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 What picture comes to your mind when you hear the four-letter words, rest?

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 Do you think of normal assignments, assessments,

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 or other deadlines that are breathing down your neck?

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 Or, holidaying somewhere that's warmer, or with your favorite climate?

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 Like, being somewhere alone, or with only a few people who follow everything you tell them to do without arguing?

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 Or, having everything taken care of, so you don't have to think.

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 Don't need to think about what to do.

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 Don't need to think about what to cook to feed all those hungry mouths.

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 You know, those hungry and angry type.

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 I know someone who likes to do some small upper-fixer job around their home or their office as their rest.

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 Some think of gardening, mowing the lawn, or cleaning up their house.

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 Most people will have a glass or two of their favorite drinks to celebrate their job well done.

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 If you have been following our preaching series in the Book of Isaiah,

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 you may find it strange that I am asking you to imagine rest.

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 From the beginning of the book to chapter 27,

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 it has been a restless picture of imminent judgment and a call to repentance.

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 The Book of Isaiah is about the Holy Creator restoring His holiness among His people

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 by prophesying and allowing them to be taken captive and subject to a ruthless, unmerciful, ungracious ruler.

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 God revealed His glory and grace to His people by giving them a negative example of life without Him.

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 At this point in the book, the topic of rest reminds us that God is gracious and glorious.

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 The God who made the world and all the things in it, who the Bible reveals and all Christians believe in,

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 is not as promoted by many other religions as a God that manipulates His believers' lives to keep them in fear,

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 so they will keep bringing their offerings and serve it with their hands.

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 God does not take joy in playing with our life or punishing His creations.

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 God, the Creator, is not as many people choose to believe,

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 especially many atheist philosophers, that is unloving and distant.

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 God did not create this world to leave it to run itself.

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 God has cared for you in every minute of your life since the world was created,

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 whether you have reached out and found Him or not,

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 or realizing these threats or not.

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 The Apostle Paul highlighted this fact about God's creation

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 and God's interaction with His creation

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 when he visited the city of Athens in Acts 17, verse 26 to 27.

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 From one man He make all nations that...

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 From one man He make all nations that they should inhabit the whole earth,

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 and He mark out for their appointed time in history and the boundary for their land.

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 God did this so that they would seek Him and perhaps reach out for Him and find Him,

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 though He's not far from any one of us.

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 If you have reached out and found God,

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 and you have been a Christian for a while,

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 however, God seems so far from your life and you are restless and troubled,

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 or you have never reached out to find God,

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 let's get back to some basics about our world,

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 about the God who made it,

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 and our life by looking at the three aspects of rest.

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 Rest installed, rest interrupt, and rest restored.

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 From Messiah 28, another part of the Bible.

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 There's the outline...

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 Sorry.

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 There's the outline in our SingPause app that you can use,

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 and also you can use this app to drop some notes for yourself to review later.

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 A few weeks ago, our Senior Minister Steve highlighted that

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 the Book of Isaiah began with calling the creation as witnesses against God's people.

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 First 1 to 4 of chapter 1 says,

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 A book full of woes, warnings, and images of restlessness.

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 The session beginning from chapter 28 up to chapter 35 presents seven woes.

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 They provide stark contrast to the creative order,

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 the original bootplines where the concept of rest is installed.

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 In Genesis 1 to 2,

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 as we read about how God created this world in six days,

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 the faith God saw that it was good

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 is repeated so many times

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 that it required great faith for anyone

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 to think or believe that this world come about

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 by some accidental explosion like a Big Bang.

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 I do not know about you.

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 I do not mind receiving negative comments

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 when I know I have not done an excellent job.

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 But if it's something I'm proud of

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 and consider a job well done,

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 I do not like criticism or being accused

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 that I don't care about what I have done.

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 Suppose the God of the Bible didn't make this world

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 and consider his creation as good.

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 How absurd and insulting would it be to him,

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 the creator,

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 for humans to believe that this world and our life

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 are meaningless and without purpose,

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 as proposed by some atheist philosophers.

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 Humans rightly deserve our woes

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 if we forsake our creator.

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 Sprung the holy God and turn our back on him.

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 God's original blueprint for our life

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 was not to be dysfunctional,

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 under or unfulfillment or restless.

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 Genesis,

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 tell us that after six days of creating the world

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 and everything in it,

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 God was pleased and satisfied with his creations

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 and rest from all his work on the seventh day.

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 Genesis 1, 31 tell us that

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 God saw all that he made

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 and it was very good

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 and there was evening

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 and there was morning,

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 the sixth day.

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 Thus,

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 the heaven and the earth were completed

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 in all their vast array.

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 By the seventh day,

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 God had finished the work he had been doing.

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 So on the seventh day,

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 he rests from all his work.

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 Then God blessed the seventh day

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 and make it holy

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 because on it,

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 he rests from all the work

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 of creating that he had done.

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 Rest is installed in God's creative order

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 and the creation

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 were meant to enjoy

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 resting with God.

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 God even stipulated

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 for us to rest with him

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 as part of the first set of law

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 that he gave humans.

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 He called it the Sabbath day.

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 Exodus 20,

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 verse 8 to 11,

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 commands that,

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 remember the Sabbath day

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 by keeping it holy.

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 Six days you shall labor

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 and do all your work.

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 By the seventh day,

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 is a Sabbath to the Lord your God.

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 On it,

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 you shall not do any work.

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 For in six days,

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 the Lord made the heavens

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 and the earth,

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 the sea,

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 and all that is in them.

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 But he rests on the seventh day.

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 Therefore,

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 the Lord blessed the Sabbath day

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 and make it holy.

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 God take rest from his work.

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 He blessed that one day

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 of rest and make it holy.

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 It is for our good

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 that we rest from our work regularly.

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 God knows it

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 and cares enough about us

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 to set it as a command

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 for us to follow.

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 The day of rest

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 is a Sabbath to the Lord our God.

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 Only in God's rest

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 can we grow our appreciation

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 towards our Creator

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 and be made holy.

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 Human and God's creation

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 were not designed

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 to keep going without resting.

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 Our passage today

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 in Isaiah 28,

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 verse 24 to 25,

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 used a few rhetorical questions

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 to highlight this fact.

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 When a farmer prows for planting,

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 does he prow continually?

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 Does he keep on breaking up

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 and working the soil?

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 When he has leveled the surface,

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 does he not sow caraway

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 and scatter cumin?

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 Does he not plant wheat in his place,

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 barley in his pot,

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 and spout in his field?

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 We are not meant to work continuously.

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 Earlier this month,

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 a ferry captain in Hong Kong

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 collapsed and died at his work

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 after being on duty

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 for 23 consecutive days.

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 The workers at that ferry company

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 have a 25 days on

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 and five days off roster.

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 Death by overwork in Japan

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 is so common

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 that there is a specific Japanese word

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 for that incident.

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 A sad reality

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 of our modern world

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 that has been true

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 throughout the ages.

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 Modernity has some benefit,

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 but its damage and consequences

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 far outweigh its usefulness,

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 especially as it denied

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 the assistance of God

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 and ignored God's original plan

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 for his creation

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 to rest with him.

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 During the time of Isaiah,

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 facing the imminent threat

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 of invasion,

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 God's people think

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 that they have the situation

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 worked out

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 by turning their back on God

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 and agreeing with the neighboring nation

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 to give them protection.

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 They even boast about

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 that arrangement

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 in verse 14 and 15,

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 and they were celebrating

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 that treaty

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 to the point of getting drunk

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 and vomiting

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 in verse 1 to 8.

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 However,

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 God calls their arrangement

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 a covenant with death,

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 an agreement with the realm of death.

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 When humans think

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 they are wiser than God,

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 the God who created them,

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 and forsake,

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 and turn their back on him,

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 what do you think

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 is the most reasonable thing

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 to do

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 by a loving and righteous God?

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 When humans

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 interrupt God's plan,

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 rest,

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 a holy, loving God

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 will take action

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 to restore that rest.

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 Ever since humans

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 disobeyed God

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 from Genesis 3,

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 which started with the question

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 that twisted God's command,

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 did God really say?

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 The rest that God

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 installed in his creation

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 was interrupted.

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 Since then,

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 God has warned

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 and called his people

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 back to the rest

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 that he installed,

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 calling us back to him

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 like in verse 11 and 12.

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 God will speak to his people

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 to whom he say,

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 this is a resting place,

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 let the weary rest,

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 and this is the place

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 of response.

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 But the result

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 has always been,

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 but they would not listen.

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 We are very similar

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 to the people

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 in Isaiah's time

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 in our attitude

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 towards God's message

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 and teaching.

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 When it comes

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 to listening to God,

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 we are like

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 in verse 9 to 13.

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 Every word

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 coming from God

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 becomes,

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 do this,

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 do that,

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 a rule for this,

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 a rule for that,

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 a little here,

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 a little there.

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 God's people

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 would not listen to God

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 has been an issue

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 from the fall

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 of human after creation

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 to now.

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 The creative order

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 was interrupted

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 because we turn

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 what is meant

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 to be a relationship

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 into a transaction

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 or something mechanical.

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 We are not looking

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 into God's word

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 to have a relationship

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 with our creator.

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 We are looking

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 for a way

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 to justify

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 our way of living,

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 looking for the

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 bare minimum requirement

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 to put our

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 restless soul

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 at ease.

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 Many people

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 are interested

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 in looking

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 at the Bible

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 to find out

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 what they must do

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 instead of what

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 God has done

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 for them.

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 God's word

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 has become

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 a set of rules

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 for them,

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 not the words

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 from the heart

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 of their gracious

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 creator

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 that they want

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 to treasure.

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 Many people

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 are looking

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 into the Bible

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 for religion

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 instead of a relation.

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 What about you?

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 If you have been

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 coming to St. Paul's

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 for a while,

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 how is your

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 relationship with God?

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 Have you been

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 growing in your faith?

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 God created us

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 to enjoy

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 a restful relationship

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 with the Trinity,

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 finding our fulfillment

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 in life

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 in our relationship

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 with Him,

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 but many

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 treat God

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 as a vending machine

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 to become happy

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 and secure.

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 As a result,

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 our life

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 becomes restless

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 and troubled.

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 Theologian

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 Tim Keller

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 said in one

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 of his devotional,

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 when we are

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 in trouble,

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 our soul

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 chatter to us.

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 We have to have this

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 or we won't make it.

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 This must happen

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 or all is lost.

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 The assumption is

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 God alone

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 would not be enough.

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 Some other circumstance,

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 condition,

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 or possession

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 is necessary

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 to be happy

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 and secure.

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 God's people

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 would not listen

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 to God

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 because they

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 do not treat God

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 as the God

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 that created the world

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 and everything in it,

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 as the Lord Almighty

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 that is glorious,

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 full of justice

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 and strength.

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 God's rest

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 is interrupted

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 because we

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 do not listen

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 to God.

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 How often

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 do you hear

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 when God

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 say to you,

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 I've got you,

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 but you turn

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 your back

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 and push him away

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 and say,

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 I've got it.

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 I know what I'm doing.

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 You are the only one

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 who would know

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 the answer

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 to the following questions.

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 Have you sacrificed

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 your relationship

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 with God

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 and his people

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 to build a buffer

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 in your bank account?

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 Have you worried

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 more about

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 your job security

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 or finances

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 than your relationship

00:16:01.179 --> 00:16:01.659
 with God

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 and his people?

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 Have you concerned

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 more about

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 how your kids

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 are doing at school

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 than their knowledge

00:16:11.120 --> 00:16:12.179
 and understanding

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 of God?

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 Are you finding

00:16:15.360 --> 00:16:16.179
 rest in God?

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 Is God

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 your resting place,

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 your place

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 of refuge

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 and hiding?

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 King David

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 wrote in Psalm 62,

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 in verse 1 and 2,

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 he said,

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 Truly,

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 my soul

00:16:36.200 --> 00:16:37.200
 finds rest in God.

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 My salvation

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 comes from him.

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 Truly,

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 he is my rock

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 and my salvation.

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 He is my fortress.

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 I will never be shaken.

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 It is God's

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 full intention

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 for us

00:16:48.539 --> 00:16:49.379
 to find rest

00:16:49.379 --> 00:16:49.980
 in him.

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 He installed

00:16:51.899 --> 00:16:52.500
 that rest

00:16:52.500 --> 00:16:53.620
 in the creation,

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 but humans

00:16:54.839 --> 00:16:55.719
 were unwilling

00:16:55.719 --> 00:16:56.439
 to listen

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 and interrupt

00:16:57.579 --> 00:16:58.559
 God's rest.

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 Isaiah told us

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 in a couple

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 of chapters later,

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 in chapter 30,

00:17:03.860 --> 00:17:05.740
 15 to 18,

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 that

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 this is what

00:17:07.440 --> 00:17:08.259
 the Sovereign Lord,

00:17:08.539 --> 00:17:09.240
 the Holy One

00:17:09.240 --> 00:17:09.819
 of Israel,

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 says,

00:17:11.119 --> 00:17:11.700
 In repentance

00:17:11.700 --> 00:17:12.279
 and rest

00:17:12.279 --> 00:17:13.299
 is your salvation,

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 in quietness

00:17:14.559 --> 00:17:15.019
 and trust

00:17:15.019 --> 00:17:15.980
 is your strength,

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 but you will

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 have none of it.

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 You say,

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 No,

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 we will fleet

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 on horses.

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 Therefore,

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 you will fleet.

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 You say,

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 we'll ride off

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 on shift horses.

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 Therefore,

00:17:29.740 --> 00:17:30.519
 your pursuer

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 will be stripped.

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 Yet,

00:17:33.279 --> 00:17:33.819
 the Lord

00:17:33.819 --> 00:17:34.680
 longs to be

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 gracious to you.

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 Therefore,

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 he'll rise up

00:17:37.819 --> 00:17:38.460
 to show you

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 compassion.

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 For the Lord

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 is a God

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 of justice.

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 Blessed are those

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 who wait for him.

00:17:44.619 --> 00:17:47.679
 our restlessness,

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 like those

00:17:49.799 --> 00:17:50.339
 experienced

00:17:50.339 --> 00:17:51.259
 by God's people

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 in Isaiah's time,

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 is a direct result

00:17:53.799 --> 00:17:54.479
 of us

00:17:54.479 --> 00:17:55.759
 not listening

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 to God.

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 Because you

00:17:58.239 --> 00:17:58.939
 try to flee

00:17:58.939 --> 00:17:59.899
 from God,

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 you will always

00:18:00.939 --> 00:18:01.479
 be running.

00:18:02.359 --> 00:18:02.959
 You will always

00:18:02.959 --> 00:18:03.919
 be pursued

00:18:03.919 --> 00:18:05.119
 because you

00:18:05.119 --> 00:18:05.719
 try to run

00:18:05.719 --> 00:18:06.479
 away from God.

00:18:07.359 --> 00:18:08.259
 As determined

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 to have us

00:18:09.579 --> 00:18:10.459
 rest with him

00:18:10.459 --> 00:18:11.359
 in the blueprint

00:18:11.359 --> 00:18:12.519
 of the creation,

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 God is also

00:18:13.699 --> 00:18:14.279
 determined

00:18:14.279 --> 00:18:15.619
 to restore rest

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 in his world

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 and into your life.

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 What humans

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 have done

00:18:21.599 --> 00:18:22.980
 did not follow

00:18:22.980 --> 00:18:24.579
 God's original plan.

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 God has restored

00:18:26.279 --> 00:18:26.759
 the rest

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 by pursuing us

00:18:28.059 --> 00:18:29.139
 to repent.

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 The Lord,

00:18:31.539 --> 00:18:31.920
 our God

00:18:31.920 --> 00:18:32.639
 of justice,

00:18:33.799 --> 00:18:34.420
 has righted

00:18:34.420 --> 00:18:34.920
 the wrong

00:18:34.920 --> 00:18:36.099
 humans committed

00:18:36.099 --> 00:18:36.980
 against him

00:18:36.980 --> 00:18:38.399
 and reinstalled

00:18:38.399 --> 00:18:39.180
 righteousness.

00:18:40.500 --> 00:18:41.599
 Isaiah 32,

00:18:41.599 --> 00:18:42.980
 verse 17

00:18:42.980 --> 00:18:43.480
 and the 18

00:18:43.480 --> 00:18:43.879
 said,

00:18:44.179 --> 00:18:44.599
 the fruit

00:18:44.599 --> 00:18:44.919
 of their

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 righteousness

00:18:45.419 --> 00:18:46.500
 will be peace.

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 Its effect

00:18:47.919 --> 00:18:49.119
 will be quietness

00:18:49.119 --> 00:18:50.079
 and confident

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 forever.

00:18:51.899 --> 00:18:52.459
 My people

00:18:52.459 --> 00:18:53.000
 will live

00:18:53.000 --> 00:18:53.559
 in peaceful

00:18:53.559 --> 00:18:54.079
 dwelling,

00:18:54.759 --> 00:18:55.259
 in secure

00:18:55.259 --> 00:18:55.679
 home,

00:18:56.500 --> 00:18:57.219
 in undisturbed

00:18:57.219 --> 00:18:58.500
 place of rest.

00:19:00.579 --> 00:19:01.719
 Verse 16

00:19:01.719 --> 00:19:02.199
 to 17

00:19:02.199 --> 00:19:03.079
 of our chapter

00:19:03.079 --> 00:19:03.519
 today,

00:19:03.639 --> 00:19:04.519
 in chapter 28,

00:19:04.679 --> 00:19:05.099
 tell us

00:19:05.099 --> 00:19:06.119
 a picture

00:19:06.119 --> 00:19:07.079
 of God's

00:19:07.079 --> 00:19:07.959
 rebuilding works.

00:19:07.960 --> 00:19:09.400
 God

00:19:09.400 --> 00:19:10.140
 rebuilds

00:19:10.140 --> 00:19:10.840
 his peaceful

00:19:10.840 --> 00:19:11.700
 dwelling place,

00:19:12.079 --> 00:19:12.579
 a secure

00:19:12.579 --> 00:19:12.980
 home,

00:19:13.840 --> 00:19:14.600
 the undisturbed

00:19:14.600 --> 00:19:15.620
 places of rest

00:19:15.620 --> 00:19:16.360
 by laying

00:19:16.360 --> 00:19:17.200
 a precious

00:19:17.200 --> 00:19:18.100
 cornerstone

00:19:18.100 --> 00:19:19.059
 at his

00:19:19.059 --> 00:19:19.980
 true foundation.

00:19:21.600 --> 00:19:22.120
 So,

00:19:22.380 --> 00:19:22.960
 as with the

00:19:22.960 --> 00:19:23.779
 Chauvin-Law

00:19:23.779 --> 00:19:24.100
 say,

00:19:24.519 --> 00:19:24.960
 see,

00:19:25.340 --> 00:19:26.100
 I lay a stone

00:19:26.100 --> 00:19:26.720
 in Zion,

00:19:27.279 --> 00:19:28.220
 a tested stone,

00:19:28.579 --> 00:19:29.079
 a precious

00:19:29.079 --> 00:19:29.759
 cornerstone

00:19:29.759 --> 00:19:30.539
 for a true

00:19:30.539 --> 00:19:31.059
 foundation.

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 The one

00:19:32.059 --> 00:19:32.640
 who relies

00:19:32.640 --> 00:19:33.059
 on it

00:19:33.059 --> 00:19:33.600
 will never

00:19:33.600 --> 00:19:34.259
 be stricken

00:19:34.259 --> 00:19:35.680
 with panic.

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 I will

00:19:36.840 --> 00:19:37.500
 make justice

00:19:37.500 --> 00:19:38.080
 the measuring

00:19:38.080 --> 00:19:38.539
 line,

00:19:38.880 --> 00:19:39.660
 and righteousness

00:19:39.660 --> 00:19:40.480
 the plumb

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 line.

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 A cornerstone

00:19:43.200 --> 00:19:44.140
 is the first

00:19:44.140 --> 00:19:44.960
 stone laid

00:19:44.960 --> 00:19:46.000
 when building

00:19:46.000 --> 00:19:46.460
 a house

00:19:46.460 --> 00:19:47.100
 in the ancient

00:19:47.100 --> 00:19:47.539
 time.

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 It determines

00:19:49.140 --> 00:19:49.980
 the orientation

00:19:49.980 --> 00:19:50.980
 and the size

00:19:50.980 --> 00:19:51.539
 of the house

00:19:51.539 --> 00:19:52.620
 by setting

00:19:52.620 --> 00:19:53.180
 the mesh

00:19:53.180 --> 00:19:54.120
 lines of it.

00:19:54.759 --> 00:19:55.340
 It will also

00:19:55.340 --> 00:19:56.259
 help to secure

00:19:56.259 --> 00:19:57.240
 to ensure

00:19:57.240 --> 00:19:57.680
 the walls

00:19:57.680 --> 00:19:58.320
 are straight

00:19:58.320 --> 00:19:59.180
 by setting

00:19:59.180 --> 00:19:59.660
 the plumb

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 line against

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 it.

00:20:02.200 --> 00:20:03.180
 Apostle Peter

00:20:03.180 --> 00:20:05.019
 has personified

00:20:05.019 --> 00:20:05.700
 this precious

00:20:05.700 --> 00:20:06.359
 cornerstone

00:20:06.359 --> 00:20:06.900
 as Jesus

00:20:06.900 --> 00:20:07.819
 Christ himself.

00:20:08.619 --> 00:20:09.400
 He rephrased

00:20:09.400 --> 00:20:11.220
 these verses

00:20:11.220 --> 00:20:12.559
 in 1 Peter

00:20:12.559 --> 00:20:13.980
 2, 4-6

00:20:13.980 --> 00:20:14.900
 by switching

00:20:14.900 --> 00:20:16.019
 him into

00:20:16.019 --> 00:20:16.400
 it.

00:20:17.599 --> 00:20:18.279
 As you

00:20:18.279 --> 00:20:18.660
 come to

00:20:18.660 --> 00:20:18.940
 him,

00:20:19.480 --> 00:20:19.920
 the living

00:20:19.920 --> 00:20:20.379
 stone,

00:20:20.819 --> 00:20:21.200
 rejected

00:20:21.200 --> 00:20:21.920
 by human,

00:20:22.279 --> 00:20:22.980
 chosen by

00:20:22.980 --> 00:20:23.400
 God,

00:20:24.519 --> 00:20:25.139
 and precious

00:20:25.139 --> 00:20:25.680
 to him,

00:20:26.279 --> 00:20:26.920
 you also,

00:20:27.220 --> 00:20:27.619
 like living

00:20:27.619 --> 00:20:28.139
 stones,

00:20:28.559 --> 00:20:29.500
 are being

00:20:29.500 --> 00:20:30.180
 built into

00:20:30.180 --> 00:20:30.819
 a spiritual

00:20:30.819 --> 00:20:31.779
 house to

00:20:31.779 --> 00:20:32.319
 be a holy

00:20:32.319 --> 00:20:32.980
 priesthood,

00:20:33.559 --> 00:20:33.859
 offering

00:20:33.859 --> 00:20:34.359
 spiritual

00:20:34.359 --> 00:20:35.139
 sacrifice

00:20:35.139 --> 00:20:35.759
 acceptable

00:20:35.759 --> 00:20:36.459
 to God

00:20:36.459 --> 00:20:36.879
 through

00:20:36.879 --> 00:20:37.279
 Jesus

00:20:37.279 --> 00:20:37.740
 Christ.

00:20:38.359 --> 00:20:38.740
 For in

00:20:38.740 --> 00:20:39.159
 the scripture

00:20:39.159 --> 00:20:39.719
 it says,

00:20:40.279 --> 00:20:40.559
 see,

00:20:40.959 --> 00:20:41.459
 I lay a

00:20:41.459 --> 00:20:42.059
 stone in

00:20:42.059 --> 00:20:42.479
 Zion,

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 a chosen

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 and precious

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 cornerstone.

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 The one

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 who trusts

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 in him

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 will never

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 be put

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 to shame.

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 Anyone

00:20:51.359 --> 00:20:52.159
 who trusts

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 in Jesus

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 will never

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 be put

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 to shame

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 or be

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 stricken

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 with panic

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 because God,

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 Jesus,

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 did not run

00:21:00.299 --> 00:21:00.859
 away from

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 God or

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 God's plan

00:21:02.399 --> 00:21:03.000
 for him

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 to save

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 the world.

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 He died

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 for us

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 and raised

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 us up

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 from death

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 to show

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 us God's

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 compassion.

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 Jesus was

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 rejected

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 by humans

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 so we can

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 be accepted

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 back to

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 God,

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 and we

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 are given

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 a new

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 role

00:21:20.759 --> 00:21:22.559
 on this

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 earth.

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 No longer

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 are you

00:21:25.799 --> 00:21:26.160
 to run

00:21:26.160 --> 00:21:26.559
 away from

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 God.

00:21:27.559 --> 00:21:28.259
 Every follower

00:21:28.259 --> 00:21:28.799
 of Jesus

00:21:28.799 --> 00:21:29.779
 is being

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 built into

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 a spiritual

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 house to

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 be a holy

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 priesthood of

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 God for

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 his people.

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 As believer

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 in God's

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 mercy and

00:21:39.220 --> 00:21:39.619
 grace,

00:21:40.159 --> 00:21:40.859
 your central

00:21:40.859 --> 00:21:41.839
 role is

00:21:41.839 --> 00:21:42.619
 no longer

00:21:42.619 --> 00:21:43.619
 building your

00:21:43.619 --> 00:21:44.319
 bank account

00:21:44.319 --> 00:21:45.240
 or credential,

00:21:45.919 --> 00:21:46.619
 nor your

00:21:46.619 --> 00:21:47.480
 family or

00:21:47.480 --> 00:21:48.000
 business.

00:21:48.759 --> 00:21:49.759
 As believer,

00:21:50.399 --> 00:21:50.779
 God has

00:21:50.779 --> 00:21:51.240
 given you

00:21:51.240 --> 00:21:51.599
 a new

00:21:51.599 --> 00:21:52.740
 role to

00:21:52.740 --> 00:21:53.059
 offer

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 spiritual

00:21:53.559 --> 00:21:54.379
 sacrifice

00:21:54.379 --> 00:21:55.099
 acceptable

00:21:55.099 --> 00:21:55.819
 to God.

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 Make every

00:21:57.339 --> 00:21:58.019
 moment of

00:21:58.019 --> 00:21:58.440
 your life

00:21:58.440 --> 00:21:58.879
 a living

00:21:58.879 --> 00:21:59.379
 sacrifice.

00:22:00.639 --> 00:22:01.220
 When you

00:22:01.220 --> 00:22:01.779
 write up your

00:22:01.779 --> 00:22:02.799
 report for

00:22:02.799 --> 00:22:03.399
 work or

00:22:03.399 --> 00:22:04.159
 your assignment

00:22:04.159 --> 00:22:04.639
 for

00:22:04.639 --> 00:22:05.359
 university,

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 write them

00:22:06.619 --> 00:22:06.940
 as an

00:22:06.940 --> 00:22:07.399
 offering to

00:22:07.399 --> 00:22:07.680
 God.

00:22:08.720 --> 00:22:09.379
 When you

00:22:09.379 --> 00:22:09.720
 cook for

00:22:09.720 --> 00:22:10.379
 your family

00:22:10.379 --> 00:22:11.440
 or serve

00:22:11.440 --> 00:22:12.200
 your customers,

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 do it as

00:22:13.500 --> 00:22:14.159
 an offering,

00:22:14.659 --> 00:22:15.379
 a sacrifice

00:22:15.379 --> 00:22:16.019
 to God.

00:22:18.019 --> 00:22:18.539
 Jesus

00:22:18.539 --> 00:22:19.379
 invite us

00:22:19.379 --> 00:22:20.019
 in Matthew

00:22:20.019 --> 00:22:20.500
 11,

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 come to

00:22:22.640 --> 00:22:22.980
 me,

00:22:23.299 --> 00:22:23.799
 all you

00:22:23.799 --> 00:22:24.180
 who are

00:22:24.180 --> 00:22:24.460
 weary

00:22:24.460 --> 00:22:24.819
 and

00:22:24.819 --> 00:22:25.400
 burdened,

00:22:25.559 --> 00:22:25.880
 and I

00:22:25.880 --> 00:22:26.220
 will give

00:22:26.220 --> 00:22:26.720
 you rest.

00:22:27.319 --> 00:22:27.839
 Take my

00:22:27.839 --> 00:22:28.460
 yoke upon

00:22:28.460 --> 00:22:29.079
 you and

00:22:29.079 --> 00:22:29.539
 learn from

00:22:29.539 --> 00:22:29.799
 me,

00:22:30.039 --> 00:22:30.640
 for I am

00:22:30.640 --> 00:22:31.400
 gentle and

00:22:31.400 --> 00:22:31.940
 humble in

00:22:31.940 --> 00:22:32.240
 heart,

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 and you

00:22:33.019 --> 00:22:33.400
 will find

00:22:33.400 --> 00:22:33.960
 rest for

00:22:33.960 --> 00:22:34.539
 your soul,

00:22:34.799 --> 00:22:35.380
 for my

00:22:35.380 --> 00:22:35.920
 yoke is

00:22:35.920 --> 00:22:36.880
 easy and

00:22:36.880 --> 00:22:37.460
 my burden

00:22:37.460 --> 00:22:38.200
 is light.

00:22:39.380 --> 00:22:40.079
 What is

00:22:40.079 --> 00:22:40.359
 Jesus'

00:22:40.559 --> 00:22:40.779
 yoke?

00:22:41.599 --> 00:22:42.180
 What did

00:22:42.180 --> 00:22:42.579
 he come

00:22:42.579 --> 00:22:43.059
 to do?

00:22:44.140 --> 00:22:44.519
 Jesus

00:22:44.519 --> 00:22:45.559
 answered that

00:22:45.559 --> 00:22:46.640
 in Luke

00:22:46.640 --> 00:22:47.440
 19,

00:22:47.440 --> 00:22:48.140
 he said,

00:22:48.200 --> 00:22:48.500
 for the

00:22:48.500 --> 00:22:48.900
 Son of

00:22:48.900 --> 00:22:49.900
 Man came

00:22:49.900 --> 00:22:50.480
 to seek

00:22:50.480 --> 00:22:51.080
 and to

00:22:51.080 --> 00:22:51.680
 save the

00:22:51.680 --> 00:22:52.000
 lost.

00:22:53.799 --> 00:22:54.840
 When you

00:22:54.840 --> 00:22:56.000
 live your

00:22:56.000 --> 00:22:56.940
 life as a

00:22:56.940 --> 00:22:57.539
 light in

00:22:57.539 --> 00:22:58.180
 the darkness

00:22:58.180 --> 00:22:59.340
 for others

00:22:59.340 --> 00:22:59.840
 to find

00:22:59.840 --> 00:23:00.320
 God,

00:23:01.759 --> 00:23:02.160
 if your

00:23:02.160 --> 00:23:03.320
 primary concern

00:23:03.320 --> 00:23:03.900
 of your

00:23:03.900 --> 00:23:04.880
 life is

00:23:04.880 --> 00:23:05.500
 the salvation

00:23:05.500 --> 00:23:06.320
 of others,

00:23:07.180 --> 00:23:07.740
 you will

00:23:07.740 --> 00:23:08.360
 have rest

00:23:08.360 --> 00:23:09.059
 in your

00:23:09.059 --> 00:23:09.400
 life.

00:23:11.120 --> 00:23:11.720
 Use every

00:23:11.720 --> 00:23:12.539
 moment of

00:23:12.539 --> 00:23:13.299
 your interaction

00:23:13.299 --> 00:23:14.039
 with others

00:23:14.039 --> 00:23:14.880
 to show

00:23:14.880 --> 00:23:15.660
 them Christ.

00:23:15.660 --> 00:23:17.460
 for

00:23:17.460 --> 00:23:17.940
 believers

00:23:17.940 --> 00:23:18.740
 and

00:23:18.740 --> 00:23:19.519
 unbelievers.

00:23:22.019 --> 00:23:22.220
 In

00:23:22.220 --> 00:23:22.759
 repentance

00:23:22.759 --> 00:23:23.640
 and rest

00:23:23.640 --> 00:23:24.500
 is your

00:23:24.500 --> 00:23:25.080
 salvation.

00:23:25.920 --> 00:23:26.060
 In

00:23:26.060 --> 00:23:26.660
 quietness

00:23:26.660 --> 00:23:27.380
 and trust

00:23:27.380 --> 00:23:28.259
 is your

00:23:28.259 --> 00:23:28.820
 strength.

00:23:29.800 --> 00:23:30.340
 Come to

00:23:30.340 --> 00:23:31.100
 Jesus today.

00:23:32.360 --> 00:23:32.720
 He will

00:23:32.720 --> 00:23:33.120
 give you

00:23:33.120 --> 00:23:33.519
 rest.

00:23:34.360 --> 00:23:34.900
 He is a

00:23:34.900 --> 00:23:35.640
 resting place

00:23:35.640 --> 00:23:36.140
 with

00:23:36.140 --> 00:23:36.360
 true

00:23:36.360 --> 00:23:36.960
 foundation.

00:23:38.620 --> 00:23:39.220
 All this

00:23:39.220 --> 00:23:40.340
 also comes

00:23:40.340 --> 00:23:40.820
 from the

00:23:40.820 --> 00:23:41.519
 Lord Almighty,

00:23:42.080 --> 00:23:42.900
 whose plan

00:23:42.900 --> 00:23:43.660
 is wonderful,

00:23:44.460 --> 00:23:45.220
 whose wisdom

00:23:45.220 --> 00:23:46.100
 is magnificent.

00:23:47.640 --> 00:23:48.400
 Come to

00:23:48.400 --> 00:23:49.140
 Jesus today

00:23:49.140 --> 00:23:50.019
 to get

00:23:50.019 --> 00:23:50.819
 God's rest

00:23:50.819 --> 00:23:51.579
 for your

00:23:51.579 --> 00:23:51.839
 soul.

00:23:51.839 --> 00:24:21.819
 All right.