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 Father, we thank you for the word of your truth.

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 Thank you that it is powerful and effective.

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 And we pray that we would not sit in judgment over it,

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 but we would sit in submission under it.

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 And we would ask, Father, that you would take your word

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 and drive it deep into our hearts and lives

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 so that we may become who you call us to be.

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 Teach us this morning, we pray.

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 In Jesus' name. Amen.

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 Well, Ahab's persistent rebellion...

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 Oh, good man, Sam. We're going to stop.

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 We're going to press pause again.

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 These things I forget.

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 If you'd like a sheet, sorry about that.

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 So take notes and a pen.

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 Ahab's persistent rebellion has been matched by God's persistent grace.

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 For six chapters we've been following his life from chapter 17 all the way up to chapter 22.

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 And God has continuously and persistently been calling Ahab back to himself by his word through the prophets.

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 Ahab, come back to me.

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 But the more he hears God's word, the more defiant he becomes.

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 His life is summarized for us at the very end of chapter 21 verse 25.

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 There was never anyone like Ahab who sold himself to do evil in the eyes of the Lord, urged on by Jezebel his wife.

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 He behaved in the vilest manner by going after idols.

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 So setting up his own gods.

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 Like the Amorites, the Lord drove out before Israel.

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 So now as we enter into chapter 22, it records for us the tragic end of Ahab's life.

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 Now as we follow along these last few days of his life, we need to be careful that Ahab's story doesn't become our story.

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 In fact, the New Testament tells us how we should read accounts like Ahab.

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 You can see it there on the screen.

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 It's talking about the account in the Old Testament.

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 And it says,

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 These things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us.

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 So if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don't fall.

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 So the account of Ahab, this whole account of One Kings and this life of Ahab has been written down for us.

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 And it becomes a gracious warning to us.

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 Be careful that you don't fall.

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 Well, what do we need to be careful of?

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 Well, first, our stubborn refusal to hear God's voice.

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 Ahab seems to be trigger happy.

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 He's itching again for a fight.

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 Let's read from verse 1.

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 For three years there was no war between Aram and Israel.

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 But in the third year, Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, went down to the sea, the king of Israel.

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 So Judah was in the north, Israel in the south.

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 And the king of Israel had said to his officials,

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 Don't you know that Ramoth Gilead belongs to us?

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 And yet we are doing nothing to retake it from the king of Aram.

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 Now, Ramoth Gilead was a very important, it was a very strategic town.

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 It kind of sat right on the border of Israel and their enemies, Aram.

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 So it was an important place to own or to have rule over.

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 Verse 4.

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 So he asked Jehoshaphat, Will you go with me to fight against Ramoth Gilead?

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 Jehoshaphat replied to the king of Israel, I am as you are.

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 My people is your people, my horses is your horses.

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 Of course, I'll support you in a fight.

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 I'm with you.

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 But Jehoshaphat also said to the king of Israel,

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 First seek the counsel of the Lord.

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 So it seems that at least between the two of them,

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 there is one of them who has a little bit of sense.

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 We need to hear what God has to say about this.

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 First seek the counsel of the Lord.

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 Well, what's Ahab going to do?

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 Well, Ahab stubbornly rejects the word.

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 Verse 6.

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 So the king of Israel brought together the prophets, about 400 men, and asked them,

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 Shall I go to war against Ramoth Gilead or shall I refrain?

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 Go, they answered, for the Lord will give it in to the king's hands.

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 Well, it appears, doesn't it, on the face of it, that he's taken good advice.

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 He's called in the prophets.

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 Not just one of them, but 400 of them.

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 Advisors who's going to tell him what to do.

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 But they're not who they appear to be.

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 Verse 7.

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 But Jehoshaphat asked,

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 Is there no longer a prophet of the Lord here whom we can inquire of?

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 Prophets they may be,

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 but they are not the Lord's prophets.

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 You see, Ahab doesn't want to hear God's word.

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 And the reason why,

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 look at the end of verse 8,

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 because the prophets, and in particular Micaiah,

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 well, he never prophesies anything good about me,

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 but always bad.

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 He is Micaiah, son of Imlah.

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 I don't want to listen to him.

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 Now, don't we treat God's words in the same way?

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 We won't listen to it.

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 We won't read God's word.

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 We push it away because, well,

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 I don't like what God's word has to say.

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 It tells me terrible things about myself.

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 That I'm a sinner and that when I try to be good,

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 I can't be good.

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 And so we search out other words.

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 We go from one church to another church,

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 from one teaching to another teaching.

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 We turn on the television to the God channel,

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 or we look up preachers on the internet

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 who promise things like health and wealth

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 and tell us, you're wonderful.

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 Never settling until we hear what we want to hear.

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 Never content until the preacher says,

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 what suits my desires.

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 The New Testament says exactly the same thing.

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 Listen to Paul's instruction to Timothy,

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 a young pastor.

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 He says,

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 the time will come

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 when people will not put up with sound doctrine.

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 Instead, to suit their own desires,

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 they will gather round them

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 a great number of teachers

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 to say what their itching ears want to hear.

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 They will turn their ears away from the truth

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 and turn aside to myths.

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 Have you got itchy ears?

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 Ahab did.

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 Never satisfied

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 until he heard what he wanted to hear.

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 Be careful

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 that none of us

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 don't develop

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 an itchy ear syndrome

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 where we close

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 our ears

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 to the word of God's truth.

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 Second, Ahab stubbornly

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 sits in judgment

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 over the word.

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 Ahab,

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 it seems,

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 goes along with Jehoshaphat

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 and he goes,

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 right, okay,

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 I've got these 400 prophets,

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 but I'll listen to this one prophet of God.

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 But look at the way Ahab does it

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 in verse 10.

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 Dressed in their royal robes,

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 the king of Israel

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 and Jehoshaphat,

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 king of Judah,

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 were sitting on their thrones.

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 There they are

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 with their crown

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 and their fine robes

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 and all their regalia

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 at the threshing floor

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 by the entrance

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 of the gate of Samaria

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 with all the prophets

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 prophesying before them.

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 It's kind of like

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 the meeting place,

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 the gathering place

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 to hear what has to be said.

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 He's acting like

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 a high court judge.

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 Bring in the prophets.

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 Let's hear what they have to say.

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 First up,

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 verse 11,

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 Now Zedekiah,

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 son of Kenanah,

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 had made iron horns

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 and he declared,

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 This is what the Lord says.

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 With these you will gore

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 the Arameans

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 until they are destroyed.

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 Oh, I like Zedekiah.

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 He's a good prophet.

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 I'll keep him.

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 And one by one

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 they all have their say.

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 Verse 12,

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 All the other prophets

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 were prophesying

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 the same thing.

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 Attack Ramoth Gilead

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 and be victorious,

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 they said,

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 for the Lord

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 will give it

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 into the king's hands.

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 Now it's Micaiah's turn.

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 God's prophet.

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 He's under serious pressure.

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 If he wants to keep

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 on the king's good side,

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 well,

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 all he has to do,

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 look at the end of verse 13,

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 Let your word agree with theirs

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 and speak favourably.

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 Just say what everybody else

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 is saying

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 and you'll be okay.

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 Verse 14,

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 But Micaiah said,

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 As surely as the Lord lives,

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 I can only tell him

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 what the Lord tells me.

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 We can see it coming,

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 can't we?

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 Micaiah isn't going to win

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 prophet of the year award,

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 is he?

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 But it's not just Ahab

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 who sits in judgment

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 over God's word.

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 We sit on our own

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 self-made thrones,

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 assuming a position of authority

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 over God's word.

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 Do we ever decide

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 what parts of the Bible

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 I think are right?

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 It's no longer

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 what God actually says,

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 but what I desire,

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 what I think is right.

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 And so we ignore

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 difficult things

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 about marriage

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 and sexuality.

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 Things about

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 forgiving your enemy

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 and repenting

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 and dealing with things

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 like greed

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 and gossiping.

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 So we sit in judgment

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 over God's word

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 and we decide

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 what parts we obey

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 and things we don't

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 want to obey.

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 Well, I need to hear

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 the word of God

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 through another prophet,

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 the prophet Isaiah.

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 This is what he says.

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 God's speaking through him.

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 And these are the ones

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 I look on with favour.

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 Those who are humble

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 and contrite in spirit

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 and who tremble

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 at my word.

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 We never ever sit

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 over the word.

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 We are always to be sitting

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 under the word.

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 Let it challenge us.

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 Let it shape us.

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 Let it show us

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 who we are.

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 So first,

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 be careful

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 of the warning

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 or the refusal

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 to hear God's voice.

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 Second,

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 be careful

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 of the tragic deception

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 by rejecting

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 God's truth.

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 You see,

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 Ahab is still concerned

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 about the war situation.

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 Verse 15.

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 So when Micaiah arrived,

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 the king asked him,

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 Micaiah,

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 shall we go to war

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 against Ramoth Gilead

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 or not?

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 Attack and be victorious,

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 he answered,

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 for the Lord's going

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 to give it into

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 the king's hands.

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 The king said to him,

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 how many times

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 must I make you swear

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 to tell me nothing

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 but the truth

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 in the name of the Lord?

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 Will you stop messing

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 with my head,

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 Micaiah?

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 You only tell me

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 bad things.

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 Why are you telling me

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 this good thing?

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 Just tell me the truth.

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 Okay,

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 you want the real truth?

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 Well,

00:15:11.039 --> 00:15:11.759
 here it is.

00:15:12.480 --> 00:15:13.339
 Verse 17.

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 Micaiah answered,

00:15:16.019 --> 00:15:17.659
 I saw all Israel

00:15:18.219 --> 00:15:20.139
 scattered on the hills

00:15:20.139 --> 00:15:21.120
 like sheep

00:15:21.120 --> 00:15:22.059
 without a shepherd.

00:15:22.959 --> 00:15:24.299
 And the Lord said,

00:15:24.299 --> 00:15:26.659
 these people have no master.

00:15:27.599 --> 00:15:28.839
 Let each one go home

00:15:28.839 --> 00:15:29.500
 in peace.

00:15:30.439 --> 00:15:31.059
 Look, Ahab,

00:15:31.219 --> 00:15:32.659
 if you go up and fight,

00:15:33.659 --> 00:15:35.679
 you will not only lose,

00:15:36.479 --> 00:15:37.620
 you are going to die.

00:15:38.319 --> 00:15:39.299
 The people are going

00:15:39.299 --> 00:15:39.959
 to be left

00:15:39.959 --> 00:15:41.000
 without a shepherd,

00:15:41.699 --> 00:15:42.319
 a leader,

00:15:42.939 --> 00:15:43.439
 a king.

00:15:47.039 --> 00:15:48.659
 But what's the truth

00:15:48.659 --> 00:15:49.379
 to a man

00:15:49.379 --> 00:15:50.679
 who's already decided

00:15:50.679 --> 00:15:51.439
 what he wants

00:15:51.439 --> 00:15:52.519
 the truth to be?

00:15:52.519 --> 00:15:55.139
 The reality is,

00:15:55.279 --> 00:15:56.379
 Ahab is convinced

00:15:56.379 --> 00:15:57.419
 in his own heart

00:15:57.419 --> 00:15:58.379
 what he should do.

00:15:58.899 --> 00:16:00.100
 He doesn't want

00:16:00.100 --> 00:16:01.179
 to know the truth.

00:16:04.819 --> 00:16:05.559
 You see,

00:16:05.659 --> 00:16:06.960
 Micaiah explains

00:16:06.960 --> 00:16:07.860
 to Ahab

00:16:07.860 --> 00:16:09.319
 what is actually

00:16:09.319 --> 00:16:10.120
 going on

00:16:10.120 --> 00:16:11.419
 in his own heart.

00:16:12.199 --> 00:16:12.699
 Micaiah

00:16:12.699 --> 00:16:14.279
 has had a vision.

00:16:14.559 --> 00:16:15.399
 God has given him

00:16:15.399 --> 00:16:16.340
 a vision

00:16:16.340 --> 00:16:17.579
 of what's actually

00:16:17.579 --> 00:16:18.220
 going on

00:16:18.220 --> 00:16:19.360
 in Ahab's life.

00:16:19.980 --> 00:16:20.759
 Let's pick it up

00:16:20.759 --> 00:16:21.759
 in verse 19.

00:16:23.759 --> 00:16:24.919
 Micaiah continued.

00:16:26.039 --> 00:16:26.679
 He's speaking

00:16:26.679 --> 00:16:27.279
 to Ahab.

00:16:27.399 --> 00:16:27.759
 Therefore,

00:16:28.259 --> 00:16:29.240
 hear the word

00:16:29.240 --> 00:16:29.819
 of the Lord.

00:16:30.779 --> 00:16:32.360
 I saw the Lord

00:16:32.360 --> 00:16:33.919
 sitting on his throne.

00:16:34.460 --> 00:16:34.919
 Now,

00:16:34.960 --> 00:16:35.960
 isn't that significant?

00:16:36.179 --> 00:16:37.159
 Just a moment ago,

00:16:37.240 --> 00:16:38.100
 Ahab was sitting

00:16:38.100 --> 00:16:38.840
 on his throne

00:16:38.840 --> 00:16:39.939
 in all his judgment.

00:16:40.919 --> 00:16:41.279
 Now,

00:16:41.360 --> 00:16:42.379
 the focus changes.

00:16:43.059 --> 00:16:44.439
 I saw the Lord

00:16:44.439 --> 00:16:45.899
 sitting on his throne.

00:16:45.899 --> 00:16:48.259
 with all the multitudes

00:16:48.259 --> 00:16:48.879
 of heaven

00:16:48.879 --> 00:16:50.019
 standing around him

00:16:50.019 --> 00:16:50.659
 on his right

00:16:50.659 --> 00:16:51.299
 and on the left.

00:16:51.500 --> 00:16:52.720
 So all the who's who,

00:16:52.980 --> 00:16:53.699
 those who think

00:16:53.699 --> 00:16:54.319
 they have power

00:16:54.319 --> 00:16:54.959
 and authority,

00:16:55.399 --> 00:16:56.039
 all of them

00:16:56.039 --> 00:16:56.860
 gathered around

00:16:56.860 --> 00:16:57.819
 God's throne.

00:17:00.919 --> 00:17:02.319
 And the Lord said,

00:17:02.899 --> 00:17:04.480
 who will entice

00:17:04.480 --> 00:17:05.220
 Ahab

00:17:05.220 --> 00:17:06.180
 into attacking

00:17:06.180 --> 00:17:07.319
 Ramoth Gilead

00:17:07.319 --> 00:17:08.359
 and going to

00:17:08.359 --> 00:17:09.180
 his death there?

00:17:11.359 --> 00:17:12.139
 You see,

00:17:12.220 --> 00:17:12.920
 God has already

00:17:12.920 --> 00:17:13.720
 decreed

00:17:13.720 --> 00:17:14.420
 that Ahab

00:17:14.420 --> 00:17:15.440
 is going to die.

00:17:16.140 --> 00:17:16.980
 Because he's

00:17:16.980 --> 00:17:18.039
 rejected the truth,

00:17:18.360 --> 00:17:19.019
 because of his

00:17:19.019 --> 00:17:20.579
 persistent disobedience,

00:17:20.740 --> 00:17:21.680
 he will die.

00:17:22.519 --> 00:17:23.420
 It's just a case

00:17:23.420 --> 00:17:23.900
 of when

00:17:23.900 --> 00:17:24.700
 and how that's

00:17:24.700 --> 00:17:25.380
 going to happen.

00:17:26.019 --> 00:17:26.779
 Verse 21,

00:17:27.220 --> 00:17:27.839
 Finally,

00:17:28.500 --> 00:17:29.259
 a spirit

00:17:29.259 --> 00:17:30.039
 came forward,

00:17:30.120 --> 00:17:31.740
 that's an evil spirit,

00:17:32.680 --> 00:17:33.360
 and stood

00:17:33.360 --> 00:17:34.319
 before the Lord

00:17:34.319 --> 00:17:34.839
 and said,

00:17:35.220 --> 00:17:36.400
 I will entice him.

00:17:37.900 --> 00:17:39.299
 By what means,

00:17:39.559 --> 00:17:40.460
 the Lord asked.

00:17:40.740 --> 00:17:41.019
 Well,

00:17:41.059 --> 00:17:41.860
 I will go out

00:17:41.860 --> 00:17:42.480
 and I will be

00:17:42.480 --> 00:17:43.700
 a deceiving spirit

00:17:43.700 --> 00:17:44.860
 in the mouths

00:17:44.860 --> 00:17:45.660
 of all his

00:17:45.660 --> 00:17:46.140
 prophets,

00:17:46.319 --> 00:17:46.779
 he said.

00:17:48.620 --> 00:17:50.200
 You will succeed

00:17:50.200 --> 00:17:51.360
 in enticing him,

00:17:51.460 --> 00:17:52.080
 said the Lord.

00:17:52.620 --> 00:17:53.120
 Go

00:17:53.120 --> 00:17:54.720
 and do it.

00:17:56.259 --> 00:17:57.420
 God gives

00:17:57.420 --> 00:17:59.160
 the lying spirit

00:17:59.160 --> 00:17:59.980
 permission

00:17:59.980 --> 00:18:01.880
 to go out

00:18:01.880 --> 00:18:03.259
 and deceive

00:18:03.259 --> 00:18:04.000
 Ahab.

00:18:05.680 --> 00:18:06.200
 So,

00:18:06.279 --> 00:18:06.539
 Ahab,

00:18:06.660 --> 00:18:07.500
 you want to know

00:18:07.500 --> 00:18:08.340
 what's going on

00:18:08.340 --> 00:18:09.100
 in your own heart?

00:18:09.299 --> 00:18:10.380
 You really want to know

00:18:10.380 --> 00:18:11.140
 what's going on

00:18:11.140 --> 00:18:11.960
 behind the scenes?

00:18:11.960 --> 00:18:12.460
 Well,

00:18:12.559 --> 00:18:13.120
 here it is.

00:18:13.180 --> 00:18:13.940
 Let me tell you,

00:18:14.000 --> 00:18:14.720
 verse 23.

00:18:15.120 --> 00:18:16.279
 So now the Lord

00:18:16.279 --> 00:18:18.539
 has put a deceiving spirit

00:18:18.539 --> 00:18:19.519
 in the mouths

00:18:19.519 --> 00:18:20.200
 of all these

00:18:20.200 --> 00:18:21.279
 prophets of yours.

00:18:22.120 --> 00:18:22.799
 The Lord

00:18:22.799 --> 00:18:23.940
 has decreed

00:18:23.940 --> 00:18:24.920
 disaster

00:18:24.920 --> 00:18:26.059
 for you.

00:18:30.059 --> 00:18:30.759
 You see,

00:18:30.860 --> 00:18:31.460
 the word

00:18:31.460 --> 00:18:32.200
 that Ahab

00:18:32.200 --> 00:18:33.360
 has been chosen

00:18:33.360 --> 00:18:34.259
 to listen to

00:18:34.259 --> 00:18:36.140
 is a word

00:18:36.140 --> 00:18:36.799
 of deception.

00:18:36.799 --> 00:18:36.919
 rejection.

00:18:38.119 --> 00:18:38.879
 In fact,

00:18:38.960 --> 00:18:39.680
 the voices

00:18:39.680 --> 00:18:40.599
 that Ahab

00:18:40.599 --> 00:18:41.460
 has been listening

00:18:41.460 --> 00:18:41.819
 to

00:18:41.819 --> 00:18:43.240
 is in reality

00:18:43.240 --> 00:18:44.419
 a voice

00:18:44.419 --> 00:18:45.259
 of God's

00:18:45.259 --> 00:18:45.899
 judgment.

00:18:47.139 --> 00:18:47.919
 He's become

00:18:47.919 --> 00:18:49.139
 so deceived

00:18:49.139 --> 00:18:49.960
 by his own

00:18:49.960 --> 00:18:50.440
 rebellion

00:18:50.440 --> 00:18:51.440
 that he can

00:18:51.440 --> 00:18:52.119
 no longer

00:18:52.119 --> 00:18:52.639
 discern

00:18:52.639 --> 00:18:53.639
 what the truth

00:18:53.639 --> 00:18:54.099
 is.

00:18:57.399 --> 00:18:58.099
 Now,

00:18:58.159 --> 00:18:58.500
 I don't know

00:18:58.500 --> 00:18:59.059
 about you,

00:18:59.180 --> 00:18:59.539
 but that

00:18:59.539 --> 00:19:00.460
 frightens me.

00:19:01.980 --> 00:19:03.019
 That in my

00:19:03.019 --> 00:19:03.619
 rejection

00:19:03.619 --> 00:19:04.379
 of God's

00:19:04.379 --> 00:19:04.879
 truth,

00:19:04.880 --> 00:19:06.840
 I'm actually

00:19:06.840 --> 00:19:07.880
 only deceiving

00:19:07.880 --> 00:19:08.640
 myself.

00:19:09.700 --> 00:19:10.560
 In fact,

00:19:10.740 --> 00:19:11.780
 I can become

00:19:11.780 --> 00:19:13.100
 so deceived

00:19:13.100 --> 00:19:14.840
 that I can

00:19:14.840 --> 00:19:15.580
 no longer

00:19:15.580 --> 00:19:16.300
 discern

00:19:16.300 --> 00:19:17.480
 what the

00:19:17.480 --> 00:19:17.920
 truth

00:19:17.920 --> 00:19:19.260
 actually is.

00:19:20.360 --> 00:19:20.980
 And that

00:19:20.980 --> 00:19:21.760
 scares me.

00:19:25.100 --> 00:19:26.320
 But he doesn't

00:19:26.320 --> 00:19:26.960
 just have a

00:19:26.960 --> 00:19:27.980
 deceived heart.

00:19:29.080 --> 00:19:29.960
 He has a

00:19:29.960 --> 00:19:30.600
 defiant

00:19:30.600 --> 00:19:31.800
 response.

00:19:33.280 --> 00:19:33.880
 Tragically,

00:19:34.080 --> 00:19:34.480
 Ahab

00:19:34.480 --> 00:19:35.140
 plays out

00:19:35.140 --> 00:19:35.759
 what God

00:19:35.759 --> 00:19:36.620
 has exposed

00:19:36.620 --> 00:19:37.079
 in his

00:19:37.079 --> 00:19:37.599
 own heart.

00:19:37.920 --> 00:19:38.440
 The word

00:19:38.440 --> 00:19:38.880
 of truth

00:19:38.880 --> 00:19:39.660
 has absolutely

00:19:39.660 --> 00:19:40.380
 no effect.

00:19:40.700 --> 00:19:40.960
 You see,

00:19:41.059 --> 00:19:41.519
 we'll sit

00:19:41.519 --> 00:19:41.779
 here and

00:19:41.779 --> 00:19:42.120
 we'll go,

00:19:42.440 --> 00:19:42.579
 well,

00:19:42.599 --> 00:19:43.059
 that's not

00:19:43.059 --> 00:19:43.440
 fair.

00:19:43.799 --> 00:19:44.079
 God

00:19:44.079 --> 00:19:44.620
 deceived

00:19:44.620 --> 00:19:44.940
 him.

00:19:46.599 --> 00:19:47.039
 God

00:19:47.039 --> 00:19:47.559
 told him

00:19:47.559 --> 00:19:48.140
 lies.

00:19:50.420 --> 00:19:50.819
 Well,

00:19:51.140 --> 00:19:51.819
 God

00:19:51.819 --> 00:19:52.599
 also made

00:19:52.599 --> 00:19:53.339
 it absolutely

00:19:53.339 --> 00:19:54.299
 crystal clear

00:19:54.299 --> 00:19:54.740
 what was

00:19:54.740 --> 00:19:55.019
 going to

00:19:55.019 --> 00:19:55.279
 happen.

00:19:55.400 --> 00:19:55.539
 Do you

00:19:55.539 --> 00:19:55.920
 see at the

00:19:55.920 --> 00:19:56.180
 end of

00:19:56.180 --> 00:19:56.799
 verse 23?

00:19:57.220 --> 00:19:57.640
 The Lord

00:19:57.640 --> 00:19:58.860
 has decreed

00:19:58.860 --> 00:19:59.380
 disaster

00:19:59.380 --> 00:20:00.019
 for you.

00:20:00.519 --> 00:20:00.980
 So whether

00:20:00.980 --> 00:20:01.400
 it's a

00:20:01.400 --> 00:20:02.339
 deceiving spirit

00:20:02.339 --> 00:20:02.759
 or the

00:20:02.759 --> 00:20:03.059
 truth,

00:20:03.059 --> 00:20:04.000
 it's loud

00:20:04.000 --> 00:20:04.480
 and clear,

00:20:04.619 --> 00:20:05.039
 it's plain

00:20:05.039 --> 00:20:05.659
 and simple,

00:20:06.000 --> 00:20:06.639
 you go to

00:20:06.639 --> 00:20:06.819
 war,

00:20:06.899 --> 00:20:07.200
 you're going

00:20:07.200 --> 00:20:07.579
 to die.

00:20:12.079 --> 00:20:12.559
 Well,

00:20:12.619 --> 00:20:13.059
 what's his

00:20:13.059 --> 00:20:13.720
 response?

00:20:14.419 --> 00:20:15.500
 Verse 26,

00:20:15.500 --> 00:20:17.640
 the king of

00:20:17.640 --> 00:20:18.299
 Israel then

00:20:18.299 --> 00:20:18.640
 ordered,

00:20:19.480 --> 00:20:20.160
 take Micaiah

00:20:20.160 --> 00:20:20.660
 and send

00:20:20.660 --> 00:20:21.019
 him back

00:20:21.019 --> 00:20:21.720
 to Ammon,

00:20:22.160 --> 00:20:22.680
 the ruler

00:20:22.680 --> 00:20:23.400
 of the city

00:20:23.400 --> 00:20:23.839
 and to

00:20:23.839 --> 00:20:24.319
 Joash,

00:20:24.400 --> 00:20:24.960
 the king's

00:20:24.960 --> 00:20:25.180
 son,

00:20:25.900 --> 00:20:26.500
 and say,

00:20:26.900 --> 00:20:27.359
 this is

00:20:27.359 --> 00:20:27.759
 what the

00:20:27.759 --> 00:20:28.500
 king says,

00:20:29.039 --> 00:20:29.700
 put this

00:20:29.700 --> 00:20:30.339
 fellow in

00:20:30.339 --> 00:20:30.880
 prison and

00:20:30.880 --> 00:20:31.220
 give him

00:20:31.220 --> 00:20:31.839
 nothing but

00:20:31.839 --> 00:20:32.319
 bread and

00:20:32.319 --> 00:20:33.839
 water until

00:20:33.839 --> 00:20:35.220
 I return

00:20:35.220 --> 00:20:36.680
 safely.

00:20:38.079 --> 00:20:38.680
 How

00:20:38.680 --> 00:20:39.640
 defiant

00:20:39.640 --> 00:20:40.680
 is that?

00:20:41.599 --> 00:20:42.200
 It's just

00:20:42.200 --> 00:20:42.839
 been spelled

00:20:42.839 --> 00:20:43.400
 out to him

00:20:43.400 --> 00:20:44.000
 so clearly,

00:20:44.000 --> 00:20:44.980
 you go and

00:20:44.980 --> 00:20:45.259
 fight,

00:20:45.339 --> 00:20:45.599
 you're going

00:20:45.599 --> 00:20:46.059
 to die.

00:20:46.920 --> 00:20:47.380
 The Lord

00:20:47.380 --> 00:20:48.039
 has decreed

00:20:48.039 --> 00:20:48.900
 disaster for

00:20:48.900 --> 00:20:49.160
 you,

00:20:49.480 --> 00:20:50.019
 but in

00:20:50.019 --> 00:20:51.019
 his defiance,

00:20:51.140 --> 00:20:51.579
 his only

00:20:51.579 --> 00:20:52.460
 response is,

00:20:52.880 --> 00:20:53.539
 put Micaiah

00:20:53.539 --> 00:20:54.180
 in prison,

00:20:54.599 --> 00:20:54.980
 I'm going

00:20:54.980 --> 00:20:55.299
 to come

00:20:55.299 --> 00:20:56.000
 home safely.

00:20:59.319 --> 00:21:00.240
 Even if he

00:21:00.240 --> 00:21:00.920
 wanted to

00:21:00.920 --> 00:21:01.460
 listen to

00:21:01.460 --> 00:21:02.039
 the truth,

00:21:02.279 --> 00:21:03.059
 he can't.

00:21:04.079 --> 00:21:04.680
 The truth

00:21:04.680 --> 00:21:05.400
 no longer

00:21:05.400 --> 00:21:06.420
 means anything

00:21:06.420 --> 00:21:07.079
 to him.

00:21:08.940 --> 00:21:09.660
 You see,

00:21:09.740 --> 00:21:10.259
 this does

00:21:10.259 --> 00:21:10.980
 scare me,

00:21:10.980 --> 00:21:12.660
 because

00:21:12.660 --> 00:21:13.579
 continued

00:21:13.579 --> 00:21:15.599
 and persistent

00:21:15.599 --> 00:21:17.180
 disobedience

00:21:17.180 --> 00:21:19.660
 leads to

00:21:19.660 --> 00:21:20.960
 defiance.

00:21:21.720 --> 00:21:22.940
 If we keep

00:21:22.940 --> 00:21:23.720
 ignoring the

00:21:23.720 --> 00:21:24.980
 truth time

00:21:24.980 --> 00:21:25.460
 and time

00:21:25.460 --> 00:21:25.900
 again,

00:21:26.200 --> 00:21:26.700
 then the

00:21:26.700 --> 00:21:27.400
 time will

00:21:27.400 --> 00:21:29.480
 come when

00:21:29.480 --> 00:21:30.059
 we will no

00:21:30.059 --> 00:21:30.839
 longer be able

00:21:30.839 --> 00:21:31.720
 to discern

00:21:31.720 --> 00:21:32.700
 the truth.

00:21:33.680 --> 00:21:34.620
 We can no

00:21:34.620 --> 00:21:35.579
 longer recognize

00:21:35.579 --> 00:21:36.319
 the sin in

00:21:36.319 --> 00:21:36.980
 our life that

00:21:36.980 --> 00:21:37.759
 needs repented

00:21:37.759 --> 00:21:38.019
 of.

00:21:38.019 --> 00:21:38.720
 we have

00:21:38.720 --> 00:21:39.660
 become so

00:21:39.660 --> 00:21:40.900
 deceived by

00:21:40.900 --> 00:21:41.500
 the very

00:21:41.500 --> 00:21:42.339
 voices that

00:21:42.339 --> 00:21:42.639
 we have

00:21:42.639 --> 00:21:43.359
 chosen to

00:21:43.359 --> 00:21:43.680
 hear,

00:21:45.000 --> 00:21:45.619
 that we

00:21:45.619 --> 00:21:46.019
 can no

00:21:46.019 --> 00:21:46.700
 longer see

00:21:46.700 --> 00:21:47.460
 what's right

00:21:47.460 --> 00:21:48.500
 and what's

00:21:48.500 --> 00:21:48.799
 wrong.

00:21:54.139 --> 00:21:54.819
 So,

00:21:55.079 --> 00:21:55.960
 be careful

00:21:55.960 --> 00:21:56.400
 of the

00:21:56.400 --> 00:21:57.240
 refusal to

00:21:57.240 --> 00:21:57.960
 hear God's

00:21:57.960 --> 00:21:58.420
 voice.

00:21:59.819 --> 00:22:00.660
 Be careful

00:22:00.660 --> 00:22:01.099
 of the

00:22:01.099 --> 00:22:01.660
 deception

00:22:01.660 --> 00:22:03.559
 by rejecting

00:22:03.559 --> 00:22:04.059
 God's

00:22:04.059 --> 00:22:04.500
 truth.

00:22:04.500 --> 00:22:07.980
 And let's

00:22:07.980 --> 00:22:08.619
 be warned

00:22:08.619 --> 00:22:09.819
 about the

00:22:09.819 --> 00:22:10.259
 faithful

00:22:10.259 --> 00:22:12.380
 consequences

00:22:12.380 --> 00:22:13.700
 of defying

00:22:13.700 --> 00:22:14.180
 God's

00:22:14.180 --> 00:22:14.460
 word.

00:22:16.220 --> 00:22:17.059
 You see,

00:22:17.140 --> 00:22:17.839
 Ahab may

00:22:17.839 --> 00:22:18.440
 be a man

00:22:18.440 --> 00:22:19.099
 of authority,

00:22:19.299 --> 00:22:19.640
 he may

00:22:19.640 --> 00:22:20.279
 be a king,

00:22:21.000 --> 00:22:21.480
 he may

00:22:21.480 --> 00:22:21.920
 lock

00:22:21.920 --> 00:22:22.880
 Micaiah up

00:22:22.880 --> 00:22:23.180
 in the

00:22:23.180 --> 00:22:23.519
 prison,

00:22:24.579 --> 00:22:25.240
 he may

00:22:25.240 --> 00:22:25.440
 have

00:22:25.440 --> 00:22:26.160
 silenced

00:22:26.160 --> 00:22:26.799
 God's

00:22:26.799 --> 00:22:27.240
 prophet,

00:22:28.819 --> 00:22:29.380
 shut him

00:22:29.380 --> 00:22:29.740
 away,

00:22:31.099 --> 00:22:31.980
 but God's

00:22:31.980 --> 00:22:32.559
 word will

00:22:32.559 --> 00:22:33.200
 not and

00:22:33.200 --> 00:22:34.160
 cannot be

00:22:34.160 --> 00:22:34.980
 silenced.

00:22:36.059 --> 00:22:36.920
 What God

00:22:36.920 --> 00:22:37.779
 has spoken

00:22:37.779 --> 00:22:39.360
 will come

00:22:39.360 --> 00:22:40.259
 to pass.

00:22:41.539 --> 00:22:42.120
 First,

00:22:42.779 --> 00:22:43.740
 there's going

00:22:43.740 --> 00:22:44.380
 to be no

00:22:44.380 --> 00:22:46.120
 hiding from

00:22:46.120 --> 00:22:46.580
 God's

00:22:46.580 --> 00:22:46.900
 word.

00:22:47.960 --> 00:22:48.340
 Let's

00:22:48.340 --> 00:22:48.819
 follow the

00:22:48.819 --> 00:22:49.220
 account.

00:22:49.480 --> 00:22:50.279
 It's,

00:22:50.279 --> 00:22:51.100
 again,

00:22:51.620 --> 00:22:52.180
 brilliant

00:22:52.180 --> 00:22:52.799
 writing,

00:22:53.400 --> 00:22:53.799
 wonderful

00:22:53.799 --> 00:22:54.360
 narrative,

00:22:55.180 --> 00:22:55.740
 a great

00:22:55.740 --> 00:22:56.360
 story.

00:22:57.100 --> 00:22:57.680
 Let's pick

00:22:57.680 --> 00:22:58.100
 it up in

00:22:58.100 --> 00:22:58.940
 verse 29.

00:22:59.799 --> 00:23:00.220
 So the

00:23:00.220 --> 00:23:00.559
 king of

00:23:00.559 --> 00:23:01.279
 Israel and

00:23:01.279 --> 00:23:01.980
 Jehoshaphat,

00:23:02.100 --> 00:23:02.440
 king of

00:23:02.440 --> 00:23:02.799
 Judah,

00:23:02.799 --> 00:23:03.740
 went up

00:23:03.740 --> 00:23:04.119
 to Ram

00:23:04.119 --> 00:23:04.639
 of Gilead.

00:23:04.879 --> 00:23:05.180
 They're

00:23:05.180 --> 00:23:05.419
 going to

00:23:05.419 --> 00:23:06.039
 go fight.

00:23:07.779 --> 00:23:08.379
 The king

00:23:08.379 --> 00:23:08.839
 of Israel

00:23:08.839 --> 00:23:09.339
 said to

00:23:09.339 --> 00:23:10.079
 Jehoshaphat,

00:23:10.539 --> 00:23:11.319
 I will

00:23:11.319 --> 00:23:11.779
 enter the

00:23:11.779 --> 00:23:12.539
 battle in

00:23:12.539 --> 00:23:13.299
 disguise,

00:23:14.240 --> 00:23:14.659
 but you

00:23:14.659 --> 00:23:15.139
 wear your

00:23:15.139 --> 00:23:16.139
 royal robes.

00:23:17.099 --> 00:23:17.759
 So the

00:23:17.759 --> 00:23:18.099
 king of

00:23:18.099 --> 00:23:19.220
 Israel disguised

00:23:19.220 --> 00:23:20.379
 himself and

00:23:20.379 --> 00:23:20.940
 went into

00:23:20.940 --> 00:23:21.319
 battle.

00:23:21.599 --> 00:23:22.200
 Now from a

00:23:22.200 --> 00:23:22.879
 military point

00:23:22.879 --> 00:23:23.159
 of view,

00:23:23.299 --> 00:23:23.879
 it makes

00:23:23.879 --> 00:23:24.579
 perfect sense.

00:23:24.700 --> 00:23:24.919
 What a

00:23:24.919 --> 00:23:25.720
 wonderful plan.

00:23:26.440 --> 00:23:26.980
 Dress up,

00:23:27.079 --> 00:23:27.619
 pretend to be

00:23:27.619 --> 00:23:28.419
 somebody different.

00:23:28.879 --> 00:23:29.539
 If the enemy

00:23:29.539 --> 00:23:30.159
 doesn't know

00:23:30.159 --> 00:23:30.859
 who you are,

00:23:31.180 --> 00:23:31.700
 then there's a

00:23:31.700 --> 00:23:32.319
 high chance

00:23:32.319 --> 00:23:32.720
 you're going

00:23:32.720 --> 00:23:33.299
 to survive.

00:23:33.539 --> 00:23:34.039
 Because the

00:23:34.039 --> 00:23:34.819
 whole idea in

00:23:34.819 --> 00:23:35.539
 battles then

00:23:35.539 --> 00:23:36.360
 was you

00:23:36.360 --> 00:23:36.900
 aim for the

00:23:36.900 --> 00:23:37.059
 king.

00:23:37.140 --> 00:23:37.539
 If you got

00:23:37.539 --> 00:23:37.900
 the king,

00:23:37.980 --> 00:23:38.360
 you got the

00:23:38.360 --> 00:23:38.900
 whole army.

00:23:42.519 --> 00:23:43.240
 So there's

00:23:43.240 --> 00:23:44.080
 Jehoshaphat,

00:23:44.600 --> 00:23:45.240
 the dumb

00:23:45.240 --> 00:23:45.539
 nut,

00:23:45.860 --> 00:23:46.519
 dressed up

00:23:46.519 --> 00:23:47.019
 as the

00:23:47.019 --> 00:23:47.519
 king,

00:23:48.200 --> 00:23:48.960
 and the

00:23:48.960 --> 00:23:49.819
 true king

00:23:49.819 --> 00:23:51.000
 in disguise.

00:23:52.000 --> 00:23:52.620
 What's going

00:23:52.620 --> 00:23:53.019
 to happen?

00:23:53.740 --> 00:23:54.059
 Well,

00:23:54.160 --> 00:23:54.980
 verse 31.

00:23:54.980 --> 00:23:56.360
 Now the

00:23:56.360 --> 00:23:56.740
 king of

00:23:56.740 --> 00:23:57.720
 Aram had

00:23:57.720 --> 00:23:58.460
 ordered his

00:23:58.460 --> 00:23:59.680
 32 chariot

00:23:59.680 --> 00:24:00.200
 commanders,

00:24:01.200 --> 00:24:01.660
 do not

00:24:01.660 --> 00:24:02.220
 fight with

00:24:02.220 --> 00:24:02.599
 anyone,

00:24:02.799 --> 00:24:03.279
 small or

00:24:03.279 --> 00:24:03.539
 great,

00:24:03.660 --> 00:24:04.299
 except the

00:24:04.299 --> 00:24:04.640
 king of

00:24:04.640 --> 00:24:04.980
 Israel.

00:24:06.039 --> 00:24:06.700
 When the

00:24:06.700 --> 00:24:07.140
 chariot

00:24:07.140 --> 00:24:08.099
 commanders saw

00:24:08.099 --> 00:24:09.019
 Jehoshaphat,

00:24:09.140 --> 00:24:09.680
 they thought,

00:24:10.259 --> 00:24:11.319
 surely this is

00:24:11.319 --> 00:24:11.839
 the king of

00:24:11.839 --> 00:24:12.180
 Israel.

00:24:12.360 --> 00:24:12.880
 So they

00:24:12.880 --> 00:24:13.460
 turned to

00:24:13.460 --> 00:24:14.099
 attack him.

00:24:14.360 --> 00:24:14.779
 But when

00:24:14.779 --> 00:24:15.200
 they heard

00:24:15.200 --> 00:24:15.900
 Jehoshaphat

00:24:15.900 --> 00:24:16.539
 cry out,

00:24:16.819 --> 00:24:17.140
 please,

00:24:17.279 --> 00:24:17.700
 not me,

00:24:17.779 --> 00:24:18.160
 not me,

00:24:18.220 --> 00:24:18.579
 it's not

00:24:18.579 --> 00:24:18.779
 me,

00:24:18.860 --> 00:24:19.200
 I'm not

00:24:19.200 --> 00:24:19.539
 Aram,

00:24:19.660 --> 00:24:20.059
 I'm not

00:24:20.059 --> 00:24:20.500
 Ahab,

00:24:20.759 --> 00:24:21.220
 not me,

00:24:21.319 --> 00:24:21.720
 don't kill

00:24:21.720 --> 00:24:22.079
 me.

00:24:23.000 --> 00:24:23.700
 Verse 33,

00:24:23.700 --> 00:24:24.400
 the chariot

00:24:24.400 --> 00:24:25.200
 commander saw

00:24:25.200 --> 00:24:25.680
 that he was

00:24:25.680 --> 00:24:26.160
 not the

00:24:26.160 --> 00:24:26.480
 king of

00:24:26.480 --> 00:24:27.000
 Israel and

00:24:27.000 --> 00:24:27.279
 stopped

00:24:27.279 --> 00:24:28.120
 pursuing him.

00:24:29.400 --> 00:24:29.920
 Ahab's

00:24:29.920 --> 00:24:30.380
 plan is

00:24:30.380 --> 00:24:30.860
 working,

00:24:30.980 --> 00:24:31.160
 it's

00:24:31.160 --> 00:24:31.660
 wonderful.

00:24:32.720 --> 00:24:33.140
 We can

00:24:33.140 --> 00:24:33.600
 see him

00:24:33.600 --> 00:24:34.340
 there flying

00:24:34.340 --> 00:24:34.960
 around in

00:24:34.960 --> 00:24:35.799
 his chariot.

00:24:37.080 --> 00:24:37.559
 Micaiah,

00:24:37.799 --> 00:24:38.360
 who does

00:24:38.360 --> 00:24:38.920
 he think

00:24:38.920 --> 00:24:39.360
 he is

00:24:39.360 --> 00:24:39.960
 telling me

00:24:39.960 --> 00:24:40.600
 I'm not

00:24:40.600 --> 00:24:41.080
 going to

00:24:41.080 --> 00:24:41.519
 die in

00:24:41.519 --> 00:24:41.840
 battle?

00:24:45.000 --> 00:24:46.059
 Verse 34,

00:24:47.100 --> 00:24:48.799
 but someone,

00:24:49.380 --> 00:24:49.860
 we don't

00:24:49.860 --> 00:24:50.740
 know his

00:24:50.740 --> 00:24:51.080
 name,

00:24:52.100 --> 00:24:52.819
 drew his

00:24:52.819 --> 00:24:53.559
 bow at

00:24:53.559 --> 00:24:54.179
 random,

00:24:55.179 --> 00:24:55.819
 and hit

00:24:55.819 --> 00:24:56.339
 the king

00:24:56.339 --> 00:24:56.980
 of Israel

00:24:56.980 --> 00:24:58.159
 between the

00:24:58.159 --> 00:24:59.599
 sections of

00:24:59.599 --> 00:25:00.119
 his armour.

00:25:02.019 --> 00:25:02.659
 Now,

00:25:02.740 --> 00:25:03.139
 if this was

00:25:03.139 --> 00:25:03.740
 a movie,

00:25:04.980 --> 00:25:06.319
 the camera

00:25:06.319 --> 00:25:06.819
 would be

00:25:06.819 --> 00:25:07.980
 focused right

00:25:07.980 --> 00:25:08.599
 on that

00:25:08.599 --> 00:25:09.500
 soldier's

00:25:09.500 --> 00:25:09.980
 face.

00:25:11.119 --> 00:25:11.819
 Picture the

00:25:11.819 --> 00:25:12.179
 scene,

00:25:12.940 --> 00:25:13.619
 the bow

00:25:13.619 --> 00:25:14.720
 tight up

00:25:14.720 --> 00:25:15.399
 against his

00:25:15.399 --> 00:25:15.859
 face,

00:25:16.359 --> 00:25:17.119
 and as he

00:25:17.119 --> 00:25:18.039
 releases the

00:25:18.039 --> 00:25:18.399
 arrow,

00:25:19.379 --> 00:25:20.019
 the camera

00:25:20.019 --> 00:25:20.720
 follows it

00:25:20.720 --> 00:25:21.220
 through the

00:25:21.220 --> 00:25:21.579
 battle,

00:25:21.579 --> 00:25:22.779
 all the

00:25:22.779 --> 00:25:23.059
 people

00:25:23.059 --> 00:25:23.519
 fighting,

00:25:23.679 --> 00:25:23.899
 and it's

00:25:23.899 --> 00:25:24.419
 just going

00:25:24.419 --> 00:25:24.859
 straight,

00:25:25.000 --> 00:25:25.199
 straight,

00:25:25.319 --> 00:25:25.539
 straight,

00:25:25.619 --> 00:25:25.839
 straight,

00:25:25.939 --> 00:25:26.099
 straight,

00:25:26.099 --> 00:25:27.159
 and the

00:25:27.159 --> 00:25:27.480
 arrow

00:25:27.480 --> 00:25:28.179
 pierces

00:25:28.179 --> 00:25:28.699
 Ahab,

00:25:29.699 --> 00:25:30.500
 and then

00:25:30.500 --> 00:25:31.079
 the camera

00:25:31.079 --> 00:25:31.899
 locks on

00:25:31.899 --> 00:25:32.579
 Ahab's

00:25:32.579 --> 00:25:32.980
 face,

00:25:33.299 --> 00:25:33.720
 and his

00:25:33.720 --> 00:25:34.500
 smile,

00:25:35.000 --> 00:25:36.099
 that grinning,

00:25:36.259 --> 00:25:37.000
 defying

00:25:37.000 --> 00:25:37.779
 smile,

00:25:38.379 --> 00:25:39.859
 turns to

00:25:39.859 --> 00:25:40.319
 agony,

00:25:41.139 --> 00:25:41.439
 and

00:25:41.439 --> 00:25:42.480
 disbelief.

00:25:42.480 --> 00:25:46.799
 verse 34,

00:25:47.000 --> 00:25:47.460
 the king

00:25:47.460 --> 00:25:48.200
 told his

00:25:48.200 --> 00:25:48.720
 chariot

00:25:48.720 --> 00:25:49.220
 driver,

00:25:49.819 --> 00:25:50.539
 wheel round

00:25:50.539 --> 00:25:51.180
 and get me

00:25:51.180 --> 00:25:51.620
 out of the

00:25:51.620 --> 00:25:51.960
 fighting,

00:25:52.079 --> 00:25:52.480
 I've been

00:25:52.480 --> 00:25:52.880
 wounded.

00:25:54.180 --> 00:25:54.940
 All day

00:25:54.940 --> 00:25:55.480
 long the

00:25:55.480 --> 00:25:56.279
 battle raged

00:25:56.279 --> 00:25:56.620
 and the

00:25:56.620 --> 00:25:57.039
 king was

00:25:57.039 --> 00:25:57.640
 propped up

00:25:57.640 --> 00:25:57.960
 in his

00:25:57.960 --> 00:25:58.400
 chariot

00:25:58.400 --> 00:25:59.120
 facing the

00:25:59.120 --> 00:25:59.839
 Arameans.

00:26:00.700 --> 00:26:01.559
 The blood

00:26:01.559 --> 00:26:02.079
 from his

00:26:02.079 --> 00:26:02.860
 wound ran

00:26:02.860 --> 00:26:03.400
 onto the

00:26:03.400 --> 00:26:03.860
 floor of

00:26:03.860 --> 00:26:04.559
 the chariot,

00:26:05.360 --> 00:26:06.180
 and that

00:26:06.180 --> 00:26:08.180
 evening he

00:26:08.180 --> 00:26:08.620
 died.

00:26:08.619 --> 00:26:12.799
 You see,

00:26:12.959 --> 00:26:13.659
 there is no

00:26:13.659 --> 00:26:15.079
 hiding from

00:26:15.079 --> 00:26:15.539
 God's

00:26:15.539 --> 00:26:15.859
 word.

00:26:16.939 --> 00:26:17.839
 What God

00:26:17.839 --> 00:26:18.859
 has decreed

00:26:18.859 --> 00:26:20.139
 will come

00:26:20.139 --> 00:26:20.879
 to pass,

00:26:21.419 --> 00:26:22.219
 and nothing

00:26:22.219 --> 00:26:23.219
 and no

00:26:23.219 --> 00:26:24.199
 one can

00:26:24.199 --> 00:26:24.939
 stop it.

00:26:27.199 --> 00:26:28.059
 Now we

00:26:28.059 --> 00:26:28.579
 need to be

00:26:28.579 --> 00:26:29.399
 very careful

00:26:29.399 --> 00:26:29.859
 that we

00:26:29.859 --> 00:26:30.419
 don't play

00:26:30.419 --> 00:26:30.939
 the role

00:26:30.939 --> 00:26:31.619
 of Ahab,

00:26:32.519 --> 00:26:33.399
 because we

00:26:33.399 --> 00:26:33.959
 too can

00:26:33.959 --> 00:26:34.399
 put on

00:26:34.399 --> 00:26:35.299
 our disguise

00:26:35.299 --> 00:26:35.719
 of,

00:26:36.139 --> 00:26:36.339
 well,

00:26:36.419 --> 00:26:36.759
 we can

00:26:36.759 --> 00:26:37.559
 use clever

00:26:37.559 --> 00:26:38.359
 arguments,

00:26:38.619 --> 00:26:40.419
 undermining

00:26:40.419 --> 00:26:40.879
 God's

00:26:40.879 --> 00:26:41.139
 word.

00:26:41.259 --> 00:26:41.599
 We look

00:26:41.599 --> 00:26:41.839
 at it

00:26:41.839 --> 00:26:42.159
 and read

00:26:42.159 --> 00:26:42.459
 and go,

00:26:42.839 --> 00:26:44.199
 it's just

00:26:44.199 --> 00:26:44.919
 made up.

00:26:45.739 --> 00:26:46.339
 It's just

00:26:46.339 --> 00:26:47.019
 an elaborate

00:26:47.019 --> 00:26:47.859
 fairy tale.

00:26:48.159 --> 00:26:48.699
 Don't need

00:26:48.699 --> 00:26:49.219
 to believe

00:26:49.219 --> 00:26:49.839
 what God

00:26:49.839 --> 00:26:50.259
 has to

00:26:50.259 --> 00:26:50.579
 say.

00:26:51.899 --> 00:26:52.579
 We can

00:26:52.579 --> 00:26:53.099
 even put

00:26:53.099 --> 00:26:53.419
 on a

00:26:53.419 --> 00:26:53.919
 disguise

00:26:53.919 --> 00:26:54.259
 of

00:26:54.259 --> 00:26:54.839
 ignorance.

00:26:56.519 --> 00:26:57.099
 I didn't

00:26:57.099 --> 00:26:57.500
 think it

00:26:57.500 --> 00:26:58.059
 was serious.

00:26:58.359 --> 00:26:58.779
 I didn't

00:26:58.779 --> 00:26:59.799
 realise that

00:26:59.799 --> 00:27:00.319
 we had to

00:27:00.319 --> 00:27:00.759
 take it

00:27:00.759 --> 00:27:01.299
 literally,

00:27:01.679 --> 00:27:02.199
 that what

00:27:02.199 --> 00:27:02.819
 God says

00:27:02.819 --> 00:27:03.719
 really does

00:27:03.719 --> 00:27:04.000
 happen.

00:27:04.099 --> 00:27:04.679
 I didn't

00:27:04.679 --> 00:27:05.219
 understand

00:27:05.219 --> 00:27:06.019
 that.

00:27:08.619 --> 00:27:10.179
 Well,

00:27:10.259 --> 00:27:10.899
 whatever our

00:27:10.899 --> 00:27:11.279
 reason,

00:27:11.459 --> 00:27:12.519
 whatever disguise

00:27:12.519 --> 00:27:13.419
 we put on

00:27:13.419 --> 00:27:14.059
 to push

00:27:14.059 --> 00:27:14.579
 God's

00:27:14.579 --> 00:27:15.299
 word away,

00:27:15.839 --> 00:27:16.419
 God's

00:27:16.419 --> 00:27:16.979
 word will

00:27:16.979 --> 00:27:17.799
 find a

00:27:17.799 --> 00:27:18.419
 way through

00:27:18.419 --> 00:27:19.459
 like an

00:27:19.459 --> 00:27:19.819
 arrow.

00:27:20.059 --> 00:27:20.359
 It will

00:27:20.359 --> 00:27:21.279
 pierce our

00:27:21.279 --> 00:27:21.779
 hearts.

00:27:23.359 --> 00:27:24.000
 We

00:27:24.000 --> 00:27:24.559
 cannot

00:27:24.559 --> 00:27:25.579
 hide

00:27:25.579 --> 00:27:26.919
 from the

00:27:26.919 --> 00:27:27.359
 truth.

00:27:30.059 --> 00:27:30.699
 No

00:27:30.699 --> 00:27:31.179
 hiding

00:27:31.179 --> 00:27:32.719
 from God's

00:27:32.719 --> 00:27:33.039
 word.

00:27:33.039 --> 00:27:37.059
 word of

00:27:37.059 --> 00:27:37.460
 judgment

00:27:37.460 --> 00:27:38.000
 falls.

00:27:39.299 --> 00:27:39.659
 You see,

00:27:39.759 --> 00:27:40.180
 let's not

00:27:40.180 --> 00:27:40.920
 forget what's

00:27:40.920 --> 00:27:41.480
 going on

00:27:41.480 --> 00:27:41.759
 here.

00:27:42.740 --> 00:27:43.339
 This is a

00:27:43.339 --> 00:27:44.099
 story that

00:27:44.099 --> 00:27:44.920
 started in

00:27:44.920 --> 00:27:46.000
 chapter 17.

00:27:46.460 --> 00:27:47.119
 All the

00:27:47.119 --> 00:27:47.500
 way,

00:27:47.680 --> 00:27:48.299
 Ahab has

00:27:48.299 --> 00:27:49.279
 persisted in

00:27:49.279 --> 00:27:50.240
 disobedience

00:27:50.240 --> 00:27:51.019
 and defiance.

00:27:51.440 --> 00:27:52.039
 And God

00:27:52.039 --> 00:27:52.759
 has matched

00:27:52.759 --> 00:27:53.139
 that,

00:27:53.559 --> 00:27:54.339
 persistently,

00:27:54.500 --> 00:27:55.359
 speaking so

00:27:55.359 --> 00:27:55.859
 clearly,

00:27:56.420 --> 00:27:57.099
 warning him

00:27:57.099 --> 00:27:58.079
 so graciously,

00:27:58.480 --> 00:27:58.980
 providing

00:27:58.980 --> 00:27:59.940
 prophet after

00:27:59.940 --> 00:28:00.339
 prophet,

00:28:00.720 --> 00:28:01.279
 Ahab,

00:28:01.500 --> 00:28:02.180
 come back

00:28:02.180 --> 00:28:02.599
 to me,

00:28:02.599 --> 00:28:04.500
 Ahab.

00:28:06.859 --> 00:28:07.819
 But when

00:28:07.819 --> 00:28:08.459
 grace is

00:28:08.459 --> 00:28:09.159
 refused,

00:28:10.659 --> 00:28:11.019
 judgment

00:28:11.019 --> 00:28:11.740
 will

00:28:11.740 --> 00:28:12.519
 come.

00:28:13.639 --> 00:28:14.659
 Verse 37.

00:28:16.959 --> 00:28:17.899
 So the

00:28:17.899 --> 00:28:18.599
 king died

00:28:18.599 --> 00:28:18.959
 and was

00:28:18.959 --> 00:28:19.539
 brought to

00:28:19.539 --> 00:28:20.019
 Samaria,

00:28:20.559 --> 00:28:21.579
 and they

00:28:21.579 --> 00:28:22.179
 buried him

00:28:22.179 --> 00:28:22.480
 there.

00:28:23.659 --> 00:28:24.359
 They washed

00:28:24.359 --> 00:28:25.039
 the chariot

00:28:25.039 --> 00:28:25.639
 at a pool

00:28:25.639 --> 00:28:26.399
 in Samaria,

00:28:26.879 --> 00:28:27.359
 where the

00:28:27.359 --> 00:28:28.059
 prostitutes

00:28:28.059 --> 00:28:28.699
 bathed,

00:28:29.339 --> 00:28:30.059
 and the

00:28:30.059 --> 00:28:30.980
 dogs licked

00:28:30.980 --> 00:28:31.439
 up his

00:28:31.439 --> 00:28:31.899
 blood,

00:28:31.900 --> 00:28:32.980
 as the

00:28:32.980 --> 00:28:33.540
 word of

00:28:33.540 --> 00:28:33.720
 the

00:28:33.720 --> 00:28:34.100
 Lord

00:28:34.100 --> 00:28:34.780
 had

00:28:34.780 --> 00:28:35.540
 declared.

00:28:37.160 --> 00:28:38.100
 In chapter

00:28:38.100 --> 00:28:38.680
 21,

00:28:38.820 --> 00:28:39.160
 we didn't

00:28:39.160 --> 00:28:39.680
 get an

00:28:39.680 --> 00:28:40.140
 opportunity

00:28:40.140 --> 00:28:40.740
 to look

00:28:40.740 --> 00:28:41.200
 at this.

00:28:42.280 --> 00:28:42.740
 It gives

00:28:42.740 --> 00:28:43.080
 us a

00:28:43.080 --> 00:28:43.780
 whole long

00:28:43.780 --> 00:28:44.480
 account of

00:28:44.480 --> 00:28:45.240
 how Ahab

00:28:45.240 --> 00:28:45.740
 had agreed

00:28:45.740 --> 00:28:46.580
 to murder

00:28:46.580 --> 00:28:48.680
 a vineyard

00:28:48.680 --> 00:28:49.680
 owner named

00:28:49.680 --> 00:28:50.380
 Naboth.

00:28:50.380 --> 00:28:50.940
 he liked

00:28:50.940 --> 00:28:51.540
 his vineyard

00:28:51.540 --> 00:28:51.840
 and he

00:28:51.840 --> 00:28:52.280
 decided,

00:28:52.420 --> 00:28:53.220
 I'll take

00:28:53.220 --> 00:28:53.360
 it,

00:28:53.360 --> 00:28:53.820
 I'll have

00:28:53.820 --> 00:28:54.100
 it.

00:28:54.720 --> 00:28:55.420
 And so

00:28:55.420 --> 00:28:55.860
 they had

00:28:55.860 --> 00:28:56.460
 him killed

00:28:56.460 --> 00:28:57.320
 so that

00:28:57.320 --> 00:28:57.900
 Ahab could

00:28:57.900 --> 00:28:58.280
 have the

00:28:58.280 --> 00:28:58.780
 vineyard.

00:28:59.180 --> 00:28:59.440
 And in

00:28:59.440 --> 00:29:00.080
 response,

00:29:00.200 --> 00:29:00.720
 this is what

00:29:00.720 --> 00:29:01.300
 God said,

00:29:01.400 --> 00:29:02.220
 chapter 21,

00:29:02.360 --> 00:29:03.140
 verse 19.

00:29:03.140 --> 00:29:05.860
 the prophet

00:29:05.860 --> 00:29:06.560
 said to him,

00:29:06.700 --> 00:29:07.220
 this is what

00:29:07.220 --> 00:29:07.580
 the Lord

00:29:07.580 --> 00:29:08.020
 says,

00:29:08.280 --> 00:29:08.920
 have you

00:29:08.920 --> 00:29:09.200
 not

00:29:09.200 --> 00:29:09.940
 murdered a

00:29:09.940 --> 00:29:10.380
 man and

00:29:10.380 --> 00:29:11.000
 seized his

00:29:11.000 --> 00:29:11.460
 property?

00:29:11.860 --> 00:29:12.480
 Then say

00:29:12.480 --> 00:29:12.920
 to him,

00:29:13.200 --> 00:29:13.880
 this is what

00:29:13.880 --> 00:29:14.300
 the Lord

00:29:14.300 --> 00:29:14.720
 says,

00:29:14.780 --> 00:29:15.020
 in the

00:29:15.020 --> 00:29:15.600
 place where

00:29:15.600 --> 00:29:16.360
 dogs licked

00:29:16.360 --> 00:29:17.140
 up Naboth's

00:29:17.140 --> 00:29:17.460
 blood,

00:29:17.960 --> 00:29:18.860
 dogs will

00:29:18.860 --> 00:29:19.320
 lick up

00:29:19.320 --> 00:29:20.000
 your blood.

00:29:20.420 --> 00:29:20.840
 Yes,

00:29:21.640 --> 00:29:22.220
 yours.

00:29:22.220 --> 00:29:26.279
 And so,

00:29:26.920 --> 00:29:28.620
 chapter 22,

00:29:29.579 --> 00:29:30.079
 end of

00:29:30.079 --> 00:29:31.059
 verse 38,

00:29:32.500 --> 00:29:33.259
 the dogs

00:29:33.259 --> 00:29:33.880
 licked up

00:29:33.880 --> 00:29:34.480
 his blood

00:29:34.480 --> 00:29:35.460
 as the

00:29:35.460 --> 00:29:36.000
 word of

00:29:36.000 --> 00:29:36.539
 the Lord

00:29:36.539 --> 00:29:37.140
 had

00:29:37.140 --> 00:29:38.480
 declared.

00:29:40.980 --> 00:29:41.980
 Defy the

00:29:41.980 --> 00:29:42.400
 word of

00:29:42.400 --> 00:29:42.799
 God.

00:29:44.279 --> 00:29:44.839
 Reject

00:29:44.839 --> 00:29:46.000
 his grace.

00:29:48.299 --> 00:29:49.039
 Persist

00:29:49.039 --> 00:29:50.539
 in defying

00:29:50.539 --> 00:29:50.940
 him.

00:29:52.220 --> 00:29:53.220
 And

00:29:53.220 --> 00:29:53.660
 judgment

00:29:53.660 --> 00:29:54.420
 will

00:29:54.420 --> 00:29:54.819
 come.

00:29:58.059 --> 00:29:58.539
 Now,

00:29:58.620 --> 00:29:58.880
 you can

00:29:58.880 --> 00:29:59.240
 say,

00:29:59.839 --> 00:30:00.079
 well,

00:30:00.120 --> 00:30:00.339
 you know

00:30:00.339 --> 00:30:00.579
 what,

00:30:00.640 --> 00:30:00.860
 Johnny,

00:30:00.980 --> 00:30:01.400
 it's a

00:30:01.400 --> 00:30:01.980
 great

00:30:01.980 --> 00:30:02.500
 story.

00:30:02.720 --> 00:30:02.960
 Yes,

00:30:03.000 --> 00:30:03.279
 it would

00:30:03.279 --> 00:30:03.680
 make a

00:30:03.680 --> 00:30:03.960
 great

00:30:03.960 --> 00:30:04.339
 film,

00:30:04.940 --> 00:30:05.680
 but it's

00:30:05.680 --> 00:30:05.980
 all a

00:30:05.980 --> 00:30:06.559
 bit much,

00:30:06.660 --> 00:30:06.960
 isn't it,

00:30:07.019 --> 00:30:07.220
 really?

00:30:08.240 --> 00:30:08.559
 Isn't

00:30:08.559 --> 00:30:09.019
 this all

00:30:09.019 --> 00:30:09.299
 a little

00:30:09.299 --> 00:30:09.940
 bit far

00:30:09.940 --> 00:30:10.620
 fetched?

00:30:11.100 --> 00:30:11.480
 I mean,

00:30:11.539 --> 00:30:12.059
 you don't

00:30:12.059 --> 00:30:12.960
 really expect

00:30:12.960 --> 00:30:13.720
 us today,

00:30:14.759 --> 00:30:16.100
 in 2019,

00:30:16.539 --> 00:30:17.100
 to believe

00:30:17.100 --> 00:30:17.819
 this kind

00:30:17.819 --> 00:30:18.339
 of stuff

00:30:18.339 --> 00:30:18.680
 anymore.

00:30:18.779 --> 00:30:19.100
 This is

00:30:19.100 --> 00:30:19.539
 ancient

00:30:19.539 --> 00:30:20.140
 stuff.

00:30:20.920 --> 00:30:21.240
 It's

00:30:21.240 --> 00:30:21.680
 just a

00:30:21.680 --> 00:30:22.279
 story.

00:30:22.599 --> 00:30:23.180
 No need

00:30:23.180 --> 00:30:23.640
 to take

00:30:23.640 --> 00:30:23.819
 it

00:30:23.819 --> 00:30:24.660
 seriously.

00:30:27.900 --> 00:30:28.400
 Well,

00:30:28.460 --> 00:30:28.940
 be careful

00:30:28.940 --> 00:30:29.299
 that you

00:30:29.299 --> 00:30:29.839
 don't begin

00:30:29.839 --> 00:30:30.519
 to deceive

00:30:30.519 --> 00:30:31.160
 yourself,

00:30:32.359 --> 00:30:33.859
 because it's

00:30:33.859 --> 00:30:34.440
 beginning to

00:30:34.440 --> 00:30:34.920
 sound a

00:30:34.920 --> 00:30:35.339
 little bit

00:30:35.339 --> 00:30:35.660
 like,

00:30:35.759 --> 00:30:36.519
 just like

00:30:36.519 --> 00:30:37.140
 Ahab.

00:30:38.819 --> 00:30:39.400
 Be

00:30:39.400 --> 00:30:39.900
 careful

00:30:39.900 --> 00:30:41.779
 that you

00:30:41.779 --> 00:30:42.559
 do not

00:30:42.559 --> 00:30:43.480
 fall.

00:30:43.480 --> 00:30:43.519
 fall.

00:30:47.140 --> 00:30:47.680
 You see,

00:30:48.380 --> 00:30:48.920
 God's

00:30:48.920 --> 00:30:49.740
 word is

00:30:49.740 --> 00:30:50.440
 final.

00:30:52.019 --> 00:30:52.819
 What God

00:30:52.819 --> 00:30:53.539
 decrees

00:30:53.539 --> 00:30:54.980
 will be

00:30:54.980 --> 00:30:55.319
 done.

00:30:56.539 --> 00:30:57.120
 In other

00:30:57.120 --> 00:30:57.559
 words, we

00:30:57.559 --> 00:30:57.940
 are to

00:30:57.940 --> 00:30:59.019
 trust what

00:30:59.019 --> 00:30:59.880
 God says.

00:31:00.519 --> 00:31:01.220
 Defying

00:31:01.220 --> 00:31:01.720
 God's

00:31:01.720 --> 00:31:02.279
 word will

00:31:02.279 --> 00:31:02.799
 ultimately

00:31:02.799 --> 00:31:03.680
 destroy us,

00:31:04.019 --> 00:31:05.000
 yet trusting

00:31:05.000 --> 00:31:05.860
 his word

00:31:05.860 --> 00:31:07.279
 is what is

00:31:07.279 --> 00:31:07.759
 going to

00:31:07.759 --> 00:31:08.660
 save us.

00:31:08.660 --> 00:31:09.660
 God's

00:31:09.660 --> 00:31:15.440
 final word

00:31:15.440 --> 00:31:16.160
 through his

00:31:16.160 --> 00:31:17.060
 final and

00:31:17.060 --> 00:31:17.480
 ultimate

00:31:17.480 --> 00:31:18.000
 prophet,

00:31:18.460 --> 00:31:18.779
 Jesus

00:31:18.779 --> 00:31:19.400
 Christ.

00:31:20.400 --> 00:31:20.820
 Have a

00:31:20.820 --> 00:31:21.080
 look at

00:31:21.080 --> 00:31:21.779
 John chapter

00:31:21.779 --> 00:31:22.519
 5 with

00:31:22.519 --> 00:31:22.779
 me.

00:31:24.060 --> 00:31:24.740
 John

00:31:24.740 --> 00:31:26.200
 chapter 5,

00:31:26.320 --> 00:31:26.920
 the gospel

00:31:26.920 --> 00:31:28.779
 according to

00:31:28.779 --> 00:31:29.500
 John in the

00:31:29.500 --> 00:31:30.160
 New Testament.

00:31:30.160 --> 00:31:41.960
 Here we

00:31:41.960 --> 00:31:42.480
 hear the

00:31:42.480 --> 00:31:44.840
 words through

00:31:44.840 --> 00:31:45.460
 God's

00:31:45.460 --> 00:31:46.180
 final and

00:31:46.180 --> 00:31:46.620
 ultimate

00:31:46.620 --> 00:31:47.180
 prophet,

00:31:47.460 --> 00:31:47.800
 Jesus

00:31:47.800 --> 00:31:48.640
 Christ.

00:31:49.560 --> 00:31:50.080
 And how

00:31:50.080 --> 00:31:50.900
 we respond

00:31:50.900 --> 00:31:51.440
 to this

00:31:51.440 --> 00:31:53.400
 word determines

00:31:53.400 --> 00:31:55.540
 our destiny.

00:31:58.540 --> 00:31:59.580
 John chapter

00:31:59.579 --> 00:32:00.419
 5, verse

00:32:00.419 --> 00:32:01.159
 24.

00:32:05.119 --> 00:32:05.779
 Very

00:32:05.779 --> 00:32:07.839
 truly, take

00:32:07.839 --> 00:32:08.279
 note of

00:32:08.279 --> 00:32:08.579
 this.

00:32:08.779 --> 00:32:09.139
 This is

00:32:09.139 --> 00:32:09.659
 important.

00:32:09.839 --> 00:32:10.139
 This is

00:32:10.139 --> 00:32:10.519
 serious.

00:32:10.699 --> 00:32:10.939
 Jesus

00:32:10.939 --> 00:32:11.460
 says, I

00:32:11.460 --> 00:32:12.119
 tell you,

00:32:13.379 --> 00:32:13.759
 whoever

00:32:13.759 --> 00:32:14.980
 hears my

00:32:14.980 --> 00:32:15.740
 word and

00:32:15.740 --> 00:32:16.720
 believes him

00:32:16.720 --> 00:32:17.419
 who sent

00:32:17.419 --> 00:32:18.819
 me has

00:32:18.819 --> 00:32:19.279
 eternal

00:32:19.279 --> 00:32:21.299
 life and

00:32:21.299 --> 00:32:21.720
 will not

00:32:21.720 --> 00:32:22.460
 be judged

00:32:22.460 --> 00:32:24.199
 but is

00:32:24.199 --> 00:32:24.899
 crossed over

00:32:24.899 --> 00:32:25.659
 from death

00:32:25.659 --> 00:32:27.139
 to life.

00:32:27.140 --> 00:32:29.620
 my word

00:32:29.620 --> 00:32:30.300
 says Jesus

00:32:30.300 --> 00:32:30.780
 is a

00:32:30.780 --> 00:32:31.280
 saving

00:32:31.280 --> 00:32:31.700
 word.

00:32:32.740 --> 00:32:33.560
 I have

00:32:33.560 --> 00:32:34.300
 saved you.

00:32:34.759 --> 00:32:35.180
 I have

00:32:35.180 --> 00:32:35.840
 died for

00:32:35.840 --> 00:32:36.100
 you.

00:32:36.800 --> 00:32:37.400
 I will

00:32:37.400 --> 00:32:38.240
 forgive you.

00:32:39.600 --> 00:32:40.400
 I will

00:32:40.400 --> 00:32:40.960
 no longer

00:32:40.960 --> 00:32:41.840
 condemn you.

00:32:42.680 --> 00:32:43.500
 I will

00:32:43.500 --> 00:32:44.400
 bring you

00:32:44.400 --> 00:32:44.920
 peace.

00:32:45.040 --> 00:32:45.340
 I will

00:32:45.340 --> 00:32:46.160
 bless you.

00:32:47.160 --> 00:32:48.720
 I will

00:32:48.720 --> 00:32:49.440
 save you.

00:32:50.660 --> 00:32:51.360
 Hear my

00:32:51.360 --> 00:32:51.700
 word.

00:32:51.880 --> 00:32:53.140
 Believe my

00:32:53.140 --> 00:32:53.420
 word.

00:32:53.560 --> 00:32:54.180
 Believe what

00:32:54.180 --> 00:32:54.840
 I say.

00:32:54.839 --> 00:32:57.480
 verse 25.

00:32:57.679 --> 00:32:57.919
 Very

00:32:57.919 --> 00:32:58.539
 truly I

00:32:58.539 --> 00:32:59.019
 tell you,

00:32:59.319 --> 00:33:00.019
 a time is

00:33:00.019 --> 00:33:00.539
 coming and

00:33:00.539 --> 00:33:00.959
 has now

00:33:00.959 --> 00:33:01.859
 come when

00:33:01.859 --> 00:33:02.639
 the dead

00:33:02.639 --> 00:33:04.439
 will hear

00:33:04.439 --> 00:33:05.259
 the voice

00:33:05.259 --> 00:33:05.919
 or hear

00:33:05.919 --> 00:33:06.539
 the word

00:33:06.539 --> 00:33:06.899
 of the

00:33:06.899 --> 00:33:07.279
 Son of

00:33:07.279 --> 00:33:08.039
 God and

00:33:08.039 --> 00:33:08.679
 those who

00:33:08.679 --> 00:33:10.099
 hear will

00:33:10.099 --> 00:33:10.559
 live.

00:33:13.759 --> 00:33:14.359
 What

00:33:14.359 --> 00:33:14.859
 word are

00:33:14.859 --> 00:33:15.240
 we going

00:33:15.240 --> 00:33:15.720
 to listen

00:33:15.720 --> 00:33:15.980
 to?

00:33:17.859 --> 00:33:18.459
 A

00:33:18.459 --> 00:33:18.899
 word

00:33:18.899 --> 00:33:20.579
 that will

00:33:20.579 --> 00:33:21.119
 judge

00:33:21.119 --> 00:33:22.980
 or a

00:33:22.980 --> 00:33:23.679
 voice that

00:33:23.680 --> 00:33:24.060
 we will

00:33:24.060 --> 00:33:24.620
 one day

00:33:24.620 --> 00:33:25.200
 hear that

00:33:25.200 --> 00:33:25.880
 will say

00:33:25.880 --> 00:33:26.460
 to those

00:33:26.460 --> 00:33:26.799
 who have

00:33:26.799 --> 00:33:27.360
 died in

00:33:27.360 --> 00:33:27.720
 Christ,

00:33:28.039 --> 00:33:28.440
 arise,

00:33:28.720 --> 00:33:29.299
 get up,

00:33:31.340 --> 00:33:31.799
 live,

00:33:32.360 --> 00:33:32.920
 welcome

00:33:32.920 --> 00:33:34.720
 into my

00:33:34.720 --> 00:33:35.380
 eternal

00:33:35.380 --> 00:33:35.860
 kingdom.

00:33:37.160 --> 00:33:37.799
 Welcome

00:33:37.799 --> 00:33:39.340
 to a

00:33:39.340 --> 00:33:39.920
 kingdom where

00:33:39.920 --> 00:33:40.519
 there is no

00:33:40.519 --> 00:33:41.360
 more suffering

00:33:41.360 --> 00:33:42.140
 or pain

00:33:42.140 --> 00:33:42.840
 or death.

00:33:47.880 --> 00:33:48.680
 It is

00:33:48.680 --> 00:33:49.080
 God's

00:33:49.080 --> 00:33:49.900
 final words.

00:33:51.940 --> 00:33:52.600
 Defy it,

00:33:52.599 --> 00:33:54.699
 and it

00:33:54.699 --> 00:33:55.319
 will destroy

00:33:55.319 --> 00:33:55.899
 us.

00:33:57.119 --> 00:33:57.879
 Trust his

00:33:57.879 --> 00:34:00.019
 word and

00:34:00.019 --> 00:34:00.339
 it will

00:34:00.339 --> 00:34:00.939
 save us

00:34:00.939 --> 00:34:01.240
 and give

00:34:01.240 --> 00:34:01.779
 us life

00:34:01.779 --> 00:34:03.699
 today and

00:34:03.699 --> 00:34:04.919
 life for

00:34:04.919 --> 00:34:05.740
 all eternity.

00:34:07.059 --> 00:34:08.019
 Be careful.

00:34:09.239 --> 00:34:10.079
 Be warned

00:34:10.079 --> 00:34:10.559
 from the

00:34:10.559 --> 00:34:11.039
 life of

00:34:11.039 --> 00:34:12.940
 Ahab so

00:34:12.940 --> 00:34:13.519
 that we

00:34:13.519 --> 00:34:15.059
 too do

00:34:15.059 --> 00:34:16.019
 not fall.

00:34:17.619 --> 00:34:18.299
 Let's

00:34:18.299 --> 00:34:18.579
 pray.

00:34:18.579 --> 00:34:18.679
 Amen.

00:34:18.679 --> 00:34:18.719
 Amen.

00:34:18.719 --> 00:34:18.739
 Amen.

00:34:18.739 --> 00:34:18.759
 Amen.

00:34:18.759 --> 00:34:18.779
 Amen.

00:34:18.779 --> 00:34:18.819
 Amen.

00:34:18.819 --> 00:34:20.739
 Amen.

00:34:20.739 --> 00:34:20.779
 Amen.

00:34:20.779 --> 00:34:22.579
 Amen.

00:34:22.579 --> 00:34:24.940
 Amen.

00:34:25.279 --> 00:34:26.840
 Amen.

00:34:26.840 --> 00:34:27.799
 Amen.

00:34:27.799 --> 00:34:28.299
 Amen.

00:34:28.299 --> 00:34:28.340
 Amen.

00:34:28.340 --> 00:34:28.739
 Amen.

00:34:28.739 --> 00:34:28.920
 Amen.

00:34:29.000 --> 00:34:30.179
 Amen.

00:34:30.179 --> 00:34:30.619
 Amen.

00:34:30.619 --> 00:34:30.679
 Amen.

00:34:47.319 --> 00:34:49.139
 Amen.

00:34:49.139 --> 00:34:51.319
 E