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 It's great to be out here worshiping, sun shining on us, and I think it was Blue Jay or Common Grackle screaming.

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 And for those of you who don't know me, if you're visiting, my name is Sean.

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 I'm one of the pastors of Trinity Cambridge Church.

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 It's my joy to preach God's word to you this morning.

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 We're going to be in Psalm 10, so please open up your Bibles to Psalm 10.

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 If you don't have a Bible, I don't think we have hard copies to give you today, but you could look it up on your phones.

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 You can get the BibleGateway.com or get one of the thousands of Bible apps out there.

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 I do highly recommend, if you are a believer and you regularly read the Bible, to use a physical Bible because it's nothing like, it doesn't capture, it's easier to see the pages when it's opened up in a book rather than having to scroll through it.

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 And I think I've had several encounters just from reading the Bible in public, had the opportunity to have gospel conversations, and Christians just being encouraged seeing someone reading the Bible in public and whatnot.

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 And so I encourage you guys to do that.

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 Much the same way we are publicly living out our faith and worshiping this morning.

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 Let me pray for the reading and preaching of God's word.

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 Father, we humble ourselves before you.

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 Father, we humble ourselves before you.

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 What it looks like to live as Christians who lament in the midst of the injustices in this world.

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 Point us to Jesus and captivate our hearts again with the gospel.

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 In Jesus' name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 In our church, we usually rise for the reading of God's word as a way of honoring God and the word he has spoken to us and his authority.

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 So if you would please join me in standing.

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 I will read Psalm 10 out loud for us.

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 Amen.

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 Why, O Lord, do you stand far away?

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 Why, O Lord, do you hide yourself in times of trouble?

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 In arrogance, the wicked hotly pursue the poor.

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 Let them be caught in the schemes that they have devised.

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 For the wicked boasts of the desires of his soul, and the one greedy for gain curses and renounces the Lord.

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 In the pride of his face, the wicked does not seek him.

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 All his thoughts are, there is no God.

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 His ways prosper at all times.

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 Your judgments are on high, out of his sight.

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 As for all his foes, he puffs at them.

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 He says in his heart, I shall not be moved.

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 Throughout all generations, I shall not meet adversity.

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 His mouth is filled with cursing and deceit and oppression.

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 Under his tongue are mischief and iniquity.

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 He sits in ambush in the villages.

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 In hiding places, he murders the innocent.

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 His eyes stealthily watch for the helpless.

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 He lurks in ambush like a lion in his thicket.

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 He lurks that he may seize the poor.

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 He seizes the poor when he draws him into his net.

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 The helpless are crushed, sink down, and fall by his might.

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 He says in his heart, God has forgotten.

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 He has hidden his face.

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 He will never see it.

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 Arise, O Lord, O God.

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 Lift up your hand.

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 Forget not the afflicted.

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 Why does the wicked renounce God and say in his heart, you will not call to account?

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 But you do see, for you note mischief and vexation, that you may take it into your hands.

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 To you, the helpless commits himself.

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 You have been the helper of the fatherless.

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 Break the arm of the wicked and evildoer.

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 Call his wickedness to account till you find none.

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 The Lord is king forever and ever.

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 The nations perish from his land.

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 O Lord, you hear the desire of the afflicted.

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 You will strengthen their heart.

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 You will incline your ear to do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed,

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 so that men who is of the earth may strike terror no more.

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 This is God's holy and authoritative word, and you may be seated at this time.

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 Since the Taliban took over Afghanistan's government,

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 the Afghani people have suffered significant curtailment of their freedoms

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 and a dramatic reduction in their standard of living.

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 According to the UN World Food Program, 95% of Afghans don't have enough food to eat.

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 But you can't even peacefully protest against the Taliban government

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 because peaceful protesters are arbitrarily arrested, tortured, and sometimes disappear.

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 The Taliban conducts extrajudicial executions, meaning that they kill people without due process.

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 The oppression of Christians is particularly intense in Afghanistan,

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 and any Christian convert is likely to be killed for their faith if discovered.

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 In the midst of such egregious injustice, where is God?

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 During the transatlantic slave trade, spanning over 400 years,

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 almost 13 million Africans were unjustly kidnapped and sold as slaves across the Atlantic Ocean.

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 According to the U.S. State Department, more than 27 million people worldwide

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 are victims of human trafficking every single year.

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 That's modern-day slavery of a staggering scale.

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 Unfortunately, however, many of those evildoers are never brought to legal justice.

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 For those suffering men and women, even children,

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 and to all those bereaved family members, where is justice?

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 Where is God?

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 According to Open Doors USA, 360 million Christians throughout the world

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 live amidst high levels of persecution and discrimination for their faith.

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 Hundreds of millions of Christians face extreme persecution

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 in countries like North Korea, Somalia, Yemen, Eritrea, Libya, Nigeria, Pakistan, Iran, India, Sudan.

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 Last year alone, 5,621 Christians were murdered for their faith.

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 2,110 churches were attacked.

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 And 4,542 Christians were detained for their faith.

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 These are Christians, children of God,

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 who are unjustly treated all throughout the world.

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 And when they cry out for justice,

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 where is God?

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 The far less severe we experience various forms of injustice in our society too.

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 Maybe you were unfairly overlooked for a job,

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 or a promotion,

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 or a certain wage level,

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 or admission into some program because of a prejudicial system.

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 Maybe you were unfairly accused,

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 or charged of a misdemeanor,

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 or a crime that you never committed.

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 In our sinful, broken world,

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 sometimes it can feel like the system is rigged

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 and weighted against you.

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 Where is God in all of this?

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 In His first coming,

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 Jesus came not to condemn the world,

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 but to save the world,

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 as it says in John 3,17.

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 However, in His second coming,

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 it says in 2 Timothy 4,1,

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 that Jesus will come to judge

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 the living and the dead.

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 And at that time,

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 all evildoers who refuse to repent and turn to Christ,

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 all those who have not been saved

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 by the work of Jesus Christ on the cross,

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 His death and resurrection,

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 will be condemned and brought to justice.

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 But we live right now

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 in between those two comings of Jesus.

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 Between two advents.

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 And so in that intervening period,

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 when we don't yet see the fullness of God's justice,

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 and when that haunting question persists,

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 where is God?

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 When we are torn between our faith,

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 between faith in the just God

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 and the reality of an unjust world,

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 when injustice persists,

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 despite many of us working toward justice

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 in accordance with our vocations,

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 how do we bridge that gap?

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 We lament,

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 as the psalmist does in Psalm 10.

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 Last two weeks,

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 we focused on the first two steps of lament,

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 turning to God

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 and then groaning to Him.

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 And then today,

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 we're focusing on the third step of lament,

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 appealing to God to act,

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 arousing Him to action.

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 And we can appeal to God

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 in the midst of affliction

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 because He is the righteous judge

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 to whom all are accountable.

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 And since we have some kids in the crowd today,

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 I thought I could try to involve them.

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 Kids,

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 can you guys hear me?

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 Inji,

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 Pearl,

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 Ine,

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 Chloe,

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 Constance.

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 Can you guys hear me?

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 So,

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 I'm going to repeat this main point several times.

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 When I say,

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 when the wicked say,

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 there is no God,

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 we say,

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 and then you guys could say this

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 as loud as you want,

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 arise,

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 O God.

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 Can you guys say that?

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 Arise,

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 O God.

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 Okay,

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 adults can participate too

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 if you want to.

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 Yeah.

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 So,

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 when the wicked say,

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 there is no God,

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 we say,

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 arise,

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 O God.

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 All right.

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 I also see that there's limited,

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 shaded real estate here.

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 So,

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 if you're out in the sun,

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 please feel free to sit close

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 with other people.

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 Everybody here,

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 love each other.

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 It's okay.

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 You guys can get close.

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 Yeah.

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 If you stay in the sun,

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 your complexion is going to be

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 a lot closer to mine

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 than yours probably

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 by the end of this.

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 In verses 1 to 11,

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 we face the reality

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 that sometimes

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 when our faith is clouded

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 by the sin and darkness

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 we see all around us,

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 the evildoers claim

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 that there is no God

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 can sound convincing.

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 So,

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 the psalmist cries out

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 in verse 1,

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 Why,

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 O Lord,

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 do you stand far away?

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 Why do you hide yourself

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 in times of trouble?

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 In light of the injustices

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 that he sees all around him,

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 he feels as though

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 God is aloof

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 and detached

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 from the troubles

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 of our world.

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 He feels as though

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 God's abandoned him

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 at the moment

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 of his greatest need.

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 The verse also speaks

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 to our perception

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 in the midst of suffering.

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 Even for those of us

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 who believe

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 in God's robust sovereignty

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 in and through

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 our sufferings,

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 it's still jarring

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 when we actually

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 are in the throes of pain.

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 In the book of Job,

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 for example,

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 the titular character

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 faces all kinds of suffering

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 that God sovereignly

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 allows into his life

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 and he is so destitute

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 and so sick

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 and desperate

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 at some point

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 that even his wife

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 counsels him

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 to just curse God

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 and die.

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 But Job rebukes her

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 in Job 2.10

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 and says,

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 shall we receive

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 good from God

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 and shall we not

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 receive evil?

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 And that is precisely

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 our sinful human tendency.

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 We only want to receive

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 good from God

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 and not evil.

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 Subconsciously,

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 many of us tend to believe

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 the false narrative

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 that if we're good Christians,

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 only good things

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 will happen to us.

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 we limit God's goodness

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 to our own

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 narrow perception

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 of goodness.

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 We can't fathom

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 that God might be doing

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 something deeper

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 in and through

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 even the evil

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 that surrounds us.

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 This is why God

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 can feel so distant

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 in the midst of our trials

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 and sufferings.

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 But God is not far away.

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 God does not hide himself

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 in times of trouble

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 but he sure can feel

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 that way.

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 The psalmist feels this way

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 in particular

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 because of the injustices

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 he sees.

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 And there are two main

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 categories of people

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 we see in this psalm,

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 in Psalm 10.

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 The first category

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 is the wicked

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 or the evildoer.

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 That word occurs

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 five times

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 throughout the psalm.

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 They are the perpetrators

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 of evil.

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 They are described

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 as the predators.

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 The second category

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 of people is most often

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 referred to here

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 as the poor

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 or the afflicted,

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 both of which

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 translate the same

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 Hebrew word

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 that occurs five times

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 in this psalm as well.

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 The poor are also called

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 the helpless

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 three times

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 and also referred to

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 as the fatherless

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 and the oppressed.

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 All these terms

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 have in common

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 the fact that

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 these people

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 are the prey.

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 They are vulnerable

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 because of their

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 social station,

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 their poverty,

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 and or their fatherlessness.

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 They are vulnerable.

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 And they have fallen

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 into a series

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 of unfortunate events.

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 And now their vulnerable

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 status makes them

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 an easy prey

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 for the wicked predators.

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 And the poor

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 do sometimes

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 fall prey

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 to the evil deeds

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 of the wicked.

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 It says in verse 10,

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 the helpless are crushed,

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 sink down,

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 and fall by his might.

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 And when you are downtrodden,

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 often enough,

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 it can feel like

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 that's what always happens.

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 That's what we see

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 in verse 5.

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 It says that

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 the ways of the wicked

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 prosper at all times.

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 It's hyperbolic

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 to express

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 the subjective feeling

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 of the psalmist.

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 The bad guys

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 always win.

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 I always get

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 the short end

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 of the stick.

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 Where are you, God?

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 The greedy

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 fleece the poor

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 and enrich themselves.

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 The violent

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 ravage the weak.

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 And the murderers

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 kill the innocent

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 with indemnity.

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 They do whatever

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 it takes to achieve

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 their own selfish ends.

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 And they succeed

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 sometimes

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 without repercussions.

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 When you feel this way,

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 Psalm 10 is teaching us

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 to continue,

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 to keep crying out to God,

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 to not give up on him,

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 but to appeal to him

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 to act.

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 And having explained

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 the status

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 of the innocent poor,

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 Psalm 10 insightfully

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 tells us what the wicked

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 are like too.

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 It tells us three things

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 primarily,

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 what the wicked do,

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 how they do it,

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 and why they do it.

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 First,

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 what do they do?

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 It says in verse 1

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 that the wicked

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 hotly pursue the poor

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 and they devise schemes

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 to catch the poor.

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 They target the poor

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 because they are vulnerable

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 and make easy targets.

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 They trot on them

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 for self-advantage

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 and selfish gain.

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 Of course,

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 evildoers can

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 and at times do

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 target the rich

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 and the powerful.

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 But generally speaking,

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 the weak and the poor

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 are their prey of choice.

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 Pedophile abusers

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 target orphans

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 and kids that come

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 from broken homes.

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 Scammers

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 target the elderly

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 who are not proficient

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 in the new internet age.

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 Burglars target

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 poorer homes

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 that lack security features

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 or ones that have

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 already been burglarized

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 because it makes them,

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 they see that

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 as successful targets.

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 And the wicked

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 do their misdeeds

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 not only with their hands

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 but also with their mouths.

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 It all says in verse 7

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 that the evildoer's mouth

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 is filled with cursing

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 and deceit

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 and oppression.

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 Under his tongue

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 are mischief

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 and iniquity.

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 They use words

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 to manipulate,

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 abuse,

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 slander,

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 deceive.

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 So that's what they do.

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 Second,

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 how do they,

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 do the wicked,

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 do evil?

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 Like a hunter,

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 it says in verses 8 to 9

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 that the evildoer

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 sits in ambush.

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 In hiding places

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 he murders the innocent.

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 His eyes stealthily

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 watch for the helpless.

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 He lurks in ambush

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 like a lion

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 in his thicket.

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 He lurks

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 that he may seize the poor.

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 He seizes the poor

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 when he draws them

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 into his net.

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 This is speaking

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 to the reality

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 that the wicked

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 don't do their evil deeds

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 out in the open

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 in full view

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 of the public

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 generally speaking.

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 There is still

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 God's common grace

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 at work

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 in society

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 and those sinful people's

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 moral compasses

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 often malfunction.

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 People do still

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 have a general sense

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 of right and wrong.

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 So evildoers

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 need to hide

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 their foul deeds.

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 So they use ambush

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 hiding places.

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 They lurk.

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 They stealthily watch

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 for the helpless

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 and that's why

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 they need to be exposed

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 and uncovered.

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 Now third,

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 why do they do evil?

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 Verse 3 tells us

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 one theological explanation.

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 For the wicked

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 boasts of the desires

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 of his soul

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 and the one greedy

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 for gain

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 curses and renounces

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 the Lord.

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 At the heart

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 of wicked deeds

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 is sinful desire

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 and greed

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 for gain.

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 James 1, 14-15

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 is very clear

00:17:27.920 --> 00:17:28.660
 about this dynamic

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 of the human heart.

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 It says,

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 each person is tempted

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 when he is lured

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 and enticed

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 by his own desire.

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 Then desire

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 when it has conceived

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 gives birth to sin

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 and sin

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 when it is fully grown

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 brings forth death.

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 Inordinate desire

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 desire that goes

00:17:46.559 --> 00:17:47.559
 beyond the bounds

00:17:47.559 --> 00:17:48.980
 that God has set.

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 That desire

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 is the conception

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 and when that desire

00:17:52.879 --> 00:17:53.700
 is incubated,

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 nursed,

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 and acted upon

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 it gives birth

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 to sin

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 and when sin

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 is fully grown

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 eventually it brings

00:17:59.039 --> 00:17:59.960
 forth death

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 apart from repentance.

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 It leads to

00:18:02.700 --> 00:18:03.500
 eternal death

00:18:03.500 --> 00:18:04.460
 and separation

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 from God.

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 So what is at the root

00:18:07.039 --> 00:18:07.759
 of all evils?

00:18:08.559 --> 00:18:09.779
 According to the Bible

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 it's not primarily

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 our inhospitable environment

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 or unfavorable circumstances

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 or lack of education

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 or guidance.

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 Sure,

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 those things can

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 exacerbate

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 but they are not

00:18:21.640 --> 00:18:22.299
 the cause.

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 Rather at the root

00:18:23.700 --> 00:18:24.259
 the cause

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 it's our desires,

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 our sinful desires,

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 our passions

00:18:28.519 --> 00:18:29.220
 that are at war

00:18:29.220 --> 00:18:29.819
 within us.

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 It says in James 4

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 1-2

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 we desire

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 and do not have

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 so we murder.

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 We covet

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 and cannot obtain

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 so we fight

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 and quarrel.

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 That's the first reason

00:18:39.279 --> 00:18:39.900
 why the wicked

00:18:39.900 --> 00:18:40.360
 do evil.

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 But there's another

00:18:42.000 --> 00:18:43.059
 theological explanation.

00:18:44.259 --> 00:18:44.880
 A second reason

00:18:44.880 --> 00:18:45.640
 even when the wicked

00:18:45.640 --> 00:18:46.559
 have sinful

00:18:46.559 --> 00:18:47.559
 inordinate desires

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 if they had

00:18:48.819 --> 00:18:49.940
 the fear of God

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 they would be

00:18:51.440 --> 00:18:52.420
 somewhat restrained

00:18:52.420 --> 00:18:53.360
 in their evil deeds

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 but they lack

00:18:54.819 --> 00:18:55.660
 the fear of God.

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 So verses 2-3

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 tell us that

00:18:58.360 --> 00:18:59.039
 they are arrogant

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 and that they

00:18:59.559 --> 00:19:00.480
 renounce the Lord.

00:19:00.759 --> 00:19:01.559
 It says in verse 4

00:19:01.559 --> 00:19:02.259
 in the pride

00:19:02.259 --> 00:19:02.819
 of his face

00:19:02.819 --> 00:19:03.139
 the wicked

00:19:03.139 --> 00:19:04.480
 does not seek God

00:19:04.480 --> 00:19:05.599
 all his thoughts

00:19:05.599 --> 00:19:06.879
 are there is no God.

00:19:07.859 --> 00:19:08.879
 So they do not

00:19:08.879 --> 00:19:09.819
 believe that God

00:19:09.819 --> 00:19:10.920
 sees what they do

00:19:10.920 --> 00:19:11.359
 in secret.

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 They think that

00:19:12.639 --> 00:19:13.579
 as long as they

00:19:13.579 --> 00:19:14.339
 can hide from

00:19:14.339 --> 00:19:15.079
 human eyes

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 they are in the clear.

00:19:17.299 --> 00:19:17.980
 They think

00:19:17.980 --> 00:19:18.839
 God's

00:19:18.839 --> 00:19:20.659
 judgments are on high

00:19:20.659 --> 00:19:21.879
 away

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 far away

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 somewhere out of his sight

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 and so they don't

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 pay any mind to it.

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 It says in verse 5

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 that as for all

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 his foes

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 he puffs at them.

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 The word puff

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 is such a great

00:19:32.180 --> 00:19:32.680
 translation

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 because the Hebrew

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 word for that

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 is poo.

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 It's like

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 it's onomatopoeic

00:19:38.420 --> 00:19:39.700
 it's a word that

00:19:39.700 --> 00:19:40.799
 sounds like

00:19:40.799 --> 00:19:41.519
 what it means.

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 So these guys

00:19:43.039 --> 00:19:44.000
 these evildoers

00:19:44.000 --> 00:19:44.940
 they poo-poo

00:19:44.940 --> 00:19:45.799
 their enemies

00:19:45.799 --> 00:19:47.180
 and poo-poo

00:19:47.180 --> 00:19:47.960
 God's judgment

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 and they think

00:19:50.019 --> 00:19:50.400
 that they're

00:19:50.400 --> 00:19:51.019
 going to escape

00:19:51.019 --> 00:19:51.759
 divine justice.

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 So the three quotes

00:19:54.720 --> 00:19:55.400
 attributed to

00:19:55.400 --> 00:19:55.839
 the wicked

00:19:55.839 --> 00:19:57.420
 demonstrate

00:19:57.420 --> 00:19:58.019
 their posture

00:19:58.019 --> 00:19:58.599
 toward God.

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 First in verse 4

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 they say

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 there is no God.

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 When the wicked

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 say there is no God

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 we say

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 I say no.

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 Alright

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 I don't know if the kids

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 are paying attention

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 or not.

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 First thing

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 the wicked say

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 is there is no God.

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 Second

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 in verse 6

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 they say

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 I shall not be moved.

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 Throughout all generations

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 I shall not meet adversity.

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 Third thing they say

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 is in verse 11

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 God has forgotten.

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 He has hidden his face

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 he will never

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 see it.

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 The evildoers

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 sense of self-assuredness

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 comes from

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 their atheism.

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 Sure

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 evildoers might claim

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 to believe in God

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 but even when

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 they are theists

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 theoretically

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 they are atheists

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 functionally.

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 That's why

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 in verse 11

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 they say

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 God has forgotten.

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 They're acknowledging

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 God in one sense

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 but they don't think

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 he will do anything.

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 God is to them

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 a toothless lion

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 who either cannot

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 or will not

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 do anything

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 to stop them

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 or bring them

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 to justice.

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 In this sense

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 all evildoers

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 in the world

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 are practical atheists

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 because their evil deeds

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 are abetted

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 by the belief

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 that there is

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 no God.

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 In 2016

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 there was

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 a New York Times

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 feature article

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 entitled

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 The Lawyer

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 Who Became

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 DuPont's

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 Worst Nightmare.

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 If you guys

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 have been talking

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 to me about this

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 some of you

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 I've already shared

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 this with you

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 because I

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 saw the movie

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 Dark Waters

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 with Bailey

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 I think in Seattle

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 when she was

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 visiting my parents

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 and the movie

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 is based on that article

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 it covers a story

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 of how a lawyer

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 named Robert Billett

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 exposed a major

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 chemical company

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 called DuPont

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 which for five decades

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 dumped forever chemicals

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 into the ground

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 and to the water supply

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 of several communities

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 in West Virginia

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 poisoning to various degree

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 more than 100,000 people

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 for five decades

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 because DuPont chemists

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 knew much more

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 than the regulating

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 agencies of the

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 U.S. government

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 at the time

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 and so they largely

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 hid the identity

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 of these harmful

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 forever chemicals

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 PFOA

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 also known as

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 Teflon

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 from them

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 so that they

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 wouldn't regulate it

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 so they had conducted

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 their own research

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 over the decades

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 so they knew

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 that these chemicals

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 were in the public

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 water supply

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 and in the community

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 members bloodstreams

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 they knew

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 that these chemicals

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 were killing

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 people's livestock

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 and wild animals

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 who were eating

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 off the ground

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 and drinking the waters

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 that they had poisoned

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 they knew

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 that these chemicals

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 caused birth defects

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 and that their

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 pregnant employees

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 were giving birth

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 to a very high percentage

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 of deformed babies

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 but they still

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 didn't tell them

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 they knew

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 that these chemicals

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 were linked

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 to kidney cancer

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 testicular cancer

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 and thyroid disease

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 and high cholesterol

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 preeclampsia

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 and ulcerative colitis

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 and yet knowingly

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 they dumped

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 7,100 tons

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 of PFOA-laced

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 sludge

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 out into open areas

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 and when they

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 found a less toxic

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 viable alternative

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 to the chemical

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 in 1993

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 they decided

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 not to replace it

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 because they didn't

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 want to jeopardize

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 their 1 billion

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 annual profit

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 from their line

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 of PFOA-coated products

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 pretty much

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 everything that is

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 greaseproof

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 waterproof

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 stick-proof

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 and stain-resistant

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 like non-stick pans

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 and Scotchgard

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 and PFOA

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 was only one

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 of more than

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 60,000

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 synthetic chemicals

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 that companies

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 like DuPont

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 produced and released

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 into the world

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 without regulatory

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 oversight

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 and thankfully

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 God used

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 Robert Billet

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 who is a Christian

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 to expose

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 DuPont's evil deeds

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 and DuPont

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 has already had

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 to pay

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 a total settlement

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 value of over

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 753 million dollars

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 for personal injuries

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 that they cost

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 and more is

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 coming to light

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 but for five decades

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 they did their

00:23:44.579 --> 00:23:45.299
 evil deeds

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 stealthily

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 in ambush

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 in hiding places

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 telling themselves

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 there is no God

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 I shall not

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 be moved

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 throughout all

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 generations

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 I shall not

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 meet adversity

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 God has forgotten

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 he has hidden

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 his face

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 he will never

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 see it

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 that's the case

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 for all

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 evildoers

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 maybe some of you

00:24:09.419 --> 00:24:10.259
 are doing

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 evil in secret

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 but if you are

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 sinning

00:24:15.299 --> 00:24:16.399
 and perpetrating

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 justice

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 thinking that you

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 will never be

00:24:19.179 --> 00:24:19.839
 found out

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 thinking that

00:24:20.759 --> 00:24:21.719
 there is no God

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 or that God

00:24:22.659 --> 00:24:23.639
 will never see it

00:24:23.639 --> 00:24:25.359
 then be warned

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 because God

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 is not blind

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 and he is

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 not deaf

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 and he is

00:24:31.779 --> 00:24:33.139
 not far away

00:24:33.140 --> 00:24:34.660
 our God

00:24:34.660 --> 00:24:35.220
 is the all

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 seeing

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 all knowing

00:24:36.600 --> 00:24:36.960
 God

00:24:36.960 --> 00:24:37.840
 he is attentive

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 to the cries

00:24:38.520 --> 00:24:39.040
 of his people

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 and he is near

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 he is the God

00:24:41.540 --> 00:24:42.140
 who is with us

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 Emmanuel

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 and that brings me

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 to my second point

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 in verses 12

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 to 18

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 the psalmist

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 answers

00:24:48.720 --> 00:24:49.800
 the presumptuous

00:24:49.800 --> 00:24:50.780
 boasting of the wicked

00:24:50.780 --> 00:24:52.440
 with his declarations

00:24:52.440 --> 00:24:52.960
 of faith

00:24:52.960 --> 00:24:54.140
 so first

00:24:54.140 --> 00:24:54.520
 the wicked

00:24:54.520 --> 00:24:55.320
 said in verse 11

00:24:55.320 --> 00:24:56.300
 God is forgotten

00:24:56.300 --> 00:24:57.860
 but the psalmist

00:24:57.860 --> 00:24:58.880
 prays in verse 12

00:24:58.880 --> 00:25:00.040
 forget not

00:25:00.040 --> 00:25:00.720
 the afflicted

00:25:00.720 --> 00:25:01.740
 the wicked

00:25:01.740 --> 00:25:02.880
 said in verse 11

00:25:02.880 --> 00:25:03.579
 God will never

00:25:03.579 --> 00:25:04.220
 see it

00:25:04.220 --> 00:25:05.420
 but the psalmist

00:25:05.420 --> 00:25:06.360
 says in verse 14

00:25:06.360 --> 00:25:07.400
 you do see

00:25:07.400 --> 00:25:08.559
 for you note

00:25:08.559 --> 00:25:09.779
 mischief and vexation

00:25:09.779 --> 00:25:11.160
 the wicked

00:25:11.160 --> 00:25:11.740
 boasted

00:25:11.740 --> 00:25:12.700
 of the desires

00:25:12.700 --> 00:25:13.660
 of his soul

00:25:13.660 --> 00:25:15.259
 in verse 3

00:25:15.259 --> 00:25:16.319
 and took advantage

00:25:16.319 --> 00:25:16.880
 of the poor

00:25:16.880 --> 00:25:17.839
 but the psalmist

00:25:17.839 --> 00:25:18.680
 prays in verse 7

00:25:18.680 --> 00:25:18.980
 oh Lord

00:25:18.980 --> 00:25:20.380
 you hear the desire

00:25:20.380 --> 00:25:21.980
 of the afflicted

00:25:21.980 --> 00:25:23.180
 the wicked

00:25:23.180 --> 00:25:23.759
 believed

00:25:23.759 --> 00:25:24.500
 in verse 5

00:25:24.500 --> 00:25:25.539
 that God's judgments

00:25:25.539 --> 00:25:26.579
 are on high

00:25:26.579 --> 00:25:27.220
 out of sight

00:25:27.220 --> 00:25:28.299
 but the psalmist

00:25:28.299 --> 00:25:29.480
 believes in verse 18

00:25:29.480 --> 00:25:30.460
 that God will do

00:25:30.460 --> 00:25:31.160
 justice

00:25:31.160 --> 00:25:32.120
 to the fatherless

00:25:32.120 --> 00:25:32.600
 and the oppressed

00:25:32.600 --> 00:25:33.180
 and there are two

00:25:33.180 --> 00:25:33.900
 related words

00:25:33.900 --> 00:25:34.340
 in Hebrew

00:25:34.340 --> 00:25:35.700
 the wicked

00:25:35.700 --> 00:25:37.100
 boasted in verse 13

00:25:37.100 --> 00:25:37.840
 that God will not

00:25:37.840 --> 00:25:38.860
 call him to account

00:25:38.860 --> 00:25:39.920
 but the psalmist

00:25:39.920 --> 00:25:40.940
 declares in verse 15

00:25:40.940 --> 00:25:41.740
 that God will

00:25:41.740 --> 00:25:42.799
 call his wickedness

00:25:42.799 --> 00:25:43.840
 to account

00:25:43.840 --> 00:25:45.140
 the wicked

00:25:45.140 --> 00:25:46.220
 renounce God

00:25:46.220 --> 00:25:47.059
 in their heart

00:25:47.059 --> 00:25:48.220
 in verse 6

00:25:48.220 --> 00:25:49.039
 11 and 13

00:25:49.039 --> 00:25:50.180
 but the psalmist

00:25:50.180 --> 00:25:50.980
 declares that the Lord

00:25:50.980 --> 00:25:52.480
 strengthens the heart

00:25:52.480 --> 00:25:53.720
 of the afflicted

00:25:53.720 --> 00:25:55.319
 in verse 17

00:25:55.319 --> 00:25:56.840
 so point

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 by point

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 by point

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 the psalmist

00:25:59.740 --> 00:26:00.360
 counters

00:26:00.360 --> 00:26:01.500
 the presumptuous

00:26:01.500 --> 00:26:02.000
 boasting

00:26:02.000 --> 00:26:02.660
 of the wicked

00:26:02.660 --> 00:26:04.279
 when it was

00:26:04.279 --> 00:26:04.660
 the wicked

00:26:04.660 --> 00:26:05.480
 versus the poor

00:26:05.480 --> 00:26:06.019
 the wicked

00:26:06.019 --> 00:26:06.460
 won

00:26:06.460 --> 00:26:07.460
 and trampled

00:26:07.460 --> 00:26:08.240
 all over the poor

00:26:08.240 --> 00:26:09.340
 but the psalmist

00:26:09.340 --> 00:26:10.000
 declares that

00:26:10.000 --> 00:26:10.700
 now the Lord

00:26:10.700 --> 00:26:11.779
 God himself

00:26:11.779 --> 00:26:12.860
 will take up

00:26:12.860 --> 00:26:13.300
 the cause

00:26:13.300 --> 00:26:13.740
 of the poor

00:26:13.740 --> 00:26:14.940
 because God

00:26:14.940 --> 00:26:15.540
 cares

00:26:15.540 --> 00:26:17.420
 about the cause

00:26:17.420 --> 00:26:17.920
 of the innocent

00:26:17.920 --> 00:26:18.240
 poor

00:26:18.240 --> 00:26:20.100
 and if God

00:26:20.100 --> 00:26:20.860
 cares about

00:26:20.860 --> 00:26:21.420
 the cause

00:26:21.420 --> 00:26:21.920
 the plight

00:26:21.920 --> 00:26:23.080
 of the afflicted

00:26:23.080 --> 00:26:24.620
 we as God's

00:26:24.620 --> 00:26:25.080
 people

00:26:25.079 --> 00:26:26.119
 also should

00:26:26.119 --> 00:26:26.919
 care about

00:26:26.919 --> 00:26:27.339
 the plight

00:26:27.339 --> 00:26:28.199
 of the afflicted

00:26:28.199 --> 00:26:30.059
 now

00:26:30.059 --> 00:26:31.679
 I want you to know

00:26:31.679 --> 00:26:32.519
 I'm going to

00:26:32.519 --> 00:26:33.179
 qualify this

00:26:33.179 --> 00:26:33.919
 because I'm not

00:26:33.919 --> 00:26:34.339
 saying

00:26:34.339 --> 00:26:35.579
 that you all

00:26:35.579 --> 00:26:36.039
 need to be

00:26:36.039 --> 00:26:36.759
 doing something

00:26:36.759 --> 00:26:37.399
 about all of

00:26:37.399 --> 00:26:38.139
 the injustices

00:26:38.139 --> 00:26:39.119
 in this world

00:26:39.119 --> 00:26:41.480
 there are tens

00:26:41.480 --> 00:26:42.000
 of thousands

00:26:42.000 --> 00:26:42.960
 of injustices

00:26:42.960 --> 00:26:43.619
 in the world

00:26:43.619 --> 00:26:44.899
 and Christians

00:26:44.899 --> 00:26:45.919
 cannot possibly

00:26:45.919 --> 00:26:46.980
 be doing something

00:26:46.980 --> 00:26:48.000
 about every single

00:26:48.000 --> 00:26:48.299
 one

00:26:48.299 --> 00:26:49.259
 at least not

00:26:49.259 --> 00:26:49.819
 every single

00:26:49.819 --> 00:26:50.399
 one of us

00:26:50.399 --> 00:26:51.220
 some of you

00:26:51.220 --> 00:26:51.460
 will

00:26:51.460 --> 00:26:52.579
 be in different

00:26:52.579 --> 00:26:52.919
 things

00:26:52.920 --> 00:26:54.240
 and that's

00:26:54.240 --> 00:26:54.539
 okay

00:26:54.539 --> 00:26:54.900
 that we

00:26:54.900 --> 00:26:55.300
 can't do

00:26:55.300 --> 00:26:55.620
 that

00:26:55.620 --> 00:26:56.460
 because we're

00:26:56.460 --> 00:26:57.220
 finite creatures

00:26:57.220 --> 00:26:57.740
 and limited

00:26:57.740 --> 00:26:58.519
 in our capacity

00:26:58.519 --> 00:26:59.860
 but it's

00:26:59.860 --> 00:27:00.800
 not okay

00:27:00.800 --> 00:27:02.019
 to not

00:27:02.019 --> 00:27:02.620
 care

00:27:02.620 --> 00:27:03.820
 about the

00:27:03.820 --> 00:27:04.300
 injustices

00:27:04.300 --> 00:27:04.840
 of the world

00:27:04.840 --> 00:27:06.600
 if we hear

00:27:06.600 --> 00:27:07.180
 about various

00:27:07.180 --> 00:27:07.779
 injustices

00:27:07.779 --> 00:27:08.259
 of the world

00:27:08.259 --> 00:27:08.840
 but they don't

00:27:08.840 --> 00:27:09.259
 make us

00:27:09.259 --> 00:27:09.779
 indignant

00:27:09.779 --> 00:27:10.840
 and they

00:27:10.840 --> 00:27:11.400
 don't break

00:27:11.400 --> 00:27:12.000
 our hearts

00:27:12.000 --> 00:27:13.060
 if we don't

00:27:13.060 --> 00:27:13.620
 care about

00:27:13.620 --> 00:27:13.759
 them

00:27:13.759 --> 00:27:14.080
 that means

00:27:14.080 --> 00:27:14.380
 we don't

00:27:14.380 --> 00:27:14.880
 care about

00:27:14.880 --> 00:27:15.259
 the things

00:27:15.259 --> 00:27:15.680
 that God

00:27:15.680 --> 00:27:16.259
 cares about

00:27:16.259 --> 00:27:16.940
 and that's

00:27:16.940 --> 00:27:17.460
 not okay

00:27:17.460 --> 00:27:19.800
 if injustice

00:27:19.800 --> 00:27:20.300
 in the world

00:27:20.300 --> 00:27:20.880
 don't make

00:27:20.880 --> 00:27:21.660
 us cry out

00:27:21.660 --> 00:27:22.259
 arise

00:27:22.259 --> 00:27:23.039
 oh Lord

00:27:23.039 --> 00:27:24.079
 then we

00:27:24.079 --> 00:27:24.640
 ourselves

00:27:24.640 --> 00:27:25.539
 need to be

00:27:25.539 --> 00:27:26.099
 aroused

00:27:26.099 --> 00:27:27.440
 out of our

00:27:27.440 --> 00:27:27.859
 apathy

00:27:27.859 --> 00:27:30.079
 the psalmist

00:27:30.079 --> 00:27:30.920
 is not aloof

00:27:30.920 --> 00:27:32.099
 he's not

00:27:32.099 --> 00:27:32.879
 disinterested

00:27:32.879 --> 00:27:33.900
 he's gutted

00:27:33.900 --> 00:27:35.319
 by the injustices

00:27:35.319 --> 00:27:35.759
 that he sees

00:27:35.759 --> 00:27:36.500
 all around him

00:27:36.500 --> 00:27:37.900
 and so he appeals

00:27:37.900 --> 00:27:38.480
 to God

00:27:38.480 --> 00:27:39.160
 in verse 12

00:27:39.160 --> 00:27:40.240
 arise

00:27:40.240 --> 00:27:40.819
 oh Lord

00:27:40.819 --> 00:27:41.980
 oh God

00:27:41.980 --> 00:27:42.640
 lift up your

00:27:42.640 --> 00:27:42.940
 hand

00:27:42.940 --> 00:27:44.119
 forget not

00:27:44.119 --> 00:27:44.900
 the afflicted

00:27:44.900 --> 00:27:46.640
 when the wicked

00:27:46.640 --> 00:27:47.539
 say there is

00:27:47.539 --> 00:27:48.220
 no God

00:27:48.220 --> 00:27:49.319
 we say

00:27:49.319 --> 00:27:50.559
 arise

00:27:50.559 --> 00:27:51.099
 oh God

00:27:51.099 --> 00:27:53.500
 when the

00:27:53.500 --> 00:27:53.779
 righteous

00:27:53.779 --> 00:27:54.679
 start

00:27:54.679 --> 00:27:55.459
 to lose

00:27:55.459 --> 00:27:55.740
 heart

00:27:55.740 --> 00:27:56.199
 they begin

00:27:56.199 --> 00:27:56.759
 to despair

00:27:56.759 --> 00:27:57.179
 and say

00:27:57.179 --> 00:27:57.559
 there is

00:27:57.559 --> 00:27:58.019
 no God

00:27:58.019 --> 00:27:58.719
 but we

00:27:58.719 --> 00:27:59.119
 must not

00:27:59.119 --> 00:27:59.619
 do that

00:27:59.619 --> 00:28:00.399
 when God

00:28:00.399 --> 00:28:01.259
 seems absent

00:28:01.259 --> 00:28:02.559
 when we

00:28:02.559 --> 00:28:03.259
 most need

00:28:03.259 --> 00:28:03.480
 him

00:28:03.480 --> 00:28:03.859
 we must

00:28:03.859 --> 00:28:04.419
 not despair

00:28:04.419 --> 00:28:04.759
 and say

00:28:04.759 --> 00:28:05.119
 there is

00:28:05.119 --> 00:28:05.599
 no God

00:28:05.599 --> 00:28:06.139
 instead

00:28:06.139 --> 00:28:06.759
 we turn

00:28:06.759 --> 00:28:07.199
 to God

00:28:07.199 --> 00:28:08.000
 when we

00:28:08.000 --> 00:28:08.859
 appeal to

00:28:08.859 --> 00:28:09.099
 him in

00:28:09.099 --> 00:28:09.259
 faith

00:28:09.259 --> 00:28:09.819
 we call

00:28:09.819 --> 00:28:10.199
 upon him

00:28:10.199 --> 00:28:10.579
 to act

00:28:10.579 --> 00:28:11.279
 arise

00:28:11.279 --> 00:28:11.779
 oh Lord

00:28:11.779 --> 00:28:13.599
 this is a

00:28:13.599 --> 00:28:14.259
 very common

00:28:14.259 --> 00:28:14.619
 refrain

00:28:14.619 --> 00:28:15.219
 in the

00:28:15.219 --> 00:28:15.459
 lament

00:28:15.459 --> 00:28:15.919
 psalms

00:28:15.919 --> 00:28:17.159
 arise

00:28:17.159 --> 00:28:17.579
 oh God

00:28:17.579 --> 00:28:18.019
 arise

00:28:18.019 --> 00:28:18.419
 oh Lord

00:28:18.420 --> 00:28:19.480
 psalm 3

00:28:19.480 --> 00:28:19.759
 7

00:28:19.759 --> 00:28:19.960
 says

00:28:19.960 --> 00:28:20.560
 arise

00:28:20.560 --> 00:28:21.120
 oh Lord

00:28:21.120 --> 00:28:21.779
 save me

00:28:21.779 --> 00:28:22.080
 oh my

00:28:22.080 --> 00:28:22.320
 God

00:28:22.320 --> 00:28:22.880
 psalm 7

00:28:22.880 --> 00:28:23.279
 6

00:28:23.279 --> 00:28:24.120
 arise

00:28:24.120 --> 00:28:24.480
 oh Lord

00:28:24.480 --> 00:28:24.940
 in your

00:28:24.940 --> 00:28:25.360
 anger

00:28:25.360 --> 00:28:26.920
 lift yourself

00:28:26.920 --> 00:28:27.420
 up against

00:28:27.420 --> 00:28:27.800
 the fury

00:28:27.800 --> 00:28:28.100
 of my

00:28:28.100 --> 00:28:28.400
 enemies

00:28:28.400 --> 00:28:28.980
 awake

00:28:28.980 --> 00:28:29.539
 for me

00:28:29.539 --> 00:28:30.700
 psalm

00:28:30.700 --> 00:28:30.940
 9

00:28:30.940 --> 00:28:31.259
 19

00:28:31.259 --> 00:28:31.480
 says

00:28:31.480 --> 00:28:32.140
 arise

00:28:32.140 --> 00:28:32.660
 oh Lord

00:28:32.660 --> 00:28:33.160
 let not

00:28:33.160 --> 00:28:33.539
 man

00:28:33.539 --> 00:28:33.980
 prevail

00:28:33.980 --> 00:28:35.440
 psalm

00:28:35.440 --> 00:28:35.840
 17

00:28:35.840 --> 00:28:36.120
 13

00:28:36.120 --> 00:28:36.740
 arise

00:28:36.740 --> 00:28:37.120
 oh Lord

00:28:37.120 --> 00:28:37.560
 confront

00:28:37.560 --> 00:28:37.860
 him

00:28:37.860 --> 00:28:38.340
 subdue

00:28:38.340 --> 00:28:38.560
 him

00:28:38.560 --> 00:28:39.019
 deliver

00:28:39.019 --> 00:28:39.300
 my

00:28:39.300 --> 00:28:39.560
 soul

00:28:39.560 --> 00:28:39.779
 from

00:28:39.779 --> 00:28:39.920
 the

00:28:39.920 --> 00:28:40.240
 wicked

00:28:40.240 --> 00:28:41.220
 psalm

00:28:41.220 --> 00:28:41.640
 74

00:28:41.640 --> 00:28:42.039
 22

00:28:42.039 --> 00:28:42.600
 arise

00:28:42.600 --> 00:28:42.980
 oh God

00:28:42.980 --> 00:28:43.460
 defend

00:28:43.460 --> 00:28:43.700
 your

00:28:43.700 --> 00:28:44.240
 cause

00:28:44.240 --> 00:28:45.500
 psalm

00:28:45.500 --> 00:28:45.740
 82

00:28:45.740 --> 00:28:46.039
 8

00:28:46.039 --> 00:28:46.620
 arise

00:28:46.620 --> 00:28:47.039
 oh God

00:28:47.039 --> 00:28:47.460
 judge

00:28:47.460 --> 00:28:47.960
 the earth

00:28:47.960 --> 00:28:49.620
 the phrase

00:28:49.620 --> 00:28:50.600
 arise

00:28:50.600 --> 00:28:51.039
 oh Lord

00:28:51.039 --> 00:28:51.779
 comes from

00:28:51.779 --> 00:28:52.180
 numbers

00:28:52.180 --> 00:28:52.480
 10

00:28:52.480 --> 00:28:53.079
 34

00:28:53.079 --> 00:28:53.819
 to 36

00:28:53.819 --> 00:28:54.779
 when the

00:28:54.779 --> 00:28:55.079
 Israelites

00:28:55.079 --> 00:28:55.920
 were journeying

00:28:55.920 --> 00:28:56.200
 in the

00:28:56.200 --> 00:28:56.500
 wilderness

00:28:56.500 --> 00:28:57.400
 and when

00:28:57.400 --> 00:28:57.660
 they were

00:28:57.660 --> 00:28:58.160
 facing

00:28:58.160 --> 00:28:58.819
 enemies

00:28:58.819 --> 00:29:00.160
 who were

00:29:00.160 --> 00:29:00.660
 occupying

00:29:00.660 --> 00:29:01.000
 the land

00:29:01.000 --> 00:29:01.500
 of Canaan

00:29:01.500 --> 00:29:03.140
 before

00:29:03.140 --> 00:29:03.680
 anybody

00:29:03.680 --> 00:29:04.240
 from the

00:29:04.240 --> 00:29:04.680
 camp of

00:29:04.680 --> 00:29:04.920
 Israel

00:29:04.920 --> 00:29:05.319
 was set

00:29:05.319 --> 00:29:05.539
 out

00:29:05.539 --> 00:29:05.900
 it was

00:29:05.900 --> 00:29:06.100
 the

00:29:06.100 --> 00:29:06.480
 ark

00:29:06.480 --> 00:29:06.980
 of God

00:29:06.980 --> 00:29:07.860
 which

00:29:07.860 --> 00:29:08.380
 represents

00:29:08.380 --> 00:29:08.900
 the presence

00:29:08.900 --> 00:29:09.259
 of God

00:29:09.259 --> 00:29:09.680
 among his

00:29:09.680 --> 00:29:09.920
 people

00:29:09.920 --> 00:29:10.400
 because it

00:29:10.400 --> 00:29:10.880
 stands

00:29:10.880 --> 00:29:11.600
 for God's

00:29:11.600 --> 00:29:12.180
 footstool

00:29:12.180 --> 00:29:13.039
 the ark

00:29:13.039 --> 00:29:13.340
 of God

00:29:13.340 --> 00:29:13.579
 would be

00:29:13.579 --> 00:29:14.019
 the first

00:29:14.019 --> 00:29:14.640
 to rise

00:29:14.640 --> 00:29:15.299
 and be

00:29:15.299 --> 00:29:15.840
 taken up

00:29:15.840 --> 00:29:16.620
 so it

00:29:16.620 --> 00:29:17.240
 would lead

00:29:17.240 --> 00:29:17.400
 the

00:29:17.400 --> 00:29:17.880
 vanguard

00:29:17.880 --> 00:29:18.740
 in the

00:29:18.740 --> 00:29:19.140
 charge

00:29:19.140 --> 00:29:20.060
 in battle

00:29:20.060 --> 00:29:21.200
 and so it's

00:29:21.200 --> 00:29:21.800
 really a

00:29:21.800 --> 00:29:22.700
 battle cry

00:29:22.700 --> 00:29:23.480
 so Moses

00:29:23.480 --> 00:29:23.900
 would say

00:29:23.900 --> 00:29:24.660
 arise oh

00:29:24.660 --> 00:29:24.880
 Lord

00:29:24.880 --> 00:29:25.380
 and let

00:29:25.380 --> 00:29:26.020
 your enemies

00:29:26.020 --> 00:29:26.640
 be scattered

00:29:26.640 --> 00:29:27.440
 and let

00:29:27.440 --> 00:29:27.760
 those who

00:29:27.760 --> 00:29:28.120
 hate you

00:29:28.120 --> 00:29:28.720
 flee before

00:29:28.720 --> 00:29:29.000
 you

00:29:29.000 --> 00:29:30.380
 so it's

00:29:30.380 --> 00:29:31.100
 figurative of

00:29:31.100 --> 00:29:31.360
 course

00:29:31.360 --> 00:29:32.220
 because you

00:29:32.220 --> 00:29:32.540
 know it's

00:29:32.540 --> 00:29:33.480
 not like God

00:29:33.480 --> 00:29:34.020
 is actually

00:29:34.020 --> 00:29:35.220
 sitting or

00:29:35.220 --> 00:29:35.840
 lying down

00:29:35.840 --> 00:29:36.340
 and or

00:29:36.340 --> 00:29:37.140
 asleep and

00:29:37.140 --> 00:29:37.600
 needs to be

00:29:37.600 --> 00:29:37.980
 aroused

00:29:37.980 --> 00:29:38.920
 but it's a

00:29:38.920 --> 00:29:39.520
 bold prayer

00:29:39.520 --> 00:29:40.280
 calling God

00:29:40.280 --> 00:29:40.920
 to act

00:29:40.920 --> 00:29:41.640
 on our

00:29:41.640 --> 00:29:42.060
 behalf

00:29:42.060 --> 00:29:43.320
 God do

00:29:43.320 --> 00:29:43.800
 something

00:29:43.800 --> 00:29:45.400
 see how

00:29:45.400 --> 00:29:45.820
 these evil

00:29:45.820 --> 00:29:46.060
 doers

00:29:46.060 --> 00:29:46.700
 revile you

00:29:46.700 --> 00:29:48.240
 see how

00:29:48.240 --> 00:29:49.000
 your people

00:29:49.000 --> 00:29:49.860
 are oppressed

00:29:49.860 --> 00:29:51.460
 rise up

00:29:51.460 --> 00:29:51.880
 oh Lord

00:29:51.880 --> 00:29:53.360
 stand up

00:29:53.360 --> 00:29:54.160
 for us

00:29:54.160 --> 00:29:55.039
 fight

00:29:55.039 --> 00:29:56.480
 for us

00:29:56.480 --> 00:29:58.420
 crying out

00:29:58.420 --> 00:29:58.819
 to God

00:29:58.819 --> 00:29:59.640
 for vengeance

00:29:59.640 --> 00:30:00.960
 may not

00:30:00.960 --> 00:30:01.600
 fit some of

00:30:01.600 --> 00:30:02.140
 our politically

00:30:02.140 --> 00:30:03.200
 correct sensibilities

00:30:03.200 --> 00:30:04.519
 but I dare

00:30:04.519 --> 00:30:04.980
 say that

00:30:04.980 --> 00:30:05.620
 that's because

00:30:05.620 --> 00:30:06.680
 we have not

00:30:06.680 --> 00:30:07.299
 known

00:30:07.299 --> 00:30:08.940
 true suffering

00:30:08.940 --> 00:30:11.180
 to those

00:30:11.180 --> 00:30:11.460
 who have

00:30:11.460 --> 00:30:12.380
 been unjustly

00:30:12.380 --> 00:30:13.160
 deprived

00:30:13.160 --> 00:30:13.940
 by the

00:30:13.940 --> 00:30:14.160
 wicked

00:30:14.160 --> 00:30:14.460
 so that

00:30:14.460 --> 00:30:14.640
 their

00:30:14.640 --> 00:30:15.000
 children

00:30:15.000 --> 00:30:15.220
 are

00:30:15.220 --> 00:30:15.700
 starving

00:30:15.700 --> 00:30:17.259
 but don't

00:30:17.259 --> 00:30:17.620
 know where

00:30:17.620 --> 00:30:18.059
 their next

00:30:18.059 --> 00:30:18.440
 meal is

00:30:18.440 --> 00:30:19.000
 coming from

00:30:19.000 --> 00:30:21.420
 to those

00:30:21.420 --> 00:30:21.820
 people who

00:30:21.820 --> 00:30:22.340
 wake up

00:30:22.340 --> 00:30:22.559
 in the

00:30:22.559 --> 00:30:22.860
 morning

00:30:22.860 --> 00:30:23.660
 wondering

00:30:23.660 --> 00:30:23.940
 whether

00:30:23.940 --> 00:30:24.259
 they'll

00:30:24.259 --> 00:30:24.700
 be raped

00:30:24.700 --> 00:30:25.000
 again

00:30:25.000 --> 00:30:25.539
 that day

00:30:25.539 --> 00:30:27.660
 to those

00:30:27.660 --> 00:30:27.900
 who have

00:30:27.900 --> 00:30:28.059
 been

00:30:28.059 --> 00:30:28.400
 widowed

00:30:28.400 --> 00:30:29.180
 and orphaned

00:30:29.180 --> 00:30:29.559
 by the

00:30:29.559 --> 00:30:29.980
 ravaging

00:30:29.980 --> 00:30:30.600
 violence

00:30:30.600 --> 00:30:31.259
 of the

00:30:31.259 --> 00:30:31.539
 wicked

00:30:31.539 --> 00:30:32.740
 it would

00:30:32.740 --> 00:30:33.240
 be terribly

00:30:33.240 --> 00:30:33.880
 callous

00:30:33.880 --> 00:30:34.640
 to speak

00:30:34.640 --> 00:30:35.420
 nonchalantly

00:30:35.420 --> 00:30:36.240
 of a loving

00:30:36.240 --> 00:30:36.720
 God who

00:30:36.720 --> 00:30:37.620
 never punishes

00:30:37.619 --> 00:30:38.199
 evildoers

00:30:38.199 --> 00:30:40.339
 the people

00:30:40.339 --> 00:30:41.119
 need

00:30:41.119 --> 00:30:41.839
 these people

00:30:41.839 --> 00:30:42.579
 need to

00:30:42.579 --> 00:30:43.219
 hear of

00:30:43.219 --> 00:30:43.719
 the God

00:30:43.719 --> 00:30:44.399
 of wrath

00:30:44.399 --> 00:30:45.319
 of the

00:30:45.319 --> 00:30:45.659
 God

00:30:45.659 --> 00:30:46.519
 of justice

00:30:46.519 --> 00:30:47.799
 they need

00:30:47.799 --> 00:30:48.139
 to hear

00:30:48.139 --> 00:30:48.559
 the battle

00:30:48.559 --> 00:30:48.839
 cry

00:30:48.839 --> 00:30:49.479
 arise

00:30:49.479 --> 00:30:50.239
 oh God

00:30:50.239 --> 00:30:51.479
 because

00:30:51.479 --> 00:30:51.839
 God's

00:30:51.839 --> 00:30:52.219
 vengeance

00:30:52.219 --> 00:30:53.019
 is an

00:30:53.019 --> 00:30:53.459
 expression

00:30:53.459 --> 00:30:54.119
 of God's

00:30:54.119 --> 00:30:54.479
 love

00:30:54.479 --> 00:30:55.000
 for the

00:30:55.000 --> 00:30:55.459
 oppressed

00:30:55.459 --> 00:30:57.599
 so the

00:30:57.599 --> 00:30:57.939
 psalmist

00:30:57.939 --> 00:30:58.479
 doesn't

00:30:58.479 --> 00:30:59.079
 mince words

00:30:59.079 --> 00:30:59.479
 he says

00:30:59.479 --> 00:30:59.799
 in verses

00:30:59.799 --> 00:31:00.319
 14 to

00:31:00.319 --> 00:31:00.599
 15

00:31:00.599 --> 00:31:00.919
 that the

00:31:00.919 --> 00:31:01.139
 Lord

00:31:01.139 --> 00:31:01.759
 will take

00:31:01.759 --> 00:31:02.139
 it into

00:31:02.139 --> 00:31:02.739
 his hands

00:31:02.739 --> 00:31:03.379
 to be

00:31:03.379 --> 00:31:03.919
 the helper

00:31:03.919 --> 00:31:04.819
 of the

00:31:04.819 --> 00:31:05.139
 helpless

00:31:05.139 --> 00:31:05.899
 and he

00:31:05.899 --> 00:31:06.319
 prays to

00:31:06.319 --> 00:31:06.519
 God

00:31:06.519 --> 00:31:07.319
 break the

00:31:07.319 --> 00:31:07.679
 arm

00:31:07.679 --> 00:31:08.119
 of the

00:31:08.119 --> 00:31:08.339
 wicked

00:31:08.339 --> 00:31:08.500
 and

00:31:08.500 --> 00:31:09.059
 evildoer

00:31:09.059 --> 00:31:09.879
 call

00:31:09.879 --> 00:31:10.279
 his

00:31:10.279 --> 00:31:10.740
 wickedness

00:31:10.740 --> 00:31:11.240
 to account

00:31:11.240 --> 00:31:11.599
 till you

00:31:11.599 --> 00:31:11.899
 find

00:31:11.899 --> 00:31:12.179
 none

00:31:12.179 --> 00:31:13.559
 notice

00:31:13.559 --> 00:31:13.939
 that the

00:31:13.939 --> 00:31:14.299
 psalmist

00:31:14.299 --> 00:31:14.879
 does not

00:31:14.879 --> 00:31:15.179
 try to

00:31:15.179 --> 00:31:15.619
 take matters

00:31:15.619 --> 00:31:16.119
 into his

00:31:16.119 --> 00:31:16.639
 own hands

00:31:16.639 --> 00:31:18.019
 he rather

00:31:18.019 --> 00:31:18.919
 prays that

00:31:18.919 --> 00:31:19.500
 God will

00:31:19.500 --> 00:31:20.200
 take matters

00:31:20.200 --> 00:31:21.179
 into his

00:31:21.179 --> 00:31:21.839
 own hands

00:31:21.839 --> 00:31:22.599
 and break

00:31:22.599 --> 00:31:23.099
 the arm

00:31:23.099 --> 00:31:23.779
 of the

00:31:23.779 --> 00:31:24.039
 wicked

00:31:24.039 --> 00:31:24.819
 that had

00:31:24.819 --> 00:31:25.159
 seized

00:31:25.159 --> 00:31:25.579
 the poor

00:31:25.579 --> 00:31:27.379
 the strong

00:31:27.379 --> 00:31:27.799
 hands of

00:31:27.799 --> 00:31:28.139
 the Lord

00:31:28.139 --> 00:31:28.799
 will break

00:31:28.799 --> 00:31:29.379
 the seemingly

00:31:29.379 --> 00:31:30.079
 strong hands

00:31:30.079 --> 00:31:30.439
 of the

00:31:30.439 --> 00:31:30.659
 wicked

00:31:30.659 --> 00:31:31.899
 that's why

00:31:31.899 --> 00:31:32.679
 Romans 12

00:31:32.679 --> 00:31:33.039
 19

00:31:33.039 --> 00:31:33.480
 it says

00:31:33.480 --> 00:31:34.099
 beloved

00:31:34.099 --> 00:31:35.339
 never avenge

00:31:35.339 --> 00:31:35.859
 yourselves

00:31:35.859 --> 00:31:37.059
 but leave

00:31:37.059 --> 00:31:37.299
 it to

00:31:37.299 --> 00:31:37.759
 the wrath

00:31:37.759 --> 00:31:38.319
 of God

00:31:38.319 --> 00:31:39.259
 for it

00:31:39.259 --> 00:31:39.659
 is written

00:31:39.659 --> 00:31:40.299
 vengeance

00:31:40.299 --> 00:31:41.039
 is mine

00:31:41.039 --> 00:31:41.899
 I will

00:31:41.899 --> 00:31:42.240
 repay

00:31:42.240 --> 00:31:42.839
 says the

00:31:42.839 --> 00:31:43.019
 Lord

00:31:43.019 --> 00:31:45.139
 the reason

00:31:45.139 --> 00:31:45.479
 why

00:31:45.479 --> 00:31:46.000
 Christians

00:31:46.000 --> 00:31:46.879
 can have

00:31:46.879 --> 00:31:47.439
 a non

00:31:47.439 --> 00:31:48.319
 retaliatory

00:31:48.319 --> 00:31:48.839
 personal

00:31:48.839 --> 00:31:49.259
 ethic

00:31:49.259 --> 00:31:50.139
 and turn

00:31:50.139 --> 00:31:50.459
 the other

00:31:50.459 --> 00:31:50.719
 cheek

00:31:50.719 --> 00:31:51.079
 to those

00:31:51.079 --> 00:31:51.500
 who slap

00:31:51.500 --> 00:31:51.759
 them

00:31:51.759 --> 00:31:52.759
 and forgive

00:31:52.759 --> 00:31:53.500
 their enemies

00:31:53.500 --> 00:31:53.939
 and love

00:31:53.939 --> 00:31:54.399
 their enemies

00:31:54.399 --> 00:31:55.000
 and be content

00:31:55.000 --> 00:31:55.959
 not to avenge

00:31:55.959 --> 00:31:56.279
 themselves

00:31:56.279 --> 00:31:56.719
 the reason

00:31:56.719 --> 00:31:57.139
 why we can

00:31:57.139 --> 00:31:57.659
 follow that

00:31:57.659 --> 00:31:57.959
 ethic

00:31:57.959 --> 00:31:58.319
 that Jesus

00:31:58.319 --> 00:31:58.879
 taught us

00:31:58.879 --> 00:31:59.839
 is because

00:31:59.839 --> 00:32:00.979
 we entrust

00:32:00.979 --> 00:32:01.539
 ourselves

00:32:01.539 --> 00:32:02.559
 to God

00:32:02.559 --> 00:32:03.259
 of justice

00:32:03.259 --> 00:32:03.619
 who will

00:32:03.619 --> 00:32:04.139
 ultimately

00:32:04.139 --> 00:32:05.220
 act

00:32:05.220 --> 00:32:06.579
 and ultimately

00:32:06.579 --> 00:32:07.259
 avenge

00:32:07.259 --> 00:32:09.299
 and note

00:32:09.299 --> 00:32:09.680
 that God

00:32:09.680 --> 00:32:10.379
 hasn't yet

00:32:10.379 --> 00:32:10.960
 done this

00:32:10.960 --> 00:32:11.940
 this is why

00:32:11.940 --> 00:32:12.440
 the psalmist

00:32:12.440 --> 00:32:13.240
 is lamenting

00:32:13.240 --> 00:32:14.299
 he's appealing

00:32:14.299 --> 00:32:14.659
 to God

00:32:14.659 --> 00:32:15.079
 to act

00:32:15.079 --> 00:32:16.099
 but the basis

00:32:16.099 --> 00:32:16.899
 for the psalmist

00:32:16.899 --> 00:32:17.519
 faith

00:32:17.519 --> 00:32:18.339
 that God

00:32:18.339 --> 00:32:18.980
 will intervene

00:32:18.980 --> 00:32:19.879
 is the

00:32:19.879 --> 00:32:20.359
 Lord's

00:32:20.359 --> 00:32:20.960
 kingship

00:32:20.960 --> 00:32:22.240
 he says

00:32:22.240 --> 00:32:22.899
 in verse 16

00:32:22.899 --> 00:32:23.899
 the Lord

00:32:23.899 --> 00:32:24.599
 is king

00:32:24.599 --> 00:32:25.559
 forever and

00:32:25.559 --> 00:32:25.779
 ever

00:32:25.779 --> 00:32:27.139
 even when

00:32:27.139 --> 00:32:27.659
 dictators

00:32:27.659 --> 00:32:28.819
 and warlords

00:32:28.819 --> 00:32:29.619
 and pimps

00:32:29.619 --> 00:32:30.240
 and slave

00:32:30.240 --> 00:32:30.799
 traders are

00:32:30.799 --> 00:32:31.819
 running rampant

00:32:31.819 --> 00:32:33.180
 the Lord

00:32:33.180 --> 00:32:34.460
 is still

00:32:34.460 --> 00:32:35.419
 king

00:32:35.419 --> 00:32:37.019
 and because

00:32:37.019 --> 00:32:37.759
 the Lord

00:32:37.759 --> 00:32:38.460
 is still

00:32:38.460 --> 00:32:38.819
 king

00:32:38.819 --> 00:32:39.980
 we appeal

00:32:39.980 --> 00:32:40.599
 to him

00:32:40.599 --> 00:32:41.379
 to act

00:32:41.379 --> 00:32:43.039
 arise

00:32:43.039 --> 00:32:43.619
 oh Lord

00:32:43.619 --> 00:32:45.339
 everyone

00:32:45.339 --> 00:32:46.039
 will be

00:32:46.039 --> 00:32:46.379
 called to

00:32:46.379 --> 00:32:46.720
 account

00:32:46.720 --> 00:32:48.000
 the bill

00:32:48.000 --> 00:32:48.799
 will come

00:32:48.799 --> 00:32:49.299
 due for

00:32:49.299 --> 00:32:49.740
 all those

00:32:49.740 --> 00:32:50.019
 who do

00:32:50.019 --> 00:32:50.319
 evil

00:32:50.319 --> 00:32:51.359
 and this

00:32:51.359 --> 00:32:51.740
 is good

00:32:51.740 --> 00:32:52.039
 news

00:32:52.039 --> 00:32:52.419
 for the

00:32:52.419 --> 00:32:52.680
 innocent

00:32:52.680 --> 00:32:53.079
 poor

00:32:53.079 --> 00:32:53.700
 who are

00:32:53.700 --> 00:32:54.339
 afflicted

00:32:54.339 --> 00:32:56.539
 but what

00:32:56.539 --> 00:32:56.779
 about

00:32:56.779 --> 00:32:57.419
 for the

00:32:57.419 --> 00:32:57.659
 wicked

00:32:57.659 --> 00:32:59.299
 is there

00:32:59.299 --> 00:32:59.919
 any hope

00:32:59.920 --> 00:33:01.539
 of mercy

00:33:01.539 --> 00:33:02.500
 for the

00:33:02.500 --> 00:33:02.740
 wicked

00:33:02.740 --> 00:33:06.039
 what if

00:33:06.039 --> 00:33:06.440
 we

00:33:06.440 --> 00:33:07.420
 are the

00:33:07.420 --> 00:33:07.700
 wicked

00:33:07.700 --> 00:33:09.120
 who have

00:33:09.120 --> 00:33:09.640
 lived as

00:33:09.640 --> 00:33:10.060
 functional

00:33:10.060 --> 00:33:10.740
 atheists

00:33:10.740 --> 00:33:11.860
 living for

00:33:11.860 --> 00:33:12.279
 ourselves

00:33:12.279 --> 00:33:13.039
 and taking

00:33:13.039 --> 00:33:13.660
 advantage of

00:33:13.660 --> 00:33:14.200
 others as if

00:33:14.200 --> 00:33:14.680
 God will not

00:33:14.680 --> 00:33:15.080
 do anything

00:33:15.080 --> 00:33:15.600
 about it

00:33:15.600 --> 00:33:16.779
 what if

00:33:16.779 --> 00:33:17.300
 we are

00:33:17.300 --> 00:33:17.720
 part of

00:33:17.720 --> 00:33:18.279
 the problem

00:33:18.279 --> 00:33:19.920
 part of

00:33:19.920 --> 00:33:20.660
 the injustices

00:33:20.660 --> 00:33:20.960
 of this

00:33:20.960 --> 00:33:21.320
 world

00:33:21.320 --> 00:33:23.980
 the times

00:33:23.980 --> 00:33:24.539
 one sent

00:33:24.539 --> 00:33:24.840
 out an

00:33:24.840 --> 00:33:25.500
 inquiry to

00:33:25.500 --> 00:33:26.080
 famous

00:33:26.080 --> 00:33:26.560
 authors

00:33:26.560 --> 00:33:26.900
 throughout

00:33:26.900 --> 00:33:27.360
 the world

00:33:27.360 --> 00:33:28.019
 asking them

00:33:28.019 --> 00:33:28.359
 to answer

00:33:28.359 --> 00:33:28.920
 the question

00:33:28.920 --> 00:33:29.720
 what's

00:33:29.720 --> 00:33:30.059
 wrong

00:33:30.059 --> 00:33:30.400
 with the

00:33:30.400 --> 00:33:30.619
 world

00:33:30.619 --> 00:33:30.980
 today

00:33:30.980 --> 00:33:32.660
 and G.K.

00:33:32.759 --> 00:33:33.139
 Chesterton

00:33:33.139 --> 00:33:33.879
 an English

00:33:33.879 --> 00:33:34.519
 author and

00:33:34.519 --> 00:33:35.000
 philosopher

00:33:35.000 --> 00:33:36.039
 and defender

00:33:36.039 --> 00:33:36.299
 of the

00:33:36.299 --> 00:33:36.519
 Christian

00:33:36.519 --> 00:33:36.839
 faith

00:33:36.839 --> 00:33:37.420
 reputedly

00:33:37.420 --> 00:33:37.859
 responded

00:33:37.859 --> 00:33:38.220
 with the

00:33:38.220 --> 00:33:38.559
 simple

00:33:38.559 --> 00:33:39.420
 short

00:33:39.420 --> 00:33:40.099
 letter

00:33:40.099 --> 00:33:41.579
 dear

00:33:41.579 --> 00:33:41.900
 sir

00:33:41.900 --> 00:33:43.680
 I am

00:33:43.680 --> 00:33:45.259
 yours

00:33:45.259 --> 00:33:46.379
 G.K.

00:33:46.759 --> 00:33:47.139
 Chesterton

00:33:47.139 --> 00:33:49.759
 what is

00:33:49.759 --> 00:33:50.220
 wrong with

00:33:50.220 --> 00:33:50.579
 the world

00:33:50.579 --> 00:33:51.000
 today

00:33:51.000 --> 00:33:53.000
 I am

00:33:53.000 --> 00:33:55.599
 injustice

00:33:55.599 --> 00:33:56.480
 are in

00:33:56.480 --> 00:33:56.960
 the world

00:33:56.960 --> 00:33:57.579
 because

00:33:57.579 --> 00:33:58.160
 we

00:33:58.160 --> 00:33:58.819
 are

00:33:58.819 --> 00:33:59.220
 sinful

00:33:59.220 --> 00:34:00.119
 and

00:34:00.119 --> 00:34:00.380
 because

00:34:00.380 --> 00:34:00.720
 we

00:34:00.720 --> 00:34:01.140
 are

00:34:01.140 --> 00:34:01.539
 living

00:34:01.539 --> 00:34:01.880
 in

00:34:01.880 --> 00:34:02.279
 rebellion

00:34:02.279 --> 00:34:02.660
 against

00:34:02.660 --> 00:34:02.980
 God

00:34:02.980 --> 00:34:03.859
 and

00:34:03.859 --> 00:34:04.059
 this

00:34:04.059 --> 00:34:04.220
 is

00:34:04.220 --> 00:34:04.819
 precisely

00:34:04.819 --> 00:34:05.220
 why

00:34:05.220 --> 00:34:05.480
 God

00:34:05.480 --> 00:34:05.880
 sent

00:34:05.880 --> 00:34:06.220
 his

00:34:06.220 --> 00:34:06.500
 only

00:34:06.500 --> 00:34:06.779
 son

00:34:06.779 --> 00:34:07.079
 Jesus

00:34:07.079 --> 00:34:07.480
 Christ

00:34:07.480 --> 00:34:08.099
 into

00:34:08.099 --> 00:34:08.300
 the

00:34:08.300 --> 00:34:08.619
 world

00:34:08.619 --> 00:34:09.159
 to

00:34:09.159 --> 00:34:09.440
 die

00:34:09.440 --> 00:34:09.579
 on

00:34:09.579 --> 00:34:09.679
 the

00:34:09.679 --> 00:34:09.960
 cross

00:34:09.960 --> 00:34:10.139
 for

00:34:10.139 --> 00:34:10.320
 our

00:34:10.320 --> 00:34:10.559
 sins

00:34:10.559 --> 00:34:12.780
 the

00:34:12.780 --> 00:34:13.400
 crucifixion

00:34:13.400 --> 00:34:13.539
 of

00:34:13.539 --> 00:34:13.820
 Jesus

00:34:13.820 --> 00:34:14.400
 is

00:34:14.400 --> 00:34:14.739
 the

00:34:14.739 --> 00:34:15.400
 worst

00:34:15.400 --> 00:34:16.099
 injustice

00:34:16.099 --> 00:34:16.500
 ever

00:34:16.500 --> 00:34:16.860
 committed

00:34:16.860 --> 00:34:17.059
 by

00:34:17.059 --> 00:34:17.500
 humanity

00:34:17.500 --> 00:34:18.619
 because

00:34:18.619 --> 00:34:18.980
 Jesus

00:34:18.980 --> 00:34:19.460
 was

00:34:19.460 --> 00:34:19.780
 the

00:34:19.780 --> 00:34:20.159
 perfect

00:34:20.159 --> 00:34:20.440
 son

00:34:20.440 --> 00:34:20.579
 of

00:34:20.579 --> 00:34:20.820
 God

00:34:20.820 --> 00:34:21.239
 the

00:34:21.239 --> 00:34:21.599
 holy

00:34:21.599 --> 00:34:21.920
 one

00:34:21.920 --> 00:34:22.199
 the

00:34:22.199 --> 00:34:22.559
 righteous

00:34:22.559 --> 00:34:22.920
 one

00:34:22.920 --> 00:34:24.220
 unlike

00:34:24.220 --> 00:34:24.500
 the

00:34:24.500 --> 00:34:24.760
 rest

00:34:24.760 --> 00:34:24.960
 of

00:34:24.960 --> 00:34:25.260
 us

00:34:25.260 --> 00:34:25.599
 he

00:34:25.599 --> 00:34:25.760
 had

00:34:25.760 --> 00:34:26.019
 never

00:34:26.019 --> 00:34:26.579
 sinned

00:34:26.579 --> 00:34:26.780
 and

00:34:26.780 --> 00:34:26.920
 he

00:34:26.920 --> 00:34:27.139
 was

00:34:27.139 --> 00:34:27.760
 the

00:34:27.760 --> 00:34:28.300
 infinitely

00:34:28.300 --> 00:34:28.780
 worthy

00:34:28.780 --> 00:34:29.400
 son

00:34:29.400 --> 00:34:29.619
 of

00:34:29.619 --> 00:34:29.880
 God

00:34:29.880 --> 00:34:30.059
 his

00:34:30.059 --> 00:34:30.440
 only

00:34:30.440 --> 00:34:30.900
 begotten

00:34:30.900 --> 00:34:31.220
 son

00:34:31.220 --> 00:34:32.039
 and

00:34:32.039 --> 00:34:32.159
 so

00:34:32.159 --> 00:34:32.320
 his

00:34:32.320 --> 00:34:32.880
 betrayal

00:34:32.880 --> 00:34:33.539
 torture

00:34:33.539 --> 00:34:33.820
 and

00:34:33.820 --> 00:34:34.260
 murder

00:34:34.260 --> 00:34:34.480
 are

00:34:34.480 --> 00:34:34.619
 the

00:34:34.619 --> 00:34:34.860
 most

00:34:34.860 --> 00:34:35.360
 egregious

00:34:35.360 --> 00:34:35.680
 acts

00:34:35.680 --> 00:34:35.800
 of

00:34:35.800 --> 00:34:36.220
 injustice

00:34:36.220 --> 00:34:36.659
 ever

00:34:36.659 --> 00:34:37.240
 perpetrated

00:34:37.240 --> 00:34:37.400
 by

00:34:37.400 --> 00:34:37.840
 mankind

00:34:37.840 --> 00:34:39.460
 but

00:34:39.460 --> 00:34:39.900
 through

00:34:39.900 --> 00:34:40.200
 that

00:34:40.200 --> 00:34:40.680
 seemingly

00:34:40.680 --> 00:34:41.280
 senseless

00:34:41.280 --> 00:34:41.700
 suffering

00:34:41.700 --> 00:34:41.920
 and

00:34:41.920 --> 00:34:42.200
 death

00:34:42.200 --> 00:34:43.039
 Jesus

00:34:43.039 --> 00:34:43.659
 paid

00:34:43.659 --> 00:34:44.099
 for

00:34:44.099 --> 00:34:44.400
 our

00:34:44.400 --> 00:34:44.720
 sins

00:34:44.720 --> 00:34:45.559
 and

00:34:45.559 --> 00:34:45.700
 he

00:34:45.700 --> 00:34:46.440
 satisfied

00:34:46.440 --> 00:34:47.119
 God's

00:34:47.119 --> 00:34:47.639
 just

00:34:47.639 --> 00:34:48.180
 wrath

00:34:48.180 --> 00:34:48.639
 towards

00:34:48.639 --> 00:34:49.039
 sinners

00:34:49.039 --> 00:34:49.860
 and

00:34:49.860 --> 00:34:49.980
 he

00:34:49.980 --> 00:34:50.480
 absorbed

00:34:50.480 --> 00:34:50.820
 the

00:34:50.820 --> 00:34:51.260
 full

00:34:51.260 --> 00:34:51.840
 fury

00:34:51.840 --> 00:34:52.480
 of

00:34:52.480 --> 00:34:53.179
 divine

00:34:53.179 --> 00:34:53.820
 vengeance

00:34:53.820 --> 00:34:54.639
 upon

00:34:54.639 --> 00:34:55.059
 himself

00:34:55.059 --> 00:34:56.440
 so that

00:34:56.440 --> 00:34:56.880
 the demands

00:34:56.880 --> 00:34:57.360
 of God's

00:34:57.360 --> 00:34:57.740
 justice

00:34:57.740 --> 00:34:58.099
 may be

00:34:58.099 --> 00:34:58.579
 satisfied

00:34:58.579 --> 00:34:59.960
 so that

00:34:59.960 --> 00:35:00.539
 even the

00:35:00.539 --> 00:35:00.900
 wicked

00:35:00.900 --> 00:35:02.840
 if we

00:35:02.840 --> 00:35:03.320
 turn to

00:35:03.320 --> 00:35:03.559
 him

00:35:03.559 --> 00:35:04.400
 if we

00:35:04.400 --> 00:35:05.000
 repent

00:35:05.000 --> 00:35:07.199
 can be

00:35:07.199 --> 00:35:07.579
 forgiven

00:35:07.579 --> 00:35:09.800
 without compromising

00:35:09.800 --> 00:35:10.260
 the justice

00:35:10.260 --> 00:35:10.719
 of God

00:35:10.719 --> 00:35:12.960
 and

00:35:12.960 --> 00:35:13.699
 if the

00:35:13.699 --> 00:35:14.079
 worst

00:35:14.079 --> 00:35:14.719
 injustice

00:35:14.719 --> 00:35:15.360
 in human

00:35:15.360 --> 00:35:15.800
 history

00:35:15.800 --> 00:35:17.179
 brought

00:35:17.179 --> 00:35:17.840
 salvation

00:35:17.840 --> 00:35:19.980
 then

00:35:19.980 --> 00:35:20.220
 we

00:35:20.220 --> 00:35:20.440
 can

00:35:20.440 --> 00:35:20.800
 trust

00:35:20.800 --> 00:35:21.039
 that

00:35:21.039 --> 00:35:21.420
 even

00:35:21.420 --> 00:35:21.660
 the

00:35:21.660 --> 00:35:22.380
 injustices

00:35:22.380 --> 00:35:22.680
 that

00:35:22.680 --> 00:35:22.960
 we

00:35:22.960 --> 00:35:23.420
 endure

00:35:23.420 --> 00:35:24.220
 and

00:35:24.220 --> 00:35:24.400
 we

00:35:24.400 --> 00:35:24.860
 see

00:35:24.860 --> 00:35:25.760
 will

00:35:25.760 --> 00:35:26.260
 ultimately

00:35:26.260 --> 00:35:26.880
 serve

00:35:26.880 --> 00:35:27.380
 God's

00:35:27.380 --> 00:35:27.600
 good

00:35:27.600 --> 00:35:28.059
 purposes

00:35:28.059 --> 00:35:28.480
 in the

00:35:28.480 --> 00:35:28.680
 end

00:35:28.680 --> 00:35:33.000
 so let's

00:35:33.000 --> 00:35:33.600
 keep appealing

00:35:33.600 --> 00:35:34.039
 to him

00:35:34.039 --> 00:35:35.140
 praying

00:35:35.140 --> 00:35:35.559
 to him

00:35:35.559 --> 00:35:36.220
 crying out

00:35:36.220 --> 00:35:36.579
 to him

00:35:36.579 --> 00:35:37.400
 arise

00:35:37.400 --> 00:35:37.559
 oh

00:35:37.559 --> 00:35:37.820
 lord

00:35:37.820 --> 00:35:39.280
 arise

00:35:39.280 --> 00:35:39.780
 oh

00:35:39.780 --> 00:35:40.000
 lord

00:35:40.000 --> 00:35:41.240
 let's

00:35:41.240 --> 00:35:41.420
 pray

00:35:41.420 --> 00:35:41.800
 together

00:35:41.800 --> 00:35:48.360
 arise

00:35:48.360 --> 00:35:49.140
 oh

00:35:49.140 --> 00:35:49.420
 lord

00:35:49.420 --> 00:35:51.940
 and

00:35:51.940 --> 00:35:52.280
 act

00:35:52.280 --> 00:35:52.519
 on

00:35:52.519 --> 00:35:52.920
 behalf

00:35:52.920 --> 00:35:53.340
 of

00:35:53.340 --> 00:35:53.460
 the

00:35:53.460 --> 00:35:54.000
 afflicted

00:35:54.000 --> 00:35:55.019
 and

00:35:55.019 --> 00:35:55.160
 the

00:35:55.160 --> 00:35:55.519
 poor

00:35:55.519 --> 00:35:58.880
 and

00:35:58.880 --> 00:35:59.160
 help

00:35:59.160 --> 00:35:59.600
 especially

00:35:59.600 --> 00:35:59.880
 your

00:35:59.880 --> 00:36:00.340
 children

00:36:00.340 --> 00:36:03.340
 who

00:36:03.340 --> 00:36:03.440
 are

00:36:03.440 --> 00:36:03.920
 persecuted

00:36:03.920 --> 00:36:04.280
 around

00:36:04.280 --> 00:36:04.440
 the

00:36:04.440 --> 00:36:04.740
 globe

00:36:04.740 --> 00:36:07.660
 our

00:36:07.660 --> 00:36:07.860
 fellow

00:36:07.860 --> 00:36:08.140
 brothers

00:36:08.140 --> 00:36:08.360
 and

00:36:08.360 --> 00:36:08.640
 sisters

00:36:08.640 --> 00:36:08.880
 in

00:36:08.880 --> 00:36:09.260
 Christ

00:36:09.260 --> 00:36:10.940
 and

00:36:10.940 --> 00:36:11.140
 help

00:36:11.140 --> 00:36:11.380
 all

00:36:11.380 --> 00:36:11.740
 believers

00:36:11.739 --> 00:36:12.079
 who are

00:36:12.079 --> 00:36:12.439
 enduring

00:36:12.439 --> 00:36:12.959
 suffering

00:36:12.959 --> 00:36:13.359
 of any

00:36:13.359 --> 00:36:13.839
 kind

00:36:13.839 --> 00:36:15.439
 to

00:36:15.439 --> 00:36:16.059
 endure

00:36:16.059 --> 00:36:18.319
 with

00:36:18.319 --> 00:36:18.739
 hope

00:36:18.739 --> 00:36:24.379
 and

00:36:24.379 --> 00:36:24.519
 to

00:36:24.519 --> 00:36:24.719
 never

00:36:24.719 --> 00:36:25.159
 stop

00:36:25.159 --> 00:36:25.619
 appealing

00:36:25.619 --> 00:36:25.859
 and

00:36:25.859 --> 00:36:26.119
 crying

00:36:26.119 --> 00:36:26.339
 out

00:36:26.339 --> 00:36:26.459
 to

00:36:26.459 --> 00:36:26.679
 you

00:36:26.679 --> 00:36:29.259
 to

00:36:29.259 --> 00:36:29.479
 never

00:36:29.479 --> 00:36:29.899
 lose

00:36:29.899 --> 00:36:30.559
 faith

00:36:30.559 --> 00:36:32.099
 that

00:36:32.099 --> 00:36:32.239
 you

00:36:32.239 --> 00:36:32.379
 are

00:36:32.379 --> 00:36:32.719
 there

00:36:32.719 --> 00:36:33.859
 and

00:36:33.859 --> 00:36:33.959
 that

00:36:33.959 --> 00:36:34.099
 you

00:36:34.099 --> 00:36:34.599
 see

00:36:34.599 --> 00:36:35.399
 and

00:36:35.399 --> 00:36:35.519
 that

00:36:35.519 --> 00:36:35.639
 you

00:36:35.639 --> 00:36:36.219
 hear

00:36:36.219 --> 00:36:37.039
 and

00:36:37.039 --> 00:36:37.179
 that

00:36:37.179 --> 00:36:37.379
 you

00:36:37.379 --> 00:36:37.859
 act

00:36:37.859 --> 00:36:40.319
 fill

00:36:40.319 --> 00:36:40.479
 us

00:36:40.479 --> 00:36:40.659
 with

00:36:40.659 --> 00:36:40.979
 faith

00:36:40.979 --> 00:36:41.319
 now

00:36:41.320 --> 00:36:41.760
 to

00:36:41.760 --> 00:36:41.940
 live

00:36:41.940 --> 00:36:42.059
 in

00:36:42.059 --> 00:36:42.180
 that

00:36:42.180 --> 00:36:42.400
 way

00:36:42.400 --> 00:36:43.360
 in

00:36:43.360 --> 00:36:43.620
 Jesus

00:36:43.620 --> 00:36:43.960
 name

00:36:43.960 --> 00:36:45.460
 amen

00:36:45.460 --> 00:36:49.599
 so

00:36:49.599 --> 00:36:54.220
 and

00:36:55.220 --> 00:36:55.699
 you

00:36:55.699 --> 00:36:56.059
 and

00:36:56.059 --> 00:37:04.220
 you