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 Well, good morning, church.

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 Would you turn with me to Micah chapter 4?

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 That's page 730 in the Pew Bible.

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 We will be looking at verses 1 through 8 of Micah chapter 4 today.

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 As you turn there, let me pray for us, and then I'll read our text.

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 Father, what a great promise it is that Christ is ours forevermore,

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 that you have given your own self to us in your Son

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 and promised to hold us until the end.

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 Father, as we come to your word now, we pray that this great hope,

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 this great promise would again become real to our hearts

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 as we hear this message from Micah about the hope that you have laid up for us

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 and that you have accomplished for us according to your good plan and purpose.

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 We pray this in Jesus' name. Amen.

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 All right, Micah 4, verses 1 through 8.

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 It shall come to pass in the later days

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 that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established

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 as the highest of the mountains, and it shall be lifted up above the hills.

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 And people shall flow to it, and many nations shall come and say,

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 Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,

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 to the house of the God of Jacob,

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 that he may teach us his ways, and they may walk in his paths.

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 For out of Zion shall go forth the law

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 and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

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 He shall judge between many peoples

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 and shall decide disputes for strong nations far away.

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 And they shall beat their swords into plowshares

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 and their spears into pruning hooks.

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 Nations shall not lift up sword against nation,

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 neither shall they learn war anymore.

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 But they shall sit, every man,

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 under his vine and under his fig tree,

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 and no one shall make them afraid.

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 For the mouth of the Lord of hosts has spoken.

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 For all the peoples walk, each in the name of its God,

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 but we will walk in the name of the Lord our God forever and ever.

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 And that day, declares the Lord,

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 I will assemble the lame

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 and gather those who have been driven away

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 and those whom I have afflicted.

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 And the lame I will make the remnant

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 and those who are cast off a strong nation.

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 And the Lord will reign over them in Mount Zion

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 from this time forth and forevermore.

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 And you, O tower of the flock,

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 hill of the daughter of Zion,

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 to you it shall come.

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 The former dominion shall come.

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 Kingship for the daughter of Jerusalem.

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 So Micah.

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 Micah's writing and ministering

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 in a time of great crisis.

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 In a time of great difficulty.

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 If you remember back in chapter 1, verse 1,

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 we're told that the word of the Lord came to Micah

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 during the reigns of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah.

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 That's the late 8th century B.C.

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 And it was a time of massive upheaval in ancient Israel.

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 In fact, some Old Testament scholars think

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 that this particular passage,

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 this message from Micah chapter 4,

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 was perhaps first given around 701 B.C.,

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 which was when Assyria,

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 the great sort of superpower of the day,

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 had invaded Judah during the reign of Hezekiah.

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 And in that invasion,

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 most of the country,

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 politically and economically,

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 had been devastated.

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 But if you remember,

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 the literary context of this passage,

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 in particular chapter 3

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 that we looked at last week

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 that leads up to it,

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 talks about the failure

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 and the selfishness

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 of Israel's own leaders.

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 And it speaks of the coming judgment

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 that will make Jerusalem,

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 or Zion,

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 which is another name for Jerusalem,

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 that coming judgment

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 would make Jerusalem

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 a heap of ruins.

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 Jerusalem would be plowed like a field.

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 So chapter 4 is a message

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 given to people,

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 not just in political or economic turmoil,

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 but in spiritual turmoil,

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 in spiritual crisis.

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 Their leaders had failed them,

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 and God's judgment was coming.

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 The whole people of God

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 seemed to be on the verge of collapse

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 under the weight of sin.

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 I wonder,

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 how do you feel

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 in times of crisis?

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 How do you react?

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 Not just in political

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 or economic crisis,

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 but more importantly,

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 in times of spiritual crisis.

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 How do you respond?

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 How do you react

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 when you learn that

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 perhaps a well-known pastor

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 or author

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 has failed morally?

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 How do you feel?

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 How do you react

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 when you see

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 more covetousness

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 and greed

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 in professing Christians

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 than generosity

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 and grace?

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 How do you react

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 when you discover

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 that perhaps

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 some of the things

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 you've been taught

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 aren't actually

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 what God's Word says,

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 but the twisting

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 of God's Word

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 by selfish

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 and self-centered teachers?

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 Micah was confronting

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 all of those things

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 in his day,

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 and so do we.

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 And Micah has been

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 pointing these things out

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 in the first three chapters,

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 calling for lament,

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 for grief and sorrow

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 over these things,

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 and he's been calling

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 for repentance,

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 for confession

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 and turning away from sin.

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 For the past few weeks,

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 we've been considering

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 these messages

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 of judgment,

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 of lamentation,

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 this call to repentance.

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 repentance.

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 But how do we go on?

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 Sometimes when the

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 spiritual crisis

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 is so great,

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 we just want to give up.

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 We think,

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 if that's what it means

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 to follow God,

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 if that's the cost,

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 if that's the pain,

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 I don't want anything

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 to do with it.

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 The whole thing

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 is hopeless.

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 hopeless.

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 And so,

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 into this crisis,

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 God,

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 through Micah,

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 speaks not just

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 a message of judgment,

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 but also a message

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 of hope.

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 And part of what

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 these messages of hope

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 are meant to do

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 is to encourage

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 our perseverance.

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 They're written

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 to people in crisis,

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 in turmoil,

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 encouraging us

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 to hold on,

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 to press on,

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 even in the midst

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 of the most difficult times.

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 And we see that

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 this very thing

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 is pointed to

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 in verse 5.

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 In verse 5

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 of our passage,

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 we see perhaps

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 the main application

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 that Micah wants

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 to impart

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 to his listeners.

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 He says to a people

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 in the midst

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 of spiritual crisis,

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 in the midst

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 of this upheaval,

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 he says,

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 look,

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 all the people's walk,

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 each in the name

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 of its God.

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 But knowing what we know,

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 even in the midst

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 of this turmoil

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 and difficulty,

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 we will walk.

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 Walk in the name

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 of the Lord,

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 our God,

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 forever and ever.

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 Why?

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 Why keep walking

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 in the name of the Lord,

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 even when politically,

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 economically,

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 and spiritually,

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 everything is crumbling?

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 Well,

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 because as our passage says,

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 there's hope.

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 Because God has a future plan

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 to establish his kingdom,

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 to establish his kingdom,

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 and that plan

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 will not fail.

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 He has spoken,

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 and so it shall be.

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 So let's look at the message

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 of hope in this passage

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 and consider how it encourages us

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 to persevere,

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 to keep walking

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 in the name of the Lord,

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 even in difficult times.

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 First,

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 Micah says,

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 keep walking

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 in the name

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 of the Lord,

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 because one day

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 God will draw

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 all nations

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 to himself.

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 Keep walking

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 in the name

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 of the Lord,

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 church,

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 because one day

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 God will draw

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 all nations

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 to himself.

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 We see this

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 in verses 1 and 2.

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 First in verse 1,

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 Micah says,

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 it shall come to pass

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 in the latter days

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 that the mountain

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 of the house

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 of the Lord

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 shall be established

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 as the highest

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 of the mountains,

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 and it shall be lifted up

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 above the hills.

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 Now, obviously,

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 Micah's point here

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 isn't ultimately

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 about elevation,

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 right?

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 It's about exaltation.

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 He's saying that

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 the God of the Bible,

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 the God of Israel,

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 the Lord,

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 will one day

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 be exalted

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 and seen

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 as the great

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 and glorious God

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 that he is,

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 and all other

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 so-called gods

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 will be exposed

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 as empty idols.

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 And when God

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 exalts himself

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 in this unmistakable way,

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 then,

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 Micah goes on to say,

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 people shall flow

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 to it.

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 And many nations

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 shall come

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 and say,

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 come,

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 let us go up

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 to the mountain

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 of the Lord,

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 to the house

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 of the God of Jacob,

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 that he may teach us

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 his ways,

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 that we may walk

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 in his paths.

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 For out of Zion

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 shall go forth

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 the law

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 and the word

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 of the Lord

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 from Jerusalem.

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 So Micah sees here

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 a future day

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 when God's word

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 streams forth

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 from God's

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 exalted presence

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 out to all

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 the nations,

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 and then those nations

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 come streaming in

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 desiring more

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 of God's word,

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 desiring to be taught

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 his ways,

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 desiring to walk

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 in his paths.

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 Now,

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 in Micah's day,

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 the only nations

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 streaming to Jerusalem

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 were nations

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 who wanted nothing

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 to do with Israel's God.

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 The only nations

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 flowing towards Jerusalem

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 were flowing

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 with violence

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 and the machinations

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 of war.

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 war.

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 In fact,

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 if you read the story

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 of Assyria's invasion

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 into Judah

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 in the 8th century,

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 the Assyrian armies

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 mock God

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 and say he's no better

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 than all the other gods

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 they've conquered.

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 And if you and I

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 were standing on the wall

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 of Jerusalem that day

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 listening to the Assyrian

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 generals mock the Lord,

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 seeing the devastation

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 they had wrought,

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 seeing the proof

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 that they had toppled

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 countries and nations

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 a lot more mighty

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 than Judah,

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 would we too

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 have thought,

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 why not just give up?

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 Why not just join

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 the winning party?

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 Haven't our leaders

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 been terrible to us anyway?

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 I wonder if it doesn't

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 feel the same today.

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 It often feels like

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 the world wants nothing

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 to do with the true God.

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 God seems irrelevant

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 at best.

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 But it won't always

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 be that way.

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 Micah says,

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 God will be seen

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 as great.

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 And the nations

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 will stream in.

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 And they will want

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 to walk in his ways

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 because his ways

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 are good

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 and they're full of life.

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 You know,

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 sometimes people talk

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 about not wanting

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 to be on the wrong

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 side of history,

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 right?

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 But Micah is saying,

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 brothers and sisters,

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 extend your timeline

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 long enough.

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 And there's only one way

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 to not be on the wrong

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 side of history.

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 And it's to walk

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 in the ways

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 of the Lord our God.

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 Of course,

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 Micah didn't see

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 this promise fulfilled

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 in his day.

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 And we don't necessarily

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 see this promise

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 completed in our day

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 either, do we?

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 The fullness of this promise

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 awaits the day

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 that we read about

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 in Revelation 21

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 that Elizabeth read for us

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 earlier in the service.

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 When the heavenly Jerusalem

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 descends,

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 when God's presence

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 comes to earth,

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 and in the new heavens

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 and new earth,

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 a countless multitude

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 from every nation

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 streams in,

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 bearing their gifts

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 and worshiping God.

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 God's presence

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 is yet to come.

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 And we don't see it

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 But even though

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 the completion

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 of this promise

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 is yet to come,

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 don't we see it

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 beginning to take shape?

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 When Jesus the Messiah

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 rose from the grave,

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 and when 40 days later

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 he ascended

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 to the right hand

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 of the Father,

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 this promise

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 began to be fulfilled.

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 Christ ascended

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 to the heavenly Zion,

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 and from the Father's

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 right hand

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 he poured out

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 his Spirit

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 so that the law

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 might go forth

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 and be written

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 on our hearts.

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 And from the day

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 of Pentecost

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 until today

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 that word

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 has gone forth

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 and the nations

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 have begun

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 to flow

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 to God the Father

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 and to Jesus the Son.

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 Not in completion,

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 but the streams

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 have begun to flow.

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 That's raw.

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 Look at us.

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 Look around.

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 Count the nationalities

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 and ethnicities

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 in this room alone.

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 And then consider

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 that this morning

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 across the entire world

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 churches gather

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 in the name of Jesus,

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 the crucified

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 and risen Messiah,

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 to draw near

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 to God

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 with confidence

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 and assurance

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 in his name.

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 And what is it

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 we're saying

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 as we gather here

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 and across New Haven

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 and across Connecticut

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 and across North America

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 and across the entire globe?

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 What is it

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 all of these nations

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 are saying,

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 all of the international church

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 is saying

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 as we gather?

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 Are we not saying,

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 come,

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 let us go up

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 to the mountain

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 of the Lord,

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 to the house

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 of the God of Jacob,

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 that he may teach us

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 his ways

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 and that we may walk

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 in his paths?

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 So brothers and sisters,

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 keep walking

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 in the name of the Lord,

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 even in difficult times

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 because one day

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 God is going to draw

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 all nations to himself.

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 And that's the first part

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 of Micah's message of hope.

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 The second part is this,

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 keep walking

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 in the name of the Lord

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 because one day

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 God's justice

00:14:27.480 --> 00:14:29.559
 will bring global peace

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 and provision.

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 Keep walking

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 in the name of the Lord,

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 even in difficult days

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 because one day

00:14:34.919 --> 00:14:36.240
 God's justice

00:14:36.240 --> 00:14:37.500
 will bring global peace

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 and provision.

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 We see this

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 in verses 3 and 4.

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 Micah begins

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 by speaking

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 of God's righteousness,

00:14:44.000 --> 00:14:45.519
 his perfect justice

00:14:45.519 --> 00:14:46.480
 that will settle

00:14:46.480 --> 00:14:47.659
 all the disputes

00:14:47.659 --> 00:14:48.639
 between the nations.

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 Verse 3,

00:14:50.039 --> 00:14:51.019
 he shall judge

00:14:51.019 --> 00:14:52.159
 between many peoples

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 and shall decide disputes

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 for strong nations

00:14:55.019 --> 00:14:55.680
 far away.

00:14:57.279 --> 00:14:58.139
 Micah foresees a time

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 when God will settle

00:14:59.220 --> 00:15:00.399
 every claim

00:15:00.399 --> 00:15:02.100
 in perfect,

00:15:02.240 --> 00:15:03.560
 justice.

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 Imagine a world

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 where every dispute,

00:15:09.320 --> 00:15:10.580
 every conflict,

00:15:11.639 --> 00:15:12.639
 every clashing

00:15:12.639 --> 00:15:13.600
 of rights,

00:15:14.600 --> 00:15:16.419
 every deep history

00:15:16.419 --> 00:15:17.139
 of conflict

00:15:17.139 --> 00:15:17.980
 and violence,

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 imagine a world

00:15:21.139 --> 00:15:21.680
 where all that

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 has finally been

00:15:22.879 --> 00:15:23.940
 settled.

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 And in the wake

00:15:28.400 --> 00:15:29.820
 of such perfect justice,

00:15:29.960 --> 00:15:30.580
 Micah says,

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 there will be no more need

00:15:32.900 --> 00:15:34.200
 for warfare

00:15:34.200 --> 00:15:36.240
 and they shall beat

00:15:36.240 --> 00:15:37.060
 their swords

00:15:37.060 --> 00:15:38.580
 into plowshares

00:15:38.580 --> 00:15:40.300
 and their spears

00:15:40.300 --> 00:15:41.420
 into pruning hooks.

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 Nations shall not

00:15:43.240 --> 00:15:43.940
 lift up sword

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 against nation,

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 neither shall they learn

00:15:46.400 --> 00:15:47.820
 war anymore.

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 If you're familiar

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 with the book of Isaiah,

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 who was a contemporary

00:15:51.539 --> 00:15:52.159
 of Micah,

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 Isaiah gives

00:15:53.559 --> 00:15:54.839
 almost an identical

00:15:54.839 --> 00:15:56.139
 prophecy

00:15:56.139 --> 00:15:57.620
 in his book as well.

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 Clearly,

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 this is something

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 that God wanted

00:16:00.779 --> 00:16:01.559
 his people to see

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 and to know.

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 Imagine a world,

00:16:05.500 --> 00:16:07.000
 imagine a world

00:16:07.000 --> 00:16:07.860
 where all the money

00:16:07.860 --> 00:16:08.839
 and materials

00:16:08.839 --> 00:16:09.860
 and imagination

00:16:09.860 --> 00:16:11.159
 that we human beings

00:16:11.159 --> 00:16:12.579
 put into engines

00:16:12.579 --> 00:16:13.159
 of war

00:16:13.159 --> 00:16:14.259
 and destruction

00:16:14.259 --> 00:16:15.500
 and security

00:16:15.500 --> 00:16:17.819
 are turned instead

00:16:17.819 --> 00:16:19.939
 to cultivation

00:16:19.939 --> 00:16:21.539
 and not devastation.

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 We take all that money

00:16:24.139 --> 00:16:24.740
 and material

00:16:24.740 --> 00:16:25.360
 and imagination

00:16:25.360 --> 00:16:26.220
 and we put it

00:16:26.220 --> 00:16:26.899
 into pursuits

00:16:26.899 --> 00:16:27.679
 that are about

00:16:27.679 --> 00:16:28.460
 building up

00:16:28.460 --> 00:16:29.799
 and not tearing down,

00:16:31.000 --> 00:16:31.460
 that are about

00:16:31.460 --> 00:16:32.139
 agriculture

00:16:32.139 --> 00:16:33.159
 and artistry

00:16:33.159 --> 00:16:34.879
 and not war

00:16:34.879 --> 00:16:35.759
 and suffering.

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 Do we even let ourselves

00:16:40.279 --> 00:16:40.879
 imagine

00:16:40.879 --> 00:16:42.240
 such a future?

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 And what results

00:16:47.600 --> 00:16:48.279
 from the end,

00:16:48.980 --> 00:16:49.919
 this ending

00:16:49.919 --> 00:16:50.779
 of human war

00:16:50.779 --> 00:16:51.680
 because of the perfect

00:16:51.680 --> 00:16:52.680
 justice of God?

00:16:54.399 --> 00:16:54.779
 Verse 4,

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 they shall sit

00:16:55.399 --> 00:16:56.700
 every man under his vine

00:16:56.700 --> 00:16:57.720
 and under his fig tree

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 and no one

00:16:59.039 --> 00:17:00.120
 shall make them afraid

00:17:00.120 --> 00:17:01.720
 for the mouth

00:17:01.720 --> 00:17:02.419
 of the Lord

00:17:02.419 --> 00:17:03.100
 of hosts

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 has spoken.

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 The picture here

00:17:08.180 --> 00:17:09.660
 isn't just that

00:17:09.660 --> 00:17:10.660
 of prosperity,

00:17:11.220 --> 00:17:12.140
 although it is that.

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 You know,

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 the vine

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 and the fig tree,

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 those were images

00:17:14.599 --> 00:17:15.720
 of abundance,

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 of flourishing.

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 But the image

00:17:18.700 --> 00:17:19.599
 isn't just one

00:17:19.599 --> 00:17:20.339
 of prosperity.

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 The image

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 is also one

00:17:21.920 --> 00:17:23.000
 of contentment.

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 Every man

00:17:26.000 --> 00:17:27.000
 under his vine

00:17:27.000 --> 00:17:28.980
 and under his fig tree

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 no longer afraid

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 that there isn't enough

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 to go around,

00:17:34.380 --> 00:17:35.759
 no longer coveting

00:17:35.759 --> 00:17:37.079
 what someone else has,

00:17:37.920 --> 00:17:39.180
 no longer plotting

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 and scheming

00:17:39.920 --> 00:17:40.620
 how to squeeze

00:17:40.619 --> 00:17:41.479
 more profits

00:17:41.479 --> 00:17:42.459
 and more produce

00:17:42.459 --> 00:17:43.459
 out of less

00:17:43.459 --> 00:17:44.199
 and less pay.

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 It's a picture

00:17:47.639 --> 00:17:49.159
 of living without fear

00:17:49.159 --> 00:17:51.719
 because God will provide.

00:17:55.159 --> 00:17:56.259
 We live in a world

00:17:56.259 --> 00:17:57.279
 where consumption

00:17:57.279 --> 00:17:58.919
 and competition

00:17:58.919 --> 00:18:00.579
 are the air

00:18:00.579 --> 00:18:01.419
 that we breathe.

00:18:01.420 --> 00:18:05.060
 and so often

00:18:05.060 --> 00:18:05.920
 even as Christians

00:18:05.920 --> 00:18:06.700
 because we've been

00:18:06.700 --> 00:18:07.779
 breathing that air

00:18:07.779 --> 00:18:08.920
 for so long,

00:18:09.480 --> 00:18:10.759
 we don't even realize it.

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 I remember as a kid

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 when I'd go to visit

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 my friends' houses,

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 I remember,

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 I don't know why

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 I noticed this

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 and why I remember this,

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 but I remember

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 that each of my friends' houses

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 had their own

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 particular smell.

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 I don't know,

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 maybe it was just

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 the food

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 that they would

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 normally cook

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 or the cleaning products

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 that their parents

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 would use

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 or just the age

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 and materials

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 of the house,

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 whatever,

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 but I'd go into

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 my friends' houses

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 and be like,

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 man,

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 this house

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 kind of smells

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 different.

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 Am I the only weirdo

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 who noticed that

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 growing up?

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 And I used to think,

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 why do my friends' houses

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 smell different,

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 smell funny,

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 and mine doesn't?

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 And then you have

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 that realization,

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 ah,

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 my house must smell too

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 and I'm just used to it,

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 right?

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 I don't notice it.

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 And you get a little

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 self-conscious,

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 you're like,

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 oh man,

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 what does my house

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 smell like?

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 You know,

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 but the point is this,

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 in this passage

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 in Micah,

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 the breeze of God's future

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 is blowing into our present.

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 There's a wind

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 from the presence

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 in the house of God

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 coming in

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 to the present.

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 And that future

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 is not a future

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 of fear

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 and competition

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 and it's not a future

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 of greed

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 and war

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 but of peace

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 and contentment

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 and provision.

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 And we've grown up

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 in the house

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 of consumption

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 and competition

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 for so long

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 that we don't realize

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 that our house

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 kind of smells

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 until we catch

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 the breeze

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 of God's future.

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 And like a fresh wind

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 full of summer flowers,

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 it starts to open us up

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 to new possibilities.

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 You know,

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 the early church

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 felt this wind

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 on their face.

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 Listen to Acts 4,

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 32 through 35.

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 Now the number

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 of those who believed

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 were of one heart

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 and soul

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 and no one said

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 that any of the things

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 that belonged to him

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 was his own

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 but they had everything

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 in common.

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 And with great power

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 the apostles

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 were giving their testimony

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 to the resurrection

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 of the Lord Jesus

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 and great grace

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 was upon them all.

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 There was not

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 a needy person

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 among them

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 for as many

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 as were owners

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 of lands or houses

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 sold them

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 and brought the proceeds

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 of what was sold

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 and laid it

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 at the apostles' feet

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 and it was distributed

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 to each

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 as any had need.

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 Do you see

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 what Luke

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 is describing here?

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 As the people

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 held more

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 and more tightly

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 to the resurrection

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 of Jesus

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 as they held

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 more tightly

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 to the great grace

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 that they had

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 and the hope

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 that they had

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 and the confidence

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 that they had

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 in the resurrection

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 of Christ

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 as they held

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 tightly to that

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 they found

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 that they could

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 suddenly start

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 to loosen

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 their grip

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 on money

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 and possessions.

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 They started

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 to realize

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 that they weren't

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 in competition

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 anymore.

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 that they had

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 everything they needed

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 forever

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 in the resurrection

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 of Jesus

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 and now

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 they could be

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 generous

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 radically so.

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 Was this

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 the fulfillment

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 of Micah's prophecy?

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 Well again

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 like we saw

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 in verses 1 and 2

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 there is a completion

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 to Micah's vision

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 that still awaits us

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 in the future.

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 in the new heavens

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 and new earth

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 this will be true

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 without any remainder.

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 But even though

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 the completion

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 awaits the future

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 the beginning

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 is here.

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 When the church

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 practices

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 this sort

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 of radical generosity

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 in the boldness

00:22:01.799 --> 00:22:02.579
 and the confidence

00:22:02.579 --> 00:22:03.420
 of the resurrection

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 we start

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 to catch

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 the wind

00:22:06.380 --> 00:22:07.580
 that blows

00:22:07.580 --> 00:22:08.279
 through God's

00:22:08.279 --> 00:22:08.720
 future

00:22:08.720 --> 00:22:11.100
 and our house

00:22:11.100 --> 00:22:12.600
 starts to smell

00:22:12.600 --> 00:22:13.960
 a little differently.

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 And Micah's point

00:22:17.259 --> 00:22:17.800
 is that

00:22:17.800 --> 00:22:19.039
 this is

00:22:19.039 --> 00:22:19.600
 where God

00:22:19.600 --> 00:22:20.200
 is certainly

00:22:20.200 --> 00:22:21.180
 taking the future.

00:22:22.039 --> 00:22:23.120
 So don't give up.

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 In the midst

00:22:25.039 --> 00:22:26.000
 of difficult times

00:22:26.000 --> 00:22:26.940
 and times of crisis

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 times when the church

00:22:28.380 --> 00:22:29.620
 feels and smells

00:22:29.620 --> 00:22:30.440
 more like the kingdoms

00:22:30.440 --> 00:22:31.140
 of this world

00:22:31.140 --> 00:22:31.940
 rather than the kingdom

00:22:31.940 --> 00:22:32.519
 of God

00:22:32.519 --> 00:22:33.980
 don't throw in the towel.

00:22:35.860 --> 00:22:36.500
 Keep walking

00:22:36.500 --> 00:22:37.019
 in the name

00:22:37.019 --> 00:22:37.440
 of the Lord

00:22:37.440 --> 00:22:38.100
 our God.

00:22:39.059 --> 00:22:40.600
 Keep pursuing peace.

00:22:41.160 --> 00:22:41.580
 Jesus said

00:22:41.580 --> 00:22:42.900
 blessed are the peacemakers.

00:22:44.320 --> 00:22:45.600
 Keep pursuing peace

00:22:45.600 --> 00:22:46.500
 because that is

00:22:46.500 --> 00:22:47.019
 where the future

00:22:47.019 --> 00:22:47.500
 is going.

00:22:48.460 --> 00:22:50.200
 Keep pursuing contentment

00:22:50.200 --> 00:22:51.240
 in the riches

00:22:51.240 --> 00:22:52.100
 of the resurrection

00:22:52.100 --> 00:22:53.580
 because that is

00:22:53.580 --> 00:22:54.100
 where the future

00:22:54.100 --> 00:22:54.660
 is going.

00:22:55.720 --> 00:22:56.640
 And don't be afraid.

00:22:58.940 --> 00:22:59.700
 Keep walking

00:22:59.700 --> 00:23:00.160
 in the name

00:23:00.160 --> 00:23:00.680
 of the Lord

00:23:00.680 --> 00:23:01.460
 because one day

00:23:01.460 --> 00:23:02.340
 God's justice

00:23:02.340 --> 00:23:03.600
 will bring

00:23:03.600 --> 00:23:05.080
 global peace

00:23:05.080 --> 00:23:06.340
 and provision.

00:23:09.220 --> 00:23:09.900
 Well finally

00:23:09.900 --> 00:23:10.300
 then we come

00:23:10.300 --> 00:23:10.940
 to Micah's third

00:23:10.940 --> 00:23:11.680
 and last point.

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 Keep walking

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 in the name

00:23:13.360 --> 00:23:13.920
 of the Lord

00:23:13.920 --> 00:23:15.920
 because one day

00:23:15.920 --> 00:23:16.380
 God

00:23:16.380 --> 00:23:17.700
 will restore

00:23:17.700 --> 00:23:19.120
 the weak

00:23:19.120 --> 00:23:20.220
 and afflicted.

00:23:21.220 --> 00:23:21.920
 Keep walking

00:23:21.920 --> 00:23:22.360
 in the name

00:23:22.360 --> 00:23:22.759
 of the Lord

00:23:22.759 --> 00:23:23.980
 even in difficult days

00:23:23.980 --> 00:23:24.700
 because one day

00:23:24.700 --> 00:23:25.759
 God will restore

00:23:25.759 --> 00:23:27.040
 the weak

00:23:27.039 --> 00:23:28.159
 and the afflicted.

00:23:29.119 --> 00:23:30.440
 In verses 6-9

00:23:30.440 --> 00:23:31.319
 you can tell

00:23:31.319 --> 00:23:32.200
 sort of the voice

00:23:32.200 --> 00:23:32.940
 of the passage

00:23:32.940 --> 00:23:33.539
 shifts

00:23:33.539 --> 00:23:34.299
 doesn't it?

00:23:34.740 --> 00:23:35.279
 No longer

00:23:35.279 --> 00:23:36.359
 is it Micah's voice

00:23:36.359 --> 00:23:37.359
 sort of reporting

00:23:37.359 --> 00:23:38.619
 what God will do

00:23:38.619 --> 00:23:40.200
 but here we have

00:23:40.200 --> 00:23:41.059
 the direct speech

00:23:41.059 --> 00:23:41.619
 of God.

00:23:42.740 --> 00:23:43.339
 God speaking

00:23:43.339 --> 00:23:44.039
 through Micah

00:23:44.039 --> 00:23:45.000
 in the first person.

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 Here's a message

00:23:46.759 --> 00:23:47.359
 that God wants

00:23:47.359 --> 00:23:47.779
 his people

00:23:47.779 --> 00:23:48.440
 to hear loud

00:23:48.440 --> 00:23:48.819
 and clear

00:23:48.819 --> 00:23:50.220
 coming in his own voice

00:23:50.220 --> 00:23:51.399
 coming from his own heart.

00:23:52.139 --> 00:23:52.539
 The future

00:23:52.539 --> 00:23:52.920
 that God

00:23:52.920 --> 00:23:53.420
 will surely

00:23:53.420 --> 00:23:54.279
 bring to pass.

00:23:55.519 --> 00:23:56.259
 And this future

00:23:56.259 --> 00:23:56.640
 that God

00:23:56.640 --> 00:23:57.059
 will surely

00:23:57.059 --> 00:23:57.759
 bring to pass

00:23:57.759 --> 00:23:59.099
 won't just mean

00:23:59.099 --> 00:23:59.619
 the gathering

00:23:59.619 --> 00:24:00.200
 of the nations

00:24:00.200 --> 00:24:01.319
 and it won't just mean

00:24:01.319 --> 00:24:02.319
 global peace

00:24:02.319 --> 00:24:02.920
 and provision.

00:24:03.319 --> 00:24:04.000
 All those things

00:24:04.000 --> 00:24:04.980
 are surely wonderful

00:24:04.980 --> 00:24:05.920
 and all those things

00:24:05.920 --> 00:24:06.980
 are surely testimonies

00:24:06.980 --> 00:24:07.759
 to God's greatness

00:24:07.759 --> 00:24:08.460
 and glory.

00:24:10.440 --> 00:24:11.220
 But as Micah's

00:24:11.220 --> 00:24:11.940
 original listeners

00:24:11.940 --> 00:24:12.819
 heard all that God

00:24:12.819 --> 00:24:13.619
 was going to do

00:24:13.619 --> 00:24:14.740
 with respect

00:24:14.740 --> 00:24:15.539
 to the nations

00:24:15.539 --> 00:24:17.559
 there must have been

00:24:17.559 --> 00:24:18.379
 some who thought

00:24:18.379 --> 00:24:19.140
 in their hearts

00:24:19.140 --> 00:24:21.660
 that's what God's

00:24:21.660 --> 00:24:22.059
 going to do

00:24:22.059 --> 00:24:22.579
 with the world

00:24:22.579 --> 00:24:23.220
 that's what God's

00:24:23.220 --> 00:24:23.500
 going to do

00:24:23.500 --> 00:24:24.039
 with the nations

00:24:24.039 --> 00:24:24.920
 but what's coming

00:24:24.920 --> 00:24:26.140
 what is God

00:24:26.140 --> 00:24:26.540
 going to do

00:24:26.540 --> 00:24:27.040
 with us?

00:24:29.900 --> 00:24:30.780
 What will God

00:24:30.780 --> 00:24:31.440
 do with me?

00:24:33.220 --> 00:24:34.259
 What's God's plan

00:24:34.259 --> 00:24:34.780
 for those

00:24:34.780 --> 00:24:35.520
 who have suffered

00:24:35.520 --> 00:24:36.840
 the affliction

00:24:36.840 --> 00:24:38.940
 of these difficult days?

00:24:40.680 --> 00:24:41.740
 What's God's plan

00:24:41.740 --> 00:24:42.180
 for those

00:24:42.180 --> 00:24:42.680
 who have felt

00:24:42.680 --> 00:24:43.300
 the betrayal

00:24:43.300 --> 00:24:44.780
 of failed leaders

00:24:44.780 --> 00:24:46.220
 of corrupt authorities

00:24:46.220 --> 00:24:47.500
 of false preachers?

00:24:48.620 --> 00:24:49.560
 What's God's plan

00:24:49.560 --> 00:24:49.920
 for those

00:24:49.920 --> 00:24:50.259
 who have felt

00:24:50.259 --> 00:24:50.900
 the sting

00:24:50.900 --> 00:24:51.620
 and conviction

00:24:51.619 --> 00:24:53.539
 of their own sin

00:24:53.539 --> 00:24:54.239
 too?

00:24:57.439 --> 00:24:58.119
 Listen again

00:24:58.119 --> 00:24:58.819
 to what God

00:24:58.819 --> 00:25:00.239
 says in his mercy.

00:25:01.439 --> 00:25:01.879
 In that day

00:25:01.879 --> 00:25:02.659
 declares the Lord

00:25:02.659 --> 00:25:03.339
 I will assemble

00:25:03.339 --> 00:25:03.819
 the lame

00:25:03.819 --> 00:25:05.279
 and gather

00:25:05.279 --> 00:25:05.779
 those who have

00:25:05.779 --> 00:25:06.500
 been driven away.

00:25:07.500 --> 00:25:08.039
 To those

00:25:08.039 --> 00:25:08.599
 whom I have

00:25:08.599 --> 00:25:09.259
 afflicted

00:25:09.259 --> 00:25:11.139
 and the lame

00:25:11.139 --> 00:25:11.839
 I will make

00:25:11.839 --> 00:25:12.879
 a remnant

00:25:12.879 --> 00:25:14.299
 and those

00:25:14.299 --> 00:25:15.199
 who were cast off

00:25:15.199 --> 00:25:15.779
 I will make them

00:25:15.779 --> 00:25:16.719
 a strong nation

00:25:16.719 --> 00:25:18.099
 and the Lord

00:25:18.099 --> 00:25:19.039
 will reign over them

00:25:19.039 --> 00:25:19.639
 in Mount Zion

00:25:19.639 --> 00:25:20.319
 from this time

00:25:20.319 --> 00:25:21.359
 forth and forevermore.

00:25:22.139 --> 00:25:22.539
 And you

00:25:22.539 --> 00:25:24.119
 O tower of the flock

00:25:24.119 --> 00:25:24.859
 hill of the daughter

00:25:24.859 --> 00:25:25.359
 of Zion

00:25:25.359 --> 00:25:26.460
 to you

00:25:26.460 --> 00:25:27.299
 shall it come

00:25:27.299 --> 00:25:29.099
 the former dominion

00:25:29.099 --> 00:25:29.720
 shall come

00:25:29.720 --> 00:25:31.519
 kingship for the daughter

00:25:31.519 --> 00:25:32.119
 of Jerusalem.

00:25:34.399 --> 00:25:35.399
 God sees

00:25:35.399 --> 00:25:35.980
 the affliction

00:25:35.980 --> 00:25:36.700
 of his people

00:25:36.700 --> 00:25:39.359
 whether their affliction

00:25:39.359 --> 00:25:40.059
 comes

00:25:40.059 --> 00:25:41.879
 because of the sins

00:25:41.879 --> 00:25:42.359
 of others

00:25:42.359 --> 00:25:44.179
 or whether their

00:25:44.179 --> 00:25:44.859
 affliction comes

00:25:44.859 --> 00:25:46.079
 because of their own sins

00:25:46.079 --> 00:25:47.980
 or whether their

00:25:47.980 --> 00:25:48.679
 affliction comes

00:25:48.679 --> 00:25:49.279
 simply because

00:25:49.279 --> 00:25:50.139
 we live in a fallen

00:25:50.140 --> 00:25:50.600
 world.

00:25:50.960 --> 00:25:52.340
 God sees all of it.

00:25:54.500 --> 00:25:55.460
 And he says

00:25:55.460 --> 00:25:56.580
 to those who grieve

00:25:56.580 --> 00:25:58.000
 and those who limp

00:25:58.000 --> 00:25:59.740
 and those who

00:25:59.740 --> 00:26:00.680
 are driven

00:26:00.680 --> 00:26:01.880
 and feel far away

00:26:01.880 --> 00:26:04.180
 God says

00:26:04.180 --> 00:26:05.940
 I will

00:26:05.940 --> 00:26:07.600
 gather you.

00:26:09.280 --> 00:26:10.800
 The day will come

00:26:10.800 --> 00:26:12.700
 when I will wipe

00:26:12.700 --> 00:26:13.920
 all tears away.

00:26:14.800 --> 00:26:15.780
 The day will come

00:26:15.780 --> 00:26:16.340
 when you will be

00:26:16.340 --> 00:26:17.600
 so close to me

00:26:17.599 --> 00:26:18.859
 that you will

00:26:18.859 --> 00:26:19.919
 see my face

00:26:19.919 --> 00:26:21.980
 and you won't need

00:26:21.980 --> 00:26:23.059
 the light of a lamp.

00:26:23.059 --> 00:26:24.099
 You won't even need

00:26:24.099 --> 00:26:25.119
 the light of the sun

00:26:25.119 --> 00:26:26.439
 because I'm going

00:26:26.439 --> 00:26:27.159
 to be your light.

00:26:28.899 --> 00:26:29.859
 And though you're

00:26:29.859 --> 00:26:30.759
 weak now

00:26:30.759 --> 00:26:32.379
 though it feels

00:26:32.379 --> 00:26:33.219
 like you can barely

00:26:33.219 --> 00:26:33.899
 walk

00:26:33.899 --> 00:26:35.480
 one day

00:26:35.480 --> 00:26:36.959
 you will reign

00:26:36.959 --> 00:26:37.559
 with me

00:26:37.559 --> 00:26:38.939
 forever and ever.

00:26:38.940 --> 00:26:43.860
 what is perhaps

00:26:43.860 --> 00:26:44.460
 the greatest

00:26:44.460 --> 00:26:45.840
 stumbling block

00:26:45.840 --> 00:26:47.160
 in our walk

00:26:47.160 --> 00:26:47.759
 with the Lord?

00:26:49.400 --> 00:26:50.259
 What's the thing

00:26:50.259 --> 00:26:51.180
 that often tempts us

00:26:51.180 --> 00:26:51.980
 the most to want

00:26:51.980 --> 00:26:52.680
 to give up

00:26:52.680 --> 00:26:53.700
 and give in?

00:26:55.299 --> 00:26:56.660
 Is it not the heavy

00:26:56.660 --> 00:26:57.140
 weight

00:26:57.140 --> 00:26:59.200
 of our griefs

00:26:59.200 --> 00:27:00.420
 and our shame?

00:27:01.259 --> 00:27:02.340
 Our losses

00:27:02.339 --> 00:27:04.119
 and our failures.

00:27:06.659 --> 00:27:07.659
 We feel like

00:27:07.659 --> 00:27:08.319
 we've suffered

00:27:08.319 --> 00:27:09.039
 too much

00:27:09.039 --> 00:27:11.339
 and we feel like

00:27:11.339 --> 00:27:12.139
 we've sinned

00:27:12.139 --> 00:27:12.779
 too much

00:27:12.779 --> 00:27:15.359
 and so we just

00:27:15.359 --> 00:27:16.539
 lose hope

00:27:16.539 --> 00:27:18.919
 and walk away.

00:27:21.759 --> 00:27:22.939
 But God says

00:27:22.939 --> 00:27:24.959
 I'm going

00:27:24.959 --> 00:27:26.059
 to gather you.

00:27:27.439 --> 00:27:28.240
 I'm going to wrap

00:27:28.240 --> 00:27:29.240
 my arms around you

00:27:29.240 --> 00:27:29.939
 like a shepherd

00:27:29.939 --> 00:27:31.439
 lifting the wounded

00:27:31.439 --> 00:27:31.959
 sheep

00:27:31.960 --> 00:27:33.180
 and I'm going

00:27:33.180 --> 00:27:33.620
 to make you

00:27:33.620 --> 00:27:34.279
 strong.

00:27:37.480 --> 00:27:38.299
 It's you

00:27:38.299 --> 00:27:39.039
 he says.

00:27:40.019 --> 00:27:40.940
 It's the wounded

00:27:40.940 --> 00:27:41.440
 ones.

00:27:41.720 --> 00:27:42.640
 It's the humbled

00:27:42.640 --> 00:27:43.579
 and it's the

00:27:43.579 --> 00:27:44.840
 humiliated ones.

00:27:44.920 --> 00:27:45.240
 He says

00:27:45.240 --> 00:27:46.360
 you're going

00:27:46.360 --> 00:27:46.779
 to be

00:27:46.779 --> 00:27:49.180
 my remnant.

00:27:50.500 --> 00:27:51.079
 That is

00:27:51.079 --> 00:27:51.360
 he says

00:27:51.360 --> 00:27:52.440
 what is this

00:27:52.440 --> 00:27:52.759
 remnant?

00:27:52.860 --> 00:27:53.140
 He says

00:27:53.140 --> 00:27:53.880
 you're going

00:27:53.880 --> 00:27:54.799
 to be the core

00:27:54.799 --> 00:27:55.160
 you're going

00:27:55.160 --> 00:27:55.940
 to be the seed

00:27:55.940 --> 00:27:56.640
 you're going

00:27:56.640 --> 00:27:57.420
 to be the center

00:27:57.420 --> 00:27:58.200
 of the new

00:27:58.200 --> 00:27:59.220
 thing that I do.

00:27:59.220 --> 00:28:01.759
 you're going

00:28:01.759 --> 00:28:02.220
 to be like

00:28:02.220 --> 00:28:03.740
 the planting

00:28:03.740 --> 00:28:04.500
 that gives

00:28:04.500 --> 00:28:05.660
 birth to the

00:28:05.660 --> 00:28:06.240
 new tree.

00:28:08.380 --> 00:28:08.960
 You see

00:28:08.960 --> 00:28:09.460
 God's not

00:28:09.460 --> 00:28:10.100
 looking for the

00:28:10.100 --> 00:28:10.640
 strong

00:28:10.640 --> 00:28:12.440
 and God's

00:28:12.440 --> 00:28:12.880
 not looking

00:28:12.880 --> 00:28:13.740
 for the polished

00:28:13.740 --> 00:28:14.180
 and the put

00:28:14.180 --> 00:28:14.640
 together.

00:28:15.360 --> 00:28:15.920
 God's looking

00:28:15.920 --> 00:28:16.620
 for the weak.

00:28:18.519 --> 00:28:19.180
 God's coming

00:28:19.180 --> 00:28:19.819
 for the humble.

00:28:19.819 --> 00:28:23.039
 God's looking

00:28:23.039 --> 00:28:23.460
 for those

00:28:23.460 --> 00:28:23.779
 who know

00:28:23.779 --> 00:28:24.079
 what it's

00:28:24.079 --> 00:28:24.419
 like to

00:28:24.419 --> 00:28:25.019
 grieve.

00:28:25.619 --> 00:28:26.059
 Those

00:28:26.059 --> 00:28:27.159
 are who

00:28:27.159 --> 00:28:27.559
 will form

00:28:27.559 --> 00:28:28.059
 the remnant

00:28:28.059 --> 00:28:28.700
 the start

00:28:28.700 --> 00:28:29.059
 of his

00:28:29.059 --> 00:28:29.319
 renewed

00:28:29.319 --> 00:28:29.779
 people.

00:28:31.980 --> 00:28:32.639
 And that's

00:28:32.639 --> 00:28:33.159
 exactly

00:28:33.159 --> 00:28:33.720
 what God

00:28:33.720 --> 00:28:34.119
 did.

00:28:37.059 --> 00:28:37.500
 God

00:28:37.500 --> 00:28:38.139
 exiled his

00:28:38.139 --> 00:28:38.619
 people not

00:28:38.619 --> 00:28:39.079
 in the 8th

00:28:39.079 --> 00:28:39.659
 century but

00:28:39.659 --> 00:28:40.179
 in the 6th

00:28:40.179 --> 00:28:40.559
 century.

00:28:41.759 --> 00:28:42.119
 Eventually

00:28:42.119 --> 00:28:43.000
 Babylon came

00:28:43.000 --> 00:28:44.319
 and demolished

00:28:44.319 --> 00:28:45.039
 Jerusalem too

00:28:45.039 --> 00:28:45.500
 and carried

00:28:45.500 --> 00:28:45.980
 them off.

00:28:47.480 --> 00:28:48.039
 But then

00:28:48.039 --> 00:28:49.379
 in that

00:28:49.379 --> 00:28:50.039
 humbled and

00:28:50.039 --> 00:28:50.680
 humiliated

00:28:50.680 --> 00:28:51.139
 people,

00:28:51.279 --> 00:28:51.720
 that people

00:28:51.720 --> 00:28:52.119
 full of

00:28:52.119 --> 00:28:52.639
 shame and

00:28:52.639 --> 00:28:53.019
 grief,

00:28:54.399 --> 00:28:55.119
 he brought

00:28:55.119 --> 00:28:55.460
 a remnant

00:28:55.460 --> 00:28:55.879
 back.

00:28:57.899 --> 00:28:58.579
 They weren't

00:28:58.579 --> 00:28:58.960
 much.

00:29:00.539 --> 00:29:00.920
 In fact,

00:29:00.980 --> 00:29:01.319
 the temple

00:29:01.319 --> 00:29:01.659
 that they

00:29:01.659 --> 00:29:02.119
 rebuilt,

00:29:02.420 --> 00:29:02.839
 some people

00:29:02.839 --> 00:29:03.399
 remembered the

00:29:03.399 --> 00:29:03.899
 old temple

00:29:03.899 --> 00:29:04.839
 so they

00:29:04.839 --> 00:29:05.759
 wept because

00:29:05.759 --> 00:29:06.119
 it seemed

00:29:06.119 --> 00:29:06.859
 so insignificant

00:29:06.859 --> 00:29:07.500
 compared to

00:29:07.500 --> 00:29:07.899
 the former

00:29:07.899 --> 00:29:08.180
 one.

00:29:10.420 --> 00:29:11.019
 And they

00:29:11.019 --> 00:29:11.599
 struggled for

00:29:11.599 --> 00:29:12.240
 hundreds of

00:29:12.240 --> 00:29:12.759
 years just

00:29:12.759 --> 00:29:13.500
 to survive

00:29:13.500 --> 00:29:15.819
 as the

00:29:15.819 --> 00:29:16.279
 Persians

00:29:16.279 --> 00:29:17.519
 and then

00:29:17.519 --> 00:29:18.019
 the Greeks

00:29:18.019 --> 00:29:18.839
 and then

00:29:18.839 --> 00:29:19.379
 the Romans

00:29:19.379 --> 00:29:20.639
 as empire

00:29:20.639 --> 00:29:21.619
 after empire

00:29:21.619 --> 00:29:22.400
 continued to

00:29:22.400 --> 00:29:23.240
 oppress them

00:29:23.240 --> 00:29:24.000
 and to

00:29:24.000 --> 00:29:24.660
 shame them.

00:29:26.039 --> 00:29:26.900
 But then

00:29:26.900 --> 00:29:28.000
 at last

00:29:28.000 --> 00:29:30.500
 it came.

00:29:32.059 --> 00:29:33.039
 It came.

00:29:33.619 --> 00:29:34.299
 Just like

00:29:34.299 --> 00:29:34.900
 verse 8

00:29:34.900 --> 00:29:36.139
 of Micah 4

00:29:36.139 --> 00:29:36.660
 had said,

00:29:37.200 --> 00:29:37.660
 to you

00:29:37.660 --> 00:29:38.259
 shall it

00:29:38.259 --> 00:29:38.660
 come,

00:29:39.599 --> 00:29:40.279
 the former

00:29:40.279 --> 00:29:40.900
 dominion

00:29:40.900 --> 00:29:41.740
 shall come,

00:29:42.460 --> 00:29:43.160
 kingship for

00:29:43.160 --> 00:29:43.559
 the daughter

00:29:43.559 --> 00:29:44.200
 of Jerusalem.

00:29:45.359 --> 00:29:46.359
 At long

00:29:46.359 --> 00:29:46.960
 last the

00:29:46.960 --> 00:29:47.940
 kingdom arrived.

00:29:48.019 --> 00:29:49.639
 God's king

00:29:49.639 --> 00:29:50.200
 was born.

00:29:51.940 --> 00:29:52.660
 But this

00:29:52.660 --> 00:29:53.160
 king wasn't

00:29:53.160 --> 00:29:53.460
 what they

00:29:53.460 --> 00:29:53.980
 expected.

00:29:55.980 --> 00:29:56.839
 He wasn't

00:29:56.839 --> 00:29:57.839
 strong and

00:29:57.839 --> 00:29:58.279
 proud.

00:29:59.819 --> 00:30:00.619
 He was a

00:30:00.619 --> 00:30:00.920
 man of

00:30:00.920 --> 00:30:01.359
 sorrows

00:30:01.359 --> 00:30:02.000
 acquainted with

00:30:02.000 --> 00:30:02.339
 grief.

00:30:03.859 --> 00:30:04.539
 He was

00:30:04.539 --> 00:30:05.079
 humble and

00:30:05.079 --> 00:30:05.619
 came not to

00:30:05.619 --> 00:30:06.359
 be served

00:30:06.359 --> 00:30:07.460
 but to

00:30:07.460 --> 00:30:08.839
 serve and

00:30:08.839 --> 00:30:09.259
 to give his

00:30:09.259 --> 00:30:10.279
 life as a

00:30:10.279 --> 00:30:10.799
 ransom for

00:30:10.799 --> 00:30:11.079
 many.

00:30:13.000 --> 00:30:13.299
 You see,

00:30:13.359 --> 00:30:13.500
 friends,

00:30:13.539 --> 00:30:13.960
 this is how

00:30:13.960 --> 00:30:14.379
 much God

00:30:14.379 --> 00:30:14.799
 loves the

00:30:14.799 --> 00:30:15.379
 weak and

00:30:15.379 --> 00:30:15.779
 the humble

00:30:15.779 --> 00:30:16.079
 and the

00:30:16.079 --> 00:30:16.399
 broken.

00:30:17.660 --> 00:30:18.299
 In order

00:30:18.299 --> 00:30:18.819
 to rescue

00:30:18.819 --> 00:30:19.339
 his weak

00:30:19.339 --> 00:30:19.700
 people,

00:30:19.779 --> 00:30:20.259
 he became

00:30:20.259 --> 00:30:20.660
 weak.

00:30:21.619 --> 00:30:22.279
 In order

00:30:22.279 --> 00:30:22.799
 to redeem

00:30:22.799 --> 00:30:23.680
 his humiliated

00:30:23.680 --> 00:30:23.980
 people,

00:30:24.059 --> 00:30:24.460
 he humbled

00:30:24.460 --> 00:30:24.980
 himself.

00:30:26.559 --> 00:30:27.220
 In order

00:30:27.220 --> 00:30:27.660
 to save

00:30:27.660 --> 00:30:28.079
 his broken

00:30:28.079 --> 00:30:28.460
 people,

00:30:28.579 --> 00:30:28.899
 he was

00:30:28.899 --> 00:30:29.259
 broken.

00:30:29.259 --> 00:30:31.680
 And the

00:30:31.680 --> 00:30:32.420
 greatest mystery

00:30:32.420 --> 00:30:32.920
 of all,

00:30:33.560 --> 00:30:35.400
 in order

00:30:35.400 --> 00:30:35.960
 to save

00:30:35.960 --> 00:30:36.560
 his sinful

00:30:36.560 --> 00:30:37.100
 people,

00:30:38.220 --> 00:30:38.460
 Jesus

00:30:38.460 --> 00:30:38.900
 Christ

00:30:38.900 --> 00:30:40.019
 became sin

00:30:40.019 --> 00:30:41.380
 on the

00:30:41.380 --> 00:30:41.740
 cross.

00:30:45.300 --> 00:30:45.880
 Friend,

00:30:45.920 --> 00:30:46.120
 are you

00:30:46.120 --> 00:30:46.560
 weak and

00:30:46.560 --> 00:30:46.940
 filled with

00:30:46.940 --> 00:30:47.660
 sorrow today?

00:30:49.420 --> 00:30:50.100
 Has the

00:30:50.100 --> 00:30:50.400
 weight been

00:30:50.400 --> 00:30:50.960
 so heavy

00:30:50.960 --> 00:30:51.340
 that you've

00:30:51.340 --> 00:30:51.980
 considered just

00:30:51.980 --> 00:30:52.700
 giving up and

00:30:52.700 --> 00:30:53.220
 just walking

00:30:53.220 --> 00:30:53.640
 away?

00:30:55.279 --> 00:30:56.100
 Before you

00:30:56.100 --> 00:30:56.400
 do,

00:30:57.500 --> 00:30:58.580
 look again

00:30:58.580 --> 00:30:59.360
 upon the

00:30:59.360 --> 00:31:00.380
 God who

00:31:00.380 --> 00:31:01.060
 loves you.

00:31:02.420 --> 00:31:03.320
 And who

00:31:03.320 --> 00:31:03.800
 walked every

00:31:03.800 --> 00:31:04.500
 sorrow for

00:31:04.500 --> 00:31:04.860
 you and

00:31:04.860 --> 00:31:05.220
 even bore

00:31:05.220 --> 00:31:05.759
 the weight

00:31:05.759 --> 00:31:06.740
 of every

00:31:06.740 --> 00:31:08.380
 sin so

00:31:08.380 --> 00:31:08.680
 that in

00:31:08.680 --> 00:31:09.340
 your sorrows

00:31:09.340 --> 00:31:09.620
 you might

00:31:09.620 --> 00:31:10.060
 never be

00:31:10.060 --> 00:31:10.460
 alone.

00:31:11.960 --> 00:31:12.680
 So that in

00:31:12.680 --> 00:31:13.240
 your sorrows

00:31:13.240 --> 00:31:13.539
 you might

00:31:13.539 --> 00:31:14.140
 actually become

00:31:14.140 --> 00:31:14.759
 more like

00:31:14.759 --> 00:31:16.220
 him and

00:31:16.220 --> 00:31:16.620
 so that your

00:31:16.620 --> 00:31:17.120
 sorrows might

00:31:17.120 --> 00:31:17.680
 one day be

00:31:17.680 --> 00:31:18.440
 swallowed up in

00:31:18.440 --> 00:31:18.940
 victory and

00:31:18.940 --> 00:31:19.480
 he might wipe

00:31:19.480 --> 00:31:20.320
 every tear from

00:31:20.320 --> 00:31:20.779
 your eye.

00:31:21.360 --> 00:31:21.920
 Don't give

00:31:21.920 --> 00:31:22.200
 up.

00:31:23.000 --> 00:31:23.700
 Trust in

00:31:23.700 --> 00:31:23.960
 him.

00:31:26.560 --> 00:31:27.220
 And if you

00:31:27.220 --> 00:31:27.680
 placed your

00:31:27.680 --> 00:31:28.120
 faith in

00:31:28.120 --> 00:31:28.400
 him,

00:31:29.180 --> 00:31:29.640
 then keep

00:31:29.640 --> 00:31:31.220
 walking in

00:31:31.220 --> 00:31:31.680
 the name

00:31:31.680 --> 00:31:32.400
 of Jesus

00:31:32.400 --> 00:31:32.980
 our Lord.

00:31:34.299 --> 00:31:34.640
 He will

00:31:34.640 --> 00:31:35.160
 carry you

00:31:35.160 --> 00:31:35.460
 when you

00:31:35.460 --> 00:31:35.860
 feel like

00:31:35.860 --> 00:31:36.259
 you can't

00:31:36.259 --> 00:31:36.660
 take another

00:31:36.660 --> 00:31:37.059
 step.

00:31:37.700 --> 00:31:37.980
 He will

00:31:37.980 --> 00:31:38.319
 make you

00:31:38.319 --> 00:31:39.160
 strong even

00:31:39.160 --> 00:31:39.579
 when you

00:31:39.579 --> 00:31:40.140
 feel weak.

00:31:43.440 --> 00:31:44.079
 So this

00:31:44.079 --> 00:31:44.579
 is Micah's

00:31:44.579 --> 00:31:45.079
 message of

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 perseverance

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 and hope.

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 Hope,

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 not in

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 ourselves,

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 but in

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 God.

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 And hope

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 in God's

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 kingdom that

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 will gather

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 the nations

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 and establish

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 peace and

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 even strengthen

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 the weary.

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 glory.

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 And we

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 can know

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 that this

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 kingdom has

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 already begun.

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 It's already

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 begun because

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 the King,

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 the Lord

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 Jesus,

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 has come.

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 He came

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 the first

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 time to

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 live,

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 die,

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 and rise

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 again,

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 and he

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 will come

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 a second

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 time to

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 judge and

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 reign forever.

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 And on

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 that day,

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 when he

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 comes again,

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 all these

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 promises will

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 be fulfilled.

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 Fulfilled

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 not in

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 part,

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 but in

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 whole.

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 And all

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 these echoes

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 that we feel

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 and that we

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 experience now

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 will come

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 to their

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 fullness and

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 their

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 consummation

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 and their

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 fruition.

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 And Micah

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 tells us to

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 set our

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 eyes on

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 that day.

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 Keep that

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 day in

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 your sights.

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 Keep that

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 hope alive

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 in your

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 hearts.

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 And keep

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 walking in

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 the name of

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 the Lord

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 our God,

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 in the name

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 of Jesus,

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 in whom all

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 God's promises

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 are yes

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 and amen.

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 Let's pray

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 together.

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 Father,

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 we've

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 considered

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 the words

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 that you

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 spoke

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 through

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 Micah

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 so long

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 ago.

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 Now we

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 ask that

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 by your

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 spirit you

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 would work

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 this endurance

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 and hope

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 into our

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 hearts

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 through these

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 words.

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 Make the

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 hope of

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 the gospel,

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 the hope

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 of Christ

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 Jesus

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 crucified,

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 risen and

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 coming again,

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 the hope

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 of the new

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 heavens and

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 the new

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 earth.

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 Make this

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 hope real

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 to our

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 hearts,

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 spirit.

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 Make us

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 certain in

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 these promises

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 because Jesus

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 the son has

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 died and

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 has been

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 raised.

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 And in

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 hope, give

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 us strength

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 to walk,

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 to persevere,

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 knowing that

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 you will

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 surely complete,

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 bring to

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 full completion

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 the good

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 work that

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 you've

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 begun.

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 In Jesus'

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 name,

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 amen.