WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.480 You are listening to a message from Southwood Presbyterian Church in Huntsville, Alabama. 00:00:06.980 --> 00:00:09.560 Our passion is to experience and express grace. 00:00:10.099 --> 00:00:10.640 Join us. 00:00:12.519 --> 00:00:19.859 Open your Bibles, wherever it is found, to Micah. 00:00:21.140 --> 00:00:23.900 This morning we're going to be looking at chapter 5. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:37.299 Micah chapter 5, we're going to read through from verse 1 through 15. 00:00:38.259 --> 00:00:44.320 So follow with me as we read God's inspired word of truth. 00:00:46.719 --> 00:00:49.820 Now muster your troops, O daughter of troops. 00:00:50.719 --> 00:00:52.820 Siege is laid against us. 00:00:53.460 --> 00:00:56.939 With our rod they strike the judge of Israel on the cheek. 00:00:56.939 --> 00:01:05.500 But you, O Bethlehem, Ephrathah, who are too little to be among the clans of Judah, 00:01:06.439 --> 00:01:12.140 from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel, 00:01:12.700 --> 00:01:17.259 whose coming forth is from of old, from ancient days. 00:01:18.299 --> 00:01:23.280 Therefore he shall give them up until the time when she who was in labor has given birth. 00:01:23.280 --> 00:01:27.799 Then the rest of his brothers shall return to the people of Israel. 00:01:28.359 --> 00:01:33.460 And he shall stand and shepherd his flock in the strength of the Lord, 00:01:33.780 --> 00:01:37.700 in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God. 00:01:38.420 --> 00:01:40.460 And they shall dwell secure. 00:01:41.620 --> 00:01:44.060 For now he shall be great to the ends of the earth, 00:01:44.280 --> 00:01:46.960 and he shall be their peace. 00:01:46.959 --> 00:01:51.939 When the Assyrian comes into our land and treads in our palaces, 00:01:52.239 --> 00:01:57.879 then we will raise against him seven shepherds and eight princes of men. 00:01:58.559 --> 00:02:02.059 They shall shepherd the land of Assyria with a sword, 00:02:03.159 --> 00:02:05.539 in the land of Nimrod at its entrances. 00:02:06.679 --> 00:02:10.139 And he shall deliver us from the Assyrian when he comes into our land 00:02:10.139 --> 00:02:12.259 and treads within our border. 00:02:12.259 --> 00:02:18.199 Then the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many peoples, 00:02:18.199 --> 00:02:20.379 like dew from the Lord, 00:02:20.859 --> 00:02:23.159 like showers on the grass, 00:02:23.399 --> 00:02:27.579 which delay not for a man, nor wait for the children of man. 00:02:28.539 --> 00:02:31.120 The remnant of Jacob shall be among the nations, 00:02:31.239 --> 00:02:32.519 in the midst of many peoples, 00:02:32.579 --> 00:02:36.340 like a lion among beasts of the forest, 00:02:36.939 --> 00:02:39.620 like a young lion among the flocks of sheep, 00:02:39.620 --> 00:02:41.700 which, when it goes through, 00:02:42.360 --> 00:02:44.300 treads down and tears in pieces, 00:02:45.020 --> 00:02:46.599 and there is none to deliver. 00:02:47.659 --> 00:02:51.539 Your hand shall be lifted up over your adversaries, 00:02:51.920 --> 00:02:55.879 and all your enemies shall be cut off. 00:02:57.099 --> 00:02:59.960 And in that day, declares the Lord, 00:02:59.960 --> 00:03:04.120 I will cut off your horses from among you, 00:03:04.800 --> 00:03:07.620 and will destroy your chariots. 00:03:08.620 --> 00:03:11.600 I will cut off the cities of your land 00:03:11.600 --> 00:03:14.020 and throw down all your strongholds. 00:03:14.980 --> 00:03:17.600 And I will cut off sorceries from your hand, 00:03:17.659 --> 00:03:20.860 and you shall have no more tellers of fortunes. 00:03:21.939 --> 00:03:24.420 And I will cut off your carved images 00:03:24.420 --> 00:03:26.719 and your pillars from among you, 00:03:26.719 --> 00:03:29.419 and you shall bow down no more 00:03:29.419 --> 00:03:31.319 to the work of your hands. 00:03:32.219 --> 00:03:34.879 And I will root out your Asherah images 00:03:34.879 --> 00:03:37.560 from among you and destroy your cities. 00:03:38.520 --> 00:03:40.460 And in anger and wrath, 00:03:41.039 --> 00:03:44.060 I will execute vengeance on the nations 00:03:44.060 --> 00:03:45.879 that did not obey. 00:03:48.079 --> 00:03:50.379 Let me lead us in a word of prayer 00:03:50.379 --> 00:03:53.340 as we approach the study of God's word. 00:03:53.340 --> 00:03:56.460 Father, your word is truth. 00:03:57.580 --> 00:03:59.460 Your word is given to us as a gift. 00:04:00.599 --> 00:04:04.680 Your word is real food for our souls. 00:04:06.039 --> 00:04:07.719 But we need your help. 00:04:07.860 --> 00:04:08.920 We need your spirit 00:04:08.920 --> 00:04:10.480 that we might, 00:04:11.219 --> 00:04:13.699 that it might taste sweet to us. 00:04:14.699 --> 00:04:16.899 That we might long for it 00:04:16.899 --> 00:04:18.660 to be planted deep in our hearts. 00:04:18.660 --> 00:04:19.720 So would you come 00:04:19.720 --> 00:04:23.420 and speak to us through your word this morning 00:04:23.420 --> 00:04:24.400 by your spirit? 00:04:25.680 --> 00:04:27.560 And would you draw us into 00:04:27.560 --> 00:04:29.740 your great heart 00:04:29.740 --> 00:04:31.200 of mercy 00:04:31.200 --> 00:04:32.460 and grace? 00:04:33.360 --> 00:04:34.580 And we pray this 00:04:34.580 --> 00:04:35.820 in Jesus' name. 00:04:36.420 --> 00:04:36.640 Amen. 00:04:39.520 --> 00:04:41.960 Now I've been excited about this journey 00:04:41.960 --> 00:04:43.140 we are taking through 00:04:43.140 --> 00:04:44.879 several of the minor prophets. 00:04:45.100 --> 00:04:46.280 I love the Old Testament. 00:04:46.279 --> 00:04:47.699 I love the minor prophets. 00:04:48.399 --> 00:04:49.719 But I also know, 00:04:49.979 --> 00:04:51.119 especially when we get 00:04:51.119 --> 00:04:52.759 into some of these places, 00:04:53.719 --> 00:04:56.500 it can create some confusion. 00:04:57.979 --> 00:04:58.619 If, you know, 00:04:58.699 --> 00:04:59.559 we read, 00:04:59.699 --> 00:05:01.099 the confusion can come 00:05:01.099 --> 00:05:02.059 when we read 00:05:02.059 --> 00:05:05.519 God promising to his servants, 00:05:05.699 --> 00:05:07.119 God promising to David, 00:05:07.719 --> 00:05:08.759 promising to Abraham 00:05:08.759 --> 00:05:11.159 that his people will be his people, 00:05:11.359 --> 00:05:12.819 that God will be their God, 00:05:12.819 --> 00:05:15.459 and nothing will take them 00:05:15.459 --> 00:05:16.800 out of his hand. 00:05:17.699 --> 00:05:18.860 He tells David 00:05:18.860 --> 00:05:20.180 that you shall never lack 00:05:20.180 --> 00:05:21.980 a king who sits on the throne. 00:05:24.599 --> 00:05:25.879 And then we come 00:05:25.879 --> 00:05:27.519 to the minor prophets. 00:05:29.039 --> 00:05:30.019 And we're told 00:05:30.019 --> 00:05:31.019 how God is basically 00:05:31.019 --> 00:05:32.139 going to uproot his people 00:05:32.139 --> 00:05:33.539 and throw them out. 00:05:35.620 --> 00:05:37.319 The kings will be, 00:05:37.480 --> 00:05:38.379 in a sense, 00:05:38.579 --> 00:05:39.100 removed. 00:05:39.100 --> 00:05:41.379 The Assyrians 00:05:41.379 --> 00:05:42.220 will come 00:05:42.220 --> 00:05:43.280 and rule. 00:05:45.060 --> 00:05:45.860 And for all intents 00:05:45.860 --> 00:05:46.400 and purposes, 00:05:46.580 --> 00:05:47.500 for hundreds of years, 00:05:47.840 --> 00:05:48.879 Israel will be 00:05:48.879 --> 00:05:49.460 wiped 00:05:49.460 --> 00:05:50.580 off 00:05:50.580 --> 00:05:51.620 the face 00:05:51.620 --> 00:05:53.020 of Palestine. 00:05:53.560 --> 00:05:54.220 So how are we supposed 00:05:54.220 --> 00:05:55.060 to read that? 00:05:55.860 --> 00:05:56.840 Which is true. 00:05:57.840 --> 00:05:59.580 Is it the unconditional promise? 00:06:00.100 --> 00:06:00.860 Or is 00:06:00.860 --> 00:06:02.439 what we see? 00:06:02.439 --> 00:06:05.699 Well, when we read 00:06:05.699 --> 00:06:08.120 the prophets, 00:06:08.860 --> 00:06:10.300 we have to read it 00:06:10.300 --> 00:06:12.079 on two different levels. 00:06:13.540 --> 00:06:14.819 On one level, 00:06:15.220 --> 00:06:16.220 there is more 00:06:16.220 --> 00:06:17.079 of the individual 00:06:17.079 --> 00:06:18.600 level, 00:06:18.600 --> 00:06:19.819 where God deals 00:06:19.819 --> 00:06:20.800 with individuals 00:06:20.800 --> 00:06:22.040 within his nation 00:06:22.040 --> 00:06:23.879 who are disobedient, 00:06:24.040 --> 00:06:25.740 who reject his covenant, 00:06:26.259 --> 00:06:28.040 who prove themselves 00:06:28.040 --> 00:06:29.779 to be 00:06:29.779 --> 00:06:32.259 not covenant keepers, 00:06:32.439 --> 00:06:35.219 and those individuals, 00:06:36.279 --> 00:06:37.699 God brings his wrath 00:06:37.699 --> 00:06:39.000 and his anger 00:06:39.000 --> 00:06:41.100 and destroys them. 00:06:42.319 --> 00:06:43.779 Which he's about 00:06:43.779 --> 00:06:44.540 to do here 00:06:44.540 --> 00:06:45.100 in Jerusalem. 00:06:46.680 --> 00:06:47.620 But there's 00:06:47.620 --> 00:06:48.279 another level. 00:06:49.860 --> 00:06:50.620 Because Israel 00:06:50.620 --> 00:06:51.319 is often, 00:06:51.540 --> 00:06:52.939 is spoken of 00:06:52.939 --> 00:06:55.060 in the prophets. 00:06:56.019 --> 00:06:56.899 We see it 00:06:56.899 --> 00:06:57.699 in Isaiah 00:06:57.699 --> 00:07:00.019 62. 00:07:00.019 --> 00:07:01.199 Israel 00:07:01.199 --> 00:07:02.399 is spoken 00:07:02.399 --> 00:07:03.759 of as his bride. 00:07:05.560 --> 00:07:06.319 Back in 00:07:06.319 --> 00:07:07.039 Hosea 11, 00:07:07.419 --> 00:07:08.539 Israel is spoken 00:07:08.539 --> 00:07:09.519 of as his 00:07:09.519 --> 00:07:10.740 son. 00:07:12.539 --> 00:07:13.459 And when he 00:07:13.459 --> 00:07:14.680 deals 00:07:14.680 --> 00:07:15.939 with Israel 00:07:15.939 --> 00:07:16.759 as a nation, 00:07:16.919 --> 00:07:18.120 it's one entity. 00:07:18.359 --> 00:07:18.879 In a sense, 00:07:18.979 --> 00:07:19.959 they are 00:07:19.959 --> 00:07:20.680 representative 00:07:20.680 --> 00:07:22.039 of us. 00:07:23.859 --> 00:07:24.759 And that 00:07:24.759 --> 00:07:25.359 son 00:07:25.359 --> 00:07:26.019 and that 00:07:26.019 --> 00:07:26.500 bride, 00:07:26.680 --> 00:07:27.399 though he may 00:07:27.399 --> 00:07:28.359 deal with 00:07:28.360 --> 00:07:29.400 harshly, 00:07:30.020 --> 00:07:31.980 he will 00:07:31.980 --> 00:07:32.660 never destroy. 00:07:33.740 --> 00:07:34.400 He will 00:07:34.400 --> 00:07:35.080 never cast 00:07:35.080 --> 00:07:36.319 off forever. 00:07:37.439 --> 00:07:38.180 But he 00:07:38.180 --> 00:07:38.879 will come 00:07:38.879 --> 00:07:40.580 and he 00:07:40.580 --> 00:07:41.379 will deal 00:07:41.379 --> 00:07:42.000 with them 00:07:42.000 --> 00:07:43.400 and his, 00:07:43.740 --> 00:07:44.400 it is his 00:07:44.400 --> 00:07:45.520 loving kindness 00:07:45.520 --> 00:07:47.460 for his 00:07:47.460 --> 00:07:48.120 son and 00:07:48.120 --> 00:07:48.800 for his 00:07:48.800 --> 00:07:49.379 bride that's 00:07:49.379 --> 00:07:50.400 actually driving 00:07:50.400 --> 00:07:50.920 him 00:07:50.920 --> 00:07:51.920 here. 00:07:51.920 --> 00:07:53.740 So when 00:07:53.740 --> 00:07:54.160 we read 00:07:54.160 --> 00:07:54.819 Micah, 00:07:55.680 --> 00:07:56.900 don't just 00:07:56.900 --> 00:07:57.699 read, 00:07:58.460 --> 00:07:59.060 this God 00:07:59.060 --> 00:07:59.840 is ticked 00:07:59.840 --> 00:08:01.560 off and 00:08:01.560 --> 00:08:02.020 now he's 00:08:02.020 --> 00:08:02.939 coming to 00:08:02.939 --> 00:08:03.840 bring retribution. 00:08:05.860 --> 00:08:07.020 Read this 00:08:07.020 --> 00:08:09.160 from a 00:08:09.160 --> 00:08:09.460 lover 00:08:09.460 --> 00:08:11.379 who will 00:08:11.379 --> 00:08:11.800 go to 00:08:11.800 --> 00:08:13.120 no lengths, 00:08:13.319 --> 00:08:13.480 who will 00:08:13.480 --> 00:08:13.759 go to 00:08:13.759 --> 00:08:14.500 any length 00:08:14.500 --> 00:08:15.639 necessary 00:08:15.639 --> 00:08:18.280 to bring 00:08:18.280 --> 00:08:19.020 his true 00:08:19.020 --> 00:08:20.160 love back 00:08:20.160 --> 00:08:21.200 to himself. 00:08:21.920 --> 00:08:24.040 Micah is 00:08:24.040 --> 00:08:24.439 a letter 00:08:24.439 --> 00:08:25.360 of love, 00:08:26.240 --> 00:08:28.620 not anger 00:08:28.620 --> 00:08:29.319 and hate. 00:08:33.019 --> 00:08:34.039 So as 00:08:34.039 --> 00:08:34.480 we read 00:08:34.480 --> 00:08:35.180 Micah, 00:08:35.259 --> 00:08:35.500 and we're 00:08:35.500 --> 00:08:35.700 going to 00:08:35.700 --> 00:08:36.200 see that 00:08:36.200 --> 00:08:36.879 in particular 00:08:36.879 --> 00:08:37.379 in this 00:08:37.379 --> 00:08:37.720 chapter. 00:08:38.379 --> 00:08:38.820 So let's 00:08:38.820 --> 00:08:39.060 look at 00:08:39.060 --> 00:08:39.220 this 00:08:39.220 --> 00:08:39.800 situation. 00:08:41.240 --> 00:08:42.000 We get 00:08:42.000 --> 00:08:42.460 a glimpse 00:08:42.460 --> 00:08:42.779 of it 00:08:42.779 --> 00:08:42.980 in the 00:08:42.980 --> 00:08:43.440 very first 00:08:43.440 --> 00:08:43.779 verse. 00:08:45.159 --> 00:08:46.000 It's a 00:08:46.000 --> 00:08:46.399 tragic 00:08:46.399 --> 00:08:47.080 situation. 00:08:47.360 --> 00:08:47.580 In the 00:08:47.580 --> 00:08:48.240 first verse, 00:08:48.399 --> 00:08:48.800 we are 00:08:48.800 --> 00:08:50.220 told that 00:08:50.220 --> 00:08:50.940 siege is 00:08:50.940 --> 00:08:51.340 laid in 00:08:51.340 --> 00:08:51.740 Jerusalem, 00:08:51.919 --> 00:08:52.279 the 00:08:52.279 --> 00:08:52.860 Israel's 00:08:52.860 --> 00:08:53.519 judge is 00:08:53.519 --> 00:08:54.339 struck on 00:08:54.339 --> 00:08:54.759 the cheek 00:08:54.759 --> 00:08:55.079 with a 00:08:55.079 --> 00:08:55.360 rod. 00:08:56.039 --> 00:08:56.539 Basically, 00:08:56.679 --> 00:08:56.959 what we 00:08:56.959 --> 00:08:57.379 have is 00:08:57.379 --> 00:08:57.860 David's 00:08:57.860 --> 00:08:58.240 heir, 00:08:58.679 --> 00:08:59.319 Hezekiah, 00:08:59.539 --> 00:09:00.279 on his 00:09:00.279 --> 00:09:00.699 throne, 00:09:00.879 --> 00:09:01.459 who is 00:09:01.459 --> 00:09:02.699 being abused, 00:09:02.979 --> 00:09:03.839 belittled, 00:09:04.439 --> 00:09:05.299 shown contempt 00:09:05.299 --> 00:09:06.559 for by the 00:09:06.559 --> 00:09:07.319 Assyrians. 00:09:08.659 --> 00:09:09.139 And not 00:09:09.139 --> 00:09:10.120 only Hezekiah, 00:09:10.279 --> 00:09:10.659 but God 00:09:10.659 --> 00:09:11.240 himself, 00:09:11.679 --> 00:09:12.500 but Israel's 00:09:12.500 --> 00:09:13.039 chosen, 00:09:14.319 --> 00:09:15.139 Israel's 00:09:15.139 --> 00:09:15.699 rightful 00:09:15.699 --> 00:09:16.279 king, 00:09:16.879 --> 00:09:17.539 the heir of 00:09:17.539 --> 00:09:18.099 David, 00:09:18.100 --> 00:09:20.560 is being 00:09:20.560 --> 00:09:21.019 put to 00:09:21.019 --> 00:09:21.600 shame 00:09:21.600 --> 00:09:23.480 by these 00:09:23.480 --> 00:09:24.220 Assyrian 00:09:24.220 --> 00:09:25.420 hordes. 00:09:26.800 --> 00:09:27.019 And so 00:09:27.019 --> 00:09:27.420 this is 00:09:27.420 --> 00:09:28.300 this dire 00:09:28.300 --> 00:09:29.720 circumstance, 00:09:30.060 --> 00:09:30.259 and so 00:09:30.259 --> 00:09:30.620 what is 00:09:30.620 --> 00:09:31.200 Israel to 00:09:31.200 --> 00:09:31.600 think? 00:09:31.800 --> 00:09:32.379 When you 00:09:32.379 --> 00:09:32.840 think about 00:09:32.840 --> 00:09:33.240 the covenant 00:09:33.240 --> 00:09:33.800 promises, 00:09:33.960 --> 00:09:34.200 when you 00:09:34.200 --> 00:09:34.639 think about 00:09:34.639 --> 00:09:35.040 what God 00:09:35.040 --> 00:09:35.519 has promised 00:09:35.519 --> 00:09:35.860 them all 00:09:35.860 --> 00:09:36.500 these years, 00:09:37.620 --> 00:09:38.200 so what 00:09:38.200 --> 00:09:38.379 are they 00:09:38.379 --> 00:09:38.800 to think? 00:09:38.799 --> 00:09:41.419 So this 00:09:41.419 --> 00:09:41.699 is the 00:09:41.699 --> 00:09:42.240 situation, 00:09:42.479 --> 00:09:42.819 and to 00:09:42.819 --> 00:09:43.339 this, 00:09:44.219 --> 00:09:44.559 then we 00:09:44.559 --> 00:09:45.120 see God's 00:09:45.120 --> 00:09:47.219 promise of 00:09:47.219 --> 00:09:47.639 a coming 00:09:47.639 --> 00:09:48.120 Redeemer. 00:09:51.620 --> 00:09:52.399 The coming 00:09:52.399 --> 00:09:52.839 Redeemer, 00:09:53.539 --> 00:09:54.379 we'll walk 00:09:54.379 --> 00:09:55.000 through this a 00:09:55.000 --> 00:09:55.519 bit last 00:09:55.519 --> 00:09:56.059 week, so we 00:09:56.059 --> 00:09:56.799 won't go into 00:09:56.799 --> 00:09:57.459 it in a whole 00:09:57.459 --> 00:09:58.259 lot of detail, 00:09:58.740 --> 00:09:59.159 but that 00:09:59.159 --> 00:09:59.799 Redeemer is 00:09:59.799 --> 00:10:00.099 going to 00:10:00.099 --> 00:10:00.559 come, 00:10:00.979 --> 00:10:01.379 he's going 00:10:01.379 --> 00:10:01.639 to come 00:10:01.639 --> 00:10:02.059 from very 00:10:02.059 --> 00:10:02.359 humble 00:10:02.359 --> 00:10:03.139 circumstances, 00:10:03.299 --> 00:10:03.639 but he's 00:10:03.639 --> 00:10:04.000 going to 00:10:04.000 --> 00:10:04.859 come and 00:10:04.859 --> 00:10:05.439 save his 00:10:05.439 --> 00:10:05.819 people, 00:10:06.559 --> 00:10:07.599 and he is 00:10:07.599 --> 00:10:08.059 going to 00:10:08.059 --> 00:10:08.479 come, 00:10:08.799 --> 00:10:09.759 and reestablish 00:10:09.759 --> 00:10:10.500 his rule, 00:10:11.099 --> 00:10:11.620 and that 00:10:11.620 --> 00:10:12.379 rule is 00:10:12.379 --> 00:10:12.979 really going 00:10:12.979 --> 00:10:13.819 to involve 00:10:13.819 --> 00:10:15.199 two things. 00:10:16.000 --> 00:10:16.879 One, it 00:10:16.879 --> 00:10:17.559 is going to 00:10:17.559 --> 00:10:18.479 restore 00:10:18.479 --> 00:10:20.699 kingship 00:10:20.699 --> 00:10:22.939 over his 00:10:22.939 --> 00:10:23.319 covenant 00:10:23.319 --> 00:10:23.859 people, 00:10:24.979 --> 00:10:26.639 and it 00:10:26.639 --> 00:10:27.259 also is 00:10:27.259 --> 00:10:27.839 going to 00:10:27.839 --> 00:10:28.339 involve 00:10:28.339 --> 00:10:29.659 reclaiming 00:10:29.659 --> 00:10:31.099 his 00:10:31.099 --> 00:10:32.059 chosen 00:10:32.059 --> 00:10:32.979 bride. 00:10:34.859 --> 00:10:35.319 So let's 00:10:35.319 --> 00:10:35.719 look at 00:10:35.719 --> 00:10:36.159 what we 00:10:36.159 --> 00:10:37.259 see here. 00:10:37.379 --> 00:10:37.979 First, let's 00:10:37.979 --> 00:10:38.599 look at how 00:10:38.600 --> 00:10:39.279 he comes 00:10:39.279 --> 00:10:40.580 to restore 00:10:40.580 --> 00:10:42.259 his rule 00:10:42.259 --> 00:10:44.040 over his 00:10:44.040 --> 00:10:44.519 people, 00:10:45.620 --> 00:10:46.159 reclaiming 00:10:46.159 --> 00:10:46.680 the throne. 00:10:47.620 --> 00:10:48.320 In verses 00:10:48.320 --> 00:10:48.840 two through 00:10:48.840 --> 00:10:49.399 six, we 00:10:49.399 --> 00:10:51.519 see, again, 00:10:51.620 --> 00:10:52.120 after that 00:10:52.120 --> 00:10:53.360 situation, we 00:10:53.360 --> 00:10:53.779 see the 00:10:53.779 --> 00:10:54.580 salvation is 00:10:54.580 --> 00:10:55.820 coming, and 00:10:55.820 --> 00:10:56.440 what he makes 00:10:56.440 --> 00:10:57.340 clear is the 00:10:57.340 --> 00:10:58.700 king is going 00:10:58.700 --> 00:10:59.540 to come and 00:10:59.540 --> 00:11:00.120 save them. 00:11:00.860 --> 00:11:01.960 But again, as 00:11:01.960 --> 00:11:02.600 we read the 00:11:02.600 --> 00:11:03.279 prophets, you 00:11:03.279 --> 00:11:03.940 have to read 00:11:03.940 --> 00:11:04.980 it, in a 00:11:04.980 --> 00:11:05.500 sense, on a 00:11:05.500 --> 00:11:05.840 couple of 00:11:05.840 --> 00:11:06.519 different levels. 00:11:06.519 --> 00:11:07.779 one, he 00:11:07.779 --> 00:11:08.539 mentions the 00:11:08.539 --> 00:11:09.460 Assyrians in 00:11:09.460 --> 00:11:10.860 particular here 00:11:10.860 --> 00:11:11.319 in these 00:11:11.319 --> 00:11:12.819 verses, and 00:11:12.819 --> 00:11:13.500 we see what 00:11:13.500 --> 00:11:14.360 God is going 00:11:14.360 --> 00:11:15.539 to do to 00:11:15.539 --> 00:11:16.659 Assyria, and 00:11:16.659 --> 00:11:17.439 Will alluded 00:11:17.439 --> 00:11:17.899 to that. 00:11:18.019 --> 00:11:18.379 We're going to 00:11:18.379 --> 00:11:19.679 see, you see 00:11:19.679 --> 00:11:20.360 it spelled out 00:11:20.360 --> 00:11:21.399 in Isaiah, but 00:11:21.399 --> 00:11:22.059 also in 00:11:22.059 --> 00:11:23.679 Kings, how 00:11:23.679 --> 00:11:24.639 over 00:11:24.639 --> 00:11:26.259 180,000 00:11:26.259 --> 00:11:27.240 Assyrians 00:11:27.240 --> 00:11:29.240 are going to 00:11:29.240 --> 00:11:30.600 be dead, 00:11:30.600 --> 00:11:32.840 and Israel 00:11:32.840 --> 00:11:34.019 didn't lift a 00:11:34.019 --> 00:11:34.360 finger. 00:11:36.060 --> 00:11:36.800 The Assyrians, 00:11:36.940 --> 00:11:37.440 at least at 00:11:37.440 --> 00:11:39.360 this time, will 00:11:39.360 --> 00:11:41.060 not set foot 00:11:41.060 --> 00:11:42.960 in Jerusalem 00:11:42.960 --> 00:11:44.540 because her 00:11:44.540 --> 00:11:46.379 king is going 00:11:46.379 --> 00:11:47.180 to do battle 00:11:47.180 --> 00:11:48.060 and restore. 00:11:48.740 --> 00:11:49.560 But Micah is 00:11:49.560 --> 00:11:50.740 also pointing to 00:11:50.740 --> 00:11:52.100 something else 00:11:52.100 --> 00:11:54.080 much greater. 00:11:54.080 --> 00:11:56.080 God is 00:11:56.080 --> 00:11:56.860 not just a 00:11:56.860 --> 00:11:57.460 human king, 00:11:58.460 --> 00:11:59.840 but a 00:11:59.840 --> 00:12:00.480 redeemer is 00:12:00.480 --> 00:12:00.900 going to 00:12:00.900 --> 00:12:03.139 come and 00:12:03.139 --> 00:12:03.759 establish 00:12:03.759 --> 00:12:04.759 ultimately 00:12:04.759 --> 00:12:07.139 God's 00:12:07.139 --> 00:12:09.139 rule over 00:12:09.139 --> 00:12:10.879 all things. 00:12:11.280 --> 00:12:12.000 He will 00:12:12.000 --> 00:12:12.960 bring security, 00:12:13.100 --> 00:12:13.600 and I like 00:12:13.600 --> 00:12:14.200 what he says 00:12:14.200 --> 00:12:14.800 there in that 00:12:14.800 --> 00:12:15.420 fifth verse, 00:12:15.540 --> 00:12:15.960 he says, 00:12:16.379 --> 00:12:17.320 and he will 00:12:17.320 --> 00:12:18.420 be their 00:12:18.420 --> 00:12:19.300 peace. 00:12:20.580 --> 00:12:21.540 He will be 00:12:21.540 --> 00:12:21.879 their 00:12:21.879 --> 00:12:22.980 shalom. 00:12:22.980 --> 00:12:24.720 I love 00:12:24.720 --> 00:12:25.060 that word 00:12:25.060 --> 00:12:25.860 shalom because 00:12:25.860 --> 00:12:27.000 it basically 00:12:27.000 --> 00:12:27.879 says that God 00:12:27.879 --> 00:12:28.300 is going to 00:12:28.300 --> 00:12:29.139 restore things 00:12:29.139 --> 00:12:30.480 and make them 00:12:30.480 --> 00:12:31.440 be what 00:12:31.440 --> 00:12:32.019 they're supposed 00:12:32.019 --> 00:12:32.519 to be. 00:12:34.060 --> 00:12:34.879 That Israel 00:12:34.879 --> 00:12:35.279 will be 00:12:35.279 --> 00:12:36.100 protected and 00:12:36.100 --> 00:12:36.879 live security 00:12:36.879 --> 00:12:37.500 the way she 00:12:37.500 --> 00:12:38.060 should. 00:12:39.920 --> 00:12:40.379 And all 00:12:40.379 --> 00:12:40.920 her enemies 00:12:40.920 --> 00:12:42.279 are going 00:12:42.279 --> 00:12:42.840 to be put 00:12:42.840 --> 00:12:44.060 down 00:12:44.060 --> 00:12:45.800 and destroyed. 00:12:46.399 --> 00:12:46.759 In fact, 00:12:46.820 --> 00:12:47.240 they will 00:12:47.240 --> 00:12:48.279 themselves come 00:12:48.279 --> 00:12:48.840 and worship 00:12:48.840 --> 00:12:50.659 at the feet 00:12:50.659 --> 00:12:52.200 of Israel. 00:12:52.980 --> 00:12:55.300 And when I 00:12:55.300 --> 00:12:55.759 see this, 00:12:55.840 --> 00:12:55.980 I mean, 00:12:56.039 --> 00:12:56.680 this is such 00:12:56.680 --> 00:12:57.580 good news. 00:12:58.480 --> 00:12:58.800 You know, 00:12:58.879 --> 00:12:59.420 as Peter 00:12:59.420 --> 00:13:00.220 mentioned a 00:13:00.220 --> 00:13:00.639 while ago, 00:13:00.720 --> 00:13:01.300 you see all 00:13:01.300 --> 00:13:02.100 these events 00:13:02.100 --> 00:13:02.639 that are going 00:13:02.639 --> 00:13:03.480 on in Hong 00:13:03.480 --> 00:13:03.940 Kong. 00:13:04.639 --> 00:13:05.279 But we 00:13:05.279 --> 00:13:05.840 know that 00:13:05.840 --> 00:13:06.379 in China, 00:13:06.539 --> 00:13:07.360 if you've 00:13:07.360 --> 00:13:08.340 followed any 00:13:08.340 --> 00:13:10.980 reports of 00:13:10.980 --> 00:13:11.580 how the church 00:13:11.580 --> 00:13:11.920 is being 00:13:11.920 --> 00:13:13.159 treated in 00:13:13.159 --> 00:13:13.980 mainland China 00:13:13.980 --> 00:13:14.580 over these 00:13:14.580 --> 00:13:15.600 last year or 00:13:15.600 --> 00:13:15.800 so, 00:13:15.899 --> 00:13:16.600 you know that 00:13:16.600 --> 00:13:17.180 they have been 00:13:17.180 --> 00:13:17.980 put under 00:13:17.980 --> 00:13:19.539 heavy stress, 00:13:19.720 --> 00:13:20.279 a lot of 00:13:20.279 --> 00:13:20.920 persecution, 00:13:20.919 --> 00:13:22.139 elders, 00:13:22.500 --> 00:13:22.939 pastors, 00:13:23.419 --> 00:13:24.059 members have 00:13:24.059 --> 00:13:25.419 been jailed 00:13:25.419 --> 00:13:27.759 simply because 00:13:27.759 --> 00:13:29.399 they're elders 00:13:29.399 --> 00:13:30.699 and pastors 00:13:30.699 --> 00:13:31.819 and church 00:13:31.819 --> 00:13:32.199 members. 00:13:33.500 --> 00:13:34.219 And China 00:13:34.219 --> 00:13:35.139 is doing 00:13:35.139 --> 00:13:36.219 their best 00:13:36.219 --> 00:13:37.439 to destroy 00:13:37.439 --> 00:13:38.659 and put down 00:13:38.659 --> 00:13:39.779 the influence 00:13:39.779 --> 00:13:41.000 of the church. 00:13:41.000 --> 00:13:41.059 church. 00:13:43.940 --> 00:13:44.820 If you read 00:13:44.820 --> 00:13:45.620 stories through 00:13:45.620 --> 00:13:45.980 the Middle 00:13:45.980 --> 00:13:46.360 East, 00:13:47.460 --> 00:13:48.039 you will see 00:13:48.039 --> 00:13:48.940 similar things 00:13:48.940 --> 00:13:49.580 where people 00:13:49.580 --> 00:13:50.460 who have the 00:13:50.460 --> 00:13:51.100 name of Christ, 00:13:51.200 --> 00:13:51.500 they get 00:13:51.500 --> 00:13:52.259 baptized in the 00:13:52.259 --> 00:13:52.879 name of Christ 00:13:52.879 --> 00:13:53.600 and they're put 00:13:53.600 --> 00:13:54.100 to death. 00:13:55.659 --> 00:13:56.720 We might even 00:13:56.720 --> 00:13:57.580 feel it here 00:13:57.580 --> 00:13:58.500 in our culture 00:13:58.500 --> 00:13:59.500 sometimes where 00:13:59.500 --> 00:14:00.220 we feel like 00:14:00.220 --> 00:14:01.139 society has 00:14:01.139 --> 00:14:02.639 just laid 00:14:02.639 --> 00:14:03.259 the church 00:14:03.259 --> 00:14:04.379 under siege, 00:14:04.879 --> 00:14:06.639 where we are 00:14:06.639 --> 00:14:07.860 pushed out 00:14:07.860 --> 00:14:10.779 of society. 00:14:11.019 --> 00:14:11.419 We're pushed 00:14:11.419 --> 00:14:12.060 out of the 00:14:12.060 --> 00:14:12.500 marketplace. 00:14:12.779 --> 00:14:13.159 We're pushed 00:14:13.159 --> 00:14:13.800 out of 00:14:13.800 --> 00:14:15.000 respect 00:14:15.000 --> 00:14:16.940 everywhere 00:14:16.940 --> 00:14:17.740 within our 00:14:17.740 --> 00:14:18.180 culture 00:14:18.180 --> 00:14:19.840 so that we 00:14:19.840 --> 00:14:20.720 are ridiculed, 00:14:21.159 --> 00:14:21.740 we are 00:14:21.740 --> 00:14:23.399 at best 00:14:23.399 --> 00:14:23.940 ignored. 00:14:26.980 --> 00:14:27.960 But if what 00:14:27.960 --> 00:14:28.560 Micah says 00:14:28.560 --> 00:14:29.019 is true, 00:14:31.379 --> 00:14:33.100 all these 00:14:33.100 --> 00:14:33.620 nations 00:14:33.620 --> 00:14:34.379 and cultures 00:14:34.379 --> 00:14:34.980 and people 00:14:34.980 --> 00:14:35.759 can fight 00:14:35.759 --> 00:14:36.680 against God's 00:14:36.680 --> 00:14:37.019 people, 00:14:37.860 --> 00:14:41.100 but a 00:14:41.100 --> 00:14:41.480 day is 00:14:41.480 --> 00:14:41.860 coming 00:14:41.860 --> 00:14:43.800 when the 00:14:43.800 --> 00:14:45.399 king will 00:14:45.399 --> 00:14:46.039 restore 00:14:46.039 --> 00:14:47.200 order, 00:14:47.759 --> 00:14:48.620 the order 00:14:48.620 --> 00:14:50.480 he intended. 00:14:51.220 --> 00:14:51.860 The king 00:14:51.860 --> 00:14:52.659 will put 00:14:52.659 --> 00:14:53.740 down every 00:14:53.740 --> 00:14:54.220 nation, 00:14:54.440 --> 00:14:55.300 every force, 00:14:56.060 --> 00:14:56.779 everything 00:14:56.779 --> 00:14:57.440 that would 00:14:57.440 --> 00:14:58.259 stand against 00:14:58.259 --> 00:14:58.940 his people 00:14:58.940 --> 00:15:00.539 and raise 00:15:00.539 --> 00:15:01.220 up his 00:15:01.220 --> 00:15:01.920 people 00:15:01.920 --> 00:15:04.379 as those 00:15:04.379 --> 00:15:05.240 who are 00:15:05.240 --> 00:15:06.480 now ruling 00:15:06.480 --> 00:15:07.620 over all 00:15:07.620 --> 00:15:08.320 things with 00:15:08.320 --> 00:15:08.659 him. 00:15:08.659 --> 00:15:09.460 We see 00:15:09.460 --> 00:15:09.840 in this 00:15:09.840 --> 00:15:10.519 text where 00:15:10.519 --> 00:15:12.200 God is 00:15:12.200 --> 00:15:12.480 going to 00:15:12.480 --> 00:15:12.899 raise up 00:15:12.899 --> 00:15:13.560 a shepherd 00:15:13.560 --> 00:15:15.060 which is 00:15:15.060 --> 00:15:15.600 redeemer, 00:15:15.759 --> 00:15:16.139 but he also 00:15:16.139 --> 00:15:16.539 says there 00:15:16.539 --> 00:15:16.740 are going to 00:15:16.740 --> 00:15:17.120 be other 00:15:17.120 --> 00:15:17.740 shepherds 00:15:17.740 --> 00:15:18.320 that are 00:15:18.320 --> 00:15:18.860 raised up 00:15:18.860 --> 00:15:19.340 with him 00:15:19.340 --> 00:15:19.580 and are 00:15:19.580 --> 00:15:19.720 going to 00:15:19.720 --> 00:15:20.259 be ruling 00:15:20.259 --> 00:15:21.180 and shepherding 00:15:21.180 --> 00:15:22.080 with him. 00:15:22.080 --> 00:15:25.280 And the 00:15:25.280 --> 00:15:25.920 church will 00:15:25.920 --> 00:15:26.340 take its 00:15:26.340 --> 00:15:26.879 rightful 00:15:26.879 --> 00:15:27.820 prominent 00:15:27.820 --> 00:15:28.580 place 00:15:28.580 --> 00:15:31.340 and we'll 00:15:31.340 --> 00:15:31.980 have peace. 00:15:33.800 --> 00:15:34.500 We will 00:15:34.500 --> 00:15:35.100 have shalom. 00:15:35.500 --> 00:15:35.940 No more 00:15:35.940 --> 00:15:36.440 threats, 00:15:37.379 --> 00:15:38.020 no more 00:15:38.020 --> 00:15:38.620 insecurity, 00:15:39.700 --> 00:15:40.379 no more 00:15:40.379 --> 00:15:40.900 pressures, 00:15:41.740 --> 00:15:42.820 no persecution. 00:15:42.820 --> 00:15:45.520 the king 00:15:45.520 --> 00:15:45.960 will be on 00:15:45.960 --> 00:15:46.400 his throne 00:15:46.400 --> 00:15:48.480 and the 00:15:48.480 --> 00:15:48.980 nations will 00:15:48.980 --> 00:15:49.440 come, 00:15:50.080 --> 00:15:51.180 but not to 00:15:51.180 --> 00:15:51.580 threaten. 00:15:53.200 --> 00:15:53.900 They'll come 00:15:53.900 --> 00:15:54.440 to bow 00:15:54.440 --> 00:15:56.620 in worship, 00:15:56.879 --> 00:15:57.420 in homage 00:15:57.420 --> 00:15:58.720 to the 00:15:58.720 --> 00:15:59.260 true king. 00:16:02.379 --> 00:16:03.160 Would that 00:16:03.160 --> 00:16:03.800 day come 00:16:03.800 --> 00:16:04.879 soon? 00:16:07.340 --> 00:16:08.240 We long 00:16:08.240 --> 00:16:08.780 to see that 00:16:08.780 --> 00:16:10.640 day because 00:16:10.640 --> 00:16:11.620 we long 00:16:11.620 --> 00:16:14.039 for shalom. 00:16:16.860 --> 00:16:17.639 So for 00:16:17.639 --> 00:16:18.240 God's people 00:16:18.240 --> 00:16:18.840 that is 00:16:18.840 --> 00:16:19.340 going to 00:16:19.340 --> 00:16:20.240 be a 00:16:20.240 --> 00:16:20.840 glorious, 00:16:21.519 --> 00:16:21.779 glorious 00:16:21.779 --> 00:16:23.100 day. 00:16:25.100 --> 00:16:25.820 For the 00:16:25.820 --> 00:16:26.340 unbeliever 00:16:26.340 --> 00:16:26.700 though, 00:16:29.740 --> 00:16:30.080 and that 00:16:30.080 --> 00:16:30.600 may be 00:16:30.600 --> 00:16:31.360 some of 00:16:31.360 --> 00:16:31.679 you, 00:16:32.740 --> 00:16:33.279 you don't 00:16:33.279 --> 00:16:33.659 have that 00:16:33.659 --> 00:16:34.000 promise. 00:16:36.279 --> 00:16:37.039 We are 00:16:37.039 --> 00:16:37.700 told in 00:16:37.700 --> 00:16:38.460 many places 00:16:38.460 --> 00:16:39.139 like in 00:16:39.139 --> 00:16:39.620 Philippians 00:16:39.620 --> 00:16:41.379 2 that 00:16:41.379 --> 00:16:42.759 every knee 00:16:42.759 --> 00:16:44.539 shall bow 00:16:44.539 --> 00:16:47.500 and declare 00:16:47.500 --> 00:16:48.419 him Lord. 00:16:50.200 --> 00:16:51.340 Every knee. 00:16:52.960 --> 00:16:53.240 And so 00:16:53.240 --> 00:16:53.500 when the 00:16:53.500 --> 00:16:54.559 king comes, 00:16:55.820 --> 00:16:56.939 we will 00:16:56.939 --> 00:16:57.419 bow in 00:16:57.419 --> 00:16:57.980 worship 00:16:57.980 --> 00:16:59.820 either with 00:16:59.820 --> 00:17:00.799 glad 00:17:00.799 --> 00:17:02.120 rejoicing 00:17:02.120 --> 00:17:05.460 or under 00:17:05.460 --> 00:17:06.240 compulsion 00:17:06.240 --> 00:17:07.519 that we 00:17:07.519 --> 00:17:07.779 cannot 00:17:07.779 --> 00:17:08.339 resist. 00:17:09.920 --> 00:17:10.599 And he 00:17:10.599 --> 00:17:10.920 will be 00:17:10.920 --> 00:17:11.259 king. 00:17:12.599 --> 00:17:12.819 And so 00:17:12.819 --> 00:17:13.920 what Micah 00:17:13.920 --> 00:17:14.539 is doing 00:17:14.539 --> 00:17:15.019 here and 00:17:15.019 --> 00:17:15.420 what God 00:17:15.420 --> 00:17:15.880 is doing 00:17:15.880 --> 00:17:16.500 here through 00:17:16.500 --> 00:17:17.460 him is 00:17:17.460 --> 00:17:18.180 showing us 00:17:18.180 --> 00:17:18.839 his mercy 00:17:18.839 --> 00:17:19.579 and kindness 00:17:19.579 --> 00:17:20.619 by giving 00:17:20.619 --> 00:17:21.240 us this 00:17:21.240 --> 00:17:22.079 warning. 00:17:22.359 --> 00:17:22.859 Here's the 00:17:22.859 --> 00:17:24.380 trailer of 00:17:24.380 --> 00:17:25.660 what's to 00:17:25.660 --> 00:17:26.140 come. 00:17:27.400 --> 00:17:28.180 And we 00:17:28.180 --> 00:17:28.680 can see 00:17:28.680 --> 00:17:29.059 it. 00:17:30.400 --> 00:17:30.900 And we 00:17:30.900 --> 00:17:31.500 can repent. 00:17:31.500 --> 00:17:31.680 repent. 00:17:33.059 --> 00:17:33.900 Repent of 00:17:33.900 --> 00:17:34.500 our rebellion. 00:17:34.799 --> 00:17:35.279 Repent of 00:17:35.279 --> 00:17:35.980 our resistance. 00:17:36.619 --> 00:17:37.220 Repent of 00:17:37.220 --> 00:17:37.799 our self 00:17:37.799 --> 00:17:38.539 determination. 00:17:40.059 --> 00:17:41.119 And come 00:17:41.119 --> 00:17:41.519 to the 00:17:41.519 --> 00:17:43.400 one who 00:17:43.400 --> 00:17:45.140 is opening 00:17:45.140 --> 00:17:45.980 his arms 00:17:45.980 --> 00:17:47.380 to all 00:17:47.380 --> 00:17:48.640 who would 00:17:48.640 --> 00:17:49.859 come to 00:17:49.859 --> 00:17:50.359 the king. 00:17:50.680 --> 00:17:51.500 Because in 00:17:51.500 --> 00:17:53.339 him and 00:17:53.339 --> 00:17:54.099 him alone, 00:17:54.980 --> 00:17:55.559 though he 00:17:55.559 --> 00:17:56.099 will come 00:17:56.099 --> 00:17:56.920 to judge, 00:17:57.920 --> 00:17:59.079 he also 00:17:59.079 --> 00:18:00.220 comes to 00:18:00.220 --> 00:18:00.880 all who 00:18:00.880 --> 00:18:01.279 come to 00:18:01.279 --> 00:18:03.259 him with 00:18:03.259 --> 00:18:05.460 shalom and 00:18:05.460 --> 00:18:06.000 peace. 00:18:09.600 --> 00:18:10.319 So the 00:18:10.319 --> 00:18:10.920 king, the 00:18:10.920 --> 00:18:11.640 redeemer will 00:18:11.640 --> 00:18:12.259 come to 00:18:12.259 --> 00:18:13.180 restore, to 00:18:13.180 --> 00:18:13.980 reclaim his 00:18:13.980 --> 00:18:14.400 throne. 00:18:14.839 --> 00:18:15.600 But that's 00:18:15.600 --> 00:18:16.100 not all he's 00:18:16.100 --> 00:18:16.519 going to do. 00:18:17.519 --> 00:18:18.400 He also is 00:18:18.400 --> 00:18:19.000 coming to 00:18:19.000 --> 00:18:22.600 reclaim the 00:18:22.600 --> 00:18:24.160 heart of 00:18:24.160 --> 00:18:24.720 his people. 00:18:24.720 --> 00:18:24.779 people. 00:18:27.059 --> 00:18:27.620 The 00:18:27.620 --> 00:18:28.259 enemies of 00:18:28.259 --> 00:18:28.600 God's 00:18:28.600 --> 00:18:29.120 people are 00:18:29.120 --> 00:18:29.700 not just 00:18:29.700 --> 00:18:30.600 out here. 00:18:32.559 --> 00:18:33.299 I think 00:18:33.299 --> 00:18:33.740 the worst 00:18:33.740 --> 00:18:35.460 ones are 00:18:35.460 --> 00:18:36.039 in here. 00:18:38.180 --> 00:18:38.860 When we 00:18:38.860 --> 00:18:39.500 get to 00:18:39.500 --> 00:18:41.120 verse 10 00:18:41.120 --> 00:18:41.460 of this 00:18:41.460 --> 00:18:41.900 text, 00:18:42.019 --> 00:18:42.799 sometimes you 00:18:42.799 --> 00:18:43.400 continue to 00:18:43.400 --> 00:18:44.059 read this 00:18:44.059 --> 00:18:46.440 as simply 00:18:46.440 --> 00:18:46.960 more of 00:18:46.960 --> 00:18:47.740 God's judgment 00:18:47.740 --> 00:18:48.220 on his 00:18:48.220 --> 00:18:48.799 people and 00:18:48.799 --> 00:18:49.059 he's going 00:18:49.059 --> 00:18:49.420 to tear 00:18:49.420 --> 00:18:49.839 down their 00:18:49.839 --> 00:18:50.140 cities, 00:18:50.279 --> 00:18:50.559 he's going 00:18:50.559 --> 00:18:50.839 to do 00:18:50.839 --> 00:18:51.279 all this 00:18:51.279 --> 00:18:51.720 stuff. 00:18:51.720 --> 00:18:54.140 But that's 00:18:54.140 --> 00:18:54.660 not what's 00:18:54.660 --> 00:18:55.299 going on. 00:18:56.299 --> 00:18:57.079 If we take 00:18:57.079 --> 00:18:57.539 a little bit 00:18:57.539 --> 00:18:58.339 closer look, 00:18:59.460 --> 00:19:00.839 we see 00:19:00.839 --> 00:19:02.519 the pursuit 00:19:02.519 --> 00:19:04.039 of loving 00:19:04.039 --> 00:19:05.799 kindness for 00:19:05.799 --> 00:19:06.360 his beloved. 00:19:07.960 --> 00:19:08.980 And as we 00:19:08.980 --> 00:19:09.400 get to verse 00:19:09.400 --> 00:19:09.980 10 and 11, 00:19:11.039 --> 00:19:12.299 the focus is 00:19:12.299 --> 00:19:12.980 on how God's 00:19:12.980 --> 00:19:13.480 people have 00:19:13.480 --> 00:19:14.039 turned from 00:19:14.039 --> 00:19:14.380 him and 00:19:14.380 --> 00:19:14.740 towards 00:19:14.740 --> 00:19:16.160 counterfeit 00:19:16.160 --> 00:19:17.579 sources of 00:19:17.579 --> 00:19:18.140 security, 00:19:18.319 --> 00:19:19.220 their chariots 00:19:19.220 --> 00:19:20.059 and their 00:19:20.059 --> 00:19:21.100 fortresses. 00:19:21.200 --> 00:19:21.500 And God 00:19:21.500 --> 00:19:21.759 says, 00:19:21.940 --> 00:19:22.160 I will 00:19:22.160 --> 00:19:22.579 destroy 00:19:22.579 --> 00:19:22.859 your 00:19:22.859 --> 00:19:23.319 chariots 00:19:23.319 --> 00:19:23.640 and I'm 00:19:23.640 --> 00:19:23.880 going to 00:19:23.880 --> 00:19:24.460 tear down 00:19:24.460 --> 00:19:24.640 your 00:19:24.640 --> 00:19:25.940 fortresses. 00:19:26.720 --> 00:19:27.380 These are 00:19:27.380 --> 00:19:28.299 these false 00:19:28.299 --> 00:19:29.279 security 00:19:29.279 --> 00:19:30.259 places that 00:19:30.259 --> 00:19:30.779 you think 00:19:30.779 --> 00:19:31.059 are going 00:19:31.059 --> 00:19:31.559 to save 00:19:31.559 --> 00:19:31.920 you. 00:19:33.279 --> 00:19:33.599 And then 00:19:33.599 --> 00:19:33.880 he gets 00:19:33.880 --> 00:19:34.180 to verse 00:19:34.180 --> 00:19:35.339 12 and 00:19:35.339 --> 00:19:35.920 points to 00:19:35.920 --> 00:19:36.319 the fact 00:19:36.319 --> 00:19:36.680 that they're 00:19:36.680 --> 00:19:37.079 trying to 00:19:37.079 --> 00:19:37.819 get understanding 00:19:37.819 --> 00:19:38.240 and they're 00:19:38.240 --> 00:19:39.619 trying to 00:19:39.619 --> 00:19:41.579 get a 00:19:41.579 --> 00:19:43.980 knowledge of 00:19:43.980 --> 00:19:45.740 reality through 00:19:45.740 --> 00:19:46.619 their sorceries 00:19:46.619 --> 00:19:47.440 and so forth. 00:19:47.599 --> 00:19:48.059 And God 00:19:48.059 --> 00:19:48.299 says, 00:19:48.579 --> 00:19:49.279 no more. 00:19:49.279 --> 00:19:52.180 going to 00:19:52.180 --> 00:19:52.460 cut them 00:19:52.460 --> 00:19:52.859 off. 00:19:55.619 --> 00:19:55.960 Then in 00:19:55.960 --> 00:19:56.559 verse 13 00:19:56.559 --> 00:19:57.139 and 14, 00:19:57.379 --> 00:19:57.859 in some ways 00:19:57.859 --> 00:19:58.460 he points to 00:19:58.460 --> 00:19:58.799 the core 00:19:58.799 --> 00:19:59.000 of the 00:19:59.000 --> 00:19:59.460 problem. 00:20:00.180 --> 00:20:00.660 And twice 00:20:00.660 --> 00:20:01.059 there it's 00:20:01.059 --> 00:20:01.399 mentioned, 00:20:01.579 --> 00:20:02.000 it says, 00:20:02.160 --> 00:20:02.440 you will 00:20:02.440 --> 00:20:02.960 no longer 00:20:02.960 --> 00:20:03.740 bow down 00:20:03.740 --> 00:20:04.799 to the 00:20:04.799 --> 00:20:06.180 work of 00:20:06.180 --> 00:20:06.799 your hands. 00:20:06.799 --> 00:20:06.940 Jesus. 00:20:09.599 --> 00:20:10.859 And this 00:20:10.859 --> 00:20:11.799 is the 00:20:11.799 --> 00:20:12.659 insanity 00:20:12.659 --> 00:20:14.740 of 00:20:14.740 --> 00:20:15.440 idolatry. 00:20:18.079 --> 00:20:19.099 They go 00:20:19.099 --> 00:20:19.879 cut down 00:20:19.879 --> 00:20:20.339 a tree 00:20:20.339 --> 00:20:20.980 with their 00:20:20.980 --> 00:20:21.419 hands, 00:20:21.519 --> 00:20:22.159 they carve 00:20:22.159 --> 00:20:22.799 it to make 00:20:22.799 --> 00:20:23.399 an image 00:20:23.399 --> 00:20:24.000 that is 00:20:24.000 --> 00:20:24.700 somehow 00:20:24.700 --> 00:20:26.039 attractive 00:20:26.039 --> 00:20:26.879 to them 00:20:26.879 --> 00:20:27.359 in some 00:20:27.359 --> 00:20:27.819 way. 00:20:29.319 --> 00:20:30.139 And then 00:20:30.139 --> 00:20:30.700 they set 00:20:30.700 --> 00:20:31.180 it up 00:20:31.180 --> 00:20:31.559 in a 00:20:31.559 --> 00:20:31.919 temple 00:20:31.920 --> 00:20:34.840 and they 00:20:34.840 --> 00:20:35.180 go bow 00:20:35.180 --> 00:20:35.500 the knee 00:20:35.500 --> 00:20:35.840 to it 00:20:35.840 --> 00:20:36.180 thinking 00:20:36.180 --> 00:20:36.620 that 00:20:36.620 --> 00:20:37.220 image 00:20:37.220 --> 00:20:38.420 is going 00:20:38.420 --> 00:20:38.779 to give 00:20:38.779 --> 00:20:38.920 them 00:20:38.920 --> 00:20:39.460 security, 00:20:39.620 --> 00:20:39.960 going to 00:20:39.960 --> 00:20:40.480 give them 00:20:40.480 --> 00:20:40.880 help, 00:20:41.180 --> 00:20:41.500 it's going 00:20:41.500 --> 00:20:42.100 to save 00:20:42.100 --> 00:20:42.539 them from 00:20:42.539 --> 00:20:42.860 the day 00:20:42.860 --> 00:20:43.360 of trouble. 00:20:44.660 --> 00:20:45.480 That image 00:20:45.480 --> 00:20:45.880 is what 00:20:45.880 --> 00:20:46.200 is going 00:20:46.200 --> 00:20:46.480 to give 00:20:46.480 --> 00:20:47.180 them peace. 00:20:51.600 --> 00:20:52.039 Yeah. 00:20:54.920 --> 00:20:55.539 But we're 00:20:55.539 --> 00:20:56.259 all insane. 00:20:58.759 --> 00:20:59.519 Because that 00:20:59.519 --> 00:21:00.060 is the heart 00:21:00.060 --> 00:21:00.820 of idolatry. 00:21:01.920 --> 00:21:03.279 things that 00:21:03.279 --> 00:21:03.800 we make 00:21:03.800 --> 00:21:05.220 with our 00:21:05.220 --> 00:21:06.039 own hands, 00:21:07.080 --> 00:21:07.440 things that 00:21:07.440 --> 00:21:08.279 we achieve 00:21:08.279 --> 00:21:08.980 by our 00:21:08.980 --> 00:21:09.740 own efforts, 00:21:10.500 --> 00:21:10.980 things that 00:21:10.980 --> 00:21:11.740 we erect 00:21:11.740 --> 00:21:13.000 by our 00:21:13.000 --> 00:21:13.279 own 00:21:13.279 --> 00:21:13.880 abilities 00:21:13.880 --> 00:21:15.560 to give 00:21:15.560 --> 00:21:16.240 us security, 00:21:16.640 --> 00:21:16.900 to give 00:21:16.900 --> 00:21:17.620 us peace, 00:21:18.240 --> 00:21:18.700 to give 00:21:18.700 --> 00:21:19.360 us hope, 00:21:20.120 --> 00:21:20.480 to give 00:21:20.480 --> 00:21:21.220 us identity. 00:21:24.940 --> 00:21:25.720 All of 00:21:25.720 --> 00:21:26.380 these means 00:21:26.380 --> 00:21:28.160 of idolatry 00:21:28.160 --> 00:21:31.600 are produced 00:21:31.599 --> 00:21:31.939 by our 00:21:31.939 --> 00:21:32.639 own hands. 00:21:32.959 --> 00:21:33.459 But when 00:21:33.459 --> 00:21:33.859 the king 00:21:33.859 --> 00:21:34.579 comes, 00:21:36.759 --> 00:21:37.519 he's going 00:21:37.519 --> 00:21:37.959 to restore 00:21:37.959 --> 00:21:38.480 his rule, 00:21:38.619 --> 00:21:38.879 but he's 00:21:38.879 --> 00:21:39.379 also going 00:21:39.379 --> 00:21:39.919 to restore 00:21:39.919 --> 00:21:40.459 and reclaim 00:21:40.459 --> 00:21:41.119 his bride. 00:21:41.379 --> 00:21:41.799 He's going 00:21:41.799 --> 00:21:42.299 to reclaim 00:21:42.299 --> 00:21:42.819 the heart 00:21:42.819 --> 00:21:43.500 of his bride. 00:21:44.059 --> 00:21:44.879 And before 00:21:44.879 --> 00:21:46.139 he can do 00:21:46.139 --> 00:21:46.579 that, 00:21:46.919 --> 00:21:48.439 his bride 00:21:48.439 --> 00:21:50.559 must be 00:21:50.559 --> 00:21:51.199 purified. 00:21:51.200 --> 00:21:55.860 he is not 00:21:55.860 --> 00:21:57.759 going to 00:21:57.759 --> 00:21:59.460 enter into 00:21:59.460 --> 00:22:01.259 a marriage 00:22:01.259 --> 00:22:01.880 with her, 00:22:02.059 --> 00:22:02.700 an intimate 00:22:02.700 --> 00:22:03.259 marital 00:22:03.259 --> 00:22:03.900 relation, 00:22:04.240 --> 00:22:05.000 while her 00:22:05.000 --> 00:22:06.120 rivals are 00:22:06.120 --> 00:22:07.440 still present. 00:22:09.559 --> 00:22:10.519 They have 00:22:10.519 --> 00:22:10.779 to be 00:22:10.779 --> 00:22:11.340 removed. 00:22:13.240 --> 00:22:14.259 And that's 00:22:14.259 --> 00:22:14.620 what he's 00:22:14.620 --> 00:22:15.340 talking about 00:22:15.340 --> 00:22:15.759 in these 00:22:15.759 --> 00:22:16.059 verses. 00:22:16.059 --> 00:22:19.500 see, 00:22:19.559 --> 00:22:19.859 here's 00:22:19.859 --> 00:22:21.179 the great 00:22:21.179 --> 00:22:21.659 truth of 00:22:21.659 --> 00:22:22.099 repentance. 00:22:23.700 --> 00:22:24.480 One of 00:22:24.480 --> 00:22:24.940 the great 00:22:24.940 --> 00:22:25.460 truths of 00:22:25.460 --> 00:22:25.779 repentance 00:22:25.779 --> 00:22:28.379 is that 00:22:28.379 --> 00:22:29.039 repentance 00:22:29.039 --> 00:22:30.980 will not 00:22:30.980 --> 00:22:31.539 and does 00:22:31.539 --> 00:22:32.679 not originate 00:22:32.679 --> 00:22:33.460 with us. 00:22:35.480 --> 00:22:36.119 Repentance 00:22:36.119 --> 00:22:37.279 comes because 00:22:37.279 --> 00:22:37.799 of the 00:22:37.799 --> 00:22:38.940 initiative that 00:22:38.940 --> 00:22:39.619 our true 00:22:39.619 --> 00:22:40.579 love takes 00:22:40.579 --> 00:22:41.220 to win us 00:22:41.220 --> 00:22:41.659 back to 00:22:41.659 --> 00:22:41.940 him. 00:22:44.000 --> 00:22:44.460 And here 00:22:44.460 --> 00:22:44.920 we see 00:22:44.920 --> 00:22:45.640 this great 00:22:45.640 --> 00:22:47.039 picture of 00:22:47.039 --> 00:22:47.140 it. 00:22:47.200 --> 00:22:47.900 He's coming. 00:22:48.640 --> 00:22:49.460 He's going 00:22:49.460 --> 00:22:50.680 to root 00:22:50.680 --> 00:22:51.279 out these 00:22:51.279 --> 00:22:51.960 enemies in 00:22:51.960 --> 00:22:52.360 our heart. 00:22:52.460 --> 00:22:52.779 And these 00:22:52.779 --> 00:22:53.220 enemies, 00:22:53.559 --> 00:22:54.220 these idols 00:22:54.220 --> 00:22:54.640 are so 00:22:54.640 --> 00:22:55.799 deeply rooted 00:22:55.799 --> 00:22:57.279 inside us, 00:22:57.880 --> 00:22:59.640 we can't 00:22:59.640 --> 00:22:59.980 root them 00:22:59.980 --> 00:23:00.360 out. 00:23:00.860 --> 00:23:01.680 We won't 00:23:01.680 --> 00:23:02.120 root them 00:23:02.120 --> 00:23:02.480 out. 00:23:02.759 --> 00:23:03.259 We don't 00:23:03.259 --> 00:23:03.819 even know 00:23:03.819 --> 00:23:04.400 what to 00:23:04.400 --> 00:23:05.079 root out. 00:23:07.360 --> 00:23:07.880 Because 00:23:07.880 --> 00:23:08.319 these are 00:23:08.319 --> 00:23:08.680 the things 00:23:08.680 --> 00:23:09.340 we trust. 00:23:09.840 --> 00:23:10.259 This is 00:23:10.259 --> 00:23:10.600 where we 00:23:10.600 --> 00:23:10.960 get our 00:23:10.960 --> 00:23:11.400 sense of 00:23:11.400 --> 00:23:11.980 security. 00:23:13.480 --> 00:23:14.000 And I'm 00:23:14.000 --> 00:23:14.299 not going 00:23:14.299 --> 00:23:14.940 to throw 00:23:14.940 --> 00:23:15.740 that away 00:23:15.740 --> 00:23:18.000 unless 00:23:18.000 --> 00:23:20.539 I'm 00:23:20.539 --> 00:23:21.160 convinced 00:23:21.160 --> 00:23:23.059 that there's 00:23:23.059 --> 00:23:23.420 a better 00:23:23.420 --> 00:23:24.079 way. 00:23:25.400 --> 00:23:26.079 And this 00:23:26.079 --> 00:23:26.980 is what 00:23:26.980 --> 00:23:27.880 the Redeemer 00:23:27.880 --> 00:23:28.960 does. 00:23:29.079 --> 00:23:29.619 He comes 00:23:29.619 --> 00:23:30.200 to declare 00:23:30.200 --> 00:23:30.759 war on 00:23:30.759 --> 00:23:31.299 our idols. 00:23:31.700 --> 00:23:32.380 He's coming 00:23:32.380 --> 00:23:33.099 to set us 00:23:33.099 --> 00:23:33.880 free from 00:23:33.880 --> 00:23:34.920 the deadly 00:23:34.920 --> 00:23:35.819 effects 00:23:35.819 --> 00:23:37.240 of those 00:23:37.240 --> 00:23:37.680 idols. 00:23:38.240 --> 00:23:38.680 And when 00:23:38.680 --> 00:23:39.519 he does, 00:23:40.220 --> 00:23:40.799 sometimes 00:23:40.799 --> 00:23:42.180 it feels 00:23:42.180 --> 00:23:44.039 like death. 00:23:45.639 --> 00:23:46.419 It feels 00:23:46.419 --> 00:23:46.960 like he's 00:23:46.960 --> 00:23:47.419 trying to 00:23:47.419 --> 00:23:47.740 do us 00:23:47.740 --> 00:23:48.480 harm. 00:23:50.960 --> 00:23:51.680 All the 00:23:51.680 --> 00:23:52.079 while, 00:23:52.720 --> 00:23:54.419 he's winning 00:23:54.419 --> 00:23:55.159 us back 00:23:55.159 --> 00:23:56.839 that we 00:23:56.839 --> 00:23:57.659 might know 00:23:57.659 --> 00:23:58.899 in the 00:23:58.899 --> 00:24:00.039 fullest extent 00:24:00.039 --> 00:24:00.680 possible, 00:24:00.919 --> 00:24:02.000 his deep 00:24:02.000 --> 00:24:03.480 love and 00:24:03.480 --> 00:24:04.019 affection 00:24:04.019 --> 00:24:05.519 for us. 00:24:05.639 --> 00:24:05.819 You know, 00:24:05.859 --> 00:24:06.700 I can look 00:24:06.700 --> 00:24:08.440 back on all 00:24:08.440 --> 00:24:08.960 these years 00:24:08.960 --> 00:24:09.259 of my 00:24:09.259 --> 00:24:09.680 life, 00:24:09.779 --> 00:24:10.420 particularly 00:24:10.420 --> 00:24:10.779 over this 00:24:10.779 --> 00:24:11.400 last 20 00:24:11.400 --> 00:24:11.940 or so, 00:24:13.400 --> 00:24:15.039 and I've 00:24:15.039 --> 00:24:15.900 seen some 00:24:15.900 --> 00:24:16.440 really hard 00:24:16.440 --> 00:24:16.980 times. 00:24:17.140 --> 00:24:17.400 I've been 00:24:17.400 --> 00:24:18.100 through a lot 00:24:18.100 --> 00:24:18.420 of hard 00:24:18.420 --> 00:24:18.900 times. 00:24:19.779 --> 00:24:20.539 And when I 00:24:20.539 --> 00:24:21.059 get in the 00:24:21.059 --> 00:24:21.460 midst of 00:24:21.460 --> 00:24:21.960 those hard 00:24:21.960 --> 00:24:22.299 times, 00:24:22.360 --> 00:24:22.799 the first 00:24:22.799 --> 00:24:23.220 thing I 00:24:23.220 --> 00:24:23.539 want to 00:24:23.539 --> 00:24:24.319 do is 00:24:24.319 --> 00:24:24.900 to blame 00:24:24.900 --> 00:24:25.480 God. 00:24:26.140 --> 00:24:27.140 I go to 00:24:27.140 --> 00:24:27.480 him in 00:24:27.480 --> 00:24:28.200 prayer and 00:24:28.200 --> 00:24:28.460 say, 00:24:28.700 --> 00:24:29.360 what are 00:24:29.360 --> 00:24:30.200 you doing 00:24:30.200 --> 00:24:30.799 to me? 00:24:30.799 --> 00:24:33.319 I thought 00:24:33.319 --> 00:24:33.740 you loved 00:24:33.740 --> 00:24:34.159 me. 00:24:39.240 --> 00:24:39.980 And then 00:24:39.980 --> 00:24:40.619 he says, 00:24:41.059 --> 00:24:42.460 I do. 00:24:43.460 --> 00:24:43.940 And that's 00:24:43.940 --> 00:24:45.099 why I'm 00:24:45.099 --> 00:24:45.740 doing this. 00:24:47.039 --> 00:24:47.859 Because he's 00:24:47.859 --> 00:24:48.980 willing to do 00:24:48.980 --> 00:24:50.099 hard things 00:24:50.099 --> 00:24:52.440 to show his 00:24:52.440 --> 00:24:53.019 real goodness 00:24:53.019 --> 00:24:53.599 because he's 00:24:53.599 --> 00:24:55.180 not interested 00:24:55.180 --> 00:24:55.879 at all in 00:24:55.879 --> 00:24:56.779 some facade 00:24:56.779 --> 00:24:57.519 of goodness. 00:24:57.519 --> 00:24:57.720 goodness. 00:24:59.879 --> 00:25:00.639 He's not 00:25:00.639 --> 00:25:01.259 interested in 00:25:01.259 --> 00:25:02.160 some surface 00:25:02.160 --> 00:25:02.859 relationship. 00:25:05.579 --> 00:25:06.319 He doesn't 00:25:06.319 --> 00:25:06.799 want just a 00:25:06.799 --> 00:25:07.279 little bit of 00:25:07.279 --> 00:25:07.460 me. 00:25:08.359 --> 00:25:08.900 He wants 00:25:08.900 --> 00:25:09.440 it all. 00:25:11.700 --> 00:25:12.339 And he 00:25:12.339 --> 00:25:12.740 wants to 00:25:12.740 --> 00:25:13.940 bring shalom 00:25:13.940 --> 00:25:15.639 to me. 00:25:17.539 --> 00:25:18.220 And in 00:25:18.220 --> 00:25:18.660 order to do 00:25:18.660 --> 00:25:19.099 that, 00:25:20.019 --> 00:25:21.720 he's got to 00:25:21.720 --> 00:25:22.599 start uprooting 00:25:22.599 --> 00:25:25.359 and cleaning 00:25:25.359 --> 00:25:27.480 house of 00:25:27.480 --> 00:25:28.220 all of 00:25:28.220 --> 00:25:28.579 these 00:25:28.579 --> 00:25:29.440 rivals. 00:25:31.059 --> 00:25:31.700 All of 00:25:31.700 --> 00:25:32.279 these other 00:25:32.279 --> 00:25:33.539 things. 00:25:34.259 --> 00:25:34.680 So what's 00:25:34.680 --> 00:25:35.180 going on in 00:25:35.180 --> 00:25:35.519 your life 00:25:35.519 --> 00:25:36.000 right now? 00:25:37.140 --> 00:25:37.519 It might 00:25:37.519 --> 00:25:38.180 feel like 00:25:38.180 --> 00:25:39.019 punishment. 00:25:40.900 --> 00:25:41.579 You're having 00:25:41.579 --> 00:25:42.059 some hard 00:25:42.059 --> 00:25:42.660 times and you 00:25:42.660 --> 00:25:42.900 think, 00:25:43.039 --> 00:25:43.220 well, 00:25:43.339 --> 00:25:44.259 God is now 00:25:44.259 --> 00:25:44.819 giving you 00:25:44.819 --> 00:25:45.360 what you 00:25:45.360 --> 00:25:46.220 deserve because 00:25:46.220 --> 00:25:46.680 you've done 00:25:46.680 --> 00:25:47.259 some bad 00:25:47.259 --> 00:25:47.759 things or 00:25:47.759 --> 00:25:48.039 you've got 00:25:48.039 --> 00:25:48.519 habits you 00:25:48.519 --> 00:25:49.140 can't quit. 00:25:51.000 --> 00:25:51.920 I had a 00:25:51.920 --> 00:25:52.759 guy in my 00:25:52.759 --> 00:25:53.519 church years 00:25:53.519 --> 00:25:53.860 and years 00:25:53.860 --> 00:25:56.400 ago that 00:25:56.400 --> 00:25:56.819 he and his 00:25:56.819 --> 00:25:57.279 wife were 00:25:57.279 --> 00:25:57.899 infertile. 00:25:59.539 --> 00:26:00.259 And he 00:26:00.259 --> 00:26:01.039 just knew 00:26:01.039 --> 00:26:02.279 that God 00:26:02.279 --> 00:26:03.319 was making 00:26:03.319 --> 00:26:03.920 that happen 00:26:03.920 --> 00:26:04.559 because of 00:26:04.559 --> 00:26:05.399 his pornography 00:26:05.399 --> 00:26:06.259 addiction. 00:26:07.379 --> 00:26:08.200 God was 00:26:08.200 --> 00:26:08.899 punishing him. 00:26:10.759 --> 00:26:11.359 Well, 00:26:11.399 --> 00:26:11.680 here's the 00:26:11.680 --> 00:26:12.079 question. 00:26:13.279 --> 00:26:14.240 Is that all 00:26:14.240 --> 00:26:14.639 there is to 00:26:14.639 --> 00:26:14.899 punish? 00:26:16.059 --> 00:26:16.899 Is that the 00:26:16.899 --> 00:26:17.420 only idol? 00:26:17.839 --> 00:26:18.460 Is that the 00:26:18.460 --> 00:26:19.019 only problem? 00:26:20.019 --> 00:26:20.420 What about 00:26:20.420 --> 00:26:20.899 all the other 00:26:20.899 --> 00:26:21.379 sins that you 00:26:21.379 --> 00:26:21.700 don't know 00:26:21.700 --> 00:26:22.099 about? 00:26:23.339 --> 00:26:23.759 What about 00:26:23.759 --> 00:26:25.019 every... 00:26:25.019 --> 00:26:26.139 listen, 00:26:26.400 --> 00:26:27.119 if God 00:26:27.119 --> 00:26:27.460 is going 00:26:27.460 --> 00:26:27.960 to come 00:26:27.960 --> 00:26:29.319 and punish 00:26:29.319 --> 00:26:29.720 you for 00:26:29.720 --> 00:26:30.480 your sins, 00:26:31.039 --> 00:26:32.879 you have 00:26:32.879 --> 00:26:35.200 no hope. 00:26:38.700 --> 00:26:39.460 Because when 00:26:39.460 --> 00:26:39.859 are you ever 00:26:39.859 --> 00:26:40.200 free? 00:26:42.119 --> 00:26:42.960 When do you 00:26:42.960 --> 00:26:43.980 ever have a 00:26:43.980 --> 00:26:44.400 moment, 00:26:44.579 --> 00:26:45.279 a thought, 00:26:45.359 --> 00:26:46.000 where you 00:26:46.000 --> 00:26:46.900 love God 00:26:46.900 --> 00:26:47.500 with all 00:26:47.500 --> 00:26:47.980 your heart, 00:26:48.099 --> 00:26:48.779 all your soul, 00:26:48.920 --> 00:26:49.539 all your mind, 00:26:49.619 --> 00:26:50.400 all your strength? 00:26:50.400 --> 00:26:53.100 when is 00:26:53.100 --> 00:26:53.460 there ever 00:26:53.460 --> 00:26:53.980 a time 00:26:53.980 --> 00:26:54.759 like that? 00:26:59.360 --> 00:27:00.160 So when 00:27:00.160 --> 00:27:01.220 God comes 00:27:01.220 --> 00:27:03.660 to us, 00:27:04.320 --> 00:27:06.640 it's never 00:27:06.640 --> 00:27:07.140 punitive. 00:27:09.560 --> 00:27:10.380 It is 00:27:10.380 --> 00:27:10.980 always 00:27:10.980 --> 00:27:13.000 corrective. 00:27:15.340 --> 00:27:16.140 And he 00:27:16.140 --> 00:27:16.640 picks and 00:27:16.640 --> 00:27:17.019 chooses. 00:27:17.920 --> 00:27:18.320 And he 00:27:18.320 --> 00:27:19.140 starts working 00:27:19.140 --> 00:27:19.780 and starts 00:27:19.780 --> 00:27:20.200 cleaning 00:27:20.200 --> 00:27:21.580 house and 00:27:21.580 --> 00:27:22.400 breaking our 00:27:22.400 --> 00:27:24.360 grip that 00:27:24.360 --> 00:27:24.840 we have on 00:27:24.840 --> 00:27:25.480 these idols 00:27:25.480 --> 00:27:27.780 so that we 00:27:27.780 --> 00:27:28.400 would be set 00:27:28.400 --> 00:27:29.040 free. 00:27:31.500 --> 00:27:31.700 Let's 00:27:31.700 --> 00:27:32.259 picture it 00:27:32.259 --> 00:27:33.360 like this. 00:27:34.640 --> 00:27:35.180 When we 00:27:35.180 --> 00:27:35.800 come to 00:27:35.800 --> 00:27:37.180 Jesus in 00:27:37.180 --> 00:27:37.660 repentance, 00:27:39.040 --> 00:27:40.840 it's like 00:27:40.840 --> 00:27:41.259 we're coming 00:27:41.259 --> 00:27:41.980 to him and 00:27:41.980 --> 00:27:42.759 in our hand 00:27:42.759 --> 00:27:45.060 is this 00:27:45.060 --> 00:27:45.960 big 00:27:45.960 --> 00:27:47.720 rattlesnake. 00:27:49.140 --> 00:27:51.340 and we 00:27:51.340 --> 00:27:51.700 don't have 00:27:51.700 --> 00:27:52.140 a hold of 00:27:52.140 --> 00:27:53.040 it by 00:27:53.040 --> 00:27:53.540 the head. 00:27:53.680 --> 00:27:54.120 We've got 00:27:54.120 --> 00:27:54.620 a hold of 00:27:54.620 --> 00:27:55.140 it down 00:27:55.140 --> 00:27:55.380 in the 00:27:55.380 --> 00:27:55.640 middle. 00:27:56.300 --> 00:27:56.640 But for 00:27:56.640 --> 00:27:57.280 some reason, 00:27:57.460 --> 00:27:58.080 we think 00:27:58.080 --> 00:27:59.360 this rattlesnake 00:27:59.360 --> 00:28:00.240 is going to 00:28:00.240 --> 00:28:00.640 give us 00:28:00.640 --> 00:28:01.160 some sense 00:28:01.160 --> 00:28:01.780 of security 00:28:01.780 --> 00:28:02.180 and in 00:28:02.180 --> 00:28:03.020 some way 00:28:03.020 --> 00:28:03.380 it's going 00:28:03.380 --> 00:28:03.759 to be a 00:28:03.759 --> 00:28:04.180 help. 00:28:04.680 --> 00:28:04.880 Well, 00:28:04.900 --> 00:28:05.180 I guess 00:28:05.180 --> 00:28:05.540 it would 00:28:05.540 --> 00:28:05.860 give you 00:28:05.860 --> 00:28:06.400 some sense 00:28:06.400 --> 00:28:06.880 of security 00:28:06.880 --> 00:28:07.480 because nobody's 00:28:07.480 --> 00:28:07.700 going to 00:28:07.700 --> 00:28:08.180 get close 00:28:08.180 --> 00:28:08.560 to you 00:28:08.560 --> 00:28:09.340 if you've 00:28:09.340 --> 00:28:09.580 got a 00:28:09.580 --> 00:28:09.840 big old 00:28:09.840 --> 00:28:10.500 rattlesnake 00:28:10.500 --> 00:28:10.740 in your 00:28:10.740 --> 00:28:10.960 hand. 00:28:13.100 --> 00:28:13.780 But we're 00:28:13.780 --> 00:28:14.280 gripping 00:28:14.280 --> 00:28:15.580 this snake 00:28:15.580 --> 00:28:16.200 and clinging 00:28:16.200 --> 00:28:16.820 to it. 00:28:16.819 --> 00:28:17.559 all the 00:28:17.559 --> 00:28:18.399 while it 00:28:18.399 --> 00:28:19.379 is biting 00:28:19.379 --> 00:28:19.939 us. 00:28:21.139 --> 00:28:21.839 It is 00:28:21.839 --> 00:28:22.200 causing 00:28:22.200 --> 00:28:22.960 pain to 00:28:22.960 --> 00:28:23.200 us, 00:28:23.259 --> 00:28:24.240 though the 00:28:24.240 --> 00:28:24.799 Redeemer 00:28:24.799 --> 00:28:26.379 himself is 00:28:26.379 --> 00:28:26.919 actually 00:28:26.919 --> 00:28:28.439 guarding us 00:28:28.439 --> 00:28:29.159 from a lot 00:28:29.159 --> 00:28:29.819 of that. 00:28:33.339 --> 00:28:34.240 But when we 00:28:34.240 --> 00:28:34.460 come, 00:28:34.519 --> 00:28:34.779 he says, 00:28:34.879 --> 00:28:35.159 throw it 00:28:35.159 --> 00:28:35.559 down. 00:28:37.779 --> 00:28:38.539 Throw it 00:28:38.539 --> 00:28:38.960 down. 00:28:40.639 --> 00:28:41.439 You don't 00:28:41.439 --> 00:28:42.299 need this. 00:28:43.259 --> 00:28:43.859 It's 00:28:43.859 --> 00:28:45.559 killing you. 00:28:46.819 --> 00:28:48.839 But we 00:28:48.839 --> 00:28:49.460 can't 00:28:49.460 --> 00:28:50.879 because we're 00:28:50.879 --> 00:28:51.399 putting too 00:28:51.399 --> 00:28:52.240 much stake 00:28:52.240 --> 00:28:53.119 in this 00:28:53.119 --> 00:28:54.019 snake and 00:28:54.019 --> 00:28:54.319 so we 00:28:54.319 --> 00:28:54.919 cling to 00:28:54.919 --> 00:28:55.200 it. 00:28:56.819 --> 00:28:57.059 And so 00:28:57.059 --> 00:28:57.339 what he 00:28:57.339 --> 00:28:58.679 does then 00:28:58.679 --> 00:28:59.579 is maybe 00:28:59.579 --> 00:29:00.599 allow the 00:29:00.599 --> 00:29:01.599 bites more 00:29:01.599 --> 00:29:02.019 and more 00:29:02.019 --> 00:29:02.599 to get 00:29:02.599 --> 00:29:03.299 through. 00:29:04.200 --> 00:29:04.819 Maybe we 00:29:04.819 --> 00:29:05.460 feel more 00:29:05.460 --> 00:29:05.740 and more 00:29:05.740 --> 00:29:06.059 of the 00:29:06.059 --> 00:29:06.679 pain 00:29:06.679 --> 00:29:07.559 that that 00:29:07.559 --> 00:29:07.859 snake 00:29:07.859 --> 00:29:08.759 creates. 00:29:08.759 --> 00:29:11.700 or maybe 00:29:11.700 --> 00:29:13.539 he grabs 00:29:13.539 --> 00:29:14.379 our fingers 00:29:14.379 --> 00:29:16.480 and starts 00:29:16.480 --> 00:29:16.879 to peel 00:29:16.879 --> 00:29:17.420 him back. 00:29:19.420 --> 00:29:20.339 And that 00:29:20.339 --> 00:29:20.819 hurts. 00:29:22.299 --> 00:29:23.279 We think 00:29:23.279 --> 00:29:23.759 he's killing 00:29:23.759 --> 00:29:24.200 us. 00:29:26.619 --> 00:29:27.400 He's 00:29:27.400 --> 00:29:27.839 setting us 00:29:27.839 --> 00:29:28.259 free. 00:29:28.259 --> 00:29:28.359 free. 00:29:32.200 --> 00:29:32.879 He's 00:29:32.879 --> 00:29:33.359 setting us 00:29:33.359 --> 00:29:34.819 free from 00:29:34.819 --> 00:29:35.400 the very 00:29:35.400 --> 00:29:36.759 thing that 00:29:36.759 --> 00:29:38.640 will destroy 00:29:38.640 --> 00:29:39.319 us. 00:29:40.900 --> 00:29:41.839 And he's 00:29:41.839 --> 00:29:42.660 unwilling to 00:29:42.660 --> 00:29:43.220 do that. 00:29:44.819 --> 00:29:45.720 And so he 00:29:45.720 --> 00:29:46.339 comes. 00:29:48.980 --> 00:29:50.099 And sometimes 00:29:50.099 --> 00:29:51.059 it feels like 00:29:51.059 --> 00:29:52.039 hell itself. 00:29:52.039 --> 00:29:57.119 But his 00:29:57.119 --> 00:29:57.659 work, 00:29:58.359 --> 00:29:59.259 even in the 00:29:59.259 --> 00:29:59.700 pain, 00:30:00.700 --> 00:30:01.579 is the 00:30:01.579 --> 00:30:02.039 path to 00:30:02.039 --> 00:30:02.579 our freedom 00:30:02.579 --> 00:30:03.480 and joy 00:30:03.480 --> 00:30:05.799 and shalom. 00:30:08.579 --> 00:30:09.639 This is 00:30:09.639 --> 00:30:09.960 what he 00:30:09.960 --> 00:30:10.579 comes 00:30:10.579 --> 00:30:12.379 to bring. 00:30:14.000 --> 00:30:14.899 This 00:30:14.899 --> 00:30:15.819 is the 00:30:15.819 --> 00:30:16.619 love of 00:30:16.619 --> 00:30:16.799 our 00:30:16.799 --> 00:30:17.259 redeemer 00:30:17.259 --> 00:30:18.940 for us. 00:30:19.899 --> 00:30:20.519 He's not 00:30:20.519 --> 00:30:21.480 against us. 00:30:22.039 --> 00:30:24.220 He's 00:30:24.220 --> 00:30:24.680 fighting 00:30:24.680 --> 00:30:25.940 for us. 00:30:26.220 --> 00:30:26.619 How do 00:30:26.619 --> 00:30:27.200 you know 00:30:27.200 --> 00:30:27.819 that you 00:30:27.819 --> 00:30:28.359 can trust 00:30:28.359 --> 00:30:29.000 him to 00:30:29.000 --> 00:30:29.659 do that? 00:30:33.659 --> 00:30:34.420 As Paul 00:30:34.420 --> 00:30:34.819 wrote in 00:30:34.819 --> 00:30:35.680 Romans 8 00:30:35.680 --> 00:30:36.299 32, 00:30:37.579 --> 00:30:38.359 he who 00:30:38.359 --> 00:30:38.740 did not 00:30:38.740 --> 00:30:39.359 spare his 00:30:39.359 --> 00:30:40.019 own son, 00:30:42.019 --> 00:30:43.200 but gave 00:30:43.200 --> 00:30:43.500 him up 00:30:43.500 --> 00:30:43.799 for us 00:30:43.799 --> 00:30:44.279 all, 00:30:45.960 --> 00:30:47.099 how will 00:30:47.099 --> 00:30:47.680 he not 00:30:47.680 --> 00:30:48.539 now with 00:30:48.539 --> 00:30:49.159 him 00:30:49.159 --> 00:30:50.859 freely 00:30:50.859 --> 00:30:51.460 give us 00:30:51.460 --> 00:30:51.900 all 00:30:51.900 --> 00:30:52.960 things. 00:30:55.960 --> 00:30:56.799 Why can 00:30:56.799 --> 00:30:57.340 we trust 00:30:57.340 --> 00:30:57.759 him, 00:30:58.079 --> 00:30:58.900 let go 00:30:58.900 --> 00:30:59.279 of these 00:30:59.279 --> 00:30:59.740 idols, 00:31:00.460 --> 00:31:01.039 and let 00:31:01.039 --> 00:31:01.500 him do 00:31:01.500 --> 00:31:01.860 in us 00:31:01.860 --> 00:31:02.299 whatever 00:31:02.299 --> 00:31:02.880 he needs 00:31:02.880 --> 00:31:03.480 to do? 00:31:06.000 --> 00:31:06.600 Because 00:31:06.600 --> 00:31:06.980 he's already 00:31:06.980 --> 00:31:07.400 done it 00:31:07.400 --> 00:31:07.980 to himself. 00:31:12.360 --> 00:31:13.120 We are 00:31:13.120 --> 00:31:13.440 not going 00:31:13.440 --> 00:31:13.660 to be 00:31:13.660 --> 00:31:14.000 punished 00:31:14.000 --> 00:31:14.460 for our 00:31:14.460 --> 00:31:14.799 sins. 00:31:15.319 --> 00:31:15.700 He 00:31:15.700 --> 00:31:17.059 was. 00:31:17.059 --> 00:31:18.059 paid. 00:31:18.059 --> 00:31:20.579 I don't 00:31:20.579 --> 00:31:20.960 have to 00:31:20.960 --> 00:31:22.279 pay the 00:31:22.279 --> 00:31:23.460 price for 00:31:23.460 --> 00:31:24.099 all of the 00:31:24.099 --> 00:31:24.879 times I've 00:31:24.879 --> 00:31:25.379 failed. 00:31:26.559 --> 00:31:29.000 He paid. 00:31:30.599 --> 00:31:31.480 All of 00:31:31.480 --> 00:31:32.359 God's anger 00:31:32.359 --> 00:31:33.559 directed towards 00:31:33.559 --> 00:31:34.559 my idolatry 00:31:34.559 --> 00:31:35.240 and sin and 00:31:35.240 --> 00:31:35.960 unbelief 00:31:35.960 --> 00:31:37.639 was poured 00:31:37.640 --> 00:31:39.980 on the 00:31:39.980 --> 00:31:40.420 innocent 00:31:40.420 --> 00:31:41.040 one 00:31:41.040 --> 00:31:43.360 who loved 00:31:43.360 --> 00:31:44.000 the father 00:31:44.000 --> 00:31:44.520 with his 00:31:44.520 --> 00:31:45.340 whole heart. 00:31:48.340 --> 00:31:49.060 And he 00:31:49.060 --> 00:31:49.540 was glad 00:31:49.540 --> 00:31:50.120 to take 00:31:50.120 --> 00:31:50.460 it 00:31:50.460 --> 00:31:53.460 so that 00:31:53.460 --> 00:31:53.800 I would 00:31:53.800 --> 00:31:54.900 not have 00:31:54.900 --> 00:31:55.700 to bear 00:31:55.700 --> 00:31:56.000 it. 00:31:59.500 --> 00:32:00.420 This is 00:32:00.420 --> 00:32:00.940 how he 00:32:00.940 --> 00:32:01.520 can say 00:32:01.520 --> 00:32:02.280 to us, 00:32:03.080 --> 00:32:03.680 come to 00:32:03.680 --> 00:32:04.100 me, 00:32:05.300 --> 00:32:05.840 come in 00:32:05.839 --> 00:32:06.319 repentance, 00:32:07.399 --> 00:32:08.379 come throw 00:32:08.379 --> 00:32:09.220 your idols 00:32:09.220 --> 00:32:09.959 down. 00:32:11.480 --> 00:32:12.119 They're 00:32:12.119 --> 00:32:13.220 killing you. 00:32:16.619 --> 00:32:17.480 Come to 00:32:17.480 --> 00:32:17.939 the one 00:32:17.939 --> 00:32:20.379 who has 00:32:20.379 --> 00:32:20.819 loved you 00:32:20.819 --> 00:32:21.220 to the 00:32:21.220 --> 00:32:21.959 nth degree 00:32:21.959 --> 00:32:25.039 and he 00:32:25.039 --> 00:32:25.539 will 00:32:25.539 --> 00:32:26.740 cleanse 00:32:26.740 --> 00:32:27.179 you 00:32:27.179 --> 00:32:29.039 and 00:32:29.039 --> 00:32:29.799 purify 00:32:29.799 --> 00:32:30.399 you 00:32:30.399 --> 00:32:32.579 and make 00:32:32.579 --> 00:32:33.099 you into 00:32:33.099 --> 00:32:33.859 the beautiful 00:32:33.859 --> 00:32:35.339 spotless 00:32:35.339 --> 00:32:36.839 bride 00:32:36.839 --> 00:32:40.199 that he 00:32:40.199 --> 00:32:40.759 intends you 00:32:40.759 --> 00:32:41.139 to be. 00:32:44.179 --> 00:32:44.799 This is 00:32:44.799 --> 00:32:45.439 the promise 00:32:45.439 --> 00:32:46.000 that we 00:32:46.000 --> 00:32:46.379 have as 00:32:46.379 --> 00:32:46.699 believers. 00:32:48.579 --> 00:32:49.240 We have 00:32:49.240 --> 00:32:49.799 a redeemer 00:32:49.799 --> 00:32:52.099 who is 00:32:52.099 --> 00:32:52.500 going to 00:32:52.500 --> 00:32:52.859 come 00:32:52.859 --> 00:32:54.779 and fight 00:32:54.779 --> 00:32:56.759 for us 00:32:56.759 --> 00:32:58.899 to set us 00:32:58.899 --> 00:32:59.319 free from 00:32:59.319 --> 00:32:59.720 all of our 00:32:59.720 --> 00:33:00.799 enemies but 00:33:00.799 --> 00:33:01.519 also to set 00:33:01.519 --> 00:33:02.119 us free from 00:33:02.119 --> 00:33:02.839 the internal 00:33:02.839 --> 00:33:04.519 enemies that 00:33:04.519 --> 00:33:05.059 we might 00:33:05.059 --> 00:33:05.759 be made 00:33:05.759 --> 00:33:06.920 his and 00:33:06.920 --> 00:33:07.359 his 00:33:07.359 --> 00:33:08.339 alone. 00:33:11.059 --> 00:33:11.779 But for 00:33:11.779 --> 00:33:12.099 those who 00:33:12.099 --> 00:33:12.420 are not 00:33:12.420 --> 00:33:13.019 in Christ, 00:33:14.379 --> 00:33:16.819 that's not 00:33:16.819 --> 00:33:17.339 the promise 00:33:17.339 --> 00:33:18.160 you have. 00:33:21.059 --> 00:33:21.940 The pain 00:33:21.940 --> 00:33:22.759 you feel 00:33:22.759 --> 00:33:25.500 is not 00:33:25.500 --> 00:33:26.019 necessary, 00:33:26.400 --> 00:33:27.160 may not be 00:33:27.160 --> 00:33:27.839 his working 00:33:27.839 --> 00:33:28.500 to cleanse 00:33:28.500 --> 00:33:28.779 you, 00:33:28.980 --> 00:33:29.819 it may be 00:33:29.819 --> 00:33:30.700 the beginnings, 00:33:30.700 --> 00:33:33.220 the foretaste 00:33:33.220 --> 00:33:34.799 of what 00:33:34.799 --> 00:33:35.200 is yet 00:33:35.200 --> 00:33:35.940 to come. 00:33:37.539 --> 00:33:38.100 In 00:33:38.100 --> 00:33:38.720 his mercy, 00:33:38.840 --> 00:33:39.120 he is 00:33:39.120 --> 00:33:39.759 allowing you 00:33:39.759 --> 00:33:40.559 to feel 00:33:40.559 --> 00:33:42.240 his 00:33:42.240 --> 00:33:42.799 judgment. 00:33:45.799 --> 00:33:46.660 But in 00:33:46.660 --> 00:33:47.480 doing so, 00:33:47.580 --> 00:33:48.340 in warning 00:33:48.340 --> 00:33:48.680 you, 00:33:48.759 --> 00:33:49.039 he's 00:33:49.039 --> 00:33:49.720 inviting 00:33:49.720 --> 00:33:50.279 you, 00:33:50.840 --> 00:33:51.380 come. 00:33:53.059 --> 00:33:53.660 Don't 00:33:53.660 --> 00:33:54.140 pay this 00:33:54.140 --> 00:33:54.799 yourself. 00:33:56.080 --> 00:33:56.680 Come. 00:33:56.680 --> 00:33:56.759 Come. 00:33:56.759 --> 00:33:58.740 Come to 00:33:58.740 --> 00:33:59.180 the one 00:33:59.180 --> 00:33:59.700 who has 00:33:59.700 --> 00:34:00.000 already 00:34:00.000 --> 00:34:00.740 stood in 00:34:00.740 --> 00:34:01.539 for you. 00:34:01.920 --> 00:34:02.319 Come. 00:34:03.980 --> 00:34:04.579 You're 00:34:04.579 --> 00:34:05.099 desperately 00:34:05.099 --> 00:34:05.759 trying to 00:34:05.759 --> 00:34:06.619 find shalom 00:34:06.619 --> 00:34:07.240 and peace 00:34:07.240 --> 00:34:07.879 in all of 00:34:07.879 --> 00:34:08.519 the wrong 00:34:08.519 --> 00:34:09.119 places. 00:34:10.119 --> 00:34:10.699 Come 00:34:10.699 --> 00:34:12.199 to me. 00:34:13.300 --> 00:34:14.099 All who 00:34:14.099 --> 00:34:14.780 are weary 00:34:14.780 --> 00:34:15.400 and heavy 00:34:15.400 --> 00:34:16.079 laden, 00:34:17.760 --> 00:34:18.639 I will 00:34:18.639 --> 00:34:18.940 give you 00:34:18.940 --> 00:34:19.480 rest. 00:34:20.980 --> 00:34:21.920 And I 00:34:21.920 --> 00:34:23.099 will give 00:34:23.099 --> 00:34:23.480 you 00:34:23.480 --> 00:34:25.139 peace. 00:34:25.139 --> 00:34:25.279 peace. 00:34:27.900 --> 00:34:28.619 Do you 00:34:28.619 --> 00:34:29.219 want peace? 00:34:30.779 --> 00:34:31.239 Do you 00:34:31.239 --> 00:34:31.480 want to 00:34:31.480 --> 00:34:31.699 know 00:34:31.699 --> 00:34:32.239 shalom? 00:34:34.199 --> 00:34:34.859 Hear 00:34:34.859 --> 00:34:35.099 the 00:34:35.099 --> 00:34:35.759 invitation 00:34:35.759 --> 00:34:36.819 that the 00:34:36.819 --> 00:34:37.279 prophets 00:34:37.279 --> 00:34:38.319 give us. 00:34:40.379 --> 00:34:41.079 Come 00:34:41.079 --> 00:34:41.500 to the 00:34:41.500 --> 00:34:41.980 Redeemer 00:34:41.980 --> 00:34:44.119 who will 00:34:44.119 --> 00:34:44.859 save 00:34:44.859 --> 00:34:46.299 to the 00:34:46.299 --> 00:34:47.179 uttermost 00:34:47.179 --> 00:34:49.920 and destroy 00:34:49.920 --> 00:34:50.480 all of 00:34:50.480 --> 00:34:50.639 our 00:34:50.639 --> 00:34:51.219 enemies. 00:34:51.219 --> 00:34:55.759 and make 00:34:55.759 --> 00:34:56.379 us the 00:34:56.379 --> 00:34:56.980 beautiful 00:34:56.980 --> 00:34:58.699 bride 00:34:58.699 --> 00:34:59.980 ready 00:34:59.980 --> 00:35:01.739 for her 00:35:01.739 --> 00:35:02.599 bridegroom. 00:35:04.659 --> 00:35:05.199 Come. 00:35:09.699 --> 00:35:10.239 Let's 00:35:10.239 --> 00:35:10.500 pray. 00:35:14.779 --> 00:35:15.299 Oh, 00:35:15.359 --> 00:35:15.739 Lord Jesus, 00:35:16.059 --> 00:35:17.179 would you 00:35:17.179 --> 00:35:17.480 come? 00:35:19.239 --> 00:35:19.879 Would you 00:35:19.879 --> 00:35:20.319 work in our 00:35:20.319 --> 00:35:20.679 hearts? 00:35:21.959 --> 00:35:22.619 Would you 00:35:22.619 --> 00:35:23.059 give us 00:35:23.059 --> 00:35:23.739 understanding 00:35:23.739 --> 00:35:24.399 that it's 00:35:24.399 --> 00:35:24.719 not going 00:35:24.719 --> 00:35:24.959 to come 00:35:24.959 --> 00:35:25.539 from us? 00:35:26.239 --> 00:35:26.639 We are 00:35:26.639 --> 00:35:27.019 too, 00:35:27.259 --> 00:35:27.579 we're 00:35:27.579 --> 00:35:27.919 clinging 00:35:27.919 --> 00:35:28.739 too tightly 00:35:28.739 --> 00:35:29.419 to all 00:35:29.419 --> 00:35:29.739 of these 00:35:29.739 --> 00:35:30.099 things. 00:35:30.259 --> 00:35:30.719 Would you 00:35:30.719 --> 00:35:31.319 break our 00:35:31.319 --> 00:35:31.679 grip? 00:35:33.779 --> 00:35:34.599 Would you 00:35:34.599 --> 00:35:35.099 come? 00:35:37.379 --> 00:35:38.119 Set us 00:35:38.119 --> 00:35:38.459 free? 00:35:40.959 --> 00:35:41.480 Break 00:35:41.480 --> 00:35:41.839 the 00:35:41.839 --> 00:35:43.539 stranglehold 00:35:43.539 --> 00:35:46.399 and give 00:35:46.399 --> 00:35:47.000 us peace. 00:35:48.799 --> 00:35:49.480 Give us 00:35:49.480 --> 00:35:50.159 peace in your 00:35:50.159 --> 00:35:50.960 lovingkindness 00:35:50.960 --> 00:35:51.539 and grace 00:35:51.539 --> 00:35:52.139 and mercy. 00:35:53.099 --> 00:35:53.619 In Jesus' 00:35:53.839 --> 00:35:54.079 name, 00:35:54.779 --> 00:35:55.000 amen. 00:36:00.000 --> 00:36:00.779 For more 00:36:00.779 --> 00:36:01.279 information, 00:36:01.679 --> 00:36:02.079 visit us 00:36:02.079 --> 00:36:03.000 online at 00:36:03.000 --> 00:36:03.880 southwood.org.