WEBVTT 00:00:00.060 --> 00:00:04.759 If there is a wicked witch in the Bible, her name is Jezebel. 00:00:06.020 --> 00:00:08.980 And we just read of her demise and when she died, 00:00:09.339 --> 00:00:13.200 I think you can hear the cheer and the clap go up throughout the scriptures, 00:00:13.540 --> 00:00:16.320 rejoicing at the death of this evil woman. 00:00:18.300 --> 00:00:21.760 The clash between her evil empire and the kingdom of God 00:00:21.760 --> 00:00:25.760 is one of the gripping and colossal stories in the Old Testament. 00:00:25.760 --> 00:00:25.940 Isn't it? 00:00:28.060 --> 00:00:34.880 When we read what we called the children's picture Bible to my kids, 00:00:35.020 --> 00:00:39.359 as young kids, so 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, we raised them on this Bible. 00:00:39.460 --> 00:00:41.219 I think it's out there, it's the Action Bible 00:00:41.219 --> 00:00:44.000 and it's got quite a lot of detail from the Old Testament in it 00:00:44.000 --> 00:00:46.859 and you learn the names of kings and queens as you go along. 00:00:46.920 --> 00:00:49.520 You're not trying to teach them all that sort of stuff, but they just pick it up. 00:00:49.960 --> 00:00:55.120 And my kids would ask for the Jezebel story over and over again 00:00:55.119 --> 00:00:58.320 because her end comes so violently, she goes out the windows, 00:00:58.459 --> 00:01:00.959 the dog eats her up and there's nothing left on the ground hardly. 00:01:01.619 --> 00:01:03.439 And they thought it was fantastic. 00:01:05.459 --> 00:01:07.099 Ding dong, the witch is dead. 00:01:08.739 --> 00:01:13.000 Now she first gets a mention in 1 Kings 16. 00:01:13.099 --> 00:01:14.959 I hope you hear what Steve said last week. 00:01:15.019 --> 00:01:18.560 He said about bogs in our hands and flicking through and following where we are. 00:01:18.560 --> 00:01:23.759 Go to 1 Kings 16 and 17 and keep up with me, I'll bounce around. 00:01:25.120 --> 00:01:30.260 She's first mentioned there because Ahab, the king of Israel, marries her. 00:01:31.859 --> 00:01:33.000 And you go, so what? 00:01:33.100 --> 00:01:37.000 Well, verse 31 of chapter 16 tells us the so what. 00:01:39.000 --> 00:01:43.580 As if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam, 00:01:43.640 --> 00:01:44.640 the son of Nebat, 00:01:45.680 --> 00:01:50.080 he took for his wife Jezebel, the daughter of Ethbaal, 00:01:50.080 --> 00:01:51.800 the king of the Sidonians, 00:01:51.799 --> 00:01:54.719 and he went and served Baal and worshipped him. 00:01:57.939 --> 00:01:59.719 She captured his heart. 00:02:00.239 --> 00:02:01.679 He deserted his God, 00:02:01.799 --> 00:02:04.500 even more than he'd already been deserting his God. 00:02:05.120 --> 00:02:09.199 And Jezebel is actually an escalation in the sin of God's people 00:02:09.199 --> 00:02:11.759 because she brings the fertility gods, 00:02:11.960 --> 00:02:15.219 Baal and Baal's female consort, 00:02:16.039 --> 00:02:16.620 Ashtaroth. 00:02:16.719 --> 00:02:18.300 They go together, Baal and Ashtaroth. 00:02:18.300 --> 00:02:20.160 They have sex together to bring fertility. 00:02:22.340 --> 00:02:26.660 He brings the worship of these gods to their marriage and to the nation. 00:02:28.680 --> 00:02:31.020 Gods that had been thrown out by the Lord 00:02:31.020 --> 00:02:33.020 when his people conquered the land, 00:02:34.340 --> 00:02:35.320 they're worshipped again. 00:02:35.420 --> 00:02:36.439 They bring them back. 00:02:36.880 --> 00:02:38.939 God threw them out and they bring them back. 00:02:38.939 --> 00:02:47.460 And so it's as though ideas from the outside threaten God's people. 00:02:50.259 --> 00:02:56.579 People are beginning to tolerate again what God was completely intolerant of. 00:02:56.580 --> 00:03:01.360 Now the word tolerance is going to pop up a few times tonight 00:03:01.360 --> 00:03:05.439 and I think we think of tolerant as a really good word 00:03:05.439 --> 00:03:07.820 and it is a good and it's a respectful word 00:03:07.820 --> 00:03:11.620 in terms of how we conduct relationships with one another. 00:03:12.760 --> 00:03:15.060 But I just want to say at the outset tonight 00:03:15.060 --> 00:03:17.360 that when we talk about tolerance here, 00:03:18.040 --> 00:03:20.160 I want you to see very clearly 00:03:20.159 --> 00:03:22.180 that there are certain things 00:03:22.180 --> 00:03:26.159 that God is completely intolerant of 00:03:26.159 --> 00:03:29.359 and for him in some circumstances 00:03:29.359 --> 00:03:31.979 tolerance is not a virtue. 00:03:33.979 --> 00:03:36.280 And what you've got here is sex 00:03:36.280 --> 00:03:39.079 and false worship going together, 00:03:39.219 --> 00:03:40.060 hand in hand. 00:03:40.979 --> 00:03:43.979 Ahab takes this sexy bride Jezebel, 00:03:43.979 --> 00:03:46.919 she brings sexy worship to Israel 00:03:46.919 --> 00:03:49.039 by bringing her fertility gods with her. 00:03:49.340 --> 00:03:50.399 You want to break a drought? 00:03:50.939 --> 00:03:51.919 Stop the famine. 00:03:52.419 --> 00:03:53.139 Make it rain. 00:03:53.239 --> 00:03:55.199 We'll have sex with the temple prostitutes. 00:03:55.280 --> 00:03:56.879 That's the sort of religion 00:03:56.879 --> 00:03:59.639 that she has just brought back into Israel. 00:04:02.780 --> 00:04:04.919 When you go down the path of idolatry, 00:04:06.039 --> 00:04:10.039 it is always a path which takes you further away from the Lord. 00:04:10.159 --> 00:04:11.560 It doesn't take you towards him. 00:04:11.560 --> 00:04:12.899 It takes you away from him. 00:04:13.979 --> 00:04:15.539 The king and his bride, 00:04:15.899 --> 00:04:17.599 as they take on these new gods, 00:04:17.699 --> 00:04:19.500 they're effectively turning their back on the Lord 00:04:19.500 --> 00:04:20.599 and walking away from him. 00:04:22.300 --> 00:04:24.000 And they make this, it's ridiculous, 00:04:24.279 --> 00:04:26.199 but they make this huge investment 00:04:26.199 --> 00:04:29.379 in gods that aren't really even gods. 00:04:31.740 --> 00:04:34.180 They participate in the very carnal pleasures 00:04:34.180 --> 00:04:35.099 that go with them. 00:04:35.759 --> 00:04:37.259 That's the nature of idolatry. 00:04:37.439 --> 00:04:39.079 You think something, you're in it for good. 00:04:39.199 --> 00:04:41.240 You're in it for what you think is something better 00:04:41.240 --> 00:04:45.680 and God is displaced from his rightful place 00:04:45.680 --> 00:04:48.660 and he is no longer seen as gloriously special 00:04:48.660 --> 00:04:50.980 and he becomes one option amongst many 00:04:50.980 --> 00:04:54.439 that we worship and he will not tolerate it. 00:04:54.439 --> 00:04:59.459 So God provokes this enormous confrontation 00:04:59.459 --> 00:05:03.079 here in the Old Testament in 1 Kings chapter 18. 00:05:05.959 --> 00:05:08.639 Calls his prophet Elijah onto the stage 00:05:08.639 --> 00:05:11.459 and he says, 00:05:12.120 --> 00:05:13.219 to Elijah, 00:05:13.419 --> 00:05:16.839 go therefore and gather all of Israel to me at Mount Carmel, 00:05:18.599 --> 00:05:20.719 the 450 prophets of Baal, 00:05:21.199 --> 00:05:23.219 the 400 prophets of Asherah 00:05:23.219 --> 00:05:25.879 who eat at Jezebel's table, 00:05:26.079 --> 00:05:26.759 bring them all. 00:05:28.339 --> 00:05:29.319 And it's really interesting 00:05:29.319 --> 00:05:33.099 because Elijah doesn't confront Jezebel directly, 00:05:33.199 --> 00:05:34.539 he's got nothing to say to her, 00:05:34.540 --> 00:05:37.220 but he speaks to God's people 00:05:37.220 --> 00:05:38.520 who are in great danger 00:05:38.520 --> 00:05:40.160 from being harmed by her teaching 00:05:40.160 --> 00:05:41.260 and he lets rip. 00:05:42.220 --> 00:05:43.760 Chapter 18, verse 21. 00:05:45.379 --> 00:05:47.220 Elijah came near to all the people 00:05:47.220 --> 00:05:47.700 and he said, 00:05:47.820 --> 00:05:49.280 how long will you go limping 00:05:49.280 --> 00:05:51.040 between two different opinions? 00:05:52.520 --> 00:05:54.520 If the Lord is God, follow him. 00:05:55.740 --> 00:05:57.720 And if Baal is God, follow him. 00:05:58.000 --> 00:05:59.140 And I heard a sermon once 00:05:59.140 --> 00:06:00.480 where the preacher finished like that 00:06:00.480 --> 00:06:00.780 and he said, 00:06:00.860 --> 00:06:02.640 if Baal is God, follow him and go to hell. 00:06:02.639 --> 00:06:04.579 Well, that's how he finished his sermon. 00:06:08.159 --> 00:06:09.959 But it's full on confrontation 00:06:09.959 --> 00:06:11.339 and he follows it up 00:06:11.339 --> 00:06:13.019 by putting his life on the line 00:06:13.019 --> 00:06:14.800 with this contest at Mount Carmel. 00:06:16.659 --> 00:06:18.599 He does something that could get him killed. 00:06:21.039 --> 00:06:22.939 Let's see who the real God is. 00:06:25.319 --> 00:06:26.399 850 of you guys, 00:06:26.899 --> 00:06:27.879 do a sacrifice, 00:06:28.339 --> 00:06:29.300 call out to Baal, 00:06:29.599 --> 00:06:30.740 see if he can do anything. 00:06:30.740 --> 00:06:33.139 I'll pray to the Lord, 00:06:33.199 --> 00:06:34.480 the one who answers with fire, 00:06:34.560 --> 00:06:35.019 he's real. 00:06:36.860 --> 00:06:37.439 And the prophets, 00:06:37.660 --> 00:06:38.180 they go, 00:06:38.280 --> 00:06:38.900 prophets of Baal, 00:06:38.960 --> 00:06:39.579 they go first, 00:06:39.660 --> 00:06:40.019 they dance, 00:06:40.100 --> 00:06:41.040 they prance all day 00:06:41.040 --> 00:06:42.639 and Elijah's just sitting there 00:06:42.639 --> 00:06:43.960 with his hat on in the shade 00:06:43.960 --> 00:06:45.379 while these guys are getting 00:06:45.379 --> 00:06:46.180 tighter and tighter 00:06:46.180 --> 00:06:47.360 and calling out to their God 00:06:47.360 --> 00:06:48.780 and he's sitting on the sidelines 00:06:48.780 --> 00:06:49.639 and he's mocking them 00:06:49.639 --> 00:06:50.000 and he said, 00:06:50.079 --> 00:06:50.920 maybe he's on the loo, 00:06:51.000 --> 00:06:51.840 maybe he hasn't heard. 00:06:52.960 --> 00:06:54.360 Maybe you need to dance harder, 00:06:54.500 --> 00:06:55.079 call louder, 00:06:55.199 --> 00:06:55.780 do more, 00:06:55.920 --> 00:06:56.620 get his attention, 00:06:56.740 --> 00:06:57.300 he's asleep, 00:06:57.420 --> 00:06:58.079 wake him up. 00:06:58.079 --> 00:07:03.779 And they finish the day 00:07:03.779 --> 00:07:05.240 exhausted and collapsed 00:07:05.240 --> 00:07:05.759 in a heap 00:07:05.759 --> 00:07:08.159 and nothing's happened. 00:07:09.539 --> 00:07:10.819 And Elijah steps forward 00:07:10.819 --> 00:07:11.680 and he prays 00:07:11.680 --> 00:07:13.839 a really simple prayer to God 00:07:13.839 --> 00:07:15.199 after soaking the altar 00:07:15.199 --> 00:07:16.120 in all sorts of water 00:07:16.120 --> 00:07:19.719 and the Lord answers with fire 00:07:19.719 --> 00:07:21.579 and consumes the light 00:07:21.579 --> 00:07:22.779 and Elijah then goes 00:07:22.779 --> 00:07:27.000 and has 850 of Jezebel's prophets 00:07:27.000 --> 00:07:28.479 slaughtered. 00:07:29.579 --> 00:07:30.519 Kills a lot of them. 00:07:33.159 --> 00:07:34.159 Huge faith, 00:07:35.319 --> 00:07:36.579 an emphatic victory 00:07:36.579 --> 00:07:38.179 and if you've been reading around 00:07:38.179 --> 00:07:39.219 what's been going on, 00:07:39.279 --> 00:07:39.619 you go, 00:07:39.859 --> 00:07:40.299 yes, 00:07:40.619 --> 00:07:42.739 there is only one true God 00:07:42.739 --> 00:07:44.659 and we had better follow him. 00:07:47.479 --> 00:07:48.359 Next day, 00:07:49.539 --> 00:07:50.779 Jezebel's in a rage. 00:07:50.779 --> 00:07:54.019 I'm going to get you Elijah 00:07:54.019 --> 00:07:55.059 by the end of the day 00:07:55.059 --> 00:07:56.979 if I'm just going to get you 00:07:56.979 --> 00:07:58.559 and he hears what she says 00:07:58.559 --> 00:08:00.119 and guess what he does? 00:08:00.159 --> 00:08:01.359 He runs for his life 00:08:01.359 --> 00:08:02.939 in crippling fear and depression. 00:08:05.139 --> 00:08:06.259 She's going to get me. 00:08:08.399 --> 00:08:09.259 He's human. 00:08:11.579 --> 00:08:12.719 Probably very empty. 00:08:13.979 --> 00:08:15.139 But God is God 00:08:15.139 --> 00:08:16.379 and he just proved it 00:08:16.379 --> 00:08:17.819 and Jezebel's religion 00:08:17.819 --> 00:08:19.279 has just been exposed 00:08:19.279 --> 00:08:20.159 as a complete 00:08:20.159 --> 00:08:21.219 and utter fraud. 00:08:21.779 --> 00:08:22.079 Faith. 00:08:23.919 --> 00:08:25.979 There are 850 empty seats 00:08:25.979 --> 00:08:26.899 at her dinner table. 00:08:30.279 --> 00:08:31.359 The prophets are dead. 00:08:31.599 --> 00:08:32.500 She's not dead. 00:08:32.659 --> 00:08:33.860 She still has influence. 00:08:34.000 --> 00:08:34.759 Her bitter cruelty 00:08:34.759 --> 00:08:35.620 to God's people 00:08:35.620 --> 00:08:37.159 is seen in 1 Kings 21. 00:08:39.959 --> 00:08:41.559 A bloke called Naboth 00:08:41.559 --> 00:08:42.279 had a field 00:08:42.279 --> 00:08:44.139 next to Ahab's palace 00:08:44.139 --> 00:08:46.980 and Ahab, 00:08:47.179 --> 00:08:47.759 the king, 00:08:47.899 --> 00:08:48.960 offers to buy it 00:08:48.960 --> 00:08:53.340 and Naboth replies, 00:08:53.580 --> 00:08:54.439 the Lord forbid 00:08:54.439 --> 00:08:56.279 that I should give you 00:08:56.279 --> 00:08:57.039 the inheritance 00:08:57.039 --> 00:08:58.159 of my fathers. 00:09:00.740 --> 00:09:02.179 He loves the Lord. 00:09:03.539 --> 00:09:04.759 He loves what the Lord 00:09:04.759 --> 00:09:05.480 has given him. 00:09:06.419 --> 00:09:08.500 It's part of the Lord's 00:09:08.500 --> 00:09:10.120 gracious gift of salvation 00:09:10.120 --> 00:09:11.200 of having been brought 00:09:11.200 --> 00:09:12.379 into the promised land 00:09:12.379 --> 00:09:13.620 and receiving the inheritance. 00:09:16.659 --> 00:09:17.799 But for Ahab, 00:09:18.840 --> 00:09:19.879 it's business. 00:09:21.480 --> 00:09:23.000 He just put the real estate 00:09:23.000 --> 00:09:24.820 leaflet in his letterbox 00:09:24.820 --> 00:09:25.379 with an offer. 00:09:25.460 --> 00:09:26.240 I like your place, 00:09:26.279 --> 00:09:27.220 I'd like to buy it 00:09:27.220 --> 00:09:28.419 and I'll pay you 00:09:28.419 --> 00:09:29.059 what it's worth. 00:09:31.899 --> 00:09:32.679 Locker ground, 00:09:32.799 --> 00:09:33.399 fair price. 00:09:34.259 --> 00:09:34.939 But for Naboth, 00:09:35.019 --> 00:09:35.960 it's much more than that. 00:09:36.039 --> 00:09:37.100 This is cash for faith. 00:09:38.320 --> 00:09:39.259 The Lord forbid 00:09:39.259 --> 00:09:40.439 that I do such a thing. 00:09:42.240 --> 00:09:44.059 I won't trade my future 00:09:44.059 --> 00:09:45.419 for a handful of cash. 00:09:48.360 --> 00:09:49.559 Naboth doesn't care 00:09:49.559 --> 00:09:51.779 how good the property market is 00:09:51.779 --> 00:09:52.639 and the prices are 00:09:52.639 --> 00:09:53.559 and how they're going up 00:09:53.559 --> 00:09:54.220 and up and up. 00:09:54.600 --> 00:09:57.460 He won't cash in, 00:09:57.539 --> 00:09:58.419 he won't be bought. 00:10:01.360 --> 00:10:01.919 And Ahab, 00:10:02.000 --> 00:10:02.319 the king, 00:10:02.379 --> 00:10:03.179 he doesn't understand, 00:10:03.279 --> 00:10:04.039 he just goes home 00:10:04.039 --> 00:10:04.559 sulking. 00:10:05.559 --> 00:10:06.439 I'm the king. 00:10:07.200 --> 00:10:08.220 I made a fair offer. 00:10:09.400 --> 00:10:10.640 Life for him's business. 00:10:11.680 --> 00:10:12.800 He's got power, 00:10:12.920 --> 00:10:13.520 he's king, 00:10:13.640 --> 00:10:14.660 he's generous enough 00:10:14.660 --> 00:10:16.380 but he can't seal the deal. 00:10:16.740 --> 00:10:18.400 He doesn't get what he wants. 00:10:18.500 --> 00:10:19.360 He's frustrated 00:10:19.360 --> 00:10:21.080 by Naboth's stubborn faith. 00:10:21.200 --> 00:10:22.680 He's a religious nutter. 00:10:27.160 --> 00:10:28.280 Fancy letting religion 00:10:28.280 --> 00:10:29.140 get in the way of life. 00:10:29.840 --> 00:10:31.120 That's the Ahab attitude. 00:10:33.120 --> 00:10:33.400 You know, 00:10:33.440 --> 00:10:34.440 it's alright to have faith 00:10:34.440 --> 00:10:35.980 as long as it doesn't interfere 00:10:35.980 --> 00:10:37.880 in the practical realities of life. 00:10:38.000 --> 00:10:38.160 You know, 00:10:38.200 --> 00:10:39.300 a young person can do 00:10:39.300 --> 00:10:39.880 year 13. 00:10:40.000 --> 00:10:40.880 It's a great thing 00:10:40.880 --> 00:10:41.460 for them to do. 00:10:41.520 --> 00:10:42.640 There's lots of parents 00:10:42.640 --> 00:10:43.720 that will be happy 00:10:43.720 --> 00:10:44.360 for their kids 00:10:44.360 --> 00:10:45.440 to do year 13. 00:10:45.600 --> 00:10:45.760 You know, 00:10:45.800 --> 00:10:46.340 it's safe, 00:10:46.400 --> 00:10:47.660 it's not sex and drugs 00:10:47.660 --> 00:10:48.460 and rock and roll 00:10:48.460 --> 00:10:49.120 and a gap year. 00:10:49.120 --> 00:10:49.200 You know, 00:10:49.200 --> 00:10:55.820 but don't you dare 00:10:55.820 --> 00:10:56.720 not go to uni. 00:10:59.860 --> 00:11:00.920 Don't you dare 00:11:00.920 --> 00:11:01.820 go and do any more 00:11:01.820 --> 00:11:02.920 theological training 00:11:02.919 --> 00:11:03.659 or go overseas 00:11:03.659 --> 00:11:04.899 and serve on some mission. 00:11:05.039 --> 00:11:06.199 Don't you dare do that. 00:11:10.279 --> 00:11:11.500 Or if you're working, 00:11:11.679 --> 00:11:11.819 you know, 00:11:11.879 --> 00:11:12.860 your boss tolerates 00:11:12.860 --> 00:11:13.659 your faith at work, 00:11:13.740 --> 00:11:14.479 even commends you. 00:11:14.519 --> 00:11:14.759 Oh, yeah, 00:11:14.819 --> 00:11:15.099 Christian, 00:11:15.240 --> 00:11:15.599 good value, 00:11:15.679 --> 00:11:16.439 all that sort of stuff, 00:11:16.439 --> 00:11:18.439 but then you refuse 00:11:19.159 --> 00:11:20.039 to fudge the book 00:11:20.039 --> 00:11:20.799 or do something 00:11:20.799 --> 00:11:21.459 that's illegal 00:11:21.459 --> 00:11:22.279 that gets in the way 00:11:22.279 --> 00:11:23.219 of the business plans. 00:11:24.719 --> 00:11:25.779 You won't write 00:11:25.779 --> 00:11:26.379 the report 00:11:26.379 --> 00:11:26.839 in the way 00:11:26.839 --> 00:11:27.539 that she wants 00:11:27.539 --> 00:11:28.459 because it distorts 00:11:28.459 --> 00:11:28.980 the truth. 00:11:28.980 --> 00:11:33.259 Well, 00:11:33.300 --> 00:11:34.180 Jezebel takes care 00:11:34.180 --> 00:11:35.259 of Abraham's depression. 00:11:36.600 --> 00:11:37.519 Go to bed, honey. 00:11:37.659 --> 00:11:38.060 Cheer up. 00:11:39.899 --> 00:11:40.620 I'll get you 00:11:40.620 --> 00:11:41.100 your field. 00:11:43.680 --> 00:11:44.399 And she goes 00:11:44.399 --> 00:11:44.879 to the elders 00:11:44.879 --> 00:11:45.480 and the leaders 00:11:45.480 --> 00:11:46.060 of the city 00:11:46.060 --> 00:11:47.399 and easily corrupts them. 00:11:47.519 --> 00:11:47.940 They should have 00:11:47.940 --> 00:11:48.840 thrown her out the window 00:11:48.840 --> 00:11:49.519 then and there. 00:11:49.620 --> 00:11:50.220 If they'd done that, 00:11:50.259 --> 00:11:50.820 that would have solved 00:11:50.820 --> 00:11:51.659 a lot of problems. 00:11:53.039 --> 00:11:53.820 But they get a couple 00:11:53.820 --> 00:11:54.340 of liars 00:11:54.340 --> 00:11:55.100 to come to court 00:11:55.100 --> 00:11:55.800 and tell the court 00:11:55.800 --> 00:11:56.420 that Naboth 00:11:56.420 --> 00:11:57.680 has spoken against God 00:11:57.679 --> 00:11:58.239 and he's spoken 00:11:58.239 --> 00:11:59.059 against the king. 00:12:00.099 --> 00:12:01.399 It's a malicious lie. 00:12:01.500 --> 00:12:02.099 It's the complete 00:12:02.099 --> 00:12:03.239 opposite of the truth. 00:12:03.659 --> 00:12:04.399 It's exactly 00:12:04.399 --> 00:12:05.179 the same thing 00:12:05.179 --> 00:12:05.879 that was said 00:12:05.879 --> 00:12:06.419 to Jesus 00:12:06.419 --> 00:12:07.120 at his trial 00:12:07.120 --> 00:12:08.319 before he was executed. 00:12:11.899 --> 00:12:12.639 And so Naboth 00:12:12.639 --> 00:12:13.500 is stoned to death. 00:12:13.620 --> 00:12:14.559 He loses his life 00:12:14.559 --> 00:12:15.459 for no other reason 00:12:15.459 --> 00:12:16.259 than faithfulness 00:12:16.259 --> 00:12:16.819 to the Lord. 00:12:17.759 --> 00:12:18.439 He refuses 00:12:18.439 --> 00:12:19.299 to be compromised 00:12:19.299 --> 00:12:20.539 and Ahab, 00:12:20.639 --> 00:12:21.039 the king, 00:12:21.199 --> 00:12:21.939 gets his field. 00:12:26.379 --> 00:12:27.120 Jezebel never 00:12:27.120 --> 00:12:28.480 was one of God's people. 00:12:31.120 --> 00:12:31.860 Ahab is, 00:12:31.940 --> 00:12:33.120 but he is clueless 00:12:33.120 --> 00:12:33.940 about what it means 00:12:33.940 --> 00:12:35.200 to be in a real relationship 00:12:35.200 --> 00:12:35.960 with Yahweh. 00:12:38.419 --> 00:12:39.440 He's in the family, 00:12:39.560 --> 00:12:40.679 she's outside the family, 00:12:40.799 --> 00:12:41.519 but both of them 00:12:41.519 --> 00:12:41.940 are deals 00:12:41.940 --> 00:12:43.720 as far as understanding faith. 00:12:44.899 --> 00:12:45.960 They have no regard 00:12:45.960 --> 00:12:47.000 for the Lord's power 00:12:47.000 --> 00:12:48.080 and his authority. 00:12:48.639 --> 00:12:49.379 God to them 00:12:49.379 --> 00:12:49.759 is nothing. 00:12:52.980 --> 00:12:54.419 You can be at church 00:12:54.419 --> 00:12:56.659 and not know Jesus. 00:12:58.879 --> 00:13:00.279 And being at church 00:13:00.279 --> 00:13:02.179 does not mean 00:13:02.179 --> 00:13:03.639 that you treasure Jesus. 00:13:05.519 --> 00:13:06.579 Might be that you're here 00:13:06.579 --> 00:13:07.740 finding out about Jesus, 00:13:07.839 --> 00:13:08.620 that's a good thing 00:13:08.620 --> 00:13:09.500 and that's a good reason 00:13:09.500 --> 00:13:10.099 to be here. 00:13:10.100 --> 00:13:16.480 Jezebel 00:13:16.480 --> 00:13:19.560 exercises 00:13:19.560 --> 00:13:21.159 a corrupting influence 00:13:21.159 --> 00:13:22.100 over God's people. 00:13:22.220 --> 00:13:23.060 She's godless. 00:13:24.100 --> 00:13:25.080 She doesn't believe 00:13:25.080 --> 00:13:25.620 in the Lord. 00:13:25.800 --> 00:13:26.580 She'd rather have 00:13:26.580 --> 00:13:27.420 her own gods. 00:13:28.000 --> 00:13:29.259 She still has no fear 00:13:29.259 --> 00:13:29.720 of the Lord 00:13:29.720 --> 00:13:30.800 despite Elijah's 00:13:30.800 --> 00:13:31.700 huge victory 00:13:31.700 --> 00:13:32.639 over her prophet. 00:13:32.800 --> 00:13:33.779 She won't acknowledge 00:13:33.779 --> 00:13:34.500 what's happened. 00:13:36.019 --> 00:13:36.560 The nobles 00:13:36.560 --> 00:13:37.040 and elders 00:13:37.040 --> 00:13:37.600 of the city 00:13:37.600 --> 00:13:38.700 should never have lied 00:13:38.700 --> 00:13:39.340 and carried out 00:13:39.340 --> 00:13:40.060 the execution 00:13:40.060 --> 00:13:41.120 of a righteous man. 00:13:41.220 --> 00:13:42.020 They were enticed 00:13:42.020 --> 00:13:43.400 into doing evil. 00:13:43.520 --> 00:13:44.640 They allowed themselves 00:13:44.640 --> 00:13:45.800 to be enticed 00:13:45.800 --> 00:13:47.120 into doing evil. 00:13:50.000 --> 00:13:51.220 And you can probably imagine 00:13:51.220 --> 00:13:52.680 it's very tough 00:13:52.680 --> 00:13:53.920 living in a scenario 00:13:53.920 --> 00:13:55.240 where wicked people 00:13:55.240 --> 00:13:56.120 bring ideas 00:13:56.120 --> 00:13:56.840 and actions 00:13:56.840 --> 00:13:57.460 that harm 00:13:57.460 --> 00:13:58.520 the people of God. 00:13:59.660 --> 00:14:00.900 That pressure us 00:14:00.900 --> 00:14:02.200 to do what is wrong. 00:14:02.340 --> 00:14:03.200 To be in a church 00:14:03.200 --> 00:14:03.920 where the ways 00:14:03.920 --> 00:14:04.520 of the world 00:14:04.520 --> 00:14:05.259 are impacting 00:14:05.259 --> 00:14:05.940 the congregation 00:14:05.940 --> 00:14:07.300 and its leadership. 00:14:07.299 --> 00:14:08.879 where ideas 00:14:08.879 --> 00:14:09.819 from outside 00:14:09.819 --> 00:14:11.159 threaten God's people. 00:14:12.059 --> 00:14:12.899 Went to the Oxygen 00:14:12.899 --> 00:14:14.000 conference the other week 00:14:14.000 --> 00:14:14.939 with a couple 00:14:14.939 --> 00:14:15.799 of thousand pastors. 00:14:16.000 --> 00:14:16.740 It was a great time 00:14:16.740 --> 00:14:17.479 of refreshment 00:14:17.479 --> 00:14:18.399 and Don Carson 00:14:18.399 --> 00:14:20.319 who's a great Bible teacher 00:14:20.319 --> 00:14:21.019 spoke to us 00:14:21.019 --> 00:14:21.599 on leadership 00:14:21.599 --> 00:14:23.459 and one of the things 00:14:23.459 --> 00:14:24.079 he said 00:14:24.079 --> 00:14:25.179 which was 00:14:25.179 --> 00:14:26.620 such a wonderful thing 00:14:26.620 --> 00:14:27.379 for me to hear 00:14:27.379 --> 00:14:28.299 was he said 00:14:28.299 --> 00:14:29.379 that when we're 00:14:29.379 --> 00:14:30.259 choosing leaders 00:14:30.259 --> 00:14:31.079 we want people 00:14:31.079 --> 00:14:31.799 with character 00:14:31.799 --> 00:14:32.679 before we want 00:14:32.679 --> 00:14:33.839 people with capability. 00:14:33.840 --> 00:14:36.899 We want people 00:14:36.899 --> 00:14:37.519 with character 00:14:37.519 --> 00:14:38.300 before we want 00:14:38.300 --> 00:14:39.300 people with capability. 00:14:39.500 --> 00:14:40.500 We want capability 00:14:40.500 --> 00:14:43.360 but it doesn't matter 00:14:43.360 --> 00:14:44.620 how capable 00:14:44.620 --> 00:14:45.940 and how honoured 00:14:45.940 --> 00:14:46.399 you are 00:14:46.399 --> 00:14:47.080 in the workplace 00:14:47.080 --> 00:14:48.139 or in your school 00:14:48.139 --> 00:14:48.780 or in your place 00:14:48.780 --> 00:14:49.220 of endeavour 00:14:49.220 --> 00:14:50.240 whatever it is 00:14:50.240 --> 00:14:52.420 if you do not 00:14:52.420 --> 00:14:53.920 have Christian character 00:14:53.920 --> 00:14:54.980 to go with it 00:14:54.980 --> 00:14:56.860 you have no place 00:14:56.860 --> 00:14:57.500 as a leader 00:14:57.500 --> 00:14:58.620 in God's church. 00:14:59.700 --> 00:15:00.300 Ideas 00:15:00.300 --> 00:15:01.280 from the outside 00:15:01.280 --> 00:15:02.100 can do 00:15:02.100 --> 00:15:03.279 huge harm 00:15:03.279 --> 00:15:04.519 to the people 00:15:04.519 --> 00:15:05.000 of God. 00:15:10.019 --> 00:15:10.620 And you get 00:15:10.620 --> 00:15:11.180 to this point 00:15:11.180 --> 00:15:11.659 in the message 00:15:11.659 --> 00:15:12.080 and you think 00:15:12.080 --> 00:15:13.139 is this an Old Testament 00:15:13.139 --> 00:15:13.620 sermon 00:15:13.620 --> 00:15:14.759 or is this a New Testament 00:15:14.759 --> 00:15:15.200 sermon? 00:15:17.159 --> 00:15:18.120 And so I want to turn 00:15:18.120 --> 00:15:18.840 to Revelation 00:15:18.840 --> 00:15:19.720 chapter 2 00:15:19.720 --> 00:15:22.340 because something 00:15:22.340 --> 00:15:23.659 verse 19 00:15:23.659 --> 00:15:25.340 something pretty nasty 00:15:25.340 --> 00:15:26.620 is impacting 00:15:26.620 --> 00:15:27.379 the church 00:15:27.379 --> 00:15:28.500 at Thyatira 00:15:28.500 --> 00:15:31.100 and the Lord 00:15:31.100 --> 00:15:32.019 Jesus says 00:15:32.019 --> 00:15:33.379 I know your works 00:15:33.379 --> 00:15:34.360 your love 00:15:34.360 --> 00:15:35.079 and faith 00:15:35.079 --> 00:15:36.079 and service 00:15:36.079 --> 00:15:37.480 and patient endurance 00:15:37.480 --> 00:15:39.840 and that your latter works 00:15:39.840 --> 00:15:41.079 exceed the first 00:15:41.079 --> 00:15:43.360 but I have this 00:15:43.360 --> 00:15:44.100 against you 00:15:44.100 --> 00:15:46.659 that you tolerate 00:15:46.659 --> 00:15:47.899 that woman Jezebel 00:15:47.899 --> 00:15:49.559 who calls herself 00:15:49.559 --> 00:15:50.419 a prophetess 00:15:50.419 --> 00:15:51.379 and is teaching 00:15:51.379 --> 00:15:52.620 and seducing 00:15:52.620 --> 00:15:53.340 my servants 00:15:53.340 --> 00:15:53.980 to practice 00:15:53.980 --> 00:15:55.159 sexual immorality 00:15:55.159 --> 00:15:55.899 and eat food 00:15:55.899 --> 00:15:57.120 sacrificed to idols. 00:15:57.120 --> 00:16:00.220 they get a huge 00:16:00.220 --> 00:16:00.600 trap 00:16:00.600 --> 00:16:02.379 I know your works 00:16:02.379 --> 00:16:03.379 I know your faith 00:16:03.379 --> 00:16:03.960 your love 00:16:03.960 --> 00:16:04.620 your service 00:16:04.620 --> 00:16:05.679 your patient endurance 00:16:05.679 --> 00:16:06.419 and that the latter 00:16:06.419 --> 00:16:07.539 exceeds the first 00:16:07.539 --> 00:16:08.840 you're a great 00:16:08.840 --> 00:16:09.519 loving church 00:16:09.519 --> 00:16:10.500 what a great thing 00:16:10.500 --> 00:16:10.960 to hear about 00:16:10.960 --> 00:16:11.480 our own church 00:16:11.480 --> 00:16:12.179 in terms of this 00:16:12.179 --> 00:16:12.879 commendation 00:16:12.879 --> 00:16:14.179 for the Lord Jesus 00:16:14.179 --> 00:16:15.019 to say things 00:16:15.019 --> 00:16:15.960 about 5pm 00:16:15.960 --> 00:16:17.240 your love 00:16:17.240 --> 00:16:17.740 your faith 00:16:17.740 --> 00:16:18.740 your steadfastness 00:16:18.740 --> 00:16:19.639 your standing firm 00:16:19.639 --> 00:16:20.419 even when really 00:16:20.419 --> 00:16:21.240 difficult things 00:16:21.240 --> 00:16:21.799 are going on 00:16:21.799 --> 00:16:22.659 around about you 00:16:22.659 --> 00:16:23.539 these guys 00:16:23.539 --> 00:16:24.060 are not like 00:16:24.060 --> 00:16:24.940 the church in Ephesus 00:16:24.940 --> 00:16:25.540 that have lost 00:16:25.540 --> 00:16:26.420 their first love 00:16:26.420 --> 00:16:27.620 they are continuing 00:16:27.620 --> 00:16:28.880 to grow in their 00:16:28.880 --> 00:16:29.480 fruitfulness 00:16:29.480 --> 00:16:30.620 or it appears so 00:16:30.620 --> 00:16:32.880 and their latter works 00:16:32.880 --> 00:16:34.200 are even more fruitful 00:16:34.200 --> 00:16:35.760 than their initial ones 00:16:35.760 --> 00:16:37.740 and so you scratch 00:16:37.740 --> 00:16:38.340 your head and say 00:16:38.340 --> 00:16:39.640 but what's wrong 00:16:39.640 --> 00:16:41.580 well they're not as 00:16:41.580 --> 00:16:42.780 healthy as they appear 00:16:42.780 --> 00:16:44.620 and they get this 00:16:44.620 --> 00:16:46.120 very weighty warning 00:16:46.120 --> 00:16:47.320 from Jesus himself 00:16:47.320 --> 00:16:48.840 I have this against you 00:16:48.840 --> 00:16:49.700 that you tolerate 00:16:49.700 --> 00:16:50.820 that woman Jezebel 00:16:50.820 --> 00:16:52.300 who calls herself 00:16:52.300 --> 00:16:53.100 a prophetess 00:16:53.100 --> 00:16:53.860 and is teaching 00:16:53.860 --> 00:16:54.760 and seducing 00:16:54.759 --> 00:16:56.700 my servants 00:16:56.700 --> 00:16:57.319 to practice 00:16:57.319 --> 00:16:58.460 sexual immorality 00:16:58.460 --> 00:16:59.179 and to eat food 00:16:59.179 --> 00:17:00.439 sacrificed to idols 00:17:00.439 --> 00:17:03.299 now Jezebel 00:17:03.299 --> 00:17:04.440 is an outsider 00:17:04.440 --> 00:17:05.339 who is impacting 00:17:05.339 --> 00:17:06.400 some of God's people 00:17:06.400 --> 00:17:07.099 she's having 00:17:07.099 --> 00:17:07.720 an impact 00:17:07.720 --> 00:17:08.579 on the insiders 00:17:08.579 --> 00:17:10.839 she's teaching 00:17:10.839 --> 00:17:11.519 and seducing 00:17:11.519 --> 00:17:12.220 my servants 00:17:12.220 --> 00:17:13.220 and the wider church 00:17:13.220 --> 00:17:13.960 is putting up 00:17:13.960 --> 00:17:14.460 with her 00:17:14.460 --> 00:17:15.160 in a way 00:17:15.160 --> 00:17:15.759 that they really 00:17:15.759 --> 00:17:16.359 shouldn't be 00:17:16.359 --> 00:17:17.339 putting up with her 00:17:17.339 --> 00:17:19.740 there is a time 00:17:19.740 --> 00:17:20.240 and a place 00:17:20.240 --> 00:17:20.839 for naming 00:17:20.839 --> 00:17:22.019 evil amongst us 00:17:22.019 --> 00:17:22.720 Paul did it 00:17:22.720 --> 00:17:23.440 when he rebuked 00:17:23.440 --> 00:17:24.539 the Corinthian church 00:17:24.539 --> 00:17:25.440 in 1 Corinthians 00:17:25.440 --> 00:17:26.259 chapter 5 00:17:26.259 --> 00:17:26.720 he says 00:17:26.720 --> 00:17:27.680 it is actually 00:17:27.680 --> 00:17:28.220 reported 00:17:28.220 --> 00:17:28.819 that there is 00:17:28.819 --> 00:17:29.779 sexual immorality 00:17:29.779 --> 00:17:30.519 among you 00:17:30.519 --> 00:17:31.759 and of a kind 00:17:31.759 --> 00:17:32.319 that is not 00:17:32.319 --> 00:17:33.039 tolerated 00:17:33.039 --> 00:17:34.460 even among pagans 00:17:34.460 --> 00:17:36.720 he rebukes 00:17:36.720 --> 00:17:37.319 insiders 00:17:37.319 --> 00:17:38.279 he rebukes us 00:17:38.279 --> 00:17:38.779 and he says 00:17:38.779 --> 00:17:39.480 wake up 00:17:39.480 --> 00:17:41.440 and it's really 00:17:41.440 --> 00:17:41.900 interesting 00:17:41.900 --> 00:17:42.839 he doesn't go 00:17:42.839 --> 00:17:43.339 on a moral 00:17:43.339 --> 00:17:44.319 crusade 00:17:44.319 --> 00:17:44.799 against the 00:17:44.799 --> 00:17:45.380 rotten state 00:17:45.380 --> 00:17:45.860 of the world 00:17:45.860 --> 00:17:46.259 and all the 00:17:46.259 --> 00:17:46.860 terrible things 00:17:46.860 --> 00:17:47.299 that people 00:17:47.299 --> 00:17:48.279 do out there 00:17:48.279 --> 00:17:49.420 he strongly 00:17:49.420 --> 00:17:50.180 rebukes the 00:17:50.180 --> 00:17:50.599 church 00:17:50.599 --> 00:17:51.339 for what 00:17:51.339 --> 00:17:51.779 they are 00:17:51.779 --> 00:17:52.259 putting up 00:17:52.259 --> 00:17:52.440 with 00:17:52.440 --> 00:17:52.920 what they 00:17:52.920 --> 00:17:53.579 tolerate 00:17:53.579 --> 00:17:54.620 in here 00:17:54.620 --> 00:17:58.620 did it in a 00:17:58.620 --> 00:17:59.079 different way 00:17:59.079 --> 00:17:59.720 in Galatians 00:17:59.720 --> 00:18:00.480 chapter 1 00:18:00.480 --> 00:18:00.819 he said 00:18:00.819 --> 00:18:01.579 I'm astonished 00:18:01.579 --> 00:18:02.000 that you are 00:18:02.000 --> 00:18:02.660 so quickly 00:18:02.660 --> 00:18:03.400 deserting him 00:18:03.400 --> 00:18:04.079 who called you 00:18:04.079 --> 00:18:04.620 in the grace 00:18:04.620 --> 00:18:05.180 of Christ 00:18:05.180 --> 00:18:05.920 and are 00:18:05.920 --> 00:18:06.400 turning to 00:18:06.400 --> 00:18:06.820 a different 00:18:06.820 --> 00:18:07.320 gospel 00:18:07.320 --> 00:18:08.980 and not 00:18:08.980 --> 00:18:09.740 that there 00:18:09.740 --> 00:18:10.320 is another 00:18:10.320 --> 00:18:10.720 one 00:18:10.720 --> 00:18:11.660 but there 00:18:11.660 --> 00:18:12.060 are some 00:18:12.060 --> 00:18:12.539 who trouble 00:18:12.539 --> 00:18:12.920 you and 00:18:12.920 --> 00:18:13.200 want to 00:18:13.200 --> 00:18:13.820 distort the 00:18:13.820 --> 00:18:14.400 gospel of 00:18:14.400 --> 00:18:14.820 Christ 00:18:14.820 --> 00:18:16.100 but even 00:18:16.100 --> 00:18:16.860 if we 00:18:16.860 --> 00:18:17.299 or an 00:18:17.299 --> 00:18:17.900 angel from 00:18:17.900 --> 00:18:18.160 heaven 00:18:18.160 --> 00:18:18.420 should 00:18:18.420 --> 00:18:18.960 preach to 00:18:18.960 --> 00:18:19.240 you a 00:18:19.240 --> 00:18:19.560 gospel 00:18:19.560 --> 00:18:20.180 contrary 00:18:20.180 --> 00:18:20.580 to the 00:18:20.580 --> 00:18:20.940 one we 00:18:20.940 --> 00:18:21.539 preach to 00:18:21.539 --> 00:18:21.920 you 00:18:21.920 --> 00:18:23.100 let him 00:18:23.100 --> 00:18:23.880 be accursed 00:18:23.880 --> 00:18:25.840 a pox 00:18:25.840 --> 00:18:26.380 on false 00:18:26.380 --> 00:18:26.799 gospels 00:18:26.799 --> 00:18:27.039 that's 00:18:27.039 --> 00:18:27.320 what he's 00:18:27.320 --> 00:18:27.600 saying 00:18:27.600 --> 00:18:30.799 and I 00:18:30.799 --> 00:18:31.360 am even 00:18:31.360 --> 00:18:32.180 more astonished 00:18:32.180 --> 00:18:32.560 that you 00:18:32.560 --> 00:18:33.360 so quickly 00:18:33.360 --> 00:18:34.140 listen to 00:18:34.140 --> 00:18:34.440 them 00:18:34.440 --> 00:18:35.900 what is 00:18:35.900 --> 00:18:36.240 it with 00:18:36.240 --> 00:18:36.880 you guys 00:18:36.880 --> 00:18:37.220 that you 00:18:37.220 --> 00:18:37.680 put up 00:18:37.680 --> 00:18:38.240 with this 00:18:38.240 --> 00:18:42.720 stuff 00:18:42.720 --> 00:18:44.299 that's 00:18:44.299 --> 00:18:44.519 what I 00:18:44.519 --> 00:18:44.720 wrote 00:18:44.720 --> 00:18:49.240 Jezebel's 00:18:49.240 --> 00:18:49.620 a loaded 00:18:49.620 --> 00:18:50.160 nickname 00:18:50.160 --> 00:18:53.799 she's 00:18:53.799 --> 00:18:54.240 somebody 00:18:54.240 --> 00:18:54.779 who is 00:18:54.779 --> 00:18:55.279 known in 00:18:55.279 --> 00:18:55.640 the city 00:18:55.640 --> 00:18:56.180 she's a 00:18:56.180 --> 00:18:56.900 real person 00:18:56.900 --> 00:18:57.640 she has 00:18:57.640 --> 00:18:58.019 a view 00:18:58.019 --> 00:18:58.519 of herself 00:18:58.519 --> 00:18:59.240 she sees 00:18:59.240 --> 00:18:59.799 herself as 00:18:59.799 --> 00:19:00.620 a prophetess 00:19:00.620 --> 00:19:01.799 she sees 00:19:01.799 --> 00:19:02.500 herself as 00:19:02.500 --> 00:19:02.860 bringing 00:19:02.860 --> 00:19:03.400 teaching 00:19:03.400 --> 00:19:03.759 and a 00:19:03.759 --> 00:19:04.200 word that 00:19:04.200 --> 00:19:04.559 is from 00:19:04.559 --> 00:19:04.940 god 00:19:04.940 --> 00:19:05.559 himself 00:19:05.559 --> 00:19:06.480 and 00:19:06.480 --> 00:19:07.160 tragically 00:19:07.160 --> 00:19:07.819 the outcome 00:19:07.819 --> 00:19:08.160 of her 00:19:08.160 --> 00:19:08.559 teaching 00:19:08.559 --> 00:19:08.960 is to 00:19:08.960 --> 00:19:09.240 lead 00:19:09.240 --> 00:19:09.620 god's 00:19:09.620 --> 00:19:09.920 people 00:19:09.920 --> 00:19:10.160 into 00:19:10.160 --> 00:19:10.480 two 00:19:10.480 --> 00:19:11.039 activities 00:19:11.039 --> 00:19:11.400 that 00:19:11.400 --> 00:19:11.660 are 00:19:11.660 --> 00:19:12.600 expressly 00:19:12.600 --> 00:19:13.100 forbidden 00:19:13.100 --> 00:19:13.539 us 00:19:13.539 --> 00:19:14.860 sexual 00:19:14.860 --> 00:19:15.539 immorality 00:19:15.539 --> 00:19:16.120 and 00:19:16.120 --> 00:19:16.779 participation 00:19:16.779 --> 00:19:17.660 in the 00:19:17.660 --> 00:19:18.019 worship 00:19:18.019 --> 00:19:18.580 of other 00:19:18.580 --> 00:19:19.400 deities 00:19:19.400 --> 00:19:20.240 are never 00:19:20.240 --> 00:19:21.279 alright 00:19:21.279 --> 00:19:22.220 for christian 00:19:22.220 --> 00:19:22.720 believers 00:19:22.720 --> 00:19:23.680 we draw 00:19:23.680 --> 00:19:24.160 the line 00:19:24.160 --> 00:19:24.660 somewhere 00:19:24.660 --> 00:19:25.140 and this 00:19:25.140 --> 00:19:25.500 is where 00:19:25.500 --> 00:19:25.900 the line 00:19:25.900 --> 00:19:26.460 is drawn 00:19:26.460 --> 00:19:30.059 i had 00:19:30.059 --> 00:19:30.440 a church 00:19:30.440 --> 00:19:30.819 warden 00:19:30.819 --> 00:19:31.180 once 00:19:31.180 --> 00:19:31.740 a leader 00:19:31.740 --> 00:19:32.200 who said 00:19:32.200 --> 00:19:32.440 that he 00:19:32.440 --> 00:19:32.799 felt like 00:19:32.799 --> 00:19:33.019 we get 00:19:33.019 --> 00:19:33.420 too hung 00:19:33.420 --> 00:19:33.700 up on 00:19:33.700 --> 00:19:34.019 sexual 00:19:34.019 --> 00:19:34.460 teaching 00:19:34.460 --> 00:19:35.640 and he 00:19:35.640 --> 00:19:36.019 got under 00:19:36.019 --> 00:19:36.579 my skin 00:19:36.579 --> 00:19:37.120 and his 00:19:37.120 --> 00:19:37.640 view was 00:19:37.640 --> 00:19:38.180 that sexual 00:19:38.180 --> 00:19:38.720 immorality 00:19:38.720 --> 00:19:39.279 goes on 00:19:39.279 --> 00:19:39.519 in the 00:19:39.519 --> 00:19:39.819 world 00:19:39.819 --> 00:19:40.160 all the 00:19:40.160 --> 00:19:40.420 time 00:19:40.420 --> 00:19:40.720 and we 00:19:40.720 --> 00:19:40.940 ought to 00:19:40.940 --> 00:19:41.380 get over 00:19:41.380 --> 00:19:41.680 it 00:19:41.680 --> 00:19:44.120 and at 00:19:44.120 --> 00:19:44.600 that level 00:19:44.600 --> 00:19:45.380 well he's 00:19:45.380 --> 00:19:45.660 right 00:19:45.660 --> 00:19:46.259 it does 00:19:46.259 --> 00:19:47.080 that is 00:19:47.080 --> 00:19:47.380 how the 00:19:47.380 --> 00:19:47.900 world is 00:19:47.900 --> 00:19:48.940 don't expect 00:19:48.940 --> 00:19:49.400 any better 00:19:49.400 --> 00:19:49.660 of the 00:19:49.660 --> 00:19:49.940 world 00:19:49.940 --> 00:19:53.840 but it's 00:19:53.840 --> 00:19:54.720 never okay 00:19:54.720 --> 00:19:55.259 in the 00:19:55.259 --> 00:19:55.680 church 00:19:55.680 --> 00:19:56.660 in any 00:19:56.660 --> 00:19:57.060 form 00:19:57.060 --> 00:19:59.660 adultery 00:19:59.660 --> 00:20:01.240 homosexual 00:20:01.240 --> 00:20:02.259 practice 00:20:02.259 --> 00:20:04.279 feeding on 00:20:04.279 --> 00:20:04.960 pornography 00:20:04.960 --> 00:20:07.000 sleeping 00:20:07.000 --> 00:20:07.660 around with 00:20:07.660 --> 00:20:08.259 men or 00:20:08.259 --> 00:20:09.080 women outside 00:20:09.080 --> 00:20:09.880 of marriage 00:20:09.880 --> 00:20:11.000 and this 00:20:11.000 --> 00:20:11.380 is not 00:20:11.380 --> 00:20:11.700 just 00:20:11.700 --> 00:20:12.120 you know 00:20:12.120 --> 00:20:12.620 this is 00:20:12.620 --> 00:20:12.800 not 00:20:12.800 --> 00:20:13.620 hypocritical 00:20:13.620 --> 00:20:14.300 nitpicking 00:20:14.300 --> 00:20:16.160 or hypocritical 00:20:16.160 --> 00:20:16.740 moralists 00:20:16.740 --> 00:20:17.140 with one 00:20:17.140 --> 00:20:17.480 another 00:20:17.480 --> 00:20:18.280 we know 00:20:18.280 --> 00:20:18.860 that Jesus 00:20:18.860 --> 00:20:19.500 knows 00:20:19.500 --> 00:20:20.600 what's in 00:20:20.600 --> 00:20:21.220 our hearts 00:20:21.220 --> 00:20:21.640 and not 00:20:21.640 --> 00:20:22.080 just what 00:20:22.080 --> 00:20:22.620 goes on 00:20:22.620 --> 00:20:23.040 in outward 00:20:23.040 --> 00:20:23.420 action 00:20:23.420 --> 00:20:24.100 so Jesus 00:20:24.100 --> 00:20:24.760 is talking 00:20:24.760 --> 00:20:26.000 more than 00:20:26.000 --> 00:20:26.600 just about 00:20:26.600 --> 00:20:26.940 outward 00:20:26.940 --> 00:20:27.480 action 00:20:27.480 --> 00:20:28.900 he's talking 00:20:28.900 --> 00:20:29.420 about what 00:20:29.420 --> 00:20:29.900 our hearts 00:20:29.900 --> 00:20:30.380 are like 00:20:30.380 --> 00:20:33.620 but it's 00:20:33.620 --> 00:20:33.940 not the 00:20:33.940 --> 00:20:34.580 unforgivable 00:20:34.580 --> 00:20:35.080 sin 00:20:35.080 --> 00:20:36.420 but it does 00:20:36.420 --> 00:20:36.980 need to be 00:20:36.980 --> 00:20:37.760 repented of 00:20:37.760 --> 00:20:40.080 and at 00:20:40.080 --> 00:20:40.620 its heart 00:20:40.619 --> 00:20:41.379 sexual 00:20:41.379 --> 00:20:42.019 immorality 00:20:42.019 --> 00:20:42.659 porneia 00:20:42.659 --> 00:20:43.199 is the 00:20:43.199 --> 00:20:43.579 word in 00:20:43.579 --> 00:20:44.379 the scriptures 00:20:44.379 --> 00:20:46.139 is a 00:20:46.139 --> 00:20:47.099 powerful form 00:20:47.099 --> 00:20:47.899 of idolatry 00:20:47.899 --> 00:20:48.639 that drives 00:20:48.639 --> 00:20:49.399 Jesus and 00:20:49.399 --> 00:20:50.000 his love 00:20:50.000 --> 00:20:50.699 from our 00:20:50.699 --> 00:20:51.239 hearts 00:20:51.239 --> 00:20:53.239 it reduces 00:20:53.239 --> 00:20:53.919 Jesus 00:20:53.919 --> 00:20:54.979 it takes 00:20:54.979 --> 00:20:55.519 us away 00:20:55.519 --> 00:20:56.219 from him 00:20:56.219 --> 00:20:57.579 it impacts 00:20:57.579 --> 00:20:58.059 how we 00:20:58.059 --> 00:20:58.639 treasure him 00:20:58.639 --> 00:20:59.079 together 00:20:59.079 --> 00:21:01.819 but there 00:21:01.819 --> 00:21:02.359 is a way 00:21:02.359 --> 00:21:02.719 back 00:21:02.719 --> 00:21:04.019 and the 00:21:04.019 --> 00:21:04.659 only way 00:21:04.659 --> 00:21:05.199 back from 00:21:05.199 --> 00:21:05.719 it is to 00:21:05.719 --> 00:21:06.299 give God 00:21:06.299 --> 00:21:07.039 his rightful 00:21:07.039 --> 00:21:07.799 place again 00:21:07.799 --> 00:21:08.460 to repent 00:21:08.460 --> 00:21:09.599 and to 00:21:09.599 --> 00:21:10.220 seek his 00:21:10.220 --> 00:21:10.639 joy 00:21:10.639 --> 00:21:11.359 and his 00:21:11.359 --> 00:21:11.720 filling 00:21:11.720 --> 00:21:14.000 it's not 00:21:14.000 --> 00:21:14.720 unforgivable 00:21:14.720 --> 00:21:18.240 we don't 00:21:18.240 --> 00:21:18.799 tell the 00:21:18.799 --> 00:21:19.220 world 00:21:19.220 --> 00:21:20.339 how to 00:21:20.339 --> 00:21:20.779 live 00:21:20.779 --> 00:21:23.079 but God 00:21:23.079 --> 00:21:24.000 tells us 00:21:24.000 --> 00:21:24.419 how to 00:21:24.419 --> 00:21:25.059 live a 00:21:25.059 --> 00:21:25.599 joyous 00:21:25.599 --> 00:21:26.200 and full 00:21:26.200 --> 00:21:26.740 life 00:21:26.740 --> 00:21:27.919 as his 00:21:27.919 --> 00:21:28.339 redeemed 00:21:28.339 --> 00:21:28.819 people 00:21:28.819 --> 00:21:34.759 Steve's 00:21:34.759 --> 00:21:35.279 been calling 00:21:35.279 --> 00:21:35.839 the different 00:21:35.839 --> 00:21:36.399 cities 00:21:36.399 --> 00:21:38.220 I forget 00:21:38.220 --> 00:21:38.559 it was 00:21:38.559 --> 00:21:39.099 Canberra 00:21:39.099 --> 00:21:39.659 last week 00:21:39.659 --> 00:21:40.619 and Sydney 00:21:40.619 --> 00:21:41.139 one week 00:21:41.139 --> 00:21:41.559 I've lost 00:21:41.559 --> 00:21:42.119 track now 00:21:42.119 --> 00:21:43.179 but 00:21:43.179 --> 00:21:44.159 Thyatira 00:21:44.159 --> 00:21:45.659 was a 00:21:45.659 --> 00:21:46.240 Wollongong 00:21:46.240 --> 00:21:46.679 or a 00:21:46.679 --> 00:21:47.059 Geelong 00:21:47.059 --> 00:21:47.579 type of 00:21:47.579 --> 00:21:47.859 city 00:21:47.859 --> 00:21:50.039 working 00:21:50.039 --> 00:21:50.720 class 00:21:50.720 --> 00:21:52.019 lots of 00:21:52.019 --> 00:21:52.539 industry 00:21:52.539 --> 00:21:54.480 and we 00:21:54.480 --> 00:21:55.079 don't know 00:21:55.079 --> 00:21:55.679 heaps about 00:21:55.679 --> 00:21:56.179 the city 00:21:56.179 --> 00:21:56.759 or its 00:21:56.759 --> 00:21:57.599 circumstances 00:21:57.599 --> 00:21:59.000 it's buried 00:21:59.000 --> 00:21:59.759 under a 00:21:59.759 --> 00:22:00.339 modern city 00:22:00.339 --> 00:22:00.899 these days 00:22:00.899 --> 00:22:01.319 so there's 00:22:01.319 --> 00:22:01.799 even very 00:22:01.799 --> 00:22:02.079 little 00:22:02.079 --> 00:22:02.779 archaeology 00:22:02.779 --> 00:22:03.159 because you 00:22:03.159 --> 00:22:03.599 can't get 00:22:03.599 --> 00:22:03.959 to it 00:22:03.959 --> 00:22:05.299 through the 00:22:05.299 --> 00:22:05.919 current city 00:22:05.919 --> 00:22:06.539 that's there 00:22:06.539 --> 00:22:09.599 Lydia was a 00:22:09.599 --> 00:22:10.139 trader in 00:22:10.139 --> 00:22:10.500 purple 00:22:10.500 --> 00:22:10.939 that was a 00:22:10.939 --> 00:22:11.539 very important 00:22:11.539 --> 00:22:12.219 colour for 00:22:12.219 --> 00:22:12.759 regal and 00:22:12.759 --> 00:22:13.599 royal robes 00:22:13.599 --> 00:22:14.219 and she gets 00:22:14.219 --> 00:22:14.679 a mention 00:22:14.679 --> 00:22:15.299 in Acts 00:22:15.299 --> 00:22:16.319 chapter 16 00:22:16.319 --> 00:22:17.879 she came 00:22:17.879 --> 00:22:18.759 from Thyatira 00:22:18.759 --> 00:22:20.480 seems like 00:22:20.480 --> 00:22:20.919 the people 00:22:20.919 --> 00:22:21.459 who worked 00:22:21.459 --> 00:22:22.339 in Thyatira 00:22:22.339 --> 00:22:23.119 were workers 00:22:23.119 --> 00:22:23.759 in bronze 00:22:23.759 --> 00:22:24.879 they knew 00:22:24.879 --> 00:22:25.940 how brilliantly 00:22:25.940 --> 00:22:26.640 shiny 00:22:26.640 --> 00:22:27.539 molten 00:22:27.539 --> 00:22:28.059 bronze 00:22:28.059 --> 00:22:28.440 was 00:22:28.440 --> 00:22:29.359 and bronze 00:22:29.359 --> 00:22:29.759 mirrors 00:22:29.759 --> 00:22:30.200 that could 00:22:30.200 --> 00:22:30.839 be created 00:22:30.839 --> 00:22:31.279 by the 00:22:31.279 --> 00:22:31.920 tradecraft 00:22:31.920 --> 00:22:32.299 of the 00:22:32.299 --> 00:22:32.640 area 00:22:32.640 --> 00:22:35.879 to do 00:22:35.879 --> 00:22:36.299 business 00:22:36.299 --> 00:22:36.779 in a city 00:22:36.779 --> 00:22:37.220 like that 00:22:37.220 --> 00:22:37.579 you'd need 00:22:37.579 --> 00:22:38.019 to belong 00:22:38.019 --> 00:22:38.339 to a 00:22:38.339 --> 00:22:39.039 craft guild 00:22:39.039 --> 00:22:39.960 it was the 00:22:39.960 --> 00:22:40.259 ancient 00:22:40.259 --> 00:22:40.740 equivalent 00:22:40.740 --> 00:22:41.119 of a 00:22:41.119 --> 00:22:41.440 union 00:22:41.440 --> 00:22:41.960 a trade 00:22:41.960 --> 00:22:42.359 union 00:22:42.359 --> 00:22:43.740 and I 00:22:43.740 --> 00:22:43.940 guess 00:22:43.940 --> 00:22:44.700 no card 00:22:44.700 --> 00:22:45.559 no work 00:22:45.559 --> 00:22:48.440 nothing wrong 00:22:48.440 --> 00:22:48.879 with that 00:22:48.879 --> 00:22:49.519 except that 00:22:49.519 --> 00:22:49.920 membership 00:22:49.920 --> 00:22:50.920 would sometimes 00:22:50.920 --> 00:22:51.559 mean going 00:22:51.559 --> 00:22:52.180 to the union 00:22:52.180 --> 00:22:53.099 Christmas parties 00:22:53.099 --> 00:22:55.119 eating food 00:22:55.119 --> 00:22:55.719 which had been 00:22:55.719 --> 00:22:56.439 sacrificed 00:22:56.439 --> 00:22:56.919 and offered 00:22:56.919 --> 00:22:57.599 to the local 00:22:57.599 --> 00:22:58.299 sun god 00:22:58.299 --> 00:23:00.559 with his image 00:23:00.559 --> 00:23:01.619 made of bronze 00:23:01.619 --> 00:23:04.599 demonstrating 00:23:04.599 --> 00:23:05.679 your commitment 00:23:05.679 --> 00:23:06.639 to the cause 00:23:06.639 --> 00:23:07.859 with the cultic 00:23:07.859 --> 00:23:08.959 prostitutes 00:23:08.959 --> 00:23:11.039 and so 00:23:11.039 --> 00:23:11.559 immediately 00:23:11.559 --> 00:23:12.219 there are 00:23:12.219 --> 00:23:13.159 several dilemmas 00:23:13.159 --> 00:23:13.819 if you're in 00:23:13.819 --> 00:23:14.299 Christ 00:23:14.299 --> 00:23:17.779 have a Christian 00:23:17.779 --> 00:23:18.119 friend 00:23:18.119 --> 00:23:18.719 he went to 00:23:18.719 --> 00:23:19.519 an industry 00:23:19.519 --> 00:23:20.099 conference 00:23:20.099 --> 00:23:20.639 like that 00:23:20.639 --> 00:23:21.079 in Sydney 00:23:21.079 --> 00:23:23.399 what would 00:23:23.399 --> 00:23:23.859 you do 00:23:23.859 --> 00:23:25.240 when your 00:23:25.240 --> 00:23:25.619 roommate 00:23:25.619 --> 00:23:27.119 brought back 00:23:27.119 --> 00:23:27.720 to your 00:23:27.720 --> 00:23:28.119 room 00:23:28.119 --> 00:23:28.799 your roommate 00:23:28.799 --> 00:23:29.220 for the 00:23:29.220 --> 00:23:29.659 conference 00:23:29.659 --> 00:23:30.299 brought back 00:23:30.299 --> 00:23:30.799 to your 00:23:30.799 --> 00:23:31.220 room 00:23:31.220 --> 00:23:33.139 one of the 00:23:33.139 --> 00:23:33.639 conference 00:23:33.639 --> 00:23:34.419 provided 00:23:34.419 --> 00:23:35.259 and paid 00:23:35.259 --> 00:23:35.639 for 00:23:35.639 --> 00:23:36.639 prostitutes 00:23:36.639 --> 00:23:42.299 the ancient 00:23:42.299 --> 00:23:42.879 world isn't 00:23:42.879 --> 00:23:43.519 so ancient 00:23:43.519 --> 00:23:46.119 and to 00:23:46.119 --> 00:23:46.619 participate 00:23:46.619 --> 00:23:47.240 or not 00:23:47.240 --> 00:23:47.659 could have 00:23:47.659 --> 00:23:48.259 a huge 00:23:48.259 --> 00:23:49.019 effect 00:23:49.019 --> 00:23:49.839 economically 00:23:49.839 --> 00:23:50.420 how I'm 00:23:50.420 --> 00:23:50.879 seen by 00:23:50.879 --> 00:23:51.660 my peers 00:23:51.660 --> 00:23:53.119 whether I'm 00:23:53.119 --> 00:23:53.379 going to 00:23:53.379 --> 00:23:53.779 rat them 00:23:53.779 --> 00:23:54.099 out 00:23:54.099 --> 00:23:55.319 am I 00:23:55.319 --> 00:23:55.920 trustworthy 00:23:55.920 --> 00:23:56.559 I'm not 00:23:56.559 --> 00:23:57.700 corrupted by 00:23:57.700 --> 00:23:58.160 this sort 00:23:58.160 --> 00:23:58.819 of behaviour 00:23:58.819 --> 00:23:59.559 you're in 00:23:59.559 --> 00:24:00.720 or you are 00:24:00.720 --> 00:24:01.039 out 00:24:01.039 --> 00:24:03.000 do you 00:24:03.000 --> 00:24:03.400 bow to 00:24:03.400 --> 00:24:03.879 the local 00:24:03.879 --> 00:24:04.319 deity 00:24:04.319 --> 00:24:06.440 and you 00:24:06.440 --> 00:24:06.740 know we 00:24:06.740 --> 00:24:07.119 know as 00:24:07.119 --> 00:24:07.480 Christians 00:24:07.480 --> 00:24:07.879 that we 00:24:07.879 --> 00:24:08.720 can rationalise 00:24:08.720 --> 00:24:09.259 any other 00:24:09.259 --> 00:24:09.700 god away 00:24:09.700 --> 00:24:10.240 because we 00:24:10.240 --> 00:24:10.599 know that 00:24:10.599 --> 00:24:10.960 none of 00:24:10.960 --> 00:24:11.240 them are 00:24:11.240 --> 00:24:11.500 real 00:24:11.500 --> 00:24:13.359 we know 00:24:13.359 --> 00:24:13.720 that there 00:24:13.720 --> 00:24:14.099 is only 00:24:14.099 --> 00:24:14.740 one real 00:24:14.740 --> 00:24:15.019 god 00:24:15.019 --> 00:24:15.500 so every 00:24:15.500 --> 00:24:16.160 other god 00:24:16.160 --> 00:24:16.480 is a 00:24:16.480 --> 00:24:16.839 nonsense 00:24:16.839 --> 00:24:17.399 at one 00:24:17.399 --> 00:24:17.639 level 00:24:17.639 --> 00:24:18.199 these so 00:24:18.199 --> 00:24:18.559 called 00:24:18.559 --> 00:24:18.899 gods 00:24:18.899 --> 00:24:19.139 aren't 00:24:19.139 --> 00:24:19.359 really 00:24:19.359 --> 00:24:19.659 gods 00:24:19.659 --> 00:24:20.059 at all 00:24:20.059 --> 00:24:22.379 but you 00:24:22.379 --> 00:24:22.980 want business 00:24:22.980 --> 00:24:23.399 to go 00:24:23.399 --> 00:24:23.699 well 00:24:23.699 --> 00:24:25.779 we have 00:24:25.779 --> 00:24:26.240 people in 00:24:26.240 --> 00:24:26.659 our church 00:24:26.659 --> 00:24:26.959 family 00:24:26.959 --> 00:24:27.359 we've had 00:24:27.359 --> 00:24:27.779 people in 00:24:27.779 --> 00:24:28.179 our church 00:24:28.179 --> 00:24:28.839 family who 00:24:28.839 --> 00:24:29.559 came to 00:24:29.559 --> 00:24:29.939 Australia 00:24:29.939 --> 00:24:30.659 from Penang 00:24:30.659 --> 00:24:31.579 in Malaysia 00:24:31.579 --> 00:24:33.199 and they 00:24:33.199 --> 00:24:33.720 made a new 00:24:33.720 --> 00:24:34.240 life here 00:24:34.240 --> 00:24:34.959 because as 00:24:34.959 --> 00:24:35.379 Christians 00:24:35.379 --> 00:24:35.899 and as 00:24:35.899 --> 00:24:36.299 Chinese 00:24:36.299 --> 00:24:36.839 they can 00:24:36.839 --> 00:24:37.500 only rise 00:24:37.500 --> 00:24:37.819 to a 00:24:37.819 --> 00:24:38.379 middle level 00:24:38.379 --> 00:24:39.179 in Malaysian 00:24:39.179 --> 00:24:39.779 society 00:24:39.779 --> 00:24:40.099 and to 00:24:40.099 --> 00:24:40.740 go higher 00:24:40.740 --> 00:24:41.679 to be 00:24:41.679 --> 00:24:42.519 more successful 00:24:42.519 --> 00:24:43.099 they would 00:24:43.099 --> 00:24:43.579 need to 00:24:43.579 --> 00:24:44.379 convert to 00:24:44.379 --> 00:24:45.220 Islam 00:24:45.220 --> 00:24:48.180 do you 00:24:48.180 --> 00:24:48.819 rationalise 00:24:48.819 --> 00:24:49.200 it away 00:24:49.200 --> 00:24:49.460 and do 00:24:49.460 --> 00:24:49.779 you say 00:24:49.779 --> 00:24:50.759 if you're 00:24:50.759 --> 00:24:51.220 feeling the 00:24:51.220 --> 00:24:51.680 pressure of 00:24:51.680 --> 00:24:52.019 Islam 00:24:52.019 --> 00:24:52.380 do you 00:24:52.380 --> 00:24:52.940 say things 00:24:52.940 --> 00:24:53.500 like well 00:24:53.500 --> 00:24:53.860 we all 00:24:53.860 --> 00:24:54.339 believe in 00:24:54.339 --> 00:24:54.799 one god 00:24:54.799 --> 00:24:55.259 don't we 00:24:55.259 --> 00:24:57.360 or 00:24:57.360 --> 00:24:58.259 Islam 00:24:58.259 --> 00:24:58.960 and Jesus 00:24:58.960 --> 00:24:59.839 both believe 00:24:59.839 --> 00:25:00.339 that Jesus 00:25:00.339 --> 00:25:00.860 is a prophet 00:25:00.860 --> 00:25:01.420 which is 00:25:01.420 --> 00:25:01.860 true 00:25:01.860 --> 00:25:04.600 but we 00:25:04.600 --> 00:25:04.920 make 00:25:04.920 --> 00:25:05.720 compromises 00:25:05.720 --> 00:25:06.600 which deny 00:25:06.600 --> 00:25:07.259 the uniqueness 00:25:07.259 --> 00:25:08.079 of Christ 00:25:08.079 --> 00:25:08.980 and so 00:25:08.980 --> 00:25:09.960 we reduce 00:25:09.960 --> 00:25:10.759 Jesus to 00:25:10.759 --> 00:25:11.180 something 00:25:11.180 --> 00:25:12.220 that he 00:25:12.220 --> 00:25:12.720 is not 00:25:12.720 --> 00:25:14.839 we've 00:25:14.839 --> 00:25:15.000 been 00:25:15.000 --> 00:25:15.500 looking a 00:25:15.500 --> 00:25:16.019 number of 00:25:16.019 --> 00:25:16.539 times in 00:25:16.539 --> 00:25:17.200 this series 00:25:17.200 --> 00:25:17.720 to our 00:25:17.720 --> 00:25:18.059 northern 00:25:18.059 --> 00:25:18.480 Iraq 00:25:18.480 --> 00:25:19.000 and talking 00:25:19.000 --> 00:25:19.299 about 00:25:19.299 --> 00:25:19.720 Christians 00:25:19.720 --> 00:25:20.279 in northern 00:25:20.279 --> 00:25:20.700 Iraq 00:25:20.700 --> 00:25:21.000 and the 00:25:21.000 --> 00:25:21.380 mark of 00:25:21.380 --> 00:25:21.519 the 00:25:21.519 --> 00:25:22.240 Nazarene 00:25:22.240 --> 00:25:24.319 lives on 00:25:24.319 --> 00:25:24.759 the line 00:25:24.759 --> 00:25:25.900 and livelihoods 00:25:25.900 --> 00:25:26.500 and everything 00:25:26.500 --> 00:25:27.220 you own and 00:25:27.220 --> 00:25:27.940 possess on the 00:25:27.940 --> 00:25:29.380 line over 00:25:29.380 --> 00:25:30.240 a confession 00:25:30.240 --> 00:25:31.019 of Jesus 00:25:31.019 --> 00:25:31.600 Christ 00:25:31.600 --> 00:25:32.279 crucified 00:25:32.279 --> 00:25:33.539 and risen 00:25:33.539 --> 00:25:34.000 again 00:25:34.000 --> 00:25:36.319 lose your 00:25:36.319 --> 00:25:36.779 life 00:25:36.779 --> 00:25:39.240 or convert 00:25:39.240 --> 00:25:40.079 to Islam 00:25:40.079 --> 00:25:40.720 and pay 00:25:40.720 --> 00:25:41.299 the tax 00:25:41.299 --> 00:25:45.559 say something 00:25:45.559 --> 00:25:45.839 that would 00:25:45.839 --> 00:25:46.159 get me 00:25:46.159 --> 00:25:46.599 killed in 00:25:46.599 --> 00:25:47.279 many places 00:25:47.279 --> 00:25:47.779 it's a 00:25:47.779 --> 00:25:48.159 nonsense 00:25:48.159 --> 00:25:51.659 it's an 00:25:51.659 --> 00:25:52.099 invention 00:25:52.099 --> 00:25:52.579 of one 00:25:52.579 --> 00:25:52.960 man's 00:25:52.960 --> 00:25:53.319 mind 00:25:53.319 --> 00:25:54.500 written 00:25:54.500 --> 00:25:54.940 six 00:25:54.940 --> 00:25:55.460 centuries 00:25:55.460 --> 00:25:55.859 after 00:25:55.859 --> 00:25:56.299 Jesus 00:25:56.299 --> 00:25:56.980 it is 00:25:56.980 --> 00:25:57.180 a 00:25:57.180 --> 00:25:57.619 nonsense 00:25:57.619 --> 00:26:03.379 when you 00:26:03.379 --> 00:26:03.799 move to 00:26:03.799 --> 00:26:04.279 a position 00:26:04.279 --> 00:26:04.500 of 00:26:04.500 --> 00:26:05.119 toleration 00:26:05.119 --> 00:26:05.339 you 00:26:05.339 --> 00:26:05.639 minimize 00:26:05.639 --> 00:26:06.039 the 00:26:06.039 --> 00:26:06.240 Lord 00:26:06.240 --> 00:26:06.399 you 00:26:06.399 --> 00:26:06.659 make 00:26:06.659 --> 00:26:06.799 him 00:26:06.799 --> 00:26:07.159 less 00:26:07.159 --> 00:26:09.440 in our 00:26:09.440 --> 00:26:09.940 society 00:26:09.940 --> 00:26:10.480 we have 00:26:10.480 --> 00:26:10.819 huge 00:26:10.819 --> 00:26:11.180 pressure 00:26:11.180 --> 00:26:11.680 that comes 00:26:11.680 --> 00:26:11.980 from a 00:26:11.980 --> 00:26:12.360 secular 00:26:12.360 --> 00:26:12.880 world's 00:26:12.880 --> 00:26:13.240 value 00:26:13.240 --> 00:26:13.720 highest 00:26:13.720 --> 00:26:14.220 value 00:26:14.220 --> 00:26:14.940 of 00:26:14.940 --> 00:26:15.660 toleration 00:26:15.660 --> 00:26:18.320 I think 00:26:18.320 --> 00:26:19.039 the 00:26:19.039 --> 00:26:19.580 Newcastle 00:26:19.580 --> 00:26:19.940 Herald 00:26:19.940 --> 00:26:21.000 you probably 00:26:21.000 --> 00:26:21.259 wouldn't 00:26:21.259 --> 00:26:21.880 read it 00:26:21.880 --> 00:26:22.160 but 00:26:22.160 --> 00:26:24.120 it's 00:26:24.120 --> 00:26:24.440 done 00:26:24.440 --> 00:26:25.259 award winning 00:26:25.259 --> 00:26:25.900 journalism 00:26:25.900 --> 00:26:27.480 exposing the 00:26:27.480 --> 00:26:27.920 appalling 00:26:27.920 --> 00:26:29.060 sexual abuse 00:26:29.060 --> 00:26:29.640 of children 00:26:29.640 --> 00:26:29.980 in the 00:26:29.980 --> 00:26:30.560 Newcastle 00:26:30.560 --> 00:26:30.880 area 00:26:30.880 --> 00:26:33.360 and the 00:26:33.360 --> 00:26:33.860 journalism 00:26:33.860 --> 00:26:35.420 and the 00:26:35.420 --> 00:26:35.780 journalism 00:26:35.780 --> 00:26:36.960 which 00:26:36.960 --> 00:26:38.100 led to the 00:26:38.100 --> 00:26:38.420 world's 00:26:38.420 --> 00:26:38.520 sexual abuse 00:26:38.520 --> 00:26:40.360 and that 00:26:40.360 --> 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00:27:37.759 --> 00:27:38.180 says 00:27:38.180 --> 00:27:38.539 to us 00:27:38.539 --> 00:27:38.860 if the 00:27:38.860 --> 00:27:39.140 world 00:27:39.140 --> 00:27:39.559 hates 00:27:39.559 --> 00:27:39.759 you 00:27:39.759 --> 00:27:40.000 bear 00:27:40.000 --> 00:27:40.200 in 00:27:40.200 --> 00:27:40.420 mind 00:27:40.420 --> 00:27:40.559 that 00:27:40.559 --> 00:27:40.700 it 00:27:40.700 --> 00:27:40.960 hated 00:27:40.960 --> 00:27:41.220 me 00:27:41.220 --> 00:27:41.640 first 00:27:41.640 --> 00:27:41.920 John 00:27:41.920 --> 00:27:42.519 15 00:27:42.519 --> 00:27:45.000 Revelation 00:27:45.000 --> 00:27:45.740 chapter 2 00:27:45.740 --> 00:27:46.319 verse 20 00:27:46.319 --> 00:27:46.720 I have 00:27:46.720 --> 00:27:47.360 this against 00:27:47.360 --> 00:27:47.740 you 00:27:47.740 --> 00:27:48.640 that you 00:27:48.640 --> 00:27:49.420 tolerate 00:27:49.420 --> 00:27:50.140 that woman 00:27:50.140 --> 00:27:50.700 Jezebel 00:27:50.700 --> 00:27:51.960 who calls 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00:28:06.360 --> 00:28:06.540 God 00:28:06.540 --> 00:28:06.880 himself 00:28:06.880 --> 00:28:07.100 and 00:28:07.100 --> 00:28:07.280 it's 00:28:07.280 --> 00:28:07.440 here 00:28:07.440 --> 00:28:07.560 in 00:28:07.560 --> 00:28:07.740 this 00:28:07.740 --> 00:28:08.300 passage 00:28:08.299 --> 00:28:38.299 00:28:38.299 --> 00:29:08.299 00:29:08.299 --> 00:29:38.299 00:29:38.299 --> 00:30:08.299 00:30:08.299 --> 00:30:08.599 God 00:30:08.599 --> 00:30:08.619 God 00:30:08.619 --> 00:30:09.980 and 00:30:09.980 --> 00:30:10.259 verse 00:30:10.259 --> 00:30:10.839 23 00:30:10.839 --> 00:30:11.139 this 00:30:11.139 --> 00:30:11.460 nothing 00:30:11.460 --> 00:30:11.779 less 00:30:11.779 --> 00:30:11.960 than 00:30:11.960 --> 00:30:12.220 God 00:30:12.220 --> 00:30:12.599 Jesus 00:30:12.599 --> 00:30:13.079 himself 00:30:13.079 --> 00:30:13.319 will 00:30:13.319 --> 00:30:13.799 strike 00:30:13.799 --> 00:30:14.099 her 00:30:14.099 --> 00:30:14.539 children 00:30:14.539 --> 00:30:14.980 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00:30:47.299 --> 00:30:47.859 repented 00:30:47.859 --> 00:30:49.439 but she 00:30:49.439 --> 00:30:50.219 chose not 00:30:50.219 --> 00:30:50.619 to 00:30:50.619 --> 00:30:53.139 her 00:30:53.139 --> 00:30:53.719 followers 00:30:53.719 --> 00:30:54.439 haven't been 00:30:54.439 --> 00:30:55.099 judged yet 00:30:55.099 --> 00:30:55.679 they're offered 00:30:55.679 --> 00:30:56.299 a way to 00:30:56.299 --> 00:30:56.740 safety 00:30:56.740 --> 00:30:57.639 they still 00:30:57.639 --> 00:30:58.399 have opportunity 00:30:58.399 --> 00:30:59.099 to repent 00:30:59.099 --> 00:30:59.619 to turn 00:30:59.619 --> 00:31:00.039 back to 00:31:00.039 --> 00:31:00.419 Christ 00:31:00.419 --> 00:31:00.740 and to 00:31:00.740 --> 00:31:01.219 ask for 00:31:01.219 --> 00:31:01.599 mercy 00:31:01.599 --> 00:31:02.599 and forgiveness 00:31:02.599 --> 00:31:03.959 the mercy 00:31:03.959 --> 00:31:04.379 of God 00:31:04.379 --> 00:31:05.119 is strongly 00:31:05.119 --> 00:31:05.659 on view 00:31:05.660 --> 00:31:06.019 here 00:31:06.019 --> 00:31:06.840 if we're 00:31:06.840 --> 00:31:07.279 struggling 00:31:07.279 --> 00:31:07.820 in any 00:31:07.820 --> 00:31:08.300 of these 00:31:08.300 --> 00:31:08.660 ways 00:31:08.660 --> 00:31:09.040 that we've 00:31:09.040 --> 00:31:09.600 talked about 00:31:09.600 --> 00:31:09.980 already 00:31:09.980 --> 00:31:10.519 it's just 00:31:10.519 --> 00:31:11.040 saying to 00:31:11.040 --> 00:31:11.519 us repent 00:31:11.519 --> 00:31:12.380 come back 00:31:12.380 --> 00:31:13.100 turn around 00:31:13.100 --> 00:31:14.279 admit failure 00:31:14.279 --> 00:31:15.060 throw yourself 00:31:15.060 --> 00:31:15.840 on the safety 00:31:15.840 --> 00:31:16.700 of Christ 00:31:16.700 --> 00:31:19.400 there's hope 00:31:19.400 --> 00:31:20.900 full of hope 00:31:20.900 --> 00:31:23.120 full of hope 00:31:23.120 --> 00:31:23.660 in the face 00:31:23.660 --> 00:31:24.519 of great evil 00:31:24.519 --> 00:31:27.460 in verse 23 00:31:27.460 --> 00:31:28.160 Jesus says 00:31:28.160 --> 00:31:28.880 I am he 00:31:28.880 --> 00:31:29.860 the big picture 00:31:29.860 --> 00:31:30.279 of Jesus 00:31:30.279 --> 00:31:31.040 I am he 00:31:31.040 --> 00:31:32.240 who searches 00:31:32.240 --> 00:31:33.080 hearts 00:31:33.080 --> 00:31:34.060 and minds 00:31:34.060 --> 00:31:35.340 his eyes 00:31:35.339 --> 00:31:35.879 see and 00:31:35.879 --> 00:31:36.279 penetrate 00:31:36.279 --> 00:31:37.000 everything 00:31:37.000 --> 00:31:37.519 including 00:31:37.519 --> 00:31:37.919 deeply 00:31:37.919 --> 00:31:38.699 inside us 00:31:38.699 --> 00:31:39.439 and he 00:31:39.439 --> 00:31:39.859 isn't 00:31:39.859 --> 00:31:40.139 filled 00:31:40.139 --> 00:31:40.699 by outward 00:31:40.699 --> 00:31:41.339 appearance 00:31:41.339 --> 00:31:42.199 he knows 00:31:42.199 --> 00:31:42.679 our hearts 00:31:42.679 --> 00:31:43.119 and minds 00:31:43.119 --> 00:31:43.599 there's no 00:31:43.599 --> 00:31:44.339 deceiving him 00:31:44.339 --> 00:31:44.879 we are 00:31:44.879 --> 00:31:45.720 totally exposed 00:31:45.720 --> 00:31:46.359 before him 00:31:46.359 --> 00:31:46.919 and he has 00:31:46.919 --> 00:31:47.459 acted with 00:31:47.459 --> 00:31:48.139 extraordinary 00:31:48.139 --> 00:31:49.240 love to 00:31:49.240 --> 00:31:50.019 redeem us 00:31:50.019 --> 00:31:50.779 despite us 00:31:50.779 --> 00:31:52.819 he knows 00:31:52.819 --> 00:31:53.599 what we're 00:31:53.599 --> 00:31:54.139 like and he 00:31:54.139 --> 00:31:54.799 still loves us 00:31:54.799 --> 00:31:55.279 and has acted 00:31:55.279 --> 00:31:56.059 to preserve us 00:31:56.059 --> 00:31:56.879 amazing 00:31:56.879 --> 00:31:57.559 he's a 00:31:57.559 --> 00:31:57.919 wonderful 00:31:57.919 --> 00:31:58.279 lord 00:31:58.279 --> 00:32:00.359 and his 00:32:00.359 --> 00:32:00.619 feet 00:32:00.619 --> 00:32:00.819 aren't 00:32:00.819 --> 00:32:01.379 like clay 00:32:01.379 --> 00:32:01.779 fragile 00:32:01.779 --> 00:32:02.319 like yours 00:32:02.319 --> 00:32:02.680 and mine 00:32:02.680 --> 00:32:02.940 they're 00:32:02.940 --> 00:32:03.240 burnished 00:32:03.240 --> 00:32:03.519 bronze 00:32:03.519 --> 00:32:03.839 in this 00:32:03.839 --> 00:32:04.160 passage 00:32:04.160 --> 00:32:04.440 he's 00:32:04.440 --> 00:32:04.779 powerful 00:32:04.779 --> 00:32:05.019 he's 00:32:05.019 --> 00:32:05.200 more 00:32:05.200 --> 00:32:05.559 brilliant 00:32:05.559 --> 00:32:06.139 than any 00:32:06.139 --> 00:32:06.460 bronze 00:32:06.460 --> 00:32:06.920 the workers 00:32:06.920 --> 00:32:07.740 in Thyatira 00:32:07.740 --> 00:32:09.639 have ever 00:32:09.639 --> 00:32:10.200 worked with 00:32:10.200 --> 00:32:11.160 he's strong 00:32:11.160 --> 00:32:11.519 and he's 00:32:11.519 --> 00:32:11.940 powerful 00:32:11.940 --> 00:32:12.460 and he's 00:32:12.460 --> 00:32:12.899 brilliantly 00:32:12.899 --> 00:32:13.359 glorious 00:32:13.359 --> 00:32:15.299 and so 00:32:15.299 --> 00:32:16.039 John uses 00:32:16.039 --> 00:32:16.559 pictures 00:32:16.559 --> 00:32:16.979 that are 00:32:16.979 --> 00:32:17.359 deeply 00:32:17.359 --> 00:32:17.959 encouraging 00:32:17.959 --> 00:32:18.599 to anybody 00:32:18.599 --> 00:32:19.179 who's doing 00:32:19.179 --> 00:32:19.579 it tough 00:32:19.579 --> 00:32:20.759 in the world 00:32:20.759 --> 00:32:21.579 which is 00:32:21.579 --> 00:32:22.179 urging them 00:32:22.179 --> 00:32:22.819 to compromise 00:32:22.819 --> 00:32:24.500 a world 00:32:24.500 --> 00:32:24.899 which is 00:32:24.899 --> 00:32:25.500 intolerant 00:32:25.500 --> 00:32:25.899 of true 00:32:25.899 --> 00:32:26.379 faith in 00:32:26.379 --> 00:32:26.719 Jesus 00:32:26.719 --> 00:32:27.359 the Jesus 00:32:27.359 --> 00:32:28.000 we worship 00:32:28.000 --> 00:32:28.919 is mightier 00:32:28.919 --> 00:32:29.859 than anyone 00:32:29.859 --> 00:32:30.199 in the 00:32:30.199 --> 00:32:30.579 commercial 00:32:30.579 --> 00:32:31.019 world 00:32:31.019 --> 00:32:31.519 with any 00:32:31.519 --> 00:32:31.799 power 00:32:31.799 --> 00:32:32.199 they bring 00:32:32.199 --> 00:32:32.639 to bear 00:32:32.639 --> 00:32:35.219 he's 00:32:35.219 --> 00:32:35.539 stronger 00:32:35.539 --> 00:32:35.899 than the 00:32:35.899 --> 00:32:36.159 toughest 00:32:36.159 --> 00:32:36.639 person 00:32:36.639 --> 00:32:37.039 who gives 00:32:37.039 --> 00:32:37.419 you grief 00:32:37.419 --> 00:32:37.959 at school 00:32:37.959 --> 00:32:39.000 who shames 00:32:39.000 --> 00:32:39.259 you at 00:32:39.259 --> 00:32:39.899 university 00:32:39.899 --> 00:32:41.619 you know 00:32:41.619 --> 00:32:42.099 when we 00:32:42.099 --> 00:32:43.639 we can 00:32:43.639 --> 00:32:44.439 feel very 00:32:44.439 --> 00:32:45.139 isolated 00:32:45.139 --> 00:32:45.899 and very 00:32:45.899 --> 00:32:46.439 fearful 00:32:46.439 --> 00:32:47.359 under the 00:32:47.359 --> 00:32:47.839 pressure of 00:32:47.839 --> 00:32:48.139 evil 00:32:48.139 --> 00:32:49.480 vastly 00:32:49.480 --> 00:32:50.839 outnumbered 00:32:50.839 --> 00:32:51.359 nobody 00:32:51.359 --> 00:32:51.879 believes 00:32:51.879 --> 00:32:52.259 what we 00:32:52.259 --> 00:32:52.599 do 00:32:52.599 --> 00:32:53.279 or is 00:32:53.279 --> 00:32:54.199 doing it 00:32:54.199 --> 00:32:54.579 as tough 00:32:54.579 --> 00:32:55.159 as I am 00:32:55.159 --> 00:32:55.679 that's how 00:32:55.679 --> 00:32:56.139 we feel 00:32:56.139 --> 00:32:58.199 and Elijah 00:32:58.199 --> 00:32:58.639 the next 00:32:58.639 --> 00:32:59.019 day after 00:32:59.019 --> 00:32:59.799 this magnificent 00:32:59.799 --> 00:33:00.379 victory 00:33:00.379 --> 00:33:00.939 on Mount 00:33:00.939 --> 00:33:01.359 Carmel 00:33:01.359 --> 00:33:01.759 against 00:33:01.759 --> 00:33:02.500 Jezebel's 00:33:02.500 --> 00:33:03.000 prophets 00:33:03.000 --> 00:33:04.699 after standing 00:33:04.699 --> 00:33:05.439 strong and 00:33:05.439 --> 00:33:06.139 staring down 00:33:06.139 --> 00:33:06.539 evil 00:33:06.539 --> 00:33:07.740 he runs 00:33:07.740 --> 00:33:08.159 away the 00:33:08.159 --> 00:33:08.579 next day 00:33:08.579 --> 00:33:08.919 and he says 00:33:08.919 --> 00:33:09.240 to God 00:33:09.240 --> 00:33:09.740 I'm the only 00:33:09.740 --> 00:33:10.240 one 00:33:10.240 --> 00:33:13.740 and God 00:33:13.740 --> 00:33:14.079 said 00:33:14.079 --> 00:33:15.779 actually 00:33:15.779 --> 00:33:16.160 I've got 00:33:16.160 --> 00:33:17.220 7,000 people 00:33:17.220 --> 00:33:17.680 who haven't 00:33:17.680 --> 00:33:18.079 bowed their 00:33:18.079 --> 00:33:18.380 knee to 00:33:18.380 --> 00:33:18.880 bale yet 00:33:18.880 --> 00:33:20.400 you're not 00:33:20.400 --> 00:33:20.900 alone 00:33:20.900 --> 00:33:25.819 I have 00:33:25.819 --> 00:33:26.500 many people 00:33:26.500 --> 00:33:27.120 standing firm 00:33:27.120 --> 00:33:27.480 and you see 00:33:27.480 --> 00:33:27.779 that here 00:33:27.779 --> 00:33:28.380 in Thyatira 00:33:28.380 --> 00:33:29.680 so these 00:33:29.680 --> 00:33:30.200 words of 00:33:30.200 --> 00:33:30.620 warning are 00:33:30.620 --> 00:33:30.980 not to the 00:33:30.980 --> 00:33:31.599 whole church 00:33:31.599 --> 00:33:32.700 there's a 00:33:32.700 --> 00:33:33.160 bunch of 00:33:33.160 --> 00:33:33.839 people here 00:33:33.839 --> 00:33:34.059 who 00:33:34.059 --> 00:33:35.400 verse 24 00:33:35.400 --> 00:33:35.759 to the 00:33:35.759 --> 00:33:36.220 rest of 00:33:36.220 --> 00:33:36.420 you 00:33:36.420 --> 00:33:37.460 a whole 00:33:37.460 --> 00:33:37.859 bunch of 00:33:37.859 --> 00:33:38.240 them haven't 00:33:38.240 --> 00:33:38.640 caved in 00:33:38.640 --> 00:33:39.140 under pressure 00:33:39.140 --> 00:33:39.779 the rest of 00:33:39.779 --> 00:33:40.059 you in 00:33:40.059 --> 00:33:40.680 Thyatira 00:33:40.680 --> 00:33:41.539 who do 00:33:41.539 --> 00:33:42.039 not hold 00:33:42.039 --> 00:33:42.859 this teaching 00:33:42.859 --> 00:33:43.819 who have 00:33:43.819 --> 00:33:44.399 not learned 00:33:44.399 --> 00:33:44.920 what some 00:33:44.920 --> 00:33:45.379 call the 00:33:45.379 --> 00:33:45.899 deep things 00:33:45.899 --> 00:33:46.500 of Satan 00:33:46.500 --> 00:33:47.519 I say to 00:33:47.519 --> 00:33:48.039 you I do 00:33:48.039 --> 00:33:48.759 not lay on 00:33:48.759 --> 00:33:49.460 you any 00:33:49.460 --> 00:33:50.359 other burden 00:33:50.359 --> 00:33:52.240 hold fast 00:33:52.240 --> 00:33:52.759 what you have 00:33:52.759 --> 00:33:53.460 until I come 00:33:53.460 --> 00:33:55.920 they aren't 00:33:55.920 --> 00:33:56.399 called to 00:33:56.399 --> 00:33:57.019 repent like 00:33:57.019 --> 00:33:57.559 some people 00:33:57.559 --> 00:33:57.920 in other 00:33:57.920 --> 00:33:58.259 churches 00:33:58.259 --> 00:33:58.779 they're called 00:33:58.779 --> 00:33:59.259 to stand 00:33:59.259 --> 00:33:59.680 firm 00:33:59.680 --> 00:34:00.279 hang on 00:34:00.279 --> 00:34:00.799 keep on 00:34:00.799 --> 00:34:01.319 keeping on 00:34:01.319 --> 00:34:02.180 don't compromise 00:34:02.180 --> 00:34:02.839 what you know 00:34:02.839 --> 00:34:03.440 to be true 00:34:03.440 --> 00:34:04.879 don't tolerate 00:34:04.879 --> 00:34:05.399 evil 00:34:05.399 --> 00:34:06.619 don't yield 00:34:06.619 --> 00:34:07.180 to sexual 00:34:07.180 --> 00:34:07.740 immorality 00:34:07.740 --> 00:34:08.360 don't bring 00:34:08.360 --> 00:34:08.860 the values 00:34:08.860 --> 00:34:09.380 of the world 00:34:09.380 --> 00:34:09.940 into church 00:34:09.940 --> 00:34:10.519 don't make 00:34:10.519 --> 00:34:11.200 compromises 00:34:11.200 --> 00:34:11.820 to protect 00:34:11.820 --> 00:34:12.380 your job 00:34:12.380 --> 00:34:13.340 or to secure 00:34:13.340 --> 00:34:13.800 a future 00:34:13.800 --> 00:34:14.320 advancement 00:34:14.320 --> 00:34:14.820 in your 00:34:14.820 --> 00:34:15.280 career 00:34:15.280 --> 00:34:16.539 seek your 00:34:16.539 --> 00:34:17.099 security 00:34:17.099 --> 00:34:17.660 in Christ 00:34:17.660 --> 00:34:18.059 not in 00:34:18.059 --> 00:34:18.440 idols 00:34:18.440 --> 00:34:20.960 and Jesus 00:34:20.960 --> 00:34:21.599 makes the 00:34:21.599 --> 00:34:22.579 most glorious 00:34:22.579 --> 00:34:23.160 promises 00:34:23.160 --> 00:34:23.920 we won't 00:34:23.920 --> 00:34:24.440 miss out 00:34:24.440 --> 00:34:24.980 we might 00:34:24.980 --> 00:34:25.559 feel weak 00:34:25.559 --> 00:34:26.000 we might 00:34:26.000 --> 00:34:26.640 feel powerless 00:34:26.640 --> 00:34:27.280 people might 00:34:27.280 --> 00:34:27.680 think we're 00:34:27.680 --> 00:34:28.340 insignificant 00:34:28.340 --> 00:34:29.820 right now 00:34:29.820 --> 00:34:30.320 in the face 00:34:30.320 --> 00:34:30.760 of great 00:34:30.760 --> 00:34:31.140 evil 00:34:31.140 --> 00:34:32.039 but we 00:34:32.039 --> 00:34:32.380 have a 00:34:32.380 --> 00:34:32.800 guaranteed 00:34:32.800 --> 00:34:33.380 future 00:34:33.380 --> 00:34:34.340 with extraordinary 00:34:34.340 --> 00:34:35.059 privilege 00:34:35.059 --> 00:34:37.679 verse 26 00:34:37.679 --> 00:34:38.219 the one who 00:34:38.219 --> 00:34:38.639 conquers 00:34:38.639 --> 00:34:39.079 and keeps 00:34:39.079 --> 00:34:39.659 my works 00:34:39.659 --> 00:34:40.179 until the 00:34:40.179 --> 00:34:40.400 end 00:34:40.400 --> 00:34:40.820 to him 00:34:40.820 --> 00:34:41.599 I will 00:34:41.599 --> 00:34:41.820 give 00:34:41.820 --> 00:34:42.299 authority 00:34:42.299 --> 00:34:42.759 over the 00:34:42.759 --> 00:34:43.159 nations 00:34:43.159 --> 00:34:45.039 and he 00:34:45.039 --> 00:34:45.480 will rule 00:34:45.480 --> 00:34:45.739 them with 00:34:45.739 --> 00:34:46.019 a rod 00:34:46.019 --> 00:34:46.400 of iron 00:34:46.400 --> 00:34:46.820 as when 00:34:46.820 --> 00:34:47.279 earthland 00:34:47.279 --> 00:34:47.799 pots are 00:34:47.799 --> 00:34:48.139 broken 00:34:48.139 --> 00:34:48.679 to pieces 00:34:48.679 --> 00:34:49.360 even as 00:34:49.360 --> 00:34:50.000 I myself 00:34:50.000 --> 00:34:50.639 have received 00:34:50.639 --> 00:34:51.239 authority 00:34:51.239 --> 00:34:51.940 from my 00:34:51.940 --> 00:34:52.380 father 00:34:52.380 --> 00:34:53.400 and I 00:34:53.400 --> 00:34:53.759 will give 00:34:53.759 --> 00:34:54.039 him the 00:34:54.039 --> 00:34:54.719 morning star 00:34:54.719 --> 00:34:56.719 quote 00:34:56.719 --> 00:34:57.239 psalm 2 00:34:57.239 --> 00:34:57.559 it's full 00:34:57.559 --> 00:34:57.840 of old 00:34:57.840 --> 00:34:58.139 testament 00:34:58.139 --> 00:34:58.799 this passage 00:34:58.799 --> 00:35:00.820 great song 00:35:00.820 --> 00:35:01.380 of God's 00:35:01.380 --> 00:35:01.840 kingship 00:35:01.840 --> 00:35:02.279 over all 00:35:02.279 --> 00:35:02.719 the nations 00:35:02.719 --> 00:35:03.259 the song 00:35:03.259 --> 00:35:03.659 that looks 00:35:03.659 --> 00:35:04.199 ahead into 00:35:04.199 --> 00:35:04.739 the future 00:35:04.739 --> 00:35:05.239 the son 00:35:05.239 --> 00:35:05.639 of God 00:35:05.639 --> 00:35:06.139 that God 00:35:06.139 --> 00:35:06.719 would raise 00:35:06.719 --> 00:35:07.099 up to 00:35:07.099 --> 00:35:07.459 rule the 00:35:07.459 --> 00:35:07.879 nations 00:35:07.879 --> 00:35:09.919 the one 00:35:09.919 --> 00:35:10.239 who would 00:35:10.239 --> 00:35:10.659 receive 00:35:10.659 --> 00:35:11.279 universal 00:35:11.279 --> 00:35:11.919 authority 00:35:11.919 --> 00:35:12.500 and power 00:35:12.500 --> 00:35:13.079 and right 00:35:13.079 --> 00:35:13.500 here in 00:35:13.500 --> 00:35:13.979 revelation 00:35:13.979 --> 00:35:14.559 2 he 00:35:14.559 --> 00:35:14.899 tells 00:35:14.899 --> 00:35:15.379 believers 00:35:15.379 --> 00:35:16.079 that we 00:35:16.079 --> 00:35:17.219 will share 00:35:17.219 --> 00:35:17.779 in his 00:35:17.779 --> 00:35:18.119 rule 00:35:18.119 --> 00:35:18.559 and in 00:35:18.559 --> 00:35:18.759 his 00:35:18.759 --> 00:35:19.239 authority 00:35:19.239 --> 00:35:20.779 and I 00:35:20.779 --> 00:35:21.279 read that 00:35:21.279 --> 00:35:21.579 and I 00:35:21.579 --> 00:35:22.059 just cannot 00:35:22.059 --> 00:35:22.579 get my 00:35:22.579 --> 00:35:23.079 head around 00:35:23.079 --> 00:35:23.399 it that 00:35:23.399 --> 00:35:23.879 God would 00:35:23.879 --> 00:35:24.500 share such 00:35:24.500 --> 00:35:24.899 rule and 00:35:24.899 --> 00:35:25.339 authority 00:35:25.339 --> 00:35:26.019 with me 00:35:26.019 --> 00:35:29.319 we will 00:35:29.319 --> 00:35:30.179 be authorised 00:35:30.179 --> 00:35:30.759 by God 00:35:30.759 --> 00:35:31.279 himself 00:35:31.279 --> 00:35:32.479 to exercise 00:35:32.479 --> 00:35:33.439 his good 00:35:33.439 --> 00:35:33.979 rule 00:35:33.980 --> 00:35:34.420 over 00:35:34.420 --> 00:35:35.099 nations 00:35:35.099 --> 00:35:35.400 one 00:35:35.400 --> 00:35:35.800 important 00:35:35.800 --> 00:35:36.099 job 00:35:36.099 --> 00:35:36.380 that's 00:35:36.380 --> 00:35:36.480 an 00:35:36.480 --> 00:35:36.840 important 00:35:36.840 --> 00:35:37.300 job 00:35:37.300 --> 00:35:41.179 God 00:35:41.179 --> 00:35:41.400 will 00:35:41.400 --> 00:35:41.920 entrust 00:35:41.920 --> 00:35:42.179 us 00:35:42.179 --> 00:35:42.699 to rule 00:35:42.699 --> 00:35:43.260 for good 00:35:43.260 --> 00:35:43.800 for him 00:35:43.800 --> 00:35:44.820 take us 00:35:44.820 --> 00:35:45.240 back to the 00:35:45.240 --> 00:35:45.699 very beginning 00:35:45.699 --> 00:35:45.920 of the 00:35:45.920 --> 00:35:46.159 Bible 00:35:46.159 --> 00:35:46.400 in 00:35:46.400 --> 00:35:46.960 Genesis 00:35:46.960 --> 00:35:47.380 2 00:35:47.380 --> 00:35:48.820 and we 00:35:48.820 --> 00:35:49.340 won't get 00:35:49.340 --> 00:35:49.679 it wrong 00:35:49.679 --> 00:35:50.260 next time 00:35:50.260 --> 00:35:50.740 with Genesis 00:35:50.740 --> 00:35:51.199 3 00:35:51.199 --> 00:35:52.159 pretty amazing 00:35:52.159 --> 00:35:52.639 promise 00:35:52.639 --> 00:35:55.980 but you 00:35:55.980 --> 00:35:56.280 know there's 00:35:56.280 --> 00:35:56.559 an even 00:35:56.559 --> 00:35:57.300 better promise 00:35:57.300 --> 00:35:57.559 here 00:35:57.559 --> 00:36:00.860 I will 00:36:00.860 --> 00:36:01.259 give him 00:36:01.259 --> 00:36:01.400 the 00:36:01.400 --> 00:36:01.639 morning 00:36:01.639 --> 00:36:02.099 star 00:36:02.099 --> 00:36:05.000 it's a 00:36:05.000 --> 00:36:05.320 picture 00:36:05.320 --> 00:36:05.840 of a 00:36:05.840 --> 00:36:06.099 king 00:36:06.099 --> 00:36:06.380 that's 00:36:06.380 --> 00:36:06.699 promised 00:36:06.699 --> 00:36:07.000 in 00:36:07.000 --> 00:36:07.480 Numbers 00:36:07.480 --> 00:36:07.980 24 00:36:07.980 --> 00:36:10.279 and this 00:36:10.279 --> 00:36:10.940 king gets 00:36:10.940 --> 00:36:11.400 a mention 00:36:11.400 --> 00:36:12.099 again in 00:36:12.099 --> 00:36:12.980 the last 00:36:12.980 --> 00:36:13.559 couple of 00:36:13.559 --> 00:36:14.000 sentences 00:36:14.000 --> 00:36:14.639 of the 00:36:14.639 --> 00:36:14.960 whole of 00:36:14.960 --> 00:36:15.360 the Bible 00:36:15.360 --> 00:36:15.679 at the 00:36:15.679 --> 00:36:15.920 end of 00:36:15.920 --> 00:36:16.420 Revelation 00:36:16.420 --> 00:36:18.179 chapter 22 00:36:18.179 --> 00:36:20.179 verse 16 00:36:20.179 --> 00:36:21.000 I Jesus 00:36:21.000 --> 00:36:22.619 have sent 00:36:22.619 --> 00:36:23.239 my angel 00:36:23.239 --> 00:36:23.940 to testify 00:36:23.940 --> 00:36:24.440 to you 00:36:24.440 --> 00:36:25.059 about these 00:36:25.059 --> 00:36:25.619 things for 00:36:25.619 --> 00:36:26.119 the churches 00:36:26.119 --> 00:36:28.460 I am the 00:36:28.460 --> 00:36:29.159 root and 00:36:29.159 --> 00:36:29.819 the descendant 00:36:29.819 --> 00:36:30.359 of David 00:36:30.359 --> 00:36:32.359 the bright 00:36:32.359 --> 00:36:33.159 morning 00:36:33.159 --> 00:36:33.819 star 00:36:33.819 --> 00:36:37.500 I will 00:36:37.500 --> 00:36:38.279 give him 00:36:38.279 --> 00:36:39.019 the morning 00:36:39.019 --> 00:36:39.579 star 00:36:39.579 --> 00:36:42.059 I will 00:36:42.059 --> 00:36:42.460 give him 00:36:42.460 --> 00:36:42.819 Jesus 00:36:42.819 --> 00:36:43.259 the one 00:36:43.259 --> 00:36:44.119 who overcomes 00:36:44.119 --> 00:36:45.960 I will 00:36:45.960 --> 00:36:46.359 give him 00:36:46.359 --> 00:36:46.879 Jesus 00:36:46.880 --> 00:36:50.220 said this 00:36:50.220 --> 00:36:50.500 morning 00:36:50.500 --> 00:36:51.019 to somebody 00:36:51.019 --> 00:36:51.380 who's not a 00:36:51.380 --> 00:36:51.640 believer 00:36:51.640 --> 00:36:52.039 this is 00:36:52.039 --> 00:36:52.680 foolishness 00:36:52.680 --> 00:36:53.640 I reckon 00:36:53.640 --> 00:36:54.000 only an 00:36:54.000 --> 00:36:54.619 insider can 00:36:54.619 --> 00:36:55.140 understand 00:36:55.140 --> 00:36:55.500 this 00:36:55.500 --> 00:37:00.740 what could 00:37:00.740 --> 00:37:01.180 be better 00:37:01.180 --> 00:37:01.760 than power 00:37:01.760 --> 00:37:02.539 and influence 00:37:02.539 --> 00:37:06.059 what could 00:37:06.059 --> 00:37:06.519 be better 00:37:06.519 --> 00:37:07.039 than being 00:37:07.039 --> 00:37:07.700 loved and 00:37:07.700 --> 00:37:08.240 respected 00:37:08.240 --> 00:37:11.760 what could 00:37:11.760 --> 00:37:12.240 be better 00:37:12.240 --> 00:37:12.820 than being 00:37:12.820 --> 00:37:13.320 a mover 00:37:13.320 --> 00:37:13.760 and a 00:37:13.760 --> 00:37:14.140 shaker 00:37:14.139 --> 00:37:17.239 what could 00:37:17.239 --> 00:37:17.659 be better 00:37:17.659 --> 00:37:18.199 than being 00:37:18.199 --> 00:37:19.039 independently 00:37:19.039 --> 00:37:19.639 wealthy 00:37:19.639 --> 00:37:20.139 what could 00:37:20.139 --> 00:37:20.699 be better 00:37:20.699 --> 00:37:22.039 than having 00:37:22.039 --> 00:37:22.960 a revered 00:37:22.960 --> 00:37:23.420 name 00:37:23.420 --> 00:37:24.279 or coming 00:37:24.279 --> 00:37:24.980 from an 00:37:24.980 --> 00:37:25.559 esteemed 00:37:25.559 --> 00:37:26.119 family 00:37:26.119 --> 00:37:28.940 what could 00:37:28.940 --> 00:37:29.400 be better 00:37:29.400 --> 00:37:29.819 than a 00:37:29.819 --> 00:37:30.579 strong moral 00:37:30.579 --> 00:37:31.159 code 00:37:31.159 --> 00:37:33.699 what could 00:37:33.699 --> 00:37:34.059 be better 00:37:34.059 --> 00:37:34.659 than finding 00:37:34.659 --> 00:37:35.819 Mr or 00:37:35.819 --> 00:37:36.159 Miss 00:37:36.159 --> 00:37:36.779 right 00:37:36.779 --> 00:37:39.339 what could 00:37:39.339 --> 00:37:39.739 be better 00:37:39.739 --> 00:37:40.199 than having 00:37:40.199 --> 00:37:40.679 the right 00:37:40.679 --> 00:37:41.019 look 00:37:41.019 --> 00:37:44.280 tells us 00:37:44.280 --> 00:37:46.179 Jesus 00:37:46.179 --> 00:37:48.579 Jesus 00:37:48.579 --> 00:37:50.480 far higher 00:37:50.480 --> 00:37:50.980 than all 00:37:50.980 --> 00:37:51.400 the other 00:37:51.400 --> 00:37:52.039 idols and 00:37:52.039 --> 00:37:52.480 gods of 00:37:52.480 --> 00:37:53.119 this world 00:37:53.119 --> 00:37:56.239 the one 00:37:56.239 --> 00:37:56.659 to whom 00:37:56.659 --> 00:37:57.219 every knee 00:37:57.219 --> 00:37:57.820 will bow 00:37:57.820 --> 00:37:58.659 and every 00:37:58.659 --> 00:37:58.960 tongue 00:37:58.960 --> 00:37:59.579 confess 00:37:59.579 --> 00:38:01.800 to know 00:38:01.800 --> 00:38:02.480 Jesus 00:38:02.480 --> 00:38:03.960 to be 00:38:03.960 --> 00:38:04.599 known by 00:38:04.599 --> 00:38:05.059 Jesus 00:38:05.059 --> 00:38:06.699 to be 00:38:06.699 --> 00:38:07.420 safe in 00:38:07.420 --> 00:38:08.039 the presence 00:38:08.039 --> 00:38:08.699 of Jesus 00:38:08.699 --> 00:38:11.299 I will 00:38:11.299 --> 00:38:11.879 give him 00:38:11.879 --> 00:38:12.339 Jesus 00:38:12.339 --> 00:38:14.299 and he 00:38:14.299 --> 00:38:14.899 could well 00:38:14.899 --> 00:38:15.439 have written 00:38:15.439 --> 00:38:15.819 and he 00:38:15.819 --> 00:38:16.539 didn't write 00:38:16.539 --> 00:38:18.439 but Jesus 00:38:18.439 --> 00:38:19.399 is indeed 00:38:19.399 --> 00:38:20.439 our greatest 00:38:20.439 --> 00:38:20.839 treasure 00:38:20.840 --> 00:38:21.579 thou 00:38:21.579 --> 00:38:23.220 know 00:38:23.220 --> 00:38:24.300 every 00:38:24.300 --> 00:38:24.539 way 00:38:24.539 --> 00:38:26.180 to 00:38:26.180 --> 00:38:26.940 him 00:38:26.940 --> 00:38:31.079 he 00:38:31.500 --> 00:38:31.559 and 00:38:31.559 --> 00:38:40.920 he 00:38:40.920 --> 00:38:41.620 but