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 When our diocesan bishop, Bishop Dan Gifford, was consecrated as bishop about two years ago now,

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 don't hold me to that, two years, one and a half years, two and a half years, around two years

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 ago, he made vows. And among those vows, the archbishop who was consecrating our bishop

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 asked a number of questions. But this question he asked Bishop Dan,

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 be you ready with all faithful diligence to banish and drive away all erroneous and strange doctrine

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 contrary to God's word, and both privately and openly to call upon and encourage others to do

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 the same. And Bishop Dan answered, I am ready, the Lord being my helper. And how would Bishop Dan do

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 that? The answer is found actually in a question that was asked to him two questions before. And

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 the question the archbishop asked Bishop Dan was this, are you persuaded that the holy scriptures

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 contain sufficiently all doctrine required of necessity for eternal salvation through faith

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 in Jesus Christ? And are you determined out of the same holy scriptures to instruct the people

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 committed to your charge and to teach or maintain nothing as required of necessity to eternal salvation,

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 but that which you shall be persuaded may be concluded and proved by the same?

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 Bishop Dan answers, I am so persuaded and determined by God's grace.

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 We continue in Jude, the second week. And if you remember two weeks ago, we looked at verses one to four,

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 where Jude, he wrote a letter to a church imploring the church to contend for the faith because

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 of false teachers that had crept into the church with all sorts of erroneous and strange doctrine.

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 False teachers. And how this contending of the faith was for a faith that was once for all delivered to the saints.

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 And how would we contend for the faith as Jude asked us to? It was to stick to God's word.

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 God's unchanging Bible that begins in Genesis, and I mean the entirety of the New Testament wouldn't be written by this time,

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 but it had in view the entirety of the Bible from Genesis to Revelation,

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 to cling to the truth that is given within these pages.

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 The church, Jude said, is always going to need to contend for the gospel

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 because the church will always find itself full of false teachers.

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 We saw that in verse four of Jude, where Jude said,

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 for long ago, or sorry, back to the beginning of verse four,

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 for certain people have crept in unnoticed who long ago were designated for this condemnation.

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 That is to say, there's always been a mixed bag in the church amongst God's people,

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 and they need to be opposed.

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 Jude tells us that

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 that we need to contend for the faith.

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 And how do we contend for the faith?

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 How do we push back against the faith?

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 Well, we look back to the Scriptures,

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 and he tells us to remember,

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 and he reminds us of

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 three specific examples in our text today,

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 but there will be nine total that he reminds the listeners of in this short letter.

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 Instances in the Old Testament where false teachers,

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 erroneous and strange doctrine, have made their way into the church.

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 We're going to be looking at verses five to seven,

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 and I'll confess to you that

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 verses five and six seem to be pretty straightforward.

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 I mean, verse seven seems to be very straightforward as well,

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 but verse seven, it'll touch on something that is a highly sensitive issue

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 within our culture here in Canada, in Ottawa, amongst us,

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 friends, family,

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 and it is the topic of same-sex relations.

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 So, as we go through this,

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 pray that the Lord would guide me,

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 but also give yourselves ears to hear what the Lord would have to speak to you

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 on this about this morning.

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 But the three examples, going back to these three examples

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 that Jude wants to draw our attention to,

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 examples of false teachers within the church,

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 verse five, he gives the example of the Israelites

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 that died in the wilderness after the Exodus because of unbelief.

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 The second is the example of the fallen angels of Genesis six,

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 but also in Isaiah and Ezekiel,

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 who rejected God's authority.

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 And then finally, the people of Sodom and Gomorrah

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 and the three other cities, the people of the plain

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 from the early chapters of Genesis

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 who deny God's good design for creation.

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 So, Jude here is saying,

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 listen, there's false teachers in your midst

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 and this is nothing new.

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 Remember how God has dealt with this in the past,

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 how these false teachers of the past

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 or these false teachers of the present

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 are bringing nothing new

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 because we've seen it all in the past.

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 Unbelief, rejection of God's authority

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 and a denial of God's good design for creation.

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 And like I mentioned,

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 these warnings tell us that God

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 is a God of judgment

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 and that this doesn't, in a sense,

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 vibe well with our live and let live culture,

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 this YOLO, you do you,

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 even going back a few decades,

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 you know,

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 you know,

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 stay out of the business of the bedroom.

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 They are very controversial things to talk about,

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 God's judgment.

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 But what they do do

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 is communicate to us

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 the goodness of God's will

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 for our people,

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 for the entire world

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 and how God is the source of all life and light

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 and how he is completely against evil.

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 And he is completely for us.

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 And friends, this is good news.

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 So, remember that the point of Jude's letter

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 is for us to contend for the faith,

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 but to also to be so,

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 in a sense,

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 taken by the goodness

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 and love and grace of Jesus

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 that we would have no other desire

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 but to contend for the faith

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 because it is such a beautiful

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 and precious thing.

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 So let's jump right into it,

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 verse 5,

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 and we'll see how this example

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 from where the Israelites

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 died in the wilderness

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 helps us to understand

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 a bit of the nature

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 of these false teachers.

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 Look at verse 5 with me.

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 Now I want to remind you,

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 although you once fully knew it,

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 that Jesus who saved the people

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 out of the land of Egypt

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 afterward destroyed

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 those who did not believe.

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 So the first of these warnings

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 is about the Israelites,

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 God's chosen people,

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 those Israelites who God rescued

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 from Egyptian slavery,

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 an Egyptian slavery that was

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 centuries long,

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 that was incredibly oppressive.

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 The Exodus,

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 as it is called,

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 is really the prototype

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 of salvation.

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 It's all throughout the Bible,

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 and it is a picture of God

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 unilaterally taking a people

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 out of slavery,

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 defeating their enemies,

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 making them into a nation

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 called after God's own name,

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 and settled in a land

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 flowing with milk and honey,

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 a land of bounty,

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 of eternal joy.

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 He sends his messenger Moses,

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 and with a strong hand

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 and an outstretched arm,

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 he destroys Egypt.

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 It's a wonderful story,

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 an incredible story,

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 of God saving his people.

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 But,

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 and this is a very big but,

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 not all the people of Israel

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 who were brought out of Egypt

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 saw the fullness of God's salvation.

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 Look at the second part of verse 5.

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 It says this,

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 afterward,

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 the people of Israel

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 were destroyed by Jesus

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 because they did not believe.

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 These people

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 who were brought out of Egypt,

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 who saw miracles upon miracles,

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 saved by God

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 in no uncertain terms,

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 would spend time in the desert,

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 and their faith began to wane.

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 They were impatient with Moses at Sinai.

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 They rejected God's good law

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 because they were tired of,

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 oh, sorry,

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 they rejected God's good law

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 for they did not want to submit,

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 so instead they create

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 a golden calf to worship.

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 They grumbled against God

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 because they were tired

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 of heavenly food

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 in the desert.

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 And then finally,

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 they feared the inhabitants

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 of the promised land

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 even though God promised

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 to give them victory.

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 Interestingly,

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 in morning prayer,

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 we pray Psalm 95 often.

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 Actually,

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 every time we pray morning prayer,

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 and it's this prayer

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 that helps us

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 to not be stiff-necked

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 like the Israelites

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 who tested God

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 and didn't believe in God

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 and put God to the test

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 when God is not to be tested.

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 God calls this generation stiff-necked.

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 He calls them hard-hearted.

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 He calls them those

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 that have gone astray,

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 people marked with unbelief.

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 The entire generation

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 was left to die in the desert.

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 This multitude of people

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 rescued out of Egypt

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 and only a remnant

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 gets to go into the promised land.

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 Not even Moses himself,

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 God's messenger,

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 enjoyed the land of milk and honey.

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 Unbelief described here,

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 it has to be said,

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 is different than struggling

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 with a doctrine

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 or having a season of doubt.

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 The unbelief that we see

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 in the story of the Israelites

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 is rooted in a refusal

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 to make God Lord and Master.

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 It is a refusal

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 to believe in and act upon

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 the promises of God

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 given for the benefit

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 and flourishing of his people.

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 It's to say, in a sense,

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 to hell with you God.

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 God, we have the corner

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 on what is good

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 and true and beautiful.

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 Our vision of the good life

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 is better.

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 A golden calf is better

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 than a God who gives a law.

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 It is a rejection of God,

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 ultimately calling God a liar.

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 Now, if you know the story,

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 you'll remember

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 that this doesn't just happen

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 in one instance,

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 but it's a slow progression

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 of unbelief,

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 of rejection of God,

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 of calling him a liar.

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 In the same way

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 that we see

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 that the false teachers

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 have slowly crept

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 into the church,

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 verse 3,

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 it says,

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 unnoticed.

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 Friends,

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 this is a stark,

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 stark warning

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 for the church.

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 It's a stark warning

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 because

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 unbelief

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 is hard to spot.

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 We want to say,

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 and this is very true.

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 This is a rock-solid faith

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 that can handle

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 your toughest questions

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 and struggles.

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 Ask hard questions.

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 It's a very good thing.

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 But unbelief

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 can creep in

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 to the church

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 in ways that seem,

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 in a sense,

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 very authentic.

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 I am just,

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 I struggle with this aspect

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 of this doctrine of God.

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 I don't like it.

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 But there's no real wrestling.

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 There's no real desire

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 to submit

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 a knee,

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 bend a knee

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 to submit to God

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 and this unbelief grows

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 and it grows

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 and it grows

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 and it grows

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 until

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 it is

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 a glaring,

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 glaring issue.

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 And you ask,

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 how did this happen?

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 But it's also

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 a stark warning

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 to the church

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 because for us,

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 it tells us

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 that it's not enough

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 to play the part

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 of the Christian.

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 It is not enough

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 to pretend

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 but we need to be people

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 that believe in

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 and act upon

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 the promises of God.

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 The call is for God's people

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 always

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 to act

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 in an authentic way

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 towards Him.

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 To be real

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 about our faith.

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 To try

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 to confess

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 that we struggle

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 and we

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 fail

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 a hundred times.

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 Lord,

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 please give me

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 forgiveness.

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 Give me the grace.

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 to try

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 the one hundred

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 and one

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 a hundred

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 and one

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 a hundred

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 and first

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 a hundred

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 and tenth

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 time.

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 I messed that up.

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 But you see the point

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 that we need

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 to be authentic

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 with God.

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 Notice that I didn't

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 say perfect.

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 Notice that perfection

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 is not anywhere

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 at all

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 within this

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 call to

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 authenticity

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 in faith.

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 faith.

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 No,

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 but authenticity

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 is what

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 he desires.

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 To be

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 who we are

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 called to be

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 by God's strength.

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 To look to Him

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 when we fail.

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 To continue to try.

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 To continue to bend

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 a knee

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 to Christ.

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 In a sense,

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 this faith

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 is the anti-virtue

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 signaling faith.

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 It is not

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 the faith

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 that

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 it is

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 the type

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 of faith

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 that pretends

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 to be

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 virtuous

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 and

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 to

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 put on

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 a face

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 and to be

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 well put together

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 but an empty

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 vacuous faith

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 is a faith

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 that God

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 rejects

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 completely.

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 It is a

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 stark warning

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 that we

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 will not be

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 a people

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 of unbelief.

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 We have to

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 remember that

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 the faith

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 that embraces

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 God's grace

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 and salvation

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 is the same

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 faith that

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 seeks to

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 obey Christ

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 in this

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 Christian life.

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 They are

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 inseparable.

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 And that

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 does not

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 mean that

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 somehow

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 we need to

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 do good works

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 to be saved.

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 No,

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 if we are

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 saved,

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 it stands

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 in a sense

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 that we will

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 then seek

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 to obey.

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 The sign

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 of true

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 faith is

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 an obedient

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 one.

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 The letter

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 of James

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 in a sense

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 touches on

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 that a

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 number of

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 times.

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 Where there

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 is saving

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 faith,

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 there is

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 obedient

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 faith.

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 So Jude

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 is warning

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 the church

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 that God's

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 covenant

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 community,

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 just like

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 the Israelites

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 who are God's

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 very precious

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 people,

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 their fate

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 would be the

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 same if

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 unbelief takes

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 root in their

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 church,

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 in their

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 lives.

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 And the

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 people of

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 Israel were

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 destroyed in

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 the desert.

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 It is a

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 very sobering

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 call and

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 it speaks to

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 the reality

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 that apostasy

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 is real

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 within the

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 church,

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 amongst

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 God's

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 people.

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 Jude is

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 calling us

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 to work out

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 our salvation

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 with fear and

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 trembling and

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 holding up in a

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 sense a mirror

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 to us that we

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 may see the

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 ways in which

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 unbelief are

00:16:53.000 --> 00:16:53.559
 destroying,

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 is destroying

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 our faith.

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 Not to

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 shame us

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 so that we

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 can wallow

00:16:59.840 --> 00:17:00.519
 in our,

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 in a sense,

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 shame and

00:17:02.860 --> 00:17:03.600
 despondency,

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 but rather that

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 we would turn

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 from our

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 wickedness and

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 live to cast

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 our entire

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 life upon the

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 mercy of

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 Christ,

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 that we may

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 repent and

00:17:15.019 --> 00:17:15.859
 believe afresh

00:17:15.859 --> 00:17:17.019
 in God's most

00:17:17.019 --> 00:17:17.799
 holy gospel,

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 that good news

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 that God's

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 salvation is the

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 only salvation,

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 and that his

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 promises are the

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 only true

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 promises,

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 and that his

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 blessing is the

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 only true

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 blessing that our

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 hearts ache for.

00:17:37.299 --> 00:17:38.299
 Jude is warning

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 the church because

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 the church is

00:17:40.740 --> 00:17:41.720
 always a mixed

00:17:41.720 --> 00:17:42.119
 bag.

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 It is always

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 tares and

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 wheat together.

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 It is always

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 sheep and

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 goats together.

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 other.

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 It is always

00:17:50.760 --> 00:17:51.960
 people, in a

00:17:51.960 --> 00:17:52.940
 sense, that

00:17:52.940 --> 00:17:55.020
 will worship

00:17:55.020 --> 00:17:55.800
 on a Sunday,

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 but some will

00:17:56.680 --> 00:17:58.760
 see glory and

00:17:58.760 --> 00:17:59.140
 others'

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 damnation.

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 It is very

00:18:02.140 --> 00:18:02.800
 sobering.

00:18:03.660 --> 00:18:04.420
 By the way,

00:18:05.160 --> 00:18:06.080
 only God

00:18:06.080 --> 00:18:07.180
 knows who

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 are truly

00:18:07.800 --> 00:18:08.280
 his.

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 And that's

00:18:09.220 --> 00:18:09.600
 not to say

00:18:09.600 --> 00:18:10.140
 that we can't

00:18:10.140 --> 00:18:11.020
 have assurance

00:18:11.020 --> 00:18:11.640
 of salvation.

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 I think

00:18:11.920 --> 00:18:12.520
 assurance of

00:18:12.520 --> 00:18:13.200
 salvation is a

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 very important,

00:18:15.180 --> 00:18:15.760
 critical,

00:18:16.220 --> 00:18:17.880
 real promise

00:18:17.880 --> 00:18:18.460
 that we can

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 embrace.

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 And I think

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 if that bothers

00:18:20.860 --> 00:18:22.060
 you as a

00:18:22.060 --> 00:18:22.380
 Christian,

00:18:22.520 --> 00:18:23.160
 that am I

00:18:23.160 --> 00:18:24.080
 truly saved,

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 and it is

00:18:25.760 --> 00:18:26.440
 annoying at

00:18:26.440 --> 00:18:26.800
 your heart,

00:18:26.920 --> 00:18:27.840
 that might be

00:18:27.840 --> 00:18:29.200
 because the

00:18:29.200 --> 00:18:29.960
 Lord is actually

00:18:29.960 --> 00:18:30.740
 in your heart,

00:18:31.180 --> 00:18:31.700
 at work,

00:18:31.820 --> 00:18:32.140
 in you,

00:18:32.920 --> 00:18:33.660
 drawing you

00:18:33.660 --> 00:18:34.560
 continually to

00:18:34.560 --> 00:18:34.960
 himself.

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 But it is a

00:18:37.900 --> 00:18:38.540
 problem when

00:18:38.540 --> 00:18:38.920
 there's an

00:18:38.920 --> 00:18:40.460
 apathy that

00:18:40.460 --> 00:18:41.000
 lives deep

00:18:41.000 --> 00:18:41.520
 within you.

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 You know,

00:18:48.240 --> 00:18:50.319
 it is a

00:18:50.319 --> 00:18:50.859
 lot easier

00:18:50.859 --> 00:18:51.619
 to preach

00:18:51.619 --> 00:18:52.660
 a sermon

00:18:52.660 --> 00:18:53.639
 that is like

00:18:53.639 --> 00:18:54.180
 a feel-good

00:18:54.180 --> 00:18:54.559
 sermon,

00:18:54.700 --> 00:18:55.379
 or like God

00:18:55.379 --> 00:18:55.759
 is going to

00:18:55.759 --> 00:18:56.400
 heal you,

00:18:56.539 --> 00:18:57.359
 or God

00:18:57.359 --> 00:18:58.319
 is going to

00:18:58.319 --> 00:18:58.920
 help you,

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 in a sense,

00:18:59.539 --> 00:19:00.700
 with an

00:19:00.700 --> 00:19:01.119
 emotional

00:19:01.119 --> 00:19:01.639
 breakthrough,

00:19:01.740 --> 00:19:02.359
 or he can,

00:19:02.819 --> 00:19:03.319
 in a sense,

00:19:04.000 --> 00:19:04.839
 be a comfort

00:19:04.839 --> 00:19:06.039
 to you in a

00:19:06.039 --> 00:19:06.740
 weak time.

00:19:07.240 --> 00:19:09.059
 You can nail

00:19:09.059 --> 00:19:09.740
 a sermon that

00:19:09.740 --> 00:19:10.379
 preaches real

00:19:10.379 --> 00:19:10.660
 well.

00:19:10.660 --> 00:19:12.860
 Talking about

00:19:12.860 --> 00:19:13.600
 judgment is

00:19:13.600 --> 00:19:13.920
 harder,

00:19:14.180 --> 00:19:14.519
 but let me

00:19:14.519 --> 00:19:14.900
 just say

00:19:14.900 --> 00:19:15.279
 this,

00:19:16.200 --> 00:19:16.680
 there is

00:19:16.680 --> 00:19:18.640
 fantastic joy

00:19:18.640 --> 00:19:20.000
 in godly

00:19:20.000 --> 00:19:20.360
 sorrow.

00:19:23.720 --> 00:19:24.620
 Godly sorrow

00:19:24.620 --> 00:19:25.420
 is a gift

00:19:25.420 --> 00:19:26.180
 from God

00:19:26.180 --> 00:19:26.940
 that will

00:19:26.940 --> 00:19:27.660
 lead you

00:19:27.660 --> 00:19:28.600
 to green

00:19:28.600 --> 00:19:29.380
 pastures,

00:19:30.580 --> 00:19:30.900
 into

00:19:30.900 --> 00:19:32.060
 beautiful,

00:19:32.519 --> 00:19:33.060
 eternal

00:19:33.060 --> 00:19:34.380
 relationship

00:19:34.380 --> 00:19:35.140
 with God

00:19:35.140 --> 00:19:35.660
 forever,

00:19:35.920 --> 00:19:36.320
 to deep

00:19:36.320 --> 00:19:37.080
 assurance of

00:19:37.080 --> 00:19:37.660
 salvation,

00:19:38.100 --> 00:19:39.700
 because you

00:19:39.700 --> 00:19:40.580
 realize that

00:19:40.579 --> 00:19:40.939
 you have

00:19:40.939 --> 00:19:41.720
 nothing in

00:19:41.720 --> 00:19:43.259
 yourself to

00:19:43.259 --> 00:19:44.000
 save you

00:19:44.000 --> 00:19:44.539
 from the

00:19:44.539 --> 00:19:45.379
 reality of

00:19:45.379 --> 00:19:46.039
 your darkness,

00:19:46.699 --> 00:19:46.939
 and your

00:19:46.939 --> 00:19:47.679
 brokenness,

00:19:47.980 --> 00:19:48.199
 and your

00:19:48.199 --> 00:19:48.859
 bentness,

00:19:49.220 --> 00:19:49.539
 and the

00:19:49.539 --> 00:19:50.319
 evil that

00:19:50.319 --> 00:19:51.220
 resides within

00:19:51.220 --> 00:19:51.460
 you,

00:19:51.539 --> 00:19:52.659
 but only God

00:19:52.659 --> 00:19:53.519
 extends his

00:19:53.519 --> 00:19:54.199
 hand to you,

00:19:54.679 --> 00:19:55.699
 and only by

00:19:55.699 --> 00:19:56.879
 his grace can

00:19:56.879 --> 00:19:57.699
 lift you up.

00:19:59.179 --> 00:19:59.599
 And that

00:19:59.599 --> 00:20:00.319
 begins, in a

00:20:00.319 --> 00:20:00.759
 sense, with

00:20:00.759 --> 00:20:01.379
 knowing our

00:20:01.379 --> 00:20:01.619
 sins.

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 That's why we

00:20:02.379 --> 00:20:03.740
 go through the

00:20:03.740 --> 00:20:04.539
 Ten Commandments

00:20:04.539 --> 00:20:05.299
 during the

00:20:05.299 --> 00:20:05.899
 Lenten season.

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 That's why we

00:20:06.619 --> 00:20:08.199
 don't skip over

00:20:08.199 --> 00:20:08.939
 parts of the

00:20:08.939 --> 00:20:09.659
 Bible that speak

00:20:09.660 --> 00:20:10.220
 of judgment.

00:20:11.740 --> 00:20:12.440
 Godly sorrow

00:20:12.440 --> 00:20:13.500
 is a beautiful

00:20:13.500 --> 00:20:14.220
 and joyful

00:20:14.220 --> 00:20:15.640
 thing, because

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 it leads us

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 to Christ.

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 Unbelief is a

00:20:19.860 --> 00:20:20.440
 problem in the

00:20:20.440 --> 00:20:22.440
 church, and it

00:20:22.440 --> 00:20:23.680
 will result in a

00:20:23.680 --> 00:20:24.600
 rejection of the

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 authority and

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 lordship of

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 Christ.

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 In this next

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 example, in

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 verse 6, we'll

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 see just that.

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 Jude is going

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 to turn our

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 attention now to

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 the fallen

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 angels.

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 Let's read

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 verse 6.

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 And the

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 angels who

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 did not stay

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 within their

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 own position of

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 authority, but

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 left their

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 proper dwelling,

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 he has kept in

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 eternal chains

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 under gloomy

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 darkness until

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 the judgment of

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 the great day.

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 What we see in

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 this verse, in

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 a sense, is how

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 angels became

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 demons and

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 would ultimately

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 include Satan

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 himself.

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 But before we

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 get into it,

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 just a brief

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 note.

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 On Sunday, it's

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 easy to talk

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 about supernatural

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 things.

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 Monday through

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 Saturday, if I'm

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 connecting with

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 an unbeliever or

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 say a friend that

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 doesn't believe in

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 anything, and they

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 were to press me,

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 do you believe in

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 angels and demons

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 and supernatural

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 things?

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 I would say

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 yes, but I

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 would be a bit

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 embarrassed, because

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 I live, in a

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 sense, in the

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 material world.

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 What I see, what

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 I hear, what I

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 smell, what I

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 touch, what I

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 can taste, what

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 can be proved, in

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 a sense, by

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 science, and what

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 seems rational, that

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 is what I like to

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 believe in.

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 And if you're

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 anything like me,

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 you can relate, that

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 the idea of

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 talking about

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 angels and

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 demons seems in

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 the realm of

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 fantasy and myth,

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 potentially.

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 But I want to

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 just, if you

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 bear with me, to

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 just talk about

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 this for a minute.

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 Our faith is a

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 faith that hinges

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 on an unseen

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 God, who created

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 everything that has

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 been created.

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 Our faith is one

00:22:29.859 --> 00:22:31.079
 that hinges on

00:22:31.079 --> 00:22:33.059
 God taking on

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 human flesh, yet

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 remaining fully

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 God and living

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 with us, amongst

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 us, dying for us,

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 and rising from an

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 actual grave because

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 he was actually

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 dead.

00:22:47.559 --> 00:22:48.579
 In short, our

00:22:48.579 --> 00:22:49.559
 faith hinges on

00:22:49.559 --> 00:22:50.259
 the supernatural,

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 things that we

00:22:53.359 --> 00:22:54.419
 can't, in a sense,

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 prove empirically.

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 The Bible is not

00:22:57.440 --> 00:22:58.440
 meant to be proved

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 empirically.

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 We don't apply the

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 scientific method to

00:23:01.759 --> 00:23:02.180
 the Bible.

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 And in a sense, in a

00:23:04.340 --> 00:23:05.360
 time and culture

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 where materialism and

00:23:08.900 --> 00:23:10.380
 a hyper-rationalism and

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 a modernity that

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 kind of, that leads

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 the charge and that

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 is, in a sense, the

00:23:16.420 --> 00:23:18.700
 zeitgeist, it is

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 hard to then say

00:23:20.160 --> 00:23:20.720
 that there is a

00:23:20.720 --> 00:23:22.120
 spiritual, a

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 supernatural world,

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 but our faith hinges

00:23:24.340 --> 00:23:24.840
 on it.

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 There is no going

00:23:27.539 --> 00:23:28.740
 about it another

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 way.

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 But consider that

00:23:33.039 --> 00:23:36.959
 we as a culture, a

00:23:36.959 --> 00:23:38.000
 very modern,

00:23:38.500 --> 00:23:41.279
 rational culture,

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 we love a good

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 story.

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 We love a good

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 story.

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 And often the

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 stories that we

00:23:48.000 --> 00:23:49.939
 love are fantasy.

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 They are science

00:23:52.099 --> 00:23:52.559
 fiction.

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 They talk about

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 magic.

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 They talk about

00:23:55.659 --> 00:23:56.859
 dragons and other

00:23:56.859 --> 00:23:57.779
 worlds and

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 supernatural powers.

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 And it's as if

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 we, who spend

00:24:04.000 --> 00:24:05.259
 billions of

00:24:05.259 --> 00:24:07.000
 dollars consuming

00:24:07.000 --> 00:24:07.639
 this kind of

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 media, it's as if

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 we want to

00:24:11.139 --> 00:24:11.859
 believe it,

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 but we just

00:24:14.079 --> 00:24:14.500
 can't.

00:24:14.500 --> 00:24:14.619
 love.

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 So instead, we

00:24:17.019 --> 00:24:18.980
 fill our minds

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 so full of

00:24:20.400 --> 00:24:21.259
 fantasy and

00:24:21.259 --> 00:24:22.099
 science fiction

00:24:22.099 --> 00:24:23.819
 and space

00:24:23.819 --> 00:24:25.660
 and in all

00:24:25.660 --> 00:24:26.160
 sorts of

00:24:26.160 --> 00:24:26.980
 superheroes and

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 all of that

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 because in a

00:24:29.220 --> 00:24:30.920
 sense, we are

00:24:30.920 --> 00:24:31.640
 a people who

00:24:31.640 --> 00:24:32.700
 live in a

00:24:32.700 --> 00:24:33.839
 disenchanted age

00:24:33.839 --> 00:24:35.299
 that cannot

00:24:35.299 --> 00:24:36.500
 somehow shake a

00:24:36.500 --> 00:24:37.079
 longing for

00:24:37.079 --> 00:24:37.700
 enchantment.

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 I would put

00:24:39.920 --> 00:24:40.720
 forward to you

00:24:40.720 --> 00:24:42.180
 that speaks to

00:24:42.180 --> 00:24:42.759
 our collective

00:24:42.759 --> 00:24:43.460
 knowledge that

00:24:43.460 --> 00:24:44.700
 there must be

00:24:44.700 --> 00:24:45.620
 something more

00:24:45.620 --> 00:24:46.440
 than we can

00:24:46.440 --> 00:24:47.120
 encounter with

00:24:47.120 --> 00:24:47.559
 just our

00:24:47.559 --> 00:24:47.900
 senses.

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 There has to be

00:24:49.380 --> 00:24:50.039
 something more

00:24:50.039 --> 00:24:50.660
 than just the

00:24:50.660 --> 00:24:51.319
 here and the

00:24:51.319 --> 00:24:51.660
 now.

00:24:52.200 --> 00:24:52.740
 There has to be

00:24:52.740 --> 00:24:53.680
 something supernatural.

00:24:55.160 --> 00:24:55.860
 Something to

00:24:55.860 --> 00:24:56.180
 ponder.

00:24:56.400 --> 00:24:56.680
 Why don't we

00:24:56.680 --> 00:24:58.360
 continue in our

00:24:58.360 --> 00:25:00.059
 text back to

00:25:00.059 --> 00:25:01.400
 verse 6.

00:25:02.360 --> 00:25:03.140
 So Jude shares

00:25:03.140 --> 00:25:03.720
 with the church

00:25:03.720 --> 00:25:04.799
 this other

00:25:04.799 --> 00:25:06.360
 example of

00:25:06.360 --> 00:25:07.600
 how God is

00:25:07.600 --> 00:25:08.360
 rejected, how

00:25:08.360 --> 00:25:09.240
 false teaching

00:25:09.240 --> 00:25:10.700
 ultimately is this

00:25:10.700 --> 00:25:11.779
 rejection of the

00:25:11.779 --> 00:25:12.720
 authority of God.

00:25:13.259 --> 00:25:13.880
 But in this

00:25:13.880 --> 00:25:14.680
 case, it's with

00:25:14.680 --> 00:25:15.480
 angels who

00:25:15.480 --> 00:25:16.920
 possessed God

00:25:16.920 --> 00:25:17.940
 given positions

00:25:17.940 --> 00:25:19.360
 of authority but

00:25:19.360 --> 00:25:20.339
 were not satisfied

00:25:20.339 --> 00:25:20.980
 and rebelled.

00:25:21.579 --> 00:25:22.799
 We're unsure in

00:25:22.799 --> 00:25:23.079
 a sense.

00:25:23.220 --> 00:25:24.559
 The commentators

00:25:24.559 --> 00:25:25.519
 are unsure of

00:25:25.519 --> 00:25:26.880
 what specifically

00:25:26.880 --> 00:25:27.700
 Jude is getting

00:25:27.700 --> 00:25:27.980
 at.

00:25:28.079 --> 00:25:29.319
 Is it this

00:25:29.319 --> 00:25:30.579
 bizarre story from

00:25:30.579 --> 00:25:32.059
 Genesis 6 of

00:25:32.059 --> 00:25:33.539
 these creatures

00:25:33.539 --> 00:25:34.139
 not sure what

00:25:34.139 --> 00:25:35.519
 they are that

00:25:35.519 --> 00:25:37.079
 come and have

00:25:37.079 --> 00:25:37.899
 relations with

00:25:37.899 --> 00:25:38.700
 human women?

00:25:38.799 --> 00:25:39.379
 The Bible is

00:25:39.379 --> 00:25:40.399
 kind of crazy

00:25:40.399 --> 00:25:41.559
 in a sense.

00:25:42.359 --> 00:25:43.420
 Crazy not like

00:25:43.420 --> 00:25:44.799
 crazy just

00:25:44.799 --> 00:25:48.139
 maybe intense

00:25:48.139 --> 00:25:48.799
 sometimes.

00:25:50.420 --> 00:25:51.680
 Or is it

00:25:51.680 --> 00:25:52.319
 this

00:25:52.319 --> 00:25:56.319
 story of

00:25:56.319 --> 00:25:56.740
 these fallen

00:25:56.740 --> 00:25:57.500
 angels that we

00:25:57.500 --> 00:25:58.279
 see in Isaiah

00:25:58.279 --> 00:25:59.159
 and Ezekiel?

00:25:59.619 --> 00:26:00.619
 Or is it

00:26:00.619 --> 00:26:01.319
 from these

00:26:01.319 --> 00:26:01.980
 extra

00:26:01.980 --> 00:26:03.860
 biblical books

00:26:03.860 --> 00:26:05.039
 non-canonical

00:26:05.039 --> 00:26:05.480
 books?

00:26:06.079 --> 00:26:06.440
 They're called

00:26:06.440 --> 00:26:07.319
 Sirach and

00:26:07.319 --> 00:26:08.039
 Jubilees that

00:26:08.039 --> 00:26:08.740
 speak to this

00:26:08.740 --> 00:26:10.059
 heavenly fall.

00:26:11.660 --> 00:26:12.400
 Jude doesn't

00:26:12.400 --> 00:26:13.000
 specify.

00:26:13.960 --> 00:26:14.519
 But whatever

00:26:14.519 --> 00:26:15.460
 specifically he

00:26:15.460 --> 00:26:16.519
 had in mind,

00:26:16.660 --> 00:26:17.180
 all such

00:26:17.180 --> 00:26:18.299
 examples seem

00:26:18.299 --> 00:26:18.779
 to point to

00:26:18.779 --> 00:26:19.160
 the same

00:26:19.160 --> 00:26:19.620
 reality.

00:26:20.559 --> 00:26:20.880
 And that

00:26:20.880 --> 00:26:22.240
 reality is

00:26:22.240 --> 00:26:22.599
 that there

00:26:22.599 --> 00:26:23.839
 are angelic

00:26:23.839 --> 00:26:25.120
 beings that

00:26:25.120 --> 00:26:25.640
 they are put

00:26:25.640 --> 00:26:26.319
 in authority

00:26:26.319 --> 00:26:27.200
 by God,

00:26:27.900 --> 00:26:28.420
 whatever that

00:26:28.420 --> 00:26:29.120
 authority may

00:26:29.119 --> 00:26:30.279
 be, and

00:26:30.279 --> 00:26:31.099
 they rejected

00:26:31.099 --> 00:26:32.179
 God's

00:26:32.179 --> 00:26:34.279
 authority and

00:26:34.279 --> 00:26:34.719
 the authority

00:26:34.719 --> 00:26:35.239
 that God

00:26:35.239 --> 00:26:35.799
 had given

00:26:35.799 --> 00:26:36.299
 them,

00:26:37.739 --> 00:26:38.159
 rebelling

00:26:38.159 --> 00:26:39.079
 against God

00:26:39.079 --> 00:26:39.639
 and now

00:26:39.639 --> 00:26:40.399
 await final

00:26:40.399 --> 00:26:40.799
 judgment.

00:26:43.000 --> 00:26:43.759
 There's an

00:26:43.759 --> 00:26:44.079
 interesting

00:26:44.079 --> 00:26:44.979
 wordplay that

00:26:44.979 --> 00:26:45.539
 Jude uses,

00:26:45.639 --> 00:26:45.959
 and we don't

00:26:45.959 --> 00:26:46.639
 see it in our

00:26:46.639 --> 00:26:47.379
 translation in

00:26:47.379 --> 00:26:47.839
 the English

00:26:47.839 --> 00:26:48.579
 Standard Version,

00:26:49.079 --> 00:26:50.099
 but in

00:26:50.099 --> 00:26:51.019
 verse 6 it

00:26:51.019 --> 00:26:51.459
 says,

00:26:51.759 --> 00:26:52.259
 and the angels

00:26:52.259 --> 00:26:52.779
 who do not

00:26:52.779 --> 00:26:53.799
 stay within

00:26:53.799 --> 00:26:54.239
 their own

00:26:54.239 --> 00:26:54.659
 positions,

00:26:54.959 --> 00:26:55.500
 in other

00:26:55.500 --> 00:26:56.719
 translations it's

00:26:56.719 --> 00:26:57.279
 this word

00:26:57.279 --> 00:26:57.619
 kept,

00:26:57.720 --> 00:26:57.960
 they did

00:26:57.960 --> 00:26:58.519
 not keep

00:26:58.519 --> 00:27:00.139
 within their

00:27:00.139 --> 00:27:00.799
 own positions

00:27:00.799 --> 00:27:01.359
 of authority,

00:27:01.539 --> 00:27:01.839
 and here's

00:27:01.839 --> 00:27:02.339
 the wordplay,

00:27:03.859 --> 00:27:05.740
 but left

00:27:05.740 --> 00:27:06.379
 their proper

00:27:06.379 --> 00:27:06.799
 dwelling,

00:27:07.379 --> 00:27:08.000
 God has

00:27:08.000 --> 00:27:08.619
 kept them

00:27:08.619 --> 00:27:09.160
 in eternal

00:27:09.160 --> 00:27:10.500
 chains under

00:27:10.500 --> 00:27:11.279
 gloomy darkness

00:27:11.279 --> 00:27:11.899
 until the

00:27:11.899 --> 00:27:12.980
 judgment of

00:27:12.980 --> 00:27:13.399
 the great

00:27:13.399 --> 00:27:13.639
 day.

00:27:13.920 --> 00:27:14.299
 This idea

00:27:14.299 --> 00:27:16.519
 that they

00:27:16.519 --> 00:27:17.039
 would not

00:27:17.039 --> 00:27:18.099
 stay where

00:27:18.099 --> 00:27:18.539
 God put

00:27:18.539 --> 00:27:18.819
 them,

00:27:19.559 --> 00:27:20.279
 so God

00:27:20.279 --> 00:27:20.759
 is going

00:27:20.759 --> 00:27:21.399
 to make

00:27:21.399 --> 00:27:22.160
 them stay

00:27:22.160 --> 00:27:24.180
 until they

00:27:24.180 --> 00:27:24.680
 await a

00:27:24.680 --> 00:27:25.339
 final judgment.

00:27:25.339 --> 00:27:27.059
 And it

00:27:27.059 --> 00:27:27.799
 is as if

00:27:27.799 --> 00:27:28.439
 God is

00:27:28.439 --> 00:27:30.419
 saying to

00:27:30.419 --> 00:27:32.019
 us that

00:27:32.019 --> 00:27:32.659
 those that

00:27:32.659 --> 00:27:33.399
 teach false

00:27:33.399 --> 00:27:34.240
 doctrine,

00:27:34.759 --> 00:27:35.119
 those that

00:27:35.119 --> 00:27:35.980
 reject God's

00:27:35.980 --> 00:27:36.480
 authority,

00:27:38.039 --> 00:27:38.759
 they will

00:27:38.759 --> 00:27:39.379
 suffer

00:27:39.379 --> 00:27:40.419
 judgment,

00:27:41.480 --> 00:27:41.959
 that they

00:27:41.959 --> 00:27:43.459
 will not

00:27:43.459 --> 00:27:45.000
 escape the

00:27:45.000 --> 00:27:45.419
 wrath of

00:27:45.419 --> 00:27:45.740
 God,

00:27:47.099 --> 00:27:48.139
 that although

00:27:48.139 --> 00:27:49.059
 in a sense

00:27:49.059 --> 00:27:50.319
 it is

00:27:50.319 --> 00:27:50.819
 delayed,

00:27:51.179 --> 00:27:51.679
 it is not

00:27:51.679 --> 00:27:52.240
 absent.

00:27:52.240 --> 00:27:54.519
 God's

00:27:54.519 --> 00:27:55.039
 judgment is

00:27:55.039 --> 00:27:55.420
 real,

00:27:56.359 --> 00:27:56.720
 and it is

00:27:56.720 --> 00:27:57.299
 hard to,

00:27:57.519 --> 00:27:57.940
 in a sense,

00:27:58.099 --> 00:27:58.599
 talk about

00:27:58.599 --> 00:27:59.339
 the God

00:27:59.339 --> 00:28:00.039
 of love

00:28:00.039 --> 00:28:00.900
 and then

00:28:00.900 --> 00:28:01.480
 talk about

00:28:01.480 --> 00:28:01.799
 the God

00:28:01.799 --> 00:28:02.420
 of judgment

00:28:02.420 --> 00:28:02.859
 and talk

00:28:02.859 --> 00:28:03.220
 about his

00:28:03.220 --> 00:28:03.740
 wrath,

00:28:04.740 --> 00:28:06.240
 but God's

00:28:06.240 --> 00:28:06.839
 love is

00:28:06.839 --> 00:28:07.500
 meaningless

00:28:07.500 --> 00:28:09.539
 if God

00:28:09.539 --> 00:28:10.019
 is not a

00:28:10.019 --> 00:28:10.319
 God of

00:28:10.319 --> 00:28:11.519
 justice and

00:28:11.519 --> 00:28:12.299
 judgment and

00:28:12.299 --> 00:28:12.640
 wrath,

00:28:13.640 --> 00:28:15.200
 that God's

00:28:15.200 --> 00:28:16.099
 love is all

00:28:16.099 --> 00:28:16.440
 the more

00:28:16.440 --> 00:28:17.440
 beautiful and

00:28:17.440 --> 00:28:18.460
 grand and

00:28:18.460 --> 00:28:19.339
 greater than

00:28:19.339 --> 00:28:19.960
 we could ever

00:28:19.960 --> 00:28:20.960
 understand if

00:28:20.960 --> 00:28:22.100
 we only know

00:28:22.100 --> 00:28:22.720
 that God

00:28:22.720 --> 00:28:24.579
 hates evil

00:28:24.579 --> 00:28:26.380
 and hates

00:28:26.380 --> 00:28:27.140
 injustice

00:28:27.140 --> 00:28:29.440
 and will

00:28:29.440 --> 00:28:30.180
 not stand

00:28:30.180 --> 00:28:31.059
 by when

00:28:31.059 --> 00:28:31.819
 people are

00:28:31.819 --> 00:28:33.579
 abused and

00:28:33.579 --> 00:28:35.120
 neglected and

00:28:35.120 --> 00:28:36.340
 sold into

00:28:36.340 --> 00:28:37.799
 slavery and

00:28:37.799 --> 00:28:39.519
 destroyed and

00:28:39.519 --> 00:28:40.279
 killed and

00:28:40.279 --> 00:28:41.019
 lied to and

00:28:41.019 --> 00:28:41.640
 the list goes

00:28:41.640 --> 00:28:42.579
 on and on,

00:28:43.779 --> 00:28:44.559
 that God's

00:28:44.559 --> 00:28:46.319
 mercy is,

00:28:47.220 --> 00:28:47.600
 sorry,

00:28:47.680 --> 00:28:48.660
 God's love is

00:28:48.660 --> 00:28:49.579
 deeply connected

00:28:49.579 --> 00:28:50.319
 to his

00:28:50.319 --> 00:28:50.899
 judgment.

00:28:51.960 --> 00:28:52.639
 So in the

00:28:52.639 --> 00:28:53.119
 case of the

00:28:53.119 --> 00:28:53.460
 angels,

00:28:53.659 --> 00:28:54.059
 in the case

00:28:54.059 --> 00:28:54.500
 of the false

00:28:54.500 --> 00:28:54.939
 teachers,

00:28:55.879 --> 00:28:56.659
 God hates

00:28:56.659 --> 00:28:57.819
 what they are

00:28:57.819 --> 00:28:58.419
 doing and

00:28:58.419 --> 00:28:59.019
 he will judge

00:28:59.019 --> 00:28:59.899
 them because

00:28:59.899 --> 00:29:00.939
 ultimately God

00:29:00.939 --> 00:29:01.579
 has put in

00:29:01.579 --> 00:29:03.099
 place all

00:29:03.099 --> 00:29:03.720
 of what we

00:29:03.720 --> 00:29:04.199
 see,

00:29:04.480 --> 00:29:05.879
 he has called

00:29:05.879 --> 00:29:07.199
 it good and

00:29:07.199 --> 00:29:07.879
 even though it

00:29:07.879 --> 00:29:08.779
 is bent and

00:29:08.779 --> 00:29:09.480
 broken in a

00:29:09.480 --> 00:29:10.159
 sense now,

00:29:10.659 --> 00:29:11.339
 God's creation

00:29:11.339 --> 00:29:12.259
 is good and

00:29:12.259 --> 00:29:13.019
 anything that

00:29:13.019 --> 00:29:14.159
 destroys that or

00:29:14.159 --> 00:29:15.339
 sullies that or

00:29:15.339 --> 00:29:17.000
 pollutes that,

00:29:17.000 --> 00:29:19.359
 God does not

00:29:19.359 --> 00:29:20.240
 care for.

00:29:21.700 --> 00:29:22.400
 His judgment

00:29:22.400 --> 00:29:24.000
 in a sense

00:29:24.000 --> 00:29:25.640
 is a sign

00:29:25.640 --> 00:29:26.519
 that he is

00:29:26.519 --> 00:29:27.440
 a loving God.

00:29:30.319 --> 00:29:31.140
 It is,

00:29:31.440 --> 00:29:31.839
 in a sense,

00:29:32.279 --> 00:29:33.079
 for us a

00:29:33.079 --> 00:29:33.759
 comfort that

00:29:33.759 --> 00:29:35.880
 people that

00:29:35.880 --> 00:29:36.359
 try to take

00:29:36.359 --> 00:29:37.579
 advantage of

00:29:37.579 --> 00:29:39.279
 their

00:29:39.279 --> 00:29:40.259
 congregations,

00:29:41.119 --> 00:29:41.660
 these false

00:29:41.660 --> 00:29:42.079
 teachers,

00:29:42.740 --> 00:29:44.180
 that what is

00:29:44.180 --> 00:29:45.160
 whispered in the

00:29:45.160 --> 00:29:45.480
 darkness,

00:29:45.600 --> 00:29:46.140
 will be shouted

00:29:46.140 --> 00:29:46.540
 from the

00:29:46.540 --> 00:29:46.960
 rooftops.

00:29:47.019 --> 00:29:47.420
 They will not

00:29:47.420 --> 00:29:47.900
 get away with

00:29:47.900 --> 00:29:48.060
 it.

00:29:50.040 --> 00:29:50.700
 There are

00:29:50.700 --> 00:29:52.940
 false teachers

00:29:52.940 --> 00:29:54.200
 in the church

00:29:54.200 --> 00:29:54.560
 today.

00:29:54.840 --> 00:29:55.259
 Oftentimes,

00:29:56.220 --> 00:29:57.100
 oftentimes they

00:29:57.100 --> 00:29:57.880
 are prosperity

00:29:57.880 --> 00:29:59.080
 preachers,

00:29:59.220 --> 00:30:00.279
 those that

00:30:00.279 --> 00:30:01.800
 promise breakthrough,

00:30:02.160 --> 00:30:03.100
 divine healing.

00:30:04.180 --> 00:30:04.759
 Only if you

00:30:04.759 --> 00:30:05.600
 sow a seed

00:30:05.600 --> 00:30:06.460
 right now

00:30:06.460 --> 00:30:07.960
 are

00:30:07.960 --> 00:30:10.060
 our

00:30:10.060 --> 00:30:10.660
 telephones are

00:30:10.660 --> 00:30:11.060
 being

00:30:11.060 --> 00:30:13.080
 answered and

00:30:13.080 --> 00:30:13.540
 you can give

00:30:13.540 --> 00:30:14.000
 us your credit

00:30:14.000 --> 00:30:14.320
 cards.

00:30:14.319 --> 00:30:15.319
 and then the

00:30:15.319 --> 00:30:15.759
 blessing will

00:30:15.759 --> 00:30:16.000
 come.

00:30:17.599 --> 00:30:18.119
 These are

00:30:18.119 --> 00:30:18.819
 false teachers.

00:30:20.019 --> 00:30:20.599
 They are

00:30:20.599 --> 00:30:21.700
 rejecting the

00:30:21.700 --> 00:30:22.359
 authority of

00:30:22.359 --> 00:30:23.240
 God to

00:30:23.240 --> 00:30:23.879
 build up,

00:30:24.240 --> 00:30:24.619
 in a sense,

00:30:24.700 --> 00:30:25.139
 their own

00:30:25.139 --> 00:30:25.539
 kingdom.

00:30:26.899 --> 00:30:27.179
 Woe to

00:30:27.179 --> 00:30:27.740
 those people.

00:30:28.220 --> 00:30:28.419
 I mean,

00:30:28.480 --> 00:30:29.000
 we'll see it

00:30:29.000 --> 00:30:29.720
 later on in

00:30:29.720 --> 00:30:33.799
 verses 8-12.

00:30:34.319 --> 00:30:34.819
 Woe to

00:30:34.819 --> 00:30:35.379
 those people.

00:30:36.200 --> 00:30:36.599
 It's a very

00:30:36.599 --> 00:30:37.159
 scary thing.

00:30:37.220 --> 00:30:37.799
 But also,

00:30:39.839 --> 00:30:40.500
 it can happen

00:30:40.500 --> 00:30:42.000
 in Bible-believing

00:30:42.000 --> 00:30:42.819
 churches as well.

00:30:44.319 --> 00:30:45.339
 the rejection

00:30:45.339 --> 00:30:46.119
 of God's

00:30:46.119 --> 00:30:46.720
 authority

00:30:46.720 --> 00:30:48.960
 for their

00:30:48.960 --> 00:30:49.319
 own.

00:30:51.899 --> 00:30:52.500
 Yet,

00:30:52.579 --> 00:30:52.799
 we are

00:30:52.799 --> 00:30:53.480
 confronted again

00:30:53.480 --> 00:30:53.799
 with an

00:30:53.799 --> 00:30:54.240
 uncomfortable

00:30:54.240 --> 00:30:55.000
 warning.

00:30:56.439 --> 00:30:57.000
 We,

00:30:57.259 --> 00:30:57.759
 likewise,

00:30:57.759 --> 00:30:59.159
 need to be

00:30:59.159 --> 00:31:00.000
 aware that

00:31:00.000 --> 00:31:01.639
 we may

00:31:01.639 --> 00:31:02.379
 very well

00:31:02.379 --> 00:31:03.039
 reject the

00:31:03.039 --> 00:31:03.579
 authority of

00:31:03.579 --> 00:31:03.839
 God.

00:31:05.599 --> 00:31:06.299
 Have we

00:31:06.299 --> 00:31:06.879
 looked at

00:31:06.879 --> 00:31:07.319
 God's

00:31:07.319 --> 00:31:08.379
 gospel like a

00:31:08.379 --> 00:31:09.039
 straitjacket

00:31:09.039 --> 00:31:09.899
 restricting our

00:31:09.899 --> 00:31:10.799
 very agency,

00:31:11.119 --> 00:31:12.099
 our ability

00:31:12.099 --> 00:31:12.939
 to spread

00:31:12.939 --> 00:31:13.579
 our wings,

00:31:14.079 --> 00:31:15.059
 rather than

00:31:15.059 --> 00:31:16.079
 seeing it as

00:31:16.079 --> 00:31:16.740
 a wondrous

00:31:16.740 --> 00:31:17.639
 wedding gown

00:31:17.639 --> 00:31:18.579
 that he wishes

00:31:18.579 --> 00:31:19.579
 to adorn us

00:31:19.579 --> 00:31:19.879
 with?

00:31:21.459 --> 00:31:22.219
 Have we

00:31:22.219 --> 00:31:23.579
 been embarrassed

00:31:23.579 --> 00:31:24.939
 in such a

00:31:24.939 --> 00:31:25.719
 way as to

00:31:25.719 --> 00:31:27.240
 deny aspects

00:31:27.240 --> 00:31:28.779
 of God's

00:31:28.779 --> 00:31:29.199
 character,

00:31:29.379 --> 00:31:30.039
 of God's

00:31:30.039 --> 00:31:30.399
 word,

00:31:30.859 --> 00:31:31.500
 or the things

00:31:31.500 --> 00:31:32.079
 that God

00:31:32.079 --> 00:31:32.859
 has called

00:31:32.859 --> 00:31:33.740
 us to

00:31:33.740 --> 00:31:34.419
 stand for,

00:31:34.799 --> 00:31:35.579
 because they

00:31:35.579 --> 00:31:36.219
 are prickly?

00:31:37.480 --> 00:31:37.699
 But,

00:31:37.839 --> 00:31:38.599
 to be perfectly

00:31:38.599 --> 00:31:38.959
 honest,

00:31:39.079 --> 00:31:39.659
 authority is a

00:31:39.660 --> 00:31:39.940
 bit of a

00:31:39.940 --> 00:31:40.519
 prickly word,

00:31:41.360 --> 00:31:41.779
 because

00:31:41.779 --> 00:31:43.000
 oftentimes,

00:31:43.620 --> 00:31:45.040
 when authority

00:31:45.040 --> 00:31:46.000
 is abused or

00:31:46.000 --> 00:31:46.800
 ill-gotten,

00:31:47.640 --> 00:31:48.740
 authority is a

00:31:48.740 --> 00:31:49.380
 disgusting,

00:31:49.640 --> 00:31:50.200
 horrible thing.

00:31:51.320 --> 00:31:52.120
 But godly

00:31:52.120 --> 00:31:52.620
 authority,

00:31:53.040 --> 00:31:53.759
 God's authority

00:31:53.759 --> 00:31:54.620
 is not prickly,

00:31:55.120 --> 00:31:55.580
 but it is

00:31:55.580 --> 00:31:56.160
 life-giving.

00:31:56.820 --> 00:31:57.640
 It is life

00:31:57.640 --> 00:31:59.040
 rightly

00:31:59.040 --> 00:31:59.560
 ordered.

00:31:59.800 --> 00:32:00.340
 It is

00:32:00.340 --> 00:32:01.420
 perfection.

00:32:02.220 --> 00:32:02.960
 And to live

00:32:02.960 --> 00:32:03.660
 by God's

00:32:03.660 --> 00:32:04.320
 authority is

00:32:04.320 --> 00:32:04.880
 not to be

00:32:04.880 --> 00:32:05.759
 straitjacketed,

00:32:06.080 --> 00:32:06.720
 but is to

00:32:06.720 --> 00:32:07.800
 be adorned

00:32:07.799 --> 00:32:08.919
 as you

00:32:08.919 --> 00:32:09.379
 are made

00:32:09.379 --> 00:32:09.740
 to be

00:32:09.740 --> 00:32:10.339
 adorned

00:32:10.339 --> 00:32:10.740
 as the

00:32:10.740 --> 00:32:11.200
 bride of

00:32:11.200 --> 00:32:11.619
 Christ.

00:32:12.659 --> 00:32:13.099
 It is to

00:32:13.099 --> 00:32:13.399
 live,

00:32:13.639 --> 00:32:14.019
 in a sense,

00:32:14.180 --> 00:32:14.500
 in the

00:32:14.500 --> 00:32:15.599
 fullness of

00:32:15.599 --> 00:32:15.839
 what it

00:32:15.839 --> 00:32:16.279
 means to

00:32:16.279 --> 00:32:16.579
 be a

00:32:16.579 --> 00:32:17.200
 human being.

00:32:20.899 --> 00:32:21.399
 Unbelief,

00:32:21.819 --> 00:32:22.619
 rejection of

00:32:22.619 --> 00:32:23.039
 God's

00:32:23.039 --> 00:32:23.519
 authority.

00:32:23.720 --> 00:32:24.059
 Finally,

00:32:24.279 --> 00:32:24.539
 in verse

00:32:24.539 --> 00:32:24.859
 seven,

00:32:26.139 --> 00:32:26.980
 we see a

00:32:26.980 --> 00:32:27.819
 denial of

00:32:27.819 --> 00:32:28.440
 God's good

00:32:28.440 --> 00:32:29.200
 design for

00:32:29.200 --> 00:32:29.799
 creation.

00:32:31.799 --> 00:32:32.460
 Let's read

00:32:32.460 --> 00:32:32.899
 verse seven.

00:32:34.399 --> 00:32:35.119
 Just as

00:32:35.119 --> 00:32:35.619
 Sodom and

00:32:35.619 --> 00:32:36.059
 Gomorrah

00:32:36.059 --> 00:32:36.819
 and the

00:32:36.819 --> 00:32:37.339
 surrounding

00:32:37.339 --> 00:32:37.899
 cities,

00:32:38.019 --> 00:32:38.839
 which likewise

00:32:38.839 --> 00:32:39.679
 indulged in

00:32:39.679 --> 00:32:40.599
 sexual immorality

00:32:40.599 --> 00:32:41.919
 and pursued

00:32:41.919 --> 00:32:42.500
 unnatural

00:32:42.500 --> 00:32:43.079
 desire,

00:32:43.279 --> 00:32:44.139
 serve as

00:32:44.139 --> 00:32:44.740
 an example

00:32:44.740 --> 00:32:46.440
 by undergoing

00:32:46.440 --> 00:32:47.319
 a punishment

00:32:47.319 --> 00:32:48.259
 of eternal

00:32:48.259 --> 00:32:48.720
 fire.

00:32:49.720 --> 00:32:50.359
 So we

00:32:50.359 --> 00:32:50.919
 finally get to

00:32:50.919 --> 00:32:51.319
 the third

00:32:51.319 --> 00:32:51.879
 and final

00:32:51.879 --> 00:32:53.319
 warning of

00:32:53.319 --> 00:32:53.879
 this triplet,

00:32:54.960 --> 00:32:55.599
 this example

00:32:55.599 --> 00:32:56.339
 of Sodom and

00:32:56.339 --> 00:32:56.839
 Gomorrah and

00:32:56.839 --> 00:32:57.659
 the three other

00:32:57.659 --> 00:32:58.759
 surrounding cities,

00:32:59.359 --> 00:33:00.240
 the cities of

00:33:00.240 --> 00:33:00.599
 the plain.

00:33:00.740 --> 00:33:01.359
 I'll just say

00:33:01.359 --> 00:33:01.859
 Sodom and

00:33:01.859 --> 00:33:02.319
 Gomorrah or

00:33:02.319 --> 00:33:02.919
 just Sodom,

00:33:03.720 --> 00:33:04.639
 but it's a

00:33:04.639 --> 00:33:05.200
 catch-all for

00:33:05.200 --> 00:33:06.140
 all five cities

00:33:06.140 --> 00:33:07.460
 from Genesis

00:33:07.460 --> 00:33:08.180
 18 and

00:33:08.180 --> 00:33:08.600
 19.

00:33:09.440 --> 00:33:10.259
 Jude's warning

00:33:10.259 --> 00:33:10.880
 is that they

00:33:10.880 --> 00:33:11.819
 likewise

00:33:11.819 --> 00:33:14.140
 indulged in

00:33:14.140 --> 00:33:15.120
 sexual immorality

00:33:15.120 --> 00:33:15.680
 and pursued

00:33:15.680 --> 00:33:16.319
 unnatural

00:33:16.319 --> 00:33:16.940
 desire.

00:33:17.080 --> 00:33:17.259
 It would

00:33:17.259 --> 00:33:17.480
 seem,

00:33:17.580 --> 00:33:17.840
 if we go

00:33:17.840 --> 00:33:18.140
 back to

00:33:18.140 --> 00:33:19.539
 verse four,

00:33:19.940 --> 00:33:20.319
 that these

00:33:20.319 --> 00:33:21.140
 false teachers

00:33:21.140 --> 00:33:23.440
 also pervert

00:33:23.440 --> 00:33:24.259
 the grace of

00:33:24.259 --> 00:33:24.799
 our God

00:33:24.799 --> 00:33:26.220
 into sensuality.

00:33:26.720 --> 00:33:27.200
 The same

00:33:27.200 --> 00:33:28.319
 idea of

00:33:28.319 --> 00:33:30.420
 illicit sexual

00:33:30.420 --> 00:33:33.319
 knowing and

00:33:33.319 --> 00:33:34.200
 desires.

00:33:35.200 --> 00:33:38.440
 Jude's warning

00:33:38.440 --> 00:33:39.000
 is that they

00:33:39.000 --> 00:33:40.059
 likewise indulged

00:33:40.059 --> 00:33:40.539
 in sexual

00:33:40.539 --> 00:33:41.480
 immorality and

00:33:41.480 --> 00:33:42.360
 pursued unnatural

00:33:42.360 --> 00:33:42.860
 desire.

00:33:43.640 --> 00:33:44.279
 They engaged

00:33:44.279 --> 00:33:45.100
 in homosexual

00:33:45.100 --> 00:33:46.440
 sex and

00:33:46.440 --> 00:33:47.360
 were unrepentant

00:33:47.360 --> 00:33:48.500
 and ignored

00:33:48.500 --> 00:33:49.360
 warnings and

00:33:49.360 --> 00:33:50.380
 therefore suffered.

00:33:50.660 --> 00:33:51.059
 This is the

00:33:51.059 --> 00:33:51.680
 story of Sodom

00:33:51.680 --> 00:33:51.980
 and Gomorrah.

00:33:52.120 --> 00:33:53.680
 There's no way

00:33:53.680 --> 00:33:55.460
 in a sense to

00:33:55.460 --> 00:33:56.080
 take the edge

00:33:56.080 --> 00:33:56.799
 off this verse,

00:33:57.580 --> 00:33:58.120
 to take the

00:33:58.120 --> 00:33:59.080
 edge off of

00:33:59.080 --> 00:34:01.080
 Genesis 18 and

00:34:01.080 --> 00:34:02.259
 19 unless we

00:34:02.259 --> 00:34:02.759
 are willing to

00:34:02.759 --> 00:34:03.920
 bend and break

00:34:03.920 --> 00:34:04.820
 God's word and

00:34:04.820 --> 00:34:05.960
 therefore fall

00:34:05.960 --> 00:34:06.920
 into some kind

00:34:06.920 --> 00:34:07.779
 of rejection of

00:34:07.779 --> 00:34:08.980
 God's authority

00:34:08.980 --> 00:34:09.619
 and unbelief.

00:34:09.780 --> 00:34:10.500
 Interesting how

00:34:10.500 --> 00:34:11.139
 these things are

00:34:11.139 --> 00:34:12.200
 connected.

00:34:12.940 --> 00:34:13.480
 Unbelief,

00:34:13.720 --> 00:34:14.220
 rejection of

00:34:14.220 --> 00:34:14.760
 God's authority,

00:34:14.900 --> 00:34:16.180
 the denial of

00:34:16.180 --> 00:34:16.940
 God's good design

00:34:16.940 --> 00:34:17.639
 for creation,

00:34:18.180 --> 00:34:18.920
 a bending and

00:34:18.920 --> 00:34:19.500
 breaking of

00:34:19.500 --> 00:34:20.599
 God's word.

00:34:22.599 --> 00:34:23.579
 But if we were

00:34:23.579 --> 00:34:24.619
 to find an out

00:34:24.619 --> 00:34:25.940
 for the harshness

00:34:25.940 --> 00:34:26.880
 and edge of this

00:34:26.880 --> 00:34:27.940
 verse, it would

00:34:27.940 --> 00:34:28.619
 go something like

00:34:28.619 --> 00:34:29.159
 this, and this

00:34:29.159 --> 00:34:31.960
 is something

00:34:31.960 --> 00:34:33.279
 that's alive and

00:34:33.279 --> 00:34:34.500
 well in the

00:34:34.500 --> 00:34:35.179
 church today.

00:34:36.319 --> 00:34:36.659
 It would say

00:34:36.659 --> 00:34:37.039
 something like

00:34:37.039 --> 00:34:37.519
 this, both

00:34:37.519 --> 00:34:38.799
 Genesis and

00:34:38.799 --> 00:34:39.880
 Ezekiel, that's

00:34:39.880 --> 00:34:40.400
 the other place

00:34:40.400 --> 00:34:41.239
 where it kind of

00:34:41.239 --> 00:34:42.539
 goes into a bit

00:34:42.539 --> 00:34:43.319
 of the sin list

00:34:43.319 --> 00:34:44.500
 of what Sodom

00:34:44.500 --> 00:34:45.339
 and Gomorrah

00:34:45.339 --> 00:34:45.819
 and the surrounding

00:34:45.819 --> 00:34:46.599
 cities did.

00:34:47.159 --> 00:34:47.940
 So both Genesis

00:34:47.940 --> 00:34:49.259
 and Ezekiel speak

00:34:49.259 --> 00:34:50.599
 of the fertile

00:34:50.599 --> 00:34:51.400
 land which

00:34:51.400 --> 00:34:52.420
 produced incredible

00:34:52.420 --> 00:34:53.279
 blessing for

00:34:53.279 --> 00:34:54.339
 Sodom and the

00:34:54.339 --> 00:34:55.400
 surrounding cities.

00:34:55.400 --> 00:34:57.059
 These people

00:34:57.059 --> 00:34:58.660
 that lived in

00:34:58.660 --> 00:35:00.119
 the plain enjoyed

00:35:00.119 --> 00:35:01.300
 fertile land and

00:35:01.300 --> 00:35:02.440
 excess food and

00:35:02.440 --> 00:35:03.539
 prosperous ease,

00:35:04.420 --> 00:35:05.300
 but did not see

00:35:05.300 --> 00:35:06.220
 this as a blessing

00:35:06.220 --> 00:35:07.200
 from God and a

00:35:07.200 --> 00:35:08.740
 blessing to extend

00:35:08.740 --> 00:35:10.539
 to others, but

00:35:10.539 --> 00:35:11.539
 were prideful and

00:35:11.539 --> 00:35:12.280
 arrogant and

00:35:12.280 --> 00:35:13.240
 committed, as

00:35:13.240 --> 00:35:13.920
 Ezekiel says,

00:35:14.000 --> 00:35:15.019
 abominations and

00:35:15.019 --> 00:35:16.000
 disgraceful acts.

00:35:16.780 --> 00:35:17.420
 So what were

00:35:17.420 --> 00:35:18.440
 those abominations

00:35:18.440 --> 00:35:19.900
 and disgraceful acts?

00:35:20.619 --> 00:35:21.200
 Not being

00:35:21.200 --> 00:35:22.160
 hospitable to the

00:35:22.160 --> 00:35:23.160
 needy and

00:35:23.160 --> 00:35:24.460
 neglecting social

00:35:24.460 --> 00:35:25.119
 justice.

00:35:25.400 --> 00:35:27.240
 That is, in a

00:35:27.240 --> 00:35:28.840
 sense, the

00:35:28.840 --> 00:35:30.740
 apologetic against

00:35:30.740 --> 00:35:32.500
 seeing Sodom and

00:35:32.500 --> 00:35:33.940
 Gomorrah as

00:35:33.940 --> 00:35:38.019
 evil because of

00:35:38.019 --> 00:35:39.519
 sexual, homosexual

00:35:39.519 --> 00:35:40.800
 sin.

00:35:42.820 --> 00:35:44.139
 Although the

00:35:44.139 --> 00:35:44.940
 neglect of

00:35:44.940 --> 00:35:45.940
 hospitality and

00:35:45.940 --> 00:35:46.519
 social justice

00:35:46.519 --> 00:35:47.360
 certainly was

00:35:47.360 --> 00:35:49.119
 alive and well

00:35:49.119 --> 00:35:50.700
 in Sodom and

00:35:50.700 --> 00:35:51.700
 Gomorrah in the

00:35:51.700 --> 00:35:52.559
 narrative in

00:35:52.559 --> 00:35:54.039
 Genesis 18 and

00:35:54.039 --> 00:35:54.619
 19,

00:35:55.400 --> 00:35:56.260
 words like

00:35:56.260 --> 00:35:57.300
 abominations and

00:35:57.300 --> 00:35:58.280
 disgraceful acts

00:35:58.280 --> 00:35:58.960
 and vile

00:35:58.960 --> 00:35:59.700
 wickedness are

00:35:59.700 --> 00:36:01.000
 not words used

00:36:01.000 --> 00:36:01.800
 in Scripture to

00:36:01.800 --> 00:36:03.099
 describe a

00:36:03.099 --> 00:36:03.519
 breach in

00:36:03.519 --> 00:36:04.160
 hospitality.

00:36:05.280 --> 00:36:06.260
 They are used

00:36:06.260 --> 00:36:07.920
 to describe sex

00:36:07.920 --> 00:36:08.599
 acts that are

00:36:08.599 --> 00:36:09.780
 contrary to God's

00:36:09.780 --> 00:36:10.639
 good and

00:36:10.639 --> 00:36:11.599
 beautiful design

00:36:11.599 --> 00:36:12.900
 for sexuality,

00:36:13.079 --> 00:36:14.119
 which is a

00:36:14.119 --> 00:36:14.880
 monogamous,

00:36:15.139 --> 00:36:17.420
 lifelong union

00:36:17.420 --> 00:36:18.800
 before God and

00:36:18.800 --> 00:36:19.760
 man between one

00:36:19.760 --> 00:36:20.519
 man and one

00:36:20.519 --> 00:36:21.960
 woman that has

00:36:21.960 --> 00:36:23.280
 in mind the

00:36:23.280 --> 00:36:24.100
 procreation of

00:36:24.100 --> 00:36:24.460
 children.

00:36:25.680 --> 00:36:26.640
 The sin of

00:36:26.640 --> 00:36:28.040
 Sodom was a

00:36:28.040 --> 00:36:29.080
 denial of God's

00:36:29.080 --> 00:36:29.840
 good and perfect

00:36:29.840 --> 00:36:30.900
 design for life

00:36:30.900 --> 00:36:32.480
 because it did

00:36:32.480 --> 00:36:33.300
 not look to

00:36:33.300 --> 00:36:34.340
 achieve that

00:36:34.340 --> 00:36:36.940
 design for

00:36:36.940 --> 00:36:38.240
 marriage but

00:36:38.240 --> 00:36:39.440
 looked to do

00:36:39.440 --> 00:36:40.260
 something contrary

00:36:40.260 --> 00:36:40.800
 to that.

00:36:41.460 --> 00:36:42.320
 But even more,

00:36:42.560 --> 00:36:43.980
 it's a denial that

00:36:43.980 --> 00:36:45.400
 God himself is a

00:36:45.400 --> 00:36:46.120
 good creator,

00:36:46.660 --> 00:36:47.620
 that his will is

00:36:47.620 --> 00:36:48.860
 always and forever

00:36:48.860 --> 00:36:50.100
 towards goodness

00:36:50.099 --> 00:36:51.739
 and towards truth

00:36:51.739 --> 00:36:52.759
 and towards beauty

00:36:52.759 --> 00:36:54.400
 and towards life

00:36:54.400 --> 00:36:55.539
 and a love that

00:36:55.539 --> 00:36:56.779
 is forever expanding

00:36:56.779 --> 00:36:57.539
 and looking to

00:36:57.539 --> 00:37:00.019
 bless and to

00:37:00.019 --> 00:37:00.679
 show kindness

00:37:00.679 --> 00:37:01.299
 and mercy.

00:37:02.420 --> 00:37:03.619
 For that is God's

00:37:03.619 --> 00:37:04.719
 good design for the

00:37:04.719 --> 00:37:05.380
 marital union.

00:37:06.339 --> 00:37:07.059
 And the marital

00:37:07.059 --> 00:37:08.219
 union between one

00:37:08.219 --> 00:37:09.460
 man and one

00:37:09.460 --> 00:37:10.460
 woman as a

00:37:10.460 --> 00:37:12.259
 lifelong union,

00:37:12.719 --> 00:37:13.880
 that's what it

00:37:13.880 --> 00:37:14.839
 points to ultimately.

00:37:14.980 --> 00:37:16.079
 It reflects God's

00:37:16.079 --> 00:37:16.500
 character.

00:37:16.500 --> 00:37:18.900
 It reflects God's

00:37:18.900 --> 00:37:21.219
 very heart to

00:37:21.219 --> 00:37:22.500
 expand and to

00:37:22.500 --> 00:37:24.639
 bless and to

00:37:24.639 --> 00:37:26.579
 extend love and

00:37:26.579 --> 00:37:28.260
 to see growth and

00:37:28.260 --> 00:37:29.019
 fruitfulness.

00:37:31.260 --> 00:37:32.639
 Anything that does

00:37:32.639 --> 00:37:33.500
 not lead to

00:37:33.500 --> 00:37:34.960
 goodness, truth,

00:37:35.400 --> 00:37:36.599
 and beauty on

00:37:36.599 --> 00:37:38.719
 God's terms is

00:37:38.719 --> 00:37:39.480
 destructive and

00:37:39.480 --> 00:37:39.840
 harmful.

00:37:40.820 --> 00:37:41.460
 So friends, we

00:37:41.460 --> 00:37:42.300
 need to be careful,

00:37:42.920 --> 00:37:45.119
 careful not to see

00:37:45.119 --> 00:37:46.460
 things as morally

00:37:46.460 --> 00:37:48.599
 neutral that God

00:37:48.599 --> 00:37:49.839
 calls sinful.

00:37:51.980 --> 00:37:52.819
 Remember that this

00:37:52.819 --> 00:37:53.559
 is a warning for

00:37:53.559 --> 00:37:54.339
 the church and it

00:37:54.339 --> 00:37:55.199
 is good news for

00:37:55.199 --> 00:37:55.500
 us.

00:37:56.400 --> 00:37:57.299
 It is a warning for

00:37:57.299 --> 00:37:58.000
 the church to

00:37:58.000 --> 00:37:59.019
 notice, in a sense,

00:37:59.139 --> 00:38:00.199
 telltale signs of

00:38:00.199 --> 00:38:01.239
 evil from the past

00:38:01.239 --> 00:38:02.699
 that have crept into

00:38:02.699 --> 00:38:03.279
 the church.

00:38:03.900 --> 00:38:05.119
 So like the people

00:38:05.119 --> 00:38:05.940
 of Sodom, the

00:38:05.940 --> 00:38:07.579
 teachers would not

00:38:07.579 --> 00:38:08.739
 keep or hold fast

00:38:08.739 --> 00:38:09.739
 to the gospel truth

00:38:09.739 --> 00:38:11.480
 but instead pervert

00:38:11.480 --> 00:38:12.839
 the grace of God

00:38:12.839 --> 00:38:14.139
 to give license to

00:38:14.139 --> 00:38:15.519
 their own sensuality,

00:38:16.159 --> 00:38:17.920
 their illicit forms

00:38:17.920 --> 00:38:19.739
 of pursuing

00:38:19.739 --> 00:38:23.460
 relations that do

00:38:23.460 --> 00:38:24.599
 not honor God,

00:38:25.299 --> 00:38:26.259
 that do not reflect

00:38:26.259 --> 00:38:27.219
 God's character.

00:38:28.259 --> 00:38:29.400
 That is to say that

00:38:29.400 --> 00:38:30.159
 they use the grace

00:38:30.159 --> 00:38:30.799
 of God, that

00:38:30.799 --> 00:38:32.319
 beautiful promise

00:38:32.319 --> 00:38:33.839
 that those who are

00:38:33.839 --> 00:38:34.719
 in Christ have

00:38:34.719 --> 00:38:35.639
 their sins forever

00:38:35.639 --> 00:38:36.900
 taken away,

00:38:37.159 --> 00:38:38.980
 removed, to give

00:38:38.980 --> 00:38:39.960
 license to their

00:38:39.960 --> 00:38:41.119
 embrace of illicit

00:38:41.119 --> 00:38:42.159
 sexual acts,

00:38:42.159 --> 00:38:43.799
 contrary to God's

00:38:43.799 --> 00:38:44.480
 beautiful design

00:38:44.480 --> 00:38:44.960
 for life.

00:38:46.539 --> 00:38:47.719
 They reject the

00:38:47.719 --> 00:38:48.460
 grace of God

00:38:48.460 --> 00:38:49.199
 and his goodness

00:38:49.199 --> 00:38:50.299
 as creator and

00:38:50.299 --> 00:38:51.239
 sustainer of all

00:38:51.239 --> 00:38:51.699
 things.

00:38:52.440 --> 00:38:53.460
 Not a popular

00:38:53.460 --> 00:38:54.319
 thing to say

00:38:54.319 --> 00:38:55.779
 but friends,

00:38:56.039 --> 00:38:56.879
 this is the truth

00:38:56.879 --> 00:38:57.559
 of God's word.

00:38:59.559 --> 00:39:00.339
 Three things

00:39:00.339 --> 00:39:01.239
 before we move on

00:39:01.239 --> 00:39:02.299
 and these are very

00:39:02.299 --> 00:39:02.899
 important things

00:39:02.899 --> 00:39:03.359
 and they're all

00:39:03.359 --> 00:39:04.359
 found in 1 Corinthians

00:39:04.359 --> 00:39:05.159
 chapter 6

00:39:05.159 --> 00:39:06.199
 verses 9 to 11.

00:39:07.559 --> 00:39:08.779
 I'll read these

00:39:08.779 --> 00:39:09.539
 three verses from

00:39:09.539 --> 00:39:10.679
 1 Corinthians 6.

00:39:10.679 --> 00:39:34.480
 Verse 11.

00:39:34.480 --> 00:39:34.500
 Verse 11.

00:39:35.000 --> 00:39:36.500
 And such were some

00:39:36.500 --> 00:39:37.519
 of you, but you

00:39:37.519 --> 00:39:39.359
 were washed and you

00:39:39.360 --> 00:39:41.039
 were sanctified, you

00:39:41.039 --> 00:39:42.280
 were justified in the

00:39:42.280 --> 00:39:43.120
 name of the Lord

00:39:43.120 --> 00:39:44.320
 Jesus Christ and by

00:39:44.320 --> 00:39:45.120
 the Spirit of our

00:39:45.120 --> 00:39:45.480
 God.

00:39:46.200 --> 00:39:47.099
 First thing of the

00:39:47.099 --> 00:39:47.360
 three.

00:39:48.240 --> 00:39:49.559
 All sins are acts

00:39:49.559 --> 00:39:51.340
 of unrighteousness

00:39:51.340 --> 00:39:52.420
 and disqualify us

00:39:52.420 --> 00:39:53.620
 from eternal life.

00:39:56.900 --> 00:39:58.539
 Drunkards, swindlers,

00:39:58.900 --> 00:40:01.000
 revilers, the greedy.

00:40:03.180 --> 00:40:04.599
 I might have hit on

00:40:04.599 --> 00:40:06.019
 90% of us in some

00:40:06.019 --> 00:40:06.559
 kind of way.

00:40:06.559 --> 00:40:10.759
 Idolaters, there's

00:40:10.759 --> 00:40:11.559
 100%.

00:40:11.559 --> 00:40:16.139
 All acts of sin

00:40:16.139 --> 00:40:16.960
 are unrighteous

00:40:16.960 --> 00:40:18.219
 and disqualify us

00:40:18.219 --> 00:40:19.079
 from eternal life.

00:40:19.139 --> 00:40:19.659
 And that's not to

00:40:19.659 --> 00:40:20.679
 say that all sins,

00:40:21.059 --> 00:40:21.519
 in a sense,

00:40:22.539 --> 00:40:24.420
 they are as

00:40:24.420 --> 00:40:25.219
 destructive,

00:40:26.139 --> 00:40:27.480
 but that all sins

00:40:27.480 --> 00:40:28.400
 are an affront

00:40:28.400 --> 00:40:29.139
 to God's

00:40:29.139 --> 00:40:30.079
 perfection and

00:40:30.079 --> 00:40:30.860
 holiness and

00:40:30.860 --> 00:40:31.440
 goodness and

00:40:31.440 --> 00:40:31.820
 righteousness.

00:40:31.820 --> 00:40:31.900
 righteousness.

00:40:33.900 --> 00:40:34.539
 The second thing,

00:40:34.980 --> 00:40:35.620
 we ought not to

00:40:35.620 --> 00:40:36.500
 deceive ourselves

00:40:36.500 --> 00:40:37.920
 if our besetting

00:40:37.920 --> 00:40:38.840
 sin and struggles

00:40:38.840 --> 00:40:40.100
 are with a

00:40:40.100 --> 00:40:41.500
 respectable sin.

00:40:42.539 --> 00:40:43.680
 We too will not

00:40:43.680 --> 00:40:44.360
 inherit the kingdom

00:40:44.360 --> 00:40:44.900
 of God.

00:40:47.780 --> 00:40:48.920
 Respectable sins

00:40:48.920 --> 00:40:50.539
 are not respectable,

00:40:51.220 --> 00:40:52.400
 even though they

00:40:52.400 --> 00:40:53.200
 seem very

00:40:53.200 --> 00:40:53.780
 respectable.

00:40:54.900 --> 00:40:55.940
 Easily brushed

00:40:55.940 --> 00:40:57.360
 away, not as

00:40:57.360 --> 00:40:57.780
 bad.

00:40:58.580 --> 00:40:59.280
 Yeah, it doesn't

00:40:59.280 --> 00:41:01.280
 really bother God,

00:41:01.280 --> 00:41:01.820
 maybe it

00:41:01.820 --> 00:41:02.840
 irritates him a

00:41:02.840 --> 00:41:03.580
 little bit as

00:41:03.580 --> 00:41:04.760
 a whining child

00:41:04.760 --> 00:41:05.440
 irritates a

00:41:05.440 --> 00:41:05.880
 parent, but

00:41:05.880 --> 00:41:06.440
 ultimately he

00:41:06.440 --> 00:41:07.760
 loves me, he's

00:41:07.760 --> 00:41:07.960
 going to give

00:41:07.960 --> 00:41:08.300
 me what I

00:41:08.300 --> 00:41:08.620
 want.

00:41:11.440 --> 00:41:12.320
 Let us not

00:41:12.320 --> 00:41:13.160
 deceive ourselves,

00:41:13.340 --> 00:41:13.600
 friends.

00:41:13.860 --> 00:41:14.700
 Respectable sins

00:41:14.700 --> 00:41:15.740
 are still sins.

00:41:16.320 --> 00:41:16.800
 And the third

00:41:16.800 --> 00:41:17.560
 and final thing,

00:41:17.680 --> 00:41:18.240
 there is both

00:41:18.240 --> 00:41:19.620
 forgiveness and

00:41:19.620 --> 00:41:20.880
 freedom for our

00:41:20.880 --> 00:41:21.640
 friends and

00:41:21.640 --> 00:41:22.760
 family, even

00:41:22.760 --> 00:41:24.280
 ourselves, if we

00:41:24.280 --> 00:41:25.600
 have embraced or

00:41:25.600 --> 00:41:26.620
 struggle with

00:41:26.620 --> 00:41:27.700
 homosexual behavior,

00:41:27.940 --> 00:41:29.240
 or any sin for

00:41:29.240 --> 00:41:30.560
 that matter, for

00:41:30.559 --> 00:41:31.400
 the spilt blood

00:41:31.400 --> 00:41:32.179
 of Christ on

00:41:32.179 --> 00:41:32.880
 the cross of

00:41:32.880 --> 00:41:33.519
 Calvary will

00:41:33.519 --> 00:41:34.900
 wash clean

00:41:34.900 --> 00:41:36.500
 anyone who

00:41:36.500 --> 00:41:39.299
 by faith turns

00:41:39.299 --> 00:41:39.759
 to him for

00:41:39.759 --> 00:41:40.119
 cleansing.

00:41:41.400 --> 00:41:42.799
 There is always

00:41:42.799 --> 00:41:43.380
 hope in the

00:41:43.380 --> 00:41:43.739
 gospel.

00:41:44.239 --> 00:41:45.139
 There is always

00:41:45.139 --> 00:41:47.019
 time to repent.

00:41:47.960 --> 00:41:49.420
 Today, if you

00:41:49.420 --> 00:41:50.139
 will hear his

00:41:50.139 --> 00:41:52.139
 voice, turn to

00:41:52.139 --> 00:41:52.360
 him.

00:41:52.360 --> 00:41:54.099
 God bless you

00:41:54.099 --> 00:41:54.360
 to

00:41:54.360 --> 00:41:55.200
 God bless you

00:41:55.200 --> 00:41:55.460
 and

00:41:55.460 --> 00:41:56.300
 God bless you

00:41:56.300 --> 00:41:56.660
 and

00:41:56.660 --> 00:41:57.519
 let us

00:41:57.519 --> 00:41:58.660
 dunk on

00:41:58.660 --> 00:42:00.300
 people that

00:42:00.300 --> 00:42:02.880
 are pro-LGBTQ

00:42:02.880 --> 00:42:04.579
 plus because we

00:42:04.579 --> 00:42:05.200
 are the

00:42:05.200 --> 00:42:05.880
 righteous people.

00:42:06.720 --> 00:42:09.059
 We are all

00:42:09.059 --> 00:42:10.940
 on level zero,

00:42:11.220 --> 00:42:12.660
 level minus ten,

00:42:13.260 --> 00:42:14.160
 and God by his

00:42:14.160 --> 00:42:15.400
 goodness makes us

00:42:15.400 --> 00:42:16.180
 righteous, not

00:42:16.180 --> 00:42:17.440
 our own

00:42:17.440 --> 00:42:18.160
 righteousness, so

00:42:18.160 --> 00:42:18.940
 therefore we do

00:42:18.940 --> 00:42:19.860
 not look at other

00:42:19.860 --> 00:42:21.539
 people in a

00:42:21.539 --> 00:42:22.680
 judgmental way

00:42:22.680 --> 00:42:24.960
 and spit at

00:42:24.960 --> 00:42:25.660
 them in a sense

00:42:25.660 --> 00:42:26.300
 because they are

00:42:26.300 --> 00:42:27.059
 dirty or unclean,

00:42:27.099 --> 00:42:27.940
 because we are

00:42:27.940 --> 00:42:28.720
 dirty and unclean

00:42:28.720 --> 00:42:30.019
 if not for the

00:42:30.019 --> 00:42:30.740
 grace of God.

00:42:31.700 --> 00:42:32.420
 But when

00:42:32.420 --> 00:42:34.519
 teachers and

00:42:34.519 --> 00:42:35.460
 ministers of the

00:42:35.460 --> 00:42:36.880
 gospel who have

00:42:36.880 --> 00:42:38.640
 in charge of

00:42:38.640 --> 00:42:39.880
 them by God

00:42:39.880 --> 00:42:40.820
 people that they

00:42:40.820 --> 00:42:41.539
 are to proclaim

00:42:41.539 --> 00:42:42.400
 the gospel message

00:42:42.400 --> 00:42:43.000
 and if they are

00:42:43.000 --> 00:42:44.019
 taking that gospel

00:42:44.019 --> 00:42:45.599
 and perverting it

00:42:45.599 --> 00:42:46.599
 so that they may

00:42:46.599 --> 00:42:48.340
 engage in that

00:42:48.340 --> 00:42:49.460
 kind of sensuality,

00:42:50.460 --> 00:42:51.720
 that illicit

00:42:51.720 --> 00:42:53.320
 behavior that may

00:42:53.320 --> 00:42:54.120
 or may not include

00:42:54.120 --> 00:42:55.160
 homosexuality,

00:42:56.220 --> 00:42:57.380
 and giving license

00:42:57.380 --> 00:42:57.960
 to it,

00:42:58.680 --> 00:42:59.220
 woe to them.

00:43:02.019 --> 00:43:02.860
 Maybe they have

00:43:02.860 --> 00:43:03.700
 time to repent,

00:43:05.140 --> 00:43:05.700
 pray that they

00:43:05.700 --> 00:43:05.920
 will.

00:43:08.500 --> 00:43:09.380
 In summary,

00:43:10.079 --> 00:43:11.780
 Jude sums up

00:43:11.780 --> 00:43:12.539
 verses five to

00:43:12.539 --> 00:43:13.160
 seven and verse

00:43:13.160 --> 00:43:13.740
 eight and this is

00:43:13.740 --> 00:43:14.300
 what he says.

00:43:14.300 --> 00:43:17.380
 Yet in like

00:43:17.380 --> 00:43:18.200
 manner these

00:43:18.200 --> 00:43:19.060
 people also

00:43:19.060 --> 00:43:19.980
 relying on their

00:43:19.980 --> 00:43:21.300
 dreams defile the

00:43:21.300 --> 00:43:22.120
 flesh, reject

00:43:22.120 --> 00:43:22.920
 authority, and

00:43:22.920 --> 00:43:23.600
 blaspheme the

00:43:23.600 --> 00:43:24.340
 glorious ones.

00:43:25.580 --> 00:43:26.460
 Now this is an

00:43:26.460 --> 00:43:27.060
 interesting verse

00:43:27.060 --> 00:43:27.880
 because it sums

00:43:27.880 --> 00:43:30.340
 up what has

00:43:30.340 --> 00:43:31.680
 gone before it,

00:43:31.700 --> 00:43:32.320
 verses five to

00:43:32.320 --> 00:43:33.300
 seven, but will

00:43:33.300 --> 00:43:34.300
 also point us to

00:43:34.300 --> 00:43:35.640
 what Jude will

00:43:35.640 --> 00:43:37.420
 speak to in the

00:43:37.420 --> 00:43:38.120
 following verses.

00:43:38.380 --> 00:43:39.000
 So it kind of

00:43:39.000 --> 00:43:39.820
 looks back and

00:43:39.820 --> 00:43:40.440
 looks forward.

00:43:41.120 --> 00:43:42.000
 And it sums up

00:43:42.000 --> 00:43:42.780
 verses five to

00:43:42.780 --> 00:43:43.860
 seven by saying

00:43:43.860 --> 00:43:44.420
 that the false

00:43:44.420 --> 00:43:45.920
 teachers who

00:43:45.920 --> 00:43:46.680
 claim to be

00:43:46.680 --> 00:43:47.340
 ministers of

00:43:47.340 --> 00:43:48.280
 God's message,

00:43:48.440 --> 00:43:48.840
 they're in a

00:43:48.840 --> 00:43:50.039
 sense dreamer of

00:43:50.039 --> 00:43:50.420
 dreams.

00:43:50.660 --> 00:43:51.800
 That's a bit of a

00:43:51.800 --> 00:43:52.780
 technical term in

00:43:52.780 --> 00:43:53.480
 the Bible that

00:43:53.480 --> 00:43:54.660
 speaks to prophets,

00:43:54.880 --> 00:43:55.519
 but people that

00:43:55.519 --> 00:43:57.059
 are ministers of

00:43:57.059 --> 00:43:57.380
 God.

00:43:58.039 --> 00:43:58.599
 These false

00:43:58.599 --> 00:43:59.099
 teachers who

00:43:59.099 --> 00:43:59.980
 claim to be

00:43:59.980 --> 00:44:01.039
 ministers of

00:44:01.039 --> 00:44:02.120
 God, but

00:44:02.120 --> 00:44:03.680
 instead are led

00:44:03.680 --> 00:44:04.780
 by their selfish

00:44:04.780 --> 00:44:05.760
 imaginations.

00:44:05.880 --> 00:44:06.260
 In a sense,

00:44:06.380 --> 00:44:06.660
 they're just

00:44:06.660 --> 00:44:07.079
 dreamers.

00:44:07.380 --> 00:44:07.700
 They're not

00:44:07.700 --> 00:44:08.579
 dreamers of

00:44:08.579 --> 00:44:08.960
 dreams.

00:44:09.059 --> 00:44:09.340
 They're not

00:44:09.340 --> 00:44:09.720
 prophets.

00:44:10.500 --> 00:44:10.840
 They're just

00:44:10.840 --> 00:44:11.260
 dreamers.

00:44:11.340 --> 00:44:11.940
 They make up

00:44:11.940 --> 00:44:12.340
 stuff.

00:44:12.500 --> 00:44:13.840
 They twist the

00:44:13.840 --> 00:44:14.300
 gospel.

00:44:14.500 --> 00:44:15.460
 They look at

00:44:15.460 --> 00:44:16.039
 something and

00:44:16.039 --> 00:44:18.480
 say, ah, culturally

00:44:18.480 --> 00:44:19.500
 sensitive text

00:44:19.500 --> 00:44:19.840
 right here.

00:44:19.980 --> 00:44:20.559
 It doesn't

00:44:20.559 --> 00:44:21.260
 apply to us

00:44:21.260 --> 00:44:21.559
 today.

00:44:24.620 --> 00:44:25.600
 They reject

00:44:25.600 --> 00:44:26.460
 God as the

00:44:26.460 --> 00:44:27.620
 good creator by

00:44:27.620 --> 00:44:28.539
 using God's

00:44:28.539 --> 00:44:29.260
 grace as a

00:44:29.260 --> 00:44:29.940
 license to

00:44:29.940 --> 00:44:31.140
 engage in all

00:44:31.140 --> 00:44:31.620
 sorts of

00:44:31.620 --> 00:44:32.180
 immorality.

00:44:32.740 --> 00:44:33.039
 And they

00:44:33.039 --> 00:44:34.260
 reject Christ as

00:44:34.260 --> 00:44:34.960
 master and

00:44:34.960 --> 00:44:36.000
 Lord, and they

00:44:36.000 --> 00:44:37.500
 reject God's

00:44:37.500 --> 00:44:37.539
 law.

00:44:37.600 --> 00:44:38.480
 That's the last

00:44:38.480 --> 00:44:39.039
 little bit when

00:44:39.039 --> 00:44:39.539
 it says, and

00:44:39.539 --> 00:44:40.360
 they blaspheme

00:44:40.360 --> 00:44:40.860
 the glorious

00:44:40.860 --> 00:44:41.220
 ones.

00:44:41.720 --> 00:44:42.039
 A lot of

00:44:42.039 --> 00:44:42.820
 commentators seem

00:44:42.820 --> 00:44:43.559
 to see that

00:44:43.559 --> 00:44:45.080
 as at

00:44:45.080 --> 00:44:46.280
 Sinai, when

00:44:46.280 --> 00:44:46.880
 God gives

00:44:46.880 --> 00:44:47.500
 the law to

00:44:47.500 --> 00:44:47.840
 the people

00:44:47.840 --> 00:44:48.380
 of Israel,

00:44:48.539 --> 00:44:48.820
 it is

00:44:48.820 --> 00:44:49.700
 mediated by

00:44:49.700 --> 00:44:50.320
 angels.

00:44:50.860 --> 00:44:51.240
 So in a

00:44:51.240 --> 00:44:51.640
 sense, they're

00:44:51.640 --> 00:44:52.420
 saying this is

00:44:52.420 --> 00:44:53.340
 a rejection of

00:44:53.340 --> 00:44:55.000
 God's law as

00:44:55.000 --> 00:44:55.400
 they are

00:44:55.400 --> 00:44:56.360
 blaspheming the

00:44:56.360 --> 00:44:57.200
 glorious ones.

00:45:00.200 --> 00:45:00.920
 These false

00:45:00.920 --> 00:45:01.640
 teachers, remember,

00:45:01.740 --> 00:45:02.539
 have crept in

00:45:02.539 --> 00:45:03.440
 unnoticed.

00:45:04.559 --> 00:45:05.220
 We'll see more

00:45:05.220 --> 00:45:05.820
 about what they

00:45:05.820 --> 00:45:07.300
 have done in

00:45:07.300 --> 00:45:08.160
 the general

00:45:08.160 --> 00:45:08.920
 worship of the

00:45:08.920 --> 00:45:10.059
 church in the

00:45:10.059 --> 00:45:10.460
 weeks to

00:45:10.460 --> 00:45:10.719
 come.

00:45:12.420 --> 00:45:13.500
 But what is

00:45:13.500 --> 00:45:13.920
 the big

00:45:13.920 --> 00:45:14.539
 takeaway, in

00:45:14.539 --> 00:45:16.460
 a sense, of

00:45:16.460 --> 00:45:17.019
 this section?

00:45:17.820 --> 00:45:18.400
 It's to

00:45:18.400 --> 00:45:18.900
 remember the

00:45:18.900 --> 00:45:19.619
 past, it's to

00:45:19.619 --> 00:45:20.279
 know God's

00:45:20.279 --> 00:45:20.880
 word, it's to

00:45:20.880 --> 00:45:22.340
 feed on the

00:45:22.340 --> 00:45:23.960
 truth that is

00:45:23.960 --> 00:45:25.179
 in this book, to

00:45:25.179 --> 00:45:26.219
 not shy away from

00:45:26.219 --> 00:45:27.880
 God's word, to

00:45:27.880 --> 00:45:28.779
 submit ourselves

00:45:28.779 --> 00:45:29.880
 underneath it, even

00:45:29.880 --> 00:45:30.699
 if it feels

00:45:30.699 --> 00:45:31.679
 uncomfortable and

00:45:31.679 --> 00:45:32.860
 prickly, and

00:45:32.860 --> 00:45:33.880
 even if it, in a

00:45:33.880 --> 00:45:35.460
 sense, threatens our

00:45:35.460 --> 00:45:36.739
 current lifestyle and

00:45:36.739 --> 00:45:37.239
 the things we

00:45:37.239 --> 00:45:38.859
 hold dear.

00:45:40.979 --> 00:45:42.019
 We are called to

00:45:42.019 --> 00:45:43.119
 not deny the

00:45:43.119 --> 00:45:44.099
 promises of God

00:45:44.099 --> 00:45:45.199
 because we see

00:45:45.199 --> 00:45:45.959
 what happens when

00:45:45.959 --> 00:45:46.859
 we will because of

00:45:46.859 --> 00:45:47.419
 unbelief.

00:45:48.239 --> 00:45:48.819
 We will be left

00:45:48.819 --> 00:45:49.339
 in the desert.

00:45:53.599 --> 00:45:54.519
 We ought not to

00:45:54.519 --> 00:45:55.519
 call God a liar.

00:45:55.739 --> 00:45:56.779
 We ought not to

00:45:56.779 --> 00:45:57.759
 be ashamed of

00:45:57.759 --> 00:45:59.439
 any of what God

00:45:59.439 --> 00:46:00.299
 says, no matter

00:46:00.299 --> 00:46:01.199
 how uncomfortable

00:46:01.199 --> 00:46:03.299
 it may be to

00:46:03.299 --> 00:46:05.199
 adhere to this

00:46:05.199 --> 00:46:06.319
 and to look to

00:46:06.320 --> 00:46:09.340
 it in 2024 in

00:46:09.340 --> 00:46:09.620
 Ottawa.

00:46:11.660 --> 00:46:12.480
 We need to

00:46:12.480 --> 00:46:13.320
 remember also

00:46:13.320 --> 00:46:13.980
 that God's

00:46:13.980 --> 00:46:15.960
 ways lead to

00:46:15.960 --> 00:46:16.740
 beauty and

00:46:16.740 --> 00:46:17.539
 goodness and

00:46:17.539 --> 00:46:18.160
 truth and

00:46:18.160 --> 00:46:18.980
 life, that they

00:46:18.980 --> 00:46:20.600
 always look to

00:46:20.600 --> 00:46:21.280
 be fruitful.

00:46:23.360 --> 00:46:24.160
 We need to

00:46:24.160 --> 00:46:24.980
 remember also that

00:46:24.980 --> 00:46:25.740
 God is a just

00:46:25.740 --> 00:46:27.120
 judge and he

00:46:27.120 --> 00:46:27.880
 will judge and

00:46:27.880 --> 00:46:28.940
 punish those who

00:46:28.940 --> 00:46:30.740
 continue unrepentantly

00:46:30.740 --> 00:46:33.500
 to call evil

00:46:33.500 --> 00:46:34.180
 good and good

00:46:34.180 --> 00:46:34.500
 evil.

00:46:34.500 --> 00:46:34.559
 people.

00:46:36.400 --> 00:46:36.599
 If you

00:46:36.599 --> 00:46:37.739
 remember, Jude

00:46:37.739 --> 00:46:38.420
 is calling us to

00:46:38.420 --> 00:46:39.280
 contend for this

00:46:39.280 --> 00:46:40.260
 faith, but first,

00:46:40.980 --> 00:46:41.900
 has this faith

00:46:41.900 --> 00:46:42.659
 gripped us?

00:46:43.420 --> 00:46:44.539
 Has this gospel

00:46:44.539 --> 00:46:45.260
 gripped us?

00:46:46.000 --> 00:46:47.000
 Because why on

00:46:47.000 --> 00:46:47.539
 earth would I

00:46:47.539 --> 00:46:48.679
 contend for it if

00:46:48.679 --> 00:46:49.360
 it is something that

00:46:49.360 --> 00:46:49.739
 I don't even

00:46:49.739 --> 00:46:50.260
 believe in?

00:46:50.960 --> 00:46:52.579
 Friends, by God's

00:46:52.579 --> 00:46:53.699
 Holy Spirit, ask

00:46:53.699 --> 00:46:55.079
 him to help the

00:46:55.079 --> 00:46:56.199
 gospel grip your

00:46:56.199 --> 00:46:57.960
 heart so that you

00:46:57.960 --> 00:46:59.800
 cherish Christ more,

00:47:00.079 --> 00:47:00.760
 ultimately more,

00:47:00.820 --> 00:47:01.619
 than you cherish your

00:47:01.619 --> 00:47:03.759
 own life, that you

00:47:03.759 --> 00:47:05.159
 will feed on and

00:47:05.159 --> 00:47:06.339
 safeguard this

00:47:06.339 --> 00:47:08.299
 gospel, trusting in

00:47:08.299 --> 00:47:09.179
 this good news that

00:47:09.179 --> 00:47:12.440
 Christ died, not so

00:47:12.440 --> 00:47:13.380
 that you can live, but

00:47:13.380 --> 00:47:14.480
 so that you can die

00:47:14.480 --> 00:47:16.559
 with him and then be

00:47:16.559 --> 00:47:17.960
 raised with him again

00:47:17.960 --> 00:47:19.079
 to newness of life.

00:47:21.900 --> 00:47:23.380
 No longer mastered by

00:47:23.380 --> 00:47:25.759
 sin and evil, death and

00:47:25.759 --> 00:47:29.199
 temptation, knowing that

00:47:29.199 --> 00:47:32.079
 slavery to Christ is

00:47:32.079 --> 00:47:32.799
 perfect freedom.

00:47:35.279 --> 00:47:37.559
 Don't lose heart, feast

00:47:37.559 --> 00:47:39.000
 on the gospel, help

00:47:39.000 --> 00:47:41.019
 one another to feast,

00:47:42.199 --> 00:47:43.559
 encourage one another,

00:47:43.679 --> 00:47:44.500
 pray for one another,

00:47:45.099 --> 00:47:45.879
 and then, friends, let

00:47:45.879 --> 00:47:46.819
 us contend for this

00:47:46.819 --> 00:47:47.139
 gospel.

00:47:47.299 --> 00:47:48.159
 It is worth our lives.

00:47:48.199 --> 00:47:48.639
 Let us pray.

00:47:51.500 --> 00:47:55.179
 Father in heaven, thank

00:47:55.179 --> 00:47:58.919
 you that your word is

00:47:58.919 --> 00:48:01.239
 alive and it is active

00:48:01.239 --> 00:48:03.579
 and that it is sharp

00:48:03.579 --> 00:48:05.579
 and that it is surely

00:48:05.579 --> 00:48:07.319
 cut many, if not all of

00:48:07.319 --> 00:48:10.039
 us this morning, but in

00:48:10.039 --> 00:48:10.960
 a very good way.

00:48:11.819 --> 00:48:13.980
 Lord, may we have

00:48:13.980 --> 00:48:16.480
 joyful sorrow at our

00:48:16.480 --> 00:48:16.819
 sins.

00:48:17.919 --> 00:48:21.019
 Help us to be humbled

00:48:21.019 --> 00:48:22.299
 under your word, humbled

00:48:22.299 --> 00:48:23.940
 with the reality of these

00:48:23.940 --> 00:48:24.240
 warnings.

00:48:24.360 --> 00:48:25.420
 Help us to be people

00:48:25.420 --> 00:48:26.579
 that know your word and

00:48:26.579 --> 00:48:27.519
 are reminded of your

00:48:27.519 --> 00:48:28.860
 word and think about your

00:48:28.860 --> 00:48:30.240
 word and meditate upon it

00:48:30.240 --> 00:48:34.460
 as both a warning and an

00:48:34.460 --> 00:48:34.880
 encouragement.

00:48:36.460 --> 00:48:37.420
 And Lord, we pray that you

00:48:37.420 --> 00:48:39.159
 would help us to contend for

00:48:39.159 --> 00:48:41.099
 this faith, that we would

00:48:41.099 --> 00:48:42.039
 embrace the gospel.

00:48:42.860 --> 00:48:43.900
 And Lord, we pray that you

00:48:43.900 --> 00:48:46.519
 would help us by your Holy

00:48:46.519 --> 00:48:49.420
 Spirit, Lord, to push out

00:48:49.420 --> 00:48:51.280
 any strange and erroneous

00:48:51.280 --> 00:48:52.400
 doctrine that might creep

00:48:52.400 --> 00:48:55.099
 into this church that we

00:48:55.099 --> 00:48:55.680
 call home.

00:48:56.960 --> 00:48:57.780
 Lord, we love you.

00:48:57.860 --> 00:48:58.579
 We thank you that

00:48:58.579 --> 00:49:01.220
 ultimately your love for

00:49:01.220 --> 00:49:02.440
 us is greater than our

00:49:02.440 --> 00:49:03.440
 love for you, that your

00:49:03.440 --> 00:49:04.460
 love for this church is

00:49:04.460 --> 00:49:06.000
 greater than this church's

00:49:06.000 --> 00:49:07.079
 love for you, that your

00:49:07.079 --> 00:49:09.220
 grip on us is greater

00:49:09.220 --> 00:49:10.880
 than our grip on you.

00:49:11.220 --> 00:49:12.059
 And we pray this in

00:49:12.059 --> 00:49:12.619
 Christ's name.

00:49:13.460 --> 00:49:13.780
 Amen.