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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 We need our text this morning, Genesis chapter 11, starting at verse 1.

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 Now the whole world had one language and a common speech.

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 As people moved eastward, they found plains in Shinar and settled there.

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 They said to each other, come, let's make bricks and bake them thoroughly.

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 They used brick instead of stone and bitumen for mortar.

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 Then they said, come, let us build ourselves a city with a tower that reaches to the heavens

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 so that we may make a name for ourselves.

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 Otherwise, we will be scattered over the whole face of the earth.

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 But the Lord came down to see the city and the tower that people were building.

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 And the Lord said, if it's one people speaking the same language, they have begun to do this,

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 then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them.

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 Come, let us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each other.

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 So the Lord scattered them from there over all the earth and they stopped building the city.

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 That is why it was called Babel.

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 Because there the Lord confused the whole language of the world.

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 From there the Lord scattered them over the face of the whole earth.

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 Before we get stuck in, and I pray just a note in regards to the note sheet, if any of you are using that.

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 There's maybe some still on the table as you came in if you need one.

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 If you're confused with the title, go with the titles there.

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 There's not too much change, but just so you don't get confused.

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 Let's pray and ask for God's help.

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 Father, we thank you that you have spoken to us in a language that we can understand

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 and you have preserved your word for us, written in your word.

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 Indeed, the nations of the world today, so many, have your word, the Bible, in a language they can understand.

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 We thank you that you speak to us so clearly.

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 And we pray that we would be attentive to your word today.

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 That it would shape us and mould us.

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 And it would cause us to see your great big purposes for the world.

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 And how we should live in response.

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 So be our teacher through your word today, we ask.

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 In Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Well, we come, don't we?

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 And we go.

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 We have gathered together and we are going to scatter.

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 We have congregated and then we're going to disperse.

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 That's what the church is all about, isn't it?

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 Remember Jesus' words to his disciples?

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 Jesus gathered his disciples together and then he scattered them.

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 They came to Jesus.

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 They came to Jesus and Jesus said to them, go and make disciples of all nations.

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 Now, of course, that's nothing new.

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 It was God's plan and then he was going to do.

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 It was God's plan and purpose right from the very beginning of the story of scripture.

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 Adam and Eve, remember, were in the garden with God.

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 They were with him together.

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 But Adam and Eve were to expand the borders of Eden.

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 They were to spread out.

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 As God's image bearers, they were to be the visible representation of the invisible God.

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 They were to reflect God's greatness and display his goodness throughout the whole earth.

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 And it was the same for Noah.

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 There was an opportunity for a fresh start.

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 Noah and his family, remember, were gathered together in the ark of salvation.

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 And then what does God say to them?

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 Well, have a look with me.

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 Go back to chapter 9 and verse 1.

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 Just turn a page back.

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 Chapter 9, verse 1.

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 Then God blessed Noah and his son, saying to them,

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 Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the earth.

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 Now look at verse 7 of chapter 9.

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 As for you, be fruitful and increase in number.

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 Multiply on the earth and increase upon it.

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 As God began again the fresh start with Noah,

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 he says to Noah,

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 Go, scatter, disperse, fill the earth.

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 As God's image bearers, they were to govern the world for God's glory.

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 They were to honour God wherever they went.

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 You see, this is God's purpose for humanity.

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 This is why we were made.

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 It's why we exist.

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 We were created to display the glory of God.

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 That we would want people to see how good and how great God is.

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 Well, how are we getting on in that task?

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 How well are we at declaring God's glory and making it all about him?

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 Well, let's see how we are getting on.

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 Let's go to chapter 11.

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 First, building our own glory.

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 As Noah's family grew in number, they were united in their identity.

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 Look at verse 1.

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 The whole world had one language and a common speech.

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 So they were united in their identity.

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 And they also were united in their purpose.

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 Verse 2.

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 As people moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar.

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 That would become Babylon.

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 And they settled there.

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 You see, they were united in their purpose.

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 But they were united in a purpose that conflicts with God.

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 Do you see that at the end of verse 2?

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 Instead of scattering, they begin to settle.

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 Instead of building for God's glory, they start building their own glory.

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 It seems God's plans have been replaced with their own plans.

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 It's something that we do all the time.

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 We see this in two ways.

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 First, controlling our destiny.

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 Look at verse 3.

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 They said to each other,

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 Come, let's make bricks and bake them thoroughly.

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 And they used brick instead of stone and bitumen for mortar.

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 Then they said, Come, let's build ourselves a city.

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 So forget your mobile homes.

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 Forget your tents.

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 We're going to build a permanent city.

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 A city that's going to last forever.

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 It's durable.

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 It's made of brick and strong bitumen.

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 It's not going to fall.

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 We say, Well, what's wrong with building a city?

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 Everybody needs a home to live in.

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 That's not such a bad thing, is it?

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 Well, this city would not just be a place of rest.

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 It would be a symbol of their defiance against God.

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 Look at the beginning of verse 4.

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 They said, Come, let's build ourselves a city.

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 Why?

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 Look at the end of verse 4.

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 Otherwise, we will be scattered over the face of the whole earth.

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 We're not going anywhere.

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 We're staying here.

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 God may have plans to expand and to spread out.

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 Well, sorry.

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 We're in control of our destiny now.

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 We're in charge.

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 We're not going.

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 Seems humanity has problems accepting directions from the top.

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 Just as Adam and Eve took things into their own hands, so we today take things into our own hands.

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 And central to this building plan was, look at verse 4 again, was the building of a tower that would reach to the heavens.

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 Now, these towers were very common.

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 Archaeologists have dug them up all over the place.

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 They're kind of pyramid in shape.

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 So maybe you're thinking of something like the Leaning Tower of Pisa, that kind of tower.

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 No, it was kind of more pyramid in their shape.

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 More of a temple type structure.

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 Because at the very top of these towers would be the home for their deity, for their gods.

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 In other words, they're saying, we're going to make our own gods and we're going to put them away up there in the heavens, out the way.

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 Gods who don't interfere with us.

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 Building this tower was a statement of independence.

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 We're in charge now.

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 We're going to make our own rules.

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 And we're going to live our own way.

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 Let's come together.

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 Don't go.

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 But they're not just content in controlling their own destiny.

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 They're wanting to establish a name for themselves.

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 Again, let's read verse 4.

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 They said, come let us build ourselves a city with a tower that reaches to the heavens so that we may make a name for ourselves.

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 Rather than proclaim the name of God.

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 Rather than proclaim the name of God.

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 Rather than make the name of God famous.

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 We want to make our own name famous.

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 And again, through our studies in Genesis, this is nothing new either, is it?

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 Have a look back to chapter 4 with me.

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 Go back to chapter 4.

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 This is the account of Cain.

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 These are the first sons of Adam and Eve.

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 The account of Cain who murdered his brother Abel.

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 So chapter 4 verse 12.

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 God's response to that murder was very clear.

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 Verse 12.

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 God speaks to Cain and he says,

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 When you work the ground, it will no longer yield its crops for you.

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 You're going to have a hard, difficult life.

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 You will be a restless wanderer on the earth.

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 You see, even though he had done something as awful as murder,

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 God's plan was still that they would wander.

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 That they would scatter, not settle.

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 Verse 17.

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 Cain was in no mood for taking orders.

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 Cain made love to his wife and she became pregnant and gave birth to their son Enoch.

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 Cain was then building a city.

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 And he named it after his son Enoch.

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 You see, he begins to settle down and build a city for himself.

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 Instead of it about reflecting God's glory,

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 it's now going to reflect his own glory.

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 He names the city after his own son Enoch.

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 Instead of look at what God has done,

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 look what I have done.

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 Instead of look how great God is,

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 look at how great I am.

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 Let's go back to chapter 11.

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 You see, what happened for Cain,

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 individually,

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 has happened to humanity corporately.

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 Isn't that what we say?

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 Come on, let's make a name for ourselves.

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 Let's build our own legacy.

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 Let's build our own reputation.

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 Let's display my greatness and reflect my brilliance to the world.

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 Aren't I wonderful?

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 Doesn't the world deserve me?

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 Let's come together and make ourselves great.

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 Now, a lot of time has passed since this account.

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 And the world's population has only increased in number.

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 And as time has gone on,

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 we've got better at building towers and buildings and structures.

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 But even with all the changes,

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 not a lot has really changed.

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 We're still building for our own glory.

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 In defiance of our creator God,

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 we've set about controlling our own destiny

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 and making a name for ourselves.

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 We've pushed God out

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 and we've made ourselves the centre of the universe.

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 We are the masters of our fate.

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 We decide how we live.

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 And don't we see that reflected in the cities of the world today?

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 Cities are places where people now gather.

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 The vast majority,

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 nearly 60% of the world's population,

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 now live in the cities.

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 And it's only going to increase.

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 They all gather together

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 and the cities in some way

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 are there to keep God out.

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 Because the cities are where we do as we please.

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 And great towers are built, aren't they?

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 The towers where we go and serve the God of money.

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 Where we go and serve our own purpose

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 and pursue my career,

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 what I want to do.

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 Striving to make a name for ourselves.

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 And who knows?

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 It mightn't be just Donald Trump who has a tower.

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 Maybe I could have my name in dazzling lights.

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 Because I'm great.

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 But it's not just the cities of the world, is it?

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 We see it in our places that we call home.

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 Instead of thinking beyond our four walls,

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 we build up our four walls.

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 We prioritize my comfort over God's glory.

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 We replace God's honour with my security.

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 This is my home.

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 My career.

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 My desire.

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 My life.

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 Nobody's going to tell me what to do.

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 Nobody's going to tell me how to live.

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 Rather than expand the kingdom of God,

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 we've built our own little mini kingdoms.

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 Where we live as if we're king and queen of the universe.

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 We build for our own glory.

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 Isn't that what we see happening?

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 It's what happened then,

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 and it's what's happening now.

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 Second,

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 they were confronted with God's glory.

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 Humanity, the story there in chapter 11,

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 may be all about keeping God out

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 and living a life of independence from him.

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 But, verse 5,

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 the Lord came down to see the city

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 with the tower the people were building.

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 It's rather an amusing scene, isn't it?

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 Here's man, just imagine there,

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 building his cities,

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 towering over the landscape,

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 heaping praise on themselves.

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 How great we are.

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 Look how wonderful we are.

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 Well, God in the universe

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 looks on

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 and has to come down

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 to see and inspect.

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 I mean that tiny, puny,

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 those little ants

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 crawling around building things.

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 What are they doing?

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 It's like a child with his Lego bricks,

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 proudly and defiantly informing his father

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 that I'm building a house to live in.

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 It's ridiculous.

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 It's laughable.

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 Well, God comes, verse 6, and says,

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 If as one people,

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 speaking the same language,

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 they have begun to do this,

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 then nothing they plan to do

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 will be impossible for them.

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 In other words,

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 the purpose,

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 the collective purpose of humanity

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 was to fill the world

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 with their own glory.

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 This is what man is about,

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 to establish how great I am.

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 And if mankind can do that together,

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 just think if they're all together,

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 it would defy God's purposes.

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 And God isn't going to stand for that.

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 God is the creator of all

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 and the Lord of all.

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 He will not let his glory be replaced

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 or be pushed out

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 by his creation.

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 A later prophet reminds us of this.

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 You can follow on screen.

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 This is what God, the Lord, says,

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 the creator of the heavens,

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 who stretches them out,

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 who spreads out the earth

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 with all that springs from it,

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 who gives breath to his people

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 and life to all those who walk on it.

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 I am the Lord.

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 That is my name.

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 I will not yield my glory to another

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 or my praise to idols.

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 I'm not going to give my glory up

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 to someone else

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 because I am God

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 and I'm Lord.

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 So God confronts humanity

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 with his own glory

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 and he does it in two ways.

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 First,

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 there's a judgment

00:20:06.000 --> 00:20:07.799
 by confusion.

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 Verse 7.

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 So God comes to the people

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 and he says,

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 come,

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 let us go down

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 and confuse their language.

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 Remember,

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 it was one common speech,

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 one language.

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 Come,

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 let us go down

00:20:23.259 --> 00:20:24.980
 and confuse their language

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 so that they will not

00:20:26.500 --> 00:20:27.819
 understand each other.

00:20:28.879 --> 00:20:29.220
 You see,

00:20:29.299 --> 00:20:31.240
 by confusing their language,

00:20:32.159 --> 00:20:33.119
 they're no longer

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 a united force.

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 He's breaking that up.

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 What happens

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 if you put an Irishman,

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 a Chinese man

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 and an Indian man

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 and an Iranian man

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 in a room together?

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 It's not a joke,

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 by the way.

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 What happens

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 when you put people

00:20:52.100 --> 00:20:54.039
 of other languages together?

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 Nothing happens

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 except confusion

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 and frustration

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 because nobody understands.

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 And God will not allow humanity

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 to build for their own glory.

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 So God comes in judgment

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 and disrupts their plans

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 and derails their purposes.

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 But he comes

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 not just in judgment.

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 God also comes

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 in mercy.

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 A mercy

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 by scattering.

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 Verse 8.

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 So the Lord

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 scattered them

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 from there

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 over all the earth

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 and they stopped

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 building the city.

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 You see,

00:21:39.079 --> 00:21:39.579
 humanity,

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 they weren't

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 going to listen

00:21:41.839 --> 00:21:43.000
 and obey God's word.

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 God said,

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 I want you to scatter,

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 to fill the whole earth.

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 No,

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 we're staying here.

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 We're doing our own thing.

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 They wouldn't follow

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 God's vision,

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 his plan for the world.

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 So God,

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 in turn,

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 has to scatter them himself.

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 God disperses them

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 and forces them

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 to fill the whole earth.

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 You see,

00:22:04.659 --> 00:22:05.839
 it's not just a judgment,

00:22:06.379 --> 00:22:07.339
 it's a mercy.

00:22:07.339 --> 00:22:09.859
 God scatters humanity

00:22:09.859 --> 00:22:11.279
 to stop them

00:22:11.279 --> 00:22:12.319
 from uniting

00:22:12.319 --> 00:22:13.179
 around self.

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 Because when we build

00:22:14.939 --> 00:22:16.379
 things around ourselves

00:22:16.379 --> 00:22:18.359
 and when it's all about me

00:22:18.359 --> 00:22:20.019
 and it's all about you,

00:22:20.359 --> 00:22:22.099
 we destroy ourselves.

00:22:23.879 --> 00:22:24.699
 So God,

00:22:24.799 --> 00:22:25.459
 in his mercy,

00:22:25.579 --> 00:22:26.419
 puts a halt

00:22:26.419 --> 00:22:28.439
 to the self-serving,

00:22:28.619 --> 00:22:29.599
 self-promoting,

00:22:30.259 --> 00:22:31.299
 building projects

00:22:31.299 --> 00:22:32.500
 of self-glory.

00:22:34.019 --> 00:22:35.259
 That's what we see

00:22:35.259 --> 00:22:36.699
 going on in chapter 10.

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 Just flick back

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 to the beginning

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 of chapter 10.

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 Chapter 10 tells us

00:22:46.139 --> 00:22:47.879
 how the world is.

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 It describes the world

00:22:49.839 --> 00:22:51.000
 with all its different

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 languages and nations

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 and how it came about.

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 So chapter 10 tells us,

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 following on from Noah,

00:22:58.039 --> 00:22:58.659
 verse 1,

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 this is the account

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 of Shem,

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 Ham and Japheth.

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 They were the three sons,

00:23:03.699 --> 00:23:04.299
 Noah's sons,

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 who themselves

00:23:05.099 --> 00:23:05.859
 had sons

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 after the flood.

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 And of course,

00:23:08.699 --> 00:23:09.779
 they increase in number.

00:23:10.379 --> 00:23:11.000
 Verse 5,

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 we have the sons

00:23:12.539 --> 00:23:13.399
 of Japheth.

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 They were maritime peoples.

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 They were sailors.

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 And they spread out

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 into their territories

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 by their clans

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 within their nations,

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 each with its own language.

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 Then in verse 20,

00:23:29.119 --> 00:23:30.980
 we have the sons of Ham

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 and by their clans

00:23:33.200 --> 00:23:34.079
 and languages

00:23:34.079 --> 00:23:35.660
 in their territories

00:23:35.660 --> 00:23:36.860
 and nations.

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 And then we go down

00:23:38.960 --> 00:23:41.299
 to verse 31.

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 These are the sons

00:23:43.539 --> 00:23:44.240
 of Shem

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 by their clans

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 and languages

00:23:47.039 --> 00:23:48.480
 in their territories

00:23:48.480 --> 00:23:49.299
 and nations.

00:23:49.299 --> 00:23:50.639
 So do you see

00:23:50.639 --> 00:23:51.419
 from Noah,

00:23:51.500 --> 00:23:51.940
 the sons,

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 they're all spreading out.

00:23:54.159 --> 00:23:54.519
 These,

00:23:54.639 --> 00:23:55.220
 verse 32,

00:23:55.319 --> 00:23:56.079
 are the clans

00:23:56.079 --> 00:23:57.019
 of Noah's sons

00:23:57.019 --> 00:23:58.339
 according to their lines

00:23:58.339 --> 00:23:58.899
 of descent

00:23:58.899 --> 00:24:00.240
 within their nations.

00:24:00.240 --> 00:24:01.379
 From these,

00:24:01.500 --> 00:24:02.740
 the nations spread out

00:24:02.740 --> 00:24:03.579
 over the earth

00:24:03.579 --> 00:24:05.399
 after the flood.

00:24:07.000 --> 00:24:07.700
 Then we come

00:24:07.700 --> 00:24:08.619
 to chapter 11.

00:24:09.839 --> 00:24:11.240
 But it's not chronological.

00:24:12.519 --> 00:24:13.279
 Chapter 11

00:24:13.279 --> 00:24:14.519
 is telling us

00:24:14.519 --> 00:24:16.559
 how all these languages

00:24:16.559 --> 00:24:17.720
 and nations

00:24:17.720 --> 00:24:18.579
 came to be.

00:24:20.220 --> 00:24:21.720
 So in chapter 11,

00:24:21.819 --> 00:24:22.519
 verse 9,

00:24:23.240 --> 00:24:24.019
 we read there

00:24:24.019 --> 00:24:24.919
 that this is why

00:24:24.919 --> 00:24:25.659
 it was called

00:24:25.659 --> 00:24:26.480
 Babel.

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 It would become

00:24:27.179 --> 00:24:28.299
 called Babylon

00:24:28.299 --> 00:24:29.079
 because there

00:24:29.079 --> 00:24:29.579
 the Lord

00:24:29.579 --> 00:24:31.399
 confused the language

00:24:31.399 --> 00:24:32.440
 of the whole world

00:24:32.440 --> 00:24:33.559
 and from there

00:24:33.559 --> 00:24:34.019
 the Lord

00:24:34.019 --> 00:24:34.919
 scattered them

00:24:34.919 --> 00:24:36.139
 over the face

00:24:36.139 --> 00:24:37.759
 of the whole earth.

00:24:38.200 --> 00:24:39.339
 So chapter 10

00:24:39.339 --> 00:24:39.839
 tells us

00:24:39.839 --> 00:24:40.339
 look,

00:24:40.419 --> 00:24:41.119
 look at the world,

00:24:41.259 --> 00:24:42.279
 look at all the languages

00:24:42.279 --> 00:24:44.419
 and all the different nations.

00:24:44.919 --> 00:24:45.819
 And then chapter 11

00:24:45.819 --> 00:24:46.440
 tells us

00:24:46.440 --> 00:24:47.660
 this is why

00:24:47.660 --> 00:24:49.140
 there are so many

00:24:49.140 --> 00:24:49.980
 different languages

00:24:49.980 --> 00:24:51.220
 and nations.

00:24:52.680 --> 00:24:54.000
 And as we look out

00:24:54.000 --> 00:24:54.980
 in the world today,

00:24:56.059 --> 00:24:56.700
 don't we see

00:24:56.700 --> 00:24:57.640
 many nations

00:24:57.640 --> 00:24:58.680
 and many languages?

00:24:59.700 --> 00:25:01.240
 Just as it was then,

00:25:02.140 --> 00:25:03.180
 there's confusion

00:25:03.180 --> 00:25:05.059
 and there's division

00:25:05.059 --> 00:25:06.059
 amongst the nations.

00:25:06.860 --> 00:25:07.860
 Turn on the news,

00:25:08.320 --> 00:25:09.559
 listen to what's going on

00:25:09.559 --> 00:25:10.160
 in our world.

00:25:10.620 --> 00:25:11.860
 Nations are putting up

00:25:11.860 --> 00:25:13.220
 barriers and borders.

00:25:14.240 --> 00:25:14.940
 People groups

00:25:14.940 --> 00:25:15.759
 are fighting

00:25:15.759 --> 00:25:16.600
 with each other.

00:25:17.160 --> 00:25:18.640
 They fear each other.

00:25:19.320 --> 00:25:20.400
 Countries are now

00:25:20.400 --> 00:25:21.539
 threatening war

00:25:21.539 --> 00:25:22.620
 or they're either

00:25:22.620 --> 00:25:23.480
 at war.

00:25:24.539 --> 00:25:25.240
 The evidence

00:25:25.240 --> 00:25:26.279
 is there for us

00:25:26.279 --> 00:25:27.400
 all over the world.

00:25:27.940 --> 00:25:29.160
 Why is it like this?

00:25:29.420 --> 00:25:30.360
 Because God

00:25:30.360 --> 00:25:31.200
 in his judgment

00:25:31.200 --> 00:25:32.480
 brought confusion

00:25:32.480 --> 00:25:34.240
 and diversity.

00:25:34.240 --> 00:25:34.339
 unity.

00:25:35.059 --> 00:25:37.900
 But at the same time,

00:25:38.359 --> 00:25:39.160
 God is acting

00:25:39.160 --> 00:25:39.819
 in mercy

00:25:39.819 --> 00:25:40.859
 within the nations.

00:25:41.519 --> 00:25:42.720
 Because amidst

00:25:42.720 --> 00:25:43.900
 all the diversity,

00:25:45.180 --> 00:25:46.359
 isn't there a desire

00:25:46.359 --> 00:25:47.059
 and a longing

00:25:47.059 --> 00:25:48.220
 for unity?

00:25:49.620 --> 00:25:51.539
 Despite all the confusion,

00:25:52.019 --> 00:25:52.839
 there's a hunger

00:25:52.839 --> 00:25:54.099
 for reconciliation.

00:25:54.099 --> 00:25:56.199
 the world longs

00:25:56.199 --> 00:25:57.279
 for everybody

00:25:57.279 --> 00:25:58.359
 to be united

00:25:58.359 --> 00:25:59.819
 under a common purpose

00:25:59.819 --> 00:26:01.059
 that we could all

00:26:01.059 --> 00:26:02.259
 be one again

00:26:02.259 --> 00:26:04.199
 and living rightly

00:26:04.199 --> 00:26:05.119
 as we should.

00:26:07.500 --> 00:26:09.699
 The world is crying out

00:26:09.699 --> 00:26:10.699
 for a saviour.

00:26:11.740 --> 00:26:13.399
 Someone who will come

00:26:13.399 --> 00:26:14.480
 and rescue us

00:26:14.480 --> 00:26:15.879
 from all the division

00:26:15.879 --> 00:26:17.039
 and all the brokenness

00:26:17.039 --> 00:26:18.859
 and put things right.

00:26:18.859 --> 00:26:22.579
 You see,

00:26:22.659 --> 00:26:23.740
 God in his mercy

00:26:23.740 --> 00:26:25.299
 confused

00:26:25.299 --> 00:26:26.679
 and dispersed

00:26:26.679 --> 00:26:28.139
 the people of the world

00:26:28.139 --> 00:26:30.399
 so that they would

00:26:30.399 --> 00:26:32.279
 actually turn to him.

00:26:33.079 --> 00:26:33.879
 God brought,

00:26:34.240 --> 00:26:34.679
 if you like,

00:26:34.779 --> 00:26:36.419
 a wedge of division.

00:26:37.459 --> 00:26:38.539
 The different languages,

00:26:38.779 --> 00:26:39.740
 the different nations,

00:26:40.119 --> 00:26:41.319
 so that people

00:26:41.319 --> 00:26:43.939
 would come to him

00:26:43.939 --> 00:26:45.639
 and be united

00:26:45.639 --> 00:26:47.159
 around him.

00:26:47.160 --> 00:26:49.500
 That's what we're told

00:26:49.500 --> 00:26:51.400
 in the book of Acts.

00:26:52.340 --> 00:26:53.279
 Follow with me.

00:26:54.140 --> 00:26:54.900
 It's almost like

00:26:54.900 --> 00:26:55.560
 a commentary

00:26:55.560 --> 00:26:57.800
 on these very verses.

00:26:58.500 --> 00:26:59.620
 From one man

00:26:59.620 --> 00:27:01.279
 he made all the nations

00:27:01.279 --> 00:27:02.620
 that they should

00:27:02.620 --> 00:27:04.019
 inhabit the whole earth.

00:27:04.480 --> 00:27:05.480
 And he marked out

00:27:05.480 --> 00:27:06.700
 their appointed times

00:27:06.700 --> 00:27:07.400
 in history

00:27:07.400 --> 00:27:08.720
 and the boundaries

00:27:08.720 --> 00:27:09.720
 of their lands.

00:27:10.259 --> 00:27:11.720
 And God did this

00:27:11.720 --> 00:27:13.200
 so that they would

00:27:13.200 --> 00:27:14.080
 seek him

00:27:14.080 --> 00:27:15.420
 and perhaps

00:27:15.420 --> 00:27:16.680
 reach out for him

00:27:16.680 --> 00:27:17.840
 and find him

00:27:17.840 --> 00:27:18.920
 though he is not far

00:27:18.920 --> 00:27:20.039
 from any one of us.

00:27:20.900 --> 00:27:21.620
 Can you see

00:27:21.620 --> 00:27:22.440
 God's purpose?

00:27:23.820 --> 00:27:24.519
 His purpose

00:27:24.519 --> 00:27:25.680
 remains the same

00:27:25.680 --> 00:27:27.019
 from the very beginning

00:27:27.019 --> 00:27:27.600
 of time

00:27:27.600 --> 00:27:28.920
 that the nations

00:27:28.920 --> 00:27:29.779
 of this world,

00:27:30.120 --> 00:27:30.720
 the languages,

00:27:30.900 --> 00:27:31.700
 the people groups

00:27:31.700 --> 00:27:33.080
 from all over

00:27:33.080 --> 00:27:33.779
 our planet

00:27:33.779 --> 00:27:36.320
 would seek him,

00:27:36.539 --> 00:27:37.680
 would come to him

00:27:37.680 --> 00:27:38.940
 and would live

00:27:38.940 --> 00:27:40.200
 for his glory,

00:27:40.680 --> 00:27:41.840
 not their own.

00:27:41.839 --> 00:27:46.299
 So,

00:27:46.639 --> 00:27:47.959
 we build

00:27:47.959 --> 00:27:49.000
 for our own glory,

00:27:49.959 --> 00:27:51.059
 we're confronted

00:27:51.059 --> 00:27:53.399
 with God's glory

00:27:53.399 --> 00:27:55.899
 and we are to live

00:27:55.899 --> 00:27:57.639
 for God's glory.

00:27:58.980 --> 00:27:59.339
 You see,

00:27:59.419 --> 00:28:00.279
 despite God

00:28:00.279 --> 00:28:01.419
 confronting the peoples

00:28:01.419 --> 00:28:02.099
 of the earth,

00:28:02.939 --> 00:28:04.599
 we still remain

00:28:04.599 --> 00:28:05.339
 the stubborn

00:28:05.339 --> 00:28:06.240
 bunch of people.

00:28:06.359 --> 00:28:07.500
 We don't easily

00:28:07.500 --> 00:28:09.179
 come to God,

00:28:09.279 --> 00:28:09.659
 do we?

00:28:09.660 --> 00:28:11.380
 We persist

00:28:11.380 --> 00:28:12.120
 in controlling

00:28:12.120 --> 00:28:13.220
 our own destiny

00:28:13.220 --> 00:28:14.160
 and making

00:28:14.160 --> 00:28:15.220
 our name

00:28:15.220 --> 00:28:15.980
 for ourselves.

00:28:17.200 --> 00:28:18.380
 What will it take

00:28:18.380 --> 00:28:18.940
 to cause

00:28:18.940 --> 00:28:19.720
 the nations

00:28:19.720 --> 00:28:20.600
 of this world

00:28:20.600 --> 00:28:22.140
 to live

00:28:22.140 --> 00:28:23.820
 for his glory?

00:28:24.500 --> 00:28:25.040
 What's it going

00:28:25.040 --> 00:28:25.560
 to take?

00:28:26.519 --> 00:28:26.960
 Well,

00:28:26.980 --> 00:28:27.420
 it would take

00:28:27.420 --> 00:28:28.019
 nothing less

00:28:28.019 --> 00:28:28.560
 than God

00:28:28.560 --> 00:28:29.600
 coming to us

00:28:29.600 --> 00:28:30.900
 in person.

00:28:31.400 --> 00:28:31.940
 Have a look

00:28:31.940 --> 00:28:32.759
 at verse 5.

00:28:34.019 --> 00:28:35.000
 There we read

00:28:35.000 --> 00:28:35.759
 that the Lord

00:28:35.759 --> 00:28:36.820
 came down

00:28:36.819 --> 00:28:38.559
 to see the city.

00:28:39.079 --> 00:28:40.700
 He intervened.

00:28:40.839 --> 00:28:41.720
 It's telling us

00:28:41.720 --> 00:28:42.659
 that God

00:28:42.659 --> 00:28:44.099
 took action,

00:28:45.059 --> 00:28:46.179
 that he intervened

00:28:46.179 --> 00:28:48.339
 in what was going on

00:28:48.339 --> 00:28:49.819
 because it was

00:28:49.819 --> 00:28:50.759
 God's desire

00:28:50.759 --> 00:28:51.359
 that people

00:28:51.359 --> 00:28:52.220
 would come to him

00:28:52.220 --> 00:28:53.339
 and centuries

00:28:53.339 --> 00:28:53.939
 later,

00:28:54.359 --> 00:28:55.339
 God would come

00:28:55.339 --> 00:28:55.759
 again,

00:28:56.039 --> 00:28:57.019
 but this time

00:28:57.019 --> 00:28:57.799
 he would act

00:28:57.799 --> 00:28:59.119
 in person.

00:28:59.960 --> 00:29:00.759
 He would come

00:29:00.759 --> 00:29:01.359
 to us

00:29:01.359 --> 00:29:02.799
 by his Son,

00:29:03.240 --> 00:29:03.659
 the Lord

00:29:03.659 --> 00:29:04.579
 Jesus Christ,

00:29:04.919 --> 00:29:05.679
 and through

00:29:05.679 --> 00:29:06.419
 his Spirit.

00:29:06.819 --> 00:29:08.599
 And he would

00:29:08.599 --> 00:29:09.919
 come to restore

00:29:09.919 --> 00:29:10.960
 and to put

00:29:10.960 --> 00:29:11.839
 things right.

00:29:13.220 --> 00:29:14.240
 Turn with me,

00:29:14.359 --> 00:29:14.720
 please,

00:29:15.379 --> 00:29:16.579
 to Acts

00:29:16.579 --> 00:29:18.099
 in the New Testament.

00:29:20.059 --> 00:29:21.539
 Acts chapter 2.

00:29:25.859 --> 00:29:26.619
 So Matthew,

00:29:26.759 --> 00:29:27.039
 Mark,

00:29:27.200 --> 00:29:27.480
 Luke,

00:29:28.399 --> 00:29:28.799
 John,

00:29:29.399 --> 00:29:30.439
 and then Acts.

00:29:30.599 --> 00:29:31.740
 Acts chapter 2.

00:29:31.740 --> 00:29:31.799
 Acts chapter 2.

00:29:36.819 --> 00:29:44.079
 And in this,

00:29:44.319 --> 00:29:45.039
 we're going to read

00:29:45.039 --> 00:29:46.139
 through different parts

00:29:46.139 --> 00:29:47.599
 of it from chapter 2.

00:29:48.179 --> 00:29:50.019
 God reverses

00:29:50.019 --> 00:29:51.599
 what happened

00:29:51.599 --> 00:29:53.179
 at the building

00:29:53.179 --> 00:29:53.799
 of the city,

00:29:53.939 --> 00:29:54.379
 the building

00:29:54.379 --> 00:29:55.439
 of Babel.

00:29:56.159 --> 00:29:58.059
 Here God reverses,

00:29:58.179 --> 00:29:59.220
 he undoes

00:29:59.220 --> 00:30:00.460
 what happened.

00:30:01.359 --> 00:30:02.279
 Let's take a look.

00:30:03.319 --> 00:30:04.000
 Verse 4,

00:30:04.159 --> 00:30:04.779
 chapter 2,

00:30:04.859 --> 00:30:05.419
 verse 4.

00:30:05.420 --> 00:30:08.539
 All of them,

00:30:08.980 --> 00:30:09.900
 he's here talking

00:30:09.900 --> 00:30:11.080
 about his disciples,

00:30:11.480 --> 00:30:12.820
 followers of the

00:30:12.820 --> 00:30:13.820
 Lord Jesus Christ,

00:30:13.920 --> 00:30:14.700
 people who've

00:30:14.700 --> 00:30:15.800
 trusted in him.

00:30:16.580 --> 00:30:17.019
 It says,

00:30:17.259 --> 00:30:17.960
 all of them

00:30:17.960 --> 00:30:19.160
 were filled

00:30:19.160 --> 00:30:20.420
 with the Holy Spirit

00:30:20.420 --> 00:30:22.400
 and began to speak

00:30:22.400 --> 00:30:24.060
 in other tongues.

00:30:25.259 --> 00:30:25.980
 Or if you look

00:30:25.980 --> 00:30:26.660
 down at the bottom

00:30:26.660 --> 00:30:27.420
 of your Bible,

00:30:27.539 --> 00:30:28.160
 there's maybe a little

00:30:28.160 --> 00:30:29.300
 letter beside tongues

00:30:29.300 --> 00:30:30.080
 and if you trace

00:30:30.080 --> 00:30:30.820
 that down to the

00:30:30.820 --> 00:30:31.240
 very bottom,

00:30:31.340 --> 00:30:32.620
 it says languages.

00:30:32.619 --> 00:30:34.659
 All of them

00:30:34.659 --> 00:30:35.199
 were filled

00:30:35.199 --> 00:30:36.039
 with the Holy Spirit

00:30:36.039 --> 00:30:36.879
 and began to speak

00:30:36.879 --> 00:30:38.399
 in other languages

00:30:38.399 --> 00:30:39.839
 as the Spirit

00:30:39.839 --> 00:30:40.679
 enabled them.

00:30:41.779 --> 00:30:42.119
 Now,

00:30:42.199 --> 00:30:42.879
 they were staying

00:30:42.879 --> 00:30:43.699
 in Jerusalem,

00:30:44.699 --> 00:30:45.859
 God-fearing Jews

00:30:45.859 --> 00:30:48.139
 from every nation

00:30:48.139 --> 00:30:49.319
 under heaven.

00:30:49.939 --> 00:30:51.019
 And when they heard

00:30:51.019 --> 00:30:51.819
 this sound,

00:30:52.219 --> 00:30:53.599
 a crowd came together

00:30:53.599 --> 00:30:54.519
 in bewilderment

00:30:54.519 --> 00:30:56.239
 because each one

00:30:56.239 --> 00:30:57.599
 heard their own

00:30:57.599 --> 00:30:59.519
 language being spoken.

00:30:59.519 --> 00:31:03.400
 amazing diversity.

00:31:03.920 --> 00:31:05.119
 People from all kinds

00:31:05.119 --> 00:31:05.960
 of different nations

00:31:05.960 --> 00:31:06.920
 gathered together

00:31:06.920 --> 00:31:08.000
 but now there's

00:31:08.000 --> 00:31:08.879
 no confusion

00:31:08.879 --> 00:31:11.079
 because they all

00:31:11.079 --> 00:31:12.400
 hear the same thing

00:31:12.400 --> 00:31:13.720
 and they all

00:31:13.720 --> 00:31:14.779
 understand.

00:31:16.519 --> 00:31:17.599
 But what is it

00:31:17.599 --> 00:31:18.240
 they hear?

00:31:18.440 --> 00:31:19.660
 What was the message?

00:31:20.599 --> 00:31:20.799
 Well,

00:31:20.819 --> 00:31:21.639
 look at verse 7.

00:31:23.639 --> 00:31:24.700
 Utterly amazed,

00:31:24.799 --> 00:31:25.359
 they asked,

00:31:25.940 --> 00:31:26.940
 aren't all these

00:31:26.940 --> 00:31:27.740
 who are speaking

00:31:27.740 --> 00:31:28.519
 Galileans,

00:31:28.519 --> 00:31:29.400
 aren't they all

00:31:29.400 --> 00:31:30.319
 from the same place

00:31:30.319 --> 00:31:30.839
 and speak

00:31:30.839 --> 00:31:32.319
 just one language?

00:31:33.359 --> 00:31:33.900
 Verse 8,

00:31:34.039 --> 00:31:35.259
 then how is it

00:31:35.259 --> 00:31:36.720
 that each of us

00:31:36.720 --> 00:31:37.639
 hears them

00:31:37.639 --> 00:31:40.259
 in our native language?

00:31:41.879 --> 00:31:43.240
 End of verse 11.

00:31:44.440 --> 00:31:45.859
 We hear them

00:31:45.859 --> 00:31:47.279
 declaring the wonders

00:31:47.279 --> 00:31:47.920
 of God

00:31:47.920 --> 00:31:49.579
 in our own tongues

00:31:49.579 --> 00:31:50.720
 or languages.

00:31:52.619 --> 00:31:53.839
 They're hearing

00:31:53.839 --> 00:31:55.160
 from the disciples

00:31:55.160 --> 00:31:56.500
 the wonders

00:31:56.500 --> 00:31:57.500
 of God.

00:31:57.500 --> 00:31:58.480
 How God

00:31:58.480 --> 00:31:59.420
 had a plan

00:31:59.420 --> 00:32:00.079
 from the very

00:32:00.079 --> 00:32:00.579
 beginning.

00:32:00.920 --> 00:32:01.519
 His purpose

00:32:01.519 --> 00:32:02.160
 and plan

00:32:02.160 --> 00:32:03.160
 was that all

00:32:03.160 --> 00:32:04.019
 people would be

00:32:04.019 --> 00:32:05.119
 united together

00:32:05.119 --> 00:32:06.259
 in Jesus

00:32:06.259 --> 00:32:08.220
 and that they

00:32:08.220 --> 00:32:09.279
 would declare

00:32:09.279 --> 00:32:10.460
 his glory

00:32:10.460 --> 00:32:11.799
 and live for him.

00:32:12.900 --> 00:32:13.940
 The wonders

00:32:13.940 --> 00:32:14.799
 of how God

00:32:14.799 --> 00:32:15.640
 came to us

00:32:15.640 --> 00:32:16.740
 in the person

00:32:16.740 --> 00:32:17.319
 of Jesus

00:32:17.319 --> 00:32:18.880
 to die for us

00:32:18.880 --> 00:32:19.759
 in our place

00:32:19.759 --> 00:32:21.960
 for building

00:32:21.960 --> 00:32:22.779
 our own names

00:32:22.779 --> 00:32:23.519
 and setting

00:32:23.519 --> 00:32:24.299
 ourselves in

00:32:24.299 --> 00:32:24.920
 defiance

00:32:24.920 --> 00:32:25.660
 against God.

00:32:25.860 --> 00:32:26.460
 He came

00:32:26.460 --> 00:32:26.920
 to die

00:32:26.920 --> 00:32:27.759
 for us

00:32:27.759 --> 00:32:30.680
 and his

00:32:30.680 --> 00:32:31.200
 son was

00:32:31.200 --> 00:32:31.940
 raised to

00:32:31.940 --> 00:32:32.600
 life for us

00:32:32.600 --> 00:32:33.340
 so that we

00:32:33.340 --> 00:32:34.100
 would no longer

00:32:34.100 --> 00:32:35.000
 live in opposition

00:32:35.000 --> 00:32:35.660
 to God

00:32:35.660 --> 00:32:36.519
 but that we

00:32:36.519 --> 00:32:36.940
 would now

00:32:36.940 --> 00:32:38.300
 live for him

00:32:38.300 --> 00:32:39.460
 and with him.

00:32:41.220 --> 00:32:42.340
 They heard

00:32:42.340 --> 00:32:43.259
 the wonders

00:32:43.259 --> 00:32:43.980
 of God.

00:32:46.180 --> 00:32:47.940
 Verse 37,

00:32:49.420 --> 00:32:50.300
 chapter 2,

00:32:50.360 --> 00:32:51.240
 verse 37,

00:32:51.240 --> 00:32:53.200
 when the

00:32:53.200 --> 00:32:54.240
 people heard

00:32:54.240 --> 00:32:54.880
 this,

00:32:56.059 --> 00:32:56.779
 they were

00:32:56.779 --> 00:32:57.599
 cut to the

00:32:57.599 --> 00:32:57.839
 heart,

00:32:57.940 --> 00:32:58.279
 they were

00:32:58.279 --> 00:32:59.720
 deeply challenged

00:32:59.720 --> 00:33:00.420
 and convicted

00:33:00.420 --> 00:33:01.400
 and they said

00:33:01.400 --> 00:33:01.859
 to Peter

00:33:01.859 --> 00:33:02.339
 and the other

00:33:02.339 --> 00:33:02.799
 apostles,

00:33:03.220 --> 00:33:03.539
 brothers,

00:33:03.779 --> 00:33:04.539
 what should we

00:33:04.539 --> 00:33:04.819
 do?

00:33:05.059 --> 00:33:05.559
 What's our

00:33:05.559 --> 00:33:06.099
 response?

00:33:06.220 --> 00:33:06.980
 We want to

00:33:06.980 --> 00:33:07.400
 change,

00:33:07.500 --> 00:33:08.059
 we want to

00:33:08.059 --> 00:33:08.819
 live differently

00:33:08.819 --> 00:33:10.740
 and Peter

00:33:10.740 --> 00:33:11.319
 replied,

00:33:11.779 --> 00:33:12.480
 repent and

00:33:12.480 --> 00:33:13.120
 be baptized

00:33:13.120 --> 00:33:14.559
 every one of

00:33:14.559 --> 00:33:14.980
 you in the

00:33:14.980 --> 00:33:15.400
 name of

00:33:15.400 --> 00:33:16.319
 Jesus Christ

00:33:16.319 --> 00:33:17.180
 for the

00:33:17.180 --> 00:33:17.660
 forgiveness

00:33:17.660 --> 00:33:18.200
 of your

00:33:18.200 --> 00:33:18.720
 sins

00:33:18.720 --> 00:33:20.120
 and you

00:33:20.120 --> 00:33:20.839
 will receive

00:33:20.839 --> 00:33:21.600
 the gift

00:33:21.600 --> 00:33:22.420
 of the

00:33:22.420 --> 00:33:23.339
 Holy Spirit.

00:33:24.339 --> 00:33:25.220
 Verse 41,

00:33:26.220 --> 00:33:26.940
 those who

00:33:26.940 --> 00:33:28.059
 accepted his

00:33:28.059 --> 00:33:29.299
 message were

00:33:29.299 --> 00:33:30.819
 baptized and

00:33:30.819 --> 00:33:32.299
 about 3,000

00:33:32.299 --> 00:33:33.539
 were added to

00:33:33.539 --> 00:33:34.220
 their number

00:33:34.220 --> 00:33:35.380
 that day.

00:33:36.120 --> 00:33:37.100
 Can you see

00:33:37.100 --> 00:33:37.779
 what's going

00:33:37.779 --> 00:33:38.360
 on here?

00:33:39.440 --> 00:33:40.279
 God is

00:33:40.279 --> 00:33:41.779
 gathering the

00:33:41.779 --> 00:33:43.000
 nations of

00:33:43.000 --> 00:33:43.720
 the world

00:33:43.720 --> 00:33:45.839
 around his

00:33:45.839 --> 00:33:46.220
 son,

00:33:46.380 --> 00:33:46.759
 the Lord

00:33:46.759 --> 00:33:47.759
 Jesus Christ

00:33:47.759 --> 00:33:49.539
 so that

00:33:49.539 --> 00:33:50.039
 they become

00:33:50.039 --> 00:33:50.559
 a new

00:33:50.559 --> 00:33:51.099
 people,

00:33:52.460 --> 00:33:53.259
 the church,

00:33:53.640 --> 00:33:54.059
 the people

00:33:54.059 --> 00:33:54.539
 of God

00:33:54.539 --> 00:33:55.440
 from every

00:33:55.440 --> 00:33:56.259
 tribe,

00:33:56.400 --> 00:33:56.859
 language,

00:33:57.059 --> 00:33:57.440
 tongue and

00:33:57.440 --> 00:33:58.339
 nation all

00:33:58.339 --> 00:33:59.180
 coming together

00:33:59.180 --> 00:34:00.099
 around the

00:34:00.099 --> 00:34:01.039
 son and

00:34:01.039 --> 00:34:01.740
 as we begin

00:34:01.740 --> 00:34:02.200
 to read

00:34:02.200 --> 00:34:02.579
 through the

00:34:02.579 --> 00:34:03.000
 rest of

00:34:03.000 --> 00:34:03.460
 Acts we

00:34:03.460 --> 00:34:03.879
 see them

00:34:03.879 --> 00:34:04.859
 being scattered,

00:34:05.400 --> 00:34:06.119
 being sent

00:34:06.119 --> 00:34:07.079
 out to

00:34:07.079 --> 00:34:07.779
 the nations

00:34:07.779 --> 00:34:08.880
 as they

00:34:08.880 --> 00:34:09.480
 are filled

00:34:09.480 --> 00:34:10.360
 with the

00:34:10.360 --> 00:34:11.000
 spirit of

00:34:11.000 --> 00:34:11.340
 God.

00:34:12.300 --> 00:34:12.840
 This is

00:34:12.840 --> 00:34:13.699
 God's plan

00:34:13.699 --> 00:34:14.820
 and purpose

00:34:14.820 --> 00:34:15.659
 in action.

00:34:15.659 --> 00:34:16.420
 this is

00:34:16.420 --> 00:34:16.920
 what the

00:34:16.920 --> 00:34:18.039
 church is

00:34:18.039 --> 00:34:18.599
 all about.

00:34:19.759 --> 00:34:20.460
 This is

00:34:20.460 --> 00:34:21.039
 what we

00:34:21.039 --> 00:34:21.679
 are doing

00:34:21.679 --> 00:34:22.500
 here right

00:34:22.500 --> 00:34:23.000
 now.

00:34:24.159 --> 00:34:24.980
 Two things

00:34:24.980 --> 00:34:25.659
 as we

00:34:25.659 --> 00:34:26.019
 finish.

00:34:26.159 --> 00:34:26.460
 First,

00:34:26.859 --> 00:34:27.259
 we are

00:34:27.259 --> 00:34:27.920
 gathered

00:34:27.920 --> 00:34:28.799
 around

00:34:28.799 --> 00:34:29.420
 Christ

00:34:29.420 --> 00:34:30.259
 to see

00:34:30.259 --> 00:34:30.859
 his glory.

00:34:31.179 --> 00:34:31.599
 That's

00:34:31.599 --> 00:34:32.119
 why we're

00:34:32.119 --> 00:34:32.679
 in this

00:34:32.679 --> 00:34:33.159
 building

00:34:33.159 --> 00:34:34.339
 gathered here

00:34:34.339 --> 00:34:35.000
 this morning

00:34:35.000 --> 00:34:36.359
 to hear

00:34:36.359 --> 00:34:37.859
 about Christ,

00:34:38.819 --> 00:34:39.639
 to see

00:34:39.639 --> 00:34:40.480
 his greatness

00:34:40.480 --> 00:34:41.319
 and his

00:34:41.319 --> 00:34:41.699
 goodness,

00:34:41.980 --> 00:34:42.539
 to see

00:34:42.539 --> 00:34:43.259
 all that

00:34:43.259 --> 00:34:43.779
 the son

00:34:43.779 --> 00:34:44.359
 has done

00:34:44.360 --> 00:34:45.260
 for us.

00:34:46.900 --> 00:34:47.460
 And in

00:34:47.460 --> 00:34:48.000
 repentance,

00:34:48.240 --> 00:34:48.519
 as we

00:34:48.519 --> 00:34:49.039
 hear about

00:34:49.039 --> 00:34:49.460
 what he's

00:34:49.460 --> 00:34:49.680
 done,

00:34:49.980 --> 00:34:50.720
 we align

00:34:50.720 --> 00:34:51.320
 ourselves

00:34:51.320 --> 00:34:52.240
 to his

00:34:52.240 --> 00:34:52.860
 desires,

00:34:53.200 --> 00:34:53.700
 not our

00:34:53.700 --> 00:34:54.579
 own desires.

00:34:55.099 --> 00:34:55.800
 Instead of

00:34:55.800 --> 00:34:56.599
 trying to

00:34:56.599 --> 00:34:57.220
 control our

00:34:57.220 --> 00:34:58.039
 own destiny,

00:34:58.519 --> 00:34:59.079
 we come

00:34:59.079 --> 00:34:59.420
 and we

00:34:59.420 --> 00:35:00.099
 submit to

00:35:00.099 --> 00:35:00.900
 his commands.

00:35:01.200 --> 00:35:01.840
 Rather than

00:35:01.840 --> 00:35:02.460
 make a name

00:35:02.460 --> 00:35:03.120
 for Johnny

00:35:03.120 --> 00:35:03.740
 Grant,

00:35:04.740 --> 00:35:05.740
 we come

00:35:05.740 --> 00:35:06.280
 to live

00:35:06.280 --> 00:35:07.059
 our life

00:35:07.059 --> 00:35:08.360
 for his

00:35:08.360 --> 00:35:09.160
 glory and

00:35:09.160 --> 00:35:09.740
 to build

00:35:09.740 --> 00:35:10.860
 his kingdom.

00:35:10.860 --> 00:35:10.980
 kingdom.

00:35:12.180 --> 00:35:12.700
 We have

00:35:12.700 --> 00:35:13.599
 gathered here

00:35:13.599 --> 00:35:15.579
 today around

00:35:15.579 --> 00:35:17.500
 Christ to

00:35:17.500 --> 00:35:18.039
 see his

00:35:18.039 --> 00:35:19.180
 glory and

00:35:19.180 --> 00:35:19.860
 his greatness.

00:35:21.220 --> 00:35:21.940
 But not

00:35:21.940 --> 00:35:22.519
 only are we

00:35:22.519 --> 00:35:23.280
 gathered around

00:35:23.280 --> 00:35:25.380
 Christ, we

00:35:25.380 --> 00:35:25.880
 are now

00:35:25.880 --> 00:35:26.960
 scattered by

00:35:26.960 --> 00:35:28.599
 Christ to

00:35:28.599 --> 00:35:29.360
 declare his

00:35:29.360 --> 00:35:29.740
 glory.

00:35:31.059 --> 00:35:32.200
 We go

00:35:32.200 --> 00:35:33.760
 into all

00:35:33.760 --> 00:35:34.340
 the world

00:35:34.340 --> 00:35:35.620
 starting here

00:35:35.620 --> 00:35:36.599
 in Carigaline

00:35:36.599 --> 00:35:37.280
 and into our

00:35:37.280 --> 00:35:38.400
 families so

00:35:38.400 --> 00:35:39.340
 that others

00:35:39.340 --> 00:35:39.880
 may hear

00:35:39.880 --> 00:35:41.099
 this wonderful

00:35:41.099 --> 00:35:42.420
 news of

00:35:42.420 --> 00:35:43.039
 who Jesus

00:35:43.039 --> 00:35:43.660
 is.

00:35:44.300 --> 00:35:44.880
 To hear

00:35:44.880 --> 00:35:45.440
 about the

00:35:45.440 --> 00:35:46.220
 goodness of

00:35:46.220 --> 00:35:47.079
 God and

00:35:47.079 --> 00:35:47.840
 his saviour

00:35:47.840 --> 00:35:48.720
 Jesus Christ.

00:35:49.139 --> 00:35:49.619
 And in

00:35:49.619 --> 00:35:50.519
 faith we

00:35:50.519 --> 00:35:51.639
 obey and

00:35:51.639 --> 00:35:52.220
 are filled

00:35:52.220 --> 00:35:52.639
 with the

00:35:52.639 --> 00:35:53.039
 power of

00:35:53.039 --> 00:35:53.559
 the spirit

00:35:53.559 --> 00:35:54.400
 and we

00:35:54.400 --> 00:35:55.200
 begin to

00:35:55.200 --> 00:35:56.579
 move out.

00:35:58.160 --> 00:35:58.920
 We

00:35:58.920 --> 00:35:59.960
 prioritise

00:35:59.960 --> 00:36:00.500
 God's

00:36:00.500 --> 00:36:01.880
 glory over

00:36:01.880 --> 00:36:02.820
 our comfort.

00:36:03.660 --> 00:36:04.579
 Rather than

00:36:04.579 --> 00:36:05.420
 striving to

00:36:05.420 --> 00:36:05.920
 build our

00:36:05.920 --> 00:36:06.700
 own glory,

00:36:06.699 --> 00:36:07.839
 glory, we

00:36:07.839 --> 00:36:08.419
 go to

00:36:08.419 --> 00:36:09.139
 the nations

00:36:09.139 --> 00:36:11.239
 and declare

00:36:11.239 --> 00:36:12.579
 his glory.

00:36:13.439 --> 00:36:14.339
 We go.

00:36:15.480 --> 00:36:16.299
 So let me

00:36:16.299 --> 00:36:17.179
 ask us all,

00:36:17.799 --> 00:36:18.579
 what will it

00:36:18.579 --> 00:36:20.299
 take for us

00:36:20.299 --> 00:36:20.960
 to live for

00:36:20.960 --> 00:36:21.759
 God's glory

00:36:21.759 --> 00:36:22.480
 this week?

00:36:23.119 --> 00:36:23.659
 What will it

00:36:23.659 --> 00:36:24.939
 take for you

00:36:24.939 --> 00:36:25.619
 and for me

00:36:25.619 --> 00:36:26.819
 to live for

00:36:26.819 --> 00:36:27.539
 God's glory

00:36:27.539 --> 00:36:28.239
 this week?

00:36:28.859 --> 00:36:29.679
 What do I

00:36:29.679 --> 00:36:30.519
 need to turn

00:36:30.519 --> 00:36:31.079
 from?

00:36:32.000 --> 00:36:32.519
 What do I

00:36:32.519 --> 00:36:32.939
 need to

00:36:32.939 --> 00:36:34.980
 change in

00:36:34.980 --> 00:36:35.619
 my life,

00:36:35.699 --> 00:36:36.000
 in my

00:36:36.000 --> 00:36:36.500
 family,

00:36:37.280 --> 00:36:38.400
 so that I

00:36:38.400 --> 00:36:39.920
 am prioritising

00:36:39.920 --> 00:36:40.719
 his glory,

00:36:41.059 --> 00:36:41.579
 that I am

00:36:41.579 --> 00:36:42.260
 about making

00:36:42.260 --> 00:36:43.099
 his name

00:36:43.099 --> 00:36:45.219
 great and

00:36:45.219 --> 00:36:45.739
 not my

00:36:45.739 --> 00:36:46.059
 name?

00:36:47.059 --> 00:36:48.280
 We come

00:36:48.280 --> 00:36:49.940
 and we

00:36:49.940 --> 00:36:50.280
 go.

00:36:51.019 --> 00:36:52.519
 We congregate

00:36:52.519 --> 00:36:53.920
 and we

00:36:53.920 --> 00:36:54.679
 disperse.

00:36:54.880 --> 00:36:55.679
 We gather

00:36:55.679 --> 00:36:57.579
 and we

00:36:57.579 --> 00:36:58.340
 scatter.

00:36:59.739 --> 00:37:00.559
 The church

00:37:00.559 --> 00:37:01.760
 is God's

00:37:01.760 --> 00:37:02.260
 plan and

00:37:02.260 --> 00:37:03.760
 purpose to

00:37:03.760 --> 00:37:04.980
 unite people

00:37:04.980 --> 00:37:06.139
 around his

00:37:06.139 --> 00:37:07.440
 son and

00:37:07.440 --> 00:37:07.940
 to live

00:37:07.940 --> 00:37:08.860
 for his

00:37:08.860 --> 00:37:09.300
 glory.

00:37:10.639 --> 00:37:11.360
 Let's

00:37:11.360 --> 00:37:11.659
 pray.

00:37:11.659 --> 00:37:22.779
 Father,

00:37:22.899 --> 00:37:23.559
 we confess

00:37:23.559 --> 00:37:24.039
 that we

00:37:24.039 --> 00:37:24.599
 have so

00:37:24.599 --> 00:37:25.599
 many plans

00:37:25.599 --> 00:37:25.980
 of our

00:37:25.980 --> 00:37:26.339
 own,

00:37:26.980 --> 00:37:28.319
 things we

00:37:28.319 --> 00:37:28.799
 want to

00:37:28.799 --> 00:37:29.119
 do,

00:37:30.119 --> 00:37:32.379
 people we

00:37:32.379 --> 00:37:32.839
 want to

00:37:32.839 --> 00:37:33.159
 be,

00:37:35.159 --> 00:37:36.440
 and yet

00:37:36.440 --> 00:37:36.779
 when we

00:37:36.779 --> 00:37:37.480
 reflect on

00:37:37.480 --> 00:37:37.679
 it,

00:37:37.819 --> 00:37:38.420
 so much

00:37:38.420 --> 00:37:38.860
 of it,

00:37:39.639 --> 00:37:40.579
 has nothing

00:37:40.579 --> 00:37:41.260
 to do

00:37:41.260 --> 00:37:43.200
 with your

00:37:43.200 --> 00:37:44.220
 glory and

00:37:44.220 --> 00:37:44.820
 your honour.

00:37:46.659 --> 00:37:47.460
 So would

00:37:47.460 --> 00:37:47.940
 you help

00:37:47.940 --> 00:37:50.400
 us to

00:37:50.400 --> 00:37:50.960
 live our

00:37:50.960 --> 00:37:52.700
 life for

00:37:52.700 --> 00:37:53.240
 the glory

00:37:53.240 --> 00:37:53.820
 of God?

00:37:54.880 --> 00:37:55.820
 Help us

00:37:55.820 --> 00:37:57.119
 to use

00:37:57.119 --> 00:37:57.940
 everything we

00:37:57.940 --> 00:37:58.960
 do as we

00:37:58.960 --> 00:38:00.500
 disperse into

00:38:00.500 --> 00:38:01.200
 our families,

00:38:01.460 --> 00:38:02.500
 as we go to

00:38:02.500 --> 00:38:03.420
 our workplaces,

00:38:03.420 --> 00:38:04.619
 as we

00:38:04.619 --> 00:38:05.139
 meet up

00:38:05.139 --> 00:38:05.940
 with friends,

00:38:06.639 --> 00:38:07.260
 wherever we

00:38:07.260 --> 00:38:07.460
 are,

00:38:07.559 --> 00:38:08.039
 whatever we

00:38:08.039 --> 00:38:08.380
 do,

00:38:08.920 --> 00:38:09.360
 that in

00:38:09.360 --> 00:38:10.039
 all that

00:38:10.039 --> 00:38:10.400
 we do,

00:38:10.500 --> 00:38:10.900
 we would

00:38:10.900 --> 00:38:13.000
 go passing

00:38:13.000 --> 00:38:14.139
 on declaring

00:38:14.139 --> 00:38:15.659
 the good

00:38:15.659 --> 00:38:16.400
 news about

00:38:16.400 --> 00:38:17.039
 the Son,

00:38:17.180 --> 00:38:17.539
 the Lord

00:38:17.539 --> 00:38:18.460
 Jesus Christ,

00:38:18.900 --> 00:38:20.460
 so that

00:38:20.460 --> 00:38:22.400
 others may

00:38:22.400 --> 00:38:22.820
 know the

00:38:22.820 --> 00:38:23.280
 joy,

00:38:24.119 --> 00:38:24.619
 peace,

00:38:25.059 --> 00:38:25.639
 and love

00:38:25.639 --> 00:38:26.059
 of God

00:38:26.059 --> 00:38:26.840
 for themselves,

00:38:27.380 --> 00:38:29.240
 because this

00:38:29.240 --> 00:38:29.760
 is our

00:38:29.760 --> 00:38:30.820
 only purpose,

00:38:30.820 --> 00:38:32.280
 and the

00:38:32.280 --> 00:38:33.180
 only plan

00:38:33.180 --> 00:38:34.720
 that is

00:38:34.720 --> 00:38:35.200
 going to

00:38:35.200 --> 00:38:35.600
 last.

00:38:37.120 --> 00:38:38.120
 So fill us

00:38:38.120 --> 00:38:38.539
 with your

00:38:38.539 --> 00:38:39.039
 spirit,

00:38:40.000 --> 00:38:40.460
 help us

00:38:40.460 --> 00:38:41.100
 to go,

00:38:42.100 --> 00:38:42.500
 help us

00:38:42.500 --> 00:38:43.500
 to disperse,

00:38:43.860 --> 00:38:44.240
 help us

00:38:44.240 --> 00:38:45.059
 to scatter,

00:38:46.300 --> 00:38:46.760
 and to

00:38:46.760 --> 00:38:47.180
 live for

00:38:47.180 --> 00:38:47.500
 you,

00:38:48.380 --> 00:38:48.840
 and not

00:38:48.840 --> 00:38:49.380
 for our

00:38:49.380 --> 00:38:49.780
 own.

00:38:50.480 --> 00:38:51.120
 We pray

00:38:51.120 --> 00:38:51.620
 this in

00:38:51.620 --> 00:38:51.900
 Jesus'

00:38:52.120 --> 00:38:52.340
 name.

00:38:53.240 --> 00:38:53.720
 Amen.

00:38:57.800 --> 00:38:58.280
 Well,

00:38:58.360 --> 00:38:58.780
 to help

00:38:58.780 --> 00:38:59.180
 us and

00:38:59.180 --> 00:38:59.980
 encourage us

00:38:59.980 --> 00:39:00.360
 to do

00:39:00.360 --> 00:39:00.559
 that,

00:39:00.559 --> 00:39:00.759
 we're

00:39:00.759 --> 00:39:00.880
 going

00:39:00.880 --> 00:39:01.000
 to

00:39:01.000 --> 00:39:01.320
 sing,

00:39:02.039 --> 00:39:02.380
 and

00:39:02.380 --> 00:39:02.639
 this

00:39:02.639 --> 00:39:02.960
 song

00:39:02.960 --> 00:39:03.139
 is

00:39:03.139 --> 00:39:03.360
 all

00:39:03.360 --> 00:39:03.679
 about

00:39:03.679 --> 00:39:04.400
 going