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 Please turn in your Bibles to Malachi chapter 3, the last book of the Old Testament.

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 We're finishing off Malachi today.

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 The plan is to begin a series in Acts next Sunday, God willing.

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 If you want to do some prep for that, maybe read Luke's Gospel and read Acts in preparation for that.

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 Malachi chapter 3 verse 13, to the end of the book.

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 Let me tell you some things that I've learnt recently.

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 I've learnt you can waste a lot of time in traffic on the Xbridge Road, can't you?

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 I've learnt that trying to get the E1 bus to go faster is a waste of time.

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 I've learnt that expecting to pass exams without doing any revision is a waste of time.

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 I've learnt that hoping your park run time will improve without doing any training or any runs in between is a waste of time.

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 We waste our time, don't we, on lots of things.

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 We waste our time in loads of things.

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 I might say to somebody, what a waste of time.

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 What about serving God?

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 What about living for God?

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 Is that a waste of time?

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 Look at Malachi chapter 3 verse 13.

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 It's the final kind of dispute argument of the book.

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 And the pattern we've seen repeated over the last few weeks.

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 Israel question or challenge God and God responds.

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 And you see it for one last time in chapter 3 verse 13.

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 Your words have been hard against me, says the Lord.

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 But you say, how have we spoken against you?

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 You have said it is vain to serve God.

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 It's a waste of time to serve God.

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 What is the profit of keeping his charge or walking as in mourning before the Lord of hosts?

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 And now we call the arrogant, blessed, evil doers not only prosper,

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 but they put God to the test and they escape.

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 And God rebukes Israel, the people of God, for the harsh things they've said.

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 They plead innocence before God, but God replies by outlining and showing them their sin.

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 And on this occasion, the allegation is that serving God is a waste of time.

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 It's futile.

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 And those who do wrong things, those who live for themselves and for pleasure,

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 they seem to get away with it.

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 And so they say, what's the point?

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 It's similar to chapter 2 verse 17, isn't it?

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 Where God says, you've wearied me with your words.

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 I'm fed up of you.

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 But you say, how have we wearied you?

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 By saying everyone who does evil is good in the sight of the Lord and delights in them,

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 or by asking, where is the God of justice?

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 It's easy to see this, isn't it, from God's perspective, how offensive it is.

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 But we need to get inside the head of the people of God at that time.

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 Why did they feel that way?

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 They may have seen the world in the same way we see the world.

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 They saw evil people doing great harm to others and yet seemingly getting away with it.

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 And they may well have experienced what we often experience as the people of God.

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 They were doing the things that God had asked them to do,

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 but it didn't feel like it was a blessed way of life.

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 It didn't feel like it was all it was cracked up to be.

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 In fact, it felt hollow.

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 It felt that God was far away.

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 When it all boils down to it, it seems as if they felt there was no punishment for doing evil

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 and no reward for doing good.

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 So what's the point?

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 They thought that there was no distinction between the righteous and the unrighteous.

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 And I don't know about you, but those sentiments are not always that far from my mind.

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 It's probably not the sort of thing that I say to my Christian friends.

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 And we wouldn't readily admit it, but I suspect many of us here have, at one time or another,

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 have thought this, or perhaps we've even said it to God.

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 It can sometimes feel like there's no distinction between the righteous and the wicked.

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 It can sometimes feel there's no punishment for evil, no reward for doing good.

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 It can sometimes feel like serving God is a waste of time.

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 And we can feel that the Christian life is not all that it's cracked up to be.

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 We can look, can't we?

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 And maybe you children and young people do this.

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 You look at your friends who are from non-Christian families,

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 and you think, well, they're having more fun than I am.

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 And God has us working hard and living through maybe difficult things,

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 and sometimes we feel there's not a lot of reward to go with the sacrifice.

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 And certainly that's how it felt for Israel.

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 But not quite all of Israel.

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 Can you look at verse 16?

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 It's a beautiful verse.

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 Those who feared the Lord.

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 They spoke with one another.

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 And what did the Lord do?

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 The Lord paid attention and heard them.

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 And a book of remembrance was written before him of those who feared the Lord and esteemed his name.

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 There's a group of people who refused to believe that serving God was futile.

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 Here are those who maintained that actually serving God is not a waste of time.

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 And as such, they shine like a beacon in the darkness of Israel's doubt.

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 Chapter 3, verse 16 really is a standout verse in the book of Malachi.

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 Malachi.

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 These people serve God, and so therefore they fear God.

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 That is, they want to honour his name.

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 It isn't a fear like you might, a fear of the dark,

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 or a fear of things that go bump in the night.

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 It's the fear of knowing the all-powerful God,

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 and how great and how majestic he is.

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 How awesome he is.

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 And these people have appreciated God for who he is and what he does.

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 And how he deserves to be treated.

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 And Malachi tells us that God commits himself

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 to remembering those people favourably.

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 He writes their name on a scroll.

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 It's a bit of a hint to us about what God is about to say,

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 but at this point they stand, don't they, as a quiet minority.

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 They resist the majority view in Israel.

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 And they force us to ask at this point, well who is right?

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 Is serving God a waste of time?

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 There are some that say yes.

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 There are many that say no.

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 Is there really a distinction between the righteous and the wicked?

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 Some say yes.

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 Others say no.

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 And verses 13 to 16, they raise those questions.

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 And we're going to try and answer that question this morning.

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 And the short answer is, there's point number one, there is a distinction.

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 There is a distinction.

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 Verse 17 sees God responding to the faithful group of verse 16.

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 And this is what he says.

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 Then those who feared the Lord spoke with one another,

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 and the Lord paid attention and heard them.

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 And a book of remembrance was written before him,

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 of those who feared the Lord and esteemed his name.

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 They shall be mine, says the Lord of hosts.

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 In the day when I take up my treasured possession, my jewels,

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 and I will spare them, these people who fear me,

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 I will spare them as a man spares his son who serves him.

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 And God is saying that their future will be shaped by compassion.

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 They will be part of God's treasured possession.

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 If you remember back to the start of the book, chapter 1, verse 6 of Malachi,

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 God's complaint against Israel was that they weren't treating him as a father or a master.

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 But here we find people who are treating God properly.

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 And they serve him as their master, and they are his sons.

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 And so God says they will be spared.

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 The implication, of course, is that some won't be spared.

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 Because there's a day of wrath coming.

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 And on that day there will be those who are spared and those who are not spared.

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 And that is the great distinction, the dividing line.

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 Look at verse 18 with me.

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 Then once more you shall see the distinction between the righteous and the wicked,

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 between one who serves God and one who does not.

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 And chapter 4 flushes that distinction out.

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 Chapter 4, verse 1,

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 For behold, behold, the day is coming, burning like an oven,

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 when all the arrogant and all evildoers will be like stubble.

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 That's the future we all have to face.

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 Those that arrogantly stand against God, instead of honouring him, will suffer punishment.

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 God's fire will burn and leave them as stubble.

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 The evildoers will receive justice.

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 You can see, can't you, how directly this answers the complaints of chapter 2, verse 17,

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 and chapter 3, verse 15.

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 Where is the God of justice?

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 Well, all who do evil,

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 all who do evil are good in the eyes of the Lord, it seems.

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 And certainly the evil do us prosper.

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 And the answer is no, no.

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 They will be like stubble, says the Lord Almighty.

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 The fire of God's anger will burn against them and they will be ruined.

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 But the future that the righteous face is different, isn't it?

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 Look at verse 2.

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 But for you who fear my name,

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 the sun of righteousness will rise

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 with healing in its wings

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 and you will go out leaping like calves from the stall.

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 Leaping like calves from the stall.

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 It's bizarre imagery, isn't it?

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 God wants you to imagine this morning

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 a sun with wings

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 and jumping baby cows.

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 They are very stark pictures, aren't they?

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 But the meaning is clear.

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 Instead of the fire of God's anger

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 that the wicked will face,

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 the righteous will face

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 the brilliance and the warmth

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 of God's righteousness.

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 Rising like the sun.

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 And that sun will bring healing and peace

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 instead of anger and disaster.

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 God will make his people

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 whole

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 and their righteousness will be met

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 with a far greater righteousness

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 of God himself.

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 and they will be

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 exhilarated.

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 There will be joy

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 and there will be freedom.

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 They will run

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 and jump around the fields

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 like baby cows.

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 Try to think

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 of a similar metaphor.

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 I've tried to think of

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 an illustration that goes along that.

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 Who runs around

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 and jumps around like baby cows?

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 And the description

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 reminds me

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 of the kind of

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 inhibited celebration

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 of footballers

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 after they score.

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 Last week,

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 Toto Scalacci.

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 Do you remember him?

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 Salvatore Scalacci

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 in the Italian 90

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 when he scored?

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 And there's these amazing images

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 of wide, wide eyes

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 of him running

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 to an adoring crowd.

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 You know what it's like,

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 isn't it,

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 when footballers score?

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 Grown men running around

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 like school kids.

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 Some of them

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 pulling their shirt

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 over their heads,

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 screaming at the camera,

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 kissing the corner post,

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 diving on the ground

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 over each other.

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 It's this kind of

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 uninhibited celebration

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 that's being described here.

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 Or think of the runner,

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 the sprinter

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 in the Olympics

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 who crosses the line first.

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 What does he do?

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 Does he stop

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 and just shake hands

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 with everyone?

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 No, he doesn't, does he?

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 He skips around.

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 He celebrates.

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 He dances.

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 And it's saying here

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 that the righteous

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 servants of God

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 will be like a calf

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 that's been held back

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 and hemmed in by its stall

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 and suddenly it's released

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 to frolic in the field.

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 It's like a footballer

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 scoring a goal

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 in the last minute.

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 It's like a 100 metre runner

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 winning the Olympics.

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 Irrepressible joy.

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 Wild celebrations.

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 And the order of things

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 will be reversed.

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 Because in this life

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 the wicked

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 often trample

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 the righteous

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 under their feet.

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 But God says

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 when his day arrives

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 it will be different.

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 Justice will be

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 the vindication

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 of the righteous

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 and the humiliation

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 of the wicked.

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 There is a day

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 coming when the tables

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 will turn.

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 That's what verse 3 says

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 isn't it?

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 Verse 3

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 you shall tread

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 down the wicked

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 for they will be ashes

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 under the soles

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 of your feet

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 and on that day

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 I will act

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 says the Lord of hers.

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 Can you again see

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 the foolish claims

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 of verse 14 and 15

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 of God's people

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 saying it's a waste of time

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 are being answered.

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 God says no

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 there is a day coming

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 when the reward of God

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 for the righteous

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 will far outweigh

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 all the sacrifice

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 and there is a day coming

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 when the horror

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 of God's anger

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 will cause the wicked

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 to deeply regret

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 every day

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 of their so-called fun.

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 When they lived

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 with no regard for God.

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 But point number two

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 when?

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 When will this happen?

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 When will this distinction

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 take place?

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 Well according to

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 chapter 3 verse 17

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 we will see it

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 on the day when God

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 takes up his

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 treasured possession.

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 Chapter 4 verse 1

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 refers to the same day

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 and simply says

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 it's coming.

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 And chapter 4

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 verses 5 and 6

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 tell us what will

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 happen before that day.

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 Verse 5

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 Behold

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 I will send you

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 Elijah the prophet

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 before the great

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 and awesome

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 day of the Lord

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 comes

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 and he will turn

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 the hearts of the

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 fathers to their

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 children

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 the hearts of

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 children to their

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 fathers

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 lest I come

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 and strike the land

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 with a decree

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 of utter destruction.

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 He tells you and I

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 that Elijah will come

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 before the day of the

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 Lord.

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 What does that mean?

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 Well it's really the

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 same pattern as

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 chapter 3 verse 1

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 there we learn that

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 the Lord

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 would come to bring

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 justice but his

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 messenger would prepare

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 the way first.

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 It's the same thing

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 here.

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 We read Matthew

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 chapter 11

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 a couple of weeks

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 ago that tells us

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 that the messenger

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 this Elijah figure is

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 none other than John

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 the Baptist.

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 Let me read to you

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 from Matthew

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 chapter 11

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 Jesus says this

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 Behold I send my

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 messenger before your

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 face who will prepare

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 the way before you

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 He's talking about

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 John the Baptist

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 Truly I say to you

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 among those born of

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 woman there is arisen

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 no one greater than

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 John the Baptist

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 yet the one who's

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 least in the kingdom

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 of heaven is greater

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 than he.

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 From the days of

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 John the Baptist

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 until now the kingdom

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 of heaven has

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 suffered violence

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 and the violent

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 take it by force.

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 For all the prophets

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 and the law

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 prophesied it

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 until John

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 and if you're

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 willing to accept

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 it he is

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 Elijah

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 who is to come.

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 So John the

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 Baptist is the

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 Elijah figure

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 that Malachi is

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 talking about.

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 Jesus is really

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 clear about that.

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 Elijah in many

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 ways was the most

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 famous of all the

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 Old Testament

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 prophets and this

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 is simply Malachi's

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 way of pointing to

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 John the Baptist

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 as the last

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 great prophet

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 to come before

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 Jesus.

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 He'll be the

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 last prophet

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 before Jesus

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 himself comes

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 before the

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 Lord arrives.

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 This final

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 section of Malachi

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 right at the end

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 of the Old

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 Testament is

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 pointing us

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 forward to

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 Jesus Christ.

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 He's saying

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 it's with Jesus

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 that this day

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 comes.

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 And when Jesus

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 comes he will

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 tell us more

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 about when that

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 day will be.

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 And so you

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 go to Matthew's

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 Gospel and

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 Jesus tells

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 parables doesn't

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 he about the

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 kingdom of

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 heaven.

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 You might be

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 familiar with

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 this parable

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 where Jesus

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 says the

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 kingdom of

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 heaven it's

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 like a net.

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 A net that's

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 let down into

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 a lake and it

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 catches all kind

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 of fish.

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 And when it

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 was full the

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 fishermen pulled

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 it up on the

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 shore and then

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 they sat down

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 and they collected

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 the good fish in

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 baskets and they

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 threw the bad

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 away.

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 Jesus says

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 that's how it

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 will be at

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 the end of

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 the age.

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 The angels

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 will come and

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 they will

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 separate the

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 wicked from

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 the righteous

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 and they will

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 throw them

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 into a blazing

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 furnace and

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 they will be

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 weeping and

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 gnashing of

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 teeth.

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 Jesus uses

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 the same

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 language as

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 Malachi uses.

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 He speaks of

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 the separation,

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 the distinction

00:18:04.039 --> 00:18:04.700
 between the

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 righteous and

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 the wicked.

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 And he tells

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 us when it

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 will be.

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 He says it

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 will be at

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 the end of

00:18:09.460 --> 00:18:09.920
 the age.

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 The justice

00:18:12.259 --> 00:18:12.840
 that Jesus

00:18:12.840 --> 00:18:14.880
 brings will

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 ultimately come

00:18:16.299 --> 00:18:17.559
 when he comes

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 that second

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 time to

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 judge the

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 world.

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 It began

00:18:22.900 --> 00:18:23.519
 when he came

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 to earth the

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 first time but

00:18:25.079 --> 00:18:25.779
 the promises of

00:18:25.779 --> 00:18:26.759
 Malachi 3 and

00:18:26.759 --> 00:18:27.240
 4 will

00:18:27.240 --> 00:18:28.380
 ultimately be

00:18:28.380 --> 00:18:29.019
 fulfilled when

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 he returns.

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 And of course

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 the critical

00:18:33.539 --> 00:18:34.259
 question is not

00:18:34.259 --> 00:18:35.360
 actually when but

00:18:35.360 --> 00:18:35.799
 point number

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 three.

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 The question

00:18:36.940 --> 00:18:37.840
 is how?

00:18:37.839 --> 00:18:39.859
 how is this

00:18:39.859 --> 00:18:41.099
 distinction going

00:18:41.099 --> 00:18:41.659
 to be made?

00:18:43.240 --> 00:18:44.639
 How will this

00:18:44.639 --> 00:18:45.299
 distinction be

00:18:45.299 --> 00:18:46.319
 made between the

00:18:46.319 --> 00:18:46.740
 righteous and

00:18:46.740 --> 00:18:46.980
 the wicked?

00:18:49.980 --> 00:18:50.899
 We know if

00:18:50.899 --> 00:18:52.019
 we're honest with

00:18:52.019 --> 00:18:55.220
 ourselves, isn't

00:18:55.220 --> 00:18:56.459
 everyone wicked to

00:18:56.459 --> 00:18:57.059
 some degree?

00:18:57.059 --> 00:19:00.259
 if you're willing

00:19:00.259 --> 00:19:00.740
 to be honest

00:19:00.740 --> 00:19:01.679
 this morning, you

00:19:01.679 --> 00:19:02.339
 will be willing

00:19:02.339 --> 00:19:02.839
 to admit that

00:19:02.839 --> 00:19:04.059
 you fall short

00:19:04.059 --> 00:19:04.599
 of God's

00:19:04.599 --> 00:19:05.079
 perfection.

00:19:07.200 --> 00:19:07.919
 And so who

00:19:07.919 --> 00:19:08.220
 can be

00:19:08.220 --> 00:19:08.519
 righteous?

00:19:11.000 --> 00:19:11.500
 Well in

00:19:11.500 --> 00:19:12.099
 Malachi's day

00:19:12.099 --> 00:19:12.599
 the righteous

00:19:12.599 --> 00:19:13.200
 were described

00:19:13.200 --> 00:19:13.919
 as those who

00:19:13.919 --> 00:19:14.720
 honour God's

00:19:14.720 --> 00:19:14.919
 name.

00:19:15.119 --> 00:19:15.700
 Listen again to

00:19:15.700 --> 00:19:16.399
 how Malachi puts

00:19:16.399 --> 00:19:17.240
 it in chapter 16

00:19:17.240 --> 00:19:18.000
 the second half.

00:19:18.000 --> 00:19:20.220
 Then those who

00:19:20.220 --> 00:19:21.259
 feared the Lord

00:19:21.259 --> 00:19:21.839
 spoke with one

00:19:21.839 --> 00:19:23.740
 another and the

00:19:23.740 --> 00:19:24.039
 Lord paid

00:19:24.039 --> 00:19:24.640
 attention and

00:19:24.640 --> 00:19:25.359
 heard them and

00:19:25.359 --> 00:19:25.740
 a book of

00:19:25.740 --> 00:19:26.279
 remembrance was

00:19:26.279 --> 00:19:26.859
 written before

00:19:26.859 --> 00:19:27.799
 him of those

00:19:27.799 --> 00:19:28.680
 who feared the

00:19:28.680 --> 00:19:30.180
 Lord and

00:19:30.180 --> 00:19:30.579
 honoured his

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 name.

00:19:32.359 --> 00:19:32.980
 Chapter 4

00:19:32.980 --> 00:19:33.380
 verse 2

00:19:33.380 --> 00:19:34.460
 But for you

00:19:34.460 --> 00:19:35.180
 who fear my

00:19:35.180 --> 00:19:37.420
 name the

00:19:37.420 --> 00:19:37.740
 son of

00:19:37.740 --> 00:19:38.079
 righteousness

00:19:38.079 --> 00:19:38.660
 shall rise

00:19:38.660 --> 00:19:39.019
 with healing

00:19:39.019 --> 00:19:39.519
 in its wings.

00:19:43.140 --> 00:19:43.779
 The New

00:19:43.779 --> 00:19:44.400
 Testament and

00:19:44.400 --> 00:19:44.859
 the coming of

00:19:44.859 --> 00:19:45.279
 the Lord Jesus

00:19:45.279 --> 00:19:46.140
 we are told

00:19:46.140 --> 00:19:48.080
 more about

00:19:48.080 --> 00:19:48.600
 what it means

00:19:48.600 --> 00:19:49.000
 to honour

00:19:49.000 --> 00:19:49.520
 the Lord.

00:19:51.420 --> 00:19:51.840
 In that

00:19:51.840 --> 00:19:52.360
 passage that

00:19:52.360 --> 00:19:52.780
 Reuben read

00:19:52.780 --> 00:19:53.180
 for us earlier

00:19:53.180 --> 00:19:53.500
 from 2

00:19:53.500 --> 00:19:53.960
 Thessalonians

00:19:53.960 --> 00:19:54.420
 chapter 1

00:19:54.420 --> 00:19:54.940
 we read about

00:19:54.940 --> 00:19:55.540
 the day when

00:19:55.540 --> 00:19:56.060
 Jesus will

00:19:56.060 --> 00:19:56.980
 return in

00:19:56.980 --> 00:19:57.660
 blazing fire

00:19:57.660 --> 00:19:58.060
 just as

00:19:58.060 --> 00:19:58.940
 Malachi prophesied.

00:20:00.300 --> 00:20:01.160
 The day when

00:20:01.160 --> 00:20:01.780
 God's justice

00:20:01.780 --> 00:20:02.480
 will be handed

00:20:02.480 --> 00:20:03.000
 out.

00:20:04.180 --> 00:20:04.900
 Just as

00:20:04.900 --> 00:20:05.800
 Malachi said on

00:20:05.800 --> 00:20:06.200
 that day it

00:20:06.200 --> 00:20:06.540
 will be handed

00:20:06.540 --> 00:20:06.780
 out.

00:20:07.220 --> 00:20:07.440
 And the

00:20:07.440 --> 00:20:08.100
 apostle Paul

00:20:08.100 --> 00:20:08.980
 says that

00:20:08.980 --> 00:20:09.980
 the wicked

00:20:09.980 --> 00:20:11.160
 will be punished

00:20:11.160 --> 00:20:12.060
 with everlasting

00:20:12.060 --> 00:20:12.640
 destruction.

00:20:14.280 --> 00:20:14.980
 But the

00:20:14.980 --> 00:20:15.680
 crucial verses

00:20:15.680 --> 00:20:17.200
 verse 8

00:20:17.200 --> 00:20:17.960
 of 2

00:20:17.960 --> 00:20:18.400
 Thessalonians

00:20:18.400 --> 00:20:18.840
 chapter 1

00:20:18.840 --> 00:20:19.299
 let me read

00:20:19.299 --> 00:20:20.259
 it to you.

00:20:22.060 --> 00:20:22.920
 Chapter 8

00:20:22.920 --> 00:20:23.600
 of 2

00:20:23.600 --> 00:20:24.019
 Thessalonians

00:20:24.019 --> 00:20:24.240
 1

00:20:24.240 --> 00:20:24.700
 Paul wrote

00:20:24.700 --> 00:20:24.980
 this

00:20:24.980 --> 00:20:26.060
 he will

00:20:26.060 --> 00:20:26.759
 that is the

00:20:26.759 --> 00:20:27.160
 Lord Jesus

00:20:27.160 --> 00:20:27.799
 in flaming

00:20:27.799 --> 00:20:28.299
 fire

00:20:28.299 --> 00:20:30.460
 inflict vengeance

00:20:30.460 --> 00:20:31.320
 on those who

00:20:31.320 --> 00:20:32.000
 do not know

00:20:32.000 --> 00:20:32.480
 God

00:20:32.480 --> 00:20:34.320
 and on those

00:20:34.320 --> 00:20:35.060
 who do not

00:20:35.060 --> 00:20:36.000
 obey the

00:20:36.000 --> 00:20:36.480
 gospel

00:20:36.480 --> 00:20:37.340
 of our

00:20:37.340 --> 00:20:37.820
 Lord Jesus.

00:20:40.620 --> 00:20:41.380
 What that

00:20:41.380 --> 00:20:42.080
 helps you and I

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 understand is

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 what does it

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 mean to honour

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 God's name

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 it means to

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 obey the

00:20:48.879 --> 00:20:49.539
 gospel of our

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 Lord Jesus

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 Christ.

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 The great

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 distinction on

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 that final day

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 will be how

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 each one of us

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 has responded

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 to the good

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 news of our

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 Lord Jesus

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 Christ.

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 That's the

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 critical issue

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 because only

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 Jesus has

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 opened up a

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 way for the

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 wicked

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 to become

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 righteous.

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 For sinners

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 like you and

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 I to be

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 made right

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 with God.

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 Only Jesus

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 has felt the

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 full force

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 of God's

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 terrifying

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 wrath

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 in order

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 that you

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 and I

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 might not

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 have to

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 if we

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 will trust

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 in Jesus.

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 Only Jesus

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 has made

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 that breathtaking

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 sacrifice

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 which is

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 actually about

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 others

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 receiving God's

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 reward.

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 That is the

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 gospel.

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 That Jesus

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 was made

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 sin for

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 us so

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 that in

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 him we

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 might be

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 made the

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 righteousness

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 of God.

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 And it

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 is that

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 gospel that

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 the Bible

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 and the

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 Apostle Paul

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 calls you

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 to obey.

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 The gospel

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 that teaches

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 you and I

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 that Jesus

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 is both

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 saviour

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 and Lord

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 and to

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 obey that

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 gospel is

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 not kind of

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 really try

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 harder.

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 It's not

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 to think

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 I've got

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 to do

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 my best.

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 It is

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 to take

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 refuge in

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 him as

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 your only

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 hope and

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 obey him

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 as Lord.

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 Which means

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 of course

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 there's another

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 question isn't

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 there to be

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 asked and

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 it's in

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 lots of

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 ways the

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 most crucial

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 question of

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 all.

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 More

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 important than

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 even what

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 basis will

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 the distinction

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 be made.

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 but this

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 question.

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 Which will

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 you be

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 on that

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 day?

00:22:41.920 --> 00:22:42.539
 Will you

00:22:42.539 --> 00:22:43.440
 be one

00:22:43.440 --> 00:22:43.779
 of the

00:22:43.779 --> 00:22:44.059
 wicked

00:22:44.059 --> 00:22:45.980
 or will

00:22:45.980 --> 00:22:46.259
 you be

00:22:46.259 --> 00:22:46.519
 one of

00:22:46.519 --> 00:22:46.640
 the

00:22:46.640 --> 00:22:46.940
 righteous?

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 Will you

00:22:50.480 --> 00:22:50.839
 be one

00:22:50.839 --> 00:22:51.259
 of those

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 who have

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 lived

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 without the

00:22:53.900 --> 00:22:54.319
 Lord Jesus

00:22:54.319 --> 00:22:54.759
 Christ

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 arrogantly

00:22:55.299 --> 00:22:55.839
 thinking you

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 don't need

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 him?

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 Or will

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 you be

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 someone who

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 has obeyed

00:23:00.059 --> 00:23:00.500
 the gospel

00:23:00.500 --> 00:23:00.799
 of our

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 Lord Jesus

00:23:01.200 --> 00:23:01.579
 Christ?

00:23:01.759 --> 00:23:02.539
 That call

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 to repent

00:23:03.599 --> 00:23:04.599
 and to

00:23:04.599 --> 00:23:05.019
 trust in

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 him?

00:23:07.319 --> 00:23:08.000
 Will you

00:23:08.000 --> 00:23:08.619
 be punished

00:23:08.619 --> 00:23:09.679
 with everlasting

00:23:09.679 --> 00:23:10.459
 destruction?

00:23:12.279 --> 00:23:12.859
 Or will

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 you be

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 spared from

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 it?

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 Because the

00:23:15.959 --> 00:23:16.240
 blood of

00:23:16.240 --> 00:23:16.759
 Jesus Christ

00:23:16.759 --> 00:23:17.219
 saves you.

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 Malachi would

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 put it like

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 this if he was

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 preaching.

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 He would

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 say will

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 you be

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 stubble

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 or will

00:23:24.659 --> 00:23:24.859
 you be

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 one of

00:23:25.059 --> 00:23:25.159
 the

00:23:25.159 --> 00:23:25.439
 leaping

00:23:25.439 --> 00:23:25.779
 calves?

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 And the

00:23:28.379 --> 00:23:28.899
 Bible's

00:23:28.899 --> 00:23:30.259
 message is

00:23:30.259 --> 00:23:31.179
 crystal clear.

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 There's

00:23:31.500 --> 00:23:32.159
 nothing more

00:23:32.159 --> 00:23:32.639
 important for

00:23:32.639 --> 00:23:32.819
 you to

00:23:32.819 --> 00:23:33.419
 understand

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 that you

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 will be

00:23:34.560 --> 00:23:35.160
 one or

00:23:35.160 --> 00:23:35.539
 the other.

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 We all

00:23:38.000 --> 00:23:38.600
 this morning

00:23:38.600 --> 00:23:39.259
 are one

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 or the

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 other.

00:23:41.259 --> 00:23:41.620
 In fact

00:23:41.620 --> 00:23:42.160
 you're one

00:23:42.160 --> 00:23:42.360
 or the

00:23:42.360 --> 00:23:42.940
 other right

00:23:42.940 --> 00:23:43.380
 now.

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 But the

00:23:46.279 --> 00:23:46.740
 great news

00:23:46.740 --> 00:23:47.080
 is not

00:23:47.080 --> 00:23:49.640
 just what

00:23:49.640 --> 00:23:50.160
 we are

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 today that

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 counts.

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 There is

00:23:52.039 --> 00:23:53.039
 still time.

00:23:54.340 --> 00:23:55.019
 There is

00:23:55.019 --> 00:23:55.400
 still time

00:23:55.400 --> 00:23:55.840
 for you

00:23:55.840 --> 00:23:56.380
 this morning

00:23:56.380 --> 00:23:56.820
 if you

00:23:56.820 --> 00:23:57.180
 have been

00:23:57.180 --> 00:23:57.940
 ignoring

00:23:57.940 --> 00:23:59.300
 Jesus as

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 your saviour

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 and as

00:24:00.340 --> 00:24:00.920
 your Lord.

00:24:01.220 --> 00:24:01.500
 There's

00:24:01.500 --> 00:24:01.960
 time for

00:24:01.960 --> 00:24:02.279
 you to

00:24:02.279 --> 00:24:02.600
 change

00:24:02.600 --> 00:24:03.100
 course.

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 There's

00:24:04.660 --> 00:24:04.980
 still

00:24:04.980 --> 00:24:05.680
 opportunity

00:24:05.680 --> 00:24:06.840
 for those

00:24:06.840 --> 00:24:07.100
 who are

00:24:07.100 --> 00:24:07.759
 heading for

00:24:07.759 --> 00:24:08.180
 stubble

00:24:08.180 --> 00:24:10.100
 to obey

00:24:10.100 --> 00:24:10.640
 the gospel

00:24:10.640 --> 00:24:10.920
 of the

00:24:10.920 --> 00:24:11.400
 Lord Jesus

00:24:11.400 --> 00:24:12.380
 and join

00:24:12.380 --> 00:24:12.900
 with those

00:24:12.900 --> 00:24:13.360
 who look

00:24:13.360 --> 00:24:14.200
 forward to

00:24:14.200 --> 00:24:14.460
 that

00:24:14.460 --> 00:24:16.019
 uninhibited

00:24:16.019 --> 00:24:16.980
 and exuberant

00:24:16.980 --> 00:24:17.920
 calf-like

00:24:17.920 --> 00:24:18.279
 freedom.

00:24:18.279 --> 00:24:21.099
 there's

00:24:21.099 --> 00:24:21.700
 still time

00:24:21.700 --> 00:24:22.180
 because it

00:24:22.180 --> 00:24:22.819
 is that

00:24:22.819 --> 00:24:23.440
 day that

00:24:23.440 --> 00:24:23.819
 ultimately

00:24:23.819 --> 00:24:24.279
 counts.

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 And what

00:24:27.420 --> 00:24:27.779
 makes it

00:24:27.779 --> 00:24:28.460
 so urgent

00:24:28.460 --> 00:24:30.839
 is that

00:24:30.839 --> 00:24:31.240
 we don't

00:24:31.240 --> 00:24:31.980
 know when

00:24:31.980 --> 00:24:32.379
 that day

00:24:32.379 --> 00:24:32.879
 will be.

00:24:35.379 --> 00:24:35.920
 It could

00:24:35.920 --> 00:24:36.339
 be tomorrow.

00:24:38.619 --> 00:24:39.200
 And so

00:24:39.200 --> 00:24:39.759
 first and

00:24:39.759 --> 00:24:40.319
 foremost

00:24:40.319 --> 00:24:41.220
 before anything

00:24:41.220 --> 00:24:41.960
 else today

00:24:41.960 --> 00:24:42.440
 we need to

00:24:42.440 --> 00:24:42.859
 be clear

00:24:42.859 --> 00:24:43.480
 how have we

00:24:43.480 --> 00:24:44.339
 responded to

00:24:44.339 --> 00:24:44.740
 the gospel

00:24:44.740 --> 00:24:44.980
 of the

00:24:44.980 --> 00:24:45.399
 Lord Jesus.

00:24:47.619 --> 00:24:48.319
 And if

00:24:48.319 --> 00:24:48.819
 you're not

00:24:48.819 --> 00:24:49.459
 clear how

00:24:49.459 --> 00:24:49.720
 you've

00:24:49.720 --> 00:24:50.379
 responded this

00:24:50.379 --> 00:24:50.699
 morning

00:24:50.699 --> 00:24:51.720
 make it a

00:24:51.720 --> 00:24:52.139
 matter of

00:24:52.139 --> 00:24:52.899
 urgency to

00:24:52.899 --> 00:24:53.839
 get clear.

00:24:53.839 --> 00:25:00.759
 I take it

00:25:00.759 --> 00:25:01.159
 if we have

00:25:01.159 --> 00:25:01.980
 understood this

00:25:01.980 --> 00:25:02.699
 morning that

00:25:02.699 --> 00:25:03.619
 we are the

00:25:03.619 --> 00:25:04.339
 calves then

00:25:04.339 --> 00:25:05.699
 we will do

00:25:05.699 --> 00:25:06.259
 whatever we

00:25:06.259 --> 00:25:06.839
 can won't we

00:25:06.839 --> 00:25:07.419
 for others

00:25:07.419 --> 00:25:09.639
 so that their

00:25:09.639 --> 00:25:10.240
 future would be

00:25:10.240 --> 00:25:10.839
 secure too.

00:25:12.939 --> 00:25:13.679
 We would

00:25:13.679 --> 00:25:14.240
 seek to

00:25:14.240 --> 00:25:15.119
 lovingly

00:25:15.119 --> 00:25:15.839
 persuade

00:25:15.839 --> 00:25:16.980
 others to

00:25:16.980 --> 00:25:17.579
 obey the

00:25:17.579 --> 00:25:18.099
 gospel of

00:25:18.099 --> 00:25:18.439
 our Lord

00:25:18.439 --> 00:25:19.059
 Jesus Christ.

00:25:19.399 --> 00:25:19.799
 You would

00:25:19.799 --> 00:25:20.279
 want to say

00:25:20.279 --> 00:25:20.740
 to others

00:25:20.740 --> 00:25:21.279
 come and

00:25:21.279 --> 00:25:21.819
 hear the

00:25:21.819 --> 00:25:22.299
 gospel of

00:25:22.299 --> 00:25:22.559
 the Lord

00:25:22.559 --> 00:25:22.839
 Jesus.

00:25:23.839 --> 00:25:31.199
 The Bible

00:25:31.199 --> 00:25:31.839
 paints a

00:25:31.839 --> 00:25:33.240
 very stark

00:25:33.240 --> 00:25:35.259
 picture of

00:25:35.259 --> 00:25:35.720
 the future.

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 It's one

00:25:39.399 --> 00:25:39.959
 that's very

00:25:39.959 --> 00:25:40.399
 unpopular

00:25:40.399 --> 00:25:40.720
 isn't it?

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 In our age

00:25:41.220 --> 00:25:41.459
 but it's

00:25:41.459 --> 00:25:41.919
 always been

00:25:41.919 --> 00:25:42.259
 unpopular.

00:25:44.539 --> 00:25:45.139
 But the

00:25:45.139 --> 00:25:45.759
 Bible cuts

00:25:45.759 --> 00:25:46.259
 through our

00:25:46.259 --> 00:25:47.179
 cultures and

00:25:47.179 --> 00:25:47.980
 through Satan's

00:25:47.980 --> 00:25:48.839
 lies with a

00:25:48.839 --> 00:25:49.539
 clear word

00:25:49.539 --> 00:25:49.859
 about the

00:25:49.859 --> 00:25:50.159
 future.

00:25:52.679 --> 00:25:53.399
 And how

00:25:53.400 --> 00:25:54.519
 central Jesus

00:25:54.519 --> 00:25:54.920
 is.

00:25:57.000 --> 00:25:57.640
 The Bible

00:25:57.640 --> 00:25:58.480
 uses words

00:25:58.480 --> 00:25:59.280
 like hell

00:25:59.280 --> 00:26:00.960
 even if

00:26:00.960 --> 00:26:01.380
 they're very

00:26:01.380 --> 00:26:01.920
 very unpopular

00:26:01.920 --> 00:26:02.280
 today.

00:26:06.920 --> 00:26:07.660
 But what is

00:26:07.660 --> 00:26:08.259
 more even

00:26:08.259 --> 00:26:08.759
 those of us

00:26:08.759 --> 00:26:09.220
 who believe

00:26:09.220 --> 00:26:09.680
 it often

00:26:09.680 --> 00:26:10.480
 live day

00:26:10.480 --> 00:26:11.220
 to day

00:26:11.220 --> 00:26:12.620
 like that

00:26:12.620 --> 00:26:13.259
 reality is

00:26:13.259 --> 00:26:14.060
 worlds away.

00:26:14.059 --> 00:26:17.980
 being

00:26:17.980 --> 00:26:18.379
 and it is

00:26:18.379 --> 00:26:18.659
 that

00:26:18.659 --> 00:26:19.339
 which means

00:26:19.339 --> 00:26:19.559
 that we

00:26:19.559 --> 00:26:19.960
 sometimes

00:26:19.960 --> 00:26:20.440
 fall into

00:26:20.440 --> 00:26:20.839
 the trap

00:26:20.839 --> 00:26:21.839
 of being

00:26:21.839 --> 00:26:22.379
 living

00:26:22.379 --> 00:26:22.960
 thinking

00:26:22.960 --> 00:26:23.399
 like the

00:26:23.399 --> 00:26:23.700
 Israelites

00:26:23.700 --> 00:26:24.019
 did.

00:26:27.220 --> 00:26:27.759
 You see

00:26:27.759 --> 00:26:28.039
 if there

00:26:28.039 --> 00:26:28.519
 never was

00:26:28.519 --> 00:26:28.839
 going to be

00:26:28.839 --> 00:26:29.299
 a distinction

00:26:29.299 --> 00:26:30.339
 between the

00:26:30.339 --> 00:26:30.759
 righteous and

00:26:30.759 --> 00:26:31.039
 the wicked

00:26:31.039 --> 00:26:33.639
 then all of us

00:26:33.639 --> 00:26:33.960
 would agree

00:26:33.960 --> 00:26:34.599
 well it's

00:26:34.599 --> 00:26:35.000
 pointless

00:26:35.000 --> 00:26:35.740
 serving God.

00:26:37.179 --> 00:26:37.579
 Serving God

00:26:37.579 --> 00:26:38.099
 is a waste of

00:26:38.099 --> 00:26:38.279
 time.

00:26:38.639 --> 00:26:39.039
 But because

00:26:39.039 --> 00:26:39.779
 there is a

00:26:39.779 --> 00:26:40.099
 distinction

00:26:40.099 --> 00:26:41.200
 to be made

00:26:41.200 --> 00:26:43.360
 then serving

00:26:43.360 --> 00:26:43.840
 God makes

00:26:43.840 --> 00:26:44.660
 perfect sense.

00:26:46.779 --> 00:26:47.620
 And we may

00:26:47.620 --> 00:26:48.360
 not see that

00:26:48.360 --> 00:26:48.980
 distinction all

00:26:48.980 --> 00:26:49.420
 that clearly

00:26:49.420 --> 00:26:50.200
 now but we

00:26:50.200 --> 00:26:50.759
 have God's

00:26:50.759 --> 00:26:52.080
 clear promise.

00:26:53.740 --> 00:26:54.160
 And so we

00:26:54.160 --> 00:26:54.620
 trust that

00:26:54.620 --> 00:26:55.279
 promise and we

00:26:55.279 --> 00:26:55.980
 wait patiently

00:26:55.980 --> 00:26:56.980
 and we serve

00:26:56.980 --> 00:26:58.000
 God and we

00:26:58.000 --> 00:26:58.559
 serve God

00:26:58.559 --> 00:26:59.019
 knowing that

00:26:59.019 --> 00:26:59.500
 it's not a

00:26:59.500 --> 00:26:59.840
 waste of

00:26:59.840 --> 00:27:00.200
 time.

00:27:01.140 --> 00:27:01.880
 It's not a

00:27:01.880 --> 00:27:02.360
 waste of time

00:27:02.360 --> 00:27:02.880
 for you to

00:27:02.880 --> 00:27:03.360
 live as a

00:27:03.360 --> 00:27:03.980
 Christian today

00:27:03.980 --> 00:27:04.480
 even though

00:27:04.480 --> 00:27:05.299
 it's hard.

00:27:07.799 --> 00:27:08.519
 It's not a

00:27:08.519 --> 00:27:09.039
 waste of time

00:27:09.039 --> 00:27:09.460
 for you to

00:27:09.460 --> 00:27:10.539
 call unbelievers

00:27:10.539 --> 00:27:11.160
 to repent

00:27:11.160 --> 00:27:11.779
 even when they

00:27:11.779 --> 00:27:12.380
 seem totally

00:27:12.380 --> 00:27:12.980
 disinterested.

00:27:14.540 --> 00:27:15.400
 It's not a

00:27:15.400 --> 00:27:16.140
 waste of time

00:27:16.140 --> 00:27:16.560
 for you to

00:27:16.560 --> 00:27:17.420
 diligently and

00:27:17.420 --> 00:27:18.700
 persuasively lead

00:27:18.700 --> 00:27:19.180
 a Sunday

00:27:19.180 --> 00:27:19.900
 school class

00:27:19.900 --> 00:27:20.940
 and seek to

00:27:20.940 --> 00:27:21.460
 teach children

00:27:21.460 --> 00:27:21.980
 the Bible

00:27:21.980 --> 00:27:23.019
 or to do

00:27:23.019 --> 00:27:23.460
 the Bible

00:27:23.460 --> 00:27:24.259
 reading at

00:27:24.259 --> 00:27:24.840
 the language

00:27:24.840 --> 00:27:25.400
 class when

00:27:25.400 --> 00:27:25.740
 there seems

00:27:25.740 --> 00:27:26.140
 to be little

00:27:26.140 --> 00:27:26.420
 fruit.

00:27:26.519 --> 00:27:26.980
 It is not

00:27:26.980 --> 00:27:27.480
 futile

00:27:27.480 --> 00:27:30.420
 because the

00:27:30.420 --> 00:27:30.740
 day is

00:27:30.740 --> 00:27:31.019
 coming.

00:27:33.360 --> 00:27:34.040
 The day of

00:27:34.040 --> 00:27:34.500
 God's justice,

00:27:34.680 --> 00:27:35.080
 the day when

00:27:35.080 --> 00:27:35.880
 Jesus Christ,

00:27:36.720 --> 00:27:37.279
 the judge,

00:27:37.360 --> 00:27:37.740
 will issue

00:27:37.740 --> 00:27:38.380
 his verdict

00:27:38.380 --> 00:27:38.900
 and you

00:27:38.900 --> 00:27:39.279
 may be

00:27:39.279 --> 00:27:39.740
 stubble

00:27:39.740 --> 00:27:40.740
 or you

00:27:40.740 --> 00:27:41.000
 may be

00:27:41.000 --> 00:27:41.319
 like a

00:27:41.319 --> 00:27:41.559
 calf

00:27:41.559 --> 00:27:41.859
 released

00:27:41.859 --> 00:27:42.160
 from its

00:27:42.160 --> 00:27:42.460
 stall.

00:27:44.519 --> 00:27:45.099
 Either way,

00:27:45.200 --> 00:27:45.539
 how you

00:27:45.539 --> 00:27:46.180
 treat God

00:27:46.180 --> 00:27:46.579
 now

00:27:46.579 --> 00:27:47.220
 matters.

00:27:48.880 --> 00:27:49.480
 How you

00:27:49.480 --> 00:27:50.000
 respond to

00:27:50.000 --> 00:27:50.279
 Jesus

00:27:50.279 --> 00:27:50.980
 now

00:27:50.980 --> 00:27:51.839
 matters.

00:27:51.839 --> 00:27:55.159
 And so

00:27:55.159 --> 00:27:55.519
 we've come

00:27:55.519 --> 00:27:57.459
 to the

00:27:57.459 --> 00:27:58.279
 last two

00:27:58.279 --> 00:27:59.299
 words of

00:27:59.299 --> 00:27:59.559
 the Old

00:27:59.559 --> 00:27:59.899
 Testament.

00:28:02.759 --> 00:28:03.179
 After

00:28:03.179 --> 00:28:03.659
 these words

00:28:03.659 --> 00:28:03.839
 there was

00:28:03.839 --> 00:28:05.139
 400 years

00:28:05.139 --> 00:28:05.759
 of silence.

00:28:05.919 --> 00:28:06.099
 Can you

00:28:06.099 --> 00:28:06.319
 see the

00:28:06.319 --> 00:28:06.779
 two words?

00:28:08.659 --> 00:28:09.059
 They're

00:28:09.059 --> 00:28:09.559
 curious to

00:28:09.559 --> 00:28:09.859
 say the

00:28:09.859 --> 00:28:10.059
 least,

00:28:10.159 --> 00:28:10.240
 aren't

00:28:10.240 --> 00:28:10.339
 they?

00:28:10.399 --> 00:28:10.720
 God's

00:28:10.720 --> 00:28:11.039
 parting

00:28:11.039 --> 00:28:11.500
 shot

00:28:11.500 --> 00:28:15.480
 ends with

00:28:15.480 --> 00:28:15.759
 utter

00:28:15.759 --> 00:28:16.319
 destruction.

00:28:16.319 --> 00:28:21.359
 there's

00:28:21.359 --> 00:28:21.759
 a reminder

00:28:21.759 --> 00:28:22.139
 in verse

00:28:22.139 --> 00:28:22.720
 5,

00:28:24.159 --> 00:28:26.079
 verse 4

00:28:26.079 --> 00:28:26.720
 where God

00:28:26.720 --> 00:28:27.500
 reminds them

00:28:27.500 --> 00:28:28.799
 to obey

00:28:28.799 --> 00:28:29.259
 all the

00:28:29.259 --> 00:28:29.679
 laws

00:28:29.679 --> 00:28:31.119
 and Moses

00:28:31.119 --> 00:28:33.139
 and then

00:28:33.139 --> 00:28:33.439
 there's a

00:28:33.439 --> 00:28:34.019
 reminder that

00:28:34.019 --> 00:28:34.439
 this prophet

00:28:34.439 --> 00:28:35.000
 Elijah will

00:28:35.000 --> 00:28:35.439
 come before

00:28:35.439 --> 00:28:35.779
 the day

00:28:35.779 --> 00:28:36.000
 of the

00:28:36.000 --> 00:28:36.259
 Lord.

00:28:37.519 --> 00:28:37.599
 And

00:28:37.599 --> 00:28:37.799
 Malachi

00:28:37.799 --> 00:28:38.220
 says when

00:28:38.220 --> 00:28:40.500
 the day

00:28:40.500 --> 00:28:40.980
 comes,

00:28:41.119 --> 00:28:41.419
 people will

00:28:41.419 --> 00:28:41.960
 either repent

00:28:41.960 --> 00:28:42.319
 of their

00:28:42.319 --> 00:28:42.839
 sins

00:28:42.839 --> 00:28:45.559
 and renew

00:28:45.559 --> 00:28:45.980
 broken

00:28:45.980 --> 00:28:46.559
 relationships

00:28:46.559 --> 00:28:47.159
 or else

00:28:47.159 --> 00:28:47.539
 God will

00:28:47.539 --> 00:28:47.899
 come and

00:28:47.899 --> 00:28:48.139
 curse

00:28:48.139 --> 00:28:48.359
 them.

00:28:50.500 --> 00:28:50.859
 And very

00:28:50.859 --> 00:28:51.419
 cleverly,

00:28:51.899 --> 00:28:52.500
 what Malachi

00:28:52.500 --> 00:28:52.839
 has done

00:28:52.839 --> 00:28:53.079
 in these

00:28:53.079 --> 00:28:53.539
 last few

00:28:53.539 --> 00:28:53.819
 verses,

00:28:53.959 --> 00:28:54.399
 he's really

00:28:54.399 --> 00:28:55.159
 summarised

00:28:55.159 --> 00:28:55.759
 the whole

00:28:55.759 --> 00:28:56.459
 of God's

00:28:56.459 --> 00:28:57.019
 relationship

00:28:57.019 --> 00:28:58.579
 in the

00:28:58.579 --> 00:28:58.740
 Old

00:28:58.740 --> 00:28:59.139
 Testament

00:28:59.139 --> 00:29:00.319
 with his

00:29:00.319 --> 00:29:00.599
 people.

00:29:01.699 --> 00:29:02.119
 He's

00:29:02.119 --> 00:29:02.500
 reminded

00:29:02.500 --> 00:29:03.359
 them of

00:29:03.359 --> 00:29:04.259
 Moses and

00:29:04.259 --> 00:29:04.639
 the gift

00:29:04.639 --> 00:29:04.879
 of the

00:29:04.879 --> 00:29:05.159
 law.

00:29:05.859 --> 00:29:06.279
 He's

00:29:06.279 --> 00:29:06.579
 reminded

00:29:06.579 --> 00:29:06.879
 them of

00:29:06.879 --> 00:29:07.740
 Elijah and

00:29:07.740 --> 00:29:08.119
 all the

00:29:08.119 --> 00:29:08.439
 prophets.

00:29:10.439 --> 00:29:10.899
 And he's

00:29:10.899 --> 00:29:11.579
 reminding us

00:29:11.579 --> 00:29:11.899
 of the

00:29:11.899 --> 00:29:12.139
 chilling

00:29:12.139 --> 00:29:12.819
 reality of

00:29:12.819 --> 00:29:13.139
 sin.

00:29:16.480 --> 00:29:17.059
 And the

00:29:17.059 --> 00:29:17.659
 word really

00:29:17.659 --> 00:29:17.939
 at the

00:29:17.939 --> 00:29:18.259
 end of

00:29:18.259 --> 00:29:18.480
 Malachi,

00:29:18.559 --> 00:29:18.759
 if you've

00:29:18.759 --> 00:29:18.919
 got a

00:29:18.919 --> 00:29:19.159
 different

00:29:19.159 --> 00:29:19.579
 version,

00:29:19.779 --> 00:29:20.200
 is the

00:29:20.200 --> 00:29:20.379
 word

00:29:20.379 --> 00:29:20.879
 curse.

00:29:23.059 --> 00:29:23.799
 And what

00:29:23.799 --> 00:29:24.439
 Malachi is

00:29:24.439 --> 00:29:24.759
 doing is

00:29:24.759 --> 00:29:25.179
 he's taking

00:29:25.179 --> 00:29:25.679
 us right

00:29:25.679 --> 00:29:26.139
 back to

00:29:26.139 --> 00:29:26.599
 the beginning

00:29:26.599 --> 00:29:26.939
 of the

00:29:26.939 --> 00:29:27.240
 Bible,

00:29:28.319 --> 00:29:29.339
 to Adam

00:29:29.339 --> 00:29:29.879
 and Eve

00:29:29.879 --> 00:29:30.359
 and to

00:29:30.359 --> 00:29:31.079
 their sin

00:29:31.079 --> 00:29:33.179
 and the

00:29:33.179 --> 00:29:33.839
 curse of

00:29:33.839 --> 00:29:34.599
 God upon

00:29:34.599 --> 00:29:35.119
 humanity

00:29:35.119 --> 00:29:35.539
 because of

00:29:35.539 --> 00:29:35.659
 their

00:29:35.659 --> 00:29:36.039
 rebellion.

00:29:37.819 --> 00:29:38.240
 And that

00:29:38.240 --> 00:29:39.059
 curse has

00:29:39.059 --> 00:29:39.879
 hung over

00:29:39.879 --> 00:29:40.279
 God's

00:29:40.279 --> 00:29:41.579
 people ever

00:29:41.579 --> 00:29:42.039
 since that

00:29:42.039 --> 00:29:42.299
 time.

00:29:42.379 --> 00:29:42.519
 They've

00:29:42.519 --> 00:29:42.740
 not been

00:29:42.740 --> 00:29:43.000
 able to

00:29:43.000 --> 00:29:43.200
 shake

00:29:43.200 --> 00:29:43.379
 it.

00:29:45.579 --> 00:29:46.079
 And here

00:29:46.079 --> 00:29:46.279
 at the

00:29:46.279 --> 00:29:46.539
 end of

00:29:46.539 --> 00:29:46.619
 the

00:29:46.619 --> 00:29:46.720
 Old

00:29:46.720 --> 00:29:46.940
 Testament,

00:29:47.059 --> 00:29:47.220
 things

00:29:47.220 --> 00:29:47.519
 haven't

00:29:47.519 --> 00:29:47.900
 changed.

00:29:48.019 --> 00:29:48.160
 They're

00:29:48.160 --> 00:29:48.680
 still under

00:29:48.680 --> 00:29:48.980
 God's

00:29:48.980 --> 00:29:49.240
 curse.

00:29:50.339 --> 00:29:50.839
 Israel are

00:29:50.839 --> 00:29:51.299
 still full

00:29:51.299 --> 00:29:51.720
 of sin

00:29:51.720 --> 00:29:52.359
 and the

00:29:52.359 --> 00:29:52.819
 threat of

00:29:52.819 --> 00:29:53.099
 God's

00:29:53.099 --> 00:29:53.619
 curse still

00:29:53.619 --> 00:29:54.119
 hangs over

00:29:54.119 --> 00:29:54.359
 them.

00:29:55.960 --> 00:29:56.440
 And it

00:29:56.440 --> 00:29:56.900
 hangs over

00:29:56.900 --> 00:29:57.160
 them for

00:29:57.160 --> 00:29:58.079
 400 years,

00:29:58.180 --> 00:29:58.559
 from the

00:29:58.559 --> 00:29:58.859
 end of

00:29:58.859 --> 00:29:59.400
 Malachi to

00:29:59.400 --> 00:29:59.660
 John the

00:29:59.660 --> 00:29:59.960
 Baptist.

00:30:02.259 --> 00:30:02.799
 But of

00:30:02.799 --> 00:30:03.019
 course,

00:30:03.180 --> 00:30:03.579
 the last

00:30:03.579 --> 00:30:03.879
 word of

00:30:03.879 --> 00:30:04.099
 the Old

00:30:04.099 --> 00:30:04.480
 Testament

00:30:04.480 --> 00:30:05.720
 is not

00:30:05.720 --> 00:30:06.420
 the last

00:30:06.420 --> 00:30:06.740
 word,

00:30:06.799 --> 00:30:07.059
 is it?

00:30:07.059 --> 00:30:09.700
 when

00:30:09.700 --> 00:30:10.019
 Jesus

00:30:10.019 --> 00:30:10.659
 stood on

00:30:10.659 --> 00:30:10.819
 that

00:30:10.819 --> 00:30:11.119
 mountain

00:30:11.119 --> 00:30:11.279
 of

00:30:11.279 --> 00:30:11.960
 transfiguration,

00:30:12.079 --> 00:30:12.220
 there were

00:30:12.220 --> 00:30:12.359
 two

00:30:12.359 --> 00:30:12.679
 people,

00:30:13.059 --> 00:30:13.440
 figures from

00:30:13.440 --> 00:30:13.659
 the Old

00:30:13.659 --> 00:30:13.940
 Testament,

00:30:14.039 --> 00:30:14.240
 that came

00:30:14.240 --> 00:30:14.579
 to talk

00:30:14.579 --> 00:30:14.799
 with him,

00:30:14.859 --> 00:30:16.139
 one Moses

00:30:16.139 --> 00:30:16.599
 and one

00:30:16.599 --> 00:30:16.940
 Elijah.

00:30:18.679 --> 00:30:19.159
 And it

00:30:19.159 --> 00:30:19.440
 was the

00:30:19.440 --> 00:30:19.879
 sign that

00:30:19.879 --> 00:30:20.339
 was saying

00:30:20.339 --> 00:30:21.279
 Jesus is

00:30:21.279 --> 00:30:21.559
 the one

00:30:21.559 --> 00:30:22.079
 that Moses

00:30:22.079 --> 00:30:22.639
 and Elijah

00:30:22.639 --> 00:30:23.039
 were looking

00:30:23.039 --> 00:30:23.599
 forward to.

00:30:23.859 --> 00:30:24.359
 And here

00:30:24.359 --> 00:30:24.659
 is the

00:30:24.659 --> 00:30:25.019
 one who

00:30:25.019 --> 00:30:25.559
 can remove

00:30:25.559 --> 00:30:26.139
 the curse

00:30:26.139 --> 00:30:27.480
 from over

00:30:27.480 --> 00:30:27.919
 Israel's

00:30:27.919 --> 00:30:28.159
 head.

00:30:28.159 --> 00:30:31.700
 And so

00:30:31.700 --> 00:30:32.240
 the last

00:30:32.240 --> 00:30:32.599
 word of

00:30:32.599 --> 00:30:32.940
 the Bible

00:30:32.940 --> 00:30:33.440
 is actually

00:30:33.440 --> 00:30:34.379
 Revelation 22.

00:30:34.839 --> 00:30:35.279
 Will you turn

00:30:35.279 --> 00:30:35.500
 there with

00:30:35.500 --> 00:30:35.659
 me?

00:30:35.660 --> 00:30:38.440
 Please turn

00:30:38.440 --> 00:30:38.660
 there,

00:30:38.900 --> 00:30:39.740
 Revelation 22.

00:30:42.500 --> 00:30:43.160
 And the

00:30:43.160 --> 00:30:43.900
 last word

00:30:43.900 --> 00:30:44.160
 of the

00:30:44.160 --> 00:30:44.480
 Bible

00:30:44.480 --> 00:30:47.320
 is that

00:30:47.320 --> 00:30:47.580
 there will

00:30:47.580 --> 00:30:48.140
 be justice.

00:30:51.259 --> 00:30:51.740
 Heaven

00:30:51.740 --> 00:30:53.300
 is a

00:30:53.300 --> 00:30:53.740
 wonderful

00:30:53.740 --> 00:30:54.320
 reality,

00:30:55.040 --> 00:30:56.200
 but not

00:30:56.200 --> 00:30:56.660
 everyone will

00:30:56.660 --> 00:30:57.040
 be there.

00:30:58.640 --> 00:30:59.060
 Look with

00:30:59.060 --> 00:30:59.240
 me at

00:30:59.240 --> 00:30:59.860
 chapter 22

00:30:59.860 --> 00:31:00.340
 in verse

00:31:00.340 --> 00:31:01.240
 14.

00:31:02.840 --> 00:31:03.380
 Blessed are

00:31:03.380 --> 00:31:03.800
 those who

00:31:03.800 --> 00:31:04.200
 wash their

00:31:04.200 --> 00:31:04.540
 robes,

00:31:04.600 --> 00:31:04.940
 it's picture

00:31:04.940 --> 00:31:05.320
 language,

00:31:05.660 --> 00:31:06.900
 so that

00:31:06.900 --> 00:31:07.160
 they may

00:31:07.160 --> 00:31:07.420
 have the

00:31:07.420 --> 00:31:07.920
 right to

00:31:07.920 --> 00:31:08.200
 the tree

00:31:08.200 --> 00:31:08.700
 of life.

00:31:09.380 --> 00:31:09.660
 Remember

00:31:09.660 --> 00:31:09.980
 that from

00:31:09.980 --> 00:31:10.400
 Genesis 1

00:31:10.400 --> 00:31:10.660
 and 2?

00:31:11.660 --> 00:31:12.080
 And that

00:31:12.080 --> 00:31:12.380
 they may

00:31:12.380 --> 00:31:13.580
 enter the

00:31:13.580 --> 00:31:14.000
 city by

00:31:14.000 --> 00:31:14.360
 the gates.

00:31:14.680 --> 00:31:15.040
 Outside

00:31:15.040 --> 00:31:16.100
 are the

00:31:16.100 --> 00:31:16.740
 dogs and

00:31:16.740 --> 00:31:17.660
 idolaters and

00:31:17.660 --> 00:31:18.180
 everyone who

00:31:18.180 --> 00:31:18.640
 loves and

00:31:18.640 --> 00:31:19.000
 practices

00:31:19.000 --> 00:31:19.560
 falsehood.

00:31:20.200 --> 00:31:20.700
 That's the

00:31:20.700 --> 00:31:21.259
 great distinction.

00:31:22.800 --> 00:31:23.240
 Those who

00:31:23.240 --> 00:31:23.660
 have obeyed

00:31:23.660 --> 00:31:24.080
 the gospel

00:31:24.080 --> 00:31:25.120
 will be in

00:31:25.120 --> 00:31:25.820
 and those

00:31:25.820 --> 00:31:26.019
 who have

00:31:26.019 --> 00:31:27.420
 rejected or

00:31:27.420 --> 00:31:28.060
 ignored Jesus

00:31:28.060 --> 00:31:28.600
 will be out.

00:31:31.540 --> 00:31:31.980
 And for

00:31:31.980 --> 00:31:32.360
 those that

00:31:32.360 --> 00:31:32.820
 are there,

00:31:32.980 --> 00:31:33.460
 it's because

00:31:33.460 --> 00:31:33.920
 they will have

00:31:33.920 --> 00:31:34.600
 obeyed the

00:31:34.599 --> 00:31:36.299
 gospel of

00:31:36.299 --> 00:31:37.000
 Jesus Christ.

00:31:37.599 --> 00:31:38.139
 This is what

00:31:38.139 --> 00:31:38.359
 it will be

00:31:38.359 --> 00:31:38.519
 like.

00:31:38.599 --> 00:31:39.059
 Chapter 22

00:31:39.059 --> 00:31:39.599
 verse 1,

00:31:39.859 --> 00:31:40.139
 then the

00:31:40.139 --> 00:31:40.919
 angel showed

00:31:40.919 --> 00:31:41.199
 me the

00:31:41.199 --> 00:31:41.639
 river of

00:31:41.639 --> 00:31:42.079
 the water

00:31:42.079 --> 00:31:42.899
 of life,

00:31:43.699 --> 00:31:44.319
 clear as

00:31:44.319 --> 00:31:44.699
 crystal,

00:31:45.599 --> 00:31:46.199
 flowing from

00:31:46.199 --> 00:31:46.519
 the throne

00:31:46.519 --> 00:31:47.000
 of God

00:31:47.000 --> 00:31:47.659
 and of the

00:31:47.659 --> 00:31:47.919
 Lamb.

00:31:47.919 --> 00:31:49.559
 And in the

00:31:49.559 --> 00:31:49.899
 middle of the

00:31:49.899 --> 00:31:50.279
 street,

00:31:50.779 --> 00:31:51.240
 the city,

00:31:51.679 --> 00:31:52.199
 also on either

00:31:52.199 --> 00:31:52.639
 side of the

00:31:52.639 --> 00:31:52.759
 river,

00:31:52.839 --> 00:31:53.199
 the tree of

00:31:53.199 --> 00:31:53.519
 life,

00:31:54.759 --> 00:31:54.959
 with its

00:31:54.959 --> 00:31:55.259
 twelve

00:31:55.259 --> 00:31:55.599
 kind of

00:31:55.599 --> 00:31:55.919
 fruits,

00:31:56.159 --> 00:31:56.599
 yielding its

00:31:56.599 --> 00:31:56.980
 fruit each

00:31:56.980 --> 00:31:57.299
 month,

00:31:57.519 --> 00:31:57.859
 and the

00:31:57.859 --> 00:31:58.319
 leaves of

00:31:58.319 --> 00:31:58.699
 the tree

00:31:58.699 --> 00:31:59.039
 were for

00:31:59.039 --> 00:31:59.439
 the healing

00:31:59.439 --> 00:31:59.719
 of the

00:31:59.719 --> 00:32:00.079
 nations.

00:32:00.079 --> 00:32:01.980
 Listen to

00:32:01.980 --> 00:32:02.399
 the echoes

00:32:02.399 --> 00:32:02.899
 of Malachi

00:32:02.899 --> 00:32:03.279
 there,

00:32:03.500 --> 00:32:03.919
 the healing

00:32:03.919 --> 00:32:04.199
 of the

00:32:04.199 --> 00:32:04.559
 nations.

00:32:06.720 --> 00:32:07.500
 Because at

00:32:07.500 --> 00:32:08.000
 the end of

00:32:08.000 --> 00:32:08.799
 Revelation 22

00:32:08.799 --> 00:32:09.299
 there will be

00:32:09.299 --> 00:32:09.619
 no more

00:32:09.619 --> 00:32:09.919
 curse.

00:32:12.000 --> 00:32:12.359
 And for

00:32:12.359 --> 00:32:13.319
 those of

00:32:13.319 --> 00:32:13.659
 us who

00:32:13.659 --> 00:32:14.059
 have been

00:32:14.059 --> 00:32:14.579
 spared,

00:32:14.879 --> 00:32:15.419
 that is

00:32:15.419 --> 00:32:16.299
 our future.

00:32:18.699 --> 00:32:19.319
 And that

00:32:19.319 --> 00:32:19.759
 is God's

00:32:19.759 --> 00:32:20.659
 famous last

00:32:20.659 --> 00:32:21.039
 word,

00:32:21.299 --> 00:32:22.259
 no curse.

00:32:22.939 --> 00:32:23.159
 It's

00:32:23.159 --> 00:32:23.480
 brilliant.

00:32:25.480 --> 00:32:26.159
 It'll be

00:32:26.159 --> 00:32:26.919
 so brilliant

00:32:26.920 --> 00:32:28.480
 that all

00:32:28.480 --> 00:32:28.640
 our

00:32:28.640 --> 00:32:29.080
 obedience

00:32:29.080 --> 00:32:30.019
 and all

00:32:30.019 --> 00:32:30.259
 our

00:32:30.259 --> 00:32:30.600
 labour

00:32:30.600 --> 00:32:31.039
 will be

00:32:31.039 --> 00:32:31.500
 utterly,

00:32:31.720 --> 00:32:32.039
 utterly

00:32:32.039 --> 00:32:32.820
 worth it.

00:32:34.320 --> 00:32:35.019
 It will

00:32:35.019 --> 00:32:35.880
 be so

00:32:35.880 --> 00:32:36.279
 brilliant

00:32:36.279 --> 00:32:36.680
 that it

00:32:36.680 --> 00:32:37.000
 ought to

00:32:37.000 --> 00:32:37.680
 transform

00:32:37.680 --> 00:32:38.000
 our

00:32:38.000 --> 00:32:38.519
 priorities

00:32:38.519 --> 00:32:39.120
 for this

00:32:39.120 --> 00:32:39.360
 week.

00:32:40.720 --> 00:32:41.400
 And from

00:32:41.400 --> 00:32:42.060
 now on

00:32:42.060 --> 00:32:42.500
 until the

00:32:42.500 --> 00:32:42.759
 day we

00:32:42.759 --> 00:32:43.279
 die or

00:32:43.279 --> 00:32:43.519
 Jesus

00:32:43.519 --> 00:32:43.820
 comes

00:32:43.820 --> 00:32:44.200
 again.

00:32:46.100 --> 00:32:46.620
 It'll

00:32:46.620 --> 00:32:47.000
 be so

00:32:47.000 --> 00:32:47.340
 brilliant

00:32:47.340 --> 00:32:47.900
 that there

00:32:47.900 --> 00:32:48.460
 will be

00:32:48.460 --> 00:32:48.840
 people

00:32:48.840 --> 00:32:49.920
 just like

00:32:49.920 --> 00:32:50.380
 us who

00:32:50.380 --> 00:32:50.640
 will be

00:32:50.640 --> 00:32:51.320
 so filled

00:32:51.320 --> 00:32:51.560
 with

00:32:51.560 --> 00:32:52.019
 excitement

00:32:52.019 --> 00:32:52.380
 and

00:32:52.380 --> 00:32:52.700
 delight

00:32:52.700 --> 00:32:52.960
 and

00:32:52.960 --> 00:32:53.560
 overwhelming

00:32:53.560 --> 00:32:54.060
 happiness

00:32:54.060 --> 00:32:54.480
 that they

00:32:54.480 --> 00:32:54.840
 will be

00:32:54.840 --> 00:32:55.259
 like

00:32:55.259 --> 00:32:57.000
 calves

00:32:57.000 --> 00:32:57.940
 frolicking

00:32:57.940 --> 00:32:58.180
 in a

00:32:58.180 --> 00:32:58.480
 field,

00:32:59.759 --> 00:33:00.319
 footballers

00:33:00.319 --> 00:33:01.299
 scoring a

00:33:01.299 --> 00:33:01.599
 goal,

00:33:02.879 --> 00:33:03.400
 athletes

00:33:03.400 --> 00:33:04.400
 doing laps

00:33:04.400 --> 00:33:04.859
 of victory.

00:33:06.619 --> 00:33:06.859
 Malachi

00:33:06.859 --> 00:33:07.119
 says,

00:33:07.200 --> 00:33:07.539
 surely the

00:33:07.539 --> 00:33:07.799
 day is

00:33:07.799 --> 00:33:08.079
 coming,

00:33:08.259 --> 00:33:08.460
 it will

00:33:08.460 --> 00:33:08.879
 burn like

00:33:08.879 --> 00:33:09.299
 a furnace

00:33:09.299 --> 00:33:09.879
 and all

00:33:09.879 --> 00:33:10.079
 the

00:33:10.079 --> 00:33:10.379
 arrogant

00:33:10.379 --> 00:33:10.920
 and every

00:33:10.920 --> 00:33:11.259
 evil

00:33:11.259 --> 00:33:11.460
 doer

00:33:11.460 --> 00:33:11.759
 will be

00:33:11.759 --> 00:33:12.259
 stubble

00:33:12.259 --> 00:33:15.059
 and that

00:33:15.059 --> 00:33:15.420
 day is

00:33:15.420 --> 00:33:16.000
 coming and

00:33:16.000 --> 00:33:16.180
 it will

00:33:16.180 --> 00:33:16.500
 set them

00:33:16.500 --> 00:33:16.940
 on fire.

00:33:18.519 --> 00:33:18.839
 Not a

00:33:18.839 --> 00:33:19.240
 root or

00:33:19.240 --> 00:33:19.720
 a branch

00:33:19.720 --> 00:33:20.039
 will be

00:33:20.039 --> 00:33:20.440
 left of

00:33:20.440 --> 00:33:20.819
 them but

00:33:20.819 --> 00:33:21.400
 for you

00:33:21.400 --> 00:33:23.940
 who revere

00:33:23.940 --> 00:33:24.619
 my name

00:33:24.619 --> 00:33:25.559
 the sun

00:33:25.559 --> 00:33:25.979
 of

00:33:25.979 --> 00:33:26.479
 righteousness

00:33:26.479 --> 00:33:28.919
 will rise

00:33:28.919 --> 00:33:29.399
 with healing

00:33:29.399 --> 00:33:29.719
 in its

00:33:29.719 --> 00:33:32.299
 wings and

00:33:32.299 --> 00:33:32.759
 you will

00:33:32.759 --> 00:33:33.299
 go out

00:33:33.299 --> 00:33:35.059
 and leap

00:33:35.059 --> 00:33:35.799
 like calves

00:33:35.799 --> 00:33:37.519
 released from

00:33:37.519 --> 00:33:37.919
 the stall.

00:33:39.339 --> 00:33:40.119
 Let's pray.

00:33:40.119 --> 00:33:40.219
 Amen.

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