31:01.740
 yourself before

00:31:01.740 --> 00:31:02.079
 the Lord

00:31:02.079 --> 00:31:02.599
 right now.

00:31:03.559 --> 00:31:04.460
 and commit

00:31:04.460 --> 00:31:05.759
 yourself anew

00:31:05.759 --> 00:31:07.119
 to Him

00:31:07.119 --> 00:31:08.720
 as the

00:31:08.720 --> 00:31:09.139
 real

00:31:09.139 --> 00:31:10.059
 Lord,

00:31:10.460 --> 00:31:11.139
 boss

00:31:11.139 --> 00:31:13.480
 of every

00:31:13.480 --> 00:31:14.220
 aspect of

00:31:14.220 --> 00:31:14.819
 your life.

00:31:16.480 --> 00:31:17.279
 Live to

00:31:17.279 --> 00:31:17.940
 honor Him

00:31:17.940 --> 00:31:18.440
 and please

00:31:18.440 --> 00:31:18.799
 Him.

00:31:20.119 --> 00:31:20.679
 Let's pray

00:31:20.679 --> 00:31:21.019
 together.

00:31:21.899 --> 00:31:22.299
 Father,

00:31:23.299 --> 00:31:26.099
 make it

00:31:26.099 --> 00:31:26.940
 clear how we

00:31:26.940 --> 00:31:27.720
 should respond,

00:31:28.339 --> 00:31:28.839
 every single

00:31:28.839 --> 00:31:29.559
 one of us,

00:31:29.559 --> 00:31:31.279
 and give us

00:31:31.279 --> 00:31:31.740
 the grace

00:31:31.740 --> 00:31:32.519
 to do that

00:31:32.519 --> 00:31:34.259
 right now.

00:31:35.659 --> 00:31:36.039
 And let's

00:31:36.039 --> 00:31:36.440
 just in an

00:31:36.440 --> 00:31:36.839
 attitude of

00:31:36.839 --> 00:31:37.139
 prayer,

00:31:37.279 --> 00:31:37.700
 respond to

00:31:37.700 --> 00:31:37.940
 the Lord

00:31:37.940 --> 00:31:38.220
 as He

00:31:38.220 --> 00:31:38.619
 speaks.

00:31:39.960 --> 00:31:40.519
 I would

00:31:40.519 --> 00:31:41.200
 be happy to

00:31:41.200 --> 00:31:41.679
 pray with you

00:31:41.679 --> 00:31:42.039
 during this

00:31:42.039 --> 00:31:42.500
 time right

00:31:42.500 --> 00:31:42.839
 here at the

00:31:42.839 --> 00:31:43.119
 front.

00:31:45.220 --> 00:31:45.839
 But I just

00:31:45.839 --> 00:31:46.079
 want you to

00:31:46.079 --> 00:31:46.440
 take a few

00:31:46.440 --> 00:31:47.799
 minutes to

00:31:47.799 --> 00:31:48.619
 act on what

00:31:48.619 --> 00:31:49.259
 God has made

00:31:49.259 --> 00:31:49.899
 clear to you

00:31:49.899 --> 00:31:50.379
 throughout this

00:31:50.379 --> 00:31:50.799
 message.

00:31:52.099 --> 00:31:52.700
 Let's just

00:31:52.700 --> 00:31:53.220
 pray together

00:31:53.220 --> 00:31:53.839
 in silence.

00:31:53.839 --> 00:32:18.740
 Z APPPro

00:32:18.740 --> 00:32:21.240
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