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 Today's scripture reading is from the book of Exodus, portions of chapters 3 and 12,

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 as printed in your liturgy.

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 A reading from the book of Exodus.

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 Do not come any closer, God said.

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 Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.

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 Then he said,

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 I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.

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 At this, Moses hid his face because he was afraid to look at God.

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 Then the Lord said,

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 I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt,

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 and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters.

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 I know their sufferings, and I have come down.

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 To deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians,

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 and to bring them up out of that land,

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 to a good land, a broad land,

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 a land flowing with milk and honey.

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 Moses said to God,

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 Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them,

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 The God of your fathers has sent me to you.

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 And they ask me,

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 What is his name?

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 Then what shall I say to them?

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 God said to Moses,

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 I am who I am.

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 This is what you are to say to the Israelites.

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 I am has sent me to you.

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 Tell all the congregation of Israel,

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 that on the tenth day of this month,

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 every man shall take a lamb,

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 according to their fathers' houses,

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 a lamb for a household.

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 Then they shall take some of the blood,

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 and put it on the two doorposts,

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 and the lintel of the houses in which they eat it.

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 For I will pass through the land of Egypt that night,

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 and I will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt,

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 both man and beast.

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 And on all the gods of Egypt,

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 I will execute judgments.

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 I am the Lord.

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 The blood shall be a sign for you

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 on the houses where you are.

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 And when I see the blood,

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 I will pass over you,

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 and no plague will befall you to destroy you.

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 When I strike the land of Egypt.

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 When you enter the land

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 that the Lord will give you as he promised,

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 observe this ceremony.

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 And when your children ask you,

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 what does this ceremony mean to you?

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 Then tell them,

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 it is a Passover sacrifice to the Lord

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 who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt

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 and spared our homes

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 when he struck down the Egyptians.

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 Then the people bowed down and worshipped.

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 The grass withers and the flowers fade.

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 But the word of our God stands forever.

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 Good morning to you all.

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 I am the better looking pastor Andrew referred to a moment ago.

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 And my name is Jonathan.

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 We are going to be starting a new sermon series today

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 in the book of Exodus

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 and on the Ten Commandments

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 over the coming weeks and months.

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 We are going to go all the way through

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 all ten of the commands

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 because the church has historically put these

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 at the center of her teaching ministry.

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 Especially for children

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 and for new believers.

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 For virtually all of church history.

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 When people ask,

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 how do we do discipleship?

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 How do we teach our kids the Bible?

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 What do new Christians need to know about the Lord?

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 The answers have always included

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 the twelve articles of faith in the creed,

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 the six petitions in the Lord's Prayer,

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 and the ten commandments

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 that we find in the Bible.

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 And so, basically,

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 the church has always said,

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 we need to tell people

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 who God is, the creed.

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 We need to tell people

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 how to talk to Him,

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 the Lord's Prayer.

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 And we need to tell them

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 how to live to please God.

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 The Ten Commandments.

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 And you remember

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 how the Ten Commandments begin,

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 hopefully.

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 These are famous words.

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 It begins,

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 I am the Lord, your God,

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 who brought you out of Egypt,

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 out of the land of slavery.

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 And we're just going to spend

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 the next few weeks

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 on that sentence.

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 I am the Lord, your God,

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 who brought you out of Egypt,

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 out of the land of slavery.

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 And we're going to try to get

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 into our heads

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 and into our hearts

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 the details of who this God is,

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 what He did to bring

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 His covenant people

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 out of their oppressive bondage

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 and into freedom.

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 And as we just sit

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 in this central story

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 of redemption

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 and of deliverance

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 in the Old Testament,

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 as we connect

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 that central story up

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 with the central story

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 in the New Testament

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 of redemption and deliverance

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 in Jesus Christ,

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 we hope that

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 we will begin

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 to have a fresh appreciation

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 for this life of freedom

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 that God intends

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 for His people.

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 And that we'll begin

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 to see these Ten Commandments

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 that He's given us

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 not as a burden,

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 but as a blessing.

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 Not as a restraint,

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 but as the pathway

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 to freedom.

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 And that we'd see them

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 not as a cold list

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 of hard laws

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 in the abstract,

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 but rather that we would see

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 that these are words

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 given to us

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 by the lover

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 of our souls

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 who wants what's best

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 for us.

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 That we'd see them

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 as the wise

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 and loving counsel

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 of one who's redeemed us

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 and enabled us

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 to call Him

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 our Heavenly Father.

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 We'd see these commands

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 as the way that God

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 intends to preserve us

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 in the freedom

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 that He's won for us.

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 So that's where

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 we're going to be going.

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 And if you want to,

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 we just sort of had

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 to pick up

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 little bits and pieces

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 of these passages

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 this morning,

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 but if you want to follow

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 in your pew Bible,

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 feel free to pull that out.

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 We're going to be

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 in Exodus chapter 3

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 and Moses' encounter

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 with God

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 at the burning bush.

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 And then we're going

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 to turn to Exodus chapter 12

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 where we see God's work

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 of judgment and mercy

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 in the Passover lamb.

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 And I may regret

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 trying to take on

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 two of the biggest chapters

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 in the Bible

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 in one sermon,

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 but we'll see about that.

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 We're going to talk about

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 the God who comes down,

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 the God who passes over,

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 and the God

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 who gives freedom.

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 Who is this God

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 of the Bible?

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 He's the God

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 who comes down,

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 He's the God

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 who passes over,

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 and He's the God

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 who gives freedom.

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 And so let's talk

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 about the God

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 who comes down.

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 Who is this God

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 who gives the Ten Commandments

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 from this fiery mountain

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 in Exodus chapter 20?

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 He's the same God

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 who reveals Himself

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 to Moses

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 at this fiery bush

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 in Exodus chapter 3.

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 And that fire,

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 which you see

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 throughout this book

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 of Exodus,

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 the fire is a symbol

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 of the presence of God.

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 It's a symbol

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 of the holy presence of God.

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 And if you just look

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 at verse 5

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 in chapter 3,

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 it says,

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 Do not come any closer.

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 Take off your sandals

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 for the place

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 where you're standing

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 is holy ground.

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 And then He said,

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 I'm the God

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 of your father,

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 the God of Abraham,

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 the God of Isaac,

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 the God of Jacob.

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 And at this,

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 Moses hid his face

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 because he was afraid

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 to look at God.

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 You notice,

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 first of all,

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 this is a personal

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 and relational God.

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 He's revealing Himself.

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 He's communicating Himself

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 to this individual

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 named Moses

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 just as He communicated Himself

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 to Abraham

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 and to Isaac

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 and to Jacob

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 because He's present to them.

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 He's drawing near to them

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 and He wants

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 to be known by them.

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 He wants to be loved by them

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 in a personal relationship.

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 He wants them to know His love.

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 And yet,

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 He's a fiery God.

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 He's a holy God.

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 He's this absolute

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 and transcendent,

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 infinite,

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 and eternal God.

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 And that's why this God says,

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 Moses,

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 come close,

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 but don't come any closer.

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 That's why He says,

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 Moses,

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 come.

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 I want you to be with me,

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 but you've got to

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 take off your shoes.

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 And why does Moses hide his face?

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 Why is he afraid

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 to look directly at God?

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 Because he knows that

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 I'm a mere creature

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 and this is the Creator God.

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 This is the Almighty God

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 and I depend on Him

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 for everything,

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 for my every breath.

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 But more than that,

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 what we really need to see

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 is that Moses knows

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 this God is holy.

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 This God is pure.

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 This God is perfect.

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 He's righteous

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 and He's just.

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 And Moses knows

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 and we know

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 that we're not.

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 That we were made

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 for this high

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 and noble purpose

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 to be the image of God

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 reflecting all of who God is

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 into this world.

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 And yet,

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 from that high place

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 we've fallen so low.

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 From that noble calling,

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 we've rebelled

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 so drastically.

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 And so now,

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 our condition is that

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 this image in us

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 is distorted.

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 This image is damaged

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 so that we no longer

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 perfectly reflect back to God

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 His purity

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 and His perfection

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 and His holiness.

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 And that's why

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 Moses hides his face.

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 The Scriptures tell us

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 that the fear of the Lord

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 is the beginning of wisdom.

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 And Moses

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 has an awe.

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 He has a respect.

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 He has a reverence

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 for who this God

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 actually is.

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 And modern people,

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 I think,

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 are kind of the opposite

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 of Moses, right?

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 We tend to think

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 that we can just sort of

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 casually waltz into

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 the presence of God

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 and that our being there

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 with God

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 is a gift to God.

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 Right?

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 And that it's,

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 we're gracing Him

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 with our presence.

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 And the Scriptures

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 just have the exact

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 opposite view.

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 Right?

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 Jeremiah,

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 the prophet Jeremiah

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 said in Jeremiah 10.10,

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 the Lord is the true

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 and living God.

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 He's the eternal King.

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 Hebrews 12.29

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 says that our God

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 is a consuming fire.

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 And so it's only right,

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 Moses would tell us

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 if you're going to come

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 to God,

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 it's only right to

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 humble yourself

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 before this eternal King

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 whose blazing glory,

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 his blazing fire

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 of His holiness

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 and His purity

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 is such that you just,

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 you can't just come

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 to Him as you are.

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 You've got to take

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 off your shoes.

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 And we should be rejoicing

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 that He's even made it

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 possible for us

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 to come into His presence.

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 Look down in verse 13.

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 Moses enters into

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 this dialogue with God

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 and he says to God,

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 suppose I go to the Israelites

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 and I say to them,

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 the God of your fathers

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 has sent me to you

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 and they ask me,

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 what is His name?

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 Then what shall I tell them?

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 And God says to Moses,

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 I am who I am.

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 This is what you're to say

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 to the Israelites.

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 I am has sent me to you.

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 We can spend the rest

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 of the sermon on that,

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 but we won't.

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 What is my name?

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 I am who I am.

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 I am without beginning.

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 I am without limitation.

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 I am without equal.

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 I am dependent on nothing

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 and all depends on me.

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 I am the self-existent,

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 unseen,

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 unchanging,

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 dynamic,

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 living being,

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 ever-present,

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 ever-active.

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 And Moses,

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 I want you to tell them,

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 I am over you

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 and I am right here with you

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 and I am for you,

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 all-sufficient

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 and omni-competent

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 for your every need.

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 That's who I am.

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 That's my name.

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 Now,

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 if I give you my name,

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 okay,

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 my name is Jonathan Barry St. Clair.

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 And if I give you my name,

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 I'm inviting you

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 into a relationship with me.

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 I'm admitting a desire

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 for accessibility

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 and vulnerability

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 that I want to be known

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 and loved by you

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 and I want to know you

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 and I want to love you,

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 right?

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 If I give you my name.

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 But if you hear someone

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 call me Johnny,

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 not Jonathan Barry St. Clair,

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 but you hear somebody

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 call me Johnny

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 or J

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 or JB

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 or Johnny Bravo

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 or J-Rock

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 as I was called in college.

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 There's hundreds of nicknames,

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 okay?

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 If you hear someone

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 call me by those names,

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 you know that

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 we're family,

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 right?

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 We have the closest

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 and most intimate

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 relationship possible

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 and that's basically

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 what's happening here.

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 This holy God

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 who speaks to Moses

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 from the burning bush,

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 he says,

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 I want you to call me

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 by my special name.

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 I want to be

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 on a first name basis

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 with you

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 and I want you

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 to call me

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 I am

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 who I am.

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 And if you call me

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 by my special name,

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 then you know

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 that we have

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 this exclusive

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 and intimate

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 relationship

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 with one another.

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 And what is that

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 relationship

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 all about?

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 Well,

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 look at verse 7

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 where God

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 speaks to Moses

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 and he says

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 from this fiery bush

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 this holy presence,

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 he says,

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 I have indeed

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 seen the misery

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 of my people in Egypt.

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 I have heard them

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 crying out

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 because of their

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 slave drivers

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 and I am concerned

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 about their suffering.

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 This eternal,

00:14:46.320 --> 00:14:47.379
 self-existent,

00:14:47.759 --> 00:14:48.519
 holy God

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 is also a compassionate God.

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 He is also

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 a caring God

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 who graciously

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 identifies himself

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 with the needs

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 and the pains

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 of his people.

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 He says,

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 my people are

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 experiencing misery

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 and bondage

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 and oppression

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 and injustice

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 and I want you

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 to know

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 I see them.

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 And my people

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 are crying out

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 in these agonized

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 pleas of helpless

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 victims there

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 in Egypt

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 and I want you

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 to know

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 I hear them.

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 He says,

00:15:20.899 --> 00:15:21.720
 my people

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 are suffering

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 because they're

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 stuck,

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 they're trapped,

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 they're bound

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 and enslaved

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 and not only

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 are my eyes

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 upon them,

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 not only is my ear

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 attentive to their cry

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 but I'm concerned

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 about them.

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 I'm touched

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 and I'm moved

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 by their suffering.

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 And that tells us

00:15:39.579 --> 00:15:40.299
 that this is not

00:15:40.299 --> 00:15:41.419
 the God of the deists

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 who is remote

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 and distant

00:15:44.159 --> 00:15:45.240
 and unaffected

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 by our sorrows

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 and our prayers.

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 No,

00:15:47.519 --> 00:15:48.579
 he's emotionally

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 involved with us.

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 He is actively

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 related to us.

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 And this is not

00:15:54.059 --> 00:15:54.579
 the God

00:15:54.579 --> 00:15:55.740
 of pantheism.

00:15:55.879 --> 00:15:56.419
 It's not the God

00:15:56.419 --> 00:15:57.240
 of Buddhism

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 that says

00:15:57.899 --> 00:15:59.279
 actually your suffering

00:15:59.279 --> 00:16:00.500
 is an illusion

00:16:00.500 --> 00:16:01.579
 and somehow

00:16:01.579 --> 00:16:02.419
 you need to

00:16:02.419 --> 00:16:03.740
 transcend your suffering.

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 No.

00:16:05.359 --> 00:16:06.059
 This is also

00:16:06.059 --> 00:16:06.819
 not the God

00:16:06.819 --> 00:16:08.740
 of the materialist

00:16:08.740 --> 00:16:09.740
 and secularism

00:16:09.740 --> 00:16:11.159
 that says

00:16:11.159 --> 00:16:12.379
 your suffering

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 is just an accident.

00:16:14.339 --> 00:16:15.419
 It's just a result

00:16:15.419 --> 00:16:16.159
 of blind,

00:16:16.379 --> 00:16:17.359
 pitiless indifference.

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 And it has

00:16:19.000 --> 00:16:19.580
 no meaning

00:16:19.580 --> 00:16:19.940
 at all.

00:16:20.000 --> 00:16:20.259
 In fact,

00:16:20.320 --> 00:16:20.919
 the only meaning

00:16:20.919 --> 00:16:21.419
 your suffering

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 has is the meaning

00:16:22.180 --> 00:16:23.000
 that you create

00:16:23.000 --> 00:16:23.480
 and project

00:16:23.480 --> 00:16:24.620
 onto your suffering.

00:16:26.100 --> 00:16:26.340
 No,

00:16:26.419 --> 00:16:27.200
 this is the one

00:16:27.200 --> 00:16:28.279
 true living God

00:16:28.279 --> 00:16:29.100
 of the Bible

00:16:29.100 --> 00:16:30.259
 who sovereignly

00:16:30.259 --> 00:16:31.200
 initiates

00:16:31.200 --> 00:16:31.879
 this encounter

00:16:31.879 --> 00:16:32.759
 with Moses

00:16:32.759 --> 00:16:34.000
 in order to say

00:16:34.000 --> 00:16:35.860
 I see the pain

00:16:35.860 --> 00:16:36.840
 of my people

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 and I'm entering

00:16:37.820 --> 00:16:38.480
 into it.

00:16:39.340 --> 00:16:40.120
 I hear

00:16:40.120 --> 00:16:41.100
 their grief

00:16:41.100 --> 00:16:42.420
 and I'm choosing

00:16:42.420 --> 00:16:43.259
 to participate

00:16:43.259 --> 00:16:44.360
 in it.

00:16:44.419 --> 00:16:44.840
 I know

00:16:44.840 --> 00:16:45.460
 the distress

00:16:45.460 --> 00:16:46.460
 and the suffering

00:16:46.460 --> 00:16:47.980
 of my beloved

00:16:47.980 --> 00:16:48.539
 people

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 and I'm embracing

00:16:50.360 --> 00:16:50.980
 it now

00:16:50.980 --> 00:16:52.659
 as my own.

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 Friends,

00:16:54.340 --> 00:16:54.639
 do you know

00:16:54.639 --> 00:16:55.139
 this God

00:16:55.139 --> 00:16:56.980
 who sees you

00:16:56.980 --> 00:16:57.980
 and who hears you

00:16:57.980 --> 00:16:58.919
 and who is concerned

00:16:58.919 --> 00:16:59.840
 about you?

00:17:01.220 --> 00:17:02.340
 Your depression

00:17:02.340 --> 00:17:03.399
 and your anxiety,

00:17:03.539 --> 00:17:03.879
 God says,

00:17:04.000 --> 00:17:04.660
 I see you.

00:17:05.960 --> 00:17:06.920
 Your loneliness

00:17:06.920 --> 00:17:07.619
 and your grief,

00:17:07.740 --> 00:17:08.000
 God says,

00:17:08.099 --> 00:17:09.339
 I hear you.

00:17:10.859 --> 00:17:11.960
 Your hurts

00:17:11.960 --> 00:17:12.660
 from the past,

00:17:12.660 --> 00:17:13.500
 your addictions

00:17:13.500 --> 00:17:14.540
 in the present,

00:17:14.700 --> 00:17:15.660
 your despair

00:17:15.660 --> 00:17:16.420
 about the future,

00:17:16.519 --> 00:17:16.940
 God says,

00:17:17.060 --> 00:17:19.200
 I am concerned

00:17:19.200 --> 00:17:20.880
 about you.

00:17:22.080 --> 00:17:22.600
 And here

00:17:22.600 --> 00:17:23.440
 to these Israelites

00:17:23.440 --> 00:17:25.100
 who for 80 years

00:17:25.100 --> 00:17:25.700
 at a minimum

00:17:25.700 --> 00:17:26.580
 have experienced

00:17:26.580 --> 00:17:27.279
 genocide,

00:17:27.440 --> 00:17:27.900
 the genocide

00:17:27.900 --> 00:17:28.680
 of their children,

00:17:29.420 --> 00:17:30.420
 they've experienced

00:17:30.420 --> 00:17:31.960
 miserable servitude,

00:17:32.100 --> 00:17:32.860
 they've experienced

00:17:32.860 --> 00:17:33.759
 abuse

00:17:33.759 --> 00:17:34.860
 after abuse

00:17:34.860 --> 00:17:35.820
 and they're wondering

00:17:35.820 --> 00:17:37.060
 why God

00:17:37.060 --> 00:17:38.000
 is this suffering

00:17:38.000 --> 00:17:39.060
 so intense

00:17:39.060 --> 00:17:40.019
 and God

00:17:40.019 --> 00:17:41.140
 how long

00:17:41.140 --> 00:17:42.100
 is this suffering

00:17:42.099 --> 00:17:43.119
 going to

00:17:43.119 --> 00:17:44.019
 continue

00:17:44.019 --> 00:17:44.959
 and God

00:17:44.959 --> 00:17:45.419
 says,

00:17:45.899 --> 00:17:46.399
 I'm paying

00:17:46.399 --> 00:17:47.500
 very careful

00:17:47.500 --> 00:17:48.139
 attention

00:17:48.139 --> 00:17:49.059
 to you.

00:17:49.139 --> 00:17:49.959
 I am intensely

00:17:49.959 --> 00:17:50.619
 and deeply

00:17:50.619 --> 00:17:51.279
 concerned

00:17:51.279 --> 00:17:52.199
 about you

00:17:52.199 --> 00:17:52.679
 and I want

00:17:52.679 --> 00:17:53.119
 you to know

00:17:53.119 --> 00:17:54.299
 I have a plan

00:17:54.299 --> 00:17:54.939
 and I have

00:17:54.939 --> 00:17:55.459
 a purpose.

00:17:56.159 --> 00:17:56.959
 And what exactly

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 is that plan

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 and that purpose?

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 We'll look at verse 8.

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 He says,

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 so I have come down

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 to rescue them

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 from the land,

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 the hand of the Egyptians

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 and to bring them up

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 to that,

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 out of that land

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 and into a good

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 and spacious land,

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 a land flowing

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 with milk

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 and honey.

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 This is God's

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 calling card.

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 This is his brand.

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 I am the God

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 who comes down.

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 I'm the come down

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 to the rescue

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 God.

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 I'm the God

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 who gets decisively

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 involved

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 and who intervenes

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 and interferes

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 in your life

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 and in this world.

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 I am this holy

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 yet compassionate

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 God

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 and I am not

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 a powerless

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 pushover

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 because I'm

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 the sovereign

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 of the universe.

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 I'm the high king

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 of heaven

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 and when he sees

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 that his people

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 cannot save themselves,

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 he comes down

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 to rescue them

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 with justice

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 and mercy.

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 And if you read

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 from Exodus 3

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 to Exodus 12,

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 you know that

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 this rescue operation

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 he's declaring

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 to them

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 moves heaven

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 and earth.

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 Right?

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 The creator

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 is uncreating

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 his creation

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 with these 12 plagues

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 of cosmic justice.

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 He comes to

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 turn this world

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 empire upside

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 down and inside

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 out in order

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 to set

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 what's wrong

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 right

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 and to

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 destroy

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 the dark

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 power that's

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 destroying his

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 people.

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 And what does

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 this God do

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 when he comes

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 down to the

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 rescue?

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 Does he

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 just

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 unleash a bunch

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 of plagues

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 and take them

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 out into this

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 howling wilderness,

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 this chaotic

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 wasteland

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 and give them

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 a bottle of water

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 and a map

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 and some matches

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 and say,

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 alright guys,

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 you're on your own.

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 Good luck.

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 Hope you find

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 your way.

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 No,

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 he completes

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 what he begins.

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 He finishes

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 what he starts.

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 He says to them

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 in verse 8,

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 see that I'm

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 coming down

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 in order to

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 bring you up.

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 I'm coming

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 down in order

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 that I might

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 bring you up

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 into this good

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 and spacious

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 place of freedom,

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 this place

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 of milk and honey.

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 I want to bring

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 you up into

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 an abundant

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 life,

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 a life of

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 blessing,

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 a life of

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 flourishing,

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 a life of

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 shalom,

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 of peace with

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 God and peace

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 with each other

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 and peace

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 with yourself.

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 That's what

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 he's saying.

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 The God of the

00:20:27.379 --> 00:20:28.079
 Bible is a God

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 who comes down

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 with good news.

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 He comes down

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 with a message

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 of hope,

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 a message

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 of redemption,

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 a message

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 of peace

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 and this God,

00:20:36.220 --> 00:20:36.920
 this I am

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 who I am

00:20:37.640 --> 00:20:38.779
 God is the

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 father of

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 Jesus Christ.

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 This is the

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 God who came

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 down by the

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 Holy Spirit

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 to the womb

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 of the Virgin

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 Mary and took

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 on our human

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 flesh and our

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 human nature.

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 He's the God

00:20:51.360 --> 00:20:52.039
 who came down

00:20:52.039 --> 00:20:52.880
 in Jesus Christ

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 to rescue us

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 once and for

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 all.

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 Not just to

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 break the grip

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 of Egyptian

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 tyrants and

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 taskmasters.

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 No, he came

00:21:01.640 --> 00:21:02.700
 down to break

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 the grip of

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 sin and death

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 in our lives.

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 He came down

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 in Jesus Christ

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 not just to

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 bring justice

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 on us but to

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 bear justice

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 on his cross.

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 All the bondage

00:21:15.440 --> 00:21:16.200
 of our sin

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 and our shame

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 and our suffering

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 and evil

00:21:19.420 --> 00:21:20.259
 and death,

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 Jesus took it

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 on himself.

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 He came down

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 to do that

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 and he came

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 down in order

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 that he might

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 bring us up.

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 Not just up

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 into a freedom

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 in the promised

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 land but up

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 into the freedom

00:21:32.500 --> 00:21:33.339
 of his resurrection

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 life.

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 Up so that we

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 might become

00:21:35.359 --> 00:21:36.399
 new creatures

00:21:36.399 --> 00:21:37.079
 in his new

00:21:37.079 --> 00:21:37.679
 creation.

00:21:38.359 --> 00:21:38.859
 That's what he

00:21:38.859 --> 00:21:39.319
 wants to bring

00:21:39.319 --> 00:21:40.119
 us up and

00:21:40.119 --> 00:21:40.459
 into.

00:21:41.500 --> 00:21:42.299
 And the reason

00:21:42.299 --> 00:21:42.899
 I'm harping

00:21:42.899 --> 00:21:44.559
 on this is

00:21:44.559 --> 00:21:45.379
 because if you

00:21:45.379 --> 00:21:46.000
 don't know

00:21:46.000 --> 00:21:46.799
 this holy

00:21:46.799 --> 00:21:47.219
 God,

00:21:48.359 --> 00:21:49.479
 if you don't

00:21:49.479 --> 00:21:50.479
 trust this

00:21:50.479 --> 00:21:51.379
 holy God

00:21:51.379 --> 00:21:52.139
 who graciously

00:21:52.139 --> 00:21:53.179
 comes down

00:21:53.180 --> 00:21:53.880
 to the rescue

00:21:53.880 --> 00:21:54.740
 then whatever

00:21:54.740 --> 00:21:55.820
 we have to say

00:21:55.820 --> 00:21:56.900
 about the moral

00:21:56.900 --> 00:21:57.640
 law of God,

00:21:57.700 --> 00:21:58.160
 whatever we have

00:21:58.160 --> 00:21:58.660
 to say about

00:21:58.660 --> 00:21:59.720
 the ten commandments

00:21:59.720 --> 00:22:00.500
 of God,

00:22:00.560 --> 00:22:01.000
 it's not going

00:22:01.000 --> 00:22:01.460
 to help you

00:22:01.460 --> 00:22:01.980
 at all.

00:22:03.620 --> 00:22:04.340
 Because it's

00:22:04.340 --> 00:22:05.380
 no use knowing

00:22:05.380 --> 00:22:07.720
 how this God

00:22:07.720 --> 00:22:08.420
 wants you to

00:22:08.420 --> 00:22:10.320
 live unless

00:22:10.320 --> 00:22:10.880
 you actually

00:22:10.880 --> 00:22:11.600
 know him.

00:22:12.360 --> 00:22:12.840
 Unless you

00:22:12.840 --> 00:22:13.360
 actually have

00:22:13.360 --> 00:22:13.960
 a relationship

00:22:13.960 --> 00:22:14.940
 with him.

00:22:15.060 --> 00:22:15.519
 Unless you've

00:22:15.519 --> 00:22:17.019
 actually experienced

00:22:17.019 --> 00:22:18.259
 the rescuing

00:22:18.259 --> 00:22:19.160
 grace and the

00:22:19.160 --> 00:22:20.000
 saving power

00:22:20.000 --> 00:22:21.120
 that he has

00:22:21.120 --> 00:22:21.860
 to offer you.

00:22:23.180 --> 00:22:23.740
 That's where

00:22:23.740 --> 00:22:24.120
 you have to

00:22:24.120 --> 00:22:24.380
 start.

00:22:24.440 --> 00:22:24.880
 The God

00:22:24.880 --> 00:22:25.700
 who comes

00:22:25.700 --> 00:22:26.039
 down.

00:22:28.680 --> 00:22:29.480
 But we also

00:22:29.480 --> 00:22:29.920
 want to talk

00:22:29.920 --> 00:22:30.440
 not just about

00:22:30.440 --> 00:22:30.820
 this God

00:22:30.820 --> 00:22:31.140
 who comes

00:22:31.140 --> 00:22:31.560
 down,

00:22:32.360 --> 00:22:32.799
 we want to

00:22:32.799 --> 00:22:33.100
 talk about

00:22:33.100 --> 00:22:33.500
 this God

00:22:33.500 --> 00:22:34.019
 who passes

00:22:34.019 --> 00:22:34.400
 over.

00:22:35.480 --> 00:22:35.860
 And this

00:22:35.860 --> 00:22:36.480
 is turning

00:22:36.480 --> 00:22:37.000
 to Exodus

00:22:37.000 --> 00:22:37.759
 chapter 12,

00:22:37.880 --> 00:22:38.180
 the God

00:22:38.180 --> 00:22:38.700
 who passes

00:22:38.700 --> 00:22:39.880
 over.

00:22:40.440 --> 00:22:40.980
 And remember

00:22:40.980 --> 00:22:42.080
 we're starting

00:22:42.080 --> 00:22:42.620
 this sermon

00:22:42.620 --> 00:22:43.820
 series on

00:22:43.820 --> 00:22:44.620
 the ten

00:22:44.620 --> 00:22:45.039
 commandments

00:22:45.039 --> 00:22:45.779
 that we find

00:22:45.779 --> 00:22:46.200
 in Exodus

00:22:46.200 --> 00:22:47.000
 chapter 20.

00:22:47.960 --> 00:22:48.480
 And so

00:22:48.480 --> 00:22:49.120
 we're asking

00:22:49.120 --> 00:22:49.640
 ourselves the

00:22:49.640 --> 00:22:49.960
 question,

00:22:50.960 --> 00:22:51.680
 who is giving

00:22:51.680 --> 00:22:52.480
 those commands?

00:22:54.560 --> 00:22:55.380
 What is his

00:22:55.380 --> 00:22:55.680
 name?

00:22:56.140 --> 00:22:56.799
 What is he

00:22:56.799 --> 00:22:57.180
 like?

00:22:57.820 --> 00:22:58.600
 What are his

00:22:58.600 --> 00:22:58.980
 attributes?

00:22:59.160 --> 00:22:59.519
 What's his

00:22:59.519 --> 00:22:59.920
 character?

00:23:00.060 --> 00:23:00.580
 How does he

00:23:00.580 --> 00:23:01.400
 relate to us?

00:23:01.440 --> 00:23:01.779
 What's his

00:23:01.779 --> 00:23:02.100
 history?

00:23:02.240 --> 00:23:02.560
 What's his

00:23:02.560 --> 00:23:03.180
 track record?

00:23:03.460 --> 00:23:03.940
 What does he

00:23:03.940 --> 00:23:04.160
 do?

00:23:04.220 --> 00:23:04.820
 Is he good?

00:23:04.900 --> 00:23:05.200
 Is he

00:23:05.200 --> 00:23:05.640
 trustworthy?

00:23:07.220 --> 00:23:08.120
 And I hope

00:23:08.120 --> 00:23:08.660
 that you'll be

00:23:08.660 --> 00:23:10.279
 convinced that

00:23:10.279 --> 00:23:11.080
 this is a God

00:23:11.080 --> 00:23:12.140
 that you can

00:23:12.140 --> 00:23:12.580
 trust.

00:23:13.740 --> 00:23:14.560
 If this

00:23:14.560 --> 00:23:15.220
 creator God

00:23:15.220 --> 00:23:15.799
 designed you

00:23:15.799 --> 00:23:16.440
 then surely

00:23:16.440 --> 00:23:17.920
 he knows best

00:23:17.920 --> 00:23:19.100
 how to help

00:23:19.100 --> 00:23:20.259
 you live the

00:23:20.259 --> 00:23:20.799
 life that he

00:23:20.799 --> 00:23:21.259
 designed.

00:23:21.680 --> 00:23:23.600
 If this

00:23:23.600 --> 00:23:24.560
 God has

00:23:24.560 --> 00:23:25.340
 redeemed you

00:23:25.340 --> 00:23:25.600
 if he's

00:23:25.600 --> 00:23:26.120
 come down

00:23:26.120 --> 00:23:26.720
 to rescue

00:23:26.720 --> 00:23:27.620
 you then

00:23:27.620 --> 00:23:28.539
 surely he

00:23:28.539 --> 00:23:28.940
 has a

00:23:28.940 --> 00:23:29.460
 purpose and

00:23:29.460 --> 00:23:30.080
 a plan not

00:23:30.080 --> 00:23:30.700
 to harm

00:23:30.700 --> 00:23:31.340
 you or not

00:23:31.340 --> 00:23:32.019
 to repress

00:23:32.019 --> 00:23:32.980
 you but to

00:23:32.980 --> 00:23:33.580
 liberate you

00:23:33.580 --> 00:23:34.160
 and to bless

00:23:34.160 --> 00:23:34.560
 you.

00:23:36.140 --> 00:23:36.860
 Can I

00:23:36.860 --> 00:23:37.840
 trust this

00:23:37.840 --> 00:23:38.900
 God enough

00:23:38.900 --> 00:23:39.360
 to obey

00:23:39.360 --> 00:23:39.560
 him?

00:23:39.600 --> 00:23:39.940
 That's the

00:23:39.940 --> 00:23:40.320
 question.

00:23:41.320 --> 00:23:41.880
 And it's

00:23:41.880 --> 00:23:42.500
 sort of like

00:23:42.500 --> 00:23:43.019
 the question

00:23:43.019 --> 00:23:43.700
 that Pharaoh

00:23:43.700 --> 00:23:44.120
 king of

00:23:44.120 --> 00:23:45.019
 Egypt asked

00:23:45.019 --> 00:23:45.460
 Moses.

00:23:45.620 --> 00:23:45.960
 In Exodus

00:23:45.960 --> 00:23:47.240
 chapter 5 he

00:23:47.240 --> 00:23:47.799
 says to

00:23:47.799 --> 00:23:48.279
 Moses he

00:23:48.279 --> 00:23:48.740
 says who

00:23:48.740 --> 00:23:49.100
 is the

00:23:49.100 --> 00:23:49.460
 Lord that

00:23:49.460 --> 00:23:49.860
 I should

00:23:49.860 --> 00:23:50.420
 obey him?

00:23:51.680 --> 00:23:52.259
 That is

00:23:52.259 --> 00:23:52.620
 like the

00:23:52.620 --> 00:23:53.080
 question.

00:23:53.600 --> 00:23:54.180
 Who is

00:23:54.180 --> 00:23:54.539
 the Lord

00:23:54.539 --> 00:23:54.840
 that I

00:23:54.840 --> 00:23:55.039
 should

00:23:55.039 --> 00:23:56.140
 obey him?

00:23:56.940 --> 00:23:57.240
 He's

00:23:57.240 --> 00:23:58.200
 saying Moses

00:23:58.200 --> 00:23:58.799
 what is so

00:23:58.799 --> 00:23:59.440
 unique about

00:23:59.440 --> 00:24:00.100
 your God

00:24:00.100 --> 00:24:00.460
 and your

00:24:00.460 --> 00:24:01.420
 faith that

00:24:01.420 --> 00:24:01.740
 I should

00:24:01.740 --> 00:24:02.420
 trust him

00:24:02.420 --> 00:24:02.680
 that I

00:24:02.680 --> 00:24:03.120
 should embrace

00:24:03.120 --> 00:24:03.580
 him that I

00:24:03.580 --> 00:24:04.080
 should follow

00:24:04.080 --> 00:24:04.940
 him?

00:24:05.240 --> 00:24:05.580
 And there's

00:24:05.580 --> 00:24:06.759
 probably no

00:24:06.759 --> 00:24:07.400
 better answer

00:24:07.400 --> 00:24:07.700
 to that

00:24:07.700 --> 00:24:09.000
 question of

00:24:09.000 --> 00:24:09.600
 what is so

00:24:09.600 --> 00:24:10.200
 unique about

00:24:10.200 --> 00:24:11.740
 God than

00:24:11.740 --> 00:24:12.160
 Exodus

00:24:12.160 --> 00:24:12.779
 chapter 12

00:24:12.779 --> 00:24:13.400
 this famous

00:24:13.400 --> 00:24:14.860
 passage of

00:24:14.860 --> 00:24:15.560
 the Passover

00:24:15.559 --> 00:24:16.579
 Passover and

00:24:16.579 --> 00:24:17.399
 you know

00:24:17.399 --> 00:24:18.119
 what is so

00:24:18.119 --> 00:24:18.819
 unique about

00:24:18.819 --> 00:24:19.759
 God?

00:24:19.980 --> 00:24:20.359
 What is so

00:24:20.359 --> 00:24:20.980
 unique about

00:24:20.980 --> 00:24:22.399
 faith in

00:24:22.399 --> 00:24:22.859
 this God?

00:24:23.879 --> 00:24:24.460
 The biblical

00:24:24.460 --> 00:24:25.859
 vision of

00:24:25.859 --> 00:24:26.220
 ultimate

00:24:26.220 --> 00:24:27.059
 spiritual reality

00:24:27.059 --> 00:24:27.859
 is right here.

00:24:29.059 --> 00:24:29.299
 Right?

00:24:29.359 --> 00:24:30.159
 For Jews the

00:24:30.159 --> 00:24:30.980
 Passover meal

00:24:30.980 --> 00:24:32.220
 is the central

00:24:32.220 --> 00:24:33.019
 thing that makes

00:24:33.019 --> 00:24:33.619
 them who they

00:24:33.619 --> 00:24:33.940
 are.

00:24:34.899 --> 00:24:35.639
 And for

00:24:35.639 --> 00:24:36.399
 Christians a

00:24:36.399 --> 00:24:37.079
 revised

00:24:37.079 --> 00:24:38.879
 Passover a

00:24:38.879 --> 00:24:39.799
 reinterpreted

00:24:39.799 --> 00:24:40.639
 Passover meal

00:24:40.639 --> 00:24:41.059
 called the

00:24:41.059 --> 00:24:41.639
 Lord's Supper

00:24:41.639 --> 00:24:42.339
 it's the central

00:24:42.339 --> 00:24:42.980
 act of worship.

00:24:43.059 --> 00:24:43.299
 We're going to

00:24:43.299 --> 00:24:44.299
 do it here in

00:24:44.299 --> 00:24:44.879
 just a moment.

00:24:45.680 --> 00:24:46.240
 What makes

00:24:46.240 --> 00:24:47.119
 this God so

00:24:47.119 --> 00:24:47.980
 unique that I

00:24:47.980 --> 00:24:48.559
 should obey

00:24:48.559 --> 00:24:48.940
 him?

00:24:49.259 --> 00:24:49.599
 And the

00:24:49.599 --> 00:24:50.079
 answer to the

00:24:50.079 --> 00:24:50.619
 question is

00:24:50.619 --> 00:24:51.019
 this.

00:24:52.559 --> 00:24:53.119
 The bloody

00:24:53.119 --> 00:24:54.339
 death of a

00:24:54.339 --> 00:24:54.599
 helpless

00:24:54.599 --> 00:24:55.019
 victim.

00:24:57.180 --> 00:24:57.599
 It's at the

00:24:57.599 --> 00:24:58.440
 very heart of

00:24:58.440 --> 00:24:58.759
 the Bible.

00:24:58.859 --> 00:24:59.279
 The bloody

00:24:59.279 --> 00:25:00.000
 death of a

00:25:00.000 --> 00:25:00.279
 helpless

00:25:00.279 --> 00:25:01.180
 victim.

00:25:01.180 --> 00:25:01.480
 At the

00:25:01.480 --> 00:25:02.099
 very center

00:25:02.099 --> 00:25:02.720
 of biblical

00:25:02.720 --> 00:25:03.579
 faith the

00:25:03.579 --> 00:25:04.399
 vision of

00:25:04.399 --> 00:25:04.799
 ultimate

00:25:04.799 --> 00:25:05.819
 spiritual reality

00:25:05.819 --> 00:25:06.299
 is the

00:25:06.299 --> 00:25:06.960
 bloody death

00:25:06.960 --> 00:25:07.799
 of a

00:25:07.799 --> 00:25:08.099
 helpless

00:25:08.099 --> 00:25:08.899
 victim.

00:25:09.279 --> 00:25:09.639
 Why?

00:25:09.839 --> 00:25:10.559
 What do we

00:25:10.559 --> 00:25:11.180
 mean by that?

00:25:11.940 --> 00:25:12.519
 Well God

00:25:12.519 --> 00:25:13.819
 called Pharaoh

00:25:13.819 --> 00:25:14.240
 king of

00:25:14.240 --> 00:25:15.099
 Egypt over

00:25:15.099 --> 00:25:15.519
 and over

00:25:15.519 --> 00:25:16.200
 again to

00:25:16.200 --> 00:25:17.339
 release the

00:25:17.339 --> 00:25:18.120
 Hebrews from

00:25:18.120 --> 00:25:19.120
 their grinding

00:25:19.120 --> 00:25:20.519
 poverty and

00:25:20.519 --> 00:25:21.059
 slavery.

00:25:21.359 --> 00:25:21.759
 And of course

00:25:21.759 --> 00:25:22.799
 he refused over

00:25:22.799 --> 00:25:23.259
 and over.

00:25:23.640 --> 00:25:24.279
 And so God

00:25:24.279 --> 00:25:25.259
 releases these

00:25:25.259 --> 00:25:26.460
 ten plagues

00:25:26.460 --> 00:25:27.200
 of justice.

00:25:27.460 --> 00:25:27.859
 It's God's

00:25:27.859 --> 00:25:29.180
 cosmic justice

00:25:29.180 --> 00:25:30.900
 to dismantle

00:25:30.900 --> 00:25:32.339
 this dehumanizing

00:25:32.339 --> 00:25:32.819
 empire.

00:25:33.640 --> 00:25:34.880
 And he gets

00:25:34.880 --> 00:25:35.279
 through these

00:25:35.279 --> 00:25:36.039
 plagues and now

00:25:36.039 --> 00:25:36.579
 we get to the

00:25:36.579 --> 00:25:37.259
 tenth and the

00:25:37.259 --> 00:25:38.259
 final plague.

00:25:38.319 --> 00:25:38.880
 And it says in

00:25:38.880 --> 00:25:39.740
 verse 12 on

00:25:39.740 --> 00:25:40.599
 that same night

00:25:40.599 --> 00:25:42.500
 Exodus chapter

00:25:42.500 --> 00:25:43.279
 12 verse 12

00:25:43.279 --> 00:25:43.920
 on that same

00:25:43.920 --> 00:25:45.299
 night I

00:25:45.299 --> 00:25:45.740
 will pass

00:25:45.740 --> 00:25:46.259
 through Egypt

00:25:46.259 --> 00:25:46.799
 and strike

00:25:46.799 --> 00:25:47.440
 down every

00:25:47.440 --> 00:25:48.420
 firstborn both

00:25:48.420 --> 00:25:49.379
 people and

00:25:49.379 --> 00:25:49.960
 animals and I

00:25:49.960 --> 00:25:50.240
 will bring

00:25:50.240 --> 00:25:51.119
 judgment on all

00:25:51.119 --> 00:25:52.119
 the gods of

00:25:52.119 --> 00:25:52.480
 Egypt.

00:25:52.480 --> 00:25:54.539
 I am the

00:25:54.539 --> 00:25:54.779
 Lord.

00:25:54.879 --> 00:25:55.440
 I am.

00:25:56.000 --> 00:25:56.579
 I am.

00:25:59.639 --> 00:26:00.799
 God's just

00:26:00.799 --> 00:26:01.339
 judgment is

00:26:01.339 --> 00:26:02.019
 coming down

00:26:02.019 --> 00:26:04.660
 on this empire

00:26:04.660 --> 00:26:05.119
 that's been

00:26:05.119 --> 00:26:06.039
 resisting God

00:26:06.039 --> 00:26:07.379
 and abusing

00:26:07.379 --> 00:26:07.940
 his people.

00:26:07.940 --> 00:26:09.799
 people and

00:26:09.799 --> 00:26:10.240
 it's as if

00:26:10.240 --> 00:26:10.900
 God is

00:26:10.900 --> 00:26:11.519
 bringing that

00:26:11.519 --> 00:26:12.279
 great future

00:26:12.279 --> 00:26:13.180
 day of divine

00:26:13.180 --> 00:26:14.500
 judgment forward

00:26:14.500 --> 00:26:15.320
 into the present

00:26:15.320 --> 00:26:17.160
 so that on this

00:26:17.160 --> 00:26:17.920
 one night and

00:26:17.920 --> 00:26:18.539
 in this one

00:26:18.539 --> 00:26:19.500
 place there will

00:26:19.500 --> 00:26:20.140
 be a temporary

00:26:20.140 --> 00:26:21.360
 and preliminary

00:26:21.360 --> 00:26:22.660
 day of

00:26:22.660 --> 00:26:23.200
 devastating

00:26:23.200 --> 00:26:24.039
 judgment.

00:26:24.160 --> 00:26:24.440
 And God

00:26:24.440 --> 00:26:24.799
 says I'm

00:26:24.799 --> 00:26:25.680
 going to allow

00:26:25.680 --> 00:26:26.620
 all the things

00:26:26.620 --> 00:26:26.880
 that I'm

00:26:26.880 --> 00:26:27.680
 typically holding

00:26:27.680 --> 00:26:29.400
 back to flood

00:26:29.400 --> 00:26:29.539
 in.

00:26:29.580 --> 00:26:29.820
 I'm going to

00:26:29.820 --> 00:26:30.259
 allow this

00:26:30.259 --> 00:26:31.200
 destructive chaos

00:26:31.200 --> 00:26:31.680
 to go through

00:26:31.680 --> 00:26:32.180
 the greatest

00:26:32.180 --> 00:26:33.259
 military and

00:26:33.259 --> 00:26:34.160
 economic power

00:26:34.160 --> 00:26:35.480
 the world has

00:26:35.480 --> 00:26:36.039
 ever seen.

00:26:37.720 --> 00:26:38.880
 And he says

00:26:38.880 --> 00:26:39.680
 there's only

00:26:39.680 --> 00:26:40.480
 one thing

00:26:40.480 --> 00:26:41.660
 that can

00:26:41.660 --> 00:26:42.240
 protect you.

00:26:43.400 --> 00:26:44.200
 And what is

00:26:44.200 --> 00:26:44.880
 that one thing

00:26:44.880 --> 00:26:45.460
 that can protect

00:26:45.460 --> 00:26:46.000
 you from the

00:26:46.000 --> 00:26:46.720
 ultimate power

00:26:46.720 --> 00:26:47.740
 in the universe?

00:26:50.019 --> 00:26:50.839
 It's the most

00:26:50.839 --> 00:26:51.680
 unlikely thing.

00:26:52.519 --> 00:26:53.339
 It's the most

00:26:53.339 --> 00:26:54.180
 bizarre and crazy

00:26:54.180 --> 00:26:54.539
 thing.

00:26:55.720 --> 00:26:56.620
 It's a lamb.

00:26:58.180 --> 00:26:59.099
 It's a woolly

00:26:59.099 --> 00:26:59.860
 quadruped.

00:27:01.259 --> 00:27:02.240
 It's the weakest

00:27:02.240 --> 00:27:03.279
 possible creature

00:27:03.279 --> 00:27:04.099
 you could imagine.

00:27:05.480 --> 00:27:06.259
 God says the

00:27:06.259 --> 00:27:07.079
 only way you can

00:27:07.079 --> 00:27:07.759
 face the ultimate

00:27:07.759 --> 00:27:08.400
 power in the

00:27:08.400 --> 00:27:09.920
 universe is a

00:27:09.920 --> 00:27:10.240
 lamb.

00:27:11.360 --> 00:27:12.039
 Look at chapter

00:27:12.039 --> 00:27:12.960
 12 verse 3.

00:27:13.140 --> 00:27:15.480
 He says tell the

00:27:15.480 --> 00:27:16.259
 whole community of

00:27:16.259 --> 00:27:17.220
 Israel that on

00:27:17.220 --> 00:27:17.819
 the tenth day of

00:27:17.819 --> 00:27:18.440
 this month each

00:27:18.440 --> 00:27:19.640
 man is to take a

00:27:19.640 --> 00:27:20.120
 lamb for his

00:27:20.120 --> 00:27:20.900
 family one for

00:27:20.900 --> 00:27:21.500
 each household.

00:27:21.620 --> 00:27:21.819
 And then he

00:27:21.819 --> 00:27:22.599
 says in verse 7

00:27:22.599 --> 00:27:23.360
 then they are to

00:27:23.360 --> 00:27:23.960
 take some of the

00:27:23.960 --> 00:27:24.660
 blood and put it

00:27:24.660 --> 00:27:25.400
 on the sides and

00:27:25.400 --> 00:27:26.059
 tops of the door

00:27:26.059 --> 00:27:26.579
 frames of the

00:27:26.579 --> 00:27:27.720
 houses where they

00:27:27.720 --> 00:27:28.640
 eat the lambs.

00:27:28.660 --> 00:27:29.440
 What he's calling

00:27:29.440 --> 00:27:30.160
 them to is a

00:27:30.160 --> 00:27:30.960
 public act of

00:27:30.960 --> 00:27:31.319
 faith.

00:27:31.960 --> 00:27:32.440
 He's telling

00:27:32.440 --> 00:27:34.059
 them today in the

00:27:34.059 --> 00:27:34.960
 next few hours you

00:27:34.960 --> 00:27:36.079
 have to take a

00:27:36.079 --> 00:27:36.420
 stand.

00:27:36.519 --> 00:27:36.900
 You've got to

00:27:36.900 --> 00:27:38.640
 declare yourself to

00:27:38.640 --> 00:27:39.519
 be a person and to

00:27:39.519 --> 00:27:40.940
 be a people that

00:27:40.940 --> 00:27:41.920
 are under the blood

00:27:41.920 --> 00:27:42.640
 of the Passover

00:27:42.640 --> 00:27:43.440
 lamb.

00:27:44.779 --> 00:27:46.180
 And if you read

00:27:46.180 --> 00:27:46.860
 the whole of

00:27:46.860 --> 00:27:49.019
 Exodus 12 one of

00:27:49.019 --> 00:27:49.799
 the first things that

00:27:49.799 --> 00:27:50.759
 jumps out is this

00:27:50.759 --> 00:27:52.299
 principle of

00:27:52.299 --> 00:27:53.100
 spiritual

00:27:53.100 --> 00:27:54.779
 egalitarianism.

00:27:55.600 --> 00:27:56.640
 And what I mean by

00:27:56.640 --> 00:27:57.340
 that is if you look

00:27:57.340 --> 00:27:58.620
 at Exodus 12 verse

00:27:58.620 --> 00:27:59.799
 22 which we didn't

00:27:59.799 --> 00:28:00.460
 print for you.

00:28:01.279 --> 00:28:02.220
 Moses goes and he

00:28:02.220 --> 00:28:02.860
 talks to the elders

00:28:02.860 --> 00:28:03.539
 of Israel and he

00:28:03.539 --> 00:28:04.299
 says okay you've got

00:28:04.299 --> 00:28:05.359
 to put this blood

00:28:05.359 --> 00:28:06.180
 on the top and the

00:28:06.180 --> 00:28:07.180
 door frames of your

00:28:07.180 --> 00:28:08.919
 house and then he

00:28:08.919 --> 00:28:09.639
 says this he says

00:28:09.639 --> 00:28:10.799
 none of you shall go

00:28:10.799 --> 00:28:11.579
 out of the door of

00:28:11.579 --> 00:28:12.639
 your house until

00:28:12.639 --> 00:28:13.079
 morning.

00:28:14.440 --> 00:28:15.200
 And when the Lord

00:28:15.200 --> 00:28:16.019
 comes through the land

00:28:16.019 --> 00:28:16.799
 to strike down the

00:28:16.799 --> 00:28:17.720
 Egyptians he will see

00:28:17.720 --> 00:28:18.639
 the blood on the top

00:28:18.639 --> 00:28:19.259
 and sides of the

00:28:19.259 --> 00:28:20.059
 door frame and he will

00:28:20.059 --> 00:28:20.759
 pass over that

00:28:20.759 --> 00:28:21.779
 doorway and he will

00:28:21.779 --> 00:28:22.440
 not permit the

00:28:22.440 --> 00:28:23.859
 destroyer to enter

00:28:23.859 --> 00:28:24.980
 your houses and

00:28:24.980 --> 00:28:26.259
 strike you down.

00:28:27.200 --> 00:28:27.859
 And you know what

00:28:27.859 --> 00:28:28.659
 that means when God

00:28:28.659 --> 00:28:30.019
 says none of you are

00:28:30.019 --> 00:28:31.359
 to go outside of your

00:28:31.359 --> 00:28:32.919
 door or your house

00:28:32.920 --> 00:28:33.680
 until the morning.

00:28:33.759 --> 00:28:34.180
 You know what that

00:28:34.180 --> 00:28:34.500
 means?

00:28:34.660 --> 00:28:35.240
 That means that

00:28:35.240 --> 00:28:37.740
 God's justice is not

00:28:37.740 --> 00:28:38.640
 just for the Egyptians

00:28:38.640 --> 00:28:40.400
 but that if an

00:28:40.400 --> 00:28:41.759
 Israelite does not

00:28:41.759 --> 00:28:42.779
 have the blood of the

00:28:42.779 --> 00:28:44.560
 lamb over their

00:28:44.560 --> 00:28:46.539
 lives they're going to

00:28:46.539 --> 00:28:47.380
 get God's justice

00:28:47.380 --> 00:28:47.759
 too.

00:28:49.300 --> 00:28:50.120
 And you say well

00:28:50.120 --> 00:28:50.660
 wait a minute.

00:28:52.259 --> 00:28:53.480
 I thought the

00:28:53.480 --> 00:28:54.360
 Israelites were the

00:28:54.360 --> 00:28:57.279
 oppressed victims and

00:28:57.279 --> 00:28:58.340
 Egypt and the

00:28:58.340 --> 00:28:59.160
 Egyptians were the

00:28:59.160 --> 00:29:00.840
 oppressing victimizers.

00:29:00.839 --> 00:29:02.619
 I thought Israel was

00:29:02.619 --> 00:29:03.419
 worshipping the true

00:29:03.419 --> 00:29:04.139
 God and I thought

00:29:04.139 --> 00:29:05.179
 Egypt was worshipping

00:29:05.179 --> 00:29:06.559
 false idols.

00:29:06.699 --> 00:29:08.159
 How can this be?

00:29:10.399 --> 00:29:11.220
 Yet it says that if

00:29:11.220 --> 00:29:12.119
 any of God's people

00:29:12.119 --> 00:29:12.959
 were to meet God's

00:29:12.959 --> 00:29:13.859
 judgment without the

00:29:13.859 --> 00:29:14.679
 blood of the lamb

00:29:14.679 --> 00:29:16.059
 they too are going to

00:29:16.059 --> 00:29:16.559
 be lost.

00:29:16.659 --> 00:29:16.980
 They're going to be

00:29:16.980 --> 00:29:17.439
 destroyed.

00:29:17.599 --> 00:29:18.339
 They're going to be

00:29:18.339 --> 00:29:19.179
 struck down.

00:29:19.699 --> 00:29:20.639
 And why is that?

00:29:21.659 --> 00:29:25.679
 Well what sinful

00:29:25.679 --> 00:29:28.740
 human being can stand

00:29:28.740 --> 00:29:30.920
 unsheltered,

00:29:31.120 --> 00:29:33.380
 unprotected in the

00:29:33.380 --> 00:29:35.420
 presence of this holy

00:29:35.420 --> 00:29:36.819
 God who says I am who

00:29:36.819 --> 00:29:37.240
 I am.

00:29:37.319 --> 00:29:39.539
 Who can stand without

00:29:39.539 --> 00:29:40.640
 some sort of protection?

00:29:42.079 --> 00:29:44.039
 Spiritually speaking the

00:29:44.039 --> 00:29:45.000
 most doctrinally

00:29:45.000 --> 00:29:46.420
 orthodox, the most

00:29:46.420 --> 00:29:47.660
 spiritually engaged,

00:29:47.759 --> 00:29:48.720
 the most biblically

00:29:48.720 --> 00:29:49.839
 righteous, the most

00:29:49.839 --> 00:29:51.940
 morally pure Israelite on

00:29:51.940 --> 00:29:53.160
 that night was no better

00:29:53.160 --> 00:29:54.019
 than any Egyptian.

00:29:54.019 --> 00:29:54.099
 Christian.

00:29:56.599 --> 00:29:57.819
 And God says if you go

00:29:57.819 --> 00:29:58.920
 out and you try to meet

00:29:58.920 --> 00:30:00.819
 God's judgment on your

00:30:00.819 --> 00:30:02.420
 own and you do not

00:30:02.420 --> 00:30:03.859
 place yourself by faith

00:30:03.859 --> 00:30:04.900
 under this blood of the

00:30:04.900 --> 00:30:05.920
 Passover lamb that I

00:30:05.920 --> 00:30:08.139
 provided then your SAT

00:30:08.139 --> 00:30:10.639
 scores and your

00:30:10.639 --> 00:30:12.799
 athletic trophies and

00:30:12.799 --> 00:30:15.119
 your fancy degrees and

00:30:15.119 --> 00:30:16.259
 your resume and all of

00:30:16.259 --> 00:30:17.599
 your achievements, your

00:30:17.599 --> 00:30:19.220
 racial identity, your

00:30:19.220 --> 00:30:21.160
 ethnic heritage, your

00:30:21.160 --> 00:30:22.819
 doctrinal beliefs, your

00:30:22.819 --> 00:30:24.399
 ethical behavior, none of

00:30:24.399 --> 00:30:25.460
 that is going to do you

00:30:25.460 --> 00:30:26.240
 any good.

00:30:27.619 --> 00:30:28.519
 None of that's going to

00:30:28.519 --> 00:30:29.599
 help you and protect you

00:30:29.599 --> 00:30:30.179
 at all.

00:30:31.439 --> 00:30:33.679
 You Israelites, you're

00:30:33.679 --> 00:30:34.599
 going to be just as lost

00:30:34.599 --> 00:30:35.279
 to the people you

00:30:35.279 --> 00:30:36.359
 despise, the Egyptians.

00:30:37.859 --> 00:30:38.960
 But here's another thing

00:30:38.960 --> 00:30:39.740
 that jumps out in this

00:30:39.740 --> 00:30:40.720
 passage that not only

00:30:40.720 --> 00:30:41.839
 this principle of

00:30:41.839 --> 00:30:43.819
 spiritual egalitarianism

00:30:43.819 --> 00:30:45.200
 but also this principle

00:30:45.200 --> 00:30:46.419
 of spiritual

00:30:46.419 --> 00:30:47.720
 substitutionism.

00:30:47.779 --> 00:30:48.539
 And what do I mean by

00:30:48.539 --> 00:30:48.779
 that?

00:30:48.859 --> 00:30:50.679
 Well, in every single

00:30:50.679 --> 00:30:52.720
 house that night there

00:30:52.720 --> 00:30:53.539
 was either a dead

00:30:53.539 --> 00:30:54.900
 firstborn or a dead

00:30:54.900 --> 00:30:55.339
 lamb.

00:30:57.079 --> 00:30:58.059
 Either the people

00:30:58.059 --> 00:30:59.420
 deserving God's just

00:30:59.420 --> 00:31:01.940
 judgment died or the

00:31:01.940 --> 00:31:02.720
 lamb got what they

00:31:02.720 --> 00:31:03.160
 deserved.

00:31:04.579 --> 00:31:06.059
 The lamb, you see, is

00:31:06.059 --> 00:31:07.180
 the substitute, the

00:31:07.180 --> 00:31:08.559
 blood of the lamb, the

00:31:08.559 --> 00:31:10.259
 life of the lamb took

00:31:10.259 --> 00:31:10.900
 your place.

00:31:11.019 --> 00:31:12.299
 That every Israelite

00:31:12.299 --> 00:31:15.039
 looked at the lamb on

00:31:15.039 --> 00:31:15.980
 their table and they

00:31:15.980 --> 00:31:17.079
 said the sole reason

00:31:17.079 --> 00:31:18.440
 that I'm not dead is

00:31:18.440 --> 00:31:20.000
 because that lamb is.

00:31:20.000 --> 00:31:20.059
 peace.

00:31:21.859 --> 00:31:23.240
 And every Israelite

00:31:23.240 --> 00:31:24.220
 realized that night

00:31:24.220 --> 00:31:27.240
 that God mysteriously

00:31:27.240 --> 00:31:30.859
 caused his judgment

00:31:30.859 --> 00:31:33.240
 not to pass through

00:31:33.240 --> 00:31:36.519
 them but to pass over

00:31:36.519 --> 00:31:36.839
 them.

00:31:37.940 --> 00:31:39.140
 That God did not strike

00:31:39.140 --> 00:31:39.900
 them with his justice.

00:31:40.059 --> 00:31:42.859
 God sheltered them in his

00:31:42.859 --> 00:31:43.200
 mercy.

00:31:45.039 --> 00:31:46.319
 The blood of the lamb

00:31:46.319 --> 00:31:48.279
 somehow satisfied God's

00:31:48.279 --> 00:31:49.420
 judgment and gave them

00:31:49.420 --> 00:31:49.720
 peace.

00:31:49.759 --> 00:31:50.500
 And here's the thing.

00:31:51.399 --> 00:31:52.220
 Here's the thing.

00:31:52.899 --> 00:31:53.700
 Even though God

00:31:53.700 --> 00:31:54.460
 delivered them that

00:31:54.460 --> 00:31:56.519
 night, they had to

00:31:56.519 --> 00:31:58.319
 keep sacrificing

00:31:58.319 --> 00:31:58.839
 lambs.

00:31:58.899 --> 00:32:00.000
 If you read the Old

00:32:00.000 --> 00:32:00.779
 Testament for five

00:32:00.779 --> 00:32:01.819
 minutes, you know

00:32:01.819 --> 00:32:05.000
 that this is something

00:32:05.000 --> 00:32:06.000
 they're doing every day

00:32:06.000 --> 00:32:08.019
 and every year because

00:32:08.019 --> 00:32:09.259
 God showed them that's

00:32:09.259 --> 00:32:10.139
 what they needed to do

00:32:10.139 --> 00:32:12.920
 because they needed to

00:32:12.920 --> 00:32:15.500
 realize that they had a

00:32:15.500 --> 00:32:16.279
 deeper and a bigger

00:32:16.279 --> 00:32:17.940
 problem that required a

00:32:17.940 --> 00:32:18.740
 deeper and a bigger

00:32:18.740 --> 00:32:20.400
 deliverance and salvation.

00:32:21.519 --> 00:32:22.740
 And that's why when you

00:32:22.740 --> 00:32:23.940
 finally read through the

00:32:23.940 --> 00:32:24.640
 Old Testament and you

00:32:24.640 --> 00:32:25.500
 get to the pages of the

00:32:25.500 --> 00:32:26.579
 New Testament, you find

00:32:26.579 --> 00:32:28.539
 John the Baptist there

00:32:28.539 --> 00:32:30.579
 saying about Jesus Christ,

00:32:30.640 --> 00:32:31.180
 what does he say?

00:32:31.220 --> 00:32:32.380
 He says, behold the

00:32:32.380 --> 00:32:33.980
 Lamb of God who takes

00:32:33.980 --> 00:32:35.740
 away the sin of the world.

00:32:37.019 --> 00:32:38.339
 And that's why when you

00:32:38.339 --> 00:32:39.319
 fast forward to the end

00:32:39.319 --> 00:32:40.960
 of the Gospels, you see

00:32:40.960 --> 00:32:42.619
 Jesus on the night before

00:32:42.619 --> 00:32:43.200
 his cross.

00:32:43.279 --> 00:32:43.720
 What does he do?

00:32:43.720 --> 00:32:44.579
 He gets his disciples

00:32:44.579 --> 00:32:45.240
 together and they

00:32:45.240 --> 00:32:45.860
 celebrate what?

00:32:46.000 --> 00:32:46.980
 They celebrate the

00:32:46.980 --> 00:32:47.460
 Passover.

00:32:49.079 --> 00:32:50.940
 And Jesus gets up as the

00:32:50.940 --> 00:32:52.279
 presider of that meal and

00:32:52.279 --> 00:32:53.759
 instead of saying, this is

00:32:53.759 --> 00:32:55.200
 the bread of our affliction,

00:32:56.019 --> 00:32:57.299
 what does he say?

00:32:57.339 --> 00:32:58.960
 He says, this bread is my

00:32:58.960 --> 00:32:59.400
 body.

00:33:00.720 --> 00:33:02.279
 Instead of saying, this cup

00:33:02.279 --> 00:33:03.480
 is a reminder of the

00:33:03.480 --> 00:33:05.380
 promises of God's freedom

00:33:05.380 --> 00:33:06.579
 and God's redemption, what

00:33:06.579 --> 00:33:07.180
 does Jesus say?

00:33:07.240 --> 00:33:09.160
 He says, this cup is the

00:33:09.160 --> 00:33:12.200
 new covenant in my blood for

00:33:12.200 --> 00:33:13.079
 the forgiveness of your

00:33:13.079 --> 00:33:13.500
 sins.

00:33:13.720 --> 00:33:16.660
 What he's saying, he's

00:33:16.660 --> 00:33:17.400
 saying, I'm the Lamb.

00:33:18.880 --> 00:33:20.500
 And my death on the cross is

00:33:20.500 --> 00:33:21.279
 going to bring about a

00:33:21.279 --> 00:33:22.680
 Passover, not from physical

00:33:22.680 --> 00:33:24.700
 or economic or political

00:33:24.700 --> 00:33:25.259
 bondage.

00:33:25.299 --> 00:33:26.220
 It's going to bring you

00:33:26.220 --> 00:33:28.539
 freedom from that deeper

00:33:28.539 --> 00:33:30.120
 spiritual bondage that you're

00:33:30.120 --> 00:33:31.819
 in to sin and death.

00:33:31.839 --> 00:33:33.220
 And if my blood is covering

00:33:33.220 --> 00:33:36.019
 you, good news, God's

00:33:36.019 --> 00:33:38.799
 judgment is going to pass

00:33:38.799 --> 00:33:41.279
 through me so that it can

00:33:41.279 --> 00:33:42.240
 pass over you.

00:33:42.240 --> 00:33:45.079
 God's justice is going to

00:33:45.079 --> 00:33:47.900
 strike me so that it can

00:33:47.900 --> 00:33:49.079
 shelter you.

00:33:52.680 --> 00:33:57.019
 Jesus says, I've come to get

00:33:57.019 --> 00:33:58.420
 God's justice so that you

00:33:58.420 --> 00:33:59.839
 could get God's mercy and you

00:33:59.839 --> 00:34:00.880
 can live in God's peace.

00:34:00.880 --> 00:34:02.880
 God's justice is going to

00:34:02.880 --> 00:34:04.120
 And so the question for us is,

00:34:04.820 --> 00:34:07.520
 what do you think is going to

00:34:07.520 --> 00:34:08.780
 protect you ultimately?

00:34:10.519 --> 00:34:12.820
 Do you believe that the only

00:34:12.820 --> 00:34:15.260
 thing that will save you is the

00:34:15.260 --> 00:34:16.480
 blood of the Lamb?

00:34:16.480 --> 00:34:19.980
 And are you putting your faith and

00:34:19.980 --> 00:34:22.400
 your trust in the power of that

00:34:22.400 --> 00:34:24.179
 blood in your place?

00:34:24.420 --> 00:34:26.159
 Have you, so to speak, gone out

00:34:26.159 --> 00:34:27.500
 and put it on the top in the

00:34:27.500 --> 00:34:28.860
 door frames of your house and

00:34:28.860 --> 00:34:30.079
 over your life?

00:34:30.159 --> 00:34:32.780
 Have you gone and sought shelter

00:34:32.780 --> 00:34:34.199
 there and said, this is the only

00:34:34.199 --> 00:34:35.719
 place where I can really find

00:34:35.719 --> 00:34:37.519
 safety and salvation?

00:34:37.920 --> 00:34:39.880
 Are you making that public?

00:34:40.740 --> 00:34:42.219
 Everybody could see whether or not

00:34:42.219 --> 00:34:43.400
 you put that blood over your

00:34:43.400 --> 00:34:43.539
 house.

00:34:43.539 --> 00:34:44.719
 Have you made it public?

00:34:44.900 --> 00:34:46.800
 Are you giving testimony to the

00:34:46.800 --> 00:34:48.880
 fact that this is actually my

00:34:48.880 --> 00:34:50.440
 only hope and my only peace?

00:34:50.460 --> 00:34:51.539
 This is my only righteousness.

00:34:52.360 --> 00:34:53.380
 This is the only hope of the

00:34:53.380 --> 00:34:55.940
 whole world is the blood of this

00:34:55.940 --> 00:34:56.420
 Lamb.

00:35:01.279 --> 00:35:03.000
 Before we get to this God who

00:35:03.000 --> 00:35:04.360
 gives ten commandments in Exodus

00:35:04.360 --> 00:35:07.199
 20, we got to know the God who

00:35:07.199 --> 00:35:08.860
 comes down in Exodus 3 and the God

00:35:08.860 --> 00:35:10.539
 who passes over in Exodus 12.

00:35:11.659 --> 00:35:12.840
 And I just want us to think for a

00:35:12.840 --> 00:35:13.519
 minute of finally what we're

00:35:13.519 --> 00:35:14.500
 talking about this God who gives

00:35:14.500 --> 00:35:15.019
 freedom.

00:35:16.280 --> 00:35:18.059
 The ten commandments in Exodus 20

00:35:18.059 --> 00:35:19.340
 begin on this foundation.

00:35:19.519 --> 00:35:20.759
 I am the Lord your God.

00:35:21.460 --> 00:35:25.119
 I am the Lord and I'm your God.

00:35:25.500 --> 00:35:27.199
 And I brought you out of Egypt, out

00:35:27.199 --> 00:35:28.159
 of the land of slavery.

00:35:28.579 --> 00:35:30.559
 Everything depends upon and flows

00:35:30.559 --> 00:35:32.280
 from this starting point.

00:35:32.360 --> 00:35:34.840
 The logic is this, that because I am

00:35:34.840 --> 00:35:37.259
 the Lord your God who brought you

00:35:37.259 --> 00:35:40.420
 out of slavery, therefore you should

00:35:40.420 --> 00:35:42.639
 have no other gods before me, etc.

00:35:44.280 --> 00:35:47.559
 The prophet Hosea puts it this way,

00:35:48.559 --> 00:35:50.599
 I have been the Lord your God ever

00:35:50.599 --> 00:35:51.900
 since you came out of Egypt.

00:35:53.059 --> 00:35:55.260
 You shall acknowledge no God but me,

00:35:55.400 --> 00:35:57.639
 no savior except me.

00:35:57.639 --> 00:36:00.299
 Do you see God's logic?

00:36:00.299 --> 00:36:03.099
 Do you see the logic of the gospel

00:36:03.099 --> 00:36:05.739
 that exclusive love for and devotion

00:36:05.739 --> 00:36:07.719
 to the Lord begins with this reality

00:36:07.719 --> 00:36:09.440
 and this experience of deliverance

00:36:09.440 --> 00:36:10.500
 from bondage.

00:36:10.559 --> 00:36:13.980
 And to be set free in Exodus 12

00:36:13.980 --> 00:36:15.579
 is to go on this journey to Mount

00:36:15.579 --> 00:36:17.920
 Sinai in Exodus chapter 20 where the

00:36:17.920 --> 00:36:20.119
 full implications of your salvation are

00:36:20.119 --> 00:36:22.019
 revealed in those ten commandments.

00:36:22.019 --> 00:36:23.400
 And they're joyfully accepted

00:36:23.400 --> 00:36:25.579
 because you say, well this is the way

00:36:25.579 --> 00:36:27.940
 to live a free and abundant life.

00:36:29.500 --> 00:36:31.579
 You see the Christian journey is a journey

00:36:31.579 --> 00:36:35.019
 from the slavery of sin to salvation

00:36:35.019 --> 00:36:36.340
 to service.

00:36:37.159 --> 00:36:39.639
 It's a journey from guilt to grace

00:36:39.639 --> 00:36:40.639
 to gratitude.

00:36:43.019 --> 00:36:45.360
 And when you experience the reality of this

00:36:45.360 --> 00:36:47.079
 God who comes down to the rescue

00:36:47.079 --> 00:36:49.219
 in the flesh and in the person of Jesus Christ,

00:36:49.300 --> 00:36:50.820
 when you experience this God

00:36:50.820 --> 00:36:54.380
 who passes through Jesus in justice,

00:36:54.380 --> 00:36:56.360
 in order to pass over you in mercy,

00:36:56.539 --> 00:36:58.460
 you begin to fall in love with this God.

00:36:58.519 --> 00:36:59.860
 You realize, oh my goodness,

00:36:59.980 --> 00:37:01.160
 this God loves me.

00:37:02.700 --> 00:37:03.880
 He loves me.

00:37:04.900 --> 00:37:06.420
 And I think I love him.

00:37:07.740 --> 00:37:08.780
 See, a Christian is somebody

00:37:08.780 --> 00:37:11.240
 who's melted by the love of God.

00:37:12.640 --> 00:37:14.580
 When you fall in love with a person,

00:37:16.039 --> 00:37:17.400
 guys, listen,

00:37:17.880 --> 00:37:19.580
 when you fall in love with a girl,

00:37:19.579 --> 00:37:21.960
 what do you want to do?

00:37:23.539 --> 00:37:24.440
 Write this down.

00:37:25.539 --> 00:37:27.619
 You want to figure out what pleases her.

00:37:28.900 --> 00:37:30.380
 And this is also very important.

00:37:30.679 --> 00:37:32.460
 You want to figure out what displeases her.

00:37:33.440 --> 00:37:33.659
 Okay?

00:37:35.340 --> 00:37:35.739
 Girls,

00:37:36.259 --> 00:37:39.279
 what do you do when you fall in love with that guy?

00:37:40.579 --> 00:37:41.840
 You want to figure out

00:37:41.840 --> 00:37:44.279
 what causes him to feel loved,

00:37:44.360 --> 00:37:46.019
 what causes him to feel respected,

00:37:46.019 --> 00:37:48.179
 what causes him to feel honored.

00:37:49.340 --> 00:37:50.420
 And you write that down.

00:37:51.119 --> 00:37:52.119
 And you go and do that.

00:37:53.079 --> 00:37:53.559
 I don't know,

00:37:53.619 --> 00:37:55.280
 did any of you grow up on the Princess Bride?

00:37:56.480 --> 00:37:58.599
 That was like the Rosetta Stone

00:37:58.599 --> 00:37:59.860
 of my entire childhood.

00:37:59.860 --> 00:38:04.160
 And it, you know,

00:38:04.660 --> 00:38:05.820
 if you haven't seen this,

00:38:06.160 --> 00:38:06.380
 repent.

00:38:08.079 --> 00:38:09.400
 Go see it today.

00:38:10.960 --> 00:38:12.000
 Princess Buttercup.

00:38:13.000 --> 00:38:13.760
 She says,

00:38:14.099 --> 00:38:14.980
 Wesley, you know,

00:38:15.160 --> 00:38:15.940
 fetch me the pitcher.

00:38:17.480 --> 00:38:18.700
 Wesley, draw me some water.

00:38:19.460 --> 00:38:20.240
 Whatever she needs,

00:38:20.300 --> 00:38:21.059
 whatever she wants.

00:38:21.539 --> 00:38:22.900
 And how does Wesley respond?

00:38:24.900 --> 00:38:25.519
 Thank you.

00:38:25.519 --> 00:38:28.579
 I love this church.

00:38:30.340 --> 00:38:31.259
 As you wish.

00:38:32.500 --> 00:38:33.440
 That's what you say

00:38:33.440 --> 00:38:35.000
 when you fall in love with someone.

00:38:35.079 --> 00:38:36.739
 When you realize how much they love you,

00:38:36.800 --> 00:38:37.139
 you say,

00:38:37.500 --> 00:38:38.199
 as you wish.

00:38:39.579 --> 00:38:42.340
 You delight to respond to that love

00:38:42.340 --> 00:38:43.460
 with your own love,

00:38:43.500 --> 00:38:44.480
 just as you wish.

00:38:45.699 --> 00:38:46.880
 And when you look at this God

00:38:46.880 --> 00:38:48.460
 in Exodus 3 and Exodus 12,

00:38:48.539 --> 00:38:49.579
 and you see what he's like,

00:38:49.619 --> 00:38:51.340
 and you see how he thinks

00:38:51.340 --> 00:38:52.500
 about his beloved people,

00:38:52.500 --> 00:38:53.599
 when you see the lengths

00:38:53.599 --> 00:38:54.780
 to which he will go

00:38:54.780 --> 00:38:56.320
 to deliver them

00:38:56.320 --> 00:38:57.340
 and to set them free,

00:38:57.540 --> 00:38:59.380
 the only proper response

00:38:59.380 --> 00:39:00.400
 to this love is what?

00:39:00.820 --> 00:39:01.860
 As you wish.

00:39:05.160 --> 00:39:06.000
 It's the only way

00:39:06.000 --> 00:39:07.860
 to express our gratitude

00:39:07.860 --> 00:39:10.180
 for what he's done for us.

00:39:10.820 --> 00:39:11.780
 And my hope is that

00:39:11.780 --> 00:39:13.180
 as we go through

00:39:13.180 --> 00:39:14.060
 this sermon series,

00:39:14.160 --> 00:39:15.280
 we will eventually come

00:39:15.280 --> 00:39:17.680
 to say the words

00:39:17.680 --> 00:39:18.740
 that the psalmist says.

00:39:18.780 --> 00:39:19.400
 When the psalmist,

00:39:19.580 --> 00:39:20.580
 in Psalm 119,

00:39:20.580 --> 00:39:21.060
 he says,

00:39:21.720 --> 00:39:24.640
 Oh, how I love your law.

00:39:25.760 --> 00:39:26.840
 And that's just another way

00:39:26.840 --> 00:39:27.240
 of saying,

00:39:27.660 --> 00:39:29.920
 Oh, how I love you.

00:39:31.580 --> 00:39:33.080
 And because I love you,

00:39:33.240 --> 00:39:34.220
 I love your law,

00:39:34.700 --> 00:39:36.360
 and I want to meditate on it

00:39:36.360 --> 00:39:37.540
 all day long.

00:39:37.600 --> 00:39:37.840
 Why?

00:39:38.080 --> 00:39:39.180
 Because it's the path

00:39:39.180 --> 00:39:40.060
 to freedom.

00:39:40.140 --> 00:39:40.760
 It's the path

00:39:40.760 --> 00:39:42.100
 to abundant life.

00:39:43.660 --> 00:39:43.920
 Amen?

00:39:44.920 --> 00:39:45.960
 In the name of the Father,

00:39:46.080 --> 00:39:46.820
 Son, and Holy Spirit.

00:39:47.140 --> 00:39:47.380
 Amen.

00:39:47.380 --> 00:39:47.519
 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.