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 Father, we've asked in this last song that the Holy Spirit would come and move within us and deeply within us.

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 Father, we continue to ask for that.

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 We, Father, are going to open your word, and your word is going to talk about very difficult things about the world,

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 and your word is going to talk about very difficult things about each one of us who are here.

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 So we ask, Father, you know how our minds turn from these things and comfort ourselves with fantasies and lies.

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 So we ask, Father, that the Holy Spirit would move in a deep and powerful way within each one of us and bring your word to our heart.

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 Bring your word to our heart.

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 And as your word is brought to our heart, fan in the flame within us a deep longing and yearning to have our confidence and our identity and our joy in the person and work of Jesus.

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 And all this we ask in Jesus' name. Amen.

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 Please be seated.

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 So I was young once, and back, I was 32 years old.

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 I've been ordained for three years already.

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 I was an assistant in a suburban church.

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 When I was 32, I got sent to my first church I was looking after.

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 It was four little churches up the valley in a place called Eganville, also Killaloo, Clontarf, and Tremor.

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 And I started in the church in June.

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 And in, I can't remember now if it was late August or maybe it was into middle September.

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 But out of the blue, I had a visit from an older minister.

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 I mean, he was probably younger than I am now, but an older minister.

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 He seemed really old to me then.

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 And he came just sort of unannounced.

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 I was dressed very, very, very casually.

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 I was young.

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 I said that before.

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 And he came to invite me to something that my predecessor, the minister who had been at the church before me, he went to all the time.

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 And what this was, was a gathering of ministers in Pembroke that happened once a month.

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 And as I said, my predecessor, the fellow who was a minister before me, he went to it all the time.

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 And so this ministry meets me.

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 You know, I don't look like I'm very conservative and all that.

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 And he starts, within like three minutes of inviting me, he starts to tell me how terrible evangelicals are and how terrible charismatics are,

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 how they're stupid and tells me funny stories about them.

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 And this particular man, they'd been studying a book by a man by the name of John Spong.

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 And John Spong basically doesn't believe anything in the Bible happened.

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 He didn't believe the incarnation happened.

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 He didn't believe the resurrection happened.

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 Like, basically nothing in the Bible actually happened.

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 And that's the book that they were going to study.

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 And my predecessor went there all the time.

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 And I guess because I was young and because my predecessor liked these things and because I was Anglican, he assumed I would like all of these things.

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 And so he thought he was winning me over by telling me all of these stories about the stupidity and foolishness of evangelicals and charismatics and traditional Catholics.

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 So I was polite.

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 Believe it or not, I didn't get into an argument with him or anything like that.

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 But I never went to the gathering.

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 Now, I mention all of this because it might help us to explain or understand a little bit or relate to something that's going to happen in the Bible text today,

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 which we talked about very briefly last week.

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 But I just, we're going to touch on it because it's important to this very horrible thing that happens in the rest of the text.

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 So if you turn, find your Bibles, it's Esther chapter 3, Esther chapter 3 verse 1.

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 If you're in your Bibles, you find the Psalms.

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 That's really easy to find.

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 Then just before the Psalms is Job.

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 And just before Job is the short book of Esther.

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 And we're going to begin at chapter 3 verse 1 again.

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 And if you're a guest here this week, what we've been doing is we're going through the book of Esther.

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 We're going to go through all of it from beginning to end.

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 And this is our fourth sermon on it.

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 In the first sermon, which was chapter 1, we met the king, King Xerxes, because this book is set in the reign of the king of Persia,

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 the same king who fought the Battle of Thermopylae, made famous in the movie 300 and other movies around that.

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 And that's in chapter 1.

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 And we discover that the king is very willful.

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 He gets drunk, asks his wife to do something.

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 She refuses to do it.

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 And not only does he banish his wife forever from being queen, but he punishes every woman in the empire at the same time.

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 And that's how we meet King Xerxes.

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 In second chapter and the second sermon, we discover that he gets sad afterwards because he misses her.

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 So he comes up with this brilliant plan that he's going to go ahead and use the powers of the state to round up anywhere between 400 to 1,500 young women,

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 forcibly take them from their homes, bring them to the capital where they would be spoiled for a year,

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 all so that he could spend one night in bed with them.

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 And then basically have them banished and childless and powerless for the rest of their lives.

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 And that's the king Xerxes that has done this.

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 And we're introduced at that time to a young woman by Esther, by the name of Esther, who's one of the people captured and brought to Susa.

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 But she ends up being the one who satisfies and delights the king the most, and she becomes queen.

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 And then last week, we looked at this story about how Esther's uncle Mordecai hears about a plot to assassinate the king.

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 And Mordecai lets the king know about it through Esther.

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 He gets the credit, and the assassination plot is foiled.

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 And then what happens is the most surprising thing in the world, and we talked about it last week.

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 I'm not going to talk about it this week, is that Mordecai has a conversion moment.

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 You see, Esther and Mordecai are Jewish people, but they're living as compromised Jews.

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 They're pretending that they're not Jewish.

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 In fact, it's more than just pretending.

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 They're acting completely and utterly as if they're Persian.

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 Mordecai doesn't use his Jewish name.

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 He uses Mordecai, which means worshiper of Marduk.

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 Esther doesn't use her Jewish name.

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 She uses Esther, which is named after the goddess Ishtar.

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 And Mordecai and Esther very specifically follow the policy of acting like Persians, looking like Persians,

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 and having nothing to do with their Jewish faith.

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 But as we're going to see, as we looked at last week, there's this surprising conversion moment that happens to Mordecai.

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 And it seems sort of a bit out of the blue, he announces that he's a Jew.

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 And that announcement that he's a Jew is going to set in motion a plan for genocide.

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 So let's just sort of catch up to where we are.

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 We're going to sort of read a little bit that we looked at last week, but for a different reason,

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 and see this horrendous evil which is launched by Mordecai's public declaration that he's a Jew.

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 So chapter 3, verse 1, here's how it goes.

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 After these things, remember we looked at this last week, but I want to bring out a different point because it's important.

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 After these things, King Xerxes, or Aehuserus, or King Headache, promoted Haman, the Agagite, the son of Hamadatha,

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 and advanced him and set his throne above all the officials who were with him.

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 Now just sort of pause there for a second.

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 One of the things, if you're trying to figure out how to read the Old Testament,

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 that's those books that are written before Jesus,

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 is that often a person's name when they're introduced is significant.

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 And it helps you to understand what's going on in the story.

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 And in this particular case, Haman is introduced for the first time,

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 and he's introduced as an Agagite.

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 And that's going to be very significant because Agagites were historic enemies of the Jewish people.

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 If you go back and you look in Exodus chapter 17,

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 after the Jewish people had been delivered from the land of slavery from Egypt,

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 and they cross the Red Sea, the very, very first nation that tries to destroy them are the Amalekites.

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 And it's very, very significant then that they sort of become almost like a bit of a symbol

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 in the Bible for those people who desire to destroy God's people.

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 And that's how Haman is introduced.

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 But what happens, well, let's just see what happens next.

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 Verse 2,

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 And all the king's servants who were at the king's gate bowed down and paid homage to Haman,

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 for the king had so commanded concerning them.

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 Haman is like the most powerful person in the empire right under King Xerxes.

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 Then the king, verse 3,

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 The king's servants who were at the king's gate said to Mordecai,

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 Why do you transgress the king's command?

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 Sorry, I missed a part there.

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 We'll say verse 2 again.

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 And all the king's servants who were at the king's gate bowed down and paid homage to Haman,

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 for the king had so commanded concerning him.

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 But Mordecai did not bow down or pay homage.

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 Then the king's servants who were at the king's gate said to Mordecai,

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 Why do you transgress the king's command?

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 And when they spoke to him day after day, and he would not listen to them,

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 they told Haman in order to see whether Mordecai's words, in other words, his actions, would stand.

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 Here's the kicker, for he had told them that he was a Jew.

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 I'm not going to go into it that much.

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 It's like a conversion moment.

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 Mordecai, in the weirdest way possible,

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 who's been hiding his Jewishness,

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 announced that he's a Jew.

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 Now, one of the reasons that he might have done that is,

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 well, remember I told you that when I first went to my first church in Eganville,

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 I followed a fellow who didn't believe that miracles happened,

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 didn't believe that the Bible is God's inspired word,

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 didn't believe that the resurrection happened,

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 didn't believe in the incarnation,

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 didn't believe any of these things.

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 And he was connected with other ministers who felt the same way.

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 And because I was following that minister,

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 and because I was young,

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 the leader of these other ministers just assumed that I was with them.

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 And he told jokes and everything about evangelicals

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 and told me about what they believed and what they did.

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 And I wonder if something similar happened to Haman and Mordecai,

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 because Mordecai would have been an official.

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 And maybe when Mordecai was with Haman at different times,

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 Haman would boast to people about the fact that he was an Agagite.

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 And what that means is that not only was he like the Amalekites

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 who attacked the Jewish people to try to destroy them,

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 the very, very first nation to attract the Jewish people

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 after they'd been delivered from bondage in Egypt,

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 but Agag was their king.

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 So it's as if, you know, Haman thinks,

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 I'm just with Persians,

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 I'm just with people who are like me,

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 because Mordecai goes by the name worshipper of Marduk,

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 and Mordecai looks like a Persian,

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 speaks like a Persian,

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 has nothing to do with Jewishness,

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 nothing Jewish,

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 there's nothing Jewish about him at all

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 that Haman can see,

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 and Mordecai is an official in the Persian Empire

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 under King Xerxes,

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 and so maybe when Haman was just hanging around

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 with guys like Mordecai,

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 he just assumed that Mordecai was with him.

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 And so he just said,

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 like, I'm a guy who,

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 I hate Jewish people,

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 I don't like them.

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 I'm opposed to them.

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 In fact, I'm like the king of those people opposed to him.

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 I'm going to do,

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 I just don't like them.

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 And Mordecai,

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 we don't know what went on in Mordecai's mind,

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 but maybe what went on in Mordecai's mind

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 to partially explain his surprising conversion

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 is that he remembered one of the stories

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 that was told in the book of Exodus,

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 because when the Amalekites are introduced

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 in the book of Exodus,

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 some of you are familiar with this story.

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 The Amalekites are attacking the Jewish people,

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 and Moses sends Joshua out to fight them.

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 But the Amalekites are winning.

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 And so Moses goes up onto the top of a mountain

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 over the battle,

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 and he raises the staff of God above his head.

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 And when he raises the staff of God above his head,

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 the Amalekites start to lose,

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 and Joshua and the Jewish people win.

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 But as Moses' hands get tired,

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 he starts to lower the staff,

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 and as soon as he lowers the staff,

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 the Amalekites begin to win,

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 and the Jewish people are losing.

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 And so Moses and Aaron and Hur,

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 who are with him,

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 realize that Moses has to keep the staff of the Lord

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 up above his head

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 if the Jewish people are going to survive this attack

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 by a superior military force

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 that's trying to destroy them.

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 And it's sort of a well-known story

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 in the Old Testament,

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 but the point of the Old Testament,

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 of this story,

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 is that the staff represents God's power

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 and his sovereignty.

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 And that's the function the staff serves

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 in all of the stories with Moses and the staff.

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 And so the lesson

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 that was to come from this story

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 is that when the Jewish people

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 depended upon God being sovereign and powerful

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 and submitted to it,

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 God won the battle.

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 But when they didn't have God

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 as their sovereign,

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 acknowledging his power,

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 but tried to work on their own power,

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 those who desired to kill the people of God

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 would win.

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 In other words,

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 the people of God were to depend

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 upon God's power and his sovereignty.

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 And maybe in some small way,

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 what went through Mordecai's mind

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 is he sees this man who hates the Jews

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 reaching the highest point of power

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 in the empire under the emperor.

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 Maybe that story told to him by his mother

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 or by his grandmother.

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 See, one of the reasons

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 why Sunday school is so important

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 is you never know the impact

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 of a story told to a young child

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 that it might have on their life later on.

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 It's why it's such an important ministry.

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 It's why parents,

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 if you're parents,

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 to read your children Bible stories,

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 is so important.

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 And maybe that story told by his mom

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 or his grandmom all those years ago,

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 and Mordecai has this moment

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 where he's pierced and realized

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 if he's going to survive this,

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 it's only if he acknowledges the Lord

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 as sovereign,

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 because only the Lord's power

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 is going to deliver his people.

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 And so Mordecai does this astounding thing

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 and says,

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 I'm a Jew.

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 I'm a Jew.

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 And he says it,

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 and it gets back to the man

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 who in a sense boasts

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 that he is the king of those people

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 who kill,

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 who are prejudiced,

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 and hate the Jews.

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 So how does Haman react?

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 Verse 5.

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 And when Haman saw

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 that Mordecai

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 did not bow down

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 or pay homage to him,

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 Haman was filled with fury.

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 But Haman disdained

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 to lay hands on Mordecai alone.

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 So as they had made known to him

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 the people of Mordecai,

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 Haman sought to destroy

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 all the Jews,

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 the people of Mordecai,

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 throughout the whole empire

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 of Xerxes.

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 I'll just sort of pause here

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 in the story.

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 We have here in the Bible

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 a perfect illustration

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 of prejudice

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 and hatred and racism.

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 Most of us,

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 in fact,

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 I would bet

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 that every single one of us here

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 would say that we do not

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 have any prejudices

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 nor are we guilty of racism.

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 But let me give you

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 a little bit of a gut check

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 because this perfectly illustrates

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 an example,

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 something that we need to do

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 for the examination

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 of our conscience.

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 If you're driving along

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 in your car

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 and somebody cuts you off

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 and you can see

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 maybe that it's a woman,

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 this is an example for men,

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 and internally you say,

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 look at that stupid driver.

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 All women are like that.

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 That's prejudice.

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 You've just revealed

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 that you have prejudice.

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 prejudice.

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 If you're in a lineup

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 for something

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 and somebody who looks

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 like they're from the Middle East

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 bumps into the line

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 and you don't just say,

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 well, that's a goofball,

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 but you say,

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 look at that goofball.

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 That's what all Arabs are like.

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 You're prejudiced.

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 If you're in a Starbucks

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 and your barista,

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 who's gay,

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 gets a little bit mad

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 at something that's going on

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 and you don't just say,

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 well, that person's having a bad day

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 or they're just high strung,

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 but you say,

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 look at that guy.

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 That's what all gays are like.

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 They throw hissy fits.

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 You're prejudiced.

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 You're prejudiced.

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 I'm prejudiced.

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 You see,

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 it's the very nature

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 of prejudice.

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 If you're not prejudiced

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 against somebody,

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 it's just an individual

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 doing something,

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 but if you're prejudiced,

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 it's everybody

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 who's like that

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 that's like that.

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 And the Bible here

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 is going to show you

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 that prejudice

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 is a great sin.

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 It's something

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 that we need to repent of.

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 You see,

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 Mordecai,

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 Haman doesn't say,

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 that goofball,

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 Mordecai,

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 why does he have it in for me?

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 I'm going to destroy

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 his career.

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 But Haman says,

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 all those Jews

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 are like that.

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 I got to kill them all.

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 You see,

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 all of a sudden,

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 this Bible story,

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 which seems to be so old

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 and so irrelevant,

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 all of a sudden,

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 it does something

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 which in a very,

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 very powerful way

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 illustrates the prejudices

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 of our own hearts.

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 So,

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 Haman decides

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 he's going to kill

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 all the Jews.

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 Now,

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 this next part here

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 is actually quite stunning.

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 If you look here

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 at the next verse,

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 verse 7,

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 in the first month,

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 which is the month

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 of Nisan,

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 in the 12th year

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 of King Xerxes,

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 they cast pur,

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 that is,

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 they cast lots,

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 before Haman

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 day after day

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 and they cast it

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 month after month

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 till the 12th month,

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 which is the month

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 of Adar.

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 Now,

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 I know,

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 if you're like me

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 and the first time

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 I read that,

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 I go,

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 Nisan,

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 Amar,

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 Adar,

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 day after day.

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 But this is actually

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 one of those things,

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 if the story is read

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 slowly and you meditate

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 upon,

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 it's a very,

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 very powerful story.

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 You see,

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 remember I said

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 that Mordecai

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 won't pay homage

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 to Haman

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 and Haman

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 decides he's going

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 to kill all the Jews.

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 And some of us

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 might think,

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 well,

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 okay,

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 so Haman's a bit

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 of a hothead,

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 maybe he's just

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 going to get over it.

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 If you go back,

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 they give a little

00:19:07.720 --> 00:19:08.640
 dating thing here,

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 which is very significant,

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 is that when Esther

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 is made queen,

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 which is chapter 2,

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 verse 16,

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 that is almost

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 five years

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 between now

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 and this.

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 So the implication

00:19:22.639 --> 00:19:23.459
 of the story

00:19:23.459 --> 00:19:25.219
 is that sometime,

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 very shortly

00:19:26.059 --> 00:19:27.859
 after Esther

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 becomes queen

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 and Mordecai

00:19:29.459 --> 00:19:30.759
 reveals this plot

00:19:30.759 --> 00:19:32.859
 to assassinate

00:19:32.859 --> 00:19:33.459
 the king

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 and the king's

00:19:36.500 --> 00:19:37.239
 life is saved

00:19:37.239 --> 00:19:38.059
 and then Haman

00:19:38.059 --> 00:19:39.119
 becomes the emperor,

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 it might have been

00:19:41.719 --> 00:19:43.199
 four whole years

00:19:43.199 --> 00:19:44.559
 between Haman

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 deciding he's going

00:19:45.359 --> 00:19:46.279
 to kill all the Jews

00:19:46.279 --> 00:19:47.000
 to what we see

00:19:47.000 --> 00:19:47.559
 right now.

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 Like,

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 this is settled

00:19:54.199 --> 00:19:55.339
 hatred.

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 This is persistent

00:19:58.599 --> 00:19:59.779
 evil.

00:20:01.859 --> 00:20:02.399
 And you see,

00:20:02.719 --> 00:20:03.279
 what Haman,

00:20:03.339 --> 00:20:03.899
 we're going to see it

00:20:03.899 --> 00:20:04.759
 more in a moment,

00:20:04.859 --> 00:20:05.639
 that what Haman

00:20:05.639 --> 00:20:06.399
 has done

00:20:06.399 --> 00:20:07.699
 is Haman,

00:20:07.799 --> 00:20:08.639
 it's going to be revealed

00:20:08.639 --> 00:20:09.479
 in the next verse,

00:20:09.979 --> 00:20:11.639
 Haman has not only

00:20:11.639 --> 00:20:13.319
 nurtured and nourished

00:20:13.319 --> 00:20:14.379
 his hatred

00:20:14.379 --> 00:20:15.539
 and his prejudice

00:20:15.539 --> 00:20:17.319
 and his murderous rage

00:20:17.319 --> 00:20:19.519
 for years,

00:20:19.519 --> 00:20:21.299
 he's come up

00:20:21.299 --> 00:20:22.480
 with a clever

00:20:22.480 --> 00:20:24.720
 institutional plan

00:20:24.720 --> 00:20:26.700
 to terrorize

00:20:26.700 --> 00:20:27.359
 and destroy

00:20:27.359 --> 00:20:28.039
 the Jews.

00:20:29.339 --> 00:20:30.559
 He spent the time

00:20:30.559 --> 00:20:31.839
 thinking this through,

00:20:33.079 --> 00:20:33.759
 planning it.

00:20:36.160 --> 00:20:37.980
 And now what he's doing

00:20:37.980 --> 00:20:38.839
 is he's seeking

00:20:38.839 --> 00:20:39.680
 to know

00:20:39.680 --> 00:20:40.900
 when the gods

00:20:40.900 --> 00:20:42.059
 are going to bless him.

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 That's why he's

00:20:43.799 --> 00:20:44.240
 casting

00:20:44.240 --> 00:20:44.980
 pur,

00:20:45.220 --> 00:20:46.039
 or the lots.

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 It's a method

00:20:47.680 --> 00:20:49.100
 back then

00:20:49.100 --> 00:20:49.880
 that they believed

00:20:49.880 --> 00:20:51.460
 that if they did this,

00:20:52.100 --> 00:20:52.759
 they were able

00:20:52.759 --> 00:20:53.480
 to figure out

00:20:53.480 --> 00:20:54.299
 when they should

00:20:54.299 --> 00:20:54.920
 do something

00:20:54.920 --> 00:20:55.799
 to get the full

00:20:55.799 --> 00:20:56.259
 blessing

00:20:56.259 --> 00:20:57.759
 of the gods

00:20:57.759 --> 00:20:59.360
 for his murderous

00:20:59.360 --> 00:21:00.840
 and evil plan.

00:21:01.380 --> 00:21:02.000
 And there's another

00:21:02.000 --> 00:21:03.060
 profound irony

00:21:03.060 --> 00:21:03.779
 about this

00:21:03.779 --> 00:21:04.460
 by the month

00:21:04.460 --> 00:21:04.920
 of Nisan.

00:21:05.620 --> 00:21:06.400
 Because you see,

00:21:06.480 --> 00:21:07.340
 for Jewish people,

00:21:07.420 --> 00:21:08.360
 the month of Nisan,

00:21:08.600 --> 00:21:09.100
 I don't know if I'm

00:21:09.100 --> 00:21:10.000
 pronouncing it correctly,

00:21:10.560 --> 00:21:11.240
 that's when they

00:21:11.240 --> 00:21:12.440
 prepared for the Passover.

00:21:12.440 --> 00:21:15.500
 So at the very,

00:21:15.640 --> 00:21:16.500
 very same time,

00:21:16.559 --> 00:21:17.140
 what happens

00:21:17.140 --> 00:21:17.960
 is the day comes

00:21:17.960 --> 00:21:18.680
 during this month

00:21:18.680 --> 00:21:19.140
 of Nisan,

00:21:19.640 --> 00:21:20.759
 Haman has been

00:21:20.759 --> 00:21:22.220
 nurturing his hatred

00:21:22.220 --> 00:21:23.120
 of the Jewish people,

00:21:23.380 --> 00:21:24.279
 but he's not just

00:21:24.279 --> 00:21:25.320
 a person who hates,

00:21:25.580 --> 00:21:26.240
 he's going to figure

00:21:26.240 --> 00:21:26.940
 out a plan.

00:21:27.600 --> 00:21:28.299
 He's going to figure

00:21:28.299 --> 00:21:28.759
 out a plan

00:21:28.759 --> 00:21:29.400
 to get the king

00:21:29.400 --> 00:21:29.880
 on board,

00:21:29.960 --> 00:21:30.460
 he's going to figure

00:21:30.460 --> 00:21:30.940
 out a plan

00:21:30.940 --> 00:21:31.740
 to get the king

00:21:31.740 --> 00:21:32.900
 actually desiring

00:21:32.900 --> 00:21:33.460
 to do this,

00:21:33.500 --> 00:21:34.019
 he's going to come

00:21:34.019 --> 00:21:34.740
 up with a plan

00:21:34.740 --> 00:21:35.320
 to involve

00:21:35.320 --> 00:21:36.019
 the bureaucracy

00:21:36.019 --> 00:21:37.100
 and the military

00:21:37.100 --> 00:21:39.640
 and all the resources

00:21:39.640 --> 00:21:40.279
 of the empire,

00:21:40.440 --> 00:21:40.820
 and he's going to

00:21:40.820 --> 00:21:41.539
 come up with a plan

00:21:41.539 --> 00:21:42.639
 that'll turn average

00:21:42.639 --> 00:21:43.960
 people against Jewish people

00:21:43.960 --> 00:21:44.500
 and he thinks

00:21:44.500 --> 00:21:45.259
 through this plan,

00:21:45.379 --> 00:21:46.099
 thinks through this plan,

00:21:46.159 --> 00:21:46.759
 he's ready to go

00:21:46.759 --> 00:21:47.420
 with his plan,

00:21:47.799 --> 00:21:48.599
 so he sits there

00:21:48.599 --> 00:21:48.980
 one day

00:21:48.980 --> 00:21:50.019
 and they cast the lots,

00:21:50.099 --> 00:21:50.759
 they cast the lots,

00:21:50.839 --> 00:21:51.559
 it's not good to do it

00:21:51.559 --> 00:21:52.019
 this month,

00:21:52.139 --> 00:21:52.700
 next month,

00:21:53.019 --> 00:21:53.619
 next month,

00:21:53.920 --> 00:21:54.460
 next month,

00:21:54.680 --> 00:21:55.079
 next month,

00:21:55.119 --> 00:21:55.980
 and then finally,

00:21:56.500 --> 00:21:56.859
 ah,

00:21:56.940 --> 00:21:57.960
 we have the time

00:21:57.960 --> 00:21:59.079
 when the gods

00:21:59.079 --> 00:22:00.500
 are going to grant me

00:22:00.500 --> 00:22:01.960
 favor to destroy

00:22:01.960 --> 00:22:02.759
 the Jewish people

00:22:02.759 --> 00:22:03.859
 and at the same time

00:22:03.859 --> 00:22:04.799
 that he's finishing

00:22:04.799 --> 00:22:05.399
 his plan

00:22:05.399 --> 00:22:06.879
 and seeking the favor

00:22:06.879 --> 00:22:07.680
 of the gods,

00:22:07.799 --> 00:22:08.599
 the Jewish people

00:22:08.599 --> 00:22:09.339
 are preparing

00:22:09.339 --> 00:22:10.500
 to remember

00:22:10.500 --> 00:22:11.279
 the Passover.

00:22:12.539 --> 00:22:13.440
 In other words,

00:22:13.500 --> 00:22:14.079
 they are preparing

00:22:14.079 --> 00:22:15.259
 to remember the time

00:22:15.259 --> 00:22:17.440
 when Moses

00:22:17.440 --> 00:22:18.960
 is raised up by God

00:22:18.960 --> 00:22:20.279
 to confront the Pharaoh

00:22:20.279 --> 00:22:21.779
 because the Jewish people

00:22:21.779 --> 00:22:22.680
 are in slavery

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 in Egypt

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 and there's a whole series

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 of power encounters

00:22:27.240 --> 00:22:29.099
 between Moses

00:22:29.099 --> 00:22:30.119
 announcing what God

00:22:30.119 --> 00:22:30.920
 is going to do

00:22:30.920 --> 00:22:31.960
 to dethrone

00:22:31.960 --> 00:22:33.279
 and de-idolize

00:22:33.279 --> 00:22:33.980
 the Pharaoh

00:22:33.980 --> 00:22:35.379
 to show that he's not a god

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 and that the gods

00:22:36.460 --> 00:22:37.059
 of the Egyptians

00:22:37.059 --> 00:22:39.039
 are not true gods

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 and that they should not

00:22:39.900 --> 00:22:41.000
 be keeping God's people

00:22:41.000 --> 00:22:41.560
 in slavery

00:22:41.560 --> 00:22:42.320
 nor should they keep

00:22:42.320 --> 00:22:43.480
 any people in slavery

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 and then the final

00:22:45.180 --> 00:22:46.860
 culminating miracle

00:22:46.860 --> 00:22:47.759
 that God does

00:22:47.759 --> 00:22:48.720
 to deliver the people

00:22:48.720 --> 00:22:49.240
 of Israel,

00:22:49.740 --> 00:22:50.240
 he says,

00:22:50.620 --> 00:22:50.880
 Pharaoh,

00:22:51.019 --> 00:22:51.700
 just before this,

00:22:51.780 --> 00:22:52.519
 Pharaoh says to Moses,

00:22:52.640 --> 00:22:53.360
 next time I see you,

00:22:53.360 --> 00:22:54.000
 you're going to die

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 and Moses says,

00:22:55.200 --> 00:22:55.680
 you're never going to

00:22:55.680 --> 00:22:56.680
 see my face again

00:22:56.680 --> 00:22:58.019
 and they go home

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 and Moses says

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 to the people of Israel,

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 you need to slaughter

00:23:01.960 --> 00:23:02.480
 a lamb

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 and after you've

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 slaughtered the lamb,

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 you need to put

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 some of the lamb

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 on the entranceway

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 to your door

00:23:08.519 --> 00:23:09.279
 and your family

00:23:09.279 --> 00:23:10.139
 needs to be gathered

00:23:10.139 --> 00:23:11.039
 because this night

00:23:11.039 --> 00:23:11.779
 God is going to do

00:23:11.779 --> 00:23:13.079
 a mighty act of deliverance

00:23:13.079 --> 00:23:14.439
 in the land of Egypt

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 and the angel of death

00:23:18.019 --> 00:23:19.399
 goes to the land of Egypt

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 and the firstborn

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 of every family dies

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 and it is only those people

00:23:26.259 --> 00:23:27.500
 who are in the house

00:23:27.500 --> 00:23:30.699
 eating the sacrificed lamb

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 where the entrance

00:23:32.099 --> 00:23:32.699
 to the house

00:23:32.699 --> 00:23:33.319
 is protected

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 by the blood of the lamb

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 those people

00:23:36.960 --> 00:23:38.140
 do not fall

00:23:38.140 --> 00:23:39.160
 under God's judgment.

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 It is God's profound

00:23:42.000 --> 00:23:43.259
 and mighty act

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 to deliver the Jews

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 and to make them

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 his own people.

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 By the way,

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 this is one of those stories

00:23:49.759 --> 00:23:51.339
 that show that both stories

00:23:51.339 --> 00:23:52.039
 can't be true.

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 There cannot be gods

00:23:53.799 --> 00:23:55.579
 that Haman

00:23:55.579 --> 00:23:57.500
 can manipulate

00:23:57.500 --> 00:23:58.519
 with his lots

00:23:58.519 --> 00:23:59.480
 and the God,

00:24:00.220 --> 00:24:00.799
 the Lord,

00:24:01.039 --> 00:24:01.980
 the creator of all things.

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 One of those stories,

00:24:03.180 --> 00:24:03.319
 I mean,

00:24:03.360 --> 00:24:04.319
 they both can be false

00:24:04.319 --> 00:24:05.539
 but both can't be true.

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 And I believe,

00:24:07.480 --> 00:24:07.799
 of course,

00:24:08.679 --> 00:24:09.519
 that the story in Exodus

00:24:09.519 --> 00:24:10.159
 is true.

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 And so at the very same time

00:24:14.279 --> 00:24:15.299
 that the Jewish people,

00:24:15.500 --> 00:24:16.159
 unbeknownst

00:24:16.159 --> 00:24:17.519
 that this huge evil

00:24:17.519 --> 00:24:18.439
 is about to fall,

00:24:18.559 --> 00:24:19.439
 they are preparing

00:24:19.439 --> 00:24:20.960
 and looking forward

00:24:20.960 --> 00:24:22.220
 to celebrating Passover.

00:24:22.359 --> 00:24:23.439
 Those observant Jews

00:24:23.439 --> 00:24:24.519
 are doing that.

00:24:24.519 --> 00:24:28.579
 Haman is trying to figure out

00:24:28.579 --> 00:24:29.420
 when the gods

00:24:29.420 --> 00:24:30.900
 will bless him

00:24:30.900 --> 00:24:32.559
 to kill all the Jews.

00:24:36.099 --> 00:24:37.019
 In verse 8,

00:24:37.960 --> 00:24:39.339
 he now has the date.

00:24:40.079 --> 00:24:41.379
 So then Haman said

00:24:41.379 --> 00:24:41.940
 to the king,

00:24:42.099 --> 00:24:42.500
 Xerxes,

00:24:42.639 --> 00:24:43.099
 verse 8,

00:24:43.099 --> 00:24:44.959
 there's a certain people

00:24:44.959 --> 00:24:45.959
 scattered abroad

00:24:45.959 --> 00:24:46.559
 and dispersed

00:24:46.559 --> 00:24:47.399
 among the peoples

00:24:47.399 --> 00:24:48.379
 in all the provinces

00:24:48.379 --> 00:24:49.419
 of your kingdom.

00:24:50.000 --> 00:24:51.559
 Their laws are different

00:24:51.559 --> 00:24:52.139
 from those

00:24:52.139 --> 00:24:53.459
 of every other people

00:24:53.459 --> 00:24:55.079
 and they do not keep

00:24:55.079 --> 00:24:55.959
 the king's laws,

00:24:56.059 --> 00:24:56.719
 your laws.

00:24:57.439 --> 00:24:57.879
 So,

00:24:58.119 --> 00:24:59.359
 it is not

00:24:59.359 --> 00:25:00.639
 to the king's profit

00:25:00.639 --> 00:25:02.359
 to tolerate them.

00:25:03.319 --> 00:25:03.679
 Actually,

00:25:03.740 --> 00:25:04.659
 in the original language,

00:25:04.779 --> 00:25:05.939
 it's to give them rest,

00:25:06.159 --> 00:25:06.879
 to have a place

00:25:06.879 --> 00:25:07.899
 where they can live.

00:25:07.900 --> 00:25:10.780
 If it please the king,

00:25:11.280 --> 00:25:12.720
 let it be decreed

00:25:12.720 --> 00:25:14.180
 that they be destroyed

00:25:14.180 --> 00:25:15.720
 and I will pay

00:25:15.720 --> 00:25:17.060
 ten thousand talents

00:25:17.060 --> 00:25:17.660
 of silver

00:25:17.660 --> 00:25:18.380
 into the hands

00:25:18.380 --> 00:25:18.920
 of those

00:25:18.920 --> 00:25:20.000
 who have charge

00:25:20.000 --> 00:25:20.920
 of the king's business

00:25:20.920 --> 00:25:21.759
 of your business

00:25:21.759 --> 00:25:23.400
 that they may put it

00:25:23.400 --> 00:25:24.680
 into the king's treasury,

00:25:25.280 --> 00:25:25.900
 your treasury.

00:25:30.759 --> 00:25:32.440
 Haman tells lies

00:25:32.440 --> 00:25:34.120
 and half-truths

00:25:34.120 --> 00:25:36.700
 and the king

00:25:36.700 --> 00:25:38.420
 listens to the lie,

00:25:39.240 --> 00:25:40.440
 listens to the half-truth.

00:25:41.500 --> 00:25:42.059
 And he's already

00:25:42.059 --> 00:25:42.799
 showed himself

00:25:42.799 --> 00:25:44.080
 that he doesn't mind

00:25:44.080 --> 00:25:45.420
 punishing all the women

00:25:45.420 --> 00:25:46.019
 in the empire

00:25:46.019 --> 00:25:46.960
 because of the act

00:25:46.960 --> 00:25:47.620
 of one woman.

00:25:48.100 --> 00:25:49.019
 He's already showed

00:25:49.019 --> 00:25:49.900
 that he doesn't mind

00:25:49.900 --> 00:25:51.759
 forcibly rounding up

00:25:51.759 --> 00:25:52.319
 young women

00:25:52.319 --> 00:25:53.420
 from all over the empire,

00:25:53.600 --> 00:25:54.519
 ruining their lives

00:25:54.519 --> 00:25:57.180
 and causing untold wounds

00:25:57.180 --> 00:25:58.059
 in families,

00:25:58.460 --> 00:25:59.740
 all to satisfy

00:25:59.740 --> 00:26:01.019
 one night of pleasure.

00:26:02.420 --> 00:26:03.700
 And he likes money.

00:26:05.000 --> 00:26:05.240
 So,

00:26:05.340 --> 00:26:06.019
 in verse 10,

00:26:06.019 --> 00:26:06.819
 the king took

00:26:06.819 --> 00:26:07.619
 his signet ring

00:26:07.619 --> 00:26:08.279
 from his hand

00:26:08.279 --> 00:26:09.119
 and gave it to Haman

00:26:09.119 --> 00:26:09.819
 the Agagite,

00:26:10.099 --> 00:26:11.160
 the son of Hamadatha,

00:26:11.879 --> 00:26:13.579
 the enemy of the Jews.

00:26:14.559 --> 00:26:15.859
 And the king said to Haman,

00:26:15.960 --> 00:26:17.139
 the money is given to you,

00:26:17.400 --> 00:26:18.279
 the people also,

00:26:18.779 --> 00:26:19.619
 to do with them

00:26:19.619 --> 00:26:20.900
 as it seems good to you.

00:26:21.400 --> 00:26:22.259
 So he gives him

00:26:22.259 --> 00:26:23.200
 his royal authority

00:26:23.200 --> 00:26:24.700
 and this is a literal

00:26:24.700 --> 00:26:25.920
 translation of an idiom.

00:26:26.019 --> 00:26:26.400
 Basically,

00:26:26.539 --> 00:26:26.799
 he says,

00:26:26.900 --> 00:26:27.119
 listen,

00:26:27.639 --> 00:26:28.619
 spend your own money,

00:26:29.559 --> 00:26:30.339
 do this,

00:26:30.839 --> 00:26:31.720
 but make sure

00:26:31.720 --> 00:26:32.519
 there's lots of money

00:26:32.519 --> 00:26:33.319
 left over for me

00:26:33.319 --> 00:26:33.839
 at the end.

00:26:37.700 --> 00:26:38.500
 Verse 12,

00:26:38.579 --> 00:26:39.799
 then the king's scribes

00:26:39.799 --> 00:26:40.379
 were summoned

00:26:40.379 --> 00:26:41.619
 on the 13th day

00:26:41.619 --> 00:26:42.579
 of the first month

00:26:42.579 --> 00:26:43.559
 and an edict

00:26:43.559 --> 00:26:44.439
 according to all

00:26:44.439 --> 00:26:45.519
 that Haman commanded

00:26:45.519 --> 00:26:46.099
 was written

00:26:46.099 --> 00:26:47.839
 to the king's satraps

00:26:47.839 --> 00:26:48.519
 and to the governors

00:26:48.519 --> 00:26:49.779
 over all the provinces

00:26:49.779 --> 00:26:51.159
 and to all the officials

00:26:51.159 --> 00:26:52.259
 of all the peoples,

00:26:52.519 --> 00:26:53.579
 to every province

00:26:53.579 --> 00:26:54.720
 in its own script

00:26:54.720 --> 00:26:55.599
 and every people

00:26:55.599 --> 00:26:56.679
 in its own language.

00:26:57.579 --> 00:26:58.399
 It was written

00:26:58.399 --> 00:26:58.899
 in the name

00:26:58.899 --> 00:26:59.819
 of King Xerxes

00:26:59.819 --> 00:27:00.599
 and sealed

00:27:00.599 --> 00:27:01.359
 with the king's

00:27:01.359 --> 00:27:01.919
 signet ring

00:27:01.919 --> 00:27:02.639
 and just pause.

00:27:03.240 --> 00:27:04.119
 Notice that Haman

00:27:04.119 --> 00:27:04.939
 sought it all through.

00:27:05.059 --> 00:27:05.740
 Every language,

00:27:05.939 --> 00:27:06.740
 every people group,

00:27:06.859 --> 00:27:07.460
 every official,

00:27:07.559 --> 00:27:08.299
 he sought it all through.

00:27:08.359 --> 00:27:09.019
 He has a list.

00:27:09.980 --> 00:27:11.039
 He has it all worked out.

00:27:12.519 --> 00:27:13.500
 And here's the thing

00:27:13.500 --> 00:27:14.240
 which is so,

00:27:14.359 --> 00:27:15.839
 so, so, so,

00:27:15.839 --> 00:27:16.839
 so fascinating

00:27:16.839 --> 00:27:17.899
 about this story.

00:27:19.379 --> 00:27:21.039
 The day that he's there,

00:27:21.740 --> 00:27:22.960
 just imagine I'm Haman

00:27:22.960 --> 00:27:25.460
 writing the edict out

00:27:25.460 --> 00:27:27.220
 and after the edict

00:27:27.220 --> 00:27:28.099
 is written out,

00:27:28.099 --> 00:27:29.879
 he takes the king's

00:27:29.879 --> 00:27:31.159
 signet ring,

00:27:31.799 --> 00:27:33.419
 puts the seal on it

00:27:33.419 --> 00:27:36.199
 and while he's doing that

00:27:36.199 --> 00:27:36.699
 and he's having

00:27:36.699 --> 00:27:38.159
 all the people copy it

00:27:38.159 --> 00:27:38.779
 and as each one

00:27:38.779 --> 00:27:39.359
 is copied,

00:27:39.459 --> 00:27:40.359
 he puts the king's

00:27:40.359 --> 00:27:41.139
 signature with

00:27:41.139 --> 00:27:42.279
 the signet ring

00:27:42.279 --> 00:27:43.279
 with the wax seal

00:27:43.279 --> 00:27:43.899
 and puts it on

00:27:43.899 --> 00:27:45.500
 every one of these

00:27:45.500 --> 00:27:46.339
 many messages.

00:27:46.519 --> 00:27:47.119
 The very day

00:27:47.119 --> 00:27:47.980
 that he is doing this

00:27:47.980 --> 00:27:48.980
 is the 13th day

00:27:48.980 --> 00:27:49.519
 of Nisan.

00:27:50.379 --> 00:27:51.059
 It is the day

00:27:51.059 --> 00:27:52.039
 that the Jewish people

00:27:52.039 --> 00:27:52.759
 are preparing

00:27:52.759 --> 00:27:53.639
 for Passover

00:27:53.639 --> 00:27:54.419
 which happens

00:27:54.419 --> 00:27:55.559
 because the Passover

00:27:55.559 --> 00:27:56.759
 sacrifice happens

00:27:56.759 --> 00:27:57.679
 the very next day,

00:27:57.680 --> 00:27:59.000
 3 o'clock in the afternoon

00:27:59.000 --> 00:28:05.340
 and the Passover meal,

00:28:05.440 --> 00:28:06.680
 the first Passover meal

00:28:06.680 --> 00:28:07.680
 is eaten

00:28:08.220 --> 00:28:09.480
 after sundown

00:28:09.480 --> 00:28:10.120
 because that's

00:28:10.120 --> 00:28:10.799
 a new Jewish day,

00:28:10.880 --> 00:28:11.640
 the 15th day

00:28:11.640 --> 00:28:12.019
 of Nisan.

00:28:12.840 --> 00:28:14.360
 So the very day

00:28:14.360 --> 00:28:15.340
 that Haman

00:28:15.340 --> 00:28:16.400
 is signing

00:28:16.400 --> 00:28:18.019
 this act

00:28:18.019 --> 00:28:19.140
 of profound evil

00:28:19.140 --> 00:28:19.940
 is the day

00:28:19.940 --> 00:28:21.340
 that the Jewish people

00:28:21.340 --> 00:28:22.060
 are preparing

00:28:22.059 --> 00:28:24.179
 to sacrifice

00:28:24.179 --> 00:28:25.299
 the Passover lamb

00:28:25.299 --> 00:28:26.200
 the next afternoon

00:28:26.200 --> 00:28:26.960
 and eat the first

00:28:26.960 --> 00:28:27.899
 Passover meal

00:28:27.899 --> 00:28:29.419
 after sundown.

00:28:33.019 --> 00:28:33.899
 And of course

00:28:33.899 --> 00:28:34.899
 for we as Christians

00:28:34.899 --> 00:28:35.500
 there's another

00:28:35.500 --> 00:28:36.619
 significance to this

00:28:36.619 --> 00:28:37.059
 as well

00:28:37.059 --> 00:28:40.059
 because

00:28:40.059 --> 00:28:40.720
 because

00:28:40.720 --> 00:28:45.659
 several,

00:28:45.819 --> 00:28:46.879
 quite a few centuries

00:28:46.879 --> 00:28:47.700
 after this

00:28:47.700 --> 00:28:49.079
 there would be

00:28:49.079 --> 00:28:50.159
 another Jewish man

00:28:50.159 --> 00:28:50.619
 by the name

00:28:50.619 --> 00:28:51.139
 of Jesus

00:28:51.139 --> 00:28:54.240
 and on the Wednesday

00:28:54.240 --> 00:28:54.819
 afternoon

00:28:54.819 --> 00:28:55.799
 the 13th day

00:28:55.799 --> 00:28:56.240
 of Nisan

00:28:56.240 --> 00:28:57.079
 the first day

00:28:57.079 --> 00:28:58.139
 of the Jewish calendar

00:28:58.139 --> 00:28:59.700
 he would be

00:28:59.700 --> 00:29:01.119
 talking to his disciples

00:29:01.119 --> 00:29:02.399
 to make the preparations

00:29:02.399 --> 00:29:03.419
 the next day

00:29:03.419 --> 00:29:04.740
 for him

00:29:04.740 --> 00:29:06.240
 to celebrate

00:29:06.240 --> 00:29:06.839
 the Passover

00:29:06.839 --> 00:29:07.919
 with his disciples.

00:29:07.920 --> 00:29:14.400
 and the Messiah

00:29:14.400 --> 00:29:15.140
 of the Jews

00:29:15.140 --> 00:29:16.080
 the next day

00:29:16.080 --> 00:29:17.680
 almost seven centuries

00:29:17.680 --> 00:29:18.800
 about seven centuries

00:29:18.800 --> 00:29:19.240
 later

00:29:19.240 --> 00:29:20.560
 sorry six centuries

00:29:20.560 --> 00:29:20.960
 later

00:29:20.960 --> 00:29:22.000
 sorry five

00:29:22.000 --> 00:29:22.800
 five centuries

00:29:22.800 --> 00:29:23.600
 I'm getting mixed up

00:29:23.600 --> 00:29:24.240
 with my math

00:29:24.240 --> 00:29:26.920
 he would be having

00:29:26.920 --> 00:29:28.420
 his disciples

00:29:28.420 --> 00:29:29.080
 prepare

00:29:29.080 --> 00:29:31.259
 for the sacrifice

00:29:31.259 --> 00:29:32.480
 of the Passover lamb

00:29:32.480 --> 00:29:33.160
 the next day

00:29:33.160 --> 00:29:34.380
 so he could have

00:29:34.380 --> 00:29:36.120
 that final Passover meal

00:29:36.120 --> 00:29:36.980
 with his disciples

00:29:36.980 --> 00:29:37.820
 that evening

00:29:37.819 --> 00:29:39.299
 where he instituted

00:29:39.299 --> 00:29:40.119
 the Lord's Supper

00:29:40.119 --> 00:29:43.359
 and on the 15th day

00:29:43.359 --> 00:29:43.799
 of Nisan

00:29:43.799 --> 00:29:44.460
 he would die

00:29:44.460 --> 00:29:45.279
 upon the cross

00:29:45.279 --> 00:29:46.980
 as the lamb of God

00:29:46.980 --> 00:29:47.879
 who takes away

00:29:47.879 --> 00:29:49.279
 the sin of the world

00:29:49.279 --> 00:29:54.460
 Haman doesn't know this

00:29:54.460 --> 00:29:55.200
 or if he does

00:29:55.200 --> 00:29:55.879
 he doesn't care

00:29:55.879 --> 00:29:57.220
 verse 13

00:29:57.220 --> 00:29:59.039
 so letters

00:29:59.039 --> 00:29:59.579
 were sent

00:29:59.579 --> 00:30:00.299
 by couriers

00:30:00.299 --> 00:30:01.259
 to all the king's

00:30:01.259 --> 00:30:01.740
 provinces

00:30:01.740 --> 00:30:02.659
 with instruction

00:30:02.659 --> 00:30:03.559
 to destroy

00:30:03.559 --> 00:30:04.619
 to kill

00:30:04.619 --> 00:30:05.980
 and to annihilate

00:30:05.980 --> 00:30:07.480
 see this is

00:30:07.480 --> 00:30:08.620
 bureaucratic language

00:30:08.620 --> 00:30:10.420
 you want to make sure

00:30:10.420 --> 00:30:11.620
 you cover all the bases

00:30:11.620 --> 00:30:14.019
 he consulted a lawyer

00:30:14.019 --> 00:30:15.779
 to get good legal language

00:30:15.779 --> 00:30:17.360
 to make sure

00:30:17.360 --> 00:30:18.420
 every Jew is killed

00:30:18.420 --> 00:30:19.480
 all of this

00:30:19.480 --> 00:30:20.420
 is legal language

00:30:20.420 --> 00:30:21.180
 look at it again

00:30:21.180 --> 00:30:22.360
 verse 13

00:30:22.360 --> 00:30:23.240
 to destroy

00:30:23.240 --> 00:30:23.860
 to kill

00:30:23.860 --> 00:30:24.579
 to annihilate

00:30:24.579 --> 00:30:25.460
 all Jews

00:30:25.460 --> 00:30:27.079
 Jews just men

00:30:27.079 --> 00:30:27.319
 no

00:30:27.319 --> 00:30:28.019
 young and old

00:30:28.019 --> 00:30:29.539
 women and children

00:30:29.539 --> 00:30:30.839
 in one day

00:30:30.839 --> 00:30:32.759
 the 13th day

00:30:32.759 --> 00:30:33.699
 of the 12th month

00:30:33.699 --> 00:30:34.439
 which is the month

00:30:34.439 --> 00:30:34.980
 of Edar

00:30:34.980 --> 00:30:36.279
 and to plunder

00:30:36.279 --> 00:30:36.879
 their goods

00:30:36.879 --> 00:30:38.299
 11 months hence

00:30:38.299 --> 00:30:40.759
 you see this is part

00:30:40.759 --> 00:30:41.639
 of the great evil

00:30:41.639 --> 00:30:44.319
 look at the next verse

00:30:44.319 --> 00:30:45.259
 and I'll come back

00:30:45.259 --> 00:30:45.759
 and talk about

00:30:45.759 --> 00:30:46.699
 how great this evil is

00:30:46.699 --> 00:30:47.339
 verse 14

00:30:47.339 --> 00:30:48.599
 a copy of the document

00:30:48.599 --> 00:30:49.480
 was to be issued

00:30:49.480 --> 00:30:50.299
 as a decree

00:30:50.299 --> 00:30:51.740
 in every province

00:30:51.740 --> 00:30:52.679
 by proclamation

00:30:52.679 --> 00:30:54.439
 to all the peoples

00:30:54.439 --> 00:30:55.779
 to be ready

00:30:55.779 --> 00:30:56.959
 for that day

00:30:56.959 --> 00:30:58.379
 you see

00:30:58.380 --> 00:30:59.440
 one of the things

00:30:59.440 --> 00:31:00.280
 which is so evil

00:31:00.280 --> 00:31:01.080
 about this

00:31:01.080 --> 00:31:02.320
 is that he's not

00:31:02.320 --> 00:31:03.460
 just going to use

00:31:03.460 --> 00:31:04.200
 the soldiers

00:31:04.200 --> 00:31:05.040
 and the equivalent

00:31:05.040 --> 00:31:05.880
 of the police

00:31:05.880 --> 00:31:06.960
 and the bureaucrats

00:31:06.960 --> 00:31:07.960
 to hunt down

00:31:07.960 --> 00:31:09.080
 and kill all the Jews

00:31:09.080 --> 00:31:10.600
 this edict means

00:31:10.600 --> 00:31:12.200
 that every Persian

00:31:12.200 --> 00:31:14.100
 on this particular day

00:31:14.100 --> 00:31:15.720
 has the full right

00:31:15.720 --> 00:31:16.300
 and authority

00:31:16.300 --> 00:31:17.040
 of the king

00:31:17.040 --> 00:31:18.700
 to kill their neighbors

00:31:18.700 --> 00:31:21.540
 to kill their neighbors

00:31:21.540 --> 00:31:24.100
 every one of them

00:31:24.100 --> 00:31:25.140
 the youngest child

00:31:25.140 --> 00:31:26.220
 the oldest person

00:31:26.220 --> 00:31:27.180
 to kill them

00:31:27.180 --> 00:31:28.580
 and he does it

00:31:28.580 --> 00:31:30.680
 11 months down the road

00:31:30.680 --> 00:31:33.320
 imagine for a moment

00:31:33.320 --> 00:31:34.340
 if you and I knew

00:31:34.340 --> 00:31:35.560
 that in 11 months

00:31:35.560 --> 00:31:37.019
 the city of Ottawa

00:31:37.019 --> 00:31:37.940
 would turn on us

00:31:37.940 --> 00:31:38.799
 to kill us

00:31:38.799 --> 00:31:41.500
 the terror

00:31:41.500 --> 00:31:42.779
 the terror

00:31:42.779 --> 00:31:43.840
 the terror

00:31:43.840 --> 00:31:44.980
 the despair

00:31:44.980 --> 00:31:47.120
 would be hard enough

00:31:47.120 --> 00:31:47.779
 if it was going to be

00:31:47.779 --> 00:31:48.519
 next week

00:31:48.519 --> 00:31:52.860
 it is profoundly isolating

00:31:52.860 --> 00:31:55.519
 and profoundly terrifying

00:31:55.519 --> 00:31:57.319
 to have the weight

00:31:57.319 --> 00:31:57.799
 of doom

00:31:57.799 --> 00:31:58.879
 for 11 months

00:31:58.879 --> 00:31:59.980
 and to alienate you

00:31:59.980 --> 00:32:01.119
 from every single

00:32:01.119 --> 00:32:02.119
 one of your neighbors

00:32:02.119 --> 00:32:04.279
 it's not

00:32:04.279 --> 00:32:04.859
 you just

00:32:04.859 --> 00:32:06.420
 not only that you fear

00:32:06.420 --> 00:32:07.700
 the sight of soldiers

00:32:07.700 --> 00:32:08.500
 on that day

00:32:08.500 --> 00:32:10.180
 but every person

00:32:10.180 --> 00:32:11.180
 you see

00:32:11.180 --> 00:32:12.220
 you will fear

00:32:12.220 --> 00:32:14.980
 friends

00:32:14.980 --> 00:32:15.859
 this

00:32:15.859 --> 00:32:17.240
 is profoundly

00:32:17.240 --> 00:32:18.359
 deeply

00:32:18.359 --> 00:32:19.319
 evil

00:32:19.319 --> 00:32:25.579
 and then

00:32:25.579 --> 00:32:27.259
 the storyteller

00:32:27.259 --> 00:32:28.339
 just recording

00:32:28.339 --> 00:32:29.319
 what really happens

00:32:29.319 --> 00:32:30.679
 tells this spectacular

00:32:30.679 --> 00:32:32.119
 final ending

00:32:32.119 --> 00:32:32.679
 twist

00:32:32.679 --> 00:32:33.720
 not a twist

00:32:33.720 --> 00:32:35.559
 verse 15

00:32:35.559 --> 00:32:37.220
 the couriers

00:32:37.220 --> 00:32:38.299
 went out hurriedly

00:32:38.299 --> 00:32:39.779
 by order of the king

00:32:39.779 --> 00:32:41.559
 and the decree

00:32:41.559 --> 00:32:42.539
 was issued in Susa

00:32:42.539 --> 00:32:43.000
 the citadel

00:32:43.000 --> 00:32:44.139
 where Mordecai lives

00:32:44.139 --> 00:32:46.000
 and the king

00:32:46.000 --> 00:32:46.480
 and Haman

00:32:46.480 --> 00:32:47.119
 sat down

00:32:47.119 --> 00:32:47.740
 to drink

00:32:47.740 --> 00:32:49.440
 but the city

00:32:49.440 --> 00:32:49.980
 of Susa

00:32:49.980 --> 00:32:50.460
 was thrown

00:32:50.460 --> 00:32:51.299
 into confusion

00:32:51.299 --> 00:32:52.740
 isn't this just

00:32:52.740 --> 00:32:53.880
 the way evil works

00:32:53.880 --> 00:32:56.579
 Haman and the king

00:32:56.579 --> 00:32:57.319
 have just come up

00:32:57.319 --> 00:32:58.220
 with a profoundly

00:32:58.220 --> 00:32:59.700
 deeply evil plan

00:32:59.700 --> 00:33:01.880
 and after the last

00:33:01.880 --> 00:33:02.579
 signet ring

00:33:02.579 --> 00:33:03.140
 is done

00:33:03.140 --> 00:33:05.319
 Haman calls out

00:33:05.319 --> 00:33:05.759
 to the king

00:33:05.759 --> 00:33:06.000
 well

00:33:06.000 --> 00:33:07.059
 I finished it all

00:33:07.059 --> 00:33:08.319
 and the two of them

00:33:08.319 --> 00:33:08.559
 said

00:33:08.559 --> 00:33:09.620
 let's have a beer

00:33:09.620 --> 00:33:11.799
 yeah that's a good idea

00:33:11.799 --> 00:33:12.559
 let's have a beer

00:33:12.559 --> 00:33:13.579
 no no

00:33:13.579 --> 00:33:14.039
 I think I'm going to

00:33:14.039 --> 00:33:14.559
 have a wine

00:33:14.559 --> 00:33:15.019
 some wine

00:33:15.019 --> 00:33:16.299
 can we get some nachos

00:33:16.299 --> 00:33:16.759
 with that

00:33:16.759 --> 00:33:17.899
 or maybe some tabbouleh

00:33:17.899 --> 00:33:18.659
 or some hummus

00:33:18.659 --> 00:33:20.700
 let's just have a beer

00:33:20.700 --> 00:33:22.359
 like this is exactly

00:33:22.359 --> 00:33:23.319
 how evil works

00:33:23.319 --> 00:33:24.379
 isn't it

00:33:24.379 --> 00:33:26.440
 very powerful story

00:33:26.440 --> 00:33:28.200
 so what does this all mean

00:33:28.200 --> 00:33:28.799
 in closing

00:33:28.799 --> 00:33:30.019
 some

00:33:30.019 --> 00:33:31.180
 one of the things

00:33:31.180 --> 00:33:32.059
 that people often

00:33:32.059 --> 00:33:33.180
 think about this story

00:33:33.180 --> 00:33:33.919
 is that it's

00:33:33.919 --> 00:33:36.059
 one of the weaknesses

00:33:36.059 --> 00:33:36.859
 of the story

00:33:36.859 --> 00:33:37.339
 is that they don't

00:33:37.339 --> 00:33:38.019
 explain

00:33:38.019 --> 00:33:38.940
 why it is

00:33:38.940 --> 00:33:39.440
 that Haman

00:33:39.440 --> 00:33:40.419
 does all of this

00:33:40.419 --> 00:33:42.559
 there's no explanation

00:33:42.559 --> 00:33:43.659
 for his evil act

00:33:43.659 --> 00:33:44.240
 they sort of have

00:33:44.240 --> 00:33:45.019
 a bit of a sense

00:33:45.019 --> 00:33:45.599
 of the weakness

00:33:45.599 --> 00:33:46.440
 of the character

00:33:46.440 --> 00:33:47.059
 of Xerxes

00:33:47.059 --> 00:33:47.779
 and his believing

00:33:47.779 --> 00:33:48.339
 of the lie

00:33:48.339 --> 00:33:48.839
 but they still

00:33:48.839 --> 00:33:49.859
 don't really explain

00:33:49.859 --> 00:33:50.799
 why it is

00:33:50.799 --> 00:33:51.299
 that Xerxes

00:33:51.299 --> 00:33:52.460
 would believe this lie

00:33:52.460 --> 00:33:53.139
 why is he so

00:33:53.139 --> 00:33:53.819
 incurious

00:33:53.819 --> 00:33:55.379
 and it seems to many

00:33:55.379 --> 00:33:56.799
 that it's a weakness

00:33:56.799 --> 00:33:57.599
 in the story

00:33:57.599 --> 00:33:58.799
 that the evil of Haman

00:33:58.799 --> 00:34:00.019
 and the evil of the king

00:34:00.019 --> 00:34:00.639
 isn't explained

00:34:00.639 --> 00:34:01.379
 but it's actually

00:34:01.379 --> 00:34:01.940
 one of the things

00:34:01.940 --> 00:34:02.460
 in the story

00:34:02.460 --> 00:34:03.480
 which is so powerful

00:34:03.480 --> 00:34:04.740
 if you could put up

00:34:04.740 --> 00:34:05.400
 the first point

00:34:05.400 --> 00:34:05.779
 Andrew

00:34:05.779 --> 00:34:07.480
 you see the thing is

00:34:07.480 --> 00:34:09.000
 is that evil is real

00:34:09.000 --> 00:34:10.480
 and irreducible

00:34:10.480 --> 00:34:12.860
 see our culture

00:34:12.860 --> 00:34:13.940
 has a very very hard

00:34:13.940 --> 00:34:14.460
 time

00:34:14.460 --> 00:34:15.820
 with evil

00:34:15.820 --> 00:34:17.480
 my wife and I

00:34:17.480 --> 00:34:19.500
 it took us two nights

00:34:19.500 --> 00:34:20.039
 because we sort of

00:34:20.039 --> 00:34:21.199
 got tired the first night

00:34:21.199 --> 00:34:22.400
 but it's a very good movie

00:34:22.400 --> 00:34:23.800
 not that I'm recommending

00:34:23.800 --> 00:34:24.400
 you watch it

00:34:24.400 --> 00:34:24.940
 but we watched

00:34:24.940 --> 00:34:26.539
 the Paul Greengrass movie

00:34:26.539 --> 00:34:27.260
 last night

00:34:27.260 --> 00:34:29.380
 called 22nd of July

00:34:29.380 --> 00:34:31.260
 it's the story

00:34:31.260 --> 00:34:33.219
 of what happened

00:34:33.219 --> 00:34:34.639
 in July 22nd

00:34:34.639 --> 00:34:35.360
 2012

00:34:35.360 --> 00:34:36.400
 in Norway

00:34:36.400 --> 00:34:38.840
 where a lone man

00:34:38.840 --> 00:34:40.420
 first planted

00:34:40.420 --> 00:34:42.460
 a truck bomb

00:34:42.460 --> 00:34:43.079
 right beside

00:34:43.079 --> 00:34:44.180
 the prime minister's office

00:34:44.180 --> 00:34:45.099
 in an attempt

00:34:45.099 --> 00:34:46.240
 to kill the prime minister

00:34:46.240 --> 00:34:47.200
 and he blew up the bomb

00:34:47.200 --> 00:34:47.820
 and it killed

00:34:47.820 --> 00:34:49.099
 I believe it was

00:34:49.099 --> 00:34:49.660
 eight people

00:34:49.660 --> 00:34:50.740
 that it killed there

00:34:50.740 --> 00:34:52.599
 and after he'd set

00:34:52.599 --> 00:34:54.880
 he'd set a timer for it

00:34:54.880 --> 00:34:56.539
 and left the truck there

00:34:56.539 --> 00:34:57.579
 to kill the prime minister

00:34:57.579 --> 00:34:58.620
 didn't kill the prime minister

00:34:58.620 --> 00:34:59.680
 but it killed eight people

00:34:59.680 --> 00:35:01.260
 wounded several hundred

00:35:01.260 --> 00:35:02.960
 but he left there

00:35:02.960 --> 00:35:03.740
 and he drove

00:35:03.739 --> 00:35:04.879
 a little bit away

00:35:04.879 --> 00:35:05.539
 to an island

00:35:05.539 --> 00:35:06.239
 where there was

00:35:06.239 --> 00:35:07.359
 a youth retreat

00:35:07.359 --> 00:35:07.919
 going on

00:35:07.919 --> 00:35:08.559
 by members

00:35:08.559 --> 00:35:09.399
 of the same party

00:35:09.399 --> 00:35:10.139
 of the prime minister

00:35:10.139 --> 00:35:10.959
 the labor party

00:35:10.959 --> 00:35:12.559
 and many of you

00:35:12.559 --> 00:35:13.699
 are familiar with this

00:35:13.699 --> 00:35:15.739
 and he went on

00:35:15.739 --> 00:35:16.399
 the island

00:35:16.399 --> 00:35:17.039
 pretending it was

00:35:17.039 --> 00:35:17.799
 a police officer

00:35:17.799 --> 00:35:18.639
 to protect them

00:35:18.639 --> 00:35:21.259
 rounded the teenagers up

00:35:21.259 --> 00:35:22.000
 and he began

00:35:22.000 --> 00:35:22.719
 to shoot them

00:35:22.719 --> 00:35:23.359
 and he killed

00:35:23.359 --> 00:35:24.500
 69

00:35:24.500 --> 00:35:27.319
 69 teenagers

00:35:27.319 --> 00:35:31.919
 69

00:35:31.920 --> 00:35:33.940
 over 100

00:35:33.940 --> 00:35:34.539
 extra

00:35:34.539 --> 00:35:35.159
 were wounded

00:35:35.159 --> 00:35:37.099
 31 other people

00:35:37.099 --> 00:35:37.920
 who were shot

00:35:37.920 --> 00:35:38.940
 but did not die

00:35:38.940 --> 00:35:39.800
 31 people

00:35:39.800 --> 00:35:40.380
 were shot

00:35:40.380 --> 00:35:41.500
 one or more times

00:35:41.500 --> 00:35:42.280
 but didn't die

00:35:42.280 --> 00:35:44.519
 69 people died

00:35:44.519 --> 00:35:47.000
 and the movie

00:35:47.000 --> 00:35:48.139
 portrays this

00:35:48.139 --> 00:35:49.700
 and then the movie

00:35:49.700 --> 00:35:50.860
 it's not a spoiler alert

00:35:50.860 --> 00:35:51.539
 if that's

00:35:51.539 --> 00:35:52.619
 what the movie's about

00:35:52.619 --> 00:35:54.400
 and then part of

00:35:54.400 --> 00:35:55.200
 what happens

00:35:55.200 --> 00:35:55.760
 afterwards

00:35:55.760 --> 00:35:56.460
 is they

00:35:56.460 --> 00:35:57.659
 show the capture

00:35:57.659 --> 00:35:58.139
 of course

00:35:58.139 --> 00:35:58.740
 of the man

00:35:58.740 --> 00:36:00.000
 who does it

00:36:00.000 --> 00:36:00.840
 and they show

00:36:00.840 --> 00:36:02.559
 the pre-trial

00:36:02.559 --> 00:36:03.500
 and then the trial

00:36:03.500 --> 00:36:04.360
 and of course

00:36:04.360 --> 00:36:04.940
 you see

00:36:04.940 --> 00:36:05.820
 what they want

00:36:05.820 --> 00:36:06.599
 to try to do

00:36:06.599 --> 00:36:07.400
 is they want

00:36:07.400 --> 00:36:08.039
 to try to say

00:36:08.039 --> 00:36:08.519
 that the man

00:36:08.519 --> 00:36:09.519
 must have been insane

00:36:09.519 --> 00:36:11.599
 why do they want

00:36:11.599 --> 00:36:12.559
 to say that he's insane

00:36:12.559 --> 00:36:13.159
 because you see

00:36:13.159 --> 00:36:13.719
 they want to

00:36:13.719 --> 00:36:14.880
 they can't handle

00:36:14.880 --> 00:36:15.519
 the idea

00:36:15.519 --> 00:36:16.400
 that it's just

00:36:16.400 --> 00:36:17.360
 evil

00:36:17.360 --> 00:36:20.179
 it's evil

00:36:20.179 --> 00:36:24.000
 it's easier

00:36:24.000 --> 00:36:24.780
 if evil

00:36:24.780 --> 00:36:26.159
 can always be reduced

00:36:26.159 --> 00:36:27.239
 it can be reduced

00:36:27.239 --> 00:36:28.619
 to something else

00:36:28.619 --> 00:36:29.500
 it can be reduced

00:36:29.500 --> 00:36:30.579
 to mental illness

00:36:30.579 --> 00:36:31.599
 it can be reduced

00:36:31.599 --> 00:36:33.159
 to the fact

00:36:33.159 --> 00:36:34.359
 that he didn't have

00:36:34.359 --> 00:36:35.679
 a mom that loved him enough

00:36:35.679 --> 00:36:36.679
 or he didn't have a dad

00:36:36.679 --> 00:36:37.539
 that loved him enough

00:36:37.539 --> 00:36:38.500
 or that he'd been told

00:36:38.500 --> 00:36:39.539
 some bad stories

00:36:39.539 --> 00:36:40.239
 because you see

00:36:40.239 --> 00:36:41.579
 if it's mental illness

00:36:41.579 --> 00:36:42.619
 you can give him drugs

00:36:42.619 --> 00:36:44.359
 if it's a bad mom

00:36:44.359 --> 00:36:45.259
 or a bad dad

00:36:45.259 --> 00:36:45.859
 well you can

00:36:45.859 --> 00:36:46.400
 I don't know

00:36:46.400 --> 00:36:47.480
 give parents to moms

00:36:47.480 --> 00:36:47.940
 or dads

00:36:47.940 --> 00:36:48.759
 or put all your kids

00:36:48.759 --> 00:36:49.480
 in daycare

00:36:49.480 --> 00:36:50.980
 or you can

00:36:50.980 --> 00:36:52.259
 you can control

00:36:52.259 --> 00:36:52.880
 the things

00:36:52.880 --> 00:36:54.000
 that make them read

00:36:54.000 --> 00:36:54.739
 what they read

00:36:54.739 --> 00:36:55.400
 or the stories

00:36:55.400 --> 00:36:56.019
 that they think

00:36:56.019 --> 00:36:56.659
 or they make sure

00:36:56.659 --> 00:36:57.900
 they don't play video games

00:36:57.900 --> 00:36:58.700
 or they don't do this

00:36:58.700 --> 00:36:59.420
 or they don't do that

00:36:59.420 --> 00:37:00.220
 because you see

00:37:00.220 --> 00:37:01.220
 at the end of the day

00:37:01.220 --> 00:37:03.059
 liberal Norway

00:37:03.059 --> 00:37:03.920
 and liberal Canada

00:37:03.920 --> 00:37:05.360
 has a very hard time

00:37:05.360 --> 00:37:06.380
 with the fact

00:37:06.380 --> 00:37:07.420
 that some things

00:37:07.420 --> 00:37:08.940
 are just evil

00:37:08.940 --> 00:37:12.320
 they cannot be reduced

00:37:12.320 --> 00:37:13.559
 to social processes

00:37:13.559 --> 00:37:14.320
 or biological

00:37:14.320 --> 00:37:15.720
 or chemical processes

00:37:15.720 --> 00:37:17.380
 it is evil

00:37:17.380 --> 00:37:18.880
 it is irreducible

00:37:18.880 --> 00:37:20.440
 and it's real

00:37:20.440 --> 00:37:27.700
 and so you see

00:37:27.700 --> 00:37:28.579
 the very lack

00:37:28.579 --> 00:37:29.420
 of an explanation

00:37:29.420 --> 00:37:30.019
 of the story

00:37:30.019 --> 00:37:31.500
 just confronts you

00:37:31.500 --> 00:37:33.220
 with irreducible

00:37:33.220 --> 00:37:35.440
 real evil

00:37:35.440 --> 00:37:41.220
 and some people

00:37:41.220 --> 00:37:41.599
 might say

00:37:41.599 --> 00:37:42.059
 okay George

00:37:42.059 --> 00:37:42.700
 but that's very

00:37:42.700 --> 00:37:43.700
 very very problematic

00:37:43.700 --> 00:37:44.320
 like George

00:37:44.320 --> 00:37:45.099
 don't you think

00:37:45.099 --> 00:37:45.860
 that if you start

00:37:45.860 --> 00:37:46.300
 to think

00:37:46.300 --> 00:37:46.840
 that there's

00:37:46.840 --> 00:37:48.139
 like real evil

00:37:48.139 --> 00:37:48.819
 like that

00:37:48.819 --> 00:37:49.759
 then it just

00:37:49.759 --> 00:37:50.119
 doesn't

00:37:50.119 --> 00:37:50.579
 don't you think

00:37:50.579 --> 00:37:51.679
 that actually fuels

00:37:51.679 --> 00:37:52.819
 what that guy did

00:37:52.819 --> 00:37:53.940
 killing those people

00:37:53.940 --> 00:37:55.279
 because you see

00:37:55.279 --> 00:37:56.920
 then it means

00:37:56.920 --> 00:37:58.099
 like there's evil people

00:37:58.099 --> 00:37:58.900
 and good people

00:37:58.900 --> 00:37:59.440
 like isn't that

00:37:59.440 --> 00:38:00.519
 what Christianity does

00:38:00.519 --> 00:38:01.480
 it divides the world

00:38:01.480 --> 00:38:03.000
 into good people

00:38:03.000 --> 00:38:03.699
 and evil people

00:38:03.699 --> 00:38:04.440
 but not at all

00:38:04.440 --> 00:38:05.019
 that's not what

00:38:05.019 --> 00:38:05.940
 Christianity teaches

00:38:05.940 --> 00:38:06.199
 at all

00:38:06.199 --> 00:38:06.799
 if you could put up

00:38:06.799 --> 00:38:07.339
 the next point

00:38:07.339 --> 00:38:07.719
 that would be

00:38:07.719 --> 00:38:08.319
 very helpful

00:38:08.319 --> 00:38:09.759
 you see

00:38:09.759 --> 00:38:11.139
 what Christianity teaches

00:38:11.139 --> 00:38:11.960
 is that like

00:38:11.960 --> 00:38:13.619
 every other human being

00:38:13.619 --> 00:38:16.400
 every part of who you are

00:38:16.400 --> 00:38:17.659
 is touched by evil

00:38:17.659 --> 00:38:20.900
 Christians do not believe

00:38:20.900 --> 00:38:21.779
 the world is divided

00:38:21.779 --> 00:38:22.719
 between good people

00:38:22.719 --> 00:38:23.539
 and bad people

00:38:23.539 --> 00:38:25.339
 that is not a Christian idea

00:38:25.339 --> 00:38:31.880
 Christianity is the only religion

00:38:31.880 --> 00:38:34.099
 that explains the news

00:38:34.099 --> 00:38:36.699
 and explains why you can have

00:38:36.699 --> 00:38:38.279
 the most advanced

00:38:38.279 --> 00:38:39.279
 and progressive

00:38:39.279 --> 00:38:40.380
 and prosperous

00:38:40.380 --> 00:38:41.799
 and best education

00:38:41.799 --> 00:38:42.900
 and best parenting

00:38:42.900 --> 00:38:44.320
 and best all of those things

00:38:44.320 --> 00:38:45.740
 but the fact of the matter

00:38:45.740 --> 00:38:46.800
 is that the newspapers

00:38:46.800 --> 00:38:47.740
 are still filled

00:38:47.740 --> 00:38:48.860
 with crime

00:38:48.860 --> 00:38:49.660
 and bad things

00:38:49.660 --> 00:38:50.480
 not just bad things

00:38:50.480 --> 00:38:51.539
 but also good things

00:38:51.539 --> 00:38:52.059
 why because

00:38:52.059 --> 00:38:54.059
 the Bible doesn't teach

00:38:54.059 --> 00:38:55.119
 that human beings

00:38:55.119 --> 00:38:55.780
 are evil

00:38:55.780 --> 00:38:58.119
 it teaches that human beings

00:38:58.119 --> 00:38:59.039
 are made in the image

00:38:59.039 --> 00:39:00.019
 and likeness of God

00:39:00.019 --> 00:39:01.500
 but that every single part

00:39:01.500 --> 00:39:02.300
 of who I am

00:39:02.300 --> 00:39:03.460
 whether it's my mind

00:39:03.460 --> 00:39:05.019
 or my affections

00:39:05.019 --> 00:39:06.240
 or my will

00:39:06.240 --> 00:39:07.780
 whether it's my memories

00:39:07.780 --> 00:39:09.240
 whether it's my desires

00:39:09.240 --> 00:39:11.619
 whatever part of makes

00:39:11.619 --> 00:39:12.260
 a human being

00:39:12.260 --> 00:39:12.980
 a human being

00:39:12.980 --> 00:39:13.800
 has been touched

00:39:13.800 --> 00:39:14.500
 by evil

00:39:14.500 --> 00:39:15.580
 in some way

00:39:15.580 --> 00:39:17.480
 and is now bent

00:39:17.480 --> 00:39:18.620
 and slightly broken

00:39:18.620 --> 00:39:19.780
 and for some of us

00:39:19.780 --> 00:39:21.480
 we give ourselves to evil

00:39:21.480 --> 00:39:22.520
 and give ourselves to evil

00:39:22.520 --> 00:39:23.580
 and we're consumed by it

00:39:23.580 --> 00:39:24.300
 just as some people

00:39:24.300 --> 00:39:25.480
 give themselves to demons

00:39:25.480 --> 00:39:26.760
 and give themselves to demons

00:39:26.760 --> 00:39:28.520
 and are consumed by it

00:39:28.520 --> 00:39:31.420
 and those are free choices

00:39:31.420 --> 00:39:33.220
 and they have to be dealt with

00:39:33.220 --> 00:39:35.020
 in the case of people

00:39:35.020 --> 00:39:36.100
 who give themselves to evil

00:39:36.100 --> 00:39:36.920
 like to completely

00:39:36.920 --> 00:39:37.720
 like a Stalin

00:39:37.720 --> 00:39:38.160
 or a Hitler

00:39:38.160 --> 00:39:38.920
 they have to

00:39:38.920 --> 00:39:40.320
 you have to try to defeat them

00:39:40.320 --> 00:39:42.400
 you have to try to defeat them

00:39:42.400 --> 00:39:46.600
 but a church

00:39:46.600 --> 00:39:47.880
 is not the gathering

00:39:47.880 --> 00:39:48.600
 of the good

00:39:48.600 --> 00:39:50.140
 if you came here today

00:39:50.140 --> 00:39:50.960
 thinking the church

00:39:50.960 --> 00:39:51.559
 is the gathering

00:39:51.559 --> 00:39:52.080
 of the good

00:39:52.080 --> 00:39:53.480
 I have to tell you

00:39:53.480 --> 00:39:54.860
 you came to the wrong place

00:39:54.860 --> 00:39:56.900
 I mean

00:39:56.900 --> 00:39:58.580
 you might want to go

00:39:58.580 --> 00:39:59.559
 to the gathering

00:39:59.559 --> 00:40:00.240
 of the caucus

00:40:00.240 --> 00:40:00.940
 of the liberals

00:40:00.940 --> 00:40:02.019
 or the conservatives

00:40:02.019 --> 00:40:02.840
 or the NDP

00:40:02.840 --> 00:40:03.980
 in their own different ways

00:40:03.980 --> 00:40:04.620
 thinking that they're

00:40:04.620 --> 00:40:05.480
 the gathering of the good

00:40:05.480 --> 00:40:06.160
 or you might want to go

00:40:06.159 --> 00:40:07.679
 to a faculty club

00:40:07.679 --> 00:40:08.599
 or a faculty room

00:40:08.599 --> 00:40:09.819
 or a yoga studio

00:40:09.819 --> 00:40:10.299
 I don't know

00:40:10.299 --> 00:40:10.899
 you might want to go

00:40:10.899 --> 00:40:11.420
 somewhere else

00:40:11.420 --> 00:40:12.299
 but if any church

00:40:12.299 --> 00:40:12.879
 ever thinks

00:40:12.879 --> 00:40:13.559
 that it's the gathering

00:40:13.559 --> 00:40:14.000
 of the good

00:40:14.000 --> 00:40:15.000
 it has ceased to understand

00:40:15.000 --> 00:40:15.679
 what a church is

00:40:15.679 --> 00:40:16.879
 because the church

00:40:16.879 --> 00:40:17.799
 is a hospital

00:40:17.799 --> 00:40:18.500
 for sinners

00:40:18.500 --> 00:40:21.859
 I am a sinner

00:40:21.859 --> 00:40:24.519
 I come every Sunday

00:40:24.519 --> 00:40:25.299
 to the hospital

00:40:25.299 --> 00:40:26.679
 to be with you

00:40:26.679 --> 00:40:27.920
 because we need

00:40:27.920 --> 00:40:28.559
 to get better

00:40:28.559 --> 00:40:32.420
 but here's this

00:40:32.420 --> 00:40:33.500
 other thing about it

00:40:33.500 --> 00:40:34.719
 if you could put up

00:40:34.719 --> 00:40:35.480
 the next point

00:40:35.480 --> 00:40:36.659
 you see

00:40:36.659 --> 00:40:37.279
 one of the things

00:40:37.279 --> 00:40:38.239
 in a very odd way

00:40:38.239 --> 00:40:38.939
 in the movie

00:40:38.939 --> 00:40:39.980
 the 22nd of July

00:40:39.980 --> 00:40:41.179
 because they struggle

00:40:41.179 --> 00:40:42.500
 with this thing

00:40:42.500 --> 00:40:43.379
 as to whether or not

00:40:43.379 --> 00:40:45.059
 the man is insane

00:40:45.059 --> 00:40:46.299
 but interestingly enough

00:40:46.299 --> 00:40:47.219
 and this isn't giving away

00:40:47.219 --> 00:40:47.939
 anything in the movie

00:40:47.939 --> 00:40:48.939
 the man doesn't think

00:40:48.939 --> 00:40:49.579
 he's insane

00:40:49.579 --> 00:40:51.019
 in fact refuses

00:40:51.019 --> 00:40:51.919
 to be diagnosed

00:40:51.919 --> 00:40:52.719
 as insane

00:40:52.719 --> 00:40:54.480
 he believes

00:40:54.480 --> 00:40:55.579
 he is completely

00:40:55.579 --> 00:40:56.679
 and utterly sane

00:40:56.679 --> 00:40:58.179
 and he probably is

00:40:58.179 --> 00:41:00.959
 by no normal

00:41:00.959 --> 00:41:02.259
 definition of insanity

00:41:02.259 --> 00:41:03.059
 would he

00:41:03.059 --> 00:41:04.219
 no amount of

00:41:04.219 --> 00:41:04.899
 chemicals

00:41:04.899 --> 00:41:06.339
 it wasn't a matter

00:41:06.339 --> 00:41:06.819
 that he has

00:41:06.819 --> 00:41:07.399
 some brain

00:41:07.399 --> 00:41:09.299
 chemicals

00:41:09.299 --> 00:41:09.779
 a little bit

00:41:09.779 --> 00:41:10.399
 out of balance

00:41:10.399 --> 00:41:11.039
 causing this

00:41:11.039 --> 00:41:11.939
 he was sane

00:41:11.939 --> 00:41:13.739
 he was just

00:41:13.739 --> 00:41:14.779
 completely and utterly

00:41:14.779 --> 00:41:15.879
 given over to evil

00:41:15.879 --> 00:41:17.459
 but you see

00:41:17.459 --> 00:41:18.459
 in an odd way

00:41:18.459 --> 00:41:19.779
 the point

00:41:19.779 --> 00:41:20.480
 part of the thing

00:41:20.480 --> 00:41:20.939
 that goes on

00:41:20.939 --> 00:41:21.339
 in the movie

00:41:21.339 --> 00:41:22.379
 even though

00:41:22.379 --> 00:41:23.699
 it's wrong

00:41:23.699 --> 00:41:24.579
 to try to reduce

00:41:24.579 --> 00:41:25.639
 evil to something else

00:41:25.639 --> 00:41:26.579
 what the desire

00:41:26.579 --> 00:41:27.659
 shows is something

00:41:27.659 --> 00:41:28.679
 which is fundamentally

00:41:28.679 --> 00:41:29.239
 human

00:41:29.239 --> 00:41:30.480
 if you could put up

00:41:30.480 --> 00:41:30.699
 the

00:41:30.699 --> 00:41:31.599
 that's it right there

00:41:31.599 --> 00:41:32.719
 it is part of

00:41:32.719 --> 00:41:33.500
 human nature

00:41:33.500 --> 00:41:34.259
 to hope

00:41:34.259 --> 00:41:35.480
 that evil

00:41:35.480 --> 00:41:36.599
 will not have

00:41:36.599 --> 00:41:37.519
 the final word

00:41:37.519 --> 00:41:38.299
 that's part of

00:41:38.299 --> 00:41:38.960
 human nature

00:41:38.960 --> 00:41:39.559
 we hope

00:41:39.559 --> 00:41:40.259
 you know in fact

00:41:40.259 --> 00:41:41.159
 if you met a human

00:41:41.159 --> 00:41:41.599
 being

00:41:41.599 --> 00:41:42.599
 if you met somebody

00:41:42.599 --> 00:41:43.659
 later on this week

00:41:43.659 --> 00:41:44.619
 I mean

00:41:44.619 --> 00:41:45.779
 so I meet people

00:41:45.779 --> 00:41:46.980
 and they've become

00:41:46.980 --> 00:41:47.779
 despairing

00:41:47.779 --> 00:41:48.440
 that this might be

00:41:48.440 --> 00:41:48.980
 the case

00:41:48.980 --> 00:41:50.679
 I've talked to

00:41:50.679 --> 00:41:51.619
 lots of people

00:41:51.619 --> 00:41:53.019
 in St. Arbux

00:41:53.019 --> 00:41:55.380
 that have come

00:41:55.380 --> 00:41:56.119
 to despair

00:41:56.119 --> 00:41:58.360
 they just think

00:41:58.360 --> 00:41:58.800
 evil

00:41:58.800 --> 00:41:59.340
 it just

00:41:59.340 --> 00:41:59.820
 their life

00:41:59.820 --> 00:42:00.340
 sucks

00:42:00.340 --> 00:42:02.500
 the bad

00:42:02.500 --> 00:42:03.320
 people get

00:42:03.320 --> 00:42:03.800
 promoted

00:42:03.800 --> 00:42:06.059
 the hard workers

00:42:06.059 --> 00:42:06.699
 don't

00:42:06.699 --> 00:42:08.099
 their parents

00:42:08.099 --> 00:42:08.820
 will never love

00:42:08.820 --> 00:42:09.380
 them or care

00:42:09.380 --> 00:42:09.960
 for them

00:42:09.960 --> 00:42:11.739
 people who've

00:42:11.739 --> 00:42:12.239
 done wrong

00:42:12.239 --> 00:42:12.699
 to them

00:42:12.699 --> 00:42:13.400
 just go on

00:42:13.400 --> 00:42:13.880
 to success

00:42:13.880 --> 00:42:14.539
 and they get

00:42:14.539 --> 00:42:15.280
 stuck with

00:42:15.280 --> 00:42:15.880
 what's left

00:42:15.880 --> 00:42:16.259
 and there are

00:42:16.259 --> 00:42:16.739
 people who've

00:42:16.739 --> 00:42:17.400
 despaired

00:42:17.400 --> 00:42:19.259
 but despair

00:42:19.259 --> 00:42:19.980
 is just a way

00:42:19.980 --> 00:42:20.800
 of complimenting

00:42:20.800 --> 00:42:21.300
 of trying to

00:42:21.300 --> 00:42:21.719
 believe that

00:42:21.719 --> 00:42:22.179
 in their

00:42:22.179 --> 00:42:22.679
 heart of

00:42:22.679 --> 00:42:23.000
 heart

00:42:23.000 --> 00:42:23.599
 they just

00:42:23.599 --> 00:42:24.360
 hope

00:42:24.360 --> 00:42:25.000
 and they know

00:42:25.000 --> 00:42:26.119
 that it has

00:42:26.119 --> 00:42:26.679
 to be true

00:42:26.679 --> 00:42:27.119
 they don't know

00:42:27.119 --> 00:42:27.780
 what to ground

00:42:27.780 --> 00:42:28.320
 it or how to

00:42:28.320 --> 00:42:29.280
 but they just

00:42:29.280 --> 00:42:29.920
 know that it

00:42:29.920 --> 00:42:30.599
 must be the

00:42:30.599 --> 00:42:31.539
 case that evil

00:42:31.539 --> 00:42:32.400
 cannot have

00:42:32.400 --> 00:42:33.139
 the final word

00:42:33.139 --> 00:42:34.099
 if you ever

00:42:34.099 --> 00:42:34.940
 met somebody

00:42:34.940 --> 00:42:35.380
 who said

00:42:35.380 --> 00:42:36.019
 actually I'm

00:42:36.019 --> 00:42:36.500
 hoping that

00:42:36.500 --> 00:42:36.980
 evil has

00:42:36.980 --> 00:42:37.659
 the final word

00:42:37.659 --> 00:42:38.260
 if you actually

00:42:38.260 --> 00:42:38.760
 believed that

00:42:38.760 --> 00:42:39.519
 they were serious

00:42:39.519 --> 00:42:40.480
 you would want

00:42:40.480 --> 00:42:40.960
 to call the

00:42:40.960 --> 00:42:41.719
 police about

00:42:41.719 --> 00:42:42.039
 them

00:42:42.039 --> 00:42:46.239
 because it's

00:42:46.239 --> 00:42:46.579
 something

00:42:46.579 --> 00:42:47.159
 fundamental

00:42:47.159 --> 00:42:47.579
 in human

00:42:47.579 --> 00:42:48.079
 beings to

00:42:48.079 --> 00:42:48.380
 believe that

00:42:48.380 --> 00:42:48.940
 evil will not

00:42:48.940 --> 00:42:49.500
 have the final

00:42:49.500 --> 00:42:49.699
 word

00:42:49.699 --> 00:42:50.579
 only the Bible

00:42:50.579 --> 00:42:51.340
 accounts for

00:42:51.340 --> 00:42:51.619
 that

00:42:51.619 --> 00:42:52.739
 you see

00:42:52.739 --> 00:42:53.239
 the Bible

00:42:53.239 --> 00:42:53.900
 portrays

00:42:53.900 --> 00:42:54.599
 human beings

00:42:54.599 --> 00:42:55.319
 as originally

00:42:55.319 --> 00:42:55.880
 being made

00:42:55.880 --> 00:42:56.779
 good in Adam

00:42:56.779 --> 00:42:57.359
 and Eve

00:42:57.359 --> 00:42:58.319
 and human

00:42:58.319 --> 00:42:59.380
 beings choosing

00:42:59.380 --> 00:43:00.039
 evil

00:43:00.039 --> 00:43:01.059
 choosing to try

00:43:01.059 --> 00:43:01.639
 to be like

00:43:01.639 --> 00:43:02.019
 God

00:43:02.019 --> 00:43:02.659
 and it was

00:43:02.659 --> 00:43:03.359
 human beings

00:43:03.359 --> 00:43:03.960
 that we

00:43:03.960 --> 00:43:05.539
 bent the image

00:43:05.539 --> 00:43:05.920
 of God

00:43:05.920 --> 00:43:06.719
 we bent the

00:43:06.719 --> 00:43:07.539
 likeness of God

00:43:07.539 --> 00:43:08.339
 but God didn't

00:43:08.339 --> 00:43:09.000
 take the image

00:43:09.000 --> 00:43:09.779
 or likeness of God

00:43:09.779 --> 00:43:10.239
 out of us

00:43:10.239 --> 00:43:10.980
 we're still made

00:43:10.980 --> 00:43:11.420
 in the image

00:43:11.420 --> 00:43:12.219
 and likeness of God

00:43:12.219 --> 00:43:12.980
 only it's bent

00:43:12.980 --> 00:43:13.639
 or it's twisted

00:43:13.639 --> 00:43:15.159
 and so on one hand

00:43:15.159 --> 00:43:16.440
 every single part

00:43:16.440 --> 00:43:17.279
 of who I am

00:43:17.279 --> 00:43:18.579
 is touched by evil

00:43:18.579 --> 00:43:19.139
 it means that

00:43:19.139 --> 00:43:19.539
 there will be

00:43:19.539 --> 00:43:20.179
 times in life

00:43:20.179 --> 00:43:20.699
 where I just

00:43:20.699 --> 00:43:21.699
 do what is wrong

00:43:21.699 --> 00:43:22.480
 and it can't be

00:43:22.480 --> 00:43:23.319
 explained because

00:43:23.319 --> 00:43:24.340
 I didn't have

00:43:24.340 --> 00:43:24.960
 enough sleep

00:43:24.960 --> 00:43:25.559
 I didn't have

00:43:25.559 --> 00:43:26.340
 enough caffeine

00:43:26.340 --> 00:43:27.019
 I didn't have

00:43:27.019 --> 00:43:27.759
 enough food

00:43:27.759 --> 00:43:28.920
 that you know

00:43:28.920 --> 00:43:29.779
 that another person

00:43:29.779 --> 00:43:30.659
 hasn't been kind

00:43:30.659 --> 00:43:31.299
 or nice to me

00:43:31.299 --> 00:43:32.699
 I just sometimes

00:43:32.699 --> 00:43:33.539
 do evil

00:43:33.539 --> 00:43:35.699
 and so do you

00:43:35.699 --> 00:43:38.739
 I just do it

00:43:38.739 --> 00:43:39.539
 sometimes

00:43:39.539 --> 00:43:44.019
 and the Bible

00:43:44.019 --> 00:43:44.840
 explains that

00:43:44.840 --> 00:43:45.380
 but at the same

00:43:45.380 --> 00:43:46.519
 time our longing

00:43:46.519 --> 00:43:46.980
 and yearning

00:43:46.980 --> 00:43:47.579
 because we are

00:43:47.579 --> 00:43:48.119
 made in the image

00:43:48.119 --> 00:43:48.480
 of God

00:43:48.480 --> 00:43:49.059
 our longing

00:43:49.059 --> 00:43:49.519
 and yearning

00:43:49.519 --> 00:43:49.880
 that evil

00:43:49.880 --> 00:43:50.400
 will not have

00:43:50.400 --> 00:43:51.239
 the final word

00:43:51.239 --> 00:43:52.420
 it shows that

00:43:52.420 --> 00:43:53.199
 in some way

00:43:53.199 --> 00:43:53.699
 whether we're

00:43:53.699 --> 00:43:54.659
 conscious or not

00:43:54.659 --> 00:43:55.639
 we believe

00:43:55.639 --> 00:43:56.199
 and hope

00:43:56.199 --> 00:43:56.859
 that the God

00:43:56.859 --> 00:43:57.579
 who's described

00:43:57.579 --> 00:43:58.199
 in the Bible

00:43:58.199 --> 00:43:59.279
 actually exists

00:43:59.279 --> 00:44:00.480
 it is that image

00:44:00.480 --> 00:44:00.960
 of God

00:44:00.960 --> 00:44:01.539
 within us

00:44:01.539 --> 00:44:02.279
 and the fact

00:44:02.279 --> 00:44:02.880
 that the order

00:44:02.880 --> 00:44:03.339
 is made

00:44:03.339 --> 00:44:04.059
 all of creation

00:44:04.059 --> 00:44:04.779
 is made by God

00:44:04.779 --> 00:44:05.719
 that calls out

00:44:05.719 --> 00:44:06.480
 to the God

00:44:06.480 --> 00:44:07.819
 that really does exist

00:44:07.819 --> 00:44:08.519
 even though he is

00:44:08.519 --> 00:44:09.599
 an unknown God

00:44:09.599 --> 00:44:10.500
 to most Canadians

00:44:10.500 --> 00:44:12.179
 our hearts cry out

00:44:12.179 --> 00:44:13.339
 to the unknown God

00:44:13.339 --> 00:44:14.000
 that surely

00:44:14.000 --> 00:44:15.299
 the unknown God

00:44:15.299 --> 00:44:16.299
 must exist

00:44:16.300 --> 00:44:20.200
 and in such a world

00:44:20.200 --> 00:44:21.200
 if you could put up

00:44:21.200 --> 00:44:21.940
 the next point

00:44:21.940 --> 00:44:23.840
 here's what the gospel

00:44:23.840 --> 00:44:24.600
 has to say

00:44:24.600 --> 00:44:27.440
 the true end of evil

00:44:27.440 --> 00:44:28.880
 was inaugurated

00:44:28.880 --> 00:44:30.100
 by the birth

00:44:30.100 --> 00:44:30.840
 life

00:44:30.840 --> 00:44:31.360
 death

00:44:31.360 --> 00:44:32.500
 and resurrection

00:44:32.500 --> 00:44:34.480
 of the Lord Jesus Christ

00:44:34.480 --> 00:44:36.140
 the true end

00:44:36.140 --> 00:44:37.000
 of evil

00:44:37.000 --> 00:44:38.900
 was inaugurated

00:44:38.900 --> 00:44:41.680
 when Mary

00:44:41.680 --> 00:44:43.039
 said yes

00:44:43.039 --> 00:44:44.180
 to God

00:44:44.180 --> 00:44:45.619
 and God

00:44:45.619 --> 00:44:46.460
 did a miracle

00:44:46.460 --> 00:44:47.619
 to create

00:44:47.619 --> 00:44:48.300
 within the womb

00:44:48.300 --> 00:44:48.860
 of Mary

00:44:48.860 --> 00:44:50.559
 that man

00:44:50.559 --> 00:44:51.139
 that we know of

00:44:51.139 --> 00:44:51.720
 as Jesus

00:44:51.720 --> 00:44:53.639
 and he was born

00:44:53.639 --> 00:44:54.539
 and he lived

00:44:54.539 --> 00:44:55.019
 and he lived

00:44:55.019 --> 00:44:56.119
 amongst us

00:44:56.119 --> 00:44:57.599
 God among us

00:44:57.599 --> 00:44:58.840
 and he died

00:44:58.840 --> 00:44:59.559
 on the cross

00:44:59.559 --> 00:45:00.079
 and he died

00:45:00.079 --> 00:45:00.700
 on the cross

00:45:00.700 --> 00:45:01.280
 where in a sense

00:45:01.280 --> 00:45:01.800
 the forces

00:45:01.800 --> 00:45:02.460
 and powers

00:45:02.460 --> 00:45:02.920
 of evil

00:45:02.920 --> 00:45:04.340
 do all they can

00:45:04.340 --> 00:45:04.900
 to actually

00:45:04.900 --> 00:45:06.019
 kill God

00:45:06.019 --> 00:45:07.019
 it's not enough

00:45:07.019 --> 00:45:07.840
 just to rage

00:45:07.840 --> 00:45:08.720
 against God

00:45:08.719 --> 00:45:10.239
 whom we cannot touch

00:45:10.239 --> 00:45:11.399
 so often people

00:45:11.399 --> 00:45:12.619
 who rage against God

00:45:12.619 --> 00:45:13.579
 whom we cannot touch

00:45:13.579 --> 00:45:14.139
 they rage

00:45:14.139 --> 00:45:15.939
 against his people

00:45:15.939 --> 00:45:17.559
 and so here we have

00:45:17.559 --> 00:45:18.399
 God among us

00:45:18.399 --> 00:45:19.139
 God in flesh

00:45:19.139 --> 00:45:20.179
 and so the evil

00:45:20.179 --> 00:45:20.819
 of the world

00:45:20.819 --> 00:45:22.099
 institutionalized

00:45:22.099 --> 00:45:22.699
 in religion

00:45:22.699 --> 00:45:24.059
 and Rome

00:45:24.059 --> 00:45:25.459
 with all of its power

00:45:25.459 --> 00:45:26.139
 and its glory

00:45:26.139 --> 00:45:26.959
 and its splendor

00:45:26.959 --> 00:45:28.179
 rage against God

00:45:28.179 --> 00:45:29.159
 and they kill

00:45:29.159 --> 00:45:30.959
 God among us

00:45:30.959 --> 00:45:33.379
 evil falling on him

00:45:33.379 --> 00:45:34.019
 but Jesus

00:45:34.019 --> 00:45:35.399
 that which they meant

00:45:35.399 --> 00:45:35.939
 for ill

00:45:35.939 --> 00:45:37.459
 God uses for good

00:45:37.460 --> 00:45:38.300
 because Jesus

00:45:38.300 --> 00:45:39.800
 dies in our place

00:45:39.800 --> 00:45:40.740
 in our stead

00:45:40.740 --> 00:45:42.340
 he takes the evil

00:45:42.340 --> 00:45:43.559
 that is in us

00:45:43.559 --> 00:45:44.500
 and the punishment

00:45:44.500 --> 00:45:45.320
 that we deserve

00:45:45.320 --> 00:45:46.639
 and he takes it

00:45:46.639 --> 00:45:47.820
 upon himself

00:45:47.820 --> 00:45:49.199
 and his perfect life

00:45:49.199 --> 00:45:50.079
 that we could not

00:45:50.079 --> 00:45:50.659
 live our own

00:45:50.659 --> 00:45:52.159
 he offers it to us

00:45:52.159 --> 00:45:52.679
 in

00:45:52.679 --> 00:45:54.519
 he offers that

00:45:54.519 --> 00:45:55.220
 to us

00:45:55.220 --> 00:45:56.420
 and his death

00:45:56.420 --> 00:45:57.639
 is not in fact

00:45:57.639 --> 00:45:59.039
 the defeat of God

00:45:59.039 --> 00:46:01.460
 but is the means

00:46:01.460 --> 00:46:02.139
 by which

00:46:02.139 --> 00:46:03.500
 the end of evil

00:46:03.500 --> 00:46:04.579
 is inaugurated

00:46:04.579 --> 00:46:05.440
 and God

00:46:05.440 --> 00:46:06.860
 has Jesus

00:46:06.860 --> 00:46:07.420
 experience

00:46:07.420 --> 00:46:08.039
 all there is

00:46:08.039 --> 00:46:08.699
 to experience

00:46:08.699 --> 00:46:09.159
 of death

00:46:09.159 --> 00:46:10.079
 and on the third day

00:46:10.079 --> 00:46:11.099
 he rises again

00:46:11.099 --> 00:46:12.500
 and brothers and sisters

00:46:12.500 --> 00:46:13.819
 he will return

00:46:13.819 --> 00:46:15.599
 and with the resurrection

00:46:15.599 --> 00:46:16.239
 of Jesus

00:46:16.239 --> 00:46:17.179
 the death and resurrection

00:46:17.179 --> 00:46:17.739
 of Jesus

00:46:17.739 --> 00:46:18.480
 the beginning

00:46:18.480 --> 00:46:19.219
 of the end

00:46:19.219 --> 00:46:19.819
 of evil

00:46:19.819 --> 00:46:20.799
 has begun

00:46:20.799 --> 00:46:22.619
 and we can be confident

00:46:22.619 --> 00:46:24.019
 that there will come a day

00:46:24.019 --> 00:46:25.279
 when all evil

00:46:25.279 --> 00:46:26.480
 will be done

00:46:26.480 --> 00:46:27.539
 will be finished

00:46:27.539 --> 00:46:28.460
 because Jesus

00:46:28.460 --> 00:46:29.819
 has triumphed

00:46:29.819 --> 00:46:30.739
 and we live

00:46:30.739 --> 00:46:31.779
 between the coming

00:46:31.779 --> 00:46:32.319
 of Jesus

00:46:32.319 --> 00:46:33.299
 when the end

00:46:33.300 --> 00:46:33.700
 of evil

00:46:33.700 --> 00:46:34.500
 is inaugurated

00:46:34.500 --> 00:46:36.019
 and that glorious day

00:46:36.019 --> 00:46:37.240
 when he will return

00:46:37.240 --> 00:46:38.300
 when evil

00:46:38.300 --> 00:46:39.640
 and death itself

00:46:39.640 --> 00:46:40.480
 goes

00:46:40.480 --> 00:46:41.360
 and is completely

00:46:41.360 --> 00:46:42.620
 and utterly destroyed

00:46:42.620 --> 00:46:43.560
 and we live

00:46:43.560 --> 00:46:44.300
 between

00:46:44.300 --> 00:46:45.660
 the beginning

00:46:45.660 --> 00:46:46.180
 of the end

00:46:46.180 --> 00:46:46.620
 and the end

00:46:46.620 --> 00:46:47.180
 of the end

00:46:47.180 --> 00:46:51.860
 and by faith

00:46:51.860 --> 00:46:52.500
 and trust

00:46:52.500 --> 00:46:54.820
 when we put our hands

00:46:54.820 --> 00:46:55.400
 in the hands

00:46:55.400 --> 00:46:55.960
 of Jesus

00:46:55.960 --> 00:46:58.820
 he takes us

00:46:58.820 --> 00:46:59.380
 as his own

00:46:59.380 --> 00:47:04.039
 and the final word

00:47:04.039 --> 00:47:04.800
 about each one

00:47:04.800 --> 00:47:05.099
 of us

00:47:05.099 --> 00:47:06.019
 will not be

00:47:06.019 --> 00:47:06.760
 rebel

00:47:06.760 --> 00:47:08.500
 or fighter

00:47:08.500 --> 00:47:10.280
 or one

00:47:10.280 --> 00:47:10.860
 who rages

00:47:10.860 --> 00:47:11.660
 against me

00:47:11.660 --> 00:47:12.539
 but when we put

00:47:12.539 --> 00:47:13.000
 our hands

00:47:13.000 --> 00:47:13.500
 in the hand

00:47:13.500 --> 00:47:13.980
 of Jesus

00:47:13.980 --> 00:47:14.579
 we share

00:47:14.579 --> 00:47:15.200
 in his victory

00:47:15.200 --> 00:47:15.700
 we share

00:47:15.700 --> 00:47:16.280
 in his triumph

00:47:16.280 --> 00:47:18.960
 and we can long

00:47:18.960 --> 00:47:19.579
 for the day

00:47:19.579 --> 00:47:20.740
 that he returns

00:47:20.740 --> 00:47:21.480
 Maranatha

00:47:21.480 --> 00:47:22.519
 come Lord

00:47:22.519 --> 00:47:22.820
 Jesus

00:47:22.820 --> 00:47:23.220
 come

00:47:23.220 --> 00:47:25.700
 please stand

00:47:25.699 --> 00:47:34.039
 if

00:47:34.039 --> 00:47:37.339
 if you haven't

00:47:37.339 --> 00:47:37.939
 given your life

00:47:37.939 --> 00:47:38.480
 to Jesus

00:47:38.480 --> 00:47:40.000
 there is no better

00:47:40.000 --> 00:47:40.919
 time than today

00:47:40.919 --> 00:47:41.559
 to just say

00:47:41.559 --> 00:47:42.099
 to Jesus

00:47:42.099 --> 00:47:42.599
 Jesus

00:47:42.599 --> 00:47:46.139
 be my savior

00:47:46.139 --> 00:47:47.159
 and be my lord

00:47:47.159 --> 00:47:48.980
 and never let me go

00:47:48.980 --> 00:47:50.799
 be my savior

00:47:50.799 --> 00:47:51.619
 be my lord

00:47:51.619 --> 00:47:53.239
 and never let me go

00:47:53.239 --> 00:47:55.639
 thank you for defeating evil

00:47:55.639 --> 00:47:57.379
 thank you for

00:47:57.379 --> 00:47:58.939
 dealing with the evil

00:47:58.939 --> 00:47:59.759
 that is in me

00:47:59.759 --> 00:48:01.699
 thank you that you will

00:48:01.699 --> 00:48:02.359
 one day

00:48:02.359 --> 00:48:04.699
 make me fit

00:48:04.699 --> 00:48:07.079
 to live in the new heaven

00:48:07.079 --> 00:48:07.719
 and the new earth

00:48:07.719 --> 00:48:10.159
 thank you that you did it all

00:48:10.159 --> 00:48:12.979
 and I want that to be mine

00:48:12.979 --> 00:48:14.299
 I want Jesus

00:48:14.299 --> 00:48:15.500
 to be my savior

00:48:15.500 --> 00:48:16.079
 and my lord

00:48:16.079 --> 00:48:17.959
 and in your own words

00:48:17.959 --> 00:48:19.059
 say that

00:48:19.059 --> 00:48:21.279
 and for each of us

00:48:21.279 --> 00:48:22.199
 who struggle with evil

00:48:22.199 --> 00:48:23.139
 in different ways

00:48:23.139 --> 00:48:25.239
 ask the father

00:48:25.239 --> 00:48:26.940
 to make the person

00:48:26.940 --> 00:48:27.819
 the work of Jesus

00:48:27.819 --> 00:48:28.679
 ever more deep

00:48:28.679 --> 00:48:29.460
 and real to us

00:48:29.460 --> 00:48:29.940
 so that we have

00:48:29.940 --> 00:48:30.500
 our identity

00:48:30.500 --> 00:48:31.719
 and who Jesus is

00:48:31.719 --> 00:48:34.500
 and as our identity

00:48:34.500 --> 00:48:35.699
 is formed by Jesus

00:48:35.699 --> 00:48:36.659
 we start to have

00:48:36.659 --> 00:48:37.319
 the security

00:48:37.319 --> 00:48:38.159
 to confront

00:48:38.159 --> 00:48:38.819
 those things

00:48:38.819 --> 00:48:39.440
 in our lives

00:48:39.440 --> 00:48:40.039
 that we do

00:48:40.039 --> 00:48:40.759
 that are evil

00:48:40.759 --> 00:48:42.460
 and know it's been

00:48:42.460 --> 00:48:43.579
 dealt with by Jesus

00:48:43.579 --> 00:48:45.519
 and we can say sorry

00:48:45.519 --> 00:48:46.920
 and we can ask

00:48:46.920 --> 00:48:47.400
 for help

00:48:47.400 --> 00:48:48.559
 to amend our lives

00:48:48.559 --> 00:48:51.179
 father

00:48:51.179 --> 00:48:52.400
 pour out the holy spirit

00:48:52.400 --> 00:48:53.519
 upon each one of us

00:48:53.519 --> 00:48:56.119
 make us disciples

00:48:56.119 --> 00:48:56.660
 of Jesus

00:48:56.660 --> 00:48:57.220
 who are gripped

00:48:57.220 --> 00:48:57.920
 by the gospel

00:48:57.920 --> 00:48:58.660
 learning to live

00:48:58.660 --> 00:48:59.300
 for your glory

00:48:59.300 --> 00:49:01.180
 father we thank you

00:49:01.180 --> 00:49:01.740
 for Jesus

00:49:01.740 --> 00:49:03.240
 and we thank you

00:49:03.240 --> 00:49:03.619
 father

00:49:03.619 --> 00:49:05.840
 that he is the end

00:49:05.840 --> 00:49:06.700
 of our longings

00:49:06.700 --> 00:49:07.200
 and yearnings

00:49:07.200 --> 00:49:08.740
 our human longings

00:49:08.740 --> 00:49:09.260
 and yearnings

00:49:09.260 --> 00:49:10.400
 that evil will not have

00:49:10.400 --> 00:49:11.160
 our final word

00:49:11.160 --> 00:49:12.039
 that unknown

00:49:12.039 --> 00:49:13.559
 way of solving

00:49:13.559 --> 00:49:14.280
 that we give you

00:49:14.280 --> 00:49:15.119
 thanks and praise

00:49:15.119 --> 00:49:15.860
 that you have revealed

00:49:15.860 --> 00:49:16.639
 this in Jesus

00:49:16.639 --> 00:49:17.440
 that you have really

00:49:17.440 --> 00:49:18.300
 defeated evil

00:49:18.300 --> 00:49:19.740
 and its end

00:49:19.740 --> 00:49:20.480
 is imminent

00:49:20.480 --> 00:49:22.200
 and its end

00:49:22.200 --> 00:49:23.019
 will be final

00:49:23.019 --> 00:49:23.600
 and eternal

00:49:23.600 --> 00:49:24.360
 and it's all

00:49:24.360 --> 00:49:25.240
 what you have done

00:49:25.240 --> 00:49:26.260
 not what we have done

00:49:26.260 --> 00:49:27.000
 and that father

00:49:27.000 --> 00:49:28.200
 help us to be gripped

00:49:28.200 --> 00:49:28.740
 by this

00:49:28.740 --> 00:49:29.620
 and put our trust

00:49:29.620 --> 00:49:30.000
 in this

00:49:30.000 --> 00:49:30.680
 and be formed

00:49:30.680 --> 00:49:31.300
 by this

00:49:31.300 --> 00:49:32.660
 and learn to live

00:49:32.660 --> 00:49:33.460
 in light

00:49:33.460 --> 00:49:34.240
 of this sure

00:49:34.240 --> 00:49:35.019
 and certain

00:49:35.019 --> 00:49:36.019
 truth and hope

00:49:36.019 --> 00:49:37.300
 father we ask

00:49:37.300 --> 00:49:37.820
 that you would do

00:49:37.820 --> 00:49:38.980
 this wonderful work

00:49:38.980 --> 00:49:39.580
 in our lives

00:49:39.580 --> 00:49:40.280
 and we ask this

00:49:40.280 --> 00:49:41.160
 in the precious name

00:49:41.160 --> 00:49:41.600
 of Jesus

00:49:41.600 --> 00:49:43.080
 and all God's people

00:49:43.080 --> 00:49:43.500
 said

00:49:43.500 --> 00:49:44.700
 amen

00:49:44.699 --> 00:50:14.679
 and all God's people