WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:10.919 If you'd like to open your Bibles to Exodus 33. 00:00:13.040 --> 00:00:13.679 ! 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:37.600 See, you say to me, bring up this people, but you've not let me know whom you will send with me. 00:00:39.079 --> 00:00:44.759 Yet you have said, I know you by name, and you've also found favour in my sight. 00:00:45.700 --> 00:00:58.939 Now, therefore, if I have found favour in your sight, please show me now your ways that I may know you in order to find favour in your sight. 00:01:00.560 --> 00:01:04.280 Consider, too, that this nation is your people. 00:01:06.819 --> 00:01:13.920 And he said, my presence will go with you, and I will give you rest. 00:01:15.560 --> 00:01:23.379 And he said to him, if your presence will not go with me, do not bring us up from here. 00:01:23.379 --> 00:01:30.060 For how shall it be known that I have found favour in your sight, I and your people? 00:01:30.859 --> 00:01:39.439 Is it not in you going with us so that we are distinct, I and your people, from every other people on the face of the earth? 00:01:39.439 --> 00:01:48.159 And the Lord said to Moses, this very thing that you have spoken, I will do. 00:01:48.959 --> 00:01:53.239 For you have found favour in my sight, and I know you by name. 00:01:53.239 --> 00:01:58.319 Moses said, please show me your glory. 00:01:59.359 --> 00:02:09.180 And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before you, and will proclaim before you my name, the Lord. 00:02:09.979 --> 00:02:15.959 And I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy. 00:02:15.960 --> 00:02:24.000 But, he said, you cannot see my face, for man shall not see me and live. 00:02:24.000 --> 00:02:42.039 And the Lord said, behold, there is a place by me where you shall stand on the rock, and while my glory passes by, I will put you in a cleft of the rock, and I will cover you with my hand until I have passed by. 00:02:42.900 --> 00:02:50.199 Then I will take away my hand, and you shall see my back, but my face shall not be seen. 00:02:50.199 --> 00:03:08.359 The Lord said to Moses, cut for yourself two tablets of stone, like the first, and I'll write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke. 00:03:10.000 --> 00:03:18.219 Be ready by the morning, and come up in the morning to Mount Sinai, and present yourself there to me on the top of the mountain. 00:03:20.199 --> 00:03:26.519 No one shall come up with you, and let no one be seen throughout all the mountain. 00:03:27.519 --> 00:03:30.719 Let no flocks or herds graze opposite the mountain. 00:03:32.000 --> 00:03:41.479 So Moses cut two tablets of stone like the first, and he rose early in the morning and went up on Mount Sinai, as the Lord had commanded him, 00:03:42.199 --> 00:03:45.139 and took in his hand two tablets of stone. 00:03:45.139 --> 00:03:53.419 The Lord descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the Lord. 00:03:54.139 --> 00:03:56.919 The Lord passed before him and proclaimed, 00:03:56.919 --> 00:04:07.379 The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, 00:04:08.479 --> 00:04:14.479 keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, 00:04:15.579 --> 00:04:22.620 but who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquities of the fathers on the children, 00:04:22.620 --> 00:04:26.759 and the children's children to the third and fourth generation. 00:04:28.500 --> 00:04:32.879 And Moses quickly bowed his head toward the earth and worshipped. 00:04:32.879 --> 00:04:34.819 And he said, 00:04:34.819 --> 00:04:42.060 If I now have found favour in your sight, O Lord, please let the Lord go in the midst of us, 00:04:42.659 --> 00:04:50.839 for it is a stiff-necked people, and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for your inheritance. 00:04:52.060 --> 00:04:53.180 This is God's word. 00:04:58.819 --> 00:05:00.060 Good morning, everyone. 00:05:00.060 --> 00:05:01.219 Good morning. 00:05:01.220 --> 00:05:01.340 Good morning. 00:05:05.100 --> 00:05:06.960 My computer is not coming to the party. 00:05:08.260 --> 00:05:08.700 There we go. 00:05:11.400 --> 00:05:15.920 It's all right. 00:05:16.000 --> 00:05:16.440 I'll make do. 00:05:19.140 --> 00:05:22.460 Please keep your Bibles open at Exodus chapters 32 to 34. 00:05:22.620 --> 00:05:25.240 We're actually going to be looking at quite a few different Bible passages this morning, 00:05:25.240 --> 00:05:28.500 but most of the other ones will come up on the screen, 00:05:28.500 --> 00:05:31.339 but the Exodus part won't come up on the screen, 00:05:31.540 --> 00:05:33.879 and that's the section we'll be looking at most closely. 00:05:36.379 --> 00:05:46.759 How we treat the poor and the weak and the vulnerable reveals something about our hearts. 00:05:46.759 --> 00:05:52.800 It reveals the degree to which our hearts have been gripped by the love of God. 00:05:54.240 --> 00:06:00.279 That's a prominent theme in the Bible across both Testaments, Old and New Testament. 00:06:00.279 --> 00:06:05.819 So, for example, are our acts of worship genuine? 00:06:07.239 --> 00:06:08.799 Are our acts of worship genuine? 00:06:08.939 --> 00:06:12.679 Well, the people in Isaiah's day, the prophet Isaiah's day, were very religious. 00:06:13.519 --> 00:06:15.159 They offered all the sacrifices. 00:06:15.479 --> 00:06:17.439 They observed all the ceremonies. 00:06:17.439 --> 00:06:21.019 But here's what God said to them in Isaiah chapter 1. 00:06:22.860 --> 00:06:25.439 What to me, I think this will come up on the screen. 00:06:26.439 --> 00:06:29.319 Here we go. 00:06:29.399 --> 00:06:30.660 Yep, and we'll step through it. 00:06:30.980 --> 00:06:35.259 What to me is the multitude of your sacrifices, says the Lord. 00:06:36.139 --> 00:06:41.920 I have had enough of burnt offerings and rams and the fat of well-fed beasts. 00:06:41.920 --> 00:06:48.080 I do not delight in the blood of bulls or of lambs or of goats. 00:06:49.060 --> 00:06:54.100 When you come to appear before me, who is required of you this trampling of my courts? 00:06:54.740 --> 00:06:56.860 Bring no more vain offerings. 00:06:57.500 --> 00:06:59.480 Incense is an abomination to me. 00:06:59.639 --> 00:07:02.460 New moon and Sabbath and the calling of convocations. 00:07:02.720 --> 00:07:05.819 I cannot endure iniquity and solemn assembly. 00:07:06.960 --> 00:07:10.080 Your new moons and your appointed feasts, my soul hates. 00:07:10.079 --> 00:07:12.019 They've become a burden to me. 00:07:12.379 --> 00:07:14.060 I'm weary of bearing them. 00:07:14.539 --> 00:07:17.599 When you spread your hands, I'll hide my eyes from you. 00:07:17.659 --> 00:07:20.859 Even though you make many prayers, I will not listen. 00:07:21.519 --> 00:07:23.219 Your hands are full of blood. 00:07:24.839 --> 00:07:27.699 Wash yourselves and make yourselves clean. 00:07:28.620 --> 00:07:31.879 Remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes. 00:07:32.259 --> 00:07:33.459 Cease to do evil. 00:07:34.299 --> 00:07:35.519 Learn to do good. 00:07:36.740 --> 00:07:37.939 Seek justice. 00:07:37.939 --> 00:07:40.240 Correct oppression. 00:07:41.240 --> 00:07:43.560 Bring justice to the fatherless. 00:07:44.660 --> 00:07:46.819 Lead the widow's cause. 00:07:47.939 --> 00:07:50.300 I mean, God's language here is very strong. 00:07:51.860 --> 00:07:52.939 They had religion. 00:07:53.939 --> 00:07:55.600 But God says it was all meaningless. 00:07:55.720 --> 00:07:56.579 It was all empty. 00:07:56.800 --> 00:07:57.579 It was just a show. 00:07:57.699 --> 00:08:01.240 In fact, more than, worse than meaningless, it was offensive to God. 00:08:01.240 --> 00:08:03.240 Why? 00:08:03.560 --> 00:08:05.800 Because of the injustice of their lives. 00:08:06.600 --> 00:08:08.759 Because their hands were full of blood. 00:08:09.500 --> 00:08:11.960 Because they did not seek justice. 00:08:12.180 --> 00:08:19.939 Because they did not confront oppression or defend the orphans and widows in their midst. 00:08:21.720 --> 00:08:26.139 Religion, God says, without care for the vulnerable is just an empty show. 00:08:27.240 --> 00:08:28.540 What about our faith? 00:08:28.540 --> 00:08:30.520 Is our faith in God genuine? 00:08:31.080 --> 00:08:33.580 Well, listen to James, the brother of the Lord Jesus. 00:08:34.000 --> 00:08:35.899 In James chapter 2, he says, 00:08:35.899 --> 00:08:41.220 What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? 00:08:41.879 --> 00:08:43.360 Can that faith save him? 00:08:44.240 --> 00:08:50.399 If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food and one of you says to them, 00:08:50.699 --> 00:08:55.919 go in peace, be warmed and filled, without giving them the things needed for the body, 00:08:56.600 --> 00:08:57.919 what good is that? 00:08:59.000 --> 00:09:03.819 So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead. 00:09:03.820 --> 00:09:08.700 Verses 15 and 16 there are not just a mere illustration. 00:09:09.820 --> 00:09:11.000 They're a case study. 00:09:12.680 --> 00:09:21.560 They're an example, James says, of the kinds of works that faith must produce if it's truly alive and not dead. 00:09:21.559 --> 00:09:26.539 Do we know God's love? 00:09:26.699 --> 00:09:29.339 Well, listen to the Apostle John in 1 John 3. 00:09:29.939 --> 00:09:30.879 1 John 3, 00:09:30.879 --> 00:09:57.059 Little children, let us not love in word or talk, but in deed and in truth. 00:09:57.059 --> 00:10:01.619 If we say we know God's love, if we truly have God's love abiding in us, 00:10:02.099 --> 00:10:07.419 then that must overflow in works of compassion and love towards others in need. 00:10:09.579 --> 00:10:12.500 Are we actually God's saved people? 00:10:13.419 --> 00:10:16.159 Well, in Jesus' parable in Matthew 25, 00:10:17.139 --> 00:10:19.099 the parable of the sheep and the goats, 00:10:19.100 --> 00:10:27.360 what differentiates the sheep from the goats are acts of mercy and kindness shown to Jesus' brothers, to his people. 00:10:28.139 --> 00:10:31.200 Do we give food to the hungry and drink to the thirsty? 00:10:31.600 --> 00:10:34.659 Do we welcome the stranger and clothe the naked? 00:10:34.820 --> 00:10:36.779 Do we visit the sick and help the prisoner? 00:10:36.779 --> 00:10:52.439 Do we see the poor and the vulnerable and the weak reveals whether or not we truly know God. 00:10:52.440 --> 00:10:57.820 Now, today and for the next two weeks, 00:10:57.960 --> 00:11:01.580 we're taking a little break from our series in Romans 00:11:01.580 --> 00:11:09.540 for a mini-sermon series on God's justice and mercy. 00:11:09.660 --> 00:11:13.180 Now, my plan for this series is really based around a single verse, 00:11:13.300 --> 00:11:14.820 which may be a familiar verse to you. 00:11:14.880 --> 00:11:17.000 It's Micah 6, verse 8. 00:11:17.180 --> 00:11:20.400 Micah 6, verse 8 in context is one of those passages, 00:11:20.399 --> 00:11:22.679 a bit like the ones that we just read, 00:11:24.340 --> 00:11:27.100 where the prophet is asking, or God is asking, 00:11:27.240 --> 00:11:28.480 what is genuine religion? 00:11:28.679 --> 00:11:30.759 What does God actually want from us? 00:11:31.559 --> 00:11:33.819 And this is how it reads, Micah 6, verse 8. 00:11:33.819 --> 00:11:36.559 He has told you, O man, what is good. 00:11:37.259 --> 00:11:39.559 And what does the Lord require of you? 00:11:40.519 --> 00:11:44.379 But to do justice and to love kindness 00:11:44.379 --> 00:11:48.259 and to walk humbly with your God. 00:11:48.259 --> 00:11:54.139 What might it look like if we commit together, 00:11:55.379 --> 00:11:59.360 commit ourselves under God to doing justice 00:11:59.360 --> 00:12:03.159 and loving kindness with one another 00:12:03.159 --> 00:12:05.100 and in our wider community? 00:12:05.220 --> 00:12:06.240 What would it look like? 00:12:07.419 --> 00:12:11.159 Luke wrote of the early church, in Acts chapter 4, 00:12:11.580 --> 00:12:13.179 he wrote of the early church that 00:12:13.179 --> 00:12:16.139 there was not a needy person among them. 00:12:17.259 --> 00:12:20.259 It's not that there were no needs in the early church, 00:12:20.299 --> 00:12:22.739 it's just that they gave sacrificially 00:12:22.739 --> 00:12:24.399 to meet one another's needs. 00:12:25.679 --> 00:12:29.879 Could we be so committed to justice and kindness 00:12:29.879 --> 00:12:33.859 that there would not be a needy person among us? 00:12:33.860 --> 00:12:36.879 Wouldn't that be a wonderful thing? 00:12:37.940 --> 00:12:40.740 What difference might it make in Glendale 00:12:40.740 --> 00:12:42.779 and Newcastle and Lake Macquarie 00:12:42.779 --> 00:12:45.300 if in our neighbourhoods and our workplaces 00:12:45.300 --> 00:12:47.519 and our schools and our community groups, 00:12:48.240 --> 00:12:51.840 we carry with us that commitment 00:12:51.840 --> 00:12:54.519 to justice and kindness 00:12:54.519 --> 00:12:58.560 into every place God sends us 00:12:58.560 --> 00:13:00.379 from Monday to Saturday each week? 00:13:00.379 --> 00:13:04.860 Well, brothers and sisters, 00:13:05.039 --> 00:13:09.779 there's no doing justice and loving kindness 00:13:09.779 --> 00:13:12.059 without walking humbly with our God. 00:13:12.980 --> 00:13:16.620 And there's no walking humbly with our God 00:13:16.620 --> 00:13:19.039 without knowing our God. 00:13:20.000 --> 00:13:22.379 So the way I want us to approach this series 00:13:22.960 --> 00:13:23.860 is quite simple. 00:13:24.879 --> 00:13:26.440 In this first talk, 00:13:26.799 --> 00:13:28.820 we're going to reflect on the kindness of God. 00:13:28.820 --> 00:13:31.180 In the second talk, 00:13:31.240 --> 00:13:33.120 we're going to reflect on the justice of God, 00:13:33.220 --> 00:13:35.460 that is two sermons helping us know God. 00:13:36.500 --> 00:13:38.020 And in the third talk, 00:13:38.500 --> 00:13:40.900 we're going to think about doing justice 00:13:40.900 --> 00:13:42.800 and loving kindness, 00:13:43.160 --> 00:13:44.420 our response. 00:13:46.280 --> 00:13:48.020 My prayer is that this series 00:13:48.020 --> 00:13:50.960 will help us be ready individually 00:13:50.960 --> 00:13:51.900 and collectively 00:13:51.900 --> 00:13:54.400 for whatever works of justice and mercy 00:13:54.400 --> 00:13:56.140 God may put before us. 00:13:56.180 --> 00:13:57.420 In fact, why don't we pray that now? 00:13:57.419 --> 00:13:59.319 Heavenly Father, 00:14:00.059 --> 00:14:03.360 we do ask that as we meditate on your word today 00:14:03.360 --> 00:14:04.379 and in coming weeks, 00:14:04.459 --> 00:14:07.679 you would help us to know you deeply and truly, 00:14:08.199 --> 00:14:11.059 to know your justice and your kindness. 00:14:12.019 --> 00:14:12.819 And so, 00:14:13.819 --> 00:14:18.639 fill us with wonder at who you are, 00:14:20.099 --> 00:14:24.419 that that might overflow in our works of justice 00:14:24.419 --> 00:14:26.939 and kindness for others. 00:14:27.479 --> 00:14:28.500 In Jesus' name. 00:14:28.899 --> 00:14:29.199 Amen. 00:14:31.259 --> 00:14:33.500 Well, today we're going to reflect on the kindness of God. 00:14:33.559 --> 00:14:34.759 Now, there are many places in the Bible 00:14:34.759 --> 00:14:36.019 we could go to do this. 00:14:37.740 --> 00:14:40.959 For all who live after Christ, 00:14:41.639 --> 00:14:43.799 there is an obvious starting point. 00:14:43.799 --> 00:14:46.979 But I actually want us to start somewhere else. 00:14:48.019 --> 00:14:49.339 In the Old Testament, 00:14:50.279 --> 00:14:53.159 with a moment that was for Israel 00:14:53.159 --> 00:14:56.399 both pivotal and foundational. 00:14:57.399 --> 00:15:00.159 A moment when the Lord showed Moses 00:15:00.159 --> 00:15:02.199 who he truly is. 00:15:03.959 --> 00:15:06.899 In particular, showed Israel 00:15:06.899 --> 00:15:09.419 that it is God's glory 00:15:09.419 --> 00:15:11.240 that he is kind. 00:15:12.799 --> 00:15:15.019 Now, the key text is in Exodus 34, 00:15:15.159 --> 00:15:16.039 verses 5 to 7. 00:15:16.139 --> 00:15:17.000 We've heard that already 00:15:17.000 --> 00:15:19.979 from Emma's kids' talk 00:15:19.979 --> 00:15:21.319 that she did a moment ago. 00:15:22.219 --> 00:15:23.299 To my mind, 00:15:23.599 --> 00:15:25.279 those verses that Emma covered 00:15:25.279 --> 00:15:26.459 in her kids' talk, 00:15:27.019 --> 00:15:29.319 that they are the high point 00:15:29.319 --> 00:15:30.779 of the entire book of Exodus. 00:15:30.779 --> 00:15:33.519 Now, that's a bold claim 00:15:33.519 --> 00:15:34.679 because the book of Exodus 00:15:34.679 --> 00:15:36.459 is full of seismic events. 00:15:37.860 --> 00:15:39.480 There's the burning bush 00:15:39.480 --> 00:15:41.600 where the Lord appeared to 00:15:41.600 --> 00:15:42.959 and spoke to Moses. 00:15:44.419 --> 00:15:45.839 There are the ten plagues 00:15:45.839 --> 00:15:48.600 that God sent on the land of Egypt, 00:15:49.019 --> 00:15:50.379 culminating in the Passover. 00:15:52.159 --> 00:15:54.600 There's the parting of the sea, 00:15:55.159 --> 00:15:55.839 the Red Sea, 00:15:56.179 --> 00:15:57.799 so that Israel could pass through 00:15:57.799 --> 00:15:58.659 on dry land. 00:15:58.740 --> 00:16:00.339 And then the sea came over 00:16:00.340 --> 00:16:02.899 and covered the armies 00:16:02.899 --> 00:16:03.840 of the Egyptians. 00:16:06.040 --> 00:16:08.040 There's the coming to Mount Sinai, 00:16:08.160 --> 00:16:09.180 the giving of the law, 00:16:09.280 --> 00:16:10.560 the Ten Commandments. 00:16:11.220 --> 00:16:12.100 There's the construction 00:16:12.100 --> 00:16:13.060 of the tabernacle. 00:16:14.200 --> 00:16:16.399 So many major events 00:16:16.399 --> 00:16:17.340 in the book of Exodus, 00:16:17.340 --> 00:16:20.560 but I believe that these few verses 00:16:20.560 --> 00:16:21.639 are the high point 00:16:21.639 --> 00:16:24.280 because they follow the lowest point. 00:16:25.700 --> 00:16:27.540 These verses are the zenith 00:16:27.540 --> 00:16:29.720 because they follow the nadir. 00:16:30.340 --> 00:16:34.399 It's one of the most important texts 00:16:34.399 --> 00:16:35.840 of the entire Bible. 00:16:35.899 --> 00:16:37.399 But before we look at those verses 00:16:37.399 --> 00:16:39.360 that Emma's already read for us 00:16:39.360 --> 00:16:40.460 in Exodus 34 00:16:40.460 --> 00:16:42.759 and chairs as well 00:16:42.759 --> 00:16:43.540 in the Bible reading, 00:16:44.259 --> 00:16:46.160 we need to take in some of the context. 00:16:48.360 --> 00:16:50.480 Exodus chapter 32 records 00:16:50.480 --> 00:16:52.680 a catastrophic failure 00:16:52.680 --> 00:16:54.940 on the part of God's people Israel. 00:16:54.940 --> 00:16:56.680 Look at the start of Exodus 32 with me. 00:16:56.720 --> 00:16:58.320 Exodus 32 verses 6 and 7. 00:16:58.880 --> 00:16:59.920 This won't be on the screen, 00:17:00.000 --> 00:17:00.940 but if you have Bibles open, 00:17:01.000 --> 00:17:02.280 it'd be great if you could see it 00:17:02.280 --> 00:17:02.840 and follow along. 00:17:03.220 --> 00:17:05.279 Exodus 32 verses 1 to 6. 00:17:05.400 --> 00:17:06.000 I'm going to read, sorry. 00:17:06.940 --> 00:17:07.380 32. 00:17:08.380 --> 00:17:10.320 When the people saw that Moses 00:17:10.320 --> 00:17:12.980 delayed to come down the mountain, 00:17:13.220 --> 00:17:15.059 the people gathered themselves together 00:17:15.059 --> 00:17:16.600 to Aaron and said to him, 00:17:16.599 --> 00:17:17.779 up, 00:17:18.659 --> 00:17:21.399 make us gods who shall go before us. 00:17:22.159 --> 00:17:23.399 As for this Moses, 00:17:24.339 --> 00:17:25.980 the man who brought us up 00:17:25.980 --> 00:17:27.419 out of the land of Egypt, 00:17:27.819 --> 00:17:29.879 we do not know what has become of him. 00:17:30.179 --> 00:17:31.199 So Aaron said to them, 00:17:31.299 --> 00:17:32.859 take off the rings of gold 00:17:32.859 --> 00:17:34.919 that are in the ears of your wives, 00:17:35.000 --> 00:17:36.000 your sons and your daughters 00:17:36.000 --> 00:17:37.099 and bring them to me. 00:17:37.379 --> 00:17:38.639 So all the people took off 00:17:38.639 --> 00:17:39.599 the rings of gold 00:17:39.599 --> 00:17:40.579 that were in their ears 00:17:40.579 --> 00:17:41.639 and brought them to Aaron 00:17:41.640 --> 00:17:43.520 and he received the gold 00:17:43.520 --> 00:17:44.160 from their hand 00:17:44.160 --> 00:17:45.060 and fashioned it 00:17:45.060 --> 00:17:46.020 with a graving tool 00:17:46.020 --> 00:17:47.759 and made a golden calf. 00:17:48.380 --> 00:17:49.180 And they said, 00:17:50.380 --> 00:17:52.060 these are your gods, 00:17:52.860 --> 00:17:53.720 O Israel, 00:17:54.180 --> 00:17:55.180 who brought you up 00:17:55.180 --> 00:17:56.480 out of the land of Egypt. 00:17:57.460 --> 00:17:58.860 When Aaron saw this, 00:17:58.920 --> 00:18:00.340 he built an altar before it 00:18:00.340 --> 00:18:02.160 and Aaron made a proclamation 00:18:02.160 --> 00:18:02.860 and said, 00:18:02.980 --> 00:18:04.540 tomorrow shall be a feast 00:18:04.540 --> 00:18:05.520 to the Lord. 00:18:06.340 --> 00:18:07.759 And they rose up early 00:18:07.759 --> 00:18:08.540 the next day 00:18:08.540 --> 00:18:09.560 and offered burnt offerings 00:18:09.560 --> 00:18:10.600 and brought peace offerings 00:18:10.599 --> 00:18:12.159 and the people sat down 00:18:12.159 --> 00:18:13.279 to eat and drink 00:18:13.279 --> 00:18:15.759 and rose up to play. 00:18:18.000 --> 00:18:19.319 Now for no better reason 00:18:19.319 --> 00:18:20.079 than that Moses 00:18:20.079 --> 00:18:21.699 was taking a while 00:18:21.699 --> 00:18:23.079 on Mount Sinai, 00:18:24.399 --> 00:18:27.119 Israel disobeyed 00:18:27.119 --> 00:18:29.240 the law they had just received 00:18:29.240 --> 00:18:31.939 and broke the covenant 00:18:31.939 --> 00:18:34.500 they had just made. 00:18:36.659 --> 00:18:38.659 They engage in idolatry, 00:18:38.660 --> 00:18:41.740 the crafting of a graven image, 00:18:42.640 --> 00:18:43.720 in false worship, 00:18:44.279 --> 00:18:45.279 in blasphemy 00:18:45.279 --> 00:18:46.960 against the name of the Lord, 00:18:47.840 --> 00:18:50.360 in implementing novel sacrifices, 00:18:50.680 --> 00:18:51.940 an invented festival, 00:18:52.180 --> 00:18:53.040 and I think it suggested 00:18:53.040 --> 00:18:53.740 debauchery 00:18:53.740 --> 00:18:55.279 and they rose up to play 00:18:55.279 --> 00:18:56.980 in implying drunkenness 00:18:56.980 --> 00:18:57.840 and promiscuity. 00:18:59.800 --> 00:19:01.500 If Israel had deliberately 00:19:01.500 --> 00:19:02.560 sat down 00:19:02.560 --> 00:19:03.880 and brainstormed 00:19:03.880 --> 00:19:05.040 how they could break 00:19:05.040 --> 00:19:06.279 as many commandments 00:19:06.279 --> 00:19:07.059 as possible 00:19:07.059 --> 00:19:08.420 in one fell swoop, 00:19:08.859 --> 00:19:09.899 I don't think, 00:19:10.200 --> 00:19:10.379 you know, 00:19:10.399 --> 00:19:10.740 they would have been 00:19:10.740 --> 00:19:11.899 hard-pressed to come up 00:19:11.899 --> 00:19:12.740 with a better scheme 00:19:12.740 --> 00:19:13.339 than this. 00:19:16.759 --> 00:19:18.700 I'm a catastrophic failure. 00:19:20.379 --> 00:19:21.779 And God's response 00:19:21.779 --> 00:19:23.000 is devastating. 00:19:23.359 --> 00:19:24.279 Look at what God says 00:19:24.279 --> 00:19:24.759 to Moses 00:19:24.759 --> 00:19:25.740 in verse 7. 00:19:26.399 --> 00:19:26.980 And the Lord 00:19:26.980 --> 00:19:28.059 says to Moses, 00:19:28.139 --> 00:19:28.720 said to Moses, 00:19:28.819 --> 00:19:29.799 listen to God's words here, 00:19:29.839 --> 00:19:30.819 the Lord said to Moses, 00:19:30.819 --> 00:19:32.200 go down 00:19:32.200 --> 00:19:33.960 for 00:19:33.960 --> 00:19:36.000 your people 00:19:36.000 --> 00:19:37.839 whom 00:19:37.839 --> 00:19:39.599 you brought up 00:19:39.599 --> 00:19:40.779 out of the land of Egypt 00:19:40.779 --> 00:19:42.980 have corrupted themselves. 00:19:44.439 --> 00:19:45.639 See how God's just 00:19:45.639 --> 00:19:47.339 completely disowned Israel. 00:19:48.859 --> 00:19:50.059 Not my people, 00:19:50.200 --> 00:19:50.859 your people 00:19:50.859 --> 00:19:52.179 whom you brought out. 00:19:54.099 --> 00:19:55.059 And verse 10, 00:19:55.139 --> 00:19:56.139 he declares his intention 00:19:56.139 --> 00:19:57.039 to destroy them. 00:19:57.700 --> 00:19:58.019 He says, 00:19:58.200 --> 00:19:58.980 God says to Moses, 00:19:58.980 --> 00:20:01.079 now therefore let me alone 00:20:01.079 --> 00:20:02.259 that my wrath 00:20:02.259 --> 00:20:03.360 may burn hot 00:20:03.360 --> 00:20:04.220 against them 00:20:04.220 --> 00:20:06.500 and I may consume them 00:20:06.500 --> 00:20:09.019 in order that I may make 00:20:09.019 --> 00:20:09.980 a great nation 00:20:10.500 --> 00:20:11.579 of you. 00:20:13.559 --> 00:20:14.240 God says, 00:20:14.299 --> 00:20:15.380 I'll wipe them out. 00:20:16.660 --> 00:20:17.599 I'll just start again 00:20:17.599 --> 00:20:18.039 with you, 00:20:18.160 --> 00:20:18.559 Moses. 00:20:19.740 --> 00:20:20.860 No more of this 00:20:20.860 --> 00:20:21.420 corrupt, 00:20:21.759 --> 00:20:21.980 rebellious 00:20:22.500 --> 00:20:23.440 Israel. 00:20:23.440 --> 00:20:29.980 Israel is on the cusp 00:20:29.980 --> 00:20:31.080 of complete 00:20:31.080 --> 00:20:32.019 and utter 00:20:32.019 --> 00:20:32.759 ruin. 00:20:33.980 --> 00:20:34.600 And it raises 00:20:34.600 --> 00:20:35.500 the question for us, 00:20:35.759 --> 00:20:36.880 has everything 00:20:36.880 --> 00:20:37.900 that's happened before 00:20:37.900 --> 00:20:38.960 in the book of Exodus, 00:20:39.980 --> 00:20:41.059 all the events 00:20:41.059 --> 00:20:42.140 that have taken place, 00:20:42.240 --> 00:20:42.880 the plagues, 00:20:43.000 --> 00:20:44.019 the parting of the sea, 00:20:44.279 --> 00:20:44.980 the war, 00:20:45.480 --> 00:20:46.100 all of it, 00:20:46.200 --> 00:20:47.000 is it all just 00:20:47.000 --> 00:20:48.200 a complete waste of time? 00:20:49.140 --> 00:20:49.940 Is it all pointless? 00:20:50.059 --> 00:20:50.759 Is it all utterly 00:20:50.759 --> 00:20:51.400 in vain? 00:20:51.400 --> 00:20:53.420 Is it all 00:20:53.440 --> 00:20:54.840 at this point, 00:20:54.960 --> 00:20:55.460 it would have been 00:20:55.460 --> 00:20:56.160 better off, 00:20:56.420 --> 00:20:57.140 Israel would have been 00:20:57.140 --> 00:20:57.759 better off 00:20:57.759 --> 00:20:58.820 if God had left 00:20:58.820 --> 00:20:59.620 them in Egypt 00:20:59.620 --> 00:21:01.220 than that he'd 00:21:01.220 --> 00:21:01.940 brought them out? 00:21:05.180 --> 00:21:05.900 There'd been 00:21:05.900 --> 00:21:06.620 earlier points 00:21:06.620 --> 00:21:07.559 in Israel's escape 00:21:07.559 --> 00:21:08.140 from Egypt 00:21:08.140 --> 00:21:09.100 where things 00:21:09.100 --> 00:21:09.640 had looked a bit 00:21:09.640 --> 00:21:10.120 shaky. 00:21:11.759 --> 00:21:12.279 But at each 00:21:12.279 --> 00:21:13.279 of those points, 00:21:13.420 --> 00:21:14.480 all Israel really 00:21:14.480 --> 00:21:15.320 needed was the 00:21:15.320 --> 00:21:16.440 power of God 00:21:16.440 --> 00:21:17.440 to rescue them. 00:21:18.620 --> 00:21:19.920 The power of God 00:21:19.920 --> 00:21:20.900 to keep sending 00:21:20.900 --> 00:21:21.580 plagues 00:21:21.580 --> 00:21:22.779 until finally 00:21:22.779 --> 00:21:23.859 even hard-hearted 00:21:23.859 --> 00:21:24.359 Pharaoh 00:21:24.359 --> 00:21:25.200 was forced 00:21:25.200 --> 00:21:26.019 to capitulate. 00:21:26.539 --> 00:21:27.359 The power 00:21:27.359 --> 00:21:27.899 of God 00:21:27.899 --> 00:21:28.599 to confuse 00:21:28.599 --> 00:21:29.559 the Egyptian army, 00:21:29.660 --> 00:21:30.139 the power 00:21:30.139 --> 00:21:30.519 of God 00:21:30.519 --> 00:21:31.000 to part 00:21:31.000 --> 00:21:31.379 the sea, 00:21:31.500 --> 00:21:31.940 the power 00:21:31.940 --> 00:21:32.319 of God 00:21:32.319 --> 00:21:33.119 to bring 00:21:33.119 --> 00:21:34.359 water from 00:21:34.359 --> 00:21:34.799 a rock 00:21:34.799 --> 00:21:35.259 and provide 00:21:35.259 --> 00:21:35.779 food in 00:21:35.779 --> 00:21:36.259 the wilderness. 00:21:39.859 --> 00:21:40.599 But the 00:21:40.599 --> 00:21:41.639 golden calf 00:21:41.639 --> 00:21:43.059 crisis 00:21:43.059 --> 00:21:43.899 was a crisis 00:21:43.899 --> 00:21:44.599 on a whole 00:21:44.599 --> 00:21:45.259 new level 00:21:45.259 --> 00:21:47.180 because now 00:21:47.180 --> 00:21:47.879 the power 00:21:47.879 --> 00:21:48.740 of God 00:21:48.740 --> 00:21:49.740 was not an 00:21:49.740 --> 00:21:50.279 ally 00:21:50.279 --> 00:21:51.180 to the 00:21:51.180 --> 00:21:51.740 Israelites 00:21:51.740 --> 00:21:53.160 but a 00:21:53.160 --> 00:21:53.639 threat to 00:21:53.639 --> 00:21:54.039 their very 00:21:54.039 --> 00:21:54.720 existence. 00:21:56.099 --> 00:21:57.119 The Israelites 00:21:57.119 --> 00:21:58.200 had become 00:21:58.200 --> 00:21:58.660 Pharaoh 00:21:58.660 --> 00:22:00.379 and the 00:22:00.379 --> 00:22:00.799 Egyptians. 00:22:02.079 --> 00:22:02.779 They had 00:22:02.779 --> 00:22:03.740 made God 00:22:03.740 --> 00:22:04.440 into their 00:22:04.440 --> 00:22:05.139 enemy. 00:22:08.740 --> 00:22:09.180 Now, 00:22:09.240 --> 00:22:09.539 brothers and 00:22:09.539 --> 00:22:09.799 sisters, 00:22:10.799 --> 00:22:12.859 just imagine 00:22:12.859 --> 00:22:15.299 if we 00:22:15.299 --> 00:22:16.399 found ourselves 00:22:16.400 --> 00:22:17.060 in this 00:22:17.060 --> 00:22:17.660 place 00:22:17.660 --> 00:22:19.340 every time 00:22:19.340 --> 00:22:19.820 we sinned 00:22:19.820 --> 00:22:20.540 against God. 00:22:22.640 --> 00:22:23.259 If every 00:22:23.259 --> 00:22:23.780 time we 00:22:23.780 --> 00:22:24.980 put idols 00:22:24.980 --> 00:22:25.960 before God, 00:22:26.480 --> 00:22:28.820 we found 00:22:28.820 --> 00:22:29.240 ourselves 00:22:29.240 --> 00:22:29.620 here, 00:22:30.480 --> 00:22:31.640 where the 00:22:31.640 --> 00:22:31.980 Israelites 00:22:31.980 --> 00:22:32.580 were that 00:22:32.580 --> 00:22:32.940 day. 00:22:34.519 --> 00:22:34.820 For 00:22:34.820 --> 00:22:35.160 example, 00:22:36.160 --> 00:22:36.860 let's 00:22:36.860 --> 00:22:37.180 say 00:22:37.180 --> 00:22:40.019 I'm 00:22:40.019 --> 00:22:40.320 feeling 00:22:40.320 --> 00:22:40.900 anxious 00:22:40.900 --> 00:22:42.440 or stressed 00:22:42.440 --> 00:22:42.780 about 00:22:42.780 --> 00:22:43.300 something. 00:22:43.299 --> 00:22:45.279 something's 00:22:45.279 --> 00:22:45.500 really 00:22:45.500 --> 00:22:45.859 troubling 00:22:45.859 --> 00:22:46.240 me. 00:22:47.720 --> 00:22:47.919 And 00:22:47.919 --> 00:22:48.399 instead of 00:22:48.399 --> 00:22:48.839 praying, 00:22:49.099 --> 00:22:49.480 instead of 00:22:49.480 --> 00:22:50.039 turning to 00:22:50.039 --> 00:22:50.519 God, 00:22:51.639 --> 00:22:52.519 I turn 00:22:52.519 --> 00:22:52.740 to 00:22:52.740 --> 00:22:53.799 Netflix 00:22:53.799 --> 00:22:55.759 or 00:22:55.759 --> 00:22:57.079 alcohol 00:22:57.079 --> 00:22:58.619 or 00:22:58.619 --> 00:22:59.419 exercise 00:22:59.419 --> 00:23:00.419 or 00:23:00.419 --> 00:23:00.919 whatever 00:23:00.919 --> 00:23:01.460 it might 00:23:01.460 --> 00:23:01.919 be. 00:23:04.639 --> 00:23:05.379 And I 00:23:05.379 --> 00:23:05.700 say, 00:23:05.960 --> 00:23:06.419 Netflix, 00:23:07.720 --> 00:23:08.460 you're the 00:23:08.460 --> 00:23:08.940 one who can 00:23:08.940 --> 00:23:09.579 help me deal 00:23:09.579 --> 00:23:10.000 with my 00:23:10.000 --> 00:23:10.539 worries. 00:23:11.980 --> 00:23:12.539 Exercise, 00:23:12.539 --> 00:23:13.220 you're the 00:23:13.220 --> 00:23:13.559 one that's 00:23:13.559 --> 00:23:14.279 going to 00:23:14.279 --> 00:23:16.019 save me 00:23:16.019 --> 00:23:16.460 from my 00:23:16.460 --> 00:23:16.819 troubles. 00:23:18.819 --> 00:23:19.159 And that's 00:23:19.159 --> 00:23:19.519 the kind of 00:23:19.519 --> 00:23:19.759 thing we 00:23:19.759 --> 00:23:20.220 often do, 00:23:20.299 --> 00:23:20.700 isn't it? 00:23:21.720 --> 00:23:22.519 When we're 00:23:22.519 --> 00:23:23.159 anxious or 00:23:23.159 --> 00:23:23.759 worried or 00:23:23.759 --> 00:23:24.339 weighed down 00:23:24.339 --> 00:23:24.920 with something, 00:23:25.299 --> 00:23:25.659 we know 00:23:25.659 --> 00:23:27.379 instead of 00:23:27.379 --> 00:23:27.779 turning to 00:23:27.779 --> 00:23:28.119 God, 00:23:28.539 --> 00:23:29.339 we turn to 00:23:29.339 --> 00:23:29.740 these other 00:23:29.740 --> 00:23:30.259 things. 00:23:32.079 --> 00:23:32.899 That may be 00:23:32.899 --> 00:23:33.759 less extreme 00:23:33.759 --> 00:23:34.799 than the 00:23:34.799 --> 00:23:35.139 golden 00:23:35.139 --> 00:23:35.799 calf, 00:23:36.879 --> 00:23:37.319 but it's 00:23:37.319 --> 00:23:38.559 not that 00:23:38.559 --> 00:23:39.220 dissimilar 00:23:39.220 --> 00:23:40.779 in terms of 00:23:40.779 --> 00:23:41.059 what we're 00:23:41.059 --> 00:23:41.399 doing. 00:23:42.539 --> 00:23:43.619 Imagine if 00:23:43.619 --> 00:23:44.339 any time we 00:23:44.339 --> 00:23:44.879 did something 00:23:44.879 --> 00:23:45.460 like that, 00:23:45.559 --> 00:23:46.039 God said, 00:23:46.279 --> 00:23:46.599 enough, 00:23:46.759 --> 00:23:47.220 I'm done 00:23:47.220 --> 00:23:47.720 with you. 00:23:48.599 --> 00:23:49.180 My wrath 00:23:49.180 --> 00:23:49.680 is burning 00:23:49.680 --> 00:23:50.420 against you. 00:23:50.579 --> 00:23:50.879 I'm going 00:23:50.879 --> 00:23:51.339 to wipe 00:23:51.339 --> 00:23:51.779 you out 00:23:51.779 --> 00:23:52.299 and start 00:23:52.299 --> 00:23:52.700 again. 00:23:54.740 --> 00:23:55.519 Which one 00:23:55.519 --> 00:23:55.720 of us 00:23:55.720 --> 00:23:56.220 would last 00:23:56.220 --> 00:23:56.659 even a 00:23:56.659 --> 00:23:57.000 day? 00:23:59.759 --> 00:24:00.480 Yet that's 00:24:00.480 --> 00:24:01.119 exactly where 00:24:01.119 --> 00:24:01.899 Israel found 00:24:01.899 --> 00:24:02.379 itself, 00:24:02.779 --> 00:24:03.539 through their 00:24:03.539 --> 00:24:04.379 own rebellion 00:24:04.379 --> 00:24:05.740 and idolatry. 00:24:05.740 --> 00:24:07.000 Israel 00:24:07.000 --> 00:24:08.120 and 00:24:08.120 --> 00:24:08.480 with 00:24:08.480 --> 00:24:09.359 destruction 00:24:09.359 --> 00:24:10.420 hovering over 00:24:10.420 --> 00:24:10.900 Israel 00:24:10.900 --> 00:24:11.440 and about 00:24:11.440 --> 00:24:12.120 to descend, 00:24:12.480 --> 00:24:12.779 Moses 00:24:12.779 --> 00:24:13.660 interceded. 00:24:16.839 --> 00:24:17.599 Moses had 00:24:17.599 --> 00:24:18.019 this offer 00:24:18.019 --> 00:24:18.519 from God 00:24:18.519 --> 00:24:18.900 that God 00:24:18.900 --> 00:24:19.380 would wipe 00:24:19.380 --> 00:24:19.680 out the 00:24:19.680 --> 00:24:19.960 rest of 00:24:19.960 --> 00:24:20.140 them and 00:24:20.140 --> 00:24:20.819 start again 00:24:20.819 --> 00:24:21.420 with Moses, 00:24:21.640 --> 00:24:22.160 but Moses 00:24:22.160 --> 00:24:22.500 wasn't 00:24:22.500 --> 00:24:23.019 interested in 00:24:23.019 --> 00:24:23.160 that. 00:24:23.480 --> 00:24:24.339 He refused 00:24:24.339 --> 00:24:24.660 to let 00:24:24.660 --> 00:24:25.220 himself be 00:24:25.220 --> 00:24:25.940 separated 00:24:25.940 --> 00:24:27.279 from Israel. 00:24:27.500 --> 00:24:28.440 He rather 00:24:28.440 --> 00:24:28.880 instead 00:24:28.880 --> 00:24:30.079 identified with 00:24:30.079 --> 00:24:30.700 Israel and 00:24:30.700 --> 00:24:31.539 he interceded 00:24:31.539 --> 00:24:31.980 for them. 00:24:32.059 --> 00:24:32.339 In verse 00:24:32.339 --> 00:24:33.700 11 of 00:24:33.700 --> 00:24:34.259 chapter 32, 00:24:34.339 --> 00:24:35.420 he implored 00:24:35.420 --> 00:24:36.659 the Lord 00:24:36.659 --> 00:24:37.460 his God. 00:24:38.019 --> 00:24:38.399 Now there 00:24:38.399 --> 00:24:38.740 are three 00:24:38.740 --> 00:24:39.460 stages to 00:24:39.460 --> 00:24:39.720 Moses' 00:24:39.899 --> 00:24:40.339 intercession. 00:24:40.519 --> 00:24:40.859 We don't 00:24:40.859 --> 00:24:41.379 really have 00:24:41.379 --> 00:24:41.720 time to 00:24:41.720 --> 00:24:42.019 go into 00:24:42.019 --> 00:24:42.339 all the 00:24:42.339 --> 00:24:42.759 details 00:24:42.759 --> 00:24:43.079 here, 00:24:43.279 --> 00:24:43.599 but I'll 00:24:43.599 --> 00:24:43.980 just try 00:24:43.980 --> 00:24:44.460 and fly 00:24:44.460 --> 00:24:44.879 through it 00:24:44.879 --> 00:24:45.139 a bit. 00:24:45.500 --> 00:24:45.859 Stage 00:24:45.859 --> 00:24:46.319 one is 00:24:46.319 --> 00:24:46.700 in chapter 00:24:46.700 --> 00:24:47.240 32 00:24:47.240 --> 00:24:47.599 verses 00:24:47.599 --> 00:24:49.059 11 to 00:24:49.059 --> 00:24:49.700 13. 00:24:50.519 --> 00:24:51.039 First 00:24:51.039 --> 00:24:51.819 notice how 00:24:51.819 --> 00:24:52.339 he starts 00:24:52.339 --> 00:24:52.700 in verse 00:24:52.700 --> 00:24:53.039 11. 00:24:53.159 --> 00:24:53.579 O Lord, 00:24:53.960 --> 00:24:54.420 why does 00:24:54.420 --> 00:24:55.019 your wrath 00:24:55.019 --> 00:24:55.619 burn hot 00:24:55.619 --> 00:24:56.139 against 00:24:56.139 --> 00:24:57.839 your people 00:24:57.839 --> 00:24:59.559 whom you 00:24:59.559 --> 00:25:00.259 have brought 00:25:00.259 --> 00:25:00.859 out of the 00:25:00.859 --> 00:25:01.259 land of 00:25:01.259 --> 00:25:01.819 Egypt with 00:25:01.819 --> 00:25:02.839 great power 00:25:02.839 --> 00:25:03.200 and with 00:25:03.200 --> 00:25:03.879 a mighty 00:25:03.879 --> 00:25:04.160 hand? 00:25:04.200 --> 00:25:04.440 Notice 00:25:04.440 --> 00:25:04.900 how he 00:25:04.900 --> 00:25:06.379 challenges 00:25:06.379 --> 00:25:07.960 God who 00:25:07.960 --> 00:25:08.519 had just 00:25:08.519 --> 00:25:09.200 disowned his 00:25:09.200 --> 00:25:09.759 people and 00:25:09.759 --> 00:25:09.960 says, 00:25:10.059 --> 00:25:10.420 no God, 00:25:10.480 --> 00:25:10.960 they're yours 00:25:10.960 --> 00:25:11.440 and you're 00:25:11.440 --> 00:25:11.900 the one who 00:25:11.900 --> 00:25:12.279 redeemed 00:25:12.279 --> 00:25:12.539 them. 00:25:14.019 --> 00:25:14.299 Verse 00:25:14.299 --> 00:25:14.720 13, 00:25:14.799 --> 00:25:15.400 he calls 00:25:15.400 --> 00:25:15.680 on the 00:25:15.680 --> 00:25:16.039 Lord to 00:25:16.039 --> 00:25:16.579 remember his 00:25:16.579 --> 00:25:17.160 promise to 00:25:17.160 --> 00:25:17.460 Abraham, 00:25:17.680 --> 00:25:18.160 Isaac and 00:25:18.160 --> 00:25:18.579 Jacob, 00:25:19.039 --> 00:25:19.359 calls on 00:25:19.359 --> 00:25:19.579 him to 00:25:19.579 --> 00:25:20.000 turn from 00:25:20.000 --> 00:25:20.440 his burning 00:25:20.440 --> 00:25:20.879 anger and 00:25:20.879 --> 00:25:21.299 the outcome 00:25:21.299 --> 00:25:21.680 in verse 00:25:21.680 --> 00:25:22.359 14 is 00:25:22.359 --> 00:25:23.339 the Lord 00:25:23.339 --> 00:25:23.940 relented 00:25:23.940 --> 00:25:24.420 from the 00:25:24.420 --> 00:25:25.400 disaster that 00:25:25.400 --> 00:25:26.039 he'd spoken 00:25:26.039 --> 00:25:26.519 of bringing 00:25:26.519 --> 00:25:26.940 on his 00:25:26.940 --> 00:25:27.339 people. 00:25:29.220 --> 00:25:30.519 So the 00:25:30.519 --> 00:25:31.779 Lord doesn't 00:25:31.779 --> 00:25:32.259 just wipe 00:25:32.259 --> 00:25:32.680 them out 00:25:32.680 --> 00:25:33.619 and destroy 00:25:33.619 --> 00:25:33.920 them. 00:25:34.240 --> 00:25:34.859 That's stage 00:25:34.859 --> 00:25:35.240 one of 00:25:35.240 --> 00:25:35.519 Moses' 00:25:35.660 --> 00:25:36.139 intercession. 00:25:36.879 --> 00:25:37.519 But there 00:25:37.519 --> 00:25:37.920 are still 00:25:37.920 --> 00:25:38.839 some questions 00:25:38.839 --> 00:25:39.700 unresolved. 00:25:40.920 --> 00:25:41.059 You know, 00:25:41.139 --> 00:25:41.359 okay, 00:25:41.480 --> 00:25:42.000 God's not 00:25:42.000 --> 00:25:42.180 going to 00:25:42.180 --> 00:25:42.619 wipe them 00:25:42.619 --> 00:25:42.799 out, 00:25:42.859 --> 00:25:43.139 but what 00:25:43.139 --> 00:25:43.420 does this 00:25:43.420 --> 00:25:43.940 mean for 00:25:43.940 --> 00:25:44.639 Israel's 00:25:44.639 --> 00:25:45.059 future? 00:25:45.639 --> 00:25:46.240 So stage 00:25:46.240 --> 00:25:46.799 two comes 00:25:46.799 --> 00:25:47.180 in chapter 00:25:47.180 --> 00:25:48.139 32 verses 00:25:48.139 --> 00:25:49.839 31 and 00:25:49.839 --> 00:25:50.460 32, 00:25:50.460 --> 00:25:53.660 where Moses 00:25:53.660 --> 00:25:55.460 confesses the 00:25:55.460 --> 00:25:55.940 people's 00:25:55.940 --> 00:25:56.360 sin to 00:25:56.360 --> 00:25:56.940 the Lord 00:25:56.940 --> 00:25:59.600 and asks 00:25:59.600 --> 00:26:00.660 God's 00:26:00.660 --> 00:26:01.079 forgiveness 00:26:01.079 --> 00:26:02.180 and even 00:26:02.180 --> 00:26:03.240 offers himself 00:26:03.240 --> 00:26:04.579 in their 00:26:04.579 --> 00:26:05.220 place. 00:26:06.660 --> 00:26:07.460 And the 00:26:07.460 --> 00:26:09.759 outcome is 00:26:09.759 --> 00:26:10.279 that God 00:26:10.279 --> 00:26:11.240 reinstates 00:26:11.240 --> 00:26:12.019 their future. 00:26:14.140 --> 00:26:15.220 He says, 00:26:15.500 --> 00:26:16.200 verse 34, 00:26:16.319 --> 00:26:16.960 chapter 32, 00:26:17.059 --> 00:26:17.579 verse 34, 00:26:17.920 --> 00:26:18.779 now go lead 00:26:18.779 --> 00:26:19.299 the people to 00:26:19.299 --> 00:26:19.920 the place about 00:26:19.920 --> 00:26:20.360 which I've 00:26:20.360 --> 00:26:21.740 spoken to 00:26:21.740 --> 00:26:21.980 you. 00:26:22.100 --> 00:26:22.420 Behold, 00:26:22.500 --> 00:26:23.140 my angel 00:26:23.140 --> 00:26:23.660 shall go 00:26:23.660 --> 00:26:24.539 before you. 00:26:26.380 --> 00:26:26.779 And it 00:26:26.779 --> 00:26:27.319 continues in 00:26:27.319 --> 00:26:28.019 chapter 33 00:26:28.019 --> 00:26:28.600 verse 1, 00:26:28.660 --> 00:26:28.940 depart, 00:26:29.079 --> 00:26:29.620 go up from 00:26:29.620 --> 00:26:29.920 here, 00:26:30.019 --> 00:26:30.279 you and 00:26:30.279 --> 00:26:30.779 the people 00:26:30.779 --> 00:26:31.259 whom you 00:26:31.259 --> 00:26:31.640 brought up 00:26:31.640 --> 00:26:31.920 from the 00:26:31.920 --> 00:26:32.259 land of 00:26:32.259 --> 00:26:32.680 Egypt. 00:26:33.160 --> 00:26:33.400 He says, 00:26:33.460 --> 00:26:33.860 you can 00:26:33.860 --> 00:26:34.200 go to 00:26:34.200 --> 00:26:34.759 the land, 00:26:35.299 --> 00:26:35.759 I'll give 00:26:35.759 --> 00:26:36.039 you the 00:26:36.039 --> 00:26:36.279 land, 00:26:36.360 --> 00:26:36.819 verse 2, 00:26:36.900 --> 00:26:37.240 33, 00:26:37.380 --> 00:26:37.620 verse 2, 00:26:37.660 --> 00:26:37.980 I'll send 00:26:37.980 --> 00:26:38.400 my angel 00:26:38.400 --> 00:26:39.039 before you, 00:26:39.079 --> 00:26:39.559 he'll drive 00:26:39.559 --> 00:26:39.900 out the 00:26:39.900 --> 00:26:40.340 Canaanites, 00:26:40.900 --> 00:26:41.340 verse 3, 00:26:41.440 --> 00:26:41.920 go to the 00:26:41.920 --> 00:26:43.079 land of 00:26:43.079 --> 00:26:43.500 flowing with 00:26:43.500 --> 00:26:43.779 milk and 00:26:43.779 --> 00:26:43.960 honey, 00:26:44.039 --> 00:26:44.420 they have 00:26:44.420 --> 00:26:45.019 their future, 00:26:45.380 --> 00:26:45.660 they have 00:26:45.660 --> 00:26:47.220 their life, 00:26:47.460 --> 00:26:47.759 they have 00:26:47.759 --> 00:26:48.420 their future, 00:26:48.840 --> 00:26:49.240 but look 00:26:49.240 --> 00:26:49.799 what God 00:26:49.799 --> 00:26:50.240 says at 00:26:50.240 --> 00:26:50.920 33 verse 00:26:50.920 --> 00:26:51.259 3, 00:26:51.720 --> 00:26:52.100 at the end 00:26:52.100 --> 00:26:52.340 of verse 00:26:52.340 --> 00:26:52.660 3, 00:26:52.660 --> 00:27:05.180 so they 00:27:05.180 --> 00:27:05.560 have their 00:27:05.560 --> 00:27:05.840 life, 00:27:05.920 --> 00:27:06.180 they're not 00:27:06.180 --> 00:27:06.460 going to be 00:27:06.460 --> 00:27:06.820 destroyed, 00:27:06.920 --> 00:27:07.200 they have 00:27:07.200 --> 00:27:07.660 their future, 00:27:07.740 --> 00:27:07.980 they can 00:27:07.980 --> 00:27:08.580 continue and 00:27:08.580 --> 00:27:08.980 go to the 00:27:08.980 --> 00:27:09.340 land and 00:27:09.340 --> 00:27:09.620 God will 00:27:09.620 --> 00:27:09.900 give it 00:27:09.900 --> 00:27:10.300 to them, 00:27:10.300 --> 00:27:10.900 but they 00:27:10.900 --> 00:27:11.600 have forfeited 00:27:11.600 --> 00:27:12.040 their most 00:27:12.040 --> 00:27:12.460 precious 00:27:12.460 --> 00:27:12.880 treasure, 00:27:13.880 --> 00:27:14.900 the presence 00:27:14.900 --> 00:27:15.320 of God 00:27:15.320 --> 00:27:15.980 himself with 00:27:15.980 --> 00:27:16.220 them. 00:27:16.220 --> 00:27:19.000 And so 00:27:19.000 --> 00:27:19.900 stage 3 of 00:27:19.900 --> 00:27:20.200 Moses' 00:27:20.360 --> 00:27:20.779 intercession 00:27:20.779 --> 00:27:21.380 comes in 00:27:21.380 --> 00:27:22.079 chapters 33 00:27:22.079 --> 00:27:22.680 verse 12 00:27:22.680 --> 00:27:23.380 to 16, 00:27:24.620 --> 00:27:24.920 which 00:27:24.920 --> 00:27:25.600 Ches read 00:27:25.600 --> 00:27:26.059 for us 00:27:26.059 --> 00:27:26.440 earlier. 00:27:28.759 --> 00:27:29.319 And it 00:27:29.319 --> 00:27:29.700 begins 00:27:29.700 --> 00:27:30.420 chapter 33 00:27:30.420 --> 00:27:30.940 verse 12, 00:27:31.039 --> 00:27:31.420 see you 00:27:31.420 --> 00:27:31.960 say to 00:27:31.960 --> 00:27:32.519 me bring 00:27:32.519 --> 00:27:32.900 up this 00:27:32.900 --> 00:27:33.440 people but 00:27:33.440 --> 00:27:33.920 you've not 00:27:33.920 --> 00:27:34.660 let me know 00:27:34.660 --> 00:27:35.299 whom you 00:27:35.299 --> 00:27:35.759 shall send 00:27:35.759 --> 00:27:36.400 with me. 00:27:38.160 --> 00:27:38.620 Yet 00:27:38.620 --> 00:27:39.000 you've said 00:27:39.000 --> 00:27:39.319 I know 00:27:39.319 --> 00:27:39.640 you by 00:27:39.640 --> 00:27:40.059 name and 00:27:40.059 --> 00:27:40.259 you've 00:27:40.259 --> 00:27:41.079 also found 00:27:41.079 --> 00:27:41.539 favour in 00:27:41.539 --> 00:27:41.900 my son. 00:27:43.039 --> 00:27:43.660 Moses is 00:27:43.660 --> 00:27:44.180 appealing to 00:27:44.180 --> 00:27:44.660 the Lord 00:27:44.660 --> 00:27:47.240 are you 00:27:47.240 --> 00:27:47.519 going to 00:27:47.519 --> 00:27:47.940 come with 00:27:47.940 --> 00:27:48.500 us Lord? 00:27:55.540 --> 00:27:56.019 Verse 00:27:56.019 --> 00:27:58.680 15, 00:27:59.860 --> 00:28:00.540 Moses said 00:28:00.540 --> 00:28:00.740 to the 00:28:00.740 --> 00:28:00.880 Lord, 00:28:01.140 --> 00:28:01.440 if your 00:28:01.440 --> 00:28:01.860 presence 00:28:01.860 --> 00:28:02.440 will not 00:28:02.440 --> 00:28:03.220 go with 00:28:03.220 --> 00:28:03.460 me, 00:28:03.620 --> 00:28:03.920 don't 00:28:03.920 --> 00:28:04.300 bring us 00:28:04.300 --> 00:28:04.680 up from 00:28:04.680 --> 00:28:05.080 here. 00:28:05.860 --> 00:28:06.259 For how 00:28:06.259 --> 00:28:06.600 shall it 00:28:06.600 --> 00:28:06.980 be known 00:28:06.980 --> 00:28:07.259 that I 00:28:07.259 --> 00:28:07.519 have found 00:28:07.519 --> 00:28:08.000 favour in 00:28:08.000 --> 00:28:08.480 your sight, 00:28:08.540 --> 00:28:08.740 I and 00:28:08.740 --> 00:28:09.140 your people? 00:28:09.320 --> 00:28:09.620 Is it 00:28:09.620 --> 00:28:10.019 not by 00:28:10.019 --> 00:28:10.500 your 00:28:10.500 --> 00:28:10.940 going 00:28:10.940 --> 00:28:11.680 with us 00:28:11.680 --> 00:28:12.680 so that 00:28:12.680 --> 00:28:13.400 we are 00:28:13.400 --> 00:28:14.240 distinct? 00:28:14.660 --> 00:28:15.500 I and 00:28:15.500 --> 00:28:15.620 your 00:28:15.620 --> 00:28:16.100 people from 00:28:16.100 --> 00:28:16.500 every other 00:28:16.500 --> 00:28:17.000 people on 00:28:17.000 --> 00:28:17.380 the face 00:28:17.380 --> 00:28:17.720 of your 00:28:17.720 --> 00:28:17.920 earth? 00:28:19.480 --> 00:28:20.060 None of 00:28:20.060 --> 00:28:20.840 the rest 00:28:20.840 --> 00:28:21.019 of it 00:28:21.019 --> 00:28:21.460 matters, 00:28:21.840 --> 00:28:22.080 God, 00:28:22.180 --> 00:28:22.660 if you 00:28:22.660 --> 00:28:23.100 do not 00:28:23.100 --> 00:28:23.580 go with 00:28:23.580 --> 00:28:24.000 us. 00:28:27.740 --> 00:28:28.360 And so 00:28:28.360 --> 00:28:29.019 the outcome 00:28:29.019 --> 00:28:30.160 to this 00:28:30.160 --> 00:28:30.800 third stage 00:28:30.800 --> 00:28:31.440 of intercession, 00:28:31.840 --> 00:28:32.700 chapter 33, 00:28:32.800 --> 00:28:33.279 verse 17, 00:28:33.360 --> 00:28:33.540 and the 00:28:33.540 --> 00:28:33.960 Lord said 00:28:33.960 --> 00:28:34.320 to Moses, 00:28:34.480 --> 00:28:34.980 this very 00:28:34.980 --> 00:28:35.420 thing that 00:28:35.420 --> 00:28:35.600 you've 00:28:35.600 --> 00:28:35.940 spoken, 00:28:36.140 --> 00:28:36.779 I will 00:28:36.779 --> 00:28:37.259 do, 00:28:38.060 --> 00:28:38.460 for you 00:28:38.460 --> 00:28:38.800 have found 00:28:38.800 --> 00:28:39.340 favour in 00:28:39.340 --> 00:28:39.920 my sight, 00:28:40.000 --> 00:28:40.340 and I 00:28:40.340 --> 00:28:40.740 know you 00:28:40.740 --> 00:28:41.360 by name. 00:28:41.359 --> 00:28:43.859 So by 00:28:43.859 --> 00:28:44.139 three 00:28:44.139 --> 00:28:44.779 stages, 00:28:45.579 --> 00:28:45.759 God 00:28:45.759 --> 00:28:46.219 grants 00:28:46.219 --> 00:28:46.539 Israel 00:28:46.539 --> 00:28:46.819 their 00:28:46.819 --> 00:28:47.279 life, 00:28:48.059 --> 00:28:48.199 he 00:28:48.199 --> 00:28:48.519 grants 00:28:48.519 --> 00:28:48.819 Israel 00:28:48.819 --> 00:28:49.059 their 00:28:49.059 --> 00:28:49.559 future, 00:28:50.139 --> 00:28:50.479 and he 00:28:50.479 --> 00:28:50.839 grants 00:28:50.839 --> 00:28:51.319 Israel 00:28:51.319 --> 00:28:51.939 his 00:28:51.939 --> 00:28:52.679 presence 00:28:52.679 --> 00:28:53.099 with 00:28:53.099 --> 00:28:53.339 them. 00:28:55.179 --> 00:28:55.679 And in 00:28:55.679 --> 00:28:56.039 33, 00:28:56.179 --> 00:28:56.799 verse 18, 00:28:56.939 --> 00:28:57.699 Moses said, 00:28:57.979 --> 00:28:58.719 please show 00:28:58.719 --> 00:28:59.099 me your 00:28:59.099 --> 00:28:59.379 glory. 00:28:59.500 --> 00:28:59.740 Now there's 00:28:59.740 --> 00:28:59.939 two 00:28:59.939 --> 00:29:00.219 possible, 00:29:00.399 --> 00:29:00.619 you know, 00:29:01.659 --> 00:29:02.179 show me 00:29:02.179 --> 00:29:02.779 your glory, 00:29:03.459 --> 00:29:03.759 Lord. 00:29:04.719 --> 00:29:04.979 There are 00:29:04.979 --> 00:29:05.419 two possible 00:29:05.419 --> 00:29:06.439 reasons Moses 00:29:06.439 --> 00:29:06.879 is asking 00:29:06.879 --> 00:29:07.079 this, 00:29:07.159 --> 00:29:07.539 maybe it's 00:29:07.539 --> 00:29:07.979 just in 00:29:07.979 --> 00:29:08.199 his 00:29:08.200 --> 00:29:09.860 exuberance. 00:29:11.039 --> 00:29:11.500 He's 00:29:11.500 --> 00:29:11.960 overcome 00:29:11.960 --> 00:29:12.400 with 00:29:12.400 --> 00:29:13.059 thankfulness. 00:29:13.120 --> 00:29:13.440 He wants 00:29:13.440 --> 00:29:13.779 to see 00:29:13.779 --> 00:29:14.259 more of 00:29:14.259 --> 00:29:14.660 God. 00:29:16.220 --> 00:29:16.779 Or perhaps 00:29:16.779 --> 00:29:17.380 secondly, 00:29:17.480 --> 00:29:17.940 maybe he's 00:29:17.940 --> 00:29:18.220 seeking 00:29:18.220 --> 00:29:19.120 reassurance. 00:29:20.080 --> 00:29:20.440 He's 00:29:20.440 --> 00:29:21.039 asking for 00:29:21.039 --> 00:29:21.620 a sign 00:29:21.620 --> 00:29:22.200 that God 00:29:22.200 --> 00:29:23.460 really will 00:29:23.460 --> 00:29:23.940 do what 00:29:23.940 --> 00:29:24.420 he's just 00:29:24.420 --> 00:29:24.840 said he'll 00:29:24.840 --> 00:29:25.140 do. 00:29:26.200 --> 00:29:26.980 Either way, 00:29:27.080 --> 00:29:27.380 God's 00:29:27.380 --> 00:29:27.779 response 00:29:27.779 --> 00:29:28.319 comes in 00:29:28.319 --> 00:29:29.120 verse 19, 00:29:30.039 --> 00:29:30.640 I'll make 00:29:30.640 --> 00:29:31.180 all my 00:29:31.180 --> 00:29:31.860 goodness 00:29:31.860 --> 00:29:32.360 pass 00:29:32.360 --> 00:29:33.200 before you 00:29:33.200 --> 00:29:34.240 and will 00:29:34.240 --> 00:29:34.759 proclaim 00:29:34.759 --> 00:29:35.559 before you 00:29:35.559 --> 00:29:36.500 my name, 00:29:36.720 --> 00:29:37.340 the Lord. 00:29:38.200 --> 00:29:41.039 notice that 00:29:41.039 --> 00:29:41.380 God's 00:29:41.380 --> 00:29:43.400 glory that 00:29:43.400 --> 00:29:44.100 Moses asked 00:29:44.100 --> 00:29:44.640 to see 00:29:44.640 --> 00:29:46.000 in verse 00:29:46.000 --> 00:29:48.759 18 is 00:29:48.759 --> 00:29:49.220 God's 00:29:49.220 --> 00:29:49.759 goodness, 00:29:50.500 --> 00:29:50.940 which he 00:29:50.940 --> 00:29:51.400 says will 00:29:51.400 --> 00:29:52.180 pass before 00:29:52.180 --> 00:29:53.080 him in 00:29:53.080 --> 00:29:54.380 verse 19. 00:29:55.039 --> 00:29:55.980 And both 00:29:55.980 --> 00:29:56.500 are connected 00:29:56.500 --> 00:29:57.360 to God's 00:29:57.360 --> 00:29:58.660 name, 00:29:59.740 --> 00:30:00.420 God's 00:30:00.420 --> 00:30:00.940 glory, 00:30:02.019 --> 00:30:02.340 God's 00:30:02.340 --> 00:30:02.860 goodness, 00:30:04.160 --> 00:30:04.519 God's 00:30:04.519 --> 00:30:05.019 name. 00:30:05.019 --> 00:30:07.019 God's 00:30:07.019 --> 00:30:08.019 God's 00:30:08.019 --> 00:30:08.019 00:30:08.019 --> 00:30:09.019 God's 00:30:09.019 --> 00:30:10.019 God's 00:30:10.019 --> 00:30:10.019 00:30:10.019 --> 00:30:10.359 face 00:30:10.359 --> 00:30:11.819 is a 00:30:11.819 --> 00:30:12.180 deeper 00:30:12.180 --> 00:30:12.799 revelation 00:30:12.799 --> 00:30:13.639 of who 00:30:13.639 --> 00:30:14.359 God 00:30:14.359 --> 00:30:15.000 himself 00:30:15.000 --> 00:30:15.779 is, 00:30:16.500 --> 00:30:17.220 of who 00:30:17.220 --> 00:30:17.500 God 00:30:17.500 --> 00:30:17.900 is. 00:30:18.859 --> 00:30:19.220 Verse 00:30:19.220 --> 00:30:19.680 20 to 00:30:19.680 --> 00:30:20.119 23, 00:30:20.259 --> 00:30:20.559 God 00:30:20.559 --> 00:30:21.099 explains 00:30:21.099 --> 00:30:21.259 that 00:30:21.259 --> 00:30:22.740 Moses 00:30:22.740 --> 00:30:23.299 can't 00:30:23.299 --> 00:30:23.720 see 00:30:23.720 --> 00:30:24.259 God's 00:30:24.259 --> 00:30:24.700 face 00:30:24.700 --> 00:30:25.000 and 00:30:25.000 --> 00:30:25.339 live 00:30:25.339 --> 00:30:25.619 so 00:30:25.619 --> 00:30:26.039 great 00:30:26.039 --> 00:30:26.279 is 00:30:26.279 --> 00:30:26.460 the 00:30:26.460 --> 00:30:26.740 Lord 00:30:26.740 --> 00:30:26.920 that 00:30:26.920 --> 00:30:27.400 God 00:30:27.400 --> 00:30:27.579 will 00:30:27.579 --> 00:30:28.119 hide 00:30:28.119 --> 00:30:28.519 Moses 00:30:28.519 --> 00:30:28.700 in 00:30:28.700 --> 00:30:28.839 the 00:30:28.839 --> 00:30:29.200 cleft 00:30:29.200 --> 00:30:29.339 of 00:30:29.339 --> 00:30:29.480 a 00:30:29.480 --> 00:30:29.740 rock 00:30:29.740 --> 00:30:30.000 until 00:30:30.000 --> 00:30:30.200 he 00:30:30.200 --> 00:30:30.539 passes 00:30:30.539 --> 00:30:30.900 by 00:30:30.900 --> 00:30:31.099 so 00:30:31.099 --> 00:30:31.259 that 00:30:31.259 --> 00:30:31.500 Moses 00:30:31.500 --> 00:30:31.680 will 00:30:31.680 --> 00:30:31.900 only 00:30:31.900 --> 00:30:32.139 see 00:30:32.140 --> 00:30:32.360 the 00:30:32.360 --> 00:30:33.200 back 00:30:33.200 --> 00:30:33.560 of 00:30:33.560 --> 00:30:34.060 God. 00:30:34.400 --> 00:30:34.740 Nevertheless, 00:30:35.280 --> 00:30:35.480 God 00:30:35.480 --> 00:30:35.700 is 00:30:35.700 --> 00:30:36.440 revealing 00:30:36.440 --> 00:30:37.080 himself 00:30:37.080 --> 00:30:37.360 to 00:30:37.360 --> 00:30:37.860 Moses. 00:30:39.040 --> 00:30:39.280 His 00:30:39.280 --> 00:30:39.780 glory, 00:30:39.920 --> 00:30:40.040 his 00:30:40.040 --> 00:30:40.360 goodness, 00:30:40.520 --> 00:30:40.640 his 00:30:40.640 --> 00:30:40.980 name, 00:30:41.080 --> 00:30:41.240 they're 00:30:41.240 --> 00:30:41.700 interconnected. 00:30:41.960 --> 00:30:42.100 This 00:30:42.100 --> 00:30:42.259 is 00:30:42.259 --> 00:30:42.620 God's 00:30:42.620 --> 00:30:43.160 identity, 00:30:43.400 --> 00:30:43.560 this 00:30:43.560 --> 00:30:43.860 is 00:30:43.860 --> 00:30:44.560 his 00:30:44.560 --> 00:30:45.160 nature, 00:30:45.280 --> 00:30:45.420 his 00:30:45.420 --> 00:30:45.820 core 00:30:45.820 --> 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maybe 00:31:41.419 --> 00:31:41.659 we'll 00:31:41.659 --> 00:31:41.919 look at 00:31:41.919 --> 00:31:42.059 that 00:31:42.059 --> 00:31:42.359 next 00:31:42.359 --> 00:31:42.779 week. 00:31:44.979 --> 00:31:45.599 But I 00:31:45.599 --> 00:31:45.839 want us 00:31:45.839 --> 00:31:46.479 to focus 00:31:46.479 --> 00:31:47.979 on God's 00:31:47.979 --> 00:31:48.619 revelation 00:31:48.619 --> 00:31:49.219 here of 00:31:49.219 --> 00:31:49.439 his 00:31:49.439 --> 00:31:50.099 kindness. 00:31:51.979 --> 00:31:52.500 Notice 00:31:52.500 --> 00:31:52.939 in verses 00:31:52.939 --> 00:31:53.599 5 and 00:31:53.599 --> 00:31:53.839 6, 00:31:53.939 --> 00:31:54.179 it's 00:31:54.179 --> 00:31:54.500 the 00:31:54.500 --> 00:31:55.079 Lord 00:31:55.079 --> 00:31:55.619 who 00:31:55.619 --> 00:31:55.799 is 00:31:55.799 --> 00:31:56.399 proclaiming 00:31:56.399 --> 00:31:56.579 his 00:31:56.579 --> 00:31:56.839 own 00:31:56.839 --> 00:31:57.240 name. 00:31:58.259 --> 00:31:58.559 This 00:31:58.559 --> 00:31:58.759 isn't 00:31:58.759 --> 00:31:58.919 what 00:31:58.920 --> 00:31:59.279 Moses 00:31:59.279 --> 00:31:59.500 is 00:31:59.500 --> 00:31:59.720 saying 00:31:59.720 --> 00:31:59.960 about 00:31:59.960 --> 00:32:00.200 God, 00:32:00.279 --> 00:32:00.420 this 00:32:00.420 --> 00:32:00.600 is 00:32:00.600 --> 00:32:00.920 what 00:32:00.920 --> 00:32:01.380 God 00:32:01.380 --> 00:32:01.600 is 00:32:01.600 --> 00:32:01.940 saying 00:32:01.940 --> 00:32:02.240 about 00:32:02.240 --> 00:32:02.740 himself. 00:32:04.460 --> 00:32:05.019 God 00:32:05.019 --> 00:32:05.200 is 00:32:05.200 --> 00:32:05.640 making 00:32:05.640 --> 00:32:06.180 himself 00:32:06.180 --> 00:32:06.700 known, 00:32:06.960 --> 00:32:07.279 he is 00:32:07.279 --> 00:32:07.860 declaring 00:32:07.860 --> 00:32:08.180 who 00:32:08.180 --> 00:32:08.380 he 00:32:08.380 --> 00:32:08.640 is 00:32:08.640 --> 00:32:08.820 to 00:32:08.820 --> 00:32:09.180 Moses. 00:32:10.759 --> 00:32:11.320 And 00:32:11.320 --> 00:32:11.519 this 00:32:11.519 --> 00:32:12.120 revelation 00:32:12.120 --> 00:32:12.519 of who 00:32:12.519 --> 00:32:12.800 God 00:32:12.800 --> 00:32:13.180 is 00:32:13.180 --> 00:32:13.800 in 00:32:13.800 --> 00:32:14.060 these 00:32:14.060 --> 00:32:14.400 verses 00:32:14.400 --> 00:32:14.759 here 00:32:14.759 --> 00:32:14.980 as 00:32:14.980 --> 00:32:15.120 he 00:32:15.120 --> 00:32:15.539 passes 00:32:15.539 --> 00:32:16.000 before 00:32:16.000 --> 00:32:16.440 Moses 00:32:16.440 --> 00:32:17.019 is 00:32:17.019 --> 00:32:17.259 not 00:32:17.259 --> 00:32:18.200 incidental 00:32:18.200 --> 00:32:18.360 to 00:32:18.360 --> 00:32:18.640 what's 00:32:18.640 --> 00:32:18.920 happened 00:32:18.920 --> 00:32:19.120 in 00:32:19.120 --> 00:32:19.360 chapters 00:32:19.360 --> 00:32:19.880 32 00:32:19.880 --> 00:32:20.080 and 00:32:20.080 --> 00:32:20.519 33. 00:32:20.900 --> 00:32:21.220 Rather, 00:32:21.660 --> 00:32:22.000 as 00:32:22.000 --> 00:32:22.259 God 00:32:22.259 --> 00:32:22.680 declares 00:32:22.680 --> 00:32:22.900 his 00:32:22.900 --> 00:32:23.240 name, 00:32:23.340 --> 00:32:23.440 as 00:32:23.440 --> 00:32:23.560 he 00:32:23.560 --> 00:32:24.120 shows 00:32:24.120 --> 00:32:24.340 his 00:32:24.340 --> 00:32:24.640 goodness, 00:32:24.640 --> 00:32:24.920 his 00:32:24.920 --> 00:32:25.340 glory, 00:32:26.200 --> 00:32:26.700 his 00:32:26.700 --> 00:32:27.220 character, 00:32:27.220 --> 00:32:28.019 God is 00:32:28.019 --> 00:32:28.579 explaining 00:32:28.579 --> 00:32:29.819 what's 00:32:29.819 --> 00:32:30.100 taken 00:32:30.100 --> 00:32:30.640 place 00:32:30.640 --> 00:32:31.000 in 00:32:31.000 --> 00:32:31.279 chapters 00:32:31.279 --> 00:32:31.799 32 00:32:31.799 --> 00:32:32.000 and 00:32:32.000 --> 00:32:32.460 33. 00:32:33.900 --> 00:32:34.539 God 00:32:34.539 --> 00:32:34.720 is 00:32:34.720 --> 00:32:35.259 explaining 00:32:35.259 --> 00:32:36.299 why 00:32:36.299 --> 00:32:37.200 when 00:32:37.200 --> 00:32:37.579 Moses 00:32:37.579 --> 00:32:38.240 interceded 00:32:38.240 --> 00:32:38.700 the first 00:32:38.700 --> 00:32:39.100 time, 00:32:39.299 --> 00:32:39.640 the Lord 00:32:39.640 --> 00:32:40.079 relented 00:32:40.079 --> 00:32:40.420 from the 00:32:40.420 --> 00:32:40.940 disaster 00:32:40.940 --> 00:32:41.360 he'd 00:32:41.360 --> 00:32:42.759 planned 00:32:42.759 --> 00:32:44.180 and 00:32:44.180 --> 00:32:44.299 did 00:32:44.299 --> 00:32:44.480 not 00:32:44.480 --> 00:32:44.819 destroy 00:32:44.819 --> 00:32:45.200 Israel. 00:32:45.400 --> 00:32:45.599 He's 00:32:45.599 --> 00:32:45.960 explaining 00:32:45.960 --> 00:32:46.400 why 00:32:46.400 --> 00:32:46.660 when 00:32:46.660 --> 00:32:46.960 Moses 00:32:46.960 --> 00:32:47.480 interceded 00:32:47.480 --> 00:32:47.900 the second 00:32:47.900 --> 00:32:48.259 time, 00:32:48.559 --> 00:32:48.879 the Lord 00:32:48.879 --> 00:32:49.660 reinstated 00:32:49.660 --> 00:32:50.359 their future 00:32:50.359 --> 00:32:50.980 in the 00:32:50.980 --> 00:32:51.279 promised 00:32:51.279 --> 00:32:51.599 land. 00:32:51.799 --> 00:32:52.079 He's 00:32:52.079 --> 00:32:52.440 explaining 00:32:52.440 --> 00:32:52.879 why 00:32:52.879 --> 00:32:53.119 when 00:32:53.119 --> 00:32:53.440 Moses 00:32:53.440 --> 00:32:54.000 interceded 00:32:54.000 --> 00:32:54.460 the third 00:32:54.460 --> 00:32:54.779 time, 00:32:55.000 --> 00:32:55.319 the Lord 00:32:55.319 --> 00:32:55.759 even 00:32:55.759 --> 00:32:56.200 agreed 00:32:56.200 --> 00:32:56.460 that 00:32:56.460 --> 00:32:56.720 he 00:32:56.720 --> 00:32:56.980 would 00:32:56.980 --> 00:32:57.220 go 00:32:57.220 --> 00:32:57.500 with 00:32:57.500 --> 00:32:57.819 them. 00:33:00.579 --> 00:33:01.160 Why 00:33:01.160 --> 00:33:01.519 he was 00:33:01.519 --> 00:33:01.740 willing 00:33:01.740 --> 00:33:02.240 to forgive 00:33:02.240 --> 00:33:02.500 their 00:33:02.500 --> 00:33:03.039 iniquity 00:33:03.039 --> 00:33:03.619 and 00:33:03.619 --> 00:33:04.279 transgression 00:33:04.279 --> 00:33:04.900 and 00:33:04.900 --> 00:33:05.299 sin. 00:33:06.960 --> 00:33:07.299 Now, 00:33:07.339 --> 00:33:07.519 there are 00:33:07.519 --> 00:33:08.099 three key 00:33:08.099 --> 00:33:08.720 words in 00:33:08.720 --> 00:33:09.700 Exodus 34 00:33:09.700 --> 00:33:10.339 verse 6 00:33:10.339 --> 00:33:10.660 that 00:33:10.660 --> 00:33:11.279 describe 00:33:11.279 --> 00:33:12.440 the kind 00:33:12.440 --> 00:33:13.259 heart 00:33:13.259 --> 00:33:13.980 of God. 00:33:15.379 --> 00:33:15.960 Merciful, 00:33:17.440 --> 00:33:17.839 gracious 00:33:17.839 --> 00:33:19.200 and 00:33:19.200 --> 00:33:19.899 steadfast 00:33:19.899 --> 00:33:20.319 love. 00:33:21.740 --> 00:33:22.119 Now, 00:33:22.319 --> 00:33:22.839 I want to 00:33:22.839 --> 00:33:23.200 spend a few 00:33:23.200 --> 00:33:23.639 moments thinking 00:33:23.639 --> 00:33:24.099 about those 00:33:24.099 --> 00:33:24.339 words. 00:33:24.440 --> 00:33:24.559 Now, 00:33:24.799 --> 00:33:25.299 just about 00:33:25.299 --> 00:33:25.839 any words 00:33:25.839 --> 00:33:26.180 in any 00:33:26.180 --> 00:33:26.799 language 00:33:26.799 --> 00:33:27.619 will have 00:33:27.619 --> 00:33:28.299 a range 00:33:28.299 --> 00:33:28.920 of meanings. 00:33:29.619 --> 00:33:30.240 If you 00:33:30.240 --> 00:33:30.619 look up 00:33:30.619 --> 00:33:30.879 in the 00:33:30.879 --> 00:33:31.139 Oxford 00:33:31.139 --> 00:33:31.460 English 00:33:31.460 --> 00:33:32.000 Dictionary 00:33:32.000 --> 00:33:32.559 the word 00:33:32.559 --> 00:33:33.279 merciful, 00:33:33.500 --> 00:33:33.879 you'll 00:33:33.879 --> 00:33:34.379 find three 00:33:34.379 --> 00:33:34.700 different 00:33:34.700 --> 00:33:35.119 meanings. 00:33:37.279 --> 00:33:37.920 Eleven 00:33:37.920 --> 00:33:38.339 different 00:33:38.339 --> 00:33:38.700 meanings 00:33:38.700 --> 00:33:39.279 for gracious 00:33:39.279 --> 00:33:40.539 and 24 00:33:40.539 --> 00:33:41.139 for the 00:33:41.140 --> 00:33:41.420 noun 00:33:41.420 --> 00:33:41.960 love. 00:33:42.759 --> 00:33:43.000 So, 00:33:43.120 --> 00:33:43.320 words 00:33:43.320 --> 00:33:43.620 have a 00:33:43.620 --> 00:33:44.720 range 00:33:44.720 --> 00:33:44.860 of 00:33:44.860 --> 00:33:45.259 meanings. 00:33:46.200 --> 00:33:46.420 The 00:33:46.420 --> 00:33:46.640 same 00:33:46.640 --> 00:33:46.920 general 00:33:46.920 --> 00:33:47.240 principle 00:33:47.240 --> 00:33:47.480 that 00:33:47.480 --> 00:33:47.980 applies 00:33:47.980 --> 00:33:48.100 to 00:33:48.100 --> 00:33:48.340 English 00:33:48.340 --> 00:33:48.600 words, 00:33:48.660 --> 00:33:48.720 it 00:33:48.720 --> 00:33:49.000 applies 00:33:49.000 --> 00:33:49.240 to 00:33:49.240 --> 00:33:49.460 the 00:33:49.460 --> 00:33:50.180 Hebrew 00:33:50.180 --> 00:33:50.780 words 00:33:50.780 --> 00:33:51.000 that 00:33:51.000 --> 00:33:51.780 underlie 00:33:51.780 --> 00:33:52.320 these 00:33:52.320 --> 00:33:52.640 English 00:33:52.640 --> 00:33:53.020 words 00:33:53.020 --> 00:33:53.400 in our 00:33:53.400 --> 00:33:54.020 translations 00:33:54.020 --> 00:33:54.440 here. 00:33:55.680 --> 00:33:55.900 So, 00:33:56.040 --> 00:33:56.360 at one 00:33:56.360 --> 00:33:56.560 level, 00:33:56.660 --> 00:33:57.460 what God's 00:33:57.460 --> 00:33:58.120 doing here 00:33:58.120 --> 00:33:58.520 as he 00:33:58.520 --> 00:33:58.960 speaks of 00:33:58.960 --> 00:33:59.160 being 00:33:59.160 --> 00:33:59.660 merciful 00:33:59.660 --> 00:34:00.180 and 00:34:00.180 --> 00:34:00.600 gracious 00:34:00.600 --> 00:34:00.860 and 00:34:00.860 --> 00:34:01.320 abounding 00:34:01.320 --> 00:34:01.540 in 00:34:01.540 --> 00:34:01.960 steadfast 00:34:01.960 --> 00:34:02.180 love 00:34:02.180 --> 00:34:02.620 is that 00:34:02.620 --> 00:34:03.180 he's 00:34:03.180 --> 00:34:03.340 kind 00:34:03.340 --> 00:34:03.480 of 00:34:03.480 --> 00:34:03.940 piling 00:34:03.940 --> 00:34:04.360 on 00:34:04.360 --> 00:34:05.080 synonyms 00:34:05.080 --> 00:34:06.060 or 00:34:06.060 --> 00:34:06.360 near 00:34:06.360 --> 00:34:06.960 synonyms 00:34:06.960 --> 00:34:07.140 for 00:34:07.140 --> 00:34:07.600 effect 00:34:07.600 --> 00:34:09.059 to show 00:34:09.059 --> 00:34:09.400 who he 00:34:09.400 --> 00:34:10.160 truly is. 00:34:10.159 --> 00:34:11.139 It's a bit 00:34:11.139 --> 00:34:11.579 similar to 00:34:11.579 --> 00:34:11.899 in verse 00:34:11.899 --> 00:34:12.420 7 when he 00:34:12.420 --> 00:34:12.920 speaks of 00:34:12.920 --> 00:34:13.559 forgiving 00:34:13.559 --> 00:34:14.339 iniquity 00:34:14.339 --> 00:34:14.879 and 00:34:14.879 --> 00:34:15.539 transgression 00:34:15.539 --> 00:34:16.420 and sin. 00:34:16.759 --> 00:34:17.239 When God 00:34:17.239 --> 00:34:17.679 speaks of 00:34:17.679 --> 00:34:17.980 forgiving 00:34:17.980 --> 00:34:18.500 iniquity 00:34:18.500 --> 00:34:18.699 and 00:34:18.699 --> 00:34:19.239 transgression 00:34:19.239 --> 00:34:19.779 and sin, 00:34:20.299 --> 00:34:21.379 those words, 00:34:21.879 --> 00:34:22.279 iniquity, 00:34:22.440 --> 00:34:22.799 transgression, 00:34:22.820 --> 00:34:23.580 they have 00:34:23.580 --> 00:34:24.280 different shades 00:34:24.280 --> 00:34:24.820 of meaning. 00:34:26.140 --> 00:34:26.800 But what 00:34:26.800 --> 00:34:27.080 God's 00:34:27.080 --> 00:34:27.180 doing, 00:34:27.220 --> 00:34:27.580 he's not 00:34:27.580 --> 00:34:28.559 legislating 00:34:28.559 --> 00:34:29.080 three 00:34:29.080 --> 00:34:29.600 different 00:34:29.600 --> 00:34:30.280 categories 00:34:30.280 --> 00:34:30.539 of 00:34:30.539 --> 00:34:31.280 misdemeanor 00:34:31.280 --> 00:34:33.039 and saying 00:34:33.039 --> 00:34:33.420 I forgive 00:34:33.420 --> 00:34:34.059 this category 00:34:34.059 --> 00:34:34.420 and that 00:34:34.420 --> 00:34:34.680 category. 00:34:34.920 --> 00:34:35.200 Rather, 00:34:35.320 --> 00:34:35.840 he's 00:34:35.840 --> 00:34:36.420 piling up 00:34:36.420 --> 00:34:36.620 these 00:34:36.620 --> 00:34:36.860 near 00:34:36.860 --> 00:34:37.280 synonyms 00:34:37.280 --> 00:34:37.660 to show 00:34:37.660 --> 00:34:38.420 how expansive 00:34:38.420 --> 00:34:39.000 his forgiveness 00:34:39.000 --> 00:34:39.340 is. 00:34:39.580 --> 00:34:39.880 No matter 00:34:39.880 --> 00:34:41.539 what your 00:34:41.539 --> 00:34:42.080 sin is 00:34:42.080 --> 00:34:42.380 or what 00:34:42.380 --> 00:34:42.880 kind of 00:34:42.880 --> 00:34:43.220 sin it 00:34:43.220 --> 00:34:43.460 is, 00:34:43.700 --> 00:34:44.019 forgiveness 00:34:44.019 --> 00:34:44.720 is available 00:34:44.720 --> 00:34:45.260 for you. 00:34:47.420 --> 00:34:47.920 So, 00:34:47.980 --> 00:34:48.080 I don't 00:34:48.080 --> 00:34:48.280 want to 00:34:48.280 --> 00:34:48.720 press the 00:34:48.720 --> 00:34:49.039 differences 00:34:49.039 --> 00:34:49.680 too much, 00:34:49.800 --> 00:34:50.519 but I do 00:34:50.519 --> 00:34:50.740 want us 00:34:50.740 --> 00:34:51.019 to spend 00:34:51.019 --> 00:34:51.380 a little 00:34:51.380 --> 00:34:52.039 time 00:34:52.039 --> 00:34:52.300 thinking 00:34:52.300 --> 00:34:52.559 about 00:34:52.559 --> 00:34:52.800 these 00:34:52.800 --> 00:34:53.079 three 00:34:53.079 --> 00:34:53.440 words 00:34:53.440 --> 00:34:53.840 because 00:34:53.840 --> 00:34:55.480 these 00:34:55.480 --> 00:34:55.759 are the 00:34:55.759 --> 00:34:55.960 big 00:34:55.960 --> 00:34:56.340 three 00:34:56.340 --> 00:34:57.900 when it 00:34:57.900 --> 00:34:58.300 comes to 00:34:58.300 --> 00:34:58.440 the 00:34:58.440 --> 00:34:58.739 kindness 00:34:58.739 --> 00:34:59.199 of God. 00:34:59.280 --> 00:34:59.380 There 00:34:59.380 --> 00:34:59.699 are other 00:34:59.699 --> 00:34:59.960 Hebrew 00:34:59.960 --> 00:35:00.380 words 00:35:00.380 --> 00:35:00.619 in the 00:35:00.619 --> 00:35:00.780 Old 00:35:00.780 --> 00:35:01.079 Testament 00:35:01.079 --> 00:35:01.500 that 00:35:01.500 --> 00:35:01.880 overlap 00:35:01.880 --> 00:35:02.119 with 00:35:02.119 --> 00:35:02.460 these. 00:35:02.559 --> 00:35:02.619 There 00:35:02.619 --> 00:35:02.759 are a 00:35:02.759 --> 00:35:02.900 couple 00:35:02.900 --> 00:35:03.039 of 00:35:03.039 --> 00:35:03.360 words 00:35:03.360 --> 00:35:03.920 that 00:35:03.920 --> 00:35:04.019 are 00:35:04.019 --> 00:35:04.179 often 00:35:04.179 --> 00:35:04.579 translated 00:35:04.579 --> 00:35:04.759 to 00:35:04.759 --> 00:35:05.079 pity 00:35:05.079 --> 00:35:05.320 or 00:35:05.320 --> 00:35:05.699 despair 00:35:05.699 --> 00:35:06.059 and 00:35:06.059 --> 00:35:06.400 there's 00:35:06.400 --> 00:35:06.599 others 00:35:06.599 --> 00:35:06.759 about 00:35:06.759 --> 00:35:07.039 forgiveness 00:35:07.039 --> 00:35:07.340 and so on. 00:35:07.679 --> 00:35:08.099 But these 00:35:08.099 --> 00:35:08.320 are the 00:35:08.320 --> 00:35:08.480 big 00:35:08.480 --> 00:35:08.800 three. 00:35:08.940 --> 00:35:09.320 I 00:35:09.320 --> 00:35:09.500 think 00:35:09.500 --> 00:35:09.719 these 00:35:09.719 --> 00:35:09.820 are 00:35:09.820 --> 00:35:09.980 the 00:35:09.980 --> 00:35:10.519 most 00:35:10.519 --> 00:35:11.039 important 00:35:11.039 --> 00:35:11.420 words 00:35:11.420 --> 00:35:11.960 in the 00:35:11.960 --> 00:35:12.119 Old 00:35:12.119 --> 00:35:12.360 Testament 00:35:12.360 --> 00:35:12.679 when it 00:35:12.679 --> 00:35:12.880 comes 00:35:12.880 --> 00:35:13.199 to the 00:35:13.199 --> 00:35:13.579 character, 00:35:13.880 --> 00:35:13.980 the 00:35:21.019 --> 00:35:21.699 word 00:35:21.699 --> 00:35:24.019 is 00:35:24.019 --> 00:35:25.019 compassionate. 00:35:25.019 --> 00:35:25.340 Firstly, 00:35:25.440 --> 00:35:25.639 the word 00:35:25.639 --> 00:35:26.259 merciful, 00:35:27.599 --> 00:35:28.019 which is 00:35:28.019 --> 00:35:29.679 the other 00:35:29.679 --> 00:35:30.000 way it's 00:35:30.000 --> 00:35:30.320 commonly 00:35:30.320 --> 00:35:31.079 translated 00:35:31.079 --> 00:35:31.639 in Old 00:35:31.639 --> 00:35:31.860 Testaments 00:35:31.860 --> 00:35:32.239 is as 00:35:32.239 --> 00:35:33.019 compassionate. 00:35:34.659 --> 00:35:35.280 Here it's 00:35:35.280 --> 00:35:36.019 an adjective 00:35:36.019 --> 00:35:36.199 ! 00:35:37.579 --> 00:35:37.940 God is 00:35:37.940 --> 00:35:38.480 merciful! 00:35:39.440 --> 00:35:40.199 But this 00:35:40.199 --> 00:35:40.759 word also 00:35:40.759 --> 00:35:41.579 occurs as a 00:35:41.579 --> 00:35:42.280 verb to 00:35:42.280 --> 00:35:43.099 show mercy 00:35:43.099 --> 00:35:43.539 or to 00:35:43.539 --> 00:35:43.840 have 00:35:43.840 --> 00:35:44.460 compassion 00:35:44.460 --> 00:35:45.619 and as 00:35:45.619 --> 00:35:46.219 a noun 00:35:46.219 --> 00:35:47.400 mercy 00:35:47.400 --> 00:35:48.239 or compassion. 00:35:48.380 --> 00:35:48.519 In fact, 00:35:48.619 --> 00:35:49.019 when it 00:35:49.019 --> 00:35:50.039 occurs in the 00:35:50.039 --> 00:35:50.519 noun form, 00:35:50.579 --> 00:35:50.920 it's always 00:35:50.920 --> 00:35:51.200 in a 00:35:51.200 --> 00:35:51.539 plural 00:35:51.539 --> 00:35:51.940 form, 00:35:52.019 --> 00:35:52.220 which is 00:35:52.220 --> 00:35:52.680 why some 00:35:52.680 --> 00:35:53.159 English 00:35:53.159 --> 00:35:54.139 translations 00:35:54.139 --> 00:35:55.079 will come 00:35:55.079 --> 00:35:55.559 across the 00:35:55.559 --> 00:35:56.400 expression 00:35:56.400 --> 00:35:57.220 God's 00:35:57.220 --> 00:35:57.960 mercies, 00:35:58.420 --> 00:35:58.700 plural. 00:35:59.940 --> 00:36:00.860 So God's 00:36:00.860 --> 00:36:01.260 mercy, 00:36:01.380 --> 00:36:01.500 his 00:36:01.500 --> 00:36:02.059 compassion, 00:36:02.460 --> 00:36:03.099 this word 00:36:03.099 --> 00:36:03.579 refers, 00:36:03.680 --> 00:36:03.900 it can 00:36:03.900 --> 00:36:04.519 refer both 00:36:04.519 --> 00:36:04.900 to sort 00:36:04.900 --> 00:36:05.119 of an 00:36:05.119 --> 00:36:05.519 outward 00:36:05.519 --> 00:36:06.680 act of 00:36:06.680 --> 00:36:07.159 mercy, 00:36:07.720 --> 00:36:08.860 but also 00:36:08.860 --> 00:36:09.280 to the 00:36:09.280 --> 00:36:09.539 inner 00:36:09.539 --> 00:36:10.460 disposition 00:36:10.460 --> 00:36:11.500 of 00:36:11.500 --> 00:36:12.280 mercy 00:36:12.280 --> 00:36:12.559 and 00:36:12.559 --> 00:36:13.079 compassion. 00:36:14.240 --> 00:36:14.680 That 00:36:14.680 --> 00:36:15.139 God is 00:36:15.139 --> 00:36:15.740 merciful, 00:36:15.920 --> 00:36:16.280 that he's 00:36:16.280 --> 00:36:16.880 compassionate, 00:36:17.260 --> 00:36:17.900 means that 00:36:17.900 --> 00:36:18.380 it is in 00:36:18.380 --> 00:36:18.900 God's 00:36:18.900 --> 00:36:19.420 very 00:36:19.420 --> 00:36:20.260 nature 00:36:20.260 --> 00:36:20.260 00:36:20.980 --> 00:36:21.420 that he 00:36:21.420 --> 00:36:22.480 is moved 00:36:22.480 --> 00:36:23.420 by the 00:36:23.420 --> 00:36:23.880 suffering 00:36:23.880 --> 00:36:24.820 of others. 00:36:26.380 --> 00:36:26.960 God is 00:36:26.960 --> 00:36:27.580 not indifferent, 00:36:28.300 --> 00:36:28.700 he's not 00:36:28.700 --> 00:36:29.320 cold, 00:36:29.720 --> 00:36:30.080 he's not 00:36:30.080 --> 00:36:30.680 aloof, 00:36:31.760 --> 00:36:32.440 he's a 00:36:32.440 --> 00:36:32.780 God who 00:36:32.780 --> 00:36:33.280 cares, 00:36:34.280 --> 00:36:35.260 and because 00:36:35.260 --> 00:36:36.020 he cares, 00:36:36.620 --> 00:36:37.360 he acts. 00:36:39.760 --> 00:36:40.340 What about 00:36:40.340 --> 00:36:40.700 the second 00:36:40.700 --> 00:36:40.940 word, 00:36:41.060 --> 00:36:41.460 gracious? 00:36:42.520 --> 00:36:42.740 Well, 00:36:42.820 --> 00:36:43.360 similarly with 00:36:43.360 --> 00:36:43.740 the first 00:36:43.740 --> 00:36:43.920 word, 00:36:43.980 --> 00:36:44.400 here it's an 00:36:44.400 --> 00:36:44.800 adjective, 00:36:44.940 --> 00:36:45.340 God is, 00:36:45.500 --> 00:36:45.800 the Lord 00:36:45.800 --> 00:36:46.380 is gracious, 00:36:47.519 --> 00:36:48.840 when it's 00:36:48.840 --> 00:36:49.380 used as an 00:36:49.380 --> 00:36:49.860 adjective in 00:36:49.860 --> 00:36:50.079 the Old 00:36:50.079 --> 00:36:50.300 Testament, 00:36:50.400 --> 00:36:50.780 it's only 00:36:50.780 --> 00:36:51.280 ever used 00:36:51.280 --> 00:36:51.720 of God, 00:36:52.240 --> 00:36:52.720 in fact. 00:36:54.079 --> 00:36:54.740 But again, 00:36:54.820 --> 00:36:55.320 it can also 00:36:55.320 --> 00:36:55.800 occur in the 00:36:55.800 --> 00:36:56.099 Old Testament 00:36:56.099 --> 00:36:56.980 as a verb, 00:36:57.420 --> 00:36:57.820 translated 00:36:57.820 --> 00:36:58.360 as something 00:36:58.360 --> 00:36:59.139 like to be 00:36:59.139 --> 00:36:59.639 gracious, 00:36:59.880 --> 00:37:00.480 or to be 00:37:00.480 --> 00:37:00.920 generous, 00:37:01.139 --> 00:37:01.800 or to show 00:37:01.800 --> 00:37:02.300 favour, 00:37:03.619 --> 00:37:04.340 or as a 00:37:04.340 --> 00:37:04.639 noun, 00:37:04.780 --> 00:37:05.400 translated as 00:37:05.400 --> 00:37:06.099 grace or 00:37:06.099 --> 00:37:06.519 favour, 00:37:06.619 --> 00:37:06.920 or in some 00:37:06.920 --> 00:37:07.260 other ways. 00:37:08.599 --> 00:37:09.220 So what does 00:37:09.220 --> 00:37:09.639 it mean that 00:37:09.639 --> 00:37:09.960 God is 00:37:09.960 --> 00:37:10.440 gracious? 00:37:10.440 --> 00:37:11.860 Well, 00:37:11.900 --> 00:37:12.220 to borrow 00:37:12.220 --> 00:37:12.820 an expression 00:37:12.820 --> 00:37:13.659 from James 00:37:13.659 --> 00:37:14.400 chapter 1, 00:37:14.940 --> 00:37:15.300 that God 00:37:15.300 --> 00:37:15.880 is gracious 00:37:15.880 --> 00:37:17.400 means that 00:37:17.400 --> 00:37:18.840 he gives 00:37:18.840 --> 00:37:19.920 generously 00:37:19.920 --> 00:37:21.500 without finding 00:37:21.500 --> 00:37:21.960 fault. 00:37:23.679 --> 00:37:24.119 It's in 00:37:24.119 --> 00:37:25.559 God's nature 00:37:25.559 --> 00:37:26.179 to give. 00:37:27.880 --> 00:37:28.720 He's inclined 00:37:28.720 --> 00:37:29.119 to be 00:37:29.119 --> 00:37:29.619 generous. 00:37:30.900 --> 00:37:31.679 He's inclined 00:37:31.679 --> 00:37:32.320 to bestow 00:37:32.320 --> 00:37:32.840 favour, 00:37:33.920 --> 00:37:34.760 even when 00:37:34.760 --> 00:37:35.539 doing so 00:37:35.539 --> 00:37:36.200 requires 00:37:36.200 --> 00:37:37.000 overlooking 00:37:37.000 --> 00:37:37.659 an offence. 00:37:37.659 --> 00:37:40.559 he's 00:37:40.559 --> 00:37:40.940 gracious. 00:37:41.679 --> 00:37:42.059 What about 00:37:42.059 --> 00:37:42.519 the third, 00:37:42.699 --> 00:37:43.259 steadfast 00:37:43.259 --> 00:37:43.699 love? 00:37:45.019 --> 00:37:45.519 This one 00:37:45.519 --> 00:37:46.259 only really 00:37:46.259 --> 00:37:46.879 occurs, 00:37:47.940 --> 00:37:49.059 or commonly 00:37:49.059 --> 00:37:49.500 at least, 00:37:49.599 --> 00:37:50.059 only occurs 00:37:50.059 --> 00:37:50.639 commonly as 00:37:50.639 --> 00:37:51.259 a noun, 00:37:51.420 --> 00:37:51.719 hesed. 00:37:53.099 --> 00:37:53.539 And it's 00:37:53.539 --> 00:37:53.879 usually 00:37:53.879 --> 00:37:54.739 translated in 00:37:54.739 --> 00:37:55.319 ESV as 00:37:55.319 --> 00:37:55.960 steadfast 00:37:55.960 --> 00:37:56.339 love, 00:37:56.460 --> 00:37:56.719 sometimes 00:37:56.719 --> 00:37:57.579 translated as 00:37:57.579 --> 00:37:58.319 in Micah 00:37:58.319 --> 00:37:59.199 6 verse 8 00:37:59.199 --> 00:37:59.759 it's translated 00:37:59.759 --> 00:38:00.239 as the word 00:38:00.239 --> 00:38:00.779 kindness. 00:38:02.000 --> 00:38:02.679 The New 00:38:02.679 --> 00:38:03.339 American Standard 00:38:03.339 --> 00:38:04.339 Bible translates 00:38:04.339 --> 00:38:04.879 it as 00:38:04.879 --> 00:38:05.559 loving 00:38:05.559 --> 00:38:06.239 kindness, 00:38:06.779 --> 00:38:07.599 which goes 00:38:07.599 --> 00:38:08.259 way back 00:38:08.259 --> 00:38:08.559 to the 00:38:08.559 --> 00:38:08.980 Coverdale 00:38:08.980 --> 00:38:09.400 Bible 00:38:09.400 --> 00:38:10.380 in 1535, 00:38:11.380 --> 00:38:11.639 one of 00:38:11.639 --> 00:38:11.920 the early 00:38:11.920 --> 00:38:12.199 English 00:38:12.199 --> 00:38:12.819 translations. 00:38:14.500 --> 00:38:14.900 God's 00:38:14.900 --> 00:38:15.480 steadfast 00:38:15.480 --> 00:38:15.739 love, 00:38:15.799 --> 00:38:16.159 that God 00:38:16.159 --> 00:38:16.819 abounds 00:38:16.819 --> 00:38:17.719 in steadfast 00:38:17.719 --> 00:38:18.119 love, 00:38:18.339 --> 00:38:18.880 means that 00:38:18.880 --> 00:38:19.239 he is 00:38:19.239 --> 00:38:19.980 full of 00:38:19.980 --> 00:38:20.719 self-giving 00:38:20.719 --> 00:38:21.199 love, 00:38:22.239 --> 00:38:22.619 a love 00:38:22.619 --> 00:38:22.940 that is 00:38:22.940 --> 00:38:23.360 generous 00:38:23.360 --> 00:38:23.799 and 00:38:23.799 --> 00:38:24.380 bountiful 00:38:24.380 --> 00:38:24.799 and that 00:38:24.799 --> 00:38:25.259 will not 00:38:25.259 --> 00:38:25.679 fail. 00:38:25.920 --> 00:38:26.460 It means 00:38:26.460 --> 00:38:26.920 that God 00:38:26.920 --> 00:38:27.639 pledges 00:38:27.639 --> 00:38:28.039 himself 00:38:28.039 --> 00:38:29.059 to others 00:38:29.059 --> 00:38:30.259 to be 00:38:30.259 --> 00:38:31.199 for others, 00:38:31.779 --> 00:38:33.319 to do 00:38:33.319 --> 00:38:33.860 good to 00:38:33.860 --> 00:38:34.279 others. 00:38:34.900 --> 00:38:35.319 He 00:38:35.319 --> 00:38:35.799 pledges 00:38:35.799 --> 00:38:36.400 himself to 00:38:36.400 --> 00:38:36.699 others 00:38:36.699 --> 00:38:37.139 with an 00:38:37.139 --> 00:38:38.399 unwavering 00:38:38.399 --> 00:38:39.099 commitment 00:38:39.099 --> 00:38:42.039 and that 00:38:42.039 --> 00:38:42.699 magnificent 00:38:42.699 --> 00:38:43.339 trio, 00:38:44.279 --> 00:38:44.719 merciful, 00:38:45.000 --> 00:38:45.379 gracious, 00:38:45.599 --> 00:38:45.960 abounding 00:38:45.960 --> 00:38:46.779 in steadfast 00:38:46.779 --> 00:38:47.199 love, 00:38:47.359 --> 00:38:48.579 that expounds 00:38:48.579 --> 00:38:49.059 the name 00:38:49.059 --> 00:38:49.639 of God. 00:38:52.639 --> 00:38:53.759 That is 00:38:53.759 --> 00:38:54.779 essential to 00:38:54.779 --> 00:38:55.460 his glory 00:38:55.460 --> 00:38:55.960 and his 00:38:55.960 --> 00:38:56.279 goodness. 00:38:58.159 --> 00:38:59.019 It is the 00:38:59.019 --> 00:38:59.579 glory of 00:38:59.579 --> 00:39:00.039 God that 00:39:00.039 --> 00:39:00.379 he is 00:39:00.379 --> 00:39:00.839 kind. 00:39:00.840 --> 00:39:01.559 God 00:39:01.559 --> 00:39:03.940 and this 00:39:03.940 --> 00:39:04.240 is who 00:39:04.240 --> 00:39:04.539 God 00:39:04.539 --> 00:39:04.940 shows 00:39:04.940 --> 00:39:05.220 himself 00:39:05.220 --> 00:39:05.760 to be 00:39:05.760 --> 00:39:06.120 in the 00:39:06.120 --> 00:39:06.480 aftermath 00:39:06.480 --> 00:39:06.780 of 00:39:06.780 --> 00:39:07.500 Israel's 00:39:07.500 --> 00:39:08.240 rebellion 00:39:08.240 --> 00:39:08.720 with the 00:39:08.720 --> 00:39:08.980 golden 00:39:08.980 --> 00:39:09.460 calf. 00:39:10.840 --> 00:39:11.500 But this 00:39:11.500 --> 00:39:12.140 revelation 00:39:12.140 --> 00:39:12.760 of God's 00:39:12.760 --> 00:39:13.220 glory and 00:39:13.220 --> 00:39:13.700 goodness to 00:39:13.700 --> 00:39:14.059 Moses, 00:39:14.280 --> 00:39:14.880 that then 00:39:14.880 --> 00:39:15.519 echoes 00:39:15.519 --> 00:39:16.059 through the 00:39:16.059 --> 00:39:16.400 rest of 00:39:16.400 --> 00:39:16.860 the Bible, 00:39:17.480 --> 00:39:17.780 through the 00:39:17.780 --> 00:39:18.200 rest of the 00:39:18.200 --> 00:39:18.800 Old Testament, 00:39:19.800 --> 00:39:20.460 through the 00:39:20.460 --> 00:39:20.900 prophets, 00:39:21.180 --> 00:39:21.519 through the 00:39:21.519 --> 00:39:22.140 Psalms. 00:39:22.139 --> 00:39:23.699 So the 00:39:23.699 --> 00:39:24.379 prophet Joel, 00:39:24.480 --> 00:39:24.960 for example, 00:39:26.239 --> 00:39:26.900 Israel was 00:39:26.900 --> 00:39:27.359 suffering a 00:39:27.359 --> 00:39:28.179 locust plague 00:39:28.179 --> 00:39:28.739 because of 00:39:28.739 --> 00:39:29.179 their sin, 00:39:29.299 --> 00:39:29.739 or maybe 00:39:29.739 --> 00:39:30.940 actually it 00:39:30.940 --> 00:39:31.699 was an 00:39:31.699 --> 00:39:32.519 invading army 00:39:32.519 --> 00:39:32.799 that's 00:39:32.799 --> 00:39:33.359 metaphorically 00:39:33.359 --> 00:39:33.960 described as 00:39:33.960 --> 00:39:34.359 a locust 00:39:34.359 --> 00:39:34.639 plague, 00:39:34.699 --> 00:39:35.059 but whichever 00:39:35.059 --> 00:39:35.519 it is, 00:39:37.019 --> 00:39:37.739 Joel calls 00:39:37.739 --> 00:39:38.359 on Israel 00:39:38.359 --> 00:39:38.960 to return 00:39:38.960 --> 00:39:39.279 to the 00:39:39.279 --> 00:39:39.779 Lord and 00:39:39.779 --> 00:39:40.319 the basis 00:39:40.319 --> 00:39:40.819 on which 00:39:40.819 --> 00:39:41.779 returning 00:39:41.779 --> 00:39:42.219 to the 00:39:42.219 --> 00:39:42.559 Lord would 00:39:42.559 --> 00:39:42.960 not be 00:39:42.960 --> 00:39:43.559 in vain 00:39:43.559 --> 00:39:44.920 is the 00:39:44.920 --> 00:39:45.400 revelation 00:39:45.400 --> 00:39:45.879 God had 00:39:45.879 --> 00:39:46.519 made of 00:39:46.519 --> 00:39:47.039 himself here 00:39:47.039 --> 00:39:47.639 to Moses. 00:39:48.039 --> 00:39:48.519 Joel 2 00:39:48.519 --> 00:39:49.019 verse 12 00:39:49.019 --> 00:39:49.639 to 13, 00:39:49.839 --> 00:39:50.539 we read 00:39:50.539 --> 00:39:50.920 these words, 00:39:50.980 --> 00:39:51.480 yet even 00:39:51.480 --> 00:39:51.799 now 00:39:51.800 --> 00:39:52.220 declares 00:39:52.220 --> 00:39:52.740 the Lord, 00:39:52.960 --> 00:39:53.539 return to 00:39:53.539 --> 00:39:53.960 me with 00:39:53.960 --> 00:39:54.420 all your 00:39:54.420 --> 00:39:54.840 heart, 00:39:55.060 --> 00:39:55.680 with fasting, 00:39:55.820 --> 00:39:56.280 with weeping 00:39:56.280 --> 00:39:56.580 and with 00:39:56.580 --> 00:39:56.960 mourning, 00:39:57.300 --> 00:39:57.640 and rend 00:39:57.640 --> 00:39:58.200 your hearts 00:39:58.200 --> 00:39:58.480 and not 00:39:58.480 --> 00:39:59.100 your garments, 00:39:59.400 --> 00:39:59.980 return to 00:39:59.980 --> 00:40:00.320 the Lord 00:40:00.320 --> 00:40:00.900 your God, 00:40:01.060 --> 00:40:01.580 for he 00:40:01.580 --> 00:40:02.400 is gracious 00:40:02.400 --> 00:40:03.920 and merciful, 00:40:04.800 --> 00:40:05.400 slow to 00:40:05.400 --> 00:40:05.940 anger and 00:40:05.940 --> 00:40:06.640 abounding in 00:40:06.640 --> 00:40:07.640 steadfast love, 00:40:07.680 --> 00:40:08.100 and he 00:40:08.100 --> 00:40:08.980 relents over 00:40:08.980 --> 00:40:09.620 disaster. 00:40:10.140 --> 00:40:10.440 Do you 00:40:10.440 --> 00:40:10.740 hear the 00:40:10.740 --> 00:40:11.340 echoes of 00:40:11.340 --> 00:40:11.680 Exodus? 00:40:13.480 --> 00:40:13.760 King 00:40:13.760 --> 00:40:14.600 Hezekiah in 00:40:14.600 --> 00:40:15.320 2 Chronicles 00:40:15.320 --> 00:40:15.940 30 verse 00:40:15.940 --> 00:40:16.860 9, when 00:40:16.860 --> 00:40:17.600 he's calling 00:40:17.600 --> 00:40:18.240 on Israel 00:40:18.240 --> 00:40:18.800 and Judah 00:40:18.800 --> 00:40:19.500 to return 00:40:19.500 --> 00:40:20.060 to God 00:40:20.060 --> 00:40:20.519 in the 00:40:20.519 --> 00:40:20.860 light of 00:40:20.860 --> 00:40:21.780 the looming 00:40:21.780 --> 00:40:23.040 threat of 00:40:23.040 --> 00:40:23.900 the Assyrian 00:40:23.900 --> 00:40:24.480 empire, 00:40:25.580 --> 00:40:26.500 again he 00:40:26.500 --> 00:40:27.940 hearkens back 00:40:27.940 --> 00:40:28.500 to this 00:40:28.500 --> 00:40:29.340 revelation of 00:40:29.340 --> 00:40:30.740 God in 00:40:30.740 --> 00:40:31.500 Exodus 34, 00:40:31.500 --> 00:40:32.160 for if you 00:40:32.160 --> 00:40:32.700 return to 00:40:32.700 --> 00:40:33.220 the Lord, 00:40:33.340 --> 00:40:33.900 your brothers 00:40:33.900 --> 00:40:34.220 and your 00:40:34.220 --> 00:40:34.740 children will 00:40:34.740 --> 00:40:35.700 find compassion 00:40:35.700 --> 00:40:36.240 with their 00:40:36.240 --> 00:40:36.780 captors and 00:40:36.780 --> 00:40:37.380 return to 00:40:37.380 --> 00:40:37.900 this land, 00:40:38.200 --> 00:40:38.680 for the Lord 00:40:38.680 --> 00:40:39.080 your God 00:40:39.080 --> 00:40:39.880 is gracious 00:40:39.880 --> 00:40:41.540 and merciful 00:40:41.540 --> 00:40:42.800 and will not 00:40:42.800 --> 00:40:43.580 turn his face 00:40:43.580 --> 00:40:44.460 away from you 00:40:44.460 --> 00:40:45.240 if you return 00:40:45.240 --> 00:40:45.900 to him. 00:40:45.900 --> 00:40:48.840 in the book 00:40:48.840 --> 00:40:49.760 of Lamentations 00:40:49.760 --> 00:40:51.480 when the 00:40:51.480 --> 00:40:52.619 traumatized 00:40:52.619 --> 00:40:53.460 survivors 00:40:53.460 --> 00:40:54.740 of Jerusalem 00:40:54.740 --> 00:40:56.079 which has 00:40:56.079 --> 00:40:56.440 just been 00:40:56.440 --> 00:40:57.780 destroyed by 00:40:57.780 --> 00:40:58.160 Babylon, 00:40:58.380 --> 00:40:59.280 this traumatized 00:40:59.280 --> 00:40:59.800 few that are 00:40:59.800 --> 00:41:00.300 left in the 00:41:00.300 --> 00:41:01.019 land are 00:41:01.019 --> 00:41:01.420 trying to 00:41:01.420 --> 00:41:01.740 come to 00:41:01.740 --> 00:41:02.220 terms with 00:41:02.220 --> 00:41:02.559 what had 00:41:02.559 --> 00:41:02.980 happened. 00:41:04.240 --> 00:41:05.059 We read in 00:41:05.059 --> 00:41:05.980 Lamentations 3 00:41:05.980 --> 00:41:06.740 these words, 00:41:06.739 --> 00:41:22.579 I mean I 00:41:22.579 --> 00:41:23.500 could multiply 00:41:23.500 --> 00:41:24.399 examples beyond 00:41:24.399 --> 00:41:25.059 these right? 00:41:25.439 --> 00:41:26.079 Jonah when he 00:41:26.079 --> 00:41:26.899 complains about 00:41:26.899 --> 00:41:27.579 what God is 00:41:27.579 --> 00:41:28.000 like because 00:41:28.000 --> 00:41:28.559 Jonah doesn't 00:41:28.559 --> 00:41:29.259 want God to 00:41:29.259 --> 00:41:29.719 forgive the 00:41:29.719 --> 00:41:30.219 Ninevites, 00:41:30.659 --> 00:41:31.239 he again, 00:41:31.419 --> 00:41:32.119 he quotes 00:41:32.119 --> 00:41:33.000 Exodus 34 00:41:33.000 --> 00:41:33.679 verse 6, 00:41:34.500 --> 00:41:34.879 so I know 00:41:34.879 --> 00:41:35.339 you'll like 00:41:35.339 --> 00:41:36.000 this God. 00:41:36.000 --> 00:41:37.139 Nehemiah 00:41:37.139 --> 00:41:38.039 in Nehemiah 00:41:38.039 --> 00:41:38.679 chapter 9, 00:41:38.820 --> 00:41:39.800 this is when 00:41:39.800 --> 00:41:41.599 remnants returned 00:41:41.599 --> 00:41:42.500 from the Babylonian 00:41:42.500 --> 00:41:42.760 exile, 00:41:42.900 --> 00:41:43.440 they're living in 00:41:43.440 --> 00:41:43.780 Jerusalem, 00:41:43.900 --> 00:41:44.320 this small 00:41:44.320 --> 00:41:45.739 community and 00:41:45.739 --> 00:41:46.659 Nehemiah is 00:41:46.659 --> 00:41:47.860 confessing Israel's 00:41:47.860 --> 00:41:48.139 sin, 00:41:48.980 --> 00:41:50.260 in his prayer 00:41:50.260 --> 00:41:51.320 he clings on 00:41:51.320 --> 00:41:52.500 to God's mercy 00:41:52.500 --> 00:41:53.239 as revealed to 00:41:53.239 --> 00:41:53.980 Moses in exactly 00:41:53.980 --> 00:41:54.480 these words. 00:41:54.699 --> 00:41:55.340 In the Psalms, 00:41:55.400 --> 00:41:55.920 in the prophets, 00:41:56.340 --> 00:41:56.940 this revelation 00:41:56.940 --> 00:41:57.960 of God's kindness 00:41:57.960 --> 00:41:59.019 in Exodus 34 00:41:59.019 --> 00:42:00.179 became the basis 00:42:00.179 --> 00:42:01.460 for Israel's 00:42:01.460 --> 00:42:01.820 hope. 00:42:04.440 --> 00:42:05.199 And in 00:42:05.199 --> 00:42:05.819 particular we 00:42:05.819 --> 00:42:06.299 see this 00:42:06.299 --> 00:42:07.219 trio of 00:42:07.219 --> 00:42:07.919 glorious 00:42:07.919 --> 00:42:09.019 words 00:42:09.019 --> 00:42:09.739 extend in 00:42:09.739 --> 00:42:10.339 two related 00:42:10.339 --> 00:42:10.879 directions. 00:42:11.980 --> 00:42:12.359 See that 00:42:12.359 --> 00:42:13.239 God is kind 00:42:13.239 --> 00:42:14.099 means first 00:42:14.099 --> 00:42:14.699 that there is 00:42:14.699 --> 00:42:15.419 grace for the 00:42:15.419 --> 00:42:15.739 guilty. 00:42:16.839 --> 00:42:18.279 Consider David's 00:42:18.279 --> 00:42:19.619 prayer after 00:42:19.619 --> 00:42:20.279 his adultery 00:42:20.279 --> 00:42:21.139 with Bathsheba 00:42:21.139 --> 00:42:22.759 in Psalm 51 00:42:22.759 --> 00:42:24.299 and notice the 00:42:24.299 --> 00:42:25.000 trio of 00:42:25.000 --> 00:42:25.939 words here, 00:42:26.659 --> 00:42:27.339 Psalm 51 00:42:27.339 --> 00:42:28.219 verses 1 and 00:42:28.219 --> 00:42:28.519 2, 00:42:28.519 --> 00:42:30.579 be gracious 00:42:30.579 --> 00:42:31.280 to me 00:42:31.280 --> 00:42:33.000 O God 00:42:33.000 --> 00:42:34.539 according to 00:42:34.539 --> 00:42:35.619 your steadfast 00:42:35.619 --> 00:42:36.119 love, 00:42:37.460 --> 00:42:38.039 according to 00:42:38.039 --> 00:42:38.880 your abundant 00:42:38.880 --> 00:42:39.860 mercy, 00:42:41.099 --> 00:42:41.739 blot out my 00:42:41.739 --> 00:42:42.759 transgressions, 00:42:43.759 --> 00:42:44.340 wash me 00:42:44.340 --> 00:42:45.119 thoroughly from 00:42:45.119 --> 00:42:46.099 my iniquity and 00:42:46.099 --> 00:42:47.440 cleanse me from 00:42:47.440 --> 00:42:48.239 my sin. 00:42:50.619 --> 00:42:51.639 Now that was 00:42:51.639 --> 00:42:52.440 David's prayer. 00:42:52.440 --> 00:42:52.480 prayer. 00:42:54.940 --> 00:42:55.539 Now when we 00:42:55.539 --> 00:42:55.900 sin, 00:42:56.900 --> 00:42:57.400 brothers and 00:42:57.400 --> 00:42:57.800 sisters, 00:42:58.760 --> 00:43:00.780 what hope do 00:43:00.780 --> 00:43:01.500 we have 00:43:01.500 --> 00:43:03.360 except that 00:43:03.360 --> 00:43:03.880 God is 00:43:03.880 --> 00:43:05.079 gracious and 00:43:05.079 --> 00:43:06.260 merciful and 00:43:06.260 --> 00:43:07.019 abounding in 00:43:07.019 --> 00:43:07.960 steadfast love? 00:43:10.059 --> 00:43:11.639 Our only hope 00:43:11.639 --> 00:43:13.280 of forgiveness 00:43:13.280 --> 00:43:15.019 is because of 00:43:15.019 --> 00:43:15.860 who God 00:43:15.860 --> 00:43:16.539 himself 00:43:16.539 --> 00:43:17.960 is. 00:43:17.960 --> 00:43:22.579 Now you 00:43:22.579 --> 00:43:23.199 might respond, 00:43:23.320 --> 00:43:23.940 our only hope 00:43:23.940 --> 00:43:24.440 of forgiveness 00:43:24.440 --> 00:43:25.000 is in the 00:43:25.000 --> 00:43:25.460 cross of 00:43:25.460 --> 00:43:27.480 Christ and 00:43:27.480 --> 00:43:27.760 you'd be 00:43:27.760 --> 00:43:28.179 absolutely 00:43:28.179 --> 00:43:28.720 right. 00:43:30.579 --> 00:43:31.240 But it's 00:43:31.240 --> 00:43:31.760 important that 00:43:31.760 --> 00:43:32.179 we have the 00:43:32.179 --> 00:43:32.920 order right in 00:43:32.920 --> 00:43:33.740 our understanding. 00:43:35.179 --> 00:43:36.240 The cross of 00:43:36.240 --> 00:43:37.460 Christ doesn't 00:43:37.460 --> 00:43:38.800 compel God to 00:43:38.800 --> 00:43:39.360 be gracious. 00:43:41.260 --> 00:43:41.760 Rather, 00:43:41.880 --> 00:43:42.559 the grace of 00:43:42.559 --> 00:43:44.360 God compelled 00:43:44.360 --> 00:43:45.380 Christ to the 00:43:45.380 --> 00:43:45.780 cross. 00:43:47.960 --> 00:43:48.480 The cross 00:43:48.480 --> 00:43:49.559 doesn't make 00:43:49.559 --> 00:43:50.320 God love 00:43:50.320 --> 00:43:50.820 us. 00:43:51.740 --> 00:43:52.320 Rather, 00:43:52.420 --> 00:43:52.840 the cross 00:43:52.840 --> 00:43:54.220 demonstrates 00:43:54.220 --> 00:43:55.079 God's love. 00:43:56.199 --> 00:43:56.679 The cross 00:43:56.679 --> 00:43:57.699 doesn't force 00:43:57.699 --> 00:43:58.360 God to be 00:43:58.360 --> 00:43:58.920 compassionate. 00:43:59.639 --> 00:44:00.619 It expresses 00:44:00.619 --> 00:44:01.199 God's 00:44:01.199 --> 00:44:01.720 compassion. 00:44:03.460 --> 00:44:04.340 We would 00:44:04.340 --> 00:44:04.800 not be 00:44:04.800 --> 00:44:05.179 forgiven 00:44:05.179 --> 00:44:05.940 without the 00:44:05.940 --> 00:44:06.380 cross, 00:44:07.380 --> 00:44:09.199 but without 00:44:09.199 --> 00:44:09.880 the mercy 00:44:09.880 --> 00:44:10.780 and grace 00:44:10.780 --> 00:44:12.559 and steadfast 00:44:12.559 --> 00:44:13.000 love of 00:44:13.000 --> 00:44:13.380 God, 00:44:14.099 --> 00:44:14.760 there would 00:44:14.760 --> 00:44:15.220 be no 00:44:15.220 --> 00:44:15.639 cross. 00:44:17.960 --> 00:44:18.900 This is a 00:44:18.900 --> 00:44:19.720 wonderful truth 00:44:19.720 --> 00:44:20.119 to take 00:44:20.119 --> 00:44:20.679 hold of. 00:44:21.679 --> 00:44:22.519 It means 00:44:22.519 --> 00:44:23.159 that for us 00:44:23.159 --> 00:44:23.659 forgiveness 00:44:23.659 --> 00:44:24.740 and salvation 00:44:24.740 --> 00:44:25.659 and the 00:44:25.659 --> 00:44:26.099 love of 00:44:26.099 --> 00:44:26.380 God, 00:44:26.519 --> 00:44:27.059 they all 00:44:27.059 --> 00:44:27.440 have their 00:44:27.440 --> 00:44:27.860 ultimate 00:44:27.860 --> 00:44:29.760 source in 00:44:29.760 --> 00:44:30.539 the nature 00:44:30.539 --> 00:44:31.460 of God 00:44:31.460 --> 00:44:32.179 himself, 00:44:33.019 --> 00:44:34.280 in his 00:44:34.280 --> 00:44:34.860 glory, 00:44:35.260 --> 00:44:35.920 in his 00:44:35.920 --> 00:44:36.340 goodness. 00:44:38.099 --> 00:44:39.059 We have 00:44:39.059 --> 00:44:39.500 hope. 00:44:39.740 --> 00:44:40.039 Why? 00:44:40.320 --> 00:44:41.000 Because of 00:44:41.000 --> 00:44:42.320 who God 00:44:42.320 --> 00:44:43.119 is. 00:44:43.119 --> 00:44:45.639 we have 00:44:45.639 --> 00:44:46.279 a saviour. 00:44:46.519 --> 00:44:46.819 Why? 00:44:47.039 --> 00:44:47.659 Because of 00:44:47.659 --> 00:44:48.719 who God 00:44:48.719 --> 00:44:49.420 is. 00:44:51.839 --> 00:44:52.739 And because 00:44:52.739 --> 00:44:53.259 of who God 00:44:53.259 --> 00:44:53.619 is, we 00:44:53.619 --> 00:44:54.019 have all 00:44:54.019 --> 00:44:54.799 those blessings 00:44:54.799 --> 00:44:55.279 that were 00:44:55.279 --> 00:44:56.059 restored to 00:44:56.059 --> 00:44:56.699 Israel in 00:44:56.699 --> 00:44:57.000 Exodus 00:44:57.000 --> 00:44:57.900 chapters 32 00:44:57.900 --> 00:44:58.500 to 34. 00:44:59.559 --> 00:45:00.319 We have 00:45:00.319 --> 00:45:00.859 life. 00:45:01.539 --> 00:45:02.259 We're not 00:45:02.259 --> 00:45:03.039 consumed by 00:45:03.039 --> 00:45:03.759 God's wrath. 00:45:04.460 --> 00:45:05.380 We have a 00:45:05.380 --> 00:45:05.819 future. 00:45:06.299 --> 00:45:06.639 There's a 00:45:06.639 --> 00:45:07.239 land he's 00:45:07.239 --> 00:45:07.759 promised to 00:45:07.759 --> 00:45:08.699 us, a 00:45:08.699 --> 00:45:08.960 heavenly 00:45:08.960 --> 00:45:09.400 home. 00:45:09.400 --> 00:45:11.720 and we 00:45:11.720 --> 00:45:12.559 have God 00:45:12.559 --> 00:45:14.700 himself, his 00:45:14.700 --> 00:45:15.440 presence with 00:45:15.440 --> 00:45:16.300 us forever, the 00:45:16.300 --> 00:45:16.900 sum of all 00:45:16.900 --> 00:45:17.320 blessings. 00:45:19.880 --> 00:45:20.519 There's the 00:45:20.519 --> 00:45:22.340 first direction 00:45:22.340 --> 00:45:23.519 the kind 00:45:23.519 --> 00:45:24.240 heart of God 00:45:24.240 --> 00:45:25.320 goes in the 00:45:25.320 --> 00:45:26.660 Bible, grace 00:45:26.660 --> 00:45:27.800 for the guilty. 00:45:28.160 --> 00:45:28.460 There's a 00:45:28.460 --> 00:45:29.099 second direction, 00:45:29.260 --> 00:45:29.900 compassion for 00:45:29.900 --> 00:45:30.440 the needy. 00:45:31.260 --> 00:45:31.579 Now how 00:45:31.579 --> 00:45:32.160 often in the 00:45:32.160 --> 00:45:32.840 Psalms do we 00:45:32.840 --> 00:45:33.820 find prayers 00:45:33.820 --> 00:45:34.519 where an 00:45:34.519 --> 00:45:35.200 appeal for 00:45:35.200 --> 00:45:36.180 God's mercy 00:45:36.180 --> 00:45:37.820 accompanies an 00:45:37.820 --> 00:45:38.940 expression of 00:45:38.940 --> 00:45:40.700 human need? 00:45:41.559 --> 00:45:41.980 Consider 00:45:41.980 --> 00:45:42.599 Psalm 6 00:45:42.599 --> 00:45:43.139 verse 2, but 00:45:43.139 --> 00:45:43.820 you can find 00:45:43.820 --> 00:45:44.300 it all through 00:45:44.300 --> 00:45:44.960 the Psalms. 00:45:45.780 --> 00:45:46.280 Psalm 6 00:45:46.280 --> 00:45:46.800 verse 2, 00:45:47.800 --> 00:45:48.679 Be gracious 00:45:48.679 --> 00:45:49.700 to me, O 00:45:49.700 --> 00:45:51.000 Lord, for 00:45:51.000 --> 00:45:51.320 I am 00:45:51.320 --> 00:45:52.000 languishing. 00:45:53.220 --> 00:45:54.260 Heal me, O 00:45:54.260 --> 00:45:54.800 Lord, for 00:45:54.800 --> 00:45:55.519 my bones are 00:45:55.519 --> 00:45:55.860 troubled. 00:45:57.079 --> 00:45:58.059 My soul 00:45:58.059 --> 00:45:58.940 also is 00:45:58.940 --> 00:45:59.400 greatly 00:45:59.400 --> 00:45:59.900 troubled. 00:46:00.940 --> 00:46:01.619 But you, 00:46:01.820 --> 00:46:02.240 O Lord, 00:46:02.320 --> 00:46:03.320 how long? 00:46:04.760 --> 00:46:05.519 Turn, O 00:46:05.519 --> 00:46:06.360 Lord, deliver 00:46:06.360 --> 00:46:07.019 my life. 00:46:07.200 --> 00:46:07.740 Save me 00:46:07.739 --> 00:46:08.539 for the 00:46:08.539 --> 00:46:09.159 sake of 00:46:09.159 --> 00:46:09.419 your 00:46:09.419 --> 00:46:10.299 steadfast 00:46:10.299 --> 00:46:10.799 love. 00:46:12.619 --> 00:46:13.079 Now read 00:46:13.079 --> 00:46:13.539 the Psalms 00:46:13.539 --> 00:46:13.839 and you'll 00:46:13.839 --> 00:46:14.500 find example 00:46:14.500 --> 00:46:15.239 after example 00:46:15.239 --> 00:46:15.579 of this, 00:46:15.739 --> 00:46:16.179 side by 00:46:16.179 --> 00:46:17.019 side, an 00:46:17.019 --> 00:46:17.739 outpouring of 00:46:17.739 --> 00:46:17.899 the 00:46:17.899 --> 00:46:18.539 Psalmist's 00:46:18.539 --> 00:46:19.259 need and 00:46:19.259 --> 00:46:20.199 trouble and 00:46:20.199 --> 00:46:21.159 affliction and 00:46:21.159 --> 00:46:22.559 suffering and 00:46:22.559 --> 00:46:24.699 distress with 00:46:24.699 --> 00:46:26.559 an appeal to 00:46:26.559 --> 00:46:27.359 God for 00:46:27.359 --> 00:46:28.399 help that 00:46:28.399 --> 00:46:29.519 draws on one 00:46:29.519 --> 00:46:30.619 of more of 00:46:30.619 --> 00:46:31.599 that magnificent 00:46:31.599 --> 00:46:32.419 trio of 00:46:32.419 --> 00:46:32.919 words, 00:46:34.719 --> 00:46:35.199 the kind 00:46:35.199 --> 00:46:35.579 heart of 00:46:35.579 --> 00:46:35.940 God. 00:46:36.840 --> 00:46:37.079 The 00:46:37.079 --> 00:46:37.500 Psalmist 00:46:37.500 --> 00:46:38.199 presents his 00:46:38.199 --> 00:46:38.719 need and 00:46:38.719 --> 00:46:38.980 then he 00:46:38.980 --> 00:46:39.239 says, 00:46:39.420 --> 00:46:39.940 save me 00:46:39.940 --> 00:46:40.779 for the 00:46:40.779 --> 00:46:41.239 sake of 00:46:41.239 --> 00:46:41.480 your 00:46:41.480 --> 00:46:42.119 steadfast 00:46:42.119 --> 00:46:42.599 love. 00:46:45.000 --> 00:46:45.559 Brothers, 00:46:45.659 --> 00:46:45.840 sisters, 00:46:45.960 --> 00:46:46.319 we can 00:46:46.319 --> 00:46:46.860 pray like 00:46:46.860 --> 00:46:48.779 that because 00:46:48.779 --> 00:46:49.840 our need 00:46:49.840 --> 00:46:51.340 is a 00:46:51.340 --> 00:46:52.480 magnet for 00:46:52.480 --> 00:46:52.840 God's 00:46:52.840 --> 00:46:53.360 compassion. 00:46:55.360 --> 00:46:56.079 When we 00:46:56.079 --> 00:46:56.619 pray like 00:46:56.619 --> 00:46:57.039 that, we're 00:46:57.039 --> 00:46:57.699 not testing 00:46:57.699 --> 00:46:58.179 God's 00:46:58.179 --> 00:46:58.719 patience. 00:46:59.039 --> 00:46:59.599 When we 00:46:59.599 --> 00:47:00.239 pour out 00:47:00.239 --> 00:47:00.460 our 00:47:00.460 --> 00:47:01.079 desperation 00:47:01.079 --> 00:47:01.440 to God, 00:47:01.500 --> 00:47:01.779 we're not 00:47:01.779 --> 00:47:02.639 testing God's 00:47:02.639 --> 00:47:03.099 patience. 00:47:03.880 --> 00:47:04.860 We're opening 00:47:04.860 --> 00:47:05.699 ourselves up to 00:47:05.699 --> 00:47:06.340 his glory. 00:47:08.079 --> 00:47:08.679 Any trouble 00:47:08.679 --> 00:47:09.319 we face, 00:47:09.519 --> 00:47:10.219 any pain, 00:47:10.400 --> 00:47:11.139 any affliction 00:47:11.139 --> 00:47:11.980 is an 00:47:11.980 --> 00:47:12.739 opportunity to 00:47:12.739 --> 00:47:13.579 draw near to 00:47:13.579 --> 00:47:15.099 God and 00:47:15.099 --> 00:47:15.840 to ask him 00:47:15.840 --> 00:47:17.139 to be who 00:47:17.139 --> 00:47:18.199 he is. 00:47:22.619 --> 00:47:23.440 What God 00:47:23.440 --> 00:47:24.199 desires of us 00:47:24.199 --> 00:47:24.699 is that we 00:47:24.699 --> 00:47:26.340 would love 00:47:26.340 --> 00:47:26.840 kindness. 00:47:26.840 --> 00:47:29.700 Jesus said 00:47:29.700 --> 00:47:30.019 in Luke 00:47:30.019 --> 00:47:30.820 6 verse 00:47:30.820 --> 00:47:31.360 36, 00:47:31.600 --> 00:47:32.300 be merciful 00:47:32.300 --> 00:47:32.940 even as 00:47:32.940 --> 00:47:33.480 your father 00:47:33.480 --> 00:47:34.140 is merciful. 00:47:36.059 --> 00:47:36.780 If we're 00:47:36.780 --> 00:47:37.039 going to 00:47:37.039 --> 00:47:37.880 show God's 00:47:37.880 --> 00:47:38.280 kindness, 00:47:38.900 --> 00:47:40.180 we need 00:47:40.180 --> 00:47:40.680 to know 00:47:40.680 --> 00:47:41.100 God's 00:47:41.100 --> 00:47:41.440 kindness. 00:47:44.100 --> 00:47:44.620 The 00:47:44.620 --> 00:47:44.960 problem with 00:47:44.960 --> 00:47:45.760 the Pharisees 00:47:45.760 --> 00:47:47.100 who confronted 00:47:47.100 --> 00:47:47.579 Jesus, 00:47:47.700 --> 00:47:48.220 who objected 00:47:48.220 --> 00:47:48.660 to Jesus 00:47:48.660 --> 00:47:49.200 eating with 00:47:49.200 --> 00:47:49.800 tax collectors 00:47:49.800 --> 00:47:50.420 and sinners, 00:47:51.420 --> 00:47:53.519 is that 00:47:53.519 --> 00:47:53.740 they were 00:47:53.740 --> 00:47:54.559 self-righteous. 00:47:56.840 --> 00:47:57.400 They didn't 00:47:57.400 --> 00:47:58.000 know God's 00:47:58.000 --> 00:47:58.620 kindness for 00:47:58.620 --> 00:47:59.160 themselves. 00:48:00.300 --> 00:48:00.860 Jesus said 00:48:00.860 --> 00:48:01.240 to them, 00:48:02.039 --> 00:48:03.079 when they 00:48:03.079 --> 00:48:03.579 objected, 00:48:03.620 --> 00:48:03.920 he said, 00:48:04.039 --> 00:48:04.400 go and 00:48:04.400 --> 00:48:04.880 learn what 00:48:04.880 --> 00:48:05.740 this means. 00:48:06.480 --> 00:48:06.820 Then he 00:48:06.820 --> 00:48:07.600 quoted Hosea 00:48:07.600 --> 00:48:08.400 chapter 6, 00:48:08.640 --> 00:48:09.019 go and 00:48:09.019 --> 00:48:09.420 learn what 00:48:09.420 --> 00:48:10.000 this means. 00:48:10.180 --> 00:48:10.740 I desire 00:48:10.740 --> 00:48:11.460 mercy, 00:48:12.180 --> 00:48:13.260 not sacrifice. 00:48:18.680 --> 00:48:19.780 What blocks 00:48:19.780 --> 00:48:20.820 kindness is 00:48:20.820 --> 00:48:21.800 self-righteousness. 00:48:23.380 --> 00:48:24.280 But if you're 00:48:24.280 --> 00:48:25.440 on one of the 00:48:25.440 --> 00:48:26.100 Titanic's 00:48:26.100 --> 00:48:26.820 lifeboats, 00:48:26.840 --> 00:48:27.740 it's 00:48:27.740 --> 00:48:28.480 ludicrous to 00:48:28.480 --> 00:48:28.880 think that 00:48:28.880 --> 00:48:29.220 you're on 00:48:29.220 --> 00:48:29.640 one of those 00:48:29.640 --> 00:48:30.200 lifeboats 00:48:30.200 --> 00:48:30.680 because you're 00:48:30.680 --> 00:48:31.460 more deserving 00:48:31.460 --> 00:48:32.380 than the 00:48:32.380 --> 00:48:32.800 people in 00:48:32.800 --> 00:48:33.180 the water. 00:48:36.380 --> 00:48:36.880 What 00:48:36.880 --> 00:48:37.260 blocks 00:48:37.260 --> 00:48:38.620 kindness is 00:48:38.620 --> 00:48:39.360 self-righteousness, 00:48:39.420 --> 00:48:39.700 but what 00:48:39.700 --> 00:48:40.160 builds 00:48:40.160 --> 00:48:40.660 kindness 00:48:40.660 --> 00:48:43.260 is knowing 00:48:43.260 --> 00:48:44.280 God's 00:48:44.280 --> 00:48:44.660 kindness 00:48:44.660 --> 00:48:45.960 to us. 00:48:49.160 --> 00:48:49.880 You need 00:48:49.880 --> 00:48:50.200 to know 00:48:50.200 --> 00:48:50.600 God's 00:48:50.600 --> 00:48:50.980 kindness 00:48:50.980 --> 00:48:52.059 to you 00:48:52.059 --> 00:48:53.360 before you 00:48:53.360 --> 00:48:53.760 will see 00:48:53.760 --> 00:48:54.160 God's 00:48:54.160 --> 00:48:54.500 kindness 00:48:54.500 --> 00:48:55.440 through you. 00:48:55.440 --> 00:48:57.440 God's 00:48:57.440 --> 00:48:57.980 love 00:48:57.980 --> 00:48:58.940 God's 00:48:58.940 --> 00:48:58.940 00:48:58.940 --> 00:48:59.340 God's 00:48:59.340 --> 00:48:59.880 love 00:48:59.880 --> 00:49:00.340 to you. 00:49:00.340 --> 00:49:00.780 If our 00:49:00.780 --> 00:49:01.220 hearts are 00:49:01.220 --> 00:49:02.059 cold, the 00:49:02.059 --> 00:49:04.679 solution is to 00:49:04.679 --> 00:49:05.320 draw near to 00:49:05.320 --> 00:49:07.099 God himself, to 00:49:07.099 --> 00:49:08.059 draw near to the 00:49:08.059 --> 00:49:08.760 source of all 00:49:08.760 --> 00:49:09.519 grace and 00:49:09.519 --> 00:49:10.880 compassion and 00:49:10.880 --> 00:49:13.079 kindness, to 00:49:13.079 --> 00:49:13.900 recognize our 00:49:13.900 --> 00:49:15.519 need and to 00:49:15.519 --> 00:49:16.460 bask in God's 00:49:16.460 --> 00:49:19.960 goodness and so 00:49:19.960 --> 00:49:20.840 be moved that we 00:49:20.840 --> 00:49:21.360 might be 00:49:21.360 --> 00:49:23.179 merciful as our 00:49:23.179 --> 00:49:24.219 Father has 00:49:24.219 --> 00:49:25.719 been merciful to 00:49:25.719 --> 00:49:26.139 us. 00:49:27.879 --> 00:49:28.500 Will you pray 00:49:28.500 --> 00:49:28.879 with me? 00:49:36.599 --> 00:49:37.659 Lord God, 00:49:38.179 --> 00:49:41.639 the creator of 00:49:41.639 --> 00:49:42.619 all things, 00:49:43.619 --> 00:49:46.079 the judge of 00:49:46.079 --> 00:49:46.599 all the 00:49:46.599 --> 00:49:49.339 earth, the 00:49:49.339 --> 00:49:51.519 one infinite in 00:49:51.519 --> 00:49:53.000 power and 00:49:53.000 --> 00:49:56.519 wisdom, you 00:49:56.519 --> 00:49:57.199 have shown 00:49:57.199 --> 00:49:58.139 yourself to 00:49:58.139 --> 00:50:00.179 be the 00:50:00.179 --> 00:50:00.940 God who is 00:50:00.940 --> 00:50:02.739 gracious and 00:50:02.739 --> 00:50:03.940 merciful and 00:50:03.940 --> 00:50:04.739 abounding in 00:50:04.739 --> 00:50:05.719 steadfast love. 00:50:08.940 --> 00:50:10.039 There is not 00:50:10.039 --> 00:50:11.059 one need we 00:50:11.059 --> 00:50:12.719 have which you 00:50:12.719 --> 00:50:14.860 cannot supply out 00:50:14.860 --> 00:50:16.039 of your infinite 00:50:16.039 --> 00:50:16.579 goodness. 00:50:16.579 --> 00:50:16.679 grace. 00:50:18.480 --> 00:50:19.519 We thank you, 00:50:19.619 --> 00:50:20.299 Lord God, that 00:50:20.299 --> 00:50:21.000 it is your 00:50:21.000 --> 00:50:21.799 heart to be 00:50:21.799 --> 00:50:23.639 kind, that 00:50:23.639 --> 00:50:24.279 this is your 00:50:24.279 --> 00:50:24.739 glory. 00:50:26.259 --> 00:50:27.380 We thank you 00:50:27.380 --> 00:50:27.960 that you 00:50:27.960 --> 00:50:29.599 freely forgive 00:50:29.599 --> 00:50:31.340 us for all 00:50:31.340 --> 00:50:33.699 our sins out 00:50:33.699 --> 00:50:34.500 of the grace 00:50:34.500 --> 00:50:35.840 shown to us 00:50:35.840 --> 00:50:36.360 through Jesus' 00:50:36.579 --> 00:50:37.039 death on the 00:50:37.039 --> 00:50:37.340 cross. 00:50:38.380 --> 00:50:39.340 We thank you 00:50:39.340 --> 00:50:40.199 that every 00:50:40.199 --> 00:50:42.019 need we have 00:50:42.019 --> 00:50:43.579 we can bring 00:50:43.579 --> 00:50:44.259 before you 00:50:44.259 --> 00:50:44.940 knowing that 00:50:44.940 --> 00:50:45.500 you are a 00:50:45.500 --> 00:50:46.820 God full of 00:50:46.820 --> 00:50:47.320 compassion, 00:50:48.119 --> 00:50:49.179 that you care 00:50:49.179 --> 00:50:49.719 for us. 00:50:51.420 --> 00:50:52.460 So, Father, we 00:50:52.460 --> 00:50:53.079 pray that you 00:50:53.079 --> 00:50:54.920 would overwhelm 00:50:54.920 --> 00:50:55.619 us with your 00:50:55.619 --> 00:50:56.159 love and 00:50:56.159 --> 00:50:56.659 kindness. 00:50:57.880 --> 00:50:58.739 Show your 00:50:58.739 --> 00:50:59.500 kindness to 00:50:59.500 --> 00:51:01.639 us, that you 00:51:01.639 --> 00:51:02.340 might show your 00:51:02.340 --> 00:51:03.039 kindness through 00:51:03.039 --> 00:51:03.440 us. 00:51:04.079 --> 00:51:05.239 In Jesus' name 00:51:05.239 --> 00:51:05.719 we pray. 00:51:06.480 --> 00:51:06.840 Amen.