WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:13.160 I don't know how many of you have seen this film which has been awarded with one of the Oscars 00:00:13.160 --> 00:00:24.120 ! for the leading role of this actor. It's called The Theory of Everything. The Theory of Everything is a film about Stephen Hawking 00:00:24.120 --> 00:00:34.120 and it's based really about the book of his wife, his first wife who wrote a book, Traveling to Infinity. 00:00:34.120 --> 00:00:45.120 In this book is the story of this marriage, a very peculiar marriage because of the illness of him but also the fame he's got. 00:00:45.119 --> 00:00:55.119 Since the mid-80s he's probably a man popular for everyone in the world, representing what is science all about. 00:00:55.119 --> 00:01:08.120 And in this story, The Theory of Everything, really we don't think much about science but we see more about the frailty of life. 00:01:08.120 --> 00:01:24.120 How small we are and how little control we have about everything. We hear from the very beginning the diagnosis, how he's ill and in such a serious condition. 00:01:24.120 --> 00:01:36.120 And he was only 21. And his wife, who was going to be his wife Jane, was a believer, was a Christian. 00:01:36.120 --> 00:01:54.100 But Stephen Hawking has been well known and has been used until now by a lot of atheists who use quotations of Stephen Hawking and the criticisms he made about faith in relation to the 00:01:54.099 --> 00:02:17.099 with science. But one of the things which strikes you from this really honest story Jane Hawking has written about their marriage is the fact that this very same thing, the illness, brought Stephen Hawking to skepticism, cynicism. 00:02:17.099 --> 00:02:38.099 He was very hard for faith and to believe in a God who was good. And for his wife, for Jane, was the reason to strengthen her faith, to face in the midst of darkness and difficulties and to see light in the future. 00:02:38.099 --> 00:02:53.259 It's not that a picture of our experience. The very same thing brings people to doubt, to question faith, to think God is not fair, I cannot trust him. 00:02:54.900 --> 00:03:04.099 And for other people, it's exactly the way God uses to bring them to faith and to worship him and to trust him more. 00:03:04.099 --> 00:03:15.599 So in this mystery of providence, we see that God uses sometimes circumstances which are not the basis of our faith. 00:03:16.900 --> 00:03:23.959 It would be very difficult to understand it if circumstances are the reason you come to faith. 00:03:23.960 --> 00:03:29.460 But because it's not through circumstances we come to faith, no? 00:03:30.100 --> 00:03:33.400 Then we see that it's something different. 00:03:34.439 --> 00:03:42.140 What we see here in the 21st chapter of the first book of Samuel, you see David here. 00:03:42.780 --> 00:03:49.580 This David that you see is full of doubts, questions, fears. 00:03:49.580 --> 00:03:54.060 And you see the king Saul, a sure of himself. 00:03:55.280 --> 00:03:58.120 When he speaks to his men, no? 00:03:58.439 --> 00:04:11.960 He's saying in verse, you can read it here in the chapter, how Saul is saying that God has brought David into his house. 00:04:12.620 --> 00:04:15.100 So he thinks he can understand providence. 00:04:15.099 --> 00:04:20.480 The king Saul is saying, I see that God is going to vindicate me. 00:04:21.379 --> 00:04:27.920 He's going to show everyone that he's the rebel and I am the anointed one, the king. 00:04:30.000 --> 00:04:35.180 And he's a man, in a way, difficult to understand. 00:04:35.180 --> 00:04:38.500 Sometimes he seems to be a sure of himself. 00:04:38.939 --> 00:04:41.459 Other times he falls in self-pity, no? 00:04:42.079 --> 00:04:48.259 When he speaks to his men and says, is no one going to have pity of me? 00:04:48.680 --> 00:04:50.379 To tell me where David is, no? 00:04:51.160 --> 00:04:53.259 So sometimes he feels very much alone. 00:04:54.439 --> 00:04:56.480 And sometimes he's assured, no? 00:04:56.500 --> 00:04:58.480 That God is with him, no? 00:04:58.699 --> 00:05:00.360 And everything is going to be alright. 00:05:00.360 --> 00:05:06.819 But David, certainly, we see in this chapter, is full of doubts and questions. 00:05:07.400 --> 00:05:08.939 And he's asking God. 00:05:09.400 --> 00:05:10.439 That's the great difference. 00:05:11.300 --> 00:05:13.360 You see that Saul has slaughtered. 00:05:14.819 --> 00:05:19.920 The priest has alienated the word of God through the prophets. 00:05:20.580 --> 00:05:22.720 And he doesn't hear God anymore. 00:05:22.720 --> 00:05:36.940 He's got not the influence of God in his life because he's so assured of himself and sometimes in his self-pity that he does not hear God anymore. 00:05:38.200 --> 00:05:41.280 But David is asking God. 00:05:42.320 --> 00:05:45.480 And not once, twice, three times. 00:05:45.940 --> 00:05:48.420 And he cannot believe what God is saying. 00:05:48.420 --> 00:05:54.220 He finds very difficult to accept the reality of what is happening. 00:05:55.300 --> 00:06:01.759 Because as you see in the beginning of this chapter, the Philistines are fighting against this town, Kayla. 00:06:02.720 --> 00:06:08.200 And they are bringing in danger the future because they are robbing the threshing floors. 00:06:09.080 --> 00:06:17.160 And instead of Saul, David thinks that he must be probably the one who has to save Kayla. 00:06:17.160 --> 00:06:22.400 And he asks the Lord, shall I go and attack these Philistines? 00:06:22.640 --> 00:06:26.060 And the Lord said to David, go and attack the Philistines. 00:06:27.480 --> 00:06:38.360 But David, as you see soon, is almost alone with very few men full of fear and in weakness. 00:06:38.360 --> 00:06:43.280 So the Lord said to David, go and attack the Philistines. 00:06:43.280 --> 00:06:48.020 But David's men said to him, behold, we are afraid here in Judah. 00:06:49.000 --> 00:06:53.139 How much more then if we go to Kayla against the armies of the Philistines? 00:06:54.340 --> 00:06:58.220 So he cannot understand really what God is asking him. 00:06:58.220 --> 00:06:59.220 To go and attack the Philistines. 00:06:59.220 --> 00:07:07.840 To go and fight the enemies of God's people when he has no resources nor the power to attack them. 00:07:09.280 --> 00:07:13.220 So David inquired once again to the Lord in verse 4. 00:07:13.440 --> 00:07:15.060 And the Lord answered him again. 00:07:15.860 --> 00:07:20.680 Arise, go down to Kayla, for I will give the Philistines into your house. 00:07:20.680 --> 00:07:30.220 And then David and his men went to Kayla and fought with the Philistines and brought away their livestock and struck them with great blood. 00:07:31.360 --> 00:07:38.120 And we don't know why, but in that moment it seems that came to his mind this strange idea. 00:07:38.120 --> 00:07:43.540 I have come to save these people, but I'm not sure about them. 00:07:44.160 --> 00:07:48.840 I don't know if I can be confident about what they are going to do with me. 00:07:50.079 --> 00:07:57.920 So in some way he started to suspect that they were going to giving him up to his enemy, to Saul. 00:07:58.740 --> 00:08:04.980 And then he asked the Lord again, and he really cannot believe what is happening. 00:08:04.980 --> 00:08:08.600 So God is asking him to go there, to save them. 00:08:09.819 --> 00:08:14.240 And when they are saved, they are going to giving him up to his enemy. 00:08:16.040 --> 00:08:21.680 So we see something of a greater son of David, Jesus Christ. 00:08:22.800 --> 00:08:25.620 Someone who came to save his people. 00:08:26.620 --> 00:08:33.860 And has this amazing purpose and will from the Father. 00:08:34.980 --> 00:08:39.460 That he would be given up to his enemies. 00:08:41.440 --> 00:08:51.399 And in that night in Gethsemane, he is asking the Father if it is possible that the cup may be taken from him. 00:08:51.399 --> 00:09:07.419 And we see in that awful, really holy moment, that he realizes what he is here for. 00:09:08.259 --> 00:09:11.159 What is the purpose of his coming to this world. 00:09:11.159 --> 00:09:21.339 And God was speaking in that time to David through different ways. 00:09:21.779 --> 00:09:25.019 You see the ephod that Abiathar uses. 00:09:25.939 --> 00:09:28.879 God answers in some way to his prayers. 00:09:28.879 --> 00:09:34.460 And in a way we are in a very different position to David. 00:09:35.120 --> 00:09:38.100 And we have to be honest and accept it. 00:09:38.799 --> 00:09:40.720 We don't have the promises of David. 00:09:41.580 --> 00:09:45.799 David was promised to be the king. 00:09:46.259 --> 00:09:47.179 The anointed one. 00:09:47.179 --> 00:09:50.139 We have not got these promises. 00:09:51.279 --> 00:09:52.639 But we have other promises. 00:09:53.439 --> 00:09:56.059 Through his greater son, Jesus Christ. 00:09:57.339 --> 00:10:01.959 And these greater promises are for us so important. 00:10:03.039 --> 00:10:08.679 As for David is to hear the words of Jonathan you hear afterwards. 00:10:08.679 --> 00:10:18.479 Because when Saul could not find David, Jonathan was able to find him. 00:10:19.959 --> 00:10:29.019 And what Jonathan has to say to him is just to remind him the promises he has received from the Lord. 00:10:31.059 --> 00:10:37.459 So in a way the greatest encouragement we can have in this life is what we are doing together now this evening. 00:10:37.460 --> 00:10:40.139 We are reminding ourselves, no? 00:10:41.120 --> 00:10:44.420 One, to each other, what are the promises of God. 00:10:45.620 --> 00:10:54.259 And the promises is that through another one, the anointed one, the Christ, there is hope and salvation for us. 00:10:55.660 --> 00:10:59.480 And this is in the form of a covenant, you see. 00:11:00.240 --> 00:11:05.920 When Jonathan came to David, he made a covenant with him. 00:11:05.919 --> 00:11:11.959 To gave him assurance of what it was going to be God's purpose. 00:11:13.500 --> 00:11:18.439 And you see that Jonathan said to David, do not fear. 00:11:18.879 --> 00:11:22.620 For the hands of Saul, my father, shall not find you. 00:11:23.360 --> 00:11:24.639 It is not an irony here. 00:11:25.959 --> 00:11:29.179 It is the son of his enemy who is saving him. 00:11:29.179 --> 00:11:36.199 And the people he has come to save are the ones who are giving him up to his enemy. 00:11:37.319 --> 00:11:39.359 God works in strange ways. 00:11:40.239 --> 00:11:42.639 You cannot understand many things, no? 00:11:43.039 --> 00:11:46.379 And how he is really doing things in our life. 00:11:46.379 --> 00:11:56.539 Here you see this great comfort he has found in the remembrance of these promises. 00:11:56.539 --> 00:12:04.379 This is a very important moment for both of them, for David and Jonathan. 00:12:05.179 --> 00:12:07.599 For Jonathan was this great choice. 00:12:08.599 --> 00:12:15.279 Or he followed his own way, thinking that he could be the king instead of Saul. 00:12:16.120 --> 00:12:20.419 Or he accepted that God has chosen another one. 00:12:20.419 --> 00:12:23.000 And he was going to be the king. 00:12:24.059 --> 00:12:32.219 If that was the case, he would have to give up everything he had in life to serve another one. 00:12:33.019 --> 00:12:38.539 To realize that life was not around him, but around someone else. 00:12:39.819 --> 00:12:41.099 And this is faith. 00:12:41.860 --> 00:12:44.740 This is really what the gospel is saying to us. 00:12:44.740 --> 00:12:46.980 Life is not about yourself. 00:12:47.980 --> 00:12:49.379 Our favorite subject. 00:12:49.700 --> 00:12:51.360 What we always think about. 00:12:51.700 --> 00:12:53.080 What we always speak about. 00:12:53.180 --> 00:12:53.779 Ourselves. 00:12:54.659 --> 00:12:55.799 It is about someone else. 00:12:56.080 --> 00:12:56.820 Jesus Christ. 00:12:57.860 --> 00:13:02.000 And to know that he has to be the king. 00:13:02.720 --> 00:13:03.940 Means that you give up. 00:13:05.399 --> 00:13:06.240 A lot of dreams. 00:13:07.299 --> 00:13:07.899 Expectations. 00:13:08.460 --> 00:13:10.100 Illusions you have in your life. 00:13:10.740 --> 00:13:11.419 To be someone. 00:13:11.759 --> 00:13:12.480 To do something. 00:13:12.480 --> 00:13:14.300 Because then. 00:13:15.340 --> 00:13:16.120 You realize. 00:13:16.720 --> 00:13:17.259 That is. 00:13:18.200 --> 00:13:19.379 God's chosen one. 00:13:20.000 --> 00:13:21.899 Who can give you hope. 00:13:23.019 --> 00:13:23.300 Meaning. 00:13:24.420 --> 00:13:25.340 And a future. 00:13:27.300 --> 00:13:29.480 And through this covenant. 00:13:30.060 --> 00:13:32.159 Between David and Jonathan. 00:13:32.759 --> 00:13:34.500 He is reminded of this truth. 00:13:35.399 --> 00:13:36.080 That. 00:13:37.080 --> 00:13:38.700 God's promises are true. 00:13:39.340 --> 00:13:40.820 And he is going to be the king. 00:13:40.820 --> 00:13:42.379 And it is not. 00:13:43.280 --> 00:13:43.780 Terrible. 00:13:43.780 --> 00:13:44.500 To read. 00:13:44.840 --> 00:13:46.200 That Jonathan is saying. 00:13:46.879 --> 00:13:48.220 That even his father. 00:13:48.480 --> 00:13:49.240 Is aware of that. 00:13:50.340 --> 00:13:51.020 It is amazing. 00:13:51.300 --> 00:13:51.660 Saul. 00:13:52.200 --> 00:13:52.640 Was. 00:13:53.100 --> 00:13:53.520 Deep. 00:13:53.760 --> 00:13:54.920 Inside himself. 00:13:55.540 --> 00:13:55.960 Sure. 00:13:56.080 --> 00:13:57.340 That he could not do anything. 00:13:57.460 --> 00:13:57.940 Against it. 00:13:58.879 --> 00:14:00.220 But that is the foolishness. 00:14:00.440 --> 00:14:01.020 Of unbelief. 00:14:01.120 --> 00:14:01.200 No. 00:14:02.220 --> 00:14:02.780 Unbelief. 00:14:03.320 --> 00:14:04.440 Can be so blind. 00:14:04.580 --> 00:14:04.660 No. 00:14:05.700 --> 00:14:06.480 There is a moment. 00:14:06.680 --> 00:14:07.340 In the theory. 00:14:07.400 --> 00:14:07.880 Of everything. 00:14:07.879 --> 00:14:09.779 When they are having a discussion. 00:14:10.000 --> 00:14:10.580 About faith. 00:14:10.659 --> 00:14:11.080 A debate. 00:14:11.659 --> 00:14:12.820 Jane Hawking is. 00:14:14.240 --> 00:14:15.039 Is talking. 00:14:15.299 --> 00:14:16.580 At their home. 00:14:16.840 --> 00:14:17.799 With Stephen. 00:14:18.399 --> 00:14:19.700 And Stephen mentions. 00:14:19.820 --> 00:14:20.439 The name of God. 00:14:21.399 --> 00:14:23.019 Speaking about the origins. 00:14:23.019 --> 00:14:23.620 Of cosmos. 00:14:24.340 --> 00:14:25.919 And there is a big smile. 00:14:26.019 --> 00:14:27.080 In Jane's face. 00:14:27.580 --> 00:14:27.799 So. 00:14:27.939 --> 00:14:28.439 God again. 00:14:29.620 --> 00:14:30.939 Because she realizes. 00:14:31.179 --> 00:14:31.399 That. 00:14:31.620 --> 00:14:32.799 He is constantly speaking. 00:14:32.799 --> 00:14:33.480 About God. 00:14:34.019 --> 00:14:35.139 A God he doesn't believe. 00:14:35.139 --> 00:14:35.319 No. 00:14:35.919 --> 00:14:36.379 And. 00:14:36.980 --> 00:14:38.259 The truth is that. 00:14:39.100 --> 00:14:40.360 Atheists are so boring. 00:14:40.480 --> 00:14:40.559 No. 00:14:40.659 --> 00:14:41.919 They always speak about. 00:14:42.259 --> 00:14:43.120 About God. 00:14:43.220 --> 00:14:44.100 The very thing. 00:14:44.220 --> 00:14:45.480 They don't seem to believe. 00:14:45.580 --> 00:14:45.659 No. 00:14:46.019 --> 00:14:46.379 But. 00:14:47.860 --> 00:14:48.340 When. 00:14:49.120 --> 00:14:50.019 Stephen realizes. 00:14:50.240 --> 00:14:50.919 That himself. 00:14:51.059 --> 00:14:51.159 No. 00:14:51.879 --> 00:14:52.860 Then there is a moment. 00:14:52.939 --> 00:14:53.460 Of silence. 00:14:53.840 --> 00:14:53.899 No. 00:14:53.899 --> 00:14:55.059 And he notices. 00:14:55.220 --> 00:14:56.179 That there is a contradiction. 00:14:57.000 --> 00:14:58.439 Between what he believes. 00:14:59.159 --> 00:14:58.639 No. 00:14:59.439 --> 00:14:59.720 And. 00:14:59.720 --> 00:15:00.740 And the very word. 00:15:00.860 --> 00:15:01.360 He is using. 00:15:01.639 --> 00:15:01.600 No. 00:15:01.740 --> 00:15:02.659 To express. 00:15:02.759 --> 00:15:02.879 No. 00:15:03.100 --> 00:15:03.480 How. 00:15:03.700 --> 00:15:04.620 Life comes from. 00:15:04.620 --> 00:15:04.700 No. 00:15:04.700 --> 00:15:04.899 And. 00:15:04.899 --> 00:15:06.560 And how to understand. 00:15:06.700 --> 00:15:06.820 No. 00:15:07.240 --> 00:15:08.700 The possibility. 00:15:09.120 --> 00:15:09.419 Of. 00:15:10.139 --> 00:15:11.440 The origins. 00:15:11.560 --> 00:15:12.139 Of everything. 00:15:12.460 --> 00:15:13.440 Relating to. 00:15:13.600 --> 00:15:14.259 To a being. 00:15:14.399 --> 00:15:14.519 No. 00:15:14.580 --> 00:15:15.120 Called God. 00:15:15.220 --> 00:15:15.299 No. 00:15:16.100 --> 00:15:17.340 And in a way. 00:15:18.060 --> 00:15:19.279 Unbelief is like that. 00:15:19.360 --> 00:15:19.440 No. 00:15:20.519 --> 00:15:21.019 Deep. 00:15:22.019 --> 00:15:22.580 Behind. 00:15:22.879 --> 00:15:24.560 The sophisticated arguments. 00:15:25.519 --> 00:15:26.700 The clever thoughts. 00:15:26.840 --> 00:15:26.919 No. 00:15:27.480 --> 00:15:28.299 The way. 00:15:28.580 --> 00:15:30.159 They can so intelligently. 00:15:30.899 --> 00:15:31.159 No. 00:15:31.399 --> 00:15:32.560 Try to argue. 00:15:32.659 --> 00:15:33.240 About something. 00:15:33.240 --> 00:15:33.320 Them. 00:15:34.200 --> 00:15:35.019 You get sometimes. 00:15:35.019 --> 00:15:35.639 The impression. 00:15:35.960 --> 00:15:36.539 That deep. 00:15:36.879 --> 00:15:37.480 Very deep. 00:15:37.560 --> 00:15:38.180 In their hearts. 00:15:38.580 --> 00:15:39.799 They know what is true. 00:15:41.279 --> 00:15:41.759 Because. 00:15:42.460 --> 00:15:44.139 As many of us know. 00:15:45.340 --> 00:15:46.320 The greatest problem. 00:15:46.320 --> 00:15:47.000 Of faith. 00:15:47.240 --> 00:15:48.180 Is not intellectual. 00:15:48.919 --> 00:15:49.840 It's not something. 00:15:49.980 --> 00:15:50.899 To do with your head. 00:15:52.360 --> 00:15:53.259 The reality. 00:15:53.500 --> 00:15:53.820 Is that. 00:15:54.740 --> 00:15:55.759 It's a problem. 00:15:56.720 --> 00:15:57.720 Which has to do. 00:15:57.799 --> 00:15:58.519 With your heart. 00:15:58.980 --> 00:15:59.779 With your will. 00:15:59.779 --> 00:16:01.740 If there is a God. 00:16:02.799 --> 00:16:04.139 You have to bow. 00:16:04.740 --> 00:16:05.220 To him. 00:16:05.500 --> 00:16:06.639 You have to give up. 00:16:07.339 --> 00:16:08.360 Many expectations. 00:16:09.579 --> 00:16:10.319 Many dreams. 00:16:10.639 --> 00:16:11.179 Many thoughts. 00:16:11.259 --> 00:16:11.939 About yourself. 00:16:13.699 --> 00:16:14.039 Um. 00:16:15.419 --> 00:16:15.899 Saul. 00:16:16.299 --> 00:16:17.120 Was fighting. 00:16:17.459 --> 00:16:18.480 Against this reality. 00:16:19.179 --> 00:16:19.839 And at the end. 00:16:19.899 --> 00:16:20.579 Of this chapter. 00:16:20.740 --> 00:16:20.779 No. 00:16:21.139 --> 00:16:21.759 You come to. 00:16:21.939 --> 00:16:22.220 To the. 00:16:22.279 --> 00:16:23.259 You come to this moment. 00:16:23.879 --> 00:16:24.600 Which is really. 00:16:24.879 --> 00:16:25.379 Breathtaking. 00:16:25.379 --> 00:16:25.620 No. 00:16:26.519 --> 00:16:27.659 Is around this. 00:16:27.919 --> 00:16:28.200 Mountain. 00:16:28.399 --> 00:16:28.519 No. 00:16:28.679 --> 00:16:29.279 In the midst. 00:16:29.320 --> 00:16:30.000 Of this desert. 00:16:30.179 --> 00:16:30.279 No. 00:16:31.159 --> 00:16:32.159 Where you find. 00:16:32.840 --> 00:16:33.220 That. 00:16:34.120 --> 00:16:35.000 Is almost. 00:16:35.240 --> 00:16:36.279 In the hands of Saul. 00:16:36.379 --> 00:16:36.480 No. 00:16:37.299 --> 00:16:37.740 David. 00:16:38.480 --> 00:16:39.600 Is so much. 00:16:39.700 --> 00:16:40.100 In danger. 00:16:40.100 --> 00:16:40.340 No. 00:16:40.720 --> 00:16:41.580 That you think. 00:16:41.759 --> 00:16:41.980 That. 00:16:42.519 --> 00:16:43.779 He is going to be. 00:16:43.960 --> 00:16:44.379 Finally. 00:16:44.879 --> 00:16:45.340 Captive. 00:16:45.419 --> 00:16:45.539 No. 00:16:45.779 --> 00:16:46.539 In the hands. 00:16:46.620 --> 00:16:47.159 Of his enemy. 00:16:48.759 --> 00:16:49.159 And. 00:16:50.279 --> 00:16:51.700 The great surprise. 00:16:53.120 --> 00:16:53.320 The. 00:16:53.320 --> 00:16:55.060 The really. 00:16:55.379 --> 00:16:56.080 Shocking thing. 00:16:56.140 --> 00:16:56.240 No. 00:16:56.480 --> 00:16:56.920 Is that. 00:16:57.000 --> 00:16:57.840 The very same. 00:16:58.040 --> 00:16:58.560 Enemies. 00:16:58.879 --> 00:16:59.780 From the first chapter. 00:17:00.820 --> 00:17:01.820 Are their personal. 00:17:02.000 --> 00:17:02.340 Savior. 00:17:02.620 --> 00:17:03.000 At the end. 00:17:03.060 --> 00:17:03.540 Of the chapter. 00:17:04.539 --> 00:17:05.460 Because it was. 00:17:05.559 --> 00:17:06.360 The Philistines. 00:17:06.480 --> 00:17:06.600 No. 00:17:07.140 --> 00:17:07.539 Who. 00:17:08.539 --> 00:17:08.860 Brought. 00:17:09.539 --> 00:17:09.900 Saul. 00:17:10.620 --> 00:17:11.100 Out. 00:17:11.320 --> 00:17:11.940 Of his. 00:17:12.840 --> 00:17:13.279 Pursue. 00:17:13.440 --> 00:17:13.799 Of David. 00:17:13.940 --> 00:17:14.059 No. 00:17:14.519 --> 00:17:14.740 To. 00:17:15.400 --> 00:17:16.519 Face that situation. 00:17:16.740 --> 00:17:17.539 He had not faced. 00:17:17.600 --> 00:17:18.080 In the beginning. 00:17:18.299 --> 00:17:19.160 In the first verses. 00:17:20.779 --> 00:17:21.259 And that. 00:17:21.720 --> 00:17:22.140 Tell us. 00:17:22.600 --> 00:17:22.920 First. 00:17:22.920 --> 00:17:23.480 A lot. 00:17:23.480 --> 00:17:23.640 About. 00:17:23.640 --> 00:17:24.200 About. 00:17:24.539 --> 00:17:24.800 How. 00:17:25.460 --> 00:17:25.860 God. 00:17:26.140 --> 00:17:26.600 Works. 00:17:26.740 --> 00:17:26.880 So. 00:17:26.940 --> 00:17:27.620 Mysteriously. 00:17:27.920 --> 00:17:28.600 In providence. 00:17:29.880 --> 00:17:30.920 When you think. 00:17:31.019 --> 00:17:31.380 What are. 00:17:31.640 --> 00:17:32.300 Your problems. 00:17:32.420 --> 00:17:33.000 In your life. 00:17:34.259 --> 00:17:34.800 You think. 00:17:34.880 --> 00:17:35.240 About. 00:17:35.500 --> 00:17:35.720 Maybe. 00:17:35.820 --> 00:17:36.380 Your illness. 00:17:37.480 --> 00:17:37.800 Maybe. 00:17:38.580 --> 00:17:39.460 Your needs. 00:17:39.640 --> 00:17:40.460 In the work. 00:17:42.100 --> 00:17:42.779 Your family. 00:17:42.900 --> 00:17:43.500 Situation. 00:17:44.720 --> 00:17:45.700 So many things. 00:17:46.039 --> 00:17:46.680 Which are now. 00:17:46.740 --> 00:17:47.259 In your mind. 00:17:48.340 --> 00:17:49.220 And you think. 00:17:49.279 --> 00:17:49.640 If God. 00:17:49.759 --> 00:17:50.420 Change that. 00:17:50.420 --> 00:17:51.840 If. 00:17:51.840 --> 00:17:53.259 This is not a problem. 00:17:53.259 --> 00:17:53.800 Anymore. 00:17:54.740 --> 00:17:55.259 Then. 00:17:55.800 --> 00:17:56.060 Maybe. 00:17:56.060 --> 00:17:56.880 I could live. 00:17:57.140 --> 00:17:57.920 In a different way. 00:17:58.560 --> 00:17:59.779 I would be really happy. 00:18:01.700 --> 00:18:02.220 But. 00:18:02.380 --> 00:18:03.300 What God is saying. 00:18:03.440 --> 00:18:04.180 Through his word. 00:18:04.980 --> 00:18:05.400 Is that. 00:18:05.640 --> 00:18:06.200 Sometimes. 00:18:06.920 --> 00:18:08.039 The very enemies. 00:18:08.279 --> 00:18:08.900 We are fighting. 00:18:09.259 --> 00:18:09.980 In our lives. 00:18:09.980 --> 00:18:11.039 The things. 00:18:11.160 --> 00:18:11.740 We think. 00:18:12.480 --> 00:18:13.480 Which are the trouble. 00:18:13.940 --> 00:18:14.519 The problem. 00:18:14.700 --> 00:18:15.160 For us. 00:18:15.160 --> 00:18:15.279 Death. 00:18:16.180 --> 00:18:16.700 Can be. 00:18:17.360 --> 00:18:18.600 By God's providence. 00:18:19.680 --> 00:18:20.300 The tool. 00:18:20.759 --> 00:18:21.420 The instrument. 00:18:21.700 --> 00:18:22.279 He uses. 00:18:22.860 --> 00:18:24.000 To bring us to salvation. 00:18:25.240 --> 00:18:26.800 That is the whole Bible. 00:18:27.040 --> 00:18:27.500 All about. 00:18:28.540 --> 00:18:29.759 The fact that God. 00:18:30.040 --> 00:18:30.600 Uses. 00:18:31.040 --> 00:18:31.900 Even the evil. 00:18:32.960 --> 00:18:33.540 The evil. 00:18:34.400 --> 00:18:35.660 To bring glory. 00:18:35.660 --> 00:18:36.200 To him. 00:18:37.360 --> 00:18:37.700 And. 00:18:37.700 --> 00:18:38.440 What is. 00:18:38.840 --> 00:18:39.620 The worst evil. 00:18:40.759 --> 00:18:41.160 Than. 00:18:41.580 --> 00:18:42.320 When he. 00:18:42.800 --> 00:18:43.800 The anointed one. 00:18:43.799 --> 00:18:45.879 The great son of David. 00:18:46.059 --> 00:18:47.059 Came to this world. 00:18:48.579 --> 00:18:49.299 He was. 00:18:49.619 --> 00:18:50.279 Given up. 00:18:51.299 --> 00:18:52.159 To the hands. 00:18:52.700 --> 00:18:53.740 Of his enemies. 00:18:55.279 --> 00:18:56.680 When he was on that cross. 00:18:57.799 --> 00:18:59.759 It seemed that it was the end of the world. 00:19:01.579 --> 00:19:02.700 What happens. 00:19:03.099 --> 00:19:04.819 With God's purpose of salvation. 00:19:05.500 --> 00:19:06.379 What happens. 00:19:06.379 --> 00:19:07.579 With God's promises. 00:19:10.079 --> 00:19:11.359 And then you see. 00:19:11.720 --> 00:19:12.480 The great difference. 00:19:12.619 --> 00:19:13.180 Between David. 00:19:13.799 --> 00:19:15.740 And his greater son. 00:19:16.019 --> 00:19:16.720 Jesus Christ. 00:19:17.819 --> 00:19:19.599 Because David was safe. 00:19:20.379 --> 00:19:21.659 In that moment. 00:19:21.839 --> 00:19:22.480 Of danger. 00:19:24.139 --> 00:19:25.680 And God was glorified. 00:19:25.940 --> 00:19:26.799 Through his rescue. 00:19:28.059 --> 00:19:28.940 But we know. 00:19:29.539 --> 00:19:30.899 That God's greater son. 00:19:31.319 --> 00:19:32.200 Jesus Christ. 00:19:33.500 --> 00:19:35.159 Had to take from this cup. 00:19:36.180 --> 00:19:37.159 Had to drink. 00:19:37.619 --> 00:19:38.619 From God's wrath. 00:19:39.339 --> 00:19:40.279 Had to hang. 00:19:40.899 --> 00:19:41.720 On that cross. 00:19:42.339 --> 00:19:43.379 Had to suffer. 00:19:43.380 --> 00:19:45.760 From the hands of God. 00:19:45.760 --> 00:19:47.580 Such a horrible death. 00:19:48.220 --> 00:19:49.700 You cannot even imagine. 00:19:50.860 --> 00:19:51.660 The darkness. 00:19:51.900 --> 00:19:52.320 Of it all. 00:19:53.540 --> 00:19:54.700 So that we. 00:19:55.380 --> 00:19:56.100 Could be rescued. 00:19:57.720 --> 00:19:59.420 He was not preserved. 00:19:59.820 --> 00:20:01.420 So that we will be safe. 00:20:03.720 --> 00:20:06.020 He was not kept. 00:20:06.540 --> 00:20:07.880 Alive in that moment. 00:20:07.880 --> 00:20:09.260 So that we can have. 00:20:09.260 --> 00:20:09.860 We can have. 00:20:09.860 --> 00:20:11.060 Eternal life. 00:20:11.060 --> 00:20:11.100 Eternal life. 00:20:11.800 --> 00:20:13.300 And that is the great. 00:20:13.580 --> 00:20:14.600 Glorious message. 00:20:14.600 --> 00:20:15.320 Of the gospel. 00:20:16.760 --> 00:20:17.180 That. 00:20:17.460 --> 00:20:19.440 Because he was there. 00:20:20.140 --> 00:20:20.740 Lost. 00:20:21.300 --> 00:20:22.200 In that. 00:20:22.760 --> 00:20:23.860 Terrible agony. 00:20:24.600 --> 00:20:25.840 We can have. 00:20:26.220 --> 00:20:27.320 The living hope. 00:20:27.900 --> 00:20:28.400 Through him. 00:20:28.400 --> 00:20:29.400 In that. 00:20:29.400 --> 00:20:30.400 In that. 00:20:30.400 --> 00:20:30.980 But it is true. 00:20:31.400 --> 00:20:32.560 That he didn't remain. 00:20:33.060 --> 00:20:33.420 Death. 00:20:34.780 --> 00:20:35.280 God. 00:20:35.500 --> 00:20:36.460 Raised him up. 00:20:36.880 --> 00:20:37.620 From the death. 00:20:38.040 --> 00:20:38.940 Through the resurrection. 00:20:39.680 --> 00:20:40.700 On the third day. 00:20:41.780 --> 00:20:43.860 So he was finally preserved. 00:20:44.940 --> 00:20:46.240 And because he lives. 00:20:47.240 --> 00:20:47.780 Now. 00:20:48.460 --> 00:20:48.840 We. 00:20:49.380 --> 00:20:50.100 You and me. 00:20:50.259 --> 00:20:50.720 Can live. 00:20:50.720 --> 00:20:53.500 This is why. 00:20:54.019 --> 00:20:54.860 Our hope. 00:20:54.980 --> 00:20:55.500 Is based. 00:20:56.079 --> 00:20:56.740 On the death. 00:20:57.299 --> 00:20:58.079 And the resurrection. 00:20:58.440 --> 00:20:59.220 Of Jesus Christ. 00:21:00.220 --> 00:21:01.339 On the life. 00:21:01.539 --> 00:21:02.339 Of another one. 00:21:02.880 --> 00:21:03.960 The anointed one. 00:21:04.519 --> 00:21:05.740 The great son of David. 00:21:05.940 --> 00:21:06.680 Jesus Christ. 00:21:08.059 --> 00:21:09.680 And when we realize that. 00:21:10.799 --> 00:21:12.160 We have to notice. 00:21:12.539 --> 00:21:13.799 That there are many things. 00:21:13.980 --> 00:21:14.860 We don't understand. 00:21:14.960 --> 00:21:15.539 In this life. 00:21:16.680 --> 00:21:18.400 But when we read this book. 00:21:19.160 --> 00:21:20.440 When we think. 00:21:20.440 --> 00:21:22.240 About what Christ. 00:21:23.019 --> 00:21:23.720 Has done. 00:21:24.120 --> 00:21:24.620 For us. 00:21:26.220 --> 00:21:26.980 We realize. 00:21:27.279 --> 00:21:27.960 That we are. 00:21:28.559 --> 00:21:29.940 Under a greater shadow. 00:21:30.759 --> 00:21:32.059 Than our problems. 00:21:32.240 --> 00:21:33.320 And difficulties today. 00:21:34.480 --> 00:21:35.440 The shadow. 00:21:35.799 --> 00:21:36.400 Of the almighty. 00:21:37.740 --> 00:21:38.559 And when you are. 00:21:38.700 --> 00:21:39.559 Under his shelter. 00:21:40.620 --> 00:21:41.140 You are. 00:21:41.519 --> 00:21:42.299 In the most. 00:21:42.559 --> 00:21:43.259 Safe hands. 00:21:43.559 --> 00:21:44.660 You can be in this life. 00:21:46.120 --> 00:21:47.160 That is what Paul. 00:21:47.440 --> 00:21:48.220 Is expressing. 00:21:48.640 --> 00:21:49.100 In the. 00:21:49.100 --> 00:21:50.279 Eighth chapter. 00:21:50.279 --> 00:21:50.960 Of Romans. 00:21:50.960 --> 00:21:52.379 When he says. 00:21:52.599 --> 00:21:53.119 That nothing. 00:21:53.599 --> 00:21:54.899 Absolutely nothing. 00:21:55.899 --> 00:21:56.160 Can. 00:21:57.399 --> 00:21:58.160 Take away. 00:21:58.559 --> 00:21:58.940 From you. 00:22:00.339 --> 00:22:00.680 This. 00:22:00.980 --> 00:22:01.819 Safe salvation. 00:22:02.579 --> 00:22:03.220 You receive. 00:22:03.619 --> 00:22:04.500 Through Jesus Christ. 00:22:05.960 --> 00:22:07.299 Not illness. 00:22:08.059 --> 00:22:08.700 Tribulation. 00:22:09.700 --> 00:22:10.420 Even death. 00:22:11.519 --> 00:22:11.879 Can. 00:22:12.440 --> 00:22:13.099 Take apart. 00:22:13.099 --> 00:22:13.639 God's love. 00:22:13.639 --> 00:22:13.919 God's love. 00:22:13.919 --> 00:22:14.439 For us. 00:22:14.439 --> 00:22:14.439 00:22:14.439 --> 00:22:14.519 For us. 00:22:14.519 --> 00:22:14.599 God's love. 00:22:14.599 --> 00:22:14.599 00:22:14.599 --> 00:22:14.719 God's love. 00:22:14.719 --> 00:22:14.599 For us. 00:22:14.599 --> 00:22:15.099 God's love. 00:22:15.099 --> 00:22:15.099 00:22:15.099 --> 00:22:15.099 00:22:15.099 --> 00:22:15.459 For us. 00:22:15.459 --> 00:22:15.519 God's love. 00:22:15.519 --> 00:22:16.519 For us. 00:22:16.519 --> 00:22:17.119 And. 00:22:17.119 --> 00:22:18.719 How much. 00:22:18.719 --> 00:22:19.939 We see this cross. 00:22:19.939 --> 00:22:21.359 In our minds. 00:22:22.039 --> 00:22:22.619 How much. 00:22:22.619 --> 00:22:23.659 We read these words. 00:22:24.480 --> 00:22:25.399 In this book. 00:22:25.399 --> 00:22:26.399 How much. 00:22:26.399 --> 00:22:27.059 We think. 00:22:27.059 --> 00:22:28.099 About Christ. 00:22:29.099 --> 00:22:30.000 How much. 00:22:30.119 --> 00:22:30.699 We realize. 00:22:31.699 --> 00:22:32.319 That. 00:22:33.000 --> 00:22:33.939 Our hope. 00:22:33.939 --> 00:22:34.899 Is based. 00:22:35.659 --> 00:22:36.379 In that. 00:22:36.740 --> 00:22:37.519 Security. 00:22:38.379 --> 00:22:39.019 In that. 00:22:39.139 --> 00:22:39.859 Safety. 00:22:39.859 --> 00:22:41.059 We have. 00:22:41.659 --> 00:22:42.579 Through that covenant. 00:22:43.819 --> 00:22:44.679 That's why. 00:22:44.779 --> 00:22:45.699 The Lord Jesus Christ. 00:22:46.459 --> 00:22:47.339 That night. 00:22:47.439 --> 00:22:48.119 When he was. 00:22:48.379 --> 00:22:49.319 With his disciples. 00:22:50.519 --> 00:22:51.599 He asked them. 00:22:52.079 --> 00:22:53.119 To take that cup. 00:22:54.699 --> 00:22:55.899 As a sign. 00:22:56.099 --> 00:22:56.719 Of that covenant. 00:22:58.059 --> 00:22:58.959 The covenant. 00:22:59.539 --> 00:23:00.479 That we have. 00:23:01.099 --> 00:23:02.759 That we can be safe. 00:23:03.299 --> 00:23:03.799 Because. 00:23:04.719 --> 00:23:05.359 His body. 00:23:05.799 --> 00:23:06.599 Has been broken. 00:23:07.299 --> 00:23:07.819 Because. 00:23:08.279 --> 00:23:09.000 His blood. 00:23:09.000 --> 00:23:10.359 Has been given. 00:23:10.799 --> 00:23:11.460 For us. 00:23:12.779 --> 00:23:13.579 I don't know. 00:23:13.640 --> 00:23:14.599 What is going to happen. 00:23:14.759 --> 00:23:14.880 About. 00:23:15.359 --> 00:23:16.680 Not only tomorrow. 00:23:17.000 --> 00:23:17.660 Or even today. 00:23:18.700 --> 00:23:19.359 God knows. 00:23:20.119 --> 00:23:21.539 Life is full of surprises. 00:23:22.920 --> 00:23:23.279 But. 00:23:23.440 --> 00:23:24.000 I know. 00:23:24.619 --> 00:23:25.299 We have. 00:23:25.559 --> 00:23:26.480 Eternal life. 00:23:26.740 --> 00:23:27.599 Through Jesus Christ. 00:23:28.619 --> 00:23:30.319 And what is this eternal life? 00:23:31.480 --> 00:23:32.940 This eternal life. 00:23:33.559 --> 00:23:33.920 Means. 00:23:35.079 --> 00:23:35.880 To realize. 00:23:37.180 --> 00:23:37.619 That. 00:23:37.619 --> 00:23:39.459 Because of God's love. 00:23:41.119 --> 00:23:42.459 We are going to be. 00:23:42.459 --> 00:23:43.219 So sure. 00:23:44.019 --> 00:23:44.899 Of his love. 00:23:44.899 --> 00:23:45.459 For us. 00:23:46.419 --> 00:23:47.479 That there will be. 00:23:47.859 --> 00:23:48.539 No more doubt. 00:23:49.399 --> 00:23:50.359 No more question. 00:23:51.639 --> 00:23:52.559 We will know. 00:23:53.239 --> 00:23:54.279 That he loves us. 00:23:55.239 --> 00:23:56.199 We have spent. 00:23:56.359 --> 00:23:57.139 Our whole lives. 00:23:57.479 --> 00:23:58.279 Looking for love. 00:23:59.279 --> 00:24:00.479 Looking for someone. 00:24:00.659 --> 00:24:01.719 To appreciate us. 00:24:02.739 --> 00:24:03.939 To find the value. 00:24:04.299 --> 00:24:04.739 And meaning. 00:24:04.819 --> 00:24:05.319 Of life. 00:24:05.319 --> 00:24:07.119 But the truth is. 00:24:07.220 --> 00:24:08.419 We are not going to find it. 00:24:09.099 --> 00:24:09.899 In anything. 00:24:10.419 --> 00:24:11.679 Or anywhere else. 00:24:12.319 --> 00:24:13.559 Apart from God. 00:24:13.759 --> 00:24:14.759 Through Jesus Christ. 00:24:16.039 --> 00:24:17.339 And this is the gospel. 00:24:17.980 --> 00:24:19.599 This is what saves us. 00:24:19.980 --> 00:24:21.319 And what transforms us. 00:24:22.319 --> 00:24:23.039 The fact. 00:24:23.599 --> 00:24:23.980 That. 00:24:24.480 --> 00:24:25.779 Through Jesus Christ. 00:24:25.779 --> 00:24:27.779 We can be accepted. 00:24:27.779 --> 00:24:27.779 00:24:27.779 --> 00:24:29.779 By him. 00:24:30.119 --> 00:24:30.680 Eternally. 00:24:32.079 --> 00:24:33.059 And what means. 00:24:33.559 --> 00:24:33.779 His acceptation. 00:24:35.279 --> 00:24:35.779 His acceptation. 00:24:35.779 --> 00:24:36.619 His acceptation. 00:24:36.940 --> 00:24:38.480 Is the eternal embrace. 00:24:39.039 --> 00:24:40.319 Of these arms. 00:24:40.700 --> 00:24:41.759 Hanging on the cross. 00:24:43.000 --> 00:24:44.119 For us. 00:24:44.839 --> 00:24:45.339 Saying. 00:24:45.619 --> 00:24:46.579 You are my child. 00:24:48.019 --> 00:24:48.660 Forever. 00:24:48.660 --> 00:24:51.940 We have been looking. 00:24:52.560 --> 00:24:53.320 For the love. 00:24:53.460 --> 00:24:53.960 Of this father. 00:24:55.060 --> 00:24:55.800 And in the midst. 00:24:55.860 --> 00:24:56.540 Of this darkness. 00:24:57.480 --> 00:24:58.960 Of this terrible struggle. 00:24:59.640 --> 00:25:01.019 Of so many difficulties. 00:25:01.980 --> 00:25:03.180 We all have doubts. 00:25:03.700 --> 00:25:04.400 And questions. 00:25:05.420 --> 00:25:06.340 Is there a love. 00:25:07.040 --> 00:25:07.720 For us. 00:25:08.400 --> 00:25:09.240 Is there someone. 00:25:09.440 --> 00:25:10.840 Who really cares for us. 00:25:10.839 --> 00:25:11.839 That. 00:25:13.079 --> 00:25:13.599 But. 00:25:13.839 --> 00:25:14.480 That day. 00:25:15.039 --> 00:25:15.980 We will realize. 00:25:16.619 --> 00:25:17.720 That he loves us. 00:25:18.459 --> 00:25:19.339 And he loves us. 00:25:19.439 --> 00:25:19.879 Eternally. 00:25:20.399 --> 00:25:21.079 You know why? 00:25:22.399 --> 00:25:23.220 Because the one. 00:25:23.319 --> 00:25:23.919 Who is sitting. 00:25:24.519 --> 00:25:25.240 On that throne. 00:25:26.519 --> 00:25:27.459 Is the slain. 00:25:27.599 --> 00:25:28.619 Lamb of God. 00:25:29.819 --> 00:25:31.579 We will never forget. 00:25:32.240 --> 00:25:33.759 That it is through that cross. 00:25:34.539 --> 00:25:35.639 Through that death. 00:25:36.459 --> 00:25:37.879 Through that slain. 00:25:38.379 --> 00:25:38.919 Lamb. 00:25:39.740 --> 00:25:40.519 That we know. 00:25:40.839 --> 00:25:41.740 That he loves us. 00:25:41.879 --> 00:25:42.199 Forever. 00:25:43.279 --> 00:25:44.079 And we will see. 00:25:44.220 --> 00:25:45.419 Something of that love. 00:25:46.299 --> 00:25:47.299 For eternity. 00:25:48.539 --> 00:25:49.439 So much. 00:25:50.199 --> 00:25:51.740 That if we could speak about. 00:25:51.919 --> 00:25:52.359 Moments. 00:25:52.439 --> 00:25:53.119 Or instants. 00:25:53.740 --> 00:25:54.919 Of time in eternity. 00:25:55.639 --> 00:25:56.779 There will not be enough. 00:25:57.279 --> 00:25:58.019 To realize. 00:25:58.240 --> 00:25:58.799 How much. 00:25:58.919 --> 00:25:59.399 We are loved. 00:25:59.619 --> 00:26:00.059 By him. 00:26:01.359 --> 00:26:02.240 So much. 00:26:02.659 --> 00:26:03.539 That the only thing. 00:26:03.619 --> 00:26:04.099 We will do. 00:26:04.099 --> 00:26:05.319 Is to praise him. 00:26:06.799 --> 00:26:08.339 This is difficult to imagine. 00:26:08.519 --> 00:26:09.159 For us today. 00:26:09.160 --> 00:26:11.420 How can you praise him forever. 00:26:12.900 --> 00:26:13.140 Yeah. 00:26:13.300 --> 00:26:14.759 It doesn't seem human. 00:26:15.120 --> 00:26:15.380 Really. 00:26:16.420 --> 00:26:16.660 Yeah. 00:26:16.940 --> 00:26:17.900 Not to do anything. 00:26:18.000 --> 00:26:18.840 Apart from singing. 00:26:18.840 --> 00:26:19.160 You know. 00:26:20.019 --> 00:26:21.820 Saying how wonderful is him. 00:26:23.300 --> 00:26:24.620 It's difficult to imagine. 00:26:24.619 --> 00:26:24.839 Why not. 00:26:25.199 --> 00:26:26.739 But why is it so difficult. 00:26:27.379 --> 00:26:28.959 Because we have not seen. 00:26:29.299 --> 00:26:30.500 Such a great love. 00:26:31.679 --> 00:26:33.099 And we will see him. 00:26:33.819 --> 00:26:34.379 Experience. 00:26:35.519 --> 00:26:36.559 The warmth. 00:26:37.739 --> 00:26:38.599 The greatness. 00:26:38.979 --> 00:26:40.059 Of that love for us. 00:26:40.059 --> 00:26:42.619 And when you are moved. 00:26:43.940 --> 00:26:44.319 Then. 00:26:45.119 --> 00:26:46.139 Your heart speaks. 00:26:47.220 --> 00:26:47.799 And you say. 00:26:47.919 --> 00:26:48.740 How wonderful. 00:26:49.500 --> 00:26:50.359 Is this person. 00:26:50.740 --> 00:26:51.279 You love. 00:26:52.179 --> 00:26:54.220 Because he has loved you so much. 00:26:55.119 --> 00:26:56.159 That he has given. 00:26:56.599 --> 00:26:57.599 His life for you. 00:26:59.500 --> 00:27:00.679 Shall we ask him. 00:27:01.720 --> 00:27:02.879 To know this love. 00:27:02.879 --> 00:27:04.000 To experience. 00:27:04.659 --> 00:27:04.940 More. 00:27:05.480 --> 00:27:06.339 Of this security. 00:27:06.839 --> 00:27:08.099 That we are in his hands. 00:27:08.099 --> 00:27:09.219 To face. 00:27:09.559 --> 00:27:10.799 All sort of problems. 00:27:10.959 --> 00:27:11.699 And situations. 00:27:12.559 --> 00:27:13.000 Knowing. 00:27:13.559 --> 00:27:14.719 That we can be sure. 00:27:15.379 --> 00:27:16.759 That he is with us. 00:27:17.519 --> 00:27:18.579 And that he has. 00:27:18.779 --> 00:27:19.879 Eternal promises. 00:27:20.779 --> 00:27:21.859 And we can trust. 00:27:22.019 --> 00:27:22.559 Upon them. 00:27:23.299 --> 00:27:23.699 Knowing. 00:27:24.379 --> 00:27:24.699 That. 00:27:25.139 --> 00:27:25.939 God's word. 00:27:26.059 --> 00:27:26.500 Is true. 00:27:26.919 --> 00:27:28.359 And he is going to fulfill. 00:27:28.919 --> 00:27:30.019 What he has promised. 00:27:31.099 --> 00:27:31.819 Shall we pray. 00:27:31.819 --> 00:27:32.659 Shall we pray.