WEBVTT 00:00:00.280 --> 00:00:03.399 Well, pleased to have a seat and a very good morning to everyone. 00:00:04.000 --> 00:00:08.880 Just so good. I just found it so refreshing to sing songs about the glorious gospel, 00:00:09.339 --> 00:00:11.759 about God's provision, about his goodness and his kindness. 00:00:11.960 --> 00:00:15.560 And as we'll see, I'm so fitting for what we're about to look at. 00:00:15.599 --> 00:00:19.160 But let's just still ourselves for just a moment and let's pray. 00:00:20.800 --> 00:00:24.820 Father God, we thank you so much for the truths we've been singing. 00:00:25.640 --> 00:00:30.019 And Father, we ask that you would come and that you would abide with us. 00:00:30.179 --> 00:00:32.000 Thank you for our time together this morning. 00:00:32.159 --> 00:00:37.560 Help us now as we turn to your words to fix our hearts upon you 00:00:37.560 --> 00:00:45.560 and to fix our eyes upon your Son, Jesus Christ, in whose name we pray. Amen. 00:00:47.379 --> 00:00:51.500 Amen. Well, I wonder just by show of hands, who here has done a marathon? 00:00:51.500 --> 00:00:56.000 Wow. Okay, there's about five. 00:00:56.920 --> 00:00:58.439 Robert, what marathon have you done? 00:00:59.780 --> 00:01:00.140 Edinburgh. 00:01:01.240 --> 00:01:01.640 Paris. 00:01:02.480 --> 00:01:02.880 Yeah. 00:01:03.480 --> 00:01:04.219 There's a hand over here. 00:01:05.200 --> 00:01:05.879 Did I imagine that? 00:01:06.400 --> 00:01:06.640 Fiona. 00:01:09.200 --> 00:01:10.180 A little bit of a marathon. 00:01:10.500 --> 00:01:10.859 Excellent. 00:01:12.000 --> 00:01:13.920 So did anyone watch the London marathon last week? 00:01:14.659 --> 00:01:15.280 Bits of it. 00:01:15.319 --> 00:01:17.480 It was on during church, so I hope you got the highlights. 00:01:17.480 --> 00:01:20.980 But I noticed this guy called Rob Young. 00:01:21.100 --> 00:01:22.640 Did anybody hear about him in the news this week? 00:01:24.060 --> 00:01:28.500 So Rob Young, last week at the London marathon, broke a world record. 00:01:28.620 --> 00:01:30.420 Now, does anybody know why or how? 00:01:33.420 --> 00:01:38.560 So since last year's London marathon, he decided that for every single day 00:01:38.560 --> 00:01:41.680 until this year's London marathon, he would run a marathon. 00:01:41.680 --> 00:01:46.240 365 marathons he ran. 00:01:46.360 --> 00:01:48.220 Just imagine the blisters on that. 00:01:51.240 --> 00:01:52.360 365 marathons. 00:01:52.500 --> 00:01:54.700 I hate the thought of doing a marathon. 00:01:55.900 --> 00:01:57.780 Do you know why I hate the thought of doing a marathon? 00:01:59.180 --> 00:02:00.940 Because I was a short sprinter at school. 00:02:01.680 --> 00:02:04.560 I reckon you give me 100 meters, I could do that all day long. 00:02:04.560 --> 00:02:13.599 But a marathon, that's going to massively expose just how unfit I really am. 00:02:14.439 --> 00:02:17.300 I wonder if you feel like that with the thought of a marathon. 00:02:17.379 --> 00:02:19.620 That's what we're going to see about Israel this morning. 00:02:20.920 --> 00:02:21.780 They are tried. 00:02:22.259 --> 00:02:23.039 They are tested. 00:02:23.539 --> 00:02:24.900 They are put through their paces. 00:02:25.480 --> 00:02:28.980 And they are found to be massively unfit. 00:02:30.039 --> 00:02:33.259 Now, left our series in Exodus a few weeks ago. 00:02:33.259 --> 00:02:38.060 If you were here with the people of Israel at the other side of the Red Sea. 00:02:38.879 --> 00:02:41.019 So God had rescued them out of Egypt. 00:02:41.519 --> 00:02:44.939 And he delivered them in the most dramatic way possible 00:02:44.939 --> 00:02:48.120 as he leads them through the Red Sea. 00:02:49.579 --> 00:02:54.000 Halfway through chapter 15, Miriam and the girls, they get the tambourines out. 00:02:54.819 --> 00:02:56.419 Not enough tambourines in church these days. 00:02:56.439 --> 00:02:57.060 I think you'll agree. 00:02:58.039 --> 00:03:01.859 And we get this glorious song of Moses in the first part of chapter 15 00:03:01.860 --> 00:03:04.760 where people were singing praises to God. 00:03:06.460 --> 00:03:11.760 So here they are, a rescued people at the other side of the Red Sea. 00:03:11.940 --> 00:03:14.040 So, what happens next? 00:03:15.120 --> 00:03:18.180 Because I imagine if you're like all of us, 00:03:18.660 --> 00:03:20.820 the bit before is probably the bit that we know, isn't it? 00:03:21.400 --> 00:03:23.160 We know the story up until this point. 00:03:23.159 --> 00:03:27.180 And we're probably unfamiliar with what happens next. 00:03:28.780 --> 00:03:33.539 We see God hasn't rescued them and then waved cheerio to them. 00:03:34.039 --> 00:03:37.479 He hasn't rescued them and left them to fend for themselves. 00:03:37.680 --> 00:03:41.199 He knows where he is taking them. 00:03:42.060 --> 00:03:44.840 Big picture plan as they head for Canaan. 00:03:45.439 --> 00:03:49.460 But also step by step along the journey. 00:03:49.460 --> 00:03:54.580 This middle section of this book of Exodus will end with them at Mount Sinai. 00:03:55.180 --> 00:03:56.040 You see it in the screen. 00:03:56.760 --> 00:03:59.360 And today we'll see that journey from the other side of the Red Sea 00:03:59.360 --> 00:04:01.740 to just short of Mount Sinai. 00:04:03.020 --> 00:04:04.360 Now who remembers Sesame Street? 00:04:06.520 --> 00:04:10.100 Okay, today this sermon is brought to you by the word test. 00:04:10.840 --> 00:04:11.100 Okay? 00:04:12.340 --> 00:04:12.780 Test. 00:04:13.100 --> 00:04:15.560 God is putting Israel to the test. 00:04:16.360 --> 00:04:17.620 He's training them. 00:04:17.620 --> 00:04:19.800 He's teaching them. 00:04:19.879 --> 00:04:21.040 He's molding them. 00:04:21.959 --> 00:04:25.060 And he's going to teach Israel truths about themselves. 00:04:26.500 --> 00:04:29.300 And he's going to teach Israel truths about himself. 00:04:30.920 --> 00:04:31.939 Because this is the thing. 00:04:32.019 --> 00:04:34.980 If God is going to give this land to this people, his people, 00:04:35.500 --> 00:04:39.459 then he needs to teach them what it means to be his people as they live in the land. 00:04:40.819 --> 00:04:45.600 So the big idea this morning is that testing time is training time. 00:04:45.600 --> 00:04:48.240 Testing time is training time. 00:04:48.980 --> 00:04:52.240 And there's three stages to this testing that Israel are about to go on. 00:04:53.160 --> 00:04:54.660 And at each state of the testing, 00:04:55.360 --> 00:04:58.780 something about Israel, their unfitness, is going to be exposed. 00:04:59.860 --> 00:05:03.120 And something about God is going to be revealed. 00:05:04.340 --> 00:05:07.780 And each step of the journey, each stage, 00:05:07.879 --> 00:05:10.939 the question we've got to be asking as the audience looking in on this, 00:05:10.960 --> 00:05:11.460 as the readers, 00:05:12.780 --> 00:05:15.020 is when Israel are tested, how will they react? 00:05:15.019 --> 00:05:19.060 Are they going to learn to trust God? 00:05:19.120 --> 00:05:23.159 At each stage, are they growing in their faith and their love for God? 00:05:23.240 --> 00:05:28.000 Are they developing a true picture of who he really is? 00:05:28.799 --> 00:05:33.319 So here at verses 15, 22 to 15, 27, 00:05:33.459 --> 00:05:36.639 we see stage one, test one, Marah. 00:05:37.279 --> 00:05:40.120 So Moses leads the people into the wilderness 00:05:40.120 --> 00:05:43.459 only for them to find no water. 00:05:44.139 --> 00:05:44.540 Problem. 00:05:46.540 --> 00:05:47.480 They are thirsty. 00:05:48.439 --> 00:05:51.540 So how are Israel going to react? 00:05:52.600 --> 00:05:56.459 Well, verse 21 of chapter 5, if you've got it there, like we said, 00:05:57.220 --> 00:05:58.060 this is what they say. 00:05:58.160 --> 00:05:58.780 They sing, 00:05:58.899 --> 00:06:01.439 Sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously. 00:06:01.540 --> 00:06:02.939 They've seen God at work. 00:06:02.939 --> 00:06:08.240 And then three days and three verses later, grumbling. 00:06:09.660 --> 00:06:11.699 What is exposed about Israel? 00:06:12.240 --> 00:06:14.199 Israel are forgetful. 00:06:15.579 --> 00:06:19.540 And this is going to be one of the big tests for Israel in the wilderness. 00:06:20.000 --> 00:06:21.899 Will they remember rightly? 00:06:22.860 --> 00:06:25.120 Will they learn to trust God 00:06:25.120 --> 00:06:27.620 and to trust that he will provide for them in the day-to-day 00:06:27.620 --> 00:06:28.840 and in the tough times 00:06:28.840 --> 00:06:33.000 on the basis of what they've already seen him do in their lives? 00:06:33.800 --> 00:06:34.899 Put it another way, 00:06:35.980 --> 00:06:37.240 will they live by faith 00:06:37.240 --> 00:06:40.459 or will they live by sight? 00:06:41.860 --> 00:06:45.740 And I guess there's not an awful lot wrong with the request. 00:06:45.879 --> 00:06:46.939 It seems pretty reasonable. 00:06:47.060 --> 00:06:48.180 If you're thirsty, you want a drink. 00:06:49.079 --> 00:06:52.459 But it's the manner and it's the tone in which they ask it that's the issue. 00:06:53.699 --> 00:06:56.720 They moan, they complain, they murmur. 00:06:56.720 --> 00:06:59.360 The point is, it's not just the water that's bitter. 00:06:59.680 --> 00:07:02.020 Their attitudes and their hearts are bitter as well. 00:07:02.340 --> 00:07:05.000 How quickly Israel forgets. 00:07:06.120 --> 00:07:08.820 And how quickly we forget. 00:07:09.760 --> 00:07:10.160 Don't we? 00:07:11.600 --> 00:07:14.800 Now I wonder how we're doing at remembering rightly. 00:07:17.280 --> 00:07:19.420 How are we doing at remembering rightly? 00:07:19.560 --> 00:07:22.800 How are we doing at cultivating a heart attitude 00:07:22.800 --> 00:07:26.260 that remembers and gives thanks to God for his goodness 00:07:26.259 --> 00:07:28.199 and his grace to us? 00:07:29.180 --> 00:07:30.219 And this is what we do, don't we, 00:07:30.240 --> 00:07:31.099 when we pray together, 00:07:31.219 --> 00:07:32.240 whether it's in small groups 00:07:32.240 --> 00:07:33.439 or whether it's the prayer meeting. 00:07:33.659 --> 00:07:35.539 We've got plenty of prayer requests. 00:07:36.439 --> 00:07:37.599 But how often, friends, 00:07:37.639 --> 00:07:39.819 do we not stop to thank God 00:07:39.819 --> 00:07:41.459 for the ways that he's been at work 00:07:41.459 --> 00:07:42.839 in our lives? 00:07:42.839 --> 00:07:47.060 Because the fact of the matter is 00:07:47.060 --> 00:07:49.159 that Israel don't remember rightly 00:07:49.159 --> 00:07:50.979 and because they don't remember rightly, 00:07:51.439 --> 00:07:52.699 it causes them to grumble. 00:07:53.799 --> 00:07:56.399 And grumbling is a heart thing. 00:07:58.219 --> 00:07:58.839 Paul Tripp, 00:07:59.379 --> 00:08:01.439 he calls the heart the steering wheel 00:08:01.439 --> 00:08:03.079 of every single human being. 00:08:03.079 --> 00:08:05.879 You know, Alex and I, 00:08:05.899 --> 00:08:07.859 we went down to Bath a few weekends ago. 00:08:07.959 --> 00:08:08.620 We took the tram. 00:08:08.759 --> 00:08:09.819 Love the tram, by the way. 00:08:10.500 --> 00:08:12.180 But do you remember that whole hoo-ha 00:08:12.180 --> 00:08:13.500 with the tram when it was here? 00:08:14.339 --> 00:08:14.519 Yeah? 00:08:16.199 --> 00:08:17.199 And if nothing else, 00:08:17.240 --> 00:08:18.500 did that not expose 00:08:18.500 --> 00:08:19.979 that as a people 00:08:19.979 --> 00:08:21.039 and as a city 00:08:21.039 --> 00:08:22.000 and as a nation, 00:08:22.319 --> 00:08:23.459 we love to grumble, 00:08:23.579 --> 00:08:23.919 don't we? 00:08:24.560 --> 00:08:26.180 We love a moan. 00:08:26.959 --> 00:08:28.240 We love a rant. 00:08:28.279 --> 00:08:29.240 I was watching with Chloe 00:08:29.240 --> 00:08:29.899 up the other night. 00:08:30.000 --> 00:08:30.399 I was watching, 00:08:30.500 --> 00:08:31.459 have I got news for you? 00:08:32.860 --> 00:08:34.059 Slating the politicians 00:08:34.059 --> 00:08:35.120 that are standing for election 00:08:35.120 --> 00:08:36.039 in a few days' time. 00:08:36.240 --> 00:08:36.899 Slating them. 00:08:37.620 --> 00:08:38.759 We live in a nation 00:08:38.759 --> 00:08:40.360 that loves to grumble. 00:08:42.159 --> 00:08:42.980 Friends, can I suggest 00:08:42.980 --> 00:08:45.379 that this is one of the key ways 00:08:45.379 --> 00:08:47.559 in which we as the people of God 00:08:47.559 --> 00:08:49.000 can stand out 00:08:49.000 --> 00:08:51.220 and be distinct from this country 00:08:51.220 --> 00:08:52.459 and this people that we live in? 00:08:53.299 --> 00:08:55.039 That we don't grumble. 00:08:55.379 --> 00:08:56.460 That we don't moan. 00:08:56.460 --> 00:08:57.340 That we don't complain 00:08:57.340 --> 00:08:58.699 just like everyone else. 00:08:59.100 --> 00:08:59.620 Would that not be 00:08:59.620 --> 00:09:00.779 an amazing testimony 00:09:00.779 --> 00:09:02.399 to the transforming power 00:09:02.399 --> 00:09:03.080 of the gospel 00:09:03.080 --> 00:09:05.019 and of God in our lives? 00:09:05.399 --> 00:09:06.019 Would that not be 00:09:06.019 --> 00:09:07.039 an amazing testimony 00:09:07.039 --> 00:09:09.279 to a transformed heart? 00:09:09.799 --> 00:09:11.799 That we don't grumble. 00:09:11.940 --> 00:09:13.120 And instead of grumbling, 00:09:14.299 --> 00:09:14.940 let's pray. 00:09:16.960 --> 00:09:18.879 When you catch yourself grumbling, 00:09:19.399 --> 00:09:20.560 whether it's in the church, 00:09:21.039 --> 00:09:22.299 whether it's in here about stuff, 00:09:22.379 --> 00:09:23.279 whether it's in the world, 00:09:24.240 --> 00:09:24.919 check your heart. 00:09:24.919 --> 00:09:28.439 what's going on deep down? 00:09:28.740 --> 00:09:30.019 Israel forgets. 00:09:30.620 --> 00:09:31.579 What is God revealing 00:09:31.579 --> 00:09:32.279 about himself? 00:09:33.360 --> 00:09:35.459 He is a God who leads. 00:09:37.339 --> 00:09:38.579 You see, this plays itself 00:09:38.579 --> 00:09:39.299 out in a few ways. 00:09:39.419 --> 00:09:40.199 God leads Moses 00:09:40.199 --> 00:09:41.399 towards the piece of wood, 00:09:41.919 --> 00:09:42.979 throws it in the water, 00:09:43.339 --> 00:09:44.799 water becomes fit to drink. 00:09:45.459 --> 00:09:46.740 God leads the people 00:09:46.740 --> 00:09:48.539 by his words. 00:09:49.139 --> 00:09:49.599 Do you see that? 00:09:49.600 --> 00:09:51.960 That God desires obedience 00:09:51.960 --> 00:09:53.240 from his people. 00:09:53.899 --> 00:09:54.600 And you'll notice 00:09:54.600 --> 00:09:56.420 that that word test comes up. 00:09:56.480 --> 00:09:57.740 This is what God is doing 00:09:57.740 --> 00:09:58.460 to his people. 00:09:59.120 --> 00:09:59.800 What will they do 00:09:59.800 --> 00:10:00.639 with his words? 00:10:01.600 --> 00:10:02.379 Will they obey it? 00:10:02.420 --> 00:10:03.580 Will they listen to it? 00:10:04.040 --> 00:10:05.800 Or will they reject it? 00:10:06.680 --> 00:10:07.820 And this is what God says. 00:10:07.879 --> 00:10:08.560 This isn't something 00:10:08.560 --> 00:10:09.920 that Israel have to figure out 00:10:09.920 --> 00:10:10.659 for themselves, 00:10:10.740 --> 00:10:11.540 what he wants them to do. 00:10:11.600 --> 00:10:12.159 Look at the words 00:10:12.159 --> 00:10:12.759 that he uses. 00:10:13.560 --> 00:10:14.540 Listen carefully. 00:10:15.340 --> 00:10:16.480 Do what is right. 00:10:16.879 --> 00:10:17.860 Pay attention. 00:10:17.860 --> 00:10:18.600 Keep it. 00:10:20.000 --> 00:10:21.060 And so the tension 00:10:21.060 --> 00:10:21.980 at this section is, 00:10:22.060 --> 00:10:22.879 will they do it? 00:10:24.659 --> 00:10:25.659 See how that plays out 00:10:25.659 --> 00:10:26.159 in a second. 00:10:27.480 --> 00:10:28.460 God leads them 00:10:28.460 --> 00:10:29.340 by his word. 00:10:29.460 --> 00:10:30.500 God leads Moses 00:10:30.500 --> 00:10:32.200 to the staff in the water. 00:10:32.779 --> 00:10:33.560 Sorry, rock in the water. 00:10:34.960 --> 00:10:36.519 And he leads them to Elam. 00:10:37.539 --> 00:10:38.960 A place of refreshment. 00:10:39.120 --> 00:10:40.139 A place of joy. 00:10:41.100 --> 00:10:41.860 Do you see what Moses 00:10:41.860 --> 00:10:42.800 is trying to tell us there? 00:10:42.899 --> 00:10:44.759 God knows his people. 00:10:44.759 --> 00:10:48.519 God knows what they need. 00:10:49.139 --> 00:10:52.980 God knows where he is taking them. 00:10:53.840 --> 00:10:55.779 What amazing grace God shows 00:10:55.779 --> 00:10:57.100 to this grumbling people. 00:10:58.139 --> 00:10:59.840 That's the lesson of Marah. 00:11:00.539 --> 00:11:02.159 That Israel is faithless, 00:11:02.759 --> 00:11:04.460 but God is faithful. 00:11:04.559 --> 00:11:05.600 Like what we were singing earlier. 00:11:06.500 --> 00:11:07.639 Israel forgets. 00:11:07.980 --> 00:11:09.220 God leads. 00:11:10.799 --> 00:11:13.819 Testing times are training times. 00:11:13.820 --> 00:11:16.040 And so they travel 00:11:16.040 --> 00:11:16.760 from Elam, 00:11:17.240 --> 00:11:17.980 chapter 16. 00:11:18.140 --> 00:11:18.580 We find them 00:11:18.580 --> 00:11:19.740 in the desert of sin. 00:11:20.280 --> 00:11:20.800 I'll be honest, 00:11:20.860 --> 00:11:21.520 it sounds like a place 00:11:21.520 --> 00:11:22.340 none of us should really 00:11:22.340 --> 00:11:23.060 want to go to. 00:11:23.580 --> 00:11:24.420 Desert of sin. 00:11:24.620 --> 00:11:25.440 The question is, 00:11:25.520 --> 00:11:26.420 are they learning? 00:11:27.420 --> 00:11:28.480 Are they growing 00:11:28.480 --> 00:11:30.320 in their faith in God? 00:11:30.360 --> 00:11:30.780 Are they learning 00:11:30.780 --> 00:11:32.379 to trust Him? 00:11:34.600 --> 00:11:35.700 Well, the way they behave, 00:11:36.980 --> 00:11:38.200 absolutely they are not. 00:11:39.200 --> 00:11:40.280 You notice there's a downward 00:11:40.280 --> 00:11:42.160 trajectory to these stories. 00:11:42.159 --> 00:11:44.360 Now, would you notice as well 00:11:44.360 --> 00:11:45.039 that the grumbling 00:11:45.039 --> 00:11:46.559 has now spread 00:11:46.559 --> 00:11:47.819 to this whole community? 00:11:48.919 --> 00:11:50.039 That's what grumbling does. 00:11:50.219 --> 00:11:51.079 It's infectious. 00:11:51.819 --> 00:11:52.959 A little warning for us there. 00:11:53.019 --> 00:11:53.740 Let's not be the one 00:11:53.740 --> 00:11:55.059 who spreads the grumbling. 00:11:56.379 --> 00:11:57.699 What is exposed here 00:11:57.699 --> 00:11:58.379 about Israel? 00:11:59.219 --> 00:12:01.279 They are a denying people. 00:12:03.219 --> 00:12:04.399 And you see in this episode, 00:12:04.519 --> 00:12:05.500 they deny two things. 00:12:05.620 --> 00:12:05.919 Firstly, 00:12:06.000 --> 00:12:06.959 they deny the past. 00:12:06.960 --> 00:12:08.980 Verse 3, 00:12:08.980 --> 00:12:11.259 If only we had died 00:12:11.259 --> 00:12:12.700 by the Lord's hand in Egypt. 00:12:13.320 --> 00:12:14.580 There we sat around 00:12:14.580 --> 00:12:15.460 pots of meat 00:12:15.460 --> 00:12:16.400 and ate all the food 00:12:16.400 --> 00:12:17.000 we wanted. 00:12:17.480 --> 00:12:18.800 But you have brought us 00:12:18.800 --> 00:12:20.100 out into this desert 00:12:20.100 --> 00:12:20.900 to starve 00:12:20.900 --> 00:12:22.460 this entire assembly 00:12:22.460 --> 00:12:23.180 to death. 00:12:25.340 --> 00:12:26.180 Now, is that really 00:12:26.180 --> 00:12:27.060 what Egypt was like? 00:12:29.300 --> 00:12:30.300 Now, we looked at it, 00:12:30.340 --> 00:12:30.540 didn't we, 00:12:30.560 --> 00:12:31.460 a few weeks ago? 00:12:32.100 --> 00:12:33.160 Remember the words 00:12:33.160 --> 00:12:34.080 that were coming up? 00:12:34.080 --> 00:12:35.680 The images, 00:12:35.940 --> 00:12:36.820 slave masters, 00:12:37.520 --> 00:12:38.300 harsh labor, 00:12:39.040 --> 00:12:39.520 death. 00:12:40.500 --> 00:12:41.080 And not to mention 00:12:41.080 --> 00:12:42.259 that small matter 00:12:42.259 --> 00:12:43.280 of a genocide attempt 00:12:43.280 --> 00:12:44.200 on all the baby boys. 00:12:44.280 --> 00:12:44.780 Remember that? 00:12:45.780 --> 00:12:46.560 And what are these guys 00:12:46.560 --> 00:12:47.700 interpreting it as? 00:12:48.639 --> 00:12:49.379 Oh, we had all the meat 00:12:49.379 --> 00:12:49.840 that we wanted. 00:12:50.700 --> 00:12:52.360 We had food aplenty 00:12:52.360 --> 00:12:53.000 back there. 00:12:53.080 --> 00:12:53.460 We were in, 00:12:53.460 --> 00:12:54.460 we were in paradise. 00:12:55.780 --> 00:12:56.800 So they're rewriting 00:12:56.800 --> 00:12:57.560 the past. 00:12:58.620 --> 00:12:59.440 They're harking on 00:12:59.440 --> 00:13:00.340 about the good old days. 00:13:00.420 --> 00:13:01.020 The good old days 00:13:01.020 --> 00:13:02.220 that weren't good old days. 00:13:02.220 --> 00:13:04.080 So why are they calling 00:13:04.080 --> 00:13:04.899 them good old days? 00:13:05.019 --> 00:13:06.300 Why are they exaggerating 00:13:06.300 --> 00:13:07.060 the past? 00:13:07.600 --> 00:13:08.480 Well, they exaggerate 00:13:08.480 --> 00:13:09.740 the past because 00:13:09.740 --> 00:13:11.660 they are discontent 00:13:11.660 --> 00:13:13.000 with where God 00:13:13.000 --> 00:13:14.940 has them in the present. 00:13:16.060 --> 00:13:18.060 They doubt God's purposes 00:13:18.060 --> 00:13:19.180 and his goodness 00:13:19.180 --> 00:13:21.540 here and now. 00:13:23.360 --> 00:13:24.259 Is this not 00:13:24.259 --> 00:13:24.960 the grass is always 00:13:24.960 --> 00:13:25.639 greener syndrome? 00:13:27.220 --> 00:13:28.700 I wonder if you see that 00:13:28.700 --> 00:13:29.820 in your own life. 00:13:29.820 --> 00:13:32.260 We do it all the time, 00:13:32.320 --> 00:13:32.760 do we not? 00:13:32.840 --> 00:13:33.600 That we compare, 00:13:33.760 --> 00:13:35.480 that we doubt God's goodness. 00:13:35.740 --> 00:13:36.560 What is at the heart 00:13:36.560 --> 00:13:38.080 of that when you find 00:13:38.080 --> 00:13:39.080 yourself doing it? 00:13:39.780 --> 00:13:41.260 It's a heart that denies 00:13:41.260 --> 00:13:42.200 the goodness 00:13:42.200 --> 00:13:44.020 and the purposes of God 00:13:44.020 --> 00:13:44.820 for your life 00:13:44.820 --> 00:13:45.820 in the present. 00:13:48.460 --> 00:13:49.660 Israel deny 00:13:49.660 --> 00:13:50.800 the past 00:13:50.800 --> 00:13:53.120 and Israel also deny 00:13:53.120 --> 00:13:54.100 the sufficiency 00:13:54.100 --> 00:13:56.060 of God. 00:13:56.720 --> 00:13:57.880 You see how God supplies 00:13:57.879 --> 00:13:58.799 them with an abundant 00:13:58.799 --> 00:13:59.980 supply of manna. 00:14:01.059 --> 00:14:01.700 The way it was 00:14:01.700 --> 00:14:02.299 described here, 00:14:02.340 --> 00:14:02.700 wasn't it? 00:14:02.740 --> 00:14:03.820 That it's language 00:14:03.820 --> 00:14:04.639 at verse 18, 00:14:04.740 --> 00:14:05.159 you see it, 00:14:05.200 --> 00:14:06.139 that they had their fill, 00:14:06.220 --> 00:14:06.919 they had enough, 00:14:07.019 --> 00:14:07.799 no one was short, 00:14:07.899 --> 00:14:08.580 no one was hungry. 00:14:08.659 --> 00:14:09.519 This was an abundant 00:14:09.519 --> 00:14:10.679 supply of manna. 00:14:13.620 --> 00:14:14.799 Two tests of obedience 00:14:14.799 --> 00:14:15.580 here for Israel. 00:14:16.779 --> 00:14:17.799 Both the same thing, 00:14:17.860 --> 00:14:18.019 really. 00:14:18.120 --> 00:14:19.059 Will they trust 00:14:19.059 --> 00:14:20.059 and will they obey 00:14:20.059 --> 00:14:21.820 God's words? 00:14:21.820 --> 00:14:23.960 Firstly, 00:14:24.540 --> 00:14:25.560 God says to the people 00:14:25.560 --> 00:14:26.240 through Moses, 00:14:26.440 --> 00:14:27.520 don't keep the bread 00:14:27.520 --> 00:14:28.200 until morning. 00:14:29.160 --> 00:14:29.740 Eat it all, 00:14:29.820 --> 00:14:30.460 don't keep it 00:14:30.460 --> 00:14:31.360 for the next day. 00:14:31.800 --> 00:14:32.800 Now what's that all about? 00:14:34.800 --> 00:14:36.100 Would it not teach them 00:14:36.100 --> 00:14:37.900 that they wake up 00:14:37.900 --> 00:14:38.700 every day 00:14:38.700 --> 00:14:39.480 with nothing? 00:14:40.680 --> 00:14:42.080 And so their first thought 00:14:42.080 --> 00:14:43.300 is not, 00:14:43.960 --> 00:14:44.500 what am I going to have 00:14:44.500 --> 00:14:44.980 for breakfast? 00:14:45.160 --> 00:14:46.280 And they look to the corner 00:14:46.280 --> 00:14:47.300 of wherever they're sleeping 00:14:47.300 --> 00:14:48.120 and there's the bread, 00:14:48.200 --> 00:14:48.840 that's what I'm going to have 00:14:48.840 --> 00:14:49.260 for breakfast. 00:14:50.000 --> 00:14:51.200 They wake up with nothing. 00:14:52.180 --> 00:14:53.360 It's not going to teach them 00:14:53.360 --> 00:14:54.160 to wake up 00:14:54.160 --> 00:14:54.960 and instead of looking 00:14:54.960 --> 00:14:55.580 over here, 00:14:55.860 --> 00:14:56.920 they look up to God 00:14:56.920 --> 00:14:59.480 for their daily provision. 00:15:00.400 --> 00:15:00.600 Lord, 00:15:00.680 --> 00:15:02.080 I am wholly dependent 00:15:02.080 --> 00:15:03.140 on you today 00:15:03.140 --> 00:15:04.340 to provide 00:15:04.340 --> 00:15:05.620 what I need. 00:15:05.980 --> 00:15:07.100 That's what he's teaching them. 00:15:08.780 --> 00:15:10.060 He is to be there 00:15:10.060 --> 00:15:10.940 everything. 00:15:12.080 --> 00:15:13.160 And isn't that a great lesson 00:15:13.160 --> 00:15:14.379 for God's people to learn? 00:15:15.360 --> 00:15:16.120 It's the first line 00:15:16.120 --> 00:15:16.900 of the Lord's prayer, 00:15:17.020 --> 00:15:17.300 isn't it? 00:15:17.360 --> 00:15:18.080 Give us today 00:15:18.080 --> 00:15:20.060 our daily bread. 00:15:21.200 --> 00:15:22.500 You know, 00:15:22.560 --> 00:15:23.520 Tim Keller would say 00:15:23.520 --> 00:15:24.240 that the gospel 00:15:24.240 --> 00:15:25.120 isn't the ABC 00:15:25.120 --> 00:15:26.259 of the Christian life, 00:15:26.700 --> 00:15:27.440 it's the A to Z 00:15:27.440 --> 00:15:28.580 of the Christian life. 00:15:29.200 --> 00:15:30.120 We need God 00:15:30.120 --> 00:15:31.259 every moment 00:15:31.259 --> 00:15:32.120 of every day. 00:15:32.200 --> 00:15:32.680 There's a reason 00:15:32.680 --> 00:15:33.600 Johnny picked that song 00:15:33.600 --> 00:15:33.980 to sing, 00:15:34.060 --> 00:15:34.700 Abide With Me. 00:15:35.160 --> 00:15:35.400 Lord, 00:15:35.440 --> 00:15:36.660 I need you every hour. 00:15:38.220 --> 00:15:39.600 Our dependency on God, 00:15:39.680 --> 00:15:40.379 this is how it works out 00:15:40.379 --> 00:15:40.920 in our own lives, 00:15:40.980 --> 00:15:41.720 is not to be a mere 00:15:41.720 --> 00:15:42.720 afterthought 00:15:42.720 --> 00:15:43.960 with your elevens 00:15:43.960 --> 00:15:45.860 in the busyness of life, 00:15:45.860 --> 00:15:46.159 okay? 00:15:46.759 --> 00:15:48.100 It's to be an every moment 00:15:48.100 --> 00:15:49.960 of every day thing. 00:15:50.399 --> 00:15:52.740 It is absolutely central. 00:15:54.399 --> 00:15:54.820 You know, 00:15:54.860 --> 00:15:55.320 it was said of 00:15:55.320 --> 00:15:56.320 William Wilberforce 00:15:56.320 --> 00:15:58.320 that he used to walk around 00:15:58.320 --> 00:15:59.120 with a small stone 00:15:59.120 --> 00:15:59.639 in his shoe 00:15:59.639 --> 00:16:01.539 and every time 00:16:01.539 --> 00:16:02.700 he felt that small stone 00:16:02.700 --> 00:16:03.539 it would remind him 00:16:03.539 --> 00:16:04.100 to pray. 00:16:05.000 --> 00:16:05.820 It would remind him 00:16:05.820 --> 00:16:07.159 that he is a dependent being. 00:16:07.940 --> 00:16:08.860 Love that illustration. 00:16:09.000 --> 00:16:09.480 Don't know if I'll 00:16:09.480 --> 00:16:10.259 go for that one 00:16:10.259 --> 00:16:12.340 but it's a good point, 00:16:12.420 --> 00:16:12.759 isn't it? 00:16:13.039 --> 00:16:14.379 He is a dependent being. 00:16:14.379 --> 00:16:17.039 So will the Israelites 00:16:17.039 --> 00:16:18.939 obey God's words? 00:16:20.039 --> 00:16:20.340 Well, 00:16:20.620 --> 00:16:21.740 kind of. 00:16:22.799 --> 00:16:23.740 Some of them do. 00:16:24.439 --> 00:16:25.600 Some of them don't. 00:16:26.580 --> 00:16:27.259 Verse 20. 00:16:27.399 --> 00:16:27.539 See, 00:16:27.620 --> 00:16:28.399 it's not just the bread 00:16:28.399 --> 00:16:29.080 that stinks, 00:16:29.519 --> 00:16:30.919 the obedience does as well. 00:16:32.679 --> 00:16:33.600 Second test. 00:16:33.700 --> 00:16:34.259 God tells them 00:16:34.259 --> 00:16:34.919 to gather bread 00:16:34.919 --> 00:16:35.820 for five days. 00:16:35.939 --> 00:16:36.120 Why? 00:16:36.259 --> 00:16:37.279 Because on the sixth day 00:16:37.279 --> 00:16:38.659 they'll gather twice as much 00:16:38.659 --> 00:16:40.019 because on the seventh day 00:16:40.019 --> 00:16:40.720 they'll be resting. 00:16:41.919 --> 00:16:42.960 It's a Sabbath rest. 00:16:43.059 --> 00:16:43.399 Again, 00:16:43.399 --> 00:16:44.919 are the people going to trust God? 00:16:44.980 --> 00:16:45.720 Are they going to obey 00:16:45.720 --> 00:16:46.439 his words? 00:16:47.699 --> 00:16:47.879 Well, 00:16:47.879 --> 00:16:48.480 some of them do 00:16:48.480 --> 00:16:50.879 and some of them don't. 00:16:51.319 --> 00:16:52.079 Verse 27. 00:16:53.759 --> 00:16:55.159 See what's going on here. 00:16:55.360 --> 00:16:56.899 Israel disobey 00:16:56.899 --> 00:16:57.840 because they deny 00:16:57.840 --> 00:16:59.059 God's goodness. 00:17:00.299 --> 00:17:00.740 Israel 00:17:00.740 --> 00:17:02.299 don't trust 00:17:02.299 --> 00:17:03.620 because they deny 00:17:03.620 --> 00:17:04.559 God's 00:17:04.559 --> 00:17:05.379 sufficiency. 00:17:06.759 --> 00:17:06.940 Now, 00:17:06.940 --> 00:17:07.839 I wonder if that's a lesson 00:17:07.839 --> 00:17:08.940 for us here this morning. 00:17:09.039 --> 00:17:09.779 Is there some area 00:17:09.779 --> 00:17:10.559 of our lives 00:17:10.559 --> 00:17:11.559 where we're not obeying 00:17:11.559 --> 00:17:12.419 what God has said? 00:17:13.259 --> 00:17:14.099 And behind it 00:17:14.099 --> 00:17:15.559 is because we don't 00:17:15.559 --> 00:17:16.179 trust him. 00:17:17.000 --> 00:17:18.119 We don't know 00:17:18.119 --> 00:17:19.659 his goodness. 00:17:20.539 --> 00:17:20.679 Well, 00:17:20.720 --> 00:17:21.679 into this situation, 00:17:21.819 --> 00:17:22.720 what is God revealing 00:17:22.720 --> 00:17:23.679 about himself? 00:17:25.879 --> 00:17:27.119 He is a God 00:17:27.119 --> 00:17:28.460 who sustains. 00:17:29.740 --> 00:17:30.940 He gives them 00:17:30.940 --> 00:17:31.720 manna. 00:17:32.179 --> 00:17:32.879 Verse 31. 00:17:33.679 --> 00:17:34.220 You see how Moses 00:17:34.220 --> 00:17:35.139 describes this? 00:17:35.720 --> 00:17:36.640 This is wafers 00:17:36.640 --> 00:17:37.240 with honey. 00:17:38.280 --> 00:17:38.820 So this isn't 00:17:38.820 --> 00:17:40.620 kind of 00:17:40.620 --> 00:17:41.680 Tesco's 00:17:41.680 --> 00:17:42.300 saver's beans 00:17:42.300 --> 00:17:43.160 that he's given them here. 00:17:43.259 --> 00:17:44.660 This is the good stuff 00:17:44.660 --> 00:17:45.240 he's given them. 00:17:45.580 --> 00:17:46.520 This was nice to eat. 00:17:46.600 --> 00:17:47.100 That's what Moses 00:17:47.100 --> 00:17:47.980 wants us to know. 00:17:48.520 --> 00:17:48.920 Again, 00:17:49.020 --> 00:17:49.740 do you see God's 00:17:49.740 --> 00:17:50.420 goodness? 00:17:51.759 --> 00:17:52.400 And this wasn't 00:17:52.400 --> 00:17:53.560 a one-off provision. 00:17:53.780 --> 00:17:54.480 Verse 35. 00:17:54.880 --> 00:17:55.460 God provided 00:17:55.460 --> 00:17:56.900 manna every day 00:17:56.900 --> 00:17:58.120 until they are 00:17:58.120 --> 00:17:58.880 in the land, 00:17:58.940 --> 00:18:00.000 until they're in Canaan 00:18:00.000 --> 00:18:00.580 and they're living 00:18:00.580 --> 00:18:01.780 off the produce there. 00:18:02.880 --> 00:18:03.100 You know, 00:18:03.120 --> 00:18:03.680 there's that lovely 00:18:03.680 --> 00:18:04.300 little snippet 00:18:04.299 --> 00:18:05.200 in the book of Joshua. 00:18:05.700 --> 00:18:06.539 Joshua 5, 00:18:06.599 --> 00:18:07.220 verse 12. 00:18:07.839 --> 00:18:08.440 He tells us 00:18:08.440 --> 00:18:09.019 that the manna 00:18:09.019 --> 00:18:09.740 stopped falling 00:18:09.740 --> 00:18:11.099 the day after 00:18:11.099 --> 00:18:12.919 the day they ate 00:18:12.919 --> 00:18:13.440 from the produce 00:18:13.440 --> 00:18:14.079 of the land. 00:18:15.079 --> 00:18:16.079 God's sustaining 00:18:16.079 --> 00:18:16.759 provision. 00:18:16.980 --> 00:18:18.039 God's everyday 00:18:18.039 --> 00:18:19.019 provision. 00:18:19.119 --> 00:18:19.339 Do you see 00:18:19.339 --> 00:18:20.119 his protection 00:18:20.119 --> 00:18:21.899 here for his people? 00:18:22.839 --> 00:18:23.200 Do you see 00:18:23.200 --> 00:18:23.720 his love 00:18:23.720 --> 00:18:24.259 and his care 00:18:24.259 --> 00:18:24.940 and his concern 00:18:24.940 --> 00:18:25.980 for their well-being? 00:18:27.480 --> 00:18:28.240 God didn't leave 00:18:28.240 --> 00:18:28.759 them to fend 00:18:28.759 --> 00:18:29.419 for themselves. 00:18:30.299 --> 00:18:30.839 He provided 00:18:30.839 --> 00:18:32.299 every step 00:18:32.299 --> 00:18:33.579 along the way. 00:18:33.579 --> 00:18:34.159 everything 00:18:34.159 --> 00:18:35.079 that they 00:18:35.079 --> 00:18:35.559 needed. 00:18:37.960 --> 00:18:38.699 Alex and I 00:18:38.699 --> 00:18:39.419 went for a meal 00:18:39.419 --> 00:18:41.359 on Wednesday 00:18:41.359 --> 00:18:41.639 night, 00:18:42.199 --> 00:18:42.500 I think. 00:18:44.119 --> 00:18:44.859 First night, 00:18:45.000 --> 00:18:45.460 we'd been out 00:18:45.460 --> 00:18:46.079 without Chloe. 00:18:46.259 --> 00:18:46.539 Weird. 00:18:47.319 --> 00:18:47.799 Looking at your 00:18:47.799 --> 00:18:48.740 watch every five 00:18:48.740 --> 00:18:49.059 minutes, 00:18:49.159 --> 00:18:49.319 wondering, 00:18:49.720 --> 00:18:50.099 should we go 00:18:50.099 --> 00:18:50.419 back? 00:18:50.759 --> 00:18:51.059 Anyway, 00:18:51.199 --> 00:18:51.799 we had baked 00:18:51.799 --> 00:18:52.500 camembert. 00:18:53.139 --> 00:18:53.359 Oh, 00:18:53.500 --> 00:18:53.899 amazing. 00:18:55.199 --> 00:18:55.859 Cooked cheese. 00:18:55.939 --> 00:18:56.399 I think it might 00:18:56.399 --> 00:18:57.139 be my new thing. 00:18:57.359 --> 00:18:57.799 Incredible. 00:18:58.059 --> 00:18:58.619 The tastes 00:18:58.619 --> 00:18:59.419 were amazing. 00:18:59.420 --> 00:19:02.039 But two hours 00:19:02.039 --> 00:19:02.460 later, 00:19:03.180 --> 00:19:04.320 my stomach, 00:19:04.820 --> 00:19:05.240 completely 00:19:05.240 --> 00:19:05.980 forgotten about it. 00:19:06.779 --> 00:19:07.620 Where's the cereal? 00:19:07.720 --> 00:19:08.400 I need some cereal. 00:19:09.779 --> 00:19:10.900 This is what's 00:19:10.900 --> 00:19:12.400 happening here. 00:19:12.500 --> 00:19:12.800 Israel, 00:19:12.880 --> 00:19:13.539 they eat this manna 00:19:13.539 --> 00:19:14.259 day on day. 00:19:15.400 --> 00:19:16.200 They go hungry 00:19:16.200 --> 00:19:16.620 again. 00:19:18.759 --> 00:19:19.480 And Jesus, 00:19:20.480 --> 00:19:21.300 picking up on 00:19:21.300 --> 00:19:21.900 this imagery 00:19:21.900 --> 00:19:22.940 in John 6, 00:19:23.440 --> 00:19:23.980 he says, 00:19:23.980 --> 00:19:25.700 I am the bread 00:19:25.700 --> 00:19:26.759 from heaven. 00:19:27.779 --> 00:19:29.880 I am the bread 00:19:29.880 --> 00:19:30.880 of life. 00:19:30.980 --> 00:19:31.660 Whoever comes 00:19:31.660 --> 00:19:32.200 to me will 00:19:32.200 --> 00:19:33.480 never go hungry. 00:19:34.360 --> 00:19:34.839 And whoever 00:19:34.839 --> 00:19:35.819 believes in me 00:19:35.819 --> 00:19:36.880 will never be 00:19:36.880 --> 00:19:37.700 thirsty. 00:19:39.599 --> 00:19:40.120 Now, 00:19:40.180 --> 00:19:40.819 we live in a 00:19:40.819 --> 00:19:41.440 Mick Jagger 00:19:41.440 --> 00:19:41.860 world, 00:19:42.160 --> 00:19:42.799 don't we? 00:19:43.160 --> 00:19:43.880 I can't get no 00:19:43.880 --> 00:19:44.579 satisfaction. 00:19:45.900 --> 00:19:46.940 A world where 00:19:46.940 --> 00:19:47.759 we chase all 00:19:47.759 --> 00:19:48.660 sorts of things 00:19:48.660 --> 00:19:49.240 looking for 00:19:49.240 --> 00:19:50.259 lasting joy. 00:19:51.099 --> 00:19:51.480 But what do 00:19:51.480 --> 00:19:51.940 we find? 00:19:52.019 --> 00:19:52.579 We find 00:19:52.579 --> 00:19:53.319 bubbles, 00:19:53.319 --> 00:19:53.519 bubbles, 00:19:53.819 --> 00:19:54.279 don't we? 00:19:54.939 --> 00:19:55.839 They fly so high 00:19:55.839 --> 00:19:56.659 they reach the sky 00:19:56.659 --> 00:19:57.500 and like my dreams, 00:19:58.319 --> 00:19:59.119 they fade and die. 00:20:01.500 --> 00:20:02.919 Jesus truly 00:20:02.919 --> 00:20:04.539 satisfies 00:20:04.539 --> 00:20:06.799 the cravings 00:20:06.799 --> 00:20:08.519 of our hearts. 00:20:09.439 --> 00:20:09.960 This is what 00:20:09.960 --> 00:20:10.339 he's saying. 00:20:10.439 --> 00:20:11.740 Jesus gives us 00:20:11.740 --> 00:20:13.399 life and he 00:20:13.399 --> 00:20:14.179 gives us life 00:20:14.179 --> 00:20:14.960 to the full. 00:20:17.000 --> 00:20:17.700 Do you know 00:20:17.700 --> 00:20:18.679 the bread of life? 00:20:20.919 --> 00:20:21.720 Do you know 00:20:21.720 --> 00:20:22.319 what it means 00:20:22.319 --> 00:20:23.200 to have Jesus 00:20:23.200 --> 00:20:24.600 satisfy 00:20:24.600 --> 00:20:26.039 that inner 00:20:26.039 --> 00:20:26.779 craving? 00:20:27.420 --> 00:20:28.019 Do you know 00:20:28.019 --> 00:20:28.539 what it means 00:20:28.539 --> 00:20:28.940 for your 00:20:28.940 --> 00:20:29.960 restless heart 00:20:29.960 --> 00:20:30.960 to find purpose 00:20:30.960 --> 00:20:31.559 and to find 00:20:31.559 --> 00:20:32.299 contentment 00:20:32.299 --> 00:20:32.980 and to find 00:20:32.980 --> 00:20:33.660 identity 00:20:33.660 --> 00:20:34.860 in him? 00:20:37.740 --> 00:20:38.259 You know, 00:20:38.279 --> 00:20:38.779 Moses also 00:20:38.779 --> 00:20:39.440 tells us here 00:20:39.440 --> 00:20:41.100 that they put 00:20:41.100 --> 00:20:41.500 some of it 00:20:41.500 --> 00:20:41.740 in the 00:20:41.740 --> 00:20:42.319 tabernacle. 00:20:43.680 --> 00:20:44.160 Tabernacle 00:20:44.160 --> 00:20:44.460 that would 00:20:44.460 --> 00:20:45.380 journey with 00:20:45.380 --> 00:20:45.559 them, 00:20:45.700 --> 00:20:46.420 God's presence 00:20:46.420 --> 00:20:46.880 with them 00:20:46.880 --> 00:20:47.180 to the 00:20:47.180 --> 00:20:48.080 promised land. 00:20:48.640 --> 00:20:48.740 Now, 00:20:48.799 --> 00:20:49.180 what's that 00:20:49.180 --> 00:20:49.500 about? 00:20:49.500 --> 00:20:50.539 they put it 00:20:50.539 --> 00:20:50.819 in the 00:20:50.819 --> 00:20:51.380 tabernacle 00:20:51.380 --> 00:20:51.759 so that 00:20:51.759 --> 00:20:52.299 future 00:20:52.299 --> 00:20:53.420 generations 00:20:53.420 --> 00:20:54.740 would know 00:20:54.740 --> 00:20:55.660 that God 00:20:55.660 --> 00:20:56.759 provided for 00:20:56.759 --> 00:20:57.039 them. 00:20:58.420 --> 00:21:00.079 God provides 00:21:00.079 --> 00:21:01.019 because this 00:21:01.019 --> 00:21:02.900 message needs 00:21:02.900 --> 00:21:03.420 to be passed 00:21:03.420 --> 00:21:03.740 on. 00:21:04.740 --> 00:21:05.680 And I wonder 00:21:05.680 --> 00:21:06.440 how we're doing 00:21:06.440 --> 00:21:07.299 it passing 00:21:07.299 --> 00:21:09.019 on the message 00:21:09.019 --> 00:21:09.799 of God's 00:21:09.799 --> 00:21:10.680 goodness and 00:21:10.680 --> 00:21:11.180 his provision 00:21:11.180 --> 00:21:12.140 in our lives. 00:21:12.980 --> 00:21:13.220 You know, 00:21:13.259 --> 00:21:13.720 are we, 00:21:14.319 --> 00:21:14.980 as a people, 00:21:15.180 --> 00:21:15.900 are we sharing 00:21:15.900 --> 00:21:16.460 stories? 00:21:17.000 --> 00:21:17.600 Are we in 00:21:17.600 --> 00:21:18.120 each other's 00:21:18.120 --> 00:21:18.720 lives so that 00:21:18.720 --> 00:21:19.360 we know 00:21:19.360 --> 00:21:20.019 that God 00:21:20.019 --> 00:21:20.740 is at work? 00:21:21.640 --> 00:21:22.360 Are we telling 00:21:22.360 --> 00:21:22.720 each other 00:21:22.720 --> 00:21:23.620 testimonies 00:21:23.620 --> 00:21:24.319 about how 00:21:24.319 --> 00:21:24.740 God has been 00:21:24.740 --> 00:21:25.140 at work? 00:21:25.700 --> 00:21:25.880 You know, 00:21:25.880 --> 00:21:26.340 I love hearing 00:21:26.340 --> 00:21:26.779 stories. 00:21:26.880 --> 00:21:28.079 We heard the 00:21:28.079 --> 00:21:28.640 Camerons were 00:21:28.640 --> 00:21:29.380 up here a couple 00:21:29.380 --> 00:21:29.840 of months ago 00:21:29.840 --> 00:21:30.660 telling us about 00:21:30.660 --> 00:21:31.140 how God was 00:21:31.140 --> 00:21:31.420 at work in 00:21:31.420 --> 00:21:31.799 their lives, 00:21:31.860 --> 00:21:32.480 in their day-to-day 00:21:32.480 --> 00:21:32.920 lives. 00:21:34.759 --> 00:21:35.759 How is God 00:21:35.759 --> 00:21:36.539 at work? 00:21:36.620 --> 00:21:37.319 Are we passing 00:21:37.319 --> 00:21:38.279 this message 00:21:38.279 --> 00:21:39.039 on? 00:21:39.980 --> 00:21:41.319 God gives. 00:21:41.840 --> 00:21:42.779 God is 00:21:42.779 --> 00:21:43.160 gracious. 00:21:43.319 --> 00:21:43.700 That's the 00:21:43.700 --> 00:21:44.220 lesson of the 00:21:44.220 --> 00:21:44.460 manner. 00:21:45.640 --> 00:21:46.440 Israel denies, 00:21:46.460 --> 00:21:47.700 but God 00:21:47.700 --> 00:21:48.579 gives. 00:21:49.620 --> 00:21:50.440 Because testing 00:21:50.440 --> 00:21:51.860 time is 00:21:51.860 --> 00:21:52.680 training time. 00:21:53.880 --> 00:21:54.299 Now from the 00:21:54.299 --> 00:21:55.019 desert of sin, 00:21:55.100 --> 00:21:55.500 they eventually 00:21:55.500 --> 00:21:55.920 come to 00:21:55.920 --> 00:21:56.440 Rephidim. 00:21:57.059 --> 00:21:57.600 And there we 00:21:57.600 --> 00:21:58.160 see the third 00:21:58.160 --> 00:21:58.700 and the final 00:21:58.700 --> 00:21:59.140 test. 00:21:59.220 --> 00:21:59.539 And I think 00:21:59.539 --> 00:21:59.960 it's probably 00:21:59.960 --> 00:22:00.500 the climax 00:22:00.500 --> 00:22:01.000 of this 00:22:01.000 --> 00:22:01.400 section. 00:22:04.920 --> 00:22:05.480 And I 00:22:05.480 --> 00:22:05.740 wonder if 00:22:05.740 --> 00:22:06.120 you watched 00:22:06.120 --> 00:22:07.420 the BBC 00:22:07.420 --> 00:22:08.360 interview with 00:22:08.360 --> 00:22:09.440 Lance Armstrong 00:22:09.440 --> 00:22:10.259 a few months 00:22:10.259 --> 00:22:10.519 ago. 00:22:11.740 --> 00:22:12.319 I only watched 00:22:12.319 --> 00:22:13.299 about ten minutes 00:22:13.299 --> 00:22:13.579 of it. 00:22:13.640 --> 00:22:13.860 I think there 00:22:13.860 --> 00:22:14.319 was a massive 00:22:14.319 --> 00:22:14.579 thing. 00:22:14.660 --> 00:22:15.039 It was Dan 00:22:15.039 --> 00:22:15.360 Rowan, 00:22:15.740 --> 00:22:16.000 BBC 00:22:16.460 --> 00:22:16.740 correspondent, 00:22:17.100 --> 00:22:17.420 and he 00:22:17.420 --> 00:22:17.880 put this 00:22:17.880 --> 00:22:18.579 question to 00:22:18.579 --> 00:22:19.299 Lance Armstrong, 00:22:19.480 --> 00:22:20.180 really simple, 00:22:20.720 --> 00:22:21.299 a question that 00:22:21.299 --> 00:22:22.120 the world wanted 00:22:22.120 --> 00:22:22.500 to know. 00:22:22.640 --> 00:22:23.000 Lance, 00:22:23.620 --> 00:22:24.000 if you had 00:22:24.000 --> 00:22:24.400 your chance 00:22:24.400 --> 00:22:24.799 again, 00:22:25.440 --> 00:22:25.860 would you do 00:22:25.860 --> 00:22:26.259 it differently? 00:22:28.840 --> 00:22:29.860 He said this. 00:22:31.160 --> 00:22:31.460 He said, 00:22:31.539 --> 00:22:31.819 if I was 00:22:31.819 --> 00:22:32.360 racing in 00:22:32.360 --> 00:22:33.039 2015, 00:22:33.980 --> 00:22:34.240 no, 00:22:34.720 --> 00:22:35.700 I wouldn't do 00:22:35.700 --> 00:22:36.180 it again because 00:22:36.180 --> 00:22:36.539 I don't think 00:22:36.539 --> 00:22:37.059 you need to do 00:22:37.059 --> 00:22:37.420 it again. 00:22:38.680 --> 00:22:39.299 But if you 00:22:39.299 --> 00:22:39.880 take me back 00:22:39.880 --> 00:22:40.779 to 1995, 00:22:41.779 --> 00:22:42.579 when doping 00:22:42.579 --> 00:22:43.200 was completely 00:22:43.200 --> 00:22:43.759 pervasive, 00:22:43.759 --> 00:22:45.299 I think I 00:22:45.299 --> 00:22:45.720 would probably 00:22:45.720 --> 00:22:46.319 do it again. 00:22:48.240 --> 00:22:48.700 There's a 00:22:48.700 --> 00:22:49.559 man who 00:22:49.559 --> 00:22:50.440 hasn't learned 00:22:50.440 --> 00:22:50.819 from his 00:22:50.819 --> 00:22:51.619 previous failure. 00:22:53.819 --> 00:22:54.440 Here we 00:22:54.440 --> 00:22:54.740 are, 00:22:55.720 --> 00:22:56.140 Israel, 00:22:57.059 --> 00:22:57.559 again, 00:22:58.200 --> 00:22:58.579 they're in a 00:22:58.579 --> 00:22:59.099 place with 00:22:59.099 --> 00:23:00.339 no water. 00:23:01.339 --> 00:23:01.759 Seen this 00:23:01.759 --> 00:23:02.180 before? 00:23:02.980 --> 00:23:03.680 Just happened, 00:23:03.799 --> 00:23:04.039 didn't it, 00:23:04.079 --> 00:23:04.559 a few verses 00:23:04.559 --> 00:23:04.900 ago? 00:23:06.259 --> 00:23:06.940 Is the test 00:23:06.940 --> 00:23:07.259 not? 00:23:07.359 --> 00:23:07.700 Have they 00:23:07.700 --> 00:23:08.299 learned from 00:23:08.299 --> 00:23:08.940 their previous 00:23:08.940 --> 00:23:09.440 failure? 00:23:09.440 --> 00:23:09.580 earlier? 00:23:10.440 --> 00:23:10.840 Previously, 00:23:11.000 --> 00:23:11.539 they grumbled 00:23:11.539 --> 00:23:11.920 and they 00:23:11.920 --> 00:23:12.500 doubted, 00:23:12.580 --> 00:23:12.900 so what are 00:23:12.900 --> 00:23:13.019 they going 00:23:13.019 --> 00:23:13.259 to do 00:23:13.259 --> 00:23:13.820 this time? 00:23:14.920 --> 00:23:15.100 Well, 00:23:15.120 --> 00:23:15.360 they do 00:23:15.360 --> 00:23:16.539 exactly the 00:23:16.539 --> 00:23:18.320 same and 00:23:18.320 --> 00:23:18.920 worse. 00:23:20.200 --> 00:23:20.640 I wonder, 00:23:20.759 --> 00:23:21.440 just pausing 00:23:21.440 --> 00:23:21.880 there for a 00:23:21.880 --> 00:23:22.000 minute, 00:23:22.059 --> 00:23:22.340 I wonder if 00:23:22.340 --> 00:23:22.820 that's true 00:23:22.820 --> 00:23:23.480 sometimes in 00:23:23.480 --> 00:23:23.960 our Christian 00:23:23.960 --> 00:23:24.420 lives as 00:23:24.420 --> 00:23:24.680 well. 00:23:25.380 --> 00:23:25.559 Do you 00:23:25.559 --> 00:23:25.920 find that 00:23:25.920 --> 00:23:26.259 the same 00:23:26.259 --> 00:23:26.640 stuff, 00:23:26.820 --> 00:23:27.660 the same 00:23:27.660 --> 00:23:28.299 lessons are 00:23:28.299 --> 00:23:28.640 coming up 00:23:28.640 --> 00:23:29.200 again and 00:23:29.200 --> 00:23:29.680 again and 00:23:29.680 --> 00:23:29.980 again? 00:23:31.380 --> 00:23:31.940 And I 00:23:31.940 --> 00:23:32.240 wonder if 00:23:32.240 --> 00:23:32.779 we're learning 00:23:32.779 --> 00:23:33.460 the lessons 00:23:33.460 --> 00:23:34.360 that God is 00:23:34.360 --> 00:23:34.759 trying to 00:23:34.759 --> 00:23:35.660 teach us. 00:23:37.120 --> 00:23:37.720 What is 00:23:37.720 --> 00:23:38.380 exposed here 00:23:38.380 --> 00:23:39.019 about Israel? 00:23:39.440 --> 00:23:40.640 They are a 00:23:40.640 --> 00:23:41.799 hardened people. 00:23:42.940 --> 00:23:43.200 They 00:23:43.200 --> 00:23:44.299 quarreled. 00:23:45.200 --> 00:23:45.380 Now, 00:23:45.400 --> 00:23:45.759 that's not 00:23:45.759 --> 00:23:46.720 some kind of 00:23:46.720 --> 00:23:47.320 friendly fight 00:23:47.320 --> 00:23:47.600 amongst 00:23:47.600 --> 00:23:48.019 brothers. 00:23:49.120 --> 00:23:49.360 Okay? 00:23:49.620 --> 00:23:49.940 It's got 00:23:49.940 --> 00:23:50.620 aggressive 00:23:50.620 --> 00:23:51.580 undertones to 00:23:51.580 --> 00:23:51.680 it. 00:23:51.720 --> 00:23:51.940 They are 00:23:51.940 --> 00:23:52.700 disputing 00:23:52.700 --> 00:23:53.480 with one 00:23:53.480 --> 00:23:53.840 another. 00:23:54.559 --> 00:23:55.019 And what 00:23:55.019 --> 00:23:55.360 they're doing 00:23:55.360 --> 00:23:55.680 is they're 00:23:55.680 --> 00:23:56.180 bringing a 00:23:56.180 --> 00:23:56.799 charge 00:23:56.799 --> 00:23:57.880 against God. 00:23:57.960 --> 00:23:58.240 They're putting 00:23:58.240 --> 00:23:58.840 God in the 00:23:58.840 --> 00:23:59.320 dock. 00:24:00.059 --> 00:24:00.380 You see, 00:24:00.500 --> 00:24:00.820 it's quite 00:24:00.820 --> 00:24:01.480 accusatory, 00:24:01.580 --> 00:24:01.799 isn't it, 00:24:01.820 --> 00:24:02.100 what they 00:24:02.100 --> 00:24:02.259 say? 00:24:02.340 --> 00:24:02.480 Quite 00:24:02.480 --> 00:24:03.100 demanding. 00:24:03.100 --> 00:24:03.900 They say, 00:24:04.200 --> 00:24:04.460 give us 00:24:04.460 --> 00:24:05.039 water to 00:24:05.039 --> 00:24:05.559 drink. 00:24:07.019 --> 00:24:07.820 And what's 00:24:07.820 --> 00:24:08.580 behind it is 00:24:08.580 --> 00:24:09.340 a hard 00:24:09.339 --> 00:24:10.839 heart and 00:24:10.839 --> 00:24:11.399 callous 00:24:11.399 --> 00:24:12.339 hearts that 00:24:12.339 --> 00:24:12.939 have turned 00:24:12.939 --> 00:24:13.639 away from 00:24:13.639 --> 00:24:13.959 God. 00:24:14.099 --> 00:24:14.359 They are 00:24:14.359 --> 00:24:14.799 bitter. 00:24:16.339 --> 00:24:16.799 And behind 00:24:16.799 --> 00:24:17.519 the demand 00:24:17.519 --> 00:24:18.619 lies doubts. 00:24:18.699 --> 00:24:18.980 Do you see 00:24:18.980 --> 00:24:19.559 how that 00:24:19.559 --> 00:24:20.299 finishes at 00:24:20.299 --> 00:24:21.699 17.7 with 00:24:21.699 --> 00:24:22.379 the question, 00:24:23.000 --> 00:24:24.099 is God 00:24:24.099 --> 00:24:24.779 really among 00:24:24.779 --> 00:24:25.559 us or not? 00:24:25.639 --> 00:24:26.099 Is God 00:24:26.099 --> 00:24:26.720 really with 00:24:26.720 --> 00:24:27.139 us? 00:24:27.480 --> 00:24:28.039 Does he 00:24:28.039 --> 00:24:28.879 really care? 00:24:29.359 --> 00:24:29.799 That's what's 00:24:29.799 --> 00:24:30.139 behind the 00:24:30.139 --> 00:24:30.419 demand. 00:24:31.220 --> 00:24:32.039 How do we 00:24:32.039 --> 00:24:32.559 know that 00:24:32.559 --> 00:24:33.259 God is for 00:24:33.259 --> 00:24:33.839 us and God 00:24:33.839 --> 00:24:34.119 is not 00:24:34.119 --> 00:24:35.099 against us? 00:24:35.099 --> 00:24:36.759 That's the 00:24:36.759 --> 00:24:37.159 question. 00:24:39.000 --> 00:24:39.319 I'm reading 00:24:39.319 --> 00:24:40.019 this great 00:24:40.019 --> 00:24:40.419 book just 00:24:40.419 --> 00:24:40.679 now on 00:24:40.679 --> 00:24:40.980 public 00:24:40.980 --> 00:24:41.539 speeches. 00:24:41.859 --> 00:24:42.439 It's by a 00:24:42.439 --> 00:24:42.839 guy called 00:24:42.839 --> 00:24:43.659 Phil Collins. 00:24:44.199 --> 00:24:44.819 Not calling 00:24:44.819 --> 00:24:45.179 in the air 00:24:45.179 --> 00:24:45.459 tonight, 00:24:45.539 --> 00:24:46.019 Phil Collins. 00:24:46.139 --> 00:24:46.519 The guy who 00:24:46.519 --> 00:24:46.879 used to be 00:24:46.879 --> 00:24:47.899 Tony Blair's 00:24:47.899 --> 00:24:49.159 speechwriter. 00:24:49.980 --> 00:24:50.299 And what 00:24:50.299 --> 00:24:50.679 he's doing 00:24:50.679 --> 00:24:51.459 is he's 00:24:51.459 --> 00:24:52.039 analysing 00:24:52.039 --> 00:24:52.459 famous 00:24:52.459 --> 00:24:52.819 speeches 00:24:52.819 --> 00:24:53.579 from history. 00:24:54.799 --> 00:24:55.379 And I 00:24:55.379 --> 00:24:55.759 read this 00:24:55.759 --> 00:24:56.000 the other 00:24:56.000 --> 00:24:56.199 night. 00:24:56.259 --> 00:24:56.699 He talks 00:24:56.699 --> 00:24:57.179 about the 00:24:57.179 --> 00:24:57.599 Martin 00:24:57.599 --> 00:24:58.459 Luther King 00:24:58.459 --> 00:24:58.919 moment. 00:25:00.439 --> 00:25:01.500 We all 00:25:01.500 --> 00:25:01.919 know what 00:25:01.919 --> 00:25:02.299 the Martin 00:25:02.299 --> 00:25:02.839 Luther King 00:25:02.839 --> 00:25:03.439 moment is, 00:25:03.619 --> 00:25:03.980 don't we? 00:25:04.139 --> 00:25:04.500 In four 00:25:04.500 --> 00:25:04.879 words. 00:25:05.099 --> 00:25:06.099 I have 00:25:06.099 --> 00:25:07.379 a dream. 00:25:08.500 --> 00:25:09.119 That's all 00:25:09.119 --> 00:25:09.379 he needed 00:25:09.379 --> 00:25:09.779 to say. 00:25:09.859 --> 00:25:10.299 The Martin 00:25:10.299 --> 00:25:11.019 Luther King 00:25:11.019 --> 00:25:11.759 moment. 00:25:12.759 --> 00:25:13.019 Now if 00:25:13.019 --> 00:25:13.119 you're 00:25:13.119 --> 00:25:13.579 American, 00:25:14.379 --> 00:25:15.000 especially, 00:25:15.899 --> 00:25:16.379 that is 00:25:16.379 --> 00:25:17.319 a moment 00:25:17.319 --> 00:25:18.240 that defines 00:25:18.240 --> 00:25:19.759 something of 00:25:19.759 --> 00:25:20.339 your nation's 00:25:20.339 --> 00:25:20.639 history, 00:25:20.740 --> 00:25:21.039 isn't it? 00:25:21.659 --> 00:25:22.599 A legendary 00:25:22.599 --> 00:25:23.279 moment in 00:25:23.279 --> 00:25:23.679 the life 00:25:23.679 --> 00:25:23.980 of a 00:25:23.980 --> 00:25:24.279 nation. 00:25:26.079 --> 00:25:26.299 Well 00:25:26.299 --> 00:25:26.799 Israel, 00:25:27.359 --> 00:25:27.959 as a 00:25:27.959 --> 00:25:28.299 nation, 00:25:28.980 --> 00:25:30.000 they have 00:25:30.000 --> 00:25:30.799 a moment 00:25:30.799 --> 00:25:31.240 to look 00:25:31.240 --> 00:25:31.659 back on. 00:25:31.719 --> 00:25:31.980 It's not 00:25:31.980 --> 00:25:32.319 a Martin 00:25:32.319 --> 00:25:32.859 Luther King 00:25:32.859 --> 00:25:33.139 moment. 00:25:33.259 --> 00:25:33.579 It's a 00:25:33.579 --> 00:25:34.199 Massa and 00:25:34.199 --> 00:25:34.599 Meribah 00:25:34.599 --> 00:25:35.019 moment. 00:25:35.099 --> 00:25:36.559 And this 00:25:36.559 --> 00:25:37.359 episode right 00:25:37.359 --> 00:25:38.079 here becomes 00:25:38.079 --> 00:25:39.000 synonymous not 00:25:39.000 --> 00:25:39.619 so much with 00:25:39.619 --> 00:25:40.099 liberty, 00:25:40.659 --> 00:25:41.019 but with 00:25:41.019 --> 00:25:41.619 loathing. 00:25:42.419 --> 00:25:43.079 Because the 00:25:43.079 --> 00:25:43.500 people, 00:25:44.000 --> 00:25:44.419 there is a 00:25:44.419 --> 00:25:45.359 deep distrust 00:25:45.359 --> 00:25:46.019 of God in 00:25:46.019 --> 00:25:46.199 them. 00:25:47.359 --> 00:25:48.159 Moses picks 00:25:48.159 --> 00:25:48.740 up on this 00:25:48.740 --> 00:25:49.559 in Deuteronomy. 00:25:50.279 --> 00:25:50.539 The 00:25:50.539 --> 00:25:51.319 psalmist picks 00:25:51.319 --> 00:25:51.899 up on this 00:25:51.899 --> 00:25:52.319 in Psalm 00:25:52.319 --> 00:25:52.779 95. 00:25:53.039 --> 00:25:53.500 The writer to 00:25:53.500 --> 00:25:54.099 the Hebrews 00:25:54.099 --> 00:25:55.240 picks up on 00:25:55.240 --> 00:25:55.619 this at 00:25:55.619 --> 00:25:56.339 Hebrews chapter 00:25:56.339 --> 00:25:56.759 3. 00:25:57.099 --> 00:25:58.179 All with the 00:25:58.179 --> 00:25:58.819 same warning 00:25:58.819 --> 00:25:59.179 to their 00:25:59.179 --> 00:25:59.719 respective 00:25:59.719 --> 00:26:00.619 generations, 00:26:01.500 --> 00:26:02.439 learn the 00:26:02.439 --> 00:26:02.939 lesson. 00:26:02.940 --> 00:26:05.180 Hebrews 3. 00:26:05.279 --> 00:26:05.600 If you can 00:26:05.600 --> 00:26:06.100 see that 00:26:06.100 --> 00:26:06.320 on the 00:26:06.320 --> 00:26:06.600 screen, 00:26:06.740 --> 00:26:07.820 then if 00:26:07.820 --> 00:26:08.120 you can't, 00:26:08.160 --> 00:26:08.460 let me just 00:26:08.460 --> 00:26:08.720 read it 00:26:08.720 --> 00:26:09.000 out. 00:26:09.580 --> 00:26:09.759 This is 00:26:09.759 --> 00:26:09.960 what the 00:26:09.960 --> 00:26:10.360 writer to 00:26:10.360 --> 00:26:10.700 the Hebrews 00:26:10.700 --> 00:26:11.140 says to 00:26:11.140 --> 00:26:12.059 his generation. 00:26:12.779 --> 00:26:13.299 So as 00:26:13.299 --> 00:26:13.720 the Holy 00:26:13.720 --> 00:26:14.720 Spirit says, 00:26:14.799 --> 00:26:15.039 quoting 00:26:15.039 --> 00:26:15.740 Psalm 95, 00:26:15.740 --> 00:26:17.200 today, 00:26:17.200 --> 00:26:18.000 today, if 00:26:18.000 --> 00:26:18.500 you hear 00:26:18.500 --> 00:26:19.299 his voice, 00:26:19.720 --> 00:26:20.220 do not 00:26:20.220 --> 00:26:20.980 harden your 00:26:20.980 --> 00:26:21.620 hearts as 00:26:21.620 --> 00:26:22.079 you did in 00:26:22.079 --> 00:26:22.620 the rebellion 00:26:22.620 --> 00:26:23.759 during the 00:26:23.759 --> 00:26:24.140 time of 00:26:24.140 --> 00:26:24.779 testing in 00:26:24.779 --> 00:26:25.220 the wilderness 00:26:25.220 --> 00:26:25.720 where your 00:26:25.720 --> 00:26:26.359 ancestors 00:26:26.359 --> 00:26:27.660 tested and 00:26:27.660 --> 00:26:28.420 tried me, 00:26:28.740 --> 00:26:29.259 though for 00:26:29.259 --> 00:26:29.960 40 years 00:26:29.960 --> 00:26:30.440 they saw 00:26:30.440 --> 00:26:30.740 what I 00:26:30.740 --> 00:26:31.079 did. 00:26:31.880 --> 00:26:32.279 That is 00:26:32.279 --> 00:26:32.579 why I 00:26:32.579 --> 00:26:33.160 was angry 00:26:33.160 --> 00:26:33.579 with that 00:26:33.579 --> 00:26:34.180 generation. 00:26:34.359 --> 00:26:34.700 I said, 00:26:34.759 --> 00:26:35.380 their hearts 00:26:35.380 --> 00:26:36.279 are always 00:26:36.279 --> 00:26:37.120 going astray 00:26:37.120 --> 00:26:38.160 and they 00:26:38.160 --> 00:26:38.539 have not 00:26:38.539 --> 00:26:39.000 known my 00:26:39.000 --> 00:26:39.299 way. 00:26:39.380 --> 00:26:39.640 So I 00:26:39.640 --> 00:26:40.200 declared on 00:26:40.200 --> 00:26:40.720 oath in 00:26:40.720 --> 00:26:41.380 my anger, 00:26:41.900 --> 00:26:42.200 they shall 00:26:42.200 --> 00:26:43.440 never enter 00:26:43.440 --> 00:26:44.660 my rest. 00:26:45.740 --> 00:26:46.480 Then the 00:26:46.480 --> 00:26:46.859 writer to 00:26:46.859 --> 00:26:47.339 the Hebrews, 00:26:47.500 --> 00:26:47.799 to his 00:26:47.799 --> 00:26:48.359 generation, 00:26:48.500 --> 00:26:48.779 he goes 00:26:48.779 --> 00:26:49.140 on and 00:26:49.140 --> 00:26:49.559 he says, 00:26:49.660 --> 00:26:50.180 see to it 00:26:50.180 --> 00:26:50.799 brothers and 00:26:50.799 --> 00:26:51.220 sisters, 00:26:51.920 --> 00:26:52.380 that none 00:26:52.380 --> 00:26:52.880 of you 00:26:52.880 --> 00:26:53.720 has a 00:26:53.720 --> 00:26:54.200 sinful, 00:26:54.480 --> 00:26:55.019 unbelieving 00:26:55.019 --> 00:26:55.559 heart that 00:26:55.559 --> 00:26:56.240 turns away 00:26:56.240 --> 00:26:56.620 from the 00:26:56.620 --> 00:26:57.319 living God, 00:26:57.680 --> 00:26:58.579 but encourage 00:26:58.579 --> 00:26:59.160 one another 00:26:59.160 --> 00:26:59.839 daily as 00:26:59.839 --> 00:27:00.240 long as it 00:27:00.240 --> 00:27:00.720 is called 00:27:00.720 --> 00:27:01.240 today, 00:27:02.319 --> 00:27:02.660 so that 00:27:02.660 --> 00:27:03.079 none of 00:27:03.079 --> 00:27:03.400 you may 00:27:03.400 --> 00:27:03.960 be hardened 00:27:03.960 --> 00:27:05.240 by sin's 00:27:05.240 --> 00:27:05.960 deceitfulness. 00:27:07.140 --> 00:27:07.480 Do you see 00:27:07.480 --> 00:27:07.779 what he's 00:27:07.779 --> 00:27:08.059 saying? 00:27:08.140 --> 00:27:08.440 He's telling 00:27:08.440 --> 00:27:10.099 his generation 00:27:10.099 --> 00:27:10.660 of God's 00:27:10.660 --> 00:27:11.000 people, 00:27:11.680 --> 00:27:12.120 don't make 00:27:12.120 --> 00:27:12.500 the same 00:27:12.500 --> 00:27:13.180 mistakes that 00:27:13.180 --> 00:27:13.720 the Israelites 00:27:13.720 --> 00:27:14.700 made in 00:27:14.700 --> 00:27:15.200 the desert. 00:27:15.740 --> 00:27:17.120 Learn the 00:27:17.120 --> 00:27:17.519 lesson. 00:27:17.660 --> 00:27:18.120 Don't have 00:27:18.120 --> 00:27:18.740 for yourself 00:27:18.740 --> 00:27:19.319 a Massa 00:27:19.319 --> 00:27:19.859 and Meribah 00:27:19.859 --> 00:27:20.220 moment. 00:27:21.140 --> 00:27:22.160 Don't have 00:27:22.160 --> 00:27:22.759 hearts that 00:27:22.759 --> 00:27:23.299 are hard 00:27:23.299 --> 00:27:24.079 and callous, 00:27:24.200 --> 00:27:24.839 that fail to 00:27:24.839 --> 00:27:25.539 believe in the 00:27:25.539 --> 00:27:26.200 purposes and 00:27:26.200 --> 00:27:26.720 the goodness 00:27:26.720 --> 00:27:27.799 and the 00:27:27.799 --> 00:27:28.339 plans and 00:27:28.339 --> 00:27:28.839 the promises 00:27:28.839 --> 00:27:29.559 of God. 00:27:31.299 --> 00:27:31.960 Wash your 00:27:31.960 --> 00:27:32.359 heart. 00:27:33.940 --> 00:27:34.420 And that's a 00:27:34.420 --> 00:27:35.140 lesson for our 00:27:35.140 --> 00:27:35.920 generation as 00:27:35.920 --> 00:27:36.460 well today. 00:27:37.980 --> 00:27:38.799 I wonder if 00:27:38.799 --> 00:27:39.220 some of us 00:27:39.220 --> 00:27:39.720 this morning, 00:27:39.839 --> 00:27:40.259 deep down, 00:27:40.319 --> 00:27:40.799 are asking 00:27:40.799 --> 00:27:41.500 that question 00:27:41.500 --> 00:27:41.819 in our 00:27:41.819 --> 00:27:42.279 hearts. 00:27:42.279 --> 00:27:45.039 is God 00:27:45.039 --> 00:27:46.079 really among 00:27:46.079 --> 00:27:46.940 us or not? 00:27:48.500 --> 00:27:49.139 Are we 00:27:49.139 --> 00:27:49.639 slipping 00:27:49.639 --> 00:27:51.099 into unbelief? 00:27:52.220 --> 00:27:52.879 Maybe you're 00:27:52.879 --> 00:27:53.460 here and you're 00:27:53.460 --> 00:27:54.180 not a Christian 00:27:54.180 --> 00:27:54.980 this morning and 00:27:54.980 --> 00:27:55.619 actually your 00:27:55.619 --> 00:27:56.319 question is, 00:27:56.440 --> 00:27:57.000 how do I know 00:27:57.000 --> 00:27:57.399 that God 00:27:57.399 --> 00:27:57.899 loves me? 00:27:58.579 --> 00:27:59.019 How do I 00:27:59.019 --> 00:27:59.319 know, 00:27:59.379 --> 00:27:59.660 how do I 00:27:59.660 --> 00:28:00.119 know that 00:28:00.119 --> 00:28:00.799 he's for 00:28:00.799 --> 00:28:01.119 me? 00:28:04.619 --> 00:28:05.039 We'll see 00:28:05.039 --> 00:28:05.420 what God 00:28:05.420 --> 00:28:06.139 reveals about 00:28:06.139 --> 00:28:06.639 himself. 00:28:07.819 --> 00:28:08.539 He is a 00:28:08.539 --> 00:28:09.160 God who 00:28:09.160 --> 00:28:09.879 provides. 00:28:09.880 --> 00:28:11.740 Now see, 00:28:11.800 --> 00:28:12.120 if this was 00:28:12.120 --> 00:28:13.400 me and 00:28:13.400 --> 00:28:13.920 Israel were 00:28:13.920 --> 00:28:14.840 moaning again 00:28:14.840 --> 00:28:15.420 and again 00:28:15.420 --> 00:28:15.900 and again, 00:28:15.960 --> 00:28:16.320 if this was 00:28:16.320 --> 00:28:17.000 my child, 00:28:18.000 --> 00:28:18.900 I think I'd 00:28:18.900 --> 00:28:19.440 be tempted to 00:28:19.440 --> 00:28:19.800 leave them, 00:28:19.840 --> 00:28:20.040 would you 00:28:20.040 --> 00:28:20.260 not? 00:28:20.400 --> 00:28:21.360 I wouldn't 00:28:21.360 --> 00:28:21.900 leave her if 00:28:21.900 --> 00:28:22.140 she'd. 00:28:23.960 --> 00:28:24.700 But do you 00:28:24.700 --> 00:28:25.720 see how God 00:28:25.720 --> 00:28:26.820 is so gracious 00:28:26.820 --> 00:28:27.360 with his 00:28:27.360 --> 00:28:27.720 people? 00:28:28.420 --> 00:28:28.780 Do you see 00:28:28.780 --> 00:28:29.420 how he's so 00:28:29.420 --> 00:28:30.580 patient with 00:28:30.580 --> 00:28:31.160 his people? 00:28:32.220 --> 00:28:32.900 They ask, 00:28:33.040 --> 00:28:33.420 is the Lord 00:28:33.420 --> 00:28:34.100 really among 00:28:34.100 --> 00:28:34.960 us or not? 00:28:37.200 --> 00:28:37.620 It's almost 00:28:37.620 --> 00:28:38.260 as if God 00:28:38.260 --> 00:28:38.820 says, 00:28:38.819 --> 00:28:39.939 to answer 00:28:39.939 --> 00:28:40.779 that question, 00:28:41.460 --> 00:28:42.439 look to 00:28:42.439 --> 00:28:43.379 the rock. 00:28:44.279 --> 00:28:44.939 This is what 00:28:44.939 --> 00:28:45.460 happens. 00:28:46.019 --> 00:28:46.779 Moses goes to 00:28:46.779 --> 00:28:47.339 the rock 00:28:47.339 --> 00:28:48.259 and he 00:28:48.259 --> 00:28:49.200 strikes it 00:28:49.200 --> 00:28:50.279 and out 00:28:50.279 --> 00:28:51.079 comes life 00:28:51.079 --> 00:28:51.859 giving water 00:28:51.859 --> 00:28:52.279 to have 00:28:52.279 --> 00:28:52.839 people who 00:28:52.839 --> 00:28:53.099 are going 00:28:53.099 --> 00:28:53.599 to die 00:28:53.599 --> 00:28:54.259 if they 00:28:54.259 --> 00:28:54.819 don't 00:28:54.819 --> 00:28:55.200 drink. 00:28:56.240 --> 00:28:56.799 That's how 00:28:56.799 --> 00:28:57.139 you know 00:28:57.139 --> 00:28:57.659 I'm for you. 00:28:57.720 --> 00:28:58.000 It's almost 00:28:58.000 --> 00:28:58.659 what God 00:28:58.659 --> 00:28:59.139 is saying. 00:29:00.319 --> 00:29:00.700 And Paul 00:29:00.700 --> 00:29:01.399 picks up on 00:29:01.399 --> 00:29:01.759 this in 00:29:01.759 --> 00:29:02.599 1 Corinthians 00:29:02.599 --> 00:29:03.980 10 and 00:29:03.980 --> 00:29:04.539 he says 00:29:04.539 --> 00:29:04.960 that the 00:29:04.960 --> 00:29:06.259 rock is 00:29:06.259 --> 00:29:07.259 Christ. 00:29:07.259 --> 00:29:08.559 that rock 00:29:08.559 --> 00:29:10.079 was Jesus. 00:29:10.799 --> 00:29:11.539 Now how on 00:29:11.539 --> 00:29:11.920 earth has he 00:29:11.920 --> 00:29:12.400 got to that 00:29:12.400 --> 00:29:12.859 conclusion? 00:29:13.740 --> 00:29:14.059 It's an 00:29:14.059 --> 00:29:14.759 inspired word, 00:29:14.839 --> 00:29:15.220 it must be 00:29:15.220 --> 00:29:15.500 right. 00:29:16.319 --> 00:29:16.839 So how has he 00:29:16.839 --> 00:29:17.240 got there? 00:29:19.299 --> 00:29:19.740 We see 00:29:19.740 --> 00:29:20.279 Moses 00:29:20.279 --> 00:29:21.519 strikes the 00:29:21.519 --> 00:29:21.940 rock 00:29:21.940 --> 00:29:23.059 and out 00:29:23.059 --> 00:29:23.539 comes 00:29:23.539 --> 00:29:25.119 life-giving 00:29:25.119 --> 00:29:25.799 water. 00:29:27.000 --> 00:29:27.400 Jesus 00:29:27.400 --> 00:29:29.099 struck, 00:29:30.039 --> 00:29:30.420 killed, 00:29:31.420 --> 00:29:32.039 and John 00:29:32.039 --> 00:29:32.859 records for 00:29:32.859 --> 00:29:33.319 us in 00:29:33.319 --> 00:29:35.819 chapter 1, 00:29:35.819 --> 00:29:36.299 I think 00:29:36.299 --> 00:29:36.639 it's chapter 00:29:36.639 --> 00:29:37.200 19 I've 00:29:37.200 --> 00:29:37.519 written one, 00:29:37.879 --> 00:29:38.159 that as 00:29:38.159 --> 00:29:38.799 Jesus was 00:29:38.799 --> 00:29:40.359 struck and 00:29:40.359 --> 00:29:40.779 as he was 00:29:40.779 --> 00:29:41.439 pierced, 00:29:41.939 --> 00:29:42.539 out came 00:29:42.539 --> 00:29:43.960 blood and 00:29:43.960 --> 00:29:44.839 water. 00:29:46.799 --> 00:29:47.480 His point, 00:29:47.919 --> 00:29:48.599 John's point, 00:29:48.740 --> 00:29:49.319 Paul's point, 00:29:49.379 --> 00:29:49.720 that through 00:29:49.720 --> 00:29:50.339 the death 00:29:50.339 --> 00:29:50.879 of Jesus, 00:29:51.039 --> 00:29:51.339 through the 00:29:51.339 --> 00:29:52.139 striking of 00:29:52.139 --> 00:29:52.500 Jesus, 00:29:52.980 --> 00:29:54.059 we have 00:29:54.059 --> 00:29:54.919 life. 00:29:56.279 --> 00:29:57.099 That is the 00:29:57.099 --> 00:29:58.019 wonderful news 00:29:58.019 --> 00:29:58.639 of the gospel. 00:29:59.599 --> 00:30:00.579 How do I know 00:30:00.579 --> 00:30:01.119 that God is 00:30:01.119 --> 00:30:01.700 for me? 00:30:02.220 --> 00:30:03.099 How do I know 00:30:03.099 --> 00:30:03.939 that God cares 00:30:03.939 --> 00:30:04.299 for me? 00:30:04.379 --> 00:30:04.839 How do I know 00:30:04.839 --> 00:30:05.500 that he loves 00:30:05.500 --> 00:30:05.799 me? 00:30:06.399 --> 00:30:07.119 God would say 00:30:07.119 --> 00:30:07.599 to that 00:30:07.599 --> 00:30:08.139 generation, 00:30:08.259 --> 00:30:08.659 God says 00:30:08.659 --> 00:30:09.059 to this 00:30:09.059 --> 00:30:09.680 generation, 00:30:10.240 --> 00:30:11.279 look to 00:30:11.279 --> 00:30:12.940 the rock. 00:30:13.579 --> 00:30:14.359 The question 00:30:14.359 --> 00:30:15.279 for us is, 00:30:15.819 --> 00:30:16.480 have we 00:30:16.480 --> 00:30:17.700 drunk from 00:30:17.700 --> 00:30:18.240 the rock 00:30:18.240 --> 00:30:19.599 and have we 00:30:19.599 --> 00:30:20.599 received life 00:30:20.599 --> 00:30:21.319 from its 00:30:21.319 --> 00:30:21.859 life-giving 00:30:21.859 --> 00:30:22.259 water? 00:30:24.539 --> 00:30:25.339 Paul writes 00:30:25.339 --> 00:30:26.059 in Romans 9, 00:30:26.220 --> 00:30:27.119 he who did 00:30:27.119 --> 00:30:27.740 not spare 00:30:27.740 --> 00:30:28.500 his own son 00:30:28.500 --> 00:30:29.079 but gave him 00:30:29.079 --> 00:30:29.639 up for us 00:30:29.639 --> 00:30:30.019 all, 00:30:30.480 --> 00:30:31.000 how will he 00:30:31.000 --> 00:30:31.720 not also 00:30:31.720 --> 00:30:32.099 give us 00:30:32.099 --> 00:30:33.460 all things? 00:30:34.299 --> 00:30:34.960 Romans chapter 00:30:34.960 --> 00:30:35.339 9. 00:30:36.619 --> 00:30:37.339 We mustn't 00:30:37.339 --> 00:30:37.799 doubt the 00:30:37.799 --> 00:30:38.460 sufficiency 00:30:38.460 --> 00:30:39.559 and the 00:30:39.559 --> 00:30:40.220 goodness of 00:30:40.220 --> 00:30:40.500 God. 00:30:40.599 --> 00:30:41.059 How do we 00:30:41.059 --> 00:30:41.960 know that 00:30:41.960 --> 00:30:42.379 he loves 00:30:42.379 --> 00:30:42.599 us? 00:30:42.659 --> 00:30:43.180 We look 00:30:43.180 --> 00:30:43.879 to the 00:30:43.879 --> 00:30:44.359 rock. 00:30:45.919 --> 00:30:46.159 You see, 00:30:46.259 --> 00:30:47.159 testing time 00:30:47.159 --> 00:30:48.579 is training 00:30:48.579 --> 00:30:49.059 time. 00:30:50.220 --> 00:30:50.960 Just as we 00:30:50.960 --> 00:30:51.460 bring a few 00:30:51.460 --> 00:30:51.659 of these 00:30:51.659 --> 00:30:52.159 things together 00:30:52.159 --> 00:30:52.500 as we 00:30:52.500 --> 00:30:53.000 close, 00:30:53.460 --> 00:30:54.000 to see how 00:30:54.000 --> 00:30:54.700 God takes 00:30:54.700 --> 00:30:54.980 us, 00:30:55.500 --> 00:30:56.159 his people, 00:30:56.579 --> 00:30:56.779 through 00:30:56.779 --> 00:30:57.779 afflictions, 00:30:58.059 --> 00:30:58.859 to help us 00:30:58.859 --> 00:30:59.379 see our own 00:30:59.379 --> 00:31:00.359 helplessness, 00:31:00.359 --> 00:31:01.839 to help us 00:31:01.839 --> 00:31:02.659 bring our 00:31:02.659 --> 00:31:03.919 own self-confidence 00:31:03.919 --> 00:31:04.959 to an end, 00:31:05.219 --> 00:31:05.979 and to teach 00:31:05.979 --> 00:31:06.319 us to 00:31:06.319 --> 00:31:07.079 exclusively 00:31:07.079 --> 00:31:07.959 trust in 00:31:07.959 --> 00:31:08.539 him alone. 00:31:09.240 --> 00:31:09.819 That he 00:31:09.819 --> 00:31:10.479 doesn't beam 00:31:10.479 --> 00:31:11.019 us up 00:31:11.019 --> 00:31:12.359 magically from 00:31:12.359 --> 00:31:12.939 the trials 00:31:12.939 --> 00:31:13.279 and the 00:31:13.279 --> 00:31:13.899 pressures of 00:31:13.899 --> 00:31:14.459 life, 00:31:14.699 --> 00:31:15.219 but he 00:31:15.219 --> 00:31:16.119 uses them 00:31:16.119 --> 00:31:17.339 to demonstrate 00:31:17.339 --> 00:31:18.079 our complete 00:31:18.079 --> 00:31:18.959 inadequacy 00:31:18.959 --> 00:31:20.439 and his 00:31:20.439 --> 00:31:20.959 complete 00:31:20.959 --> 00:31:22.099 dependability. 00:31:23.559 --> 00:31:24.179 You know, 00:31:24.240 --> 00:31:24.719 I wonder as we've 00:31:24.719 --> 00:31:25.259 looked at his 00:31:25.259 --> 00:31:25.799 word this 00:31:25.799 --> 00:31:26.199 morning, 00:31:26.519 --> 00:31:27.119 what has been 00:31:27.119 --> 00:31:27.939 exposed about 00:31:27.940 --> 00:31:28.559 your life? 00:31:29.580 --> 00:31:30.500 What areas 00:31:30.500 --> 00:31:30.840 are you 00:31:30.840 --> 00:31:32.320 unfit in? 00:31:33.120 --> 00:31:33.660 Maybe you've 00:31:33.660 --> 00:31:34.080 got a lack 00:31:34.080 --> 00:31:34.680 of patience. 00:31:35.600 --> 00:31:35.960 Maybe you're 00:31:35.960 --> 00:31:36.320 going through 00:31:36.320 --> 00:31:36.720 that just 00:31:36.720 --> 00:31:36.960 now. 00:31:37.100 --> 00:31:38.039 You lack 00:31:38.039 --> 00:31:38.700 trust in 00:31:38.700 --> 00:31:38.940 God's 00:31:38.940 --> 00:31:39.700 perfect and 00:31:39.700 --> 00:31:40.380 good timing. 00:31:41.440 --> 00:31:42.480 Maybe you've 00:31:42.480 --> 00:31:43.380 got misplaced 00:31:43.380 --> 00:31:44.299 identity in 00:31:44.299 --> 00:31:44.920 a job or 00:31:44.920 --> 00:31:45.559 a relationship 00:31:45.559 --> 00:31:46.160 that's let 00:31:46.160 --> 00:31:46.640 you down. 00:31:47.460 --> 00:31:47.840 Maybe you 00:31:47.840 --> 00:31:48.160 need to 00:31:48.160 --> 00:31:49.320 learn and 00:31:49.320 --> 00:31:50.120 understand and 00:31:50.120 --> 00:31:50.740 grasp your 00:31:50.740 --> 00:31:51.559 identity in 00:31:51.559 --> 00:31:52.420 Jesus Christ. 00:31:54.220 --> 00:31:54.600 What has 00:31:54.600 --> 00:31:56.120 God revealed 00:31:56.120 --> 00:31:57.340 to you about 00:31:57.340 --> 00:31:57.920 himself? 00:31:57.940 --> 00:31:58.380 from his 00:31:58.380 --> 00:31:58.820 words, 00:31:59.720 --> 00:32:00.559 his unfailing 00:32:00.559 --> 00:32:01.039 provision, 00:32:01.820 --> 00:32:02.559 his purposes, 00:32:03.080 --> 00:32:03.720 his goodness. 00:32:04.799 --> 00:32:05.600 What is God 00:32:05.600 --> 00:32:06.259 teaching us 00:32:06.259 --> 00:32:06.900 this morning? 00:32:07.799 --> 00:32:08.460 I hate 00:32:08.460 --> 00:32:08.940 marathons. 00:32:10.400 --> 00:32:11.240 I hate being 00:32:11.240 --> 00:32:11.720 put through my 00:32:11.720 --> 00:32:12.019 paces, 00:32:12.620 --> 00:32:13.660 but I know 00:32:13.660 --> 00:32:14.120 it's good for 00:32:14.120 --> 00:32:14.320 me. 00:32:15.779 --> 00:32:16.220 Let's pray 00:32:16.220 --> 00:32:16.539 together. 00:32:22.640 --> 00:32:23.200 And maybe 00:32:23.200 --> 00:32:23.559 let's just 00:32:23.559 --> 00:32:24.059 have a moment 00:32:24.059 --> 00:32:24.940 quiet. 00:32:27.940 --> 00:32:28.940 just if there's 00:32:28.940 --> 00:32:29.600 some business 00:32:29.600 --> 00:32:30.100 that we need 00:32:30.100 --> 00:32:30.660 to do with 00:32:30.660 --> 00:32:31.039 God, 00:32:31.880 --> 00:32:33.100 this opportunity 00:32:33.100 --> 00:32:34.100 now to 00:32:34.100 --> 00:32:35.519 confess and 00:32:35.519 --> 00:32:36.080 get right with 00:32:36.080 --> 00:32:36.299 him, 00:32:36.799 --> 00:32:37.799 to ask him 00:32:37.799 --> 00:32:38.000 that you 00:32:38.000 --> 00:32:38.840 truly abide 00:32:38.840 --> 00:32:39.380 with us. 00:32:39.380 --> 00:32:41.380 God, 00:32:41.380 --> 00:32:41.400 let's 00:32:41.400 --> 00:32:42.380 hear it. 00:32:42.380 --> 00:32:45.300 And so, 00:32:45.400 --> 00:32:45.500 Father, 00:32:45.540 --> 00:32:45.840 we just 00:32:45.840 --> 00:32:46.420 close with 00:32:46.420 --> 00:32:47.080 the words 00:32:47.080 --> 00:32:47.400 of that 00:32:47.400 --> 00:32:47.760 hymn that 00:32:47.760 --> 00:32:48.220 we sang 00:32:48.220 --> 00:32:48.820 earlier and 00:32:48.820 --> 00:32:49.500 declare that 00:32:49.500 --> 00:32:50.140 great is 00:32:50.140 --> 00:32:51.200 your faithfulness. 00:32:51.880 --> 00:32:52.060 Oh, 00:32:52.100 --> 00:32:52.320 God, 00:32:52.400 --> 00:32:52.980 my Father, 00:32:53.040 --> 00:32:53.420 there is 00:32:53.420 --> 00:32:54.480 no shadow 00:32:54.480 --> 00:32:55.040 of turning 00:32:55.040 --> 00:32:55.600 with you. 00:32:56.500 --> 00:32:56.720 You 00:32:56.720 --> 00:32:57.400 change 00:32:57.400 --> 00:32:58.000 not, 00:32:58.100 --> 00:32:58.240 your 00:32:58.240 --> 00:32:58.980 compassions, 00:32:59.100 --> 00:32:59.520 they fail 00:32:59.520 --> 00:32:59.920 not. 00:33:00.600 --> 00:33:01.020 As you 00:33:01.020 --> 00:33:01.560 have been, 00:33:02.240 --> 00:33:02.540 you will 00:33:02.540 --> 00:33:02.960 forever 00:33:02.960 --> 00:33:04.400 will be. 00:33:05.799 --> 00:33:06.039 Lord, 00:33:06.120 --> 00:33:06.559 help us 00:33:06.559 --> 00:33:06.920 by your 00:33:06.920 --> 00:33:07.620 spirit to 00:33:07.620 --> 00:33:08.160 trust you 00:33:08.160 --> 00:33:08.460 more, 00:33:08.900 --> 00:33:09.700 to know you 00:33:09.700 --> 00:33:10.420 more intimately 00:33:10.420 --> 00:33:11.039 this week, 00:33:11.120 --> 00:33:11.480 we pray. 00:33:11.980 --> 00:33:12.440 In Jesus' 00:33:12.600 --> 00:33:12.779 name, 00:33:13.160 --> 00:33:13.460 Amen. 00:33:13.460 --> 00:33:13.600 Amen.