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 Good evening, Brunsfield. I hope you're all keeping well and continue to survive this period of our pandemic and lockdown.

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 It's a great privilege to be with you this evening and also a great privilege to be joining you in your series in the book of Isaiah.

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 For what a wonderful book that is, Isaiah, full of prophecies to do with our Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 Prophecies that truly build our faith.

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 But if we're very honest, Isaiah is also often a book that gets picked over a little, where we jump from nice passage to nice passage.

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 So it is good for us this evening to look perhaps to a passage that is maybe not as well known.

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 Certainly a passage that is a dark and sad chapter in this whole book of Isaiah.

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 We're told at the beginning of our passage in verse 89 that this is a prophecy concerning the northern kingdom.

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 Even though Isaiah's main ministry is to the south, he does address things to do with the northern kingdom,

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 partly so that the south may respond accordingly to the warnings that are spoken to the northern kingdom.

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 We know this because Samaria would have been the capital city of the northern kingdom,

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 and Ephraim and Manasseh would have been the two largest tribes.

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 Also, our prophecy, or our section, continues.

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 The prophecy already started in chapter 8, verse 19 and following.

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 So I think you looked at that last week.

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 Our section very handily falls into four parts.

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 It's a poem.

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 And every time, every section finishes with these incredibly powerful words,

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 where God says through Isaiah his prophet,

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 For all this, his anger has not turned away.

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 His hand is outstretched still.

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 We find this in verse 12, verse 17, verse 21, and also in chapter 10, verse 4.

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 So the first thing we really need to consider this evening is the reality of God's anger expressed in these words.

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 For all this, his anger has not turned away.

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 Now, anger is a tricky thing, is it not?

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 I grew up being told that to be angry is always wrong, bad.

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 For anger, as Ed Welch puts it so beautifully,

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 specializes in indicting others,

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 but is unskilled at both self-indictment and love.

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 So it's true that certainly human anger is broken and easily self-serving.

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 And yet the Bible is clear that, yes, on the one hand,

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 we need to watch ourselves when it comes to anger and be self-controlled.

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 Yet we're not to repress it either.

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 And my personal experience with anger is one that I've wrestled with anger,

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 particularly when I was younger,

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 in a way that my anger would be best described as nearly uncontrollable temper

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 or that rage or, you know, the red flag to the bull,

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 ready to hurt someone.

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 This particularly came out on the sports field,

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 where I did find it hard sometimes not to have a go at my opposite player.

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 I guess the good news is, and praise be to God,

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 that he has been at work in me

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 and that the fruit of his spirit has become more evident in my life since then.

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 But that's human anger.

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 God's anger is different.

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 God's anger is a good anger,

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 a righteous, sinless indignation,

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 a holy wrath.

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 And it's an anger against the crimes committed against him.

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 These crimes deserve to be punished.

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 God has made this clear from the very beginning.

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 So for some who think that the Old Testament always speaks of a God of anger

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 and the New Testament, great, it's about a God of love.

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 Actually, this is not true.

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 For as much as in Genesis,

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 as well as the Gospels and the Epistles like Romans,

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 it is very clear that the anger of God is a reality.

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 But we're also told that God's anger is not only a righteous anger

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 and a good anger, but also a slow anger.

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 I guess an obvious question to ask when we come to this passage in Isaiah,

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 how do we get here?

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 What has happened so far?

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 Well, in many ways, what happened is that God

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 in his generous, amazing love

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 chose to create this earth and this world and us in it.

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 For him to share what he has enjoyed for all eternity with mankind.

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 His love even went so far as to call

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 and to choose a particular individual called Abraham.

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 And for Abraham to be invited into this life with God,

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 which would be filled with blessing, blessing of offspring, blessing of land.

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 And God even went as far as securing those promises

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 in a loving covenant with Abraham.

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 And then we find that when Abraham's descendants end up in Egypt,

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 which sounds like a nice holiday destination,

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 but in those days ended him in and subjected to slavery,

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 God rescues his people.

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 Again, incredible love.

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 Again, a powerful display of what his covenantal love looks like.

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 But sadly, despite the fact that God's people were loved,

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 were rescued, were protected,

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 time and time again throughout history,

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 mankind chooses to walk away,

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 to rebel, to complain,

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 even to defy God's wisdom.

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 We see that as soon as they've come out of Egypt,

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 the people of God complain.

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 We see it particularly in the time of the judges,

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 where people continuously,

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 from generation to generation,

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 chose what was right in their own eyes.

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 And we see it again in the times of the kings.

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 And really, there's perhaps only one good king,

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 King David,

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 and maybe a little bit of Solomon when he started off well.

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 But after that,

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 and particularly when the kingdom split to the north and the south,

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 it seems a downward spiral,

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 including the current king of the north,

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 King Ahaz,

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 who even sacrificed his own son

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 in the religion,

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 and to be like the nations around them.

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 And so when you reflect on the whole time,

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 from creation up till now,

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 we see a God who is patient,

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 who is indeed very slow to anger,

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 very patient indeed,

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 giving his people chance after chance after chance

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 for nearly 1,300 years have elapsed

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 after God's promise to Abraham

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 by the time Isaiah proclaims this message

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 that we read today.

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 So let it be clear that God is rightly angry,

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 even after all,

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 and especially after all this time,

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 and that his anger is a good anger,

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 for it is part of his love,

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 not the opposite of.

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 It is part of his love for his creation

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 to reign with justice.

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 The Bible is very clear that God hates sin

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 for its opposite of everything that he is himself,

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 and therefore he will not choose to ignore sin.

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 Now sometimes that seems very harsh,

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 but if you've ever been the victim

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 of any type of injustice,

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 however small or big that may be,

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 it is truly good news that there will be a day

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 in which justice will truly reign.

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 Justice will one day set everything right,

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 and actually one day there will be no more sin

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 in the world that we will share for eternity

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 with our God.

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 And so we find that one day God's generous love

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 will actually do all these things for his people.

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 Now again, sometimes we think that really what we want

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 is a God who only loves,

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 in the idea of never being angry with us.

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 But that's like imagining a family

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 in which parents never become angry

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 and only love their children,

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 and we can only guess the result.

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 We would have to spoil children,

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 maybe even neglected children.

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 For loving parents,

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 at times,

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 because of their love,

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 will be angry.

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 And so God's love likewise

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 is so great

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 that he won't hold back

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 discipline

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 which he knows

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 would bring about

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 good in our lives.

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 So God's anger is real.

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 God's anger is good.

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 God's anger is slow,

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 but it is also

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 incredibly frightening.

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 As verse 14 and 15

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 tell us, for example,

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 that the Lord

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 here

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 speaks his anger

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 as saying

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 he will cut off from Israel

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 head and tail,

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 palm branch,

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 and reed

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 in one day.

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 With these words,

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 he's dealing with Israel's leaders

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 and also with God's spokespeople,

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 the prophets.

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 And his anger

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 will very much

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 make these

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 give account

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 for what they have done

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 with the responsibility

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 given to them.

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 they will be dealt

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 accordingly.

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 For these were people

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 who had not only

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 neglected their responsibility,

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 but actually

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 had abused it

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 and led the people

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 under their care

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 astray.

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 And the picture

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 of the branch

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 and reed

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 gives us

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 even a picture

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 of totality

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 that actually

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 God will deal

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 with the most eminent

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 to the most lowly.

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 Actually,

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 in many ways,

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 in verse 17,

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 it gives us

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 a picture

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 of what is

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 perhaps the most

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 frightening thing

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 of what God

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 will do in his anger.

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 Not only keeping

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 us to account,

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 but it also tells us

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 that God's joy

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 and compassion

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 will be withdrawn.

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 Indeed,

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 actually,

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 the most frightening

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 part of God's anger

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 is when

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 he withdraws

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 and leaves us

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 to the consequences

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 of our choices.

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 And that is

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 exactly the picture

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 that we see

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 in verse 18

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 and following

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 where it reads

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 that wickedness

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 burns like a fire.

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 It consumes

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 briars

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 and thorns.

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 It kindles

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 the thickets

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 of the forest

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 and they roll upwards

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 in a column of smoke.

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 And through the wrath

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 of the Lord

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 of hosts,

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 the land is scorched

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 and the people

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 are like fuel

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 for the fire.

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 No one

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 spares

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 another.

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 Wickedness

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 burns

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 like fire.

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 Do you remember

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 that song,

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 It Only Takes

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 a spark?

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 Well,

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 that's the same

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 of evil.

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 Spreads

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 like wildfire.

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 And when it says

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 that by the wrath

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 of Jehovah

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 of hosts

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 the land is scorched,

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 it means that actually

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 the wrath of God

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 allows it to happen,

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 but it's clear

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 that that's not

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 the fuel

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 that makes it happen.

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 And the end result

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 when God

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 lets go

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 and lets the people

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 fall into the consequences

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 of their own choices

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 is ultimate civil war

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 where we find

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 that the people

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 from the north

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 turn against

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 their fellow brother

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 down south

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 in Judah.

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 Wow.

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 So God's anger

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 is slow,

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 God's anger

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 is real,

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 and it certainly

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 is frightening.

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 So let's move on

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 to the next thing

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 that we ought to see

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 from this passage.

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 Secondly,

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 let us see

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 what causes God

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 to be angry.

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 So we've looked

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 at the reality

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 of God's anger.

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 Now let's see

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 what causes

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 Him to be angry.

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 Look with me

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 to verse 17.

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 Verse 17 tells us,

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 For everyone

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 is godless

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 and an evildoer,

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 and every mouth

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 speaks folly.

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 I want us to note

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 how wrath

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 is not being inflicted

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 without the reasons

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 for wrath

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 being made clear.

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 There's grace

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 right there.

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 So God's wrath

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 is not being inflicted

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 without the reasons

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 of wrath

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 being made clear.

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 Well,

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 what are these reasons?

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 Well,

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 in verse 17,

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 it speaks of the godless.

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 And the godless,

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 this word refers

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 to apostasy.

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 So people who

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 walk away

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 from God.

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 Or perhaps

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 it can cover

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 those who

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 bring upon

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 themselves

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 defilement

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 through disobedience.

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 And evildoers,

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 well,

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 evildoers in the Bible

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 refer to those

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 who break

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 the moral law,

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 who violate

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 the moral law.

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 So both these terms

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 actually cover

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 not only the whole

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 of the Ten Commandments,

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 but the whole

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 of God's will.

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 That it's those

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 who have stopped

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 loving the Lord

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 their God

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 with all their heart,

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 mind,

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 and strength,

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 and soul,

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 and also those

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 who do not love

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 their neighbor

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 as their self,

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 the two greatest

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 commandments

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 as Jesus

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 had taught us.

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 Now it's interesting

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 that in Scripture

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 evil

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 is not

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 just the very bad,

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 but actually

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 describes all

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 who sin.

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 It's very clear

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 that when we're not

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 children of God,

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 we are enemies

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 of God.

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 And this strong language

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 which we often

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 struggle with,

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 for we often

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 compare ourselves

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 to others

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 and think actually

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 I'm not that bad.

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 But this strong language

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 which we naturally

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 associate with

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 the greatest wickedness

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 and darkness

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 out there

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 reveals to us

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 God's perspective

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 on sin

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 which often

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 isn't ours.

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 Anything

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 other than God

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 is darkness.

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 All aspects

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 astray from God

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 is the opposite

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 of light.

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 this is backed up

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 by the use

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 of Isaiah's

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 phrase there

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 of the mouth

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 and folly.

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 The word folly

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 comes up a lot

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 in wisdom literature,

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 for example,

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 in Proverbs.

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 And you'll find

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 that folly

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 doesn't mean

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 silly or foolish

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 or funny.

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 Actually,

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 folly

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 is very much

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 in the meaning

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 of all people

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 who choose

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 to live

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 life

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 without God.

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 those people

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 are

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 the people

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 who are

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 the folly

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 in the Bible.

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 Now,

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 that's not the only reason.

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 We also find

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 in verse 10

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 that perhaps

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 the cause

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 of all of this

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 is pride

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 and arrogance.

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 We read there

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 that they say

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 in their pride

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 and arrogance

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 of heart

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 meaning great

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 arrogance

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 that the bricks

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 have fallen

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 but we will build

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 with dressed stones

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 and the sycamores

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 have been cut down

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 but we will put

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 cedars

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 in their place.

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 Their pride

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 was what I would

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 call a defiant

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 pride.

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 It's as if they're

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 saying

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 peace,

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 peace

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 when there is

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 no peace.

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 They're fixing it

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 rather than

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 listening to

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 God

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 and paying attention

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 to his warnings.

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 It's as if

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 they're saying

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 well disaster

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 has come upon us

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 but we will sort it

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 and we will rebuild

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 even better

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 than what it was.

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 this is not only

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 defiant

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 arrogance

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 and pride

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 it is dangerous

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 and it is blind

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 even stubborn

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 self-confidence.

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 We especially

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 probably see this

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 this pride

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 in their whole

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 empty religion

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 already addressed

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 by the prophet Isaiah

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 and by God

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 through him.

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 In the opening chapters

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 we get this picture

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 that in that time

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 perhaps Israel

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 and the people

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 of God

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 were busier

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 than ever

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 visiting the temple

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 bringing all their

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 sacrifices

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 doing all the

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 right things

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 and yet with a heart

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 that was far

00:16:46.819 --> 00:16:47.739
 from God

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 empty religion

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 fueled

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 and an expression

00:16:51.779 --> 00:16:53.339
 of this arrogant

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 pride.

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 But on top

00:16:55.679 --> 00:16:56.359
 of all of this

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 we then read

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 in verse 13

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 that there is

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 no repentance.

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 So

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 everyone is

00:17:03.339 --> 00:17:03.939
 evildoers

00:17:03.939 --> 00:17:04.700
 everyone is

00:17:04.700 --> 00:17:05.299
 godless

00:17:05.299 --> 00:17:06.419
 they're all

00:17:06.419 --> 00:17:07.159
 full of pride

00:17:07.159 --> 00:17:07.659
 and arrogance

00:17:07.659 --> 00:17:08.579
 but then there's

00:17:08.579 --> 00:17:09.579
 no repentance

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 the people did not

00:17:10.779 --> 00:17:11.319
 turn to him

00:17:11.319 --> 00:17:12.059
 who struck them

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 nor inquire

00:17:13.220 --> 00:17:13.919
 of the lord

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 of hosts.

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 Surely a result

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 of their pride

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 but also revealing

00:17:19.539 --> 00:17:19.980
 just how

00:17:19.980 --> 00:17:20.899
 conscious

00:17:20.899 --> 00:17:22.099
 their decision

00:17:22.099 --> 00:17:22.500
 is

00:17:22.500 --> 00:17:23.419
 to not only

00:17:23.419 --> 00:17:24.339
 ignore God's

00:17:24.339 --> 00:17:24.759
 message

00:17:24.759 --> 00:17:26.099
 but to ignore

00:17:26.099 --> 00:17:27.099
 God himself

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 while pretending

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 that all

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 is

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 well.

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 That's the situation

00:17:33.779 --> 00:17:34.960
 that Isaiah

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 speaks

00:17:35.500 --> 00:17:36.440
 into.

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 But I guess

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 before we

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 tut-tut the

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 northern kingdom

00:17:40.000 --> 00:17:41.099
 and point our

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 finger and say

00:17:41.879 --> 00:17:42.799
 how bad they are

00:17:42.799 --> 00:17:44.579
 we do well

00:17:44.579 --> 00:17:45.200
 to remember

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 perhaps Paul's

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 words in Romans

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 chapter 3

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 or just simply

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 look at our

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 own lives

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 and think

00:17:52.700 --> 00:17:55.400
 we may pretend

00:17:55.400 --> 00:17:56.259
 that all

00:17:56.259 --> 00:17:56.720
 things are

00:17:56.720 --> 00:17:57.019
 well

00:17:57.019 --> 00:17:59.059
 but we also

00:17:59.059 --> 00:17:59.840
 fall short

00:17:59.840 --> 00:18:00.660
 of the glory

00:18:00.660 --> 00:18:01.180
 of God.

00:18:02.819 --> 00:18:03.860
 How many of us

00:18:03.860 --> 00:18:04.500
 do not struggle

00:18:04.500 --> 00:18:05.259
 with pride

00:18:05.259 --> 00:18:07.080
 with arrogance

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 with actually

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 saying

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 maybe perhaps

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 not in such

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 words

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 but even in

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 our actions

00:18:13.200 --> 00:18:13.980
 that we know

00:18:13.980 --> 00:18:14.340
 better

00:18:14.340 --> 00:18:15.640
 than God

00:18:15.640 --> 00:18:16.400
 in particular

00:18:16.400 --> 00:18:16.880
 areas

00:18:16.880 --> 00:18:18.080
 in our lives.

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 It is certainly

00:18:19.500 --> 00:18:20.419
 a scary thing

00:18:20.419 --> 00:18:21.279
 that even

00:18:21.279 --> 00:18:22.099
 many serious

00:18:22.099 --> 00:18:22.659
 Christians

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 can fall

00:18:23.859 --> 00:18:24.480
 into a

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 practical

00:18:25.199 --> 00:18:26.319
 atheism

00:18:26.319 --> 00:18:28.319
 maybe proclaiming

00:18:28.319 --> 00:18:28.759
 God with

00:18:28.759 --> 00:18:29.259
 their mouth

00:18:29.259 --> 00:18:30.500
 but denying

00:18:30.500 --> 00:18:31.519
 him with

00:18:31.519 --> 00:18:32.859
 their actions.

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 I certainly

00:18:35.639 --> 00:18:36.519
 find Proverbs

00:18:36.519 --> 00:18:37.099
 chapter 3

00:18:37.099 --> 00:18:37.759
 verse 5

00:18:37.759 --> 00:18:38.839
 one that can

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 be very

00:18:39.159 --> 00:18:39.639
 challenging

00:18:39.639 --> 00:18:40.199
 to put into

00:18:40.199 --> 00:18:40.639
 practice

00:18:40.639 --> 00:18:41.679
 where we're

00:18:41.679 --> 00:18:42.279
 called to

00:18:42.279 --> 00:18:43.059
 trust in the

00:18:43.059 --> 00:18:43.399
 Lord with

00:18:43.399 --> 00:18:43.919
 all our

00:18:43.919 --> 00:18:44.199
 heart

00:18:44.199 --> 00:18:45.539
 and not to

00:18:45.539 --> 00:18:46.019
 lean on

00:18:46.019 --> 00:18:46.279
 our own

00:18:46.279 --> 00:18:46.839
 understanding.

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 How often

00:18:48.079 --> 00:18:48.599
 do we not

00:18:48.599 --> 00:18:49.259
 do the

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 opposite?

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 And if we're

00:18:51.579 --> 00:18:52.059
 still not

00:18:52.059 --> 00:18:52.759
 convinced that

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 we're no

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 better than

00:18:54.299 --> 00:18:54.619
 the northern

00:18:54.619 --> 00:18:54.980
 kingdom

00:18:54.980 --> 00:18:55.819
 what about

00:18:55.819 --> 00:18:56.339
 those greatest

00:18:56.339 --> 00:18:56.799
 commandments?

00:18:56.939 --> 00:18:57.539
 Do we truly

00:18:57.539 --> 00:18:58.119
 love God

00:18:58.119 --> 00:18:58.779
 with all our

00:18:58.779 --> 00:18:59.039
 heart,

00:18:59.459 --> 00:18:59.759
 mind,

00:18:59.919 --> 00:19:00.359
 soul and

00:19:00.359 --> 00:19:00.899
 strength?

00:19:01.059 --> 00:19:01.539
 And do we

00:19:01.539 --> 00:19:02.039
 love our

00:19:02.039 --> 00:19:02.639
 neighbor as

00:19:02.639 --> 00:19:03.159
 ourself

00:19:03.159 --> 00:19:04.139
 the way that

00:19:04.139 --> 00:19:04.899
 Christ loved

00:19:04.899 --> 00:19:05.439
 his father

00:19:05.439 --> 00:19:06.339
 and loved

00:19:06.339 --> 00:19:06.779
 us

00:19:06.779 --> 00:19:08.339
 dying on

00:19:08.339 --> 00:19:08.740
 the cross

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 for us?

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 So people

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 actually

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 not only is

00:19:12.720 --> 00:19:13.659
 God's anger

00:19:13.659 --> 00:19:14.359
 a reality

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 not only is

00:19:15.619 --> 00:19:16.299
 God rightly

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 angry

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 with the

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 northern

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 kingdom

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 with his

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 own people

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 but God

00:19:19.759 --> 00:19:20.220
 is rightly

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 angry

00:19:20.740 --> 00:19:21.799
 even with

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 us.

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 But thirdly

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 let us then

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 understand how

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 Israel could

00:19:28.779 --> 00:19:29.279
 have known

00:19:29.279 --> 00:19:29.899
 that God

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 was angry.

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 How could

00:19:32.500 --> 00:19:33.059
 Israel have

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 known?

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 Because you

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 may say

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 well the

00:19:35.639 --> 00:19:36.059
 anger may

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 have been

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 there,

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 may have

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 even been

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 fair,

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 but perhaps

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 they didn't

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 know.

00:19:42.259 --> 00:19:42.859
 Well here

00:19:42.859 --> 00:19:43.500
 we can truly

00:19:43.500 --> 00:19:44.619
 see God's

00:19:44.619 --> 00:19:45.019
 grace at

00:19:45.019 --> 00:19:45.299
 work.

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 For first

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 God

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 clearly

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 and directly

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 spoke to

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 his own

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 people.

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 We see

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 that again

00:19:51.659 --> 00:19:51.980
 in verse

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 8 and

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 verse 9

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 it says

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 that the

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 Lord has

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 sent a

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 word against

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 Jacob.

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 This is a

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 wonderful

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 reference to

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 the ministries

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 of two

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 prophets

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 Hosea

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 and Amos

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 who both

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 inward

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 as well as

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 with visual

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 aids

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 declared

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 God's

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 warnings

00:20:09.980 --> 00:20:10.940
 and

00:20:10.940 --> 00:20:11.680
 invitation

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 to

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 return.

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 They were

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 without

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 excuse

00:20:15.279 --> 00:20:16.339
 in that

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 sense.

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 But not

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 only did

00:20:18.360 --> 00:20:19.019
 God speak

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 directly

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 through

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 his

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 prophets

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 to them,

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 God also

00:20:21.759 --> 00:20:22.380
 spoke to

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 them through

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 adversaries.

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 In verse

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 11 and

00:20:25.099 --> 00:20:26.319
 12 we

00:20:26.319 --> 00:20:26.640
 see that

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 the Lord

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 raises the

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 adversaries

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 of resin

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 against them

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 and stirs

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 up his

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 enemies.

00:20:34.279 --> 00:20:35.000
 Now what's

00:20:35.000 --> 00:20:35.539
 happening here

00:20:35.539 --> 00:20:36.019
 is that the

00:20:36.019 --> 00:20:37.019
 hostile nations

00:20:37.019 --> 00:20:38.660
 became tools

00:20:38.660 --> 00:20:39.160
 in the hands

00:20:39.160 --> 00:20:39.759
 of God

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 almost like

00:20:40.880 --> 00:20:41.640
 a megaphone

00:20:41.640 --> 00:20:42.240
 to try to

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 get through

00:20:42.600 --> 00:20:42.920
 to them.

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 And this

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 wasn't the

00:20:44.259 --> 00:20:44.840
 first time

00:20:44.840 --> 00:20:45.320
 that he

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 has done

00:20:45.980 --> 00:20:46.420
 that either.

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 Think for

00:20:47.779 --> 00:20:48.779
 example the

00:20:48.779 --> 00:20:49.360
 young Joseph

00:20:49.360 --> 00:20:49.880
 who had

00:20:49.880 --> 00:20:50.600
 his dreams

00:20:50.600 --> 00:20:51.300
 and was

00:20:51.300 --> 00:20:52.140
 also struggling

00:20:52.140 --> 00:20:52.860
 with pride.

00:20:54.279 --> 00:20:54.940
 God actually

00:20:54.940 --> 00:20:55.640
 used his

00:20:55.640 --> 00:20:56.360
 adversaries,

00:20:56.519 --> 00:20:57.080
 his brothers,

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 to ultimately

00:20:58.580 --> 00:20:59.740
 protect him

00:20:59.740 --> 00:21:00.680
 from himself

00:21:00.680 --> 00:21:01.779
 and actually

00:21:01.779 --> 00:21:02.540
 through all of

00:21:02.540 --> 00:21:03.160
 that ended

00:21:03.160 --> 00:21:03.759
 up protecting

00:21:03.759 --> 00:21:04.380
 his brothers

00:21:04.380 --> 00:21:04.820
 and his

00:21:04.820 --> 00:21:06.200
 family from

00:21:06.200 --> 00:21:07.460
 dying of

00:21:07.460 --> 00:21:08.420
 hunger by

00:21:08.420 --> 00:21:08.940
 sending him

00:21:08.940 --> 00:21:09.640
 to Egypt.

00:21:10.539 --> 00:21:10.759
 So in

00:21:10.759 --> 00:21:11.360
 some ways

00:21:11.360 --> 00:21:11.779
 if that

00:21:11.779 --> 00:21:12.060
 hadn't

00:21:12.060 --> 00:21:12.440
 happened

00:21:12.440 --> 00:21:13.720
 maybe the

00:21:13.720 --> 00:21:14.380
 story wouldn't

00:21:14.380 --> 00:21:15.560
 have continued

00:21:15.560 --> 00:21:16.759
 after him.

00:21:17.259 --> 00:21:17.680
 But the

00:21:17.680 --> 00:21:18.120
 same of course

00:21:18.120 --> 00:21:18.539
 happened in

00:21:18.539 --> 00:21:18.960
 the time of

00:21:18.960 --> 00:21:19.460
 the judges.

00:21:20.340 --> 00:21:20.759
 That on the

00:21:20.759 --> 00:21:21.140
 one hand

00:21:21.140 --> 00:21:21.940
 God allows

00:21:21.940 --> 00:21:22.300
 as a

00:21:22.300 --> 00:21:22.779
 consequence

00:21:22.779 --> 00:21:23.620
 of people's

00:21:23.620 --> 00:21:24.500
 sin these

00:21:24.500 --> 00:21:25.200
 adversaries

00:21:25.200 --> 00:21:26.019
 to come and

00:21:26.019 --> 00:21:26.920
 raise themselves

00:21:26.920 --> 00:21:28.080
 up but

00:21:28.080 --> 00:21:29.120
 actually it

00:21:29.120 --> 00:21:29.580
 was also

00:21:29.580 --> 00:21:30.420
 God's tool

00:21:30.420 --> 00:21:32.380
 to bring

00:21:32.380 --> 00:21:32.820
 them back

00:21:32.820 --> 00:21:34.220
 to return

00:21:34.220 --> 00:21:34.640
 to him

00:21:34.640 --> 00:21:35.560
 to cry

00:21:35.560 --> 00:21:36.460
 out to

00:21:36.460 --> 00:21:36.700
 him.

00:21:37.840 --> 00:21:37.920
 And

00:21:37.920 --> 00:21:38.380
 unfortunately

00:21:38.380 --> 00:21:39.720
 it seems

00:21:39.720 --> 00:21:40.340
 that often

00:21:40.340 --> 00:21:41.240
 that is

00:21:41.240 --> 00:21:41.900
 what is

00:21:41.900 --> 00:21:42.480
 needed

00:21:42.480 --> 00:21:43.400
 for God

00:21:43.400 --> 00:21:43.820
 to be able

00:21:43.820 --> 00:21:44.220
 to get

00:21:44.220 --> 00:21:44.420
 our

00:21:44.420 --> 00:21:44.960
 attention.

00:21:46.840 --> 00:21:47.960
 But almost

00:21:47.960 --> 00:21:49.180
 when all

00:21:49.180 --> 00:21:49.660
 these seem

00:21:49.660 --> 00:21:50.200
 to fail

00:21:50.200 --> 00:21:51.660
 for even

00:21:51.660 --> 00:21:52.100
 in the

00:21:52.100 --> 00:21:52.660
 phase of

00:21:52.660 --> 00:21:53.200
 adversity

00:21:53.200 --> 00:21:56.220
 the people

00:21:56.220 --> 00:21:56.700
 of God

00:21:56.700 --> 00:21:57.400
 were adamant

00:21:57.400 --> 00:21:58.300
 that they

00:21:58.300 --> 00:21:58.860
 were okay

00:21:58.860 --> 00:22:00.279
 God then

00:22:00.279 --> 00:22:01.019
 also spoke

00:22:01.019 --> 00:22:02.039
 through direct

00:22:02.039 --> 00:22:02.420
 action.

00:22:03.039 --> 00:22:03.480
 And we've

00:22:03.480 --> 00:22:03.880
 looked already

00:22:03.880 --> 00:22:04.420
 at this verse

00:22:04.420 --> 00:22:04.920
 but in verse

00:22:04.920 --> 00:22:05.840
 14 we see

00:22:05.840 --> 00:22:06.460
 that after all

00:22:06.460 --> 00:22:07.299
 this God

00:22:07.299 --> 00:22:07.880
 then cut

00:22:07.880 --> 00:22:08.259
 off from

00:22:08.259 --> 00:22:08.579
 Israel

00:22:08.579 --> 00:22:09.660
 head and

00:22:09.660 --> 00:22:10.140
 tail or

00:22:10.140 --> 00:22:10.420
 certainly

00:22:10.420 --> 00:22:11.140
 promised to

00:22:11.140 --> 00:22:11.620
 do that as

00:22:11.620 --> 00:22:12.100
 we're not

00:22:12.100 --> 00:22:12.579
 totally clear

00:22:12.579 --> 00:22:13.059
 of all these

00:22:13.059 --> 00:22:13.559
 things have

00:22:13.559 --> 00:22:14.160
 already taken

00:22:14.160 --> 00:22:14.620
 place.

00:22:15.980 --> 00:22:16.720
 Now these

00:22:16.720 --> 00:22:17.539
 direct actions

00:22:17.539 --> 00:22:18.420
 can at times

00:22:18.420 --> 00:22:19.079
 feel very

00:22:19.079 --> 00:22:19.860
 harsh.

00:22:21.019 --> 00:22:21.500
 Think for

00:22:21.500 --> 00:22:21.960
 example of

00:22:21.960 --> 00:22:22.400
 Acts chapter

00:22:22.400 --> 00:22:23.319
 5 where

00:22:23.319 --> 00:22:24.360
 Ananias and

00:22:24.360 --> 00:22:25.380
 Sapphira both

00:22:25.380 --> 00:22:26.640
 are killed

00:22:26.640 --> 00:22:27.360
 due to their

00:22:27.360 --> 00:22:27.740
 sin

00:22:27.740 --> 00:22:29.440
 being

00:22:29.440 --> 00:22:31.359
 hypocritical

00:22:31.359 --> 00:22:31.980
 and

00:22:31.980 --> 00:22:34.200
 untrue

00:22:34.200 --> 00:22:34.900
 about

00:22:34.900 --> 00:22:35.660
 their

00:22:35.660 --> 00:22:36.420
 donation

00:22:36.420 --> 00:22:36.880
 to the

00:22:36.880 --> 00:22:37.220
 church

00:22:37.220 --> 00:22:37.700
 and what

00:22:37.700 --> 00:22:37.880
 they're

00:22:37.880 --> 00:22:38.120
 holding

00:22:38.120 --> 00:22:38.559
 back to

00:22:38.559 --> 00:22:38.980
 themselves.

00:22:39.680 --> 00:22:40.140
 Or even

00:22:40.140 --> 00:22:40.380
 the Old

00:22:40.380 --> 00:22:40.640
 Testament

00:22:40.640 --> 00:22:41.160
 example

00:22:41.160 --> 00:22:41.500
 of

00:22:41.500 --> 00:22:42.120
 Yuzah

00:22:42.120 --> 00:22:42.339
 who

00:22:42.339 --> 00:22:42.980
 stretched

00:22:42.980 --> 00:22:43.299
 out his

00:22:43.299 --> 00:22:43.559
 hand

00:22:43.559 --> 00:22:43.799
 to

00:22:43.799 --> 00:22:45.440
 stabilize

00:22:45.440 --> 00:22:46.200
 the ark

00:22:46.200 --> 00:22:47.279
 and yet

00:22:47.279 --> 00:22:47.720
 he was

00:22:47.720 --> 00:22:48.079
 killed

00:22:48.079 --> 00:22:48.460
 on the

00:22:48.460 --> 00:22:48.819
 spot.

00:22:49.440 --> 00:22:50.099
 We struggle

00:22:50.099 --> 00:22:50.559
 with this

00:22:50.559 --> 00:22:51.099
 and yet

00:22:51.099 --> 00:22:52.319
 very often

00:22:52.319 --> 00:22:52.819
 these were

00:22:52.819 --> 00:22:53.599
 necessary

00:22:53.599 --> 00:22:54.299
 to stem

00:22:54.299 --> 00:22:55.099
 the flow

00:22:55.099 --> 00:22:55.759
 of ongoing

00:22:55.759 --> 00:22:56.480
 sinfulness

00:22:56.480 --> 00:22:58.720
 and at

00:22:58.720 --> 00:22:59.019
 the same

00:22:59.019 --> 00:22:59.839
 time always

00:22:59.839 --> 00:23:00.740
 left room

00:23:00.740 --> 00:23:01.460
 for a

00:23:01.460 --> 00:23:01.859
 remnant

00:23:01.859 --> 00:23:03.279
 to respond.

00:23:03.819 --> 00:23:04.420
 These things

00:23:04.420 --> 00:23:05.099
 were in many

00:23:05.099 --> 00:23:06.200
 ways never

00:23:06.200 --> 00:23:06.680
 final.

00:23:08.819 --> 00:23:09.180
 And so

00:23:09.180 --> 00:23:09.900
 again here

00:23:09.900 --> 00:23:10.619
 although

00:23:10.619 --> 00:23:11.440
 difficult and

00:23:11.440 --> 00:23:11.900
 challenging

00:23:11.900 --> 00:23:13.000
 to think of

00:23:13.000 --> 00:23:13.619
 a God who

00:23:13.619 --> 00:23:13.960
 would even

00:23:13.960 --> 00:23:14.379
 raise

00:23:14.379 --> 00:23:15.279
 adversaries

00:23:15.279 --> 00:23:16.519
 and in

00:23:16.519 --> 00:23:17.279
 direct action

00:23:17.279 --> 00:23:18.180
 would confront

00:23:18.180 --> 00:23:18.539
 his own

00:23:18.539 --> 00:23:19.660
 people we

00:23:19.660 --> 00:23:20.119
 must see

00:23:20.119 --> 00:23:20.799
 God's grace.

00:23:21.619 --> 00:23:22.140
 We must

00:23:22.140 --> 00:23:22.619
 see God's

00:23:22.619 --> 00:23:23.359
 grace in

00:23:23.359 --> 00:23:24.000
 that there's

00:23:24.000 --> 00:23:24.660
 grace before

00:23:24.660 --> 00:23:25.079
 action.

00:23:25.079 --> 00:23:25.779
 that the

00:23:25.779 --> 00:23:26.079
 word

00:23:26.079 --> 00:23:27.740
 came before

00:23:27.740 --> 00:23:28.319
 the direct

00:23:28.319 --> 00:23:28.699
 action.

00:23:29.220 --> 00:23:29.599
 And there's

00:23:29.599 --> 00:23:30.199
 even grace

00:23:30.199 --> 00:23:30.919
 in action

00:23:30.919 --> 00:23:32.259
 where God

00:23:32.259 --> 00:23:32.720
 in what

00:23:32.720 --> 00:23:33.319
 he does

00:23:33.319 --> 00:23:34.079
 has only

00:23:34.079 --> 00:23:34.779
 one purpose

00:23:34.779 --> 00:23:35.279
 in mind

00:23:35.279 --> 00:23:36.439
 and that

00:23:36.439 --> 00:23:36.740
 is for

00:23:36.740 --> 00:23:37.179
 his people

00:23:37.179 --> 00:23:37.659
 to come

00:23:37.659 --> 00:23:38.000
 back

00:23:38.000 --> 00:23:38.960
 to him.

00:23:39.919 --> 00:23:40.460
 God

00:23:40.460 --> 00:23:40.859
 deals

00:23:40.859 --> 00:23:41.399
 in that

00:23:41.399 --> 00:23:41.779
 sense

00:23:41.779 --> 00:23:42.500
 rightly

00:23:42.500 --> 00:23:43.019
 with those

00:23:43.019 --> 00:23:43.279
 who are

00:23:43.279 --> 00:23:43.980
 responsible.

00:23:44.759 --> 00:23:45.419
 He deals

00:23:45.419 --> 00:23:45.879
 with those

00:23:45.879 --> 00:23:46.119
 who are

00:23:46.119 --> 00:23:46.779
 not innocent.

00:23:47.519 --> 00:23:47.879
 He deals

00:23:47.879 --> 00:23:48.339
 with them

00:23:48.339 --> 00:23:49.419
 who have

00:23:49.419 --> 00:23:50.019
 been warned.

00:23:50.559 --> 00:23:50.919
 He deals

00:23:50.919 --> 00:23:51.299
 with them

00:23:51.299 --> 00:23:51.579
 who have

00:23:51.579 --> 00:23:52.279
 had time

00:23:52.279 --> 00:23:52.899
 to repent.

00:23:53.659 --> 00:23:54.359
 He deals

00:23:54.359 --> 00:23:54.819
 with those

00:23:54.819 --> 00:23:55.259
 who have

00:23:55.259 --> 00:23:55.479
 been

00:23:55.479 --> 00:23:55.719
 good

00:23:55.719 --> 00:23:56.099
 joled

00:23:56.099 --> 00:23:57.000
 by the

00:23:57.000 --> 00:23:57.439
 enemies

00:23:57.439 --> 00:23:58.319
 and he

00:23:58.319 --> 00:23:58.779
 speaks

00:23:58.779 --> 00:23:59.159
 before

00:23:59.159 --> 00:23:59.559
 acting.

00:24:00.279 --> 00:24:00.659
 What an

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 amazing

00:24:01.339 --> 00:24:02.500
 loving God

00:24:02.500 --> 00:24:03.059
 even

00:24:03.059 --> 00:24:03.679
 gracious

00:24:03.679 --> 00:24:04.559
 in his

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 anger.

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 And people

00:24:06.579 --> 00:24:07.119
 in the exact

00:24:07.119 --> 00:24:07.779
 same way

00:24:07.779 --> 00:24:08.459
 you and I

00:24:08.459 --> 00:24:09.500
 can know

00:24:09.500 --> 00:24:11.059
 the reality

00:24:11.059 --> 00:24:11.979
 of God's

00:24:11.979 --> 00:24:12.319
 anger

00:24:12.319 --> 00:24:13.179
 in our

00:24:13.179 --> 00:24:13.500
 lives.

00:24:14.199 --> 00:24:14.819
 Through

00:24:14.819 --> 00:24:15.819
 God's word

00:24:15.819 --> 00:24:17.139
 just like

00:24:17.139 --> 00:24:17.399
 them

00:24:17.399 --> 00:24:18.919
 that similarly

00:24:18.920 --> 00:24:20.240
 we get

00:24:20.240 --> 00:24:20.680
 to hear

00:24:20.680 --> 00:24:21.100
 direct

00:24:21.100 --> 00:24:21.620
 warnings

00:24:21.620 --> 00:24:22.660
 as well

00:24:22.660 --> 00:24:22.840
 as

00:24:22.840 --> 00:24:23.480
 examples

00:24:23.480 --> 00:24:23.920
 and there's

00:24:23.920 --> 00:24:24.200
 plenty

00:24:24.200 --> 00:24:24.500
 in the

00:24:24.500 --> 00:24:24.759
 Bible

00:24:24.759 --> 00:24:25.620
 of

00:24:25.620 --> 00:24:26.279
 examples

00:24:26.279 --> 00:24:26.779
 not to

00:24:26.779 --> 00:24:27.039
 follow

00:24:27.039 --> 00:24:28.360
 and in

00:24:28.360 --> 00:24:28.740
 many ways

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 we are

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 incredibly

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 privileged

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 aren't we

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 for the

00:24:32.259 --> 00:24:32.580
 fact that

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 we don't

00:24:32.900 --> 00:24:33.480
 just have

00:24:33.480 --> 00:24:34.000
 Hosea

00:24:34.000 --> 00:24:34.580
 and Amos

00:24:34.580 --> 00:24:35.140
 but we

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 have the

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 whole

00:24:35.720 --> 00:24:35.900
 of

00:24:35.900 --> 00:24:36.320
 scripture

00:24:36.320 --> 00:24:37.140
 including

00:24:37.140 --> 00:24:37.759
 the teachings

00:24:37.759 --> 00:24:38.700
 of Jesus

00:24:38.700 --> 00:24:39.519
 himself.

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 But I

00:24:41.140 --> 00:24:41.720
 also believe

00:24:41.720 --> 00:24:42.279
 that even

00:24:42.279 --> 00:24:43.180
 adversaries

00:24:43.180 --> 00:24:43.720
 and direct

00:24:43.720 --> 00:24:44.100
 action

00:24:44.100 --> 00:24:44.480
 can be

00:24:44.480 --> 00:24:44.800
 ways

00:24:44.799 --> 00:24:45.319
 in which

00:24:45.319 --> 00:24:45.579
 God

00:24:45.579 --> 00:24:46.159
 still

00:24:46.159 --> 00:24:46.980
 tries to

00:24:46.980 --> 00:24:47.379
 get through

00:24:47.379 --> 00:24:47.859
 to us

00:24:47.859 --> 00:24:49.019
 and explains

00:24:49.019 --> 00:24:49.639
 his anger

00:24:49.639 --> 00:24:50.240
 to us.

00:24:50.779 --> 00:24:51.220
 Now I've

00:24:51.220 --> 00:24:51.759
 got to pause

00:24:51.759 --> 00:24:52.200
 here for a

00:24:52.200 --> 00:24:52.419
 moment

00:24:52.419 --> 00:24:53.639
 and speak

00:24:53.639 --> 00:24:54.879
 very sensitively

00:24:54.879 --> 00:24:56.240
 regarding this

00:24:56.240 --> 00:24:57.559
 for it must

00:24:57.559 --> 00:24:58.099
 be clear to

00:24:58.099 --> 00:24:58.659
 all of us

00:24:58.659 --> 00:24:59.279
 that I'm

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 not saying

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 that all

00:25:00.259 --> 00:25:00.819
 opposition

00:25:00.819 --> 00:25:02.460
 or disaster

00:25:02.460 --> 00:25:03.519
 are a sign

00:25:03.519 --> 00:25:04.599
 of God's

00:25:04.599 --> 00:25:05.019
 anger

00:25:05.019 --> 00:25:06.980
 yet all

00:25:06.980 --> 00:25:07.359
 of what

00:25:07.359 --> 00:25:07.899
 happens in

00:25:07.899 --> 00:25:08.399
 our lives

00:25:08.399 --> 00:25:09.399
 are always

00:25:09.399 --> 00:25:10.419
 an opportunity

00:25:10.419 --> 00:25:12.180
 even a

00:25:12.180 --> 00:25:13.039
 spurring on

00:25:13.039 --> 00:25:14.259
 to that

00:25:14.259 --> 00:25:14.779
 repentance

00:25:14.799 --> 00:25:15.460
 for us

00:25:15.460 --> 00:25:15.659
 to

00:25:15.659 --> 00:25:16.680
 and for

00:25:16.680 --> 00:25:16.960
 us

00:25:16.960 --> 00:25:17.259
 to

00:25:17.259 --> 00:25:18.059
 start

00:25:18.059 --> 00:25:18.500
 seeking

00:25:18.500 --> 00:25:19.259
 after him

00:25:19.259 --> 00:25:20.299
 yet again.

00:25:21.139 --> 00:25:21.379
 So his

00:25:21.379 --> 00:25:21.779
 anger

00:25:21.779 --> 00:25:23.019
 whether that

00:25:23.019 --> 00:25:23.539
 is in

00:25:23.539 --> 00:25:23.940
 our lives

00:25:23.940 --> 00:25:24.339
 or not

00:25:24.339 --> 00:25:24.759
 is not

00:25:24.759 --> 00:25:25.200
 the final

00:25:25.200 --> 00:25:25.619
 word

00:25:25.619 --> 00:25:26.480
 but may

00:25:26.480 --> 00:25:26.940
 it drive

00:25:26.940 --> 00:25:27.440
 us back

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 to him.

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 Like I said

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 I do want

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 to be

00:25:30.200 --> 00:25:30.519
 sensitive

00:25:30.519 --> 00:25:31.419
 because I

00:25:31.419 --> 00:25:31.799
 acknowledge

00:25:31.799 --> 00:25:32.599
 that perhaps

00:25:32.599 --> 00:25:32.960
 there is

00:25:32.960 --> 00:25:33.940
 pain out

00:25:33.940 --> 00:25:34.240
 there in

00:25:34.240 --> 00:25:34.839
 your life

00:25:34.839 --> 00:25:36.019
 of things

00:25:36.019 --> 00:25:36.559
 that you've

00:25:36.559 --> 00:25:37.200
 been wrestling

00:25:37.200 --> 00:25:38.059
 pain that

00:25:38.059 --> 00:25:38.379
 you have

00:25:38.379 --> 00:25:38.980
 been facing.

00:25:39.879 --> 00:25:40.500
 Perhaps

00:25:40.500 --> 00:25:40.899
 you do

00:25:40.899 --> 00:25:41.519
 know full

00:25:41.519 --> 00:25:41.940
 well

00:25:41.940 --> 00:25:42.720
 God's

00:25:42.720 --> 00:25:43.099
 warnings

00:25:43.099 --> 00:25:44.099
 for choices

00:25:44.099 --> 00:25:45.839
 that you've

00:25:45.839 --> 00:25:47.179
 made and

00:25:47.179 --> 00:25:47.699
 yet you

00:25:47.699 --> 00:25:48.219
 still made

00:25:48.219 --> 00:25:48.399
 them.

00:25:49.439 --> 00:25:50.139
 Perhaps

00:25:50.139 --> 00:25:50.619
 you're dealing

00:25:50.619 --> 00:25:51.379
 with guilt

00:25:51.379 --> 00:25:52.039
 or even

00:25:52.039 --> 00:25:53.139
 uncertainty

00:25:53.139 --> 00:25:53.719
 of some

00:25:53.719 --> 00:25:54.079
 kind.

00:25:54.839 --> 00:25:55.240
 Maybe you

00:25:55.240 --> 00:25:55.519
 have a

00:25:55.519 --> 00:25:56.019
 sense that

00:25:56.019 --> 00:25:56.419
 God is

00:25:56.419 --> 00:25:57.279
 far away

00:25:57.279 --> 00:25:58.899
 that God's

00:25:58.899 --> 00:25:59.339
 blessing

00:25:59.339 --> 00:26:00.459
 has been

00:26:00.459 --> 00:26:01.219
 withdrawn in

00:26:01.219 --> 00:26:01.740
 your work

00:26:01.740 --> 00:26:02.779
 in your

00:26:02.779 --> 00:26:03.240
 life

00:26:03.240 --> 00:26:04.399
 or in

00:26:04.399 --> 00:26:04.539
 your

00:26:04.539 --> 00:26:05.199
 relationships.

00:26:06.299 --> 00:26:06.719
 Perhaps

00:26:06.719 --> 00:26:06.959
 you're

00:26:06.959 --> 00:26:07.599
 experiencing

00:26:07.599 --> 00:26:08.439
 adversary

00:26:08.440 --> 00:26:09.640
 adversary

00:26:09.640 --> 00:26:10.559
 or

00:26:10.559 --> 00:26:11.120
 opposition.

00:26:12.440 --> 00:26:12.920
 Does that

00:26:12.920 --> 00:26:13.440
 mean that

00:26:13.440 --> 00:26:14.660
 God is

00:26:14.660 --> 00:26:15.039
 angry?

00:26:15.460 --> 00:26:15.900
 That his

00:26:15.900 --> 00:26:16.559
 hand is

00:26:16.559 --> 00:26:17.240
 outstretched

00:26:17.240 --> 00:26:18.600
 still in

00:26:18.600 --> 00:26:19.100
 your life?

00:26:20.380 --> 00:26:21.100
 Well it

00:26:21.100 --> 00:26:21.539
 can be.

00:26:22.400 --> 00:26:23.059
 But as I

00:26:23.059 --> 00:26:23.420
 said

00:26:23.420 --> 00:26:25.900
 whatever it

00:26:25.900 --> 00:26:26.400
 may be

00:26:26.400 --> 00:26:27.519
 for your

00:26:27.519 --> 00:26:27.980
 opposition

00:26:27.980 --> 00:26:28.799
 may also

00:26:28.799 --> 00:26:29.480
 be simply

00:26:29.480 --> 00:26:30.140
 the result

00:26:30.140 --> 00:26:30.840
 of Satan

00:26:30.840 --> 00:26:31.299
 who goes

00:26:31.299 --> 00:26:32.220
 around like

00:26:32.220 --> 00:26:32.620
 a roaring

00:26:32.620 --> 00:26:33.299
 and prowling

00:26:33.299 --> 00:26:34.360
 lion seeking

00:26:34.360 --> 00:26:34.900
 who he may

00:26:34.900 --> 00:26:35.259
 devour.

00:26:35.259 --> 00:26:36.519
 and actually

00:26:36.519 --> 00:26:37.059
 he's trying

00:26:37.059 --> 00:26:37.559
 to seek

00:26:37.559 --> 00:26:38.460
 us out

00:26:38.460 --> 00:26:38.720
 because

00:26:38.720 --> 00:26:39.220
 actually

00:26:39.220 --> 00:26:39.779
 we are

00:26:39.779 --> 00:26:40.619
 following

00:26:40.619 --> 00:26:41.099
 God

00:26:41.099 --> 00:26:41.759
 and serving

00:26:41.759 --> 00:26:42.019
 him

00:26:42.019 --> 00:26:42.680
 wholeheartedly.

00:26:43.519 --> 00:26:44.200
 It may be

00:26:44.200 --> 00:26:44.500
 God's

00:26:44.500 --> 00:26:44.940
 discipline

00:26:44.940 --> 00:26:45.460
 rather than

00:26:45.460 --> 00:26:45.920
 his anger

00:26:45.920 --> 00:26:46.980
 that he

00:26:46.980 --> 00:26:47.660
 wants to

00:26:47.660 --> 00:26:48.180
 teach us

00:26:48.180 --> 00:26:48.500
 and to

00:26:48.500 --> 00:26:49.119
 guide us

00:26:49.119 --> 00:26:50.240
 at this

00:26:50.240 --> 00:26:50.660
 stage in

00:26:50.660 --> 00:26:51.119
 our lives

00:26:51.119 --> 00:26:51.779
 mold and

00:26:51.779 --> 00:26:52.539
 mature us

00:26:52.539 --> 00:26:53.000
 so that we

00:26:53.000 --> 00:26:53.900
 become more

00:26:53.900 --> 00:26:54.119
 and more

00:26:54.119 --> 00:26:54.619
 like him

00:26:54.619 --> 00:26:55.180
 and reflect

00:26:55.180 --> 00:26:55.960
 his character

00:26:55.960 --> 00:26:56.920
 in all

00:26:56.920 --> 00:26:57.180
 that we

00:26:57.180 --> 00:26:57.379
 do.

00:26:58.480 --> 00:26:59.039
 Or perhaps

00:26:59.039 --> 00:26:59.379
 it could

00:26:59.379 --> 00:27:00.000
 simply just

00:27:00.000 --> 00:27:01.299
 be the

00:27:01.299 --> 00:27:01.960
 consequences

00:27:01.960 --> 00:27:02.640
 of choices

00:27:02.640 --> 00:27:03.259
 that we

00:27:03.259 --> 00:27:03.740
 have made.

00:27:04.559 --> 00:27:04.960
 But

00:27:04.960 --> 00:27:05.340
 whatever

00:27:05.340 --> 00:27:05.779
 as I

00:27:05.779 --> 00:27:06.140
 said it

00:27:06.140 --> 00:27:06.519
 may be

00:27:06.519 --> 00:27:07.759
 we do

00:27:07.759 --> 00:27:08.360
 well to

00:27:08.360 --> 00:27:08.840
 read the

00:27:08.840 --> 00:27:09.519
 lessons of

00:27:09.519 --> 00:27:10.259
 our experience

00:27:10.259 --> 00:27:11.799
 and in

00:27:11.799 --> 00:27:12.819
 all circumstances

00:27:12.819 --> 00:27:14.299
 to turn

00:27:14.299 --> 00:27:14.759
 to God.

00:27:15.940 --> 00:27:16.559
 If it's

00:27:16.559 --> 00:27:16.980
 for wisdom

00:27:16.980 --> 00:27:17.380
 if it's

00:27:17.380 --> 00:27:17.860
 for wisdom

00:27:17.860 --> 00:27:19.660
 but if it's

00:27:19.660 --> 00:27:20.380
 for repentance

00:27:20.380 --> 00:27:20.980
 certainly

00:27:20.980 --> 00:27:22.380
 repent.

00:27:23.279 --> 00:27:23.559
 And may

00:27:23.559 --> 00:27:23.920
 it be a

00:27:23.920 --> 00:27:24.319
 sincere

00:27:24.319 --> 00:27:24.819
 repentance

00:27:24.819 --> 00:27:25.980
 and a

00:27:25.980 --> 00:27:26.880
 sincere

00:27:26.880 --> 00:27:27.660
 seeking

00:27:27.660 --> 00:27:28.620
 after him.

00:27:29.799 --> 00:27:30.120
 And do

00:27:30.120 --> 00:27:30.500
 it without

00:27:30.500 --> 00:27:30.880
 delay.

00:27:31.960 --> 00:27:32.400
 Do it

00:27:32.400 --> 00:27:32.740
 tonight.

00:27:33.720 --> 00:27:34.220
 These are

00:27:34.220 --> 00:27:34.640
 important

00:27:34.640 --> 00:27:35.160
 things

00:27:35.160 --> 00:27:35.660
 for us

00:27:35.660 --> 00:27:36.299
 to hear.

00:27:37.220 --> 00:27:37.660
 God's

00:27:37.660 --> 00:27:37.880
 anger

00:27:37.880 --> 00:27:38.319
 is real.

00:27:39.319 --> 00:27:39.880
 We know

00:27:39.880 --> 00:27:40.480
 the reasons

00:27:40.480 --> 00:27:40.920
 why he's

00:27:40.920 --> 00:27:41.259
 angry.

00:27:42.420 --> 00:27:43.120
 We also

00:27:43.120 --> 00:27:43.799
 understand

00:27:43.799 --> 00:27:44.039
 that he

00:27:44.039 --> 00:27:44.400
 makes it

00:27:44.400 --> 00:27:44.819
 clear to

00:27:44.819 --> 00:27:45.079
 us

00:27:45.079 --> 00:27:45.660
 through

00:27:45.660 --> 00:27:45.880
 his

00:27:45.880 --> 00:27:46.140
 word.

00:27:46.220 --> 00:27:46.339
 For

00:27:46.339 --> 00:27:46.759
 example

00:27:46.759 --> 00:27:47.200
 through

00:27:47.200 --> 00:27:47.360
 his

00:27:47.360 --> 00:27:47.579
 word

00:27:47.579 --> 00:27:47.759
 here

00:27:47.759 --> 00:27:47.980
 through

00:27:47.980 --> 00:27:48.360
 Isaiah.

00:27:49.180 --> 00:27:49.400
 So

00:27:49.400 --> 00:27:49.720
 may we

00:27:49.720 --> 00:27:50.299
 respond

00:27:50.299 --> 00:27:51.120
 and turn

00:27:51.120 --> 00:27:51.380
 to him

00:27:51.380 --> 00:27:51.680
 tonight.

00:27:53.460 --> 00:27:53.980
 But

00:27:53.980 --> 00:27:54.200
 there's

00:27:54.200 --> 00:27:54.600
 one more

00:27:54.600 --> 00:27:54.960
 thing

00:27:54.960 --> 00:27:56.339
 that we

00:27:56.339 --> 00:27:56.779
 must think

00:27:56.779 --> 00:27:57.079
 about.

00:27:57.600 --> 00:27:58.100
 And so

00:27:58.100 --> 00:27:58.740
 fourthly

00:27:58.740 --> 00:27:59.680
 after looking

00:27:59.680 --> 00:27:59.900
 at the

00:27:59.900 --> 00:28:00.380
 reality

00:28:00.380 --> 00:28:01.380
 of God's

00:28:01.380 --> 00:28:01.860
 anger

00:28:01.860 --> 00:28:02.880
 as well

00:28:02.880 --> 00:28:03.100
 as the

00:28:03.100 --> 00:28:03.440
 reason

00:28:03.440 --> 00:28:03.880
 for his

00:28:03.880 --> 00:28:04.259
 anger

00:28:04.259 --> 00:28:05.220
 as well

00:28:05.220 --> 00:28:05.539
 as how

00:28:05.539 --> 00:28:06.380
 we are

00:28:06.380 --> 00:28:06.720
 to know

00:28:06.720 --> 00:28:07.080
 about his

00:28:07.080 --> 00:28:07.380
 anger

00:28:07.380 --> 00:28:08.299
 we must

00:28:08.299 --> 00:28:09.320
 hear how

00:28:09.320 --> 00:28:09.680
 we can

00:28:09.680 --> 00:28:10.400
 truly be

00:28:10.400 --> 00:28:11.120
 saved

00:28:11.120 --> 00:28:12.519
 from God's

00:28:12.519 --> 00:28:12.900
 anger.

00:28:13.860 --> 00:28:14.580
 See when

00:28:14.580 --> 00:28:14.860
 you read

00:28:14.860 --> 00:28:15.519
 this chapter

00:28:15.519 --> 00:28:16.460
 there is

00:28:16.460 --> 00:28:17.259
 an ultimate

00:28:17.259 --> 00:28:17.860
 question

00:28:17.860 --> 00:28:19.299
 that the

00:28:19.299 --> 00:28:20.039
 chapter raises

00:28:20.039 --> 00:28:21.000
 and I believe

00:28:21.000 --> 00:28:21.259
 that the

00:28:21.259 --> 00:28:21.620
 Israelites

00:28:21.620 --> 00:28:22.519
 should have

00:28:22.519 --> 00:28:22.820
 asked.

00:28:23.680 --> 00:28:24.160
 And that's

00:28:24.160 --> 00:28:24.440
 this.

00:28:24.440 --> 00:28:26.200
 what can

00:28:26.200 --> 00:28:26.779
 turn

00:28:26.779 --> 00:28:27.660
 God's

00:28:27.660 --> 00:28:28.000
 anger

00:28:28.000 --> 00:28:28.680
 away

00:28:28.680 --> 00:28:29.680
 and stop

00:28:29.680 --> 00:28:30.180
 his arm

00:28:30.180 --> 00:28:31.340
 from being

00:28:31.340 --> 00:28:32.700
 outstretched?

00:28:33.779 --> 00:28:34.900
 How can

00:28:34.900 --> 00:28:35.580
 we all

00:28:35.580 --> 00:28:36.100
 face

00:28:36.100 --> 00:28:36.900
 the day

00:28:36.900 --> 00:28:37.440
 of reckoning

00:28:37.440 --> 00:28:38.120
 mentioned

00:28:38.120 --> 00:28:38.640
 in chapter

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 10 verse

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 3?

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 Is repentance

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 truly the

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 answer?

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 Well,

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 yes and

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 no,

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 but only a

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 temporary one.

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 Repentance

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 is the right

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 response

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 and yet

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 it doesn't

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 necessarily

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 deal with

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 the deeper

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 underlying

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 problem.

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 And that is

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 the problem

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 of the

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 heart,

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 the human

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 heart,

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 and the

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 injustice

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 that still

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 needs to

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 be set

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 right.

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 Therefore,

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 listen carefully.

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 May we

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 tonight

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 be assured

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 that God

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 is not

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 and never

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 has been

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 content

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 to show

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 wrath

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 no matter

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 how holy

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 it is.

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 But that

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 because of

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 that God

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 sent

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 his very

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 own son,

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 Jesus Christ,

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 who himself

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 was the

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 word and

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 who took

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 upon himself

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 the wrath

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 of God

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 for us.

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 It was

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 Jesus who

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 willingly

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 allowed himself

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 to be

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 cut off

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 from the

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 Father so

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 that we

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 don't have

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 to.

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 It was

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 Jesus who

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 defeated the

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 greatest

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 adversary,

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 the greatest

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 enemy of

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 all,

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 so that

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 we can

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 no longer

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 be devoured

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 by them.

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 And it

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 is through

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 Christ's

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 sacrifice of

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 himself,

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 the innocent

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 Son of

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 God,

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 that God's

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 anger was

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 satisfied,

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 that justice

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 was fulfilled,

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 and now

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 in God's

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 hand is

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 the gift

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 of Christ's

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 righteousness

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 righteousness

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 that will

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 be bestowed

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 on all

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 who bend

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 the knee

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 and acknowledge

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 and accept

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 Jesus as

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 their Lord

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 and their

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 Savior.

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 And so I

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 hope we can

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 see that

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 even a dark

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 and sad

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 chapter

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 teaches us

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 something

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 crucially

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 important.

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 For let

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 us,

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 unlike the

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 people of

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 God then,

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 understand

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 and see

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 the reality

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 of God's

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 anger,

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 whether we

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 like it or

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 not,

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 but he is

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 angry against

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 all evil,

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 including our

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 own pride

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 and arrogance.

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 Let us

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 never trifle

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 with God

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 or trivialize

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 his love,

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 for we will

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 never stand

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 in awe

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 of being

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 loved by

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 God until

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 we reckon

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 with the

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 seriousness of

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 our sin

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 and the

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 justice of

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 his

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 wrath

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 against us.

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 So let us

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 heed the

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 warning,

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 let us

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 repent

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 and seek

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 the Lord

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 and may

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 we then

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 know that

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 in the

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 Lord Jesus

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 Christ,

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 God will

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 once again

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 rejoice

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 over us

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 with joy.

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 May God

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 bless his

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 word to us

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 tonight

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 and may we

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 respond to

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 him without

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 delay.

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 Amen.

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 So let's

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 stay

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 there

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 again

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 for