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 If you are here for the first time, or you haven't been here for a while, my name is Tobin, and I'm one of the pastors here at Watermark.

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 We'll welcome you here on this Chinese New Year.

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 I love being a pastor, and it's amazing to see what God teaches in me as we do that, as we lead the people of Watermark and wherever God has us.

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 I love being a dad, and I just continue to be humbled by what God does to me and teaches me as a dad.

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 And so I'm very teachable always, and you can always pray for me and give me books that you find that are good.

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 So last night, KK, which we shared about last week, you know, KK prayed to invite Christ into her life, that she could come into the family of God.

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 And so last night, she came in, and she was so excited because today was the first day she got to take communion.

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 And she just could not go to sleep.

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 She was just thinking about this all this time, and she was so excited, and I'm so excited, and we're talking.

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 And it was just, it's like one of those moments you want, you know, a Kodak moment or however you call it nowadays.

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 It's like one of those moments that you want to bottle up and just keep forever.

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 And then she looks at me, and she says, what are you doing?

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 What are you reading?

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 What are we teaching tomorrow?

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 And I said, well, we're teaching this passage in the book of Exodus.

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 And she goes, oh.

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 I said, let me read you some.

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 So I started reading it to her, and I read verse 21, and Moses called the elders, and he said,

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 go and take yourselves the lamb according to your family and kill the Passover lamb.

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 Take a bunch of hyssop and dip it in blood and put it in the basin and apply some to the blood of the basins and the lentils and the doorposts.

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 And don't go outside at the door of the house until morning, for the Lord will pass through to smite the Egyptians.

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 But when he sees the blood, he will halt.

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 He will hover.

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 He will stop at your door.

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 And as I was reading this, KK just got really sad.

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 It was her continence.

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 It was amazing.

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 Her continence just got really sad.

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 It changed.

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 And I looked at her, and I'm like, okay.

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 So a teachable moment as a parent.

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 Engage as a dad.

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 I said, why are you so sad?

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 And she said, because the sheep had to die.

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 Because the people disobeyed.

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 And I said, yeah, that is, that's not good.

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 That is sad, isn't it?

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 I said, what about us?

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 I said to her, who had to die because of our disobedience?

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 And she looked at me, and she said, Jesus.

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 I said, how does that make you feel?

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 And she looked at me, and she said, makes me feel sad.

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 And I looked at her, and I said, KK, I love you so much.

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 But you know that God loves you so much more than me.

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 God loves you so much that he would gladly give his son

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 so that you could come into the family.

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 Even if you're disobeying him, he loves you so much.

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 She smiled.

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 I looked at her and said, how does that make you feel?

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 She goes, wow, that makes me feel happy, fortunate.

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 So I thought, well, I asked her, so what should we do about this?

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 And she said, well, I think we should just thank God.

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 I think I should thank God.

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 I should just thank him for everything he's done.

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 I said, wow, that's right.

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 We need to be thankful.

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 And you can remind your dad because sometimes your dad isn't very thankful

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 and he gets grumpy.

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 And you can just say, Dad, be thankful for what God has done.

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 And I looked at her and I said, anything else?

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 And she said, well, I guess I need to obey.

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 I guess I need to obey God.

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 And in my mind, I'm like, oh, my gosh, this stuff works.

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 God's word is true.

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 And you say it and he does it.

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 And it's incredible.

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 But part of me as a dad is like, okay, should I add in there?

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 You need to obey your parents also.

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 But I didn't because I just thought, wow, just obeying God, that's good enough.

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 That's what this passage is about.

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 That's what God calls us to do.

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 And that's what we are looking at in the passage today.

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 We're looking at the things that KK has been learning in her last week.

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 She's looking.

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 We're looking at the things of sin and just what does it cost us?

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 What does sin really cost us?

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 We're looking at this idea of obedience and what does it mean for us to obey and how do we obey and why do we obey?

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 And we're looking at this idea of God's love.

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 What does God's love mean to us?

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 These are all things that KK is learning, but these are all things that this passage teaches us.

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 We're in this story called God's story and our story.

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 And we've been looking at this idea of God's story, which is his story.

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 It's all his story.

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 And we learn from the very beginning that he creates this world and this place and this land.

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 And he establishes his rule by his word.

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 And he makes man so that he can come to them and have a relationship with them and love them and bless them and encourage them.

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 But we learned a couple weeks ago that really quickly sin entered into God's perfect creation.

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 And it just corrupted everything.

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 It tainted everything.

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 All of our relationships are broken.

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 There's no longer perfection.

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 We're all living in the shadows.

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 We're all wandering around.

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 And we saw this passage in the last four or five weeks that mankind's been kind of spiraling.

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 We've been spiraling downward away from God.

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 But we've been heading east.

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 And we've been trying to do things on our own.

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 And we're messing it up.

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 And what we've seen throughout these series so far is that God just keeps coming in.

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 And he brings grace.

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 And he brings grace.

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 And he brings grace from creation to Adam and Eve to Cain and Abel to Noah to Babel.

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 We deviate more and more.

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 And God brings grace.

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 Last week we looked at this man named Abram.

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 And we talked about how God chose Abram.

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 He decides to continue this idea of blessing his creation and his people and fixing what was broken in the garden.

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 And he chooses this one man, Abram.

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 And we're told that Abram was far away.

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 He was worshiping an upland far away.

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 He was worshiping other gods.

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 He wasn't a follower of God.

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 But we see in the passage that God loved him.

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 And God went to him.

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 And God had mercy on him.

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 God just poured out grace onto his life.

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 And we see last week that God started this covenant with him.

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 It was this unilateral agreement.

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 It was one way.

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 And in this covenant, this relationship that God came to Abraham, he promised him things.

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 He promised him a land.

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 And he promised him a great name.

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 And he promised him a blessing.

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 And he promised him offspring and many nations coming out of them.

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 And it was amazing.

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 I mean, this is the story.

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 This is your or my story.

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 This is our story.

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 We're just like Abraham.

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 We're wandering far away.

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 And God comes and he grabs us and he opens our eyes.

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 And he pours these blessings on us of the gospel.

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 And he pours this life that he wants to give us.

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 And he pours this fruitfulness.

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 But so we struggle with this self-centeredness.

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 And we saw that even though God gave Abraham all these things, that he actually messed up sometimes.

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 He actually messed up a lot of times.

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 But we saw in the passage last week that God just continues to pursue Abraham.

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 He pursued him and he pursued him in this covenant because he wanted to bless him and he wanted creation to be blessed by him.

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 And Abraham comes into this promised land.

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 It's the first time in the Bible's history where people go west.

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 They come back to God.

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 And he enters into Palestine, Canaan.

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 And he comes down from the north.

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 And wherever he goes from the north to the south, we read that he built an altar.

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 And he told people about God.

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 And he worshiped God.

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 And he shared his faith, whatever his faith would look like back in that time.

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 It's the four spiritual laws of Abraham.

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 Think about that for a second.

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 He talked about God's faithfulness and his character.

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 But again, we saw that Abraham made all these mistakes.

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 And even in the midst of all these mistakes and all these things that he was doing, we saw that God remained true.

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 We learned that God's faithfulness is not based on our performances as people.

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 Remember that?

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 That God's faithfulness isn't based on our performances as people because we mess up.

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 But his faithfulness is always true.

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 It's always there.

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 It's based on him.

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 It's based on his character.

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 It's based on his love.

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 It's the things I want to keep teaching KK because these things never change.

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 Even when we change, they don't change.

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 From last week to this week, there's hundreds of years that have gone by and things have changed.

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 And I encourage you to go back and read your Bible.

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 Remember, we're just kind of flowing through this scripture and grabbing some threads of it and this idea of who God is and what he's called us to do.

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 But if you were to go back, you'd read that Abraham, he continues in his brokenness.

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 I mean, he lies repeatedly.

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 He uses his wife for financial gain.

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 He's almost like a pimp.

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 It's pretty amazing.

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 It's like you read it and you're like, whoa, can you talk about those things in the Bible?

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 But he does.

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 He has sex with his maid because Sarah is barren and Sarah doesn't trust that God's going to give her a child like God said he's going to give her a child.

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 And so he has sex with Hagar.

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 They have a kid.

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 And then eventually Sarah gets pregnant and they have Isaac.

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 And these two boys are always at conflict with each other.

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 And because of their disobedience, we still have this thing today called the Arab and Jew conflict.

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 And it's because of this unfaithfulness.

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 And what we see in Abraham is that the family is dysfunctional.

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 The family of God is dysfunctional.

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 And I don't need to tell you that because you can just look at your own heart and your own family and you can see how dysfunctional you are.

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 And if you're not dysfunctional, come over to our house one day and you'll just watch us and you'll see how dysfunctional we are.

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 And it'll scare you.

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 But then we see in this passage in Genesis 22 that God eventually called Abraham.

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 And God called Abraham for this test.

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 And in this test, he asked Abraham to sacrifice Isaac on Mount Moriah.

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 He says this is a sin offering.

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 This is offering for the sin of your family.

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 And Abraham doesn't even add an eye because he realizes that he's sinful and he's broken.

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 And so Abraham trusts the Lord and he takes Isaac up to Mount Moriah.

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 And you remember the scene because there's the fire and there's the wood on the back of Isaac.

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 And there's this knife.

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 And Isaac looks at his dad and says, well, we have the wood and we have the fire and we have the knife.

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 But where's the lamb?

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 Where's the sacrifice?

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 And God says, hey, you know, God's going to, I mean, Moses says God will prepare.

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 God will provide the lamb.

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 God will provide the sacrifice.

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 And it's in Genesis 22.

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 And he does.

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 And Isaac is spared.

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 And God relents.

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 And God provides a sacrifice.

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 He provides a lamb, a perfect lamb, an unblemished lamb.

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 It's Genesis 22.

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 And what we see throughout scriptures is that God always provides a way for his people.

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 God always provides a sacrifice for his people.

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 But we see the family of God just gets dysfunctional.

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 And Isaac has problems.

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 And Jacob has problems.

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 And it's almost like God has to do this massive intervention.

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 God says, you guys are just going so far.

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 And there's actually people in the family of God who are leaving the family of God because they're just following pagans and all these things.

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 And it's an amazing story.

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 You need to go back and read it.

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 But eventually God does this massive family intervention.

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 And he takes all of the people of God.

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 And he moves them away.

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 And he puts them into Egypt.

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 It's almost like he's having to fix all the things that were messed up in them.

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 And he takes them all away.

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 And there's this huge famine.

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 And everybody we know dies.

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 And that's the end of Genesis.

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 Does that make sense?

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 So now the family of God, they're stuck down in Egypt.

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 And God is working in their life.

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 And we start with this book of Exodus.

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 And we see in the very first chapter of Exodus that we see the people are being fruitful.

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 And they're multiplying.

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 It's just what God told them to do from the very beginning.

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 From the very beginning.

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 He told Adam.

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 And he told Noah.

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 And he told Abraham.

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 Be fruitful and multiply.

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 But now the people of God, they're doing that.

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 But it's not under blessing.

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 It's under a curse.

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 Because they're in bondage.

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 And it's slavery.

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 And it's just incredibly hard.

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 And their life is difficult.

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 But we see that God's covenant is true.

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 And we're reminded over and over that they're prospering.

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 But you prosper today because God's hand is in your life.

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 It's not because of what you're doing.

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 It's because God is there.

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 And they were prospering because God was in their life.

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 In Exodus 1.8, we see that the big problem is that

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 there's this king who comes.

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 And he doesn't know the Lord.

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 He doesn't remember Joseph or Jacob.

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 He doesn't remember any of these things.

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 And they get afraid of these people.

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 The people of God that they're growing in.

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 So he tries everything he can do to stop their growth.

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 He puts hard labor on them.

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 He cuts their rations in half.

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 He actually kills all their male babies.

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 He throws them in the water.

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 Some historians say that when you were to walk through Egypt in the Nile,

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 there would just be little babies floating around.

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 There was never a time where there weren't Hebrew boys floating in the water.

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 They're dead because Pharaoh was trying to stop them.

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 But God's word says it all along.

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 God's multiplying them.

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 And his hand is on them.

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 And they keep multiplying.

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 And then God saves this one baby.

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 This baby's name is Moses.

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 And he grows up into Pharaoh's court.

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 And then through a series of circumstances,

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 God gets him into an encounter.

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 And Moses comes back after meeting the Lord.

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 And he comes back to save God's covenant people.

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 And that's where we are today.

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 We're in this middle of this power conflict.

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 It's just where the superpower of Egypt,

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 the most powerful nation of the time,

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 with all their gods and all these things.

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 And you have Moses and you have Yahweh.

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 And they come in there.

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 And you remember the story?

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 Your kids sing it all the time.

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 You know, Moses comes in.

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 And he says, let my people go.

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 And what does Pharaoh say?

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 Oh, come on.

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 Pharaoh says, no.

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 Right?

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 Let my people go.

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 No.

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 Okay, you don't have three or four-year-olds,

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 obviously.

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 Because that's all we learned for about six months.

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 Let my people go.

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 No.

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 Okay, so let's go to another story.

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 But he does that.

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 And then Pharaoh says, you know,

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 who is your God?

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 I don't even know your God.

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 He's not my God.

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 And so what we see in this Exodus passage,

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 starting in Exodus 6 to 12 and beyond it,

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 is that God does these series of ten miracles,

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 these incredible interventions into the life of Pharaoh

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 and to his people.

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 And in your bulletin on Exodus 6, 6,

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 that's probably the most important passage

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 in the Old Testament.

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 And it shadows the most important passages

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 in the New Testament.

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 And God says to them, and you heard it read,

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 I am the Lord.

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 I will bring you out from under the burdens of Egypt.

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 I'll deliver you from the bondage.

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 I will redeem you with my outstretched arms,

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 and I will cause these great judgments.

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 I will make you my people,

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 and I will be your God.

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 And you will know that I am your Lord.

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 I brought you out from the burdens of Egypt.

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 And so he comes before there,

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 and he does this amazing thing.

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 And I just want to look in our remaining time

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 at three things that stick out to me

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 because they've been sticking out to KK on her journey,

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 and they've been sticking out to me

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 as we look at this passage.

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 And again, I just want to look at sin.

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 I know we don't like to talk about sin

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 because we're modern and we don't sin.

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 We just have misunderstandings and things like that.

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 But I want to look at sin and what its consequences are

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 and what it costs us,

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 but more importantly, what it costs God.

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 I want to look at obedience.

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 What does it mean to be obedient,

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 and how do we show our obedience to God?

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 Because KK is wrestling with that.

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 She's asking me these questions right now.

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 What does it mean for me to obey God?

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 And then I want to look at God.

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 What do we learn about him?

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 What do we learn about his character?

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 You got it?

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 So sin, obedience, and God.

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 And so the first thing that we see really clearly

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 in this passage and throughout Exodus

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 and throughout the whole Bible,

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 and it's kind of hinted at here

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 in certain little passages,

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 is just this idea of sin.

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 We see it in verse 9 that when Moses comes there,

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 the people of God, they don't obey.

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 They don't listen to God's word.

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 They just don't want to do it.

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 We see it in verse 23 because they're instructed

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 that every house has a lamb slain over it.

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 Every house has blood on it.

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 There's not a house in Egypt

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 that doesn't have blood on it.

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 We're told at the end of this story

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 that either there was a dead body in the house

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 or there was a dead lamb's blood

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 painted on every house.

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 And so we see that every house

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 has to have blood painted over it.

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 And in verse 22, we're given this warning

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 that we're not to go out.

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 That we're not to go out

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 because if we go out in the midst

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 of this thing happening,

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 if we take ourselves out

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 from underneath the covering

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 of the blood in the house,

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 that this destroyer's gonna come in

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 and he's gonna destroy us.

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 And what we see here in this time in Egypt,

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 there's no one,

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 there's no one in Egypt

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 that stood guiltless before the Lord.

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 There's none of us in here at Watermark

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 that still stand guiltless before the Lord.

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 Even though they were Jews,

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 even though they were slaves,

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 even though they were treated horribly,

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 even though they were God's people,

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 they still were tainted.

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 They were tainted with disobedience

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 and sin and brokenness before a holy God.

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 I mean, we're gonna read later on

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 that when they leave Egypt,

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 Joshua has to keep coming back to them

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 over and over again

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 and saying, get rid of your idols,

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 get rid of your idols,

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 get rid of your idols.

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 Because we realize that the people,

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 they had actually gathered

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 the same gods that the Egyptians had.

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 And they were worshiping

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 somewhat like what we do here.

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 We come into this world

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 and we find the things

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 that the people around us worship

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 and we start to worship those things.

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 And so Joshua's always reminding them

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 to get rid of them

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 and we see really clearly

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 that everybody,

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 everybody deserved to be met

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 by the destroyer that night

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 because there was no one

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 who was guiltless before the holy God.

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 And this sin debt,

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 remember, we've been talking about it

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 over and over.

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 It's massive because when sin comes in,

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 it just destroys everything.

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 It destroys our relationships.

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 It destroys our lives.

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 It corrupts us.

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 It destroys the way God meant

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 for things to function

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 and they don't function

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 like they're supposed to function anymore.

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 And sin puts this barrier

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 between us and the Lord.

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 And it's everywhere.

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 And what we're going to see

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 because we're flying through,

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 but we're going to come back to it

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 and we'll talk about it

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 a little later on today,

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 is that the Old Testament says

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 from this point on,

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 right after Abraham was told

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 to sacrifice Isaac,

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 from this point on,

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 because of God's people's sinfulness,

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 every firstborn male son,

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 every firstborn cattle,

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 every firstborn thing that came forth,

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 they were all forfeited.

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 Because of the sin of the people,

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 every one of these things

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 had God's hand of judgment on them.

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 They were forfeited.

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 And the only way

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 that you could get them back,

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 the only way you can get

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 your first son back

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 if you had a first son

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 was you ransomed him.

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 You went to the temple

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 and you paid an offering.

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 And if you were really poor

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 and you couldn't do that,

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 some people would actually

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 give their kids to the temple

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 and they would be raised up as priests.

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 And that was their offering

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 because their sin

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 caused them to forfeit that kid.

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 Because God is holy

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 and he's just.

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 And he demands sin

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 to be paid for.

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 And our sins mean more to God

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 than they mean to us.

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 Again, again, and again,

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 we see in this passage

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 that God, the God of the covenant,

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 he keeps coming back.

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 I mean, he keeps coming back,

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 he keeps loving us.

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 He keeps coming

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 to having a relationship with us.

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 He keeps coming

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 to try to free us from bondage.

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 He keeps coming

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 to set us free from sin.

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 And in verse 21,

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 we're told that

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 he gives this perfect substitute,

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 a spotless lamb.

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 And this lamb's blood is shed.

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 And some of the authors

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 have said that this night

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 there were over 100,000

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 sheeps killed.

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 Can you imagine

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 what that would have sounded like?

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 At three o'clock,

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 and just blood.

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 Can you imagine

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 what that would have smelled like?

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 And what the people

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 would have been aware of

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 is that sin is really bad.

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 Sin is costly.

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 Sin is not good.

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 And they would have had it

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 all over them

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 and the blood would have been

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 pouring through the streets

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 and the noises

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 and all these things.

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 In the passage,

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 we read at the end

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 that when this angel of death,

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 this destroyer,

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 it was actually God.

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 God comes in

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 and he comes to this door

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 and he sees this blood

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 spread out.

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 What he realized

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 was that in this house

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 which deserved wrath,

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 every one of us

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 deserved his wrath,

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 in this house

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 which deserved wrath,

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 somebody had died.

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 Because there was blood

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 everywhere.

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 And so when this destroyer

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 came to that house,

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 it stopped.

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 Because it realized

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 that there was a substitute

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 paid.

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 It realized that the sin debt

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 was paid.

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 It didn't have to go in

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 and exact the sin debt

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 of the people.

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 The people's lives

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 in that house

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 weren't forfeited

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 because somebody else's life

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 was forfeited.

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 A spotless lamb.

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 Verse 26 goes on

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 and it tells me,

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 and this to me is amazing.

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 He says,

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 hey, remind your kiddos.

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 Dad, when you're doing this,

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 your kids are going to ask you

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 why you do what you do,

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 why you come to church,

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 why you serve,

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 why you take communion,

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 why you worship together,

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 why you praise the Lord,

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 why you talk,

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 remind your kiddos

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 why you do these things.

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 Can you imagine that?

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 I mean, before days,

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 before the Passover,

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 you get this perfect lamb.

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 Let's just call him Fluffy.

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 And so Fluffy comes into your life

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 and you have to take care of him

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 because he has to be perfect.

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 He can't have any kind of spot.

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 He can't have any stain.

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 Fluffy has to live with you.

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 Fluffy sleeps with you.

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 Fluffy eats your food

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 because everything is

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 depending upon Fluffy.

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 And your kids are playing with Fluffy

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 and it's an amazing time

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 and Fluffy's playing

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 and you're having fun

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 and all of a sudden,

00:20:54.480 --> 00:20:55.079
 four days later,

00:20:55.160 --> 00:20:55.740
 at three o'clock,

00:20:56.000 --> 00:20:56.880
 dad takes Fluffy

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 and he pulls up his head

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 and he goes,

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 and there's blood

00:21:00.259 --> 00:21:01.059
 splurging out everywhere

00:21:01.059 --> 00:21:01.519
 and people go,

00:21:01.600 --> 00:21:02.539
 what happened to Fluffy?

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 And your dad has to explain.

00:21:05.640 --> 00:21:05.779
 He said,

00:21:05.839 --> 00:21:06.319
 hey, Fluffy

00:21:06.319 --> 00:21:08.759
 paid for our sin.

00:21:11.079 --> 00:21:12.360
 If it wasn't for Fluffy,

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 then the destroyer

00:21:14.000 --> 00:21:14.980
 would have to come in

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 because God is righteous.

00:21:17.039 --> 00:21:18.180
 God demands justice.

00:21:18.180 --> 00:21:19.940
 Sin demands payment

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 and sin is costly.

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 And we're going to do this

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 because we're going to trust the Lord

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 because he said to do this

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 and we've never experienced this before

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 but we're going to do it

00:21:30.240 --> 00:21:31.539
 and for some reason,

00:21:31.640 --> 00:21:32.840
 we believe because God said it

00:21:32.840 --> 00:21:34.200
 that this blood on this lamb door

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 is going to protect us

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 and it's going to help us

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 be free from our sin.

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 Do you understand that?

00:21:41.820 --> 00:21:42.940
 I mean, it's really hard

00:21:42.940 --> 00:21:43.799
 for us to understand,

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 I think today,

00:21:44.380 --> 00:21:45.460
 because most of us,

00:21:46.220 --> 00:21:48.180
 we don't like to talk about sin,

00:21:48.280 --> 00:21:48.540
 do we?

00:21:49.740 --> 00:21:51.100
 I mean, we think of sin

00:21:51.100 --> 00:21:52.200
 as something that modern men

00:21:52.200 --> 00:21:53.940
 don't deal with.

00:21:54.580 --> 00:21:55.640
 We think of sins

00:21:55.640 --> 00:21:57.500
 as something small in our lives.

00:21:57.560 --> 00:21:58.160
 We think of sins

00:21:58.160 --> 00:21:59.000
 that don't affect me.

00:21:59.080 --> 00:21:59.920
 We think of sins

00:21:59.920 --> 00:22:00.740
 that I can do

00:22:00.740 --> 00:22:02.020
 or I can lie

00:22:02.020 --> 00:22:04.040
 but it's only going to affect me.

00:22:04.100 --> 00:22:05.280
 It's not going to affect anybody else.

00:22:05.640 --> 00:22:06.520
 But the Bible says

00:22:06.520 --> 00:22:08.040
 that's not true.

00:22:09.420 --> 00:22:10.200
 The Bible says

00:22:10.200 --> 00:22:11.640
 that our sins

00:22:11.640 --> 00:22:12.840
 affect everything.

00:22:14.380 --> 00:22:16.580
 So what do you think of sin?

00:22:19.180 --> 00:22:20.660
 I mean, when you think of this idea,

00:22:21.560 --> 00:22:23.740
 what comes to your mind?

00:22:25.980 --> 00:22:26.860
 Is sin costly?

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 I remember when we started this church,

00:22:30.380 --> 00:22:30.780
 we had this,

00:22:31.280 --> 00:22:31.880
 one of our elders,

00:22:31.960 --> 00:22:32.780
 two elders had to leave

00:22:32.780 --> 00:22:33.900
 about within the first six months

00:22:33.900 --> 00:22:35.000
 because it got moved to London.

00:22:35.820 --> 00:22:36.940
 And one of the elders

00:22:36.940 --> 00:22:38.660
 is a really good friend of ours,

00:22:38.740 --> 00:22:39.200
 Harry Turner.

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 And of course, he's Australian

00:22:40.940 --> 00:22:42.960
 and he's working in this Aussie bank

00:22:42.960 --> 00:22:45.420
 and the language was so bad

00:22:45.420 --> 00:22:46.039
 on his floor,

00:22:46.140 --> 00:22:48.160
 so bad that he put this swear jar

00:22:48.160 --> 00:22:50.180
 because he's trying

00:22:50.180 --> 00:22:50.880
 to stop the language.

00:22:51.100 --> 00:22:51.840
 And he was the boss

00:22:51.840 --> 00:22:52.160
 and he said,

00:22:52.240 --> 00:22:53.279
 okay, every time somebody swears,

00:22:53.340 --> 00:22:54.140
 you got to put money in the jar.

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 We're going to pay for our swearing.

00:22:57.819 --> 00:22:58.600
 We're going to stop swearing.

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 So every time somebody swears,

00:23:00.200 --> 00:23:00.920
 you got to put money in the jar.

00:23:01.799 --> 00:23:02.380
 And I'll tell you what,

00:23:02.440 --> 00:23:03.279
 whenever I swear,

00:23:03.880 --> 00:23:04.940
 I'll put double the money in.

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 And so he went through this story

00:23:06.900 --> 00:23:07.759
 and every time I would see him,

00:23:07.779 --> 00:23:08.500
 I'd ask him questions like,

00:23:08.559 --> 00:23:09.480
 well, how's the swear jar going?

00:23:10.440 --> 00:23:10.740
 And he's like,

00:23:10.799 --> 00:23:12.160
 ah, it's getting filled up right now.

00:23:12.960 --> 00:23:14.460
 But he's trying to get this idea

00:23:14.460 --> 00:23:15.700
 of stopping people from sinning,

00:23:15.799 --> 00:23:18.240
 stopping people from sinning

00:23:18.240 --> 00:23:20.100
 to show how bad it is

00:23:20.100 --> 00:23:21.720
 and show how terrible it is.

00:23:23.100 --> 00:23:24.460
 What if we lived in this day and age

00:23:24.460 --> 00:23:25.539
 where we had had this sin jar,

00:23:25.640 --> 00:23:27.000
 but it was called a sheep pen?

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 And you had a direct line

00:23:29.720 --> 00:23:30.819
 to the guy who's a sheep herder.

00:23:31.819 --> 00:23:33.100
 Hey, you need to come up today.

00:23:33.200 --> 00:23:34.019
 Yeah, we have a lot of stuff

00:23:34.019 --> 00:23:35.079
 going on in the trading floor right now.

00:23:35.120 --> 00:23:36.400
 We're going to need a lot of sheep.

00:23:37.079 --> 00:23:37.860
 Just keep them coming.

00:23:38.559 --> 00:23:40.299
 Yeah, every time we sin,

00:23:40.340 --> 00:23:41.240
 we got to slay one.

00:23:41.240 --> 00:23:42.140
 So just keep them coming,

00:23:42.259 --> 00:23:42.720
 keep them coming,

00:23:42.799 --> 00:23:43.220
 keep them coming

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 because there's a huge debt here

00:23:44.779 --> 00:23:45.420
 at Macquarie

00:23:45.420 --> 00:23:49.079
 and we just really need those sheep.

00:23:50.539 --> 00:23:51.480
 And the sheep come up

00:23:51.480 --> 00:23:52.140
 and you say something

00:23:52.140 --> 00:23:53.819
 and the sheep come up

00:23:53.819 --> 00:23:54.180
 and they go,

00:23:54.259 --> 00:23:55.640
 I mean, what would you think

00:23:55.640 --> 00:23:56.480
 about sin then?

00:23:58.359 --> 00:23:59.000
 I mean, after a while,

00:23:59.059 --> 00:24:00.140
 it'd get really costly, right?

00:24:02.359 --> 00:24:03.640
 But what if your husband comes home

00:24:03.640 --> 00:24:03.839
 and he says,

00:24:03.900 --> 00:24:04.960
 I really blew it today.

00:24:04.960 --> 00:24:09.180
 God demands the sacrifice of our son

00:24:09.180 --> 00:24:16.120
 unless we can afford to pay for him.

00:24:18.519 --> 00:24:20.819
 I don't think I understand sin

00:24:20.819 --> 00:24:23.559
 the way God does

00:24:23.559 --> 00:24:28.400
 and the way Kiki does.

00:24:28.400 --> 00:24:30.960
 But in this passage,

00:24:31.060 --> 00:24:32.960
 what we see is that sin is a massive deal

00:24:32.960 --> 00:24:34.500
 and it stops everything.

00:24:37.060 --> 00:24:38.580
 The second thing this passage shows us

00:24:38.580 --> 00:24:40.040
 is it shows us a lot about obedience

00:24:40.040 --> 00:24:41.400
 and what it shows us about obedience

00:24:41.400 --> 00:24:42.700
 is in verse 28.

00:24:42.800 --> 00:24:43.720
 And you got to mark 28

00:24:43.720 --> 00:24:45.759
 because 28 is like one of these verses

00:24:45.759 --> 00:24:47.360
 that's the first time ever in the Bible.

00:24:47.840 --> 00:24:48.420
 Verse 28,

00:24:48.680 --> 00:24:49.540
 it's the first time ever

00:24:49.540 --> 00:24:50.620
 that all of God's people

00:24:50.620 --> 00:24:51.940
 obeyed God perfectly.

00:24:53.440 --> 00:24:54.500
 I don't think you're going to ever find

00:24:54.500 --> 00:24:55.240
 another time in a Bible

00:24:55.240 --> 00:24:57.779
 where God's people obeyed God perfectly.

00:24:57.900 --> 00:24:58.599
 But in verse 28,

00:24:58.759 --> 00:24:59.940
 they all obeyed God.

00:25:00.059 --> 00:25:01.160
 They had obedience.

00:25:02.200 --> 00:25:04.019
 The passage says they did it by faith.

00:25:04.099 --> 00:25:04.839
 It wasn't a feeling.

00:25:05.000 --> 00:25:06.279
 They just did it.

00:25:06.299 --> 00:25:06.759
 And I wonder,

00:25:07.420 --> 00:25:09.559
 can you imagine being there at night

00:25:09.559 --> 00:25:12.099
 and the destroyer's coming

00:25:12.099 --> 00:25:13.380
 and you hear the screams

00:25:13.380 --> 00:25:14.359
 and it says it was screaming

00:25:14.359 --> 00:25:15.759
 and wailing like never before

00:25:15.759 --> 00:25:16.620
 and never again.

00:25:17.740 --> 00:25:19.000
 Can you imagine the people

00:25:19.000 --> 00:25:21.500
 cloistered in their house

00:25:21.500 --> 00:25:24.059
 and the dad's wondering,

00:25:24.200 --> 00:25:24.880
 did I put the blood up?

00:25:24.880 --> 00:25:25.740
 Did I make sure the blood up

00:25:25.740 --> 00:25:26.580
 was a good sacrifice?

00:25:26.740 --> 00:25:27.700
 I hope it was a good sacrifice.

00:25:27.800 --> 00:25:28.660
 I hope it pleases the Lord.

00:25:28.740 --> 00:25:30.120
 I hope that the destroyer passes by.

00:25:31.240 --> 00:25:31.940
 Can you imagine

00:25:31.940 --> 00:25:32.800
 if the people wondered

00:25:32.800 --> 00:25:33.600
 if they were next?

00:25:35.900 --> 00:25:36.960
 Did we obey him?

00:25:37.000 --> 00:25:38.820
 Did we do what he wanted us to do, right?

00:25:40.260 --> 00:25:41.760
 And we're told here

00:25:41.760 --> 00:25:42.860
 that these people just,

00:25:43.040 --> 00:25:44.520
 they just did it.

00:25:47.100 --> 00:25:47.980
 Can I ask you a question?

00:25:49.540 --> 00:25:50.300
 What would happen

00:25:50.300 --> 00:25:52.200
 if someone didn't obey the instructions?

00:25:52.200 --> 00:25:55.160
 I mean,

00:25:55.220 --> 00:25:56.360
 what if the person said,

00:25:56.420 --> 00:25:56.559
 you know,

00:25:56.600 --> 00:25:57.360
 like we say today,

00:25:57.440 --> 00:25:58.080
 I believe,

00:25:58.819 --> 00:25:59.400
 I believe,

00:25:59.460 --> 00:25:59.980
 I'm a Christian,

00:26:00.559 --> 00:26:01.000
 but you know,

00:26:01.080 --> 00:26:01.299
 I just,

00:26:01.440 --> 00:26:02.080
 this God thing,

00:26:02.140 --> 00:26:03.700
 I just don't know about that very much.

00:26:04.740 --> 00:26:05.319
 I believe,

00:26:06.140 --> 00:26:07.700
 but I just don't want to paint my door

00:26:07.700 --> 00:26:08.759
 blood red right now

00:26:08.759 --> 00:26:11.000
 because I just finished all the woodwork

00:26:11.000 --> 00:26:13.860
 and I hate to just spoil that look.

00:26:13.940 --> 00:26:14.960
 I just don't want to do that.

00:26:14.960 --> 00:26:17.120
 I believe,

00:26:17.400 --> 00:26:20.559
 but I just don't want to give my best to God.

00:26:20.680 --> 00:26:22.279
 Maybe I should sacrifice a dog.

00:26:22.840 --> 00:26:22.980
 I mean,

00:26:23.000 --> 00:26:23.559
 blood is blood

00:26:23.559 --> 00:26:24.400
 and God won't really know,

00:26:24.460 --> 00:26:24.720
 will he?

00:26:25.400 --> 00:26:26.240
 Because sin's no big thing.

00:26:27.880 --> 00:26:28.660
 I believe,

00:26:28.960 --> 00:26:30.980
 but maybe I'll just give some sheep

00:26:30.980 --> 00:26:32.720
 that aren't my best.

00:26:34.299 --> 00:26:35.500
 I'll give a tainted offering

00:26:35.500 --> 00:26:36.700
 kind of like Cain did.

00:26:36.940 --> 00:26:38.620
 We talked about him a couple weeks ago.

00:26:39.920 --> 00:26:41.420
 What do you think would happen to those people?

00:26:41.420 --> 00:26:41.500
 What do you think?

00:26:44.960 --> 00:26:47.720
 The passage says that the people had faith

00:26:47.720 --> 00:26:50.400
 and this real faith was a trust in God and his word

00:26:50.400 --> 00:26:53.299
 and this faith always ended in obedience.

00:26:54.759 --> 00:26:56.160
 Even if it doesn't make sense,

00:26:56.660 --> 00:26:57.519
 faith in the Lord,

00:26:57.880 --> 00:26:59.019
 even if we don't feel like it,

00:26:59.140 --> 00:26:59.920
 faith in the Lord

00:26:59.920 --> 00:27:01.819
 almost always comes to an action.

00:27:01.980 --> 00:27:03.759
 It comes to a response to God's love for us.

00:27:04.059 --> 00:27:05.240
 We can't be loved by somebody

00:27:05.240 --> 00:27:06.400
 and not respond by it.

00:27:07.720 --> 00:27:09.160
 And so what is that obedience?

00:27:09.400 --> 00:27:10.819
 What is happening in their lives?

00:27:10.819 --> 00:27:11.240
 And for them,

00:27:11.319 --> 00:27:12.819
 it was sacrificing these sheep

00:27:12.819 --> 00:27:13.660
 and trusting the Lord.

00:27:14.960 --> 00:27:16.640
 What about us?

00:27:21.600 --> 00:27:25.059
 What kind of issues

00:27:25.059 --> 00:27:28.220
 is Tobin struggling with

00:27:28.220 --> 00:27:30.779
 in obedience?

00:27:33.019 --> 00:27:34.700
 I mean, God says to forgive somebody

00:27:34.700 --> 00:27:37.799
 even if they really, really hurt you.

00:27:40.799 --> 00:27:41.660
 Do we obey?

00:27:41.660 --> 00:27:41.700
 Do we obey?

00:27:45.360 --> 00:27:46.539
 Or do we keep the pain?

00:27:46.620 --> 00:27:47.360
 Do we keep the hurt?

00:27:48.720 --> 00:27:50.059
 God says tell the truth.

00:27:51.660 --> 00:27:52.579
 Even though a lie,

00:27:52.680 --> 00:27:53.640
 or just about right now,

00:27:53.700 --> 00:27:54.759
 man, it's gonna really help me out

00:27:54.759 --> 00:27:55.940
 with my wife or my spouse

00:27:55.940 --> 00:27:57.259
 or my work.

00:27:57.299 --> 00:27:58.059
 If I can really lie,

00:27:58.140 --> 00:27:58.759
 tell this perfect lie,

00:27:58.799 --> 00:27:59.559
 it's gonna get me out of trouble.

00:28:02.039 --> 00:28:03.600
 God says to be generous

00:28:03.600 --> 00:28:06.900
 to give them our best.

00:28:08.759 --> 00:28:09.259
 Do we?

00:28:09.259 --> 00:28:12.779
 God says to stay pure.

00:28:15.119 --> 00:28:16.759
 I mean, even when we say,

00:28:16.839 --> 00:28:17.559
 you know, just one look

00:28:17.559 --> 00:28:19.140
 won't really hurt that much,

00:28:19.180 --> 00:28:19.519
 will it?

00:28:20.759 --> 00:28:21.640
 And by the way,

00:28:21.660 --> 00:28:23.000
 all my peers are bothering me

00:28:23.000 --> 00:28:24.039
 and they say I'm an idiot

00:28:24.039 --> 00:28:25.240
 and I'm old-fashioned

00:28:25.240 --> 00:28:26.680
 and I need to catch up

00:28:26.680 --> 00:28:28.779
 to these days and age.

00:28:29.160 --> 00:28:29.720
 Oh, by the way,

00:28:29.759 --> 00:28:32.160
 I really love that person.

00:28:32.160 --> 00:28:38.300
 God says to stay pure.

00:28:40.800 --> 00:28:41.800
 Can we trust him?

00:28:43.860 --> 00:28:45.240
 Do we believe that he has

00:28:45.240 --> 00:28:47.300
 our best in store?

00:28:49.460 --> 00:28:50.920
 God says to act with integrity

00:28:50.920 --> 00:28:52.060
 even though no one else

00:28:52.060 --> 00:28:53.080
 in the office is doing it.

00:28:56.200 --> 00:28:57.200
 Can I in obedience

00:28:57.200 --> 00:28:58.080
 trust him in that?

00:28:58.079 --> 00:29:00.639
 God says to trust me

00:29:00.639 --> 00:29:03.899
 even when I don't feel like it.

00:29:05.659 --> 00:29:06.759
 The people in verse nine,

00:29:06.859 --> 00:29:07.799
 that's what they felt like.

00:29:08.639 --> 00:29:09.519
 God's word came to them

00:29:09.519 --> 00:29:09.819
 and they said,

00:29:09.899 --> 00:29:10.619
 well, we don't even want to hear it

00:29:10.619 --> 00:29:11.399
 because we're in so much pain

00:29:11.399 --> 00:29:11.839
 and so much trouble.

00:29:11.879 --> 00:29:12.960
 We don't even want to trust the Lord.

00:29:13.019 --> 00:29:14.099
 We can't do that.

00:29:14.319 --> 00:29:15.480
 But what we see here always

00:29:15.480 --> 00:29:16.879
 is that whenever God's people

00:29:16.879 --> 00:29:17.639
 obey him,

00:29:19.059 --> 00:29:21.960
 God does amazing things

00:29:21.960 --> 00:29:22.559
 in their life.

00:29:24.839 --> 00:29:26.299
 Whenever God's people

00:29:26.299 --> 00:29:27.579
 obey him,

00:29:28.079 --> 00:29:30.539
 they trust him.

00:29:31.579 --> 00:29:33.799
 They put their faith in him.

00:29:35.480 --> 00:29:36.720
 Whenever we do that,

00:29:38.819 --> 00:29:39.679
 the scripture says that

00:29:39.679 --> 00:29:42.480
 God always does amazing things

00:29:42.480 --> 00:29:43.439
 in our life.

00:29:45.619 --> 00:29:46.039
 Sin,

00:29:47.199 --> 00:29:47.619
 what is it?

00:29:47.740 --> 00:29:47.879
 Is it?

00:29:48.519 --> 00:29:49.519
 How do I see it?

00:29:50.119 --> 00:29:51.139
 How does God see it?

00:29:51.839 --> 00:29:52.819
 What does it cost God?

00:29:53.639 --> 00:29:54.439
 What does it cost me?

00:29:55.639 --> 00:29:56.039
 Obedience.

00:29:56.199 --> 00:29:57.199
 What does it mean for me to obey?

00:29:57.200 --> 00:29:57.920
 What does it mean for me

00:29:57.920 --> 00:29:58.640
 to follow the Lord?

00:29:59.559 --> 00:30:00.100
 And finally,

00:30:00.200 --> 00:30:01.200
 and we're going to close up here,

00:30:01.259 --> 00:30:02.100
 is just this idea

00:30:02.100 --> 00:30:03.779
 of God.

00:30:05.700 --> 00:30:06.720
 What do we learn about God

00:30:06.720 --> 00:30:07.279
 in this passage?

00:30:08.420 --> 00:30:09.220
 And what is Exodus

00:30:09.220 --> 00:30:09.980
 in this passage

00:30:09.980 --> 00:30:10.660
 teaching us

00:30:10.660 --> 00:30:11.759
 about the Lord?

00:30:11.920 --> 00:30:12.580
 Because we've already

00:30:12.580 --> 00:30:13.259
 talked about that

00:30:13.259 --> 00:30:14.559
 all of these stories here,

00:30:14.660 --> 00:30:15.120
 all of this

00:30:15.120 --> 00:30:16.740
 Exodus 6 and 12,

00:30:17.019 --> 00:30:17.740
 all of these things

00:30:17.740 --> 00:30:18.420
 are a shadow

00:30:18.420 --> 00:30:19.400
 and they're pointing

00:30:19.400 --> 00:30:20.960
 to this last supper

00:30:20.960 --> 00:30:22.080
 that we celebrated.

00:30:22.079 --> 00:30:22.819
 it's pointing

00:30:22.819 --> 00:30:23.859
 to this crucifixion,

00:30:23.919 --> 00:30:24.259
 it's pointing

00:30:24.259 --> 00:30:24.579
 to something

00:30:24.579 --> 00:30:25.139
 that's going to happen

00:30:25.139 --> 00:30:26.480
 1400 years later

00:30:26.480 --> 00:30:27.779
 and the question is

00:30:27.779 --> 00:30:28.299
 what do we learn

00:30:28.299 --> 00:30:29.099
 about God?

00:30:32.199 --> 00:30:33.480
 Look at verse 6 again.

00:30:35.539 --> 00:30:36.099
 Thus say,

00:30:36.259 --> 00:30:36.480
 therefore,

00:30:36.639 --> 00:30:37.480
 to the sons of Israel,

00:30:38.079 --> 00:30:39.220
 I am the Lord

00:30:39.220 --> 00:30:40.299
 and I will bring you out

00:30:40.299 --> 00:30:41.299
 from under the burdens

00:30:41.299 --> 00:30:42.139
 of the Egyptians.

00:30:43.439 --> 00:30:44.480
 I will deliver you

00:30:44.480 --> 00:30:45.319
 from your bondage.

00:30:46.259 --> 00:30:47.379
 I will redeem you

00:30:47.379 --> 00:30:48.480
 with an outstretched harm

00:30:48.480 --> 00:30:50.279
 with great judgments.

00:30:51.240 --> 00:30:52.159
 I will take you

00:30:52.159 --> 00:30:52.740
 from my people

00:30:52.740 --> 00:30:53.919
 and I will be your God

00:30:53.919 --> 00:30:55.579
 and you shall know

00:30:55.579 --> 00:30:56.259
 that I am the Lord,

00:30:56.319 --> 00:30:56.679
 your God,

00:30:56.720 --> 00:30:57.279
 who brought you out

00:30:57.279 --> 00:30:57.740
 from the burdens

00:30:57.740 --> 00:30:58.279
 of the Egyptians.

00:30:59.079 --> 00:30:59.779
 I'm going to bring you

00:30:59.779 --> 00:31:00.339
 into this land

00:31:00.339 --> 00:31:01.259
 which I swore to give

00:31:01.259 --> 00:31:01.799
 to Abraham,

00:31:02.019 --> 00:31:02.799
 Isaac, and Jacob

00:31:02.799 --> 00:31:05.200
 and I'm going to make it yours.

00:31:07.079 --> 00:31:07.759
 And what we see

00:31:07.759 --> 00:31:08.359
 in this passage

00:31:08.359 --> 00:31:09.159
 is the God

00:31:09.159 --> 00:31:10.220
 of the covenant,

00:31:11.539 --> 00:31:12.000
 Yahweh,

00:31:12.159 --> 00:31:12.700
 the creator

00:31:12.700 --> 00:31:13.700
 of the universe,

00:31:13.700 --> 00:31:15.600
 continues

00:31:15.600 --> 00:31:17.620
 and he continues

00:31:17.620 --> 00:31:19.600
 to pursue us.

00:31:20.259 --> 00:31:21.420
 He continues

00:31:21.420 --> 00:31:22.519
 and continues

00:31:22.519 --> 00:31:23.500
 to come towards us

00:31:23.500 --> 00:31:24.299
 even when we're sinful,

00:31:24.460 --> 00:31:25.200
 even when we're broken,

00:31:25.539 --> 00:31:26.259
 even when we're running

00:31:26.259 --> 00:31:26.759
 away from him.

00:31:27.000 --> 00:31:28.500
 He always approaches us.

00:31:28.519 --> 00:31:29.779
 He always comes after us.

00:31:30.559 --> 00:31:31.259
 He's the one

00:31:31.259 --> 00:31:32.319
 who wants to relieve us

00:31:32.319 --> 00:31:32.920
 from our bondage.

00:31:33.080 --> 00:31:33.740
 He's the one

00:31:33.740 --> 00:31:34.720
 that is pursuing us.

00:31:34.799 --> 00:31:35.259
 He's the one

00:31:35.259 --> 00:31:36.200
 who wants to redeem us.

00:31:36.420 --> 00:31:36.880
 He's the one

00:31:36.880 --> 00:31:37.720
 who wants to free us.

00:31:37.960 --> 00:31:38.539
 He's the one

00:31:38.539 --> 00:31:39.539
 who wants to deliver us.

00:31:39.880 --> 00:31:40.319
 He's the one

00:31:40.319 --> 00:31:40.940
 who wants to bring us

00:31:40.940 --> 00:31:41.400
 out of darkness.

00:31:41.779 --> 00:31:42.340
 He's the one

00:31:42.340 --> 00:31:43.019
 who wants to fix

00:31:43.019 --> 00:31:43.680
 our brokenness.

00:31:43.700 --> 00:31:46.720
 God is always there

00:31:46.720 --> 00:31:48.580
 pursuing you as his children

00:31:48.580 --> 00:31:49.360
 do you know that?

00:31:51.059 --> 00:31:52.940
 he can't not but do that

00:31:52.940 --> 00:31:54.600
 because that's his character

00:31:54.600 --> 00:31:55.840
 and in the Exodus passage

00:31:55.840 --> 00:31:57.140
 he loves you so much

00:31:57.140 --> 00:31:59.240
 that he takes this perfect lamb

00:31:59.240 --> 00:32:00.200
 and he kills it

00:32:00.200 --> 00:32:02.580
 and now instead of being slaves to Egypt

00:32:02.580 --> 00:32:04.340
 the people are slaves to God

00:32:04.340 --> 00:32:06.140
 and they go on this amazing journey with him

00:32:06.140 --> 00:32:07.299
 now in the Old Testament

00:32:07.299 --> 00:32:08.039
 in the New Testament

00:32:08.039 --> 00:32:09.240
 we have this last supper

00:32:09.240 --> 00:32:10.620
 we have this crucifixion

00:32:10.620 --> 00:32:11.860
 we have this resurrection

00:32:11.860 --> 00:32:13.340
 and God loves us so much

00:32:13.339 --> 00:32:15.000
 that he purchases you

00:32:15.000 --> 00:32:19.079
 with his son Jesus

00:32:19.079 --> 00:32:22.019
 the death of a perfect lamb

00:32:22.019 --> 00:32:24.539
 Jesus died for us

00:32:24.539 --> 00:32:28.879
 God loves us so much

00:32:28.879 --> 00:32:30.679
 and now instead of being slaves to sin

00:32:30.679 --> 00:32:32.139
 instead of being slaves to death

00:32:32.139 --> 00:32:33.559
 we're slaves to God

00:32:33.559 --> 00:32:35.339
 and God promises to take us

00:32:35.339 --> 00:32:36.740
 on this amazing journey

00:32:36.740 --> 00:32:38.000
 to this promised land

00:32:38.000 --> 00:32:39.119
 and the question is

00:32:39.119 --> 00:32:40.559
 will we follow him?

00:32:43.339 --> 00:32:45.699
 will we trust him?

00:32:47.919 --> 00:32:48.639
 the Exodus

00:32:48.639 --> 00:32:49.679
 and all the scripture

00:32:49.679 --> 00:32:50.819
 that we have studied so far

00:32:50.819 --> 00:32:51.720
 if you don't see it

00:32:51.720 --> 00:32:52.819
 you should see one thing clearly

00:32:52.819 --> 00:32:53.859
 and it's that God

00:32:53.859 --> 00:32:55.639
 loves his people so much

00:32:55.639 --> 00:32:57.000
 that he desires to have

00:32:57.000 --> 00:32:58.079
 this relationship

00:32:58.079 --> 00:32:59.000
 covenant with them

00:32:59.000 --> 00:33:00.079
 and he's going to sacrifice

00:33:00.659 --> 00:33:01.899
 his only son

00:33:01.899 --> 00:33:03.119
 the son that he required

00:33:03.119 --> 00:33:04.019
 the people to do before

00:33:04.019 --> 00:33:04.839
 because of this debt

00:33:04.839 --> 00:33:05.720
 that they owed him

00:33:05.720 --> 00:33:07.319
 he's going to take his only son

00:33:07.319 --> 00:33:09.019
 to satisfy that sin debt

00:33:09.019 --> 00:33:09.740
 that we owe him

00:33:09.740 --> 00:33:11.119
 so that we can come into him

00:33:11.119 --> 00:33:12.679
 he's going to take his firstborn son

00:33:12.679 --> 00:33:13.619
 so that you and I

00:33:13.619 --> 00:33:14.699
 can be called his people

00:33:14.699 --> 00:33:19.099
 so the question is

00:33:19.099 --> 00:33:20.279
 how do you feel about that?

00:33:27.659 --> 00:33:28.699
 when you hear the gospel

00:33:28.699 --> 00:33:29.559
 how do you feel?

00:33:32.899 --> 00:33:33.879
 one author says

00:33:33.879 --> 00:33:35.539
 that we struggle with this idea

00:33:35.539 --> 00:33:37.099
 of gospel amnesia

00:33:37.099 --> 00:33:39.639
 that we become so busy

00:33:39.640 --> 00:33:40.340
 in our lives

00:33:40.340 --> 00:33:41.600
 and we become so busy doing

00:33:41.600 --> 00:33:42.080
 and thinking

00:33:42.080 --> 00:33:43.100
 that we forget

00:33:43.100 --> 00:33:44.460
 that there's God

00:33:44.460 --> 00:33:45.600
 and he's pursuing us

00:33:45.600 --> 00:33:49.160
 the passage says

00:33:49.160 --> 00:33:49.800
 that sometimes

00:33:49.800 --> 00:33:50.940
 we forget

00:33:50.940 --> 00:33:51.620
 because we think

00:33:51.620 --> 00:33:52.080
 sin

00:33:52.080 --> 00:33:53.900
 is so small

00:33:53.900 --> 00:33:56.600
 it doesn't mean anything

00:33:56.600 --> 00:33:59.740
 the passage says

00:33:59.740 --> 00:34:00.680
 sometimes we forget

00:34:00.680 --> 00:34:01.259
 because we think

00:34:01.259 --> 00:34:01.840
 God is

00:34:01.840 --> 00:34:03.060
 so small

00:34:03.060 --> 00:34:06.840
 and God can't do anything

00:34:06.839 --> 00:34:09.960
 he can't remember

00:34:09.960 --> 00:34:10.539
 his promises

00:34:10.539 --> 00:34:12.759
 he can't keep

00:34:12.759 --> 00:34:13.259
 his covenant

00:34:13.259 --> 00:34:15.960
 what the Bible

00:34:15.960 --> 00:34:17.219
 continues to point us to

00:34:17.219 --> 00:34:17.880
 at the core

00:34:17.880 --> 00:34:18.619
 the center of it

00:34:18.619 --> 00:34:19.299
 is that Christianity

00:34:19.299 --> 00:34:20.980
 is about a God

00:34:20.980 --> 00:34:22.319
 who loves us so much

00:34:22.319 --> 00:34:23.619
 that he sacrifices

00:34:23.619 --> 00:34:24.239
 his son

00:34:24.239 --> 00:34:25.599
 so that we can come back

00:34:25.599 --> 00:34:25.880
 to him

00:34:25.880 --> 00:34:26.519
 because we

00:34:26.519 --> 00:34:28.000
 have no other way

00:34:28.000 --> 00:34:29.319
 of approaching him

00:34:29.319 --> 00:34:30.259
 because he's holy

00:34:30.259 --> 00:34:33.679
 and we are not

00:34:33.679 --> 00:34:38.419
 so how do you feel

00:34:38.419 --> 00:34:41.699
 are you in burden

00:34:41.699 --> 00:34:43.879
 the passage says

00:34:43.879 --> 00:34:44.460
 that God has come

00:34:44.460 --> 00:34:44.919
 to take away

00:34:44.919 --> 00:34:45.440
 those burdens

00:34:45.440 --> 00:34:47.960
 are you in bondage

00:34:47.960 --> 00:34:49.879
 and I know

00:34:49.879 --> 00:34:50.599
 a lot of us in here

00:34:50.599 --> 00:34:51.019
 struggle

00:34:51.019 --> 00:34:51.899
 with a lot of

00:34:51.899 --> 00:34:52.539
 different things

00:34:52.539 --> 00:34:53.719
 because I do

00:34:53.719 --> 00:34:55.940
 the passage in here

00:34:55.940 --> 00:34:56.619
 says that God

00:34:56.619 --> 00:34:57.579
 is the deliverer

00:34:57.579 --> 00:34:57.960
 of us

00:34:57.960 --> 00:34:58.659
 from that bondage

00:34:58.659 --> 00:34:59.460
 will we trust him

00:34:59.460 --> 00:35:03.360
 are we out

00:35:03.360 --> 00:35:03.900
 from underneath

00:35:03.900 --> 00:35:04.380
 the blood

00:35:04.380 --> 00:35:05.199
 the passage says

00:35:05.199 --> 00:35:05.599
 that God

00:35:05.599 --> 00:35:06.460
 killed his son

00:35:06.460 --> 00:35:07.440
 and painted us

00:35:07.440 --> 00:35:08.280
 and covers us

00:35:08.280 --> 00:35:09.079
 with this blood

00:35:09.079 --> 00:35:10.280
 so that he might

00:35:10.280 --> 00:35:10.880
 redeem us

00:35:10.880 --> 00:35:11.380
 and we might be

00:35:11.380 --> 00:35:12.119
 called his people

00:35:12.119 --> 00:35:15.099
 over and over

00:35:15.099 --> 00:35:15.599
 and over

00:35:15.599 --> 00:35:16.679
 the passage says

00:35:16.679 --> 00:35:17.159
 that God

00:35:17.159 --> 00:35:18.220
 wants us to be

00:35:18.220 --> 00:35:18.880
 his people

00:35:18.880 --> 00:35:20.559
 he wants us

00:35:20.559 --> 00:35:21.199
 to trust him

00:35:21.199 --> 00:35:21.679
 he wants us

00:35:21.679 --> 00:35:22.320
 to follow him

00:35:22.320 --> 00:35:24.960
 and the question

00:35:24.960 --> 00:35:25.840
 is will we do that

00:35:25.840 --> 00:35:30.140
 will we accept

00:35:30.140 --> 00:35:30.600
 the lamb

00:35:30.600 --> 00:35:32.980
 will we accept

00:35:32.980 --> 00:35:33.820
 the sacrifice

00:35:33.820 --> 00:35:37.920
 how we doing

00:35:37.920 --> 00:35:41.780
 do we understand

00:35:41.780 --> 00:35:42.160
 sin

00:35:42.160 --> 00:35:44.780
 what it means

00:35:44.780 --> 00:35:45.559
 what it costs

00:35:45.559 --> 00:35:47.600
 do we understand

00:35:47.600 --> 00:35:48.180
 obedience

00:35:48.180 --> 00:35:50.120
 do we struggle

00:35:50.120 --> 00:35:50.600
 with it

00:35:50.600 --> 00:35:51.940
 I mean it's okay

00:35:51.940 --> 00:35:52.680
 to struggle with it

00:35:52.680 --> 00:35:53.660
 we're not called

00:35:53.660 --> 00:35:54.220
 to be perfect

00:35:54.220 --> 00:35:54.559
 right

00:35:54.559 --> 00:35:55.699
 and God continues

00:35:55.699 --> 00:35:56.480
 just to pour grace

00:35:56.480 --> 00:35:57.039
 and pour grace

00:35:57.039 --> 00:35:58.199
 but the question

00:35:58.199 --> 00:35:58.960
 is do we see

00:35:58.960 --> 00:36:00.779
 Christ so beautiful

00:36:00.779 --> 00:36:02.619
 and so perfect

00:36:02.619 --> 00:36:04.420
 and so lovely

00:36:04.420 --> 00:36:07.039
 that we will only

00:36:07.039 --> 00:36:08.360
 give our lives

00:36:08.360 --> 00:36:09.539
 to him

00:36:09.539 --> 00:36:13.739
 that's the message

00:36:13.739 --> 00:36:14.340
 of Exodus

00:36:14.340 --> 00:36:17.519
 the message

00:36:17.519 --> 00:36:17.980
 is that God

00:36:17.980 --> 00:36:18.799
 pursues us

00:36:18.799 --> 00:36:21.759
 will we allow

00:36:21.759 --> 00:36:22.500
 him to take us

00:36:22.500 --> 00:36:26.119
 Father we thank

00:36:26.119 --> 00:36:26.599
 you for this day

00:36:26.599 --> 00:36:26.960
 we thank you

00:36:26.960 --> 00:36:27.440
 for your goodness

00:36:27.440 --> 00:36:28.139
 and your mercy

00:36:28.139 --> 00:36:29.019
 in our lives

00:36:29.019 --> 00:36:30.179
 we thank you

00:36:30.179 --> 00:36:30.599
 as we read

00:36:30.599 --> 00:36:31.280
 these passages

00:36:31.280 --> 00:36:32.559
 of men long ago

00:36:32.559 --> 00:36:33.360
 that the story

00:36:33.360 --> 00:36:34.179
 continues

00:36:34.179 --> 00:36:35.619
 and as we look

00:36:35.619 --> 00:36:35.880
 at it

00:36:35.880 --> 00:36:37.099
 we see just a shadow

00:36:37.099 --> 00:36:37.679
 of what it

00:36:37.679 --> 00:36:38.739
 meant to be

00:36:38.739 --> 00:36:39.440
 but now we can

00:36:39.440 --> 00:36:40.079
 see it fully

00:36:40.079 --> 00:36:40.820
 we can see your

00:36:40.820 --> 00:36:41.260
 son

00:36:41.260 --> 00:36:42.840
 and we can see

00:36:42.840 --> 00:36:43.679
 him on a cross

00:36:43.679 --> 00:36:44.179
 and we can see

00:36:44.179 --> 00:36:45.139
 him gone before us

00:36:45.139 --> 00:36:45.619
 as a sheep

00:36:45.619 --> 00:36:46.639
 before the shearers

00:36:46.639 --> 00:36:48.280
 we can see

00:36:48.280 --> 00:36:48.900
 that he's given

00:36:48.900 --> 00:36:49.639
 up everything

00:36:49.639 --> 00:36:51.699
 that he was

00:36:51.699 --> 00:36:52.119
 perfect

00:36:52.119 --> 00:36:52.900
 and spotless

00:36:52.900 --> 00:36:53.659
 and blameless

00:36:53.659 --> 00:36:56.279
 and through

00:36:56.279 --> 00:36:56.859
 his blood

00:36:56.859 --> 00:36:58.139
 you and I

00:36:58.139 --> 00:36:59.599
 are redeemed

00:36:59.599 --> 00:37:02.699
 Father I pray

00:37:02.699 --> 00:37:03.500
 for KK

00:37:03.500 --> 00:37:06.059
 I pray that you

00:37:06.059 --> 00:37:06.679
 would have mercy

00:37:06.679 --> 00:37:07.420
 and grace

00:37:07.420 --> 00:37:08.000
 on our life

00:37:08.000 --> 00:37:10.000
 I pray that she

00:37:10.000 --> 00:37:10.420
 would always

00:37:10.420 --> 00:37:11.179
 struggle with sin

00:37:11.179 --> 00:37:12.440
 what does it mean

00:37:12.440 --> 00:37:13.199
 and what does it

00:37:13.199 --> 00:37:13.920
 mean to be obedient

00:37:13.920 --> 00:37:15.079
 there would never

00:37:15.079 --> 00:37:15.719
 be a time that

00:37:15.719 --> 00:37:16.279
 she doesn't think

00:37:16.279 --> 00:37:17.159
 about those things

00:37:17.159 --> 00:37:18.659
 but more importantly

00:37:18.659 --> 00:37:19.440
 Lord I pray that

00:37:19.440 --> 00:37:19.879
 there would never

00:37:19.879 --> 00:37:20.539
 be a time

00:37:20.539 --> 00:37:21.679
 where she doesn't

00:37:21.679 --> 00:37:22.839
 fall in awe

00:37:22.839 --> 00:37:24.199
 and wonder

00:37:24.199 --> 00:37:25.879
 how good you

00:37:25.879 --> 00:37:26.599
 are to us

00:37:26.599 --> 00:37:28.599
 Father I pray

00:37:28.599 --> 00:37:29.059
 for the other

00:37:29.059 --> 00:37:29.739
 children in our

00:37:29.739 --> 00:37:30.179
 church

00:37:30.179 --> 00:37:31.899
 I pray for each

00:37:31.899 --> 00:37:32.299
 one of these

00:37:32.299 --> 00:37:32.779
 little kids

00:37:32.779 --> 00:37:33.059
 that you've

00:37:33.059 --> 00:37:33.719
 entrusted with us

00:37:33.719 --> 00:37:34.099
 I pray that

00:37:34.099 --> 00:37:34.779
 each one of them

00:37:34.779 --> 00:37:35.859
 sees your son

00:37:35.859 --> 00:37:37.759
 and they go

00:37:37.759 --> 00:37:38.119
 through those

00:37:38.119 --> 00:37:38.779
 same struggles

00:37:38.779 --> 00:37:39.460
 of sin

00:37:39.460 --> 00:37:41.119
 and obedience

00:37:41.119 --> 00:37:42.960
 and grace

00:37:42.960 --> 00:37:45.119
 I pray they

00:37:45.119 --> 00:37:45.519
 would come to

00:37:45.519 --> 00:37:45.839
 know you at

00:37:45.839 --> 00:37:46.399
 an early age

00:37:46.400 --> 00:37:46.660
 and they would

00:37:46.660 --> 00:37:47.079
 do mighty

00:37:47.079 --> 00:37:47.740
 things for

00:37:47.740 --> 00:37:48.300
 your kingdom

00:37:48.300 --> 00:37:50.119
 Father I pray

00:37:50.119 --> 00:37:50.840
 for my brothers

00:37:50.840 --> 00:37:51.380
 and sisters in

00:37:51.380 --> 00:37:52.059
 here who aren't

00:37:52.059 --> 00:37:52.800
 on this journey

00:37:52.800 --> 00:37:53.119
 yet

00:37:53.119 --> 00:37:54.099
 they're still

00:37:54.099 --> 00:37:54.559
 stuck in

00:37:54.559 --> 00:37:54.960
 Egypt

00:37:54.960 --> 00:37:56.539
 they're still

00:37:56.539 --> 00:37:57.160
 living and

00:37:57.160 --> 00:37:57.760
 worshiping

00:37:57.760 --> 00:37:58.200
 and doing

00:37:58.200 --> 00:37:58.639
 things that

00:37:58.639 --> 00:37:58.960
 will bring

00:37:58.960 --> 00:37:59.200
 them

00:37:59.200 --> 00:38:00.099
 or they

00:38:00.099 --> 00:38:00.500
 think that

00:38:00.500 --> 00:38:00.800
 will bring

00:38:00.800 --> 00:38:01.000
 them

00:38:01.000 --> 00:38:01.700
 satisfaction

00:38:01.700 --> 00:38:03.760
 I pray that

00:38:03.760 --> 00:38:03.960
 you would

00:38:03.960 --> 00:38:04.320
 open their

00:38:04.320 --> 00:38:04.920
 eyes to

00:38:04.920 --> 00:38:05.559
 the truth

00:38:05.559 --> 00:38:07.460
 of this

00:38:07.460 --> 00:38:08.019
 sin and

00:38:08.019 --> 00:38:08.559
 this debt

00:38:08.559 --> 00:38:09.139
 and the

00:38:09.139 --> 00:38:09.480
 holiness

00:38:09.480 --> 00:38:09.940
 that you

00:38:09.940 --> 00:38:10.320
 are

00:38:10.320 --> 00:38:12.300
 that the

00:38:12.300 --> 00:38:12.579
 only way

00:38:12.579 --> 00:38:12.860
 they can

00:38:12.860 --> 00:38:13.420
 atone for

00:38:13.420 --> 00:38:13.980
 those things

00:38:13.980 --> 00:38:14.440
 is through

00:38:14.440 --> 00:38:15.059
 your son

00:38:15.059 --> 00:38:17.239
 I pray

00:38:17.239 --> 00:38:17.519
 that they're

00:38:17.519 --> 00:38:17.940
 sitting here

00:38:17.940 --> 00:38:18.380
 right now

00:38:18.380 --> 00:38:18.739
 that they

00:38:18.739 --> 00:38:19.119
 would ask

00:38:19.119 --> 00:38:19.779
 questions

00:38:19.779 --> 00:38:20.239
 and come

00:38:20.239 --> 00:38:20.619
 to me

00:38:20.619 --> 00:38:21.039
 or people

00:38:21.039 --> 00:38:21.440
 who brought

00:38:21.440 --> 00:38:21.779
 them

00:38:21.779 --> 00:38:23.380
 that you

00:38:23.380 --> 00:38:23.639
 would open

00:38:23.639 --> 00:38:24.039
 their eyes

00:38:24.039 --> 00:38:24.239
 and their

00:38:24.239 --> 00:38:24.480
 hearts

00:38:24.480 --> 00:38:24.739
 to your

00:38:24.739 --> 00:38:24.900
 son

00:38:24.900 --> 00:38:25.299
 Jesus

00:38:25.299 --> 00:38:27.320
 Father I

00:38:27.320 --> 00:38:27.579
 pray for

00:38:27.579 --> 00:38:27.880
 the rest

00:38:27.880 --> 00:38:28.139
 of us

00:38:28.139 --> 00:38:28.440
 here

00:38:28.440 --> 00:38:30.579
 we're the

00:38:30.579 --> 00:38:30.900
 family

00:38:30.900 --> 00:38:31.480
 we're covered

00:38:31.480 --> 00:38:32.039
 in blood

00:38:32.039 --> 00:38:34.400
 but still

00:38:34.400 --> 00:38:35.219
 we sometimes

00:38:35.219 --> 00:38:37.400
 still we

00:38:37.400 --> 00:38:37.779
 often

00:38:37.779 --> 00:38:39.599
 we run

00:38:39.599 --> 00:38:40.019
 back to

00:38:40.019 --> 00:38:40.360
 Egypt

00:38:40.360 --> 00:38:42.800
 we run

00:38:42.800 --> 00:38:43.160
 back to

00:38:43.160 --> 00:38:43.539
 bondage

00:38:43.539 --> 00:38:43.860
 we run

00:38:43.860 --> 00:38:44.220
 back to

00:38:44.220 --> 00:38:44.539
 shame

00:38:44.539 --> 00:38:44.860
 we run

00:38:44.860 --> 00:38:45.519
 back to

00:38:45.519 --> 00:38:47.660
 things that

00:38:47.660 --> 00:38:48.160
 are not

00:38:48.160 --> 00:38:48.640
 things that

00:38:48.640 --> 00:38:48.860
 we should

00:38:48.860 --> 00:38:49.220
 be dealing

00:38:49.220 --> 00:38:49.579
 with

00:38:49.579 --> 00:38:51.260
 and we

00:38:51.260 --> 00:38:51.700
 forget

00:38:51.700 --> 00:38:52.420
 who you

00:38:52.420 --> 00:38:52.840
 are

00:38:52.840 --> 00:38:54.980
 and we

00:38:54.980 --> 00:38:55.180
 forget

00:38:55.180 --> 00:38:55.640
 whose we

00:38:55.640 --> 00:38:56.000
 are

00:38:56.000 --> 00:38:58.220
 so Lord

00:38:58.220 --> 00:38:58.579
 I pray

00:38:58.579 --> 00:38:59.200
 for us

00:38:59.200 --> 00:39:00.840
 may we

00:39:00.840 --> 00:39:01.160
 be a

00:39:01.160 --> 00:39:01.519
 people who

00:39:01.519 --> 00:39:01.960
 understand

00:39:01.960 --> 00:39:02.500
 repentance

00:39:02.500 --> 00:39:03.000
 often

00:39:03.000 --> 00:39:03.480
 and true

00:39:03.480 --> 00:39:05.340
 may we

00:39:05.340 --> 00:39:05.740
 understand

00:39:05.740 --> 00:39:06.200
 that you

00:39:06.200 --> 00:39:06.500
 are the

00:39:06.500 --> 00:39:06.940
 God of

00:39:06.940 --> 00:39:07.640
 second chances

00:39:07.639 --> 00:39:09.759
 you're always

00:39:09.759 --> 00:39:10.079
 there

00:39:10.079 --> 00:39:10.659
 you're always

00:39:10.659 --> 00:39:11.079
 pursuing

00:39:11.079 --> 00:39:11.799
 you're always

00:39:11.799 --> 00:39:12.759
 redeeming

00:39:12.759 --> 00:39:13.339
 you're always

00:39:13.339 --> 00:39:13.779
 fixing

00:39:13.779 --> 00:39:15.139
 since the

00:39:15.139 --> 00:39:15.460
 fall

00:39:15.460 --> 00:39:15.960
 there's never

00:39:15.960 --> 00:39:16.339
 a time

00:39:16.339 --> 00:39:16.599
 that you

00:39:16.599 --> 00:39:17.179
 don't rest

00:39:17.179 --> 00:39:17.980
 because you're

00:39:17.980 --> 00:39:18.579
 moving after

00:39:18.579 --> 00:39:19.079
 your people

00:39:19.079 --> 00:39:19.440
 and you're

00:39:19.440 --> 00:39:19.980
 opening their

00:39:19.980 --> 00:39:20.299
 eyes

00:39:20.299 --> 00:39:20.579
 and you're

00:39:20.579 --> 00:39:21.039
 taking care

00:39:21.039 --> 00:39:21.319
 of them

00:39:21.319 --> 00:39:21.960
 you're the

00:39:21.960 --> 00:39:22.259
 God of

00:39:22.259 --> 00:39:22.639
 the covenant

00:39:22.639 --> 00:39:23.039
 you're not

00:39:23.039 --> 00:39:23.179
 going to

00:39:23.179 --> 00:39:23.579
 let go

00:39:23.579 --> 00:39:25.619
 help us

00:39:25.619 --> 00:39:26.099
 to realize

00:39:26.099 --> 00:39:26.500
 that

00:39:26.500 --> 00:39:28.579
 help us

00:39:28.579 --> 00:39:29.139
 to love

00:39:29.139 --> 00:39:29.500
 you

00:39:29.500 --> 00:39:31.759
 help us

00:39:31.759 --> 00:39:32.400
 to embrace

00:39:32.400 --> 00:39:33.159
 your son

00:39:33.159 --> 00:39:34.339
 Jesus

00:39:34.339 --> 00:39:36.920
 Lord I

00:39:36.920 --> 00:39:37.420
 pray for

00:39:37.420 --> 00:39:37.960
 this part

00:39:37.960 --> 00:39:38.420
 of Hong Kong

00:39:38.420 --> 00:39:38.720
 Island

00:39:38.720 --> 00:39:39.099
 on this

00:39:39.099 --> 00:39:39.380
 western

00:39:39.380 --> 00:39:39.740
 side

00:39:39.740 --> 00:39:40.039
 I pray

00:39:40.039 --> 00:39:40.360
 that as

00:39:40.360 --> 00:39:40.700
 we go

00:39:40.700 --> 00:39:40.900
 out

00:39:40.900 --> 00:39:41.159
 as your

00:39:41.159 --> 00:39:41.519
 people

00:39:41.519 --> 00:39:42.320
 that we

00:39:42.320 --> 00:39:42.559
 would be

00:39:42.559 --> 00:39:42.980
 different

00:39:42.980 --> 00:39:44.500
 that maybe

00:39:44.500 --> 00:39:45.079
 this week

00:39:45.079 --> 00:39:45.440
 we would

00:39:45.440 --> 00:39:45.880
 obey

00:39:45.880 --> 00:39:47.300
 and we'd

00:39:47.300 --> 00:39:47.760
 walk with

00:39:47.760 --> 00:39:48.139
 integrity

00:39:48.139 --> 00:39:48.480
 in our

00:39:48.480 --> 00:39:48.740
 office

00:39:48.740 --> 00:39:49.200
 maybe this

00:39:49.200 --> 00:39:49.480
 week we

00:39:49.480 --> 00:39:49.880
 wouldn't put

00:39:49.880 --> 00:39:50.360
 so many

00:39:50.360 --> 00:39:51.280
 dollar bills

00:39:51.280 --> 00:39:51.760
 into the

00:39:51.760 --> 00:39:52.320
 swear jar

00:39:52.320 --> 00:39:53.119
 maybe this

00:39:53.119 --> 00:39:53.559
 week we

00:39:53.559 --> 00:39:55.720
 would love

00:39:55.720 --> 00:39:56.139
 and be

00:39:56.139 --> 00:39:56.920
 truthful to

00:39:56.920 --> 00:39:57.700
 our friends

00:39:57.700 --> 00:39:59.240
 and to

00:39:59.240 --> 00:39:59.860
 our spouses

00:39:59.860 --> 00:40:02.180
 maybe this

00:40:02.180 --> 00:40:02.659
 week that we

00:40:02.659 --> 00:40:03.159
 would point

00:40:03.159 --> 00:40:03.860
 people to the

00:40:03.860 --> 00:40:04.519
 only hope that

00:40:04.519 --> 00:40:05.139
 they can truly

00:40:05.139 --> 00:40:05.780
 ever really

00:40:05.780 --> 00:40:06.260
 have even

00:40:06.260 --> 00:40:06.579
 though we

00:40:06.579 --> 00:40:06.860
 live in

00:40:06.860 --> 00:40:07.220
 this world

00:40:07.220 --> 00:40:07.700
 that presents

00:40:07.700 --> 00:40:08.039
 all these

00:40:08.039 --> 00:40:08.440
 other different

00:40:08.440 --> 00:40:08.940
 hopes and all

00:40:08.940 --> 00:40:09.280
 these different

00:40:09.280 --> 00:40:09.860
 gods just like

00:40:09.860 --> 00:40:10.280
 in Egypt

00:40:10.280 --> 00:40:12.019
 it's the hope

00:40:12.019 --> 00:40:12.559
 of your son

00:40:12.559 --> 00:40:14.740
 well I pray

00:40:14.740 --> 00:40:15.640
 that watermark

00:40:15.640 --> 00:40:16.220
 would make a

00:40:16.220 --> 00:40:16.660
 difference

00:40:16.660 --> 00:40:18.300
 I pray more

00:40:18.300 --> 00:40:18.800
 importantly that

00:40:18.800 --> 00:40:19.240
 you'd make a

00:40:19.240 --> 00:40:19.660
 difference in

00:40:19.660 --> 00:40:19.980
 us

00:40:19.980 --> 00:40:22.120
 that our lives

00:40:22.120 --> 00:40:22.680
 would be changed

00:40:22.680 --> 00:40:23.140
 as we love

00:40:23.140 --> 00:40:23.360
 you

00:40:23.360 --> 00:40:25.400
 we love you

00:40:25.400 --> 00:40:27.180
 we need you

00:40:27.180 --> 00:40:27.579
 desperately

00:40:27.579 --> 00:40:29.559
 we pray all

00:40:29.559 --> 00:40:29.880
 these things

00:40:29.880 --> 00:40:30.200
 in your son

00:40:30.200 --> 00:40:30.780
 Jesus name

00:40:30.780 --> 00:40:31.920
 amen

00:40:31.920 --> 00:40:32.559
 thank me

00:40:32.559 --> 00:40:33.380
 you

00:40:33.380 --> 00:40:35.119
 thank you

00:40:35.119 --> 00:40:35.740
 are stagnant

00:40:35.740 --> 00:40:35.900
 there

00:40:35.900 --> 00:40:36.240
 oh

00:40:36.860 --> 00:40:37.599
 Ty

00:40:37.599 --> 00:40:37.659
 yes

00:40:37.659 --> 00:40:37.680
 he

00:40:37.680 --> 00:40:39.480
 is

00:40:39.480 --> 00:40:40.460
 left

00:40:40.460 --> 00:40:41.019
 are the

00:40:41.019 --> 00:40:41.300
 h

00:40:41.300 --> 00:40:41.900
 maybe

00:40:41.900 --> 00:40:42.079
 and

00:40:42.079 --> 00:40:42.639
 yes

00:40:42.639 --> 00:40:43.019
 we

00:40:43.019 --> 00:40:43.220
 hold on

00:40:43.220 --> 00:40:44.700
 again

00:40:44.700 --> 00:40:44.920
 to win

00:40:44.920 --> 00:40:45.599
 the

00:40:45.599 --> 00:40:46.159
 large