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 Morning everyone, great to be here. Keep your Bibles open there at Romans 11.

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 Got a question for you to kick off with. When can a circle ever be a triangle?

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 There we go. Discuss that. I'll give you 30 seconds.

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 Is there any mathematicians in the room? I don't mean to explode your brain right now.

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 When can a circle ever be a triangle?

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 The actual technical answer is never. Never.

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 They are two very two-dimensional shapes.

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 There is no way possible to actually make a circle into a triangle without it losing its circle-ness.

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 If you go and look up the definition of what a circle is and what a triangle is,

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 it's not possible for either one of them to be made into the other without it losing its original identity and purpose.

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 However, the two shapes can come together in such a way to create a three-dimensional object where you see a circle, you see a triangle, but it's actually a cone.

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 And it will depend on which angle you are looking at it as to what you actually see.

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 Two individual shapes, 2D shapes, can come together and make a more complex 3D shape.

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 And depending on which way you look at it, you'll see one thing or you'll see the other.

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 And such is the complexity of God's sovereignty and human responsibility working together.

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 It is a complex issue.

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 And in debating these matters over the centuries, it's not unusual to push either God's sovereignty or human responsibility to such a point that they lose their shape.

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 Rather than holding them, as the Bible does, in balance together.

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 God chooses those he will save through faith in the saving work of Jesus Christ.

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 We are responsible for our rejection of him and the good news of Jesus Christ.

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 The Bible declares that they are both true.

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 The circle and the triangle, but they're actually working together.

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 100% true.

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 Not 50%, 50%, not 75% or 95% and 5%.

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 Both are 100% true at exactly the same time.

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 It's God's mathematics, not Wikipedia's or mine, yours.

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 Or to quote John Stott from his Romans commentary,

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 if anybody is lost, the blame is theirs.

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 But if anybody is saved, the credit is God's.

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 This contains a mystery which our present knowledge cannot solve,

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 but it is consistent with scripture, history and experience.

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 It is a mystery.

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 And in attempting to remove the mystery over the centuries,

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 people have wandered into heresy on multiple occasions.

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 So the Jews, as we've been reading,

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 God's historic people are responsible for their refusal

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 to put their trust in Jesus Christ.

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 And they have not come to faith because God has not chosen to have mercy on them.

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 They're both true.

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 That's a summary of chapters 9 to 10,

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 as we have so far read in Romans.

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 So now we're up to chapter 11.

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 And Paul is still wrestling with this big idea

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 of whether God has rejected his historic people.

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 The central argument in this chapter

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 is God has not rejected his people, Israel,

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 because the books are still open.

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 And there is still an opportunity for them to embrace Jesus

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 as their Lord and their Saviour.

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 And therefore, the books are still open for us this morning

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 as we gather here in person or online.

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 There is still an opportunity.

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 So I've got three things to say,

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 the trustworthy God, the saving God, and the praiseworthy God,

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 if you're someone who likes to take notes.

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 Chapter 11 opens with a familiar question

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 of whether God has rejected his people, Israel,

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 and the short answer is no, then a long explanation.

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 And Paul, in the first number of verses,

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 gives four arguments as to back up the short answer.

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 And the first is the Paul argument in verse 1.

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 That is, Paul himself is a Jew

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 who's come to faith in Jesus Christ.

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 This blasphemous Christian persecuting Paul

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 is a Jew who God has not given up on.

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 And he's now being used by God

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 to multiply his gospel work.

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 The second argument is in verse 2,

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 the election argument.

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 Paul is saying that God has determined,

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 he has foreordained to bring Jews to faith in him.

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 Those he has chosen will not fail to believe.

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 The third argument, verses 2 and 4,

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 2 to 4 is the Elijah argument.

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 It's a historical argument.

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 1 Corinthians, sorry, 1 Kings 19.

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 We read that Elijah thought that God

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 had abandoned his people too,

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 had rejected them,

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 and he was the only one left.

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 And yet, as we find out in the chapter,

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 there are many left.

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 And there has always been a faithful remnant

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 amongst God's historical people

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 who have trusted by grace.

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 The fourth argument is in verses 5 and 6,

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 and that's the grace argument.

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 What guarantees that there will always be

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 a faithful remnant

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 is not that there will always be a group,

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 a group of good people

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 amongst God's historic people,

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 a group of smart people

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 amongst God's historic people

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 who believe,

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 but because God is always gracious.

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 Then in verse 7,

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 Paul takes us back to his point

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 in chapter 9, verse 6,

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 where he says,

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 for not all who are descended from Israel

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 are Israel.

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 So in verse 7,

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 he makes the point,

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 it is not God who has rejected his people,

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 but it's his people who have rejected him.

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 Have a look at it with me.

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 What then?

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 What the people of Israel sought so earnestly,

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 they did not obtain.

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 The elect among them,

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 the elect among them did,

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 but the others were hardened.

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 And last week in chapter 10, verse 3,

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 we read that Israel

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 did not know the righteousness of God

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 and sought to establish their own.

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 So Paul tells us here

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 that they sought righteousness earnestly.

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 God's historic people

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 sought a right relationship with God earnestly.

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 They earnestly pursued it.

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 A right standing,

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 a right relationship with God,

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 but they did it on their terms.

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 Instead of receiving

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 a right relationship with God

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 as a gift through Jesus Christ,

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 they attempted to establish their own,

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 to work for it themselves.

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 Israel earnestly sought

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 a right relationship with God,

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 but they did it the wrong way.

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 And that is the case for all of them,

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 except for those that God had chosen.

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 And as a result,

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 most of God's historic people were hardened.

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 And the hardening here,

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 just to remind us of the last couple of weeks,

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 is a legal punishment

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 for having a proud heart

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 that rejects the good news

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 of God's grace in Jesus Christ.

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 In verse 8,

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 Paul again quotes from the Old Testament

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 to show us how it has been,

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 always been.

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 And what Paul's doing here,

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 is he quoting Isaiah.

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 And Isaiah himself is quoting Moses.

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 That is, what we have here

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 is both Paul in the New Testament

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 is quoting the law and the prophets.

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 And Paul is saying,

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 Moses warned Israel in his day

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 that their rebellion resulted in God

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 giving them a spiritual blindness.

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 Isaiah in his day told Israel

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 that he had continued through their history

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 a spiritual blindness

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 because they pursued righteousness

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 on their terms.

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 And now,

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 the apostle Paul

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 is telling the Roman church

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 it's happening again.

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 Right through history,

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 the pursuit of righteousness

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 on our own terms.

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 And so,

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 in verses 9 and 10,

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 we have this spiritual blindness

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 is a retribution.

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 It's a punishment

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 that exactly fits the crime.

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 Hardening

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 is a fitting punishment

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 for a proud heart.

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 You see,

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 pride and self-centeredness

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 lead to hardness

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 and lovelessness.

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 Rejection of God

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 leads to rejection from God.

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 It's a just punishment.

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 But these verses

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 are quite confronting.

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 The very people

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 who had earnestly,

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 diligently,

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 zealously

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 sought a relationship

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 with God

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 were the same people

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 who rejected

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 his love for them.

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 It's an amazing dynamic.

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 And the amazing dynamic

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 is that a person

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 can try

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 so desperately

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 hard

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 to please God

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 with all of their life,

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 to serve him

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 with all of their life,

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 and end up

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 resisting

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 the very idea

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 of God's mercy

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 on their life.

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 And you find that

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 an incredible dynamic.

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 most people

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 who believe

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 in God

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 conclude

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 that God

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 is transcendent.

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 You don't have to be Christian

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 to do this.

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 They believe

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 that God is transcendent,

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 that he's powerful,

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 that he's good

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 in some kind of way.

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 And therefore,

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 the assumption

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 with human wisdom

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 is that we need

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 to approach this God,

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 we need to appease

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 this God

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 in some kind of way.

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 And I need

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 to improve myself.

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 in some kind of way

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 in order to appease

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 this God.

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 And such people

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 generally find

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 any concept

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 of free,

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 total,

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 unconditional

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 acceptance

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 dishonouring

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 to God.

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 You may have

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 thought it yourself.

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 you may have

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 even heard

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 someone say

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 something like

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 the idea

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 that a convicted

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 murderer

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 could just say

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 words of repentance

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 and be right

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 with God,

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 just like the good

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 religious person

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 who's volunteered

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 themselves

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 in the,

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 you know,

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 the local hospital

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 all of their life,

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 like as if somehow

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 it's a level playing field

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 for all people.

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 people,

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 that's just illogical.

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 How insulting

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 to my life

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 of good deeds.

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 How insulting

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 to common decency.

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 How insulting

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 to God.

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 And yet the Christian

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 gospel,

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 the core of the

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 Christian faith

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 is in fact

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 an assault

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 on

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 our

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 religious

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 works.

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 It appears

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 in fact

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 on one level

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 to be assault

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 on good character

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 and on God.

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 Through a real

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 desire to please

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 God

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 mixed with a

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 deep pride

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 and a

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 self-confidence

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 the human

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 heart

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 becomes

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 vaccinated

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 against

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 and hatred

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 towards

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 in fact

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 the mercy

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 and the love

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 of God

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 through Jesus Christ.

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 That is the

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 normal

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 human

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 condition.

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 We like

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 to bring

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 God down

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 and elevate

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 ourselves

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 up.

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 And that's

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 the case

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 with so

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 many

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 religious

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 people.

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 Where a

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 right standing

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 with God

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 is seriously

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 and earnestly

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 sought.

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 Seriously

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 and earnestly

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 sought.

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 And yet at the

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 same time

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 his loving

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 offer of that

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 right standing

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 as a free

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 gift

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 is rejected.

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 It may even

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 describe you

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 right now

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 where you're

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 sitting right now

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 in this room

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 or on

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 screen

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 tuning in.

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 Christian faith

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 motivated

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 almost

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 completely

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 by fear

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 by guilt

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 or a need

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 for approval.

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 If anything

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 else that

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 Romans has

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 taught us

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 now is the

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 time to lay

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 that down.

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 Now is the

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 time to

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 surrender your

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 heart to

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 Christ.

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 now is the

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 time to

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 confess a

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 heart that

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 is not

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 humbled.

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 A heart

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 that is

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 proud that

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 set itself

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 up ultimately

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 against God's

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 grace and

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 his mercy.

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 Do it

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 today.

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 Come to

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 Jesus.

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 Jesus.

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 So the

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 majority of

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 Israel has

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 rejected God.

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 Historic

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 Israel.

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 Ethnic

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 Israel has

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 rejected God.

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 So is that

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 it?

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 Is that the

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 end of the

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 story?

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 Are they now

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 beyond salvation?

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 That's the

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 essence of the

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 question from

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 verse 11

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 onwards.

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 Again,

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 Paul again

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 gives a

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 definitive no

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 and then

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 goes on for

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 an explanation.

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 Then he

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 outlines three

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 stages of

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 God's plan of

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 salvation for

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 Israel.

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 The first

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 stage is the

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 stage that

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 Paul himself

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 is currently

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 in and that

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 is one of

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 hostility to

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 the Christian

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 message.

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 Yes, he

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 says, many

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 early Jews

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 believed but

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 the majority

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 have rejected.

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 Majority have

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 rejected the

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 Christian faith,

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 rejected Jesus

00:16:20.279 --> 00:16:20.679
 as their

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 Messiah.

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 And if this

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 rejection, he

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 says, had

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 not happened,

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 the early

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 Christian Jews

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 could have

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 easily

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 concluded

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 that the

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 gospel was

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 only for

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 ethnic Israel.

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 No need

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 for the

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 Gentile world

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 to know

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 of this.

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 And you

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 see this

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 happening in

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 the book of

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 Acts.

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 Gospel is

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 preached,

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 first of

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 all, to

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 a synagogue.

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 The Jewish

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 community is

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 fractured with

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 some believing,

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 some are

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 hostile.

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 Those who

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 come to

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 faith then

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 go to the

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 Gentiles to

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 see them

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 embracing the

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 Christian faith.

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 And as a

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 result, the

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 early church,

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 right from its

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 inception, is a

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 multi-ethnic

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 church.

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 This leads to

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 stage two.

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 As they see the

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 church growing and

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 Gentiles coming to

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 faith, in verse

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 11, we are

00:17:17.180 --> 00:17:18.220
 told, these

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 Gentile converts

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 make Israel

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 envious.

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 Paul repeats

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 it himself in

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 verse 14.

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 I take pride in

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 my ministry in

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 the hope that I

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 may somehow

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 arouse my own

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 people to envy

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 and to save

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 some of them.

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 Now, we

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 normally would

00:17:42.340 --> 00:17:44.140
 think of envy in

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 a negative

00:17:44.759 --> 00:17:45.580
 sense, which

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 as a general

00:17:46.360 --> 00:17:47.620
 rule, it is.

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 But I think

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 that John

00:17:49.520 --> 00:17:50.560
 Stott, writing

00:17:50.560 --> 00:17:51.560
 in his Romans

00:17:51.560 --> 00:17:52.100
 commentary,

00:17:52.320 --> 00:17:53.680
 captures here

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 Paul's thinking

00:17:55.380 --> 00:17:56.460
 in a much

00:17:56.460 --> 00:17:57.180
 better way,

00:17:57.980 --> 00:17:58.400
 where he

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 writes,

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 not all envy

00:18:00.120 --> 00:18:00.940
 is tainted

00:18:00.940 --> 00:18:02.160
 with selfishness

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 because it is

00:18:03.540 --> 00:18:04.540
 not always

00:18:04.540 --> 00:18:05.320
 either a

00:18:05.320 --> 00:18:05.800
 grudging

00:18:05.800 --> 00:18:07.340
 discontent or

00:18:07.340 --> 00:18:08.040
 a sinful

00:18:08.040 --> 00:18:09.060
 covetousness.

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 At base,

00:18:10.780 --> 00:18:11.759
 envy is the

00:18:11.759 --> 00:18:12.680
 desire to

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 have for

00:18:13.200 --> 00:18:14.880
 oneself something

00:18:14.880 --> 00:18:15.940
 possessed by

00:18:15.940 --> 00:18:16.460
 another.

00:18:17.319 --> 00:18:17.819
 And whether

00:18:17.819 --> 00:18:19.039
 envy is good

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 or evil

00:18:20.400 --> 00:18:22.000
 depends on

00:18:22.000 --> 00:18:22.680
 the nature

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 of the

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 something

00:18:23.580 --> 00:18:24.960
 desired and

00:18:24.960 --> 00:18:25.640
 on whether

00:18:25.640 --> 00:18:26.840
 one has a

00:18:26.840 --> 00:18:27.600
 right of its

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 possession.

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 If that

00:18:30.140 --> 00:18:31.360
 something is

00:18:31.360 --> 00:18:32.059
 in itself

00:18:32.059 --> 00:18:33.380
 evil or

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 it belongs

00:18:34.120 --> 00:18:34.900
 to somebody

00:18:34.900 --> 00:18:36.039
 else and

00:18:36.039 --> 00:18:36.920
 we have no

00:18:36.920 --> 00:18:37.740
 right to it,

00:18:38.100 --> 00:18:38.620
 then the

00:18:38.620 --> 00:18:39.980
 envy is

00:18:39.980 --> 00:18:40.720
 sinful.

00:18:40.720 --> 00:18:42.039
 But if

00:18:42.039 --> 00:18:42.200
 the

00:18:42.200 --> 00:18:42.539
 something

00:18:42.539 --> 00:18:43.559
 desired is

00:18:43.559 --> 00:18:44.240
 in itself

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 good,

00:18:45.779 --> 00:18:46.440
 a blessing

00:18:46.440 --> 00:18:47.200
 from God,

00:18:47.740 --> 00:18:48.400
 which he

00:18:48.400 --> 00:18:49.319
 means all

00:18:49.319 --> 00:18:49.940
 people to

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 enjoy,

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 then to

00:18:51.920 --> 00:18:52.700
 covet it

00:18:52.700 --> 00:18:53.339
 and to

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 envy those

00:18:54.180 --> 00:18:54.620
 who have

00:18:54.620 --> 00:18:55.740
 it is not

00:18:55.740 --> 00:18:56.339
 at all

00:18:56.339 --> 00:18:57.019
 unworthy.

00:18:57.880 --> 00:18:58.680
 This kind

00:18:58.680 --> 00:18:59.299
 of desire

00:18:59.299 --> 00:19:00.640
 is right

00:19:00.640 --> 00:19:01.600
 in itself

00:19:01.600 --> 00:19:02.759
 and to

00:19:02.759 --> 00:19:03.519
 arouse it

00:19:03.519 --> 00:19:04.600
 can be a

00:19:04.600 --> 00:19:05.279
 realistic

00:19:05.279 --> 00:19:06.680
 motive for

00:19:06.680 --> 00:19:07.180
 ministry.

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 I think

00:19:09.180 --> 00:19:09.400
 that's a

00:19:09.400 --> 00:19:09.600
 great

00:19:09.600 --> 00:19:10.120
 explanation

00:19:10.120 --> 00:19:10.480
 of what

00:19:10.480 --> 00:19:10.740
 Paul's

00:19:10.740 --> 00:19:11.060
 trying to

00:19:11.060 --> 00:19:11.539
 do here.

00:19:13.080 --> 00:19:13.480
 God's

00:19:13.480 --> 00:19:13.960
 historic

00:19:13.960 --> 00:19:15.140
 people will

00:19:15.140 --> 00:19:16.279
 see many

00:19:16.279 --> 00:19:17.060
 of God's

00:19:17.060 --> 00:19:17.620
 historic

00:19:17.620 --> 00:19:19.140
 promises to

00:19:19.140 --> 00:19:20.519
 them being

00:19:20.519 --> 00:19:21.640
 fulfilled in

00:19:21.640 --> 00:19:22.799
 the Gentiles

00:19:22.799 --> 00:19:23.539
 and that

00:19:23.539 --> 00:19:24.259
 will prompt

00:19:24.259 --> 00:19:24.820
 them to

00:19:24.820 --> 00:19:25.240
 want to

00:19:25.240 --> 00:19:25.920
 believe it.

00:19:29.519 --> 00:19:30.360
 Here's the

00:19:30.360 --> 00:19:31.120
 remarkable thing

00:19:31.120 --> 00:19:31.740
 about God's

00:19:31.740 --> 00:19:32.100
 plan.

00:19:33.680 --> 00:19:35.160
 Just as

00:19:35.160 --> 00:19:36.240
 the Gentiles

00:19:36.240 --> 00:19:37.599
 could only

00:19:37.599 --> 00:19:38.740
 have heard

00:19:38.740 --> 00:19:39.460
 the gospel

00:19:39.460 --> 00:19:40.960
 because Israel

00:19:40.960 --> 00:19:41.839
 had largely

00:19:41.839 --> 00:19:42.599
 rejected

00:19:42.599 --> 00:19:43.599
 Jesus,

00:19:44.319 --> 00:19:46.220
 now the

00:19:46.220 --> 00:19:46.819
 Jews can

00:19:46.819 --> 00:19:48.039
 only believe

00:19:48.039 --> 00:19:49.559
 because those

00:19:49.559 --> 00:19:50.339
 who accepted

00:19:50.339 --> 00:19:51.779
 Jesus were

00:19:51.779 --> 00:19:53.059
 largely Gentiles.

00:19:55.519 --> 00:19:56.720
 Paul then

00:19:56.720 --> 00:19:58.039
 writes that

00:19:58.039 --> 00:19:59.259
 the third

00:19:59.259 --> 00:19:59.579
 and the

00:19:59.579 --> 00:20:00.299
 final stage

00:20:00.299 --> 00:20:00.740
 of blessings

00:20:00.740 --> 00:20:01.180
 for the

00:20:01.180 --> 00:20:02.480
 Jews is

00:20:02.480 --> 00:20:03.519
 sometime in

00:20:03.519 --> 00:20:04.079
 the future.

00:20:04.079 --> 00:20:06.579
 in verse

00:20:06.579 --> 00:20:07.179
 12,

00:20:07.879 --> 00:20:08.419
 he seems

00:20:08.419 --> 00:20:08.839
 to have a

00:20:08.839 --> 00:20:09.460
 vision of

00:20:09.460 --> 00:20:10.079
 a significant

00:20:10.079 --> 00:20:11.839
 number of

00:20:11.839 --> 00:20:12.379
 them coming

00:20:12.379 --> 00:20:13.299
 to faith in

00:20:13.299 --> 00:20:14.079
 Jesus Christ

00:20:14.079 --> 00:20:14.720
 which we see

00:20:14.720 --> 00:20:15.299
 again at the

00:20:15.299 --> 00:20:15.659
 end of the

00:20:15.659 --> 00:20:16.019
 chapter.

00:20:17.399 --> 00:20:17.960
 If their

00:20:17.960 --> 00:20:18.919
 unbelieving

00:20:18.919 --> 00:20:20.519
 has had a

00:20:20.519 --> 00:20:21.139
 remarkable

00:20:21.139 --> 00:20:21.720
 benefit,

00:20:21.980 --> 00:20:22.839
 imagine the

00:20:22.839 --> 00:20:23.759
 benefit of

00:20:23.759 --> 00:20:24.659
 their believing

00:20:24.659 --> 00:20:25.519
 in Jesus.

00:20:25.519 --> 00:20:25.660
 Jesus.

00:20:27.720 --> 00:20:28.680
 In verses

00:20:28.680 --> 00:20:29.359
 17 to

00:20:29.359 --> 00:20:29.980
 24,

00:20:30.619 --> 00:20:31.379
 Paul uses

00:20:31.379 --> 00:20:32.099
 an olive

00:20:32.099 --> 00:20:33.799
 tree as

00:20:33.799 --> 00:20:35.480
 an illustration

00:20:35.480 --> 00:20:36.099
 if you like

00:20:36.099 --> 00:20:36.460
 to bring

00:20:36.460 --> 00:20:37.779
 clarity on

00:20:37.779 --> 00:20:38.480
 how God's

00:20:38.480 --> 00:20:39.359
 salvation plan

00:20:39.359 --> 00:20:40.000
 works.

00:20:40.960 --> 00:20:42.119
 And this

00:20:42.119 --> 00:20:43.339
 is also a

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 warning to

00:20:45.660 --> 00:20:46.680
 the Gentile

00:20:46.680 --> 00:20:48.200
 Christians that

00:20:48.200 --> 00:20:48.680
 are there.

00:20:49.740 --> 00:20:50.660
 Verse 17,

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 if some

00:20:52.259 --> 00:20:52.540
 of the

00:20:52.540 --> 00:20:54.220
 branches have

00:20:54.220 --> 00:20:54.920
 been taken

00:20:54.920 --> 00:20:56.320
 off and

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 you,

00:20:57.200 --> 00:20:57.759
 though a

00:20:57.759 --> 00:20:58.580
 wild olive

00:20:58.580 --> 00:20:58.980
 shoot,

00:20:59.100 --> 00:20:59.540
 have been

00:20:59.540 --> 00:21:00.640
 grafted in

00:21:00.640 --> 00:21:01.400
 among the

00:21:01.400 --> 00:21:02.660
 others and

00:21:02.660 --> 00:21:03.400
 now share

00:21:03.400 --> 00:21:03.840
 in the

00:21:03.840 --> 00:21:04.800
 nourishing sap

00:21:04.800 --> 00:21:05.279
 of the

00:21:05.279 --> 00:21:05.880
 olive root.

00:21:06.279 --> 00:21:06.500
 Now,

00:21:07.040 --> 00:21:08.040
 to get what

00:21:08.040 --> 00:21:08.580
 he's saying

00:21:08.580 --> 00:21:09.100
 here,

00:21:10.580 --> 00:21:11.360
 there's a bit

00:21:11.360 --> 00:21:11.620
 of a

00:21:11.620 --> 00:21:12.160
 horticultural

00:21:12.160 --> 00:21:13.680
 lesson to

00:21:13.680 --> 00:21:14.120
 understand what

00:21:14.120 --> 00:21:14.720
 he's getting

00:21:14.720 --> 00:21:15.000
 at.

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 And who

00:21:16.900 --> 00:21:17.860
 better to

00:21:17.860 --> 00:21:18.420
 understand a

00:21:18.420 --> 00:21:18.840
 horticultural

00:21:18.840 --> 00:21:20.300
 lesson but

00:21:20.299 --> 00:21:20.919
 to turn to

00:21:20.919 --> 00:21:21.639
 a Scottish

00:21:21.639 --> 00:21:22.740
 New Testament

00:21:22.740 --> 00:21:23.259
 scholar,

00:21:24.299 --> 00:21:25.379
 William Ramsey,

00:21:25.980 --> 00:21:26.960
 he writes

00:21:26.960 --> 00:21:28.460
 in his

00:21:28.460 --> 00:21:28.919
 commentary,

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 in exceptional

00:21:30.319 --> 00:21:31.339
 circumstances,

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 it is customary

00:21:33.440 --> 00:21:35.000
 to reinvigorate

00:21:35.000 --> 00:21:35.720
 an olive

00:21:35.720 --> 00:21:37.039
 tree which

00:21:37.039 --> 00:21:37.859
 is ceasing

00:21:37.859 --> 00:21:38.399
 to bear

00:21:38.399 --> 00:21:40.539
 fruit by

00:21:40.539 --> 00:21:41.399
 grafting

00:21:41.399 --> 00:21:42.519
 into it

00:21:42.519 --> 00:21:43.899
 a shoot

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 of a

00:21:44.399 --> 00:21:45.240
 wild

00:21:45.240 --> 00:21:45.639
 olive

00:21:45.639 --> 00:21:46.680
 tree so

00:21:46.680 --> 00:21:47.139
 that the

00:21:47.139 --> 00:21:47.799
 sap of

00:21:47.799 --> 00:21:48.539
 the tree

00:21:48.539 --> 00:21:49.319
 enables,

00:21:49.319 --> 00:21:50.799
 ennobles,

00:21:50.939 --> 00:21:51.319
 enables,

00:21:52.019 --> 00:21:53.220
 this wild

00:21:53.220 --> 00:21:53.879
 shoot

00:21:53.879 --> 00:21:56.599
 to in

00:21:56.599 --> 00:21:57.480
 fact grow

00:21:57.480 --> 00:21:58.519
 while at

00:21:58.519 --> 00:21:58.960
 the same

00:21:58.960 --> 00:21:59.779
 time

00:21:59.779 --> 00:22:00.899
 encouraging

00:22:00.899 --> 00:22:01.819
 the original

00:22:01.819 --> 00:22:02.480
 olive tree

00:22:02.480 --> 00:22:03.279
 to bear

00:22:03.279 --> 00:22:03.779
 fruit.

00:22:06.019 --> 00:22:07.279
 This wild

00:22:07.279 --> 00:22:08.399
 olive branch

00:22:08.399 --> 00:22:10.019
 is a

00:22:10.019 --> 00:22:10.799
 dynamic

00:22:10.799 --> 00:22:11.700
 and a

00:22:11.700 --> 00:22:12.059
 growing

00:22:12.059 --> 00:22:12.700
 thing

00:22:12.700 --> 00:22:13.119
 in and

00:22:13.119 --> 00:22:13.799
 of itself

00:22:13.799 --> 00:22:16.299
 but it

00:22:16.299 --> 00:22:17.019
 can draw

00:22:17.019 --> 00:22:18.139
 and produce

00:22:18.139 --> 00:22:19.039
 life

00:22:19.039 --> 00:22:20.940
 only because

00:22:20.940 --> 00:22:21.839
 it is grafted

00:22:21.839 --> 00:22:22.579
 into an

00:22:22.579 --> 00:22:23.519
 olive tree

00:22:23.519 --> 00:22:26.139
 because it's

00:22:26.139 --> 00:22:26.539
 there,

00:22:26.639 --> 00:22:27.419
 it draws

00:22:27.419 --> 00:22:28.299
 the nourishment,

00:22:29.059 --> 00:22:29.779
 it needs

00:22:29.779 --> 00:22:30.599
 full life

00:22:30.599 --> 00:22:31.500
 and at the

00:22:31.500 --> 00:22:32.379
 same time

00:22:32.379 --> 00:22:32.980
 that that's

00:22:32.980 --> 00:22:33.399
 happening,

00:22:34.279 --> 00:22:34.859
 the presence

00:22:34.859 --> 00:22:35.759
 of the wild

00:22:35.759 --> 00:22:36.839
 olive branch

00:22:36.839 --> 00:22:38.099
 renews

00:22:38.099 --> 00:22:39.079
 the

00:22:39.079 --> 00:22:40.579
 original

00:22:40.579 --> 00:22:41.720
 olive tree

00:22:41.720 --> 00:22:43.339
 in such

00:22:43.339 --> 00:22:43.759
 a way

00:22:43.759 --> 00:22:44.159
 that it's

00:22:44.159 --> 00:22:45.139
 invigorated

00:22:45.139 --> 00:22:46.759
 and it

00:22:46.759 --> 00:22:47.679
 starts again

00:22:47.679 --> 00:22:48.199
 to bear

00:22:48.199 --> 00:22:48.659
 fruit.

00:22:51.179 --> 00:22:52.079
 Verse 13

00:22:52.079 --> 00:22:52.679
 tells us

00:22:52.679 --> 00:22:53.099
 that Paul

00:22:53.099 --> 00:22:53.619
 is applying

00:22:53.619 --> 00:22:54.339
 that metaphor

00:22:54.339 --> 00:22:54.980
 specifically

00:22:54.980 --> 00:22:55.419
 to the

00:22:55.419 --> 00:22:55.980
 Gentiles.

00:22:56.980 --> 00:22:57.859
 They are

00:22:57.859 --> 00:22:58.399
 the wild

00:22:58.399 --> 00:22:59.279
 olive shoots,

00:22:59.619 --> 00:23:00.159
 they've been

00:23:00.159 --> 00:23:01.099
 grafted into

00:23:01.099 --> 00:23:02.039
 God's historic

00:23:02.039 --> 00:23:02.799
 people and

00:23:02.799 --> 00:23:03.259
 all its

00:23:03.259 --> 00:23:03.779
 promises.

00:23:03.779 --> 00:23:05.940
 the Gentiles

00:23:05.940 --> 00:23:06.299
 are being

00:23:06.299 --> 00:23:07.339
 grafted in

00:23:07.339 --> 00:23:08.000
 so that

00:23:08.000 --> 00:23:08.579
 they might

00:23:08.579 --> 00:23:09.700
 be nourished

00:23:09.700 --> 00:23:12.379
 by the

00:23:12.379 --> 00:23:13.899
 giving gospel

00:23:13.899 --> 00:23:14.859
 of justification

00:23:14.859 --> 00:23:16.079
 by faith

00:23:16.079 --> 00:23:17.920
 which has

00:23:17.920 --> 00:23:19.619
 always been

00:23:19.619 --> 00:23:20.259
 the faith

00:23:20.259 --> 00:23:20.819
 of God's

00:23:20.819 --> 00:23:21.259
 historic

00:23:21.259 --> 00:23:22.619
 people ever

00:23:22.619 --> 00:23:23.639
 since Abraham

00:23:23.639 --> 00:23:25.460
 right through.

00:23:27.279 --> 00:23:28.339
 They've now

00:23:28.339 --> 00:23:29.299
 been included

00:23:29.299 --> 00:23:29.980
 in justification

00:23:29.980 --> 00:23:30.960
 by faith

00:23:30.960 --> 00:23:33.359
 and so

00:23:33.359 --> 00:23:33.859
 the lesson

00:23:33.859 --> 00:23:34.559
 here for

00:23:34.559 --> 00:23:35.119
 the Gentile

00:23:35.119 --> 00:23:35.819
 believers

00:23:35.819 --> 00:23:38.119
 are growing

00:23:38.119 --> 00:23:38.779
 humility.

00:23:41.439 --> 00:23:42.259
 You're not

00:23:42.259 --> 00:23:42.939
 smarter

00:23:42.939 --> 00:23:43.979
 than they

00:23:43.979 --> 00:23:44.279
 are.

00:23:44.799 --> 00:23:45.240
 You've not

00:23:45.240 --> 00:23:46.299
 seen something

00:23:46.299 --> 00:23:47.359
 or got

00:23:47.359 --> 00:23:48.619
 softer hearts.

00:23:50.299 --> 00:23:51.259
 The Gentiles

00:23:51.259 --> 00:23:52.559
 must not

00:23:52.559 --> 00:23:53.299
 boast.

00:23:54.139 --> 00:23:54.759
 Verse 18

00:23:54.759 --> 00:23:55.119
 Do not

00:23:55.119 --> 00:23:55.919
 consider yourself

00:23:55.919 --> 00:23:56.659
 to be superior

00:23:56.659 --> 00:23:57.799
 to those

00:23:57.799 --> 00:23:58.619
 other branches.

00:23:58.740 --> 00:23:59.379
 If you do

00:23:59.379 --> 00:24:00.299
 consider this

00:24:00.299 --> 00:24:01.859
 you do not

00:24:01.859 --> 00:24:02.439
 support the

00:24:02.439 --> 00:24:02.719
 root

00:24:02.720 --> 00:24:04.059
 but the

00:24:04.059 --> 00:24:04.220
 root

00:24:04.220 --> 00:24:04.620
 supports

00:24:04.620 --> 00:24:04.960
 you.

00:24:05.920 --> 00:24:06.319
 You will

00:24:06.319 --> 00:24:06.759
 say then

00:24:06.759 --> 00:24:07.160
 branches

00:24:07.160 --> 00:24:07.420
 were

00:24:07.420 --> 00:24:07.700
 broken

00:24:07.700 --> 00:24:07.960
 off

00:24:07.960 --> 00:24:08.200
 so

00:24:08.200 --> 00:24:08.360
 that

00:24:08.360 --> 00:24:08.480
 I

00:24:08.480 --> 00:24:08.600
 could

00:24:08.600 --> 00:24:08.720
 be

00:24:08.720 --> 00:24:09.180
 grafted

00:24:09.180 --> 00:24:09.380
 in

00:24:09.380 --> 00:24:09.980
 granted

00:24:09.980 --> 00:24:11.779
 but they

00:24:11.779 --> 00:24:12.860
 were

00:24:12.860 --> 00:24:13.140
 broken

00:24:13.140 --> 00:24:13.380
 off

00:24:13.380 --> 00:24:13.779
 because

00:24:13.779 --> 00:24:13.980
 of

00:24:13.980 --> 00:24:14.640
 unbelief

00:24:14.640 --> 00:24:15.680
 and you

00:24:15.680 --> 00:24:16.299
 stand

00:24:16.299 --> 00:24:17.160
 by faith.

00:24:18.160 --> 00:24:18.400
 Do not

00:24:18.400 --> 00:24:19.120
 be arrogant

00:24:19.120 --> 00:24:19.980
 but

00:24:19.980 --> 00:24:20.519
 tremble

00:24:20.519 --> 00:24:21.500
 for if

00:24:21.500 --> 00:24:21.799
 God

00:24:21.799 --> 00:24:22.180
 did not

00:24:22.180 --> 00:24:22.500
 spare

00:24:22.500 --> 00:24:22.680
 the

00:24:22.680 --> 00:24:23.019
 natural

00:24:23.019 --> 00:24:23.539
 branches

00:24:23.539 --> 00:24:24.600
 he

00:24:24.600 --> 00:24:24.779
 will

00:24:24.779 --> 00:24:25.079
 not

00:24:25.079 --> 00:24:25.600
 spare

00:24:25.600 --> 00:24:26.460
 you

00:24:26.460 --> 00:24:27.120
 never

00:24:27.120 --> 00:24:30.079
 and so

00:24:30.079 --> 00:24:30.840
 a genuine

00:24:30.840 --> 00:24:31.539
 response

00:24:31.539 --> 00:24:31.960
 to the

00:24:31.960 --> 00:24:32.559
 good news

00:24:32.559 --> 00:24:33.039
 of the

00:24:33.039 --> 00:24:33.420
 gospel

00:24:33.420 --> 00:24:33.880
 is a

00:24:33.880 --> 00:24:34.240
 reverent

00:24:34.240 --> 00:24:34.660
 fear.

00:24:35.799 --> 00:24:36.480
 Verse 22

00:24:36.480 --> 00:24:37.259
 calls us

00:24:37.259 --> 00:24:38.620
 to meditate

00:24:38.620 --> 00:24:39.299
 on the

00:24:39.299 --> 00:24:39.819
 kindness

00:24:39.819 --> 00:24:41.059
 and the

00:24:41.059 --> 00:24:41.779
 sternness

00:24:41.779 --> 00:24:42.519
 of God

00:24:42.519 --> 00:24:44.740
 that is

00:24:44.740 --> 00:24:46.180
 justification

00:24:46.180 --> 00:24:47.579
 by faith

00:24:47.579 --> 00:24:49.740
 God's grace

00:24:49.740 --> 00:24:50.160
 to us

00:24:50.160 --> 00:24:50.740
 through his

00:24:50.740 --> 00:24:51.299
 sovereignty

00:24:51.299 --> 00:24:53.399
 ought

00:24:53.399 --> 00:24:54.319
 never

00:24:54.319 --> 00:24:55.759
 ever

00:24:55.759 --> 00:24:56.980
 ever

00:24:56.980 --> 00:24:58.180
 lead to

00:24:58.180 --> 00:24:58.799
 presumption.

00:25:00.579 --> 00:25:01.659
 We see

00:25:01.659 --> 00:25:01.960
 throughout

00:25:01.960 --> 00:25:02.419
 Romans

00:25:02.419 --> 00:25:02.899
 and the

00:25:02.899 --> 00:25:03.259
 Bible

00:25:03.259 --> 00:25:03.639
 the

00:25:03.639 --> 00:25:04.359
 ongoing

00:25:04.359 --> 00:25:05.000
 problem

00:25:05.000 --> 00:25:05.359
 of

00:25:05.359 --> 00:25:06.039
 presumption.

00:25:07.619 --> 00:25:08.740
 We saw

00:25:08.740 --> 00:25:09.000
 it in

00:25:09.000 --> 00:25:09.659
 chapter 6

00:25:09.659 --> 00:25:10.279
 and 7

00:25:10.279 --> 00:25:11.919
 presumption

00:25:11.919 --> 00:25:13.240
 God

00:25:13.240 --> 00:25:13.899
 saves me

00:25:13.899 --> 00:25:14.379
 he's

00:25:14.379 --> 00:25:14.759
 sovereign

00:25:14.759 --> 00:25:15.319
 I don't

00:25:15.319 --> 00:25:15.599
 need to

00:25:15.599 --> 00:25:15.740
 do

00:25:15.740 --> 00:25:16.159
 anything

00:25:16.159 --> 00:25:17.319
 presumption

00:25:17.319 --> 00:25:21.839
 though

00:25:21.839 --> 00:25:22.419
 Israel

00:25:22.419 --> 00:25:22.619
 were

00:25:22.619 --> 00:25:22.939
 God's

00:25:22.939 --> 00:25:23.339
 chosen

00:25:23.339 --> 00:25:23.899
 people

00:25:23.899 --> 00:25:24.720
 they

00:25:24.720 --> 00:25:25.259
 started

00:25:25.259 --> 00:25:25.500
 to

00:25:25.500 --> 00:25:25.779
 think

00:25:25.779 --> 00:25:26.000
 they

00:25:26.000 --> 00:25:26.139
 were

00:25:26.139 --> 00:25:26.299
 the

00:25:26.299 --> 00:25:26.679
 choice

00:25:26.679 --> 00:25:27.179
 people

00:25:27.179 --> 00:25:29.639
 they

00:25:29.639 --> 00:25:29.919
 became

00:25:29.919 --> 00:25:30.519
 confident

00:25:30.519 --> 00:25:30.720
 that

00:25:30.720 --> 00:25:30.859
 they

00:25:30.859 --> 00:25:31.019
 were

00:25:31.019 --> 00:25:31.460
 in

00:25:31.460 --> 00:25:32.500
 no

00:25:32.500 --> 00:25:32.679
 matter

00:25:32.679 --> 00:25:32.980
 how

00:25:32.980 --> 00:25:33.799
 they

00:25:33.799 --> 00:25:34.279
 lived

00:25:34.279 --> 00:25:34.659
 simply

00:25:34.659 --> 00:25:34.980
 because

00:25:34.980 --> 00:25:35.639
 Abraham

00:25:35.639 --> 00:25:36.200
 was

00:25:36.200 --> 00:25:36.379
 their

00:25:36.379 --> 00:25:36.779
 father

00:25:36.779 --> 00:25:37.859
 they

00:25:37.859 --> 00:25:38.099
 became

00:25:38.099 --> 00:25:38.619
 proud

00:25:38.619 --> 00:25:38.819
 and

00:25:38.819 --> 00:25:39.000
 looked

00:25:39.000 --> 00:25:39.220
 down

00:25:39.220 --> 00:25:39.359
 on

00:25:39.359 --> 00:25:39.639
 others

00:25:39.639 --> 00:25:39.859
 and

00:25:39.859 --> 00:25:40.119
 Paul

00:25:40.119 --> 00:25:40.279
 is

00:25:40.279 --> 00:25:40.599
 calling

00:25:40.599 --> 00:25:40.919
 these

00:25:40.919 --> 00:25:41.379
 Gentile

00:25:41.379 --> 00:25:41.799
 believers

00:25:41.799 --> 00:25:42.460
 not

00:25:42.460 --> 00:25:42.700
 to

00:25:42.700 --> 00:25:43.039
 fall

00:25:43.039 --> 00:25:43.200
 in

00:25:43.200 --> 00:25:43.359
 the

00:25:43.359 --> 00:25:43.639
 same

00:25:43.639 --> 00:25:44.200
 presumption

00:25:44.200 --> 00:25:44.339
 of

00:25:44.339 --> 00:25:44.779
 historic

00:25:44.779 --> 00:25:45.359
 Israel

00:25:45.359 --> 00:25:46.099
 so

00:25:46.099 --> 00:25:46.460
 again

00:25:46.460 --> 00:25:46.720
 verse

00:25:46.720 --> 00:25:47.299
 22

00:25:47.299 --> 00:25:48.480
 consider

00:25:48.480 --> 00:25:48.940
 therefore

00:25:48.940 --> 00:25:49.220
 the

00:25:49.220 --> 00:25:49.599
 kindness

00:25:49.599 --> 00:25:49.839
 and

00:25:49.839 --> 00:25:50.000
 the

00:25:50.000 --> 00:25:50.339
 sternness

00:25:50.339 --> 00:25:50.500
 of

00:25:50.500 --> 00:25:50.799
 God

00:25:50.799 --> 00:25:51.720
 sternness

00:25:51.720 --> 00:25:51.879
 to

00:25:51.879 --> 00:25:52.319
 those

00:25:52.319 --> 00:25:52.519
 who

00:25:52.519 --> 00:25:53.039
 fell

00:25:53.039 --> 00:25:53.539
 but

00:25:53.539 --> 00:25:53.940
 kindness

00:25:53.940 --> 00:25:54.200
 to

00:25:54.200 --> 00:25:54.639
 you

00:25:54.639 --> 00:25:55.659
 provided

00:25:55.659 --> 00:25:55.940
 that

00:25:55.940 --> 00:25:56.379
 you

00:25:56.379 --> 00:25:57.519
 continue

00:25:57.519 --> 00:25:58.559
 in

00:25:58.559 --> 00:25:59.159
 his

00:25:59.159 --> 00:26:00.240
 kindness

00:26:00.240 --> 00:26:01.319
 human

00:26:01.319 --> 00:26:01.919
 responsibility

00:26:01.919 --> 00:26:03.279
 work at

00:26:03.279 --> 00:26:04.039
 it

00:26:04.039 --> 00:26:07.099
 otherwise

00:26:07.099 --> 00:26:07.879
 you too

00:26:07.879 --> 00:26:08.740
 will be

00:26:08.740 --> 00:26:09.279
 cut off

00:26:09.279 --> 00:26:12.099
 the only

00:26:12.099 --> 00:26:12.799
 way

00:26:12.799 --> 00:26:13.779
 we know

00:26:13.779 --> 00:26:14.480
 that God's

00:26:14.480 --> 00:26:14.819
 sovereign

00:26:14.819 --> 00:26:15.379
 love is

00:26:15.379 --> 00:26:16.079
 upon us

00:26:16.079 --> 00:26:16.639
 is that

00:26:16.639 --> 00:26:16.879
 we

00:26:16.879 --> 00:26:17.480
 continue

00:26:17.480 --> 00:26:19.859
 we

00:26:19.859 --> 00:26:20.759
 persevere

00:26:20.759 --> 00:26:21.419
 in

00:26:21.419 --> 00:26:22.159
 seeking

00:26:22.159 --> 00:26:22.619
 to be

00:26:22.619 --> 00:26:22.919
 like

00:26:22.919 --> 00:26:23.319
 Jesus

00:26:23.319 --> 00:26:23.639
 until

00:26:23.639 --> 00:26:23.799
 the

00:26:23.799 --> 00:26:23.939
 day

00:26:23.939 --> 00:26:24.119
 we

00:26:24.119 --> 00:26:24.399
 meet

00:26:24.399 --> 00:26:24.980
 Jesus

00:26:24.980 --> 00:26:27.779
 it's

00:26:27.779 --> 00:26:28.159
 not a

00:26:28.159 --> 00:26:28.419
 circle

00:26:28.419 --> 00:26:28.699
 or a

00:26:28.699 --> 00:26:29.039
 triangle

00:26:29.039 --> 00:26:29.399
 it's a

00:26:29.399 --> 00:26:29.799
 cone

00:26:29.799 --> 00:26:36.079
 if

00:26:36.079 --> 00:26:36.220
 the

00:26:36.220 --> 00:26:36.839
 continuing

00:26:36.839 --> 00:26:37.879
 disappears

00:26:37.879 --> 00:26:39.720
 we

00:26:39.720 --> 00:26:39.940
 start

00:26:39.940 --> 00:26:40.240
 living

00:26:40.240 --> 00:26:40.460
 for

00:26:40.460 --> 00:26:41.019
 ourselves

00:26:41.019 --> 00:26:41.240
 and

00:26:41.240 --> 00:26:41.419
 living

00:26:41.419 --> 00:26:41.919
 sin

00:26:41.919 --> 00:26:42.119
 and

00:26:42.119 --> 00:26:42.440
 start

00:26:42.440 --> 00:26:42.859
 to rely

00:26:42.859 --> 00:26:43.139
 on our

00:26:43.139 --> 00:26:43.379
 own

00:26:43.379 --> 00:26:44.079
 performance

00:26:44.079 --> 00:26:44.940
 our own

00:26:44.940 --> 00:26:45.579
 theological

00:26:45.579 --> 00:26:46.220
 heritage

00:26:46.220 --> 00:26:46.480
 marriage

00:26:46.480 --> 00:26:49.140
 we

00:26:49.140 --> 00:26:49.380
 start

00:26:49.380 --> 00:26:49.759
 relying

00:26:49.759 --> 00:26:49.980
 upon

00:26:49.980 --> 00:26:50.380
 those

00:26:50.380 --> 00:26:50.640
 things

00:26:50.640 --> 00:26:50.779
 for

00:26:50.779 --> 00:26:51.259
 relationship

00:26:51.259 --> 00:26:51.539
 with

00:26:51.539 --> 00:26:52.019
 God

00:26:52.019 --> 00:26:52.799
 then

00:26:52.799 --> 00:26:53.059
 we

00:26:53.059 --> 00:26:53.460
 will

00:26:53.460 --> 00:26:53.680
 and

00:26:53.680 --> 00:26:53.860
 we

00:26:53.860 --> 00:26:54.160
 should

00:26:54.160 --> 00:26:54.440
 begin

00:26:54.440 --> 00:26:54.660
 to

00:26:54.660 --> 00:26:54.920
 wonder

00:26:54.920 --> 00:26:55.079
 if

00:26:55.079 --> 00:26:55.240
 his

00:26:55.240 --> 00:26:55.579
 kindness

00:26:55.579 --> 00:26:55.839
 is

00:26:55.839 --> 00:26:56.000
 still

00:26:56.000 --> 00:26:56.220
 upon

00:26:56.220 --> 00:26:56.620
 us

00:26:56.620 --> 00:26:59.279
 if

00:26:59.279 --> 00:26:59.440
 we

00:26:59.440 --> 00:26:59.660
 have

00:26:59.660 --> 00:27:00.220
 faith

00:27:00.220 --> 00:27:00.860
 in

00:27:00.860 --> 00:27:01.680
 Jesus

00:27:01.680 --> 00:27:02.380
 Christ

00:27:02.380 --> 00:27:03.579
 we

00:27:03.579 --> 00:27:03.799
 can

00:27:03.799 --> 00:27:03.980
 be

00:27:03.980 --> 00:27:04.519
 assured

00:27:04.519 --> 00:27:04.940
 and

00:27:04.940 --> 00:27:05.500
 confident

00:27:05.500 --> 00:27:06.759
 but

00:27:06.759 --> 00:27:07.000
 we

00:27:07.000 --> 00:27:07.380
 must

00:27:07.380 --> 00:27:08.160
 never

00:27:08.160 --> 00:27:09.000
 be

00:27:09.000 --> 00:27:09.500
 arrogant

00:27:09.500 --> 00:27:10.519
 and

00:27:10.519 --> 00:27:10.980
 proud

00:27:10.980 --> 00:27:13.000
 assured

00:27:13.000 --> 00:27:13.299
 and

00:27:13.299 --> 00:27:13.779
 confident

00:27:13.779 --> 00:27:14.059
 but

00:27:14.059 --> 00:27:14.360
 never

00:27:14.360 --> 00:27:14.860
 arrogant

00:27:14.860 --> 00:27:15.120
 and

00:27:15.120 --> 00:27:15.460
 proud

00:27:15.460 --> 00:27:18.680
 Paul

00:27:18.680 --> 00:27:19.100
 closes

00:27:19.100 --> 00:27:19.340
 off

00:27:19.340 --> 00:27:19.539
 this

00:27:19.539 --> 00:27:19.880
 section

00:27:19.880 --> 00:27:20.100
 by

00:27:20.100 --> 00:27:20.539
 revealing

00:27:20.539 --> 00:27:20.880
 a

00:27:20.880 --> 00:27:21.380
 great

00:27:21.380 --> 00:27:22.200
 mystery

00:27:22.200 --> 00:27:24.440
 it

00:27:24.440 --> 00:27:24.600
 is

00:27:24.600 --> 00:27:25.140
 designed

00:27:25.140 --> 00:27:25.579
 to

00:27:25.579 --> 00:27:25.940
 stop

00:27:25.940 --> 00:27:26.180
 the

00:27:26.180 --> 00:27:26.759
 Gentiles

00:27:26.759 --> 00:27:26.960
 from

00:27:26.960 --> 00:27:27.200
 being

00:27:27.200 --> 00:27:27.900
 conceited

00:27:27.900 --> 00:27:29.880
 when

00:27:29.880 --> 00:27:30.059
 they

00:27:30.059 --> 00:27:30.380
 look

00:27:30.380 --> 00:27:30.720
 at the

00:27:30.720 --> 00:27:31.079
 failure

00:27:31.079 --> 00:27:31.319
 of

00:27:31.319 --> 00:27:31.700
 ethnic

00:27:31.700 --> 00:27:32.180
 Israel

00:27:32.180 --> 00:27:32.400
 to

00:27:32.400 --> 00:27:32.740
 embrace

00:27:32.740 --> 00:27:33.100
 Jesus

00:27:33.100 --> 00:27:33.559
 Christ

00:27:33.559 --> 00:27:33.779
 as

00:27:33.779 --> 00:27:33.920
 their

00:27:33.920 --> 00:27:34.100
 Lord

00:27:34.100 --> 00:27:34.279
 and

00:27:34.279 --> 00:27:34.680
 Saviour

00:27:34.680 --> 00:27:36.120
 in

00:27:36.120 --> 00:27:36.539
 short

00:27:36.539 --> 00:27:37.000
 Paul's

00:27:37.000 --> 00:27:37.380
 language

00:27:37.380 --> 00:27:37.660
 in

00:27:37.660 --> 00:27:37.960
 writing

00:27:37.960 --> 00:27:38.380
 about

00:27:38.380 --> 00:27:38.720
 that

00:27:38.720 --> 00:27:39.200
 mystery

00:27:39.200 --> 00:27:39.920
 allows

00:27:39.920 --> 00:27:40.180
 for

00:27:40.180 --> 00:27:40.340
 the

00:27:40.340 --> 00:27:41.019
 possibility

00:27:41.019 --> 00:27:42.059
 of

00:27:42.059 --> 00:27:42.360
 a

00:27:42.360 --> 00:27:43.019
 steady

00:27:43.019 --> 00:27:44.440
 but

00:27:44.440 --> 00:27:45.440
 growing

00:27:45.440 --> 00:27:46.380
 flow

00:27:46.380 --> 00:27:47.660
 towards

00:27:47.660 --> 00:27:48.460
 Jesus

00:27:48.460 --> 00:27:50.220
 amongst

00:27:50.220 --> 00:27:50.779
 his

00:27:50.779 --> 00:27:51.200
 own

00:27:51.200 --> 00:27:51.960
 historic

00:27:51.960 --> 00:27:52.460
 people

00:27:52.460 --> 00:27:53.160
 ethnic

00:27:53.160 --> 00:27:53.580
 people

00:27:53.580 --> 00:27:55.320
 and

00:27:55.320 --> 00:27:55.660
 so

00:27:55.660 --> 00:27:55.880
 he

00:27:55.880 --> 00:27:56.180
 says

00:27:56.180 --> 00:27:56.380
 here

00:27:56.380 --> 00:27:56.539
 the

00:27:56.539 --> 00:27:56.840
 Jewish

00:27:56.840 --> 00:27:57.620
 unbelievers

00:27:57.620 --> 00:27:57.920
 are to

00:27:57.920 --> 00:27:58.480
 be viewed

00:27:58.480 --> 00:27:59.019
 always

00:27:59.019 --> 00:27:59.420
 with

00:27:59.420 --> 00:27:59.820
 hope

00:27:59.820 --> 00:28:01.700
 always

00:28:01.700 --> 00:28:02.059
 with

00:28:02.059 --> 00:28:02.400
 hope

00:28:02.400 --> 00:28:03.620
 the

00:28:03.620 --> 00:28:04.100
 Christian

00:28:04.100 --> 00:28:04.960
 must

00:28:04.960 --> 00:28:05.600
 say to

00:28:05.600 --> 00:28:06.140
 themselves

00:28:06.140 --> 00:28:06.840
 over

00:28:06.840 --> 00:28:07.420
 and over

00:28:07.420 --> 00:28:07.759
 again

00:28:07.759 --> 00:28:08.059
 I

00:28:08.059 --> 00:28:08.799
 disobeyed

00:28:08.799 --> 00:28:09.180
 God

00:28:09.180 --> 00:28:09.600
 I

00:28:09.600 --> 00:28:10.120
 refuse

00:28:10.120 --> 00:28:10.360
 to

00:28:10.360 --> 00:28:10.740
 believe

00:28:10.740 --> 00:28:10.960
 the

00:28:10.960 --> 00:28:11.340
 gospel

00:28:11.340 --> 00:28:11.620
 but

00:28:11.620 --> 00:28:11.960
 now

00:28:11.960 --> 00:28:12.240
 I'm

00:28:12.240 --> 00:28:12.380
 a

00:28:12.380 --> 00:28:12.819
 Christian

00:28:12.819 --> 00:28:13.539
 I'm

00:28:13.539 --> 00:28:13.720
 a

00:28:13.720 --> 00:28:14.180
 child

00:28:14.180 --> 00:28:14.500
 of

00:28:14.500 --> 00:28:15.000
 God

00:28:15.000 --> 00:28:15.460
 I'm

00:28:15.460 --> 00:28:15.600
 an

00:28:15.600 --> 00:28:16.180
 inheritor

00:28:16.180 --> 00:28:16.519
 of

00:28:16.519 --> 00:28:17.140
 all

00:28:17.140 --> 00:28:17.799
 his

00:28:17.799 --> 00:28:18.600
 historic

00:28:18.600 --> 00:28:19.240
 promises

00:28:19.240 --> 00:28:19.600
 to

00:28:19.600 --> 00:28:19.840
 his

00:28:19.840 --> 00:28:20.259
 people

00:28:20.259 --> 00:28:20.960
 Israel

00:28:20.960 --> 00:28:21.860
 I

00:28:21.860 --> 00:28:22.039
 am

00:28:22.039 --> 00:28:22.440
 here

00:28:22.440 --> 00:28:22.799
 in

00:28:22.799 --> 00:28:23.279
 part

00:28:23.279 --> 00:28:23.880
 because

00:28:23.880 --> 00:28:24.380
 the

00:28:24.380 --> 00:28:24.880
 gospel

00:28:24.880 --> 00:28:26.160
 reached

00:28:26.160 --> 00:28:26.940
 beyond

00:28:26.940 --> 00:28:27.900
 disbelieving

00:28:27.900 --> 00:28:28.640
 Israel

00:28:28.640 --> 00:28:29.759
 and so

00:28:29.759 --> 00:28:30.059
 if

00:28:30.059 --> 00:28:30.440
 God

00:28:30.440 --> 00:28:30.720
 can

00:28:30.720 --> 00:28:31.079
 reach

00:28:31.079 --> 00:28:31.519
 me

00:28:31.519 --> 00:28:32.240
 even

00:28:32.240 --> 00:28:32.600
 me

00:28:32.600 --> 00:28:32.880
 in

00:28:32.880 --> 00:28:33.140
 his

00:28:33.140 --> 00:28:33.740
 mercy

00:28:33.740 --> 00:28:34.880
 through

00:28:34.880 --> 00:28:35.259
 a

00:28:35.259 --> 00:28:35.680
 Jew

00:28:35.680 --> 00:28:39.380
 and

00:28:39.380 --> 00:28:39.980
 through

00:28:39.980 --> 00:28:40.500
 their

00:28:40.500 --> 00:28:41.579
 disobedience

00:28:41.579 --> 00:28:43.179
 he

00:28:43.179 --> 00:28:43.399
 can

00:28:43.399 --> 00:28:43.740
 certainly

00:28:43.740 --> 00:28:44.119
 reach

00:28:44.119 --> 00:28:44.439
 them

00:28:44.439 --> 00:28:44.759
 through

00:28:44.759 --> 00:28:45.079
 his

00:28:45.079 --> 00:28:45.639
 mercy

00:28:45.639 --> 00:28:47.000
 and

00:28:47.000 --> 00:28:47.240
 through

00:28:47.240 --> 00:28:47.539
 my

00:28:47.539 --> 00:28:47.939
 faith

00:28:47.939 --> 00:28:50.619
 the

00:28:50.619 --> 00:28:51.039
 mystery

00:28:51.039 --> 00:28:51.579
 is

00:28:51.579 --> 00:28:51.879
 that

00:28:51.879 --> 00:28:52.619
 God

00:28:52.619 --> 00:28:54.439
 uses

00:28:54.439 --> 00:28:54.759
 the

00:28:54.759 --> 00:28:55.039
 Jews

00:28:55.039 --> 00:28:55.279
 to

00:28:55.279 --> 00:28:55.579
 reach

00:28:55.579 --> 00:28:55.839
 the

00:28:55.839 --> 00:28:56.460
 Gentiles

00:28:56.460 --> 00:28:56.699
 and

00:28:56.699 --> 00:28:56.919
 the

00:28:56.919 --> 00:28:57.460
 Gentiles

00:28:57.460 --> 00:28:57.720
 to

00:28:57.720 --> 00:28:58.000
 reach

00:28:58.000 --> 00:28:58.279
 the

00:28:58.279 --> 00:28:58.839
 Jews

00:28:58.839 --> 00:29:00.740
 that

00:29:00.740 --> 00:29:01.460
 in

00:29:01.460 --> 00:29:02.199
 itself

00:29:02.199 --> 00:29:03.939
 is

00:29:03.939 --> 00:29:04.119
 a

00:29:04.119 --> 00:29:04.779
 grounding

00:29:04.779 --> 00:29:05.000
 for

00:29:05.000 --> 00:29:05.119
 a

00:29:05.119 --> 00:29:05.299
 multi

00:29:05.299 --> 00:29:05.519
 ethnic

00:29:05.519 --> 00:29:06.019
 church

00:29:06.019 --> 00:29:10.599
 all

00:29:10.599 --> 00:29:11.079
 people

00:29:11.079 --> 00:29:12.159
 Jew

00:29:12.159 --> 00:29:12.579
 and

00:29:12.579 --> 00:29:13.259
 Gentile

00:29:13.259 --> 00:29:14.139
 have

00:29:14.139 --> 00:29:14.399
 been

00:29:14.399 --> 00:29:15.379
 disobedient

00:29:15.379 --> 00:29:15.659
 and

00:29:15.659 --> 00:29:15.819
 are

00:29:15.819 --> 00:29:16.559
 lost

00:29:16.559 --> 00:29:17.460
 and

00:29:17.460 --> 00:29:17.960
 yet

00:29:17.960 --> 00:29:18.659
 all

00:29:18.659 --> 00:29:19.119
 people

00:29:19.119 --> 00:29:20.059
 found

00:29:20.059 --> 00:29:20.279
 by

00:29:20.279 --> 00:29:20.659
 God's

00:29:20.659 --> 00:29:21.059
 mercy

00:29:21.059 --> 00:29:25.939
 so if

00:29:25.939 --> 00:29:26.079
 you're

00:29:26.079 --> 00:29:26.439
 someone who

00:29:26.439 --> 00:29:26.679
 takes

00:29:26.679 --> 00:29:26.939
 notes

00:29:26.939 --> 00:29:27.179
 maybe

00:29:27.179 --> 00:29:27.460
 write

00:29:27.460 --> 00:29:27.639
 this

00:29:27.639 --> 00:29:27.799
 one

00:29:27.799 --> 00:29:28.039
 down

00:29:28.039 --> 00:29:30.500
 as a

00:29:30.500 --> 00:29:30.879
 bit

00:29:30.879 --> 00:29:31.139
 of a

00:29:31.139 --> 00:29:31.460
 summary

00:29:31.460 --> 00:29:32.039
 of

00:29:32.039 --> 00:29:32.359
 9

00:29:32.359 --> 00:29:32.579
 to

00:29:32.579 --> 00:29:32.859
 11

00:29:32.859 --> 00:29:35.179
 God's

00:29:35.179 --> 00:29:35.639
 mercy

00:29:35.639 --> 00:29:36.699
 does

00:29:36.699 --> 00:29:37.019
 not

00:29:37.019 --> 00:29:37.500
 come

00:29:37.500 --> 00:29:37.740
 to

00:29:37.740 --> 00:29:38.220
 all

00:29:38.220 --> 00:29:38.720
 without

00:29:38.720 --> 00:29:39.480
 exception

00:29:39.480 --> 00:29:41.799
 but

00:29:41.799 --> 00:29:41.980
 it

00:29:41.980 --> 00:29:42.480
 does

00:29:42.480 --> 00:29:42.880
 come

00:29:42.880 --> 00:29:43.120
 to

00:29:43.120 --> 00:29:43.640
 all

00:29:43.640 --> 00:29:44.339
 without

00:29:44.339 --> 00:29:45.200
 distinction

00:29:45.200 --> 00:29:48.160
 God's

00:29:48.160 --> 00:29:48.480
 mercy

00:29:48.480 --> 00:29:48.839
 does

00:29:48.839 --> 00:29:49.059
 not

00:29:49.059 --> 00:29:49.339
 come

00:29:49.339 --> 00:29:49.539
 to

00:29:49.539 --> 00:29:49.920
 all

00:29:49.920 --> 00:29:50.360
 without

00:29:50.360 --> 00:29:50.940
 exception

00:29:50.940 --> 00:29:52.279
 but

00:29:52.279 --> 00:29:52.440
 it

00:29:52.440 --> 00:29:52.980
 does

00:29:52.980 --> 00:29:53.279
 come

00:29:53.279 --> 00:29:53.460
 to

00:29:53.460 --> 00:29:53.860
 all

00:29:53.860 --> 00:29:54.360
 without

00:29:54.360 --> 00:29:55.220
 distinction

00:29:55.220 --> 00:29:57.240
 distinction

00:29:57.240 --> 00:29:59.059
 this

00:29:59.059 --> 00:30:00.940
 causes

00:30:00.940 --> 00:30:01.839
 Paul

00:30:01.839 --> 00:30:02.819
 to

00:30:02.819 --> 00:30:03.819
 pause

00:30:03.819 --> 00:30:05.400
 he

00:30:05.400 --> 00:30:05.660
 has

00:30:05.660 --> 00:30:06.200
 carried

00:30:06.200 --> 00:30:06.500
 this

00:30:06.500 --> 00:30:07.180
 idea

00:30:07.180 --> 00:30:07.920
 of

00:30:07.920 --> 00:30:08.339
 God's

00:30:08.339 --> 00:30:08.779
 sovereignty

00:30:08.779 --> 00:30:09.240
 and

00:30:09.240 --> 00:30:09.539
 human

00:30:09.539 --> 00:30:10.200
 responsibility

00:30:10.200 --> 00:30:10.980
 to the

00:30:10.980 --> 00:30:11.440
 edge

00:30:11.440 --> 00:30:12.120
 as far

00:30:12.120 --> 00:30:12.440
 as

00:30:12.440 --> 00:30:12.819
 knowledge

00:30:12.819 --> 00:30:13.079
 has

00:30:13.079 --> 00:30:13.420
 taken

00:30:13.420 --> 00:30:13.640
 him

00:30:13.640 --> 00:30:14.339
 as far

00:30:14.339 --> 00:30:14.539
 as

00:30:14.539 --> 00:30:15.160
 revelation

00:30:15.160 --> 00:30:15.559
 has

00:30:15.559 --> 00:30:15.920
 taken

00:30:15.920 --> 00:30:16.240
 him

00:30:16.240 --> 00:30:17.380
 as far

00:30:17.380 --> 00:30:17.579
 as

00:30:17.579 --> 00:30:17.980
 God

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 has

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 wanted

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 him

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 to

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 know

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 he's

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 gone

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 to

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 the

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 edge

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 of

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 the

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 earth

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 sailed

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 to

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 the

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 end

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 and

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 if

00:30:27.099 --> 00:30:27.299
 there

00:30:27.299 --> 00:30:27.480
 is

00:30:27.480 --> 00:30:27.799
 more

00:30:27.799 --> 00:30:28.000
 to

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 know

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 of

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 God

00:30:28.859 --> 00:30:29.220
 which

00:30:29.220 --> 00:30:29.480
 there

00:30:29.480 --> 00:30:30.160
 is

00:30:30.160 --> 00:30:33.759
 God's

00:30:33.759 --> 00:30:34.059
 chosen

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 not to

00:30:34.480 --> 00:30:34.799
 reveal

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 it

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 at

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 this

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 point

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 and

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 there's

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 only

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 one

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 thing

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 left

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 to

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 do

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 and

00:30:40.299 --> 00:30:40.460
 that

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 is

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 for

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 a

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 heart

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 to

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 be

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 lifted

00:30:41.759 --> 00:30:42.279
 a

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 mind

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 to

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 be

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 lifted

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 and

00:30:44.079 --> 00:30:44.259
 to

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 overflow

00:30:44.859 --> 00:30:45.480
 in

00:30:45.480 --> 00:30:46.200
 praise

00:30:46.200 --> 00:30:46.519
 of

00:30:46.519 --> 00:30:46.779
 this

00:30:46.779 --> 00:30:47.259
 God

00:30:47.259 --> 00:30:48.779
 the

00:30:48.779 --> 00:30:49.180
 God

00:30:49.180 --> 00:30:49.340
 of

00:30:49.340 --> 00:30:49.480
 the

00:30:49.480 --> 00:30:50.000
 wonderful

00:30:50.000 --> 00:30:50.880
 of

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 the

00:30:51.000 --> 00:30:51.539
 mysterious

00:30:51.539 --> 00:30:53.299
 as

00:30:53.299 --> 00:30:53.460
 he

00:30:53.460 --> 00:30:53.900
 draws

00:30:53.900 --> 00:30:54.160
 this

00:30:54.160 --> 00:30:54.320
 to

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 a

00:30:54.480 --> 00:30:55.019
 close

00:30:55.019 --> 00:30:56.279
 recall

00:30:56.279 --> 00:30:57.140
 God

00:30:57.140 --> 00:30:57.420
 here

00:30:57.420 --> 00:30:57.560
 in

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 the

00:30:57.700 --> 00:30:57.980
 first

00:30:57.980 --> 00:30:58.480
 place

00:30:58.480 --> 00:30:59.380
 don't

00:30:59.380 --> 00:30:59.680
 forget

00:30:59.680 --> 00:31:01.220
 at

00:31:01.220 --> 00:31:01.380
 the

00:31:01.380 --> 00:31:01.840
 end

00:31:01.840 --> 00:31:02.000
 of

00:31:02.000 --> 00:31:02.299
 chapter

00:31:02.299 --> 00:31:02.799
 eight

00:31:02.799 --> 00:31:03.660
 we

00:31:03.660 --> 00:31:03.920
 have

00:31:03.920 --> 00:31:05.120
 declaring

00:31:05.120 --> 00:31:05.759
 that

00:31:05.759 --> 00:31:06.039
 there

00:31:06.039 --> 00:31:06.400
 is

00:31:06.400 --> 00:31:06.940
 no

00:31:06.940 --> 00:31:07.279
 in

00:31:07.279 --> 00:31:07.600
 no

00:31:07.600 --> 00:31:08.200
 uncertain

00:31:08.200 --> 00:31:08.660
 terms

00:31:08.660 --> 00:31:09.480
 whatsoever

00:31:09.480 --> 00:31:10.680
 that

00:31:10.680 --> 00:31:11.279
 God's

00:31:11.279 --> 00:31:11.740
 promises

00:31:11.740 --> 00:31:12.380
 to

00:31:12.380 --> 00:31:12.660
 his

00:31:12.660 --> 00:31:12.940
 to

00:31:12.940 --> 00:31:13.460
 believers

00:31:13.460 --> 00:31:14.000
 in

00:31:14.000 --> 00:31:14.360
 Jesus

00:31:14.360 --> 00:31:14.860
 Christ

00:31:14.860 --> 00:31:15.240
 are

00:31:15.240 --> 00:31:16.180
 absolutely

00:31:16.180 --> 00:31:16.740
 rock

00:31:16.740 --> 00:31:17.200
 solid

00:31:17.200 --> 00:31:18.180
 you

00:31:18.180 --> 00:31:18.360
 can

00:31:18.360 --> 00:31:18.519
 be

00:31:18.519 --> 00:31:19.220
 confident

00:31:19.220 --> 00:31:20.000
 of

00:31:20.000 --> 00:31:20.240
 your

00:31:20.240 --> 00:31:20.799
 salvation

00:31:20.799 --> 00:31:21.299
 in

00:31:21.299 --> 00:31:21.619
 Jesus

00:31:21.619 --> 00:31:22.139
 Christ

00:31:22.139 --> 00:31:23.039
 nothing

00:31:23.039 --> 00:31:23.319
 he

00:31:23.319 --> 00:31:23.579
 says

00:31:23.579 --> 00:31:23.799
 can

00:31:23.799 --> 00:31:24.220
 separate

00:31:24.220 --> 00:31:24.920
 us

00:31:24.920 --> 00:31:25.059
 from

00:31:25.059 --> 00:31:25.519
 Jesus

00:31:25.519 --> 00:31:26.599
 God's

00:31:26.599 --> 00:31:26.799
 word

00:31:26.799 --> 00:31:27.079
 is

00:31:27.079 --> 00:31:27.660
 true

00:31:27.660 --> 00:31:28.160
 it

00:31:28.160 --> 00:31:28.319
 is

00:31:28.319 --> 00:31:28.980
 reliable

00:31:28.980 --> 00:31:29.579
 it

00:31:29.579 --> 00:31:29.759
 is

00:31:29.759 --> 00:31:30.420
 consistent

00:31:30.420 --> 00:31:31.200
 God's

00:31:31.200 --> 00:31:31.619
 promises

00:31:31.619 --> 00:31:32.180
 are

00:31:32.180 --> 00:31:32.879
 always

00:31:32.879 --> 00:31:33.500
 completed

00:31:33.500 --> 00:31:33.799
 and

00:31:33.799 --> 00:31:34.359
 fulfilled

00:31:34.359 --> 00:31:35.900
 not

00:31:35.900 --> 00:31:36.519
 one

00:31:36.519 --> 00:31:37.160
 single

00:31:37.160 --> 00:31:37.500
 bit

00:31:37.500 --> 00:31:37.940
 falls

00:31:37.940 --> 00:31:38.079
 to

00:31:38.079 --> 00:31:38.200
 the

00:31:38.200 --> 00:31:38.639
 ground

00:31:38.639 --> 00:31:39.500
 God's

00:31:39.500 --> 00:31:39.940
 chain

00:31:39.940 --> 00:31:40.200
 of

00:31:40.200 --> 00:31:40.720
 salvation

00:31:40.720 --> 00:31:41.139
 as

00:31:41.139 --> 00:31:41.700
 as

00:31:41.700 --> 00:31:42.059
 Aidan

00:31:42.059 --> 00:31:42.420
 said

00:31:42.420 --> 00:31:42.779
 is

00:31:42.779 --> 00:31:44.059
 unbreakable

00:31:44.059 --> 00:31:45.960
 those

00:31:45.960 --> 00:31:46.200
 who

00:31:46.200 --> 00:31:46.359
 have

00:31:46.359 --> 00:31:46.519
 been

00:31:46.519 --> 00:31:46.980
 elect

00:31:46.980 --> 00:31:47.700
 will

00:31:47.700 --> 00:31:48.279
 be

00:31:48.279 --> 00:31:49.419
 glorified

00:31:49.419 --> 00:31:51.599
 and so

00:31:51.599 --> 00:31:51.980
 we start

00:31:51.980 --> 00:31:52.279
 beginning

00:31:52.279 --> 00:31:52.639
 of chapter

00:31:52.639 --> 00:31:52.960
 nine

00:31:52.960 --> 00:31:53.700
 what about

00:31:53.700 --> 00:31:54.059
 Israel

00:31:54.059 --> 00:31:54.359
 then

00:31:54.359 --> 00:31:54.899
 you know

00:31:54.899 --> 00:31:55.700
 has

00:31:55.700 --> 00:31:55.940
 God

00:31:55.940 --> 00:31:56.519
 failed

00:31:56.519 --> 00:31:57.039
 them

00:31:57.039 --> 00:32:01.119
 has

00:32:01.119 --> 00:32:01.579
 God's

00:32:01.579 --> 00:32:01.799
 plan

00:32:01.799 --> 00:32:01.919
 of

00:32:01.919 --> 00:32:02.299
 salvation

00:32:02.299 --> 00:32:02.899
 failed

00:32:02.899 --> 00:32:04.539
 that's

00:32:04.539 --> 00:32:04.700
 the

00:32:04.700 --> 00:32:05.339
 undercurrent

00:32:05.339 --> 00:32:05.960
 of all

00:32:05.960 --> 00:32:06.119
 of

00:32:06.119 --> 00:32:06.419
 nine

00:32:06.419 --> 00:32:06.619
 to

00:32:06.619 --> 00:32:06.980
 eleven

00:32:06.980 --> 00:32:09.120
 and

00:32:09.120 --> 00:32:09.480
 that

00:32:09.480 --> 00:32:10.079
 issue

00:32:10.079 --> 00:32:11.259
 as

00:32:11.259 --> 00:32:11.440
 I

00:32:11.440 --> 00:32:12.059
 said

00:32:12.059 --> 00:32:12.500
 at

00:32:12.500 --> 00:32:12.599
 the

00:32:12.599 --> 00:32:12.960
 beginning

00:32:12.960 --> 00:32:13.740
 is

00:32:13.740 --> 00:32:13.940
 a

00:32:13.940 --> 00:32:14.539
 deeply

00:32:14.539 --> 00:32:15.799
 personal

00:32:15.799 --> 00:32:16.759
 issue

00:32:16.759 --> 00:32:17.960
 for

00:32:17.960 --> 00:32:18.160
 the

00:32:18.160 --> 00:32:18.460
 Jewish

00:32:18.460 --> 00:32:18.980
 Paul

00:32:18.980 --> 00:32:20.000
 a

00:32:20.000 --> 00:32:20.500
 deeply

00:32:20.500 --> 00:32:21.240
 personal

00:32:21.240 --> 00:32:21.880
 issue

00:32:21.880 --> 00:32:22.799
 he

00:32:22.799 --> 00:32:23.299
 is

00:32:23.299 --> 00:32:23.460
 at

00:32:23.460 --> 00:32:23.539
 the

00:32:23.539 --> 00:32:23.740
 beginning

00:32:23.740 --> 00:32:23.900
 of

00:32:23.900 --> 00:32:24.059
 chapter

00:32:24.059 --> 00:32:24.400
 nine

00:32:24.400 --> 00:32:24.720
 in

00:32:24.720 --> 00:32:25.259
 deep

00:32:25.259 --> 00:32:26.360
 anguish

00:32:26.360 --> 00:32:27.259
 about

00:32:27.259 --> 00:32:27.880
 his

00:32:27.880 --> 00:32:28.620
 people

00:32:28.620 --> 00:32:29.579
 deep

00:32:29.579 --> 00:32:30.160
 anguish

00:32:30.160 --> 00:32:30.599
 this

00:32:30.599 --> 00:32:30.779
 is

00:32:30.779 --> 00:32:31.160
 not

00:32:31.160 --> 00:32:31.440
 an

00:32:31.440 --> 00:32:31.960
 intellectual

00:32:31.960 --> 00:32:32.519
 exercise

00:32:32.519 --> 00:32:32.860
 for

00:32:32.860 --> 00:32:33.059
 him

00:32:33.059 --> 00:32:33.460
 this

00:32:33.460 --> 00:32:33.599
 is

00:32:33.599 --> 00:32:33.779
 not

00:32:33.779 --> 00:32:34.019
 a

00:32:34.019 --> 00:32:34.440
 lecture

00:32:34.440 --> 00:32:34.900
 room

00:32:34.900 --> 00:32:35.059
 where

00:32:35.059 --> 00:32:35.140
 we

00:32:35.140 --> 00:32:35.259
 got

00:32:35.259 --> 00:32:35.400
 an

00:32:35.400 --> 00:32:35.799
 exam

00:32:35.799 --> 00:32:35.980
 to

00:32:35.980 --> 00:32:36.319
 complete

00:32:36.319 --> 00:32:36.460
 at

00:32:36.460 --> 00:32:36.579
 the

00:32:36.579 --> 00:32:36.759
 end

00:32:36.759 --> 00:32:36.860
 of

00:32:36.860 --> 00:32:36.960
 this

00:32:36.960 --> 00:32:37.920
 understanding

00:32:37.920 --> 00:32:38.240
 God's

00:32:38.240 --> 00:32:38.480
 sovereignty

00:32:38.480 --> 00:32:38.660
 and

00:32:38.660 --> 00:32:38.840
 human

00:32:38.840 --> 00:32:39.360
 responsibility

00:32:39.360 --> 00:32:40.319
 this

00:32:40.319 --> 00:32:40.579
 is

00:32:40.579 --> 00:32:41.019
 not

00:32:41.019 --> 00:32:41.319
 a

00:32:41.319 --> 00:32:41.759
 book

00:32:41.759 --> 00:32:41.940
 that

00:32:41.940 --> 00:32:42.120
 he's

00:32:42.120 --> 00:32:42.539
 writing

00:32:42.539 --> 00:32:43.000
 for

00:32:43.000 --> 00:32:43.819
 distribution

00:32:43.819 --> 00:32:44.299
 per

00:32:44.299 --> 00:32:44.640
 se

00:32:44.640 --> 00:32:45.120
 so

00:32:45.120 --> 00:32:45.200
 that

00:32:45.200 --> 00:32:45.259
 he

00:32:45.259 --> 00:32:45.400
 can

00:32:45.400 --> 00:32:45.720
 sell

00:32:45.720 --> 00:32:46.100
 things

00:32:46.100 --> 00:32:46.799
 this

00:32:46.799 --> 00:32:47.380
 is

00:32:47.380 --> 00:32:47.740
 a

00:32:47.740 --> 00:32:48.420
 deeply

00:32:48.420 --> 00:32:49.440
 personal

00:32:49.440 --> 00:32:50.340
 issue

00:32:50.340 --> 00:32:53.840
 he's

00:32:53.840 --> 00:32:53.980
 in

00:32:53.980 --> 00:32:54.640
 anguish

00:32:54.640 --> 00:32:54.840
 in

00:32:54.840 --> 00:32:55.100
 chapter

00:32:55.100 --> 00:32:55.600
 nine

00:32:55.600 --> 00:32:56.380
 and

00:32:56.380 --> 00:32:56.519
 at

00:32:56.519 --> 00:32:56.720
 the

00:32:56.720 --> 00:32:57.120
 end

00:32:57.120 --> 00:32:57.360
 of

00:32:57.360 --> 00:32:57.660
 chapter

00:32:57.660 --> 00:32:58.100
 11

00:32:58.100 --> 00:32:58.720
 he

00:32:58.720 --> 00:32:59.039
 just

00:32:59.039 --> 00:32:59.579
 breaks

00:32:59.579 --> 00:33:00.000
 out

00:33:00.000 --> 00:33:00.259
 in

00:33:00.259 --> 00:33:00.860
 spontaneous

00:33:00.860 --> 00:33:01.519
 worship

00:33:01.519 --> 00:33:06.160
 and

00:33:06.160 --> 00:33:06.360
 there

00:33:06.359 --> 00:33:06.519
 are

00:33:06.519 --> 00:33:07.319
 things

00:33:07.319 --> 00:33:07.619
 we

00:33:07.619 --> 00:33:07.799
 can

00:33:07.799 --> 00:33:08.159
 learn

00:33:08.159 --> 00:33:08.459
 from

00:33:08.459 --> 00:33:09.240
 these

00:33:09.240 --> 00:33:09.699
 verses

00:33:09.699 --> 00:33:10.879
 but

00:33:10.879 --> 00:33:11.139
 I'm

00:33:11.139 --> 00:33:11.599
 going to

00:33:11.599 --> 00:33:12.000
 throw

00:33:12.000 --> 00:33:12.299
 up

00:33:12.299 --> 00:33:12.839
 four

00:33:12.839 --> 00:33:14.740
 firstly

00:33:14.740 --> 00:33:15.259
 there

00:33:15.259 --> 00:33:15.439
 is

00:33:15.439 --> 00:33:15.719
 no

00:33:15.719 --> 00:33:16.139
 worship

00:33:16.139 --> 00:33:16.559
 without

00:33:16.559 --> 00:33:17.079
 truth

00:33:17.079 --> 00:33:18.539
 Paul

00:33:18.539 --> 00:33:18.799
 is

00:33:18.799 --> 00:33:19.119
 quoting

00:33:19.119 --> 00:33:19.599
 scripture

00:33:19.599 --> 00:33:20.039
 as he

00:33:20.039 --> 00:33:20.399
 praises

00:33:20.399 --> 00:33:20.719
 God

00:33:20.719 --> 00:33:21.539
 spontaneously

00:33:21.539 --> 00:33:22.179
 in

00:33:22.179 --> 00:33:22.379
 verse

00:33:22.379 --> 00:33:22.899
 34

00:33:22.899 --> 00:33:23.500
 he quotes

00:33:23.500 --> 00:33:23.639
 from

00:33:23.639 --> 00:33:23.939
 Isaiah

00:33:23.939 --> 00:33:24.419
 40

00:33:24.419 --> 00:33:25.599
 13

00:33:25.599 --> 00:33:26.019
 and

00:33:26.019 --> 00:33:26.179
 in

00:33:26.179 --> 00:33:26.359
 verse

00:33:26.359 --> 00:33:26.839
 35

00:33:26.839 --> 00:33:27.579
 he quotes

00:33:27.579 --> 00:33:27.779
 from

00:33:27.779 --> 00:33:28.039
 Job

00:33:28.039 --> 00:33:28.500
 41

00:33:28.500 --> 00:33:28.799
 verse

00:33:28.799 --> 00:33:29.199
 11

00:33:29.200 --> 00:33:30.400
 knowing

00:33:30.400 --> 00:33:31.440
 scripture

00:33:31.440 --> 00:33:33.160
 intimately

00:33:33.160 --> 00:33:34.759
 makes

00:33:34.759 --> 00:33:35.039
 an

00:33:35.039 --> 00:33:35.779
 enormous

00:33:35.779 --> 00:33:36.640
 difference

00:33:36.640 --> 00:33:37.640
 both

00:33:37.640 --> 00:33:38.360
 in the

00:33:38.360 --> 00:33:39.900
 ignition

00:33:39.900 --> 00:33:40.960
 of praise

00:33:40.960 --> 00:33:41.440
 in the

00:33:41.440 --> 00:33:41.900
 heart

00:33:41.900 --> 00:33:43.180
 and

00:33:43.180 --> 00:33:43.799
 in the

00:33:43.799 --> 00:33:44.640
 expression

00:33:44.640 --> 00:33:45.580
 of the

00:33:45.580 --> 00:33:45.940
 praise

00:33:45.940 --> 00:33:46.360
 that comes

00:33:46.360 --> 00:33:46.779
 out of

00:33:46.779 --> 00:33:46.920
 your

00:33:46.920 --> 00:33:47.360
 mouth

00:33:47.360 --> 00:33:49.080
 many

00:33:49.080 --> 00:33:49.519
 books

00:33:49.519 --> 00:33:49.779
 will

00:33:49.779 --> 00:33:50.259
 teach

00:33:50.259 --> 00:33:51.059
 meditation

00:33:51.059 --> 00:33:51.620
 and

00:33:51.620 --> 00:33:52.120
 spiritual

00:33:52.120 --> 00:33:52.700
 techniques

00:33:52.700 --> 00:33:52.920
 to

00:33:52.920 --> 00:33:53.220
 centre

00:33:53.220 --> 00:33:53.640
 on

00:33:53.640 --> 00:33:54.160
 things

00:33:54.160 --> 00:33:54.420
 like

00:33:54.420 --> 00:33:55.360
 visualisations

00:33:55.360 --> 00:33:55.840
 of

00:33:55.840 --> 00:33:56.539
 incidences

00:33:56.539 --> 00:33:57.000
 of

00:33:57.000 --> 00:33:57.339
 one's

00:33:57.339 --> 00:33:57.720
 past

00:33:57.720 --> 00:33:58.200
 life

00:33:58.200 --> 00:33:58.899
 or

00:33:58.899 --> 00:34:00.200
 visualisation

00:34:00.200 --> 00:34:00.420
 of

00:34:00.420 --> 00:34:00.899
 phrases

00:34:00.899 --> 00:34:01.440
 or

00:34:01.440 --> 00:34:02.319
 images

00:34:02.319 --> 00:34:03.039
 or

00:34:03.039 --> 00:34:03.639
 even

00:34:03.639 --> 00:34:03.839
 of

00:34:03.839 --> 00:34:04.099
 nothing

00:34:04.099 --> 00:34:04.259
 at

00:34:04.259 --> 00:34:04.599
 all

00:34:04.599 --> 00:34:04.859
 in

00:34:04.859 --> 00:34:05.000
 fact

00:34:05.000 --> 00:34:05.319
 there's

00:34:05.319 --> 00:34:05.539
 a lot

00:34:05.539 --> 00:34:05.619
 of

00:34:05.619 --> 00:34:06.059
 meditation

00:34:06.059 --> 00:34:06.559
 that says

00:34:06.559 --> 00:34:07.139
 you

00:34:07.139 --> 00:34:07.579
 got to

00:34:07.579 --> 00:34:07.819
 get to

00:34:07.819 --> 00:34:08.079
 a point

00:34:08.079 --> 00:34:08.300
 where you

00:34:08.300 --> 00:34:08.480
 don't

00:34:08.480 --> 00:34:08.860
 visualise

00:34:08.860 --> 00:34:09.279
 anything

00:34:09.279 --> 00:34:09.699
 and just

00:34:09.699 --> 00:34:10.579
 nothing

00:34:10.579 --> 00:34:12.880
 worship

00:34:12.880 --> 00:34:15.079
 of the

00:34:15.079 --> 00:34:16.480
 creator

00:34:16.480 --> 00:34:17.079
 God

00:34:17.079 --> 00:34:17.519
 the biblical

00:34:17.519 --> 00:34:18.400
 is totally

00:34:18.400 --> 00:34:18.699
 different

00:34:18.699 --> 00:34:19.139
 than that

00:34:19.139 --> 00:34:20.739
 worship

00:34:20.739 --> 00:34:21.519
 should not

00:34:21.519 --> 00:34:22.119
 come

00:34:22.119 --> 00:34:22.599
 from

00:34:22.599 --> 00:34:23.079
 meditation

00:34:23.079 --> 00:34:23.739
 in

00:34:23.739 --> 00:34:24.360
 general

00:34:24.360 --> 00:34:25.360
 or of

00:34:25.360 --> 00:34:25.659
 nothing

00:34:25.659 --> 00:34:25.880
 in

00:34:25.880 --> 00:34:26.440
 particular

00:34:26.440 --> 00:34:27.800
 but

00:34:27.800 --> 00:34:28.000
 through

00:34:28.000 --> 00:34:28.159
 the

00:34:28.159 --> 00:34:28.619
 meditation

00:34:28.619 --> 00:34:28.880
 of

00:34:28.880 --> 00:34:29.440
 scripture

00:34:29.440 --> 00:34:30.300
 specifically

00:34:30.300 --> 00:34:32.500
 the

00:34:32.500 --> 00:34:32.820
 bible

00:34:32.820 --> 00:34:33.139
 must

00:34:33.139 --> 00:34:33.679
 always

00:34:33.679 --> 00:34:33.880
 be

00:34:33.880 --> 00:34:34.079
 the

00:34:34.079 --> 00:34:34.420
 centre

00:34:34.420 --> 00:34:34.760
 of

00:34:34.760 --> 00:34:35.119
 any

00:34:35.119 --> 00:34:35.659
 public

00:34:35.659 --> 00:34:35.920
 or

00:34:35.920 --> 00:34:36.360
 private

00:34:36.360 --> 00:34:36.820
 praise

00:34:36.820 --> 00:34:36.980
 and

00:34:36.980 --> 00:34:37.320
 worship

00:34:37.320 --> 00:34:38.500
 secondly

00:34:38.500 --> 00:34:39.720
 there

00:34:39.720 --> 00:34:40.179
 is no

00:34:40.179 --> 00:34:40.840
 teaching

00:34:40.840 --> 00:34:41.059
 there

00:34:41.059 --> 00:34:41.200
 should

00:34:41.200 --> 00:34:41.300
 be

00:34:41.300 --> 00:34:41.519
 no

00:34:41.519 --> 00:34:42.000
 teaching

00:34:42.000 --> 00:34:42.300
 or

00:34:42.300 --> 00:34:42.760
 study

00:34:42.760 --> 00:34:43.300
 of

00:34:43.300 --> 00:34:43.860
 truth

00:34:43.860 --> 00:34:44.900
 without

00:34:44.900 --> 00:34:45.700
 worship

00:34:45.700 --> 00:34:46.800
 that's

00:34:46.800 --> 00:34:47.000
 the

00:34:47.000 --> 00:34:47.340
 point

00:34:47.340 --> 00:34:47.700
 of

00:34:47.700 --> 00:34:47.900
 the

00:34:47.900 --> 00:34:48.360
 truth

00:34:48.360 --> 00:34:49.220
 to

00:34:49.220 --> 00:34:49.599
 look

00:34:49.599 --> 00:34:49.860
 to

00:34:49.860 --> 00:34:50.039
 the

00:34:50.039 --> 00:34:50.340
 truth

00:34:50.340 --> 00:34:50.539
 so

00:34:50.539 --> 00:34:50.619
 that

00:34:50.619 --> 00:34:50.740
 we

00:34:50.740 --> 00:34:50.980
 see

00:34:50.980 --> 00:34:51.579
 God

00:34:51.579 --> 00:34:51.980
 and

00:34:51.980 --> 00:34:52.280
 engage

00:34:52.280 --> 00:34:52.500
 with

00:34:52.500 --> 00:34:52.880
 him

00:34:52.880 --> 00:34:53.340
 it's

00:34:53.340 --> 00:34:53.519
 about

00:34:53.519 --> 00:34:53.900
 communion

00:34:53.900 --> 00:34:54.159
 with

00:34:54.159 --> 00:34:54.440
 him

00:34:54.440 --> 00:34:54.920
 Paul

00:34:54.920 --> 00:34:55.079
 does

00:34:55.079 --> 00:34:55.300
 not

00:34:55.300 --> 00:34:55.760
 just

00:34:55.760 --> 00:34:56.240
 teach

00:34:56.239 --> 00:34:56.500
 or

00:34:56.500 --> 00:34:56.859
 study

00:34:56.859 --> 00:34:57.359
 truth

00:34:57.359 --> 00:34:57.879
 without

00:34:57.879 --> 00:34:58.599
 using

00:34:58.599 --> 00:34:58.859
 it

00:34:58.859 --> 00:34:59.639
 immediately

00:34:59.639 --> 00:35:00.459
 as a

00:35:00.459 --> 00:35:00.819
 basis

00:35:00.819 --> 00:35:01.199
 for the

00:35:01.199 --> 00:35:01.500
 praise

00:35:01.500 --> 00:35:01.679
 of

00:35:01.679 --> 00:35:02.000
 God

00:35:02.000 --> 00:35:02.519
 he

00:35:02.519 --> 00:35:02.799
 never

00:35:02.799 --> 00:35:03.179
 treats

00:35:03.179 --> 00:35:03.839
 truth

00:35:03.839 --> 00:35:04.500
 as

00:35:04.500 --> 00:35:05.159
 something

00:35:05.159 --> 00:35:05.659
 just to be

00:35:05.659 --> 00:35:06.119
 known

00:35:06.119 --> 00:35:06.579
 something to

00:35:06.579 --> 00:35:07.079
 be debated

00:35:07.079 --> 00:35:07.519
 with

00:35:07.519 --> 00:35:09.239
 something

00:35:09.239 --> 00:35:09.759
 or even

00:35:09.759 --> 00:35:10.219
 just to be

00:35:10.219 --> 00:35:10.859
 applied

00:35:10.859 --> 00:35:12.959
 but as a

00:35:12.959 --> 00:35:13.579
 gateway

00:35:13.579 --> 00:35:14.000
 into

00:35:14.000 --> 00:35:14.759
 praise

00:35:14.760 --> 00:35:16.080
 and so

00:35:16.080 --> 00:35:16.580
 if you

00:35:16.580 --> 00:35:17.240
 study

00:35:17.240 --> 00:35:18.860
 great

00:35:18.860 --> 00:35:19.340
 doctrines

00:35:19.340 --> 00:35:19.560
 like

00:35:19.560 --> 00:35:19.920
 God's

00:35:19.920 --> 00:35:20.320
 sovereignty

00:35:20.320 --> 00:35:20.680
 and

00:35:20.680 --> 00:35:20.940
 human

00:35:20.940 --> 00:35:21.540
 responsibility

00:35:21.540 --> 00:35:21.860
 and

00:35:21.860 --> 00:35:22.360
 election

00:35:22.360 --> 00:35:22.780
 and all

00:35:22.780 --> 00:35:22.940
 that

00:35:22.940 --> 00:35:24.300
 sort

00:35:24.300 --> 00:35:24.400
 of

00:35:24.400 --> 00:35:24.720
 stuff

00:35:24.720 --> 00:35:24.900
 you

00:35:24.900 --> 00:35:25.540
 study

00:35:25.540 --> 00:35:25.960
 all

00:35:25.960 --> 00:35:26.100
 of

00:35:26.100 --> 00:35:26.340
 those

00:35:26.340 --> 00:35:26.760
 things

00:35:26.760 --> 00:35:27.340
 and

00:35:27.340 --> 00:35:27.780
 never

00:35:27.780 --> 00:35:28.180
 works

00:35:28.180 --> 00:35:28.620
 over

00:35:28.620 --> 00:35:29.240
 into

00:35:29.240 --> 00:35:30.420
 worship

00:35:30.420 --> 00:35:31.160
 for you

00:35:31.160 --> 00:35:31.720
 you've

00:35:31.720 --> 00:35:32.300
 totally

00:35:32.300 --> 00:35:32.540
 missed

00:35:32.540 --> 00:35:32.920
 the point

00:35:32.920 --> 00:35:33.120
 of it

00:35:33.120 --> 00:35:33.420
 all

00:35:33.420 --> 00:35:36.440
 and

00:35:36.440 --> 00:35:36.800
 it

00:35:36.800 --> 00:35:37.700
 itself

00:35:37.700 --> 00:35:39.380
 the fact

00:35:39.380 --> 00:35:39.640
 that it

00:35:39.640 --> 00:35:39.880
 never

00:35:39.880 --> 00:35:40.180
 flows

00:35:40.180 --> 00:35:40.420
 over

00:35:40.420 --> 00:35:40.600
 to

00:35:40.600 --> 00:35:40.920
 worship

00:35:40.920 --> 00:35:41.460
 is

00:35:41.460 --> 00:35:41.820
 in

00:35:41.820 --> 00:35:42.680
 itself

00:35:42.680 --> 00:35:47.260
 and

00:35:47.260 --> 00:35:47.380
 I

00:35:47.380 --> 00:35:47.579
 say

00:35:47.579 --> 00:35:47.800
 this

00:35:47.800 --> 00:35:48.180
 gently

00:35:48.180 --> 00:35:50.920
 an

00:35:50.920 --> 00:35:51.500
 indication

00:35:51.500 --> 00:35:51.800
 of a

00:35:51.800 --> 00:35:51.980
 hard

00:35:51.980 --> 00:35:52.260
 heart

00:35:52.260 --> 00:35:55.760
 now

00:35:55.760 --> 00:35:56.079
 is the

00:35:56.079 --> 00:35:56.200
 day

00:35:56.200 --> 00:35:56.380
 for

00:35:56.380 --> 00:35:56.780
 humility

00:35:56.780 --> 00:35:58.300
 now

00:35:58.300 --> 00:35:58.680
 is the

00:35:58.680 --> 00:35:58.860
 day

00:35:58.860 --> 00:35:59.019
 to

00:35:59.019 --> 00:35:59.460
 confess

00:35:59.460 --> 00:35:59.800
 that

00:35:59.800 --> 00:36:01.480
 and

00:36:01.480 --> 00:36:01.639
 to

00:36:01.639 --> 00:36:01.980
 surrender

00:36:01.980 --> 00:36:02.159
 to

00:36:02.159 --> 00:36:02.539
 Christ

00:36:02.539 --> 00:36:02.740
 the

00:36:02.740 --> 00:36:03.000
 God

00:36:03.000 --> 00:36:03.280
 you

00:36:03.280 --> 00:36:03.639
 don't

00:36:03.639 --> 00:36:03.880
 know

00:36:03.880 --> 00:36:04.300
 fully

00:36:04.300 --> 00:36:06.920
 Paul

00:36:06.920 --> 00:36:07.200
 never

00:36:07.200 --> 00:36:07.639
 treats

00:36:07.639 --> 00:36:08.059
 truth

00:36:08.059 --> 00:36:08.579
 just as

00:36:08.579 --> 00:36:08.880
 something

00:36:08.880 --> 00:36:09.200
 to be

00:36:09.200 --> 00:36:09.619
 known

00:36:09.619 --> 00:36:09.900
 or

00:36:09.900 --> 00:36:10.460
 applied

00:36:10.460 --> 00:36:11.079
 but as

00:36:11.079 --> 00:36:11.599
 a gateway

00:36:11.599 --> 00:36:11.860
 to

00:36:11.860 --> 00:36:12.320
 praise

00:36:12.320 --> 00:36:12.579
 of

00:36:12.579 --> 00:36:12.920
 God

00:36:12.920 --> 00:36:13.800
 we

00:36:13.800 --> 00:36:13.960
 are

00:36:13.960 --> 00:36:14.199
 never

00:36:14.199 --> 00:36:14.400
 to

00:36:14.400 --> 00:36:14.659
 study

00:36:14.659 --> 00:36:14.860
 the

00:36:14.860 --> 00:36:15.220
 Bible

00:36:15.220 --> 00:36:15.659
 or

00:36:15.659 --> 00:36:15.820
 to

00:36:15.820 --> 00:36:16.079
 study

00:36:16.079 --> 00:36:16.579
 God

00:36:16.579 --> 00:36:16.760
 in

00:36:16.760 --> 00:36:16.880
 a

00:36:16.880 --> 00:36:17.340
 detached

00:36:17.340 --> 00:36:17.780
 cool

00:36:17.780 --> 00:36:18.119
 manner

00:36:18.119 --> 00:36:18.920
 we

00:36:18.920 --> 00:36:19.159
 must

00:36:19.159 --> 00:36:19.400
 let

00:36:19.400 --> 00:36:19.860
 ourselves

00:36:19.860 --> 00:36:20.159
 be

00:36:20.159 --> 00:36:20.980
 disturbed

00:36:20.980 --> 00:36:21.800
 we

00:36:21.800 --> 00:36:21.980
 must

00:36:21.980 --> 00:36:22.159
 let

00:36:22.159 --> 00:36:22.639
 ourselves

00:36:22.639 --> 00:36:23.119
 to be

00:36:23.119 --> 00:36:24.260
 confronted

00:36:24.260 --> 00:36:26.619
 comforted

00:36:26.619 --> 00:36:27.519
 and

00:36:27.519 --> 00:36:28.139
 challenged

00:36:28.139 --> 00:36:29.039
 by

00:36:29.039 --> 00:36:29.280
 the

00:36:29.280 --> 00:36:29.720
 truth

00:36:29.720 --> 00:36:31.940
 we

00:36:31.940 --> 00:36:32.280
 must

00:36:32.280 --> 00:36:32.720
 always

00:36:32.720 --> 00:36:33.079
 allow

00:36:33.079 --> 00:36:33.460
 ourselves

00:36:33.460 --> 00:36:33.679
 to

00:36:33.679 --> 00:36:34.179
 feel

00:36:34.179 --> 00:36:34.519
 its

00:36:34.519 --> 00:36:34.980
 power

00:36:34.980 --> 00:36:36.420
 thirdly

00:36:36.420 --> 00:36:38.260
 truth

00:36:38.260 --> 00:36:38.420
 that

00:36:38.420 --> 00:36:38.780
 exalts

00:36:38.780 --> 00:36:39.280
 God

00:36:39.280 --> 00:36:39.740
 leads

00:36:39.740 --> 00:36:39.920
 to

00:36:39.920 --> 00:36:40.059
 the

00:36:40.059 --> 00:36:40.360
 greatest

00:36:40.360 --> 00:36:40.820
 joy

00:36:40.820 --> 00:36:41.120
 in

00:36:41.120 --> 00:36:41.620
 life

00:36:41.620 --> 00:36:42.280
 Paul

00:36:42.280 --> 00:36:42.440
 does

00:36:42.440 --> 00:36:42.620
 not

00:36:42.620 --> 00:36:42.880
 find

00:36:42.880 --> 00:36:43.039
 the

00:36:43.039 --> 00:36:43.320
 deepest

00:36:43.320 --> 00:36:44.000
 impulses

00:36:44.000 --> 00:36:44.220
 for

00:36:44.220 --> 00:36:45.120
 praise

00:36:45.120 --> 00:36:45.300
 here

00:36:45.300 --> 00:36:45.480
 by

00:36:45.480 --> 00:36:45.940
 looking

00:36:45.940 --> 00:36:47.120
 at

00:36:47.120 --> 00:36:47.700
 human

00:36:47.700 --> 00:36:48.400
 accomplishments

00:36:48.400 --> 00:36:50.079
 praise

00:36:50.079 --> 00:36:50.700
 comes to

00:36:50.700 --> 00:36:51.240
 the degree

00:36:51.240 --> 00:36:51.740
 that we

00:36:51.740 --> 00:36:52.140
 see

00:36:52.140 --> 00:36:52.460
 our

00:36:52.460 --> 00:36:53.019
 weakness

00:36:53.019 --> 00:36:54.160
 we see

00:36:54.160 --> 00:36:54.460
 our

00:36:54.460 --> 00:36:55.160
 impotence

00:36:55.160 --> 00:36:56.480
 and our

00:36:56.480 --> 00:36:57.000
 complete

00:36:57.000 --> 00:36:57.740
 dependency

00:36:57.740 --> 00:36:58.079
 upon

00:36:58.079 --> 00:36:58.480
 God

00:36:58.480 --> 00:36:58.840
 when we

00:36:58.840 --> 00:36:59.700
 understand

00:36:59.700 --> 00:37:00.460
 our

00:37:00.460 --> 00:37:01.220
 smallness

00:37:01.220 --> 00:37:01.620
 our

00:37:01.620 --> 00:37:02.340
 limitation

00:37:02.340 --> 00:37:03.440
 and his

00:37:03.440 --> 00:37:04.380
 limitlessness

00:37:04.380 --> 00:37:05.660
 and his

00:37:05.660 --> 00:37:07.019
 bigness

00:37:07.019 --> 00:37:10.119
 in

00:37:10.119 --> 00:37:10.320
 other

00:37:10.320 --> 00:37:10.619
 words

00:37:10.619 --> 00:37:10.840
 the

00:37:10.840 --> 00:37:11.500
 doctrines

00:37:11.500 --> 00:37:11.780
 of

00:37:11.780 --> 00:37:12.199
 God's

00:37:12.199 --> 00:37:12.639
 complete

00:37:12.639 --> 00:37:13.159
 sovereignty

00:37:13.159 --> 00:37:13.519
 in

00:37:13.519 --> 00:37:14.159
 salvation

00:37:14.159 --> 00:37:14.900
 are

00:37:14.900 --> 00:37:15.280
 what

00:37:15.280 --> 00:37:15.739
 leads

00:37:15.739 --> 00:37:16.280
 Paul

00:37:16.280 --> 00:37:16.739
 here

00:37:16.739 --> 00:37:17.139
 to

00:37:17.139 --> 00:37:17.400
 the

00:37:17.400 --> 00:37:17.920
 greatest

00:37:17.920 --> 00:37:18.440
 joy

00:37:18.440 --> 00:37:18.739
 and

00:37:18.739 --> 00:37:19.300
 praise

00:37:19.300 --> 00:37:21.559
 we

00:37:21.559 --> 00:37:21.860
 have

00:37:21.860 --> 00:37:22.239
 never

00:37:22.239 --> 00:37:22.679
 given

00:37:22.679 --> 00:37:23.239
 God

00:37:23.239 --> 00:37:23.920
 anything

00:37:23.920 --> 00:37:25.639
 he

00:37:25.639 --> 00:37:26.280
 owes

00:37:26.280 --> 00:37:26.920
 us

00:37:26.920 --> 00:37:27.840
 nothing

00:37:27.840 --> 00:37:31.079
 these

00:37:31.079 --> 00:37:31.400
 are

00:37:31.400 --> 00:37:31.600
 the

00:37:31.600 --> 00:37:32.539
 ideas

00:37:32.539 --> 00:37:32.840
 that

00:37:32.840 --> 00:37:33.440
 well

00:37:33.440 --> 00:37:33.720
 up

00:37:33.720 --> 00:37:33.960
 in

00:37:33.960 --> 00:37:34.360
 Paul

00:37:34.360 --> 00:37:34.600
 in

00:37:34.600 --> 00:37:34.960
 such

00:37:34.960 --> 00:37:35.160
 a

00:37:35.160 --> 00:37:35.440
 way

00:37:35.440 --> 00:37:36.000
 that

00:37:36.000 --> 00:37:36.180
 it

00:37:36.180 --> 00:37:37.420
 overflows

00:37:37.420 --> 00:37:38.559
 with

00:37:38.559 --> 00:37:39.059
 worship

00:37:39.059 --> 00:37:39.840
 and joy

00:37:39.840 --> 00:37:40.140
 and

00:37:40.140 --> 00:37:40.600
 lastly

00:37:40.600 --> 00:37:41.519
 Paul

00:37:41.519 --> 00:37:41.740
 does

00:37:41.740 --> 00:37:41.960
 not

00:37:41.960 --> 00:37:42.280
 even

00:37:42.280 --> 00:37:42.559
 get

00:37:42.559 --> 00:37:43.079
 troubled

00:37:43.079 --> 00:37:43.880
 by

00:37:43.880 --> 00:37:44.100
 the

00:37:44.100 --> 00:37:44.620
 parts

00:37:44.620 --> 00:37:45.019
 of

00:37:45.019 --> 00:37:45.260
 the

00:37:45.260 --> 00:37:45.700
 Bible

00:37:45.700 --> 00:37:46.340
 and

00:37:46.340 --> 00:37:46.740
 God's

00:37:46.740 --> 00:37:47.019
 ways

00:37:47.019 --> 00:37:47.180
 that

00:37:47.180 --> 00:37:47.280
 he

00:37:47.280 --> 00:37:47.559
 cannot

00:37:47.559 --> 00:37:47.960
 discern

00:37:47.960 --> 00:37:48.160
 or

00:37:48.160 --> 00:37:48.380
 figure

00:37:48.380 --> 00:37:48.720
 out

00:37:48.720 --> 00:37:49.519
 verse

00:37:49.519 --> 00:37:50.120
 33

00:37:50.120 --> 00:37:50.519
 is

00:37:50.519 --> 00:37:50.840
 such

00:37:50.840 --> 00:37:51.140
 a

00:37:51.140 --> 00:37:51.900
 key

00:37:51.900 --> 00:37:52.280
 verse

00:37:52.280 --> 00:37:52.620
 here

00:37:52.620 --> 00:37:54.700
 oh

00:37:54.700 --> 00:37:55.000
 the

00:37:55.000 --> 00:37:55.860
 depths

00:37:55.860 --> 00:37:57.000
 of

00:37:57.000 --> 00:37:57.200
 the

00:37:57.199 --> 00:37:57.839
 riches

00:37:57.839 --> 00:37:58.359
 of

00:37:58.359 --> 00:37:58.659
 the

00:37:58.659 --> 00:37:59.139
 wisdom

00:37:59.139 --> 00:37:59.399
 and

00:37:59.399 --> 00:37:59.639
 the

00:37:59.639 --> 00:37:59.960
 knowledge

00:37:59.960 --> 00:38:00.159
 of

00:38:00.159 --> 00:38:00.559
 God

00:38:00.559 --> 00:38:02.379
 how

00:38:02.379 --> 00:38:03.480
 unsearchable

00:38:03.480 --> 00:38:03.779
 his

00:38:03.779 --> 00:38:04.219
 judgments

00:38:04.219 --> 00:38:05.139
 in

00:38:05.139 --> 00:38:05.339
 other

00:38:05.339 --> 00:38:05.739
 words

00:38:05.739 --> 00:38:06.399
 for

00:38:06.399 --> 00:38:06.819
 us

00:38:06.819 --> 00:38:07.759
 it's

00:38:07.759 --> 00:38:08.619
 if

00:38:08.619 --> 00:38:08.759
 you

00:38:08.759 --> 00:38:08.879
 have

00:38:08.879 --> 00:38:09.159
 not

00:38:09.159 --> 00:38:09.339
 got

00:38:09.339 --> 00:38:09.460
 to

00:38:09.460 --> 00:38:09.559
 a

00:38:09.559 --> 00:38:09.699
 point

00:38:09.699 --> 00:38:09.879
 of

00:38:09.879 --> 00:38:10.359
 mystery

00:38:10.359 --> 00:38:11.199
 you've

00:38:11.199 --> 00:38:11.379
 missed

00:38:11.379 --> 00:38:11.779
 God

00:38:11.779 --> 00:38:13.859
 how

00:38:13.859 --> 00:38:14.879
 unsearchable

00:38:14.879 --> 00:38:15.159
 his

00:38:15.159 --> 00:38:15.599
 judgments

00:38:15.599 --> 00:38:17.039
 and

00:38:17.039 --> 00:38:17.259
 his

00:38:17.259 --> 00:38:17.659
 paths

00:38:17.659 --> 00:38:18.019
 beyond

00:38:18.019 --> 00:38:18.439
 tracing

00:38:18.439 --> 00:38:18.739
 out

00:38:18.739 --> 00:38:19.779
 many

00:38:19.779 --> 00:38:20.159
 people

00:38:20.159 --> 00:38:20.599
 feel

00:38:20.599 --> 00:38:21.019
 that

00:38:21.019 --> 00:38:21.179
 they

00:38:21.179 --> 00:38:21.699
 cannot

00:38:21.699 --> 00:38:22.039
 get

00:38:22.039 --> 00:38:22.179
 to

00:38:22.179 --> 00:38:22.319
 the

00:38:22.319 --> 00:38:22.599
 point

00:38:22.599 --> 00:38:22.879
 of

00:38:22.879 --> 00:38:23.279
 bowing

00:38:23.279 --> 00:38:23.439
 the

00:38:23.439 --> 00:38:23.759
 knee

00:38:23.759 --> 00:38:24.239
 and

00:38:24.239 --> 00:38:24.759
 surrendering

00:38:24.759 --> 00:38:24.960
 to

00:38:24.960 --> 00:38:25.319
 God

00:38:25.319 --> 00:38:25.719
 and

00:38:25.719 --> 00:38:26.199
 worshipping

00:38:26.199 --> 00:38:26.519
 God

00:38:26.519 --> 00:38:26.940
 unless

00:38:26.940 --> 00:38:27.320
 they've

00:38:27.320 --> 00:38:27.840
 understood

00:38:27.840 --> 00:38:28.639
 everything

00:38:28.639 --> 00:38:29.259
 about

00:38:29.259 --> 00:38:29.579
 him

00:38:29.579 --> 00:38:32.800
 Paul

00:38:32.800 --> 00:38:33.039
 knew

00:38:33.039 --> 00:38:33.219
 that

00:38:33.219 --> 00:38:33.380
 was

00:38:33.380 --> 00:38:33.519
 an

00:38:33.519 --> 00:38:34.219
 impossibility

00:38:34.219 --> 00:38:35.599
 without

00:38:35.599 --> 00:38:35.940
 even

00:38:35.940 --> 00:38:36.400
 studying

00:38:36.400 --> 00:38:37.320
 theology

00:38:37.320 --> 00:38:38.500
 just

00:38:38.500 --> 00:38:39.320
 philosophically

00:38:39.320 --> 00:38:39.599
 it's an

00:38:39.599 --> 00:38:40.300
 impossibility

00:38:40.300 --> 00:38:41.619
 it's an

00:38:41.619 --> 00:38:42.320
 impossibility

00:38:42.320 --> 00:38:42.880
 for the

00:38:42.880 --> 00:38:43.259
 finite

00:38:43.259 --> 00:38:43.860
 to know

00:38:43.860 --> 00:38:44.079
 the

00:38:44.079 --> 00:38:44.480
 infinite

00:38:44.480 --> 00:38:46.619
 it's

00:38:46.619 --> 00:38:46.759
 an

00:38:46.759 --> 00:38:47.440
 impossibility

00:38:47.440 --> 00:38:48.159
 for those

00:38:48.159 --> 00:38:48.400
 who are

00:38:48.400 --> 00:38:49.300
 time bound

00:38:49.300 --> 00:38:49.920
 to

00:38:49.920 --> 00:38:50.980
 understand

00:38:50.980 --> 00:38:52.840
 timelessness

00:38:52.840 --> 00:38:54.760
 you

00:38:54.760 --> 00:38:55.100
 can't

00:38:55.100 --> 00:38:55.240
 get

00:38:55.240 --> 00:38:55.380
 your

00:38:55.380 --> 00:38:55.600
 mind

00:38:55.600 --> 00:38:55.940
 around

00:38:55.940 --> 00:38:56.380
 it

00:38:56.380 --> 00:38:58.140
 a

00:38:58.140 --> 00:38:58.519
 God

00:38:58.519 --> 00:38:58.820
 whose

00:38:58.820 --> 00:38:59.360
 counsel

00:38:59.360 --> 00:38:59.700
 we

00:38:59.700 --> 00:38:59.900
 could

00:38:59.900 --> 00:39:00.579
 fully

00:39:00.579 --> 00:39:01.820
 grasp

00:39:01.820 --> 00:39:02.600
 whose

00:39:02.600 --> 00:39:03.140
 ways

00:39:03.140 --> 00:39:03.300
 that

00:39:03.300 --> 00:39:03.440
 we

00:39:03.440 --> 00:39:03.620
 could

00:39:03.620 --> 00:39:04.140
 fully

00:39:04.140 --> 00:39:04.980
 discern

00:39:04.980 --> 00:39:05.820
 whose

00:39:05.820 --> 00:39:06.400
 nature

00:39:06.400 --> 00:39:06.640
 we

00:39:06.640 --> 00:39:06.800
 could

00:39:06.800 --> 00:39:07.360
 fully

00:39:07.360 --> 00:39:08.539
 explain

00:39:08.539 --> 00:39:09.800
 would

00:39:09.800 --> 00:39:10.019
 be

00:39:10.019 --> 00:39:10.440
 no

00:39:10.440 --> 00:39:11.000
 greater

00:39:11.000 --> 00:39:12.260
 than

00:39:12.260 --> 00:39:13.120
 your

00:39:13.120 --> 00:39:14.200
 mind

00:39:14.200 --> 00:39:16.660
 and

00:39:16.660 --> 00:39:16.940
 by

00:39:16.940 --> 00:39:17.760
 definition

00:39:17.760 --> 00:39:20.340
 no

00:39:20.340 --> 00:39:20.620
 longer

00:39:20.620 --> 00:39:21.100
 divine

00:39:21.099 --> 00:39:24.679
 because

00:39:24.679 --> 00:39:24.980
 that

00:39:24.980 --> 00:39:25.440
 divine

00:39:25.440 --> 00:39:25.860
 being

00:39:25.860 --> 00:39:26.259
 is

00:39:26.259 --> 00:39:26.519
 all

00:39:26.519 --> 00:39:26.719
 of a

00:39:26.719 --> 00:39:26.920
 sudden

00:39:26.920 --> 00:39:27.420
 limited

00:39:27.420 --> 00:39:31.500
 it is

00:39:31.500 --> 00:39:31.920
 not

00:39:31.920 --> 00:39:32.360
 a cop

00:39:32.360 --> 00:39:32.539
 out

00:39:32.539 --> 00:39:32.759
 to

00:39:32.759 --> 00:39:33.099
 call

00:39:33.099 --> 00:39:33.440
 some

00:39:33.440 --> 00:39:33.779
 things

00:39:33.779 --> 00:39:34.079
 about

00:39:34.079 --> 00:39:34.420
 God

00:39:34.420 --> 00:39:34.539
 and

00:39:34.539 --> 00:39:34.699
 his

00:39:34.699 --> 00:39:34.940
 ways

00:39:34.940 --> 00:39:35.099
 of

00:39:35.099 --> 00:39:35.460
 mystery

00:39:35.460 --> 00:39:36.159
 it's

00:39:36.159 --> 00:39:36.319
 a

00:39:36.319 --> 00:39:36.559
 point

00:39:36.559 --> 00:39:36.779
 of

00:39:36.779 --> 00:39:37.179
 praise

00:39:37.179 --> 00:39:37.460
 and

00:39:37.460 --> 00:39:37.900
 worship

00:39:37.900 --> 00:39:38.900
 the

00:39:38.900 --> 00:39:39.299
 God

00:39:39.299 --> 00:39:39.559
 of

00:39:39.559 --> 00:39:39.739
 the

00:39:39.739 --> 00:39:40.079
 Bible

00:39:40.079 --> 00:39:40.539
 is

00:39:40.539 --> 00:39:41.019
 far

00:39:41.019 --> 00:39:41.579
 bigger

00:39:41.579 --> 00:39:42.299
 than

00:39:42.299 --> 00:39:42.659
 you

00:39:42.659 --> 00:39:43.719
 and

00:39:43.719 --> 00:39:44.079
 me

00:39:44.079 --> 00:39:47.639
 and

00:39:47.639 --> 00:39:47.900
 so

00:39:47.900 --> 00:39:48.179
 with

00:39:48.179 --> 00:39:48.599
 Paul

00:39:48.599 --> 00:39:49.960
 we

00:39:49.960 --> 00:39:50.299
 actually

00:39:50.299 --> 00:39:50.579
 don't

00:39:50.579 --> 00:39:50.799
 need

00:39:50.800 --> 00:39:51.060
 to be

00:39:51.060 --> 00:39:51.380
 worried

00:39:51.380 --> 00:39:51.680
 about

00:39:51.680 --> 00:39:52.000
 that

00:39:52.000 --> 00:39:54.440
 we

00:39:54.440 --> 00:39:54.660
 don't

00:39:54.660 --> 00:39:54.820
 need

00:39:54.820 --> 00:39:55.060
 to be

00:39:55.060 --> 00:39:55.420
 worried

00:39:55.420 --> 00:39:55.740
 that we

00:39:55.740 --> 00:39:56.019
 don't

00:39:56.019 --> 00:39:56.620
 understand

00:39:56.620 --> 00:39:57.039
 everything

00:39:57.039 --> 00:39:57.420
 about

00:39:57.420 --> 00:39:57.620
 him

00:39:57.620 --> 00:39:57.740
 and

00:39:57.740 --> 00:39:57.880
 his

00:39:57.880 --> 00:39:58.700
 plan

00:39:58.700 --> 00:40:00.000
 he

00:40:00.000 --> 00:40:00.320
 has

00:40:00.320 --> 00:40:00.980
 revealed

00:40:00.980 --> 00:40:01.539
 enough

00:40:01.539 --> 00:40:01.800
 for

00:40:01.800 --> 00:40:02.220
 us

00:40:02.220 --> 00:40:02.880
 to

00:40:02.880 --> 00:40:03.100
 be

00:40:03.100 --> 00:40:03.600
 confident

00:40:03.600 --> 00:40:03.860
 in

00:40:03.860 --> 00:40:04.200
 him

00:40:04.200 --> 00:40:06.940
 he

00:40:06.940 --> 00:40:07.160
 is

00:40:07.160 --> 00:40:07.700
 reliable

00:40:07.700 --> 00:40:09.080
 he

00:40:09.080 --> 00:40:09.320
 is

00:40:09.320 --> 00:40:10.000
 trustworthy

00:40:10.000 --> 00:40:11.240
 he

00:40:11.240 --> 00:40:11.480
 is

00:40:11.480 --> 00:40:12.039
 merciful

00:40:12.039 --> 00:40:13.080
 he

00:40:13.080 --> 00:40:13.360
 is

00:40:13.360 --> 00:40:13.980
 righteous

00:40:13.980 --> 00:40:15.420
 we

00:40:15.420 --> 00:40:16.140
 praise

00:40:16.140 --> 00:40:16.380
 him

00:40:16.380 --> 00:40:16.620
 for

00:40:16.620 --> 00:40:17.060
 all

00:40:17.060 --> 00:40:17.260
 that

00:40:17.260 --> 00:40:17.420
 he

00:40:17.420 --> 00:40:17.780
 has

00:40:17.780 --> 00:40:18.380
 revealed

00:40:18.380 --> 00:40:19.120
 and

00:40:19.120 --> 00:40:19.320
 we

00:40:19.320 --> 00:40:19.920
 praise

00:40:19.920 --> 00:40:20.160
 him

00:40:20.159 --> 00:40:20.319
 that

00:40:20.319 --> 00:40:20.519
 there

00:40:20.519 --> 00:40:20.699
 is

00:40:20.699 --> 00:40:21.019
 so

00:40:21.019 --> 00:40:21.319
 much

00:40:21.319 --> 00:40:21.659
 more

00:40:21.659 --> 00:40:21.859
 that

00:40:21.859 --> 00:40:22.039
 he

00:40:22.039 --> 00:40:22.219
 has

00:40:22.219 --> 00:40:22.619
 not

00:40:22.619 --> 00:40:23.119
 revealed

00:40:23.119 --> 00:40:26.539
 we

00:40:26.539 --> 00:40:26.759
 may

00:40:26.759 --> 00:40:26.960
 not

00:40:26.960 --> 00:40:27.139
 be

00:40:27.139 --> 00:40:27.319
 able

00:40:27.319 --> 00:40:27.500
 to

00:40:27.500 --> 00:40:28.139
 understand

00:40:28.139 --> 00:40:28.779
 everything

00:40:28.779 --> 00:40:29.420
 about

00:40:29.420 --> 00:40:29.759
 him

00:40:29.759 --> 00:40:30.019
 and

00:40:30.019 --> 00:40:30.259
 his

00:40:30.259 --> 00:40:30.859
 ways

00:40:30.859 --> 00:40:31.980
 but

00:40:31.980 --> 00:40:32.279
 we

00:40:32.279 --> 00:40:32.799
 are

00:40:32.799 --> 00:40:33.279
 able

00:40:33.279 --> 00:40:33.559
 to

00:40:33.559 --> 00:40:34.019
 marvel

00:40:34.019 --> 00:40:34.259
 at

00:40:34.259 --> 00:40:34.559
 him

00:40:34.559 --> 00:40:36.379
 and

00:40:36.379 --> 00:40:36.579
 so

00:40:36.579 --> 00:40:36.819
 we

00:40:36.819 --> 00:40:37.219
 echo

00:40:37.219 --> 00:40:37.559
 with

00:40:37.559 --> 00:40:37.719
 the

00:40:37.719 --> 00:40:38.039
 apostle

00:40:38.039 --> 00:40:38.539
 Paul

00:40:38.539 --> 00:40:39.219
 in

00:40:39.219 --> 00:40:39.539
 verse

00:40:39.539 --> 00:40:40.440
 36

00:40:40.440 --> 00:40:41.379
 to

00:40:41.379 --> 00:40:41.759
 him

00:40:41.759 --> 00:40:42.299
 be

00:40:42.299 --> 00:40:42.819
 glory

00:40:42.819 --> 00:40:43.839
 forever

00:40:43.840 --> 00:40:45.000
 amen