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 imagine there are five people who are planning to hold up a bank.

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 All of these five people are friends of mine.

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 I find out about it, and so I just beg with them not to do with it.

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 I plead with them, don't go ahead with this.

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 I try to block them from doing it,

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 and they push me out of the way and go on their course.

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 On the way to the bank, I managed to catch up with the group,

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 and just before they're moving in to rob the bank,

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 I tackled one of my friends to the ground,

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 and I wrestled with them on the ground,

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 and I managed to convince them in the process of doing that,

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 this is not the right course of action.

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 Come back with me.

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 And they stop, and they come back with me.

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 The other four continue on.

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 They rob the bank.

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 A guard and a bank employee are killed in the process.

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 All four are soon caught.

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 They're convicted.

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 They're sentenced, never to be released.

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 The one I tackled goes free.

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 Two questions.

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 Whose fault is it that the four are in prison for the rest of their life?

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 Secondly,

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 can the one that I tackled go about the rest of their life saying,

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 I am free because I'm such a great, moral, upstanding citizen?

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 The only reason they're free is because I restrained them.

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 I tackled them.

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 Such is the triumph of God's grace towards us sinners through Jesus Christ,

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 as it's been unfolded before us in the book of Romans.

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 The triumph of God's grace, as we've seen in Romans 1 to 8, radically changes everything for us.

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 Being made right, just, justified by Jesus Christ means that we now enjoy peace with God,

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 access to God, and even joy in the midst of hardships and difficulties and trials in life.

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 And as we saw last week, as Aidan brought the end of Romans 8 to us,

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 it ends with this great climax of confidence that nothing can possibly separate us from God's loving Jesus Christ.

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 God himself guarantees, sovereignly guarantees,

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 our final perseverance because our salvation is not based on our moral goodness.

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 It's not based on our will.

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 It's not based on the strength of our character at all.

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 God has called us, opened our minds to this truth.

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 He's tackled us, and now he carries us to final glory.

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 And so, imagine we're in Rome, and we receive this letter from the Apostle Paul,

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 there's a church in Rome, Jews and Gentiles are in here.

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 And as this is being read out to the church in Rome,

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 the Jewish group are going,

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 hang on a bit, Paul.

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 Wait a minute.

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 You've just ended chapter 8 here with this great climax of God's sovereign purposes not failing.

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 You say God will, those who saves, he will bring them all the way home to himself.

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 What about our people?

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 What about the Jews?

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 God called them out of Egypt.

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 But most of our people to this day have in fact rejected their God.

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 So maybe God's calling and purpose can in fact be rejected.

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 If God promised to Israel that they would be his people,

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 and yet the majority of them don't in fact believe in Christ,

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 does that mean that God's promise, his power, his mercy can in fact fail?

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 That is, will what you've just said, Paul, in Romans 8, stand?

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 Will it stand?

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 Will the blood-bought promises that we Gentiles and Jews are staking our lives on here, Paul,

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 will they stand?

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 Will God stand by his commitments, filled with the blood of his son?

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 Will he work all things together for our good?

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 Will the predestined be called, be justified, those who are justified in fact be glorified?

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 Will he give us all things in him?

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 Will nothing separate us from the love of Christ, in love of God, in Christ Jesus our Lord?

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 Is there truly now no condemnation?

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 And will there be no condemnation tomorrow?

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 Because look at God's historic people in Israel.

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 Romans 9, which Gary's just read to us, is, and you can see why he mentions,

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 there's so many references to the Old Testament,

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 because that's what we're dealing with, is God's historic people now.

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 Romans 9 is an explanation for why the word of God has not failed.

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 Even though God's chosen people, his historic people, Israel,

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 are now not turning to Jesus and being saved.

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 The sovereignty of God's grace is brought in as the final ground of God's faithfulness,

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 despite Israel's failure, and therefore as the deepest foundation of the precious promises of God

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 in Romans chapter 8.

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 This is the deepest foundation, God's sovereign purposes.

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 So I've got three points today.

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 Israel's failure, did God fail, and God's sovereignty and our failure.

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 So first of all, Israel's failure.

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 Now, Paul is here dealing with a subject not only of intellectual importance,

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 but of great emotional importance to him as well.

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 Can I just add this point?

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 I think this is a very significant point.

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 This is one of the most overlooked thing about Romans chapter 9.

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 Romans chapter 9 to 11 have been debated for centuries.

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 And they are very difficult chapters.

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 But the most striking thing about Romans chapter 9 is verses 2 and 3.

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 That is staggering.

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 It is staggering.

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 What he has just written there.

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 Absolutely staggering.

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 He has just spent eight chapters outlining the joy, the hope, the confidence of everything that he has

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 and you can have in Jesus Christ.

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 He knows the horror of rejecting Jesus.

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 And he is saying that he would give it all up.

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 All the benefits of Romans 1 to 8.

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 All the benefits of knowing Jesus Christ if that somehow it meant that his own fellow Jews would be saved in mass.

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 I had to stop there in my preparation.

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 Because I can't say that.

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 I can't say that.

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 Here is a love for people that is incomprehensibly staggering in the Apostle Paul.

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 We also see it in the Old Testament in Exodus with Moses.

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 It is a great reminder as we jump into Romans 9 to 11

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 that Paul, while incredibly logical, was never cold.

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 Never cold in his emotions.

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 He feels the unceasing anguish of knowing that his people that he loves have rejected their Savior.

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 And instead of seeking to ignore it,

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 instead of seeking to alter his theology to deal with that,

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 he lived with it.

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 He lived with it.

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 And so if the next three chapters pose an intellectual or a moral challenge for you,

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 it is important to remember that Paul is not writing from some kind of ivory theological tower

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 out of a college somewhere.

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 This is not a lecture.

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 This is Paul with a heart that longed to see his own people saved.

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 It is, however, a salvation that was just as open to them as it was to the Apostle Paul.

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 His own people have had the exact same opportunity that he has to receive Christ,

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 but they have rejected this salvation.

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 And in verses 4 and 5, there are eight privileges that have effectively been rejected.

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 And each one of these privileges pointed Israel forward, forward, forward to Jesus as their Messiah.

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 The adoption of sons, which refers to Exodus 4 verse 22,

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 where Israel is called God's son.

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 Jesus taught that through him we can now approach God as father.

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 The divine glory refers to God's visible glory cloud dwelling amongst his people.

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 John chapter 1 verse 14 tells us,

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 And it says in John 1 verse 14,

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 We have seen his glory.

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 Same as Moses and Israel in Exodus.

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 The covenants, the receiving of the law, the temple worship, the promises, the patriarchs,

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 all pointing forward to the Messiah.

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 And lastly, Paul says,

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 From them is traced the human ancestry of Christ.

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 That is, it is obvious, but often overlooked, that Jesus was himself a Jew.

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 By God choosing to enter his creation as a Jew,

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 he not only was giving the Jewish nation an incredible honour,

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 but was in fact making it easier for them to relate to the Son of God than anyone else in the world.

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 And so with all these privileges and opportunities,

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 why is it that God's historic people have not recognised their often promised and long-awaited Messiah?

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 That brings me to verse 6 and my next point,

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 Did God in fact fail his people?

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 And this is the bulk of Paul's argument in Romans 9.

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 In 6 to 13, Paul firstly makes the point that God's promises have not failed.

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 That is, God's word to his people, his promise to his people has not failed.

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 And to clarify that point, he says in verse 6,

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 Not all who are descendant from Israel are Israel.

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 What he means there is that not everyone who is racially God's historic people are truly God's historic people.

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 In other words, it is so essential as we come into this argument here,

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 that we define Israel properly to see that God's promises have in fact not failed.

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 Some who are racially descendant from Abraham, Isaac and Jacob are not God's true people.

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 And others who are not racially descendant from Abraham, Isaac and Jacob are in fact God's true people.

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 And Paul, to build on this, gives two Old Testament examples.

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 He's calling his people here to look at God's promises just a little bit more closely.

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 He says,

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 Ishmael was Abraham's physical descendant.

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 But he was not Abraham's spiritual descendant.

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 Only Isaac was a child of the promise and inheritor of the blessings from God.

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 And the same principle is there in verse 10 with Isaac's twin sons.

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 They had the same father, both physically descendant, ultimately from Abraham.

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 But only one is the spiritual descendant and inheritor of the promise.

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 What Paul's doing here in this section is tackling the really thorny question of why anyone loves God.

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 And why anyone does not love God.

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 It's an answer that is hard to avoid and even harder to accept.

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 In verse 11, he tells us that God's choice to bless Jacob and not Esau was made prior to their birth.

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 Secondly, this choice was not based on foreknowledge of how the child would turn out in life.

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 It was made before either child had done anything good or bad.

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 Verse 11 reinforces the point of God's sovereign choice by adding in order that God's purpose in election might stand.

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 Verse 12 further reinforces this point by telling us that blessing from God does not come by works,

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 but by him who calls.

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 And for good measure, in verse 13, Paul adds a paraphrase of Malachi chapter 1 verses 2 and 3,

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 Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.

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 Now, we've got to be careful here not to read into the word hate,

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 some sort of an emotional thing that we might add to it.

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 Paul's teaching here is very similar to what Jesus says in Luke 14

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 about his disciples hating their families,

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 about the cost of discipleship, if you like.

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 He's not saying that you must have a strong emotion against your family

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 as much as he's saying that there is a preference and allegiance to Jesus over everything else.

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 That's his point.

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 It's an allegiance question.

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 God chose to put Jacob over Esau.

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 But not because Jacob was morally superior to Esau.

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 Just read the Old Testament and you will see that clearly,

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 that Jacob is in no way morally superior to Esau.

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 It was by God's gracious choice.

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 Paul's defense of God's promises in the Old Testament is pretty straightforward.

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 Those promises were never automatically given to the physical descendant of Abraham.

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 A spiritual faith was necessary to inherit the promise.

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 In other words, what he's saying here is that God's promise to his people,

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 his word to his people has not failed at all in any way.

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 It's been misunderstood.

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 It's been misunderstood by his people.

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 He also asserts that this necessary spiritual faith is ultimately a function of God's choice.

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 Those who freely come to God are those who are freely chosen by God.

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 As I said, this teaching is not hard to understand, but it isn't easy to accept.

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 One initial response that many people have is an emotional response,

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 and it is that God's electing choice seems arbitrary, random.

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 And especially when you look at the Old Testament, you look at Jacob and you go, why him?

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 But Paul does not say here that God has no reasons to choose who he chooses.

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 All we are told is that the reason for his choosing has nothing to do with the individual.

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 That's all we're told.

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 Has nothing to do with the individual.

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 God has every reason to choose who he chooses.

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 We're just not told why it is.

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 But we do know it has nothing to do with the individual.

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 There is no superiority of one individual over another.

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 Nevertheless, this raises a second question of whether God had failed Israel.

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 Have a look at verse 14.

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 What then shall we say to this then?

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 Is God unjust?

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 Paul says, no, not at all.

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 In other words, if God's the one who does the choosing,

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 then why doesn't he choose everyone, all of Israel?

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 In verses 15 and 18, Paul again turns the Old Testament to form his answer.

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 In Exodus 33, Moses asked God to show him his glory

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 and not to depart Israel despite Israel rejecting God consistently.

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 God's response to Moses is in verses 18 to 19.

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 And he says,

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 I will cause all my goodness to pass in front of you

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 and I will proclaim my name, the Lord, in your presence.

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 I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy

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 and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.

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 God's words to Moses here are not the words of some arbitrary bully.

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 You see, mercy and compassion by their very definition

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 can never, ever be an obligation.

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 To say it is unfair for God to have mercy on some and not others

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 is in itself a self-contradictory statement.

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 The moment we declare mercy to be unfair

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 is the moment mercy becomes an obligation.

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 And therefore, it's no longer mercy.

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 And none of us wants that.

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 If you look at the rest of Romans,

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 no one wants mercy to be an obligation.

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 Mercy is always undeserved and totally free.

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 God is free to give it to all.

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 He's totally free to give it to some.

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 And he's totally free to give it to no one.

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 He's free.

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 For instance,

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 imagine a rich person deciding to choose

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 20 homeless children.

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 and gifting them with a home to live in

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 and, you know,

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 cupboards full of food,

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 clothes on their backs,

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 full education,

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 a job in their companies.

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 That rich person could do the same thing

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 for many more than 20 children,

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 but they choose 20 children.

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 That's it.

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 Does anyone have the right to say

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 that that rich person is being unfair

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 by not helping

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 all the homeless children?

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 In the end,

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 that person has no obligation

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 to help any of them.

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 their action to those 20 is sheer mercy.

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 And there is,

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 can be no suggestion

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 of it being unfair

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 to all the rest.

00:24:18.360 --> 00:24:18.920
 See,

00:24:18.980 --> 00:24:20.560
 the early chapters of Romans tell us

00:24:20.560 --> 00:24:22.039
 that no human being

00:24:22.039 --> 00:24:25.240
 can have any claim

00:24:25.240 --> 00:24:26.340
 at all

00:24:26.340 --> 00:24:28.039
 on God's mercy.

00:24:28.039 --> 00:24:31.299
 And if they did have a claim on it,

00:24:31.379 --> 00:24:33.099
 it can no longer be called mercy.

00:24:34.740 --> 00:24:37.279
 And since Romans 6 tells us

00:24:37.279 --> 00:24:39.000
 the wages of sin is death,

00:24:39.940 --> 00:24:41.399
 then the real shock,

00:24:41.899 --> 00:24:44.839
 the real shock of Romans 9

00:24:44.839 --> 00:24:49.220
 is that God would extend

00:24:49.220 --> 00:24:50.179
 his mercy

00:24:50.179 --> 00:24:53.119
 to anyone.

00:24:55.399 --> 00:24:55.919
 Anyone.

00:24:57.679 --> 00:24:58.240
 Not

00:24:58.240 --> 00:24:59.619
 everyone.

00:25:03.619 --> 00:25:04.899
 Paul then expands

00:25:04.899 --> 00:25:05.639
 on this point

00:25:05.639 --> 00:25:07.599
 of whether God

00:25:07.599 --> 00:25:08.319
 is unfair

00:25:08.319 --> 00:25:09.039
 by turning

00:25:09.039 --> 00:25:09.839
 to the example

00:25:09.839 --> 00:25:10.819
 now of Pharaoh

00:25:10.819 --> 00:25:12.159
 in verses

00:25:12.159 --> 00:25:14.279
 17 and 18.

00:25:14.279 --> 00:25:15.279
 and this builds

00:25:15.279 --> 00:25:15.940
 on the

00:25:15.940 --> 00:25:17.339
 early chapters

00:25:17.339 --> 00:25:17.960
 of Romans.

00:25:19.099 --> 00:25:19.920
 He comes to this

00:25:19.920 --> 00:25:20.579
 same issue

00:25:20.579 --> 00:25:21.359
 of God's fairness

00:25:21.359 --> 00:25:22.980
 but now from the opposite direction.

00:25:24.019 --> 00:25:25.799
 This is the Egyptian leader

00:25:25.799 --> 00:25:27.339
 who enslaved

00:25:27.339 --> 00:25:28.240
 God's people

00:25:28.240 --> 00:25:30.180
 who

00:25:30.180 --> 00:25:31.160
 anyone set up

00:25:31.160 --> 00:25:32.000
 against him

00:25:32.000 --> 00:25:33.799
 as

00:25:33.799 --> 00:25:36.139
 you see

00:25:36.139 --> 00:25:37.480
 in those early chapters

00:25:37.480 --> 00:25:38.099
 of Exodus.

00:25:38.920 --> 00:25:40.240
 He kills them.

00:25:40.240 --> 00:25:46.120
 and he did that

00:25:46.120 --> 00:25:48.039
 because he decided

00:25:48.039 --> 00:25:49.079
 that he would do it.

00:25:51.079 --> 00:25:52.099
 And in verse 17

00:25:52.099 --> 00:25:52.839
 Paul is quoting

00:25:52.839 --> 00:25:53.579
 from Exodus

00:25:53.579 --> 00:25:54.180
 9

00:25:54.180 --> 00:25:54.740
 16.

00:25:55.740 --> 00:25:56.759
 I have raised you up

00:25:56.759 --> 00:25:57.900
 for this very purpose

00:25:57.900 --> 00:25:59.180
 that I might

00:25:59.180 --> 00:25:59.819
 show you

00:25:59.819 --> 00:26:00.599
 my power

00:26:00.599 --> 00:26:01.859
 and that

00:26:01.859 --> 00:26:02.539
 my name

00:26:02.539 --> 00:26:03.420
 might be proclaimed

00:26:03.420 --> 00:26:04.819
 in all the earth.

00:26:06.559 --> 00:26:07.740
 God has compassion

00:26:07.740 --> 00:26:08.620
 and he wants

00:26:08.620 --> 00:26:09.380
 to have compassion

00:26:09.380 --> 00:26:10.279
 and hardens

00:26:10.279 --> 00:26:10.740
 those whom

00:26:10.740 --> 00:26:11.019
 he wants

00:26:11.019 --> 00:26:11.539
 to harden.

00:26:12.059 --> 00:26:12.620
 Again

00:26:12.620 --> 00:26:13.960
 these are hard

00:26:13.960 --> 00:26:14.339
 verses

00:26:14.339 --> 00:26:15.680
 but they make

00:26:15.680 --> 00:26:16.500
 a lot of sense.

00:26:17.059 --> 00:26:17.940
 If you go back

00:26:17.940 --> 00:26:18.940
 and you read

00:26:18.940 --> 00:26:20.059
 Exodus 4

00:26:20.059 --> 00:26:20.620
 to 14

00:26:20.620 --> 00:26:22.240
 you will notice

00:26:22.240 --> 00:26:22.920
 two things

00:26:22.920 --> 00:26:23.480
 that's happening

00:26:23.480 --> 00:26:24.720
 at the same time

00:26:24.720 --> 00:26:26.000
 in those chapters.

00:26:27.480 --> 00:26:28.539
 God hardens

00:26:28.539 --> 00:26:29.380
 Pharaoh's heart

00:26:29.380 --> 00:26:29.980
 to fulfill

00:26:29.980 --> 00:26:31.000
 his plans

00:26:31.000 --> 00:26:32.799
 and Pharaoh

00:26:32.799 --> 00:26:34.119
 at the same time

00:26:34.119 --> 00:26:34.640
 hardens

00:26:34.640 --> 00:26:35.619
 his own heart.

00:26:37.420 --> 00:26:37.700
 Pharaoh

00:26:37.700 --> 00:26:38.339
 sets himself

00:26:38.339 --> 00:26:39.019
 up against

00:26:39.019 --> 00:26:39.519
 God

00:26:39.519 --> 00:26:40.119
 and against

00:26:40.119 --> 00:26:40.880
 God's people.

00:26:42.460 --> 00:26:43.359
 In other words

00:26:43.359 --> 00:26:43.759
 Pharaoh

00:26:43.759 --> 00:26:44.759
 is not

00:26:44.759 --> 00:26:45.839
 an upstanding

00:26:45.839 --> 00:26:47.500
 moral man

00:26:47.500 --> 00:26:48.400
 that God

00:26:48.400 --> 00:26:49.500
 comes along

00:26:49.500 --> 00:26:51.059
 and hardens

00:26:51.059 --> 00:26:51.859
 his heart

00:26:51.859 --> 00:26:52.700
 so that he

00:26:52.700 --> 00:26:53.319
 becomes

00:26:53.319 --> 00:26:54.619
 cold and evil.

00:26:55.839 --> 00:26:56.859
 That's not

00:26:56.859 --> 00:26:57.559
 what's happening

00:26:57.559 --> 00:26:58.420
 in Exodus

00:26:58.420 --> 00:26:59.319
 4 to 14.

00:26:59.319 --> 00:27:01.659
 Somehow

00:27:01.659 --> 00:27:03.179
 both

00:27:03.179 --> 00:27:04.720
 God hardening

00:27:04.720 --> 00:27:05.939
 and Pharaoh

00:27:05.939 --> 00:27:06.720
 hardening

00:27:06.720 --> 00:27:07.879
 are both

00:27:07.879 --> 00:27:08.579
 true

00:27:08.579 --> 00:27:09.779
 at exactly

00:27:09.779 --> 00:27:10.819
 the same time.

00:27:13.220 --> 00:27:13.899
 God's

00:27:13.899 --> 00:27:14.279
 hardening

00:27:14.279 --> 00:27:14.879
 of Pharaoh's

00:27:14.879 --> 00:27:15.379
 heart

00:27:15.379 --> 00:27:17.259
 is God

00:27:17.259 --> 00:27:17.779
 giving

00:27:17.779 --> 00:27:18.639
 Pharaoh

00:27:18.639 --> 00:27:20.500
 over

00:27:20.500 --> 00:27:21.720
 to what

00:27:21.720 --> 00:27:22.460
 Pharaoh

00:27:22.460 --> 00:27:23.879
 has already

00:27:23.879 --> 00:27:24.740
 chosen

00:27:24.740 --> 00:27:25.480
 to do.

00:27:26.819 --> 00:27:27.759
 And we see

00:27:27.759 --> 00:27:28.359
 that in

00:27:28.359 --> 00:27:29.059
 Romans chapter

00:27:29.059 --> 00:27:29.519
 1.

00:27:33.599 --> 00:27:34.159
 Pharaoh

00:27:34.159 --> 00:27:35.119
 decides

00:27:35.119 --> 00:27:35.899
 to resist

00:27:35.899 --> 00:27:36.599
 God

00:27:36.599 --> 00:27:38.559
 and God

00:27:38.559 --> 00:27:39.479
 reinforces

00:27:39.479 --> 00:27:40.199
 that position

00:27:40.199 --> 00:27:40.819
 for Pharaoh.

00:27:42.619 --> 00:27:43.159
 God

00:27:43.159 --> 00:27:43.559
 gives

00:27:43.559 --> 00:27:43.979
 Pharaoh

00:27:43.979 --> 00:27:44.599
 what he

00:27:44.599 --> 00:27:45.399
 has already

00:27:45.399 --> 00:27:46.019
 chosen.

00:27:46.959 --> 00:27:47.379
 God's

00:27:47.379 --> 00:27:47.979
 plans

00:27:47.979 --> 00:27:48.659
 work

00:27:48.659 --> 00:27:49.119
 through

00:27:49.119 --> 00:27:50.019
 our choices

00:27:50.019 --> 00:27:51.099
 not

00:27:51.099 --> 00:27:51.979
 despite

00:27:51.979 --> 00:27:52.959
 our choices.

00:27:54.559 --> 00:27:55.539
 This is

00:27:55.539 --> 00:27:56.059
 crucial.

00:27:56.059 --> 00:27:59.379
 that is

00:27:59.379 --> 00:27:59.940
 we ought

00:27:59.940 --> 00:28:00.240
 not

00:28:00.240 --> 00:28:00.799
 take

00:28:00.799 --> 00:28:01.919
 God's

00:28:01.919 --> 00:28:02.399
 sovereignty

00:28:02.399 --> 00:28:03.220
 as

00:28:03.220 --> 00:28:03.720
 something

00:28:03.720 --> 00:28:04.399
 like

00:28:04.399 --> 00:28:06.379
 fatalism.

00:28:09.079 --> 00:28:09.399
 The

00:28:09.399 --> 00:28:10.179
 biblical

00:28:10.179 --> 00:28:10.619
 version

00:28:10.619 --> 00:28:10.919
 here

00:28:10.919 --> 00:28:11.379
 the Greek

00:28:11.379 --> 00:28:11.779
 notion

00:28:11.779 --> 00:28:12.399
 of fate

00:28:12.399 --> 00:28:14.119
 the Islamic

00:28:14.119 --> 00:28:14.700
 notion

00:28:14.700 --> 00:28:15.700
 of kismet

00:28:15.700 --> 00:28:17.220
 are quite

00:28:17.220 --> 00:28:17.980
 radically

00:28:17.980 --> 00:28:18.480
 different

00:28:18.480 --> 00:28:19.279
 than the

00:28:19.279 --> 00:28:19.559
 Christian

00:28:19.559 --> 00:28:19.980
 teaching

00:28:19.980 --> 00:28:20.460
 of God's

00:28:20.460 --> 00:28:20.799
 sovereignty.

00:28:20.799 --> 00:28:23.119
 in the

00:28:23.119 --> 00:28:23.519
 tragic

00:28:23.519 --> 00:28:23.940
 Greek

00:28:23.940 --> 00:28:24.379
 myth

00:28:24.379 --> 00:28:24.779
 of

00:28:24.779 --> 00:28:25.480
 Oedipus

00:28:25.480 --> 00:28:26.599
 he was

00:28:26.599 --> 00:28:27.519
 fated

00:28:27.519 --> 00:28:28.319
 to kill

00:28:28.319 --> 00:28:29.159
 his mother

00:28:29.159 --> 00:28:30.180
 and

00:28:30.180 --> 00:28:30.659
 sorry

00:28:30.659 --> 00:28:31.139
 kill his

00:28:31.139 --> 00:28:31.559
 father

00:28:31.559 --> 00:28:32.099
 and marry

00:28:32.099 --> 00:28:32.659
 his mother.

00:28:34.359 --> 00:28:34.859
 And

00:28:34.859 --> 00:28:35.720
 he

00:28:35.720 --> 00:28:36.639
 and his

00:28:36.639 --> 00:28:37.339
 parents

00:28:37.339 --> 00:28:38.099
 did

00:28:38.099 --> 00:28:39.139
 absolutely

00:28:39.139 --> 00:28:40.059
 everything

00:28:40.059 --> 00:28:40.500
 that they

00:28:40.500 --> 00:28:40.940
 possibly

00:28:40.940 --> 00:28:41.319
 could

00:28:41.319 --> 00:28:41.960
 to avoid

00:28:41.960 --> 00:28:42.700
 that fate.

00:28:44.980 --> 00:28:45.359
 And yet

00:28:45.359 --> 00:28:46.019
 despite

00:28:46.019 --> 00:28:46.599
 their working

00:28:46.599 --> 00:28:47.139
 against

00:28:47.139 --> 00:28:47.519
 it

00:28:47.519 --> 00:28:50.059
 it

00:28:50.059 --> 00:28:50.440
 happened.

00:28:51.779 --> 00:28:52.119
 And

00:28:52.119 --> 00:28:52.339
 it's

00:28:52.339 --> 00:28:52.819
 basically

00:28:52.819 --> 00:28:53.599
 exactly

00:28:53.599 --> 00:28:53.899
 the

00:28:53.899 --> 00:28:54.319
 same

00:28:54.319 --> 00:28:54.919
 as

00:28:54.919 --> 00:28:55.079
 the

00:28:55.079 --> 00:28:55.539
 Islamic

00:28:55.539 --> 00:28:56.779
 kismet.

00:28:56.940 --> 00:28:57.159
 It's

00:28:57.159 --> 00:28:57.579
 fate.

00:28:57.740 --> 00:28:57.879
 It's

00:28:57.879 --> 00:28:58.359
 destiny.

00:28:58.859 --> 00:28:59.079
 It doesn't

00:28:59.079 --> 00:28:59.200
 matter

00:28:59.200 --> 00:28:59.619
 what I

00:28:59.619 --> 00:28:59.980
 do.

00:29:00.179 --> 00:29:00.419
 It's

00:29:00.419 --> 00:29:00.539
 the

00:29:00.539 --> 00:29:00.659
 will

00:29:00.659 --> 00:29:00.779
 of

00:29:00.779 --> 00:29:01.119
 Allah.

00:29:01.480 --> 00:29:01.559
 It

00:29:01.559 --> 00:29:01.659
 doesn't

00:29:01.659 --> 00:29:01.779
 matter

00:29:01.779 --> 00:29:02.179
 what I

00:29:02.179 --> 00:29:02.440
 do.

00:29:06.200 --> 00:29:06.740
 That's

00:29:06.740 --> 00:29:07.619
 not

00:29:07.619 --> 00:29:07.859
 the

00:29:07.859 --> 00:29:08.139
 Christian

00:29:08.139 --> 00:29:08.539
 teaching

00:29:08.539 --> 00:29:08.700
 of

00:29:08.700 --> 00:29:09.000
 God's

00:29:09.000 --> 00:29:09.339
 sovereignty.

00:29:10.539 --> 00:29:10.779
 For

00:29:10.779 --> 00:29:11.000
 the

00:29:11.000 --> 00:29:11.480
 Christian

00:29:11.480 --> 00:29:11.899
 God

00:29:11.899 --> 00:29:12.299
 never

00:29:12.299 --> 00:29:12.819
 forces

00:29:12.819 --> 00:29:13.099
 us

00:29:13.099 --> 00:29:13.220
 to

00:29:13.220 --> 00:29:13.399
 do

00:29:13.399 --> 00:29:13.859
 anything

00:29:13.859 --> 00:29:14.319
 other

00:29:14.319 --> 00:29:14.839
 than

00:29:14.839 --> 00:29:15.039
 what

00:29:15.039 --> 00:29:15.200
 we

00:29:15.200 --> 00:29:15.559
 already

00:29:15.559 --> 00:29:15.839
 want

00:29:15.839 --> 00:29:16.000
 to

00:29:16.000 --> 00:29:16.279
 do.

00:29:17.659 --> 00:29:18.159
 God

00:29:18.159 --> 00:29:18.619
 works

00:29:18.619 --> 00:29:18.859
 his

00:29:18.859 --> 00:29:19.359
 purposes

00:29:19.359 --> 00:29:19.599
 and

00:29:19.599 --> 00:29:19.980
 plans

00:29:19.980 --> 00:29:22.099
 perfectly

00:29:22.099 --> 00:29:23.279
 through

00:29:23.279 --> 00:29:24.120
 our

00:29:24.120 --> 00:29:24.920
 actions.

00:29:27.559 --> 00:29:28.380
 And

00:29:28.380 --> 00:29:28.599
 that's

00:29:28.599 --> 00:29:28.759
 a

00:29:28.759 --> 00:29:29.160
 mystery.

00:29:31.519 --> 00:29:32.339
 I

00:29:32.339 --> 00:29:32.839
 can't

00:29:32.839 --> 00:29:33.339
 tell you

00:29:33.339 --> 00:29:33.700
 how he

00:29:33.700 --> 00:29:33.960
 does

00:29:33.960 --> 00:29:34.319
 that.

00:29:34.980 --> 00:29:35.259
 It's

00:29:35.259 --> 00:29:35.420
 a

00:29:35.420 --> 00:29:35.839
 mystery.

00:29:36.860 --> 00:29:37.059
 And

00:29:37.059 --> 00:29:37.259
 yet

00:29:37.259 --> 00:29:37.460
 it

00:29:37.460 --> 00:29:37.640
 is

00:29:37.640 --> 00:29:37.940
 both

00:29:37.940 --> 00:29:38.259
 a

00:29:38.259 --> 00:29:38.759
 beautiful

00:29:38.759 --> 00:29:39.279
 and

00:29:39.279 --> 00:29:39.779
 comforting

00:29:39.779 --> 00:29:40.299
 mystery.

00:29:40.799 --> 00:29:41.140
 It's

00:29:41.140 --> 00:29:41.579
 comforting

00:29:41.579 --> 00:29:42.319
 because

00:29:42.319 --> 00:29:42.759
 either

00:29:42.759 --> 00:29:43.059
 we

00:29:43.059 --> 00:29:43.360
 are

00:29:43.360 --> 00:29:43.980
 determined

00:29:43.980 --> 00:29:44.360
 in

00:29:44.360 --> 00:29:44.559
 our

00:29:44.559 --> 00:29:45.039
 world

00:29:45.039 --> 00:29:45.480
 by

00:29:45.480 --> 00:29:46.019
 natural

00:29:46.019 --> 00:29:46.640
 forces

00:29:46.640 --> 00:29:47.880
 such

00:29:47.880 --> 00:29:48.160
 as

00:29:48.160 --> 00:29:49.099
 fatalism

00:29:49.099 --> 00:29:49.359
 and

00:29:49.359 --> 00:29:49.980
 kismet

00:29:49.980 --> 00:29:50.939
 or

00:29:50.939 --> 00:29:52.619
 they

00:29:52.619 --> 00:29:53.059
 happen

00:29:53.059 --> 00:29:53.939
 randomly.

00:29:55.119 --> 00:29:55.519
 All

00:29:55.519 --> 00:29:55.719
 the

00:29:55.719 --> 00:29:56.059
 actions

00:29:56.059 --> 00:29:56.240
 and

00:29:56.240 --> 00:29:56.480
 events

00:29:56.480 --> 00:29:56.619
 in

00:29:56.619 --> 00:29:56.779
 our

00:29:56.779 --> 00:29:57.099
 world

00:29:57.099 --> 00:29:57.259
 are

00:29:57.259 --> 00:29:57.659
 just

00:29:57.659 --> 00:29:58.339
 random

00:29:58.339 --> 00:29:59.119
 events

00:29:59.119 --> 00:30:01.779
 and

00:30:01.779 --> 00:30:02.019
 we

00:30:02.019 --> 00:30:02.299
 are at

00:30:02.299 --> 00:30:02.439
 the

00:30:02.439 --> 00:30:02.759
 mercy

00:30:02.759 --> 00:30:03.019
 of the

00:30:03.019 --> 00:30:03.480
 elements.

00:30:04.399 --> 00:30:04.599
 It's

00:30:04.599 --> 00:30:04.799
 either

00:30:04.799 --> 00:30:05.179
 fated

00:30:05.179 --> 00:30:06.199
 or in

00:30:06.199 --> 00:30:06.339
 a

00:30:06.339 --> 00:30:06.619
 secular

00:30:06.619 --> 00:30:06.980
 world

00:30:06.980 --> 00:30:07.279
 it's

00:30:07.279 --> 00:30:07.459
 just

00:30:07.459 --> 00:30:07.939
 random.

00:30:09.639 --> 00:30:09.939
 Or

00:30:09.939 --> 00:30:10.240
 of course

00:30:10.240 --> 00:30:10.500
 there's

00:30:10.500 --> 00:30:10.659
 the

00:30:10.659 --> 00:30:10.919
 biblical

00:30:10.919 --> 00:30:11.459
 doctrine

00:30:11.459 --> 00:30:11.980
 of

00:30:11.980 --> 00:30:12.559
 certainty.

00:30:12.559 --> 00:30:13.619
 we

00:30:13.619 --> 00:30:13.940
 make

00:30:13.940 --> 00:30:14.440
 choices

00:30:14.440 --> 00:30:14.839
 under

00:30:14.839 --> 00:30:15.079
 the

00:30:15.079 --> 00:30:15.379
 sovereign

00:30:15.379 --> 00:30:15.720
 hand

00:30:15.720 --> 00:30:15.839
 of

00:30:15.839 --> 00:30:15.960
 a

00:30:15.960 --> 00:30:16.259
 merciful

00:30:16.259 --> 00:30:16.740
 God.

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 God

00:30:17.879 --> 00:30:18.539
 chooses

00:30:18.539 --> 00:30:19.440
 those

00:30:19.440 --> 00:30:19.679
 he

00:30:19.679 --> 00:30:20.399
 hardens

00:30:20.399 --> 00:30:21.399
 but

00:30:21.399 --> 00:30:21.819
 all

00:30:21.819 --> 00:30:22.079
 he

00:30:22.079 --> 00:30:22.740
 hardens

00:30:22.740 --> 00:30:23.659
 want

00:30:23.659 --> 00:30:24.099
 to

00:30:24.099 --> 00:30:24.440
 be

00:30:24.440 --> 00:30:25.179
 hardened.

00:30:28.399 --> 00:30:29.059
 Paul

00:30:29.059 --> 00:30:29.500
 then makes

00:30:29.500 --> 00:30:29.899
 a third

00:30:29.899 --> 00:30:30.319
 case

00:30:30.319 --> 00:30:30.740
 for why

00:30:30.740 --> 00:30:31.039
 God

00:30:31.039 --> 00:30:31.460
 is not

00:30:31.460 --> 00:30:31.879
 unfair

00:30:31.879 --> 00:30:32.159
 to have

00:30:32.159 --> 00:30:32.399
 mercy

00:30:32.399 --> 00:30:32.579
 on

00:30:32.579 --> 00:30:32.779
 some

00:30:32.779 --> 00:30:33.039
 and not

00:30:33.039 --> 00:30:33.460
 others.

00:30:35.039 --> 00:30:35.679
 This

00:30:35.679 --> 00:30:36.519
 is a

00:30:36.519 --> 00:30:36.879
 section

00:30:36.879 --> 00:30:37.179
 really

00:30:37.179 --> 00:30:37.379
 from

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 19

00:30:37.899 --> 00:30:38.059
 to

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 29

00:30:38.679 --> 00:30:39.659
 really

00:30:39.659 --> 00:30:39.940
 makes

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 one

00:30:40.240 --> 00:30:40.639
 point

00:30:40.639 --> 00:30:41.460
 and that

00:30:41.460 --> 00:30:41.779
 is

00:30:41.779 --> 00:30:42.819
 God

00:30:42.819 --> 00:30:43.099
 is

00:30:43.099 --> 00:30:43.660
 just

00:30:43.660 --> 00:30:44.279
 supremely

00:30:44.279 --> 00:30:44.759
 right

00:30:44.759 --> 00:30:46.680
 and

00:30:46.680 --> 00:30:47.319
 for

00:30:47.319 --> 00:30:47.639
 us

00:30:47.639 --> 00:30:47.940
 little

00:30:47.940 --> 00:30:48.539
 autonomous

00:30:48.539 --> 00:30:49.039
 kings

00:30:49.039 --> 00:30:49.279
 we

00:30:49.279 --> 00:30:49.500
 really

00:30:49.500 --> 00:30:49.879
 struggle

00:30:49.879 --> 00:30:50.079
 with

00:30:50.079 --> 00:30:50.220
 this

00:30:50.220 --> 00:30:50.399
 little

00:30:50.399 --> 00:30:50.639
 bit.

00:30:51.639 --> 00:30:52.259
 The

00:30:52.259 --> 00:30:52.500
 first

00:30:52.500 --> 00:30:52.660
 thing

00:30:52.660 --> 00:30:52.799
 he

00:30:52.799 --> 00:30:53.039
 says

00:30:53.039 --> 00:30:53.240
 in

00:30:53.240 --> 00:30:53.460
 verses

00:30:53.460 --> 00:30:53.819
 20

00:30:53.819 --> 00:30:53.960
 to

00:30:53.960 --> 00:30:54.500
 21

00:30:54.500 --> 00:30:54.859
 is

00:30:54.859 --> 00:30:55.019
 that

00:30:55.019 --> 00:30:55.279
 God

00:30:55.279 --> 00:30:55.680
 makes

00:30:55.680 --> 00:30:56.180
 us

00:30:56.180 --> 00:30:56.680
 and

00:30:56.680 --> 00:30:56.899
 has

00:30:56.899 --> 00:30:57.079
 the

00:30:57.079 --> 00:30:57.279
 right

00:30:57.279 --> 00:30:57.399
 of

00:30:57.399 --> 00:30:57.779
 ownership

00:30:57.779 --> 00:30:58.000
 as

00:30:58.000 --> 00:30:58.139
 the

00:30:58.139 --> 00:30:58.480
 creator

00:30:58.480 --> 00:30:58.720
 of

00:30:58.720 --> 00:30:58.879
 us

00:30:58.879 --> 00:30:59.220
 all.

00:31:00.339 --> 00:31:00.539
 We

00:31:00.539 --> 00:31:00.720
 are

00:31:00.720 --> 00:31:01.200
 so

00:31:01.200 --> 00:31:01.619
 far

00:31:01.619 --> 00:31:01.940
 below

00:31:01.940 --> 00:31:02.559
 God

00:31:02.559 --> 00:31:02.879
 that

00:31:02.879 --> 00:31:03.099
 we

00:31:03.099 --> 00:31:03.399
 neither

00:31:03.399 --> 00:31:03.759
 have

00:31:03.759 --> 00:31:03.980
 the

00:31:03.980 --> 00:31:04.420
 right

00:31:04.420 --> 00:31:05.440
 nor

00:31:05.440 --> 00:31:05.799
 the

00:31:05.799 --> 00:31:06.259
 wisdom

00:31:06.259 --> 00:31:07.180
 to

00:31:07.180 --> 00:31:07.759
 question

00:31:07.759 --> 00:31:08.160
 our

00:31:08.160 --> 00:31:08.639
 creator.

00:31:10.220 --> 00:31:10.460
 And

00:31:10.460 --> 00:31:10.639
 so

00:31:10.639 --> 00:31:10.819
 we

00:31:10.819 --> 00:31:11.039
 must

00:31:11.039 --> 00:31:11.259
 be

00:31:11.259 --> 00:31:11.680
 really

00:31:11.680 --> 00:31:12.359
 careful

00:31:12.359 --> 00:31:14.619
 beware

00:31:14.619 --> 00:31:14.920
 of

00:31:14.920 --> 00:31:15.299
 standing

00:31:15.299 --> 00:31:15.599
 in

00:31:15.599 --> 00:31:15.899
 judgment

00:31:15.899 --> 00:31:16.159
 of

00:31:16.159 --> 00:31:16.519
 God.

00:31:17.399 --> 00:31:17.980
 Beware

00:31:17.980 --> 00:31:18.180
 of

00:31:18.180 --> 00:31:18.440
 standing

00:31:18.440 --> 00:31:18.639
 in

00:31:18.639 --> 00:31:18.899
 judgment

00:31:18.899 --> 00:31:19.099
 of

00:31:19.099 --> 00:31:19.399
 God

00:31:19.399 --> 00:31:20.619
 and

00:31:20.619 --> 00:31:20.960
 beware

00:31:20.960 --> 00:31:21.099
 of

00:31:21.099 --> 00:31:21.440
 forgetting

00:31:21.440 --> 00:31:21.659
 that

00:31:21.659 --> 00:31:21.819
 he

00:31:21.819 --> 00:31:21.960
 is

00:31:21.960 --> 00:31:22.119
 in

00:31:22.119 --> 00:31:22.299
 fact

00:31:22.299 --> 00:31:22.599
 judge

00:31:22.599 --> 00:31:22.899
 over

00:31:22.899 --> 00:31:23.359
 us.

00:31:24.079 --> 00:31:24.420
 In

00:31:24.420 --> 00:31:24.599
 verse

00:31:24.599 --> 00:31:24.980
 21

00:31:24.980 --> 00:31:25.180
 it

00:31:25.180 --> 00:31:25.379
 says

00:31:25.379 --> 00:31:25.519
 he

00:31:25.519 --> 00:31:25.680
 is

00:31:25.680 --> 00:31:25.799
 the

00:31:25.799 --> 00:31:26.139
 divine

00:31:26.139 --> 00:31:26.639
 potter

00:31:26.639 --> 00:31:27.220
 we

00:31:27.220 --> 00:31:27.399
 are

00:31:27.399 --> 00:31:27.539
 the

00:31:27.539 --> 00:31:27.920
 clay.

00:31:29.359 --> 00:31:29.579
 The

00:31:29.579 --> 00:31:29.799
 second

00:31:29.799 --> 00:31:30.019
 thing

00:31:30.019 --> 00:31:30.159
 he

00:31:30.159 --> 00:31:30.500
 says

00:31:30.500 --> 00:31:30.799
 is

00:31:30.799 --> 00:31:30.940
 that

00:31:30.940 --> 00:31:31.099
 we

00:31:31.099 --> 00:31:31.259
 are

00:31:31.259 --> 00:31:31.440
 the

00:31:31.440 --> 00:31:31.859
 authors

00:31:31.859 --> 00:31:32.240
 of

00:31:32.240 --> 00:31:32.420
 our

00:31:32.420 --> 00:31:32.740
 own

00:31:32.740 --> 00:31:33.500
 damnation.

00:31:34.500 --> 00:31:34.940
 Notice

00:31:34.940 --> 00:31:35.220
 verse

00:31:35.220 --> 00:31:35.799
 22

00:31:35.799 --> 00:31:36.879
 God

00:31:36.879 --> 00:31:37.619
 bore

00:31:37.619 --> 00:31:37.879
 with

00:31:37.879 --> 00:31:38.240
 great

00:31:38.240 --> 00:31:38.859
 patience

00:31:38.859 --> 00:31:39.139
 the

00:31:39.139 --> 00:31:39.619
 objects

00:31:39.619 --> 00:31:39.799
 of

00:31:39.799 --> 00:31:40.019
 his

00:31:40.019 --> 00:31:40.460
 wrath

00:31:40.460 --> 00:31:41.079
 prepared

00:31:41.079 --> 00:31:41.299
 for

00:31:41.299 --> 00:31:41.819
 destruction.

00:31:44.460 --> 00:31:44.740
 Now

00:31:44.740 --> 00:31:45.259
 that's

00:31:45.259 --> 00:31:45.440
 verse

00:31:45.440 --> 00:31:46.099
 22

00:31:46.099 --> 00:31:47.000
 but

00:31:47.000 --> 00:31:47.759
 compare

00:31:47.759 --> 00:31:48.119
 verse

00:31:48.119 --> 00:31:48.960
 22

00:31:48.960 --> 00:31:49.759
 what it

00:31:49.759 --> 00:31:49.960
 says

00:31:49.960 --> 00:31:50.399
 there

00:31:50.399 --> 00:31:50.639
 with

00:31:50.639 --> 00:31:50.839
 verse

00:31:50.839 --> 00:31:51.559
 23

00:31:51.559 --> 00:31:53.399
 where

00:31:53.400 --> 00:31:53.600
 we

00:31:53.600 --> 00:31:53.800
 are

00:31:53.800 --> 00:31:54.400
 told

00:31:54.400 --> 00:31:54.620
 that

00:31:54.620 --> 00:31:54.780
 the

00:31:54.780 --> 00:31:55.400
 objects

00:31:55.400 --> 00:31:55.620
 of

00:31:55.620 --> 00:31:56.000
 God's

00:31:56.000 --> 00:31:56.780
 mercy

00:31:56.780 --> 00:31:59.180
 are

00:31:59.180 --> 00:31:59.840
 prepared

00:31:59.840 --> 00:32:00.460
 in

00:32:00.460 --> 00:32:01.200
 advance

00:32:01.200 --> 00:32:01.480
 for

00:32:01.480 --> 00:32:02.360
 glory

00:32:02.360 --> 00:32:03.500
 by

00:32:03.500 --> 00:32:04.019
 God.

00:32:05.160 --> 00:32:05.640
 That

00:32:05.640 --> 00:32:05.940
 is

00:32:05.940 --> 00:32:06.500
 what

00:32:06.500 --> 00:32:06.680
 is

00:32:06.680 --> 00:32:07.700
 explicit

00:32:07.700 --> 00:32:09.300
 in

00:32:09.300 --> 00:32:09.920
 verse

00:32:09.920 --> 00:32:10.800
 23

00:32:10.800 --> 00:32:12.420
 is

00:32:12.420 --> 00:32:12.580
 that

00:32:12.580 --> 00:32:12.759
 it

00:32:12.759 --> 00:32:13.019
 is

00:32:13.019 --> 00:32:14.019
 God

00:32:14.019 --> 00:32:14.759
 who

00:32:14.759 --> 00:32:15.240
 does

00:32:15.240 --> 00:32:15.600
 the

00:32:15.600 --> 00:32:16.140
 preparing

00:32:16.140 --> 00:32:18.840
 and

00:32:18.840 --> 00:32:19.380
 yet

00:32:19.380 --> 00:32:19.820
 in

00:32:19.820 --> 00:32:20.060
 verse

00:32:20.060 --> 00:32:20.740
 22

00:32:20.740 --> 00:32:22.500
 we

00:32:22.500 --> 00:32:22.680
 are

00:32:22.680 --> 00:32:23.060
 not

00:32:23.060 --> 00:32:23.480
 told

00:32:23.480 --> 00:32:23.700
 who

00:32:23.700 --> 00:32:23.980
 does

00:32:23.980 --> 00:32:24.140
 the

00:32:24.140 --> 00:32:24.580
 preparing

00:32:24.580 --> 00:32:25.880
 and

00:32:25.880 --> 00:32:26.060
 the

00:32:26.060 --> 00:32:26.480
 implication

00:32:26.480 --> 00:32:27.340
 is

00:32:27.340 --> 00:32:28.060
 that

00:32:28.060 --> 00:32:28.279
 the

00:32:28.279 --> 00:32:28.700
 vessels

00:32:28.700 --> 00:32:29.100
 of

00:32:29.100 --> 00:32:29.560
 wrath

00:32:29.560 --> 00:32:30.360
 are

00:32:30.360 --> 00:32:30.840
 prepared

00:32:30.840 --> 00:32:31.100
 for

00:32:31.100 --> 00:32:31.740
 destruction

00:32:31.740 --> 00:32:32.980
 by

00:32:32.980 --> 00:32:33.980
 themselves.

00:32:39.240 --> 00:32:39.920
 That

00:32:39.920 --> 00:32:40.060
 is

00:32:40.060 --> 00:32:40.279
 what

00:32:40.279 --> 00:32:40.500
 we

00:32:40.500 --> 00:32:40.759
 saw

00:32:40.759 --> 00:32:40.940
 in

00:32:40.940 --> 00:32:41.660
 chapter

00:32:41.660 --> 00:32:41.980
 one

00:32:41.980 --> 00:32:42.120
 of

00:32:42.120 --> 00:32:42.460
 Romans

00:32:42.460 --> 00:32:42.720
 where

00:32:42.720 --> 00:32:43.080
 God

00:32:43.080 --> 00:32:43.360
 hands

00:32:43.360 --> 00:32:43.680
 people

00:32:43.680 --> 00:32:44.200
 over

00:32:44.200 --> 00:32:44.880
 to

00:32:44.880 --> 00:32:45.080
 the

00:32:45.080 --> 00:32:45.500
 life

00:32:45.500 --> 00:32:46.220
 and

00:32:46.220 --> 00:32:46.400
 the

00:32:46.400 --> 00:32:46.799
 death

00:32:46.799 --> 00:32:47.460
 that

00:32:47.460 --> 00:32:47.680
 they

00:32:47.680 --> 00:32:47.900
 have

00:32:47.900 --> 00:32:48.380
 chosen

00:32:48.380 --> 00:32:48.880
 for

00:32:48.880 --> 00:32:49.500
 themselves.

00:32:52.680 --> 00:32:52.920
 And

00:32:52.920 --> 00:32:53.019
 then

00:32:53.019 --> 00:32:53.160
 the

00:32:53.160 --> 00:32:53.440
 last

00:32:53.440 --> 00:32:53.680
 point

00:32:53.680 --> 00:32:53.799
 he

00:32:53.799 --> 00:32:54.080
 makes

00:32:54.080 --> 00:32:54.220
 in

00:32:54.220 --> 00:32:54.420
 this

00:32:54.420 --> 00:32:54.860
 section

00:32:54.860 --> 00:32:57.060
 is

00:32:57.060 --> 00:32:57.380
 that

00:32:57.380 --> 00:32:58.259
 God

00:32:58.259 --> 00:32:59.920
 saves

00:32:59.920 --> 00:33:00.340
 some

00:33:00.340 --> 00:33:00.759
 and not

00:33:00.759 --> 00:33:01.380
 others

00:33:01.380 --> 00:33:02.340
 because

00:33:02.340 --> 00:33:02.920
 in

00:33:02.920 --> 00:33:03.180
 his

00:33:03.180 --> 00:33:03.580
 divine

00:33:03.580 --> 00:33:04.080
 wisdom

00:33:04.080 --> 00:33:04.420
 it

00:33:04.420 --> 00:33:05.019
 displays

00:33:05.019 --> 00:33:05.360
 his

00:33:05.360 --> 00:33:05.759
 glory

00:33:05.759 --> 00:33:06.060
 more

00:33:06.060 --> 00:33:06.200
 than

00:33:06.200 --> 00:33:06.500
 any

00:33:06.500 --> 00:33:06.740
 other

00:33:06.740 --> 00:33:07.120
 way.

00:33:08.519 --> 00:33:09.080
 If

00:33:09.080 --> 00:33:09.400
 God

00:33:09.400 --> 00:33:09.640
 had

00:33:09.640 --> 00:33:09.980
 mercy

00:33:09.980 --> 00:33:10.259
 on

00:33:10.259 --> 00:33:10.660
 all

00:33:10.660 --> 00:33:12.160
 or

00:33:12.160 --> 00:33:12.299
 if

00:33:12.299 --> 00:33:12.580
 God

00:33:12.580 --> 00:33:13.180
 condemned

00:33:13.180 --> 00:33:13.860
 all

00:33:13.860 --> 00:33:15.100
 then

00:33:15.100 --> 00:33:15.299
 we

00:33:15.299 --> 00:33:15.480
 would

00:33:15.480 --> 00:33:15.860
 not

00:33:15.860 --> 00:33:16.360
 see

00:33:16.360 --> 00:33:16.960
 God

00:33:16.960 --> 00:33:18.120
 as

00:33:18.120 --> 00:33:18.640
 majestic

00:33:18.640 --> 00:33:19.019
 and

00:33:19.019 --> 00:33:19.660
 glorious.

00:33:19.660 --> 00:33:22.840
 again

00:33:22.840 --> 00:33:23.700
 at

00:33:23.700 --> 00:33:23.880
 its

00:33:23.880 --> 00:33:24.279
 heart

00:33:24.279 --> 00:33:24.519
 this

00:33:24.519 --> 00:33:24.640
 is

00:33:24.640 --> 00:33:24.779
 a

00:33:24.779 --> 00:33:25.160
 mystery

00:33:25.160 --> 00:33:26.860
 and

00:33:26.860 --> 00:33:27.060
 this

00:33:27.060 --> 00:33:27.519
 mystery

00:33:27.519 --> 00:33:28.140
 may

00:33:28.140 --> 00:33:28.640
 seem

00:33:28.640 --> 00:33:29.440
 strange

00:33:29.440 --> 00:33:29.660
 to

00:33:29.660 --> 00:33:30.080
 us

00:33:30.080 --> 00:33:31.779
 but

00:33:31.779 --> 00:33:32.220
 that's

00:33:32.220 --> 00:33:32.400
 the

00:33:32.400 --> 00:33:32.680
 point

00:33:32.680 --> 00:33:32.860
 of

00:33:32.860 --> 00:33:33.080
 this

00:33:33.080 --> 00:33:33.560
 section

00:33:33.560 --> 00:33:35.340
 we're

00:33:35.340 --> 00:33:35.600
 not

00:33:35.600 --> 00:33:36.180
 God

00:33:36.180 --> 00:33:37.880
 we

00:33:37.880 --> 00:33:38.100
 don't

00:33:38.100 --> 00:33:38.320
 have

00:33:38.320 --> 00:33:38.540
 all

00:33:38.540 --> 00:33:38.700
 the

00:33:38.700 --> 00:33:39.320
 clues

00:33:39.320 --> 00:33:40.300
 all

00:33:40.300 --> 00:33:40.500
 the

00:33:40.500 --> 00:33:41.000
 facts

00:33:41.000 --> 00:33:41.860
 we

00:33:41.860 --> 00:33:42.140
 cannot

00:33:42.140 --> 00:33:42.580
 know

00:33:42.580 --> 00:33:43.000
 everything

00:33:43.000 --> 00:33:43.259
 or

00:33:43.259 --> 00:33:43.720
 decide

00:33:43.720 --> 00:33:43.920
 what

00:33:43.920 --> 00:33:44.060
 is

00:33:44.060 --> 00:33:44.500
 best

00:33:44.500 --> 00:33:45.100
 for

00:33:45.100 --> 00:33:45.259
 the

00:33:45.259 --> 00:33:45.480
 whole

00:33:45.480 --> 00:33:45.980
 course

00:33:45.980 --> 00:33:46.259
 of

00:33:46.259 --> 00:33:46.580
 human

00:33:46.580 --> 00:33:47.140
 history

00:33:47.140 --> 00:33:48.380
 my

00:33:48.380 --> 00:33:48.640
 goodness

00:33:48.640 --> 00:33:48.840
 we

00:33:48.840 --> 00:33:49.040
 can't

00:33:49.040 --> 00:33:49.160
 even

00:33:49.160 --> 00:33:49.460
 decide

00:33:49.460 --> 00:33:49.700
 what's

00:33:49.700 --> 00:33:49.980
 best

00:33:49.980 --> 00:33:50.100
 for

00:33:50.100 --> 00:33:50.640
 dinner

00:33:50.640 --> 00:33:51.420
 sometimes

00:33:51.420 --> 00:33:56.779
 but

00:33:56.779 --> 00:33:57.039
 these

00:33:57.039 --> 00:33:57.400
 words

00:33:57.400 --> 00:33:57.920
 ultimately

00:33:57.920 --> 00:33:58.140
 are

00:33:58.140 --> 00:33:58.380
 words

00:33:58.380 --> 00:33:58.519
 of

00:33:58.519 --> 00:33:59.000
 comfort

00:33:59.000 --> 00:34:00.440
 clarity

00:34:00.440 --> 00:34:00.740
 and

00:34:00.740 --> 00:34:01.140
 comfort

00:34:01.140 --> 00:34:02.059
 and

00:34:02.059 --> 00:34:02.240
 so

00:34:02.240 --> 00:34:02.420
 the

00:34:02.420 --> 00:34:02.720
 final

00:34:02.720 --> 00:34:03.200
 point

00:34:03.200 --> 00:34:04.480
 not

00:34:04.480 --> 00:34:04.600
 just

00:34:04.600 --> 00:34:05.059
 Israel's

00:34:05.059 --> 00:34:05.240
 failure

00:34:05.240 --> 00:34:05.420
 but

00:34:05.420 --> 00:34:05.779
 our

00:34:05.779 --> 00:34:06.200
 failure

00:34:06.200 --> 00:34:06.860
 and

00:34:06.860 --> 00:34:07.220
 God's

00:34:07.220 --> 00:34:07.620
 sovereignty

00:34:07.620 --> 00:34:09.639
 God's

00:34:09.639 --> 00:34:10.059
 sovereign

00:34:10.059 --> 00:34:10.559
 election

00:34:10.559 --> 00:34:11.699
 is

00:34:11.699 --> 00:34:12.579
 marvelously

00:34:12.579 --> 00:34:13.199
 practical

00:34:13.199 --> 00:34:14.119
 and

00:34:14.119 --> 00:34:14.360
 it's

00:34:14.360 --> 00:34:14.980
 profoundly

00:34:14.980 --> 00:34:15.659
 comforting

00:34:15.659 --> 00:34:16.039
 for the

00:34:16.039 --> 00:34:16.360
 Christian

00:34:16.360 --> 00:34:16.699
 right

00:34:16.699 --> 00:34:17.099
 now

00:34:17.099 --> 00:34:18.720
 it's

00:34:18.720 --> 00:34:18.980
 simply

00:34:18.980 --> 00:34:19.420
 I think

00:34:19.420 --> 00:34:19.820
 builds

00:34:19.820 --> 00:34:20.139
 on the

00:34:20.139 --> 00:34:20.500
 hope

00:34:20.500 --> 00:34:21.320
 of

00:34:21.320 --> 00:34:21.900
 Romans

00:34:21.900 --> 00:34:22.300
 8

00:34:22.300 --> 00:34:22.619
 that

00:34:22.619 --> 00:34:23.139
 was

00:34:23.139 --> 00:34:23.579
 outlined

00:34:23.579 --> 00:34:24.039
 for us

00:34:24.039 --> 00:34:24.300
 last

00:34:24.300 --> 00:34:24.519
 week

00:34:24.519 --> 00:34:24.760
 by

00:34:24.760 --> 00:34:25.139
 Aiden

00:34:25.139 --> 00:34:26.159
 it

00:34:26.159 --> 00:34:26.740
 means

00:34:26.740 --> 00:34:28.420
 that we

00:34:28.420 --> 00:34:28.800
 have

00:34:28.800 --> 00:34:29.179
 an

00:34:29.179 --> 00:34:30.019
 incredible

00:34:30.019 --> 00:34:30.760
 incentive

00:34:30.760 --> 00:34:33.380
 to use

00:34:33.380 --> 00:34:34.320
 our wisdom

00:34:34.320 --> 00:34:35.400
 and our

00:34:35.400 --> 00:34:35.860
 will

00:34:35.860 --> 00:34:36.460
 and our

00:34:36.460 --> 00:34:37.039
 efforts

00:34:37.039 --> 00:34:37.500
 to the

00:34:37.500 --> 00:34:37.980
 best

00:34:37.980 --> 00:34:38.599
 effect

00:34:38.599 --> 00:34:40.480
 we're not

00:34:40.480 --> 00:34:41.079
 robots

00:34:41.079 --> 00:34:42.639
 to use

00:34:42.639 --> 00:34:42.659
 to use

00:34:42.659 --> 00:34:44.719
 to use

00:34:44.719 --> 00:34:45.779
 it to

00:34:45.779 --> 00:34:46.259
 the best

00:34:46.259 --> 00:34:46.819
 effect

00:34:46.819 --> 00:34:47.400
 knowing

00:34:47.400 --> 00:34:48.159
 that God

00:34:48.159 --> 00:34:49.440
 and knowing

00:34:49.440 --> 00:34:49.940
 that we

00:34:49.940 --> 00:34:50.940
 will suffer

00:34:50.940 --> 00:34:51.739
 consequences

00:34:51.739 --> 00:34:52.719
 from foolishness

00:34:52.719 --> 00:34:53.559
 and wickedness

00:34:53.559 --> 00:34:57.039
 at the

00:34:57.039 --> 00:34:57.900
 same time

00:34:57.900 --> 00:34:58.420
 there's an

00:34:58.420 --> 00:34:58.940
 absolute

00:34:58.940 --> 00:34:59.679
 promise

00:34:59.679 --> 00:35:00.759
 that we

00:35:00.759 --> 00:35:01.219
 cannot

00:35:01.219 --> 00:35:02.039
 ultimately

00:35:02.039 --> 00:35:02.679
 mess up

00:35:02.679 --> 00:35:02.900
 our

00:35:02.900 --> 00:35:03.599
 lives

00:35:03.599 --> 00:35:06.940
 even

00:35:06.940 --> 00:35:07.299
 our

00:35:07.299 --> 00:35:07.940
 failures

00:35:07.940 --> 00:35:08.699
 and our

00:35:08.699 --> 00:35:09.259
 troubles

00:35:09.259 --> 00:35:09.839
 will be

00:35:09.839 --> 00:35:10.400
 used

00:35:10.400 --> 00:35:10.839
 for

00:35:10.839 --> 00:35:11.380
 God's

00:35:11.380 --> 00:35:11.739
 glory

00:35:11.739 --> 00:35:12.179
 and

00:35:12.179 --> 00:35:12.460
 our

00:35:12.460 --> 00:35:12.920
 benefit

00:35:12.920 --> 00:35:14.559
 I gotta

00:35:14.559 --> 00:35:15.119
 tell you

00:35:15.119 --> 00:35:15.539
 as someone

00:35:15.539 --> 00:35:16.179
 who regularly

00:35:16.179 --> 00:35:16.739
 fails

00:35:16.739 --> 00:35:17.719
 that is

00:35:17.719 --> 00:35:18.980
 profoundly

00:35:18.980 --> 00:35:19.799
 comforting

00:35:19.799 --> 00:35:22.039
 profoundly

00:35:22.039 --> 00:35:22.699
 comforting

00:35:22.699 --> 00:35:26.000
 the promise

00:35:26.000 --> 00:35:27.199
 of God

00:35:27.199 --> 00:35:27.699
 to his

00:35:27.699 --> 00:35:28.179
 children

00:35:28.179 --> 00:35:29.059
 in Romans

00:35:29.059 --> 00:35:29.919
 8 28

00:35:29.919 --> 00:35:30.859
 is that he

00:35:30.859 --> 00:35:31.480
 works

00:35:31.480 --> 00:35:32.119
 for the

00:35:32.119 --> 00:35:32.759
 good of

00:35:32.759 --> 00:35:33.299
 those who

00:35:33.299 --> 00:35:34.039
 love him

00:35:34.039 --> 00:35:36.779
 it is a

00:35:36.779 --> 00:35:37.259
 guarantee

00:35:37.259 --> 00:35:38.859
 to those

00:35:38.859 --> 00:35:39.179
 who are

00:35:39.179 --> 00:35:39.599
 adopted

00:35:39.599 --> 00:35:40.399
 into God's

00:35:40.399 --> 00:35:40.719
 family

00:35:40.719 --> 00:35:41.339
 through faith

00:35:41.339 --> 00:35:41.819
 in Jesus

00:35:41.819 --> 00:35:42.539
 Christ as

00:35:42.539 --> 00:35:42.960
 saviour

00:35:42.960 --> 00:35:45.219
 and if you

00:35:45.219 --> 00:35:45.639
 are not

00:35:45.639 --> 00:35:46.179
 in his

00:35:46.179 --> 00:35:46.699
 family

00:35:46.699 --> 00:35:49.179
 if you

00:35:49.179 --> 00:35:49.579
 are not

00:35:49.579 --> 00:35:49.899
 in his

00:35:49.899 --> 00:35:50.119
 family

00:35:50.119 --> 00:35:50.419
 if you

00:35:50.419 --> 00:35:50.980
 have not

00:35:50.980 --> 00:35:51.579
 come

00:35:51.579 --> 00:35:53.699
 and embrace

00:35:53.699 --> 00:35:54.219
 Jesus

00:35:54.219 --> 00:35:55.159
 Christ as

00:35:55.159 --> 00:35:55.380
 your

00:35:55.380 --> 00:35:56.119
 Lord and

00:35:56.119 --> 00:35:56.719
 saviour

00:35:56.719 --> 00:35:57.860
 then know

00:35:57.860 --> 00:35:58.500
 this

00:35:58.500 --> 00:36:00.480
 even the

00:36:00.480 --> 00:36:01.159
 good things

00:36:01.159 --> 00:36:01.779
 in your

00:36:01.779 --> 00:36:02.480
 life

00:36:02.480 --> 00:36:03.340
 will

00:36:03.340 --> 00:36:03.940
 ultimately

00:36:03.940 --> 00:36:04.679
 not turn

00:36:04.679 --> 00:36:05.079
 out for

00:36:05.079 --> 00:36:05.319
 your

00:36:05.319 --> 00:36:05.679
 good

00:36:05.679 --> 00:36:10.860
 they will

00:36:10.860 --> 00:36:11.699
 most likely

00:36:11.699 --> 00:36:12.599
 harden you

00:36:12.599 --> 00:36:13.179
 to make

00:36:13.179 --> 00:36:14.099
 you proud

00:36:14.099 --> 00:36:16.000
 or to

00:36:16.000 --> 00:36:16.460
 make you

00:36:16.460 --> 00:36:17.119
 comfortable

00:36:17.119 --> 00:36:18.719
 or to

00:36:18.719 --> 00:36:19.299
 make you

00:36:19.299 --> 00:36:20.039
 blind

00:36:20.039 --> 00:36:21.420
 to your

00:36:21.420 --> 00:36:21.920
 need

00:36:21.920 --> 00:36:22.360
 and your

00:36:22.360 --> 00:36:23.139
 dependence

00:36:23.139 --> 00:36:24.039
 upon

00:36:24.039 --> 00:36:24.460
 Jesus

00:36:24.460 --> 00:36:24.940
 Christ

00:36:24.940 --> 00:36:25.300
 as your

00:36:25.300 --> 00:36:25.740
 saviour

00:36:25.740 --> 00:36:30.320
 the other

00:36:30.320 --> 00:36:31.019
 marvellous

00:36:31.019 --> 00:36:31.579
 thing about

00:36:31.579 --> 00:36:32.099
 God's

00:36:32.099 --> 00:36:32.500
 sovereign

00:36:32.500 --> 00:36:32.960
 election

00:36:32.960 --> 00:36:34.240
 is that

00:36:34.240 --> 00:36:34.599
 his

00:36:34.599 --> 00:36:35.320
 electing

00:36:35.320 --> 00:36:35.860
 love

00:36:35.860 --> 00:36:36.680
 is

00:36:36.680 --> 00:36:37.240
 ultimate

00:36:37.240 --> 00:36:37.760
 love

00:36:37.760 --> 00:36:39.920
 if God

00:36:39.920 --> 00:36:40.800
 loves us

00:36:40.800 --> 00:36:41.420
 before he

00:36:41.420 --> 00:36:41.800
 found

00:36:41.800 --> 00:36:42.320
 something

00:36:42.320 --> 00:36:42.720
 good

00:36:42.720 --> 00:36:43.500
 in us

00:36:43.500 --> 00:36:46.760
 sorry

00:36:46.760 --> 00:36:47.380
 if God

00:36:47.380 --> 00:36:47.920
 loved us

00:36:47.920 --> 00:36:48.659
 because he

00:36:48.659 --> 00:36:49.280
 found something

00:36:49.280 --> 00:36:49.880
 good in

00:36:49.880 --> 00:36:50.260
 us

00:36:50.260 --> 00:36:52.280
 we would

00:36:52.280 --> 00:36:53.180
 always be

00:36:53.180 --> 00:36:54.480
 worried about

00:36:54.480 --> 00:36:55.700
 losing his

00:36:55.700 --> 00:36:56.420
 love because

00:36:56.420 --> 00:36:57.040
 he finds

00:36:57.040 --> 00:36:57.860
 something bad

00:36:57.860 --> 00:36:58.420
 in us

00:36:58.420 --> 00:37:00.040
 there's

00:37:00.040 --> 00:37:00.880
 something more

00:37:00.880 --> 00:37:01.360
 that I'm

00:37:01.360 --> 00:37:01.740
 going to bet

00:37:01.740 --> 00:37:02.280
 deals off

00:37:02.280 --> 00:37:02.880
 guys didn't

00:37:02.880 --> 00:37:03.500
 realise you

00:37:03.500 --> 00:37:03.860
 were that

00:37:03.860 --> 00:37:04.340
 bad

00:37:04.340 --> 00:37:05.660
 it would

00:37:05.660 --> 00:37:06.500
 always be

00:37:06.500 --> 00:37:07.220
 a concern

00:37:07.219 --> 00:37:10.879
 and in

00:37:10.879 --> 00:37:11.379
 that case

00:37:11.379 --> 00:37:11.839
 his love

00:37:11.839 --> 00:37:12.279
 would never

00:37:12.279 --> 00:37:12.659
 be a

00:37:12.659 --> 00:37:12.919
 total

00:37:12.919 --> 00:37:13.439
 miracle

00:37:13.439 --> 00:37:15.899
 but God's

00:37:15.899 --> 00:37:16.519
 love does

00:37:16.519 --> 00:37:17.299
 not love us

00:37:17.299 --> 00:37:18.019
 because we

00:37:18.019 --> 00:37:18.699
 are useful

00:37:18.699 --> 00:37:19.319
 to him

00:37:19.319 --> 00:37:21.959
 he doesn't

00:37:21.959 --> 00:37:22.439
 love us

00:37:22.439 --> 00:37:22.879
 because we

00:37:22.879 --> 00:37:23.279
 are better

00:37:23.279 --> 00:37:23.779
 than someone

00:37:23.779 --> 00:37:24.339
 else

00:37:24.340 --> 00:37:29.240
 God in

00:37:29.240 --> 00:37:30.140
 Jesus Christ

00:37:30.140 --> 00:37:30.660
 simply

00:37:30.660 --> 00:37:31.380
 says

00:37:31.380 --> 00:37:33.240
 I love

00:37:33.240 --> 00:37:33.740
 you

00:37:33.740 --> 00:37:35.820
 simply

00:37:35.820 --> 00:37:37.500
 because

00:37:37.500 --> 00:37:39.440
 I

00:37:39.440 --> 00:37:40.059
 am

00:37:40.059 --> 00:37:40.900
 love

00:37:40.900 --> 00:37:43.800
 that's

00:37:43.800 --> 00:37:44.079
 it

00:37:44.079 --> 00:37:50.280
 and that

00:37:50.280 --> 00:37:50.720
 kind of

00:37:50.720 --> 00:37:51.140
 love is

00:37:51.140 --> 00:37:51.559
 perfect

00:37:51.559 --> 00:37:52.019
 love

00:37:52.019 --> 00:37:53.900
 perfect

00:37:53.900 --> 00:37:54.320
 love

00:37:54.320 --> 00:37:55.800
 that kind

00:37:55.800 --> 00:37:56.380
 of love

00:37:56.380 --> 00:37:56.840
 is the

00:37:56.840 --> 00:37:57.160
 fountain

00:37:57.160 --> 00:37:57.640
 of

00:37:57.640 --> 00:37:58.180
 endless

00:37:58.180 --> 00:37:58.980
 praise

00:37:58.980 --> 00:37:59.620
 and

00:37:59.620 --> 00:38:00.220
 gratitude

00:38:00.220 --> 00:38:00.760
 and

00:38:00.760 --> 00:38:01.420
 thanksgiving

00:38:01.420 --> 00:38:03.900
 and that

00:38:03.900 --> 00:38:04.340
 kind of

00:38:04.340 --> 00:38:04.760
 love

00:38:04.760 --> 00:38:05.559
 ultimately

00:38:05.559 --> 00:38:07.440
 means

00:38:07.440 --> 00:38:08.740
 that you

00:38:08.740 --> 00:38:09.340
 grow

00:38:09.340 --> 00:38:10.120
 more

00:38:10.120 --> 00:38:10.900
 and more

00:38:10.900 --> 00:38:11.559
 and more

00:38:11.559 --> 00:38:12.519
 in humility

00:38:12.519 --> 00:38:16.320
 the one

00:38:16.320 --> 00:38:17.420
 major

00:38:17.420 --> 00:38:18.120
 characteristic

00:38:18.120 --> 00:38:18.740
 of the

00:38:18.740 --> 00:38:19.160
 Christian

00:38:19.160 --> 00:38:21.320
 humility

00:38:21.320 --> 00:38:23.980
 because

00:38:23.980 --> 00:38:24.300
 God

00:38:24.300 --> 00:38:24.380
 has got

00:38:24.380 --> 00:38:24.679
 nothing

00:38:24.679 --> 00:38:25.059
 to do

00:38:25.059 --> 00:38:25.260
 with

00:38:25.260 --> 00:38:25.559
 me

00:38:25.559 --> 00:38:30.579
 you

00:38:30.579 --> 00:38:30.719
 see

00:38:30.719 --> 00:38:30.860
 the

00:38:30.860 --> 00:38:31.059
 God

00:38:31.059 --> 00:38:31.300
 of the

00:38:31.300 --> 00:38:31.599
 Bible

00:38:31.599 --> 00:38:32.099
 is so

00:38:32.099 --> 00:38:32.619
 majestic

00:38:32.619 --> 00:38:34.059
 he is

00:38:34.059 --> 00:38:34.460
 so

00:38:34.460 --> 00:38:35.300
 free

00:38:35.300 --> 00:38:36.539
 he is

00:38:36.539 --> 00:38:36.980
 so

00:38:36.980 --> 00:38:37.760
 absolutely

00:38:37.760 --> 00:38:38.380
 sovereign

00:38:38.380 --> 00:38:39.300
 that

00:38:39.300 --> 00:38:39.780
 any

00:38:39.780 --> 00:38:40.500
 analysis

00:38:40.500 --> 00:38:40.960
 that we

00:38:40.960 --> 00:38:41.320
 want to

00:38:41.320 --> 00:38:41.559
 do

00:38:41.559 --> 00:38:41.880
 of his

00:38:41.880 --> 00:38:42.280
 purposes

00:38:42.280 --> 00:38:42.920
 and plan

00:38:42.920 --> 00:38:43.539
 must

00:38:43.539 --> 00:38:44.119
 ultimately

00:38:44.119 --> 00:38:44.579
 end

00:38:44.579 --> 00:38:44.860
 in

00:38:44.860 --> 00:38:45.240
 worship

00:38:45.239 --> 00:38:46.239
 worship

00:38:46.239 --> 00:38:47.019
 it

00:38:47.019 --> 00:38:47.519
 must

00:38:47.519 --> 00:38:47.859
 end

00:38:47.859 --> 00:38:48.039
 in

00:38:48.039 --> 00:38:48.399
 worship

00:38:48.399 --> 00:38:48.659
 it

00:38:48.659 --> 00:38:48.979
 must

00:38:48.979 --> 00:38:49.799
 merge

00:38:49.799 --> 00:38:50.339
 into

00:38:50.339 --> 00:38:51.019
 worship

00:38:51.019 --> 00:38:52.139
 the

00:38:52.139 --> 00:38:52.579
 God

00:38:52.579 --> 00:38:52.939
 of

00:38:52.939 --> 00:38:53.399
 Romans

00:38:53.399 --> 00:38:53.979
 9

00:38:53.979 --> 00:38:54.619
 will

00:38:54.619 --> 00:38:54.899
 not

00:38:54.899 --> 00:38:55.439
 simply

00:38:55.439 --> 00:38:55.959
 be

00:38:55.959 --> 00:38:57.199
 analysed

00:38:57.199 --> 00:38:57.500
 he

00:38:57.500 --> 00:38:57.859
 must

00:38:57.859 --> 00:38:58.039
 be

00:38:58.039 --> 00:38:58.559
 adored

00:38:58.559 --> 00:39:00.839
 he's

00:39:00.839 --> 00:39:01.039
 not

00:39:01.039 --> 00:39:01.519
 simply

00:39:01.519 --> 00:39:01.859
 to be

00:39:01.859 --> 00:39:02.579
 pondered

00:39:02.579 --> 00:39:03.459
 and read

00:39:03.459 --> 00:39:03.939
 about

00:39:03.939 --> 00:39:04.619
 he is

00:39:04.619 --> 00:39:04.919
 to be

00:39:04.919 --> 00:39:05.479
 proclaimed

00:39:05.480 --> 00:39:08.119
 his

00:39:08.119 --> 00:39:08.619
 sovereignty

00:39:08.619 --> 00:39:09.280
 is not

00:39:09.280 --> 00:39:09.719
 simply

00:39:09.719 --> 00:39:10.119
 to be

00:39:10.119 --> 00:39:11.199
 scrutinised

00:39:11.199 --> 00:39:12.940
 it is

00:39:12.940 --> 00:39:13.260
 to be

00:39:13.260 --> 00:39:14.480
 heralded

00:39:14.480 --> 00:39:18.880
 this

00:39:18.880 --> 00:39:19.360
 Romans

00:39:19.360 --> 00:39:19.860
 9

00:39:19.860 --> 00:39:20.300
 is not

00:39:20.300 --> 00:39:21.019
 details

00:39:21.019 --> 00:39:21.599
 for

00:39:21.599 --> 00:39:22.280
 controversy

00:39:22.280 --> 00:39:24.519
 it is

00:39:24.519 --> 00:39:24.699
 the

00:39:24.699 --> 00:39:25.300
 gospel

00:39:25.300 --> 00:39:25.599
 for

00:39:25.599 --> 00:39:26.159
 sinners

00:39:26.159 --> 00:39:27.460
 who

00:39:27.460 --> 00:39:27.940
 know

00:39:27.940 --> 00:39:28.159
 that

00:39:28.159 --> 00:39:28.340
 their

00:39:28.340 --> 00:39:28.920
 only

00:39:28.920 --> 00:39:29.260
 hope

00:39:29.260 --> 00:39:29.380
 in

00:39:29.380 --> 00:39:29.559
 this

00:39:29.559 --> 00:39:30.000
 world

00:39:30.000 --> 00:39:31.980
 is

00:39:31.980 --> 00:39:32.179
 the

00:39:32.179 --> 00:39:32.679
 sovereign

00:39:32.679 --> 00:39:33.400
 triumph

00:39:33.400 --> 00:39:33.619
 of

00:39:33.619 --> 00:39:34.000
 God's

00:39:34.000 --> 00:39:34.539
 grace

00:39:34.539 --> 00:39:35.320
 over

00:39:35.320 --> 00:39:35.539
 the

00:39:35.539 --> 00:39:36.240
 rebellious

00:39:36.240 --> 00:39:36.740
 will

00:39:36.740 --> 00:39:37.000
 of

00:39:37.000 --> 00:39:37.300
 human

00:39:37.300 --> 00:39:37.940
 beings

00:39:37.940 --> 00:39:38.740
 God

00:39:38.740 --> 00:39:38.900
 in

00:39:38.900 --> 00:39:39.100
 his

00:39:39.100 --> 00:39:39.539
 mercy

00:39:39.539 --> 00:39:39.840
 in

00:39:39.840 --> 00:39:40.200
 Jesus

00:39:40.200 --> 00:39:40.780
 Christ

00:39:40.780 --> 00:39:41.300
 has

00:39:41.300 --> 00:39:41.820
 tackled

00:39:41.820 --> 00:39:41.980
 us

00:39:41.980 --> 00:39:42.100
 to

00:39:42.100 --> 00:39:42.220
 the

00:39:42.220 --> 00:39:42.700
 ground

00:39:42.700 --> 00:39:45.900
 shown

00:39:45.900 --> 00:39:46.100
 us

00:39:46.100 --> 00:39:46.260
 his

00:39:46.260 --> 00:39:46.820
 glory

00:39:46.820 --> 00:39:47.039
 a

00:39:47.039 --> 00:39:47.160
 better

00:39:47.160 --> 00:39:47.740
 way

00:39:47.740 --> 00:39:50.920
 how

00:39:50.920 --> 00:39:51.740
 dare

00:39:51.740 --> 00:39:53.160
 we

00:39:53.160 --> 00:39:53.380
 look

00:39:53.380 --> 00:39:53.600
 down

00:39:53.600 --> 00:39:53.760
 on

00:39:53.760 --> 00:39:54.039
 anyone

00:39:54.039 --> 00:39:54.640
 else

00:39:54.640 --> 00:40:02.980
 Romans

00:40:02.980 --> 00:40:03.440
 9

00:40:03.440 --> 00:40:03.820
 comes

00:40:03.820 --> 00:40:04.100
 after

00:40:04.100 --> 00:40:04.519
 Romans

00:40:04.519 --> 00:40:04.940
 8

00:40:04.940 --> 00:40:05.440
 8

00:40:05.440 --> 00:40:10.360
 for this

00:40:10.360 --> 00:40:11.260
 is

00:40:11.260 --> 00:40:12.360
 not

00:40:12.360 --> 00:40:12.980
 failed

00:40:12.980 --> 00:40:14.860
 because

00:40:14.860 --> 00:40:15.340
 it is

00:40:15.340 --> 00:40:15.740
 grounded

00:40:15.740 --> 00:40:16.139
 in

00:40:16.139 --> 00:40:17.000
 God's

00:40:17.000 --> 00:40:17.639
 sovereign

00:40:17.639 --> 00:40:18.619
 electing

00:40:18.619 --> 00:40:19.099
 mercy

00:40:19.099 --> 00:40:20.059
 God's

00:40:20.059 --> 00:40:20.519
 pure

00:40:20.519 --> 00:40:21.119
 love

00:40:21.119 --> 00:40:21.360
 and

00:40:21.360 --> 00:40:21.679
 therefore

00:40:21.679 --> 00:40:21.960
 the

00:40:21.960 --> 00:40:22.440
 promises

00:40:22.440 --> 00:40:23.659
 to

00:40:23.659 --> 00:40:23.860
 the

00:40:23.860 --> 00:40:24.400
 true

00:40:24.400 --> 00:40:25.320
 Israel

00:40:25.320 --> 00:40:26.820
 and

00:40:26.820 --> 00:40:27.039
 the

00:40:27.039 --> 00:40:27.599
 promises

00:40:27.599 --> 00:40:28.840
 of

00:40:28.840 --> 00:40:29.280
 Romans

00:40:29.280 --> 00:40:29.980
 8

00:40:29.980 --> 00:40:31.599
 stand

00:40:31.599 --> 00:40:35.400
 that's

00:40:35.400 --> 00:40:35.480
 the

00:40:35.480 --> 00:40:35.679
 good

00:40:35.679 --> 00:40:36.119
 news

00:40:36.119 --> 00:40:36.440
 of

00:40:36.440 --> 00:40:36.840
 Romans

00:40:36.840 --> 00:40:37.480
 9

00:40:37.480 --> 00:40:38.260
 the

00:40:38.260 --> 00:40:38.900
 promises

00:40:38.900 --> 00:40:40.199
 purchased

00:40:40.199 --> 00:40:41.599
 by the

00:40:41.599 --> 00:40:42.179
 blood

00:40:42.179 --> 00:40:42.539
 of

00:40:42.539 --> 00:40:42.900
 Jesus

00:40:42.900 --> 00:40:43.740
 Christ

00:40:43.740 --> 00:40:45.460
 will

00:40:45.460 --> 00:40:45.780
 be

00:40:45.780 --> 00:40:46.639
 mercifully

00:40:46.639 --> 00:40:47.360
 fulfilled

00:40:47.360 --> 00:40:48.500
 by the

00:40:48.500 --> 00:40:48.860
 sovereign

00:40:48.860 --> 00:40:49.460
 power

00:40:49.460 --> 00:40:50.760
 of a

00:40:50.760 --> 00:40:51.700
 merciful

00:40:51.700 --> 00:40:52.160
 loving

00:40:52.160 --> 00:40:52.599
 God

00:40:52.599 --> 00:40:55.680
 gracious

00:40:55.680 --> 00:40:56.160
 God

00:40:56.160 --> 00:40:57.940
 you

00:40:57.940 --> 00:40:58.760
 are

00:40:58.760 --> 00:40:59.260
 worthy

00:40:59.260 --> 00:40:59.840
 of our

00:40:59.840 --> 00:41:00.539
 worship

00:41:00.539 --> 00:41:01.559
 of our

00:41:01.559 --> 00:41:02.059
 honour

00:41:02.059 --> 00:41:02.980
 of our

00:41:02.980 --> 00:41:03.860
 allegiance

00:41:03.860 --> 00:41:05.120
 of our

00:41:05.120 --> 00:41:05.940
 love

00:41:05.940 --> 00:41:08.900
 Father

00:41:08.900 --> 00:41:10.599
 please

00:41:10.599 --> 00:41:11.500
 forgive us

00:41:11.500 --> 00:41:12.940
 that we

00:41:12.940 --> 00:41:13.380
 live

00:41:13.380 --> 00:41:13.960
 day by

00:41:13.960 --> 00:41:14.440
 day

00:41:14.440 --> 00:41:15.179
 and

00:41:15.179 --> 00:41:16.320
 we

00:41:16.320 --> 00:41:16.679
 make

00:41:16.679 --> 00:41:17.139
 much

00:41:17.139 --> 00:41:17.280
 of

00:41:17.280 --> 00:41:17.460
 our

00:41:17.460 --> 00:41:18.000
 self

00:41:18.000 --> 00:41:18.400
 instead

00:41:18.400 --> 00:41:18.599
 of

00:41:18.599 --> 00:41:18.880
 making

00:41:18.880 --> 00:41:19.220
 much

00:41:19.220 --> 00:41:19.380
 of

00:41:19.380 --> 00:41:19.659
 you

00:41:19.659 --> 00:41:21.480
 please

00:41:21.480 --> 00:41:21.900
 forgive

00:41:21.900 --> 00:41:22.220
 us

00:41:22.220 --> 00:41:22.579
 where we

00:41:22.579 --> 00:41:23.220
 look

00:41:23.220 --> 00:41:23.659
 down

00:41:23.659 --> 00:41:23.880
 on

00:41:23.880 --> 00:41:24.079
 other

00:41:24.079 --> 00:41:24.519
 people

00:41:24.519 --> 00:41:24.980
 where we

00:41:24.980 --> 00:41:25.159
 are

00:41:25.159 --> 00:41:25.599
 angry

00:41:25.599 --> 00:41:25.840
 with

00:41:25.840 --> 00:41:26.200
 others

00:41:26.200 --> 00:41:26.820
 where we

00:41:26.820 --> 00:41:27.139
 self

00:41:27.139 --> 00:41:27.780
 righteously

00:41:27.780 --> 00:41:28.300
 elevate

00:41:28.300 --> 00:41:28.840
 ourselves

00:41:28.840 --> 00:41:29.240
 over

00:41:29.240 --> 00:41:29.740
 others

00:41:29.740 --> 00:41:31.059
 give us

00:41:31.059 --> 00:41:31.619
 more of

00:41:31.619 --> 00:41:31.800
 your

00:41:31.800 --> 00:41:32.320
 gospel

00:41:32.320 --> 00:41:32.760
 of grace

00:41:32.760 --> 00:41:33.280
 we pray

00:41:33.280 --> 00:41:35.800
 thank you

00:41:35.800 --> 00:41:36.160
 Jesus

00:41:36.160 --> 00:41:37.720
 for your

00:41:37.720 --> 00:41:38.440
 sovereign

00:41:38.440 --> 00:41:39.000
 grace

00:41:39.000 --> 00:41:40.620
 you have

00:41:40.620 --> 00:41:41.120
 loved

00:41:41.120 --> 00:41:41.640
 me

00:41:41.640 --> 00:41:44.000
 the

00:41:44.000 --> 00:41:44.560
 unlovable

00:41:44.560 --> 00:41:47.440
 Holy

00:41:47.440 --> 00:41:47.980
 Spirit

00:41:47.980 --> 00:41:49.400
 help us

00:41:49.400 --> 00:41:50.300
 because

00:41:50.300 --> 00:41:51.260
 our hearts

00:41:51.260 --> 00:41:51.600
 and our

00:41:51.600 --> 00:41:51.980
 minds

00:41:51.980 --> 00:41:52.480
 are so

00:41:52.480 --> 00:41:53.000
 small

00:41:53.000 --> 00:41:55.160
 we

00:41:55.160 --> 00:41:55.560
 cannot

00:41:55.560 --> 00:41:56.280
 grasp

00:41:56.280 --> 00:41:56.680
 or

00:41:56.680 --> 00:41:57.940
 appreciate

00:41:57.940 --> 00:41:58.480
 the

00:41:58.480 --> 00:41:59.640
 majesty

00:41:59.640 --> 00:42:01.340
 your

00:42:01.340 --> 00:42:01.940
 majesty

00:42:01.940 --> 00:42:04.000
 without

00:42:04.000 --> 00:42:04.420
 you

00:42:04.420 --> 00:42:04.940
 capturing

00:42:04.940 --> 00:42:05.179
 our

00:42:05.179 --> 00:42:05.500
 hearts

00:42:05.500 --> 00:42:05.820
 and our

00:42:05.820 --> 00:42:06.300
 minds

00:42:06.300 --> 00:42:09.500
 and so

00:42:09.500 --> 00:42:10.360
 as we

00:42:10.360 --> 00:42:11.579
 read

00:42:11.579 --> 00:42:11.840
 your

00:42:11.840 --> 00:42:12.260
 word

00:42:12.260 --> 00:42:12.639
 as we

00:42:12.639 --> 00:42:13.079
 study

00:42:13.079 --> 00:42:13.360
 your

00:42:13.360 --> 00:42:13.880
 word

00:42:13.880 --> 00:42:15.300
 oh

00:42:15.300 --> 00:42:19.099
 put us

00:42:19.099 --> 00:42:19.679
 we pray

00:42:19.679 --> 00:42:20.099
 in our

00:42:20.099 --> 00:42:20.420
 proper

00:42:20.420 --> 00:42:21.039
 place

00:42:21.039 --> 00:42:23.519
 at the

00:42:23.519 --> 00:42:23.820
 foot of

00:42:23.820 --> 00:42:23.960
 the

00:42:23.960 --> 00:42:24.380
 cross

00:42:24.380 --> 00:42:26.039
 our

00:42:26.039 --> 00:42:26.539
 hands

00:42:26.539 --> 00:42:27.380
 over

00:42:27.380 --> 00:42:27.639
 our

00:42:27.639 --> 00:42:28.159
 mouths

00:42:28.159 --> 00:42:30.960
 and our

00:42:30.960 --> 00:42:31.339
 hearts

00:42:31.339 --> 00:42:31.659
 just

00:42:31.659 --> 00:42:32.339
 cry

00:42:32.339 --> 00:42:33.139
 thank you

00:42:33.139 --> 00:42:34.579
 thank you

00:42:34.579 --> 00:42:35.940
 thank you

00:42:35.940 --> 00:42:38.679
 grow us

00:42:38.679 --> 00:42:39.339
 we pray

00:42:39.339 --> 00:42:40.980
 in humility

00:42:40.980 --> 00:42:42.599
 as we

00:42:42.599 --> 00:42:43.000
 adore

00:42:43.000 --> 00:42:43.599
 Christ

00:42:43.599 --> 00:42:44.440
 together

00:42:44.440 --> 00:42:45.659
 amen