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 Romans chapter 9, verse 1 to 29.

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 I speak the truth in Christ.

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 I am not lying.

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 My conscience confirms it through the Holy Spirit.

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! I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.

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 For I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my people,

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 those of my own race, the people of Israel.

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 Theirs is the adoption to sonship.

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 Theirs the divine glory, the covenants, the receiving of the law,

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 the temple worship, and the promises.

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 Theirs are the patriarchs, and from them is traced the human ancestry of the Messiah,

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 who is God all over, forever praised. Amen.

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 It is not as though God's word has failed.

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 For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel.

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 Nor because they are his descendants are they all Abraham's children.

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 On the contrary, it is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.

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 In other words, it is not the children by physical descent who are God's children,

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 but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as Abraham's offspring.

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 For this was how the promise was stated.

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 At the appointed time I will return, and Sarah will have a son.

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 Not only that, but Rebecca's children were conceived at the same time by our father Isaac.

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 Yet, before the twins were born, or had done anything good or bad,

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 in order that God's purpose in election might stand,

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 not by works, but by him who calls,

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 she was told,

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 the older will serve the younger.

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 Just as it is written,

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 Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.

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 What then shall we say?

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 Is God unjust?

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 Not at all.

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 For he says to Moses,

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 I will have mercy on whom I have mercy,

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 and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.

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 It does not, therefore,

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 depend on human desire or effort,

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 but on God's mercy.

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 For scripture says to Pharaoh,

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 I raised you up for this very purpose,

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 that I might display my power in you,

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 and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.

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 Therefore,

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 God has mercy on whom he wants to have mercy,

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 and he hardens whom he wants to harden.

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 One of you will say to me,

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 then why does God still blame us?

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 For who is able to resist his will?

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 But who are you,

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 a human being,

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 to talk back to God?

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 Shall what is formed say to the one who formed us,

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 and formed it?

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 Why did you make me like this?

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 Does not the potter have the right to make out of the same lump of clay,

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 some pottery for special purposes,

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 and some for common use?

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 What if God,

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 although choosing to show his wrath,

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 and make his power known,

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 bore with great patience,

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 the objects of his wrath,

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 prepared for destruction?

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 What if he did this,

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 to make the riches of his glory known,

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 to the objects of his mercy,

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 whom he prepared in advance for glory?

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 Even us,

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 whom he also called,

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 not only from the Jews,

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 but also from the Gentiles.

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 As he says in Hosea,

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 I will call them my people,

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 who are not my people,

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 and I will call her my loved one,

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 who is not my loved one.

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 And,

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 in the very place where it was said to them,

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 you are not my people,

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 there they will be called children of God,

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 of the living God.

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 Isaiah cries out concerning Israel,

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 though the number of Israelites,

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 be like the sand by the sea,

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 only the remnant will be saved.

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 For the Lord will carry out,

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 his sentence on earth,

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 with speed and finality.

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 It is just as Isaiah said previously,

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 unless the Lord Almighty,

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 had left us descendants,

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 we would have been like Sodom,

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 we would have been like Gomorrah.

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 Thanks so much, Jamal,

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 for reading for us.

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 Let's pray,

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 as we come to God's word.

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 Let's pray.

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 Heavenly Father,

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 we are so very conscious,

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 of our need of your help this morning.

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 Certainly I am.

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 Lord,

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 we long to listen,

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 to what you say in your word.

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 We don't want to come here,

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 and just leave the same as we walked in.

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 We want to engage with you,

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 we want to hear from you,

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 we want you to be at work by your spirit.

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 And none of those things can be done,

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 because we deserve them,

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 or achieve them,

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 or because of our own great skill,

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 whatever that might be.

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 But Lord,

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 we need you.

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 We need you to work by your spirit,

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 for your glory's sake.

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 So be at work,

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 we ask,

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 as your word is open.

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 In Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 It's going to help you this morning,

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 especially if you're here,

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 for the very first time,

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 to know that we have been working our way through,

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 the New Testament book of Romans.

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 We've been doing that,

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 because our conviction as a church,

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 is that the Bible is God's book.

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 That is,

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 we believe that it is written by people.

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 So this was written by Paul,

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 and you can see his fingerprints in it,

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 his kind of use of language,

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 and his personality come through.

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 But behind that stands God,

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 by his spirit,

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 who is the author of the book.

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 These are his words.

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 Now,

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 I start there,

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 and it's worth remembering that,

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 because we've been through Romans chapter 8,

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 in the last few weeks.

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 And Romans 8 is one of the most comforting passages,

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 in the whole of the New Testament.

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 And now we come to Romans 9,

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 and that is one of the most challenging chapters,

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 in the New Testament.

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 But what I have just said about God's word,

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 is no more or less true,

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 of Romans 9,

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 than it was of Romans 8.

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 Just because you enjoy something,

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 doesn't necessarily make it more God's word,

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 than something that you find challenging,

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 or difficult.

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 And the particular challenge,

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 I think,

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 of Romans 9,

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 is that it gives us,

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 essentially,

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 a very difficult answer,

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 to a question,

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 that we are all asking this morning.

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 It's a painful question,

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 and a difficult answer.

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 And so I want to urge you this morning,

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 to have your Bible open.

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 I know I pretty much say that every week,

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 but this week,

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 please,

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 have your Bible open.

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 If it's on your phone,

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 and you can trust yourself,

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 not to check your emails,

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 right?

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 I can't do that.

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 As soon as my phone is open,

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 and I'm checking my emails,

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 or something.

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 So,

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 if you can,

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 if you can have it on your phone,

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 and not do that,

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 then do that.

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 But if you want a physical Bible,

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 there should be one near you,

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 and have Romans 9.

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 Because I want you to see,

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 more than anything,

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 is that,

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 what I am saying this morning,

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 is coming from this passage,

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 in the Bible,

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 and not from my head.

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 So let's start,

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 with a question,

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 that we're probably not asking,

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 right?

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 A question,

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 that we're probably not asking.

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 You might,

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 and you might not,

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 remember that,

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 right at the very beginning,

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 of the letter to the Romans,

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 Paul says,

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 in Romans chapter 1,

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 verse 16,

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 for I am not ashamed of the gospel,

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 because it's the power of God,

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 that brings salvation,

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 to everyone who believes.

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 First for the Jew,

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 then to the Gentile,

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 right?

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 And then he spent,

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 eight chapters,

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 if you like,

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 articulating the gospel,

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 the message of good news,

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 that is the power of God,

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 to save.

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 And now,

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 in chapters 9 to 11,

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 he's returning,

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 to the next idea,

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 which is,

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 well,

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 what about the Jews first?

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 What about the Jews first?

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 So chapter 9,

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 it is not,

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 everything he's got to say,

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 about the gospel,

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 in the Jewish nation,

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 but it is the start of it.

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 And he's going to,

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 articulate this more,

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 in chapters 9,

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 10,

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 and 11,

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 to everyone who believes,

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 first to the Jew,

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 then to the Gentile.

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 Now,

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 his reason for returning to this,

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 should be obvious to us,

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 right?

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 The church in Rome,

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 and actually,

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 Paul's ministry in general,

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 has been dominated,

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 by preaching to Gentiles,

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 and not Jews.

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 So he knows,

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 like,

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 theologically,

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 from reading the Old Testament,

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 and from understanding God's word,

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 he understands,

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 that the gospel is first,

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 for the Jews,

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 but in his experience,

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 it has been the Gentiles,

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 who've responded to the gospel,

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 and it's them,

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 to whom he's writing.

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 And that brings a sadness to him,

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 the lack of responsiveness,

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 of the Jewish people,

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 to the gospel.

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 And so he says,

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 chapter 9,

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 verse 1,

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 look down at it,

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 I speak the truth in Christ.

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 I'm not lying.

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 My conscience confirms it,

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 through the Holy Spirit.

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 I have great sorrow,

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 and unceasing anguish,

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 in my heart.

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 But don't miss,

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 the layers,

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 that he's building up here.

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 It's like a,

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 it's like a kind of,

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 first century highlighter pen,

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 before highlighter pens existed.

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 He goes,

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 listen,

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 this is the truth.

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 I affirm this is the truth.

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 It's the truth in Christ.

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 I'm not lying.

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 My conscience tells me I'm not lying.

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 The Holy Spirit tells me I'm not lying.

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 I have great sorrow,

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 and unceasing anguish.

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 Listen how he continues.

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 It gets more serious.

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 Verse 3,

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 Now,

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 the word race there,

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 is a really unhelpful translation of a Greek word.

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 As far as I can tell,

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 the NIV is pretty much the only translation that uses it.

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 The word is better,

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 sort of,

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 kinsman,

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 or kindred.

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 And that's really,

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 in one sense,

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 because there is only one race in the Bible.

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 That is the human race.

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 God made us all the same in Adam and Eve.

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 But also,

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 it's because Paul's affinity is not with a race category,

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 as we might understand it now.

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 It's not really even just with a national identity,

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 the people of Israel.

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 Rather,

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 it's not national pride or racism.

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 It's really a concern of who they are in the plan of God.

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 Verse 4 will explain it to you.

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 He then goes on to say this,

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 doesn't he?

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 What belongs to the Israelites in the plan of God?

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 Well,

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 there is the adoption to sonship.

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 They are called the sons of God.

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 Theirs is the divine glory,

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 the covenant promises of the Old Testament,

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 the receiving of the law,

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 the temple worship,

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 and the promises.

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 Theirs are the patriarchs,

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 and from them is traced the human ancestry of the Messiah,

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 who is God over all,

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 forever praised.

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 Amen.

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 See,

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 the issue,

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 it's not racism.

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 It's not national pride.

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 Paul is wrestling with the fact that despite the Israelites being given all of those things,

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 still,

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 they are hard and cold to the gospel.

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 And Paul is heartbroken,

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 and he wants to know why.

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 Why?

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 Now,

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 I said at the start,

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 that's probably a question that you're not asking,

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 right?

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 I think it's probably,

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 we are so used,

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 I think,

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 to Jews not believing in Jesus,

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 that we don't feel the strangeness of it in the way that Paul does here.

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 But I hope you can see that it leads to a question that you are asking this morning.

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 It's a question we're all asking.

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 And that is,

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 why are some people saved,

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 and others not?

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 Why is the gospel,

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 the power of God for salvation,

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 for some,

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 and not for all?

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 You know,

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 we share Paul's pain,

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 don't we,

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 for his kinsmen,

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 when we,

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 we think about the people that we love,

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 who don't believe the gospel.

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 But we,

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 we wonder,

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 or maybe even sitting here this morning,

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 wondering,

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 why are some members of my family in this room with me,

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 and others not?

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 Why is it that some people,

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 walking off the street,

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 come to faith in Jesus Christ,

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 almost straight away,

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 and others hear about Jesus all their lives.

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 They go to Sunday school,

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 they go to church,

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 they go to youth group,

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 and they never respond.

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 And we can feel about the question,

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 just like Paul does in verse three,

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 wishing even that we might swap places with our loved ones,

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 our friends,

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 and our family who don't know the Lord.

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 Wishing that if it was possible,

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 that we would be cut off,

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 that they might be included in him.

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 Paul knows,

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 and we know it doesn't work like that.

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 But still the question hangs.

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 Why has being around the church

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 been of so little eternal benefit to so many?

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 Why have so many people seen the glory of God?

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 They might even have sort of sensed it

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 in a room like this,

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 but now they've walked away.

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 They have no interest.

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 Why are there people who know their Bibles,

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 but still don't believe it?

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 Why are there people who are Christian in name,

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 but not really in practice?

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 That's the bigger question,

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 isn't it,

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 that Paul raises

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 and is dealing with

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 in these chapters to come.

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 And so then the rest of chapter nine

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 is really a difficult answer

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 that we won't fully understand.

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 It's not really a great headline,

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 is it,

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 for the next section of my sermon,

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 but let's pick this up in verse six

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 and let me show you

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 that this is a difficult answer

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 and we won't fully understand it.

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 But we're going to walk through these verses

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 and see how Paul deals with the question.

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 Again,

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 eyes on the Bible.

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 This is God in his word.

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 This is not Steve's ideas,

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 right?

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 This is what God says.

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 Firstly,

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 notice he says,

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 it has always been like this,

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 right?

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 Step one,

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 always been like this.

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 If you look at verse six,

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 he says that right from the very start,

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 not every ethnic Israelite

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 was a child of the promise.

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 He says,

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 there's always been a distinction,

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 which this means cannot be a failure

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 of God's word

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 because God's word has never

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 meant that every single individual Israelite

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 without exception would be saved.

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 The selective salvation is,

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 if you like,

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 a feature of the covenant,

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 not a bug in it.

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 So of Abraham's children,

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 verse seven,

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 it was only the son of Sarah,

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 Isaac,

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 verse nine,

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 that was of the promise.

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 Then of Isaac's children

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 from his wife,

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 Rebecca,

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 the twins,

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 Esau and Jacob,

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 only,

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 verse 12,

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 Jacob,

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 who surprisingly is the younger,

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 not Esau the older,

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 he is saved.

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 So this distinction is,

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 that's causing Paul such pain

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 in chapter nine,

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 verse one,

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 which causes us pain

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 as we see it in our families,

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 in our community,

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 this distinction between those who are saved

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 and those who are lost,

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 that distinction,

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 says Paul,

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 has always been there

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 from the very beginning of the Bible.

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 And it doesn't matter who your parents are.

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 It doesn't matter how close

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 your connection with the promises

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 were,

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 it doesn't matter how much

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 you knew of the Bible.

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 You know,

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 Ishmael was Abraham's son.

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 Esau was Isaac's son.

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 But both were lost.

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 Perhaps you could put it this way,

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 God has never in the Bible

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 been what you might call

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 a universalist.

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 In other words,

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 God has never saved everyone

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 without exception.

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 There has always been

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 inclusion and exclusion

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 from the promises of God.

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 If you're here this morning

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 and your expectation is,

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 do you know what?

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 Probably in the end,

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 God will save everybody.

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 It will be all right.

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 God will just save everybody

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 in the end.

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 Hell is probably an empty place.

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 You know,

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 like the sort of hollow threats

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 of parents.

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 It's probably what God's like.

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 Listen,

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 that is not the God of the Bible.

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 That is not the God of the Bible.

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 The Bible is littered

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 with people who hear

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 and never believe

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 and are lost as a result.

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 People who have access

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 to the eternal promises of God

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 but never benefit from them.

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 Look down at verse 27.

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 Paul is picking up that idea

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 from Isaiah.

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 Though the number of Israelites

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 be like the sand by the sea,

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 only a remnant,

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 a part will be saved.

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 That's step one.

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 It's always been like this.

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 Second step,

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 step two,

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 God chooses those he saves

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 and those he doesn't.

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 Look at verse 11,

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 talking about Rebecca's twin boys.

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 Yet before the twins were born,

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 all had done anything good or bad

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 in order that God's purpose

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 in election might stand,

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 not by works,

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 but by him who calls,

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 she was told,

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 the older will serve the younger.

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 Just as it is written,

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 Jacob I loved,

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 but Esau I hated.

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 Here it is then,

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 outside of anything

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 that Esau or Jacob did,

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 before they had done

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 anything good or bad,

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 because they'd not yet been born,

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 right?

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 God declared that Jacob

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 would go ahead of Esau,

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 that Jacob would be loved

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 and saved,

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 and Esau would be hated

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 and lost.

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 This is God's purpose

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 in election,

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 as Paul puts it.

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 Literally,

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 this is God's say-so.

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 Salvation belongs to him.

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 And it's not that God

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 sort of foresaw

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 that Jacob would do some good,

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 you know,

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 some salvation-deserving stuff.

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 So outside of time,

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 God decides,

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 I'm going to save Jacob

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 because he's a kind of

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 salvation-deserving

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 kind of person,

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 and I'm not going to save Esau.

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 No, it says before,

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 doesn't it?

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 Before anything

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 that they'd done.

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 And not just in,

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 not just before

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 kind of chronologically,

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 but before logically

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 as well,

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 outside of,

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 disconnected from

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 anything good or bad

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 done by Jacob or Esau,

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 God chose to save Jacob

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 and not to save Esau.

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 Now, I know these are

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 difficult things, right?

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 It's why I want you

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 to keep looking at your Bible.

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 It's worth pointing out to you

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 that Romans 9

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 is not out on a limb

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 in Bible terms, is it?

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 Paul himself

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 is just expounding

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 the Old Testament for you.

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 Paul didn't write,

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 Jacob I loved,

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 Esau I hated.

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 God said that to Malachi

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 and he wrote it down.

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 Paul didn't write

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 the story of the Exodus

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 where consistently

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 we're told that God

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 hardens Pharaoh's heart

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 so that he will not

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 let the people go.

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 What Paul says

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 is also just in line

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 with what Jesus says.

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 In John chapter 6

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 Jesus says,

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 all those that the Father

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 gives to me

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 will come to me.

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 Notice what he says.

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 Jesus doesn't say

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 all those who decide

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 to come

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 the Father will give.

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 He doesn't say that.

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 Rather he says

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 all those the Father gives

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 those are the ones

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 that will come to me

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 he says.

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 Jesus said of his disciples

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 in John 13

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 that he knew

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 those he had chosen

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 before adding

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 that Judas

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 would betray him

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 because despite

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 being around him

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 and dipping his bread

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 with him

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 still he was not

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 chosen

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 as one of

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 Jesus' people.

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 The other apostles

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 also carry on

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 that teaching

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 say the apostle Peter

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 in 1 Peter 2

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 calls the church

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 a chosen people

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 a royal priesthood

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 and the person

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 they're doing

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 the choosing

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 is not us.

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 It's not that

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 we have chosen

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 to be God's people

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 rather that God

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 has chosen us

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 to be his people.

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 Paul is just

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 echoing that Bible

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 theme from the beginning

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 to the end

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 that we looked at

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 with the children.

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 Salvation belongs

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 to our God.

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 in verse 16

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 he underlines

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 the implication

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 of it all.

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 Verse 16

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 so

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 it does not

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 therefore depend

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 on human desire

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 or effort

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 but on

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 God's

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 mercy.

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 In other words

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 it's not that

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 good people

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 or hard working

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 people

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 or people

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 who do the right

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 thing are saved

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 and others lost

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 rather it's about

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 God's mercy

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 and not human effort.

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 People are saved

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 because of something

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 that is true

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 about God

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 not something

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 that's true

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 about them

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 or me

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 or you.

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 Now

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 it's worth knowing

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 that this is not

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 the only thing

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 that Paul says

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 about those

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 who are saved.

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 Over the page

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 in chapter 10

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 he will tell people

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 that they need to hear

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 about Jesus

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 and believe in him.

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 In chapter 10

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 which we're going to

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 look at next week

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 he says that

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 everyone who calls

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 on the name of the Lord

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 will be saved.

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 He then says

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 in chapter 11

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 that large numbers

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 of Jewish people

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 will be saved

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 as Gentiles

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 hold out the gospel

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 to them.

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 But he starts

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 not in contradiction

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 to any of that

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 but rather to go ahead

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 of all of that

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 he starts here

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 saying listen

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 first

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 you must understand

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 this is about

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 God's mercy

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 not about anything else.

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 And he reminds us

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 verse 15

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 and verse 18

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 repeat exactly

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 the same line.

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 He has mercy

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 on whom he

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 wants to have mercy

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 and he hardens

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 whom he

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 wants to harden.

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 Now that's not

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 because people

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 go to him

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 looking for mercy

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 and some are

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 turned away

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 but knowing

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 that people

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 who come to him

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 for mercy

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 are those

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 who have been

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 mercifully called

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 by God himself.

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 So here we are

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 so far

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 this is the

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 difficult answer

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 to the painful

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 question.

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 Number one

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 belief and unbelief

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 has always been a thing

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 it's always been like this.

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 Step two

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 behind all that

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 stands the sovereign

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 plan of God

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 who chooses

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 to show mercy

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 to whom he wills.

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 He chooses

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 to save those

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 he wants

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 and those

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 he doesn't.

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 There's another

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 step to make

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 because in verse 19

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 Paul anticipates

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 the obvious objection

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 look down at verse 19

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 one of you

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 will say to me

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 then why does

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 God still blame us

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 for who is able

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 to resist his will?

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 This is surely

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 what any thinking

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 person

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 who is tracking

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 Paul's argument

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 is asking now

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 right?

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 Wait Paul

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 if you are saying

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 that behind

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 belief and unbelief

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 ultimately lies

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 the sovereign

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 choice of God

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 in showing

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 mercy and hardening

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 how can anybody

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 then be held

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 responsible for

00:21:58.360 --> 00:21:58.960
 unbelief?

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 If the reason

00:22:00.300 --> 00:22:00.980
 that they don't

00:22:00.980 --> 00:22:01.840
 believe the gospel

00:22:01.840 --> 00:22:02.759
 is ultimately

00:22:02.759 --> 00:22:03.440
 because God

00:22:03.440 --> 00:22:04.460
 made them

00:22:04.460 --> 00:22:05.400
 not believe

00:22:05.400 --> 00:22:06.380
 then surely

00:22:06.380 --> 00:22:07.380
 it's not their fault.

00:22:08.220 --> 00:22:09.039
 Listen this is

00:22:09.039 --> 00:22:09.840
 so important

00:22:09.840 --> 00:22:10.200
 right?

00:22:10.660 --> 00:22:11.460
 If you are not

00:22:11.460 --> 00:22:12.120
 at this point

00:22:12.120 --> 00:22:13.299
 asking this question

00:22:13.299 --> 00:22:14.680
 two things are possible

00:22:14.680 --> 00:22:14.980
 right?

00:22:15.319 --> 00:22:16.740
 One you've zoned out

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 and you're checking

00:22:17.279 --> 00:22:18.220
 your emails on your phone

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 like I said you might be

00:22:19.180 --> 00:22:19.660
 at the beginning

00:22:19.660 --> 00:22:20.440
 in which case

00:22:20.440 --> 00:22:21.519
 come back

00:22:21.519 --> 00:22:22.740
 or two is you just

00:22:22.740 --> 00:22:23.579
 not really understood

00:22:23.579 --> 00:22:24.519
 what's been said

00:22:24.519 --> 00:22:26.220
 because if you are

00:22:26.220 --> 00:22:26.819
 thinking

00:22:26.819 --> 00:22:28.059
 and knowing

00:22:28.059 --> 00:22:28.900
 what Paul has said

00:22:28.900 --> 00:22:30.200
 this is the important

00:22:30.200 --> 00:22:31.299
 question isn't it?

00:22:32.559 --> 00:22:33.900
 How can God

00:22:33.900 --> 00:22:35.460
 be sovereign

00:22:35.460 --> 00:22:36.540
 over belief

00:22:36.540 --> 00:22:37.980
 and unbelief

00:22:37.980 --> 00:22:39.300
 and people

00:22:39.300 --> 00:22:40.120
 still yet

00:22:40.120 --> 00:22:40.600
 be held

00:22:40.600 --> 00:22:41.380
 responsible

00:22:41.380 --> 00:22:42.640
 for their actions

00:22:42.640 --> 00:22:43.700
 whether they

00:22:43.700 --> 00:22:44.620
 believe or not?

00:22:45.060 --> 00:22:45.940
 These two things

00:22:45.940 --> 00:22:46.660
 seem to us

00:22:46.660 --> 00:22:47.660
 to be a contradiction

00:22:47.660 --> 00:22:48.400
 to one another.

00:22:48.880 --> 00:22:49.480
 How can they

00:22:49.480 --> 00:22:50.259
 both be true?

00:22:50.840 --> 00:22:51.600
 Either surely

00:22:51.600 --> 00:22:53.120
 God does choose

00:22:53.120 --> 00:22:53.820
 and people are

00:22:53.820 --> 00:22:54.600
 therefore not

00:22:54.600 --> 00:22:55.259
 responsible

00:22:55.259 --> 00:22:56.700
 or people are

00:22:56.700 --> 00:22:57.220
 responsible

00:22:57.220 --> 00:22:57.800
 and God does

00:22:57.800 --> 00:22:58.580
 not choose

00:22:58.580 --> 00:22:59.320
 but surely

00:22:59.320 --> 00:22:59.940
 these two things

00:22:59.940 --> 00:23:00.640
 cannot be true

00:23:00.640 --> 00:23:01.660
 at the same time.

00:23:02.400 --> 00:23:02.759
 Which one

00:23:02.759 --> 00:23:03.440
 is it going to be?

00:23:04.900 --> 00:23:05.620
 Well look down

00:23:05.620 --> 00:23:06.220
 at verse 20

00:23:06.220 --> 00:23:06.860
 because Paul gives you

00:23:06.860 --> 00:23:07.259
 the answer

00:23:07.259 --> 00:23:07.660
 you're not going

00:23:07.660 --> 00:23:08.100
 to like it

00:23:08.100 --> 00:23:08.960
 but this is the answer.

00:23:10.259 --> 00:23:10.840
 Who are you?

00:23:11.400 --> 00:23:12.340
 A human being

00:23:12.340 --> 00:23:13.540
 to talk back to God.

00:23:14.220 --> 00:23:15.160
 Shall what is formed

00:23:15.160 --> 00:23:15.780
 say to the one

00:23:15.780 --> 00:23:16.320
 who formed it

00:23:16.320 --> 00:23:17.180
 why did you make me

00:23:17.180 --> 00:23:17.880
 like this?

00:23:18.560 --> 00:23:19.440
 Does not the potter

00:23:19.440 --> 00:23:19.980
 have the right

00:23:19.980 --> 00:23:20.560
 to make out

00:23:20.560 --> 00:23:21.240
 of the same lump

00:23:21.240 --> 00:23:21.640
 of clay

00:23:21.640 --> 00:23:22.720
 some pottery

00:23:22.720 --> 00:23:23.700
 for special purposes

00:23:23.700 --> 00:23:25.060
 and some for common use?

00:23:26.540 --> 00:23:27.740
 This is the mind

00:23:27.740 --> 00:23:28.500
 blowing answer.

00:23:29.100 --> 00:23:29.720
 The mind blowing

00:23:29.720 --> 00:23:30.480
 answer is listen

00:23:30.480 --> 00:23:31.640
 that is the obvious

00:23:31.640 --> 00:23:32.620
 question you're right.

00:23:32.619 --> 00:23:34.819
 but you cannot

00:23:34.819 --> 00:23:35.699
 tell God

00:23:35.699 --> 00:23:36.679
 what he is

00:23:36.679 --> 00:23:37.199
 and isn't allowed

00:23:37.199 --> 00:23:37.619
 to do.

00:23:38.579 --> 00:23:39.439
 You cannot

00:23:39.439 --> 00:23:40.379
 say to God

00:23:40.379 --> 00:23:41.519
 you are not

00:23:41.519 --> 00:23:42.500
 allowed to retain

00:23:42.500 --> 00:23:43.179
 your sovereignty

00:23:43.179 --> 00:23:43.719
 in a world

00:23:43.719 --> 00:23:44.500
 of human freedom.

00:23:46.339 --> 00:23:47.500
 In other words

00:23:47.500 --> 00:23:48.719
 while human freedom

00:23:48.719 --> 00:23:49.379
 and responsibility

00:23:49.379 --> 00:23:50.539
 are true

00:23:50.539 --> 00:23:51.179
 and we'll see

00:23:51.179 --> 00:23:51.779
 more of that

00:23:51.779 --> 00:23:52.339
 next week

00:23:52.339 --> 00:23:53.000
 still they are

00:23:53.000 --> 00:23:53.679
 not true

00:23:53.679 --> 00:23:54.059
 in a way

00:23:54.059 --> 00:23:55.139
 that compromises

00:23:55.139 --> 00:23:56.839
 God's freedom.

00:23:57.619 --> 00:23:58.379
 God

00:23:58.380 --> 00:23:58.460
 God

00:23:58.460 --> 00:23:59.440
 is

00:23:59.440 --> 00:24:00.400
 free.

00:24:01.220 --> 00:24:02.100
 That's the answer

00:24:02.100 --> 00:24:02.600
 isn't it?

00:24:02.900 --> 00:24:03.880
 And you are not

00:24:03.880 --> 00:24:05.020
 allowed to tell him

00:24:05.020 --> 00:24:06.140
 that he is not

00:24:06.140 --> 00:24:06.660
 free.

00:24:08.740 --> 00:24:09.860
 And more than that

00:24:09.860 --> 00:24:11.100
 we need to be

00:24:11.100 --> 00:24:11.920
 careful don't we?

00:24:12.360 --> 00:24:13.280
 Because you and I

00:24:13.280 --> 00:24:14.300
 are not in a position

00:24:14.300 --> 00:24:15.020
 to lecture God

00:24:15.020 --> 00:24:15.880
 about what he is

00:24:15.880 --> 00:24:16.500
 or isn't allowed

00:24:16.500 --> 00:24:16.880
 to do.

00:24:18.000 --> 00:24:19.200
 He is the potter

00:24:19.200 --> 00:24:20.820
 and we are the clay.

00:24:21.480 --> 00:24:22.900
 In this world

00:24:22.900 --> 00:24:23.740
 the world

00:24:23.740 --> 00:24:24.200
 that God

00:24:24.200 --> 00:24:24.760
 has made

00:24:24.760 --> 00:24:25.700
 the world

00:24:25.700 --> 00:24:26.120
 that God

00:24:26.119 --> 00:24:26.559
 will hold

00:24:26.559 --> 00:24:27.159
 to account

00:24:27.159 --> 00:24:28.179
 the lives

00:24:28.179 --> 00:24:28.639
 that he has

00:24:28.639 --> 00:24:29.599
 given us

00:24:29.599 --> 00:24:30.699
 which we will

00:24:30.699 --> 00:24:31.219
 one day

00:24:31.219 --> 00:24:32.659
 stand before him

00:24:32.659 --> 00:24:34.179
 he is the one

00:24:34.179 --> 00:24:34.799
 who is allowed

00:24:34.799 --> 00:24:35.879
 to dictate the terms

00:24:35.879 --> 00:24:36.739
 not you or I.

00:24:37.719 --> 00:24:38.979
 Because in this world

00:24:38.979 --> 00:24:39.979
 it's not just

00:24:39.979 --> 00:24:41.019
 human freedom

00:24:41.019 --> 00:24:41.679
 that matters

00:24:41.679 --> 00:24:43.339
 but it's divine

00:24:43.339 --> 00:24:44.179
 freedom

00:24:44.179 --> 00:24:45.359
 because step three

00:24:45.359 --> 00:24:46.319
 is God

00:24:46.319 --> 00:24:46.879
 is free

00:24:46.879 --> 00:24:47.799
 to do

00:24:47.799 --> 00:24:48.699
 as he wills.

00:24:48.799 --> 00:24:49.859
 God must be free.

00:24:52.099 --> 00:24:52.819
 Now we need

00:24:52.819 --> 00:24:53.479
 to be careful here

00:24:53.479 --> 00:24:54.119
 because there is

00:24:54.119 --> 00:24:54.939
 more to notice

00:24:54.939 --> 00:24:55.619
 in these verses.

00:24:55.619 --> 00:24:56.639
 I want you to see

00:24:56.639 --> 00:24:57.319
 I don't think

00:24:57.319 --> 00:24:57.919
 verse 20

00:24:57.919 --> 00:24:58.379
 is meant to be

00:24:58.379 --> 00:24:58.819
 angry

00:24:58.819 --> 00:25:00.659
 or confrontational.

00:25:01.759 --> 00:25:02.359
 Paul is not

00:25:02.359 --> 00:25:03.119
 waving a stick

00:25:03.119 --> 00:25:03.399
 at you

00:25:03.399 --> 00:25:03.719
 saying

00:25:03.719 --> 00:25:04.579
 how dare

00:25:04.579 --> 00:25:05.039
 you ask

00:25:05.039 --> 00:25:05.799
 that question.

00:25:06.319 --> 00:25:06.719
 That's not

00:25:06.719 --> 00:25:08.639
 the tone here.

00:25:09.219 --> 00:25:09.659
 His point

00:25:09.659 --> 00:25:10.139
 is not that

00:25:10.139 --> 00:25:11.079
 asking the question

00:25:11.079 --> 00:25:11.919
 is necessarily

00:25:11.919 --> 00:25:13.159
 rude and objectionable.

00:25:13.659 --> 00:25:14.519
 Rather his point

00:25:14.519 --> 00:25:15.779
 is something like this.

00:25:16.319 --> 00:25:16.899
 When it comes

00:25:16.899 --> 00:25:17.459
 to the issue

00:25:17.459 --> 00:25:19.000
 of divine sovereignty

00:25:19.000 --> 00:25:20.199
 and human responsibility

00:25:20.199 --> 00:25:20.799
 the idea

00:25:20.799 --> 00:25:21.699
 that God

00:25:21.699 --> 00:25:22.659
 chooses those

00:25:22.659 --> 00:25:23.599
 whom he will save

00:25:23.599 --> 00:25:24.479
 and everyone

00:25:24.479 --> 00:25:25.059
 who calls

00:25:25.059 --> 00:25:25.419
 on the name

00:25:25.419 --> 00:25:25.779
 of the Lord

00:25:25.779 --> 00:25:26.399
 will be saved.

00:25:26.720 --> 00:25:27.319
 When it comes

00:25:27.319 --> 00:25:27.919
 to understanding

00:25:27.919 --> 00:25:28.940
 how those two

00:25:28.940 --> 00:25:30.119
 things hold together

00:25:30.119 --> 00:25:31.179
 the question is

00:25:31.179 --> 00:25:32.399
 who do you think

00:25:32.399 --> 00:25:33.099
 you are

00:25:33.099 --> 00:25:33.919
 as a mere

00:25:33.919 --> 00:25:34.759
 human being

00:25:34.759 --> 00:25:35.779
 to expect

00:25:35.779 --> 00:25:36.859
 to understand

00:25:36.859 --> 00:25:37.460
 that?

00:25:38.559 --> 00:25:39.940
 Do you think

00:25:39.940 --> 00:25:41.639
 you can understand

00:25:41.639 --> 00:25:42.179
 God?

00:25:42.440 --> 00:25:43.159
 Do you?

00:25:44.299 --> 00:25:45.079
 Do you think

00:25:45.079 --> 00:25:45.919
 that you can ask

00:25:45.919 --> 00:25:46.159
 God

00:25:46.159 --> 00:25:46.740
 listen God

00:25:46.740 --> 00:25:47.200
 tell me

00:25:47.200 --> 00:25:47.799
 because this is

00:25:47.799 --> 00:25:49.119
 a trouble to me.

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 Listen

00:25:50.240 --> 00:25:50.779
 you must

00:25:50.779 --> 00:25:52.419
 explain to me

00:25:52.419 --> 00:25:52.659
 God

00:25:52.660 --> 00:25:53.019
 please

00:25:53.019 --> 00:25:53.759
 because I

00:25:53.759 --> 00:25:54.120
 don't understand

00:25:54.120 --> 00:25:54.640
 you must

00:25:54.640 --> 00:25:55.259
 explain to me

00:25:55.259 --> 00:25:56.140
 how it can be

00:25:56.140 --> 00:25:56.779
 true that you

00:25:56.779 --> 00:25:57.480
 are sovereign

00:25:57.480 --> 00:25:58.680
 and still

00:25:58.680 --> 00:25:59.160
 hold people

00:25:59.160 --> 00:25:59.740
 responsible.

00:26:01.080 --> 00:26:01.759
 Do you expect

00:26:01.759 --> 00:26:02.180
 God

00:26:02.180 --> 00:26:03.200
 to explain

00:26:03.200 --> 00:26:03.620
 that to you

00:26:03.620 --> 00:26:03.880
 in a way

00:26:03.880 --> 00:26:04.120
 that you

00:26:04.120 --> 00:26:04.820
 can understand?

00:26:05.440 --> 00:26:05.779
 Do you?

00:26:07.019 --> 00:26:07.500
 Of course

00:26:07.500 --> 00:26:08.320
 he couldn't.

00:26:09.060 --> 00:26:09.680
 Not because

00:26:09.680 --> 00:26:10.400
 God doesn't

00:26:10.400 --> 00:26:10.800
 know

00:26:10.800 --> 00:26:12.019
 but because

00:26:12.019 --> 00:26:12.340
 he doesn't

00:26:12.340 --> 00:26:12.720
 have to

00:26:12.720 --> 00:26:13.320
 explain it

00:26:13.320 --> 00:26:13.980
 but even

00:26:13.980 --> 00:26:14.480
 if he did

00:26:14.480 --> 00:26:14.940
 you wouldn't

00:26:14.940 --> 00:26:16.040
 understand it.

00:26:17.600 --> 00:26:18.380
 Now I realise

00:26:18.380 --> 00:26:18.880
 that's probably

00:26:18.880 --> 00:26:19.440
 not the answer

00:26:19.440 --> 00:26:19.820
 that you were

00:26:19.820 --> 00:26:20.600
 maybe looking for.

00:26:21.599 --> 00:26:22.099
 You're perhaps

00:26:22.099 --> 00:26:22.799
 hoping for more

00:26:22.799 --> 00:26:23.219
 that maybe

00:26:23.219 --> 00:26:23.719
 Paul might

00:26:23.719 --> 00:26:24.459
 land an answer

00:26:24.459 --> 00:26:24.799
 that would

00:26:24.799 --> 00:26:25.579
 end the debate

00:26:25.579 --> 00:26:26.079
 that's rumbled

00:26:26.079 --> 00:26:26.740
 on in churches

00:26:26.740 --> 00:26:27.480
 for centuries.

00:26:28.139 --> 00:26:28.519
 Churches are

00:26:28.519 --> 00:26:28.859
 full of

00:26:28.859 --> 00:26:30.279
 churches that

00:26:30.279 --> 00:26:31.240
 emphasise God's

00:26:31.240 --> 00:26:31.599
 sovereignty

00:26:31.599 --> 00:26:32.299
 at the expense

00:26:32.299 --> 00:26:32.779
 of human

00:26:32.779 --> 00:26:33.339
 responsibility

00:26:33.339 --> 00:26:34.659
 and you have

00:26:34.659 --> 00:26:35.159
 other churches

00:26:35.159 --> 00:26:35.619
 which are all

00:26:35.619 --> 00:26:36.099
 about human

00:26:36.099 --> 00:26:36.740
 responsibility

00:26:36.740 --> 00:26:38.519
 and swerve

00:26:38.519 --> 00:26:39.179
 away from the

00:26:39.179 --> 00:26:39.719
 idea that the

00:26:39.719 --> 00:26:40.399
 Lord is sovereign

00:26:40.399 --> 00:26:41.799
 but Paul says

00:26:41.799 --> 00:26:42.219
 no you need

00:26:42.219 --> 00:26:42.699
 to live in the

00:26:42.699 --> 00:26:43.319
 tension because

00:26:43.319 --> 00:26:44.199
 both are true

00:26:44.199 --> 00:26:46.419
 but you cannot

00:26:46.419 --> 00:26:47.279
 understand them

00:26:47.279 --> 00:26:48.699
 because you're

00:26:48.699 --> 00:26:49.759
 a mere human

00:26:49.759 --> 00:26:50.219
 being

00:26:50.220 --> 00:26:51.279
 I'm a mere

00:26:51.279 --> 00:26:51.920
 human being.

00:26:53.380 --> 00:26:54.039
 There's one

00:26:54.039 --> 00:26:54.880
 last step

00:26:54.880 --> 00:26:56.039
 let's rehearse

00:26:56.039 --> 00:26:56.319
 the steps

00:26:56.319 --> 00:26:56.500
 right?

00:26:56.620 --> 00:26:56.920
 Belief and

00:26:56.920 --> 00:26:57.319
 unbelief has

00:26:57.319 --> 00:26:57.740
 always been a

00:26:57.740 --> 00:26:58.000
 thing.

00:26:58.579 --> 00:26:59.140
 God chooses

00:26:59.140 --> 00:26:59.559
 those he

00:26:59.559 --> 00:27:00.039
 says and

00:27:00.039 --> 00:27:00.339
 those he

00:27:00.339 --> 00:27:00.900
 doesn't

00:27:00.900 --> 00:27:01.880
 and then

00:27:01.880 --> 00:27:02.420
 next God

00:27:02.420 --> 00:27:02.860
 is free

00:27:02.860 --> 00:27:03.240
 to do

00:27:03.240 --> 00:27:03.480
 as he

00:27:03.480 --> 00:27:04.059
 wills

00:27:04.059 --> 00:27:04.640
 but there

00:27:04.640 --> 00:27:04.920
 is a

00:27:04.920 --> 00:27:05.279
 fourth

00:27:05.279 --> 00:27:05.860
 step

00:27:05.860 --> 00:27:07.120
 God does

00:27:07.120 --> 00:27:07.960
 all this

00:27:07.960 --> 00:27:08.480
 so that

00:27:08.480 --> 00:27:08.940
 God will

00:27:08.940 --> 00:27:09.600
 be seen

00:27:09.600 --> 00:27:10.740
 as glorious.

00:27:12.019 --> 00:27:12.680
 This is

00:27:12.680 --> 00:27:13.019
 where this

00:27:13.019 --> 00:27:14.059
 section ends

00:27:14.059 --> 00:27:15.220
 verse 22

00:27:15.220 --> 00:27:15.740
 look down

00:27:15.740 --> 00:27:16.039
 at it

00:27:16.039 --> 00:27:16.600
 what if

00:27:16.600 --> 00:27:17.039
 God

00:27:17.039 --> 00:27:18.059
 this is

00:27:18.059 --> 00:27:18.400
 Paul's

00:27:18.400 --> 00:27:18.759
 suggestion

00:27:18.759 --> 00:27:19.360
 and answer

00:27:19.359 --> 00:27:20.199
 what if

00:27:20.199 --> 00:27:20.459
 God

00:27:20.459 --> 00:27:20.839
 although

00:27:20.839 --> 00:27:21.439
 choosing

00:27:21.439 --> 00:27:21.879
 to show

00:27:21.879 --> 00:27:22.319
 his wrath

00:27:22.319 --> 00:27:22.679
 and make

00:27:22.679 --> 00:27:23.159
 his power

00:27:23.159 --> 00:27:23.599
 known

00:27:23.599 --> 00:27:24.439
 or with

00:27:24.439 --> 00:27:24.819
 great

00:27:24.819 --> 00:27:25.299
 patience

00:27:25.299 --> 00:27:25.959
 the objects

00:27:25.959 --> 00:27:26.259
 of his

00:27:26.259 --> 00:27:26.519
 wrath

00:27:26.519 --> 00:27:27.240
 prepared

00:27:27.240 --> 00:27:27.939
 for destruction

00:27:27.939 --> 00:27:28.979
 what if

00:27:28.979 --> 00:27:29.299
 he did

00:27:29.299 --> 00:27:29.699
 this to

00:27:29.699 --> 00:27:30.059
 make the

00:27:30.059 --> 00:27:30.399
 riches

00:27:30.399 --> 00:27:30.740
 of his

00:27:30.740 --> 00:27:31.119
 glory

00:27:31.119 --> 00:27:31.659
 known

00:27:31.659 --> 00:27:32.339
 to the

00:27:32.339 --> 00:27:32.799
 objects

00:27:32.799 --> 00:27:33.099
 of his

00:27:33.099 --> 00:27:33.500
 mercy

00:27:33.500 --> 00:27:33.859
 whom he

00:27:33.859 --> 00:27:34.279
 prepared

00:27:34.279 --> 00:27:34.839
 in advance

00:27:34.839 --> 00:27:35.359
 for glory

00:27:35.359 --> 00:27:36.539
 even us

00:27:36.539 --> 00:27:37.359
 whom he

00:27:37.359 --> 00:27:38.339
 also called

00:27:38.339 --> 00:27:38.859
 not only

00:27:38.859 --> 00:27:39.240
 from the

00:27:39.240 --> 00:27:39.659
 Jews

00:27:39.659 --> 00:27:40.779
 but also

00:27:40.779 --> 00:27:41.139
 from the

00:27:41.139 --> 00:27:41.939
 Gentiles

00:27:41.940 --> 00:27:43.660
 here

00:27:43.660 --> 00:27:44.019
 Paul's

00:27:44.019 --> 00:27:44.259
 point

00:27:44.259 --> 00:27:44.559
 now

00:27:44.559 --> 00:27:44.759
 is

00:27:44.759 --> 00:27:45.279
 essentially

00:27:45.279 --> 00:27:45.759
 to move

00:27:45.759 --> 00:27:46.080
 on

00:27:46.080 --> 00:27:46.360
 and to

00:27:46.360 --> 00:27:46.600
 say

00:27:46.600 --> 00:27:47.559
 what is

00:27:47.559 --> 00:27:47.980
 true

00:27:47.980 --> 00:27:48.299
 of a

00:27:48.299 --> 00:27:48.559
 God

00:27:48.559 --> 00:27:48.980
 like

00:27:48.980 --> 00:27:49.559
 this

00:27:49.559 --> 00:27:50.460
 what am

00:27:50.460 --> 00:27:50.779
 I to

00:27:50.779 --> 00:27:51.299
 think

00:27:51.299 --> 00:27:51.620
 of a

00:27:51.620 --> 00:27:51.940
 God

00:27:51.940 --> 00:27:52.559
 who

00:27:52.559 --> 00:27:53.400
 saves

00:27:53.400 --> 00:27:54.259
 and holds

00:27:54.259 --> 00:27:54.460
 to

00:27:54.460 --> 00:27:54.980
 account

00:27:54.980 --> 00:27:56.340
 what is

00:27:56.340 --> 00:27:56.799
 true

00:27:56.799 --> 00:27:57.140
 if

00:27:57.140 --> 00:27:57.519
 God

00:27:57.519 --> 00:27:58.960
 sovereignly

00:27:58.960 --> 00:27:59.500
 raises

00:27:59.500 --> 00:28:00.259
 up those

00:28:00.259 --> 00:28:00.620
 who will

00:28:00.620 --> 00:28:01.180
 experience

00:28:01.180 --> 00:28:02.019
 mercy

00:28:02.019 --> 00:28:02.640
 and

00:28:02.640 --> 00:28:03.299
 sovereignly

00:28:03.299 --> 00:28:03.620
 raises

00:28:03.620 --> 00:28:04.200
 up those

00:28:04.200 --> 00:28:04.440
 who will

00:28:04.440 --> 00:28:05.080
 experience

00:28:05.080 --> 00:28:05.360
 his

00:28:05.360 --> 00:28:05.860
 judgment

00:28:05.860 --> 00:28:06.960
 what is

00:28:06.960 --> 00:28:07.320
 true

00:28:07.320 --> 00:28:07.600
 of a

00:28:07.600 --> 00:28:07.799
 God

00:28:07.799 --> 00:28:08.120
 who is

00:28:08.120 --> 00:28:08.519
 able

00:28:08.519 --> 00:28:09.019
 to do

00:28:09.019 --> 00:28:09.539
 all of

00:28:09.539 --> 00:28:10.079
 that

00:28:10.079 --> 00:28:11.220
 that

00:28:11.220 --> 00:28:11.579
 God

00:28:11.579 --> 00:28:11.759
 is

00:28:11.759 --> 00:28:12.359
 glorious

00:28:12.359 --> 00:28:12.740
 says

00:28:12.740 --> 00:28:13.059
 Paul

00:28:13.059 --> 00:28:14.119
 and

00:28:14.119 --> 00:28:14.539
 notice

00:28:14.539 --> 00:28:15.000
 how

00:28:15.000 --> 00:28:15.240
 he's

00:28:15.240 --> 00:28:15.480
 glorious

00:28:15.480 --> 00:28:15.779
 verse

00:28:15.779 --> 00:28:16.339
 23

00:28:16.339 --> 00:28:17.180
 by

00:28:17.180 --> 00:28:17.700
 making

00:28:17.700 --> 00:28:18.139
 known

00:28:18.139 --> 00:28:18.379
 his

00:28:18.379 --> 00:28:18.839
 glory

00:28:18.839 --> 00:28:19.639
 to

00:28:19.639 --> 00:28:20.039
 those

00:28:20.039 --> 00:28:20.539
 prepared

00:28:20.539 --> 00:28:20.759
 in

00:28:20.759 --> 00:28:21.539
 advance

00:28:21.539 --> 00:28:22.079
 for

00:28:22.079 --> 00:28:22.279
 his

00:28:22.279 --> 00:28:22.720
 glory

00:28:22.720 --> 00:28:24.200
 I'm

00:28:24.200 --> 00:28:24.319
 going to

00:28:24.319 --> 00:28:24.779
 slow down

00:28:24.779 --> 00:28:25.019
 here

00:28:25.019 --> 00:28:25.379
 so that

00:28:25.379 --> 00:28:25.680
 we get

00:28:25.680 --> 00:28:25.900
 this

00:28:25.900 --> 00:28:26.200
 look at

00:28:26.200 --> 00:28:26.339
 verse

00:28:26.339 --> 00:28:26.720
 22

00:28:26.720 --> 00:28:27.119
 again

00:28:27.119 --> 00:28:28.139
 notice

00:28:28.139 --> 00:28:28.480
 that

00:28:28.480 --> 00:28:28.960
 God's

00:28:28.960 --> 00:28:29.359
 decision

00:28:29.359 --> 00:28:29.639
 to

00:28:29.639 --> 00:28:30.139
 allow

00:28:30.139 --> 00:28:30.900
 unbelief

00:28:30.900 --> 00:28:31.099
 to

00:28:31.099 --> 00:28:31.599
 persist

00:28:31.599 --> 00:28:31.799
 in

00:28:31.799 --> 00:28:31.980
 his

00:28:31.980 --> 00:28:32.500
 world

00:28:32.500 --> 00:28:33.259
 his

00:28:33.259 --> 00:28:33.920
 patience

00:28:33.920 --> 00:28:34.200
 with

00:28:34.200 --> 00:28:34.400
 the

00:28:34.400 --> 00:28:34.920
 objects

00:28:34.920 --> 00:28:35.139
 of

00:28:35.139 --> 00:28:35.299
 his

00:28:35.299 --> 00:28:35.660
 wrath

00:28:35.660 --> 00:28:35.819
 or

00:28:35.819 --> 00:28:36.000
 his

00:28:36.000 --> 00:28:36.379
 judgment

00:28:36.379 --> 00:28:37.420
 is

00:28:37.420 --> 00:28:38.379
 his

00:28:38.380 --> 00:28:38.880
 patience

00:28:38.880 --> 00:28:39.120
 there

00:28:39.120 --> 00:28:39.560
 is

00:28:39.560 --> 00:28:39.880
 for

00:28:39.880 --> 00:28:40.160
 the

00:28:40.160 --> 00:28:40.780
 purpose

00:28:40.780 --> 00:28:41.800
 of

00:28:41.800 --> 00:28:42.320
 showing

00:28:42.320 --> 00:28:42.900
 glory

00:28:42.900 --> 00:28:43.120
 to

00:28:43.120 --> 00:28:43.420
 those

00:28:43.420 --> 00:28:43.580
 who

00:28:43.580 --> 00:28:43.700
 will

00:28:43.700 --> 00:28:43.840
 be

00:28:43.840 --> 00:28:44.440
 saved

00:28:44.440 --> 00:28:45.140
 this

00:28:45.140 --> 00:28:45.320
 is

00:28:45.320 --> 00:28:45.560
 so

00:28:45.560 --> 00:28:46.160
 important

00:28:46.160 --> 00:28:46.820
 okay

00:28:46.820 --> 00:28:47.440
 God

00:28:47.440 --> 00:28:48.120
 allows

00:28:48.120 --> 00:28:49.040
 unbelief

00:28:49.040 --> 00:28:49.740
 to persist

00:28:49.740 --> 00:28:50.120
 in his

00:28:50.120 --> 00:28:50.420
 world

00:28:50.420 --> 00:28:51.340
 not because

00:28:51.340 --> 00:28:51.660
 he is

00:28:51.660 --> 00:28:52.260
 weak

00:28:52.260 --> 00:28:53.100
 not because

00:28:53.100 --> 00:28:53.280
 he's

00:28:53.280 --> 00:28:53.640
 not in

00:28:53.640 --> 00:28:54.180
 control

00:28:54.180 --> 00:28:54.640
 of it

00:28:54.640 --> 00:28:55.800
 but so

00:28:55.800 --> 00:28:56.220
 that

00:28:56.220 --> 00:28:56.520
 he

00:28:56.520 --> 00:28:57.020
 might

00:28:57.020 --> 00:28:57.840
 save

00:28:57.840 --> 00:28:59.640
 and

00:28:59.640 --> 00:28:59.780
 that

00:28:59.780 --> 00:29:00.140
 those

00:29:00.140 --> 00:29:00.340
 he

00:29:00.340 --> 00:29:01.020
 saves

00:29:01.020 --> 00:29:01.920
 might

00:29:01.920 --> 00:29:02.380
 know

00:29:02.380 --> 00:29:02.660
 what

00:29:02.660 --> 00:29:02.800
 it

00:29:02.800 --> 00:29:03.000
 is

00:29:03.000 --> 00:29:03.300
 they've

00:29:03.300 --> 00:29:03.480
 been

00:29:03.480 --> 00:29:04.100
 saved

00:29:04.100 --> 00:29:05.020
 from

00:29:05.020 --> 00:29:06.700
 the

00:29:06.700 --> 00:29:07.000
 order

00:29:07.000 --> 00:29:07.260
 there

00:29:07.260 --> 00:29:07.420
 is

00:29:07.420 --> 00:29:07.600
 the

00:29:07.599 --> 00:29:08.079
 important

00:29:08.079 --> 00:29:08.539
 thing

00:29:08.539 --> 00:29:09.579
 God

00:29:09.579 --> 00:29:10.039
 doesn't

00:29:10.039 --> 00:29:10.419
 allow

00:29:10.419 --> 00:29:10.959
 mercy

00:29:10.959 --> 00:29:11.199
 to

00:29:11.199 --> 00:29:11.619
 exist

00:29:11.619 --> 00:29:11.959
 in

00:29:11.959 --> 00:29:12.240
 order

00:29:12.240 --> 00:29:12.459
 for

00:29:12.459 --> 00:29:12.619
 him

00:29:12.619 --> 00:29:12.799
 to

00:29:12.799 --> 00:29:13.179
 provide

00:29:13.179 --> 00:29:13.339
 an

00:29:13.339 --> 00:29:13.740
 opportunity

00:29:13.740 --> 00:29:14.039
 for

00:29:14.039 --> 00:29:14.619
 judgment

00:29:14.619 --> 00:29:17.159
 instead

00:29:17.159 --> 00:29:17.559
 he

00:29:17.559 --> 00:29:18.039
 provides

00:29:18.039 --> 00:29:18.719
 patience

00:29:18.719 --> 00:29:18.980
 in

00:29:18.980 --> 00:29:19.399
 judgment

00:29:19.399 --> 00:29:19.759
 in

00:29:19.759 --> 00:29:20.000
 order

00:29:20.000 --> 00:29:20.240
 to

00:29:20.240 --> 00:29:20.779
 prioritize

00:29:20.779 --> 00:29:21.919
 mercy

00:29:21.919 --> 00:29:24.299
 use

00:29:24.299 --> 00:29:24.639
 Paul's

00:29:24.639 --> 00:29:24.939
 example

00:29:24.939 --> 00:29:25.179
 of

00:29:25.179 --> 00:29:25.519
 Pharaoh

00:29:25.519 --> 00:29:26.079
 right

00:29:26.079 --> 00:29:28.299
 God

00:29:28.299 --> 00:29:28.579
 did

00:29:28.579 --> 00:29:29.240
 not

00:29:29.240 --> 00:29:30.099
 save

00:29:30.099 --> 00:29:30.339
 the

00:29:30.339 --> 00:29:30.939
 Israelites

00:29:30.939 --> 00:29:31.439
 from

00:29:31.439 --> 00:29:32.099
 Egypt

00:29:32.099 --> 00:29:33.000
 so

00:29:33.000 --> 00:29:33.439
 that

00:29:33.439 --> 00:29:33.779
 he

00:29:33.779 --> 00:29:34.259
 could

00:29:34.259 --> 00:29:34.859
 judge

00:29:34.859 --> 00:29:35.579
 Pharaoh

00:29:35.579 --> 00:29:37.559
 rather

00:29:37.559 --> 00:29:37.859
 he

00:29:37.859 --> 00:29:38.579
 patiently

00:29:38.579 --> 00:29:39.119
 waited

00:29:39.119 --> 00:29:39.480
 to

00:29:39.480 --> 00:29:39.939
 punish

00:29:39.939 --> 00:29:40.480
 Pharaoh

00:29:40.480 --> 00:29:41.379
 so

00:29:41.379 --> 00:29:41.779
 that

00:29:41.779 --> 00:29:42.099
 he

00:29:42.099 --> 00:29:42.480
 might

00:29:42.480 --> 00:29:43.099
 save

00:29:43.099 --> 00:29:44.339
 Israel

00:29:44.339 --> 00:29:46.359
 salvation

00:29:46.359 --> 00:29:47.099
 was

00:29:47.099 --> 00:29:47.339
 and

00:29:47.339 --> 00:29:47.759
 is

00:29:47.759 --> 00:29:48.199
 God's

00:29:48.199 --> 00:29:48.799
 priority

00:29:48.799 --> 00:29:49.599
 not

00:29:49.599 --> 00:29:50.099
 judgment

00:29:50.099 --> 00:29:51.139
 and

00:29:51.139 --> 00:29:51.240
 the

00:29:51.240 --> 00:29:51.579
 Israelites

00:29:51.579 --> 00:29:51.899
 will

00:29:51.899 --> 00:29:52.319
 look

00:29:52.319 --> 00:29:52.639
 over

00:29:52.639 --> 00:29:52.799
 the

00:29:52.799 --> 00:29:53.099
 bodies

00:29:53.099 --> 00:29:53.259
 of

00:29:53.259 --> 00:29:53.379
 the

00:29:53.379 --> 00:29:53.899
 Egyptians

00:29:53.899 --> 00:29:54.359
 bobbing

00:29:54.359 --> 00:29:54.619
 up and

00:29:54.619 --> 00:29:54.819
 down

00:29:54.819 --> 00:29:54.939
 in

00:29:54.939 --> 00:29:55.039
 the

00:29:55.039 --> 00:29:55.220
 Red

00:29:55.220 --> 00:29:55.539
 Sea

00:29:55.539 --> 00:29:55.819
 and

00:29:55.819 --> 00:29:55.980
 they

00:29:55.980 --> 00:29:56.159
 are

00:29:56.159 --> 00:29:56.299
 to

00:29:56.299 --> 00:29:56.659
 think

00:29:56.659 --> 00:29:57.480
 that

00:29:57.480 --> 00:29:57.919
 should

00:29:57.919 --> 00:29:58.099
 have

00:29:58.099 --> 00:29:58.319
 been

00:29:58.319 --> 00:29:59.099
 me

00:29:59.099 --> 00:30:00.599
 but

00:30:00.599 --> 00:30:00.919
 God

00:30:00.919 --> 00:30:01.279
 showed

00:30:01.279 --> 00:30:01.500
 me

00:30:01.500 --> 00:30:02.059
 mercy

00:30:02.059 --> 00:30:04.719
 Jesus

00:30:04.719 --> 00:30:05.359
 tells

00:30:05.359 --> 00:30:05.539
 a

00:30:05.539 --> 00:30:05.919
 parable

00:30:05.919 --> 00:30:06.339
 in

00:30:06.339 --> 00:30:06.779
 Matthew

00:30:06.779 --> 00:30:07.419
 13

00:30:07.419 --> 00:30:07.859
 of

00:30:07.859 --> 00:30:08.539
 weeds

00:30:08.539 --> 00:30:08.959
 and

00:30:08.959 --> 00:30:09.579
 wheat

00:30:09.579 --> 00:30:10.779
 where

00:30:10.779 --> 00:30:10.939
 the

00:30:10.939 --> 00:30:11.139
 kingdom

00:30:11.139 --> 00:30:11.319
 of

00:30:11.319 --> 00:30:11.519
 God

00:30:11.519 --> 00:30:11.799
 is

00:30:11.799 --> 00:30:12.279
 compared

00:30:12.279 --> 00:30:12.519
 to

00:30:12.519 --> 00:30:12.699
 a

00:30:12.699 --> 00:30:13.099
 field

00:30:13.099 --> 00:30:13.339
 that

00:30:13.339 --> 00:30:13.439
 has

00:30:13.439 --> 00:30:13.599
 been

00:30:13.599 --> 00:30:14.000
 planted

00:30:14.000 --> 00:30:14.419
 with

00:30:14.419 --> 00:30:15.459
 wheat

00:30:15.459 --> 00:30:16.419
 and

00:30:16.419 --> 00:30:16.579
 then

00:30:16.579 --> 00:30:16.939
 someone

00:30:16.939 --> 00:30:17.159
 an

00:30:17.159 --> 00:30:17.399
 enemy

00:30:17.399 --> 00:30:17.759
 goes

00:30:17.759 --> 00:30:18.000
 and

00:30:18.000 --> 00:30:18.399
 plants

00:30:18.399 --> 00:30:18.939
 weeds

00:30:18.939 --> 00:30:19.119
 in

00:30:19.119 --> 00:30:19.259
 the

00:30:19.259 --> 00:30:19.639
 field

00:30:19.639 --> 00:30:20.519
 and

00:30:20.519 --> 00:30:20.679
 the

00:30:20.679 --> 00:30:21.079
 servants

00:30:21.079 --> 00:30:21.419
 say

00:30:21.419 --> 00:30:21.740
 shall

00:30:21.740 --> 00:30:21.939
 we

00:30:21.939 --> 00:30:22.299
 pull

00:30:22.299 --> 00:30:22.659
 up

00:30:22.659 --> 00:30:23.179
 the

00:30:23.179 --> 00:30:23.779
 weeds

00:30:23.779 --> 00:30:24.559
 and

00:30:24.559 --> 00:30:24.719
 the

00:30:24.719 --> 00:30:24.980
 farmer

00:30:24.980 --> 00:30:25.359
 says

00:30:25.359 --> 00:30:25.819
 no

00:30:25.819 --> 00:30:26.199
 don't

00:30:26.199 --> 00:30:26.379
 do

00:30:26.379 --> 00:30:26.839
 that

00:30:26.839 --> 00:30:27.879
 because

00:30:27.879 --> 00:30:28.119
 you

00:30:28.119 --> 00:30:28.359
 might

00:30:28.359 --> 00:30:28.559
 pull

00:30:28.559 --> 00:30:28.679
 up

00:30:28.680 --> 00:30:28.860
 the

00:30:28.860 --> 00:30:29.140
 wheat

00:30:29.140 --> 00:30:29.440
 with

00:30:29.440 --> 00:30:29.660
 the

00:30:29.660 --> 00:30:30.240
 weeds

00:30:30.240 --> 00:30:30.720
 by

00:30:30.720 --> 00:30:31.200
 accident

00:30:31.200 --> 00:30:31.920
 and

00:30:31.920 --> 00:30:32.100
 we

00:30:32.100 --> 00:30:32.480
 really

00:30:32.480 --> 00:30:32.720
 don't

00:30:32.720 --> 00:30:32.960
 want

00:30:32.960 --> 00:30:33.220
 that

00:30:33.220 --> 00:30:33.680
 because

00:30:33.680 --> 00:30:33.900
 what

00:30:33.900 --> 00:30:34.140
 we're

00:30:34.140 --> 00:30:34.360
 really

00:30:34.360 --> 00:30:34.700
 about

00:30:34.700 --> 00:30:34.960
 is

00:30:34.960 --> 00:30:35.759
 harvest

00:30:35.759 --> 00:30:36.740
 harvesting

00:30:36.740 --> 00:30:37.320
 wheat

00:30:37.320 --> 00:30:38.980
 no

00:30:38.980 --> 00:30:39.299
 instead

00:30:39.299 --> 00:30:39.680
 wait

00:30:39.680 --> 00:30:39.920
 until

00:30:39.920 --> 00:30:40.080
 the

00:30:40.080 --> 00:30:40.380
 harvest

00:30:40.380 --> 00:30:40.620
 and

00:30:40.620 --> 00:30:40.980
 then

00:30:40.980 --> 00:30:41.240
 we'll

00:30:41.240 --> 00:30:41.640
 separate

00:30:41.640 --> 00:30:41.980
 them

00:30:41.980 --> 00:30:42.980
 and

00:30:42.980 --> 00:30:43.180
 we'll

00:30:43.180 --> 00:30:43.460
 bundle

00:30:43.460 --> 00:30:43.700
 the

00:30:43.700 --> 00:30:44.160
 weeds

00:30:44.160 --> 00:30:44.420
 to

00:30:44.420 --> 00:30:44.759
 burn

00:30:44.759 --> 00:30:45.019
 and

00:30:45.019 --> 00:30:45.160
 the

00:30:45.160 --> 00:30:45.440
 wheat

00:30:45.440 --> 00:30:45.700
 to

00:30:45.700 --> 00:30:45.840
 go

00:30:45.840 --> 00:30:45.940
 in

00:30:45.940 --> 00:30:46.039
 the

00:30:46.039 --> 00:30:46.360
 barn

00:30:46.360 --> 00:30:47.480
 and

00:30:47.480 --> 00:30:47.660
 so

00:30:47.660 --> 00:30:47.799
 it

00:30:47.799 --> 00:30:47.980
 is

00:30:47.980 --> 00:30:48.380
 here

00:30:48.380 --> 00:30:49.460
 God's

00:30:49.460 --> 00:30:49.840
 sovereignty

00:30:49.840 --> 00:30:50.180
 over

00:30:50.180 --> 00:30:50.600
 belief

00:30:50.600 --> 00:30:50.759
 and

00:30:50.759 --> 00:30:51.299
 unbelief

00:30:51.299 --> 00:30:51.640
 means

00:30:51.640 --> 00:30:51.840
 that

00:30:51.840 --> 00:30:52.000
 he

00:30:52.000 --> 00:30:52.259
 can

00:30:52.259 --> 00:30:52.940
 patiently

00:30:52.940 --> 00:30:53.620
 wait

00:30:53.620 --> 00:30:54.500
 to

00:30:54.500 --> 00:30:55.000
 show

00:30:55.000 --> 00:30:56.360
 mercy

00:30:56.359 --> 00:30:58.479
 prioritizing

00:30:58.479 --> 00:30:58.979
 showing

00:30:58.979 --> 00:30:59.779
 his glory

00:30:59.779 --> 00:31:00.879
 in

00:31:00.879 --> 00:31:01.539
 saving

00:31:01.539 --> 00:31:02.639
 his people

00:31:02.639 --> 00:31:04.059
 even

00:31:04.059 --> 00:31:04.819
 to us

00:31:04.819 --> 00:31:05.919
 who don't

00:31:05.919 --> 00:31:06.299
 belong

00:31:06.299 --> 00:31:06.699
 the old

00:31:06.699 --> 00:31:07.039
 testament

00:31:07.039 --> 00:31:07.459
 promises

00:31:07.459 --> 00:31:07.859
 because we

00:31:07.859 --> 00:31:08.159
 were never

00:31:08.159 --> 00:31:08.579
 part of

00:31:08.579 --> 00:31:08.919
 the jewish

00:31:08.919 --> 00:31:09.339
 nation

00:31:09.339 --> 00:31:10.519
 we are

00:31:10.519 --> 00:31:10.679
 the

00:31:10.679 --> 00:31:11.500
 gentiles

00:31:11.500 --> 00:31:12.579
 and so

00:31:12.579 --> 00:31:12.939
 we can

00:31:12.939 --> 00:31:13.199
 say

00:31:13.199 --> 00:31:13.500
 can't

00:31:13.500 --> 00:31:13.619
 we

00:31:13.619 --> 00:31:13.740
 that

00:31:13.740 --> 00:31:14.039
 because

00:31:14.039 --> 00:31:14.240
 of

00:31:14.240 --> 00:31:14.500
 God's

00:31:14.500 --> 00:31:14.679
 great

00:31:14.679 --> 00:31:15.119
 patience

00:31:15.119 --> 00:31:15.339
 he

00:31:15.339 --> 00:31:15.519
 has

00:31:15.519 --> 00:31:15.819
 time

00:31:15.819 --> 00:31:16.000
 to

00:31:16.000 --> 00:31:16.539
 include

00:31:16.539 --> 00:31:16.959
 even

00:31:16.959 --> 00:31:17.719
 us

00:31:17.720 --> 00:31:19.220
 so

00:31:19.220 --> 00:31:19.380
 as

00:31:19.380 --> 00:31:19.579
 verse

00:31:19.579 --> 00:31:20.019
 25

00:31:20.019 --> 00:31:20.460
 puts

00:31:20.460 --> 00:31:20.700
 it

00:31:20.700 --> 00:31:21.440
 as

00:31:21.440 --> 00:31:21.559
 he

00:31:21.559 --> 00:31:21.819
 says

00:31:21.819 --> 00:31:21.980
 in

00:31:21.980 --> 00:31:22.400
 Hosea

00:31:22.400 --> 00:31:22.640
 I

00:31:22.640 --> 00:31:22.839
 will

00:31:22.839 --> 00:31:23.180
 call

00:31:23.180 --> 00:31:23.460
 them

00:31:23.460 --> 00:31:23.819
 my

00:31:23.819 --> 00:31:24.319
 people

00:31:24.319 --> 00:31:24.539
 who

00:31:24.539 --> 00:31:24.660
 are

00:31:24.660 --> 00:31:24.860
 not

00:31:24.860 --> 00:31:25.059
 my

00:31:25.059 --> 00:31:25.420
 people

00:31:25.420 --> 00:31:26.519
 and

00:31:26.519 --> 00:31:26.660
 I

00:31:26.660 --> 00:31:26.799
 will

00:31:26.799 --> 00:31:27.079
 call

00:31:27.079 --> 00:31:27.259
 her

00:31:27.259 --> 00:31:27.480
 my

00:31:27.480 --> 00:31:27.819
 loved

00:31:27.819 --> 00:31:28.220
 one

00:31:28.220 --> 00:31:28.880
 who

00:31:28.880 --> 00:31:29.039
 is

00:31:29.039 --> 00:31:29.240
 not

00:31:29.240 --> 00:31:29.460
 my

00:31:29.460 --> 00:31:29.680
 loved

00:31:29.680 --> 00:31:30.039
 one

00:31:30.039 --> 00:31:30.819
 and

00:31:30.819 --> 00:31:30.920
 in

00:31:30.920 --> 00:31:31.019
 the

00:31:31.019 --> 00:31:31.220
 very

00:31:31.220 --> 00:31:31.559
 place

00:31:31.559 --> 00:31:31.740
 where

00:31:31.740 --> 00:31:31.860
 it

00:31:31.860 --> 00:31:32.100
 said

00:31:32.100 --> 00:31:32.220
 to

00:31:32.220 --> 00:31:32.380
 them

00:31:32.380 --> 00:31:32.539
 you

00:31:32.539 --> 00:31:32.660
 are

00:31:32.660 --> 00:31:32.839
 not

00:31:32.839 --> 00:31:33.039
 my

00:31:33.039 --> 00:31:33.400
 people

00:31:33.400 --> 00:31:33.720
 there

00:31:33.720 --> 00:31:33.920
 they

00:31:33.920 --> 00:31:34.059
 will

00:31:34.059 --> 00:31:34.220
 be

00:31:34.220 --> 00:31:34.559
 called

00:31:34.559 --> 00:31:35.120
 children

00:31:35.120 --> 00:31:36.039
 of

00:31:36.039 --> 00:31:36.160
 the

00:31:36.160 --> 00:31:36.360
 living

00:31:36.360 --> 00:31:36.920
 God

00:31:36.920 --> 00:31:37.940
 it's

00:31:37.940 --> 00:31:38.039
 you

00:31:38.039 --> 00:31:38.180
 and

00:31:38.180 --> 00:31:38.440
 me

00:31:38.440 --> 00:31:39.339
 you

00:31:39.339 --> 00:31:39.360
!

00:31:39.360 --> 00:31:39.400
 you're

00:31:39.400 --> 00:31:39.519
 a

00:31:39.519 --> 00:31:39.759
 Christian

00:31:39.759 --> 00:31:40.000
 this

00:31:40.000 --> 00:31:40.299
 morning

00:31:40.299 --> 00:31:43.259
 let me

00:31:43.259 --> 00:31:43.700
 just ask

00:31:43.700 --> 00:31:43.960
 as we

00:31:43.960 --> 00:31:44.139
 close

00:31:44.139 --> 00:31:44.359
 what are

00:31:44.359 --> 00:31:44.440
 we

00:31:44.440 --> 00:31:44.879
 to do

00:31:44.879 --> 00:31:45.180
 with

00:31:45.180 --> 00:31:45.339
 all

00:31:45.339 --> 00:31:45.460
 of

00:31:45.460 --> 00:31:45.859
 this

00:31:45.859 --> 00:31:47.419
 we

00:31:47.419 --> 00:31:47.599
 are

00:31:47.599 --> 00:31:48.240
 surrounded

00:31:48.240 --> 00:31:48.680
 aren't

00:31:48.680 --> 00:31:48.819
 we

00:31:48.819 --> 00:31:49.099
 like

00:31:49.099 --> 00:31:49.419
 Paul

00:31:49.419 --> 00:31:49.659
 by

00:31:49.659 --> 00:31:49.960
 the

00:31:49.960 --> 00:31:50.720
 heartbreaking

00:31:50.720 --> 00:31:50.740
!

00:31:50.740 --> 00:31:51.279
 reality

00:31:51.279 --> 00:31:51.460
 of

00:31:51.460 --> 00:31:52.139
 unbelief

00:31:52.139 --> 00:31:54.460
 people

00:31:54.460 --> 00:31:54.740
 that we

00:31:54.740 --> 00:31:55.240
 love

00:31:55.240 --> 00:31:56.240
 care

00:31:56.240 --> 00:31:56.539
 about

00:31:56.539 --> 00:31:57.019
 deeply

00:31:57.019 --> 00:31:58.500
 see

00:31:58.500 --> 00:31:58.879
 no

00:31:58.879 --> 00:31:59.379
 need

00:31:59.379 --> 00:31:59.599
 to

00:31:59.599 --> 00:31:59.919
 trust

00:31:59.919 --> 00:32:00.079
 in

00:32:00.079 --> 00:32:00.180
 the

00:32:00.180 --> 00:32:00.339
 Lord

00:32:00.339 --> 00:32:00.559
 Jesus

00:32:00.559 --> 00:32:01.000
 Christ

00:32:01.000 --> 00:32:01.220
 or

00:32:01.220 --> 00:32:01.559
 follow

00:32:01.559 --> 00:32:01.940
 him

00:32:01.940 --> 00:32:02.099
 or

00:32:02.099 --> 00:32:02.359
 turn

00:32:02.359 --> 00:32:02.519
 from

00:32:02.519 --> 00:32:02.740
 their

00:32:02.740 --> 00:32:02.980
 sin

00:32:02.980 --> 00:32:04.139
 it's

00:32:04.139 --> 00:32:04.299
 not

00:32:04.299 --> 00:32:04.740
 ignorance

00:32:04.740 --> 00:32:04.980
 they

00:32:04.980 --> 00:32:05.139
 know

00:32:05.139 --> 00:32:05.299
 their

00:32:05.299 --> 00:32:05.639
 Bibles

00:32:05.639 --> 00:32:05.919
 they've

00:32:05.919 --> 00:32:06.220
 attended

00:32:06.220 --> 00:32:06.680
 church

00:32:06.680 --> 00:32:06.919
 we've

00:32:06.919 --> 00:32:07.099
 shared

00:32:07.099 --> 00:32:07.240
 the

00:32:07.240 --> 00:32:07.500
 gospel

00:32:07.500 --> 00:32:07.759
 with

00:32:07.759 --> 00:32:07.960
 them

00:32:07.960 --> 00:32:09.119
 they

00:32:09.119 --> 00:32:09.279
 just

00:32:09.279 --> 00:32:09.419
 don't

00:32:09.419 --> 00:32:09.539
 think

00:32:09.539 --> 00:32:09.659
 it's

00:32:09.659 --> 00:32:10.039
 important

00:32:10.039 --> 00:32:11.619
 they

00:32:11.619 --> 00:32:11.839
 just

00:32:11.839 --> 00:32:12.039
 don't

00:32:12.039 --> 00:32:12.420
 care

00:32:12.420 --> 00:32:13.720
 and

00:32:13.720 --> 00:32:13.879
 yet

00:32:13.879 --> 00:32:14.099
 we

00:32:14.099 --> 00:32:14.319
 know

00:32:14.319 --> 00:32:14.539
 because

00:32:14.539 --> 00:32:14.700
 the

00:32:14.700 --> 00:32:14.899
 Bible

00:32:14.899 --> 00:32:15.079
 is

00:32:15.079 --> 00:32:15.279
 so

00:32:15.279 --> 00:32:15.579
 clear

00:32:15.579 --> 00:32:15.779
 that

00:32:15.779 --> 00:32:16.259
 judgment

00:32:16.259 --> 00:32:16.720
 stands

00:32:16.720 --> 00:32:17.059
 before

00:32:17.059 --> 00:32:17.240
 us

00:32:17.240 --> 00:32:17.519
 all

00:32:17.519 --> 00:32:19.759
 what

00:32:19.759 --> 00:32:19.859
 are

00:32:19.859 --> 00:32:19.940
 we

00:32:19.940 --> 00:32:20.059
 to

00:32:20.059 --> 00:32:20.259
 think

00:32:20.259 --> 00:32:20.399
 what

00:32:20.399 --> 00:32:20.460
 are

00:32:20.460 --> 00:32:20.559
 we

00:32:20.559 --> 00:32:20.680
 to

00:32:20.680 --> 00:32:20.940
 do

00:32:20.940 --> 00:32:23.099
 well

00:32:23.099 --> 00:32:23.240
 we

00:32:23.240 --> 00:32:23.379
 are

00:32:23.379 --> 00:32:23.519
 to

00:32:23.519 --> 00:32:23.759
 see

00:32:23.759 --> 00:32:23.940
 that

00:32:23.940 --> 00:32:24.139
 while

00:32:24.139 --> 00:32:24.319
 we

00:32:24.319 --> 00:32:24.659
 don't

00:32:24.659 --> 00:32:24.980
 really

00:32:24.980 --> 00:32:25.920
 understand

00:32:25.920 --> 00:32:27.200
 God

00:32:27.200 --> 00:32:27.379
 is

00:32:27.379 --> 00:32:27.619
 still

00:32:27.619 --> 00:32:27.839
 in

00:32:27.839 --> 00:32:28.399
 charge

00:32:28.399 --> 00:32:30.180
 and

00:32:30.180 --> 00:32:30.539
 God

00:32:30.539 --> 00:32:30.899
 knows

00:32:30.899 --> 00:32:31.079
 what

00:32:31.079 --> 00:32:31.240
 he's

00:32:31.240 --> 00:32:31.519
 doing

00:32:31.519 --> 00:32:32.720
 even

00:32:32.720 --> 00:32:32.899
 if

00:32:32.899 --> 00:32:33.059
 we

00:32:33.059 --> 00:32:33.279
 don't

00:32:33.279 --> 00:32:33.519
 know

00:32:33.519 --> 00:32:35.119
 and

00:32:35.119 --> 00:32:35.359
 yes

00:32:35.359 --> 00:32:35.539
 we

00:32:35.539 --> 00:32:35.740
 know

00:32:35.740 --> 00:32:36.039
 because

00:32:36.039 --> 00:32:36.240
 we

00:32:36.240 --> 00:32:36.420
 kind

00:32:36.420 --> 00:32:36.500
 of

00:32:36.500 --> 00:32:36.659
 come

00:32:36.659 --> 00:32:36.779
 to

00:32:36.779 --> 00:32:36.980
 chapter

00:32:36.980 --> 00:32:37.279
 10

00:32:37.279 --> 00:32:37.420
 we

00:32:37.420 --> 00:32:37.560
 should

00:32:37.560 --> 00:32:37.800
 keep

00:32:37.800 --> 00:32:38.120
 sharing

00:32:38.120 --> 00:32:38.279
 the

00:32:38.279 --> 00:32:38.519
 gospel

00:32:38.519 --> 00:32:39.019
 people

00:32:39.019 --> 00:32:39.240
 don't

00:32:39.240 --> 00:32:39.539
 carry

00:32:39.539 --> 00:32:40.019
 labels

00:32:40.019 --> 00:32:40.200
 do

00:32:40.200 --> 00:32:40.360
 they

00:32:40.360 --> 00:32:41.180
 we

00:32:41.180 --> 00:32:41.380
 don't

00:32:41.380 --> 00:32:41.580
 know

00:32:41.580 --> 00:32:41.759
 who

00:32:41.759 --> 00:32:41.900
 God

00:32:41.900 --> 00:32:42.019
 has

00:32:42.019 --> 00:32:42.420
 chosen

00:32:42.420 --> 00:32:42.960
 only

00:32:42.960 --> 00:32:43.220
 God

00:32:43.220 --> 00:32:43.480
 knows

00:32:43.480 --> 00:32:43.840
 that

00:32:43.840 --> 00:32:44.920
 and

00:32:44.920 --> 00:32:45.120
 so

00:32:45.120 --> 00:32:45.400
 we

00:32:45.400 --> 00:32:45.820
 share

00:32:45.820 --> 00:32:45.980
 the

00:32:45.980 --> 00:32:46.380
 gospel

00:32:46.380 --> 00:32:47.600
 but

00:32:47.600 --> 00:32:47.720
 we

00:32:47.720 --> 00:32:48.060
 also

00:32:48.060 --> 00:32:48.640
 pray

00:32:48.640 --> 00:32:49.680
 why

00:32:49.680 --> 00:32:50.259
 pray

00:32:50.259 --> 00:32:51.220
 why

00:32:51.220 --> 00:32:51.380
 do

00:32:51.380 --> 00:32:51.560
 you

00:32:51.560 --> 00:32:51.920
 pray

00:32:51.920 --> 00:32:52.120
 for

00:32:52.120 --> 00:32:52.259
 your

00:32:52.259 --> 00:32:52.539
 friends

00:32:52.539 --> 00:32:52.700
 and

00:32:52.700 --> 00:32:52.960
 family

00:32:52.960 --> 00:32:53.140
 who

00:32:53.140 --> 00:32:53.320
 don't

00:32:53.320 --> 00:32:53.440
 know

00:32:53.440 --> 00:32:53.600
 the

00:32:53.600 --> 00:32:53.800
 Lord

00:32:53.800 --> 00:32:53.980
 to

00:32:53.980 --> 00:32:54.120
 come

00:32:54.120 --> 00:32:54.240
 and

00:32:54.240 --> 00:32:54.460
 trust

00:32:54.460 --> 00:32:54.600
 in

00:32:54.600 --> 00:32:54.800
 him

00:32:54.800 --> 00:32:56.560
 you

00:32:56.560 --> 00:32:56.840
 pray

00:32:56.840 --> 00:32:57.140
 because

00:32:57.140 --> 00:32:57.320
 you

00:32:57.320 --> 00:32:57.620
 know

00:32:57.620 --> 00:32:57.840
 that

00:32:57.840 --> 00:32:58.300
 salvation

00:32:58.300 --> 00:32:58.759
 belongs

00:32:58.759 --> 00:32:58.960
 to

00:32:58.960 --> 00:32:59.440
 God

00:32:59.440 --> 00:32:59.820
 and

00:32:59.820 --> 00:33:01.300
 that

00:33:01.300 --> 00:33:01.460
 he

00:33:01.460 --> 00:33:01.640
 has

00:33:01.640 --> 00:33:01.779
 the

00:33:01.779 --> 00:33:02.039
 power

00:33:02.039 --> 00:33:02.240
 to

00:33:02.240 --> 00:33:02.519
 save

00:33:02.519 --> 00:33:04.379
 that's

00:33:04.379 --> 00:33:04.500
 what

00:33:04.500 --> 00:33:04.740
 Romans

00:33:04.740 --> 00:33:04.920
 9

00:33:04.920 --> 00:33:05.019
 has

00:33:05.019 --> 00:33:05.139
 been

00:33:05.139 --> 00:33:05.359
 telling

00:33:05.359 --> 00:33:06.039
 you

00:33:06.039 --> 00:33:07.960
 but

00:33:07.960 --> 00:33:08.099
 let

00:33:08.099 --> 00:33:08.200
 me

00:33:08.200 --> 00:33:08.379
 just

00:33:08.379 --> 00:33:08.720
 finish

00:33:08.720 --> 00:33:08.920
 with

00:33:08.920 --> 00:33:09.059
 a

00:33:09.059 --> 00:33:09.359
 plea

00:33:09.359 --> 00:33:09.539
 if

00:33:09.539 --> 00:33:09.660
 I

00:33:09.660 --> 00:33:10.019
 can

00:33:10.019 --> 00:33:11.660
 perhaps

00:33:11.660 --> 00:33:11.799
 you're

00:33:11.799 --> 00:33:11.900
 here

00:33:11.900 --> 00:33:12.099
 this

00:33:12.099 --> 00:33:12.339
 morning

00:33:12.339 --> 00:33:12.639
 and

00:33:12.639 --> 00:33:12.759
 you're

00:33:12.759 --> 00:33:12.879
 not

00:33:12.879 --> 00:33:13.019
 a

00:33:13.019 --> 00:33:13.339
 Christian

00:33:13.339 --> 00:33:14.460
 I'm

00:33:14.460 --> 00:33:14.720
 so

00:33:14.720 --> 00:33:14.940
 glad

00:33:14.940 --> 00:33:15.119
 you're

00:33:15.119 --> 00:33:15.339
 here

00:33:15.339 --> 00:33:15.619
 with

00:33:15.619 --> 00:33:15.759
 us

00:33:15.759 --> 00:33:15.940
 this

00:33:15.940 --> 00:33:16.240
 morning

00:33:16.240 --> 00:33:17.400
 maybe

00:33:17.400 --> 00:33:17.779
 you've

00:33:17.779 --> 00:33:17.960
 thought

00:33:17.960 --> 00:33:18.240
 wow

00:33:18.240 --> 00:33:19.019
 this

00:33:19.019 --> 00:33:19.160
 is

00:33:19.160 --> 00:33:19.420
 a bit

00:33:19.420 --> 00:33:19.700
 heavier

00:33:19.700 --> 00:33:19.879
 than

00:33:19.879 --> 00:33:20.019
 I

00:33:20.019 --> 00:33:20.220
 thought

00:33:20.220 --> 00:33:20.500
 church

00:33:20.500 --> 00:33:20.660
 would

00:33:20.660 --> 00:33:20.960
 be

00:33:20.960 --> 00:33:22.279
 but

00:33:22.279 --> 00:33:22.400
 let

00:33:22.400 --> 00:33:22.500
 me

00:33:22.500 --> 00:33:22.799
 say

00:33:22.799 --> 00:33:23.480
 it's

00:33:23.480 --> 00:33:23.680
 really

00:33:23.680 --> 00:33:23.859
 good

00:33:23.859 --> 00:33:24.039
 you're

00:33:24.039 --> 00:33:24.339
 here

00:33:24.339 --> 00:33:24.639
 I

00:33:24.639 --> 00:33:25.319
 wonder

00:33:25.319 --> 00:33:25.519
 that

00:33:25.519 --> 00:33:25.859
 perhaps

00:33:25.859 --> 00:33:26.059
 you

00:33:26.059 --> 00:33:26.319
 thought

00:33:26.319 --> 00:33:26.480
 when

00:33:26.480 --> 00:33:26.599
 you

00:33:26.599 --> 00:33:26.819
 came

00:33:26.819 --> 00:33:27.019
 into

00:33:32.519 --> 00:33:32.900
 I'd

00:33:32.900 --> 00:33:33.059
 really

00:33:33.059 --> 00:33:33.240
 love

00:33:33.240 --> 00:33:33.319
 you

00:33:33.319 --> 00:33:33.440
 to

00:33:33.440 --> 00:33:33.619
 find

00:33:33.619 --> 00:33:33.740
 out

00:33:33.740 --> 00:33:33.940
 more

00:33:33.940 --> 00:33:34.119
 about

00:33:34.119 --> 00:33:34.279
 this

00:33:34.279 --> 00:33:34.599
 Christian

00:33:34.599 --> 00:33:34.859
 thing

00:33:34.859 --> 00:33:35.480
 come

00:33:35.480 --> 00:33:35.680
 along

00:33:35.680 --> 00:33:35.819
 to

00:33:35.819 --> 00:33:36.119
 church

00:33:36.119 --> 00:33:36.279
 it'd

00:33:36.279 --> 00:33:36.420
 be

00:33:36.420 --> 00:33:37.019
 great

00:33:37.019 --> 00:33:37.220
 that's

00:33:37.220 --> 00:33:37.319
 a

00:33:37.319 --> 00:33:37.440
 really

00:33:37.440 --> 00:33:37.619
 good

00:33:37.619 --> 00:33:37.799
 way

00:33:37.799 --> 00:33:37.920
 of

00:33:37.920 --> 00:33:38.220
 finding

00:33:38.220 --> 00:33:38.400
 out

00:33:38.400 --> 00:33:38.680
 more

00:33:38.680 --> 00:33:40.519
 and

00:33:40.519 --> 00:33:40.619
 then

00:33:40.619 --> 00:33:40.799
 you've

00:33:40.799 --> 00:33:41.039
 listened

00:33:41.039 --> 00:33:41.220
 to

00:33:41.220 --> 00:33:41.460
 Romans

00:33:41.460 --> 00:33:41.660
 9

00:33:41.660 --> 00:33:41.799
 you

00:33:41.799 --> 00:33:41.940
 thought

00:33:41.940 --> 00:33:42.059
 oh

00:33:42.059 --> 00:33:42.180
 my

00:33:42.180 --> 00:33:42.400
 goodness

00:33:42.400 --> 00:33:42.680
 well

00:33:42.680 --> 00:33:43.660
 what

00:33:43.660 --> 00:33:43.779
 if

00:33:43.779 --> 00:33:43.960
 God

00:33:43.960 --> 00:33:44.259
 hasn't

00:33:44.259 --> 00:33:44.680
 chosen

00:33:44.680 --> 00:33:45.039
 me

00:33:45.039 --> 00:33:46.859
 what

00:33:46.859 --> 00:33:47.279
 was

00:33:47.279 --> 00:33:47.400
 the

00:33:47.400 --> 00:33:47.619
 point

00:33:47.619 --> 00:33:47.720
 of

00:33:47.720 --> 00:33:47.799
 me

00:33:47.799 --> 00:33:48.299
 investigating

00:33:48.299 --> 00:33:48.819
 Christianity

00:33:48.819 --> 00:33:49.220
 if

00:33:49.220 --> 00:33:49.379
 God

00:33:49.379 --> 00:33:49.599
 hasn't

00:33:49.599 --> 00:33:49.920
 chosen

00:33:49.920 --> 00:33:50.139
 me

00:33:50.139 --> 00:33:50.359
 why

00:33:50.359 --> 00:33:50.460
 am

00:33:50.460 --> 00:33:50.559
 I

00:33:50.559 --> 00:33:50.839
 even

00:33:50.839 --> 00:33:52.240
 here

00:33:52.240 --> 00:33:53.940
 well

00:33:53.940 --> 00:33:54.139
 let

00:33:54.139 --> 00:33:54.240
 me

00:33:54.240 --> 00:33:54.400
 say

00:33:54.400 --> 00:33:54.519
 to

00:33:54.519 --> 00:33:54.579
 you

00:33:54.579 --> 00:33:54.680
 if

00:34:02.519 --> 00:34:03.480
 there

00:34:03.480 --> 00:34:03.639
 is

00:34:03.639 --> 00:34:03.819
 a

00:34:03.819 --> 00:34:04.359
 desire

00:34:04.359 --> 00:34:05.119
 from

00:34:05.119 --> 00:34:05.519
 you

00:34:05.519 --> 00:34:06.379
 to

00:34:06.379 --> 00:34:06.799
 know

00:34:06.799 --> 00:34:07.400
 God

00:34:07.400 --> 00:34:08.300
 and

00:34:08.300 --> 00:34:08.500
 to

00:34:08.500 --> 00:34:08.940
 seek

00:34:08.940 --> 00:34:09.340
 after

00:34:09.340 --> 00:34:09.739
 him

00:34:09.739 --> 00:34:10.880
 if

00:34:10.880 --> 00:34:11.000
 you

00:34:11.000 --> 00:34:11.300
 find

00:34:11.300 --> 00:34:11.420
 in

00:34:11.420 --> 00:34:11.559
 your

00:34:11.559 --> 00:34:11.820
 heart

00:34:11.820 --> 00:34:11.940
 that

00:34:11.940 --> 00:34:12.079
 there

00:34:12.079 --> 00:34:12.199
 is

00:34:12.199 --> 00:34:12.340
 a

00:34:12.340 --> 00:34:12.739
 desire

00:34:12.739 --> 00:34:12.980
 to

00:34:12.980 --> 00:34:13.440
 turn

00:34:13.440 --> 00:34:13.699
 from

00:34:13.699 --> 00:34:14.000
 your

00:34:14.000 --> 00:34:14.840
 sin

00:34:14.840 --> 00:34:15.179
 and

00:34:15.179 --> 00:34:15.400
 to

00:34:15.400 --> 00:34:15.679
 live

00:34:15.679 --> 00:34:15.940
 for

00:34:15.940 --> 00:34:16.300
 him

00:34:16.300 --> 00:34:17.460
 a

00:34:17.460 --> 00:34:17.780
 desire

00:34:17.780 --> 00:34:18.019
 to

00:34:18.019 --> 00:34:18.280
 hear

00:34:18.280 --> 00:34:18.500
 his

00:34:18.500 --> 00:34:18.800
 word

00:34:18.800 --> 00:34:19.000
 and

00:34:19.000 --> 00:34:19.300
 follow

00:34:19.300 --> 00:34:19.719
 Jesus

00:34:19.719 --> 00:34:20.759
 what

00:34:20.759 --> 00:34:20.940
 you

00:34:20.940 --> 00:34:21.259
 really

00:34:21.259 --> 00:34:21.659
 must

00:34:21.659 --> 00:34:22.099
 understand

00:34:22.099 --> 00:34:22.259
 and

00:34:22.259 --> 00:34:22.400
 it's

00:34:22.400 --> 00:34:22.639
 really

00:34:22.639 --> 00:34:22.860
 good

00:34:22.860 --> 00:34:22.980
 that

00:34:22.980 --> 00:34:23.139
 you're

00:34:23.139 --> 00:34:23.259
 here

00:34:23.259 --> 00:34:23.480
 because

00:34:23.480 --> 00:34:23.619
 you

00:34:23.619 --> 00:34:23.739
 need

00:34:23.739 --> 00:34:23.840
 to

00:34:23.840 --> 00:34:24.019
 know

00:34:24.019 --> 00:34:24.159
 this

00:34:24.159 --> 00:34:24.440
 right

00:34:24.440 --> 00:34:24.539
 at

00:34:24.539 --> 00:34:24.639
 the

00:34:24.639 --> 00:34:24.820
 very

00:34:24.820 --> 00:34:25.179
 beginning

00:34:25.179 --> 00:34:26.059
 you

00:34:26.059 --> 00:34:26.380
 need

00:34:26.380 --> 00:34:26.559
 to

00:34:26.559 --> 00:34:27.259
 understand

00:34:27.259 --> 00:34:28.059
 you

00:34:28.059 --> 00:34:28.420
 have

00:34:28.420 --> 00:34:28.639
 that

00:34:28.639 --> 00:34:29.139
 desire

00:34:29.139 --> 00:34:30.000
 not

00:34:30.000 --> 00:34:30.300
 because

00:34:30.300 --> 00:34:30.539
 you're

00:34:30.539 --> 00:34:30.659
 a

00:34:30.659 --> 00:34:30.820
 good

00:34:30.820 --> 00:34:31.440
 person

00:34:31.440 --> 00:34:32.639
 not

00:34:32.639 --> 00:34:32.920
 because

00:34:32.920 --> 00:34:33.220
 you've

00:34:33.220 --> 00:34:33.599
 thought

00:34:33.599 --> 00:34:33.780
 it

00:34:33.780 --> 00:34:34.260
 out

00:34:34.260 --> 00:34:35.099
 but

00:34:35.099 --> 00:34:35.440
 because

00:34:35.440 --> 00:34:36.059
 God

00:34:36.059 --> 00:34:36.320
 has

00:34:36.320 --> 00:34:36.579
 put

00:34:36.579 --> 00:34:36.760
 it

00:34:36.760 --> 00:34:37.159
 there

00:34:37.159 --> 00:34:38.500
 that's

00:34:38.500 --> 00:34:38.680
 why

00:34:38.680 --> 00:34:38.860
 that

00:34:38.860 --> 00:34:39.139
 thought

00:34:39.139 --> 00:34:39.300
 is

00:34:39.300 --> 00:34:39.619
 there

00:34:39.619 --> 00:34:40.900
 what

00:34:40.900 --> 00:34:41.099
 is

00:34:41.099 --> 00:34:41.460
 happening

00:34:41.460 --> 00:34:41.740
 this

00:34:41.740 --> 00:34:42.000
 morning

00:34:42.000 --> 00:34:42.599
 you

00:34:42.599 --> 00:34:42.960
 thought

00:34:42.960 --> 00:34:43.260
 you

00:34:43.260 --> 00:34:43.440
 were

00:34:43.440 --> 00:34:43.780
 coming

00:34:43.780 --> 00:34:44.019
 to

00:34:44.019 --> 00:34:44.579
 investigate

00:34:44.579 --> 00:34:45.200
 Christianity

00:34:45.200 --> 00:34:45.700
 right

00:34:45.700 --> 00:34:47.200
 actually

00:34:47.200 --> 00:34:47.700
 what is

00:34:47.700 --> 00:34:48.119
 happening

00:34:48.119 --> 00:34:48.539
 as you

00:34:48.539 --> 00:34:49.039
 feel like

00:34:49.039 --> 00:34:49.180
 that

00:34:49.180 --> 00:34:49.500
 in your

00:34:49.500 --> 00:34:50.119
 heart

00:34:50.119 --> 00:34:51.159
 is

00:34:51.159 --> 00:34:51.639
 God

00:34:51.639 --> 00:34:51.980
 is

00:34:51.980 --> 00:34:52.539
 calling

00:34:52.539 --> 00:34:53.400
 you

00:34:53.400 --> 00:34:54.460
 that's

00:34:54.460 --> 00:34:54.639
 what's

00:34:54.639 --> 00:34:54.940
 happening

00:34:54.940 --> 00:34:56.159
 you know

00:34:56.159 --> 00:34:56.480
 in this

00:34:56.480 --> 00:34:56.760
 world

00:34:56.760 --> 00:34:57.180
 that God

00:34:57.180 --> 00:34:57.380
 has

00:34:57.380 --> 00:34:57.639
 made

00:34:57.639 --> 00:34:57.800
 that

00:34:57.800 --> 00:34:57.980
 he

00:34:57.980 --> 00:34:58.400
 rules

00:34:58.400 --> 00:34:59.099
 sovereignly

00:34:59.099 --> 00:34:59.460
 with all

00:34:59.460 --> 00:34:59.619
 his

00:34:59.619 --> 00:34:59.980
 power

00:34:59.980 --> 00:35:00.099
 and

00:35:00.099 --> 00:35:00.220
 his

00:35:00.220 --> 00:35:00.559
 might

00:35:00.559 --> 00:35:01.240
 you

00:35:01.240 --> 00:35:01.619
 don't

00:35:01.619 --> 00:35:01.860
 look

00:35:01.860 --> 00:35:02.059
 for

00:35:02.059 --> 00:35:02.320
 him

00:35:02.320 --> 00:35:02.920
 he

00:35:02.920 --> 00:35:03.300
 looks

00:35:03.300 --> 00:35:03.500
 for

00:35:03.500 --> 00:35:03.880
 you

00:35:03.880 --> 00:35:04.380
 and

00:35:04.380 --> 00:35:04.519
 he

00:35:04.519 --> 00:35:04.860
 calls

00:35:04.860 --> 00:35:05.639
 you

00:35:05.639 --> 00:35:05.860
 by

00:35:05.860 --> 00:35:06.200
 name

00:35:06.200 --> 00:35:06.320
 and

00:35:06.320 --> 00:35:06.440
 he

00:35:06.440 --> 00:35:06.639
 says

00:35:06.639 --> 00:35:07.079
 come

00:35:07.079 --> 00:35:07.460
 follow

00:35:07.460 --> 00:35:07.780
 me

00:35:07.780 --> 00:35:08.039
 you're

00:35:08.039 --> 00:35:08.599
 mine

00:35:08.599 --> 00:35:09.440
 from

00:35:09.440 --> 00:35:09.760
 before

00:35:09.760 --> 00:35:09.980
 the

00:35:09.980 --> 00:35:10.440
 foundation

00:35:10.440 --> 00:35:10.639
 of

00:35:10.639 --> 00:35:10.740
 the

00:35:10.740 --> 00:35:10.980
 world

00:35:10.980 --> 00:35:11.160
 I

00:35:11.160 --> 00:35:11.500
 knew

00:35:11.500 --> 00:35:11.660
 you

00:35:11.660 --> 00:35:11.760
 and

00:35:11.760 --> 00:35:11.860
 I

00:35:11.860 --> 00:35:12.260
 loved

00:35:12.260 --> 00:35:12.599
 you

00:35:12.599 --> 00:35:13.320
 that

00:35:13.320 --> 00:35:13.740
 desire

00:35:13.740 --> 00:35:13.920
 you

00:35:13.920 --> 00:35:14.119
 have

00:35:14.119 --> 00:35:14.240
 in

00:35:14.240 --> 00:35:14.420
 your

00:35:14.420 --> 00:35:14.760
 heart

00:35:14.760 --> 00:35:14.960
 to

00:35:14.960 --> 00:35:15.260
 know

00:35:15.260 --> 00:35:15.480
 me

00:35:15.480 --> 00:35:15.639
 to

00:35:15.639 --> 00:35:16.000
 trust

00:35:16.000 --> 00:35:16.200
 me

00:35:16.200 --> 00:35:16.360
 to

00:35:16.360 --> 00:35:16.639
 turn

00:35:16.639 --> 00:35:16.800
 from

00:35:16.800 --> 00:35:16.980
 your

00:35:16.980 --> 00:35:17.220
 sin

00:35:17.220 --> 00:35:17.880
 I

00:35:17.880 --> 00:35:18.260
 put

00:35:18.260 --> 00:35:18.480
 it

00:35:18.480 --> 00:35:18.900
 there

00:35:18.900 --> 00:35:19.900
 that

00:35:19.900 --> 00:35:20.160
 you

00:35:20.160 --> 00:35:20.420
 might

00:35:20.420 --> 00:35:20.760
 come

00:35:20.760 --> 00:35:20.960
 and

00:35:20.960 --> 00:35:21.139
 follow

00:35:21.139 --> 00:35:21.539
 me

00:35:21.539 --> 00:35:23.539
 so let

00:35:23.539 --> 00:35:23.639
 me

00:35:23.639 --> 00:35:23.799
 say

00:35:23.799 --> 00:35:23.940
 to

00:35:23.940 --> 00:35:24.039
 you

00:35:24.039 --> 00:35:24.199
 this

00:35:24.199 --> 00:35:24.420
 morning

00:35:24.420 --> 00:35:24.619
 if

00:35:24.619 --> 00:35:24.739
 you're

00:35:24.739 --> 00:35:24.859
 not

00:35:24.859 --> 00:35:24.980
 a

00:35:24.980 --> 00:35:25.299
 Christian

00:35:25.299 --> 00:35:25.519
 and

00:35:25.519 --> 00:35:25.659
 you

00:35:25.659 --> 00:35:25.859
 know

00:35:25.859 --> 00:35:25.980
 in

00:35:25.980 --> 00:35:26.119
 your

00:35:26.119 --> 00:35:26.420
 heart

00:35:26.420 --> 00:35:26.599
 that

00:35:26.599 --> 00:35:26.779
 God

00:35:26.779 --> 00:35:27.000
 is

00:35:27.000 --> 00:35:27.500
 calling

00:35:27.500 --> 00:35:27.699
 you

00:35:27.699 --> 00:35:27.859
 to

00:35:27.859 --> 00:35:28.059
 follow

00:35:28.059 --> 00:35:28.339
 him

00:35:28.339 --> 00:35:29.139
 please

00:35:29.139 --> 00:35:29.559
 don't

00:35:29.559 --> 00:35:30.199
 resist

00:35:30.199 --> 00:35:31.460
 in

00:35:31.460 --> 00:35:31.839
 fact

00:35:31.839 --> 00:35:33.219
 it

00:35:33.219 --> 00:35:33.379
 is

00:35:33.379 --> 00:35:33.879
 impossible

00:35:33.879 --> 00:35:34.199
 to

00:35:34.199 --> 00:35:34.519
 resist

00:35:34.519 --> 00:35:34.920
 that

00:35:34.920 --> 00:35:36.599
 because

00:35:36.599 --> 00:35:37.859
 salvation

00:35:37.859 --> 00:35:39.339
 belongs

00:35:39.339 --> 00:35:40.239
 to

00:35:40.239 --> 00:35:40.659
 God

00:35:40.659 --> 00:35:41.739
 let's

00:35:41.739 --> 00:35:42.039
 pray

00:35:42.039 --> 00:35:52.619
 maybe

00:35:52.619 --> 00:35:52.820
 just

00:35:52.820 --> 00:35:53.039
 take

00:35:53.039 --> 00:35:53.159
 a

00:35:53.159 --> 00:35:53.300
 few

00:35:53.300 --> 00:35:53.639
 minutes

00:35:53.639 --> 00:35:53.920
 of

00:35:53.920 --> 00:35:55.239
 quiet

00:35:55.239 --> 00:35:55.440
 to

00:35:55.440 --> 00:35:55.639
 pray

00:35:55.639 --> 00:35:55.920
 we've

00:35:55.920 --> 00:35:56.079
 dealt

00:35:56.079 --> 00:35:56.279
 with

00:35:56.279 --> 00:35:56.519
 some

00:35:56.519 --> 00:35:56.800
 heavy

00:35:56.800 --> 00:35:57.239
 things

00:35:57.239 --> 00:35:57.800
 let's

00:35:57.800 --> 00:35:58.639
 take

00:35:58.639 --> 00:35:58.779
 a

00:35:58.779 --> 00:35:59.000
 moment

00:35:59.000 --> 00:35:59.300
 just

00:35:59.300 --> 00:35:59.559
 to

00:35:59.559 --> 00:35:59.860
 seek

00:35:59.860 --> 00:36:00.039
 the

00:36:00.039 --> 00:36:00.279
 Lord

00:36:00.279 --> 00:36:00.480
 and

00:36:00.480 --> 00:36:00.619
 to

00:36:00.619 --> 00:36:00.820
 pray

00:36:00.820 --> 00:36:00.940
 in

00:36:00.940 --> 00:36:01.039
 our

00:36:01.039 --> 00:36:01.460
 hearts

00:36:01.460 --> 00:36:25.860
 heavenly

00:36:25.860 --> 00:36:26.119
 father

00:36:26.119 --> 00:36:26.280
 we

00:36:26.280 --> 00:36:26.820
 find

00:36:26.820 --> 00:36:27.940
 passages

00:36:27.940 --> 00:36:28.220
 like

00:36:28.220 --> 00:36:28.420
 this

00:36:28.420 --> 00:36:28.559
 in

00:36:28.559 --> 00:36:28.679
 the

00:36:28.679 --> 00:36:28.940
 bible

00:36:28.940 --> 00:36:29.179
 to

00:36:29.179 --> 00:36:29.519
 be

00:36:29.519 --> 00:36:31.240
 deeply

00:36:31.239 --> 00:36:31.779
 humbling

00:36:31.779 --> 00:36:35.259
 we

00:36:35.259 --> 00:36:35.439
 maybe

00:36:35.439 --> 00:36:35.939
 perhaps

00:36:35.939 --> 00:36:36.619
 thought

00:36:36.619 --> 00:36:37.019
 that

00:36:37.019 --> 00:36:38.179
 we're

00:36:38.179 --> 00:36:38.659
 Christians

00:36:38.659 --> 00:36:39.039
 because

00:36:39.039 --> 00:36:39.659
 we

00:36:39.659 --> 00:36:39.939
 worked

00:36:39.939 --> 00:36:40.239
 something

00:36:40.239 --> 00:36:40.659
 out

00:36:40.659 --> 00:36:41.059
 or

00:36:41.059 --> 00:36:42.459
 we're

00:36:42.459 --> 00:36:42.659
 better

00:36:42.659 --> 00:36:42.819
 than

00:36:42.819 --> 00:36:42.979
 other

00:36:42.979 --> 00:36:43.439
 people

00:36:43.439 --> 00:36:45.219
 but

00:36:45.219 --> 00:36:45.339
 we

00:36:45.339 --> 00:36:45.619
 find

00:36:45.619 --> 00:36:45.799
 here

00:36:45.799 --> 00:36:45.959
 that

00:36:45.959 --> 00:36:46.159
 we're

00:36:46.159 --> 00:36:46.539
 Christians

00:36:46.539 --> 00:36:46.779
 that

00:36:46.779 --> 00:36:46.899
 we

00:36:46.899 --> 00:36:47.439
 believe

00:36:47.439 --> 00:36:48.139
 and

00:36:48.139 --> 00:36:48.500
 trust

00:36:48.500 --> 00:36:48.719
 in

00:36:48.719 --> 00:36:49.079
 you

00:36:49.079 --> 00:36:50.099
 because

00:36:50.099 --> 00:36:50.379
 you

00:36:50.379 --> 00:36:50.539
 have

00:36:50.539 --> 00:36:50.859
 shown

00:36:50.859 --> 00:36:51.039
 us

00:36:51.039 --> 00:36:51.579
 mercy

00:36:51.579 --> 00:36:53.439
 oh

00:36:53.439 --> 00:36:53.839
 how

00:36:53.839 --> 00:36:54.579
 kind

00:36:54.579 --> 00:36:55.699
 how

00:36:55.699 --> 00:36:56.159
 loving

00:36:56.159 --> 00:36:56.419
 how

00:36:56.419 --> 00:36:56.919
 gracious

00:36:56.919 --> 00:36:58.319
 how

00:36:58.319 --> 00:36:59.199
 undeserving

00:36:59.199 --> 00:36:59.779
 we

00:36:59.779 --> 00:37:00.219
 are

00:37:00.219 --> 00:37:00.479
 and

00:37:00.479 --> 00:37:00.739
 how

00:37:00.739 --> 00:37:01.339
 deserving

00:37:01.339 --> 00:37:01.819
 you

00:37:01.819 --> 00:37:02.179
 are

00:37:02.179 --> 00:37:02.599
 of

00:37:02.599 --> 00:37:03.500
 praise

00:37:03.500 --> 00:37:03.719
 and

00:37:03.719 --> 00:37:04.099
 glory

00:37:04.099 --> 00:37:06.059
 and

00:37:06.059 --> 00:37:06.279
 how

00:37:06.279 --> 00:37:06.459
 we

00:37:06.459 --> 00:37:06.819
 thank

00:37:06.819 --> 00:37:07.000
 you

00:37:07.000 --> 00:37:07.359
 Lord

00:37:07.359 --> 00:37:08.799
 that

00:37:08.799 --> 00:37:09.000
 you

00:37:09.000 --> 00:37:09.199
 have

00:37:09.199 --> 00:37:09.419
 been

00:37:09.419 --> 00:37:10.039
 patient

00:37:10.039 --> 00:37:10.519
 in

00:37:10.519 --> 00:37:11.019
 history

00:37:11.019 --> 00:37:12.699
 choosing

00:37:12.699 --> 00:37:13.619
 not

00:37:13.619 --> 00:37:13.959
 yet

00:37:13.959 --> 00:37:14.219
 to

00:37:14.219 --> 00:37:14.500
 bring

00:37:14.500 --> 00:37:14.759
 the

00:37:14.759 --> 00:37:15.179
 judgment

00:37:15.179 --> 00:37:15.459
 that

00:37:15.459 --> 00:37:15.619
 you

00:37:15.619 --> 00:37:15.779
 have

00:37:15.779 --> 00:37:16.319
 promised

00:37:16.319 --> 00:37:17.319
 in

00:37:17.319 --> 00:37:17.519
 order

00:37:17.519 --> 00:37:17.739
 that

00:37:17.739 --> 00:37:17.879
 you

00:37:17.879 --> 00:37:18.099
 might

00:37:18.099 --> 00:37:18.479
 save

00:37:18.479 --> 00:37:18.679
 the

00:37:18.679 --> 00:37:18.959
 full

00:37:18.959 --> 00:37:19.239
 number

00:37:19.239 --> 00:37:19.359
 of

00:37:19.359 --> 00:37:19.500
 your

00:37:19.500 --> 00:37:19.899
 people

00:37:19.899 --> 00:37:21.639
 thank

00:37:21.639 --> 00:37:21.799
 you

00:37:21.799 --> 00:37:21.959
 that

00:37:21.959 --> 00:37:22.219
 you've

00:37:22.219 --> 00:37:22.519
 waited

00:37:22.519 --> 00:37:23.000
 another

00:37:23.000 --> 00:37:23.519
 day

00:37:23.519 --> 00:37:24.779
 so

00:37:24.779 --> 00:37:24.939
 that

00:37:24.939 --> 00:37:25.259
 people

00:37:25.259 --> 00:37:25.579
 here

00:37:25.579 --> 00:37:25.739
 in

00:37:25.739 --> 00:37:26.139
 this

00:37:26.139 --> 00:37:26.679
 room

00:37:26.679 --> 00:37:27.579
 can

00:37:27.579 --> 00:37:27.859
 hear

00:37:27.859 --> 00:37:28.239
 your

00:37:28.239 --> 00:37:28.799
 voice

00:37:28.800 --> 00:37:29.860
 calling

00:37:29.860 --> 00:37:30.280
 out

00:37:30.280 --> 00:37:30.460
 to

00:37:30.460 --> 00:37:30.780
 them

00:37:30.780 --> 00:37:31.019
 to

00:37:31.019 --> 00:37:31.420
 come

00:37:31.420 --> 00:37:31.700
 and

00:37:31.700 --> 00:37:32.120
 follow

00:37:32.120 --> 00:37:33.060
 you

00:37:33.060 --> 00:37:35.600
 Lord

00:37:35.600 --> 00:37:35.780
 how

00:37:35.780 --> 00:37:35.900
 we

00:37:35.900 --> 00:37:36.180
 pray

00:37:36.180 --> 00:37:36.380
 that

00:37:36.380 --> 00:37:36.519
 they

00:37:36.519 --> 00:37:36.660
 would

00:37:36.660 --> 00:37:36.900
 hear

00:37:36.900 --> 00:37:37.100
 your

00:37:37.100 --> 00:37:37.380
 voice

00:37:37.380 --> 00:37:37.539
 and

00:37:37.539 --> 00:37:38.060
 respond

00:37:38.060 --> 00:37:39.640
 and

00:37:39.640 --> 00:37:39.840
 how

00:37:39.840 --> 00:37:40.000
 we

00:37:40.000 --> 00:37:40.420
 pray

00:37:40.420 --> 00:37:41.380
 that

00:37:41.380 --> 00:37:41.580
 you

00:37:41.580 --> 00:37:41.880
 might

00:37:41.880 --> 00:37:42.320
 hold

00:37:42.320 --> 00:37:42.860
 us

00:37:42.860 --> 00:37:43.920
 and

00:37:43.920 --> 00:37:44.360
 keep

00:37:44.360 --> 00:37:44.960
 us

00:37:44.960 --> 00:37:45.860
 until

00:37:45.860 --> 00:37:46.080
 the

00:37:46.080 --> 00:37:46.280
 day

00:37:46.280 --> 00:37:46.440
 that

00:37:46.440 --> 00:37:46.600
 we

00:37:46.600 --> 00:37:46.840
 see

00:37:46.840 --> 00:37:47.019
 you

00:37:47.019 --> 00:37:47.280
 face

00:37:47.280 --> 00:37:47.440
 to

00:37:47.440 --> 00:37:47.880
 face

00:37:47.880 --> 00:37:48.920
 in

00:37:48.920 --> 00:37:49.220
 Jesus

00:37:49.220 --> 00:37:49.519
 name

00:37:49.519 --> 00:37:49.700
 we

00:37:49.700 --> 00:37:49.980
 pray

00:37:49.980 --> 00:37:49.980


00:37:49.980 --> 00:37:51.220
 Amen!