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 We are in Ezekiel chapter 4. If you will turn to Ezekiel chapter 4. Hold that chapter.

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 Now I know what you're thinking, not another sermon in Ezekiel, but here we are. Another sermon in Ezekiel.

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 So Ezekiel chapter 4, we're going to read the whole thing.

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 I laughed more yesterday at that opening line than you guys did.

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 I had a good time with that one.

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 Anyway.

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 Ezekiel chapter 4.

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 And you, son of man, take a brick and lay it before you and engrave on it a city, even Jerusalem,

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 and put siege works against it, and build a siege wall against it, and cast up a mound against it,

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 set camps also against it, and plant battering rams against it all around.

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 And you take an iron griddle and place it as an iron wall between you and the city,

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 and set your face toward it, and let it be in a state of siege, and press the siege against it.

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 This is a sign for the house of Israel.

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 Then, lie on your left side, and place the punishment of the house of Israel upon it.

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 For the number of the days that you lie on it, you shall bear their punishment.

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 For I assign to you a number of days, 390 days, equal to the number of the years of their punishment.

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 So long shall you bear the punishment of the house of Israel.

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 And when you have completed these, you shall lie down a second time,

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 but on your right side, and bear the punishment of the house of Judah.

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 Forty days I assign you, a day for each year.

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 And you shall set your face toward the siege of Jerusalem, with your arm bared,

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 and you shall prophesy against the city.

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 And behold, I will place cords upon you, so that you cannot turn from one side to the other,

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 till you have completed the days of your siege.

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 And you, take wheat and barley, beans and lentils, millet and emmer,

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 and put them into a single vessel, and make your bread from them.

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 During the number of days that you lie on your side, 390 days, you shall eat it.

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 And your food that you eat shall be by weight, 20 shekels a day.

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 From day to day you shall eat it.

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 And water you shall drink by measure.

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 The sixth part of a hen, from day to day you shall drink.

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 And you shall eat it as a barley cake, baking it in their sight on human dumb.

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 And the Lord said, Thus the people of Israel eat their bread unclean,

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 among the nations where I will drive them.

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 Then I said, this is Ezekiel saying this,

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 Then I said, Ah, Lord God, behold, I have never defiled myself.

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 From my youth up till now, I have never eaten what died of itself,

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 or was torn by beast, nor has tainted meat come into my mouth.

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 Then he said to me, See, I assign to you cow's dung instead of human dung,

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 on which you may prepare your bread.

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 Moreover, he said to me, Son of man, behold,

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 I will break the supply of bread in Jerusalem.

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 They shall eat bread by weight and with anxiety,

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 and they shall drink water by measure and in dismay.

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 I will do this, that they may lack bread and water,

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 look at one another in dismay,

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 and rot away because of their punishment.

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 This is a visual representation of what God was going to do to Jerusalem.

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 He was to act this out.

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 It was an impending punishment.

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 Matter of fact, this prophecy, he wrote this down in about 592, 593, somewhere in there.

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 Jerusalem was destroyed in 587.

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 So five years later is when this happened.

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 It was a visual for Jerusalem to see what was going to happen,

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 and be a sign for their punishment.

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 Not only for the people to see,

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 but as they walked by Ezekiel laying there,

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 they felt it.

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 They felt God's punishment impending.

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 Ezekiel was used by God to physically demonstrate this impending punishment

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 that God was going to give to them.

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 Well, there's three parts of this prophecy that did come to fruition in 587,

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 and I want to talk about each of the parts.

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 So kind of keep your Bible there,

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 but the first part is verses 1 through 3,

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 and that first part is to build a replica of Jerusalem.

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 And he was to use a little brick

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 and sort of somehow design Jerusalem on that little tile or brick,

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 the little clay,

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 and that sort of went into the center,

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 and then he built up mounds next to it and towers

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 and sort of designed the city there,

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 but also what the siege looked like.

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 So mounds next to it,

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 and the way when they had walls around the city,

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 and so when another nation came in to try to take over a city,

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 they would build mounds,

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 and then they would put camps on the top of those mounds

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 and look down into the city,

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 and then they would cut off all supplies in through the gates.

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 They would stop all the supplies from coming into the city

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 or siege it in that way.

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 And he was to depict this,

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 depict it all on the ground there

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 in this little sort of diorama of Jerusalem.

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 He was also to put an iron pan or griddle.

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 I like the word griddle.

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 He was to put this iron griddle,

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 probably not a black stone.

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 That's kind of what we're used to, right?

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 A big pan in between.

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 So his face and Jerusalem is where this pan would sit.

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 So we know from the next verses

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 that he's actually laying down when he's doing this.

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 And so as he's laying there,

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 the pan is in front of his face,

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 and his diorama of Jerusalem is on the other side, right?

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 There's a couple of ideas of what that pan

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 and him on the other side might represent.

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 One of those ideas is the strength of Babylonian.

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 That's in 587 who comes in is the Babylonians.

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 They come in and lay siege and wipe them out.

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 So maybe it's the Babylonians

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 and their strong siege and iron will of that nation coming in.

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 There's another idea,

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 and I think I resonate a little bit more with this idea,

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 is that that pan, as Ezekiel laid there,

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 the pan was in the way.

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 He could not see Jerusalem.

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 And it's like a separation from God.

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 They were being punished for years,

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 centuries, centuries of disobedience.

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 And that pan was a separation between God and them.

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 He would not even be able to hear their cries,

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 which you know they would.

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 There's a truth here I want to remember.

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 The truth is what God has ordained will happen.

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 What he has ordained will happen.

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 I am the Lord.

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 The second part, verses 4 through 8,

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 is Ezekiel.

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 It describes how he's to lay on his side

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 and what that looks like.

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 Notice the use of the word punishment

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 in verses 4 through 8.

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 It happens five times.

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 He describes over and over this punishment that's coming.

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 God will punish sin, won't he?

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 This is not something that's going to go without.

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 He's holy.

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 He will not exist with sin forever.

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 A second truth from this account is

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 sinners will be punished.

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 God says, I am the Lord.

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 390 days representing years.

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 390 days you lay on your side

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 and with this pan in your face

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 with the diorama on the other side.

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 And then another 40.

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 But 390 days representing the house of Israel.

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 Israel at this time,

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 so there was David, then Solomon.

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 And after Solomon, the nation split into two.

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 The northern group was called Israel.

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 The southern group was Judah.

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 And Israel at this time

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 had already been gone for a long time.

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 They were already wiped out and destroyed.

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 Jerusalem was left.

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 Judah was left at this time

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 until 587, about five years later.

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 That's when they were taken into captivity.

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 So as we look at 390 days

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 from Ezekiel's prophecy,

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 or 390 years from Ezekiel's prophecy,

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 what time span was that?

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 If you go back 390 from that moment,

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 it would have been in the reign of Solomon.

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 1 Kings 11, 11 through 12.

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 Therefore the Lord said to Solomon,

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 since this has been your practice

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 and you have not kept my covenant

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 and my statutes that I've commanded you,

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 I will surely tear the kingdom from you

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 and will give it to your servant.

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 Yet for the sake of David, your father,

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 I will not do it in your days,

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 but I will tear it out of the hand of your son.

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 390 years prior to Ezekiel prophesying

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 and doing this in the middle of Jerusalem,

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 God told Solomon he was going to take it away.

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 From that time, from Solomon's reign

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 until this, until 587,

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 they sinned.

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 And if you're familiar with all the accounts

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 of one king after another,

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 after another, they were sinful.

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 They didn't care.

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 They even lost at one point

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 the scriptures for years

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 and they were uncovered

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 and no one even knew what was in.

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 They sinned against God in all that time.

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 The 40 years, there's a lot of discussion.

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 You can look at different things.

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 There's a lot of ideas of what these years

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 or these days that Ezekiel is laying down

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 actually represent.

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 But the 40 years, one idea is that

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 maybe that was the time from Jesus's death

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 to AD 70 would have been about 40 years.

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 And then Jerusalem again was destroyed

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 and taken completely apart

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 and they were dispersed.

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 That's a possibility.

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 They're not exactly sure.

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 Not exactly sure.

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 430 years is the total.

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 That is also a very important number

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 because that's what they spent

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 from the time in Egypt

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 until the time of coming into the promised land.

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 So these numbers are a little bit unknown.

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 Exactly what it is.

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 But there's a couple of key things within that.

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 There's further specifications

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 to the prophetic picture.

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 leg on his side.

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 But then he is to prophesy with his arm bared.

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 And that is the symbol of God's arm.

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 God's arm of punishment, of strength.

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 And that's represented through his bared arm there.

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 God also places cords on him.

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 So not just does he lay there on his side,

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 but God straps him down so he doesn't move.

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 Doesn't move at all.

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 Jerusalem is not moving

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 or getting out of their punishment.

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 It will happen.

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 It will happen.

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 I, in the study of this there,

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 the question comes up to me,

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 was he there that whole time?

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 How many months is it?

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 That's, you know, so 430 days.

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 We're talking, what, 15 months?

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 What's the number on that?

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 Well over a year.

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 Was he there that entire time?

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 Well, when I read that the cords are there

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 and he doesn't move,

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 I kind of think, yes, he was.

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 There's other things that say,

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 well, he was there much of the day

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 that maybe he, you know,

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 packed things up and went home

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 in the evening or something like that.

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 I don't know.

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 But what I do know is that

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 he spent a lot of time laying there.

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 I tend to think he was somehow

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 supernaturally there the whole time.

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 Because the cords held him there.

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 So, even hours a day, though,

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 would be tough.

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 The third part of this picture

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 is in the eating and drinking,

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 verses 9 through 17,

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 the last part of it.

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 Here's the third truth from it.

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 Sinners will suffer.

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 Sinners will suffer, won't they?

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 We know this.

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 That's what was being depicted.

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 The food that he had

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 was this grain, bean, millet mix

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 that was rationed out

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 in a very, very small portion.

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 Depending on what you read,

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 it was basically a portion.

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 The size of ESV kind of leads us

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 to see a size of 11 grams,

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 which 11 grams is about the size

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 of a AAA battery.

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 That's pretty small.

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 The most I saw,

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 there's some discrepancy

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 on the exact size of this,

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 but less than a cup.

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 So, from a AAA battery

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 to less than a cup

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 is kind of what he had

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 per day to live on.

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 Also, this bread was not

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 like the Ezekiel bread.

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 You know, when we go to the store

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 and we get this nice pack

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 of Ezekiel bread,

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 it's somewhat yummy,

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 we can toast it

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 or whatever we want to do.

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 That's not what this was.

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 One thing that I read

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 said that this was

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 so yucky,

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 the dog would not eat it.

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 It was basically

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 basic nutrition

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 to keep the dude alive.

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 That's all it was.

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 And then he had water as well.

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 What this,

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 less than one quart

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 is what it comes out to

00:16:05.240 --> 00:16:05.920
 for the water.

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 While he laid there

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 with straps,

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 looking at a pan

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 with a diorama

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 on the other side.

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 It represents the rationing

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 that's going to happen.

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 When they lay seeds

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 to Jerusalem,

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 they shut off the gates.

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 What happens

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 is the food

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 goes down,

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 down,

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 down,

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 down.

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 Then God

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 first instructs him

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 to cook his little

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 bit of

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 bread

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 over his own food.

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 Right?

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 And he says,

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 hey,

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 that will defile me.

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 And God

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 respects that

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 in what he says.

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 Okay,

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 let's use cow dung

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 instead.

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 But the truth

00:16:49.960 --> 00:16:50.600
 of the matter,

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 and you see

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 in verse 12,

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 it was

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 in their sight.

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 This was all done

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 in their sight.

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 And what will happen

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 five years from then

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 when everything

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 gets shut down?

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 All the animals

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 will die

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 because they will

00:17:06.180 --> 00:17:06.819
 use them

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 because there's

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 nothing to eat

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 and nothing to get.

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 Which means

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 they will be

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 reduced.

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 Any cooking

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 will be

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 on human dung.

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 That's

00:17:19.120 --> 00:17:21.300
 just the beginning

00:17:21.300 --> 00:17:22.380
 of the ugly

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 paradigm.

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 What often

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 it does get

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 reduced to

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 is cannibalism.

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 That's in their future.

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 The visual

00:17:35.880 --> 00:17:37.740
 was so they know

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 I am

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 the Lord,

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 God says.

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 He repeats

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 that same phrase

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 60 times

00:17:44.960 --> 00:17:45.960
 in the book

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 of Ezekiel.

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 I am

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 the Lord.

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 So a couple

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 of notes

00:17:53.860 --> 00:17:54.380
 on this

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 that I want

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 to share.

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 One

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 is God's

00:17:57.799 --> 00:17:58.140
 character.

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 I want to talk

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 about God's

00:17:59.799 --> 00:18:00.600
 character from this

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 because he's

00:18:01.120 --> 00:18:01.600
 the same,

00:18:01.680 --> 00:18:01.940
 isn't he?

00:18:02.100 --> 00:18:03.019
 He's the same

00:18:03.019 --> 00:18:04.700
 in how he deals

00:18:04.700 --> 00:18:05.440
 with Ezekiel.

00:18:06.039 --> 00:18:07.160
 He's the same

00:18:07.160 --> 00:18:08.240
 with us today.

00:18:08.480 --> 00:18:09.440
 So his character

00:18:09.440 --> 00:18:10.240
 is what

00:18:10.240 --> 00:18:11.220
 perseveres

00:18:11.220 --> 00:18:11.900
 across all

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 of this.

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 So let's look

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 at a couple

00:18:13.460 --> 00:18:13.960
 of character

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 things.

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 Number one,

00:18:14.900 --> 00:18:15.519
 he's jealous

00:18:15.519 --> 00:18:16.359
 for his name.

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 He is to be

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 glorified and

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 honored.

00:18:20.839 --> 00:18:21.720
 They didn't do

00:18:21.720 --> 00:18:21.920
 that.

00:18:22.660 --> 00:18:23.460
 They didn't do

00:18:23.460 --> 00:18:23.680
 that.

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 In their hearts,

00:18:24.620 --> 00:18:25.059
 they didn't do

00:18:25.059 --> 00:18:25.319
 that.

00:18:25.900 --> 00:18:26.900
 They didn't

00:18:26.900 --> 00:18:28.180
 glorify him

00:18:28.180 --> 00:18:29.079
 in any way,

00:18:29.299 --> 00:18:29.960
 shape,

00:18:30.019 --> 00:18:30.299
 or form.

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 For you shall

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 worship no

00:18:32.200 --> 00:18:32.940
 other God,

00:18:33.299 --> 00:18:34.339
 for the Lord

00:18:34.339 --> 00:18:35.220
 whose name is

00:18:35.220 --> 00:18:35.559
 jealous

00:18:35.559 --> 00:18:36.779
 is a jealous

00:18:36.779 --> 00:18:37.259
 God.

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 Exodus 34,

00:18:39.319 --> 00:18:39.839
 14.

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 God will not

00:18:41.839 --> 00:18:42.740
 share a throne

00:18:42.740 --> 00:18:44.000
 with any

00:18:44.000 --> 00:18:45.259
 other small

00:18:45.259 --> 00:18:46.259
 g God

00:18:46.259 --> 00:18:47.159
 that we may

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 want to serve.

00:18:48.279 --> 00:18:49.039
 He will not

00:18:49.039 --> 00:18:49.619
 share it.

00:18:50.500 --> 00:18:51.259
 That's not

00:18:51.259 --> 00:18:52.240
 how we

00:18:52.240 --> 00:18:54.919
 glorify him.

00:18:55.879 --> 00:18:56.759
 That's not

00:18:56.759 --> 00:18:57.659
 how that

00:18:57.659 --> 00:18:58.319
 works

00:18:58.319 --> 00:18:59.639
 as a believer.

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 That's his

00:19:00.940 --> 00:19:01.440
 throne

00:19:01.440 --> 00:19:02.159
 and his

00:19:02.159 --> 00:19:02.559
 alone.

00:19:02.559 --> 00:19:04.700
 The second

00:19:04.700 --> 00:19:05.619
 thing is

00:19:05.619 --> 00:19:06.059
 in his

00:19:06.059 --> 00:19:06.460
 character

00:19:06.460 --> 00:19:06.960
 is long

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 suffering.

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 430

00:19:10.679 --> 00:19:11.419
 years.

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 And as

00:19:13.639 --> 00:19:14.240
 you read

00:19:14.240 --> 00:19:14.980
 through those

00:19:14.980 --> 00:19:15.619
 kings and

00:19:15.619 --> 00:19:16.059
 the things

00:19:16.059 --> 00:19:16.419
 that they

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 did and

00:19:17.139 --> 00:19:18.079
 the ways

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 that they

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 just

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 completely

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 took in

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 anything and

00:19:22.559 --> 00:19:22.940
 everything

00:19:22.940 --> 00:19:23.859
 other than

00:19:23.859 --> 00:19:25.299
 God,

00:19:27.500 --> 00:19:29.639
 he was

00:19:29.639 --> 00:19:30.399
 very long

00:19:30.399 --> 00:19:30.740
 suffering,

00:19:30.740 --> 00:19:31.879
 very long

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 suffering.

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 He showed

00:19:33.400 --> 00:19:34.420
 them his

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 kindness.

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 He sent

00:19:35.680 --> 00:19:36.500
 prophet after

00:19:36.500 --> 00:19:37.520
 prophet after

00:19:37.520 --> 00:19:37.880
 prophet.

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 We know

00:19:38.200 --> 00:19:38.520
 from the

00:19:38.520 --> 00:19:39.020
 New Testament

00:19:39.020 --> 00:19:39.460
 that they

00:19:39.460 --> 00:19:40.500
 were killed

00:19:40.500 --> 00:19:41.120
 and they

00:19:41.120 --> 00:19:43.040
 were sawn

00:19:43.040 --> 00:19:43.480
 in half

00:19:43.480 --> 00:19:43.980
 and they

00:19:43.980 --> 00:19:45.660
 were treated

00:19:45.660 --> 00:19:46.500
 miserably.

00:19:47.500 --> 00:19:47.920
 But that

00:19:47.920 --> 00:19:48.500
 was God's

00:19:48.500 --> 00:19:49.420
 kindness to

00:19:49.420 --> 00:19:49.900
 have them

00:19:49.900 --> 00:19:50.380
 repent.

00:19:51.080 --> 00:19:51.320
 Now,

00:19:51.540 --> 00:19:51.980
 remember,

00:19:52.380 --> 00:19:53.020
 what Ezekiel

00:19:53.020 --> 00:19:53.500
 is doing

00:19:53.500 --> 00:19:54.160
 here is

00:19:54.160 --> 00:19:54.540
 not a

00:19:54.540 --> 00:19:54.900
 repentance

00:19:54.900 --> 00:19:55.580
 message.

00:19:56.460 --> 00:19:56.940
 It is a

00:19:56.940 --> 00:19:57.460
 you're going

00:19:57.460 --> 00:19:57.980
 to die

00:19:57.980 --> 00:19:58.440
 message.

00:19:59.960 --> 00:20:00.220
 It's

00:20:00.220 --> 00:20:01.480
 repentance,

00:20:01.480 --> 00:20:02.440
 that time

00:20:02.440 --> 00:20:03.180
 has passed.

00:20:04.000 --> 00:20:04.299
 Now,

00:20:04.420 --> 00:20:04.579
 it's

00:20:04.579 --> 00:20:05.140
 punishment.

00:20:06.200 --> 00:20:06.500
 That's

00:20:06.500 --> 00:20:07.039
 Ezekiel's

00:20:07.039 --> 00:20:07.299
 message.

00:20:07.400 --> 00:20:07.559
 It's

00:20:07.559 --> 00:20:07.920
 different.

00:20:08.539 --> 00:20:08.779
 But he

00:20:08.779 --> 00:20:09.059
 sent

00:20:09.059 --> 00:20:09.779
 many,

00:20:09.779 --> 00:20:11.339
 many,

00:20:11.660 --> 00:20:12.279
 replete

00:20:12.279 --> 00:20:13.279
 with

00:20:13.279 --> 00:20:15.019
 turn,

00:20:15.460 --> 00:20:16.220
 turn from

00:20:16.220 --> 00:20:16.620
 your wicked

00:20:16.620 --> 00:20:16.920
 ways.

00:20:17.000 --> 00:20:17.279
 How many

00:20:17.279 --> 00:20:17.819
 times did

00:20:17.819 --> 00:20:18.059
 he do

00:20:18.059 --> 00:20:18.259
 that?

00:20:19.180 --> 00:20:19.440
 His

00:20:19.440 --> 00:20:19.920
 kindness,

00:20:20.680 --> 00:20:20.980
 his

00:20:20.980 --> 00:20:21.779
 patience.

00:20:22.160 --> 00:20:22.860
 Numbers 14,

00:20:22.940 --> 00:20:23.220
 18,

00:20:23.220 --> 00:20:23.680
 the Lord

00:20:23.680 --> 00:20:24.319
 is slow

00:20:24.319 --> 00:20:24.980
 to anger

00:20:24.980 --> 00:20:26.339
 and abounding

00:20:26.339 --> 00:20:27.120
 in steadfast

00:20:27.120 --> 00:20:27.460
 love,

00:20:27.579 --> 00:20:27.960
 forgiving

00:20:27.960 --> 00:20:28.700
 iniquity

00:20:28.700 --> 00:20:29.339
 and

00:20:29.339 --> 00:20:30.120
 transgression,

00:20:30.620 --> 00:20:31.100
 but he

00:20:31.100 --> 00:20:31.620
 will by

00:20:31.620 --> 00:20:32.860
 no means

00:20:32.860 --> 00:20:34.380
 clear the

00:20:34.380 --> 00:20:34.880
 guilty,

00:20:36.880 --> 00:20:37.539
 visiting the

00:20:37.539 --> 00:20:38.059
 iniquity of

00:20:38.059 --> 00:20:38.539
 the fathers

00:20:38.539 --> 00:20:38.880
 and the

00:20:38.880 --> 00:20:39.460
 children to

00:20:39.460 --> 00:20:39.900
 the third

00:20:39.900 --> 00:20:40.160
 and the

00:20:40.160 --> 00:20:40.380
 fourth

00:20:40.380 --> 00:20:40.960
 generation.

00:20:43.480 --> 00:20:44.339
 The third

00:20:44.339 --> 00:20:44.920
 character

00:20:44.920 --> 00:20:47.200
 trait is

00:20:47.200 --> 00:20:47.600
 God is

00:20:47.600 --> 00:20:48.279
 purposeful.

00:20:49.079 --> 00:20:49.660
 He's

00:20:49.660 --> 00:20:50.319
 purposeful.

00:20:50.319 --> 00:20:51.099
 He has

00:20:51.099 --> 00:20:51.759
 purpose in

00:20:51.759 --> 00:20:51.939
 his

00:20:51.939 --> 00:20:52.399
 prophetic

00:20:52.399 --> 00:20:52.879
 word.

00:20:53.139 --> 00:20:53.299
 This

00:20:53.299 --> 00:20:53.759
 punishment

00:20:53.759 --> 00:20:54.700
 is going

00:20:54.700 --> 00:20:55.460
 to happen.

00:20:56.259 --> 00:20:56.619
 That's

00:20:56.619 --> 00:20:56.779
 his

00:20:56.779 --> 00:20:57.220
 purpose.

00:20:58.779 --> 00:20:59.200
 Proverbs

00:20:59.200 --> 00:20:59.740
 19,

00:20:59.819 --> 00:21:00.700
 21 says,

00:21:00.839 --> 00:21:01.279
 many are

00:21:01.279 --> 00:21:01.819
 the plans

00:21:01.819 --> 00:21:02.059
 in the

00:21:02.059 --> 00:21:02.480
 mind of

00:21:02.480 --> 00:21:02.879
 man,

00:21:03.220 --> 00:21:03.799
 but it

00:21:03.799 --> 00:21:04.179
 is the

00:21:04.179 --> 00:21:04.599
 purpose

00:21:04.599 --> 00:21:05.059
 of the

00:21:05.059 --> 00:21:05.299
 Lord

00:21:05.299 --> 00:21:05.700
 that will

00:21:05.700 --> 00:21:06.240
 stand.

00:21:07.740 --> 00:21:08.119
 His

00:21:08.119 --> 00:21:08.740
 purposes

00:21:08.740 --> 00:21:09.599
 in

00:21:09.599 --> 00:21:10.240
 punishment,

00:21:10.799 --> 00:21:11.000
 his

00:21:11.000 --> 00:21:11.480
 purposes

00:21:11.480 --> 00:21:12.240
 in dealing

00:21:12.240 --> 00:21:12.700
 with his

00:21:12.700 --> 00:21:13.179
 people,

00:21:13.700 --> 00:21:13.919
 these

00:21:13.919 --> 00:21:14.439
 things

00:21:14.439 --> 00:21:16.240
 will come

00:21:16.240 --> 00:21:16.859
 to fruition.

00:21:18.059 --> 00:21:18.379
 Sin

00:21:18.379 --> 00:21:19.019
 will be

00:21:19.019 --> 00:21:19.259
 dealt

00:21:19.259 --> 00:21:19.659
 with by

00:21:19.659 --> 00:21:20.039
 a holy

00:21:20.039 --> 00:21:20.420
 God.

00:21:21.839 --> 00:21:22.519
 He has

00:21:22.519 --> 00:21:23.019
 a plan

00:21:23.019 --> 00:21:23.579
 for the

00:21:23.579 --> 00:21:24.220
 Jews as

00:21:24.220 --> 00:21:24.819
 his chosen

00:21:24.819 --> 00:21:25.259
 race.

00:21:25.379 --> 00:21:25.619
 He's

00:21:25.619 --> 00:21:25.819
 their

00:21:25.819 --> 00:21:26.259
 God,

00:21:26.619 --> 00:21:27.139
 and he

00:21:27.139 --> 00:21:28.099
 continues

00:21:28.099 --> 00:21:29.980
 to have

00:21:29.980 --> 00:21:31.000
 a purpose

00:21:31.000 --> 00:21:32.039
 with them

00:21:32.039 --> 00:21:32.940
 as well

00:21:32.940 --> 00:21:34.759
 as all

00:21:34.759 --> 00:21:35.220
 of us,

00:21:35.659 --> 00:21:36.460
 mankind.

00:21:38.339 --> 00:21:39.119
 So I

00:21:39.119 --> 00:21:39.339
 want to

00:21:39.339 --> 00:21:39.960
 apply some

00:21:39.960 --> 00:21:40.180
 of these

00:21:40.180 --> 00:21:40.519
 character

00:21:40.519 --> 00:21:41.200
 traits to

00:21:41.200 --> 00:21:41.839
 us today.

00:21:44.079 --> 00:21:44.659
 God

00:21:44.659 --> 00:21:44.980
 doesn't

00:21:44.980 --> 00:21:45.399
 change.

00:21:45.680 --> 00:21:46.399
 We have

00:21:46.399 --> 00:21:48.079
 established

00:21:48.079 --> 00:21:48.480
 that.

00:21:48.819 --> 00:21:49.200
 He is

00:21:49.200 --> 00:21:49.460
 to be

00:21:49.460 --> 00:21:50.039
 glorified

00:21:50.039 --> 00:21:50.420
 and we

00:21:50.420 --> 00:21:50.700
 are to

00:21:50.700 --> 00:21:50.940
 bring

00:21:50.940 --> 00:21:51.420
 glory

00:21:51.420 --> 00:21:51.700
 to

00:21:51.700 --> 00:21:51.960
 his

00:21:51.960 --> 00:21:52.259
 name.

00:21:53.539 --> 00:21:54.180
 We

00:21:54.180 --> 00:21:54.640
 act in

00:21:54.640 --> 00:21:54.819
 his

00:21:54.819 --> 00:21:55.160
 will

00:21:55.160 --> 00:21:55.819
 when we

00:21:55.819 --> 00:21:56.259
 serve,

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 love,

00:21:57.279 --> 00:21:58.080
 and sacrifice

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 in a way

00:21:58.740 --> 00:21:59.220
 that brings

00:21:59.220 --> 00:21:59.940
 glory to

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 God.

00:22:01.100 --> 00:22:02.299
 And as

00:22:02.299 --> 00:22:03.220
 we take

00:22:03.220 --> 00:22:03.480
 that

00:22:03.480 --> 00:22:04.019
 principle

00:22:04.019 --> 00:22:05.860
 of glorifying

00:22:05.860 --> 00:22:06.160
 him,

00:22:06.299 --> 00:22:06.640
 that's

00:22:06.640 --> 00:22:07.960
 we as

00:22:07.960 --> 00:22:08.960
 a body,

00:22:09.160 --> 00:22:10.259
 we bring

00:22:10.259 --> 00:22:10.779
 him glory

00:22:10.779 --> 00:22:11.539
 in the

00:22:11.539 --> 00:22:11.920
 things that

00:22:11.920 --> 00:22:12.279
 we do,

00:22:12.420 --> 00:22:12.620
 in the

00:22:12.620 --> 00:22:12.920
 things that

00:22:12.920 --> 00:22:13.360
 he calls

00:22:13.360 --> 00:22:13.720
 us to

00:22:13.720 --> 00:22:13.940
 do,

00:22:14.259 --> 00:22:14.580
 in the

00:22:14.580 --> 00:22:15.460
 things that

00:22:15.460 --> 00:22:18.259
 his will

00:22:18.259 --> 00:22:20.759
 mandates

00:22:20.759 --> 00:22:21.579
 that we

00:22:21.579 --> 00:22:21.779
 do.

00:22:23.480 --> 00:22:24.160
 He is

00:22:24.160 --> 00:22:24.759
 patient

00:22:24.759 --> 00:22:25.519
 and kind

00:22:25.519 --> 00:22:26.140
 with us

00:22:26.140 --> 00:22:26.600
 that we

00:22:26.600 --> 00:22:27.019
 may come

00:22:27.019 --> 00:22:27.740
 to repentance.

00:22:28.340 --> 00:22:28.920
 The great

00:22:28.920 --> 00:22:29.840
 patience that

00:22:29.840 --> 00:22:30.720
 God has

00:22:30.720 --> 00:22:31.160
 with his

00:22:31.160 --> 00:22:31.500
 children.

00:22:32.980 --> 00:22:33.200
 You ever

00:22:33.200 --> 00:22:33.620
 think about

00:22:33.620 --> 00:22:33.920
 that?

00:22:34.440 --> 00:22:35.079
 The patience

00:22:35.079 --> 00:22:35.500
 that he

00:22:35.500 --> 00:22:37.500
 has with

00:22:37.500 --> 00:22:37.720
 you

00:22:37.720 --> 00:22:38.299
 personally.

00:22:38.940 --> 00:22:39.220
 It's

00:22:39.220 --> 00:22:39.559
 tremendous

00:22:39.559 --> 00:22:41.380
 in my

00:22:41.380 --> 00:22:41.740
 life.

00:22:41.740 --> 00:22:44.940
 Stephen

00:22:44.940 --> 00:22:45.880
 Charnock,

00:22:46.400 --> 00:22:47.079
 a Puritan.

00:22:47.259 --> 00:22:47.559
 Let me

00:22:47.559 --> 00:22:48.039
 read this

00:22:48.039 --> 00:22:48.519
 quote.

00:22:48.799 --> 00:22:49.519
 I want

00:22:49.519 --> 00:22:50.039
 to dissect

00:22:50.039 --> 00:22:50.460
 it a little

00:22:50.460 --> 00:22:51.259
 bit because

00:22:51.259 --> 00:22:51.720
 he talks

00:22:51.720 --> 00:22:53.039
 in old

00:22:53.039 --> 00:22:53.720
 words.

00:22:54.839 --> 00:22:55.319
 Let's

00:22:55.319 --> 00:22:55.660
 think about

00:22:55.660 --> 00:22:55.759
 it.

00:22:55.759 --> 00:22:55.859
 We'll

00:22:55.859 --> 00:22:56.140
 think about

00:22:56.140 --> 00:22:56.480
 it again.

00:22:56.759 --> 00:22:56.900
 This will

00:22:56.900 --> 00:22:57.180
 be great.

00:22:58.039 --> 00:22:58.759
 He says,

00:22:58.960 --> 00:22:59.420
 God's

00:22:59.420 --> 00:23:00.180
 slowness to

00:23:00.180 --> 00:23:00.819
 anger is

00:23:00.819 --> 00:23:01.500
 a branch

00:23:01.500 --> 00:23:02.460
 from his

00:23:02.460 --> 00:23:03.000
 mercy.

00:23:03.920 --> 00:23:04.400
 The Lord

00:23:04.400 --> 00:23:04.920
 is full

00:23:04.920 --> 00:23:05.740
 of compassion

00:23:05.740 --> 00:23:07.079
 and slow

00:23:07.079 --> 00:23:07.779
 to anger.

00:23:07.980 --> 00:23:08.859
 Psalm 145.

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 It differs

00:23:10.660 --> 00:23:11.840
 from mercy

00:23:11.840 --> 00:23:15.160
 in the

00:23:15.160 --> 00:23:15.560
 formal

00:23:15.560 --> 00:23:16.360
 consideration

00:23:16.360 --> 00:23:16.680
 of the

00:23:16.680 --> 00:23:17.220
 object.

00:23:17.920 --> 00:23:18.420
 Mercy

00:23:18.420 --> 00:23:19.400
 respects

00:23:19.400 --> 00:23:19.740
 the

00:23:19.740 --> 00:23:20.200
 creature

00:23:20.200 --> 00:23:20.640
 as

00:23:20.640 --> 00:23:21.240
 miserable.

00:23:22.680 --> 00:23:23.279
 Patience

00:23:23.279 --> 00:23:24.080
 respects

00:23:24.080 --> 00:23:24.360
 the

00:23:24.360 --> 00:23:24.740
 creature

00:23:24.740 --> 00:23:25.140
 as

00:23:25.140 --> 00:23:25.680
 criminal.

00:23:27.500 --> 00:23:27.880
 Mercy

00:23:27.880 --> 00:23:28.420
 pities

00:23:28.420 --> 00:23:28.860
 him

00:23:28.860 --> 00:23:29.380
 in his

00:23:29.380 --> 00:23:29.820
 misery

00:23:29.820 --> 00:23:31.040
 and

00:23:31.040 --> 00:23:31.720
 patience

00:23:31.720 --> 00:23:32.360
 bears

00:23:32.360 --> 00:23:32.940
 with the

00:23:32.940 --> 00:23:33.320
 sin

00:23:33.320 --> 00:23:34.019
 which

00:23:34.019 --> 00:23:35.440
 engendered

00:23:35.440 --> 00:23:35.680
 the

00:23:35.680 --> 00:23:36.060
 misery

00:23:36.060 --> 00:23:36.940
 and is

00:23:36.940 --> 00:23:37.220
 giving

00:23:37.220 --> 00:23:37.600
 birth

00:23:37.600 --> 00:23:37.840
 to

00:23:37.840 --> 00:23:38.160
 more.

00:23:39.620 --> 00:23:39.779
 The

00:23:40.660 --> 00:23:42.820
 antithesis

00:23:42.820 --> 00:23:43.360
 of

00:23:43.360 --> 00:23:44.000
 judgment

00:23:44.000 --> 00:23:45.120
 compassion

00:23:45.120 --> 00:23:45.660
 and

00:23:45.660 --> 00:23:46.240
 patience.

00:23:46.840 --> 00:23:46.960
 Now

00:23:46.960 --> 00:23:47.620
 here's

00:23:47.620 --> 00:23:47.960
 I think

00:23:47.960 --> 00:23:48.360
 the best

00:23:48.360 --> 00:23:48.940
 way to

00:23:48.940 --> 00:23:49.320
 illustrate

00:23:49.320 --> 00:23:49.880
 what he's

00:23:49.880 --> 00:23:50.200
 saying

00:23:50.200 --> 00:23:50.480
 there.

00:23:51.180 --> 00:23:51.740
 Think

00:23:51.740 --> 00:23:51.960
 of the

00:23:51.960 --> 00:23:52.420
 person

00:23:52.420 --> 00:23:52.900
 that

00:23:52.900 --> 00:23:53.960
 as we

00:23:53.960 --> 00:23:54.320
 get to

00:23:54.320 --> 00:23:54.519
 the

00:23:54.519 --> 00:23:54.840
 corner

00:23:54.840 --> 00:23:55.600
 and

00:23:55.600 --> 00:23:56.080
 even

00:23:56.080 --> 00:23:56.440
 going

00:23:56.440 --> 00:23:56.700
 out

00:23:56.700 --> 00:23:57.060
 generally

00:23:57.060 --> 00:23:57.420
 there's

00:23:57.420 --> 00:23:57.720
 two or

00:23:57.720 --> 00:23:58.000
 three as

00:23:58.000 --> 00:23:58.160
 I'm

00:23:58.160 --> 00:23:58.380
 heading

00:23:58.380 --> 00:23:58.680
 to

00:23:58.680 --> 00:23:59.560
 back

00:23:59.560 --> 00:23:59.720
 to

00:23:59.720 --> 00:24:00.240
 435

00:24:00.240 --> 00:24:00.860
 on the

00:24:00.860 --> 00:24:01.140
 way

00:24:01.140 --> 00:24:01.600
 home.

00:24:01.940 --> 00:24:02.200
 There's

00:24:02.200 --> 00:24:02.460
 usually

00:24:02.460 --> 00:24:02.940
 somebody

00:24:02.940 --> 00:24:03.300
 on the

00:24:03.300 --> 00:24:03.540
 corner

00:24:03.540 --> 00:24:04.300
 in there.

00:24:04.620 --> 00:24:04.920
 There's

00:24:04.920 --> 00:24:05.140
 someone

00:24:05.140 --> 00:24:05.480
 with a

00:24:05.480 --> 00:24:05.860
 sign.

00:24:05.980 --> 00:24:06.160
 There's

00:24:06.160 --> 00:24:06.460
 someone

00:24:06.460 --> 00:24:08.480
 asking

00:24:08.480 --> 00:24:09.240
 for

00:24:09.240 --> 00:24:10.519
 money

00:24:10.519 --> 00:24:11.279
 or food

00:24:11.279 --> 00:24:11.920
 or whatever

00:24:11.920 --> 00:24:12.160
 it is

00:24:12.160 --> 00:24:12.400
 they're

00:24:12.400 --> 00:24:12.620
 asking.

00:24:15.900 --> 00:24:16.740
 I look

00:24:16.740 --> 00:24:17.200
 at them

00:24:17.200 --> 00:24:18.840
 and in

00:24:18.840 --> 00:24:19.319
 mercy

00:24:19.319 --> 00:24:20.779
 I look

00:24:20.779 --> 00:24:21.059
 at them

00:24:21.059 --> 00:24:21.299
 and I

00:24:21.299 --> 00:24:21.620
 say

00:24:21.620 --> 00:24:23.039
 they're

00:24:23.039 --> 00:24:23.500
 struggling.

00:24:24.680 --> 00:24:24.960
 Whatever

00:24:24.960 --> 00:24:27.200
 this

00:24:27.200 --> 00:24:27.720
 moment

00:24:27.720 --> 00:24:28.840
 I can

00:24:28.840 --> 00:24:29.140
 look at

00:24:29.140 --> 00:24:29.259
 them,

00:24:29.340 --> 00:24:29.519
 I look

00:24:29.519 --> 00:24:29.680
 at the

00:24:29.680 --> 00:24:29.799
 way

00:24:29.799 --> 00:24:29.980
 they're

00:24:29.980 --> 00:24:30.400
 dressed,

00:24:30.500 --> 00:24:30.700
 I look

00:24:30.700 --> 00:24:30.860
 at what

00:24:30.860 --> 00:24:31.019
 they're

00:24:31.019 --> 00:24:31.400
 asking

00:24:31.400 --> 00:24:31.779
 for

00:24:31.779 --> 00:24:32.319
 and

00:24:32.319 --> 00:24:33.059
 my

00:24:33.059 --> 00:24:33.799
 mercy

00:24:33.799 --> 00:24:34.840
 would

00:24:34.839 --> 00:24:35.279
 say

00:24:35.279 --> 00:24:36.059
 they're

00:24:36.059 --> 00:24:36.559
 struggling

00:24:36.559 --> 00:24:37.079
 right now.

00:24:37.179 --> 00:24:37.299
 They're

00:24:37.299 --> 00:24:37.720
 having a

00:24:37.720 --> 00:24:38.500
 hard time

00:24:38.500 --> 00:24:39.619
 in life

00:24:39.619 --> 00:24:40.480
 right now.

00:24:41.839 --> 00:24:42.519
 Patience

00:24:42.519 --> 00:24:45.559
 says

00:24:45.559 --> 00:24:47.299
 I don't

00:24:47.299 --> 00:24:48.179
 care why

00:24:48.179 --> 00:24:49.500
 they're

00:24:49.500 --> 00:24:49.879
 suffering.

00:24:50.879 --> 00:24:51.779
 I don't

00:24:51.779 --> 00:24:52.519
 care why

00:24:52.519 --> 00:24:52.839
 they're

00:24:52.839 --> 00:24:53.339
 struggling

00:24:53.339 --> 00:24:55.339
 because if

00:24:55.339 --> 00:24:55.779
 you're like

00:24:55.779 --> 00:24:56.119
 me,

00:24:56.119 --> 00:24:56.740
 I see

00:24:56.740 --> 00:24:57.519
 that person

00:24:57.519 --> 00:24:58.639
 and I

00:24:58.639 --> 00:24:59.579
 can get

00:24:59.579 --> 00:25:00.039
 the mercy

00:25:00.039 --> 00:25:00.439
 there.

00:25:00.740 --> 00:25:01.459
 I can feel

00:25:01.459 --> 00:25:01.899
 the mercy

00:25:01.899 --> 00:25:02.419
 and I feel

00:25:02.419 --> 00:25:03.039
 sorry for

00:25:03.039 --> 00:25:03.659
 them or

00:25:03.659 --> 00:25:03.919
 I have

00:25:03.919 --> 00:25:04.439
 pity on

00:25:04.439 --> 00:25:04.699
 them.

00:25:04.839 --> 00:25:05.519
 But then

00:25:05.519 --> 00:25:06.099
 going to

00:25:06.099 --> 00:25:06.939
 the second

00:25:06.939 --> 00:25:07.720
 part,

00:25:08.720 --> 00:25:09.740
 I think

00:25:09.740 --> 00:25:12.119
 there's

00:25:12.119 --> 00:25:12.480
 things they

00:25:12.480 --> 00:25:12.799
 could do.

00:25:13.319 --> 00:25:14.240
 They probably

00:25:14.240 --> 00:25:14.959
 just want to

00:25:14.959 --> 00:25:15.439
 buy this

00:25:15.439 --> 00:25:15.799
 or that.

00:25:17.079 --> 00:25:17.639
 Probably

00:25:17.639 --> 00:25:18.299
 it's a

00:25:18.299 --> 00:25:18.699
 series of

00:25:18.699 --> 00:25:19.139
 decisions

00:25:19.139 --> 00:25:19.619
 that put

00:25:19.619 --> 00:25:20.019
 them into

00:25:20.019 --> 00:25:20.259
 this

00:25:20.259 --> 00:25:20.639
 place.

00:25:24.439 --> 00:25:25.039
 Patience

00:25:25.039 --> 00:25:25.799
 says

00:25:25.799 --> 00:25:27.419
 they sin

00:25:27.419 --> 00:25:28.179
 but I

00:25:28.179 --> 00:25:28.559
 overlook

00:25:28.559 --> 00:25:28.839
 it.

00:25:31.000 --> 00:25:31.639
 Patience

00:25:31.639 --> 00:25:32.199
 says I

00:25:32.199 --> 00:25:32.679
 don't care

00:25:32.679 --> 00:25:33.220
 why

00:25:33.220 --> 00:25:34.179
 they got

00:25:34.179 --> 00:25:34.359
 there.

00:25:34.839 --> 00:25:37.220
 as God

00:25:37.220 --> 00:25:38.019
 looks at

00:25:38.019 --> 00:25:38.399
 us

00:25:38.399 --> 00:25:40.299
 full of

00:25:40.299 --> 00:25:40.899
 compassion

00:25:40.899 --> 00:25:41.679
 and slow

00:25:41.679 --> 00:25:42.220
 to anger

00:25:42.220 --> 00:25:44.299
 he knows

00:25:44.299 --> 00:25:44.939
 we're sinful.

00:25:45.439 --> 00:25:46.039
 He looks

00:25:46.039 --> 00:25:46.419
 at us

00:25:46.419 --> 00:25:46.899
 with pity.

00:25:47.059 --> 00:25:47.399
 He looks

00:25:47.399 --> 00:25:47.759
 at us

00:25:47.759 --> 00:25:48.299
 as people

00:25:48.299 --> 00:25:49.379
 who fall

00:25:49.379 --> 00:25:50.119
 and struggle

00:25:50.119 --> 00:25:51.859
 and lose

00:25:51.859 --> 00:25:52.139
 it.

00:25:53.740 --> 00:25:54.480
 But his

00:25:54.480 --> 00:25:55.159
 patience

00:25:55.159 --> 00:25:57.439
 bears

00:25:57.439 --> 00:25:59.459
 with us

00:25:59.459 --> 00:26:00.159
 in our

00:26:00.159 --> 00:26:00.399
 sin.

00:26:00.400 --> 00:26:01.019
 God

00:26:01.019 --> 00:26:04.820
 has

00:26:04.820 --> 00:26:05.400
 purposes.

00:26:05.400 --> 00:26:06.900
 He has

00:26:06.900 --> 00:26:07.480
 specific

00:26:07.480 --> 00:26:08.000
 purposes

00:26:08.000 --> 00:26:08.360
 with

00:26:08.360 --> 00:26:08.740
 Christ

00:26:08.740 --> 00:26:09.220
 church.

00:26:09.860 --> 00:26:10.480
 God

00:26:10.480 --> 00:26:10.740
 is a

00:26:10.740 --> 00:26:11.000
 plan

00:26:11.000 --> 00:26:11.420
 for our

00:26:11.420 --> 00:26:11.820
 existence

00:26:11.820 --> 00:26:12.300
 as a

00:26:12.300 --> 00:26:12.620
 church

00:26:12.620 --> 00:26:13.240
 and

00:26:13.240 --> 00:26:13.660
 Jesus

00:26:13.660 --> 00:26:14.880
 is our

00:26:14.880 --> 00:26:15.140
 head.

00:26:16.640 --> 00:26:17.440
 He has

00:26:17.440 --> 00:26:17.840
 purposes

00:26:17.840 --> 00:26:18.320
 we have

00:26:18.320 --> 00:26:18.740
 yet to

00:26:18.740 --> 00:26:19.000
 see.

00:26:19.240 --> 00:26:19.540
 We don't

00:26:19.540 --> 00:26:20.180
 even know.

00:26:20.660 --> 00:26:21.080
 We don't

00:26:21.080 --> 00:26:21.700
 even know

00:26:21.700 --> 00:26:22.880
 yet the

00:26:22.880 --> 00:26:23.320
 things that

00:26:23.320 --> 00:26:23.640
 he wants

00:26:23.640 --> 00:26:24.120
 to do.

00:26:24.519 --> 00:26:25.040
 We're to

00:26:25.040 --> 00:26:25.580
 proclaim the

00:26:25.580 --> 00:26:26.120
 good news

00:26:26.119 --> 00:26:26.519
 and bring

00:26:26.519 --> 00:26:27.099
 glory to

00:26:27.099 --> 00:26:27.419
 God.

00:26:29.000 --> 00:26:29.479
 Similarities

00:26:29.479 --> 00:26:30.359
 between our

00:26:30.359 --> 00:26:30.959
 work and

00:26:30.959 --> 00:26:31.559
 Ezekiel's

00:26:31.559 --> 00:26:31.759
 work.

00:26:31.859 --> 00:26:32.159
 There's a

00:26:32.159 --> 00:26:33.599
 few things

00:26:33.599 --> 00:26:33.839
 that are

00:26:33.839 --> 00:26:34.079
 somewhat

00:26:34.079 --> 00:26:34.459
 similar.

00:26:35.679 --> 00:26:36.079
 So just

00:26:36.079 --> 00:26:36.459
 to illustrate

00:26:36.459 --> 00:26:36.879
 that I

00:26:36.879 --> 00:26:37.119
 want us

00:26:37.119 --> 00:26:37.319
 all to

00:26:37.319 --> 00:26:37.679
 get down

00:26:37.679 --> 00:26:37.919
 and lay

00:26:37.919 --> 00:26:38.179
 on our

00:26:38.179 --> 00:26:38.579
 sides.

00:26:39.579 --> 00:26:42.139
 But there

00:26:42.139 --> 00:26:42.479
 are some

00:26:42.479 --> 00:26:43.000
 similarities

00:26:43.000 --> 00:26:43.739
 between the

00:26:43.739 --> 00:26:43.939
 two.

00:26:45.019 --> 00:26:45.619
 Number one

00:26:45.619 --> 00:26:46.339
 is there

00:26:46.339 --> 00:26:47.039
 are people

00:26:47.039 --> 00:26:47.859
 heading to

00:26:47.859 --> 00:26:48.419
 a certain

00:26:48.419 --> 00:26:48.939
 death.

00:26:49.939 --> 00:26:50.679
 There are

00:26:50.679 --> 00:26:51.459
 people all

00:26:51.459 --> 00:26:52.279
 around us

00:26:52.279 --> 00:26:53.359
 that are

00:26:53.359 --> 00:26:54.399
 heading to

00:26:54.399 --> 00:26:55.079
 a certain

00:26:55.079 --> 00:26:55.879
 death.

00:26:56.119 --> 00:26:57.019
 It's not

00:26:57.019 --> 00:26:57.519
 a matter

00:26:57.519 --> 00:26:58.819
 of is it

00:26:58.819 --> 00:26:59.239
 going to

00:26:59.239 --> 00:26:59.519
 happen.

00:26:59.639 --> 00:26:59.939
 It's not

00:26:59.939 --> 00:27:00.339
 a matter

00:27:00.339 --> 00:27:02.459
 of well

00:27:02.459 --> 00:27:04.519
 maybe they'll

00:27:04.519 --> 00:27:05.099
 somehow get

00:27:05.099 --> 00:27:05.459
 off that

00:27:05.459 --> 00:27:05.799
 road or

00:27:05.799 --> 00:27:05.979
 whatever.

00:27:06.339 --> 00:27:06.919
 They are

00:27:06.919 --> 00:27:07.759
 heading that

00:27:07.759 --> 00:27:08.139
 way.

00:27:08.799 --> 00:27:09.479
 And we

00:27:09.479 --> 00:27:09.799
 have a

00:27:09.799 --> 00:27:10.259
 message.

00:27:11.079 --> 00:27:11.939
 We have a

00:27:11.939 --> 00:27:12.559
 message that

00:27:12.559 --> 00:27:12.979
 says the

00:27:12.979 --> 00:27:13.719
 same thing.

00:27:15.539 --> 00:27:16.259
 If you are

00:27:16.259 --> 00:27:16.799
 apart from

00:27:16.799 --> 00:27:17.299
 God you're

00:27:17.299 --> 00:27:17.719
 heading to

00:27:17.719 --> 00:27:17.959
 certain

00:27:17.959 --> 00:27:18.259
 death.

00:27:19.099 --> 00:27:19.699
 If you

00:27:19.699 --> 00:27:20.039
 don't know

00:27:20.039 --> 00:27:21.359
 Jesus you're

00:27:21.359 --> 00:27:21.739
 heading to

00:27:21.739 --> 00:27:21.979
 certain

00:27:21.979 --> 00:27:22.339
 death.

00:27:22.339 --> 00:27:25.699
 we must

00:27:25.699 --> 00:27:26.240
 be obedient

00:27:26.240 --> 00:27:26.779
 to God's

00:27:26.779 --> 00:27:27.279
 plan no

00:27:27.279 --> 00:27:27.579
 matter what

00:27:27.579 --> 00:27:27.879
 that looks

00:27:27.879 --> 00:27:28.119
 like.

00:27:29.199 --> 00:27:29.699
 Doesn't

00:27:29.699 --> 00:27:29.919
 matter.

00:27:30.359 --> 00:27:30.720
 Doesn't

00:27:30.720 --> 00:27:31.119
 matter what

00:27:31.119 --> 00:27:31.359
 it looks

00:27:31.359 --> 00:27:31.579
 like.

00:27:32.199 --> 00:27:32.559
 Big,

00:27:32.720 --> 00:27:33.139
 small,

00:27:33.679 --> 00:27:34.179
 this way,

00:27:34.259 --> 00:27:34.779
 that way,

00:27:35.099 --> 00:27:35.419
 doesn't

00:27:35.419 --> 00:27:35.639
 matter.

00:27:38.079 --> 00:27:38.539
 Our

00:27:38.539 --> 00:27:39.119
 message is

00:27:39.119 --> 00:27:40.299
 literally of

00:27:40.299 --> 00:27:40.779
 life and

00:27:40.779 --> 00:27:41.000
 death.

00:27:45.139 --> 00:27:45.599
 So,

00:27:45.899 --> 00:27:47.459
 what about

00:27:47.459 --> 00:27:48.059
 Ezekiel's

00:27:48.059 --> 00:27:48.639
 experience?

00:27:49.859 --> 00:27:51.379
 That is what I

00:27:51.379 --> 00:27:51.799
 want to talk

00:27:51.799 --> 00:27:52.000
 about.

00:27:52.339 --> 00:27:53.980
 What about

00:27:53.980 --> 00:27:54.659
 Ezekiel's

00:27:54.659 --> 00:27:55.899
 experience with

00:27:55.899 --> 00:27:56.619
 his message?

00:27:58.039 --> 00:27:59.019
 It was

00:27:59.019 --> 00:27:59.539
 boring.

00:28:00.059 --> 00:28:00.579
 It was

00:28:00.579 --> 00:28:01.159
 boring.

00:28:01.759 --> 00:28:02.259
 He laid

00:28:02.259 --> 00:28:02.539
 there.

00:28:02.619 --> 00:28:02.879
 He did

00:28:02.879 --> 00:28:03.220
 nothing.

00:28:03.339 --> 00:28:03.579
 It was

00:28:03.579 --> 00:28:04.259
 boring.

00:28:05.699 --> 00:28:05.980
 Wouldn't

00:28:05.980 --> 00:28:06.419
 you agree?

00:28:07.619 --> 00:28:08.359
 There was

00:28:08.359 --> 00:28:10.559
 just, he

00:28:10.559 --> 00:28:11.199
 just laid

00:28:11.199 --> 00:28:11.919
 there for

00:28:11.919 --> 00:28:13.480
 months doing

00:28:13.480 --> 00:28:13.959
 nothing.

00:28:16.779 --> 00:28:17.599
 God

00:28:17.599 --> 00:28:18.379
 chose to

00:28:18.379 --> 00:28:18.879
 use him

00:28:18.879 --> 00:28:19.459
 in this

00:28:19.459 --> 00:28:21.119
 seemingly

00:28:21.119 --> 00:28:21.799
 mundane

00:28:21.799 --> 00:28:22.359
 mundane

00:28:22.359 --> 00:28:23.980
 visual

00:28:23.980 --> 00:28:24.700
 prophecy.

00:28:25.440 --> 00:28:26.200
 That's how

00:28:26.200 --> 00:28:26.879
 God chose

00:28:26.879 --> 00:28:27.379
 to use

00:28:27.379 --> 00:28:28.000
 Ezekiel.

00:28:28.339 --> 00:28:28.799
 Was in

00:28:28.799 --> 00:28:29.960
 this mundane

00:28:29.960 --> 00:28:30.899
 day after

00:28:30.899 --> 00:28:31.379
 day,

00:28:31.659 --> 00:28:32.319
 looking at

00:28:32.319 --> 00:28:33.139
 a pan,

00:28:34.720 --> 00:28:36.980
 trying to

00:28:36.980 --> 00:28:37.299
 cook,

00:28:37.759 --> 00:28:38.279
 maybe,

00:28:40.220 --> 00:28:40.539
 with

00:28:40.539 --> 00:28:41.079
 cowpoo.

00:28:41.079 --> 00:28:43.939
 God's

00:28:43.939 --> 00:28:44.539
 economy is

00:28:44.539 --> 00:28:44.819
 different.

00:28:44.819 --> 00:28:45.819
 God's

00:28:45.819 --> 00:28:46.539
 economy is

00:28:46.539 --> 00:28:47.039
 different than

00:28:47.039 --> 00:28:47.399
 ours.

00:28:47.819 --> 00:28:48.759
 Maybe we

00:28:48.759 --> 00:28:49.339
 wouldn't have

00:28:49.339 --> 00:28:49.939
 put Ezekiel

00:28:49.939 --> 00:28:50.240
 in that

00:28:50.240 --> 00:28:50.519
 spot.

00:28:50.639 --> 00:28:51.019
 Maybe we

00:28:51.019 --> 00:28:51.339
 wouldn't have

00:28:51.339 --> 00:28:51.480
 said,

00:28:51.619 --> 00:28:52.179
 do something

00:28:52.179 --> 00:28:52.980
 so,

00:28:53.359 --> 00:28:55.039
 what seems

00:28:55.039 --> 00:28:58.339
 so weird.

00:28:59.779 --> 00:29:00.759
 We may not

00:29:00.759 --> 00:29:01.099
 have done

00:29:01.099 --> 00:29:01.460
 that, but

00:29:01.460 --> 00:29:02.199
 God's ways

00:29:02.199 --> 00:29:02.859
 are higher

00:29:02.859 --> 00:29:03.500
 than our

00:29:03.500 --> 00:29:03.859
 ways.

00:29:04.119 --> 00:29:04.679
 Here's a

00:29:04.679 --> 00:29:05.240
 truth that I

00:29:05.240 --> 00:29:05.779
 came to

00:29:05.779 --> 00:29:06.819
 on this

00:29:06.819 --> 00:29:07.240
 study,

00:29:07.439 --> 00:29:07.899
 and I

00:29:07.899 --> 00:29:08.259
 think it's

00:29:08.259 --> 00:29:08.859
 very important.

00:29:08.940 --> 00:29:09.619
 God chooses

00:29:09.619 --> 00:29:10.400
 to use

00:29:10.400 --> 00:29:11.759
 our lives

00:29:11.759 --> 00:29:12.440
 in any

00:29:12.440 --> 00:29:13.279
 way he

00:29:13.279 --> 00:29:14.000
 sees fit.

00:29:14.700 --> 00:29:15.759
 It's not

00:29:15.759 --> 00:29:16.440
 always

00:29:16.440 --> 00:29:17.180
 comfortable.

00:29:18.039 --> 00:29:18.980
 It's not

00:29:18.980 --> 00:29:19.859
 what we

00:29:19.859 --> 00:29:20.559
 think.

00:29:20.819 --> 00:29:21.539
 It's not

00:29:21.539 --> 00:29:22.200
 what we

00:29:22.200 --> 00:29:23.019
 would envision,

00:29:23.819 --> 00:29:24.640
 but it's

00:29:24.640 --> 00:29:25.640
 his way.

00:29:25.640 --> 00:29:27.440
 And I

00:29:27.440 --> 00:29:28.660
 think it's

00:29:28.660 --> 00:29:29.280
 far too

00:29:29.280 --> 00:29:29.920
 easy to

00:29:29.920 --> 00:29:30.440
 get our

00:29:30.440 --> 00:29:31.060
 own

00:29:31.060 --> 00:29:32.220
 thinking

00:29:32.220 --> 00:29:33.540
 in that

00:29:33.540 --> 00:29:35.620
 mix and

00:29:35.620 --> 00:29:36.620
 forget that

00:29:36.620 --> 00:29:38.120
 God uses

00:29:38.120 --> 00:29:39.180
 our lives

00:29:39.180 --> 00:29:39.840
 in any

00:29:39.840 --> 00:29:40.820
 way he

00:29:40.820 --> 00:29:41.600
 sees fit.

00:29:42.960 --> 00:29:43.960
 Even if

00:29:43.960 --> 00:29:44.620
 it's mundane,

00:29:45.300 --> 00:29:46.620
 even if

00:29:46.620 --> 00:29:47.520
 it's boring,

00:29:47.980 --> 00:29:48.780
 even if it

00:29:48.780 --> 00:29:49.480
 doesn't make

00:29:49.480 --> 00:29:50.100
 sense,

00:29:51.020 --> 00:29:51.840
 it's his

00:29:51.840 --> 00:29:52.259
 plan.

00:29:53.680 --> 00:29:54.140
 Ezekiel

00:29:54.140 --> 00:29:55.080
 understood that

00:29:55.079 --> 00:29:55.859
 his life

00:29:55.859 --> 00:29:56.379
 belonged to

00:29:56.379 --> 00:29:56.679
 God.

00:29:58.259 --> 00:29:59.099
 He was

00:29:59.099 --> 00:30:00.319
 truly a

00:30:00.319 --> 00:30:00.579
 living

00:30:00.579 --> 00:30:01.399
 sacrifice,

00:30:02.359 --> 00:30:02.740
 this guy.

00:30:03.339 --> 00:30:04.000
 Truly was.

00:30:04.339 --> 00:30:04.879
 Romans 12

00:30:04.879 --> 00:30:05.159
 1,

00:30:05.220 --> 00:30:05.619
 I appeal

00:30:05.619 --> 00:30:05.839
 you,

00:30:06.039 --> 00:30:06.259
 therefore,

00:30:06.439 --> 00:30:06.720
 brothers,

00:30:07.039 --> 00:30:07.359
 by the

00:30:07.359 --> 00:30:07.899
 mercies of

00:30:07.899 --> 00:30:08.099
 God,

00:30:08.159 --> 00:30:08.619
 to present

00:30:08.619 --> 00:30:09.220
 your bodies

00:30:09.220 --> 00:30:09.740
 as a

00:30:09.740 --> 00:30:10.039
 living

00:30:10.039 --> 00:30:10.980
 sacrifice,

00:30:11.460 --> 00:30:12.159
 holy and

00:30:12.159 --> 00:30:12.919
 acceptable to

00:30:12.919 --> 00:30:13.240
 God,

00:30:13.500 --> 00:30:13.899
 which is

00:30:13.899 --> 00:30:14.500
 your spiritual

00:30:14.500 --> 00:30:14.899
 worship.

00:30:15.639 --> 00:30:16.299
 Did Ezekiel

00:30:16.299 --> 00:30:16.939
 do that?

00:30:17.839 --> 00:30:18.879
 100%

00:30:18.879 --> 00:30:19.419
 he did

00:30:19.419 --> 00:30:19.639
 that.

00:30:20.839 --> 00:30:21.599
 No matter

00:30:21.599 --> 00:30:22.059
 what God

00:30:22.059 --> 00:30:22.500
 wanted to

00:30:22.500 --> 00:30:22.720
 do,

00:30:22.819 --> 00:30:23.099
 he was

00:30:23.099 --> 00:30:23.519
 presenting

00:30:23.519 --> 00:30:24.119
 himself

00:30:24.119 --> 00:30:25.559
 soul and

00:30:25.559 --> 00:30:26.059
 body.

00:30:27.339 --> 00:30:27.659
 Ezekiel

00:30:27.659 --> 00:30:28.159
 presented

00:30:28.159 --> 00:30:28.619
 himself

00:30:28.619 --> 00:30:29.519
 soul and

00:30:29.519 --> 00:30:30.759
 body to

00:30:30.759 --> 00:30:31.319
 what God

00:30:31.319 --> 00:30:32.099
 had in

00:30:32.099 --> 00:30:32.500
 mind.

00:30:33.019 --> 00:30:33.319
 He was

00:30:33.319 --> 00:30:34.119
 obedient to

00:30:34.119 --> 00:30:34.839
 whatever God

00:30:34.839 --> 00:30:35.500
 wanted to

00:30:35.500 --> 00:30:35.799
 do.

00:30:36.079 --> 00:30:36.779
 He obeyed

00:30:36.779 --> 00:30:37.539
 all parts

00:30:37.539 --> 00:30:37.899
 of this

00:30:37.899 --> 00:30:38.299
 plan.

00:30:40.500 --> 00:30:41.559
 No quitting

00:30:41.559 --> 00:30:43.439
 or establishing

00:30:43.439 --> 00:30:44.679
 a great start

00:30:44.679 --> 00:30:45.279
 and then

00:30:45.279 --> 00:30:46.539
 falling off.

00:30:47.859 --> 00:30:48.939
 He stuck

00:30:48.939 --> 00:30:50.119
 with this.

00:30:50.119 --> 00:30:52.059
 430 days

00:30:52.059 --> 00:30:53.079
 laid there,

00:30:53.179 --> 00:30:53.719
 did what

00:30:53.719 --> 00:30:54.419
 God had

00:30:54.419 --> 00:30:55.099
 him do

00:30:55.099 --> 00:30:56.659
 and

00:30:56.659 --> 00:30:57.619
 didn't

00:30:57.619 --> 00:30:58.079
 stop.

00:30:59.000 --> 00:30:59.739
 He submitted

00:30:59.739 --> 00:31:00.559
 to the

00:31:00.559 --> 00:31:00.979
 parts

00:31:00.979 --> 00:31:02.639
 of God's

00:31:02.639 --> 00:31:03.159
 will that

00:31:03.159 --> 00:31:03.839
 weren't all

00:31:03.839 --> 00:31:04.459
 that great.

00:31:06.000 --> 00:31:06.859
 Lying in the

00:31:06.859 --> 00:31:07.159
 dirt,

00:31:07.939 --> 00:31:08.979
 not moving,

00:31:09.259 --> 00:31:09.979
 people walking

00:31:09.979 --> 00:31:10.479
 by,

00:31:10.659 --> 00:31:11.279
 looking at

00:31:11.279 --> 00:31:11.479
 him,

00:31:11.639 --> 00:31:12.079
 teasing,

00:31:13.659 --> 00:31:14.899
 snide comments,

00:31:16.059 --> 00:31:16.639
 maybe kicking

00:31:16.640 --> 00:31:17.400
 dust on

00:31:17.400 --> 00:31:17.620
 him.

00:31:18.360 --> 00:31:18.740
 He was,

00:31:19.000 --> 00:31:20.060
 after all,

00:31:20.120 --> 00:31:20.620
 giving them

00:31:20.620 --> 00:31:21.220
 a message

00:31:21.220 --> 00:31:22.580
 of impending

00:31:22.580 --> 00:31:23.660
 death and

00:31:23.660 --> 00:31:23.960
 doom.

00:31:25.220 --> 00:31:25.600
 You think

00:31:25.600 --> 00:31:26.000
 they liked

00:31:26.000 --> 00:31:26.180
 that?

00:31:26.720 --> 00:31:27.340
 I don't

00:31:27.340 --> 00:31:27.700
 think they

00:31:27.700 --> 00:31:27.940
 did.

00:31:28.580 --> 00:31:29.060
 And they

00:31:29.060 --> 00:31:29.580
 probably took

00:31:29.580 --> 00:31:30.060
 it out on

00:31:30.060 --> 00:31:30.200
 him.

00:31:32.259 --> 00:31:33.360
 Long days,

00:31:33.480 --> 00:31:33.740
 horrible

00:31:33.740 --> 00:31:34.220
 treatment,

00:31:34.420 --> 00:31:34.759
 difficult

00:31:34.759 --> 00:31:35.600
 circumstances,

00:31:36.220 --> 00:31:37.180
 great pain.

00:31:37.180 --> 00:31:37.779
 If you

00:31:37.779 --> 00:31:38.360
 continue to

00:31:38.360 --> 00:31:39.039
 read on

00:31:39.039 --> 00:31:41.080
 in Ezekiel,

00:31:41.140 --> 00:31:41.580
 you'll see

00:31:41.580 --> 00:31:41.960
 some of

00:31:41.960 --> 00:31:42.560
 the pain

00:31:42.560 --> 00:31:43.980
 that God

00:31:43.980 --> 00:31:44.960
 put Ezekiel

00:31:44.960 --> 00:31:45.299
 through,

00:31:45.920 --> 00:31:47.259
 just to

00:31:47.259 --> 00:31:47.880
 get his

00:31:47.880 --> 00:31:48.840
 message out.

00:31:49.360 --> 00:31:50.120
 One of

00:31:50.120 --> 00:31:50.440
 which,

00:31:50.820 --> 00:31:51.400
 his wife

00:31:51.400 --> 00:31:52.080
 died.

00:31:53.460 --> 00:31:54.380
 And he

00:31:54.380 --> 00:31:55.019
 wasn't even

00:31:55.019 --> 00:31:55.580
 to grieve.

00:31:57.060 --> 00:31:57.880
 This was

00:31:57.880 --> 00:31:58.340
 to get

00:31:58.340 --> 00:31:59.120
 his message,

00:31:59.259 --> 00:31:59.560
 God's

00:31:59.560 --> 00:31:59.880
 message,

00:31:59.980 --> 00:32:00.340
 out.

00:32:01.500 --> 00:32:02.240
 And Ezekiel

00:32:02.240 --> 00:32:03.480
 followed and

00:32:03.480 --> 00:32:04.000
 participated.

00:32:04.980 --> 00:32:05.519
 And Ezekiel

00:32:05.519 --> 00:32:06.360
 was effective.

00:32:07.180 --> 00:32:07.560
 He was

00:32:07.560 --> 00:32:07.960
 effective.

00:32:08.160 --> 00:32:08.759
 His work

00:32:08.759 --> 00:32:09.400
 and message

00:32:09.400 --> 00:32:10.080
 was shocking.

00:32:10.860 --> 00:32:11.279
 It had

00:32:11.279 --> 00:32:11.840
 impact.

00:32:12.720 --> 00:32:13.080
 You don't

00:32:13.080 --> 00:32:13.759
 see a person

00:32:13.759 --> 00:32:14.259
 do this

00:32:14.259 --> 00:32:14.860
 very much.

00:32:15.799 --> 00:32:16.299
 Personally,

00:32:16.380 --> 00:32:16.680
 I've never

00:32:16.680 --> 00:32:17.220
 seen a person

00:32:17.220 --> 00:32:17.720
 do that.

00:32:18.080 --> 00:32:18.279
 I don't know

00:32:18.279 --> 00:32:18.560
 if you guys

00:32:18.560 --> 00:32:18.759
 have,

00:32:18.840 --> 00:32:19.000
 maybe.

00:32:20.500 --> 00:32:21.160
 It was

00:32:21.160 --> 00:32:21.500
 shocking.

00:32:21.900 --> 00:32:22.380
 The message

00:32:22.380 --> 00:32:22.900
 was given.

00:32:23.000 --> 00:32:23.180
 It was

00:32:23.180 --> 00:32:23.759
 successful,

00:32:24.140 --> 00:32:24.900
 regardless of

00:32:24.900 --> 00:32:25.440
 what the Jews

00:32:25.440 --> 00:32:25.860
 did.

00:32:26.080 --> 00:32:26.420
 It was

00:32:26.420 --> 00:32:26.920
 successful

00:32:26.920 --> 00:32:27.660
 because God

00:32:27.660 --> 00:32:28.000
 said,

00:32:28.360 --> 00:32:28.860
 I want

00:32:28.860 --> 00:32:29.799
 this message

00:32:29.799 --> 00:32:30.220
 to go

00:32:30.220 --> 00:32:30.519
 out.

00:32:31.039 --> 00:32:31.740
 The message

00:32:31.740 --> 00:32:32.500
 went out.

00:32:32.900 --> 00:32:33.240
 It was

00:32:33.240 --> 00:32:33.700
 successful.

00:32:35.519 --> 00:32:36.180
 He was

00:32:36.180 --> 00:32:36.560
 obedient.

00:32:36.559 --> 00:32:37.399
 He did

00:32:37.399 --> 00:32:37.819
 his best

00:32:37.819 --> 00:32:38.139
 to be

00:32:38.139 --> 00:32:38.440
 thorough

00:32:38.440 --> 00:32:39.159
 and complete

00:32:39.159 --> 00:32:39.759
 in the

00:32:39.759 --> 00:32:40.339
 demonstration,

00:32:40.539 --> 00:32:40.700
 putting

00:32:40.700 --> 00:32:41.220
 everything

00:32:41.220 --> 00:32:41.759
 together

00:32:41.759 --> 00:32:42.179
 the right

00:32:42.179 --> 00:32:42.559
 way,

00:32:42.779 --> 00:32:43.440
 and then

00:32:43.440 --> 00:32:43.859
 submitting

00:32:43.859 --> 00:32:44.379
 himself

00:32:44.379 --> 00:32:45.319
 to what

00:32:45.319 --> 00:32:45.740
 God's

00:32:45.740 --> 00:32:46.000
 plan

00:32:46.000 --> 00:32:46.480
 was

00:32:46.480 --> 00:32:47.679
 in the

00:32:47.679 --> 00:32:47.919
 message.

00:32:51.220 --> 00:32:51.980
 That was

00:32:51.980 --> 00:32:52.559
 Ezekiel's

00:32:52.559 --> 00:32:53.179
 experience.

00:32:54.079 --> 00:32:54.359
 Now let's

00:32:54.359 --> 00:32:54.740
 talk about

00:32:54.740 --> 00:32:55.200
 our experience.

00:32:57.359 --> 00:32:58.099
 First thing

00:32:58.099 --> 00:32:58.279
 I want to

00:32:58.279 --> 00:32:58.679
 talk about

00:32:58.679 --> 00:32:59.000
 is the

00:32:59.000 --> 00:32:59.500
 idea of

00:32:59.500 --> 00:32:59.919
 mundane,

00:33:00.879 --> 00:33:01.159
 this

00:33:01.159 --> 00:33:01.899
 concept

00:33:01.900 --> 00:33:03.780
 mundane.

00:33:05.640 --> 00:33:06.500
 So mundane

00:33:06.500 --> 00:33:07.180
 basically,

00:33:07.519 --> 00:33:07.880
 I looked

00:33:07.880 --> 00:33:08.240
 up some

00:33:08.240 --> 00:33:09.160
 synonyms

00:33:09.160 --> 00:33:10.500
 in the

00:33:10.500 --> 00:33:11.040
 thesaurus.

00:33:11.640 --> 00:33:12.519
 So mundane,

00:33:12.700 --> 00:33:13.180
 ordinary,

00:33:13.420 --> 00:33:13.740
 boring,

00:33:13.920 --> 00:33:14.340
 everyday,

00:33:14.519 --> 00:33:14.940
 humdrum,

00:33:15.140 --> 00:33:15.480
 normal,

00:33:15.640 --> 00:33:16.040
 routine,

00:33:16.420 --> 00:33:16.740
 common.

00:33:17.560 --> 00:33:17.960
 These are

00:33:17.960 --> 00:33:18.300
 all kind

00:33:18.300 --> 00:33:18.560
 of the

00:33:18.560 --> 00:33:20.000
 same ideas

00:33:20.000 --> 00:33:21.060
 of what

00:33:21.060 --> 00:33:21.400
 we might

00:33:21.400 --> 00:33:21.740
 call

00:33:21.740 --> 00:33:22.480
 mundane.

00:33:24.759 --> 00:33:25.340
 I'm

00:33:25.340 --> 00:33:26.040
 often asked

00:33:26.040 --> 00:33:26.880
 what was,

00:33:27.560 --> 00:33:28.060
 I was on

00:33:28.060 --> 00:33:28.759
 nuclear submarine,

00:33:28.759 --> 00:33:30.140
 and I'm

00:33:30.140 --> 00:33:30.740
 often asked

00:33:30.740 --> 00:33:31.160
 what was

00:33:31.160 --> 00:33:31.640
 the longest

00:33:31.640 --> 00:33:32.099
 time you

00:33:32.099 --> 00:33:32.480
 ever went

00:33:32.480 --> 00:33:33.599
 out without

00:33:33.599 --> 00:33:34.579
 coming back

00:33:34.579 --> 00:33:34.779
 up.

00:33:35.660 --> 00:33:36.180
 And the

00:33:36.180 --> 00:33:36.859
 longest time,

00:33:37.039 --> 00:33:37.759
 so going

00:33:37.759 --> 00:33:38.460
 down and

00:33:38.460 --> 00:33:38.940
 then the

00:33:38.940 --> 00:33:39.299
 span of

00:33:39.299 --> 00:33:39.559
 time and

00:33:39.559 --> 00:33:39.980
 coming up

00:33:39.980 --> 00:33:40.660
 was 60

00:33:40.660 --> 00:33:41.759
 days for

00:33:41.759 --> 00:33:41.940
 me.

00:33:42.700 --> 00:33:43.279
 Now that

00:33:43.279 --> 00:33:43.879
 was in

00:33:43.879 --> 00:33:44.400
 the midst

00:33:44.400 --> 00:33:46.039
 of a

00:33:46.039 --> 00:33:47.420
 180-day

00:33:47.420 --> 00:33:48.000
 deployment

00:33:48.000 --> 00:33:48.579
 where we

00:33:48.579 --> 00:33:50.039
 spent 140

00:33:50.039 --> 00:33:51.059
 of those

00:33:51.059 --> 00:33:51.379
 days

00:33:51.379 --> 00:33:51.960
 underwater.

00:33:53.019 --> 00:33:53.640
 140

00:33:53.640 --> 00:33:54.500
 days in

00:33:54.500 --> 00:33:55.059
 six months

00:33:55.059 --> 00:33:55.740
 underwater.

00:33:57.259 --> 00:33:58.079
 It's not

00:33:58.079 --> 00:33:58.879
 430,

00:33:59.039 --> 00:34:01.619
 but we'll

00:34:01.619 --> 00:34:01.960
 get to

00:34:01.960 --> 00:34:02.379
 Ezekiel

00:34:02.379 --> 00:34:03.179
 numbers maybe

00:34:03.179 --> 00:34:03.480
 someday.

00:34:04.980 --> 00:34:05.939
 So when

00:34:05.939 --> 00:34:06.419
 I'm asked

00:34:06.419 --> 00:34:06.659
 that,

00:34:06.899 --> 00:34:08.059
 people think,

00:34:08.159 --> 00:34:08.319
 oh,

00:34:08.440 --> 00:34:08.679
 you know,

00:34:08.799 --> 00:34:09.099
 that's,

00:34:09.819 --> 00:34:10.319
 I don't

00:34:10.319 --> 00:34:10.559
 think I

00:34:10.559 --> 00:34:10.819
 could do

00:34:10.819 --> 00:34:11.599
 because it's

00:34:11.599 --> 00:34:12.860
 like claustrophobia

00:34:12.860 --> 00:34:13.299
 and things

00:34:13.299 --> 00:34:13.799
 like that,

00:34:13.900 --> 00:34:14.360
 but there's

00:34:14.360 --> 00:34:14.840
 also this

00:34:14.840 --> 00:34:15.619
 element of

00:34:15.619 --> 00:34:16.420
 boredom.

00:34:17.360 --> 00:34:17.900
 Lots

00:34:17.900 --> 00:34:19.159
 of boredom.

00:34:19.619 --> 00:34:20.179
 What do

00:34:20.179 --> 00:34:20.519
 you do

00:34:20.519 --> 00:34:21.099
 underwater

00:34:21.099 --> 00:34:22.099
 for two

00:34:22.099 --> 00:34:22.380
 months

00:34:22.380 --> 00:34:22.779
 straight?

00:34:23.420 --> 00:34:24.059
 What do

00:34:24.059 --> 00:34:24.420
 you do?

00:34:24.779 --> 00:34:25.000
 You know,

00:34:25.779 --> 00:34:26.619
 we would

00:34:26.619 --> 00:34:27.299
 play games.

00:34:27.300 --> 00:34:28.300
 We actually

00:34:28.300 --> 00:34:28.800
 worked,

00:34:28.800 --> 00:34:29.160
 we worked

00:34:29.160 --> 00:34:29.820
 18-hour

00:34:29.820 --> 00:34:30.500
 days is

00:34:30.500 --> 00:34:30.820
 what it

00:34:30.820 --> 00:34:31.100
 turned

00:34:31.100 --> 00:34:31.360
 into.

00:34:31.820 --> 00:34:32.400
 Because you

00:34:32.400 --> 00:34:33.140
 can change

00:34:33.140 --> 00:34:33.940
 the 24-hour

00:34:33.940 --> 00:34:34.720
 cycle because

00:34:34.720 --> 00:34:35.840
 there's no

00:34:35.840 --> 00:34:36.100
 sun,

00:34:36.160 --> 00:34:36.440
 it doesn't

00:34:36.440 --> 00:34:37.060
 matter anymore.

00:34:38.380 --> 00:34:39.080
 So we

00:34:39.080 --> 00:34:39.580
 would work

00:34:39.580 --> 00:34:40.080
 for six

00:34:40.080 --> 00:34:40.580
 hours and

00:34:40.580 --> 00:34:40.780
 you would

00:34:40.780 --> 00:34:41.300
 be off

00:34:41.300 --> 00:34:41.940
 for 12.

00:34:42.519 --> 00:34:42.960
 And so

00:34:42.960 --> 00:34:43.380
 some people

00:34:43.380 --> 00:34:43.640
 they would

00:34:43.640 --> 00:34:44.519
 sleep for

00:34:44.519 --> 00:34:45.120
 every bit

00:34:45.120 --> 00:34:45.700
 of that 12

00:34:45.700 --> 00:34:46.019
 that they

00:34:46.019 --> 00:34:46.360
 could sleep.

00:34:47.560 --> 00:34:48.000
 Others,

00:34:48.160 --> 00:34:48.500
 you know,

00:34:48.539 --> 00:34:48.940
 would ink

00:34:48.940 --> 00:34:49.380
 or we

00:34:49.380 --> 00:34:49.700
 would play

00:34:49.700 --> 00:34:50.380
 cards or

00:34:50.380 --> 00:34:50.680
 we would

00:34:50.680 --> 00:34:51.640
 watch movies.

00:34:51.840 --> 00:34:52.120
 Back in the

00:34:52.120 --> 00:34:52.539
 day we had

00:34:52.539 --> 00:34:52.960
 a cabinet

00:34:52.960 --> 00:34:54.560
 of VHS

00:34:54.560 --> 00:34:55.080
 tapes.

00:34:55.079 --> 00:34:56.079
 We would

00:34:56.079 --> 00:34:57.279
 kind of

00:34:57.279 --> 00:34:58.000
 fight and

00:34:58.000 --> 00:34:58.659
 discuss until

00:34:58.659 --> 00:34:58.920
 we could

00:34:58.920 --> 00:34:59.679
 pick a VHS

00:34:59.679 --> 00:35:00.239
 tape that we

00:35:00.239 --> 00:35:00.860
 all agreed on

00:35:00.860 --> 00:35:01.259
 for that

00:35:01.259 --> 00:35:01.619
 movie,

00:35:01.739 --> 00:35:01.960
 you know.

00:35:02.799 --> 00:35:03.500
 But you

00:35:03.500 --> 00:35:03.819
 know what?

00:35:03.880 --> 00:35:04.360
 It was

00:35:04.360 --> 00:35:05.159
 boring.

00:35:05.960 --> 00:35:06.559
 It was

00:35:06.559 --> 00:35:07.400
 very boring.

00:35:08.539 --> 00:35:09.400
 The only

00:35:09.400 --> 00:35:10.579
 time I got

00:35:10.579 --> 00:35:11.139
 to see out,

00:35:11.219 --> 00:35:11.440
 we were

00:35:11.440 --> 00:35:12.059
 coming close

00:35:12.059 --> 00:35:12.460
 to an

00:35:12.460 --> 00:35:13.480
 island and

00:35:13.480 --> 00:35:13.840
 I looked

00:35:13.840 --> 00:35:14.179
 through the

00:35:14.179 --> 00:35:15.360
 periscope and

00:35:15.360 --> 00:35:16.340
 I saw land

00:35:16.340 --> 00:35:16.940
 with palm

00:35:16.940 --> 00:35:18.039
 trees for

00:35:18.039 --> 00:35:18.659
 about five

00:35:18.659 --> 00:35:19.019
 seconds.

00:35:19.139 --> 00:35:19.360
 It was

00:35:19.360 --> 00:35:19.880
 awesome.

00:35:20.480 --> 00:35:21.059
 In 60

00:35:21.059 --> 00:35:21.500
 days.

00:35:21.500 --> 00:35:24.780
 Well,

00:35:24.980 --> 00:35:25.659
 we've all

00:35:25.659 --> 00:35:27.099
 lived parts

00:35:27.099 --> 00:35:27.619
 of life

00:35:27.619 --> 00:35:28.019
 that are

00:35:28.019 --> 00:35:29.619
 ordinary and

00:35:29.619 --> 00:35:30.000
 what we

00:35:30.000 --> 00:35:30.420
 might call

00:35:30.420 --> 00:35:31.159
 boring or

00:35:31.159 --> 00:35:32.119
 common or

00:35:32.119 --> 00:35:33.000
 things like

00:35:33.000 --> 00:35:33.280
 that.

00:35:33.360 --> 00:35:33.920
 We've all

00:35:33.920 --> 00:35:34.500
 experienced

00:35:34.500 --> 00:35:35.739
 this in

00:35:35.739 --> 00:35:36.199
 one way

00:35:36.199 --> 00:35:36.760
 or another.

00:35:40.360 --> 00:35:41.039
 Does anyone

00:35:41.039 --> 00:35:42.519
 remember the

00:35:42.519 --> 00:35:42.900
 commercial

00:35:42.900 --> 00:35:43.579
 time to

00:35:43.579 --> 00:35:44.000
 make the

00:35:44.000 --> 00:35:44.460
 donuts?

00:35:45.619 --> 00:35:46.280
 Any of you

00:35:46.280 --> 00:35:46.679
 guys remember

00:35:46.679 --> 00:35:46.860
 that?

00:35:46.940 --> 00:35:47.239
 It might have

00:35:47.239 --> 00:35:47.659
 been Duncan.

00:35:48.159 --> 00:35:50.099
 This probably

00:35:50.099 --> 00:35:50.780
 was early

00:35:50.780 --> 00:35:51.320
 80s,

00:35:51.380 --> 00:35:52.240
 late 70s.

00:35:52.760 --> 00:35:53.320
 But this

00:35:53.320 --> 00:35:53.960
 guy, he

00:35:53.960 --> 00:35:55.100
 was like

00:35:55.100 --> 00:35:55.860
 dredging in

00:35:55.860 --> 00:35:56.920
 early in the

00:35:56.920 --> 00:35:57.240
 morning.

00:35:57.380 --> 00:35:57.660
 It's still

00:35:57.660 --> 00:35:58.040
 dark and

00:35:58.040 --> 00:35:58.360
 everything.

00:35:58.820 --> 00:35:59.200
 He's like

00:35:59.200 --> 00:35:59.660
 going in

00:35:59.660 --> 00:36:00.019
 time.

00:36:01.460 --> 00:36:02.100
 It's like

00:36:02.100 --> 00:36:02.840
 how boring.

00:36:02.960 --> 00:36:03.340
 He seems

00:36:03.340 --> 00:36:03.860
 bored.

00:36:04.040 --> 00:36:05.980
 That was

00:36:05.980 --> 00:36:06.220
 the first

00:36:06.220 --> 00:36:06.440
 thing I

00:36:06.440 --> 00:36:06.740
 thought about.

00:36:07.280 --> 00:36:07.760
 That's

00:36:07.760 --> 00:36:08.040
 because I'm

00:36:08.040 --> 00:36:08.380
 a child

00:36:08.380 --> 00:36:09.060
 of the

00:36:09.060 --> 00:36:09.460
 80s.

00:36:12.460 --> 00:36:13.780
 But anyway,

00:36:14.600 --> 00:36:15.660
 every moment

00:36:15.660 --> 00:36:16.100
 of every

00:36:16.100 --> 00:36:17.040
 day is

00:36:17.040 --> 00:36:17.860
 not a

00:36:17.860 --> 00:36:18.460
 ball of

00:36:18.460 --> 00:36:19.340
 firecrackers

00:36:19.340 --> 00:36:19.920
 and excitement.

00:36:20.780 --> 00:36:21.140
 That's not

00:36:21.140 --> 00:36:21.440
 how we

00:36:21.440 --> 00:36:21.840
 live.

00:36:22.019 --> 00:36:22.960
 I think

00:36:22.960 --> 00:36:23.180
 we would

00:36:23.180 --> 00:36:23.780
 go crazy

00:36:23.780 --> 00:36:24.519
 if every

00:36:24.519 --> 00:36:25.060
 day was

00:36:25.060 --> 00:36:25.660
 just full

00:36:25.660 --> 00:36:26.140
 of excitement

00:36:26.140 --> 00:36:26.800
 nonstop

00:36:26.800 --> 00:36:27.460
 all the

00:36:27.460 --> 00:36:27.880
 time.

00:36:28.880 --> 00:36:29.740
 But there

00:36:29.740 --> 00:36:30.580
 are important

00:36:30.580 --> 00:36:32.160
 realities to

00:36:32.160 --> 00:36:32.600
 the work

00:36:32.600 --> 00:36:33.180
 that God

00:36:33.180 --> 00:36:33.760
 has given

00:36:33.760 --> 00:36:34.800
 us specifically.

00:36:35.400 --> 00:36:36.060
 There's

00:36:36.060 --> 00:36:36.400
 important

00:36:36.400 --> 00:36:37.440
 realities here

00:36:37.440 --> 00:36:39.680
 that God

00:36:39.680 --> 00:36:40.700
 has given

00:36:40.700 --> 00:36:41.780
 us specifically.

00:36:42.380 --> 00:36:43.340
 And Ezekiel's

00:36:43.340 --> 00:36:44.080
 work was

00:36:44.080 --> 00:36:46.140
 truly mundane.

00:36:46.840 --> 00:36:47.560
 I think

00:36:47.560 --> 00:36:47.900
 maybe you

00:36:47.900 --> 00:36:48.140
 would agree

00:36:48.140 --> 00:36:48.600
 with me on

00:36:48.600 --> 00:36:48.720
 that.

00:36:48.719 --> 00:36:49.480
 It was

00:36:49.480 --> 00:36:50.000
 truly

00:36:50.000 --> 00:36:50.759
 mundane.

00:36:51.339 --> 00:36:52.159
 So is

00:36:52.159 --> 00:36:52.839
 there anything

00:36:52.839 --> 00:36:53.579
 that we

00:36:53.579 --> 00:36:54.000
 would have

00:36:54.000 --> 00:36:54.559
 to complain

00:36:54.559 --> 00:36:54.899
 about?

00:36:55.799 --> 00:36:56.779
 Whatever God

00:36:56.779 --> 00:36:57.259
 gives us,

00:36:57.319 --> 00:36:57.579
 we're not

00:36:57.579 --> 00:36:58.159
 laying down

00:36:58.159 --> 00:36:58.799
 strapped to

00:36:58.799 --> 00:36:59.500
 the ground

00:36:59.500 --> 00:37:01.659
 and eating

00:37:01.659 --> 00:37:02.159
 the way he

00:37:02.159 --> 00:37:02.419
 ate.

00:37:02.819 --> 00:37:03.159
 We're not

00:37:03.159 --> 00:37:03.699
 doing that.

00:37:04.119 --> 00:37:04.500
 He may

00:37:04.500 --> 00:37:04.899
 call us

00:37:04.899 --> 00:37:05.159
 to the

00:37:05.159 --> 00:37:05.299
 earth,

00:37:06.219 --> 00:37:06.819
 but thus

00:37:06.819 --> 00:37:07.619
 far he

00:37:07.619 --> 00:37:07.980
 has not.

00:37:10.179 --> 00:37:11.159
 All work

00:37:11.159 --> 00:37:11.859
 given to

00:37:11.859 --> 00:37:12.599
 us by God

00:37:12.599 --> 00:37:13.359
 is significant

00:37:13.359 --> 00:37:13.859
 work.

00:37:14.859 --> 00:37:15.279
 Every bit

00:37:15.280 --> 00:37:18.480
 Christ

00:37:18.480 --> 00:37:19.519
 church is

00:37:19.519 --> 00:37:20.180
 work that

00:37:20.180 --> 00:37:20.740
 God has

00:37:20.740 --> 00:37:21.320
 given to

00:37:21.320 --> 00:37:21.780
 us.

00:37:23.460 --> 00:37:24.019
 Us.

00:37:24.640 --> 00:37:25.080
 This is

00:37:25.080 --> 00:37:25.540
 our

00:37:25.540 --> 00:37:26.040
 work.

00:37:30.380 --> 00:37:30.980
 I

00:37:30.980 --> 00:37:32.000
 thought of

00:37:32.000 --> 00:37:32.220
 this

00:37:32.220 --> 00:37:32.900
 illustration

00:37:32.900 --> 00:37:33.740
 that I

00:37:33.740 --> 00:37:34.000
 want to

00:37:34.000 --> 00:37:34.300
 share.

00:37:35.980 --> 00:37:36.980
 Picture a

00:37:36.980 --> 00:37:37.740
 gold bar

00:37:37.740 --> 00:37:39.760
 like a,

00:37:40.180 --> 00:37:40.519
 you know how

00:37:40.519 --> 00:37:40.900
 you see

00:37:40.900 --> 00:37:41.460
 the, like a

00:37:41.460 --> 00:37:42.000
 gold bar,

00:37:42.100 --> 00:37:42.300
 you know,

00:37:42.380 --> 00:37:43.720
 it's all

00:37:43.720 --> 00:37:44.200
 put together

00:37:44.199 --> 00:37:44.500
 and everything.

00:37:45.179 --> 00:37:45.679
 And it's

00:37:45.679 --> 00:37:46.739
 nice, it's

00:37:46.739 --> 00:37:48.079
 complete, it's

00:37:48.079 --> 00:37:48.719
 big, you

00:37:48.719 --> 00:37:48.980
 know, that

00:37:48.980 --> 00:37:49.179
 kind of

00:37:49.179 --> 00:37:49.339
 thing.

00:37:50.000 --> 00:37:50.480
 Imagine

00:37:50.480 --> 00:37:52.039
 slicing off

00:37:52.039 --> 00:37:52.539
 just a

00:37:52.539 --> 00:37:52.899
 little bit

00:37:52.899 --> 00:37:53.179
 of that

00:37:53.179 --> 00:37:53.719
 or breaking

00:37:53.719 --> 00:37:54.399
 off just

00:37:54.399 --> 00:37:55.039
 a small

00:37:55.039 --> 00:37:56.419
 piece of

00:37:56.419 --> 00:37:57.359
 that gold

00:37:57.359 --> 00:37:57.719
 bar.

00:37:58.199 --> 00:37:58.579
 And now

00:37:58.579 --> 00:37:58.899
 on the

00:37:58.899 --> 00:37:59.379
 table I've

00:37:59.379 --> 00:38:00.539
 got the

00:38:00.539 --> 00:38:01.639
 main piece

00:38:01.639 --> 00:38:01.879
 and I've

00:38:01.879 --> 00:38:02.239
 got just

00:38:02.239 --> 00:38:02.739
 a little

00:38:02.739 --> 00:38:03.819
 piece over

00:38:03.819 --> 00:38:04.159
 here.

00:38:08.179 --> 00:38:08.919
 When I

00:38:08.919 --> 00:38:09.779
 take that

00:38:09.779 --> 00:38:11.139
 gold, that

00:38:11.139 --> 00:38:12.199
 small piece,

00:38:12.279 --> 00:38:12.839
 when I take

00:38:12.839 --> 00:38:13.699
 that gold off

00:38:13.699 --> 00:38:14.019
 of the

00:38:14.019 --> 00:38:14.559
 big bar,

00:38:15.159 --> 00:38:16.559
 does it

00:38:16.559 --> 00:38:17.419
 change in

00:38:17.419 --> 00:38:17.819
 property?

00:38:18.980 --> 00:38:19.659
 It's still

00:38:19.659 --> 00:38:20.419
 gold, isn't

00:38:20.419 --> 00:38:20.619
 it?

00:38:21.279 --> 00:38:22.019
 It doesn't

00:38:22.019 --> 00:38:22.980
 become

00:38:22.980 --> 00:38:23.799
 something else.

00:38:24.219 --> 00:38:24.579
 It's not

00:38:24.579 --> 00:38:25.000
 like gold

00:38:25.000 --> 00:38:25.480
 plated

00:38:25.480 --> 00:38:25.899
 something.

00:38:26.939 --> 00:38:27.460
 It's still

00:38:27.460 --> 00:38:27.839
 gold.

00:38:28.099 --> 00:38:28.480
 That's the

00:38:28.480 --> 00:38:28.819
 property.

00:38:29.079 --> 00:38:29.419
 Is it

00:38:29.419 --> 00:38:30.039
 worth the

00:38:30.039 --> 00:38:30.659
 same amount?

00:38:31.500 --> 00:38:32.179
 If I were

00:38:32.179 --> 00:38:33.699
 to measure

00:38:33.699 --> 00:38:34.279
 it out and

00:38:34.279 --> 00:38:34.899
 get worth

00:38:34.899 --> 00:38:35.539
 in ounces,

00:38:35.799 --> 00:38:36.159
 I would

00:38:36.159 --> 00:38:36.879
 measure that

00:38:36.879 --> 00:38:37.719
 and I

00:38:37.719 --> 00:38:38.279
 can weigh

00:38:38.279 --> 00:38:38.819
 and it

00:38:38.819 --> 00:38:39.119
 would be

00:38:39.119 --> 00:38:41.219
 worth not

00:38:41.219 --> 00:38:41.799
 the same as

00:38:41.799 --> 00:38:42.079
 the big

00:38:42.079 --> 00:38:42.519
 one, but

00:38:42.519 --> 00:38:43.980
 proportionally

00:38:43.980 --> 00:38:44.539
 it would

00:38:44.539 --> 00:38:45.000
 be worth

00:38:45.000 --> 00:38:45.599
 the same

00:38:45.599 --> 00:38:46.579
 because there's

00:38:46.579 --> 00:38:47.059
 a number

00:38:47.059 --> 00:38:48.000
 per ounce.

00:38:48.480 --> 00:38:49.159
 Make sense?

00:38:52.099 --> 00:38:52.900
 I think

00:38:52.900 --> 00:38:53.840
 that sometimes

00:38:53.840 --> 00:38:54.719
 we can

00:38:54.719 --> 00:38:55.380
 look at

00:38:55.380 --> 00:38:59.380
 a church

00:38:59.380 --> 00:39:01.619
 plant

00:39:01.619 --> 00:39:03.179
 that comes

00:39:03.179 --> 00:39:04.099
 off of

00:39:04.099 --> 00:39:05.539
 a large

00:39:05.539 --> 00:39:06.159
 church

00:39:06.159 --> 00:39:08.500
 not as

00:39:08.500 --> 00:39:09.339
 another

00:39:09.339 --> 00:39:10.159
 piece of

00:39:10.159 --> 00:39:10.519
 gold

00:39:10.519 --> 00:39:11.859
 but as

00:39:11.859 --> 00:39:12.219
 something

00:39:12.219 --> 00:39:12.739
 less,

00:39:13.799 --> 00:39:14.799
 as something

00:39:14.799 --> 00:39:15.639
 that doesn't

00:39:15.639 --> 00:39:16.219
 have the

00:39:16.219 --> 00:39:17.179
 same value,

00:39:17.879 --> 00:39:18.559
 as something

00:39:18.559 --> 00:39:19.299
 that isn't

00:39:19.299 --> 00:39:19.879
 quite as

00:39:19.879 --> 00:39:20.359
 important,

00:39:20.899 --> 00:39:21.460
 as something

00:39:21.460 --> 00:39:22.079
 that's not

00:39:22.079 --> 00:39:22.779
 quite as

00:39:22.779 --> 00:39:23.379
 significant,

00:39:24.239 --> 00:39:26.399
 but it's

00:39:26.399 --> 00:39:27.119
 still gold.

00:39:28.699 --> 00:39:29.420
 Spiritually,

00:39:29.500 --> 00:39:30.119
 it's still

00:39:30.119 --> 00:39:30.500
 gold.

00:39:30.500 --> 00:39:32.360
 this is

00:39:32.360 --> 00:39:33.119
 his

00:39:33.119 --> 00:39:33.800
 church,

00:39:34.000 --> 00:39:34.460
 isn't it?

00:39:35.420 --> 00:39:36.039
 This is

00:39:36.039 --> 00:39:37.559
 no different.

00:39:38.679 --> 00:39:39.300
 Jesus is

00:39:39.300 --> 00:39:39.780
 the head,

00:39:39.900 --> 00:39:40.320
 we are

00:39:40.320 --> 00:39:40.900
 the body.

00:39:41.260 --> 00:39:41.699
 The work

00:39:41.699 --> 00:39:42.019
 that he

00:39:42.019 --> 00:39:42.519
 gives

00:39:42.519 --> 00:39:43.920
 is spiritual

00:39:43.920 --> 00:39:44.659
 gold

00:39:44.659 --> 00:39:46.000
 because it's

00:39:46.000 --> 00:39:46.420
 of him.

00:39:46.679 --> 00:39:47.139
 It's not

00:39:47.139 --> 00:39:48.059
 a gold-plated

00:39:48.059 --> 00:39:48.519
 something,

00:39:48.699 --> 00:39:49.079
 it's not

00:39:49.079 --> 00:39:49.840
 someday

00:39:49.840 --> 00:39:50.659
 this gold

00:39:50.659 --> 00:39:50.980
 will be

00:39:50.980 --> 00:39:51.280
 worth

00:39:51.280 --> 00:39:51.679
 what this

00:39:51.679 --> 00:39:51.980
 gold,

00:39:52.159 --> 00:39:53.179
 it's now

00:39:53.179 --> 00:39:54.360
 worth

00:39:54.360 --> 00:39:55.320
 the same

00:39:55.320 --> 00:39:55.880
 thing.

00:39:56.679 --> 00:39:57.400
 It's not

00:39:57.400 --> 00:39:57.820
 different,

00:39:58.360 --> 00:39:59.000
 it's not

00:39:59.000 --> 00:39:59.480
 less,

00:40:00.119 --> 00:40:01.260
 it's not

00:40:01.260 --> 00:40:04.159
 a facsimile

00:40:04.159 --> 00:40:04.579
 or something

00:40:04.579 --> 00:40:05.000
 that is

00:40:05.000 --> 00:40:05.659
 going to

00:40:05.659 --> 00:40:06.719
 one day

00:40:06.719 --> 00:40:07.340
 it will be

00:40:07.340 --> 00:40:07.820
 good like

00:40:07.820 --> 00:40:08.139
 this,

00:40:08.260 --> 00:40:08.619
 no,

00:40:08.780 --> 00:40:09.360
 now,

00:40:10.000 --> 00:40:10.420
 it is

00:40:10.420 --> 00:40:11.559
 good like

00:40:11.559 --> 00:40:11.780
 that.

00:40:14.059 --> 00:40:14.920
 We are

00:40:14.920 --> 00:40:15.760
 his bride.

00:40:17.159 --> 00:40:17.639
 Christ's

00:40:17.639 --> 00:40:18.559
 church is

00:40:18.559 --> 00:40:19.719
 his bride.

00:40:23.739 --> 00:40:24.619
 We must

00:40:24.619 --> 00:40:25.239
 serve with

00:40:25.239 --> 00:40:25.860
 excellence

00:40:25.860 --> 00:40:28.380
 because this

00:40:28.380 --> 00:40:28.980
 is gold.

00:40:29.000 --> 00:40:29.119
 gold.

00:40:29.900 --> 00:40:30.559
 His church

00:40:30.559 --> 00:40:31.159
 is gold.

00:40:32.460 --> 00:40:32.900
 We must

00:40:32.900 --> 00:40:33.440
 serve with

00:40:33.440 --> 00:40:33.960
 excellence.

00:40:34.380 --> 00:40:34.760
 Don't cut

00:40:34.760 --> 00:40:35.239
 corners.

00:40:36.199 --> 00:40:36.599
 Put in

00:40:36.599 --> 00:40:37.139
 the effort.

00:40:39.059 --> 00:40:39.619
 Whatever

00:40:39.619 --> 00:40:40.159
 your task

00:40:40.159 --> 00:40:40.519
 is,

00:40:40.940 --> 00:40:41.460
 whatever God

00:40:41.460 --> 00:40:42.059
 has you

00:40:42.059 --> 00:40:42.579
 doing,

00:40:43.239 --> 00:40:43.639
 obviously

00:40:43.639 --> 00:40:44.960
 we have

00:40:44.960 --> 00:40:46.300
 little

00:40:46.300 --> 00:40:47.679
 tasks that

00:40:47.679 --> 00:40:48.219
 if we're

00:40:48.219 --> 00:40:48.900
 not careful

00:40:48.900 --> 00:40:49.360
 it will

00:40:49.360 --> 00:40:49.880
 slip into

00:40:49.880 --> 00:40:50.340
 the mundane.

00:40:51.000 --> 00:40:51.480
 It will

00:40:51.480 --> 00:40:52.019
 slip into

00:40:52.019 --> 00:40:52.679
 a category

00:40:52.679 --> 00:40:53.139
 it does

00:40:53.139 --> 00:40:53.880
 not belong.

00:40:55.360 --> 00:40:55.920
 Everything

00:40:55.920 --> 00:40:56.960
 that God

00:40:56.960 --> 00:40:57.699
 gives us

00:40:57.699 --> 00:40:59.299
 is gold

00:40:59.299 --> 00:41:01.039
 and worth

00:41:01.039 --> 00:41:02.039
 because

00:41:02.039 --> 00:41:03.079
 he is

00:41:03.079 --> 00:41:03.619
 significant

00:41:03.619 --> 00:41:04.759
 and what

00:41:04.759 --> 00:41:05.279
 he gives

00:41:05.279 --> 00:41:05.719
 us

00:41:05.719 --> 00:41:07.159
 is significant.

00:41:07.799 --> 00:41:08.679
 It's his

00:41:08.679 --> 00:41:09.039
 work.

00:41:10.719 --> 00:41:11.799
 Don't skimp.

00:41:12.699 --> 00:41:13.379
 Serve as

00:41:13.379 --> 00:41:14.219
 serving the

00:41:14.219 --> 00:41:14.480
 Lord.

00:41:16.079 --> 00:41:16.980
 Don't look

00:41:16.980 --> 00:41:17.839
 short-sightedly

00:41:17.839 --> 00:41:18.319
 at what you

00:41:18.319 --> 00:41:18.679
 see.

00:41:18.819 --> 00:41:19.179
 Look with

00:41:19.179 --> 00:41:19.759
 spiritual

00:41:19.759 --> 00:41:20.399
 eyes.

00:41:20.400 --> 00:41:24.119
 Yes,

00:41:24.320 --> 00:41:25.440
 there may

00:41:25.440 --> 00:41:25.740
 be a

00:41:25.740 --> 00:41:26.000
 small

00:41:26.000 --> 00:41:26.420
 crowd

00:41:26.420 --> 00:41:28.680
 and it

00:41:28.680 --> 00:41:28.940
 might be

00:41:28.940 --> 00:41:29.539
 smaller on

00:41:29.539 --> 00:41:30.160
 other days

00:41:30.160 --> 00:41:30.820
 when everyone's

00:41:30.820 --> 00:41:31.380
 on vacation.

00:41:32.920 --> 00:41:33.160
 Yes,

00:41:33.260 --> 00:41:33.700
 that might

00:41:33.700 --> 00:41:34.079
 happen.

00:41:35.360 --> 00:41:35.740
 But what

00:41:35.740 --> 00:41:36.300
 we do

00:41:36.300 --> 00:41:37.079
 is still

00:41:37.079 --> 00:41:37.940
 significant.

00:41:39.160 --> 00:41:39.639
 What we

00:41:39.639 --> 00:41:40.240
 do is

00:41:40.240 --> 00:41:40.500
 still

00:41:40.500 --> 00:41:40.780
 significant.

00:41:41.000 --> 00:41:41.539
 There may

00:41:41.539 --> 00:41:42.420
 be five

00:41:42.420 --> 00:41:43.019
 people out

00:41:43.019 --> 00:41:43.260
 there,

00:41:43.500 --> 00:41:43.920
 but that's

00:41:43.920 --> 00:41:45.139
 five lives

00:41:45.139 --> 00:41:46.739
 that God

00:41:46.739 --> 00:41:47.719
 cares about.

00:41:48.519 --> 00:41:49.239
 That's five

00:41:49.239 --> 00:41:50.059
 lives that

00:41:50.059 --> 00:41:52.179
 need the

00:41:52.179 --> 00:41:53.159
 ministry of

00:41:53.159 --> 00:41:53.759
 the body.

00:41:54.920 --> 00:41:55.980
 That's five

00:41:55.980 --> 00:41:56.699
 lives that

00:41:56.699 --> 00:41:58.019
 have the

00:41:58.019 --> 00:41:58.500
 gifts of

00:41:58.500 --> 00:41:59.099
 the Spirit

00:41:59.099 --> 00:41:59.460
 that are

00:41:59.460 --> 00:42:00.059
 there for

00:42:00.059 --> 00:42:00.599
 a purpose

00:42:00.599 --> 00:42:01.139
 because God

00:42:01.139 --> 00:42:01.579
 put them

00:42:01.579 --> 00:42:01.839
 there.

00:42:07.500 --> 00:42:08.339
 We must

00:42:08.339 --> 00:42:09.019
 give ourselves

00:42:09.019 --> 00:42:09.659
 completely.

00:42:10.319 --> 00:42:10.659
 What does

00:42:10.659 --> 00:42:11.019
 he want to

00:42:11.019 --> 00:42:11.319
 do with

00:42:11.319 --> 00:42:11.460
 you?

00:42:12.500 --> 00:42:12.980
 What does

00:42:12.980 --> 00:42:13.279
 he want to

00:42:13.279 --> 00:42:13.559
 do with

00:42:13.559 --> 00:42:13.699
 you?

00:42:15.139 --> 00:42:16.299
 If it

00:42:16.299 --> 00:42:16.859
 seems

00:42:16.859 --> 00:42:17.500
 small,

00:42:17.940 --> 00:42:18.759
 it's not.

00:42:19.420 --> 00:42:20.199
 If it

00:42:20.199 --> 00:42:21.000
 seems mundane,

00:42:21.339 --> 00:42:22.000
 it's not.

00:42:23.859 --> 00:42:24.619
 Are you

00:42:24.619 --> 00:42:25.119
 standing in

00:42:25.119 --> 00:42:25.480
 the way or

00:42:25.480 --> 00:42:25.659
 are you

00:42:25.659 --> 00:42:26.039
 submitted?

00:42:27.559 --> 00:42:28.460
 I wrestle

00:42:28.460 --> 00:42:29.000
 with this

00:42:29.000 --> 00:42:29.799
 at times.

00:42:30.420 --> 00:42:31.000
 I've

00:42:31.000 --> 00:42:31.619
 come up

00:42:31.619 --> 00:42:31.940
 with this

00:42:31.940 --> 00:42:32.319
 sort of

00:42:32.319 --> 00:42:32.879
 thought,

00:42:33.199 --> 00:42:33.420
 and I

00:42:33.420 --> 00:42:33.980
 think I've

00:42:33.980 --> 00:42:34.400
 maybe shared

00:42:34.400 --> 00:42:34.659
 it with a

00:42:34.659 --> 00:42:34.960
 couple of

00:42:34.960 --> 00:42:35.379
 you guys,

00:42:35.699 --> 00:42:36.079
 of giving

00:42:36.079 --> 00:42:36.779
 coins away.

00:42:37.139 --> 00:42:37.400
 Have I

00:42:37.400 --> 00:42:37.699
 shared that

00:42:37.699 --> 00:42:37.960
 before?

00:42:38.099 --> 00:42:38.319
 Did I

00:42:38.319 --> 00:42:38.619
 say it?

00:42:39.179 --> 00:42:40.279
 The idea

00:42:40.279 --> 00:42:41.759
 of when

00:42:41.759 --> 00:42:42.199
 you come

00:42:42.199 --> 00:42:43.079
 together,

00:42:43.359 --> 00:42:44.219
 you give.

00:42:44.219 --> 00:42:45.579
 And it's

00:42:45.579 --> 00:42:45.980
 just like

00:42:45.980 --> 00:42:46.219
 if you

00:42:46.219 --> 00:42:46.439
 had a

00:42:46.439 --> 00:42:46.879
 pocket full

00:42:46.879 --> 00:42:47.319
 of coins,

00:42:47.439 --> 00:42:47.739
 you give

00:42:47.739 --> 00:42:48.139
 them away.

00:42:48.819 --> 00:42:48.959
 You know?

00:42:50.799 --> 00:42:51.480
 The picture

00:42:51.480 --> 00:42:51.899
 is bigger

00:42:51.899 --> 00:42:52.139
 than

00:42:52.139 --> 00:42:52.659
 ourselves.

00:42:53.899 --> 00:42:54.480
 If we

00:42:54.480 --> 00:42:55.059
 relegate our

00:42:55.059 --> 00:42:55.639
 thinking only

00:42:55.639 --> 00:42:55.959
 to what

00:42:55.959 --> 00:42:56.619
 we see,

00:42:57.179 --> 00:42:57.659
 only to

00:42:57.659 --> 00:42:58.019
 what we

00:42:58.019 --> 00:42:58.859
 see here,

00:42:59.859 --> 00:43:00.879
 then there's

00:43:00.879 --> 00:43:01.500
 no faith

00:43:01.500 --> 00:43:02.079
 in our

00:43:02.079 --> 00:43:02.419
 walk.

00:43:03.339 --> 00:43:03.519
 There's

00:43:03.519 --> 00:43:03.959
 no faith.

00:43:09.859 --> 00:43:10.500
 When there's

00:43:10.500 --> 00:43:10.959
 no faith,

00:43:11.000 --> 00:43:11.199
 we'll be

00:43:11.199 --> 00:43:11.739
 disappointed

00:43:11.739 --> 00:43:12.480
 if things

00:43:12.480 --> 00:43:12.899
 don't go

00:43:12.899 --> 00:43:13.399
 our way.

00:43:14.219 --> 00:43:14.639
 And you

00:43:14.639 --> 00:43:14.959
 know what?

00:43:15.000 --> 00:43:15.139
 We'll

00:43:15.139 --> 00:43:15.639
 get bored.

00:43:16.539 --> 00:43:16.859
 And things

00:43:16.859 --> 00:43:17.259
 will become

00:43:17.259 --> 00:43:17.739
 mundane.

00:43:18.519 --> 00:43:19.000
 And they

00:43:19.000 --> 00:43:19.639
 will become

00:43:19.639 --> 00:43:21.639
 just common.

00:43:22.859 --> 00:43:23.439
 Things that

00:43:23.439 --> 00:43:24.159
 are not

00:43:24.159 --> 00:43:24.679
 common

00:43:24.679 --> 00:43:25.859
 will become

00:43:25.859 --> 00:43:26.259
 common.

00:43:28.899 --> 00:43:29.739
 Some causes

00:43:29.739 --> 00:43:30.099
 of the

00:43:30.099 --> 00:43:30.399
 mundane,

00:43:30.639 --> 00:43:31.019
 and here's

00:43:31.019 --> 00:43:31.599
 where I

00:43:31.599 --> 00:43:32.119
 would encourage

00:43:32.119 --> 00:43:32.439
 you just

00:43:32.439 --> 00:43:32.879
 to kind

00:43:32.879 --> 00:43:34.559
 of think

00:43:34.559 --> 00:43:36.659
 about where's

00:43:36.659 --> 00:43:37.039
 your heart

00:43:37.039 --> 00:43:37.419
 on these

00:43:37.419 --> 00:43:37.759
 things,

00:43:37.879 --> 00:43:38.819
 some causes

00:43:38.819 --> 00:43:39.159
 of it.

00:43:39.159 --> 00:43:40.139
 number

00:43:40.139 --> 00:43:40.859
 one is

00:43:40.859 --> 00:43:42.219
 discontentment

00:43:42.219 --> 00:43:42.879
 and envy.

00:43:44.039 --> 00:43:44.519
 Things can

00:43:44.519 --> 00:43:45.079
 become

00:43:45.079 --> 00:43:46.899
 mundane or

00:43:46.899 --> 00:43:47.539
 common or

00:43:47.539 --> 00:43:48.399
 ordinary when

00:43:48.399 --> 00:43:48.679
 we are

00:43:48.679 --> 00:43:49.399
 discontent.

00:43:49.579 --> 00:43:50.079
 I'd rather

00:43:50.079 --> 00:43:50.559
 be over

00:43:50.559 --> 00:43:50.980
 there.

00:43:51.079 --> 00:43:51.460
 I'd rather

00:43:51.460 --> 00:43:52.259
 have this.

00:43:52.859 --> 00:43:53.859
 I wish I

00:43:53.859 --> 00:43:54.579
 had something

00:43:54.579 --> 00:43:55.099
 else.

00:43:55.579 --> 00:43:56.719
 I'm discontent

00:43:56.719 --> 00:43:57.519
 with things,

00:43:57.899 --> 00:43:58.719
 and so then

00:43:58.719 --> 00:43:59.879
 I end up

00:43:59.879 --> 00:44:00.399
 sort of

00:44:00.399 --> 00:44:01.059
 minimizing

00:44:01.059 --> 00:44:02.179
 everything

00:44:02.179 --> 00:44:03.579
 because I'm

00:44:03.579 --> 00:44:04.139
 not happy.

00:44:04.139 --> 00:44:07.400
 second thing

00:44:07.400 --> 00:44:08.179
 is a lack

00:44:08.179 --> 00:44:08.679
 of proper

00:44:08.679 --> 00:44:09.339
 perspective

00:44:09.339 --> 00:44:10.059
 or value.

00:44:11.539 --> 00:44:12.179
 How do

00:44:12.179 --> 00:44:12.819
 you consider

00:44:12.819 --> 00:44:13.400
 or talk

00:44:13.400 --> 00:44:14.119
 about Christ

00:44:14.119 --> 00:44:14.480
 Church?

00:44:14.920 --> 00:44:15.159
 Have you

00:44:15.159 --> 00:44:15.539
 ever thought

00:44:15.539 --> 00:44:15.940
 about the

00:44:15.940 --> 00:44:16.759
 word just?

00:44:17.519 --> 00:44:17.980
 Stacey and

00:44:17.980 --> 00:44:18.259
 I were talking

00:44:18.259 --> 00:44:18.599
 about this,

00:44:18.659 --> 00:44:19.379
 and she has

00:44:19.379 --> 00:44:20.799
 great thoughts

00:44:20.799 --> 00:44:21.119
 on this.

00:44:21.900 --> 00:44:22.619
 The word

00:44:22.619 --> 00:44:23.199
 just,

00:44:23.319 --> 00:44:23.799
 it's a

00:44:23.799 --> 00:44:24.460
 diminishing

00:44:24.460 --> 00:44:25.059
 word.

00:44:26.579 --> 00:44:27.239
 Here's an

00:44:27.239 --> 00:44:27.579
 example.

00:44:28.000 --> 00:44:28.239
 Oh,

00:44:28.400 --> 00:44:29.379
 we're just

00:44:29.379 --> 00:44:29.900
 a small

00:44:29.900 --> 00:44:30.299
 group.

00:44:31.940 --> 00:44:32.739
 So I'm

00:44:32.739 --> 00:44:33.639
 diminishing

00:44:33.639 --> 00:44:34.119
 our group.

00:44:34.139 --> 00:44:34.379
 Oh,

00:44:34.400 --> 00:44:34.799
 we're just

00:44:34.799 --> 00:44:35.239
 a small

00:44:35.239 --> 00:44:35.500
 group.

00:44:35.759 --> 00:44:35.900
 Oh,

00:44:35.920 --> 00:44:36.339
 we just

00:44:36.339 --> 00:44:36.819
 have two

00:44:36.819 --> 00:44:37.480
 MCs.

00:44:38.839 --> 00:44:39.359
 I'm

00:44:39.359 --> 00:44:40.019
 diminishing

00:44:40.019 --> 00:44:41.359
 what we're

00:44:41.359 --> 00:44:41.659
 doing.

00:44:41.799 --> 00:44:41.980
 I'm

00:44:41.980 --> 00:44:42.599
 diminishing

00:44:42.599 --> 00:44:43.159
 the work.

00:44:43.299 --> 00:44:43.379
 I'm

00:44:43.379 --> 00:44:44.019
 diminishing

00:44:44.019 --> 00:44:44.519
 the goal.

00:44:45.039 --> 00:44:45.539
 I'm

00:44:45.539 --> 00:44:46.339
 trying to

00:44:46.339 --> 00:44:46.659
 steal

00:44:46.659 --> 00:44:47.079
 somehow

00:44:47.079 --> 00:44:47.659
 that I

00:44:47.659 --> 00:44:47.900
 can't

00:44:47.900 --> 00:44:48.079
 do.

00:44:48.379 --> 00:44:48.739
 The

00:44:48.739 --> 00:44:49.319
 value

00:44:49.319 --> 00:44:50.059
 from

00:44:50.059 --> 00:44:51.079
 what this

00:44:51.079 --> 00:44:51.619
 is.

00:44:53.239 --> 00:44:53.980
 The word

00:44:53.980 --> 00:44:54.359
 just,

00:44:54.579 --> 00:44:54.859
 you have

00:44:54.859 --> 00:44:55.199
 to listen

00:44:55.199 --> 00:44:55.639
 for it.

00:44:55.739 --> 00:44:56.219
 It creeps

00:44:56.219 --> 00:44:56.420
 in.

00:44:59.039 --> 00:44:59.579
 This

00:44:59.579 --> 00:44:59.940
 illustrates

00:44:59.940 --> 00:45:00.500
 a small

00:45:00.500 --> 00:45:00.960
 picture

00:45:00.960 --> 00:45:02.039
 of what

00:45:02.039 --> 00:45:02.480
 we are

00:45:02.480 --> 00:45:02.799
 and who

00:45:02.799 --> 00:45:03.119
 we are

00:45:03.119 --> 00:45:03.699
 in Christ.

00:45:04.139 --> 00:45:04.980
 proper

00:45:04.980 --> 00:45:05.779
 perspective

00:45:05.779 --> 00:45:06.839
 and value

00:45:06.839 --> 00:45:08.139
 is not

00:45:08.139 --> 00:45:09.359
 present in

00:45:09.359 --> 00:45:09.859
 diminishing

00:45:09.859 --> 00:45:10.440
 thoughts.

00:45:14.239 --> 00:45:15.000
 Lack of

00:45:15.000 --> 00:45:15.839
 proper value,

00:45:16.179 --> 00:45:16.460
 always

00:45:16.460 --> 00:45:17.119
 diminishing

00:45:17.119 --> 00:45:18.400
 thoughts,

00:45:18.799 --> 00:45:19.980
 if that's

00:45:19.980 --> 00:45:20.639
 going on,

00:45:20.799 --> 00:45:21.440
 that also

00:45:21.440 --> 00:45:21.960
 diminishes

00:45:21.960 --> 00:45:22.699
 our actions

00:45:22.699 --> 00:45:23.359
 as well.

00:45:24.179 --> 00:45:24.579
 Another

00:45:24.579 --> 00:45:25.279
 area is

00:45:25.279 --> 00:45:25.719
 lack of

00:45:25.719 --> 00:45:26.019
 faith.

00:45:26.519 --> 00:45:26.799
 Another

00:45:26.799 --> 00:45:27.559
 area that

00:45:27.559 --> 00:45:28.619
 mundane will

00:45:28.619 --> 00:45:29.079
 creep in

00:45:29.079 --> 00:45:29.400
 is through

00:45:29.400 --> 00:45:29.839
 lack of

00:45:29.839 --> 00:45:30.139
 faith.

00:45:30.139 --> 00:45:32.799
 is there

00:45:32.799 --> 00:45:33.379
 a deep,

00:45:33.819 --> 00:45:34.019
 dark

00:45:34.019 --> 00:45:34.799
 secret

00:45:34.799 --> 00:45:35.559
 in your

00:45:35.559 --> 00:45:35.900
 heart?

00:45:36.559 --> 00:45:37.099
 I'm

00:45:37.099 --> 00:45:37.699
 asking this.

00:45:38.440 --> 00:45:38.859
 Is there

00:45:38.859 --> 00:45:39.599
 this deep,

00:45:39.839 --> 00:45:40.519
 dark secret

00:45:40.519 --> 00:45:41.099
 in your

00:45:41.099 --> 00:45:41.379
 heart?

00:45:41.460 --> 00:45:42.199
 And here's

00:45:42.199 --> 00:45:43.420
 the secret

00:45:43.420 --> 00:45:44.019
 or some

00:45:44.019 --> 00:45:45.159
 form of

00:45:45.159 --> 00:45:45.579
 this.

00:45:45.579 --> 00:45:48.179
 I don't

00:45:48.179 --> 00:45:49.319
 really believe

00:45:49.319 --> 00:45:50.420
 this is

00:45:50.420 --> 00:45:50.980
 going to

00:45:50.980 --> 00:45:51.420
 work.

00:45:54.819 --> 00:45:55.860
 I don't

00:45:55.860 --> 00:45:56.940
 really believe

00:45:56.940 --> 00:45:58.239
 this church

00:45:58.239 --> 00:45:58.779
 is going

00:45:58.779 --> 00:46:00.400
 to succeed

00:46:00.400 --> 00:46:00.799
 somehow.

00:46:01.799 --> 00:46:02.559
 I don't

00:46:02.559 --> 00:46:03.360
 really believe

00:46:03.360 --> 00:46:03.940
 this is the

00:46:03.940 --> 00:46:04.539
 right group.

00:46:05.199 --> 00:46:05.719
 I don't

00:46:05.719 --> 00:46:06.639
 really believe

00:46:06.639 --> 00:46:08.079
 fill in the

00:46:08.079 --> 00:46:08.420
 blank.

00:46:08.420 --> 00:46:14.659
 The Lord

00:46:14.659 --> 00:46:15.740
 instituted

00:46:15.740 --> 00:46:16.980
 his church.

00:46:17.960 --> 00:46:18.340
 Jesus

00:46:18.340 --> 00:46:19.240
 himself

00:46:19.240 --> 00:46:20.680
 instituted

00:46:20.680 --> 00:46:21.920
 his church.

00:46:22.940 --> 00:46:23.360
 Christ's

00:46:23.360 --> 00:46:24.300
 church was

00:46:24.300 --> 00:46:25.099
 sent out

00:46:25.099 --> 00:46:26.240
 in prayer.

00:46:27.559 --> 00:46:28.260
 Sent

00:46:28.260 --> 00:46:28.659
 out.

00:46:31.340 --> 00:46:32.340
 And Jesus

00:46:32.340 --> 00:46:33.340
 himself leads

00:46:33.340 --> 00:46:33.980
 us in his

00:46:33.980 --> 00:46:34.380
 purposes.

00:46:35.440 --> 00:46:36.360
 If there's

00:46:36.360 --> 00:46:37.380
 any form

00:46:37.380 --> 00:46:37.980
 of I

00:46:37.980 --> 00:46:38.480
 don't

00:46:38.480 --> 00:46:38.820
 really

00:46:38.820 --> 00:46:39.300
 believe

00:46:39.300 --> 00:46:39.960
 this is

00:46:39.960 --> 00:46:40.440
 going to

00:46:40.440 --> 00:46:40.840
 work,

00:46:41.019 --> 00:46:42.000
 that creeps

00:46:42.000 --> 00:46:42.440
 in or

00:46:42.440 --> 00:46:42.980
 tries to

00:46:42.980 --> 00:46:43.240
 get a

00:46:43.240 --> 00:46:43.679
 foothold,

00:46:43.960 --> 00:46:45.139
 we've got

00:46:45.139 --> 00:46:45.440
 to put

00:46:45.440 --> 00:46:45.860
 that to

00:46:45.860 --> 00:46:46.099
 death.

00:46:46.679 --> 00:46:47.300
 We've got

00:46:47.300 --> 00:46:47.659
 to put

00:46:47.659 --> 00:46:48.119
 that thought

00:46:48.119 --> 00:46:48.599
 to death.

00:46:49.260 --> 00:46:49.920
 This is

00:46:49.920 --> 00:46:50.960
 who he

00:46:50.960 --> 00:46:52.500
 sent and

00:46:52.500 --> 00:46:53.300
 others,

00:46:53.639 --> 00:46:54.159
 others to

00:46:54.159 --> 00:46:54.380
 come.

00:46:54.699 --> 00:46:55.240
 This is

00:46:55.240 --> 00:46:55.699
 who he

00:46:55.699 --> 00:46:56.559
 sent to

00:46:56.559 --> 00:46:57.119
 do this

00:46:57.119 --> 00:46:57.559
 work.

00:47:00.440 --> 00:47:00.960
 Anything

00:47:00.960 --> 00:47:01.340
 in our

00:47:01.340 --> 00:47:01.800
 thinking that

00:47:01.800 --> 00:47:02.440
 doesn't measure

00:47:02.440 --> 00:47:03.380
 up to

00:47:03.380 --> 00:47:03.980
 these truths

00:47:03.980 --> 00:47:04.559
 is a lack

00:47:04.559 --> 00:47:05.000
 of faith.

00:47:06.179 --> 00:47:06.539
 It's a

00:47:06.539 --> 00:47:06.900
 lack of

00:47:06.900 --> 00:47:07.179
 faith.

00:47:07.980 --> 00:47:09.900
 A fourth

00:47:09.900 --> 00:47:10.440
 way that

00:47:10.440 --> 00:47:10.840
 mundane

00:47:10.840 --> 00:47:11.340
 creeps

00:47:11.340 --> 00:47:12.579
 in is

00:47:12.579 --> 00:47:13.280
 just plain

00:47:13.280 --> 00:47:13.940
 lazy.

00:47:15.059 --> 00:47:15.800
 Just plain

00:47:15.800 --> 00:47:16.099
 lazy.

00:47:17.139 --> 00:47:17.920
 Not doing

00:47:17.920 --> 00:47:18.280
 what you

00:47:18.280 --> 00:47:18.699
 know that

00:47:18.699 --> 00:47:19.000
 you need

00:47:19.000 --> 00:47:19.360
 to do.

00:47:20.320 --> 00:47:20.920
 Not doing

00:47:20.920 --> 00:47:21.699
 what the

00:47:21.699 --> 00:47:22.599
 thing, and

00:47:22.599 --> 00:47:22.900
 we know

00:47:22.900 --> 00:47:23.219
 that to

00:47:23.219 --> 00:47:23.659
 be sin,

00:47:23.740 --> 00:47:24.039
 don't we?

00:47:24.699 --> 00:47:25.159
 When you

00:47:25.159 --> 00:47:25.699
 don't do

00:47:25.699 --> 00:47:26.079
 what you

00:47:26.079 --> 00:47:26.440
 know you're

00:47:26.440 --> 00:47:27.000
 supposed to,

00:47:27.099 --> 00:47:27.539
 it's sin.

00:47:28.860 --> 00:47:29.380
 Laziness,

00:47:29.619 --> 00:47:30.119
 we can get

00:47:30.119 --> 00:47:30.400
 lazy.

00:47:31.099 --> 00:47:31.679
 And then we

00:47:31.679 --> 00:47:32.199
 fall into

00:47:32.199 --> 00:47:32.860
 mundane, we

00:47:32.860 --> 00:47:33.420
 fall into

00:47:33.420 --> 00:47:34.420
 common, we

00:47:34.420 --> 00:47:35.159
 fall into

00:47:35.159 --> 00:47:36.480
 not rightly

00:47:36.480 --> 00:47:37.440
 seeing what

00:47:37.440 --> 00:47:37.839
 the church

00:47:37.839 --> 00:47:38.440
 is and

00:47:38.440 --> 00:47:38.879
 its

00:47:38.879 --> 00:47:39.319
 importance.

00:47:41.719 --> 00:47:42.179
 There's

00:47:42.179 --> 00:47:42.599
 plenty of

00:47:42.599 --> 00:47:43.440
 work, but

00:47:43.440 --> 00:47:43.859
 mundane

00:47:43.859 --> 00:47:44.679
 creeps in,

00:47:45.079 --> 00:47:45.500
 and work

00:47:45.500 --> 00:47:46.119
 gets ignored

00:47:46.119 --> 00:47:47.139
 in laziness.

00:47:48.599 --> 00:47:49.399
 So what's the

00:47:49.399 --> 00:47:49.859
 antidote?

00:47:50.299 --> 00:47:51.239
 This sermon, I

00:47:51.239 --> 00:47:51.960
 thought about a

00:47:51.960 --> 00:47:52.420
 few different

00:47:52.420 --> 00:47:53.119
 titles for the

00:47:53.119 --> 00:47:53.379
 sermon.

00:47:53.619 --> 00:47:57.879
 So there's a

00:47:57.879 --> 00:47:58.379
 couple, let me

00:47:58.379 --> 00:47:58.739
 see if I can

00:47:58.739 --> 00:47:59.159
 remember them all.

00:47:59.219 --> 00:47:59.859
 The first one

00:47:59.860 --> 00:48:01.900
 was I want a

00:48:01.900 --> 00:48:02.720
 diorama for

00:48:02.720 --> 00:48:03.260
 Christmas.

00:48:04.559 --> 00:48:05.320
 There's one.

00:48:06.599 --> 00:48:07.660
 The other one

00:48:07.660 --> 00:48:09.620
 was ring

00:48:09.620 --> 00:48:10.120
 around the

00:48:10.120 --> 00:48:10.660
 poosie.

00:48:14.620 --> 00:48:15.380
 The other

00:48:15.380 --> 00:48:18.360
 one has to

00:48:18.360 --> 00:48:19.200
 do with, it's

00:48:19.200 --> 00:48:19.640
 kind of a

00:48:19.640 --> 00:48:20.640
 throwback to

00:48:20.640 --> 00:48:22.320
 Paris Reed

00:48:22.320 --> 00:48:22.800
 had 10

00:48:22.800 --> 00:48:23.440
 shekels in a

00:48:23.440 --> 00:48:23.620
 shirt.

00:48:24.019 --> 00:48:24.400
 I thought

00:48:24.400 --> 00:48:25.360
 about 10

00:48:25.360 --> 00:48:25.860
 beans in

00:48:25.860 --> 00:48:26.300
 the dirt.

00:48:27.460 --> 00:48:27.740
 Is that

00:48:27.740 --> 00:48:28.059
 one good?

00:48:28.059 --> 00:48:32.279
 Actually, the

00:48:32.279 --> 00:48:32.820
 title of the

00:48:32.820 --> 00:48:34.440
 sermon, so

00:48:34.440 --> 00:48:35.079
 that was the

00:48:35.079 --> 00:48:35.400
 intro.

00:48:36.320 --> 00:48:38.039
 The title of

00:48:38.039 --> 00:48:38.480
 the sermon

00:48:38.480 --> 00:48:40.860
 is Joy in

00:48:40.860 --> 00:48:41.599
 the Mundane.

00:48:42.259 --> 00:48:43.259
 Joy in the

00:48:43.259 --> 00:48:43.659
 Mundane.

00:48:45.900 --> 00:48:47.619
 And what's

00:48:47.619 --> 00:48:48.799
 the antidote

00:48:48.799 --> 00:48:50.059
 for mundane?

00:48:50.840 --> 00:48:51.639
 It's to find

00:48:51.639 --> 00:48:51.980
 our joy.

00:48:52.860 --> 00:48:53.259
 Well, how do

00:48:53.259 --> 00:48:53.779
 we find our

00:48:53.779 --> 00:48:53.940
 joy?

00:48:54.039 --> 00:48:54.519
 Number one,

00:48:54.880 --> 00:48:55.539
 joy in

00:48:55.539 --> 00:48:55.940
 Jesus.

00:48:56.480 --> 00:48:57.299
 1 Peter 1,

00:48:57.380 --> 00:48:57.980
 8-9.

00:48:58.059 --> 00:48:58.860
 Though you

00:48:58.860 --> 00:48:59.239
 have not

00:48:59.239 --> 00:48:59.980
 seen him,

00:49:00.079 --> 00:49:00.579
 you love

00:49:00.579 --> 00:49:00.860
 him.

00:49:00.940 --> 00:49:01.320
 And even

00:49:01.320 --> 00:49:01.679
 though you

00:49:01.679 --> 00:49:02.039
 do not

00:49:02.039 --> 00:49:02.440
 see him

00:49:02.440 --> 00:49:03.239
 now, you

00:49:03.239 --> 00:49:03.900
 believe in

00:49:03.900 --> 00:49:04.179
 him and

00:49:04.179 --> 00:49:04.759
 are filled

00:49:04.759 --> 00:49:05.559
 with an

00:49:05.559 --> 00:49:06.639
 inexpressible

00:49:06.639 --> 00:49:07.440
 and glorious

00:49:07.440 --> 00:49:08.159
 joy.

00:49:08.960 --> 00:49:09.299
 For you

00:49:09.299 --> 00:49:09.900
 are receiving

00:49:09.900 --> 00:49:10.400
 the end

00:49:10.400 --> 00:49:10.960
 result of

00:49:10.960 --> 00:49:11.460
 your faith,

00:49:11.820 --> 00:49:12.579
 the salvation

00:49:12.579 --> 00:49:13.299
 of your

00:49:13.299 --> 00:49:13.799
 souls.

00:49:15.860 --> 00:49:16.480
 Can this

00:49:16.480 --> 00:49:17.460
 inexpressible

00:49:17.460 --> 00:49:18.559
 joy coexist

00:49:18.559 --> 00:49:19.719
 with boredom

00:49:19.719 --> 00:49:20.599
 in the

00:49:20.599 --> 00:49:21.000
 church?

00:49:21.920 --> 00:49:22.500
 No.

00:49:23.340 --> 00:49:23.779
 It's his

00:49:23.779 --> 00:49:24.179
 church.

00:49:24.579 --> 00:49:25.000
 He's the

00:49:25.000 --> 00:49:25.340
 head.

00:49:26.000 --> 00:49:26.860
 Jesus is

00:49:26.860 --> 00:49:27.180
 who we

00:49:27.180 --> 00:49:27.740
 follow.

00:49:28.579 --> 00:49:29.180
 Jesus is

00:49:29.180 --> 00:49:29.720
 where our

00:49:29.720 --> 00:49:30.840
 salvation is.

00:49:31.680 --> 00:49:32.120
 Can these

00:49:32.120 --> 00:49:32.700
 two things

00:49:32.700 --> 00:49:33.380
 coexist?

00:49:33.860 --> 00:49:34.519
 Bored at

00:49:34.519 --> 00:49:35.680
 sweeping the

00:49:35.680 --> 00:49:36.579
 floor, bored

00:49:36.579 --> 00:49:37.320
 at making a

00:49:37.320 --> 00:49:37.940
 meal, bored

00:49:37.940 --> 00:49:38.539
 at going

00:49:38.539 --> 00:49:40.079
 out, bored

00:49:40.079 --> 00:49:41.720
 at listening

00:49:41.720 --> 00:49:42.280
 to a

00:49:42.280 --> 00:49:42.820
 brother or

00:49:42.820 --> 00:49:44.120
 sister ministering

00:49:44.120 --> 00:49:44.620
 to them.

00:49:45.820 --> 00:49:46.620
 Can these

00:49:46.620 --> 00:49:47.440
 two things,

00:49:47.780 --> 00:49:48.360
 joy in

00:49:48.360 --> 00:49:49.000
 Christ and

00:49:49.000 --> 00:49:49.500
 boredom,

00:49:49.760 --> 00:49:50.260
 exist

00:49:50.260 --> 00:49:51.440
 simultaneously?

00:49:51.440 --> 00:49:53.440
 They can't.

00:49:54.200 --> 00:49:54.840
 They can't.

00:49:56.579 --> 00:49:57.280
 Second thing

00:49:57.280 --> 00:49:58.159
 is joy in

00:49:58.159 --> 00:49:59.780
 submission and

00:49:59.780 --> 00:50:00.360
 suffering.

00:50:01.920 --> 00:50:02.980
 James 1,

00:50:03.079 --> 00:50:03.559
 verse 2,

00:50:03.619 --> 00:50:04.019
 counted all

00:50:04.019 --> 00:50:04.480
 joy, my

00:50:04.480 --> 00:50:04.820
 brothers,

00:50:04.900 --> 00:50:05.780
 when you

00:50:05.780 --> 00:50:06.380
 meet trials

00:50:06.380 --> 00:50:06.900
 of various

00:50:06.900 --> 00:50:07.400
 kinds.

00:50:09.700 --> 00:50:10.200
 Ezekiel

00:50:10.200 --> 00:50:10.860
 could find

00:50:10.860 --> 00:50:12.039
 joy in

00:50:12.039 --> 00:50:12.760
 his prophetic

00:50:12.760 --> 00:50:13.559
 activities.

00:50:13.559 --> 00:50:13.639
 grace.

00:50:16.279 --> 00:50:18.360
 We don't

00:50:18.360 --> 00:50:18.860
 know what

00:50:18.860 --> 00:50:19.779
 he thought

00:50:19.779 --> 00:50:20.320
 or how

00:50:20.320 --> 00:50:21.420
 he acted.

00:50:22.019 --> 00:50:22.400
 What we

00:50:22.400 --> 00:50:22.799
 do know

00:50:22.799 --> 00:50:23.139
 is he

00:50:23.139 --> 00:50:24.480
 was obedient.

00:50:25.340 --> 00:50:25.679
 And the

00:50:25.679 --> 00:50:26.340
 Bible doesn't

00:50:26.340 --> 00:50:26.920
 say that he

00:50:26.920 --> 00:50:28.219
 walked or

00:50:28.219 --> 00:50:28.539
 that he

00:50:28.539 --> 00:50:29.199
 fought back

00:50:29.199 --> 00:50:30.699
 or that he

00:50:30.699 --> 00:50:31.739
 was upset

00:50:31.739 --> 00:50:32.199
 at what was

00:50:32.199 --> 00:50:32.820
 going on.

00:50:33.539 --> 00:50:34.259
 I'm assuming

00:50:34.259 --> 00:50:35.259
 that he

00:50:35.259 --> 00:50:35.940
 found joy

00:50:35.940 --> 00:50:36.940
 in what

00:50:36.940 --> 00:50:37.779
 he did.

00:50:38.159 --> 00:50:38.880
 Not just

00:50:38.880 --> 00:50:39.440
 laying there,

00:50:39.519 --> 00:50:40.279
 but as I

00:50:40.279 --> 00:50:40.920
 mentioned earlier,

00:50:40.920 --> 00:50:42.420
 even later,

00:50:43.460 --> 00:50:44.059
 losing his

00:50:44.059 --> 00:50:44.400
 wife.

00:50:45.740 --> 00:50:46.559
 So God

00:50:46.559 --> 00:50:47.139
 could demonstrate

00:50:47.139 --> 00:50:47.780
 a principle

00:50:47.780 --> 00:50:50.820
 in suffering.

00:50:52.400 --> 00:50:53.139
 If the

00:50:53.139 --> 00:50:54.099
 mundane edges

00:50:54.099 --> 00:50:54.980
 towards suffering,

00:50:55.340 --> 00:50:56.180
 we can still

00:50:56.180 --> 00:50:57.099
 find comfort

00:50:57.099 --> 00:50:58.000
 in knowing

00:50:58.000 --> 00:50:59.260
 God is at

00:50:59.260 --> 00:50:59.880
 work.

00:51:00.619 --> 00:51:00.900
 And that's

00:51:00.900 --> 00:51:01.420
 the rest of

00:51:01.420 --> 00:51:02.700
 that James

00:51:02.700 --> 00:51:03.320
 chapter 1.

00:51:03.860 --> 00:51:04.200
 We can

00:51:04.200 --> 00:51:04.579
 find,

00:51:05.760 --> 00:51:07.559
 we count it

00:51:07.559 --> 00:51:08.019
 all joy

00:51:08.019 --> 00:51:09.019
 because in

00:51:09.019 --> 00:51:09.420
 these trials,

00:51:09.500 --> 00:51:09.960
 because we

00:51:09.960 --> 00:51:10.860
 know that

00:51:10.860 --> 00:51:11.400
 he's working

00:51:11.400 --> 00:51:12.079
 us toward

00:51:12.079 --> 00:51:12.840
 maturity.

00:51:13.900 --> 00:51:14.740
 Even if

00:51:14.740 --> 00:51:15.780
 it's Monday,

00:51:17.039 --> 00:51:18.000
 we jump

00:51:18.000 --> 00:51:19.039
 in and

00:51:19.039 --> 00:51:19.500
 it's good.

00:51:20.280 --> 00:51:21.039
 The third

00:51:21.039 --> 00:51:21.680
 thing is joy

00:51:21.680 --> 00:51:22.380
 and salvation.

00:51:22.780 --> 00:51:23.460
 Going back

00:51:23.460 --> 00:51:24.420
 to 1 Peter

00:51:24.420 --> 00:51:25.519
 1, 8,

00:51:25.599 --> 00:51:25.900
 and 9,

00:51:26.000 --> 00:51:26.500
 he ends

00:51:26.500 --> 00:51:27.620
 9 there

00:51:27.620 --> 00:51:29.740
 with the

00:51:29.740 --> 00:51:30.500
 inexpressible

00:51:30.500 --> 00:51:31.019
 and glorious

00:51:31.019 --> 00:51:31.440
 joy,

00:51:31.860 --> 00:51:32.260
 for you are

00:51:32.260 --> 00:51:33.039
 receiving the

00:51:33.039 --> 00:51:33.860
 end result of

00:51:33.860 --> 00:51:34.380
 your faith,

00:51:34.860 --> 00:51:35.480
 salvation of

00:51:35.480 --> 00:51:36.039
 your souls.

00:51:36.440 --> 00:51:36.800
 Also,

00:51:36.960 --> 00:51:37.620
 Psalm 51,

00:51:37.800 --> 00:51:38.120
 12,

00:51:38.119 --> 00:51:39.619
 restore to

00:51:39.619 --> 00:51:40.099
 me the

00:51:40.099 --> 00:51:40.799
 joy of

00:51:40.799 --> 00:51:40.980
 your

00:51:40.980 --> 00:51:41.519
 salvation

00:51:41.519 --> 00:51:42.460
 and

00:51:42.460 --> 00:51:42.960
 uphold

00:51:42.960 --> 00:51:43.199
 me

00:51:43.199 --> 00:51:43.559
 with a

00:51:43.559 --> 00:51:43.779
 willing

00:51:43.779 --> 00:51:44.319
 spirit.

00:51:45.099 --> 00:51:45.960
 If we

00:51:45.960 --> 00:51:46.519
 are

00:51:46.519 --> 00:51:48.599
 lacking

00:51:48.599 --> 00:51:49.519
 excitement

00:51:49.519 --> 00:51:50.199
 for the

00:51:50.199 --> 00:51:50.500
 work,

00:51:51.159 --> 00:51:52.219
 if we

00:51:52.219 --> 00:51:52.920
 are bored

00:51:52.920 --> 00:51:53.839
 at the

00:51:53.839 --> 00:51:54.699
 perceived

00:51:54.699 --> 00:51:55.619
 monotony,

00:51:56.299 --> 00:51:57.139
 it is not

00:51:57.139 --> 00:51:57.719
 monotonous.

00:51:57.940 --> 00:51:59.440
 Please hear

00:51:59.440 --> 00:51:59.699
 me.

00:52:00.440 --> 00:52:01.319
 It is not

00:52:01.319 --> 00:52:02.279
 boring.

00:52:02.460 --> 00:52:03.139
 It is not

00:52:03.139 --> 00:52:03.900
 monotonous,

00:52:03.980 --> 00:52:04.659
 the work that

00:52:04.659 --> 00:52:05.179
 God gives

00:52:05.179 --> 00:52:05.519
 us.

00:52:06.399 --> 00:52:07.039
 It is

00:52:07.039 --> 00:52:08.099
 perceived on

00:52:08.099 --> 00:52:08.799
 your part

00:52:08.799 --> 00:52:10.000
 if it is

00:52:10.000 --> 00:52:10.699
 monotonous.

00:52:11.819 --> 00:52:12.619
 If you

00:52:12.619 --> 00:52:13.359
 find yourself

00:52:13.359 --> 00:52:13.980
 in that

00:52:13.980 --> 00:52:14.579
 space,

00:52:15.119 --> 00:52:15.679
 we are

00:52:15.679 --> 00:52:16.359
 spiritually

00:52:16.359 --> 00:52:17.000
 dry.

00:52:18.799 --> 00:52:19.719
 Pray that

00:52:19.719 --> 00:52:20.179
 verse.

00:52:21.019 --> 00:52:21.799
 Restore to

00:52:21.799 --> 00:52:22.279
 me the

00:52:22.279 --> 00:52:23.000
 joy of

00:52:23.000 --> 00:52:23.739
 your salvation

00:52:23.739 --> 00:52:25.599
 and uphold

00:52:25.599 --> 00:52:26.639
 me with

00:52:26.639 --> 00:52:26.960
 a willing

00:52:26.960 --> 00:52:27.500
 spirit.

00:52:29.259 --> 00:52:29.500
 God,

00:52:29.619 --> 00:52:30.319
 restore to

00:52:30.319 --> 00:52:30.879
 me the

00:52:30.879 --> 00:52:32.179
 joy of

00:52:32.179 --> 00:52:32.899
 your salvation.

00:52:33.879 --> 00:52:34.119
 Let's

00:52:34.119 --> 00:52:34.279
 pray.