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 One said, part of God's answer, when God answered the question of suffering, he gave us the book of Job, which is 42 chapters.

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 In other words, it's not an easy answer.

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 So we're going to be looking at Job partly this morning, but at other passages.

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 But we're going to read all of chapter 1 as we begin.

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 So Job, just before Psalms, Job chapter 1.

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 In the land of Uz there lived a man whose name was Job.

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 This man was blameless and upright.

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 He feared God and shunned evil.

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 He had seven sons and three daughters, and he owned 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 donkeys, and had a large number of servants.

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 He was the greatest man among all the people of the East.

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 His sons used to hold feasts in their homes on their birthdays, and they would invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them.

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 When a period of feasting had run its course, Job would make an arrangement for them to be purified.

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 Early in the morning, he would sacrifice a burnt offering for each of them, thinking,

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 Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.

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 This was Job's regular custom.

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 One day, the angels came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came with them.

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 The Lord said to Satan, Where have you come from?

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 Satan answered the Lord, From roaming throughout the earth, going to and fro on it.

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 Then the Lord said to Satan, Have you considered my servant Job?

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 There is no one on earth like him.

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 He is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil.

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 Does Job fear God for nothing?

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 Satan replied.

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 Have you not put a hedge around him and a household and everything he has?

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 You have blessed the work of his hands, and so that his flocks and herds are spread throughout the land.

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 But now stretch out your hand and strike everything he has, and he will surely curse you to your face.

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 The Lord said to Satan, Very well then, everything he has is in your power, but on the man himself do not lay a finger.

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 Then Satan went out from the presence of the Lord.

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 One day when Job's sons and daughters were fasting and drinking wine in the eldest brother's house,

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 a messenger came to Job and said, The oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing nearby,

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 and the Sabaeans attacked and made off with them.

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 They put the servants to the sword, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you.

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 While he was still speaking, another messenger came and said,

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 The fire of God fell from the heavens and burned up the sheep and the servants,

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 and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you.

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 While he was still speaking, another messenger came and said,

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 The Chaldeans formed three raiding parties and swept down on your camels and made off with them.

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 They put the servants to the sword, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you.

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 While he was still speaking, yet another messenger came and said,

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 Your sons and daughters were feasting and drinking wine at the elder brother's house,

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 when suddenly a mighty wind swept in from the desert and struck the four corners of the house.

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 It collapsed on them, and they are dead.

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 And I am the only one who has escaped to tell you.

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 At this Job got up, tore his robe, shaved his head.

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 Then he fell to the ground in worship and said,

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 Naked I came from my mother's womb.

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 Naked I shall depart.

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 The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away.

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 May the name of the Lord be praised.

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 In all this, Job did not sin by charging God with wrongdoing.

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 Well, we'll be looking at Job in a little while.

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 Before we start, just to make mention of a couple of things.

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 In your new sheet, you'll notice there's some books alongside the Bible that we should primarily read.

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 We can also read the experiences of Christians who suffered.

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 So as we go through the series, I'll recommend books along the way that may be helpful to you.

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 These are two that I have read myself in the past and found them very, very helpful.

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 Both Paul Mallard.

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 He writes of his wife's suffering and consequence knock-on effects on their family.

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 That's the first one.

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 And then others you may know, Joni Tada and her injuries through her life, a place of healing, which is very, very helpful as well.

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 So those are two.

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 I've ordered some copies.

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 I hope I'll have them for next Sunday.

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 And you can purchase them if you would like them.

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 The other thing to say is the notes that I gave out today.

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 There's not really questions like there normally is.

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 What I've done is just the same headings will be on the screen as on the pieces of paper.

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 But there's kind of like little summary points.

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 So what I'd like us to do is more to engage with what I have to say, what we look at from God's word.

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 There'll be lots of questions.

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 We won't answer everything.

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 So maybe there's a question that arises and you need to write that down.

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 You can talk to me afterwards or underline something.

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 But it's more to be reflective of what we hear from God's word.

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 So with all that in mind, let's pray and ask for his help to us today.

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 The Lord is majestic, sovereign in all his ways.

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 We bow to your mastery.

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 We bow in worship before you.

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 We humble ourselves before you, O Lord.

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 For you are the God who gives life.

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 The God who takes life.

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 The God in whom we can trust.

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 So would you please help us as we look at your word together to be listening carefully.

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 Not just to understand with our minds.

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 But that we would know truth penetrating our hearts.

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 Changing our minds and our wills.

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 That we might love you and trust you more and more.

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 We ask for your help.

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 Amen.

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 About three years ago, I noticed a slight tremor in my right arm.

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 I tried to ignore it, thinking that it was just a trapped nerve and that it would soon go away.

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 After a number of months, it was still there, so I went to the doctors.

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 And what followed was a series of tests with the neurologists.

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 On the final visit, I sat waiting for the results.

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 I've often thought about suffering, and I've asked the question, why, many times.

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 Reading and reasoning things out in my mind.

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 But this time, it was different.

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 It was personal.

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 Jonathan Grant.

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 I walked in and I sat down.

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 The consultant looked at me sympathetically.

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 You have early onset Parkinson's disease.

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 Now Parkinson's is a neurological disease which affects and controls the movement of the body.

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 And thankfully, with medication, it's being kept in check.

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 And it remains quite stable.

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 Now I share this not to gain sympathy.

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 Or because my suffering is worse than yours.

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 It's not.

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 I've sat with many of you.

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 I've talked with you.

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 I've prayed with you.

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 I've cried with you.

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 I share it because for most of us, the question of suffering is not intellectual and philosophical.

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 It's personal and experiential.

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 So for you, perhaps, you've watched a family member struggle with cancer.

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 Maybe you've lost a close friend through a tragic accident.

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 But maybe it's even more personal than that.

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 Maybe you are suffering.

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 Perhaps a broken relationship.

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 An ongoing illness.

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 Struggling with unfulfilled dreams.

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 You see, we all live in a world where suffering is deeply real.

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 Disease and disability.

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 Earthquakes and tsunamis.

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 Wars and famine.

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 Violence and rape.

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 And the hard reality is that if we live long enough, we will suffer.

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 Now, the question before us is this morning, what do we do about all this suffering?

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 Well, our natural reaction is to blame God.

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 A parent buries their own child and inside they're crying out,

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 Why did you let my child die?

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 A landslide smothers a whole village, wiping out hundreds.

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 How can you let this happen?

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 Why did you create such a horrible world?

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 Why do you inflict such terrible pain?

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 Our experience of suffering means we are hurt and we are angry.

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 Something is not right with this world.

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 We don't like suffering and we desperately want it to stop.

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 And God, it seems, is to blame for all the suffering we see and experience.

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 But yet, there's a problem.

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 You see, we can only truly blame God if we believe in God.

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 If you're an atheist, you can't blame God because, well, to you, he doesn't exist.

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 You cannot get angry at a non-existent God.

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 A true atheist believes that life in this world is just a random series of events.

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 To quote one philosopher, we are simply the outcome of an accidental collection of atoms.

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 So why is suffering a problem?

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 It's just the natural shape and form of life.

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 Why is it a problem if a child is born with no limbs?

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 What does it matter if a tornado wipes out a village?

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 It's just the way it is.

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 No rhyme or reason.

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 It just is.

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 Get on with it.

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 So if an atheist is to be true to himself or herself, they have no God to be angry at.

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 We cannot blame a God who does not exist.

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 And if God does not exist, well, then we cannot expect him to intervene and end the suffering we face.

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 However, whatever our belief about God, all of us have this sense that suffering is not meant to be.

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 Deep down, we want suffering to end.

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 So what do we do about the problem?

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 Well, I think we need to at least consider what God has to say.

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 We mightn't like everything that God says,

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 and God mightn't answer everything we ask, but we must let God be God.

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 If we're going to be angry at God, and I don't think there's any wrong in being angry,

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 then we need to leave room for him to answer.

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 We cannot simply shout at God and not listen to what he has to say.

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 So three things we're going to look at in response to why all the suffering.

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 First, God and the cause of suffering.

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 Turn with me, please, to Genesis chapter 2.

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 God and the cause of suffering.

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 The Bible story begins with a world that is full of beauty and harmony.

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 It's a world where there is no suffering.

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 It's life as we long for in all its wonder.

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 But we don't have to read too far along,

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 and we begin to see what caused the suffering in the world.

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 And it seems there are three interrelated causes or reasons for suffering.

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 First, human rebellion.

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 God created a world in which there was one loving ruler.

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 God is the creator.

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 God made the world, so he owns the world.

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 And because he owns the world, he makes the rules.

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 Chapter 2, verse 15.

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 The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden.

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 Eden, of course, means paradise.

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 Took him to work in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it.

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 And the Lord God commanded the man,

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 You are free to eat from any tree in the garden,

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 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil,

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 for when you eat from it, you will certainly die.

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 Now, I don't think it was some kind of magical fruit.

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 God was simply setting a boundary.

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 Don't break my commands.

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 Because if you do, there will be disorder, disease, decay.

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 It's all going to end in death.

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 If you set yourself up as ruler, it will end in terrible suffering.

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 And as we'll see, that's what happened.

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 The first man and woman rebelled against God,

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 and suffering has entered the world.

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 In fact, the history of mankind, including ourselves,

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 has been ongoing in their rebellion.

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 As a human race, we have added to suffering

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 through selfish actions and evil choices.

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 So first, there is human rebellion.

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 Second, there's satanic influence.

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 Chapter 3, verse 1.

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 Now, the snake, later identified as Satan,

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 known as the deceiver, who is a fallen angel.

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 We're not told how or why not all these things are given to us,

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 but simply that he is a fallen angel.

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 Now, the snake was more crafty than any of the wild animals

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 the Lord God had made.

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 He said to the woman,

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 Did God really say you must not eat from the tree,

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 from any tree in the garden?

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 Verse 4.

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 You will not certainly die,

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 the snake said to the woman.

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 For God knows that when you eat from it,

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 your eyes will be opened,

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 and you will be like God,

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 knowing good and evil.

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 In other words,

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 you will be the ones who will decide

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 what is good

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 and what is evil.

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 You see, Satan is the arch enemy of God.

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 He loves to break and destroy.

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 He sets himself up against God

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 and is motivated by a pure hate

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 of all that is good and beautiful.

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 And we must never underestimate

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 Satan's influence.

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 The Bible describes him as a force of evil,

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 the God of this age,

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 or the ruler of the kingdom of the air.

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 The Apostle Paul talks about his thorn in the flesh,

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 his suffering,

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 as a messenger of Satan.

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 Luke tells us that when Jesus went around healing people,

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 he was healing those

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 who were under the power of the devil.

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 So, second,

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 Satan has had an influence

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 and continues to have an influence

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 in causing suffering.

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 Third,

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 God's judgment.

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 As humans rebelled

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 and as Satan influenced,

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 the Bible is very clear

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 why there is suffering.

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 Suffering

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 is in the world

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 as a result of God's judgment

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 on the world.

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 Look at God's response

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 to this rebellion

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 and this

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 satanic influence.

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 Chapter 3,

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 verse 14.

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 So the Lord God said to the snake,

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 because you have done this,

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 cursed are you above all the livestock

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 and all the wild animals.

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 Verse 15.

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 And I will put enmity

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 between you and the woman

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 and between her offspring

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 and yours.

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 So there's going to be this conflict

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 continuously between Satan

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 and people.

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 Verse 16.

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 To the woman, he said,

00:19:23.240 --> 00:19:25.759
 I will make your pains

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 in childbearing very severe.

00:19:28.740 --> 00:19:30.180
 With painful labour,

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 you will give birth to children.

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 Your desire will be for your husband

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 and he will rule over you.

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 Now that last part is that

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 she will want to

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 dominate and rule over

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 and your husband

00:19:45.059 --> 00:19:46.519
 will want to rule over

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 in a tyrannical kind of way.

00:19:50.399 --> 00:19:51.460
 Verse 17.

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 To Adam, he said,

00:19:52.679 --> 00:19:54.199
 because you listened to your wife

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 and ate fruit from the tree

00:19:55.579 --> 00:19:57.019
 about which I commanded you,

00:19:57.299 --> 00:19:58.619
 you must not eat from it.

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 Cursed is the ground

00:20:01.359 --> 00:20:02.159
 because of you.

00:20:02.279 --> 00:20:03.299
 Through painful toil,

00:20:03.439 --> 00:20:05.279
 you will eat food from it

00:20:05.279 --> 00:20:07.319
 all the days of your life.

00:20:09.200 --> 00:20:10.920
 It will produce thorns

00:20:10.920 --> 00:20:11.779
 and thistles

00:20:11.779 --> 00:20:14.579
 and you will eat the plants

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 of the field.

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 End of verse 19.

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 For dust you are

00:20:18.920 --> 00:20:22.240
 and to dust you will return.

00:20:24.200 --> 00:20:25.160
 This curse,

00:20:25.740 --> 00:20:26.839
 this judgment,

00:20:27.139 --> 00:20:28.099
 comes from God

00:20:28.099 --> 00:20:29.019
 and it results

00:20:29.019 --> 00:20:31.259
 in all kinds of suffering.

00:20:31.259 --> 00:20:31.759
 suffering.

00:20:31.759 --> 00:20:33.079
 The sufferings we see

00:20:33.079 --> 00:20:33.980
 and experience,

00:20:34.119 --> 00:20:35.059
 whether it's physical,

00:20:35.579 --> 00:20:36.119
 spiritual,

00:20:36.420 --> 00:20:36.819
 social,

00:20:37.039 --> 00:20:37.519
 relational,

00:20:38.140 --> 00:20:38.779
 psychological,

00:20:39.220 --> 00:20:41.220
 everything is now out of sync.

00:20:41.599 --> 00:20:43.379
 The fabric of the universe

00:20:43.379 --> 00:20:44.660
 has been undone.

00:20:44.759 --> 00:20:45.500
 It's like somebody

00:20:45.500 --> 00:20:46.559
 has pulled a thread

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 and keeps pulling

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 and everything is unravelling.

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 And as a result,

00:20:51.779 --> 00:20:53.059
 we now live in a world

00:20:53.059 --> 00:20:55.039
 which is under the sentence

00:20:55.039 --> 00:20:56.539
 of death.

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 Paul describes this suffering

00:21:00.319 --> 00:21:02.299
 as frustration.

00:21:03.259 --> 00:21:06.379
 Have a look at Romans chapter 8.

00:21:09.379 --> 00:21:11.059
 Romans chapter 8.

00:21:13.319 --> 00:21:15.839
 Here it is described as frustration.

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 The world doesn't function

00:21:17.659 --> 00:21:18.339
 as it should.

00:21:18.779 --> 00:21:20.879
 Everything is frustrated.

00:21:20.880 --> 00:21:25.040
 Chapter 8, verse 20.

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 For the creation

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 was subjected to frustration

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 not by its own choice,

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 but by the will of the one

00:21:42.480 --> 00:21:44.560
 who subjected it.

00:21:45.340 --> 00:21:46.820
 Who subjected it?

00:21:47.680 --> 00:21:49.580
 God subjected it

00:21:49.580 --> 00:21:50.620
 to frustration.

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 God subjected it

00:21:53.500 --> 00:21:55.000
 to bondage

00:21:55.000 --> 00:21:56.280
 and decay.

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 And that judgment

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 is being felt

00:22:00.420 --> 00:22:01.080
 globally

00:22:01.080 --> 00:22:02.120
 and personally

00:22:02.120 --> 00:22:03.380
 every day.

00:22:05.240 --> 00:22:06.960
 Now we mustn't think

00:22:06.960 --> 00:22:09.220
 that God is sitting there

00:22:09.220 --> 00:22:10.380
 in the throne of heaven

00:22:10.380 --> 00:22:11.180
 thinking up

00:22:11.180 --> 00:22:12.300
 terrible cancers

00:22:12.300 --> 00:22:13.820
 and concocting

00:22:13.820 --> 00:22:14.940
 terrible diseases

00:22:14.940 --> 00:22:15.880
 that he can just

00:22:15.880 --> 00:22:17.640
 unleash upon the world

00:22:17.640 --> 00:22:18.200
 at will.

00:22:19.440 --> 00:22:19.880
 No suffering

00:22:19.880 --> 00:22:20.460
 suffering

00:22:20.460 --> 00:22:21.400
 in all its

00:22:21.400 --> 00:22:22.740
 different kinds

00:22:22.740 --> 00:22:24.820
 are the consequences

00:22:24.820 --> 00:22:25.860
 of rebellion.

00:22:26.420 --> 00:22:27.400
 The results

00:22:27.400 --> 00:22:29.380
 of satanic influence.

00:22:29.820 --> 00:22:31.160
 The outworkings

00:22:31.160 --> 00:22:32.640
 of God's judgment.

00:22:34.560 --> 00:22:35.380
 But we ask

00:22:35.380 --> 00:22:36.260
 why would God

00:22:36.260 --> 00:22:37.320
 judge the world

00:22:37.320 --> 00:22:38.180
 in this way?

00:22:38.660 --> 00:22:39.540
 Well look at the rest

00:22:39.540 --> 00:22:40.340
 of verse 20

00:22:40.340 --> 00:22:41.260
 of Romans 8.

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 God judges

00:22:48.079 --> 00:22:49.839
 in hope

00:22:49.839 --> 00:22:51.420
 that the creation

00:22:51.420 --> 00:22:52.339
 itself

00:22:52.339 --> 00:22:54.299
 will be liberated

00:22:54.299 --> 00:22:55.559
 from its bondage

00:22:55.559 --> 00:22:56.879
 to decay

00:22:56.879 --> 00:22:58.160
 and brought

00:22:58.160 --> 00:22:59.220
 into the freedom

00:22:59.220 --> 00:23:00.039
 and glory

00:23:00.039 --> 00:23:01.339
 of the children

00:23:01.339 --> 00:23:01.980
 of God.

00:23:02.940 --> 00:23:03.980
 God judges

00:23:03.980 --> 00:23:06.000
 in such a way

00:23:06.000 --> 00:23:06.519
 to show

00:23:06.519 --> 00:23:07.539
 how terrible

00:23:07.539 --> 00:23:09.660
 and awful

00:23:09.660 --> 00:23:10.940
 sin is

00:23:10.940 --> 00:23:12.779
 and how desperately

00:23:12.779 --> 00:23:14.180
 we need a saviour

00:23:14.180 --> 00:23:15.200
 who would come

00:23:15.200 --> 00:23:15.980
 and intervene

00:23:15.980 --> 00:23:17.900
 and liberate us

00:23:17.900 --> 00:23:19.579
 and free us

00:23:19.579 --> 00:23:21.900
 from a sin

00:23:21.900 --> 00:23:22.940
 wrecked

00:23:22.940 --> 00:23:24.059
 world.

00:23:25.940 --> 00:23:27.299
 So in summary

00:23:27.299 --> 00:23:28.200
 of the first

00:23:28.200 --> 00:23:29.119
 God

00:23:29.119 --> 00:23:29.740
 and the cause

00:23:29.740 --> 00:23:30.279
 of suffering

00:23:30.279 --> 00:23:31.019
 we can say

00:23:31.019 --> 00:23:31.640
 that man

00:23:31.640 --> 00:23:32.800
 is ultimately

00:23:32.800 --> 00:23:33.740
 responsible

00:23:33.740 --> 00:23:35.140
 Satan

00:23:35.140 --> 00:23:36.360
 desires it

00:23:36.360 --> 00:23:38.140
 and God

00:23:38.140 --> 00:23:40.100
 has willed it.

00:23:41.560 --> 00:23:42.560
 So first

00:23:42.560 --> 00:23:42.920
 God

00:23:42.920 --> 00:23:43.580
 and the cause

00:23:43.580 --> 00:23:44.200
 of suffering.

00:23:44.900 --> 00:23:45.460
 Second

00:23:45.460 --> 00:23:47.140
 God

00:23:47.140 --> 00:23:47.540
 and his

00:23:47.540 --> 00:23:48.220
 control

00:23:48.220 --> 00:23:49.600
 over suffering.

00:23:51.880 --> 00:23:52.740
 While we

00:23:52.740 --> 00:23:53.480
 live in a world

00:23:53.480 --> 00:23:54.380
 that is broken

00:23:54.380 --> 00:23:54.920
 and under

00:23:54.920 --> 00:23:55.720
 God's judgment

00:23:55.720 --> 00:23:56.540
 we mustn't

00:23:56.540 --> 00:23:57.060
 fall into

00:23:57.060 --> 00:23:57.620
 the false

00:23:57.620 --> 00:23:58.180
 teaching

00:23:58.180 --> 00:23:58.920
 that says

00:23:58.920 --> 00:24:00.300
 and we hear

00:24:00.300 --> 00:24:01.060
 it from people

00:24:01.059 --> 00:24:01.980
 your suffering

00:24:01.980 --> 00:24:03.399
 is a result

00:24:03.399 --> 00:24:04.179
 of personal

00:24:04.179 --> 00:24:04.720
 sin

00:24:04.720 --> 00:24:05.740
 or your

00:24:05.740 --> 00:24:06.379
 suffering

00:24:06.379 --> 00:24:06.960
 is because

00:24:06.960 --> 00:24:07.639
 you don't

00:24:07.639 --> 00:24:08.159
 have enough

00:24:08.159 --> 00:24:08.700
 faith.

00:24:09.659 --> 00:24:10.519
 Many Christians

00:24:10.519 --> 00:24:11.500
 operate in that

00:24:11.500 --> 00:24:12.099
 way and it's

00:24:12.099 --> 00:24:12.539
 dangerous

00:24:12.539 --> 00:24:13.139
 and it's

00:24:13.139 --> 00:24:13.599
 terrible.

00:24:14.220 --> 00:24:14.879
 It's not

00:24:14.879 --> 00:24:15.299
 what the

00:24:15.299 --> 00:24:16.079
 Bible teaches.

00:24:17.059 --> 00:24:17.539
 We should

00:24:17.539 --> 00:24:18.299
 not view

00:24:18.299 --> 00:24:18.960
 that every

00:24:18.960 --> 00:24:19.440
 suffering

00:24:19.440 --> 00:24:20.679
 we experience

00:24:20.679 --> 00:24:22.000
 is a direct

00:24:22.000 --> 00:24:22.579
 judgment

00:24:22.579 --> 00:24:23.339
 from God.

00:24:24.000 --> 00:24:24.819
 The level

00:24:24.819 --> 00:24:25.539
 of our

00:24:25.539 --> 00:24:26.079
 personal

00:24:26.079 --> 00:24:26.740
 suffering

00:24:26.740 --> 00:24:28.240
 is not

00:24:28.240 --> 00:24:28.919
 equated

00:24:28.919 --> 00:24:30.299
 with our

00:24:30.299 --> 00:24:30.859
 level of

00:24:30.859 --> 00:24:31.299
 personal

00:24:31.299 --> 00:24:31.740
 sin.

00:24:31.899 --> 00:24:32.579
 So if

00:24:32.579 --> 00:24:32.859
 we are

00:24:32.859 --> 00:24:33.359
 suffering

00:24:33.359 --> 00:24:33.759
 in a

00:24:33.759 --> 00:24:34.099
 particular

00:24:34.099 --> 00:24:34.479
 way

00:24:34.479 --> 00:24:34.759
 it's

00:24:34.759 --> 00:24:35.000
 not

00:24:35.000 --> 00:24:35.559
 because

00:24:35.559 --> 00:24:36.379
 of

00:24:36.379 --> 00:24:36.619
 the

00:24:36.619 --> 00:24:36.959
 amount

00:24:36.959 --> 00:24:37.179
 of

00:24:37.179 --> 00:24:37.439
 sin

00:24:37.439 --> 00:24:37.740
 I've

00:24:37.740 --> 00:24:37.939
 done.

00:24:38.079 --> 00:24:38.459
 So if

00:24:38.459 --> 00:24:38.799
 I have

00:24:38.799 --> 00:24:39.179
 some

00:24:39.179 --> 00:24:40.259
 incurable

00:24:40.259 --> 00:24:41.559
 unidentified

00:24:41.559 --> 00:24:42.279
 disease

00:24:42.279 --> 00:24:43.559
 it's not

00:24:43.559 --> 00:24:44.159
 because

00:24:44.159 --> 00:24:44.899
 necessarily

00:24:44.899 --> 00:24:45.699
 there's a

00:24:45.699 --> 00:24:46.159
 whole heap

00:24:46.159 --> 00:24:46.539
 of sin

00:24:46.539 --> 00:24:46.839
 in my

00:24:46.839 --> 00:24:47.279
 life.

00:24:48.059 --> 00:24:48.459
 Rather

00:24:48.459 --> 00:24:48.919
 what we

00:24:48.919 --> 00:24:49.419
 see and

00:24:49.419 --> 00:24:50.099
 experience

00:24:50.099 --> 00:24:50.679
 in our

00:24:50.679 --> 00:24:50.939
 world

00:24:50.939 --> 00:24:51.379
 today

00:24:51.379 --> 00:24:52.240
 is the

00:24:52.240 --> 00:24:53.379
 outworkings

00:24:53.379 --> 00:24:55.119
 of what

00:24:55.119 --> 00:24:55.599
 we looked

00:24:55.599 --> 00:24:56.359
 at in

00:24:56.359 --> 00:24:57.039
 part one.

00:24:57.459 --> 00:24:57.659
 The

00:24:57.659 --> 00:24:58.619
 outworkings

00:24:58.619 --> 00:24:59.239
 of God's

00:24:59.239 --> 00:24:59.719
 curse

00:24:59.719 --> 00:25:00.779
 on the

00:25:00.779 --> 00:25:01.179
 world.

00:25:01.959 --> 00:25:02.579
 We live

00:25:02.579 --> 00:25:02.839
 in the

00:25:02.839 --> 00:25:03.379
 world that

00:25:03.379 --> 00:25:04.299
 is frustrated

00:25:04.299 --> 00:25:05.659
 under the

00:25:05.659 --> 00:25:06.339
 sentence of

00:25:06.339 --> 00:25:06.719
 death.

00:25:07.759 --> 00:25:08.439
 And yet

00:25:08.439 --> 00:25:10.079
 we live

00:25:10.079 --> 00:25:10.359
 in a

00:25:10.359 --> 00:25:10.939
 world where

00:25:10.939 --> 00:25:11.279
 God

00:25:11.279 --> 00:25:12.059
 controls

00:25:12.059 --> 00:25:13.459
 and rules

00:25:13.459 --> 00:25:15.159
 over all

00:25:15.159 --> 00:25:16.259
 suffering.

00:25:17.259 --> 00:25:18.139
 So let's

00:25:18.139 --> 00:25:19.319
 turn to

00:25:19.319 --> 00:25:19.779
 the book

00:25:19.779 --> 00:25:20.419
 of Job.

00:25:22.659 --> 00:25:23.539
 Go to

00:25:23.539 --> 00:25:23.859
 the book

00:25:23.859 --> 00:25:24.419
 of Job.

00:25:31.819 --> 00:25:32.539
 The

00:25:32.539 --> 00:25:32.939
 author

00:25:32.939 --> 00:25:33.579
 at the

00:25:33.579 --> 00:25:33.799
 very

00:25:33.799 --> 00:25:34.240
 beginning

00:25:34.240 --> 00:25:34.859
 wants us

00:25:34.859 --> 00:25:35.299
 to know

00:25:35.299 --> 00:25:36.119
 that Job

00:25:36.119 --> 00:25:37.139
 is a

00:25:37.139 --> 00:25:37.759
 good man.

00:25:38.639 --> 00:25:39.619
 He's not

00:25:39.619 --> 00:25:40.139
 sinless,

00:25:40.259 --> 00:25:40.639
 he's not

00:25:40.639 --> 00:25:41.319
 perfect,

00:25:42.059 --> 00:25:43.679
 but he

00:25:43.679 --> 00:25:44.240
 is

00:25:44.240 --> 00:25:44.979
 righteous.

00:25:46.259 --> 00:25:46.439
 So

00:25:46.439 --> 00:25:47.000
 Job,

00:25:48.079 --> 00:25:49.799
 just

00:25:49.799 --> 00:25:50.199
 before

00:25:50.199 --> 00:25:50.839
 Psalms,

00:25:51.099 --> 00:25:51.519
 somebody

00:25:51.519 --> 00:25:51.879
 got it

00:25:51.879 --> 00:25:52.479
 there and

00:25:52.479 --> 00:25:52.639
 I'll

00:25:52.639 --> 00:25:53.039
 call out

00:25:53.039 --> 00:25:53.220
 the

00:25:53.220 --> 00:25:53.539
 number.

00:25:58.879 --> 00:25:59.359
 509.

00:26:04.740 --> 00:26:05.279
 509,

00:26:05.399 --> 00:26:05.779
 Job

00:26:05.779 --> 00:26:06.899
 chapter

00:26:06.899 --> 00:26:07.299
 1.

00:26:09.220 --> 00:26:09.980
 So we

00:26:09.980 --> 00:26:10.460
 read there,

00:26:10.539 --> 00:26:10.659
 we're

00:26:10.659 --> 00:26:11.039
 introduced

00:26:11.039 --> 00:26:11.740
 to him

00:26:11.740 --> 00:26:15.420
 that in

00:26:15.420 --> 00:26:15.779
 the land

00:26:15.779 --> 00:26:16.139
 of Uz

00:26:16.139 --> 00:26:16.619
 there lived

00:26:16.619 --> 00:26:17.000
 a man

00:26:17.000 --> 00:26:17.460
 whose name

00:26:17.460 --> 00:26:18.079
 was Job.

00:26:18.619 --> 00:26:19.000
 This

00:26:19.000 --> 00:26:19.500
 man was

00:26:19.500 --> 00:26:20.180
 blameless

00:26:20.180 --> 00:26:21.159
 and upright.

00:26:21.339 --> 00:26:21.819
 He feared

00:26:21.819 --> 00:26:22.460
 God and

00:26:22.460 --> 00:26:22.900
 shunned

00:26:22.900 --> 00:26:23.420
 evil.

00:26:24.920 --> 00:26:25.579
 He even,

00:26:25.779 --> 00:26:26.400
 verse 5,

00:26:26.539 --> 00:26:27.079
 prayed for

00:26:27.079 --> 00:26:27.680
 his children

00:26:27.680 --> 00:26:28.200
 in case

00:26:28.200 --> 00:26:28.640
 they had

00:26:28.640 --> 00:26:29.120
 sinned.

00:26:30.380 --> 00:26:30.900
 Job is

00:26:30.900 --> 00:26:31.440
 set up

00:26:31.440 --> 00:26:32.079
 before us

00:26:32.079 --> 00:26:32.559
 as somebody

00:26:32.559 --> 00:26:32.960
 who's

00:26:32.960 --> 00:26:33.559
 innocent,

00:26:34.319 --> 00:26:36.000
 but yet

00:26:36.000 --> 00:26:37.299
 he has

00:26:37.299 --> 00:26:37.779
 suffered

00:26:37.779 --> 00:26:39.059
 terribly

00:26:39.059 --> 00:26:40.960
 in three

00:26:40.960 --> 00:26:41.539
 ways.

00:26:42.620 --> 00:26:43.240
 First,

00:26:43.779 --> 00:26:44.519
 he suffered

00:26:44.519 --> 00:26:44.940
 at the

00:26:44.940 --> 00:26:45.460
 hands

00:26:45.460 --> 00:26:46.500
 of other

00:26:46.500 --> 00:26:47.019
 men in

00:26:47.019 --> 00:26:48.119
 verses 13

00:26:48.119 --> 00:26:49.059
 and 17.

00:26:49.619 --> 00:26:50.119
 Evil

00:26:50.119 --> 00:26:50.759
 actions

00:26:50.759 --> 00:26:51.879
 from

00:26:51.879 --> 00:26:52.599
 outsiders.

00:26:52.859 --> 00:26:53.119
 People

00:26:53.119 --> 00:26:53.400
 have

00:26:53.400 --> 00:26:54.059
 come in

00:26:54.059 --> 00:26:55.480
 and it's

00:26:55.480 --> 00:26:56.160
 meant he

00:26:56.160 --> 00:26:56.700
 has lost

00:26:56.700 --> 00:26:57.579
 his herds

00:26:57.579 --> 00:26:58.700
 and his

00:26:58.700 --> 00:26:59.220
 servants

00:26:59.220 --> 00:26:59.759
 as they

00:26:59.759 --> 00:27:00.579
 took them

00:27:00.579 --> 00:27:00.920
 away.

00:27:02.200 --> 00:27:02.720
 He

00:27:02.720 --> 00:27:03.299
 suffers at

00:27:03.299 --> 00:27:03.779
 the hands

00:27:03.779 --> 00:27:04.299
 of other

00:27:04.299 --> 00:27:04.599
 men.

00:27:05.039 --> 00:27:05.299
 Second,

00:27:05.480 --> 00:27:06.200
 he suffers

00:27:06.200 --> 00:27:07.480
 natural

00:27:07.480 --> 00:27:08.259
 disasters,

00:27:08.460 --> 00:27:08.819
 we might

00:27:08.819 --> 00:27:09.279
 call them

00:27:09.279 --> 00:27:09.720
 in verses

00:27:09.720 --> 00:27:10.620
 16 and

00:27:10.620 --> 00:27:11.180
 19.

00:27:11.539 --> 00:27:12.220
 A fire

00:27:12.220 --> 00:27:13.720
 comes and

00:27:13.720 --> 00:27:14.500
 a tornado

00:27:14.500 --> 00:27:15.299
 comes that

00:27:15.299 --> 00:27:16.579
 destroyed his

00:27:16.579 --> 00:27:18.079
 animals and

00:27:18.079 --> 00:27:20.019
 horrifically a

00:27:20.019 --> 00:27:21.000
 wind comes

00:27:21.000 --> 00:27:21.360
 in,

00:27:21.880 --> 00:27:22.480
 knocks down

00:27:22.480 --> 00:27:23.039
 the house

00:27:23.039 --> 00:27:24.720
 and kills

00:27:24.720 --> 00:27:25.640
 ten of

00:27:25.640 --> 00:27:27.100
 his children,

00:27:27.339 --> 00:27:27.860
 all of his

00:27:27.860 --> 00:27:28.279
 children,

00:27:28.440 --> 00:27:29.079
 their husbands

00:27:29.079 --> 00:27:30.160
 and wives,

00:27:30.700 --> 00:27:32.539
 gone in a

00:27:32.539 --> 00:27:32.900
 moment.

00:27:36.000 --> 00:27:36.720
 And then

00:27:36.720 --> 00:27:37.059
 third,

00:27:37.200 --> 00:27:37.819
 he suffers,

00:27:38.019 --> 00:27:38.440
 we didn't

00:27:38.440 --> 00:27:38.960
 read this,

00:27:39.059 --> 00:27:39.440
 but have a

00:27:39.440 --> 00:27:39.720
 look at

00:27:39.720 --> 00:27:40.360
 chapter 2

00:27:40.360 --> 00:27:41.059
 verse 7.

00:27:42.320 --> 00:27:43.019
 He suffered

00:27:43.019 --> 00:27:43.900
 personal

00:27:43.900 --> 00:27:44.720
 illness

00:27:44.720 --> 00:27:46.380
 and pain.

00:27:47.740 --> 00:27:48.620
 Chapter 2

00:27:48.620 --> 00:27:49.200
 verse 7,

00:27:49.279 --> 00:27:49.759
 so Satan

00:27:49.759 --> 00:27:50.259
 went out

00:27:50.259 --> 00:27:50.600
 from the

00:27:50.600 --> 00:27:51.140
 presence of

00:27:51.140 --> 00:27:51.600
 the Lord

00:27:51.600 --> 00:27:53.299
 and afflicted

00:27:53.299 --> 00:27:53.980
 Job with

00:27:53.980 --> 00:27:55.340
 painful sores

00:27:55.340 --> 00:27:56.120
 and soles

00:27:56.120 --> 00:27:56.860
 on his feet

00:27:56.860 --> 00:27:58.000
 to the

00:27:58.000 --> 00:27:58.500
 crown of

00:27:58.500 --> 00:27:59.059
 his head,

00:28:00.100 --> 00:28:01.519
 an excruciating

00:28:01.519 --> 00:28:02.799
 flesh-eating

00:28:02.799 --> 00:28:03.620
 disease

00:28:03.620 --> 00:28:05.160
 from which

00:28:05.160 --> 00:28:05.620
 there was

00:28:05.620 --> 00:28:06.700
 no comfort.

00:28:06.700 --> 00:28:09.900
 Job is

00:28:09.900 --> 00:28:10.500
 an innocent

00:28:10.500 --> 00:28:10.940
 man,

00:28:10.940 --> 00:28:11.340
 yet he

00:28:11.340 --> 00:28:11.799
 suffers

00:28:11.799 --> 00:28:12.380
 terribly.

00:28:13.519 --> 00:28:14.039
 And that

00:28:14.039 --> 00:28:14.580
 is how

00:28:14.580 --> 00:28:15.559
 most suffering

00:28:15.559 --> 00:28:16.580
 appears to

00:28:16.580 --> 00:28:16.940
 us.

00:28:17.580 --> 00:28:18.259
 We can do

00:28:18.259 --> 00:28:19.140
 nothing wrong,

00:28:19.620 --> 00:28:20.299
 we can live

00:28:20.299 --> 00:28:21.180
 God-honouring

00:28:21.180 --> 00:28:21.940
 lives,

00:28:22.400 --> 00:28:23.220
 and yet we

00:28:23.220 --> 00:28:24.299
 can experience

00:28:24.299 --> 00:28:25.160
 an incurable

00:28:25.160 --> 00:28:25.740
 illness,

00:28:26.200 --> 00:28:26.920
 we can face

00:28:26.920 --> 00:28:27.480
 the death

00:28:27.480 --> 00:28:27.819
 of our

00:28:27.819 --> 00:28:28.380
 child,

00:28:28.880 --> 00:28:29.519
 and we

00:28:29.519 --> 00:28:30.000
 could lose

00:28:30.000 --> 00:28:30.840
 everything in

00:28:30.840 --> 00:28:31.279
 a moment.

00:28:32.480 --> 00:28:33.200
 Why is

00:28:33.200 --> 00:28:33.539
 this?

00:28:33.539 --> 00:28:34.700
 we look

00:28:34.700 --> 00:28:35.119
 out and

00:28:35.119 --> 00:28:35.659
 we wonder,

00:28:36.079 --> 00:28:36.599
 is anyone

00:28:36.599 --> 00:28:37.420
 in control

00:28:37.420 --> 00:28:37.859
 of all

00:28:37.859 --> 00:28:38.200
 of this,

00:28:38.440 --> 00:28:39.039
 or is

00:28:39.039 --> 00:28:39.559
 this just

00:28:39.559 --> 00:28:40.220
 a random

00:28:40.220 --> 00:28:40.819
 set of

00:28:40.819 --> 00:28:41.220
 events,

00:28:41.619 --> 00:28:42.259
 and somehow

00:28:42.259 --> 00:28:43.079
 I've just

00:28:43.079 --> 00:28:43.779
 been dealt

00:28:43.779 --> 00:28:44.859
 a bad set

00:28:44.859 --> 00:28:45.539
 of cards,

00:28:45.819 --> 00:28:46.460
 and I have

00:28:46.460 --> 00:28:46.839
 to live

00:28:46.839 --> 00:28:47.299
 with it?

00:28:49.920 --> 00:28:50.519
 Well,

00:28:50.579 --> 00:28:51.240
 Job gives

00:28:51.240 --> 00:28:53.099
 us answers.

00:28:54.379 --> 00:28:54.899
 First,

00:28:56.759 --> 00:28:57.259
 Satan

00:28:57.259 --> 00:28:58.460
 causes the

00:28:58.460 --> 00:28:58.920
 suffering,

00:29:00.159 --> 00:29:01.319
 or does

00:29:01.319 --> 00:29:01.559
 he?

00:29:01.559 --> 00:29:03.779
 at first

00:29:03.779 --> 00:29:04.379
 it seems

00:29:04.379 --> 00:29:04.819
 Satan

00:29:04.819 --> 00:29:05.339
 caused

00:29:05.339 --> 00:29:05.559
 the

00:29:05.559 --> 00:29:05.960
 suffering.

00:29:06.419 --> 00:29:06.859
 Go back

00:29:06.859 --> 00:29:07.299
 to chapter

00:29:07.299 --> 00:29:07.639
 1,

00:29:07.700 --> 00:29:08.339
 verse 6.

00:29:14.099 --> 00:29:14.859
 One day

00:29:14.859 --> 00:29:15.419
 the angels

00:29:15.419 --> 00:29:15.980
 came to

00:29:15.980 --> 00:29:16.299
 present

00:29:16.299 --> 00:29:16.799
 themselves

00:29:16.799 --> 00:29:17.480
 before the

00:29:17.480 --> 00:29:17.740
 Lord,

00:29:17.879 --> 00:29:18.379
 and Satan

00:29:18.379 --> 00:29:19.139
 also came

00:29:19.139 --> 00:29:19.519
 with them.

00:29:19.619 --> 00:29:19.940
 The Lord

00:29:19.940 --> 00:29:20.419
 said to

00:29:20.419 --> 00:29:20.740
 Satan,

00:29:21.220 --> 00:29:21.980
 where have

00:29:21.980 --> 00:29:22.339
 you come

00:29:22.339 --> 00:29:22.679
 from?

00:29:23.480 --> 00:29:23.919
 Satan

00:29:23.919 --> 00:29:24.359
 answered

00:29:24.359 --> 00:29:24.819
 the Lord,

00:29:24.940 --> 00:29:25.559
 from roaming

00:29:25.559 --> 00:29:26.359
 throughout the

00:29:26.359 --> 00:29:26.679
 earth,

00:29:26.819 --> 00:29:27.440
 going to

00:29:27.440 --> 00:29:28.059
 and fro

00:29:28.059 --> 00:29:28.679
 in it.

00:29:29.799 --> 00:29:30.519
 What a

00:29:30.519 --> 00:29:31.000
 picture.

00:29:31.559 --> 00:29:32.419
 of evil

00:29:32.419 --> 00:29:33.500
 intent.

00:29:34.519 --> 00:29:35.079
 Roaming

00:29:35.079 --> 00:29:35.579
 around,

00:29:36.379 --> 00:29:36.940
 looking to

00:29:36.940 --> 00:29:37.919
 cause harm

00:29:37.919 --> 00:29:39.200
 and disorder.

00:29:40.359 --> 00:29:40.960
 And after

00:29:40.960 --> 00:29:41.980
 his conversation

00:29:41.980 --> 00:29:42.740
 with God

00:29:42.740 --> 00:29:43.940
 about this

00:29:43.940 --> 00:29:44.399
 person,

00:29:44.539 --> 00:29:44.779
 Job,

00:29:44.859 --> 00:29:45.440
 Job doesn't

00:29:45.440 --> 00:29:46.000
 know about

00:29:46.000 --> 00:29:46.960
 this conversation.

00:29:48.319 --> 00:29:49.299
 We read

00:29:49.299 --> 00:29:50.179
 in verse 11,

00:29:51.399 --> 00:29:51.679
 Satan

00:29:51.679 --> 00:29:52.240
 says to

00:29:52.240 --> 00:29:52.480
 God,

00:29:52.599 --> 00:29:52.960
 but now

00:29:52.960 --> 00:29:53.720
 stretch out

00:29:53.720 --> 00:29:54.559
 your hand

00:29:54.559 --> 00:29:55.799
 and strike

00:29:55.799 --> 00:29:56.539
 everything he

00:29:56.539 --> 00:29:56.899
 has,

00:29:56.960 --> 00:29:57.200
 and he

00:29:57.200 --> 00:29:57.759
 will surely

00:29:57.759 --> 00:29:58.319
 curse you

00:29:58.319 --> 00:29:58.639
 to your

00:29:58.639 --> 00:29:59.079
 face.

00:29:59.079 --> 00:30:00.619
 the Lord

00:30:00.619 --> 00:30:01.079
 said to

00:30:01.079 --> 00:30:01.379
 Satan,

00:30:01.519 --> 00:30:02.059
 very well

00:30:02.059 --> 00:30:02.319
 then,

00:30:03.019 --> 00:30:03.799
 everything he

00:30:03.799 --> 00:30:04.460
 has is in

00:30:04.460 --> 00:30:05.299
 your power,

00:30:06.199 --> 00:30:06.699
 but on

00:30:06.699 --> 00:30:07.319
 the man

00:30:07.319 --> 00:30:08.119
 himself do

00:30:08.119 --> 00:30:08.599
 not lay

00:30:08.599 --> 00:30:09.119
 a finger.

00:30:10.399 --> 00:30:11.079
 Then Satan

00:30:11.079 --> 00:30:11.659
 went out

00:30:11.659 --> 00:30:12.079
 from the

00:30:12.079 --> 00:30:13.480
 presence of

00:30:13.480 --> 00:30:14.019
 the Lord,

00:30:15.019 --> 00:30:16.199
 and the

00:30:16.199 --> 00:30:16.579
 suffering

00:30:16.579 --> 00:30:17.319
 begins.

00:30:18.500 --> 00:30:19.139
 The attacks

00:30:19.139 --> 00:30:19.699
 from evil

00:30:19.699 --> 00:30:20.079
 men,

00:30:21.299 --> 00:30:21.919
 the natural

00:30:21.919 --> 00:30:22.619
 disasters,

00:30:24.079 --> 00:30:24.859
 his personal

00:30:24.859 --> 00:30:25.480
 suffering.

00:30:25.480 --> 00:30:25.519
 suffering.

00:30:26.940 --> 00:30:27.319
 And in

00:30:27.319 --> 00:30:28.079
 regards to

00:30:28.079 --> 00:30:28.740
 his personal

00:30:28.740 --> 00:30:29.319
 suffering,

00:30:29.460 --> 00:30:29.759
 look at

00:30:29.759 --> 00:30:30.299
 verse 7

00:30:30.299 --> 00:30:30.599
 again,

00:30:30.700 --> 00:30:31.240
 chapter 2,

00:30:31.299 --> 00:30:31.839
 verse 7.

00:30:34.680 --> 00:30:35.160
 Satan

00:30:35.160 --> 00:30:35.920
 went out

00:30:35.920 --> 00:30:36.339
 from the

00:30:36.339 --> 00:30:36.980
 presence of

00:30:36.980 --> 00:30:37.440
 the Lord,

00:30:38.900 --> 00:30:40.140
 and afflicted

00:30:40.140 --> 00:30:40.819
 Job with

00:30:40.819 --> 00:30:41.720
 painful sores

00:30:41.720 --> 00:30:42.339
 and soles

00:30:42.339 --> 00:30:42.860
 on his feet

00:30:42.860 --> 00:30:43.160
 to the

00:30:43.160 --> 00:30:43.539
 crown of

00:30:43.539 --> 00:30:44.000
 his head.

00:30:45.720 --> 00:30:46.240
 Satan,

00:30:46.400 --> 00:30:46.920
 it seems,

00:30:47.319 --> 00:30:48.079
 has caused

00:30:48.079 --> 00:30:48.740
 the suffering

00:30:48.740 --> 00:30:49.140
 that has

00:30:49.140 --> 00:30:49.640
 come into

00:30:49.640 --> 00:30:50.099
 Job's

00:30:50.099 --> 00:30:50.480
 life.

00:30:52.120 --> 00:30:52.539
 Now,

00:30:52.599 --> 00:30:53.140
 that raises

00:30:53.140 --> 00:30:54.120
 big questions

00:30:54.120 --> 00:30:54.660
 for us.

00:30:54.660 --> 00:30:55.580
 If that

00:30:55.580 --> 00:30:56.400
 is true,

00:30:57.700 --> 00:30:58.400
 does that

00:30:58.400 --> 00:30:59.080
 mean Satan

00:30:59.080 --> 00:30:59.820
 has power

00:30:59.820 --> 00:31:00.400
 to do as

00:31:00.400 --> 00:31:00.980
 he pleases?

00:31:02.259 --> 00:31:02.980
 Do we

00:31:02.980 --> 00:31:03.519
 live in a

00:31:03.519 --> 00:31:04.220
 world in

00:31:04.220 --> 00:31:05.340
 which God

00:31:05.340 --> 00:31:05.840
 is just

00:31:05.840 --> 00:31:08.160
 simply an

00:31:08.160 --> 00:31:09.300
 opposite but

00:31:09.300 --> 00:31:10.259
 equal force,

00:31:10.840 --> 00:31:11.340
 kind of

00:31:11.340 --> 00:31:12.640
 darkness and

00:31:12.640 --> 00:31:13.279
 light, good

00:31:13.279 --> 00:31:13.740
 and evil,

00:31:13.900 --> 00:31:14.600
 50-50,

00:31:14.759 --> 00:31:15.259
 one against

00:31:15.259 --> 00:31:15.740
 the other,

00:31:16.019 --> 00:31:16.620
 in an arm

00:31:16.620 --> 00:31:17.000
 wrestle?

00:31:17.220 --> 00:31:17.860
 Who's going

00:31:17.860 --> 00:31:18.380
 to win?

00:31:20.000 --> 00:31:20.660
 Has God

00:31:20.660 --> 00:31:21.080
 got his

00:31:21.080 --> 00:31:21.980
 hands tied

00:31:21.980 --> 00:31:23.880
 trying to

00:31:23.880 --> 00:31:24.640
 second guess

00:31:24.640 --> 00:31:25.240
 Satan's

00:31:25.240 --> 00:31:26.060
 next move,

00:31:26.720 --> 00:31:27.460
 always playing

00:31:27.460 --> 00:31:28.280
 catch-up,

00:31:29.100 --> 00:31:29.620
 trying to

00:31:29.620 --> 00:31:30.380
 outwit each

00:31:30.380 --> 00:31:30.680
 other?

00:31:32.560 --> 00:31:33.040
 Well,

00:31:33.060 --> 00:31:33.400
 that's how

00:31:33.400 --> 00:31:34.040
 many people

00:31:34.040 --> 00:31:34.580
 view it,

00:31:35.020 --> 00:31:36.820
 but that's

00:31:36.820 --> 00:31:37.220
 not the

00:31:37.220 --> 00:31:37.640
 answer.

00:31:39.360 --> 00:31:40.400
 The answer

00:31:40.400 --> 00:31:41.660
 is more

00:31:41.660 --> 00:31:42.700
 complex and

00:31:42.700 --> 00:31:43.200
 difficult,

00:31:44.200 --> 00:31:45.060
 but yet

00:31:45.060 --> 00:31:45.680
 clear.

00:31:46.920 --> 00:31:47.540
 God is

00:31:47.540 --> 00:31:48.440
 supremely

00:31:48.440 --> 00:31:49.960
 in control

00:31:49.960 --> 00:31:51.600
 of all

00:31:51.600 --> 00:31:52.900
 suffering.

00:31:54.000 --> 00:31:54.759
 God is

00:31:54.759 --> 00:31:55.480
 in control

00:31:55.480 --> 00:31:56.460
 of all

00:31:56.460 --> 00:31:57.759
 suffering.

00:31:58.759 --> 00:31:59.299
 You see,

00:31:59.380 --> 00:32:00.420
 behind Satan's

00:32:00.420 --> 00:32:01.519
 desire to

00:32:01.519 --> 00:32:02.440
 destroy and

00:32:02.440 --> 00:32:03.880
 harm is

00:32:03.880 --> 00:32:04.440
 God's

00:32:04.440 --> 00:32:04.900
 sovereignty.

00:32:07.279 --> 00:32:08.120
 Satan is

00:32:08.120 --> 00:32:08.559
 on a

00:32:08.559 --> 00:32:08.980
 leash.

00:32:09.799 --> 00:32:10.460
 God has

00:32:10.460 --> 00:32:11.120
 him on a

00:32:11.120 --> 00:32:11.559
 lead.

00:32:12.640 --> 00:32:13.400
 Or as

00:32:13.400 --> 00:32:14.039
 Luther once

00:32:14.039 --> 00:32:14.380
 said,

00:32:14.380 --> 00:32:15.680
 he is

00:32:15.680 --> 00:32:16.460
 God's

00:32:16.460 --> 00:32:17.160
 Satan,

00:32:18.059 --> 00:32:18.720
 a servant

00:32:18.720 --> 00:32:20.059
 to God's

00:32:20.059 --> 00:32:20.559
 purposes.

00:32:21.720 --> 00:32:22.620
 Look carefully

00:32:22.620 --> 00:32:23.380
 at what God

00:32:23.380 --> 00:32:24.920
 says in

00:32:24.920 --> 00:32:26.259
 this discussion

00:32:26.259 --> 00:32:27.840
 with Satan.

00:32:28.680 --> 00:32:29.559
 First,

00:32:30.360 --> 00:32:31.100
 it's God

00:32:31.100 --> 00:32:32.360
 who initiates

00:32:32.360 --> 00:32:33.860
 the conversation

00:32:33.860 --> 00:32:35.440
 about Job.

00:32:35.920 --> 00:32:36.500
 So look at

00:32:36.500 --> 00:32:37.100
 chapter 1,

00:32:37.200 --> 00:32:37.740
 verse 8.

00:32:38.440 --> 00:32:39.660
 God initiates

00:32:39.660 --> 00:32:40.600
 the conversation

00:32:40.600 --> 00:32:41.519
 about Job.

00:32:41.519 --> 00:32:42.559
 1,

00:32:42.660 --> 00:32:43.039
 verse 8.

00:32:43.119 --> 00:32:43.639
 The Lord

00:32:43.639 --> 00:32:44.220
 said to

00:32:44.220 --> 00:32:44.579
 Satan,

00:32:45.200 --> 00:32:45.900
 have you

00:32:45.900 --> 00:32:46.500
 considered

00:32:46.500 --> 00:32:47.259
 my servant

00:32:47.259 --> 00:32:47.799
 Job?

00:32:49.480 --> 00:32:50.500
 So God

00:32:50.500 --> 00:32:50.900
 is in

00:32:50.900 --> 00:32:51.400
 charge of

00:32:51.400 --> 00:32:52.000
 all events

00:32:52.000 --> 00:32:52.299
 here,

00:32:52.559 --> 00:32:53.379
 not Satan.

00:32:57.900 --> 00:32:58.539
 Second,

00:32:58.680 --> 00:32:59.180
 it's God

00:32:59.180 --> 00:33:00.240
 who permits

00:33:00.240 --> 00:33:01.220
 the

00:33:01.220 --> 00:33:01.680
 suffering.

00:33:02.480 --> 00:33:02.740
 He

00:33:02.740 --> 00:33:03.539
 initiates

00:33:03.539 --> 00:33:04.859
 the

00:33:04.859 --> 00:33:05.660
 conversation,

00:33:05.940 --> 00:33:06.799
 he permits

00:33:06.799 --> 00:33:07.519
 the

00:33:07.519 --> 00:33:07.980
 suffering.

00:33:08.579 --> 00:33:08.920
 Chapter

00:33:08.920 --> 00:33:09.279
 1,

00:33:09.379 --> 00:33:09.900
 verse 12,

00:33:10.000 --> 00:33:10.359
 read it

00:33:10.359 --> 00:33:10.819
 carefully.

00:33:11.519 --> 00:33:12.720
 The Lord

00:33:12.720 --> 00:33:13.279
 said to

00:33:13.279 --> 00:33:13.599
 Satan,

00:33:13.759 --> 00:33:14.379
 very well

00:33:14.379 --> 00:33:14.680
 then,

00:33:15.240 --> 00:33:15.759
 everything

00:33:15.759 --> 00:33:16.879
 he has

00:33:16.879 --> 00:33:17.960
 is in

00:33:17.960 --> 00:33:18.839
 your power,

00:33:19.639 --> 00:33:20.319
 but on

00:33:20.319 --> 00:33:20.759
 the man

00:33:20.759 --> 00:33:21.440
 himself

00:33:21.440 --> 00:33:22.759
 do not

00:33:22.759 --> 00:33:23.180
 lay a

00:33:23.180 --> 00:33:23.519
 finger.

00:33:26.259 --> 00:33:26.960
 God

00:33:26.960 --> 00:33:27.359
 sets

00:33:27.359 --> 00:33:27.960
 boundaries.

00:33:29.059 --> 00:33:29.680
 Chapter

00:33:29.680 --> 00:33:30.059
 2,

00:33:30.160 --> 00:33:30.819
 verse 6.

00:33:32.980 --> 00:33:33.940
 The Lord

00:33:33.940 --> 00:33:34.759
 said to

00:33:34.759 --> 00:33:35.240
 Satan,

00:33:35.639 --> 00:33:36.859
 very well

00:33:36.859 --> 00:33:37.119
 then,

00:33:37.259 --> 00:33:37.799
 he is in

00:33:37.799 --> 00:33:38.559
 your hands,

00:33:39.680 --> 00:33:40.139
 but you

00:33:40.139 --> 00:33:41.039
 must spare

00:33:41.039 --> 00:33:42.399
 his life.

00:33:43.839 --> 00:33:44.460
 God

00:33:44.460 --> 00:33:44.899
 sets

00:33:44.899 --> 00:33:45.559
 boundaries.

00:33:46.680 --> 00:33:47.159
 You can

00:33:47.159 --> 00:33:47.740
 do this,

00:33:47.839 --> 00:33:48.139
 Satan.

00:33:49.259 --> 00:33:49.960
 You can

00:33:49.960 --> 00:33:51.220
 allow this

00:33:51.220 --> 00:33:52.139
 to happen,

00:33:52.680 --> 00:33:54.059
 but no

00:33:54.059 --> 00:33:54.480
 more

00:33:54.480 --> 00:33:55.980
 and no

00:33:55.980 --> 00:33:56.399
 further.

00:33:56.579 --> 00:33:57.000
 You will

00:33:57.000 --> 00:33:57.980
 not cross

00:33:57.980 --> 00:33:58.759
 the lines

00:33:58.759 --> 00:33:59.339
 that I

00:33:59.339 --> 00:34:00.039
 mark out.

00:34:00.539 --> 00:34:00.879
 Satan

00:34:00.879 --> 00:34:01.720
 can't

00:34:01.720 --> 00:34:02.299
 act

00:34:02.299 --> 00:34:03.420
 without

00:34:03.420 --> 00:34:04.059
 God's

00:34:04.059 --> 00:34:04.579
 permission,

00:34:05.639 --> 00:34:05.839
 without

00:34:05.839 --> 00:34:06.420
 God's

00:34:06.420 --> 00:34:06.839
 decree,

00:34:08.059 --> 00:34:08.239
 without

00:34:08.239 --> 00:34:08.859
 God's

00:34:08.859 --> 00:34:09.379
 say-so.

00:34:10.579 --> 00:34:11.000
 So,

00:34:11.079 --> 00:34:11.979
 he initiates

00:34:11.979 --> 00:34:13.339
 the conversation,

00:34:13.500 --> 00:34:14.039
 he permits

00:34:14.039 --> 00:34:14.719
 the suffering,

00:34:15.959 --> 00:34:16.919
 and third,

00:34:17.019 --> 00:34:17.679
 it is God

00:34:17.679 --> 00:34:18.579
 who

00:34:18.579 --> 00:34:19.299
 ultimately

00:34:19.299 --> 00:34:21.319
 is the

00:34:21.319 --> 00:34:21.959
 cause.

00:34:22.739 --> 00:34:23.239
 And I

00:34:23.239 --> 00:34:23.779
 use that

00:34:23.779 --> 00:34:24.119
 word

00:34:24.119 --> 00:34:24.879
 carefully

00:34:24.879 --> 00:34:26.539
 and with

00:34:26.539 --> 00:34:26.859
 great

00:34:26.859 --> 00:34:27.699
 consideration.

00:34:29.319 --> 00:34:30.119
 Look how

00:34:30.119 --> 00:34:30.599
 Job

00:34:30.599 --> 00:34:31.559
 responds

00:34:31.559 --> 00:34:33.340
 to the

00:34:33.340 --> 00:34:33.820
 suffering.

00:34:36.059 --> 00:34:37.019
 Chapter 1,

00:34:37.119 --> 00:34:37.820
 verse 20.

00:34:40.159 --> 00:34:40.880
 At this,

00:34:41.320 --> 00:34:41.679
 Job

00:34:41.679 --> 00:34:42.320
 got up,

00:34:43.579 --> 00:34:44.179
 tore his

00:34:44.179 --> 00:34:44.559
 robe,

00:34:44.719 --> 00:34:45.199
 shaved his

00:34:45.199 --> 00:34:45.460
 head,

00:34:45.539 --> 00:34:45.880
 then he

00:34:45.880 --> 00:34:46.500
 fell to the

00:34:46.500 --> 00:34:47.039
 ground in

00:34:47.039 --> 00:34:47.639
 worship and

00:34:47.639 --> 00:34:48.099
 said,

00:34:49.179 --> 00:34:49.880
 Naked I

00:34:49.880 --> 00:34:50.500
 came from

00:34:50.500 --> 00:34:51.159
 my mother's

00:34:51.159 --> 00:34:51.440
 womb,

00:34:52.400 --> 00:34:52.940
 and naked

00:34:52.940 --> 00:34:53.480
 I shall

00:34:53.480 --> 00:34:54.099
 depart.

00:34:54.099 --> 00:34:57.319
 the Lord

00:34:57.319 --> 00:34:58.000
 gave,

00:35:00.039 --> 00:35:01.420
 and the

00:35:01.420 --> 00:35:01.920
 Lord

00:35:01.920 --> 00:35:03.559
 has taken

00:35:03.559 --> 00:35:04.019
 away.

00:35:05.259 --> 00:35:06.019
 The

00:35:06.019 --> 00:35:06.420
 Lord

00:35:06.420 --> 00:35:07.739
 has taken

00:35:07.739 --> 00:35:08.119
 away.

00:35:09.239 --> 00:35:10.299
 He's taken

00:35:10.299 --> 00:35:10.819
 away the

00:35:10.819 --> 00:35:11.759
 flocks and

00:35:11.759 --> 00:35:12.259
 herds,

00:35:12.699 --> 00:35:13.279
 he's taken

00:35:13.279 --> 00:35:14.360
 away the

00:35:14.360 --> 00:35:14.860
 servants,

00:35:15.219 --> 00:35:15.739
 he's taken

00:35:15.739 --> 00:35:17.139
 away my

00:35:17.139 --> 00:35:17.539
 children.

00:35:19.420 --> 00:35:20.339
 May the

00:35:20.339 --> 00:35:20.779
 name of the

00:35:20.779 --> 00:35:21.259
 Lord be

00:35:21.259 --> 00:35:21.799
 praised.

00:35:21.800 --> 00:35:24.400
 in all

00:35:24.400 --> 00:35:24.920
 this,

00:35:25.600 --> 00:35:26.220
 Job did

00:35:26.220 --> 00:35:26.840
 not sin

00:35:26.840 --> 00:35:27.620
 by charging

00:35:27.620 --> 00:35:29.260
 God with

00:35:29.260 --> 00:35:29.940
 wrongdoing.

00:35:32.360 --> 00:35:33.200
 God has

00:35:33.200 --> 00:35:33.680
 done no

00:35:33.680 --> 00:35:35.519
 wrong in

00:35:35.519 --> 00:35:35.880
 what has

00:35:35.880 --> 00:35:36.240
 happened.

00:35:37.019 --> 00:35:37.300
 And

00:35:37.300 --> 00:35:38.080
 concerning his

00:35:38.080 --> 00:35:38.740
 own health,

00:35:39.260 --> 00:35:39.940
 chapter 2,

00:35:40.019 --> 00:35:40.720
 verse 9,

00:35:44.640 --> 00:35:45.660
 his wife

00:35:45.660 --> 00:35:46.160
 said to

00:35:46.160 --> 00:35:46.400
 him,

00:35:46.519 --> 00:35:46.940
 to Job,

00:35:47.039 --> 00:35:47.660
 this is in

00:35:47.660 --> 00:35:48.780
 his personal

00:35:48.780 --> 00:35:49.440
 illness,

00:35:50.120 --> 00:35:50.620
 are you

00:35:50.620 --> 00:35:51.720
 still maintaining

00:35:51.719 --> 00:35:52.579
 your integrity?

00:35:53.159 --> 00:35:53.879
 Curse God

00:35:53.879 --> 00:35:54.439
 and die.

00:35:55.899 --> 00:35:56.879
 Job replied,

00:35:57.419 --> 00:35:57.959
 you are

00:35:57.959 --> 00:35:58.639
 talking like

00:35:58.639 --> 00:35:59.179
 a foolish

00:35:59.179 --> 00:35:59.559
 woman.

00:36:00.879 --> 00:36:01.500
 Shall we

00:36:01.500 --> 00:36:02.419
 accept good

00:36:02.419 --> 00:36:03.539
 from God

00:36:03.539 --> 00:36:05.459
 and not

00:36:05.459 --> 00:36:05.919
 trouble?

00:36:08.500 --> 00:36:09.279
 Do we

00:36:09.279 --> 00:36:10.099
 just accept

00:36:10.099 --> 00:36:11.759
 that in

00:36:11.759 --> 00:36:12.319
 the course

00:36:12.319 --> 00:36:12.899
 of life,

00:36:13.639 --> 00:36:14.239
 God is

00:36:14.239 --> 00:36:14.799
 in control

00:36:14.799 --> 00:36:15.279
 of good

00:36:15.279 --> 00:36:15.719
 things,

00:36:15.899 --> 00:36:16.480
 but not

00:36:16.480 --> 00:36:17.139
 in control

00:36:17.139 --> 00:36:17.619
 of the

00:36:17.619 --> 00:36:18.679
 hard things

00:36:18.679 --> 00:36:18.980
 and the

00:36:18.980 --> 00:36:19.639
 bad things

00:36:19.639 --> 00:36:20.119
 that happen

00:36:20.119 --> 00:36:20.419
 in our

00:36:20.419 --> 00:36:20.759
 life?

00:36:21.719 --> 00:36:22.799
 In fact,

00:36:22.879 --> 00:36:23.159
 look at

00:36:23.159 --> 00:36:23.500
 how the

00:36:23.500 --> 00:36:23.819
 author

00:36:23.819 --> 00:36:24.839
 summarizes

00:36:24.839 --> 00:36:25.799
 what happened

00:36:25.799 --> 00:36:26.239
 to Job.

00:36:26.339 --> 00:36:26.659
 Go to

00:36:26.659 --> 00:36:27.039
 the end

00:36:27.039 --> 00:36:27.319
 of the

00:36:27.319 --> 00:36:27.579
 book,

00:36:28.179 --> 00:36:29.179
 chapter 42,

00:36:30.179 --> 00:36:32.959
 verse 11.

00:36:40.959 --> 00:36:41.739
 Here is,

00:36:41.839 --> 00:36:42.259
 if you like,

00:36:42.339 --> 00:36:42.899
 the summary,

00:36:43.119 --> 00:36:44.099
 the conclusion

00:36:44.099 --> 00:36:45.460
 of the whole

00:36:45.460 --> 00:36:45.839
 book.

00:36:45.839 --> 00:36:51.179
 chapter 42,

00:36:51.360 --> 00:36:52.039
 verse 11.

00:36:56.039 --> 00:36:56.920
 All his

00:36:56.920 --> 00:36:57.599
 brothers and

00:36:57.599 --> 00:36:58.219
 sisters and

00:36:58.219 --> 00:36:58.819
 everyone who

00:36:58.819 --> 00:36:59.279
 had known

00:36:59.279 --> 00:37:00.400
 him before

00:37:00.400 --> 00:37:01.519
 came and ate

00:37:01.519 --> 00:37:02.039
 with him in

00:37:02.039 --> 00:37:02.579
 his house.

00:37:03.639 --> 00:37:05.019
 They comforted

00:37:05.019 --> 00:37:06.679
 and consoled

00:37:06.679 --> 00:37:08.559
 him over

00:37:08.559 --> 00:37:09.319
 all the

00:37:09.319 --> 00:37:10.019
 trouble the

00:37:10.019 --> 00:37:12.380
 Lord had

00:37:12.380 --> 00:37:12.960
 brought on

00:37:12.960 --> 00:37:13.200
 him.

00:37:16.280 --> 00:37:16.800
 They

00:37:16.800 --> 00:37:17.519
 comforted

00:37:17.519 --> 00:37:18.320
 and consoled

00:37:18.320 --> 00:37:18.820
 him over

00:37:18.820 --> 00:37:19.480
 all the

00:37:19.480 --> 00:37:20.059
 trouble the

00:37:20.059 --> 00:37:20.619
 Lord had

00:37:20.619 --> 00:37:21.119
 brought on

00:37:21.119 --> 00:37:21.360
 him.

00:37:22.800 --> 00:37:23.440
 And each

00:37:23.440 --> 00:37:23.860
 one gave

00:37:23.860 --> 00:37:24.140
 him a

00:37:24.140 --> 00:37:24.539
 piece of

00:37:24.539 --> 00:37:25.019
 silver and

00:37:25.019 --> 00:37:25.400
 a gold

00:37:25.400 --> 00:37:25.660
 ring.

00:37:28.460 --> 00:37:28.980
 God

00:37:28.980 --> 00:37:31.019
 is the

00:37:31.019 --> 00:37:31.460
 ultimate

00:37:31.460 --> 00:37:32.840
 cause

00:37:32.840 --> 00:37:35.320
 because God

00:37:35.320 --> 00:37:35.660
 is the

00:37:35.660 --> 00:37:36.079
 one who

00:37:36.079 --> 00:37:36.760
 is ultimately

00:37:36.760 --> 00:37:38.000
 in control.

00:37:38.000 --> 00:37:40.199
 You see,

00:37:40.360 --> 00:37:40.800
 if God

00:37:40.800 --> 00:37:41.199
 is not

00:37:41.199 --> 00:37:41.960
 in control,

00:37:42.519 --> 00:37:43.179
 if God

00:37:43.179 --> 00:37:43.599
 is not

00:37:43.599 --> 00:37:44.320
 in charge,

00:37:45.340 --> 00:37:46.000
 then Satan

00:37:46.000 --> 00:37:46.420
 is.

00:37:47.320 --> 00:37:47.679
 And at

00:37:47.679 --> 00:37:47.980
 best,

00:37:48.119 --> 00:37:48.519
 God is

00:37:48.519 --> 00:37:49.039
 just an

00:37:49.039 --> 00:37:49.619
 equal but

00:37:49.619 --> 00:37:50.019
 opposite

00:37:50.019 --> 00:37:50.579
 force,

00:37:50.900 --> 00:37:51.440
 trying to

00:37:51.440 --> 00:37:51.780
 do his

00:37:51.780 --> 00:37:52.179
 best,

00:37:52.519 --> 00:37:53.000
 locked in

00:37:53.000 --> 00:37:53.400
 an arm

00:37:53.400 --> 00:37:53.760
 wrestle,

00:37:54.019 --> 00:37:54.320
 who's

00:37:54.320 --> 00:37:54.800
 going to

00:37:54.800 --> 00:37:55.059
 win?

00:37:57.219 --> 00:37:57.940
 And as

00:37:57.940 --> 00:37:58.619
 difficult

00:37:58.619 --> 00:38:00.000
 and as

00:38:00.000 --> 00:38:00.679
 hard as

00:38:00.679 --> 00:38:01.380
 it is to

00:38:01.380 --> 00:38:02.199
 read these

00:38:02.199 --> 00:38:02.880
 words and

00:38:02.880 --> 00:38:04.000
 understand the

00:38:04.000 --> 00:38:04.679
 minds and

00:38:04.679 --> 00:38:05.320
 the ways of

00:38:05.320 --> 00:38:05.679
 God,

00:38:05.679 --> 00:38:07.339
 God is

00:38:07.339 --> 00:38:08.059
 in control

00:38:08.059 --> 00:38:09.159
 of all

00:38:09.159 --> 00:38:10.000
 suffering.

00:38:11.619 --> 00:38:12.019
 Nothing

00:38:12.019 --> 00:38:13.879
 happens in

00:38:13.879 --> 00:38:14.579
 your life

00:38:14.579 --> 00:38:15.359
 without his

00:38:15.359 --> 00:38:15.879
 say-so.

00:38:16.639 --> 00:38:17.139
 Not one

00:38:17.139 --> 00:38:17.419
 thing.

00:38:19.339 --> 00:38:20.179
 Every one

00:38:20.179 --> 00:38:20.519
 of our

00:38:20.519 --> 00:38:22.099
 days has

00:38:22.099 --> 00:38:22.719
 been written

00:38:22.719 --> 00:38:24.239
 before one

00:38:24.239 --> 00:38:24.519
 of them

00:38:24.519 --> 00:38:25.000
 came to

00:38:25.000 --> 00:38:25.199
 be.

00:38:26.419 --> 00:38:27.039
 Not one

00:38:27.039 --> 00:38:28.859
 thing is

00:38:28.859 --> 00:38:29.579
 outside of

00:38:29.579 --> 00:38:30.079
 the control

00:38:30.079 --> 00:38:30.559
 of God.

00:38:30.739 --> 00:38:31.239
 Not one.

00:38:33.119 --> 00:38:33.579
 And if

00:38:33.579 --> 00:38:34.399
 God is in

00:38:34.399 --> 00:38:34.960
 supreme

00:38:34.960 --> 00:38:35.579
 control,

00:38:35.679 --> 00:38:37.179
 and if

00:38:37.179 --> 00:38:37.719
 God is

00:38:37.719 --> 00:38:38.299
 sovereign

00:38:38.299 --> 00:38:39.460
 over the

00:38:39.460 --> 00:38:40.099
 order and

00:38:40.099 --> 00:38:41.299
 events of

00:38:41.299 --> 00:38:42.099
 this life,

00:38:43.719 --> 00:38:45.119
 then here

00:38:45.119 --> 00:38:45.399
 is a

00:38:45.399 --> 00:38:47.319
 God who

00:38:47.319 --> 00:38:47.779
 not only

00:38:47.779 --> 00:38:48.699
 helps us,

00:38:49.559 --> 00:38:50.759
 but a

00:38:50.759 --> 00:38:51.239
 God who

00:38:51.239 --> 00:38:51.819
 can use

00:38:51.819 --> 00:38:52.899
 the frustrations

00:38:52.899 --> 00:38:53.440
 and the

00:38:53.440 --> 00:38:54.039
 sufferings

00:38:54.039 --> 00:38:54.399
 and the

00:38:54.399 --> 00:38:54.839
 struggles

00:38:54.839 --> 00:38:55.639
 and trials

00:38:55.639 --> 00:38:56.139
 we may

00:38:56.139 --> 00:38:56.759
 go through

00:38:56.759 --> 00:38:58.460
 for good

00:38:58.460 --> 00:38:59.259
 purposes.

00:38:59.260 --> 00:38:59.460
 others.

00:39:02.960 --> 00:39:03.900
 So God

00:39:03.900 --> 00:39:04.200
 and the

00:39:04.200 --> 00:39:04.760
 cause of

00:39:04.760 --> 00:39:05.160
 suffering,

00:39:05.320 --> 00:39:05.660
 God and

00:39:05.660 --> 00:39:05.820
 his

00:39:05.820 --> 00:39:06.400
 control

00:39:06.400 --> 00:39:07.040
 over

00:39:07.040 --> 00:39:07.640
 suffering.

00:39:09.540 --> 00:39:10.420
 And third,

00:39:10.540 --> 00:39:11.060
 God and

00:39:11.060 --> 00:39:11.780
 his cross

00:39:11.780 --> 00:39:13.260
 for our

00:39:13.260 --> 00:39:13.740
 suffering.

00:39:15.880 --> 00:39:16.600
 You see,

00:39:16.680 --> 00:39:17.360
 from what we've

00:39:17.360 --> 00:39:18.080
 looked at so

00:39:18.080 --> 00:39:18.820
 far, it may

00:39:18.820 --> 00:39:19.460
 appear that

00:39:19.460 --> 00:39:20.000
 God is

00:39:20.000 --> 00:39:21.640
 cold and

00:39:21.640 --> 00:39:22.380
 unmoved.

00:39:22.380 --> 00:39:24.820
 in fact,

00:39:24.900 --> 00:39:25.380
 it's as if

00:39:25.380 --> 00:39:25.900
 God is

00:39:25.900 --> 00:39:26.380
 sitting in

00:39:26.380 --> 00:39:26.880
 the comfort

00:39:26.880 --> 00:39:27.400
 of another

00:39:27.400 --> 00:39:27.940
 world,

00:39:28.500 --> 00:39:29.260
 immune to

00:39:29.260 --> 00:39:29.740
 the hurts

00:39:29.740 --> 00:39:30.420
 and pains

00:39:30.420 --> 00:39:31.099
 of life.

00:39:32.800 --> 00:39:33.460
 But we

00:39:33.460 --> 00:39:33.840
 need to

00:39:33.840 --> 00:39:34.500
 remember that

00:39:34.500 --> 00:39:35.519
 just as God

00:39:35.519 --> 00:39:35.940
 in his

00:39:35.940 --> 00:39:36.539
 sovereignty,

00:39:37.980 --> 00:39:38.420
 and in

00:39:38.420 --> 00:39:38.800
 what in

00:39:38.800 --> 00:39:39.320
 some ways

00:39:39.320 --> 00:39:40.119
 remains a

00:39:40.119 --> 00:39:41.019
 mystery to

00:39:41.019 --> 00:39:41.440
 us,

00:39:42.840 --> 00:39:43.480
 that God

00:39:43.480 --> 00:39:44.180
 who chooses

00:39:44.180 --> 00:39:45.039
 suffering for

00:39:45.039 --> 00:39:45.599
 the world

00:39:45.599 --> 00:39:46.660
 and our

00:39:46.660 --> 00:39:47.240
 lives,

00:39:48.340 --> 00:39:49.059
 has also

00:39:49.059 --> 00:39:50.240
 chosen suffering

00:39:50.239 --> 00:39:51.719
 for himself.

00:39:54.299 --> 00:39:54.979
 First,

00:39:55.159 --> 00:39:55.899
 God suffers

00:39:55.899 --> 00:39:56.699
 with us.

00:39:57.859 --> 00:39:58.699
 The unique,

00:39:59.059 --> 00:39:59.500
 and it

00:39:59.500 --> 00:40:00.699
 remains unique

00:40:00.699 --> 00:40:02.079
 to the

00:40:02.079 --> 00:40:02.519
 God of

00:40:02.519 --> 00:40:03.039
 the Bible,

00:40:03.179 --> 00:40:03.919
 to Christianity,

00:40:04.859 --> 00:40:05.539
 and the

00:40:05.539 --> 00:40:06.579
 wonderful truth

00:40:06.579 --> 00:40:08.379
 is that

00:40:08.379 --> 00:40:09.079
 God has

00:40:09.079 --> 00:40:09.619
 come to

00:40:09.619 --> 00:40:10.479
 us in

00:40:10.479 --> 00:40:11.059
 the person

00:40:11.059 --> 00:40:11.659
 of Jesus

00:40:11.659 --> 00:40:12.279
 Christ.

00:40:12.799 --> 00:40:13.159
 God

00:40:13.159 --> 00:40:14.459
 comes to

00:40:14.459 --> 00:40:14.879
 suffer

00:40:14.879 --> 00:40:16.339
 with us.

00:40:17.619 --> 00:40:18.259
 Let's

00:40:18.259 --> 00:40:18.639
 have a look

00:40:18.639 --> 00:40:19.500
 at Philippians

00:40:19.500 --> 00:40:20.719
 chapter 2.

00:40:27.480 --> 00:40:28.079
 Philippians,

00:40:28.320 --> 00:40:28.920
 Galatians,

00:40:29.079 --> 00:40:29.719
 Ephesians,

00:40:30.199 --> 00:40:30.800
 Philippians

00:40:30.800 --> 00:40:31.679
 chapter 2.

00:40:32.320 --> 00:40:32.679
 Again,

00:40:32.760 --> 00:40:33.159
 if somebody

00:40:33.159 --> 00:40:33.840
 has a page

00:40:33.840 --> 00:40:34.400
 number just

00:40:34.400 --> 00:40:34.960
 to help us

00:40:34.960 --> 00:40:35.219
 all.

00:40:39.320 --> 00:40:42.500
 1-1-8-0.

00:40:45.079 --> 00:40:45.760
 Thereabouts.

00:40:46.000 --> 00:40:46.500
 Philippians

00:40:46.500 --> 00:40:47.199
 chapter 2,

00:40:47.260 --> 00:40:47.539
 anyway.

00:40:47.539 --> 00:40:47.619
 Philippians

00:40:47.619 --> 00:40:49.480
 chapter 2,

00:40:49.500 --> 00:40:55.039
 chapter 2.

00:41:02.039 --> 00:41:03.199
 So God

00:41:03.199 --> 00:41:03.880
 suffers

00:41:03.880 --> 00:41:05.360
 with us.

00:41:06.760 --> 00:41:07.780
 Chapter 2,

00:41:07.840 --> 00:41:08.420
 verse 6,

00:41:09.420 --> 00:41:10.880
 tells us

00:41:10.880 --> 00:41:11.300
 this.

00:41:12.260 --> 00:41:13.179
 Speaking of

00:41:13.179 --> 00:41:13.679
 Christ,

00:41:14.320 --> 00:41:14.980
 verse 6,

00:41:14.980 --> 00:41:15.740
 who,

00:41:15.740 --> 00:41:15.780
 who,

00:41:15.780 --> 00:41:15.820
 who,

00:41:15.820 --> 00:41:16.460
 being in

00:41:16.460 --> 00:41:17.280
 very nature

00:41:17.280 --> 00:41:17.820
 God,

00:41:18.559 --> 00:41:19.320
 did not

00:41:19.320 --> 00:41:19.840
 consider

00:41:19.840 --> 00:41:20.480
 equality

00:41:20.480 --> 00:41:21.320
 with God

00:41:21.320 --> 00:41:22.059
 something to

00:41:22.059 --> 00:41:22.659
 be used

00:41:22.659 --> 00:41:23.099
 to his

00:41:23.099 --> 00:41:23.500
 own

00:41:23.500 --> 00:41:24.360
 advantage.

00:41:25.380 --> 00:41:25.860
 Rather,

00:41:26.280 --> 00:41:27.059
 he made

00:41:27.059 --> 00:41:27.539
 himself

00:41:27.539 --> 00:41:28.079
 nothing

00:41:28.079 --> 00:41:29.260
 by taking

00:41:29.260 --> 00:41:29.699
 the very

00:41:29.699 --> 00:41:30.380
 nature of

00:41:30.380 --> 00:41:30.900
 a servant

00:41:30.900 --> 00:41:32.300
 being made

00:41:32.300 --> 00:41:32.860
 in human

00:41:32.860 --> 00:41:33.599
 likeness.

00:41:34.780 --> 00:41:35.559
 God

00:41:35.559 --> 00:41:36.240
 became

00:41:36.240 --> 00:41:37.199
 one of

00:41:37.199 --> 00:41:37.619
 us.

00:41:38.840 --> 00:41:39.679
 He never

00:41:39.679 --> 00:41:40.519
 ever ceased

00:41:40.519 --> 00:41:41.239
 to be

00:41:41.239 --> 00:41:41.659
 God.

00:41:42.719 --> 00:41:43.139
 And yet,

00:41:43.179 --> 00:41:43.659
 he became

00:41:43.659 --> 00:41:44.440
 fully human.

00:41:46.059 --> 00:41:46.599
 And in

00:41:46.599 --> 00:41:47.099
 Christ,

00:41:47.259 --> 00:41:48.000
 God lived

00:41:48.000 --> 00:41:49.079
 and experienced

00:41:49.079 --> 00:41:49.759
 the pains

00:41:49.759 --> 00:41:50.440
 and hurts

00:41:50.440 --> 00:41:51.639
 of life.

00:41:52.500 --> 00:41:53.340
 He understands

00:41:53.340 --> 00:41:54.619
 what it is

00:41:54.619 --> 00:41:55.940
 to live

00:41:55.940 --> 00:41:56.820
 in a broken

00:41:56.820 --> 00:41:58.259
 and a dying

00:41:58.259 --> 00:41:58.679
 world.

00:41:59.940 --> 00:42:00.559
 And when

00:42:00.559 --> 00:42:01.840
 personal suffering

00:42:01.840 --> 00:42:02.679
 came to

00:42:02.679 --> 00:42:03.259
 Christ,

00:42:03.800 --> 00:42:04.679
 look closely

00:42:04.679 --> 00:42:05.639
 at verse 6.

00:42:05.639 --> 00:42:08.019
 He did

00:42:08.019 --> 00:42:08.920
 not consider

00:42:08.920 --> 00:42:09.599
 equality

00:42:09.599 --> 00:42:10.319
 with God

00:42:10.319 --> 00:42:11.819
 something to

00:42:11.819 --> 00:42:12.460
 be used

00:42:12.460 --> 00:42:12.900
 to his

00:42:12.900 --> 00:42:13.119
 own

00:42:13.119 --> 00:42:13.940
 advantage.

00:42:14.819 --> 00:42:15.339
 So,

00:42:15.440 --> 00:42:16.239
 Christ did

00:42:16.239 --> 00:42:17.259
 not exploit

00:42:17.259 --> 00:42:17.659
 his

00:42:17.659 --> 00:42:18.960
 Godness

00:42:18.960 --> 00:42:19.879
 or his

00:42:19.879 --> 00:42:20.480
 divinity

00:42:20.480 --> 00:42:21.539
 and somehow

00:42:21.539 --> 00:42:22.500
 escape the

00:42:22.500 --> 00:42:22.859
 suffering.

00:42:23.299 --> 00:42:24.079
 He submitted

00:42:24.079 --> 00:42:24.879
 himself to

00:42:24.879 --> 00:42:25.699
 suffering.

00:42:26.259 --> 00:42:27.539
 Something bad

00:42:27.539 --> 00:42:28.219
 came along.

00:42:28.319 --> 00:42:28.699
 It wasn't

00:42:28.699 --> 00:42:29.199
 that he kind

00:42:29.199 --> 00:42:29.699
 of flicked

00:42:29.699 --> 00:42:30.219
 the God

00:42:30.219 --> 00:42:30.719
 switch and

00:42:30.719 --> 00:42:30.879
 go,

00:42:31.000 --> 00:42:31.159
 right,

00:42:31.400 --> 00:42:31.960
 let's end

00:42:31.960 --> 00:42:32.519
 the suffering

00:42:32.519 --> 00:42:32.940
 here.

00:42:32.940 --> 00:42:35.679
 No,

00:42:35.760 --> 00:42:36.380
 he remained

00:42:36.380 --> 00:42:37.260
 fully God

00:42:37.260 --> 00:42:38.800
 and as

00:42:38.800 --> 00:42:39.480
 fully man

00:42:39.480 --> 00:42:40.280
 he submitted

00:42:40.280 --> 00:42:40.900
 himself

00:42:40.900 --> 00:42:42.460
 to the

00:42:42.460 --> 00:42:43.360
 frustrations

00:42:43.360 --> 00:42:44.900
 and the

00:42:44.900 --> 00:42:45.599
 broken and

00:42:45.599 --> 00:42:46.400
 decaying and

00:42:46.400 --> 00:42:47.079
 dying world.

00:42:48.980 --> 00:42:49.880
 You see,

00:42:50.000 --> 00:42:50.659
 here we see

00:42:50.659 --> 00:42:51.280
 a God

00:42:51.280 --> 00:42:52.800
 who desperately

00:42:52.800 --> 00:42:53.559
 loves us

00:42:53.559 --> 00:42:54.099
 and cares

00:42:54.099 --> 00:42:54.679
 for us,

00:42:55.200 --> 00:42:55.900
 that he

00:42:55.900 --> 00:42:56.659
 would suffer

00:42:56.659 --> 00:42:58.000
 with us.

00:42:58.860 --> 00:42:59.740
 He enters

00:42:59.740 --> 00:43:00.400
 our pain

00:43:00.400 --> 00:43:01.679
 so that

00:43:01.679 --> 00:43:02.079
 when we

00:43:02.079 --> 00:43:02.639
 cry out

00:43:02.639 --> 00:43:03.179
 to God,

00:43:03.440 --> 00:43:04.679
 he understands.

00:43:06.259 --> 00:43:06.779
 A God

00:43:06.779 --> 00:43:07.659
 who knows.

00:43:09.299 --> 00:43:10.219
 Not just

00:43:10.219 --> 00:43:10.880
 because he's

00:43:10.880 --> 00:43:11.319
 God,

00:43:12.219 --> 00:43:12.819
 but because

00:43:12.819 --> 00:43:14.039
 he's experienced

00:43:14.039 --> 00:43:14.840
 it himself.

00:43:16.099 --> 00:43:16.819
 God is not

00:43:16.819 --> 00:43:17.739
 distant and

00:43:17.739 --> 00:43:18.340
 removed,

00:43:18.819 --> 00:43:19.619
 unfeeling and

00:43:19.619 --> 00:43:20.259
 uncaring.

00:43:20.880 --> 00:43:21.360
 He knows

00:43:21.360 --> 00:43:21.940
 your hurts.

00:43:23.159 --> 00:43:24.119
 He subjected

00:43:24.119 --> 00:43:24.960
 himself to

00:43:24.960 --> 00:43:25.420
 suffering.

00:43:26.380 --> 00:43:27.019
 He suffers

00:43:27.019 --> 00:43:28.460
 with you.

00:43:28.460 --> 00:43:28.559
 suffering.

00:43:30.559 --> 00:43:31.720
 But more

00:43:31.720 --> 00:43:32.300
 than that,

00:43:33.000 --> 00:43:34.000
 he suffers

00:43:34.000 --> 00:43:35.119
 for us.

00:43:35.780 --> 00:43:36.199
 Look at

00:43:36.199 --> 00:43:36.840
 verse 8.

00:43:42.900 --> 00:43:44.260
 Being found

00:43:44.260 --> 00:43:44.980
 in appearance

00:43:44.980 --> 00:43:45.619
 as a man,

00:43:46.340 --> 00:43:47.280
 he humbled

00:43:47.280 --> 00:43:47.840
 himself

00:43:47.840 --> 00:43:49.659
 by becoming

00:43:49.659 --> 00:43:50.639
 obedient to

00:43:50.639 --> 00:43:51.059
 death,

00:43:51.980 --> 00:43:52.699
 even death

00:43:52.699 --> 00:43:53.360
 on the cross.

00:43:54.179 --> 00:43:55.039
 The cross

00:43:55.039 --> 00:43:55.559
 of God

00:43:55.559 --> 00:43:56.000
 is the

00:43:56.000 --> 00:43:56.500
 ultimate

00:43:56.500 --> 00:43:57.099
 suffering

00:43:57.099 --> 00:43:57.679
 of God.

00:43:58.460 --> 00:43:59.000
 God

00:43:59.000 --> 00:43:59.619
 suffers

00:43:59.619 --> 00:44:00.940
 for us.

00:44:01.380 --> 00:44:01.960
 We talked

00:44:01.960 --> 00:44:02.739
 earlier about

00:44:02.739 --> 00:44:03.639
 God's judgment

00:44:03.639 --> 00:44:04.360
 on the world

00:44:04.360 --> 00:44:04.940
 because of

00:44:04.940 --> 00:44:06.000
 sinful rebellion

00:44:06.000 --> 00:44:07.199
 and that

00:44:07.199 --> 00:44:08.139
 judgment would

00:44:08.139 --> 00:44:09.019
 continue for

00:44:09.019 --> 00:44:09.779
 an eternity

00:44:09.779 --> 00:44:11.179
 unless God

00:44:11.179 --> 00:44:11.839
 did something

00:44:11.839 --> 00:44:12.500
 about it.

00:44:12.860 --> 00:44:13.139
 And the

00:44:13.139 --> 00:44:14.059
 glorious news

00:44:14.059 --> 00:44:14.699
 is God

00:44:14.699 --> 00:44:15.559
 has done

00:44:15.559 --> 00:44:16.400
 something about

00:44:16.400 --> 00:44:16.559
 it.

00:44:16.900 --> 00:44:17.599
 He stepped

00:44:17.599 --> 00:44:18.000
 in.

00:44:18.659 --> 00:44:19.279
 The hope

00:44:19.279 --> 00:44:19.880
 was,

00:44:20.259 --> 00:44:21.420
 Romans 8

00:44:21.420 --> 00:44:22.159
 verse 20,

00:44:22.239 --> 00:44:22.839
 21,

00:44:23.259 --> 00:44:23.799
 was that

00:44:23.799 --> 00:44:24.719
 creation would

00:44:24.719 --> 00:44:25.960
 be liberated

00:44:25.960 --> 00:44:26.699
 from its

00:44:26.699 --> 00:44:27.240
 bondage

00:44:27.240 --> 00:44:27.820
 of decay.

00:44:28.699 --> 00:44:29.420
 And he

00:44:29.420 --> 00:44:30.059
 does that

00:44:30.059 --> 00:44:31.300
 by intervening

00:44:31.300 --> 00:44:31.760
 into the

00:44:31.760 --> 00:44:32.659
 world in

00:44:32.659 --> 00:44:33.240
 the person

00:44:33.240 --> 00:44:33.619
 of his

00:44:33.619 --> 00:44:33.960
 Son,

00:44:34.420 --> 00:44:35.079
 taking on

00:44:35.079 --> 00:44:36.220
 himself my

00:44:36.220 --> 00:44:36.780
 sin and

00:44:36.780 --> 00:44:37.400
 your sin,

00:44:37.900 --> 00:44:38.659
 suffering the

00:44:38.659 --> 00:44:39.400
 judgment of

00:44:39.400 --> 00:44:39.960
 God for

00:44:39.960 --> 00:44:40.440
 us.

00:44:41.539 --> 00:44:42.019
 And as

00:44:42.019 --> 00:44:42.960
 Christ hung

00:44:42.960 --> 00:44:43.340
 on the

00:44:43.340 --> 00:44:43.760
 cross,

00:44:44.019 --> 00:44:44.480
 as he

00:44:44.480 --> 00:44:45.420
 experienced

00:44:45.420 --> 00:44:46.220
 that suffering,

00:44:46.639 --> 00:44:47.300
 he cried

00:44:47.300 --> 00:44:47.659
 out,

00:44:48.000 --> 00:44:48.579
 my God,

00:44:48.679 --> 00:44:49.260
 my God,

00:44:49.380 --> 00:44:50.220
 why have

00:44:50.220 --> 00:44:50.940
 you forsaken

00:44:50.940 --> 00:44:51.280
 me?

00:44:51.280 --> 00:44:53.620
 And at

00:44:53.620 --> 00:44:54.320
 that moment,

00:44:54.560 --> 00:44:55.440
 Christ suffers

00:44:55.440 --> 00:44:56.680
 the abandonment

00:44:56.680 --> 00:44:57.260
 of God.

00:44:58.260 --> 00:44:59.460
 He suffers

00:44:59.460 --> 00:44:59.900
 in its

00:44:59.900 --> 00:45:00.900
 fullest sense,

00:45:01.940 --> 00:45:02.420
 the wrath

00:45:02.420 --> 00:45:02.980
 of God.

00:45:03.640 --> 00:45:04.340
 He suffers

00:45:04.340 --> 00:45:04.840
 hell.

00:45:05.800 --> 00:45:06.500
 He suffers

00:45:06.500 --> 00:45:07.760
 for me.

00:45:08.400 --> 00:45:08.900
 He suffers

00:45:08.900 --> 00:45:09.600
 for you.

00:45:10.680 --> 00:45:11.400
 And as we

00:45:11.400 --> 00:45:12.260
 trust him,

00:45:12.880 --> 00:45:13.600
 we can be

00:45:13.600 --> 00:45:14.680
 forgiven and

00:45:14.680 --> 00:45:15.880
 freed from

00:45:15.880 --> 00:45:17.240
 an eternal

00:45:17.240 --> 00:45:18.100
 judgment to

00:45:18.100 --> 00:45:18.400
 come.

00:45:19.019 --> 00:45:20.019
 Set free

00:45:20.019 --> 00:45:20.780
 from what

00:45:20.780 --> 00:45:21.219
 our sins

00:45:21.219 --> 00:45:21.780
 deserve,

00:45:22.239 --> 00:45:23.300
 liberated so

00:45:23.300 --> 00:45:23.940
 that one

00:45:23.940 --> 00:45:24.380
 day we

00:45:24.380 --> 00:45:25.519
 might receive

00:45:25.519 --> 00:45:26.880
 the redemption

00:45:26.880 --> 00:45:27.900
 of our

00:45:27.900 --> 00:45:28.300
 bodies.

00:45:30.320 --> 00:45:31.300
 God suffers

00:45:31.300 --> 00:45:32.199
 the ultimate

00:45:32.199 --> 00:45:33.219
 suffering for

00:45:33.219 --> 00:45:34.500
 us so that

00:45:34.500 --> 00:45:35.360
 we do not

00:45:35.360 --> 00:45:35.920
 have to

00:45:35.920 --> 00:45:36.320
 suffer

00:45:36.320 --> 00:45:37.280
 eternally.

00:45:39.519 --> 00:45:40.639
 You see,

00:45:42.079 --> 00:45:42.860
 suffering

00:45:42.860 --> 00:45:44.019
 causes us

00:45:44.019 --> 00:45:44.539
 and says,

00:45:44.659 --> 00:45:45.119
 look at the

00:45:45.119 --> 00:45:45.559
 cross.

00:45:47.099 --> 00:45:47.639
 Come and

00:45:47.639 --> 00:45:48.079
 see the

00:45:48.079 --> 00:45:48.699
 God who

00:45:48.699 --> 00:45:49.880
 suffers with

00:45:49.880 --> 00:45:51.460
 us, but

00:45:51.460 --> 00:45:51.960
 look at the

00:45:51.960 --> 00:45:52.880
 God who

00:45:52.880 --> 00:45:54.579
 suffers for

00:45:54.579 --> 00:45:54.920
 you.

00:45:56.000 --> 00:45:56.820
 A God who

00:45:56.820 --> 00:45:57.360
 loves you

00:45:57.360 --> 00:45:58.079
 deeply and

00:45:58.079 --> 00:45:58.539
 immensely.

00:45:59.380 --> 00:45:59.840
 Out of

00:45:59.840 --> 00:46:01.360
 compassion and

00:46:01.360 --> 00:46:02.519
 mercy, he

00:46:02.519 --> 00:46:03.180
 comes to

00:46:03.180 --> 00:46:04.300
 deal with

00:46:04.300 --> 00:46:04.980
 our suffering.

00:46:07.039 --> 00:46:08.160
 In all our

00:46:08.160 --> 00:46:10.079
 questions, we

00:46:10.079 --> 00:46:10.660
 must never

00:46:10.660 --> 00:46:11.360
 forget that

00:46:11.360 --> 00:46:11.940
 when God

00:46:11.940 --> 00:46:12.800
 chose suffering

00:46:12.800 --> 00:46:13.320
 for this

00:46:13.320 --> 00:46:14.960
 world, he

00:46:14.960 --> 00:46:15.880
 chose suffering

00:46:15.880 --> 00:46:16.780
 for himself.

00:46:16.780 --> 00:46:18.420
 and it's

00:46:18.420 --> 00:46:19.280
 through his

00:46:19.280 --> 00:46:21.080
 suffering that

00:46:21.080 --> 00:46:21.560
 will come

00:46:21.560 --> 00:46:22.340
 our healing.

00:46:24.980 --> 00:46:25.880
 So where

00:46:25.880 --> 00:46:26.280
 does this

00:46:26.280 --> 00:46:26.900
 leave us?

00:46:29.100 --> 00:46:30.240
 Trust God.

00:46:33.360 --> 00:46:34.360
 I'm aware

00:46:34.360 --> 00:46:36.780
 because I

00:46:36.780 --> 00:46:38.560
 have scribbled

00:46:38.559 --> 00:46:40.639
 out, rewritten,

00:46:41.239 --> 00:46:41.820
 re-read,

00:46:42.679 --> 00:46:43.380
 scribbled out

00:46:43.380 --> 00:46:45.259
 again, because

00:46:45.259 --> 00:46:46.320
 I don't have my

00:46:46.320 --> 00:46:47.360
 questions answered.

00:46:48.940 --> 00:46:50.139
 Things remain

00:46:50.139 --> 00:46:51.279
 unresolved in

00:46:51.279 --> 00:46:51.900
 my mind.

00:46:52.599 --> 00:46:53.340
 We can still

00:46:53.340 --> 00:46:53.880
 be angry.

00:46:54.039 --> 00:46:54.639
 I get that.

00:46:54.779 --> 00:46:55.320
 Anger is

00:46:55.320 --> 00:46:56.000
 understandable.

00:46:56.759 --> 00:46:57.639
 We can still

00:46:57.639 --> 00:46:58.199
 be hurting.

00:46:58.699 --> 00:46:59.539
 It's natural.

00:47:00.320 --> 00:47:00.820
 Our hurts

00:47:00.820 --> 00:47:01.440
 don't go

00:47:01.440 --> 00:47:01.820
 away.

00:47:02.320 --> 00:47:03.239
 It's hard for

00:47:03.239 --> 00:47:04.519
 us to reconcile

00:47:04.519 --> 00:47:05.759
 why God

00:47:05.760 --> 00:47:06.740
 wills and

00:47:06.740 --> 00:47:07.720
 permits and

00:47:07.720 --> 00:47:08.300
 at times

00:47:08.300 --> 00:47:09.020
 causes

00:47:09.020 --> 00:47:09.680
 suffering.

00:47:11.060 --> 00:47:11.580
 And then at

00:47:11.580 --> 00:47:12.360
 the same time

00:47:12.360 --> 00:47:13.020
 we read that

00:47:13.020 --> 00:47:13.880
 he submits

00:47:13.880 --> 00:47:15.000
 to suffering

00:47:15.000 --> 00:47:15.340
 and he

00:47:15.340 --> 00:47:16.100
 suffers with

00:47:16.100 --> 00:47:16.500
 us and

00:47:16.500 --> 00:47:17.260
 for us

00:47:17.260 --> 00:47:18.040
 so that

00:47:18.040 --> 00:47:18.800
 all suffering

00:47:18.800 --> 00:47:19.280
 would come

00:47:19.280 --> 00:47:20.000
 to an end.

00:47:21.340 --> 00:47:21.900
 And we

00:47:21.900 --> 00:47:22.760
 can't cope

00:47:22.760 --> 00:47:23.040
 with it.

00:47:23.100 --> 00:47:23.600
 We can't

00:47:23.600 --> 00:47:24.400
 hold this

00:47:24.400 --> 00:47:24.900
 together.

00:47:26.080 --> 00:47:26.500
 And yet

00:47:26.500 --> 00:47:27.220
 it's true.

00:47:30.440 --> 00:47:31.200
 Where we

00:47:31.200 --> 00:47:32.000
 cannot see

00:47:32.000 --> 00:47:32.440
 what is

00:47:32.440 --> 00:47:33.060
 going on

00:47:33.060 --> 00:47:33.440
 or make

00:47:33.440 --> 00:47:34.040
 sense of

00:47:34.040 --> 00:47:34.380
 what is

00:47:34.380 --> 00:47:34.780
 happening,

00:47:34.780 --> 00:47:36.420
 what we

00:47:36.420 --> 00:47:37.100
 can see

00:47:37.100 --> 00:47:38.500
 is a

00:47:38.500 --> 00:47:39.080
 God who

00:47:39.080 --> 00:47:39.460
 is in

00:47:39.460 --> 00:47:40.120
 control of

00:47:40.120 --> 00:47:40.920
 all things,

00:47:41.700 --> 00:47:42.540
 who is

00:47:42.540 --> 00:47:43.180
 over every

00:47:43.180 --> 00:47:43.960
 detail of

00:47:43.960 --> 00:47:44.500
 your life

00:47:44.500 --> 00:47:44.940
 and over

00:47:44.940 --> 00:47:45.800
 everything in

00:47:45.800 --> 00:47:46.420
 this world,

00:47:46.800 --> 00:47:47.540
 over Satan

00:47:47.540 --> 00:47:48.160
 himself.

00:47:49.580 --> 00:47:50.060
 Therefore,

00:47:50.680 --> 00:47:51.980
 we can

00:47:51.980 --> 00:47:52.600
 trust him.

00:47:54.100 --> 00:47:54.880
 In our

00:47:54.880 --> 00:47:55.440
 questioning,

00:47:56.820 --> 00:47:57.740
 let God

00:47:57.740 --> 00:47:58.180
 answer.

00:47:59.920 --> 00:48:00.400
 Listen

00:48:00.400 --> 00:48:01.480
 to what

00:48:01.480 --> 00:48:02.040
 he says.

00:48:02.940 --> 00:48:03.800
 Let God

00:48:03.800 --> 00:48:05.100
 be God.

00:48:06.200 --> 00:48:06.900
 Trust the

00:48:06.900 --> 00:48:07.440
 God who

00:48:07.440 --> 00:48:08.200
 suffers with

00:48:08.200 --> 00:48:09.240
 us and

00:48:09.240 --> 00:48:10.080
 for us

00:48:10.080 --> 00:48:12.100
 to end

00:48:12.100 --> 00:48:12.800
 all

00:48:12.800 --> 00:48:13.280
 suffering.

00:48:15.680 --> 00:48:16.320
 Let's

00:48:16.320 --> 00:48:16.580
 pray.

00:48:16.580 --> 00:48:16.640
 Let's

00:48:16.640 --> 00:48:16.660
 pray.

00:48:16.660 --> 00:48:19.080
 Let's

00:48:19.080 --> 00:48:20.640
 pray.

00:48:20.640 --> 00:48:20.700
 Let's

00:48:20.700 --> 00:48:22.580
 pray.

00:48:22.580 --> 00:48:23.640
 Let's

00:48:23.640 --> 00:48:24.640
 pray.

00:48:24.640 --> 00:48:24.700
 Let's

00:48:24.700 --> 00:48:26.700
 pray.

00:48:26.700 --> 00:48:27.580
 Let's

00:48:27.580 --> 00:48:28.660
 pray.

00:48:28.660 --> 00:48:29.560
 Let's

00:48:29.560 --> 00:48:30.560
 pray.

00:48:30.560 --> 00:48:30.620
 Let's

00:48:30.620 --> 00:48:30.820
 pray.

00:48:30.820 --> 00:48:31.620
 Let's

00:48:31.620 --> 00:48:32.460
 pray.

00:48:32.460 --> 00:48:42.199
 Lord God,

00:48:42.360 --> 00:48:42.559
 we

00:48:42.559 --> 00:48:45.159
 struggle

00:48:45.159 --> 00:48:45.880
 right now.

00:48:45.980 --> 00:48:46.119
 We're

00:48:46.119 --> 00:48:46.599
 struggling.

00:48:47.920 --> 00:48:48.780
 We

00:48:48.780 --> 00:48:49.619
 struggle to

00:48:49.619 --> 00:48:50.619
 understand

00:48:50.619 --> 00:48:52.019
 everything.

00:48:54.820 --> 00:48:55.679
 We

00:48:55.679 --> 00:48:56.360
 struggle to

00:48:56.360 --> 00:48:57.240
 understand the

00:48:57.240 --> 00:48:57.960
 suffering that

00:48:57.960 --> 00:48:58.320
 we are

00:48:58.320 --> 00:48:59.199
 experiencing

00:48:59.199 --> 00:49:00.819
 or we

00:49:00.819 --> 00:49:01.399
 see loved

00:49:01.399 --> 00:49:02.059
 ones going

00:49:02.059 --> 00:49:02.399
 through.

00:49:05.079 --> 00:49:05.699
 We

00:49:05.699 --> 00:49:06.519
 confess that

00:49:06.519 --> 00:49:07.059
 we can be

00:49:07.059 --> 00:49:07.480
 angry.

00:49:10.599 --> 00:49:11.339
 And we

00:49:11.339 --> 00:49:11.719
 bring it

00:49:11.719 --> 00:49:12.319
 all before

00:49:12.319 --> 00:49:15.079
 you and

00:49:15.079 --> 00:49:15.659
 ask that

00:49:15.659 --> 00:49:15.980
 you would

00:49:15.980 --> 00:49:16.519
 help us

00:49:16.519 --> 00:49:17.099
 to trust

00:49:17.099 --> 00:49:20.199
 you as

00:49:20.199 --> 00:49:20.619
 the God

00:49:20.619 --> 00:49:21.000
 who is

00:49:21.000 --> 00:49:21.639
 over all

00:49:21.639 --> 00:49:22.139
 things,

00:49:23.139 --> 00:49:24.919
 the God

00:49:24.919 --> 00:49:25.339
 who came

00:49:25.339 --> 00:49:25.879
 to suffer

00:49:25.880 --> 00:49:26.559
 for us

00:49:26.559 --> 00:49:28.740
 to end

00:49:28.740 --> 00:49:29.000
 all

00:49:29.000 --> 00:49:29.519
 suffering

00:49:29.519 --> 00:49:31.440
 so that

00:49:31.440 --> 00:49:31.880
 we might

00:49:31.880 --> 00:49:32.340
 have life

00:49:32.340 --> 00:49:32.820
 with you.

00:49:35.780 --> 00:49:36.519
 Help us

00:49:36.519 --> 00:49:37.059
 to walk

00:49:37.059 --> 00:49:37.579
 with you

00:49:37.579 --> 00:49:37.960
 through

00:49:37.960 --> 00:49:38.500
 these

00:49:38.500 --> 00:49:39.860
 series

00:49:39.860 --> 00:49:40.660
 of talks.

00:49:43.300 --> 00:49:43.860
 Father,

00:49:43.940 --> 00:49:44.220
 would you

00:49:44.220 --> 00:49:45.059
 teach us

00:49:45.059 --> 00:49:47.599
 and would

00:49:47.599 --> 00:49:48.059
 you help

00:49:48.059 --> 00:49:49.460
 us where

00:49:49.460 --> 00:49:49.960
 we cannot

00:49:49.960 --> 00:49:50.599
 see to

00:49:50.599 --> 00:49:50.980
 keep

00:49:50.980 --> 00:49:52.599
 trusting you

00:49:52.599 --> 00:49:53.039
 to know

00:49:53.039 --> 00:49:53.460
 that you

00:49:53.460 --> 00:49:54.000
 have us

00:49:54.000 --> 00:49:54.500
 in your

00:49:54.500 --> 00:49:55.099
 arms of

00:49:55.099 --> 00:49:56.599
 love and

00:49:56.599 --> 00:49:56.860
 you will

00:49:56.860 --> 00:49:57.139
 never,

00:49:57.299 --> 00:49:57.599
 ever let

00:49:57.599 --> 00:49:58.000
 us go.

00:50:00.900 --> 00:50:01.739
 Help us.

00:50:03.000 --> 00:50:03.759
 In Jesus'

00:50:03.960 --> 00:50:04.299
 name we

00:50:04.299 --> 00:50:04.619
 pray.

00:50:05.819 --> 00:50:06.259
 Amen.