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 All right, and as you're getting yourselves settled, let me add to your settling, take out your copy of God's Word, and turn to the Old Testament.

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 Throughout this summer, most of you would be probably a more fair assessment of that, but I'm going to work to catch you up and show you where we've been so that you can really grasp hold of where we are now in the book.

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 Just in brief, the nation of Israel was sent into captivity. This was a judgment brought on them by God, first with the Assyrians and then the Babylonians.

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 This was something that was promised to them by the prophets, and because they didn't turn from their wicked ways and turn back to God, God brought this judgment upon them.

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 And where we are now is post-exilic Israel. They've now been sent back.

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 The world power has shifted from the Babylonians to the Persians, and they have given them permission to go back to their homeland.

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 Some 90 years that starts the process before where we are now in Nehemiah.

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 Nehemiah serves here. We see him serving as the governor as he was appointed by the king of Persia.

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 Prior to that, he was serving as the cupbearer to the king, and it was Nehemiah that was brought this news that the wall had yet to be rebuilt around the city.

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 And that grieved him because it was evidence that the people of God were not in a good place.

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 The city, the capital, was still in ruins.

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 And as such, that was an affront to the majesty of God.

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 The state of God's people showed the world, the nations around them, how good God was, in fact, to them.

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 And so here we see God returning his goodness to the people and using the man, Nehemiah, to accomplish that work.

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 So we've been working through this. We've seen opposition to the work.

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 He goes back. He gets this opposition. They work in spite of that.

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 They complete the wall in 52 days.

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 And we can see now that there's this revival beginning to happen, a returning to, a rejuvenation of the people of God,

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 wanting to follow the goodness of God.

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 We've come now to chapter 8.

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 And this is where many would say that the real revival begins,

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 although I would argue that it's been happening all along,

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 but it certainly seems to kick into high gear at this point.

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 There's a fervency that picks up in it as they come together for a feast called the Feast of Trumpets.

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 Rosh Hashanah was taught in the Old Testament that they should do this thing.

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 And it was a celebration meant to celebrate the coming Day of Atonement,

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 which would happen nine days later.

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 I think it's actually eight days later.

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 I'd probably say eight days later on the ninth day of the month,

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 which was the great day that the high priest went to the Holy of Holies

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 and made sacrifice for the people of God.

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 The whole thing meant to foreshadow the coming of Christ

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 and the full and final sacrifice for the church.

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 This is what they were coming together to celebrate.

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 So all the Israelites were estimating 30,000 to 50,000 gather,

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 and they asked Ezra, the priest-scribed, to come and open up the Word of God,

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 and he reads from it for half of a day.

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 And we see a structure set out where it's explained.

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 This is where we've been spending our time the last two weeks.

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 I intended to do it in one,

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 but we talked about if revival is to come on God's people,

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 there will be some evidences of that,

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 and that they will be praying.

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 We can see that Nehemiah is a book of prayer.

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 Nehemiah was certainly a man of prayer,

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 beseeching God to work on behalf of His people.

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 And it will be continued in prayer.

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 We also saw that the people of God will reestablish the Word of God

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 as the ultimate authority in their lives.

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 And that's what we see happening in chapter 8.

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 They no longer make excuses.

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 They no longer try to justify their way.

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 But they say, God's way is the right way,

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 and His Word is the authority over our living.

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 The proper response to that is you see them mourn.

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 They recognize how far removed their lives are

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 from the holy standard that God has set up for them.

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 They see this and they begin to mourn.

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 You can see this beginning in verse 9 of chapter 8.

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 But because of the special nature of this day,

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 what this day was meant for in Jewish culture,

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 they're encouraged to rejoice.

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 And they do.

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 We see verse 17.

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 And there was very great rejoicing.

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 So the Word of God now has been established as the ultimate authority.

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 And we see now coming back into chapter 9,

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 a new season of repentance.

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 A new level of contrition on their part.

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 Before we get there though,

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 I want to say to you that the things I'm presenting to you

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 are not formulaic.

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 It's not that if we as the people of God

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 will get these four things I'm presenting

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 that we're going to observe here right,

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 then we will be in a state of revival.

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 Or God will bring revival to us,

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 a special close visit of His Spirit.

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 But certainly these are things that should be true

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 of the people of God.

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 Recall that Ezra has been here for 14 years,

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 faithfully teaching the Word of God,

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 calling the people back to His way.

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 Revival wasn't happening for him, was it?

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 But suddenly the Spirit comes,

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 sovereignly works in the hearts of men,

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 and things take off.

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 They take on a new fervency.

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 Dr. Martin Lloyd-Jones,

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 a man I would commend to you,

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 he died in 1981,

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 but for almost 30 years

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 he was a minister of Westminster Chapel in London.

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 A wonderful man to read.

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 Some of you may be familiar with his daughter,

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 Sally Lloyd-Jones,

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 who wrote the Jesus Storybook Bible.

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 Said this of revival,

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 you cannot revive something that has never had life.

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 So revival by definition

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 is first of all

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 an enlivening and quickening and awakening

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 of lethargic, sleepy church members.

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 Suddenly the power of the Spirit comes upon them.

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 They are humbled.

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 They are convicted of sin.

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 Then as a result of their quickening and enlivening,

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 they begin to pray.

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 New power comes into the preaching of the ministers,

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 and the result of this is large numbers are converted.

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 So a revival is not something we can put on a calendar.

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 It's not a thing to schedule

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 that belongs on a sign

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 out in front of a building.

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 It cannot be advertised in that way.

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 A revival is a visiting of the Spirit of God

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 in a new way,

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 in a freshening way,

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 in a way that causes us to return.

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 As religion seems to be on the decline,

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 I think that America is primed for this thing.

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 If you look at the history of revivals,

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 I believe we're primed for that to happen once again.

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 So keep in mind,

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 these are not formulaic,

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 but if revival is God sent,

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 God's people will be praying.

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 They will reestablish the Word of God

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 as the ultimate authority in their lives.

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 And we can observe from chapter 9,

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 the people of God will recognize

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 their defiance of God

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 and view His chastisement

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 or His punishment as just.

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 This is a particularly remarkable mark

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 of revival.

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 So, we see here,

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 and I'm going to give you a quick summary

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 at the beginning of chapter 9,

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 on the 24th day of the month,

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 so first day of the month,

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 Feast of Trumpets,

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 Ezra reads from the Law,

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 24th day of the month,

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 they come back together

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 and we can see that they've been driven

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 into a deep repentance for their sins.

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 There's three hours again

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 of reading of the Word of God

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 and three hours of confession

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 and of worshiping.

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 You can see in verse 1

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 that they come together

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 with fasting and sackcloth

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 and with earth on their heads,

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 which were all signs of this contrition.

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 The sackcloth would have been

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 cloth bags made of goat hair.

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 It would have been very, very coarse.

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 It was worn to remind them

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 of how terrible their sin was.

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 The earth on their heads

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 was more than likely,

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 typically done was ashes.

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 So it represented the sacrifice

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 that needed to be made

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 on their part.

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 So it's this visible outward,

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 we are sinners.

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 We have offended God.

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 And they were publicly

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 displaying this with one another.

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 They had come to realize

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 through reestablishing the Word of God

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 as the authority in their lives,

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 having it read and taught to them,

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 we see it again here

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 on the 24th day,

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 being read to them,

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 that God is infinitely holy,

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 and so His law is infinitely holy.

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 Therefore, any transgression,

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 any transgression,

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 from what in your mind

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 might be the greatest transgression

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 to what in your mind

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 might be the very littlest transgression,

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 right?

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 For God, they are all

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 an infinite offense.

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 This ought to cause us

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 to repent.

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 This ought to cause us

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 to mourn.

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 Because true repentance recognizes,

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 first and foremost,

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 that sin is primarily

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 vertical in its offense.

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 Our good God,

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 the Creator of heaven and earth,

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 the One that lavishes on us,

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 abounding love,

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 is the One who's primarily offended

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 by our sin.

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 We certainly sin against others.

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 There certainly is

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 a horizontal process of that.

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 And repentance ought to appropriately

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 make reparations for those types of things.

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 You've sinned against a brother,

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 you should go to him

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 and make those things right.

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 But firstly,

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 we should make ourselves right with God.

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 True repentance can be seen,

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 as Charles Spurgeon said,

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 and I quote,

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 when a person's repentance

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 becomes as notorious

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 as his sin.

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 Everybody knows of your sin,

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 everybody should know

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 of your repentance.

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 One person knows of your sin,

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 that person should know

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 of your repentance.

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 Your sin was a private matter,

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 there's no need for the repentance

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 to go beyond.

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 And here we see

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 the nation of Israel

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 publicly displaying

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 to everyone,

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 everyone should know

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 how very, very, very

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 offensive my sin is

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 to God,

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 clothing themselves

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 and sackcloths,

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 fasting,

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 putting ash or earth

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 on their heads.

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 That's what they're putting

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 on display.

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 We are a wretched,

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 sinful people.

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 We have offended

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 God.

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 if you don't feel this

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 for your sin,

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 your view of God

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 is too small.

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 You need to have your vision

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 expanded for God

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 and His holiness.

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 You need to see

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 that He has a standard

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 that we have all

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 failed to live up to.

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 Even as those

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 who have been delivered

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 by Christ,

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 who have the Spirit of God

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 working within us,

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 the ability now

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 to not transgress the law,

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 we have failed

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 at so many points.

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 Now, properly,

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 we see here,

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 there's a traditional

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 understanding

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 in Reformed communities.

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 We would all

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 probably agree to this.

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 It's an altogether

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 biblical

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 understanding

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 that confessions of faith

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 are necessarily

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 preceded

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 by deep contrition.

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 That people need

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 to recognize

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 their transgression

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 of the law.

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 That ought to be

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 a reality.

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 I have sinned

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 against the most holy God

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 and this grieves me.

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 My end is destruction.

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 Because of my status,

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 I am cut off from Him.

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 I worship the devil,

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 is what Jesus said.

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 And therefore,

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 we're broken by that,

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 but then we're turned

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 to joy

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 because of the work

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 of Christ.

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 And we've seen this

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 happen already

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 back in chapter 8.

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 We see the mourning

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 and then they're instructed

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 to don't mourn,

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 be joyful.

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 There's this

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 day of atonement

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 that's coming

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 on your behalf.

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 Be filled with joy

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 as a result.

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 But I think

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 what we often neglect

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 is that the Christian life

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 is going to run

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 in cycles

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 of contrition

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 and joy.

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 Repentance

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 and joy.

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 That is the

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 life

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 of the believer.

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 And here we see

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 the evidence of that.

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 Right?

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 It's now 24 days later.

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 They've been filled

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 with joy.

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 The record there

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 in verse 17

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 of chapter 8.

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 And there was

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 very great rejoicing.

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 And then it doesn't say

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 and then they went

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 about their merry way

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 and their life

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 and did their

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 American thing.

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 Right?

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 No.

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 They continue to study

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 the Word of God.

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 They continue to have

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 new revelation

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 of how very sinful

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 they were.

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 And they were moved

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 back into a cycle

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 of repentance.

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 So that cycle is

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 a cycle of deeper

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 repentance

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 and increasing joy.

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 Deeper repentance

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 and increasing joy.

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 And so on.

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 Have you ever

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 stopped to reflect

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 on what Jesus said

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 in Matthew 5.

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 4?

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 Blessed are they

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 that mourn.

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 Some have understood

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 this to mean

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 those who mourn

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 say over a lost person.

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 Right?

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 That we're so sad

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 of the sin of the world.

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 Or somebody who dies.

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 They mourn.

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 And this is a promise

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 of God

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 to come close

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 and comfort

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 in those times.

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 In fact,

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 it finishes

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 for they shall be

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 comforted.

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 But we've come

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 to understand

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 that what Jesus

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 is actually talking

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 right here

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 is the state

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 of a person.

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 Not a time

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 somebody dies

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 I mourn at that time.

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 But who they

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 actually are.

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 So catch that.

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 If you're a Christian

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 your life is going

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 to run

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 in these cycles.

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 What we mourn

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 over

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 is our sin.

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 That we still

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 carry around

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 the baggage

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 of our flesh.

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 That our flesh

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 has been spoiled

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 by this.

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 We have a new

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 nature.

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 That's what we're

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 going to talk about

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 with baptism.

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 We can walk

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 in that new nature

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 and yet

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 we still

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 fall back

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 into this sinful

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 state as Paul

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 laments in

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 chapter 7 of

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 Romans.

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 Oh, I do

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 the things I

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 don't want to

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 do.

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 But what does

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 he say here?

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 That we are

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 blessed.

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 We are

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 filled with

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 an abiding

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 joy even

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 as we

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 mourn.

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 This is coming

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 off the hip.

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 I don't remember

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 who said this.

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 You've heard me

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 and Wes quote

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 this before,

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 but a man

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 who I owe

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 credit to

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 and I can't

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 give it,

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 once said

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 that the gospel

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 all at once

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 both gladdens

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 and abases

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 the soul.

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 That's what it

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 ought to do

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 to you.

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 You ought to

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 feel pretty

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 crummy

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 about your

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 performance,

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 but you ought

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 to be overjoyed

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 that God is

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 working in you

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 to bring about

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 perfection.

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 This should be

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 the process

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 that goes on

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 in your life.

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 I want people

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 to leave

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 on Sunday

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 morning

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 so overjoyed,

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 but I want

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 them to leave

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 because they

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 know that

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 Christ is at

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 work in them

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 to accomplish

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 his goodwill,

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 not because I

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 give you some

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 kind of a pep

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 talk and make

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 you feel pretty

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 good about what

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 you accomplished

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 this week.

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 That the

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 particular sin

00:15:35.540 --> 00:15:36.080
 we addressed

00:15:36.080 --> 00:15:36.580
 that week,

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 you handled

00:15:37.500 --> 00:15:37.980
 well,

00:15:38.420 --> 00:15:38.720
 and so you

00:15:38.720 --> 00:15:39.200
 can walk out

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 and say,

00:15:40.120 --> 00:15:40.400
 good,

00:15:40.780 --> 00:15:41.420
 gold star

00:15:41.420 --> 00:15:41.840
 for me.

00:15:43.420 --> 00:15:44.160
 Gold star

00:15:44.160 --> 00:15:44.760
 for Jesus,

00:15:45.060 --> 00:15:45.260
 right?

00:15:45.340 --> 00:15:45.780
 He's the one

00:15:45.780 --> 00:15:46.580
 working in you

00:15:46.580 --> 00:15:47.520
 to accomplish

00:15:47.520 --> 00:15:48.120
 these things.

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 Man, I say

00:15:49.700 --> 00:15:50.240
 some weird stuff

00:15:50.240 --> 00:15:50.660
 off the hip.

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 So we're going

00:15:53.879 --> 00:15:54.100
 to read.

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 Here we go.

00:15:54.740 --> 00:15:55.280
 So remember,

00:15:55.379 --> 00:15:55.840
 if the Bible

00:15:55.840 --> 00:15:56.379
 is God sent,

00:15:56.480 --> 00:15:56.900
 God's people

00:15:56.900 --> 00:15:58.180
 will recognize

00:15:58.180 --> 00:15:58.920
 their defiance

00:15:58.920 --> 00:15:59.480
 of God

00:15:59.480 --> 00:16:00.340
 and view

00:16:00.340 --> 00:16:02.000
 his chastisement

00:16:02.000 --> 00:16:02.900
 as just.

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 We're going

00:16:03.320 --> 00:16:03.720
 to begin

00:16:03.720 --> 00:16:05.720
 in verse 5b.

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 So the gathering

00:16:06.500 --> 00:16:06.980
 has happened,

00:16:07.320 --> 00:16:07.639
 they've been

00:16:07.639 --> 00:16:07.960
 reading,

00:16:08.280 --> 00:16:08.620
 they've been

00:16:08.620 --> 00:16:09.300
 confessing,

00:16:09.560 --> 00:16:09.980
 and then we

00:16:09.980 --> 00:16:10.720
 see a group

00:16:10.720 --> 00:16:11.500
 of the Levites,

00:16:11.780 --> 00:16:12.300
 we've got a

00:16:12.300 --> 00:16:12.520
 couple of

00:16:12.520 --> 00:16:12.920
 different groups

00:16:12.920 --> 00:16:13.500
 of Levites

00:16:13.500 --> 00:16:14.020
 here,

00:16:15.879 --> 00:16:16.560
 say to them,

00:16:16.580 --> 00:16:17.520
 stand up

00:16:17.520 --> 00:16:18.900
 and bless

00:16:18.900 --> 00:16:19.259
 the Lord

00:16:19.259 --> 00:16:19.700
 your God

00:16:19.700 --> 00:16:20.460
 from everlasting

00:16:20.460 --> 00:16:21.400
 to everlasting.

00:16:22.120 --> 00:16:22.660
 Blessed be

00:16:22.660 --> 00:16:23.280
 your glorious

00:16:23.280 --> 00:16:23.860
 name which

00:16:23.860 --> 00:16:24.480
 is exalted

00:16:24.480 --> 00:16:25.259
 above all

00:16:25.259 --> 00:16:25.800
 blessing

00:16:25.800 --> 00:16:26.920
 and praise.

00:16:27.860 --> 00:16:28.520
 Then we

00:16:28.520 --> 00:16:29.060
 launch into

00:16:29.060 --> 00:16:29.660
 a prayer

00:16:29.660 --> 00:16:30.340
 together.

00:16:30.720 --> 00:16:30.840
 The

00:16:30.840 --> 00:16:31.480
 Septuagint,

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 the Greek

00:16:32.139 --> 00:16:32.800
 translation

00:16:32.800 --> 00:16:34.080
 of the Hebrew

00:16:34.080 --> 00:16:34.879
 Old Testament

00:16:34.879 --> 00:16:36.080
 adds at this

00:16:36.080 --> 00:16:36.560
 point,

00:16:37.660 --> 00:16:38.100
 and Ezra

00:16:38.100 --> 00:16:38.480
 said.

00:16:38.920 --> 00:16:39.160
 So,

00:16:39.860 --> 00:16:40.400
 possibly,

00:16:40.500 --> 00:16:40.840
 I don't know

00:16:40.840 --> 00:16:41.379
 where that

00:16:41.379 --> 00:16:42.220
 comes from,

00:16:42.360 --> 00:16:43.040
 but possibly

00:16:43.040 --> 00:16:43.960
 Ezra is

00:16:43.960 --> 00:16:44.600
 leading this

00:16:44.600 --> 00:16:44.840
 prayer.

00:16:45.640 --> 00:16:46.320
 I don't

00:16:46.320 --> 00:16:46.500
 think it

00:16:46.500 --> 00:16:46.640
 really

00:16:46.640 --> 00:16:46.920
 matters

00:16:46.920 --> 00:16:47.280
 at this

00:16:47.280 --> 00:16:47.480
 point

00:16:47.480 --> 00:16:47.660
 though.

00:16:48.160 --> 00:16:48.520
 So,

00:16:48.600 --> 00:16:48.740
 beginning

00:16:48.740 --> 00:16:49.020
 in verse

00:16:49.020 --> 00:16:49.320
 6,

00:16:50.260 --> 00:16:51.680
 you are

00:16:51.680 --> 00:16:52.140
 the Lord,

00:16:52.440 --> 00:16:53.400
 you alone.

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 You have

00:16:54.600 --> 00:16:55.320
 made heaven,

00:16:55.680 --> 00:16:57.000
 the heaven of

00:16:57.000 --> 00:16:57.340
 heavens,

00:16:57.500 --> 00:16:58.080
 with all

00:16:58.080 --> 00:16:58.600
 their hosts,

00:16:58.720 --> 00:16:59.220
 the earth

00:16:59.220 --> 00:16:59.700
 and all

00:16:59.700 --> 00:17:00.180
 that is on

00:17:00.180 --> 00:17:00.340
 it,

00:17:00.700 --> 00:17:01.340
 the seas

00:17:01.340 --> 00:17:01.860
 and all

00:17:01.860 --> 00:17:02.140
 that is

00:17:02.140 --> 00:17:02.560
 in them,

00:17:02.740 --> 00:17:03.160
 and you

00:17:03.160 --> 00:17:03.640
 preserve

00:17:03.640 --> 00:17:04.200
 all of

00:17:04.200 --> 00:17:04.360
 them,

00:17:04.460 --> 00:17:04.820
 and the

00:17:04.820 --> 00:17:05.360
 host of

00:17:05.360 --> 00:17:05.700
 heaven

00:17:05.700 --> 00:17:06.600
 worships

00:17:06.600 --> 00:17:06.680
 you.

00:17:06.740 --> 00:17:06.860
 They

00:17:06.860 --> 00:17:07.279
 praise

00:17:07.279 --> 00:17:07.820
 God

00:17:07.820 --> 00:17:08.360
 as the

00:17:08.360 --> 00:17:08.740
 God

00:17:08.740 --> 00:17:09.080
 of

00:17:09.080 --> 00:17:09.640
 creation.

00:17:10.259 --> 00:17:10.500
 Verse

00:17:10.500 --> 00:17:10.779
 7,

00:17:11.259 --> 00:17:11.640
 you are

00:17:11.640 --> 00:17:12.580
 the Lord,

00:17:12.680 --> 00:17:12.960
 the God

00:17:12.960 --> 00:17:13.480
 who chose

00:17:13.480 --> 00:17:13.860
 Abram,

00:17:13.900 --> 00:17:14.259
 and brought

00:17:14.259 --> 00:17:14.640
 him out

00:17:14.640 --> 00:17:15.059
 of Ur

00:17:15.059 --> 00:17:15.360
 of the

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 Chaldeans,

00:17:15.980 --> 00:17:16.480
 and gave

00:17:16.480 --> 00:17:16.700
 him the

00:17:16.700 --> 00:17:16.860
 name

00:17:16.860 --> 00:17:17.279
 Abraham.

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 You

00:17:18.019 --> 00:17:18.559
 found his

00:17:18.559 --> 00:17:18.759
 heart

00:17:18.759 --> 00:17:19.180
 faithful

00:17:19.180 --> 00:17:19.740
 before you

00:17:19.740 --> 00:17:20.220
 and made

00:17:20.220 --> 00:17:20.839
 with him

00:17:20.839 --> 00:17:21.279
 the covenant

00:17:21.279 --> 00:17:21.700
 to give

00:17:21.700 --> 00:17:21.940
 to his

00:17:21.940 --> 00:17:22.420
 offspring the

00:17:22.420 --> 00:17:22.900
 land of

00:17:22.900 --> 00:17:23.519
 the Canaanite,

00:17:23.799 --> 00:17:24.380
 the Hittite,

00:17:24.700 --> 00:17:25.299
 the Amorite,

00:17:25.539 --> 00:17:26.240
 the Perizzite,

00:17:26.500 --> 00:17:27.279
 the Jebusite,

00:17:27.440 --> 00:17:27.900
 and the

00:17:27.900 --> 00:17:28.500
 Girgashite.

00:17:28.660 --> 00:17:29.059
 And you

00:17:29.059 --> 00:17:29.539
 have kept

00:17:29.539 --> 00:17:30.200
 your promise,

00:17:30.460 --> 00:17:31.059
 for you

00:17:31.059 --> 00:17:32.140
 are righteous.

00:17:32.579 --> 00:17:32.700
 They

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 praise him

00:17:33.400 --> 00:17:34.000
 as the

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 God of

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 Abraham.

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 Verse

00:17:36.640 --> 00:17:36.920
 9,

00:17:36.920 --> 00:17:38.460
 And you

00:17:38.460 --> 00:17:38.900
 saw the

00:17:38.900 --> 00:17:39.320
 affliction

00:17:39.320 --> 00:17:39.660
 of our

00:17:39.660 --> 00:17:39.960
 fathers

00:17:39.960 --> 00:17:40.420
 in Egypt,

00:17:40.600 --> 00:17:41.039
 and you

00:17:41.039 --> 00:17:41.640
 heard their

00:17:41.640 --> 00:17:42.259
 cry at the

00:17:42.259 --> 00:17:42.740
 Red Sea,

00:17:42.840 --> 00:17:43.300
 and performed

00:17:43.300 --> 00:17:44.060
 signs and

00:17:44.060 --> 00:17:44.700
 wonders against

00:17:44.700 --> 00:17:45.220
 Pharaoh and

00:17:45.220 --> 00:17:45.680
 all his

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 servants,

00:17:46.440 --> 00:17:47.019
 and all the

00:17:47.019 --> 00:17:47.580
 people of

00:17:47.580 --> 00:17:48.039
 his land,

00:17:48.360 --> 00:17:48.700
 for you

00:17:48.700 --> 00:17:49.120
 knew that

00:17:49.120 --> 00:17:49.539
 they acted

00:17:49.539 --> 00:17:50.039
 arrogantly

00:17:50.039 --> 00:17:50.620
 against our

00:17:50.620 --> 00:17:50.960
 fathers.

00:17:51.640 --> 00:17:51.900
 And you

00:17:51.900 --> 00:17:52.420
 made a

00:17:52.420 --> 00:17:52.840
 name for

00:17:52.840 --> 00:17:53.279
 yourself,

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 as it is

00:17:53.860 --> 00:17:54.160
 to this

00:17:54.160 --> 00:17:54.460
 day.

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 And you

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 divided the

00:17:55.800 --> 00:17:56.300
 sea before

00:17:56.300 --> 00:17:56.500
 them,

00:17:56.539 --> 00:17:56.759
 so they

00:17:56.759 --> 00:17:57.160
 went through

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 the midst

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 of the

00:17:57.840 --> 00:17:58.180
 sea on

00:17:58.180 --> 00:17:58.840
 dry land,

00:17:59.019 --> 00:17:59.440
 and you

00:17:59.440 --> 00:18:00.000
 cast their

00:18:00.000 --> 00:18:00.519
 pursuers

00:18:00.519 --> 00:18:00.920
 into the

00:18:00.920 --> 00:18:01.460
 depths as

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 a stone

00:18:01.980 --> 00:18:02.539
 into mighty

00:18:02.539 --> 00:18:03.019
 waters.

00:18:03.620 --> 00:18:03.840
 By a

00:18:03.840 --> 00:18:04.180
 pillar of

00:18:04.180 --> 00:18:04.720
 cloud you

00:18:04.720 --> 00:18:05.200
 led them

00:18:05.200 --> 00:18:05.500
 in the

00:18:05.500 --> 00:18:05.819
 day,

00:18:06.140 --> 00:18:06.420
 and by

00:18:06.420 --> 00:18:06.700
 a pillar

00:18:06.700 --> 00:18:07.279
 of fire

00:18:07.279 --> 00:18:07.680
 in the

00:18:07.680 --> 00:18:07.940
 night,

00:18:08.039 --> 00:18:08.420
 to light

00:18:08.420 --> 00:18:08.779
 for them

00:18:08.779 --> 00:18:09.140
 the way

00:18:09.140 --> 00:18:09.420
 in which

00:18:09.420 --> 00:18:09.759
 they should

00:18:09.759 --> 00:18:10.059
 go.

00:18:10.579 --> 00:18:10.759
 You

00:18:10.759 --> 00:18:11.319
 came down

00:18:11.319 --> 00:18:11.660
 on Mount

00:18:11.660 --> 00:18:12.019
 Sinai,

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 and spoke

00:18:12.539 --> 00:18:12.839
 with them

00:18:12.839 --> 00:18:13.319
 from heaven,

00:18:13.400 --> 00:18:13.759
 and gave

00:18:13.759 --> 00:18:14.240
 them right

00:18:14.240 --> 00:18:14.940
 rules and

00:18:14.940 --> 00:18:15.740
 true laws,

00:18:16.100 --> 00:18:17.100
 good statutes

00:18:17.100 --> 00:18:17.900
 and commandments.

00:18:18.259 --> 00:18:18.700
 And you

00:18:18.700 --> 00:18:19.180
 made known

00:18:19.180 --> 00:18:19.539
 to them

00:18:19.539 --> 00:18:20.019
 your holy

00:18:20.019 --> 00:18:20.440
 Sabbath,

00:18:20.559 --> 00:18:21.100
 and commanded

00:18:21.100 --> 00:18:21.900
 them commandments

00:18:21.900 --> 00:18:22.799
 and statutes

00:18:22.799 --> 00:18:23.440
 and a law

00:18:23.440 --> 00:18:23.980
 by Moses

00:18:23.980 --> 00:18:24.519
 your servant.

00:18:25.220 --> 00:18:25.740
 You gave

00:18:25.740 --> 00:18:26.140
 them bread

00:18:26.140 --> 00:18:26.680
 from heaven

00:18:26.680 --> 00:18:27.660
 for their

00:18:27.660 --> 00:18:27.980
 hunger,

00:18:28.240 --> 00:18:28.740
 and brought

00:18:28.740 --> 00:18:29.279
 water for

00:18:29.279 --> 00:18:29.600
 them out

00:18:29.600 --> 00:18:29.779
 of the

00:18:29.779 --> 00:18:30.460
 rocks for

00:18:30.460 --> 00:18:31.019
 their thirst.

00:18:31.400 --> 00:18:31.680
 And you

00:18:31.680 --> 00:18:32.140
 told them

00:18:32.140 --> 00:18:32.640
 to go in

00:18:32.640 --> 00:18:33.019
 to possess

00:18:33.019 --> 00:18:33.519
 the land

00:18:33.519 --> 00:18:33.879
 you had

00:18:33.879 --> 00:18:34.440
 sworn to

00:18:34.440 --> 00:18:34.900
 give them.

00:18:35.619 --> 00:18:36.019
 They praised

00:18:36.019 --> 00:18:36.259
 him for

00:18:36.259 --> 00:18:36.599
 being the

00:18:36.599 --> 00:18:37.259
 God of

00:18:37.259 --> 00:18:37.980
 the Exodus,

00:18:38.619 --> 00:18:39.220
 the people

00:18:39.220 --> 00:18:39.740
 of Israel.

00:18:41.180 --> 00:18:41.940
 Verse 16,

00:18:42.819 --> 00:18:43.460
 But they

00:18:43.460 --> 00:18:44.500
 and our

00:18:44.500 --> 00:18:45.000
 fathers

00:18:45.000 --> 00:18:45.599
 acted

00:18:45.599 --> 00:18:46.420
 presumptuously

00:18:46.420 --> 00:18:47.599
 and stiffened

00:18:47.599 --> 00:18:48.079
 their neck

00:18:48.079 --> 00:18:49.059
 and did not

00:18:49.059 --> 00:18:49.480
 obey your

00:18:49.480 --> 00:18:49.859
 commandments.

00:18:50.460 --> 00:18:51.180
 They refused

00:18:51.180 --> 00:18:51.599
 to obey,

00:18:51.680 --> 00:18:51.980
 were not

00:18:51.980 --> 00:18:52.720
 mindful of

00:18:52.720 --> 00:18:53.200
 the wonders

00:18:53.200 --> 00:18:53.460
 that you

00:18:53.460 --> 00:18:53.819
 performed

00:18:53.819 --> 00:18:54.379
 among them,

00:18:54.619 --> 00:18:55.000
 but they

00:18:55.000 --> 00:18:55.420
 stiffened

00:18:55.420 --> 00:18:55.839
 their neck

00:18:55.839 --> 00:18:56.420
 and appointed

00:18:56.420 --> 00:18:57.059
 a leader

00:18:57.059 --> 00:18:57.740
 to return

00:18:57.740 --> 00:18:58.379
 to their

00:18:58.379 --> 00:18:58.799
 slavery

00:18:58.799 --> 00:18:59.519
 in Egypt.

00:19:00.220 --> 00:19:00.900
 But you

00:19:00.900 --> 00:19:01.220
 are a

00:19:01.220 --> 00:19:01.519
 God

00:19:01.519 --> 00:19:02.160
 ready to

00:19:02.160 --> 00:19:02.619
 forgive,

00:19:03.059 --> 00:19:03.439
 gracious

00:19:03.439 --> 00:19:04.079
 and merciful,

00:19:04.679 --> 00:19:05.159
 slow to

00:19:05.159 --> 00:19:05.459
 anger,

00:19:05.659 --> 00:19:06.219
 and abounding

00:19:06.219 --> 00:19:06.859
 in steadfast

00:19:06.859 --> 00:19:07.219
 love,

00:19:07.279 --> 00:19:07.739
 and did

00:19:07.739 --> 00:19:08.479
 not forsake

00:19:08.479 --> 00:19:08.699
 them.

00:19:09.379 --> 00:19:09.979
 Even when

00:19:09.979 --> 00:19:10.179
 they had

00:19:10.179 --> 00:19:10.439
 made for

00:19:10.439 --> 00:19:10.979
 themselves a

00:19:10.979 --> 00:19:11.619
 golden calf

00:19:11.619 --> 00:19:12.179
 and said,

00:19:12.539 --> 00:19:13.000
 This is

00:19:13.000 --> 00:19:13.459
 your God

00:19:13.459 --> 00:19:13.859
 who brought

00:19:13.859 --> 00:19:14.139
 you up

00:19:14.139 --> 00:19:14.359
 out of

00:19:14.359 --> 00:19:14.699
 Egypt,

00:19:14.899 --> 00:19:15.319
 and had

00:19:15.319 --> 00:19:15.639
 committed

00:19:15.639 --> 00:19:16.159
 great

00:19:16.159 --> 00:19:16.859
 blasphemies,

00:19:17.239 --> 00:19:17.779
 you and

00:19:17.779 --> 00:19:18.219
 your great

00:19:18.219 --> 00:19:18.839
 mercies did

00:19:18.839 --> 00:19:19.459
 not forsake

00:19:19.459 --> 00:19:19.759
 them in

00:19:19.759 --> 00:19:20.159
 the wilderness.

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 The pillar

00:19:21.379 --> 00:19:21.839
 of cloud

00:19:21.839 --> 00:19:22.259
 to lead

00:19:22.259 --> 00:19:22.539
 them in

00:19:22.539 --> 00:19:22.919
 the way

00:19:22.919 --> 00:19:23.479
 did not

00:19:23.479 --> 00:19:23.779
 depart

00:19:23.779 --> 00:19:24.099
 from them

00:19:24.099 --> 00:19:24.619
 by day,

00:19:24.839 --> 00:19:25.259
 nor the

00:19:25.259 --> 00:19:25.439
 pillar

00:19:25.439 --> 00:19:25.819
 of fire

00:19:25.819 --> 00:19:26.259
 by night

00:19:26.259 --> 00:19:26.639
 to light

00:19:26.639 --> 00:19:26.879
 for them

00:19:26.879 --> 00:19:27.179
 the way

00:19:27.179 --> 00:19:27.559
 by which

00:19:27.559 --> 00:19:27.879
 they should

00:19:27.879 --> 00:19:28.139
 go.

00:19:28.679 --> 00:19:29.119
 You gave

00:19:29.119 --> 00:19:29.119


00:19:29.119 --> 00:19:29.559
 your good

00:19:29.559 --> 00:19:30.099
 spirit to

00:19:30.099 --> 00:19:30.539
 instruct

00:19:30.539 --> 00:19:30.759
 them,

00:19:30.879 --> 00:19:31.119
 and did

00:19:31.119 --> 00:19:31.720
 not withhold

00:19:31.720 --> 00:19:32.220
 your manna

00:19:32.220 --> 00:19:32.519
 from their

00:19:32.519 --> 00:19:32.819
 mouth,

00:19:32.960 --> 00:19:33.279
 and gave

00:19:33.279 --> 00:19:33.799
 them water

00:19:33.799 --> 00:19:34.179
 for their

00:19:34.179 --> 00:19:34.639
 thirst.

00:19:35.200 --> 00:19:35.740
 Forty

00:19:35.740 --> 00:19:36.279
 years you

00:19:36.279 --> 00:19:36.720
 sustained

00:19:36.720 --> 00:19:37.000
 them in

00:19:37.000 --> 00:19:37.399
 the wilderness,

00:19:37.839 --> 00:19:38.159
 and they

00:19:38.159 --> 00:19:38.559
 lacked

00:19:38.559 --> 00:19:39.279
 nothing.

00:19:39.779 --> 00:19:39.980
 Their

00:19:39.980 --> 00:19:40.599
 clothes did

00:19:40.599 --> 00:19:40.940
 not wear

00:19:40.940 --> 00:19:41.279
 out,

00:19:41.440 --> 00:19:41.839
 and their

00:19:41.839 --> 00:19:42.440
 feet did

00:19:42.440 --> 00:19:43.000
 not swell.

00:19:43.000 --> 00:19:44.319
 And you

00:19:44.319 --> 00:19:44.680
 gave them

00:19:44.680 --> 00:19:45.119
 kingdoms

00:19:45.119 --> 00:19:45.819
 and peoples,

00:19:46.119 --> 00:19:46.640
 and allotted

00:19:46.640 --> 00:19:46.980
 to them

00:19:46.980 --> 00:19:47.819
 every corner.

00:19:48.140 --> 00:19:48.380
 So they

00:19:48.380 --> 00:19:48.880
 took possession

00:19:48.880 --> 00:19:49.440
 of the land

00:19:49.440 --> 00:19:50.240
 of Sihon,

00:19:50.359 --> 00:19:50.700
 king of

00:19:50.700 --> 00:19:51.160
 Heshbon,

00:19:51.460 --> 00:19:51.839
 and the land

00:19:51.839 --> 00:19:52.279
 of Og,

00:19:52.359 --> 00:19:52.660
 king of

00:19:52.660 --> 00:19:53.099
 Bashan.

00:19:53.400 --> 00:19:53.619
 You

00:19:53.619 --> 00:19:54.079
 multiplied

00:19:54.079 --> 00:19:54.339
 their

00:19:54.339 --> 00:19:54.660
 children

00:19:54.660 --> 00:19:55.000
 as the

00:19:55.000 --> 00:19:55.440
 stars of

00:19:55.440 --> 00:19:55.680
 heaven,

00:19:56.460 --> 00:19:56.759
 and you

00:19:56.759 --> 00:19:56.980
 brought

00:19:56.980 --> 00:19:57.259
 them into

00:19:57.259 --> 00:19:57.619
 the land

00:19:57.619 --> 00:19:57.880
 that you

00:19:57.880 --> 00:19:58.279
 had told

00:19:58.279 --> 00:19:58.559
 their

00:19:58.559 --> 00:19:58.940
 fathers

00:19:58.940 --> 00:19:59.400
 to enter

00:19:59.400 --> 00:19:59.799
 and possess.

00:20:00.700 --> 00:20:01.240
 So the

00:20:01.240 --> 00:20:01.539
 descendants

00:20:01.539 --> 00:20:02.099
 went in

00:20:02.099 --> 00:20:02.759
 and possessed

00:20:02.759 --> 00:20:03.259
 the land,

00:20:03.519 --> 00:20:03.799
 and you

00:20:03.799 --> 00:20:04.400
 subdued before

00:20:04.400 --> 00:20:04.779
 them the

00:20:04.779 --> 00:20:05.180
 inhabitants

00:20:05.180 --> 00:20:05.460
 of the

00:20:05.460 --> 00:20:05.700
 land,

00:20:05.859 --> 00:20:05.980
 the

00:20:05.980 --> 00:20:06.480
 Canaanites,

00:20:06.559 --> 00:20:06.859
 and gave

00:20:06.859 --> 00:20:07.160
 them into

00:20:07.160 --> 00:20:07.640
 their hand

00:20:07.640 --> 00:20:08.279
 with their

00:20:08.279 --> 00:20:08.880
 kings and

00:20:08.880 --> 00:20:09.240
 the people

00:20:09.240 --> 00:20:09.460
 of the

00:20:09.460 --> 00:20:09.720
 land,

00:20:09.980 --> 00:20:10.220
 that they

00:20:10.220 --> 00:20:10.599
 might do

00:20:10.599 --> 00:20:11.059
 with them

00:20:11.059 --> 00:20:11.559
 as they

00:20:11.559 --> 00:20:11.859
 would.

00:20:12.440 --> 00:20:12.839
 And they

00:20:12.839 --> 00:20:13.240
 captured

00:20:13.240 --> 00:20:13.759
 fortified

00:20:13.759 --> 00:20:14.380
 cities and

00:20:14.380 --> 00:20:14.720
 a rich

00:20:14.720 --> 00:20:15.160
 land and

00:20:15.160 --> 00:20:15.680
 took possession

00:20:15.680 --> 00:20:16.160
 of houses

00:20:16.160 --> 00:20:16.599
 full of

00:20:16.599 --> 00:20:17.059
 all good

00:20:17.059 --> 00:20:17.500
 things,

00:20:18.000 --> 00:20:18.440
 cisterns

00:20:18.440 --> 00:20:18.779
 already

00:20:18.779 --> 00:20:19.180
 hewn,

00:20:19.640 --> 00:20:20.099
 vineyards,

00:20:20.500 --> 00:20:21.140
 olive orchards,

00:20:21.240 --> 00:20:21.579
 and fruit

00:20:21.579 --> 00:20:22.019
 trees in

00:20:22.019 --> 00:20:22.380
 abundance.

00:20:22.799 --> 00:20:23.279
 So they

00:20:23.279 --> 00:20:23.940
 ate and

00:20:23.940 --> 00:20:24.460
 were filled

00:20:24.460 --> 00:20:24.940
 and became

00:20:24.940 --> 00:20:25.640
 fat and

00:20:25.640 --> 00:20:26.019
 delighted

00:20:26.019 --> 00:20:26.880
 themselves in

00:20:26.880 --> 00:20:27.759
 your great

00:20:27.759 --> 00:20:28.859
 goodness.

00:20:30.620 --> 00:20:31.200
 Praise

00:20:31.200 --> 00:20:32.120
 him for

00:20:32.120 --> 00:20:32.700
 sustaining

00:20:32.700 --> 00:20:33.039
 them,

00:20:33.579 --> 00:20:34.000
 the God

00:20:34.000 --> 00:20:34.460
 of the

00:20:34.460 --> 00:20:35.539
 sustenance

00:20:35.539 --> 00:20:36.000
 in the

00:20:36.000 --> 00:20:36.299
 wilderness,

00:20:36.859 --> 00:20:37.680
 and the

00:20:37.680 --> 00:20:38.200
 conquering

00:20:38.200 --> 00:20:38.660
 of

00:20:38.660 --> 00:20:38.960
 Canaan.

00:20:40.140 --> 00:20:41.120
 Verse 26,

00:20:41.980 --> 00:20:42.460
 Nevertheless,

00:20:43.660 --> 00:20:44.019
 they were

00:20:44.019 --> 00:20:44.859
 disobedient,

00:20:45.380 --> 00:20:45.900
 and rebelled

00:20:45.900 --> 00:20:46.539
 against you,

00:20:46.620 --> 00:20:47.140
 and cast

00:20:47.140 --> 00:20:47.500
 your law

00:20:47.500 --> 00:20:47.980
 behind their

00:20:47.980 --> 00:20:48.319
 back,

00:20:48.440 --> 00:20:48.880
 and killed

00:20:48.880 --> 00:20:49.500
 your prophets,

00:20:49.880 --> 00:20:50.259
 who had

00:20:50.259 --> 00:20:50.819
 warned them

00:20:50.819 --> 00:20:51.220
 in order to

00:20:51.220 --> 00:20:51.579
 turn them

00:20:51.579 --> 00:20:52.200
 back to you,

00:20:52.339 --> 00:20:52.740
 and they

00:20:52.740 --> 00:20:53.039
 committed

00:20:53.039 --> 00:20:53.480
 great

00:20:53.480 --> 00:20:54.140
 blasphemies.

00:20:54.700 --> 00:20:55.059
 Therefore

00:20:55.059 --> 00:20:55.640
 you gave

00:20:55.640 --> 00:20:55.980
 them into

00:20:55.980 --> 00:20:56.420
 the hand

00:20:56.420 --> 00:20:56.660
 of their

00:20:56.660 --> 00:20:56.940
 enemies,

00:20:57.039 --> 00:20:57.319
 who made

00:20:57.319 --> 00:20:57.839
 them suffer.

00:20:58.319 --> 00:20:58.620
 And in

00:20:58.620 --> 00:20:58.940
 the time

00:20:58.940 --> 00:20:59.140
 of their

00:20:59.140 --> 00:20:59.500
 sufferings

00:20:59.500 --> 00:20:59.900
 they cried

00:20:59.900 --> 00:21:00.359
 out to

00:21:00.359 --> 00:21:00.480
 you,

00:21:00.519 --> 00:21:00.759
 and you

00:21:00.759 --> 00:21:01.200
 heard them

00:21:01.200 --> 00:21:01.380
 from

00:21:01.380 --> 00:21:01.660
 heaven.

00:21:02.039 --> 00:21:02.200
 And

00:21:02.200 --> 00:21:02.440
 according

00:21:02.440 --> 00:21:02.759
 to your

00:21:02.759 --> 00:21:03.059
 great

00:21:03.059 --> 00:21:03.420
 mercies

00:21:03.420 --> 00:21:03.779
 you gave

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 them

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 saviors

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 who

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 saved

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 them from

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 the hand

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 of their

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 enemies.

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 But after

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 they had

00:21:07.659 --> 00:21:08.059
 rest,

00:21:08.200 --> 00:21:08.619
 they did

00:21:08.619 --> 00:21:09.279
 evil again

00:21:09.279 --> 00:21:09.919
 before you,

00:21:10.099 --> 00:21:10.559
 and you

00:21:10.559 --> 00:21:10.980
 abandoned

00:21:10.980 --> 00:21:11.279
 them to

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 the hand

00:21:11.579 --> 00:21:11.779
 of their

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 enemies,

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 so that

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 they had

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 dominion

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 over them.

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 Yet when

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 they turned

00:21:14.680 --> 00:21:15.079
 and cried

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 to you,

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 you heard

00:21:15.819 --> 00:21:16.299
 from heaven,

00:21:16.639 --> 00:21:17.059
 and many

00:21:17.059 --> 00:21:17.519
 times you

00:21:17.519 --> 00:21:17.799
 delivered

00:21:17.799 --> 00:21:18.259
 them according

00:21:18.259 --> 00:21:18.559
 to your

00:21:18.559 --> 00:21:19.000
 mercies.

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 And you

00:21:19.720 --> 00:21:20.019
 warned

00:21:20.019 --> 00:21:20.299
 them in

00:21:20.299 --> 00:21:20.539
 order to

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 turn back

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 to your

00:21:21.259 --> 00:21:21.539
 law.

00:21:21.960 --> 00:21:22.240
 Yet they

00:21:22.240 --> 00:21:22.519
 acted

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 presumptuously

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 and did

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 not obey

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 your

00:21:24.139 --> 00:21:24.519
 commandments,

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 but sinned

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 against

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 your

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 rules,

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 which if

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 a person

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 does

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 them,

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 he shall

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!

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 Praise

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 him as

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 the God

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 of the

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 judges

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 and of

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 the

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 prophets.

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 Now,

00:21:56.000 --> 00:21:56.599
 catch at

00:21:56.599 --> 00:21:57.240
 this point,

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 they're getting

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 fairly caught

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 up to speed.

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 Ezra,

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 if he's the

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 one praying

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 at this

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 point,

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 has covered

00:22:03.319 --> 00:22:04.899
 the Old

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 Testament

00:22:05.180 --> 00:22:05.599
 narrative.

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 Praise

00:22:06.720 --> 00:22:07.519
 God all

00:22:07.519 --> 00:22:08.019
 along the

00:22:08.019 --> 00:22:08.339
 way for

00:22:08.339 --> 00:22:08.680
 the great

00:22:08.680 --> 00:22:09.039
 things he

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 has done

00:22:09.399 --> 00:22:09.879
 for the

00:22:09.879 --> 00:22:10.240
 people of

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 Israel.

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 And I

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 want you

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 to hear

00:22:11.480 --> 00:22:11.680
 this

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 carefully.

00:22:12.659 --> 00:22:13.000
 This is

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 not a

00:22:13.279 --> 00:22:13.559
 history

00:22:13.559 --> 00:22:13.799
 that's

00:22:13.799 --> 00:22:14.180
 removed

00:22:14.180 --> 00:22:14.799
 for us.

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 This is

00:22:16.599 --> 00:22:17.299
 God's

00:22:17.299 --> 00:22:18.119
 special

00:22:18.119 --> 00:22:18.859
 people,

00:22:19.180 --> 00:22:19.819
 his called

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 ones,

00:22:20.919 --> 00:22:21.539
 which we

00:22:21.539 --> 00:22:22.379
 are now

00:22:22.379 --> 00:22:22.740
 that,

00:22:22.839 --> 00:22:23.480
 the church.

00:22:23.879 --> 00:22:24.440
 The gospel

00:22:24.440 --> 00:22:25.480
 has advanced

00:22:25.480 --> 00:22:26.019
 that out

00:22:26.019 --> 00:22:26.599
 beyond the

00:22:26.599 --> 00:22:27.619
 borders of

00:22:27.619 --> 00:22:28.259
 a nation,

00:22:28.339 --> 00:22:28.539
 of a

00:22:28.539 --> 00:22:29.220
 bloodline.

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 And this

00:22:29.579 --> 00:22:30.139
 now belongs

00:22:30.139 --> 00:22:30.480
 to us.

00:22:30.559 --> 00:22:30.819
 This is

00:22:30.819 --> 00:22:31.440
 our history.

00:22:32.119 --> 00:22:32.440
 These are

00:22:32.440 --> 00:22:33.139
 our people

00:22:33.139 --> 00:22:33.919
 that were

00:22:33.919 --> 00:22:34.500
 let out,

00:22:34.619 --> 00:22:35.180
 that acted

00:22:35.180 --> 00:22:35.740
 wickedly,

00:22:35.740 --> 00:22:36.460
 that God

00:22:36.460 --> 00:22:36.920
 was good

00:22:36.920 --> 00:22:37.500
 to just

00:22:37.500 --> 00:22:38.140
 the same.

00:22:38.680 --> 00:22:39.299
 The promises

00:22:39.299 --> 00:22:39.660
 here and

00:22:39.660 --> 00:22:40.140
 the praises

00:22:40.140 --> 00:22:40.880
 are ours

00:22:40.880 --> 00:22:41.960
 as well.

00:22:42.960 --> 00:22:43.319
 Now here's

00:22:43.319 --> 00:22:43.920
 the request

00:22:43.920 --> 00:22:44.440
 beginning in

00:22:44.440 --> 00:22:44.980
 verse 32.

00:22:46.019 --> 00:22:46.559
 Now

00:22:46.559 --> 00:22:46.980
 therefore,

00:22:47.319 --> 00:22:48.140
 our God,

00:22:48.740 --> 00:22:49.440
 the great,

00:22:49.640 --> 00:22:50.180
 the mighty,

00:22:50.319 --> 00:22:50.579
 and the

00:22:50.579 --> 00:22:51.299
 awesome God

00:22:51.299 --> 00:22:51.700
 who keeps

00:22:51.700 --> 00:22:52.319
 covenant and

00:22:52.319 --> 00:22:53.120
 steadfast love,

00:22:53.700 --> 00:22:54.859
 let not all

00:22:54.859 --> 00:22:55.500
 the hardship

00:22:55.500 --> 00:22:56.339
 seem little to

00:22:56.339 --> 00:22:56.740
 you that has

00:22:56.740 --> 00:22:57.539
 come upon us,

00:22:57.660 --> 00:22:58.099
 upon our

00:22:58.099 --> 00:22:58.480
 kings,

00:22:58.620 --> 00:22:59.140
 our princes,

00:22:59.380 --> 00:22:59.960
 our priests,

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 our prophets,

00:23:01.160 --> 00:23:01.799
 our fathers,

00:23:01.920 --> 00:23:02.519
 and all your

00:23:02.519 --> 00:23:03.160
 people since

00:23:03.160 --> 00:23:03.779
 the time of the

00:23:03.779 --> 00:23:04.500
 kings of Assyria

00:23:04.500 --> 00:23:05.420
 until this

00:23:05.420 --> 00:23:05.740
 day.

00:23:06.559 --> 00:23:07.079
 Yet you

00:23:07.079 --> 00:23:07.420
 have been

00:23:07.420 --> 00:23:08.099
 righteous in

00:23:08.099 --> 00:23:08.380
 all that

00:23:08.380 --> 00:23:08.640
 has come

00:23:08.640 --> 00:23:09.220
 upon us,

00:23:09.480 --> 00:23:09.880
 for you

00:23:09.880 --> 00:23:10.440
 have dealt

00:23:10.440 --> 00:23:11.200
 faithfully,

00:23:11.400 --> 00:23:11.839
 and we

00:23:11.839 --> 00:23:12.440
 have acted

00:23:12.440 --> 00:23:13.319
 wickedly.

00:23:13.839 --> 00:23:14.579
 Our kings,

00:23:14.720 --> 00:23:15.160
 our princes,

00:23:15.299 --> 00:23:15.779
 our priests,

00:23:15.819 --> 00:23:16.259
 and our fathers

00:23:16.259 --> 00:23:16.900
 have not kept

00:23:16.900 --> 00:23:17.319
 your law or

00:23:17.319 --> 00:23:17.720
 paid attention

00:23:17.720 --> 00:23:17.980
 to your

00:23:17.980 --> 00:23:19.059
 commandments and

00:23:19.059 --> 00:23:19.519
 your warnings

00:23:19.519 --> 00:23:20.019
 that you gave

00:23:20.019 --> 00:23:20.240
 them.

00:23:20.680 --> 00:23:21.099
 Even in

00:23:21.099 --> 00:23:21.539
 their own

00:23:21.539 --> 00:23:22.059
 kingdom and

00:23:22.059 --> 00:23:22.440
 amid your

00:23:22.440 --> 00:23:23.140
 great goodness

00:23:23.140 --> 00:23:23.440
 that you

00:23:23.440 --> 00:23:23.880
 gave them,

00:23:23.940 --> 00:23:24.279
 and in the

00:23:24.279 --> 00:23:24.920
 large and

00:23:24.920 --> 00:23:25.380
 rich land

00:23:25.380 --> 00:23:25.599
 that you

00:23:25.599 --> 00:23:26.039
 set before

00:23:26.039 --> 00:23:26.259
 them,

00:23:26.480 --> 00:23:26.900
 they did

00:23:26.900 --> 00:23:27.440
 not serve

00:23:27.440 --> 00:23:27.819
 you or

00:23:27.819 --> 00:23:28.380
 turn from

00:23:28.380 --> 00:23:28.759
 their wicked

00:23:28.759 --> 00:23:29.220
 works.

00:23:30.039 --> 00:23:30.440
 Behold,

00:23:30.539 --> 00:23:30.779
 we are

00:23:30.779 --> 00:23:31.680
 slaves this

00:23:31.680 --> 00:23:32.480
 day in

00:23:32.480 --> 00:23:32.960
 the land that

00:23:32.960 --> 00:23:33.420
 you gave to

00:23:33.420 --> 00:23:33.880
 our fathers

00:23:33.880 --> 00:23:34.440
 to enjoy

00:23:34.440 --> 00:23:35.019
 its fruit

00:23:35.019 --> 00:23:35.380
 and its

00:23:35.380 --> 00:23:36.000
 good gifts.

00:23:36.519 --> 00:23:36.960
 Behold,

00:23:37.080 --> 00:23:37.340
 we are

00:23:37.340 --> 00:23:38.000
 slaves,

00:23:38.560 --> 00:23:38.980
 and its

00:23:38.980 --> 00:23:39.560
 rich yield

00:23:39.560 --> 00:23:40.039
 goes to

00:23:40.039 --> 00:23:40.519
 the kings

00:23:40.519 --> 00:23:44.759
 who you

00:23:44.759 --> 00:23:45.019
 have set

00:23:45.019 --> 00:23:45.420
 over us

00:23:45.420 --> 00:23:45.980
 because of

00:23:45.980 --> 00:23:46.460
 our sins.

00:23:46.840 --> 00:23:47.360
 They rule

00:23:47.360 --> 00:23:47.759
 over our

00:23:47.759 --> 00:23:48.279
 bodies and

00:23:48.279 --> 00:23:48.640
 over our

00:23:48.640 --> 00:23:49.240
 livestock as

00:23:49.240 --> 00:23:49.759
 they please,

00:23:50.060 --> 00:23:50.539
 and we are

00:23:50.539 --> 00:23:51.080
 in great

00:23:51.080 --> 00:23:51.779
 distress.

00:23:52.259 --> 00:23:52.660
 Because of

00:23:52.660 --> 00:23:53.380
 all this,

00:23:53.680 --> 00:23:54.220
 we make a

00:23:54.220 --> 00:23:54.820
 firm covenant

00:23:54.820 --> 00:23:55.340
 in writing.

00:23:55.519 --> 00:23:55.800
 On the

00:23:55.800 --> 00:23:56.440
 sealed document

00:23:56.440 --> 00:23:56.759
 are the

00:23:56.759 --> 00:23:57.340
 names of

00:23:57.340 --> 00:23:57.800
 our princes,

00:23:58.440 --> 00:23:59.200
 our Levites,

00:23:59.420 --> 00:24:00.140
 and our

00:24:00.140 --> 00:24:00.560
 priests.

00:24:03.420 --> 00:24:04.340
 So see

00:24:04.340 --> 00:24:05.080
 the recognition

00:24:05.080 --> 00:24:06.200
 here on

00:24:06.200 --> 00:24:06.880
 their part.

00:24:07.400 --> 00:24:08.400
 They see

00:24:08.400 --> 00:24:09.320
 that they

00:24:09.320 --> 00:24:09.880
 have defied

00:24:09.880 --> 00:24:10.340
 God.

00:24:10.519 --> 00:24:10.860
 They have

00:24:10.860 --> 00:24:11.700
 stated that

00:24:11.700 --> 00:24:12.420
 now over

00:24:12.420 --> 00:24:13.360
 and over

00:24:13.360 --> 00:24:14.340
 and over

00:24:14.340 --> 00:24:15.060
 and over

00:24:15.060 --> 00:24:15.519
 again.

00:24:16.440 --> 00:24:16.920
 But they

00:24:16.920 --> 00:24:17.420
 also see

00:24:17.420 --> 00:24:17.759
 that God

00:24:17.759 --> 00:24:18.420
 is right

00:24:18.420 --> 00:24:19.480
 and just

00:24:19.480 --> 00:24:20.320
 and good.

00:24:21.180 --> 00:24:21.800
 Notice the

00:24:21.800 --> 00:24:22.620
 praises that

00:24:22.620 --> 00:24:22.940
 they give

00:24:22.940 --> 00:24:23.640
 Him all

00:24:23.640 --> 00:24:24.039
 throughout

00:24:24.039 --> 00:24:24.500
 this.

00:24:26.560 --> 00:24:27.320
 First in

00:24:27.320 --> 00:24:27.920
 verse 6,

00:24:28.980 --> 00:24:29.460
 you are

00:24:29.460 --> 00:24:30.019
 righteous.

00:24:30.019 --> 00:24:31.799
 Then in

00:24:31.799 --> 00:24:35.420
 verse 6,

00:24:35.500 --> 00:24:35.660
 you are

00:24:35.660 --> 00:24:36.000
 the Lord,

00:24:36.099 --> 00:24:36.539
 you alone.

00:24:36.660 --> 00:24:37.200
 Verse 8,

00:24:37.559 --> 00:24:37.940
 you are

00:24:37.940 --> 00:24:38.879
 righteous.

00:24:39.799 --> 00:24:40.720
 Verse 17,

00:24:41.359 --> 00:24:41.720
 but you are

00:24:41.720 --> 00:24:42.019
 a God

00:24:42.019 --> 00:24:42.519
 ready to

00:24:42.519 --> 00:24:42.879
 forgive,

00:24:43.059 --> 00:24:43.480
 gracious,

00:24:44.059 --> 00:24:44.500
 merciful,

00:24:44.740 --> 00:24:45.180
 slow to

00:24:45.180 --> 00:24:45.519
 anger,

00:24:46.019 --> 00:24:46.579
 abounding

00:24:46.579 --> 00:24:47.660
 in steadfast

00:24:47.660 --> 00:24:48.119
 love.

00:24:48.960 --> 00:24:49.700
 Verse 25,

00:24:50.000 --> 00:24:50.339
 they praise

00:24:50.339 --> 00:24:50.579
 Him for

00:24:50.579 --> 00:24:51.180
 His great

00:24:51.180 --> 00:24:51.839
 goodness.

00:24:52.720 --> 00:24:53.900
 Verse 32,

00:24:55.279 --> 00:24:55.519
 you are

00:24:55.519 --> 00:24:55.859
 God,

00:24:55.960 --> 00:24:56.660
 our God,

00:24:56.740 --> 00:24:57.160
 the great,

00:24:57.259 --> 00:24:57.680
 the mighty,

00:24:57.759 --> 00:24:58.279
 the awesome

00:24:58.279 --> 00:24:58.700
 God who

00:24:58.700 --> 00:24:59.819
 keeps covenant

00:24:59.819 --> 00:25:00.960
 and steadfast

00:25:00.960 --> 00:25:01.460
 love.

00:25:02.659 --> 00:25:02.899
 And I

00:25:02.899 --> 00:25:03.240
 think kind

00:25:03.240 --> 00:25:03.839
 of the

00:25:03.839 --> 00:25:04.599
 hinging

00:25:04.599 --> 00:25:06.139
 verse for

00:25:06.139 --> 00:25:06.519
 us here

00:25:06.519 --> 00:25:07.439
 that wraps

00:25:07.439 --> 00:25:07.899
 this up

00:25:07.899 --> 00:25:08.259
 for us

00:25:08.259 --> 00:25:08.579
 in such

00:25:08.579 --> 00:25:08.939
 a nice

00:25:08.939 --> 00:25:09.720
 little neat

00:25:09.720 --> 00:25:10.139
 package

00:25:10.139 --> 00:25:10.659
 is verse

00:25:10.659 --> 00:25:11.480
 33.

00:25:13.099 --> 00:25:13.679
 Yet you

00:25:13.679 --> 00:25:14.379
 have been

00:25:14.379 --> 00:25:14.779
 righteous

00:25:14.779 --> 00:25:15.679
 in all

00:25:15.679 --> 00:25:16.119
 that has

00:25:16.119 --> 00:25:16.539
 come upon

00:25:16.539 --> 00:25:16.939
 us,

00:25:17.460 --> 00:25:17.859
 for you

00:25:17.859 --> 00:25:18.279
 have dealt

00:25:18.279 --> 00:25:18.879
 faithfully

00:25:18.879 --> 00:25:19.439
 and we

00:25:19.439 --> 00:25:20.399
 have acted

00:25:20.399 --> 00:25:21.519
 wickedly.

00:25:22.299 --> 00:25:22.799
 In spite

00:25:22.799 --> 00:25:23.159
 of all

00:25:23.159 --> 00:25:23.700
 these good

00:25:23.700 --> 00:25:24.319
 things that

00:25:24.319 --> 00:25:24.519
 you have

00:25:24.519 --> 00:25:24.899
 done for

00:25:24.899 --> 00:25:25.159
 us,

00:25:25.539 --> 00:25:26.039
 look at

00:25:26.039 --> 00:25:26.559
 this great

00:25:26.559 --> 00:25:27.139
 history

00:25:27.139 --> 00:25:27.839
 that we

00:25:27.839 --> 00:25:28.659
 have as

00:25:28.659 --> 00:25:28.980
 the people

00:25:28.980 --> 00:25:29.439
 of God.

00:25:29.440 --> 00:25:30.000
 We look

00:25:30.000 --> 00:25:30.680
 back across

00:25:30.680 --> 00:25:31.220
 it and

00:25:31.220 --> 00:25:31.759
 we see

00:25:31.759 --> 00:25:32.220
 your

00:25:32.220 --> 00:25:32.820
 consistent

00:25:32.820 --> 00:25:33.820
 faithfulness.

00:25:34.019 --> 00:25:34.180
 You're

00:25:34.180 --> 00:25:34.360
 never

00:25:34.360 --> 00:25:34.820
 changing.

00:25:35.200 --> 00:25:35.320
 Your

00:25:35.320 --> 00:25:35.580
 loving

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 kindness

00:25:36.059 --> 00:25:36.500
 is

00:25:36.500 --> 00:25:37.019
 abounding

00:25:37.019 --> 00:25:37.500
 to us.

00:25:37.559 --> 00:25:37.820
 You just

00:25:37.820 --> 00:25:38.640
 keep on

00:25:38.640 --> 00:25:39.580
 being good

00:25:39.580 --> 00:25:39.880
 and we

00:25:39.880 --> 00:25:40.740
 keep on

00:25:40.740 --> 00:25:41.240
 rebelling

00:25:41.240 --> 00:25:42.140
 against you.

00:25:43.220 --> 00:25:43.880
 And we're

00:25:43.880 --> 00:25:44.720
 so quick

00:25:44.720 --> 00:25:45.860
 in our

00:25:45.860 --> 00:25:46.299
 arrogance

00:25:46.299 --> 00:25:47.200
 to look

00:25:47.200 --> 00:25:47.519
 at them

00:25:47.519 --> 00:25:47.820
 and say,

00:25:47.960 --> 00:25:48.759
 those foolish

00:25:48.759 --> 00:25:49.200
 Israelites,

00:25:50.039 --> 00:25:50.460
 what was

00:25:50.460 --> 00:25:51.259
 their problem?

00:25:51.779 --> 00:25:52.080
 I mean,

00:25:52.240 --> 00:25:53.000
 he records

00:25:53.000 --> 00:25:54.340
 here the

00:25:54.340 --> 00:25:54.820
 work of the

00:25:54.820 --> 00:25:55.700
 golden calf.

00:25:56.340 --> 00:25:56.660
 They were

00:25:56.660 --> 00:25:57.279
 not very

00:25:57.279 --> 00:25:58.099
 far out

00:25:58.099 --> 00:25:58.559
 of Egypt

00:25:58.559 --> 00:25:59.099
 having been

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 delivered.

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 An ocean

00:26:00.779 --> 00:26:01.680
 split in

00:26:01.680 --> 00:26:02.139
 front of

00:26:02.139 --> 00:26:02.399
 them.

00:26:03.059 --> 00:26:03.680
 They walked

00:26:03.680 --> 00:26:04.240
 through it.

00:26:04.599 --> 00:26:05.359
 It crashed

00:26:05.359 --> 00:26:05.839
 behind them

00:26:05.839 --> 00:26:06.399
 and destroyed

00:26:06.399 --> 00:26:06.960
 an army.

00:26:07.559 --> 00:26:07.799
 They were

00:26:07.799 --> 00:26:08.420
 being led

00:26:08.420 --> 00:26:08.779
 by a

00:26:08.779 --> 00:26:09.139
 pillar of

00:26:09.139 --> 00:26:09.539
 fire and

00:26:09.539 --> 00:26:09.740
 a pillar

00:26:09.740 --> 00:26:10.220
 of cloud

00:26:10.220 --> 00:26:11.480
 which existed

00:26:11.480 --> 00:26:12.259
 when they

00:26:12.259 --> 00:26:12.680
 cast the

00:26:12.680 --> 00:26:13.319
 golden calf.

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 Doesn't

00:26:14.059 --> 00:26:14.359
 that not

00:26:14.359 --> 00:26:14.680
 just in

00:26:14.680 --> 00:26:15.160
 some way

00:26:15.160 --> 00:26:15.899
 seem insane

00:26:15.899 --> 00:26:16.379
 to you

00:26:16.379 --> 00:26:17.139
 that they

00:26:17.139 --> 00:26:17.539
 were doing

00:26:17.539 --> 00:26:18.180
 this thing?

00:26:18.639 --> 00:26:18.899
 That they

00:26:18.899 --> 00:26:19.240
 were saying

00:26:19.240 --> 00:26:20.099
 this image

00:26:20.099 --> 00:26:20.359
 that we

00:26:20.359 --> 00:26:20.720
 created,

00:26:20.920 --> 00:26:21.259
 this is

00:26:21.259 --> 00:26:21.680
 what led

00:26:21.680 --> 00:26:22.120
 us out

00:26:22.120 --> 00:26:23.220
 of Egypt.

00:26:23.660 --> 00:26:24.580
 But we

00:26:24.580 --> 00:26:25.120
 are the

00:26:25.120 --> 00:26:26.500
 same way.

00:26:27.360 --> 00:26:27.860
 We are

00:26:27.860 --> 00:26:28.620
 equally

00:26:28.620 --> 00:26:29.600
 foolish

00:26:29.600 --> 00:26:30.820
 because we

00:26:30.820 --> 00:26:31.759
 have this

00:26:31.759 --> 00:26:32.799
 history and

00:26:32.799 --> 00:26:33.279
 we have

00:26:33.279 --> 00:26:34.259
 our own.

00:26:34.920 --> 00:26:35.779
 Study church

00:26:35.779 --> 00:26:36.180
 history.

00:26:36.680 --> 00:26:37.120
 Look at the

00:26:37.120 --> 00:26:37.799
 faithfulness of

00:26:37.799 --> 00:26:38.100
 God.

00:26:38.360 --> 00:26:38.600
 The very

00:26:38.600 --> 00:26:39.180
 fact that you

00:26:39.180 --> 00:26:39.680
 have sitting

00:26:39.680 --> 00:26:40.279
 in your lap

00:26:40.279 --> 00:26:40.680
 or opened

00:26:40.680 --> 00:26:41.160
 up on some

00:26:41.160 --> 00:26:42.180
 device the

00:26:42.180 --> 00:26:42.580
 words of

00:26:42.580 --> 00:26:43.320
 God translated

00:26:43.320 --> 00:26:43.640
 in your

00:26:43.640 --> 00:26:44.340
 language is

00:26:44.340 --> 00:26:44.860
 a mighty

00:26:44.860 --> 00:26:45.279
 work of

00:26:45.279 --> 00:26:45.539
 God.

00:26:45.880 --> 00:26:46.519
 This thing

00:26:46.519 --> 00:26:47.140
 has been

00:26:47.140 --> 00:26:47.900
 tried to

00:26:47.900 --> 00:26:48.500
 be killed

00:26:48.500 --> 00:26:49.019
 throughout

00:26:49.019 --> 00:26:49.759
 the ages

00:26:49.759 --> 00:26:50.220
 and yet

00:26:50.220 --> 00:26:51.299
 it perseveres.

00:26:52.080 --> 00:26:52.620
 Men have

00:26:52.620 --> 00:26:53.779
 died bringing

00:26:53.779 --> 00:26:54.380
 this book

00:26:54.380 --> 00:26:55.180
 to us

00:26:55.180 --> 00:26:56.039
 this morning.

00:26:56.980 --> 00:26:57.460
 We have

00:26:57.460 --> 00:26:58.080
 such a

00:26:58.080 --> 00:26:58.620
 rich,

00:26:58.740 --> 00:26:59.779
 rich history.

00:27:00.000 --> 00:27:00.220
 How about

00:27:00.220 --> 00:27:00.680
 your own

00:27:00.680 --> 00:27:01.100
 life?

00:27:02.539 --> 00:27:03.100
 If you're

00:27:03.100 --> 00:27:03.640
 truly a

00:27:03.640 --> 00:27:03.940
 believer,

00:27:04.100 --> 00:27:04.320
 you've

00:27:04.320 --> 00:27:05.080
 experienced

00:27:05.080 --> 00:27:05.920
 repentance.

00:27:06.180 --> 00:27:06.380
 You've

00:27:06.380 --> 00:27:07.060
 experienced

00:27:07.060 --> 00:27:07.900
 how very,

00:27:08.080 --> 00:27:08.900
 very ugly

00:27:08.900 --> 00:27:09.779
 your sin

00:27:09.779 --> 00:27:10.100
 is.

00:27:10.380 --> 00:27:10.779
 You've

00:27:10.779 --> 00:27:11.259
 felt the

00:27:11.259 --> 00:27:12.220
 depth of

00:27:12.220 --> 00:27:12.420
 that.

00:27:12.500 --> 00:27:12.700
 You've

00:27:12.700 --> 00:27:13.220
 seen God

00:27:13.220 --> 00:27:13.440
 in His

00:27:13.440 --> 00:27:13.700
 holiness

00:27:13.700 --> 00:27:14.080
 and you

00:27:14.080 --> 00:27:14.380
 know

00:27:14.380 --> 00:27:14.900
 there was

00:27:14.900 --> 00:27:15.460
 no way

00:27:15.460 --> 00:27:15.740
 you could

00:27:15.740 --> 00:27:16.140
 measure up

00:27:16.140 --> 00:27:16.460
 to that.

00:27:16.740 --> 00:27:17.019
 And yet

00:27:17.019 --> 00:27:17.640
 in Christ

00:27:17.640 --> 00:27:17.920
 you've

00:27:17.920 --> 00:27:18.060
 been

00:27:18.060 --> 00:27:18.420
 delivered.

00:27:18.580 --> 00:27:18.759
 You've

00:27:18.759 --> 00:27:19.299
 experienced

00:27:19.299 --> 00:27:19.620
 the kind

00:27:19.620 --> 00:27:19.980
 of joy

00:27:19.980 --> 00:27:20.640
 that comes

00:27:20.640 --> 00:27:21.100
 from that.

00:27:21.680 --> 00:27:22.120
 You've

00:27:22.120 --> 00:27:21.680
 been

00:27:21.680 --> 00:27:22.180
!

00:27:22.180 --> 00:27:22.680
 You've

00:27:22.680 --> 00:27:22.820
 been

00:27:22.820 --> 00:27:23.060
 delivered.

00:27:23.059 --> 00:27:23.319
 Eternal

00:27:23.319 --> 00:27:23.759
 end was

00:27:23.759 --> 00:27:24.240
 destruction

00:27:24.240 --> 00:27:25.019
 and yet

00:27:25.019 --> 00:27:26.059
 someone

00:27:26.059 --> 00:27:26.419
 paid the

00:27:26.419 --> 00:27:27.119
 price fully

00:27:27.119 --> 00:27:27.639
 for you.

00:27:28.399 --> 00:27:29.059
 You just

00:27:29.059 --> 00:27:29.679
 believe in

00:27:29.679 --> 00:27:29.819
 that.

00:27:29.879 --> 00:27:30.200
 You place

00:27:30.200 --> 00:27:30.720
 faith in

00:27:30.720 --> 00:27:31.119
 them and

00:27:31.119 --> 00:27:31.399
 you've

00:27:31.399 --> 00:27:31.559
 been

00:27:31.559 --> 00:27:32.039
 delivered.

00:27:32.919 --> 00:27:33.379
 You've

00:27:33.379 --> 00:27:34.000
 been ushered

00:27:34.000 --> 00:27:34.539
 back into

00:27:34.539 --> 00:27:34.980
 the kingdom.

00:27:35.419 --> 00:27:35.619
 You are

00:27:35.619 --> 00:27:36.000
 now a

00:27:36.000 --> 00:27:36.599
 son of

00:27:36.599 --> 00:27:37.019
 the living

00:27:37.019 --> 00:27:37.679
 God.

00:27:40.019 --> 00:27:40.659
 Why does

00:27:40.659 --> 00:27:41.059
 that history

00:27:41.059 --> 00:27:41.399
 not come

00:27:41.399 --> 00:27:41.700
 into our

00:27:41.700 --> 00:27:42.240
 minds?

00:27:42.599 --> 00:27:42.779
 Right?

00:27:43.139 --> 00:27:43.679
 Look at

00:27:43.679 --> 00:27:44.399
 the amazing

00:27:44.399 --> 00:27:45.339
 things God

00:27:45.339 --> 00:27:45.859
 has done

00:27:45.859 --> 00:27:46.579
 on our

00:27:46.579 --> 00:27:47.220
 behalf and

00:27:47.220 --> 00:27:48.019
 yet here

00:27:48.019 --> 00:27:48.500
 we are

00:27:48.500 --> 00:27:49.480
 just like

00:27:49.480 --> 00:27:49.960
 the

00:27:49.960 --> 00:27:50.420
 Israelites

00:27:50.420 --> 00:27:51.200
 turning

00:27:51.200 --> 00:27:51.940
 back away

00:27:51.940 --> 00:27:52.700
 back to

00:27:52.700 --> 00:27:52.880
 our

00:27:52.880 --> 00:27:53.259
 sin.

00:27:55.579 --> 00:27:56.240
 Look at

00:27:56.240 --> 00:27:56.579
 these

00:27:56.579 --> 00:27:58.160
 important

00:27:58.160 --> 00:27:58.700
 words.

00:27:59.019 --> 00:27:59.660
 Verse 16

00:27:59.660 --> 00:28:00.619
 and 17.

00:28:01.619 --> 00:28:02.140
 There are

00:28:02.140 --> 00:28:02.720
 two rather

00:28:02.720 --> 00:28:03.339
 incredible

00:28:03.339 --> 00:28:04.019
 buts in

00:28:04.019 --> 00:28:04.460
 the text

00:28:04.460 --> 00:28:04.779
 and I

00:28:04.779 --> 00:28:05.220
 say it

00:28:05.220 --> 00:28:05.460
 that way

00:28:05.460 --> 00:28:05.799
 on purpose

00:28:05.799 --> 00:28:06.059
 because I

00:28:06.059 --> 00:28:06.319
 want you

00:28:06.319 --> 00:28:06.680
 to remember

00:28:06.680 --> 00:28:06.920
 it.

00:28:07.319 --> 00:28:07.500
 There's

00:28:07.500 --> 00:28:07.700
 some

00:28:07.700 --> 00:28:08.059
 incredible

00:28:08.059 --> 00:28:08.519
 buts

00:28:08.519 --> 00:28:08.920
 in this

00:28:08.920 --> 00:28:09.240
 text.

00:28:11.720 --> 00:28:12.420
 Two of

00:28:12.420 --> 00:28:12.579
 them.

00:28:13.099 --> 00:28:13.720
 Verse 16

00:28:13.720 --> 00:28:15.259
 but they

00:28:15.259 --> 00:28:17.420
 and then

00:28:17.420 --> 00:28:18.360
 verse 17

00:28:18.360 --> 00:28:19.519
 but you.

00:28:20.539 --> 00:28:21.220
 Those are

00:28:21.220 --> 00:28:21.900
 precious

00:28:21.900 --> 00:28:22.920
 precious

00:28:22.920 --> 00:28:24.000
 words.

00:28:25.180 --> 00:28:25.460
 God has

00:28:25.460 --> 00:28:25.740
 been good

00:28:25.740 --> 00:28:26.319
 to us

00:28:26.319 --> 00:28:27.120
 but we

00:28:27.120 --> 00:28:29.120
 but then

00:28:29.120 --> 00:28:29.720
 right back

00:28:29.720 --> 00:28:30.000
 we can

00:28:30.000 --> 00:28:30.759
 say but

00:28:30.759 --> 00:28:31.240
 you.

00:28:33.059 --> 00:28:33.779
 God is

00:28:33.779 --> 00:28:34.559
 God.

00:28:35.000 --> 00:28:35.519
 We don't

00:28:35.519 --> 00:28:36.160
 affect who

00:28:36.160 --> 00:28:36.660
 he is and

00:28:36.660 --> 00:28:36.980
 how he

00:28:36.980 --> 00:28:37.480
 operates.

00:28:38.740 --> 00:28:39.680
 He is

00:28:39.680 --> 00:28:41.700
 self-existent.

00:28:42.299 --> 00:28:42.620
 His very

00:28:42.620 --> 00:28:43.420
 title he gave

00:28:43.420 --> 00:28:44.320
 to Moses

00:28:44.320 --> 00:28:45.019
 to tell

00:28:45.019 --> 00:28:45.340
 the people

00:28:45.340 --> 00:28:45.740
 tell them

00:28:45.740 --> 00:28:46.740
 I am

00:28:46.740 --> 00:28:47.759
 has sent

00:28:47.759 --> 00:28:48.019
 you.

00:28:48.620 --> 00:28:49.240
 The very

00:28:49.240 --> 00:28:49.920
 thought of

00:28:49.920 --> 00:28:50.580
 that word

00:28:50.580 --> 00:28:51.180
 is that

00:28:51.180 --> 00:28:51.680
 he is

00:28:51.680 --> 00:28:54.519
 self-sufficient.

00:28:55.259 --> 00:28:55.440
 You've

00:28:55.440 --> 00:28:55.840
 heard me say

00:28:55.840 --> 00:28:56.480
 before that

00:28:56.480 --> 00:28:57.660
 everything plugs

00:28:57.660 --> 00:28:58.080
 into him

00:28:58.080 --> 00:28:58.360
 but he

00:28:58.360 --> 00:28:59.080
 plugs into

00:28:59.080 --> 00:28:59.840
 nothing.

00:29:01.080 --> 00:29:01.539
 This is

00:29:01.539 --> 00:29:02.279
 the but

00:29:02.279 --> 00:29:03.180
 you that

00:29:03.180 --> 00:29:03.600
 we get to

00:29:03.600 --> 00:29:04.180
 bank on

00:29:04.180 --> 00:29:05.060
 when the

00:29:05.060 --> 00:29:05.640
 but we

00:29:05.640 --> 00:29:06.300
 is playing

00:29:06.300 --> 00:29:07.180
 out in

00:29:07.180 --> 00:29:07.779
 our lives.

00:29:08.980 --> 00:29:09.500
 Two

00:29:09.500 --> 00:29:10.140
 incredible

00:29:10.140 --> 00:29:11.120
 buts.

00:29:11.180 --> 00:29:11.740
 We continue

00:29:11.740 --> 00:29:12.420
 to sin

00:29:12.420 --> 00:29:12.860
 against our

00:29:12.860 --> 00:29:13.380
 God even

00:29:13.380 --> 00:29:13.740
 though he's

00:29:13.740 --> 00:29:14.080
 shown us

00:29:14.080 --> 00:29:14.720
 so much

00:29:14.720 --> 00:29:15.080
 goodness

00:29:15.080 --> 00:29:16.680
 but he

00:29:16.680 --> 00:29:17.240
 continues to

00:29:17.240 --> 00:29:17.760
 be good

00:29:17.760 --> 00:29:18.580
 and faithful

00:29:18.580 --> 00:29:19.040
 to us.

00:29:19.140 --> 00:29:19.480
 This should

00:29:19.480 --> 00:29:20.020
 move us

00:29:20.020 --> 00:29:20.820
 to repentance

00:29:20.820 --> 00:29:21.220
 beloved.

00:29:22.620 --> 00:29:23.260
 This should

00:29:23.260 --> 00:29:23.860
 move us

00:29:23.860 --> 00:29:24.600
 to hate

00:29:24.600 --> 00:29:25.180
 our sin

00:29:25.180 --> 00:29:25.540
 and to

00:29:25.540 --> 00:29:25.920
 love him

00:29:25.920 --> 00:29:26.240
 more.

00:29:27.420 --> 00:29:27.780
 To not

00:29:27.780 --> 00:29:27.980
 be

00:29:27.980 --> 00:29:28.880
 complacent.

00:29:28.980 --> 00:29:29.200
 To not

00:29:29.200 --> 00:29:29.980
 make excuses

00:29:29.980 --> 00:29:30.580
 but to

00:29:30.580 --> 00:29:30.860
 see that

00:29:30.860 --> 00:29:31.140
 the word

00:29:31.140 --> 00:29:31.500
 of God

00:29:31.500 --> 00:29:31.960
 is the

00:29:31.960 --> 00:29:32.460
 authority.

00:29:32.900 --> 00:29:33.340
 It is

00:29:33.340 --> 00:29:33.740
 the authority

00:29:33.740 --> 00:29:34.060
 whether you

00:29:34.060 --> 00:29:34.680
 recognize it

00:29:34.680 --> 00:29:35.000
 or not.

00:29:35.060 --> 00:29:35.220
 But to

00:29:35.220 --> 00:29:35.500
 begin to

00:29:35.500 --> 00:29:36.180
 recognize it

00:29:36.180 --> 00:29:36.680
 in your

00:29:36.680 --> 00:29:37.140
 life.

00:29:37.580 --> 00:29:37.800
 And begin

00:29:37.800 --> 00:29:38.380
 to arrange

00:29:38.380 --> 00:29:38.960
 your life

00:29:38.960 --> 00:29:39.700
 accordingly.

00:29:39.700 --> 00:29:41.000
 because you

00:29:41.000 --> 00:29:41.720
 know your

00:29:41.720 --> 00:29:42.279
 God loves

00:29:42.279 --> 00:29:42.580
 you and

00:29:42.580 --> 00:29:42.720
 your

00:29:42.720 --> 00:29:43.220
 appropriate

00:29:43.220 --> 00:29:43.840
 response

00:29:43.840 --> 00:29:44.319
 is a

00:29:44.319 --> 00:29:44.660
 love for

00:29:44.660 --> 00:29:45.299
 him in

00:29:45.299 --> 00:29:45.580
 keeping

00:29:45.580 --> 00:29:46.120
 his

00:29:46.120 --> 00:29:47.059
 commands.

00:29:49.059 --> 00:29:49.759
 The

00:29:49.759 --> 00:29:50.240
 American

00:29:50.240 --> 00:29:50.740
 church

00:29:50.740 --> 00:29:51.700
 and ours

00:29:51.700 --> 00:29:52.799
 has much

00:29:52.799 --> 00:29:53.319
 room

00:29:53.319 --> 00:29:54.880
 for repentance.

00:29:55.340 --> 00:29:55.740
 We were

00:29:55.740 --> 00:29:56.259
 putting together

00:29:56.259 --> 00:29:57.519
 a preaching

00:29:57.519 --> 00:29:58.100
 schedule for

00:29:58.100 --> 00:29:58.700
 Thursday night

00:29:58.700 --> 00:30:00.120
 and this

00:30:00.120 --> 00:30:00.480
 year

00:30:00.480 --> 00:30:02.160
 October 31st

00:30:02.160 --> 00:30:03.200
 falls on a

00:30:03.200 --> 00:30:03.819
 Thursday night

00:30:03.819 --> 00:30:04.740
 and so

00:30:04.740 --> 00:30:05.359
 most of

00:30:05.359 --> 00:30:05.460
 you

00:30:05.460 --> 00:30:06.000
 immediately

00:30:06.000 --> 00:30:06.319
 think of

00:30:06.319 --> 00:30:06.619
 Halloween

00:30:06.619 --> 00:30:07.099
 but it's

00:30:07.099 --> 00:30:07.279
 also

00:30:07.279 --> 00:30:07.799
 Reformation

00:30:07.799 --> 00:30:08.200
 Day.

00:30:08.379 --> 00:30:08.659
 It's the

00:30:08.659 --> 00:30:09.460
 day that

00:30:09.460 --> 00:30:09.939
 Martin Luther

00:30:09.939 --> 00:30:10.500
 nailed the

00:30:10.500 --> 00:30:11.139
 95 theses

00:30:11.139 --> 00:30:11.519
 on the door

00:30:11.519 --> 00:30:11.720
 of the

00:30:11.720 --> 00:30:12.000
 Wittenberg

00:30:12.000 --> 00:30:12.339
 church.

00:30:12.759 --> 00:30:12.879
 And I

00:30:12.879 --> 00:30:13.119
 was just

00:30:13.119 --> 00:30:13.599
 thinking about

00:30:13.599 --> 00:30:13.899
 that like

00:30:13.899 --> 00:30:14.099
 how we

00:30:14.099 --> 00:30:14.500
 probably should

00:30:14.500 --> 00:30:14.819
 do something

00:30:14.819 --> 00:30:15.200
 that night

00:30:15.200 --> 00:30:16.079
 for that.

00:30:16.839 --> 00:30:17.759
 And the

00:30:17.759 --> 00:30:18.099
 thought that

00:30:18.099 --> 00:30:18.419
 came into

00:30:18.419 --> 00:30:18.899
 my head

00:30:18.899 --> 00:30:19.279
 was that I

00:30:19.279 --> 00:30:19.659
 probably

00:30:19.659 --> 00:30:20.119
 needed to

00:30:20.119 --> 00:30:20.480
 write my

00:30:20.480 --> 00:30:21.079
 own

00:30:21.079 --> 00:30:21.879
 thesis

00:30:21.879 --> 00:30:22.419
 and put

00:30:22.419 --> 00:30:22.599
 it on

00:30:22.599 --> 00:30:22.779
 our

00:30:22.779 --> 00:30:23.000
 door.

00:30:24.419 --> 00:30:24.460
 There

00:30:24.460 --> 00:30:25.039
 wasn't

00:30:25.039 --> 00:30:25.460
 another

00:30:25.460 --> 00:30:25.899
 church

00:30:25.899 --> 00:30:26.419
 that needs

00:30:26.419 --> 00:30:27.220
 what I

00:30:27.220 --> 00:30:27.480
 have to

00:30:27.480 --> 00:30:27.960
 say about

00:30:27.960 --> 00:30:28.179
 it but

00:30:28.179 --> 00:30:28.439
 there's

00:30:28.439 --> 00:30:28.859
 plenty of

00:30:28.859 --> 00:30:29.139
 work to

00:30:29.139 --> 00:30:29.519
 be done

00:30:29.519 --> 00:30:30.119
 here

00:30:30.119 --> 00:30:31.059
 amongst

00:30:33.819 --> 00:30:35.679
 we do

00:30:35.679 --> 00:30:36.319
 some things

00:30:36.319 --> 00:30:37.000
 really well.

00:30:37.579 --> 00:30:38.019
 I think we

00:30:38.019 --> 00:30:38.359
 have some

00:30:38.359 --> 00:30:38.799
 things right.

00:30:38.879 --> 00:30:39.220
 We try to

00:30:39.220 --> 00:30:39.700
 be faithful

00:30:39.700 --> 00:30:40.039
 in the way

00:30:40.039 --> 00:30:40.480
 we arrange

00:30:40.480 --> 00:30:40.859
 church.

00:30:40.980 --> 00:30:41.220
 Some of

00:30:41.220 --> 00:30:41.500
 you will

00:30:41.500 --> 00:30:41.879
 say this

00:30:41.879 --> 00:30:42.179
 is a

00:30:42.179 --> 00:30:42.639
 strange

00:30:42.639 --> 00:30:42.919
 church.

00:30:43.000 --> 00:30:43.139
 It's a

00:30:43.139 --> 00:30:43.240
 lot

00:30:43.240 --> 00:30:43.519
 different.

00:30:43.619 --> 00:30:43.700
 We

00:30:43.700 --> 00:30:43.980
 just try

00:30:43.980 --> 00:30:44.639
 to line

00:30:44.639 --> 00:30:44.899
 up with

00:30:44.899 --> 00:30:45.099
 what we

00:30:45.099 --> 00:30:45.319
 see the

00:30:45.319 --> 00:30:45.519
 Word of

00:30:45.519 --> 00:30:45.659
 God

00:30:45.659 --> 00:30:46.039
 telling us

00:30:46.039 --> 00:30:46.299
 we ought

00:30:46.299 --> 00:30:46.659
 to do.

00:30:47.379 --> 00:30:47.679
 Good

00:30:47.679 --> 00:30:48.200
 for us.

00:30:48.500 --> 00:30:48.599
 Right?

00:30:49.819 --> 00:30:50.399
 But boy

00:30:50.399 --> 00:30:50.720
 do we

00:30:50.720 --> 00:30:51.279
 fail at

00:30:51.279 --> 00:30:52.139
 so many

00:30:52.139 --> 00:30:53.939
 points as

00:30:53.939 --> 00:30:54.519
 a congregation.

00:30:55.839 --> 00:30:56.819
 This work

00:30:56.819 --> 00:30:57.460
 of revival,

00:30:58.659 --> 00:30:59.819
 this type

00:30:59.819 --> 00:31:00.339
 of repentance,

00:31:00.599 --> 00:31:01.119
 this level,

00:31:01.539 --> 00:31:02.319
 this depth

00:31:02.319 --> 00:31:03.179
 of contrition,

00:31:03.819 --> 00:31:04.359
 is going

00:31:04.359 --> 00:31:04.859
 to show

00:31:04.859 --> 00:31:05.879
 up when

00:31:05.879 --> 00:31:06.460
 God sends

00:31:06.460 --> 00:31:07.119
 it amongst

00:31:07.119 --> 00:31:07.500
 us.

00:31:09.220 --> 00:31:09.700
 And my

00:31:09.700 --> 00:31:10.179
 question is

00:31:10.179 --> 00:31:10.419
 do we

00:31:10.419 --> 00:31:11.059
 long for

00:31:11.059 --> 00:31:11.799
 that type

00:31:11.799 --> 00:31:12.179
 of thing?

00:31:13.259 --> 00:31:13.980
 Do we

00:31:13.980 --> 00:31:14.679
 want our

00:31:14.679 --> 00:31:15.339
 sin exposed?

00:31:16.939 --> 00:31:17.559
 If we

00:31:17.559 --> 00:31:17.859
 could put it

00:31:17.859 --> 00:31:18.059
 on the

00:31:18.059 --> 00:31:18.399
 screen,

00:31:18.759 --> 00:31:19.519
 use the

00:31:19.519 --> 00:31:20.119
 technology,

00:31:20.519 --> 00:31:20.899
 would you

00:31:20.899 --> 00:31:21.639
 want it

00:31:21.639 --> 00:31:22.460
 exposed up

00:31:22.460 --> 00:31:22.679
 on the

00:31:22.679 --> 00:31:22.939
 screen?

00:31:23.139 --> 00:31:23.659
 Everything

00:31:23.659 --> 00:31:24.299
 that you

00:31:24.299 --> 00:31:24.700
 thought,

00:31:24.839 --> 00:31:25.539
 every emotion

00:31:25.539 --> 00:31:25.960
 that you've

00:31:25.960 --> 00:31:26.279
 had,

00:31:26.579 --> 00:31:26.960
 played,

00:31:27.379 --> 00:31:27.759
 for all

00:31:27.759 --> 00:31:28.000
 of us

00:31:28.000 --> 00:31:28.339
 to see?

00:31:29.740 --> 00:31:30.379
 It's what

00:31:30.379 --> 00:31:30.759
 the Israelites

00:31:30.759 --> 00:31:31.220
 were doing.

00:31:31.879 --> 00:31:32.519
 They were

00:31:32.519 --> 00:31:33.159
 putting on

00:31:33.159 --> 00:31:33.799
 sackcloth.

00:31:33.819 --> 00:31:34.159
 They were

00:31:34.159 --> 00:31:34.720
 fasting,

00:31:35.279 --> 00:31:35.859
 ashes on

00:31:35.859 --> 00:31:36.279
 their head.

00:31:36.879 --> 00:31:37.500
 They knew

00:31:37.500 --> 00:31:37.819
 that the

00:31:37.819 --> 00:31:38.139
 people of

00:31:38.139 --> 00:31:38.579
 God needed

00:31:38.579 --> 00:31:39.079
 to see,

00:31:39.659 --> 00:31:40.119
 I'm a

00:31:40.119 --> 00:31:40.639
 sinner too.

00:31:41.379 --> 00:31:41.919
 I am in

00:31:41.919 --> 00:31:42.639
 desperate need

00:31:42.639 --> 00:31:43.179
 of God's

00:31:43.179 --> 00:31:44.159
 grace in

00:31:44.159 --> 00:31:44.679
 my life.

00:31:45.159 --> 00:31:45.579
 Would we

00:31:45.579 --> 00:31:46.059
 be willing

00:31:46.059 --> 00:31:46.439
 for this

00:31:46.439 --> 00:31:47.019
 type of

00:31:47.019 --> 00:31:48.019
 thing to

00:31:48.019 --> 00:31:48.319
 happen?

00:31:49.659 --> 00:31:50.279
 Jay turned

00:31:50.279 --> 00:31:50.759
 me on to a

00:31:50.759 --> 00:31:51.079
 book this

00:31:51.079 --> 00:31:52.059
 week by

00:31:52.059 --> 00:31:52.579
 Jonathan Edwards

00:31:52.579 --> 00:31:52.980
 called The

00:31:52.980 --> 00:31:53.359
 Surprising

00:31:53.359 --> 00:31:53.740
 Work of

00:31:53.740 --> 00:31:53.980
 God.

00:31:54.039 --> 00:31:54.240
 I had

00:31:54.240 --> 00:31:54.559
 never heard

00:31:54.559 --> 00:31:54.839
 of it

00:31:54.839 --> 00:31:55.639
 until Jay

00:31:55.639 --> 00:31:55.939
 showed it

00:31:55.939 --> 00:31:56.159
 to me.

00:31:57.240 --> 00:31:57.659
 Sadly,

00:31:57.779 --> 00:31:57.939
 I'm going

00:31:57.939 --> 00:31:58.099
 to give

00:31:58.099 --> 00:31:58.740
 his copy

00:31:58.740 --> 00:31:59.220
 back and

00:31:59.220 --> 00:31:59.519
 I'm going

00:31:59.519 --> 00:31:59.700
 to buy

00:31:59.700 --> 00:32:00.179
 my own

00:32:00.179 --> 00:32:01.279
 soon to

00:32:01.279 --> 00:32:01.619
 continue

00:32:01.619 --> 00:32:02.139
 reading it.

00:32:02.140 --> 00:32:03.960
 Listen to

00:32:03.960 --> 00:32:04.180
 what he

00:32:04.180 --> 00:32:04.580
 said as

00:32:04.580 --> 00:32:05.380
 he observed

00:32:05.380 --> 00:32:06.200
 what was

00:32:06.200 --> 00:32:06.660
 going on

00:32:06.660 --> 00:32:06.980
 during the

00:32:06.980 --> 00:32:07.259
 Great

00:32:07.259 --> 00:32:07.660
 Awakening,

00:32:07.780 --> 00:32:08.020
 which he

00:32:08.020 --> 00:32:08.420
 was one

00:32:08.420 --> 00:32:08.680
 of the

00:32:08.680 --> 00:32:09.160
 major

00:32:09.160 --> 00:32:09.900
 leaders in,

00:32:10.080 --> 00:32:10.900
 a catalyst

00:32:10.900 --> 00:32:11.800
 for this

00:32:11.800 --> 00:32:12.880
 near work

00:32:12.880 --> 00:32:13.700
 of God.

00:32:14.980 --> 00:32:15.320
 He's

00:32:15.320 --> 00:32:15.700
 speaking of

00:32:15.700 --> 00:32:16.040
 converts.

00:32:16.160 --> 00:32:16.360
 He says,

00:32:16.359 --> 00:32:16.679
 there's a

00:32:16.679 --> 00:32:17.240
 great deal

00:32:17.240 --> 00:32:17.899
 of difference

00:32:17.899 --> 00:32:18.639
 in the

00:32:18.639 --> 00:32:19.500
 distinctness

00:32:19.500 --> 00:32:20.099
 of these

00:32:20.099 --> 00:32:20.819
 awakenings.

00:32:21.259 --> 00:32:21.759
 Genuine

00:32:21.759 --> 00:32:23.159
 God-sent

00:32:23.159 --> 00:32:23.599
 revival

00:32:23.599 --> 00:32:24.240
 awakenings.

00:32:24.939 --> 00:32:25.479
 Some people

00:32:25.479 --> 00:32:25.699
 who have

00:32:25.699 --> 00:32:26.219
 not had

00:32:26.219 --> 00:32:26.539
 such a

00:32:26.539 --> 00:32:26.959
 clear sight

00:32:26.959 --> 00:32:27.419
 of God's

00:32:27.419 --> 00:32:27.799
 justice

00:32:27.799 --> 00:32:28.139
 in their

00:32:28.139 --> 00:32:28.719
 condemnation

00:32:28.719 --> 00:32:29.500
 still mention

00:32:29.500 --> 00:32:30.019
 things that

00:32:30.019 --> 00:32:31.039
 plainly imply

00:32:31.039 --> 00:32:31.279
 it.

00:32:32.059 --> 00:32:32.659
 They develop

00:32:32.659 --> 00:32:33.679
 disposition to

00:32:33.679 --> 00:32:34.299
 acknowledge that

00:32:34.299 --> 00:32:35.240
 God is just

00:32:35.240 --> 00:32:35.959
 and righteous

00:32:35.959 --> 00:32:36.539
 in declaring

00:32:36.539 --> 00:32:37.240
 that he will

00:32:37.240 --> 00:32:38.159
 inflict punishment

00:32:38.159 --> 00:32:39.279
 on those

00:32:39.279 --> 00:32:40.099
 who sin.

00:32:40.559 --> 00:32:41.159
 They know

00:32:41.159 --> 00:32:41.639
 that they are

00:32:41.639 --> 00:32:42.740
 undeserving of

00:32:42.740 --> 00:32:43.599
 his comforts.

00:32:44.299 --> 00:32:44.919
 Many times

00:32:44.919 --> 00:32:45.439
 they did not

00:32:45.440 --> 00:32:46.140
 have such a

00:32:46.140 --> 00:32:46.680
 clear sight

00:32:46.680 --> 00:32:46.920
 of it

00:32:46.920 --> 00:32:47.160
 at the

00:32:47.160 --> 00:32:47.519
 beginning.

00:32:48.120 --> 00:32:48.380
 They have

00:32:48.380 --> 00:32:49.080
 very clear

00:32:49.080 --> 00:32:49.700
 discoveries

00:32:49.700 --> 00:32:50.299
 of their

00:32:50.299 --> 00:32:51.240
 unworthiness

00:32:51.240 --> 00:32:52.279
 soon after

00:32:52.279 --> 00:32:52.860
 their conviction

00:32:52.860 --> 00:32:54.160
 along with

00:32:54.160 --> 00:32:54.559
 being made

00:32:54.559 --> 00:32:55.240
 humble in

00:32:55.240 --> 00:32:55.680
 the dust

00:32:55.680 --> 00:32:56.580
 before God.

00:32:57.019 --> 00:32:57.320
 So let me

00:32:57.320 --> 00:32:57.740
 just sum up

00:32:57.740 --> 00:32:58.000
 for you

00:32:58.000 --> 00:32:58.340
 what he's

00:32:58.340 --> 00:32:58.539
 saying.

00:32:59.660 --> 00:33:00.600
 As a man

00:33:00.600 --> 00:33:01.539
 who observed

00:33:01.539 --> 00:33:03.019
 a genuine

00:33:03.019 --> 00:33:03.759
 God-sent

00:33:03.759 --> 00:33:04.299
 revival,

00:33:05.259 --> 00:33:05.640
 people who

00:33:05.640 --> 00:33:06.320
 were converting

00:33:06.320 --> 00:33:06.960
 to Christ

00:33:06.960 --> 00:33:07.440
 during this

00:33:07.440 --> 00:33:09.500
 time reacted

00:33:09.500 --> 00:33:10.140
 in this way.

00:33:10.860 --> 00:33:11.240
 They saw

00:33:11.240 --> 00:33:11.700
 the depth

00:33:11.700 --> 00:33:12.279
 of their sin

00:33:12.279 --> 00:33:12.840
 and they also

00:33:12.840 --> 00:33:13.500
 saw that God

00:33:13.500 --> 00:33:14.200
 was just

00:33:14.200 --> 00:33:14.980
 and right

00:33:14.980 --> 00:33:15.559
 and holy.

00:33:15.680 --> 00:33:16.380
 Just like

00:33:16.380 --> 00:33:17.120
 the people

00:33:17.120 --> 00:33:17.860
 in Nehemiah's

00:33:17.860 --> 00:33:18.579
 day recognized

00:33:18.579 --> 00:33:19.240
 that it was

00:33:19.240 --> 00:33:20.240
 proper that

00:33:20.240 --> 00:33:20.599
 God should

00:33:20.599 --> 00:33:21.140
 punish them.

00:33:22.299 --> 00:33:23.059
 It was the

00:33:23.059 --> 00:33:23.819
 right thing

00:33:23.819 --> 00:33:24.299
 for him to

00:33:24.299 --> 00:33:24.779
 do because

00:33:24.779 --> 00:33:25.400
 their sin

00:33:25.400 --> 00:33:26.339
 was great

00:33:26.339 --> 00:33:27.120
 and grievous.

00:33:28.559 --> 00:33:29.380
 This is the

00:33:29.380 --> 00:33:29.940
 thing that we

00:33:29.940 --> 00:33:30.740
 ought to also

00:33:30.740 --> 00:33:31.120
 do.

00:33:32.640 --> 00:33:33.339
 Many of us

00:33:33.339 --> 00:33:33.759
 grew up in

00:33:33.759 --> 00:33:34.519
 good Christian

00:33:34.519 --> 00:33:35.339
 homes and

00:33:35.339 --> 00:33:36.299
 were moral

00:33:36.299 --> 00:33:38.019
 and have

00:33:38.019 --> 00:33:38.900
 yet to really

00:33:38.900 --> 00:33:40.240
 see fully

00:33:40.240 --> 00:33:41.039
 unfolded before

00:33:41.039 --> 00:33:41.599
 us the depth

00:33:41.599 --> 00:33:42.160
 of our sin.

00:33:42.680 --> 00:33:43.360
 We really

00:33:43.360 --> 00:33:44.200
 act in a lot

00:33:44.200 --> 00:33:44.640
 of ways as

00:33:44.640 --> 00:33:45.039
 if God

00:33:45.039 --> 00:33:45.980
 owes us

00:33:45.980 --> 00:33:46.799
 something.

00:33:47.559 --> 00:33:48.140
 I've lived

00:33:48.140 --> 00:33:48.380
 a good

00:33:48.380 --> 00:33:48.779
 life.

00:33:49.279 --> 00:33:49.580
 I've done

00:33:49.580 --> 00:33:49.900
 my thing.

00:33:49.960 --> 00:33:50.120
 I've gone

00:33:50.120 --> 00:33:50.500
 to church.

00:33:50.559 --> 00:33:50.759
 I've done

00:33:50.759 --> 00:33:50.960
 on the

00:33:50.960 --> 00:33:51.559
 mission trips.

00:33:52.340 --> 00:33:53.039
 God owes

00:33:53.039 --> 00:33:53.319
 me.

00:33:54.539 --> 00:33:55.319
 God owes

00:33:55.319 --> 00:33:56.380
 you nothing.

00:33:57.960 --> 00:33:58.620
 You're a

00:33:58.620 --> 00:33:58.840
 sinner.

00:33:59.000 --> 00:33:59.480
 You're an

00:33:59.480 --> 00:33:59.980
 enemy of

00:33:59.980 --> 00:34:00.299
 his.

00:34:00.940 --> 00:34:01.680
 Cut off.

00:34:02.039 --> 00:34:02.140
 He doesn't

00:34:02.140 --> 00:34:02.539
 owe you

00:34:02.539 --> 00:34:03.019
 anything.

00:34:04.539 --> 00:34:05.279
 He freely

00:34:05.279 --> 00:34:06.080
 gives you

00:34:06.080 --> 00:34:06.940
 the gift

00:34:06.940 --> 00:34:07.380
 of grace

00:34:07.380 --> 00:34:07.860
 because he

00:34:07.860 --> 00:34:08.440
 loves you.

00:34:09.260 --> 00:34:09.760
 This is

00:34:09.760 --> 00:34:10.400
 that attitude

00:34:10.400 --> 00:34:10.760
 that should

00:34:10.760 --> 00:34:11.199
 be set

00:34:11.199 --> 00:34:11.840
 amongst

00:34:11.840 --> 00:34:12.300
 us.

00:34:13.220 --> 00:34:13.700
 Recognizing

00:34:13.700 --> 00:34:14.160
 the depth

00:34:14.160 --> 00:34:14.480
 of our

00:34:14.480 --> 00:34:14.720
 sin,

00:34:14.820 --> 00:34:15.019
 it's an

00:34:15.019 --> 00:34:16.059
 offense to

00:34:16.059 --> 00:34:16.820
 this holy

00:34:16.820 --> 00:34:17.019
 God.

00:34:17.260 --> 00:34:17.740
 Why would

00:34:17.740 --> 00:34:18.280
 he ever

00:34:18.280 --> 00:34:18.980
 forgive me?

00:34:19.320 --> 00:34:19.720
 Why would

00:34:19.720 --> 00:34:20.059
 he ever

00:34:20.059 --> 00:34:20.640
 do anything

00:34:20.640 --> 00:34:21.100
 good for

00:34:21.100 --> 00:34:21.240
 me?

00:34:21.320 --> 00:34:21.579
 Look at

00:34:21.579 --> 00:34:21.820
 what I

00:34:21.820 --> 00:34:22.160
 have done

00:34:22.160 --> 00:34:22.800
 against

00:34:22.800 --> 00:34:23.380
 him.

00:34:24.420 --> 00:34:25.120
 And that's

00:34:25.120 --> 00:34:25.320
 when we

00:34:25.320 --> 00:34:25.620
 turn to

00:34:25.620 --> 00:34:25.980
 Christ.

00:34:26.960 --> 00:34:27.600
 We see

00:34:27.600 --> 00:34:28.019
 that God

00:34:28.019 --> 00:34:28.480
 poured out

00:34:28.480 --> 00:34:29.120
 his wrath

00:34:29.120 --> 00:34:30.180
 for our

00:34:30.180 --> 00:34:31.160
 sin on

00:34:31.160 --> 00:34:31.820
 Christ.

00:34:32.079 --> 00:34:32.640
 The punishment

00:34:32.640 --> 00:34:33.380
 has been

00:34:33.380 --> 00:34:33.920
 played and

00:34:33.920 --> 00:34:34.400
 we place

00:34:34.400 --> 00:34:35.220
 our faith

00:34:35.220 --> 00:34:35.900
 in him.

00:34:36.880 --> 00:34:37.559
 We recognize

00:34:37.559 --> 00:34:37.900
 that the

00:34:37.900 --> 00:34:38.180
 person,

00:34:38.300 --> 00:34:38.519
 the work

00:34:38.519 --> 00:34:38.980
 of Christ

00:34:38.980 --> 00:34:39.599
 is the

00:34:39.599 --> 00:34:40.260
 way in

00:34:40.260 --> 00:34:40.940
 which we

00:34:40.940 --> 00:34:41.340
 get back

00:34:41.340 --> 00:34:41.619
 in right

00:34:41.619 --> 00:34:41.920
 standing

00:34:41.920 --> 00:34:42.300
 with God.

00:34:42.380 --> 00:34:42.539
 Our

00:34:42.539 --> 00:34:43.079
 righteousness

00:34:43.079 --> 00:34:44.260
 is found

00:34:44.260 --> 00:34:45.480
 in Christ.

00:34:46.519 --> 00:34:47.099
 This is a

00:34:47.099 --> 00:34:47.519
 supernatural

00:34:47.519 --> 00:34:48.780
 work of

00:34:48.780 --> 00:34:49.059
 the Spirit

00:34:49.059 --> 00:34:49.460
 of God.

00:34:50.740 --> 00:34:51.360
 When the

00:34:51.360 --> 00:34:51.719
 Spirit of

00:34:51.719 --> 00:34:52.619
 God draws

00:34:52.619 --> 00:34:53.059
 the Word

00:34:53.059 --> 00:34:53.500
 of God,

00:34:53.559 --> 00:34:53.940
 we see this

00:34:53.940 --> 00:34:54.500
 happening here,

00:34:54.579 --> 00:34:55.119
 draws the

00:34:55.119 --> 00:34:55.400
 Word of

00:34:55.400 --> 00:34:56.360
 God from

00:34:56.360 --> 00:34:56.539
 its

00:34:56.539 --> 00:34:57.740
 scabbard and

00:34:57.740 --> 00:34:58.219
 begins to

00:34:58.219 --> 00:34:58.980
 apply it

00:34:58.980 --> 00:34:59.440
 to the

00:34:59.440 --> 00:34:59.820
 hearts of

00:34:59.820 --> 00:35:00.059
 men.

00:35:01.280 --> 00:35:01.920
 Slices it,

00:35:02.099 --> 00:35:02.699
 dices it,

00:35:02.860 --> 00:35:03.780
 julian's fries,

00:35:04.079 --> 00:35:04.679
 gets in there

00:35:04.679 --> 00:35:04.980
 and starts

00:35:04.980 --> 00:35:05.599
 working in

00:35:05.599 --> 00:35:06.139
 our hearts.

00:35:07.940 --> 00:35:08.599
 This is what

00:35:08.599 --> 00:35:09.019
 happens.

00:35:10.039 --> 00:35:10.679
 This is the

00:35:10.679 --> 00:35:11.779
 evidence that

00:35:11.779 --> 00:35:12.179
 will take

00:35:12.179 --> 00:35:12.659
 place.

00:35:13.799 --> 00:35:14.500
 So we can

00:35:14.500 --> 00:35:15.059
 say,

00:35:15.699 --> 00:35:15.839
 yeah,

00:35:15.900 --> 00:35:17.019
 we're repentant

00:35:17.019 --> 00:35:17.360
 people.

00:35:17.659 --> 00:35:17.860
 Sure,

00:35:17.960 --> 00:35:18.059
 yeah,

00:35:18.079 --> 00:35:18.420
 we get the

00:35:18.420 --> 00:35:18.799
 depth of

00:35:18.799 --> 00:35:20.119
 sin until

00:35:20.119 --> 00:35:20.639
 we begin to

00:35:20.639 --> 00:35:21.099
 see this

00:35:21.099 --> 00:35:21.460
 kind of

00:35:21.460 --> 00:35:21.799
 repentance

00:35:21.799 --> 00:35:22.259
 happen.

00:35:22.960 --> 00:35:23.599
 The kind

00:35:23.599 --> 00:35:24.059
 that Spurgeon

00:35:24.059 --> 00:35:24.699
 spoke of.

00:35:25.500 --> 00:35:26.519
 The repentance

00:35:26.519 --> 00:35:27.099
 is as

00:35:27.099 --> 00:35:28.579
 notorious as

00:35:28.579 --> 00:35:29.019
 the sin

00:35:29.019 --> 00:35:29.960
 itself.

00:35:30.299 --> 00:35:30.880
 It's not

00:35:30.880 --> 00:35:31.539
 the work

00:35:31.539 --> 00:35:32.519
 that's taking

00:35:32.519 --> 00:35:33.019
 place in our

00:35:33.019 --> 00:35:33.360
 lives.

00:35:33.900 --> 00:35:34.099
 I'm going

00:35:34.099 --> 00:35:34.319
 to show you

00:35:34.319 --> 00:35:34.759
 two New

00:35:34.759 --> 00:35:35.099
 Testament

00:35:35.099 --> 00:35:36.159
 examples of

00:35:36.159 --> 00:35:37.019
 genuine

00:35:37.019 --> 00:35:38.420
 God

00:35:38.420 --> 00:35:38.699
 wrought

00:35:38.699 --> 00:35:39.119
 repentance.

00:35:40.300 --> 00:35:40.699
 The first

00:35:40.699 --> 00:35:41.119
 being the

00:35:41.119 --> 00:35:41.659
 prodigal son.

00:35:41.679 --> 00:35:42.079
 Don't turn

00:35:42.079 --> 00:35:42.360
 here.

00:35:42.719 --> 00:35:43.019
 I'll have you

00:35:43.019 --> 00:35:43.340
 turn to the

00:35:43.340 --> 00:35:43.679
 next one.

00:35:44.059 --> 00:35:44.360
 The first

00:35:44.360 --> 00:35:44.639
 being the

00:35:44.639 --> 00:35:45.280
 prodigal son,

00:35:45.480 --> 00:35:45.960
 Luke 15

00:35:45.960 --> 00:35:46.360
 21.

00:35:46.599 --> 00:35:46.880
 This is the

00:35:46.880 --> 00:35:47.320
 parable that

00:35:47.320 --> 00:35:47.900
 Jesus told.

00:35:48.320 --> 00:35:48.659
 You see the

00:35:48.659 --> 00:35:49.259
 return of the

00:35:49.259 --> 00:35:49.500
 son.

00:35:49.579 --> 00:35:50.019
 He's gone.

00:35:50.199 --> 00:35:51.059
 He said to

00:35:51.059 --> 00:35:51.420
 his dad,

00:35:51.480 --> 00:35:51.780
 I wish you

00:35:51.780 --> 00:35:52.179
 were dead.

00:35:52.259 --> 00:35:52.619
 Give me my

00:35:52.619 --> 00:35:52.920
 share of the

00:35:52.920 --> 00:35:53.280
 inheritance.

00:35:53.599 --> 00:35:54.039
 He's gone.

00:35:54.199 --> 00:35:54.880
 He's lived

00:35:54.880 --> 00:35:55.500
 lavishly.

00:35:55.559 --> 00:35:56.059
 He's wasted

00:35:56.059 --> 00:35:56.500
 it all.

00:35:57.000 --> 00:35:57.820
 He's gone and

00:35:57.820 --> 00:35:58.820
 lived as one

00:35:58.820 --> 00:35:59.880
 contrary to the

00:35:59.880 --> 00:36:00.340
 way his father

00:36:00.340 --> 00:36:00.840
 would have him

00:36:00.840 --> 00:36:01.159
 live.

00:36:01.480 --> 00:36:01.719
 But he

00:36:01.719 --> 00:36:02.179
 returns to

00:36:02.179 --> 00:36:02.579
 him and he

00:36:02.579 --> 00:36:02.940
 says,

00:36:03.400 --> 00:36:03.780
 Father, I

00:36:07.019 --> 00:36:13.840
 be called

00:36:13.840 --> 00:36:14.239
 your son.

00:36:14.960 --> 00:36:15.780
 I get that.

00:36:15.880 --> 00:36:16.099
 I'm not

00:36:16.099 --> 00:36:16.559
 coming to you

00:36:16.559 --> 00:36:16.880
 because I

00:36:16.880 --> 00:36:17.900
 expect anything

00:36:17.900 --> 00:36:18.559
 of you

00:36:18.559 --> 00:36:19.159
 whatsoever.

00:36:20.199 --> 00:36:20.880
 The second

00:36:20.880 --> 00:36:21.900
 one, 2

00:36:21.900 --> 00:36:22.300
 Corinthians

00:36:22.300 --> 00:36:22.960
 chapter 7.

00:36:23.059 --> 00:36:23.360
 Please do

00:36:23.360 --> 00:36:23.739
 turn here

00:36:23.739 --> 00:36:24.239
 with me.

00:36:37.019 --> 00:36:43.039
 So I

00:36:43.039 --> 00:36:43.300
 hope you

00:36:43.300 --> 00:36:43.739
 get that

00:36:43.739 --> 00:36:44.280
 2 Corinthians

00:36:44.280 --> 00:36:44.739
 is the

00:36:44.739 --> 00:36:45.219
 follow-up

00:36:45.219 --> 00:36:45.759
 letter to

00:36:45.759 --> 00:36:46.440
 1 Corinthians.

00:36:46.780 --> 00:36:47.539
 The second

00:36:47.539 --> 00:36:48.059
 letter that

00:36:48.059 --> 00:36:48.599
 Paul wrote

00:36:48.599 --> 00:36:48.940
 to the

00:36:48.940 --> 00:36:49.239
 Corinthian

00:36:49.239 --> 00:36:49.579
 church.

00:36:50.239 --> 00:36:50.860
 He was

00:36:50.860 --> 00:36:51.659
 pretty hard

00:36:51.659 --> 00:36:52.119
 on the

00:36:52.119 --> 00:36:52.420
 Corinthian

00:36:52.420 --> 00:36:52.940
 church in

00:36:52.940 --> 00:36:53.300
 his first

00:36:53.300 --> 00:36:53.599
 letter.

00:36:54.440 --> 00:36:54.739
 He was

00:36:54.739 --> 00:36:54.980
 setting

00:36:54.980 --> 00:36:55.780
 straight a

00:36:55.780 --> 00:36:56.300
 lot of

00:36:56.300 --> 00:36:56.719
 things that

00:36:56.719 --> 00:36:57.759
 needed to

00:36:57.759 --> 00:36:58.079
 be set

00:36:58.079 --> 00:36:58.340
 straight.

00:36:58.420 --> 00:36:58.719
 Listen to

00:36:58.719 --> 00:36:58.900
 what he

00:36:58.900 --> 00:36:59.480
 says here

00:36:59.480 --> 00:36:59.920
 beginning in

00:36:59.920 --> 00:37:00.400
 verse 8.

00:37:03.559 --> 00:37:04.360
 For even

00:37:04.360 --> 00:37:04.900
 if I made

00:37:04.900 --> 00:37:05.659
 you grieve

00:37:05.659 --> 00:37:06.300
 with my

00:37:06.300 --> 00:37:06.619
 letter,

00:37:07.019 --> 00:37:07.900
 I do

00:37:07.900 --> 00:37:08.239
 not

00:37:08.239 --> 00:37:08.900
 regret it

00:37:08.900 --> 00:37:09.900
 though I

00:37:09.900 --> 00:37:10.519
 did regret

00:37:10.519 --> 00:37:11.460
 it for I

00:37:11.460 --> 00:37:12.179
 see that the

00:37:12.179 --> 00:37:13.039
 letter grieved

00:37:13.039 --> 00:37:14.159
 you though only

00:37:14.159 --> 00:37:14.599
 for a little

00:37:14.599 --> 00:37:14.920
 while.

00:37:15.019 --> 00:37:15.340
 So catch

00:37:15.340 --> 00:37:15.659
 that.

00:37:16.259 --> 00:37:16.940
 He says

00:37:16.940 --> 00:37:17.380
 even if I

00:37:17.380 --> 00:37:17.579
 made you

00:37:17.579 --> 00:37:17.800
 grieve with

00:37:17.800 --> 00:37:18.119
 my letter,

00:37:18.920 --> 00:37:19.840
 I don't

00:37:19.840 --> 00:37:20.219
 regret it

00:37:20.219 --> 00:37:20.679
 now even

00:37:20.679 --> 00:37:20.980
 though I

00:37:20.980 --> 00:37:21.500
 did because

00:37:21.500 --> 00:37:21.820
 it grieved

00:37:21.820 --> 00:37:22.039
 you.

00:37:22.519 --> 00:37:23.179
 That saddened

00:37:23.179 --> 00:37:23.500
 him, these

00:37:23.500 --> 00:37:23.880
 people that

00:37:23.880 --> 00:37:24.599
 he loved.

00:37:24.860 --> 00:37:25.400
 But he

00:37:25.400 --> 00:37:25.860
 recognized it

00:37:25.860 --> 00:37:26.300
 only was for

00:37:26.300 --> 00:37:26.519
 a little

00:37:26.519 --> 00:37:26.739
 while.

00:37:26.820 --> 00:37:27.199
 Verse 9.

00:37:27.920 --> 00:37:28.340
 As it

00:37:28.340 --> 00:37:28.900
 is, I

00:37:28.900 --> 00:37:30.320
 rejoice not

00:37:30.320 --> 00:37:30.739
 because you

00:37:30.739 --> 00:37:31.340
 were grieved

00:37:31.340 --> 00:37:32.079
 but because

00:37:32.079 --> 00:37:32.340
 you were

00:37:32.340 --> 00:37:33.480
 grieved into

00:37:33.480 --> 00:37:34.119
 repenting.

00:37:34.920 --> 00:37:35.340
 For you

00:37:35.340 --> 00:37:35.860
 felt a

00:37:35.860 --> 00:37:36.300
 godly

00:37:36.300 --> 00:37:36.699
 grief.

00:37:37.019 --> 00:37:37.400
 So that

00:37:37.400 --> 00:37:37.860
 you suffered

00:37:37.860 --> 00:37:38.840
 no loss

00:37:38.840 --> 00:37:39.739
 through us.

00:37:40.300 --> 00:37:41.059
 For godly

00:37:41.059 --> 00:37:41.780
 grief produces

00:37:41.780 --> 00:37:42.280
 a repentance

00:37:42.280 --> 00:37:42.800
 that leads

00:37:42.800 --> 00:37:43.440
 to salvation

00:37:43.440 --> 00:37:44.320
 without regret

00:37:44.320 --> 00:37:45.679
 whereas worldly

00:37:45.679 --> 00:37:46.800
 grief produces

00:37:46.800 --> 00:37:47.300
 death.

00:37:48.340 --> 00:37:48.880
 For see what

00:37:48.880 --> 00:37:49.579
 earnestness this

00:37:49.579 --> 00:37:50.139
 godly grief has

00:37:50.139 --> 00:37:50.940
 produced to you

00:37:50.940 --> 00:37:52.019
 but also what

00:37:52.019 --> 00:37:52.860
 eagerness to

00:37:52.860 --> 00:37:53.639
 clear yourselves,

00:37:54.099 --> 00:37:55.039
 what indignation,

00:37:55.360 --> 00:37:56.000
 what fear,

00:37:56.400 --> 00:37:57.079
 what longing,

00:37:57.519 --> 00:37:58.179
 what zeal,

00:37:58.739 --> 00:37:59.460
 what punishment.

00:37:59.460 --> 00:38:02.240
 He's

00:38:02.240 --> 00:38:03.019
 overjoyed.

00:38:03.019 --> 00:38:03.240
 He's

00:38:03.240 --> 00:38:04.519
 happy that

00:38:04.519 --> 00:38:04.780
 it brought

00:38:04.780 --> 00:38:05.380
 about grief

00:38:05.380 --> 00:38:05.840
 because the

00:38:05.840 --> 00:38:07.039
 grief led

00:38:07.039 --> 00:38:07.740
 to repentance.

00:38:08.380 --> 00:38:08.720
 It's the same

00:38:08.720 --> 00:38:09.360
 picture of what's

00:38:09.360 --> 00:38:10.039
 happening here

00:38:10.039 --> 00:38:10.860
 to the Israelites

00:38:10.860 --> 00:38:11.760
 in the book of

00:38:11.760 --> 00:38:12.300
 Nehemiah.

00:38:12.960 --> 00:38:13.559
 Broken,

00:38:14.139 --> 00:38:15.000
 weeping over

00:38:15.000 --> 00:38:15.519
 their sin.

00:38:16.579 --> 00:38:17.940
 Visibly displaying

00:38:17.940 --> 00:38:18.920
 how distraught

00:38:18.920 --> 00:38:19.980
 they are over

00:38:19.980 --> 00:38:20.940
 this and then

00:38:20.940 --> 00:38:22.079
 calling on God

00:38:22.079 --> 00:38:22.720
 for the

00:38:22.720 --> 00:38:23.260
 deliverance of

00:38:23.260 --> 00:38:23.860
 their souls.

00:38:23.860 --> 00:38:26.559
 praise God

00:38:26.559 --> 00:38:28.300
 that even when

00:38:28.300 --> 00:38:29.460
 the but they

00:38:29.460 --> 00:38:30.460
 and the but we

00:38:30.460 --> 00:38:31.420
 exists,

00:38:32.140 --> 00:38:32.840
 the but you

00:38:32.840 --> 00:38:33.980
 is quick to

00:38:33.980 --> 00:38:34.460
 come along

00:38:34.460 --> 00:38:35.539
 behind it.

00:38:35.980 --> 00:38:36.620
 Join me in

00:38:36.620 --> 00:38:36.820
 prayer.