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 We have a lot to go through today.

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 I'm going to really try and move fast.

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 But if you get to the 30-minute mark and you really got to go to the bathroom,

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 or your child really needs something, I'm not going to be offended.

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 But we need to, as the old King James language says,

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 gird up the loins of our minds this morning for all that we need to go through.

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 But just join me in a quick word of prayer.

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 Father, we offer up this time to you.

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 You would be pleased.

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 Help us to focus.

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 Help us to listen to your word.

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 It would take deep root in our hearts and have your desired effect upon our lives.

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 Work in and through us during this time.

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 Use me, a broken man, a broken vessel, to accomplish this in Christ's name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 So we've been, we started last week walking through the monumental chapter,

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 Mount Everest chapter of Isaiah 40.

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 So I encourage you to go back and listen to the message from last week

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 because it lays sort of the historical background, historical context for everything going on,

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 to which you may be a little lost.

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 But I'll try to summarize in a couple minutes because that's all we have, maybe one minute.

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 But the first part of Isaiah from chapter 7 to 39 is mostly pictures and pronouncements of divine judgment

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 against the people of Israel and then later on Judah.

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 And so a very grim, hard words to God's people.

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 He had been patient with them.

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 He had sent them prophets.

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 He had done all kinds of things to show them, like his love and his forbearance.

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 But now that time had passed and he said, judgment is going to come.

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 And eventually the northern kingdom comprised of 10 different tribes were destroyed by Assyria.

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 And then 100 and I think 35 years later, Judah and Jerusalem were eventually destroyed by the new superpower, Babylon.

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 And so Isaiah lived though during the time of Assyria.

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 And when he gets to chapter 39, it ends with King Hezekiah.

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 And so, but if we jump into chapter 40, in the blink of an eye, Isaiah is sort of transported into the future.

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 So he's speaking to God's people in the context of their future exile in Babylon.

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 It's one of the cool things that Bible prophets do, what God does through them.

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 So he knows that they're in the future going to be in Babylon, in exile, even though they currently are not while he's saying these things.

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 He knows that it will happen.

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 And so God speaks through him a word of comfort and assurance and certainty in their future exile,

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 kind of projected by the Holy Spirit into the future, much like John was in Revelation.

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 But he knows the questions that they're going to be asking while they're in exile.

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 Has God failed? Has his promises failed?

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 Does God even want to deliver us?

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 And if he wants to, can he deliver us?

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 And if all those things are true, will he actually do it?

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 Will he actually make the decision to do it?

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 Especially since they don't deserve it, just much like we don't deserve the grace of God.

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 And so in their darkest moments, this call of prophecy goes out into the future to speak a word of comfort.

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 So we broke up this chapter into three sections.

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 Last week, we just did one of them.

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 And that was the glory of God is the comfort of his people.

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 That's what we talked about up until this week.

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 So this week, I'll summarize really quickly what we covered last week.

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 But some of the images of Christ that we see in the first part of this is the comfort to Jerusalem prefigures the comfort that is found in Christ Jesus.

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 And that's verse three.

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 And then later on, John the Baptist uses those words to announce the coming of the Lord in person.

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 Verse five, we see that the glory of the Lord is revealed through Jesus Christ.

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 Right?

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 Then later on in verse five, that the fading of human lives is contrasted with the eternal salvation in Christ.

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 And then verse eight, which is getting close to where we ended.

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 Jesus is the incarnate tendered shepherd who carries his helpless people.

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 Okay, so just a few connections to last week.

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 But today, we're going to do part one and part two or part three.

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 So let's just dive into it.

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 And just, excuse me, just for time's sake, we're just going to walk through this Bible study style.

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 I'm going to break the preaching rule and not read it all because it'll take four or five minutes for me to read it all.

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 So we're just going to walk by it and eat it kind of piecemeal.

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 But part two is the uniqueness of God is the assurance of his people.

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 The uniqueness of God is the assurance of his people.

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 And so we'll start in verse 12.

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 All right?

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 We see God transitioning to a focus on his sovereign power and executive rule as the creator of all things.

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 Last week, we saw the attractiveness and tenderness of the shepherd and the promise of comfort.

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 And today, we see God's irresistible power to make what he said come to pass.

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 Therefore, it's impossible for such a great God to forget his people or neglect his people.

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 So I hope we're going to break this up into a few different pieces under this.

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 But number one, verses 12 through 14, it says,

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 Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand and marked off the heavens with a span,

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 enclosed the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in its scales, and the hills in a balance?

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 Number one, God is the ever-wise creator.

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 That's what we see here in verses 12 through 14.

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 God is the ever-wise creator.

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 So it always helps to magnify the Lord by thinking about what was going on before creation.

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 But God existed eternal and immutable.

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 He needed nothing.

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 He was independent.

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 He didn't choose to create the world or us or anything else because he was lonely and needed company,

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 or he just, you know, wanted to pick up a hobby.

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 He wasn't needy or dependent on anything.

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 When Paul was in Athens, Greece, he said,

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 The God who made the world and everything in it, being the Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by human hands,

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 nor is he served by human hands as though he needed anything.

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 So the next time you have a weak view of God, just have that in mind that he needs nothing.

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 He's not served by us.

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 Since he himself gives to all mankind life and breath and everything.

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 That's Acts 17, 24 through 25.

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 So, Yahweh, the living God, gloriously and freely reigned before anything else in creation.

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 Perfectly satisfied and happy in himself.

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 Something that we don't understand.

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 Therefore, he chose not to create because he lacked something,

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 because it was an expression or an overflow of his greatness.

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 Revelation 4, 11.

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 Worthy are you, our Lord and our God,

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 to receive glory and honor and power,

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 because you created all things,

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 and by your will they existed and were created.

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 So, God is the Creator.

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 He's holding all creation.

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 So, if you look at verse 10 of chapter 40,

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 the translation really is sovereign Lord.

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 So, he asked a series of rhetorical questions

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 to demonstrate how God is the sovereign Lord.

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 He established creation and he is uniquely powerful and wise.

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 His omnipotence, his wisdom,

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 he spoke all things into being before there was anything made at all.

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 Psalm 33, verse 6,

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 By the word of the Lord the heavens were made,

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 and by his breath, the breath of his mouth, their host.

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 God is all-powerful, therefore his word is all-powerful.

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 Our word doesn't really accomplish a whole lot,

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 but his, as you can read in later chapters,

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 I think chapter 55,

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 talks about how his word does not return to him void.

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 It accomplishes all he desires.

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 And so, we see a proclamation here.

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 He looks at creation, different parts of creation.

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 The waters of the world.

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 You see this?

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 He says,

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 The oceans, the seas, the lakes, the rivers are held

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 like a tiny drop,

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 a tiny pool

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 in the hand

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 of Yahweh.

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 Crazy.

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 The heavens are marked off.

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 I love this.

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 The Hebrew means to adjust.

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 To adjust a thing to its proper place

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 or function.

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 And it means,

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 you see the word span that's used there.

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 He marks off the heavens with a span.

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 So, the outstretched thumb

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 and the pinky.

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 So, it's like God's going,

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 that's like what he's doing

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 with the universe

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 or with the heavens.

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 And he positions them there.

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 He said,

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 You will go here

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 and this will be your function.

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 And we know how well

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 finely tuned the universe is

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 and how finely tuned earth is

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 and one little change

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 there would be no life here.

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 Perfect.

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 He measured it out

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 by his outstretched thumb

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 and pinky.

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 The span.

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 He is so supreme

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 that he positioned the heavens

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 and the earth

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 saying,

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 This will go here.

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 An old Puritan said,

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 Remember,

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 a long time ago,

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 Can we,

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 when we behold

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 the starry theater

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 of heaven and earth,

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 conclude other?

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 But that finger

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 and arms

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 and wisdom of God

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 has been there.

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 God is so vast

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 that he holds

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 all the dust

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 of the earth

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 in a small basket

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 or pen pot.

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 Now this is cool.

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 This astounds me.

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 It says he holds

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 the dust in a measure.

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 You see that?

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 The phrase,

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 in a measure?

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 It means a third.

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 Anybody know

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 how much

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 land makes up

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 on the earth?

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 Maybe 30%.

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 So a third.

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 He holds the dust

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 of the earth

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 on a scale.

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 That's where water

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 covers about 70%.

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 The dust makes up

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 30.

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 A third.

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 In a measure

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 is what in a measure

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 means.

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 A third.

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 Pretty crazy.

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 I double checked

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 on that one.

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 I kind of found that

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 on my own,

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 which I was kind of like,

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 Wow, that's really neat.

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 Then,

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 it makes mentions

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 of the mountains

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 and the hills

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 of the earth

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 saying,

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 God is so mighty

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 and powerful

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 that he can pick them up

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 and move them

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 with no problem.

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 With ease.

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 With no problem.

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 He can put them

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 on a pair of scales

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 and weigh them

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 in the balance.

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 So he takes

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 all of creation

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 at a glance

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 and says,

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 Who else but the Almighty

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 could weigh these things

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 and measure them,

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 determine its boundaries

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 with perfect precision?

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 So,

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 the point is,

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 any of this

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 is too big for us.

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 This is stuff

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 that we can't conceive,

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 something that we have

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 no ability

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 to do or comprehend.

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 It's just an overwhelming,

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 overpowering thought.

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 And it's meant to be

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 because it's meant

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 to make us small

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 and God enormous.

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 So,

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 if God can do this,

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 He alone

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 is worthy

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 of His people's trust

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 and love.

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 Go to verse 13.

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 It says,

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 Who has measured

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 the Spirit of the Lord?

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 Or what man

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 shows Him counsel?

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 Whom did He

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 consult

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 and who made

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 Him understand?

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 Who taught Him

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 the path of justice

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 and taught Him

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 knowledge

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 and showed Him

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 the way of understanding?

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 So,

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 to ask some

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 very intensely

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 humble questions.

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 So,

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 just as Yahweh

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 can easily measure

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 with perfect precision

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 all creation,

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 all created things,

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 can any created thing

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 do that?

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 Can any created thing

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 do what He

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 just talked about?

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 The answer is no.

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 Can anyone

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 fathom or comprehend

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 the mind of God

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 that created

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 all these things?

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 No.

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 What puny mortal

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 like me

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 or you

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 would dare

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 look at the face

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 of God

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 and try to give Him

00:13:00.839 --> 00:13:01.319
 counsel

00:13:01.319 --> 00:13:02.639
 or teach Him

00:13:02.639 --> 00:13:03.299
 what's right

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 or wrong?

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 That's what it says.

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 right out of

00:13:08.300 --> 00:13:09.899
 Deuteronomy

00:13:09.899 --> 00:13:11.860
 chapter 32.

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 It says,

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 the rock

00:13:13.759 --> 00:13:14.620
 about God.

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 His work is perfect

00:13:15.860 --> 00:13:17.500
 for all His ways

00:13:17.500 --> 00:13:18.320
 are justice,

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 a God of faithfulness

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 and without iniquity.

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 Just

00:13:22.259 --> 00:13:23.139
 and upright

00:13:23.139 --> 00:13:24.360
 is He.

00:13:25.259 --> 00:13:26.480
 God's knowledge

00:13:26.480 --> 00:13:27.440
 is perfect.

00:13:27.980 --> 00:13:29.039
 1 John 3.20

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 He knows

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 all things.

00:13:32.060 --> 00:13:33.399
 Psalm 147

00:13:33.399 --> 00:13:34.120
 verse 7.

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 Great is the Lord

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 and abundant in power.

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 His understanding

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 is beyond

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 measure.

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 So all this

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 is meant

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 to humble us,

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 meant to dwarf us

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 and make us feel

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 small and insignificant.

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 Sin makes you

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 want to feel

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 significant.

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 Sin makes you

00:13:51.740 --> 00:13:52.179
 want to feel

00:13:52.179 --> 00:13:53.339
 big and powerful.

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 Puts us in the wrong

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 position

00:13:55.779 --> 00:13:56.759
 before God.

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 So God is saying,

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 is it you?

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 Would you

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 dare

00:14:02.079 --> 00:14:03.019
 compare yourself

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 to me

00:14:04.299 --> 00:14:05.059
 or would any

00:14:05.059 --> 00:14:06.099
 man at all

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 compare himself

00:14:07.079 --> 00:14:07.559
 to me?

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 So what

00:14:09.120 --> 00:14:10.259
 a great God.

00:14:10.419 --> 00:14:10.819
 Paul

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 in Romans

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 actually

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 cites this,

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 quotes this,

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 providential plan

00:14:15.699 --> 00:14:16.399
 of salvation,

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 of surety

00:14:17.099 --> 00:14:17.779
 for redemption

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 for the Jews

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 and the Gentiles.

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 And he

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 cites this

00:14:21.359 --> 00:14:21.779
 and he breaks

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 side

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 and prays.

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 And he says

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 in Romans 11

00:14:23.799 --> 00:14:24.539
 verse 33,

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 Oh the depth

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 and riches,

00:14:27.559 --> 00:14:28.240
 wisdom and

00:14:28.240 --> 00:14:29.259
 knowledge of God.

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 How unsearchable

00:14:31.059 --> 00:14:31.899
 are his judgments

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 and how inscrutable

00:14:33.059 --> 00:14:34.019
 his ways.

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 For who has

00:14:35.199 --> 00:14:35.899
 known the mind

00:14:35.899 --> 00:14:36.480
 of the Lord?

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 Right?

00:14:38.480 --> 00:14:40.079
 700 years later

00:14:40.079 --> 00:14:40.759
 he's quoting this.

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 For who has

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 known the mind

00:14:41.899 --> 00:14:42.399
 of the Lord

00:14:42.399 --> 00:14:42.799
 or who has

00:14:42.799 --> 00:14:43.240
 been his

00:14:43.240 --> 00:14:43.639
 counselor?

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 Or who has

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 given him a

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 gift that he

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 might be repaid?

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 For from him,

00:14:48.839 --> 00:14:49.399
 through him,

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 and to him

00:14:50.240 --> 00:14:51.439
 are all things.

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 To him be glory

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 forever.

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 Amen.

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 So that's

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 number one

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 under this

00:14:57.000 --> 00:14:57.620
 first title.

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 Number two,

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 God is the

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 immense Lord

00:15:00.580 --> 00:15:01.460
 of the nations.

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 The immense

00:15:03.019 --> 00:15:03.980
 Lord of the

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 nations.

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 You see this

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 in verse 16.

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 Behold,

00:15:07.120 --> 00:15:07.620
 the nations

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 are like a

00:15:08.220 --> 00:15:08.939
 drop from a

00:15:08.939 --> 00:15:10.059
 bucket and

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 are counted

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 as the dust

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 on the scales.

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 Behold,

00:15:13.620 --> 00:15:14.220
 he takes up

00:15:14.220 --> 00:15:15.039
 coastlands

00:15:15.039 --> 00:15:15.820
 like fine

00:15:15.820 --> 00:15:16.399
 dust.

00:15:17.220 --> 00:15:17.559
 Lebanon

00:15:17.559 --> 00:15:18.179
 would not

00:15:18.179 --> 00:15:18.840
 suffice for

00:15:18.840 --> 00:15:19.240
 fuel,

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 nor are its

00:15:20.799 --> 00:15:21.480
 beasts enough

00:15:21.480 --> 00:15:21.960
 for burnt

00:15:21.960 --> 00:15:22.379
 offering.

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 The nations

00:15:23.740 --> 00:15:24.399
 are as

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 nothing

00:15:25.000 --> 00:15:25.899
 before him.

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 They are

00:15:26.860 --> 00:15:27.460
 accounted by

00:15:27.460 --> 00:15:27.960
 him as

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 less than

00:15:28.700 --> 00:15:29.279
 nothing

00:15:29.279 --> 00:15:30.240
 and emptiness.

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 So,

00:15:32.000 --> 00:15:32.500
 to further

00:15:32.500 --> 00:15:33.379
 magnify the

00:15:33.379 --> 00:15:34.419
 uniqueness of

00:15:34.419 --> 00:15:34.799
 God,

00:15:35.460 --> 00:15:36.299
 Isaiah says

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 that the

00:15:36.600 --> 00:15:37.159
 nations are

00:15:37.159 --> 00:15:37.480
 like a

00:15:37.480 --> 00:15:38.639
 drop from

00:15:38.639 --> 00:15:39.120
 a bucket

00:15:39.120 --> 00:15:40.559
 before him.

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 A very

00:15:41.159 --> 00:15:42.340
 humble

00:15:42.340 --> 00:15:42.879
 imagery.

00:15:43.659 --> 00:15:43.960
 How many

00:15:43.960 --> 00:15:44.299
 of you ever

00:15:44.299 --> 00:15:44.840
 carried a

00:15:44.840 --> 00:15:45.240
 big bucket

00:15:45.240 --> 00:15:45.740
 of water

00:15:45.740 --> 00:15:46.320
 in your

00:15:46.320 --> 00:15:47.500
 yard to

00:15:47.500 --> 00:15:48.100
 do something?

00:15:48.200 --> 00:15:48.539
 Wash a

00:15:48.539 --> 00:15:48.799
 car,

00:15:49.320 --> 00:15:49.799
 water a

00:15:49.799 --> 00:15:50.100
 plant,

00:15:50.740 --> 00:15:51.000
 and you

00:15:51.000 --> 00:15:51.399
 accidentally

00:15:51.399 --> 00:15:52.100
 bump something

00:15:52.100 --> 00:15:52.740
 and one

00:15:52.740 --> 00:15:53.220
 little drop

00:15:53.220 --> 00:15:53.799
 goes flying

00:15:53.799 --> 00:15:54.100
 out?

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 That's

00:15:55.340 --> 00:15:55.740
 like what

00:15:55.740 --> 00:15:56.319
 the nations

00:15:56.319 --> 00:15:56.799
 are like

00:15:56.799 --> 00:15:57.340
 to God.

00:15:57.419 --> 00:15:57.759
 You wouldn't

00:15:57.759 --> 00:15:58.399
 like go back

00:15:58.399 --> 00:15:58.879
 and refill

00:15:58.879 --> 00:15:59.259
 the bucket.

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 You would

00:15:59.500 --> 00:15:59.860
 just say,

00:16:00.019 --> 00:16:01.120
 just a

00:16:01.120 --> 00:16:01.399
 drop,

00:16:01.500 --> 00:16:01.740
 doesn't

00:16:01.740 --> 00:16:02.039
 matter.

00:16:03.079 --> 00:16:03.459
 And that's

00:16:03.459 --> 00:16:03.819
 what the

00:16:03.819 --> 00:16:04.519
 nations are

00:16:04.519 --> 00:16:05.179
 before God.

00:16:05.240 --> 00:16:05.500
 And that's

00:16:05.500 --> 00:16:06.039
 not to say

00:16:06.039 --> 00:16:06.600
 he hates

00:16:06.600 --> 00:16:07.079
 the nations

00:16:07.079 --> 00:16:07.919
 or despises

00:16:07.919 --> 00:16:08.240
 them.

00:16:08.720 --> 00:16:09.159
 It's just

00:16:09.159 --> 00:16:09.679
 saying in

00:16:09.679 --> 00:16:10.240
 comparison,

00:16:10.459 --> 00:16:10.779
 they are

00:16:10.779 --> 00:16:11.199
 nothing.

00:16:11.399 --> 00:16:11.679
 They are

00:16:11.679 --> 00:16:12.039
 little.

00:16:12.179 --> 00:16:12.379
 They are

00:16:12.379 --> 00:16:13.000
 insignificant

00:16:13.000 --> 00:16:14.659
 compared to

00:16:14.659 --> 00:16:15.019
 God.

00:16:15.779 --> 00:16:16.419
 God does

00:16:16.419 --> 00:16:16.840
 love the

00:16:16.840 --> 00:16:17.120
 nations.

00:16:17.240 --> 00:16:17.539
 He sent

00:16:17.539 --> 00:16:17.980
 them a

00:16:17.980 --> 00:16:18.299
 savior.

00:16:18.460 --> 00:16:19.100
 He desires

00:16:19.100 --> 00:16:20.179
 praise from

00:16:20.179 --> 00:16:20.939
 the nations.

00:16:21.479 --> 00:16:22.179
 But they

00:16:22.179 --> 00:16:23.000
 rage against

00:16:23.000 --> 00:16:23.239
 him.

00:16:23.339 --> 00:16:24.019
 They rebel

00:16:24.019 --> 00:16:24.819
 against him,

00:16:25.459 --> 00:16:26.219
 much in the way

00:16:26.219 --> 00:16:26.919
 our own nation

00:16:26.919 --> 00:16:27.479
 is in many

00:16:27.479 --> 00:16:27.919
 ways.

00:16:28.359 --> 00:16:28.799
 But the

00:16:28.799 --> 00:16:29.299
 whole point

00:16:29.299 --> 00:16:29.779
 is this is

00:16:29.779 --> 00:16:30.159
 not a

00:16:30.159 --> 00:16:30.559
 vexing

00:16:30.559 --> 00:16:31.219
 problem to

00:16:31.219 --> 00:16:31.439
 God.

00:16:31.519 --> 00:16:31.779
 He's not

00:16:31.779 --> 00:16:32.299
 concerned.

00:16:32.479 --> 00:16:32.799
 He's not

00:16:32.799 --> 00:16:34.239
 threatened by

00:16:34.239 --> 00:16:35.019
 any nation

00:16:35.019 --> 00:16:35.899
 whatsoever.

00:16:36.519 --> 00:16:37.299
 Or the sum

00:16:37.299 --> 00:16:37.979
 total of

00:16:37.979 --> 00:16:38.120
 them.

00:16:38.199 --> 00:16:38.759
 He is not

00:16:38.759 --> 00:16:39.599
 threatened.

00:16:40.219 --> 00:16:40.819
 He has no

00:16:40.819 --> 00:16:41.459
 issue, but he

00:16:41.459 --> 00:16:42.339
 governs them as

00:16:42.339 --> 00:16:42.959
 he chooses.

00:16:43.899 --> 00:16:44.159
 Right?

00:16:44.240 --> 00:16:44.779
 They present

00:16:44.779 --> 00:16:45.879
 no threat.

00:16:46.259 --> 00:16:46.959
 But to us,

00:16:47.019 --> 00:16:47.379
 they seem

00:16:47.379 --> 00:16:47.679
 big.

00:16:47.759 --> 00:16:48.039
 They seem

00:16:48.039 --> 00:16:48.699
 insurmountable.

00:16:48.700 --> 00:16:49.020
 But to

00:16:49.020 --> 00:16:50.560
 Israel, the

00:16:50.560 --> 00:16:51.240
 nations around

00:16:51.240 --> 00:16:51.620
 them seemed

00:16:51.620 --> 00:16:52.160
 overwhelming.

00:16:52.500 --> 00:16:53.240
 But they're

00:16:53.240 --> 00:16:53.580
 not.

00:16:54.060 --> 00:16:54.379
 And the

00:16:54.379 --> 00:16:54.800
 same is

00:16:54.800 --> 00:16:55.300
 true for

00:16:55.300 --> 00:16:55.720
 us.

00:16:56.520 --> 00:16:56.840
 Then he

00:16:56.840 --> 00:16:57.200
 mentions

00:16:57.200 --> 00:16:57.660
 Lebanon

00:16:57.660 --> 00:16:58.300
 here in

00:16:58.300 --> 00:16:59.040
 verse 16.

00:17:00.040 --> 00:17:00.920
 Without further

00:17:00.920 --> 00:17:01.420
 ado, really

00:17:01.420 --> 00:17:02.280
 quickly, Lebanon

00:17:02.280 --> 00:17:02.960
 just had these

00:17:02.960 --> 00:17:03.500
 big cedar

00:17:03.500 --> 00:17:05.519
 forests and a

00:17:05.519 --> 00:17:06.120
 lot of animal

00:17:06.120 --> 00:17:06.600
 life.

00:17:07.319 --> 00:17:07.720
 And basically

00:17:07.720 --> 00:17:08.420
 saying, like,

00:17:08.460 --> 00:17:09.059
 you know, wood

00:17:09.059 --> 00:17:10.360
 is used to

00:17:10.360 --> 00:17:11.019
 build the fire

00:17:11.019 --> 00:17:11.539
 to have a

00:17:11.539 --> 00:17:12.039
 burnt offering.

00:17:12.840 --> 00:17:13.319
 So you have

00:17:13.319 --> 00:17:13.980
 all the wood

00:17:13.980 --> 00:17:14.380
 of Lebanon

00:17:14.380 --> 00:17:15.039
 laid down.

00:17:15.120 --> 00:17:15.519
 And then on

00:17:15.519 --> 00:17:15.940
 top of that,

00:17:16.000 --> 00:17:16.559
 put down all

00:17:16.559 --> 00:17:17.759
 the animals

00:17:17.759 --> 00:17:18.480
 that are

00:17:18.480 --> 00:17:19.400
 there for

00:17:19.400 --> 00:17:20.019
 a sacrifice.

00:17:20.779 --> 00:17:21.299
 He would

00:17:21.299 --> 00:17:22.819
 say, not

00:17:22.819 --> 00:17:23.200
 enough.

00:17:24.319 --> 00:17:25.000
 Like, even a

00:17:25.000 --> 00:17:25.519
 burnt offering

00:17:25.519 --> 00:17:27.160
 that big would

00:17:27.160 --> 00:17:28.019
 ultimately fall

00:17:28.019 --> 00:17:29.700
 short of what

00:17:29.700 --> 00:17:30.420
 God truly

00:17:30.420 --> 00:17:31.099
 deserves.

00:17:31.819 --> 00:17:32.680
 But the

00:17:32.680 --> 00:17:33.400
 best of human

00:17:33.400 --> 00:17:34.019
 worship will

00:17:34.019 --> 00:17:34.700
 always fall

00:17:34.700 --> 00:17:35.099
 short.

00:17:35.980 --> 00:17:37.160
 God only

00:17:37.160 --> 00:17:38.039
 accepted fully

00:17:38.039 --> 00:17:38.379
 and was

00:17:38.379 --> 00:17:38.759
 pleased with

00:17:38.759 --> 00:17:39.859
 one sacrifice.

00:17:40.519 --> 00:17:41.440
 That's 2,000

00:17:41.440 --> 00:17:42.640
 years ago on

00:17:42.640 --> 00:17:43.160
 the cross.

00:17:44.099 --> 00:17:44.379
 Number

00:17:44.379 --> 00:17:44.720
 three.

00:17:44.720 --> 00:17:48.100
 Very simple.

00:17:48.299 --> 00:17:49.420
 God alone

00:17:49.420 --> 00:17:50.160
 is God.

00:17:51.160 --> 00:17:51.880
 God alone

00:17:51.880 --> 00:17:52.339
 is God.

00:17:52.440 --> 00:17:53.100
 Verse 18.

00:17:54.779 --> 00:17:55.259
 To whom

00:17:55.259 --> 00:17:56.019
 will you liken

00:17:56.019 --> 00:17:56.620
 God?

00:17:56.700 --> 00:17:57.000
 Or what

00:17:57.000 --> 00:17:57.579
 likeness

00:17:57.579 --> 00:17:58.180
 compare with

00:17:58.180 --> 00:17:58.500
 Him?

00:17:59.019 --> 00:17:59.660
 An idol?

00:18:00.579 --> 00:18:01.640
 A craftsman

00:18:01.640 --> 00:18:02.400
 casts it.

00:18:02.539 --> 00:18:03.339
 A goldsmith

00:18:03.339 --> 00:18:04.059
 overlays it

00:18:04.059 --> 00:18:04.680
 with gold

00:18:04.680 --> 00:18:05.839
 and casts

00:18:05.839 --> 00:18:06.559
 it for silver

00:18:06.559 --> 00:18:07.200
 chains.

00:18:08.200 --> 00:18:09.160
 He who is

00:18:09.160 --> 00:18:10.240
 too impoverished

00:18:10.240 --> 00:18:10.920
 for an offering

00:18:10.920 --> 00:18:11.900
 chooses wood

00:18:11.900 --> 00:18:13.140
 that it will

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 not rot.

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 He seeks

00:18:15.440 --> 00:18:15.799
 out a

00:18:15.799 --> 00:18:16.259
 skillful

00:18:16.259 --> 00:18:16.899
 craftsman

00:18:16.899 --> 00:18:17.259
 to set

00:18:17.259 --> 00:18:17.599
 up the

00:18:17.599 --> 00:18:17.919
 idol

00:18:17.919 --> 00:18:18.379
 that it

00:18:18.379 --> 00:18:18.740
 will not

00:18:18.740 --> 00:18:19.180
 move.

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 And so

00:18:20.359 --> 00:18:21.019
 God offers

00:18:21.019 --> 00:18:21.720
 a challenge

00:18:21.720 --> 00:18:22.039
 here.

00:18:22.139 --> 00:18:22.779
 Verse 18.

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 I dare

00:18:24.039 --> 00:18:24.740
 you to

00:18:24.740 --> 00:18:25.500
 find anything

00:18:25.500 --> 00:18:26.859
 else in

00:18:26.859 --> 00:18:27.799
 all creation

00:18:27.799 --> 00:18:28.500
 to compare

00:18:28.500 --> 00:18:29.000
 with me.

00:18:30.019 --> 00:18:30.859
 Simply put,

00:18:31.000 --> 00:18:31.680
 God alone

00:18:31.680 --> 00:18:32.359
 is God.

00:18:32.960 --> 00:18:33.200
 And so

00:18:33.200 --> 00:18:33.639
 this is

00:18:33.639 --> 00:18:34.419
 sarcasm

00:18:34.419 --> 00:18:35.180
 on God's

00:18:35.180 --> 00:18:35.419
 part.

00:18:35.559 --> 00:18:36.039
 Look at

00:18:36.039 --> 00:18:37.200
 these idols

00:18:37.200 --> 00:18:37.720
 made of

00:18:37.720 --> 00:18:38.119
 silver,

00:18:38.440 --> 00:18:38.799
 gold,

00:18:38.899 --> 00:18:39.460
 or wood.

00:18:40.419 --> 00:18:40.680
 Right?

00:18:40.799 --> 00:18:41.859
 And they have

00:18:41.859 --> 00:18:42.480
 to be propped

00:18:42.480 --> 00:18:42.940
 up because

00:18:42.940 --> 00:18:43.440
 they'll fall

00:18:43.440 --> 00:18:43.799
 over.

00:18:44.680 --> 00:18:45.180
 And like,

00:18:45.240 --> 00:18:45.620
 you're going

00:18:45.620 --> 00:18:45.920
 to give

00:18:45.920 --> 00:18:46.519
 your worship

00:18:46.519 --> 00:18:47.120
 to these

00:18:47.120 --> 00:18:47.580
 things?

00:18:48.799 --> 00:18:49.279
 Compared

00:18:49.279 --> 00:18:49.860
 to the

00:18:49.860 --> 00:18:50.480
 ancient of

00:18:50.480 --> 00:18:50.960
 days?

00:18:52.259 --> 00:18:52.880
 Before we

00:18:52.880 --> 00:18:53.620
 like laugh

00:18:53.620 --> 00:18:54.320
 at ancient

00:18:54.320 --> 00:18:54.759
 culture,

00:18:55.340 --> 00:18:56.200
 we do it

00:18:56.200 --> 00:18:56.799
 all the time.

00:18:57.660 --> 00:18:58.519
 What idols

00:18:58.519 --> 00:18:59.039
 do you have

00:18:59.039 --> 00:18:59.559
 in your life?

00:18:59.620 --> 00:18:59.940
 What do you

00:18:59.940 --> 00:19:00.539
 look to for

00:19:00.539 --> 00:19:01.039
 comfort,

00:19:01.299 --> 00:19:01.920
 for meaning,

00:19:02.640 --> 00:19:03.880
 for protection,

00:19:04.600 --> 00:19:05.559
 and assurance?

00:19:05.559 --> 00:19:07.259
 I went

00:19:07.259 --> 00:19:07.720
 to a Hindu

00:19:07.720 --> 00:19:08.539
 temple a long

00:19:08.539 --> 00:19:09.039
 time ago

00:19:09.039 --> 00:19:09.259
 and there

00:19:09.259 --> 00:19:09.500
 was all

00:19:09.500 --> 00:19:09.799
 these little

00:19:09.799 --> 00:19:10.779
 gods inside

00:19:10.779 --> 00:19:11.480
 the room.

00:19:12.919 --> 00:19:13.000
 And,

00:19:13.319 --> 00:19:14.639
 you know,

00:19:14.679 --> 00:19:15.159
 they're just

00:19:15.159 --> 00:19:15.659
 statues.

00:19:16.599 --> 00:19:17.019
 But people

00:19:17.019 --> 00:19:17.500
 were going

00:19:17.500 --> 00:19:17.899
 up to them

00:19:17.899 --> 00:19:18.139
 and putting

00:19:18.139 --> 00:19:18.599
 food in

00:19:18.599 --> 00:19:19.099
 their hands

00:19:19.099 --> 00:19:19.839
 to feed

00:19:19.839 --> 00:19:20.079
 them.

00:19:21.279 --> 00:19:23.000
 And you

00:19:23.000 --> 00:19:23.359
 would look

00:19:23.359 --> 00:19:23.779
 at that

00:19:23.779 --> 00:19:24.099
 and just

00:19:24.099 --> 00:19:24.419
 think,

00:19:24.720 --> 00:19:25.819
 that's nuts.

00:19:26.740 --> 00:19:27.339
 That thing

00:19:27.339 --> 00:19:27.779
 is not going

00:19:27.779 --> 00:19:28.200
 to eat that

00:19:28.200 --> 00:19:28.559
 stuff.

00:19:29.480 --> 00:19:30.200
 But we do

00:19:30.200 --> 00:19:31.000
 that every

00:19:31.000 --> 00:19:31.319
 week.

00:19:31.319 --> 00:19:31.839
 we feed

00:19:31.839 --> 00:19:32.200
 our little

00:19:32.200 --> 00:19:33.139
 idols to

00:19:33.139 --> 00:19:33.559
 give us

00:19:33.559 --> 00:19:34.460
 comfort,

00:19:34.859 --> 00:19:35.159
 meaning,

00:19:35.460 --> 00:19:35.960
 and assurance.

00:19:36.139 --> 00:19:36.559
 We go up

00:19:36.559 --> 00:19:36.859
 to them

00:19:36.859 --> 00:19:37.200
 and keep

00:19:37.200 --> 00:19:37.740
 them going.

00:19:38.439 --> 00:19:39.059
 And they

00:19:39.059 --> 00:19:39.720
 fall over.

00:19:39.859 --> 00:19:40.039
 They'll

00:19:40.039 --> 00:19:40.879
 fall over.

00:19:41.839 --> 00:19:42.159
 Right?

00:19:42.960 --> 00:19:43.599
 So God

00:19:43.599 --> 00:19:44.119
 is saying,

00:19:44.319 --> 00:19:44.759
 will you

00:19:44.759 --> 00:19:45.899
 dare compare

00:19:45.899 --> 00:19:47.399
 me to

00:19:47.399 --> 00:19:47.899
 such as

00:19:47.899 --> 00:19:48.220
 that?

00:19:48.659 --> 00:19:49.619
 I am the

00:19:49.619 --> 00:19:50.159
 immortal

00:19:50.159 --> 00:19:50.960
 God.

00:19:52.319 --> 00:19:52.619
 Number

00:19:52.619 --> 00:19:52.980
 four,

00:19:53.539 --> 00:19:53.980
 God is

00:19:53.980 --> 00:19:54.720
 the active

00:19:54.720 --> 00:19:55.240
 Lord.

00:19:56.159 --> 00:19:56.460
 Verse

00:19:56.460 --> 00:19:56.839
 21,

00:19:58.379 --> 00:19:59.039
 He says,

00:19:59.679 --> 00:19:59.939
 do you

00:19:59.939 --> 00:20:00.579
 not know

00:20:00.579 --> 00:20:01.759
 do you

00:20:01.759 --> 00:20:02.379
 not hear?

00:20:03.199 --> 00:20:03.559
 Has it

00:20:03.559 --> 00:20:03.939
 not been

00:20:03.939 --> 00:20:04.579
 told you

00:20:04.579 --> 00:20:05.000
 from the

00:20:05.000 --> 00:20:05.439
 beginning?

00:20:06.399 --> 00:20:06.759
 Have you

00:20:06.759 --> 00:20:07.439
 not understood

00:20:07.439 --> 00:20:08.039
 from the

00:20:08.039 --> 00:20:08.599
 foundations

00:20:08.599 --> 00:20:09.199
 of the

00:20:09.199 --> 00:20:09.599
 earth?

00:20:10.279 --> 00:20:10.759
 It is

00:20:10.759 --> 00:20:11.299
 He who

00:20:11.299 --> 00:20:11.980
 sits above

00:20:11.980 --> 00:20:12.579
 the circle

00:20:12.579 --> 00:20:13.119
 of the

00:20:13.119 --> 00:20:13.480
 earth,

00:20:13.659 --> 00:20:14.379
 and its

00:20:14.379 --> 00:20:14.960
 inhabitants

00:20:14.960 --> 00:20:15.599
 are like

00:20:15.599 --> 00:20:16.539
 grasshoppers,

00:20:16.859 --> 00:20:17.699
 who stretches

00:20:17.699 --> 00:20:18.220
 out the

00:20:18.220 --> 00:20:18.819
 heavens like

00:20:18.819 --> 00:20:19.339
 a curtain,

00:20:20.059 --> 00:20:20.639
 and spreads

00:20:20.639 --> 00:20:21.199
 them like a

00:20:21.199 --> 00:20:21.859
 tent to

00:20:21.859 --> 00:20:22.500
 dwell in,

00:20:23.059 --> 00:20:23.740
 who brings

00:20:23.740 --> 00:20:24.839
 princes to

00:20:24.839 --> 00:20:25.259
 nothing,

00:20:25.799 --> 00:20:26.299
 and makes

00:20:26.299 --> 00:20:26.839
 the rulers

00:20:26.839 --> 00:20:27.319
 of the

00:20:27.319 --> 00:20:27.919
 earth as

00:20:27.919 --> 00:20:28.359
 emptiness.

00:20:29.460 --> 00:20:29.919
 Scarcely

00:20:29.919 --> 00:20:30.379
 are they

00:20:30.380 --> 00:20:30.820
 planted,

00:20:31.060 --> 00:20:31.520
 scarcely

00:20:31.520 --> 00:20:32.040
 are they

00:20:32.040 --> 00:20:32.400
 sown.

00:20:33.240 --> 00:20:33.720
 Scarcely

00:20:33.720 --> 00:20:34.200
 has their

00:20:34.200 --> 00:20:34.840
 stem taken

00:20:34.840 --> 00:20:35.460
 root in

00:20:35.460 --> 00:20:35.940
 the earth.

00:20:36.600 --> 00:20:37.100
 When He

00:20:37.100 --> 00:20:37.700
 blows on

00:20:37.700 --> 00:20:38.000
 them,

00:20:38.400 --> 00:20:38.960
 they

00:20:38.960 --> 00:20:39.420
 wither,

00:20:39.780 --> 00:20:40.160
 and the

00:20:40.160 --> 00:20:40.560
 tempest

00:20:40.560 --> 00:20:40.900
 carries

00:20:40.900 --> 00:20:41.480
 them off

00:20:41.480 --> 00:20:41.840
 like

00:20:41.840 --> 00:20:42.260
 stubble.

00:20:43.300 --> 00:20:43.700
 So,

00:20:44.520 --> 00:20:45.100
 here,

00:20:46.100 --> 00:20:47.020
 He says,

00:20:47.180 --> 00:20:47.760
 if a person

00:20:47.760 --> 00:20:48.280
 has not

00:20:48.280 --> 00:20:48.660
 heard,

00:20:48.800 --> 00:20:49.240
 they should

00:20:49.240 --> 00:20:49.680
 have heard.

00:20:50.540 --> 00:20:50.860
 Isn't that

00:20:50.860 --> 00:20:51.260
 interesting?

00:20:52.160 --> 00:20:52.360
 Like,

00:20:52.400 --> 00:20:53.040
 because of

00:20:53.040 --> 00:20:53.860
 His resounding

00:20:53.860 --> 00:20:54.880
 glory throughout

00:20:54.880 --> 00:20:55.260
 the earth,

00:20:55.320 --> 00:20:55.500
 He says,

00:20:55.560 --> 00:20:55.780
 if you

00:20:55.780 --> 00:20:56.300
 haven't heard,

00:20:56.380 --> 00:20:56.700
 you should

00:20:56.700 --> 00:20:57.060
 have heard.

00:20:57.059 --> 00:20:59.059
 He sits

00:20:59.059 --> 00:21:00.119
 transcendent,

00:21:00.299 --> 00:21:01.339
 enthroned above

00:21:01.339 --> 00:21:02.440
 the circle of

00:21:02.440 --> 00:21:02.960
 the earth.

00:21:03.659 --> 00:21:04.179
 There's one of

00:21:04.179 --> 00:21:04.899
 those scientific

00:21:04.899 --> 00:21:05.379
 things.

00:21:05.460 --> 00:21:05.659
 A lot of

00:21:05.659 --> 00:21:06.099
 people think

00:21:06.099 --> 00:21:06.579
 the earth was

00:21:06.579 --> 00:21:07.159
 flat for

00:21:07.159 --> 00:21:07.679
 centuries,

00:21:08.259 --> 00:21:08.519
 but it

00:21:08.519 --> 00:21:09.079
 actually says

00:21:09.079 --> 00:21:09.319
 here,

00:21:09.460 --> 00:21:09.779
 God's

00:21:09.779 --> 00:21:10.299
 knowledge of

00:21:10.299 --> 00:21:10.639
 what He

00:21:10.639 --> 00:21:11.039
 made,

00:21:11.119 --> 00:21:11.639
 the earth,

00:21:12.220 --> 00:21:12.659
 is a

00:21:12.659 --> 00:21:13.079
 sphere,

00:21:13.279 --> 00:21:13.839
 a circle,

00:21:14.539 --> 00:21:14.839
 right?

00:21:15.859 --> 00:21:16.379
 Actually,

00:21:16.460 --> 00:21:16.879
 it says that

00:21:16.879 --> 00:21:17.799
 in Job 22,

00:21:17.919 --> 00:21:18.599
 verse 14,

00:21:18.679 --> 00:21:19.059
 as well.

00:21:19.480 --> 00:21:19.740
 And He

00:21:19.740 --> 00:21:20.159
 looks at all

00:21:20.159 --> 00:21:20.559
 the people

00:21:20.559 --> 00:21:21.119
 on it as

00:21:21.119 --> 00:21:21.559
 small,

00:21:21.700 --> 00:21:22.200
 insignificant,

00:21:23.200 --> 00:21:24.139
 like grasshoppers,

00:21:24.200 --> 00:21:24.819
 using the

00:21:24.819 --> 00:21:25.740
 language of the

00:21:25.740 --> 00:21:26.000
 day,

00:21:26.079 --> 00:21:26.700
 like nothing.

00:21:27.680 --> 00:21:28.480
 Such greatness

00:21:28.480 --> 00:21:29.539
 is incomparable.

00:21:29.759 --> 00:21:30.660
 And He pitches

00:21:30.660 --> 00:21:31.480
 out the heavens,

00:21:31.599 --> 00:21:32.099
 the universe,

00:21:32.400 --> 00:21:33.599
 like a tent,

00:21:33.700 --> 00:21:34.180
 and stretches

00:21:34.180 --> 00:21:35.380
 them out for

00:21:35.380 --> 00:21:36.359
 a place to

00:21:36.359 --> 00:21:37.140
 dwell in.

00:21:37.779 --> 00:21:38.440
 And it also

00:21:38.440 --> 00:21:39.039
 says in

00:21:39.039 --> 00:21:39.759
 Revelation that

00:21:39.759 --> 00:21:40.519
 He'll roll up

00:21:40.519 --> 00:21:41.440
 that same tent,

00:21:42.259 --> 00:21:43.160
 like start over,

00:21:43.640 --> 00:21:44.059
 cleanse,

00:21:44.380 --> 00:21:44.700
 new,

00:21:45.640 --> 00:21:46.000
 right?

00:21:46.579 --> 00:21:47.220
 This one

00:21:47.220 --> 00:21:48.120
 particularly is a

00:21:48.120 --> 00:21:48.859
 great comfort to

00:21:48.859 --> 00:21:49.640
 anybody who's

00:21:49.640 --> 00:21:50.200
 aware of what's

00:21:50.200 --> 00:21:50.859
 going on in our

00:21:50.859 --> 00:21:51.620
 country or the

00:21:51.620 --> 00:21:52.019
 world,

00:21:52.920 --> 00:21:54.400
 but He rules

00:21:54.400 --> 00:21:55.420
 effortlessly,

00:21:55.740 --> 00:21:56.740
 over all

00:21:56.740 --> 00:21:57.680
 world leaders,

00:21:58.700 --> 00:21:59.660
 good or bad,

00:22:00.640 --> 00:22:01.240
 Christian or

00:22:01.240 --> 00:22:01.859
 non-Christian,

00:22:02.900 --> 00:22:03.620
 fools and

00:22:03.620 --> 00:22:04.000
 wise,

00:22:04.120 --> 00:22:04.720
 powerful and

00:22:04.720 --> 00:22:04.980
 weak,

00:22:05.039 --> 00:22:05.900
 He rules over

00:22:05.900 --> 00:22:06.519
 them all.

00:22:07.319 --> 00:22:07.859
 There's much

00:22:07.859 --> 00:22:08.440
 trouble in our

00:22:08.440 --> 00:22:09.339
 world today of

00:22:09.339 --> 00:22:10.380
 nations plotting

00:22:10.380 --> 00:22:11.480
 war and rumors

00:22:11.480 --> 00:22:12.220
 of war,

00:22:13.000 --> 00:22:13.880
 world leaders

00:22:13.880 --> 00:22:14.480
 seeking their

00:22:14.480 --> 00:22:15.420
 own advancement,

00:22:16.620 --> 00:22:17.180
 power,

00:22:17.339 --> 00:22:17.779
 control,

00:22:17.980 --> 00:22:18.259
 riches,

00:22:18.380 --> 00:22:18.839
 even at the

00:22:18.839 --> 00:22:19.620
 expense of their

00:22:19.620 --> 00:22:20.240
 own people,

00:22:21.400 --> 00:22:22.220
 east being set

00:22:22.220 --> 00:22:23.019
 against west

00:22:23.019 --> 00:22:23.680
 once again.

00:22:23.779 --> 00:22:24.319
 It can cause a

00:22:24.319 --> 00:22:24.940
 great deal of

00:22:24.940 --> 00:22:25.720
 anxiety if you

00:22:25.720 --> 00:22:26.220
 watch the news

00:22:26.220 --> 00:22:26.779
 too much,

00:22:27.940 --> 00:22:28.400
 but just be

00:22:28.400 --> 00:22:28.779
 aware.

00:22:29.559 --> 00:22:30.200
 But it says

00:22:30.200 --> 00:22:31.420
 here that

00:22:31.420 --> 00:22:32.519
 Yahweh brings

00:22:32.519 --> 00:22:33.340
 the princes,

00:22:34.120 --> 00:22:34.779
 which actually

00:22:34.779 --> 00:22:35.380
 means just

00:22:35.380 --> 00:22:36.140
 people of

00:22:36.140 --> 00:22:36.720
 importance,

00:22:37.180 --> 00:22:37.980
 people of

00:22:37.980 --> 00:22:38.460
 importance,

00:22:38.580 --> 00:22:39.259
 to nothing,

00:22:39.860 --> 00:22:40.519
 and makes the

00:22:40.519 --> 00:22:41.220
 rulers of the

00:22:41.220 --> 00:22:41.759
 earth as

00:22:41.759 --> 00:22:42.460
 emptiness.

00:22:43.460 --> 00:22:44.039
 That word

00:22:44.039 --> 00:22:44.960
 means meaningless.

00:22:45.220 --> 00:22:45.700
 It actually

00:22:45.700 --> 00:22:46.960
 implies He

00:22:46.960 --> 00:22:47.539
 makes them of

00:22:47.539 --> 00:22:48.340
 no further

00:22:48.340 --> 00:22:49.080
 significance.

00:22:49.960 --> 00:22:50.900
 The glory that

00:22:50.900 --> 00:22:51.460
 they thought they

00:22:51.460 --> 00:22:52.180
 had is gone,

00:22:52.180 --> 00:22:52.660
 and they're

00:22:52.660 --> 00:22:53.060
 forgotten.

00:22:54.019 --> 00:22:54.779
 All He has

00:22:54.779 --> 00:22:55.560
 to do is

00:22:55.560 --> 00:22:56.360
 just blow on

00:22:56.360 --> 00:22:56.620
 them.

00:22:57.259 --> 00:22:57.560
 He gets

00:22:57.560 --> 00:22:58.180
 back to that

00:22:58.180 --> 00:22:59.100
 imagery of

00:22:59.100 --> 00:22:59.740
 they are like

00:22:59.740 --> 00:23:00.279
 grass.

00:23:00.860 --> 00:23:01.640
 They're planted,

00:23:01.799 --> 00:23:02.299
 they're sown,

00:23:02.420 --> 00:23:02.860
 they grow,

00:23:03.620 --> 00:23:04.539
 the Lord blows,

00:23:04.640 --> 00:23:04.940
 and they're

00:23:04.940 --> 00:23:05.299
 gone.

00:23:05.920 --> 00:23:06.640
 That's like how

00:23:06.640 --> 00:23:07.960
 it is.

00:23:09.180 --> 00:23:09.860
 Some of you

00:23:09.860 --> 00:23:10.299
 have lived

00:23:10.299 --> 00:23:11.840
 longer than

00:23:11.840 --> 00:23:12.380
 the rest of

00:23:12.380 --> 00:23:13.840
 us, or

00:23:13.840 --> 00:23:14.160
 people who

00:23:14.160 --> 00:23:14.539
 just know

00:23:14.539 --> 00:23:14.960
 history,

00:23:15.080 --> 00:23:15.380
 some of the

00:23:15.380 --> 00:23:16.100
 greatest leaders

00:23:16.100 --> 00:23:16.620
 in the world,

00:23:16.779 --> 00:23:17.019
 you know where

00:23:17.019 --> 00:23:17.480
 they all are

00:23:17.480 --> 00:23:17.720
 now?

00:23:17.820 --> 00:23:18.259
 Gone.

00:23:18.259 --> 00:23:20.160
 And in a

00:23:20.160 --> 00:23:20.579
 time they

00:23:20.579 --> 00:23:20.980
 will be

00:23:20.980 --> 00:23:21.559
 forgotten,

00:23:21.799 --> 00:23:22.299
 and such as

00:23:22.299 --> 00:23:22.720
 it is with

00:23:22.720 --> 00:23:23.379
 anyone else

00:23:23.379 --> 00:23:24.559
 today, all

00:23:24.559 --> 00:23:25.559
 God has to

00:23:25.559 --> 00:23:26.119
 do is just

00:23:26.119 --> 00:23:26.960
 blow on

00:23:26.960 --> 00:23:27.279
 them.

00:23:28.059 --> 00:23:28.579
 Minimal

00:23:28.579 --> 00:23:29.039
 effort.

00:23:29.879 --> 00:23:31.160
 Daniel said

00:23:31.160 --> 00:23:32.180
 of God,

00:23:32.279 --> 00:23:33.059
 it is He who

00:23:33.059 --> 00:23:34.119
 changes times

00:23:34.119 --> 00:23:34.839
 and seasons.

00:23:35.519 --> 00:23:36.339
 He disposes

00:23:36.339 --> 00:23:37.660
 kings and

00:23:37.660 --> 00:23:38.379
 raises up

00:23:38.379 --> 00:23:39.059
 others.

00:23:39.819 --> 00:23:40.420
 So God

00:23:40.420 --> 00:23:41.180
 controls, you

00:23:41.180 --> 00:23:41.799
 see in our

00:23:41.799 --> 00:23:42.359
 text, He

00:23:42.359 --> 00:23:43.180
 controls the

00:23:43.180 --> 00:23:44.599
 tempest and

00:23:44.599 --> 00:23:45.180
 carries them

00:23:45.180 --> 00:23:45.599
 off.

00:23:46.420 --> 00:23:46.619
 Right?

00:23:47.099 --> 00:23:47.839
 So trust

00:23:47.839 --> 00:23:48.559
 Him completely.

00:23:48.659 --> 00:23:49.119
 This is not

00:23:49.119 --> 00:23:49.939
 meant to

00:23:49.939 --> 00:23:51.240
 scare, it's

00:23:51.240 --> 00:23:51.439
 meant to

00:23:51.439 --> 00:23:51.819
 say, that's

00:23:51.819 --> 00:23:52.579
 our God, our

00:23:52.579 --> 00:23:53.000
 God does

00:23:53.000 --> 00:23:53.339
 that.

00:23:54.199 --> 00:23:54.659
 So take

00:23:54.659 --> 00:23:55.500
 hope, right?

00:23:55.939 --> 00:23:56.639
 Trust Him

00:23:56.639 --> 00:23:57.339
 completely.

00:23:58.919 --> 00:23:59.220
 And then

00:23:59.220 --> 00:24:00.240
 five, number

00:24:00.240 --> 00:24:00.799
 five under

00:24:00.799 --> 00:24:01.379
 this first

00:24:01.379 --> 00:24:03.139
 part, God

00:24:03.139 --> 00:24:03.579
 is the

00:24:03.579 --> 00:24:04.159
 watchful

00:24:04.159 --> 00:24:04.819
 creator.

00:24:05.899 --> 00:24:06.659
 Verse 25,

00:24:07.359 --> 00:24:07.799
 He issues

00:24:07.799 --> 00:24:08.399
 that challenge

00:24:08.399 --> 00:24:08.959
 again, to

00:24:08.959 --> 00:24:09.399
 whom will

00:24:09.399 --> 00:24:09.980
 you compare

00:24:09.980 --> 00:24:11.299
 me that I

00:24:11.299 --> 00:24:11.659
 should be

00:24:11.659 --> 00:24:12.299
 like Him,

00:24:12.980 --> 00:24:13.500
 says the

00:24:13.500 --> 00:24:14.139
 Holy One.

00:24:14.879 --> 00:24:15.399
 Lift up

00:24:15.399 --> 00:24:15.919
 your eyes

00:24:15.919 --> 00:24:16.740
 on high and

00:24:16.740 --> 00:24:17.259
 see who

00:24:17.259 --> 00:24:17.799
 created

00:24:17.799 --> 00:24:19.019
 these, who

00:24:19.019 --> 00:24:19.519
 brings out

00:24:19.519 --> 00:24:20.099
 their hosts

00:24:20.099 --> 00:24:20.720
 by number,

00:24:20.859 --> 00:24:21.399
 calling them

00:24:21.399 --> 00:24:22.000
 all by

00:24:22.000 --> 00:24:23.419
 name, by

00:24:23.419 --> 00:24:24.039
 the greatness

00:24:24.039 --> 00:24:24.659
 of His

00:24:24.659 --> 00:24:26.019
 might, and

00:24:26.019 --> 00:24:26.500
 because He

00:24:26.500 --> 00:24:27.220
 is strong

00:24:27.220 --> 00:24:28.220
 in power, not

00:24:28.220 --> 00:24:29.000
 one of them

00:24:29.000 --> 00:24:29.659
 is missing.

00:24:30.599 --> 00:24:31.099
 So He

00:24:31.099 --> 00:24:31.559
 offers that

00:24:31.559 --> 00:24:32.299
 challenge again.

00:24:32.399 --> 00:24:32.720
 So you see

00:24:32.720 --> 00:24:33.279
 the title,

00:24:33.399 --> 00:24:33.899
 the Holy

00:24:33.899 --> 00:24:34.339
 One.

00:24:35.200 --> 00:24:35.599
 Isaiah

00:24:35.599 --> 00:24:36.339
 uses that

00:24:36.339 --> 00:24:37.279
 title a lot

00:24:37.279 --> 00:24:37.740
 for God.

00:24:37.799 --> 00:24:38.039
 And if you

00:24:38.039 --> 00:24:38.460
 read chapter

00:24:38.460 --> 00:24:39.139
 7, you'll

00:24:39.139 --> 00:24:39.740
 know why he

00:24:39.740 --> 00:24:40.279
 uses that

00:24:40.279 --> 00:24:41.339
 title for

00:24:41.339 --> 00:24:41.619
 God.

00:24:42.299 --> 00:24:42.740
 When he

00:24:42.740 --> 00:24:43.279
 was called

00:24:43.279 --> 00:24:44.059
 by God,

00:24:44.099 --> 00:24:44.240
 and he

00:24:44.240 --> 00:24:44.559
 heard the

00:24:44.559 --> 00:24:45.019
 seraphine

00:24:45.019 --> 00:24:45.379
 crying,

00:24:45.380 --> 00:24:46.160
 holy, holy,

00:24:46.300 --> 00:24:47.600
 holy is the

00:24:47.600 --> 00:24:48.140
 Lord of

00:24:48.140 --> 00:24:48.580
 hosts.

00:24:49.720 --> 00:24:50.600
 So, holy

00:24:50.600 --> 00:24:52.800
 is a very

00:24:52.800 --> 00:24:53.620
 profound word,

00:24:53.800 --> 00:24:54.240
 but just for

00:24:54.240 --> 00:24:55.580
 our sake, it

00:24:55.580 --> 00:24:56.380
 means that God

00:24:56.380 --> 00:24:56.780
 is in a

00:24:56.780 --> 00:24:57.780
 category of

00:24:57.780 --> 00:24:58.620
 His own.

00:24:59.540 --> 00:25:00.040
 He is

00:25:00.040 --> 00:25:00.760
 unique, He

00:25:00.760 --> 00:25:01.480
 is separated

00:25:01.480 --> 00:25:02.060
 from all

00:25:02.060 --> 00:25:02.700
 His created

00:25:02.700 --> 00:25:03.180
 things,

00:25:03.280 --> 00:25:03.960
 undefiled,

00:25:04.160 --> 00:25:04.460
 perfect,

00:25:04.680 --> 00:25:05.080
 and pure.

00:25:05.860 --> 00:25:07.120
 So, He

00:25:07.120 --> 00:25:07.820
 calls us to

00:25:07.820 --> 00:25:08.520
 go out on a

00:25:08.520 --> 00:25:09.120
 clear night,

00:25:09.180 --> 00:25:09.600
 which you can

00:25:09.600 --> 00:25:10.160
 do up here

00:25:10.160 --> 00:25:10.700
 in the mountains,

00:25:10.700 --> 00:25:12.420
 and look at

00:25:12.420 --> 00:25:13.200
 the stars,

00:25:13.380 --> 00:25:14.120
 look overhead,

00:25:15.080 --> 00:25:15.799
 look and

00:25:15.799 --> 00:25:16.580
 behold what

00:25:16.580 --> 00:25:17.640
 I have made,

00:25:17.740 --> 00:25:18.380
 is what God

00:25:18.380 --> 00:25:18.960
 is saying.

00:25:19.700 --> 00:25:20.380
 Many of the

00:25:20.380 --> 00:25:21.720
 pagan religions

00:25:21.720 --> 00:25:22.519
 of the ancient

00:25:22.519 --> 00:25:22.940
 Near East

00:25:22.940 --> 00:25:23.400
 people,

00:25:24.120 --> 00:25:24.740
 they had

00:25:24.740 --> 00:25:26.779
 astrological

00:25:26.779 --> 00:25:27.819
 phenomena that

00:25:27.819 --> 00:25:28.200
 they looked

00:25:28.200 --> 00:25:29.500
 to, and

00:25:29.500 --> 00:25:30.640
 they foolishly

00:25:30.640 --> 00:25:31.580
 worshipped the

00:25:31.580 --> 00:25:32.440
 creation rather

00:25:32.440 --> 00:25:33.259
 than the

00:25:33.259 --> 00:25:33.660
 Creator,

00:25:34.279 --> 00:25:34.740
 because God

00:25:34.740 --> 00:25:35.160
 is the one

00:25:35.160 --> 00:25:35.720
 who controls

00:25:35.720 --> 00:25:36.380
 the stars.

00:25:37.039 --> 00:25:37.600
 The starry

00:25:37.600 --> 00:25:38.340
 constellations,

00:25:38.460 --> 00:25:39.100
 they believed,

00:25:39.160 --> 00:25:40.120
 were controlled

00:25:40.119 --> 00:25:41.459
 by God.

00:25:42.239 --> 00:25:43.159
 Thus, only

00:25:43.159 --> 00:25:44.579
 God is

00:25:44.579 --> 00:25:45.339
 worthy of

00:25:45.339 --> 00:25:45.679
 worship.

00:25:45.919 --> 00:25:46.519
 He controls

00:25:46.519 --> 00:25:47.179
 the things

00:25:47.179 --> 00:25:47.579
 that the

00:25:47.579 --> 00:25:48.619
 pagans are

00:25:48.619 --> 00:25:49.099
 worshipping,

00:25:49.959 --> 00:25:50.779
 which sounds

00:25:50.779 --> 00:25:51.579
 foolish, and

00:25:51.579 --> 00:25:52.000
 it is.

00:25:52.579 --> 00:25:53.099
 Read Romans

00:25:53.099 --> 00:25:53.719
 1 and 2.

00:25:54.579 --> 00:25:54.959
 He says,

00:25:55.139 --> 00:25:55.739
 not one of

00:25:55.739 --> 00:25:56.279
 them is

00:25:56.279 --> 00:25:56.899
 missing, so

00:25:56.899 --> 00:25:57.799
 God creates

00:25:57.799 --> 00:25:59.539
 and sustains

00:25:59.539 --> 00:26:00.479
 the stars.

00:26:01.219 --> 00:26:02.299
 All inspiring.

00:26:02.459 --> 00:26:03.059
 I'll spare you

00:26:03.059 --> 00:26:04.139
 all the science

00:26:04.139 --> 00:26:04.779
 behind that.

00:26:04.859 --> 00:26:05.519
 Just go check

00:26:05.519 --> 00:26:05.879
 it out.

00:26:06.579 --> 00:26:07.299
 All kind of

00:26:07.299 --> 00:26:07.479
 stuff.

00:26:07.539 --> 00:26:08.159
 The galaxies,

00:26:08.439 --> 00:26:08.959
 the stars,

00:26:09.139 --> 00:26:09.500
 the Milky

00:26:09.500 --> 00:26:09.839
 Wave,

00:26:09.839 --> 00:26:10.199
 etc.

00:26:11.019 --> 00:26:11.919
 But whoever

00:26:11.919 --> 00:26:14.119
 he goes on,

00:26:14.159 --> 00:26:14.659
 he says he

00:26:14.659 --> 00:26:15.159
 doesn't just

00:26:15.159 --> 00:26:15.799
 create them,

00:26:15.839 --> 00:26:16.419
 but he names

00:26:16.419 --> 00:26:16.619
 them.

00:26:17.240 --> 00:26:17.539
 They got

00:26:17.539 --> 00:26:18.119
 names.

00:26:19.179 --> 00:26:19.419
 And that

00:26:19.419 --> 00:26:20.139
 ensures that

00:26:20.139 --> 00:26:20.899
 not one of

00:26:20.899 --> 00:26:21.399
 them is

00:26:21.399 --> 00:26:21.879
 missing.

00:26:22.679 --> 00:26:23.720
 Psalm 147,

00:26:23.779 --> 00:26:24.240
 verse 4,

00:26:24.339 --> 00:26:24.500
 it says,

00:26:24.619 --> 00:26:25.599
 God determines

00:26:25.599 --> 00:26:26.179
 the number

00:26:26.179 --> 00:26:26.959
 of stars,

00:26:27.720 --> 00:26:28.459
 and to all

00:26:28.459 --> 00:26:28.939
 of them he

00:26:28.939 --> 00:26:29.359
 gives them

00:26:29.359 --> 00:26:29.879
 names.

00:26:30.220 --> 00:26:31.240
 Psalm 147,

00:26:31.339 --> 00:26:31.799
 verse 4.

00:26:32.480 --> 00:26:32.759
 So,

00:26:33.619 --> 00:26:33.980
 the whole

00:26:33.980 --> 00:26:34.519
 point is to

00:26:34.519 --> 00:26:35.079
 teach us some

00:26:35.079 --> 00:26:36.159
 astronomy lesson,

00:26:36.279 --> 00:26:36.759
 the answer is

00:26:36.759 --> 00:26:37.159
 no.

00:26:37.160 --> 00:26:38.160
 So,

00:26:38.160 --> 00:26:38.480
 what's the

00:26:38.480 --> 00:26:38.759
 catch?

00:26:38.820 --> 00:26:39.140
 God is

00:26:39.140 --> 00:26:39.660
 trying to

00:26:39.660 --> 00:26:40.480
 teach Israel

00:26:40.480 --> 00:26:40.880
 and trying

00:26:40.880 --> 00:26:41.259
 to teach

00:26:41.259 --> 00:26:42.759
 us something

00:26:42.759 --> 00:26:43.580
 about himself

00:26:43.580 --> 00:26:44.100
 that we don't

00:26:44.100 --> 00:26:44.420
 need to

00:26:44.420 --> 00:26:44.800
 miss.

00:26:45.519 --> 00:26:46.440
 If God

00:26:46.440 --> 00:26:47.320
 can create

00:26:47.320 --> 00:26:47.880
 the stars

00:26:47.880 --> 00:26:48.480
 and name

00:26:48.480 --> 00:26:49.340
 all of them

00:26:49.340 --> 00:26:50.320
 and not

00:26:50.320 --> 00:26:51.240
 lose any

00:26:51.240 --> 00:26:51.740
 of them,

00:26:52.380 --> 00:26:52.980
 surely he

00:26:52.980 --> 00:26:53.500
 will not

00:26:53.500 --> 00:26:54.300
 forget his

00:26:54.300 --> 00:26:56.420
 people who

00:26:56.420 --> 00:26:57.040
 are so much

00:26:57.040 --> 00:26:57.320
 greater,

00:26:57.420 --> 00:26:57.860
 those that he

00:26:57.860 --> 00:26:58.980
 died to

00:26:58.980 --> 00:26:59.300
 save.

00:26:59.360 --> 00:26:59.600
 He will

00:26:59.600 --> 00:27:00.180
 not forget

00:27:00.180 --> 00:27:01.080
 his promise

00:27:01.080 --> 00:27:02.080
 to them.

00:27:02.079 --> 00:27:03.460
 So,

00:27:03.599 --> 00:27:03.899
 if he

00:27:03.899 --> 00:27:04.579
 manages the

00:27:04.579 --> 00:27:05.019
 universe,

00:27:05.139 --> 00:27:05.379
 do you

00:27:05.379 --> 00:27:05.939
 think he

00:27:05.939 --> 00:27:06.399
 will lose

00:27:06.399 --> 00:27:07.099
 track of

00:27:07.099 --> 00:27:07.379
 you?

00:27:08.059 --> 00:27:08.539
 And the

00:27:08.539 --> 00:27:08.939
 answer is

00:27:08.939 --> 00:27:09.199
 no.

00:27:10.179 --> 00:27:10.759
 He keeps

00:27:10.759 --> 00:27:11.259
 his promise.

00:27:12.439 --> 00:27:12.599
 Alright,

00:27:12.939 --> 00:27:13.500
 part three,

00:27:13.679 --> 00:27:14.399
 really quickly.

00:27:16.199 --> 00:27:17.059
 Part three,

00:27:18.399 --> 00:27:18.939
 the greatness

00:27:18.939 --> 00:27:19.879
 of God is

00:27:19.879 --> 00:27:20.579
 the renewal

00:27:20.579 --> 00:27:21.159
 of his

00:27:21.159 --> 00:27:21.500
 people.

00:27:21.679 --> 00:27:22.099
 The greatness

00:27:22.099 --> 00:27:22.759
 of God is

00:27:22.759 --> 00:27:23.359
 the renewal

00:27:23.359 --> 00:27:24.039
 of his

00:27:24.039 --> 00:27:24.359
 people.

00:27:24.960 --> 00:27:25.299
 And this

00:27:25.299 --> 00:27:25.720
 starts in

00:27:25.720 --> 00:27:26.439
 verse 27,

00:27:26.599 --> 00:27:27.119
 so break

00:27:27.119 --> 00:27:27.579
 this up into

00:27:27.579 --> 00:27:28.220
 three little

00:27:28.220 --> 00:27:28.899
 separate parts.

00:27:30.279 --> 00:27:31.220
 Number one,

00:27:32.079 --> 00:27:33.079
 our immense

00:27:33.079 --> 00:27:33.720
 despair.

00:27:34.939 --> 00:27:35.699
 Verse 27,

00:27:36.379 --> 00:27:37.139
 Why do you

00:27:37.139 --> 00:27:37.939
 say, O Jacob,

00:27:38.099 --> 00:27:38.599
 and speak,

00:27:38.699 --> 00:27:39.199
 O Israel,

00:27:39.500 --> 00:27:40.359
 my way is

00:27:40.359 --> 00:27:40.839
 hidden from

00:27:40.839 --> 00:27:41.299
 the Lord,

00:27:41.359 --> 00:27:42.000
 and my right

00:27:42.000 --> 00:27:42.439
 hand is

00:27:42.439 --> 00:27:43.199
 disregarded

00:27:43.199 --> 00:27:44.399
 by my

00:27:44.399 --> 00:27:44.819
 God?

00:27:45.339 --> 00:27:46.000
 So he

00:27:46.000 --> 00:27:46.599
 knows that

00:27:46.599 --> 00:27:47.139
 the Jews

00:27:47.139 --> 00:27:47.619
 in the

00:27:47.619 --> 00:27:48.000
 future,

00:27:48.199 --> 00:27:48.799
 in exile,

00:27:49.000 --> 00:27:49.500
 in Babylon,

00:27:50.220 --> 00:27:50.699
 are going

00:27:50.699 --> 00:27:51.139
 to feel

00:27:51.139 --> 00:27:51.539
 like,

00:27:52.279 --> 00:27:53.019
 has God

00:27:53.019 --> 00:27:53.519
 forgotten

00:27:53.519 --> 00:27:54.000
 us?

00:27:54.799 --> 00:27:55.539
 Has he

00:27:55.539 --> 00:27:56.099
 grown

00:27:56.099 --> 00:27:56.819
 ignorant of

00:27:56.819 --> 00:27:57.439
 our hard

00:27:57.439 --> 00:27:57.919
 conditions?

00:27:58.139 --> 00:27:58.359
 Is he

00:27:58.359 --> 00:28:00.099
 so busy

00:28:00.099 --> 00:28:00.439
 that he

00:28:00.439 --> 00:28:00.919
 can't take

00:28:00.919 --> 00:28:01.480
 note of

00:28:01.480 --> 00:28:01.859
 us?

00:28:02.679 --> 00:28:03.119
 It's that

00:28:03.119 --> 00:28:03.879
 complaint.

00:28:05.039 --> 00:28:05.220
 But,

00:28:05.419 --> 00:28:07.279
 remember

00:28:07.279 --> 00:28:07.720
 though,

00:28:08.500 --> 00:28:08.939
 God is

00:28:08.939 --> 00:28:09.720
 always true

00:28:09.720 --> 00:28:10.099
 to his

00:28:10.099 --> 00:28:10.500
 covenant

00:28:10.500 --> 00:28:11.099
 people.

00:28:12.079 --> 00:28:12.980
 Despite our

00:28:12.980 --> 00:28:13.599
 unbelief,

00:28:13.720 --> 00:28:14.279
 despite our

00:28:14.279 --> 00:28:14.980
 lack of

00:28:14.980 --> 00:28:15.559
 faith at

00:28:15.559 --> 00:28:15.939
 times,

00:28:16.039 --> 00:28:16.639
 he stays

00:28:16.639 --> 00:28:17.419
 true to

00:28:17.419 --> 00:28:17.839
 us.

00:28:18.379 --> 00:28:18.819
 So when

00:28:18.819 --> 00:28:19.199
 we're at

00:28:19.199 --> 00:28:19.799
 our weakness

00:28:19.799 --> 00:28:20.259
 and our

00:28:20.259 --> 00:28:21.019
 darkness,

00:28:21.279 --> 00:28:22.240
 God intervenes

00:28:22.240 --> 00:28:22.759
 to bring

00:28:22.759 --> 00:28:23.619
 us comfort

00:28:23.619 --> 00:28:24.699
 and to

00:28:24.699 --> 00:28:25.059
 strengthen

00:28:25.059 --> 00:28:25.559
 us to

00:28:25.559 --> 00:28:26.079
 that end.

00:28:26.819 --> 00:28:27.379
 So,

00:28:28.299 --> 00:28:29.299
 what weighs

00:28:29.299 --> 00:28:30.039
 heavily on

00:28:30.039 --> 00:28:30.559
 your mind

00:28:30.559 --> 00:28:30.839
 that you

00:28:30.839 --> 00:28:31.539
 need comfort

00:28:31.539 --> 00:28:32.359
 and encouragement

00:28:32.359 --> 00:28:32.759
 for?

00:28:33.759 --> 00:28:34.500
 Are you

00:28:34.500 --> 00:28:34.899
 wondering

00:28:34.899 --> 00:28:35.639
 if your

00:28:35.639 --> 00:28:36.139
 job is

00:28:36.139 --> 00:28:36.339
 going to

00:28:36.339 --> 00:28:36.899
 be enough

00:28:36.899 --> 00:28:37.339
 to take

00:28:37.339 --> 00:28:38.339
 care of

00:28:38.339 --> 00:28:38.960
 your family

00:28:38.960 --> 00:28:40.460
 in the

00:28:40.460 --> 00:28:41.200
 coming years?

00:28:42.839 --> 00:28:43.579
 Are you

00:28:43.579 --> 00:28:44.259
 worried about

00:28:44.259 --> 00:28:45.000
 our economy?

00:28:45.139 --> 00:28:45.319
 Are you

00:28:45.319 --> 00:28:45.759
 worried about

00:28:45.759 --> 00:28:46.399
 the chaos

00:28:46.399 --> 00:28:46.759
 in the

00:28:46.759 --> 00:28:47.180
 world?

00:28:48.599 --> 00:28:48.799
 The

00:28:48.799 --> 00:28:49.099
 certain

00:28:49.099 --> 00:28:49.639
 political

00:28:49.639 --> 00:28:50.200
 parties'

00:28:50.420 --> 00:28:50.799
 agendas

00:28:50.799 --> 00:28:51.480
 against the

00:28:51.480 --> 00:28:51.980
 unborn?

00:28:52.980 --> 00:28:53.319
 For

00:28:53.319 --> 00:28:54.099
 illness or

00:28:54.099 --> 00:28:54.759
 loss of a

00:28:54.759 --> 00:28:55.339
 family member?

00:28:55.339 --> 00:28:57.459
 God

00:28:57.459 --> 00:28:58.059
 weighs you

00:28:58.059 --> 00:28:58.419
 down?

00:28:58.559 --> 00:28:58.859
 What do

00:28:58.859 --> 00:28:59.119
 you need

00:28:59.119 --> 00:28:59.619
 encouragement

00:28:59.619 --> 00:29:00.000
 with?

00:29:01.319 --> 00:29:01.759
 Don't

00:29:01.759 --> 00:29:02.319
 repeat what

00:29:02.319 --> 00:29:02.579
 they're

00:29:02.579 --> 00:29:03.039
 repeating.

00:29:03.299 --> 00:29:03.439
 Like,

00:29:03.519 --> 00:29:03.759
 does our

00:29:03.759 --> 00:29:04.220
 God even

00:29:04.220 --> 00:29:04.959
 notice us?

00:29:06.039 --> 00:29:06.740
 Because God

00:29:06.740 --> 00:29:07.099
 is telling

00:29:07.099 --> 00:29:07.299
 you,

00:29:07.339 --> 00:29:07.579
 yes,

00:29:07.639 --> 00:29:08.299
 I see

00:29:08.299 --> 00:29:08.599
 you.

00:29:08.899 --> 00:29:09.519
 I care.

00:29:10.599 --> 00:29:10.899
 Then He

00:29:10.899 --> 00:29:11.339
 answers,

00:29:11.639 --> 00:29:11.939
 right?

00:29:12.899 --> 00:29:13.199
 This is

00:29:13.199 --> 00:29:13.599
 number two,

00:29:13.859 --> 00:29:14.359
 God's

00:29:14.359 --> 00:29:14.779
 greatness.

00:29:15.779 --> 00:29:16.240
 This

00:29:16.240 --> 00:29:16.619
 starts in

00:29:16.619 --> 00:29:17.319
 verse 28.

00:29:17.399 --> 00:29:17.919
 He answers

00:29:17.919 --> 00:29:18.279
 that.

00:29:18.639 --> 00:29:18.939
 Have you

00:29:18.939 --> 00:29:19.659
 not known?

00:29:19.819 --> 00:29:20.099
 Have you

00:29:20.099 --> 00:29:20.740
 not heard?

00:29:21.179 --> 00:29:21.759
 The Lord

00:29:21.759 --> 00:29:22.119
 is the

00:29:22.119 --> 00:29:22.639
 everlasting

00:29:22.639 --> 00:29:23.099
 God,

00:29:23.159 --> 00:29:23.659
 the creator

00:29:23.660 --> 00:29:24.019
 of the

00:29:24.019 --> 00:29:24.460
 ends of

00:29:24.460 --> 00:29:24.600
 the

00:29:24.600 --> 00:29:24.920
 earth.

00:29:25.440 --> 00:29:25.880
 He does

00:29:25.880 --> 00:29:26.480
 not faint

00:29:26.480 --> 00:29:26.960
 or grow

00:29:26.960 --> 00:29:27.300
 weary.

00:29:27.779 --> 00:29:28.320
 His

00:29:28.320 --> 00:29:29.019
 understanding

00:29:29.019 --> 00:29:29.380
 is

00:29:29.380 --> 00:29:30.279
 unsearchable.

00:29:31.019 --> 00:29:31.420
 He gives

00:29:31.420 --> 00:29:32.220
 power to

00:29:32.220 --> 00:29:32.660
 the faint

00:29:32.660 --> 00:29:32.920
 and to

00:29:32.920 --> 00:29:33.240
 him who

00:29:33.240 --> 00:29:33.740
 has no

00:29:33.740 --> 00:29:34.040
 might,

00:29:34.120 --> 00:29:34.680
 he increases

00:29:34.680 --> 00:29:35.340
 strength.

00:29:36.019 --> 00:29:36.480
 So,

00:29:36.580 --> 00:29:36.960
 he draws

00:29:36.960 --> 00:29:37.540
 this sharp

00:29:37.540 --> 00:29:38.100
 comparison

00:29:38.100 --> 00:29:38.500
 between

00:29:38.500 --> 00:29:39.080
 mortal,

00:29:39.380 --> 00:29:39.640
 weak

00:29:39.640 --> 00:29:40.500
 mankind

00:29:40.500 --> 00:29:41.080
 and

00:29:41.080 --> 00:29:41.640
 himself.

00:29:42.180 --> 00:29:42.420
 The

00:29:42.420 --> 00:29:42.880
 Lord is

00:29:42.880 --> 00:29:43.040
 the

00:29:43.040 --> 00:29:43.640
 everlasting

00:29:43.640 --> 00:29:44.460
 God,

00:29:44.900 --> 00:29:45.320
 meaning

00:29:45.320 --> 00:29:45.820
 He is

00:29:45.820 --> 00:29:46.240
 eternal.

00:29:46.400 --> 00:29:46.500
 He

00:29:46.500 --> 00:29:47.000
 always

00:29:47.000 --> 00:29:47.440
 has

00:29:47.440 --> 00:29:47.900
 existed.

00:29:48.640 --> 00:29:48.840
 He

00:29:48.840 --> 00:29:49.360
 exists

00:29:49.360 --> 00:29:49.720
 and He

00:29:49.720 --> 00:29:50.180
 will

00:29:50.180 --> 00:29:50.960
 always

00:29:50.960 --> 00:29:51.779
 exist.

00:29:52.640 --> 00:29:52.840
 In

00:29:52.840 --> 00:29:53.320
 Revelation,

00:29:53.660 --> 00:29:54.519
 chapter 1,

00:29:55.519 --> 00:29:56.000
 he says,

00:29:56.120 --> 00:29:56.519
 you hear

00:29:56.519 --> 00:29:57.440
 them crying

00:29:57.440 --> 00:29:57.740
 out,

00:29:57.840 --> 00:29:58.300
 the Lord

00:29:58.300 --> 00:29:58.800
 God

00:29:58.800 --> 00:29:59.519
 who is,

00:30:00.160 --> 00:30:00.940
 who was,

00:30:01.440 --> 00:30:01.740
 and who

00:30:01.740 --> 00:30:02.279
 is to

00:30:02.279 --> 00:30:02.720
 come,

00:30:02.940 --> 00:30:03.080
 the

00:30:03.080 --> 00:30:03.540
 Almighty.

00:30:04.460 --> 00:30:05.019
 Revelation

00:30:05.019 --> 00:30:05.660
 1.8.

00:30:06.380 --> 00:30:06.640
 So,

00:30:06.740 --> 00:30:07.080
 God is

00:30:07.080 --> 00:30:07.300
 saying,

00:30:07.560 --> 00:30:07.800
 no one

00:30:07.800 --> 00:30:08.160
 created

00:30:08.160 --> 00:30:08.500
 me,

00:30:08.660 --> 00:30:09.080
 no one

00:30:09.080 --> 00:30:09.400
 had the

00:30:09.400 --> 00:30:10.460
 power to

00:30:10.460 --> 00:30:11.060
 bring me

00:30:11.060 --> 00:30:11.820
 into being

00:30:11.820 --> 00:30:12.840
 or shape

00:30:12.840 --> 00:30:13.759
 my personality.

00:30:14.080 --> 00:30:14.960
 I had no

00:30:14.960 --> 00:30:15.560
 beginning and

00:30:15.560 --> 00:30:15.980
 I will have

00:30:15.980 --> 00:30:16.500
 no end.

00:30:17.200 --> 00:30:17.400
 Alright?

00:30:17.900 --> 00:30:18.279
 So,

00:30:18.420 --> 00:30:18.700
 further,

00:30:19.320 --> 00:30:19.700
 He is the

00:30:19.700 --> 00:30:20.279
 creator of the

00:30:20.279 --> 00:30:20.660
 ends of

00:30:20.660 --> 00:30:21.060
 earth and

00:30:21.060 --> 00:30:21.279
 He does

00:30:21.279 --> 00:30:21.700
 not grow

00:30:21.700 --> 00:30:22.279
 faint or

00:30:22.279 --> 00:30:22.660
 weary.

00:30:22.660 --> 00:30:23.640
 Right?

00:30:23.960 --> 00:30:24.300
 So,

00:30:24.920 --> 00:30:25.540
 He spoke

00:30:25.540 --> 00:30:26.340
 all things

00:30:26.340 --> 00:30:27.000
 into existence

00:30:27.000 --> 00:30:27.420
 by the

00:30:27.420 --> 00:30:28.100
 power of

00:30:28.100 --> 00:30:28.279
 His

00:30:28.279 --> 00:30:28.700
 word.

00:30:29.480 --> 00:30:29.779
 In His

00:30:29.779 --> 00:30:30.500
 understanding,

00:30:30.620 --> 00:30:30.759
 His

00:30:30.759 --> 00:30:31.640
 knowledge is

00:30:31.640 --> 00:30:32.279
 omniscient,

00:30:32.420 --> 00:30:33.060
 unsearchable.

00:30:34.019 --> 00:30:34.279
 And then

00:30:34.279 --> 00:30:34.720
 lastly,

00:30:34.940 --> 00:30:35.480
 our renewal,

00:30:35.620 --> 00:30:36.140
 number three,

00:30:36.259 --> 00:30:36.800
 our renewal.

00:30:37.800 --> 00:30:38.440
 Verse 30.

00:30:39.160 --> 00:30:39.740
 One of those

00:30:39.740 --> 00:30:40.380
 well-known

00:30:40.380 --> 00:30:41.060
 coffee mug

00:30:41.060 --> 00:30:41.820
 verses that

00:30:41.820 --> 00:30:42.640
 get abused

00:30:42.640 --> 00:30:43.019
 a lot.

00:30:43.519 --> 00:30:44.060
 Verse 30.

00:30:44.060 --> 00:30:44.519
 Even

00:30:44.519 --> 00:30:45.240
 youth shall

00:30:45.240 --> 00:30:45.620
 faint

00:30:45.620 --> 00:30:46.480
 and be

00:30:46.480 --> 00:30:46.800
 weary,

00:30:47.000 --> 00:30:47.400
 and young

00:30:47.400 --> 00:30:47.779
 men

00:30:47.779 --> 00:30:48.940
 shall fall

00:30:48.940 --> 00:30:49.560
 exhausted.

00:30:49.559 --> 00:30:50.819
 But,

00:30:51.440 --> 00:30:52.139
 they who

00:30:52.139 --> 00:30:52.639
 wait for

00:30:52.639 --> 00:30:53.139
 the Lord

00:30:53.139 --> 00:30:54.259
 shall renew

00:30:54.259 --> 00:30:55.000
 their strength.

00:30:55.619 --> 00:30:56.039
 They shall

00:30:56.039 --> 00:30:56.579
 mount up

00:30:56.579 --> 00:30:57.179
 with wings

00:30:57.179 --> 00:30:58.079
 like eagles.

00:30:58.779 --> 00:30:59.339
 They shall

00:30:59.339 --> 00:31:00.139
 run and

00:31:00.139 --> 00:31:00.579
 not be

00:31:00.579 --> 00:31:00.919
 weary.

00:31:01.639 --> 00:31:02.059
 They shall

00:31:02.059 --> 00:31:02.779
 walk and

00:31:02.779 --> 00:31:03.519
 not be

00:31:03.519 --> 00:31:03.960
 faint.

00:31:04.859 --> 00:31:05.319
 And so,

00:31:05.480 --> 00:31:06.179
 we see that

00:31:06.179 --> 00:31:06.700
 it's not

00:31:06.700 --> 00:31:07.659
 our strength

00:31:07.659 --> 00:31:08.819
 to endure

00:31:08.819 --> 00:31:09.460
 these things,

00:31:09.579 --> 00:31:10.419
 but God's

00:31:10.419 --> 00:31:10.879
 strength.

00:31:10.940 --> 00:31:11.379
 He is the

00:31:11.379 --> 00:31:11.960
 source of

00:31:11.960 --> 00:31:12.559
 our strength

00:31:12.559 --> 00:31:13.579
 and not

00:31:13.579 --> 00:31:14.240
 our physical

00:31:14.240 --> 00:31:14.940
 abilities.

00:31:15.779 --> 00:31:16.259
 So,

00:31:16.419 --> 00:31:16.899
 look at

00:31:16.899 --> 00:31:17.500
 verse 30.

00:31:17.500 --> 00:31:17.859
 It says

00:31:17.859 --> 00:31:18.500
 young men.

00:31:20.119 --> 00:31:20.880
 It actually

00:31:20.880 --> 00:31:21.619
 means picked

00:31:21.619 --> 00:31:21.980
 men.

00:31:23.440 --> 00:31:23.839
 So,

00:31:24.180 --> 00:31:25.160
 picked men,

00:31:25.319 --> 00:31:25.680
 those who

00:31:25.680 --> 00:31:26.019
 are picked

00:31:26.019 --> 00:31:26.359
 out for

00:31:26.359 --> 00:31:27.259
 their prowess,

00:31:27.359 --> 00:31:27.779
 the prime

00:31:27.779 --> 00:31:28.039
 of their

00:31:28.039 --> 00:31:28.539
 strength,

00:31:29.200 --> 00:31:29.640
 the guys

00:31:29.640 --> 00:31:29.839
 who are

00:31:29.839 --> 00:31:30.259
 the best

00:31:30.259 --> 00:31:30.480
 of the

00:31:30.480 --> 00:31:30.819
 best,

00:31:30.920 --> 00:31:31.339
 like pick

00:31:31.339 --> 00:31:32.019
 those men

00:31:32.019 --> 00:31:32.460
 to be on

00:31:32.460 --> 00:31:33.119
 your team

00:31:33.119 --> 00:31:33.599
 to win

00:31:33.599 --> 00:31:33.940
 kind of

00:31:33.940 --> 00:31:34.279
 idea.

00:31:35.019 --> 00:31:35.380
 Even

00:31:35.380 --> 00:31:36.259
 those men

00:31:36.259 --> 00:31:36.619
 are going

00:31:36.619 --> 00:31:37.039
 to fall

00:31:37.039 --> 00:31:37.599
 flat,

00:31:37.759 --> 00:31:38.019
 utterly

00:31:38.019 --> 00:31:38.599
 exhausted.

00:31:39.640 --> 00:31:39.940
 Right?

00:31:40.160 --> 00:31:40.319
 So,

00:31:40.359 --> 00:31:40.539
 you may

00:31:40.539 --> 00:31:40.819
 think if

00:31:40.819 --> 00:31:41.220
 I was a

00:31:41.220 --> 00:31:41.339
 little

00:31:41.339 --> 00:31:41.819
 stronger,

00:31:41.940 --> 00:31:42.119
 I could

00:31:42.119 --> 00:31:42.420
 handle

00:31:42.420 --> 00:31:42.799
 everything.

00:31:42.960 --> 00:31:43.200
 Nope.

00:31:44.180 --> 00:31:44.599
 God will

00:31:44.599 --> 00:31:45.079
 still find

00:31:45.079 --> 00:31:45.319
 a way

00:31:45.319 --> 00:31:45.700
 to humble

00:31:45.700 --> 00:31:46.019
 you.

00:31:46.799 --> 00:31:47.000
 But,

00:31:47.000 --> 00:31:47.319
 he,

00:31:47.500 --> 00:31:48.779
 he never

00:31:48.779 --> 00:31:49.500
 tires or

00:31:49.500 --> 00:31:50.000
 grow weary.

00:31:50.240 --> 00:31:51.579
 He cares

00:31:51.579 --> 00:31:52.299
 about his

00:31:52.299 --> 00:31:52.680
 people.

00:31:53.400 --> 00:31:53.720
 Right?

00:31:54.000 --> 00:31:54.480
 Even in

00:31:54.480 --> 00:31:54.960
 our greatest

00:31:54.960 --> 00:31:55.460
 despair.

00:31:56.279 --> 00:31:56.400
 So,

00:31:56.460 --> 00:31:56.660
 then,

00:31:56.819 --> 00:31:57.140
 secondly,

00:31:57.299 --> 00:31:57.579
 look at

00:31:57.579 --> 00:31:57.960
 this.

00:31:58.640 --> 00:31:59.039
 It says,

00:31:59.140 --> 00:31:59.400
 we must

00:31:59.400 --> 00:32:00.059
 learn to

00:32:00.059 --> 00:32:01.420
 wait for

00:32:01.420 --> 00:32:01.859
 the Lord.

00:32:01.940 --> 00:32:02.339
 That same

00:32:02.339 --> 00:32:02.960
 word can

00:32:02.960 --> 00:32:03.500
 be translated

00:32:03.500 --> 00:32:04.619
 hope in

00:32:04.619 --> 00:32:05.059
 the Lord.

00:32:05.920 --> 00:32:06.339
 So,

00:32:06.559 --> 00:32:07.059
 those who

00:32:07.059 --> 00:32:08.059
 expect God,

00:32:08.180 --> 00:32:08.440
 those who

00:32:08.440 --> 00:32:08.880
 hope for

00:32:08.880 --> 00:32:09.019
 Him,

00:32:09.079 --> 00:32:09.339
 those who

00:32:09.339 --> 00:32:09.880
 look to

00:32:09.880 --> 00:32:10.160
 Him,

00:32:10.619 --> 00:32:11.519
 as believers

00:32:11.519 --> 00:32:12.279
 in Christ,

00:32:12.380 --> 00:32:12.980
 we can see

00:32:12.980 --> 00:32:13.680
 with

00:32:13.680 --> 00:32:14.480
 unprecedented

00:32:14.480 --> 00:32:15.160
 clarity

00:32:15.160 --> 00:32:15.839
 exactly

00:32:15.839 --> 00:32:17.079
 what it

00:32:17.079 --> 00:32:17.440
 is to

00:32:17.440 --> 00:32:18.039
 wait for

00:32:18.039 --> 00:32:18.519
 the Lord.

00:32:19.220 --> 00:32:19.620
 So,

00:32:19.720 --> 00:32:20.180
 are you

00:32:20.180 --> 00:32:20.880
 willing to

00:32:20.880 --> 00:32:21.519
 wait for

00:32:21.519 --> 00:32:21.900
 God?

00:32:21.980 --> 00:32:22.200
 Or,

00:32:22.259 --> 00:32:22.559
 are you a

00:32:22.559 --> 00:32:23.339
 control freak

00:32:23.339 --> 00:32:24.299
 who wants

00:32:24.299 --> 00:32:24.599
 to tell

00:32:24.599 --> 00:32:25.180
 God the

00:32:25.180 --> 00:32:25.579
 pace is

00:32:25.579 --> 00:32:25.839
 set?

00:32:26.700 --> 00:32:27.140
 It has

00:32:27.140 --> 00:32:27.360
 to be

00:32:27.360 --> 00:32:27.740
 this way.

00:32:27.779 --> 00:32:27.980
 It has

00:32:27.980 --> 00:32:28.220
 to look

00:32:28.220 --> 00:32:28.620
 that way.

00:32:28.680 --> 00:32:29.079
 I must

00:32:29.079 --> 00:32:29.539
 know.

00:32:30.759 --> 00:32:31.160
 Or,

00:32:31.160 --> 00:32:32.160
 are you

00:32:32.160 --> 00:32:32.759
 okay with

00:32:32.759 --> 00:32:33.200
 God's

00:32:33.200 --> 00:32:33.559
 timing,

00:32:33.779 --> 00:32:34.440
 His terms,

00:32:34.940 --> 00:32:35.579
 allowing Him

00:32:35.579 --> 00:32:36.099
 to set the

00:32:36.099 --> 00:32:36.460
 pace?

00:32:37.740 --> 00:32:38.120
 There's

00:32:38.120 --> 00:32:38.860
 freedom in

00:32:38.860 --> 00:32:39.480
 surrendering

00:32:39.480 --> 00:32:39.480


00:32:39.480 --> 00:32:39.860
 that.

00:32:40.740 --> 00:32:41.480
 In God,

00:32:41.559 --> 00:32:41.799
 we can

00:32:41.799 --> 00:32:42.220
 discover

00:32:42.220 --> 00:32:43.079
 reservoirs

00:32:43.079 --> 00:32:43.500
 of strength

00:32:43.500 --> 00:32:43.819
 we had

00:32:43.819 --> 00:32:44.759
 no idea

00:32:44.759 --> 00:32:45.160
 about.

00:32:45.819 --> 00:32:46.319
 When we

00:32:46.319 --> 00:32:46.799
 ourselves

00:32:46.799 --> 00:32:47.799
 are exhausted,

00:32:48.319 --> 00:32:48.900
 we can

00:32:48.900 --> 00:32:49.680
 continue not

00:32:49.680 --> 00:32:50.140
 to look to

00:32:50.140 --> 00:32:50.599
 our own

00:32:50.599 --> 00:32:51.160
 resources,

00:32:51.519 --> 00:32:52.220
 but God's.

00:32:52.940 --> 00:32:53.240
 Right?

00:32:53.599 --> 00:32:54.360
 He doesn't

00:32:54.360 --> 00:32:54.960
 faint or

00:32:54.960 --> 00:32:55.500
 grow weary.

00:32:55.640 --> 00:32:55.920
 He gives

00:32:55.920 --> 00:32:56.660
 power to

00:32:56.660 --> 00:32:57.099
 the faint.

00:32:58.039 --> 00:32:58.319
 So,

00:32:58.400 --> 00:32:58.680
 the more

00:32:58.680 --> 00:32:59.160
 we learn

00:32:59.160 --> 00:32:59.779
 to appreciate

00:32:59.779 --> 00:33:00.039
 our

00:33:00.039 --> 00:33:00.900
 smallness,

00:33:01.240 --> 00:33:02.259
 our

00:33:02.259 --> 00:33:03.279
 insignificance,

00:33:04.279 --> 00:33:05.360
 and accept

00:33:05.360 --> 00:33:05.819
 our own

00:33:05.819 --> 00:33:06.400
 limitations,

00:33:06.640 --> 00:33:06.920
 the more

00:33:06.920 --> 00:33:07.200
 we will

00:33:07.200 --> 00:33:07.920
 glory in

00:33:07.920 --> 00:33:08.400
 the power

00:33:08.400 --> 00:33:09.019
 of God.

00:33:09.940 --> 00:33:10.240
 Right?

00:33:11.720 --> 00:33:12.299
 I'll mention

00:33:12.299 --> 00:33:12.839
 the eagles

00:33:12.839 --> 00:33:13.279
 because people

00:33:13.279 --> 00:33:13.700
 want me to

00:33:13.700 --> 00:33:14.059
 mention the

00:33:14.059 --> 00:33:14.319
 eagles,

00:33:15.339 --> 00:33:15.900
 not the

00:33:15.900 --> 00:33:16.539
 football team.

00:33:16.940 --> 00:33:17.079
 It says,

00:33:17.160 --> 00:33:17.440
 they shall

00:33:17.440 --> 00:33:18.180
 mount up,

00:33:18.880 --> 00:33:19.500
 meaning to

00:33:19.500 --> 00:33:20.279
 arise,

00:33:20.460 --> 00:33:21.240
 to ascend,

00:33:21.360 --> 00:33:22.000
 to climb

00:33:22.000 --> 00:33:23.920
 with wings

00:33:23.920 --> 00:33:24.440
 of eagles.

00:33:26.019 --> 00:33:26.599
 Eagles are

00:33:26.599 --> 00:33:27.079
 pretty darn

00:33:27.079 --> 00:33:27.759
 cool creatures

00:33:27.759 --> 00:33:28.420
 that God

00:33:28.420 --> 00:33:28.680
 made.

00:33:28.860 --> 00:33:29.200
 Finely

00:33:29.200 --> 00:33:29.620
 tuned.

00:33:30.380 --> 00:33:30.599
 I think

00:33:30.599 --> 00:33:30.880
 they're like

00:33:30.880 --> 00:33:31.480
 eight times

00:33:31.480 --> 00:33:31.960
 more acute

00:33:31.960 --> 00:33:32.279
 than we

00:33:32.279 --> 00:33:33.299
 are on

00:33:33.299 --> 00:33:33.700
 everything.

00:33:33.960 --> 00:33:34.160
 They can

00:33:34.160 --> 00:33:34.680
 see twice

00:33:34.680 --> 00:33:35.240
 the distance

00:33:35.240 --> 00:33:35.579
 that any

00:33:35.579 --> 00:33:36.059
 human can

00:33:36.059 --> 00:33:36.319
 see.

00:33:37.599 --> 00:33:37.980
 They

00:33:37.980 --> 00:33:38.460
 actually don't

00:33:38.460 --> 00:33:38.960
 run away

00:33:38.960 --> 00:33:39.680
 from storms.

00:33:39.759 --> 00:33:40.360
 They fly

00:33:40.360 --> 00:33:41.160
 at storms.

00:33:41.240 --> 00:33:41.460
 Isn't that

00:33:41.460 --> 00:33:41.819
 crazy?

00:33:42.000 --> 00:33:42.160
 Like,

00:33:42.519 --> 00:33:42.980
 come on.

00:33:43.100 --> 00:33:43.279
 So,

00:33:43.840 --> 00:33:44.779
 they fly

00:33:44.779 --> 00:33:47.840
 up above

00:33:47.840 --> 00:33:48.700
 storms.

00:33:49.600 --> 00:33:49.819
 Isn't that

00:33:49.819 --> 00:33:50.180
 nuts?

00:33:50.579 --> 00:33:50.799
 Actually,

00:33:50.840 --> 00:33:51.279
 the storm is

00:33:51.279 --> 00:33:51.819
 below them

00:33:51.819 --> 00:33:52.319
 and they're

00:33:52.319 --> 00:33:53.380
 up here.

00:33:53.460 --> 00:33:53.920
 They can fly

00:33:53.920 --> 00:33:54.500
 at altitudes

00:33:54.500 --> 00:33:54.840
 of close

00:33:54.840 --> 00:33:55.620
 to 10,000

00:33:55.620 --> 00:33:55.980
 feet.

00:33:57.140 --> 00:33:57.600
 And so,

00:33:57.799 --> 00:33:58.279
 the point

00:33:58.279 --> 00:33:58.700
 is,

00:33:59.559 --> 00:34:00.019
 the point

00:34:00.019 --> 00:34:00.420
 is,

00:34:00.960 --> 00:34:01.579
 if we put

00:34:01.579 --> 00:34:02.220
 our trust

00:34:02.220 --> 00:34:02.680
 in God

00:34:02.680 --> 00:34:03.019
 and allow

00:34:03.019 --> 00:34:03.519
 Him to

00:34:03.519 --> 00:34:04.180
 renew our

00:34:04.180 --> 00:34:04.779
 strength,

00:34:05.340 --> 00:34:05.940
 He will

00:34:05.940 --> 00:34:06.420
 lift us

00:34:06.420 --> 00:34:07.039
 up above

00:34:07.039 --> 00:34:07.820
 the storms

00:34:07.820 --> 00:34:09.000
 on trials

00:34:09.000 --> 00:34:09.820
 of life.

00:34:10.420 --> 00:34:10.599
 So,

00:34:10.700 --> 00:34:11.159
 not to

00:34:11.159 --> 00:34:11.760
 fret about

00:34:11.760 --> 00:34:12.340
 the future.

00:34:12.980 --> 00:34:13.440
 Accept your

00:34:13.440 --> 00:34:14.019
 limitations

00:34:14.019 --> 00:34:14.760
 and allow

00:34:14.760 --> 00:34:15.360
 Christ to

00:34:15.360 --> 00:34:15.599
 be your

00:34:15.599 --> 00:34:15.980
 strength.

00:34:16.700 --> 00:34:17.260
 And finally,

00:34:17.480 --> 00:34:18.000
 in closing,

00:34:19.039 --> 00:34:19.659
 I didn't ask you

00:34:19.659 --> 00:34:19.960
 to turn

00:34:19.960 --> 00:34:20.400
 anywhere,

00:34:21.200 --> 00:34:21.460
 but look,

00:34:21.639 --> 00:34:22.139
 in closing,

00:34:22.300 --> 00:34:22.900
 2 Corinthians

00:34:22.900 --> 00:34:23.500
 4,

00:34:24.500 --> 00:34:27.300
 2 Corinthians

00:34:27.300 --> 00:34:27.720
 4,

00:34:27.780 --> 00:34:28.380
 verse 16,

00:34:28.539 --> 00:34:28.960
 in closing.

00:34:29.900 --> 00:34:30.420
 So,

00:34:30.519 --> 00:34:30.880
 if we will

00:34:30.880 --> 00:34:31.579
 accept our

00:34:31.579 --> 00:34:32.159
 limitations

00:34:32.159 --> 00:34:32.679
 in our

00:34:32.679 --> 00:34:32.940
 own

00:34:32.940 --> 00:34:33.480
 strength,

00:34:34.059 --> 00:34:34.519
 knowledge

00:34:34.519 --> 00:34:35.079
 and wisdom,

00:34:35.920 --> 00:34:36.279
 we will

00:34:36.279 --> 00:34:36.519
 have

00:34:36.519 --> 00:34:37.139
 God's.

00:34:37.779 --> 00:34:38.579
 In Christ

00:34:38.579 --> 00:34:39.019
 Jesus,

00:34:39.199 --> 00:34:39.539
 we have

00:34:39.539 --> 00:34:40.199
 all we

00:34:40.199 --> 00:34:40.579
 need

00:34:40.579 --> 00:34:41.139
 and more.

00:34:42.259 --> 00:34:42.500
 And so,

00:34:42.559 --> 00:34:43.059
 Paul picks

00:34:43.059 --> 00:34:43.739
 up on this,

00:34:43.799 --> 00:34:44.279
 just like how

00:34:44.279 --> 00:34:44.819
 weak and

00:34:44.819 --> 00:34:45.259
 insignificant

00:34:45.259 --> 00:34:45.940
 we are.

00:34:47.059 --> 00:34:47.339
 It would

00:34:47.339 --> 00:34:47.619
 be hard

00:34:47.619 --> 00:34:47.839
 not to

00:34:47.839 --> 00:34:48.079
 read the

00:34:48.079 --> 00:34:48.579
 whole chapter.

00:34:48.719 --> 00:34:49.279
 2 Corinthians

00:34:49.279 --> 00:34:49.839
 4,

00:34:50.019 --> 00:34:50.159
 we'll just

00:34:50.159 --> 00:34:50.500
 read a few

00:34:50.500 --> 00:34:50.819
 verses.

00:34:51.579 --> 00:34:51.879
 Look at

00:34:51.879 --> 00:34:52.639
 verse 16.

00:34:53.599 --> 00:34:54.079
 And remember

00:34:54.079 --> 00:34:55.480
 the words,

00:34:55.599 --> 00:34:55.879
 comfort,

00:34:56.139 --> 00:34:56.719
 comfort my

00:34:56.719 --> 00:34:57.139
 people,

00:34:57.339 --> 00:34:57.699
 out of

00:34:57.699 --> 00:34:58.799
 Isaiah 40.

00:34:59.480 --> 00:35:00.379
 2 Corinthians

00:35:00.379 --> 00:35:00.739
 4,

00:35:00.839 --> 00:35:01.460
 verse 16.

00:35:01.460 --> 00:35:02.300
 So we

00:35:02.300 --> 00:35:02.820
 do not

00:35:02.820 --> 00:35:04.000
 lose heart.

00:35:04.800 --> 00:35:05.340
 Though our

00:35:05.340 --> 00:35:06.039
 outer self

00:35:06.039 --> 00:35:06.619
 is wasting

00:35:06.619 --> 00:35:07.039
 away,

00:35:07.139 --> 00:35:07.500
 our inner

00:35:07.500 --> 00:35:08.099
 self is

00:35:08.099 --> 00:35:08.800
 being renewed

00:35:08.800 --> 00:35:10.179
 day by

00:35:10.179 --> 00:35:10.639
 day.

00:35:11.260 --> 00:35:11.720
 For this

00:35:11.720 --> 00:35:12.340
 light and

00:35:12.340 --> 00:35:13.079
 momentary

00:35:13.079 --> 00:35:13.639
 affliction

00:35:13.639 --> 00:35:14.480
 is preparing

00:35:14.480 --> 00:35:15.079
 for us

00:35:15.079 --> 00:35:15.659
 an eternal

00:35:15.659 --> 00:35:17.179
 weight of

00:35:17.179 --> 00:35:18.039
 glory beyond

00:35:18.039 --> 00:35:19.280
 all comparison.

00:35:20.059 --> 00:35:20.380
 As we

00:35:20.380 --> 00:35:21.119
 look not to

00:35:21.119 --> 00:35:21.500
 the things

00:35:21.500 --> 00:35:21.740
 that are

00:35:21.740 --> 00:35:22.199
 seen,

00:35:22.619 --> 00:35:23.059
 but to

00:35:23.059 --> 00:35:23.579
 the things

00:35:23.579 --> 00:35:24.059
 that are

00:35:24.059 --> 00:35:24.760
 unseen.

00:35:25.599 --> 00:35:26.240
 For the

00:35:26.240 --> 00:35:26.820
 things that

00:35:26.820 --> 00:35:27.240
 are seen

00:35:27.240 --> 00:35:27.900
 are transient,

00:35:28.639 --> 00:35:29.360
 are temporary.

00:35:30.240 --> 00:35:30.840
 The things

00:35:30.840 --> 00:35:31.120
 that are

00:35:31.120 --> 00:35:31.640
 unseen

00:35:31.640 --> 00:35:32.760
 are eternal.

00:35:33.460 --> 00:35:33.980
 So in

00:35:33.980 --> 00:35:34.559
 Christ,

00:35:35.180 --> 00:35:35.860
 we look

00:35:35.860 --> 00:35:36.300
 to the

00:35:36.300 --> 00:35:36.700
 eternal.

00:35:37.700 --> 00:35:37.920
 Right?

00:35:38.280 --> 00:35:38.900
 For His

00:35:38.900 --> 00:35:39.480
 resources,

00:35:39.680 --> 00:35:40.280
 His wisdom,

00:35:40.960 --> 00:35:41.700
 His power,

00:35:42.480 --> 00:35:43.180
 all is

00:35:43.180 --> 00:35:43.840
 ours in

00:35:43.840 --> 00:35:44.700
 Jesus Christ.

00:35:45.700 --> 00:35:45.980
 Alright?

00:35:46.680 --> 00:35:47.100
 So,

00:35:47.320 --> 00:35:48.740
 I hope that

00:35:48.740 --> 00:35:49.680
 focusing on

00:35:49.680 --> 00:35:51.039
 the greatness

00:35:51.039 --> 00:35:51.760
 and power

00:35:51.760 --> 00:35:52.420
 of God

00:35:52.420 --> 00:35:52.960
 is like a

00:35:52.960 --> 00:35:53.800
 source to

00:35:53.800 --> 00:35:55.340
 snap you

00:35:55.340 --> 00:35:55.880
 out of

00:35:55.880 --> 00:35:56.360
 depression,

00:35:56.740 --> 00:35:57.240
 anxiety,

00:35:58.039 --> 00:35:58.500
 fear,

00:35:59.059 --> 00:35:59.600
 laziness.

00:35:59.599 --> 00:36:00.880
 is enough

00:36:00.880 --> 00:36:01.819
 to motivate

00:36:01.819 --> 00:36:03.519
 us when

00:36:03.519 --> 00:36:04.000
 we see how

00:36:04.000 --> 00:36:04.960
 big our

00:36:04.960 --> 00:36:05.880
 God is.

00:36:06.920 --> 00:36:07.699
 So stop

00:36:07.699 --> 00:36:08.159
 looking at

00:36:08.159 --> 00:36:08.799
 yourself and

00:36:08.799 --> 00:36:09.519
 look up to

00:36:09.519 --> 00:36:09.779
 Him.

00:36:10.679 --> 00:36:11.139
 Alright?

00:36:11.559 --> 00:36:12.179
 Let's pray

00:36:12.179 --> 00:36:12.519
 together.

00:36:12.519 --> 00:36:12.579
 together.