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 We're on page 56, Exodus 3.

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 Last week we spent our time thinking about the salvation of God.

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! The narrative up to verse 12 was thinking about the salvation delivered to Moses by God.

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! That he himself received, was then to go and proclaim to his people,

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 and then ultimately he was going to go and proclaim it to the self-appointed God of the world, Pharaoh.

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 A message of deliverance in direct opposition to this Pharaoh.

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 And we thought about how salvation, this message of salvation, it's shocking,

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 because it comes to people who really, really don't deserve it.

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 People like you and me.

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 We thought about how it's always plan A, it's never plan B.

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 It's never plan B.

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 From the beginning of eternity, God chose a people,

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 and he's been unfolding that plan throughout history.

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 Even in the darkest moments of history, God has always been on track, 100% with plan A.

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 And that the goal of worship, it wasn't simply that we'd have our sins paid for,

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 that our feeling of guilt would be alleviated, that we'd get to go to heaven.

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 The goal of salvation is that we might bow the knee and become worshippers of this living God.

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 But this morning, we're taking a turn from just thinking about the salvation of God

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 to thinking about the God of salvation in the remainder of chapter 3.

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 The reason we're doing that is because that's the turn the narrative takes in verse 13.

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 And Moses asks in verse 13 the logical question about hearing such a plan.

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 A question that if you were put in Moses' shoes,

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 after hearing this great plan of salvation, you would ask too.

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 Although it may be in different words.

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 Salvation is proclaimed.

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 And Moses says,

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 Sorry, who are you?

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 Who are you?

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 Or verse 13, to put it in Moses' words,

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 What is your name?

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 Now, what Moses isn't doing is he's not asking for a personal introduction over coffee at the end of church.

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 He's not going,

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 Oh, hi, I'm Adam.

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 What's your name?

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 Oh, God.

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 Great.

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 Great.

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 Nice to meet you.

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 Now, what he's doing is asking for God's personal credentials.

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 He's heard of this epic, colossal salvation.

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 And he says,

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 Who are you?

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 What qualifies you to be able to defeat Moses,

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 to defeat Pharaoh?

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 And deliver your people?

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 And the thing is,

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 if you've never asked that question this morning,

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 then I don't think I did a very good job last week,

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 describing what salvation is like.

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 Or maybe it's just that you struggle to see the insurmountable task of saving people like you and me.

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 Saving people like us.

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 Because the salvation that God's promised,

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 it is huge.

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 Saving a bunch of enslaved sufferers,

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 who have been trapped for 400 years,

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 never knowing what a day off felt like.

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 And they're moving them to a free people,

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 in a beautiful,

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 vast land,

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 under the care and protection,

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 of a good,

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 gracious,

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 loving God.

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 And we described last week,

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 didn't we,

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 that that is just a picture of what comes to us in Christ.

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 Going from people who are enslaved to sin and Satan,

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 trapped by our own deceptive hearts,

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 corrupt,

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 living with the consequences of a broken world.

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 We move from that to people who are raised,

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 from death to life,

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 to know and worship an eternal God,

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 in perfect perfection,

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 a world remade.

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 Who could do all of this?

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 Who could deliver on that kind of salvation?

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 The thing is,

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 we ask that question in a much smaller way,

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 every morning when we wake up,

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 don't we?

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 Is God able to get me through today?

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 Am I actually going to make it?

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 By the end of today,

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 am I still going to be a Christian?

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 You know,

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 the difficulties,

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 day after day,

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 alone,

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 are enough to not just ask,

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 can God deliver eternal salvation,

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 but can he deliver me today?

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 Today,

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 the task is great,

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 and Moses know the people,

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 people like you and me,

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 are going to want to know,

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 who are you?

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 Who are you that you can deliver?

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 And God responds with two things,

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 two things that you really need to know,

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 two things you need to know about God,

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 two realities about him,

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 that you need to set and fix your hearts upon,

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 in order to have confidence,

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 that God can deliver on this salvation.

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 And that's how we're going to split our time up,

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 today,

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 we're going to look at these two things,

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 and the first thing that you need to know,

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 is his name.

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 Halfway through verse 13,

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 read with me.

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 And when they asked me,

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 what is his name?

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 What shall I say to them?

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 And God said to Moses,

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 I am who I am.

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 And he said,

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 say this to the people of Israel,

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 I am,

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 has sent me to you.

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 He gives a mysterious name,

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 doesn't he?

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 Translated in the Old Testament,

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 with the letters L-O-R-D,

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 in block capitals,

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 it's there in verse 15 as well.

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 It's the same I am,

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 but now just translated.

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 But it's important,

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 this isn't a title.

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 You know,

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 we see Lord scattered throughout the Bible

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 as a title,

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 an ascription,

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 but it's not the same as saying,

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 you know,

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 he's a shepherd,

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 or a king,

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 or a father.

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 It's not just a title,

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 this is his name,

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 this is who he is,

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 in and of himself.

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 And names are really important,

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 aren't they?

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 There's nothing like being greeted

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 at the end of the service,

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 by your personal name.

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 You know,

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 I've only been here a few weeks,

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 and yet people come up to me,

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 and say,

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 how's it going Adam?

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 That personal,

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 intimate connection,

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 and here,

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 the God of the universe,

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 is revealing his name to his people,

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 close communion with them.

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 And there's so many things

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 we could say about this name,

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 but firstly,

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 I am is,

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 it's a mysterious name,

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 isn't it?

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 I am,

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 is a mystery.

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 And we can't really grasp

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 the depths of what's going on.

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 When someone says,

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 you know,

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 my name's Adam,

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 we've got a context for it,

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 and it seems normal.

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 But just to say,

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 if you asked me,

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 what's your name,

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 and I said,

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 I am,

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 you'd be,

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 sorry,

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 you are what?

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 But Herman Babink,

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 a hearer of mine,

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 he has this great line,

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 talking about this,

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 and he says,

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 God is that which he calls himself,

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 and he calls himself

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 that which he is.

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 So,

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 so when the people of Moses,

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 people of Moses,

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 they come and say,

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 who is this God?

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 When you say,

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 yeah,

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 who is God?

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 Well,

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 he just replies,

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 God is.

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 Any,

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 any more questions?

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 It just brings silence,

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 doesn't it?

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 Who is God?

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 There is no adjective great enough to ascribe to him,

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 just God is.

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 We lisp with vocabulary to try and grasp the greatness of God.

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 Even the greatest descriptions you've ever read by your greatest authors of God

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 are pale shadows of who he really is.

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 Even though we know true things concerning God,

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 he's so far above us,

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 so far beyond us,

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 so far beyond our understanding that he's mysterious to us.

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 And when confronted by the mystery,

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 the awesomeness of this God,

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 we can fall into some traps.

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 Because I've spoken to a few of you,

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 a few of you are like me,

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 and you're prone to becoming a rationalist.

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 Confronted with the great mystery of God,

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 you try and explain away God's greatness.

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 You think you can put him in a box,

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 using your terms and your vocabularies and your own categories,

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 and you try and explain him away,

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 bringing him down.

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 But then, as a few of you have met,

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 I wouldn't say who,

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 but you've tendencies to become a bit mystic,

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 maybe a bit Welsh mystic.

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 And you think God is so big,

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 and so unknowable,

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 and so grand that,

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 well, this isn't Paul's temptation at all,

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 but we start to think of what,

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 well, we can think what we want of God.

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 We can start thinking,

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 yeah, no one can really know,

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 because it's just so big.

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 So we drag God down,

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 and we just let him loose.

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 But that's not the right response.

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 The third response,

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 and the right response,

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 and the response we see of Moses,

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 is that he becomes a worshipper.

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 John, whether you're prone to rationalism,

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 or mysticism,

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 repent,

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 and humbly come,

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 and sit under what God has revealed of himself,

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 and worship him,

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 as the great I am.

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 The great mysterious I am.

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 You will never know everything about God.

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 And yet he has revealed something of himself

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 that you can grasp.

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 But secondly,

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 God reveals something else about his name.

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 His name reveals that he's unchanging.

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 God is immutable.

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 He's eternally who he is.

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 He reveals his name.

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 This is a bit geeky,

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 but some of you will be pleased to hear this.

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 It's in the present form of the verb to be.

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 So,

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 you think,

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 why does that matter?

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 Well,

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 it means that God is not,

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 I was who I was.

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 And it means that God is not,

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 I will be who I will be.

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 But it's I am.

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 Eternally present.

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 And this unchanging nature

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 is the ground and source of his faithfulness.

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 His faithfulness to his creation.

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 We come,

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 and we go,

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 and we fluctuate,

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 and we fade,

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 and change.

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 We have ups and downs,

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 and yet God is the same.

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 Yesterday,

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 today,

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 and forever,

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 because he is eternally present,

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 holding time in the palm of his hand,

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 knowing nothing of the change of seasons

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 affecting him.

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 I am is unchanging.

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 So when the people cry out,

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 how do we know

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 that you can save us?

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 How do we know that you can deliver?

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 Well then,

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 just look down

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 at verse 17.

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 The reason you can know

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 is because God has promised,

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 and he does not change.

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 How do you know?

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 How do you know

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 that you'll make it through the day?

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 How do you know

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 that God will come good

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 on his promises to deliver you?

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 Well, God does not change,

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 and he has promised.

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 But this one,

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 I think,

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 is a real kicker.

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 Something that I don't think about

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 at all,

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 until confronted by passages like this.

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 But I am.

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 God,

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 revealing his name,

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 shows us

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 that he is independent.

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 Independent.

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 With the kids,

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 I've got everyone

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 to take a big breath.

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 But as that oxygen

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 rushes into your lungs,

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 you are dependent on it.

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 You are dependent

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 on the laws of physics,

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 water.

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 You're dependent

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 on the breakfast

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 you had this morning.

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 We're dependent

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 in every single way.

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 But two,

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 well,

00:11:56.620 --> 00:11:57.399
 perhaps teenagers,

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 most of all.

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 You know,

00:11:58.460 --> 00:11:59.659
 we long for independence,

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 don't we?

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 Can't wait to get off

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 the shackles of our parents.

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 But here's a harsh reality

00:12:04.940 --> 00:12:05.440
 for you.

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 You will never be independent.

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 As long as you are

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 a creature,

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 you will forever be

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 dependent on him.

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 But being dependent

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 on the God of the Bible

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 is not a burden.

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 It's a great joy,

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 isn't it?

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 To know that he is good

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 and provides all your needs.

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 For I am alone

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 is independent,

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 depending on nothing else,

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 especially in his creation.

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 And everything else

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 is dependent on him.

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 This is hard to grasp,

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 but Psalm 50

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 helps us a little.

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 You can turn there

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 if you want,

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 Psalm 50.

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 Or you can just listen.

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 Listen to what

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 Psalm 50 says.

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 Starting with verse 7.

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 I am God.

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 Your God.

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 Not for your sacrifices

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 do I rebuke you,

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 that your burnt offerings

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 are continually before me.

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 I will not accept

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 a bull from your house

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 or goats from your fold.

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 Why?

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 For every beast

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 of the forest is mine,

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 the cattle on a thousand hills.

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 I know all the birds

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 of the hills

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 and all that moves

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 in the field is mine.

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 If I were hungry,

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 God says,

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 I would not tell you.

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 For the world

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 and its fullness of mine,

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 do I eat the flesh of bulls

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 or drink the blood of goats?

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 Offer to God

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 a sacrifice of thanksgiving

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 and perform your vows

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 to the Lord,

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 the Most High,

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 and call upon me

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 in the day of trouble

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 and I will deliver you

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 and you shall glorify me.

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 God needs nothing.

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 Not even the sacrifices

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 he's prescribed

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 his people in the Old Testament.

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 Silly question.

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 Does God get hungry?

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 Of course not,

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 but even if he did,

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 he wouldn't tell you

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 because everything belongs to him.

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 He owns everything

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 because everything

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 owes their existence to him.

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 That includes Pharaoh

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 who's about to go

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 in opposition against him.

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 God doesn't even need sacrifices.

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 Again,

00:14:18.100 --> 00:14:18.840
 silly question.

00:14:19.300 --> 00:14:20.840
 Does God drink blood?

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 Of course not.

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 God does not need anything.

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 And verse 21

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 of Psalm 50

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 finishes like this.

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 You thought

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 that I was one like you.

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 But he's not.

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 He needs nothing.

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 Yet we reduce God down

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 and think of him

00:14:47.240 --> 00:14:48.280
 nothing more than someone

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 we're kind of in relationship with.

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 We think,

00:14:52.920 --> 00:14:53.100
 you know,

00:14:53.100 --> 00:14:54.220
 if I give God something,

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 he'll give something back.

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 We think God needs our help

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 in order to accomplish

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 his purposes.

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 And we're so influenced

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 by the culture surrounding us

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 that we think

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 I scratch your back,

00:15:04.960 --> 00:15:05.820
 you'll scratch mine.

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 We think God is like

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 a divine vending machine.

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 As long as I put

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 the right money in,

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 I'll get the right thing out.

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 But God does not need

00:15:16.500 --> 00:15:17.660
 anything from you.

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 So,

00:15:21.240 --> 00:15:24.379
 I struggle with this so much

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 that he does not need anything.

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 He's so other.

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 But this is such good news.

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 Because it leads to

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 a really interesting observation.

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 Moses wants to know

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 who is God

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 to go and fight

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 Pharaoh.

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 And you think

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 the answer would come back,

00:15:42.240 --> 00:15:43.340
 don't worry Moses,

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 I'm bigger than Pharaoh.

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 Pharaoh.

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 That's how we often pray,

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 isn't it?

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 You know,

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 I've got this problem,

00:15:51.740 --> 00:15:52.640
 and then we pray,

00:15:52.900 --> 00:15:53.620
 but thank you

00:15:53.620 --> 00:15:54.560
 that you're bigger than

00:15:54.560 --> 00:15:55.520
 dot, dot, dot.

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 But that's not

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 his response.

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 His response is,

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 I am.

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 Because if he said,

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 I'm greater than Pharaoh,

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 that would kind of

00:16:07.120 --> 00:16:07.860
 put God on just

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 a continuum,

00:16:09.040 --> 00:16:10.379
 a spectrum with Pharaoh.

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 I'm sure many of you

00:16:13.259 --> 00:16:13.919
 remember playing

00:16:13.919 --> 00:16:15.059
 Top Trumps as a kid.

00:16:16.000 --> 00:16:16.439
 Children,

00:16:16.799 --> 00:16:18.159
 maybe you still play with them

00:16:18.159 --> 00:16:18.820
 and have them littered

00:16:18.820 --> 00:16:20.299
 around your living room floor.

00:16:21.179 --> 00:16:22.220
 And you're always hoping,

00:16:22.320 --> 00:16:22.620
 aren't you,

00:16:22.639 --> 00:16:23.679
 that you've got the car

00:16:23.679 --> 00:16:24.779
 that beats the car

00:16:24.779 --> 00:16:25.620
 your friend has.

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 You know,

00:16:26.439 --> 00:16:27.480
 the car that drives

00:16:27.480 --> 00:16:28.039
 the fastest,

00:16:28.320 --> 00:16:29.320
 or the snake

00:16:29.320 --> 00:16:30.200
 that has the most venom.

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 Or the animal

00:16:31.700 --> 00:16:32.539
 that's just a bit bigger

00:16:32.539 --> 00:16:33.139
 and faster.

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 And as great as

00:16:35.899 --> 00:16:36.699
 Top Trumps is,

00:16:37.379 --> 00:16:38.120
 that is not

00:16:38.120 --> 00:16:39.139
 what is going on here.

00:16:40.779 --> 00:16:41.759
 God is not just

00:16:41.759 --> 00:16:43.279
 the next Top Trump card

00:16:43.279 --> 00:16:44.240
 up from Pharaoh.

00:16:44.639 --> 00:16:46.019
 It's not on a continuum

00:16:46.019 --> 00:16:46.759
 where God has

00:16:46.759 --> 00:16:48.220
 slightly higher stats

00:16:48.220 --> 00:16:48.879
 than Pharaoh.

00:16:52.199 --> 00:16:53.319
 That would constantly

00:16:53.319 --> 00:16:54.100
 leave you worried,

00:16:54.179 --> 00:16:54.600
 wouldn't it?

00:16:55.639 --> 00:16:56.539
 But what if one day

00:16:56.539 --> 00:16:57.240
 someone plays

00:16:57.240 --> 00:16:58.759
 the next Top Trump card up?

00:17:00.120 --> 00:17:01.139
 What if one day

00:17:01.139 --> 00:17:02.059
 there's a bigger God?

00:17:02.059 --> 00:17:03.759
 What if there's

00:17:03.759 --> 00:17:04.440
 someone greater

00:17:04.440 --> 00:17:05.139
 that can thwart

00:17:05.139 --> 00:17:05.720
 those prayers?

00:17:07.519 --> 00:17:09.200
 God simply answers,

00:17:10.099 --> 00:17:10.759
 I am.

00:17:12.139 --> 00:17:13.179
 Even Pharaoh,

00:17:13.839 --> 00:17:14.879
 even the game,

00:17:15.319 --> 00:17:16.220
 owns its dependence

00:17:16.220 --> 00:17:16.819
 on me.

00:17:19.759 --> 00:17:21.139
 God is not on a spectrum

00:17:21.139 --> 00:17:21.839
 with Satan.

00:17:24.159 --> 00:17:25.539
 You don't just have to hope

00:17:25.539 --> 00:17:26.599
 that God is further

00:17:26.599 --> 00:17:27.339
 up the spectrum

00:17:27.339 --> 00:17:28.859
 than Satan.

00:17:29.819 --> 00:17:31.139
 Nothing is too difficult

00:17:31.139 --> 00:17:31.659
 for him.

00:17:32.059 --> 00:17:33.079
 Because nothing

00:17:33.079 --> 00:17:34.000
 compares to him.

00:17:36.559 --> 00:17:37.639
 We see that a little,

00:17:37.720 --> 00:17:38.039
 don't we?

00:17:38.240 --> 00:17:39.299
 When Moses

00:17:39.299 --> 00:17:40.819
 hears from God

00:17:40.819 --> 00:17:42.579
 what Pharaoh's

00:17:42.579 --> 00:17:43.759
 response is going to be.

00:17:44.079 --> 00:17:44.779
 You look down

00:17:44.779 --> 00:17:45.679
 back at our passage,

00:17:46.220 --> 00:17:47.599
 he even says

00:17:47.599 --> 00:17:48.579
 what Pharaoh's

00:17:48.579 --> 00:17:49.440
 response is going to be.

00:17:49.759 --> 00:17:50.619
 He knows what

00:17:50.619 --> 00:17:51.519
 Pharaoh's response

00:17:51.519 --> 00:17:51.940
 is going to be

00:17:51.940 --> 00:17:52.440
 in the future

00:17:52.440 --> 00:17:53.259
 to what God does

00:17:53.259 --> 00:17:54.700
 because even Pharaoh

00:17:54.700 --> 00:17:56.139
 is dependent on him.

00:17:56.140 --> 00:17:58.860
 later on Romans 9,

00:17:59.000 --> 00:18:00.020
 Paul tells us that

00:18:00.020 --> 00:18:01.120
 even Pharaoh was

00:18:01.120 --> 00:18:02.460
 raised up so that

00:18:02.460 --> 00:18:03.280
 God might display

00:18:03.280 --> 00:18:04.140
 his glory in him.

00:18:05.060 --> 00:18:06.660
 Everything in this world

00:18:06.660 --> 00:18:08.240
 is dependent on God

00:18:08.240 --> 00:18:09.280
 and displays his glory.

00:18:09.279 --> 00:18:13.259
 And our big problem,

00:18:13.779 --> 00:18:15.639
 it's always good

00:18:15.639 --> 00:18:16.259
 isn't it to hear

00:18:16.259 --> 00:18:17.180
 that line from a

00:18:17.180 --> 00:18:18.079
 27 year old preacher

00:18:18.079 --> 00:18:19.920
 who has half the life

00:18:19.920 --> 00:18:20.940
 experience of most of you.

00:18:21.399 --> 00:18:21.619
 But,

00:18:22.440 --> 00:18:23.200
 our big problem,

00:18:24.059 --> 00:18:25.200
 we stumble again

00:18:25.200 --> 00:18:25.920
 and again

00:18:25.920 --> 00:18:26.700
 into thinking

00:18:26.700 --> 00:18:27.240
 that God

00:18:27.240 --> 00:18:28.099
 is like us.

00:18:28.099 --> 00:18:31.419
 we think,

00:18:32.099 --> 00:18:32.539
 do you know what,

00:18:32.539 --> 00:18:33.119
 I'm finding this

00:18:33.119 --> 00:18:33.719
 really hard.

00:18:34.899 --> 00:18:35.379
 And we think,

00:18:35.459 --> 00:18:35.859
 oh well,

00:18:36.079 --> 00:18:37.039
 God must find things

00:18:37.039 --> 00:18:37.519
 hard too.

00:18:38.799 --> 00:18:39.980
 God finds nothing

00:18:39.980 --> 00:18:40.439
 difficult.

00:18:43.059 --> 00:18:43.879
 We ought to have

00:18:43.879 --> 00:18:44.879
 great thoughts

00:18:44.879 --> 00:18:45.439
 of God's

00:18:45.439 --> 00:18:47.480
 and we so easily

00:18:47.480 --> 00:18:48.599
 allow our thoughts

00:18:48.599 --> 00:18:49.539
 to become small

00:18:49.539 --> 00:18:50.219
 and narrow.

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 He is a great

00:18:57.099 --> 00:18:57.740
 mystery, isn't it?

00:18:57.740 --> 00:18:58.480
 But maybe you're

00:18:58.480 --> 00:18:59.480
 struggling to grasp

00:18:59.480 --> 00:19:00.299
 the concepts.

00:19:00.799 --> 00:19:01.440
 But these are just

00:19:01.440 --> 00:19:02.059
 words that are

00:19:02.059 --> 00:19:02.539
 coming to you

00:19:02.539 --> 00:19:02.980
 and you're finding

00:19:02.980 --> 00:19:03.640
 it difficult to

00:19:03.640 --> 00:19:04.200
 really wrap your

00:19:04.200 --> 00:19:04.859
 head around them.

00:19:06.279 --> 00:19:06.519
 Well,

00:19:06.740 --> 00:19:07.539
 God knows that

00:19:07.539 --> 00:19:08.240
 we might struggle

00:19:08.240 --> 00:19:09.220
 and so he gives us

00:19:09.220 --> 00:19:10.000
 a picture of it

00:19:10.000 --> 00:19:10.420
 as well.

00:19:10.940 --> 00:19:11.779
 We read about it

00:19:11.779 --> 00:19:12.480
 today and talked

00:19:12.480 --> 00:19:13.420
 about it last week.

00:19:14.059 --> 00:19:14.559
 But it's there

00:19:14.559 --> 00:19:15.519
 in the burning bush.

00:19:17.039 --> 00:19:17.980
 Just think about it.

00:19:18.240 --> 00:19:19.460
 All we've described

00:19:19.460 --> 00:19:21.120
 is displayed for us

00:19:21.120 --> 00:19:21.620
 in the fire

00:19:21.620 --> 00:19:22.519
 of the burning bush.

00:19:23.779 --> 00:19:24.680
 I am

00:19:24.680 --> 00:19:26.359
 revealed as

00:19:26.359 --> 00:19:27.220
 the God

00:19:27.220 --> 00:19:27.600
 who is

00:19:27.600 --> 00:19:28.279
 mysterious.

00:19:28.960 --> 00:19:29.900
 This mysterious

00:19:29.900 --> 00:19:30.759
 fire in the midst

00:19:30.759 --> 00:19:31.180
 of the bush.

00:19:31.779 --> 00:19:32.819
 Unchanging fire,

00:19:32.960 --> 00:19:34.019
 perpetually burning

00:19:34.019 --> 00:19:35.900
 and in need

00:19:35.900 --> 00:19:36.640
 of nothing

00:19:36.640 --> 00:19:37.480
 in the midst

00:19:37.480 --> 00:19:38.100
 of the bush

00:19:38.100 --> 00:19:39.019
 yet completely

00:19:39.019 --> 00:19:40.039
 independent of it.

00:19:40.039 --> 00:19:43.299
 I am God.

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 The God of Abraham,

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 Isaac and Jacob.

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 The God of us

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 this morning

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 is the self-sufficient

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 eternally burning

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 fire who requires

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 nothing to exist.

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 But the picture

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 of the burning bush

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 is also really

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 comforting.

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 Because where is

00:20:02.180 --> 00:20:02.720
 the fire?

00:20:02.720 --> 00:20:02.779
 fire?

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 Well the fire

00:20:05.880 --> 00:20:08.620
 being in the midst

00:20:08.620 --> 00:20:09.180
 of the bush

00:20:09.180 --> 00:20:09.920
 leads to our

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 second point.

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 Just look down

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 at verse 15

00:20:12.660 --> 00:20:13.500
 of our passage.

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 God also said

00:20:16.940 --> 00:20:17.279
 to Moses

00:20:17.279 --> 00:20:18.539
 say this to the

00:20:18.539 --> 00:20:19.299
 people of Israel

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 the Lord

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 the God

00:20:21.799 --> 00:20:22.660
 of your fathers

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 the God

00:20:23.839 --> 00:20:24.460
 of Abraham

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 the God

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 of Isaac

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 the God

00:20:27.039 --> 00:20:27.500
 of Jacob

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 has sent me

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 to you.

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 this is my name

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 forever

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 and thus

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 I am to be

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 remembered

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 throughout all

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 generations.

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 Hearing God

00:20:36.240 --> 00:20:37.160
 as I am

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 should just

00:20:37.660 --> 00:20:38.480
 provoke awe

00:20:38.480 --> 00:20:39.140
 and wonder.

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 But hearing

00:20:40.900 --> 00:20:42.059
 that I am

00:20:42.059 --> 00:20:43.519
 is your God

00:20:43.519 --> 00:20:45.319
 should just

00:20:45.319 --> 00:20:46.420
 bring pure joy.

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 I just think

00:20:50.299 --> 00:20:50.980
 this is the best

00:20:50.980 --> 00:20:51.319
 news.

00:20:51.599 --> 00:20:52.079
 The picture

00:20:52.079 --> 00:20:52.519
 of the burning

00:20:52.519 --> 00:20:53.180
 bush helps us

00:20:53.180 --> 00:20:53.860
 understand it

00:20:53.860 --> 00:20:54.559
 because the

00:20:54.559 --> 00:20:55.640
 self-burning

00:20:55.640 --> 00:20:56.299
 perpetual

00:20:56.299 --> 00:20:57.339
 eternal fire

00:20:57.339 --> 00:20:57.860
 of God

00:20:57.859 --> 00:20:58.699
 isn't just

00:20:58.699 --> 00:20:59.059
 kind of

00:20:59.059 --> 00:20:59.979
 floating around

00:20:59.979 --> 00:21:00.839
 abstractly

00:21:00.839 --> 00:21:01.599
 but he is

00:21:01.599 --> 00:21:02.399
 in the midst

00:21:02.399 --> 00:21:03.099
 of the bush

00:21:03.099 --> 00:21:04.259
 and the bush

00:21:04.259 --> 00:21:04.979
 picture his

00:21:04.979 --> 00:21:05.419
 people.

00:21:07.240 --> 00:21:07.839
 God

00:21:07.839 --> 00:21:08.879
 is in the midst

00:21:08.879 --> 00:21:09.539
 of his people.

00:21:10.099 --> 00:21:10.959
 I am

00:21:10.959 --> 00:21:11.659
 is God

00:21:11.659 --> 00:21:13.539
 but I am

00:21:13.539 --> 00:21:14.279
 is your God.

00:21:16.519 --> 00:21:17.539
 In the same

00:21:17.539 --> 00:21:18.179
 breath of telling

00:21:18.179 --> 00:21:19.799
 of his otherness

00:21:19.799 --> 00:21:21.019
 he speaks to

00:21:21.019 --> 00:21:22.019
 his closeness

00:21:22.019 --> 00:21:23.819
 his condescension

00:21:23.819 --> 00:21:25.359
 again we sang

00:21:25.359 --> 00:21:26.339
 with the kids

00:21:26.339 --> 00:21:26.779
 earlier

00:21:26.779 --> 00:21:27.440
 closest

00:21:27.440 --> 00:21:28.220
 than the closest

00:21:28.220 --> 00:21:29.740
 friend.

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 And that's

00:21:31.299 --> 00:21:31.660
 what's going

00:21:31.660 --> 00:21:32.160
 on here.

00:21:33.220 --> 00:21:34.200
 He doesn't

00:21:34.200 --> 00:21:35.119
 need us.

00:21:36.319 --> 00:21:37.019
 He doesn't

00:21:37.019 --> 00:21:38.119
 need anything

00:21:38.119 --> 00:21:38.839
 and yet

00:21:38.839 --> 00:21:39.740
 he wants

00:21:39.740 --> 00:21:40.059
 you.

00:21:41.599 --> 00:21:42.480
 He wants

00:21:42.480 --> 00:21:43.000
 to be

00:21:43.000 --> 00:21:43.859
 in the midst

00:21:43.859 --> 00:21:44.639
 of his people.

00:21:44.960 --> 00:21:45.599
 He longs

00:21:45.599 --> 00:21:45.980
 to be

00:21:45.980 --> 00:21:46.839
 with you.

00:21:48.759 --> 00:21:49.700
 So God

00:21:49.700 --> 00:21:50.759
 stoops down

00:21:50.759 --> 00:21:51.660
 to make it

00:21:51.660 --> 00:21:52.200
 a way

00:21:52.200 --> 00:21:52.899
 to make it

00:21:52.899 --> 00:21:53.480
 possible

00:21:53.480 --> 00:21:55.420
 for us

00:21:55.420 --> 00:21:55.799
 to be

00:21:55.799 --> 00:21:56.259
 with him

00:21:56.259 --> 00:21:56.960
 and for

00:21:56.960 --> 00:21:57.279
 him to

00:21:57.279 --> 00:21:57.640
 be with

00:21:57.640 --> 00:21:57.980
 us.

00:21:59.039 --> 00:21:59.339
 And we

00:21:59.339 --> 00:21:59.779
 talked about

00:21:59.779 --> 00:22:00.099
 it last

00:22:00.099 --> 00:22:00.480
 time didn't

00:22:00.480 --> 00:22:00.640
 we?

00:22:00.700 --> 00:22:01.019
 That he

00:22:01.019 --> 00:22:01.720
 knows,

00:22:02.240 --> 00:22:03.259
 he sees,

00:22:03.819 --> 00:22:04.700
 he cares

00:22:04.700 --> 00:22:05.160
 about the

00:22:05.160 --> 00:22:05.720
 affliction of

00:22:05.720 --> 00:22:06.200
 his people

00:22:06.200 --> 00:22:07.700
 and he's

00:22:07.700 --> 00:22:08.319
 not watching

00:22:08.319 --> 00:22:08.840
 it on the

00:22:08.840 --> 00:22:09.360
 news

00:22:09.360 --> 00:22:10.779
 abstractly

00:22:10.779 --> 00:22:11.539
 and distantly

00:22:11.539 --> 00:22:12.580
 this

00:22:12.580 --> 00:22:13.559
 independent

00:22:13.559 --> 00:22:14.600
 burning fire

00:22:14.600 --> 00:22:15.400
 no he's

00:22:15.400 --> 00:22:16.059
 with his

00:22:16.059 --> 00:22:16.480
 people

00:22:16.480 --> 00:22:17.400
 experiencing

00:22:17.400 --> 00:22:17.880
 it and

00:22:17.880 --> 00:22:18.259
 knowing

00:22:18.259 --> 00:22:19.539
 and caring

00:22:19.539 --> 00:22:23.019
 and he

00:22:23.019 --> 00:22:23.599
 stretches

00:22:23.599 --> 00:22:24.299
 out his

00:22:24.299 --> 00:22:24.859
 mighty

00:22:24.859 --> 00:22:25.339
 arm

00:22:25.339 --> 00:22:26.259
 to deliver

00:22:26.259 --> 00:22:26.440
 his

00:22:26.440 --> 00:22:26.759
 people.

00:22:27.819 --> 00:22:28.200
 God is

00:22:28.200 --> 00:22:29.039
 not aloof

00:22:29.039 --> 00:22:31.059
 he is

00:22:31.059 --> 00:22:31.619
 close

00:22:31.619 --> 00:22:34.879
 and this

00:22:34.879 --> 00:22:35.220
 God

00:22:35.220 --> 00:22:35.960
 is your

00:22:35.960 --> 00:22:36.359
 God

00:22:36.359 --> 00:22:39.079
 he's the

00:22:39.079 --> 00:22:39.339
 same

00:22:39.339 --> 00:22:39.839
 he has

00:22:39.839 --> 00:22:40.339
 seen

00:22:40.339 --> 00:22:40.740
 your

00:22:40.740 --> 00:22:41.240
 suffering

00:22:41.240 --> 00:22:44.379
 you know

00:22:44.379 --> 00:22:45.379
 I always

00:22:45.379 --> 00:22:45.680
 think

00:22:45.680 --> 00:22:46.559
 you look

00:22:46.559 --> 00:22:46.899
 around a

00:22:46.899 --> 00:22:47.379
 congregation

00:22:47.379 --> 00:22:48.099
 and there's

00:22:48.099 --> 00:22:48.420
 no one

00:22:48.420 --> 00:22:48.799
 that hasn't

00:22:48.799 --> 00:22:49.119
 had at

00:22:49.119 --> 00:22:49.259
 least

00:22:49.259 --> 00:22:49.440
 some

00:22:49.440 --> 00:22:49.920
 difficulties

00:22:49.920 --> 00:22:50.220
 in the

00:22:50.220 --> 00:22:50.379
 week

00:22:50.379 --> 00:22:50.839
 but yet

00:22:50.839 --> 00:22:51.220
 God

00:22:51.220 --> 00:22:51.740
 has seen

00:22:51.740 --> 00:22:52.039
 it

00:22:52.039 --> 00:22:52.839
 even if

00:22:52.839 --> 00:22:53.119
 we don't

00:22:53.119 --> 00:22:53.400
 show it

00:22:53.400 --> 00:22:53.640
 on our

00:22:53.640 --> 00:22:54.019
 faces

00:22:54.019 --> 00:22:55.759
 and he's

00:22:55.759 --> 00:22:56.059
 seen

00:22:56.059 --> 00:22:56.319
 your

00:22:56.319 --> 00:22:56.740
 sin

00:22:56.740 --> 00:22:59.240
 he's

00:22:59.240 --> 00:22:59.500
 seen

00:22:59.500 --> 00:22:59.700
 that

00:22:59.700 --> 00:22:59.960
 thing

00:22:59.960 --> 00:23:00.079
 that

00:23:00.079 --> 00:23:00.200
 we

00:23:00.200 --> 00:23:00.579
 stumble

00:23:00.579 --> 00:23:00.940
 into

00:23:00.940 --> 00:23:01.460
 again

00:23:01.460 --> 00:23:01.740
 and

00:23:01.740 --> 00:23:02.119
 again

00:23:02.119 --> 00:23:02.680
 he's

00:23:02.680 --> 00:23:03.000
 seen

00:23:03.000 --> 00:23:03.220
 your

00:23:03.220 --> 00:23:03.579
 suffering

00:23:03.579 --> 00:23:03.980
 and he

00:23:03.980 --> 00:23:04.160
 has

00:23:04.160 --> 00:23:04.480
 seen

00:23:04.480 --> 00:23:04.720
 your

00:23:04.720 --> 00:23:05.119
 sin

00:23:05.119 --> 00:23:05.980
 and he

00:23:05.980 --> 00:23:06.299
 cares

00:23:06.299 --> 00:23:07.059
 for you

00:23:07.059 --> 00:23:09.000
 he has

00:23:09.000 --> 00:23:09.519
 heard the

00:23:09.519 --> 00:23:09.759
 prayers

00:23:09.759 --> 00:23:09.980
 of his

00:23:09.980 --> 00:23:10.279
 people

00:23:10.279 --> 00:23:10.859
 and he's

00:23:10.859 --> 00:23:11.200
 acted

00:23:11.200 --> 00:23:11.779
 in history

00:23:11.779 --> 00:23:12.440
 in a

00:23:12.440 --> 00:23:12.720
 way

00:23:12.720 --> 00:23:13.400
 once and

00:23:13.400 --> 00:23:13.799
 for all

00:23:13.799 --> 00:23:14.359
 to deliver

00:23:14.359 --> 00:23:14.799
 us

00:23:14.799 --> 00:23:16.319
 but each

00:23:16.319 --> 00:23:16.900
 day

00:23:16.900 --> 00:23:17.720
 he hears

00:23:17.720 --> 00:23:18.299
 the prayers

00:23:18.299 --> 00:23:18.759
 of his

00:23:18.759 --> 00:23:19.079
 people

00:23:19.079 --> 00:23:19.819
 and tends

00:23:19.819 --> 00:23:20.279
 to them

00:23:20.279 --> 00:23:21.440
 sustaining

00:23:21.440 --> 00:23:21.839
 them

00:23:21.839 --> 00:23:22.940
 caring for

00:23:22.940 --> 00:23:23.220
 them

00:23:23.220 --> 00:23:24.819
 taking them

00:23:24.819 --> 00:23:25.180
 home

00:23:25.180 --> 00:23:28.500
 perhaps you

00:23:28.500 --> 00:23:28.839
 believe in

00:23:28.839 --> 00:23:29.099
 God

00:23:29.099 --> 00:23:30.039
 but more in

00:23:30.039 --> 00:23:30.440
 just kind of an

00:23:30.440 --> 00:23:31.259
 abstract way

00:23:31.259 --> 00:23:34.240
 you don't know

00:23:34.240 --> 00:23:35.259
 God as your

00:23:35.259 --> 00:23:35.740
 God

00:23:35.740 --> 00:23:36.740
 you kind of

00:23:36.740 --> 00:23:37.160
 believe he's

00:23:37.160 --> 00:23:37.579
 out there

00:23:37.579 --> 00:23:38.700
 I urge you to

00:23:38.700 --> 00:23:39.180
 come and bow

00:23:39.180 --> 00:23:39.980
 the knee to him

00:23:39.980 --> 00:23:41.079
 that you might

00:23:41.079 --> 00:23:41.779
 know him as your

00:23:41.779 --> 00:23:42.079
 God

00:23:42.079 --> 00:23:43.140
 because think about

00:23:43.140 --> 00:23:43.779
 the Egyptians

00:23:43.779 --> 00:23:46.099
 is the fact

00:23:46.099 --> 00:23:46.579
 that God

00:23:46.579 --> 00:23:47.139
 is I

00:23:47.139 --> 00:23:47.539
 am

00:23:47.539 --> 00:23:48.119
 good news

00:23:48.119 --> 00:23:48.539
 to them

00:23:48.539 --> 00:23:51.859
 it's

00:23:51.859 --> 00:23:52.460
 terrifying

00:23:52.460 --> 00:23:54.319
 but to know

00:23:54.319 --> 00:23:54.859
 that I

00:23:54.859 --> 00:23:55.220
 am

00:23:55.220 --> 00:23:55.779
 is your

00:23:55.779 --> 00:23:56.160
 God

00:23:56.160 --> 00:23:58.440
 that brings

00:23:58.440 --> 00:23:58.920
 the greatest

00:23:58.920 --> 00:23:59.460
 comfort

00:23:59.460 --> 00:24:02.480
 you know

00:24:02.480 --> 00:24:02.920
 in Exodus

00:24:02.920 --> 00:24:03.579
 we see

00:24:03.579 --> 00:24:04.039
 God

00:24:04.039 --> 00:24:05.379
 mightily

00:24:05.379 --> 00:24:06.539
 displaying his

00:24:06.539 --> 00:24:06.799
 name

00:24:06.799 --> 00:24:07.440
 I am

00:24:07.440 --> 00:24:07.819
 as he

00:24:07.819 --> 00:24:08.460
 stretches

00:24:08.460 --> 00:24:08.980
 out his

00:24:08.980 --> 00:24:09.420
 arm

00:24:09.420 --> 00:24:10.060
 with

00:24:10.060 --> 00:24:10.660
 miraculous

00:24:10.660 --> 00:24:11.039
 plagues

00:24:11.039 --> 00:24:11.420
 sent on

00:24:11.420 --> 00:24:11.740
 Egypt

00:24:11.740 --> 00:24:12.300
 to deliver

00:24:12.300 --> 00:24:12.500
 his

00:24:12.500 --> 00:24:12.820
 people

00:24:12.820 --> 00:24:13.340
 the

00:24:13.340 --> 00:24:13.700
 crossing

00:24:13.700 --> 00:24:14.039
 of the

00:24:14.039 --> 00:24:14.240
 Red

00:24:14.240 --> 00:24:14.600
 Sea

00:24:14.600 --> 00:24:16.100
 but in

00:24:16.100 --> 00:24:16.519
 the same

00:24:16.519 --> 00:24:16.700
 way

00:24:16.700 --> 00:24:17.200
 last week

00:24:17.200 --> 00:24:17.580
 we saw

00:24:17.580 --> 00:24:17.960
 that was

00:24:17.960 --> 00:24:18.340
 just a

00:24:18.340 --> 00:24:18.660
 shadow

00:24:18.660 --> 00:24:19.080
 well it's

00:24:19.080 --> 00:24:19.360
 just a

00:24:19.360 --> 00:24:19.580
 shadow

00:24:19.580 --> 00:24:20.019
 this time

00:24:20.019 --> 00:24:20.720
 isn't it

00:24:20.720 --> 00:24:22.180
 in John's

00:24:22.180 --> 00:24:22.600
 gospel

00:24:22.600 --> 00:24:23.700
 John

00:24:23.700 --> 00:24:24.380
 records

00:24:24.380 --> 00:24:24.940
 for us

00:24:24.940 --> 00:24:25.660
 Jesus

00:24:25.660 --> 00:24:26.519
 drawing on

00:24:26.519 --> 00:24:26.680
 this

00:24:26.680 --> 00:24:27.200
 revelation

00:24:27.200 --> 00:24:27.519
 of his

00:24:27.519 --> 00:24:27.740
 name

00:24:27.740 --> 00:24:27.980
 I

00:24:27.980 --> 00:24:28.240
 am

00:24:28.240 --> 00:24:28.660
 again

00:24:28.660 --> 00:24:28.880
 and

00:24:28.880 --> 00:24:29.200
 again

00:24:29.200 --> 00:24:31.200
 I

00:24:31.200 --> 00:24:31.660
 am

00:24:31.660 --> 00:24:32.860
 we see

00:24:32.860 --> 00:24:33.440
 Jesus

00:24:33.440 --> 00:24:34.019
 is the

00:24:34.019 --> 00:24:34.420
 fulfillment

00:24:34.420 --> 00:24:34.920
 of I

00:24:34.920 --> 00:24:35.240
 am

00:24:35.240 --> 00:24:36.000
 God

00:24:36.000 --> 00:24:37.380
 dwelling

00:24:37.380 --> 00:24:37.720
 with his

00:24:37.720 --> 00:24:38.080
 people

00:24:38.080 --> 00:24:38.779
 in the

00:24:38.779 --> 00:24:38.960
 midst

00:24:38.960 --> 00:24:39.180
 of his

00:24:39.180 --> 00:24:39.480
 people

00:24:39.480 --> 00:24:39.960
 Jesus

00:24:39.960 --> 00:24:40.340
 says

00:24:40.340 --> 00:24:41.019
 I

00:24:41.019 --> 00:24:41.400
 am

00:24:41.400 --> 00:24:41.579
 the

00:24:41.579 --> 00:24:41.759
 bread

00:24:41.759 --> 00:24:41.920
 of

00:24:41.920 --> 00:24:42.200
 life

00:24:42.200 --> 00:24:42.500
 I

00:24:42.500 --> 00:24:42.840
 am

00:24:42.840 --> 00:24:43.019
 the

00:24:43.019 --> 00:24:43.240
 light

00:24:43.240 --> 00:24:43.400
 of

00:24:43.400 --> 00:24:43.519
 the

00:24:43.519 --> 00:24:43.740
 world

00:24:43.740 --> 00:24:44.019
 I

00:24:44.019 --> 00:24:44.360
 am

00:24:44.360 --> 00:24:44.579
 the

00:24:44.579 --> 00:24:44.900
 door

00:24:44.900 --> 00:24:45.299
 I

00:24:45.299 --> 00:24:45.600
 am

00:24:45.600 --> 00:24:45.779
 the

00:24:45.779 --> 00:24:45.980
 good

00:24:45.980 --> 00:24:46.279
 shepherd

00:24:46.279 --> 00:24:46.600
 I

00:24:46.600 --> 00:24:46.960
 am

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 the

00:24:47.140 --> 00:24:47.579
 resurrection

00:24:47.579 --> 00:24:47.900
 and the

00:24:47.900 --> 00:24:48.140
 life

00:24:48.140 --> 00:24:48.680
 in the

00:24:48.680 --> 00:24:49.019
 same

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 way

00:24:49.340 --> 00:24:49.640
 I

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 am

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 the

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 way

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 the

00:24:50.700 --> 00:24:50.980
 truth

00:24:50.980 --> 00:24:51.160
 and

00:24:51.160 --> 00:24:51.299
 the

00:24:51.299 --> 00:24:51.660
 life

00:24:51.660 --> 00:24:52.079
 I

00:24:52.079 --> 00:24:52.380
 am

00:24:52.380 --> 00:24:52.579
 the

00:24:52.579 --> 00:24:52.799
 true

00:24:52.799 --> 00:24:53.259
 vine

00:24:53.259 --> 00:24:53.799
 and

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 Jesus

00:24:54.059 --> 00:24:54.720
 summarizes

00:24:54.720 --> 00:24:55.039
 it

00:24:55.039 --> 00:24:57.039
 by saying

00:24:57.039 --> 00:24:57.680
 before

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 Abraham

00:24:58.259 --> 00:25:00.340
 was I

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 am

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 and I

00:25:01.960 --> 00:25:02.340
 am

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 is

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 me

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 Jesus

00:25:04.500 --> 00:25:05.079
 stood

00:25:05.079 --> 00:25:05.559
 walking

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 talking

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 seeing

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 knowing

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 caring

00:25:07.819 --> 00:25:10.439
 is

00:25:10.439 --> 00:25:10.960
 obviously

00:25:10.960 --> 00:25:11.500
 with his

00:25:11.500 --> 00:25:11.939
 people

00:25:11.939 --> 00:25:13.659
 that here

00:25:13.659 --> 00:25:14.200
 he's revealing

00:25:14.200 --> 00:25:14.659
 that he's

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 the God

00:25:15.000 --> 00:25:15.279
 of his

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 people

00:25:15.659 --> 00:25:17.319
 each

00:25:17.319 --> 00:25:17.700
 time

00:25:17.700 --> 00:25:18.279
 making it

00:25:18.279 --> 00:25:18.819
 clearer

00:25:18.819 --> 00:25:19.720
 and clearer

00:25:19.720 --> 00:25:20.319
 and clearer

00:25:20.319 --> 00:25:20.679
 as he

00:25:20.679 --> 00:25:21.779
 is identifying

00:25:21.779 --> 00:25:22.379
 himself

00:25:22.379 --> 00:25:22.980
 with

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 I am

00:25:24.160 --> 00:25:26.680
 the

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 conversations

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 I've

00:25:27.700 --> 00:25:27.840
 had

00:25:27.840 --> 00:25:28.000
 with

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 Muslims

00:25:28.320 --> 00:25:28.600
 where

00:25:28.600 --> 00:25:28.740
 they

00:25:28.740 --> 00:25:29.040
 say

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 Jesus

00:25:30.259 --> 00:25:30.680
 never

00:25:30.680 --> 00:25:30.980
 says

00:25:30.980 --> 00:25:31.160
 he's

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 God

00:25:31.460 --> 00:25:32.580
 it

00:25:32.580 --> 00:25:33.040
 never

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 comes

00:25:33.300 --> 00:25:33.440
 out

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 of his

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 mouth

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 well the

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 Jews

00:25:36.180 --> 00:25:36.759
 were so

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 clear

00:25:37.240 --> 00:25:37.580
 what

00:25:37.580 --> 00:25:37.900
 Jesus

00:25:37.900 --> 00:25:38.120
 was

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 claiming

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 as he

00:25:38.740 --> 00:25:38.980
 says

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 I am

00:25:39.840 --> 00:25:40.320
 that they

00:25:40.320 --> 00:25:40.759
 sought to

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 stone him

00:25:41.259 --> 00:25:41.400
 for

00:25:41.400 --> 00:25:41.960
 blasphemy

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 make no

00:25:43.060 --> 00:25:43.480
 mistake

00:25:43.480 --> 00:25:43.940
 what Jesus

00:25:43.940 --> 00:25:44.440
 is claiming

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 for them

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 but we

00:25:46.840 --> 00:25:47.200
 shouldn't be

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 surprised

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 should we

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 because the

00:25:49.440 --> 00:25:49.740
 burning

00:25:49.740 --> 00:25:50.220
 bush is

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 a picture

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 of the

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 incarnation

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 I am

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 in the

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 midst

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 of his

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 people

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 but it's

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 not just

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 a picture

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 this is

00:26:00.759 --> 00:26:01.940
 the pre-incarnate

00:26:01.940 --> 00:26:02.339
 Jesus

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 revealing what

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 God will do

00:26:03.819 --> 00:26:04.039
 in the

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 climax of

00:26:04.579 --> 00:26:04.940
 history

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 when he

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 doesn't just

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 appear for a

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 moment in

00:26:07.099 --> 00:26:07.599
 time in a

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 bush but

00:26:07.960 --> 00:26:08.220
 when he

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 truly becomes

00:26:08.839 --> 00:26:09.279
 God with

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 us

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 it's a

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 detail that

00:26:11.220 --> 00:26:11.680
 we skimmed

00:26:11.680 --> 00:26:12.240
 over last

00:26:12.240 --> 00:26:12.500
 week

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 but Moses

00:26:13.339 --> 00:26:14.519
 saw in

00:26:14.519 --> 00:26:15.159
 the bush

00:26:15.159 --> 00:26:16.240
 a being

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 in human

00:26:16.859 --> 00:26:17.440
 form

00:26:17.440 --> 00:26:18.819
 the Bible

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 says

00:26:19.139 --> 00:26:20.579
 the angel

00:26:20.579 --> 00:26:20.940
 of the

00:26:20.940 --> 00:26:21.220
 Lord

00:26:21.220 --> 00:26:21.879
 appeared to

00:26:21.879 --> 00:26:22.139
 him in

00:26:22.139 --> 00:26:22.639
 fires of

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 flame

00:26:23.019 --> 00:26:24.079
 from within

00:26:24.079 --> 00:26:24.740
 the bush

00:26:24.740 --> 00:26:26.980
 but

00:26:26.980 --> 00:26:27.799
 this must

00:26:27.799 --> 00:26:28.519
 be Jesus

00:26:28.519 --> 00:26:30.279
 like no

00:26:30.279 --> 00:26:30.900
 angel would

00:26:30.900 --> 00:26:31.759
 accept worship

00:26:31.759 --> 00:26:32.279
 from Moses

00:26:32.279 --> 00:26:32.900
 let alone

00:26:32.900 --> 00:26:34.220
 command it

00:26:34.220 --> 00:26:36.700
 the angel

00:26:36.700 --> 00:26:37.039
 of the

00:26:37.039 --> 00:26:37.440
 Lord

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 who is

00:26:38.639 --> 00:26:39.720
 with God

00:26:39.720 --> 00:26:41.180
 and is

00:26:41.180 --> 00:26:41.660
 God

00:26:41.660 --> 00:26:43.700
 revealing

00:26:43.700 --> 00:26:44.420
 himself

00:26:44.420 --> 00:26:46.819
 this could

00:26:46.819 --> 00:26:47.240
 be no

00:26:47.240 --> 00:26:48.200
 other person

00:26:48.200 --> 00:26:48.599
 than the

00:26:48.599 --> 00:26:49.220
 second person

00:26:49.220 --> 00:26:49.420
 of the

00:26:49.420 --> 00:26:49.779
 Trinity

00:26:49.779 --> 00:26:50.460
 Jesus

00:26:50.460 --> 00:26:51.900
 revealing

00:26:51.900 --> 00:26:52.619
 himself as

00:26:52.619 --> 00:26:53.379
 I am

00:26:53.379 --> 00:26:54.399
 coming to

00:26:54.399 --> 00:26:54.679
 rescue

00:26:54.679 --> 00:26:55.199
 his people

00:26:55.199 --> 00:26:57.219
 and this

00:26:57.219 --> 00:26:58.059
 astounding

00:26:58.059 --> 00:26:58.679
 picture

00:26:58.679 --> 00:27:01.439
 what is

00:27:01.439 --> 00:27:02.619
 it makes

00:27:02.619 --> 00:27:02.959
 so much

00:27:02.959 --> 00:27:03.339
 sense

00:27:03.339 --> 00:27:04.019
 of John

00:27:04.019 --> 00:27:04.459
 18

00:27:04.459 --> 00:27:07.199
 Jesus in

00:27:07.199 --> 00:27:07.519
 the garden

00:27:07.519 --> 00:27:08.219
 of Gethsemane

00:27:08.219 --> 00:27:10.039
 the soldiers

00:27:10.039 --> 00:27:10.679
 come seeking

00:27:10.679 --> 00:27:11.319
 to arrest

00:27:11.319 --> 00:27:11.899
 Jesus and

00:27:11.899 --> 00:27:12.239
 hand him

00:27:12.239 --> 00:27:12.719
 over to the

00:27:12.719 --> 00:27:13.579
 Jews to

00:27:13.579 --> 00:27:13.939
 have him

00:27:13.939 --> 00:27:15.000
 put on

00:27:15.000 --> 00:27:15.579
 trial and

00:27:15.579 --> 00:27:16.000
 killed

00:27:16.000 --> 00:27:17.339
 and then

00:27:17.339 --> 00:27:18.039
 verse 4

00:27:18.039 --> 00:27:18.740
 of John

00:27:18.740 --> 00:27:19.140
 18

00:27:19.140 --> 00:27:21.059
 Jesus

00:27:21.059 --> 00:27:22.359
 knowing

00:27:22.359 --> 00:27:23.859
 all that

00:27:23.859 --> 00:27:24.319
 would happen

00:27:24.319 --> 00:27:24.819
 to him

00:27:24.819 --> 00:27:26.339
 just like he

00:27:26.339 --> 00:27:27.200
 knows exactly

00:27:27.200 --> 00:27:27.539
 what will

00:27:27.539 --> 00:27:27.980
 happen with

00:27:27.980 --> 00:27:28.680
 Pharaoh and

00:27:28.680 --> 00:27:29.180
 the unfolding

00:27:29.180 --> 00:27:29.819
 of his plan

00:27:29.819 --> 00:27:30.180
 then

00:27:30.180 --> 00:27:31.220
 here he knows

00:27:31.220 --> 00:27:31.599
 again

00:27:31.599 --> 00:27:33.279
 he came

00:27:33.279 --> 00:27:33.920
 forward and

00:27:33.920 --> 00:27:34.380
 he said to

00:27:34.380 --> 00:27:34.579
 them

00:27:34.579 --> 00:27:35.519
 whom do you

00:27:35.519 --> 00:27:35.859
 seek

00:27:35.859 --> 00:27:37.980
 they answered

00:27:37.980 --> 00:27:38.299
 him

00:27:38.299 --> 00:27:39.259
 Jesus of

00:27:39.259 --> 00:27:39.700
 Nazareth

00:27:39.700 --> 00:27:40.940
 and Jesus

00:27:40.940 --> 00:27:41.480
 said to

00:27:41.480 --> 00:27:41.759
 them

00:27:41.759 --> 00:27:43.519
 I am

00:27:43.519 --> 00:27:45.059
 and they

00:27:45.059 --> 00:27:45.720
 fell to

00:27:45.720 --> 00:27:46.240
 the ground

00:27:46.240 --> 00:27:47.700
 they drew

00:27:47.700 --> 00:27:48.299
 back and

00:27:48.299 --> 00:27:48.920
 fell to

00:27:48.920 --> 00:27:49.339
 the ground

00:27:49.339 --> 00:27:50.019
 they drew

00:27:50.019 --> 00:27:50.480
 back and

00:27:50.480 --> 00:27:50.900
 fell to

00:27:50.900 --> 00:27:51.259
 the ground

00:27:51.259 --> 00:27:52.460
 like Moses

00:27:52.460 --> 00:27:53.079
 did when he

00:27:53.079 --> 00:27:53.839
 saw Jesus

00:27:53.839 --> 00:27:54.440
 in the burning

00:27:54.440 --> 00:27:54.900
 bush

00:27:54.900 --> 00:27:56.460
 simply by

00:27:56.460 --> 00:27:57.160
 revealing that

00:27:57.160 --> 00:27:57.660
 he is the

00:27:57.660 --> 00:27:58.379
 ancient of

00:27:58.379 --> 00:27:58.720
 days

00:27:58.720 --> 00:27:59.519
 I am

00:27:59.519 --> 00:28:00.420
 present in

00:28:00.420 --> 00:28:01.019
 their midst

00:28:01.019 --> 00:28:03.599
 but the

00:28:03.599 --> 00:28:04.019
 thing is

00:28:04.019 --> 00:28:05.579
 I am

00:28:05.579 --> 00:28:06.079
 I am

00:28:06.079 --> 00:28:06.440
 has not

00:28:06.440 --> 00:28:06.980
 come down

00:28:06.980 --> 00:28:07.660
 to stretch

00:28:07.660 --> 00:28:08.220
 out his

00:28:08.220 --> 00:28:08.799
 arm in

00:28:08.799 --> 00:28:09.720
 mighty acts

00:28:09.720 --> 00:28:10.339
 and miracles

00:28:10.339 --> 00:28:12.220
 but by

00:28:12.220 --> 00:28:12.679
 simply

00:28:12.679 --> 00:28:13.599
 and humbly

00:28:13.599 --> 00:28:14.240
 stretching out

00:28:14.240 --> 00:28:14.579
 his arms

00:28:14.579 --> 00:28:15.240
 on a cross

00:28:15.240 --> 00:28:16.099
 not to

00:28:16.099 --> 00:28:16.579
 defeat

00:28:16.579 --> 00:28:17.139
 Pharaoh

00:28:17.139 --> 00:28:18.619
 but to

00:28:18.619 --> 00:28:19.039
 defeat

00:28:19.039 --> 00:28:19.740
 sin

00:28:19.740 --> 00:28:20.500
 and death

00:28:20.500 --> 00:28:21.599
 the infinite

00:28:21.599 --> 00:28:22.059
 God

00:28:22.059 --> 00:28:22.919
 clothed in

00:28:22.919 --> 00:28:23.759
 humanity

00:28:23.759 --> 00:28:25.799
 I am

00:28:25.799 --> 00:28:26.419
 making it

00:28:26.419 --> 00:28:26.839
 possible

00:28:26.839 --> 00:28:27.759
 forever

00:28:27.759 --> 00:28:28.279
 to be

00:28:28.279 --> 00:28:28.579
 God

00:28:28.579 --> 00:28:29.299
 with us

00:28:29.299 --> 00:28:32.639
 what do

00:28:32.639 --> 00:28:33.039
 you need

00:28:33.039 --> 00:28:33.559
 to know

00:28:33.559 --> 00:28:35.439
 what do

00:28:35.439 --> 00:28:35.699
 you need

00:28:35.699 --> 00:28:36.079
 to know

00:28:36.079 --> 00:28:36.419
 in order

00:28:36.419 --> 00:28:36.699
 to have

00:28:36.699 --> 00:28:37.240
 confidence

00:28:37.240 --> 00:28:37.879
 that God

00:28:37.879 --> 00:28:38.359
 can accomplish

00:28:38.359 --> 00:28:38.980
 his purposes

00:28:38.980 --> 00:28:40.140
 that God

00:28:40.140 --> 00:28:40.839
 really can

00:28:40.839 --> 00:28:41.420
 come good

00:28:41.420 --> 00:28:41.860
 on all

00:28:41.860 --> 00:28:42.039
 he's

00:28:42.039 --> 00:28:42.440
 promised

00:28:42.440 --> 00:28:44.700
 sure

00:28:44.700 --> 00:28:44.960
 what do

00:28:44.960 --> 00:28:45.140
 you need

00:28:45.140 --> 00:28:45.519
 to know

00:28:45.519 --> 00:28:47.240
 that today

00:28:47.240 --> 00:28:48.579
 you'll get

00:28:48.579 --> 00:28:48.960
 through

00:28:48.960 --> 00:28:49.940
 and that he

00:28:49.940 --> 00:28:50.519
 will take

00:28:50.519 --> 00:28:50.880
 you home

00:28:50.880 --> 00:28:51.339
 one day

00:28:51.339 --> 00:28:53.019
 you need

00:28:53.019 --> 00:28:53.319
 to know

00:28:53.319 --> 00:28:53.920
 that I

00:28:53.920 --> 00:28:54.440
 am

00:28:54.440 --> 00:28:55.099
 is God

00:28:55.099 --> 00:28:56.599
 but that

00:28:56.599 --> 00:28:56.980
 God

00:28:56.980 --> 00:28:57.599
 is I

00:28:57.599 --> 00:28:57.880
 am

00:28:57.880 --> 00:28:58.279
 and he

00:28:58.279 --> 00:28:58.700
 will do

00:28:58.700 --> 00:28:59.299
 whatever

00:28:59.299 --> 00:29:00.000
 it takes

00:29:00.000 --> 00:29:02.200
 to save

00:29:02.200 --> 00:29:02.660
 his people

00:29:02.660 --> 00:29:04.560
 and if

00:29:04.560 --> 00:29:05.000
 you ever

00:29:05.000 --> 00:29:05.700
 doubt it

00:29:05.700 --> 00:29:06.660
 if you

00:29:06.660 --> 00:29:07.400
 ever doubt

00:29:07.400 --> 00:29:07.820
 it

00:29:07.820 --> 00:29:09.320
 just look

00:29:09.320 --> 00:29:09.779
 to Jesus

00:29:09.779 --> 00:29:11.700
 and see

00:29:11.700 --> 00:29:12.220
 the I

00:29:12.220 --> 00:29:12.560
 am

00:29:12.560 --> 00:29:13.580
 in the

00:29:13.580 --> 00:29:13.779
 midst

00:29:13.779 --> 00:29:14.040
 of his

00:29:14.040 --> 00:29:14.400
 people

00:29:14.400 --> 00:29:15.720
 going to

00:29:15.720 --> 00:29:16.120
 such

00:29:16.120 --> 00:29:16.420
 great

00:29:16.420 --> 00:29:16.900
 lengths

00:29:16.900 --> 00:29:21.100
 let me

00:29:21.100 --> 00:29:21.400
 pray

00:29:21.400 --> 00:29:22.000
 as we

00:29:22.000 --> 00:29:22.360
 finish

00:29:22.799 --> 00:29:22.799


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