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 All right, and amen. Please have a seat and take with me, if you will, as your copy of God's Word.

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 We certainly have been excited as we've studied through it over the past year.

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 I'm not really sure how long we've been doing this for now.

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 And we've been brought now to three chapters, which I've shared with you previously.

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 At moments in the past weeks, I kind of wish didn't exist in the Book of Romans.

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 There have been times where I wish we really just could have skipped to Chapter 12 and kept going on.

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 But to be faithful to the letter itself, to not allow the enemy to dictate for us what we teach on on Sunday mornings, here we are.

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 And we're dealing with some weighty truths, some things in Scripture that can be hard to understand.

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 As even Peter wrote of Paul's writings,

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 there are some things in them that are hard to understand,

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 which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction as they do the other Scriptures.

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 And so as we approach things like this, we must do so reverently and humbly and maybe with a bit of fear that we handle them properly.

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 And so we've been looking together in Romans up to this point.

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 We've seen Paul make this great case for justification by faith alone,

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 that there's no thing that a human can do before God because we've all sinned.

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 We've all fallen short of the glory of God.

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 And it's by faith in Jesus Christ that we have right standing before Him.

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 And that now we have the Spirit of God which abides in us,

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 that helps us in our trouble, in our distress, in defeating sin.

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 And yet, that struggle exists.

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 That even as Christians, delivered from the bondage of sin,

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 we still carry the weight of our flesh.

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 And we strive against it by the Spirit within us.

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 Not only that, but from the exterior, we're going to experience trouble.

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 Chapter 8, verse 18, Paul says,

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 For I consider that the suffering of this present time are not worth comparing

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 with the glory that is to be revealed in us.

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 And so He's lifted our eyes heavenward.

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 He's looking and casting an eternal perspective

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 so that as we struggle with the indwelling nature of sin

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 and with the persecution of the world,

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 even just the illness and the calamity that comes with the fallen world,

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 we might look to eternal things.

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 And then we're going to read, beginning in verse 28 of chapter 8,

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 through the end of chapter 9.

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 I hope that you'll follow along with me.

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 I'm using an ESV, so I'll try to read slowly for you in case you're not.

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 But let's begin in 8, 28.

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 And we know that for those who love God,

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 all things work together for good,

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 for those who are called according to His purpose.

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 For those whom He foreknew,

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 He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son,

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 in order that He might be the firstborn among many brothers.

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 And those whom He predestined, He also called.

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 And those whom He called, He also justified.

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 And those whom He justified, He also glorified.

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 What then shall we say to these things?

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 If God is for us, who can be against us?

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 He who did not spare His own Son, but gave Him up for us all,

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 how will He not also with Him graciously give us all things?

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 Who shall bring any charge against God's elect?

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 It is God who justifies.

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 Who is to condemn?

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 Christ Jesus is the one who died.

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 More than that, who was raised.

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 Who is at the right hand of God.

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 Who indeed is interceding for us.

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 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?

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 Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine,

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 or nakedness, or danger, or sword?

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 As it is written,

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 For your sake we are being killed all the day long.

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 We are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.

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 No.

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 In all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.

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 For I am sure that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers,

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 nor things present, nor things to come,

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 nor powers, nor height, nor depth,

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 nor anything else in all creation

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 will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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 I am speaking the truth in Christ.

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 I am not lying.

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 My conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit

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 that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.

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 For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ

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 for the sake of my brothers, my kinsmen, according to the flesh.

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 They are Israelites, and to them belong the adoption, the glory, the covenants,

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 the giving of the law, the worship, and the promises.

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 To them belong the patriarchs, and from their race, according to the flesh,

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 is the Christ who is God over all, blessed forever.

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 Amen.

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 But it is not as though the word of God has failed.

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 For not all who are descended from Israel belong to Israel,

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 and not all are children of Abraham, because they are his offspring.

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 But through Isaac shall your offspring be named.

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 This means that it is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God,

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 but the children of the promise are counted as offspring.

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 For this is what the promise said,

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 About this time next year I will return, and Sarah shall have a son.

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 And not only so, but also when Rebekah had conceived children by one man,

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 our forefather Isaac, though they were not yet born,

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 and had done nothing either good or bad,

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 in order that God's purpose of election might continue,

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 not because of works, but because of him who calls,

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 she was told, the older will serve the younger.

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 As it is written, Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.

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 What shall we say then?

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 Is there injustice on God's part?

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 By no means.

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 For he says to Moses,

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 I will have mercy on whom I have mercy,

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 and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.

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 So then it depends not on human will or exertion,

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 but on God who has mercy.

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 For the Scripture says to Pharaoh,

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 For this very purpose I have raised you up,

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 that I might show my power in you,

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 and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.

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 So then he has mercy on whomever he wills,

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 and he hardens whomever he wills.

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 You will say to me then,

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 Why does he still find fault?

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 For who can resist his will?

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 But who are you, O man, to answer back to God?

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 Will what is molded say to its molder,

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 Why have you made me like this?

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 Has the potter no right over the clay

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 to make out of the same lump

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 one vessel for honorable use,

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 and another for dishonorable use?

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 What if God, desiring to show his wrath

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 and to make known his power,

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 has endured with much patience

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 vessels of wrath prepared for destruction,

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 in order to make known the riches of his glory

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 for vessels of mercy,

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 which he has prepared beforehand for glory?

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 Even us, whom he has called,

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 not from the Jews only,

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 but also from the Gentiles.

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 As indeed he says in Hosea,

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 Those who were not my people,

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 I will call my people.

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 And who was not beloved,

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 I will call beloved.

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 And in the very place where it was said to them,

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 You are not my people,

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 there they will be called sons of the living God.

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 And Isaiah cries out concerning Israel,

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 Though the number of the sons of Israel

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 be as the sands of the sea,

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 only a remnant of them will be saved.

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 For the Lord will carry out his sentence

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 upon the earth fully and without delay.

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 And as Isaiah predicted,

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 If the Lord of hosts had not left us offspring,

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 we would have been like Sodom

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 and become like Gomorrah.

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 What shall we say then?

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 That Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness

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 have attained it,

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 that is a righteousness that is by faith,

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 but that Israel who pursued a law

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 that would lead to righteousness

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 did not succeed in reaching that law.

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 Why?

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 Because they did not pursue it by faith,

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 but as if it were based on works.

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 They have stumbled over the stumbling stone,

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 as it is written,

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 Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone of stumbling

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 and a rock of offense,

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 and whoever believes in him

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 will not be put to shame.

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 Join me in a prayer over our time together.

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 Father, I pray that you will bless

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 the preaching of your word,

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 and I pray that it will be faithful

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 to the text's meaning.

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 I pray that my study, Lord,

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 and the words that you are filling me with,

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 that I pray will come out clearly,

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 will point people to the great truth

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 of the majesty of God

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 and the purpose of salvation

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 to this world.

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 I pray, Father, by your spirit,

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 you will help us to hear and understand

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 and apply

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 and to rightly understand these truths

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 so that we will be wise as we handle them.

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 And I pray this in Christ's name.

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 Amen.

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 So I've broken for you down

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 beginning in verse 6,

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 the end of the chapter,

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 the chapter into kind of four sections,

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 and we're dealing with them in three weeks.

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 to say that the large rejection of the gospel

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 by the nation of Israel

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 does not discredit the gospel

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 because the unbelief of Israel

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 and therefore the subsequent salvation of Gentiles

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 is consistent, number one, with God's promises.

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 We talked about that last week,

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 verses 6 through 13.

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 It's consistent with God's promises.

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 Number two, that it is consistent with God's person.

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 We'll look at that together today.

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 And then three and four,

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 which we'll look at next week.

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 That it's consistent with God's prophecies

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 and with his provision.

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 And so together today,

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 let's look at how

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 the rejection of the gospel by the Israelites

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 and therefore the inclusion of the Gentiles,

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 God's sovereign plan,

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 is consistent with God's person.

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 Let me draw you to the second half of verse 11.

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 This promise has been given here by God

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 to Rebekah

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 for Jacob to be the one who's loved.

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 The promise is carried through.

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 And then Paul writes,

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 in order that God's purpose of election might continue,

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 not because of works,

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 but because of him who calls.

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 The promise was carried by Jacob

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 and the acting that he's referring to,

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 that it not being by works,

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 is simply them being born.

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 Jacob and Esau were twins.

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 Esau was the firstborn.

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 And in so doing,

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 he should have received the favor.

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 He should have received all of the blessing

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 as the firstborn,

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 as these two are twins.

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 But God,

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 so that his purpose of election might stand,

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 gave the promise to Jacob.

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 And we talked last week at length

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 about the doctrine of election.

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 And today we get to look further

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 at how that is consistent

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 with God's person himself.

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 And we see in our text today,

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 verses 14 through 24,

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 two objections.

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 So Paul's laid this case

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 for God's sovereign election of his people.

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 That not all Israel is Israel.

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 That he is saving now the church,

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 which includes us.

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 And there are objections that come up

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 in people's minds.

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 I would imagine that Paul has taught this now

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 a number of times.

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 And these have been common questions.

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 I would propose that it's even questions

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 in his own mind

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 that he's had run through his mind

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 and he's had to deal with

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 with the scriptures.

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 I remind you in chapter 9

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 that he uses 12 Old Testament quotes,

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 nine of which are first person God.

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 We know that all of the Bible

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 is inspired by our Lord.

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 All written by him.

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 But there are cases in the Old Testament

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 where God actually speaks.

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 It's the record of his voice

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 and what he actually says.

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 Nine of them are first person God.

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 Why?

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 This is what I want to say to you

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 to preface all of this.

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 Why does Paul use

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 these particular Old Testament quotes?

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 It is to quiet us.

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 God himself has spoken on these matters.

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 We will not understand all of it,

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 this side of glory.

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 The more I think about that,

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 I'm not even sure we'll understand it,

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 the other side of glory.

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 We may not care to understand it

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 because we'll be in the presence

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 of the Almighty.

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 But this side of glory,

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 we certainly will not

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 completely wrap our minds

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 around God's full sovereignty

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 and control.

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 What Paul is telling us is

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 listen to what the Lord says

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 of these things.

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 So the first objection in verse 14.

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 What shall we say then?

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 Is there injustice on God's part?

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 And Paul's answer

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 is the most emphatic no

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 he could give in the Greek language.

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 You could probably think

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 of some English versions

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 of the most emphatic no

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 that could have been given.

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 It's meginnoito.

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 It's impossible.

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 No, no, no.

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 King James has rendered it.

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 God forbid.

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 It would be blasphemy

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 to say such a thing.

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 This by no means

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 is forceful.

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 No.

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 God has sovereignly chosen

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 who will be saved.

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 Does that make him unjust?

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 No, no, no.

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 Exactly what Paul is saying.

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 And then he quotes

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 verse 15.

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 He quotes what God says to Moses.

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 I will have mercy

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 on whom I have mercy

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 and I will have compassion

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 on whom I have compassion.

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 But before we deal with

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 what's happening

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 with that Old Testament quote,

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 let's look together

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 just at a few texts.

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 Genesis 18.25.

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 Abraham says,

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 Shall not the judge

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 of all the earth

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 do what is just?

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 Zephaniah 3.5

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 says that God

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 does no injustice.

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 Malachi 2.17.

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 Listen to this.

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 You have wearied

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 the Lord

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 with your words.

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 But you say,

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 How have we wearied Him?

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 By saying,

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 Everyone who does evil

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 is good in the sight

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 of the Lord

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 and He delights in them.

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 Or by asking,

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 Where is the God

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 of justice?

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 Malachi says,

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 You have made God

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 grow tired of you

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 because you keep asking,

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 How is that fair?

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 As we look across the world,

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 we want it to be

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 a certain way.

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 God doesn't seem

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 to be working things out

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 the way we think

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 it should be done.

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 Where is the God

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 of justice?

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 Malachi says

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 he's growing weary

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 of those questions.

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 Paul says to us,

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 God's character

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 is not only defined

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 by justice.

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 What if it was?

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 What if God was

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 only completely just?

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 And He is.

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 But what if He was

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 only completely just?

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 And this is the proper

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 perspective we need

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 as we read through this.

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 The original audience

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 of this letter

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 would have had it

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 read to them

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 much the way I read

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 beginning in verse 28.

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 And that took a while,

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 didn't it?

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 But it would have been

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 read to them

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 beginning in chapter 1,

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 verse 1.

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 It would have been

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 a grand sermon.

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 It would have taken

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 hours to sit and listen to.

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 But they would have

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 just recently heard

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 in chapter 3,

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 verse 10,

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 there is none righteous,

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 not one.

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 No one seeks after God.

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 No one does good.

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 Paul has clearly

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 laid that case for us

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 that by no work

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 that we can do

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 will we be justified

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 before God.

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 And it comes to here.

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 They have no room

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 for self-righteousness

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 at this point.

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 Right?

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 They are lamenting

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 their own condition.

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 They know that apart

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 from God's work

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 in their life,

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 they are totally

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 and utterly lost.

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 If God were fully just,

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 if that was all

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 of His character,

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 all of us

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 would be damned.

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 All of us are guilty

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 in the original sin,

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 and we ourselves

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 have committed

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 so much sin.

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 All of us deserve

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 damnation.

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 It's ours.

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 We bought it

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 with our sin.

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 And that's the condition

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 that we read

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 about the glorious,

00:17:01.259 --> 00:17:02.059
 sovereign election

00:17:02.059 --> 00:17:02.959
 of God

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 to us.

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 When we begin

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 to think

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 that we deserve

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 things,

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 look at me

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 and my great life.

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 we begin

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 to read these things

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 in a much different

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 perspective,

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 but we are,

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 were enemies

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 of God

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 apart

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 from Jesus Christ.

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 Praise God

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 that Jesus' character,

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 God's character

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 is not just

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 wrapped up

00:17:26.200 --> 00:17:26.880
 in His justice.

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 Psalm 37.6

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 says,

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 He will bring forth

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 your righteousness

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 as the light

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 and your justice

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 as the noonday.

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 So God is

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 righteous,

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 perfect,

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 and holy.

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 Psalm 97.2

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 Clouds and thick

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 darkness

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 are all around Him.

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 Righteousness

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 and justice

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 are the foundation

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 of His throne.

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 And then add to that

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 Psalm 33.5

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 He loves righteousness

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 and justice.

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 The earth is full

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 of the steadfast love

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 of the Lord.

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 Psalm 89.14

00:18:01.519 --> 00:18:02.759
 Righteousness

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 and justice

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 are the foundation

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 of your throne.

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 Steadfast love

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 and faithfulness

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 go before you.

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 So God,

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 being fully

00:18:14.259 --> 00:18:15.279
 just

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 and righteous,

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 must

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 punish

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 sin.

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 There is no sin

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 ever committed,

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 ever has been,

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 being committed,

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 ever will be committed,

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 that will not be

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 punished by God.

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 So for those of us

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 that our

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 end is not destruction,

00:18:35.759 --> 00:18:37.859
 full and final,

00:18:38.299 --> 00:18:39.259
 eternal punishment

00:18:39.259 --> 00:18:40.079
 for our sin,

00:18:41.039 --> 00:18:42.619
 who was punished

00:18:42.619 --> 00:18:43.879
 on our behalf?

00:18:44.559 --> 00:18:45.660
 Jesus Christ.

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 Because God

00:18:47.960 --> 00:18:49.140
 is fully

00:18:49.140 --> 00:18:49.519
 righteous,

00:18:50.000 --> 00:18:50.920
 fully just,

00:18:51.220 --> 00:18:51.779
 and yet

00:18:51.779 --> 00:18:53.660
 He is love.

00:18:55.099 --> 00:18:55.980
 He has shown

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 some

00:18:56.759 --> 00:18:58.220
 mercy.

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 We did not

00:19:00.119 --> 00:19:01.200
 deserve it.

00:19:01.619 --> 00:19:02.319
 You cannot

00:19:02.319 --> 00:19:03.599
 think that way.

00:19:03.599 --> 00:19:04.119
 You have become

00:19:04.119 --> 00:19:04.579
 a God

00:19:04.579 --> 00:19:05.139
 in your own

00:19:05.139 --> 00:19:05.679
 mind

00:19:05.679 --> 00:19:06.819
 if you think

00:19:06.819 --> 00:19:07.699
 you deserve

00:19:07.699 --> 00:19:08.459
 the favor

00:19:08.459 --> 00:19:09.799
 of God.

00:19:11.759 --> 00:19:12.839
 Verse 15.

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 I will have

00:19:14.259 --> 00:19:14.819
 mercy

00:19:14.819 --> 00:19:15.599
 on whom I

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 have mercy

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 and I will

00:19:16.359 --> 00:19:17.139
 have compassion

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 on whom I

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 have compassion.

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 We often

00:19:20.399 --> 00:19:21.439
 don't understand

00:19:21.439 --> 00:19:22.839
 New Testament

00:19:22.839 --> 00:19:23.539
 text because

00:19:23.539 --> 00:19:23.959
 we don't

00:19:23.959 --> 00:19:24.559
 understand our

00:19:24.559 --> 00:19:25.039
 Old Testament.

00:19:25.980 --> 00:19:26.759
 We don't

00:19:26.759 --> 00:19:27.319
 know

00:19:27.319 --> 00:19:28.599
 where Paul

00:19:28.599 --> 00:19:28.980
 is quoting

00:19:28.980 --> 00:19:29.919
 from in this

00:19:29.919 --> 00:19:30.259
 case.

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 We know

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 he said it

00:19:31.799 --> 00:19:32.159
 to Moses

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 because he

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 says that.

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 That might

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 be the

00:19:34.700 --> 00:19:35.460
 extent of

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 our

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 understanding.

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 The original

00:19:37.279 --> 00:19:38.100
 reader knew

00:19:38.100 --> 00:19:39.080
 exactly what

00:19:39.080 --> 00:19:39.519
 he was talking

00:19:39.519 --> 00:19:39.860
 about.

00:19:40.480 --> 00:19:40.800
 He knew

00:19:40.800 --> 00:19:41.500
 the story

00:19:41.500 --> 00:19:41.900
 and the

00:19:41.900 --> 00:19:42.420
 condition,

00:19:42.759 --> 00:19:43.380
 the case

00:19:43.380 --> 00:19:44.560
 for this

00:19:44.560 --> 00:19:45.540
 language.

00:19:47.300 --> 00:19:48.360
 In Exodus

00:19:48.360 --> 00:19:49.840
 chapter 33

00:19:49.840 --> 00:19:50.759
 is where this

00:19:50.759 --> 00:19:51.300
 comes from.

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 We see

00:19:53.420 --> 00:19:55.120
 the people

00:19:55.120 --> 00:19:55.540
 of Israel

00:19:55.540 --> 00:19:56.019
 having been

00:19:56.019 --> 00:19:56.640
 led out

00:19:56.640 --> 00:19:58.080
 of captivity

00:19:58.080 --> 00:19:59.060
 in Egypt,

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 crossing the

00:20:00.560 --> 00:20:01.040
 Red Sea,

00:20:01.300 --> 00:20:01.900
 Pharaoh's army

00:20:01.900 --> 00:20:02.519
 destroyed.

00:20:03.220 --> 00:20:03.740
 They camp

00:20:03.740 --> 00:20:04.000
 at the

00:20:04.000 --> 00:20:04.340
 base of

00:20:04.340 --> 00:20:05.000
 Mount Sinai

00:20:05.000 --> 00:20:05.440
 and Moses

00:20:05.440 --> 00:20:05.840
 goes up

00:20:05.840 --> 00:20:06.060
 on the

00:20:06.060 --> 00:20:06.320
 mountain.

00:20:07.640 --> 00:20:08.480
 While he's

00:20:08.480 --> 00:20:08.960
 up there,

00:20:09.860 --> 00:20:10.360
 in this

00:20:10.360 --> 00:20:11.400
 brief time

00:20:11.400 --> 00:20:11.800
 he's up

00:20:11.800 --> 00:20:12.040
 there,

00:20:12.840 --> 00:20:13.360
 they get

00:20:13.360 --> 00:20:14.120
 bored

00:20:14.120 --> 00:20:15.620
 and they

00:20:15.620 --> 00:20:16.060
 say,

00:20:16.920 --> 00:20:17.960
 where has

00:20:17.960 --> 00:20:18.500
 Moses gone?

00:20:19.640 --> 00:20:20.320
 Where's our

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 leader?

00:20:21.019 --> 00:20:21.580
 This man

00:20:21.580 --> 00:20:22.180
 that represented

00:20:22.180 --> 00:20:23.259
 God.

00:20:24.340 --> 00:20:24.660
 And so

00:20:24.660 --> 00:20:24.980
 what do they

00:20:24.980 --> 00:20:25.180
 do?

00:20:25.240 --> 00:20:25.660
 They melt

00:20:25.660 --> 00:20:26.040
 down all

00:20:26.040 --> 00:20:26.420
 their gold

00:20:26.420 --> 00:20:26.660
 and they

00:20:26.660 --> 00:20:27.259
 build a

00:20:27.259 --> 00:20:27.600
 golden

00:20:27.600 --> 00:20:28.200
 calf.

00:20:29.660 --> 00:20:30.180
 Moses

00:20:30.180 --> 00:20:31.100
 gets news

00:20:31.099 --> 00:20:31.399
 of this.

00:20:31.480 --> 00:20:31.599
 God

00:20:31.599 --> 00:20:32.299
 informs him

00:20:32.299 --> 00:20:32.619
 of it.

00:20:32.919 --> 00:20:33.039
 He

00:20:33.039 --> 00:20:33.559
 pleads

00:20:33.559 --> 00:20:34.199
 their case.

00:20:34.859 --> 00:20:35.099
 He goes

00:20:35.099 --> 00:20:35.599
 back down

00:20:35.599 --> 00:20:35.919
 the mountain.

00:20:36.000 --> 00:20:36.199
 This is

00:20:36.199 --> 00:20:36.439
 when he

00:20:36.439 --> 00:20:36.879
 breaks the

00:20:36.879 --> 00:20:37.199
 tablets.

00:20:37.339 --> 00:20:37.959
 He's so

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 angry.

00:20:38.819 --> 00:20:39.039
 He breaks

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 the Ten

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 Commandments

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 at this

00:20:40.579 --> 00:20:40.879
 time.

00:20:41.539 --> 00:20:41.799
 God

00:20:41.799 --> 00:20:42.459
 commands

00:20:42.459 --> 00:20:43.179
 that

00:20:43.179 --> 00:20:44.039
 3,000

00:20:44.039 --> 00:20:44.539
 men be

00:20:44.539 --> 00:20:44.819
 killed

00:20:44.819 --> 00:20:45.299
 as a

00:20:45.299 --> 00:20:45.639
 punishment

00:20:45.639 --> 00:20:46.059
 for this

00:20:46.059 --> 00:20:46.240
 sin.

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 But he

00:20:46.519 --> 00:20:47.119
 doesn't

00:20:47.119 --> 00:20:47.939
 destroy

00:20:47.939 --> 00:20:49.079
 all of

00:20:49.079 --> 00:20:49.339
 Israel.

00:20:50.939 --> 00:20:51.379
 Moses

00:20:51.379 --> 00:20:52.079
 goes back

00:20:52.079 --> 00:20:52.619
 up on

00:20:52.619 --> 00:20:52.939
 the mountain.

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 A couple

00:20:54.019 --> 00:20:54.279
 of weeks

00:20:54.279 --> 00:20:54.539
 ago we

00:20:54.539 --> 00:20:54.899
 talked about

00:20:54.899 --> 00:20:55.339
 the parallel

00:20:55.339 --> 00:20:55.879
 between

00:20:55.880 --> 00:20:57.780
 Paul's

00:20:57.780 --> 00:20:58.160
 lament

00:20:58.160 --> 00:20:59.040
 for Israel

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 that he

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 desired that

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 he himself

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 could be

00:21:01.620 --> 00:21:02.220
 cut off

00:21:02.220 --> 00:21:03.460
 from Christ

00:21:03.460 --> 00:21:03.880
 in order

00:21:03.880 --> 00:21:04.400
 that Israel

00:21:04.400 --> 00:21:04.700
 would be

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 saved.

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 And that

00:21:06.140 --> 00:21:06.920
 was reflective

00:21:06.920 --> 00:21:07.600
 of what

00:21:07.600 --> 00:21:08.520
 Moses cried

00:21:08.520 --> 00:21:09.220
 out to

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 God.

00:21:09.640 --> 00:21:09.860
 Moses

00:21:09.860 --> 00:21:10.440
 said,

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 leave me

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 behind.

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 If you're

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 not taking

00:21:12.740 --> 00:21:13.220
 your people,

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 leave me

00:21:14.700 --> 00:21:15.240
 behind too.

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 You can

00:21:15.600 --> 00:21:16.040
 count me

00:21:16.040 --> 00:21:16.520
 accursed

00:21:16.520 --> 00:21:17.020
 if you're

00:21:17.020 --> 00:21:17.280
 not going

00:21:17.280 --> 00:21:17.700
 to save

00:21:17.700 --> 00:21:18.580
 your people.

00:21:19.420 --> 00:21:19.940
 God

00:21:19.940 --> 00:21:20.560
 promises

00:21:20.560 --> 00:21:21.620
 him that

00:21:21.620 --> 00:21:21.960
 he'll go

00:21:21.960 --> 00:21:22.560
 with him.

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 He'll

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 deliver the

00:21:24.300 --> 00:21:25.020
 people to

00:21:25.020 --> 00:21:25.480
 their final

00:21:25.480 --> 00:21:25.980
 destination

00:21:25.980 --> 00:21:26.319
 to the

00:21:26.319 --> 00:21:26.640
 promised

00:21:26.640 --> 00:21:27.019
 land.

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 And then

00:21:28.700 --> 00:21:30.519
 in verse

00:21:30.519 --> 00:21:31.240
 18 of

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 Exodus

00:21:31.500 --> 00:21:32.000
 33,

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 Moses

00:21:32.819 --> 00:21:33.400
 says,

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 please

00:21:34.480 --> 00:21:35.099
 show me

00:21:35.099 --> 00:21:35.660
 your

00:21:35.660 --> 00:21:36.120
 glory.

00:21:36.759 --> 00:21:37.059
 Moses

00:21:37.059 --> 00:21:37.900
 is amazed

00:21:37.900 --> 00:21:38.480
 already at

00:21:38.480 --> 00:21:38.920
 what God

00:21:38.920 --> 00:21:39.220
 is doing.

00:21:39.319 --> 00:21:39.480
 He says,

00:21:39.579 --> 00:21:39.900
 please

00:21:39.900 --> 00:21:40.660
 show me

00:21:40.660 --> 00:21:41.319
 your

00:21:41.319 --> 00:21:41.640
 glory.

00:21:42.680 --> 00:21:42.980
 And God

00:21:42.980 --> 00:21:43.360
 says,

00:21:43.799 --> 00:21:44.000
 I will

00:21:44.000 --> 00:21:44.539
 make all

00:21:44.539 --> 00:21:45.039
 my goodness

00:21:45.039 --> 00:21:45.599
 pass before

00:21:45.599 --> 00:21:45.880
 you,

00:21:46.220 --> 00:21:46.640
 and I

00:21:46.640 --> 00:21:46.779
 will

00:21:46.779 --> 00:21:47.319
 proclaim

00:21:47.319 --> 00:21:47.960
 before you

00:21:47.960 --> 00:21:48.759
 my name,

00:21:49.240 --> 00:21:49.860
 the Lord.

00:21:50.360 --> 00:21:50.839
 And I

00:21:50.839 --> 00:21:51.099
 will be

00:21:51.099 --> 00:21:51.620
 gracious to

00:21:51.620 --> 00:21:51.880
 whom I

00:21:51.880 --> 00:21:52.099
 will be

00:21:52.099 --> 00:21:52.380
 gracious,

00:21:52.620 --> 00:21:52.980
 and will

00:21:52.980 --> 00:21:53.660
 show mercy

00:21:53.660 --> 00:21:54.660
 on whom I

00:21:54.660 --> 00:21:54.980
 will show

00:21:54.980 --> 00:21:55.319
 mercy.

00:21:55.480 --> 00:21:56.279
 God

00:21:56.279 --> 00:21:57.579
 is

00:21:57.579 --> 00:21:58.299
 incredibly

00:21:58.299 --> 00:21:59.220
 significant.

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 Think of

00:22:00.079 --> 00:22:00.440
 where we

00:22:00.440 --> 00:22:00.759
 are.

00:22:00.839 --> 00:22:01.120
 We're on

00:22:01.120 --> 00:22:01.480
 the very

00:22:01.480 --> 00:22:02.259
 tail end

00:22:02.259 --> 00:22:02.920
 of this

00:22:02.920 --> 00:22:04.279
 story of

00:22:04.279 --> 00:22:05.039
 Israel

00:22:05.039 --> 00:22:06.160
 betraying

00:22:06.160 --> 00:22:06.799
 God,

00:22:07.599 --> 00:22:08.799
 deserving

00:22:08.799 --> 00:22:09.980
 destruction.

00:22:10.480 --> 00:22:10.900
 Not that

00:22:10.900 --> 00:22:11.140
 they had

00:22:11.140 --> 00:22:11.759
 ever deserved

00:22:11.759 --> 00:22:12.200
 to be let

00:22:12.200 --> 00:22:12.460
 out to

00:22:12.460 --> 00:22:12.920
 begin with,

00:22:12.980 --> 00:22:13.440
 but certainly

00:22:13.440 --> 00:22:14.059
 now,

00:22:14.440 --> 00:22:15.440
 God could

00:22:15.440 --> 00:22:15.960
 have punished

00:22:15.960 --> 00:22:16.259
 them.

00:22:17.839 --> 00:22:18.380
 Moses

00:22:18.380 --> 00:22:19.000
 pleads

00:22:19.000 --> 00:22:19.579
 with God,

00:22:19.980 --> 00:22:20.519
 and God

00:22:20.519 --> 00:22:21.240
 adds to

00:22:21.240 --> 00:22:21.920
 his name,

00:22:22.240 --> 00:22:22.819
 the Lord,

00:22:23.019 --> 00:22:23.839
 I am,

00:22:23.839 --> 00:22:25.220
 and says,

00:22:25.480 --> 00:22:25.659
 I will

00:22:25.659 --> 00:22:26.119
 be gracious

00:22:26.119 --> 00:22:26.500
 to whom I

00:22:26.500 --> 00:22:26.619
 will be

00:22:26.619 --> 00:22:26.919
 gracious,

00:22:27.419 --> 00:22:27.720
 and I

00:22:27.720 --> 00:22:27.980
 will show

00:22:27.980 --> 00:22:28.939
 mercy on

00:22:28.939 --> 00:22:29.500
 whom I

00:22:29.500 --> 00:22:29.799
 will show

00:22:29.799 --> 00:22:30.139
 mercy.

00:22:30.480 --> 00:22:30.799
 What a

00:22:30.799 --> 00:22:32.199
 great comfort

00:22:32.199 --> 00:22:33.339
 this would

00:22:33.339 --> 00:22:33.599
 have been

00:22:33.599 --> 00:22:34.019
 to Moses.

00:22:35.480 --> 00:22:36.199
 It didn't

00:22:36.199 --> 00:22:36.779
 cause Moses

00:22:36.779 --> 00:22:37.179
 to ask

00:22:37.179 --> 00:22:37.899
 questions.

00:22:38.899 --> 00:22:39.319
 Moses didn't

00:22:39.319 --> 00:22:39.500
 go,

00:22:39.659 --> 00:22:40.019
 wait a minute,

00:22:40.059 --> 00:22:40.279
 but how

00:22:40.279 --> 00:22:40.619
 was that

00:22:40.619 --> 00:22:40.939
 fair?

00:22:42.740 --> 00:22:43.419
 He said,

00:22:43.519 --> 00:22:43.819
 good.

00:22:44.939 --> 00:22:45.559
 I am

00:22:45.559 --> 00:22:46.000
 glad that

00:22:46.000 --> 00:22:47.119
 you are

00:22:47.119 --> 00:22:47.599
 the Lord,

00:22:47.919 --> 00:22:48.339
 and for

00:22:48.339 --> 00:22:48.899
 some reason

00:22:48.899 --> 00:22:49.439
 you are on

00:22:49.439 --> 00:22:49.839
 our side,

00:22:49.839 --> 00:22:50.279
 because we

00:22:50.279 --> 00:22:51.139
 do not

00:22:51.139 --> 00:22:52.099
 deserve it.

00:22:53.000 --> 00:22:53.559
 When this

00:22:53.559 --> 00:22:53.919
 name was

00:22:53.919 --> 00:22:54.439
 originally

00:22:54.439 --> 00:22:55.459
 given to

00:22:55.459 --> 00:22:55.899
 Moses,

00:22:56.279 --> 00:22:56.799
 chapter 3

00:22:56.799 --> 00:22:57.259
 of Exodus,

00:22:57.399 --> 00:22:58.119
 verse 13,

00:22:59.759 --> 00:23:00.099
 then Moses

00:23:00.099 --> 00:23:00.439
 said to

00:23:00.439 --> 00:23:00.679
 God,

00:23:00.759 --> 00:23:01.139
 if I come

00:23:01.139 --> 00:23:01.339
 to the

00:23:01.339 --> 00:23:01.619
 people of

00:23:01.619 --> 00:23:01.959
 Israel and

00:23:01.959 --> 00:23:02.259
 say to

00:23:02.259 --> 00:23:02.539
 them,

00:23:02.659 --> 00:23:03.000
 the God

00:23:03.000 --> 00:23:03.199
 of your

00:23:03.199 --> 00:23:03.639
 fathers has

00:23:03.639 --> 00:23:03.899
 sent me

00:23:03.899 --> 00:23:04.179
 to you,

00:23:04.220 --> 00:23:04.419
 and they

00:23:04.419 --> 00:23:04.939
 ask me,

00:23:05.000 --> 00:23:05.559
 what is

00:23:05.559 --> 00:23:06.179
 his name,

00:23:06.359 --> 00:23:06.659
 what shall

00:23:06.659 --> 00:23:06.959
 I say

00:23:06.959 --> 00:23:07.299
 to them?

00:23:07.919 --> 00:23:08.179
 It's the

00:23:08.179 --> 00:23:08.799
 first giving

00:23:08.799 --> 00:23:09.299
 of this

00:23:09.299 --> 00:23:09.579
 name.

00:23:10.059 --> 00:23:10.240
 God

00:23:10.240 --> 00:23:10.559
 said to

00:23:10.559 --> 00:23:10.879
 Moses,

00:23:11.299 --> 00:23:12.179
 I am

00:23:12.179 --> 00:23:13.019
 who I

00:23:13.019 --> 00:23:13.399
 am,

00:23:13.859 --> 00:23:14.159
 and he

00:23:14.159 --> 00:23:14.399
 said,

00:23:14.500 --> 00:23:14.959
 say this

00:23:14.959 --> 00:23:15.179
 to the

00:23:15.179 --> 00:23:15.500
 people of

00:23:15.500 --> 00:23:15.819
 Israel,

00:23:16.139 --> 00:23:16.779
 I am

00:23:16.779 --> 00:23:17.159
 has sent

00:23:17.159 --> 00:23:17.459
 me to

00:23:17.459 --> 00:23:17.699
 you.

00:23:18.339 --> 00:23:18.579
 God

00:23:18.579 --> 00:23:19.039
 also said

00:23:19.839 --> 00:23:20.079
 people of

00:23:20.079 --> 00:23:20.339
 Israel,

00:23:20.599 --> 00:23:21.159
 the Lord,

00:23:21.740 --> 00:23:23.000
 same Hebrew

00:23:23.000 --> 00:23:23.379
 word,

00:23:23.699 --> 00:23:24.000
 the God

00:23:24.000 --> 00:23:24.179
 of your

00:23:24.179 --> 00:23:24.459
 fathers,

00:23:24.559 --> 00:23:24.859
 the God

00:23:24.859 --> 00:23:25.199
 of Abraham,

00:23:25.299 --> 00:23:25.599
 the God

00:23:25.599 --> 00:23:25.980
 of Isaac,

00:23:26.059 --> 00:23:26.240
 and the

00:23:26.240 --> 00:23:26.559
 God of

00:23:26.559 --> 00:23:26.859
 Jacob,

00:23:27.419 --> 00:23:27.879
 has sent

00:23:27.879 --> 00:23:28.179
 me to

00:23:28.179 --> 00:23:28.399
 you.

00:23:28.799 --> 00:23:29.179
 This

00:23:29.179 --> 00:23:29.599
 is my

00:23:29.599 --> 00:23:30.079
 name

00:23:30.079 --> 00:23:30.639
 forever,

00:23:31.259 --> 00:23:31.679
 and thus

00:23:31.679 --> 00:23:32.059
 I am

00:23:32.059 --> 00:23:32.220
 to be

00:23:32.220 --> 00:23:32.619
 remembered

00:23:32.619 --> 00:23:33.099
 throughout

00:23:33.099 --> 00:23:33.639
 all

00:23:33.639 --> 00:23:34.759
 generations.

00:23:35.399 --> 00:23:35.679
 This

00:23:35.679 --> 00:23:35.980
 is the

00:23:35.980 --> 00:23:36.259
 name

00:23:36.259 --> 00:23:37.059
 that the

00:23:37.059 --> 00:23:37.240
 Hebrew

00:23:37.240 --> 00:23:37.559
 people

00:23:37.559 --> 00:23:37.879
 won't

00:23:37.879 --> 00:23:38.319
 say,

00:23:38.679 --> 00:23:39.159
 Yahweh.

00:23:40.199 --> 00:23:40.459
 It's

00:23:40.459 --> 00:23:40.639
 called

00:23:40.639 --> 00:23:42.159
 Y-H-W-H

00:23:42.159 --> 00:23:42.879
 in the

00:23:42.879 --> 00:23:43.079
 Hebrew.

00:23:44.019 --> 00:23:44.519
 This

00:23:44.519 --> 00:23:44.919
 is that

00:23:44.919 --> 00:23:45.339
 name,

00:23:45.899 --> 00:23:46.799
 and it

00:23:46.799 --> 00:23:47.919
 contains

00:23:47.919 --> 00:23:48.199
 in it

00:23:48.199 --> 00:23:49.139
 so much

00:23:49.140 --> 00:23:50.100
 amazing

00:23:50.100 --> 00:23:50.880
 truth,

00:23:51.020 --> 00:23:51.100
 but

00:23:51.100 --> 00:23:51.500
 essentially

00:23:51.500 --> 00:23:52.000
 what God

00:23:52.000 --> 00:23:52.480
 is saying

00:23:52.480 --> 00:23:53.220
 is that

00:23:53.220 --> 00:23:53.980
 I am

00:23:53.980 --> 00:23:54.320
 God,

00:23:54.600 --> 00:23:55.240
 and you

00:23:55.240 --> 00:23:56.100
 are not.

00:23:56.860 --> 00:23:57.520
 I am

00:23:57.520 --> 00:23:57.900
 God.

00:23:58.280 --> 00:23:58.900
 I answer

00:23:58.900 --> 00:23:59.360
 to no

00:23:59.360 --> 00:23:59.640
 one.

00:24:01.320 --> 00:24:01.920
 Everything

00:24:01.920 --> 00:24:02.660
 answers to

00:24:02.660 --> 00:24:02.940
 me.

00:24:03.960 --> 00:24:04.320
 I like

00:24:04.320 --> 00:24:04.700
 this.

00:24:05.020 --> 00:24:05.460
 Everything

00:24:05.460 --> 00:24:06.200
 plugs into

00:24:06.200 --> 00:24:06.620
 God.

00:24:07.040 --> 00:24:07.240
 God

00:24:07.240 --> 00:24:07.759
 plugs into

00:24:07.759 --> 00:24:08.240
 nothing.

00:24:09.360 --> 00:24:09.860
 He is

00:24:09.860 --> 00:24:11.100
 self-sustaining.

00:24:11.480 --> 00:24:11.759
 He is

00:24:11.759 --> 00:24:12.820
 self-existent.

00:24:12.819 --> 00:24:15.179
 all power

00:24:15.179 --> 00:24:15.539
 in the

00:24:15.539 --> 00:24:15.939
 universe

00:24:15.939 --> 00:24:16.879
 is in

00:24:16.879 --> 00:24:17.799
 him.

00:24:19.899 --> 00:24:20.539
 And so

00:24:20.539 --> 00:24:21.619
 this

00:24:21.619 --> 00:24:22.039
 God

00:24:22.039 --> 00:24:22.819
 says to

00:24:22.819 --> 00:24:23.339
 Moses,

00:24:24.159 --> 00:24:25.619
 I will

00:24:25.619 --> 00:24:26.159
 declare

00:24:26.159 --> 00:24:26.619
 before you

00:24:26.619 --> 00:24:27.319
 my name,

00:24:27.539 --> 00:24:28.119
 the Lord.

00:24:28.240 --> 00:24:29.179
 I am.

00:24:30.139 --> 00:24:30.439
 And I

00:24:30.439 --> 00:24:30.659
 will have

00:24:30.659 --> 00:24:31.220
 compassion,

00:24:31.419 --> 00:24:31.700
 on whom I

00:24:31.700 --> 00:24:31.919
 will have

00:24:31.919 --> 00:24:32.399
 compassion,

00:24:32.759 --> 00:24:33.179
 and I

00:24:33.179 --> 00:24:33.419
 will show

00:24:33.419 --> 00:24:33.859
 mercy,

00:24:34.099 --> 00:24:34.519
 to whom I

00:24:34.519 --> 00:24:34.960
 will show

00:24:34.960 --> 00:24:35.559
 mercy.

00:24:37.460 --> 00:24:38.119
 It's not

00:24:38.119 --> 00:24:39.119
 really a

00:24:39.119 --> 00:24:39.819
 complete answer

00:24:39.819 --> 00:24:40.139
 to the

00:24:40.139 --> 00:24:40.460
 question,

00:24:40.679 --> 00:24:41.079
 is it?

00:24:41.079 --> 00:24:44.379
 It's not.

00:24:44.639 --> 00:24:45.899
 If you

00:24:45.899 --> 00:24:46.259
 think as

00:24:46.259 --> 00:24:46.819
 logically as

00:24:46.819 --> 00:24:47.079
 I do,

00:24:47.099 --> 00:24:47.720
 it's not a

00:24:47.720 --> 00:24:48.599
 complete answer

00:24:48.599 --> 00:24:48.859
 to the

00:24:48.859 --> 00:24:49.159
 question.

00:24:49.759 --> 00:24:50.039
 Is there

00:24:50.039 --> 00:24:50.379
 injustice

00:24:50.379 --> 00:24:50.740
 then on

00:24:50.740 --> 00:24:50.980
 God's

00:24:50.980 --> 00:24:51.179
 part?

00:24:52.399 --> 00:24:52.859
 Paul says

00:24:52.859 --> 00:24:53.319
 no.

00:24:53.879 --> 00:24:54.299
 Couldn't

00:24:54.299 --> 00:24:54.519
 be.

00:24:54.659 --> 00:24:54.899
 That's

00:24:54.899 --> 00:24:55.339
 impossible.

00:24:55.439 --> 00:24:55.619
 You want

00:24:55.619 --> 00:24:55.779
 to know

00:24:55.779 --> 00:24:56.039
 why?

00:24:56.919 --> 00:24:57.220
 Because

00:24:57.220 --> 00:24:58.000
 God says

00:24:58.000 --> 00:24:58.980
 this is

00:24:58.980 --> 00:24:59.279
 how he

00:24:59.279 --> 00:24:59.659
 functions.

00:25:00.139 --> 00:25:00.439
 Because

00:25:00.439 --> 00:25:00.919
 God is

00:25:00.919 --> 00:25:01.240
 just,

00:25:01.299 --> 00:25:01.500
 and we

00:25:01.500 --> 00:25:01.859
 know that

00:25:01.859 --> 00:25:02.079
 to be

00:25:02.079 --> 00:25:02.259
 true.

00:25:02.359 --> 00:25:02.539
 So if

00:25:02.539 --> 00:25:02.859
 God's

00:25:02.859 --> 00:25:03.059
 doing

00:25:03.059 --> 00:25:03.500
 this,

00:25:03.699 --> 00:25:04.220
 it's

00:25:04.220 --> 00:25:04.419
 not

00:25:04.419 --> 00:25:04.839
 unjust.

00:25:06.139 --> 00:25:06.579
 That's

00:25:06.579 --> 00:25:06.960
 the answer

00:25:06.960 --> 00:25:07.240
 that we're

00:25:07.240 --> 00:25:07.919
 given to

00:25:07.919 --> 00:25:08.099
 this

00:25:08.099 --> 00:25:08.439
 question.

00:25:09.519 --> 00:25:10.159
 And it's

00:25:10.159 --> 00:25:10.619
 yours to

00:25:10.619 --> 00:25:11.239
 choose what

00:25:11.239 --> 00:25:11.459
 you do

00:25:11.459 --> 00:25:11.779
 with that.

00:25:12.659 --> 00:25:13.299
 I hope

00:25:13.299 --> 00:25:14.399
 that you

00:25:14.399 --> 00:25:14.759
 humble

00:25:14.759 --> 00:25:15.239
 yourself

00:25:15.239 --> 00:25:15.939
 to that

00:25:15.939 --> 00:25:16.419
 reality.

00:25:17.000 --> 00:25:17.500
 I hope

00:25:17.500 --> 00:25:18.379
 that you

00:25:18.379 --> 00:25:19.239
 won't stand

00:25:19.239 --> 00:25:19.959
 in judgment

00:25:19.959 --> 00:25:20.719
 over it.

00:25:22.419 --> 00:25:23.079
 So verse

00:25:23.079 --> 00:25:23.500
 16,

00:25:23.659 --> 00:25:23.939
 he goes

00:25:23.939 --> 00:25:24.219
 on,

00:25:25.059 --> 00:25:25.719
 so then it

00:25:25.719 --> 00:25:26.279
 depends not

00:25:26.279 --> 00:25:26.759
 on human

00:25:26.759 --> 00:25:27.559
 will or

00:25:27.559 --> 00:25:28.099
 exertion,

00:25:28.659 --> 00:25:29.579
 but on

00:25:29.579 --> 00:25:30.559
 God who

00:25:30.559 --> 00:25:31.079
 has mercy.

00:25:31.919 --> 00:25:32.299
 For the

00:25:32.299 --> 00:25:32.919
 scripture says

00:25:32.919 --> 00:25:33.339
 to Pharaoh,

00:25:33.419 --> 00:25:33.679
 for this

00:25:33.679 --> 00:25:34.239
 very purpose

00:25:34.239 --> 00:25:34.559
 I have

00:25:34.559 --> 00:25:34.939
 raised you

00:25:34.939 --> 00:25:35.119
 up,

00:25:35.179 --> 00:25:35.379
 that I

00:25:35.379 --> 00:25:35.779
 might show

00:25:35.779 --> 00:25:36.419
 my power

00:25:36.419 --> 00:25:36.859
 in you,

00:25:37.419 --> 00:25:37.699
 and that

00:25:37.699 --> 00:25:38.259
 my name

00:25:38.259 --> 00:25:38.559
 might be

00:25:38.559 --> 00:25:39.099
 proclaimed

00:25:39.099 --> 00:25:39.779
 in all

00:25:39.779 --> 00:25:40.339
 the earth.

00:25:40.940 --> 00:25:41.359
 So then he

00:25:41.359 --> 00:25:41.839
 has mercy

00:25:41.839 --> 00:25:42.240
 on whomever

00:25:42.240 --> 00:25:42.759
 he wills,

00:25:42.819 --> 00:25:43.079
 and he

00:25:43.079 --> 00:25:43.519
 hardens

00:25:43.519 --> 00:25:43.899
 whomever

00:25:43.899 --> 00:25:44.480
 he wills.

00:25:44.819 --> 00:25:45.059
 That's

00:25:45.059 --> 00:25:45.339
 interesting,

00:25:45.440 --> 00:25:45.819
 he actually

00:25:45.819 --> 00:25:46.579
 juxtaposes

00:25:46.579 --> 00:25:47.339
 Pharaoh

00:25:47.339 --> 00:25:47.899
 against

00:25:47.899 --> 00:25:48.599
 Moses.

00:25:48.720 --> 00:25:49.079
 Again,

00:25:49.339 --> 00:25:49.839
 contextually,

00:25:49.940 --> 00:25:50.180
 think of

00:25:50.180 --> 00:25:50.660
 the story.

00:25:51.559 --> 00:25:52.099
 So we

00:25:52.099 --> 00:25:52.660
 have Moses,

00:25:52.879 --> 00:25:53.339
 the adopted

00:25:53.339 --> 00:25:54.599
 brother of

00:25:54.599 --> 00:25:55.059
 Pharaoh,

00:25:55.819 --> 00:25:56.819
 both leaders

00:25:56.819 --> 00:25:59.240
 of large

00:25:59.240 --> 00:25:59.879
 groups of

00:25:59.879 --> 00:26:00.139
 people,

00:26:00.619 --> 00:26:00.859
 both

00:26:00.859 --> 00:26:01.759
 murderers,

00:26:02.440 --> 00:26:02.779
 Pharaoh,

00:26:03.519 --> 00:26:04.299
 many Israelites

00:26:04.299 --> 00:26:04.899
 were murdered

00:26:04.899 --> 00:26:05.240
 under his

00:26:05.240 --> 00:26:05.460
 hand.

00:26:05.740 --> 00:26:06.039
 You remember

00:26:06.039 --> 00:26:06.319
 that the

00:26:06.319 --> 00:26:06.879
 reason Moses

00:26:06.879 --> 00:26:07.519
 fled Egypt

00:26:07.519 --> 00:26:08.000
 was because

00:26:08.000 --> 00:26:08.420
 he killed

00:26:08.420 --> 00:26:08.839
 an Egyptian

00:26:08.839 --> 00:26:09.419
 who was

00:26:09.419 --> 00:26:10.000
 being harsh

00:26:10.000 --> 00:26:11.339
 to one

00:26:11.339 --> 00:26:11.500
 of the

00:26:11.500 --> 00:26:11.959
 Israelites.

00:26:12.559 --> 00:26:12.879
 Both

00:26:12.879 --> 00:26:13.539
 murderers

00:26:13.539 --> 00:26:13.899
 neither

00:26:13.899 --> 00:26:14.500
 deserved

00:26:14.500 --> 00:26:15.779
 the favor

00:26:15.779 --> 00:26:16.319
 of God,

00:26:16.399 --> 00:26:16.679
 and yet

00:26:16.679 --> 00:26:18.059
 one did,

00:26:18.959 --> 00:26:19.259
 and the

00:26:19.259 --> 00:26:20.299
 other was

00:26:20.299 --> 00:26:20.699
 destroyed.

00:26:21.559 --> 00:26:22.099
 To what

00:26:22.099 --> 00:26:22.339
 end?

00:26:24.099 --> 00:26:24.699
 God's

00:26:24.699 --> 00:26:25.799
 glorious,

00:26:26.679 --> 00:26:27.339
 magnificent

00:26:27.339 --> 00:26:28.119
 name.

00:26:29.379 --> 00:26:30.139
 That it

00:26:30.139 --> 00:26:30.419
 would be

00:26:30.419 --> 00:26:30.939
 proclaimed,

00:26:31.099 --> 00:26:31.339
 that he

00:26:31.339 --> 00:26:32.019
 might show,

00:26:32.179 --> 00:26:32.599
 exhibit,

00:26:32.740 --> 00:26:32.939
 and we're

00:26:32.939 --> 00:26:33.139
 going to get

00:26:33.139 --> 00:26:33.559
 here later,

00:26:34.179 --> 00:26:34.819
 his wrath

00:26:34.819 --> 00:26:35.319
 to the world

00:26:35.319 --> 00:26:35.899
 for sin

00:26:35.899 --> 00:26:37.139
 as well

00:26:37.139 --> 00:26:38.879
 as his

00:26:38.879 --> 00:26:39.159
 mercy.

00:26:41.279 --> 00:26:41.700
 Now,

00:26:41.740 --> 00:26:42.439
 Paul does

00:26:42.439 --> 00:26:43.839
 not deny

00:26:43.839 --> 00:26:45.079
 the necessity

00:26:45.079 --> 00:26:45.720
 of faith

00:26:45.720 --> 00:26:46.079
 on our

00:26:46.079 --> 00:26:46.480
 part.

00:26:47.619 --> 00:26:47.819
 Now,

00:26:47.859 --> 00:26:47.980
 see,

00:26:48.559 --> 00:26:49.200
 Romans 1,

00:26:49.579 --> 00:26:50.700
 16 and 17,

00:26:50.919 --> 00:26:51.259
 kind of the

00:26:51.259 --> 00:26:52.299
 whole thematic

00:26:52.299 --> 00:26:53.139
 verses for

00:26:53.139 --> 00:26:53.839
 this book.

00:26:54.399 --> 00:26:54.720
 For I am

00:26:54.720 --> 00:26:55.200
 not ashamed

00:26:55.200 --> 00:26:55.439
 of the

00:26:55.439 --> 00:26:55.740
 gospel,

00:26:56.200 --> 00:26:56.519
 for it is

00:26:56.519 --> 00:26:57.019
 the power

00:26:57.019 --> 00:26:57.480
 of God

00:26:57.480 --> 00:26:58.079
 for salvation

00:26:58.079 --> 00:26:58.619
 to everyone

00:26:58.619 --> 00:26:59.079
 who,

00:26:59.359 --> 00:26:59.659
 what?

00:27:00.399 --> 00:27:01.019
 Beliefs.

00:27:01.700 --> 00:27:02.059
 To the

00:27:02.059 --> 00:27:02.460
 Jew first,

00:27:02.519 --> 00:27:02.839
 and also to

00:27:02.839 --> 00:27:03.139
 the Greek.

00:27:03.140 --> 00:27:04.020
 For in it

00:27:04.020 --> 00:27:04.580
 the righteousness

00:27:04.580 --> 00:27:05.180
 of God

00:27:05.180 --> 00:27:05.740
 is revealed

00:27:05.740 --> 00:27:06.520
 from faith

00:27:06.520 --> 00:27:07.220
 for faith.

00:27:07.320 --> 00:27:07.759
 As it is

00:27:07.759 --> 00:27:07.980
 written,

00:27:08.080 --> 00:27:08.540
 the righteous

00:27:08.540 --> 00:27:09.580
 shall live

00:27:09.580 --> 00:27:11.060
 by faith.

00:27:11.140 --> 00:27:11.360
 So,

00:27:11.600 --> 00:27:12.220
 our salvation

00:27:12.220 --> 00:27:13.740
 is necessitated.

00:27:15.140 --> 00:27:15.620
 There's

00:27:15.620 --> 00:27:16.360
 necessity

00:27:16.360 --> 00:27:17.740
 for faith.

00:27:18.520 --> 00:27:19.160
 Ephesians 2,

00:27:19.180 --> 00:27:19.720
 8 and 9,

00:27:20.020 --> 00:27:20.680
 Paul writes,

00:27:21.200 --> 00:27:21.740
 For by grace

00:27:21.740 --> 00:27:22.180
 you have been

00:27:22.180 --> 00:27:23.600
 saved through

00:27:23.600 --> 00:27:24.280
 faith.

00:27:24.700 --> 00:27:25.200
 This is not

00:27:25.200 --> 00:27:25.840
 your own doing.

00:27:26.080 --> 00:27:26.400
 It is the

00:27:26.400 --> 00:27:27.160
 gift of God,

00:27:27.259 --> 00:27:27.900
 not as a result

00:27:27.900 --> 00:27:28.460
 of works,

00:27:28.759 --> 00:27:29.560
 so that no

00:27:29.560 --> 00:27:30.960
 one may

00:27:30.960 --> 00:27:31.400
 boast.

00:27:31.400 --> 00:27:33.160
 Is faith

00:27:33.160 --> 00:27:33.900
 required on

00:27:33.900 --> 00:27:34.340
 our part?

00:27:34.460 --> 00:27:34.900
 Absolutely.

00:27:35.180 --> 00:27:35.660
 Who works

00:27:35.660 --> 00:27:36.259
 the faith?

00:27:37.420 --> 00:27:38.280
 God Almighty,

00:27:38.740 --> 00:27:39.080
 to His

00:27:39.080 --> 00:27:39.860
 glorious praise.

00:27:41.880 --> 00:27:42.240
 The second

00:27:42.240 --> 00:27:42.640
 objection,

00:27:44.040 --> 00:27:45.600
 that was

00:27:45.600 --> 00:27:45.880
 amazing,

00:27:46.100 --> 00:27:46.660
 the second

00:27:46.660 --> 00:27:47.000
 objection,

00:27:48.620 --> 00:27:48.960
 You will

00:27:48.960 --> 00:27:49.500
 say to me

00:27:49.500 --> 00:27:49.820
 then,

00:27:50.480 --> 00:27:51.320
 why does

00:27:51.320 --> 00:27:51.740
 He still

00:27:51.740 --> 00:27:52.519
 find fault?

00:27:53.060 --> 00:27:53.780
 For who

00:27:53.780 --> 00:27:54.940
 can resist

00:27:54.940 --> 00:27:55.800
 His will?

00:27:57.320 --> 00:27:57.980
 How many

00:27:57.980 --> 00:27:58.220
 of you,

00:27:58.220 --> 00:27:58.500
 please don't

00:27:58.500 --> 00:27:58.740
 raise your

00:27:58.740 --> 00:27:58.960
 hands,

00:27:59.080 --> 00:27:59.320
 but how

00:27:59.320 --> 00:27:59.680
 many of

00:27:59.680 --> 00:27:59.900
 you,

00:28:00.500 --> 00:28:01.120
 when first

00:28:01.119 --> 00:28:02.439
 dealing

00:28:02.439 --> 00:28:02.939
 with

00:28:02.939 --> 00:28:04.919
 God's

00:28:04.919 --> 00:28:05.319
 election,

00:28:06.319 --> 00:28:06.759
 ask this

00:28:06.759 --> 00:28:07.159
 question.

00:28:07.399 --> 00:28:07.739
 Maybe not

00:28:07.739 --> 00:28:07.959
 in this

00:28:07.959 --> 00:28:08.739
 exact phrasing,

00:28:08.839 --> 00:28:09.159
 but ask

00:28:09.159 --> 00:28:09.679
 this question.

00:28:09.759 --> 00:28:10.239
 I did,

00:28:11.539 --> 00:28:11.839
 but I

00:28:11.839 --> 00:28:12.219
 wrestled

00:28:12.219 --> 00:28:12.599
 with it.

00:28:13.359 --> 00:28:13.599
 I can

00:28:13.599 --> 00:28:13.959
 remember the

00:28:13.959 --> 00:28:14.539
 first time

00:28:14.539 --> 00:28:15.299
 I read

00:28:15.299 --> 00:28:15.839
 Romans chapter

00:28:15.839 --> 00:28:16.239
 9,

00:28:16.419 --> 00:28:17.019
 with that

00:28:17.019 --> 00:28:17.699
 question in

00:28:17.699 --> 00:28:18.199
 my mind,

00:28:18.239 --> 00:28:18.659
 and I came

00:28:18.659 --> 00:28:18.959
 to this

00:28:18.959 --> 00:28:19.299
 point,

00:28:19.399 --> 00:28:20.359
 I was so

00:28:20.359 --> 00:28:21.299
 elated,

00:28:21.399 --> 00:28:21.699
 because I

00:28:21.699 --> 00:28:22.179
 thought the

00:28:22.179 --> 00:28:23.119
 answer,

00:28:23.259 --> 00:28:23.659
 like the

00:28:23.659 --> 00:28:25.119
 real answer

00:28:25.119 --> 00:28:25.359
 to the

00:28:25.359 --> 00:28:25.619
 question,

00:28:25.719 --> 00:28:26.159
 was right

00:28:26.159 --> 00:28:26.539
 on its

00:28:26.539 --> 00:28:26.779
 heels.

00:28:26.899 --> 00:28:27.179
 I thought,

00:28:27.279 --> 00:28:27.739
 here it is,

00:28:27.799 --> 00:28:28.259
 I'm going to

00:28:28.259 --> 00:28:28.739
 work it all

00:28:28.739 --> 00:28:29.019
 out now,

00:28:29.039 --> 00:28:29.239
 I'm going to

00:28:29.239 --> 00:28:29.879
 totally understand

00:28:29.880 --> 00:28:30.500
 the universe,

00:28:30.920 --> 00:28:31.460
 after I read

00:28:31.460 --> 00:28:31.960
 the rest of

00:28:31.960 --> 00:28:33.620
 chapter 9.

00:28:34.780 --> 00:28:35.420
 We don't

00:28:35.420 --> 00:28:36.340
 get the

00:28:36.340 --> 00:28:36.700
 answer,

00:28:36.860 --> 00:28:37.320
 do we?

00:28:38.400 --> 00:28:39.520
 Why does

00:28:39.520 --> 00:28:39.940
 he still

00:28:39.940 --> 00:28:40.680
 find fault

00:28:40.680 --> 00:28:41.300
 for who

00:28:41.300 --> 00:28:42.320
 can resist

00:28:42.320 --> 00:28:43.300
 his will?

00:28:43.400 --> 00:28:43.620
 And I

00:28:43.620 --> 00:28:44.880
 love Paul's

00:28:44.880 --> 00:28:45.180
 writings.

00:28:45.260 --> 00:28:45.640
 I think if you

00:28:45.640 --> 00:28:46.260
 read Paul's

00:28:46.260 --> 00:28:46.620
 writing,

00:28:47.040 --> 00:28:48.320
 dramatically,

00:28:48.940 --> 00:28:49.200
 you'll,

00:28:49.340 --> 00:28:49.780
 you begin to

00:28:49.780 --> 00:28:51.060
 kind of feel

00:28:51.060 --> 00:28:51.880
 the sarcasm

00:28:51.880 --> 00:28:52.680
 sometimes,

00:28:53.040 --> 00:28:54.120
 the rhetoric,

00:28:54.560 --> 00:28:54.860
 because his

00:28:54.860 --> 00:28:55.420
 response is,

00:28:55.420 --> 00:28:56.060
 but who

00:28:56.060 --> 00:28:56.700
 are you,

00:28:57.200 --> 00:28:57.940
 oh man,

00:28:58.220 --> 00:28:58.660
 to answer

00:28:58.660 --> 00:28:59.880
 back to

00:28:59.880 --> 00:29:00.259
 God?

00:29:00.720 --> 00:29:01.360
 Will what

00:29:01.360 --> 00:29:02.120
 is molded

00:29:02.120 --> 00:29:02.539
 say to

00:29:02.539 --> 00:29:02.740
 its

00:29:02.740 --> 00:29:03.220
 molder,

00:29:03.600 --> 00:29:04.120
 why have

00:29:04.120 --> 00:29:04.380
 you made

00:29:04.380 --> 00:29:04.700
 me like

00:29:04.700 --> 00:29:05.100
 this?

00:29:06.880 --> 00:29:07.320
 Now,

00:29:07.360 --> 00:29:07.779
 the evil

00:29:07.779 --> 00:29:08.180
 is not

00:29:08.180 --> 00:29:08.759
 in asking

00:29:08.759 --> 00:29:09.420
 the question.

00:29:11.100 --> 00:29:11.820
 It is

00:29:11.820 --> 00:29:13.039
 okay to

00:29:13.039 --> 00:29:13.800
 ask questions.

00:29:14.360 --> 00:29:14.900
 It is

00:29:14.900 --> 00:29:15.900
 okay to

00:29:15.900 --> 00:29:16.880
 wrestle with

00:29:16.880 --> 00:29:17.420
 doctrines.

00:29:19.100 --> 00:29:19.740
 Please

00:29:19.740 --> 00:29:20.720
 seek out

00:29:20.720 --> 00:29:22.019
 the truth.

00:29:22.019 --> 00:29:24.359
 the problem

00:29:24.359 --> 00:29:25.339
 is when

00:29:25.339 --> 00:29:26.680
 we answer

00:29:26.680 --> 00:29:28.279
 back to

00:29:28.279 --> 00:29:28.579
 God.

00:29:29.619 --> 00:29:30.379
 When we

00:29:30.379 --> 00:29:31.160
 stand in

00:29:31.160 --> 00:29:32.039
 judgment over

00:29:32.039 --> 00:29:32.379
 him.

00:29:33.759 --> 00:29:34.359
 Talking

00:29:34.359 --> 00:29:34.700
 back.

00:29:34.779 --> 00:29:35.059
 Have we all

00:29:35.059 --> 00:29:35.839
 gotten popped

00:29:35.839 --> 00:29:36.339
 for talking

00:29:36.339 --> 00:29:36.879
 back to our

00:29:36.879 --> 00:29:37.240
 parents?

00:29:37.680 --> 00:29:38.019
 You know

00:29:38.019 --> 00:29:38.500
 the difference

00:29:38.500 --> 00:29:38.759
 between

00:29:38.759 --> 00:29:39.900
 answering your

00:29:39.900 --> 00:29:40.319
 parents,

00:29:40.779 --> 00:29:41.160
 having a

00:29:41.160 --> 00:29:41.500
 conversation

00:29:41.500 --> 00:29:41.960
 with them,

00:29:41.980 --> 00:29:42.500
 and talking

00:29:42.500 --> 00:29:42.859
 back.

00:29:43.220 --> 00:29:43.819
 Much

00:29:43.819 --> 00:29:44.139
 different.

00:29:44.440 --> 00:29:44.680
 That's

00:29:44.680 --> 00:29:45.099
 what Paul

00:29:45.099 --> 00:29:47.200
 is correcting

00:29:47.200 --> 00:29:48.180
 here, that

00:29:48.180 --> 00:29:48.480
 we would

00:29:48.480 --> 00:29:49.480
 talk back

00:29:49.480 --> 00:29:49.940
 to God.

00:29:50.420 --> 00:29:50.700
 And he

00:29:50.700 --> 00:29:51.079
 uses this

00:29:51.079 --> 00:29:51.480
 analogy.

00:29:52.019 --> 00:29:52.779
 And it's

00:29:52.779 --> 00:29:53.700
 not a

00:29:53.700 --> 00:29:54.619
 specific text

00:29:54.619 --> 00:29:54.940
 that he's

00:29:54.940 --> 00:29:55.799
 quoting, but

00:29:55.799 --> 00:29:56.279
 there are a

00:29:56.279 --> 00:29:56.839
 number of

00:29:56.839 --> 00:29:57.480
 times the

00:29:57.480 --> 00:29:58.259
 same analogy

00:29:58.259 --> 00:29:58.839
 is used

00:29:58.839 --> 00:29:59.519
 throughout the

00:29:59.519 --> 00:29:59.960
 Old Testament.

00:30:00.160 --> 00:30:00.440
 So I just

00:30:00.440 --> 00:30:00.799
 want to show

00:30:00.799 --> 00:30:01.319
 you a few.

00:30:02.259 --> 00:30:02.720
 Isaiah

00:30:02.720 --> 00:30:03.379
 64,

00:30:04.119 --> 00:30:05.059
 verses 6

00:30:05.059 --> 00:30:05.359
 and 8,

00:30:05.660 --> 00:30:06.740
 says,

00:30:06.839 --> 00:30:06.980
 We have

00:30:06.980 --> 00:30:07.559
 all become

00:30:07.559 --> 00:30:08.099
 like one

00:30:08.099 --> 00:30:08.359
 who is

00:30:08.359 --> 00:30:08.920
 unclean,

00:30:08.980 --> 00:30:09.460
 and all

00:30:09.460 --> 00:30:09.920
 our righteous

00:30:09.920 --> 00:30:10.400
 deeds are

00:30:10.400 --> 00:30:10.740
 like a

00:30:10.740 --> 00:30:11.139
 polluted

00:30:11.139 --> 00:30:11.519
 garment.

00:30:11.759 --> 00:30:12.240
 We all

00:30:12.240 --> 00:30:12.920
 fade like

00:30:12.920 --> 00:30:13.379
 a leaf,

00:30:13.680 --> 00:30:14.019
 and our

00:30:14.019 --> 00:30:14.539
 iniquities

00:30:14.539 --> 00:30:15.019
 like the

00:30:15.019 --> 00:30:15.779
 wind take

00:30:15.779 --> 00:30:16.240
 us away.

00:30:16.819 --> 00:30:17.259
 There is

00:30:17.259 --> 00:30:17.819
 no one

00:30:17.819 --> 00:30:18.200
 who calls

00:30:18.200 --> 00:30:18.579
 upon your

00:30:18.579 --> 00:30:18.839
 name,

00:30:18.940 --> 00:30:19.619
 who rouses

00:30:19.619 --> 00:30:20.359
 himself to

00:30:20.359 --> 00:30:20.759
 take hold

00:30:20.759 --> 00:30:21.079
 of you,

00:30:21.079 --> 00:30:21.679
 for you

00:30:21.679 --> 00:30:22.079
 have hidden

00:30:22.079 --> 00:30:22.559
 your face

00:30:22.559 --> 00:30:23.000
 from us,

00:30:23.000 --> 00:30:23.519
 and have

00:30:23.519 --> 00:30:23.899
 made us

00:30:23.899 --> 00:30:24.619
 melt in the

00:30:24.619 --> 00:30:25.279
 hand of our

00:30:25.279 --> 00:30:25.759
 iniquities.

00:30:25.960 --> 00:30:26.220
 Don't you

00:30:26.220 --> 00:30:26.659
 catch all

00:30:26.659 --> 00:30:26.859
 that?

00:30:27.619 --> 00:30:28.319
 All of us

00:30:28.319 --> 00:30:28.740
 are utterly

00:30:28.740 --> 00:30:29.099
 sinful.

00:30:29.319 --> 00:30:29.740
 No one

00:30:29.740 --> 00:30:30.319
 comes to you,

00:30:30.399 --> 00:30:30.759
 no one

00:30:30.759 --> 00:30:31.439
 turns to you

00:30:31.439 --> 00:30:31.740
 of their

00:30:31.740 --> 00:30:32.179
 own accord,

00:30:32.240 --> 00:30:32.559
 because you

00:30:32.559 --> 00:30:32.859
 have hidden

00:30:32.859 --> 00:30:33.299
 your face

00:30:33.299 --> 00:30:33.939
 from us.

00:30:33.940 --> 00:30:36.279
 But now,

00:30:36.279 --> 00:30:36.720
 O Lord,

00:30:36.820 --> 00:30:37.640
 you are our

00:30:37.640 --> 00:30:38.140
 father,

00:30:38.580 --> 00:30:39.180
 we are the

00:30:39.180 --> 00:30:39.519
 clay,

00:30:39.680 --> 00:30:40.180
 and you

00:30:40.180 --> 00:30:41.019
 are our

00:30:41.019 --> 00:30:41.460
 potter.

00:30:41.860 --> 00:30:42.180
 We are

00:30:42.180 --> 00:30:42.880
 all the

00:30:42.880 --> 00:30:43.799
 work of

00:30:43.799 --> 00:30:44.299
 your hand.

00:30:45.860 --> 00:30:46.279
 Jeremiah

00:30:46.279 --> 00:30:47.340
 18,

00:30:47.480 --> 00:30:47.900
 verses 1

00:30:47.900 --> 00:30:48.440
 through 6,

00:30:49.820 --> 00:30:50.920
 Arise and

00:30:50.920 --> 00:30:51.519
 go down to

00:30:51.519 --> 00:30:51.960
 the potter's

00:30:51.960 --> 00:30:52.299
 house,

00:30:52.539 --> 00:30:52.940
 this is God

00:30:52.940 --> 00:30:53.340
 talking to

00:30:53.340 --> 00:30:53.600
 Jeremiah,

00:30:54.039 --> 00:30:54.600
 and there

00:30:54.600 --> 00:30:55.120
 I will let

00:30:55.120 --> 00:30:55.440
 you hear

00:30:55.440 --> 00:30:56.039
 my words.

00:30:56.519 --> 00:30:56.779
 So I

00:30:56.779 --> 00:30:57.080
 went down

00:30:57.080 --> 00:30:57.279
 to the

00:30:57.279 --> 00:30:57.559
 potter's

00:30:57.559 --> 00:30:57.759
 house,

00:30:57.820 --> 00:30:58.120
 and there

00:30:58.120 --> 00:30:58.380
 he was

00:30:58.380 --> 00:30:58.799
 working at

00:30:58.799 --> 00:30:59.140
 his wheel,

00:30:59.440 --> 00:30:59.799
 and the

00:30:59.799 --> 00:31:00.240
 vessel he

00:31:00.240 --> 00:31:00.620
 was making

00:31:00.620 --> 00:31:01.080
 of clay

00:31:01.080 --> 00:31:02.019
 was spoiled

00:31:02.019 --> 00:31:02.420
 in the

00:31:02.420 --> 00:31:02.759
 potter's

00:31:02.759 --> 00:31:03.119
 hands,

00:31:03.579 --> 00:31:03.920
 and he

00:31:03.920 --> 00:31:04.519
 reworked

00:31:04.519 --> 00:31:05.180
 it into

00:31:05.180 --> 00:31:05.500
 another

00:31:05.500 --> 00:31:05.859
 vessel,

00:31:06.279 --> 00:31:06.619
 as it

00:31:06.619 --> 00:31:07.200
 seemed good

00:31:07.200 --> 00:31:07.519
 to the

00:31:07.519 --> 00:31:07.960
 potter to

00:31:07.960 --> 00:31:08.220
 do.

00:31:08.740 --> 00:31:09.059
 Then the

00:31:09.059 --> 00:31:09.299
 word of

00:31:09.299 --> 00:31:09.460
 the Lord

00:31:09.460 --> 00:31:09.980
 came to

00:31:09.980 --> 00:31:10.200
 me,

00:31:10.339 --> 00:31:10.660
 O house

00:31:10.660 --> 00:31:11.039
 of Israel,

00:31:11.119 --> 00:31:11.359
 can I

00:31:11.359 --> 00:31:11.759
 not do

00:31:11.759 --> 00:31:12.259
 with you

00:31:12.259 --> 00:31:13.059
 as this

00:31:13.059 --> 00:31:13.319
 potter

00:31:13.319 --> 00:31:13.740
 has done,

00:31:13.819 --> 00:31:14.039
 declares

00:31:14.039 --> 00:31:14.440
 the Lord?

00:31:14.960 --> 00:31:15.400
 Behold,

00:31:15.639 --> 00:31:16.119
 like the

00:31:16.119 --> 00:31:16.660
 clay in

00:31:16.660 --> 00:31:17.099
 the potter's

00:31:17.099 --> 00:31:17.460
 hand,

00:31:17.900 --> 00:31:18.279
 so are

00:31:18.279 --> 00:31:18.639
 you in

00:31:18.639 --> 00:31:19.160
 my hand,

00:31:19.259 --> 00:31:19.539
 O house

00:31:19.539 --> 00:31:19.980
 of Israel.

00:31:20.279 --> 00:31:21.200
 So in

00:31:21.200 --> 00:31:21.799
 the positive,

00:31:22.940 --> 00:31:23.319
 God can

00:31:23.319 --> 00:31:23.940
 take us,

00:31:24.240 --> 00:31:24.420
 who are

00:31:24.420 --> 00:31:24.779
 utterly

00:31:24.779 --> 00:31:25.839
 spoiled by

00:31:25.839 --> 00:31:26.339
 our sin,

00:31:26.639 --> 00:31:26.920
 and he

00:31:26.920 --> 00:31:27.740
 can rework

00:31:27.740 --> 00:31:28.220
 us.

00:31:28.799 --> 00:31:29.119
 He can

00:31:29.119 --> 00:31:29.799
 change us

00:31:29.799 --> 00:31:30.240
 because we

00:31:30.240 --> 00:31:31.079
 are pots.

00:31:31.440 --> 00:31:32.759
 He is

00:31:32.759 --> 00:31:33.279
 the potter.

00:31:34.440 --> 00:31:34.759
 And then the

00:31:34.759 --> 00:31:35.220
 most striking

00:31:35.220 --> 00:31:35.539
 one,

00:31:35.920 --> 00:31:36.339
 back in

00:31:36.339 --> 00:31:36.640
 Isaiah,

00:31:36.759 --> 00:31:37.400
 chapter 45,

00:31:37.640 --> 00:31:38.200
 verse 9,

00:31:39.319 --> 00:31:39.640
 it says,

00:31:39.839 --> 00:31:40.319
 Woe to him

00:31:40.319 --> 00:31:41.120
 who strives

00:31:41.120 --> 00:31:41.579
 with him

00:31:41.579 --> 00:31:42.079
 who formed

00:31:42.079 --> 00:31:42.319
 him,

00:31:42.759 --> 00:31:43.420
 a pot

00:31:43.420 --> 00:31:43.980
 among

00:31:43.980 --> 00:31:44.420
 earthen

00:31:44.420 --> 00:31:44.880
 pots.

00:31:45.339 --> 00:31:45.779
 Does the

00:31:45.779 --> 00:31:46.380
 clay say

00:31:46.380 --> 00:31:46.720
 to him

00:31:46.720 --> 00:31:47.299
 who formed

00:31:47.299 --> 00:31:47.500
 it,

00:31:47.640 --> 00:31:48.420
 what are

00:31:48.420 --> 00:31:48.940
 you making,

00:31:49.180 --> 00:31:50.039
 or your

00:31:50.039 --> 00:31:51.039
 work has

00:31:51.039 --> 00:31:51.740
 no handles?

00:31:55.279 --> 00:31:56.160
 Are we,

00:31:56.420 --> 00:31:57.039
 those people,

00:31:57.500 --> 00:31:57.960
 woe to him

00:31:57.960 --> 00:31:58.920
 who strives

00:31:58.920 --> 00:31:59.420
 with him

00:31:59.420 --> 00:32:00.259
 who formed

00:32:00.259 --> 00:32:00.480
 him,

00:32:00.779 --> 00:32:01.300
 who answers

00:32:01.300 --> 00:32:02.440
 back to

00:32:02.440 --> 00:32:02.800
 God?

00:32:03.759 --> 00:32:04.720
 What are you

00:32:04.720 --> 00:32:05.060
 making?

00:32:05.200 --> 00:32:05.400
 Or,

00:32:05.880 --> 00:32:06.400
 your work

00:32:06.400 --> 00:32:06.880
 has no

00:32:06.880 --> 00:32:07.259
 handles.

00:32:09.440 --> 00:32:10.080
 If you're

00:32:10.080 --> 00:32:10.519
 one of these

00:32:10.519 --> 00:32:10.940
 people,

00:32:11.560 --> 00:32:12.320
 as I have

00:32:12.320 --> 00:32:12.700
 been,

00:32:12.880 --> 00:32:13.380
 so I'm

00:32:13.380 --> 00:32:13.779
 not standing

00:32:13.779 --> 00:32:14.140
 in judgment

00:32:14.140 --> 00:32:14.620
 over you,

00:32:15.259 --> 00:32:15.680
 I have

00:32:15.680 --> 00:32:17.279
 been arrogant,

00:32:17.560 --> 00:32:18.220
 I have stood

00:32:18.220 --> 00:32:18.820
 in judgment

00:32:18.820 --> 00:32:19.880
 over God's

00:32:19.880 --> 00:32:20.220
 word,

00:32:22.580 --> 00:32:23.460
 he's calling

00:32:23.460 --> 00:32:24.120
 you really

00:32:24.120 --> 00:32:24.500
 silly.

00:32:25.060 --> 00:32:25.519
 Does a pot

00:32:25.519 --> 00:32:26.279
 ever say

00:32:26.279 --> 00:32:27.240
 to the potter,

00:32:27.920 --> 00:32:28.259
 how come

00:32:28.259 --> 00:32:28.480
 you haven't

00:32:28.480 --> 00:32:28.900
 given me a

00:32:28.900 --> 00:32:29.180
 handle?

00:32:29.420 --> 00:32:31.300
 It would

00:32:31.300 --> 00:32:32.000
 be insane

00:32:32.000 --> 00:32:32.500
 for something

00:32:32.500 --> 00:32:32.900
 like that

00:32:32.900 --> 00:32:33.360
 to happen,

00:32:33.620 --> 00:32:33.880
 right?

00:32:34.560 --> 00:32:35.019
 Paul is

00:32:35.019 --> 00:32:35.440
 pointing out

00:32:35.440 --> 00:32:36.279
 the insanity

00:32:36.279 --> 00:32:37.740
 of you

00:32:37.740 --> 00:32:38.680
 standing in

00:32:38.680 --> 00:32:39.000
 judgment

00:32:39.000 --> 00:32:40.620
 over almighty

00:32:40.620 --> 00:32:41.000
 God.

00:32:42.720 --> 00:32:43.580
 So he says,

00:32:43.660 --> 00:32:44.160
 has the potter

00:32:44.160 --> 00:32:44.759
 no right

00:32:44.759 --> 00:32:45.800
 over the clay

00:32:45.800 --> 00:32:46.840
 to make out

00:32:46.840 --> 00:32:47.340
 of the same

00:32:47.340 --> 00:32:48.440
 lump of clay

00:32:48.440 --> 00:32:49.160
 one vessel

00:32:49.160 --> 00:32:49.640
 for honorable

00:32:49.640 --> 00:32:50.779
 use and

00:32:50.779 --> 00:32:51.200
 another for

00:32:51.200 --> 00:32:51.620
 dishonorable

00:32:51.620 --> 00:32:51.880
 use?

00:32:51.960 --> 00:32:52.500
 What if God

00:32:52.500 --> 00:32:52.940
 desiring to

00:32:52.940 --> 00:32:53.200
 show his

00:32:53.200 --> 00:32:54.120
 wrath and

00:32:54.120 --> 00:32:54.320
 to make

00:32:54.320 --> 00:32:54.759
 known his

00:32:54.759 --> 00:32:55.259
 power has

00:32:55.259 --> 00:32:55.840
 endured with

00:32:55.840 --> 00:32:56.180
 much

00:32:56.180 --> 00:32:56.860
 patience

00:32:56.859 --> 00:32:58.259
 vessels of

00:32:58.259 --> 00:32:58.979
 wrath prepared

00:32:58.979 --> 00:32:59.959
 for destruction?

00:33:00.119 --> 00:33:00.439
 So he makes

00:33:00.439 --> 00:33:01.079
 a statement

00:33:01.079 --> 00:33:02.339
 in a rhetorical

00:33:02.339 --> 00:33:02.859
 question.

00:33:03.519 --> 00:33:03.859
 God,

00:33:04.059 --> 00:33:04.519
 desiring to

00:33:04.519 --> 00:33:04.919
 show his

00:33:04.919 --> 00:33:05.299
 wrath,

00:33:06.099 --> 00:33:06.439
 made known

00:33:06.439 --> 00:33:06.839
 his power

00:33:06.839 --> 00:33:07.719
 with much

00:33:07.719 --> 00:33:08.819
 patience.

00:33:09.559 --> 00:33:10.399
 He made

00:33:10.399 --> 00:33:11.279
 vessels of

00:33:11.279 --> 00:33:11.939
 wrath prepared

00:33:11.939 --> 00:33:12.500
 for destruction

00:33:12.500 --> 00:33:13.439
 in order

00:33:13.439 --> 00:33:14.179
 to make

00:33:14.179 --> 00:33:14.819
 known the

00:33:14.819 --> 00:33:15.419
 riches of

00:33:15.419 --> 00:33:16.079
 his glory

00:33:16.079 --> 00:33:16.740
 for vessels

00:33:16.740 --> 00:33:17.259
 of mercy,

00:33:17.500 --> 00:33:17.719
 which he

00:33:17.719 --> 00:33:18.319
 has prepared

00:33:18.319 --> 00:33:19.479
 beforehand

00:33:19.479 --> 00:33:20.659
 for glory.

00:33:20.660 --> 00:33:20.740
 glory.

00:33:21.980 --> 00:33:22.340
 This is

00:33:22.340 --> 00:33:22.800
 us,

00:33:23.360 --> 00:33:24.200
 even us,

00:33:24.759 --> 00:33:26.279
 even us,

00:33:26.680 --> 00:33:26.960
 whom he

00:33:26.960 --> 00:33:27.700
 called not

00:33:27.700 --> 00:33:28.279
 from Jews

00:33:28.279 --> 00:33:28.720
 only,

00:33:29.420 --> 00:33:30.060
 but also

00:33:30.060 --> 00:33:31.440
 from Gentiles.

00:33:33.300 --> 00:33:33.779
 Remember

00:33:33.779 --> 00:33:34.460
 where Paul

00:33:34.460 --> 00:33:35.560
 is in the

00:33:35.560 --> 00:33:35.880
 book,

00:33:36.400 --> 00:33:36.680
 right?

00:33:36.840 --> 00:33:37.340
 We talked

00:33:37.340 --> 00:33:37.620
 about how

00:33:37.620 --> 00:33:37.880
 it seems

00:33:37.880 --> 00:33:38.519
 really random

00:33:38.519 --> 00:33:38.980
 at the

00:33:38.980 --> 00:33:39.259
 beginning of

00:33:39.259 --> 00:33:39.900
 chapter 9

00:33:39.900 --> 00:33:40.500
 that Paul

00:33:40.500 --> 00:33:41.120
 laments over

00:33:41.120 --> 00:33:41.540
 Israel.

00:33:42.180 --> 00:33:42.560
 Those who

00:33:42.560 --> 00:33:43.019
 were given

00:33:43.019 --> 00:33:43.680
 many of the

00:33:43.680 --> 00:33:44.019
 blessings,

00:33:44.140 --> 00:33:44.580
 the privileges

00:33:44.580 --> 00:33:45.140
 of God,

00:33:45.519 --> 00:33:45.740
 that they

00:33:45.740 --> 00:33:46.040
 had turned

00:33:46.040 --> 00:33:46.680
 their back

00:33:46.680 --> 00:33:47.200
 on the

00:33:47.200 --> 00:33:47.580
 Messiah.

00:33:48.680 --> 00:33:49.240
 He laments

00:33:49.240 --> 00:33:49.500
 over that.

00:33:49.580 --> 00:33:49.820
 They're his

00:33:49.820 --> 00:33:50.200
 people.

00:33:50.660 --> 00:33:51.180
 Right?

00:33:52.200 --> 00:33:52.820
 Don't we

00:33:52.820 --> 00:33:53.180
 do the

00:33:53.180 --> 00:33:54.160
 same sometimes

00:33:54.160 --> 00:33:54.759
 when we

00:33:54.759 --> 00:33:55.500
 approach the

00:33:55.500 --> 00:33:55.860
 doctrine of

00:33:55.860 --> 00:33:56.140
 election?

00:33:56.340 --> 00:33:57.360
 We lament

00:33:57.360 --> 00:33:58.680
 over those

00:33:58.680 --> 00:33:59.160
 who are not

00:33:59.160 --> 00:33:59.620
 saved.

00:33:59.820 --> 00:34:00.100
 Paul's in

00:34:00.100 --> 00:34:00.700
 the same

00:34:00.700 --> 00:34:01.720
 place.

00:34:03.000 --> 00:34:03.360
 Paul's not

00:34:03.360 --> 00:34:03.840
 high and

00:34:03.840 --> 00:34:04.160
 mighty,

00:34:04.360 --> 00:34:04.759
 casting

00:34:04.759 --> 00:34:05.720
 judgment.

00:34:06.259 --> 00:34:06.680
 God is

00:34:06.680 --> 00:34:07.000
 God.

00:34:07.080 --> 00:34:07.380
 God is

00:34:07.380 --> 00:34:07.840
 wrathful.

00:34:07.920 --> 00:34:08.500
 God judges.

00:34:09.260 --> 00:34:09.360
 Right?

00:34:09.619 --> 00:34:10.420
 Paul himself

00:34:10.420 --> 00:34:11.619
 is broken

00:34:11.619 --> 00:34:12.320
 over this.

00:34:13.360 --> 00:34:13.900
 But like

00:34:13.900 --> 00:34:14.460
 Moses,

00:34:15.220 --> 00:34:15.940
 he ultimately

00:34:15.940 --> 00:34:16.720
 has the

00:34:16.720 --> 00:34:17.139
 right

00:34:17.139 --> 00:34:18.039
 perspective.

00:34:18.619 --> 00:34:19.180
 Verse 24,

00:34:19.340 --> 00:34:19.619
 he says,

00:34:19.619 --> 00:34:21.739
 even us.

00:34:23.739 --> 00:34:24.559
 We're all

00:34:24.559 --> 00:34:25.440
 aware of

00:34:25.440 --> 00:34:25.940
 how filthy

00:34:25.940 --> 00:34:26.400
 and vile

00:34:26.400 --> 00:34:27.880
 we are.

00:34:28.119 --> 00:34:28.380
 Are we

00:34:28.380 --> 00:34:28.659
 not?

00:34:29.699 --> 00:34:30.299
 It's really

00:34:30.299 --> 00:34:30.719
 easy,

00:34:30.920 --> 00:34:31.539
 really easy

00:34:31.539 --> 00:34:31.940
 to look at

00:34:31.940 --> 00:34:32.440
 somebody else

00:34:32.440 --> 00:34:32.799
 and think

00:34:32.799 --> 00:34:33.039
 that they

00:34:33.039 --> 00:34:33.639
 are polished

00:34:33.639 --> 00:34:34.319
 and put

00:34:34.319 --> 00:34:34.659
 together.

00:34:35.579 --> 00:34:36.239
 To think

00:34:36.239 --> 00:34:36.519
 that they

00:34:36.519 --> 00:34:37.179
 don't sin.

00:34:37.420 --> 00:34:37.799
 Look at

00:34:37.799 --> 00:34:38.019
 them.

00:34:38.119 --> 00:34:38.299
 They're

00:34:38.299 --> 00:34:38.839
 phenomenal.

00:34:40.259 --> 00:34:40.960
 We do

00:34:40.960 --> 00:34:41.199
 that.

00:34:41.279 --> 00:34:41.880
 Very often

00:34:41.880 --> 00:34:42.400
 we elevate

00:34:42.400 --> 00:34:42.960
 people in

00:34:42.960 --> 00:34:43.420
 that way.

00:34:43.819 --> 00:34:44.079
 Christian

00:34:44.079 --> 00:34:44.539
 artists.

00:34:45.079 --> 00:34:45.420
 It happens

00:34:45.420 --> 00:34:45.940
 all the time

00:34:45.940 --> 00:34:46.259
 with them

00:34:46.260 --> 00:34:46.620
 because they

00:34:46.620 --> 00:34:47.740
 sing emotional

00:34:47.740 --> 00:34:48.300
 songs about

00:34:48.300 --> 00:34:48.520
 God.

00:34:48.600 --> 00:34:49.000
 They must

00:34:49.000 --> 00:34:49.720
 be perfect.

00:34:51.500 --> 00:34:52.000
 Preachers,

00:34:52.060 --> 00:34:52.440
 that happens

00:34:52.440 --> 00:34:52.940
 a lot with.

00:34:53.000 --> 00:34:53.340
 I hope

00:34:53.340 --> 00:34:53.900
 that I

00:34:53.900 --> 00:34:54.640
 talk honestly

00:34:54.640 --> 00:34:55.280
 about myself

00:34:55.280 --> 00:34:55.760
 enough that

00:34:55.760 --> 00:34:56.020
 you don't

00:34:56.020 --> 00:34:56.400
 do that

00:34:56.400 --> 00:34:56.780
 with me.

00:34:57.520 --> 00:34:58.220
 I struggle

00:34:58.220 --> 00:34:58.640
 with sin

00:34:58.640 --> 00:34:59.140
 the same

00:34:59.140 --> 00:35:00.040
 way you

00:35:00.040 --> 00:35:00.260
 do.

00:35:00.700 --> 00:35:01.420
 I need

00:35:01.420 --> 00:35:01.840
 a gracious

00:35:01.840 --> 00:35:02.320
 God to

00:35:02.320 --> 00:35:02.520
 help me

00:35:02.520 --> 00:35:03.180
 live every

00:35:03.180 --> 00:35:03.880
 day the

00:35:03.880 --> 00:35:04.460
 same way

00:35:04.460 --> 00:35:05.400
 that you

00:35:05.400 --> 00:35:05.620
 do.

00:35:05.619 --> 00:35:07.699
 God is

00:35:07.699 --> 00:35:08.179
 so we

00:35:08.179 --> 00:35:08.420
 should

00:35:08.420 --> 00:35:09.699
 connect

00:35:09.699 --> 00:35:10.319
 with that.

00:35:10.500 --> 00:35:10.779
 Even

00:35:10.779 --> 00:35:11.980
 us,

00:35:12.319 --> 00:35:13.199
 the worst

00:35:13.199 --> 00:35:13.739
 of sinners,

00:35:14.099 --> 00:35:14.339
 he has

00:35:14.339 --> 00:35:15.619
 called not

00:35:15.619 --> 00:35:16.099
 only from

00:35:16.099 --> 00:35:16.380
 the Jews

00:35:16.380 --> 00:35:17.019
 but also

00:35:17.019 --> 00:35:18.539
 from the

00:35:18.539 --> 00:35:19.239
 Gentiles.

00:35:20.239 --> 00:35:20.779
 Praise

00:35:20.779 --> 00:35:21.579
 him.

00:35:23.259 --> 00:35:23.779
 Now let's

00:35:23.779 --> 00:35:24.299
 be sure we

00:35:24.299 --> 00:35:25.099
 pause here

00:35:25.099 --> 00:35:26.139
 as we see

00:35:26.139 --> 00:35:26.679
 the potter

00:35:26.679 --> 00:35:28.279
 making objects

00:35:28.279 --> 00:35:28.819
 of destruction

00:35:28.819 --> 00:35:30.059
 and objects

00:35:30.059 --> 00:35:30.539
 of glory

00:35:30.539 --> 00:35:31.880
 to recognize

00:35:31.880 --> 00:35:32.559
 that God

00:35:32.559 --> 00:35:33.480
 is not

00:35:33.480 --> 00:35:34.279
 the source

00:35:34.279 --> 00:35:35.299
 of evil.

00:35:35.619 --> 00:35:36.480
 James 1.13

00:35:36.480 --> 00:35:36.779
 says,

00:35:37.019 --> 00:35:37.539
 let no one

00:35:37.539 --> 00:35:38.019
 say when

00:35:38.019 --> 00:35:38.279
 he is

00:35:38.279 --> 00:35:38.619
 tempted,

00:35:39.059 --> 00:35:39.539
 I am being

00:35:39.539 --> 00:35:40.059
 tempted by

00:35:40.059 --> 00:35:40.500
 God for

00:35:40.500 --> 00:35:41.059
 God cannot

00:35:41.059 --> 00:35:41.460
 be tempted

00:35:41.460 --> 00:35:41.920
 with evil

00:35:41.920 --> 00:35:42.279
 and he

00:35:42.279 --> 00:35:42.819
 himself

00:35:42.819 --> 00:35:43.759
 tempts

00:35:43.759 --> 00:35:44.619
 no one.

00:35:45.279 --> 00:35:45.359
 And

00:35:45.359 --> 00:35:45.900
 Habakkuk

00:35:45.900 --> 00:35:46.559
 1.13

00:35:46.559 --> 00:35:47.679
 says,

00:35:48.139 --> 00:35:48.460
 you who

00:35:48.460 --> 00:35:48.699
 are of

00:35:48.699 --> 00:35:49.400
 pure eyes

00:35:49.400 --> 00:35:49.719
 than to

00:35:49.719 --> 00:35:50.380
 see evil

00:35:50.380 --> 00:35:51.259
 and cannot

00:35:51.259 --> 00:35:52.000
 look

00:35:52.000 --> 00:35:53.239
 at wrong.

00:35:54.819 --> 00:35:55.420
 These are

00:35:55.420 --> 00:35:55.659
 one of

00:35:55.659 --> 00:35:55.940
 those

00:35:55.940 --> 00:35:56.799
 apparent

00:35:56.799 --> 00:35:58.380
 paradoxes

00:35:58.380 --> 00:35:59.059
 of

00:35:59.059 --> 00:35:59.279
 scripture.

00:36:00.179 --> 00:36:00.779
 And I

00:36:00.779 --> 00:36:01.099
 say that

00:36:01.099 --> 00:36:01.539
 carefully

00:36:01.539 --> 00:36:02.599
 because there

00:36:02.599 --> 00:36:03.000
 are no

00:36:03.000 --> 00:36:03.559
 paradoxes

00:36:03.559 --> 00:36:03.940
 in scripture.

00:36:04.119 --> 00:36:04.279
 There are

00:36:04.279 --> 00:36:04.480
 no

00:36:04.480 --> 00:36:05.539
 inconsistencies

00:36:05.539 --> 00:36:06.920
 in scripture.

00:36:07.559 --> 00:36:08.360
 But it is

00:36:08.360 --> 00:36:09.380
 an apparent

00:36:09.380 --> 00:36:10.579
 paradox.

00:36:11.500 --> 00:36:12.199
 For God

00:36:12.199 --> 00:36:12.699
 to be fully

00:36:12.699 --> 00:36:13.340
 sovereign over

00:36:13.340 --> 00:36:13.920
 all things

00:36:13.920 --> 00:36:14.480
 and control

00:36:14.480 --> 00:36:14.900
 of all

00:36:14.900 --> 00:36:15.219
 things,

00:36:15.279 --> 00:36:15.739
 doesn't God

00:36:15.739 --> 00:36:16.320
 then also

00:36:16.320 --> 00:36:16.920
 have to be

00:36:16.920 --> 00:36:18.320
 the creator

00:36:18.320 --> 00:36:19.199
 of evil?

00:36:19.460 --> 00:36:19.739
 Would the

00:36:19.739 --> 00:36:20.219
 scriptures say

00:36:20.219 --> 00:36:20.599
 no?

00:36:21.079 --> 00:36:21.480
 He is

00:36:21.480 --> 00:36:21.840
 not.

00:36:21.840 --> 00:36:21.920
 No.

00:36:24.759 --> 00:36:25.480
 I have a

00:36:25.480 --> 00:36:26.099
 little mind

00:36:26.099 --> 00:36:26.840
 and I cannot

00:36:26.840 --> 00:36:27.679
 work out that

00:36:27.679 --> 00:36:28.340
 in its entirety.

00:36:29.759 --> 00:36:30.900
 But I trust

00:36:30.900 --> 00:36:31.739
 that the

00:36:31.739 --> 00:36:32.179
 Bible is

00:36:32.179 --> 00:36:32.619
 true

00:36:32.619 --> 00:36:33.659
 and that

00:36:33.659 --> 00:36:33.839
 it's

00:36:33.839 --> 00:36:34.400
 sufficient,

00:36:34.859 --> 00:36:35.219
 that it's

00:36:35.219 --> 00:36:35.759
 enough.

00:36:35.900 --> 00:36:36.179
 God has

00:36:36.179 --> 00:36:36.579
 given me

00:36:36.579 --> 00:36:37.739
 all that

00:36:37.739 --> 00:36:37.859
 I'm

00:36:37.859 --> 00:36:38.639
 supposed to

00:36:38.639 --> 00:36:38.980
 know

00:36:38.980 --> 00:36:40.779
 and I'm

00:36:40.779 --> 00:36:41.359
 finally coming

00:36:41.359 --> 00:36:41.799
 to a place

00:36:41.799 --> 00:36:42.400
 in my life

00:36:42.400 --> 00:36:43.339
 where I can

00:36:43.339 --> 00:36:44.599
 just rest

00:36:44.599 --> 00:36:45.420
 in that.

00:36:46.239 --> 00:36:46.599
 I don't

00:36:46.599 --> 00:36:47.179
 have to

00:36:47.179 --> 00:36:48.279
 work it

00:36:48.279 --> 00:36:49.199
 all out

00:36:49.199 --> 00:36:50.279
 all the

00:36:50.279 --> 00:36:50.599
 time.

00:36:52.359 --> 00:36:53.019
 I want to

00:36:53.019 --> 00:36:53.380
 give you an

00:36:53.380 --> 00:36:54.460
 example of a

00:36:54.460 --> 00:36:55.039
 man in

00:36:55.039 --> 00:36:56.199
 scripture that

00:36:56.199 --> 00:36:57.619
 wrestled with

00:36:57.619 --> 00:36:58.079
 the sovereignty

00:36:58.079 --> 00:36:58.579
 of God.

00:36:59.319 --> 00:36:59.599
 I want you

00:36:59.599 --> 00:37:00.039
 to turn with

00:37:00.039 --> 00:37:00.800
 me to

00:37:00.800 --> 00:37:01.059
 the book

00:37:01.059 --> 00:37:01.519
 of Job.

00:37:02.380 --> 00:37:02.860
 We're

00:37:02.860 --> 00:37:03.079
 going to

00:37:03.079 --> 00:37:03.980
 start in

00:37:03.980 --> 00:37:04.759
 chapter 32.

00:37:11.360 --> 00:37:12.000
 This is

00:37:12.000 --> 00:37:12.559
 bringing us

00:37:12.559 --> 00:37:12.820
 to a

00:37:12.820 --> 00:37:13.320
 closing for

00:37:13.320 --> 00:37:13.579
 those of

00:37:13.579 --> 00:37:13.739
 you who

00:37:13.739 --> 00:37:13.940
 are getting

00:37:13.940 --> 00:37:14.340
 concerned

00:37:14.340 --> 00:37:14.840
 about that.

00:37:23.880 --> 00:37:24.619
 Now Job

00:37:24.619 --> 00:37:27.920
 began his

00:37:27.920 --> 00:37:29.119
 great struggle

00:37:29.119 --> 00:37:29.779
 in the world

00:37:29.779 --> 00:37:30.880
 in a very

00:37:30.880 --> 00:37:31.839
 positive way.

00:37:32.759 --> 00:37:33.599
 We know

00:37:33.599 --> 00:37:34.460
 Job had

00:37:34.460 --> 00:37:34.980
 found favor

00:37:34.980 --> 00:37:35.380
 in God's

00:37:35.380 --> 00:37:35.539
 sight,

00:37:35.599 --> 00:37:35.880
 which means

00:37:35.880 --> 00:37:36.059
 when you

00:37:36.059 --> 00:37:36.319
 read that

00:37:36.319 --> 00:37:36.460
 in the

00:37:36.460 --> 00:37:36.819
 Old Testament,

00:37:36.900 --> 00:37:37.159
 that means

00:37:37.159 --> 00:37:37.619
 God had

00:37:37.619 --> 00:37:38.059
 given him

00:37:38.059 --> 00:37:38.579
 grace.

00:37:39.359 --> 00:37:40.039
 Read that

00:37:40.039 --> 00:37:40.539
 properly.

00:37:41.699 --> 00:37:42.259
 God had

00:37:42.259 --> 00:37:42.940
 blessed him

00:37:42.940 --> 00:37:44.139
 with many

00:37:44.139 --> 00:37:44.859
 children and

00:37:44.859 --> 00:37:45.679
 great lands.

00:37:47.400 --> 00:37:48.079
 The devil

00:37:48.079 --> 00:37:48.539
 came to

00:37:48.539 --> 00:37:48.920
 God and

00:37:48.920 --> 00:37:49.219
 said,

00:37:49.900 --> 00:37:50.739
 I see that

00:37:50.739 --> 00:37:52.039
 Job serves

00:37:52.039 --> 00:37:52.259
 you, but

00:37:52.259 --> 00:37:53.400
 what if we

00:37:53.400 --> 00:37:53.940
 stripped away

00:37:53.940 --> 00:37:54.440
 the blessings?

00:37:55.279 --> 00:37:56.119
 Peace by

00:37:56.119 --> 00:37:56.799
 peace, the

00:37:56.799 --> 00:37:57.279
 family was

00:37:57.279 --> 00:37:57.859
 taken away,

00:37:58.000 --> 00:37:58.380
 the land

00:37:58.380 --> 00:37:58.739
 was taken

00:37:58.739 --> 00:37:59.279
 away, his

00:37:59.279 --> 00:38:00.219
 health was

00:38:00.219 --> 00:38:00.799
 taken away.

00:38:01.279 --> 00:38:01.599
 And he

00:38:01.599 --> 00:38:02.679
 begins to

00:38:02.679 --> 00:38:03.079
 deal with

00:38:03.079 --> 00:38:03.959
 it in a

00:38:03.959 --> 00:38:04.500
 very healthy

00:38:04.500 --> 00:38:04.839
 way.

00:38:05.959 --> 00:38:06.559
 But then

00:38:06.559 --> 00:38:07.099
 his friends

00:38:07.099 --> 00:38:07.479
 come to

00:38:07.479 --> 00:38:07.699
 visit.

00:38:08.759 --> 00:38:09.239
 Job in

00:38:09.239 --> 00:38:09.959
 the book

00:38:09.959 --> 00:38:10.279
 of Job

00:38:10.279 --> 00:38:10.779
 has three

00:38:10.779 --> 00:38:11.219
 friends that

00:38:11.219 --> 00:38:11.459
 come to

00:38:11.459 --> 00:38:11.879
 visit him

00:38:11.879 --> 00:38:12.399
 to convince

00:38:12.399 --> 00:38:13.239
 him that

00:38:13.239 --> 00:38:14.019
 this calamity

00:38:14.019 --> 00:38:14.279
 has been

00:38:14.279 --> 00:38:14.679
 brought on

00:38:14.679 --> 00:38:15.919
 him because

00:38:15.919 --> 00:38:16.319
 of his own

00:38:16.319 --> 00:38:16.559
 doing.

00:38:16.679 --> 00:38:17.039
 Because the

00:38:17.039 --> 00:38:17.399
 way God

00:38:17.399 --> 00:38:17.779
 deals with

00:38:17.779 --> 00:38:18.519
 people is

00:38:18.519 --> 00:38:19.039
 those who

00:38:19.039 --> 00:38:20.000
 do right,

00:38:20.419 --> 00:38:20.899
 he shows

00:38:20.899 --> 00:38:21.419
 favor to,

00:38:21.659 --> 00:38:22.159
 and those

00:38:22.159 --> 00:38:22.419
 who do

00:38:22.419 --> 00:38:22.819
 wrong,

00:38:23.199 --> 00:38:23.419
 he does

00:38:23.419 --> 00:38:23.779
 not.

00:38:25.000 --> 00:38:25.419
 And there's

00:38:25.419 --> 00:38:25.879
 this back

00:38:25.880 --> 00:38:26.539
 and forth

00:38:26.539 --> 00:38:27.660
 in the

00:38:27.660 --> 00:38:28.039
 beginning,

00:38:28.680 --> 00:38:29.900
 31 chapters,

00:38:30.240 --> 00:38:30.900
 back and

00:38:30.900 --> 00:38:31.780
 forth between

00:38:31.780 --> 00:38:32.400
 his friends

00:38:32.400 --> 00:38:33.119
 and him,

00:38:33.420 --> 00:38:33.700
 where they

00:38:33.700 --> 00:38:34.320
 basically say,

00:38:34.420 --> 00:38:34.780
 there is no

00:38:34.780 --> 00:38:36.000
 way you are

00:38:36.000 --> 00:38:36.500
 righteous in

00:38:36.500 --> 00:38:37.059
 God's eyes,

00:38:37.140 --> 00:38:37.480
 because he

00:38:37.480 --> 00:38:37.820
 wouldn't deal

00:38:37.820 --> 00:38:38.740
 with you this

00:38:38.740 --> 00:38:39.480
 way if you

00:38:39.480 --> 00:38:39.680
 were.

00:38:40.240 --> 00:38:40.860
 And Job

00:38:40.860 --> 00:38:41.360
 responds,

00:38:41.480 --> 00:38:42.039
 yes I am,

00:38:42.099 --> 00:38:42.440
 let me tell you

00:38:42.440 --> 00:38:42.880
 all the things

00:38:42.880 --> 00:38:43.340
 that I do,

00:38:43.440 --> 00:38:43.840
 let me tell you

00:38:43.840 --> 00:38:44.519
 how I handle

00:38:44.519 --> 00:38:45.059
 my affairs,

00:38:45.140 --> 00:38:45.500
 let me tell you

00:38:45.500 --> 00:38:45.760
 all these

00:38:45.760 --> 00:38:46.000
 things.

00:38:46.260 --> 00:38:46.500
 And he

00:38:46.500 --> 00:38:47.039
 continues to

00:38:47.039 --> 00:38:47.519
 build himself

00:38:47.519 --> 00:38:48.180
 up as

00:38:48.180 --> 00:38:49.140
 righteous in

00:38:49.140 --> 00:38:49.599
 their eyes.

00:38:49.599 --> 00:38:50.839
 And then a

00:38:50.839 --> 00:38:51.380
 guy comes on

00:38:51.380 --> 00:38:51.799
 the scene

00:38:51.799 --> 00:38:52.960
 named Elihu,

00:38:53.460 --> 00:38:54.639
 who I love,

00:38:54.900 --> 00:38:55.380
 and I really

00:38:55.380 --> 00:38:56.179
 wanted to name

00:38:56.179 --> 00:38:57.960
 Judah Elihu,

00:38:58.079 --> 00:38:59.179
 but we

00:38:59.179 --> 00:39:00.159
 decided against

00:39:00.159 --> 00:39:00.380
 it.

00:39:01.960 --> 00:39:03.319
 But Elihu

00:39:03.319 --> 00:39:03.940
 comes on the

00:39:03.940 --> 00:39:04.779
 scene and

00:39:04.779 --> 00:39:05.360
 begins to

00:39:05.360 --> 00:39:05.940
 speak some

00:39:05.940 --> 00:39:07.199
 sense into

00:39:07.199 --> 00:39:07.819
 the situation.

00:39:07.980 --> 00:39:08.179
 And if you

00:39:08.179 --> 00:39:08.619
 look in

00:39:08.619 --> 00:39:09.779
 chapter 32,

00:39:09.920 --> 00:39:10.360
 verse 2,

00:39:11.219 --> 00:39:11.679
 it says that

00:39:11.679 --> 00:39:12.199
 Elihu, the

00:39:12.199 --> 00:39:12.639
 son of

00:39:12.639 --> 00:39:14.019
 Baharel,

00:39:14.360 --> 00:39:15.079
 the Buzite,

00:39:15.219 --> 00:39:15.719
 of the family

00:39:15.719 --> 00:39:16.159
 of Ram,

00:39:16.400 --> 00:39:16.940
 burned with

00:39:16.940 --> 00:39:17.319
 anger.

00:39:17.659 --> 00:39:18.179
 He burned

00:39:18.179 --> 00:39:19.179
 with anger at

00:39:19.179 --> 00:39:20.219
 Job because

00:39:20.219 --> 00:39:21.039
 he justified

00:39:21.039 --> 00:39:23.079
 himself rather

00:39:23.079 --> 00:39:23.639
 than God.

00:39:24.059 --> 00:39:24.639
 What Job was

00:39:24.639 --> 00:39:25.099
 doing was he

00:39:25.099 --> 00:39:25.399
 was making

00:39:25.399 --> 00:39:26.239
 himself in

00:39:26.239 --> 00:39:26.919
 the right at

00:39:26.919 --> 00:39:27.759
 the expense of

00:39:27.759 --> 00:39:28.399
 God's character.

00:39:29.539 --> 00:39:30.379
 He was saying

00:39:30.379 --> 00:39:31.039
 to his friends,

00:39:31.419 --> 00:39:31.759
 no, no, no,

00:39:31.799 --> 00:39:32.239
 but I am

00:39:32.239 --> 00:39:32.579
 righteous.

00:39:32.779 --> 00:39:33.099
 I am

00:39:33.099 --> 00:39:33.559
 righteous.

00:39:33.819 --> 00:39:34.759
 And then the

00:39:34.759 --> 00:39:35.899
 nagging question

00:39:35.899 --> 00:39:36.899
 beyond that is,

00:39:37.219 --> 00:39:38.460
 why is God

00:39:38.460 --> 00:39:39.279
 dealing with you

00:39:39.279 --> 00:39:40.139
 in this way?

00:39:41.000 --> 00:39:41.799
 Why is it

00:39:41.799 --> 00:39:43.799
 then that

00:39:43.799 --> 00:39:44.639
 God is being

00:39:44.639 --> 00:39:45.719
 unjust?

00:39:47.239 --> 00:39:47.919
 Wasn't that the

00:39:47.919 --> 00:39:48.419
 question they

00:39:48.419 --> 00:39:48.899
 were asking?

00:39:48.900 --> 00:39:49.559
 Is there no

00:39:49.559 --> 00:39:50.200
 justice on

00:39:50.200 --> 00:39:50.740
 God's part?

00:39:51.840 --> 00:39:52.380
 If you're

00:39:52.380 --> 00:39:52.980
 righteous in

00:39:52.980 --> 00:39:53.400
 his eyes,

00:39:53.480 --> 00:39:54.019
 why does he

00:39:54.019 --> 00:39:54.420
 deal with

00:39:54.420 --> 00:39:55.519
 you in

00:39:55.519 --> 00:39:56.039
 this way?

00:39:59.200 --> 00:40:00.059
 The Lord,

00:40:00.240 --> 00:40:00.599
 God,

00:40:00.920 --> 00:40:01.700
 confirms that.

00:40:01.780 --> 00:40:02.079
 That's what's

00:40:02.079 --> 00:40:02.920
 going on in

00:40:02.920 --> 00:40:03.500
 Job's heart

00:40:03.500 --> 00:40:04.720
 in chapter 40,

00:40:04.900 --> 00:40:05.639
 verse 8.

00:40:06.019 --> 00:40:06.340
 He says,

00:40:06.440 --> 00:40:06.740
 will you

00:40:06.740 --> 00:40:07.579
 condemn me

00:40:07.579 --> 00:40:08.220
 that you

00:40:08.220 --> 00:40:08.720
 may be

00:40:08.720 --> 00:40:09.320
 in the

00:40:09.320 --> 00:40:09.579
 right?

00:40:10.880 --> 00:40:11.579
 So go

00:40:11.579 --> 00:40:11.960
 with me

00:40:11.960 --> 00:40:12.260
 here.

00:40:12.400 --> 00:40:12.619
 Let's

00:40:12.619 --> 00:40:14.420
 listen in

00:40:14.420 --> 00:40:14.800
 on what

00:40:14.800 --> 00:40:15.440
 Elihu said

00:40:15.440 --> 00:40:15.900
 to Job

00:40:15.900 --> 00:40:16.619
 beginning in

00:40:16.619 --> 00:40:18.059
 chapter 34,

00:40:18.160 --> 00:40:18.820
 verse 16.

00:40:19.340 --> 00:40:20.099
 Chapter 34,

00:40:20.260 --> 00:40:20.980
 verse 16.

00:40:26.320 --> 00:40:26.880
 This is

00:40:26.880 --> 00:40:27.260
 phenomenal

00:40:27.260 --> 00:40:27.619
 stuff.

00:40:27.700 --> 00:40:28.079
 Elihu,

00:40:28.280 --> 00:40:29.440
 six chapters,

00:40:30.139 --> 00:40:30.740
 he speaks to

00:40:30.740 --> 00:40:30.940
 Job,

00:40:31.059 --> 00:40:32.240
 and then God

00:40:32.240 --> 00:40:33.000
 picks up where

00:40:33.000 --> 00:40:33.980
 Elihu leaves off

00:40:33.980 --> 00:40:35.200
 and keeps

00:40:35.200 --> 00:40:35.660
 after him.

00:40:36.059 --> 00:40:36.619
 Chapter 34,

00:40:36.720 --> 00:40:37.160
 verse 16.

00:40:37.840 --> 00:40:38.220
 If you have

00:40:38.220 --> 00:40:38.599
 understanding,

00:40:38.740 --> 00:40:39.160
 hear this.

00:40:39.559 --> 00:40:40.059
 Listen to what

00:40:40.059 --> 00:40:40.440
 I say.

00:40:40.780 --> 00:40:41.340
 Shall one who

00:40:41.340 --> 00:40:42.280
 hates justice

00:40:42.280 --> 00:40:42.680
 govern?

00:40:43.900 --> 00:40:44.300
 No.

00:40:44.660 --> 00:40:44.900
 Will you

00:40:44.900 --> 00:40:45.519
 condemn him

00:40:45.519 --> 00:40:45.780
 who is

00:40:45.780 --> 00:40:46.320
 righteous and

00:40:46.320 --> 00:40:46.539
 mighty,

00:40:46.539 --> 00:40:47.079
 who says

00:40:47.079 --> 00:40:47.699
 to a king,

00:40:48.079 --> 00:40:48.779
 worthless one,

00:40:48.960 --> 00:40:49.320
 and to

00:40:49.320 --> 00:40:49.739
 nobles,

00:40:50.099 --> 00:40:50.699
 wicked man,

00:40:50.860 --> 00:40:51.340
 who shows

00:40:51.340 --> 00:40:52.279
 no partiality

00:40:52.279 --> 00:40:52.860
 to princes,

00:40:53.219 --> 00:40:53.679
 nor regards

00:40:53.679 --> 00:40:54.139
 the rich

00:40:54.139 --> 00:40:54.480
 more than

00:40:54.480 --> 00:40:54.920
 the poor,

00:40:54.920 --> 00:40:55.599
 for they

00:40:55.599 --> 00:40:56.039
 are all

00:40:56.039 --> 00:40:56.579
 the work

00:40:56.579 --> 00:40:57.159
 of his

00:40:57.159 --> 00:40:57.639
 hands.

00:40:58.199 --> 00:40:58.599
 God,

00:40:58.980 --> 00:40:59.699
 righteous

00:40:59.699 --> 00:41:00.320
 judge,

00:41:00.480 --> 00:41:01.239
 who governs.

00:41:01.239 --> 00:41:01.559
 That's what

00:41:01.559 --> 00:41:02.340
 Elihu is saying.

00:41:03.400 --> 00:41:03.519
 Then

00:41:03.519 --> 00:41:04.840
 chapter 36,

00:41:05.019 --> 00:41:05.639
 verse 22.

00:41:05.639 --> 00:41:10.139
 Behold,

00:41:10.339 --> 00:41:10.900
 God is

00:41:10.900 --> 00:41:11.679
 exalted in

00:41:11.679 --> 00:41:12.199
 his power.

00:41:12.639 --> 00:41:13.139
 Who is a

00:41:13.139 --> 00:41:13.719
 teacher like

00:41:13.719 --> 00:41:14.019
 him?

00:41:14.219 --> 00:41:14.779
 Who has

00:41:14.779 --> 00:41:15.539
 prescribed for

00:41:15.539 --> 00:41:16.019
 him his

00:41:16.019 --> 00:41:16.379
 way?

00:41:16.579 --> 00:41:17.159
 Or who

00:41:17.159 --> 00:41:17.799
 can say,

00:41:18.319 --> 00:41:19.219
 you have

00:41:19.219 --> 00:41:19.759
 done wrong?

00:41:20.719 --> 00:41:21.559
 The charge

00:41:21.559 --> 00:41:22.299
 that Elihu

00:41:22.299 --> 00:41:24.259
 brings to

00:41:24.259 --> 00:41:24.539
 Job.

00:41:26.000 --> 00:41:26.460
 And then

00:41:26.460 --> 00:41:26.819
 God gets

00:41:26.819 --> 00:41:27.239
 on board.

00:41:27.500 --> 00:41:28.179
 Chapter 38,

00:41:28.839 --> 00:41:29.679
 verse 2.

00:41:33.679 --> 00:41:34.319
 God says,

00:41:34.320 --> 00:41:35.440
 Who is this

00:41:35.440 --> 00:41:36.280
 that darkens

00:41:36.280 --> 00:41:37.039
 counsel by

00:41:37.039 --> 00:41:38.160
 words without

00:41:38.160 --> 00:41:38.680
 knowledge?

00:41:39.220 --> 00:41:39.820
 Dress for

00:41:39.820 --> 00:41:40.400
 action like

00:41:40.400 --> 00:41:40.820
 a man.

00:41:41.240 --> 00:41:41.600
 I will

00:41:41.600 --> 00:41:42.420
 question you,

00:41:42.660 --> 00:41:43.039
 and you

00:41:43.039 --> 00:41:43.440
 make it

00:41:43.440 --> 00:41:43.920
 known to

00:41:43.920 --> 00:41:44.240
 me.

00:41:45.080 --> 00:41:45.539
 Where were

00:41:45.539 --> 00:41:46.100
 you when

00:41:46.100 --> 00:41:46.559
 I laid

00:41:46.559 --> 00:41:47.220
 the foundation

00:41:47.220 --> 00:41:47.700
 of the

00:41:47.700 --> 00:41:48.000
 earth?

00:41:48.360 --> 00:41:48.940
 Tell me,

00:41:49.039 --> 00:41:49.440
 if you have

00:41:49.440 --> 00:41:50.019
 understanding.

00:41:50.840 --> 00:41:51.600
 Who determined

00:41:51.600 --> 00:41:52.420
 its measurements?

00:41:52.920 --> 00:41:53.559
 Surely you

00:41:53.559 --> 00:41:53.880
 know.

00:41:54.640 --> 00:41:55.100
 Or who

00:41:55.100 --> 00:41:55.840
 stretched the

00:41:55.840 --> 00:41:56.420
 line upon

00:41:56.420 --> 00:41:56.660
 it?

00:41:57.019 --> 00:41:57.320
 Or on

00:41:57.320 --> 00:41:58.780
 what were

00:41:58.780 --> 00:41:59.140
 its bases

00:41:59.140 --> 00:41:59.580
 sunk?

00:41:59.640 --> 00:42:00.000
 Or who

00:42:00.000 --> 00:42:00.420
 laid its

00:42:00.420 --> 00:42:01.080
 cornerstone

00:42:01.080 --> 00:42:01.720
 when the

00:42:01.720 --> 00:42:02.460
 morning stars

00:42:02.460 --> 00:42:03.380
 sang together

00:42:03.380 --> 00:42:04.160
 and all

00:42:04.159 --> 00:42:04.579
 the sons

00:42:04.579 --> 00:42:05.079
 of God

00:42:05.079 --> 00:42:05.759
 shouted

00:42:05.759 --> 00:42:06.759
 for joy?

00:42:08.579 --> 00:42:09.460
 You hear

00:42:09.460 --> 00:42:10.460
 what God

00:42:10.460 --> 00:42:11.000
 says to

00:42:11.000 --> 00:42:11.519
 the man

00:42:11.519 --> 00:42:12.299
 who

00:42:12.299 --> 00:42:13.539
 questions

00:42:13.539 --> 00:42:14.219
 him?

00:42:16.279 --> 00:42:17.219
 Who are

00:42:17.219 --> 00:42:17.619
 you,

00:42:17.899 --> 00:42:18.799
 O man?

00:42:19.619 --> 00:42:20.059
 To answer

00:42:20.059 --> 00:42:20.379
 back to

00:42:20.379 --> 00:42:20.679
 God,

00:42:21.199 --> 00:42:21.480
 what he

00:42:21.480 --> 00:42:21.759
 says.

00:42:22.839 --> 00:42:23.139
 Job

00:42:23.139 --> 00:42:23.779
 responds,

00:42:24.179 --> 00:42:24.960
 chapter 40,

00:42:25.480 --> 00:42:26.299
 verse 3.

00:42:31.440 --> 00:42:32.079
 Then

00:42:32.079 --> 00:42:32.359
 Job

00:42:32.359 --> 00:42:32.940
 answered the

00:42:32.940 --> 00:42:33.319
 Lord and

00:42:33.319 --> 00:42:33.659
 said,

00:42:33.659 --> 00:42:34.219
 behold,

00:42:34.679 --> 00:42:35.319
 I am

00:42:35.319 --> 00:42:36.119
 of small

00:42:36.119 --> 00:42:36.599
 account,

00:42:37.159 --> 00:42:37.739
 and what

00:42:37.739 --> 00:42:38.319
 shall I

00:42:38.319 --> 00:42:38.799
 answer you?

00:42:39.319 --> 00:42:39.899
 I lay

00:42:39.899 --> 00:42:40.619
 my hand

00:42:40.619 --> 00:42:41.159
 on my

00:42:41.159 --> 00:42:41.500
 mouth.

00:42:41.819 --> 00:42:42.239
 I have

00:42:42.239 --> 00:42:42.519
 spoken

00:42:42.519 --> 00:42:43.059
 once,

00:42:43.139 --> 00:42:43.460
 and I

00:42:43.460 --> 00:42:43.859
 will not

00:42:43.859 --> 00:42:44.219
 answer

00:42:44.219 --> 00:42:44.899
 twice,

00:42:45.119 --> 00:42:45.599
 but I

00:42:45.599 --> 00:42:46.219
 will proceed

00:42:46.219 --> 00:42:46.819
 no

00:42:46.819 --> 00:42:47.420
 further.

00:42:49.339 --> 00:42:49.819
 See Job's

00:42:49.819 --> 00:42:50.159
 humility?

00:42:51.779 --> 00:42:52.159
 God

00:42:52.159 --> 00:42:52.519
 says to

00:42:52.519 --> 00:42:52.759
 Job,

00:42:52.879 --> 00:42:53.219
 I am

00:42:53.219 --> 00:42:53.679
 God,

00:42:53.779 --> 00:42:53.980
 and you

00:42:53.980 --> 00:42:54.559
 are not,

00:42:55.239 --> 00:42:55.679
 and you

00:42:55.679 --> 00:42:56.139
 are to

00:42:56.139 --> 00:42:56.960
 be quiet.

00:42:57.759 --> 00:42:57.920
 What's

00:42:57.920 --> 00:42:58.079
 Job

00:42:58.079 --> 00:42:58.299
 saying?

00:42:58.859 --> 00:42:59.179
 Yes,

00:42:59.219 --> 00:42:59.379
 sir.

00:43:00.460 --> 00:43:00.719
 Yes,

00:43:00.759 --> 00:43:00.960
 sir.

00:43:00.960 --> 00:43:03.579
 And the

00:43:03.579 --> 00:43:04.099
 Lord responds

00:43:04.099 --> 00:43:04.440
 to him,

00:43:04.500 --> 00:43:04.980
 chapter 40,

00:43:05.039 --> 00:43:05.500
 verse 7,

00:43:05.960 --> 00:43:06.579
 dress for

00:43:06.579 --> 00:43:07.079
 action like

00:43:07.079 --> 00:43:07.420
 a man.

00:43:07.519 --> 00:43:07.780
 I will

00:43:07.780 --> 00:43:08.500
 question you,

00:43:08.840 --> 00:43:09.179
 and you

00:43:09.179 --> 00:43:09.480
 make it

00:43:09.480 --> 00:43:09.760
 known to

00:43:09.760 --> 00:43:09.940
 me.

00:43:10.820 --> 00:43:11.039
 God

00:43:11.039 --> 00:43:11.179
 says,

00:43:11.260 --> 00:43:11.440
 anyway,

00:43:11.619 --> 00:43:11.840
 you're

00:43:11.840 --> 00:43:11.960
 going to

00:43:11.960 --> 00:43:12.300
 answer me

00:43:12.300 --> 00:43:12.720
 just the

00:43:12.720 --> 00:43:12.960
 same.

00:43:13.500 --> 00:43:13.820
 Will you

00:43:13.820 --> 00:43:14.380
 even put

00:43:14.380 --> 00:43:14.980
 me in

00:43:14.980 --> 00:43:15.360
 the wrong?

00:43:15.760 --> 00:43:16.019
 Will you

00:43:16.019 --> 00:43:16.659
 condemn me

00:43:16.659 --> 00:43:17.039
 that you

00:43:17.039 --> 00:43:17.599
 might be

00:43:17.599 --> 00:43:17.840
 in the

00:43:17.840 --> 00:43:18.139
 right?

00:43:18.519 --> 00:43:18.860
 Have you

00:43:18.860 --> 00:43:19.400
 an arm

00:43:19.400 --> 00:43:19.920
 like God,

00:43:19.960 --> 00:43:20.260
 and can

00:43:20.260 --> 00:43:20.460
 you

00:43:20.460 --> 00:43:20.980
 thunder

00:43:20.980 --> 00:43:21.500
 with a

00:43:21.500 --> 00:43:21.840
 voice

00:43:21.840 --> 00:43:22.139
 like

00:43:22.139 --> 00:43:22.519
 his?

00:43:22.519 --> 00:43:23.820
 And he

00:43:23.820 --> 00:43:24.219
 goes on

00:43:24.219 --> 00:43:24.820
 for two

00:43:24.820 --> 00:43:25.340
 chapters.

00:43:27.500 --> 00:43:27.759
 And then

00:43:27.759 --> 00:43:28.159
 Job,

00:43:28.800 --> 00:43:29.239
 I would

00:43:29.239 --> 00:43:29.679
 just be

00:43:29.679 --> 00:43:31.000
 trembling.

00:43:31.940 --> 00:43:32.099
 God

00:43:32.099 --> 00:43:32.460
 were speaking

00:43:32.460 --> 00:43:32.719
 to me

00:43:32.719 --> 00:43:33.239
 directly

00:43:33.239 --> 00:43:33.820
 as he

00:43:33.820 --> 00:43:34.159
 speaks

00:43:34.159 --> 00:43:35.119
 to Job,

00:43:35.239 --> 00:43:36.599
 but God

00:43:36.599 --> 00:43:37.059
 speaks to

00:43:37.059 --> 00:43:38.099
 us by

00:43:38.099 --> 00:43:38.699
 his word

00:43:38.699 --> 00:43:40.000
 directly.

00:43:40.900 --> 00:43:41.099
 Right?

00:43:41.579 --> 00:43:42.119
 Listen to

00:43:42.119 --> 00:43:42.400
 Job's

00:43:42.400 --> 00:43:42.960
 response.

00:43:43.579 --> 00:43:44.920
 Job 42,

00:43:45.800 --> 00:43:46.599
 verse 2.

00:43:46.599 --> 00:43:50.779
 I know

00:43:50.779 --> 00:43:51.299
 that you

00:43:51.299 --> 00:43:51.819
 can do

00:43:51.819 --> 00:43:52.599
 all things

00:43:52.599 --> 00:43:53.380
 and that

00:43:53.380 --> 00:43:54.059
 no purpose

00:43:54.059 --> 00:43:54.579
 of yours

00:43:54.579 --> 00:43:54.960
 can be

00:43:54.960 --> 00:43:55.339
 thwarted.

00:43:55.940 --> 00:43:56.299
 Who is

00:43:56.299 --> 00:43:56.539
 this that

00:43:56.539 --> 00:43:56.719
 hides

00:43:56.719 --> 00:43:57.019
 counsel

00:43:57.019 --> 00:43:57.279
 without

00:43:57.279 --> 00:43:57.679
 knowledge?

00:43:57.920 --> 00:43:58.239
 Therefore

00:43:58.239 --> 00:43:58.880
 I have

00:43:58.880 --> 00:43:59.500
 uttered

00:43:59.500 --> 00:43:59.920
 what I

00:43:59.920 --> 00:44:00.480
 did not

00:44:00.480 --> 00:44:01.219
 understand,

00:44:01.599 --> 00:44:02.380
 things too

00:44:02.380 --> 00:44:03.079
 wonderful for

00:44:03.079 --> 00:44:03.759
 me which I

00:44:03.759 --> 00:44:04.239
 did not

00:44:04.239 --> 00:44:04.559
 know.

00:44:05.019 --> 00:44:05.380
 Hear,

00:44:05.579 --> 00:44:05.880
 and I

00:44:05.880 --> 00:44:06.380
 will speak.

00:44:06.659 --> 00:44:06.960
 I will

00:44:06.960 --> 00:44:07.639
 question you

00:44:07.639 --> 00:44:08.639
 and you

00:44:08.639 --> 00:44:09.000
 make it

00:44:09.000 --> 00:44:09.380
 known to

00:44:09.380 --> 00:44:09.599
 me.

00:44:09.960 --> 00:44:10.239
 I had

00:44:10.239 --> 00:44:10.559
 heard of

00:44:10.559 --> 00:44:10.779
 you by

00:44:10.779 --> 00:44:11.159
 the hearing

00:44:11.159 --> 00:44:11.420
 of the

00:44:11.420 --> 00:44:11.559
 ear,

00:44:11.619 --> 00:44:12.119
 but now

00:44:12.119 --> 00:44:12.759
 my eye

00:44:12.759 --> 00:44:13.400
 sees you.

00:44:13.880 --> 00:44:14.159
 Therefore

00:44:14.159 --> 00:44:15.139
 I despise

00:44:15.139 --> 00:44:16.159
 myself and

00:44:16.159 --> 00:44:16.579
 repent.

00:44:16.599 --> 00:44:17.739
 in dust

00:44:17.739 --> 00:44:18.860
 and ashes.

00:44:20.920 --> 00:44:21.819
 So here's

00:44:21.819 --> 00:44:22.159
 a man

00:44:22.159 --> 00:44:23.559
 who

00:44:23.559 --> 00:44:24.440
 questioned

00:44:24.440 --> 00:44:25.679
 the sovereignty

00:44:25.679 --> 00:44:26.159
 of God

00:44:26.159 --> 00:44:26.559
 in all

00:44:26.559 --> 00:44:27.059
 things.

00:44:27.920 --> 00:44:28.319
 And there's

00:44:28.319 --> 00:44:28.619
 where he

00:44:28.619 --> 00:44:29.099
 ends up

00:44:29.099 --> 00:44:30.299
 repenting

00:44:30.299 --> 00:44:31.380
 in dust

00:44:31.380 --> 00:44:32.659
 and in

00:44:32.659 --> 00:44:32.920
 ashes.

00:44:34.960 --> 00:44:36.239
 Where are

00:44:36.239 --> 00:44:36.739
 you in

00:44:36.739 --> 00:44:37.079
 this

00:44:37.079 --> 00:44:38.239
 today?

00:44:40.079 --> 00:44:40.960
 Do you

00:44:40.960 --> 00:44:41.679
 stand in

00:44:41.679 --> 00:44:41.980
 judgment

00:44:41.980 --> 00:44:42.739
 over God

00:44:42.739 --> 00:44:43.259
 or do

00:44:43.259 --> 00:44:43.679
 you humbly

00:44:43.679 --> 00:44:43.679


00:44:43.679 --> 00:44:44.019
 submit

00:44:44.019 --> 00:44:44.519
 yourself

00:44:44.519 --> 00:44:45.219
 to his

00:44:45.219 --> 00:44:45.679
 word

00:44:45.679 --> 00:44:46.079
 which has

00:44:46.079 --> 00:44:46.440
 been brought

00:44:46.440 --> 00:44:46.860
 down

00:44:46.860 --> 00:44:47.619
 from above

00:44:47.619 --> 00:44:48.299
 to you?

00:44:50.139 --> 00:44:50.860
 Are you

00:44:50.860 --> 00:44:51.799
 talking back

00:44:51.799 --> 00:44:52.279
 to God

00:44:52.279 --> 00:44:52.880
 this morning?

00:44:54.340 --> 00:44:55.139
 Or are you

00:44:55.139 --> 00:44:56.319
 being quiet?

00:44:57.940 --> 00:44:58.840
 I hope

00:44:58.840 --> 00:45:00.279
 the latter

00:45:00.279 --> 00:45:01.219
 of those two.

00:45:02.920 --> 00:45:03.400
 Last week

00:45:03.400 --> 00:45:04.000
 I told you

00:45:04.000 --> 00:45:04.880
 that the

00:45:04.880 --> 00:45:05.840
 doctrine of

00:45:05.840 --> 00:45:06.239
 election

00:45:06.239 --> 00:45:07.380
 was not

00:45:07.380 --> 00:45:08.299
 meant to

00:45:08.299 --> 00:45:09.159
 confuse us.

00:45:10.539 --> 00:45:11.360
 It wasn't

00:45:11.360 --> 00:45:11.840
 meant to

00:45:11.840 --> 00:45:12.340
 make us

00:45:12.340 --> 00:45:13.119
 feel that

00:45:13.119 --> 00:45:13.619
 God's

00:45:13.619 --> 00:45:14.039
 character

00:45:14.039 --> 00:45:14.480
 has been

00:45:14.480 --> 00:45:15.119
 destroyed.

00:45:16.500 --> 00:45:17.099
 It's

00:45:17.099 --> 00:45:17.420
 meant to

00:45:17.420 --> 00:45:18.239
 serve as

00:45:18.239 --> 00:45:18.639
 a comfort

00:45:18.639 --> 00:45:19.059
 to our

00:45:19.059 --> 00:45:19.519
 souls.

00:45:20.179 --> 00:45:20.460
 As we

00:45:20.460 --> 00:45:20.940
 walk through

00:45:20.940 --> 00:45:21.519
 troubling

00:45:21.519 --> 00:45:22.320
 times to

00:45:22.320 --> 00:45:22.639
 know that

00:45:22.639 --> 00:45:23.000
 God is

00:45:23.000 --> 00:45:23.239
 fully

00:45:23.239 --> 00:45:23.679
 sovereign

00:45:23.679 --> 00:45:25.000
 over us,

00:45:25.320 --> 00:45:25.880
 our life,

00:45:26.179 --> 00:45:26.539
 our final

00:45:26.539 --> 00:45:27.059
 salvation.

00:45:27.739 --> 00:45:28.460
 As I

00:45:28.460 --> 00:45:29.119
 sin against

00:45:29.119 --> 00:45:29.779
 holy God

00:45:29.779 --> 00:45:30.219
 to know

00:45:30.219 --> 00:45:30.539
 that I

00:45:30.539 --> 00:45:30.860
 cannot

00:45:30.860 --> 00:45:32.139
 lose my

00:45:32.139 --> 00:45:32.559
 salvation

00:45:32.559 --> 00:45:33.159
 because it's

00:45:33.159 --> 00:45:33.679
 all of

00:45:33.679 --> 00:45:33.980
 him,

00:45:35.259 --> 00:45:35.980
 brings comfort

00:45:35.980 --> 00:45:36.779
 to my

00:45:36.779 --> 00:45:37.099
 soul.

00:45:38.500 --> 00:45:39.019
 It should

00:45:39.019 --> 00:45:39.500
 cause us

00:45:39.500 --> 00:45:40.260
 to praise

00:45:40.260 --> 00:45:40.639
 God.

00:45:41.780 --> 00:45:42.639
 We don't

00:45:42.639 --> 00:45:43.400
 deserve

00:45:43.400 --> 00:45:44.099
 his

00:45:44.099 --> 00:45:44.719
 salvation.

00:45:45.820 --> 00:45:46.239
 Church,

00:45:46.280 --> 00:45:46.500
 do we

00:45:46.500 --> 00:45:47.380
 believe that?

00:45:48.860 --> 00:45:49.239
 If you

00:45:49.239 --> 00:45:50.260
 believe that

00:45:50.260 --> 00:45:51.079
 your final

00:45:51.079 --> 00:45:52.539
 resting place

00:45:52.539 --> 00:45:53.860
 was absolute

00:45:53.860 --> 00:45:54.760
 and utter

00:45:54.760 --> 00:45:55.559
 destruction

00:45:55.559 --> 00:45:56.539
 forever,

00:45:57.340 --> 00:45:58.320
 you bought

00:45:58.320 --> 00:45:58.539
 it.

00:45:58.619 --> 00:45:58.840
 It was

00:45:58.840 --> 00:45:59.420
 yours.

00:46:00.480 --> 00:46:01.079
 But instead,

00:46:01.719 --> 00:46:02.260
 Christ took

00:46:02.260 --> 00:46:02.780
 it from you

00:46:02.780 --> 00:46:03.619
 and he gave

00:46:03.619 --> 00:46:04.739
 you his

00:46:04.739 --> 00:46:05.179
 righteousness.

00:46:05.360 --> 00:46:05.559
 If you

00:46:05.559 --> 00:46:06.519
 believe that,

00:46:06.800 --> 00:46:07.360
 it will cause

00:46:07.360 --> 00:46:08.039
 you to praise

00:46:08.039 --> 00:46:08.340
 him,

00:46:08.539 --> 00:46:09.460
 question him.

00:46:11.940 --> 00:46:12.719
 And it's

00:46:12.719 --> 00:46:13.440
 meant to

00:46:13.440 --> 00:46:14.559
 encourage us

00:46:14.559 --> 00:46:16.579
 to evangelism,

00:46:16.960 --> 00:46:18.199
 to know

00:46:18.199 --> 00:46:19.039
 that almighty

00:46:19.039 --> 00:46:20.500
 God goes

00:46:20.500 --> 00:46:21.300
 with us

00:46:21.300 --> 00:46:22.119
 when we

00:46:22.119 --> 00:46:22.440
 share the

00:46:22.440 --> 00:46:22.779
 gospel,

00:46:23.320 --> 00:46:24.119
 that he is

00:46:24.119 --> 00:46:24.759
 in control

00:46:24.759 --> 00:46:25.599
 of all

00:46:25.599 --> 00:46:26.039
 things,

00:46:26.300 --> 00:46:27.300
 and no

00:46:27.300 --> 00:46:29.019
 one can

00:46:29.019 --> 00:46:30.340
 stand against

00:46:30.340 --> 00:46:31.159
 the church

00:46:31.159 --> 00:46:31.519
 in the

00:46:31.519 --> 00:46:32.800
 advance of

00:46:32.800 --> 00:46:33.300
 the gospel.

00:46:34.300 --> 00:46:35.279
 It is all

00:46:35.279 --> 00:46:36.159
 God's

00:46:36.159 --> 00:46:36.840
 doing.

00:46:38.039 --> 00:46:38.619
 And all

00:46:38.619 --> 00:46:38.860
 of these

00:46:38.860 --> 00:46:39.440
 ultimately

00:46:39.440 --> 00:46:40.679
 are a result

00:46:40.679 --> 00:46:41.119
 of our

00:46:41.119 --> 00:46:42.000
 affections

00:46:42.000 --> 00:46:43.559
 being moved

00:46:43.559 --> 00:46:44.159
 toward him.

00:46:44.659 --> 00:46:45.259
 We will do

00:46:45.259 --> 00:46:45.820
 these things.

00:46:45.920 --> 00:46:46.119
 We will

00:46:46.119 --> 00:46:46.599
 automatically

00:46:46.599 --> 00:46:47.139
 praise.

00:46:47.279 --> 00:46:47.539
 We will

00:46:47.539 --> 00:46:48.539
 go and

00:46:48.539 --> 00:46:49.380
 evangelize.

00:46:50.000 --> 00:46:50.739
 Our souls

00:46:50.739 --> 00:46:51.019
 will be

00:46:51.019 --> 00:46:51.519
 comforted

00:46:51.519 --> 00:46:51.920
 when we

00:46:51.920 --> 00:46:53.380
 are wrapped

00:46:53.380 --> 00:46:54.500
 up in

00:46:54.500 --> 00:46:54.960
 who God

00:46:54.960 --> 00:46:55.320
 is.

00:46:55.980 --> 00:46:56.300
 When we

00:46:56.300 --> 00:46:56.820
 are pulled

00:46:56.820 --> 00:46:57.320
 from this

00:46:57.320 --> 00:46:57.719
 temporary

00:46:57.719 --> 00:46:59.320
 place to

00:46:59.320 --> 00:47:00.400
 heavenly realms

00:47:00.400 --> 00:47:00.980
 and we

00:47:00.980 --> 00:47:02.619
 understand who

00:47:02.619 --> 00:47:03.340
 we are

00:47:03.340 --> 00:47:04.779
 in Christ.

00:47:06.159 --> 00:47:07.000
 Charles Spurgeon

00:47:07.000 --> 00:47:07.340
 wrote a

00:47:07.340 --> 00:47:09.380
 sermon called

00:47:09.380 --> 00:47:09.860
 Love's

00:47:09.860 --> 00:47:10.320
 Logic.

00:47:10.900 --> 00:47:11.360
 It was

00:47:11.360 --> 00:47:11.760
 written on

00:47:11.760 --> 00:47:12.480
 1 John

00:47:12.480 --> 00:47:13.599
 4.19.

00:47:14.380 --> 00:47:14.900
 This is

00:47:14.900 --> 00:47:15.800
 actually our

00:47:15.800 --> 00:47:16.099
 closing.

00:47:17.179 --> 00:47:17.639
 So listen to

00:47:17.639 --> 00:47:18.619
 this quote

00:47:18.619 --> 00:47:18.920
 from that

00:47:18.920 --> 00:47:19.599
 sermon quickly

00:47:19.599 --> 00:47:19.960
 with me.

00:47:21.420 --> 00:47:22.340
 We love

00:47:22.340 --> 00:47:23.780
 him because

00:47:23.780 --> 00:47:24.260
 he first

00:47:24.260 --> 00:47:24.880
 loved us.

00:47:25.079 --> 00:47:25.280
 This is

00:47:25.280 --> 00:47:25.619
 1 John

00:47:25.619 --> 00:47:26.099
 4.19.

00:47:27.260 --> 00:47:27.840
 Love to

00:47:27.840 --> 00:47:28.300
 God,

00:47:28.760 --> 00:47:29.340
 wherever it

00:47:29.340 --> 00:47:30.320
 really exists,

00:47:30.579 --> 00:47:30.920
 has been

00:47:30.920 --> 00:47:31.900
 created in

00:47:31.900 --> 00:47:32.420
 the bosom

00:47:32.420 --> 00:47:32.980
 by a

00:47:32.980 --> 00:47:33.800
 belief of

00:47:33.800 --> 00:47:34.260
 God's

00:47:34.260 --> 00:47:35.220
 love to

00:47:35.220 --> 00:47:35.680
 us.

00:47:36.800 --> 00:47:37.360
 No man

00:47:37.360 --> 00:47:38.119
 loves God

00:47:38.119 --> 00:47:38.480
 till he

00:47:38.480 --> 00:47:39.139
 knows that

00:47:39.139 --> 00:47:39.740
 God loves

00:47:39.740 --> 00:47:40.059
 him.

00:47:40.639 --> 00:47:41.400
 And every

00:47:41.400 --> 00:47:42.340
 believer loves

00:47:42.340 --> 00:47:42.840
 God for

00:47:42.840 --> 00:47:43.680
 this reason

00:47:43.680 --> 00:47:45.019
 first and

00:47:45.019 --> 00:47:45.519
 chiefly,

00:47:46.039 --> 00:47:46.720
 that God

00:47:46.720 --> 00:47:47.639
 loves him.

00:47:48.639 --> 00:47:49.139
 He has

00:47:49.139 --> 00:47:49.780
 seen himself

00:47:49.780 --> 00:47:50.099
 to be

00:47:50.099 --> 00:47:50.860
 unworthy of

00:47:50.860 --> 00:47:51.539
 divine favor,

00:47:52.000 --> 00:47:52.539
 yet he has

00:47:52.539 --> 00:47:53.420
 believed God's

00:47:53.420 --> 00:47:53.960
 love and the

00:47:53.960 --> 00:47:54.480
 gift of his

00:47:54.480 --> 00:47:55.119
 dear son,

00:47:55.320 --> 00:47:55.780
 and he has

00:47:55.780 --> 00:47:56.440
 accepted the

00:47:56.440 --> 00:47:57.159
 atonement that

00:47:57.159 --> 00:47:57.579
 Christ has

00:47:57.579 --> 00:47:58.559
 made as a

00:47:58.559 --> 00:47:59.019
 proof of

00:47:59.019 --> 00:47:59.619
 God's love,

00:47:59.619 --> 00:48:00.319
 and now

00:48:00.319 --> 00:48:01.199
 being satisfied

00:48:01.199 --> 00:48:01.639
 of the

00:48:01.639 --> 00:48:02.519
 divine affection

00:48:02.519 --> 00:48:03.339
 towards him,

00:48:03.880 --> 00:48:04.460
 he of

00:48:04.460 --> 00:48:05.139
 necessity

00:48:05.139 --> 00:48:07.019
 loves God.

00:48:08.159 --> 00:48:09.619
 That is

00:48:09.619 --> 00:48:10.199
 the place

00:48:10.199 --> 00:48:11.480
 where Paul

00:48:11.480 --> 00:48:12.119
 writes from.

00:48:13.159 --> 00:48:13.920
 Not in a

00:48:13.920 --> 00:48:14.259
 place of

00:48:14.259 --> 00:48:14.599
 judging,

00:48:14.759 --> 00:48:15.059
 not in a

00:48:15.059 --> 00:48:15.380
 place of

00:48:15.380 --> 00:48:15.679
 asking,

00:48:15.819 --> 00:48:16.460
 is that not

00:48:16.460 --> 00:48:16.819
 fair?

00:48:17.299 --> 00:48:17.839
 But saying,

00:48:18.319 --> 00:48:19.319
 I'm glad

00:48:19.319 --> 00:48:19.779
 God isn't

00:48:19.779 --> 00:48:20.139
 fair.

00:48:20.819 --> 00:48:22.000
 If God

00:48:22.000 --> 00:48:22.519
 were fair,

00:48:23.119 --> 00:48:24.339
 I'd be

00:48:24.339 --> 00:48:24.819
 destroyed.

00:48:25.699 --> 00:48:26.400
 But he

00:48:26.400 --> 00:48:27.239
 loves me.

00:48:27.960 --> 00:48:28.480
 And remember

00:48:28.480 --> 00:48:28.900
 he's in the

00:48:28.900 --> 00:48:29.259
 middle of his

00:48:29.260 --> 00:48:29.680
 lament for

00:48:29.680 --> 00:48:30.040
 Israel,

00:48:30.320 --> 00:48:30.580
 and he's

00:48:30.580 --> 00:48:30.720
 going to

00:48:30.720 --> 00:48:31.180
 go on in

00:48:31.180 --> 00:48:31.460
 the next

00:48:31.460 --> 00:48:31.900
 two chapters

00:48:31.900 --> 00:48:32.220
 to talk

00:48:32.220 --> 00:48:32.540
 about how

00:48:32.540 --> 00:48:33.220
 he still

00:48:33.220 --> 00:48:34.040
 loves

00:48:34.040 --> 00:48:35.300
 Israel.

00:48:36.100 --> 00:48:36.540
 And in

00:48:36.540 --> 00:48:37.040
 all of

00:48:37.040 --> 00:48:37.440
 this,

00:48:38.160 --> 00:48:38.780
 at the

00:48:38.780 --> 00:48:39.300
 end,

00:48:39.760 --> 00:48:41.120
 this big

00:48:41.120 --> 00:48:41.620
 dialogue,

00:48:42.340 --> 00:48:42.940
 all of it,

00:48:43.000 --> 00:48:43.700
 chapter 11,

00:48:44.020 --> 00:48:44.700
 verse 33,

00:48:44.900 --> 00:48:45.440
 he says,

00:48:45.960 --> 00:48:46.960
 Oh, the

00:48:46.960 --> 00:48:47.800
 depth of

00:48:47.800 --> 00:48:48.260
 the riches

00:48:48.260 --> 00:48:49.040
 and wisdom

00:48:49.040 --> 00:48:49.680
 and knowledge

00:48:49.680 --> 00:48:50.120
 of God,

00:48:50.200 --> 00:48:51.100
 how unsearchable

00:48:51.100 --> 00:48:51.500
 are his

00:48:51.500 --> 00:48:51.840
 judgments,

00:48:52.300 --> 00:48:52.700
 and how

00:48:52.700 --> 00:48:53.340
 inscrutable

00:48:53.340 --> 00:48:53.980
 his ways,

00:48:54.380 --> 00:48:54.860
 for who

00:48:54.860 --> 00:48:55.140
 has known

00:48:55.140 --> 00:48:55.460
 the mind

00:48:55.460 --> 00:48:55.820
 of the Lord,

00:48:55.860 --> 00:48:56.180
 or who

00:48:56.180 --> 00:48:56.560
 has been

00:48:56.560 --> 00:48:57.200
 his counselor,

00:48:57.580 --> 00:48:57.860
 or who

00:48:57.860 --> 00:48:58.180
 has given

00:48:58.180 --> 00:48:58.500
 a gift

00:48:58.500 --> 00:48:58.800
 to him

00:48:58.800 --> 00:48:59.140
 that he

00:48:59.140 --> 00:48:59.560
 might be

00:48:59.560 --> 00:49:00.060
 repaid.

00:49:00.380 --> 00:49:01.000
 For from

00:49:01.000 --> 00:49:01.680
 him and

00:49:01.680 --> 00:49:02.220
 through him

00:49:02.220 --> 00:49:02.860
 and to

00:49:02.860 --> 00:49:03.560
 him are

00:49:03.560 --> 00:49:04.260
 all things.

00:49:04.340 --> 00:49:04.640
 To him

00:49:04.640 --> 00:49:04.980
 be glory

00:49:04.980 --> 00:49:05.380
 forever.

00:49:06.160 --> 00:49:06.460
 Amen.

00:49:07.460 --> 00:49:07.960
 That's where

00:49:07.960 --> 00:49:08.539
 he goes

00:49:08.539 --> 00:49:09.620
 with all

00:49:09.620 --> 00:49:10.260
 of this

00:49:10.260 --> 00:49:10.960
 conversation.

00:49:11.120 --> 00:49:11.300
 And that

00:49:11.300 --> 00:49:11.880
 is certainly

00:49:11.880 --> 00:49:12.820
 where we

00:49:12.820 --> 00:49:13.260
 should go

00:49:13.260 --> 00:49:14.100
 as well.

00:49:14.580 --> 00:49:15.000
 Let's pray

00:49:15.000 --> 00:49:15.240
 together.