WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.299 Our first reading is from Exodus 32 verses 1 to 14. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:39.219 So Aaron said to them, Take off the rings of gold that are in the ears of your wives, your sons and your daughters and bring them to me. 00:00:39.960 --> 00:00:45.679 So all the people took off the rings of gold that were in their ears and brought them to Aaron. 00:00:46.719 --> 00:00:54.079 And he received the gold from their hand and fashioned it with a graving tool and made a golden calf. 00:00:54.079 --> 00:01:02.179 And they said, These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. 00:01:03.119 --> 00:01:06.719 When Aaron saw this, he built an altar before it. 00:01:07.599 --> 00:01:13.019 And Aaron made a proclamation and said, Tomorrow shall be a feast to the Lord. 00:01:13.900 --> 00:01:18.219 And they rose up early the next day and offered burnt offerings and brought peace offerings. 00:01:19.159 --> 00:01:22.859 And the people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play. 00:01:22.859 --> 00:01:31.239 And the Lord says to Moses, Go down, for your people whom you brought up out of the land of Egypt have corrupted themselves. 00:01:32.140 --> 00:01:35.799 They have turned aside quickly out of the way that I commanded them. 00:01:36.579 --> 00:01:42.060 They have made themselves a golden calf and have worshipped it and sacrificed to it and said, 00:01:42.719 --> 00:01:46.719 These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. 00:01:46.719 --> 00:01:54.140 And the Lord said to Moses, I have seen this people and behold, it is a stiff-necked people. 00:01:55.159 --> 00:02:03.960 Now therefore let me alone that my wrath may burn hot against them and I may consume them in order that I may make a great nation of you. 00:02:03.959 --> 00:02:14.039 But Moses implored the Lord, his God, and said, O Lord, why does your wrath burn hot against your people? 00:02:14.859 --> 00:02:18.979 Whom you have brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand. 00:02:19.620 --> 00:02:27.599 Why should the Egyptians say, with evil intent did he bring them out, to kill them in the mountains and to consume them from the face of the earth? 00:02:27.599 --> 00:02:32.960 Turn from your burning anger and relent from this disaster against your people. 00:02:34.019 --> 00:02:41.419 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants, to whom you swore by your own self and said to them, 00:02:41.939 --> 00:02:52.819 I will multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and all this land that I have promised I will give to your offspring and they shall inherit it forever. 00:02:52.819 --> 00:02:57.979 And the Lord relented from the disaster that he had spoken of bringing on his people. 00:02:59.979 --> 00:03:05.180 The next reading is from Exodus 33 verses 15 to 23. 00:03:07.239 --> 00:03:13.819 And he said to them, if your presence will not go with me, do not bring us up from here. 00:03:14.539 --> 00:03:19.599 For how shall it be known that I have found favor in your sight, I and your people? 00:03:19.599 --> 00:03:28.379 Is it not in your going with us so that we are distinct, I and your people, from every other people on the face of the earth? 00:03:29.099 --> 00:03:34.039 And the Lord said to Moses, this very thing that you have spoken I will do. 00:03:34.879 --> 00:03:38.079 If you have found favor in my sight and I know by your name. 00:03:38.879 --> 00:03:41.939 Moses said, please show me your glory. 00:03:41.939 --> 00:03:50.199 And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before you and will proclaim you my name, the Lord. 00:03:50.859 --> 00:03:54.139 And I will be gracious to you, to whom I will be gracious. 00:03:54.859 --> 00:03:57.340 And I will show mercy on whom I will show mercy. 00:03:58.379 --> 00:04:01.939 But, he said, you cannot see my face. 00:04:02.759 --> 00:04:04.919 For man shall not see me and live. 00:04:04.919 --> 00:04:12.019 And the Lord said, behold, there is a place by me where you shall stand on the rock. 00:04:12.539 --> 00:04:16.699 And while my glory passes by, I will put you in a cleft of the rock. 00:04:17.279 --> 00:04:20.839 And I will cover you with my hand until I have passed by. 00:04:21.800 --> 00:04:24.979 Then I will take away my hand and you shall see my back. 00:04:25.560 --> 00:04:27.399 But my face shall not be seen. 00:04:27.399 --> 00:04:34.779 The Lord descended in the cloud and stood with him there and proclaimed the name of the Lord. 00:04:35.799 --> 00:04:37.919 The Lord passed before him and proclaimed, 00:04:38.679 --> 00:04:42.479 The Lord, the Lord, our God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, 00:04:43.319 --> 00:04:45.979 and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, 00:04:46.479 --> 00:04:48.299 keeping steadfast love for thousands, 00:04:49.179 --> 00:04:51.620 forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, 00:04:52.500 --> 00:04:54.819 but whom will by no means clear the guilty, 00:04:54.819 --> 00:04:58.800 visiting the iniquity of the fathers and the children and the children's children, 00:04:59.579 --> 00:05:01.019 the third and fourth generation. 00:05:01.980 --> 00:05:05.159 And Moses quickly bowed his head toward the earth and worshipped. 00:05:05.819 --> 00:05:06.740 And he said, 00:05:07.560 --> 00:05:10.600 If now I have found favour in your sight, O Lord, 00:05:10.800 --> 00:05:13.740 please let the Lord go in the midst of us. 00:05:14.439 --> 00:05:15.939 For it is a stiff-necked people, 00:05:16.219 --> 00:05:18.039 and pardon our iniquity and our sin. 00:05:23.539 --> 00:05:24.500 Good morning, everyone. 00:05:24.819 --> 00:05:29.659 Will you please pray with me as we come to God's word? 00:05:33.459 --> 00:05:36.659 Father, I pray that through your word, 00:05:36.659 --> 00:05:44.139 you would convince each of our hearts to voluntarily come to you 00:05:44.139 --> 00:05:48.779 and lay all the idols at your feet, 00:05:49.620 --> 00:05:51.519 so that you might fill us with yourself. 00:05:52.579 --> 00:05:54.000 So please speak to us now. 00:05:54.000 --> 00:05:58.100 Give us minds and hearts ready to receive your word. 00:05:58.259 --> 00:05:59.160 In Jesus' name I pray. 00:05:59.500 --> 00:05:59.800 Amen. 00:06:02.360 --> 00:06:08.240 Well, if a friend asked you to describe God's character, 00:06:09.040 --> 00:06:11.100 I wonder what adjectives you would use. 00:06:11.100 --> 00:06:17.420 I'm guessing loving would rightly come to mind. 00:06:17.939 --> 00:06:22.640 Compassionate, holy, patient, wise. 00:06:22.639 --> 00:06:26.560 No doubt you can think of lots more descriptions. 00:06:27.560 --> 00:06:31.479 We can understand the appeal of these qualities, can't we? 00:06:31.519 --> 00:06:33.500 Because when we see it in human beings, 00:06:33.899 --> 00:06:35.459 just a faint reflection of it, 00:06:36.000 --> 00:06:38.319 we can see the goodness of these qualities. 00:06:39.180 --> 00:06:42.439 I think we could just imagine God on a greater scale. 00:06:42.439 --> 00:06:43.699 He's all wise. 00:06:43.699 --> 00:06:44.839 He's all wise. 00:06:44.839 --> 00:06:46.259 He's all patient. 00:06:49.699 --> 00:06:54.420 We are going to rush the ending of Exodus today. 00:06:55.560 --> 00:06:57.000 But I was trying to think, 00:06:57.199 --> 00:07:00.259 what's going to help us tie all this together? 00:07:00.259 --> 00:07:06.659 And I think it's the description of God that we find here in Exodus, 00:07:06.879 --> 00:07:08.939 that God is jealous. 00:07:11.519 --> 00:07:12.939 How do you react to that? 00:07:13.079 --> 00:07:14.819 God is jealous. 00:07:14.819 --> 00:07:21.620 It feels unworthy to describe God that way, isn't it? 00:07:23.040 --> 00:07:25.259 I wonder if you're a bit repulsed. 00:07:26.180 --> 00:07:27.680 I'd be surprised if you're not, 00:07:27.819 --> 00:07:33.439 because jealousy is pretty awful in human beings. 00:07:34.659 --> 00:07:37.060 This is where God is so different from us. 00:07:40.719 --> 00:07:43.819 Tim Keller describes jealousy as love-fighting, 00:07:43.819 --> 00:07:45.360 extinction. 00:07:45.740 --> 00:07:51.339 It's the fear of that love relationship being lost, 00:07:51.879 --> 00:07:55.759 that love turns to anger to keep it. 00:07:58.519 --> 00:08:00.699 Where a man's love for a woman, 00:08:00.800 --> 00:08:02.019 when she's leaving him, 00:08:02.279 --> 00:08:03.839 it's threatened, 00:08:04.139 --> 00:08:05.819 and that love turns to anger, 00:08:05.959 --> 00:08:08.680 even to the point of murder. 00:08:09.779 --> 00:08:11.779 It's awful in human beings. 00:08:11.779 --> 00:08:14.759 Or a friend. 00:08:15.099 --> 00:08:15.319 Someone, 00:08:15.619 --> 00:08:16.979 a friend you really love, 00:08:17.099 --> 00:08:18.819 starts spending time with someone else, 00:08:19.259 --> 00:08:21.359 and starts confiding in someone else, 00:08:21.519 --> 00:08:23.019 and there's something in you that's like, 00:08:23.099 --> 00:08:24.000 I don't want to share. 00:08:25.139 --> 00:08:26.000 It's petty. 00:08:28.079 --> 00:08:29.139 It's insecure. 00:08:29.419 --> 00:08:30.299 Like, in people, 00:08:30.799 --> 00:08:31.779 jealousy is 00:08:31.779 --> 00:08:32.779 unattractive, 00:08:33.819 --> 00:08:34.199 and 00:08:34.199 --> 00:08:36.240 deadly. 00:08:36.240 --> 00:08:40.560 So it's no wonder, 00:08:40.759 --> 00:08:40.960 I think, 00:08:41.000 --> 00:08:43.039 that we stumble over this description of God, 00:08:43.180 --> 00:08:44.399 that God is jealous. 00:08:51.779 --> 00:08:52.259 But, 00:08:52.360 --> 00:08:54.680 it's in the middle of the Ten Commandments, 00:08:54.680 --> 00:08:55.899 where God reveals 00:08:55.899 --> 00:08:58.180 his character. 00:08:58.179 --> 00:09:00.779 We can't say that his jealousy 00:09:00.779 --> 00:09:03.519 is just this obscure part of Scripture, 00:09:03.779 --> 00:09:05.799 some periphery description. 00:09:05.959 --> 00:09:07.299 It's right there in the middle. 00:09:07.859 --> 00:09:09.379 I, the Lord your God, 00:09:09.439 --> 00:09:10.879 am a jealous God. 00:09:12.639 --> 00:09:15.059 It's the reason for the first two commandments. 00:09:16.019 --> 00:09:17.799 You shall have no other gods 00:09:17.799 --> 00:09:18.879 beside me. 00:09:19.099 --> 00:09:20.539 You shall make no images, 00:09:20.659 --> 00:09:21.759 no created thing. 00:09:21.759 --> 00:09:24.159 He's jealous that he has 00:09:24.159 --> 00:09:26.159 all Israel's 00:09:26.159 --> 00:09:28.480 devotion. 00:09:30.240 --> 00:09:31.200 Let's not think 00:09:31.200 --> 00:09:33.159 this is just an Old Testament description. 00:09:35.580 --> 00:09:37.299 I don't know what you would describe this, 00:09:37.419 --> 00:09:38.059 but jealous, 00:09:38.139 --> 00:09:40.139 when Jesus says this in Luke 14. 00:09:41.220 --> 00:09:42.980 If anyone comes to me, 00:09:43.980 --> 00:09:46.720 and does not hate his own father, 00:09:46.860 --> 00:09:47.259 and mother, 00:09:47.419 --> 00:09:47.980 and wife, 00:09:48.200 --> 00:09:48.740 and children, 00:09:48.879 --> 00:09:49.259 and brothers, 00:09:49.379 --> 00:09:49.860 and sisters, 00:09:50.080 --> 00:09:50.379 yes, 00:09:50.379 --> 00:09:51.960 even his own life, 00:09:52.000 --> 00:09:53.240 he cannot be my disciple. 00:09:55.720 --> 00:10:00.460 He wants all of us. 00:10:02.320 --> 00:10:03.939 Compared to any other allegiance, 00:10:06.000 --> 00:10:07.360 he's jealous to have 00:10:07.360 --> 00:10:08.919 all of us. 00:10:10.939 --> 00:10:11.659 I'm wondering, 00:10:11.919 --> 00:10:13.919 if instead of being repulsed 00:10:13.919 --> 00:10:14.879 by this description, 00:10:15.120 --> 00:10:16.919 can we find the jealousy of God 00:10:16.919 --> 00:10:17.480 beautiful? 00:10:20.379 --> 00:10:21.740 I think we can. 00:10:21.899 --> 00:10:22.299 Obviously, 00:10:22.379 --> 00:10:23.259 I wouldn't be preaching on it 00:10:23.259 --> 00:10:24.059 if I didn't. 00:10:24.759 --> 00:10:25.939 It's beautiful in God, 00:10:26.000 --> 00:10:27.259 awful in human beings, 00:10:27.879 --> 00:10:29.980 but it's such good news in God. 00:10:33.500 --> 00:10:34.939 I think we can start to see 00:10:34.939 --> 00:10:36.100 if we reflect a bit 00:10:36.100 --> 00:10:36.799 on what we've seen 00:10:36.799 --> 00:10:38.120 in this series in Exodus. 00:10:38.340 --> 00:10:39.980 What kind of relationship 00:10:39.980 --> 00:10:42.639 does Yahweh want 00:10:42.639 --> 00:10:44.039 with his saved people? 00:10:44.039 --> 00:10:46.139 We've seen his goal 00:10:46.139 --> 00:10:47.620 of redeeming his people 00:10:47.620 --> 00:10:48.839 repeated, 00:10:49.339 --> 00:10:51.079 to bring you to myself. 00:10:52.860 --> 00:10:54.059 Get out of slavery 00:10:54.059 --> 00:10:55.679 so that you can serve me. 00:10:56.459 --> 00:10:57.319 That's his goal. 00:10:58.679 --> 00:11:00.620 We've seen the kind of relationship 00:11:00.620 --> 00:11:02.039 in the wilderness experience. 00:11:02.299 --> 00:11:03.620 He's not some distant God. 00:11:04.039 --> 00:11:05.299 He's present. 00:11:05.459 --> 00:11:06.279 He's a companion. 00:11:07.120 --> 00:11:08.319 He's leading them. 00:11:08.459 --> 00:11:10.059 He's speaking to them. 00:11:10.059 --> 00:11:14.899 We've seen the binding nature 00:11:14.899 --> 00:11:15.759 of the relationship. 00:11:16.719 --> 00:11:17.839 He wants covenant 00:11:17.839 --> 00:11:19.239 with his people. 00:11:20.159 --> 00:11:21.239 It's binding. 00:11:22.819 --> 00:11:24.359 That's the kind of relationship. 00:11:24.799 --> 00:11:26.079 We've seen the law. 00:11:27.479 --> 00:11:29.219 The law is not a new slavery. 00:11:30.819 --> 00:11:32.759 It's clear directions 00:11:32.759 --> 00:11:36.219 of how Israel could please God. 00:11:36.220 --> 00:11:40.820 Anyone know the movie 00:11:40.820 --> 00:11:41.620 Princess Bride? 00:11:42.980 --> 00:11:43.279 Okay. 00:11:43.420 --> 00:11:43.759 All right. 00:11:43.920 --> 00:11:44.120 Good. 00:11:45.040 --> 00:11:45.460 You better. 00:11:45.660 --> 00:11:46.460 That's your homework 00:11:46.460 --> 00:11:47.019 if you don't. 00:11:47.240 --> 00:11:49.680 But does anyone remember 00:11:49.680 --> 00:11:51.840 Wesley's repeated expression 00:11:51.840 --> 00:11:53.060 of love for Buttercup? 00:11:55.040 --> 00:11:55.660 Thank you. 00:11:55.740 --> 00:11:56.139 Yes. 00:11:56.340 --> 00:11:57.620 We've got some true fans here. 00:11:57.860 --> 00:11:58.800 As you wish. 00:12:01.019 --> 00:12:02.460 That's his expression of love. 00:12:02.560 --> 00:12:03.200 As you wish. 00:12:03.200 --> 00:12:07.000 That's what we do, isn't it? 00:12:07.060 --> 00:12:07.800 Someone we love. 00:12:07.940 --> 00:12:09.140 Someone we esteem. 00:12:09.660 --> 00:12:11.320 We work out what pleases them 00:12:11.320 --> 00:12:14.120 and we give our will to them 00:12:14.120 --> 00:12:15.920 to please them as you wish. 00:12:16.060 --> 00:12:17.500 And it doesn't feel like 00:12:17.500 --> 00:12:18.500 they're controlling us 00:12:18.500 --> 00:12:21.120 because our pleasure 00:12:21.120 --> 00:12:22.980 is in pleasing them. 00:12:23.720 --> 00:12:24.900 That's what the law is. 00:12:24.980 --> 00:12:26.780 Israel, here's how you can please me. 00:12:29.180 --> 00:12:30.660 He hasn't left them guessing 00:12:30.660 --> 00:12:31.700 how to relate. 00:12:33.200 --> 00:12:34.240 The law is good. 00:12:36.580 --> 00:12:37.960 That's the kind of relationship 00:12:37.960 --> 00:12:38.640 he wants. 00:12:41.580 --> 00:12:44.500 To know how they can please God. 00:12:45.320 --> 00:12:46.740 And last week, 00:12:47.379 --> 00:12:48.700 we've seen the kind of relationship 00:12:48.700 --> 00:12:50.060 he wants in the tabernacle. 00:12:50.200 --> 00:12:52.440 He wants to be present. 00:12:52.840 --> 00:12:54.000 He wants to be close. 00:12:54.180 --> 00:12:55.480 He wants to make a home 00:12:55.480 --> 00:12:56.640 with his people. 00:12:59.320 --> 00:13:00.680 He wants to be known. 00:13:00.840 --> 00:13:02.040 He wants his people 00:13:02.039 --> 00:13:02.959 to have access, 00:13:03.419 --> 00:13:03.879 intimacy. 00:13:07.120 --> 00:13:08.139 So when God says, 00:13:08.360 --> 00:13:09.679 I am a jealous God, 00:13:10.000 --> 00:13:11.439 I must be your priority. 00:13:11.679 --> 00:13:13.379 I must be the centre 00:13:13.379 --> 00:13:14.259 of your life. 00:13:14.819 --> 00:13:16.439 I will not let you put anything, 00:13:16.579 --> 00:13:17.019 anyone, 00:13:17.579 --> 00:13:19.839 to be more important than me. 00:13:20.000 --> 00:13:22.419 He's saying what every married person 00:13:22.980 --> 00:13:25.839 expects and desires 00:13:25.839 --> 00:13:26.699 from their spouse. 00:13:26.700 --> 00:13:29.740 That's the kind of relationship 00:13:29.740 --> 00:13:30.980 God wants with his people. 00:13:31.620 --> 00:13:32.100 Exclusive. 00:13:34.160 --> 00:13:34.560 Intimate. 00:13:40.560 --> 00:13:42.160 Very little has been said 00:13:42.160 --> 00:13:44.100 about sin so far in Exodus. 00:13:44.360 --> 00:13:45.740 We're up to chapter 32. 00:13:45.960 --> 00:13:47.360 Very little has been said 00:13:47.360 --> 00:13:47.900 about sin. 00:13:48.259 --> 00:13:49.360 But in chapter 32, 00:13:50.480 --> 00:13:52.360 sin is mentioned 11 times. 00:13:52.360 --> 00:13:56.139 I'm having three weeks off 00:13:56.139 --> 00:13:56.980 over Christmas 00:13:56.980 --> 00:13:58.659 and I'm not expecting 00:13:58.659 --> 00:13:59.300 to come back 00:13:59.300 --> 00:14:00.419 and you all kind of go, 00:14:02.120 --> 00:14:03.259 we lost confidence 00:14:03.259 --> 00:14:04.440 that you're coming back. 00:14:05.720 --> 00:14:06.200 Here, 00:14:06.639 --> 00:14:07.860 40 days. 00:14:08.960 --> 00:14:10.200 40 days. 00:14:10.940 --> 00:14:11.940 And Israel, 00:14:12.940 --> 00:14:14.960 having heard God's voice, 00:14:15.360 --> 00:14:17.019 they're still around Mount Sinai. 00:14:17.279 --> 00:14:17.980 They haven't moved. 00:14:18.360 --> 00:14:20.300 They still see the pillar of cloud 00:14:20.299 --> 00:14:20.879 and the fire. 00:14:21.159 --> 00:14:22.299 Within 40 days, 00:14:23.620 --> 00:14:24.399 they come to Aaron 00:14:24.399 --> 00:14:24.819 and say, 00:14:24.919 --> 00:14:25.719 make us gods. 00:14:29.359 --> 00:14:30.819 I can't believe Aaron 00:14:30.819 --> 00:14:32.719 led them into, 00:14:32.879 --> 00:14:33.740 this is Aaron. 00:14:35.679 --> 00:14:36.959 Aaron was the spokesperson 00:14:36.959 --> 00:14:37.679 to Pharaoh. 00:14:37.679 --> 00:14:38.779 He was instrumental 00:14:38.779 --> 00:14:40.759 in their freedom. 00:14:41.579 --> 00:14:43.000 He ate and drank 00:14:43.000 --> 00:14:44.539 in the covenant ceremony. 00:14:44.699 --> 00:14:45.959 He ate and drank with God. 00:14:47.159 --> 00:14:48.599 He's about to be high priest. 00:14:48.600 --> 00:14:51.500 Aaron and all the people 00:14:51.500 --> 00:14:52.759 so quickly 00:14:52.759 --> 00:14:55.360 turned to idols. 00:14:56.980 --> 00:14:58.519 I think it's to show us 00:14:58.519 --> 00:14:59.519 the human condition. 00:15:01.700 --> 00:15:02.720 So quick 00:15:02.720 --> 00:15:03.860 to turn to idols. 00:15:05.800 --> 00:15:07.240 And we see it played out 00:15:07.240 --> 00:15:08.560 in the rest of Israel's history. 00:15:08.680 --> 00:15:09.659 That's the human condition. 00:15:10.379 --> 00:15:11.100 John Calvin 00:15:11.100 --> 00:15:13.560 described a human heart 00:15:13.560 --> 00:15:13.980 like this. 00:15:14.040 --> 00:15:14.920 The human heart 00:15:14.920 --> 00:15:16.519 is a perpetual 00:15:16.519 --> 00:15:18.360 idol factory. 00:15:18.600 --> 00:15:24.139 I think of it sometimes 00:15:24.139 --> 00:15:25.360 like whack-a-mole. 00:15:25.399 --> 00:15:26.279 I don't know if you know the game. 00:15:26.519 --> 00:15:27.139 You probably don't. 00:15:27.360 --> 00:15:28.159 It's a bit of a weird game. 00:15:28.240 --> 00:15:28.840 Whack-a-mole. 00:15:29.580 --> 00:15:29.940 Arcade. 00:15:30.399 --> 00:15:31.300 When I was younger, 00:15:32.040 --> 00:15:32.259 something, 00:15:32.379 --> 00:15:33.220 an idol pops up, 00:15:33.279 --> 00:15:33.720 you whack it, 00:15:33.779 --> 00:15:34.259 another one, 00:15:34.519 --> 00:15:35.580 another three pop up. 00:15:36.060 --> 00:15:36.840 Our hearts are just 00:15:36.840 --> 00:15:37.540 a perpetual 00:15:37.540 --> 00:15:38.519 idol factory. 00:15:38.519 --> 00:15:44.779 So what is an idol? 00:15:44.779 --> 00:15:48.899 They take the gold jewelry. 00:15:49.039 --> 00:15:49.679 There's nothing wrong 00:15:49.679 --> 00:15:50.500 with the gold jewelry. 00:15:50.639 --> 00:15:51.459 That was a gift 00:15:51.459 --> 00:15:53.399 from their redeemer. 00:15:53.399 --> 00:15:56.659 They take a good gift 00:15:56.659 --> 00:16:01.480 and they created 00:16:01.480 --> 00:16:02.740 with their own hands 00:16:02.740 --> 00:16:03.699 an image 00:16:03.699 --> 00:16:06.360 to make it 00:16:06.360 --> 00:16:07.579 their top priority. 00:16:10.159 --> 00:16:11.159 To make it 00:16:11.159 --> 00:16:13.039 the meaning of their life. 00:16:13.319 --> 00:16:14.519 The true source 00:16:14.519 --> 00:16:15.179 of their joy. 00:16:16.000 --> 00:16:17.019 These are your gods, 00:16:17.139 --> 00:16:17.539 O Israel, 00:16:18.299 --> 00:16:19.319 who brought you 00:16:19.319 --> 00:16:20.139 out of the land 00:16:20.139 --> 00:16:20.759 of Egypt. 00:16:20.759 --> 00:16:25.980 It's a good gift 00:16:25.980 --> 00:16:28.659 but it's 00:16:28.659 --> 00:16:29.539 something made 00:16:29.539 --> 00:16:30.519 by human beings 00:16:30.519 --> 00:16:32.139 that replaces God 00:16:32.139 --> 00:16:33.759 as top priority. 00:16:34.439 --> 00:16:35.519 Redefining them even. 00:16:36.200 --> 00:16:37.259 This is who we are now. 00:16:42.000 --> 00:16:43.080 I doubt 00:16:43.080 --> 00:16:44.659 it felt wrong 00:16:44.659 --> 00:16:46.500 when they're doing it. 00:16:46.639 --> 00:16:47.659 I reckon if we were there, 00:16:47.840 --> 00:16:49.120 they're dancing 00:16:49.120 --> 00:16:50.159 around this thing. 00:16:50.759 --> 00:16:53.120 If you were to ask them, 00:16:53.159 --> 00:16:53.819 they probably felt, 00:16:54.100 --> 00:16:54.559 they would have said, 00:16:54.819 --> 00:16:55.620 I feel at peace 00:16:55.620 --> 00:16:56.340 with this decision. 00:16:58.980 --> 00:16:59.759 It created 00:16:59.759 --> 00:17:00.799 a sense of community. 00:17:02.779 --> 00:17:03.580 It gave them 00:17:03.580 --> 00:17:04.099 an identity. 00:17:04.339 --> 00:17:05.879 This is our story now. 00:17:06.000 --> 00:17:06.379 This is 00:17:06.379 --> 00:17:08.619 who we are now. 00:17:08.700 --> 00:17:09.680 It gave them meaning. 00:17:11.059 --> 00:17:12.180 They could see it. 00:17:12.259 --> 00:17:13.660 They could sense it. 00:17:13.660 --> 00:17:19.800 I think it's the kind 00:17:19.800 --> 00:17:20.660 of justifications 00:17:20.660 --> 00:17:21.340 I give 00:17:21.340 --> 00:17:23.279 to all sorts of things 00:17:23.279 --> 00:17:23.880 when I make it 00:17:23.880 --> 00:17:24.900 more important to God. 00:17:25.140 --> 00:17:27.519 It gives me peace. 00:17:27.600 --> 00:17:28.400 It gives me pleasure. 00:17:29.400 --> 00:17:30.820 It doesn't feel wrong. 00:17:31.040 --> 00:17:31.980 Others are doing it. 00:17:34.560 --> 00:17:35.880 So why is it so wrong? 00:17:36.000 --> 00:17:36.940 Why is idolatry 00:17:36.940 --> 00:17:37.580 so wrong? 00:17:37.580 --> 00:17:37.620 Why is it so wrong? 00:17:37.620 --> 00:17:37.660 Why is it so wrong? 00:17:37.660 --> 00:17:37.680 Why is it so wrong? 00:17:37.680 --> 00:17:37.720 Why is it so wrong? 00:17:37.720 --> 00:17:37.759 Why is it so wrong? 00:17:37.759 --> 00:17:43.640 Why is it so wrong? 00:17:43.640 --> 00:17:47.140 If you picture 00:17:47.140 --> 00:17:48.240 a marriage ceremony, 00:17:49.420 --> 00:17:51.520 it's a really profound 00:17:51.520 --> 00:17:52.520 expression of love, 00:17:52.600 --> 00:17:52.880 isn't it, 00:17:52.880 --> 00:17:55.320 when the husband 00:17:55.320 --> 00:17:55.920 and wife 00:17:55.920 --> 00:17:58.440 look at each other 00:17:58.440 --> 00:17:59.380 in the eyes 00:17:59.380 --> 00:17:59.800 and say, 00:18:00.040 --> 00:18:00.960 with all that I am 00:18:00.960 --> 00:18:03.200 and all that I have, 00:18:03.280 --> 00:18:04.220 I honour you. 00:18:06.400 --> 00:18:07.120 Can you hear how 00:18:07.120 --> 00:18:09.620 either we're playing 00:18:09.620 --> 00:18:10.620 word games there 00:18:10.620 --> 00:18:13.100 or we all know 00:18:13.099 --> 00:18:14.179 that's love? 00:18:16.759 --> 00:18:18.299 With all that I am 00:18:18.299 --> 00:18:20.740 and all that I have, 00:18:20.819 --> 00:18:23.079 I honour you. 00:18:24.919 --> 00:18:26.000 Is that word games? 00:18:26.099 --> 00:18:26.699 I don't think so. 00:18:26.839 --> 00:18:27.980 That's love, isn't it? 00:18:34.219 --> 00:18:35.139 It's exclusive. 00:18:35.679 --> 00:18:36.500 It's everything. 00:18:36.500 --> 00:18:37.500 It's exclusive. 00:18:37.500 --> 00:18:38.500 It's exclusive. 00:18:43.099 --> 00:18:45.199 And it's destructive 00:18:45.199 --> 00:18:47.240 when something else 00:18:47.240 --> 00:18:48.379 takes the priority 00:18:48.379 --> 00:18:49.079 in a marriage. 00:18:49.240 --> 00:18:50.679 Even at a human level, 00:18:50.819 --> 00:18:52.059 think of what can unravel 00:18:52.059 --> 00:18:53.059 a human marriage. 00:18:54.299 --> 00:18:55.539 It's not always 00:18:55.539 --> 00:18:56.639 really awful things. 00:18:57.179 --> 00:18:58.759 It's not always adultery. 00:18:58.919 --> 00:18:59.799 It's not always 00:18:59.799 --> 00:19:02.319 domestic violence. 00:19:02.659 --> 00:19:04.339 Sometimes it's good things 00:19:04.339 --> 00:19:06.480 just taking priority. 00:19:06.480 --> 00:19:11.400 Can't a wife feel 00:19:11.400 --> 00:19:12.360 so alone 00:19:12.360 --> 00:19:13.220 when the husband 00:19:13.220 --> 00:19:15.460 is just obsessed 00:19:15.460 --> 00:19:16.360 with the job 00:19:16.360 --> 00:19:17.240 or obsessed 00:19:17.240 --> 00:19:18.839 with his friends? 00:19:20.099 --> 00:19:21.360 It can be a good thing 00:19:21.360 --> 00:19:21.599 that 00:19:21.599 --> 00:19:24.500 just gets 00:19:24.500 --> 00:19:26.259 distance 00:19:26.259 --> 00:19:27.019 in the relationship. 00:19:27.019 --> 00:19:31.420 It can be a good thing. 00:19:31.619 --> 00:19:32.639 Even children. 00:19:34.940 --> 00:19:35.539 Where a husband 00:19:35.539 --> 00:19:36.700 and later in life 00:19:36.700 --> 00:19:36.900 go, 00:19:36.980 --> 00:19:37.440 we've got nothing 00:19:37.440 --> 00:19:38.160 to talk about. 00:19:38.460 --> 00:19:39.180 The children 00:19:39.180 --> 00:19:40.059 became everything. 00:19:41.139 --> 00:19:42.279 Even good things 00:19:42.279 --> 00:19:43.440 when they take priority 00:19:43.440 --> 00:19:44.359 over the spouse 00:19:44.359 --> 00:19:45.160 can unravel. 00:19:45.160 --> 00:19:55.840 It violates 00:19:55.840 --> 00:19:57.100 that expression 00:19:57.100 --> 00:19:57.560 of love 00:19:57.560 --> 00:19:58.620 with all that I am 00:19:58.620 --> 00:19:59.920 and all that I have 00:19:59.920 --> 00:20:00.640 I honour you. 00:20:01.960 --> 00:20:02.820 And it's destructive. 00:20:03.120 --> 00:20:03.580 And I think 00:20:03.580 --> 00:20:04.920 that's a small taste 00:20:04.920 --> 00:20:06.540 of the horror 00:20:06.540 --> 00:20:07.880 of the golden calf. 00:20:10.000 --> 00:20:10.800 God wants 00:20:10.800 --> 00:20:11.640 an exclusive 00:20:11.640 --> 00:20:12.660 all-consuming 00:20:12.660 --> 00:20:13.360 relationship 00:20:13.359 --> 00:20:15.659 and when 00:20:15.659 --> 00:20:16.359 something else 00:20:16.359 --> 00:20:17.779 comes in 00:20:17.779 --> 00:20:18.299 and takes 00:20:18.299 --> 00:20:19.339 central place 00:20:19.339 --> 00:20:22.559 it's spiritual 00:20:22.559 --> 00:20:23.179 adultery. 00:20:23.819 --> 00:20:24.379 It's giving 00:20:24.379 --> 00:20:25.179 to something else 00:20:25.179 --> 00:20:25.779 what belongs 00:20:25.779 --> 00:20:26.599 only to God. 00:20:31.719 --> 00:20:32.859 And here we see 00:20:32.859 --> 00:20:33.439 the problem 00:20:33.439 --> 00:20:34.539 that idolatry 00:20:34.539 --> 00:20:35.240 creates 00:20:35.240 --> 00:20:36.079 because a jealous 00:20:36.079 --> 00:20:36.639 God 00:20:36.639 --> 00:20:37.519 who wants 00:20:37.519 --> 00:20:38.319 all of us 00:20:38.319 --> 00:20:39.959 idolatry 00:20:39.959 --> 00:20:40.579 provokes 00:20:40.579 --> 00:20:41.259 him to 00:20:41.259 --> 00:20:42.299 anger 00:20:42.299 --> 00:20:43.579 to wrath. 00:20:49.299 --> 00:20:50.480 Chapter 32 00:20:50.480 --> 00:20:51.159 verse 10 00:20:51.159 --> 00:20:52.240 he says to 00:20:52.240 --> 00:20:52.639 Moses 00:20:52.639 --> 00:20:54.259 let me alone 00:20:54.259 --> 00:20:56.139 that my wrath 00:20:56.139 --> 00:20:57.119 may burn 00:20:57.119 --> 00:20:57.799 hot against 00:20:57.799 --> 00:20:58.079 them 00:20:58.079 --> 00:20:59.500 and I may 00:20:59.500 --> 00:21:00.180 consume 00:21:00.180 --> 00:21:00.519 them 00:21:00.519 --> 00:21:01.879 in order 00:21:01.879 --> 00:21:02.379 that I may 00:21:02.379 --> 00:21:03.139 make a great 00:21:03.139 --> 00:21:04.139 nation of you. 00:21:04.279 --> 00:21:04.839 He's ready 00:21:04.839 --> 00:21:05.139 to 00:21:05.139 --> 00:21:07.259 start again 00:21:07.259 --> 00:21:08.480 with Moses. 00:21:09.599 --> 00:21:10.259 Idolatry 00:21:10.259 --> 00:21:11.000 provokes 00:21:11.000 --> 00:21:11.879 a jealous 00:21:11.879 --> 00:21:12.200 God 00:21:12.200 --> 00:21:12.759 to wrath. 00:21:19.539 --> 00:21:20.460 He's so 00:21:20.460 --> 00:21:20.900 committed 00:21:20.900 --> 00:21:21.319 to an 00:21:21.319 --> 00:21:21.920 exclusive 00:21:21.920 --> 00:21:22.759 love 00:21:22.759 --> 00:21:23.779 relationship 00:21:23.779 --> 00:21:24.559 he's angry 00:21:24.559 --> 00:21:25.019 when we 00:21:25.019 --> 00:21:25.519 turn away 00:21:25.519 --> 00:21:25.960 from him. 00:21:28.099 --> 00:21:28.500 Isn't that 00:21:28.500 --> 00:21:28.839 the first 00:21:28.839 --> 00:21:29.400 three chapters 00:21:29.400 --> 00:21:29.960 of Romans? 00:21:30.960 --> 00:21:31.839 The problem 00:21:31.839 --> 00:21:32.259 is the 00:21:32.259 --> 00:21:32.599 wrath 00:21:32.599 --> 00:21:33.259 of God. 00:21:33.259 --> 00:21:38.559 here in 00:21:38.559 --> 00:21:38.879 Exodus 00:21:38.879 --> 00:21:40.339 we see 00:21:40.339 --> 00:21:40.920 God's 00:21:40.920 --> 00:21:41.839 solution 00:21:41.839 --> 00:21:42.200 but it's 00:21:42.200 --> 00:21:42.599 only a 00:21:42.599 --> 00:21:42.940 pattern. 00:21:43.240 --> 00:21:43.539 Moses 00:21:43.539 --> 00:21:44.559 is a 00:21:44.559 --> 00:21:44.920 pattern 00:21:44.920 --> 00:21:45.339 of what 00:21:45.339 --> 00:21:45.700 Jesus 00:21:45.700 --> 00:21:46.119 would 00:21:46.119 --> 00:21:47.440 actually 00:21:47.440 --> 00:21:48.099 accomplish. 00:21:50.000 --> 00:21:50.420 How 00:21:50.420 --> 00:21:51.200 is the 00:21:51.200 --> 00:21:51.420 wrath 00:21:51.420 --> 00:21:51.920 of God 00:21:51.920 --> 00:21:54.480 removed? 00:21:55.000 --> 00:21:55.500 Look at 00:21:55.500 --> 00:21:56.160 verse 14 00:21:56.160 --> 00:21:56.539 of chapter 00:21:56.539 --> 00:21:57.039 32 00:21:57.039 --> 00:21:58.240 and the 00:21:58.240 --> 00:21:58.659 Lord 00:21:58.659 --> 00:21:59.420 relented 00:21:59.420 --> 00:22:00.899 from the 00:22:00.899 --> 00:22:01.379 disaster 00:22:01.379 --> 00:22:01.799 that he's 00:22:01.799 --> 00:22:02.220 spoken 00:22:02.220 --> 00:22:02.920 of bringing 00:22:02.920 --> 00:22:03.240 on his 00:22:03.240 --> 00:22:03.599 people. 00:22:04.099 --> 00:22:04.519 That word 00:22:04.519 --> 00:22:05.119 relented 00:22:05.119 --> 00:22:06.379 is about 00:22:06.379 --> 00:22:08.259 taking away 00:22:08.259 --> 00:22:10.059 his anger. 00:22:11.339 --> 00:22:12.039 He only 00:22:12.039 --> 00:22:12.379 gives a 00:22:12.379 --> 00:22:12.759 partial 00:22:12.759 --> 00:22:13.240 judgment. 00:22:14.019 --> 00:22:14.399 He doesn't 00:22:14.399 --> 00:22:14.980 start again 00:22:14.980 --> 00:22:15.480 with Moses 00:22:15.480 --> 00:22:16.119 and what 00:22:16.119 --> 00:22:16.700 averts 00:22:16.700 --> 00:22:17.079 God's 00:22:17.079 --> 00:22:17.399 wrath? 00:22:17.599 --> 00:22:17.879 Did the 00:22:17.879 --> 00:22:18.319 people make 00:22:18.319 --> 00:22:18.579 it up 00:22:18.579 --> 00:22:18.980 to God? 00:22:20.180 --> 00:22:20.519 No. 00:22:21.579 --> 00:22:22.119 What 00:22:22.119 --> 00:22:22.619 averted 00:22:22.619 --> 00:22:23.039 God's 00:22:23.039 --> 00:22:23.279 wrath 00:22:23.279 --> 00:22:23.579 was 00:22:23.579 --> 00:22:24.139 Moses. 00:22:24.140 --> 00:22:26.100 one 00:22:26.100 --> 00:22:26.580 righteous 00:22:26.580 --> 00:22:27.120 man 00:22:27.120 --> 00:22:28.360 interceding 00:22:28.360 --> 00:22:28.900 for the 00:22:28.900 --> 00:22:29.240 people. 00:22:31.280 --> 00:22:31.840 His 00:22:31.840 --> 00:22:32.440 prayer 00:22:32.440 --> 00:22:33.420 interceding 00:22:33.420 --> 00:22:33.960 for his 00:22:33.960 --> 00:22:34.320 people. 00:22:37.380 --> 00:22:37.940 That's 00:22:37.940 --> 00:22:38.380 what gets 00:22:38.380 --> 00:22:38.680 rid of 00:22:38.680 --> 00:22:39.020 the wrath 00:22:39.020 --> 00:22:39.500 of God. 00:22:41.100 --> 00:22:41.660 A 00:22:41.660 --> 00:22:42.360 mediator 00:22:42.360 --> 00:22:44.060 turning 00:22:44.060 --> 00:22:44.440 away 00:22:44.440 --> 00:22:44.880 God's 00:22:44.880 --> 00:22:45.140 wrath. 00:22:46.040 --> 00:22:46.320 I don't 00:22:46.320 --> 00:22:46.600 know about 00:22:46.600 --> 00:22:46.860 you but 00:22:46.860 --> 00:22:47.240 I find 00:22:47.240 --> 00:22:47.680 that really 00:22:47.680 --> 00:22:48.160 humbling 00:22:48.160 --> 00:22:50.060 because when 00:22:50.060 --> 00:22:50.500 I look at 00:22:50.500 --> 00:22:51.020 the reason 00:22:51.020 --> 00:22:51.600 why God 00:22:51.600 --> 00:22:52.180 has saved 00:22:52.180 --> 00:22:52.560 me, 00:22:53.480 --> 00:22:53.880 it has 00:22:53.880 --> 00:22:54.380 nothing 00:22:54.380 --> 00:22:54.860 to do 00:22:54.860 --> 00:22:55.060 with 00:22:55.060 --> 00:22:55.360 me. 00:22:56.360 --> 00:22:56.980 It has 00:22:56.980 --> 00:22:57.320 everything 00:22:57.320 --> 00:22:57.840 to do 00:22:57.840 --> 00:22:58.800 with one 00:22:58.800 --> 00:22:59.360 righteous 00:22:59.360 --> 00:22:59.900 man 00:22:59.900 --> 00:23:01.600 interceding 00:23:01.600 --> 00:23:01.960 for me, 00:23:02.120 --> 00:23:02.600 interceding 00:23:02.600 --> 00:23:03.200 for us. 00:23:07.740 --> 00:23:08.260 But 00:23:08.260 --> 00:23:08.740 Moses is 00:23:08.740 --> 00:23:09.140 only a 00:23:09.140 --> 00:23:09.520 pattern. 00:23:12.660 --> 00:23:13.180 Moses 00:23:13.180 --> 00:23:13.740 could only 00:23:13.740 --> 00:23:15.220 wish that 00:23:15.220 --> 00:23:15.520 he could 00:23:15.520 --> 00:23:16.180 be blotted 00:23:16.180 --> 00:23:16.780 out of 00:23:16.780 --> 00:23:17.100 God's 00:23:17.100 --> 00:23:17.400 book, 00:23:17.560 --> 00:23:17.840 God's 00:23:17.840 --> 00:23:18.740 record of 00:23:18.740 --> 00:23:19.660 his people 00:23:19.660 --> 00:23:20.060 so that 00:23:20.060 --> 00:23:20.460 his people 00:23:20.460 --> 00:23:20.880 were forgiven. 00:23:20.980 --> 00:23:21.200 He could 00:23:21.200 --> 00:23:21.900 only wish 00:23:21.900 --> 00:23:22.240 he was 00:23:22.240 --> 00:23:22.560 blotted 00:23:22.560 --> 00:23:22.820 out. 00:23:22.819 --> 00:23:23.639 He says 00:23:23.639 --> 00:23:23.899 that 00:23:23.899 --> 00:23:24.720 perhaps 00:23:24.720 --> 00:23:25.299 I can 00:23:25.299 --> 00:23:25.519 make 00:23:25.519 --> 00:23:26.000 atonement 00:23:26.000 --> 00:23:26.379 for your 00:23:26.379 --> 00:23:26.619 sin. 00:23:27.259 --> 00:23:27.500 He's 00:23:27.500 --> 00:23:27.759 just a 00:23:27.759 --> 00:23:28.059 pattern. 00:23:28.639 --> 00:23:28.879 There's 00:23:28.879 --> 00:23:29.399 a tension 00:23:29.399 --> 00:23:29.919 left in 00:23:29.919 --> 00:23:30.240 Exodus 00:23:30.240 --> 00:23:30.899 that isn't 00:23:30.899 --> 00:23:31.379 resolved 00:23:31.379 --> 00:23:32.059 until Jesus 00:23:32.059 --> 00:23:32.480 comes. 00:23:33.099 --> 00:23:33.299 There's 00:23:33.299 --> 00:23:33.500 no 00:23:33.500 --> 00:23:33.960 perhaps 00:23:33.960 --> 00:23:34.399 anymore. 00:23:39.819 --> 00:23:40.419 Romans 00:23:40.419 --> 00:23:41.299 3.25 00:23:41.299 --> 00:23:41.960 Christ 00:23:41.960 --> 00:23:42.579 Jesus 00:23:42.579 --> 00:23:43.879 whom 00:23:43.879 --> 00:23:44.319 God 00:23:44.319 --> 00:23:44.639 put 00:23:44.639 --> 00:23:45.220 forward 00:23:45.220 --> 00:23:45.720 as a 00:23:45.720 --> 00:23:46.859 propitiation 00:23:46.859 --> 00:23:50.159 by his 00:23:50.159 --> 00:23:50.519 blood 00:23:50.519 --> 00:23:51.059 to be 00:23:51.059 --> 00:23:51.559 received 00:23:51.559 --> 00:23:52.220 by faith. 00:23:53.779 --> 00:23:54.419 It's 00:23:54.419 --> 00:23:54.819 not the 00:23:54.819 --> 00:23:55.159 most 00:23:55.159 --> 00:23:56.599 elegant 00:23:56.599 --> 00:23:57.099 word 00:23:57.099 --> 00:23:57.960 propitiation 00:23:57.960 --> 00:23:58.319 I don't 00:23:58.319 --> 00:23:58.599 think 00:23:58.599 --> 00:24:00.019 but we 00:24:00.019 --> 00:24:00.220 should 00:24:00.220 --> 00:24:00.519 love 00:24:00.519 --> 00:24:00.700 that 00:24:00.700 --> 00:24:01.019 word. 00:24:02.879 --> 00:24:03.519 It 00:24:03.519 --> 00:24:03.839 means 00:24:03.839 --> 00:24:04.599 turning 00:24:04.599 --> 00:24:05.399 God's 00:24:05.399 --> 00:24:05.700 wrath 00:24:05.700 --> 00:24:06.220 away 00:24:06.220 --> 00:24:07.200 from 00:24:07.200 --> 00:24:07.559 us. 00:24:12.079 --> 00:24:12.720 1 00:24:12.720 --> 00:24:13.000 John 00:24:13.000 --> 00:24:13.379 2 00:24:13.380 --> 00:24:15.900 If 00:24:15.900 --> 00:24:16.200 anyone 00:24:16.200 --> 00:24:16.580 does 00:24:16.580 --> 00:24:16.880 sin 00:24:16.880 --> 00:24:17.120 we 00:24:17.120 --> 00:24:17.360 have 00:24:17.360 --> 00:24:17.480 an 00:24:17.480 --> 00:24:17.860 advocate 00:24:17.860 --> 00:24:18.080 with 00:24:18.080 --> 00:24:18.220 the 00:24:18.220 --> 00:24:18.540 father 00:24:18.540 --> 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00:26:46.000 --> 00:26:46.240 not 00:26:46.240 --> 00:26:46.740 glory. 00:26:47.660 --> 00:26:48.400 If 00:26:48.400 --> 00:26:49.259 your 00:26:49.259 --> 00:26:49.700 presence 00:26:49.700 --> 00:26:50.019 doesn't 00:26:50.019 --> 00:26:50.380 come with 00:26:50.380 --> 00:26:50.680 us, 00:26:51.079 --> 00:26:51.400 don't 00:26:51.400 --> 00:26:51.660 send 00:26:51.660 --> 00:26:51.960 us. 00:26:55.960 --> 00:26:56.759 Moses 00:26:56.759 --> 00:26:57.359 understands 00:26:57.359 --> 00:26:57.599 what 00:26:57.599 --> 00:26:58.099 satisfies 00:26:58.099 --> 00:26:58.680 the human 00:26:58.680 --> 00:26:59.119 soul. 00:26:59.119 --> 00:27:00.939 as 00:27:00.939 --> 00:27:01.239 Bo 00:27:01.239 --> 00:27:01.679 opened 00:27:01.679 --> 00:27:01.879 this 00:27:01.879 --> 00:27:02.079 morning. 00:27:03.519 --> 00:27:04.119 Moses 00:27:04.119 --> 00:27:04.519 understood 00:27:04.519 --> 00:27:05.599 that it's 00:27:05.599 --> 00:27:05.779 not 00:27:05.779 --> 00:27:06.059 treating 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his own 00:28:09.740 --> 00:28:10.339 sake. 00:28:14.259 --> 00:28:14.779 That's 00:28:14.779 --> 00:28:15.159 why he 00:28:15.159 --> 00:28:15.539 prays, 00:28:15.699 --> 00:28:16.199 show me 00:28:16.199 --> 00:28:16.439 your 00:28:16.439 --> 00:28:16.859 glory. 00:28:21.220 --> 00:28:21.740 He 00:28:21.740 --> 00:28:22.099 wants to 00:28:22.099 --> 00:28:22.559 see more 00:28:22.559 --> 00:28:22.839 of this 00:28:22.839 --> 00:28:23.119 God. 00:28:23.119 --> 00:28:23.159 God. 00:28:26.519 --> 00:28:27.099 When we 00:28:27.099 --> 00:28:27.539 find something 00:28:27.539 --> 00:28:28.059 beautiful, 00:28:29.379 --> 00:28:30.679 most people 00:28:30.679 --> 00:28:31.039 find, 00:28:31.119 --> 00:28:31.559 I think 00:28:31.559 --> 00:28:32.000 all people 00:28:32.000 --> 00:28:32.419 find the 00:28:32.419 --> 00:28:32.799 ocean, 00:28:33.039 --> 00:28:33.199 right? 00:28:33.279 --> 00:28:33.859 You look 00:28:33.859 --> 00:28:34.099 at the 00:28:34.099 --> 00:28:34.439 ocean, 00:28:34.899 --> 00:28:35.879 this vast 00:28:35.879 --> 00:28:36.599 beautiful 00:28:36.599 --> 00:28:37.119 sight, 00:28:37.279 --> 00:28:37.779 or we 00:28:37.779 --> 00:28:38.159 go to the 00:28:38.159 --> 00:28:38.339 blue 00:28:38.339 --> 00:28:38.939 mountains and 00:28:38.939 --> 00:28:39.259 look at 00:28:39.259 --> 00:28:39.519 those 00:28:39.519 --> 00:28:40.119 Kenyans. 00:28:42.059 --> 00:28:42.639 You're not 00:28:42.639 --> 00:28:43.079 thinking, 00:28:43.339 --> 00:28:44.559 what can I 00:28:44.559 --> 00:28:45.039 get out of 00:28:45.039 --> 00:28:45.299 this? 00:28:45.879 --> 00:28:46.379 You're just 00:28:46.379 --> 00:28:47.879 staring at it 00:28:47.879 --> 00:28:48.259 because it's 00:28:48.259 --> 00:28:48.619 just so 00:28:48.619 --> 00:28:49.259 beautiful for 00:28:49.259 --> 00:28:49.599 its own 00:28:49.599 --> 00:28:49.960 sake. 00:28:50.440 --> 00:28:51.019 But when you 00:28:51.019 --> 00:28:51.420 find something 00:28:51.420 --> 00:28:51.779 beautiful, 00:28:51.900 --> 00:28:52.420 it's not just 00:28:52.420 --> 00:28:53.799 pleasure in it 00:28:53.799 --> 00:28:54.339 for its own 00:28:54.339 --> 00:28:54.920 sake, but it 00:28:54.920 --> 00:28:55.359 also just 00:28:55.359 --> 00:28:57.379 somehow pushes 00:28:57.379 --> 00:28:57.920 you out of 00:28:57.920 --> 00:28:58.240 yourself. 00:28:58.379 --> 00:28:59.059 It fills 00:28:59.059 --> 00:28:59.740 life with 00:28:59.740 --> 00:29:00.339 meaning, 00:29:01.039 --> 00:29:01.500 doesn't it? 00:29:01.839 --> 00:29:04.240 It's pleasurable 00:29:04.240 --> 00:29:04.879 for its own 00:29:04.879 --> 00:29:05.160 sake. 00:29:05.240 --> 00:29:05.700 It's not just 00:29:05.700 --> 00:29:06.799 useful, and 00:29:06.799 --> 00:29:07.159 it just 00:29:07.159 --> 00:29:08.759 makes life 00:29:08.759 --> 00:29:09.440 meaningful. 00:29:12.339 --> 00:29:13.019 That's what 00:29:13.019 --> 00:29:14.019 beautiful things 00:29:14.019 --> 00:29:14.639 do. 00:29:16.339 --> 00:29:16.740 And I think 00:29:16.740 --> 00:29:17.099 that's what 00:29:17.099 --> 00:29:17.659 Moses is 00:29:17.659 --> 00:29:18.200 praying for 00:29:18.200 --> 00:29:18.480 here. 00:29:22.399 --> 00:29:22.919 He 00:29:22.919 --> 00:29:23.619 understands 00:29:23.619 --> 00:29:24.960 that God 00:29:24.960 --> 00:29:26.379 himself is 00:29:26.379 --> 00:29:27.319 what satisfies 00:29:27.319 --> 00:29:27.799 the human 00:29:27.799 --> 00:29:28.519 soul, as 00:29:28.519 --> 00:29:29.259 beautiful, not 00:29:29.259 --> 00:29:29.819 just useful. 00:29:30.720 --> 00:29:31.639 He's experienced 00:29:31.639 --> 00:29:31.879 it. 00:29:31.960 --> 00:29:32.579 Every time he 00:29:32.579 --> 00:29:33.200 talked to God 00:29:33.200 --> 00:29:33.940 face to face, 00:29:34.559 --> 00:29:35.779 he was glowing. 00:29:35.779 --> 00:29:37.480 It talks 00:29:37.480 --> 00:29:37.819 about his 00:29:37.819 --> 00:29:38.399 face was 00:29:38.399 --> 00:29:39.019 beaming 00:29:39.019 --> 00:29:39.539 light. 00:29:40.399 --> 00:29:40.599 He's 00:29:40.599 --> 00:29:41.099 experienced 00:29:41.099 --> 00:29:41.519 it. 00:29:45.779 --> 00:29:46.319 He 00:29:46.319 --> 00:29:46.920 understands 00:29:46.920 --> 00:29:47.559 that God's 00:29:47.559 --> 00:29:48.299 jealousy to 00:29:48.299 --> 00:29:50.079 be exclusively 00:29:50.079 --> 00:29:51.119 loved and 00:29:51.119 --> 00:29:52.000 enjoyed for 00:29:52.000 --> 00:29:52.399 his own 00:29:52.399 --> 00:29:53.440 sake is not 00:29:53.440 --> 00:29:54.379 a bad 00:29:54.379 --> 00:29:54.599 thing. 00:29:54.740 --> 00:29:55.779 That fills 00:29:55.779 --> 00:29:56.399 the human 00:29:56.399 --> 00:29:57.000 soul. 00:29:57.000 --> 00:30:05.200 nothing else 00:30:05.200 --> 00:30:05.920 can satisfy 00:30:05.920 --> 00:30:06.400 what we 00:30:06.400 --> 00:30:06.799 were made 00:30:06.799 --> 00:30:08.220 for than 00:30:08.220 --> 00:30:08.519 to have 00:30:08.519 --> 00:30:09.180 the blazing 00:30:09.180 --> 00:30:09.819 glory of 00:30:09.819 --> 00:30:10.359 the universe 00:30:10.359 --> 00:30:10.960 look at 00:30:10.960 --> 00:30:11.359 you and 00:30:11.359 --> 00:30:11.819 go, I 00:30:11.819 --> 00:30:12.380 want you, 00:30:12.539 --> 00:30:14.319 I invite 00:30:14.319 --> 00:30:14.920 you in, 00:30:15.079 --> 00:30:15.619 look at 00:30:15.619 --> 00:30:16.200 me and 00:30:16.200 --> 00:30:18.400 enjoy me. 00:30:18.400 --> 00:30:25.440 God's 00:30:25.440 --> 00:30:26.280 jealousy to 00:30:26.280 --> 00:30:27.480 be exclusively 00:30:27.480 --> 00:30:29.140 loved is 00:30:29.140 --> 00:30:29.560 his 00:30:29.560 --> 00:30:30.960 commitment 00:30:30.960 --> 00:30:33.360 to satisfy 00:30:33.360 --> 00:30:34.540 our souls 00:30:34.540 --> 00:30:35.220 with 00:30:35.220 --> 00:30:35.700 himself. 00:30:35.700 --> 00:30:47.340 the glory 00:30:47.340 --> 00:30:48.259 Moses saw 00:30:48.259 --> 00:30:49.160 was only 00:30:49.160 --> 00:30:49.759 a taste 00:30:49.759 --> 00:30:50.360 of what 00:30:50.360 --> 00:30:50.700 you and 00:30:50.700 --> 00:30:51.059 I get 00:30:51.059 --> 00:30:51.380 to see 00:30:51.380 --> 00:30:51.740 today. 00:30:56.460 --> 00:30:57.200 What did 00:30:57.200 --> 00:30:57.840 Moses see? 00:30:58.000 --> 00:30:59.660 He saw 00:30:59.660 --> 00:31:00.319 words. 00:31:01.279 --> 00:31:01.559 I know 00:31:01.559 --> 00:31:02.559 that kind of 00:31:02.559 --> 00:31:02.740 doesn't 00:31:02.740 --> 00:31:03.259 make sense 00:31:03.259 --> 00:31:05.940 but when 00:31:05.940 --> 00:31:06.399 the Lord 00:31:06.399 --> 00:31:07.319 had all 00:31:07.319 --> 00:31:07.899 his goodness 00:31:07.899 --> 00:31:08.519 pass in 00:31:08.519 --> 00:31:08.859 front of 00:31:08.859 --> 00:31:09.039 him, 00:31:09.859 --> 00:31:10.240 what we're 00:31:10.240 --> 00:31:10.899 told is, 00:31:11.079 --> 00:31:11.619 whatever that 00:31:11.619 --> 00:31:12.539 experience was, 00:31:13.099 --> 00:31:13.460 what we're 00:31:13.460 --> 00:31:14.319 told repeatedly 00:31:14.319 --> 00:31:14.899 is the 00:31:14.899 --> 00:31:15.119 Lord 00:31:15.119 --> 00:31:16.019 proclaimed 00:31:16.019 --> 00:31:17.779 the name 00:31:17.779 --> 00:31:18.039 of the 00:31:18.039 --> 00:31:18.200 Lord. 00:31:18.460 --> 00:31:18.700 He 00:31:18.700 --> 00:31:19.519 proclaimed. 00:31:21.799 --> 00:31:22.599 We have 00:31:22.599 --> 00:31:23.359 access to 00:31:23.359 --> 00:31:23.960 his glory 00:31:23.960 --> 00:31:24.500 in his 00:31:24.500 --> 00:31:24.960 word. 00:31:27.899 --> 00:31:28.460 The 00:31:28.460 --> 00:31:28.899 Lord, 00:31:29.000 --> 00:31:29.139 the 00:31:29.139 --> 00:31:29.480 Lord, 00:31:29.539 --> 00:31:29.839 a God 00:31:29.839 --> 00:31:30.720 merciful and 00:31:30.720 --> 00:31:31.099 gracious, 00:31:31.359 --> 00:31:31.839 slow to 00:31:31.839 --> 00:31:32.179 anger, 00:31:32.559 --> 00:31:33.579 and 00:31:33.579 --> 00:31:34.259 abounding 00:31:34.259 --> 00:31:34.559 in 00:31:34.559 --> 00:31:35.099 steadfast 00:31:35.099 --> 00:31:35.539 love and 00:31:35.539 --> 00:31:36.099 faithfulness, 00:31:36.259 --> 00:31:36.720 keeping 00:31:36.720 --> 00:31:37.419 steadfast 00:31:37.419 --> 00:31:38.000 love to 00:31:38.000 --> 00:31:38.579 thousands, 00:31:39.579 --> 00:31:39.819 and 00:31:39.819 --> 00:31:40.279 forgiving 00:31:40.279 --> 00:31:40.759 iniquity 00:31:40.759 --> 00:31:40.960 and 00:31:40.960 --> 00:31:41.539 transgression 00:31:41.539 --> 00:31:42.159 and sin, 00:31:42.679 --> 00:31:43.179 but who 00:31:43.179 --> 00:31:43.500 will by 00:31:43.500 --> 00:31:44.240 no means 00:31:44.240 --> 00:31:44.899 clear the 00:31:44.899 --> 00:31:45.240 guilty. 00:31:48.460 --> 00:31:49.019 What 00:31:49.019 --> 00:31:49.720 Moses saw 00:31:49.720 --> 00:31:50.119 is that 00:31:50.119 --> 00:31:50.559 God is 00:31:50.559 --> 00:31:51.319 all 00:31:51.319 --> 00:31:51.740 forgiving. 00:31:54.879 --> 00:31:55.440 That 00:31:55.440 --> 00:31:55.839 gives us 00:31:55.839 --> 00:31:56.359 confidence 00:31:56.359 --> 00:31:57.039 to come 00:31:57.039 --> 00:31:57.440 to him. 00:31:59.919 --> 00:32:00.480 All 00:32:00.480 --> 00:32:01.179 three words 00:32:01.179 --> 00:32:01.679 for sin 00:32:01.679 --> 00:32:02.119 are mentioned. 00:32:02.559 --> 00:32:05.359 transgression, 00:32:06.359 --> 00:32:06.879 iniquity, 00:32:07.179 --> 00:32:07.700 and sin. 00:32:09.539 --> 00:32:10.359 I hope 00:32:10.359 --> 00:32:10.720 that gives 00:32:10.720 --> 00:32:11.559 you confidence 00:32:11.559 --> 00:32:13.059 that there 00:32:13.059 --> 00:32:13.539 is no 00:32:13.539 --> 00:32:14.179 sin that 00:32:14.179 --> 00:32:14.859 he can't 00:32:14.859 --> 00:32:15.279 forgive. 00:32:17.619 --> 00:32:18.240 He's 00:32:18.240 --> 00:32:18.779 trying to 00:32:18.779 --> 00:32:19.639 say it as 00:32:19.639 --> 00:32:20.220 clearly as 00:32:20.220 --> 00:32:21.359 he can to 00:32:21.359 --> 00:32:22.059 assure us 00:32:22.059 --> 00:32:23.460 he's abounding 00:32:23.460 --> 00:32:24.159 in forgiveness. 00:32:25.139 --> 00:32:25.579 He's the 00:32:25.579 --> 00:32:26.279 self-sufficient 00:32:26.279 --> 00:32:26.919 flame. 00:32:27.299 --> 00:32:27.940 I'll be 00:32:27.940 --> 00:32:28.619 gracious to 00:32:28.619 --> 00:32:29.019 whom I'll 00:32:29.019 --> 00:32:29.480 be gracious. 00:32:29.480 --> 00:32:30.759 He's 00:32:30.759 --> 00:32:31.180 abounding. 00:32:31.500 --> 00:32:31.759 There's 00:32:31.759 --> 00:32:32.220 no limit. 00:32:33.319 --> 00:32:33.599 All 00:32:33.599 --> 00:32:34.000 sin, 00:32:34.779 --> 00:32:35.380 it gives 00:32:35.380 --> 00:32:35.980 us confidence 00:32:35.980 --> 00:32:36.539 to come 00:32:36.539 --> 00:32:36.960 to him, 00:32:37.099 --> 00:32:37.400 to draw 00:32:37.400 --> 00:32:37.740 near. 00:32:38.579 --> 00:32:38.680 But 00:32:38.680 --> 00:32:41.200 I'm sure 00:32:41.200 --> 00:32:41.680 you notice 00:32:41.680 --> 00:32:42.200 the tension 00:32:42.200 --> 00:32:42.539 here. 00:32:43.360 --> 00:32:43.779 He won't 00:32:43.779 --> 00:32:44.220 clear the 00:32:44.220 --> 00:32:44.480 guilty. 00:32:45.940 --> 00:32:46.180 What 00:32:46.180 --> 00:32:46.940 Moses saw 00:32:46.940 --> 00:32:47.360 is this 00:32:47.360 --> 00:32:47.740 tension, 00:32:47.900 --> 00:32:48.299 all his 00:32:48.299 --> 00:32:48.680 goodness. 00:32:49.220 --> 00:32:49.380 He's 00:32:49.380 --> 00:32:49.599 all 00:32:49.599 --> 00:32:49.960 forgiving, 00:32:49.960 --> 00:32:51.480 but he 00:32:51.480 --> 00:32:51.759 can't 00:32:51.759 --> 00:32:53.519 just be 00:32:53.519 --> 00:32:53.680 a 00:32:53.680 --> 00:32:54.079 president, 00:32:54.440 --> 00:32:55.120 give a 00:32:55.120 --> 00:32:55.700 presidential 00:32:55.700 --> 00:32:56.319 pardon 00:32:56.319 --> 00:32:57.740 that 00:32:57.740 --> 00:32:58.360 removes 00:32:58.360 --> 00:32:58.660 all the 00:32:58.660 --> 00:32:59.620 guilt and 00:32:59.620 --> 00:32:59.819 no 00:32:59.819 --> 00:33:00.299 consequences. 00:33:00.360 --> 00:33:00.759 He can't 00:33:00.759 --> 00:33:01.240 do that. 00:33:01.500 --> 00:33:01.620 He's 00:33:01.620 --> 00:33:01.900 got to 00:33:01.900 --> 00:33:03.539 be just. 00:33:04.960 --> 00:33:05.500 There's a 00:33:05.500 --> 00:33:06.059 tension here 00:33:06.059 --> 00:33:06.440 that isn't 00:33:06.440 --> 00:33:07.019 resolved. 00:33:08.079 --> 00:33:08.519 Again, 00:33:08.640 --> 00:33:09.039 until we 00:33:09.039 --> 00:33:09.380 get to 00:33:09.380 --> 00:33:09.759 the Lord 00:33:09.759 --> 00:33:10.039 Jesus 00:33:10.039 --> 00:33:10.579 Christ. 00:33:12.759 --> 00:33:13.420 He only 00:33:13.420 --> 00:33:13.819 saw his 00:33:13.819 --> 00:33:14.259 back, 00:33:14.600 --> 00:33:14.860 Moses. 00:33:15.519 --> 00:33:16.000 It was a 00:33:16.000 --> 00:33:16.900 faint outline. 00:33:17.279 --> 00:33:17.720 We get to 00:33:17.720 --> 00:33:18.079 look at his 00:33:18.079 --> 00:33:18.500 face. 00:33:18.500 --> 00:33:20.039 when we 00:33:20.039 --> 00:33:20.279 look at 00:33:20.279 --> 00:33:20.740 the cross. 00:33:26.819 --> 00:33:27.619 There we 00:33:27.619 --> 00:33:29.740 see at 00:33:29.740 --> 00:33:30.180 the cross 00:33:30.180 --> 00:33:30.880 all God's 00:33:30.880 --> 00:33:31.380 jealousy. 00:33:34.779 --> 00:33:35.619 All that 00:33:35.619 --> 00:33:37.900 wrath that 00:33:37.900 --> 00:33:38.400 poured out 00:33:38.400 --> 00:33:38.740 on his 00:33:38.740 --> 00:33:38.980 son. 00:33:40.380 --> 00:33:41.079 And when 00:33:41.079 --> 00:33:41.460 we look at 00:33:41.460 --> 00:33:41.960 the cross, 00:33:42.619 --> 00:33:44.420 we see the 00:33:44.420 --> 00:33:44.940 lengths he 00:33:44.940 --> 00:33:45.640 would go to 00:33:45.640 --> 00:33:47.380 to possess 00:33:47.380 --> 00:33:48.140 us, to 00:33:48.140 --> 00:33:49.420 have our 00:33:49.420 --> 00:33:49.800 heart. 00:33:56.800 --> 00:33:57.380 That's a 00:33:57.380 --> 00:33:58.220 gracious God 00:33:58.220 --> 00:33:59.080 who would 00:33:59.080 --> 00:33:59.440 go to 00:33:59.440 --> 00:34:00.060 that length 00:34:00.060 --> 00:34:01.820 to put up 00:34:01.820 --> 00:34:02.400 with my 00:34:02.400 --> 00:34:05.360 idols so 00:34:05.360 --> 00:34:05.660 that he 00:34:05.660 --> 00:34:06.380 could satisfy 00:34:06.380 --> 00:34:07.220 my soul 00:34:07.220 --> 00:34:07.960 with himself, 00:34:09.039 --> 00:34:09.340 that he 00:34:09.340 --> 00:34:09.660 would even 00:34:09.660 --> 00:34:10.079 send his 00:34:10.079 --> 00:34:10.720 son to 00:34:10.720 --> 00:34:11.220 the cross. 00:34:11.219 --> 00:34:20.219 he's that 00:34:20.219 --> 00:34:21.239 committed to 00:34:21.239 --> 00:34:21.759 be present. 00:34:22.559 --> 00:34:23.059 He's that 00:34:23.059 --> 00:34:24.079 committed to 00:34:24.079 --> 00:34:26.039 possess all 00:34:26.039 --> 00:34:26.339 of our 00:34:26.339 --> 00:34:26.779 hearts. 00:34:31.879 --> 00:34:32.799 And so I 00:34:32.799 --> 00:34:33.039 think it 00:34:33.039 --> 00:34:33.679 just calls 00:34:33.679 --> 00:34:34.839 us to 00:34:34.839 --> 00:34:35.359 not be, 00:34:35.839 --> 00:34:36.500 not cling 00:34:36.500 --> 00:34:36.919 to our 00:34:36.919 --> 00:34:37.319 idols. 00:34:37.320 --> 00:34:37.380 idols. 00:34:39.260 --> 00:34:40.160 The cross 00:34:40.160 --> 00:34:41.140 attracts us 00:34:41.140 --> 00:34:43.140 that we 00:34:43.140 --> 00:34:43.559 can bring 00:34:43.559 --> 00:34:44.140 our idols 00:34:44.140 --> 00:34:44.580 to him 00:34:44.580 --> 00:34:45.019 and not 00:34:45.019 --> 00:34:45.820 be afraid 00:34:45.820 --> 00:34:46.160 that he 00:34:46.160 --> 00:34:46.680 will reject 00:34:46.680 --> 00:34:46.960 us. 00:34:47.900 --> 00:34:48.360 All his 00:34:48.360 --> 00:34:48.980 wrath has 00:34:48.980 --> 00:34:49.539 already been 00:34:49.539 --> 00:34:50.300 taken away 00:34:50.300 --> 00:34:50.680 in his 00:34:50.680 --> 00:34:50.960 son. 00:34:52.700 --> 00:34:53.039 It 00:34:53.039 --> 00:34:53.780 attracts us 00:34:53.780 --> 00:34:54.240 because 00:34:54.240 --> 00:34:55.420 whatever idol 00:34:55.420 --> 00:34:55.980 you're clinging 00:34:55.980 --> 00:34:56.340 to, 00:34:56.840 --> 00:34:57.460 whatever is 00:34:57.460 --> 00:34:58.180 more important 00:34:58.180 --> 00:34:58.680 to you than 00:34:58.680 --> 00:34:59.000 God, 00:34:59.059 --> 00:34:59.519 it will 00:34:59.519 --> 00:34:59.960 fade. 00:34:59.960 --> 00:35:02.679 it can't 00:35:02.679 --> 00:35:03.179 last. 00:35:04.500 --> 00:35:05.000 It 00:35:05.000 --> 00:35:05.619 destroys 00:35:05.619 --> 00:35:06.440 intimacy 00:35:06.440 --> 00:35:07.260 with God, 00:35:07.340 --> 00:35:07.860 it destroys 00:35:07.860 --> 00:35:08.340 marriages, 00:35:08.659 --> 00:35:09.260 it destroys 00:35:09.260 --> 00:35:09.820 churches, 00:35:10.440 --> 00:35:11.159 it destroys 00:35:11.159 --> 00:35:11.960 relationships. 00:35:12.679 --> 00:35:13.420 Don't hang 00:35:13.420 --> 00:35:13.880 on to that. 00:35:14.440 --> 00:35:14.860 Come to 00:35:14.860 --> 00:35:15.420 the cross 00:35:15.420 --> 00:35:16.720 and be 00:35:16.720 --> 00:35:17.119 satisfied 00:35:17.119 --> 00:35:17.639 in him. 00:35:22.720 --> 00:35:23.280 Jealousy 00:35:23.280 --> 00:35:23.599 of God 00:35:23.599 --> 00:35:23.940 is not 00:35:23.940 --> 00:35:24.420 repulsive. 00:35:25.199 --> 00:35:25.720 It's 00:35:25.720 --> 00:35:26.139 beautiful 00:35:26.139 --> 00:35:26.800 because he 00:35:26.800 --> 00:35:28.360 wants us 00:35:28.360 --> 00:35:28.679 to be 00:35:28.679 --> 00:35:29.139 satisfied 00:35:29.139 --> 00:35:29.720 in him. 00:35:30.800 --> 00:35:31.380 And he 00:35:31.380 --> 00:35:31.760 sent his 00:35:31.760 --> 00:35:32.179 son to 00:35:32.179 --> 00:35:32.519 achieve 00:35:32.519 --> 00:35:32.760 that. 00:35:33.920 --> 00:35:34.280 Will you 00:35:34.280 --> 00:35:34.659 pray with 00:35:34.659 --> 00:35:34.800 me? 00:35:34.980 --> 00:35:35.099 Let's 00:35:35.099 --> 00:35:35.300 pray. 00:35:39.960 --> 00:35:40.440 Father, 00:35:41.440 --> 00:35:42.440 we're not 00:35:42.440 --> 00:35:42.960 as sorry 00:35:42.960 --> 00:35:43.599 as we 00:35:43.599 --> 00:35:44.179 should be 00:35:44.179 --> 00:35:44.679 for 00:35:44.679 --> 00:35:47.280 clinging 00:35:47.280 --> 00:35:48.059 on to 00:35:48.059 --> 00:35:49.340 created 00:35:49.340 --> 00:35:50.559 things and 00:35:50.559 --> 00:35:51.420 making them 00:35:51.420 --> 00:35:51.860 the centre 00:35:51.860 --> 00:35:52.199 of our 00:35:52.199 --> 00:35:52.599 life 00:35:52.599 --> 00:35:55.720 as we 00:35:55.720 --> 00:35:56.199 ought to. 00:35:57.980 --> 00:35:58.420 Lord, 00:35:58.480 --> 00:35:58.780 I pray 00:35:58.780 --> 00:35:59.220 that you 00:35:59.220 --> 00:35:59.480 would 00:35:59.480 --> 00:36:01.920 loosen 00:36:01.920 --> 00:36:02.780 our 00:36:02.780 --> 00:36:06.240 attraction 00:36:06.240 --> 00:36:06.699 to 00:36:06.699 --> 00:36:07.000 whatever 00:36:07.000 --> 00:36:07.260 that 00:36:07.260 --> 00:36:07.699 important 00:36:07.699 --> 00:36:07.980 thing 00:36:07.980 --> 00:36:08.360 is 00:36:08.360 --> 00:36:10.039 by the 00:36:10.039 --> 00:36:10.300 cross 00:36:10.300 --> 00:36:10.619 of your 00:36:10.619 --> 00:36:10.940 son, 00:36:11.139 --> 00:36:11.460 that you 00:36:11.460 --> 00:36:11.679 would 00:36:11.679 --> 00:36:13.000 convince 00:36:13.000 --> 00:36:13.280 our 00:36:13.280 --> 00:36:13.679 hearts 00:36:13.679 --> 00:36:14.699 that what 00:36:14.699 --> 00:36:14.900 we're 00:36:14.900 --> 00:36:15.639 looking for 00:36:15.639 --> 00:36:15.920 in 00:36:15.920 --> 00:36:16.360 created 00:36:16.360 --> 00:36:16.699 things 00:36:16.699 --> 00:36:16.880 is 00:36:16.880 --> 00:36:17.280 actually 00:36:17.280 --> 00:36:17.679 found 00:36:17.679 --> 00:36:18.079 in you. 00:36:19.780 --> 00:36:20.300 Lord, 00:36:21.099 --> 00:36:21.740 only you 00:36:21.740 --> 00:36:22.840 can move 00:36:22.840 --> 00:36:23.340 our hearts 00:36:23.340 --> 00:36:23.800 to that. 00:36:23.800 --> 00:36:24.660 I pray 00:36:24.660 --> 00:36:25.460 for each 00:36:25.460 --> 00:36:25.780 one of 00:36:25.780 --> 00:36:26.080 us and 00:36:26.080 --> 00:36:26.360 I pray 00:36:26.360 --> 00:36:26.640 as a 00:36:26.640 --> 00:36:27.039 church 00:36:27.039 --> 00:36:28.320 that you 00:36:28.320 --> 00:36:28.539 would 00:36:28.539 --> 00:36:29.460 continually 00:36:29.460 --> 00:36:31.100 break down 00:36:31.100 --> 00:36:31.900 idols so 00:36:31.900 --> 00:36:33.120 that we 00:36:33.120 --> 00:36:33.500 can have 00:36:33.500 --> 00:36:34.780 you as 00:36:34.780 --> 00:36:34.960 our 00:36:34.960 --> 00:36:35.340 lasting 00:36:35.340 --> 00:36:35.740 treasure. 00:36:36.900 --> 00:36:37.220 Lord, 00:36:37.300 --> 00:36:37.660 thank you 00:36:37.660 --> 00:36:38.300 for the 00:36:38.300 --> 00:36:39.039 hope that 00:36:39.039 --> 00:36:39.360 we will 00:36:39.360 --> 00:36:39.920 see you 00:36:39.920 --> 00:36:40.340 one day 00:36:40.340 --> 00:36:40.880 face to 00:36:40.880 --> 00:36:41.260 face. 00:36:41.260 --> 00:36:41.520 face. 00:36:42.520 --> 00:36:42.960 I pray 00:36:42.960 --> 00:36:43.400 that that 00:36:43.400 --> 00:36:44.180 hope will 00:36:44.180 --> 00:36:45.520 help us 00:36:45.520 --> 00:36:45.900 get ready 00:36:45.900 --> 00:36:46.280 for that 00:36:46.280 --> 00:36:46.600 day. 00:36:47.460 --> 00:36:47.760 I pray 00:36:47.760 --> 00:36:48.040 this in 00:36:48.040 --> 00:36:48.260 Jesus' 00:36:48.460 --> 00:36:48.620 name. 00:36:48.820 --> 00:36:49.020 Amen. 00:36:49.019 --> 00:36:49.119 Amen.